Announcements
Thank You
To all the Club's players and their supporters that went on the A & B Teams in this strong 2025 Pan American Tournament.
Solon Grover tied for 1st place in the 2025 Pan-American Blitz Championship U1800 section tournament at the 2025 Pan American.
Refer to https://new.uschess.org/news/university-texas-rio-grande-valley-wins-2025-pan-american-intercollegiate-championships which stated:
"Over half of the participants competed in the Pan-American Blitz Championship, as well, with 98 players in the Open section and another 94 in the Under-1800 section. Northwestern University’s FM Dachey Lin took clear first in the Open with a 6/6 score, while GM Harshit Raja of Mizzou led the six players tied for second-through-seventh on tiebreaks. In the Under-1800 Blitz, Jainil Trivedi of Arizona State University’s B-team took first place on tiebreaks ahead of Utah-B’s Solon Grover on tiebreaks."
Jack Cook came in 8th in the Under 1800 section there too.
Refer to https://events.charlottechesscenter.org/collegiate/standings?SectionID=17070
Anil Cengiz came in 8th in the Blitz Open tournament at the 2025 Pan American.
Refer to https://events.charlottechesscenter.org/collegiate/standings?SectionID=17069 web page.
Solon and Anil had no losses and Jack only had only one loss in their respective Blitz sections vs. very strong
players.
2025 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Team Championship
Charlotte, North Carolina
January 02 - 05, 2025
With over 90 teams, this is an awesome Pan American that our Club has 2 teams in: Utah A Team rated 2040 in the open section
and the B Team rated 958 in the Under 1800 section.
2025 Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Team Tournament by the Charlotte Chess Center
https://events.charlottechesscenter.org/collegiate
Teams, Players, Pairings (for each round) and Standings (after each round):
Teams: https://events.charlottechesscenter.org/collegiate/teamentries.aspx
Players: https://events.charlottechesscenter.org/collegiate/preentries.aspx
Pairings: https://events.charlottechesscenter.org/collegiate/pairings.aspx OPEN U1800
Standings: https://events.charlottechesscenter.org/collegiate/standings.aspx OPEN U1800
Chess Team Places Second at Intermountain Tournament
Southern Utah University's chess team placed second in the Intermountain Intercollegiate Chess Tournament on Saturday, March 25 at the University of Utah. https://www.suu.edu/news/2023/06/chess-team.html
Richard Lyon Daly
April 13, 1940 - July 4, 2023
Richard Daly who came to the Club, supported several of the Club's Pan American teams with funds and helped in several ways over many years, passed away on July 4th 2023.
Richard played for the Club's team at the 2004 Utah Valley College team match; Richard won his game helping the Club tie the match. Plus he and his brother Robert payed for pizza for all,
Richard and Robert supported the Club by providing pizza for all at the 2005 Intercollegiate Team Tournament vs. Utah State University.
Richard informed me, as I remember, that he had started a Chess Club at BYU in the 1960s.
Richard's obituary is on https://www.serenityfhs.com/obituaries/Richard-Daly-3/#!/TributeWall webpage. and is survived by his brother Robert in Florida and sister in Utah.
Rest in Peace In the Stars Richard