Eric Rosen drew GM Ray Robson in Round One last night. Alexander Shabalov broke down Eric's Sicilian in Round Two, however:
You can follow top board action at monroi.com: Mesgen Amanov is playing an interesting double-rook ending right now.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Why Not Chicago?
Look for the text of the following proposal on the Illinois Chess Association's website shortly!
ILLINOIS CHESS ASSOCIATION
WHY NOT CHICAGO?
A proposal to set up a program of free chess
instruction in Chicago’s Title I schools to
* improve decision-making, strategic
thinking and emotional development
* improve academic performance
* bring Chicago’s youth chess program
into the nation’s top competitive tier
to
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Jean-Claude Brizard
CEO, Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Board of Education:
David Vitale, President
Henry Bienen
Mahalia Hines
Penny Pritzker
Jesse Ruiz
Rod Sierra
Andrea Zopp
June 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
computer cheating (in quite another sense)
Via ChessVibes: The International Computer Games Association claims that Vasik Rajlich lifted the code of Crafty and Fruit.
The claim is not a new one (it's been discussed on rybkaforum.net for some time), but ICGA bans Rajlich for life and strips Rybka of the 2007-2010 titles. (I hope Rybka takes the news well.)
The claim is not a new one (it's been discussed on rybkaforum.net for some time), but ICGA bans Rajlich for life and strips Rybka of the 2007-2010 titles. (I hope Rybka takes the news well.)
What works in Brooklyn....
If it can work in Bedford-Stuyvesant, it will work in Chicago.
James Black of I.S. 318 has one half-brother doing 20 to life for murder; another did 33 months for selling drugs. But James is choosing another path: Dylan Loeb McClain reports.
James Black of I.S. 318 has one half-brother doing 20 to life for murder; another did 33 months for selling drugs. But James is choosing another path: Dylan Loeb McClain reports.
Nice budget quad in Kenosha
Hey, if it's at the end of my commuter line, it's sorta in Chicagoland. I have to confess that the Kenosha Chess Association is new to me. They have a quad on Saturday, July 1st. (As you might guess, there are four players in a quad. The top four players are in Quad 1, the next four in Quad 2, etc. Each section is a three-round round robin.) Advance entry fee is only $10, and the winner even gets a prize!
Info on the ICA website!
Info on the ICA website!
Choose one of two great tournaments this weekend!
On July 1-4 in Rosemont, it's the 2011 FIDE Continental America's Amateur Chess Championship. There's only one game on July 4th, so you'll have time to recover for work on Tuesday morning! And this event has a $15,000 guaranteed prize fund!!
I'll be playing in the All American Double Class on July 2-3 at the DoubleTree in Oak Brook. One IM and six masters have already registered. The schedule is a bit unusual in that play doesn't begin until Saturday afternoon, and Round 3 is 9:45 Sunday morning. (If you're not staying at the hotel, you may wish to consider asking for a ½-point bye at registration.). This tournament has a $12,000 based on 250 players; approximately $7,000 of the prize fund is guaranteed! (At least that's the way I read it; please correct me if I'm wrong.)
For info on these and other upcoming events (including summer camps, lectures, simuls, and classes), check out the ICA Tournament Calendar!
I'll be playing in the All American Double Class on July 2-3 at the DoubleTree in Oak Brook. One IM and six masters have already registered. The schedule is a bit unusual in that play doesn't begin until Saturday afternoon, and Round 3 is 9:45 Sunday morning. (If you're not staying at the hotel, you may wish to consider asking for a ½-point bye at registration.). This tournament has a $12,000 based on 250 players; approximately $7,000 of the prize fund is guaranteed! (At least that's the way I read it; please correct me if I'm wrong.)
For info on these and other upcoming events (including summer camps, lectures, simuls, and classes), check out the ICA Tournament Calendar!
The fifteen-minute solution
I'm not terribly interested in a quarrel between New in Chess and ChessBase, but the idea of a fifteen-minute broadcast delay to make cheating more difficult is interesting.
This doesn't just affect grandmasters. I'm half a class below master level, and I've had four of my games broadcast live on Monroi in the past three months. On balance, I'm against the delay: the overwhelming majority of players wouldn't dream of cheating.
This doesn't just affect grandmasters. I'm half a class below master level, and I've had four of my games broadcast live on Monroi in the past three months. On balance, I'm against the delay: the overwhelming majority of players wouldn't dream of cheating.
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