PJ Chess

Dec 2007 through Feb 2008 Meeting Schedule

2007-11-16T07:46:47Z

The meetings for the next three months are scheduled to take place on the following Sundays:

December: 2nd, 9th, and 16th (1pm - 5pm)
January: 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th (1:30pm - 5pm)
February: 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th (1:30pm - 5pm)

Please bring a board and clock, if you have one.

Dzindzichashvili simul at Mt Sinai Middle School

2007-11-06T20:48:06Z

GM Roman Dzindzichashvili (three time US champion and former coach of Gata Kamsky and Eugene Perelshteyn) will be giving a simul and lecture, as well as selling and autographing his new books (Chess Openings for White and Chess Openings for Black) at the Mount Sinai Middle School this Friday, November 9, 2007 from 5-8 P.M.

The fee to play in the simul will be $20.00 for each participant.

Nov 5th and 12th meetings relocated

2007-11-01T19:46:04Z

PLEASE NOTE: Our next two meetings, on Nov 5th and 12th, will be held in the new Port Jefferson Library building, “Port Jeff at Good Times”, which is located right on the corner of Thompson St and Main St, just 50 feet away from the old library building where we regularly meet.

Svenderlunk vs Nakamura blitz game

2007-10-12T04:20:54Z

Here’s a video and a pgn of this crazy game, where Svenderlunk had 5 minutes and Nakamura only had 10 seconds for the full game.

Schedule: November through December 2007

2007-09-12T05:54:34Z

Our next club meeting will be held:

Mon, Nov 5th
From 6 pm to 9 pm

After that, the following meetings are scheduled

November: 12th (from 6pm to 9pm)
December: 2nd, 9th, and 16th (from 1pm to 5pm)

Please bring a board and clock, if you have one.

Also, if you would like to help spread the word about this club, you can hand out and post some fliers.

Stony Brook car pool

2007-09-11T18:20:46Z

At the last club meeting, some Stony Brook students mentioned that they might need a ride to/from the next meeting.

So, if there are some people who would like to offer rides and others that need rides to and from Stony Brook, you can use the comments section of this post to schedule rides and get in touch with one another.

Clocks

2007-09-10T02:25:10Z

There were only two chess clocks in the club on the first night. That meant that only a limited number of people could participate in the 15-minute ladder…

September 6th, 2007 Ladder rankings

2007-09-10T01:15:38Z

The first club meeting’s Ladder rankings have been posted to the new Ladders page. I’m now working on the Ladder Archives page and a Ladder Guide (links to which will be posted on the same Ladders page when they’re ready).

Ladder rules change: absences

2007-09-08T19:05:07Z

In calculating the Ladder rankings, I’ve run in to a minor but significant glitch that will require a rules change to fix. See below for the gory details as to the whys and hows.

The resulting rules change is that (to be reasonably fair, and to avoid a major software rewrite) players who are absent or do not play any Ladder games for two consecutive club nights will be moved to the bottom of the Ladder, and will be taken off the Ladder after three such nights. This demotion in rank will happen after all the games for that night have been rated.

Now, on to the gory details…

Teaching and Talks

2007-09-07T04:21:55Z

If anyone is interested in helping beginners (teaching the rules, giving them tips, playing through a game with them and giving them advice on how to improve), or if you’re interested in giving a talk on anything chess related at one of our upcoming club meetings, please contact the club.