Chess Tournaments – San Gabriel Valley Chess Club

1st SGVCC ON-LINE SWISS TOURNAMENT!

UPDATE

Please, use the following link to register:

https://caissachess.net/online-registration/index/819

We are pleased to announce our first 5 round event starting August 7th and concluding on September 4th.

Entry is free and rounds will start each Friday at 7:10 p.m. The games will be 25 minute + 10 sec. with two games against the same opponent per round. Chess.com will be the playing site and chess.com’s rapid ratings will be used.

We will also have a Prize Fund! Overall 1st-3rd is $60/40/30. Best Junior (u16), Senior (60 and over) and Best Female player are all $25 each. Registration ends on August 7th at 5pm. So sign up early!

To join, use the Contact Form to send a message with your full name, USCF ID, and chess.com username before 4pm on Friday, August 7th.

Games will start Fridays at 7:10 pm. To play, please log into the Chess.com Live server a few minutes before the start of the round, and challenge your assigned opponent to a G25+10 game. After the game is finished, play a second game with reversed colors. Finally, download the PGN for both games and email them to sgv.chessclub@gmail.com. Mention the round, players, and result in the subject.

Chess Tournaments Daily Matches: Daily

SGVCC Goes International!

We may all be physically stuck at home but your fellow Club members are making their presence felt abroad—online that is! We are presently in team matches against clubs from Scotland, France, and Singapore. We also have our old foes the Reno Chess Club. The matches started on July 15th and are what is called “Daily Play” by Chess.com, who organized the event. But in fact it is more like old school correspondence chess as you have three days to make a move. Each participant plays two games against the same player in each match.

The match against Singapore has the most players, with seven on each team. But someone may have forgotten to remind our opponents of the time control as Randy Hough won his first game in record time—-a mere 3 days! Randy was surprised at the speed of his opponent’s moves but certainly took advantage of it. His e6 pawn push was a nice way to pick up the errant Black Bishop on g4. It is our featured game:

In fact, we are now up 4-0 against the team from Bishan, Randy also won his second game and Chris Stychinsky, not to be outdone, also finished 2-0.

But, it is much more likely that the matches are going to take many months to finish. We are still waiting for our match against Thousand Oaks Chess Club to conclude, which started last March and is 93% done, with @ObedientRunner playing the clock out in a lost position. We will be providing periodic updates but you can check out the games yourself by following these links:

United Kingdom: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/san-gabriel-valley-chess-club/1145550

Singapore: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/san-gabriel-valley-chess-club/1147218

France: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/san-gabriel-valley-chess-club/1147212

Reno: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/san-gabriel-valley-chess-club/1147214

Azerbaijan: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/san-gabriel-valley-chess-club/1147248

Chess Tournaments Club Matches: Live

Chess.com Clubs League Concludes!

After an ignominious start, losing 9-1 in our first match, SGVCC won three of its last four matches to finish 4-4 over 8 rounds. Matches were played on Saturdays with a game 15|2 sec t/c. The League was sponsored by Chess.com and many thanks go to our own Laura Nyström for serving as our club administrator.

In Round 8 we faced the Huntsville Club of Alabama. The city of Huntsville is nicknamed “Rocket City” for its NASA facility that employs over 6,000 people. And it looked like they were trying to send us into orbit early as we were down after the first round of games. But two wins in round two and a half-point forfeit gave us the victory.

Like traditional in-person team events there was a lot of excitement each match. It all comes down to how the team does and so even if you lost your own games you could cheer on your teammates. The Chess.com playing site was ideal as you could see other games in real time and we had some amazing comeback games in the last round that had us fixated on our screens!

The only downside we ran into were teams not having an even number of players, which meant some people did not always get a game. We apologize if this happened to you. It was never clear how many players would show for each team until the time of the event, so hopefully that improves.

To see the full match results, including any game played during the match, visit: https://www.chess.com/clubs/matches/live/san-gabriel-valley-chess-club

Thanks as well to all our members who participated! It was great fun meeting people from other clubs and checking out their club websites. Keep watching for the next rapid play Clubs League.

Featured Game

Standings After Round 8 (Final Round)

#	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	TB1	Place
1	Chess Club Zebra	W45	W17	W2	W10	W3	W7	W9	W8	8.0	40	1st
2	GROP Chess Club	W49	W51	L1	W14	W10	W4	W3	W9	7.0	40	2nd
3	Exeter Chess Club	W39	W35	W11	W40	L1	W28	L2	W7	6.0	39.5	3rd
4	Chess Long Island	W8	L15	W29	W19	W21	L2	W20	W12	6.0	38	4th
5	Club Scacchi Cesena	W13	W16	L40	W18	W11	L9	W17	W10	6.0	38	5th
6	Galeria de Xadrez Borba Gato	L7	L27	W34	W30	W36	W21	W14	W15	6.0	31.5	6th
7	Gill Saint Bernard’s Knights	W6	W25	W30	W15	W12	L1	D8	L3	5.5	42	7th
8	Cercle D’Echecs De Hull	L4	W23	W25	W36	W20	W12	D7	L1	5.5	39	8th
9	Chess Projects Club Milano	H—	W24	W51	W17	W40	W5	L1	L2	5.5	37	9th
10	Noble Park Chess Club	W33	W14	W28	L1	L2	W18	W32	L5	5.0	41	10th
11	Stockport Chess Club	W26	W29	L3	W35	L5	W16	W15	L13	5.0	36.5
12	The Secret Dark Knight Society	W34	W42	W20	W46	L7	L8	W25	L4	5.0	36
13	Club Atletismo Huesca	L5	W39	L24	W29	L16	W33	W31	W11	5.0	33
14	TJ Valasska Bystrice – Sachy	W55	L10	W16	L2	W24	W37	L6	X32	5.0	31
15	Saint Petersburg CC Florida	W44	W4	W46	L7	D42	W19	L11	L6	4.5	37
16	TJ Bohemians Praha	W50	L5	L14	W26	W13	L11	W35	D24	4.5	35
17	Aatos Chess Club	W52	L1	W33	L9	W39	X40	L5	D18	4.5	33
18	SK Povazske Podhradie	W47	L40	W48	L5	W35	L10	W28	D17	4.5	33
19	Burlington Ambush Chess Club	W36	L46	W27	L4	W23	L15	W38	D20	4.5	32
20	Los Pujamaderas Chess Club	W22	W21	L12	W44	L8	X42	L4	D19	4.5	31
21	Los Angeles Chess Fortress	W41	L20	W53	B—	L4	L6	W23	D25	4.5	29.5
22	San Gabriel Valley Chess Club	L20	L44	D41	W53	L37	W30	W36	W38	4.5	24
23	Columbia SC Chess Club	L25	L8	W38	W27	L19	W43	L21	W37	4.0	29
24	Airbus Chess Club	L51	L9	W13	W49	L14	H—	W29	D16	4.0	28
25	ChessEmpire [Case Western Univ.]	W23	L7	L8	W37	X46	H—	L12	D21	4.0	27
26	Eagle and Child Chess	L11	D43	D31	L16	W52	L32	W45	W28	4.0	26.5
27	Aurora CC 2012	L46	W6	L19	L23	W30	L35	D34	W41	3.5	31
28	Schachclub Hochstadt a.d. Aisch	W48	H—	L10	W50	W32	L3	L18	L26	3.5	30.5
29	Badgers Brook Chess Club	W43	L11	L4	L13	D31	W49	L24	W35	3.5	30
30	Club Depor. Esp. de Buenos Aires	D37	W38	L7	L6	L27	L22	W44	W43	3.5	29
31	Wimbledon Chess Club	L35	W49	D26	L32	D29	W39	L13	D33	3.5	27.5
32	Circolo Scacchistico Forlivese	L40	W52	D50	W31	L28	W26	L10	F14	3.5	26.5
33	Hobart Chess Club	L10	W45	L17	L41	W44	L13	W49	D31	3.5	25
34	Villages Chess Club of Florida	L12	L36	L6	L38	B—	W44	D27	W45	3.5	23.5
35	Warley Quinborne	W31	L3	W43	L11	L18	W27	L16	L29	3.0	32.5
36	Billiards Cafe Chess Club	L19	W34	W37	L8	L6	L38	L22	W49	3.0	31
37	Club Mariano Moreno	D30	W54	L36	L25	W22	L14	D41	L23	3.0	29.5
38	Huntsville Chess Club	D54	L30	L23	W34	D41	W36	L19	L22	3.0	29
39	Echiquier du Grand Ales	L3	L13	W52	W47	L17	L31	D43	H—	3.0	26.5
40	Club Ajedrez Puerta Elvira	W32	W18	W5	L3	L9	F17	—	—	3.0	26
41	Lincoln High School Chess Club	L21	L53	D22	W33	D38	H—	D37	L27	3.0	24.5
42	Coachella Chess Club	W53	L12	W44	H—	D15	F20	—	—	3.0	14
43	Lycee Francais D’Agadir CC	L29	D26	L35	D45	X50	L23	D39	L30	2.5	22.5
44	Reno Chess Club	L15	W22	L42	L20	L33	L34	L30	B—	2.0	27.5
45	ShahmatKG	L1	L33	L47	D43	D49	X52	L26	L34	2.0	25.5
46	IHOP Chess Club	W27	W19	L15	L12	F25	—	—	—	2.0	17.5
47	SK Ceska Lipa	L18	L48	W45	L39	U—	U—	W55	—	2.0	14
48	Schaakclub’t Ros Dendermonde	L28	W47	L18	X51	—	—	—	—	2.0	11.5
49	Hermanus Chess Club	L2	L31	W55	L24	D45	L29	L33	L36	1.5	27.5
50	Val Parisis Echecs- Franconville	L16	W55	D32	L28	F43	—	—	—	1.5	13.5
51	A.D. Scacchi Foggia	W24	L2	L9	F48	—	—	—	—	1.0	16.5
52	Phoenix Chess Club	L17	L32	L39	W55	L26	F45	—	—	1.0	16.5
53	Highland High School Chess Club	L42	W41	L21	L22	U—	—	—	—	1.0	16
54	Jacksonville Chess Club NC	D38	L37	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	6
55	Gazmag Sakk Szakosztaly	L14	L50	L49	L52	U—	U—	L47	—	0.0	15.5

Chess Tournaments

SGVCC Wins Dramatic Round 7 Match Against Billiards Café Chess Club!

After coasting to victory last week in Round 6, SGVCC needed heroic efforts in our match versus the Club from Ayer, Massachusetts. It all came down to the final two games on Boards 2 and 3, where Chris Stychinsky and Richard Reid had to overcome very difficult potions to help us win 4.5 to 3.5, by just a single game.

It seemed we were coming from behind the entire match. First, John Wright on Board 1 went down quickly losing both games. But then @Capital2 on Board 4 got us back even with strong play, taking both games. Chris had lost his first game and Richard had won his, so the match was tied at 3 points each going into the last two games.

But no sooner did we get a reprieve we were fighting for our lives again. Richard was Black against the London System and White had broken through on the Kingside, first by sacrificing a piece, then getting the piece back plus all three of Black’s Kingside pawns! Chris was White against the Black Lion Defense and the “Lion” was roaring! Our opponents meet at a pool hall and it looked like they were going to run the table! Later computer evaluations have both our hero’s lost, but it’s people–not machines–that finish chess games.

In a time scramble Richard was able to create his own passed pawn and the players agreed to a draw with seconds remaining. At that point, the match was still tied and it was all up to Chris. Appropriately, we have made this our featured game this week:

If you look at White’s position after Black played #33…Rh8, it is hard to see how White avoids getting checkmated in short order. Chris’s solution on move #34 seemed to rattle Black, who was still winning, but likely frustrated by White’s stubborn resistance. And “Nimzotech” was starting to make some threats of his own too. Sure enough, five moves later Black dropped a piece and the Lion had been tamed!

Chess Tournaments Club Matches: Live

Clubs League: Round 6 (We Won!)

Round 6 was played against Deportivo Español de Buenos Aires of Argentina on 4th of July. Randy Hough, Richard Reid and John Wright played on 3 boards, and the team from Argentina forfeited 2 points. San Gabriel won with 5.5 points vs. Buenos Aires’ .5.

Featured Game:

“It was an interesting game because he had the Bishop pair. But after I traded off the white-square Bishop, I think my Knight was superior” — John R. Wright

Standings After Round 6

#	Place	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Tot
1	1	Chess Club Zebra	W44	W8	W6	W13	W4	W5		6.0
2	2	Chess Projects Club Milano	H—	W31	W49	W8	W21	W10		5.5
3	3-6	Cercle D’Echecs De Hull	L9	W24	W17	W37	W12	W15		5.0
4		Exeter Chess Club	W39	W29	W14	W21	L1	W19		5.0
5		Gill Saint Bernard’s Knights	W11	W17	W46	W7	W15	L1		5.0
6		GROP Chess Club	W47	W49	L1	W16	W13	W9		5.0
7	7	Saint Petersburg CC Florida	W52	W9	W41	L5	D23	W20		4.5
8	8-16	Aatos Chess Club	W51	L1	W40	L2	W39	X21		4.0
9		Chess Long Island	W3	L7	W32	W20	W26	L6		4.0
10		Club Scacchi Cesena	W22	W28	L21	W27	W14	L2		4.0
11		Galeria de Xadrez Borba Gato	L5	L36	W45	W46	W37	W26		4.0
12		Los Pujamaderas Chess Club	W35	W26	L15	W52	L3	X23		4.0
13		Noble Park Chess Club	W40	W16	W19	L1	L6	W27		4.0
14		Stockport Chess Club	W38	W32	L4	W29	L10	W28		4.0
15		The Secret Dark Knight Society	W45	W23	W12	W41	L5	L3		4.0
16		TJ Valasska Bystrice – Sachy	W55	L13	W28	L6	W31	W33		4.0
17	17-19	ChessEmpire [Case Western Univ.]	W24	L5	L3	W33	X41	H—		3.5
18		Circolo Scacchistico Forlivese	L21	W51	D48	W30	L19	W38		3.5
19		Schachclub Hochstadt a.d. Aisch	W43	H—	L13	W48	W18	L4		3.5
20	20-30	Burlington Ambush Chess Club	W37	L41	W36	L9	W24	L7		3.0
21		Club Ajedrez Puerta Elvira	W18	W27	W10	L4	L2	F8	U—	3.0
22		Club Atletismo Huesca	L10	W39	L31	W32	L28	W40		3.0
23		Coachella Chess Club	W50	L15	W52	H—	D7	F12	U—	3.0
24		Columbia SC Chess Club	L17	L3	W25	W36	L20	W42		3.0
25		Huntsville Chess Club	D54	L46	L24	W45	D34	W37		3.0
26		Los Angeles Chess Fortress	W34	L12	W50	B—	L9	L11		3.0
27		SK Povazske Podhradie	W53	L21	W43	L10	W29	L13		3.0
28		TJ Bohemians Praha	W48	L10	L16	W38	W22	L14		3.0
29		Warley Quinborne	W30	L4	W42	L14	L27	W36		3.0
30		Wimbledon Chess Club	L29	W47	D38	L18	D32	W39		3.0
31	31-35	Airbus Chess Club	L49	L2	W22	W47	L16	H—		2.5
32		Badgers Brook Chess Club	W42	L14	L9	L22	D30	W47		2.5
33		Club Mariano Moreno	D46	W54	L37	L17	W35	L16		2.5
34		Lincoln High School Chess Club	L26	L50	D35	W40	D25	H—		2.5
35		San Gabriel Valley Chess Club	L12	L52	D34	W50	L33	W46		2.5
36	36-45	Aurora CC 2012	L41	W11	L20	L24	W46	L29		2.0
37		Billiards Cafe Chess Club	L20	W45	W33	L3	L11	L25		2.0
38		Eagle and Child Chess	L14	D42	D30	L28	W51	L18		2.0
39		Echiquier du Grand Ales	L4	L22	W51	W53	L8	L30		2.0
40		Hobart Chess Club	L13	W44	L8	L34	W52	L22		2.0
41		IHOP Chess Club	W36	W20	L7	L15	F17	—	U—	2.0
42		Lycee Francais D’Agadir CC	L32	D38	L29	D44	X48	L24		2.0
43		Schaakclub’t Ros Dendermonde	L19	W53	L27	X49	—	—	U—	2.0
44		ShahmatKG	L1	L40	L53	D42	D47	X51		2.0
45		Villages Chess Club of Florida	L15	L37	L11	L25	B—	W52		2.0
46	46-48	Club Depor. Esp. de Buenos Aires	D33	W25	L5	L11	L36	L35		1.5
47		Hermanus Chess Club	L6	L30	W55	L31	D44	L32		1.5
48		Val Parisis Echecs- Franconville	L28	W55	D18	L19	F42	—		1.5
49	49-53	A.D. Scacchi Foggia	W31	L6	L2	F43	—	—	U—	1.0
50		Highland High School Chess Club	L23	W34	L26	L35	U—	—		1.0
51		Phoenix Chess Club	L8	L18	L39	W55	L38	F44	U—	1.0
52		Reno Chess Club	L7	W35	L23	L12	L40	L45		1.0
53		SK Ceska Lipa	L27	L43	W44	L39	U—	U—		1.0
54	54	Jacksonville Chess Club NC	D25	L33	—	—	—	—	U—	0.5
55	55	Gazmag Sakk Szakosztaly	L16	L48	L47	L51	U—	U—		0.0

Chess Tournaments Club Matches: Live

Clubs League Round 5

San Gabriel Valley was paired against Club Mariano Moreno of Argentina, a strong team. We’ve discovered many Clubs League players are underrated due to results from the prior week. Several games have resulted in large rating swings–as much as 600 points! Do not underestimate your opponent in Clubs League! Five boards were played, and San Gabriel lost by two games. The following is the 2nd game played on Board #1:

Standings after Round 5

#	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Chess Club Zebra	W51	W12	W8	W20	W7		5.0
2	Gill Saint Bernard’s Knights	W17	W14	W43	W10	W9		5.0
3	Chess Projects Club Milano	H—	W27	W47	W12	W15		4.5
4	Cercle D’Echecs De Hull	L5	W31	W14	W29	W19		4.0
5	Chess Long Island	W4	L10	W42	W13	W18		4.0
6	Club Scacchi Cesena	W30	W23	L15	W21	W22		4.0
7	Exeter Chess Club	W33	W40	W22	W15	L1		4.0
8	GROP Chess Club	W44	W47	L1	W24	W20		4.0
9	The Secret Dark Knight Society	W53	W16	W19	W36	L2		4.0
10	Saint Petersburg CC Florida	W50	W5	W36	L2	D16		3.5
11	Schachclub Hochstadt a.d. Aisch	W39	H—	L20	W46	W25		3.5
12	Aatos Chess Club	W49	L1	W34	L3	W33		3.0
13	Burlington Ambush Chess Club	W29	L36	W28	L5	W31		3.0
14	ChessEmpire [Case Western Univ.]	W31	L2	L4	W26	X36		3.0
15	Club Ajedrez Puerta Elvira	W25	W21	W6	L7	L3		3.0
16	Coachella Chess Club	W48	L9	W50	H—	D10		3.0
17	Galeria de Xadrez Borba Gato	L2	L28	W53	W43	W29		3.0
18	Los Angeles Chess Fortress	W37	L19	W48	B—	L5		3.0
19	Los Pujamaderas Chess Club	W45	W18	L9	W50	L4		3.0
20	Noble Park Chess Club	W34	W24	W11	L1	L8		3.0
21	SK Povazske Podhradie	W52	L15	W39	L6	W40		3.0
22	Stockport Chess Club	W32	W42	L7	W40	L6		3.0
23	TJ Bohemians Praha	W46	L6	L24	W32	W30		3.0
24	TJ Valasska Bystrice – Sachy	W55	L20	W23	L8	W27		3.0
25	Circolo Scacchistico Forlivese	L15	W49	D46	W41	L11		2.5
26	Club Mariano Moreno	D43	W54	L29	L14	W45		2.5
27	Airbus Chess Club	L47	L3	W30	W44	L24		2.0
28	Aurora CC 2012	L36	W17	L13	L31	W43		2.0
29	Billiards Cafe Chess Club	L13	W53	W26	L4	L17		2.0
30	Club Atletismo Huesca	L6	W33	L27	W42	L23		2.0
31	Columbia SC Chess Club	L14	L4	W35	W28	L13		2.0
32	Eagle and Child Chess	L22	D38	D41	L23	W49		2.0
33	Echiquier du Grand Ales	L7	L30	W49	W52	L12		2.0
34	Hobart Chess Club	L20	W51	L12	L37	W50		2.0
35	Huntsville Chess Club	D54	L43	L31	W53	D37		2.0
36	IHOP Chess Club	W28	W13	L10	L9	F14	U—	2.0
37	Lincoln High School Chess Club	L18	L48	D45	W34	D35		2.0
38	Lycee Francais D’Agadir CC	L42	D32	L40	D51	X46		2.0
39	Schaakclub’t Ros Dendermonde	L11	W52	L21	X47	—	U—	2.0
40	Warley Quinborne	W41	L7	W38	L22	L21		2.0
41	Wimbledon Chess Club	L40	W44	D32	L25	D42		2.0
42	Badgers Brook Chess Club	W38	L22	L5	L30	D41		1.5
43	Club Depor. Esp. de Buenos Aires	D26	W35	L2	L17	L28		1.5
44	Hermanus Chess Club	L8	L41	W55	L27	D51		1.5
45	San Gabriel Valley Chess Club	L19	L50	D37	W48	L26		1.5
46	Val Parisis Echecs- Franconville	L23	W55	D25	L11	F38		1.5
47	A.D. Scacchi Foggia	W27	L8	L3	F39	—	U—	1.0
48	Highland High School Chess Club	L16	W37	L18	L45	U—		1.0
49	Phoenix Chess Club	L12	L25	L33	W55	L32		1.0
50	Reno Chess Club	L10	W45	L16	L19	L34		1.0
51	ShahmatKG	L1	L34	L52	D38	D44		1.0
52	SK Ceska Lipa	L21	L39	W51	L33	U—		1.0
53	Villages Chess Club of Florida	L9	L29	L17	L35	B—		1.0
54	Jacksonville Chess Club NC	D35	L26	—	—	—	U—	0.5
55	Gazmag Sakk Szakosztaly	L24	L46	L44	L49	U—		0.0

Chess Tournaments Club Matches: Live

Clubs League Round 4

San Gabriel Valley Chess Club earned its first victory in Round 4 when Highland High School Chess Club of Gilbert, Arizona forfeited due to lack of players. This Arizona State AIA Competitor arrived with 2 players to our 5 and forfeited all games. A request was made to Chess.com to not be matched against any High School teams in the future.

Standings After Round 4

#	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Chess Club Zebra	W53	W19	W10	W13		4.0
2	Exeter Chess Club	W26	W33	W15	W8		4.0
3	Gill Saint Bernard’s Knights	W27	W23	W34	W14		4.0
4	The Secret Dark Knight Society	W55	W17	W12	W28		4.0
5	Chess Projects Club Milano	H—	W20	W41	W19		3.5
6	Cercle D’Echecs De Hull	L7	W25	W23	W21		3.0
7	Chess Long Island	W6	L14	W43	W22		3.0
8	Club Ajedrez Puerta Elvira	W16	W30	W9	L2		3.0
9	Club Scacchi Cesena	W24	W31	L8	W30		3.0
10	GROP Chess Club	W45	W41	L1	W32		3.0
11	Los Angeles Chess Fortress	W37	L12	W46	B—		3.0
12	Los Pujamaderas Chess Club	W38	W11	L4	W50		3.0
13	Noble Park Chess Club	W47	W32	W18	L1		3.0
14	Saint Petersburg CC Florida	W50	W7	W28	L3		3.0
15	Stockport Chess Club	W44	W43	L2	W33		3.0
16	Circolo Scacchistico Forlivese	L8	W49	D39	W40		2.5
17	Coachella Chess Club	W46	L4	W50	H—		2.5
18	Schachclub Hochstadt a.d. Aisch	W29	H—	L13	W39		2.5
19	Aatos Chess Club	W49	L1	W47	L5		2.0
20	Airbus Chess Club	L41	L5	W24	W45		2.0
21	Billiards Cafe Chess Club	L22	W55	W35	L6		2.0
22	Burlington Ambush Chess Club	W21	L28	W42	L7		2.0
23	ChessEmpire [Case Western Univ.]	W25	L3	L6	W35		2.0
24	Club Atletismo Huesca	L9	W26	L20	W43		2.0
25	Columbia SC Chess Club	L23	L6	W36	W42		2.0
26	Echiquier du Grand Ales	L2	L24	W49	W51		2.0
27	Galeria de Xadrez Borba Gato	L3	L42	W55	W34		2.0
28	IHOP Chess Club	W42	W22	L14	L4		2.0
29	Schaakclub’t Ros Dendermonde	L18	W51	L30	X41	U—	2.0
30	SK Povazske Podhradie	W51	L8	W29	L9		2.0
31	TJ Bohemians Praha	W39	L9	L32	W44		2.0
32	TJ Valasska Bystrice – Sachy	W54	L13	W31	L10		2.0
33	Warley Quinborne	W40	L2	W48	L15		2.0
34	Club Depor. Esp. de Buenos Aires	D35	W36	L3	L27		1.5
35	Club Mariano Moreno	D34	W52	L21	L23		1.5
36	Huntsville Chess Club	D52	L34	L25	W55		1.5
37	Lincoln High School Chess Club	L11	L46	D38	W47		1.5
38	San Gabriel Valley Chess Club	L12	L50	D37	W46		1.5
39	Val Parisis Echecs- Franconville	L31	W54	D16	L18		1.5
40	Wimbledon Chess Club	L33	W45	D44	L16		1.5
41	A.D. Scacchi Foggia	W20	L10	L5	F29	U—	1.0
42	Aurora CC 2012	L28	W27	L22	L25		1.0
43	Badgers Brook Chess Club	W48	L15	L7	L24		1.0
44	Eagle and Child Chess	L15	D48	D40	L31		1.0
45	Hermanus Chess Club	L10	L40	W54	L20		1.0
46	Highland High School Chess Club	L17	W37	L11	L38		1.0
47	Hobart Chess Club	L13	W53	L19	L37		1.0
48	Lycee Francais D’Agadir CC	L43	D44	L33	D53		1.0
49	Phoenix Chess Club	L19	L16	L26	W54		1.0
50	Reno Chess Club	L14	W38	L17	L12		1.0
51	SK Ceska Lipa	L30	L29	W53	L26		1.0
52	Jacksonville Chess Club NC	D36	L35	U—	U—	U—	0.5
53	ShahmatKG	L1	L47	L51	D48		0.5
54	Gazmag Sakk Szakosztaly	L32	L39	L45	L49		0.0
55	Villages Chess Club of Florida	L4	L21	L27	L36		0.0

Chess Tournaments Club Matches: Live

Clubs League | Round 3

Clubs League Round 3 was played against Lincoln High School of Portland, Oregon June 6th. Lincoln High School was established in 1869 as Portland High School, making it one of the oldest public high schools west of the Mississippi River. Five boards were played and the match was drawn 5 games to 5. NM John Wright, NM Axel Muller, Randy Hough, Johnny Carrido and Laura Nyström played.

Featured Game:

Results After Round 3:

#	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Chess Club Zebra	W54	W9	W16		3.0
2	Club Ajedrez Puerta Elvira	W24	W20	W14		3.0
3	Exeter Chess Club	W38	W23	W21		3.0
4	Gill Saint Bernard’s Knights	W39	W34	W25		3.0
5	Noble Park Chess Club	W42	W22	W27		3.0
6	Saint Petersburg CC Florida	W43	W13	W17		3.0
7	The Secret Dark Knight Society	W55	W15	W19		3.0
8	Chess Projects Club Milano	H—	W31	W30		2.5
9	Aatos Chess Club	W53	L1	W42		2.0
10	Billiards Cafe Chess Club	L11	W55	W26		2.0
11	Burlington Ambush Chess Club	W10	L17	W32		2.0
12	Cercle D’Echecs De Hull	L13	W36	W34		2.0
13	Chess Long Island	W12	L6	W33		2.0
14	Club Scacchi Cesena	W35	W46	L2		2.0
15	Coachella Chess Club	W41	L7	W43		2.0
16	GROP Chess Club	W40	W30	L1		2.0
17	IHOP Chess Club	W32	W11	L6		2.0
18	Los Angeles Chess Fortress	W49	L19	W41		2.0
19	Los Pujamaderas Chess Club	W51	W18	L7		2.0
20	SK Povazske Podhradie	W45	L2	W44		2.0
21	Stockport Chess Club	W37	W33	L3		2.0
22	TJ Valasska Bystrice – Sachy	W52	L5	W46		2.0
23	Warley Quinborne	W29	L3	W50		2.0
24	Circolo Scacchistico Forlivese	L2	W53	D28		1.5
25	Club Depor. Esp. de Buenos Aires	D26	W47	L4		1.5
26	Club Mariano Moreno	D25	W48	L10		1.5
27	Schachclub Hochstadt a.d. Aisch	W44	H—	L5		1.5
28	Val Parisis Echecs- Franconville	L46	W52	D24		1.5
29	Wimbledon Chess Club	L23	W40	D37		1.5
30	A.D. Scacchi Foggia	W31	L16	L8		1.0
31	Airbus Chess Club	L30	L8	W35		1.0
32	Aurora CC 2012	L17	W39	L11		1.0
33	Badgers Brook Chess Club	W50	L21	L13		1.0
34	ChessEmpire [Case Western Univ.]	W36	L4	L12		1.0
35	Club Atletismo Huesca	L14	W38	L31		1.0
36	Columbia SC Chess Club	L34	L12	W47		1.0
37	Eagle and Child Chess	L21	D50	D29		1.0
38	Echiquier du Grand Ales	L3	L35	W53		1.0
39	Galeria de Xadrez Borba Gato	L4	L32	W55		1.0
40	Hermanus Chess Club	L16	L29	W52		1.0
41	Highland High School Chess Club	L15	W49	L18		1.0
42	Hobart Chess Club	L5	W54	L9		1.0
43	Reno Chess Club	L6	W51	L15		1.0
44	Schaakclub’t Ros Dendermonde	L27	W45	L20		1.0
45	SK Ceska Lipa	L20	L44	W54		1.0
46	TJ Bohemians Praha	W28	L14	L22		1.0
47	Huntsville Chess Club	D48	L25	L36		0.5
48	Jacksonville Chess Club NC	D47	L26	—	U—	0.5
49	Lincoln High School Chess Club	L18	L41	D51		0.5
50	Lycee Francais D’Agadir CC	L33	D37	L23		0.5
51	San Gabriel Valley Chess Club	L19	L43	D49		0.5
52	Gazmag Sakk Szakosztaly	L22	L28	L40		0.0
53	Phoenix Chess Club	L9	L24	L38		0.0
54	ShahmatKG	L1	L42	L45		0.0
55	Villages Chess Club of Florida	L7	L10	L39		0.0

Chess Tournaments Club Matches: Live

Clubs League | Week 2

San Gabriel Valley played Reno Chess Club on 5 boards, losing 8.5-3.5. Our opponents at the Reno Chess Club were very gracious, and there were some strong tactical scholastic players in the fold.

Game of the Match

Any member is welcome to play in Clubs League!

Results after Week 2:

To play in Clubs League Week #3, just login to Chess.com up to one hour before the match.

The Chess.com Clubs League will also have a Daily Chess component in addition to Rapid Chess. If you enjoy Daily Chess and would like to participate, please leave a comment below.

Chess Tournaments Club Matches: Live

Clubs League | Week 1

San Gabriel Valley Chess Club was paired against Los Pujamaderas of Ensenada, Baja Mexico on Sat. May 23rd at 1pm, in which 5 Boards were played. Los Pujamaderas beat San Gabriel Valley 9-1. Florian Hampe (@Conzane) earned the club’s only point, playing 43 moves with 93% accuracy:

Rankings after Week 1 placed San Gabriel Valley #49 out of 55 clubs in Division B. In the map below, green marks Division B clubs (fewer than 100 members) while red marks Division A clubs (more than 100 members).

Play is open to any member of San Gabriel Valley Chess Club. To join a match, simply login to Chess.com one hour before the match and join to play.

Category: Chess Tournaments

UPDATE

Standings After Round 8 (Final Round)

Featured Game:

Standings After Round 6

Game of the Match

Results after Week 2: