Tri-State Chess Club Announcements

Tri-State Chess Announcements

The following are announcements from the Tri-State Chess Club. The club's president is Joshua Anderson, joshuamiltonanderson@gmail.com. The club is located at 666 Exton Cmns, Exton, PA 19341.

Feb 27 - Email from Joshua

Hello,
Hope everyone is doing well. Apologies for not sending an email for the last couple of weeks. This week, we have the State Warmup on Saturday. The event goes from 12 to 6. Often, the little kids are done well before 6. You can sign up at ECE #120: PA State Scholastic Warm-Up - Tri Bridges.

If you haven't signed up for states, please do so. There are many sections even for beginners, and for the players in those beginner sections, there are also some under trophies and trophies for like Top Unrated for even beginner sections. Go to Upcoming Pennsylvania State Championships, and you go to the scholastic championships, and to sign up, go to the Upcoming Tournament List, click on the "state" sort, and then scroll down to PA.

Mar 2 Email from Joshua

Hello,
Hope everyone is doing well. Thanks to everyone who came out this past weekend for our tournaments.
Attached is our monthly newsletter. Azim is certainly looking for more authors.
If you haven't signed up for states, please do so. There are many sections, even for beginners. For players in those beginner sections, there are also some under-trophy categories, like Top Unrated. Go to Upcoming Pennsylvania State Championships, then select the scholastic championships. To sign up, go to the Upcoming Tournament List on king.com and scroll down to PA.
Take care,
Joshua

Jan 30th Email from Joshua

Hello,

I hope everyone is doing well. We have two exciting tournaments this coming weekend. Both are at the Exton Hotel and Conference Center on Route 100, just a couple of miles from the club.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday's event not only gives state titles and the larger state trophies, but also the beginner sections should be done well before the strong sections. In fact, the last couple of years, they were done before 3:30.

Those scholastic sections have guest tournament directors. The guest directors are trying to run events with 50 people to help them qualify to take the exams to move up a TDing level. We are very close, so we will make it, especially since they are coming from the York/Myerstown area.

WINTER OPEN

The Sunday event is one of our quarterly events with significant cash prizes. Currently, attendance is very light, though this is a great event to both win some money (last time, 4 10- to 12-year-olds were all excited cause their winnings included a $100 bill) and, especially for the 1500- to 2000-crowd, get a chance to play some strong opponents. You can still sign up for the event through Sunday morning, but signing up by Saturday night is SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper.

Winter Open: Tri Bridges is how you sign up for this event.

Sunday online events

These free events have proven quite popular - we had 31 at the last event. Now, some of these are on dates with events like the Super Bowl, so I would not expect many; in fact, I would expect them to be relatively small. Also, as long as we keep them relatively small and within the club, I am not worried about Zoom. If we start getting lots of non-regulars, we might have to go that route, but at this point, I am content not to. Also, these are outstanding events for high schoolers and especially girls trying to make the top 100 lists.

1st - https://www.chess.com/play/tournament/6215323 - 8pm 3/2

8th - Play Chess Online for Free with Friends & Family - Chess.com 7 pm - 8/3

15th - Play Chess Online for Free with Friends & Family - Chess.com - 8 pm 3/2

22nd - Play Chess Online for Free with Friends & Family - Chess.com - 7 pm 8/3

Hope to see you all this weekend!

Jan 12th Email from Joshua

Hello,

I hope everyone is doing well. On Thursday, we will have the tactics class. There's still plenty of room to join. I believe there are 6 in that class at the moment. Then on Friday, we have the Friday night tournament with Open, Under 800, Under 500, and Under 200 sections, making it as friendly to beginners as it gets. ECE #115 - Friday Night Tournament - Tri Bridges. On Saturday (NOTE DAY CHANGE), we have the game hour, with a $250 total prize fund, from 10 to 6. As usual, we will have lunch, provided we order pizzas and have them delivered. All we ask is a couple of dollars for the pizza you take. The sections for that are open under 1400 and under 700. The under 700 goes from 10 to 2. ECE #116 – $250 Sunday Game Hour - Tri Bridges. Due to the weather, we will run Saturday 10 to 2 (or 6 depending on sections), and since snow is expected late Saturday, we should be done well before then!)

The following week, we have very exciting tournaments. We start with the Wednesday blitz event. These events are just $5, last for about 1.5 to 2 hours, and are a lot of fun. Wild Wednesday Blitz Event - Tri Bridges. On Saturday, the G/x State Championship events return with the G/75 championship at - Chester Hotel and Conference Center - 2026 PA State Game/75 Championship - East - Tri Bridges. The falling day is the Winter Open!! This is very much like the Autumn Open, which is a cash money event with lots of big prizes. Winter Open - Tri Bridges At the moment, there are quite a few prizes without anyone who can win them. Guarantee yourself $100, $150.00, or whatever the case may be. There is also an under 1000 section with hundreds of dollars in prizes.

On the 7th, we have our annual Mother's and Girls Tournament. The mothers play for free in their own unrated section. They have more fun than any other group I will TD all year long! They also get trophies. The girls usually have a real beginner section and then a section for like 1400 to 400, but there will only be like 6 players in it, so a bit of a range in players for one to play against. Not only does this event have trophies, but it also has special gifts from US Champ Jen Shahade, art from my wife, and crowns! Fourth All Girls Tournament - Tri Bridges

Look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Take care,

Joshua

PS. Please note we have a play class from 7 to 8 on Mondays that we are trying to run, but we are a few people short. If you are interested, please let me know.