NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS

2006

April 28 Spring Club Open Wednesday Night final results.
February 22 Grandmaster Exhibtion. American Legend Grandmaster William Lombardy visits the ChessPalace.
February 18 Grandmaster Exhibition. Grandmaster Alexander Shabalov and Alexander Yermolinksy visit the ChessPalace.
February 18 Congrats to everyone who participated in the ChessPalace US Amateur West Team. NTD Randall Hough, R.C. Rice, Wayne Griffin, Sandy He, Dingchao Lu, Steve Boak, Jerry Maxwell, Anthony Ong, Mason Carlton, Ryan Yeung, Joe Scherzinger, Bill Warren, Alfred Ong, Kele Perkins, Eric Zhang, Aldrich Ong, Alev "Eren" Karadayi, and Travis Hatley. For the cool team names, etc. view here.
January 29 2006 Winter Scholastics Championship. Congrats to all the participants!
January 1 Happy NEW YEAR everyone. Hope to see all in our upcoming events.

 


2005

December 11 Last scholastic event of the Year...2005 Winter Holiday Scholastics.
December 4 Special ChessPalace exhibition by Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan.
November 20 2005 Amateur Open #3
November 11 Blitz Night getting stronger and stronger field...
October 29 15th Anniversary Invitational...FUN DAY of CHESS & FOOD!!
October 23 2005 Halloween Kids Tourney... Chess Players and Their Costumes
September 25
Amateur Open #2 results and news... An Event for Everyone
August 28 2005 Game 15 Championship Attracts Young and Old, Master and Beginners Alike!
Handicap Format was a great success!
July 30 2005 Amateur Open #1!! New format for everybody.
July 26 The much anticipated US Amateur Team Championship was successfully held today... After a bit of a suspense, the WEST TEAM finished victorious!! Congrats to Charles Van Buskirk, Ron Hermansen, Tim Hanks, and Rory Valle for an awesome job. Final results and pix.
June 19- 20 SCCF CANDIDATES CHAMPIONSHIP final result. Congratulation to Ron Bruno for his perfect 4-0 score.
June 3-5 The Harold Valery M.D. INC. Primavera Open tournament name has been changed to June Open due to the sponsors reneging on his sponsorship. Because of this undignified act, the club took a substantial financial loss. However in order to keep the tournament's promise and maintain the integrity of the event, all prizes were paid fully. For full results, visit here.
April 17 Strong masters and experts field the 2005 G/45 Championship which was partially sponsored by Dr. Harold Valery. Complete coverage...
April 10 3rd grader, Christopher Kao, an up and coming chess whiz from the Chesspalace Chess for Kids, is the 2005 Under 15 Junior Champion. Full report...
April 2 This month's Super 2x Quads received another well attended participation. 20 people, with a strong field of 5 experts topped the top section. Prize winners were Bertram Buggs, Chris Alarcon, Kurt Oldenbug, Jagdish Singh, Nick Lita, and Arnold Baldwin.
April 1 Cp introduces another innovation...Please check out our new 6 PAK Format. Comments and Suggestions are always welcome.
March 26 Tandem Simul by GM Yermo & GM Atalik- A Mixture of Talents!
March 19 Whiz kid expert, Julian Landaw topped the strong field today at quad 1. In quad 2, we saw Dr. Harold Valery followed by Shawn Williams.
March 5 Master Ilya Serpik took home the top prize in the Cp March Super 2x Quads. A strong performance was presented by Roger Dellaca who upset expert Anthony Ong and also drew Serpik. Neil Bershad and Dellaca also won cash prizes in Group 1. In Group 2, Aldrich Ong took the top prize followed by David Oldham, Ron Hoffman, and Shawn Williams. Next Super 2x Quads is scheduled for April 2.
February 21 Cp gang at the US Amateur Team West Championship
Adult Coverage / Youth Coverage
February 12 ChessPalace kick off the 2005 scholastic schedule!

 


2004

December 31 ChessPalace new website! Comments and suggestions are welcome. More to come.
November 20 Thanksgiving Scholastics