The action at the Chess Bundesliga is always worth checking out! A recent Bundesliga game between GM David Navara and GM Luke McShane reached a most remarkable position before concluding. In the position below, black (McShane) has just moved his pawn to b2 on his 34th move. GM David Navara (white) responds to the promotionContinueContinue reading “Puzzle Worthy Position 42”
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Chess Position Worth Sharing 142
Tonight I showed Werner Springe vs Hans Gebhardt, Munich 1927 to my chess students at Gomes Elementary School in Fremont, California. This game, played by relatively unknown players, is a delightful choice for a chess lesson. In the position below, black has just played pawn to h6 threatening white’s bishop. What is white’s best move?ContinueContinue reading “Chess Position Worth Sharing 142”
Daily Chess Musings’ Fun Fridays
Celebrate the start of the weekend with Fun Friday chess events. The Daily Chess Musings Club has two blitz tournaments scheduled where Coach Chris will jump around and comment on players’ games in progress. In between the two tournaments, he will be open for challenges for 10 min games. 5:00 PM Pacific Time Friday FrenzyContinueContinue reading “Daily Chess Musings’ Fun Fridays”
Weekly Tournament Results May 8, 2021
Friday Frenzy Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1chaas21783#2Phoenix_CC2#3krithik_r2 Beginner Brunch PlacePlayerPoints#1chaas21783#2winwin122#3Pmlegg2
Weekly Tournament Results April 30, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1louis9483.5#2krithik_r3#3winnerkarthik072.5 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1annieg0013.5#2chaas21783#3denmerc2#4RedCharmingRoad2#5Nitikach2 Beginner Brunch
Weekly Tournament Results April 23, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1annieg0013#2winnerkarthik073#2Ea21813 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1annieg0012#2arnavbhosale12#3pjegga1#3kabibblet1 Beginner Brunch PlacePlayerPoints#1chaas21783#1VibrantDiamond1003#3GeniusHuskies1#3dkarva1
Weekly Tournament Results April 16, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1krithik_r4#2TheKidsKid3#3RedCharmingRoad3 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1rgallege3#2chaas21782#3GeniusHuskies2 Beginner Brunch
Weekly Tournament Results April 9, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1TheKidsKid4#2krithik_r3.5#3PowerOfApawn3#4Starhopper73 Super Saturday Swiss Beginner Brunch
Weekly Tournament Results April 2, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1owlsnchess5#2rgallege3.5#3winnerkarthik073#4kermit83#5Amanekitty3 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1luckylol33#2louis9483#3Amanekitty3#4arnavbhosale12 Beginner Brunch PlacePlayerPoints#1kermit83#2thebezperson2#3chaas21782#4GeniusHuskies2
Weekly Tournament Results March 26, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1rgallege4#2aruminchess3.5#3winnerkarthik073.5#4kermit83#4QueenAlisha3#6KingSharvil3 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1GooooChess4#2chaas21783.5#3Rohitsaich3 Beginner Brunch
Balancing Effective Outcomes With Efficient Results
Chess players regularly differentiate between effective outcomes and efficient results; the former means “having the desired effect,” while the latter means “having a desired effect in the fewest moves or timeframe.” Chess puzzles often require us to be more efficient in moves than effectively necessary while performance ratings only measure the effectiveness of our movesContinueContinue reading “Balancing Effective Outcomes With Efficient Results”
Weekly Tournament Results March 19, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1AnElliott4.5#1louis9484.5#3Chessllamallamallama3#4rgallege3 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1diced_knights3.5#2pokemon6032.5#3denmerc2#4LavendarLlama2 Beginner Brunch PlacePlayerPoints#1chaas21783#2Sri_142#3KingSharvil2
Weekly Tournament Results March 5, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1Hellocow5#2aruminchess4#3Ea200453#4krithik_r3#5VibrantDiamond1003#6QueenBunny13 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1luckylol34.5#2rgallege4#3CautiousAgent3#4diced_knights3#5nervousokra3#6lukelegendwalker3 Beginner Brunch PlacePlayerPoints#1VibrantDiamond1003#2TheKidsKid2#3dkarva2
Weekly Tournament Results February 26, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1krithik_r4#2Hellocow4#3Ethanleeethanlee4#4chessdude9703#5DearShowyCircus3 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1knightseu3#2chaas21782#2aonofre04162#4Jonofre101 Beginner Brunch I do not know why the Beginner Brunch had no results. I think there was an error when I made it earlier this week.
Weekly Tournament Results February 19, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1krithik_r4#2aruminchess3#3QueenBunny12#4Daiwen12#5VibrantDiamond1002 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1louis9485#2chessfor1054#3McnChess993#4MegaWildBalloon3#5diced_knights2 Beginner Brunch PlacePlayerPoints#1Rohitsaich4#2ThunderingKavin4#2annieg0014#4TheKidsKid3#5chessdude9702#6marcusahn2
Weekly Tournament Results February 12, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1krithik_r4#2CoolBestChampion4#3JONATHAN_ANONUEVO3#4chessfor1073#5chessfor1053#5CautiousAgent3 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1Jojoofthejungle4#2chessfor1054#3Peregrine1043#4CastawayWill3#5TheKidsKid3#5nervousokra3 Beginner Brunch PlacePlayerPoints#1ritztoday3#2Ea200452#2NivedhP2#2Stanleyqiu4182
Weekly Tournament Results February 5, 2021
Friday Frenzy Player#1 krithik_r (1228)4#2 Ethanleeethanlee (937)4#3 kidchess46 (1729)4#4 Dark_Knight_DK14 (1203)3#5 KevinKim19 (1166)3#5 CautiousAgent (874)3 Super Saturday Swiss Player#1 louis948 (1355)5#2 voldemort093 (1244)4#3 Amanekitty (932)3#4 Andrew3060 (716)3#5 Oceanwaves100 (1109)2 Beginner Brunch Player#1 hikaru231 (1405)2.5#2 1Nf31-0 (1496)2.5#3 Stanleyqiu418 (943)2#4 DearShowyCircus (723)1#4 Peregrine104 (968)1
Mission San Jose Elementary Takes Chess to a New Level
Mission San Jose Elementary School in Fremont, California has, for decades, fielded the most successful chess teams the Golden State has ever produced. Year after year, the relatively small public school’s chess club trains hundreds of students in the art of aggressive chess play. Those who excel at the club are invited to participate in the more exclusive MondayContinueContinue reading “Mission San Jose Elementary Takes Chess to a New Level”
National K-12 Championship: Milind Maiti is Perfect After Two Days
Milind Maiti has a perfect record after two days of intense games at the 2010 United States Chess Federation National K-12 Championship. Thus far, Milind has defeated all challengers including the impressive Atreya Vaidya and Maggie Ni. Tomorrow morning, in round 6, Milind Maiti will face the only other undefeated kindergartener. Should Milind Maiti defeatContinueContinue reading “National K-12 Championship: Milind Maiti is Perfect After Two Days”
San Jose Chess Club at Little Genius Learning Center
San Jose Chess Club at Little Genius Learning Center 1556 South De Anza Boulevard, San Jose, California The San Jose Little Genius Chess Club meets every Saturday from 4:00pm until 6:30pm, beginning in September 2010. The San Jose Little Genius Chess Club is a very special chess program designed and taught by nationally renowned chessContinueContinue reading “San Jose Chess Club at Little Genius Learning Center”