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Challenge Match

On Sunday, April 18th 2010, some of the Evanston Chess Club regulars will participate in a chess match with members of the Touch Move Chess Club. The match will take place at the Touch Move Club located at 5639 N. Ashland Ave. in Chicago, Illinois. The time will be 12:30pm and the format will be game/90 on 7-10 boards arranged by rating.

The Touch Move Club in February of 2010 sponsored the Pinoy team that won the United States Team Amateur North tournament held in Milwaukee. Congratulations guys! I think the Evanston invaders are in for a long day.

There is plenty of room for people to participate on either side so if anyone wants to join just call either Angelo Young at 773-627-2759 or Tim Grassel at 773-338-1905. There will be pizza and drinks provided for the players. This should be a fun day for Chicago chess.

We will try and post some pairings a week before the event on the 11th of April here in our news column. Visitors are welcome! Not Rated.

Posted by Tom Mar 5, 2010

Failor wins February Swiss Groups

Michael Failor

Michael Failor was undefeated and untied in the Alpha Section of the February Swiss Groups. Second place went to Jiri Kabelac with 2.5/3.0 and third to Tony Chritian at 2.0/3.0.

Mark Coleman

Bravo Section was won by Mark Coleman who also had a perfect 3.0/3.0. Second place went to Wayne Clark and Dan Griffin who tied with 2.0/3.0 each. Clark lost to Coleman in the final round and Griffin gave up two draws.

Charles Whipple

Abe Sun

Abe Sun and Charles Whipple tied for first in Charlie Section drawing their final round match. They scored 2.5/3.0 each. Third place was shared by Sritej Vontikommu and Michael Wishner just half a point behind the leaders.

Crosstables

Posted by Tom Mar 5, 2010

Sergatskov Surprises All in January Rapid

Dmitri Sergatskov

Dmitri Sergatskov, a class A player, overcame stiff competition to take first place in the January Rapid. He scored 4.5/5.0 giving up only one draw.

Sergatskov drew his fifth round game with Alex Bian. He defeated NM Eric Rosen in the third round and FM Aleksandar Stamnov in the fourth. Congratulations to Dmitri on an outstanding performance.

Crosstables

Posted by Tom Mar 5, 2010

House Players Wanted

Want to help us run better tournaments? Consider being a house player. Odd numbers and drop outs force us to assign byes. That's very unpleasant, especially for those who've traveled a long distance.

You stand ready to enter any round. Your entry fee is free. You may play all rounds or none, as needed. Contact enter@evanstonchess.org to volunteer.

Posted by Tom, October 27, 2007