...please enjoy this special time of year, and be safe. I hope to see everyone at ANCC on this upcoming Tuesday, the 27th!
If we get a sufficient number of people willing to participate, I would like to have (simultaneously during regular club games/activities of course) a 5 min. Blitz tourney. I still have the two small trophy left from this summers ill-fated tourney. So, come on down and lets have an informal, no fee, Blitz tourney!!!
We will start the first rounds at 7:30 pm. I hope to have it be a round robin format. However, if we do get too many people (that would be a great problem to have!), we will go to a swiss style tourney. I do want each 'round' to be the best of 3 games. I will decide if to allow ties (1.5pts/1.5pts) or not on site. As mentioned before this summer for this tourney, we could also option it to be where black gets a little extra time, but a 'draw' is a win for white.
Hope to see you all there, and talk of the wonderful celebrations from the previous week.
Darin, for the ANCC.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
thanks for a great night!
Thank you all for a fun night of chess last night. I wish to say a special thank you, and 'welcome' to Will, for coming in for his first visit to ANCC! Plus, a couple of guests that only get to visit a few times a year (my own kids), and the good games that they played. Ryan, had not played in probably a years time, and showed some good retention on his 'best of three' games versus an ANCC regular.
Also, I brought with me one of my own games, a 4 person chess game! We had some fun with a few of us playing a few rounds of 4 person chess. Interesting variation of chess!! I will try to remember to bring that next week - actually, I'm sure my kids won't let me forget! :)
One more thing. My game with Kyle was a good, long hard-fought game, to which I blundered into a definite losing position at the very end when Kyle had approximately 1.5 min. left on his clock, to my approx. 5.5 minutes. Such a sinking feeling when you play a complicated variation not known very well and with 'gut feeling risks' taken resulting in a fun game, and then ending it all with a silly blunder! 3 hours of fighting, and then, whoops! Oh well! I enjoyed the game, and will post this battle, hopefully with some comments of mine (and maybe Kyle's if he would be so kind to provide those) on the sister page on this site.
Thank you all, and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS! I will see you all next Tuesday, 27 Dec. here at ANCC... same place, same time!
Darin, for the ANCC
Also, I brought with me one of my own games, a 4 person chess game! We had some fun with a few of us playing a few rounds of 4 person chess. Interesting variation of chess!! I will try to remember to bring that next week - actually, I'm sure my kids won't let me forget! :)
One more thing. My game with Kyle was a good, long hard-fought game, to which I blundered into a definite losing position at the very end when Kyle had approximately 1.5 min. left on his clock, to my approx. 5.5 minutes. Such a sinking feeling when you play a complicated variation not known very well and with 'gut feeling risks' taken resulting in a fun game, and then ending it all with a silly blunder! 3 hours of fighting, and then, whoops! Oh well! I enjoyed the game, and will post this battle, hopefully with some comments of mine (and maybe Kyle's if he would be so kind to provide those) on the sister page on this site.
Thank you all, and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS! I will see you all next Tuesday, 27 Dec. here at ANCC... same place, same time!
Darin, for the ANCC
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
See you on the 13th!
Here is your official invitation (not that you need one!) to come on out, and join us for a night (or partial night if you wish :) ) of chess and conversation between some great people. Stay for an hour, or for for 5 hours! I sincerely enjoy seeing all the people that do visit us at ANCC, and I believe all of us at the ANCC feel that way.
For those that have not visited recently, come down and reacquaint yourselves as we have had some new members (your only a guest the first night! ;) ) come in recently. I hope those new members continue to enhance the atmosphere in ANCC. If you have yet to visit, and are curious, please come on down, say hello, and play a game of chess with us.
We have a large base of players that have come in and you never know who will be in attendance on any given Tuesday night, save for Kyle and myself. :) We have some youngsters ( 6-8 yrs old), some teens, and then adults of every generation. Please set aside a night in your schedule to enjoy an evening of intellectual stimulation as well as the company of others!
For the ANCC,
Darin
For those that have not visited recently, come down and reacquaint yourselves as we have had some new members (your only a guest the first night! ;) ) come in recently. I hope those new members continue to enhance the atmosphere in ANCC. If you have yet to visit, and are curious, please come on down, say hello, and play a game of chess with us.
We have a large base of players that have come in and you never know who will be in attendance on any given Tuesday night, save for Kyle and myself. :) We have some youngsters ( 6-8 yrs old), some teens, and then adults of every generation. Please set aside a night in your schedule to enjoy an evening of intellectual stimulation as well as the company of others!
For the ANCC,
Darin
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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