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Christmas Newsletter

Dear Chess Friends,

The year is now slowly coming to an end and even though the situation is recently not developing so positively, I hope that you are healthy and can spend the holidays with family and friends!

Because of the restrictions of the GZ Bachwiesen and the Bundesrat/BAG, we cannot meet in our venue until January 22nd. However, until then we have at least some online chess on the agenda, starting with a rapid tournament in arena style on lichess:
https://lichess.org/tournament/vmZOPsEw

Over Christmas and new Year there is again a Swiss Team Battle, this time we start in league 3 (time control 5+0):
https://lichess.org/tournament/E1IVwcnS

The SGM light is supposed to start on January 23rd. However, the decision about this will be taken by the end of December. You already can find the drawings on our homepage:
https://www.scletzi.ch/wp/unsere-teams/sgm/

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a – especially healthy – Happy New Year 2021!

All the best
Roland Löhr

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Christmas Tournament

Finally, it was good playing again with real pieces – even though it was a bit strange wearing with a face mask and having a glass divider between the boards.

Our strong youngster Raphael Niederberger was able to win this round-robin tournament (7+3) – Congards!

Rank
Name
Pts
TP
1.
Raphael Niederberger
5
13
2.
Roland Löhr
5
11
3.
Albi Lüscher
4
4.
Murat Cevik
3
6
5.
Roger Loup
3
4
6.
Thomas Güldenapfel
1
7.
Simon Koller
0
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Newsletter

Let’s close this difficult year with a Christmas tournament over the board on December 8th 2020 – blitz or rapid will be decided by our tournament director Roger! Please let us know in the following doodle if you would like to participate – it very much helps us with the planning:
https://doodle.com/poll/29guaq74f5zbgssx?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
And please be aware that we will be strictly playing under the regulations of the BAG and the GZ!

As already announced, the SGM light will start January 23rd 2021. In total 126 teams registered for this upcoming season – with one Letzi team in the competition. As soon as we receive the drawings, we will inform you! Please check out more details on the homepage of the chess federation:
http://www.swisschess.ch/news-112/sgm-light-2021-mit-124-mannschaften-drei-fuenfer-gruppen-in-der-bundesliga.html

Last but not least: The upcoming Tuesday December 1st we will have again a team in the Swiss Team Battle league L3 starting at 19:30 with a time control of 3+2:
https://lichess.org/tournament/Yhnyo5s7
As usual: Please register in time, the more players for Letzi the better!

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News from the club

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/tournament/R25cLt8
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-112/swiss-team-battle-weiterhin-in-der-erfolgsspur-erstmals-300er-grenze-geknackt.html

Please continue to follow the safety regulations of the BAG, the SSB and the GZ, e.g.

    • stay at home if you do not feel well – in case we would have to send you home
    • pass your contact details to our Covid responsible, i.e. Roger Loup
    • please wash your hands before and after the chess evening
    • from an age of 12 you have to wear a sanitary face mask
    • please keep a distance of 1.5 meter whenever possible
    • there is a maximum of 15 persons an evening
    • the room must be aired out on a regular base

Further information from the chess federation can be found here: http://www.swisschess.ch/news-112/covid-19-uebersicht-der-geltenden-regelungen.html

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Raphael wins the first GZ rapid!

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
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News about GZ, Swiss Team Battle, SGM and our Annual Meeting

For at least half a year we can meet every Tuesday evening in the Cafeteria of the GZ Bachwiesen (Bachwiesenstrasse 40, Zürich) and finally play chess again over-the-board!

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/dossier-covid-19.html.
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/tournament/VCnvUWDG
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!

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Club-Cup: Georg wins the first tournament in the rapid series!

Rank
NamePts
BH
Champ. Pts
1.
Georg Kradolfer
5
25
2.
Roland Löhr
4
20
3.
Florian Heinzmann
3
11
18
4.
Dimitrios Leventeas
3
9½
16
5.
Werner Brunner
2½
16½
14
6.
Daniel Muster
2½
12½
12
7.
Vladimir Kokarau
2
14
10
8.
Roger Loup
2
11½
9
9.
Julien Cretin
1
8
10.
Martin Casanova
0
7

We will continue in the Club-Cup with the championship starting 5th November 2019 – time control is like in the ZMM: 60 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds bonus! It will be probably 5 rounds Swiss system.

The next tournament in the Rapid Competition will be early next year 7th January 2020!

All tournaments and further information: Rapid-Cup 2019/20

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Vereinscup – let’s start with the winter season!

Vereinscup

Last week we already played the first round in the Vereinscup – please find all dates here or in our Google calendar.

Please send your registration for the club championships already today to Roger!

Championship
05.11.2019Round 1 (Postponed Games 12.11.2019)
26.11.2019Round 2 (Postponed Games 17.12.2019)
14.01.2020Round 3 (Postponed Games 04.02.2020)
03.03.2020Round 4 (Postponed Games 17.03.2020)
24.03.2020Round 5 (Postponed Games 14.04.2020)
Blitz
15.10.2019Tournament 1
10.12.2019Tournament 2
28.01.2020Tournament 3
31.03.2020Tournament 4
Rapid
29.10.2019Tournament 1
07.01.2020Tournament 2
10.03.2020Tournament 3
21.04.2020Tournament 4
Fun-Cup
11.02.2020Tournament 1
18.02.2020Tournament 2
07.04.2020Tournament 3
28.04.2020Tournament 4
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Georg wins the second rapid tournament in our Cup!

Rank
NamePts
Buchholz
Champ. Pts
1.
Georg Kradolfer
4½
25
2.
Willi Frech
3½
13½
20
3.
Patric Müller
3½
12½
18
4.
Werner Brunner
3½
12
16
5.
Dimitrios Leventeas
3
11½
14
6.
Daniel Muster
3
10
12
7.
Martin Casanova
2
15½
10
8.
Vladimir Kokarau
2
14½
9
9.
Thomas Güldenapfel
2
13
8
10.
Julien Cretin
2
9
7
11.
Roger Loup
1
6

Round 3 will be played 2nd April 2019.

All details can be found on Chess-Results