John Becker, 2009 SWCC Club Champion: Lecture and Simul (1 July 2010)

John Becker gave a great lecture, showing three of his games.  They were full of tactics and surprises, and reminded us to strive for play and complexity in our games.  John played several club members.

Jeff Pokorski and Tim Burton won their games, while Jim Coons, Alan Buschmann, and Shiva Suri drew with John Becker.

John will be defending his title at The 2010 Joe Crothers Memorial SWCC Championship, starting next week!

Joe Crothers Passes Away

It is with great sadness that I must inform you that Joe Crothers, President of the Southwest Chess Club, has passed away. Joe collapsed Sunday evening while playing chess at the Southwest Chess Club pavilion at Polish Fest and died later at the hospital. He was a wise and valued leader of our club and will be greatly missed. Arrangements are still pending, but likely to appear in tomorow's Journal Sentinel. Tom Fogec/Southwest Chess Club

Summer Steamy Humid Swiss: June 10, 17 & 24

3-Round Swiss in Two Sections (Open and U1600).  Game/100. USCF Rated.

EF: $5. (One ½-Point Bye Available for any round (except round 3) if requested at least 2-days prior to round).

TD is Fogec; ATDs Grochowski & Becker.

SWCC at Polish Fest, June 18-20

Southwest Chess Club at Polish Fest next month, June 18-20 (Milwaukee Summerfest Grounds)

Simuls

FRIDAY, June 18

12-4      NM SheldonGelbart

4-8        NM Mike LaBudde

7-11      Allen Becker

SATURDAY, June 19

12-4      Nolan Hendrickson

4-8        David Dathe

7-11      NM Bill Williams (7-time Wisconsin State Champion)

SUNDAY, June 20

12-4      Ray Hayes

4-8        Tommy Schneider

7-11      John Becker (current SWCC Club Champion)

Volunteer Schedule:
Friday, June 18:       12-6:  Franek & Fons;        5-close: Edquist & Franek
Saturday, June 19:   12-6: Gelbart & Synowicz;  5-close: Demler & Katka
Sunday, June 20:     12-6: McGee & Vlack;       5-close: Ross & Fons

Heatwave Action III: June 3

3-Round Swiss in Two Sections (G/30 Minutes and G/29 Minutes). USCF Rated.

EF: $5. (½-Point Bye available for only first round if requested prior to round)

TD is Becker; ATD is Grochowski.

Days Are Getting Longer Round-Robin: May 13, 20 & 27

Days Are Getting Longer Round-Robin: May 13, 20, & 27
3-Round “Round-Robin” (a “Quad”). Four chess players to a Quad. Game/90 minutes. USCF Rated. EF: $5.00. TD is Fogec; ATD is Grochowski.

Sunny Blazing Blitz-O-Matic: May 6

Chessplayers, we'll have a one-night Blitz event this Thursday, May 6 (Game/5 minutes):


Sunny Blazing Blitz-O-Matic: May 6
7-Round (Round-Robin) in one or more sections (single or double-round, depending on number of players). Game/5 minutes.
USCF Quick-Rated. EF: $5. TD is Becker; ATD is Fogec.



Then, mark your calendars for our following event, starting May 13:

Days Are Getting Longer Round-Robin: May 13, 20, & 27, 3-Round “Round-Robin” (a “Quad”). Four chess players
to a Quad. Game/90 minutes. USCF Rated. EF: $5. TD is
Grochowski; ATD is Fogec.

Blossoming Flower Power Swiss

Blossoming Flower Power Swiss: April 15, 22 & 29
3-Round Swiss in Two Sections (Open and U1600). Game/100 minutes. USCF Rated. EF: $5.00. (One ½ Point Bye Available for any round (except round three) if requested at least 2-days prior to round). TD is Grochowski; ATD is Fogec.

Hales Corners Challenge XI

Hales Corners Challenge XI, Saturday, April 17, 2010.  We enjoyed the nice new location at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport Hotel .   We had 78 total chess players turn out!  Thank you.

USCF RESULTS (click for rating results)

ERIK SANTARIUS wins the OPEN section.
8 (!) players tied for 2nd.

JUSTIN RAJSKY wins the RESERVE SECTION.
Joel Pollen (unrated!) took clear 2nd in the Reserve.

Rachel Ulrich wins 1st Place Goddesschess prize; Sandra Pahl and Joanna Huang tied for 2nd Place, Goddesschess award.

Thanks to everyone for a great turnout!

Online flier.

Last Round action on the top boards, Open Section
(Stamnov-Santarius;  Betaneli-Parker;  Lutzke-Williams).

Reserve Section (Justin Rajsky-Rachel Ulrich)

Melting Ice Action IV

Melting Ice Action IV: April 1
3-Round Swiss in Two Sections (G/30 Minutes and G/29
Minutes). USCF Rated. EF: $5. (½-Point Bye
available for only first round if requested prior to
round) TD is Fogec; ATD is Grochowski.

Lions Turning Into Lambs Swiss

Lions Turning Into Lambs Swiss: March 4, 11, 18 &
25 4-Round Swiss in Two Sections (Open and U1600).
Game/100 minutes. USCF Rated. EF: $5. (One ½-
Point Bye Available for any round (except round four) if
requested at least 2-days prior to round). TD is Fogec;
ATD is Grochowski.

29th Annual Waukesha Memorial

Saturday March 27th, A Wisconsin Tour Event! 4SS. G/60. Dual rated. Comfort Suites Hotel, Exit 294, I-94 and WI 164, Pewaukee, WI 53072. $$Non-monetary, traveling trophy to First, books for class winners. Open to all. EF: $15 ($12 by 3/26). Reg.: 9:00-9:45, Rds.: 10:00; 1:00; 3:30; 6:00. No state memb. req'd. OSA. Mail entries to Waukesha CC. 1911 Stardust Dr., Waukesha, WI 53186. Phone Info: Jim Nickell (262) 544-6266. Online info: jnickell@wi.rr.com. Flyers: http://waukeshachessclub.org/2010WauMemFlyer.

UW Winter Open 27 February 2010

Rd1 G/60, Rds 2,3,4 G/90 Inn Wisconsin Room, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI. EF: $20 Open, $15 Reserve by 25 Feb, $5 more at site. $$ Open: $200, $150, A $125, B and below $100. Reserve (U1600): $100, $85, D $75, E $65, U1000 $55, Unr $45. Reg: 9-9:45. Rds: 10, 12:30, 4, 7:30. ENTRIES: Guy Hoffman, PO Box 259822, Madison, WI 53725. Info:608-262-0308 11AM-6PM M-F. NS, NC, W. A Wisconsin Tour event

Winter Blitzzard V

February 25, one night only-speed chess (Game/5).

February Is For Lovers Swiss: February 4 & 18

4-Round Swiss in One Section; two games per night; Game/45 minutes. USCF (dual) Rated. EF: $5.

US Amateur Team Championship - North (Feb 12-14)

Feb. 12-14 or 13-14 2010 U.S. Amateur Team Championship - North Wisconsin Two sections: Open and Scholastic (Saturday only) Open: 5SS, G/90+30/move/increment (G/120 if digital clocks not available; 2-day: rd.1-2 G/60). Crowne Plaza Hotel Milwaukee Airport, 6401 South 13th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53221.
Info: abetaneli@hotmail.com, ashish@vajachess.com, 608-334-2574, 414-234-1005.

Watch two videos from Round 1!  Here and here.

2 Grandmasters, 1 International Master, 2 FIDE Masters, and 6 Masters

Standings through the weekend also here.

GM Yermolinsky Lecture/Simul at SWCC ! - Feb. 11

GM Alex Yermolinsky is coming to SWCC on February 11. Lecture 6:30, Simul 7:30-10:30. $10/board. Tw0-time US Chess Champion, GM Yermolinsky recently tied for 1st in the North American Open in Las Vegas, December 2009. Alex Yermolinsky was born in the former Soviet Union. After leaving it he spent a short time in Italy before moving to the USA. Awarded the IM title in 1990 he became a GM in 1992. He has won the US Championship twice, in 1993 (shared with Alexander Shabalov) and in 1996. He's also played on the US Olympiad team. He has several books in print and works as a chemist for a pharmaceutical company in California.

Ice on Lake Michigan Swiss (Jan. 7-21)

January 14, 21 & 28: 3-Round Swiss in Two Sections (Open and U1600)

Alex Betaneli on the International Stage

Alex Betaneli is playing in a FIDE tournament in Europe. See the comments section for some of his games.

Wisconsin Memorial

Dates: Sat 12.19 - Sun 12.20.2009
Place: Madison
Contact person: Dennis Kosterman
Telephone: 608-770-3133
Category: Tour Events
Additional Information:
5SS, 45/2,25/1,SD/1 (45/2,SD/1 Round 4 only), Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 3841 E Washington Ave, Madison WI 53704. EF: $21 (Juniors $17) by Dec. 15. $3 more later or on site. $$b/50 and 4 per class: $125-85. A - $70; B - $60; C - $60; D - $50; E - $40; U1000 - $30; Unr - $30; Upset - $50. Reg: 9-9:30 A.M. Dec. 19. Rds: 10:00-2:30-7:30; 10:00-3:30. ENT: Dennis Kosterman, 28 Singleton Ct. Madison, WI 53711. INFO: Dennis Kosterman, (608)770-3133. HR: $69 (Block held until 12/7) (608)-244-2481. www.wischess.org. NS NC W.

pre-entries through 12/17/09:

Erik Santarius 2307

Jeff Cooper 2200

Benedict A Smail 2034

Barry E Endsley 2002

Wesley E Ferguson 1959

Yingming Liang 1945

David Jin 1943

John Wagner Jr 1903

Guy G Hoffman 1900

Mike Nietman 1800

Wade Russell Christensen 1791

Andrew R Grochowski 1768

Robin J Grochowski 1757

Aaron C Jing 1654

Awonder Liang 1607

Robert T Reinke 1566

Benjamin A Corcoran 1565

Sandra R Pahl 1470

Adream Liang 1368

Henry Vander Hill 1360

David T Lancour 1347

Tinglin Shi 1339

Karl Kurth 1201

Jon C. Vander Hill 1197

Maciej Szewerniak 1183

Mihir Parag Kansara 1005

Andrew McNeel 948

Aidan J Appel 700

Ian M Loebl 261