"Chess @ the Mall" Friday

Who wants to play chess? Well, be at Sunrise Mall
Food Court this Friday starting at 5:00 P.M. Bring
your set and clock for some exciting chess matches.
Eliud Raamirez, now known as "the Royal Bishop"
will be there to battle for the center,  invade your
camp and make your King surrender.  Many good
battles in your chess future to you "Royal Bishop".
Also attending Friday evening will be the powerful
church chess team: "Torre Fuerte"; their game is
aggressively improving. If you like Blitz games,
then little Jesse will be there with his clock. I know
many other chess players will be there as well. So
come early and stay later, but enjoy the
Royal Game of Chess.

World-wide Chess.com Chess Day

Are you ready for a afternoon of chess?
On Saturday, April 16, 2011 Chess.com
will have a world-wide day of chess.
the Brownsville Royal Knights will host
the event at Sunrise Mall Food Court.
Make plans to attend and meet new chess
players from the area. I am elCaballeroBRK
on this chess site. Check out chess.com or
http://www.meetup.com/ChessCom/Brownsville-Royal-Knights/90590/?a=bn1_l1for more INFO.

Friday Evening: "Chess @ the Mall"

Early Friday I started to text everyone: "Chess @ the Mall"
6:00 p.m. bring your set and play a game." The calls started
to come in.  Oziel Juarez needed a drive, so we were
running late, but when we got there the action on the
64 squares began.  I decided to play King's Gambit in all
my games.  It's was great attacking the f7 square and
hunting my opponent' King.
Oziel Juarez started to play with Eliud Ramirez, while
I played Ramiro Barron and Dominic J. Beltran,  yes
two boards (the idea was to have everyone playing).
Then Jorge came looking for a Blitz games and little
Jesse Guillen was ready for the challenge.
Brianna was there for one game against Anthony Guerra
and then when to the MOIVES.  But Jesse took care
of business, even winning one game against one of the
adults without the use of his Queen. That's right - no
Queen on the board - He Won!!!!


Luis Matus, came in and played against many players.
He is developing his game. Rafrel, Matthew, and Ben
jumped into some matches. We started at 6:00 P.M.
finished at 9:30 P.M. Yes "Chess @ the Mall" is ALIVE
and ready for action. There were six boards going through
out the evening.  Everyone had a chance to play everyone.
At the end of the evening , we went over the Knight and
Bishop with King vs. Lone King checkmate. I demonstrated
the use of the Deletang's Triangles and then when home.

Spring Break: "Chess @ the Mall"

Anyone who was at Sunrise Mall Food Court this past
Friday March 18, 2011 witness at least 10 chessboards
near the main stage.  The Royal Knights had set up a time
for casual play. It was 10:00 a.m. when Christian Muraira
and Ray Martinez walked into the food court. Porter's team
members Oscar Osornio and Matthew Cohen were there
waiting to began the day of Chess. Then came Oziel Juarez,
Hector Pena, Manuel Bryan Narcia and Christian Narcia.
The day of chess was starting.  Later 3 adult chess players
from Sendas de Vida Life Center join us. They were Ramiro,
Eliud Ramirez and Luis Matus. The chess matches continue
right thru lunch, some ate Subway, Chick-fil-A, Frullati's,
Taco Palenque, but I had Chinese, and it was good.  Later a
gentleman from Virginia stop by for a game. A boy  from
Harlingen wanted to play, so I give him a lesson and played
with him 2 games. By this time Brianna and Jesse Guillen
came in to play. Brianna was playing very strong that day.
Jesse started to challenge the high school players and even
won some games. We all had a great time playing the game
we love.  I left at 4:00 p.m.  Perhaps "Chess @ the Mall"
will start again as it used to some 4 years ago. The idea is
to start a citywide  chess club. There are chess players
everywhere. Every time I play at the Mall, I get to play chess
with people from around the city, valley, state and
even from other countries. A gentleman from Mexico
will join our group this Sunday for some chess matches.

2011 Region VIII Chess Championships

1376 chess players from all over the Rio Grande Valley
gathered  at Veterans Memorial High School to participate
in this year's Region VIII Chess Championships.
The Royal Knights came to Regionals to bring home the
TROPHY.  All the chess players did an awesome job,
games were played and notated.  Win, Lose, or Draw-->
the Royal Knights learned from each game. Royal Knights
believe as Bobby Fischer did, "I prepare myself well. 
I know what I can do before I go in.  I'm always confident." 
and "I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose,
I take my medicine."  If games are not analyse then what 
do you learned. Nothing. The player will keep losing games.
This year as always my Royal Knights helped their school
chess teams win. Ratings went up and trophies were won.

Chess Players winning TROPHIES were:
Christian Muraira  3rd place   6 pts.   Middle School Open
Maraya Garcia          5th place   6 pts.   Middle School JV
Melissa Medina      11th place   6 pts.    Elementary JV
Elian de los Santos   6th place   6 pts.    Elementary Open
Philip Martinez        7th place  5.5 pts.  High School Open
Joshua Munoz          24th place  5.5 pts.  Elementary JV
Bradley McCaleb   16th place  5.5 pts.   Elementary JV
Joshua Torres         18th place      5 pts.   Primary JV
Angel Saucedo        34th place      5 pts.   Elementary JV

Porter Chess Team took 3rd as well National Funding
State is coming up in 1 week ( February 12 - 13, 2011)
in Houston, Texas.  Practice, Practice, Practice and study,
do drills and endgame exercises and of course play lots of
games. Get ready to win another TROPHY.