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Minnesota Blitz Championship
Sunday, 23 June [Roseville Skating Oval]
MINNESOTA BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP
SS, 18 games, two against each opponent. G/5 inc/2. EF: $25 if received by June 21st, $35 at site.  REG: 10-11 AM PZ: (b/40) $250, 100, 75, 3 class prizes of $50 based on participation. Roseville Skating Oval.
ENT:  Minnesota Chess, 1121 Jackson Street NE, #134, Minneapolis, MN 55413.

e4e5 on Wednesday 12 June 2013 - 00:25:16 | Read/Post Comment: 0
The Second Annual Twin Ports open will be held August 17-18 in beautiful downtown Duluth
$600 first prize, $100 more than the Minnesota Open!. Titled players Yermolinsky and Barholomew will be there - why not you?

Check the tournaments page or this flyer for more info.


Wilson Gibbins on Friday 24 May 2013 - 00:00:00 | Read/Post Comment: 0
Awards, pizza, beverages, and blitz
Friday at the Castle (Apr 12)Twin Cities Chess League trophies, Pizza, and beverages, and a little blitz on the side.Other trophies as well, those not received at the Scholastic, and more.$10 per person includes the pizza and beverages.  Doors open at 6:00 PM and pizza ordered at 6:30

e4e5 on Monday 08 April 2013 - 20:24:28 | Read/Post Comment: 0
Minnesota Championship FINAL results
Congratulations to the winners! (so far):  Sean Nagle and Kevin Wasiluk tie for first in the State Championship, there will be a match to determine next year's seed and who gets to represent Minnesota as its state champion.  Place and time to be determined.  Amateur championship also ended in a tie between Connor Quinn and Eric BellReserve champion is Peter Bertel 
Standings. Minnesota Championshi[ 2013: Championship  
#NameRtngRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Tot
1Sean M Nagle2498D4W6W5W3D24
2Kevin Wasiluk2367W5W4D3W6D14
3Prash Amarasinghe2180W6D5D2L1L42
4John Bartholomew2499D1L2D6L5W32
5Scott M Riester2238L2D3L1W4L6 
6Okechukwu Ane Iwu2268L3L1D4L2W5 
         
Standings. Minnesota Amateur Championship 2013  
#NameRtngRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Tot
1Connor Quinn1964W5D2W3W6D4  4
2Eric Bell1868W4D1D6W5W34
3Dane Bruno Zagar1910W6D5L1W4L2 
4Reed Russell1928L2W6D5L3D1  2
5Wes Cannon1797L1D3D4L2W62
6Saumik Narayanan1811L3L4D2L1L5   ½
         
Standings. Minnesota Reserve Championship 2013  
#NameRtngRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Tot
1Peter Bertel1677W4W3W6L2W54
2Set Kaplan-turner1567W5W6L4W1D3 
3Eddie Wasserman1618W6L1W5D4D23
4Andrew Sheehan1568L1L5W2D3X6 
5Peng Lung Xiong1296L2W4L3X6L12
6Brandon Banh1336L3L2L1F5F40
e4e5 on Saturday 16 March 2013 - 20:36:54 | Read/Post Comment: 0
tccl 2012-2013 FINAL RESULTS

 GOLDmatchgame SILVERmatchgame BRONZEmatchgame
TeamNYET621.5 Austin City Limits518 3M64620
Board 1 Oke Iwu 5.5  Prashantha Amarasinghe5  George Binger 5
          David Ratliff 5
Board 2 Wilson Gibbins 4.5  Vince Rancour 4  Owen Paepke 6
      Kevin AhTou 4    
Board 3 Dane Mattson 7  George Paulik 4.5  Maor Leker Locker 6.5
Board 4 Adam Bissonette 5.5  John Thomson 5  Eric Dokken 5
      Roy Knuth 5    

Advancing from Silver to Gold will be Austin City Limits and Uncalled Four
Advancing from Bronze to Silver will be 3M64 and Metro Chess

Congratulations to the Winners
Awards ceremony Pizza and Blitz, April 12 at the Chess Castle  ($10 per person) 
Complete results on the TCCL Forum
e4e5 on Saturday 09 March 2013 - 15:47:11 | Read/Post Comment: 0
Minnesota Closed Championship, Mar 15-17 2013
The qualifiers for the Minnesota Closed:
 Minnesota Championship Minnesota AmateurMinnesota Reserve
qualifiersqualifiersqualifiers
1Scott Reister  1Wes Cannon   1Peng Lung Xiong 
2Prashantha Amarasinghe  2Dane Zagar   2Andrew Sheehan 
3FM Sean M Nagle  3Reed Russell   3Eddie S Wasserman 
4IM John D Bartholomew  4Eric Bell   4Brandon Banh 
5Okechukwu N Iwu  5Saumik Narayanan   5Peter Bertel 
6FM Kevin Wasiluk  6Connor Quinn   6Seth Kaplan-Turner 
alternatesalternatesalternates

      Ben Vaaler 
Zachary Adams  Ethan E Hunt   Isaiah Jacob Paguyo 
 It looks like all of the above have confirmed that they will play.          
 Pairings (all sections)
11-6; 2-5; 3-4          
26-4; 5-3; 1-2          
32-6; 3-1; 4-5          
46-5; 1-4; 2-3          
53-6; 4-2; 5-1          
Championship and Amateur are Mar 15-17, Reserve starts Mar 16
TC 40/90 SD/30 +30  Rds 7; 10-5; 10-5; Reserve TC G/120 d/5; Rds 10-2:30-7; 10-2:30
Castle Chess Club 1121 Jackson St NE, Minneapolis
e4e5 on Monday 18 February 2013 - 22:54:21 | Read/Post Comment: 0
Minnesota Open is rated
2013 THE MINNESOTA OPEN   event ID: (201302173132)
 rating report is at:  http://www.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,201/
Open:  4 way tie (4 points):  Sean Nagle, Victor Adler, John Bartholomew, Kevin Wasiluk 
Amateur:  Jackson Wahl, Reed Russell, and Wes Cannon with 4 points 
Reserve:  Andrew Sheehan and Brandon Banh with at 5 points 
Sophomore:  Peng Lung Xiong with 5.5 points 
Bantam:  Solei Christopher with 5.5 points
Sunday Tornado:  Dane Zagar 
Non-rated Novice:  Daniel Roozen 
 
e4e5 on Monday 18 February 2013 - 22:45:04 | Read/Post Comment: 0
TCCL round 6
TCCL round 6: Gold: Pawn America and NYET are tied for first with 5 match points with DOS Cheques close behind at 4.5.  Silver:  Austin City Limits takes the lead at 4.5, with Tal Tales at 4.  Bronze:  3M64 falls to Knaves of the Castle, but is still in the lead with 5, Knaves and Metro Chess are now back in the hunt with 4.5. pairings, round 7 (Bronze) have changed.  Next match:  March 8

e4e5 on Sunday 10 February 2013 - 10:50:46 | Read/Post Comment: 0
MSCA elections
MSCA elections
(members only) ..

Ballot and instructions: 2013_ballot.doc
e4e5 on Tuesday 29 January 2013 - 21:39:52 | Read/Post Comment: 0
WINTER OPEN A GRAND SUCCESS
The Winter Open was an excellent event with 123 entrants in 3the three sections.  Wilson Gibbins and Oke Iwu shared the spotlight by tying for first at 4.5 game points each.  Claiming first place in the Reserve was Landon Larch with a perfect 5 points, while Arun Narayanan took the Bantam section, again at 5-0.  The rating report may be seen at: http://www.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,201/
enter the tournament name:  MWO_13 or ID: 201301273952 in the tournament search.
e4e5 on Monday 28 January 2013 - 18:02:40 | Read/Post Comment: 0
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