The CalChess Scholastic Coordinator’s Report on Last Weekend’s Grade Level Chess Championships Published 11:00 am, Friday, December 21, 2012 A summation of the 2012 CalChess Gradelevel Chess Championships. Pleasanton, CA (PRWEB) December 21, 2012 CalChess Grade Level On December 14-16, over...
2012 Northern California International
2012 Northern California InternationalPresented by NorCal House of Chess Dates: January 2nd – January 8th Location: NorCal House of Chess at Northwestern Polytechnic University 47655 Warm Springs Blvd. Fremont, CA 94539 Opening Ceremony: Jan 2nd: 4:00 Rounds: Jan 2nd:...
Excel in competitions
Students at Berkeley Chess Club excel in state competitionsBy Martin SnappCorrespondentPosted: 01/13/2011 10:18:22 AM PSTUpdated: 01/13/2011 02:20:19 PM PST Things looked bleak for Josiah Stearman of Martinez as he competed in the Grade-Level State Chess Championship at the University...
Van Wely rules Berkeley
Final top standings # Name Rating Tot Prize Norm 1 GM Loek van Wely 2676 8.0 1st: $3000 2 GM Sergey Erenburg 2600 7.5 2nd: $1500 3 GM Magesh Panchanathan 2537 7.0 3rd: $1000 4 GM Timur Gareev 2605...
VanWely leads Berkeley with 1 to go
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Tot 1 Loek van Wely 2676 D9 W54 W29 W6 W4 W16 D3 D2 D7 ~5...
2 tie for 1st in Berkeley with 2 rounds to go
Leaders after 8 rounds 1 Loek van Wely 2676 D16 W53 W19 W9 W4 W7 D2 D3 ~5 6.5 2 Sergey Erenburg 2600 W22 W36 W24 D4 D7 W20 D1 W5 ~6 6.5 3 Timur Gareev 2605 W51 L18...
Van Wely leads Berkeley
Leaders after 7 rounds # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Tot 1 Loek van Wely 2676 D14 W50 W18 W10 W5 W8 D3 ~2 6.0 2...
4 tie for lead in Berkeley
Standings after 4 rounds # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot 1 Loek van Wely 2676 D21 W49 W20 W15 ~4 3.5 2 Sergey Erenburg 2600 W38 W25 W23 D4 ~3 3.5...
Games from Berkeley
GM Kraai (2502) – IM Milman (2488) [E04]Berkeley, 23.12.2008 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.0–0 Rb8 7.Nc3 a6 8.e4 Be7 9.Qe2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qc5 14.e5 Nd7 15.Ne4 Qxe5...
Kacheishivili wins Berkeley
2008 Berkeley International (10 round Swiss)December 14-23 in Berkeley, CaliforniaOfficial website: http://dotq.org/chess Final Standings 1. GM Giorgi Kacheishivili 7.5 /102. GM Zviad Izoria 7.03-5 GM Josh Friedel, IM Irina Krush, FM Daniel Rensch 6.06-7 GM Vinay Bhat, IM David...