CONNECTICUT CHESS MAGAZINE

 

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Created in June 2010, a paper edition was mailed in March 2013 to 500 USCF members, boosting readership.

Our blog gets traffic from U.S. Chess Federation, Facebook, Google and Twitter, and gets 10,000 page views per month.

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Planet Earth Championship results. Upcoming tournaments in Connecticut, news stories, etc...

 

 

Bringing Chess to Schools

 

We bought the chess materials we need to launch our Chess Programs this fall. 

  

 

 

112 Players Qualify For World Youth - US Chess

 

 

 

Northeast Open Blitz Chess Championship (5 min)

 

Stamford Connecticut Sheraton - June 10 9am

 

 

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All 7 ways a chess game can end in a draw

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How a Chess Match Started the Big Data Revolution

 

 

Take a look at Gokyay Chess Museum in Turkey

 

The photo taken on May 10, 2017 shows the owner Akin Gokyay's the very first chess set

from Italy's Milan in Gokyay Chess Museum in Ankara, Turkey. Gokyay Chess Museum,

with a collection of 609 chess sets from 105 countries.

 

NEW USCF MEMBERSHIP

Please renew your USCF membership on your own.

We have only a short time to register everybody for the tournament.

With today's ability to pay online; tournament directors and clubs

need not be involved with collecting and processing USCF renewals.

 

RENEWING USCF MEMBERSHIP

 

STAFFORD SPRINGS CHESS CLUB

Thursdays 7 pm.   Town Hall, 1 Main St., Stafford CT

 

July 15 - Summer Picnic Tournament

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Listen: What's it like to be a chess master ?

 

Minnesotan Wesley So has risen quickly in the chess world.

 

 

 

North Allegheny PA student, chess prodigy to represent U.S. at international competition

 

A nine-year-old McCandless PA boy is taking his chess skills to an international stage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday chess games are a ‘move toward civility’

 

The games bring together homeless people and downtown visitors.

 

 

 

 

Davide Nastasio

Interesting quote, he is feeling the same pain I feel.

 

 

 

Joe Bihlmeyer, right, wins Planet Earth Championships

 

 

 

Davide Nastasio

Mamedyarov with 2801 is 13th player in chess history to cross 2800.

 

STAFFORD SPRINGS CHESS CLUB

THURSDAYS 7 pm   Town Hall, 1 Main St., Stafford CT

 

Connecticut Chess Magazine 100,000 total pageviews.

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Joy Cao, 11, the Massachusetts 2017 Girl’s Champion.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/05/13/chess-notes/78mUYbo41ktmhkb8yJtryK/story.html

 

 

The Gm Chess

Why Black can't take the Knight on f4 ?

 

 

The Most Famous Chess Game Of All Time (Paul Morphy's Opera Game)

 

Take a look at the most famous chess game ever played by none other than Paul Morphy.

 

 

 

 

The Only Woman Leads the Moscow Grand Prix in Round 1

 

 

 

 

Trick with king's gambit for fast checkmate

 

 

 

Who will be Magnus Carlsen's next challenger for the World Championship ?

 

 

Eight players will compete in the Candidates Tournament for the right to challenge Carlsen. 

 

 

A beautiful mate in today's daily chess puzzle.

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/17639

Puzzle 17639: White to win

 

Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Koch, Thomas1 - Szuhanek, Ranko, Novi Sad 2016.

 

 

Dirty chess tricks to win fast, Chess tricks to win fast for white, Chess traps for white,

Chess openings for white, Caro-Kann Defense, How to play aggressively against Caro-Kann Defense?

 

Dirty chess tricks 4 (Two Knights Attack -- Caro-Kann)

 

 

Power play: A history of the world in the chessboard’s 64 squares

 

There’s a doctoral dissertation to be written on the correlation between chess mastery and political supremacy. 

 

Aikido is a Japanese martial art. How Aikido can be applied to chess? GM Ashley explains it!

AIKIDO CHESS | Georgia Chess News

 

For kids Santa comes on Christmas. But for me Christmas happens nearly every

Monday with the Deal of the Week.

 

 

Davide Nastasio shared a link to the group: Storrs Center Chess Club.

 

I found some simple endgames that even GM level players got wrong.

They come from real games, and I shared them in this article:

 

 

Endgame study time! | Georgia Chess News

 

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Upcoming USCF Chess Tournaments

 

FIDE Chess Master Nelson Castaneda of the New Britain Chess Club goes 3-0 and

wins the chess center's First Anniv USCF Chess Tournament on May 6.

 

 

May 11, 1997: on this day: Deep Blue beats chess champion Garry Kasparov

 

 

Deep Blue vs. Garry Kasparov: 20th Anniversary of Epic Chess Match

 

Today marks the 20th anniversary of an epic chess match between

IBM's computer Deep Blue and world chess champion Garry Kasparov.

 

 

 

On Chess: Growing young, strong players through strong tournaments

 

Whether it's chess, math, art or science, talent is not something that America lacks. 

 

Siberia Easily Wins Russian Team Championship

 

The team won all its matches, while SHSM took clear second.

 

 

 

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REPORT - FIRST ANNIVERSARY OPEN

 

Eight USCF players competed in the Chess Center First Anniv Open 

held May 6 in Coventry CT. 

Nelson Castaneda, a national senior master from New Britain CT, 

won clear first with a perfect 3-0 score.

Derek Meredith, Immad Sadiq, and Gary Cote each finished 2-1 . 

One master, one expert, and four "Class A" players.  The average 

rating for all 8 players is 1825 making it the strongest tournament 

ever held in Coventry.


The next event in Coventry is Saturday June 3: 

The "2017 National Doughnut Day Open Chess Tournament"

We feature free donuts all day to celebrate the 

diversity of the domestic donut.


CHESS CENTER FIRST ANNIV OPEN   MAY 6, 2017 COVENTRY CONNECTICUT

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 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    1 | NELSON CASTANEDA                |3.0  |W   5|W   6|W   2|
   CT | 12564228 / R: 2366   ->2369     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 2267   ->2271     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    2 | MATTHEW DEREK MEREDITH          |2.0  |W   4|W   3|L   1|
   CT | 10031443 / R: 2090   ->2099     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1906   ->1925     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    3 | IMMAD SADIQ                     |2.0  |W   7|L   2|W   6|
   CT | 12683689 / R: 1989   ->1990     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1963   ->1956     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    4 | GARY L COTE                     |2.0  |L   2|W   7|W   5|
   CT | 10034841 / R: 1825   ->1848     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1645   ->1684     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    5 | LEON J CAMPO                    |1.0  |L   1|W   8|L   4|
   CT | 12179070 / R: 1927   ->1908     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1789   ->1767     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    6 | DMITRI EFIMOV                   |1.0  |W   8|L   1|L   3|
   CT | 13855754 / R: 1828   ->1819     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1731   ->1723     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    7 | MANAV RAMPRASAD                 |1.0  |L   3|L   4|W   8|
   CT | 13780985 / R: 1691   ->1676     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1569   ->1552     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    8 | ERIC LIEBESKIND                 |0.0  |L   6|L   5|L   7|
   CT | 16229074 / R:  884P3 -> 884P6   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q:  794P3 -> 794P6   |     |     |     |     |
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Making A Living In Chess Is Tough - But The Internet Is Making It Easier

 

Chess grandmasters talk about the tough road to making a living playing the game of

Kings - and how the internet has been opening up opportunities.

 

 

 

IM Luke Harmon-Vellotti Joins Google - US Chess

 

International Master Luke Harmon-Vellotti, 18, recently was selected from a pool

of approximately 3,000,000 applicants to join Google, Fortune magazine’s #1

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ1tSBA41Ag

 

GM Magnus Carlsen vs GM Wei Yei / Round 4 / Tata Steel Masters 2017

 

 

 

Wearing a Different Hat for a Change: Champion

 

Emil Sutovsky, the president of the Association of Chess Professionals, tied for first

with Evgeniy Najer in the recent Karpov Poikovsky tournament.

 

 

On Chess: Have you thought about summer chess camps?

 

Having served as Resident Grandmaster for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center

of Saint Louis for the past three weeks,  have had the opportunity to interact with

many children who demonstrate a passion for chess.

 

 

 

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What is Chess ? by Ben McCready, Newtown Bee

June 3, 2017 Saturday

 

 

 

 

David Herscovici wins Venus de Milo Open

 

One master, two experts, among the ten players in Coventry CT.

 

Upcoming Chess Tournaments in Connecticut

 

 

 

Arthur Bisguier, Brash, Self-Taught Bronx Chess Champion, Dies at 87

 

 

The Norwich Chess Open

 

 

Otis Library's NORWICH OPEN Attracts New Players

 

 

Chess club shows game is making a comeback

 

 

 

 

Photo: Mark Bourque, left, president of Stafford Springs Chess Club versus Rev. Hugh James of Norwich.

 

 

The Norwich Chess Open: A study in silence and strategy    A video

 

 

What is Chess ? by Ben McCready, Chess Columnist for Newtown Bee

 

 

East Conn Chess website

Eastern Connecticut Chess Clubs

Enjoy video: "Heart of Chess in Connecticut".

https://youtu.be/l7pJ7_cnjz8

 

 

Why Chess with the New Britain Chess Club

 

 

 

 

Intriguing life of GM Wesley So

 

 

 

Anybody for Chess?

 

 

 

 

Downtown Stamford park gets chess, checker boards