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The Bankers Athletic League, New York City’s premier recreational chess league, plays 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.



Future BAL MVP, 2029-2030 Season

Emily Marie Andersen arrived at 4:08 PM, Tuesday February 5, 2008.

She weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz., and was 20 inches long.

Congratulations to JPM/Citi Captain Bill Andersen and his family!

Future BAL Star Emily Andersen
IM Alex Lenderman

IM Alex Lenderman Lecture at Marshall Chess Club


The Marshall Chess Club welcomes the Bankers Athletic League for an evening featuring a lecture by International Master Alex Lenderman, the 2005 World Under-16 Champion.

IM Lenderman's talk is titled How To Play Winning Chess in Clutch Situations.

The event is free to all BAL members, and refreshments will be served.

When: Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Where: Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10011   212-477-3716

Seating is limited! RSVP as early as possible to Carl Aridas at 212-506-5268, or e-mail caridas@bondlogistix.com.

Annual BAL Chesstravaganza

This year's annual BAL awards dinner Chesstravaganza was held Thursday, September 6, 2007 at the Mercantile Grill on Pearl Street in Manahttan.

The featured speaker after dinner was 3-time US Champion GM Joel Benjamin, shown in the photo discussing a game on the demonstration board.

You can see additional photos from the awards dinner by clicking here.

GM Benjamin analyzes an endgame
GM Pascal Charbonneau and IM Irina Krush

First "Play The Masters" Night a Success!


On a cold February night, eighteen courageous BAL players came to fight the two highest rated BAL players over the chess board. GM Pascal Charbonneau and IM Irina Krush took turns in this simul as all 18 participants faced BOTH GM and IM in the same game.

Of the eighteen non-titled players, there were three (Tom Bevington of NYC Transit-1 and Neftalie Alger and Isaias Soriano of BNY-1) who managed draws, leaving GM Charbonneau and IM Krush undefeated (15-0-3) for the evening.

Special thanks to John Gruska who hosted the event at Citigroup. Open to all players on a BAL roster, we hope to have even more participants next year, including at least one who can send the masters home with the taste of defeat.

In Memoriam: Robert J. Fischer (1943-2008)

  • Attained International Master 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, 1972-1975
  • Lifetime Tournament and Match Score: +439 -88 =250 (72.6%)

Who was better? 		GM Robert Fischer

 
 
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