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PCS 2011-2012 Grand Prix Season!

2011-09-08T10:53:00.000-04:00

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2011-2012 Grand Prix Series

October 1^st, 2011 DSA

November 5^th , 2011 DSA

December 10^th, 2011 DSA

January 14^th, 2012 DSA

February 21^st , 2012 DSA

March 24^th, 2012 DSA

Dear all, we hope that you have had a great summer. It is time to kick off another Grand Prix season!

This season will consist of 6 Tournaments in which a team must participate in at least 4 tournaments to qualify for a team trophy. There will be 5 USCF rated divisions K1, K3, K5, K8, K12 and a non-member division. Individual trophies will be given out each tournament. Teams will receive certificates each tournament and awarded team trophies when the season concludes. All tournaments this year will be held at the state of the art Divine Savior Academy. It is a beautiful playing site that the players really enjoy. It is located at 10311 NW 58 St, Doral. All tournaments will start at 9am sharp, and will consist of 5 rounds, 30 min. each player. For more info please email chessgil@gmail.com or call 305.495.8155 or 786.543.3547. All information will be posted at www.gonzalezrenier.com. This season we will have monthly updates on team standings, and have a room for parents and coaches where they can watch videos. Lunch and snacks will be available on-site. We will also have weekly info and updates that you can find on http://professionalchess.blogspot.com/ This year registration will be done by submitting a roster with; name, division, USCF ID, school name, and rating. The cost is $12 per tournament or $10 if you pay for the season $60 (cash, check,).

The non-member division will be open to all players. The prizes for the non-member division will be USCF memberships and certificates to the Top 3 players (10 player minimum).

Please feel free to email chessgil@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Happy New Year!

2010-01-03T19:49:00.000-05:00

PCS would like to wish you all a Happy New year! Thank you for your continuos support of Professional Chess services. Our next tournament will be on Saturday January 9th at DSA. Here are the Top Team results of our last tournament. We look forward to seeing you all on January 9th.

K1

1st Amelia
2nd EBTEL
3rd Everglades

K3

1st Amelia
2nd Bay Harbor
3rd Coral Reef
4th John Smith
5th Everglades

K5

1st DSA
2nd Everglades
3rd Amelia
4th Bay Harbor
5th USA

K8

1st Hialeah Gardens
2nd DSA
3rd Everglades
4th Rockway
5th USA

K12

1st Ferguson
2nd Doral
3rd Ronald Reagan
4th Nautilus

PCS Grand Prix 3 This Saturday December 12th

2009-12-10T01:06:00.000-05:00

PCS GP 3 is this Saturday December 12th at DSA. We look forward to seeing you all there. Please remember to email your registration to chessgil@gmail.com.

Thank you!

PCS GP 2 Results

2009-11-19T11:46:00.001-05:00

Thank you all for a successful PCS Grand Prix 2 Tournament! We are proud that we had a great tournament on Saturday and we are looking forward to our next tournament on December 12th. Also please note that Gp2 has been rated for all sections. Below are the team standings.

K1

1st Everglades
2nd EBTEL
3rd Amelia

K3

1st Amelia
2nd Bay Harbor
3rd Everglades

K5

1st Amelia
2nd Bay Harbor
3rd DSA
4th Everglades
5th Calusa

K8

1st Hialeah Gardens
2nd DSA
3rd Bay Harbor
4th Everglades
5th Rockway

K12

1st Ferguson
2nd Terra
3rd Nataulis

Have a very Happy Thanksgiving and see you all on December 12.

PCS GP 2 Saturday November 14th

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PCS GP 2 Saturday November 14th 2009.

Please send your registration to ChessGil@gmail.com

Tal Memorial 2009

2009-10-18T23:43:00.000-04:00

The Tal Memorial 2009 will be one of the strongest tournaments of recent times. With 8 of the world's top 10 participating. To win this tournament will be an incredible feat. Let's just hope that the players come to fight. Usually in a tournament this strong there is an very high draw percentage. Morozevich, Ivanchuk and Carlsen will come to play. It will be hard to predict the mindset of the other players. Anand has an upcoming World Championship title defense, Kramnik can win this tournament if he decides he wants to, or you can expect an equal to +1 score if he is just looking for an equal result. Aronian is the man to beat lately. Gelfand, Leko, and Svidler you can expect many draws from an they will be happy with and equal score. Ponomariov has not been playing enough chess lately to be able to compete in such a strong event. I will be very surprised if one of the top 4 seeds do not win this event. If Carlsen can pull off another performance like he did in Nanjing, he will be without doubt the world #1.

Viswanathan Anand 2788
Levon Aronian 2773
Magnus Carlsen 2772
Vladimir Kramnik 2772
Peter Leko 2762
Vassily Ivanchuk 2756
Boris Gelfand 2756
Alexander Morozevich 2750
Peter Svidler 2741
Ruslan Ponomariov 2741

Ray Robson America's Newest GM! Go Ray!

2009-10-14T01:14:00.001-04:00

Ray Robson is now Grandmaster Robson. Congratulations Ray! Ray made his 3rd and final GM norm in Montevideo, Uruguay this weekend. Ray at 14 is now the youngest ever GM to play for America. He will turn 15 this month on the 25th. It will be interesting to see the changes in him now that he is a GM.

Next tournament November 14th

2009-10-14T00:56:00.001-04:00

Next PCS tournament will be November 14th at D.S.A.

Thank you!

Change of Date Grand Prix 2

2009-10-13T17:53:00.003-04:00

PCS Tournament 2 has been officially changed from November 21st to November 14th. Please make a note of it. We hope to see you all there.

PCS GP 1 Results

2009-10-11T18:36:00.004-04:00

We will like to thank Jon Altoff and DSA for a very successful first tournament. Thank you all again for your continuos support.

Below are the results of the Top winners, congratulations!

K3 Top 5 Individual

1 VICTOR WANG SMITH

2 GABRIEL LEE CORALR

3 DAVID MEDINA BISCAY

4 ANNAMARIA NURYASIN BISCAY

5 ALEXANDER MEDINA BISCAY

K5 Top 5 Individual

1 SEBASTIAN LOJANO USA

2 EMMANUEL TAGUIAM BAYHAR

3 AJAY SUHKAWANI EVERGL

4 LUCCIANO SEPULVEDA DSA

5 ETHAN SANJURJO EVERGL

K8 Top 5 Individual

1 JOAQUIN MAGGI DORALM

2 FRANK HUASER OLSEN

3 STANELY PESCADOR FLAGLE

4 JOSE MACHADO BISCAY

5 SANTIAGO MUNOZ DSA

K12 Top 5 Individual

1 JAVIER VALENTIN TERRA

2 ABELARDO MANTALVO FERGUS

3 BRUNO MAGGI RONALD

4 ARIEL NUNEZ NAUTIL

5 JOSE CASTRO RONALD

Top Teams

1 BISCAYNE

2 JOHN SMITH

3 BAY HARBOR

4 CORAL

5 EVERGLADES

1 DSA

2 EVERGLADES

3 BAY HARBOR

1 HIALEAH GARDEN

2 DORAL MIDDLE

3 DSA

4 OLSEN

5 BAYHAR

K12

1 RONALD REAGAN

2 TERRA

3 FERGUSON

4 NAUTILUS

See you all again in November!

PCS GP 1 Kicks off Tomorrow!

2009-10-09T11:29:00.002-04:00

Saturday October 10 we kick of the 2009-2010 Grand Prix Season. Don't forget to email your rosters to chessgil@gmail.com. We will begin at 9am sharp. See you tomorrow!

Kamsky Baku 2009

2009-09-19T14:03:00.002-04:00

Gata Kamsky will compete in the 2009 Baku Open. Lets see if he can bounce back from the rough time he has had lately. He has not been the same since his loss to Topalov. It happens to a lot of players. I am sure he will soon regain his form. Hopefully in time for November's FIDE World cup. I also think that since he has qualified for the Candidates tournament already he is not too motivated. Even in the upcoming World Cup the winner will receive a spot into the Candidates matches which he he already qualified for. So how hard will he push? He is the defending champion so hopefully that will be motivation enough. At the very least he will want to rise in the world rankings again. Despite his current loss in rating points he is still the top player in the U.S. in my opinion.

2009-09-16T19:31:00.002-04:00

For the first time that I can remember the World Top 10 is the world Top 10. Usually there are players that had a good tournament and creep in there, but this looks accurate. I wouldn't put them in this exact order, but they are the Top 10. If I were to change anything I would add Svidler who is 12th and take out Radjabov. FIDE will now be publishing 6 lists a year instead of 4.

1	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2813	0	1975
2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	0	1969
3	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	13	1982
4	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	10	1990
5	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	10	1975
6	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2762	23	1979
7	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2757	10	1987
8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2756	42	1969
9	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2756	33	1968
10	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	18	1977

2009-09-09T01:49:00.003-04:00

We are ready start the 2009-10 PCS Grand Prix in memory of Mr. Arden Dilley. Here are the dates: All tournaments will be held at Divine Savior Academy 10311 NW 58 St, Doral 33178.

October 10^th, 2009 DSA

November 14th, 2009 DSA

December 12^th, 2009 DSA

January 9^th, 2010 DSA

February 6^th, 2010 DSA

March 13^th, 2010 DSA

April 10^th, 2010 DSA

May 8^th, 2010 DSA

Hello and welcome to the Professional Chess Blog!

2009-09-09T01:01:00.000-04:00

Hello chess fans my name is Gil Luna and this is my Professional Chess blog. The purpose of this blog is not only to update you and our Professional Chess Services tournaments, but also to update you on the things going on in the chess world. Chess tournaments, books, training, and live commentary. I especially want to focus and some of the Florida rising stars who in my opinion need more recognition. Thank you and I hope you all enjoy.