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Tournaments
We had a great tournament this last Friday. We had a lot of upsets take place, most notably Shourya Sethi — who managed to beat three players rated 100 points higher, resulting in a 300 point rating jump. Some other notable players were Nila Krishnan and Abhinav Lakshmanan who both had several 100 point draw-upsets.
FBCC has released The Beast. This app assists you with your chess training. Click on the Beast for more details.
New Classes starting this summer
Level 7 - Intermediate tactics
This class is for players who have mastered all of the basic tactics: pins, forks, double attacks, discovered attacks, remove the guard, and counting.
Intermediate tactics teaches how to build combinations — a series of forcing moves that end up with a winning tactic.
Level 14 - play against Bobby Fischer
This is maybe the most fun class we offer. Learning objectives:
- Improve your ability to recognize critical positions
- Improve your ability to analyze critical positions
- In a team environment, gain insight on how other players evaluate positions and select moves.
What do other students say about this Level?
USCF 1200-rated player:
These lessons are very helpful. I’ve learned what to watch out for so I don’t make the same calculation errors in the future. And it helps seeing the moves the grandmasters are playing and we can make those same moves — they’re not so hard we can’t find them now that we’re looking for them.
USCF 900-rated player:
I love being in the Level 14 class because it helps me improve my time management. I get to learn threats and sacrifices that can be used against Bobby Fischer’s style of play. One of my favorite parts is hearing other people’s ideas about a position and sharing my own — it’s a great way to grow and improve my chess knowledge. The games we study are outstanding. I’m always amazed at the unexpected things that can happen in a position. It’aalso really fun to solve kinds of mind-blowing puzzlesw and discuss different ideas with people in the class.