Club News

On November 19, 2015, the Glenwood Chess Club hosted the Todd Frietag Master Chess Simul. Eighteen enthusiastic players were on hand to battle Illinois’ newest Master!

 

(Editor's Note:  Frietag eclipsed the magic Master mark tying for the championship of the 2015 Midwest Class. His rating is now 2224).

 

Mr. Freitag was very personable as he smiled and greeted players before the matches began. Then, he proceeded to methodically and systematically dissect his opponents one by one.

 

In a contest that lasted nearly 60 moves, one challenger pulled off an extremely narrow victory in a game that could have gone either way.

 

(Editor's note:  the author of the article was too modest to mention it himself, but we have learned that it was Orlan himself who managed to eek out a victory against Mr. Freitag -- Freitag reportedly was lining up a queen plus knight checkmate when he was hit with a back rank check, forcing the loss of the knight. This gave Smith a knight plus pawn advantage which lead to eventual resignation.) 

 

To be fair to Todd, his lone stubborn competitor was a USCF Lifetime Member who has been playing chess before Mr. Frietag was born (in 1981)! 

 

At the conclusion of the event, everyone seemed impressed with both Mr. Freitag’s chess and social interaction skills and we were glad he was able to visit our club.

 

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