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7/17/2004-Been a
long time since I have been able to get some updates up. Anyway, the
2004 Waco Open has been scheduled and posted. Please click HERE
to go there now. |
| 10/02/2002-Got the
info for the Quick Chess Championship up. I hope you guys come out to
take part. Click HERE to go there. |
| 08/29/2002-Ken
Henkelman wins his second city championship! Henkelman faced the only
other person to have his name on the Janes Cup-Jason Howell- in the last
round. Howell was a half point ahead and only need a draw to
win. Henkelman buckled down and won two pawns out of the open.
Things got exciting as the 3 time city champion won back his two pawns and
looked as though he was going to hold the draw. Henkelman's knight
found squares and was able to eat pawns leading Henkelman to his second city
championship. |
| 06/29/2002-Keving
Fleming and Jason Howell take top honors at the 4th Annual Waco Open.
Mike Simpson wins the Reserve Section. Waco is still breaking records
as this tournament is still growing. This installment boasted 60
players and a prize fund over $600. Other winners include: Top
A-Aurelio Gonzales, Top B-Robert McGregor, Larry Kocian, Top C-Bryan Smith,
2nd Reserve + Top E- Dan Rath and Marvin Wells. Another great
tournament! Special Thanks to John DeVries, Glenn Gilbert, Ken
Henkelman, and Windy Leal. |
| 05/18/2002-Larry
Kocian Repeats as Waco Scholastic Champion. Robinson High take top team
honors. Full story pending. |
| 5/1/2002-Information
for Waco's Scholastic Championship is now up. Click HERE
to go there now. |
| 3/14/2002-Finally
nailed down the site for our next tournament, Waco March Swiss,
3/23/3002. Check out the details HERE. |
| 02/23 - 02/24/2002-
Team Waco placed 6th out of 11 at the Texas Team Championship. This
year's team was comprised of: Gary Webb, Ken Henkelman, Larry Kocian, and
John DeVries. View the full report HERE. |
| 02/16/2002-Henkelman,
and Miller take home top honors in the Waco February Swiss. Kocian
took home the top <1400 prize. See the full results HERE. |
| 01/19/2002-Rohrbaugh,
Tia, and Howell tie for 1st in Waco January Swiss. Darieck Foster wins
the Reserve. Go to Past Tournaments for the
full results. |
| 12-21-2001-Finally
got the information nailed down for our January Tournament. Go there HERE.
Also, setup the site to accept Texas Chess Association Memberships.
Check it out HERE. |
| 12/01/2001-Team Waco
suffered its first defeat as the Temple VA Chess Club brought a wonderful
team and broke their 4 match losing streak. We will get them next
time!! |
| 11/25/2001-Added a
link to the University of Texas at
Dallas Chess Club. Home of the nation's top collegiate chess team. |
| 11/10/2001-4 tie at
Waco Thanksgiving Open. Larry Young, Gary Webb, Govind Persad, and
Ricky Pierce win the Open section. Stuart Madsen wins the Reserve with
Calvin Furlong taking clear second. Final results HERE. |
| 10/21/2001-Added
information on our 65th Anniversary Banquet! Click HERE
to go there now. |
| 10/6/2001-Ken
Henkelman wins the Waco Quick Championship!! Details to come. I
promise a long story of both Jason and Ken's victory!! |
| 10/5/2001-The Waco
Scholastic Chess Club held a simul today with Mario. With just 10
minutes left until time to leave, John Warren stepped in and finished 4 of
the games left while Mario handled the other 7. The outcome was
18-0-0. Replaced
Flag with a ribbon in honor of the victims of September 11th. |
| 10/1/2001-The Waco
Chess Club is proud to announce that US
Chess Live is now our Official Chess server. We are compiling a
list of Waco Chess Players and their handles who play on this server.
If you would like to be added, please email
me. If you would like that list, please email
me. Only Waco Chess Club members will be given this list.
Also, I added some more associations the "Neighboring
Associations" part of our links page. |
| 09/25/2001-I added a
flag to our website in honor of the victims of the September 11th
tragedy. If you would like to donate money or see how you can help,
there are several charities that are doing great work. Try these: The
Salvation Army, The American Red
Cross, or The United Way of
New York. |
|
09/22/2001-Tim Pernes
of Ft.Worth takes lone first at the September Swiss. Gary Webb and
Carmen Chairez finish tied for second. The Reserve Section saw Nolan
Slesnick and Calvin Furlong finish 1st and second respectfully. Click HERE
to see the final standings. |
|
09/20/2001-Jason
Howell wins Waco City Championship and takes the Janes Cup home for the
third time. A story is in the works so stay tuned. |
| 09/19/2001-Added information about
Waco's Quick Chess Championship. Click HERE to go there. |
| 08/28/2001-Added information about
our next tournament. Click HERE to go there. |
| 08/12/2001-Added 2001 Waco Open
games to the Analysis board. Click HERE to
go there. |
| 07/23/2001-I have put information on
our City Championship. Click HERE
to go there. |
| 07/21/2001-Our treasurer, John
DeVries shares his recent journey atop Mount Pedernal. It is an
interesting story--Check it out HERE. |
| 07/14/2001-Team Waco Takes on the
Temple VA team. Facing tougher opposition, Waco still came out on top
9.5 to 6.5. Click HERE for the full story. |
| 06/30/2001-Tia wins 3rd Annual Waco
Open. Finishing with a perfect 4.0, the Texas Armed Forces Champion won his
second Waco Open. Darieck Foster of Harker Heights took first in the
Reserve Section. Click HERE to read
the full story. |
| 06/27/2001-Added a new link to the
Links page. This link is to a site that lists all the tournaments
being held in Texas. Click HERE to go to the
Links Page. |
| 06/25/2001-We can now accept Credit
Cards online for entry fees!! Thanks to the secure and fast service
that Paypal provides, we can finish the
entire entry process on the web. Other items are in the works like:
USCF memberships and TCA memberships. Go to the Tournaments
page to get registered for the Waco Open! |
| 06/20/2001-Larry Kocian found a
great database of Fischer's games from 1955-1992. I added them to the Analysis
Board. Enjoy them HERE. Thanks
Larry! |
| 06/17/2001-Added more
databases to the Analysis Board. Special for our Blackmar-Diemar and
King's Gambit players, You know who you are, are some extensive databases
that can be used to help learn these exciting openings. Both files are
large so they take some time to process. Please be patient.
Also, I added a tournament and match: 2001 Wijk aan Zee and Kasparov's
historic match with Deep Blue. Click HERE
to go there now. |
| 06/2/2001-Team Waco Took the win
home against the Temple VA Chess Club. This match consisted of three
players from each club. Waco's team boasted John DeVries, John Warren,
and Larry Kocian. Temple VA brought strong players in Eddy Sammons,
Jerry Andrews, and B.C. Black. Waco came out winning the match at 5.5
to 3.5. |
| 05/28/2001-Waco is home to a 3 time
State Champion. Jason Howell won the Texas State Amateur Championship
for the 3rd time. He went undefeated with 5 wins and 2 draws.
Jason, YOU ARE THE MAN!!!! View the final results HERE. |
| 05/19/2001-Waco has a new
champion. Larry Kocian of Robinson HS won the 2nd Annual Scholastic
Chess Championship of Waco. View the complete story HERE. |
| 05/16/2001-Mario presents the Team
Championship at AJ Moore's Award Ceremony. Added pictures from
this. See them HERE. |
| 05/12/2001-AJ Moore Wins Scholastic
Team Chess Championship of Waco. Led by 2000 Waco Scholastic Champion,
Eric Washington, the "Dawgs" went undefeated. Click HERE
for more information. |
| 05/07/2001-The Waco Chess Club's
Mailing Address has changed. It is now: PO Box 5768, Waco, TX
76708. Also, changed the colors and overall "look" of the
site. Let me know what you think!! |
| 04/30/2001-Set up information for
our scholastic Championships. Click HERE to go there now. |
| 04/29/2001-Posted results from the
Waco April Swiss---Carmen Chairez scores 4.0 to win!! Click HERE
to goto the crosstable. |
| 04/27/2001-A Waco Chess Club
Exclusive!! National Expert Ron Deike has sent us an annotated game
from the 2001 Ken Smith Memorial. Click HERE
to go to the Analysis board. |
| 04/24/2001-Added Kramnik - Kasparov
2000 Braingames World Championship games to Analysis
board. Added new counter to homepage. This counter interacts
with FIDE and puts us in the running for
"Top Chess Site." Added some small graphics to the Analysis, News,
Info, Registration and Links pages. |
| 04/21/2001-Robert Casiano wins the
Waco April Scholastic with a perfect 4.0 score!! Go Robert!!! |
| 04/17/2001-Added 3rd Annual Waco
Open Details. Click HERE to view the
tournaments page. |
| 04/16/2001-An article in Time
Magazine mentions Mario Leal. Click HERE
to go to the article at Time.com. |
| 04/07/2001-TEAM WACO DEFEATS TEMPLE
VA CHESS CLUB - A four person chess team comprised of Jim Bradfield, Joe
Helton, John DeVries, and Lisa DeVries traveled to Temple on April 7th for a
match with the "Temple VA Chess Club". Click
HERE for the TEAM WACO news page. |
| 04/05/2001-Jason Howell held a simul
at Whitney ISD. After playing around 60 games, Jason was
unbeaten. Way to go Jason!! |
| 03/26/2001-The Waco Chess Club is
having two tournaments in April: Waco April Swiss and Waco April
Scholastic. Check out the details HERE!
Hope to see you all there! |
| 03/25/2001-I added a cool Java applet for the
Analysis Board. You can view games from the 2000 Waco Open. Also, I put in an
openings database, endings database and a selection of puzzles from Reinfeld's "1001
Brilliant Ways to Checkmate." Check it out!!! |
| 03/24/2001-The Waco Chess Club's Website moves to
http://www.marioandwindy.com/wacochess/
There will be many additions to this new site. Lot's of graphical
changes (Gotta get those chess graphics on)!! Check back often to see any new
changes. |
| 03/15/2001-Posted pictures from the 3/15/2001
club meeting. Check them out HERE! |
| 02/14/2001-Four Waco Players competed at the
Region II Scholastic Middle and High School Championships held Feb.10 in Mansfield. 62
players competed in the High School section. Waco Scholastic Champion, Eric Washington
placed 17th. Joel Baker placed 32nd. Robert Casiano placed 36th. Eric and Robert made up
the AJ Moore Academy team. They placed 10th out of 15 teams. A nice feat by a team with
just 2 members. In the Middle School section, Matt Keil brought home a ribbon as he placed
15th out of 55 players. Waco was well represented as all the players fought hard. Good Job
guys!!! For complete standings, visit: http://members.tripod.com/GFWCC/ |
| 02/04/2001-Waco's very own Gary Webb (1751)Ken
Henkelman (1751), John DeVries (1271), and Mario Leal (1259) put it to 'em at the State
Championship held in San Antonio, Feb.3rd and 4th. Hats off to the team! Read Mario's post for some first hand details. |
