I have spent more time in the Dallas area than any other, about 17 years (1986-2003). While there I took part in numerous events at the Dallas Chess Club. The DCC is one of the most active clubs in the nation with over 2000 events hosted since 1991. When I got a chance to play in a G/30 tournament this past Friday I took it. I finished 1-1=2 with a loss to a Master. I had draws against lower rated opponents, but considering the fact that I don't usually play G/30 and the that the players in question were up and coming juniors, it was not that bad.
The Friday, 4 round G/30 events usually attract around 80 players and has had over a 100.(when Hikaru Nakamura played). GMs and IMs from the UTD team frequent this event and this week was no exception.
The nation's top 11 year old Darwin Yang got past 2200 mark for the first time at this event by drawing GM ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ in round 2. Dawin had Q+2p vs Q, but could not find a way to get out of checks with not much time left on his clock
Top 11 year olds
1) Yang, Darwin TX 2202
2) Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A NY 2020
3) Shetty, Atulya Arya MI 1943
TD and expert player Luis Salinas is the "main force" behind the DCC
Sounds and looks like a nice club.
ReplyDeleteI play there all the time. You went there the weekend I decided to take my first weekend off of playing chess in over a year!
ReplyDeleteIt is an excellent chess club indeed. My only complaint is that it's not closer to Corpus Christi, TX!
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ReplyDeletedallas chess club is well run and a friendly hospitable place.long live dallas chess club.
ReplyDeletechess is great for dallas,chess is great for america,chess is great for the world!
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ReplyDeleteStrong competition. Very active. Action time controls. It is not a social club. It is really more of a tournament hall than anything. A lot of children.
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