BULLETIN OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA CHESS ASSOCIATION VOL 29#1 March 2006 I apologize for my delay in getting this bulletin out. We have had ten chess events in our area since the last bulletin .Normally, I try to put out a bulletin in December to advertise the winter events. John Donaldson wrote a fine article for the January 2006 Chess Life “ The 2005 Governor's Cup was directed by Jill and Terry Likens and organized by Jeff Barth with De and David Knudson handling fundraising. One of the things that makes the Governor's Cup unique is the tremendous support from the local business community. This year the sponsors included: CorTrust Bank, DakotaCorrugated Box Co., Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, First Premier Bank and Premier Bankcard, Inc., Great Western Bank, Holiday Inn City Center, Midcontinent Media, Inc., Qwest Foundation, Paul Salem, Sioux Valley Hospitals and Health System, The Everist Company, The First National Bank in Sioux Falls, Wal-Mart Foundation and Way Trust.” De Knudson and Jeff Barth have announced that the 11th Governor’s Cup will be held at the Holiday Inn in Sioux Falls from October 27-29,2006. We would like to thank Terry and Jill Likens who directed six of these events, Randy Christenson who organized the Chess Nuts tournament and brought the Grandview team to seven of these tournament Glenn Eide who organized the Girls State Championship and brought the Pierre Indian Learning Center team to seven tournament, Eric Abrahamson who organized the Veterans Day Scholastic, the Black Hills Classic and the South Dakota Scholastic Chess Tournament Mark Derby who organized the Coyote Classic and Nels Truelson who directed the Coyote, Matt Stensland -Bos who organized the Luverne Chess Festival, Jeff Barth who directed the Sioux Falls Chess Club Fall Swiss and Bob Wallace who ran the Pierre Chess Club tournament not to mention the innumerable parents who brought kids to tournaments and helped out at the sites. The Grandview parents deserve a big hand for their work in assisting the tournament directors and fund raising.
Taryn Gerdes will represent South Dakota at the Susan Polgar Tournament in August while Nick Truelson will represent us at the Arnold Denker Tournament. Nick won his first State High School Championship with a playoff victory over Isaac Gerdes. Sioux Falls O’Gorman snapped Sioux Falls Home Schools’s streak of five straight state high school championships with a team consisting of Isaac, Jordan and Taryn Gerdes. In fact this was the first year that Sioux Falls Home School did not win a state team championship in any division since it first entered the State Scholastic Chess Championships in 1998. Rapid City South won its first junior high championship since 1996.Rapid City Grandview won three divisions and PierreIndian Learning Center won the remaining division. The South Dakota Team Championship will be held on June 3 and 4 at the Visitors Center in Pierre. The annual meeting of the South Dakota Chess Association will be held on June 4 at 8am. CLUB NEWS Sioux Falls Jeff Barth directed the Sioux Falls Chess Club Fall Swiss. Twelve persons played in this tournament. Jeff and James Lenz finished tied with 3 points while Michael Nelson and Greg Waters who drew with Jeff tied for 3rd and 4th. .Sioux Empire Chess Club meets at the Kenny Anderson CommunityCenter,3rd & Bahnson, Sioux Falls, SD on Thursdays from 6:3010:00pm Dick Rostrom is in charge 338-4277. PIERRE CHESS CLUB Contact Bob Wallace, PO Box 416, Pierre, SD 57501 Pierre Chess Club Championship, 2005Bob Wallace 5Gary Wallace - 5Larry Christiansen - 1Larry Cass 1 Brookings Chess Club: Contact Bruce Brandt work 605/688-4058 home 605/5789email: brand73 @mchsi.com RAPID CITY CHESS CLUB meets at Interstate Hardees meeting room, 2250 Haines Ave., Rapid City, SD Thursdays at 7pm. Contact Terry Likens 605/348-1015 E-mail: sdchess @rushmore.com Rapid City chess Club Championship 1.Lyle Hanson