Joe Farrell Wins The Elizabethtown Tornado 4-0!

Our club president, Joe Farrell went undefeated in our annual club tourney to take 1st place in this strong weekend swiss! This tournament was held along with the KCA "King of Kings" tournament and Expert Chris Bush decided to play in both simultaneously. 20 players played all 4 rounds! No withdrawals!! The USCF rated crosstable can be seen here!

Chris Bush Wins The 1st "King of Kings" Tourney

Chris Bush won the King of Kings tournament held in Elizabethtown with a 3-0 score! With this victory Chris receives free entry in the 2012 Kentucky Open, a 1-year subscription to KCA and entry into this year's Kentucky closed! The rating crosstable can be found here!

Here is an Idea for our next Club Championship

Chess boxing is making moves, increasing popularity in Europe 




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Round 5 Of Our Game/75 Tourney Was Completed Tonight!

This photo shows Bob Kilmer and Amy Nunn fighting out the last game of our Game/75 tourney. We had 10 players that participated and a total of 18 games were played! I want to thank all those that played as it was a fun event to direct! Perhaps we can do this again soon.
The event was USCF rated and the crosstable can be found here!

6 Days

If you are playing in the annual tournament this weekend be sure to contact Johnny to avoid paying the $5 at the door fee.

April Club Tornado Set For April 28, 2012!

This is the TLA I sent to USCF to be published in the April issue of "Chess Life."

Apr. 28, The Elizabethtown Tornado
4SS, G/45 Elizabethtown Community & Technical College, Room
303, Occupational-Technical Building, Elizabethtown, KY. EF: $20
by Apr. 23, at site $25. $$b/25; $150, 75 Class B, C, C, E & below/UNR
$50 each if at least 2 players in section. Reg: 8:45-9:15 am, Rds:
First round 9:30 am, others ASAP. Ent: Johnny Owens (TD), P.O.
Box 226, Elizabethtown, KY 42702-0266. (270) 272-3061. Info:
http://etownchess.blogspot.com.

Just a reminder that club members get a $5.00 discount for entry into this tourney!

THIS PREVIOUSLY POSTED TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN REFRESHED AT THE REQUEST OF SEVERAL CLUB MEMBERS. - Jerry

April Rating Tournament

The April Rating Tournament drew 7 players. Click on 2012 Championship, above, to see current standings and find link to X-table. Johnny is now a full point ahead of the field.

Round 3 of Tuesday Knights #2 Tonight!

Round 3 of our club Game/75 tournaments will take place tonight at the Family Buffet! Remember next Tuesday is our Monthly swiss and it will be back at the college! We will start the round at 7:15 pm. I hope to see you all there!

Fun Links

Sometimes you don't feel like playing a full game or are restricted by time and circumstances, add these links to your favorite electronic device and learn some tricks that will enhance your "chess eye" and impress your friends.

Both links below are interactive! Test your skills with immediate feed back of your progress.
Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop. Allow a minute for the link to display the pieces.

The Knight's Tour. GM Koltanowski used to do this blindfolded and jumping from one board to a second and finally to a third board! Not impressed yet? He identified the squares by the words, phone numbers, etc that the audience wrote on them; which he studied for a few minutes, turned his back to the boards and began!

10 Club Members Show-Up To Play Chess!

We had 10 members at our first club meeting at The Family Buffet in Elizabethtown and 8 played in round 1 of our Game/75 tourney! There we no upsets as the higher rated players won in all 4 games.

The tournament is open to all club members that are USCF rated and you can enter at anytime and don't have to play every round. Games will start at 7:15 pm in order to give players a chance to eat!

If you have any questions, contact me at: chessnut@insightbb.com . We'll see you for round 2 next Tuesday!

Game 75 ??

Has game 30/5 been blowing up on you? Defuse the grenade and play for a norm with game 75/5!!
Contact Johnny if you want to play game 75/5 on regular meeting nights. His offer to resume game 75 was buried in a comment and may have escaped notice except for Amy and myself.

Format: 1 game a night for 3-5 weeks as needed then submitted for rating. You don't have to play each week; so the format offers you a chance to play even if your schedule doesn't permit attending each week.
At least 4 players need to commit  in order to get things rolling. Johnny's contact information is: (270)-272-3061 or chessnut@insightbb.com .

Remember we will be meeting at the Family Buffett on the 20th.

Steve Parsons Is Back!

Life Club member Steve Parsons won the March Monthly Swiss with a score of 3-0!

Rayane Chatrieux finished 2nd with a score of 2-1!

The crosstable can be view here!

Club Members Vote to Meet at Family Buffet Restaurant

The monthly club meeting was held Tuesday, March 6, 2012.   Members in attendance were:  Jerry, Amy, Stephanie, Rudy, Bob, Rayane and Kerry.  The following items were discussed:  Jerry has agreed to direct this month's regular club tournament.   A motion was made, seconded and approved to change the time of the regular monthly business meeting to 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month, just before the beginning of the monthly tournament.  The members agreed to ask Joe to appoint a new vice president of the club, pursuant to the club constitution.

 A motion was made, seconded and approved to have the club meet at the Family Buffet Chinese restaurant (located in the Kroger shopping plaza near the mall) on all Tuesday nights except for the 2nd Tuesday of the month.  It was agreed to continue to have the monthly tournaments at the college.  So remember guys and gals that this coming Tuesday is the monthly club tournament at the college and then we will meet for skittles at 7:00 p.m. at the Family Buffet for the next 3 Tuesdays until the April 10th tournament at the college.

Gelvic

Gelvic e-mailed me from Denver in route to San Francisco and gave me permission to share the movie he sent me earlier in the day. Click here to watch the movie which includes footage from the Winter Blues Tournament.
Produced by Gelvic Cubar, Camera man Johnny Owens. Enjoy!!

Randas Burns Takes 1st At The Winter Blues Open!

Randas scored 4-0 winning 1st place in "The Winter Blues Open" and took home $100. There was $460 given out in prizes at this first event held at "The Family Buffet" in Elizabethtown! More details and photos will be posted at the KCA website, as well as the Hub City blog site. In the meantime here is the USCF crosstable of the event!

I want to thank all those that attended and maybe I can play next time!

Reminder "The Winter Blues Open"

The Winter Blues Open
Saturday, February 25, 2012

USCF Rated
* 4SS * G/60 *

EF: $20 if mailed by Feb. 20th

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

PRIZES:
OPEN (1400+) $$b/20 1st $150, 2nd $100, 3rd $50, U1700 $50

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

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

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

February Rating Tournament

The results of the February Rating Tournament are finally in. Click here to view the cross table.
Totals for the 2012 Championship now stand as follows:
Owens .....................................................................................4.5
Weldin......................................................................................4
Farrell.......................................................................................3
Cubar.......................................................................................2.5
Fatula.......................................................................................2
Nunn........................................................................................2
Weaver....................................................................................2
Brock.......................................................................................1
Kilmer......................................................................................1
Mancuso..................................................................................1
McKinney................................................................................1

Quiet Night of Skittles

The following members showed up tonight to play skittles:  Amy, Ernie, Sal, Rudy, Kerry and Rayane.  Don't forget the tournament this coming Saturday at Family Buffet.  First round starts at 11:30. 

GM Lombardy Self-Publishes His Latest Book

For the younger players; GM William "Bill" Lombardy was a world class player during the "Fischer Era". His phenomenal score of 11 out of 11 while winning the World Junior Championship in 1957 has never been equalled before or since. GM Lombardy was Fischer's second during his successful match against Spassky for the World Championship; although by all accounts Fischer refused to use his services.

Lombardy was an ordained Catholic Priest in his younger years, later giving up the priesthood to marry and start a family.

Hans Ree reviewed the book in the latest volume of New In Chess, 2012 #1, and mentioned that the sole distributor was the author. This set me on a google search to find how to order a copy. The only place I could find ordering information was at this link.Order book here.

Check for $60 ($54 for book - $6 shipping)  To: William Lombardy
                                                                           12 Stuyvesant Oval - 6B
                                                                           New York, NY 10009

Stepping Down

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I tender my resignation effective today February 9, 2012. I assure you my fellow club members that I will come back stronger than today. Thank you for helping me improve my skills by giving me tough games.