I am unable to broadcast all the rounds due to prior commitments, However, you can still watch along by going to: https://www.chess.com/events/2022-bayareachess-gm-im-norm-2 Opening ceremony: Friday Apr 1st, 6:30PM Round Time: Round 1: Friday, Apr 1, 7:00 PM – Daily Chess Musings with Chris Torres https://www.twitch.tv/dailychessmusings https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyChessMusings Round 2: Saturday, Apr 2, 11:30 AM https://www.twitch.tv/dailychessmusings https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyChessMusings RoundContinueContinue reading “The Second Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Standings”
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The Second Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Round 2
https://youtu.be/hMX_NXO5Q6A Opening ceremony: Friday Apr 1st, 6:30PM Round Time: Round 1: Friday, Apr 1, 7:00 PM – Daily Chess Musings with Chris Torres https://www.twitch.tv/dailychessmusings https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyChessMusings Round 2: Saturday, Apr 2, 11:30 AM https://www.twitch.tv/dailychessmusings https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyChessMusings Round 3: Saturday, Apr 2, 5:30 PM Round 4: Sunday, Apr 3, 10:00 AM Round 5: Sunday, Apr 3, 4:00 PM https://www.twitch.tv/dailychessmusingsContinueContinue reading “The Second Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Round 2”
The Second Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Round 1
https://youtu.be/KZXlKaAFRLE Opening ceremony: Friday Apr 1st, 6:30PM Round Time: Round 1: Friday, Apr 1, 7:00 PM – Daily Chess Musings with Chris Torres https://www.twitch.tv/dailychessmusings https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyChessMusings Round 2: Saturday, Apr 2, 11:30 AM Round 3: Saturday, Apr 2, 5:30 PM Round 4: Sunday, Apr 3, 10:00 AM Round 5: Sunday, Apr 3, 4:00 PM Round 6: Monday,ContinueContinue reading “The Second Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Round 1”
Francisco Friday for 4/01/22
San Francisco Bay Area chess coach Francisco Anchondo demonstrates nicely why dominating the center of a chessboard is an important step toward dominating a game of chess. [Event “Casual Blitz game”] [Date “2022.02.22”] [White “Francisco Anchondo”] [WhiteElo “?”] [Black “Anonymous”] [BlackElo “?”] [Result “1-0”] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 Nc6 3.f4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 b6 6.Nc3ContinueContinue reading “Francisco Friday for 4/01/22”
More Opportunities for young chess players in Northern California
https://youtu.be/JzIx3nXNDQ4 Greetings! I’m Chris Torres, the Scholastic Coordinator for CalChess and I have some exciting news for Northern California’s scholastic chess community. Perhaps you’ve seen some of the Super State coverage on DailyChessMusings.com and thought it looked like a fun event. Maybe you attended the tournament but did not quite place high enough for aContinueContinue reading “More Opportunities for young chess players in Northern California “
Inaugural Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Final Standings
The Inaugural Mission360/Bay Area Chess GM Norm Invitational is in the books. Kudos to GM Jianchao Zhou who came all the way from China and took 1st place. Congratulations are also in order to fellow Californian Robert Shlyakhtenko who, by finishing second second place, passed 2400 FIDE and thus is now an IM-elect. Of course,ContinueContinue reading “Inaugural Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Final Standings”
Don’t Miss the Finale of California’s Most Exciting Chess Tournament…
Tune into The Eade Foundation’s YouTube channel at 4:00 pm (Pacific) to watch FM James Eade broadcast the final round action at the Inaugural Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm chess tournament.
Inaugural Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Standings R7
Be sure to watch coverage of the final 2 rounds! Round 8: Tuesday, March 29, 10:00 AM – David Pruess https://www.twitch.tv/dpruess https://www.youtube.com/user/chesscomdpruess Round 9: Tuesday, March 29, 4:00 PM – The Eade Foundation with Jim Eade https://www.youtube.com/c/EadeFoundation
Inaugural Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Round 6
Round 6: Monday, March 28, 10:00 AM – Daily Chess Musings with Chris Torres & Jim Eade https://youtu.be/8Fv5pJT1IiA
Inaugural Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Round 5
Round 5: Sunday, March 27, 4:00 PM – Daily Chess Musings with Chris Torres & Kevin Pan https://youtu.be/hTolP_YG6AI
Inaugural Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Standings
Inaugural Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Round 3
Round 3: Saturday, March 26, 5:30 PM – Daily Chess Musings with Chris Torres & Jim Eade https://youtu.be/Rcp_3-YBf6o
Inaugural Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament – Round 2
Round 2: Saturday, March 26, 11:30 AM – Daily Chess Musings with Chris Torres & Jim Eade https://youtu.be/VGLdXB1mhh4
Must See Chess Action Live from California
Brace yourself for some amazing chess live from San Jose, California. The Inaugural Mission 360 Bay Area GM/IM Invitational Norm Tournament will feature nine rounds of elite chess action from March 25th through 29th. Just take a look at the field for this exciting chess event: Northern California has always been a uniquely talented chessContinueContinue reading “Must See Chess Action Live from California “
Brilliancy Prize for the 2022 K-5 CalChess Super State Championship
https://youtu.be/jV8nx3Hl9I0 Greetings Northern California chess players. My name is Chris Torres and I am excited to tell you about the Brilliancy Prizes for the K-5 CalChess Super State Championship. This year, in collaboration with The Eade Foundation, we will be awarding a couple of signed copies of the top selling chess book “Chess for Dummies”ContinueContinue reading “Brilliancy Prize for the 2022 K-5 CalChess Super State Championship “
CalChess Journal Winter 2022
Calchess Super State Championship 2022
Great news! The Calchess Scholastic State Championship has returned to its over-the-board format for 2022. To create a safe playing environment, The “Super States” will be scheduled over 3 weekends (March 19-20, April 9-10, and April 23-24), instead of one just weekend. However, this Calchess tradition will once again be run at The Santa ClaraContinueContinue reading “Calchess Super State Championship 2022”
Elite California Chess Events are Looking for Volunteers
Do you want to be up close with a chess grandmaster? Do you want to be part of the most elite chess tournaments – GM NORM tournaments? Do you have a passion to help others in need? We are looking for a volunteer with USCF rating >1000 to help with taking notation and pushing clocksContinueContinue reading “Elite California Chess Events are Looking for Volunteers”
Jan 29-30: FIDE Hybrid Tournament Results & Pictures
Results In Alphabetical orderR1R2R3R4Points1Abhinav Penagalapati (qing29)21460½½½1½2Aleksandar Avramov (Sorsi)2162½½13Alexi Jovchev (bulkong)22241½102½4Arun Dixit (limelight2727)2172½½½1½5Ashley Pang (blobbytheblobfish)198600½½6Ashritha Eswaran (goldenpuppy)2302½½17Biser Georgiev (Georgiev_Biser)22671½½02½8Christopher Yoo (ChristopherYoo) 250011½½39Dario Dereshki (31dario1948)2067½½10210Eric Li (ECC_ELI)240211211Evgeny Ermenkov (erjungle)2313½½½½212Goran Krastev (goran_krastev)2124½1½213Ilian Popov (kaeron)202510114Ivaylo Stoyanov (ivaylo1995)19861½12½15Kimberly Liu (nicecream18)19320½0½116Kiril Badev (kito6ko)21131½1½317Lee Yesun (temiflakes1)17600½011½18Margarita Voyska (mvoiska)22240019Mike Zaloznyy (visa)206511½02½20Milen Vasilev (burgas-63) 237100021Nathaniel Zhang (knightgazer05)19831½012½22Nitish Sg Nathan (BreatheChessAlways)1864½½00123Petar Drenchev (peratr)2402½½½½224Plamen Vasilev (neefnever)2105011225Radoslav Dimitrov (Rado2022)224100026ShaakethContinueContinue reading “Jan 29-30: FIDE Hybrid Tournament Results & Pictures”
Jan 29-30: FIDE Hybrid Tournament Live Broadcast
Jan 29-30: FIDE Hybrid Tournament The third PNWCC FIDE Hybrid Match – PNWCC vs. Bulgaria takes place January 29-30, 2022 On Chess.com. It is a four-round team match between U.S. players vs. Bulgarian players in the FIDE-approved Hybrid format. The time control is 90 minutes for the whole game with a 30-second increment from moveContinueContinue reading “Jan 29-30: FIDE Hybrid Tournament Live Broadcast”