We Are Back Monday with the Rapid Tourney. And If You Think You are Bad......

 

Our next free Club Tournament will start this Monday. It is 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!

Who is the worst chess player of all time, besides your humble scribe of course.

The mistakes are all there, waiting to be made. So, finding the worst players of all time is harder than finding the best. 

But, in 1958, a strong grandmaster played a chess game that he thought was an obvious casual game, but still a serious game. It was after a dinner party with the President of the host country. Both men and country will be anonymous for the sake of their reputations.

After ten minutes and 5 moves for each player, the President asked the Grandmaster, "Excuse me, but which one is the queen?"

Then there was the case of an event between two chess clubs, Sheffield vs Stockbridge. It was agreed to play a ten-board match at a neutral pub on a given night. Unbeknownst to the other team, both teams were short a player on match night. Rather than take an automatic loss on the last board, both teams scurried around their home pub to find a chess player to play in the match. They each found someone willing to fill in on the tenth board and both teams gave their "new" member some coaching before the match.

As the match reached the halfway point, the two-team captains on the 1st board agreed to stop their clock to take a look at their teams are progressing. Both captains eventually made it to the 10th board to see how their "ringers" were doing. They gazed at awe at the site before them. Both players were still deep in thought with the clock running. And both players were in checkmate.

World Champion Alexander Alekhine was in his favorite cafe, and he amused himself by casually watching two players have a chess game. The two players carried on until only the kings were on the board. Alekhine got up to leave, but noticed that one player looked crestfallen, while the other looked happy. Alekhine looked at the happy man and said, "Were you lucky to draw?" And the man said, "No. I won! I got my king to the eighth rank first and got a queen!"

We all have to learn, so maybe these players cannot be considered “the worst”. So that leaves your humble scribe at the bottom.

 

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!