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2025 SCO Games - Test

Games [Event "30th Space Coast Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.05.03"] [Round "3"] [White "Blanco Milhet, Leandro"] [Black "Stone, Wang"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Blanco Milhet,Leandro"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "89"] [GameId "2178563455131703"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 0,89,24,23,24,22,21,23,30,17,24,15,24,20,41,44,43,36,43,20,35,35,29,-6,27,24,9,16,47,47,48,48,96,96,79,70,79,49,45,45,39,39,37,34,34,26,33,58,32,24,64,17,81,43,150,108,269,265,286,281,660,770,846,617,705,693,721,721,679,725,1040,1036,1419,1537,1537,1538,2120,2367,29985,29986,29987,1477,1670,1225,1178,1219,29993,29994,29997,29998,29999,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Qb6 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. h4 $5 {Interesting move. White risks everything for the attack and leaves his King in the middle of the board for a while.} (11. Qh5 g6...

Monthly Scholastic & Open Tournament Starting August 27th!

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 Monthly Scholastic & Open Tournament Starting August 27th! We are excited to announce that starting at the end of August, the Space Coast Chess Foundation will be hosting a monthly tournament including a scholastic and open (non-scholastic) tournament.  The scholastic tournament will feature sections for different age ranges, and the open will feature a U1600 and open section. The first tournament will take place at the Space Coast Health Foundation in Rockledge.  Entry fees are $20 for students and $35 for adults. All sections will feature prizes based on the number of entries! For more details, click  here. Image: Recent weekly chess tournament at Bula Kava Bar in Cocoa Beach. Written: July 17th, 2022 by Sean Malone

Tournament Report: 27th Space Coast Open, April 22-24, 2022 "Timur Gareyev Repeats in Style"

Table of Contents The 27th Space Coast Open in Pictures WGM Sabina Foisor live commentary       Rounds 2 & 3       Round 4       Round 5 Games from the 27th Space Coast Open, April 22-24, 2022 Final Standings - Cross Tables:       Master Section       Class A       Class B       Class C       Class D       Class E/Under 1200       Blitz  27th Space Coast Open Event Details (pre-event flyer)

Blog Entry Quick Access Index

27th Space Coast Open Tournament Report : "Timur Gareyev Repeats in Style" SCCF Awarded Silver Seal of Transparency, rated in top 2% of non-profits for transparency by GuideStar 26th Space Coast Open Tournament Report : "Ukrainian Takes Over Space Coast Open" 25th Space Coast Open Tournament Report : "Sofia Brings Fighting Chess to the Beach for the 25th Space Coast Open" 24th Space Coast Open Tournament Report, April 28-30, 2017 : "Who Needs a Chess Board Anyway?" Helpful Info for Chess Web Publishing       Word to html and inserting images in html and in Word       Publishing Games with Game Viewer to Web Site using ChessBase 14

Final Standings for 27th Space Coast Open: Master/Expert Section

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Med T-Solkoff T-Cumul. Prize 1 GM TIMUR GAREYEV 2653 W33 W23 W24 W2 D3 4.5 12 12.5 14.5 $1600.00/Trophy / 1 st Place 2 BREJESH CHAKRABARTI 2241 W9 W8 W14 L1 W11 4.0 13.5 16 13 $900.00/Trophy / 2 nd -4 th Place (tie) / Top U2400 (tie) 3 IM YUNIER LEVYA RIVERA 2436 H--- W21 W27 W5 D1 4.0 12 12 11.5 $800.00  / 2nd-4th Place (tie) 4 FM CESAR VALIDO BOUZA 2246 H--- W17 ...