The New Year started out with new and hard fought battles over the board.
Sixteen regulars came out to play and the other regulars succumbed to the "but baby its cold outside." plead.
Rated winners tonight were Keith Eubanks, Ian Bell, Richard Watts, and Joshua Gambrell.
Next week continues the tournament with Round 2.
Ashland XLII will run through January 29th.
February 5th will be the first Quick Tournament(3 Games of G20;d3) of the year.
Other tourneys to be aware of are:
Land of the Sky Asheville, NC Jan 23-25th
41 Snowstorm Special Charleston, SC February 13-14th
Midlands Scholastic IV Columbia, SC Feb 21st
SC State Scholastic Championships Mt. Pleasant, SC Feb 28th\
For more information look for information on the Club Calendar.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Friday, November 7, 2014
Ashland XLI Rd2
Round 2 of Ashland XLI had a similar theme of high tension and hard fought chess. After two hours of chess 8 games were still being played.
On board 1, NM Sam Copeland defeated Ben Caiello to move to 2 points. Leo Rabulan converted in the endgame to defeat Ian Bell to move to 2 points as well. Keith Eubanks defeated Olga Szekely and Chris Labrecque defeated Zoltan Szekely to round out the Top section.
In the Under Section, there is a log jam for first place with 4 tied with 1.5 points. Mark Woodman and Jonathan Lober were the last game going and agreed to disagree, ending in a draw. Gauthan Tuppale and Richard Watts played a tough game with Tuppale claiming the point. Marty Anderson claimed the point from Birney Blind and Elizabeth Yankovsky defeated Jared Whiting.
Current cross table can be seen here.
Join the fun on Nov 13th for Round 3. Text or call before 7:15 pm to be counted.
On Saturday Nov. 8th is the Midlands Scholastic Chess League II which will be held at the Jewish Community Center, 306 Flora Drive, Columbia, SC 29223. There is an adult section as well as multiple scholastic sections. For more information on the Scholastics Chess League or the Strategrycg.com club which meets on Tuesdays look here.
Also don't forget the World Championship match between current champion GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Vishwanathan Anand starts on November 8th. This is a rematch between last years match. Anand fought his way back to face the current champion. Can he win back the crown? Many sites will be showing the live games but more info can be found http://www.sochi2014.fide.com/ and www.chessdom.com.
On board 1, NM Sam Copeland defeated Ben Caiello to move to 2 points. Leo Rabulan converted in the endgame to defeat Ian Bell to move to 2 points as well. Keith Eubanks defeated Olga Szekely and Chris Labrecque defeated Zoltan Szekely to round out the Top section.
In the Under Section, there is a log jam for first place with 4 tied with 1.5 points. Mark Woodman and Jonathan Lober were the last game going and agreed to disagree, ending in a draw. Gauthan Tuppale and Richard Watts played a tough game with Tuppale claiming the point. Marty Anderson claimed the point from Birney Blind and Elizabeth Yankovsky defeated Jared Whiting.
Current cross table can be seen here.
Join the fun on Nov 13th for Round 3. Text or call before 7:15 pm to be counted.
On Saturday Nov. 8th is the Midlands Scholastic Chess League II which will be held at the Jewish Community Center, 306 Flora Drive, Columbia, SC 29223. There is an adult section as well as multiple scholastic sections. For more information on the Scholastics Chess League or the Strategrycg.com club which meets on Tuesdays look here.
Also don't forget the World Championship match between current champion GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Vishwanathan Anand starts on November 8th. This is a rematch between last years match. Anand fought his way back to face the current champion. Can he win back the crown? Many sites will be showing the live games but more info can be found http://www.sochi2014.fide.com/ and www.chessdom.com.
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