Hope to have another nice turnout.
Please take note of a chess supplier added to the blog. It is a small business making handcrafted chess sets and boards. Check Tim Offenstein's business - Falling Leaf Chess.
Nice looking stuff.
Everyone have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and hope to see you at the chess board!
See the link to the right to enter or volunteer for the High School Chess Tournament. I would call the High School if I were you since the link is hard to navigate. It is open to all high school students in Livingston County.
The Livingston County Chess Club meets every Monday night between 4pm and 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!
Our 960 tournament is in full swing. But you can still stop by and play casual chess or even enter the tournament if we have a player on a bye. We are easy that way. No fee as always.
Here are the pairings for tonight's action:
ROUND 3 - Board # - White - Black:
1 - Ken T - Pete B
2 - Paul M - Mike N
3 - Charlie S - Vince V
4 - Vince S - Tom V
5 - Jonathan C - Jeff S
6 - Tyler B - Curt S
7 - Sam T - Aaron W
8 - Mary H - Desmond W
Looking forward to another great night of chess. Stop by!
The Livingston County Chess Club meets every Monday night between 4pm and 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!
We will be having our Fischer Random
960 Tournament this Monday! It’s free to enter. Be sure to do that! The tournament
will begin around 6 or 6:30 PM. Games will be 45 minutes per player with a 5
second delay.
One round each night for usually 3 or
4 weeks. It always depends on how many entries we have. It’s a lot of fun!
Now for some old fun chess facts:
Hans Muller, an Austrian Grandmaster
wrote a thesis on the English Opening, only to lose to GM Arthur Dake, who
played the English Opening against Muller. He beat him in 21 moves.
In 1935, The Champions Tournament was
played at the Williamsburg Chess Club and none of the 36 games ended in a draw!
In a double round robin tournament held
in Baden-Baden, Germany in 1870, Anderssen beat Steinitz 2 – 0, Steinitz beat
Neumann 2-0, and Neumann beat Anderssen 2 – 0.
In a tournament in Mexico in 1935,
there were three Americans playing and nine Mexicans. The Americans won all
their games against the Mexicans, but Dake beat Fine, Fine beat Steiner and
Steiner beat Dake for a three way tie for first place.
In 1889, William Steintz was arrested
as a spy by the New York police when his notes and moves from his cable chess
match against Russian Mikhail Tchigorin were misinterpreted as a secret code.
In 1834, in a match between Louis La
Bourdonnais and Alexander MacDonnell, in game 62, La Bourdonnais had 3 pawns on
the 7th rank waiting to promote, while MacDonnell had 1 pawn on the
7th rank.
In the 21st round of a
tournament in New York City in 1924, David Janowski had 3 pawns on the 7th
rank waiting to promote, while Edward Lasker had 1 pawn on the 7th
rank.
