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Results: 2009 Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship Standings 2009 Utah Team Championship 2009 Student Chess Championship Utah Competes In the 2008 Pan-American Tournament Utah Meets High Expectations in CCL Utah Players Shine in US Open U of U Team WINS the 2007 Utah Team Championship * 11/6/07 - Chess Team Making Big Moves The U of U chronicle published an article on the chess club describing our goals and accomplishments: It takes hard work. It takes dedication. Most of all, it takes brains. * 11/4/07 - Ivan Martynenko vs Ian Harrris (rated 2051) Our last undefeated player, Ivan won his 4th round match against a strong expert from Dallas. It was a close game that had to be played carefully to the very end. Review the entire game here. * 10/13/07 - U of U Team WINS the 2007 Utah Team Championship (photos) Congratulations to our U of U team consisting of Ivan Martynenko, Enrique Arce-Larreta, and Petro Grechanei for winning in this very prestigious event. Many games were close, well played, and tough versus some of the best Chess players in Utah. Also, our Chess Club had two other teams that played in this team tournament composed of U of U students, U of U Alumni, Staff, and a very Strong Student Chess Player from University of LaSalle located in Mexico City, Mexico. Our club advisor, Robert, estimates that at least 50% of all of the Chess Players in the tournament had some connection to the University of Utah (either Students, Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Affiliates, etc). The Coffee Club from Talorsville, Utah lead by John Coffey who provided a lot of support to the Chess Club at the University of Utah in the 1990's. Utah State University, Salt Lake Community College, the Chen Family and Whittier Elementary School each had a team play in this tournament.
* 6/12/07 - Joe becomes the new president Toly stepped down to make way for new leadership. Joe is only the third president of the new U of U chess club. May his reign be long and prosperous! * 4/1/07 - Utah does all right in the CCL Spring 2007 Team Tournament All three of our teams managed to finish in the top half of the standings list. Our first team came in 8th with 9.5 points, our second team 16th with 7.5 points, and our third team 13th with 8 points. The second team finished 2nd among 2nd teams, behind only by E&H college (which we beat 3-1). Also, Utah is the only school with a third team, which finished better than most first teams. You can view the complete results here * 3/31/07 - There's a new student champion in town
* 2/05/07 - 2nd Annual Igor Ivanov Memorial
 Utah players anxiously await the conclusion of the last remaining game in the tournament. Rafaele, still playing, pulled out a draw, making this the only loss-less round in the tournament for Utah.  Round 3 in the CCL tournament was brutal for Utah players, as is evident on their faces. Jon Monstrola was the only one who provided a non-default win for the U. * 9/11/06 - The Utah Chronicle published an article on the chess club today titled "U chess club kicks off gaming season". It describes our achievements and our goals for the upcoming year. For more details, view the article. * 8/26/06 - Petro Grechanei, our vice president and 2nd team player won 1st place two times in a row in the B section of the quick tournament held in Salt Lake Community college. This last Saturday he won the A section, drawing Greg Lee, then beating John Coffey and Tony Chen to take first place. * 7/9/06 - The U of U chess club web site was completely redesigned by Toly. I hope everyone likes the new look. Club members can now achieve an official club rating by playing other rated members. * 7/8/06 - Ivan Martynenko, a University of Utah Student and 1st board of Utah's 1st Team, won the Utah Blitz Chess Championship Tournament in 5 minute chess. Ivan was tied for 1st place in the tournament, then defeated Jeff Phillips, Chess Master and a former Utah State Chess Champion, in the playoff championship games to become the Utah State Chess Blitz Champion. For more information, read the article. * 5/23/06 - The college chess league winter tournament concluded with the U of U's first team finishing fourth with 3 points. U of U's second team finished 21st with 2 points. See the match details and the final standings. * 4/8/06 - We have crowned a new student champion, Ivan Martynenko, who finished with a perfect score of 4.0 in the annual student championship. * 12/17/05 - Both U of U teams finished with losing records, but made a valiant effort against some of the toughest college teams in the nation. The first team finished 2-3 and the second team finished 1-4. See the match details. * 10/13/05 - The University chess club registered two teams to play against other colleges in the Internet College Chess League (ICCL). Big thanks to Robert Williams in his relentless recruiting efforts. * 9/16/05 - Oren Livne played a simultaneous exhibition at Fairmont park and finished with a phenominal record of 14.5-2, losing only to Toly and a grad student and drawing Dav de St. Germain. Congratulations to Oren! see the pictures: [1][2][3] * 8/4/05 - Wes stepped down and Toly was elected president of the chess club by the club board. Wes did an awesome job as president during the first two years of the club's existence! * 6/12/05 - Enrique draws Judit/Susan/Sofia Polgar in a simul! "I ended up using up thirty nine moves in roughly four hours to draw the Polgar sisters in a simul. There was roughly one hundred players there and only a few wins/draws. I played the black side of a four knights opening where the queens where traded early. Both sides had pawn weaknesses, but I thought I was worse for quite some time. Then I thought I embarked on a dubious plan by attacking the Polgar king and letting them fix their pawn structure. I ended up in a bishop and pawn ending where Susan blundered twice to ensure the draw." "I won a free autographed board, pieces, playing card, trading card and kept my scoresheet. I also took photos of me playing Judit with my U of U pin which I wore. I met with the organizers and talked with John Coffey while down there. Everyone was in support of our club." pictures: [1][2] * 6/10/05 - Robert Williams, the adviser to the chess club went out of his way to help a handicapped person during a heavy downpour. His honorable deed made it into the chonicle. See the article. * 6/4/05 - The co-champs Enrique and Toly both lose to Susan Polgar in the simultaneous exhibition (press release). Enrique was one of the last left standing and Toly survived the longest, resigning after the 53rd move. Joshua Coon, also a member of the chess club won the G/60 tournament. See the press release. * 4/16/05 - The U of U chess team tied Air Force 4-4 in a three round match. * 4/09/05 - Toly, Enrique, and Dustin became the U of U chess co-champions. |
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