Francisco Anchondo demonstratated his usual tactical bravado in the fourth round of the 2011 National G/30 Chess Championship. His opponent, Eric Schiller, attempted to play a rather dull carro-kann but Francisco steered the game into a violent fantasy variation. I was glad to see such an exciting game take place in the open section and believe that Francisco Anchondo’s overall tournament performance should provide adequate proof that dynamic chess can be very successful at national championship events.
Chris Torres is a nationally renowned scholastic chess coach working in the San Francisco Bay Area. His classes have attracted players of strengths ranging from rank beginners to world champions. A chess professional since 1998, Chris is widely recognized as one of the main driving forces behind the explosion in popularity and sudden rise in quality of scholastic chess in California. Chris Torres served as the President of the Torres Chess and Music Academy from 2005-2020 and currently is recognized as a correspondence chess master with the United States Chess Federation. Since 1998 Chris Torres has taught 6 individual national champions as well as led multiple school teams to win national championship titles. In addition, Chris Torres has directed and taught at 10 different schools which have been California State Champions at chess. In 2011 and 2012, several former and current students of Chris Torres have been selected to represent the United States at the World Youth Chess Championships. Mr. Torres’ hobbies include playing classical guitar and getting his students to appear on the national top 100 chess rating lists.
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6 thoughts on “United States G/30 National Chess Championship: Francisco Anchondo”
Do you have the notations of the game? I saw it standing around your table and thought it might be very good to analyze it in more detail. It would be great if you would publish the game here. Thank you.
Do you have the notations of the game? I saw it standing around your table and thought it might be very good to analyze it in more detail. It would be great if you would publish the game here. Thank you.
— Ashik
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Sorry about the delay. I accidentally deleted the real game when editing a variation. I hope you enjoy the game.
Thank you very much for the game notation. I have used this in my blog with a source declaration your blog – http://chess4you.blogspot.com/2011/10/francisco-anchondos-game-during-us.html