Midway CC 2nd Tournament a Success.

The Midway Chess Club is a young club but we are growing fast. Last month was our first tournament and while it was a little bumpy but the second tournament went much better. We opened on time, lots of preregistrations, good games and lots of fun. Once again thank you to John and Terry of "A Place for Us." and their providing such great food.

This time we had more players with lots of new faces. We were pleased to see Victoria Bian who recently finished 10th at the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls. We were also visited by Chicago State University team Captain William Blackman. The new faces were excited to see the nice venue and to have food on the premises.

Mr. Blackman finished the day with a score of 3.5 out of 4 tying for first place with Dr. Mikhail Korenman.  Ms. Bian tied for second with William "Wick" Deer who drove in from Indiana but the competition was stiff and the outcome was not decided until the last round.

Our next tournament is on September 26th and we hope to be in our new building by then. It is right across the street from "A Place For Us" and they will be the Skittles area. We plan on having the pairings on the big screen T.V. and cameras on the top boards so that the spectators will be able to keep up with the action.