Southwest Chess Club: Early Summer Events!

A reminder of action starting this Thursday, June 10, 2010:

Summer Steamy Humid Swiss: June 10, 17 & 24
3-Round Swiss in Two Sections (Open and U1600). Game/100. USCF Rated.
EF: $5. (One ½-Point Bye Available for any round (except round 3) if requested at least 2-days prior to round).
TD is Fogec; ATDs Grochowski & Becker.

Games begin at 7:00 sharp this Thursday night, so please arrive early enough to register.
Contact allenbecker@wi.rr.com if you would like to play in the event, but want to request a Round 1, 1/2-point Bye.

EXTRA: "David's Endgame Prize"
There will be a $5.00 "Endgame" prize for this tournament, which will be awarded by David Dathe. This prize will be awarded for the most interesting endgame played in the tournament. Mr. Dathe will be the judge of any games submitted, and he will annotate the endgame for the Southwest Chess Club Blog. Mr. Dathe plans to continue this for all our longer time control tournaments this year (not rapid or blitz games), and one of the rules is that no one can receive the prize two tournaments in a row. All tournament players are encouraged to submit a game. Please submit the game to the TD. The game needs to be legible (readable) so the endgame can be properly analyzed.


The Southwest Chess Club will be at Polish Fest again this year, hooray!

Come out Saturday night, June 19 to play 4-time Wisconsin State Champion, NM Bill Williams.
Southwest Chess Club at Polish Fest, June 18-20 (Milwaukee Summerfest Grounds - at the Lakefront - just go east until you can't go anymore, and ask for directions - Milwaukeeans are happy to point you in the right direction :))

Here is the schedule of Southwest Chess Club Simuls at Polish Fest:

FRIDAY, June 18
12-4 NM SheldonGelbart
4-8 NM Mike LaBudde
7-11 Allen Becker

SATURDAY, June 19
12-4 Nolan Hendrickson
4-8 David Dathe
7-11 NM Bill Williams

SUNDAY, June 20
12-4 Ray Hayes
4-8 TBA
7-11 Tommy Schneider

Visit the Southwest chess Club blog to learn more about their activities.

Visit the Polish Fest website - one of the oldest ethnic festivals in Milwaukee held during our "Summer of Festivals" at the Henry W. Maier Festival Park (popularly called the Summerfest Grounds, after the very first summer festival established by our long-time mayor, Henry Maier, back in the 1960's) on our gorgeous Lake Michigan shoreline.