Bankers Athletic League Chess Tournament

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Reported results through round 4

Welcome to BAL Chess
2009-2010 season

     The Bankers Athletic League is New York City’s premier recreational chess league.   We play chess in a four-person team format, on alternate Thursday evenings from October through May.   After two rounds of play-offs, trophies are awarded at a league dinner.
Watch live 5-minute chess with commentary by a high-rated player.

Annual BAL Chesstravaganza

     This year's annual BAL awards dinner Chesstravaganza was held Thursday, September 17, 2009 at the Mercantile Grill on Pearl Street in Manhattan.

     The featured speaker after dinner was GM Pascal Charbonneau.

     If you have photos from the awards dinner that you would like to put on our site, e-mail them to the contact address below.

Irina Krush analyzes

Annual BAL Chesstravaganza

     Last year's annual BAL awards dinner Chesstravaganza was held Thursday, September 25, 2008 at the Mercantile Grill on Pearl Street in Manhattan.

     The featured speaker after dinner was Irina Krush, shown in the photo discussing a game on the demonstration board.

You can see additional photos from the awards dinner  here .


In Memoriam: Robert James Fischer

(1943-2008)

  • Attained IM rank and won the U.S. Championship at age 14
  • Attained Grandmaster rank at age 15
  • Eight-Time U.S. Champion (including an 11-0 score in 1963-64)
  • Won the quarter-final and semi-final matches for the world championship by scores of 6-0
  • Eleventh World Chess Champion, 1972-75
  • Lifetime Tournament and Match Score: +439 -88 =250 (72.6%)


Who was better?     Some information and games here.


GM Robert Fischer
   
 
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