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| The Pasadena Chess Club |
Big News!!
Fifteen year old WIM Annie Wang, Champion of the Pasadena Chess Club for 2016 & 2017, won the 2017 World Youth Chess Championship for Girls Under 16, with a relentless score of 10½/11, a full 2½ points ahead of the 2nd place finisher.
Annie also came in 2nd place in the 2018 U.S. Women's Chess Championship. Annie & Nazí Paikidze tied at 8½/11 in the regular tournament, and split their two rapid playoff games, before Paikidze finally won the armageddon blitz game to take the title.
Congratulations to out high-achieving Club Champion! As of the May 2018 USCF rating list, Annie is the 2nd highest rated girl (under 21) in the country. As of the May 2018 FIDE rating list, Annie is the 16th highest rated girl (under 21) in the world.
2017 Youth Championship final standings
2018 U.S. Chess Championship
Annie’s FIDE profile
Annie's USCF profile
Note important changes, effective from January 1st, 2018:
Annual club membership dues will go up from $20 to $25 for adults
Annual club membership dues will go up from $10 to $15 for junior members (under 18)
Standard tournament entry fee will go up from $15 to $20
Entry fee for 7 round tournaments will be $25
No admittance to the building before 7:00 PM
Round starting time moved to 7:15 PM
The Pasadena Chess Club meets in the Elmer and Teen Slavik Memorial Building at the Boys and Girls Club, 3230 East Del Mar, Pasadena 91107 (between Rosemead Blvd and San Gabriel Blvd). It's on the south side of Del Mar. Use the west driveway to enter and the east driveway to exit. There is a large parking lot we can use, but occasional events in other buildings on Friday nights might not leave enough parking for everybody, but there is no time limit & no charge for parking on the streets after 6:00 PM, including Del Mar in front of the Boys & Girls Club.
The club will meet from 7:00 to roughly 11:15 PM. Anticipate that start time for all games will move to 7:15 PM sharp, so we can get out by about 11:15 PM with the same time control we use now (40/90, SD/30). But always expect delays on the night of 1st round due to registration.
New Officers: At the meeting on 31 March 2017, the members of the Pasadena Chess Club re-elected the following individuals to their respective offices.
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President and Chief Tournament Director |
Scott Hunt schkjv at yahoo.com |
| Secretary & Treasurer |
Tim Thompson timthompson3 at verizon.net |
As a result of a generous donation the Pasadena Chess Club now has available a substantial library of chess books that can be borrowed by members in good standing. To borrow books, contact one of the club officers before or after their tournament game (borrowing library books is an insufficient emergency to justify interrupting a tournament game).
When? Friday nights opening at 7:00 PM, tournament games start promptly at 7:15 PM. Check the schedule below to make sure we are not closed.
Where? Boys and Girls Club, 3230 East Del Mar, Pasadena 91107 (between Rosemead Blvd and San Gabriel Blvd). See description at the top of this page.
The Pasadena Chess Club is one of the older chess clubs still extant in Southern California. During the 1930's the club successfully hosted a number of international competitions, which included the participation of Alexander Alekhine, then world chess champion. Recent events include successful simultaneous exhibitions by SM Levon Altunian and IM Jack Peters (chess columnist for the Los Angeles Times), and the Tim Pellant Memorial Masters Open.
Note that annual dues & tournament entry fees have risen slightly, to offset increased costs
On This Page ...
Archived results have been removed. You can find cross tables for tournaments dating back to 1991 through the USCF member service area.
The 2017 playing calendar is in the table below. We will post the standings for tournaments as the rounds are completed, and final standings & prizes when the tournaments are completed. A list of club champions follows the calendar.
| Pasadena Chess Club: cross tables for all club tournaments | |||
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Note important changes, effective from January 1st, 2018: Annual club membership dues will go up from $20 to $25 for adults Annual club membership dues will go up from $10 to $15 for junior members (under 18) Standard tournament entry fee will go up from $15 to $20 Entry fee for 7 round tournaments will be $25 No admittance to the building before 7:00 PM Round starting time moved to 7:15 PM | |||
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01/05/2018 02/09/2018 |
Dr. Richard Lewis Memorial |
6 rounds Three Sections |
40 moves in 90 minutes followed by SD/30, $20 entry fee. Arrive by 7:00 PM to register before round 1. USCF & club membership required
2018: Final Standings 2018: USCF Rated Final Standings Posted Wednesday 14 February @ 1:45 PM 2018 Dr. Richard Lewis Memorial Prize List
Section 1
Section 2
Most upset points (single game): Aaron Zhao (501points) |
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02/16/2018 03/23/2018 |
Club Championship
2016 Champion
2017 Champion
2018 Champion |
6 rounds Two Sections Open Section U1000 section (juniors only)
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$25 entry fee 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by SD/30, 10-second delay Note change to 10-second delay
Registration begins at 7 PM on 16 February
Note: Entry fee is $25
2018: PCC Final Standings 2018 Championship Final Prize List
Open Section
Junior Section
Best Upset: Manu Prasad (610 points) |
| 03/30/2018 |
Annual Election Meeting
Championship
Blitz Chess |
double rounds in groups of six |
Game/10, blitz rating system, $20 entry fee. USCF & club membership required
2018: PCC Final Standings
Prize list will be forthcoming soon |
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04/06/2018 05/18/2018 |
Pasadena City Championship |
7 rounds Two Sections |
40 moves in 90 minutes followed by SD/30, 10 second time delay $20 entry fee Registration begins at 7 PM on 4/06. USCF & club membership required
2018: PCC Final Standings 2018 Pasadena City Championship Prize List
Open Section
Junior Section
Best Game (Open): Arturo Armagnac |
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05/25/2018 06/29/2018 |
Mt. Wilson Open |
6 rounds Three Sections Open: 1650 & above Middle: 1000-1649 Junior: 999 & below
Possible top invitational section 2000 and up, depending on entries |
Note change in 1st time control 35 moves in 90 minutes followed by game/30, 10-second time delay $20 entry fee Registration begins at 7PM on 5/25 USCF & club membership required
2017: Final Standings 2017 Mt. Wilson Open Final Prize List
Section 1
Section 2 |
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07/06/2018 08/24/2018 |
Liberty Open |
8 rounds One Section |
Note change in 1st time control 35 moves in 90 minutes followed by game/30, 10-second time delay NOTE: $25 entry fee Registration begins at 7PM on 7/06 USCF & club membership required
2017: Final Standings 2017 Liberty Open Final Prize List
Section 1
Section 2
Best game: Keanna Holcomb (717 points) |
The Champions of the Pasadena Chess Club
A list of champions of the Pasadena Chess Club follows. We don't know who was champion prior to 1967. There was no champion in 1994 because the championship tournament was unexpectedly interrupted when we lost our meeting venue and it was never completed.
1967 Donald Cotton
1968 Andrew Vinock
1969 Alan Carpenter
1970 Don Bicknell
1971 Al Larsen
1972 Greg Francis
1973 Al Larsen
1974 Greg Francis
1975 Jerome Hanken
1976 Neilen Hultgren
1977 Don Bicknell
1978 Rob Salgado
1979 Rob Salgado
1980 Charles Novitski
1981 William Pennucci
1982 William Pennucci
1983 Tim Pellant
1984 Bobby Avila
1985 Don Bicknell
1986 Don Bicknell
1987 Francisco Alonso
1988 Don Bicknell
1989 Don Bicknell
1990 Mel Tyner
1991 Michael Zachary
1992 Matthew Beelby
1993 Andy Sacks
1994 no champion
1995 Matthew Beelby
1996 William Longren
1997 Levon Altounian
1998 Levon Altounian & Mark Saylor
1999 Matthew Beelby
2000 Randy Hough
2001 Levon Altounian
2002 Tonci Korsano Saavedra
2003 William Longren
2004 Mike Zaloznyy
2005 Randy Hough
2006 Chris Lee
2007 Dave Matson
2008 Tianyi He
2009 Konstantin Kavutskiy
2010 Jesse Victoria
2011 Yusheng Xia
2012 Yusheng Xia
2013 IM Tim Taylor
2014 Alexander Xie
2015 Albert Lu
2016 WIM Annie Wang
2017 WIM Annie Wang
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