by scribe | Jan 31, 2010 | tournaments
The Bay Area has been blessed with three large open tournaments in the first two months of the year. In January we had the New Year’s Open in Santa Clara, won by Sam Shankland, and the Golden State Open in Concord, won by Alex Lenderman. The latter tournament...
by scribe | Nov 29, 2009 | people, tournaments, US Chess League
Your record 19-game winning streak is in jeopardy! Thadeus Frei, a 16-year-old player from Santa Cruz, went 6-0 in the class B section of the CalChess State Championship this weekend. He also won 5 games in a row in his last tournament, so he is now riding an 11-game...
by scribe | Dec 15, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, people, tournaments
 Yesterday the Berkeley International 2008 chess tournament got started, with a field of 18 players including six grandmasters. Although I am not playing in the tournament (my current FIDE rating being too low to qualify), it isn’t every day that an...
by scribe | Sep 1, 2008 | chess clubs, games, people, tournaments
I’m back home from the CalChess Labor Day Classic, and pleased to report that just about everyone from Santa Cruz had a good weekend. I finished the tournament with four consecutive wins. That gave me a 5-1 score, and a tie for first place in the Expert...
