July 2013 Newsletter - SW Florida Chess Club
July 2013 Newsletter - SW Florida Chess Club
July 2013 Newsletter - SW Florida Chess Club
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S<strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong>Serving the <strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> CommunitySince 2009This Month:<strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong>*New <strong>Club</strong> Location: …..………………………………… page 2*Staying Connected: …………………………................... page 3*Next <strong>Club</strong> Tournament: ………………………………… page 4*Last Tournament Results: ……………………………… page 5*<strong>Club</strong> Standings: …………………….……………………. page 6<strong>SW</strong> <strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong> 2/26/<strong>2013</strong> 6/26/<strong>2013</strong> Page Page 1 of 18of 6
COMMUNITY:New <strong>Club</strong> LocationNew Location…Our new location is the Estero Recreation Center, located just off Corkscrew Road.The Rec. Center is conveniently located midway between exit 123 on I-75 and US 41.This is the Recreation Centeron Corkscrew Palms Blvd offCorkscrew Road. (south side)Easily accessible from I-75exit 123 or US-41.Just north of Old 41 and thenorth side of the CoconutPoint Mall.Exit 123US 41TheRecreationCenter is inback…behind theCommerceBldg.<strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong> 2/26/<strong>2013</strong> Page 2 of 8Facility Memberships:Everyone must have a general facility membership which is available for a one-time, lifetimemembership fee of only $10 per person ($25 family). A short membership application needs to befilled out and a membership card will be issued.Children under the age of thirteen are not allowed inside the center without parent or adult.No residency restrictions apply, so all participants must have membership cards.Upon Entering the Center:We will be in room 102-B from12:00 to 4:00pmThe Center is behind the Commerce Building, just drive straight back, it’s to the right.All facility members must scan their membership cards at the front desk.<strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong> 6/26/<strong>2013</strong> Page 2 of 6
COMMUNITY:Staying Connected… subscribe to a feedStaying Connected<strong>SW</strong>FCC is now on Facebook and Twitter: Stay connected by subscribing to any feed orfollow us on Facebook or Twitter. Get instant updates to <strong>Club</strong> news and Member games asthey’re posted. All posts are coordinated with our <strong>SW</strong>FCC website News page.Facebook Follow @<strong>SW</strong>FL<strong>Chess</strong> RSS feed Blogger CalendarFacebook: NEW “<strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong>” page on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/<strong>SW</strong>FL<strong>Chess</strong><strong>Club</strong>Twitter: NEW “@<strong>SW</strong>FL<strong>Chess</strong>” on Twitter. Follow <strong>SW</strong>FCC news alerts on Twitter to hearabout the latest <strong>SW</strong>FCC news updates, member’s games posted or other news before the next monthlynewsletter. http://twitter.com/<strong>SW</strong>FL<strong>Chess</strong>RSS Feeds: <strong>SW</strong>FLCC runs two blogs through Feedburner. FeedBurner makes it easy toreceive content updates in: My Yahoo!, Blogger, Newsgator, Bloglines, and other news readers or newsaggregators. Feeds permit subscription to regular updates, delivered automatically via a web portal,news reader, or in some cases good old email. You can subscribe by clicking the reader icon, and getautomatic notifications of the latest <strong>Club</strong> news items.News Blog: In the center of the News page there is a block dedicated to <strong>SW</strong>FCC News Blog.You can read <strong>Club</strong> news entries there, or click the link to go to the full Google Blogger blog, or click the“chicklet” icon and go to the full Feedburner Feed. Note, if you have a “reader” for your laptop or mobiledevice, you can subscribe by clicking the reader icon, and get automatic updates of <strong>Club</strong> news and/orMember games as they’re posted.Game Blog: Below the News Blog there is a block dedicated to <strong>SW</strong>FCC Game Blog. Click on thelink or “chicklet” and go to the full Feedburner feed of all <strong>SW</strong>FCC games.Member’s Blog: Below the Game Blog there is a block dedicated to <strong>SW</strong>FCC member’s whohave a chess related blog. Currently, there are two entries (Harvey & Greg) posted on chess.com andlinked to the News page. Any member with a blog may submit a request to be linked to our News page.Calendar: On the left side of the News page there is a link and a calendar icon to take you to thecalendar page. There you will see a Google Calendar. You can use the calendar directly, to check fornew entries. This is also available on the Events page http://www.swfloridachessclub.com/Events.htmlNote, if you use “Google Calendar” on your laptop or mobile device, you can add the <strong>SW</strong>FCCcalendar to your calendar, and get new calendar entries automatically added.<strong>Chess</strong>.com: In addition to being an on-line chess playing site, <strong>Chess</strong>.com has agreat chess game viewer, with blog capability. <strong>SW</strong>FCC now has an established presence on<strong>Chess</strong>.com to make use of blogging games. I create a blog entry inside <strong>Chess</strong>.com, so that the game isloaded into a game viewer. I then link that <strong>Chess</strong>.com blog entry of the game into a regular blog, andrun that through Feedburner, then link that to our News page Game Blog. If you have a <strong>Chess</strong>.comaccount, you can be “friends” with the <strong>Club</strong>. Our account is <strong>SW</strong>FL<strong>Chess</strong><strong>Club</strong>, and the profile is:http://www.chess.com/members/view/<strong>SW</strong>FL<strong>Chess</strong><strong>Club</strong> .<strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong> 6/26/<strong>2013</strong> Page 3 of 6
COMPETE: Next <strong>Club</strong> Tournament<strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong>First Saturday Swiss<strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong>Estero Recreation Center9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd.Off Corkscrew Road; between US41 & I-75, exit 123When: August 3, <strong>2013</strong>Format:3-SS G/55+5 sec.inc. (5 sec delay if no increment available)USCF Dual Rated - (Analog clocks: G/55 all SD rules apply)Registration: 9:15 to 9:50 -- Ends 9:55 sharp!Pre-Register here:Sections:Rounds:Byes:Entry Fee:Prize Fund:Based on entriesGroup A (4-12 entries)Group B (6-16 entries) …etc9:55 – 12:30 – 2:35 (ends 5:00pm)30 minute lunch break 11:55-12:25(bring food, vending machines only, Wendy’s nearby)No Byes, must commit to all rounds$20 members (no checks, cash)90% of entries, less room rent50% to 1 st each groupIf one group: 50% 1 st , 25% 2 nd ; 25% U1600USCF rated: membership required<strong>SW</strong>FCC: membership requiredRec Center: membership required at $10 one-time feeContact: Greg GordonCell: 239-218-2116Email: swflchess@yahoo.comWeb: http://www.swfloridachessclub.com<strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong> 6/26/<strong>2013</strong> Page 4 of 6
COMPETE:Last Tournament Results<strong>SW</strong>FCC June Swiss Results (G/55+5)Only eight players participated in our June Swiss resulting in one section of eightpayers.Group AAdam RoarkAlex ShahKevin BealGreg GordonAdam GilardiFrank StrafellaDuane CunninghamPerfect score wins first place….Alex Shah took first place in Group A scoringa perfect 3.0 which improved his rating to1987.Kevin Beal and Adam Roark tied for secondplace scoring 2.0/3, improving their ratings to1657 and 1505.Congratulations to the Winners!1 st Place Alex Shah ………………………………………………. 3.0/3.0 $362 nd Place Kevin Beal & Adam Roark …………….………………… . 2.0/3.0 $18 eachCross Table: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?<strong>2013</strong>06011072<strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong> 6/26/<strong>2013</strong> Page 5 of 6
COMPETE: <strong>Club</strong> Standings -- <strong>2013</strong>Listed are <strong>Club</strong> Members active in USCF rated tournaments.USCF U22001. Ben Bentrup ------- 21362. Mike Lucente --------- 20973. Sam Sokhanvari ------- 20034. Carlos Molina --------- 19975. Alexander Shah ------- 19876. Rob Cheyne ------------ 19217. Jay Brightman --------- 19138. Jim Oberweis ----------- 19019. Lawrence Sanchez ----- 184110. Daniel Freeman -------- 173611. Kevin Beal --------------- 165712. Josh Kennedy ----------- 164813. Herb Valdsaar --------- 161314. Craig Amacker -------- 161015. John L. Green --------- 1610 p6USCF U160016. Steve Etzel -------------- 157917. Ken Wendling ---------- 152618. Bill Petrillo ------------- 1538 p1119. Brian Carlson ---------- 152820. Rich Donnelly ------- 152721. Ron Madl ------------- 151122. Greg Gordon --------- 147023. Bill Torma ----------- 1468 p2024. Ken Sidman -------- 1466 p1825. Adam Roark ---------- 150526. Armando Borden ------ 1462 p327. Duane Cunningham --- 146128. Harvey Reed ---------- 144529. Adam Gilardi ---------- 1397 p2030. Wade Keller --------- 136331. Ulises Pedraza --------- 1351 p1132. Frank Strafella -------- 1258 p1133. Tomas Rodriguez ----- 1008 p1834. Bruce Lindsey --------- 926 p635. Matthew Caton -------- 923 p12NOTE: A unrated player will receive a provisional rating after playing in USCF rated games.The provisional rating will become regular after 25 USCF rated games.<strong>SW</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong> 6/26/<strong>2013</strong> Page 6of 6
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