I’m once again sharing the results of last week’s impromptu blitz tournament a little late but we enjoyed another great turnout, with several first-time visitors rounding out the 26-player field for six rounds of G/5+0. There were a number of upsets in this event but seeing Hayden Brongersma and Pranav Jindal share first at 5.0 out of 6 is no surprise these days, while junior Hugo Pu had an excellent showing at 4.5 points for sole third, ahead of some very strong players. The full results are in the attached image and thank you to everyone who played in this event!
I would also like to thank Alex Chin once again for sharing his very nice Smith-Morra Gambit tournament win with us while Frisco was otherwise engaged at a Valkyries game. As someone who plays the Sicilian and who regularly loses to the Smith-Morra it was both a pleasure and a pain to watch Alex’s crushing position unfold during his lecture. If any others among our membership would like to share a game with the club please let me know and we can work you in to the lecture rotation at some point.
Tonight we’ll have another lecture at 6:30pm followed by the promised Freestyle Chess/Chess960 event with a draft (details here). I haven’t yet settled on a time control or number of rounds so the first few people at the club this evening will make that call for me. I hope to see many of you tonight! Regards,
Mark Drury
