In Round 1, Irish Men’s team Board 1 Sam Collins drew against Russia’s Alexander Grischuk. See the game here, annotated by the computer chess engine Rybka 4 Aquarium:

See the game below generated from the PNG file:

Pictures and write-up for the 2010 Middle School Tournament are in! See more on our tournaments page.

Congratulations to our Summer Camp Week 5 Students of the Week! And they are...

Aidan Robleto for the Novice Class

John Friedman for the Intermediate Class

Ryan Yick for the Advanced Class

and Michael J. Wang for the Master Class

Our student of the month for July is longtime student Danny Stoll, who managed to win the top quad at our July 17 quad tournament. Considering he was the lowest rated in the group by a significant margin, it was quite a performance. Congratulations Danny!

Congratulations to our Summer Camp Week 4 Students of the Week! And they are...

Satchel Martin for the Novice Class

Dias Belda for the Intermediate Class

Peter Connick for the Advanced Class

and Tommy Gonda for the Master Class