HEMET CHESS CLUB, NEWS AND UPDATES

CP, HCC, LPCC, SDCC TOURNAMENT

2012-02-07T22:01:00.000-08:00

CP, HCC, LPCC, SDCC TOURNAMENT

2012-02-07T21:52:00.000-08:00

CP, HCC, LPCC, SDCC TOURNAMENT

2012-02-07T21:44:00.000-08:00

CP, HCC, LPCC, SDCC TOURNAMENT

2012-01-23T20:29:00.000-08:00

CP, HCC, SDCC, LPCC CLUB TOURNAMENT 2012

2012-01-23T19:59:00.000-08:00

ChessPalace wins 1st place on Sunday's 1-22-12 (top photo)"Congratulations ChessPalace" Job well done.
La Palma Chess Club wins the Runner-up Team Club (lower photo)

HCC CHESS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2011, MIGUEL A RANGEL

2011-12-23T18:52:00.000-08:00

2011-10-28T20:50:00.000-07:00

2011-10-28T20:45:00.000-07:00

HCC 10-16-11 JORGE PAZ Wins Tournament

2011-10-16T22:34:00.000-07:00

HEMET CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 (Valley-Wide)

2011-10-09T19:11:00.001-07:00

HCC CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 RESULTS

2011-10-09T00:17:00.000-07:00

HCC CLUB CHAMPION 2011 - KEN ARNOLD
UNDER-2100 1ST - ART SILBAR
UNDER 1600 1ST - DAKE HUANG
UNDER 1600 2ND - CONRADO CASTELLANOS
UNDER 1000 1ST - BENJAMIN B DEGUZMAN
UNDER 1000 2ND - DANIEL SERNA
UNRATED 1ST - LEO ACAL
UNRATED 2ND - JAMES ESTRADA
SCHOLASTIC UNDER 14YRS - JOSEPH GALLEGOS
SCHOLASTIC UNDER 9YRS - EDWARD MERAZ

We had 47 participants in this years HEMET CHESS CLUB 3RD ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
I'm very proud to say we have a great group of scholastic chess players in which they displayed toughness that is needed to play tournament chess.

Congratulations to all
Marcos Montes Sr.

HEMET CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 (Valley-Wide)

2011-10-09T00:10:00.000-07:00

HCC SUMMER SERIES TOURNAMENT

2011-08-22T20:37:00.000-07:00

3rd. Annual Hemet Chess Club Championship 10/08/2011

2011-08-21T15:09:00.000-07:00

Robert Pool checks out 2010 trophies.

Hemet Chess Club is proud to announce it's 3rd Annual Chess Championship 10/08/11 Sponsered by Valley Wide Recreational, San Jacinto.
This tournament is open to all chess players.
*note, Must have an active "United States Chess Federation" membership for all rated sections. No memberships needed for unrated sections.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE (SEPT 23,2011)
Game Control 5SS GAME/30.
ROUND START TIME (RD.1 - 10:30am) (RD.2 - NOON) LUNCH BREAK (RD.3 - 2:30pm) (RD.4 - 4pm) (RD.5 - 5:30pm)

*trophy presentation after the 5th round

Call Marcos
951-252-5926

Location - Valley-Wide Recreational "San Jacinto, Ca."

HCC SUMMER SERIES (BOBBY FISCHER)

2011-07-17T22:30:00.000-07:00

Jeff Arnold and Ken Arnold tied for first place.
Photo's
Top: Gerald W. Scott
Bottom: Jorge Paz vs. Miro Stroukal

HEMET CHESS SUMMER SLAM SERIES 2011

2011-07-10T22:14:00.000-07:00

Happy Fourth of July

2011-07-03T20:08:00.000-07:00

"5th Metropolitan Chess Fide Qualifier", Jeff Arnold 1st. Place

2011-06-23T16:28:00.001-07:00

Play Online Chess

LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL

2011-06-19T17:17:00.000-07:00

One big benefit of playing in these big chess tournaments is you meet many people from around the United States and in this particular tournament from around the world. Paul Bumblauskas is a good friend that I met three years ago in this same tournament he's from Georgia. Here we are sitting in at Tim Justs "TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS RULEBOOK TACTICS".

LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL

2011-06-19T16:29:00.000-07:00

GM. Ron Henley had two lectures and also offered analysis of your games during the tournament. I missed none of these opportunities. I quickly realised that he has great skill to teach large groups of chess players and convey his ideas clearly.

HCC 2005 Memories

2011-06-15T18:28:00.000-07:00

Top: Kassy Smith
Middle; Bill Klippel with Angel Maria Thomas in the background
Lower: Phil Johnson

Chess Tournament Sunday June 12, 2011

2011-06-07T17:26:00.000-07:00

Sunday 6-12-11, 3 round swiss G/30
Start time: 5pm

2011-05-30T11:15:00.001-07:00

2011-05-30T10:54:00.001-07:00

2011-05-25T19:08:00.000-07:00

Bill Klippel Memorial

2011-04-08T18:39:00.000-07:00

Please join our 2 day G/45 tournament which is a tribute to our good friend Bill Klippel.

"William Klippel Memorial Chess Tournament".

G45 TOURNAMENT BEGINS

2011-04-03T23:11:00.000-07:00

Hemet Chess Club is having a chess tounament with G/45 time controls (4 rounds total)
This is a two day tournament with two round each. Dates are 4/10/11 and 4/17/11
Rounds start at 5pm

Is there HCC Rated Tournaments with more time?

2011-03-28T21:36:00.000-07:00

Absolutely, We can set greater time controls to meet players comfort zones. The only reason we use G/30 is to complete the whole event within a short period time, But we have options to have a month long/ weekly pairing of greater time examples:(G60/G90/G120 with 5 second delay).
If interested please talk to me about this type of tournament and I'll get the rounds started.

Thanks
Marcos SR.

Giant Chess Fun

2011-03-18T21:05:00.000-07:00

2011-02-23T09:30:00.000-08:00

Marcos Montes, Bill Arnold, Ken Arnold and Jeff Arnold

ATW UPDATES

2011-02-22T13:00:00.000-08:00

Jeff Arnold won the "BEST BOARD ONE" prize with a 5.5 performance

HEMET CHESS CLUB won "Best Team U2000" Trophy.

More news on the event to come and you might want to look at your upcoming SCCF magazines.

Congratulation Guys..

We are going to Hollywood!!

2011-02-13T22:04:00.000-08:00

The Hemet Chess Club Team is participating in the 28th Annual U.S Amateur Team West Championship in Woodland Hills. From left to right: Jeff Arnold, Marcos Montes, Bill Arnold and Ken Arnold. This is a three day chess event and likely to be the last Amateur Team Tournament in Southern California for three years. On a special note our very own Miguel Rangel will be competing on the Scholastic Chess Palace Team.

2011-02-13T22:02:00.001-08:00

Yours Truly

2011-02-10T19:33:00.000-08:00

"I am smiling", Because I'm playing this wonderful game of Chess. Well I've been a member of the Hemet Chess Club since 2004 and now heavily involved with the clubs responsibility for improving our Hemet Chess Club. I became a Certified Tournament Director for the USCF so we can have rated games here in Hemet. My biggest milestone is the addition of the Scholastic Hemet Chess Club which meets on Friday's at the Valley-Wide in San Jacinto. This chess class is for girls and boys 5-17 years old. I've been teaching this class for 2 years. HCC memberships have been steady and we already started the new year with a spectacular club challenge.
Marcos Montes Sr.

June 9 to 12, 2011

2011-02-10T19:01:00.000-08:00

"The Chess Vacation Is Back"

LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL

Jimmy Quon Memorial Chess Tournament

2011-01-28T21:32:00.000-08:00

Jimmy Quon Memorial Chess Tournament from Ice Hat Creative on Vimeo.

Valley-Wide Chess Class

2011-01-25T21:56:00.000-08:00

The Hemet Chess Club is offering a series of scholastic chess classes "CHESS FOR KIDS" at the Valley-Wide Recreational which start on Jan.28th. at 5pm to 7:30pm.
Marcos Sr.

MLK DAY SWISS

2011-01-24T18:36:00.001-08:00

Chuck Gelinas won this with a 3.0

A Fantastic Event at Chess Palace

2011-01-19T17:41:00.001-08:00

The Club Match Results (Hemet Wins)

2011-01-14T18:38:00.000-08:00

1st Annual Club Match 1-16-2011

ChessPalace (click Here) for more information on So-Cal's Premiere Chess Club

Hemet Chess Club (13.5)............ ChessPalace (8.5)
Jeff Arnold 1.5(2399)vs Tianyi He 0.5 (2285)
Ken Arnold 2.0(2358) vs Sergey Yurenok 0.0(2164)
Charles Gelinas 1.5(2000) vs Randall Hough .5(2000)
Jorge Paz 1.5(1890) vs Kele Perkins 0.5(1751)
Bill Arnold 1.0(1854) vs Timothy Chou 1.0(1707)
Brian William Jose 2.0(1682) vs Sam Chou 0.0(1435)
Marcos Montes 1.5(1456) vs Joaquin Perkins 0.5(1393)
Lloyd Albano 2.0(1260) vs Joe Farina 0.0(1197)
Miguel Rangel 0.5(1078) vs Justin Hsu 1.5(1146)
Eli Rangel 0.0(726) vs Chance Paxton 2.0(825)
Dake Huang 0.0* vs Alan Loera 2.0 *

2011-01-09T11:50:00.000-08:00

The Chess Palace Match 01/16/11

2011-01-05T20:24:00.000-08:00

Chess Palace vs. Hemet Chess Club
I'm very excited about this event and so are our members. Our team roster is set and ready to play. Chess Palace is one of my favorite chess clubs to visit and play rated chess games. They also sale the lastest chess software and equipment.

Marcos Sr.

Rated Games

2010-12-29T17:10:00.000-08:00

Arnold vs. Gelinas
2nd round action

Sunday's Swiss (round 1)

2010-11-14T18:15:00.001-08:00

Gerald Scott vs Brian Jose

2010-11-11T22:21:00.000-08:00

Keep your eyes open

2010-11-07T12:01:00.000-08:00

My wife found this amazing Chess/Backgammon combo. The pieces shown are the 1850 Harrwitz Series Genuine Ebony.

Marcos Sr.

Young Chess Minds

2010-10-25T21:18:00.000-07:00

Miguel (left) has less eight months of playing rated chess and has been improving his chess rating weekly and recently drew a 1700 rated player. He's fearless and always trying to learn new chess tricks. Great Job!!

Marcos SR

Chess for Kids at the Valley-Wide on Friday's at 6pm

2010-10-15T20:43:00.000-07:00

THE GRAND FINALE

2010-09-27T18:03:00.001-07:00

What a fantastic chess club tournament we just completed. Three weeks and 48 games of competitive chess. I want to thank all who participated and also my good friend Bill Klippel for the encouragement.

Hemet Chess Club President
Marcos Montes SR.

HEMET CHESS TOURNAMENT WINNERS

2010-09-27T17:38:00.000-07:00

HEMET CHESS CLUB TROPHY PRESENTATION

2010-09-27T17:29:00.000-07:00

HEMET CHESS CLUB CHAMPION 2010

2010-09-27T17:22:00.000-07:00

CONGRATULATION, KEN ARNOLD IS OUR HEMET CHESS CLUB CHAMPION 2010

THANKS, STEVES BURGERS WEST

2010-09-27T17:20:00.001-07:00

Chess legend Bent Larsen dies at 75

2010-09-10T23:26:00.000-07:00

The best Danish chess player of all time, Bent Larsen, died yesterday, Thursday September 9th, 2010, after a short illness. He had suffered for a number of years from diabetes, but it is not yet known whether this was the cause of his death. In the latter part of his life Larsen resided in Buenos Aires with his Argentinian wife Marta. He will always be remembered.

Click Here GM Larsen's Games

Sunday's update

2010-09-06T22:47:00.000-07:00

Ken Arnold won both G/30 and G/5 to finish off a great chess performance this weekend.

2010-08-31T22:25:00.000-07:00

Sunday's Bash

2010-08-23T10:14:00.000-07:00

HCC NOTES AND NEW PLAYERS

2010-08-15T23:09:00.000-07:00

We are up to 31 rated chess players now. Please welcome Robert Pool, David Barrera, Lloyd Albanos and Jonathan Lumian to the chess club. The HCC has been getting lots of public interest and more players on the way and it looks like we might have to start utilizing the front patio concrete tables which are actually comfortable.

*Tournament Winner: Jeff Arnold won both events, The open and the blitz

Jeff Arnold vs Alex Shabalov (U.S Open) Irvine

2010-08-06T16:49:00.000-07:00

The 111th. U.S. Open - Irvine

2010-08-06T12:22:00.001-07:00

Click here for:
RESULTS

New Junior Champion, Sam Shankland

2010-07-23T10:57:00.000-07:00

Sam is from California and is the 2010 U.S Junior Champ. Watch this game video, Jen and Ben did a nice job covering this game with special quest Parker and GM Nakamura.
Marcos SR.

La Furia Roja Tournament

2010-07-13T12:28:00.000-07:00

Upcoming Tournament

2010-07-12T00:25:00.000-07:00

The Jerry Hanken Memorial
111th United States Open Chess Championship
A Heritage Event
31 July - 8 August 2010
3-8 August 2010
5-8 August 2010
Irvine, California
GPP: 300
Tournament link

The First Rated Tournament

2010-06-27T22:26:00.000-07:00

Mikale (right) is visiting from Camdenton, Mo. his grandmother "Karen" located our chess club through this blog and brought him over to play. He is now a U.S.C.F member and participated in his first rated quad tournament. Mikale drew against a seasoned HCC veteran.

Who is this chess player?

2010-06-27T12:45:00.000-07:00

Robert Fischer

Happy Fathers Day

2010-06-16T12:49:00.000-07:00

This Sunday 6-20-2010 is Fathers Day and won't be available to hold rated tournaments.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY : )

Marcos Montes Sr.

Play Chess

2010-05-26T01:40:00.000-07:00

The Hemet Scholastic Chess Class

2010-05-16T00:03:00.000-07:00

Our Scholastic Spring Chess Class will be ending on May 22,2010 and restarting in Sept 18, 2010. Today Our class added 4 children in which they participated in all activities. We worked on Alekine's Defense and The Tromponsky's Attack also the students where introduced to the chess chess clocks and played blitz chess. "Tons of fun"

The Genie vs The Magic Carpet (1-0)

2010-04-30T15:02:00.000-07:00

Play in The Hemet Chess Club Weekly Sunday Rated Chess Tournaments.

Sunday's Tournament results 4-25-2010

2010-04-26T00:48:00.000-07:00

Ken Arnold wins the club tournament. Ken covering some tactical analysis with Art Silbar. This was a special day for the Hemet Chess Club not only because there was plenty of good games being played over the board. There was a Scholastic USCF Rated Section added to our Sunday club Tournament. "These kids can play chess", said Conrado Castellanos.

New Chess Club Members

2010-04-26T00:10:00.000-07:00

The Hemet Chess Club has two new club members Butch Aying and Art Silbar, Both are very strong chess players. They gave the spectators a series of 5 minute blitz games in which both players were impressed with each others game.

Sunday's Tournament results

2010-04-14T00:05:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Jorge Paz, HCC April Club Open Tournament winner

Yours Truly

2010-03-31T01:07:00.000-07:00

"I am smiling", Because I'm playing this wonderful game of Chess. Well I've been a member of the Hemet Chess Club since 2004 and now heavily involved with the clubs responsibility for improving our Hemet Chess Club. I became a Certified Tournament Director for the USCF so we can have rated games here in Hemet. A chess rating is what measures the players skill and the most serious battle on the board will materialize during tournaments. My biggest milestone is the addition of the Scholastic Hemet Chess Club which meets on Saturday's at the Valley-Wide in San Jacinto. This chess class is for girls and boys 5-17 years old. I've been teaching this class for 1 1/2 years also by the way 48 youths enrolled this quarter and adding students weekly. Just marvelous.
Marcos Montes Sr.

Just having fun

2010-03-30T13:58:00.000-07:00

Paul Hendrich making his next move on the board. Paul comes in early on Sundays before the start of the club tournament looking for a good game. So give him a challenge.

The Final Four Tournament

2010-03-29T16:26:00.000-07:00

Jeff Arnold takes first place on Sunday.
Third round chess play.
Silbar (left) vs. Arnold (right)

Club Photo Archives

2010-03-24T16:20:00.000-07:00

Master Charles R Gelinas joins Hemet Chess Club in 2006

The Royal Game of Chess

2010-03-22T00:48:00.000-07:00

Just Play Chess

2010-03-15T14:10:00.000-07:00

Your actually missing out of not playing the world's best board game. CHESS!!

Jeff Arnold vs. Kyron Griffith, (Amateur Team West)

2010-03-02T21:21:00.000-08:00

Play Online Chess

HCC rated boards on Sunday

2010-02-28T23:58:00.000-08:00

17th ANNUAL WESTERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP

2010-02-27T22:46:00.000-08:00

click here, for March 12-14th

The Knight Game Test

2010-02-25T07:40:00.000-08:00

This game was sent to me by one of my Scholastic Chess Student "Will Bruhn" Click Here

Kaidanov - Polgar / Match

2010-02-24T21:14:00.001-08:00

Play Online Chess

Chess in Action

2010-02-22T00:25:00.001-08:00

Leo Acal vs. James Felt

HCC QUAD BLASTER RESULTS

2010-02-22T00:22:00.000-08:00

Jeff Arnold wins quad tournament with a 3.0, Congrats!!

The Funny Pages

2010-02-22T00:13:00.000-08:00

Martin Luther King Day, Results

2010-01-18T01:52:00.000-08:00

Jeff Arnold, Wins with 3.0 Perfect Score

Let's Welcome New Member

2010-01-18T01:40:00.000-08:00

New member Kenny Kamura (left) sits in with HCC Veteran Patrick Barron. It was nice to see Pat again and play some chess.

Let's Welcome New Member

2010-01-18T01:35:00.000-08:00

New member Ryan Skinner (right) sits in on a game of 5 minute chess with Ken Arnold

Tournament Results

2010-01-14T16:14:00.000-08:00

Ken Arnold, Wins 1st. place GREAT JOB!! for 1-10-2010

Reviewed by Ken Arnold (round 6)

2009-12-28T02:21:00.000-08:00

Play Online Chess

JEFF ARNOLD WINS THE HCC CHAMPIONSHIP

2009-12-28T00:22:00.000-08:00

Members from left to right. Ken Arnold, Jeff Arnold, Charles R. Gelinas, Marcos Montes

Jeff Arnold - Champ
Ken Arnold - 2nd place
Charles R. Gelinas 3rd place
Marcos Montes 1st place under 1600

Note*
I'd like to thank every member of the Hemet Chess Club for making 2009 a great new beginning for our chess club and look forward to 2010. "Happy New Years"
By Marcos Montes HCC.President/TD

Time for a little bit of Blitz

2009-12-28T00:14:00.000-08:00

Welcome Leo

2009-12-21T01:11:00.000-08:00

Leo
Is the kind of person i feel like I've known my whole life, he's a crafty chess artist that twists up the board with every game played. We've played at Star Bucks, Swap Meets and anywhere we could set-up a board. Shows up like gunslinger always ready for the first move.
Thanks Leo
By Marcos Montes

HCC CHAMPIONSHIP HAS STARTED

2009-12-14T00:02:00.000-08:00

2009-12-13T23:21:00.000-08:00

Play Online Chess

2009-12-13T22:47:00.002-08:00

Play Online Chess

Tournament Results 12-6-09

2009-12-06T23:11:00.000-08:00

Congrats to Ken Arnold with 1st place "HCC December Club Torneo"

HCC TOURNAMENT PLAY

2009-12-06T22:08:00.000-08:00

Casual Sunday Play

2009-11-26T23:07:00.000-08:00

No tournament this Sunday 11-29-2009, But you could still catch some casual play