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National masters Jim West and Mauricio Camejo [pictured right, playing against Timothy Xie] tied for first place in yesterday's <a href="http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201904139432">quad</a>.<br />
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<b><i>1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Nf6 14.c5 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Rc1 Rf7 17.Nb5 a6 18.Na3 b5 19.Nb4 Bd7</i></b><br />
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<b><i>20.Nc6 Qf8 21.Nb1 g4 22.a4 g3 23.hxg3 fxg3 24.Bxg3 Nh5 25.Bh2 Bh6 26.Rc3 Bf4 27.Bxf4 Ngxf4 28.Kf2 Qg7 29.g4 Nxe2 30.Qxe2 Nf4 31.Qe3 Bxg4 32.Na3 b4 33.Nxb4 Bxf3 34.Qxf3 Nh3+ 35.Ke1 Rxf3 36.Rfxf3 Nf4 37.Nd3 Rf8 38.Nxf4 exf4</i></b><br />
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<b><i>39.Nc4 Qe7 40.Nd2 Qh4+ 41.Ke2 Qg4 42.Kd3 a5 43.Kc2 Rc8 44.Kb3 Rb8+ 45.Ka3 Re8, draw.</i></b><br />
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In the first round, Nikita Panasenko drew against Timothy Xie, NM Mauricio Camejo did the same against Errol Singh, and Aarav Mahajan lost to filler John Moldovan.<br />
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Timothy Xie and Errol Singh drew their game in round three.<br />
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There was yet another draw when Errol Singh played against Nikita Panasenko in the final round.<br />
<br />James R. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200919885884106962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-83201177259672798012019-03-10T08:19:00.001-04:002019-03-10T08:19:35.260-04:00Saturday Swiss 3/9/2019Timothy Xie won yesterday's <a href="http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201903099742">tournament</a>.<div>
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Pictured are national masters Mauricio Camejo and Art Macaspac, playing in yesterday's <a href="http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201903026242">quad</a>.<br />
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<b>Round One: Sicilian Defense, Taimanov Variation</b><br />
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<b><i>14.Bg5 Nd4 15.a3 h6 16.Bxf6+ gxf6 17.g3 Bg7 18.Bg2 Rc8 19.O-O a5 20.Rc1 h5 21.Qxh5 Bc4 22.Nd5+ Bxd5 23.exd5 Rh8 24.Qd1 Bh6 25.Rb1 Qg8 26.c3 Nf5 27.Qd3 Qh7 </i></b><br />
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Chess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-9272726418068955292018-12-09T11:02:00.003-05:002018-12-09T11:31:14.163-05:00Saturday Game 12/8/2018Yesterday national masters Jim West and Art Macaspac played this game at <i>Chess Mates</i>.<br />
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<b>French Defense, Exchange Variation</b><br />
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<b><i>1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.O-O Be7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.c3 c5 11.Qc2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qb6 13.Rae1 Bc5</i></b><br />
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<b><i>14.N2b3 Rfe8 15.f3 Bxd4+ 16.Nxd4 Bh5 17.Bf2 Nc5 18.Nb3 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Nxd3 20.Bxb6 Nxe1 21.Qf2 axb6 22.Qxe1 Rxa2 23.Qb1 Ra8 24.Nd4 Bg6 25.Qc1 Nd7 26.h3 Nc5 27.Qf4 Ra1+ 28.Kh2 Rb1 29.b4 Nd3</i></b><br />
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<b><i>30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Qxb7 Rb2 32.Qxd5 Rxg2+ 33.Kh1 Rd2 34.Qd6 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Nxh3+ 36.Kh1 Nf2+ 37.Kg1 Nh3+ 38.Kh1 Bd3 39.Qxb6 Nf2+ 40.Kg2 Ne4+ 41.Kg1 Ng5 42.Qc5 Nh3+ 43.Kh1 Nf2+ 44.Kg1 Nh3+ 45.Kh1 Nf2+ 46.Kg1 Nh3+ 47.Kh1, draw.</i></b><br />
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In round two, Nikhil Allam played Bryan Lewis while Humberti Vargas watched.<br />
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Student Nikhil Allam battled his coach NM Art Macaspac in the fourth round.<br />
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On the next board, Lev Zilbermintz opposed NM Mauricio Camejo.<br />
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Filler Humberti Vargas relaxed during the final round.<br />
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Meanwhile my opponent Bryan Lewis looked at his cell phone following our game.James R. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200919885884106962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-47900354426072208052018-12-02T12:40:00.001-05:002018-12-03T09:25:14.818-05:00Saturday Swiss 12/1/2018National masters Art Macaspac, Jim West, and Mauricio Camejo shared first place with 3 points in Saturday's <a href="http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201812010652">tournament</a>.<br />
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<b><i>63.g3 Rb1 64.h4+ Kg6 65.Re8 Rb3+ 66.Kg2 f4 67.gxf4 Kf5 68.Rh8 Kxf4, draw.</i></b><br />
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<b>Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation</b><br />
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<b><i>Jim West (USCF 2200) - Art Macaspac (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 12/1/2018</i></b><br />
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<b><i>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5 9.f5 Be7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.Be3 Nxb3 12.axb3 e5 13.Nde2 Qc7 14.O-O b5 15.g4 b4</i></b><br />
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<b><i>34.Qg3 Rf3 35.Qg2 Rf2 36.Qg3 Rf3 37.Qg2 e2 38.Be1 Qf5 39.Qxe2 Rh3+ 40.Kg2 Qd7 41.Bg3 Re8 42.Qxe8+ Qxe8 43.Kxh3 Qe6+ 44.Kh2 h5 45.Re1 Qf5 46.Re2 Qg4 47.Rf2 Qe6, draw.</i></b><br />
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<b>Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit</b><br />
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<b><i>Mauricio Camejo (USCF 2018) - Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2070), Rahway NJ 12/1/2018</i></b><br />
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<b><i>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.h3 g5 8.c3 h6 9.Na3 Ne7 10.Nc4 Ng6 11.a4 b6 12.d5 c5 13.Na3 a6 14.Nc4 Nd7 15.Bc2 Rb8 16.Bd2 Be7</i></b><br />
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<b><i>17.Bd3 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Na5 c4 20.Bc2 O-O 21.Nc6 Rb6 22.b3 cxb3 23.Bxb3 Nc5 24.c4 b4 25.Qc2 Bd7 26.Nxe7+ Nxe7 27.Ra7 Rfb8 28.O-O g4 29.hxg4 Bxg4 30.Rfa1 Nc8 31.Ra8 Qg6</i></b><br />
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<b><i>32.Kf1 Qxe4 33.Rxb8 Rxb8 34.Rb1 Bf5 35.Rb2 Qd3+ 36.Kg1 Ne7 37.Qd1 Nxb3 38.Qxb3 Ng6 39.Qxd3 Bxd3 40.Rxb4 Rxb4 41.Bxb4 Bxc4, draw.</i></b><br />
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Daniel Gu lost to John Moldovan.<br />
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Eric Levin bested Daniel Gu..<br />
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Lev Zilbermintz defeated Daniel Gu.<br />
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Eric Levin fell to John Moldovan.<br />
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NM Art Macaspac won against Daniel Gu.<br />
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Lev Zilbermintz and John Moldovan battled, with Lev winning.James R. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200919885884106962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-53107980410298031202018-07-14T18:41:00.000-04:002018-07-14T18:41:07.956-04:00Eric Yuhan Li Becomes National Master<div class="_5pbx userContent _3576" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="text-align: center;">
Former Chess Mates Academy student Eric Yuhan Li went 3-0 at <a href="http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201807143002">today's quad</a> & earned his National Master title.</div>
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Chess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-75046032850444139962018-06-24T23:37:00.001-04:002018-06-24T23:39:13.981-04:00Our Summer Tournaments <a href="http://www.chessmatesnj.com/" target="_blank">Chess Mates Academy</a> in Rahway will be running six Saturday Quad tournaments this summer.<br />
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The first of these is on June 30th.<br />
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Others will be held on July 14, July 21, August 11, August 18 & August 25.<br />
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All will feature a G/45 d5 time control.<br />
Registration is from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.<br />
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For more information call Arthur at 760-583-8429 or send an email to chessmates@chessmatesnj.comChess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-59536003865133704592018-04-11T22:07:00.002-04:002018-04-11T22:07:09.773-04:00Summer Camps & 2018-19 Chess School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For information about lessons, summer camps & our 2018-19 Chess School, contact Arthur at chessmates@chessmatesnj.com, or 760-583-8429.Chess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-21392013798098080602017-12-22T16:38:00.002-05:002017-12-22T16:38:50.708-05:00Upcoming Tournaments<a href="http://www.chessmatesnj.com/" target="_blank">Chess Mates Academy</a> will be running the following tournaments from late December through Early February:<br />
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Sat. 23 - Holiday Quads (G/40 d5) 12:30 p.m.</div>
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Sun. 31 - New Year's Eve Quads (G/40 d5) 12:30 p.m.</div>
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Sat. 6 - <a href="http://www.uschess.org/tlas/8954.tla">Dos Por Dos Team Tournament</a> (G/25 d5) 12:30 p.m.</div>
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Sun. 14 - <a href="http://www.uschess.org/tlas/8953.tla">Chess Mates Sunday Blitz</a> (G/5 d2) 3:00 p.m.</div>
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Sat. 20 - Dos Por Dos Team Tournament 12:30 p.m.</div>
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Sun. 28 - Chess Mates Sunday Blitz 3:00 p.m.</div>
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Sat. 3 - Dos Por Dos Team Tournament 12:30 p.m.</div>
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Sun. 11 - Chess Mates Sunday Blitz 3:00 p.m.</div>
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For info on the December events, contact John, via jmoldovan@gmail.com<br />
For January and February info, please email Errol, via errol.singh@gmail.com<br />
Chess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-84836149024310891492017-07-17T09:04:00.000-04:002017-07-17T09:04:04.655-04:00Games from "Chess Mates" Championship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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William Guskind [pictured] sends <a href="https://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/games-from-rahway-championship">games</a> from the <i>Chess Mates</i> club <a href="http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201707155462">championship</a> on Saturday.James R. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200919885884106962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-50847990941176536082017-04-06T22:47:00.000-04:002017-12-22T16:45:57.833-05:00USCF Affiliation Change<div class="mtm _5pco" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have changed our USCF affiliation to <a href="http://www.uschess.org/msa/AffDtlMain.php?A6049491" target="_blank">Chess Mates Academy</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>RAHWAY NJ</b>. CHESS MATES ACADEMY (USCF ID <a href="http://msa.uschess.org/AffDtlMain.php?A6049491" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A6049491</a>).
Affiliate Type: Club, RAHWAY. Contact: Arthur Macaspac. Contact Phone:
760-583-8429. Club Phone: 732-499-0118. Address: SUITE 11, 75 EAST
CHERRY ST, RAHWAY, NJ, 07065. email: <a href="mailto:chessmates@chessmatesnj.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">chessmates@chessmatesnj.com</a>. Web Site: <a href="http://www.chessmatesnj.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.chessmatesnj.com</a>,
USCF Rated Events, Sets Available, Book Library, Chess Camps, Private
Lessons Offered, Under Age 18 Welcome, Group lessons available
September-June, Club Membership: $50 for 12 months.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For a history of our tournaments from 4/2017 to the present visit <a href="http://www.uschess.org/msa/AffDtlTnmtHst.php?A6049491">http://www.uschess.org/msa/AffDtlTnmtHst.php?A6049491</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For a history of our tournaments from 6/2010 thru
3/2017 visit <a href="http://www.uschess.org/msa/AffDtlTnmtHst.php?A6033755">http://www.uschess.org/msa/AffDtlTnmtHst.php?A6033755</a></span></span></div>
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Chess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-91819934383830167792017-03-26T10:36:00.000-04:002017-03-26T10:36:07.076-04:00West 1st, Camejo 2nd at Saturday QuadSaturday's game/60 <a href="http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201703256442">quad </a>was won by NM Jim West, a half point ahead of NM Mauricio Camejo.<br />
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In round one, NM Mauricio Camejo defeated Jonathan Aisoni.<br />
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But in the second round, NM Mauricio Camejo was held to a draw by John Moldovan.<br />
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<b><i>Jonathan Aisoni (USCF 1831) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 3/25/2017</i></b><br />
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On Saturday, NM Art Macaspac [pictured, right] finished first in the game/60 <a href="http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201702115392">quad</a>.<br />
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<b><i>32.Rdf2 Rxf1+ 33.Rxf1 Rxf5 34.Rxf5 Qxf5 35.Qxa5 Qxc2 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Qxd6 Qxb3 38.Qe5 Qc2 39.d6 b3 40.Kh2 b2 41.d7 b1=Q 42.d8=Q Qcc1 43.Qdd4 Qh1+ 44.Kg3 Qg6+ 45.Qg4 Qd3+ 46.Qf3 Qxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Qf1+ 48.Kg3 f6</i></b><br />
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Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200919885884106962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-91096483363883672622016-12-21T12:30:00.000-05:002016-12-21T12:38:56.899-05:00New Year's Eve Quads<div style="text-align: center;">
On Saturday, December 31st we will be running G/45 Quads.</div>
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<b>Chess Mates New Year's Eve Quads</b></div>
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3-RR. G/40 d5. 75 East Cherry Street, Suite 11, Rahway, NJ 07065. <b>EF:</b> $25, $20 members. <b>Prizes: </b>$60 to 1st in each section. <b>Register:</b> 12 noon-12:25 p.m. <b>Rounds:</b> 12:30, 2:15, 4:00 p.m.<b> Information:</b> email John at <a href="mailto:chessmatesnj@gmail.com">chessmatesnj@gmail.com</a>. </div>
Chess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-22120988389559621212016-12-08T09:24:00.000-05:002016-12-08T09:24:13.071-05:00Photos from Saturday Quad 12/3/2016On Saturday, I snapped these photos during the game/60 <a href="http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201612035692">quad</a>.<br />
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In round one, NM Art Macaspac lost to NM Mauricio Camejo.<br />
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Playing the black pieces, NM Art Macaspac bested Ken Cohen in the second round.<br />
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In the final round, Ken Cohen fell to NM Mauricio Camejo.James R. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200919885884106962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-70818024680536536632016-12-05T10:40:00.000-05:002016-12-05T10:40:41.219-05:003-Way Tie at Saturday Quad 12/3/2016On Saturday, three national masters tied for first place in the game/60 <a href="http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201612035692">quad</a>. <br />
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In ratings order, they were Art Macaspac, Jim West, and Mauricio Camejo.<br />
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Chess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-10093854743208862532016-03-20T00:30:00.000-04:002016-03-20T00:33:30.108-04:00Delay In Rating Yesterday's Tourney<span data-offset-key="b05s9-0-0"><span data-text="true">Yesterday's tournament at Chess Mates, which was won by King Arthur Curry, was submitted for rating but there was a problem on the USCF's end.</span></span><br />
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It may take 2-3 days for the event to appear online.Chess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-47381825242082837532016-01-23T20:19:00.001-05:002016-01-23T20:19:28.863-05:00Chess Mates Closed TomorrowChess Mates has canceled tomorrow's classes and will be closed all day.<br />
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We will re-open Wednesday evening.Chess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-55728458639982473652016-01-23T09:01:00.001-05:002016-01-23T09:02:38.035-05:00Chess Mates Closed Today Due To Blizzard<div style="text-align: center;">
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Due to very dangerous weather and travel conditions, Chess Mates is closed today!<br />
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Whether or not we open for tomorrow's Sunday's School is to be determined.<br />
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I will closely monitor the situation and send an email tonight.<br />
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Please be safe!<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
ArthurChess Mateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04243690003174841950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37829129081883566.post-63856052478442183932015-12-25T11:41:00.000-05:002015-12-25T11:41:14.974-05:00More Photos From The Thomas Elberling Memorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are 21 additional photos from Saturday's <a href="http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201512198122.0">Thomas Elberling Memorial Swiss</a>:</div>
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Ronald Saylo (grey cap) vs. FM Boris Privman </div>
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Daniel Girsh (facing the camera) vs. Michael O'Connor. </div>
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SM Praveen Balakrishnan vs. LM Vladimir Polyakin (foreground)<br />
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Paul Joseph vs. David Milliern</div>
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Eddy Tian vs. Eric Li</div>
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Jack Silver (left) vs. Chris Farmer </div>
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Abhinav Chinnambeti (left) vs. James Merickel</div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Round 2</span></b><br />
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J. Silver vs. Ilya Zhurbinskiy (foreground) and Errol Singh (center)<br />
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Terry Fricker (green vest) vs. Farmer and Nikhil Kalyanraman (in yellow) vs. Ken Cohen.<br />
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GM Rohde looking at Arthur Macaspac's game while Balakrishnan moves. <br />
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Milliern (b/w shirt) vs. Charlie Silver<br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Round 3</span></b><br />
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E. Singh vs. Balakrishnan (front) and David Zhurbinsky vs. Macaspac.<br />
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Madhu Chinnambeti (standing) watching the action.</div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Between rounds...</b></span><br />
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The players and their families were treated to a sumptuous spread that included<br />
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John Moldovan's Lemon Knots (left), nutmeg-laced "Gemelli" (right) ...<br />
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and his ugly but yummy Cocoa-Mint Drops...<br />
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An assortment of other sweets, such as cupcakes and Black/White Cookies...<br />
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Delicious baked ham slices, courtesy of Gracielle Macaspac...</div>
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Domino's pizza and more!</div>
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Finally, we want to express our gratitude to the 24 players who turned-out to honor Thomas and the families who purchased items for the party.</div>
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