2025 Quick Tournament Champ Crown - and Speaking of Winners

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The winner of our first annual Quick Tournament was Thomas Valenzuela. And if that name sound familiar, it should! He won the last club tournament also. The young man is dominating the Dojo right now!

Thomas finished with a 4-0 score. Dr. Ken and your humble scribe finished tied for 2^nd at 3-1. Thanks to all that participated.

Speaking of tournament winners, let’s look at some remarkable tournament accomplishments!

Vera Menchik, 59-0 during the Women’s World Championships, 1931-1940

Gustav Neumann, 34-0, Berlin, 1865

Bobby Fischer, 20-0, during a Candidates Qualifier

Harry Atkins, 15-0, Amsterdam, 1899

Jose Capablanca, 13-0, New York, 1913

Alexander Beliavsky, 13-0, Alicante, 1978

Alexander Alekhinen, 11-0, Moscow, 1919

William Lombardy, 11-0, World Juniors, Toronto, 1957

Bobby Fischer, 11-0, US Championship, New York, 1963

There are a dozen more with scores of 10, 9, and 8 and zero! 

What about most tournament games without a loss; Magnus Carlsen 125, Vladimir Kramnik 99 and Mikhail Tal with a paltry 86 game streak without a loss against the best players on the planet.

Most tournament wins? Are you ready for this: 

John Curdo 1009 USCF certified tournament wins.

Your humble scribe will never win 1009 of anything, let alone certified chess tournaments!

By the way, our next free Club Tournament will the Rapid Tournament! Game time limit is 10 minutes with a 5 second delay! Not sure of the start date, but probably after the Labor Day weekend.

The tournament will play two rounds a night, starting around 6:30pm. The tournament will go at least 4 rounds.

Hope to see you there for this fun and FREE event!

The Livingston County Chess Club meets every Monday night between

4pm thru 10pm

at the Buffalo Wild Wings in the Green Oak Mall in Brighton, MI. 

Stop in for some friendly chess, good food and 'refreshments'.

Everyone of all ages and playing strength are welcome to attend. And free lessons to all beginners!