Zurich's fun chess club in Albisrieden and Altstetten
A warm welcome to our new members Murat Cevik and Josua Karpisek!
Just a reminder: In the Swiss Team Battle we will start on Tuesday November 17th at 19:30 in league 2 with a time control of 5+0: https://lichess.org/
Please register in time, the more players for Letzi the better!
We still can meet under certain constraints in our venue GZ – please refer to some regulations further down in this newsletter!
This Tuesday November 10th, our tournament director Roger Loup will organize a rapid tournament!
In the Swiss Team Battle we managed to advance back to league 2! Best player for Letzi: Werner, Georg and Patric – but congrats to the whole team! Tuesday November 17th we will now start in league 2 with a time control of 5+0: https://lichess.org/
Please register in time, the more players for Letzi the better!
You can also find an article on the SSB homepage about the Swiss Team Battle:
http://www.swisschess.ch/news-
Please continue to follow the safety regulations of the BAG, the SSB and the GZ, e.g.
Further information from the chess federation can be found here: http://www.swisschess.ch/news-
The Zurich Chess Federation has announced to cancel the ZMM “light” 2020//21 because of the circumstances around the Corona-Virus.
For the SGM “light” starting in January 2021 we registered one team for the Regionalliga 1. Please enter your availability to the doodle if not yet done.
Unfortunately, we got relegated in the Swiss Team Battle. Tuesday November 3rd we will now start in league 3 with a time control of 5+3: https://lichess.org/tournament/hs2L0fcD
Please register in time, the more players for Letzi the better!
Please continue to follow the safety regulations of the BAG, the SSB and the GZ, e.g.
Firstly, I would like to appeal to you to support our team captains with entering your availability to the doodles for the SGM (start in January 2021) and ZMM (will start already in November!).
We will continue to meet every Tuesday evening in the Cafeteria of the GZ Bachwiesen (not in the Pflegezentrum!). As discussed at our annual meeting, we will try to extend our contract with the GZ at least until October 2021. In case of any match on a Saturday we will try to get a room there or in the Hallenbad Altstetten.
Apropos annual meeting: We had elections and Dimitris Leventeas as inventory manager, Osi Odermatt as Aktuar and Patric Müller as treasurer joined the commitee. Many thanks especially to Roland Enderli and Dimitris Leventeas (actually, he’ll stay …) for your support over the past years!
If you would like to contribute as a manager of the homepage or with sending out the newsletter – please get in touch with me!
Next round in the Swiss Team Battle will be October 20th: https://lichess.org/
Please register in time, the more players for Letzi the better!
And yet again: Please continue to follow the regulations of the BAG and the recommendations of the Swiss Chess Federation – this supports in particular our club in this challenging situation!
This upcoming Tuesday October 13th our annual meeting will be held in the GZ Bachwiesen (not Pflegezentrum!) – please support the club with your participation!
Unfortunately, our team 2 lost the SGM promotion match for league 2 against a strong Frauenfeld with 1:3.
There is now a break with the regular league, but a “SGM light” has been announced by the Swiss Chess Federation.
The ZMM will be played in a “light version” as well. We registered with 2 teams – details will follow!
In the Swiss Team Battle we managed to stay in league 2! Congrats to our best players last Tuesday: Kurt Glatzfelder, Georg Kradolfer and Patric Müller!
Next round will be October 20th: https://lichess.org/
Please continue to follow the regulations of the BAG and the recommendations of the Swiss Chess Federation – this supports in particular our club in this challenging situation!
| SC Letzi 2 | - | Frauenfeld 1 | 1:3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Glatzfelder | - | Christian Wartenweiler | ½:½ |
| Dimitrios Leventeas | - | Franz Föhn | ½:½ |
| Roland Enderli | - | Jonas Menzi | 0:1 |
| Roger Loup | - | Thomas Wunderlin | 0:1 |
All results, schedules and further information: SGM
Our youngster Raphael was able to win the first rapid tournament in the GZ after half a year break with a perfect score:
Rank | Name | Pts | TB |
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Raphael Niederberger | 3 | |
2. | Roland Löhr | 2 | 1½ |
3. | Roger Loup | 2 | 1 |
4. | Willi Frech | 1½ | 1½ |
| Dimitrios Leventeas | 1½ | 1½ |
|
6. | Georg Kradolfer | 1 | |
7. | Thomas Güldenapfel | ½ | 1½ |
8. | Janusz Barczyk | ½ | 1 |
Please keep in mind that we now meet every Tuesday evening in the Cafeteria of the GZ Bachwiesen (Bachwiesenstrasse 40, Zürich) and NOT in the Pflegezentrum! However, because of the school holidays we will skip this Tuesday.
Tomorrow October 6th from 19:30 will be the next round in league 2 in the Swiss Team Battle: https://lichess.org/
Please register in time, the more players for Letzi the better!
In the SGM 2019/20 our team 2 will play a promotion match to advance to RL2. They will play the upcoming Saturday October 10th in the Hallenbad Altstetten against Frauenfeld
And last but not least: Please do not forget to register for our annual meeting on October 13th!
We will start on September 29th with the kids training from 18:30 – 19:15 and continue after a break of 30 minutes at 19:45 with an open rapid tournament.
There is one parking place for us – please ask me to get the ticket for the front window or pick it from the box with the chess material. In case there is more than one driver, I would like to give the ticket “round-robin”. There are more parking areas nearby, like at the Pflegezentrum or the Freilager.
Because of the Covid-19 circumstances, we kindly ask you to register beforehand with me or Roger.
When we play chess, please respect the rules defined by the Federal Office of Public Health such as washing hands and staying home if sick. We will also take attendance every chess evening. For more guidance, please visit https://bag-coronavirus.ch and http://www.swisschess.ch/
We will provide some hand sanitizer at the venue.
In the Swiss Team Battle we were able to stay in league 2 with a great 4th place! Congratulations especially to our best players Patric Müller, Clément Richet and Georg Kradolfer!
The next round will be October 6th from 19:30: https://lichess.org/
Please register in time, the more players for Letzi the better!
The SGM 2020/21 has been cancelled and will be replaced by a “SGM light”; please check out the homepage of the SSB for more details: http://www.swisschess.ch
And please do not forget to register for the annual meeting on October 13th!
Breaking News: From September 29th we can play “over-the-board” in the GZ Bachwiesen under certain restrictions! Our plan is to start after a break of more than half a year with kids training and Rapid- and Blitz-tournaments – because of the special circumstances we kindly ask you to register before with our tournament director Roger Loup or just reply to this email.
We will hold our annual meeting on October 13th as well in the GZ Bachwiesen. The invitation will be sent out in the upcoming week.
The upcoming Tuesday September 22nd from 19:30 we will play again in the 2nd league of the Swiss Team Battle on lichess.org: https://lichess.org/
Please register in time, the more players for Letzi the better!