Pictures 2011

MLK-day '12: Luke, Ben, Josh and Andrew and 6 other Simsbury players joined 200 others at the Mighty Pawn's in Kingston, NY. Eric won and our team took 6th place (photo Doug F).

Christmas 2011: The Simsbury Land Trust made a local version of the Monopoly game. Look at the first square. You might know it as Mediterranean Avenue (or Boulevard de Belleville, Bad Straβe, Dorpsstraat, Житная Ул or Geylang dependent on where you're from). It's for sale for 60 Simsbury Dollars. The fee for one visit is only 2 Simsbury Dollars. It's the cheapest place in town. Now, take an even closer look. It's your own Simsbury Public Library Chess Club! Click here to order.

Dec 11 2011: Our Jonathan ended 2nd in the Middle School Section of the New England Championship held at Bradley. Nice job!

Dec 3 2011 we hosted a nice tournament with 35 participants organized by the Avon Chess Club.

David Aldi (right) and Daniel Rozovsky helped run it.

Josh (right) found out how big and tough those 12th graders really are.

JP, were you really playing cards during our tournament? (remember: jouez lentement si'l tu plaît)

Oct 4 '11: a picture from the Hartford Courant

May 24 '11: the new Simsbury 2011 Champions: 2nd grade Falcon Y, 3rd grade Luke M, 4th grade Samantha A, 5th grade Kate T and 6th grade Eric H.

The solution:

1. If it's pinks turn: 0-0 followed by Rd1 mate
2. If it's greens turn: ..Ra6, now pink is not allowed to castle because on the previous pink's move the king or rook must have been played because otherwise there are only pawns on the cake that are still in their starting position. The pawns could not have been played. Therefore either the king or the rook played and, therefore, pink is not allowed to castle. Now, the mate is an easy ..Ra1 on the second green move after any pink move.

May 24 '11: Samantha with a nice book written and personally signed by the ex US women chess champion Jennifer Shahade.

May 24 '11: Musicians and chessplayers: Henry, Kyra, Gabby, Kate, ...

May 24 '11: Cake, trophies, puzzle, books, ..

Apr 2 '11: success for Simsbury at the 2011 Connecticut State Chess Championship in Fairfield. Jonathan got 3rd place in the Elementary School Section. Eric did the same in the Middle School Section.

Apr 2 '11: the trophies at the 2011 Connecticut State Chess Championship were a little over the top...

March '11: Jacob just got his level 1 trophy from the coach, level 2 is next!

Feb 27 2011: Ben F. got real comfortable in a UConn auditorium in Storrs - he picked up 2 trophies!
(photo Cathie Oken)

Feb 27 2011: Team picture at UConn in Storrs. (photo Cathie Oken)

MLK-day '11: we had fun at the Saint Joseph's Mighty Pawn tournament in Kingston, NY (photo Sashi)

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