Martin Stahl | October 30, 2008
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Last month I picked up How To Think Ahead In Chess: The methods and techniques of planning your entire game by I.A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld, from the Fireside Chess Library. I got it at a decent price and the title and back cover text made is sound like a good [...]
Martin Stahl | October 29, 2008
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I thought I would list a couple of updates I’m putting on the site. As I have mentioned before, if you have any suggestions or comments feel free to share them.
I have added a gallery feature. I haven’t fully went through the options available, so some things might change off-and-on over the next week. If [...]
Martin Stahl | October 29, 2008
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Here are some images at the chess club. I took the liberty of adding some captions. You can click on any image to get a larger one and page through them.
As I add more images I’ll probably just add them to the same gallery so you can check back using the images category in the [...]
Martin Stahl | October 23, 2008
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I added a chess puzzle from Shredder Chess. It can be reached from the link at the top of the page, from the right side of the site, in the Pages section, or from this link. I started to put it in the right column but the size of the puzzle was a bit big [...]
Martin Stahl | October 23, 2008
Category: General |
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Meeting Location: Hardee’s, 1641 W 7th St, Joplin
Time: 6:30 pm, Tuesday nights 2:00 pm, Sunday afternoons
USCF Affliate ID: A6030598
Club primarily consists of casual play among attendants. Game presentations are occasionally given. Club also hosts USCF rated tournaments/events which will be posted in the tournaments section as soon as details are known.
NOTE
Chess club activity has resumed [...]
Martin Stahl | October 22, 2008
Category: Tournaments |
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I don’t have all the details at this point but there will be two tournaments held in Springfield in November, ran by Michael Clark.
I will update this as soon as I have more details.
November 15, 2008 – Springfield Saturday Tournament
November 16, 2008 – Springfield Sunday Tournament
Location: Southside Senior Center
2215 South Fremont Ave
Springfield, MO 65804-3101
More Information [...]
Martin Stahl | October 20, 2008
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[ October 18, 2008; 10:00 am; ] This past weekend Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School held their scholastic tournament. 22 students from MO, AR, and OK played in three divisions. Joplin Chess club members James Smith placed 1st in the 7-8 division and Jonah Smith placed 1st in the K-6 division.
Overall the tournament seemed to be well run and the location and [...]
Martin Stahl | October 13, 2008
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Lamar Scholastic October 2008
Lamar Middle School hosted their annual chess tournament on Saturday, October 11. Several schools from SE Kansas participated and also Carl Junction. Fifth grade homeschooler, Jonah Smith, went undefeated in the K-8th grade division, winning all six of his games and was awarded the first place trophy. Third grade homeschooler, Julia Smith, [...]
Martin Stahl | October 9, 2008
Category: Tournaments |
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DATE: Saturday, November 22, 2008
LOCATION: Ulmer Funeral Home — Community Building (behind the funeral home)
1208 S. Garrison Ave
Carthage, MO 64836
Hosted by the Joplin Chess Club
5 round rated Swiss tournament
Each player will have 60 minutes for each game
Open tournament with two sections for prizes (based on average rating)
Entry fee: $10 if pre-registered, $12 at site.
Prizes: based [...]
Martin Stahl | October 7, 2008
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Location: Hardee’s, 1641 W 7th St, Joplin
Time: 2:00 pm, Sunday afternoons
In addition to the Joplin Chess Club affiliate, a group of players get together at Hardee’s on Sunday afternoons. I haven’t had a chance to join the group for any games yet but if you have some time stop by and play.
