Category: General

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Chess E-books

Chess Books: Electronic vs Paper Here a while back I was perusing Amazon for chess books and I came across Christopher Scheerer’s Blackmar-Deimer Gambit: A Modern Guide to a Fascinating Chess Opening. Given my...

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Chess Study Night

I wanted to let everyone know that the chess study night has been changed to Tuesday nights to accommodate more people’s schedules. So if you’re free and want to study, come on by. Location:...

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2010 Year End Update

I hope everyone has had a good year.  It has been pretty slow around the site and for chess in Joplin, with the Joplin Chess Club only able to host one tournament this year. ...

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All Quiet On the Western Front

I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m still around and that I will hopefully have some real updates up by the end of the week. I’m hoping to get a tournament ready...

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Neosho Chess Club

There is a new chess club starting up in the Neosho area meeting on Tuesday’s from,  4 until 8 pm at the Neosho Recreation Center, room 102. Everyone is welcome, from beginners to hobby...

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Joplin Chess Anniversary

Well, the site has been up for almost a year already ( September the 29th it will be a year). I haven’t done as much as I wanted to when it comes to modifications...

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Joplin Summer Open 2009 Update

On August 22nd, the Joplin Chess Club hosted the second annual Summer Open. Turnout for the event was very good, with many of our regulars, some returning players from past events and a few...

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Location, Location, Location

The Joplin Chess Club has been lucky in the past couple of years to find locations to hold tournaments.  In order to not outwear our welcome in the locations we have found to date,...

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Joplin Memorial Day Open Update

On May 23rd, the Joplin Chess Club sponsored its second annual Memorial Day Open. There were two sections for prizes, with the reserve section being those players rated under 1200 USCF (average rating was...

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Mid-America Open Results

After the Mid-America open finished up a couple of weeks ago I took a look at some of the local players that took part in the event. Then today I was doing a search...