new location for Georgtown Chess Club Blog   In open play on 4/30 we were joined by 5 new players.  On May 7th the new club tournament will start.  Those not wishing to play in the tournament are welcome to come and engage in open play.

We are switching locations for information about the club.  The link at the top of this post will take you to our new site.

The final round of the April tournament was held Wednesday the 24th.  Both games came down to close rook pawn end games.  In the game between David and Thomas both sides queened and Thomas's last pawn allowed him to eventually prevail.  In the game between Roger and Vince a check leading to a rook exchange allowed Roger to prevent Vince from promoting and eventually win.  Final tournament standing were Roger 3-0, Thomas 2-1, Vince 1-3 and David 0-3.

For May, there will be open play.  Please come and join us.

The second round of the April quad tournament was held on 4/16/14 with the results being Roger 1  Thomas 0,  and Vince 1  David 0.   The final round will be on 4/23/14.  There is usually time for a few games of open play before the tournament games.  You are welcome to come visit and maybe catch a game at the start.

The April tournament is a quad.  First round results were Roger 1  David 0
                                                                                      Thomas 1  Vince 0

As April has five Wednesdays, next week will be open play.  Please come join us

Vincent Van Buren has agreed to act as the club tournament director.  Starting the first week of April we will start a club tournament with the usual one game per week format.  Format of the tournament will depend on the number of entries.

In open play on the 26th, David was undefeated with wins over Roger and Vince.

Please join us for the tournament starting on the first Wednesday of April.

The founder of the Georgetown Chess Club, Herb Baumann,  has decided to step down from his position as club leader.  The club is continuing to meet and will be discussing its future path without Herb's continual guidance.  He has promised to come and play on some occasions but looks forwards to having Wednesday evenings free from this obligation.  Please come and join us for Chess at the Georgetown library at 5:30 on Wednesdays.

Final Round Pairings, 2nd & 3rd round results

Roger 3.0  v. Vincent  2.0
David 2.0 v. George 0.0
Calvin 1.0 v. Thomas 1.0

2nd Round Results

Thomas--Roger  0-1
Calvin--David  0-1
Vincent--George 1-0

3rd Round Results

Roger--David  1-0
Vincent--Thomas  1-0
George--Calvin  0-1

For anyone who might be interested, George is selling a collection of chess books prior to his move. I hope to post a list here prior to next week's meeting or he may just bring the box o'books with him then.