Sure October 12th is National Chess Day, first authorized in 1976 by then President Ford. At a time and a place in this country when Chess was the rage. Bobby Fischer was still the world champion after his defeat of Spassky in Iceland a couple of years before, and the country was chess CRAZY! I remember being in the Langendorf Park Chess Club in Barrington, IL
OK so in honor of National Chess Day the Iowa Chess Association is holding the Iowa Blitz Championship in Cedar Rapids Iowa this Saturday! I handed out flyers this morning.
Here is the skinny
Oct 12, 2013
2013 Iowa Blitz Chess Championship
Celebrate National Chess Day and participate in the 2013 Iowa Blitz
Chess Championship. This event is a USCF Blitz Chess Rated event. (Does
not effect your regular or quick chess rating). Time control 5+0 (5 min
with no delay). Champions, class prizes, and prizes for top senior and
top youth. Sets and clocks provided.
Where: Cedar Rapids Public Library - Downtown (new building)
,4th Avenue and 5th Street SE
,Cedar Rapids
,IA
52402
Reg: On-Site registration 11:00 am to Noon. Rounds:
7 Rd SS. Round 1 begins at 12:30 pm. Rounds 2-6 ASAP. Entry Fee: $10 in advance, $15 on-site Prize Info: Total
prize fund of $240 based on 24 entries. 1st $60, 2nd $45, 3rd $35,
U1800, U1600, U1400, Top Youth (U14), Top Senior (>55) $20 each.
US Chess Federation (USCF) membership required.
On-Site Available.
Send Entry Fee to: Send advance entries to James Hodina, 3411 Blue Pointe Ct. SW.
Additional Info: Contact TD James Hodina, james.hodina@chessiniowa.org or 319-432-1459.
In the chess ladder today, Caroline Mascardo held on to her top spot. Next week we will be enforcing the "you can only play within 25% (8 positions) rule) of the ladder. I let new kids play anyone so they can jump up the ladder and play within their ability. Also as a note please include your last name when writing down the score as there are more than one Sam and Caroline. Another thing is if you run out of time, it is not a draw, either cancel the game or I will take a picture of it to start again next week.
I spent some time going over the ten essential chess skills this morning with parents and students. I am thinking of having a parents chess learning night?
And here is todays standings
1 0 4 0 Caroline Mascardo
2 +4 4 0 Parker Imborek
3 +24 2 0 Lucy Westermeyer
4 -2 4 0 Julianna Mascardo
5 -2 2 0 Peter Adams
6 +6 2 0 Carter Phillips
7 -3 3 0 Dominic Rutkowski
8 +13 4 0 Yusef Alaya
9 -4 3 0 Brendan Klutts
10 +9 5 0 Tommy Kerns
11 +13 4 0 Arun Dixit
12 -3 4 0 Joseph Vigil
13 +17 5 0 Elias Davis
14 -7 5 0 Sebastian Rutkowski
15 -7 7 0 Patrick Selby
16 +17 2 0 BJ Wolfe
17 -7 3 0 Jacob Vigil
18 -7 2 0 Barry Vigil
19 -6 3 0 Teddy Kim
20 -6 7 0 Eleanor Weitz
21 -6 1 0 Sam Weitz
22 -6 5 0 Caroline Netolicky
23 -6 0 1 Brady Gromacki
24 -6 2 0 Keenai Fender
25 -5 5 0 Teya Kerns
26 +8 1 0 Luca Chackalackal
27 +2 3 0 Sam Callahan
28 -6 0 1 Nickolas Ferrel
29 +3 1 0 Max Gerke
30 -7 3 0 Aiden Jacobsen
31 -6 0 1 Jackson Seering
32 -6 1 0 Davis Nepple
33 -5 1 0 Tyler Lieberman
34 -3 0 0 Sam Showers
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