Sovereign Chess will be at GATEWAY 2013

These cons are always enjoyable!  We hope to see you there!

We will have several boards set-up along with the "big board" that made multiple appearances on TBS's "nerd-off," King Of The Nerds (and you may see some cameos of the board in Season 2)!  Please come up and give us a holler - we would love to hear from you!  We have a newly modified board (it's awesome) and some updated rules to enjoy.

Details:
While the convention goes from August 30th through to September 2nd, we will only be there Friday and Sunday.

Convention is located at: 
Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel, 6101 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90045

Congratulations to the CROWNED King of the Nerds...

We realize that some of you may not have yet seen last night's King of the Nerds, so we won't spoil who was crowned "Sovereign" of nerd-dom. :)

Our heartiest congratulations!

Another great shot from KING OF THE NERDS

ORCCON 2013

Another thoroughly enjoyable time was had at the convention!  As you can see from the photos, we had two surprise meetings.  One from Ivan Van Norman (of KING OF THE NERDS fame; the irony was not lost on us).  The other was from Ton Jones (of AUCTION HUNTERS).  Ton had a couple conversations with us and played multiple games.  Ton shared one thing with us that we prized:

"I used to play chess as a kid and stopped.  [Sovereign Chess] made me want to play chess again."

We held another "Sovereign Chess Tournament," culminating in a fierce championship game between Jonathan Murray (Black) v. Amalique Acuña (White).

The match resulted in Tournament declaring Jonathan Murray (Black) the victor and Amalique Acuña (White) runner up.

DEPICTED BELOW:

The winning check mate, showing WHITE's win (Jonathan Murray). White controls Orange (k8), Pink (i6), Yellow (k6) and Dark Blue (l12; noted because Dark Blue controls Pink). This Check Mates the Black King on n14. The Black King cannot escape by capturing the Dark Gray pawn because the color is not controlled at that time.

Sovereign Chess Will Be At Orccon 2013

We hope to see you there!

We will have several boards set-up along with the "big board" that made multiple appearances on TBS's "nerd-off," King Of The Nerds!  Please come up and give us a holler - we would love to hear from you - PLUS: the board is a thrill to play on!

Details:
While the convention goes from February 15th through the 18th, we will only be there Friday and Saturday.

Convention is located at:
Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel, 6101 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90045

If our cameo on this show is news to you, be sure to check out our last post here!