Join us at the Danville Community Center for this tournament with Open, U1600 and U1250 Sections.
The U1250 section has just been added. Scholastic players in the U1250 section receive a discounted entry fee of $25. Details can be found at Relyea Chess.
http://www.relyeachess.com/subpages/tournaments.html
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Friday, August 4, 2017
Lost Bobby Fischer Game Found
Unknown Bobby Fischer game found. From this month's Chess Life. Bobby was 12 years old and playing in his first US Junior Championship in Lincoln Nebraska, 1955. His rating was 1726 and his opponent's was 1400.
[Event "US Junior Championship"]
[Site "Lincoln, Nebraska"]
[Date "1955"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer,, Robert"]
[Black "Saksena, Franklin"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.cxd4 Nf6 8.e5 Ne4 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 d5 11.exd6 e.p. Qxd6 12.0-0 Na5 13.Qa4 Nc6 14.d5 0-0 15.dxc6 Kh8 16.Ba3 Qf6 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Qb4 Qxb4 19.cxb4 bxc6 20.Rfe1 Bb7 21.Re7 Rc8 22.Rae1
Gordon Parks Photo From Life Magazine 1958
Pat Farrell prepares to make a move. It appears that she played the English Opening. No record of who won the game.
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