Orlando Chess House

🎉 Labor Day Sale! 🎉
Please check out my Etsy gift shop, where I’m offering a special Labor Day discount! 🛍️
I’m excited to share my new chess blankets, proudly made in the USA. After carefully testing different options, I found the perfect combination of quality, print, price, and fast shipping. These blankets have a luxurious summer-night feel, and the print quality is truly exceptional. Plus, they arrived in just 5 days! ♟️✨

Chess Blanket, Elegant Luxury Feel Super Soft Fleece Blanket, Chess Gift Christmas Birthday Special Occasion - Etsy This Blankets & Throws item is sold by ChessArtDesigns. Ships from Oviedo, FL. Listed on Aug 18, 2024

Now that I am halfway thru my Art Education with Milan Art, I got inspiration to work on some chess gift ideas. The first ones that I created are now on Etsy. They are all handmade and one-of-a-kind. Go take a look and make me an offer if you find something you like https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChessArtDesigns

Bach reached a number of milestones at Winter Open last weekend: First performance of 2500+, first (tournament) victory against a Grandmaster, and finally, the title of National Master! Congratulations Bach! Final standings: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202001121332.1-15576043
(Photo by Kevin Sibbitt)

In addition to the Gold Medal (K6), Bach made it to the All-America Team! On the photo: right beside his good friend Erick https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1206224343111475201

US Chess on Twitter “This year's All-America Team members that are in attendance at the . They were awarded plaques and team jackets.”

Bach is the 2019 K-6 National Champion! Congratulations Bach!!! http://www.uschess.org/results/2019/k12/?page=STANDINGS&xsection=6

We had a great week with chess in Orlando, learning, playing, making new friends and creating memories. Thanks to all participants and parents!
Special thanks to Camille Sibbitt, Kevin Sibbitt and Bahama Bay Resort!

Orlando Chess House 2019 Summer Camp

We had a great week with chess in Orlando, learning, playing, making new friends and creating memories. Thanks to all participants and parents!
Special thanks to Camille Sibbitt, Kevin Sibbitt and Bahama Bay Resort!

Last day of our best chess camp ever - July 15-19, 2019, Bahama Bay Resort in Orlando. More photos coming soon. Photo by Kevin Sibbitt

Very proud of my chess student Bach Ngo who made Master at age 11 at the World Open! Not surprised - Bach is a great talent and very dedicated to his chess. Even when waiting at the airport, a scheduled lesson should not be wasted. I am on the other side of the screen! Congratulations, Bach!

Bach is a National Master! World Open in Philadelphia just ended tonight, Bach got 7/9 in the 2200 Section. More details soon

Amy Xing had her best tournament ever representing Florida at the SPF Girls Invitational in St Louis, MO. This is probably the strongest Girl Tournament in US, organized by Susan Polgar (right on the photo). Amy had a promissing start in R1, taking the lead against 2nd rated Marta Samadashvili (NY), 2270. For a long time, the game looked like an easy win for Amy, unfortunately, a few inaccuracies turned the events and Amy had to accept a loss. This didn't discouraged her however, she played real good chess and got 3.5 out of the remaining 5 rounds. A strong result! Congratulations, Amy!

Bach Ngo (in the middle) finished 2nd (again!) in the K-8 section of Florida State Championship, March 1-3, with 4.5 out of 5 points. Top 3 in Final Standings (from left): 1. Raghav Venkat, 2. Bach Ngo and 3. Vincent Stone. Bach is only a K5 but played one section up for the challenge - and for the Barber Tournament Invite in August - only the top 2 players qualify! Congratulations, Bach!
Photo by Kevin Sibbitt

Andrew Xing and Zoe Zelner tied for 3rd in the K-8 section of the Florida State Championship, March 1-3. Andrew (6th grader) was one of the youngest in the section, but this didn't stop him from playing with confidence and winning 4 /5 of his games. Zoe was as usual cool being one of the very few girls in the section: 4 / 5 as well! Congratulations Andrew and Zoe!
Photo by Kevin Sibbitt

Amy Xing performed real well at the Florida State Championship, March 1-3 and finished 2nd among the girls in the K-12 section. Amy (right on the photo), as well as the winner Cindy Jie, qualified for the Invitation-only Denker High School Championship in August. Congratulations Amy!
(Photo by Kevin Sibbitt)

Maybe of interest for my Central Florida friends, especially if you are interested in the relationship between business strategy and chess: If you happen to be in the vicinity of Florida Tech in Melbourne next Thursday (Feb. 7), I will be giving a presentation in our Business Applied series at the College of Business. The topic is "Eight typical mistakes expert strategists make". The data set is drawn from the Carlsen-Karjakin World Championship Match from 2016. The event is FREE and OPEN to all, but registration ends today! https://bit.ly/2DRfh1h

Florida Tech Faculty Present Strategy Research for the Business Community - Florida Tech Newsroom A new event from Florida Tech’s Bisk College of Business will explore the latest research on strategic management and ex*****on from a business perspective.

Great games today by World Champion Carlsen vs Rapport and his predecessor Anand vs Mamedyarov. Interesting to see the similarities between the games. Both WCs played an aggressive, yet still sound opening. This was followed by some nice pieces maneuvers in the early middlegame. Then came a "shift of gears" to dynamic play with surprising pawn breaks. While Anand's 20 c4! was grounded in a mistake by Black, Carlsen's 25 e5! was a a temporary pawn sacrifice that served to release the dynamic potential of White's pieces, building a crushing and abrupt attack against Black's King. Instructive study material!

Bach Ngo with another 2nd place at the Nationals, K-5 section!!! Congratulations Bach! Final standings http://www.uschess.org/results/2018/k12/?page=STANDINGS&xsection=5

Amy Xing won the U1800 Thanksgiving Open in Roswell, GA this weekend with a perfect score 4 /4! Andrew had a good tournament as well. Congratulations Amy and Andrew! http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201811256572.2-15473808

My story about the 2016 World Championship match between Carlsen and Karjakin and what we can learn from this match for the ongoing Carlsen-Caruana match is now on ChessBase.com! https://en.chessbase.com/post/carlsen-vs-karjakin-2016-revisited

Carlsen vs Karjakin 2016 revisited With the long-awaited World Championship match between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his Challenger Fabiano Caruana finally underway, GM LARS BO HANSEN was inspired to revisit some analyses from the previous World Championship match in New York between Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin in November 201...

Of special interest to Florida chess players: While Carlsen and Caruana are playing game 5 in London, Erick Zhao and Bach Ngo are playing the last round of the U10 World Cadet Championships in Spain LIVE now. Erick is playing on Board 1 and may become WORLD CHAMPION if he can beat the sole leader Volkov, and he is already a piece up! Bach is playing on Board 9 with a chance to finish in the top 10. LIVE: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-world-cadets-championship-2018-u10/11/1/1

Bach won a sharp game in R1 at The World Cadet Championship in Spain. Congratulations Bach! In the U10 section, 205 participants from all over the world are competing in 11 rounds.

Bach Ngo with 2350 performance at Florida State Championship!

Ten years old Bach played his best tournament so far, achieving 3.5/6 points against an average of 2290. The crown of his tournament was his last round draw against GM Finegold (2567) Congratulations Bach!

If you missed my preview of the 2018 Sinquefield Cup, the video is available on https://www.twitch.tv/orlandochesshouse!

orlandochesshouse - Twitch GM Lars Bo Hansen gives his predictions for The Sinquefield Cup Classical! Be there and join the show! Wednesday 11:00 am EST

The 2018 Sinquefield Cup starts on Saturday in St. Louis! Almost all the best players in the world are playing, incl. World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his Challenger Fabiano Caruana. I preview the tournament on https://www.twitch.tv/orlandochesshouse … at 11:00 AM EST. Join me!

orlandochesshouse - Twitch GM Lars Bo Hansen gives his predictions for The Sinquefield Cup Classical! Be there and join the show! Wednesday 11:00 am EST

The Sinquefield Cup Classical, including World Champion Magnus Carlsen, starts on Saturday, after the end of the Rapid & Blitz Events. I will preview the classical tournament on Wednesday 11 AM EST on https://www.twitch.tv/orlandochesshouse and give my prediction. Tune in to hear who is my tip for the winner of this great super tournament. Who is your favorite?

orlandochesshouse - Twitch GM Lars Bo Hansen gives his predictions for The Sinquefield Cup Classical! Be there and join the show! Wednesday 11:00 am EST

Lars is LIVE on Twitch.tv right now!
Streaming from ICC's Sunday Showdown Blitz Tournament. Tournament started at 11 AM EST. Interesting to follow as this is the first tournament for Lars in 2 years - so the real question is: Does a break make you rusty - or Good! Let's follow and find out the answer :-) https://www.twitch.tv/orlandochesshouse

orlandochesshouse - Twitch GM Lars Bo Hansen plays ICC's Sunday Showdown!

Martin Hansen will be streaming the Lichess Titled Arena live on our new Twitch Account. Starts at 3 PM EST. Among the participants: World Champion Magnus Carlsen (DrDrunkenstein) and many other strong GMs https://www.twitch.tv/orlandochesshouse

orlandochesshouse - Twitch NM Martin Hansen plays hourly arena

Bach wins the 2018 Southern Open, U2100 Section!
Yes, Bach is the actual tie-break winner of the five-way tie in the top. Congratulations, Bach!
http://chessevents.com/2018/07/southern-open-2018-standings-under-2100-section/

Last chance to join my 3-session Online Course on Dynamic Play! Wednesday is the deadline to register for this course and add some powerful weapons to your arsenal before the summer tournaments! Topics include how to energize your pieces; how to use sacrifices to harness the dynamic potential of your combined force of pieces; and how to calculate in a systematic way. Join now at www.orlandochesshouse.com!

My 3-session Online Course in Dynamic Chess starts next week. Set difficult problems for your opponents in the summer tournaments by adding some dynamic poison to your game! "Chess is a struggle against error" (Johannes Zukertort)

Registration is still possible at www.orlandochesshouse.com