We have moved to the Murray-Calloway County Public Library
We will meet there on Dec 30 and Jan 6
See schedule in on the activities page.
We will meet there on Dec 30 and Jan 6
See schedule in on the activities page.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
meetings
We have moved to the Murray-Calloway County Public Library
We will move to the Murray Calloway Co library on Nov. 4th.
We will meet there on Nov 4, 11, 18, but not 25th.
We will meet there on Dec 2, 9, 16, 30 but not 23rd.
See schedule in on the activities page.
A new world chess champion
Magnus Carlsen, the 22-year-old Norwegian who has been the most dominant chess player since 2010, finally broke through on Friday to win the game’s most important title, the world championship, for the first time.
Carlson 6.5 Anand 3.5
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/crosswords/chess/norwegian-22-takes-world-chess-title.html?hpw&rref=&_r=0
Friday, November 1, 2013
meeting time and place change
Next Monday, November 4th we move to The Murray Calloway County Library and
The meeting time changes to 5:30 – 7:30.
November meetings
Next Monday,
November 4th we move to The Murray Calloway County Library and
The meeting time
changes to 5:30 – 7:30.
date type where adult supervisor (red and blue are tournaments)
The November leader is ???. nightly leaders
Nov. 4 meeting Murray -Call Library _______????___________
Nov 11 meeting Murray -Call Library _______S or R Cunningham__________
Nov18 meeting Murray -Call Library _______???__________
Nov 25 No meeting
Friday, October 4, 2013
Calloway County Champion
Josiah Hereford successfully defended his title by defeating Wayne Bell by a score of 2.5-1.5.
Congratulations Josiah.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Scholastic Novice Tournament Oct 26
T H E I D E A L F I R S T T O U R N A M E N T
2013-14 FIRST NOVICE
SCHOLASTIC CHESS TOURNAMENT
In conjunction with the 31st annual MSU open
!!!!! ADVANCE ENTRIES ONLY !!!!!
for full participation
WHEN: SAT, Oct. 26; 10:45AM--ABOUT 4:30 P M
OPEN TO: students in 12th grade and below who are unrated or rated below 900
(Stronger players can play in the amateur section of the MSU open which begins at 10 AM)
WHERE: Third floor, Curris Center, Murray St. Univ., Murray, KY
TYPE: swiss, 4 rounds (individual competition only)
1st round at 11:00, 2nd at 1 pm others asap,
awards asap after last round
TIME CONTROL: game / 30 (30 minutes per player per game)
SECTIONS: Novice: students in 12th grade and below who are unrated or rated below 900.
Beginner: students in 5th grade and below who are unrated or rated below 600
TROPHIES: NOVICE: 1st, 2nd, and third in each of: HS, MS, Elem and Primary
BEGINNER: 1st, 2nd, and third in each of: Elem and Primary
HS=K-12, MS=K-8, Elem=K-5, Pri=K-3
ENTRY FEE: $10 !!! MUST BE RECEIVED BY October 23rd !!!
REGISTRATION: !!!!! ADVANCE ENTRIES ONLY !!!!!
USCF MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED and is available on line or at the site;
Current USCF rates: for ages 12 and under Scholastic membership is: Premium $24 this includes 6 issues of Chess Life for kids or (Regular $17 – publications are online); for ages 15 and under Youth membership is: Premium $28 this includes 6 issues of Chess Life or (Regular $22 – publications are online); for ages 24 and under Young Adult membership is: Premium $33 this includes 12 issues of Chess Life or (Regular $26 – publications are online).
Memberships can be obtained online at USChess. They will also be available on site.
ENTRIES Wayne Bell, MSU Chess Club, Box 2468, Murray State Univ, Murray KY 42071
AT SITE ENTRIES: NONE: !!!!! ADVANCE ENTRIES ONLY !!!!!
SPONSOR: MSU Chess Club
ENTRY FORM
PLAYER’S NAME GRADE USCF ID# (IF ANY) RATING(if any)
………………………………………………………I……………I..………………………………………I…………………………I
Address………………………………………………………………….……………………………………
Telephone…(……………)……………………………… Birthdate………………………………………..…
School…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…
section (circle one) Beginner (5th grade and below & under 600) Novice (12th grade and below & under 900)
31st MSU Open Oct 26th
A Heritage Event
31st M S U OPEN
For Scholastic novice: See
separate flyer
WHEN: SAT, October 26, 2013
WHERE: THIRD FLOOR, CURRIS CENTER
MURRAY ST. UNIV., MURRAY, KY
TYPE: SWISS 4 ROUNDS AT 10, 1 and ASAP thereafter
SECTIONS: Open and Amateur (for players rated
under 1200)
TIME CONTROL: Game / 60:d5
GUARANTEED PRIZES: $500
Open: $ 100 + trophy to 1st in Open ,
$50 to 2nd
$50 + trophy to first in each
of B, C, D
Amateur: $ 50 + trophy to 1st
under 1200
$ 50 + trophy to 1st
under 1000
$ 50 + trophy to 1st
under 800
$ 50 + trophy to 1st
under 600
and (entries permitting) $100 to be assigned based on where the
entries are located.
ENTRY FEE: $20 IF RECEIVED BY Wed. Oct. 23rd
; $30 AFTERWARD
REGISTRATION: AT
SITE 9:00-9:45
ADVANCE Wayne Bell
Box
2468
Murray
State Univ. Station
Murray,
KY 42071
INFO only: 270-293-7675 or wcbell@mail.com
PLAYERS MEETING 9:50
BRING: SETS, BOARDS, AND CLOCKS, IF YOU HAVE THEM
MEMBERSHIPS REQUIRED: USCF
SPONSOR: M S U CHESS CLUB and
the Mur-Cal Chess Club
T H E I D E A L
F I R S T T O U R N A M E N T
2013-14 FIRST NOVICE
SCHOLASTIC CHESS TOURNAMENT
In conjunction
with the 31st annual MSU open
!!!!! ADVANCE ENTRIES ONLY !!!!!
for full participation
WHEN: SAT,
Oct. 26; 10:45AM--ABOUT 4:30 P M
OPEN TO: students
in 12th grade and below who are unrated or rated below 900
(Stronger
players can play in the amateur section of the MSU open which begins at 10 AM)
WHERE: Third
floor, Curris Center, Murray St. Univ., Murray, KY
TYPE: swiss, 4
rounds (individual competition only)
1st
round at 11:00, 2nd at 1 pm others asap,
awards
asap after last round
TIME CONTROL: game
/ 30 (30 minutes per player per game)
SECTIONS: Novice: students in 12th grade and below who are
unrated or rated below 900.
Beginner:
students in 5th grade and below who are
unrated or rated below 600
TROPHIES: NOVICE: 1st, 2nd, and third in each
of: HS, MS, Elem and Primary
BEGINNER: 1st, 2nd, and third in each
of: Elem and Primary
HS=K-12,
MS=K-8, Elem=K-5, Pri=K-3
ENTRY FEE: $10 !!! MUST BE RECEIVED BY October 23rd !!!
REGISTRATION: !!!!!
ADVANCE ENTRIES ONLY !!!!!
USCF MEMBERSHIP IS
REQUIRED and is available on line or at the site;
Current USCF rates: for ages 12 and under Scholastic
membership is: Premium $24 this includes 6 issues of Chess Life for kids or
(Regular $17 – publications are online);
for ages 15 and under Youth membership is: Premium $28 this includes 6
issues of Chess Life or (Regular $22 – publications are online); for ages 24 and under Young Adult membership
is: Premium $33 this includes 12 issues of Chess Life or (Regular $26 –
publications are online).
Memberships can be obtained
online at USChess. They will also be
available on site.
ENTRIES Wayne
Bell, MSU Chess Club, Box 2468, Murray State Univ, Murray KY 42071
AT SITE ENTRIES: NONE:
!!!!! ADVANCE ENTRIES ONLY !!!!!
SPONSOR: MSU
Chess Club
ENTRY FORM
PLAYER’S
NAME GRADE USCF ID#
(IF ANY)
RATING(if any)
………………………………………………………I……………I..………………………………………I…………………………I
Address………………………………………………………………….……………………………………
Telephone…(……………)………………………………
Birthdate………………………………………..…
School…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…
section (circle one) Beginner (5th grade and below & under 600) Novice
(12th grade and below & under
900)
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
october meetings
The October leader is ???. nightly leaders
Oct 7 meeting Mississippi Room CC _________Thome ____
Oct 14 meeting Mississippi Room CC __________Thome________
Oct 21 meeting Mississippi Room CC _______Thome__________
Oct. 26 Tournament The 31st MSU Open will be held on Sat Oct. 26 in the Curris Center details in USCF and KCA.
Oct 28 meeting Mississippi Room CC _______Blalock__________
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
meetings
We have moved to the Murray-Calloway County Public Library
We will move to the Murray Calloway Co library on Nov. 4th.
We will meet there on Nov 4, 11, 18, but not 25th.
We will meet there on Dec 2, 9, 16, 30 but not 23rd.
See schedule in on the activities page.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Franklin on Chess
Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life - that even when everything seems to be going badly for us we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems. – Benjamin Franklin
Friday, August 30, 2013
Chess in Murray - Calloway Co. 2013
See General Information (upper left) for future revisions
Here is the current status. I will try to keep it up to date. If I have any additions or errors please let
me know.
October 26 we will have a major
tournament. Next Feb. (or so) we will
have the 2014 County Championships
If you want your email or phone number
to not appear here with the chess group please let me know.
What we are hoping for is to get parent
– teacher volunteers to manage each of the classes - clubs – meeting sessions. I will call such persons managers. In schools it means sponsor. Sponsor does not have to be a player if
someone else (a parent?) can be the coach.
If we can get persons who will do the
managerial parts we will have a better chance of getting coaches because we can
assure them that they will only need to teach while someone else maintains
order.
Please send this to people who are interested
and send their email addresses to me: wcbell@mail.com
Someone who can do it should create a
facebook page about all this.
Activity where When open to manager Coach
Chess
Column Ledger Mondays all W.
Bell
Murray-Calloway
CC Curris Ctr 5-7 Mon all Leaders W. Bell
Switch to Cal. Co Library later this year group tutors
MSU
chess Club Curris Ctr 6-9 Wed All Rett
Weber Open
MHS chess Club MHS ? ? MCS Lauren
Hines Open
students
MMS chess Club MMS 3-4 Thur MMS Martin Son Mr.
Son
Begin Sept 12 students Sheri
Muehleman
Home Schoolers ???? ????? James Hereford
Schools with
no clubs
People who are interested in having a club at a school
they are listed beside with contact info.
If we get several people interested they will have a better chance of
persuading their principal to find a sponsor.
MES CC E CC N CC SW
CC Middle La
Dawn Hale 227-7087 lhale2@email.uky.edu
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The rules
Thanks to Matthew Cooper we now have a nice set of rules on the blog that you can download and use to teach children the moves of the pieces.
September Meetings.
The September leader is Ed Thome. nightly leader
Sept 2 cancelled for labor day
Sept 9 meeting Mississippi Room CC _________Thome ____
Sept 16 meeting Mississippi Room CC _______Jenny Holcomb________
Sept 30 meeting Mississippi Room CC _______Thome and ?__________
meeting place
The MSU CC and (for two months) the Mur-Cal chess club will generally return to
the Mississippi Room with only occasional placement next door in the Cumberland
Room.
A new star
This was posted by Randas Burns on the Kentucky Chess Association web site. Very
magnanimous of Randas.
- My last bit of new involves a player that might not be well
known to everyone. This player is Josiah Hereford. From January 2012 to today,
Josiah has risen his rating from 928 to 1821. That means in the last 20 months
he has gained 893 points at 14 events. In most of the events he is upsetting or
drawing players much higher rated than himself. For instance this past Saturday
at the "Dog Days of Summer" Open in E-town I watched this player compete against
a master and two experts and score 2.5 points. I had the unlucky task of having
to play him in the last round but I was fortunate to win. Regardless of my win
Josiah picked up 117 pts and moved into the A class. Watch out for this kid.
He's coming to a tournament near you.
Monday, August 26, 2013
August meetings
August Leader Jim Hereford 293-3999 nightly leader
Aug 5 meeting Cumberland Room CC _______James Hereford__________
Aug 12 meeting Cumberland Room CC _______James Hereford__________
Aug 19 meeting Cumberland Room CC _______Tammi Blalock___________
Aug 26 meeting Cumberland Room CC _______Jenny Holcomb__________
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
August 12 column exercises
Double rook type checkmates
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8-+-+-+-+(
7+-+-+-+-'
6-+-+-+-+&
5+-+k+-+-%
4-tR-+-+-+$
3wQ-+-+-+-#
2-+-+-+-+"
1+-+-+-mK-!
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1. White to move and checkmate in 4 moves. Notice that first the rook hems the king into the upper 4 rows, then the queen pushes the black king back off of the fifth row (counting from the bottom), then the queen hems the black king into three rows and the rook pushes him back. The active piece is the one holding the black king back and the inactive piece is the one White wants to move. This is an example of using your inactive pieces.
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8-+-+-+-+(
7+-+-+-+-'
6-+-+-+-+&
5+-+-+-+-%
4-+-+k+-+$
3+R+-+-+-#
2-+-+-+-+"
1tR-+-+-mK-!
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2. White to move and checkmate more than 4 moves. The reason is that the Black king should attack the rooks and the rooks will have to move from the left side to the right to the left. Notice again that the active rook hems the king into the upper part of the board and the inactive one is the piece that moves to push the black king toward the top of the board.
Queen type checkmates
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7+p+-+-+-'
6p+-zP-sNl+&
5wQ-+-+-+-%
4-+-wq-+-+$
3+-+-+-zPn#
2-+-+-+-zP"
1+-+-+K+-!
xabcdefghy
XABCDEFGHY
8-+k+-+-+(
7+p+-+-+-'
6p+-zP-sNl+&
5wQ-+-+-+-%
4-+-wq-+-+$
3+-+-+-zPn#
2-+-+-+-zP"
1+-+-+K+-!
xabcdefghy
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