In Chess, If you are going to line up your rooks, THEN ATTACK WITH THEM

Just a reminder: if you are going to line up your rooks, THEN ATTACK WITH THEM. Don't just fiddle about with your Knight somewhere else.

Chess Club Hits the Papers!

Click here (or on the picture) to download a readable copy!

Pizza Party!

We are treating our members to a pizza party at Donatos next Tuesday at 6:00pm.

RSVP by e-mail, phone (317-376-8112), or via this link: OLL Chess Club City-Wide Champions Celebration.

2010 US Jr. Chess Congress: February 20-21

Mark your calendars for the 2010 US Jr. Chess Congress to be held on February 20-21!

Not to sit on our laurels (such as they are), our practice sessions now shift to readying ourselves for the 2010 US Jr. Chess Congress to be held at the Radisson Hotel at the Indianapolis International Airport.

The time control will be much slower than the CYO league and tournament. The CYO time control was G/30. The US Jr. Congress is G/60 (for rounds 1-4), and G/90 (for rounds 5-6). G/60 means each player has 60 minutes to complete his or her whole game.

Please click here to sign up (or let me know via e-mail) if you are interested in being in the tournament (you must be available from 9am - 6:30p on Saturday, February 20th, and from 9am - 5pm on Sunday, February 21st). Cost is $40.

It's Official: OLL is the 8th Grade and Under City Champs

From OLL Chess Club - 2009/10 School Year

That's right, not just undefeated in the regular season, but today we won the post-season tournament!

Regular season winning team members ("A" team):

Captain: CroixG
Chair 2: BenW
Chair 3: JonathanH
Chair 4: EddieS

Tournament "A" team members:

Captain: CroixG
Chair 2: JonathanH
Chair 3: EddieS
Chair 4: BrendanS

We also have a very strong "B" team, that gave good practice to our "A" team during scrimmages. In particular, the captain of our "B" team, SamD, did very well, beating both Croix and Jonathan at CYO matches!

Congratulations to our "traveling team"!

Congratulations to our "traveling team"! Undefeated in the regular season (5 - 0), we have the post-season tournament tomorrow morning (most of the day, really).

The scores have yet to be officially verified, but I believe that we are THE 2009 SEASON 8th GRADE AND UNDER CITY-WIDE CHAMPIONS!

T-Shirts are in!

T-Shirts will be handed out on Wednesday at our final matches, and Saturday at the post-season tournament.

Note these shirts *need to be returned* once you leave the club. If you outgrow them and are still in the club, you can turn them in for a larger replacement.

Going into the last two matches, OLL 1 is in the lead, with three points. This Wednesday, we will play two games: OLL 1 will play Central Catholic while OLL 2 plays Christ the King, then OLL 1 will play St. Pius while OLL 2 plays St. Malachy.

38	8th GRADE AND UNDER
39				TOTAL	WEEK 1	WEEK 1	WEEK 2	WEEK 3	WEEK 3
40				POINTS	MATCH 1	MATCH 2	MATCH 1	MATCH 1	MATCH 2
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42	CENTRAL CATHOLIC			2.5	2.5	3	2
43	ST. MALACHY			1.5	4	1.5	2
44	CHRIST THE KING			1	0	3	0
45	OL LOURDES 1			3	3	2.5	4
46	ST. PIUS			1	1.5	1	3
47	OL LOURDES 2			0	1	1	1

Chess Tournaments Last Night

Well done, travelling CYO teams in your games last night!

Also, congrats to Greg Kennedy and Don Urquhart who tied for first place at the monthly Irvington Chess games.

Saltire Games Chess Tournament

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Ten people played in the Saltire Games tournament on Wednesday of last week. Click here for the results.