www.minnesotachess.org/ en-gb The MSCA site is powered by e107, which is released under the terms of the GNU GPL License. msca.admin@nospam.com (msca_admin) msca.admin@nospam.com (msca_admin) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:14:40 -0400 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:14:40 -0400 http://backend.userland.com/rss e107 (http://e107.org) 60 http://minnesotachess.org/e107_images/button.png www.minnesotachess.org/ 88 31 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.177.1 GOLDmatchgameCHAMPIONS OF THE CASTLE622board 1Kevin Wasiluk 7board 2Matt Dahl 4.5board 3Andrey Chernov4.5board 4Zach Tverstol 5 Dane Mattson 5SILVERmatchgameUNFORTUNATE NOVELTY621.5board 1David Heurung 4.5 Tom Babcock4.5 Matt Carlson4.5board 2Shawn Mize 5.5board 3Kelly Perleberg 6board 4Stan Kegel 6.5BRONZEmatchgameBHS5.515.5SONS OF THE MECHEЇDE5.515.5board 1George Binger 4.5 John Buckland4.5board 2Don Aldrich 4.5board 3Justin Kleist 6board 4Dan Dillon 6
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners!
30 Teams, 188 total participants

a fantastic season!

Complete standings:
tccl_2009-10.xls]]> e4e5@nospam.com (e4e5) Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:42:34 -0400 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.177.1 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.175.1 here for the PGN file.]]> wgibbins@nospam.com (Wilson Gibbins) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:52:45 -0500 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.175.1 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.173.1
CONGRATS TO FRANK JOHNSON - 2010 Minnesota Open champion with a perfect 5-0 score!
DANE ZAGAR and CHRISTOPHER GILL tie with 4 1/2 points out of 5 and are the Minnesota Open Amateur co-champions.
The Reserve has a three-way Open co-championship:  JOSHUA YLINEN, JOSHUA CZEKALSKI and PETER BERTEL with a score of 5 out of 6.
In the Sophomore ALEX WINDER and MICHAEL VELLA share the top spot with 5 out of 6 points
The Bantam IAN GIRARDEAU and RYLER MCDOWALL are co-champions with 5 for 6 points.

ANDREY CHERNOV wins the Tornado (3.5 points)
JAMES MEERSCHEART takes top honors in the Non-rated Beginners


Results of all sections: 
http://www.minnesotachess.org/e107_files/public/1266986729_17_FT0_mn_open_2010.xls]]> e4e5@nospam.com (e4e5) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:58:16 -0500 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.173.1 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.172.1 Link to the forum thread]]> wgibbins@nospam.com (Wilson Gibbins) Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:24:05 -0500 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.172.1 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.171.1 Champions of the Castle take a commanding lead in the GOLD section.  After defeating Rochester Ultimates 4-0 they are a full match point and 2.5 game points ahead of the field.

The SILVER group - Unfortunate Novelty and Ministry of Silly Moves are seperated by a mere 1/2 game point, (19 - 18.5) each with 5 match points.

BRONZE:  BHS and Sons of the Mecheide are tied with 4.5 match points with three teams nipping at their heels with 3.5 points.

7th and final round, 12 March

]]> e4e5@nospam.com (e4e5) Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:56:45 -0500 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.171.1 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.170.1 2009 Class Championships and 2009 Minneapolis Open]]> wgibbins@nospam.com (Wilson Gibbins) Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:36:17 -0500 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.170.1 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.168.1 The Winter Open was a great success!

Congratulations to Sean Nagle, St Paul Winter Champion with a perfect 5-0 result!

Vince Wisniewski wins the Reserve section.
Eric Bench in the Bantam

The Blizzard was won by Michael Wangen
The unrated beginners section was won by Emmett Ryan.

The event is rated:
http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,201/
and type in MINNESOTA 2010 WINTER  as the tournament name.

Or click here to go directly to the crosstable.

Final Standings:
http://www.minnesotachess.org/e107_files/public/1263966196_17_FT0_winter2010.xls


David Kuhns
TD, Minnesota Winter Open]]> e4e5@nospam.com (e4e5) Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:57:23 -0500 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.168.1 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.166.1 e4e5@nospam.com (e4e5) Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:08:22 -0500 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.166.1 http://minnesotachess.org/news.php?item.163.1 GOLD
Champions of the Castle move up to share the lead by defeating 2xxx'ers with Bad Bytes who only "just" managed a draw against Caro Cant.  These teams each have 3 match points.

SILVER
Ministry of Silly Moves continues its winning ways an remains undefeated after their 3-1 win over Austin City Limits.

BRONZE
Twin Knights of CCOM defeated Gloryhole to overtake them and gain the lead.  Twin Knights is undefeated with 3.5 match points coming off their 1/2 bye last month.

Full results may be found on the TCCL Forum

Next match: 8 January 2010.

Season's Greetings and Happy New Year!
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