NEARBY RESTAURANTS IN COVENTRY
2019 Constitution State Open
Saturday May 18
$160-1st, $80-2nd. Guaranteed.
3 Round Swiss, G/60;d5 Affects both quick and regular rating. Round Times: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45.
Entry Fees: $30 Cash Only On-site Only: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. No Advance Entry of any kind. No USCF memberships sold or renewed. One Section. Accelerated Pairings. Wheelchair Accessible.
USCF TLA
Site: Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St., Coventry, CT 06238
Across street from Bidwell Tavern is our stone building at rear of parking lot
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Lunch: 12:30 - 1:30. Four restaurants in immediate area.
Please bring your own equipment, especially digital chess clocks.
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Feb 23 2019 Eastern Connecticut Open
Mar 16 2019 Greater Hartford Open
Apr 13 2019 Nathan Hale Open
May 18 2019 Constitution State Open
June 22 2019 Coventry Summer Open
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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR COVENTRY CHESS CLUB
$30 CASH ONLY
9:45 am. - 10:10 am.
No checks
No credit/debit cards
No credit
No free entry
No advance entry
No online entry
No late entry
No USCF memberships
No USCF renewals
YOU MUST NOTIFY THE TD IF:
1) You cannot understand English language.
2) You have conditions which may impact you today.
WHEN TOURNAMENT GAMES ARE IN PROGRESS:
THIS ROOM IS FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY ONLY.
NO TALKING, NO ANALYSIS, NO POST-MORTEMS.
BETWEEN ROUNDS FEEL FREE TO
SPEAK AT NORMAL VOLUME.
ATTENTION PARENTS !
Children cannot register themselves.
Children not admitted without the supervising adult.
You must notify the TD when leaving the hall, even if
leaving your child behind for only for a short time.
Please remain at Registration Desk until your entry is complete.
We need to verify we have your 1) Correct USCF ID# ,
2) USCF Expiration Date, 3) Current Regular USCF Rating.
Registration should take 2 minutes or less for each person.
Please refrain from discussing non-related matters, such
as giving suggestions and advice, during registration.
Registration time is not the best time to
converse with the TD. Please wait until later.
NEARBY RESTAURANTS IN COVENTRY
Bidwell Tavern 1260 Main St. (33 ft) $$
Phoenix 1203 Main St., (222 ft) $
Panda Garden 1364 Main St. (0.2 mi) $
Subway 1364 Main St. (0.2 mi) $
Lakeview 50 Lake St., (0.3 mi) $$$
Citgo Gas Station has an ATM, 1381 Main St.
Bidwell Tavern has an ATM, 1260 Main St.
New Britain Chess Club Weekly News Nov 11 2018
This Week’s News Items:
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Tuesday is week 2 of the Dr. Joseph Platz 3-week Double Quads Tournament
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NBCC OPEN HOUSE Saturday, November 24 - to watch the World Championships
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Saturday Dec.1, Unrated Tournament
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Upcoming Training Classes Focus on Carlsen vs. Caruana World Championship
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NBCC launches lichess.org presence
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Best Game of the Year Contest
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
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NBCC Unrated Tournament - Saturday Dec. 1, 2018
NBCC will be holding an unrated tournament on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. 5 Rounds of G/25;d5. Register 9:15-9:45. $15 entry fee. Trophies to top finishers. More details next week.
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Dr. Joseph Platz Double Quads Tournament
For many years now, the club has hosted annual events to recognize prominent players in our chess community who have passed on. This year’s event pays tribute to one of the greatest chess professionals in our region during the mid-20th century. Prior to residing in Connecticut, Dr. Platz had already built an impressive chess resume, earning the Cologne Championship in 1926 and the Hannover Championship in 1931. He received his training from his mentor, Emanuel Lasker. When his moved to the United States, Dr. Platz won the Western Massachusetts & Connecticut Valley Open Chess Championship fourteen times, the Connecticut Chess Championship three times, and the New England Chess Championship four times. Dr. Platz ultimately earned USCF Master Emeritus status. Toward the end of his chess career in 1979 he gave a simultaneous chess exhibition at our club, scoring 13.5-8.5
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Training Classes will focus on Carlsen vs. Caruana World Championship
This week we will be looking at Game 1 of the championship match where Carlsen missed some good winning chances. This lecture will be geared to members of all rating levels.
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NBCC launches lichess.org presence
The club announces it online lichess presence. Lichess is a free chess playing platform and we secured a place where club members can talk with each other, play against each other or even play together in team tournaments online. Once you sign up for an account on lichess, log in to your account and then access the link: https://lichess.org/team/new-britain-chess-club-nbcc and click on Join Team. Write a message indicating who you are and solve the Mate in 1 Captcha (to ensure you are a human) and our lichess team leader, Teddy, will accept your request.
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Best Game of the Year Contest
Judged by NM Rick Bauer. You must be a NBCC member to be eligible. Submit your best game to Rick at RickBauer55@gmail.com Prizes will be ⅔ to the winner and ⅓ to the loser (NBCC member only). Games also played outside the club against non-NBCC members will be considered. The judging will be announced at the Christmas party.
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2018 Holiday Party Open, Coventry Dec. 15, 2018
The Holiday Party Open Chess Tournament will be held at 1267 Main St., Coventry, on Saturday Dec. 15, 2018. The 3-SS G/60;d5 event is hosted by Rob Roy. Entry fee is $30. On-site registration only.
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https://www.chess.com/wcc2018
https://worldchess.com/ - GM Judith Polgar – Exclusive access to live video – cost $20 for match
https://chess24.com/…/carlsen-caruana-world-chess-cha…/1/1/1
– GM Svidler, GM Grischuk and WGM Guramishvili and GM Anish Giri late in match.
https://www.chess.com/wcc2018 – GM Hess, IM Rensch, and reporters on site.
https://www.uschesschamps.com/…/world-chess-championship-li…
- GM Seirawan, GM Ashley, WGM Shahade, show will start two hours into game. Many guests expected Kasparov Nov 9, Pandolfini Nov 10, Kramnik Nov 12, Fred Waitzkin Nov 13, Anand Nov 18, Leko Nov 19
https://www.twitch.tv/chessbrah - GM Hansen, GM Hambleton, Gm Van Kampen
http://www.chessdom.com/category/live/ - analysis by Lc0 – the open Neural Network, and the TCEC champion Stockfish running on a Super Computer of 128 cores.
http://twitch.tv/ChessNetwork - Jerry from the ChessNetwork.
Recap Video and blogs will be at the usual places:
http://theweekinchess.com/ - Download games immediately afterwards.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslive -Chessgames coverage.
https://www.chessclub.com/ - Internet Chess Club
https://www.youtube.com/user/PowerPlayChess - GM King
https://www.youtube.com/user/AGADMATOR - Agadmator Antonio Radic
https://www.youtube.com/user/kingscrusher - Tryfon Gavriel
https://www.youtube.com/user/nichus2012 Niclas Huschenbeth 5-10 Min recap videos and detailed video
https://www.youtube.com/user/ChessNetwork/ - Recap videos.
http://www.thechessmind.net/ - FM Dennis Monokroussos
https://www.chess.com/tv - Rest day coverage starting at 1PM AEST
https://twitter.com/ hashtag is #CarlsenCaruana
https://twitter.com/olimpiuur…/lists/world-championship-2018 - A comprehensive list of people to follow on Twitter
November 8 Press conference & Opening Ceremony
November 9 Game 1
November 10 Game 2
November 12 Game 3
November 13 Game 4
November 15 Game 5
November 16 Game 6
November 18 Game 7
November 19 Game 8
November 21 Game 9
November 22 Game 10
November 24 Game 11
November 26 Game 12
November 28 Tiebreaks/Closing Ceremony
Courtesy of Brian Karen
