Jacksonville City Championship

What: Jacksonville City Championship 2014 When: Saturday, November 1, 2014 Location: University of North Florida Student Union 3rd Floor Time: Registration 10:30 am – 11:00 am Rds: 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 2:45 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:15 pm. Lunch: 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Ends: 8:00 pm Prizes: First place prize guaranteed $250. Other prizes will … Continue reading →

Orlando Autumn Open and National Chess Day Scholastic

October 10-12 or 11-12, 2014 Orlando Autumn Open and National Chess Day Scholastic DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld 10100 International Dr., Orlando , FL 32821

2014 National K-12 (Grades) Chess Championship

The last National Scholastic event of the year, the K-12 Chess Championships, will take place at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida, 12 – 14 December. Continue reading →

The Inaugural 2014 Florida State Team Championship

2014 Florida State Team Championship – BOCA RATON CHESS CLUB JUNE 20-22, 2014 LA QUINTA HOTEL AND SUITES 3701 N. UNIVERSITY DRIVE CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33065  TOURNAMENT FLYER The Tournament has an Open section and an Under 1500 section (with a quicker time control). ONLINE ENTRY: Individual Rate  Group Rate Current FCA Membership is required for this State Championship. Membership … Continue reading →

Chess Movies on Netflix

If you have Netflix, then I wanted to let you know about two movies and two documentaries that are available to watch. Queen to Play The film stars Sandrine Bonnaire as a French chambermaid on the island of Corsica. She develops an interest in chess. She has been cleaning the house of an American doctor (played by Kevin Kline in his first French-speaking role), … Continue reading →

Garry Kasparov: “Making the difference” – exclusive interview

    Excerpt from the interview with Garry Kasparov: “So I think that today, in 2013, I have a lot of experience, I learned from the past mistakes, as a good Botvinnik disciple, I used to analyze games and I believe I know what was done wrong in the past. I think people are sick … Continue reading →

Chesscationing

So I find myself stranded at the San Francisco Airport with four hours to kill until my flight. Wait, perhaps I should rewind a bit. It’s my first time on the West Coast and unfortunately it was a short trip. Flew in yesterday to San Jose, had an job interview this morning and took the … Continue reading →

2013 Jacksonville Summer Open

REMINDER: Jacksonville Summer Open is this Saturday, June 29th. If you plan to attend, but haven’t registered yet, please CALL William Bowman at (904)962-6333 as space is limited. SO FAR 26 REGISTERED. Registered: 1. CARLOS A OROZCO 1976 2. DONNY BAGEANT 1960 3. DAVE LAMB 1901 4. WILLIAM BOWMAN 1900 5. ANTHONY COLEMAN 1863 6. … Continue reading →

2013 North American Youth Chess Championships

I wanted to pass this along to anyone that might be interested in attending this chess tournament. Dear Steven, The exciting 2013 North American Youth Chess Championships are being held in Toronto, Canada from August 15-16, 2013, in all age categories, through the Canadian Chess Federation (CFC) and the World Chess Federation (FIDE). On behalf … Continue reading →

Scholastic Team Match

Fairview Middle School and Imagine Charter School have agreed to play a match against each other on Wednesday February 13th beginning at 5:30 P.M. at Gamescape in the Tallahassee Mall. The format will have two 5 member teams each member of both will play all 5 members of the other team. Special thanks to the … Continue reading →