Calling All Military

2012 Armed Forces Open is open to all active duty, retired, guard, reserve, and even ROTC!

 Click here for complete details. And results.

My Senior Open Third Round Game

Here is my game against Joe at the Senior Open. We have played the first eight moves several times! You may have to press the extreme left double arrow to reset to the starting position.

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My Senior Open Moment

Here is my last round game against Johnny in the E-town Senior Open. I forgot to reset to the starting position so please click on the extreme left double arrow to begin. This is a very instructive game and I tried to put in detailed commentary after the moves, but when I did the game wouldn't post correctly. So I will add some brief comments here and below the game. The opening is The London System which allows the White side to develope without having to memorize extensive tabia. It can be met in various ways, I decided to deviate from my usual defense and exchange the white bishops early. I had only tried this once previously and lost because I left my knight enprise.

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I can only try to explain my "senior moment" this way. After 36.h3 if you removed the d&e pawns, all things being equal, we have an end game win for black after 37.hxg4 f4 which has been "hard wired" into my brain for 45 years. Hopefully this game is as instructive to the reader as it was for the players.

The First Round of the Senior Open

My game against De Fiore, I haven't fed it to Fritz yet, so there are errors to find.

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Joe Farrell Wins Elizabethtown Senior Open!

Joe Farrell scored 3.5-0.5 to take 1st place in the Elizabethtown Senior Open! Johnny Owens and Romallis St Cyr tied for 2nd-3rd! This tournament was open to players age 50 and over. I plan on doing it again next year! The USCF rated crosstable can be view here:

E-Town Senior Open This Saturday!

Elizabethtown Chess Senior Open (50 yrs of age or older at time of tournament.) September 29, 2012 USCF Rated * 4SS * G/45 * EF: $20 if mailed by September 22nd FAMILY BUFFET 121 Towne Drive * Elizabethtown, KY 42701 $ b/20 $100, $60 Class B, C, D, E & below/unrated (If at least 2 in section) Late/On-Site Registration Sat: 11:00-11:25 am – Late EF: $5.00 more. (Cash only at site) ROUND TIMES Round 1 - 11:30 AM – Others ASAP Eastern Time Make check payable to: Johnny Owens and mail by September 22nd to:Johnny Owens; P. O. Box 266, Elizabethtown, KY 42702 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS Email: chessnut@insightbb.com / Phone: (270) 272-3061

Louisville Open Results Are In!!

IM Ron Burnett of Tennessee (shown in file picture above) and FM Andrew Karlins from Illinois both finished with 4.5 out of 5 to win the Louisville Open this weekend! Chris Bush was the highest finisher from Kentucky at 6th place with 3.5 points.Click here for the entire x-table.

Best Meeting In A Long Time!!

Last night we came very close to pleasing everyone; well at least those who came to the meeting. The seven members in attendance enjoyed rated tournament play, skittles, and group analysis. It was almost a real chess party. Maybe next week we can draw an even number of players.

Weaver Wins On 9/11

Ernie Weaver won last nights tournament and vaulted into 3rd place in the qualification for the 2012 Club Championship. Ernie had a full head of steam rolling over Johnny and Jerry before Amy held up his train and took home all the rating points with a draw in the last round.

The real story of the night was that Amy went to the Family Buffet, and while wondering what had happened to the rest of the Club, ran into non-chess friends and decided to eat! Luckily Johnny had her number and called to see if she was stalled in traffic. The moral to this story is: "check the Blog daily".

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Larry Bell Wins The Back To School Open!

Larry Bell (right) vs. Romallis St Cyr in the above photo.

   Larry Bell won the "Back to School Open" with a score of 3.5-0.5!  Terry Fathauer took 2nd place and Johnny Owens, Gerald Weldin, and Louis De Fiore shared the Under 1800 prize. The Under 1400 prize went to Chuck Miller and Amy Nunn took home the Top Female prize.

   The rated crosstable can be viewed here:

Back to School Open

Back to School Open
September 8, 2012

USCF Rated * 4SS * G/45 *

EF: $20 if mailed by September 4th

PLACE/SITE: FAMILY BUFFET
121 Towne Drive
Elizabethtown, KY 42701

First Place: 35% of entry fees
Second Place: 20% of entry fees
Under 1800: 11% of entry fees
Under 1400: 10%: of entry fees
Top Female: 9% of entry fees

Late/On-Site Registration Sat: 11-11:25 am – Late EF: $5.00 more. (Cash only at site)

ROUND TIMES: Round One - 11:30 AM – Others ASAP Eastern Time

Make check payable to: Johnny Owens and
mail by September 4th to: Johnny Owens; P. O. Box 266, Elizabethtown, KY 42702

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS
Email: chessnut@insightbb.com/ Phone: (270) 272-3061

Johnny Owens Wins By A Full Point!!

Johnny Owens, on the left in this file photo, scored 2.5 to win the G/45 Tournament which was played at Club meetings over the last three weeks. Due to low participation the originally planned 4-Rd event ended up as a Quad; disappointing those who signed up  looking for a norm. Click here for X-table.

2012 Chess Olympiad - Updated

Chess may not be an Olympic event yet; but the Chess Olympiad only needs a change of venue if it ever comes about. The link has been updated, you can now see pictures, live games, etc.Click here. If you don't have time for anything else check out the photo's from the opening ceremonies.

 As you may know already Nakamura has surpassed Fischer's top rating at the Olympiad and is now the #5 player in the world. For those who want the quickest updates on top player rating changes, Live Chess Ratings provides daily updates.

Taylor Bagley Wins "The Dog Days Of Summer Open" With a Perfect Score!!

Taylor Bagley went 4-0 to take 1st place in the Open section of "The Dog Days of Summer Open." Chris Bush, Randas Burns and Larry Bell each scored 3-1 to share the 2nd-3rd place money. Terry Fathuaer took home the Under 1700 cash!

Michael Williams and Dan Bulleit scored 3.5-0.5 each in the Reserve section to take the 1st and 2nd place money, while W. Chuck Miller was 3rd and Robert Woodford took home the Under 1000 prize.

Special thanks goes out to Amy Nunn and Rayane Chatrieux our local club members that participated!

The complete rated crosstable can be found here:

Dog Days of Summer

Dog Days of Summer Open
Saturday, August 25, 2012

USCF Rated * 4SS * G/60 *

EF: $20 if mailed by August 20th

PLACE/SITE: FAMILY BUFFET;121 Towne Drive * Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Late/On-Site Registration Sat: 11-11:25 am – Late EF: $5.00 more. (Cash only at site)

ROUND TIMES: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM Eastern Time

OPEN (1400+) $$b/15
1st $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $45, U1700 - $45

RESERVE (U 1400) $$b/10
1st $75, 2nd $50, 3rd $25, U1000/unr - $25

Make check payable to: Johnny Owens and mail by August 20th to:
Johnny Owens; P. O. Box 266, Elizabethtown, KY 42702

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS
Email: chessnut@insightbb.com / Phone: (270) 272-3061

Reminder Of "The Dog Days Of Summer" Open!!

I have 10 pre-registered for this Saturday’s tournament with 7 actually paying in advance! A few more have said that they plan to play but, haven’t really committed. I will accept preregisters through midnight tonight (August 23, 2012) either by email or phone calls. After that it's $25.00 to play! Details of this tournament are below!

Tuesday Knights Rated Games Returns to the Family Buffet!!

Next Tuesday, August 21, 2012 I will direct a tournament that will run 2 consecutive Tuesdays at the Family Buffet. We will play 2 rounds each evening and the time control will be Game/45 with a 5 sec. delay.

The cost will be $1.00 to cover the cost of the rating fee. So, we will play 4 rounds of chess! Round one will start promptly at 6:30 pm. Please email me at chessnut@insightbb.com if you have any questions or wish to preregister. If there is an odd number of players, the last one to register will be dropped out to ensure we don't have any byes!

Parsons Perfect!

Steve Parsons took no prisoners last night, scoring a perfect 3 points to win the August Rating Tournament a half point ahead of Louis De Fiore who was also unbeaten.
Clyde Alexander was baptised by fire in his first USCF rated over the board tournament. Clyde has been playing on line and decided to try his hand at "live action". Clyde plays much stronger than last night's results reflect and hopefully will become a regular member of the Club.
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How To Chose A Chess Set

When friends and acquaintances learn we are chess players they often ask advice on purchasing a chess set for themselves or their children. Chesshouse has developed a 25 page PDF which answers all the questions and no doubt aids in the sales of their product. Of particular note is their "free" piece replacement policy on their basic club sets. Click here for a free copy of the PDF.

Welcome Noreen!

Tonight 11 year old Noreen Chatrieux joined the Club and will play in next week's 2nd Tuesday Tournament! We now have three ladies in the Club.
Joe Farrell popped in with Steven, Ernie, Rudy, Rayane, and Kerry were also in attendance allowing for action on 3 boards! It's great to see attendance getting back to normal.