Southwest Chess Club: Updates

We're back home from vacation and it's time to catch up and take care of business. Thanks to Tom Fogec of SWCC for the following news and results of the Club's 2009 Championship. Tom reported that a record 48 players participated in this year's Championship, including 9 chess femmes (hooray!): Club Championship: 1st: John Becker 2nd: John Veech 3rd: Jerry Zhou 4th: Allen Becker Class A/B (combined): 1st: Johnathan Ireland 2nd: Andrew Grochowski 3rd: Corrado Cirrilo 4th: Robin Grochowski 5th: Jeff Pokorski 6th: Tom Fogec Class C: 1st: Robert Penkwitz 2nd: Steve Richardson 3rd: Jonathan Hildeman Class D: 1st: Vilas Gaddameedi 2nd: Peter Joachim 3rd: Alena Huang Class E: 1st: Reid Seghers 2nd: Justin Luebbe 3rd: Curt Neumann Under 1000/unrated: 1st: Sabrina Huang 2nd: Jacob Glumm 3rd: Nathan Brower 4th: James Jester 5th: Ravina Sachdev 6th: Charles Lippert You can find further news and results, including a cross-table, at the Club's blog. SWCC is busy! Upcoming events: Dog Days of Summer Dance August 27, & September 3 & 10 3-Round “Round-Robin” (a “Quad”). Four chess players to a Quad. Game/90 minutes. USCF Rated. EF: $5. TD is Grochowski; ATD is Fogec Southwest Chess Club versus Waukesha on August 29 at ProHealth Care Park, 2950 South Sunny Slope Road, New Berlin (event will be held outdoors, weather permitting) First Round game starts at 10:00 a.m. Each person will play two games (G/60) against an opponent, one with the white pieces and one with the black pieces. We will be providing drinks and snacks also. Colored Leaves Rattle-the-Pawns Blitz: September 17 10-Round (Round-Robin) in One or more Sections (depending on number of players). Game/5 minutes. USCF Quick-Rated. EF: $5. TD is Becker; ATD is Grochowski SWCC membership is only $10 a year. If you live in the area (or even if you don't), please consider joining the Southwest Chess Club and supporting a great group of chessplayers!