Welcome to Lions Bar this tuesday at 18:00. We will play Blitz and/or Bughouse. But a bottle or lager from the tap. There is snacks and food for sale. Full rights by owner. Warm welcome to ASSU members and friends.

Thanks to Rickard for arranging a meet up before the christmas brake. Activites at the club will commence again about two weeks after the new year. The evening had good food and not so fast service. Cristine helped keep everything…

Vi fortsätter slå ett slag för schack på campus! Välkommen till schackklubben utanför ub339 ikväll tisdag, kl.18:15. 😎

Västerbotten schackförbund(VSF) bjuder in till årsmöte den 12 september kl.10:00. VSF har beslutat att hålla mötet på Zoom. Alla medlemmar som erlagt full avgift(ej stödmedlemmar). Är välkomna på mötet och har rösträtt. Kontakta styrelsen för länk samt lösenord till Zoom.…

ASSU members celebrated our beloved sister! A fabolus evening with good drinks, food and a special birthday cake! Staff at NYA MEKKA/LIONS BAR gave excellent service. Special thanks to owners for keeping the venue safe. Following the rules and recommendations…

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Middle photo: Ingemar ”Ingo” Holmberg, holding chess book on endgames by IM Sillman.

Cristine and Rickard invited ASSU-players to live chess @ Mekka. Chess lives live in Umeå!

Place: UB333 next to university library Time: Meeting starts at 11:00 23rd of February. Registration for ELO-Blitz starts after the meeting, 11:45 until 12:00. Tournament starts at 12:15. Regestration fee: 100SEK seniors. Juniors born year 2000 or later, free. Well…

Germany on top! 🙂 🙂 🙂 MaMa(Maximilian Maier) wins the last ASSU-blitz of the season. We wish him safe travels to Germany. May you have a jolly time with family. 9p/10p! Impressive. When CM Engman had car problems, Ranel Tammela…

WIM Cristine Mariano Wågman Rose just won her game in Uppsala. Making her the points leader of the team with 4p/4p! In close second place is Ranel Tammela with an impressive result of 3,5p/4p. The match is ongoing and ASSU…

Thank you all for supporting the first team! Greetings from the hotel in Uppsala! Just as we are just about to leave for the match against Wasa III. We will keep you guys updated 🙂 Update: ASSU lose to Wasa…

Four players ”squared” off in a 5 min + 3 sec blitz tournament. Each opponent playing one game both as white and as black against each other. Juan came out victorius, and second place tied between Kent and Maximilian. Maths…

Thanks to master studen Stipo, member of ASSU, chess education is now available on wednesdays at 18:30. Come to Klossen culture house and participate in chess education (folkbildning i schack). Stipo is course arranger with Studiefrämjandet Umeå. The course has…

Juan, George, Kent and Rickard trained hard tonight at the chess club. We welcome Dr. Stenius that made a quick and warm welcomed appearance. Everyone in our club is looking forward to the derby against Rockaden Umeå 2nd team. Also…

Yesterday ASSU members were invited to play chess and eat dinner at Harriets, by WIM Cristine Rose Wågman. A blitz tournament was played with eight participants and won by Ranel Tammela. Congratulations to Ranel and thank you to WIM Cristine…

Den 4- 6 oktober är det dags för en efterlängtad tävling, nämligen lång-parti DM som legat i träda ett par år. Tävlingen tar det gamla rockaden-namnet Björkstadsschacket då tävlingen arrangeras i samarbete med SK Rockaden Umeå och Västerbottens schackförbund. Tävlingen…

This Saturday in Örnsköldsvik: Rickard Engman is commentating the chess-rapid tournament: ”Frukt på jobbet Open 2019”. Three other ASSU players are already signed up for the tournament. We wish Maier, Rose Mariano-Wågman and Piwowar best of luck. And any other…

I, Kent Munyua, will host the club the upcoming and last few tuesdays of the season. 🙂 I will give lessons in regards to Rook endings. For those less skilled I will teach the Lucena on tuesday. And for those…

  Last week on thursday. ASSU members Jonas Öberg and Kent Munyua assisted VSF(Västerbottens schackförbund) in arranging the yearly competition in Umeå for all fourth graders. The competition included over 200 fourth graders in Umeå, and was a qualifier for…

Hej! Jag har blivit invald i Västerbottens schackförbunds(VSF) styrelse, som vice ordförande. VSF kommer att anordna deltävling i Schackfyran på stora Nolia, för länets grundskolors fjärdeklassare. Tävlingen kommer att ha många deltagare och kräver därmed flera domare. För dig som…