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DEPARTMENTS 6 AUGUST PREVIEW / THIS MONTH IN CHESS LIFE AND CLO 20 Grand Prix Events / 2015 Chicago Open A NEW SHINING STAR 8 COUNTERPLAY / READERS RESPOND BY GM 14-year-old IM Jeffery Xiong tops 25 GMs at the Chicago 9 FIRST MOVES / Open, including , to earn his final GM norm. CHESS NEWS FROM AROUND THE U.S.

11 FACES ACROSS THE BOARD / 27 Correspondence Chess / BY AL LAWRENCE Golden and Electronic Knights KNIGHTHOOD: A CORRESPONDENCE CHESS US CHESS AFFAIRS / NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS 12 ROUNDUP 50 TOURNAMENT LIFE / AUGUST BY FM ALEX DUNNE Recapping the 2008 Golden Knights and 2012 71 CLASSIFIEDS / AUGUST Electronic Knights Championships 71 SOLUTIONS / AUGUST 32 Openings / Taimanov Sicilian THE 7. Qf3 TAIMANOV SICILIAN 72 MY BEST MOVE / PERSONALITIES This Month: Vanita Young BY IM ERIK KISLIK Going deep in a line that avoids Bb5 options and keeps tension in the position. ON THE COVER It hasn’t been that long since we asked on a Chess Life cover if Annie Wang was the “next 42 Tournament Organization / Random Pairings big thing” in chess after reaching master. Now THE CASE FOR RANDOM PAIRINGS Carissa Yip has broken Annie’s record. Carissa BY NEAL BELLON tells her story starting on page 38. An alternative to the Swiss system for club-level events PHOTOS COURTESY OF YIP FAMILY with under 25 players

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LOOK FOR OUR NEW LOOK US Chess will be making some changes to our online presence. Be sure to follow us at facebook.com/uschess and twitter.com/uschess to stay informed.

SINQUEFIELD CUP The second stop of the hits St. Louis from August 21-September 3 for the third Sinquefield Cup. Like each stop of the Grand Chess Tour, this event will be a 10- USCF MISSION player round robin. Find out if Fabiano Caruana, who is now an official U.S. player can “Empowering people astonish fans once again and if Veselin Topalov can maintain his lead from Norway Chess 2015. Our coverage will include exclusive reports from GM Ian Rogers. through chess one move at a time.”

VANESSA ON BOOKS Get in the mood for some back to school shopping on USCF Sales. Our new digital assistant, Vanessa West has a passion for chess books and will post regular reviews on uschess.org. USCF VISION Can any book overtake her current favorite? In her “Our vision is to enrich the lives introduction at uschess.org, Vanessa wrote: “Tal-Botvinnik (1960) ... an account of the world of all persons and communities through championship match by Tal himself, remains my increasing the play, study, and all-time favorite chess book.” appreciation of the game of chess.”

U.S. OPEN Look for reflections from players and delegates on our biggest chess festival of the year for all ages, the U.S. Open, held this year in Phoenix, Arizona.

, CARISSA YIP (Cover Story) is, at age 11, our youngest-ever US Chess female master. PAUL MORPHY s

GM DANIEL NARODITSKY (Chicago Open) is “The Practical Endgame” columnist for Chess Life chess festival and the 2015 Samford Fellow. π_∏ FM ALEX DUNNE (Correspondence Chess) is the correspondence chess director for US Chess. His OctOBER 23-24, 2015 monthly column “The Check is in the Mail” appears on uschess.org. 7ZR'D\VRI&+(66FUNZLWK

IM ERIK KISLIK (Taimanov) is a chess author, and an analyst and coach for elite GM Simon WILLIAMS • IM Andrew MARTIN grandmasters. FM Macon SHIBUT • MCM Bob LONG For MORE details on this great event for NEIL BALLON (Random Pairings) is the founder and chief tournament director of the Long Island 2015 see the CLASSIFIEDS in East Meadow, New York. He is also a regular columnist for Empire Chess magazine. ³RU³ CONTRIBUTORS &$//72'$<

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U.S. CHESS TRUST down my moves. I certainly found the ments section in the back of the magazine. clock and the writing very distracting and Using a clock and writing your moves is I was delighted by the fine coverage the played horribly! I also noted that the club part of the rules. If you do not have a copy, June issue of Chess Life gave to the Final where I played charged over $30 to play we suggest you purchase the U.S. Chess Four of College Chess and by the credit in their “weekend tournaments.” The club Federation’s Official , 6th given to the two sponsors: Booz Allen Hamil- owner takes a cut of the money collected Edition, at uscfsales.com. Many of your ton Inc. and Two Sigma. One important and the rest is distributed to the top sev- questions will be answered in it. fact was missing: both sponsors donated eral players. While that seems perfectly To find a club in your area, please check through the U.S. Chess Trust. Booz Allen OK with me I think it’s a major deterrent our clubs page at: uschess.org, “Clubs and Hamilton Inc. has donated through the to getting used to using a clock and writing Tournaments” and then click on the “Chess Chess Trust at least since 2010. The Trust down your moves. Clubs” link to find your state and the clubs is proud of its support of the Final Four. The other major deterrent to playing in will be listed by the city where they meet. a tournament is that the terminology Harold J. Winston describing the rules, categories, entry fees, Chairman, U.S. Chess Trust and prizes is a secret language that I cer- tainly don’t understand. THE IRONMAN? Our spring scholastics feature coverage of I just got an announcement for the “20th In the June issue’s “My Best Move” fea- the Foundation’s All-Girls Annual Pacific Coast Open” that states: turing IM Jay Bonin, I see, “More than National Championships in the same issue 3,700 events played since 1991.” Let’s neglected another sponsor, Renaissance 6 rounds, 40/100, SD/30, d10 (2-day option, see, that’s 148 events per year (for the 25 Knights, the organizers of the event for the rds 1-3 G/40, d10) years) or 2.8 events per week for 25 years. past five years through the hard work of This stretches one’s credulity—just getting It also lists a number of curious words David and Sheila Heiser. to about three tournaments per week and numbers under “Prizes”: “Open,” would not be possible. What is wrong “Mixed doubles,” and “Top 5 …” that make here? Should it have been 3,700 games? no sense to me. Regards from a Jay Bonin fan. I would not anticipate winning any prizes, be happy to pay the entry fee, travel Lawrence R. Mead to the location, bring all the stuff they Professor Emeritus of Physics and mention (set, board, and clock)—if I had Astronomy, USM any idea of what I would be expected to do in order to play chess when I got there. You can find any US Chess member’s tour- I would think that US Chess would be anxious to have people like me entering nament activity at uschess.org/msa. Not nearby competitions and might publish a only is the number of events correct, the plain English information piece that would number is now over 3,800! let you know what you need to do to play in IM Bonin seemingly lives, breathes, and a chess competition and what all the gib- eats chess. Living in New York City helps berish on the announcements mean. It would him play so frequently—he plays in multiple NEW TO TOURNAMENT PLAY also be helpful if you could try to establish events each week. local “free chess clubs” to play “tournament- I’ve played chess all my life (I’m 84 years type chess” (clocks and writing) everywhere. old) and I am probably an above-average Right now it's an exclusive club. Send your letters to strength “recreational” player. I’ve consid- [email protected] or post on ered entering a chess tournament so I Bill Le Boeuf the Chess Life Facebook group joined US Chess hoping that that would via e-mail help me to make this big jump! or the uschess.org Issues Forum. Although I’ve played thousands of games Congratulations on your new tournament Letters are subject to editing for with a variety of people and a few on the chess adventure! Tournament chess does style, length, and content. Internet, I have no idea what my “rating” have a different language and the abbre- would be, I’ve never played in a tourna- viations used in tournament announcements Join us on the Chess Life Face- ment and have only played one game at a are unique. To help with this, we print a book group for #FischerFriday! local chess club using a clock and writing guide in every Tournament Life Announce-

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First Moves / Chess news from around the U.S.

Happy Birthday, GM Lev Alburt Back To Birthday Basics: Lev Turns 70! By AL LAWRENCE

WHEN LEV ALBURT PLANNED HIS 1979 faced him frequently, “Alburt has always been a great fighter— escape to the West, it was still the James-Bond-Cold-War era playing uncompromisingly for the win. He would go his own way when Soviet defectors were often recaptured, imprisoned—and in the openings.” Indeed, Lev always sought active play, using worse. The apparatchiki looked on a grandmaster like the Sea- like the Smith-Morra, the Albin, and the Benko against hawks view their holdout Quarterback Russell Wilson. But the the best—including nearly every world champion since Euwe. KGB (the former Russian secret police and intelligence agency) But Lev has been much more than a competitor. Alburt put didn’t have to negotiate. together and continues to update one of the most popular chess Alburt was a three-time Ukrainian champion and Soviet cham- instructional series in English—the Comprehensive Chess Course, pionship finalist, and so was a valuable property. To anyone some volumes recently offered in e-book format. Lev also became who grew up in the shadow of Stalin’s brutal purges, the con- a sought-after trainer. Sometimes his students were airline pres- sequences of detection would be terrifying. Even if Lev made it idents and media moguls. Few know of his crucial, behind-the- to safety, he was giving up the privileged life of a Soviet grand- scene connections that made the world championships in New master—a salary three times that of an engineer, permission to York possible in 1990 and 1995. Former World Champ travel, and rock-star social status—for an uncertain future in a GM Max Dlugy recalls Alburt’s help during Max’s eventful US capitalist country that thought more about ping pong and Putt- Chess presidency: “Lev was instrumental in creating the chess Putt than pawns. buzz in the U.S. in the early 90s. He was able to persuade a This month, Alburt celebrates his 70th birthday and a tipping number of his philanthropically minded, high-profile students to point—he has now spent more than half his life in the West. As support chess in a significant way. Lev wanted nothing in return.” a competitor, Lev proved himself a U.S. hall of famer. He captured But now it’s time to wish Alburt many happy returns, and to three U.S. Championship titles, back-to-back wins in 1984 and celebrate his gutsy decision to make the U.S. his home. Thank 1985 and another in 1990. He won the U.S. Open in both 1987 you for taking that dangerous big step to join us, Lev, and and 1989. GM Nick deFirmian, another three-time U.S. champion, happy birthday!

FROM BRUCE PANDOLFINI I’ve known Lev ever since he came to the U.S. We’ve worked together and have become good friends. Clearly, as a grand- master, he is a very strong chess player. But the first time I met Lev in 1979, the thing that struck me most about him is how friendly he is. Lev, with the magic of charm, makes friends just like that. What’s more, his name is quite recognizable outside the chess community. All kinds of famous people know who he is and admire him. Obviously, this has to do with his chess stature. But also Lev’s great intellect and refined culture brings him naturally into other worlds. For example, take politics. Whether concerning local, national, or world events, Lev always seems to know what’s going on and who’s doing what. To be sure, Lev’s ability to open the doors of the power elite is mindboggling. I recall once traveling with him and the Korchnoi entourage to Wash- ington. This was when Viktor was thinking of establishing himself in the States after his defection from the Soviet Union. Because of Lev—and mainly because of Lev—we got to see all kinds of influential people on Capitol Hill. And did I mention Lev’s gourmet sensibilities? I’m happy with McDonald’s and hotel food. But Lev is a grandmaster of the culinary table arts. To be in his presence means to dine in style and to have a festive time. If you want an evening of Haute cuisine and vintage wines, Lev’s the man. But in any domain, on or off the , Lev will always be a giant. Happy birthday, Lev! PHOTO: AL LAWRENCE

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Artist: Yael Maimon THE CHESS GAME, PASTEL, 19.5X13.5 INCH

My pastel painting “The Chess Game” was inspired by Lewis Carroll’s book Through the Looking Glass. The Red tells Alice that the Looking-Glass World is laid out in squares, like a grand chessboard. Alice’s journey shows her progression across the board from being a pawn to becoming a queen. In this painting, Alice is depicted as being absorbed in chess. She is outdoors, inside a somewhat red forest, located at a red square of the vast chessboard in Looking-Glass World. I used a limited but rich palette. There is a magical surrealist touch in the painting concept and its rendering. CL_08-2015_First-Moves_AKF_r6.qxp_chess life 13/07/2015 16:16 Page 11

First Moves / Chess news from around the U.S.

at the FINAL FACES FOUR! Barbara DeMaro Retires ACROSS THE BOARD from U.S. Chess Trust By AL LAWRENCE CHRIS UGA Barbara DeMaro has retired from her long-time position as managing director of the NEW YORK CITY charitable U.S. Chess Trust. Here are some of her career highlights: Two Sigma’s chess • Met with MTV and negotiated to have Nickelodeon cover our national scholastics champ in Kentucky. When “Nick” broke for commercials they showed the scholastics from Kentucky and they feataured US Chess on their website. Chris Uga is a data scientist • Live with Regis and Kathy Lee on ABC Live. doing quantitative research and engineering for Got Hikaru Nakamura to play chess for the Two Sigma, co-sponsor of the Final Four of College entire show when he broke ’s Chess. Chris is also a rated US Chess expert who record for youngest U.S. grandmaster; got has played in the World Open, the U.S. Amateur Nicholas Nip on the show again (now called Team East, and three national high school cham- Live with Regis and Kelly; see photo below) pionships. “I love the competitive and problem- when he broke the record for youngest master. solving aspects of chess.”

• Instrumental in getting FIDE to host the 1999 Chris is excited about the college finals taking place , in Caesars at Frank Marshall’s historic chess club, less than a Palace, Las Vegas. mile from Two Sigma’s offices in Manhattan. Chess • Helped bring chess to Maurice Ashley’s center is a natural for Two Sigma’s focus on attracting and in Harlem; arranged for the NYPD to play retaining top talent. “We have a monthly chess the kids. lunch and a few blitz and bughouse tournaments a year. We also keep a giant chessboard on the floor, • Got ESPN to cover the Kasparov 3D match and we’ve hosted world champion Magnus Carlsen at the New York Atheletic Club. in our offices to challenge Two Sigma employees.” “Chess has brought to me many acquaintances, fun times, and dear friends. I am honored to have worked with Harold Dondis for all these years. Through him I learned so much about chess and law from one of the greatest men I know. He has been my mentor and a MARK HERMAN very, very dear friend and that friendship will never end. There is a soft spot in my heart for chess that will remain forever. Thanks again NEW YORK CITY to everyone for these opportunities.” ~BARBARA DEMARO Raising the stature of collegiate chess

Longtime US Chess member Mark Herman is a modest guy despite his unique range of achievements: rock-band roadie, award- winning war game developer with apps on the Apple Store, military strategist, and technology executive. He’s lectured at the U.S. Naval War Col- lege. Mark recently retired as a senior partner from Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) but remains the chief organizer of championship it co-spon- sors, the Final Four of College Chess. “When you are the leading strategy and technology consulting company, chess sits easily in your corporate culture of fair play, advanced thinking, and community support,” he says. Last year, Herman and BAH added trophies for every Final Four participant as well as commentary by U.S. Women’s Champ GM . With additional support from Two Sigma, Herman is planning even more improve- ments to this coming April’s championship, including holding the matches at New York’s historic Marshall Chess Club and a live, on-location Internet broadcast.

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US Chess Affairs / News for our Members

Executive Director’s Report

Looking to the Future of US Chess

The following two pages are highlights from Executive Director Jean Hoffman’s report to US Chess delegates that appears in the 2015 Delegates Call. The full Call is available for download at uschess.org in the governance reports section.

A year ago we celebrated our 75th anniversary and paid tribute to our heritage; now I ask you to join me in looking to the future of US Chess. As a 501(c)(3) organization, we remain committed to furthering our mission: empowering people through chess one move at a time. Moving forward, our change in tax status provides us with the opportunity to reimagine our identity, redefine and modernize our brand, and grow US Chess. A brand is much more than a logo—our brand reflects how we present ourselves as an organization as well as how others perceive us. Last year we created a strong foundation for strengthening our brand when we started a comprehensive strategic planning process including revising our mission, crafting a vision statement, and creating organizational goals and values. Since then, we have continued that work by engaging our stakeholders, reviewing our goals and objectives, and closely evaluating our identity as an organization. As a result, we realized the importance of realigning our new mission, vision, and values with the ways in which we present ourselves to the populations we serve as well as prospective donors. Led by a team of branding experts, US Chess staff, Executive board members, committee members, and volunteers worked together to develop a new visual identity for the organization designed to inspire engagement and establish an emotional connection with the populations we serve. We focused our initial efforts on the three fundamental ways we express ourselves: as an organization: our name, our logo, and our website. Throughout the full version of the report (available for download at uschess.org) you will find a presentation of our new identity, updates on our strategic planning work, and results from our second annual customer service survey. These pages include some of our recent accomplishments as well as our plans for the future. The progress and growth we have seen as an organization would be impossible without our hardworking staff, tireless Executive Board, loyal members, dedicated volunteers, generous donors, and as always, the selfless work of our Delegates. Many thanks to all,

Jean Hoffman US Chess Executive Director

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US Chess Affairs / News for our Members

US CHESS - VISUAL IDENTITY

BACKGROUND convey essential information about our organization’s mission while creating an iconic mark for US Chess. Since 1939, the United States Chess Federation (US Chess) has served as the organizing body for chess in the United States. Recently US Chess has undergone many exciting changes including becoming a ABOUT OUR WEBSITE 501(c)(3) organization. In recent years, the organization has used a range of different logos on their website and printed materials. US Later this summer we will be launching a homepage redesign Chess is excited to share its new visual identity designed to reflect and “Give” section of our website. This is part of Phase 1 of a our new mission, vision and values as a 501(c)(3) organization. comprehensive website redesign project that will be completed in multiple phases, and the initial work of design, development, testing and deployment is expected to take up to two years. ABOUT THE NEW US CHESS The new homepage is designed to improve the user experience, One of the most important aspects of our new identity is the change incorporate more modern design, and serve as a fundraising tool for from calling ourselves USCF to US Chess. Over the years, our the organization. Over the next two years, we will begin to migrate organization has been known by many names including the United additional content from the old site to our new site. States Chess Federation, the USCF, US Chess, and the United States The next major accomplishment in this process will be a multi- of America Chess Federation. Moving forward, while our corporate phase redesign of the US Chess website. Because the site has so name, the United States Chess Federation, will remain the same, many important components, a phased approach will allow us to we will refer to ourselves as the US Chess Federation or US Chess implement new pieces of the site as they are completed, rather than for short. delaying progress until the entire site is ready. The first phase will We decided to go by US Chess—as opposed to USCF—because: go live on August 1, and we will continue an iterative launch of sub- sequent improvements from that point forward. •The name US Chess reflects our mission as a 501(c)(3) organization: dedicated to empowering people through chess one move at a time. We hope you will be thrilled with the modern, user-friendly site design and navigation. Because of the iterative nature of this project, •The name US Chess differentiates our organization and avoids however, there will be a period where it will be necessary to move confusion with numerous other groups that go by USCF. between redesigned pages and the old templates. We appreciate •The name US Chess has been used by our organization historically your support and patience as we continue to migrate sections of the and is reflected in our bylaws and the organization’s previous ver- site into the new format and make improvements. sions of our logo as well as our bylaws.

•The name US Chess directs traffic to our website and domain name WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE FUTURE www.uschess.org. You can still expect the same level of quality customer service from US Chess. Our members come first. We will begin incorporating our ABOUT OUR NEW LOGO new identity into our digital and printed materials this summer. We will be ordering new business cards, letterhead and other In redesigning our logo, one of our top priorities was to modernize promotional materials to reflect our new logo. our look while still recognizing and paying tribute to marks from the past. We also wanted to make sure that our logo reflected our new You may still see our old logo on parts of our website or outdated mission of empowering people through chess one move at a time. materials during this transition. If you do, please feel free to let us The new logo was inspired by iconography found on previous logos know, and we will work to update it as soon as possible. We dating back to the mid-1900s. The new emblem is designed to appreciate your patience during this transition.

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Looks at Books / The Chess Tactics Detection Workbook

Teaching Tactical Awareness A fresh training method to hone your tactical sense.

By JOHN HARTMANN

t is the most common piece of advice ning point total. tem assists in keeping the reader involved given to the amateur player: “If you Here’s an example of a game (#75 in the and engaged in solving. There are, however, want to improve your chess, study book) contested between players rated a few important limitations. Because most I tactics.” So, like the diligent students somewhere between 1301 and 1500. What of the solving ends with the late opening we are, that’s what we do. did one or both players miss? Answers at or early middlegame (full games are given We slog through pages and pages of bare the end of the column. in the solutions), there is little engagement diagrams, flipping to the back of the book with endgame tactics or broader attacking to see what we missed. We try all the web- themes. What’s more, the scent of artifi- based tactics trainers, refusing to give in ciality is not fully expunged here, as all of to frustration when our winning-but-not- the blunders are tactical in nature, and winning-enough moves are marked wrong no credit is given for finding positional or for reasons we can’t fathom. We head to strategic mistakes. our next tournament, chests puffed out Part of me also wonders whether and tactical “Spidey-sense” cranked to 11. Schlepütz and Emms have really done Then we miss a mate-in-two and lose something new here. Surely we can find to an eight-year-old. We wonder, why do precedent for this “unique framework” for we waste our time with this stupid game? tactical training in long-running solitaire There is little doubt that the study of tac- chess columns by Danny or Chess tics is indeed necessary, if not sufficient, Life’s own Bruce Pandolfini. C.J.S. Purdy for chess improvement. Still, those of us recommended covering and guessing the who have spent time with Blokh and Bren- victor’s moves in annotated games back in nan and Reinfeld (not to mention chess 1947, something that ChessBase users .com) know all-too-well the limitations can easily do by using the ‘training’ tab in of such study. It’s easy to find a killer shot the game window. when you know one exists in the position. These caveats notwithstanding, I suspect It’s much harder when your clock is ticking that class players looking to improve tacti- away and there’s no teacher nudging you cally would find The Chess Tactics Detection towards the correct move. Workbook useful, as would teachers looking Not a few authors have made creative for lesson ideas. Schlepütz and Emms may attempts to overcome this problem in their not have found a true novelty here, but the books. Some, like Emmanuel Neiman (Tune training method is fresh enough to warrant your consideration. Your Chess Tactics Antenna) and Martin Weteschnik (Chess Tactics from Scratch), Schlepütz, Volker, and Emms, John. The Chess aim to teach you how to decipher typical Tactics Detection Workbook. London: Everyman positions and discover common tactical Press: 2015. ISBN: 978-1781941188. FAN. 336 ANSWERS themes. Others, like Ray Cheng (Practical pages. PB. (Available from uscfsales.com, catalog For White: 11. Qg4? “White started correctly Chess Exercises), broaden the range of number B0401EM, $27.95) by playing 10. Ne5, but 11. Qg4? doesn’t fol- exercises, forcing you to look beyond raw low it up accurately. 11. Nxd6+! (2 points) tactics in the search for the best move. clears the diagonal and 11. ... cxd6 12. Nxf7! forks queen and . After 12. ... Kxf7 the With The Chess Tactics Detection Work- French Defense, Classical System (C13) book, Volker Schlepütz and John Emms king has been attracted to a fatal square. B. Decrop also attempt to teach tactical awareness 13. Qf3+ forks the king and rook, winning G. Hilven while avoiding the artificiality of bulk puzzle an and a pawn overall. (2 points)” Brasschaat, 2007 solving. Readers are presented with the 11. Qf3 and 11. Nxf7 (2 points) are deemed lesser variants of 11. Nxd6! raw scores of 120 games (or fragments of 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. games) played by combatants rated from Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 b6 9. For Black: 9. ... Nd7? “allows White to gain 1100-1700. They are instructed to play Bb5+ Nd7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Qg4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 material, as shown above (1 point). Instead, through the games, put on their “tactics Black should play 9. ... Bd7 (1 point). Earlier, detective hats,” and note the points where I can see how readers would be attracted Black should probably avoid 8. ... b6 which one or both players missed something. to this book and its method. Most of the invites tactics by weakening both the a4- Points are given for each correct answer, game fragments are short enough to avoid e8 and h1-a8 diagonals.” and readers are encouraged to keep a run- taxing one’s attention, and the points sys-

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Chess to Enjoy / Entertainment

Failure to Communicate What the chess world needs is a good translator who speaks “computer.” By GM ANDY SOLTIS

A curious incident Sicilian Defense, Taimanov Variation (B47) GM Vassily Ivanchuk (FIDE 2715, UKR) GM Michael Adams GM Baadur Jobava (FIDE 2727, GEO) Hydra Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Masters (1), Match, 2005 Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 01.10.2015 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Na4 This game was played in the last (inter- esting) man-versus-machine match. Before 1985 computers weren’t good enough to put up a struggle against humans. After 2005 they were too good. In this match Black’s king is in the square of both Hydra, a top computer of the day, demol- pawns. But he loses because of “pants,” ished Michael Adams, then the world’s a Russian term that describes two sepa- seventh-ranked human, by 5½-½. rated passed pawns (they look a little like trouser legs). WHITE TO MOVE Black’s king can chase one leg but not both. For example, e.g. 48. ... Kd6 49. c4 A curious incident occurred during the e5 50. c5+ Ke6 51. c6!, as Ivanchuk first international super-tour na ment of showed the interviewer. 2015. After White played 43. Rxa4 there “It’s not difficult for a good grandmaster,” was a long—and unexpected—pause. he added. “What could Black be thinking about?” No, it wasn’t. But elite computers like the hordes of online spectators wondered. had to look 16 full moves deep After all, he must play 43. ... bxa4 or to figure it out. It was a revealing moment else he remains a rook down. And he must because of what it said about how humans be winning after that recapture, right? and computers choose moves. In some All the computers on websites covering positions, humans can rely on visual the tournament were giving him a big shortcuts, like “in the square.” They are Hydra had a remarkably small opening edge. Then Black resigned. helped by verbal shorthand, like “pants.” “book” for a strong computer. It was only Immediately after the game Vassily There are other endgame concepts that about eight to 10 moves deep, according Ivanchuk was interviewed and explained are best explained by shorthand and short- to its grandmaster consultant, Christopher that White’s winning line was very simple: cuts. Think of the , Lutz. The usual move is 10. ... Bb7. Hydra After 43. ... bxa4 44. Kc4 his king is “in and that sophisticated technique of rook chose 10. ... e5. the square.” That is, the four-square-by- endgames called “building a bridge.” But “Now our has become four-square grid in the lower left corner these concepts are useless to a machine— inflexible,” Lutz said when he saw the of the board, bordered by a1, a4, d4 and unless you can convert them to binary move. “Do we have anything in the pro- d1. If White’s king stays inside it he can code. gram for flexibility?” he asked Hydra’s can stop the a-pawns from queening (44. We’ve done that before. When computers chief programmer, Christian “Chrilly” Don- ... a3 45. Kb3). were relative beginners they grabbed ninger. Then the outcome of the game depends pawns, delayed development and often What Lutz meant was that 10. ... e5? on whether White can promote one of his got mated in the opening. They didn’t severely limited Black’s strategic options. own pawns. Black’s king is in the path of appreciate king safety. So, in the early It would be hard now for Hydra to change the passed c-pawn. But White can create a 2000s programmers increased the values the pawn structure with … d5. Hydra second (distant) passer. For example, 44. assigned to king safety and piece activity. couldn’t use e5 as an for a knight ... gxf5 45. gxf5 Kc6 46. Kd3 Kd5 47. e6 That made engines more aggressive—and or control the central dark squares with fxe6 48. f6!. much stronger. a on f6. (see diagram top of next column) Other concepts aren’t as code-friendly: That’s easy to say—in words. “When

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Chess to Enjoy / Entertainment

Problem I Problem II Problem III 2015 U.S. GM Kayden Troff GM Conrad Holt GM GM Sam Sevian GM Ray Robson GM Timur Gareev Championship The U.S. Championship is getting younger. The average age of the 12 invitees to the 2015 version was less than 25. Compare that with the 2000 Championship, in which the average was over 40. This month’s quiz features games from the St. Louis tournament, won by Hikaru Nakamura BLACK TO PLAY BLACK TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY —who, at 27, is one of the old timers. In each of the six positions you are Problem IV Problem V Problem VI asked to find the fastest winning line GM Daniel Naroditsky GM Gata Kamsky GM Kayden Troff GM Hikaru Nakamura GM Ray Robson GM Hikaru Nakamura of play. This will usually mean the forced win of a decisive amount of material, such as a rook or minor piece. For solutions see page 71.

BLACK TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY BLACK TO PLAY

you can define flexibility in 12 bits, it’ll means defending a piece or pawn with more Black passed up the natural 14. ... gxf5 go into Hydra,” Donninger told Lutz. units than are currently attacking it. Mas- and played 14. ... Nf6 15. fxg6 Qxg6. Com- Reading that exchange, as reported in ters say it’s a deep strategic concept. puters sneered. The New Yorker, made me feel good, just But if Hydra could speak it might say: White was better to the tune of +1.00 as the Ivanchuk-Jobava game did. We “I don’t need to overprotect. That’s just a to +1.50, they said, as play went 16. Nf3 can’t play as well as machines, I thought. human way of dealing with a position in Nb4 17. Nh4 Qh7 and then 18. Kf1 Bf5 19. But at least we can understand why some which nothing much is going on.” Kg1 Bc2 20. Qd2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4. moves are good and bad. Masters also talk about the need for Human masters tend to prefer Black’s And we can put the explanation in “coordination” and “harmony” of your position then because it is easier to play. words. This is why chess teaching is pieces. But when you play a computer, But try converting “easier to play” into changing in the computer age. A good its pieces may look uncoordinated. Yet code. coach has to be a good translator. His they work well in some special, tactical A master would also say Black has com- students can get their machine to tell way that we can’t put into words. The lim- pensation. What he means is: “White has them the best move in any position, but its of human-friendly concepts gets more a pawn. Black has potential threats. And they need words to make sense of it. complicated when the concepts get vaguer: I can’t figure out which will matter more “The computer can help find a good because I can’t calculate 20 moves ahead.” line,” said the Soviet-trained GM Alexander And Black has the . Masters Beliavsky, who now coaches some young A vague concept say the initiative is crucial because if you GM Conrad Holt U.S. grandmasters. “And then the task of maintain pressure long enough, you win. GM Hikaru Nakamura the coach is to explain things in words, “If you attack the opponent’s pieces ten U.S. Championships (1), St. Louis, Missouri, in clear human language,” he told chess times in a row, he will something 04.01.2015 news.ru earlier this year. on move 11,” as put it. But this raises a question. Maybe it’s But “initiative,” “” and one that only philosophers care about, “pressure” are words that aren’t very useful but I’ll ask it anyway: to machines—because they never blunder Are concepts like “flexibility” real? Or on move 11. Instead, they calmly recom- are they just artificial constructs, created mend moves we wouldn’t look at, like 22. by and suitable only for feeble, carbon- Ng2, 22. Rh3, 22. Bh5 and 22. Rh2. (White based minds? played 22. Bf1? Bd3 23. Bh3 Nc2 24. Be6+ Rf7 “In the square” and “pants” are real 25. Nf5?? Ne1! and lost.) ways to find the best move. But there are So we have a failure to communicate: all sorts of sophisticated terms that mas- We can’t translate many of our thoughts ters us, like “flexibility,” that computers into computer-speak or binary. And ma - can get along without, as Hydra showed. chines can’t translate their variations into For example, “overprotection.” This BLACK TO MOVE “humanese.”

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Back to Basics / Reader annotations

Knight Captures Pawn on Knight Five The sacrifice we most often play (or, at least, consider)

By GM LEV ALBURT

PINS ARE EVEN MORE FREQUENT IN 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 at this point. I figure that my doubled chess than are double attacks, and the pawns won’t be all that great for fighting most common is a bishop pinning the for the queenside, and he’s planning to knight to the queen, as shown in the posi- for an attack on the kingside, tion that follows after 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 so it might be useful to switch things up Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4: and castle long. That’s not usually a good idea with black, but I figure my queenside pawns will be more useful as defenders and his bishop will be pointing at air. I don’t know if it was the soundest move, but it felt like maybe the most fun in a game I expected to lose. I like Kyle’s reasoning (except that the white bishop will be pointing at the e5- pawn, not the air) and I like his choice, the My opening “repertoire” is built almost most active and ambitious of several pos- entirely on experience. I tell people I learn sible choices. openings one mistake at a time. I was a little wrong-footed when he played the 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nbd2 0-0-0 exchange , because literally all Thus, we all often reach similar posi- I know about it is that it’s called the tions, and face the same questions. Is 6. “exchange variation.” I don’t see it very h3 more useful (to safeguard against back- often. rank mates) or weakening (say, allowing Well, in most cases, we all will face an Black to open the g-file more easily)? After unknown in our openings—sometimes 6. ... Bh5, the same goes for 7. g4, includ- sooner, sometimes later. ing the evaluation of the 7. ... Nxg4 5. 0-0 Bd6 . Here, of course, that sacrifice shouldn’t be considered even for a second; Just trying to develop and fight for the but, in a different position, it worked well center. for this month’s winner, Kyle Mayhugh. 6. b3 Writes Kyle (my further comments are Another plan for White is to open the in italics): game with 6. d4. 11. a4 I recently have had a lot of time to study 6. ... Nf6 7. d3 Bg4 Using GM Sam Palatnik’s terminology, and practice, and I was rewarded when I 11. Nc4 was a much more “useful” move was able to take first with a 4/4 score in here. a local open tournament of 25 players. This was my biggest win, a second-round 11. ... Rhg8 victory over a very nice gentleman who The battle lines are drawn and I expect was once a national master but is semi- him to start his pawns rolling. ... Rdg8 retired from serious chess and now floats feels kind of clumsy now that I look at it. around his floor of 2000. While 11. ... Rhg8 is okay, I’d seriously consider the more direct 11. ... g5, trying to exploit White’s “irrelevant” 11. a4. Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation (C68) William Naff (2000) 12. Nc4 g5 13. g4 Kyle Mayhugh (1208) (see diagram top of next column) Eighth Annual David Mote Memorial (2), Springfield, Illinois, 07.23.2011 An idea of sorts is forming in my head 13. ... Nxg4

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Back to Basics / Reader annotations 16. ... g4 17. Nd2 “22. Kxg2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 g2+ 24. Ke2 g1=Q+ would be crushing”; I missed 25. Bxh2. (Fortunately, even in this line, Black is better—slightly—if he plays 24. ... g1=N+ ! [L.A.].) Fortunately, he made one more mistake and we had a flourishing finish. 22. Bxg3 Rxg3

The obvious move would be 13. ... Bg6, but the more I look at it the more I don’t like it. My knight on f6 is blocking the f- 17. ... g3 pawn, and now I’m not sure if I can ever get ... f5 in anyway because of his control I might have had some stronger con- over that square. If I retreat, the kingside tinuations here, but I was in a “just keep is effectively closed off and his knights shoving” mind-set at this point. After- look like they’d be powerful in the closed wards, he saw that 18. Qh5 is a powerful position. So I just decide to trade the “bad” response for White. The bold 18. Qh5! activates the white knight for two important pawns. Now the game is over; Black wins. In addition to all the negatives listed queen, providing the seemingly vulnerable above, 13. ... Bg6?, most importantly, loses (double-checked) king enough protection. 23. Nf1 Bxf3+ 24. Kf2 Rg2+ 25. Kxf3 Qg4 a pawn. Thus, 13. ... Nxg4 is here a must, Moves like 17. ... Bc5, 17. ... Qf6 or 17. ... mate. Qg5 keep the game going, with good reaching a double-edged position (all three The positions occurring after the 13. ... chances for Black’s attack to succeed. outcomes are possible). Nxg4 (practically forced) sacrifice were dif- 14. hxg4 Bxg4 18. f3? Qh4 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. Bxe5 ficult for both sides to play (they would be quite difficult even for top grandmasters). Thus, mistakes were not surprising: posi- tional (16. Re1) and tactical (17. ... g3? with both sides missing 18. Qh5; 20. ... Bxe3+, expecting 21. ... Bg2 to win; 22. Bxg3—believing that 22. Kxg2 also, and perhaps more forcingly, loses). But didn’t even the greatest, Carlsen and Anand, exhibit one relatively simple mutual over- sight in their world championship match (see the February 2015 Chess Life, pg. 26, col. 3)?

It probably takes a master to do all of 15. Ne3 the following: calculate the forced line start- Send in your games! This was the move he said he regretted ing with 20. ... Bxe3+; visualize very clearly most in skittles later. It’s hard to defend, the position Kyle achieves in his next note If you are unrated or rated 1799 and Ne3 gives Black some tempos to make (after 24. ... g1=Q+); to see 25. Bxh2—and or be low, then GM Lev Alburt invites moves he wanted to make anyway. I find go back to the diagram after 20. Bxe5, in you to send your most instructive that at the amateur level, it’s so hard to search of a better 20th move for Black; game with notes to: and finally, to find the easily-winning 20. defend but relatively easier to attack, so Back to Basics, c/o Chess Life ... f6. that even unsound attacks often prosper. PO Box 3967 Crossville, TN There were other moves to consider here, 20. ... Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Bg2 38557-3967 sure, for example 15. Kg2—but William’s Or e-mail your material to choice, 15. Ne3 is good and solid (see my [email protected] note to White’s next move). And Kyle’s observation that it’s easier to attack holds GM Alburt will select the “most in - true even for most grandmasters, especially struc tive” game and Chess Life will in shorter time controls. award an autographed copy of Lev’s newest book, Platonov’s Chess Acad- 15. ... Bh3 16. Re1 emy (by Lev Alburt and Sam Palatnik) After 16. Ne1 or 16. Nd2, White is a bit to the person submitting the most better. He shouldn’t have worried about in structive game and annotations. his rook: after ... Bxf1, material is even, Do not send games with only a but Black’s attack is over and, due to his few notes, as they are of little instruc- better pawn structure, and especially tive value and can’t be used. thanks to the “forever” knight arriving on f5, it’s easier, and more pleasant, to play I thought I had a forced win here, but www.ChessWithLev.com White here. there was a mistake in my mental line,

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Grand Prix Events / 2015 Chicago Open

H A New H SHINING STAR H H 14-year-old IM Jeffery Xiong tops 25 GMs at the Chicago Open, including Gata Kamsky, to earn his final GM norm.

By GM DANIEL NARODITSKY | Photos by BETSY DYNAKO

IT WAS A PHOTO FINISH STRAIGHT OUT OF A HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER. Six hours into the final round, a massive crowd began to gather around the top board. A coterie of 1 seven grandmasters and one FIDE master were deadlocked at 6 ⁄2/9, so everything came down to 14-year-old IM Jeffery Xiong’s endgame slugfest with the top seed.

Photo Finish the position above, a one-sided rook end - Rxf7+ Ka6 57. Rg7 (or 57. c5 Rxg5 58. c6 IM Jeffery Xiong (2606) game. Black can hold, but he must tread Kb6 59. c7 Rc5) 57. ... h3 58. c5 h2 59. GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista (2734) with extreme caution. Rh7 Rxg5 60. Rxh2 Rg6+ Black reaches a well-known theoretical : even if the Chicago Open (9), Wheeling, Illinois, 05.25.2015 53. ... Rg3! pawn were on c7, White would not have An excellent start. The rook is untouch - been able to escape the checks. able, so White must part with the h-pawn. 56. Ke7 h3 54. Ra5! Perhaps Bruzon was expecting 57. Kxf7, The best practical chance. The avari - after which 57. ... h2 draws easily (58. cious engine claims that 54. Ra4?! Rxh3 Rf1 Rf3+ and Black is suddenly on top!), 55. Rb4+ Kc8 56. c5 was stronger, but but Jeffery has other plans: after with 56. ... Re3 57. Rxh4 Re6+ 58. Kd5 Rg6 59. Rh5 Kc7 White has no way 57. Rxf7! to make progress. Watching the denouement unfold before 54. ... Rxh3 55. Rf5 Rd3+?? my eyes, I was quite impressed with Jeffery’s equanimity in this most high- BLACK TO MOVE A tragic miscalculation, undoubtedly pressure situation. The rook will restrain brought on by fatigue and acute time the pawn from h7, and White’s king In a complex Berlin endgame, Jeffery pressure. 55. ... Rg3! was the only way to reaches f6 in the nick of time. deftly exploited several inaccuracies to secure a draw, keeping the rook firmly win a pawn and steered the game into, attached to the g-pawn. Following 56. 57. ... h2 58. Rh7 Rd2

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Grand Prix Events / 2015 Chicago Open

A sad necessity, but now the g-pawn, magnum opus, invariably featuring a gener - smelling blood, lunges toward coronation. ous prize fund, a strong field, and ample Of course, 58. ... Rg3 59. Kf6+ Kc6 60. g6 norm opportunities. Indeed, the 24th edition offered no relief either. saw a total of $100,000 in prizes and more than 20 grandmasters in participation. 59. g6 Rf2 60. g7, Black resigned. Heading the Open section were five-time After 60. ... Rg2 61. Kf7 Rf2+ 62. Kg8 U.S. Champion Gata Kamsky and Cuban White can ‘’ 63. Kh8 and 64. g8=Q. Super-GM Lázaro Bruzón Batista. At 7 p.m. on May 21, 2015, the clocks were started With this sensational victory, Jeffery and the 24th annual Chicago Open was iced a comeback of epic proportions, underway. claiming the top prize of $10,300 and— Competition was fierce from the outset, perhaps most importantly—earning his with upsets occurring by the basinful. FM WHITE TO MOVE final grandmaster norm. Gauri Shankar’s draw against yours truly William “Bill” Goichberg is a contentious in round one is particularly noteworthy. The d4-pawn will inevitably fall, but I figure, but he is the indisputable patriarch saw a golden opportunity to seize the of the modern American open. What his A Tactical Slugfest initiative: tournaments lack in organizational panache, GM Daniel Naroditsky (2708) 43. Rf7! Nxd4 44. Nb7 they make up in entertainment value and FM Gauri Shankar (2374) intensity. The Chicago Open is Goichberg’s Chicago Open (1), Wheeling, Illinois, 05.21.2015 The rook is attacked, and moving it to d5 leads to immediate calamity after 45. Nd6 Qa4 46. Re7, when the attack grows On this page and the next are the group of eight that finished a half-point behind Xiong. Clockwise decisive. But Shankar keeps his compo - from top left: , Daniel Naroditsky, Gata Kamsky, Eric Rosen. sure. 44. ... Ne2+ 45. Kh2 Rd2 46. Nd6 At this point, I could barely contain my excitement. It appears that 46. ... Qd5 is forced, when I planned a beautiful mating : 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 and now 48. Qf6+? Kh7 is only a perpetual, but 48. Ne8+!! wins on the spot: 48. ... Rxe8 (48. ... Kh8 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qg7 mate) 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qxe8+ Kg7 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Qg8 mate. In acute time pressure, my opponent displays superior tactical vision and uncorks a stunning rejoinder: 46. ... Ng3!!

Cue the fireworks! As I quickly realized, this lovely kamikaze sacrifice forces total liquidation and an immediate equality. 47. Nxc4 Nxf1+ 48. Kg1 Rxf2 49. Rxf2 I was still harboring faint hopes of trapping the knight, but Black extricates it with yet another precise tactical oper ation: 49. ... Rb4! 50. Rc2 Ng3 51. Nd6 Ne4 The heroic cavalier is set free, and the game ended in a draw on move 73. In - spired by this early success, Gauri went on to defeat several higher-rated players and scored his second international master norm!

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In round two, Kamsky and Bruzón were held to a draw, while Polish GM Bartolomiej Macieja suffered a defeat at the hands of 16-year-old IM Luke Harmon-Vellotti. His competitive juices flowing, Luke—a 4.0 student at UCLA as well as an accom - plished chess player—scored yet another grandmaster scalp two rounds later.

Shades of Karpov GM (2727) IM Luke Harmon-Vellotti (2526) Chicago Open (4), Wheeling, Illinois, 05.23.2015

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Belarussian GM Sergei Azarov is a vet - eran of American tournaments, but in Chicago he was unable to find his stride until the very end. It appears that he has safely restrained Black’s passer, but Luke orchestrates a furious king march to eviscerate the blockade: 44. ... Kd6! Heading for c3! 45. Ng6 An unfortunate necessity; to maintain his , White must activate his own Clockwise from top left: Vladimir Dobrov, Sergei Azarov, Vladimir Georgiev, . king—and voluntarily relegate the knight to the netherworld. 45. ... Kc5 46. Kf2 Kc4 47. g4 Azarov desperately tries to generate counterplay, but there is no stopping the king from reaching c3. The continuation William “Bill” Goichberg is a contentious 47. Ke3 Kc3 lost even quicker: 48. Nf4 Rxf4! 49. Rxd3+ Bxd3 50. Kxf4 Kd2. figure, but he is the indisputable patriarch 47. ... Kc3! 48. Ke3 of the modern American open. Azarov banked all of his hopes on this move, but now a gorgeous rook maneuver topples his flimsy defensive construction: 48. ... Rd8! 49. ... Re8+ 50. Kf2 Bxg6! he is a full rook up, and White’s kingside “counterplay” quickly fizzles out. Lovely. Black’s three pieces work in A necessary interpolation; the hasty 50. perfect harmony, and 49. … Re8+ is ... d2? would have given White unnec - 55. f5 essary drawing chances after 51. gxf5 Kc2 unstop pable. It is only a question of time A more spectacular way to die would 52. Rxd2+ Kxd2 53. Kg2. before the d-pawn reaches pay dirt. have been 55. Kg3 Ke2 56. Kh4 Kf3 57. 49. Rd1 51. hxg6 d2 52. f4 Kc2 53. Rh1 d1=Q 54. Rxd1 f5 Re1! 58. g7 Rh1 mate. Kxd1 Forced; 49. gxf5 Re8+ and Black picks 55. ... Kd2 56. Kf3 Re3+ 57. Kf4 Ke2, White up the rook (in return for the bishop). The ultimate triumph of Black’s strategy: resigned.

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A rather aesthetically pleasing final 14. ... Bh6 15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Be2 Ra3?! position: White is in ! Unfortu- This pseudo-active move plays into nately for Luke, a painful loss to GM Who Is White’s hands; the rook on a3 is more of Vladimir Georgiev in round six ended his a liability than a strength. 16. ... f5 was fantastic streak, and a further defeat in the lesser evil, and after 17. Rxb4 Nf6 18. Jeffery Xiong round eight knocked him out of conten - 0-0 fxe4 19. dxe4 0-0 Black evacuates his ? tion. Still, hammering two 2600+ grand - king from the danger zone. masters in one tournament is a feat worthy of the highest praise. 17. 0-0 Qa5 18. Nd2!

By round six, the situation at the top The start of a series of ultra-precise was beginning to clarify. Four grand - attacking moves. To prevent Nc4, Black masters—top seeds Gata Kamsky and must attenuate his position even further. Lázaro Bruzón Batista, as well as Sam 18. ... b5 19. Nb3 Qb6 Sevian and Vladimir Georgiev, stood at 5/6, while a bloodthirsty threesome—including It appears that Black has stabilized the the eventual tourna ment winner and situation, but Eric uncorks a fantastic 1 riposte: myself—followed closely behind with 4 ⁄2. Experienced players are accustomed to 20. Na1!! the draining atmosphere of American opens, but no one is impervious to fatigue and exhaustion. In rounds seven and eight, the leaders momentarily took their feet off the gas pedal, enabling several players to catch up. Among this tenacious group of pursuants was FM Eric Rosen, who authored a sparkling attacking victory against GM Holden Hernandez.

Jeffery Xiong was born on October 30, An Attacking Gem FM Eric Rosen (2451) 2000, in Plano, Texas. At age four, he GM Holden Hernandez Carmenate (2623), witnessed a game of chess at a Chicago Open (8), Wheeling, Illinois, 05.25.2015 Simply divine. There is no adequate birthday party, and his interest was defense to Nc2. piqued. After playing extensively 20. ... Qc5 21. d4! across the U.S., Jeffery took his talents Even stronger than 21. Nc2. Now the to an international stage, earning the bishop joins the party, and Black’s position silver medal at the 2010 World Youth falls apart. Chess Championship (under-12) in 21. ... Qc3 Halkidiki, Greece. 21. ... Qxd4 was more resilient, although Two years later, at the 2013 following 22. Bxb5+ Kf7 23. Qxd4 exd4 Philadelphia Open, Jeffery secured his 24. Nc2 Rc3 25. Nxd4 Black’s defensive final international master norm and prospects are rather grim. quickly pushed his FIDE rating past 22. Bxb5+ Kf7 23. Qg4 f5 24. exf5 Nf6 25. the required threshold of 2400. WHITE TO MOVE fxg6+ Kg7 26. Qe6 Kxg6 27. dxe5 dxe5 At 13, he became the youngest player Given only two moves, Black will com - No better is 27. ... Qxe5 28. Nc2 Rc3 in U.S. history to attain the plete his development and obtain a very 29. Nxb4. comfortable position. Sensing the danger, international master title—a clear 28. d6 portent of things to come. Indeed, Rosen launches a vigorous queenside Jeffery picked up two grandmaster assault: White has a crushing attack, but Hernandez fights to the last drop of blood. norms in 2014, and became 11. b4! America’s youngest grandmaster with A thematic pawn sacrifice. To resolve 28. ... Rd8 29. Bc4 a dazzling victory at the 2015 the queenside tension, Black will have to The cold-blooded 29. Rfd1 was even Chicago Open. give up his light-squared bishop, leaving more convincing, since there is no ade - his position full of holes. quate way to stop Bd3+; 29. ... e4 30. Nb3 Jeffery continues to nurture his talent Bf4 31. Nd4 Qc5 32. Nc6 and a massacre 11. ... axb4 12. axb4 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nxb4 14. with long-time coach GM Babakuli is a-brewin’. Annakov and is a participant in Garry Bd2 29. ... Rd7 30. Rb3 Qd2 31. Rg3+! Kasparov’s renowned Young Stars Keeping the ball rolling. Now, 14. ... Ne7 Program. All the pieces are in place fails to impress after 15. Be2 0-0 16. Bxb4 Another terrific attacking move, opening for a potentially long and successful cxb4 17. Rxb4, and White regains the pawn the f-file with devastating effect. with a clear positional edge. Hernandez chess career. tries to solve his problems concretely, but 31. ... Rxg3 32. fxg3 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Bf2 34. g4! only exacerbates the prob lem. Even Kasparov would look upon Rosen’s

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attacking technique with a touch of jeal - ousy. White threatens Qf5+, and there is simply no defense. 34. ... Bh4 35. Qxe5?! “Avrukh clearly wanted to win very badly. A tiny paint splotch on an otherwise My coach told me that in this line, moving flawless work of art. The businesslike 35. g3 Bg5 36. h4 won on the spot. the f-pawn is bad at least 70 percent of 35. ... Rxd6?! Hernandez returns the favor, allowing the time!” ~Xiong White to mobilize his knight with gain of tempo. 35. ... Qxd6 was far more challeng - ing, and after 36. Qf5+ Kh6 37. Nc2 Bg5 master norm alive. My father gave me a White still has some work to do. good piece of advice before the game: he 36. Nb3! told me that my opponent also badly needed a win to contend for prizes, so I And that’s all she wrote. just needed to play patiently and wait for 36. ... Qc3 37. Qxd6 Qxc4 38. Nd2 Qxg4 39. an unneces sary risk. It happened rather Nf3 Qe4 quickly. Now 40. Ne5+ won by force, but Rosen— 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. presumably in time pressure—opts for a Nxd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. 0-0 safer approach. Now Black has a choice between three 40. Nxh4+ Qxh4 41. Qf4 continuations: 8. ... a6, 8. ... d6, and 8. ... d5. All lead to a slight advantage for Forcing the trade of queens and reaching White. punish him: 11. ... Bf6 (11. ... Qe8 12. a completely winning endgame. The rest Rfe1) 12. h4! and Black is busted. is a matter of straightforward technique. 8. ... f5? 11. Nd5! 41. ... Qg5 42. Qxb4 Qe5 43. Qf4 Qe6 44. Qg3+ Just impatience; Avrukh clearly wanted Kf7 45. Rc1 Qe4 46. Re1 Qf5 47. Qf3 Qa5 48. to win very badly. My coach told me that The continuation with 11. Qd5+ would Rb1 Qe5 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Qg3+ Qxg3 51. in this line, moving the f-pawn is bad at have been too greedy: 11. ... Kh8 12. Bxc6 hxg3 Ne4 52. Kh2 Nf2 53. Rb5 Kf6 54. Kg1 least 70 percent of the time! bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rb8 with full compensation, but 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. h4 would have once Ne4 55. g4 Kg6 56. Kh2 Nc3 57. Ra5 Ne2 58. 9. Nxc6 Kh3 Kh6 59. Kh4 Nf4 60. g5+ Kg6 61. Kg4 again been quite strong. Nxg2 62. Re5, Black resigned. It took me some time but I found the best way to punish this premature pawn 11. ... Be6 With this fantastic effort, Rosen secured move. 9. exf5?! Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxf5 was Taking the pawn with 11. ... fxe4 is his final international master norm and his idea (Black might be able to play 10. suicidal. See for yourself: 12. Bg5 Qd7 joined nine other players with 6/8, setting … c6-d5 and the position is equal). 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Rae1 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 the stage for a spectacular finish. 16. Rxe4, while is 11. ... Qd7 is too 9. ... Nxc6 ridiculous to be true: 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Jeffery Xiong’s climb to the top was a The only move. 9. ... bxc6 actually loses Bg5 Kh8 14. Rfe1 and Black is dead. story of Herculean perseverance. Jeffery by force: 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. Bd4 fxe4 12. 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ne7+! started the event on a discouraging note, Bxg7+ Kxg7 13. Qd4+ Kh6 (I knew that winning the first game but drawing the my opponent would never walk into this It is important to play this move imme - following three against significantly lower- line, but now that we are in analysis, it is diately, otherwise it will be too late. rated opposition. In an open tournament worth investigating) 14. Nxe4 d5 15. Qe3+ —and I can attest to this from personal Kg7 16. Qc3+ Kh6 17. Rad1 Qe8 (The only 14. ... Kh8 experience—it is very difficult to recuperate way to escape the pin) 18. Qe3+ Kg7 19. The move 14. ... Kf7!? does not save after a sluggish start, but Jeffery did so Rfe1! with a crushing attack. Black due to 15. Rae1!, simply bringing with remarkable grace and professionalism. The other recapture, 9. ... dxc6, is met the last piece into the game with deadly After defeating two solid oppo nents in by 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. Bc5! Qe8 12. exf5 effect: 15. ... Rae8 (No better is 15. ... a6 rounds five and six, he neutralized GM Rxf5 13. Bd4 and White is dominating. 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Re7+ Isan Ortiz Suarez with the black pieces. Qxe7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qg5+) 16. Rxe6 To round off an improbable comeback, he 10. Qd2! Qxe6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6. would have to overcome a formidable A move like 10. exf5 or 10. f3 wouldn’t A critical moment has arisen: I knew roadblock: Israeli GM Boris Avrukh, an cause too many problems, but this does! for sure that I should bring a rook into elite player and renowned theoretician. I stop Black’s only threat of … f4 and the game, but which one? I reasoned that prepare Bg5 followed by Rfe1 and Rad1, … Bc4 is of more concern than … Bxb2, mobilizing the rooks. Now Avrukh started hence: Ruy Lopez (C60) to burn time like crazy. IM Jeffery Xiong (2606) 15. Rfe1 GM Boris Avrukh (2711) 10. ... d6 As it turns out, 15. Rae1 was quite Chicago Open (8), Wheeling, Illinois, 05.25.2015 possible as well. For instance, 15. ... a6 Notes by Xiong. (see diagram top of next column) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe2 I would prefer to In this game, I needed a win to keep 10. ... fxe4!? gave me a pleasant choice have my queen on h3, but still, after 17. my chances of making my final grand - of moves, but 11. Bg5 is the best way to ... Bf7 18. b3 White clearly has an edge

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and will get his queen to h3 eventually. Black had nothing better: the position anything and Black has to make difficult is completely hopeless due to the powerful moves with no time. 15. ... a6 knight on e7. On top of that, my opponent 24. ... Qf7 25. f4 This only plays into my hands, but Black had less than 20 minutes to make more has no other moves. The alternatives fare than 20 moves, so I was feeling very good Simply protecting everything. Now Re6 no better: 15. ... Rae8 16. Qe3 Bf7 17. about my chances! is coming. Qh3 is crushing; 15. ... Bxb2 16. c3 and 19. Re4!? 25. ... Rc5 15. ... Rf7 16. Qe3. Flashy, but not the best. 19. Nxf5! was The alternative 25. ... Bd4+ lost after 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe3 Bf7? stronger. It is not very natural to worsen 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. Qg3 Rxg5 28. Qxg5 Bf6 Imprecise, since this square should be the position of the knight for a meaningless 29. Nf5+ Kh7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ reserved for the rook. pawn, but concretely, Black is busted: Bxe7 32. Rxe7 Qf6 33. Rxc7. 19. ... Rfe8 (The other tries lose faster: A. 17. ... Bd5 was more resilient; the 26. Re6, Black resigned. bishop can find itself useful here in the 19. ... Rae8 20. Be7 Rg8 21. Nxd6; 19. ... future since g2 will hang. Nevertheless, Bg6 20. Ne7) 20. Qf3, winning. A nice game that kept my grandmaster norm chances alive! after 18. Qh3 Rf7 19. Re3! (The rooks are 19. ... Rab8! far more useful on the e-file.) 19. ... Bxb2 20. Rae1 (Now White threatens Nxd5 and The only defense, otherwise 20. Rh4 The start of the final round was decid - Re7 as well as c3) 20. ... Bg7 (White Qe8 21. Qxf5 forces resignation. Hats off edly anti-climactic. After winning a mar a - eliminates a key defender after 20. ... Be5 to my opponent for not giving up and thon six-hour game against IM Andrey 21. Ng6+) 21. Qh4 (c4 and Rh3 are now perse vering! Gorovets in the morning, I guzzled down a sub (it was a meatball marinara, and it was on the agenda) 21. ... Be4 22. f3 Bd5 23. 20. Rh4 Qe8 21. Re1 c4 Black is toast. good, but, err, my stomach kind of regretted B. 17. ... Bc4 was another possibility. It always makes sense to bring the last it later on) and dashed right back to the Following 18. Qh3 Rf7 19. Ng6+ Kg8 20. piece into the game. board. It took me all of five minutes to realize that I had no gas left in the tank, Re7 Rxe7 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Re1 Re8 23. 21. ... Rxb2 22. Qxf5 Qh4 White is winning, but there is still and I happily accepted an early draw offer work left to be done. The move 22. Qe3 followed by Bf6 was from GM Vladimir Georgiev. Three other my original intention, but this is easily top games —IM Ashwin Jayaram-FM Eric 18. Qh3 parried with 22. ... Kh7 Rosen, GM Sergei Azarov-GM Samuel Sevian, and GM Gata Kamsky-GM Vladimir Now the dark squares are weak, so 22. ... Rb5 23. Qg4 Dobrov—also ended peacefully in due my plan is to simply play Bh6 or Qh4 Now, Black no longer has … Re5. course. and Bf6. American missionary Walter Elliot fa - 23. ... Bg6? 18. ... h5 mously remarked that “perseverance is The decisive mistake. Avrukh wanted to not a long race; it is many short races one get his pieces out, but now he has to deal after the other.” For Jeffery, the final round with the possibility of Nxg6+ on every move. was the most trying race of all—but even The try 23. ... Rc5 was the only defense, with the grandmaster title and $10,000 but after 24. f4 (march!) 24. ... Rc4 25. on the line, he kept his legs churning and Qe2 we can just look at the position and emerged victorious. The 2015 Chicago stop the analysis: the result of the game Open was a memorable event in many is not in question. ways, but posterity will remember it as the progenitor of a new shining star of 24. h3! American chess. Other moves such as 24. a4, 24. c4, or See more from the Chicago Open on Chess Life 24. f4 were winning, but practically speak - Online at uschess.org and at ing, this is the best choice. I’m not forcing http://chessevents.com/chicagoopen/

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Date: May 21-25, 2015 | Location: Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, Wheeling, Illinois | 826 players | Top Finishers: Open, 1st, 7: 1 Jeffery Xiong; 2nd-8th, 6 ⁄2: Gata Kamsky, Illia I. Nyzhnyk, Daniel A. Naroditsky, Sergei Azarov, Samuel Sevian, Vladimir Georgiev, Vladimir 1 1 Dobrov; 1st Under 2400, 6 ⁄2: Eric Rosen; Under 2300, 1st, 6: Nicky Korba; 2nd-5th, 5 ⁄2: Matthew W. Larson, Nolan Hendrickson, Alex 1 1 Bian, Manis Davidovich; Under 2100, 1st, 6 ⁄2: William C. Del Castillio; 2nd-9th, 5 ⁄2: Darcy James Linde, Matthew James Stevens, Todd 1 Freitag, Bradford L. Drake, Rene Ancheta, Daniel Vasto, Bill Turner, Zachary John Haskin; Under 1900, 1st, 6 ⁄2: Fedor M. Titov; 2nd-5th, 6: Jeffrey Zhu, Spencer Elswick, Matthew S. Schladweiler, John Nazario; Under 1700, 1st, 7: Joe Fleming; 2nd-4th, 6: Deonte S. Spencer, 1 Swain Devi Prasad, Daniel Cohen; Under 1500, 1st-3rd, 6: Andy Patrick Soukal, Alexander A. Connelly, Samir Hadzic; 4th-6th, 5 ⁄2: Adam 1 Tiberius Wallach, Ryan Goebel, Wilson Gao; Under 1300, 1st-2nd, 6 ⁄2: Adam Przybyl, Nathan Fong; 3rd-4th, 6: Neil F. Wren, Kenneth 1 Kotowsky; Under 1000, 1st, 7: Ayodele Adeniyi Abejide; 2nd, 6 ⁄2: Jonathan Luis Nazario; 3rd-5th, 6: Blas Octavio Guzman, Grant Jang Jin Kim, Aswin Chirukandath. | Chief Tournament Director: William Goichberg.

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Knighthood: A Correspondence Chess Roundup Recapping the 2008 Golden Knights and 2012 Electronic Knights Championships

By FM ALEX DUNNE

2008 Golden Knights Championship Beginning four years earlier but ending at about the same time as the 2012 Electronic Knights, the 2008 Golden Knights Championship was the 61st in the long and rich history of U.S. corre spond ence play. The first section was sent out on January 1, 2008 and 1,092 games later on March 15, 2015 the tournament ended in a victory for James Rhodes who posted a remarkable 17-1 record, 6-0 in the preliminary round, 6-0 in the semifinal round, and 5-1 in the finals, with a single loss to third-place finisher Gary Adams. James believes in keeping a low profile. He notes that with the increased risk of identity theft he does not want any personal data published. 2008 GOLDEN KNIGHTS FINAL STANDINGS So, no personal data, no birth date, no birth place, no social security number, and no passwords or credit card numbers. Instead, he chooses Rhodes 41.70 Zeppa 30.00 to share the following: He started playing correspond ence chess because Buss 39.50 Cross 28.90 he was more interested in playing well than getting quick results. Adams 37.90 Addis 28.40 This victory is by far his biggest accom plish ment of his chess career, Buss 35.00 Zeppa 28.35 and it makes him feel both humbled and vey honored. His favorite Connelly 35.00 Eisthen 26.70 part of correspondence chess is when he starts to know (and really Kovats 34.55 Dunne 26.10 like) the person on the other side of the board, e.g., Abe Wilson, Ciaran Barber 34.45 Langland 26.00 O’Hare, John Ballow, and Tony Kain. The two things he likes least Woodard 33.55 Rogers 24.90 about correspondence versus the good old days is the Lauterbach 32.75 Addis 23.75 advent of “lawyer ball” tactics and the use of search engines because Boymel 32.40 Ellis 22.20 they make chess a lot less fun now than it used to be, in his opinion. Moore 32.30 Kemfort 20.50 Finally James suggests to the reader that he should play more chess Boege 31.65 Miehm 20.50 in the park, in the coffee shop, and in the bar. Bonsack 30.65 Pressall 18.30 I had the opportunity of meeting James in the final round of the Wilson 30.00 Hoppmann 16.00 tournament. He showed me no mercy nor was any ex pected.

Slav Defense (D10) 15. Qc2 c4!? is his stomping ground. Alex Dunne (2174) The battleground has been defined— 16. ... Nd5 17. Be4 James Rhodes (2264) Black takes the queen’s wing, White the This retreat was not best (hindsight is 2008 Golden Knights Final center and kingside. After 15. ... cxd4 16. a wonderful tool). White has committed Nb3 Rc7 17. Qd3 Nc4 18. Rfc1 the game his forces to kingside play and should 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 remains balanced. 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 a5 10. con tinue in that vein with 17. Ne2 to 0-0 Be7 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Nc1 N5b6 13. Bd3 16. Bxh7!? activate his knight. c5 14. Be4 Ra7 This was White’s idea behind 15. Qc2. 17. ... N7b6 18. Ne2 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Bb7 20. So far, so book. But now White diverges The opening of the h-file against his king Nf4? from Malakhatko-Leburque, Basel, 2007 is relatively harmless as the bulk of Black’s where White played 15. Nd3 Bb7 16 Bxb7 army is situated for queenside action. (See diagram top of next page) Rxb7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qe2 White takes the h-pawn, not out of mate - with about an even game after 19. ... 0-0. rial consideration but because the kingside

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Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12. pawn falls and with it White’s resistance. Nh4 0-0 13. 0-0 Ne8 14. Qc2 Nc7 15. e4 Qd7 51. ... Rxa6 52. Rxc2 Ne4 53. Kf3 f5 54. g4 16. Rd1 Ng5+ 55. Kg2 Ra3 56. Nf4 Rc3 57. Rd2 Nf3 Kovats overprotects d5 in anticipation 58. Rd1 Nh4+ 59. Kh2 Re3 60. gxf5 Nxf5 61. of Black’s counterattack on that square Rg1 Nh4 62. Rg3 Re5 63. Nd3 Ra5 64. Nf2 by ... e6. Sanikidze-Gagunashvili, Tbilisi, Ra2 65. Kg1 Ra1+ 66. Kh2 Kf6 67. Rg4 Nf5 2006 continued more actively with 16. b4 68. Ne4+ Ke5 69. Nf2 Ra6 70. Nd3+ Kf6 71. c4 17. b5. Nc5 Rc6 72. Ne4+ Kg7 73. Rg1 16. ... e6 17. Bb2 exd5 18. Nxd5 White has resisted staunchly, but the Correct—the pawn-plus calls for ex - inevitable now happens. White is lost. chang ing pieces when beneficial. 73. ... Rc2+ 74. Kh1 Kf7 75. Rd1 Ke6 76. Rd2 White was thinking too defensively and 18. ... Nbxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. exd5 Kg8 Rc4 77. Rg2 Rc1+ 78. Kh2 d3 79. Rxg6+ Ke5 overlooked Black's next. Best was 20. Ng3. 21. a4 80. Nf2 20. ... c3! Ceding b4 to Black is not a major loss On 80. Nd2 Rc2 81. Rg2 Ne3 82. Rf2 but 21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Na6 23. Rc4 Rxd2! 83. Rxd2 Nf1+ wins. This shot leaves Black in command. leaves Black playing for a draw. 80. ... d2 81. Rg1 Kd4 82. Rg5 Nh4, White 21. bxc3 bxc3 22. Be3 Nb4 23. Qb1 N6d5 24. resigned. Ne2 21. .... Na6 22. Re1 Nb4 23. Qd2 Rae8 24. h3 The last try was 83. Rg3 Rf1 84. Rd3+ White had to release some pressure by White has played well to this point, but Kc4 85. Rxd2 Nf3+ 86. Kg2 Nxd2 wins. exchanging on d5. now he fails to solve the problem of how to bring his knight back into the game. 24. ... Ba6 25. Nf4 The simplest solution is 24. Bf3 and Nh4- Third place was held down by Gary g2-e3-c4. Adams of Mesa, Arizona, a mathematics White has lost heart—25. Ng3 offers lecturer at Scottsdale Community College some chances for resistance. Now it is 24. ... Qd8 25. Rbd1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. who also placed third in the 2000 Golden Black to play and win. Rc1 Qe7 28. Rd1 Qf6 Knights. Gary inflicted the only defeat on 25. ... Nxe3 26. fxe3 g5 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. James Rhodes in this technical win from Bg6+ Kd7 29. d5 Nxd5 30. Nd4 Bc5 31. the final round. The reader should be Nxe6 prepared for a colossal struggle. A faint hope—31. ... Kxe6? 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33. Qf7 mate but the other side gets there first after ... Symmetrical English (A38) James Rhodes (2264) 31. ... Bxe3+, White resigned. Gary Adams (2359) 2008 Golden Knights Final White resigned here rather than face 32. Kh1 Rxh2+! 33. Kxh2 Qh8+ 34. Bh7 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 c2. c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3 Bd7

Michael Buss finished second in the Black’s active pieces balance White’s Black breaks the imitation game here. How long can Black safely reflect White’s 2012 Electronic Knights Championship. extra pawn. The game is equal but it is moves? After 8. ... a6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 Here he scored a rare double, finishing easier to play Black than White here. second in both the Golden Knights and cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. d4 Electronic Knights. His favorite game from 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. f4 Qe7 31. f5 Qe3! d5 one game was agreed drawn after 14. the 2008 Golden Knights? This Benko Bf4 Rb6, Grivas-Kotronias, Xanthi, 1991 Effectively ending White’s attack as the win against Jiri Kovats. and in another after 14. Ne5 Black exchange of queens favors Black as either eventually won, Kouremenos-Skembris, the b-pawn or d-pawn will then fall. Athens, 1973. (A58) 32. Qb2+ Qe5 33. Qc1 Bxd5 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. 9. Rb1 a5 Jiri Kovats (2130) Bxd5 Nxd5 Michael Buss (2355) Of the major lines against White’s setup, 2008 Golden Knights Semifinal Material equality has been reached but this and 9. ... Ne8 have been the most Black’s more active pieces grant him the successful. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 advantage. 10. Bd2 Ne8 11. Re1 The Benko Gambit—Black gambits a 36. Ng2 Rb8 37. Re1 Qc3 38. Qxc3+ Nxc3 39. This appears to be a TN (theoretical pawn on the queenside hoping his pres - a5 Rxb3 40. Ra1 Rb7 41. a6 Ra7 42. Ne3 d5 novelty). It is at least as good as the main sure there will lead to an of 43. Ng4 lines 11. Ne1 or 11. Qc1. White’s center culminating in a decisive White can’t play straightforwardly here kingside attack. —43. Ra5 d4 44. Nc4 Kf6 45. Nd6 d3 46. 11. ... Nc7 12. h4 4. cxb5 Rxc5 d2 wins. White keeps his options open—kingside or queenside. That may be Black’s goal, but by accept - 43. ... d4 44. Ne5 Kf6 45. Nd3 Ne4 46. Rf1+ ing the pawn sacrifice White scores in the Kg7 47. Ra1 c4 48. Ne5 c3 49. Nd3 Nd2 50. 12. ... Rb8 60 percent plus range. The game is on! Kg2 c2 51. Rc1 While Black concentrates on the queen - 4. ... a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 White can't allow ... Nb3 and the a- side, the battle has started.

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13. Qc1 b5 14. h5 gxh5!? tive is gone, Black has the two bishops, 35. Qe3 Qg7 36. Kh1 Bxg5 37. hxg5 f4 38. Qc3 White’s forces lack cohesion, and Black has A rather surprising choice but a well After 38. Qb6 Black can take the g- an extra, though doubled, . considered one. The h-pawn was threaten - pawn as 38. ... Qxg5 39. Qxb5 Rg8! and ing to advance to h6 when White has 22. b4! the bishop is pinned. Instead White seeks con trol of the dark squares around the solace in an endgame without queens. black king. h7 is reasonably safe so a White’s best attempt to salvage a draw. dangerous attacking pawn is captured. 22. ... cxb4 23. axb4 a4 38. ... Qxc3 39. Rxc3 Kg7 40. Be4 Rd8 41. Bf5 d5 42. Rc5 15. Bh6 e5 16. Bg5 Another rook pawn makes its way onto Black wins the ending after 42. Rc7+ the stage, and this one has weight to it— White becomes deflected from his attack Kf8 43. Bxh7 d4 44. Bb1 d3 45. g6 Rd7 it is a three squares from —16. Ne4 keeps him in the hunt—and 46. Rxd7 Bxd7 47. Bxd3 a3 48. Bb1 Bf5 queening. Black soon captures the initiative. 49. Ba2 Bxg6 50. b5 Bf7 51. Bb1 a2 52. 16. ... f6 17. cxb5 Nd4! 18. Bd2 Nb3 19. Qc2 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Kg2 h4! Bxa2 Bxa2 53. f3 Ke7 54. Kh2 Bd5. Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 This rook pawn is sacrificed and it is the 42. ... Bc4 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Bxh7+ Kh8 45. white king whose pawn cover is shattered. Bf5 Rf8 46. Bb1 a3 47. Kg2 a2 48. Bxa2 Bxa2 26. gxh4 Rc8 27. Qa2 f5 28. Nf3 Qe7 29. Rh1 49. Kf3 Bb3 50. b5 Bd1+ 51. Kg2 Be2 52. b6 e4! d4 53. f3 White is lost after 53. b7 Ba6. Another pawn thrust and the white king’s protective forces are lessened. Now 53. ... Ba6 54. Rd7 d3 55. Rd6 Kg7 56. Kf2 Rf5 if 30. dxe4 fxe4 31. Ng5 e3! 57. Ke1 Rxg5 58. b7 Re5+ 59. Kd2 Re2+ 60. Kd1 30. Ng5 exd3 31. exd3 Bxd3 32. Rbc1 Rxc1 Bxb7 61. Rd7+ Kf6 62. Rxb7 Re3 63. Kd2 Rxf3 33. Rxc1 Bf6 34. Qa3 Bb5 At this point the endgame databases could be consulted—it is mate in 32 moves. The first wave of battle has ended. Black has a sound extra pawn, two 64. Rd7 Kf5 65. Rf7+ Kg4 66. Rg7+ Kh3 67. bishops, an exposed white king, and is Rh7+ Kg2 68. Rh4 Rf2+ 69. Kxd3 Kg3 70. Rh7 White's position is in tatters—the initia - very close to a win. Rh2, White resigned.

2012 Electronic Knights Championship 147 entries began sending their moves by e-mail. The race was on as the 2012 Electronic Knights began on January 9, 2012. The contest would continue through the preliminary, semifinals, and final round, concluding on February 24, 2015. The contestants would play 630 games to determine who would be the 2012 Elec tronic Knights champion. There was not a long wait before the first result was in—on January 20, 2012 Steven Patterson scored the first win of 2012 ELECTRONIC KNIGHTS FINAL STANDINGS the tournament. Six masters entered the field at different times during Anthony Kain 39.50 Harold Brown 23.90 the year—Paul Boymel, Anthony Kain, Patrick Ryan, Barry Endsley, Michael Buss 37.20 Andrew Bussom 27.30 Michael Buss, and John Dowling. Patrick Ryan 35.15 Gerald Fielding 26.65 In the preliminary round it takes 4½ points out of 6 to qualify for Barry Endsley 32.90 John Galvin 26.15 the semifinals. All six masters qualified as did 46 other aspirants to Mark Stephenson 32.35 Mark Ellis 24.40 the title. There were not many upsets in the preliminary round. Many John Procopi 32.25 Robert Cousins 19.90 of the games were hard fought battles like this draw from round one. William Young 30.65 Alfredo Gotay 17.00 Don’t care for draws? Try this one where both sides are playing to win.

French Defense (C07) 9. ... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Nf5 16. Ne3 Bc6 he has slightly the better chances. Mark Stephenson (2059) An interesting concept with a good track Robert Cousins (1752) record that the computers don’t care for. 14. ... Bb5?! 2012 Electronic Knights The idea is to make Black castle queenside Black seeks counterplay after 15. where his king is a bit exposed. Nemeth- 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Bxb5+? axb5 16. Ne3 Rxa2 with the better Beliavsky, Gibraltar, 2009 continued 12. game, but Black should have castled to Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. 0-0 a6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. ... Bd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bd3 0-0-0 15. give his king safety. Nbxd4 Bd2 Qc7 16. Ne3 Bc5 equal. 15. c4 Bxc4 16. Nxg7+ Bxg7 17. Bxc4 b5 Wei Yi-Grover, World Junior Champi- 12. ... Qc5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rb1 onship, 2014 delayed recapturing the d- After 18. Bd3 White has the advantage pawn with 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Rd1 A mysterious rook move?!—White of the two bishops and a black king with Bd6 12. a4 b4 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 intends to advance b2-b4 after ... 0-0- no truly safe haven. Instead White decides 15. Nxd4 0-0 with about an even game. 0 but with 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Bd4 0-0-0 to speculate ...

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18. Bxe6!? fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qe7 20. Qb3 Kf8 49. Kxb5 Ke5 50. Kc5 Kf4 51. Kd6 Ke3 52. Ke5 miliar territory with White scoring about 21. Be3 Qf7 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Rbd1 h5 Kf2 53. f4 Kxg2 54. f5 Nxf5 55. Kxf5 Kf3 56. 56 percent. After 16. ... f5, Black stakes Kg5 Ke4, Draw agreed. everything on a counterattack. Black has to be careful here—23. ... Ng4? 24. Qc6 Rb8 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 And after 57. Kxh5 Kf5 58. Kh6 Kf6 59. 17. Nc5! Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 is too dangerous for him. h5 Kf7 the draw is clear. Black has “won” a pawn, though it is a short-term victory. In the long term, his 24. Rfe1 Kh7 25. Bd4 Rhe8 The 147 entries in the preliminary round king has no sanctuary. Finally Black’s forces come out to play. was cut down to 49 semifinalists. Again, White decides his best chance to survive 4½ points was needed to qualify for the is in an endgame without rooks. final round. Only one player managed a perfect 6-0 score in this round, Michael 26. Qf3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 Buss. One other player finished with 5½- 29. Qd1 Qg6 30. h3 Ne4 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. ½, Mark Stephenson. Qualifying with 5-1 Qd5 Kh6 33. b3 Ng5 34. Qd2 Kg7 35. Qd4+ scores were Alfredo Gotay, John Procopi, Kh7 36. Qe3 Nf7 37. a4! and the future winner of the 2012 Elec - Evading the threat of ... Qb1+ and tronic Knights Championship, Anthony reducing the pawns on the queenside Kain. means one less target for Black to fix his Anthony Kain has had a successful year sights on. in the U.S. correspondence chess world lately. He recently achieved his ICCF IM 37. ... Qf5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Ke2 title. His 2400 rating in US Chess CC will gain him the senior master title, and he is 19. Re1 Kf7 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. poised to win the 2014 Absolute Champi- Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qh5+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. a4 onship as no one can catch him. Tony, now 25 years old, is successful beyond With the draw in hand, White opens up the 64 squares of the chessboard. He is a another file for possible use by his rook. high school science teacher and enjoys 25. ... a6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bf3 weight lifting and formal debates. Here is his favorite game from the championship, And now the remaining white piece his semifinal round win over Juraj Beres. comes into action. 27. ... Rd6 28. Qh8 Qd7 29. h4 Ke7 30. Qe5 Qe8 Semi-, Botvinnik Variation (D44) If 30. ... Kf7 play could continue 31. h5 Anthony Kain (2299) Qe7 32. h6 Kg6 33. Qh8 Qf7 34. Re3 b4 40. ... Qe5?! Juraj Beres (2192) 35. h7 Qxh7 36. Bh5+ Qxh5 37. Qe8+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ winning. The moment of truth has arrived. Does 2012 Electronic Knights Semifinal Black seek an endgame sans queens or 31. Qxf5 Qf7 32. Qe4 Qf6 use the combined force of queen and 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 knight to play for the win? Hindsight says dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 keeping the queens on though the win is 10. Bxg5 Be7 not easy after 40. ... Ng5 41. Qe7+ Kh6 Beres tries an old line instead of the 42. Qe3 b4; defending such a position is topical 10. ... Nbd7. an arduous task. 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Na6

Material equality has been reached and Black still suffers from an exposed king. Now the h-pawn is decisive. 33. h5 Rd4 34. Qe3 Rd3 35. Qc5+ Kd7 36. Bg4 Rd6 37. Qe3 Kc7 38. Bxe6 Qxb2 39. h6 Rd3 40. Qg5 Kb6 41. Qg7 Qd2 42. Rf1, Black 41. Qxe5+ Nxe5 42. Ke3 Nc6 43. h4! resigned. This will allow White to exchange off 15. Ne4 The debate is over: the h-pawn will cost the kingside pawns by f2-f3 and g2-g4 at Black his rook. the right moment. The idea 15. Nxb5 allows Black strong counterplay after 15. ... cxb5! 16. Bxb7 The semifinal 49 boiled down to just 14 43. ... Kf6 44. Ke4 Na5 45. Kd4 Nxb3+ 46. Kc3 Nb4 when Black has been scoring well. finalists, or two finals sections. It was Nc1 47. f3 Ne2+ 48. Kb4 Ng3 here in the finals that Anthony Kain pulled 15. ... Qe7 16. 0-0 f5 Else the final black pawn gets traded away from his rivals, scoring 5-1 in his after g2-g4. After 16. ... 0-0-0 Black remains in fa - section, with draws against Patrick Ryan

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and John Procopi. In the other section Rxf5 34. Ne6 Bb6 35. Nxd8 Bxd8 36. b5 Rfc1 Qd6 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 Michael Buss scored four draws—against Kf8 37. bxc6 Ne7 38. Rd1, 1-0 Semenov, Black wisely avoids taking on a weak Barry Endsley, Andrew Bussom, Mark V (2276)-Malushko, N, ICCF, 2010. d-pawn by 17. ... exd4. Stephenson, and Robert Cousins to lead 14. ... Bg4 15. c4 Rc8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bb2 his section and come in second overall. Re8 18. c5 a6 19. Ba4 Re7 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. h4 18. Nd5!? Michael Buss is 59 years old. He and White can keep his disadvantage to a his wife Marie recently celebrated their minimum with 21. Re3 Qc8 22. Rae1 Qf5. 35th wedding anniversary. Michael credits 21. ... Qc8 22. Nh2 Bh5 23. Re3 Marie with great tolerance for accepting his two avocations—correspondence chess No better is 23. b5 axb5 24 Qxb5 Qh3. and officiating high school baseball games. 23. ... d4 24. Ree1? Only 24. Rf3 holds. (C54) John Galvin (2230) 24. ... Qh3 25. Nhf1 Michael Buss (2432) Also difficult is 25. Ndf1 Rd8 26 Qc2. 2012 Electronic Knights Final Notes by Michael Buss. 25. ... Re6, White resigned. White, on the other hand, with the more 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 active pieces, takes on an isolated d-pawn to imbalance the position. Having played in some ICCF sponsored Evans Gambit tournaments over the years, 18. ... Nxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 I looked forward to the challenge of facing Black has to leave the d-pawn alone for it again at the hands of a most formidable now—19. ... Qxd5 20. Be4 Qb3 21. Rc7 opponent. Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 with an edge. 4. ... Bb6 20. Bc4 Rc5 21. Rc3 Rfc8 22. Rd1 Qh4 23. Steinitz said, “The refutation of a gambit Rdc1 Qd4 frequently lies in its acceptance,” so Black Black announces he is content to draw. generally accepts the gambit pawn. De - clin ing the gambit by Black still allows 24. a5!? for good play, but Black must defend first Black wins after 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rxe6 But White is not. Instead he offers a for a long time and attack later. fxe6. Otherwise 26. Qc4 e4 27. dxe4 Nxh4 28. gxh4 Ng4 29. e5 Rg6 (Dunne). pawn to put some life into his d-pawn. 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. 24. ... Rxa5 25. Rd1 Qf4 26. g3 Qg5 27. b4 Ra4 Bb3 c6 10. a4 0-0 11. a5 Bc7 12. Re1 d5 13. Third place went to Patrick Ryan whose Qc2 Be6 4½-1½ score in the finals was actually second best overall, eclipsed only by Anthony Kain’s 5-1 result. Patrick owns a small tech company and has been married 40 years with four children. He began playing over- the-board chess in the 1960s and corre- spond ence chess starting in 1969.

Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Classical main line (D27) Anthony Kain (2306) Patrick Ryan (2266) 2012 Electronic Knights Final The black rooks are (temporarily) uncoor- dinated and the d-pawn is free to advance. 14. g3!? 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. h3 28. d6 Rxb4 29. Bxf7+! Kxf7 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 Here are two games with alternativw tries 31. d7 Bxd7 32. Rxd7+ Ke6 33. Rc7 from this position: 14. exd5 cxd5 15. c4 This harmless move was apparently So what does White have for his sacrifice Nf4 16. Bb2 dxc4 17. dxc4 Nd3 18. Nxe5 played to get his opponent out of book. of two pawns? An exposed black king that Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Ng4 20. Bc3 Bf5 21. h3 8. ... Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. dxc5 has no completely safe harbor. Ryan Qh4 22. Ne4 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Nh6 24. c5 summons his rook and queen to shield Rfe8 25. Bd5 Rab8 26. Qd3 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Having invested a non-move (8. h3) in his king and that is enough to hold. Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Rd8 29. Qf3 Kf8 30. b5 Qe7 the position, White must be careful not to overextend his position by 10. Qe2 cxd4 31. b6 Qxc5 32. Bb2, 1-0 Jensen, E (2210)- 33. ... Qf5 34. Rxg7 Kf6 35. Rc7 Kg6 36. h4 11. Rd1 e5 12. exd4 exd4 when White must Grevtsov, V (2255), ICCF, 2008; 14. h3 Qe4! Nh5 15. Nf1 Nhf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Ng3 work a bit harder to regain his pawn. Black finds the clearest way to force Qf6 18. Re3 Rad8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 10. ... Bxc5 11. e4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd4 the draw and second place in the 2012 dxe4 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe4 Qg6 23. Rg3 Electronic Knights. Qf5 24. Rg5 Qf7 25. g3 Nd5 26. Rg4 Qf5 Since White owns a bit more space, this exchange is advisable. Black is equal here. 27. Re1 e5 28. Nc5 Qc8 29. a6 b5 30. c4 37. h5+ Kf6 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxb7 h6 40. bxc4 31. Bxc4 Rf7 32. Qe4 Qf5 33. Qxf5 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Be3 e5 16. Kg2 Ra4 41. Kh3 e4, Draw agreed.

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The 7. Qf3 Taimanov Sicilian Going deep in a line that avoids Bb5 options and keeps tension in the position. By IM ERIK KISLIK

randmaster Jonathan Rowson wrote in his excellent book One grandmaster chastised me for this and explained that Chess for Zebras that the vast majority of players personally when the analysis reaches a point where White has a number G identify with “their” openings on a level that transcends of promising or equivalent alternatives (presumably around the game. Indeed, this is perhaps the clearest explanation move 15 or 20), we should stop the analysis and give an assess - for why mass opening delusions exist. On the other hand, this ment. As you will see in this article, I do not agree and I think type of obsession with one’s openings is not necessarily so bad that a player using that method of analyzing would not find the if it encourages deep creative searching that may lead us to find equalizing moves in the 7. Qf3 Taimanov that I found here. This practical and playable ideas that is because it was necessary are not easy to refute. for me to look at a wide range One of the most widely disputed of lines deeply and work questions in is “What backwards. It is also worth should we analyze?” This is a tricky pointing out that en gines see question without an easy answer much more when they work but I will at least give some relevant backwards from a long line ideas with respect to preparing an due to the fact that they store opening with black. Most strong evaluations in the RAM and players understand there is a lot the evaluations will always be of value in deeply analyzing the more accurate once you see theoretical endgames they obtain the final position of a line after in their games, as well as the major tactics or transfor- complex tactical positions they mations have led to the smoke misplay. What is much trickier is clearing. what occurs off the board. As a Some players feel sick to professional analyst, at times I am their stomach when they see accused of analyzing too little and opening ideas or variations at times I am accused of analyzing justified with long and precise too much. Although not a perfect analysis. As a practical player analogy, I agree with the general it seems daunting to need to principle that “the analysis should remember 30 moves or more be as simple as possible, but not in a complex position. Yet in simpler.” analysis, there is a major My point is that we shouldn’t difference between a line that cut off our analysis too quickly is academic (and simply proves or hastily when we are trying to that it’s drawn) and one that find ways to equalize with Black is realistic to obtain regularly in our opening preparation. I have in a practical game. Grand - heard far too many players say, masters have told me in the “White is better” and casually stop past to not analyze so deeply analyzing a line because of seeing GM Mark Taimanov, who popularized his namesake variation. in certain variations because a brief engine score of, say, +.35. you may miss something else If one wants to be this dismis sive, he should be sure about the earlier. This is a strange argu ment. If you can reach a definite depth of this evaluation and the fundamental positional or tactical conclusion on a line, is there any good reason to not do it? If reasons for having a better position (players rarely are too sure on the answer is just laziness, that won’t apply to me, so I’ll try to this last part). My proposal is simple: we should create one sample work things out to some kind of conclusion. The process of main line for almost all sensible Black tries and try to analyze it forming controversial opening beliefs and testing and refuting out as best we can, assuming a line isn’t so obviously better for them has been a fundamental part of the viewpoints of cutting- White that it is not worth looking at. That is essential ly what I did: edge analysts from all walks of life at least the last 70 years, I created some bare bones main lines and then computer-checked going back before Fischer’s time. What would be significantly everything to look for improvements. more strange would be to cut off one’s analysis completely in a PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

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complex and interesting position where something game-changing forced to demonstrate something clear while Black merely plays may be about to occur. sound positional moves. In over-the-board play in such situations, I have a number of students that are eager to play the Taimanov usually (unless the theory is already well-known and worked Sicilian with black because it avoids various Bb5 Sicilian lines out) White plays natural-looking moves rather than the ones and keeps a lot of tension in the position. Yet very recently that pop up on the computer after deep analysis is done. Playing certain lines caused tremendous problems for Taimanov players. either of my proposed equalizers here, I would expect to equalize One of them is the popular main line with 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3, easily over the board against the vast majority of titled players which has more than 10 games by super grandmasters in the I play in closed tournaments. last six months. Oddly enough, Black failed to demonstrate a For those curious what computer analysis was used for this clear equalizer in any of the recent grandmaster games. By article, I used my two desktops with July 4th Stockfish Develop - checking numerous lines carefully and playing them out deeply ment version and Komodo 1405 (the latest version). One of the to make sure my conclusions were right, I was able to demonstrate desktops averages about 17,000 kn/sec with Stockfish, while the two strong novelties that equalize against 7. Qf3. other averages around 12,000 kn/sec with Stockfish. All lines Despite the fact that the following long-form analysis in my were checked in an automated fashion at depth 35, although my best lines here may not be possible to fully remember, Black’s confidence levels in such analysis is only 98 percent and not position stays fundamentally sound the entire time. White is higher. Without further ado, let’s turn to the analysis.

Sicilian Defense, Taimanov can play the useful Na4!) 15. is an unpleasant threat to deal an immedi ate win; 7. ... Bb4 Variation (B48) Bg2 a5 16. Rd1 b4 17. Na4 is with; 7. ... Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Ne7 Black threatens ... Ne5. 8. Nxc6 IM (FIDE 2459, IND) better for White due to the was played recently by GM bxc6 9. Bd4 leaves Black strug - GM strong bind: White intends Rd6 . The gling to complete development. (FIDE 2603, IND) followed by e4-e5. Black proba - simplest path to an edge is 9. 9. Bf4 is also unpleasant for Kolkata International GM Open (4), bly has to sacrifice a pawn by Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 b5 11. Black. 17. ... d5 for insufficient 0-0-0 Bb7 12. f3 Nc6 13. Be3 Kolkata, , 03.19.2015 8. Qg3 h5 compensation; Ne5 14. g4 and White freely 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. exploits his advantage by Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. improving his position with Qf3 moves like Kb1, Rh5 or g5; 7. ... Nge7 Black threatens ... Nxd4 followed by ... Nc6 and ... Bd6. 8. Nb3 h5! (8. ... Ng6 9. 0-0-0 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Bd4 b5 12. Qe3 threatens Bb6. 12. ... Rb8 13. h4 and Black’s knight on g6 keeps getting struck by strong moves. If 13. ... h5 then 14. f4 is unpleasant.) 9. 0-0-0 Ne5 10. This is Black’s most aggres - 7. ... b5 Black intends ... Bb7. Qg3 White threatens the very sive response to the 7. Qf3 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. strong f2-f4, so Black has to Taimanov. He intends to play Qg3 makes it difficult for Black aim for risky dynamic play: 10. ... h5-h4 followed by ... b7-b5, The move 7. Qf3 is the hot - to complete his develop ment. ... h4 11. Qh3 d5 12. Kb1 dxe4 effectively pushing White’s test and sharpest line currently White can consider play ing 13. Bb5+! ... pieces away from their best in the Taimanov. White has a ideas like Bd4, f2-f3, and 0-0-0. squares. wide range of natural plans in 10. ... Nf6 (10. ... Rc8 11. a3 9. Bf4! mind stemming from the move, Qc7 12. Bf4 is also awkward such as Qg3!? or 0-0-0. for Black: if 12. ... d6, White 9. h4 Nf6 10. 0-0-0 b5 threat - can reply with the direct h4-h5!) ens ... b4 and gives Black the 7. ... Ne5 11. f3 h5!? threatens to play ... initiative; 9. f3 h4 10. Qf2 Bb4 7. ... Bd6 8. 0-0-0 Be5 h5-h4 followed by ... Bb4 or ... 11. Bd2 Nf6 intends ... d5 (or potentially prepares ... Nge7. Ba3. (11. ... d6 12. 0-0-0 b4! ... b5) with a good game; 9. f4 9. g3 looks very simple: White 13. Ne2 e5 14. Qe1 a5 15. Ng3 h4 10. Qh3 Nc4 immediately intends Qe2 followed by f2-f4 g6 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. Nf1 wins equalizes; 9. 0-0-0 h4 10. Qh3 with a space advantage. 9. ... the fight for d5 after Bg5.) 12. b5 intends ... Nf6, followed by b5 10. Qe2 Nge7 11. f4 Bxd4 h4 Rc8 13. a3 Qc7 14. Bf4! Qb6 ... Neg4 would give him good 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 0-0 threatens the equalizing ... d5. play; 9. Nf5!? was a beautiful 14. Qd2 White intends Bg2, In order to deal with it, it makes ... is a beautiful move, ex - move tried by GM Shakhriyar possibly followed by Nd1-e3 sense for White to castle queen - ploit ing the fact that Black Mamedyarov in early 2015. with a positional edge. 14. ... side and call Black’s bluff. 15. can’t take in view of Nxb5 White threatens to simply take Rb8 (14. ... Rd8 15. Bg2 Nc6 0-0-0 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bxa3+ 17. followed by Nd6+. 13. ... N7c6 on g7. 9. ... f6 10. 0-0-0 b5!N

16. Rd3 is quite strong for Kd2 0-0 18. e5 Ne8 19. Ke2 is 14. Bxc6+ Qxc6 15. Rhe1 Nc4 improves over Mamedyarov- White: he intends e4-e5 fol - definitely better for White be - 16. Nxe4 gives White a massive Giri, Tbilisi, 2015. (10. ... exf5 lowed by Rd1 and if ... b4 he cause his king is safe and Qg5 attack. He threatens Bc5 with 11. Nd5 Qc6 12. Bb6 fxe4 13.

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Openings / Taimanov Sicilian Nc7+ Kf7 14. Qb3+ d5 15. Nxa8 Black intends ... b5 followed with a positional advantage: Ne7 were the game moves; at by ... Nf6. 16. ... 0-0-0 17. exf6 gxf6 18. this point, the possible variation 10. ... b5 Black intends ... Bh4 d5 19. Rhe1 and White 16. Be2! g6 17. Nc7 Bf5 18. h3 b4. 11. f4 h4 12. Bxh4 (12. Qf2 threatens Qh3 with a solid grants White an edge by also gives White a huge static edge.) 12. Qe3 (12. Bxh4?! preventing Black from solving initiative.) 12. ... b4 13. Ncb5!? Nh5 13. Qf2 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Ng6 his king position by 18. ... Kg7? axb5 14. fxe5 Bd7 15. 0-0-0 with a good position for Black.) in view of 19. g4! threatens Nxb5. 15. ... Qc5 16. 12. ... Nc6 13. 0-0-0 Qb6! Bg5! (Be3 is now a dangerous threat.) 16. ... dxe5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. Bd3 Be7 20. h4 is definitely better for Another continuation is 11. White. h5 is in the air and 0-0-0 (intends h2-h4 followed Black has no safe haven for by f2-f4.) 11. ... Ng6 12. h4 b5! his king; 10. ... Ng6 Black (12. ... Nf6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. f4 prepares ... Be7. 11. 0-0-0 h4 gives White a huge attack with 12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 Nf6 14. Bd3 and Rhe1.) 13. a3 Nf6 14. Be2!N Rb8 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. f4 Be7 15. Bd3 0-0 16. Rhf1 f3! is a very simple and strong (White threatens Nde2 followed move. by f4-f5.) 16. ... Rab8 17. Nde2 White has ideas like Rhg1 This is a great defense, Bc6 18. f5 Ne5 (Black threatens and a4-a5.) 11. f4 Ng4 12. h3 getting the queens off the board ... b5-b4, so White has to act Nxe3 13. Qg6+ Kd8 14. Nxg7 and allowing Black to hold a extremely quickly.) 19. fxe6 Qc6 15. Qe8+ Kc7 16. Qxf8 slightly worse position. 14. Be2 fxe6 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Be2 Nxd1 17. Ne8+ Kb6 18. Bxb5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 (White now threatens the win - axb5 19. Rxd1 d5 20. exd5 Qc5 Bd7 17. Rhd1 Bc6 Black ning Bh6, so Black is forced leads to a wild-looking position. intends ... Be7 followed by ... to take on e4 even if it looks e6-e5 or ... d6-d5. 18. a4 White risky.) 21. ... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 can consider the idea of b4-b5!? Bxe4 23. Bh6 Bxh4 24. Qxh4 (18. Bf3 h3 gives Black great gxh6 25. Nxh5 Qc6 26. c3 play.) 18. ... Rc8 19. f5 Be7 20. when White has the initiative fxe6 fxe6 21. Be3 Kf7 22. Rf1 and threatens the immediate White plans to follow up with Kg6 23. h3 White intends Bd3. Nf6+. Be3 and g2-g4-g5!, pushing 23. ... e5 24. Rc4 Rhf8 25. a5 Black’s pieces back and gaining Bd7 26. Bd2 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 an incredible amount of space. Bc6 28. Bd3 Nd7 29. Rxf8 Nxf8 16. ... Be7 17. Be3 Qb7 18. g4 30. b4 leads to a completely Nd7 Black intends ... Nb6 or ... equal ending: after ... Ne6 b5-b4. White can stop both followed by ... Bg5-xd2(+), Black plays and obtain an advantage White can either trade off into has no weaknesses at all. a position that is slightly better with the amazing sequence: 19. with 21. Qxc5+ or play 21. Qg7 b4! Nb6 20. f4! White threatens Bb7 22. Qxh8 and simplify, g4-g5 followed by f4-f5. 20. ... after which Black’s defense is e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Nb3 0-0 not so difficult; 9. Bg5 h4! is a 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bd6 25. fascinating thrust: if White takes Nc5; 10. ... Nf6!N the pawn on h4, Black can 11. ... Nc6 12. 0-0-0?! sacrifice the Ex change on h4 and follow up with ... Ba3 with a huge attack. 9. ... d6! This is solid but locks in the f8-bishop. 9. ... f6 10. 0-0-0 30. ... Ne6 31. Nd5 Bg5 32. em pha sizes Black’s poor devel - Kd1 Bxd2 33. Kxd2 Kf7 and opment. Black can follow up with ... Nf4 or ... Ng5 with a position that 10. Bg5! cannot be breached. Black intends ... b7-b5 or ... This is a really fascinating Be7. This is an important 11. f4! White plans to play Nxc6 piece of reciprocal logic because novelty that equalizes for Black. followed by f5 but he has no the obvious 9. Bg5 doesn’t Most likely it is missed because (see diagram top of next column) time for it. work, White tries to play it in engines struggle with the The move 11. f4 is the most The line 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a stronger fashion now that position after 10. Bg5 without direct way to challenge the 0-0-0 Nf6 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Bh4 the f8-bishop is hemmed in very deep analysis. 11. f4 h4! knight on e5. Al though Black g6 16. Rhe1 0-0-0 17. Rd2 and tactics with ... Ba3 no (11. ... Ned7 12. 0-0-0 b5 13. is able to queenside castle in gives White a static edge and longer exist. a3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Nxe6! the main lines, he is still far allows him to play many useful moves such as a2-a3, h2-h3, 10. ... Bd7?! fxe6 16. e5 wins back the piece from equality.

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Kb1, and Red1 while Black 0-0 29. Rg1 Ng6 and Black’s 20. Bc4?! 25. ... Rxd5 26. exd5 Rf8 27. Nd1 struggles to find anything king is com pletely safe.) 18. ... Rf1 28. Kd2 Nc4+ 29. Ke2 Rg1 30. ... which leaves White slightly active to do; The strong est Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rh3 b4 b3 worse. It was essential for him option may have been 12. Nf3 21. Nd1 Qd4 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. to maintain his pawn structure The line 30. d6+ Nxd6 31. because it keeps the most Rf1 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Rxh4 with 20. Ne2! Ne3 b5 should win for Black pieces on the board while White Rxh4 26. Qxh4 Nc3+!! ... 20. Ne2! when White intends as well. has a space advantage. Play to untangle with Rg1 and Rd3. might continue with 12. ... f6 30. ... Nd6 31. Ne3 b5 32. Kd3 Black does best to fight for 13. Bh4 Nge7 14. 0-0-0 0-0-0 direct compensation as quickly 15. Kb1 d5 16. Bd3 followed as he can: 20. ... Bc6 21. by a3 followed by Rhe1. White Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. e5 Ne7 23. has a lead in development and Rg1 Nf5 24. g3 Bb5 wins back Black is quite far from equal - the pawn for Black but most izing. importantly is not worse for 12. ... Nxd4! White after 25. Nc3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Nxg3 28. Rf3 Nf5 29. Ne4.

... is a brilliant move that em - pha sizes the importance of exchanging pieces in tough 32. ... Kb6 defensive positions. This also helps to activate the rest of Stronger is 32. ... Ra1! 33. Black’s pieces. 27. Ka1 (27. b4 Rxa2 34. c3 Kb6 35. Nc2 bxc3 bxc3 leaves White’s king Nc4 36. g3 hxg3 37. hxg3 Ne5+ too open to pursue winning 38. Kd2 Rb2. chances.) 27. ... Nxd1 28. Rxd1 33. Kd4 b4 34. c4 bxc3 e.p. 35. Weaker is 12. ... h4 13. Bxh4 Rd8 29. Kb1 a5 30. b3 Rd7 Kxc3 a5 36. Kd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc5 15. Rd3 31. Qh5 Rd5 32. Qf3 Ke7 gives The continuation 36. Bg4! b5 16. e5 which gives White a Black a safe king and no Kc5 37. Be2 Rc1+ 38. Kd2 Rh1 massive attack and threatens problems. 20. ... Nxf4 21. Rf1 Ng6 22. Rxf7!? 39. h3 a4 40. Nc2 axb3 41. Ne4. 14. ... h4 15. Qe1! This may even be best and axb3 Kxd5 42. Bd3 Ne4+ 43. 13. Rxd4 Qc5 14. Rd1?! correct play may lead to a draw Ke3 Nc5 44. Bc4+ Ke5 is better 15. Bxh4 Qh5 16. Bg5 f6 objectively. for Black, but offers White White intended the main line traps White’s bishop. The alternative line 22. Be2 serious drawing chances in after 17. Qd2 that he got in Ne5 23. Nd1 Kc7 24. Rd2 Bc6 view of the limited material. the game, but it gave Black 15. ... Be7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Nf2 f6! 26. b3 b5 is better great counterplay. The move Black intends ... b5 or 0-0-0. for Black: structurally he is 14. Rc4! would have put Black superior and he can continue on the ropes. 17. Qd2 with ... a5. 14. Rc4! h4 15. Qe1 Qa5 16. Kb1 b5 17. Rd4 Qb6 leads to After 17. a3 White intends 22. ... Ne5 23. Rfxd7 Rxd7 24. a rich position with many to play Be2 followed by g2-g4, Bxe6 Kc7 possibilities for White. but Black can equalize quickly with well-timed pawn breaks. 17. ... 0-0-0 18. Kb1 (18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bf3 g5! gives Black active counterplay.) 18. ... Bc6 19. Bd3 d5 equalizes for Black. He can consider ... Kb8 or ... dxe4. 36. ... Ra1 37. a4 Rb1 38. Nc4+ A more stubborn defense is 17. ... 0-0-0 18. Qxd6 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. h3 Rc1+ 40. Taking the pawn is the only Kd2 Ra1 41. Kd3 Ra3 42. Kc3 idea that makes any sense. Ra2, but is winning for Black.

18. ... Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Ng6 25. Rd5? 38. ... Nxc4 39. Kxc4 Re1?! 18. Rd3! (18. Ne2 Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 intends to counter Although this doesn’t look This greatly complicates the 20. g3 by 20. ... Bc6! with good so bad at first sight, it may be play unnec essarily. play; 18. Rd2 Be7 19. Bxe7 objectively losing for White. Faster is 39. ... Rc1+! 40. Nxe7 20. g3 b4! 21. Nd1 Bc6 Much better is 25. Rxd7+! Kd4 Rc2 41. d6 Rd2+ 42. Kc4 22. gxh4 Ng6 [effectively Nxd7 26. Nd5+ Kd6 27. Bxd7 Rxd6. attacks White’s pawn weak - Kxd7 28. Kd2 Rf8 29. Ke2 Ke6 40. Bf5 Re2? nesses.] 23. f5 Nxh4 24. Rxd6 30. Nb4 h3 31. g3 Ke5 32. Ke3 Qc5 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. fxe6 Rf1 33. Nd3+ Kd6 34. Nf2 The line 40. ... Kc7! 41. h3! Qxe6 27. Qxb4 Qe7! [protects when White should draw (41. b4 Re5!) 41. ... Re2 42. b4 Black’s king and allows him to because he can defend all of Rf2 43. Bh7 Rf4+ 44. Kc5 Rxb4 get out of the woods.] 28. Qc3 his weak pawns. 45. Bc2 g5 may be winning for

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Black, but is far from clear. The move 7. ... Ba3?! is a Black intends ... Nxd4 followed tricky idea aimed at playing ... by ... b7-b5 or ... e6-e5. Luckily 41. d6? Ne5, but it leads to a very bad for White, he has the direct White reaches an position after 8. 0-0-0 Ne5 9. and punishing idea of simply unbelievable theoretical draw Qg3 Qxc3 10. bxa3 Qxa3+ 11. taking on c6 and driving the after 41. b4! axb4 42. Kxb4 Kb1 Ng6 12. Nb3 when White knight off of f6 by g4-g5. 9. Rb2+ 43. Kc4 Rxg2 44. a5+ intends the very strong Bc5 Nxc6 bxc6 10. g4! h5!? (10. ... Kxa5 45. Kc5 Ka6 46. Be4 Rg1 followed by h4. h6 11. h4 only works out in 47. d6 Rc1+ 48. Kd5 Kb6 49. White's favor, so ... h5!? is a 8. 0-0-0! Bf5. worthwhile try to complicate matters and transfer the knight on e5.) 11. g5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Qb6 gress: 13. ... Nd5 14. h3 Nh6 13. Bg3 Rb8 14. b3 Qc5 15. 15. Bd3 g6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. h4 White has a large advantage Qf3 Rc8 18. Bf2 Nf5 19. Kb1 here because Black’s counter - h4 and Black’s rock solid play has run dry and he needs position cannot be worse. In to worry about Na4 immedi - many cases he can consider ately; 8. ... Be7 Black would playing ... Nxd4 followed by ... like to castle into relative safety, Bc6.] 13. ... Bb7! 14. h3 Nh6 but unfor tu nately he doesn’t 15. Qf3! This is amusing have time. 9. Kb1! d6 because it prevents ... d5, would have been met by g2- which can be dealt with by This is clearly the right place g4, so 9. ... d6 is a good waiting playing e5 and taking on e4 41. ... Kc6 42. d7? for the white king. He can move. and h5. Black ends up stuck consider playing Kb1, Be2, No better is 42. Kd3 Rb2 43. with his awkward knight on Nxc6 or Qg3 depending on Kc3 Rf2. h6. [15. Qe3 d5 16. e5 {16. circumstances. Nxe6 is initially favored by 42. ... Kc7 43. Bh3 Re4+ The move 8. Nxc6 is a engines, but Black’s extra piece sensible try for White. 8. ... 43. ... g5! was an easier win. is worth more than enough bxc6 9. 0-0-0 White intends to after 16. ... fxe6 17. exd5 Bd6 44. Kd5 play Be2 fol lowed by Qg3. If 18. Bg6+ Kf8 19. Nc5 neatly Black commits to 9. ... d6 his After 44. Kd3! Rb4 45. Kc3 deals with the threat of ... Bxf4. position will be passive in the Rf4 46. Be6 Rf6 47. Bh3 g5 19. ... Bxc5 20. Qxc5+ Qxc5 long run. (9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Black wins as well. 21. Bxc5+ Kg8 22. dxe6 Be4!} Rb8 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 d5 16. ... Ne4 17. Bf2 Rc8! intends 44. ... Rb4 45. Ke6 Kd8 gives Black a comfortable game ... Nf5!?, ... Be7, or even ... Bc6 and no weak nesses to worry depending on circumstances. ... and Black won easily: about.) 9. ... d5 10. exd5 cxd5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Be2 (11. g4 also gives White an edge Black has good counterplay.] 46. Kf7 Rxb3 47. Kxg7 Ra3 48. 11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Bb7 13. and success fully demonstrates 15. ... Be7 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. Kb1 Be6 Rxa4 49. g4 hxg3 e.p. 50. f3 Bd6 14. g4 h5 15. Bg5 Kd7 the value of driving Black’s h4 18. Rhe1 grants White a hxg3 Re4 51. Bf5 Re7+ 52. Kf6 a4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. gxh5 f5 leads knight away from its best clear edge and threatens many 53. g4 a3 54. Bb1 Re1 55. Ba2 to a rich and tense balanced square.) 11. ... 0-0 12. h4 e5 nasty ideas: Re2 56. Bb3 Rb2 57. Bd5 Rd2 58. endgame in which Black has 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nd5 is a Bb3 Rb2 59. Bd5 a2 60. Bxa2 ideas like ... Rh6, ... Ke7, and simple and direct plan that Rxa2 61. g5 Kxd7 62. g6 Ke8 63. ... f4. The bishop pair gives him shows Black has problems with Kg7 Rg2, White resigned. realistic chances to fight for a plus. a number of his pieces; 8. ... Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 is very direct The following is simply anal - 8. ... Nxd4! because it threatens ... b4. The y sis, because it deviates from only way to challenge it without known games so quickly there weaknesses is to play f4, which is nothing to follow: forces the knight to the awk - ward g4-square. 10. f4 Neg4 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. 11. Bg1 retains the bishop and Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6! intends e4-e5. 11. ... b4 12. 7. Qf3! Na4! Nh6 (12. ... h5 [Black’s The moves g4, c4, and even direct threat of ... Nxe4 forces Nb3 are in the cards. 18. ... 0-0 either e4-e5 or Bd3.] 13. Bd3!N 19. Bxh4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 improves over Narayanan- 21. Rxe4 Bxh4 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Swathi, Kolkata, 2015. g4 Rfd8 24. Qf2 and White’s simple Nb3 idea is really This is a very amusing and (see diagram top of next column) unpleasant to deal with.) 13. surprising solution: by taking [13. e5 is not the strongest Qe3!N improves over Trent- on d4 and playing ... e5 move because it allows Black Alsina, Granada, 2015. 13. ... followed by ... d6, Black takes to put his pieces on all of their Be7 14. Bd3 0-0 15. Kb1! White over the initiative and prepares best squares. After playing ... has an edge because Black has to get activity on the queenside Nd5, ... Nh6, ... g6, ... Bb7 and no effective way to deal with with ... b5. ... Nf5, it’s hard to see how White’s ideas of Nb3 and h2- 7. ... Nf6 8. ... d6 This is a solid move. White can make direct pro- h3; 8. ... Bb4?! 9. Nxc6 bxc6

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10. Bd4 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. was played in Milov-Weiss, Rg2 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qb6 25. intends ... Rbd8. 27. c4 Rbc8 Ne4 c5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 2011. Here White can obtain Rd3 when White has a firm 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. b4 f5 30. Qxd6 15. Bxg7 left White struc - a large edge by the simple 12. grip. c5 Kf6 leaves White very tied turally better with the bishop g4 h6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 up and intends ... Rd8-d1.) 26. 18. Nxf6+ pair and a safer king in Rc8 15. c4 b5 16. Kb1 and ... Rbd8 27. cxb5 (27. Rg3 Narayanan-Mukherji, Kolkata, White’s bishop pair and large 18. Rg1 Rh6 is rock solid for Rd1+ 28. Kc2 Rxf1 29. Rxf3 e4 2015. space advantage is important Black; 18. Kb1 Rh6 19. Be2 is 30. Rc6+ Kd7 31. Rfxf6 Rxf2+ here. a natural attempt to play for a is a simple tactic that leads 9. Bxd4 e5 10. Be3 d6 small positional edge. In view play into a drawn rook ending.) 12. a3 h6! of the fact that Black can 27. ... Rd1+ 28. Kc2 axb5 29. This is necessary to deal with simply play ... Kf8, ... Be6 and Rc6+ Bxc6 30. Kxd1 Rh4 31. the threats coming to the f6- ... Bh4, he has little to worry Ke1 Re4+ 32. Be2 f5 33. Rg6+ knight within the next few about: (19. Qb3 Kf8 will proba - Kd5 intends ... b4 and ... Rh4 moves. bly lead to the same thing after and gives Black more than Awkward is 12. ... Bb7 be - 19. Be2.) 19. ... Kf8 20. Qb3 enough activity. cause Black needs to keep the Bb7 21. Bg4 Bh4 gives Black 24. ... Bxe4 25. Bg2 b-file open for ... Rb8 and ... no meaningful weak ness es and b5-b4 pushes: 13. g4 Be7 14. the natural idea of ... Bxd5 After 25. Rhg1 Bf3 26. Kd2 Bd3 Nd7 15. Kb1 and White’s followed by ... Rf6. e4 27. Ke3 Rbc8 28. c3 Rcd8 edge is clear because ... b5-b4 and ... Rd1 guarantees that 18. ... Qxf6! is not coming anytime soon. Black has no trouble in the The continuation 18. ... gxf6 endgame at all. 11. h3! 13. g4 19. h4 Ke7 20. h5 leaves Black 25. ... Bxg2 26. Rxg2 Kf5 27. Rg3 ... is the most proactive try: White needs to aim for con - struggling for equality. White Rh4 If White can freely get in g4-g5 crete play by g2-g4-g5 other wise intends the simple h6, followed things can get ugly. he won’t be able to make any by Be2, Rdg1 and potentially ... leads to a very comfortable 11. Qg3 is a decent attempt headway into Black’s position Rg7. endgame for Black. He can for White to fight for a bind on while Black opens up the queen - consider ... Rc8, ... Rf4, ... 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd6 Ke7 the light squares. 11. ... Be6 side by ... b4. Rbh8, and even ... Kf4. 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. ... leads to a surprising end - 13. ... Rb8 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 28. Rc3 a5 Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 0-0 16. ing: despite White’s extra pawn, Be7 Be2 b5 17. Rhd1 Rfc8 18. Qb3 most of the positional factors Qb6 is fine for Black in view Black intends to play ... Be6, are actually in Black’s favor of the fact that f2 is cumber - which would prevent the white and his compact pawn struc - some to defend; 11. Bd3 This knight from firmly occupying ture is very easy to manage. move is tricky because 11. ... d5. Bg4!? 12. Nd5! probably favors 21. Rc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 White. Neverthe less, simply The move 21. Rd3 threatens playing ... b5 gives Black good h3-h4! but Black stops it play and a comfortable pawn effectively and fully equalizes structure after 11. ... b5 12. by 21. ... Rh4! 22. Bg2 Be6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qd7 14. Rc3 Rg8 24. Rh2 (24. Bf3 Rc8 Qe2 f5 15. f3 Qf7. gives White little to hope for.) ... is a fully satisfactory 11. ... b5!N 24. ... Kd6 intends ... a5 and may even allow Black to take endgame for Black. He can over the initiative despite the follow up with ... Rf4, ... b4 pawn minus. and ... Rh8 with no real losing chances. 21. ... Bb7 22. Rc7+ Kd6! 23. Rxf7 Ke6 In conclusion, on the seventh move, Black can confidently 17. ... Qd8! play 7. ... Ne5 followed by ... This is a crucial move, aimed h7-h5 (the line preferred by GM at trading queens on f6 and Anish Giri) or he can play ... equalizing with precise defense. Nf6 followed by ... Nxd4. In both With the queens off the board, cases, Black should leave it turns out to be surprisingly known theory rather quickly if The move 11. ... b5! is a awkward for White to defend he would like to fully equalize natural novelty that resurrects e4 and h3. This was a tough against the most dangerous try this sub-varia tion. Black decision to believe in firmly from White. It is fascinating that intends ... b4 with the initiative. because engine scores were in both variations, Black needs White has to react to this or giving White a half pawn edge to play correctly with his h- Black will gain an even at first. Yet I was not convinced pawn and only one way of doing 24. Rg7 stronger initiative. White had anything in particu - so will hold the balance. 11. ... Be7 12. g4 h6 13. Qg2 lar and further analysis indi - This is a serious try because Be6 14. Nd5 grants White a cat ed my intuition was right. White intends to trade off Black’s Find books covering the Taimanov nice pull and highlights the Worse is 17. ... Bg5+ 18. Kb1 strong e4-bishop in this line. Sicilian and many other Sicilian clumsiness of Black’s minor Qd8 19. Rg1! Rh4 20. Qc3 Bb7 24. Rc7 Bxe4 25. Rg1 Bf3 tomes at uscfsales.com, where US pieces; The move 11. ... Be6? 21. f4 Bxf4 22. Rxg7 Kf8 23. 26. c4 (26. Rg3 e4 effectively Chess members receive a discount.

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< Yip, Yip, Hooray! Carissa Yip sets the record for youngest female master.

By CARISSA YIP

AFTER WINNING 7-0 IN THE WACHUSETT CHESS CLUB analyzing grand master games. It was fun studying with dad, my championship and reaching my new high of 2174 on June 2014, best coach—but also my lowest-rated coach. I was thinking the master’s title should be achievable during the I started playing a lot of tournaments, especially at the summer, some time before I turned 11. When I play well, I am Wachusett Chess Club which I hadn’t been to in about six able to beat very strong masters without any difficulties. I now months. However, I lost my first game against Dave Couture. I recall Yusupov’s advice on the correct psychological attitude—If hadn’t lost any game at the chess club for over a year! I lost we have an advantage, we must raise our level of concentration. another 20 rating points. What a struggle! This applies to my path to becoming a master too! We revised the plan to start play ing at the Boylston Chess However, I overestimated my chess ability and underestimated Club on Thursday nights and the Billerica Chess Club on Friday my opponents. When I played a lower-rated opponent, I thought nights. The 20 rating points should be regained within a month I could beat them easily. When I lost, I thought it was just due according to the new plan. to some careless mistakes. I didn’t pay too much attention to To make the statistics work, I had to play a lot of games. I wanted those games. But in reality, my concentration was low when to play in the U.S. Amateur Team East tournament in New Jersey. facing a lower-rated opponent. I didn’t have the correct attitude I played there two years ago and it was fun. My dad was busy at while playing those games. work so we didn’t go there last year, but in order to achieve the My rating dropped down to almost “Queen’s” goal, the “King” must 2100. There were not a lot of tourna - sacrifice! We were going. ments with many strong masters With seemingly non-stop snow near home. It would take many storms this winter in Massachusetts, months to get back up to the new Thank you, Caissa. I know it schools was cancelled for much of high! My confidence sank too and I February. I had a lot of time to play was afraid of losing my rating points. was you making this record in tournaments. I could therefore At the end of 2014, my rating was play Thursday and Friday nights just 2139. I was very frustrated. snow so that I could show without affect ing my school activities. People kept telling my dad, Percy Thank you, Caissa. I know it was Yip, that I was not as good as I was the world that girls are as you making this record snow so that earlier in my chess career. I could show the world that girls “When will she become master?” good as boys in chess! are as good as boys in chess! “Will she be able to break the After three long days of playing record?” 10 hours each day at the Amateur “Girls will never be as good as Team East, I returned home ex - boys.” haust ed on February 17. It was a good and fun tournament. I My dad was very stressed when going to chess tournaments learned some magic tricks from a magician in the tournament with me. Sometimes, he used statistics to prove that they were and earned five wins and a draw and gained another 19 points. wrong. Sometimes, he pretended that he didn’t care! I played Jeffrey Caruso (1855) in the first round of the Billerica We were being attacked, and a new defense plan, a counter- (February) Swiss. My dad reminded me to concentrate, and I did. attack, was neces sary. The new plan was to prove that they I won the game easily. Psychologically it was tough. When you were wrong by becoming a master as soon as possible. win, you gain very few points, but when you lose, you lose a lot! Dad is very good in data analysis. He is a math genius. He analyzed I didn’t play the second round since it conflicted with my my games and results. He found out my weakness (but I am not traveling to the team tournament. It was a rainy Friday night. going to disclose the secret!). We came out with a new plan to reach I sat down to play against Tim Bromley. This was a monthly master by the end of March. We started playing “guess the moves” tournament, playing one game every Friday night at the Billerica over the Internet. He showed a position in his computer and the Senior Center. It is around a 30-minute drive from my home, game appeared in mine. I had to analyze and find the correct move. but it is the chess club closest to me. Here is some of the He used a lot of fun methods in our stud ies. I recorded my video chess I played:

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11-year-old Carissa Yip of Massachusetts, born on September 10, 2003, has become the youngest female in history to earn the chess master title. Less than a year ago, Annie Wang broke Irina Krush’s decade-long record and now Carissa has beaten Annie’s record by four months. She wrote in the October 2013 issue of Chess Life for Kids about becoming the youngest female expert at the age of 9. Now she updates her story for Chess Life readers.

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French Defense, 13. 0-0 Rd8 14. Bc3 Some of you might think that ... Rg4 is also a strong idea). is a mistake because of the … Tarrasch Variation (C06) Mixing up my lines a bit. I 31. Ng5 Qf5 32. Rac1 Qxg2+ ideas but they do not Carissa Yip (2194) heard of this idea and wanted work. Now I have parried the ... Timothy Bromley (2010) to try it out. He couldn’t punish Rc4 threat. Billerica February Swiss 2015 (3), me and went on with Black’s 26. ... Qf4 Concord, Massachusetts, theory against the regular 32. ... Rxc1? 02.20.2015 moves. Giving me the c-file was a 1. e4 e6 14. ... Nf8 15. Re1 bad idea. I was hoping that he didn’t see something I over - Trying to take control of the Tim played his usual French looked ... Defense against me. e5-square. 33. Rxc1 Rc8?? 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. 15. ... Bd7 16. Ng3 Be8! Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. A typical idea to try to cxd4 f6 9. exf6 exchange the light-square This was all theory, but then bishops with … Bg6 and came a surprise ... covering h5 at the same time. White is better after 26. ... 17. Ne5 9. ... Qxf6 Nf4 27. hxg4 Nxd3 28. Bxe7 Just in time to stop … Bg6. Nxe1 29. Nxe1 and 26. ... Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Nf4+ 28. Kg3 17. ... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qh4 19. b4 Nxd3 29. Bxe7 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Trying to get in b4-b5 and Rf7 31. Bb4. kicking the knight away from 27. Qd4 c6 where it attacks e5. Blunder alert! Offering an exchange of 19. … Bg6 34. Rxc8+ Nxc8 queens envisioning 27. ... Qxd4 Not a great move. Black 28. Nxd4 attacking the pawn Now he was in . should try to stop b5 with ... on e6. a7-a6. 35. Qc3 Nce7 36. Bd6 27. ... b6 28. h4 20. b5 I had expected 9. ... Nxf6 Thinking of h4-h5 ideas. which was the main line and I would have responded with 10. 28. ... h5 Nf3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0. Black loses a piece with 28. ... Nxh4 29. Qxf4 Rxf4 30. 10. Nf3 h6 11. a3? Nxh4 Rxh4 31. Bxe7. This was a bad move 29. Re3 because it didn’t do anything but protect the b4-square. With the idea of Rc3. However, the b4-square didn’t 29. ... Qf7 30. Ree1 need any protection! It also The move 36. Qc7 was com - gave Black a chance to play … plete ly winning. I thought so e6-e5. The main move is 11. too during my extremely quick Ng3, followed by 0-0, Re1, Nh5, 20. ... Ne7 21. Bb4 Rac8 calculations, but I needed to and Ne5. Trying to make use of the hurry, and so hesitated when I saw that the e5-pawn was 11. ... Bd6 12. Bd2 c4-square. hanging. I don’t like to have 22. Nf1 unpro tected pieces so I played I was afraid that I was going 36. Bd6. to lose the e5-pawn, so I 36. ... Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qxb5 38. Qc7 created a back-up plan. My Qc6?? idea was g2-g3 and f2-f4, supporting the pawn on e5. I was in desperate time 22. ... Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nfg6 24. trouble with just a minute left Nd2 on the clock. I repeated moves to save time because if he Keeping control over c4 and thought I was going to play for the possible idea of Nf3. a draw, then he would have to Black can play ... e6-e5 here 24. ... Rf8? think about if he wanted a draw too. too. Unfortunately for me, he This was an error because had a nice move at his disposal. 12. ... 0-0 now the knight on e7 cannot move because of the pin and 30. ... Rfe8 12. ... e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. also because of the knight on Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb5+ Nc6 16. 30. ... Rc4! is crushing. After After 38. ... Qe8 39. g3 Black g6. Bc3 Qf7 17. 0-0 0-0 18. Rc1 31. Qd2, White just loses the is tied up. 39. ... Qc8 If he tries Black is definitely equal here. 25. Nf3 Qg4 26. h3 h4-pawn: 31. Qd2 Nxh4 (31. to exchange queens, White just

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takes the pawn on a7. (39. ... Following my heart! 19. ... 0-0! Qc8 40. Qxa7 Qc2 41. Kg2). 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 Keeping my king safe and A blunder! Black had back 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Nb3 developing my rook. White’s a- rank prob lems and he still rook is not developed yet. Black could have defended with ... A strange move, usually has a huge advantage. Qe8 instead of the horrible ... played when Black plays ... Qc6. But we were both in time Nc6. 20. Qd2 Ne4! pressure, so you can’t fault 7. ... a6 This is a winning move. After anyone. the ex change, Black has a Planning to attack the queen - 39. Qd8+ Nf8 40. Bxe7, Black winning endgame. side. resigned.

… if you don’t take a risk, your dream will never come true.

21. Qxg5 The next day I took a half- 18. ... Rfc8 19. Bc3 Bxc3! No better is 21. Bxe4 Qh4+ point bye in the first round of 8. g4 22. Bf2 Qxe4+ 23. Qe2 Qxh1+ the Legends of Chess tourna - A nice line is 19. ... Rxc3 20. or 21. Qd3 Bxd4 22. Qxe4 ment in Cambridge because I bxc3 (However, White has an Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bc3+. played pretty late on Friday, so unpleasant in-between move 21. ... Nxg5 22. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 23. I made sure I got my beauty 20. Rd8+ here which equal izes) Kf2 Kxg7 24. Kxf3 fxe6+ 25. Ke4 sleep. The third round of the 20. ... Bh6+ 21. Rd2 Qd7 22. exd5+ 26. Kxd5 tournament was against Andrew c4 Rd8 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Hoy, a national master and a Qxd3 25. Rhd1. good friend of mine. We are 20. bxc3 Rab8 21. Kd2 Qb2 22. racing to see who will reach Bd3 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Rb5 24. Qa4 2300 first. We have an even Qxc3+ 25. Ke2 Re5+ 26. Kf2 Qe3+ score against each other so far. He knows a lot of openings and 27. Kg3 Rg5+ 28. Kh3 Qf2 29. g3 Qxf3 30. Rd4 Qxh1 31. Rf4 Rh5+ plays both 1. e4 and 1. d4, but 8. ... b5 he played 1. e4 against me this 32. Kg4 f5+ 33. Rxf5 Rxf5, White time. I went into my typical resigned. I continued with my plan as opening as Black and punished White seems to have weakened his kingside. him when he didn’t play the The last game was against right moves. I got the initiative another master, Chris Williams, 9. g5 Nfd7 10. f4 Bb7 11. Be3 b4 and won an exciting attacking who was rated 2309, and I 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nd4 e6 14. Nxc6 26. ... Rf2! game. wasn’t sure if I should play Bxc6 15. Bd4 e5 16. fxe5 Bxd5 Game over. because I’d already defeated 17. exd5 two strong players and was a 27. Rac1 Rc8 28. c4 bxc3 e.p. 29. Sicilian Defense, Dragon Another continuation is: 17. little tired. If I lost to Chris, bxc3 Rxa2 30. Kxd6 Rd2+ 31. Ke7 Variation, Yugoslav Attack (B76) exd6 Bxe4 18. Bxg7 Bxh1 19. then I would lose all the points Rc4 32. Rhe1 Rxh2 33. Re6 Rh3 Andrew Hoy (2181) Bxh8 Qxg5. Carissa Yip (2150) I got from Andrew. But my dad 34. Rxa6 Rcxc3 35. Rca1 Rcd3 36. Legends of Chess (3), Cambridge, told me if I played and won, I 17. ... Qxg5 18. e6 Nf6 19. Bf3 Re6 Rhe3 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Massachusetts, 02.21.2015 would get more than 40 rating Rf3 39. Ke6 g5 40. Ra1 Kg6 41. points and become a master. I Ke5 Rf5+ 42. Ke4 h5 43. Ra8 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. decided to play because if you Rf4+ 44. Ke3 h4 45. Rh8 Kf5 46. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. don’t take a risk, your dream Ra8 h3 47. Ra1 Kg4, White f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. will never come true. resigned. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5 After the game, we knew I Qb7 15. Bd4 Bf5 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Sicilian Defense, had become a master, so we Qc5 Qb7 18. Qa5? Dragon Variation (B70) celebrated with our friends GM Chris Williams (2309) Larry Christiansen and his wife (see diagram top of next column) Carissa Yip (2150) Natasha, Andrew Hoy, and Legends of Chess (4), Cambridge, Marc Esserman at a Korean Perhaps he should try 18. Massachusetts, 02.21.2015 After 19. exf7+ Kxf7 and I barbeque restaurant. I don’t Qb5 and hope that I would have connected my rooks and know what tasted better—the repeat the position. 1. e4 c5 can castle by hand if I need to. food or my achievement.

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The Case for Random Pairings An alternative to the Swiss System for club-level events with under 25 players

By NEAL BELLON

F YOU WANT TO CREATE A LIVELY, order from highest to lowest, and the top I was paired against IM Jay Bonin in round robust debate among tournament half plays the bottom half. For example, one, since my rating at the time put me I players and directors, bring up the if there are 20 players, #1 plays #11, #2 just below the halfway point and he was issue of digital clocks, time delay, plays #12, etc. This top-half-versus-bottom- the top rated. But I manned up and played grandmaster draws, and cheating—to half is precisely the problem with this him (and even drew him one time). No name a few. Everyone is more than willing system. It rewards the higher-rated players Swiss gambit for me! As a TD, players to share an opinion on these topics and by giving them a “gift” pairing against an would ask me (before I used random do so in a passionate manner. However, opponent rated much lower, and conse - pairings), “Why do I always play the same no one seems to be talking about the quent ly punishes the lower-rated players person in round one?” or something along traditional Swiss system method of pairing because they have to play a much higher- those lines. The tradition al SS is the reason. players—in particular, how inequitable rated opponent. This is egregiously inequi - and flawed it is at the club level, as I will table and creates “double dipping” for the An explanation of random pairings posit here. First, I will discuss the standard top rated players: They have the advantage The use of random pairings (RP) is a Swiss system and its inherent deficiencies, of a high rating AND a much lower-rated variation within the Swiss system method and then I’ll define the random pairings opponent. Isn’t their high rating enough? of pairing players. With RP, players are variation and why it’s a better system. Aren’t they supposed to do well regardless paired randomly within each score group. Unless an event is a round robin, of who their opponent is? In addition, So the terminology is clear, score group virtually all clubs use the Swiss system getting that win in the first round is a refers to the players’ scores in the (SS) of pairing players against one other. tremendous psychological boost going into tournament, not their ratings. For exam - This system is used for one reason: tradi - round two, a point no one seems to men - ple, all the players with one point are a tion. This is how it’s always been done. If tion. This flaw is so outrageous that it score group. All those with ½ point are it’s not broken, don’t fix it. But it is broken has caused many players in the mid-low another score group, etc. The main tenets and it does need fixing. Kurt Herbert Adler rating range to deliberately take a first of the standard SS such as color equaliza - said, “Tradition is what you resort to when round bye to avoid a game they will likely tion, not playing the same player twice, you don’t have the time or the money to lose, and enter round two with a half- etc. are still in place. With RP, pairings are do it right.” I would put it a little more point, and most likely, a better pairing. based strictly on each player’s perfor mance sternly: Tradition is what you resort to This tac tic is so common it has been given (score) in the tournament. The “top-half when you’re too unimaginative or unin - a name, though often in jest: the Swiss plays bottom-half” aspect of a standard formed to do something better. It is my gambit. Think about that. The SS is so SS—where most of the inequi-ties occur— firm conten tion that many tournament terrible that it causes some players to strate- is eliminated. The larger point is that RP directors (TDs) use the standard Swiss gically avoid round one. adjust the standard SS to make it more system without fully understanding its A common refrain at this point is that equitable. I will now demonstrate RP as it inequities, or if they do, they dismiss them random pairings favor the lower-rated would be used in an actual tour nament. in fear of trying something else. players. Huh? The key word is random— I want to make clear at the outset that nobody is favored! I am advocating the use of random pairings Again, the top-half-versus-bottom-half ROUND 1: at the club level, where a typical event will aspect of the SS is what makes it so Everyone in round one is in the same have about 25 players or so. In major brutally unfair. It becomes difficult to play score group (all have zero points), which events with a huge turnout, it’s necessary opponents of similar rating, with most means that it’s like picking out of a hat to whittle the field quickly, and so the players going back and forth between much (anyone can play anyone) and so the traditional Swiss is appropriate. However, higher and lower-rated players. In a five- software will randomly assign opponents. when you’re dealing with about 20-25 round event, you may only get two players at your typical local club, the opponents in your rating category. Fur - ROUND 2 & subsequent rounds: problems with the SS are glaring. Allow ther more, since most local clubs feature Different score groups are now established: 1 me to demonstrate why that is. the same regulars, the pairings remain the “1s” “ ⁄2s” and “0s”. All the 1s are With the Swiss system, rating is the practically unchanged from one event to randomly paired against each other, all 1 determining factor in how players are the next! More than once at the Queens the ⁄2s are randomly paired against each paired. The players are listed in rating Chess Club in New York several years ago, other, etc.

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Now, let’s explore some advantages of RP at the club level, in no particular order. Some of these I touched on earlier, but Other Thoughts on Random Pairings they bear repeating. by David Kuhns (Chair, US Chess Rules Committee and a statistical consultant) • You’ll play a variety of opponents instead of the same circle of players resulting from a standard SS. I did an extensive statistical analysis on random pairings (RP) versus Swiss (SS) several years • You have a better chance of playing ago. Some of the findings (I have since lost the actual analysis, simulations and all of my more players of similar rating. conclusions, but below is some of what I remember): • There will presumably be fewer quick, This is specifically about “Ratings Controlled Swiss System (RCSS)” now in use by most of the “grandmaster” draws between higher world, as opposed to the generic “Swiss System” which both of these are, by definition. rated players since they may meet in earlier rounds and will be less likely to have a . SS: Maximizes (but equalizes) the average rating difference between opponents in each round. In round one, higher-rated players will RP: Decreases the average rating difference between opponents by about 40 percent but not automatically be “rewarded” by being increases the variance of those differences (many more close pairings but some pairings “way paired down several hundred points and out there”). conversely, lower-rated players will not automatically be “punished” by having to play up several hundred points. SS: Systematically eliminates lower-rated players. RP: Some lower-rated players have a better chance of scoring well because of the “luck of the Endgame pairing.” This happens more frequently than most people would think. As for the practical aspect of implement - ing RP into club events, it was well received by the members at my club—even the SS: A more rapid method of obtaining a "winner." complainers didn’t complain. Why aren’t RP: Delays a winner by as much as a full round in an event with more than 50 players (Five more TDs using RP in their events? In no particular order, I offer my opinion on this: versus six rounds). 1. Lack of awareness. RP is a relatively new concept that has not yet reached the SS: Delays the confrontation of the two “best” players until the end of the event, adding mainstream chess scene. Many TDs and excitement for the final (or near final) rounds. organizers simply don’t know that this RP: Leslie Grand could meet Hikaru Master in round one, while George Fish meets Mary Patzer option even exists! in the same round. (Granted, Leslie Grand may have to put up with the three blunders per 2. Fear and stubbornness. Many TDs won’t pull the trigger and try something new, move of George Fish in round one of the SS, and that is the nature of the beast, but George is even if they agree with my premise about excited to meet Leslie in round one!) the traditional SS flaws. It goes back to the whole “but that’s how I’ve always done History: The Swiss system came into being in 1895 in , using random (not quite it” argument. random, more like arbitrary) pairings, as there was no “ratings” per se at the time, and no 3. Membership worries. Some TDs, I sus - official ratings until much, much later. What is recognized as the first U.S. Open (Northwestern pect, may fear that adding the variation Open, Excelsior, Minnesota, 1900) used a Swiss-type pairing system, and the first modern of RP may turn off some players, but I Swiss was used by US Chess in Texas in 1945 and the U.S. Open in 1948. I do not know if it was think that’s an overrated concern. In fact, based on any rating system, and the was not adopted by US Chess until it may increase membership. 1960 (Harkness used an earlier rating system in the 1950s, after both of these events). The 4. Pairing software. At this writing, not all pairing software has an RP option. current versions of ratings-based Swiss events (there are several versions) was developed SwissSys, (the program I use) has it, but because of the (perceived) inadequacies of random pairings in large events. it’s a fairly recent addition. So, before just jumping into random pairings, consider the consequences: Ask yourself, what is I am not alone in my strong support of the goal of your event? Is it to produce a winner? (Then choose RCSS.) Or is it to give the the random pairing variation within the players the opportunity for more competitive games? (Then choose RP, or better yet, mutiple, Swiss system. It is my understanding that small round robin sections, e.g. “quads,” based on rating). other TDs and organizers throughout the country advocate for them as well, including Whatever you do, make sure all potential players know what to expect before entering the IM Greg Shahade, who wrote an excellent event (i.e. advertise the system used if different from the standard US Chess RC “Swiss”). piece on RP for Chess Life Online a number of years ago (“Greg on Chess: The Swiss is Terrible,” Chess Life Online, September 2007 Tim Just, National Tournament Director and editor of The Official Rules of Chess, 6th archives). To his credit, IM Shahade’s article Edition: is what inspired me to research RP further I have no objections to any pairing system, as long as the players know in advance it is going and eventually use them at my club. to be used. I suspect that there is some math that would need to be looked at to insure real At this point, using random pairings is still a fringe movement among TDs and randomness. Then there is the philosophical debate about pairings creating a clear winner. my hope in writing this piece is to create How does the tournament director (TD) determine which player gets what color? What is to be awareness and help move the conver- done with the odd player in a score group? To sell this system of pairings to TDs, some missing sation forward. Sometimes “tradition” details need to be addressed. But it does look like it might be worth a try at the club level. doesn’t cut it.

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Speed Chess = Superficial Chess? A Kasparov blitzkrieg against Korchnoi’s French Defense By BRUCE PANDOLFINI

IT SEEMS AS IF SPEED CHESS IS ALWAYS 9. Nf3 Par Score 5 This last move was essentially forced. It being reviled. Even some of the game’s wouldn’t be fun playing a rook down greatest players have put it down. They say Developing with a gain of time. Accept against Kasparov.** it’s superficial, often not very accurate, only 3 points part credit for 9. Rxh7. After 13. Nb5 Par Score 5 and lots of other bad things about it. But 9. ... Rxh7 10. Qxh7 Black has 10. ... what happens when it’s played by two Nxd4, with counterplay. Having done the job of recovering the great players? Maybe in those cases the 9. … Qg6 sacrificed pawn, White makes sure to bring play can still be of high quality. Consider his knight out of any potential trap. Add 1 the following speed game played in Zurich Black retreats the queen and defends bonus point if you realized that a natural in 2001 between Garry Kasparov and Vik- the h-pawn. In this old-time Alekhine- move such as 13. 0-0-0 could have led to dif- tor Korchnoi (Black). It’s true that Korchnoi Chatard Attack, Black so far seems to be ficulties after 13. ... a6. goes a little awry, but Kasparov’s play is keeping the gambit pawn.** 13. … Nb6 magnificent, even for a speed game. The 10. Qxg6 Par Score 6 opening moves were: Black repositions his knight for queen- As a rule, one doesn’t trade when down side activity and he clears d7 for his material. But here, without the queens French Defense, bishop. Somehow he has to get his pieces on the board, Black still will have some out and into play.** Alekhine-Chatard Attack (C13) problems. He has a number of weaknesses GM Garry Kasparov (FIDE 2827, RUS) to defend, and White’s pieces may indeed 14. c3 Par Score 5 GM (2643, SUI) be able to exploit them. By playing this last move, White rein- Korchnoi Birthday KO (1), Zurich, Switzerland, forces d4, keeps out possible invaders at 04.29.2001 10. … fxg6 b4, and makes it slightly easier for the b5- 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Unfortunately for Korchnoi, he has to knight to jump into d6, if that entry should Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Qd3 Nc6 capture away from the center because of become desirable. the h-pawn’s pinned status. This weakens 14. … Bd7 e6 and g6, since one of the pawns that used to guard e6 no longer does.** Korchnoi labors to make his pieces func- tional and more meaningful.** 11. Nb5 Par Score 6 15. Bd3 Par Score 5 Here we see a problem with the removal of Black’s queen: c7 is no longer guarded. Now that 15. ... Nb4 is no longer in the What’s more, it’s not so easy to guard. cards, White is freely able to develop his Add 1 bonus point if you realized that 11. bishop to the center. Moreover, at d3, the ... Kd8 could now be answered by 12. Ng5. bishop restrains the h-pawn’s advance. 11. … Ke7 15. … Na5 One advantage of having an extra pawn A natural move. Black hopes to utilize is that sometimes you can afford to give it the c4-square. Now both his knights are Now make sure you have the above back for development, safety, or simple poised for that inviting point’s possible position set up on your chessboard. As coordination. That’s what Korchnoi obvi- occupation.** you play through the remaining moves in ously took into account with his last move. 16. b3 Par Score 5 this game, use a piece of paper to cover He wanted to make his life easier. What’s the article, exposing White’s next move more, at e7, he adds defense to e6.** This looks like a little move, but it com- only after trying to guess it. If you guess pletely stifles Black from his aims. True, correctly, give yourself the par score. Some- 12. Nxc7 Par Score 5 White incurs a slight weakness at c3, but times points are also awarded for Kasparov has gotten his pawn back, the trade-off is enormously in White’s second-best moves, and there may be favor, since Black’s knights have almost and his position is clearly better. Black’s bonus points—or deductions—for other nothing to do. Meanwhile, the a7-pawn is next move is essentially forced. moves and variations. Note that ** means menaced and White is contemplating an that White’s move is on the next line.** 12. … Rb8 invasion at d6.

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Solitaire Chess / Instruction

Problem I Problem II Problem III ABCs of Chess Mating Net Mating Net Mating Net These problems are all related to key positions in this month’s game. In each case, Black is to move. The answers can be found in Solutions on page 71. August Exercise: How reliable is your intuition? They say good speed players are naturally intuitive. Give this exercise a try. Starting with a tactical database, go through each example, noting the first move that comes into your head. Problem IV Problem V Problem VI After a number of such tries, check your Trapping Simplification results against the actual answers. You might be surprised by the sensitivity of your initial perceptions and where your intuition ultimately takes you. Who knows? It may even help you start to comprehend what Immanuel Kant meant when he said “All human knowledge begins with intuitions, proceeds to concepts, and ends with ideas." Well, maybe not.

16. … Bxb5 Black avoids losing and, 22. Bd3+ Par Score 5 in effect, says go ahead and take my pawn. With one move Black solves the multi- Let’s see if Kasparov did that.** The king chase continues. Now the king ple problems. He no longer has to worry can’t retreat to escape at h7. Black has but about a7 or d6, and he gets rid of his tra- 19. Rh3 Par Score 7 one move. ditionally bad bishop. Nevertheless, his A nice move. White not only defends 22. … Kh5 position doesn’t get that much in the way c3, with this lifting maneuver he activates of relief. White is still better.** his king-rook. Add 1 bonus point if you Life continues, I guess, speedily and inevitably.** 17. Bxb5 Par Score 5 realized that 19. Nxg6+ instead would have lost the c3-pawn after 19. ... Kf7. After this recapture, White has some 23. Rh3+ Par Score 6 nice advantages. He has much better piece 19. … g5 A king hunt is a great way to play. The coordination (including a very useful half- Black saves the pawn and apparently game continues to play itself. open h-file), a superior pawn structure gains time by harassing the knight in the … with fewer weaknesses, a space edge 23. Kg4** process.** (thanks to the more advanced center pawns), a safer king, and several decent 20. Ng6+ Par Score 5 24. f3+ Par Score 5 attacking ideas. Turning to the Steinitzian This risky invasion turns out to be the This forces Black’s next move. theory of positional chess, all these accu- only reasonable move. Deduct 2 points if 24. … Kf4** mulating advantages may soon begin to you played 20. Nf3?, which would have mean something. been met by the forking advance, 20. ... g4. 25. Kf2! Par Score 6 17. … h6 Even so, how safe is the white knight at g6? Give yourself 1 bonus point if you saw Now that White’s bishop is removed 20. … Kf7 the threat ahead of time (26. g3 mate). from the b1-g6 diagonal, Black feels freer Okay. White’s knight is now hanging. 25. … g4 to advance the h-pawn, thereby guarding What is White going to do? ** g5. But this leads to another problem, What else? The black king needs a place namely a new weakness, the square-g6.** 21. Rf3+! Par Score 8 to flee to.** 18. Nh4 Par Score 5 Woe! Suddenly the rook shifts into 26. g3+ Par Score 5 action. But does White have enough to Kasparov wastes no time, especially in a justify the knight sacrifice? Oh, award yourself 1 bonus point more speed chess game. He zeroes in on the tar- if you saw what was ahead for Black: 26. get. Black also has to worry about the 21. … Kxg6 ... Kg5 27. f4 mate. Speed game or not, potential (of e7 and h8). With this Can a dying man eat anything? Korch- this was a nice effort on Kasparov’s part. advance, White causes a breach in Black’s noi didn’t have much choice. Give yourself kingside pawn wall. 26. … Black resigned 1 bonus point if you planned to answer 21. 18. … Rhc8 ... Kg8 by 22. Ne7+.** See scoring box on Solutions, page 71.

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An Old-School Brawl While long-time U.S. Champion Frank Marshall had a deserved reputation for his sharp tactical abilities, he has something to teach us in the endgame as well. By GM DANIEL NARODITSKY

FRANK JAMES MARSHALL (1877-1944) 2) The protected passed pawn on f6 per- 33. ... Nb4, reverting to the familiar draw- was the undisputed king of early twenti- manently ties down Black’s king. ing mechanism. After 34. Bd2 (34. a3? eth-century American chess. A tactical The knight is capable of holding Black’s Nd3) 34. ... Nxa2 35. Kf3 White is a tempo juggernaut, Marshall was the U.S. cham- position together on its own, but Marshall up compared to 32. ... Nxa2, but it makes pion from 1909 to 1936 and regularly must tread cautiously to secure the draw. absolutely no difference: 35. ... c5 36. Ke4 crossed swords with (and sometimes defeat - Nb4 37. Bxb4 cxb4. 27. ... Nb4! ed) the world’s elite. His victories at the 34. Bg3 Nb4 1904 Cambridge Springs International, the Natural and strong. The knight simul- 1906 Nuremberg Chess Congress, and the taneously attacks the a2-pawn and Marshall’s idea, of course, is that the 1911 New York Masters are especially threatens a nasty fork on c6. bishop can no longer access the d2-square notable. in one move. What both players failed to 28. Bb8 Na6 29. Ba7 Nb4 30. Bb8 Na6 31. Ba7 While surfing through his games on notice, though, is that 35. a3 is now pos- Nb4 32. Be3!? sible, since 35. ... Nd3 no longer attacks MegaBase, I began to pick up on a sur- the bishop. prising trend: Frankie was darn good at Like his opponent, Mikhail Chigorin was endgames too! The following epic battle, not a fan of premature draws. Instead of 35. Be1?! previously consigned to obscurity, is a accepting the repetition, he finds an intriguing way to keep the battle alive. This move does not change the objective must-see. evaluation, but it is the start of White’s 32. ... Nc6 troubles. After the precise 35. a3 Nd3 36. A reasonable answer, although 32. ... b4, Black’s knight suddenly finds itself Back in the light of day unemployed: Mikhail Chigorin Nxa2 was even more convincing. After 33. Bd2 Black’s knight is paralyzed, but not Frank Marshall for long: 33. ... c5! 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke4 Monte Carlo, 1901 Nb4 36. Bxb4 (otherwise White is simply down a pawn) 36. ... cxb4 37. Kf4 h6 and in this unusual pawn ending, neither side can make progress; both kings must remain on the kingside at all times. 33. Bf4

ANALYSIS DIAGRAM Black cannot afford to sit still: White AFTER 27. Bxa7 threatens Kf3-e4, when the knight is sud- denly in trouble. To maintain the balance, After a wild tactical melee in which both he must find a series of precise defensive sides missed prime opportunities to secure moves: 36. ... h5 37. Kf3 Nb2! 38. Ke4 a decisive advantage, the game has “fizzled Nc4 39. a4 (the computer recommends out” into a rather unusual ending. Let’s 39. Be1, but after 39. ... Nxa3 40. Bd2 g4 start with a few basic observations: 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Kf4 b6 Black erects an impenetrable fortress) 39. ... h4 40. Bh2 1) In a semi-closed position of this type, 33. ... g5!? and now a rather amazing sequence: 40. the nimble knight usually reigns The start of a long and fascinating cli- ... Nd2+ 41. Ke3! (temporarily sacrificing supreme. Indeed, while the bishop has max. Marshall drives the bishop to a less the bishop!) 41. ... Nf1+ 42. Kf2 Nxh2 43. no clear trajectory, the knight effort- convenient square, but the g5-pawn will Kg2 Ng4! 44. hxg4 c6! and, once again, lessly targets White’s pawns (from d3, become a serious liability in the near both kings are chained to the passed c6, or c4), or simply chills out on d5. future. The less adventurous course was pawns and so a draw is inevitable.

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Problem I: 1500 Level Problem II: 2000 Level More Marshall brawls Frank Marshall Geza Maroczy John Morrison Frank Marshall Each month GM Naroditsky will present New York, 1913 Monte Carlo, 1903 two problems taken from actual games that illustrate the theme of this month’s column. Your task is to find the best line of play. Problem I should be solveable by a player at roughly a 1500 rating and Problem II by a player roughly at a 2000 rating. See the solutions on page 71.

WHITE TO MOVE BLACK TO MOVE

35. ... Nxa2 36. Bd2 c5 37. Kf3 Nd3+ 42. Kxb5 Nxb2 (Dangerous is 42. the bishop on c3, the knight returns ... Nxe5?! 43. Bd4 Nd7 44. Kxc4 when the to camp via f4 and effects a lethal In his calculations, Chigorin might have b-pawn guarantees White at least a draw) regrouping: 46. Kd3 Nf4+ 47. Ke4 Ng6 overlooked that 37. Bxg5 is highly inad- 43. Bd4 Nd3 44. Kxc4 Nf4 and although 48. Bd4 and now—wait for it— 48. ... visable on account of 37. ... Nb4, when Black wins the h-pawn, White’s king is Nh8!! 49. Be3 Kg6 50. Bd4 Nf7. What the newly-liberated knight will wreak havoc just in time to restrain the connected an incredible maneuver! After com- on White’s position. After 38. Bd2 Nc6 39. passers: 45. Be3 Nxh3 46. Kd3 g4 47. pleting an Odyssean journey across Bf4 (Much worse is 39. Bc3 b5 40. b3 b4 Ke2 h5 48. Kf1 h4 49. Kg2 with a fortress. the board, the exhausted knight finally followed by …Na5.) 39. ... b5 40. Kf3 White hands over the reins; White is power- 41. ... Nd3 42. b3 can probably hold the draw, but Black is less against the slow advance of the definitely calling the shots. Therefore, Chig- White is just hanging on, but good posi- pawns. For instance, 51. Be3 h5 52. orin correctly decides that keeping Black’s tions do not win games. Having played Bd4 h4 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Bc3 g4+ 55. knight restricted is far more important impeccably to this point, Marshall tragi- Kg2 Kf4 and it is all over. than restoring the material balance. cally falls for temptation: C. 44. Be3 meets with a similarly grue- 37. ... b5 38. Ke4 h6 39. Be3 c4 40. Kd4?! 42. ... Nf2? some fate: 44. ... Ne1! 45. Kxc4 Nf3 A hard move to understand; why give 46. Bd4 h5 and to stop the pawns, We all occasionally fall into autopilot White’s bishop must leave d4, giving the knight a free ‘get out of jail’ ticket? The mode, and unfortunately for Marshall, it up two pawns (and the game) in the straightforward 40. Bd2 forced an imme- happens at the worst possible time. With process. diate draw, as Black has nothing better this ultra-natural move, he allows Chigorin than to force liquidation with 40. ... b4 41. to capture the c4-pawn and to bring his 43. bxc4 bxc4 44. Kxc4 Nxh3 45. Kd3 Kd4 c3 42. bxc3 bxc3 (Awful is 42. ... b3?? king over in the nick of time. Instead, the 43. Kd3) 43. Bxc3 Nxc3 44. Kxc3 h5. counterintuitive 42. ... Kf7!! 43. bxc4 bxc4 And there’s the rub: with the bishop on d2, Black’s knight is unable to reach safety 40. ... Nb4 would have placed White in a jaw-dropping Zugzwang: and will be imprisoned for good. The com- puter fails to recognize it(!), but White is set for life: as soon as Black’s king reaches g6 and the pawn advances to h5, he will take on g5 (that f6-pawn again!). 45. ... Nf2+ 46. Ke3 Ng4+ 47. Ke4 Kf7 48. Bc3 h5 49. Bd2 Nxf6+ This is tantamount to a draw offer. It was worth trying 49. ... h4!? 50. Bxg5 h3, although White easily snags the half-point with 51. Kf3 Nxe5+ 52. Kg3 h2 53. Kg2! Nf3 54. Bf4 Kxf6 55. Bg3 and Black’s material advantage is entirely inconse- The knight is a real working-class hero, ANALYSIS DIAGRAM quential: … e5 will always be met with fighting two daunting enemies at once Bxe5, reaching a famous theoretically- and winning the battle! Disconcerted by Try this on for size: if White could pass drawn ending. the turn of events (and quite possibly in on a move, Black would have nothing bet- 50. exf6 Kxf6 51. Bc3+ Kg6 52. Ke5 time pressure), Chigorin loses the thread. ter than 44. ... Nf2, basically reverting to the text (his king positon makes no dif- The simplest. White gobbles up e6, and 41. Bd2? ference). As it stands, every single move easily restrains the remaining two passers. The Russian maestro fails to sense the wrecks White’s delicate fortress: 52. ... h4 53. Kxe6 g4 54. Bf6 Kh5 55. Be5 Kg6 danger, allowing Marshall to entrench his A. 44. Ke4 loses to 44. ... Nf2+ 45. Kd4 56. Bf6 Kh5 57. Be5 g3 58. Kf5, Draw agreed. indefatigable cavalier on a dream outpost. Nxh3 46. Kxc4 g4 47. Be1 Nf4 with The straightforward 41. Kc5! was White’s … Ng6-... h5-h4 (h3-h2-h1) to follow. Now this is what I call an old-school last chance to reestablish equality: 41. ... B. 44. Bc3 Nf2 45. Kxc4 Nxh3 and with brawl between two world-class players!

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Sept 2015 Supp, CCA min, TD discr used to place players accurately. 4SS, G/120 d5, Open to 1899 & under. $GTD: $200-125. Booster: 4SS, SIDE KIDS EVENT for K-12 students rated under 1000: 5SSxG/30 d5 in G/120 d5, Open to 1499 & under. $GTD: $150-100. Unr. must play in 4 sections based on rating: 800-999, 600-799, 400-599, 200-399, u200. Booster Section. Unrated players winning prizes will only receive 1/2 Nationals Prizes: Trophies to Top 15 players in each section and Top 10 Clubs & of the prize. ALL: EF: $35 advance until 8/5, $45 at site. No phone or e- Top 10 Schools combined. Min 2 players per team, Top 4 players count mail entries. $10 fee to play up a section. Reg.: 8/8 8:30am-9:30am. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! for team score. EF: $49, after 9/20 $59. DISCOUNT: $89 if registering Rds.: Sat 10,3; Sun 10,3. ENT: Paul Stagnoli, 4233 Kintyre Rd., Santa AUG. 27-31, NORTH CAROLINA for both U.S. G/30 (9/27) & U.S. G/60 (9/26). Play-up: $15. Schedule Rosa, CA 95409-4127. INFO:(707)478-4385 [email protected]. Bring TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) for all sections: On-site Reg: 8-8:30am. Rounds: 9a, 10:30a, 12:30p, your own equipment, none provided. No Cell phones allowed. W. 2015 U.S. Masters Championship Blitz Event: 2p, 3:30p. Reg: Sun, 9/27, 4:30-5pm, Rounds 5:15-7p, total A Heritage Event! 9-SS, 40/90, G/30, inc.30. Embassy Suites Airport, 204 Centreport Dr., 8-10 rounds. EF: $14, $16 onsite. 75% of EFs returned as prizes. Reg. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Greensboro, NC 27409, (336) 668-4535, mention chess tournament for online: http://BayAreaChess.com/my/usg60g30 or Mail payments to discounted hotel rate. GM, IM, WGM, and WIM norms may be possible. BayAreaChess, 1639 A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Rfnd fee: $20. AUG. 13-16, 14-16 OR 15-16, MASSACHUSETTS TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) 2014 tournament was a super swiss with 8 norms achieved! $17000 in Organizers: Dr. Judit Sztaray TDs: NTD Tom Langland, NTD John 45th annual Continental Open prizes UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED! $5000-3000-1800-1100- McCumiskey, and others. Additional Information: http://BayAreaChess. 6SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option except Open Section, rds. 1-3 650-550-500-450-400-350 U2400 500-300 U2300 500-300 U2200 500-300 com/usg60g30. [email protected]. T: 408-409-6596. W. G/40 d10). Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St. (Rt. 20 West), Stur- U2100 500-300. EF: $249 if received by August 14 $299 later or on site. A Heritage Event! bridge, MA 01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). Free parking. Experience early $50 discount off either for NC residents. GM’s and foreign IM’s Free. OCT. 10-12, VIRGINIA 19th century America at Old Sturbridge Village (see www.osv.org). No money taken out of winnings to reimburse for EF. This tournament 2015 (56th Annual) U.S. Armed Forces Open Chess Championship $30,000 guaranteed prizes. In 7 sections. Open: $3000-1500-700-500- is open only to players who have ratings 2200 or above, those who have 5-SS, 40/2, SD/30 d5. USO Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir, 300, clear or tiebreak win $200 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1400-700. FIDE. ever been so rated, all foreign FIDE-rated players and juniors (under age 5940 9th Street (Corner of 9th and Belvoir), Fort Belvoir, VA 22060. Open Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1900: $2000-1000-500- 21) rated over 2000. RDS.: Aug 27 7:00PM then 12-7, 12-7, 12-7, 12-7. to all U.S. Active Duty, Reservists, Military Retirees, Cadets, Midshipmen, 300-200. Under 1700: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1500: $1400-700- HR: $99 All rooms are suite style. Free made to order breakfast daily, and ROTC who have a US CHESS membership. EF: Free! Prizes: Trophies/ 400-300-200. Under 1300: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1000: $800- free manager’s reception nightly, and free airport shuttle available for Plaques to Top 3 overall players, Top player of each DoD service on Active 400-300-200, trophies to top 3, first U800, U600, Unr. Unrated may enter all guests. Hotel reservation: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/ Duty, Top Reservist, Top Retiree, Top three Cadets/Midshipmen/ROTC, any section, with prize limit U1000 $200, U1300 $400, U1500 $600, U1700 groups/personalized/G/GSOGBES-CCI-20150823/index.jhtml?WT.mc_ Top two each class A-D and below, Highest Upset, and USAFA Champion $800, U1900 $1000; balance goes to next player(s) in line. Mixed doubles Advance Entry: id=POG Registration is available at www.carolinas (top USAFA player), and other Trophies/Plaques and lots of special prizes. bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among chessinitiative.com. Alternately, checks can be sent to: Walter High, Reg.: 0800-0845 Sat. Rds.: 0930-1500; 0900-1500; 0900. Military ID not all sections: $1000-600-400. Team average rating must be under 2200; 105 North Crabtree Knoll, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Make checks payable required for access to Fort Belvoir, but all participants must have a teammates may play in different sections; teams must register at site to: Carolinas Chess Initiative (CCI). On site entry will be available on Military ID Card as it is required at check in for the tournament. One (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2; teammate pairings August 27 from 2-6:30PM. BYES: A maximum of two byes allowed. Byes 1/2 point bye available, must declare 30 min before Round 2. The 12th avoided but possible. Top 4 sections EF: $165 online at chessaction.com must be requested before round 2 is paired. INFO: Walter High Armed Forces Cadet/Midshipmen Championship will be conducted in by 8/12, $175 phoned by 8/10 (406-896-2038, no questions), 4-day [email protected], or [email protected] for $174, 3-day $173, 2-day $172 mailed by 8/4, $180 (no checks, credit Gary Newsom. More info including pre-entry lists may be available at: conjunction with the Armed Forces Open. Awards ceremony to be held immediately after Rd. 5. The annual Armed Forces Chess committee cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before game. GMs free; $150 carolinaschessinitiatve.com. FIDE rated. Hotel has a no smoking policy deducted from prize. Under 1500 or Under 1300 Section EF: all $30 including electronic cigarettes. FIDE electronic device rules in effect. meeting will be held on Sat, 10/10 at 2000 along with the 6th U.S. Armed Forces Bughouse Championship. The G/5 d0 Armed Forces Open Blitz less than top 4 sections EF. Under 1000 Section EF: all $80 less than US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Championship will be held Sunday 10/11 at 2000 (US CHESS Rules). top 4 sections EF. All: Online EF $5 less to MACA members; may join/ SEPT. 26, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN We ask Armed Forces participants to bring their uniform and wear it renew at masschess.org. Re-entry $80; not available in Open. Unofficial TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) for Round 5 and the Awards Ceremony, proper Business attire if retired. uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year 2015 U.S. Game/60 Championship If from out of town and flying to the tournament, please give yourself US CHESS dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at ches- 4SS, G/60 d6 - $12,000 b/269 fully paid entries - 60% guaranteed. Santa enough time to get to the airport for your return flight after the completion saction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. of the tournament, or take a 1/2 bye the last round. The USO Warrior or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 4-day sched- Park free. Hotel: $119 at Hilton (408-330-0001) or $99 at Biltmore and Family Center at Fort Belvoir is the largest USO center ever con- ule: Reg. Thu to 6 pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 6 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. (408-988-8411). In 6 sections: Open Section (2000+): $1,500 700 300 structed opening its doors in February 2013 servicing the Military and 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds. Fri 12 & 6, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 100 100 Top u2200 $200, 100. 1800-1999 Section: $1,000 400 200 100 Military families. Billeting: TBA, please see www.vachess.org for further & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. Sat to 9 am, rds. Sat 10,12:15, 2:30 & 5, 100. 1600-1799 Section: $1,000 400 200 100 100. 1400-1599 Section: details. Registering prior to the tournament is preferable than entry the Sun 10 & 3:30. No 2-day Open Section. All schedules: Bye all, limit 2, $1,000 400 200 100 100. 1200-1399 Section: $1,000 400 200 100 100. day of, so we can get a better picture of the possible turnout. Entries: Open must commit before rd. 2, other sections before rd. 4. HR: $95-95, Under 1200 Section: $1,000 400 200 100 100. Unr capped at 300 exc Online at www.vachess.org, or by email to [email protected]. For 800-582-3232, 508-347-7393, request chess rate, reserve by 7/31 or in Open. EF: $79, after 9/19 $99. Play-up: $25. GM free, IM free before email entries, please include your Rank, Name, US CHESS ID #, and rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. 9/16 (EF subtr from prize for all free entries). DISCOUNT: $129 if reg- branch of service or military academy when you register. Additional Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, PO Box 8482, Pelham, NY istering for both US G/30 (9/27) and U.S. G/60 (9/26). Byes: One 1/2 details for the tournament can be found on www.vachess.org. 100% 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chess- pt bye allowed must commit by start of Rd. 2. Reenter with 1/2pt bye in entry fee refunded in case of power outage. Bring clocks! FIDE. W. tour.info, DirectorAtChess.us, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted Rd. 1 for $33. Sept 2015 Supp, CCA min, TD disc used to place players at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tournament accurately. SIDE KIDS EVENT for K-12 students rated under 1000: US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Sat. 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. 4SSxG/60 d5 in 5 sections based on rating: 800-999, 600-799, 400-599, OCT. 23-24 (FRI & SAT), PENNSYLVANIA US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 200-399, u200. Prizes: Trophies to Top 15 players in each section and 2015 U.S. Blind Chess Championship Top 10 Clubs & Top 10 Schools in each section. Min 2 players per team, US CHESS & U.S. Braille Chess Association (USBCA) are sponsoring this AUG. 14-16 OR 15-16, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN Top 4 players count for team score. EF: $49, after 9/19 $59. DISCOUNT: US CHESS National event. 4 SS or 4 RR (depends on # of players), G/135 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) d0. Holiday Inn Express Hotel (newly renovated), 5311 Campbells Run 6th annual Central California Open $89 if registering for both U.S. G/30 (9/27) & U.S. G/60 (9/26). Play- 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Doubletree Schedule for all sections: Road (near airport), Pittsburgh, PA 15277, (412) 788-8400. Free shuttle up: $25. On-site Reg: 8-8:30am. Rounds: Hotel (formerly Radisson), 2233 Ventura St., Fresno, CA 93710. Free 9a, 12p, 2:30p, 5p. Blitz Event: Reg: Sun, 9/27, 4:30-5pm, Rounds 5:15- to/from airport. EF: Free. Reg.: Onsite - Thurs. Oct. 22: 6-8pm, Fri. Oct. 23: 9-9:30am. Rds.: Fri. Oct. 23: 10-4, Sat. Oct. 24: 9-3. Prize Fund: $1,400 airport shuttle, free parking for hotel guests. Cosponsored by Fresno 7p, total 8-10 rounds. EF: $14, $16 onsite. 75% of EFs returned as prizes. Chess Club and Fresno Chess Foundation. $$ 7500 GUARANTEED PRIZES. Reg. online: http://BayAreaChess.com/my/usg60g30 or mail payments GTD: 1st: $400, 2nd: $300, 3rd: $200, 4th: $100, $100-Best player U1400, $100- Class E (1000-1199), $100- Class F (800-999), $100-Upset Prize. In 4 sections: Open: $1000-500-250, clear or tiebreak 1st $100, top to BayAreaChess, 1639 A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Rfnd fee: $20. U2250/Unr $550-250. Under 2050: $800-400-200, top U1850 (no unr) Organizers: Dr. Judit Sztaray. TDs: NTD Tom Langland, NTD John NOTE: All players must be classified as Legally Blind and bring proof. You must also be a current member of the US CHESS for $18 a year. You $500-250. Under 1650: $700-350-200, top U1450 (no unr) $300-150. McCumiskey, and others. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/usg60g30. Under 1250: $400-200-100, plaques to first, top U1000, U800, U600, Email: [email protected]. T: 408-409-6596.W. can join the US CHESS at the event! HR: $119 nite; code: USB. Contact: Rick Varchetto, [email protected]. Phone: (h) 304-636- 4034, Unrated. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limits: U1250 $200, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! (c) 304-614-4034 or Joan DuBois, [email protected], (c) 931-200-3412. U1650 $500 (balance goes to next player(s) in line). Mixed doubles SEPT. 27, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) all sections: $200-100. Team average rating must be under 2200; team- 2015 U.S. Game/30 Championship mates may play in different sections; teams must register (no extra 5SS, G/30 d5 - $8,000 b/199 fully paid entries - 60% guaranteed. Santa fee) by 2 pm 8/15. Top 3 sections EF: $85 online at chessaction.com Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA by 8/13, 3-day $93, 2-day $92 mailed by 8/5, all $95 phoned to 406- 95054. Park free. Hotel: $119 at Hilton (408-330-0001) or $99 at 896-2038 by 8/10 (entry only, no questions), $100 at site. Under 1250 Biltmore (408-988-8411). In 4 sections: Open Section (1900+): $1,500, Grand Prix Section EF: all $30 less than above. Online EF $10 less to Fresno 700, 300, 100, Top u2100 $200 100. 1600-1899 Section: $1,000, 400, Chess Club members. GMs, IMs & WGMs free, $80 deducted from prize. 200, 100. 1300-1599 Section: $1,000, 400, 200, 100. Under 1300 Sec- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. tion: $1,000, 400, 200, 100. Unr capped at 200 exc in Open. EF: $79, AUG. 8-9, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN Special 1 year US CHESS dues with Chess Life if paid with entry: Online after 9/20 $89. Play-up: $25. GM free, IM free before 9/17 (EF subtr TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, from prize for all free entries). DISCOUNT: $129 if registering for both 2015 Exchange Bank Open phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re- U.S. G/30 (9/27) and U.S. G/60 (9/26). Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed Exchange Bank, 444 Aviation Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA 95401. 4 round Swiss, entry $60; not available in Open Section. No checks at site, credit cards must commit by start of Rd. 2. Reenter with 1/2pt bye in Rd. 1 for $33. G/120 d5. In 3 Sections, Open: 4SS, G/120 d5. $GTD: $250-175. Reserve: OK. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. 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10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun game. GMs free; $100 from prize. Under 1300 Section EF: all $30 less AUG. 27-31, NORTH CAROLINA 10 & 3:30. Byes: OK all, limit 2; limit 1 bye if eligible for class money than top 3 sections EF. Under 1000 Section EF: all $60 less than top 3 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) prizes; must commit before rd. 2. HR: $109-109, 800-333-3333, 559-268- sections EF. Online entry $5 less to NYSCA members ($12/yr with 2 2015 U.S. Masters Championship 1000, request chess rate, reserve by 7/31 or rate may increase. Car issues Empire Chess, $20/yr 4 issues, may join with entry). Re-entry See Nationals. rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online $60, not available in Open. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Unofficial through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year AUG. 28, NEW YORK TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: US CHESS dues with magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction. Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz (BLZ) DirectorAtChess.US, chesstour.com, 347-201-2269. Advance entries com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or at 9-SS, G/3 d2. FIDE Blitz rated. $500: $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, Blitz tour- posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-Day Schedule: Reg. U2000, U1800: $50. Highest rating (regular, quick or blitz) used for nament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. ends Fri 6 pm. Rds. Fri 7, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-Day Schedule: pairings & prizes. EF: $30, MCC Mbrs $20, GMs $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. A Heritage Event! Reg. ends Sat 10 am. Rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. Half point byes Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10-8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request US Chess Junior Grand Prix! available all rounds, limit 2 byes, Open must commit before rd. 2, others at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. before rd. 3. HR: $129-139-149-159 plus required $15/night facility fee, AUG. 14-16 OR 15-16, GEORGIA US Chess Junior Grand Prix! TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 1-800-223-8585, reserve by 7/24 (earlier is better) or rate will increase, 46th Annual Southern Congress ask for Continental Chess Association rate. Facility fee includes high speed AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, INDIANA WIFI in room, unlimited local & long distance calling, and unlimited use TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 (ENHANCED) 5-SS. Interactive College of Technology, 5227 New Peachtree Rd., Cham- 10th annual Indianapolis Open blee, GA 30341. $2,400 GTD. In 3 sections: Championship: FIDE and of Ballys Total Fitness located next door to the hotel. Ent: chessaction.com 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Crowne Plaza US CHESS rated. Must be 1900 and above! $300-250; u2200- $250; or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge Indianapolis Airport, 2501 S. High School Rd. (off I-465 & Airport Expwy), u2050- $250. Under 1900: $200-100; u1700- $200-100-50. Under 1400: for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, DirectorAtChess. Indianapolis, IN 46241. Free parking, free airport shuttle, free wireless, $200-100; u1250; $200, u1100- $200. Time Controls: Championship: US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (Online indoor pool, game room, fitness center. $$14,000 guaranteed prize fund. G/100 w/30sec. inc, 2-day: G/90 d5. Other sections: G/120 d5. 2-day: entries posted instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. In 4 sections. Open: $2000-1000-600-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 G/90 d5. All: Entry Fee: $45 by 8/12; $49 at site. Reentry except Champinship US Chess Junior Grand Prix! bonus, top Under 2200/Unr $800-400. Under 2000: $1400-700-400-200, $25. Bye: all rounds (limit 2), must commit before 1st round. 3-day AUG. 21-23 OR 22-23, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN top Under 1800 (no unr) $600-300. Under 1600: $1200-600-300-150, top schedule: Reg.:ends 7 p.m. Rds.: 7:30, 2:30-7:30, 10-3:15. 2-day sched- TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) Under 1400 (no unr) $400-200. Under 1200: $600-300-150-100, plaque ule: Reg.: ends 10 a.m. Rounds: 1st at 10:30, then merges with 3-day. Bay Area Chess GM Nick de Firmian Championship to first 3, top Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Unrated may Info: website americanchesspromotions.com or (478)-973-9389. Register 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. 5SS, G/90+30; 2-day rds. 1-2 not win over $200 in U1200, $400 U1600, or $600 U2000. Mixed doubles online. G/50 d5. Park free. Prize: 5,000 b/94 (70% guar). 3 sects: 2000+ (FIDE) bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among A Heritage Event! $1,000-500-200, u2300: 250-125-100. 1600-1999: $700-300-100, u1800: all sections: $600-400-200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 200-100, u1600: $700-300-100 u1400: 125-100, u1200: 100. Unr max may play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) before AUG. 15, ILLINOIS $100 exc Open. Aug 15 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: F 6-6:45p & Sa 8:30- both players begin round 2; teammate pairings avoided but possible. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 8:45a. Rds.: F 7p, Sa 9 1:20, Su 10 2:30. (2-day Sa 9 11:10 & merge). Top 3 sections EF: $99 online at chessaction.com by 8/26, $110 phoned Bradley Summer Open EF: 89, Econ EF: 69 w 60% prz, after 8/17 +20. Playup +20. Rated to 406-896-2038 by 8/24 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $103, 2-day 4 SS, G/80 d5. Robert Michel Student Center, 915 N. Elmwood, Peoria, 2250+ $0 by 8/14 (prize - EF). Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/champs. $102 mailed by 8/19, all $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or IL 61625. 2 Sections: Open & Reserve (U1400). EF: $30 by 8/13, $35 AUG. 22, VIRGINIA online until 2 hours before game. GMs, IMs & WGMs free; $90 deducted at site. $$Gtd: $620 (1st, 2nd 3rd & Upset in Open & 1st, 2nd & Upset TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 from prize. Under 1200 Section EF: all $40 less than above. Unofficial in Reserve). Class prizes are based on b/3 for X, A, B, & C for Open section Harris Pavilion “Open Air” (QC) uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year & D & E for Reserve section. Open: 1st $240, 2nd $120, 3rd $60, X, A, B & 5SS, G/20 d3. Loy E. Harris Pavilion, 9201 Center St., Manassas, VA 20110. US CHESS dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chess C $60 & $30 each, Upset $25. Reserve (1400): 1st $90, 2nd $60, Classes 2 Sections. Open: EF: $25 if received by 8/19, $35 at site. Prizes: $$800G: action.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned D & E $60 & $30 each, Upset $25. Reg.: 8-8:45. Rds.: 9,12, 2:45, 5:30. $250-150-100, U2000-U1600-U1200-Unr. each $75. Fun (not US CHESS- or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60; Bye: 1-4, www.bradleysummeropen.com. Ent: Murrel Rhodes, 1116 N. rated): EF: $10 if received by 8/19, $15 at site. Prizes: trophies to the not available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, Parkside Dr., Peoria, IL 61606, 309-682-0675 day, [email protected]. top 10. Both: Rds.: 10-11-12:30-1:30,2:30. Ent (checks payable to): rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Harris Pavilion, 9116 Center St., Ste. 103, Manassas, VA 20110. Reg.: Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. All: Half point byes OK all, AUG. 15-16, MICHIGAN 8:30-9:30. W limit 2, Open must commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $95-95, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 1-800-227-6963, 317-236-7495; reserve by 8/14 or rate may increase. 2015 U.P. Open Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online AUG. 22-23, WASHINGTON through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box Location: Masonic Building, 128 W. Washington St., Marquette, MI TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 (parking and entrance in rear of building). 5SS, G/115 d5. Entry Fee: Vancouver Open 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: $40. $35 if registered (mail/E-mail) by Aug 13. $20 for Juniors 19 or 5SS, Sat: 30/90, SD/30 d10, Sun: 40/120, SD/30 d10. Red Lion Hotel www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us, 347-201-2269. Advance entries under. Prizes: (1st and 2nd GTD) $300 first place, $150 second, others Vancouver (at the Quay), 100 Columbia St., Vancouver, WA 98660. 306- posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tour- based on entries. Trophy to top UP resident. Reg.: 9-9:30 Sat. Rounds: 694-8341. HR: $89.95 until 08/17. 1-800-RED-LION, mention Chess Tourna- nament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. Sat 10:00, 2:30, 7:00, Sun 9:30, 2:00—all times EDT. Half-point byes ment. $$1,630/b60. Open: $380-280, U2000 $120, U1800 $120. Reserve A Heritage Event! available in all rounds, but must be requested before registration ends. (U1800): $280-180, U1600 $90, U1400 $90, U1200/Unr $90. Foreign ratings US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Info and early entries: Robert John, 315 E. Prospect St., Marquette, used for players with no US CHESS rating. EF: $65 if postmarked or online AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MI 49855, 906-228-8126, [email protected]. by 08/19, $75 at site. Free entry for GMs, IMs, WGMs. Reg.: 9-9:45 am. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Rds.: Sat. 10am, 2:30pm, 7pm, Sun. 9am, 2:30pm. Bye: limit 2, request 47th annual Atlantic Open AUG. 15-16, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN before end of Rd. 2. Memb. Req’d: $25 ($19 juniors). OSA. ENT: Checks 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Washington TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 payable to Washington Chess Federation. Mail to: Dan Mathews, 749 Westin Hotel, 1400 M St. NW at Thomas Circle, Washington, DC 20005. 2015 Petrosian Memorial Somerset Ln., Edmonds, WA 98020-2646. Info: 425-218-7529, email: $$ 20,000 guaranteed prizes. In 7 sections. Open: $2000-1000-500- (A sponsored event) 6SS, G/61 d5. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, [email protected]. Enter online: www.nwchess.com/online 300, clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $800-400. Under 2nd fl. 1 Open section. EF: $70; $50 LACC members; No prizes 1/2, registration. W. 2100: $1400-700-400-200. Under 1900: $1400-700-400-200. Under 1700: spouses/siblings 1/2, new members 1/2, Free new LACC Life members, $5 off if notified by 8/14. Reg:. Sat 10-11:30 am. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Byes: Up to three 1/2-point byes available. 1-Day option I: Play 1 day- no 1/2 pt byes- 1/2 EF. 1-Day option II: Play 1 day & receive three 1/2 pt byes- Full EF. Prizes: $$1,500 (b/45) $750 Grtd. 1st-3rd $400-200-100 U2000: $100. U1800: $200-100-$50; U1600: $100–50; U1400: $100-50; U1200/unrated: $50. Info: Mick Bighamian: (310) 795- 5710; Email: [email protected] or www.LAChessClub.com. 10th INDIANAPOLIS OPEN Parking: Free on streets, BoA, or basement. AUG. 18, NEW YORK Aug 28-30 or 29-30, 2015 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 Marshall Masters 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to 2000+ and players with a plus score in any $14,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES MCC Open or U2300 event since the previous Masters. $620 GTD: 250- 150-100. Top U2400 60, Top U2300 30, Biggest upset $30. EF: $40, Mbr 5rounds,40/110, SD/30, d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60, d10), $30. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub. Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Airport.$95 rooms,free parking & airportshuttle. org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Open Section: Prizes $2000-1000-600-300, clear/tiebreak win $100 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 21-23 OR 22-23, NEW YORK bonus, top U2200/Unr $800-400. 100 Grand Prix Points (enhanced). TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) 14th annual Manhattan Open Under 2000: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1800 (no unr $600-300. 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Ave (32nd-33rd St., across from Penn Station), New York 10001. Under1600: $1200-600-300-150, top Under 1400 (no unr) $400-200. $20,000 guaranteed prizes. In 6 sections. Open: $2000-1000-600-400, Under 1200: $600-300-150-100, plaque to first 3, top Under 1000, clear/tiebreak win $100 bonus, top Under 2400/Unr $600-300. FIDE. Under 2200: $1500-800-400-200, top U2000/Unr $600-300. Under 1900: Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. $1500-800-400-200, top U1700 $600-300. Under 1600: $1200-600-300- 200, top U1400 $500-250. Under 1300: $800-400-200-100, top U1100 Unrated limit $200 in U1200, $400 U1600, or $600 U2000. $300-150. Under 1000: $500-250-150-100, trophies to first 3, top U800, U600, Unr. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: $800-400-200. Team average MIXEDDOUBLES: $600-400-200. Male/female 2-player combined rating must be under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 8/22. Unrated may enter score among all sections, different sections OK, must average under 2200. any section, with prize limit U1900 $700, U1600 $500, U1300 $300, U1000 $200; balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 4 sections EF: FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue. $128 at chessaction.com by 8/19, $140 phoned to 406-896-2038 (no questions) by 8/17, 3-day $138, 2-day $137 if check mailed by 8/12, all $150 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before

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$1400-700-400-200. Under 1500: $1200-600-400-200. Under 1300: $1000- guests. Hotel booking link: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/ and rules for pairings and for awarding prizes. Default late forfeiture 500-300-200. Under 1000: $500-250-150-100, plaques to top 3, first U800, groups/personalized/G/GSOGBES-CCI-20150823/index.jhtml?WT.mc_ time is one hour. TD may extend this time at TD’s discretion. Note that U600, Unrated. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2- id=POG. ADVANCE ENTRY Registration is available at www.carolinas Foreign players must disclose their FIDE ID number before 1st round in player “team” combined score among all sections: $800-400-200. chessinitiative.com. Alternately, checks can be sent to Walter High, 105 order to play. Note that USA Players with no FIDE ID must disclose Team average rating must be under 2200; teammates may play North Crabtree Knoll, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Make checks payable to their email address.$$ $500-$250-$125. EF: $80, Senior/Hcap/Additional in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 pm Carolinas Chess Initiative (CCI). OTHER: One half-point bye available. Family Member $55. Small appearance fee to the First three GM/IM’s 8/29. Unrated may not win over $200 in U1000, $350 U1300, $500 U1500, Byes must be requested before round 2 is paired. Open section FIDE who apply. GM/IM must play all rounds to get appearance fee (appearance $700 U1700, or $900 U1900; balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top rated. INFO: Walter High [email protected] or Gary Newsom gary.new- fee might be deducted from prize). Reserve: Open to players rated 6 sections EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by 8/26, $115 phoned [email protected]. More info including pre-entry lists may below 2000 US CHESS. This section is not Fide Rated but is US CHESS to 406-896-2038 by 8/24 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $113, 2-day be available at carolinaschessinitiative.com. Hotel has a no smoking policy rated and uses US CHESS rules. EF: $40. The Reserve give back 10% in $112 if check mailed by 8/19, $120 at site, or online until 2 hours before including electronic cigarettes. Special Saturday-only U1000 Scholastic prizes and if at least 8 paid entries and if there is a clear winner, then game. GMs free; $100 from prize. Under 1000 Section EF: All $50 less Tournament: Saturday, August 29 4SS, G/30 d5. Rounds 10:30-12-2- that winner receives free entry to next DCC Fide Open. In the reserve than above. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry $60, not 3:30. In two sections, determined on-site based on entries. Trophies to section, Tournament reserves the right to use Fide rules on electronic available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used top 5 in each section. US CHESS rated. EF: $20 in advance $25 onsite. devices and on starting White’s clock at start of a round and to use if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year US CHESS dues with paper maga- A Heritage Event! FIDE pairing rules. Both: Reg.: 8/29 from 9:45–10:15am. Rds.: Sat zine if paid with entry- Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 10:45am-3:10pm-7:16pm, Sun 9:45 am-2:10pm. One half point Bye allowed if requested before end of round rd. 2 and before getting full $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult AUG. 29-30, IOWA $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) point bye. Withdrawals and zero point last round byes are not eligible Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 10 am, rds. 61st Iowa Open Championship (US CHESS & FIDE Rated) for prizes. Note that house players (if required) must pay $2 per round Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye: all, limit 2, Open must commit before IASCA GP Super Qualifier. 5-SS, G/90, i30. Accelerated pairings may and be US CHESS members. ENT: Make/mail Checks payable to Dallas rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $99-99, 202-429-1700, reserve by 8/7 (note be used in Rounds 1-2. IASCA Super GP Qualifier. Marriott Hotel and Chess Club, C/O Barbara Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX correction) or rate may increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD Conference Center, 300 E. 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, 76036-4719. Info: 214-632-9000, [email protected]. FIDE. D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Parking: Valet IA 52241. We will be in the Exhibit Hall of the Conference Center this AUG. 29-30, NEW YORK day parking about $10, Valet 24 hour access parking about $20; rates year!! No more small rooms!! Reg.: 8:30-9:30am. Rds.: Sat 10, 2:30, & could increase, garage has limited space. Ent: chessaction.com or Con- TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 7:30; Sun 9:30 & 2:30. EF: $57 if postmarked before 8/24; $69 at site. Marshall MEGA Tournament tinental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for IM & GM free-EF deducted from any prize, Jrs. & Sr. $10 off, $10 off Out $1,150 Gtd: refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, DirectorAtChess.US, 12-SS, G/25 d5. $450-250, U2200: $150, U1900: $150, of state residents. Prize Info: Prizes: ($1900 b/65 Top 3 Gtd) 550+T- U1600: $150. EF: $90, MCC Mbrs $60. GMs Free, Mbr EF reduced from 201-347-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entry 300-150 U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600 150/75 each. US Chess Federation posted instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. prizes. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-1:15-2:30-4:00-5:15-6:30pm each (US CHESS) membership required. On Site Available. IASCA mem- day. Four byes available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! bership required, ($10 or Out of State Accepted (OSA). On-Site Available. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, NORTH CAROLINA Send Entry Fee to: IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 (ENHANCED) City, IA 52245 or register online at https://onlineregistration.cc/ Addi- AUG. 30, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN The 2015 North Carolina Open tional Info: US CHESS and FIDE Rated!! Byes: Bye available Rounds 1-3 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) if requested prior to start of round. Rounds 4-5 only if requested prior Cupertino Grand Prix DuperSwiss75 (3SS, G/75 d5) This tournament is being held in conjunction with the U.S. Masters. Courtyard Marriott Cupertino, CA 95014. Prizes: $1,500 b/55. 60% guar. Come watch the stars of the chess world compete while playing in the to tournament starting. US CHESS – August 2015 Rating List will be used for pairing purposes. FIDE rules will be used. Head Floor TD will 1900+: $300-100-100, u2000 50-50. 1500-1899: $200-100-50, u1600 50- NC Open! 5-SS, G/120 d5; 2-day schedule: Rd. 1 G/90 d5 then merges 50. u1500: $200-100-50, u1200 50-50. Aug 15 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: 8- with 3-day Embassy Suites Airport, 204 Centreport Dr., Greensboro, NC be Bill Broich. Call 319-321-5435 or [email protected] Directions: Take I-80 to exit 242, go south to 9th street, take a left and follow to the 8:45. Rds.: 9-11:45-2:40. EF: 47, Econ 32 w 1/2 prz. after 8/27 +15, play- 27409, (336) 668-4535, mention chess tournament for discounted hotel up +15, Rtd 2200+ $0 by 8/20. Info: BayAreaChess.com/grandprix. W. rate. $13000 in prizes UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED! In 4 sec- end of 9th street and you are there! The Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Chess rate available, $109 only until 8/14/15, rates may increase tions, OPEN $1000-500-300-250-150-125-125-100-100-100 U2100 SEPT. 4, NEW YORK 250-150-100; U2000 $1000-500-300-250-150-125-125-100-100-100 U1850 after this date. Pool, restaurant, more restaurants in walking distance. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED) 250-150-100; U1700 $1000-500-300-250-150-125-125-100-100-100 U1550 319-688- 4000. 2nd annual New York State Blitz Championship (BLZ) 250-150-100; U1400 $1000-500-300-250-150-125-125-100-100-100 U1200 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Out of state welcome; NYS blitz title to top NYS resident, on tiebreak if 250-150-100. EF: $69 if received by August 14. $85 if received later or AUG. 29-30, TEXAS necessary. 5SS, G/5 d0, double round, 10 games, Albany Marriott (see onsite. SCHEDULE: 3-Day registration ends at 7PM on 8/28 Round at TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) NY State Championship). $$ 1000 guaranteed: $300-150-100, U2000/Unr 7:30PM. 2-Day registration ends at 9:30AM on 8/29 Round at 10AM. 2015 DCC Fide Open X $160-80, U1700/Unr $140-70. EF: $40, NYSCA members $35, at site Subsequent rounds are 8/29 at 2PM-7PM and 8/30 at 9AM-2PM. HR: 5SS, G/90 inc/30. Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. #C, Richard- only, no checks. Free to GMs; $40 deducted from prize. Reg. ends 8 pm, $99 All rooms are suite style. Free made to order breakfast daily, free son, TX 75080. Two sections: Open and Reserve. Open: $$875G. FIDE rds. 8:30, 9, 9:30, 10, 10:30. Bye: 1. Blitz rated, but higher of regular or manager’s reception nightly, and free airport shuttle available for all and US CHESS rated but uses FIDE rules. Will use US CHESS ratings blitz used for pairings & prizes.

47th annual Atlantic Open August 28-30 or 29-30, 2015 - 7 sections at Washington Westin Hotel $20,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND!

5roundsatWashingtonWestin, Unrated prize limits: U1000 Special USCF dues: see TLA or 1400 M St NW at Thomas Circle, $200, U1300 $350, U1500 $500, chesstour.com. USCF membership Washington DC 20005 (5 blocks U1700 $700, U1900 $900. required. from White House). 40/110, SD/30, Mixeddoubles: best male/female d10 (2-day option, G/60, d10, then 2-player team (average under 2200) 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 merges with 3-day). JGP. combined score: $800-400-200. May pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5 pm, Hotel rates: $99-99, 202-429- play in different sections; register by Sun. 10 am & 3:30 pm. 1700, 800-445-8667, reserve by 8/7. 2 pm Aug 29. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm; Open:$2000-1000-500-300, clear Entry fee: $105 at chessaction. Sun. 10 am & 3:30 pm. or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top com by 8/26, $115 phoned to 406- Byes OK all (limit 2), Open must Under 2300/Unr $800-400. 120 896-2038 by 8/24, 3-day $113, 2-day commit by rd 2, others by rd 3. Grand Prix Pts (enhanced). $112 mailed by 8/19, $120 (no Bring set, board, & clock if Under 2100: $1400-700-400-200. checks, credit cards OK) at site, or possible- none supplied. Under 1900: $1400-700-400-200. online until 2 hours before game. Entry: chessaction.com or Under 1700: $1400-700-400-200. Under 1000 Section entry fee: Continental Chess, Box 8482, Under 1500: $1200-600-400-200. all $50 less than above. Pelham NY 10803. $15 service Under 1300: $1000-500-300-200. Re-entry (except Open): $60. charge for refunds. Advance entries Under 1000: $500-250-150-100, Unofficial uschess.org ratings posted at chessaction.com (online plaque to top 3, U800, U600, Unr. usually used if otherwise unrated. entries posted instantly).

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A Heritage Event! G$100. New: Sept. 4, Colorado Chess Hall of Fame Ceremony, Fri. Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 6 p.m. CSCA Membership Meeting: Sun. 2:00, election of officers. $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60, all sections but Open. GMs free, $90 A State Championship Event! 3-day schedule: US Chess Junior Grand Prix! deducted from prize. No checks at site, credit cards OK. SEPT. 4-6, ALABAMA A State Championship Event! Reg. ends Sat 11 am, rds. Sat 12 & 6, Sun 12 & 6, Mon 10 & 3:30. 4-day TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 6 pm, Sun 12 & 6, Mon Alabama State Chess Championship - 62nd Annual SEPT. 4-7 OR 5-7, FLORIDA 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sun. 10 am, rds. Sun 11, 1:30, 3:30, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 6SS, G/120 d5. Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham, AL Arnold Denker Florida State Championship 6, Mon 10 & 3:30, no 2-day schedule in Open. Bye: all, limit 2, Open 35209. PREMIERE (1600+/UNR, $1,950 $$Gtd): $500-325-250-175, Wyndham Orlando Resort, 8001 International Dr., Orlando 32819. must commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 4. HR: $102-102, 800-443- A: 225-150, B: 225-150. RESERVE (U1600; $1,300 $$Gtd): $350-200- $12,000/b180, 70% Guaranteed. 6SS, G/120 d5. 6 Sections: CHAMP: 8952, 518-458-8444, reserve by 8/27 or rate may increase. NYSCA meeting 150-100, D: 150-100, U1200: 150-100. EF: $50, if Postmarked by August $1200-700-500, U2200: $500-300; U2000: $800-500-300, U1900: $200; 9 am Sun. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633, or reserve car 29, 2015. Onsite Reg.: $60. Rds.: Fri: 6pm; Sat: 9:15-2-6:30; Sun: 8:30- U1800: $800-500-300, U1700: $200; U1600: $800-500-300, U1500: online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental 2. Byes: Rds. 1-5; request before Rd. 2. Scholastic Side Events: Individual $200; U1400: $800-500-300, U1300: $200; U1200: $800-400-200, U1000: Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: www.chesstour.com, Tnmt: 4 Sections, Trophies: Top 2 Individuals; Medals: 3rd-5th; EF: $100, U800: $100, Unrateds can enter any section, but only Unr under DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. $15 service charge for refunds. $20. Team Tnmt: 3 Sections, Trophies: Top 2 Teams. EF: $40, Late/On- age 16 in U1200. Unrs limited to $100 unless Place Prize in CHAMP. EF: Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted Site: $20 more, Rds.: 9:15-10:45-1-2:30-4. Checks payable to: Caesar $99; Add $11 after 8/29. EF Discount: $20 off if under age 16 in U1200 instantly). NYS Blitz Championship Fri 8:30 pm, enter by 8 pm. Chess. ENT: Caesar Chess, LLC 5184 Caldwell Mill Rd., Suite 204-202, or Unr in any Under section. EF Free for GM, IM, WGM, WIM ($100 deducted Info: A Heritage Event! Birmingham, AL 35244. [email protected]; websites: www. from any prize won.) Rated players can “play-up” one section from lowest US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AlabamaChess.com; www.CaesarChess.com. allowed. Re-entry: $50 by round 3, 1/2-pt byes for missing rounds. Byes: SEPT. 4-7 OR 5-7, TEXAS US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 1/2-pt available all rounds; max 2; Must commit before Round 3 paired. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) SEPT. 4-6, 5-6 OR 6, NEW YORK US CHESS and FCA memberships required; OSA.Trophies and Titles to 81st Annual Southwest Open TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 top Florida player in each section. Upsets & other “special awards” TBD. 7SS. Doubletree DFW Airport North, 4441 W. John Carpenter Fwy., Marshall September Grand Prix Reg.: ends 1/2 hr before 1st Rd. (no credit cards). Round 1: 7:30pm Irving, TX 75063. $$ 8,950 b/175 full entries, 75% Gtd. 3 Sections and 5-SS, 40/90 SD30 +30. NOTE: Not FIDE Rated as previously advertised. Fri (or 10am Sat at G/60 d5). Rounds 2 thru 6: Sat. 1:30 & 7, Sun. 1 & scholastic side events: Open: (This section is FIDE rated and uses FIDE $800 Gtd: $300-150-100. U2200: $125; U1900 $125. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs 7, Mon. 10am. FL Blitz (G/5 d0) Championship: Sun, 10am. EF $25. rules. US CHESS rules/ratings used for awarding prizes. Players not at $40. GMs Free. Reg.: Ends 15 min before round start. Rds.: 3-day: Fri. FL Quick Chess (G/15 d3) Championship: Mon, 3pm EF $25. FCA: the board within 60 minutes of the start of the round will forfeit game.) 6pm, Sat. & Sun. 12-5:30pm. 2-day: Sat. 11am (G/25 d5) then merge Board Meeting Sun. 6pm; Annual Meeting Sun. 6:30pm. HR: $102 No Rounds 1-3 G/90 with 30 sec. increment, rounds 4-7 G/120 with 30 sec. with 3-day in round 2. 1-day: Sun. 9-10:10-11:20am (G/25 d5) then Resort Fee (by Aug. 5th) 407-351-2420. Code: CFCC Or online at http:// increment. Note, please check tournament website for rules about FIDE merge in round 4. Max two byes. Request by rd. 3. www.marshallchess- tinyurl.com/FCA2015Hotel. 72 hour HR Cancellation charge. Free self- registration. $$ 1,000-500-250, 2200-2399 $700, U2200 $700-350. club.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. parking for all! Ent: CFCC, c/o Harvey Lerman, 921 N. Thistle Ln., Maitland, Reserve: U2000. Rounds 1-3 G/90 with 30 sec. increment, rounds 4-7 FL 32751. Or online https://onlineregistration.cc before Sept 4th. Info: G/120 with 30 sec increment. $$ 800-400-200. B $600-300-150, U1600 A Heritage Event! centralflchess.org or 407-629-6946 (407-670-9304 for onsite cell). US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $500-250-125. Novice: U1400 and Unrated. Rounds 1-3 G/90 with 30 A State Championship Event! A Heritage Event! sec. increment, rounds 4-7 G/120 with 30 sec. increment. $$ $500-250- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 125, E $400-200, U1000 $300-150 Unrated $200. All 3: TCA membership SEPT. 4-6, TENNESSEE required. Other states accepted. EF: $89 if received by 8/21, else $99. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 SEPT. 4-7, 5-7 OR 6-7, NEW YORK 2015 Tennessee Open Championship TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 (ENHANCED) $82 Junior(U19) if received by 8/26 else $90 (juniors count as 90% 5SS, G/120 d5. Roaden University Center, Tennessee Tech University, 137th annual NY State Championship toward base), Senior (over 65)//Additional family participant 1000 N. Dixie Ave., Cookeville, TN 37416. $$Gtd. $3000 Prize fund. Sec- Out of state welcome. 6SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option in U2100 $53 if received by 8/26 else $65 (Senior/Handicap/Additional family tions: OPEN $400-250-200, Exp. $200-150, Class A $175-125, Class B & below, rds. 1-3 G/40 d10). Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd., Albany 12205 participant counts 60% toward base). Add $5 for CC phone entries; pre- $150-75 AMATEUR (U1600) $225-175-150, Class D $125-75 Class E (Thruway Exit 24, I-87 north to Wolf Rd., Exit 4). Luxurious hotel with reg. requires pre-payment. After 9/2/15 all registration and changes $100-75, Class F+below $100-75, UNR* $100-75. EF: $55 post marked indoor/outdoor pool, sauna, fitness center, free parking, free airport shuttle, on site only; all changes including withdrawals, $10 after 9/2/15. 4 day: by 08/28 ($65 at site) online by 9/02. (UNR eligible for UNR prize only), many restaurants in area. $$G 13,000. In 5 sections. Open: $1500-700- Reg. Friday 9/4, 6:15 pm-7:15. Rds. Fri.: 7:45, Sat.: 2:30 pm - 7:30, Sun.: youth and scholastic members for trophy only $30 ($40), IM and GM 500-300, top U2300/Unr $800-400. State title and $100 bonus to top 10:45 am - 5:00 pm, Mon.: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. 3 day: Reg. Sat. 9/5, 9- Free entry ($55 taken from prize of $200 or more). On site reg. Fri 5:00 NYS resident (both decided on tiebreak if tied). Under 2100: $1000- 9:30 am, Rd. 1 at 10 am then merge with 4 day. Foreign Unrated must – 6:00 pm CDT Sat 7:30-8:30 am CDT, US CHESS and TCA Dues req. 500-300-200, top Under 1900 $400. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-200, play in Open section. Registrations that do not indicate 4 or 3 day OSA Rnds.: (CDT) Rnd. 1 Fri 7:00 PM or Sat 10:00 AM. Rnd. 2-5 Sat top Under 1600 $400. Under 1500: $800-400-200-100, top Under 1300 schedule will be put in the 3 day. HR: $89/89/89/89, 972-929-8181or 2:30, 7:00, Sun. 9:00, 2:00. Hotel: Country Inn and Suites, 1151 S. $300. Under 1200: $500-300-200-100, trophy to first 3, top Under 1000, 800-222-8733 reserve by 8/18 and ask for Dallas Chess Club rate. $89 Jefferson Ave., Cookeville, TN 38506, (931) 525-6668 ask for Chess rate. Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/ rate includes continental breakfast for up to 4 people staying in room. Enter on-line at TNCHESS.US or mail to: Chris Prosser, 733 Long Hunter female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: $500-300- Upgrade to full Breakfast at special price of $7.99 (upgrade must be Ct., Nashville, TN 37217 or [email protected], 615-426-7105. W. 200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play in different done at hotel check in). Up to two 1/2-pt byes available if requested sections; teams must register at site (no extra fee) before both players before end of rd. 2, but byes for both rd. 6 AND 7 not permitted. Tour- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! begin round 2; teammate pairings avoided but possible. Unrated may nament reserves the right to use an analog clock with equivalent time SEPT. 4-6 OR 5-6, GEORGIA not win over $200 in U1200, $400 U1500 or $600 U1800. Top 4 sections control under special circumstances (not in open section). Texas Chess TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 EF: $98 online at chessaction.com by 9/2, $110 phoned to 406-896- Association meeting on Sunday 9/6 at 9:00 am. K-12 Scholastic on American Chess Promotions Open 2038 by 8/31 (entry only, no questions), 4-day $109, 3-day $108, 2-day Saturday, 9/5. 5-SS, G/30 d5, EF: $31 by 8/26, $45 after; Pre-reg. 5-SS. Interactive College of Technology, 5227 New Peachtree Rd., Cham- $107 if check mailed by 8/26, all $120 at site, or online until 2 hours requires pre-payment. After 9/2/15 all registration and changes on site blee, GA 30341. $10,000 b/155, 55% Guaranteed. In 7 sections: Cham- before game. Under 1200 Section EF: All $30 less than top 4 sections only; all changes $10 after 9/2/15. No refunds after 9/2/15, $10 handling pionship: FIDE and US CHESS rated. Must be 2000 and above to enter. EF. All: Online entries $7 less to NYSCA members (NYSCA dues $12/yr fee for refunds before 9/2/15. Entries do not count toward base in $1,000-600-500. u2200: $700-300-150-100. Under 2000: $700-300-150- with 2 issues Empire Chess or $20/yr with 4 issues; join or renew Open, Reserve and Novice. Registration: 8:15-8:45 am, Rd. 1 at 9:30 100, u1900- $150. Under 1800: $700-300-150-100, u1700- $150. Under together with entry.) Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if oth- am, rest ASAP with small lunch break. Sections: K-12 Championship and 1600: $600-300-150-100, u1500- $150. Under 1400: $600-300-150-100, erwise unrated. Special 1 year US CHESS dues with paper magazine if K-12 U1000. Prizes: Trophies to top 12 individuals, five teams in each u1300- $150. Under 1200: $600-300-150-100, u1100- $150. Unrated: paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, section. K-12 U1000 also top three unrateds. Medals to those who do (not part of base) Trophies to top 7. Time Controls: Championship: G/100 w/30 sec. inc., 2-day: G/90 d5. Other sections: G/120 d5, 2-day: G/90 d5. Entry Fees: $79 3-day, $78 2-day if received by 9/2; $85 at site. GMs and IMs FREE. Juniors: $6 less. Unrateds: $30 Reentry except in Championship section $40. Bye: all rounds (limit 2), must commit before 1st round. May play up 1 section except Championship. 3-day schedule: Registration: ends 6:15 p.m. Rounds: 7, 2:15-7, 10-3:15. 2-day sched- 137th annual NY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ule: Registration: ends 10 a.m. Rounds: 1st at 10:30 a.m., then merges with 3-day. Info: americanchesspromotions.com or (478)-973-9389. Sept 4-7, 5-7 or 6-7 at Albany Marriott US Chess Junior Grand Prix! A State Championship Event! America’s oldest annual event - $13,000 guaranteed SEPT. 4-6, COLORADO TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 6roundLaborDayweekendSwissin5sections;youplayonlythoseinyour 2015 Colorado Chess Festival: Colorado Open & Colorado Quick Championships section. Choice of 4-day, 3-day or 2-day schedule (no 2-day Open Section), all merge Sheraton Denver Tech Center Hotel, 7007 S. Clinton St., Greenwood Village, and compete for same prizes. $102 room rates, free parking, free airport shuttle. CO 80112, (303) 799-6200 or (888) 627-7813, $79 chess rate till Aug 23. Ent: CSCA, c/o Shirley Herman, 1450 Old North Gate Rd., Colorado Springs, Open Section: Prizes $1500-700-500-300, state title and $100 bonus to CO 80921. Byes for Open and Quick: 1/2-point bye available, request before Rd. 2. Rds. 4&5 1/2-point bye requests are irrevocable. 0 pt. byes top NY resident, top U2300/Unr $800-400. GPP: 100. any rd up to 30 mins. before rd time except the last. Unplayed last rds are withdrawals unless TD decides otherwise. Additional details on Colo Under 2100: $1000-500-300-200, top Under 1900 $400. radoChess.com. Sept. 5-6, Colorado Open Championship: 5SS, Rds. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-200, top Under 1600 $400. 1-2, G/100 d5 and Rds. 3-5 G/90 +30 inc. 4 Sections: Open, U1900, U1600, U1300. Reg.: 5:45-9:30 p.m. Friday and 8:00-9:15 a.m. Saturday. Under 1500: $800-400-200-100, top Under 1300 $300. Rds: Sat 10:00, 2:30, 7:00, Sun 9:30, 4:00. (Member Meeting: 2 PM) EF: Early bird if postmarked by Aug 29 Open $55 Under sections $45, $10 Under 1200: $500-300-200-100, trophy to first 3, top Under 1000, Under higher at site. Unrated players (Sept Supplement) $10 discount on early or at the site entry fee. Unrateds may play in any section but are eligible 800, Under 600, Unrated. only for place prizes in the Open and special Unrated prize in any section Unrated prize limits: $200 in U1200, $400 U1500, or $600 U1800. where there are at least two unrated players in section and one scores 2 points. PRIZES: 70% of entries w/ self-supporting sections, $5550 MIXED DOUBLES BONUS PRIZES: $500-300-200. b/ 160 entries. Open b/50: G$700 G$400 $250 $225, U2100 1st $225 2nd $200. U1900 b/40 $500 $250 $200, U1750 1st $200 2nd $150 - $1300. U1600 b/40 $500 $250 $200, U1450 1st $200 2nd $150 U1300 FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue or chesstour.com. b/30: $400 $250, U1200 $100, U1100 $100, U1000 $100. Colorado Tour Event, US CHESS & CSCA rqd, OSA. Sept. 4, Colorado State Quick Championship: 5SS, G/15 d3, Reg.: 6:00-7, games at 7:15 pm. EF: $15, $12 if postmarked by Aug 29. Prizes minimum 70% of entries w/1st

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not win a trophy. ALL: Ent: Dallas Chess Club, C/O Barbara Swafford, by 9/3, $30 at the door. $5 less if also playing in Action. Schedule: Reg. or email [email protected], (504) 208-9596; or enter on line with 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036. Info: Barb Swafford, 214-632- ends 10:30am, rds. 10:30-11:15-12:00-1:15-2:00-2:45-3:30. Ent: MCA, credit card at www.cajunchess.com. 9000, [email protected], www.dallaschess.com. FIDE. US ChessJGP c/o Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. More US Chess Junior Grand Prix! for Non scholastic side events. information & online entry at: http://mdquick.mdchess.com. A State Championship Event! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! An American Classic! SEPT. 5-7 OR 6-7, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN A State Championship Event! A Heritage Event! TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) SEPT. 4-7, 5-7 OR 6-7, MICHIGAN US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 2015 CalChess State Championship (Labor Day) TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 SEPT. 5-6, OKLAHOMA 6SS, 40/120 sd30 d5 (2-day opt rounds 1-3 G/61 d5). SFO Airport Hyatt 2015 Michigan Open TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Regency, 1333 Bayshore Hwy., Burlingame, CA 94010. Room: $145. Prize: 7-SS. Causeway Bay Hotel Lansing, 6820 South Cedar St., Lansing, MI 34th NAO FIDE Open/70th OCF Championship/Jerry Spann Memo- $20,000 b/249 (70% Guar). 6 sections. Open (2200+) FIDE rated: 49811. HR: $109.50 Rate guaranteed through 8/31, after if space avail. rial $2500-1500-800-300-200, u2300 200 100. Expert: 1,500-1,000-600-200. Includes Complimentary Breakfast, Phone: 517-694-8123, Online: 5-SS; G/90+30 spm; $G $1,200. Trade Winds Central, 3141 E. Skelly A: 1,200-900-500-200. B: 1,200-900-500-200. C: 1,200-900-500-200. DE: www.causewaybaylansinghotel.com Group Code: CHESS915. 3 Sections: Dr. (NW corner of 51st & Harvard), Tulsa, OK 74105; (918) 749-5561; $1,000-500-300-100 u1200 $500-200-100. Unr capped at 300 exc in Open. Open (All, FIDE rated), Reserve (U1800), Booster (U1200); 3 Schedules: Free-WIFI. www.tradewindstulsa.com; $55 – 65; EF: FIDE Open $50; Unr: Trophy 1st. Trophy to top finisher (State Champion) in ea section. EF: 4-day, 3-day, 2-day (Reserve/Booster only). EF: Adv Ent Must be received Reserve $40 (deduct $10 if envelope postmarked on or before Sep 2nd; $134 by 9/1. 154 on site. Unr 50 in DE or in the Master section for reg EF. and paid by Mon, Aug 31. Open: $55 for 4-day, $56 for 3-day, $65 after OCF $10 required if not current); Reg: 9-9:45 Sat AM; Rds: 10-2:30-7; $5 disc to CalChess mems. US CHESS mem reqd. Play-up fee: $25 per 8/31. Reserve: $45 for 4-day, $46 for 3-day, $47 for 2-day, $55 after 9-1:15; Two Sections: Open-FIDE $G 1st $300 U-2100 $150-100; U- section above rating. Refund fee: $25. GM/IM free by 8/28 (EF subtr 8/31. Booster: $25 for 4-day, $26 for 3-day, $27 for 2-day, $35 after 1900 $150-100; U-1700 Jerry Spann Mem-FIDE $G: 1st: $200; U-1400 from prize). Reg.: Sat 9-9:30am, Sun 8:30-9am. Rds.: 3-day Sat 10 3:30; 8/31. U18: $5 discount. Re-entry allowed for 4-day advance price. Free $100; U-1100 $100; more $$ if entrees permit; 1 half pt bye rds 1-5; Sun 11 5; Mon 10 3:30. 2-day Sun 9:30 12 2:30 5; Mon 10 3:30. Merge Entry to GM/IM/FM/2200+ when registering by 8/31, $55 EF deducted commit before Sat 9PM. Frank Berry, 402 S. Willis St., Stillwater, OK at Rd. 4. All compete for the same prizes. 1/2 pt bye(s) in any round(s) from prize. Payment in advance by check made payable to MCA or by 74074. Email & Website: [email protected] / OCFChess.org if requested in advance (byes Rds. 5 6 must be requested bef Rd. 1). 2015 Sept Supp, CCA min, & TD discretion will be used to place players Credit Card/PayPal via PayPal. Be sure to specify schedule, and select US Chess Junior Grand Prix! correct entry fee! US CHESS memb req. MCA memb req for MI residents, A State Championship Event! as accurately as possible. Bring clocks. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/ other states OK. Reg.: Online: www.onlineregistration.cc, Site: 4-day: labor, Richard Koepcke 650-224-4938. Ent: Online at BayAreaChess.com/ Fri (9/4): 6-6:29pm. 3-day: Sat (9/5): 9-1:29am. 2-day: Sun (9/6): 8:30- SEPT. 5-7, LOUISIANA my/labor or mail BayAreaChess 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 9:29am. Rds: 4-day: Fri (9/4): 7:30pm, Sat 10:30am, 6:30pm, Sun 10am, 2015 Louisiana State Championship No Phone entries. W. 7pm, Mon 9am, 3:30pm. 3-day: Sat (9/5): 10:00am, 1pm, then merge w 7-SS, G/90 i30. FIDE Rated. Site: Hilton New Orleans Airport Hotel, 901 A Heritage Event! 4-day. 2-day (Reserve/Booster only): Sun (9/6): 9am, 10:30am, 12pm, Airline Dr., Kenner, LA 70062, (504) 469-5000. EF: $80 if rec’d by 8/28, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 1:30pm, then merge w 4-day. TL: 4-day: 40/120 d5, SD/55 d5. 3-day: $90 at site; LCA Memb. req’d ($15 Adult, $5 Schol.), OSA. Prizes: $4000 RDS. 1&2 G/75 d5. 2-day: RDS. 1-4, G/30 d5. Bye: 1/2 pt bye for RDS. SEPT. 5-7 OR 6-7, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN b/100, 50% Gtd. One Section: Open: $1000 + plaque-500-250; U2000: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) 1-6, max of 2. Must request before RD. 4. $$Gtd: $3150; Trophies for $500-250; U1800: $400-200; U1600: $350-150; U1300/Unr: $300-100. 37th Annual Southern California Open all Place-Winners Open: 1st $500, 2nd $300, 3rd $250. U2200: $200; Reg.: Sat. 9/5, 8:30-9am. Rds.: Sat.: 9:30-3; Sun.: 9:30-2:30-7:30; Mon.: 6-SS, G/100 + 30 second inc. (2-day schedule rds. 1-3 G/50 d5 then U2100: $200; U2000: $200; U1900: $200. Reserve: 1st $300, 2nd $225, 9:30-2:30. Business meeting: Sat. 9/5, 2pm. HR: $95, (504) 469-5000, merges). Town & Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 3rd $150, U1600: $125; U1500: $125; U1400: $125; U1300: $125; U1200: ask for chess rate. State Blitz Championship: Sat. 9/5 (US CHESS Blitz 92108. $$20,000 in Guaranteed Prizes, 6 Sections. Prizes: Open Sec $125. Booster: Trophies to 1st, 2nd, 3rd; U1000, U800, U600: 1st & 2nd Rated), 7 Rd-Double SS (play each opponent as black and white), G/5 (Open Section FIDE Rated - except for 3 fast games in the 2-day Michigan Speed Championship: each; Unrated 1st. Side Event: Sun, d0. EF: $20 if mailed by 8/28, $25 at site; $5 discount if also entering schedule): 1st $2,400-1,600-1,200-900-600-500-400, plus BU2300 $1,000- 9/6. US CHESS Blitz rated. 5-2SS. TL: G/5 d0. Rds.: Starts at 3pm. EF: State Championship. LCA Memb. req’d, OSA. Prizes: $400 b/30, 50% Gtd. 600; U2200, U2000, U1800 and U1600 Sections ALL: $1,000-600-400- $16 online in adv. $25 onsite. Reg.: www.onlineregistration.cc, Sun 9- (one section) Open: $100 + plaque to top Louisiana resident-50. U2000: 200; U1400: $600-400-200-100, plus BU1200 $300-150, Best Unrated 2:30pm. $$: 1st Troph + $150, 2nd: $125, 3rd: $100, 4th: $75, 5th: $50; $80, U1800: $70, U1600: $60, U1300: $40 (US CHESS Regular Ratings $100. Plus Best Game Prizes: $75-50-25, one reserved for non-open Troph 1st, 2nd U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200, U1000, U800, U600, Used for Pairings & Prizes). Reg: 7-7:45pm (after second round of state sections. Reg.: 3-day: 8 to 9:30 AM, Sept official rating list used. 2- Meeting: U400, UnrMembership 4:30pm Sat, Sept. 5. MCA members, championship). Rds.: Round 1 at 8pm, other rounds follow each other day: 8 AM to 9 AM Sunday. Rds.: 3 day: 10 AM & 4 PM Sat, Sun and Ent & Info: make your voice heard! Jeff Aldrich, P.O. Box 40, Flint, MI immediately, should end around 11pm. Only three electronic notation Mon. 2- day: 9:30 AM, 11:30, 1:30 & 4 PM (merged) Sun, then 10 AM & 48501; email: [email protected]; (810) 955-7271. devices may be used in the tournament: Monroi, eNotate, or Plycount, 4 PM Monday. EF: $90 Early Bird Special if received by 7/31, $100 from SEPT. 5, MARYLAND and they must remain on top of the table at all times. The TD has the 8/1 to 8/26, $120 after 8/26, or $140 at door. No credit cards at door, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 right to inspect your notation device at any time before, during, or after checks or cash only. Special rate of only $75 if U1400 or unrated. Special Maryland Quick Championship (QC) your games. No other electronic devices of any kind are allowed in the rate for GMs and IMs: $20 if registered by 8/26, $40 after 8/26 or $60 G/12 d3, 7SS. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. tournament hall, including lap top computers, PDAs, ipads/ipods, cell late entry at door. Unrated players are eligible for place prizes only in Prizes Guaranteed: $200-$100-$75, U1800 $50, U1500 $40. Sets, boards phone watches, headphones, etc., and cell phones must be turned off. the Open Section, or the unrated prize in the U1400. Players who forfeit and clocks provided. Free parking for day guests. EF: $20 by 9/1, $25 Ent/Info: Cajun Chess, 12405 Hillary Step Dr., Olive Branch, MS 38654, any round are subject to a $25 fine! SCCF membership req’d ($18 Adult;

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$13 Jr or $3 Jr w/o mag,) for all So Cal residents. Two byes allowed, A State Championship Event! and click on Maps. Room Rate: $92 by 9/4; after only if rooms still but must be requested at least one hour before round, no byes allowed SEPT. 5-7 OR 6-7, NEW JERSEY available. Reserve online at www.adobadearborn.com or call (313) in the last round. Entries: SDCC, PO Box 120162, San Diego, CA 92112 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 592-3622. Ask for the Harold Steen Chess Rate. Entries & Info: Dr. or enter online www.scchess.com. For more info call Chuck Ensey 858- 68th Annual New Jersey Open Championship Ed Mandell, All The King’s Men, (248) 635-2375 (Cell) or (586) 558-4790. 432-8006, or email [email protected] SCCF Annual Membership All Prizes Guaranteed!! 6-SS, 40/2 d5, SD/1. Headquarters Plaza Email: [email protected]. Cell phone/Headphone use Rules Meeting: Sunday 9 PM. Hotel Rates: Special rate of only $109, 619- Hyatt, 3 Headquarters Plaza, Morristown, NJ 07960. (973) 898-9100. A posted on site. 291-7131, or 1-800-772-8527 if booked by 8/12/15, book ASAP, as rates luxury hotel including spa. Free parking. For chess rate ($115/night) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! may go up and rooms may sell out by mid-August. Large hotel is in the please use the code CHESS or use https://aws.passkey.com/event/ heart of Mission Valley, close to the airport and attractions such as Sea 13779489/owner/1459369/home for online reservations. Short walk to SEPT. 18-20 OR 19-20, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) World, Legoland, and the San Diego Zoo. The Town and Country Hotel train station with service to New York and Philadelphia (via Newark). 5 Bay Area Chess IM W. John Donaldson Championship has 4 restaurants, a pool, a spa and a fitness center. The SCO is a State minute walk to many restaurants and shopping. In 3 sections, Open Section, 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. 5SS, G/90+30, 2-day rds. 1-2 G/50 Championship Qualifier. (Note: TLA appeared in July CL print as not Under 2000, Under 1600. With 3 day and 2 day schedules. Prizes: Open: d5. Park free. Prizes: 5,000 b/94 (70% guar). 3 sects: 2000+ (FIDE) being FIDE Rated....this changed and will now be FIDE Rated for the $1000-$800-$600-$400-$200, Top Expert & A: $200 and trophy. $1,000-500-200, u2300: 250-125-100. 1600-1999: $700-300-100, u1800: Open Section.) Trophy to NJ Champion. Under 2000 $500-$300-$100. Top B & C: 200-100, u1600: $700-300-100 u1400: 125-100, u1200: 100. Unr max US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $200 and trophy. Under 1600: $500-$300-$100. Top D, E & F: $200 $100 exc Open. Sep 15 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: F 6-6:45p & Sa 8:30- A State Championship Event! and trophy. $100 prize for best Open section game. $100 prize for 8:45a. Rds.: F 7p, Sa 9 1:20, Su 10 2:30. (2-day Sa 9 11:10 & merge). SEPT. 5-7 OR 6-7, ILLINOIS best game in either Under 2000 or Under 1600 section. All Prizes EF: 89, Econ EF: 69 w 60% prz, after 9/14 +20. Playup +20. Rated TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 Guaranteed. All sections get these trophies: Top 3, Top Senior over age 2250+ $0 by 9/14 (prize - EF). Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/champs. 2015 Illinois Open State Championship 55, Top Under Age 16, Top Under Age 13. Unrated may win first place in 6SS, G/90, 30 sec. inc., (2-day option Sept. 6-7, rds. 1-3 G/45 d5, merge Open section only. Early Entry Fee $68 if paid by 9/1. EF onsite is $80. A State Championship Event! with 3-day at rd. 4). Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2875 N. Milwaukee Ave., North- $50 for re-entry. Make checks payable to NJSCF. 3 day reg at hotel: SEPT. 19, PENNSYLVANIA Saturday, 9:00am-11:00am 9/5/2015. 2 day reg at hotel: Sunday, 9/6/ TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 brook, IL 60062, (847) 493-6929 or e-mail reservations@bayshospitality. 2015 PA State Game/60 Championship com, $92 room rate if reserved by 9/4, mention Group Code io5 when 2015 9-10am. Rounds: 3 day Saturday 12:00 & 6:30pm, Sunday 11am & 4SS, G/60 d5. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, registering. Free hot breakfast buffet and 25% discount at Willows 6pm, Monday 9am & 3:30pm. Rounds: 2 day 1-2-3(G/60 d5) Sunday PA 15213. 3 Sections, $$ (695G): Champ: EF: $30 by 9/11, $40 later. Restaurant included in room rate. An Illinois Chess Tour Event. $8,500 10:30am, 12:45pm and 3:00pm. 3 Day and 2 Day schedules merge in $200-100, U2000 $75, U1800 $50. Premier: U1600. EF: $25 by 9/11, $35 guaranteed prize fund. In 2 sections, Open and Reserve. Open section round 4. Entries to Noreen Davisson, 6 Red Barn Ln., Randolph, NJ 07869 later. $90-60, U1400 $50, U1200 $40, U1000 $30. Trophies to Top 2, will be FIDE rated – FIDE Laws of Chess will be followed. Open Section: or register online at register.njscf.org. Email: [email protected]. Top 2 U1400, Top 2 U1200, Top 2 U1000. Scholastic: Grades K-12 U900. $1,375-$800-$400-$250-$150 U2400 $420-$210-$100 U2200 $420-$210- Entries should include name, US CHESS ID and expirations, mailing EF: $15 by 9/11, $25 later. Trophies to Top 7, Top 3 U600. All: Trophies: $100 U2000 $420-$210-$100. Reserve (U1800) Section: $750-$425- address, email address, phone, section, schedule desired and entry fee. Top 2 Schools, Top 2 Clubs. PSCF $5, OSA. Reg ends 10am. Rds.: 10:30- $215-$130-$105 U1600 $320-$160-$90 U1400 $320-$160-$90 U1200 SEPT. 6, MARYLAND 1-3:15-5:45. Ent/Info: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, $320-$160-$90. Unrateds qualify for top prizes only. 14 Amazon gift TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 PA 15223, 412-908-0286, [email protected]. W. cards ($50-$100) given to randomly drawn ICA members in rounds 4-6. Maryland Action Championship EF: $95 USPS postmarked by 8/7 and on-line by 6 pm on 8/7, $115 7SS, G/25 d5. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! USPS postmarked after 8/7 (must be received by 8/31) and on-line by 6 Prizes Guaranteed: $400-$250-$100, U2000 $80, U1800 $70, U1600 $60, SEPT. 19-20, TEXAS pm on 9/4 for 3-day schedule and 6 pm on 9/5 for 2-day schedule, $135 U1400 $50, unrated $40. Sets, boards and clocks provided. Free TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) at the door by 11:30 AM on 9/5 for 3-day schedule or 10:30 AM on 9/6 parking for day guests. EF: $30 by 9/1, $35 by 9/3, and $40 at the door 2015 DCC Fide Open XI for 2-day schedule, $5 discount for ICA members (ICA annual dues $15 Schedule: Reg. ends 10am, rds. 10:30-11:45-1:30-2:45-4-5:15-6:30. 5SS, G/90 inc/30. Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. #C, Richard- regular, $10 scholastic - obtain membership at www.il-chess.org). Free More information & online entry at: http://mdaction.mdchess.com. son, TX 75080. Two sections: Open and Reserve. Open: $$875G. FIDE entry to Illinois GMs, WGMs, IMs, WIMs, FMs, WFMs. Register online and US CHESS rated but uses FIDE rules. Will use US CHESS ratings at www.chessforlife.com by 9/4 6 PM, or mail checks payable to Illinois US Chess Junior Grand Prix! and rules for pairings and for awarding prizes. Default late forfeiture Chess Assn to Chess For Life, c/o Tim Just, 37165 Willow, Gurnee, IL SEPT. 12, INDIANA time is one hour. TD may extend this time at TD’s discretion. Note that 60031 must be received by 8/31. No phone entries. $20 extra to play in TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Foreign players must disclose their FIDE ID number before 1st round in Open Section with rating of 1799 and below. Re-entries $50 with appro- South Bend Regional CC Open order to play. Note that USA Players with no FIDE ID must disclose priate byes. 3-Day Schedule Saturday-Sunday 12 Noon and 6 pm, 4SS, G/85 d5. Hilton Garden Inn & Gillespie Center, 53995 SR 933, South their email address.$$ $500-$250-$125. EF: $80, Senior/Hcap/Additional Monday 10:30 am and 3:30 pm. 2-Day Schedule (ideal for those wanting Bend, IN 46637. $1300, b/50, 50% Guaranteed. 1st $400, 2nd $200, Family Member $55. Small appearance fee to the First three GM/IM’s to play in Saturday night’s Illinois Blitz Championship) Sunday 11 am, 1 Top X$180, Top A $160, Top B $140, Top C $120, D/Under $100. EF: $30 who apply. GM/IM must play all rounds to get appearance fee (appearance pm, 3 pm, then merge with 3-day schedule at 6 pm, Monday 10:30 am received by 08/08/2015, $40 received by 09/04/2015, $50 onsite, Free fee might be deducted from prize). Reserve: Open to players rated and 3:30 pm. Half-point byes ok all rounds, must commit by end of round Entry to all Master rated players, $40 withheld from any prize win- below 2000 US CHESS. This section is not Fide Rated but is US CHESS 2. Maximum 2 half-point byes. On-site registration 10-11:30 Saturday, nings. Cash and checks accepted, NO Credit Cards. Onsite Registration rated and uses US CHESS rules. EF: $40. The Reserve give back 10% in 9-10:30 Sunday, Entries after that may be given 1/2 point byes for round 8:30am-8:50am. Rounds: 9am, 12:30pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm. 1/2pt Byes 1. Advance entries posted at www.chessforlife.com. Boards, sets, and available in rnds. 1-3. Mail EFs to: South Bend Regional Chess, PO Box clocks provided by ChessIQ. All special rules, details, and tournament 1594, Granger, IN 46530. Contact: Mathew Leach, [email protected] conditions are subject to change without notice and will be posted ASAP SEPT. 15, NEW YORK at the site/on-line. (847) 773-7706 before 5 pm for further info. Scholastic TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 side event on 9/5, details and registration at www.chessforlife.com. Marshall Masters CONTINENTAL CHESS SCHEDULE Illinois Blitz Championship on 9/5 evening, details and registration at 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to 2000+ and players with a plus score in any Visit www.chesstour.com for late news, hotel www.il-chess.org. MCC Open or U2300 event since the previous Masters. $620 GTD: 250- availability, results, games, minimum ratings, etc. 150-100. Top U2400 60, Top U2300 30, Biggest upset $30. EF: $40, Mbr A Heritage Event! Enter tournaments at chessaction.com. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $30. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub. To receive our free email newsletter, see SEPT. 5-7 OR 6-7, MASSACHUSETTS chess calendar.com or chesstour.com. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Most tournaments have alternate schedules 75th New England Open US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 6SS, 40/100, SD/60 d5 (2-day schedule G/45 d5 in rds. 1-3. No 2-day with less or more days than below. SEPT. 18-20 OR 19-20, MICHIGAN Asterisk means full details in this issue- Championship sect.) Holiday Inn Boxborough, 242 Adams Place, Boxbor- TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) ough, MA 01719. $$ 4,000 b/100 fully paid entries ($30 off entries 2015 Harold Steen Memorial Cup otherwise, see future issues or our website. count half), 75% G. 4 sects. Championship, open to players rated with Co-Sponsorship from Michigan Chess Festival, LLC. Annual Memorial Events in red offer FIDE norm chances. 1800/above: $600-300-250, top U2400 $250, top U2200 $250. FIDE. Swiss in honor of the LATE HAROLD STEEN for his outstanding 8/7-9: , Cleveland OH (see July issue) Under 2000: $400-200-150. Under 1800: $400-200-150. Under 1600: contribution to young chess players in the Detroit area. Each year, $300-150-100, top U1400 $150, top U1200 $150. New England champi- 8/14-16: Continental Open, Sturbridge MA* the First Place Open and Reserve Winners’ names are added to 8/14-16: Central California Open, Fresno CA* onship title to highest scoring New England resident or student in each the Harold Steen Memorial Cup. Site: The beautiful Royal-Dearborn sect. Unrated prize limit $200 in U2000, $150 in U1800, $100 in U1600, 8/21-23: Manhattan Open, New York NY* Hotel and Convention Center, 600 Town Center Dr., Dearborn, MI 48126 8/28-30: Atlantic Open, Washington DC* can’t win title. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise (Lodg/Dir below). Special Guest Appearance Saturday morning by unrated. EF: $69 for 3-day, $68 for 2-day if mailed by 8/31 or online by 8/28-30: Indianapolis Open, Indianapolis IN* MRS. HAROLD STEEN! If you haven’t yet met or heard this interesting 9/5-7: New York State Championship, Albany NY* 9/3, $80 at site. $30 discount to players in U1600 sect. rated U1000 or woman, or even if have, you should hear what she has to say this time! unrated. Free to GMs and IMs. 3-Day Schedule: Reg. Sat. 8:30 to 9:30 9/25-27: Hartford Open, Windsor Locks CT* You’ll be glad you did! IM Lecture: IM SAFAL BORA, Saturday, 6:30- 10//7-12: Washington Chess Congress, Arlington VA* a.m. Rds. Sat. 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Sun. 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Mon. 7:30pm ($10). 6-SS, 4-SS in Novice Section. 3 Sections: Open, Reserve 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 2-Day Schedule (U2000 to U1600 only): Reg. 10/9-11: Midwest Class, Wheeling IL* (U1700), Novice (U1OOO, Sat. only). 2- & 3-Day Schedules. Top Secton 10/17-18: Central New York Open, Syracuse NY* Sun. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Rds. Sun. 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 5 FIDE-Rated. Prize Fund: $3,150. 80% Guar. US CHESS and MCA mem- 10/30-11/1: Boardwalk Open, Galloway NJ* p.m., Mon. 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Byes: 1-5 in Championship sect., 1-6 berships required—can be purchased on site. Online Registration available 11/6-8: Eastern Chess Congress, Stamford CT* in others, limit 2, rds. 4-6 must commit before rd. 2. Memb. req: Mass. at www.onlineregistration.cc. EF by Tues, Sept. 15th, add $10 after residents: MACA ($12 adult, $6 junior U18, add $8 for optional Chess (For *Novice, see below): IM’s/GM’s FREE! ($60 EF deducted from 11/13-15: Kings Island Open, Blue Ash OH* Horizons subscription), WMCA O.K. N.H. residents: NHCA ($8 adult, $6 prize). 3-Day Open: $63. 2-Day Open: $62. 3-Day Reserve (u1700): 11/27-29: National Chess Congress, Philadelphia PA* junior U19, $10 with N.H. Chess Journal subscription). New England $53. 2-Day Reserve (u1700): $52. Up to TWO 1/2-point byes avail- 12/26-28: Empire City Open, New York NY Open Scholastics: 6 sects. K-12 U1500 and K-12 U800 sects. play Sat. able—must be requested prior to start of RD. 3. 3-Day Schedules: TL: 12/26-29: North American Open, Las Vegas NV* 9/5; K-3 U1200 and K-3 U400 play Sun. 9/6; K-6 U1400 and K-6 U600 Rd. 1, G/90 d5. Rds. 2-6, G/120 d5. Rd. Times: Fri, 7 PM, Sat, 10-3-7:30. 1/8-10: Boston Chess Congress, Boston MA play Mon. 9/7. Grades are as of 2015-16 school year. Each is 4SS, G/30 Sun, 10-3. REG.: Fri, 5:00-6:15pm. 2-Day Schedules: TL: Rds. 1-2, G/60 1/15-18: Liberty Bell Open, Philadelphia PA d5. Reg. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. 1st rd. at 11 a.m., others ASAP. Trophies to d5. Rds. 3-6, G/120 d5. Rd. Times: Sat, 10:15-12:30-3-7:30. Sun, 10-3. 1/15-18: Golden State Open, Concord CA top 3 each sect. Medals to players scoring 3+ points and not winning a Schedules merge after Rd. 2. $$: $3,150. Each section 80% guar. (b/40 2/12-15: Southwest Class, Fort Worth TX trophy. EF: $20 if mailed by 8/31 or online by 9/3, $25 at site. $15 per section; b/min. 6 per prize section): Open: $1,800: 1st $600, 2nd 2/26-28: George Washington Open, VA discount for first-time players (first US CHESS-rated tournament). New $350, 3rd $250; Top X, A, U1800/Unr: $200 each. Reserve: $1,350: 1st 3/4-6: Pittsburgh Open, Pittsburgh PA England Blitz Championship: Sun. 9/6. 5SS (dbl), G/5 d0. Reg. ends $400, 2nd $300, 3rd $200, TOP C, D, U1200/UNR: $150 each. UNR eligible 3/12-13: New York State Scholastics, Saratoga Springs NY 9:15 p.m. 1st round at 9:30 p.m., others ASAP. 75% of EFs returned as only for UNR and Overall prizes. Bring boards, pieces, clocks! None 3/18-20: Mid-America Open, Saint Louis MO prizes. EF: $10 if playing in main tnmt., else $15. Blitz rated, higher of supplied except for U1000 section. Book Vendor on site will have supplies, 3/25-27: Philadelphia Open, Philadelphia PA regular or blitz ratings used for pairings and prizes. HR: $109-109. 978- sets, clocks, books, software, accessories for sale *Novice (U1000) 5/26-30: Chicago Open, Wheeling IL 263-8701 (NOTE CORRECTIONS). Reserve by 8/16 and mention chess Section: Sat, 9/19. 4-SS. G/30 d0. EF by Tues, 9/15: $25; add $10 6/30-7/4: World Open, Philadelphia PA tnmt. Ent: payable to MACA and mail to Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. after. RDS.: 11-1-2:30-4. REG.: 8:30-10am. $$: Trophies for 1st, 2nd, For later events, see chesstour.com. #89, Bedford NH 03110 or online at www.masschess.org. Information: 3rd, Top U800, U600, U400. Lodg, Dir: Royal-Dearborn Hotel and Alex Relyea [email protected]. W. Convention Center, 600 Town Center Dr., Dearborn, MI 48126. Located A Heritage Event! N. of Michigan Ave., S. of Hubbard St, E. of Evergreen Rd., W. of Southfield US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Rd. For maps, go online to: www.mapquest.com or www.yahoo.com

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prizes and if at least 8 paid entries and if there is a clear winner, then unrated. Special 1 year US CHESS dues with paper magazine if paid for prizes. Note that house players (if required) must pay $2 per round that winner receives free entry to next DCC Fide Open. In the reserve with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, and be US CHESS members. ENT: Make/mail Checks payable to Dallas section, Tournament reserves the right to use Fide rules on electronic Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult Chess Club, C/O Barbara Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX devices and on starting White’s clock at start of a round and to use $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, 76036-4719. Info: 214-632-9000, [email protected]. FIDE. FIDE pairing rules. Both: Reg.: 9/19 from 9:45–10:15am. Rds.: Sat Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 10:45am-3:10pm-7:16pm, Sun 9:45 am-2:10pm. One half point Bye Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd. 2. allowed if requested before end of round rd. 2 and before getting full HR: $102-102, 860-627-5311; reserve by 9/11 or rate may increase. OCT. 7-12, 9-12 OR 10-12, VIRGINIA TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) point bye. Withdrawals and zero point last round byes are not eligible Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. 2nd annual Washington Chess Congress for prizes. Note that house players (if required) must pay $2 per round $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: website www.chesstour.com, Premier Section, 9SS, Oct 7-12, 40/2, SD/30 d10; GM & IM norms possible, and be US CHESS members. ENT: Make/mail Checks payable to Dallas DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction. Other Sections, Chess Club, C/O Barbara Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX FIDE rated. 7SS, Oct 9-12 or 10-12, 40/2, SD/30 d10 com (online entries posted instantly). Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 76036-4719. Info: 214-632-9000, [email protected]. FIDE. (3-day option, rounds 1-2 G/75 d10). 2799 SEPT. 26, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. Free shuttle to/from SEPT. 25, NEW YORK TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) Reagan International Airport and Crystal City Metro station (contact hotel TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 2015 U.S. Game/60 Championship for schedule). $25,000 guaranteed prizes. In 4 sections: Premier: Open Robert Byrne Memorial Blitz (BLZ) See Nationals. to 1900/over US CHESS or FIDE and all foreign FIDE rated players. $3000- 9-SS, G/3 +2. Highest of US CHESS Regular/Quick ratings used for pairings 1500-700-500-300, clear or tiebreak first bonus $100, top FIDE Under & prizes. FIDE Blitz rated. $2,000 Gtd: $600-400-200-100, top U2400/unr, SEPT. 27, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN 2300/Unr $1400-700. Minimum prize $500 to first 5 foreign GMs FIDE U2200, U2000, U1800: $100 each, Best Senior born in or before 1955: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) 2015 U.S. Game/30 Championship rated 2500/over to enter who play all 9 rounds with no byes. Under 2100: $100-50, Best Junior born in or after 2000: $100-50. EF: $30, MCC Mbrs Under See Nationals. $2000-1000-500-300-200, top Under 1900 (no Unr) $1300-700. $20. Reg.: ends 6:45 pm. Rds.: 7:30-7:50-8:10-8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10-10:20pm. 1700: $2000-1000-500-300-200, top Under 1500 (no Unr) $1100-600. Three byes available, request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Under 1300: $1000-600-400-300-200, top Under 1100 (no Unr) $400- www.marshallchessclub.org. This tournament is made possible through OCT. 3-4, TEXAS 200. Prize limits: Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) cannot win over the generosity of Mrs. Maria Byrne. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) $300 in U1300, $600 in U1700, or $1000 in U2100. Mixed doubles bonus US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 2015 DCC Fide Open XII prizes: best male/female 2-player “team”combined score among all SEPT. 25-27 OR 26-27, CONNECTICUT 5SS, G/90 inc/30. Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. #C, Richard- sections: $1000-600-400. Only first 7 rounds of Premier counted. Team TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) son, TX 75080. Two sections: Open and Reserve. Open: $$875G. FIDE average must be under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; 6th Annual Hartford Open and US CHESS rated but uses FIDE rules. Will use US CHESS ratings teams must register (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2. 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Sheraton and rules for pairings and for awarding prizes. Default late forfeiture Ratings: FIDE ratings used in Premier, US CHESS October official in Hartford Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor time is one hour. TD may extend this time at TD’s discretion. Note that other sections.Top 3 sections EF: $145 online at chessaction.com by Locks, CT 06096 (I-91 Exit 40 to Rt. 20). Free parking. $5000 guaranteed Foreign players must disclose their FIDE ID number before 1st round in 10/6, $155 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/5, 6-day $156, 4-day $154, prize fund. In 4 sections. Open: $800-400-300, U2210/Unr $300-150. order to play. Note that USA Players with no FIDE ID must disclose 3-day $153 if check mailed by 9/28, all $160 at site until 1 hour before Under 2010: $500-250-150, top U1810/Unr $300-150. Under 1610: their email address.$$ $500-$250-$125. EF: $80, Senior/Hcap/Additional game, or online at chessaction.com until 2 hours before game. U1300 $400-230-120, top U1410/Unr $200-100. Under 1210: $200-100-50, Family Member $55. Small appearance fee to the First three GM/IM’s Section: all $60 less. Premier Section GMs, IMs, WGMs, foreign FMs: trophies to first 3, top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated may not who apply. GM/IM must play all rounds to get appearance fee (appearance free, $140 deducted from prize. Premier Section FIDE rated foreign win over $120 in U1210 or $250 in U1610. Mixed doubles: $200-100 fee might be deducted from prize). Reserve: Open to players rated players: EF $50 less. Special 1 yr US CHESS dues with paper magazine bonus to best male/female combined score among all sections. Team below 2000 US CHESS. This section is not Fide Rated but is US CHESS if paid with entry: Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, average must be under 2200; may play in different sections; teams must rated and uses US CHESS rules. EF: $40. The Reserve give back 10% in Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult register by 2 pm 9/26; teammate pairings avoided but possible. Top 3 prizes and if at least 8 paid entries and if there is a clear winner, then $30, Scholastic $20. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry: $80, sections EF: $68 online at chessaction.com by 9/23, $75 phoned to that winner receives free entry to next DCC Fide Open. In the reserve no re-entry from Premier to Premier. 6-day schedule (Premier only): 406-896-2038 by 9/22, 3-day $73, 2-day $72 if check mailed by 9/16, section, Tournament reserves the right to use Fide rules on electronic Reg. ends Wed 6 pm, rds. Wed 7 pm, Thu 12 noon & 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat $80 at site, or online until 2 hours before game. No mailed credit card devices and on starting White’s clock at start of a round and to use 11 am & 6 pm, Sun 11 am & 6 pm, Mon 10 am. 4-day schedule: Reg. entries. U1210 Section EF: all $20 less than above. No checks at site, FIDE pairing rules. Both: Reg.: 10/3 from 9:45–10:15am. Rds.: Sat ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm. Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4. 3-day credit cards OK. GMs, IMs & WGMs free, $60 deducted from prize. 10:45am-3:10pm-7:16pm, Sun 9:45 am-2:10pm. One half point Bye schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon Online EF $3 less to CSCA or WMCA members. Re-entry $40; not available allowed if requested before end of round rd. 2 and before getting full 10 & 4. Byes: OK all; limit 3 (limit 2 in last 4 rds.), must commit before in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise point bye. Withdrawals and zero point last round byes are not eligible rd. 3. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. HR: $99-

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99-109, 703-418-1234, reserve by 9/22 or rate may increase. Special plus trophy). Sec.”A”(1800-1999) EF: $148; $$1,500-700-500-300-200, com 1-405-372-2425; HR 1b$45; 2b$60; Suite: $75; Wi-Fi, EF: FIDE Open chess rate valet parking $6/day, with or without guest room. Car Sec.”B”(1600-1799) EF: $147; $$1,400-700-400-300-200, Sec.”C”(1400- $50; Reserve $30; OCF $10 required; Reg.: 9-9:45 Sat AM; Rds.: 10- rentals: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 or reserve car online 1599) EF: $146; $$1,200-600-400-300-200, Sec.”D”/under 1399below) 2:30-7; 9-1:15 // Two Sections: Open-FIDE $G 1st $300 U-2100 $150-100; at chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. EF: $145; $$1,000-500-400-300-200; 1199/below - $$300; Top Senior U-1900 $150-100; Reserve U-1700 also FIDE: First $200 U-1400 $100 Questions: DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269, www.chesstour.com. $15 (65+) -$200; Club Champ.-$600-400. ALL: Entries must be postmarked U-1100+UNR $100; more $$ if entrees permit; 1 half pt bye rds. 1-5. service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com by 9/21 or pay late fee-$11, do not mail after 10/9 or email after 10/13, Frank Berry, 402 S. Willis St., Stwtr, OK 74074. Please send organizer (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tournament Sun 10 pm, enter $22 at site. Trophies 1st – 3rd (“A” – “D” sections). Unrated players E-mail if you plan to attend. [email protected] / OCFChess.org by 9:45 pm. are free entry but not eligible for cash prizes- must join US CHESS for 1 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! full year thru this tournament. 1st Unrated = trophy + 1 yr. US CHESS US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Mem. $10 discount to Seniors (65+ yrs.). Players may play up. Provi- OCT. 30-NOV. 1 OR OCT. 31-NOV. 1, NEW JERSEY OCT. 9-11 OR 10-11, ILLINOIS TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) sionally rated players may only win 1/2 of 1st place money (except Open 6th annual Boardwalk Open TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 (ENHANCED) Section 1 – 10). CCA ratings may be used. Note: pairings not changed 24th annual Midwest Class Championships 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Stockton for color unless 3 in a row or a plus 3 and if the unlikely situation occurs Seaview Hotel & Golf Club, 401 South New York Rd., Galloway, NJ 08205. 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Westin Chicago 3 colors in a row may be assigned. SIDE EVENTS: Wed. (10/14) 7:00pm North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL 60090 (from Luxury golf and spa resort 8 miles from Atlantic City; 670 beautiful acres, GM Sergey Kudrin – Clock Simul with game analysis ($30); Thurs. (10/15) two championship golf courses, indoor pool, fitness center, art gallery, Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 to Lake Cook 6-7:15pm Lecture by IM John Donaldson (FREE); 7:30pm- GM Nick DeFir- Rd. to US-45 south). Free parking. Prizes $20,000 based on 250 paid free parking. $15,000 guaranteed prizes. In 4 sections. Open: $2000- mian - Simul ($20); 7:30pm-Blitz (G/5 d0) Tourney($20) 80% entries = 1000-500-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2300/Unr entries (re-entries & Under 1100 Section count as half entries), else in Prize Fund. Sat. (10/17) (3-4:30pm) Free Game/Position Analysis - IM proportion except $16,000 (80% of each prize) minimum guaranteed. In $800-400. Under 2100: $1500-800-400-200, top U1900/Unr $600-300. John Donaldson. ALL REG.: (10/15) 5-8pm, (10/16) 9-10am. RDS.: Under 1700: $1200-600-300-200, top U1500 (no unr) $500-250. Under 7 sections; no unrated allowed in Premier. Premier (1900/up): $2000- (Fri)12-7, (Sat)10-6, (Sun)9:30-4:30. Byes available any round if requested 1000-500-300, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2300 $800-400. 1300: $800-400-200-150, top U1100 (no unr) $200-100. Unrated may by Rd.1 (Open Section 2 byes max). ENT: make checks payable and send not win over $200 in U1300 or $500 in U1700. Mixed doubles bonus 1700-2099: $1400-700-400-200. 1500-1899: $1400-700-400-200. 1300- to: SANDS REGENCY (address listed above),post marked by 9/21. $11 1699: $1300-700-400-200. 1100-1499: $1200-600-400-200. Under prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all late fee if postmarked after 9/21. Do not mail after 10/9 or email after sections: $600-400-200. Team average rating must be under 2200; team- 1300: $1000-500-300-200. Under 1100: $500-300-200-100, plaques to 10/13. $22 late fee at site. HR: (Sun-Thurs. $41.71!) (Fri. & Sat. $71.22! top 3, top U900, U700, U500, Unrated. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: mates may play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) 1-866-386-7829 Reservation Code: CHESS1015 (Reserve by 10/1/15 to by 2 pm 10/31; teammate pairings avoided but possible. Top 3 sections best male/female 2-player “team”combined score among all sections: get Chess rate. INFO: Jerry Weikel 6578 Valley Wood Dr., Reno, NV $800-400-200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by 10/28, $115 phoned to 406-896- 89523, (775) 747-1405, [email protected] Or check out our website 2038 by 10/26 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 10/10; at: www.renochess.org. To verify entry check website. teammate pairings avoided but possible. Unrated prize limits: $200 by 10/21, $120 at site, or online until 2 hours before game. GMs free; U1100, $350 U1300, $500 1100-1499, $700 1300-1699, $900 1500-1899. A State Championship Event! $100 deducted from prize. Under 1300 Section EF: All EF $40 less than Top 6 sections EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by 10/7, $110 OCT. 16-18, NORTH CAROLINA above. Special 1 year US CHESS dues with Chess Life if paid with phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/5 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $113, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic 2-day $112 mailed by 9/30, all $120 at site, or online until 2 hours before North Carolina Senior Open $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic first game. Under 1100 EF: all $50 less than above. All: No checks at 5-SS, G/120 d5. Hampton Inn & Suites Shelton Vineyards, 150 Charles- $20. Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: site, credit cards OK. Online or mailed EF $5 less to ICA members; towne Dr., Dobson, NC 27017, 336-353-9400. HR: $99+13% tax/night Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day join/renew at il-chess.org. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used chess rate if booked by Oct. 9, breakfast and voucher for two for vineyard schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. All: if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year US CHESS dues with magazine if tour and wine tasting included. Two sections: Open and U1600. $$Gtd: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd. 2, others paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Open Section: 400-200-100 + trophy; U1600 Section, 200-100 + trophy. before rd. 3. HR: $105-105 + $3 bellman charge, 732-741-3897, reserve Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult Trophies will be awarded by tie break if necessary. Top NC resident in by 10/16 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not available in Premier Section. Open section will be recognized as the 2015 NC Senior Champion. D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction. GMs $90 from prize. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, EF: $60 if received by 10/14, $70 on site (cash or check only). US CHESS com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. membership required. Mail checks to Bob Mahan, 610 N. Main St., Suite charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye: all, limit 2; Premier must commit 215, Blacksburg, VA 24060. SCHEDULE: On-site registration 6:00-7:00 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries before rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $107-107-107-107, 800-937-8461, PM Friday, first round 7:30 PM Friday, subsequent rounds 10:00 AM & posted instantly). November ratings used. 847-777-6500, reserve by 9/25 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 3:00 PM Sat, 9:00 AM & 2:00 PM Sun. Byes: Up to two irrevocable 1/2- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Ent: 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. chessaction.com or Continental pt byes may be requested at registration. Players requesting a 1/2-point NOV. 6-8 OR 7-8, CONNECTICUT Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: chesstour.com, Director bye for the Friday evening round must pre-register; players who register TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED) AtChess.US, 347-201-2269. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance Saturday morning cannot request a Friday 1/2-point bye. All participants 19th Annual Eastern Chess Congress entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). must be 50 years old by December 31, 2015. For more info, please 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Sheraton Hotel, Bring set, board, clock if possible- none supplied. visit website: www.ChessForSeniors.org. 700 Main St., Stamford, CT 06901. Free parking. $8000 guaranteed prize US Chess Junior Grand Prix! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! fund. In 4 sections. Premier: Open to 1900/above. $1000-500-300, top OCT. 9-11 OR 10-11, FLORIDA OCT. 17-18, NEW YORK U2300 $400-200. Under 2100: $800-400-200, top U1900/Unr $400-200. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) Under 1700: $700-400-200, top U1500 (no Unr) $300-150. Under 1300: Orlando Autumn Open & National Chess Day Scholastic 2nd annual Central New York Open $500-300-200, top U1100 (no Unr) $170-80. Unrated may not win over 5SS, G/120 d5 (2-day: Rd.1 G/60 d5). DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at 5SS, G/90 d10. Hall of Languages, Syracuse University, S. Crouse Ave., $200 in U1300 or $400 in U1700. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best SeaWorld, 10100 International Dr., 32821. $$7,000/b130 (Scholastic Syracuse 13210. $2500 guaranteed prize fund. In 3 sections. Open: male/female 2-player team combined score among all sections: $400- = 1/2-entry), 60% Guaranteed. 5 Sections: Premier $1000-400-300, $500-300-200, top U2100/Unr $210. Under 1900: $300-150-70, top 200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play in different U2200 $300-100. Under 2000 $600-300-200, U1800 $300-100. Under U1700 (no unr) $160. Under 1500: $200-100-50, top U1300 (no unr) sections; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 11/7; teammate 1700 $600-300-200, U1500 $300-100. Under 1400 $500-300-200, U1300 $110. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1500. Mixed doubles: $150 pairings avoided but possible. Top 3 sections EF: $87 online at chess- $200-100. Scholastic Under 1200 $250-150, U1000 $100, U800 $100. bonus to best male/female combined score among all sections. Team action.com by 11/4, $95 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 11/2 (entry only, Trophies in Scholastic to top U1200, U1000, and U800. Special OCA Awards average must be under 2200; may play in different sections; teams must no questions), 3-day $93, 2-day $92 if check mailed by 10/28, $100 at TBD. Rated players may play up one section only. Unrateds limited to register by 2 pm 10/17. College team prizes: Plaques to first 3 teams site, or online until 2 hours before game. U1300 Section EF: all $20 less $100 unless Place prize in Premier. EF: $80 (Scholastic U1200 $40) by based on top 3 scorers from school among all sections. Top 2 sections than above. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs free, $80 deducted October 1; $90 later (Scholastic $50); plus $5 if paid on-site. CFCC EF: $68 online at chessaction.com by 10/14, $75 phoned to 406-896- from prize. Online EF $3 less to CSCA members. Re-entry $50; not available memb discount: $10 ($5 for Jr/Sr memb). Re-entry $40. Event part of 2038 by 10/12, $72 if check mailed by 10/8, $80 at site, or online until in Premier Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise CFCC $600 GP. Reg.: ends 1/2 hr before 1st rd. Rd.1: 7pm Fri (2-day 2 hours before game. Online entry $5 less to NYSCA members (may join unrated. Special 1 year US CHESS dues with paper magazine if paid and Scholastic: 10am Sat at G/60;d5). Rds.: 2-5: Sat 1 & 6, Sun 9 & 2. with entry). U1500 Section EF: all $20 less than above. No checks at with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Byes: 1/2 pt. byes if committed before rd. 2 paired (max 2). HR: $105 site, credit cards OK. GMs, IMs & WGMs free, $70 deducted from prize. Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult (No Resort Fee) (407) 352-1100; (Mention “Chess” or CFCC); or online Re-entry $40; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, http://tinyurl.com/october2015hotel; (72-hr Cancellation fee); RESERVE ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year US CHESS Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. BY SEP 28. Free Parking, local shuttle and WiFi with sleeping rooms; dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd. 2. other Self-parking at $5/day/exit. Ent: CFCC, c/o Harvey Lerman, 921 Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at HR: $97-97, 800-408-7640, 203-358-8400; reserve by 10/23 or rate may N. Thistle Ln., Maitland, FL 32751; or online: http://onlineregistration. site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Schedule: Reg. ends increase. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, cc by Oct 8. Info: Call 407-629-6946 or www.centralflchess.org. After Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 2. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: DirectorAtChess.us, 4pm Oct 9 call Hotel Chess Office or (407-670-9304 for onsite cell.) before rd. 2. HR: $120 at Crowne Plaza, 701 E. Genesee St. (1/2 mile www.chesstour.com, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chess- action.com (online entries posted instantly). US Chess Junior Grand Prix! from tournament), 800-939-4249, reserve by 9/30. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge OCT. 10, MAINE TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347- National Chess Day in Saco 201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries Hampton Inn Saco Biddeford, 48 Industrial Park Rd., Saco, ME 04072. posted instantly). US CHESS SPECIAL REFEREE In 2 Sections, Open: 4SS, GAME/65 d5, $$GTD: $275-150-75. U2000 $100. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! U1750: 4SS, GAME/65 d5, Open to 1749 & under. $$GTD: $150-50. U1450 OCT. 17-18, OKLAHOMA PROGRAM $100, Unrated $100. ALL: EF: $28 postmarked by 3 October, $33 at site. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Reg.: 9:00-9:45 AM. Rds.: 10:00-1:00-3:30-6:00. One half point bye 4th Fall OCF FIDE Chess Open (2 FIDE Sections) Are you a TD in need of help at a available rounds 1-3. ENT: Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, 5-SS, G/90+30 spm; $$G $1,200. Hwy Express Inn & Suites - Stillwater, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea [email protected]. Website: www. 2313 W. 6th Ave (Hwy-51), Stillwater, OK 74074. www.hwyexpressinnOK. tournament with a rules, prize or relyeachess.com. W. An American Classic! other problem? A Heritage Event! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! DROPPING OUT? Our Special Referees are OCT. 16-18, NEVADA TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) Have to miss a round? It is very impor- experienced NTDs who can function 33rd Annual Sands Regency Reno - Western States Open 6SS, 40/2, G-1-d5. Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N. Arlington Ave., tant that you NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR as an Appeals Committee or answer Reno, NV 89501. 1-866-386-7829 or (775) 348-2200. $$25,000 b/275. before pairings are made, so no one is rule issues. $$15,850 Gtd. (Prizes 1-10 in Open Section Gtd. plus 1/2 of all other prizes). 5 Sections. Open (2000 & above) EF: $149, (1999 & below = deprived of a game! If you forfeit without $200) (GMs & IMs free but must enter by (9/21) or pay late fee) . notice, you may be FINED up to the Please log into TD/A for contact $$2,000-1,300-1000-700-500-400-200-200-200,200, (2399/below)- $1,000, (2299/below)- $1,000,(2199/below) -$1200-800-500-400, (2099/below)= amount of the entry fee! information. $600. (If there is a tie for 1st then a playoff for $100 out of prize fund

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US Chess Junior Grand Prix! U1800, U1200. EF: $40 all sections, $25 youth under 18, Add $5 at door. (1-Day 0nly): $30. No Re-Entries Allowed. TL: OPEN, U1800, U1400 NOV. 13-15 OR 14-15, OHIO $1000 Guaranteed. $$ Open: 250, 150, 100; U1800: 150, 100, 50; U1200: SECTIONS: 3-Day Schedule: RDS. 1-6, 40/120 d5, SD/30. 2-Day TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) 100, 60, 40. Rds.: 10, 12, 2:15, 5:30. Entries to Jonathan Porschet, 191 Schedule: RDS. 1-3, G-40 d5.RD. 4-6, 40/120 d5, SD/30. NOVICE (U1000) 24th annual Kings Island Open White Springs Rd., Geneva, NY 14456. Checks to Geneva Chess. Questions: SECTION: 1-Day Schedule (Sat. only): G/45 d5. REG: 3-Day Schedule: 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Embassy Suites [email protected]/. Fri, 11/27, 8-10am. 2-Day Schedule: Sat, 11/28, 8-9:30am. 1-Day Cincinnati Northeast, 4554 Lake Forest Dr., Blue Ash, OH 45242 (I-71 to A Heritage Event! Schedule: Sat, 11/28, 8-9am. RDS: 3-Day Schedules: Fri, 11am, 6pm. Exit 15 or I-275N to Exit 47). Free parking. $$ 30,000 based on 350 paid US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Sat, 11am, 6pm. Sun, 10am, 3:30pm. 2-Day Schedules: Sat, 10:30, 12:30, entries (re-entries & U1000 Section count as half entries); minimum 2:30, 6. Sun, 10am, 3:30pm. 1-Day Schedule (4-SS): Sat, 10, 12, 2, 4. $24,000 (80% of each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections: Open: $3000-1500- NOV. 21-22, TENNESSEE TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 $$10,000 OVERALL (80% guar. b/50 each section): OPEN: $4,400 1st- 700-500-300, 1st on tiebreak $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1600-800. 56th Mid-South Open 2nd-3rd, $1,500-$800-$500; TOP U2400, U2200, U2000, U1800/UNR: FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-400-300. Under 1900: $2000-1000- 5SS, G/120 d5. $Guaranteed $2000 Prize fund. Site: Hyatt Place Memphis $400 each. U1800: $3,300: 1st-2nd-3rd, $1,200-$700-$400; 1st-2nd, 500-400-300. Under 1700: $1800-900-500-300-200. Under 1500: - Wolfchase Galleria - 7905 Giacosa Pl., Memphis, TN USA, 38133, The TOP U1600, U1400/UNR: $300-$200. U1400: $2,300: 1st-2nd-3rd, $700- $1500-800-400-300-200. Under 1250: $1200-600-400-300-200. Under rate is $109.00 per night King or Double, Both room types have a sofa $450-$350; 1st-2nd TOP U1200, U1000/UNR, $250-$150. NOVICE: Large 1000: $800-400-250-150-100. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best that lets out to a sleeper. Reservations will be submitted via individual Trophies for TOP 5 Overall and Trophies for 1st, 2nd: TOP U800, U600, male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: $1000- call in. Group is listed as: Memphis Chess Club. Group may call the hotel U500, and UNR. Medals to all non-Trophy winners in U1000 section 500-300. Team average rating must be under 2200; teammates may direct at 901-371-0010 or 1-888-492-8847, listen for New reservation scoring 2.5 pts or more! Biggest Upset in OPEN, U1800 and U1400 play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 pm and touch # 2, Group Code G-CHES (can be used to book on line), Cut sections win choice of Mechanical or Quartz Clock! Chief Sr. TD: 11/14; prize limits do not apply to mixed doubles. Unrated prize limits: Off date October 29, 2015. Hotel website: http://memphiswolfchasegal- Dr. Ed Mandell. Bring boards, pieces, clocks! None supplied except for U1000 $200, U1250 $400, U1500 $600, U1700 $800, U1900 $1000. leria.place.hyatt.com/. Three Sections: Open $325-225-125, 1st Novice section; sets/supplies will be available for sale by Book Vendor Balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 6 sections EF: $115 online 2000-2199 $125, Top U2000 $100, U1800 $225-125-75, 1500-1599 $100, on site. Cell phones must be turned off or in silent mode while in tour- at chessaction.com by 11/11, $125 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 11/9 Top U1500 $75 U1400 $150-100-75, 1000-1199 $75, Top U1000 $50, nament rooms. INFRACTION: deduct 1/2 the remaining time or game (entry only, no questions), 3-day $118, 2-day $117 mailed by 11/4, $130 Top UNR $50. EF: $50 by 11/17($60 at site, MCC members $50 anytime), forfeiture if less than 10 minutes remaining on clock; automatic forfeiture at site or online until 2 hours before game. GMs $100 from prize. Under On site registration begins Saturday, 8:00-9:15 CST. Rounds: Sat. 10:00, for 2nd infraction. Spectators will be subjected to expulsion for the 1000 Section EF: all $50 less than above. All: No checks at site, credit 2:30, 7:00, Sun. 9:00, 2:00. Email contact: [email protected]. Join remainder of the event for any offense. Headphones cannot be used if cards OK. Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess online: http://memphischessclub.homestead.com/midsouth56.html, opponent objects for any reason and cannot be used in the last round .org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year US CHESS Mail entries to: Memphis Chess Club Inc., P.O. Box 17864, Memphis, TN by players with a plus score. Player must be willing to present same to dues with magazine if paid with entry- online at chessaction.com, Adult 38187-0864. TDs for examination at any time. Failure to do so will result in removal $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, from tournament without refund. Rules Posted at Site. LODG, DIR: Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Regency-Dearborn Hotel and Convention Center, 600 Town Center Fri 6 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, MICHIGAN Dr., Dearborn, MI 48126. Located N of Michigan Ave., S of Hubbard ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. Byes: OK all; Open TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 (ENHANCED) St., E of Evergreen Rd., W of Southfield Rd. For maps, go online to: must commit by rd. 2, others by rd. 3. HR: Suite with king bed & queen 2015 www.mapquest.com or www.yahoo.com and click on Maps. Reser- couch/bed $101, suite with 2 beds & queen couch/bed $111, more than with Co-Sponsorship from Michigan Chess Festival, LLC. 6-SS, 4- vations: Go online to www.adobadearborn.com or call (313) 592- 2 in room $10 more each additional person. Rates include free hot break- SS in NOVICE (U1000) Section. 4 Sections: OPEN, U1800, U1400, 3622. Ask for the MOTOR CITY OPEN Chess rate ($92) by Nov. 13, fast for all room occupants and free wifi. Up to 4 people allowed in king NOVICE (U1000). OK to play up. Top Section FIDE-Rated. IM or FM 2015. Entries & Info: Dr. Ed Mandell, All The King’s Men. (586) 558- suite, up to 6 in larger suite. 513-733-8900, reserve by 10/30 or rate LECTURE on Fri, 11/27, 5-6pm ($10) and Sat, 11/28, 5-6pm ($10). 4790. Email: [email protected]. may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or Prize Fund: $10,000. 80% Guar. (b/50 per section). SITE: Regency- An American Classic! reserve car online through chesstour.com. Car rental is easiest & Dearborn Hotel and Convention Center, 600 Town Center Dr., Dearborn, MI 48126 (Dir/Lodg below). All Sections except U1000 A Heritage Event! cheapest transportation from Cincinnati Airport. Ent: Continental Chess, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803 (chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347- have 2-Day & 3-Day Schedules. No Re-Entries in OPEN or NOVICE 201-2269). $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at Sections. Up to three 1/2-pt. byes available (2 in NOVICE Sect.); must NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, PENNSYLVANIA chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). be requested before start of RD. 4 (RD. 3 in NOVICE Sect.). Sections TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) merge after RD. 3. Unrated eligible for Overall prizes ONLY in all sections; 46th annual National Chess Congress US Chess Junior Grand Prix! can play in any section. US CHESS and a STATE memberships required; 6SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-3 G/45 d10). Trophy NOV. 14, NEW YORK can be purchased on site. EF by Mon., 11/16 (add $10 after; add $20 sections play separate 2-day schedule only, 11/28-29, G/45 d10. Loews TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED) after Mon, 11/23): OPEN SECTION: IM’s and GM’s Free ($100 EF deducted Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19107. $35,000 Inaugural Seneca Lake Open from prize): 3-DAY: $113. 2-DAY: $112. No Re-Entries Allowed. U1800 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND. In 10 sections. Premier, open to all rated Geneva Events Center, 35 Lakefront Dr., Geneva, NY 14456. 4 Round SECTION: 3-DAY: $83. 2-DAY: $82. Re-Entries: $50. U1400 SECTION: 2000/above and juniors under 18 rated 1800/above. $3000-1500-800- Swiss, G/60 d5 first 2 rds. and G/90 d5 last 2 rds. 3 Sections: Open, 3-DAY: $63. 2-DAY: $62. Re-Entries: $40. NOVICE (U1000) SECTION 400-200, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, U2400/Unr $1600-800. FIDE. ACTIVITY MEANS MEMBERS Free 8-Line Tournament Life Announcements (TLAs)! Ages 21-24 dues lower Adult Dues Options! >> than Adult dues! The membership category once called “Youth” has been NEW F R E E T L A CATEGORIES A D D E D ! renamed “Young Adult,” and eligibility has changed from under 21 to under 25. Annual dues for this category RUN AN ADDITIONAL TOURNAMENT THIS FALL! RBO. 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Under 2200: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 2000: $2000-1000-500- ient). Car rental: for special Avis rate reserve car through chesstour.com score. Sched: Required Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 22, 37 300-200. Under 1800: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1600: $2000- or call 800-331-1600, use AWD #657633. Ratings: FIDE used in Open, after 8/12. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. 1000-500-300-200. Under 1400: $1600-800-400-300-200. Under 1200: Dec 2015 official US CHESS in others. For foreign in U2300 & below, see AUG. 15, Chess4Less Kids Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) $1600-800-400-300-200. Under 1000: Trophies to top 10. Under 800: www.chesstour.com/ foreignratings.htm; highest of multiple ratings 1639A South Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies to players w + Trophies to top 10. Scholastic Under 600: K-12 only, trophies to top usually used. Players who fail to disclose foreign or FIDE ratings may score & all teams. Sched: Reg. 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: Special rules: 10. Unrated may not win over $300 in U1200, $600 in U1400, $900 in be expelled. CCA electronic devices rules used; see 22, 37 after 8/12. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. U1600, $1200 in U1800, or $1500 in U2000. Mixed doubles prizes: www.chesstour.com/devices.htm. Blitz 12/29 10 pm. Ent: chessaction. best male-female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: com or Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577 (Direc- AUG. 16, Bay Area Cupertino Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) $2000-1000-600-400. Team average must be under 2200; teamates may torAtChess.us, www.chesstour.com, 347-201-2269). $15 service charge Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Players w/plus play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) before for refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries score. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 27, 42 both players begin round 2. Student/Alumni plaques to top 5 teams posted instantly). after 8/13. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. of 4 (regardless of section) representing any U.S. college, HS or pre-HS AUG. 16, Bay Area Cupertino Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) players attend or have graduated from. Top 7 sections entry fee: $120 Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies to players w + online at chessaction.com by 11/25, $130 phoned to 406-896-2038 by score & all teams. Sched: Reg. 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 11/23 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $128, 2-day $127 mailed by 34, 49 after 8/13. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. 11/17, $140 at site, or online until 2 hours before game. GMs free, $100 deducted from prize. Re-entry $60, not available in Premier. Under Regional AUG. 21-23 OR 22-23, Bay Area Chess GM Nick de Firmian 1000, Under 800, Under 600 entry fee: $41 online at chessaction.com Championship by 11/25, $45 phoned by 11/23 (406-896-2038, no questions) or mailed See Grand Prix. by 11/17, $50 at site. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. No mailed AUG. 23, Bay Area Cupertino Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) credit card entries. Special 1 year US CHESS dues with paper magazine Alabama Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Players w/plus if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult SEPT. 4-6, Alabama State Chess Championship - 62nd Annual score. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 27, 42 $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young See Grand Prix. after 8/20. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 11 am, rds. Fri 12 & 6, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day top 7 sections schedule: SEPT. 4-6 OR 5-6, American Chess Promotions Open (GA) AUG. 23, Bay Area Cupertino Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 12:45, 3:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day See Grand Prix. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies to players w + Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600 schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am, score & all teams. Sched: Reg. 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: rds. Sat 10, 12:45 & 3:30 each day. Half point byes OK all rounds; limit Arizona 34, 49 after 8/20. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. 3, Premier must commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 4. HR: $102- AUG. 24, Bay Area San Ramon Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) 102-127, 215-627-1200, reserve by 11/12 or rate may increase. Parking: US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Courtyard Marriott, 18090 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon, CA Hotel has valet parking only, with a special chess rate of $30/day. Park Tuesday Night Open 94583. Trophies: Players w/plus score. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30- America, 25 S. 12th St (12th & Clover), 1 from Loews, about 4 or 5 round, US CHESS rated tournament; ROUND TIMES: 7:00pm One 2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 27 by 8/22, 37 onsite. Information available: $19/day each day, or $10/12 hrs Sat & Sun. Gateway Garage, 1540 game every Tuesday of the month: Time Control: 40/120,SD/60 d5 http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. PRIZES: 1st Place and Class Prizes based on number of entries; ENTRY Spring St. (3/5 mile from Loews, 1 block from Sheraton Hotel), about , Bay Area San Ramon Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) $5/day Sat & Sun, $18/day other days. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use FEE: $45; TO REGISTER: chessemporium.com, call 602-482-4867. SITE: AUG. 24 10801 N. 32nd St., Suite 6, Phoenix, AZ 85028. Courtyard Marriott, 18090 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon, CA AWD D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: chess 94583. Trophies: all teams & players w/plus score. Sched: Reg. 9:30- action.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 OCT. 9-10 & 10, Stubenrauch/Schneider Memorial Chess Tour- 9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 34 by 8/22, 42 onsite. Information: service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, nament - National Chess Day http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com. (online entries Join us for a free scholastic chess tournament in honor of Steve posted instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 10 pm; enter by 9:45 pm. US Stubenrauch and Marty Schneider, Oct. 10th on National Chess AUG. 29, Chess4Less Kids Quads (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) Chess Junior Grand Prix for top 7 sections only. Day. Open section Oct. 9th and 10th. Sections: Under 1000: Players 1639A South Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies: Players w/plus rated lower than approximately 1000. Saturday, Oct. 10th: This score. Sched: Required Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 22, 37 An American Classic! after 8/26. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. A Heritage Event! section will be divided into groups based on rating. Adults may not play US Chess Junior Grand Prix! in lowest section, but may play upper section if under 1000 rating. AUG. 29, Chess4Less Kids Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, NEVADA Prizes: Trophies to the top 3 in each section. Format: 5 Round Swiss, 1639A South Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies to players w + TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) Game 30 d5. Affects both Quick and Regular rating. Round Times: 9:00, score & all teams. Sched: Reg. 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 25th annual North American Open 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, 2:45. Entry Fees: Early Bird Special - register by 22, 37 after 8/26. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. 10/6 and registration is FREE. Register 10/6 – 10/9 for only $20.00 / Open Section, Dec 26-30: 9SS, 40/2, SD/30 d10. GM & IM norms pos- AUG. 30, Cupertino Grand Prix DuperSwiss75 (3SS, G/75 d5) sible. Other sections, Dec 26-29 or 27-29: 7SS, 40/2, SD/30 d10 (3- Day of tournament and onsite registration is $40.00 (Players registering See Grand Prix. day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas onsite will receive a 1/2 point bye for the first round). Open: Players Blvd. S, Las Vegas, NV 89103. Prizes $120,000 based on 600 paid rated greater than approximately 1000. Friday, Oct 9th and Saturday, SEPT. 5, BayAreaChess Kids u1000 Class Championship entries (seniors, re-entries, GMs, IMs, WGMs & U1250 Section count Oct 10th: Prizes: Trophies to the top 3 scholastic players in this section. 5SS, G/30 d5. SFO Airport Hyatt Regency, 1333 Bayshore Hwy., as half entries), else in proportion; $90,000 minimum (75% each prize) 75% of adult entry fee for cash prizes to adults only in this section. Burlingame, CA 94010. Room: $145. Prizes: Top 10 players in ea section. guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600- Format: 5 Round Swiss, Game 55 d5. Affects both Quick and Regular Top 5 clubs & Top 5 schools in all sections combined (min 2/team, top 5 500-400-400, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak bonus $200, top FIDE Under rating. Round Times: Fri Oct 9th 4:00, 7:00 Sat Oct 10th 8:30, 10:45, count). K-12 kids only. 5 sections based on rating: F (800-999) G (600- 2400/Unr $2400-1200. FIDE rated, GM & IM norms possible. Under 2300: 1:30. Entry Fees: Free for students at the above schedule. Adult Early 799) H (400-599) I (200-399) J (under 200). Sched: Reg. 9-9:30a. Games $7000-4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400. Under 2100: $7000- Bird Special - register by 10/7 – for $30. Register 10/7 – 10/8 for only 10-11:30-1-2:20-3:45. EF: $39 by 9/3, Onsite +$20, Playup +$10. Sept 4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $40.00 / Day of and onsite registration is $50.00 (Players registering 2015 Supp & TD disc to place players. Info/Form: http://BayAreaChess. $2500. Under 1900: $7000-4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400, onsite will receive a 1/2 point bye for the first round). US CHESS Mem- com/laborkids. Ent: Online or mail to Bay Area Chess, 1639A S. Main no unrated may win over $1800. Under 1700: $6000-3000-1500-1000- bership required, may be purchased on site. Register Online at: flagstaff St., Milpitas, CA 95035. E: [email protected] Rfnd fee: $10. W. 800-600-500-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $1300. Under 1500: chess.com Location: Puente de Hohzo Elementary School, 3401 N. SEPT. 5-7 OR 6-7, 2015 CalChess State Championship (Labor Day) $5000-2500-1300-1000-700-600-500-400-300-300, no unrated may win Fourth St., Flagstaff, AZ 86004. For More Information: Bill Cheney 928- See Grand Prix. Under 1250: 266-2122, [email protected]. Website: flagstaffchess.com. over $900. $3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400-300- SEPT. 6, Bay Area Cupertino Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) 300, top Under 1000 (no unr) $1000-500, no unrated may win over $500. OCT. 10, National Chess Day Scholastic Chess Tournament Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Players w/plus No separate U1000 section; players under 1000 in U1250 play for both Yavapai College, Library Building 19, Community Room, 1100 East Sheldon score. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 27, 42 U1250 and U1000 prizes; receive larger if winning both. Prize limits: 1) St., Prescott, AZ 86301. 3 Sections: Grammar School (k-5), Middle after 9/3. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. Players with under 26 games played as of 12/15 list may not win over School (6-8), High School (9-12). Schedule: 5SS; G/40 d0. Rds.: 9:30, $1500 U1250, $3000 U1500 or U1700. Games rated too late for 12/15 10:45, 11:55, 1:30, 2:40. Prizes: 1st, 2nd trophies each section plus US SEPT. 6, Bay Area Cupertino Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) list not counted. 2) If post-event rating posted 12/20/14-12/20/15 was CHESS memberships based on entries. Please pre-register or at site 8- Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies to players w + more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $2000. 3) Balance 9 a.m. Entries: $10; Prescott Chess Club, c/o Tom Green, 1533 Buttermilk score & all teams. Sched: Reg. 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: of any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Mixed doubles bonus Ln., Prescott, AZ 86305. Info: 740-803-2532 or [email protected]. 34, 49 after 9/3. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. prizes: best male/female combined 2-player “team” score: $2000-1000- , Sacramento Chess4Less Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 25th annual North American Open SEPT. 12 500-300-200. Only rounds 1-7 of Open Section counted. Team average Courtyard Marriott, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. Trophies: Players w/plus must be under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams (NV) See Grand Prix. score. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 22, 37 must register (no exta fee) by 3 pm 12/27; prize limits do not apply to after 9/9. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. mixed doubles. Top 6 sections EF: Online at chessaction.com: $245 by 9/15, $275 by 12/23. Phoned to 406-896-2038 (no questions, entry only): Arkansas SEPT. 12, Sacramento Luper$wiss (3SS, G/90 d5) $285 by 12/21. No phone entry after 12/21. Mailed by 12/15: 5-day Courtyard Marriott, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. Prize: $900 b/36. 1700+: $280, 4-day $279, 3-day $278. Do not mail entry after 12/15. Online US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $200-100, u1900 100-50. u1700: $200-100, u1600 100, u1400 50. Sep 12/24 to 2 hours before your first game, or at site 12/26 to 1 hour A State Championship Event! 15 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: 9-9:15. Rds.: 9:30 12:50 4:15. EF: 43, Econ 29 before your first game: $300. Open Section EF $100 more to US AUG. 8-9, Arkansas State Championship 1/2 prz., after 9/9 +15, playup +15, Rated 2200+ $0 by 8/1. Infor- players if not US CHESS or FIDE rated 2200/over. Under 1250 Section 5 SS, G/90 + 30 sec per move. Crowne Plaza Hotel, 201 S. Shackleford, mation: http://BayAreaChess.com/grandprix. W. EF: All $120 less than above. Seniors 65/over in U1500/over: All $120 Little Rock, AR 72211, 1-501-223-3000; Hotel chess rate: $79 but have less than above. Re-entry $120; not available in Open Section. Open to ask for chess rate before July 18! Prizes (b/50): $250-$150, A,B,C,D Section GMs, IMs, WGMs: entry fee $150 online at chessaction.com & below, $120 each class (min. 3 in class). Unrated: $45. Plaques for by 9/15, $175 by 12/23, $200 after 12/23 or at site; $100 additional EF each prize. EF: $40 (by 8/6), $45 at door. ACA membership required deducted from prize (deduction cannot reduce prize to below minimum). (available at site) unless a member of another state association. Reg- WARNING! Open Section minimum prizes for players who play all 9 games (no istration: Sat. 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30-2-6:30, 9-1:15. One 1/2 pt. bye. byes): Foreign GMs $300, US GMs, foreign IMs, foreign WGMs $200. Send advance entries to TD, Steve Paulson, 238 Paulson Ln., Melbourne, THE USE OF A CELL PHONE IN THE All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Special 1 year US CHESS dues AR 72556. 870-373-0150, [email protected]. with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult TOURNAMENT ROOM IS PROHIBITED! $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, AT MOST TOURNAMENTS! IF YOUR Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 5-day reg. ends 12/26 10 California, Northern am, rds. 12/26-28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30, 12/30 10 am. 4-day reg. AUG. 8-9, 2015 Exchange Bank Open CELL PHONE RINGS IN A ROOM WITH ends 12/26 5 pm, rds. 12/26 6 pm, 12/27-28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. See Grand Prix. GAMES IN PROGRESS, YOU COULD BE 3-day reg. ends 12/27 10 am, rds. 12/27 11, 2:30 & 6, 12/28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 4, limit 2 in last 4 rounds; Open must AUG. 14-16 OR 15-16, 6th annual Central California Open SEVERELY PENALIZED, MAYBE EVEN commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 4. HR: $92-92, 800-833-3308, See Grand Prix. 702-739-4111, rate may increase or chess block sell out about 11/15. AUG. 15, Chess4Less Kids Quads (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) FORFEITED! TURN IT OFF! Free parking (garage at adjacent Paris Las Vegas Hotel is most conven- 1639A South Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies: Players w/plus

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SEPT. 13, Bay Area Fremont Quads (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) 11555 National Blvd., WLA, CA 90064, E. of Barrinton Ave. Cash prizes. Wednesday’s 6:30-10:30pm. All games are G/85 d5, and they are all 4 Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies: Players w/plus score. EF: $10 to Club members, $25 to non-members. Reg.: 7-7:10 p.m. Rds.: round tournaments. www.SouthFloridaChessClub.com. Questions? call Sched: Required Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 27, 42 after 7:10-11:00 p.m. US CHESS rated. Free parking. Free coffee. INFO: 310/ 561-573-3677 or email [email protected]. 827-2789. 9/10. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. The Stormont Kings Chess Center in Miami, FL SEPT. 13, Bay Area Fremont Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) AUG. 14-16 OR 15-16, 6th annual Central California Open (CA-N) Conducts Private and Group Lessons, Homeschool Activities, Tournaments, Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies to players w + score See Grand Prix. Camps, Family Game Nights, Parents Night Out, Casual Chess Play and & all teams. Sched: Reg. 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 34, 49 AUG. 15-16, 2015 Greater California Scholastic Chess Champi- more! Complimentary Refreshments, Ample Parking, Comfortable Waiting after 9/10. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. onship Room, and more! Located at 8353 SW 124 St., Suite 201-A, Miami, FL 33156. Contact Chris Stormont, Phone: 786-303-2437, Email: chris@stor- SEPT. 13, Fremont DuperSwiss75 (3SS, G/75 d5) Sponsor: Kasparov Chess Foundation. Site: Maple Park Community Courtyard Marriott Cupertino, CA 95014. Prizes: $1,250 b/40. 60% guar. Center, 820 East Maple St., Glendale, CA 91205. Sections: JV K-3 Under montkingschess.com, Web: www.StormontKingsChess.com. 1900+: $200-100-50, u2100 50-50. 1500-1899: $200-100, u1700 50- 600, JV K-6 Under 900, JV K-8 Under 1200, K-12 Under 1500, K-12 Open. AUG. 15, Cagan Crossings Community Library Tournament 50. u1500: $200-100, u1200 50-50. Sep 15 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: Prizes/Trophies: $2000 Gift Card Prize Fund and 60 trophies will be Sanctioned event sponsored by Friends of CCC Library. 5SS, G/40 d5. 8:30-8:45. Rds.: 9-11:45-2:40. EF: 47, Econ 32 w 1/2 prz. after 9/9 +15, awarded (Top 12 each section). JV Sections: 5 Double Rounds, G/25 $40 Entry-Cash (or Checks no later than Aug 1, 2015)/ $50 at door, cash playup +15, Rtd 2200+ $0 by 9/2. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/ d5 (Everyone plays one game as White and one game as Black each only/GM Fees waived for rated tournament. Prizes b/10 paid entries - grandprix. W. round against players with approximately the same number of wins and prizes may increase by pro-rate: $200/100/50. Also Free tournament losses after each round). JV Schedule: Saturday: 10:00 a.m.; 12:30 SEPT. 18-20 OR 19-20, Bay Area Chess IM W. John Donaldson run concurrently. Medals awarded non-rated tournament winners. Library Championship p.m.; 3:00 p.m. Sunday: 10:00 a.m.; 12:30p.m. (Trophy ceremony at 3pm). located at 16729 Cagan Oaks Blvd., Clermont, FL 34714. Location of K-12 Sections: K-12 Schedule: See Grand Prix. 6 rounds G/55 d5. Saturday: 10:00 library is diagonally across Hwy 27 from Walmart and directly across a.m.; 12:30 p.m.; 3:00 p.m. Sunday: 10:00 a.m.; 12:30p.m.; 3:00 p.m. from Lowes store. Please arrive by 9:00am for registration and setup SEPT. 20, Bay Area Cupertino Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) (Trophy ceremony at 5:15pm) Byes: 1/2 point byes available for all rounds of matches. Contact: Herb Pilgrim at library 352-243-1840 or cell 352- Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Players w/plus but must be requested before the start of the previous round. EF: $60 if 396-1006. Email Herb: [email protected]. score. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 27, 42 received before August 5th. ($75 if received later or on site Saturday after 9/17. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. only). No telephone entries. After 9:45 a.m., SEPT. 4-6 OR 5-6, American Chess Promotions Open (GA) See Grand Prix. SEPT. 20, Bay Area Cupertino Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) entrees will be given a 1/2 point bye the first round. New players or Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies to players w + those with expired U.S. Chess Federation memberships must also pay SEPT. 4-7 OR 5-7, Arnold Denker Florida State Championship score & all teams. Sched: Reg. 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: US CHESS fee on site. Advance Entries: www.westvalleychessclub.com. See Grand Prix. 34, 49 after 9/17. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. Mail Entries: “ACA” 411 N. Jackson St., Apt# 101, Glendale, CA 91206. Make checks payable to American Chess Academy. Information: www. OCT. 9-11 OR 10-11, Orlando Autumn Open & National Chess SEPT. 26, 2015 U.S. Game/60 Championship achessacademy.org or email [email protected]. Food & Beverage Day Scholastic See Nationals. tickets for sale at event. Contact: Armen phone (818) 640-5974 or email See Grand Prix. SEPT. 27, Bay Area San Ramon Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) [email protected]. Courtyard Marriott, 18090 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon, CA AUG. 15-16, 2015 Petrosian Memorial Georgia 94583. Trophies: Players w/plus score. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30- See Grand Prix. 2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 27 by 9/24, 37 onsite. Additional Information: AUG. 14-16 OR 15-16, 46th Annual Southern Congress http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. SEPT. 5-7 OR 6-7, 37th Annual Southern California Open See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 27, Bay Area San Ramon Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) AUG. 16, 46th Annual Southern Congress Scholastic Courtyard Marriott, 18090 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon, CA DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 25th annual North American Open 4-SS, G/30 d5. Interactive College of Technology, 5227 New Peachtree 94583. Trophies: all teams & players w/plus score. Sched: Reg. 9:30- (NV) Rd., Chamblee, GA 30341. Open to 1st 40! Entry Fee: $25 by 8/14; $29 9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 34 by 9/24, 42 onsite. Information: See Grand Prix. at site. Trophies to top 10, 1st K-8, 1st K-6, 1st K-3. Medals to all http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. nontrophy winners. Registration: ends 11:30 a.m. Rounds: 1st at 12p.m., then as soon as possible. Awards right after last round is com- SEPT. 27, 2015 U.S. Game/30 Championship Colorado See Nationals. pleted. Info: website: americanchesspromotions.com or (478)-973-9389. SEPT. 4-6, 2015 Colorado Chess Festival: Colorado Open & Colorado Register online. OCT. 10, Weibel Fall Scholastic Chess Quads #1 + National Chess Quick Championships Day Festivities See Grand Prix. SEPT. 4-6 OR 5-6, American Chess Promotions Open Weibel Elementary School, 45135 S. Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, CA. Two See Grand Prix. DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 25th annual North American Open Sections: U900 G/30 d0; Over 900 G/45 d5. Info & Entry Form at: SEPT. 6, 2015 Labor Day Weekend Scholastic www.CalNorthYouthChess.org/Applications/FallQuads15-GP Open to (NV) See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/30 d5. Interactive College of Technology, 5227 New Peachtree all scholastic players who are US CHESS members. Trophies to winners Rd., Chamblee, GA 30341. In 3 sections: Middle School K-8, Elementary of each Quad. Chess medals to all who do not win a trophy. Info: Alan K-6, Primary K-3. Entry Fee: $25 if received by 9/4; $29 at site. Trophies M. Kirshner, Ph.D., [email protected], (510) 659-0358. Connecticut to top 5, top girl, top unrated, top team of 3 same choo. Medals to every DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 25th annual North American Open participant who doesn’t get a trophy. Registration: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. (NV) AUG. 13-16, 14-16 OR 15-16, 45th annual Continental Open (MA) Rounds: 1st at 11 a.m., then as soon as possible. Awards right after See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. last round is completed. Special: A master or expert will be on hand for AUG. 21-23 OR 22-23, 14th annual Manhattan Open (NY) FREE analysis. Info: americanchesspromotions.com or (478)-973-9389. California, Southern See Grand Prix. Register Online. SEPT. 25-27 OR 26-27, 6th Annual Hartford Open OCT. 7-12, 9-12 OR 10-12, 2nd annual Washington Chess Con- The Los Angeles Chess Club See Grand Prix. gress (VA) The Most Active Club on the West Coast! (310) 795-5710 * www.LA See Grand Prix. OCT. 30-NOV. 1 OR OCT. 31-NOV. 1, 6th annual Boardwalk Open ChessClub.com; Contact: [email protected]; Saturdays: 10am- (NJ) 10 pm (Beg & Interm. classes + 2 Tournaments). Sundays: 11-7 & 1-5 See Grand Prix. pm (Junior class + 2 Tournaments) – Details on our web site. Tuesdays: Illinois , 19th Annual Eastern Chess Congress 7:30-9:30 pm (Advance Lecture). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., Los NOV. 6-8 OR 7-8 AUG. 15, Bradley Summer Open Angeles, CA 90025. (4 blocks W of 405, SW corner of Santa Monica& See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Butler * 2nd Floor – above Javan Restaurant) Group Classes * Tourna- , 46th annual National Chess Congress (PA) NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29 , 10th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) ments * Private (1:1) Lessons. See Grand Prix. AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30 See Grand Prix. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 1&2, 8&9, 22&23, 29&30, LACC - Saturday & Sunday G/61 AUG. 29-30, 61st Iowa Open Championship (US CHESS & FIDE 6SS, G/61 d5. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $55 ($35 Delaware Rated) (IA) LACC memb; No prizes 1/2; second child 1/2). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: See Grand Prix. NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 46th annual National Chess Congress (PA) 12, 2, 4 pm each day. 1-day option: $30/$20. Prizes: 1/2 collections. See Grand Prix. A State Championship Event! Parking: Free at BoA & basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or website SEPT. 5, 2015 Illinois Blitz State Chess Championships (BLZ) www.LAChessClub.com. 5 DSS (10 games): G/3, 2 sec inc.. FIDE rated. Location: Crowne Plaza AUG. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, LACC - Every Saturday Chess 4 JRS District of Columbia Hotel, 2875 N. Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook, IL 60062, (847) 493-6929 or e-mail [email protected], $92 room rate if reserved 5 separate events- 5SS, G/30 d0. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd. & Butler AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 47th annual Atlantic Open LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blocks West of 405. EF: $30 ($20 LACC memb, No See Grand Prix. by 9/4, mention Group Code io5 when registering. Free hot breakfast prize 1/2, siblings 1/2, Free new LACC members). Reg.: 12-1 pm. Rds.: buffet and 25% discount at Willows Restaurant included in room rate. 1pm& asap; done by 5pm. Prizes: Trophies & medals; everyone receives AUG. 30, Atlantic Open Sunday Quad Prizes $500 b/30, prizes will increase or decrease based on actual a prize! Parking: Free on streets & BoA. Free pizzas & juices. Info: 3RR, G/25 d5. Westin Washington Hotel (see Atlantic Open). EF: $20, at entries compared to 30: $150-$100-$50 U2200 $42 U2000 $41 U1800 (310) 795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com or [email protected]. site only, no checks. $50 1st prize each section. Reg. ends 1:45 pm, rds. $40 U1600 $39 U1400 $38. EF: $30. Registration: On-site 6:30 – 7:30 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. pm; Round Times: 8:00 pm rd. 1, rds. 2-5 as soon as pairings are made. AUG. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, LACC - Sat Nite Blitzathon (BLZ) Other: Boards, sets, and clocks provided by ChessIQ. Contact: OCT. 7-12, 9-12 OR 10-12, 2nd annual Washington Chess Con- Email 7DSS, G/5 d0 (14 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. [email protected] or call Carl Dolson at 309-258-2861 if questions. 4 blks W of 405. EF: $20 ($15 LACC memb). Blitz-rated. No prizes $10. gress (VA) See Grand Prix. All special rules, details, and tournament conditions are subject to Reg.: 6-6:30 pm. Rds.: 6:30, 6:55, 7:20, 7:45, 8:10, 8:35, 9 pm. Prizes: change without notice and will be posted ASAP at the site or on-line. 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on streets & BoA. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com SEPT. 5, Labor Day Scholastic Tournament Florida Crown Plaza Hotel, 2875 N. Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook, Il 60062. $25 AUG. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, LACC - Every Sunday Chess 4 JRS Discounted EF USPS by 8/31, $25 Discounted EF on-line until 9/4, 6 pm, 5 separate events- 5SS, G/30 d0. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd. & Butler US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Boca Raton Chess Club $30 at door by 11:30 am, $35 after that, Rnds.: 12-1-2-3-4, G/25 d0, LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blocks West of 405. EF: $30 ($20 LACC memb, No Open to under 18 years of age, 2 sections: U1200, U700, 10 individual prize 1/2, siblings 1/2, Free new LACC members). Reg.: 12-1 pm. Rds.: Friday nights, G/85 d5 Tournament, one game a week for 4 weeks. www.bocachess.com, 561-479-0351. trophies per section (team trophies not available), Participation award 1pm& asap; done by 5pm. Prizes: Trophies & medals; everyone receives to each player. Bring sets-boards-clocks, none provided. Regular Parking: Info: a prize! Free on streets & BoA. Free pizzas & juices. Casselberry Chess Club (Orlando) - Thursday Night Quads ratings used for pairings/prizes; however, tournament is Quick Rated (310) 795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com or [email protected]. Reg.: 6 - 7 pm. G/30 d5. EF: $10, Scholastics $8. Info: casselberrychess- only. All rules, regulations, and procedures may be superseded by US Chess Junior Grand Prix! club.com. announcements/postings at the site. Ent: Tim Just, 37165 Willow, AUG. 10, 17, 24, 31, Monday Evenings US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Gurnee, IL 60031. Info only 847-773-7706 before 6 PM. e-mail for info 4-SS, G/1:55 d5. Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, St. Andrew’s Church, South Florida Chess Club only (sorry, e-mail entries not available): Checks payable to Chess For

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Life, LLC, info and PayPal discounted entries until 6 PM 9-4-15: http://chessforlife.com. W. Iowa Kansas SEPT. 5-7 OR 6-7, 2015 Illinois Open State Championship A State Championship Event! AUG. 29-30, 61st Iowa Open Championship (US CHESS & FIDE See Grand Prix. AUG. 28, 2015 Iowa Quick Chess Championship (QC) Rated) (IA) See Grand Prix. , 2015 Harold Steen Memorial Cup (MI) Open to all. 6-SS, G/10 d2. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 300 SEPT. 18-20 OR 19-20 E. 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. Reg.: 6 - 7 pm See Grand Prix. or in advance. Rds.: 7:15pm, 7:45, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45. EF: $20 if OCT. 9-11 OR 10-11, 24th annual Midwest Class Championships postmarked by 8/24; $30 On Site; $5 off if out of state. IM and GM Free Kentucky See Grand Prix. (EF deducted). Prizes: $280 in PRIZES 1st = $100+Trophy 2nd = $60 East Kentucky Chess Club - Monthly Tournament U2000 = $40, U1600 = $40, U1200 = $40 (Based on 25 entries). US NOV. 13-15 OR 14-15, 24th annual Kings Island Open (OH) Check out our website: http://eastkychess.weebly.com/ or Facebook See Grand Prix. Chess Federation (US CHESS) membership required. On-Site Available. group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/eastkychess. Learn, watch, EF: IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa City, IA 52245 or play and teach..” NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 2015 Motor City Open (MI) Register online at https://onlineregistration.cc/ Additional Info: The See Grand Prix. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Chess rate available, $109 only AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 10th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) until 8/14/15, rates may increase after this date. Pool, restaurant, more See Grand Prix. Indiana restaurants in walking distance. 319-688-4000. SEPT. 12, Lexington 2nd Saturday US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Univ. of KY. 3SS, G/45 d5. EF: $20. Prizes: based on 90% of entry fees. AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 10th annual Indianapolis Open A State Championship Event! Reg.: 11:30 at Patterson Tower. Rds.: 12:00-2:15-4:00. Rated Speed See Grand Prix. AUG. 29, 2015 Iowa Reserve Championship tourn begins at 6pm! Info: Lexchess.com, [email protected]. AUG. 30, Indianapolis Open Sunday Quad Open to U1600. 4-SS, G/75 d5. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, NOV. 13-15 OR 14-15, 24th annual Kings Island Open (OH) 3RR, G/25 d5. Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Airport (see Indianapolis 300 E. 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. We will be See Grand Prix. Open). EF: $20, at site only, no checks. $50 1st prize each section. Reg. in the Exhibit Hall of the Conference Center this year!! No more smaller ends 1:45 pm, rds. 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. rooms!! Reg.: On site 8:30-9:30am. Rds.: Sat: 10, (Lunch) 1:30, 4:30, & 7:15. EF: $30 if postmarked by 8/24; $40 at Site; Jrs, Srs, and Out of Louisiana SEPT. 12, South Bend Regional CC Open State $5 Off. Prizes: $340 in PRIZES 1st = $140+Trophy 2nd = $90 See Grand Prix. 3rd = $60. US Chess Federation (US CHESS) membership required. SEPT. 5, 2015 Louisiana Scholastic Kickoff Championship 4-SS, G/30 d5 (Individuals, no teams). Site: Hilton New Orleans Airport , 2015 Harold Steen Memorial Cup (MI) On-Site Available. IASCA membership required, $10 or OSA. On-Site. SEPT. 18-20 OR 19-20 Hotel, 901 Airline Dr., Kenner, LA 70062. EF: $20 if rec’d by 8/28, $25 at See Grand Prix. EF: IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa City, IA 52245 or register online at https://onlineregistration.cc/ Additional Info: Marriott site. Prizes: Trophies and medals (number of trophies depends on pre- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Hotel and Conference Center, 300 E. 9th St., Coralville, IA 52241. Chess registration numbers). 3 US CHESS-Rated Secs: OPEN, U1000, OCT. 3, 2015 ISCA Team rate available, $109 only until 8/14/15, rates may increase after this U500/Unr. 2 Non-Rated Secs: K-3, K-12. All players in Rated Sections 4SS, G/60 d10.Team of 4 players, Wabash Valley Activity Center, 300 S. date. Pool, restaurant, more restaurants in walking distance. 319-688- must have current US CHESS membership (may be purchased at site). 5th St., Terre Haute, IN 47807. 2 Sections: Open and Reserve (no player 4000. Byes: One half-point bye allowed - must commit before start of Rd. 2. above 1600), Scholastic teams welcome, Sections combined if needed. On-site Reg.: Sat. 9/5, 9-9:30am. Rds.: First Rd. at 10am, other rounds Prizes b/8 teams: Open, 1st $350 and 4 plaques, (IN. residents) 2nd AUG. 29, Rated Beginner Open (RBO) will immed. follow. 30 min. lunch break will be announced. HR: $95, $175, Reserve, $300 and 4 plaques (IN.residents), 2nd $150. Reg.: Open to U1200 or Unrated. 5-SS, G/30 d5. Marriott Hotel and Conference (504) 469-5000, ask for chess rate. Ent/Info: Cajun Chess, 12405 Hillary 8:15-9:00AM, Rds.: 9:30, 12:30, 3:00 and 6:00. EF: $100per team in Center, 300 E. 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. Step Dr., Olive Branch, MS 38654, or email [email protected], advance before 10/1, $120 at site, ISCA mbrshp required,OSA. No last Reg.: 8:30 am to 10 am. Rds.: Saturday 10:30, 12, 1:30 and ASAP. EF: (504) 208-9596; or enter on line with credit card at www.cajunchess.com. $17 if postmarked before 8/24; $25 on site. $5 off for out of state. Prize Rd byes. Entries ON Line at Indianachess.org or mail to: Roger Norris, , 2015 Louisiana State Championship 2703 Wallace Ave., Terre Haute, IN 47802, [email protected]. PH# Info: Trophies top 5 overall, U 1000, U800, U600, U400 and Unrated 1st SEPT. 5-7 See Grand Prix. 812-878-6517. and 2nd. US Chess Federation (US CHESS) membership required. On-Site Available. EF: IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa OCT. 9-11 OR 10-11, 24th annual Midwest Class Championships Addi- (IL) City, IA 52245 or register online at https://onlineregistration.cc/ Maine tional Info: The Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Chess rate See Grand Prix. available, $109 only until 8/14/15, rates may increase after this date. AUG. 13-16, 14-16 OR 15-16, 45th annual Continental Open (MA) NOV. 13-15 OR 14-15, 24th annual Kings Island Open (OH) Pool, restaurant, more restaurants in walking distance. 319-688- 4000. See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. AUG. 29-30, 61st Iowa Open Championship (US CHESS & FIDE OCT. 10, National Chess Day NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 2015 Motor City Open (MI) Rated) Quads, G/60 d5; U-1000 G/45 d5; Unrated k-6 4 rd SS G/45 d0. EF: $15 See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. by 10/8/2015, $20 at the door. Prizes :$20 (quads), rest, trophies top

24th annual Midwest Class Championships October 9-11 or 10-11, 2015 - Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel $20,000 PROJECTED PRIZES, ODD NUMBERED CLASSES

5rounds,40/110,SD/30,d10(2- Unrated prize limits: U1100 $200, Advance entry fee $5 less to ICA day option, rds 1-2 G/60, d10). U1300 $350, 1100-1499 $500, 1300-1699 members; join/renew at il-chess.org. Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, $700, 1500-1899 $900. Re-entry: $50 (not available to go 601 N Milwaukee Av, Wheeling IL 60090 from Premier to Premier). (from Chicago, I-294 N to Milwaukee Ave Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best N; from Milwaukee, I-94 to Lake Cook Rd male/female 2-player team combined 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 to Milwaukee Ave South.) Free parking. score among all sections: $800-400-200. pm, rounds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5 pm, In 7 sections. Prizes $20,000 based Team must average under 2200; Sun 10 am & 3:30 pm. on 250 paid entries (re-entries and teammates may play in different sections; 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 U1100 Section count as half entries), else teams must register by 2 pm 10/10. am, rds. Sat 11 am, 2:pm & 5 pm; Sun. in proportion except $16,000 (80% each Top 6 sections entry fee: $105 10 am & 3:30 pm prize) minimum guaranteed. USCF online at chessaction.com by 10/7, $110 Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Junior Grand Prix points available. phoned to 406-896-2038 (entry only, no Premier must commit before rd 2, others questions) by 10/5, 3-day $113, 2-day before rd 3. Premier (1900/up): $2000-1000- $112 mailed by 9/30, all $120 (no checks, 500-300, clear or tiebreak win $100, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 All: Bring board, clock, set if possible- U2300 $800-400. 100 Grand Prix Points hours before game.. none supplied. Unofficial web ratings (enhanced). Under 1100 entry fee: All $50 less usually used if otherwise unrated. 1700-2099: $1400-700-400-200. than above. Hotel rates: $107-107-107-107, 1500-1899: $1400-700-400-200. Special 1 year USCF dues with 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 1300-1699: $1300-700-400-200. paper magazine if paid with entry. Online 9/25 or rate may increase. 1100-1499: $1200-600-400-200. at chessaction. com, Adult $30, Young Entry: www.chessaction.com or Under 1300: $1000-500-300-200. Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham NY Under 1100: $500-300-200-100, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young 10803. Refunds, $15 service charge. plaques to top 3, top Under 900, Under Adult $30, Scholastic $20. USCF Entries posted at chessaction.com (online 700, Under 500, Unrated. membership required. entries posted instantly).

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two. Reg.: 8am - 9am. EF payable: Brewer Community School. Mail to: wood, MA 02090. To register, call 781-493-6345 or email nsterling@ 2 Sections, Open: $120-80, U1600 60. U1400: $80-60. 4.0 bonus $20. Steve Wong, 54 Wilson St., Brewer, ME 04412. Information: 945-3969 nesacademy.com. Sections may be combined for pairing purposes. Prizes: b/25 non- or email: [email protected]. , 19th Annual Eastern Chess Congress (CT) scholastic entries. EF: $30 by 8/28, $40 at door. Scholastic (rating-only) NOV. 6-8 OR 7-8 $15 by 8/28, $20 at door. Email entry for lower rate. MCA membership OCT. 10, National Chess Day in Saco See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. required, OSA. Reg.: 8:00-8:50. Rounds: 9-11:15-2-4:15. Byes: One NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 46th annual National Chess Congress (PA) 1/2 point bye if requested before round 2. Ent: martin.stahl@joplinchess. See Grand Prix. org with cash on-site or mailed to Joplin Chess Club, 2609 New Hampshire, Maryland Joplin, MO 64804. Checks payable to Martin Stahl. Info: joplinchess.org, [email protected], 417-483-1554. AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 47th annual Atlantic Open (DC) Michigan See Grand Prix. AUG. 29-30, 61st Iowa Open Championship (US CHESS & FIDE AUG. 15-16, 2015 U.P. Open Rated) (IA) SEPT. 5, Maryland Blitz Championship (BLZ) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. G/3 +2”incr, # rounds based on entries, Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Prizes (80% of EF Paid) 30%-20%-10%, class AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 10th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) OCT. 9-11 OR 10-11, 24th annual Midwest Class Championships prizes based on entries. Sets, boards and clocks provided. Free See Grand Prix. (IL) See Grand Prix. parking for day guests. EF: $20 by 9/1, $25 by 9/3, $30 at the door. $5 SEPT. 4-7, 5-7 OR 6-7, 2015 Michigan Open less if also playing in Action. Schedule: Reg. ends at 5:30pm, Rds start See Grand Prix. at 6:00pm then ASAP. Ent: MCA, c/o Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. More information & online entry at: A State Championship Event! Nebraska http://mdblitz.mdchess.com. SEPT. 6, 2015 Michigan Speed Championship (BLZ) , 61st Iowa Open Championship (US CHESS & FIDE 5-2SS. Causeway Bay Hotel Lansing, 6820 South Cedar St, Lansing, MI AUG. 29-30 SEPT. 5, Maryland Quick Championship (QC) Rated) (IA) 49811. HR: $109.50 Rate guaranteed through 8/31, after if space avail. See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Includes Complimentary Breakfast, Phone: 517-694-8123, Online: SEPT. 6, Maryland Action Championship www.causewaybaylansinghotel.com Group Code: CHESS915. US CHESS See Grand Prix. Blitz rated. TL: G/5 d0. Rds.: Starts at 3pm. EF: $16 online in adv. $25 Nevada , 2nd annual Washington Chess Con- onsite. Reg.: www.onlineregistration.cc, Sun 9-2:30pm. $$: 1st Troph OCT. 7-12, 9-12 OR 10-12 + $150, 2nd: $125, 3rd: $100, 4th: $75, 5th: $50; Troph 1st, 2nd U2000, AUG. 14-16 OR 15-16, 6th annual Central California Open (CA-N) gress (VA) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200, U1000, U800, U600, U400, Unr. Ent & Info: Jeff Aldrich, P.O. Box 40, Flint, MI 48501; [email protected]; OCT. 16-18, 33rd Annual Sands Regency Reno - Western States OCT. 10, Emmorton Rec. Chess Club - National Chess Day Tour- (810) 955-7271. Open nament See Grand Prix. 4 round SS, G/60 d5. Liriodendron Mansion, 502 W. Gordon St., Bel Air, SEPT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 2015 Harold Steen Memorial Cup MD 21014. 3 sections: Open, U1600, U1200. Prizes: based on 50 entries, See Grand Prix. DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 25th annual North American Open Open $150-$100; U1600/1200, $100-$75. EF: $25 in advance by Oct 8 OCT. 9-11 OR 10-11, 24th annual Midwest Class Championships See Grand Prix. at www.emmortonrec.com/Default.aspx?tabid=867569 or go to (IL) www.emmortonrec.com and navigate to the Chess program, and $30 See Grand Prix. Registration/check- New Hampshire on site (cash only). Space is limited so register early. , National Chess Day Tournament at the Niles District Library in: 8:00–8:45, Rd. 1, 9:00; Rd. 2, 11:15; Rd. 3. 2:15; Rd. 4, 4:30. Check OCT. 10 Niles District Library, 620 E. Main St., Niles, MI 49120. Reg. ends 10:30 AUG. 13-16, 14-16 OR 15-16, 45th annual Continental Open (MA) back at www.emmortonrec.com often as we plan to add more features. AM, Rds. start as soon as possible. Format: 3 Round Swiss. G/40 d0. See Grand Prix. Contact: [email protected]. Sections: 1 (Open). EF: FREE entry (all of our tournaments are free) AUG. 29, Keene SuperAmateur OCT. 30-NOV. 1 OR OCT. 31-NOV. 1, 6th annual Boardwalk Open For more information, contact TD Martin Klubeck at [email protected], 4SS, G/60 d5. Congregation Ahavas Achim, 84 Hastings Ave., Keene, (NJ) https://www.facebook.com/MINilesLibraryChess. NH 03431. Open to U2300/Unr. Two sections. Under 2300, $$G: 200- See Grand Prix. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 120, U2050 100, U1850 110-70. Under 1650, $$G: 120-80, U1450 100, NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 46th annual National Chess Congress (PA) OCT. 30-NOV. 1, International Renaissance Chess Classic U1250 60-40. Both, Total $$G 1,000. $$ may be increased in one or more See Grand Prix. SITE: ADOBA HOTEL-DEARBORN, 600 Town Center Dr., Dearborn, MI categories; total $$ will exceed $32 per entrant. EF: $32 in advance or 48126 (Directions/Lodging Info below). Reservations: Go online to www. $37 at door; both $10 less to U1050/Unr. in U1650 section. No unrated adobadearborn.com or call (313) 592-3622. (Group Code: 3887). 6 player may win more than $50. Reg.: 8:35-9:35 a.m., Rds.: 10-1-3:45- Massachusetts Rounds. Sections: K3unr, K8unr, U750, U950, U1200, U1500, 6:30. Half-point bye okay for any one of first 3 rounds. Ent: Vincent US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Times: G/90 d3. One half-point bye may be requested rounds 1-5, addi- Bradley, PO Box 374, Gilsum, NH 03448; [email protected] or AUG. 12, 19, 26, SEPT. 2, 9, John A. Grefe Memorial (1947-2013) tional byes will be zero point byes Awards: Individual: Top 10 per section; (603) 757-3760. 5SS, G/100 d5. Wachusett CC, McKay Complex, Room C159, Fitchburg Section Team: Top 5 per section (Top 4 players in section scores); Overall State University, 67 Rindge Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $10 semi- Team: Top 10 Teams in tournament (Top 10 players per team scores annual club dues or $1 per game played. Reg.: 6-7:10 p.m. Rds.: 7:15 regardless of section) - For the Overall Team trophies we will combine New Jersey Byes: Prizes: all sections into “one large” section and take the top 10 players from p.m. each Wed. 1-4, limit two. chess books to 1st, 2nd, AUG. 9, Bergen County August Junior (Under 16) Open top U1800, top U1600, top 1400. Info: George Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill each team to determine trophy winners. Registration Fees: $45.00 until 4SS, G/30 d5. FCA, 271 Fort Lee Rd., Leonia, NJ 07605. Prizes: Trophies Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420, [email protected], 978-345-5011. Website: September 30; $55.00 after September 30; $80.00 day of tournament Top 5. Entry Fee: $15; (1)1/2 pt. bye any rd. Must notify b/4 rd.1. Reg.: www.wachusettchess.org. W. Air-conditioned, free parking. registrations. Register online at http://weplaychess.webs.com/ircc. 11:00-11:45. Rounds: 12,1,2,3. Info: [email protected], 201-961- htm Questions: Please contact Tom Nelson at: [email protected] AUG. 13-16, 14-16 OR 15-16, 45th annual Continental Open 4029. See Grand Prix. NOV. 13-15 OR 14-15, 24th annual Kings Island Open (OH) See Grand Prix. AUG. 13-16, 14-16 OR 15-16, 45th annual Continental Open (MA) AUG. 16, Continental Open Sunday Quad See Grand Prix. 3RR, G/25 d5. Host Hotel at Cedar Lake (see Continental Open). EF: NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 2015 Motor City Open See Grand Prix. AUG. 15, Chess Mates Open $20, at site only, no checks. $50 1st prize each section. Reg. ends 1:45 4-SS. G/55 d9. 75 East Cherry St., Suite 10A , Rahway , NJ 07065 . EF: pm, rds. 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. $60, members $50. IMs $40. GMs $25. Re-entry $25. Prize Fund: $800. AUG. 29, Keene SuperAmateur (NH) Minnesota 70% Guaranteed. Prizes: $250-175, U2300 $170, U2150 $150, Biggest See New Hampshire. Upset $55. Reg.: 10:15-11:05 a.m. Rds.: 11:15 a.m., 1:30, 3:45, 6:00 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Info: , 9th Annual Jackson Open Super Reserve (U2000) p.m. 2 byes allowed, must commit prior to game 3. 732-499-0118, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 21-22 760-583-8429, [email protected]. SEPT. 3, 10, 17, 24, Boylston Chess Foundation Thursday Night A Class Players Dream! Super Reserve 4SS, G/90 + 5 second delay. Swiss Church Hall of Jackson United Methodist Church, 900 North Highway, AUG. 15, Fair Lawn Quads 4SS, 40/90 SD/30 d5. Sections: Open & U1800. Entry fee: $35, $20 to Jackson, MN 56143. $850 Prize Fund Guaranteed. U2000 Event. Open 3-RR. G/60 d5. 9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. Prizes: $50 BCF members. Free entry to all players rated 2200+. Prizes: $300 to 1999 & under + unrated. EF: $25 if registered by Aug. 17th. Onsite to first in each section. EF: $25. Reg.: 12:30-1:15 p.m. Rds.: 1:30-3:45- based on 25 paid entries: Open $125-$75, U1800 $60-$40. Registration: reg is $25 cash only. No debit or credit cards. US CHESS membership 6 p.m. Info: Diana Tulman: 201-797-0330 or 201-819-8280, chessdirector@ 6:30pm - 7:00pm. Rounds: 7:15pm. Address: Boylston Chess Foundation, required. $$GTD: $300+Trophy+Name on Flores Cup, 200, 125, U1600 icanj.net; www.icanj.net. 40 Norris St., Suite B101, Cambridge, MA 02140. Phone: 470-BCF-1919. $100, U1400 $75, U1200 $50. Reg.: Fri 6:30-6:50 PM Sat. 8:30-8:50. E-mail: [email protected]. Rds.: Friday 7:00 PM. Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM – 15 minutes after AUG. 16, Westfield Chess Fest end of round 3. One 1/2 point bye any round if requested in advance. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Time: TBA. Events: SEPT. 5-7 OR 6-7, 75th New England Open ENT: Sam Smith, 73260 490th Ave., Jackson, MN 56143. INFO: Sam Smith Lecture by LM Todd Lunna, Simul by Todd & Sarah Yen (U1800s only), See Grand Prix. – 507-847-4929 or [email protected]. Online registration Blitz Tourney (5-SS, G/5 d2), Others TBA. EF: Blitz $1, Todd’s lecture available at www.onlineregistration.cc/. $10, Simul + lecture $20. All proceeds will go toward Sarah’s WYCC SEPT. 25-27 OR 26-27, 6th Annual Hartford Open (CT) costs. Info: westfieldchessclub.com/Chess_Fest See Grand Prix. AUG. 29-30, 61st Iowa Open Championship (US CHESS & FIDE AUG. 20, 3rd Thursday Quads OCT. 10-11, National Chess Day - NESA Rated) (IA) See Grand Prix. 3 RR, G/30 d5. Quads grouped by rating. All the King’s Men Chess & One-Day (Saturday or Sunday) or Two-Day options available. 4SS, Games Center (Just 22 mins. from Center City Philadelphia), 62 S. Broad- G/30 d5 on both days. Rated & Unrated Sections depending on entries. OCT. 9-11 OR 10-11, 24th annual Midwest Class Championships way, Pitman, NJ. 856-582-8222. Prizes: $25 1st per quad. Unr. cannot 1/2-point bye available any round except Round 4 each day, but must (IL) win more than $10. EF: $12.50, members $10. Reg.: 6-6:45 pm. Rds.: notify TD in advance. 1st, 2nd, 3rd prizes on each day per section. GOLD, See Grand Prix. 7-8-9 pm. Info: [email protected]. All: Visa/MC/Disc/Amex OK SILVER, BRONZE Medals for combined Two-day 1st, 2nd, 3rd prize w/$1surcharge. Bring a clock! winners. U.S. Chess Federation Membership: ONLY REQUIRED IN RATED SECTION. Register for US CHESS Membership online www.us Missouri AUG. 21, FCA Friday Night Blitz-O-Mania (BLZ) chess.org or at chess tournament. MA Chess Association Membership: AUG. 15, Southern Illinois Summer Open RR, G/5 d2. 271 Fort Lee Rd., Leonia, NJ 07605. Prizes(b/20): $125, ONLY REQUIRED IN RATED SECTION. Register for MACA Membership 3SS, Time control: 30/70, then 40/60 d0. No sudden death. EF: $15.00. Class prize based on entries. EF: $10. Reg.: 7:00-7:30pm. Rd. 1: 7:45 online www.masschess.org or at chess tournament. Door Registration: Prize fund: $300, b/24. 1st $70, 2nd $30; Classes A, B, C, D/E/Unr $50 Info: [email protected], 201-961-4029. Saturday: Sunday: Online Reg- 12:00 - 1:15 PM. 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM. each. Salem Community Center, 416 Oglesby St., Salem, IL 62881. Reg.: , 14th annual Manhattan Open (NY) istration: AUG. 21-23 OR 22-23 www.nesacademy.com/?page=leagues&id=1. Round 1 on 8:00-9:15. Rounds: 9:30, 1:00, 5:00. Entries: Jim Davies, 7358 Shaftes- See Grand Prix. Saturday starts at 1:30 PM. Pre-registered should check in by 1:00 PM. bury, St. Louis, MO 63130, 314-721-4967. [email protected]. Round 2 on Sunday starts at 11:00 AM. Pre-registered should check in AUG. 22, Fair Lawn Quads by 10:30 AM. Entry Fees: One-Day: $20 either day ($15 for NESA Chess AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 10th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) 3-RR. G/60 d5. 9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. Prizes: $50 Club Members – wear your T-shirt!). Two-Day: $30 combined ($25 for See Grand Prix. to first in each section. EF: $25. Reg.: 12:30-1:15 p.m. Rds.: 1:30-3:45- NESA Chess Club Members – wear your T-shirt!). Make check payable AUG. 29, Joplin Summer Open 6 p.m. Info: Diana Tulman: 201-797-0330 or 201-819-8280, chessdirector@ to NESA. New England Sports Academy, 345 University Ave., West- 4SS, G/60 d5. Joplin Holiday Inn, 3615 Range Line Rd., Joplin, MO 64804. icanj.net; www.icanj.net.

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AUG. 23, FCA Sunday G/60 Quads phies: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and top school or club team per section, medals to 9:00am After 9:00am 1/2 pt bye rd. 1. Info: 732 259-3881 Halsprech 3RR. G/60 d5. 271 Fort Lee Rd., Leonia, NJ 07605. Prizes: Trophy or all! $35 pre-reg online by 9/10, $45 on-site. Reg.: 1:15-1:45, sections [email protected] Ent: Please make checks payable to NJSCF and send ($)65% per Quad. EF: $10(trophy), $20(cash). Reg.:11:00-11:45pm. end between 4-6pm. Full details & pre-reg at njchess.com. to Hal Sprechman, 66 Cromwell Ln., Jackson, NJ 08527. Entries must Rounds: 12:00, 2:00, 4:00. Info: [email protected], 201-961-4029. include name, grade school, date of birth, US CHESS ID # & expiration, SEPT. 12, Princeton Charter School , Westfield G/45 Quads Princeton Charter School at:100 Bunn Dr., Princeton, NJ 08540. TIME mailing address, phone number & entry fee, please include email address. AUG. 23 Register online at: www.njscf.org until 11/20. 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. EF: $25, CONTROL: G/30 d0 Swiss to 4 rounds. SECTIONS: Open above 1000; $20 Members. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Register: 1:15-1:45 U1000; U700; U500/Unrated (sections might be combined when necessary NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 46th annual National Chess Congress (PA) p.m. Rounds: 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Information: John Moldovan email for pairings). Parental Supervision Required: The parents or another See Grand Prix. [email protected], Bill Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219- adult must be designated to supervise the student player between 1358, www.westfieldchessclub.com and westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com rounds. Schedule (will be accelerated if possible). First Round: 12:01 PM; Second Round: ASAP; Third Round: ASAP; Fourth Round: ASAP; , 47th annual Atlantic Open (DC) New Mexico AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30 Award Ceremony: ASAP (4:05 the latest). Schedule will be accelerated See Grand Prix. if possible (*) Online Registration $30 Only if register one week DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 25th annual North American Open AUG. 29, Hamilton Chess Club Quads before: www.ChessKidsNY.com/PCSChessProgram.htm (*) Fee (NV) 3RR, 40/80 15/30 15/30 d0. Full K. McManimon Hall, 320 Scully Ave., will increase automatically to $35 if register later. On site regis- See Grand Prix. Hamilton Twp., NJ 08610. Quads open to all. EF: $10. Prizes: $25 per tration the date of the event: $40 from 11:45 am to 12:00 noon. Quad. Reg.: 9-10:30am. Rds.: 10:30am-1:30pm-4:30pm. OSA. Contact Information: email to Miguel Iniguez at: [email protected] Results email: hamiltonchessclub.com. W. will be posted online the same day of the event! New York AUG. 30, Westfield G/45 Quads SEPT. 13, Back-TO-School Junior (Under 16) Open Brooklyn Strategist - Tuesday Night Quads 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. EF: $25, 4SS, G/60 d5. FCA, 271 Fort Lee Rd., Leonia, NJ 07605. Prizes: Trophies Brooklyn Strategist, 333 Court St., Brooklyn, NY. G/25 d5. Every Tues night $20 Members. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Register: 1:15-1:45 Top 5. Entry Fee: $15; (1)1/2 pt. bye any rd. Must notify b/4 rd.1. Reg.: 7pm. 4 Rds. EF: $20. 1 bye available. Prizes: 1st, 2nd, U1800 - approx p.m. Rounds: 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Information: John Moldovan email 9:00-9:45. Rounds: 10:00, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00. Info: frank@frankschess. 60% payout. Food & drink available onsite. Contact: 718-576-3035. com, 201-961-4029. [email protected], Bill Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219- AUG. 13-16, 14-16 OR 15-16, 45th annual Continental Open (MA) 1358, www.westfieldchessclub.com and westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com SEPT. 13, Westfield G/45 Quads See Grand Prix. A State Championship Event! 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. EF: $25, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $20 Members. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Register: 1:15-1:45 SEPT. 5, New Jersey Scholastic K-8 Championship AUG. 14-16, 15-16 OR 16, Marshall U2300 5-SS, G/30 d5. Hyatt Morristown, 3 Speedwell Ave., Morristown, NJ p.m. Rounds: 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Information: John Moldovan email 5-SS, 40/90 SD30 +30. Open to players rated below 2300 US CHESS. 07960. If staying, for chess rate, please make reservations at https://aws. [email protected], Bill Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219- NOTE: Not FIDE Rated as previously advertised. $800 Gtd: $300-150- passkey.com/event/13779489/owner/1459369/home. Phone: 973-647- 1358, www.westfieldchessclub.com and westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com 100. U2100: $125; U1800 $125. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: Ends 15 1234, mention NJ Chess. Free parking, public transportation to NYC, SEPT. 25-27 OR 26-27, 6th Annual Hartford Open (CT) min before round start. Rds.: 3-day: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & Sun. 12-5:30pm. Phila. walking distance, 30 restaurants, shops and parks within 5 minute See Grand Prix. 2-day: Sat. 11am (G/25 d5) then merge with 3-day in round 2. 1-day: stroll. In three sections: Under 1200, Under 900, Under 600. Trophies Sun. 9-10:10-11:20am (G/25 d5) then merge in round 4. Max two byes. to Top Ten in each section. Registration: Saturday, September 5, 11am OCT. 7-12, 9-12 OR 10-12, 2nd annual Washington Chess Con- gress (VA) Request by rd. 3. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- -12noon. Rounds: 12:30pm, then ASAP. EF: $30 if postmarked by Sep- 477-3716. tember 1st. $40 cash at site. One 1/2 point bye allowed if requested See Grand Prix. with entry fee. September Rating Supplement used. Entries: Noreen OCT. 30-NOV. 1 OR OCT. 31-NOV. 1, 6th annual Boardwalk Open AUG. 15, Marshall Saturday U1500 Davisson, 6 Red Barn Ln., Randolph, NJ 07869. Entries must include See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/40 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1200: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs name, US CHESS ID and expiration date, mailing address, email address, $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. One bye available, phone number, grade level and entry fee. Checks made out to NJSCF. NOV. 6-8 OR 7-8, 19th Annual Eastern Chess Congress (CT) request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- Register online at register.njscf.org for $32 by September 3, 2015. Ques- See Grand Prix. 477-3716. tions to [email protected]. W. A State Championship Event! , Marshall Masters , New Jersey K-12 Grade Championship AUG. 18 SEPT. 5-7 OR 6-7, 68th Annual New Jersey Open Championship NOV. 22 See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. 5SS, G/30 d5. Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft, NJ 07738. Student Life Center, use Parking Lot #7 or #6; 4 miles from AUG. 20, Marshall Thursday Action! SEPT. 12, Central Jersey Chess Tournament Garden State Parkway exit 109. 13 Sections: Play only in your grade! 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: Princeton Academy, 1128 Great Rd., Princeton. 6 sections: 4 rated, 2 Grades K-12: Trophies to top 10 individuals, top 3 teams - top 3 from $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- unrated. Open, U1200: K-12, 3SS, G/40 d5. U900, U600: K-8, 4SS, G/25 each school/grade; 50% of players receive trophy or medal! Rds.: 10am 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. Website: d5. Intermediate (K-6), Beginners (K-2): 4SS, unrated, no clocks. Tro- and ASAP. EF: $35 by 11/15, $55 at site. US CHESS mem req’d. Reg.: 8- www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 14th annual MANHATTAN OPEN August 21-23 or 22-23, 2015 - Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC $20,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND!

5rounds,40/110,SD/30,d10(2- Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 6 pm, day option, rds 1-2 G/60, d10). male/female 2-player “team” combined rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. Hotel Pennsylvania, 7th Ave & 32nd- score among all sections: $800-400-200. 2-day schedule: Reg. Sat. to 10 am, 33rd St (across from Penn Station & Team average must be under 2200; rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. Madison Square Garden), New York 10001. teammates may play in different sections; Half point byes OK all, limit 2; Open Prizes $20,000 unconditionally register at site (no extra fee) by 2 pm 8/22. must commit before round 2, others guaranteed. before round 3. Top 4 sections entry fee: $128 In 6 sections- you face only those in online at chessaction.com by 8/19, $140 All: Bring sets, boards, clocks if your section. Unrated will obtain ratings. phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/17 (entry possible- none supplied. Unofficial web Open: $2000-1000-600-400, clear win only, no questions), 3-day $138, 2-day ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. or 1st on tiebreak bonus $100, top $137 mailed by 8/12, $150 at site or online USCF Junior Grand Prix Points available. U2400/Unr $600-300. FIDE, 120 GPP. until 2 hours before game. No checks at Hotel rates: $129-139-149-159 plus Under 2200: $1500-800-400-200, top site, credit cards OK. required $15/night facility free, 1-800-223- Under 2000/Unr $600-300. Under 1300 Section entry fee: all 8585, reserve by 7/24 or rate will increase. Under 1900: $1500-800-400-200, $30 less than top 4 sections entry fee. Facility fee includes WIFI, unlimited local & top Under 1700 (no unr) $600-300. Under 1000 Section entry fee: all long distance calling, use of Ballys Total Under 1600: $1200-600-300-200, top $60 less than top 4 sections entry fee. Fitness located next door to hotel. Under 1400 (no unr) $500-250. Online entry fee $5 less to NYSCA Under 1300: $800-400-200-100, top members; may join for $12 with entry. Entry: chessaction.com or Continental Under 1100 (no unr) $300-150. Special 1 year USCF membership Chess, Box 8482, Pelham NY 10803. $15 Under 1000: $500-250-150-100, with magazine if paid with entry. Online at service charge for refunds. Questions: trophies to first 3, top U800, U600, Unr. chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult [email protected], chesstour.com, 347- Unrated prize limits: U1000 $200, $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or 201-2269. U1300 $300, U1600 $500, U1900 $700. paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Entries posted at chessaction.com Balance goes to next player(s) in line. Scholastic $20. USCF membership required. (online entries posted instantly).

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AUG. 21, Marshall Fischer Random Tournament! - NEW! SEPT. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Community Chess Club of Rochester Wed US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 4-SS, G/25 d5. Fischer Random (Chess 960) rules. Not rated. ($450 b/35): Night Chess! SEPT. 18-20, 19-20 OR 20, Marshall Monthly U2300 $200-100, top U2200/unr, U1900: $75. US CHESS regular rating used Note: 1 game rated per night, G/80 d5. Rochester Chess Center, 221 5-SS, 40/90 SD30 +30. Open to players rated below 2300 US CHESS. for pairings & prizes. EF: $30, MCC Mbrs & GMs $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Norris Dr., Rochester, NY 14610. 585-442-2430. EF: $5, CCCR members (This tournament is not FIDE Rated.) $800 Gtd: $300-150-100. U2100: Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, Request at entry. Website: $3. Reg.: 7-7:25 pm. Rd.: 7:30pm. www.rochesterchessclub.org. $125; U1800 $125. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: Ends 15 min before www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! round start. Rds.: 3-day: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & Sun. 12-5:30pm. 2-day: Sat. , 14th annual Manhattan Open , Marshall Weekly Wednesdays 11am (G/25 d5) then merge with 3-day in round 2. 1-day: Sun. 9-10:10- AUG. 21-23 OR 22-23 SEPT. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, OCT. 7 11:20am (G/25 d5) then merge in round 4. Max two byes. SIDE EVENT: See Grand Prix. 6-SS, G/90 +30. Two sections. U2000: ($600 b/25) $250-150-100. U1700: $100. U1400: ($600 b/25) $250-150-100. U1100: $100. EF: $60, September 18, Marshall Bughouse Tournament! 5-SS, G/5 d0. Bug- , Marshall Saturday G/60 (Open & U1700) AUG. 22 MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7pm each Wed. Limit two house. Not rated. Players register in teams of two. Each round is a 2 Open: 4-SS, G/55 d5. Two sections: ($450 b/35) $200-150, U2000: $100. byes; request by rd. 4. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., game match. ($450 b/35 players): $200-100, top U2200/unr & U1900 U1700 ($325 b/25) $150-100, U1500: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. GMs NYC. 212-477-3716. team average: $75. US CHESS regular rating used for pairings & prizes. Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. One bye available, EF: $30, MCC Mbrs & GMs $20. Reg: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds: 7-7:40-8:10- request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- SEPT. 3, Marshall Thursday Action! 8:40-9:10pm. Max one bye, Request at entry. 477-3716. 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- SEPT. 19, Marshall U1800 AUG. 23, Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1500) 4-SS, G/40 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35) $200-125, U2100: $75, 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry.Website: www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. One bye available, U1800: $50. U1500: ($325 b/25) $150-100, U1300: $75. EF: $40, MCC request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 477-3716. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. SEPT. 3, 10, 17, 24, OCT. 1, 6th Long Island CC Sept. Open 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 5SS, G/90 d5. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East SEPT. 24, Marshall Thursday Action! Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all. $(b/20 pd. ent.): $100-80. Top U- 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- , Marshall FIDE Mondays/U1800 2000, U-1500/unr. $50 ea. EF(cash only): $35. Non-LICC members AUG. 24, 31, SEPT. 7, 14, 21, 28 +$10. UNRATED FREE! Reg.: 7:15 – 7:30 PM, no adv. ent., Rds:. 7:30 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. Website: 6-SS, G/90 +30. Two sections. Open: Open to all players 1600+. FIDE www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Rated. ($600 b/25) $200-150-100. U2000: $100-50. U1800: ($600 b/25) PM ea. Thursday. 2 byes 1-5. Info: www.lichessclub.com. $200-150-100. U1500: $100-50. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: 6:15- SEPT. 4, 2nd annual New York State Blitz Championship (BLZ) SEPT. 25, Robert Byrne Memorial Blitz (BLZ) 6:45pm. Rd: 7pm each Mon. Limit two byes; request by rd. 4. Website: See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. SEPT. 4, Marshall U2200 Friday Night Action! SEPT. 25-27 OR 26-27, 6th Annual Hartford Open (CT) AUG. 25, Marshall Millionaire Chess Satellite! 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($300 b/25): $150-75, U1900: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/25 d5. Three Sections: Open: First place gains free entry to $20. Reg:. 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for , Marshall Saturday G/60 (Open & U1700) Millionaire Chess in Las Vegas, October 8-12. U2300 & U2000: If 16+ round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. SEPT. 26 players in the section, first place gains free entry to Millionaire Chess; 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 4-SS, G/55 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $200-125, U2300: $75, if less than 16 players in the section, 100% of prizes paid out in cash: U2000: $50. U1700: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, MCC SEPT. 4-6, 5-6 OR 6, Marshall September Grand Prix Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. 60% first, 40% second. Tie breaks decided by blitz playoff and Armageddon See Grand Prix. if necessary. EF: $75. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. Max one bye, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th SEPT. 4-7, 5-7 OR 6-7, 137th annual NY State Championship 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. See Grand Prix. St., NYC. 212-477-3716. SEPT. 27, Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1500) AUG. 27, Marshall Thursday Action! SEPT. 5, Marshall U1700 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $200-125, U2100: $75, 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: 4-SS, G/40 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs U1800: $50. U1500: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1200: $75. EF: $40, MCC $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. One bye available, Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg:. 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. Website: request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 477-3716. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. AUG. 28, Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz (BLZ) SEPT. 10, Marshall U2400 Action OCT. 1, Marshall Thursday Action! See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to players rated below 2400 US CHESS. ($375 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: b/25): $150-100, U2100: $75 U1800: $50. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $25. Reg.: $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 47th annual Atlantic Open (DC) See Grand Prix. 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. Website: 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. AUG. 29-30, Marshall MEGA Tournament NYC. 212-477-3716. See Grand Prix. OCT. 2, Marshall U2200 Friday Night Action! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($300 b/25): $150-75, U1900: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs AUG. 30, 4th Sunday Quads - In Memory of Norma Shelly and Bill SEPT. 10, 17, 24, OCT. 1, 8, 15, Marshall Thursday Open $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for Little 6-SS, G/90 +30. FIDE Rated. ($600 b/25): $250-150, U2100: $125. round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. Albany Area Chess Club, resumption of Sunday Quads. If more than 8 U1800: $75 EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7pm each 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. players, SS format. G/60 d5. 251 New Karner Rd., Colonie, NY. Two Thurs. Limit two byes; request by rd. 4. www.marshallchessclub.org. Sections: Open, U1500. Prizes: 1st in each quad $30; if Swiss $30 1st 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! place. EF: $15 cash, check, no cc. Rds.: 10, 12:30, 3. Reg.: 9:15-9:45, OCT. 2-4, Marshall October Weekend FIDE 1/2 bye 2nd rd. only, req before 1st rd. Membership in US CHESS must SEPT. 11, Marshall Friday Night Blitz (BLZ) 5-SS, 40/90 SD30 +30. FIDE Rated. ($600 b/25): $250-125. U2200: be current. Adv. entry to: [email protected] by Thurs. before event. 9-SS, G/3 d2. ($500 b/35): $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000, $125; U1900 $100. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. GMs Free. Reg.: Ends 15 C. Eson TD. U1800: $50. Highest rating (regular, quick or blitz) used for pairings & min before round start. Rds.: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & Sun. 12:30-5:30pm. (There prizes. EF: $30, MCC Mbrs $20, GMs $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-7:30- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! is no longer a 2 or 1-day option!) Max two byes. Request by rd. 3. 7:50-8:10-8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request at entry. Website: www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. AUG. 30, 62nd Binghamton Open Blitz rated. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477- 4SS, G/65 d5. Prizes: $300 b/24. Open-$100-$60-$30; Reserve-$50- 3716. OCT. 3, Marshall U1700 $40-$20 (U1700). EF: Open $25, Reserve $20 (U1700). Cash only on 4-SS, G/40 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs site. Schedule: Registration 8:45-9:15 AM. Rounds: 9:30-12Noon-2:30- SEPT. 12, Marshall Saturday G/60 (Open & U1800) $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. One bye available, 4:45. Entry: payable to: “Cordisco’s Corner Store”, 308 Chenango St., 4-SS, G/55 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $200-150, U2000: request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- Binghamton, NY 13901, (607) 772-8782, [email protected]. $100. U1800 ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs 477-3716. $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. One bye AUG. 31, 25th Nassau G/10 (BLZ) available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., OCT. 4, Marshall Morning Action! - NEW 7SS, G/7 d3 or G/10 d0. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & Main Sts., NYC. 212-477-3716. 3-SS, G/25 d5. ($225 b/25): $100-50, U2100: $75. EF: $30, MCC Mbrs & Mineola. EF: $25 by 8/24, $32 at site, non-memb $5 more. $$ (525 Reg.: Rds.: , Rochester Chess Center Saturday Tournaments! GMs $15. 8:15-8:45am. 9-10:10-11:20am. No byes. Website: b/25) 150, U2200, 2000, 1800, 1550, 1300/UR 75 each. 3 byes 1-7. Reg SEPT. 12, 19, 26 www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. to 7:15 PM. Rds.: 7:15-7:45-8:15-8:45-9:10-9:35-10. Rule 14H not used. 3-SS, G/60 d5. Rochester CC, 221 Norris Dr., Rochester, NY 14610. 585- Sept supl used. Ent: Harold Stenzel, 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 11782, 442-2430. Prizes based on entries. EF: $15, RCC members $13. $2 less US Chess Junior Grand Prix! [email protected]. for HS and Pre-HS. Reg.: 1-1:45 pm. Rds.: 2-4-6. One bye available, OCT. 5, 12, 19, 26, NOV. 2, 9, Marshall FIDE Mondays/ U1800 request at entry. www.nychess.org. Also, Youth tournament, G/30 d5, 6-SS, G/90 +30. Two sections. Open: Open to all players 1600+. FIDE SEPT. 1, Marshall First Tuesday Action! every Saturday morning 10am-1pm, trophies and prizes. EF: $5. Rated. ($600 b/25) $200-150-100. U2000: $100-50. U1800: ($600 b/25) EF: 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($300 b/25): $125-75, U2100 $50 U1800 $50. $40, $200-150-100. U1500: $100-50. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: 6:15- MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. SEPT. 13, Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1600) 6:45pm. Rd: 7pm each Mon. Limit two byes; request by rd. 4. Website: Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $200-125, U2100: $75, NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. U1800: $50. U1600: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1300: $75. EF: $40, MCC www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. OCT. 6, 13, 20, 27, NOV. 3, 10, 17, 24, DEC. 1, Marshall Scholastic 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. League - NEW! ONCE RATED, ALWAYS RATED US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 7-SS, G/75 d5. Open to youth K-12. Two Sections: Open & U1400. SEPT. 14, 21, 28, OCT. 5, Nassau Semi-finals Maximum 35 players, 5 per school, in each section. Teams & Prizes: You never lose your rating, no matter how 4SS, 40/80 d0. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & Main Sts., Mineola. Semi- Trophies and year Marshall Memberships to top team (and coach) in final: open to over 1399, or 2+ pts in Nassau Qualifying. EF: $34 by each section. Top 4 scores, minimum of 3, count towards team score. long it has been since you last played. 9/11. $$ (600 b/20, top 2 gtd.) 150-100, U2000, 125-75-50, U1400/UR Individual Prizes: Trophies and free tournament entries to top 3 finishers 100. 2 pts qualifies for top section of NCC Championship. Novice: under in each section! EF: $75/player, or $325/team (5 players in the same If you return to tournament play after a 1400/UR not qualified for Semi-final section. EF $21 by 9/11. $$ (170 section). MCC Mbrs: $20 discount. Rds.: 5pm each Tuesday listed. Reg.: long absence, please tell the director your b/10) 100, U1200/UR 70. Both: EF non-memb $11 more, $7 more at Max 2 byes; request by rd. 4. Email [email protected] with site. 2 byes 1-4. Reg to 7:15 PM. Rds.: 7:15 each Mon. Ent: H. Stenzel, school/team roster to register. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th approximate rating and year of play. 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 11782, [email protected]. St., NYC. 212-477-3716. SEPT. 15, Marshall Masters OCT. 7-12, 9-12 OR 10-12, 2nd annual Washington Chess Con- If you rejoin US CHESS after many years See Grand Prix. gress (VA) See Grand Prix. without being a member, please provide SEPT. 17, Marshall Thursday Action! this information to the TD and to US CHESS 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: OCT. 8, Marshall U2400 Action $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to players rated below 2400 US CHESS. ($375 as well. 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. Website: b/25): $150-100, U2100: $75 U1800: $50. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $25. Reg.: www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or

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4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., AUG. 22, Solon Summer Sizzler NYC. 212-477-3716. 4SS, G/30 d5. 6025 Kruse Dr., Solon, OH 44139. EF: $30, IMs, GMs free. Pennsylvania Sections: Open, U1800, U1400, U1000. Registration: 9-9:45 at site. OCT. 9, Marshall Friday Night Blitz (BLZ) Every Friday - LVCA 7 & 9 pm Blitz Events Open/U1200 (BLZ) 9-SS, G/3 +2. ($500 b/35): $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000, Rds.: 10:00, 11:30, 1:00, 2:30, U-1000 ASAP. Prizes: $800 Guaranteed!! 8SS, G/5 d2. St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown, U1800: $50. Highest rating (regular, quick or blitz) used for pairings & Open: $150, $50, U-2000 $50. U-1800: $100, $50, U1600 $50. U-1400: PA 18104. EF: $5, Prizes: Open and U1200, Minimum 50% Returned. prizes. EF: $30, MCC Mbrs $20, GMs $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-7:30- $100, $50, U1200 $50. U1000: $60, $30, U750 $30, U500 $30. Free 1st-70%, 2nd-30% AND will ADD PRIZES if 12 or more players per 7:50-8:10-8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request at entry. Blitz healthy box lunch to ALL players! Convenient Online Registration at section, FREE Coffee For All Entrants. REG.: Ends 6:55pm, Cash on site rated. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. website: www.progresswithchess.org Info: Contact: Mike Joelson, 216- only. RDS.:7 pm, then ASAP. On Site: 484-866-3045 or bdavis@lehigh- 321-7000. valleychessclub.org, www.lehighvalleychessclub.org/. OCT. 10, Marshall Saturday G/60 (Open & U1800) Celebrate National Chess Day! AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 10th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) Every Saturday - LVCA Quads/RBO U1200 Quads + G/7 d3 (BLZ) 4-SS, G/55 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $200-125, U2400: $75, See Grand Prix. (New Location - see www.lehighvalleychessclub.org) U2100: $50. U1800 ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. EF: $40, MCC AUG. 29, Cincy Tornado - Unorthodox Chess G/40 d5 Quads, 3-RR. Reg.: 1-1:45, Rds.: 2 pm, then asap. 2 Sections: Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. Last Saturday of Month. 2 Sections: OPEN & Under 1600. 4-SS, G/60 Open Section EF: $10. Prizes: $30 for 3-0 score, else $25 for 1st. RBO One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. d5. EF: $30 if paid online/$35 at site. OGPrix Event/OCA deduct $3. Masters Section EF: $10. Prizes: $30 for 3-0 score, else $25 for 1st. G/7 d3 (BLZ) 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. above 2200. Free EF & Lunch. Open b/15: $150-$75; Class Prizes based Event Rd. 1: 6:15 pm or asap. Prizes: 50% of entries, 1st-70%, 2nd-30%, Master Bounty Prize Best Final Result against 1# Rated more prizes if 12 or more. Bruce, 484-866-3045. Info: srdiamondd@ OCT. 11, Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1600) on entries. : 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $200-125, U2200: $75, Master pays $100 for win/$50 draw. $100 for perfect score to 1# yahoo.com. U1900: $50. U1600: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1300: $75. EF: $40, MCC Rated Master. UNDER 1600 b/15: $150-$75; Class Prizes based on MasterMinds Chess Club Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7pm. entries. Reg. Ends 9:45am. 1st Round: 10am. 1st Baptist Church, 11195 Info at www.mastermindschess.org. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. Winton Road, Cincinnati, OH 45218. Website: www.chessearth.com or Email: [email protected]. Last Saturday of Month. North Penn Chess Club 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Main & Richardson, Lansdale, PA. See www.northpennchessclub.org for US Chess Junior Grand Prix! OCT. 12, Marshall Columbus Day Action! schedules & info or 215-699-8418. SEPT. 12, Toledo September Swiss 6-SS, G/25 d5. ($525 b/25) $200-100. U2300: $75, U2000: $75, U1700: , 45th annual Continental Open (MA) EF: Reg.: Rds.: Open, 4SS, Rnd. 1 G/75 d5, Rnds. 2-4 G/85 d5. The University of Toledo AUG. 13-16, 14-16 OR 15-16 $75. $50, MCC Mbrs $30. GMs Free. 10:15-10:45am. See Grand Prix. 11am-12:15-1:30-3:00-4:15-5:30pm. 2 byes available, request at entry. Health Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Cafe, 3000 Arlington www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: A State Championship Event! $20 by 9/10, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: AUG. 15-16, The Triple Crown of PA Speed Chess! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $360 b/20, $100-50, 1st A,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James One Weekend – Three Separate Tournaments: PA State and Scholastic , Marshall Weekly Wednesdays OCT. 14, 21, 28, NOV. 4, 11, 18 Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. Title: G/3 d2, G/7 d3, and G/25 d5. 27 Rated Games! Lancaster Host 6-SS, G/90 +30. Two sections. U2000: ($600 b/25) $250-150-100. Hotel, 2300 Lincoln Highway East (Route 30), Lancaster, PA 17602. All: U1700: $100. U1400: ($600 b/25) $250-150-100. U1100: $100. EF: $60, SEPT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 2015 Harold Steen Memorial Cup (MI) EF - $25 each tournament (sign up for both Saturday events and Sunday’s MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7pm each Wed. Limit two byes; See Grand Prix. event is free); On-site registration: One hour to 30 minutes before each request by rd. 4. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! tournament - $40 each tournament; 2 Sections - Open, Scholastic. Regular 477-3716. A State Championship Event! rating used for all entries. Prizes (b/50 in two sections combined; if , Ohio Senior Open & State Championship , 2nd annual Central New York Open SEPT. 19-20 playing in all 3, your entry in each tournament counts as 2/3rd of a paid OCT. 17-18 New event, under age 50 welcome too! Beautiful setting at Salt Fork See Grand Prix. entry). Open: $250 - 150 - 50; U2000 - $45; U1800 - $40;U1600 - $35; State Park near Cambridge and Amish country. Relaxed schedule for U1400 - $30; Scholastic: Trophies - 1st to 5th, top club, top school, top OCT. 30-NOV. 1 OR OCT. 31-NOV. 1, 6th annual Boardwalk Open quality time with family, friends and the great outdoors! 2 sections: girl, U1000, U500. Bonus: Win “Triple Crown” - Clear first in all three (NJ) Senior (age 50+ as of 12/31/15) & Young’uns (18-49). 5SS, Rnds. 1-2 See Grand Prix. G/75 d10, Rnds. 3-5 G/90 d10. Reg.: Sat 9:30-10:30, Rnds. 11-2:45-7, and get $250 bonus, $50 bonus for top 3 finish (standard tiebreaks used Sun 10-2:30. EF: $40 thru 9/10, then $50; OCA members $3 less. Trophy if necessary) in all 3 events; Scholastic “Triple Crown” Clear first winner NOV. 6-8 OR 7-8, 19th Annual Eastern Chess Congress (CT) of all three receives special trophy, lesser bonus trophy for top three See Grand Prix. prizes, 1st place resident is 2015 OH Sr Champ! On site lodging $115/night, call 800-ATA-PARK, ask for Fellowship of the King rate, reserve early! finish in all 3 events; State Membership Required, OSA; G/3 d2 - 8/15 NOV. 14, Inaugural Seneca Lake Open Full details neilley.com/chess, [email protected], 740-862-3323. - 8 Rds. double swiss (16 games) - 1:00 PM-1:30-2:00-2:30-3:00-3:30- See Grand Prix. 4:00-4:30. 8/15 - G/7 d3 - 6 Rds. - 7:00 PM-7:30-8:00-8:30-9:00-9:30; OCT. 10, National Chess Day Scholastic Swiss 8/16 - G/25 d5 - 5 Rds. - 10 AM-11:15-1:00-2:15-3:30. http://mindseye NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 46th annual National Chess Congress (PA) Cincinnati Scholastic Chess Series season 9 begins on National Chess press.com/apps/webstore to register. Contact: joshuamiltonanderson@ See Grand Prix. Day at Princeton High School, 100 Viking Way, Cincinnati, OH 45246. 4SS, gmail.com with any questions. W. 4 sections: K-12 Open, K-12 U1000, K-6 U700, K-6 Non-Rated. Time control: G/30 d5. Prizes: Medals to top five in each section. Series tro- AUG. 16, Chess at the Moose North Carolina phies awarded in rated sections based on points scored; best five scores Moose Lodge 1336, 705 Stokes Mill Rd., East Stroudsburg, PA 18301- from six tournaments count toward trophies. For other tournaments 9035. Registration: 10:00-10:30. Time control: G/60 d5. Entry Fee: $12 AUG. 27-31, 2015 U.S. Masters Championship at site cash only. Prize 1st $35, if perfect 3-0 $40, additional prizes See Nationals. in series and additional information: visit www.chesscincinnati.com or contact Alan Hodge at 513-600-9915, a.hodge195@ gmail.com. added based on attendence. 3 round Swiss. Contact: Michael Laverty, AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 47th annual Atlantic Open (DC) 908-339-7105, [email protected]. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. , 14th annual Manhattan Open (NY) OCT. 10, Toledo October Swiss - National Chess Day AUG. 21-23 OR 22-23 AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, The 2015 North Carolina Open Open, 4SS, Rnd. 1 G/75 d5, Rnds. 2-4 G/85 d5. The University of Toledo See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Health Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Cafe, 3000 Arlington A Heritage Event! SEPT. 4-6 OR 5-6, American Chess Promotions Open (GA) Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: US Chess Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. $20 by 10/8, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: AUG. 22, 39th Pittsburgh Summer Open $360 b/20, $100-50, 1st A,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James , ACC All-Star Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) 4SS, G/70 d5. Pittsburgh Chess Club, 5604 Solway St., Pittsburgh, PA SEPT. 12 Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. EF: Courtyard Durham RTP, 301 Residence Inn Blvd., Durham, NC 27713. 15217. $28 postmarked by 8/18, $38 thereafter, $3 discount to PCC Two Sections: Prizes: Trophies: Players w/ plus score. Check-in: Reqrd 9-9:15a. Games end OCT. 18, NOV. 8, DEC. 6, Columbus Chess League members. Open and Reserve (U1800). $$615 Open: 12pm. EF: 19, 30 onsite. Info: http://bachess.org/durham. W. 1 Open Section. 6SS, G/75 d5. 2 rounds each date at OSU Campus b/25, top prize in Open guaranteed 100%! $120 - 90, U2000 $80. Donatos. EF: $70/team, 4-board teams w/ 2 alternates. Trophies top 2 Reserve: $100 - 70, U1600 $60, U1400 $50, U1200/Unr $45. Reg.: 9- SEPT. 12, ACC $uper$wiss (3SS, G/75 d5) teams, 1st U1600 team & indl boards. Advance entries only, due 9/27. 9:45AM. One half-point bye available, any round, must be requested by Courtyard Durham RTP, 301 Residence Inn Blvd., Durham, NC 27713. Full details: neilley.com/chess or [email protected]. Note: Each day’s the start of Round 2. Rds.: 10AM-12:30PM-4:00PM-6:30PM. Info: 412- Prizes: $1,000 b/37. 50% guar. Open: $200-100-50, u2000 100, u1800 rds. rated separately so this would not qualify to be a US CHESS Junior 421-1881, www.pittsburghcc.org. Entries: Pittsburgh Chess Club, Attn: 50. u1600: $200-100-50, u1400 100, u1200 50. Sept 15 Supp & TD disc. Grand Prix event. Summer Open, 5604 Solway St., Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Make checks Reg.: 12-12:15pm. Rds.: 12:30-3:30-6:30pm. EF: 39, Econ 29 w 2/3 prize, payable to Pittsburgh Chess Club. W. onsite +11, Rtd 2200+ $0 by 9/2. Info: http://bachess.org/durham. W. NOV. 13-15 OR 14-15, 24th annual Kings Island Open See Grand Prix. AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 47th annual Atlantic Open (DC) OCT. 7-12, 9-12 OR 10-12, 2nd annual Washington Chess Con- See Grand Prix. gress (VA) NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 2015 Motor City Open (MI) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. AUG. 29, LVCA $1000 Scholarships K-12 Championships 5-SS, G/30 d5. EF: $30, $40 CASH ONLY after 8/26/15 AT SITE. $$1000 OCT. 10, ACC All-Star Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) in Scholarships to 1st-$400, 2nd-$200, 3rd-$100, $100 each top 3 Courtyard Durham RTP, 301 Residence Inn Blvd., Durham, NC 27713. Oklahoma Lehigh Valley players. Trophy’s to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Top U1400, U1200, Trophies: Players w/ plus score. Check-in: Reqrd 9-9:15a. Games end U1000, U800, U600, U400, UNR, $10-$20 in Random Prizes to every 12pm. EF: 19, 30 onsite. Info: http://bachess.org/durham. W. SEPT. 5-6, 34th NAO FIDE Open/70th OCF Championship/Jerry Spann Memorial player. Rds.: 1:10pm then ASAP. Reg.: Ends 1pm. Site:St. Timothy’s OCT. 10, ACC $uper$wiss (3SS, G/75 d5) See Grand Prix. Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown, PA 18104. Ent: Bruce Davis, 1208 Courtyard Durham RTP, 301 Residence Inn Blvd., Durham, NC 27713. Linden St., Bethlehem, PA 18018, 484-866-3045, Email: bdavis@lehigh- Prizes: $1,000 b/37. 50% guar. Open: $200-100-50, u2000 100, u1800 50. OCT. 17-18, 4th Fall OCF FIDE Chess Open (2 FIDE Sections) valleychessclub.org, Info: www.lehighvalleychessclub.org/. See Grand Prix. u1600: $200-100-50, u1400 100, u1200 50. Oct 15 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: SEPT. 4-7, 5-7 OR 6-7, 137th annual NY State Championship (NY) 12-12:15pm. Rds.: 12:30-3:30-6:30pm. EF: 39, Econ 29 w 2/3 prize, onsite See Grand Prix. +11, Rtd 2200+ $0 by 9/30. Info: http://bachess.org/durham. W. Oregon SEPT. 5, W.Chester 1st Sat. Quads OCT. 10, National Chess Day in Hendersonville AUG. 14-16 OR 15-16, 6th annual Central California Open (CA-N) Our 26th year! 3RR, Game/80 d5. 2nd Presbyterian Church, 114 S. 3SS, G/60 d5 Henderson County Athletics and Activity Center, 708 S. See Grand Prix. Walnut St., West Chester, PA. EF: $20; $40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9am. Grove St., Hendersonville, NC 28792. EF: $5, 80% returned. Rds.: 9:30- Rds.: 9:30,12,2:30. Info: [email protected]. 11:45-2:00. Info: Kevin Hyde, [email protected] US Chess Junior Grand Prix! OCT. 10-11, National Chess Day Portland Chess Club Fall Open SEPT. 12, Masterminds CC Quads OCT. 16-18, North Carolina Senior Open Portland Chess Club, 8205 SW 24th Ave., Portland, OR 97219. NW Chess Lenfest Center, 3890 North 10th St., Philadelphia, PA 19140. Quads: See Grand Prix. Grand Prix. In 2 Sections, Open: 5SS, 40/90, SD/30 d5, $$GTD: $300- 3RR, G/85 d5. EF: $30 cash; winner $100. Reg ends 9AM. Rd. 1 9:30AM 200. U2000 $150. Reserve: 5SS, 40/90, SD/30 d5, Open to 1799 & then asap. Information: mastermindschess.org or brad@mastermind- under. $$GTD: $200-150. U1600 $100; U1400 $100; U1200/unr $100. schess.org. Ohio ALL: EF: Memb. Req’d: $40. $30 for Portland Chess Club members. , 2015 Harold Steen Memorial Cup (MI) , Cleveland Open Sunday Quad OCF/WCF $25; $19 junior. OSA. Rds:. Sat. 10-2:15-7 Sun. 10-2:15. 2 SEPT. 18-20 OR 19-20 AUG. 9 See Grand Prix. 3RR, G/25 d5. Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel (see Cleveland Open). half-point byes available if requested before Rd. 1. ENT: Mike Morris, EF: $20, at site only, no checks. $50 1st prize each section. Reg. ends 2344 NE 27th Ave., Portland, OR 97212. INFO: www.pdxchess.org, mike- SEPT. 19, 2015 PA State Game/60 Championship 1:45 pm, rds. 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. [email protected]. Limited to first 50 entrants. See Grand Prix.

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SEPT. 27, 56th Annual Pittsburgh Chess League TN 37212, One Open Section. Limited to First 40 players to register due 5th from 9am-11am. Info: [email protected], 757-846-4805, or www. 30/90, SD/60 d5. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 5th Ave. & Bigelow to space restrictions. 1st Place - $350. 2nd Place - $300. 3rd Place - vachess.org. W. Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Monthly 4-player team event from Sept. to $175. 4th Place - $100. 5th Place - $75. U/1700 - $50 if three or more SEPT. 12, ACC $uper$wiss (3SS, G/75 d5) (NC) Apr. EF: $50/team by 9/24. Rds.: 2pm. Info: 412-908-0286, martinak_ players. EF: $45 if by SEP. 4th. ($40 to Nashville Chess Center members.) See North Carolina. [email protected], www.pitt.edu/~schach/. W. NOTE: You play one $60 at the door ($50 to NCC Members at the door.) Free entry for FM, game per month and each month is rated separately. IM and GM – no prizes deducted. $30 entry to any other 2200+. $60 OCT. 7-12, 9-12 OR 10-12, 2nd annual Washington Chess Con- for players under 1700 - $80 at the door. Register: 8:30 - 9:30 AM. gress OCT. 7-12, 9-12 OR 10-12, 2nd annual Washington Chess Con- Rounds 1: 2: 3: 4: ENT: See Grand Prix. gress (VA) 10, 1, 4, 7. Make check payable to “Nashville See Grand Prix. Chess Center” and mail: 2911 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN 37212. OCT. 10, ACC $uper$wiss (3SS, G/75 d5) (NC) Register online: www.nashvillechess.org – click calendar and follow See North Carolina. OCT. 10, National Chess Day Bob Johnson Memorial Team Chess links. On site cell: (615)-693-1535 or email Todd Andrews at nashville Tournament 2015 [email protected]. OCT. 10-12, 2015 (56th Annual) U.S. Armed Forces Open Chess Location: Mercyhurst North East Campus, Tom Ridge Center - Conference Championship Room 16, West Division St., North East, PA. 16428. Rounds: 10 AM- OCT. 10, 2015 Cumberland County Fall Open National Chess Day See Nationals. 1:30 PM-4:30 PM. FREE - No entry fee, but donations accepted. Three Tournament Cumberland Co. Community Complex, 1398 Livingston Rd., Crossville TN NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 46th annual National Chess Congress (PA) round Swiss Style. There will be a maximum of 5 players per team, but See Grand Prix. multiple teams are permitted. Under 1600 and Open categories. Players 38555. $420 guaranteed prize fund. Registration: 7:30 - 8: 30am (CST). must be current US CHESS members or renew at the tournament. “Top Rnds.: 9, 11, 2 and 4:30 (CST). In 2 Sections, Open: 4SS, G/60 d5, $$: Team” will be determined by the top 4 scorers combined from the Open $75. 30-X,A,B,C,D/Below. Amateur: 4SS, G/60 d5, Open to U1200 & Washington and Under 1600 sections. Unrated players will NOT count towards top under. $$: $75. 30-F,G,H/Below,UNR UNR eligible for unrated prize only. team points. Time control: G/90 d5, 5 second delay if you are using a ALL: EF: $15 if mailed by 10/5, $20 at site. Memb. Req’d: TCA $10 TN AUG. 22-23, Vancouver Open digital clock. Important: Advanced Registration of your Team is strongly residents only. ENT: Harry D Sabine, P. O. Box 381, Crossville, TN 38557. See Grand Prix. encouraged. Please bring a chess board and and a clock if INFO: www.cumberlandcountychess.org or Susan at 931-287-3765. W. available if you intend to play in any section. There will be a limited NOV. 13-15 OR 14-15, 24th annual Kings Island Open (OH) West Virginia number of sets/boards/clocks available onsite for “emergencies”. Reg- See Grand Prix. ister in advance with a reply to [email protected]. Please copy in AUG. 16, 23rd Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tourna- , 56th Mid-South Open our TD Christine Mitchell at [email protected] or call 814 899-8920. NOV. 21-22 ment Please include your full name, US CHESS number, rating (if you have See Grand Prix. 4SS, G/60 d5. Parkersburg Municipal Building, 2nd & Market Streets, one) section (Open or Under 1600), team you’ll be competing for and your Parkersburg,WV 26101. 2 Sections: Open EF: $15 postmarked by 8/10, email address or phone number. If you register directly with me please Texas $20 at site, Trophy to First, $$ Based on Entries. One 1/2-pt Bye available copy in your team captain for your Club. Directions to the tournament: in Rds. 1-3 (request required prior to Rd. 1). Non-Rated EF: $10, Trophies Exit I-90 at Exit 41 (North East). Take Rt. 89 North through town and AUG. 15, Many Springs 79 to 1st & 2nd. ALL: Reg. ends 9-9:45. Rds. 10-12:45-3-5:15. Ent/Info: past the second light (Division Street). Turn left to enter Mercyhurst North Richland Hills Public Library, 9015 Grand Ave., North Richland Patrick Kelly, 104 Iroquois Dr., Marietta, OH 45750, email: pkelly03@ North East campus. The Tom Ridge Building is the first building on the Hills, TX 76180. 3 Round Swiss, G/60 d5. EF: $20, 65% of EF returned sprynet.com, (740) 374-0538. W. Registration Right. Park in the first parking lot in front of the Tom Ridge Building. as prizes. Sections to be determined by participation. on- A Heritage Event! site 8:45-9:05. First Round 9:15AM, Second Round 12:15PM, Third OCT. 11, PCL October Quick Quads (QC) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Round 2:30PM. Additional information: Aurelio Gonzalez at either A State Championship Event! 3RR, G/15 d3. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 5th Ave. & Bigelow 817-789-8360, [email protected] or www.tarrantcountychess SEPT. 5-7, 77th WV State Championship Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. EF: $10, $7 Jrs. $20 to 1st/quad. Reg.: 11- club.org/. 11:15am. Info: [email protected], 412-908-0286. W. 6 SS. Comfort Suites, 285 White Oaks Blvd., Bridgeport, WV 26330. AUG. 29-30, 2015 DCC Fide Open X Registration: 9–10:30 am. Rds.: 11-5, 9-3, 9-3. Time Control: 35/90 OCT. 17-18, 2nd annual Central New York Open (NY) See Grand Prix. (d5), SD/60. Byes: Maximum two per player. Half point bye requests See Grand Prix. must be made prior to start of tournament. Entry Fee: $45 by 8/31, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! OCT. 23-24 (FRI & SAT), 2015 U.S. Blind Chess Championship , Monthly - Tuesday Night Swiss $60 at site (Make checks payable to Harrison County Chess Club, PO SEPT. 1, 8, 15, 22 Box 4338, Clarksburg, WV 26302.) Prizes: $800 b/25: $200-100-50, See Nationals. 4SS, first 4 Tuesdays of every month. Time control: G/120 d5. Center64 CC EF: U1900 $100-50, U1600 $100-50, U1300 $100-50. Trophy to top WVCA OCT. 30-NOV. 1 OR OCT. 31-NOV. 1, 6th annual Boardwalk Open , 3201 Hillcroft St., Suite 2E, Houston, TX 77057. $25 members, Contact: Robert L Greer Prizes: Reg.: member and resident. ([email protected]; (NJ) plus $7 registration fee for non-members. 50% EF. 6:15- Annual WVCA business meeting Rds.: INFO: website 1-304-641-9241). Saturday at 9am. See Grand Prix. 6:55 p.m. First Tue. of month. 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Wheelchair accessible. www.center64.com WVCA membership required, other states NOV. 6-8 OR 7-8, 19th Annual Eastern Chess Congress (CT) accepted for out-of-state players. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 4-7 OR 5-7, 81st Annual Southwest Open See Grand Prix. NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 46th annual National Chess Congress (PA) NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 2015 Motor City Open (MI) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 19-20, 2015 DCC Fide Open XI See Grand Prix. NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 46th annual National Chess Congress See Grand Prix. OCT. 3-4, 2015 DCC Fide Open XII Wisconsin See Grand Prix. AUG. 15, 5th Annual BC Open! Rhode Island OCT. 10, National Chess Day Houston Scholastic Country Spring Hotel, 2810 Golf Rd., Pewaukee, WI 53072, (262) 547- 5SS, G/25 d5 (Advanced Players >1200 4SS, G/40 d5) at Chavez High 0201. All Sections, TC: G/60 d5. Rds.: 10-1-3:30-6. EF: Open: $35 by AUG. 13-16, 14-16 OR 15-16, 45th annual Continental Open School, 8501 Howard Dr., Houston, TX 77017. K-12 Scholastic Only. Tro- 8-13, $40 after 8-13, U1800, U1400 , U1000 $25 by 8-13, after 8-13 $30. (MA) phies to positive scores. Sections based on advance entries received. Non Rated $10 by 8-13, after 8-13 is $15. Prizes: Open: b/30 1st $350 See Grand Prix. Sections combined for School Team Trophies 1st to 3rd. EF: $19 by mail - 2nd $200 - 1st U2000 $150. - Section (U1800) b/20 $125-80. (U1400) postmarked by 10/ 6, or $20 by PayPal by 10/ 8, or $30 at site. Reg.: b/20 $115-$70. (U1000) b/20 $100-50. Non rated section: are book 8:30-8:45; Rd. 1 at 9:00, others ASAP. Info & Entries: James Liptrap, prizes. Reg.: Aug 15th 8:30 - 9:30. Entries to: (make payable to Ben- South Carolina PO Box 12053, Spring, TX 77391, 832-492-7154. On-line entry: zochess). Ben Corcoran, 2711 N. University Dr. #64, Waukesha, WI 53188. Q&A: Ask for Ben 262-506-4203 or [email protected] also SEPT. 4-6 OR 5-6, American Chess Promotions Open (GA) http://chess.jliptrap.us/enter.htm or Flier at http://chess.jliptrap.us/ See Grand Prix. hca15chav.htm W. more info at www.benzochess.com. DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 25th annual North American Open AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 10th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) South Dakota (NV) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. AUG. 29-30, 61st Iowa Open Championship (US CHESS & FIDE AUG. 29-30, 61st Iowa Open Championship (US CHESS & FIDE Rated) (IA) Rated) (IA) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Vermont US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 13-16, 14-16 OR 15-16, 45th annual Continental Open (MA) See Grand Prix. A State Championship Event! Tennessee SEPT. 5-7, Marshall Rohland Memorial/WI Closed Championship AUG. 29, Keene SuperAmateur (NH) A Wisconsin Tour Event! Radisson Hotel, 2040 Airport Dr., Green Bay, AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 10th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) See New Hampshire. See Grand Prix. WI 54313. HR: $89 single/double, $99 triple, $109 quad, 800-333-3333 SEPT. 4-7, 5-7 OR 6-7, 137th annual NY State Championship or 920-494-7300 (mention chess). Open to WI residents, former cham- SEPT. 4-6, 2015 Tennessee Open Championship (NY) pions, and students in WI schools. In 3 sections, Premier: EF $40 by See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Sep. 2, $45 at site, $5 off for juniors. Comp entry to masters (2200+) if SEPT. 4-6 OR 5-6, American Chess Promotions Open (GA) requested and confirmed by Aug. 16. $$b/30: 1st $350 + trophy – 2nd See Grand Prix. $250 – 3rd $150 - A $100 - U1800 $100. Reserve (U1800): EF $30 by Virginia Sep. 2, $35 at site, $5 off for juniors. $$b/20: 1st $150 + trophy, 2nd US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $100 + trophy, trophies to top C, D, & U1200. U1200: EF $20 by Sep. 2, SEPT. 19, 2015 NCC 1700+ Open AUG. 22, Harris Pavilion “Open Air” (QC) See Grand Prix. $25 at site. $$b/10 1st $50, trophies to 1st, 2nd, top U1000, & top 4SS, G/70 d5. Nashville Chess Center, 2911 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, unrated. $50 Kittsley Upset Prize for biggest upset (overall). Reg.: AUG. 28-30 OR 29-30, 47th annual Atlantic Open (DC) Sep. 5 from 10:30-11:30 AM. TC: Premier & Reserve 40/2, SD/1 d5; See Grand Prix. U1200 G/2 d5. Rds.: Premier & Reserve Sat 12-7, Sun 11-6, Mon 10- FOREIGN RATING? NOT UNRATED! A Heritage Event! 3:30; U1200 Sat 12-5, Sun 10-2:30-7. One half-point bye can be requested US Chess Junior Grand Prix! in advance for any round except the final round. Mail entries (checks If you have no US CHESS rating, but do have a A State Championship Event! payable to Wisconsin Chess Association or WCA) to Dennis J. Koster- rating or category from any other country, no SEPT. 5-7, 79th Annual Virginia Closed man, 28 Singleton Ct., Madison, WI 53711. Info: [email protected] or 608-770-3133. matter how many years ago, you are not 6-SS, 30/90, SD/1 d5. Westin Washington Dulles Airport, 2520 Wasser Terrace, Herndon, VA (703)793-3366. Conveniently located off I-295. SEPT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 2015 Harold Steen Memorial Cup (MI) unrated. If you have a FIDE rating, you are also Ask for Chess Rate and mention the VA Closed Chess Tournament. See Grand Prix. not unrated. Tell the Director of any event you Reserve by Tues. Aug 4th to get the chess rate of $89 www.westindulles. com/. Open to all Virginia residents, military stationed in Virginia, and OCT. 9-11 OR 10-11, 24th annual Midwest Class Championships enter about your foreign rating or category or students attending any Virginia school or college (must show student (IL) your FIDE rating, so that you can be paired ID or other proof of Fall 2015 school enrollment). $$3,000 b/o 85 paid See Grand Prix. appropriately. entries. Tournament details at: www.vachess.org, including online NOV. 27-29 OR 28-29, 2015 Motor City Open (MI) entry and payment via PayPal. Annual VCF Business Meeting Sat Sept. See Grand Prix.

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US CHESS MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED FOR ALL EVENTS RATINGS INFORMATION numbers on top row). If you are unrated, or have a If not a member, add dues to advance entry fee or You never lose your rating, no matter how long it rating from many years ago, be sure to indicate pay them with entry fee at site. has been since you last played. If you return after this. Your official US Chess rating is on the top line a long absence, please tell the director and US of your mailing label: Regular, Quick, and U.S. Championship Qualifier. Tournament in which Correspondence. qualification spots for the U.S. Championship are Chess your approximate rating and last year of awarded. play. Mailed entries are usually not acknowledged unless you enclose a self-addressed postcard. If American Classic. Generally, an event that has been If you have a FIDE rating, or a rating or category held by one organizer for the last three years and from any other country, no matter how many entering online, print confirmation of entry. They has attracted more than 400 players each year. years ago, you are not unrated. FIDE or foreign are refundable if you withdraw before Round 1 is ratings may be rejected or have adjustment paired, unless otherwise stated. Heritage Event. Tournament held for at least 25 points added. If details are not announced, years. For national events, refund requests must be players wishing to use such ratings should submitted in writing no later than 30 days after Quick Chess. Tournaments with time controls of contact the organizer in advance. the tournament ends. Any requests made after G/5 to G/29. There is a separate “quick” or For foreign players with multiple ratings (US “overall” rating system that includes these this date may not be honored. Chess, FIDE, CFC, FQE, other foreign), the highest events, and games played in these tournaments rating is used, with possible adjustment points HOTEL-MOTEL RATES will not affect a player’s regular rating. Games added, unless otherwise announced. played with a time control of G/30 through G/60 Rates listed are often special chess rates—you will be rated in both the quick/overall system and Ratings based on 4-25 games are called must request “chess rates’’ or you will be charged the regular system. “provisional ratings” to indicate they are less more. The chess rates may be unavailable if not reliable than established ratings. However, such reserved several weeks in advance, or if the block RATING CLASSES ratings are valid for pairing and prize purposes at of chess rooms is used up. Hotel-desk personnel In most events, you don’t have to win the tourna- all US Chess-rated events, unless otherwise are often poorly informed about chess rates—if ment to win a prize—you can win a class prize as stated. that is the case, ask for the Sales Office or contact the tournament organizer. a top scorer of your rating group, or a section prize A tournament director (TD) may assign an in a section restricted to your rating group. These estimated rating to any player, and may expel an WHAT TO TAKE TO A TOURNAMENT rating groups are: improperly rated player from an event. Along with a pen or pencil and your US Chess ID Senior Master: 2400 & up • Master: 2200-2399 • card (or current Chess Life), take a chessboard, Expert: 2000-2199 Class A: 1800-1999 Class B: HOW TO ENTER IN ADVANCE • • set, and clock if you have them. 1600-1799 • Class C: 1400-1599 • Class D: 1200- Entering by mail or online (if available) is easier for 1399 • Class E: 1000-1199 • Class F: 800-999 • both you and the tournament organizer and often For prizes of $600 or more, bring your U.S. Social Class G: 600-799 • Class H: 400-599 • Class I: 200- costs less. Check the TLA ads for entering options. Security card. If you have no Social Security 399 • Class J: 199/below Along with entry fee, send full name, address, US number, the organizer must deduct 30% from Some tournaments use different groups such as Chess ID number, expiration date, and section your prize for the IRS (this includes foreigners). 1900-2099, and some have “under’’ prizes or desired (if any). Also, give your last official US Warning! The use of a cell phone in the sections including all below a specified level. Chess rating from your magazine label (first 4 tournament room is prohibited at most tournaments. If your cell phone rings in a room with games in progress, you could be penalized, or even forfeited. TOURNAMENT LIFE: ABBREVIATIONS & TERMS IF YOU MUST WITHDRAW All tournaments are non-smoking with no computers allowed unless otherwise advertised. If you enter by mail and cannot attend, or must BLZ: Blitz rated. Memb. Membership required; cost follows. Usually refers to drop out of a tournament in progress, it is QC: Quick Chess events . req’d: state affiliate. important you give notice before pairings are $$Gtd: Guaranteed prizes. Open: A section open to all. Often has very strong players, started, so no one is deprived of a game. 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Any later than this, both e-mail your CC: Chess club. on the first day, 9 a.m. & 3 p.m. on the second day. withdrawal and call the tournament site as the dx: Time delay, x = number of seconds. Reg: Registration at site. TD might not have access to his (her) e-mail +xx: Time increment, xx = number of seconds added RR: Round robin (preceded by number of rounds). account. If you forfeit without notice, you may be after each move. SD/: Sudden-death time control (time for rest of game fol- fined up to the amount of the entry fee. EF: Entry fee. lows). For example, 30/90, SD/1 means each player Ent: Where to mail entries. must make 30 moves in 90 minutes, then complete TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS the rest of the game in an hour. FIDE: Results submitted to FIDE for possible rating. Tournament director certification is an endorsement SS: Swiss-System pairings (preceded by number of G/: Game in. For instance, G/75 means each side has of professional competence only. Such certification rounds). 75 minutes for the entire game. does not in itself render any tournament director Unr: Unrated. GPP: Grand Prix Points available. an agent of the US Chess, nor is any affiliate an W: Site is accessible to wheelchairs. HR: Hotel rates. For example, 60-65-70-75 means $60 sin- agent of the US Chess. gle, $65 twin, $70/3 in room, $75/4 in room. WEB: Tournaments that will use a player’s online rating. JGP: Junior Grand Prix.

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ORGANIZING A 2015 GRAND PRIX EVENT Even if prizes are raised at the tournament, no NO TOURNAMENTS IN YOUR AREA? To qualify, an event must be US Chess-rated additional points can be awarded because the WHY NOT ORGANIZE ONE? (regular or quick) and meet these criteria: bonus would be unfair to players who may It’s not much work to hold a small tournament, otherwise have entered. If you have questions • All US Chess-rated players over 2199 must be and there is little risk if you use a low-cost site about the Grand Prix, please contact Susan Kantor eligible to play in the top (or only) section. and avoid guaranteed prizes. You might even at [email protected] or 931-787-1234 ext. make a profit! Either a based-on Swiss with • The prize fund for which all masters are 136. projected prizes up to $500, a quad format, or a eligible MUST equal or exceed $300 trophy tournament will virtually guarantee taking guaranteed; $150 be guaranteed to first ORGANIZERS, TDS AND AFFILIATES in more in fees than you pay out in prizes. place; no more than one prize under $100 To speed up the processing of rating reports, US may count towards the Grand Prix (GP) total; The affiliation fee is just $40 a year. You will have Chess now asks that wherever possible these access to the TD/Affiliate area of our website. and prizes below the maximum entry fee do reports have IDs for every player. If you collect a Remember, you can both run and play in a small not count towards the GP total. new membership, do not submit your rating event. 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Prof. Alan Sherman, Dept. of Computer Science and Electrical WWW.CHESSMATE.COM Phone: 425.697.4513 With more than 40 years of experience teaching chess, the Mid-Atlantic Engineering, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, 21250. 410-455-2666, Chess Instruction Center is the best in the business. We specialize in [email protected] Solutions PAGE 17 / CHESS TO ENJOY lem III. Mating Net: It’s mate in two: 1. ... an impeccably-calculated, 20-move long Ne4+ 2. Ke1 Nc2 mate. Problem IV. Trap- combination: 41. ... Nxb3! 42. Nxb3 c4+ 43. Problem I. The book win is 81. ... Ra7+ 82. ping: The c7-knight is trapped and lost: 1. ... Kc2 cxb3+ 44. Kxb3 Ke4 45. Kc2 Ke3 46. Kg8 Kg6! and 83. h8=Q Ra8 mate or 83. a6. If 2. Kd2, for instance, then 2. ... Kd7. Kd1 White has successfully restrained the h8=N+ Kf6!. Problem II. Checks win a Problem V. Simplification: Black cleans up first passer, but now a second one suddenly bishop, 35. ... R2f6+ 36. Kd5 Rd7+ 37. Ke4 with 1. ... Qxg3+ 2. hxg3 Rxh1+ 3. Kf2 Rxd1. appears! 46. ... Kf3 47. a4 Kxg3 48. a5 f4 (or 37. Kc5 Bd4 mate) 37. ... Rd4+. Problem Problem VI. Interference: White loses his 49. a6 f3 50. a7 f2 51. Ke2 d3+! Marshall III. Since 41. g5! Nf7 42. Qe7! threatens the knight after 1. ... Nac4+ 2. Bxc4 Nxc4+. had to foresee this move when playing 41. knight as well as 3. Qe8+!, the key line is 41. ... Nxb3+! The king is diverted from f1, ... Ng8. Then 42. Ne5 eyes , enabling Black to promote and quickly force 43. Nf7. White wins after 42. ... Qa2 43. Rf4 TOTAL YOUR SCORE TO DETERMINE a trade of queens. 52. Kd2 f1=Q 53. a8=Q Ra7 44. Qxa7! Qxa7 45. Nf7+ Qxf7 46. Rxf7. YOUR APPROXIMATE RATING BELOW: Qg2+ 54. Qxg2+ Kxg2 55. Kxd3 Kg3 56. Problem IV. Not 33. ... Nxf6 34. Nxe7 but Ke3 Kxh4 57. Kf3 g5 58. Kg2 Kg4 59. Kh2 33. ... Bd3!, threatening 34. ... Rxc2+ 35. Kd1 Total Score Approx. Rating Kf3 60. Kh3 g4+ 61. Kh2 Kf2 62. Kh1 Kg3 Nf2 mate or 35. Kb1 Nd2+ 36. Ka1 Nb3+ 95+ 2400+ 63. Kg1 Kh3, White resigned. An amazing and mates. White resigned after 34. c3 Rc5! combination! 35. Nxe7 Rb5! before … Rb1 mate. Problem 81-94 2200-2399 V. Not 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qh4 Qh8. White 66-80 2000-2199 won with 37. Qh4 Nxe5 38. Rxd8 because 51-65 1800-1999 38. ... Qxd8 39. Nh5+ costs the queen. Or 37. CHESS LIFE USPS # 102-840 (ISSN 0197-260X). Volume 70 No. 8. PRINTED 36-50 1600-1799 IN THE USA. Chess Life, formerly Chess Life & Review, is published monthly ... Rxd5 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qg8 mate, 37. ... by the United States Chess Federation, 137 Obrien Dr., Crossville, TN Rh8 38. Nh5+! Kf8 39. Rd8+ and 37. ... Qc7 21-35 1400-1599 38557-3967. Chess Life & Review and Chess Life remain the property of USCF. Annual subscription (without membership): $50. Periodical postage 38. Nh5+ gxh5 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Rxd8. Prob- 06-20 1200-1399 paid at Crossville, TN 38557-3967 and additional mailing offices. POST- lem VI. 28. ... Rxe4! threatens 29. ... Re5 MASTER: Send address changes to Chess Life (USCF), PO Box 3967, 0-05 under 1200 Crossville, Tennessee 38557-3967. Entire contents ©2015 by the United followed by 30. ... Rf5+ as well as 29. ... Ng4+ States Chess Federation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication 30. Kf3 Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Ne5+ 32. Kf2 Re2+!. may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any The game went form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise 29. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 30. Ke3 PAGE 47 / MORE MARSHALL BRAWLS without the prior written permission of USCF. Note: Unsolicited materials Bxg2 31. Qf4 Nxc3 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. bxc3 are submitted at the sender's risk and Chess Life accepts no responsibility for them. Materials will not be returned unless accompanied by appropriate Re8+ 34. Kf2 Bh1+, White resigned. Problem I. It appears that Black has gener- postage and packaging. Address all submissions to Chess Life, PO Box ated just enough counterplay to secure the 3967, Crossville, TN 38557-3967. The opinions expressed are strictly those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the PAGE 45 / ABCS OF CHESS draw, but appearances are deceptive! 73. United States Chess Federation. Send all address changes to: U.S. Chess, Rxh5+!! Kxh5 74. g4+ Kh6 75. g5+, Black Membership Services, PO Box 3967, Crossville, Tennessee 38557-3967. Include your USCF I.D. number and a recent mailing label if possible. This Problem I. Mating Net: Black mates after resigned. Curtains. After 75. ... Kg7/h7 White information may be e-mailed to [email protected]. Please give 1. ... Kc7. There’s no way to stop 2. ... b6 mate. takes the rook with check, and after 75. ... us eight weeks advance notice. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 41473530 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO EXPRESS ProblemII.Mating Net: With 1. ... Rf1, mate Kh5 76. Qg4 the king is checkmated. Prob- MESSENGER INTERNATIONAL P.O. BOX 25058 LONDON BRC, ONTARIO, next move by 2. ... f6 is unstoppable. Prob- lem II. With his next move, Marshall initiates CANADA N6C 6A8

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MY BEST MOVE TRUONG PAUL

VANITA YOUNG PHOTO: USING CHESS TO OVERCOME A TROUBLED CHILDHOOD

’ve always been a lucky chess player. I don’t just mean in specific I matches or tournaments—even my introduction to the game was a moment of chance that totally reshaped my life for the better. I was raised in Southwest Philadelphia on government assistance with a drunk, abusive father. At age three, I memorized my grandparents’ address in order to tell police officers where to take me when my dad was arrested—which happened a lot— and when my father passed away, that address became my own. Then I got lucky. I went home from school a different way than normal, and I discovered a park down the street from home. A lot of older men played chess. Seeing a lost young girl, they were kind and introduced themselves to me. That day I asked my grandparents for permis- sion to play in the park, but they didn’t allow me, so from that day on I snuck out. I knew once I arrived home I would be in trouble, but I didn’t care. Those trips to [Chess] has been my the park were the highlight of my week. Gradually, I got better and better. My “ grandparents came to understand that great stroke of luck. chess was helping me plan a future, see moves beyond just the next day, the next ” week, the next year. A few years later, I 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. My best move. got a chess scholarship and became a Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 h6 8. 0-0 a5 9. a4 15. ... Bxe4 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. part of the top collegiate chess team in Be6 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 Qxf3 0-0-0 19. Qf5+ Kb8 20. Nxa5 Nd4 21. America, Webster University. 13. f4 Now I am 21 years old, hopeful and Qxf7 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Be7 23. Kxe2 Rhe8 24. optimistic about the opportunities life has Once in a while I will compulsively make Nc6+? in store for me. I have chess to thank. a move like this simply because it looked I felt dominant with my queen on the The game itself has been my great stroke good and not thinking of the consequences. board. I didn’t even look at the board long of luck. enough to see that 24. Nxb7 was an obvi- 13. ... exf4 14. Rxf4 Qg5? ous even better move. PLAYING OFF OF LUCK 24. ... bxc6 25. Qb3+ Ka8 26. Kf1?! Two challenges I face when playing com- Panicking under time pressure, I thought petitive chess are getting too comfortable I was in way more trouble than I was. 26. in winning positions and panicking when g3 would have been better. in time pressure. I encountered both in this unbelievable win—call it luck—against 26. ... Bc5 27. g3 Christopher Persons: This move gave Black the advantage had he played 27. ... Rd2. Sicilian Defense, Boleslavsky Variation (B59) 27. ... Rf8+ 28. Kg2 Rf2+ 29. Kh3, Black Vanita Young (1753) resigned. Christopher J. Persons (1884) Spring Swiss (2), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Whose Best Move would you like to see? Write to 04.25.2015 15. Re4+! us at [email protected].

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