Victory Pub Riga

7 gadu jubilejas turnīrs - 31 dalībnieks!
Paldies ārzemju viesiem un lielmeistaram N. Miezim par sevišķo gaisotni. Pateicība mūsu arbitram Cilvēks Šahs un fotogrāfam Sergejs Bodarovs. Liels paldies mūsu lielākajam, individuālajam sponsoram Aivars Spalva par kluba apciemošanu mūsu jubilejā. Papildus tencinam mūsu ilggadējos atbalstītājus Janis Kliesmets no CIDO grupas un Mareks Mercs no Baltic XL
Nākošais turnīrs 17 septembrī !!!

Egyptians and Mexicans warming for tommorow's tournament...

"Invasión" española of Riga Chess Club late in evening. Four chess Caballeros from Valencia paid tribute to our place. They will be back for friendly evening games on 29th to 31th July. Meanwhile please keep in mind our GM lecture & tournament on 23rd July, Tuesday !
Hastala la vista :)

Another tournament on 23 July at 18.30
GM Miezis lecture at 17.oo

RCC welcomes Bangkok Chess Club !
It was our pleasure to meet Mr Kai Tuorila - Chairman & founder of Bangkok chess club. Kai runs his show since 1999 and has hold more than twenty international tournaments for amateurs and profs alike.
Kai's chess journal will serve as source of inspiration for planning of chess events. Kiitos !!!

18 jūnija turnīrs atkal spēcīgs !
Paldies mūsu atbalstītājiem Janis Kliesmets no CIDO, Mareks Mercs no Baltic XL un mūsu arbitram Cilvēks Šahs. Atsevišķa pateicība Lielmeistaram Normundam Miezim par saistošo lekciju.
Ceru ka mūsu fotogrāfs Sergejs Bodarovs spēs pabildēt nākošo turnīru 23 jūlijā.

Gatavojamies :)

Prezidenta balvas - iespējamās ;)
Sākam komplektēt komandu izbraukumam, sekojošās reitinga grupās līdz 1200, 1400, 1600, 1800 un 2000 ELO !
Chessfully yours, Ivo.

Otrdien 18 jūnijā, pirms turnīra ap 17.00 būs mūsu Lielmeistara (GM) N. Mieža lekcija. Ja kādam interesē kāda konkrēta šaha tēma - dodiet ziņu ....

Otrdien, 23 aprīlī, 18.30 - turnīrs tiem kas nedēļas nogales nevar veltīt šaham :)

Latvijas Šaham - 100 ! RCC atzīmēja šo simbolisko jubileju. Papildus pārsteigums bija GM Širova organizētais turnīrs ar Islandes šahistu komandu.
Info par 23 Aprīļa turnīru drīz sekos !

Otrdien, 9 Aprīli, aicinam iesildīties un sagatavoties nākamajam FIDE turnīram !

Otrdien, 20 Feb, 18.30 kārtējais turnīrs !
ELO līdz 1700 - give or take a bit 😅

Atgādinājums šaha cienītājiem:
Otrdien, 6 Feb - 18.30 Open unrated !
Trešdien, 7 Feb - 18.30 Dice Chess !

The only free pool table in the old town is being restored - ready for use on 9th Jan, 2024 !!!

RCC Chess blitz – Victory Pub
On 7th June we held our traditional blitz tournament at Victory Pub.
Huge thanks to our co-sponsor „Balmerk Latvia Sia” for supporting the event. We also greatly apreciate the time and service provided by it’s representative Renars Baltins. He tirelessly looked after the wellbeing of fatigued or not so happy one’s of their games. The London’s oldest of gins – „the Greenall’s” was to be savoured in three varities.
The tournament was as international as ever with at least five nationalities present.
The next event will be the 5th anniversary of Riga Chess Club, which we will try to make it more enticing and memorable.
Please share this info & photos among chess lovers all over the web, chessfully yours, Ivo.

On 20th April – Wednesday we held our traditional chess tournament with time control “3+2” and ELO ceiling of 2000 for male participants. Ladies participate without any rating limits.
We thank our sponsor Balmerk Latvija (www.balmerk.lv) and its representative Mr. Renars Baltins for supporting the event. The chosen brand this time was “Plantation Rum”. The winners were awarded with few bottles of this fine drink. The less fortunate ones in the tournament were given opportunity to taste this product of sugar cane 
We plan next tournament at the end of Mayor early June, chessfully yours, Ivo.

Many thanks to all participants of tournament "Ivo-almost 50" on 23 Feb, 2022.
Little did we know about the forthcoming tragedy in Ukraine on following day.
Hence our delay with report on the tournament. We wish endurence and bravery to heroic folks of Ukraine!
Our special thanks go to our main co-sponsors of tournament :
Kristaps Sarma - A-Brands.lv (rep of Cash & Carry in LV)
Guntars Gagainis - self tought chess wizard from Ogre :)
Janis Kliemests - CIDO (rep of Royal Unibrew)
As always we apreciate the help of IM Alberts Cimins - lately know as "Cilvēks-Šahs" (Person - Chess).
We congratulate winners of tournament Uldis Stirna, Julija Gorozhankina (BLR) and Kristians Raivis.

Our next tournament is to be decided. Participation for players up to 2000 ELO points remain unchanged with
exception for lady players and VIP guests to Riga.

Chessfully yours, Ivo

A week after Riga Chess Club anniversary, Elisa Granovska organized "Riga Old Town Blitz" at our club. To our big surprise, the younger players showed excellent form and took the top three places, leaving RCC Master Igor Smorodinsky in 4th place and current Latvian blitz champ Aresen Batashov in 6th place. Whatever the result its the socializing and good evening what counts. Big thanks to Elisa and everyone who participated. We encourage players to come to the club after 17.oo daily, chessfully yours, Ivo
https://www.sahafederacija.lv/raksti/1449/ar-brikera-uzvaru-aizvadits-riga-old-town-blitz-saha-turnirs/

We are happy to have housed the 4th anniversary tournament for Riga Chess Club in our pub. Recognition Diploma from Latvian Chess Federation, awards from "Sicilia in Bocco" by owner Mr. Stefano Cociluovo and sudden visit of GM A. Shirov were some of the highlights of the event.

Latvijas Šaha Federācija Rīgas Šaha klubs kārtējo gadskārtu atzīmē ar blica turnīru