Chess Quote of the Day 6-30-10

“A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!” -Savielly Tartakower

Chess Quote of the Day 6-29-10

“We like to think.” -Gary Kasparov

Chess Quote of the Day 6-28-10

“On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long.” -Emanuel Lasker

Chess Quote of the Day 6-25-10

“Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make people happy.” -Siegbert Tarrasch

State Quick Chess Championship - Unofficial Results

I'm going to try to post the results round by round. These are unofficial results.

SwissSys Standings. WKCC Quick Championships: WKCC Quick

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Chad A Schneider	1868	W21	W7	W2	W6	D4	4.5
2	Benjamin Coraretti	1941	W13	W11	L1	W3	W10	4.0
3	Dante Archuleta	1670	W18	W10	W12	L2	W6	4.0
4	Curtis Cooper	1811	W22	W16	L6	W9	D1	3.5
5	Edward T Lu	1924	D14	L19	W21	W16	W11	3.5
6	Ron Coraretti	1735	W19	W15	W4	L1	L3	3.0
7	Reuben Sbarge	1721	W9	L1	D8	D14	W15	3.0
8	Tiange Peter Li	1547	L10	W18	D7	D12	W17	3.0
9	Shaun Micha Bloom	1414	L7	W21	W20	L4	W14	3.0
10	Silas Perry	1883	W8	L3	W13	D11	L2	2.5
11	Sam Dooley	1708	W17	L2	W15	D10	L5	2.5
12	Jim A Johnston	1768	L15	W14	L3	D8	W19	2.5
13	Robert C Hampton	1590	L2	W17	L10	D19	W16	2.5
14	Justin Gomez	1577	D5	L12	W22	D7	L9	2.0
15	Jeffrey S Sallade	1429	W12	L6	L11	W20	L7	2.0
16	Edward Fr Wyckoff	926	W20	L4	W19	L5	L13	2.0
17	Arthur Mic Hibner	1270	L11	L13	W18	W21	L8	2.0
18	Carl Stein	1025	L3	L8	L17	W22	W20	2.0
19	Leroy Quintana	1705	L6	W5	L16	D13	L12	1.5
20	Bruce P Nelson	1634	L16	W22	L9	L15	L18	1.0
21	David L Baca	1480	L1	L9	L5	L17	D22	0.5
22	John W Boyd	1475	L4	L20	L14	L18	D21	0.5
23	Hassan Bilal	1195	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0

Southern Rocky FIDE Open

Southern Rocky FIDE Open
February 25-27th, 2011
University of New Mexico – Student Union Building

The Wired Kings Chess Club is extremely pleased to announce that we have organized what we anticipate to be a large regional tournament on the weekend of February 25th-27th, 2011 to be held at the UNM Student Union Building. This tournament is highlighted by the following features:

$5,000 Projected prize fund + Trophies, $1,000 guaranteed to first place in Open Section and numerous class prizes in all sections!

40 Grand Prix Points available! Open Section is FIDE rated.

5 Sections - Open, Reserve (U1800), Booster (U1400), Saturday Scholastic and Sunday Scholastic (both U1200 & under age 19).

2 Grandmaster Simuls! GM Melikset Khachiyan and GM Mikheil Kekelidze will each hold a simul on Friday at 4:30PM. Prizes will be given out to players who win in the simul.

Blitz Tournament! (5DSS, 5 min) to be held Friday night after the simuls with a guaranteed 80% cash prize payout.

Our GMs will be playing in the blitz tournament, the main tournament, giving simuls and hosting other side events including:

Breakfast with GM Khachiyan! GM Khachiyan will be hosting a breakfast on the Sunday before the tournament. He will answer questions about chess, life, or his history. Food and drinks will be provided. Mr. Khachiyan has won several major tournaments, competed in 3 of the last 4 US Closed Championships, coached Levon Aronian from start to IM (he is now ranked #5 in the world rating list), currently coaches 4 All-American student chess players, and was formerly coached by world champion Tigran Petrosian!

Mr. Khachiyan, the winner of Aeroflot B (an exclusive GM-only tournament) two years ago, chose to come to Albuquerque over the prominent tournament in Moscow. Let’s give him a warm welcome!

GM Kekelidze Pizza Party! GM Kekelidze will be hosting a pizza party/blitz with a GM session after the last round on Sunday. Tickets to the pizza party will also allow you to play blitz versus GM Kekelidze who won the National Open G/5 Championship this year. Pizza and drinks will be provided. Bring your best blitz game and finish the tournament with a bang!

Chad has spent considerable effort in getting these two Grandmasters to come to the Southern Rocky FIDE Open in Albuquerque, so let’s make the most of it! This tournament will be advertised in Chess Life, Chess Life Online (feature story and in TLAs), and other avenues, but you are hearing all the details first!

Chess equipment & literature from Yetman Brothers available for purchase at the tournament site. We hope that other local vendors will join us as well. If you are interested in vending chess equipment at the Southern Rocky Open, please send us an e-mail. Vending space will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Plaza Inn of Albuquerque is offering tournament players a nightly rate of $56 with full amenities and free shuttle service to the tournament site and anywhere within 5 miles. This block is available for four nights (24th, 25th, 26th, & 27th), but room must be booked by 2/11/11 to ensure the best rate.

We know there is lots of time until the tournament; however, there are many reasons to book/enter early.

1) Simul space will be limited to 20 participants per GM at this point. If you want to play a certain GM, you should book the simul soon.
2) The Breakfast with GM Khachiyan will be limited to ensure a more intimate setting with the GM and to allow your questions to be answered.
3) The Pizza Party/Blitz with GM Kekelidze will be limited because he can only play a reasonable amount of blitz games after the tournament.
4) Early entries will not be charged additional fees for registering late.
5) The Best hotel price will only be available until the sooner of 2/11/11 or until hotel rooms space runs out.

Check www.SouthernRockyOpen.com for all of the details and announcements of the tournament. Jeff Sallade has given us incredible support in creating the tournament website. We owe him endless thanks for programming the online entry forms which link to the USCF site (to pull ratings) and Google Checkout which will allow for Online entry! We will also accept entries through the mail. The tournament flyer and is posted on the Southern Rocky FIDE Open website (www.SouthernRockyOpen.com) and on the NMCO and WKCC websites as well.

Thanks to Dante Archuleta and the UNM Chess Club for arranging the use of the SUB!

We hope to see you all there!

Chad Schneider & Scott Kerns
Wired Kings Chess Club

Chess Quote of the Day 6-23-10

“Of Chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not Chess.” -William Ewart Napier

Chess Quote of the Day 6-22-10

"Chess is a draw and the rules need to be changed." - Nigel Short

Chess Quote of the Day 6-21-10

“Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine.” -Spielmann

Chess Quote of the Day 6-18-10

“Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his own head.” -Siegbert Tarrasch

Chess Quote of the Day 6-17-10

“The Chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chessboard, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem.” Marcel Duchamp

Update on National Open, Etc.

The previous post contained the USCF Crosstable. The biggest highlight was Brock Romero who went 5-0 to start in the U1800 section. Unfortunately, he was not able to score a point in his final match and finished 5-1 (Tied for 4th). Congratulations Brock!

I was able to battle GM Mikheil Kekelidze until my resignation on move 72. Unfortunately, I missed the final idea to draw around move 60. Three of my games were covered on monroi (visible also through vegaschessfestival.com). I went 2.5/6 versus a GM, IM (0/2), 2 experts (2 draws), and 2 class players (1.5/2); a fair result I think.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the State Quick Chess Championship on the first Saturday of July!

Also, stayed tuned for VERY BIG news coming in the next few days about a major event in Albuquerque.

-Chad Schneider

National Open - Heavy on New Mexico

There are several New Mexico players playing at the National Open this weekend. Only counting those that have preregistered (17) these players are playing:

Open
Chad Schneider

U2200
Brian Mason McNiece

U2000
Timothy Michael Martinson

U1800
Derek Garcia
W David Lewis
Brock Romero
Rodelio Ronquillo
John Sarracino
Michael S Torres

U1600
David Baca
Preston B Herrington

U1200
Annabelle Romero
Alfredo Vigil

Scholastic Sections
Dimitri Lopez
Donald Mars Poston
Henry William Poston
Marcos Andres Sanchez

Best of luck to everyone!

You can follow results and pairings at http://www.vegaschessfestival.com.

Chess Quote of the Day 6-9-10

“Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!” -Siegbert Tarrasch

National Open Telecast

Friday (6/10), at noon MST, will be the first round of National Open. If anyone wants to see me get crushed by a GM, you can see the games on the top 15 boards. Usually, this close to the National Open you can predict with a fair amount of certainty who you will play. Last year I was one board off. If I am right this year, I'll play GM Walter Brown; if I'm one off I'll play GM Dmitry Gurevich or IM Irina Krush.

-Chad

Chess Quote of the Day 6-8-10

“When you absolutely don't know what to do anymore, it is time to panic.” -John van der Wiel

Chess 960 Reults

The full results are posted below. Here are the winners of the chess 960 tournament held this weekend.

1st Chad Schneider
2nd Scott Kerns & Carl Stein
U1500 Carl Stein

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Chad A Schneider	1905	W7	W4	W11	W6	D2	4.5
2	Kevin S Kerns	1759	D8	W3	H---	W4	D1	3.5
3	Carl Stein	1170	W6	L2	D8	W7	W12	3.5
4	Dante Archuleta	1748	W14	L1	W5	L2	W9	3.0
5	Ryan Mc Cracken	1845	H---	H---	L4	W13	W6	3.0
6	Sam Dooley	1755	L3	W8	W10	L1	L5	2.0
7	Justin Gomez	1704	L1	W14	W9	L3	L10	2.0
8	Arthur J Byers	1303	D2	L6	D3	L9	W13	2.0
9	Robert C Hampton	1778	W13	L11	L7	W8	L4	2.0
10	Jeffrey S Sallade	1624	L11	W13	L6	L12	W7	2.0
11	Reuben Sbarge	1851	W10	W9	L1	U---	U---	2.0
12	Arthur Glassman	1906	H---	H---	L13	W10	L3	2.0
13	William Barfuss	1458	L9	L10	W12	L5	L8	1.0
14	Isaac Ramsey	unr.	L4	L7	U---	U---	U---	0.0

I think everyone who played had a great time and I hope that we can have another one next year! Thanks to everyone who participated.

Congratulations to Doug Thigpen...

Doug Thigpen made expert (2001 now) at the RMTCC!

August Team Tournament

As a reminder, we have a our team tournament coming up in August. It is never too early to start asking players to be on your team for this tournament.

-Chad Schneider

Chess Quote of the Day 6-4-10

“I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn't feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well,must one have to win every game?” -Siegbert Tarrasch

Chess Quote of the Day 6-3-10

“The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient.” -Aaron Nimzovich

Chess Quote of the Day 6-2-10

“Let the perfectionist play postal.” Yasser Seirawan

Chess Quote of the Day 6-1-10

“Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the Chess player, not the Chess piece.” -Ralph Charell