Catholic priest Ruy Lopez vs Leonardo Bona in the Spanish Royal Court.
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!
Dr. Ken Tack wins the 2025 LCCC Rapid
Tournament ahead of 14 participants with a perfect 4-0 score. Thomas Valenzuela
and Mike Nikitin finished tied for second with a 3-1 record.
Thank you to all participants
Our next free Club Tournament will start in a
Monday or two. It is the Action Tournament!
Game time limit is 30 minutes with a 5 second
delay! Not sure of the start date, but probably October 20th.
The tournament will play round a night,
starting around 6:30pm. The tournament will go 3 or 4 rounds, depending on
entries. Dr. Tack won this one last year also.
Hope to see you there for this fun and FREE
event!
Speaking of Champions, let’s look at the list
of World Champions and their country of origin:
Ruy Lopez, Spain 1560-1575
Giovanni Cutri, Italy 1575-1587
Paolo Boi, Italy 1576-1598
Alessandro Salvio, Italy 1599-1620
Giozcchino Greco, Italy 1621-1634 Then a lost
century!
Legall de Kermeur, France 1730-1747
Francois-Andre Philidor, France 1748-1795
Alexandre Deschapelles, France 1796-1823
Louis de la Bourdonnais, France 1824-1840
Howard Staunton, England 1841-1850
Adolf Anderssen, Germany 1851-1865
William Steinitz, Bohemia/USA 1866-1893
Emanual Lasker, Germany 1894-1920
Jose Raul Capablanca, Cuba 1921-1926
Alexander Alekhine, Russia/France 1927-1935
Max Euwe, Holland 1935-1937
Alexander Alekhine, Russia/France 1937-1946
Mikhail Botvinnik, USSR 1947-1957
Vasily Smyslov, USSR 1957-1958
Mikhail Botvinnik, USSR 1958-1960
Mikhail Tal, USSR 1960-1961
Mikhail Botvinnik, USSR 1961-1963
Tigran Petrosian, USSR 1963-1969
Boris Spassky, USSR 1969-1972
Bobby Fischer, USA 1972-1975
Anatoly Karpov, USSR 1975-1985
Gary Kasparov, USSR 1985-1993
Karpov and Kasparov (duel champions) 1993-1999
Alexander Khalifman, Russia and Kasparov 2000
Viswanathan Anand, India and Vladimir Kramnik,
Russia 2001-2002
Rusian Ponomariov, Ukraine, Vladimir Kramnik,
2003-4
Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Uzbekistan and Vladimir
Kramnik, 2005
Veselin Topalov, Bulgaria and Vladimir Kramnik,
2006
Vladimir Kramnik, 2007 (reunified Title)
Viswanathan Anand, 2007-2013
Magnus Carlsen, Norway 2013-2023
Ding Liren, China 2023-2024
Gukesh Dommaraju, India, 2024-present
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