NEW BRITAIN SUMMER OPEN TO BE SATURDAY AUG 28 AT ARMENIAN CHURCH

Dear family and friends of the historic New Britain Chess Club: As you probably know by now, from our esteemed club president, Suhas Kodali, the 56th annual New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship has be RESCHEDULED to THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, at the NBCC's home at the ARMENIAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY RESURRECTION. The first round will start at 10:00 a.m. sharp! This is still an outdoor event with a barbeque lunch between rounds one and two. Currently, we have fifty-seven players competing in this biggest social chess gathering of the year in Connecticut, and I hope to see you there. Yes, there is still time to register for the tournament! You can do that by logging onto the club website or by paying in person on the day of the tournament. Please see Norman and me to register on-site. Either way, we would love you to join us for a fun day of chess! The weather is expected to be much better on Saturday, with temperatures in the 80s with LOW humidity. Have a splendid week, everyone. See you on Tuesday at the club for FM Nelson Castaneda's simul and at the Summer Open this Saturday. With warmest regards, Bob Cyr NBCC Historian and Lifetime Member CSCA Historian USCF Local Tournament Director Former NBCC Vice President and Librarian

56th Annual New Britain Summer Open - SATURDAY AUGUST 28, 2021

Dear family and friends of the historic New Britain Chess Club: As you probably know by now, from our esteemed club president, Suhas Kodali, the 56th annual New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship has be RESCHEDULED to THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, at the NBCC's home at the ARMENIAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY RESURRECTION. The first round will start at 10:00 a.m. sharp! This is still an outdoor event with a barbeque lunch between rounds one and two. Currently, we have fifty-seven players competing in this biggest social chess gathering of the year in Connecticut, and I hope to see you there. Yes, there is still time to register for the tournament! You can do that by logging onto the club website or by paying in person on the day of the tournament. Please see Norman and me to register on-site. Either way, we would love you to join us for a fun day of chess! The weather is expected to be much better on Saturday, with temperatures in the 80s with LOW humidity. Have a splendid week, everyone. See you on Tuesday at the club for FM Nelson Castaneda's simul and at the Summer Open this Saturday. With warmest regards, Bob Cyr NBCC Historian and Lifetime Member CSCA Historian USCF Local Tournament Director Former NBCC Vice President and Librarian

ZOOM TODAY

Dear Chess Enthusiast,

The Saturday Study group has been fun for and because of the core players that have become regulars, but I still have hopes for providing a broader appeal. We will be trying out a new format, starting today. Instead of a 3-4 hour marathon starting at 4 PM, we will try three one-hour sessions, starting at 5 PM, 6 PM and 7 PM.

The first hour will be fast-moving and light-spirited. This week's topics include the Polish Opening 1 b4!?, the Smith-Morra, Joe B - Castaneda, pawn endings and maybe a game or two from the World Cup.  The second hour will be unstructured "practice play" as a group or individually.

A few feelers went out last week, but at 5 PM, it was our core group of four.  We still had a very good, informative discussion, with reviews of two of Nelson Castaneda's games.  Mike Smith showed some study insights with Chessible.com and Kevin Corteville presented a game from the World Cup.

 

Hopefully, we will attract a few more today (online chess may soon make a comeback!).   Nelson (thanks!) has posted a very compelling draw against Mark Bourque.  He lost a piece in the opening, played a piece down the entire game, and was able to secure the draw through the elimination of all pawns despite a problem-like "stockfish win" for Mark in the final position.

 

In addition, I have been working on some king and pawn basics and was reminded by Andy Soltis in Chess Life of the Shirazi Gambit against the Caro-Kann, giving me a chance to review some of the changes in the Caro over the last 30 years.  Those and any other chess-related topics that you wish to discuss should lead to another interesting session.

 

All are welcome,

 

Rick

 

ore depth on some of the games or concepts that come up.

 

Hope to see you then,

Link to Zoom - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85697496782?pwd=T3FnRi9lNVp5VkRrMjRoZmFPWkpjZz09

Meeting ID: 856 9749 6782

Passcode: NBCC