The club is going strong on Monday nights between 4pm and 10pm at the Buffalo Wild Wings in the Green Oak Mall in Brighton, MI. Stop on by for some friendly chess and good food and 'refreshment'. Everyone is welcome!
This coming weekend the 2023 Michigan Class Championship will be held!
SITE
Causeway Bay Lansing Hotel & Conference Center
6820 S Cedar St, Lansing, MI 48911
ROOM RATE $109.50 + tax
Call 517-694-8123 for hotel room reservations - Indicate you are with the Chess
Tournament
7 SECTIONS:
Master/Expert (FIDE Rated), A, B, C, D, E (U1200) &
Novice (Sat only) U1000/Unrated
MEMBERSHIPS
Must be a member of the US Chess Federation & Michigan Chess Association.
(Members of other state associations OK) You can join both when on-line registering or at the site when registering.
Game Time
Control: M/X, Class Sections:
G/90+30 seconds added every move (scorekeeping required for entire game)
Novice Section: G/30; 5 second delay
Rounds: Class Sections: Sat 10am, 2:30pm, 7 pm; Sun 10am, 2:30pm
Novice: 10am, 11:30am,
1:30pm, 3pm, 4:30pm (Saturday Only)
Entry
Fee:
M/X: $60 (U18 $5 off),
Free
entry to 2200+, adv entry fee deducted from prize.
A, B, C, D, E: $50 (U18 $5 off)
Novice: $28
Advance entries must be paid by January 19. For entry fees paid after January
19, add $10 more.
Registration:
ADVANCE REGISTRATION
Online: https://onlineregistration.cc/
Note: Novice is listed separately on the online registration website.
Make Checks Payable to MCA.
ON-SITE REGISTRATION
Saturday (1/21): 8:00-9:00am
Prizes:
$4200 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND
Master/Expert (GPP 20): 1st $750, 2nd $350; Expert: $350 U2100: $200
Class A, B, C, D, E: 1st $230, 2nd $155; U1900/U1700/U1500/U1300/U1100: $125
Novice: Trophies to all with 4 points or more as Top Overall (min 5), Top U900,
Top U800, Top U700, Top U600, Top U500, Top U4000, Top U300 ,Top Unrated.
State Champions (Top Michigan Resident): Master/Expert, Expert, and Each Class
plus Novice.
Trophies for all place-winners listed above.
Contact:
Jeff Aldrich, P.O. Box 40,
Flint MI 48501
(810) 955-7271
jeffchess64@gmail.com
https://www.michess.org/
Hope to see many LCCC players there and even some readers as spectators to check it out!
Now the Epilogue of your humble scribe's dream and musings on how to build a permanent location spot for LCCC.
Reality Check: Not feasible. (Well, it is not feasible for me, now that I said that. Your mind takes whatever picture you place in it and goes to work to complete it. So, there it is. I SHUT MY DOOR on this idea.)
Is it doable? Absolutely! The motivational speakers speak of accomplishing a goal - any goal - by persistence, perseverance, dedication, and effort. Lots and lots of effort. They are correct! I have done it myself on several things I wanted to do.
At this point in my life, I don't have the motivation to pursue this dream of mine. If I had started earlier, it might be a reality now. But then again, how many of my other goals that I did accomplish, would I have not been able to give the proper time and effort?
Capitalism is a real force. You can deny it, hate it, try and destroy it - and even make it a crime. But it still wins in the end.
Chess Clubs as a business do not exist because not enough people want them at the price it would cost them to be a member (customer-consumer). Pure and simple. Private golf clubs survive only by a bar-restaurant-banquet income, and some "public golf outing" events. Even then, cost of membership at a private golf club is not an inexpensive undertaking for a person to pay.
Chess Clubs would not have the huge location maintenance expense, but the building, staff, taxes, utilities, insurance and some location maintenance would still be a large bill.
Your scribe - in the interest of full disclosure - is a member of both the golf and chess communities. And as a rule, golf seems to attract a wealthier, and more importantly, more of a spendthrift crowd. Chess - I'll just say........not so much.
For golf, it is a fact that you have to spend money to play. For chess, you usually don't. That is the "problem" with the Chess Club model.
