Mechanics' Institute Chess Room Newsletter 496His hand knows on which square to place every piece, and he does not need to calculate anything with his head. Boris Spassky in an interview circa 1977 talking about Vassily Smyslov.
2) FIDE Elections 3) Young Anand Lecture in Fremont 4) 2010 London Chess Classic 5) Here and There 6) Upcoming Events The Mechanics' Institute Chess will be hosting the William Addison Memorial G/45 this Saturday.
1) Mechanics' Institute Chess Club News Blitz Expert Jorge Lopez, who is royalty at the corner of 5th and Market where players gather daily to play five minute chess on the sidewalk, is off to a great start in the Summer Tuesday Night Marathon. Last night Lopez, playing in only his second rated tournament since 1994, defeated NM Romy Fuentes to remain the only perfect score after three rounds. IM Mikhail Baturin, FM Frank Thornally and NM Oleg Shaknazarov are among those on 2.5 in the 54-player field. It's still not to late to enter the eight round event with half point byes for the first three rounds. FM Eric Schiller, a longtime friend of the Mechanics', is hospitalized at San Mateo Medical Center (Nurse 1A) and would love to have visitors. Call him first at (650) 867-0386. GM Jesse Kraai gave a well-attended lecture at the Mechanics' last night in which he discussed the recent US Championship and showed his win over Jaan Ehlvest. Wednesday Night Blitz results for June 2. 1. Jules Jelinek 8.5/10 Chess problem solving and composing have a long tradition at the Mechanics' Institute dating back to the great A.J. Fink. National Master, author and former M.I. Trustee Bob Burger has kept up the tradition for over half a century and shows no sign of slowing done. He writes about his latest event: "In April, the annual World Problem Solving Championship was held in England. The British team (of four) came first, ahead of Ukraine, Poland, etc. The individual champion was John Nunn, whom you may remember as a participant in one of the 1990s MI tournaments (as I remember, Korchnoi won that one). Traditionally, there is a composing tournament simultaneous with the solving championship: a theme is announced a month before the event, and composers worldwide are to submit entries within a month. In this case, there were 49 entries, including most of the world's best composers. As it so happens, I won first prize ex aequo with Marjan Kovacevic. (He's undoubtedly the best two-move composer of the last decade."
2) FIDE Elections The upcoming FIDE election pitting Kirsan Ilyumzhinov against Anatoly Karpov is attracting a lot of attention as is their battle for the endorsement of the Russian Chess Federation. A somewhat similar national division has occurred in the United States where the US Chess Federation endorsed Karpov earlier this year but the US Zonal President Beatriz Marinelo is on the ticket of Ilyumzhinov. Marinelo, who was handpicked for the Zonal President job by then USCF President Bill Goichberg in 2009, has been nominated for the position of Vice President. The Kirsan slate is: The President: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
3) Young Anand Lecture in Fremont NEW FREMONT CHESS CLUB http://www.newfremontchessclub.orgAN EXCITING TALK ABOUT WORLD CHAMPION V. ANAND FOLLOWED BY A SIMUL On 06/11/2010, 7pm Indian Chess Team's current official Training Coordinator and a highly accomplished chess coach K. Visweswaran will present an exciting talk on Anand in young age. Visweswaran's father, V. Kameswaran, was Anand's first chess coach.Title: "Young Anand" Date: 06/11/2010 Time: 7pm Location: 3375 Country Drive. Fremont, CA 94536-6200The talk will be followed by a 18-board Simul. Please check the club web-site for most up-to-date information. Entry Fee: $15 (postmarked by June 8th), $25 thereafter. Only first 18 entries will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. Annual members of the Fremont Chess club pay $10 to play in the simul and free for the talk. Advance registration is necessary for the simul. K VISWESWARAN www.chessgurukul.com www.kameswaranchessacademy.com
4) 2010 London Chess Classic Viswanathan Anand will become the first reigning world chess champion to play in a major tournament in London since Anatoly Karpov in 1984 when he joins the eight-player field for the second London Chess Classic, which runs from 8-15 December 2010 at the Olympia Conference Centre. Vishy Anand is the one change from the stellar field which brought spectators flocking to London to watch elite chess in December 2009. The great Indian player, who will turn 41 during the tournament, recently retained his title as the undisputed champion of the world by defeating Veselin Topalov in the latter’s home city of Sofia, Bulgaria. In London he will meet his immediate predecessor as champion, Vladimir Kramnik, 36, of Russia, and also the young man who is currently riding high as the world’s highest rated player and widely tipped to be Anand’s next challenger – Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who will be 20 by the time the tournament starts.
5) Here and There Check out GM Lubosh Kavalek's column at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/chess-puzzles-the-art-of_b_598299.html .Jack Peters writes,
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6) Upcoming Events MI Tournaments Scholastic Championship - July 10 Charles Bagby Memorial - July 17 Vladimir Pafnutieff Memorial - August 7 Bernardo Smith Memorial - August 21-22 Howard Donnelly Memorial - September 18 J.J. Dolan Memorial - October 9 Carroll Capps Memorial - November 6-7 Pierre Saint-Amant Memorial - November 20 Local Events June 26-27 Berkeley Open4-SS, 30/90; G/60. Hillside School, 1581 Le Roy Ave., Berkeley, California. $$B 80 paid entries (not counting unrated entries). Three Sections: Open: $320-225, U2200 $220-115; A/B Section: A $220-115, B $220-115; Reserve: C $220-115; D/E $220-115, Unr: Trophy First. Reserve players playing in the A/B section compete for the B prizes. All, EF: postmarked by 6/21 not 5/11 $40, $50 at site. Unrateds $20 in the Reserve section or may play up to the Open section for the regular fee. $3 discount to Berkeley Chess Club Members. USCF memb. req'd. May play up for additional $10 per section. Reg.: Sat 6/21 9:00-9:45 am. RDS.: Sat 10:00-3:30; Sun 10:00-3:30; One 1/2 pt bye available if requested in advance, a bye in rds 3 or 4 must be requested before rd 1. 2010 June Ratings List, CCA minimums and Directors discretion will be used to place players as accurately as possible. Please bring clocks and equipment. INFO: Richard Koepcke (650)-224-4938 Email: ricahrdkoepcke@yahoo.com. Ent: Richard Koepcke, P.O. Box 1432, Mountain View, CA 94042. No Phone entries. Chess Magnet School JGP.#cg_msg_content st1\00003a*{} http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/chess-puzzles-the-art-of_b_598299.html |