
The Port Huron Chess Club meets Thursdays, except holidays, from 6:30-10:00 PM, at Palmer Park Recreation Center, 2829 Armour Street, (NE corner of Garfield Street and Gratiot Ave…1 mile North of the Blue Water Bridge) Port Huron, Michigan. Everyone is welcome. Founded in 1969 the PHCC offers instruction, casual play, nationally rated and locally related tournaments. Membership is not required to play on Thursdays, but is required for tournament play. Membership fees are $30/yr for adults; $15/yr for those under 19. See News section for family membership details. The PHCC publishes a monthly newsletter, Chess Chatter, which is available on its website, or directly by contacting Lon Rutkofske at 810-388-9219. Learn to play, improve your game, or just come in to enjoy the camaraderie. The club has a number of highly rated players including two state champions if you might be interested in serious play or even private lessons. All equipment provided. Website: http://porthuronchessclub.yolasite.com/
2829 Armour Street
Port Huron,
Michigan
48060
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The PHASD is closed for Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 therefore there will be no club meeting this evening. Round 4 of the tournament will be made up on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.
2025 Chess Club Championships Round Robin
Rounds 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
HUSO 1/2 1 1
ALAN 1/2 BYE 1
LONNIE bye 1 0
WILLIAM 0 0 0
DREW 1 0 BYE
Club Championships 2025
ROUND 1
Round 1Avdic,Huso (2105) - Gregg,Alan (1933) [E21] Nimzo-Indian Defense2025 PHCC Champs Port Huron (1), 16.01.20251.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 0–0 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.0–0 d6 9.c5 dxc5 10.Ba3 Nbd7 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Rfd1 Qc8 13.c4 Re8 14.e3 Be4 15.Ne1 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 cxd4 17.exd4 c5 18.Rac1 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Nc5 20.Qe3 Qc6+ 21.Kg1 e5 22.Rdd1 e4 23.Bb2 Rbd8 24.Qg5 Nd3 25.Nxd3 Rxd3 26.Re1 h6 27.Qf4 Rf3 28.Qd2 Ng4 29.Qd4 Nf6 30.Re3 Rf5 31.h3 Qd7 32.Rd1 Qxd4 33.Rxd4 Rc8 34.Ra3 Rfc5 35.Rxa7 Rxc4 36.Rd6 R4c6 37.Rd2 Rc2 38.Rxc2 Rxc2 39.Bd4 b5 40.a3 Nd5 41.Ra8+ Kh7 42.Re8 Nc3 43.Kg2 Nb1 44.Ra8 Ra2 45.Ra7 Kg6 46.Rb7 Nxa3 47.g4 Nc4 48.Kg3 Rd2 49.Bc5 Rb2 50.h4 e3 51.h5+ Kh7 52.fxe3 Rb3 53.Kf4 Rb1 54.Ke4 Rg1 55.Kf3 Ne5+ 56.Ke4 Nxg4 57.Bd4 Rf1 58.Rxb5 Nf6+ 59.Kd3 Rh1 60.Bxf6 gxf6 61.Rf5 Kg7 62.Ke4 Rg1 63.Kf4 Rg5 64.e4 Rg1 65.Ke3 Rg3+ 66.Kf2
Ra3 ½–½ Malburg,Drew (1400) - Wingrove,William (1496) [B90] Sicilian Najdorf2025 PHCC Champs Port Huron (1), 16.01.20251.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0–0–0 Rc8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Be2 0–0 16.Rhg1 Nh7 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxh5 Bg5 19.Bf3 Rfe8 20.Qd4 Qc7 21.c3 Qe7 22.Nd2 f5 23.Bh5 Rf8 24.Rde1 Qf6 25.Qb4 g6 26.Re6 Qf7 27.Rxg6+ Kh8 28.Qxd6! Rcd8 29.Qe6 Nf6 30.Rxg5 Qh7 31.Qxf5 Rxd5 32.Qxh7+ Kxh7 33.Rxd5 Nxd5 34.Bf3 Rd8 35.Bxd5 Rxd5 36.Kc2 Kg6 37.
ROUND 2
Rutkofske,Lonnie (1762) - Malburg,Drew (1400) [A21] English Opening
2025 PHCC Champs Port Huron (2), 23.01.2025
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qc2 f5 7.Rb1 Nf6 8.Nf3 0–0 9.e3 Rb8 10.d4 e4 11.Nd2 Re8 12.0–0 Bd7 13.f3 Qe7 14.f4 Ng4 15.Nb3 Qf7 16.d5 Ne7 17.Nd4 c5 18.h3 Nf6 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nxd6 1–0
Wingrove,William (1496) - Avdic,Huso (2105) [B67] Sicilian Defene: Richter-Rauzer
2025 PHCC Champs Port Huron (2), 23.01.2025
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0–0–0 Bd7 9.Be2 Be7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.f4 Qc7 13.Bf3 Na5 14.Be2 b5 15.Bxb5 axb5 16.Ndxb5 Bxb5 17.Nxb5 Qb6 18.Nxd6+ Bxd6 19.Qxd6 Rc6 20.Qd7+ Kf8 21.Qd8+ Kg7 22.Qxb6 Rxb6 23.b3 Rc8 24.Kc1 Nc6 25.Rd6 Rb7 26.a3 e5 27.fxe5 fxe5 28.Kb2 Na5 29.Rd5 Nc4+ 30.Ka2 Ne3 31.Rxe5 Rxc2+ 32.Ka1 Rxb3 33.Ra5 Rbb2 0–1
REPLAY ROUND 2 GAMES
ROUND 3
Rutkofske,Lonnie (2105) - Avdic,Huso (1762) [A29]
port huron chess championships 2025 (3), 2025
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 a6 5.Bg2 Bc5 6.0-0 Ba7 7.b4 0-0 8.b5 e4 9.Ng5 axb5 10.cxb5 Nd4 11.e3 Nf3+ 12.Nxf3 exf3 13.Qxf3 Bc5 14.Bb2 Ba3 15.Rab1 Bxb2 16.Rxb2 Ra5 17.a4 d6 18.h3 Re8 19.g4 Nd7 20.d4 Nb6 21.Rb4 Qe7 22.Rfb1 Qe6 23.Kh2 Qg6 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Rxa4 26.Rxa4 Qxb1 27.Ra8 g6 28.Qc4 Rf8 29.Qxc7 Qxb5 30.Rxc8 d5 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Qd6+ Kg7 33.g5 Qc6 34.Qe5+ Kg8 35.Bxd5 Qd7 36.e4 b5 37.Kg3 b4 38.h4 Qc8 39.f3 Qc3 40.Qe8+ 0-1
Wingrove,William (1496) - Gregg,Alan Michael (1896) [B28]
port huron chess championships 2025 (3), 2025
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.f3 0-0 8.Be3 a6 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Be2 Re8 11.0-0 Bd7 12.a3 Rc8 13.b3 Ne5 14.Rfd1 h5 15.Qe1 Qc7 16.Nd5 Qb8 17.Nb6 Rcd8 18.Nxd7 Nexd7 19.b4 Rc8 20.Rac1 b6 21.Nb3 Rc7 22.c5 bxc5 23.bxc5 Qxb3 24.Rd3 Qb8 25.cxd6 Rxc1 26.Bxc1 exd6 27.Qd2 Rc8 0-1
Latest NEWS!!
1.) Club ratings for February 2025 are posted!
2.) 2025 Club Calendar is posted.
3.) Entry Fees waived for club members participating in PHCC rated tournaments
4.) New Dues schedule for 2025 and changes in tournament fees. See News section for details.
5.) Flyer for PHASD Chess Tournament (see below)
See the latest Updates to
the EVENTS Section for the latest
information on upcoming events for 2025!
Annual Dues for 2025:
Adult: $30.00 ; Under 19: $15 &
Family memberships $35
available
Enquiries
Lon Rutkofske - 810-388-9219 ( Please leave a message.)
email: PtHuronChessClub@aol.com
Alan Gregg - email: alan1144@gmail.com
Updated 2/6/25 Lon
