The Chess Club

With several big chess tournaments coming up this winter and spring, now is the time to sharpen your skills and take your game to the next level. Classes are offered for three different skill/experience levels. Space is limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so if you are interested register soon! To register, mail your registration form to the Chess Club of MN. Instructor: Igor Rybakov Location: Hopkins Pavillion For a registration form, send an e-mail to igorchess@gmail.com. Registration closes 3 days prior to the first class of each session.

Send an e-mail to: igorchess@gmail.com for more information.

Quick Chess Quads continue this winter in Minnetonka, on the first and third
Thursdays of the Month. $15 covers both dates. Medals awarded to top finishers in each
group every month. No memberships required. Not rated.

Thursday Evenings: 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Each day starts with 30 minutes of informal "warm
up" play, followed by 3 rounds of quick chess (g15) each evening. Bring your chess
set and your chess clock (if you have one.) If you don't have a chess clock you can still
participate.

Final results below:

Gr. A

Winter Break Chess Camp!!
Join us for two days of chess fun – bring your friends and
make new ones! Blitz, bughouse, chess puzzles and more.

Where: Hopkins Pavillion
11000 Excelsior Boulevard
Hopkins, MN 55343-3432

When: Monday, December 28 and Tuesday, December 29!
Times: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days
Who: Any chess player, grades K-12

Cost:

-$80 covers both days and includes afternoon snack
-$50 covers two half-day sessions (a.m. or p.m.)
 

Twenty one kids registered this month - broken into four groups. See results below:

Gr#1

Make room for some hardware... the Chess Club of Minnesota returns from Chicago sportin' some outstanding results and large trophies! The K-3 team took 2nd place, as did the K-9 team. K-12 took 3rd place and K-6 also took 3rd. Terriffic!! In the side events, our K-12 team took first in Blitz, and the K-6 blitz team took second!!

Top individual honors to Zach Adams (3rd K-12), Kevin Bu (6th K-9), Daniel Lekah (11th K-6) and Andrew Titus (4th K-3).

Complete results available at: http://nya2009.com/

Latest results - November 12:

Group 1
Andrew Tng 3.0
Justin F 1.5
Justin K 1.0
Andrew Ti .5

Group 2
Elliot B. 3.0
Jacob H 2.0
Tim 1.0
Matthew Q 0.0

Group 3
Gregori 3.0
David 2.0
Mitchell 1.0
Nathan 0.0

Group 4 Swiss
Sergey 3.0
Daniel 2.5
Marina 1.5
Alex 1

George 1

Tarick 0

Group 5 Swiss
Diane 5.0
Joshua 3.0
Bennett 3.0

Group A -
Andrew T -3.0
Justin K -  2.0
Jacob H -0.5
Roman G- 0.5

Group B
Justyn F - 3.0
Gregori S , David B, Mathew Qu - 1.0

Group C
Mitchell O , Diana B , Sam S - 2.0
Logan -0.0

Group D
Sergey K, Ethan - 3.0
Sam C, Sam L , Nathan - 2.0
George , Rithvik , Bennett - 1.0
Daniel - 0