Joplin Chess

Martin Stahl | January 14, 2011
Category: General | 8 Comments »

I wanted to let everyone know that the chess study night has been changed to Thursday nights to accommodate more people’s schedules. So if you’re free and want to study, come on by.
Location: Hardee’s 1810 South Main Street
Time: Thursdays from 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM

Martin Stahl | December 31, 2010
Category: General | 2 Comments »

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.  It is my hope to get things back in order for 2011.
So read on for things coming up for chess in [...]

Martin Stahl | October 21, 2010
Category: General | 2 Comments »

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 for next month and begin planning for one in March of next year.
So stay tuned and keep checking back.

Martin Stahl | May 21, 2010
Category: General | 1 Comment »

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 players.
More details can be found on the Clubs page

Martin Stahl | September 27, 2009
Category: General, Site Info | 2 Comments »

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 on the site or in posting articles, yet I feel that it has been a useful tool to get information out [...]

Martin Stahl | August 29, 2009
Category: General, Tournaments | 5 Comments »

[ August 22, 2009; 2:00 pm; ] 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 new players. The playing field was pretty strong and many good games were played.

As in past events, there were two sections, [...]

Martin Stahl | August 19, 2009
Category: General | No Comments »

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, I want to put out some feelers to see if anyone has some ideas on places where we can host tournaments.
Free [...]

Martin Stahl | May 24, 2009
Category: General, Tournaments | 7 Comments »

[ May 23, 2009; 10:00 am; ] 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 actually 1158)

In the over 1200 group there were no ties and the standings were:

1. Daniel Todd 5.0
2. Christopher Talbot 4.0
3. [...]

Martin Stahl | March 31, 2009
Category: General, Tournaments | No Comments »

[ March 13, 2009 11:00 pm to March 15, 2009 11:00 pm. ] 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 and ran across the results in an online USCF article. I thought I would share the results.

I want to take a [...]

Martin Stahl | March 30, 2009
Category: General, Tournaments | No Comments »

[ March 28, 2009; 5:00 pm; ] On March 28th, the Joplin Chess Club hosted the Joplin Spring Open. While turnout was a little lower than in the past, at 11 players, that didn’t diminish the competition at all.  There were many fiercely fought games and I’m hoping we will get some of the games annotated to post on the site.

There were [...]