Zurich's fun chess club in Albisrieden and Altstetten
SC Letzi Vereinscup
Today we had a fun rapid tournament. Until the last round Mauro was leading. In the last round, Mauro experienced his first defeat against Nakul, and Werner took the opportunity with a win against Dimitris, grabbing at the finish line the first position!
| Rank | Name | Pts | Champ. Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werner | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | Mauro | 3½ | 20 |
| 3 | Dimitris | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Kurt | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Nakul | 1.5 | 14 |
| 6 | Roger | 1 | 12 |
On Tuesday we played the first round of the Letzi Championship. The time control is 60 minutes + 30 seconds per move.
The results:
| Weiss | Schwarz | Resultat |
|---|---|---|
| Dimitris | Georg | 0-1 |
| Werner | Roger | 1-0 |
| Murat | Massimo | 0-1 |
| Mauro | Chris | 1-0 |
| Thomas | Osi | 0-1 |
| Kurt | bye | 0.5 |
And a couple of photos from the event:
On Tuesday 31st August, we met at GZ Bachwiesen. During the first 30 minutes, until 20:00, we analysed a game from Saturday that was played in the context of SMM. Patric was playing a strong opponent. He had to defend well for several moves until they reached a same color bishop endgame with a lot of pawns that was drawn.
After the game analysis, we played a Rapid tournament. The time control was 10 min. + 5 sec/move with 4 rounds. We have a shared win among three (!) participants: Georg, Patric, and Albi finished on the first place with three points each.
| Rang | Vorname | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georg | 3 |
| 2 | Patric | 3 |
| 3 | Albi | 3 |
| 4 | Kurt | 2 |
| 5 | Roger | 2 |
| 6 | Dimitris | 2 |
| 7 | Thomas | 1 |
Some photos from the last round:
On the coming Tuesday, we plan to play again at the GZ Bachwiesen. We hope to see you there.
After almost a month, we met yesterday again at GZ Bachwiesen. During the first 30 minutes, until 20:00 we analysed two games from Monday that were played in the context of SMM. Roger had a long game (almost 70 moves!) against a strong opponent. Chris on the other hand reached a very sharp position quickly.
After the game analysis, we played a Blitz tournament. The time control was 5 min. + 3 sec/move. Jaroslaw won convincingly the first place, having beaten all of his opponents.
| Rang | Vorname | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaroslaw | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Roger | 0 | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ |
| 3 | Dimitris | 0 | ½ | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Patric | 0 | 0 | ½ | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3½ |
| 5 | Murat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Chris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 |
A photo of the winner:
Almost at the same time, we had an online presence. Some strong players from our club chose to participate to the Swiss L3 Team Battle. The team, despite being one player short, did quite well.
On the coming Tuesday, we plan to play again at the GZ Bachwiesen. We hope to see you there.
The GZ Bachwiesen will be closed until 24th August due to the damages from the bad weather.
On Tuesday at 20:00 we play an internal tournamen 5 + 3 beginn.
https://lichess.org/tournament/PeZKE6AB
On 6th July we played a Blitz tournament. The time control was: 7 Min + 3 sec/move. We will play again over the board next Tuesday.
| Rang | Vorname | Roger | Mauro | Dimitris | Chris | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ |
| 2 | Mauro | ½ | x | 1 | 1 | 2½ |
| 3 | Dimitris | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Chris | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 |
To break the tie, Roger and Mauro played an extra game. Roger won. Below is a picture from that game.
I would like again to call your attention to our general assembly to be held on June 8th 2021.
It is important this time as I will step down – as already announced – from my position as President and that a successor has to be elected.
Please register as soon as possible, but latest by June 4th 2021 – many thanks in advance!
At the Swiss Team Battle we were able to hold league L4 with a good team performance – congrats to our top scorer Patric, Werner and tied Fabio, Daniel und Murat! Next round will played Tuesday June 1st 2021 starting at 19:30 (time control 5+3):
https://lichess.org/tournament/gHOMpcul
Last Tuesday, we finally were able to play a tournament over the board in the GZ Bachwiesen again. Congrats to Dimitris for winning in front of Roger and Murat! You can find the ranking on our homepage a bit further down.
After the promotion to league 4 in the Swiss Team Battle we will play there the upcoming Tuesday May 18th 2021 starting at 19:30 (time control 5+3):
https://lichess.org/tournament/XbLhhk8L
And some good news at the end: With an impressive finish we collected at the end 727 “Vereinsbons” and a direct donation in the project “Support Your Sport”. Altogether we received almost 260 CHF which we will spend on youth development! Many thanks to all of you for supporting us!
Congrats to Dimitrios for winning the blitz tournament scoring 4.5 points ahead of Roger with 4 and Murat 3 points
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Punkte | Rang |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Loup | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Josua Karpisek | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Murat Cevik | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Christopher Hehlgans | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 5 |
| Dimitrios Leventeas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | X | 1 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Timo Heck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 6 |
We plan to organize a rapid tournament over the board (time control of 7+3) the upcoming Tuesday May 11th in the GZ Bachwiesen. Because of the restriction still only with a maximum of 8 players. Please register until Tuesday 15:00 via the following doodle
https://doodle.com/poll/8nep9afuhmz62krd?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
Please note, the tournament will be cancelled with less than 5 players!
The Swiss Championships SEM will be played in Flims from July 8th-16th 2021! You can find further information here:
http://www.swisschess.ch/news-112/sem-in-flims-10-16-juli-weiterhin-auf-kurs-bitte-bis-26-mai-anmelden.html
If you would like to participate, please register by May 26th.
In the Swiss Team Battle we are back in League 4 – congrats especially to Fabio, Werner and Kurt! Next round we be player on Tuesday 18th starting at 19:30 with a time control of 5+3:
https://lichess.org/tournament/XbLhhk8L
And there is chess in the “Tagi” (Tagesanzeiger) as well – you can find there news, problems to solves, articles worth reading:
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/sport/schach
And … do not hesitate to register for our general assembly on June 8th!