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Chess, Blindfolds, Kids, and… Insanity?

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This past year my mother started a chess club at her school (Mark Bills Middle School in Peoria). They have been gaining members slowly, but recently a few of their kids fared well at a local scholastic event at Woodruff HS. Anyway, as a promotional, fun activity, I went over and took on their entire […]

Peoria Summer Tornado

Another weekend, another win. This Saturday, I went 4-0 at the Peoria Summer Tornado, to bring my total down state tournament wins to 3 with a 12-0 score so far since coming back to Illinois for the summer. Dennis Bourgerie, of Normal, took second with 3.5/4.
Results here.
Read on for an annotated game.

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Huzzah!

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One of the best e-mails I’ve received in awhile:
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Michael Parsons
to me
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http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200506117011-12542549
You’re a master…again!

Michael Parsons

Peoria Summer Tornado

This is a hurried post, but I want to get the information out there. Peoria holds a series of mini-events on Satrurdays called “Tornado” tournaments that are usually very enjoyable to play in and sport a good atmosphere and competition. They also return 75% of the entries as prizes. Since Peoria is my “home” club, […]

Waterloo

I am very excited to bring you a report on the Waterloo Spring Open, from Michael Parsons. Mike played in the event on Saturday, as I was simultaneously participating in the Springfield tournament. He has the results and an annotated game to share.

On June 11 a small but strong tournament was held at the Ramada […]