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2019 Florida St. Championship (West Palm Beach, FL)

Posted in Florida State Championship, Media Stories, The Chess Drum, Tournaments on Sep 6th, 2019 No Comments »

The 2019 Florida State Championship is back on again! After Hurricane Dorian wreaked havoc in the Bahamas and was headed toward southern Florida, emergency measures were taken and the Labor Day weekend tournament had to be cancelled. Florida Chess Association (FCA) Board Member and tournament organizer NM Bryan Tillis has announced the rescheduled dates for […]

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2018 Florida State Championship (Jacksonville, FL)

Posted in Florida State Championship, The Chess Drum, Tournaments on Sep 9th, 2018 1 Comment »

FM Jorge Oquendo FM Jorge Oquendo came into the 2018 Florida State Championship as the defending champion. The Cuban national lives in the Jacksonville and enjoyed “home-court advantage.” It would come into play in a field headed by GM Benjamin Finegold who drive in from Atlanta, Georgia. There were 131 players who trekked to North […]

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