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| GM Shankland |
Thanks to the generosity of Tibor Weinberger, the Mechanics’ Institute will be holding the Third Imre Konig Memorial on September 22-23. The event, which commemorates the 20th anniversary of the death of International Master Konig,
the first top rate player to reside in San Francisco, will be held as a
seven-player round-robin, featuring a rapid chess time control of Game
in 25 minutes, with a 15-second increment from move one.
The invited players consist of the top six rated players from the Bay Area, led by Grandmaster Sam Shankland (who by now is nearly 2600 FIDE and top 10 in the country). The last player, Grandmaster Emil Anka
of Hungary,
pays respect to Konig’s ancestry as an international cosmopolitan who
was born in the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Kula, in today’s
Serbia.
- GM Sam Shankland (2597 FIDE)
- GM Jesse Kraai (2514)
- GM Vinay Bhat (2511)
- GM Nick deFirmian (2510)
- IM Daniel Naroditsky (2483)
- GM Walter Browne (2449)
- GM Emil Anka (2382)
GM Anka
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| IM Naroditsky |
Konig
studied in Vienna and improved his game in its chess cafe milieu, being
particularly influenced by Richard Reti. Like the Czech, he earned a
reputation as a fine author with his Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik: A Century of Chess Evolution serving as a useful instructional guide to several generations of chess players.
Konig
was not only a fine writer, but also an excellent player, who twice
represented Yugoslavia in Chess Olympiads. He is fondly remembered by
Mechanics’ old-timers for his Old World courtliness and generosity of
spirit in sharing his chess wisdom. The Mechanics’ Institute is honored
to pay tribute to his memory.
The games will be broadcast on the Chess.com live server, from 10 to 6 on Saturday and 10 to 4 on Sunday. Each participant plays six rounds and gets a single bye.
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