The Greater Peoria Chess Federation is organizing this year's event on November 5th at the Peoria Grand Hotel. Two of the top players in the state, Nikhil Kumar Kunche and Timur Aliyev, will be giving simultaneous exhibitions for the students. Register by October 25th, and the entry fee is a very reasonable $25.
Showing posts with label Timur Aliyev. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Timur Aliyev. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
November 5th in Peoria: All-Grade Championship!
If you're a scholastic player, parent, teacher, or coach, you should really make a road trip to Peoria to play in this great Illinois Chess Association event or to cheer on your kids. The event determines the Illinois champion for each grade from 1st through 8th. There's also a high school section.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Eric Rosen wins Tim Just's Winter Open XXV(?)
The consensus this weekend is that this was not the 25th annual TJWO. Wayne Clark thought it was the 27th; Chief TD Daniel Parmet said that it had been run as early as 1983, which (assuming no skips) would make it the 29th. I remember when it was held at Illinois Beach State Park: great location if you don't get a blizzard!
Eric Rosen won comfortably with 4½-½. Timur Aliyev, Under 2000 winner Charles Swan of Whitney Young, and Under 2200 winner Bill Brock tied for second with 4-1 each. Swan picked up 120 rating points in one weekend: not bad! Congratulations to Fredric Cohen for making Class A!
David Peng won the booster with 4½-½. Roger Wang, Saagar Gupta, Avinash Rajendra, and Ryan Toepfer (who went from 1481 to 1647!) tied for second with 4-1.
Thanks to Tim Just, Wayne Clark, and Daniel Parmet for another very nice event. The clocks provided by the North American Chess Association allowed the event to use the thirty-second increment setting. Even with only 90 minutes each for the game, one can approximate Real Chess. Very pleasant for us old folks!
Thanks to Tim Just, Wayne Clark, and Daniel Parmet for another very nice event. The clocks provided by the North American Chess Association allowed the event to use the thirty-second increment setting. Even with only 90 minutes each for the game, one can approximate Real Chess. Very pleasant for us old folks!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Chicago Class - Master Section
Happy Monday!
GM Nikola Mitkov won the Master Section (link to crosstable) of the Chicago Class, held this weekend at the DoubleTree Oak Brook, with 4½ points. Timur Aliyev took clear second with an impressive 4 points (Aliyev upset GM Dmitry Gurevich in the last round). Gurevich, Erik Santarius, Owechukwu Iwu, and Gopal Menon tied for 3rd with 3½ points.
More on the other sections in the next day or so: please send an interesting game if you have one to share!
Yours truly did not play so well, but I had fun!
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