Effective Monday, April 20, 2009, the Chess Club of Minnesota will say farewell to Minnetonka Borders Book Store and begin Monday night chess at the Food Court in Byerly's Ridgdale store.  The usual suspects will convene Monday evenings from 7-10PM - pretty much all year round.  The new location has very nice tables, Caribou Coffee,  a Big Bowl Express and of course a wonderful grocery store :)

Byerly's is just across Plymouth Road from Borders Books.

Congratulations are in order for several club members who finished up the chess season with outstanding performances.

Don't forget - Tuesday nights there is chess at the Barnes and Noble store at Eden Prairie Center, from 6:30 to 8:00 each night. Sponsored in part by the Chess Club of Minnesota and the EP Gifted and Talented.

Several club members had outstanding results at the 2009 SCA Grade Level Championship, including:

1st grade - Andrew Titus, 1st Place!
3rd grade - Winston Chen - 1st Place!
4th grade - Jake Siefker - 5th Place!
5th grade - Griffin Groethe - 1st Place!
6th grade - Justin Kleist - 1st Place!
                Brett Kleist - 2nd Place!

Nice job kids!

Tournament starts Saturday , March 21^st at 10 a.m. and finishes approximately at 3 p.m. Players grouped by rating/age/experience level. Three  rounds for the top sections (g45,possible rating tournament), seven rounds for  other sections.

Congratulations to Michael Yang, Vladimir Maltsev and Andrew Tang for their fine results in the 2009 Winter Open. Michael tied for first in the Open section wtih Matt Dahl and Victor Adler. Vladimir finished 1st in the reserve section, and Andrew finished 2nd. For those of us who've watched Vladimir and Andrew duel it out at our chess camps, this strong finish comes as no surprise. Other notables: Kevin Bu finished 16th in the Open section, Joshua Ylinen 14th in Reserve, Griffin Groethe 20th, Jacob Harris 46th, Atharva Limaye 55th, Andrew Titus 3rd in the Beginners section.

Congratulations to the following players for an excellent showing in our recent round robin tournament of November 16th.

Free chess is offered every Tuesday at the Barnes and Noble store at the Eden Prairie Mall. Bring your chess set and pieces. Chess is offered between 6:30 and 8:00. Sponsored by Barnes and Noble, the Chess Club of Minnesota, and EPCGT.

Minnesota State Chess Association www.minnesotachess.org
School Chess Association www.schoolchess.org
U.S. Chess Federation www.uschess.org
Chess Castle www.chesscastle.com 
FICS (Free Chess Server) www.freechess.org/
Internet Chess Club www.chessclub.com
Yahoo Chess (Free Chess Server) www.games.yahoo.com
MN Chess Discussion List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MinnesotaChess/
U of M Chess Club www.tc.umn.edu/~chess/
Chessville www.chessville.com
America's Foundation for Chess www.af4c.com