Isolani's Blog

2010

03-07-10 Match Play Challenge

I will be offering match play (best of 3 plus tie brakes if neccessary) to any 1900 plus player. I will put up to a $200 (but may be be willing to play for a smaller pot) pot to be matched. All rated games.
Brian McNiece.
Cell #505-506-5874.
Playing site will be nice and well-lit, and refreshments will be provided.

03-06-10 NM Class Championships - Playing Venue Information

Hello all,

I just wanted to give some information to registered and potentially registered players about the playing site - the UNM Student Union Building ("The SUB").

The website for the playing site (UNM - Student Union Building) can be viewed here: http://sub-test.unm.edu/

Specifically, we will be playing on the 3rd floor in Acoma A & B and Santa Ana A & B; registration will be located just outside of these rooms (from 8AM-8:45AM). The map for the 3rd floor of the sub is located here: http://sub-test.unm.edu/images/PDFs/sub-upperlevel.pdf

Zone parking permit and meter enforcement are waived over the weekend (From Friday at 6PM until Monday at 7AM). This does not apply to the regulation of parking spaces reserved for handicap permits and emergency vehicles. There are several parking lots that will be free and available along central avenue (N-Side) between Cornell and Girard. To access these lots use Yale or Vassar entries. A map for parking can be viewed here: http://pats.unm.edu/Images/UNM PARKING MAP 2009-10.pdf The parking areas have large letters, A & B should best suit our use. In addition, there is a parking structure inside of UNM, directly across from Frontier restuarant. If you choose to use the parking structure, walk North (away from frontier) on the main thoroughfare and the SUB will be on your left. It is marked on the map as "THE SUB."

Should you get lost, feel free to call me at (505) 550-4654. If you do not save or bring the number with you, just ask any student on campus where "The SUB" or "Student Union Building" is located and they should be able to tell you. At the sub we will try to have directions well-marked to help you find the playing rooms and registration. However, once you get upstairs, you should have no problem finding us. Elevators are centrally located and there are stairs on each side of the facility.

I think everyone will enjoy this site. Once you are there, you will see that there are plenty of food options. I am not sure what will be open, but if some things are closed then a quick walk to central should suffice for Saggio's and Frontier. Leave a bit early and bring my number and even in the worst of scenarios, we should have no issues. Thanks again for playing, I look forward to a fun weekend with a lot of exceptional games.

-Chad Schneider

03-05-10 NM Chess: Class Championship this weekend

Hi chess players,

I encourage everyone to make it down to Albuquerque this weekend for the championship tournament!

Rick

03-05-10 New Mexico Class Championship

Hello all,

I am pleased to announce that at the pre-registration deadline we have reached 60 entries for the NM Class Championship! If you have not yet entered into this state chess championship, there is still time. We are accepting entries up until 8:45AM on the first day of the tournament (March 6th).

For further information, here is a link to the tournament flyer http://nmchess.org/NM%20Class%20Champs.pdf. In addition, information can be found on the Wired Kings Chess Club website at http://wiredkingscc.blogspot.com

Here is a list of those registered thus far: http://wiredkingscc.blogspot.com/2010/02/nm-class-tournament-entries.html

Thanks for your continued support and interest in both Wired Kings Chess Club and New Mexico Chess Organization events.

Best Regards and Best Chess,
Chad Schneider
Wired Kings Chess Club
Wiredkingscc@gmail.com

02-23-10 Site Change March 20th

This is a notification that the "On the Road Again Octagons" tournament to be held on March 20th, 2010 in Santa Fe, NM has moved from the Desert Academy to the La Farge library (also in Santa Fe). Unfortunately, the school liaison who has been helping the Santa Fe Rooks will no longer be available on the subject weekend.

The Oliver La Farge Library is located at 1730 Llano Street, Santa Fe, NM. This change has been made on all flyers and on the NMCO, Santa Fe Rooks, and WKCC websites.

I hope our players will not experience any sort of inconvenience from the site change. I will email all those currently registered and offer a refund, of course, if these inconveniences are insurmountable. I appreciate your patience and I hope that everyone enjoy their participation in this event.

Most Sincerely,
Chad Schneider
Wired Kings Chess Club

02-23-10 Feb 20 results and upcoming events

Hi all,

The results from last Saturday's tournament have been posted. There was a glitch in the first report. I won't go into the gory details, but if you looked at the results before today, please look again as they have been corrected.

Santa Fe Rooks will be taking off March and hosting tournaments again April 17 and May 15. May 15 will be the grand finale of the first season and will include a $500 first prize for the winner of the top bracket. Details at www.santaferooks.blogspot.com.

I want to encourage everyone to play in the Wired Kings events in March. March 6-7 is the class championships held in Albuquerque at the UNM SUB. Class winners will be invited to represent New Mexico in the Southern Rockies Challenge, a match between teams from New Mexico and Colorado in May. Wired Kings will also be hosting "On The Road Octagons" at the LaFarge Library in Santa Fe March 20. Let's welcome them to town with a big turnout! Register for these events in advance at www.wiredkingscc.blogspot.com

Thank you all for your participation and your patience as I learn the ropes of becoming a tournament director!

Rick

02-21-10 Santa Fe Rooks results

Thanks to the 24 players who participated in the fourth SF Rooks Tournament. The results were just submitted and should be updated at uschess.org by noon Sunday.

Congratulations to the winners. (6 points possible)

Quad One:
Gerard Jungman 4
Tim Martinson 4

Quad Two:
Gabe Ewing 4.5

Quad Three:
Gabriel Maestas 4.5

Quad Four:
Trevor Turbov 5

Quad Five:
Matthew Niemiec 5

Quad Six:
Campbell Galon 6

We will be taking March off to participate in the Wired Kings "On the Road" Octagons event at Santa Fe's La Farge library on March 20. See wiredkingscc.blogspot.com for info and entry.

We will be ending our first season with April and May tournaments at Desert Academy. More details are available at www.santaferooks.blogspot.com

Rick Lass

02-11-10 Feb 20 chess tournament

Hi all,

This is a reminder that Santa Fe Rooks will be holding our fourth tournament next weekend, February 20, at Desert Academy. As usual, sign in is from 8:15 until 8:45, and the first round begins at 9:00. The format is G/29, with quads using a dual round robin system. That is, each player plays each other player in the quad twice, once as white and once as black. Quads will be determined by ratings, i.e., the top four rated players make up the top quad, the next four the next quad, etc..

This will be the last tournament that allows onsite registration. The events on April 17 and May 15 will require preregistration by the Thursday before the event.

Speaking of April and May: The April tournament will be a $10 entry fee, and we will play a swiss style, G/90, 3 rounds. If there is sufficient interest, we will also run a 4 round, G/50 tournament for under 1200 (more or less), and a 2 round, G/120 tournament for over 1800 (more or less). When entering, please state your preference. Each player may also choose a zero point bye for the first or final round.

May's tournament will be the grand finale of the first season of the Santa Fe Rooks tournaments. It will be a $25 entry fee, with a $500 prize for the top section and a $300 prize for the second section. The tournament will be limited to 32 players, and sections will be determined by rating. Each section of 16 can only have one player win 4 points, in which case he or she will win the entire prize. If there is a tie with fewer than 4 points, the prize money will be split. No byes allowed.

For the summer months, we are considering a weekly tournament a la Baba's Bagels tourneys in Albuquerque. More on that as we locate a space and settle other details. Your suggestions are welcome, and more details will appear at www.santaferooks.blogspot.com

Thanks for your participation. From our point of view, the series has been a success!

Rick

01-18-10 SF Rooks results

The Santa Fe Rooks results have been posted to the USCF website. Congratulations to our winners!

All hexes played 5 rounds.

Hex I Jim Johnston 4.5

Hex II Leroy Quintana 4.5

Hex III John Sarracino
Derek Garcia 4

Hex IV Donald Poston 4

Hex V Derek Mackley 4

Hex VI Duron Parrish 4

The next Santa Fe Rooks tournament is scheduled for February 20. Hope to see you there!

Rick Lass

01-16-10 Wired Kings Chess Club (Checks Payable)

Scott and I opened a Wired Kings Chess Club checking account today. If you have already submitted payment or if you forget the change, it is ok that a check is still made to me (Chad Schneider); however, I ask that future checks be written to "Wired Kings Chess Club." This should help in case we transfer directors in the club and of course, it will also prevent me from having to file a 1099.

If you have not cashed a prize check that is written from the personal checking account, this is still ok to cash; we have left sufficient funds in the previous account in order to cover all outstanding checks.

The entry flyers should reflect this change in payee. Please continue to send entries to the same address. Thank you for your support, we hope to see you on February 6th for our next tournament.

-Chad Schneider

01-14-10 Saturday tournament player list

Hi all,

Here is the list of registrants for Saturday's tournament. Onsite entries will be allowed between 8:15 and 8:45. All players are asked to arrive by 8:45 for a 9:00 AM start. The final round is due to finish at 6:00 PM.

Format: Hexes in a round robin format, and a swiss system for the lowest bracket (approximately under 1000 and unrated). G/45 (5 second delay)

1931 Chad Schneider
1891 Jeffrey Serna
1878 Tim Martinson
1874 Hector Flores
1820 Jim Johnston
1748 Nitant Kenkre

1741 Gabe Ewing
1736 Caleb Jaquish
1730 Sam Dooley
1689 Kyle Leeds-Tilley
1676 Robert Hampton
1675 Leroy Quintana

1665 Jeff Sallade
1635 Charles Gillespie III
1599 Derek Garcia
1377 Chris Hyde
1360 Bailey Corry
1332 Donald Poston

1270 Orion Rojas-Grainger
1199 Josiah Ortega
1165 Kedron Cobb
1121 Hassan Bilal
1060 Colin Redman
1055 Matthew Niemiec

974 Elizabeth Cooper
879 Jasper Rodriguez-Watts
849 Henry Poston
837 Andrew Kaplan
662 Jonathon Jaquish
541 Dimitri Lopez
534 Isaac Fischer
503 Adam Melk
279 Jared Jaquish
unr Daniel Atine
unr Joshua Lochner
unr Derek Nez
unr Duran Parrish

01-10-10 Chess Tournament Saturday January 16

Hi folks,

Just a reminder that the next Santa Fe Rooks tournament is this Saturday, January 16, at Desert Academy (313 Camino Alire). More info is at www.santaferooks.blogspot.com.

Registration closes on Wednesday. Please let me know by mail, phone, or email if you intend to play. Saturday morning registrations will be $15 and will only be accepted to fill a hex.

Please arrive by 8:45 so that games can begin promptly at 9:00.

So far, the following players have registered. Ratings listed are based on the January Supplement. Ratings will be updated based on recent tournament results when registration closes.

1961 Chad Schneider
1892 Jeffrey Serna
1769 Nitant Kenkre
1743 Sam Dooley
1733 Jim Johnston
1707 Kyle Leeds-Tilley

1609 Jeff Sallade
1525 Rick Lass
1482 Derek Garcia
1404 Bailey Corry
1320 Chris Hyde
1118 Josiah Ortega

1060 Colin Redman
974 Elizabeth Cooper
792 Jasper Rodriguez-Watts

01-05-10 Wired Kings Event Locations

WKCC Participants,

I wanted to make everyone aware of a change in our event calendar. For the rest of 2010, we have secured space at the downtown (main) library in Albuquerque. This is pertinent to events in February, April, May, June, and each tournament in the second half of 2010 schedule. We will be releasing a new flyer on the WKCC website http://WiredKingscc.blogspot.com which will also be available on the NMCO website. If you have already entered in one of these tournaments, you DO NOT need to re-submit an entry form with the site change. If you have already entered and this site change adversely affects your ability to participate, please let me know and we will refund or move your entry to another date.

Please note that this change does not affect our March tournament which will be held at the Desert Academy in Santa Fe and it does not apply to the NM Class Championship/Rocky Mountain Team Qualifier which will be held at the University of New Mexico.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience these changes may cause you. Thank you for your continued support. We hope to see you on February 6th at the downtown (main) library in Albuquerque.

Sincerely,
Chad Schneider
Wired Kings Chess Club

01-04-10 SF Rooks January 16 tournment

Hi all,

Our third installment of the Santa Fe Rooks winter series will be held Saturday January 16 at Desert Academy. Registration will be between 8:15 and 8:45. First game begins at 9:00 AM

Format is 6 player hexagons based on ratings, 5 round round robin. Lowest grouping may be swiss system. Games will be dual rated, but pairings will be based on regular ratings. A preliminary player roster will be listed next week. G/45 with 5 second delay.

Entry fee is $10. First place prize will be $45 per hex. Please send registration to SF Rooks, POB 4764, SF NM 87502, or ricklass@newmexico.com to reserve your space.

We will be announcing April and May dates shortly. We are currently looking for a venue and schedule for the summer as well- feel free to send in suggestions.

thanks,
Rick
505-920-0540

01-01-10 Reminder on USCF dues change

REMINDER: Dues Change effective December 1, 2009
USCF regular adult membership increase from $29 to $34 when submitted online, and from $36 to $41 when submitted by mail or by phone, effective December 1, 2009.

A membership form is available at:
http://main.uschess.org/docs/forms/MembershipForm.pdf.