Another twenty-eight players took part in our impromptu blitz tournament Thursday and Pranav Jindal showed once again why he is a perennial threat in these events, cruising to a perfect 7 points in this seven-round G/4;d2 affair. Yoyo He had another strong showing in sole second place with 5.5 points, Breakwell Loyalka was alone in third with 5.0 points and there followed a large number of the usual claimants to the throne at 4.5 and 4.0 points. Full results are in the accompanying table and thank you to everyone who played in this tournament.
I’m also sharing the latest standings in our club blitz ratings ladder/experiment/what have you as well as the point totals for the past three weeks. I’m still pondering exactly where this is headed but a number of ideas are rattling around in the ol’ noggin — please let me know if you have any suggestions, as always.
We have about 30 responses to the club tournament survey I sent a week or so ago and a couple clear preferences are emerging but there’s still time to voice your opinion if you are interested in our next rated or unrated event: https://menloparkchess.club/surveys/survey-three/. I also plan to contact the Kolty Chess Club once again about the possibility of a friendly match with their club, given there were a few requests for that in the survey — more to come soon on that front. Regards,
Mark Drury
