Upcoming Events

On Saturday, May 17th (Please note date change, it was originally set for May 24, but that is the weekend of the U.S. Amateur West), Desert Paradise will be holding a one day event, the 3rd Victoria Day tournament. This will be a 3 round Swiss System with a time control of 40 moves per hour. Registration starts at Noon with the first round getting underway at 12:30. The Entry Fee is only $15 ($10 EF and $5 site fee).The Prize Fund is 100% of the EF.

The U.S. Amateur West Regional Chess Championship is once again heading to Tucson, this May 24-26 (a SACA hosted event).

We hope to see you at one (or both) of these events.

Jennifer Shahade will be holding a Simul at Hotel Congress on Saturday May 10th - Click here for more details Thanks to Jennifer and Jean Hoffmann for their work on this organization.

We have an interesting request from Dr. James Gould and would appreciate it if you can find the time to fill out his questionnaire:

As a chess player and researcher at the University of Northern Colorado I am exploring the psychological nature of chess as well as the social benefits afforded chess enthusiasts. The results from this study will be published in a popular press chess magazine. We invite you to participate in this study to help further the intellectual pursuit of chess. The questionnaire takes approximately 12 to 15 minutes to complete and is devoted entirely to chess. Additional information is available on the 1st page of the questionnaire which can be found at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=oH0YxNJnN_2f6wntfNHvOwDQ_3d_3d

Thank you, in advance, for your help on this project. All the best in chess!

James Gould, Ph.D.
University of Northern Colorado

Dated 4/15/08: Patrick Du Four and Steve Farmer share top honors at the 6th Annual Queen's Birthday with 3 out of 4 (due to the schedule, both player had a 1/2 point bye). More details and games to come later. I have put up my games with some notes that you can view by clicking here.

Rob Keough wins the 1st Fischer Memorial Main Event. Click Here For Story & Photos - Steve Farmer wins the Fischer 30-30 tournament.

All games available for viewing: Click here for the 30-30 Event, Click here for the Fischer Memorial Main Event

A new addition to our web site is our games section using Chessbase html, a function that allows us to post games that you can play through on the web site. Presently we have have only a couple of samples and we hope to have more as we file reports on local tournaments. Check back after the Fischer Memorial to see some new games! To see what we currently have, click on to our Games Page.

Check back periodically, or you can simply e-mail Steve Farmer or Ed Yetman to be notified when the site has been updated.