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HUNTING FOR CONTRIBUTORS MEDALS IN BAKU JIM DOYLE Our US Chess team travels to Baku, (Cover Story) is a Azerbaijan from September 1-14th photographer and writer for the 42nd Olympiad. Our living in Pennsylvannia. In strongest Open team in history addition to this magazine, his includes three players in the world work has appeared in Chess top ten: GMs Life Kids and US Chess News (middle), (left) on uschess.org. and Wesley So (right). GM Irina Krush and IM Nazi Paikidze PETE KARAGIANIS headline the Women’s squad. (Chicago Open, Stillwater) is a chess instructor and writer from Bloomington, Illinois. He can be contacted at [email protected] or via THE CUP IS BACK! his blog nmpetek.blogspot.com. From August 1-16, follow the first classical JORGE BARRERA event of the , the (Glenwood) has been a chess , featuring former champs teacher as part of after-school GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Levon programs for over 12 years both in California and in Aronian as well as U.S. GMs Wesley So Chicago. Coming from a and Hikaru Nakamura. Look for family of photographers, he predictions on our website and for has also used photography as a twitter takeovers on our creative outlet for many years. @USChess account. JON JACOBS (How to Lose to a 1400) is the author of the upcoming book about upsets, The Fish LABOR DAY That Roared, a collection of CHESS MADNESS high-quality games in which State championships and big club-level players outplayed Grand Prixs abound over FIDE-titled or other highly rated opponents. A FIDE Labor Day weekend. On US master and anti-cheating Chess we round-up as many activist, Jon authored stories and games as we can. several award-winning Send your own photo, game or articles for Chess Life anecdote from the weekend for between 2005 and 2008. possible inclusion on our website or facebook/twitter @USChess.

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   As I was skimming through my issue of Chess Life that came out in July 2016 I opened to Rating Floors, pages 32 and 33. There to my dismay was the clearest example of inequality that you could exhibit. Here we have GM Fabiano Caruana winning $50,000 for taking the men’s section Perceived Sexism, and on the other page you have IM Nazi Paikidze with her $25,000 for taking the women’s section. What a slam she must have felt when she was aware of that difference. Candidates As a mental health professional, I would expect more of our national chess leadership. Inequality is not mentally healthy, no matter how you may try to defend it. You folks need to get into the 21st century and start by making those winnings equal. I’m aware that the men’s section probably brings in more revenue and attention. I suspect   Ramirez wrote: “Caruana pushed rook and bishop versus rook against Svidler. The Russian faltered that if you make the winnings equal, you will I am 67, and I have been playing tournament in the defense, and Caruana could have set up a find the women’s section catching up. Even the chess for just over seven years. My rating winning position ... but it wouldn’t have mattered. revenue thoughts don’t make what you have continues to lurch upward slowly—I hope Even if the American found the correct continuation, done right. If we want to promote the game of eventually past 1600 and beyond. Time will tell. which he didn’t, it would have overstepped the 50- chess, lets do it equally. I’m aware of open I propose an improvement to the ratings move rule. Draw.”) tournaments where males and females compete floor concept. A player might appreciate the If Caruana had converted this along with his with each other for the same prizes; I admire floor, as for example I did while bumping along two overwhelming positions against Veselin those tournaments for allowing that option for my floor for almost a year. Topalov, he would have won the Candidates. females. But, the best women player in a wom - But I think players would also like the option Do we really want a world championship system en’s only tourney should get the same cash to choose an automatic 100-point downward with time limits that force players to blunder award as the best male player in a male only floor adjustment if they are bumping along in positions that would have been routine wins tourney. their floor for a while. Perhaps two years? It Bob Frisby at classical time controls? via e-mail would have to be a long enough bumping along Wesley Koehler period to prevent manipulation of ratings for via e-mail tournament dollars. Unfortunately, this has become a common miscon- A player could select this automatic process GM Alejandro Ramirez responds: ception. It isn’t a men’s championship and women’s until their floor declines to a level that fits their championship. It is the U.S. Championship and the present playing level, and then turn the option Thanks Wesley for your letter. I have little excuse U.S. Women’s Championship. Women who qualify off, and settle there for a while. on how I messed up the move count on the Caruana- can play in the U.S. Championship. We are very This would build into the ratings process a Svidler game. I trusted my engine, which went down careful to always identify the events this way. ~ed. recognition of the realities of aging. to 0.00 during the endgame (usually signifying a I expect some players presently bump along draw based on the 50-move rule), and it was simply at their floor and eventually say the heck with a malfunction. Caruana was indeed inside the move   it. This improvement would allow people to count to win the game against Svidler. I'm glad Regarding GM Soltis’ recent column, “The continue to enjoy competition at a level that someone called me out on it. Chess Multiverse” (July 2016): When kids in fits their playing ability. That being said, I cannot disagree more with your school copy answers from the kids sitting next I have heard there is an appeals process to second paragraph. Yes, I would like to see faster to them, they get kicked out of school. Why have one’s floor reduced, but few ever pursue time controls at world championship levels. The not chess masters, too? that. It’s the individual being able to select Candidates was played at snail’s pace and still we Charles Young and/or deselect participation in an automatic saw huge blunders, so you seem to be contradicting via e-mail process that is the key concept here. yourself in the sense that in slow time controls people Jerrold Richards play perfectly. I would rather see games that I would via e-mail like to follow, rather than games that I will check in every hour or so to see if something happened. Further, playing the “if game” is not something Send your letters to      chess players can afford to do. At the end of the day, [email protected] or post on the What led GM Alejandro Ramirez to think only the result matters. What would have happened US Chess Facebook group or the Fabiano Caruana would have overstepped the if Svidler and Giri converted their wins against uschess.org Issues Forum. Letters 50-move rule if he had found the winning Caruana? The pressure in this tournament was very are subject to editing for style, continuation in his rook and bishop versus high, and people were bound to make mistakes. length, and content. rook ending against ? (June issue; Caruana was not the only one with missed chances.

8 August 2016 | Chess Life Looks at Books / Yearbooks

“YEAR” BOOKS Two unconventional books that take a yearlong view of Zhdanov, Peter. Yearbook of Chess chess are ultimately hit and miss. Wisdom. Chess Evolution: 2016. ISBN: 978-83-937009-7-4. 376 pages. Notationless. (Available from uscfsales.com, catalog By JOHN HARTMANN number B0009EV, $26.95) Gormally, Daniel. A Year Inside the Chess World: Insanity, Passion and Addiction. Chess Evolution: 2016. ISBN: hat would you give to become a ? Years of 978-83-934656-9-9. 244 pages. Figurine notation (FAN). (Available from travel and heartbreak? The lack of a proper social life? uscfsales.com, catalog number B0008EV, WPerhaps your pinky toe? $26.95) Whatever your answer, you may rethink it after reading Daniel Gormally’s Insanity, Passion and Addiction: A Year Inside the Chess World, one of a number of new books from the Polish publishing house Chess Evolution. above. Gormally includes excellent analysis of his games and those of Gormally is an English grandmaster rated 2494 FIDE as of June 2016. others, and there are many asides and essays on chess personalities and He’s not a guy who gets invites to the top events, and at age 40, there’s the current state of the game. Still, this is largely a book about Gormally little hope of his suddenly ascending the Elo list. Gormally is a working- himself, and in pulling back the curtain on his life, warts and all, he has class grandmaster, one who has to scramble to find teaching and writing given us something truly fascinating. gigs to supplement his tournament winnings and support himself. Some of the inspiration for Gormally’s book came from blog posts he The problem, as Gormally describes it, is that he is too lazy for wrote for pogonina.com, the online home of WGM Natalia Pogonina and teaching, writing is hard work, and age, lack of study and increasingly her husband/manager Peter Zhdanov. Zhdanov has also recently published solid competition make tournaments a risky source of income. a book with Chess Evolution called Yearbook of Chess Wisdom. Unfortunately Still want to be a grandmaster? for Zhdanov and for his publisher, it is not a particularly good one. A Year Inside the Chess World is, on first blush, an awfully bleak book, The conceit underlying Yearbook of Chess Wisdom is fairly clear. There and Gormally pulls no punches in its telling. He berates himself for his are 366 short essays on various themes, one for each day of the calendar inability to beat untitled players, for his lack of luck with women, for year. The topics covered follow no discernible pattern or order. In truth his being overweight. We eavesdrop on many nights spent drinking it is nothing more than a compendium of Zhdanov’s meandering thoughts with floundering colleagues. There is more than a whiff of a sexism on the chess world. that is all too typical in the chess world. And there are pages where It’s not that there’s anything objectionable in the essays per se—well, Gormally veers dangerously close to TMI (“Too Much Information” in actually, there is, and I’ll get to that shortly. The problem is that most of Internet parlance) territory with personal sexual references and stories Zhdanov’s book is banal or uninteresting, and the few interesting ideas of dodgy Hamburg strip clubs. are usually borrowed from others. So the useful essay on studying the In its brutal honesty, however, there is something admirable and opening (9/7) is basically cribbed from GM Roman Ovechkin, while perhaps even triumphant about A Year Inside the Chess World. As the the numer ous listicles, the musings on Zodiac signs (1/11), and the book progresses, we see Gormally start to reckon with his limitations. gross elitism (9/30) are all Zhdanov. He considers leaving chess and taking up a straight job, but at the same There is also the issue of Zhdanov’s sexism. There are multiple essays time, we see him begin to take steps to make chess a viable profession (7/11, 7/16, 7/26, 8/25, 12/15) that are laughably sexist. There is an once more. essay devoted to “pick-up lines for Caissa” (9/8) wherein the goddess is So what changes? It’s hard to say. Perhaps it was authoring a DVD said to prefer guys who—surprise!—seem very similar to Zhdanov. He on the English Attack for ChessBase that gave him confidence. Perhaps even offers bizarre advice about sex at tournaments based on “extensive it was working seriously with modern engines or analyzing with strong research” (3/23)—his Chess Kamasutra book from a few years back. grandmasters that stoked his analytical fire. Ultimately I suspect that I have no doubt that untitled players like Zhdanov can write important the writing of the book itself, and the self-examination it required, chess books. This is not one of them. Zhdanov is long on platitudes, played a therapeutic role. short on insight, and drops far too many names. His Yearbook of Chess There is much more to A Year Inside the Chess World than suggested Wisdom hardly lives up to its title, and you’d be wise to pass on it.

www.uschess.org 9 First Moves / Chess news from around the U.S. Remembering IM Danny Kopec • Bill Hall • IA Frank Berry

It has been a particularly sad time for US Chess as three key members all died within a short time period. The international chess world mourns too as GM also died during this same brief time. Chess Life will have a full-feature remembrance of Korchnoi by GM in an upcoming issue. This month, we take time to remember three US Chess members who worked to advance American chess.

FIDE INTERNATIONAL MASTER DANNY KOPEC, BORN FEBRUARY friend and business partner, Hal Terrie. “On the last day of each chess 28, 1954, was a computer science professor at Brooklyn College, chess camp, he would sit the players down and explain that they should sit teacher and author of eight books. He passed away at his home in Merrick, quietly at the board with both feet on the floor and treat their opponents New York, on June 12, the result of pancreatic cancer. He is survived by and the game of chess with respect.” He was also particular about lighting, his wife, Sylvia; his son, David; his stepson, Oliver; and his sister Patinka the result of suffering detached retinas in both eyes while living in Kopec-Selman. His late mother, Magdalena Kopec, died in 2009. She Maine in the late 1980s. His biggest complaint was the timing of rounds was an accomplished artist who created oil paintings and inspirational water colors, frequently displayed at Danny’s popular chess camps. Kopec’s for large Swiss tournaments, especially when they overscheduled the father was a pharmacist who grew up in Czechoslovakia during the normal dinner hours. Holocaust, later escaped to Israel and moved his After a stint on the faculty of the University family to Kew Gardens, New York, when Danny of Maine, and the passing of his father in 1990, was a toddler. Danny moved to Ottawa in 1992 to lecture for Danny enjoyed going to tennis matches and a year at Carleton University. Following a few baseball games with his father, but he learned other stops along the way, always in academia, chess from his cousin, Joe Donath, an expert he returned to New York and was awarded level player from Florida. He became Greater tenure at Brooklyn College in 2004. His best NY High School Champion at age 14, and earned finish in the U.S. Open chess championship his first national master rating at 17. Kopec was a second place tie at Fort Lauderdale in graduated from Dartmouth College in 1975, 2004, with 7 points out of 9. He finished tied where he was a teammate of 1975 World Open for first in his last rated tournament, finishing Co-Champion Alan Trefler, and moved to undefeated in the seven-round Queens Chess Scotland to pursue his Ph.D. in machine Club Championship this past November. In intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. He addition to his writing and production of nine was two time Scottish champion, winning in feature length instructional videos, Danny spent 1980 and 1981. In 1982, Kopec and Dr. Ivan his spare time playing tennis and rooting for Bratko designed the Bratko-Kopec test to assist his beloved New York Yankees. in evaluating human and machine chess ability Danny loved to tell stories, especially about based on the presence or absence of certain chess and artificial intelligence, so much so that knowledge. This test, with some modifications, it is not surprising that some of the stories was a reliable standard for more than two decades became confounded as they were passed along. in computer chess circles, and is still of value in IM DANNY KOPEC His dissertation entitled: Human and Machine assessing overall playing strength and identifying 1954-2016 Representations of Knowledge, was completed specific tactical, positional and pawn structure under the guidance of Dr. Donald Michie, a knowledge deficiencies of human chess players. well respected British researcher in artificial intelligence. During World After receiving his doctorate in 1983, Kopec lectured at McGill War II, Michie famously worked for the Government Code School at University in Montreal for two years as a visiting professor. While Bletchley Park as a cryptographer, contributing to the effort to solve there, he finished tied for second in the Canadian Invitational Champi- "Tunny," a German teleprinter cipher. onship in 1984 and was invited to compete in the 26th Chess Olympiad No doubt the stories concerning his mentor were confused with his at Thessaloniki representing Canada. He declined because, as an American own world travels. There was an unfounded rumor circulating in the citizen, he did not want to take a spot from a deserving Canadian player. 1990s that Danny had worked for the CIA when he was in Europe and He was awarded the international master title in 1985. Canada. When questioned about it, he just laughed, but kept the mystery As a chess player, Kopec was a throwback to the old school of chess alive by quickly changing the subject. “Maybe he is not allowed to discuss etiquette. He always dressed well, usually wearing a sport jacket at the it,” some of his students whispered. After his passing, Sylvia was asked

board. “Danny was particular about player behavior,” said his long time about it. “Not as far as I know,” she said. “If so, we should have been HALL BY FRANK NIRO OF FAMILY. COURTESY KOPEC PHOTOS

10 August 2016 | Chess Life First Moves / Chess news from around the U.S. expecting a government pension by now!” grandmasters: Vadim Zvjaginsev (FIDE 2642) and Andrey Stukopin Despite his hard-charging, get-it-done approach to his multiple chess (FIDE 2546), won by the player with the white pieces at the 67th projects, Danny possessed a warm and engaging personality and quick Higher League Championship in 2014. wit. He was nearly always willing to analyze games with opponents and Following is one of Danny’s favorite games, one of his many victories students unless, of course, it overlapped with dinner. over grandmasters. His energy seemed limitless at times. In 2001, he was invited by Dr. Tim Redman to give a presentation on the Bratko-Kopec test at the MODERN DEFENSE (BO6) First Koltanowski Conference on Chess in Education in Dallas. Danny Danny Kopec (2464) flew from New York to Atlanta, rented a car, then drove all night— Alexander Ivanov (2684) nearly 800 miles—and gave his presentation without sleep. He stayed Eastern Class Championships (3), Woburn, Massachusetts (3), around to answer questions, sat in on some of the other presentations 12.03.1994 Notes by Hal Terrie and analyzed a few chess positions with one of his students. Then, after a short nap, he made the same trip in reverse to get home. This game is a classic example of Danny’s style—a true sacrifice of a His illness drained his energy and stamina during the last months of piece for long term pressure against the enemy king. his life, but Danny maintained his goal oriented approach until the end. 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 d6 7. Qf3 “During the past year he would take periodic 30 minute rest breaks,” e6 8. Nge2 Ba6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qg3 d5 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. exd5 exd5 according to his son, David, “but no more than that. He felt that if he 13. Bxd5 f6 14. Be6 fxg5 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Nd6+ Kf8 stayed down any longer, he might not get up.” Danny filled every minute 18. h4! g4 19. Nxf5 Nf6 20. 0-0 Qd7 21. Qf4 h5 22. Neg3 Nd5 23. right up to the end. He gave his last exam to his students at Brooklyn Qd2 b4 24. Rfe1 Bf6 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ra5 Bb7 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 e.p. College and his last chess lesson one week before he died. “He demon- 28. c4 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rh7 30. c4 Nc7 strated to his Brooklyn students what ‘work ethic’ meant. It was a life The computer says that 30. ... Ne7 is a better defense but after 31. lesson for them,” David said. Qb4! Bb7 32. Nd6 Ba6 33. Nge4 Rh6 (33. ... Bxd4 34. c5 Bh8 35. Ng5 He also completed his final book project earlier this year, a compilation Rh6 36. Qf4+) 34. Qd2 (34. Nc5 is not as good, though it should win: of annotated games of GM Walter Browne, who passed away last June. 34. ... Qxd6 35. Ne6+ Qxe6 36. Rxe6) 34. ... Rg6 35. Qf4 Qe6 36. Ra1 He had promised his long time friend that he would publish the games Bc8 37. Ra8 White is winning. and he was determined to keep his promise, no matter how weak he 31. Rb1 Kf7 32. Rb8 Qe6 33. Rc8! Kg6 felt. Kopec met Browne at the 1976 Canadian Open in Toronto. “I met Walter in the middle rounds of the tournament,” Danny said in a 2011 Of course the rook cannot be taken: 33. ... Qxc8 34. Nd6+. interview. “I played my system and Browne kept exchanging pieces 34. Qd3 down until we ended up in a slightly favorable (to him) knight ending. Another indirect defense of the c8-rook, also threatening devastating Browne displayed very fine technique and after that we went out to discoveries. dinner, and we’ve been good friends ever since.” Danny was a long-time proponent of a method of playing the white 34. ... Rd7 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Qh7+ Bg7 37. Nef5 Qg6 38. Rf8+! pieces against the Sicilian Defense known as “The Kopec System” that The killer finishing touch. began with the moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3. The system never 38. ... Kxf8 39. Qxg6, Black resigned. became mainstream but neither has it been refuted. It is still seen occasionally at the highest levels, most recently in a game between By Frank Niro

WILLIAM “BILL” HARVEY HALL, JR., WHO SERVED AS EXECUTIVE BILL HALL director of US Chess from 2005-2013, passed away following compli- cations from diabetes on June 7, 2016, at the age of 46. He had been 1969-2016 undergoing dialysis treatments since 2013. He is survived by two sons, Daniel and Skyler Hall; his mother, Grace Hall; a brother, Todd Hall; and his maternal grandparents, Austin & Alma Choate. Bill Hall was valedictorian of his graduating class at Cumberland County High School in 1988, graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and returned to his high school alma mater to teach math in the fall of 1994. An expert chess player with a peak US Chess rating of 2153, he won 10 Cumberland County championships. He played his last rated tournament in Crossville, Tennessee, on National Chess Day, October 11, 2014, finishing tied for second place with 3 points out of 4. Bill was hired as executive director in 2005, following the relocation of the corporate offices to Crossville, Tennessee, from New Windsor, New York. Hall navigated US Chess through troubled times and worked hand-in-hand with the Executive Board, often encountering and overcoming significant obstacles as the organization maintained its financial solvency. Nevertheless, to Bill Hall it was his dream job. Most observers agree that he was the right person for the job at the right Bill Hall with Will Clark in front of the US Chess Crossville office. time in the organization’s history. US Chess Executive Board member Randy Bauer said, “I had the

www.uschess.org 11 First Moves / Chess news from around the U.S. privilege of working closely with Bill while on the Executive Board from the objective of monitoring their progress over time. Bill felt that chess 2006 to 2009. His steadfastness in the face of an existential threat to the tournament rules should be developed or modified to facilitate involve- Federation was a model of inspirational leadership. I will always remember ment of these children. There is a new committee in US Chess, recently bonding with him during a time of crisis. Bill was a good man who cared created by the Executive Board and chaired by Janelle Losoff, known as deeply and was passionate about chess and US Chess. I was glad to have the disabilities and circumstances committee, that will take up the challenge. known him and am sad to hear of his passing. My thoughts and prayers These efforts are, to a significant degree, a part of Bill Hall’s legacy. go out to his loved ones at this most difficult time.” More than anything else, Bill Hall was a chess player. The following Bill had a special interest in scholastic chess as a result of his own game was played at the 109th annual U.S. Open in Dallas in 2008 where, chess development as a member of county, state and national championship Bill finished at +2 for the tournament. He started the event with four scholastic teams. Dewain Barber, chief organizer of the GM Denker points in the first five rounds. The tournament was held at a time when Tournament of High School Champions, noted that “Bill’s love for all the Federation was in the midst of, arguably, its most stressful period things chess is especially true of the scholastic programs that were for an executive director. developed and promoted. I always found him available when I needed assistance and counsel. His wisdom and honest character will be missed.” KING’S INDIAN DEFENSE (E60) Bill’s accessibility and passion for the game were common themes Carlos Bonnin (1823) among those who worked closely with him during his tenure at the Bill Hall (2116) helm of US Chess. Jennifer Shahade, former U.S. Women’s Champion 109th Annual U.S. Open (4), Dallas, Texas, 08.05.2008 and editor of US Chess Online, said “Bill was extremely passionate about chess, and it was never too late or early in the day for him to take a 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Na6 7. phone call or work on an issue pertaining to the growth of our game or Nc3 Rb8 8. a3 c5 9. d5 Nc7 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. Ra1 b5 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. organization. His work ethic, even when facing adversity, was inspiring.” e4 Bh3 14. Qe2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a6 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. f4 bxc4 18. In 2009, one of his sons was diagnosed with autism and, as a result, Qxc4 Nb6 19. Qa2 Nb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. b3 c4 22. bxc4 bxc4 Bill was an advocate for working with teachers on how to teach chess 23. Rb4 c3 24. Nf3 Qc5 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Re2 Qb5 28. Qc2 Nc5 29. e5 Nd3 30. Nd4 Qxd5+ 31. Nf3 dxe5 32. fxe5 to children with autism. He sought ways to cultivate further research Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Nxe5 34. Qxc3 Qxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Nxf3 36. Kxf3 Rb1 into the benefits of chess for those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) 37. Bd2 Rb3+ 38. Kg4 Rxa3 39. h4 f5+ 40. Kh3 e5 41. Bb4 Rd3 and related behavioral challenges such as Asperger syndrome and 42. Ba5 f4 43. Be1 f3 44. Kh2 e4 45. g4 e3 46. h5 Rd1 47. Kg3 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Today, there are Rxe1 48. Kxf3 g5 49. Kg2 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ke4 h6 52. Kd4 programs in Kentucky, Arizona, California, Alabama, Mississippi focused Rg1 53. Kxe3 Rxg4 54. Kf3 Kf5, White resigned. on involving children on the autism spectrum in the game of chess with By Frank Niro

FRANK KIM BERRY (FKB) PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 6TH OF A commercially viable in the U.S. (He scoffed at that idea as a dream.) HEART attack in his Oklahoma home. Best known nationally as sponsor Therefore it always would require grass roots organization by devoted of two recent U.S. Championships (2007-8) and as one of only a few volunteers to thrive, and among these he proved to be one of our most American FIDE international arbiters, Frank prolific examples. He played this conservationist was one of those unique chess characters who role three ways: have kept tournament chess alive in the Past memories of chess in the Oklahoma heartland, organ-izing and directing events of region he preserved by researching historical all sizes for more than 50 years. His kind is a sources for long-forgotten info. He spent much vanishing breed, but one that US Chess would time in local libraries combing through old do well to re member. newspapers to piece together the history of Frank’s life was diverse and complex. He had tournament and club chess, living memory of careers in the army (a paratrooper with the which had been lost prior to the 1950s but 101st Airborne) and in banking (a major stock - which is more extensive than one might think. holder in Southwest Bancorp, a large regional He was able to construct a nearly complete list bank that began in his native Stillwater). Magic of state champions going back over 100 years, was one of his many occupations and he for instance. Along the way he dug up some performed regularly at the Magic Castle when interesting stories and published them in the he lived in Los Angeles. He was also an historian prolific Oklahoma Chess Quarterly, which he with a specialized interest in the Old West, and edited with admirable regularity for many years. editor for the county historical society. He carefully archived a lot of this research in But chess was his most beloved avocation, large binders for others to use. and, to try to describe it in one phrase, I would FRANK KIM BERRY Preserving regional chess games in a like to suggest he could be called a “chess conser- dedicated state database was another of his vationist.” I’m sure he would ridicule such a 1945-2016 projects that I think each state would do well to pretentious term, but his actions align with the emulate. His Okie Database (a ChessBase file) literal definition—one who endeavors to preserve and protect things of contains over 16,000 games played in this state (or by Okie players out value—chess in this case—conserving its past, present, and future in the of state) dating back to 1914—including little-known games by Reshevsky, heartland of the country. He believed traditional tournament chess was Fine, Steiner, Horowitz, and even the young (who played a legitimate and worthy amateur sport, but not one that would ever be in the 1956 U.S. Open in Oklahoma City). New additions included many PHOTO CREDIT: REBECCA RUTLEDGE

12 August 2016 | Chess Life First Moves / Chess news from around the U.S. annotations by masters and even grandmasters from his Quarterly. He was fanatical about collecting all new game scores from current tournaments. If I held a tournament he would hound me unmercifully if I didn’t send him all the game scores within a few days. He would FACES often pay young players to enter them into this database, updating it every year and making it freely available. ACROSS Of course current chess activity he also conserved by organizing and directing events, of all kinds, large or small, local or national or international. He was the most active organizer THE BOARD in this part of the country. Some of his notable events include the original North American Open, several U.S. Women’s Championships (and the first U.S. Girls Invitational Championship By AL LAWRENCE in 2015), a U.S. Senior Open, a U.S. Junior Invitational Championship, two U.S. Championships, WARREN PUGH the “Dream Team Challenge” (in financial support of the successful U.S. Women’s Olympiad team in 2004), several international events—even an eight-game match between GMs FORT MYERS, FL Yury Shulman and Alex Wojtkiewicz in 2005. “Next Service 106 Miles” Getting to know Frank was a bit of a minefield for people because of his odd sense of humor. He had an army-style, trash-talking panache. He liked to prod people, sometimes Warren Pugh has hit the literally, in order to “get a rise” out of them. “He rolled you up like a burrito!” he might blurt road to bring the benefits out to someone who had just lost a game, for example. He took some joy in deliberately Pugh’s son Ryan (pho - of chess to many people saying things that were not politically correct, or that he knew would rile somebody up, even to), killed in an auto in America’s wide open his friends. Once you understood this aspect of his personality, it was easy enough to roll accident, has inspired spaces, even well into all with it, and he was a great friend. But some people never understood it. Pugh’s efforts. the dusty desert villages, Generosity was another way Frank supported the future of chess. He put a lot of money since 1970, his first year of teaching junior high into the game, in large and small ways, sometimes under-the-table to help support many math in Lynden, Washington. His circuit cut a talented players who were in need. wide swath—from Redding, California, north On a larger scale, when US Chess suddenly lost its corporate sponsorship for the annual to the Canadian border, east into the Dakotas U.S. Invitational Championship in late 2006, Frank stepped up and helped save this tradition and south to rural Arizona. “It wasn’t uncom- with money out of his own pocket for two years, to the tune of six-figure payouts each year. mon to see road signs like, ‘Next Service 106 Frank was wealthy, but not really a rich man and this was a considerable outlay for him. I was Miles.’ I bought three hollow chess sets, filled saddened when some of the top U.S. players turned up their noses at these events, since the them with plaster of Paris and set them up on prize money was a step down from the previous years, and since Frank’s no-frills approach red and black boards in his first classroom. The was different from the luxury venues of the corporate years that they had become used to. I kids played chess in that room for 30 years.” understand they were mainly angry at US Chess for dropping the ball, but still it resulted in He quoted Ben Franklin to school administra- some insults hurled Frank’s way when there would have been no event at all without him. tors: “Chess is no idle amusement.” “We gath- Now that the championship has a lucrative home in St. Louis, few people remember that ered enough players for three teams and trav- FKB kept it alive for two years, long enough for the new patron to be found. eled Washington State, often getting our Traditional chess in the heartland of the country has always been different than in the amateurish noses bruised.” Retired since 2000 major metropolitan centers of New York and Chicago. The scattered chess population and and in his 80s, he’s still on the road for chess. long distances involved make it more difficult and expensive for players to congregate for events. And yet it still has muddled along thanks mainly to enthusiasts like Frank. He held that chess was a sport foremost, and only secondarily a social tool. He lamented what he WINSTON NI believed was the recent takeover of US Chess by scholastic chess enthusiasts who changed the organization’s mission to primarily focus efforts on using chess to empower people—as PRINCETON, NJ the new mission statement now says—and the subsequent diminishing emphasis in the past “I want to be very good at chess three decades upon the vigor of the traditional sport itself. He had seen the sport dwindle due before middle school is over.” to the aging player base and lack of new blood. He railed against this trend. Like many of the Fischer-boom era player/organizers who are now retiring, he thought it was anathema when In May, Winston tied for top national chess politicians stated outright that “traditional sport chess is dead” and that the first at the National future of chess was in scholastics, social programs, and online play. It must have seemed to Amateur Championship. The entering sixth- him that his long efforts to conserve the sport were being undercut in the new national grader gained 60 rating points to move solidly paradigm, and that his work might prove futile. Surely, he believed, tournament chess itself into the expert category and jump even higher was the main thing that badly needs more empowerment. on the US Chess top age 11 list. “It makes me Frank Kim Berry spent his entire chess career making things happen for traditional chess. feel great to tie with Coach Jon Edwards, whose He was dedicated to its conservation. This is worth remembering. summer chess camps I’ve been to.” Ni should And yet all this is really only one slice of his chess life. His twin brother Jim Berry (a former feel proud. Edwards is a correspondence IM US Chess president) is perhaps the only one who could tell it in proper detail and include the and had just qualified for the Correspondence many funny stories they both experienced over the years. I didn’t even mention Frank ran a World Championship Candidates’ matches. “I chess center in Los Angeles where he was personal assistant to GM Eduard Gufeld, that he just think playing chess is fun and cool. Chess was friends with many international grandmasters and had a huge collection of autographed has also taught me that I need to work hard chess books in many languages, plus what has been described as the world’s largest collection to be good.” Chess can teach a kid all kinds of of chess posters (from chess matches and tournaments), many in Russian. He was also a fine useful things. Winning the U-1200 section of class A player, and once beat future GM Fabiano Caruana in a U.S. Open tournament game. the Manhattan Open when he was six, he was Of course, the kid was only about nine years old at the time, but Frank was always happy to given a check. “I was disappointed and asked, add, “Still, I rolled him up like a burrito!” by Tom Braunlich ‘Where is my trophy?’ I learned a little about See more about Frank Berry in “The Stillwater Effect” on page 34. how taxes works later that day.”

www.uschess.org 13 First Moves / Chess news from around the U.S. High School Junior Robert Fetell Creates Ratings App

By JAMAAL ABDUL-ALIM

Robert Fetell showing his app to U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah (D-Pennsylvania)

WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT AN Fetell said before his app, to look up a player’s rating history—something opponent’s rating—or figuring out one’s own rating after a tournament— he believes better enables a player to assess an opponent’s strength—he’d Robert Fetell believes in two things: speed and convenience. have to go on his mobile browser, visit the US Chess website, sign in, So last fall he created Chess Ratings, a new app that enables people to then enter his opponent’s name. The whole process would take longer look up a player’s historical rating and to calculate one’s own rating after a than the five minutes allotted for him to take his seat and play. tournament more swiftly. “I was at the Florida State Tournament when it hit me—I could take my Since its debut on the App Store last November, Chess Ratings had love of programming and use it to put match-impacting information at been downloaded by more than 500 users in eight different countries and the fingertips of all registered players,” Fetell said. “Chess Ratings is the counting, according to Fetell. app I wrote, designed, and launched to accomplish this same cumbersome “To date, Apple’s ‘App Analytics’ feature has yet to inform me of any process in a fraction of the time.” technical malfunctions and the app has maintained a five-star rating,” Fetell, who learned to write code during a tech ed camp as a middle Fetell said. schooler, said computer science and coding is a “wonderful intersection of For his app, Fetell, a junior Germantown Friends School, was recently logic and creativity and it has certainly allowed me to mature as an intellectual. selected as the winner of the second annual Congressional App Challenge “I think it should be required in all schools and we should be investing PHOTO COURTESY OF SUBJECT for Pennsylvania’s Second District. in programs for youth around the country,” Fetell said.

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www.uschess.org 15 Chess to Enjoy / Entertainment The Paganini Test Are today’s best players superior to the best of the past?

By GM ANDY SOLTIS

SEVERAL YEARS AGO AN AUSTRALIAN Is there a Paganini test for chess? 15 minutes. Another player, a master, spent 80 psychologist, Robert W. Howard, studied the Long ago, being able to solve difficult com - minutes—then gave up. rating list of the world’s best players. He came posed problems was considered a basic measure How long would it take ? How to a remarkable conclusion: of chess skill. Sam Loyd, the great problemist, long would it take you? (Solution on page 71.) Howard found that the average age of the showed off one of his creations during the New Spassky had his own favorite position. It’s a 50 highest-rated players had plunged from 38 York International tournament of 1893. He study he was shown by a veteran grandmaster, to 29 over the course of a generation. offered prizes to any of the tour nament entrants Igor Bondarevsky. His conclusion? The world is simply who could solve this. getting smarter. Emanuel Lasker, who became world cham- BONDAREVSKY POSITION The emergence of younger super-grand - pion a year later, solved it in 35 minutes. Future masters is “preliminary real-world evidence” U.S. champion Harry Pillsbury was second- that “average human intelligence really is rising,” best, at 44 minutes. It’s the kind of problem he wrote. that a modern grandmaster might take an hour Now, there are a number of ways to dispute on. this. Among them: Chess skill isn’t the same as Since Loyd’s time some of the world’s intelligence. Even if it were, younger grand - strongest players have collected favorite posi - masters aren’t necessarily smarter grandmasters. tions that they’ve used to test members of the And the youth trend ended after 1973-1995, the younger generation. Here’s one from a game period Howard studied. (In recent years the won by Georgi Ilivitsky of Russia. average age for the top 50 has risen to about 30.) But let’s consider the narrower question— ILIVITSKY POSITION WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN Are the best players today better than the best players of the past? At first it seems simple—1. Kf5 Ke3 2. Ke5 Of course, they are higher rated. Magnus and 3. Kd5 must win. For example 2. ... Kd3 3. Carlsen’s peak rating dwarfs Bobby Fischer’s Kd5 Kc3 4. Kc5 and 5. a4 and White queens. by more than 100 points. But Black has the superior defense 2. ... c6! But there’s been so much inflation that ratings (so that 3. Kd6 Kd4 4. Kxc6 Kc4 5. a4 Kb4 have lost their ability to compare players of catches the a-pawn). different eras. Or even to compare the same Spassky studied the board. After 20 minutes player in different eras. he looked up and said, “Queen g2.” For example, does it make sense that Vladimir Kramnik, , Mikhail Tal and Tigran Petrosian played better chess many years BLACK TO PLAY after they lost the world championship title than when they were champions? Ilivitsky is forgotten today but at his peak, No? But that’s what ratings tell us. in the mid-1950s, he was among the world’s In other fields, we might evaluate cross- 30 best players. He had a remarkable eye for generation performance more objectively. Take spotting hidden resources, as in this position. violin playing. Ilivitsky was so proud of what he found that Some of Niccolò Paganini’s concertos were for years afterwards he would show this position considered virtually “unplayable” when he to younger masters to see how long it took composed them two centuries ago. them to figure out the best line of play. Today those concertos are played. The violins and Bent Larsen found it the Bondarevsky knew Spassky had aced it. In haven’t improved. The violinists have. fastest, in six minutes. It took Leonid Shamkovich the key variation, White wins with the surpris -

16 August 2016 | Chess Life Chess to Enjoy / Entertainment

PROBLEM I PROBLEM II PROBLEM III Blunderful GM Wesley So GM Wesley So GM Wesley So GM Fabiano Caruana GM Hikaru Nakamura GM Garry Kasparov Part of the fun of watching blitz tournaments online is that comput - er analysis points out how many blunders the players made. This year’s Ultimate Blitz Challenge had plenty of double-question-mark moves to entertain the fans. The blunders created some of the diagrams in this month’s quiz. In each position you are asked to find WHITE TO PLAY BLACK TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY the fastest winning line of play. PROBLEM IV PROBLEM V PROBLEM VI This will usually mean the forced GM Fabiano Caruana GM Fabiano Caruana GM Wesley So win of a decisive amount of materi- GM Hikaru Nakamura GM Hikaru Nakamura GM Garry Kasparov al, such as a rook or minor piece. Solutions on page 71.

BLACK TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY

ing Qg2!. That was enough for Bondarevsky, away to stop the pawn from queening. So he since he had no set handy. Kasparov hit on the who agreed to become Spassky’s trainer in his has to rely on knight moves. right idea quickly: quest for the world championship. But it’s hard because the knight is easily White’s knight has to reach key kingside Like Ilivitsky, Spassky was so proud of stopped. For example, 1. Nc3? h5 2. Nd5+ Kf3!. squares. Those squares are f1, h2 and g4. this that for years afterwards he would see That’s a key principle in knight endgames: A For instance, 1. Nb4! h5 2. Nc6! so that 2. ... if his colleagues could solve it. He showed it king is often best placed two diagonal squares h4 3. Ne5! h3 4. Ng4+. It’s a draw after 4. ... to Bobby Fischer—or “Shifer” as he liked to away from an enemy knight. In this case, Black Kf3 5. Nh2+ Kg3 6. Nf1+ Kg2 7. Ne3+ Kf2 8. call him. promotes (3. Nc7 h4 4. Ne6 Kg4). Ng4+ etc. Bobby was stumped. But the next day he But, like Spassky’s favorite position, there’s phoned Spassky. He whispered, “Queen g2” and a better defense at move two—2. ... Ke4!. hung up. (See page 71 for the solution). That was composed by Nikolai Grigoriev. Curiously, Shamkovich had his own version of a Paganini test and it was another study composed by Grigoriev.

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Even former world champions were left shaking their head when Shamkovich showed this to them. Tigran Petrosian gave up Grandmasters can get this far—and give up. quickly. Vasily Smyslov stopped trying after But Kasparov solved the study in two minutes. 10 minutes. “Then I understood he was a greater genius Then one day Shamkovich set the position than Fischer—by one minute,” Shamkovich up for Fischer. Fischer came up with the said. (Solution on page 71.) solution in about three minutes. Shamkovich WHITE TO PLAY AND DRAW concluded he was “a genius.” Next month: “Chess to Enjoy” examines why This seems either very easy or very hard. It But not the only one. Years later, Shamkovich Chess Life survived its first year as a looks easy because the white king is too far gave Garry Kasparov the position—verbally, publication.

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By GM LEV ALBURT

PAUL BETJEMAN PLAYS BOTH SIDES OF Yes!! (And more consistent with King’s Gambit 7. Be2 the King’s Gambit. Despite its long history, play). An inaccuracy. After 7. Nf3 (or 7. Kc2) the game writes Paul, “you are liable to splay away from 3. ... d5 is almost even. ‘theory’ starting at move two” (my further comments are in italics.) Strong and initiative-grabbing. 7. ... Rd8+ Correct. KING’S GAMBIT DECLINED (C30) 4. d3 I was expecting 7. … 0-0-0+, but that was Paul Betjeman (1310) his business, not mine. Alexander Mejia (1022) Another wimpy defense-oriented move Yes: 7. ... 0-0-0+!, soon connecting rooks. which is quickly demolished by my opponent. 104TH Nassau Grand Prix (1), Mineola, 8. Kc2 Nf6 9. Bxg4 Nxg4 New York, 3/14/16 I don’t see any equalizing defense here. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6!? 4. ... dxe4 I’d prefer 4. ... Nf6, as the endgame favors Black only slightly. 5. dxe4 5. Qc2 might have been better, but Black’s 5. ... Qh4 looms. I think 5. Qc2 simply gives up a pawn. The ending after 5. dxe4 is relatively better. 5. ... Qxd1+ So this “King’s Gambit” is not one any more, and my position is poor. Exchanging is desirable for me here. More common, and a better way to reject the 6. Kxd1 10. Nh3 gambit, is 2. ... Bc5 ready to meet 3. Nf3 with 3. ... d6 (still, White is a bit better here). My candidate I took a long think here, trying to minimize for a second-move surprise: the surprisingly damage and get a better position. decent 2. ... Qh4+ 3. g3 Qe7 (see Encyclopedia I’d prefer 10. Nf3. The knight on h3 blocks the h- of Chess Openings). pawn and ties a rook to its defense. This move gives me trouble—I have encountered it in three recent games (not always 10. ... Bc5 on move two) always by opponents aged under Black has a big advantage. 20. It is not in Nunn’s Chess Openings (my go-to opening-look-up book)–but simply saying “so 11. fxe5 it must be wrong” does not solve the issue of I realized this enabled the further advance what to do about it. of his knight on c6 but I did it anyway. My f- True–but you, Paul, finally solved the issue: 6. ... Bg4+ pawn was now of little use where it was and Just look at your own comment after 3. c3. my isolated e-pawn became a key anchor in White’s lost the right to castle—but there are no 3. c3 my eventual gaining of some initiative. (An queens on board any more, and the white king old-man’s “instinct”? I certainly wasn’t “calculat - A “scaredy-cat” move. The only intention is shall feel quite safe on c2. To get even a small edge, ing” far ahead, which I have never been much to stop Black playing … Nd4 in the opening; Black must play here very precisely, and creatively: good at that anyway.) not appropriate thinking at all. What is the e.g., 6. ... Nf6!?, keeping the g4-square accessible best reply? 3. Nf3 must be better. for a while to both bishop and knight. 11. ... Ncxe5 12. Kb3

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Another long think—the black knight could price he would pay if he took it! no longer go to a5 with a check and avoiding 26. ... Rxe4 knight forks was at the forefront of my attention 19. ... a6? Black must play 26. ... b4, albeit White, with at this stage of this game. This lets me in. Relatively better was the “normal” 12. Bf4 or accurate play (27. b3!) should win anyway. even 12. b4!?. And note how much better would be 20. axb5+ axb5 21. Ra6+ Kb7 22. Ra5 (Ed. note: Even stronger is 27. cxb4+). Black’s position if his king were on c8 (see 27. b4 mate. comments to 7. ... Rd8+). I wrote “good recovery” in my score book. 12. ... Ne3 It is unusual I think to have a mating net like Stronger was the developing 12. ... 0-0. this in the center of the board with absolutely even material in the late middle game when 13. Nf4 there are no queens on the board. Get that knight out into play and use the e- Both players performed well—well above their pawn as an anchor for it. ratings! And there is a lot to learn from errors they 13. ... b5 made in placid-looking but rich in tactics positions of this game, starting with Black’s second, and This seemed to give me a bit of breathing White’s third, move. space. 22 ... Kc6 23. Na3 14. Bxe3 Bxe3 15. Nd5 US Chess members can read archival issues of The knight finally “develops” to its immediate Chess Life at uschess.org by clicking on the death. current issue’s cover then clicking on 23. ... Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Nc4 “Archives” in the left menu.

Send in your games! If you are unrated or rated 1799 or be low, then GM Lev Alburt invites you to send your most instructive game with notes to: Back to Basics, c/o Chess Life PO Box 3967 Crossville, TN 38557-3967 Now things are finally starting to look more promising. Or e-mail your material to 15. ... Bc5 [email protected] Better would have been 15. ... Bb6, but 25. Ra6+ GM Alburt will select the “most instruc - perhaps he didn’t want more piece exchanges. Here 25. Ra7 was even stronger. tive” game and Chess Life will award an autographed copy of Lev’s newest book, 16. Nxc7+ Kd7 17. Nd5 25. ... Kc5 Platonov’s Chess Academy (by Lev Alburt I looked at 17. Nxb5, but the rook pin and For Black, 25. ... Kb7 26. Rda1, is a lesser of two and Sam Palatnik) to the person submitting the most in structive game and annotations. then a6 could not be countered. evils, while 25. ... Kc5? put the black king into the Well, 17. Nxb5 Rb8 18. Ka4 indeed does look too most dangerous spot. Make sure your game (or part of it) and risky for White. 26. Ka2 your notes will be of interest to other 17. ... Rhe8 18. Rd1 readers. Writing skills are a plus, but (see diagram top of next column) instructiveness is a must! Do not send Finally, I am getting some traction. games with only a few notes, as they are A long think for that one—immunity from of little instructive value and can’t be used. 18. ... Kc6 check by the black knight was a key factor, and Much movement by both kings in this letting go of my brave e-pawn was the price. www.ChessWithLev.com middlegame. Although I was aware of the check, I saw the

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Getting to know the new U.S. Women’s Champion IM Nazi Paikidze

Text and Photos by JIM DOYLE Annotations by IM NAZI PAIKIDZE

HESS, GYM, EAT, SLEEP, REPEAT. same way. “Your body has to be in top con - background, current and future plans, the This is the daily routine that IM Nazi dition. Your chess deteriorates as your body origins of her name, and preparing for and CPaikidze, the new U.S. women’s chess does. You can’t separate body from mind.” reflections upon the U.S. Women’s Champi- champion (and the first one not to be named Fischer is quoted as saying. onship tournament. GM Irina Krush or IM Anna Zatonskih in a Helping more girls get into chess is also a decade), follows and credits with giving her special interest of Paikidze’s. “I will do every - TELL CHESS LIFE ABOUT YOUR the necessary energy at the end of the tourna - thing I can ... to help more girls get into chess,” BACKGROUND. ment and especially in her final, thrilling game she said. “Chess was part of the curriculum in I was born in Siberia, Russia in 1993. My on April 13th against Irina Krush, the seven- my school and I played with my classmates family moved to Tbilisi, Georgia when I was time former U.S. women’s champi on (see July from when I was about six.” five years old. That’s when I went to elementary Chess Life). “How do you get more girls interested in school in Tbilisi. Luckily for me, chess was a By the end of the tournament, when other chess?” I asked. “It would probably be a great part of my curriculum. I already knew how to players were showing signs of fatigue, Paikidze idea if in the United States, they had more play chess, my dad taught me when I was four. said that she had lots of energy. Both she and tournaments just for girls,” answers Ms. Out of all of my classes, I enjoyed chess the her husband Greg Barnes believe in the impor - Paikidze. “It’s not easy for little girls to play most. Before long, my chess teacher noticed tance of fitness and nutrition in order to achieve with hundreds of guys. That’s how I was play - my talent and advised my parents to consider and maintain “healthy, sustainable living.” ing. I just didn’t have any girlfriends there and chess as a profession for me. At the age of six, Paikidze believes that staying in top physical I couldn't make any friends.” I started working with my first professional condition is paramount to top performance in Recently, I had an opportunity to put a series chess coach. Within three years, I improved chess and said that even Bobby Fischer felt the of questions via e-mail to Paikidze about her vastly and won my first international tourna - On right: IM Nazi Paikidze visiting with members of the Chess Girls DC club

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Cover Story / IM Nazi Paikidze ment (the European Youth Chess Champi on- get involved in chess and more generally, pursue meat except fish and other kinds of seafood) and ship U10 Girls) in 2003. After that tournament, their dreams. Recently, I visited Chess Girls completely cut out all junk food. I have been I earned the title of FIDE master and my career DC, a wonderful chess club for young girls. learning a lot about nutrition and I have been in chess took off at the speed of light. In the In addition to this inspiration, my daily life very strict about healthy eating. I also started to following years I won five gold medals, four has changed. The number of students whom I work on my physical abilities, because I firmly silver, and three bronze at European and World teach online has grown dramatically after believe in a mind and body connection —“Healthy Youth (different age groups: U10, U12, U14, earning the new women’s champion title. I try body, Healthy mind.” Or as Bobby Fischer said: U16) and Junior Championships. to balance teaching, promoting, and of course “You can’t separate body from mind.” I train at In 2006, my family moved back to Russia, studying chess on a daily basis. I am currently the gym five to seven times a week, combining this time to . I started training with preparing for the upcoming Chess Olympiad cardio and weight-training exercises. I firmly amazing Russian chess coaches and I became a believe my physical conditioning contributed to woman grandmaster in 2010, then an interna- winning the Championship. It showed towards tional master in 2012. I proceeded to win many the end of the tournament. When most of the tournaments, including the big Moscow Open “I will do everything players’ play was compro mised due to fatigue, I (Women’s section), and the Russian Women’s was energetic and playing with full strength. Premier League. At the age of 16, my peak I can to help more Chess-wise, my preparation wasn’t excellent. I rating of 2455 was 35th in the world of the top haven’t had a coach in over five years and decided FIDE-rated women. girls get into chess” to keep it that way, work on improving my skills In 2012, I was offered several chess scholar - on my own. For the months preceding the ships from different universities in the United tournament, I worked on chess an average of States. I had to make a difficult decision: if I four hours a day, including: preparing openings, wanted to get a college education, I knew I had which is going to be in Baku, Azerbaijan reading chess books, im prov ing my tactical to put my chess career on hold. After a lot of (September 1-14) and I am very excited to be vision, and working on my endgame techniques. thinking, I chose to broaden my horizons and representing the USA women’s chess team. This combination of training mind (chess) and accepted a chess scholarship from the University My husband and I are relocating to Las Vegas, body (healthy nutrition plus fitness) paid off at of Baltimore, Maryland County (UMBC). Nevada at the end of the summer. We never the tournament. UMBC was already famous for having the really liked living in Maryland and my husband’s nation’s best collegiate chess team. I was happy availability to work remotely allows us to move DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER to join the team in the fall of 2012. I studied to our favorite city. I plan to remain a professional REFLECTIONS REGARDING THE information systems and also represented the chess player. My goals include: defending my CHAMPIONSHIP? UMBC chess team during several Pan-Ameri - title as the U.S. women’s cham pi on, continuing The Women’s Championship field this year can championships. to improve my game, and hopefully becoming was the strongest one in history. We had strong UMBC changed my life forever, because a grandmaster. It is difficult in the United States, and experienced players mixed with the most that’s where I met my husband Gregory Barnes. as there are not many tournaments in which promising junior players in the country. Every Greg is a big chess enthusiast, and he helped grandmaster norms are possible. game was very challenging. Despite playing very me realize how much I had missed the profes- well, it didn’t look like I was going to win the sional chess world. I switched my chess fed er - CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE title until the end of the last round. My friend a tion (from GEO) and started representing the ORIGINS OF YOUR NAME? FM Tatev Abrahamyan was having a wonderful USA at the end of 2014. “Nazi”—is a Georgian name and word that tournament, leading throughout the event. Luck Luckily, I had a high enough rating to get translates to “delicate” or “tender.” It is beautiful, also seemed to be on her side until the last round. invited to the prestigious U.S. Women’s Chess and a first name seen often in Georgia. My During that decisive last round, it was difficult Championship in 2015. I had very little to no parents only speak Georgian and Russian; they to contain my emotions. The stakes were high time for preparation, as I was still a full-time had no idea what the spelling of my name meant and there was tremendous pressure, but I student at UMBC. But somehow, I finished in some other languages. It is pronounced as succeeded. I am incredibly happy to say, I defeated second, undefeated, and won the best game “nah-zee”—the spelling could be changed to the seven-time U.S. Women’s Champi on GM prize for beating GM Irina Krush. This result Nazie or Nazy. I have considered legally Irina Krush, with the black pieces, and became motivated me to start working on chess profes- changing my name (especially after moving to the new U.S. women’s chess cham pion. sionally again. the USA), but it requires a lot of documentation I would like to thank the Chess Club and changes and is not a simple task. I am still a Scholastic Center of Saint Louis for everything WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT PLANS? Russian citizen and would have to go back to they have done for the game and players. As Since winning the 2016 U.S. Women’s Chess Russia to request the name change. After all, always, they organize the U.S. and U.S. women’s Championship my life has remarkably changed. my name is pronounced differently than the championships on a very high level, provide Now I am a true ambassador of women’s chess word “Nazi” and I was named after my beloved great conditions and accommodations for the in the U.S. and I do everything in my power grandmother. I would like to keep my name, players, and have an amazing broadcast of the to promote chess among young girls. As a girl but due to persistent unpleasant comments, I event with live commentating. They have growing up, I was a huge minority in the chess may decide to change it one day. created an amazing chess atmosphere in St. world. I was often one of the only girls compet - Louis—I feel like it has become my second ing and because of that, chess felt like a “men’s HOW DID YOU PREPARE FOR THE home. I cannot wait to return in 2017. game.” I even considered leaving chess. CHAMPIONSHIP? Chess has improved since my childhood, but In the last year, I have been making a lot of We invited Nazi Paikidze to send us her favorite it is still largely a male-dominated sport. I will changes in my life. Starting with diet, I became games from her career. See also her “My Best Move” continue working to help encourage girls to a pescetarian (a person who abstains from all on page 72.

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SICILIAN DEFENSE, king. However, I did not like the immediate As planned. The knight on e5 blocks White’s SCHEVENINGEN VARIATION (B82) 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 because of 11. ... e5! bishop on d4 as well as prepares a quick jump WGM Nazi Paikidze (FIDE 2317, GEO) Challenging the center, opening the white- to the queenside via ... Nc4, putting pressure GM Csaba Balogh (FIDE 2621, SVK) squared bishop, and attacking White’s pawn on White’s weak b2-pawn. V Miedzynarodowy Turniej Klubu Polonia on g4 with a tempo. The best continuation for Wroclaw - OPEN A (9), Wroclaw, Poland, 18. Bxe5 White is 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3. But, after 13. 07.02.2010 ... Nxg4 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 I did not A logical decision, exchanging Black’s best In the years 2010 and 2011, I decided to travel believe that White had enough com pen sation piece—even at the cost of giving up a bishop around the world and play a lot of chess for a pawn. pair. I was also considering 18. Qg3 with the idea tournaments. It was shortly after graduating 10. ... a6 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nd7 from high school and before going off to college. of f5-f6, but found a strong move for Black 18. The first stop was Poland. The 5th Wroclaw A typical move in the Sicilian: Black is re - ... f6! 19. Rhg1 initially looks the best, but still Open was a strong tournament, featuring 16 moving the knight from f6 where it falls under does not create any real threats (if 19. gxf6 after grandmasters. I had an incredible start, beating kingside pawns attack, and is prepared to jump 19. ... Bxf6 Black’s king is very well defended two international masters and drawing a to e5 as soon as White advances f4–f5. and I do not see any good plans for White; 19. grandmaster. In the last round, I was paired Now if 12. ... e5?! 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg3 g6 h6 simply blocks all the files on the kingside.) up against one of the highest rated players— White is not losing the important pawn on g4 19. ... Qb7 now Black starts attacking the Hungary’s GM Csaba Balogh. At the time, he 14. ... Bd6 15. Be3 better position for White; queenside. was rated 2621 and was the highest rated player 12. ... b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. a3 would transpose to 18. ... dxe5 19. f6! I had ever played. He is a very solid grandmaster the game. who rarely loses a game. I was excited to play I had not yet decided which kingside pawn I played this last move without any hesitation. him, but didn't have high hopes for the result to advance first (e, f, or g). I decided to bring White is finally destroying Black’s defenses of the upcoming game. reinforcements instead. around the king. 1. e4 13. h4 b5 19. ... Bc5 I believe that experimenting with different Black is starting counterplay on the queen - If White does not act fast, Black is going to openings broadens one’s understanding of chess. side. play ... Bd4 and the bishop becomes a monster piece putting a lot of pressure on White’s queen - I had recently started playing 1. e4 in an effort 14. a3 to play new types of positions. side. A preventative move. Allowing Black to play 20. fxg7 Kxg7 1. ... c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 ... b5-b4 creates a problem for the c3-knight; 5. Nc3 d6 it does not have any good squares to go to. Ignoring the pawn to keep the king closed does not work in this position. For example, My preparation ended here. I didn’t expect 14. ... Rb8 this variation of the Sicilian Defense. As 1. d4 20. ... Re8 21. h5 Bd4 22. g6 and White still was my major move, I was not familiar with If 14. ... Bb7 White will continue attacking manages to open up Black’s king. this line. on the kingside, while it is not clear how Black 21. h5 can create threats on the queenside. For exam - 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 ple: 15. h5 Rac8 16. h6 g6 17. Kb1 with an Threatening 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. h6 with check - I decided to castle on the queenside and attack. mate following on g7. prepare an attack on the kingside. Games with 15. g5 21. ... Qe7 opposing side castling tend to be very sharp and aggressive, which suited my style at the An alternative was 15. h5 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 Guarding the f6-square and attacking the time. Theoretically, the main moves are 7. f3 17. h6 g6 18. g5 and it is unclear whose attack g5-pawn, but leaving the e5-pawn undefended. or 7. Be2. is faster. Better was 21. ... Be7 with equal chances. It is important for Black to keep the queen on 15. ... b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. f5 7. ... Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 the queenside with the idea of ... Qb6 or ... Qa5, targeting White’s king. However, retreating the bishop back is not an easy decision to make, as it is very tempting to put the bishop on a beautiful square (d4) instead. 22. Qg3! After some calculations, I realized this move wins the e5-pawn. It also set a trap which my opponent fell into and the game ended beauti - fully. I had the rest of the game calculated when I made the last move. 22. ... Bd4?? A sharp position. White is ready to advance 10. Be2 pawns even further f5-f6 or g5-g6. Meanwhile, (see diagram next page) Preparing g2-g4. Now that had I gotten what Black also has counterplay with an open b-file and an active rook on b4. The continuation 22. ... Kg8 23. Qxe5 Be3+ I wanted from the opening (opposite side cas - 24. Kb1 Qc5 was a good chance for Black to tling), it was time to start the attack on the 17. ... Ne5 exchange the queens and go to an endgame

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against strong grandmasters. 13. Bb3 0-0 14. f4 b5 15. a3 1. ... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 To slow down ... b5-b4. 5. Nc3 a6 15. ... Rb8 16. g4 Nd7 From the age of six, I had been a Najdorf player. This time I had to play against my beloved opening! 6. Bg5 One of the sharpest lines in Najdorf theory. It is still frequently played today. 6. ... Nbd7 with a pawn down, but with decent compen- sation, due to his bishop pair and White’s weak pawn structure. 23. Rxd4!! If you have not yet noticed, Black is playing Again, removing Black’s best piece. the same moves as in my previous game versus 23. ... exd4 Balogh. This is a very typical set up for Black Black loses a piece after 23. ... Rxd4 24. in the Sicilian Defense. However, there is a Qxe5+. distinct difference in White’s position—the bishop is on b3 (instead of e2). From here, it 24. Qe5+ f6 puts pressure on the a2-g8 diagonal. If 24. ... Kg8 25. Nd5!, a beautiful tactic that 17. h4 wins a lot of material. By the time of this event, this move had I decided to also follow ideas from the 25. gxf6+ Qxf6 26. h6+! become popular with many strong players. One of the ideas is to not ‘waste’ time on ... e7-e6 Paikidze-Balogh game, but I missed an interest - This is what my opponent had missed. From and play ... e7-e5 immediately. ing opportunity. afar, it did not look dangerous. But it turns out 6. ... e6 remains the main line in theory. 17. Bxe6! fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qb7 (18. ... Qb6?? that Black is completely lost. 19. Nd5 wins) 19. Nd5 Nb6 (19. ... Re8 loses to 7. Bc4 20. Nec7) 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Nxf8 Qxf8 22. 26. ... Kf7 The idea of developing the bishop to c4 is f5 and White has a nice advantage mate rially, No better is 26. ... Kh8 27. Rf1!! Exploiting to cover the b2-pawn with Bb3 (in the event and positionally. the weakness of the eighth rank. Black plays 7. ... Qb6). 17. ... Nc5 27. Bh5+ Ke7 28. Nd5+, Black resigned. 7. ... Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. 0–0–0 If 17. ... Bxh4? after 18. Rh1 following g4- With Qc7 checkmate next move. My oppo- My favorite: castle on the queenside, attack g5 White has a crushing attack. nent resigned. This was my first big win against on the kingside. 18. g5 a much higher-rated and more experienced player. 9. ... h6 No time to save the white-squared bishop This game was a personal revelation that gave 18. Ba2 b4! 19. axb4 Rxb4 followed by ... Qb7 me confidence going forward in my chess career. A very rare move: White was planning on when Black has good counterplay. Prior to this win, I did not feel that it was possible exchanging the bishop on f6 regardless. This for a young girl like me to defeat a strong speeds up the process but creates a hook on h6 18. ... Nxb3 19. cxb3 h5 grandmaster in such a dominat ing manner. later for g2-g4-g5. (“A hook is a pawn, usually advanced, which can be challenged.”—Jacob Black’s natural tendency is to try and block Aagaard in his book Positional Play.) the files on the kingside. SICILIAN DEFENSE, The usual continuation is 9. ... b5 10. Bb3 The thematic 19. ... b4 does not work because NAJDORF VARIATION (B94) Bb7 11. Rhe1. of 20. axb4 Rxb4? 21. Nd5, winning an Ex - WGM Nazi Paikidze (FIDE 2416, GEO) change for White. GM (FIDE 2589, UKR) 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Rhe1 Open Master Tournament (MTO) (6), Biel, 20. f5 g6 Switzerland, 07.23.2011 I could have started the pawn storm immedi - ately with f2-f4, but I believe in developing For the second year in a row, I was playing pieces first. A rook on e1 will definitely be in Biel, Switzerland, at one of my favorite Open useful. tournaments. Not only did I enjoy the city, but I gained invaluable experience playing strong 11. ... Be7 12. Kb1 international masters and grandmasters. My A typical preventative move. most memorable game was against the Ukrain - 12. ... Qc7 ian prodigy Illia Nyzhnyk. If 12. ... 0-0?! White has a tactic that leads 1. e4 to a good positional advantage: 13. Nd5! Qd8 After a successful Sicilian against Csaba 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bb3 and now the pawn Balogh, I decided to continue playing 1. e4 on d6 is forever weakened.

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A smart move provoking White to exchange 27. ... Kxg6 28. e5+ Kg7 29. Nxh5+) 28. Nxh5 34. Qxh5 pawns or to block the whole kingside with f5- three pawns and a dominating position for a f6. piece; if 25. ... Qxc8 26. e5! exf5 27. Ndxf5 21. Qd3 opening up the king—a crushing position. 26. Qf3 The queen is defending the f5-pawn and is also creating an unpleasant tactical threat: fxg6 I was deeply focused on my plan to sacrifice followed by e4-e5. the knight on h5 and possibly checkmate his Exchanging pawns does not bring White king. any advantage. I would be concerned playing 26. ... e5 two knights versus two bishops in an open position. 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Rf1 Bd7 is even. The best chance to resist was 26. ... Bb7 27. Nxh5 exf5! with an unclear position. 21. ... Kh7 27. Nc2 Defending the g6-pawn from the e4-e5 tactic. An extra pawn for White and Black’s king Too dangerous is 21. ... b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 The new perfect place for the knight is going is still incredibly weak; the attack is unstoppable. 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. e5. to be on d5 (Nc2-e3-d5). 34. ... Rc8 35. Nf5+ Kg8 36. Qg4 Rc7 37. h5 Bc8 38. Qf3 a5 39. g6 d5 40. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Rc1 27. ... Kg8 41. exd5, Black resigned. Play on both sides when you can. Rc1 wors - The king is safer on g8 and now Black wants Illia resigned. I am still very proud of this ens Black’s queen position while improving its to open the center with ... d6-d5. result and especially happy with the way I own. 28. Ne3 executed my attack and simultaneously kept an 22. ... Qd7 23. Nce2 No need to hurry with the knight sacrifice. eye on my opponent’s counterplay. Time to improve the location of my pieces. First I take care of Black’s counterplay ... d6- The knight on c3 was limited; it’s headed to g3 d5. If 28. Nxh5 immediately, Black has a great SEMI-SLAV DEFENSE, from where it can potentially be sacrificed for response: 28. ... d5! White has to retreat the MERAN SYSTEM (D48) the h5-pawn. knight back to defend the f5-pawn. 29. Ng3 GM Nana Dzagnidze (FIDE 2557, GEO) (29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. gxf6 dxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxf5 WGM Nazi Paikidze (FIDE 2408, GEO) 23. ... Bb7 24. Ng3 suddenly, Black’s position is preferable) 29. ... European Women Ind.Ch (7), Tbilisi, Next is Qd3-f3 and the knight sacrifice on dxe4 30. Qxe4 gxf5 31. Qxe5 Bd6 32. Qc3 Bxg3 Georgia, 05.13.2011 h5. 33. Qxg3 Bb7 White still has an extra pawn The European Women’s Individual Champi- 24. ... Rbc8 but as positioned Black is doing alright; Black’s onship is an annual tournament that gathers bishop can become quite dangerous on e4. the best women players in Europe to determine Black wants to exchange one pair of rooks 28. ... Bb7 the strongest woman on the continent. It is to get more space for his pieces (right now also a qualifier for the Women’s World Cham - Black’s position is somewhat cramped), but I pi onship. After a good start at the 2011 edition, believe this was a waste of valuable time. The I was paired up against my home country’s rule of thumb is “counter a wing attack with a (GEO) #1 seed, GM Nana Dzagnidze. She had center attack.” been among the top 10 women in the world 24. ... e5!? 25. Nf3 stops Black from playing according to FIDE ratings for the previous six ... d6-d5, but on the other hand, it takes up the years and was an inspiration for me growing square for the white queen (Qf3-Nxh5 was the up. I will always have a huge amount of respect plan). (25. Nde2 d5! and Black will manage to for her. exchange queens or open up the center helping to activate his bishops.) 25. ... Rfd8 was a much 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 better continuation for Black. I chose to play a solid opening: Semi-Slav Defense, a wildly popular choice for Black. 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 Now it is time! White has two main lines here: 29. Nxh5!! gxh5 5. e3 The move 29. ... d5 does not work anymore Leading to the Meran or Anti-Meran Varia - because 30. Ng4 wins for White. tion. 30. f6 Or Botvinnik Variation 5. Bg5 dxc4 (5. ... h6 also known as Moscow Variation). White gets the piece back immediately, because moving the bishop to d8 will soon 5. ... Nbd7 6. Bd3 result in a checkmate. See below for the line. (see diagram top of next page) 30. ... Rd8 The Meran Variation. 30. ... Bd8 31. Qxh5 Bxe4+ 32. Ka2 no escape 6. Qc2 is what is known as the Anti-Meran Taking with the bishop is the only option. from Qh6-Qg7 or Ng4-Nh6. Black’s king is Variation. White does not lose a tempo on If 25. ... Rxc8 26. Nxe6! wins 26. ... fxe6 27. defenseless. developing a bishop on d3, then retaking the fxg6+ Kg8 (Black’s king is fatally exposed after 31. fxe7 Qxe7 32. Nf5 Qe6 33. Nh6+ Kg7 pawn on c4 (again with the bishop).

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good options to choose from, all of them I did not consider any other moves, and resulting in a very sharp position: 14. Ng5 (14. rightly so as both 20. ... Ng4? 21. Nf5 0-0 22. Nd4; 14. Qe2; 14. e5). Bf4 and 20. ... Nfd7? 21. Nf5 are better for 13. ... Nc5 14. b4 White. 21. Nf5 Ne6 A very aggressive move. However, I think White should be playing in the center, not on the wing. Now if 14. dxe6 Black can retake with the knight 14. ... Nxe6 and the position looks less dangerous for Black; 14. Qe2 was a better way to continue. 14. ... cxb3 e.p. 15. axb3 6. ... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Another popular continuation is 8. Be2. 8. ... Bb7 9. 0-0 a6 The idea of ... a6 is simple: play ... c6-c5 and challenge the center before White develops the My knights are better than hers! 21. ... 0-0 queenside. still was not the right time to castle, due to an 10. e4 c5 11. d5 interesting sacrifice 22. Bxh6!? gxh6 23. Nxh6+ Kh7 24. Nf5 with very good compensation. The modern reaction to 10. ... c5. If 11. e5 there is an interesting line that 22. N3d4? follows: 11. ... cxd4 12. Nxb5 (12. Nxd4? Nxe5 A mistake that allows Black to take the initi - loses a pawn) 12. ... Bxf3 (12. ... axb5 13. exf6 15. ... h6! ative; White should have continued developing Qxf6 14. Bxb5 with an unclear position) 13. the pieces: Bb2, Rfe1, etc. Qxf3 Nd5 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15. Qe4 Nxd3 16. Now Black has time to ask White’s knight Qxd3 resulting in a quite simplified position to leave, which eases up the pressure on the 22. ... Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bc5 24. Bb2 with equal chances. e6-pawn. Now 24. Nf5 does not work because 24. ... 11. ... c4 16. Nf3 b4 Qxe5 wins material. 24. ... Qb6? Trying to gain a space advantage on the Now asking the second knight to move and queenside, but also opening the c5-square for leave White’s central pawns hanging. This allows the knight back to f5. I should my d7-knight. 17. Ne2 have taken the second extra pawn 24. ... Qxe5 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Rfe1 0-0. 12. Bc2 Qc7 If 17. Na4 I was planning on 17. ... exd5 18. exd5 0-0-0 Castling long side when the c-file 25. Rad1 is open seems very dangerous, but Black wins the d5-pawn and will have very active pieces that compensate for the open king. 17. ... Rd8 Putting pressure on the central pawns. 18. Ng3?! The first inaccurate move for White. The knight on e2 was very well placed, supporting Bc1-f4 (a sequence that Nana should have played). 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Ned4. This all fit into my home preparation. I had evaluated this position simply as equal, but 18. ... Be7 Better was 25. Nf5 0-0 with the idea of 26. during the game I realized how complicated Waiting to take the pawn on d5, because Nxg7 Kxg7 27. e6+ Kh7 28. Qg4 with an unclear the position truly was. Black is behind in devel - king safety is priority #1. Black needs to castle position. opment, with the king still in the center, and as soon as possible. 25. ... 0-0 the e6-pawn is already a target. I understood 19. Qe2 exd5 Finally! that I had to play very accurately to maintain equality. I side step White’s trap 19. ... 0-0? 20. d6! 26. Kh1? following an e5 . 13. Ng5 This was not the right time to make a 20. e5 prophylaxis move. 26. Nf5 was still good for I was surprised with my opponent’s decision. White. I thought 13. dxe6 was a very natural and logical If 20. exd5 0-0 Black has finished developing continuation, weakening my e6-pawn even and is ready to win the d5-pawn. 26. ... a5! more. 13. ... fxe6 And here White has many 20. ... Nfe4 I believe my opponent missed this move with

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34. ... Kh8! I am proud of this move. Now that my king’s safety was assured, Black is ready to switch over to the queenside and realize my advantage. 35. Rfd1 Qxb3 36. Nxd4 Qc4 37. Qc2 Bb4 38. e6?

The last decisive mistake: my opponent was in tremendous time trouble. It is always difficult “This combination of training mind to play when your position is already very bad. 38. ... fxe6 39. Qa4 Rf8 40. Qc2 Rxf4 41. (chess) and body (healthy nutrition plus Nf3 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 fitness) paid off at the tournament.”

the strong idea of ... Ba6, getting rid of the bad bishop. 27. f3 Ba6 28. Bd3 Nc3! Forcing an exchange that severely weakens White’s queenside. Additionally, Black gets a very strong pawn on c3! 42. ... Rh4+ 29. Bxc3 bxc3 30. Nf5 A nice finishing combination. White is still trying to create an attack on 43. Nxh4 Qxh4+ the kingside. After 30. Bxa6 Bxd4 Black has a My opponent resigned due to an unavoid - dominating position and an extra pawn. able checkmate: 44. Kg1 Bc5+ 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. ... Bxd3 31. Rxd3 d4 32. f4 Rfe8 46. Ke2 Qxg2+ 47. Ke1 Qg1+ 48. Ke2 Qf2+ 49. Kd1 Qf1 mate. (see diagram next column) I decided that I could retreat my bishop to f8 (where it defends the king) and use my other Black’s position is much better. Now it is Read about Paikidze’s win at the U.S. time to find the perfect balance between defense pieces to advance my connected passers. Womens’ Championship in the July 2016 and a continuation that furthers my own plans. 33. h4 Bf8 34. h5 Chess Life.

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The American Swiss Open and You The dystopian environment of large open events (and our love-hate relationship with them).

By PETE KARAGIANIS

YOU KNOW THE FEELING. Taylor riffs into Velvet Underground before the FRIDAY You wake up, or have been awake. steady bass of The Kills takes over. But no matter You aren’t sure. Before the tournament, you WEDNESDAY night you check the pre- how much advance preparation you have done, signed up for texted and e-mailed pairings, to registra tions. You find your name. You mentally Interstate 55 is a merciless concrete overlord. cover both bases. You check your phone. You do the math. You add up all the entrants and You cannot avoid the smiting in the form of a check your e-mail. Nothing. It’s an hour before split them into halves then pair yourself. This bottleneck near 355 and 294, where it seems the round and you’d like to prepare but instead is your pre-tournament ritual, for opens there is a perpetual accident and a perpetual you distract yourself with your morning ritual. anyway. Just to get an idea. To mentally prepare standstill. You glance at the dashboard clock and You think, how am I tired already? I haven’t yourself. Alright, you say, not too bad, you say. realize you will not make an international master even played a game. You take a yogurt from You’ll play some sort of 2450 in round one. norm this year. You call ahead, grudgingly, and the fridge and a banana from the counter and You breathe deeply then exhale. There is a bit request a first round bye. go to find coffee. of excitement but something else, also, You reach Wheeling around 9 p.m. and pass Your phone vibrates five minutes before the something more insidious. Something in the by the Westin Northshore to continue south on posted round time and you eagerly unlock it to vicinity of apprehension but not specifically Milwaukee and find the Polish grocer you find a text from the Continental Chess apprehension itself. What? You think. You take remember from the previous year to stock your Association (CCA). You’re playing a grand - another deep breath and remember, five days. fridge meagerly with enough nutrition to sus tain master. Good luck. Now in these five minutes Five long days of hours at a time spent at the a missed meal here or there. This is all part of you need to return your phone to your 11th chessboard. Five long days of bad eating habits, it—your experience. Every minute counts, every floor room then hoof it quickly back down to sleep deprivation, stress, analysis, preparation. minute of sleep, every minute on the clock. You the playing hall, find a scoresheet, find your You’ve been train ing. You’ve played in this must eliminate the waste. You must become a board, shake hands, and etc. etc. (The etc. is the event before. You feel ready, don’t you? You model of efficiency, both on and off the chessboard. important part! —Henry Miller) know the grind. So this first round absence allots you a small The tournament room is tremendous, which You close the laptop and take another deep advantage in one regard: you’ve got time to shop. it needs to be to hold upwards of the eventual breath. You put it on the bedside table. You lay After you finally get everything into the room 855 entrants between the multiple sections and back and pull the sheets up. Your bags are you head downstairs. You nod to friends, acquain- schedules. Five wooden double-door entrances packed. Tomorrow, you work, then it’s up to tances, last year’s opponents. You check out the give way to a high vaulted ceiling with layers The City for nearly a week of something much round one action in the smaller ball room. You of lights that, you do not yet know, will occa- more than work, or play. think, maybe this is another small advantage: it’s sionally turn off throughout the course of the You close your eyes. You open them again. hot and cramped in here. You walk along the top tournament when a wayward participant or You sleep, don’t you? boards, evenly but narrowly spaced and covered observer leans into the wrong part of the wall with clean white tablecloths. It’s quiet and serene. and knocks a switch or two or all of them. THURSDAY Your day goes by in a blur. You watch the “Super-GM,” 2737-rated Yu When this happens, you will look up, share a You remember to throw your bags in the SUV Yangyi, in live action and again you regret your chuckle with your opponent, duly wait to be before heading into work so you can get out bye, you want to be in the fray ... but so it is. able to see the board once more, and then quickly. You have the car fully gassed. You have You return for the room. For the first time all continue as if nothing had happened. Which PHOTO: BETSY DYNAKO your playlist already made, and Hound Dog day you look in the mirror. really, nothing did.

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Swiss Events / Chicago Open observer leans into the wrong part of the wall contenders, withdrawals, and those who just ridiculous. Round four hasn’t yet started and and knocks a switch or two or all of them. want to somehow will their bodies to finish it’s 2 a.m. So much for your eight hours. When this happens, you will look up, share a the marathon, at any cost. You’re in category Tensions are high, a rumor comes out about chuckle with your opponent, duly wait to be three. You accept the physical and mental toll corrupted pairings, errors left and right, every able to see the board once more, and then as a necessary step. The previous night, over posted standings sheet has a plethora of incor - continue as if nothing had happened. Which dinner, your friend states the obvious, “This is rect scores. Arguments break out, yelling. Bill really, nothing did. why they play only one game a day in Europe.” Goichberg himself comes out and adjusts scores You nod. Then you postulate, “Maybe that’s and pairings by hand. They re-pair. They take them down. They re-pair again. This happens SATURDAY To think, the Under sections what happened to Yangyi in the first few rounds.” The Super-GM only managed 1½/3, four times in one round. have only played one game thus far. Saturday You lay on the floor of the Westin hallway morning, you blink yourself awake and check perhaps as he adapted to the grueling American open schedule. and close your eyes. Next to you, GM Illia your phone. Of course, no pairing. Day two of So, Sunday, the sections define themselves, Nyzhnyk sleeps sitting up. the routine, a routine that must end in coffee a final positioning before Monday, money day In the fifth and final round, in game two because already your legs feel heavier, your for those close enough to the top. against your opponent, you capture his king, eyelids stick more firmly to one another. You The next part of the story shouldn’t be true, which he, nearly asleep himself, has left in take a little longer to get dressed. And then it’s for your sake. You should never have to put check. You both laugh and shake hands. You downstairs. There is a sort of monotony in the up with this. I feel for you, really, I do. look at your watch. 3:01. repetitiveness. Elevator, parking lot, Dunkin’ But you can’t make this stuff up. Catastropha. coffee, parking lot, lobby, hallway, pairing Tired and wanting to unwind, you finish Never again, you tell yourself. Never again board, yellow sheet, your name, board number, your seventh round at a decent time and allow will I subject myself to this mis-managed pen, scoresheet, the shuffle of bodies in the yourself to be talked into the Chicago Open disaster. playing room, seat, drink on table, pen down, blitz tournament. It starts at ten, so you think, shake hands, Tour nament Director Steve alright, midnight, 12:30 at the latest, then you’ll MONDAY You lose both games. Immitt’s glorious and rhythmic memorized get a solid eight hours of sleep. Sure, let’s do it. announcements, press clock, and then. The first round of blitz finishes around 10:30, TUESDAY You wake up around noon and Then. not too far behind schedule. Then you wait. phone the front desk for a late checkout. Four to five more hours of pure energy And you wait. You go into the city and meet your sister at consumption. And you wait some more. a Portuguese and Macanese fusion restaurant. Maybe you get lunch maybe you pass out on Round two starts just before 11:30. It’s alright, but you can barely taste anything. the perfectly-made hotel bed in between rounds By round three it is already one in the morning. “How was it?” She asks. without even pulling down the covers. The halls, crowded with those who braved “I’m dead,” you say. the blitz, including some of the top grand masters The Open section was won by GM Vladimir Belous SUNDAY Then, disaster strikes. In the from the Open section, start to thin out as of the Russian Federation, who managed a clear first words of GM Nikola Mitkov, “Catastropha.” players simply give up and wander back to the score with a 7½/9 score. You can see more games Sunday is moving day in all sections as the room, probably not even bothering to withdraw. and a full tournament report by Karagianis in the field separates itself into three categories: And why should they, you think? This is US Chess News June archives at uschess.org. ~ed. GAMES

FOUR QUEENS capture as it will result in a worse position 37. Qxf6+ Todd Freitag (2228) after: 35. ... Kxf7 36. Qb7+ Kg6 37. Qxb2 White A destructive sacrifice which mates, but there IM Michael Mulyar (2499) has a solid extra pawn. 25th Annual Chicago Open (1), Wheeling was a quicker way. Very instructive: both black Illinois, 05.26.2016 36. f8=Q+ queens can only look on from the other side of the board. “The queen belongs near the king.” However, allowing a second white queen to Of course, this old maxim means near both appear on the board is forced mate. your own king ... and theirs. 36. ... Kg6 Faster was 37. Qce8+, leading to mate in six for the purists among you. 37. ... Kxf6 38. Bh4+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kg8 40. Qxe6+ Kg7 41. Bf6+ Kf8 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qe8+, Black resigned. Black resigned in light of 43. ... Bf8 44. Qe6 mate.

AFTER 35. gxf7 BIRD’S OPENING (A03) IM Ruifeng Li (2631) 35. ... b1=Q IM Denys Shmelov (2480) 25th Annual Chicago Open (7), .Wheeling, Black probably did not want to simply re - Illinois, 05.29.2016

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This seventh round encounter between IM recoup the b5-pawn—which he likely can—it 27. ... fxg5 28. Bxg5 Qf7 Ruifeng Li and IM Denys Shmelov featured a will cost him c5 in the process. For example: No better is 28. ... Bf6 29. Bd2 followed by Reversed Dutch where White was able to create 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. cxb5 Nb4 23. g4-g5. a powerful attack on the kingside, culminating Qc4+ Kf8 24. Rc1. 29. Bd2 in an instructive breakthrough sacrifice. 20. Rh1 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Very nice—White removes his own pieces So, Black’s queenside pawn break has not 0-0 0-0 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 from being in the way of his pawns. come through and White can continue his plans The other main moves are 7. c3 and 7. Qe1. on the kingside. 29. ... Rd8 30. g5 7. Nc3 is the worst “scoring” move and invites 20. ... Bf7 21. Qc2 Objectively, the position remains equal. 7. ... d4, after which White will have an extra However, “a difficult position is difficult to pawn headed towards the king, though it will play.” White’s side is much easier to play, and be doubled. While White doesn’t score well so it is not a surprise that he is able to convert. here in the database, the path of this game One interesting aspect of this sacrifice is that suggests there is more to White’s position than there are very few forcing variations—White’s the percentages would indicate. threats are not obvious or direct. This sort of 7. ... d4 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Nc6 10. Kh1 position, with vague threats hanging consis- e5 tently around your king—is extremely tough to play well in practical games. 30. ... Rdd6 An illustration of my comment on the preceding move: it is unclear how this move 21. ... Na5 improves Black’s position. Although it is also unclear what move WOULD have improved Now 21. ... b5, however, is probably appro - it. It is interesting to note that the top two priate when a likely continuation is 22. axb5 engine suggestions were both king moves: 30. axb5 (One of the tips I give to students regarding ... Ke7 and 30. ... Ke8. This is the real power of the middlegame [which, I admit, is rather over - White’s knight sacri fice: Black’s defense is simplified] is this: “Find your pawn breaks and uncertain. play them before the other guy does.”) 23. Rxa8 The engines don’t seem to like this move, Rxa8 24. cxb5 Na7 (Black will regain the b- 31. Kg1 Ke8 32. Qe1 though it seems natural enough to me. Perhaps pawn and has swapped a pair of rooks, which because it invites White’s response. Repositioning with the “threat” of taking on should lessen the pressure on his king.) 25. Ra1 a5, which Black responds to, though perhaps Stronger and more flexible is 10. ... Qb6, (25. b6 Nc8) 25. ... Rb8. continuing development and opening d8 for a he shouldn’t. rook, while simultaneously hitting b2. It seems 22. b3 Kf8 23. Rab1 32. ... Nb7 based on the course of this game that Black White’s patience with his kingside plans is Maybe Black should have allowed 32. ... Kd7 may be advised to be patient with his e-pawn admirable. 33. Bxa5 bxa5 34. Qxa5 when White wins a and look for flexible develop ment. Of course, pawn, but loses an attacking piece. one question is what to do with the c8-bishop. 23. ... Rc8 24. Qc1 Rc6 25. Rh3 Bg8 26. Though White has the same question for c1. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qg3 Kd7 34. f6 11. b3 Preventing ... c5-c4 and relieving some White’s vague threats become concrete. pressure on b2. And after 11. ... Rd8 the position is unclear. 34. ... Rxf6 35. gxf6 Bxf6 36. Rf1 11. f5 f6 12. g4 g5 Black attempts to close the kingside and take matters elsewhere, but White is not happy to oblige. 13. h4 h6 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. c4 Bd7 16. Bd2 Rfb8 17. a4 White, in turn, tries to keep the queenside as closed as possible, and prevents Black’s pawn break ... b7-b5 for now. 27. Nxg5 17. ... b6 18. Kg1 A very nice sacrifice, though by no means White’s king clears the h-file. forced. In exchange for the knight, White nets And all of White’s pieces seem perfectly two pawns (both of which—g/f—are passed) placed to finish the game. 18. ... a6 19. Kf2 Be8 that he can rush towards the enemy king. Black, 36. ... Qe8 37. Rh6, Black resigned. The move 19. ... b5 unfortunately doesn’t meanwhile, has issues with piece coordination— quite seem to work. The issue is the c5-pawn the a8-rook and a5-knight cannot participate Black resigned in light of: 37. ... Be7 38. Rxc6 becomes very weak and even if Black is able to well in the defense. The white pieces rush in. Kxc6 39. Qxe5 with a material and positional

www.uschess.org 31 Swiss Events / Chicago Open advantage, plus a myriad of threats. 14. ... Bxa6 15. Be5 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. No better is 31. Nxb4 Bxb1 32. Rxb1 Qxh3. Rfb1 Rb8 18. Ra2 Nf5 19. e3 Ne7 20. Rab2 31. ... Rxb4 32. Qxb4 Qxh3 ENGLISH OPENING (A15) Nc6 21. d4 GM Denes Boros (2514) White’s “threat” of 21. Rxb6 is prevented by Apart from the unpleasant pin on the knight, GM Yaroslav Zherebukh (2662) tactical means: 21. ... Nb4 which intercepts the the white king is in mortal danger. 25th Annual Chicago Open (3), Wheeling, defender while hitting the queen. 33. Qe7 Rf8 Illinois, 05.28.2016 21. ... Nb4 22. Qc3 Even stronger is 33. ... Be4 34. Qxd8+ Kg7. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Probably best was 22. Qb3, to hold the a- 34. Rc1 Be4 0-0 g6 pawn. White chose to part with it but was A nice original game. I was particularly unable to get enough play in return. impressed with Black’s handling of her majesty. 22. ... Qxa4 23. h4 Rfc8 24. h5 KING’S INDIAN DEFENSE, CLASSICAL VARIATION (E91) FM Matthew Larson (2377) GM Illia Nyzhnyk (2718) 25th Annual Chicago Open (1), Wheeling, Illinois, 05.26.2016 FM Matthew Larson’s first round encounter with GM Illia Nyzhnyk propelled him to an international master norm. These sort of double-fianchetto setups seem 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. ideal, practically, for open tournaments. They Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. h4 likely avoid specific preparation and are aimed at just “getting a position” to play. Moreover, Now we see the idea of 22. Qc3—White is they introduce imbalanced play which is ideal hoping to use his h-pawn in conjunction with when a win is at a premium as you play against the queen on the long diagonal. the field. 24. ... Qe8 6. Qc2 Bg7 7. b4 Returning the queen to the action ... “the Very logical—White goes for a space grab. queen belongs near the king” ... and also Already the position is reaching original preparing to parry threats on g7. territory. 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Bh3 Rd8 27. h6 Qf8 28. 7. ... 0-0 8. Bb2 c5 9. b5 dxc5 bxc5 29. Nc2 Qxh6 Consistent—space. But maybe bxc5 was The queen has done all the heavy lifting and preferable. Now Black can immediately counter Black stands better. A sideline that scores rather well for White in the center. Perhaps it would have been wiser 30. Qxc5 —over 50 percent in my database (where Black for White to seek some play along the b-file, manages to win barely 13 percent of the time). e.g.: 9. bxc5 bxc5 10. Nc3 and now if 10. ... d5 A mistake, I suspect White overlooked The idea is to exploit the recent departure of 11. Rab1. Black’s very strong reply. the king’s knight from f6 by launching a quick Best was 30. Bg2 when Black will have to kingside attack on the squares h5/g4, which 9. ... d5 10. Ne5 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Na3 Rc8 return at least one of the pawns after 30. ... the f6-knight previously controlled. Rdc8 31. Nxb4 cxb4 32. Qd2 The b-pawn will 8. ... Nc6 9. d5 be captured and White has reasonable practical chances to hold. White has no intention of allowing Black 30. ... Bd3! to fight for d4 with the quick ... e7-e5. 9. ... Na5 10. Rc1 c5 The continuation 10. ... Bxf3 11. gxf3 opening the g-file only helps White’s goals.

11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 h5 13. g4 Another plan was 13. a3 attempting to take over both sides of the board while exploiting Visually, Black’s pieces appear more harmoni - the position of the a5-knight was also ous although it’s difficult to see a concrete plan interesting, though less in the spirit of White’s for either side. idea. 13. ... b6 14. b4 Nb7 15. 0-0 for example. 13. ... Nf6 14. gxh5 Nxh5 15. Rg1 Qd7 16. 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. bxa6 Qf3 Kh7 17. Ke2 Bf6 18. b3 e5 Suddenly, too much material is hanging. Very logical—perhaps White can make use of the half-open b-file, after all. 31. Rxb4 (see diagram top of next page)

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Very precise—temporarily denying black Somewhere around this position, I was pieces the e5-square while also increasing kibitzing on this game in the skittles room and pressure on the black king (f5). another player overheard me say, “Larson is 24. ... Nd4+ 25. Kd3 Bg7 winning.” He asked, “Can’t Black just hold on the dark squares?” The problem is the queenside It was necessary to do something about f4- pawns are particularly weak. A common plan f5. Maybe 25. ... Nc6, planning ... Ne5 in the in these positions is to use the rook to help event of f5. thewhite king reach an optimal position and 26. f5 Nxf5 27. Bg5 Nh6 then at the appropriate moment, return to reach a won king plus pawn Now White is able to remove the queens, ending. and the brave king on d3 is perfectly fine. 46. Rh1 Ke6 Objectively, probably the start of where 28. Qxh5 gxh5 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Rg5 things begin to go wrong for Black. It seems Re5 31. Rcg1 Ng4 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Nf3 46. ... Bf8 keeps the b-pawn for now. 47. in this structure, maybe ... a7-a6 and b7-b5 and Rh8 Kg7 and White still has to demonstrate a playing on the queenside made more sense. breakthrough. 48. Rh5 Kf6 49. e5 dxe5 50. Ke4! A sample line with a plan is 18. ... a6 Now, Bd6 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Kd5 breaks in. The idea how should White continue the attack? 19. Nf1 of these moves (Rh5/Kg4) is to bring the rook This knight maneuver makes the most practical to g8, after which ... Ke7 is forced (to defend sense to me, trying to loosen up the h5-square the bishop and prevent Rb8 captures b-pawn). and break through. (19. Bg5) 19. ... b5 20. Ng3 49. ... b6 50. Rg5 Black is running out of moves Nxg3+ 21. Rxg3 (h4-h5 is now significant) 21. ... 50. ... Ke7 51. Rg8 And the white king will ... Be5 (21. ... bxc4 22. h5) 22. Rh3 bxc4 23. h5 at last reach f5, while the black pieces are totally g5 24. Bxg5 cxb3 While this line is not forced, tied down. it becomes clear in many of these variations 47. Rh8 b6 48. Rb8 Bf6 49. Rxb6 Bc3 50. that it is critical that Black has broken through Ke3 Bb4 51. Rb8 f6 52. Rb7 Ba3 53. Rh7 on the queenside. Black will try to make some sort of blockade Bb4 54. Rh5 Ba3 55. Rd5 Bb2 56. Rf5 19. dxe6 e.p. but with so many weak pawns (f7, h5, d6) it is Ba3 57. Kf4 Bb2 58. Kg4 Be5 59. Kh5 Kf7 very hard to hold this position. 60. Kh6 Bd4 61. Kh7 Be3 62. Rf3 Bg5 63. Also very logical and consistent would be Rf2 Ke6 64. Kg6 Ke5 65. Rf5+ Ke6 66. 19. Nf1 with a plan similar to that mentioned 33. ... Bf4 34. Ke2 Kg6 35. Ne1 Bh2 36. Rd5 Be3 67. Rh5 Bd4 68. Rh8 Ke5 69. in the note above (h4-h5). Rg2 Be5 37. Nd3 Bf6 38. Nf2 Bxh4 39. Re8+ Kf4 70. Re6 Be5 71. Rxf6+ Kxe4 72. Nxg4 hxg4 40. Rxg4+ Bg5 41. Rg1 Kf6 Rf2 Kd3 73. Kf5 a4 74. Rf3+ Kd4 75. Rh3 19. ... Qxe6 20. Nd5 Nc6 42. Kf3 a5 43. Rh1 Kg7 44. Rd1 Be7 45. a3 76. Ke6 Ke4 77. Rh7 Bc3 78. Kxd6 Kf4 Kf6 It’s difficult to evaluate this decision. Yes, the Bb4 79. Rh3 Kd4 80. Kc6 Ke4 81. Kb5 knight on d5 is very powerful and arguably Kd4 82. Ka4 Ke4 83. Rh8, Black worth the a8-rook. Black instead plays for resigned. tempo—returning his knight to the action— Next month in Chess Life: We celebrate our and probably has enough for the Exchange when 70th Anniverary with a look back at the you also count the uncertain situation of the magazine’s history. white king. Nonetheless, Larson is able to consolidate very carefully and use the material long-term. 21. Nc7 Qe7 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Qg4 Re8 24. f4

At A Glance 25th Annual Chicago Open

Date: May 26-30, 2016 | Location: Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, Wheeling, Illinois | 8558 players, 8 sections | Top Finishers: 1 1 Open, 1st, 7 ⁄2: Vladimir Belous; 2nd-4th, 7: Varuzhan Akobian, Vasif Durarbayli, Wenjun Ju; 5th-8th, 6 ⁄2: Yangyi Yu, Illia Nyzhnyk, 1 Andrey Stukopin, Elshan Moradiabadi; Under 2300, 1st, : Chao Zhang; 2nd, 6: Hanxiang Li; 3rd-6th, 5 ⁄2: Hugo Miguel Padilla, Ryan Dungca, Jackson Wahl, Ernest Colding; Under 2100, 1st, 7: Thalia Cervantes; 2nd-4th, 6: Erwin B. Casareno, Aswath Bommannan, 1 William H Brock; Under 1900, 1st-4th, 6:: Jack Hanson, Zvonko Juric, Nikolas J Theiss, William Stewart; Under 1700, 1st, 6 ⁄2: Mikheil 1 Tsiklauri; 2nd-4th, 6: Charles Prude, Dominic A Johnson, Ashton Jin; Under 1500, 1st, 6 ⁄2: Vishaal Meduri; 2nd-3rd, 6: Luis A. 1 1 Goodrich, Iskender Arda Sonmez; Under 1300, 1st, 6 ⁄2: Michael Lin2; 2nd-6th, 5 ⁄2: Kevin Cahill, Aswin Chirukandath, Rohan Padhye, Zachary J. Glicken, Cuu V. Dang. | Chief Tournament Director: William Goichberg..

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The Stillwater Effect “ ... that is the unequivocal beauty of the game: it is the intersection of human understanding with application.”

By PETE KARAGIANIS

Editor’s Note: This article was originally slated for a later issue. However, due to the Frank Berry obituary we placed in this issue on page 12, we have moved it up to this month.

n 2009, I played a 141-move draw with LM/NM/UGM (Undiscovered ended up with a stellar 8½/10—and clear second. The Berry brothers, Grandmaster) (see end of the article for all footnotes) Brian Wall, from Oklahoma’s chess enthusiasts extraordinaire and a pair of the finest I     Colorado, en route to a 7½ /9 score at the North American Open in organizers I’ve ever met, hosted the FIDE-rated marathon that Stillwater, Oklahoma. I took one half-point bye to see Robin Hood with contained this now-infamous 141-mover, of which I still have a picture Russell Crowe late Saturday night to finish 8/10 and that bye was the of Brian and I battling it out somewhere near move 100 while Frank difference between a tie for first with Brian—who took no byes and Berry, the chief tournament director, stands nearby clad in a polo shirt

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and cargo shorts with his arms folded in front of him, exasperated and wanting to pair the next round. But on we went. Brian nearly hit the 50-move mark —and a draw by rule—of no pawn moves or captures (by my count, it was move 48) before advancing his one remaining pawn and prolonging the torment. Foolishly, I traded into the rook ending because I knew I could control the third rank, in the standard theoret ical rook versus rook plus pawn Philidor position draw, only to then immediately move my rook off the third rank for no good reason at all. And then Brian tortured me. For what seemed like forever. It was forever; we played 45 minutes past the next scheduled round time. The 30-second incre - ment can be an absolute godsend but can also be a real pain in the behind, sometimes. But, I held. In the one picture, the last remaining visual evidence of the I got into rook endgames like a college freshman who has just discovered Bob Marley and lava lamps.

incident, both Brian and I, the tournament co-leaders at that point, wear a mild smirk as we are surrounded by onlookers, some of whom carry their drinks from a lunch they were lucky enough to have eaten—a lunch Brian and I were forced to skip while hard at work missing forced draws and wins, mis-playing convoluted short-side-long-side rook plus pawn theory, and generally looking like novices. Like every disaster, there was fallout. After the 141- move blunderfest, Brian fired off a long and hilarious e-mail to his tens of thousands of followers subscribed to his mailing list about our clash for the ages and I went off into a hole somewhere and studied rook endgames. Like, for serious. I got into rook endgames like a college freshman who has just discovered Bob Marley and lava lamps. I bought a bunch of books for less than a dollar each off Amazon and played through dozens of old Capablanca games. While I was doing this—over a period of months, mind you—a strange phenomenon occurred. Slowly, all of my tournament games found their way into becoming rook endings. It’s like I somehow psychologically steered my way towards them. I fated or willed my way into rook plus pawns versus rook plus pawns and tried my best to win them all, with varying success. Fast forward five years to the 2014 Chicago Open. I go undefeated with four wins and three draws, scoring 5½/7 in the Under 2300 section, tying for second. Five of the games are rook endings: two wins, three

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magician with my rooks. Even down a pawn in complex scenarios, I was drawing easily. Equal pawns you had to be careful or I’d squeeze. Up a pawn it’s all over but the crying. That’s how I felt: give me the slightest edge in rook-and-pawn and I’ll wave my wand and mystify you with my excruciatingly acquired knowledge gained on my deep spiritual journey into the depths of rook endings. It was a comfort zone born of an obsession. I knew every idea, every in and out, every way to maximize the potential of the ending. I It was a comfort zone born of an obsession. I knew every idea, every in and out, every way to maximize the potential of the ending.

felt I was playing them at a “com puteresque” level. Fast forward again, 18 months later, to Jan uary 2016 ... no, let’s back up a bit. I played in my first ever Tim Just Winter Open in 2002. It was held at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois and I dropped 27 rating points from 1800 even down to 1773. I remember two things from the event: first, watching FM Albert Chow and Aleksandr Stamnov play on the top two boards and thinking it was really cool (little did I know, then, they would be my future nemeses in the mid-2000 years as a young master myself in almost every Illinois tournament) and second, eating in between every round at this tiny little joint called Wayne’s Pizza which sold giant wedges of thin crust pizza by the slice. Wayne’s still exists. I checked. In 2004, I crashed through the 2000 expert rating barrier for the first time at the Tim Just Winter Open. I was 20 years old. I was so excited I ran out of the tournament hall after round five and called my mother, who I also then asked for money as I was a broke college student and would need an extra night in the hotel due to a blizzard that set in during round five. Ten years later, in 2015, I crossed 2300 for the first time in the live ratings after round four of the Tim Just Winter Open, but dipped back to 2295 after a last- round loss to IM-elect Eric Rosen. Whether for rating purposes, pizza, or otherwise, Tim Just’s yearly event has always held a special place in my heart. Lots of memories. And so I suppose it is no coinci dence that my rook ending odyssey should meet up with Tim Just’s long enduring brainchild sooner or later. And it did, inevitably so, in January of 2016. PHOTO CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK

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It’s a concept present in almost every form pawn to free the miserable h3-rook. 63. Rh8 Re6+ 64. Kf1 Ra6 65. Kg1 Ra1+ 66. Kh2 Ra2+ 67. Kg1 Kg3 68. Kf1 f5 69. Rg8 of martial arts known to man: use your oppo - 37. ... Ra8 nent’s force against him. Let the opponent’s strength cause his downfall. It’s some whole Targeting the isolated a-pawn, though 37. other level zen type thing, the sort of idea ... Kf6 first was also reasonable. One of the first you’d expect to find in a leather bound coffee tricks you learn as an endgame magician is table book that compares eastern philosophy where the pieces belong. a7 seems the best spot to western business practices and is complete for the e-rook for now, while the h-rook will with illustrations of ancient warrior techniques sit on h5. and pictures of serene mountains. 38. Rc3 Ra7 39. e5 Rh5 40. exd6 cxd6 41. Round 1 of the 2016 Tim Just Winter Open f5! saw me paired with talented youth Tom An excellent practical decision. It was Bareket, a game which, of course, reached a necessary to free the rook immediately. rook ending. The following position arose after White’s 37th move: 41. ... Rxf5 42. Rxh4 Rxd5 43. Rb4 b5 44. The crucial moment. Here, I played 69. ... Rcb3 Kf6 45. Re4 Re5 46. Rxe5 dxe5 Kf4 but found a winning idea later, however A ZEN-TYPE THING there is a simple winning theme of using the Tom Bareket (1937) opponent’s pawns against him ... Pete Karagianis (2297) Winter Open-Reserve 2016 (1), Here, 69. ... g4! is thematic and winning. 70. Schaumburg, Illinois, 01.16.2016 hxg4 f4! and the black king can create mate threats against the white king while also supporting the f-pawn to queen all while using White’s own pawn against him. White needs to be able to check the black king away from its commanding position on the g-file but his own white pawn blocks the necessary defensive checks. There is nothing to be done, for exam ple: 71. Rf8 f3 72. Another well-conceived practical decision. Ke1 f2+ 73. Kf1 Ra1+ 74. Ke2 Re1+!. Now White will liquidate the remaining queen - side pawns to confine all of the action to one But the saga didn’t end there. In round two, side of the board. Even better, by drawing the I eked out a win against expert Mark Hamilton BLACK TO PLAY d-pawn to the e-file, White eliminates Black’s in, you guessed it, another rook ending. This . time, I had a passed pawn which was protected, At the moment, white’s f- and h-pawns are In the next phase, Black first achieves a passed Mark had one that was isolated. I had a king seriously working against him: they make the pawn of his own (the f-pawn) then improves that could roam, Mark’s was confined to the rook on h3 essentially a non-factor. And while his position as much as possible by pushing the eighth rank. Like I said, give me the slightest it is true that Black needs to maintain a rook white king back. edge and wham, bang, it’s over. Slightly worse on the h-file to ensure the h3-rook remains in a rook endgame against Karagianis? Might 47. Rxb5 Rxa3 48. Rb6+ Kf5 49. Rb5 Rd3  limited, the black h-rook can activate via the 50. Kg3 g5 51. h3 f6 52. Ra5 Rd4 53. Ra1 as well be down a queen. fifth rank or sweep quickly into the action on e4 54. fxe4+ Rxe4 55. Ra3 Rd4 56. Ra8 So, two rounds of the 2016 Tim Just Winter the eighth at the proper moment. As such, Rd3+ 57. Kg2 Ke4 58. Re8+ Kf4 59. Rh8 Open, two rook endgames. I began to sense White (quite correctly) decides to part with a Rd2+ 60. Kf1 Kg3 61. Ke1 Rd6 62. Rh6 Kf3 a pattern ...

   

Avinash Rajendra (2109) Black could make immediate progress with Pete Karagianis (2297) any of the following moves 40. ... e4, 40. ... f5 Winter Open-Reserve 2016 (3), and 40. ... Kb4. But one thing I learned from Schaumburg, Illinois, 01.16.2016 experience in regard to endings is simple: don’t be in a rush. (see diagram next column) 41. Re2 Kb4 42. Rc2 e4 43. Re2 f5 Black is up a pawn. However, the b-pawn is isolated and Black has yet to achieve a passed White must resort to shuffling back and pawn on the kingside. Key elements to this forth on the second rank while Black improves ending are the squares f3 and a3. Black can post his position with a steady hand. a rook on either square to target a weak white 44. Kc2 Kc4 45. Kd1 b4 pawn, the defense of which will leave White pinned down on the first and second ranks. 40. ... Rf3 Already, 45. ... e3 was very strong, but why

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From Frank Berry: Stillwater History Please see page 12 for our obituary of Frank Berry. The following are notes on Oklahoma chess history that Frank Berry provided to Karagianis for his article. It was a quickly written e-mail that we are leaving largely intact to give a bit of Berry flavor.

The very first time a GM played in Oklahoma was in 1931 when 20-year-old Samuel Reshevsky won a Western States Open in Tulsa. It was later officially called the 1931 U.S. Open but it was a Holland-type tourney.

This was Reshevsky’s first tourney win. Of course, just four years later he was kicking butt in Europe and became a GM.

The first GMs to play in Oklahoma were Arthur Bisguier and Bobby Fischer in 1956 at the OKC U.S. Open. They were IM and Class A at the time.

You know that Evans and Bisguier were granted GM status by FIDE in a SPECIAL DEAL that also gave Tal the GM title (about 1957-58).

None of those three—at the time—technically deserved the title.

Tal had never played outside the USSR. Key victories for Evans-Bisguier were their many U.S. Championships.

The next (and maybe the real first time) an official GM played in Oklahoma was in 1962 at the OK Open in Oklahoma City. Dr. Petar Trufinovic of Yugoslavia played in a large five-round Swiss and tied at 4-1 (3 wins and 2 draws) with a bunch of other pretty strong players. Trufinovic was maybe 20th in the world at the time and known for settling for draws.

The next GM to play in Oklahoma was Eduard Gufeld in February 2000 at a Stillwater five-round Swiss. Then the floodgates opened. No GM actually played in the 1970 North American Opens, but Pal Benko gave a simul in an early event.

not advance the b-pawn even closer? Again, 49. ... e3! The point is if White trades 46. Kc2 g6 47. Kd1 Kd4 48. Rb2 Kc4 49. rooks 50. Rxe3 Rxe3 51. fxe3 Black can simply Re2 Rd3+ regain the pawn with 51. ... Kd3. 50. Kc1 Ra3 51. Kd1 Rc3 52. Rb2 e3 I played ... e3 when it was defended, but this is the wrong moment as now the white king is able to activate. After all that work, Black’s job is now considerably more difficult. 53. Ke2 exf2 54. Kxf2 Rc1

(see diagram next column) 55. Kg2 Rc3 A blunder!  It was better to keep the king off the third rank. However, after 55. Kf3 Rd1 Lesson learned: I immediately return to 56. Kf4 Rd4+ Black is still winning. the third rank, keeping White appropriately

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re strained. All moves lose, but this sped things up. 61. held back by the advancing b-pawn as the 56. Kf2 Ra3 57. Kg2 Kc3 58. Rf2 Ra6 59. Ke3 was objectively best (61. Kf3 Rd2!). supremely active black rook took up a new Kf3 Rd6! 61. ... Rg4 62. Rf3+ Kb2 63. Rf2+ Ka3 64. target: g3. Rg2 f4 Destination: g4, with a similar pin-down What strikes me visually about this exam - theme, only now the g3-pawn is the target. ple is the movement of the black king and rook 60. Kf4 Rd4+ 61. Ke5 compared with that of the white king and rook. The black king and rook moved all over the board, probing for weaknesses and supporting pawns, while the white piece movement was clustered along the first and second ranks and near the weaknesses on f2 and a2 which White was forced to defend. Playing back through the moves on the board, one gets a sense of “squeezed” and “space” and how they affect the actual gameplay. White was not only pinned And Black wins. Note the importance of down, he was literally trapped on the second restricting the a-pawn, which eventually became rank by threats to his pawn structure.

     

If, indeed, “Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe” then it would seem in the seven years since Stillwater I have both imbibed and cleansed myself plenty in the inland bay of the sea known as rook endings and still come out dry. But perhaps that is the unequivocal beauty of the game: it is the intersection of human understanding with application. From the vastness of the sea we must select the appropriate morsel of knowledge, organize it according to accurate priority, and apply the previous two at precisely the correct moment. And that we are ever able to do so is, seemingly, the illustrated miracle of the human brain at work play.

Footnotes Brian with Google. Maybe with some Buffalo Soldier in the background.  I can invent whatever titles I want. Don’t question it.  Ben Munson also donated a collection of Informants  I exaggerate profusely and hope the reader picks up What are titles but arbitrary things based on arbitrary from 1964-2001 to the cause. on my non-serious tone. Though it should be noted, I achievements? Yes, I just got all meta there for a moment.  Gopal Menon’s 5½ won the whole thing the previous battled back from a two-pawns down situation in a  It wasn’t worth it. year. There is no justice in this cruel, cruel world. rook ending against IM Ron Burnett this past August to achieve a technically won game (3P+R versus 1P+R,  He still reminds me of his triumph to this day. In  Don’t think David Blaine think Dumbledore. I had the 3!) only to promptly hang my rook on-move some e-mails about me to his list, he’ll begin with “Pete  Rather obviously, I wasn’t, but that’s rather not the with less than twenty seconds on my clock. I think that Karagianis, who finished half a point behind me in point—the confidence was key. Stillwater because he wanted to watch Russell Crowe counts for something. Or, as they used to say in Iowa,  “Home of the original Breakfast Pizza.” “Garbage in tights …” or etc. and the like. For the record, Crowe “That and a quarter will get you 25-cent gas station Pizza served daily.” was costumed in leather chaps, not tights, Brian. coffee.”  This was the same semester that I survived the final   Evidence of such, pt. 1: Running FIDE-rated events “Cat and mouse,” they call it. I always tell students to three weeks on Hamburger Helper and Sunbelt granola when no one else was. imagine a cat playing with a mouse, amusing itself, bars. I re-defined “broke.” wearing out the mouse until ... lunchtime. (The occa -  Evidence of such, pt. 2: Attracting top-level competition  Which was, either ironically or unsurprisingly, sional student will then look up from the chessboard to the middle of nowhere in Oklahoma (see relevant accompanied by another blizzard. with their visage suddenly filled with horror, perhaps crosstables).  This year, for example, Tim brought several copies at the instant realization that their beloved Mittens is,  Evidence of such, pt. 3: the Berrys hosted post-night- of his book, My Opponent Is Eating a Doughnut and I in fact, a hardened carnivore sharpened by millennia round poker tournaments, which I was invited to but accused super-tournament director Wayne Clark of of evolution. And that’s what you need to be in rook regret never attending. I was afraid of the Okie Cowboys sandbagging ineffectively by gaining seven rating points endings: a hardened, patient, sadistic carnivore. Like and their card tricks. in the last five years. Mittens.)  Evidence of such, pt. 4: I did, however, accept a personal  Time pressure is no excuse. That’s one thing I love  And blizzards. invitation (suffice it to say: Frank and Jim were quite about rook endings—they’re concept based. I should hospitable) to visit Frank’s Chess Library, which is  Phil Jackson would have made a great chess player. have understood the importance of restricting the white probably the most impressive personal collection I have  Blech. king from passing the third rank. ever seen. Or at least tied for first with correspondence  An interesting training exercise I use with students:  I wonder what the graphical illustration would look GM and over-the-board FM Dr. Tansel Turgut. White gets a king on g2, rook on a6, pawns h3 and g4. like on turbulence.org’s Thinking Machine or GGPLOT’s He claims he was unaware of his proximity to a draw Black gets a king on g6, rook on f7, pawns f6, g5, and chess data visualizer. by rule, but I know better. h6. White must play it out and draw!  I’m beginning to sound like a poorly-made film from  Which I’ve taught literally hundreds of times to  The theme of using the opponent’s pawn against the 1980s that you had to watch in health class. For real hundreds of students. him here reminds me of a game I commonly use to though, if you think about it ontologically, what humans  And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, just show students a similar concept: José Raúl Capablanca- are capable of with chess and, truly, any form of art, is Google “Philidor Position.” I literally could have drawn , New York, 1924. Check it out. utterly stunning beyond comprehension.

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ENGLISH DEFENSE (A40) Donnell Sutton (1440) Jon Jacobs (2301) 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight! (3), New York, New York, 04.29.2010 I. ENTER THE GAME WITH EYES CLOSED Don’t waste a second checking out how your opponent fared in prior rounds, or who he faced. Why fill your mind with superfluous information? All you need to know is that he is rated 1400.

Had I bothered to eyeball the wall chart after seeing my round three pairing, I would have learned that Donnell Sutton drew with Josh Colas (2101) in round one and beat Stanislav Kim (1902) in round 2. Hardly your typical 1400 player.

II. GO FOR BROKE FROM MOVE 1 Play an opening that is not only objectively dubious, but that you have already lost confidence in after a few bad experiences.

1. d4 b6 Long known as Owen’s Defense after 19th How to Lose century English vicar John Owen who once employed it against Paul Morphy, this opening got re-branded in the 1980s as the English Defense after English grandmasters Tony Miles to a 1400 and Jon Speelman (and before them, Interna- tional Master Michael Basman) injected new life into it. GM Ray Keene published a book Keeping underdogs at bay—or not. entitled “English Defense” way back in 1987; more recent authors on the opening are GMs By FM JON JACOBS Christian Bauer and Danny King and IM Cyrus Lakdawala. While a less shocking sight today than 40 years ago, 1. ... b6 is definitely not for the risk- vercoming an 800-point rating gap is a singular feat. It takes skill, guts, dogged determi- averse. White can obtain a large space advan - nation, and either the foresight or the good fortune to bring about the kinds of positions tage, a lead in development, and occasionally Owhere the underdog is most comfortable and the favorite is least able to utilize his both. When Black strikes in the center with ... superior skills or knowledge. Perhaps most important of all, it requires a good bit of cooperation d7-d5 the pawn structure resembles the French from one’s opponent. Defense but with an important difference. With The as used in the United States assigns an expected probability of one percent Black’s light-square bishop diverted from its to a 2200-rated national master losing to a 1400-rated adversary (Technically, one percent is the original diagonal, White will find it easier to proportion of game points that the lower-rated player is expected to achieve in a match of any length, break with ... f4-f5 than in the French, while counting both wins and draws. For example, if 100 games are played, the system expects an 800- Black’s standard counter-attack against the point under dog to either win one game and lose 99, or draw two and lose 98. Therefore, the one white pawn chain anchors at d4 and/or c3 is percent number mentioned above overstates the expectation of an upset win because it excludes any slower to develop. (The alternative of under - possibility of a draw.) min ing White’s vanguard e5-pawn with ... In the game below, I defied the statistical odds by losing to someone more than 800 points f7-f6, as in some French variations, is unplayable below my rating. Wherever you fall on the rating spectrum, I hope you may benefit from the in the English Defense due to the radical following step-by-step primer on how I did it. I cannot claim sole credit: as you will see, Mr. weakness of e6.) Instead of an early advance of Sutton supplied the requisite cooper ation, by roundly outplaying me. his d-pawn, Black often seeks to break up the FM Jon Jacobs is currently finishing his book about upsets, The Fish That Roared. This article is White center by playing ... f7-f5, as in the an example of what readers can expect. present game. That thrust usually must be made

40 August 2016 | Chess Life Instruction / Upsets before Black is castled … and when things don’t a further advance of the black f-pawn (after leverage your rating advantage to work out right, he may soon cry out, (think Black has castled), or even the h-pawn (via ... obtain a psychological advantage. the Keanu Reeves movie, The Matrix) “I should h7-h5-h4). have taken the blue pill!” After having committed himself this much, 16. h4 f4? I employed the English Defense with success however, from now on Black should take care during my first few years using it. By 2010, not to overextend. Yet another hyper-aggressive move—which should backfire spectacularly. Surprisingly, the however, I had begun to feel the need to move 10. Be5 Rg8?! on to a less provocative defense. Aside from its engines think Black is doing fine after the strategic and tactical drawbacks, I could see that But this is too aggressive. (See the preceding natural 16. ... g4. comments.) After the more prudent and better my dependence on this opening was gradually 17. exf4 turning me into something I despised: a reper - 10. ... 0-0 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Bf4 Nxd2 toire player, who indiscriminately tossed out 1. 14. Kxd2 Na5, engines view Black’s position Although this suffices for a winning ... b6 in response to d4, e4, c4, Nf3 or just about as slightly better. advantage, Stockfish 6 points out a faster and any other white first move except g3. 11. Nd2 d6 more brilliant way: 17. cxd6+ cxd6 18. Bxf4!! gxf4 19. Qc2!! For example: 19. ... Kf8 20. Qxh7 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bf4 Better was 11. ... Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Nc6 13. Bg3 Bg2 21. Bf3 Nd7 22. Rxg2 Rxg2 23. Bxg2, after An unusual but not bad set-up. Taking the Na5. After the text move, White could have which the white rook will soon reach g1 with bull by the horns with 4. e4 can lead to wild pried open some lines and eliminated his decisive effect. Similar is 19. ... Kf6 20. Qxh7 play after 4. ... Bb4 5. f3 f5! 6. exf5 Nh6! 7. fxe6 doubled c4-pawn with 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 (12. ... Bg2 21. Bf3. dxe5 13. Nc5! Bxg2 14. Nxe6 favors White) (7. Bxh6?! Qh4+) 7. ... Nf5 8. Bf4 (8. exd7+?! 17. ... dxc5 18. hxg5 cxd4 Nxd7 gives Black a dangerous lead in develop - 13. f3 Bb7 14. c5! Qe7 15. cxd6, with better ment) 8. ... dxe6 9. Qa4+ (or 9. Nge2 0-0 with chances. If instead 14. ... dxe5? 15. Qxe6+ Kf8, compensation) 9. ... Nc6 10. 0-0-0 Nfxd4 11. White will pick up four pawns for the piece, Nb5 0-0 12. Bxc7 Qg5+! (better than 12. ... Qe7 with a big advantage: 16. Qxf5+ Kg7 17. Qxe5+ as seen in Sadler-Kengis, Koge, 1997, and Kf8 18. Qf5+ Kg7 19. Bd3 and Black has nothing better than 19. ... Qe7 surrendering his h-pawn Mohammad-Yagiz, Antalya, 2006) 13. f4 Qh6! with check, since on 19. ... Rh8 20. Qe5+ Kf7? 14. Nxd4 Rxf4!, which theory (and Stockfish 6) 21. h4! gxh4? White gets a winning attack with rates as equal. 22. Qh5+ followed by 23. Rxh4. Quieter alternative choices for White are 4. From these lines it is clear that White would a3 and 4. Nf3. only undermine his own cause if he threw in 4. ... f5 12. or 13. Bh5+, inducing Black to protect his Here 4. ... Bb4 would be less committal. The vulner able e6-pawn with his king. text gives White the option of 5. a3, avoiding 12. Bg3 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 In this engine-like position, White should that thematic pin. IV. CALCULATE EXTENSIVELY keep piling on the pressure. Strongest is 19. Joksic-Tassi, Rome, 1980, continued 5. e3 ON EVERY MOVE g6!, which opens a diagonal and threatens both Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 Na6 8. Nf3 (8. b4!?) 8. ... Bh4+ and gxh7. Other good alternatives are Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd4 exd5? 11. cxd5 0-0, An easily overlooked consequence of 19. f5, and natural piece-activating moves like and now 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. b4 would have left playing ultra-aggressively is that you Rad1, Rae1 or Bd3. White holding a sizable edge. will inevitably use more time than your opponent. By falling behind on 19. c4? 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Be2 Ne4 8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 the clock before move 20, you White’s first significant mistake, allowing assure yourself the opportunity to Black back into the game. III. PLAY LIKE A BULLY, demonstrate your superior blitz skills CHOOSING MOVES THAT It appears natural to take a moment to close when the game reaches a critical the file on which the white king temporarily MAXIMIZE THE stage. INTIMIDATION FACTOR sits. But in reality, Black’s king is far more exposed than White’s. An opened d-file therefore will Conduct the opening and early 13. ... Bxg2 actually favor the first player, as is evident in middlegame in a devil-may-care Passing up the last opportunity to keep the the main variation: 19. g6! dxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Kf8 style. Don’t castle if you can help it, position closed with 13. ... Qe7. After an (or 20. ... Qf8 21. Bh4+ Kd6 22. Rad1+ Bd5 23. so you’ll be free to scorch your eventual ... Nd7 followed by ... 0-0-0, Black Bf3 Qg7+ 24. Kc2 c6 25. f5! Kc7 26. Bxd5! cxd5 kingside earth with moves like ... f5 would be holding his own. —not 26. ... exd5 27. Qg3+ Kb7 28. Rde1 followed and ... g5. Assume that the more One might ask, why couldn’t White still play by Re7(+)—27. fxe6 Nc6 28. Kb1 etc.) 21. Qxe6 aggressively you play, the faster your c4-c5? After 13. ... Qe7 14. c5? dxc5 15. dxc5?, Rxg6 22. Rad1! Rxe6 23. Rxd8+ Re8 24. Rxe8+ opponent will get spooked and Black turns the tables with 15. ... Nd7! 16. cxb6 Kxe8 25. Bh4 Bd5 26. Rg7. Despite his slight collapse. 0-0-0! with a winning attack. material deficit, this position is won for White thanks to his active pieces and passed pawn. 14. Rhg1 Bb7 15. c5 Ke7 9. ... g5!? Yes, the above is all engine analysis. But the V. BE CAVALIER ABOUT key conclusion regarding the effect of opening Loosens the black position. Yet the move MATERIAL the d-file should be visible to human eyes before isn’t bad, because a kingside pawn advance is a any in-depth calculation. standard strategy for Black in this opening. Sacrifice pawns and/or pieces with White’s dark-square bishop can be targeted by abandon—it’s the surest way to 19. ... Na6 20. g6 Kf8!

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The only good move, according to both possibility grabs your fancy. If for decisive (or at worst, near-decisive) advantage Stockfish and Komodo—which each rate the example you spy a move that in the “final” position from the scoresheet. The chances as equal. Although White’s initiative displaces your most important piece game could continue: 30. Rag1 Qg7 (or 30. ... looks dangerous, Black is poised to gain serious from its ideal defensive square but Ke8 31. Bh3 Qh6—no better is 31. ... Qh5 32. counterplay via ... Nc5 followed by ... d3. wins a pawn one tempo earlier than Rg8+ Rf8 33. Qf6—32. Rg8+ Rf8 33. Bg5 Rxg8 21. gxh7 Rh8 22. Qd3 Qf6 otherwise, go for it. Especially if this 34. Bxh6 Rxh6 35. Qxc7 Rgh8 36. Rg1 R6h7 means foregoing your previous plan 37. Qe5 Rxh3 38. Rg7) 31. Bf6! Qxf6 32. Rxh7 VI. WHEN YOUR OPPONENT to redeploy an additional defender Qxf4+ 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Bh5!, when the f- OFFERS A SACRIFICE, DON’T that will now remain marooned on pawn is taboo due to Ke3. EVEN THINK ABOUT the opposite wing for the rest of the ACCEPTING. game. This is the flip side of point V, above. 25. ... Qg6? 26. f3 If you disdain your own chessmen, And once more the chances are equal … but consistency demands that you only if Black: thumb your nose at any offer your 1) is willing to force a draw against an 800- opponent may make. point underdog, and 23. Rh1? 2) can see his way through to sacrificing a rook with 26. ... Bxf3!! 27. Bxf3 Qxg3 28. Bxa8 Conceptually, this offer of the Exchange is Qf2+ 29. Kc3 Qc2+ 30. Kb4 Qd2+ (Also the well motivated: White aims to preserve his move 30. ... d2 eventually leads to a drawn dangerous h7-pawn while trading his temporar - position according to Stockfish) 31. Kb5 a6+ 32. Two facts temper my contrition over pub - ily inactive queen rook for Black’s highly active Kc6 Qg2+ 33. Kxc7 Qxa8 34. Kxb6 Qd8+ 35. bishop. Tactically, however, it should not work: lishing an incomplete game score. Even though Kc6 Qd7+ 36. Kb6 Qd8+ with a . the final moves are missing, I am confident the h7-pawn will remain insecure, and Black All other 26th moves leave Black either in can banish the white queen from the kingside that: trouble or dead lost, according to both Komodo 1. I have provided you with a full game’s and seize the initiative. Instead, either 23. Bh5 and Stockfish. Of course, the sacrificial drawing Qh6 24. Bf3 Nc5 25. Qxd4 or 23. Bh2 Nc5 24. worth of entertainment, and line is difficult to work out if your brain is 2. My opponent Donnell Sutton’s victory Rg6! Qf7 25. Qxd4 would have held the stuffed with that inferior element, carbon. Even precarious balance. was well earned, as was my loss. if you hadn’t already consumed nearly all your Lately I have devoted much thought to the 23. ... Nc5 24. Qa3 d3 25. Bg4 clock time flailing through the previous tidal nature of chess upsets and the reasons they waves of insane complications. appeal to both participants and spectators. I VIII. NEVER SETTLE FOR A am well along toward completing a book-length collection of upsets by club-level players, whose HALF-POINT tentative title is The Fish That Roared. I also run No matter how bad your chances on a Facebook group under that name, focused the board, never abase yourself by on discussions and analysis of upset games. accepting— let alone seeking to force—a draw. Your higher rating I will conclude by relaying these wise words gives you a sacred duty to always from Steve Mitlitzky (US Chess rating 1866): play to win. Adopt the attitude that a The "upset glass" (if you like) is "half full." We draw is as bad as a loss. can all aspire to take down much stronger players and we all sometimes do if we play often enough. Now 25. ... Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Kg7 (with ... Rxh7 But the flip side of that coin is that we can all be 26. ... Rxh7? 27. Qc3! to follow) is an easy win for Black. Also winning taken down by much weaker players too! Even very is 25. ... Qe7 26. Qb2 Ne4+. This and the still stronger 27. Bf2! are the weak players can become inspired and no one is Loathe to part with my wonderful bishop, only moves that secure a White advantage, immune from carelessness. Carelessness can of course during the game I leaned toward the according to Stockfish. take the form of a hideous blunder. But more often “Nimzovichean” 25. ... Be4, transferring the 27. ... Re8 28. Qe5 carelessness has consequences that are more hidden bishop to the king’s wing and preparing to and yet equally devastating! And if you fall victim eliminate the h-pawn. Although 25. ... Be4 Also good is 28. Rxh7 Qxh7 29. Qf6+, when to carelessness even against a much weaker player barely makes it into the engines’ top 5 choices, White keeps a moderate advantage despite the result will likely be a big upset. it does enable Black to retain a slight advantage. being a pawn down. Do you have an entertaining upset of your 28. ... Ree7 29. Bh4 Ref7 own? Share it with the author in the Facebook VII. NEVER STOP IMPROVISING I stopped keeping score here, and never group “The Fish That Roared.” Seize every opportunity to reinvent reconstructed the remaining moves. Although the wheel. Instead of hewing to a in time pressure, I did not flag; I remember consistent plan over many moves, eventually laying down my king with queens think short-term, and don’t hesitate still on the board. to throw your previous analysis Black resigned after several further moves. overboard when some new Engine analysis indicates White holds a

42 August 2016 | Chess Life Megan Chen (center) observes Sam Henderson (left) playing his wife Betty Henderson before a tournament begins on Sunday morning.

Family and Community on the Board: The Glenwood Chess Club Not far from Chicago’s South Side, which suffers a reputation for crime and poverty, a chess club has found a path to success.

Text and photos by JORGE BARRERA

T’S 8:30 AM ON A SUNDAY MORNING suburbs of the city. Chicago has many great chess the newly formed club to convene at the Blakey and, while other people are waking up or clubs; for example, Renaissance Knights has been Senior Center. Ken and Herb joined forces, Ihaving breakfast, the multi-purpose room running monthly tournaments for many years and the GCC officially began to meet. To at the Blakey Senior Center is abuzz with in the northern suburbs of Chicago, and Maret establish themselves, Ken registered the club activity. On every table, chessboards are set up, Thorpe at the Evanston Chess Club has main - as a US Chess affiliate and a 501(c)(3) non- and as family members and players arrive for tained a strong presence there as well with her profit organization. The GCC offers tourna - this open tournament, there is cordial chatter bimonthly tournaments. Similarly, the late Sevan ments more frequently than other local organi- about current and previous chess events. “Have Muradian worked to organize many great zations, roughly every other weekend, as well as you watched the Candidates?” “How did you tournaments in Chicago until his sad and untimely gathering on Tuesday and Thursday evenings do in your last tournament?” Despite the death earlier this year. Yet all these organizations for informal and casual play. friendly banter, tension and anticipation fill have one thing in common, they are based on One of the distinguishing features of the club the room, for the first round pairings will soon the north side or in the northern suburbs of has been their creativity in producing unique be posted. This is how the weekend matches Chicago. Seeing his old club in decline in Park and unusual tournaments. For instance, last begin at the Glenwood Chess Club (GCC) in Forest, Ken knew he had to be proactive about November, they held a tournament in which the far south suburbs of Chicago. starting a club or else the south side would be each participant was registered on teams based In the spring of 2011, Ken Windmon, a local devoid of a strong chess presence. on their home state. Glenwood is located very chess player, formed the GCC. At the time, Ken After discussions with Herb Ferguson, close to neighboring Indiana, so their tournament noted that the Park Forest Chess Club was losing another local club player and tournament “Illinois versus Indiana 2015” featured an almost membership, and due to its location, even the director, Ken began to inquire with the local equal amount of players from each state. Similar - staff was having trouble maintaining it. As a village hall about finding a potential space where ly, their tournaments are often offered for free result, Ken knew that he needed to take action the club could meet. Luckily, the people in to their members, and the removal of the financial in order to maintain a chess presence in the south Glenwood, Illinois were supportive and allowed barrier facilitates attendance and makes their

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44 August 2016 | Chess Life Chess Clubs / Glenwood Chess Club events more varied. Back on Sunday morning, Eva Harrison listens to Orlan Smith, the Glenwood Chess Club secretary and organizer, recite the tour - nament announcements. Her sons, David and Christopher, have played in many tournaments, including the SuperNationals, and she attributes their ever-growing chess ambitions to their weekly attendance at the GCC. In fact, David will have played at the National Junior High School (K-9) Championships in Indianapolis this year. On this day, however, it is neither David nor Christopher who are playing, but rather it is Eva. Initially, Eva recalls, David and Christopher would participate in tournaments and she would wait for their games to finish. Yet, she did not like waiting around while they were on the boards; so instead, she began to study the game too. Now she competes alongside them, and since 2012, she has played chess seriously and has become a B-class player. Throughout her development, she has used all the services that the GCC has to offer, and she says that coming to the Glenwood Chess Club is something that she loves, especially because of the convenience it offers. Being from a neighboring suburb, there are no other nearby chess clubs for her and her family to regularly participate in, and without a club within reasonable distance, she Facing page, top: The Glenwood Chess Club staff: Herbert Ferguson (Vice President), Kenneth Windmon (President) would not be able to regularly attend the and Dr. Orlan Smith (Secretary). Facing page, bottom: A diverse community of players focus during the first round of meetings or the tournaments. David and Sunday morning's game. Above: Eva Harrison contemplates her next move during the first round of a tournament. Christopher want to keep improving, for whoever achieves a rating higher than their there is a definite sense of community at the trouble. Eva’s position seems to be winning. mom first will get a prize! GCC that is not always apparent at other clubs. Yet slowly, he turns the tables around, and, This enthusiasm for the club may be a Yet, despite all these inviting features, the when time pressure is mounting, he manages reflection of its leadership. Herb Ferguson was tournaments at the GCC still only average about to secure the win. Eva says she doesn’t feel too not only indispensable in the formation of the 20 players, which is small by the standards of bad about losing this game. Putting so much club, but he also devotes a lot of time and energy many similar tournaments in the area. According pressure on someone and being so close to into its survival. All three staff members, Ken, to Orlan, it has been difficult to appeal to the winning means that she is progressing, and Herb, and Orlan, are certified US Chess tour - myriad of players that come to compete during challenges, though difficult at the moment, will nament directors, so they have tournaments casual game time and to transition them into become more manageable. Right now, Eva says, which are organized individually. For instance, members that will contribute to the involvement she feels good about her results. Orlan organizes the South Suburban Chess of the club. Ken reiterates this, saying that, though At the GCC, Ken’s vision has manifested into Wars, and during these tournaments he provides each week attendance improves, getting the a unique and community-oriented space for extra equipment in case it is necessary. He can community involved is their most difficult chess. Though more involvement would help also be seen on the board competing with the challenge yet. Indeed, one of the core goals of the club reach new heights, it has already attendees, and he even offered to play in a newly the club is to be a safe haven for youth who might attracted a large following and a growing created parallel unrated section in order to not have other engaging and positive activities membership base. In the future, Ken says he encourage new players. The idea behind this is after school. Acting as an ambassador for chess, would like to see Chicago’s south suburban that those who are not yet invested in chess can Ken often visits local schools and shares with community have more access to quality chess get an introduction to serious tournament play, the students the beneficial qualities of the game. competition and instruction, while also enjoying and if they like it, then they can become US Though they are not playing during this a fun atmosphere where everyone can feel Chess members and begin competing in the Sunday morning’s tournament, David and welcome. This is working, and even if the rated tournaments. Christopher Harrison still attend, because they support at the moment comes from the usual Ken and Herb can also be seen in the playing enjoy the positive atmosphere among the city of Chicago chess players, they are enabling hall when there are tournaments or other events. players. As the first round starts, Eva is paired the club to grow. They not only direct, but they also play and up against a familiar face in the northern suburb For the regular players, how ever, the club is check in on all the players. At a recent blitz tournaments, Jon Winick. He is rated much indispensable. The Glenwood Chess Club re - tournament, they provided the members with higher than she, and he has had a morale boost presents the shared dream of the community free food in between rounds, while also working after winning at the Pittsburgh Open Under for an inviting, family-oriented space for chess on all the minutiae of running the event. With 1800 section a week earlier. Yet, on the boards that can be found, not an hour away, but rather such an innovative and welcoming approach, this morning, it is he who appears to be in at home.

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By BRUCE PANDOLFINI

THE METEORIC RISE OF HARRY NELSON deductions—for other moves and variations. The intended advance is realized. The threat Pillsbury (1872-1906) began in 1895 when, as Note that  means that White’s move is on is 9. e5. an unknown entity, his entry into the great the next line. 8. … dxe4 Hastings Tournament was backed by the 4. e3 Par Score 4 Brooklyn Chess Club. That tournament was Black could have tried 8. ... dxc4, when White won by Pillsbury. Before tragic illness took his White plays it safely, insuring the protection is still slightly better after 9. Bxc4 e5. life at the age of 33, Pillsbury would win other of the c-pawn. Accept full credit for either 4. 9. Nxe4 Par Score 5 events. He would also become one of the game’s Nf3 or for 4. cxd5. Here we see the evidence of White’s definite outstanding exhibitors, able to play multiple 4. … Nf6 games of chess and checkers while blindfolded advantage. His d-pawn gives him more space and, simultaneously, able to perform various Black develops his king-knight to its most than his opponent’s e-pawn. Meanwhile, Black incidental memory tricks. No memory tricks effective square. The plan is to soon develop has for now the traditional bad queen-bishop, were needed in Pillsbury’s encounter with the king-bishop, followed by kingside castling. blocked in by its own e-pawn. Simon Winawer (Black) at Budapest in 1896. 5. Nf3 Par Score 4 9. … Nxe4 Building his game steadily, Pillsbury’s attack Another reasonable developing move. Once suddenly ignites with a flurry of incisive threats. Black hopes to free his game somewhat by again, you can accept full credit for 5. cxd5. The initial moves were: further exchanges. Nevertheless, White retains 5. … Nbd7 a spatial edge, with greater attacking chances. SEMI-SLAV DEFENSE (D46) A typical defensive placement. At some point 10. Bxe4 Par Score 4 Harry Nelson Pillsbury Black hopes to exchange a few pawns in the Advantage White. Simon Winawer center and more or less get an equal game. Budapest, 1896 10. … Nf6 6. Bd3 Par Score 4 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 Black gains a tempo on the bishop, but the This move could lose a tempo if Black gain in time is not meaningful. White’s hold captures on c4, but such an exchange would on the e5-square is enhanced as a result of give White a clear central advantage in pawns. Black’s move and allows for a future Ne5. Thereafter, the pawns could be advanced intelli- 11. Bc2 Par Score 5 gently, with gains in space and likely attacking possibilities to ensue. Accept only 3 points part credit for 11. Bd3, 6. .… Bd6 which denies the white queen a nice attacking square. The battle lines are being drawn. Both sides 11. … h6 eye a subsequent advance of their e-pawns. 7. 0-0 Par Score 4 Black plays to prevent a pin on his knight. The move also gets the h-pawn out of the light- White gets ready for business. With his king square bishop’s line of attack. Unfortunately, Now make sure you have the above position safely tucked away, he need not be fearful of it puts the pawn into the dark-square bishop’s set up on your chessboard. As you play through opening the center. line of attack. That could be bad too. the remaining moves in this game, use a piece … 7. 0-0 12. Be3 Par Score 5 of paper to cover the article, exposing White’s next move only after trying to guess it. If you Now both sides are ready for business. In The queen-bishop finds a suitable square guess correctly, give yourself the par score. such situations, White having the move, anyway, and Pillsbury keeps the development Sometimes points are also awarded for second- generally has better attacking chances. going. No need to rush anything. Black is not best moves, and there may be bonus points—or 8. e4 Par Score 5 going to solve all his problems in one move.

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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 69.

August Exercise: Start with a database of minor piece endings. As you analyze each setup, change the minor pieces. If one side starts with a bishop, make it a knight. If a knight, make it a bishop. See what PROBLEM IV PROBLEM V PROBLEM VI the differences entail. And what Jettison Mating net Mating net happens if the other side’s minor piece is changed also? By such practical experiments you may get a better sense for the strengths of specific minor pieces, as well as for their weaknesses. I suspect you’ll also start to appreciate the pros and cons of pawn structure. What helps one type of minor piece may be anathema to the other.

12. … Re8 15. … Bxc5 19. Qxh6 Par Score 7 Black still hopes to free his game with some Black opts to steal a pawn, if he can. Now A decisive invasion. Add 1 bonus point if kind of advance, such as a subsequent ... e6-e5. on 16. dxc5, Black has 16. ... Qxe5. you’ve already seen White’s immediate threat: The f8-square is also cleared in case it is needed 16. Bxh6 Par Score 8 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6+ Kg8 22. Bxf7+, winning by the dark-square bishop or for the black king, the black queen. if it one day has to flee. No more quiet play. Pillsbury goes for full attack. Give yourself 1 bonus point if you rejected 19. … f6 13. Qd3 Par Score 5 16. dxc5 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qd5, when 18. Bxf6 This guards h7 but it weakens g6. Add 1 This is part of White’s general attacking allows a trade of queens. bonus point if you had planned to answer 19. ... scheme. Moreover, now his rooks are connected 16. … Bxd4 Qxe5 with 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6+ Kg8 22. and available for use along the home rank. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qxf7 mate. Black continues in desperado style. Give  … 13. Qc7 yourself 1 bonus point if you had planned to 20. f4 Par Score 8 answer 16. ... gxh6 with 17. Qg3+, when either With this last move Black hopes to advance Reward yourself with 1 bonus point if you his c-pawn, which could lead to an exchange 17. ... Kf8 or 17. ... Kh8 (and 17. ... Ng4 18. Qxg4+ Kf8 19. Qf4 is also bad for Black) lose saw that 20. ... fxe5 would lose to 21. Qg6+, of pawns and a possible reduction of the when 21. ... Kf8 is answered by 22. fxe5+. building pressure. One can always hope. the queen to 18. Ng6+. 20. … Re7 14. c5 Par Score 6 17. Qxd4 Par Score 6 Black could have tried 20. ... Og7, trying to With this advance Pillsbury stops Black’s Pillsbury plays it simply. He gets rid of Black’s trade off the queens. Add 1 bonus point if you freeing move. White afterwards hopes to utilize useful defensive piece, knowing that he will had planned to answer that by 21. Qh5, with the e5-square. The main drawback to c4-c5 is have fresh prospects for attack soon enough. the idea of 22. Rf3 in the offing. that it gives the black knight use of d5. But 17. … gxh6 Black still has problems, namely, his c8-bishop. What else? He has to get his piece back. 21. Ng6 Par Score 7 … 14. Bf8 18. Qf4 Par Score 7 Give yourself 1 bonus point if you had analyzed 21. ... Rh7 22. Qf8 mate. Add 1 bonus Black retreats to secure his kingside. This is Deduct 2 points if you played 18. Qh4. True, point more if you had also analyzed 21. ... Rg7 better than going back to e7, where the bishop the white queen does then attack f6 and h6, but, 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qf8 mate. Since the overall would interfere with the e8-rook. with the queen at h4, the white knight hangs. situation didn’t look too good to Winawer, 15. Ne5 Par Score 6 18. … Nd5 there followed ... White’s knight finally gets the chance to Black finally gets to use the square d5, but 21. … Black resigned. invade. Or does it? Is the d4-pawn overloaded? it’s too late. Meanwhile, his bishop and queen- We shall soon see. rook sit on their home squares. See scoring box on page 71. :

www.uschess.org 47 The Practical Endgame / Instruction In Search of Perfection Correspondence chess can offer useful endgame lessons for over-the-board players, especially about balancing calculation and intuition.

By GM DANIEL NARODITSKY

CORRESPONDENCE CHESS HAS LITTLE often great. To this end, you should never in common with over-the-board chess. Let me assume that two moves that have the same clarify: the rules themselves do not change. goal will lead to the same result; calculate each Checkmate is still checkmate. A mating attack one separately. is still a mating attack. A draw is still counted With these observations in mind, ascertain - as half a point for both players. Yet the funda- ing the difference between 50. b7 and 50. a7 men tal difference lies in the notion that modern becomes a matter of sober calculation. Follow - correspondence chess has no distinction be - ing 50. a7?? Rg8, Black will give up one of his tween the practical and the objective; they are rooks to destroy White’s pawn armada: one and the same. Chess computers are so 1) 51. b7 looks tempting, but is coolly re - potent, so farsighted, that the importance of buffed by 51. ... Rff8 52. c5 Ra8! 53. intuition is minimized, and the concept of a WHITE TO MOVE bxa8=Q (No better is 53. c6 Rxa7) 53. ... “practically strong, but objectively questionable” Rxa8 and Black wins. move ceases to exist. square one. By this point, faithful readers of Make no mistake: I hold correspondence my column should be well aware that 2) 51. c5 is a better try, but Black wins with chess in the highest esteem. Laboring over an connected passed pawns often possess super - 51. ... Rf7!. With the pawn on b7, as in infinitely complex position for days—not to powers, especially when they are a few squares the game, 52. c6 would come to the rescue, mention winning a game against a fellow cyborg away from . Though resigning but now Black has 52. ... Rxa7! 53. bxa7 —is no easy undertaking. However, for the seems like an option, why not make your h6 and the game is over. purposes of practical chess improvement, the opponent sweat first? While the position after Black’s 49th move kind of heavily-computerized, intuition-less 48. b6 Rg1 49. Qxf2 Rxf2 looks daunting indeed, it is actually quite easy chess seen in modern correspondence play is In only three moves, the landscape has to work through the complications and find of relatively little use. undergone a dramatic shift. Black is two—yes, the right sequence of pawn advances. But that is not always the case. Occasionally, two—rooks to the good, but they are currently 50. ... Rf8 51. c5! a correspondence game can offer useful lessons far removed from the back rank. White must for the student of over-the-board chess, partic- seize his opportunity, but which pawn should ularly with respect to the proper balance be - he advance? At this point, I encourage you to tween calculation and intuition. The game we set this position up on a real board (if you are about to examine is wildly entertaining, haven’t already done so), put down the magazine aesthetically pleasing (to put it mildly), and— (or close your laptop), and calculate as much most importantly—wonderfully instructive. as you can.

A TALE OF TWO ROOKS 50. b7! Georg Halvax (correspondence rating Why this one? Before we analyze the dickens 2020) out of this position, it is worth making two Alina Ivanova general observations about endgame calculation: Correspondence, 2012 1) Even in unconventional endgames, it is (see diagram top of next column) frequently easier to calculate long variations Now, of course, 51. ... Rg7 is no longer ef- fective on account of 52. c6 and 52. ... Rxb7+ At first glance, the outcome seems to be simply because there is less material left on the 53. cxb7 is of no use. Therefore, Black has no decided. Despite his impressive pawn armada, board. This means that the board is easier to choice but to push his own passer and hope to there is no way to stop ... Rg1 followed by ... visualize and that lines have less potential to win the race. And with two extra rooks, it looks f1=Q, when Black will have two extra rooks. branch off. like he is poised to do just that. White can stave off defeat with 48. a7, but after 2) When passed pawns are involved, the 48 ... Rxa7 and 49 ... Rg7 White is back to difference between similar-looking moves is 51. ... h5

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PROBLEM I: 1500 LEVEL PROBLEM II: 2000 LEVEL Calculate! GM Daniel Naroditsky (2633) Evgeny Somov-Nasimovich GM (2742) Study, 1936 Each month GM Naroditsky will present Tsakhkadzor, 2015 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 WHITE TO MOVE

The continuation 51. ... Rgg8 52. c6 Rb8 53. Black has no other choice: something like more than a day to double, triple, and quad - c7 h5 54. cxb8=Q Rxb8 sets a prosaic trap (55. 59. ... Kg4 60. Kb7 offered little relief. ruple-check all of the possible defenses, why a7?? Rxb7+) that is easily sidestepped with 55. 60. c8=Q+ Rxc8 61. Qxh2 Rh8 62. Qf2+ not have a laugh at your opponent’s expense? Ka3! followed by a6-a7. Ke4 63. c4 Rac8 64. c5 Kd5 65. Kb7! 71. ... Rxc8 72. Kb7 Rh8 73. a8=Q Rxa8 74. 52. a7 Rgg8 53. c6 Ra8! Kxa8 This is the only way to keep the game going. After 53. ... h4 54. c7 h3 55. b8=Q h2 56. a8=Q, White promotes a second queen and simulta- neously stops Black’s passer. 54. c7!

Black’s main problem is that the rooks cannot leave the eighth rank under any circumstances. It is hard to say why Black played until mate, To this end, 65. ... Rxc5—hoping for the hasty but I have observed this tendency in many 66. a8=Q?!, which reaches a theoretically win - correspondence games. Perhaps Black was ning endgame queen versus rook ending but hoping for some sort of failure to submit a offers Black some hopes of a resistance—would move in a timely fashion? In any case, Ivanova meet a rather harsh punishment in the form was all out of luck, and Halvax—a strong over- the-board player as well—demonstrated a This position merits four diagrams, but in of 66. Qf6!, and Black must allow the second unique ability to deliver checkmate with king the interest of space I will limit myself to pawn to promote. and queen against king. one. Black’s towers are optimally placed, but 65. ... Rcf8 66. Qc2 Rf7+ 67. Kb6 Rff8 68. they are utterly defenseless against the march c6 Rc8 69. Qf5+ Kd6 70. Qd7+ Ke5 71. 74. ... Kd6 75. Kb7 Ke7 76. c7 Kd7 77. of White’s pawns. While the game is not Qxc8! c8=Q+ Ke7 78. Qc6 Kf7 79. Qh6 Ke7 80. over yet, the rest is a matter of straight- Kc6 Kf7 81. Kd6 Kg8 82. Ke5 Kf7 83. Qh7+ Kf8 84. Ke6 Ke8 85. Qe7 mate. forward technique. 54. ... Kg7 55. b8=Q h4 56. Kc3 Looking back at the starting position, it is White’s plan is very simple: the threat of rather difficult to predict that the game would marching his king to b7 will force Black to develop in such an orderly, easy-to-follow push his h-pawn. As soon as the pawn reaches manner. Yet its surprising trajectory is yet h2, White will promote the c-pawn, and trade another reminder that the endgame often the newly-created queen for Black’s passer. resembles a peaceful forest rather than an Following that trade-off, Black will be perma - unconquerable safari. Don’t always treat it like nently consigned to passivity and White will the latter! gradually advance the second c-pawn until a US Chess members can read archival issues of tactical opportunity presents itself. The simplest. In a non-correspondence game, Chess Life at uschess.org by clicking on the 56. ... h3 57. Kc4 Kf6 58. Kb5 Kf5 59. Ka6 I would have preferred to minimize the risk current issue’s cover then clicking on h2 with 71. c7 (and only then Qxc8), but with “Archives” in the left menu.

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Reserve hotel online: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/ ""/!.*/0*.#0'0'%$*../&0)"./-0,/$/-0 0  0.#/0",((,*+0)&&*.*,+)(0-%(/'0) (0.,0-)+&0 -* groups/personalized/G/GSOGBES-CCC-20160824/index.jhtml GM, IM, .,%-+)$/+.'00#/0%)-)+.//&0"*-'.0 -*/0$%'.0/0).0(/)'.0  0 0,0$,-/0.#)+0,+/0 -*/0%+&/-0 0$) WGM, and WIM norms may be possible. 2013-15 tournaments were !,%+.0.,)-&'0.#/0-)+&0 -*0 ,*+.0.,.)(00 -*/'0/(,0.#/0$)*$%$0/+.-0"//0&,0+,.0!,%+.0.,)-&'0.#/ super swiss with 13 norms achieved! $17000 in prizes UNCONDITION- -)+&0 -*0 ,*+.0.,.)(0(',0*+!(%&/0"%((0.*$/0!,+.-,(0+,.*+0*+!-/$/+.0,-0.*$/0&/()0//+0*"0&/()0*'0/-,0& ALLY GUARANTEED! $5000-3000-1800-1100-650-550-500-450-400-350 Class prizes: U2400 500-300 U2300 500-300 U2200 500-300 U2100 500-  0#/''0%+*,-0-)+&0 -*00%+*,-0-)+&0 -*0//+.0$%'.0#)/0",%-0,-0$,-/ -,%+&'0*.#0)0.*$/0!,+.-,( 300. EF: $249 if received by August 21, 2016, $299 later or on site. $50 -/)./-0.#)+0 0$*+0 (/)'/0'//0www.uschess.org/data page/JGP-Rules.php ",-0!,$ (/./0%(/' discount for NC residents. GM’s and foreign IM’s Free with no deduction from winnings for entry fee (contact organizer for possible additional SUBMISSIONS: E-mail your tla to: [email protected] (Joan DuBois). For tla deadline schedule, formatting help and Grand conditions). This tournament is open only to players who have ratings Prix information check www.uschess.org/go/tlainfo and “Advertising” at uschess.org. Payment can be done online through 2200 or above, those who have ever been so rated, and all foreign FIDE-rated players and U.S. juniors (under age 21) rated over 2000. the TD/Affiliate area or sent to: US Chess, TLA Dept., PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. RDS.: Aug 25th: 7:00PM then 11-6, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6. HR: $100 all rooms are suite style. Free made to order breakfast daily, free manager’s reception nightly, and free airport shuttle available. Advance Entry: 23: 9-9:30am. Rds.: Fri. Sept. 23: 10-4, Sat. Sept. 24: 9-3. Prize Fund: Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131. Rfnd fee: $25. Organizer: Dr. Judit www.carolinaschessinitiative.com/USMasters. Alternately, checks may $1,400 GTD: 1st: $400, 2nd: $300, 3rd: $200, 4th: $100, $100-Best player Sztaray. Email: [email protected]. T: 408-409-6596. W. be sent to: CCI, c/o Walter High, 105 North Crabtree Knoll, Chapel Hill, U1400, $100- Class E (1000-1199), $100- Class F (800-999), $100-Upset US Chess Junior Grand Prix! NC 27514. Make checks payable to: Carolinas Chess Initiative (CCI). On Prize. NOTE: All players must be classified as Legally Blind and bring proof. SEPT. 25, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN site entry will be available on August 25 from 2-6:30PM. BYES: A max- You must also be a current member of US Chess for $18 a year. You can imum of two byes allowed. Byes must be requested before round 2 is join US Chess at the event! $130 night + tax; code: USB. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) HR: Contact: 2016 U.S. GAME/60 CHAMPIONSHIP paired. INFO: Walter High (Organizer) [email protected]. More info Rick Varchetto, [email protected]. Phone: (h) 304-636-4034, (c) including pre-entry lists may be available at: carolinaschessinitiative.com. 304-614-4034 or Joan DuBois, [email protected], (c) 931-200-3412. 4SS, G/60 d6 - $10,500 b/240 fully paid entries - 60% guaranteed. San FIDE rated. Hotel has a no smoking policy which includes electronic Mateo County Event Center, 2495 S. Delaware St., San Mateo, CA 94403. cigarettes. FIDE electronic device rules in effect. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Park free. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/usg60g30. In 6 sections: SEPT. 24, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN Open Section (2000+): $1,200 600 300 100 100 Top u2200 $200, 100. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) 1800-1999 Section: $1,000 400 200 100. 1600-1799 Section: $1,000 SEPT. 17-18, MINNESOTA 2016 U. S. GAME/30 CHAMPIONSHIP 400 200 100. 1400-1599 Section: $1,000 400 200 100.1200-1399 2016 U.S. AMATEUR NORTH CHAMPIONSHIP 5SS, G/30 d5 - $8,000 b/199 fully paid entries - 60% guaranteed. San Section: $800 400 200 100. Under 1200 Section: $700 300 200 100. 5SS, G/90 + 30 second increment. Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Mateo County Event Center, 2495 S. Delaware St., San Mateo, CA 94403. Unr capped at 300 exc in Open. EF: $82, after 9/17 $107. Play-up: $35. 3131 Campus Dr., Plymouth, MN 55141. 2 Sections: Championship Park free. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/usg60g30. In 4 sections: GM free, IM free before 9/15 (EF subtr from prize for all free entries). (U2200), 1st: Championship plaque plus Amazon gift card, 2nd–3rd Open Section (1900+): $1,500, 700, 300, 100, Top u2100 $200 100. DISCOUNT: $134 if registering for both US G/30 (9/24) and US G/60 places: Amazon gift cards; U2000 1st: Amazon gift card; U1800 1st: 1600-1899 Section: $1,000, 400, 200, 100. 1300-1599 Section: $1,000, (9/25). Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed must commit by start of Rd. 2. Amazon gift card. Reserve (U1600), 1st: Reserve Championship plaque 400, 200, 100. Under 1300 Section: $1,000, 400, 200, 100. Unr capped Reenter with 1/2pt bye in Rd. 1 for $44. Sept 2016 Supp, CCA min, TD plus Amazon gift card, 2nd–3rd places: Amazon gift cards; U1400 1st: at 200 exc in Open. EF: $82, after 9/20 $107. Play-up: $35. GM free, IM disc used to place players accurately. SIDE EVENT for KIDS for K-12 Amazon gift card; U1200 1st: Amazon gift card; U1000 1st: Trophy. EF: free before 9/14 (EF subtr from prize for all free entries). DISCOUNT: students rated under 1000: 4SSxG/60 d5 in 5 sections based on rating: $60, by 9/12 $70 at site. Reg.: 9 - 9:45 am. Rds.: Sat. 10-2:30-7:30, $134 if registering for both U.S. G/30 (9/24) and U.S. G/60 (9/25). 800-999, 600-799, 400-599, 200-399, u200. Prizes: Trophies to Top 10 Sun. 10-3. One requested half-point bye allowed, any round, must request Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed must commit by start of Rd. 2. Reenter players in each section and Top 5 Clubs & Top 5 Schools in each section. before start of round. Additional details: www.chessweekend.com. with 1/2pt bye in Rd. 1 for $44. Sept 2016 Supp, CCA min, TD discr used Min 2, Top 3 players count for team score. EF: $54, after 9/17 $69. Info: Email Glenn Panner at [email protected] no phone calls, to place players accurately. SIDE EVENT for KIDS for K-12 students DISCOUNT:$94 if registering for both U.S. G/30 (9/24) and U.S. G/60 please. Entry: Online entry at www.onlineregistration.cc or mail regis- rated under 1000: 5SSxG/30 d5 in 4 sections based on rating: 800-999, (9/25). Play-up: $10. Schedule for all sections: On-site Reg: 8-8:30am. tration to Chess Weekend, 21694 Doud Ct., Frankfort, IL 60423. W. 600-799, 400-599, 200-399, u200. Prizes: Trophies to Top 10 players in Rounds: 9a, 12p, 2:30p, 5p. Blitz Event: Reg: Sat 9/24 Reg: 4:30-5pm, each section and Top 5 Clubs & Top 5 Schools in each section. Min 2, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Rounds 5:30-7p, total 8-10 rounds. EF: $14, $16 onsite. 75% of EFs SEPT. 23-24 (FRI & SAT), PENNSYLVANIA Top 3 players count for team score EF: $54, after 9/17 $69. DISCOUNT: returned as prizes. Reg. online: http://BayAreaChess.com/my/usg60g30 2016 U.S. BLIND CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP $94 if registering for both U.S. G/30 (9/24) and U.S. G/60 (9/25). Play- or mail payments to BayAreaChess, 2050 Concourse Drive #42, San up: $10. Schedule for all sections: On-site Reg: 8-8:30am. Rounds: Jose, CA 95131. Rfnd fee: $25. Organizers: Dr. Judit Sztaray. Email: US Chess & U.S. Braille Chess Association (USBCA) are sponsoring this 9a, 10:30a, 12:30p, 2p, 3:30p. Blitz Event: Reg: Sat 9/24 Reg: 4:30- [email protected]. T: 408-409-6596. W. US Chess National event. 4 SS or 4 RR (depends on # of players), G/135 5pm, Rounds 5:30-7p, total 8-10 rounds. EF: $14, $16 onsite. 75% of d0. Holiday Inn Express Hotel (newly renovated), 5311 Campbells Run A Heritage Event! EFs returned as prizes. Reg. online: http://BayAreaChess.com/ OCT. 8-10, MARYLAND Road (near airport), Pittsburgh, PA 15277, (412) 788-8400. Free shuttle my/usg60g30 or Mail payments to BayAreaChess, 2050 Concourse to/from airport. EF: Free. Reg.: Onsite - Thurs. Sept. 22: 6-8pm, Fri. Sept. 2016 (57TH ANNUAL) U.S. ARMED FORCES OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 5-SS, 40/2, SD/30 d5. U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402 (build- ing and venue info on USAFO website). Open to all U.S. Active Duty, Reservists, Military Retirees, Cadets, Midshipmen, and ROTC who have TOURNAMENT LIFE: a USCF membership. Billeting/Hotels: See the website for details. ABBREVIATIONS & TERMS EF: FREE! Prizes: Trophies/Plaques to Top 3 overall players, Top player All tournaments are non-smoking with no computers allowed unless otherwise advertised. of each DoD service on Active Duty, Top Reservist, Top Retiree, Top three Cadets/Midshipmen/ROTC, Top two each class A-D and below, BLZ: Blitz rated. Memb. Membership required; cost follows. Usually refers Highest Upset, and USNA Champion (top USNA player), and various req’d: to state affiliate. special prizes. Reg.: On-line at http://hrchessclub.org/AFO/home.html. QC: Quick Chess events. Please register on-line before Oct. 7 so we can get a better picture of $$Gtd: Guaranteed prizes. Open: A section open to all. Often has very strong play- our expected turnout and receive all required information. On-site ers, but some eligible for lower sections can play reg: 0800-0845 Check in: All participants must have a Military ID $$b/x: Based-on prizes, x = number of entries needed to for the learning experience. Card as it is required at check in for the tournament. You must check payfull prize fund. At least 50% of the advertised in at the site to be paired for your first round. Rds.: Sat. 0930-1500; prize fund of $501 or more must be awarded. Quad: 4-player round robin sections; similar strength Sun. 0900-1500; Mon. 0900. Byes: One 1/2-point bye available, must players. declare 30 min before Round 2. Awards Ceremony: To be held imme- Bye: Indicates which rounds players who find it incon- Rated Beginner’s Open. diately after Rd 5. Meetings: The annual Armed Forces Chess committee venient to play may take 1⁄2-point byes instead. RBO: meeting will be held on Sat, 10/8 at 2000. Special Events: The 13th For example, Bye 1-3 means 1⁄2-point byes are Rds: Rounds; scheduled game times follow. For exam- Armed Forces Cadet/Midshipmen Championship will be conducted available in Rounds 1 through 3. ple, 11-5, 9-3 means games begin 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. in conjunction with the Armed Forces Open. 7th U.S. Armed Forces on the first day, 9 a.m. & 3 p.m. on the second day. Bughouse Championship - Saturday 10/8 at 2000. The Armed Forces CC: Chess club. Open Blitz Championship G/5 d0 Sunday 10/9 at 2000 (USCF Rules). dx: Time delay, x = number of seconds. Reg: Registration at site. Entries & Info: Online at http://hrchessclub.org/AFO/home.html. For Round robin (preceded by number of rounds). all non-entry questions contact CAPT Tom Belke, USNR (ret.) at captain +xx: Time increment, xx = number of seconds added RR: [email protected]. We ask Armed Forces participants to bring after each move. SD/: Sudden-death time control (time for rest of game their uniform and wear it for Round 5 and the Awards Ceremony, proper Business attire if retired. Sets & boards provided, please bring EF: Entry fee. follows). For example, 30/90, SD/1 means each player must make 30 moves in 90 minutes, then clocks! FIDE. W. Ent: Where to mail entries. complete the rest of the game in an hour. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! FIDE: Results submitted to FIDE for possible rating. NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN SS: Swiss-System pairings (preceded by number of TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) G/: Game in. For instance, G/75 means each side has rounds). 2016 U.S. CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP 75 minutes for the entire game. 5SS, 40/120 G/30+30 (2-day opt rounds 1-2 G/75 d5). SFO Airport Hyatt Unr: Unrated. GPP: Grand Prix Points available. Regency, 1333 Bayshore Hwy., Burlingame, CA 94010. $145/night. Info: W: Site is accessible to wheelchairs. http://BayAreaChess.com/usclass. Prize: $17,000 b/257 (60% Guar). 6 HR: Hotel rates. For example, 60-65-70-75 means $60 sections. Open (2200+) FIDE rated: $3000-1500-700-300 Expert: 1,500- single, $65 twin, $70/3 in room, $75/4 in room. WEB: Tournaments that will use a player’s online rating. 700-300-200. A: 1,200-550-250-150. B: 1,200-550-250-150. C: 1,000-400-150-100. D: $1,000-400-150-100. Eu: $700-400-150-100. Unr JGP: Junior Grand Prix. capped at 300 exc in Open. EF: 119 by 11/3. Econ 99 w 60% prz. After 11/3 +25. Play-up +35. Change fee: +20. Rfnd fee 25. GM/IM free by 11/1 (prz-EF). USCF mem reqd. Reg.: Fr 5-5:30pm, Sa 9-9:30am. Rds: Fr:

54 August 2016 | Chess Life See previous issue for TLAs appearing August 1-14

6p, Sa: 11a, 5p Su: 10a 3:30p (2-day Sa 10a 1:30p & merge bf Rd 3). Rds use AWD #D657633. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life if paid with entry: Online at 5/6 byes locked bef Rd 1. Reg. online: http://BayAreaChess.com/ 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, my/usclass. Blitz Event: Reg: Sun 11/13 Reg: 7:30-8pm, Rounds 8:30- www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re- 10:30p, total 8-10 rounds. EF: $14, $16 onsite. 75% of EFs returned as posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tour- entry $60; not available in Open Section. No checks at site, credit cards prizes. SIDE EVENT for KIDS at BAC Office 2050 Concourse Dr. #42, nament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. OK. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun San Jose, CA 95131. For K-12 students rated under 1000: 5SSxG/30 d5; 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Sections based on rating: 800-999, 600-799, 400-599, 200-399, u200. On- AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14, OHIO Sun 10 & 3:15. Byes: OK all, limit 2; limit 1 bye if eligible for class site Reg: Sun 8:30-9am. Rounds: 9:30a, 11a, 12:30p, 2p, 3:30p. Prizes: money prizes; must commit before rd. 2. HR: $119-119, 559-268-1000, Trophies to Top 10 players in each section and Top 5 Clubs & Top 5 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) request chess rate, reserve by 8/5 or rate may increase. Car rental: CLEVELAND OPEN Schools in each section. Min 2, Top 3 players count for team score. EF: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through $43, after 11/3 $58. Play-up +10. Reg. online: http://BayAreaChess.com/ 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10) at luxurious chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, my/usclasskids. Nov 16 Supp & TD disc to place players accurately. Bring Marriott Cleveland Airport, 4277 W. 150th St., Cleveland, OH 44135. Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: Direc- clocks. Organizers: Dr. Judit Sztaray. Email: [email protected]. Free parking, free airport shuttle, restaurants within easy walking dis- torAtChess.US, chesstour.com, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted T: 408-409-6596. W. tance. $15,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 4 sections. Open: $2000- at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tournament 1000-500-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. $800-400. Under 2100: $1500-800-400-200, top U1900/Unr $600-300. Under 1700: $1200-600-300-200, top U1500 (no unr) $500-250. Under A Heritage Event! 1300: $800-400-200-150, top U1100 (no unr) $200-100, plaques to top US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Grand Prix AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, GEORGIA A Heritage Event! Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 47TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN CHESS CONGRESS AUG. 11-14, 12-14 OR 13-14, MASSACHUSETTS sections: $800-400. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Sheraton TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) 46TH ANNUAL CONTINENTAL OPEN pm 8/13. Unrated may not win over $200 in U1300 or $500 in U1700. Atlanta Downtown Hotel, 165 Courtland Street NE., Atlanta 30303. $$ Top 3 sections EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by 8/10, $110 20,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND. In 7 sections: Premier: Open to 6SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option except Open Section, rds. 1-3 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/8, 3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by 8/3, 1900/above. $2000-1000-500-300, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak $100 G/40 d10). Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St. (Rt 20 West), Stur- all $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours bonus, top U2300 $800-400. FIDE. Under 2200: $1400-700-400-200. bridge, MA 01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). Free parking. Experience before rd. 1. GMs, IMs & WGMs free; $100 deducted from prize. U1300 Under 2000: $1400-700-400-200. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-200. early 19th century America at Old Sturbridge Village (see www.osv.org). Section EF: all $40 less than above. Online EF $5 less to OCA members. Under 1600: $1200-700-400-200. Under 1400: $800-500-300-200. $30,000 guaranteed prizes. In 7 sections. Open: $3000-1500-700- Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Under 1100: $500-300-200-100, plaques to first 3, top U900, U700, 500-300, clear or tiebreak win $200 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1400-700. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Unrated Prize limits: Unrated may not win over $150 in U1100, $300 FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1900: $2000-1000- Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22 Scholastic $15. U1400, $450 U1600, $600 U1800, or $750 U2000. Mixed doubles bonus 500-300-200. Under 1700: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1500: Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all $1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1300: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under $17. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: sections: $800-400-200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates 1000: $800-400-300-200, trophies to top 3, first U800, U600, Unr. Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day may play in different sections; teams must register at site (no extra Unrated may enter any section, with prize limit U1000 $150, U1300 schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. All: fee) before 2 pm 8/20; teammate pairings avoided but possible. Top 5 $300, U1500 $450, U1700 $600, U1900 $750; balance goes to next Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd. 2, others sections EF: $113 online at chessaction.com by 8/17, $120 phoned to player(s) in line. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2- before rd. 3. HR: $100-100, 216-252-5333, reserve by 7/29 or rate may 406-896-2038 by 8/15 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $118, 2-day player “team” combined score among all sections: $1000-600-400. increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve $117 mailed by 8/10, $130 online until 2 hours before rd. 1 or at site. Team average rating must be under 2200; teammates may play in car online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. U1400 Section EF: all $30 less different sections; teams must register at site (no extra fee) before Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. than top 5 sections EF. U1100 Section EF: all $60 less than top 5 both players begin round 2; teams including an unrated cannot win over Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. sections EF. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Unofficial uschess.org $300. Top 4 sections EF: $155 online at chessaction.com by 8/10, Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 yr USCF dues $165 phoned by 8/8 (406-896-2038, no questions), 4-day $164, 3-day instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. with magazine if paid with entry: Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, $163, 2-day $162 mailed by 8/2, $180 (no checks, credit cards OK) at AUG. 14, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult site, or online until 2 hours before rd. 1. GMs free; $150 deducted from $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re-entry $60; not available in prize. Under 1500 or Under 1300 Section EF: all $40 less than top 4 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 2016 WESTWOOD SUMMER OPEN Premier Section. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, sections EF. Under 1000 Section EF: all $80 less than top 4 sections Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. (A sponsored event) 5SS, G/45 d5. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2-day schedule: EF. All: Online EF $5 less to MACA members; may join/renew at mass- Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Byes: OK all, limit 2; Premier must commit chess.org. Re-entry $80; not available in Open. Unofficial uschess.org 2nd fl. 1 Open section, EF: $60; $50 LACC members. Free new LACC members. 9-9:45 am. Register at LAChessClub.com and receive before rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $119-119, 404-659-6500, request ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues Reg.: chess rate, reserve by 8/5 or rate may increase. a free gift. Rds.: 10, 12, 1:45, 3:15, 4:45. Byes: Up to two 1/2 pt. byes. Special parking rate with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $11 (50% off regular rate). Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Prizes: $$ 1,500 (b/45 - 50% Gtd). 1st-4th: $400-200-100-50, U2000: Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu $100, U1800: $200-100, U1600: $100-50, U1400: $100-50, U1200: $50- to 6 pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 6 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 3-day Book. Ent: LACC, Box 251774, LA, CA 90025. Info: Mick: Cell (310) schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds. Fri 12 & 6, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 795-5710; [email protected] or www.LAChessClub.com. Parking: 2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 12:15, 2:30 & 5, Sun 10 Free on St. & BoA or building basement. CONTINENTAL CHESS SCHEDULE & 3:15. No 2-day Open Section. All schedules: Bye all, limit 2, Open AUG. 16, NEW YORK Visit www.chesstour.com for late news, hotel must commit before rd. 2, other sections before rd. 4. $96-96-106, HR: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 availability, results, games, minimum ratings, etc. 800-582-3232, 508-347-7393, request chess rate, reserve by 7/29 or MARSHALL MASTERS rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Enter tournaments at chessaction.com. 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to 2000+ players. FIDE Rapid rated. $750 GTD: To receive our free email newsletter, see Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, PO Box 8482, Pelham, NY 250-150-100. Top U2400 125, Top U2300 100, Biggest upset $25. EF: 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chess- chess calendar.com or chesstour.com. $40, MCC Mbrs $30. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- Most tournaments have alternate schedules tour.info, DirectorAtChess.us, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tournament 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. with less or more days than below. Sat. 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. Asterisk means full details in this issue- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! otherwise, see future issues or our website. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN Events in red offer FIDE norm chances. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) IM TATE MEMORIAL CHAMPIONSHIP 8/12-14: Continental Open, Sturbridge MA* 21ST ANNUAL PACIFIC COAST OPEN 8/12-14: Cleveland Open, Cleveland OH* 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. 5SS, G/90+30, 2-day rds. 1-2 8/12-14: Pacific Coast Open, Ontario CA* 6SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-3 G/45 d10). Ontario G/60 d5. Park free. 5,000 b/90 (60% guar). 3 sects: Prize: 2000+ (FIDE) 8/19-21: Southern Chess Congress, Atlanta GA* Airport Hotel and Conference Center, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario, CA $1,000-500-200, u2300: 250-125-100. 1600-1999: $700-300-100, u1800: 8/19-21: Central California Open, Fresno CA* 91764 (I-10 to N. Haven Ave). Free parking, free shuttle to Ontario 200-100, u1600: $700-300-100 u1400: 125-100, u1200: 100. Unr max Airport or Ontario Mills Mall, free wireless, heated pool, restaurants $100 exc Open. Aug 16 Supp & TD disc. Reg:. F 6:30-6:45p & Sa 9:30- 8/26-28: Atlantic Open, Arlington VA* within walking distance. $25,000 guaranteed prizes. In 6 sections. 9:45a. Rds.: F 7p, Sa 10a, 3p Su 10a 2:30p. (2-day Sa 10a 12:30 & merge). 8/26-28: Indianapolis Open, Indianapolis IN* Open: $3000-1500-1000-500, clear or tiebreak win $100 bonus, top EF: 99, Econ EF: 79 w 60% prz, after 8/15 +20. Playup +35. Rated 9/3-5: New York State Championship, Albany NY* U2300/Unr $1200-600. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300. Under 2250+ $0 by 8/9 (prize - EF). Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/champs. 9/23-25: Southern Class Championships, Orlando FL* 1900: $2000-1000-500-300. Under 1700: $1800-900-500-300. Under 9/23-25: Hartford Open, Windsor Locks CT* 1500: $1200-700-400-200. Under 1250: $800-400-200-100, plaques to US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 10/5-10: Washington Chess Congress, Arlington VA* first 3, top U1000, U800, Unr. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN 10/7-9: Midwest Class, Wheeling IL* male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 (ENHANCED) 10/28-30: Eastern Chess Congress, Basking Ridge NJ* $1000-500-300-200. Team average rating must be under 2200; teammates 7TH ANNUAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OPEN 11/4-6: Los Angeles Open, Ontario CA* may play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Doubletree 11/4-6: Stamford Open, Stamford CT* pm 8/13; teams including an unrated may not win over $300. Unrated Hotel (formerly Radisson), 2233 Ventura St., Fresno, CA 93710. Free 11/11-13: Kings Island Open, Blue Ash OH* may enter any section, with prize limit U1900 $600, U1700 $450, U1500 airport shuttle, free parking for hotel guests. Cosponsored by Fresno 11/25-27: National Chess Congress, Philadelphia PA $300, U1250 $150; balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 4 sections Chess Club and Fresno Chess Foundation. $$ 10,000 GUARANTEED 12/26-29: North American Open, Las Vegas NV* EF: $135 at chessaction.com by 8/10, $140 phoned by 8/8 (406-896- In 4 PRIZES: $2500 more than last year with same entry fees! 12/27-29: Empire City Open, New York NY 2038, no questions), 3-day $138, 2-day $137 mailed by 8/3, $150 (no sections: Open: $1300-700-400-200, clear or tiebreak 1st $100, top checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before rd 1. U2250/Unr $600-300. Under 2050: $1000-600-300-150, top U1850 (no 1/6-8: Boston Chess Congress, Boston MA GMs free; $120 deducted from prize. Under 1500 Section EF: All $30 unr) $500-250. Under 1650: $800-500-250-150, top U1450 (no unr) 1/13-16: Liberty Bell Open, Philadelphia PA less than top 4 sections entry fees. Under 1250 Section EF: All $60 $400-200. Under 1250: $500-250-150-100, plaques to first, top U1000, 1/13-16: Golden State Open, Concord CA less than top 4 sections entry fees. SCCF membership ($18, under 18 U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limits: 2/16-20: Southwest Class, Fort Worth TX $13 with magazine, $3 without) required for rated Southern CA residents. U1250 $200, U1650 $500 (balance goes to next player(s) in line). Mixed 3/3-5: Pittsburgh Open, Pittsburgh PA Re-entry $70; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined 3/11-12: New York State Scholastics, Saratoga Springs ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues score among all sections: $200-100. Team average rating must be 3/17-19: Mid-America Open, St Louis MO with magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must 3/24-26: Southern Class Championships, Orlando FL Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 8/20. Top 3 sections EF: $85 online at 4/12-16: Philadelphia Open, Philadelphia PA $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 chessaction.com by 8/17, 3-day $93, 2-day $92 mailed by 8/10, all $95 4/28-30: Eastern Class Championships, Sturbridge MA am, rds. Fri 12 & 6, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/15 (entry only, no questions), $100 at 5/25-29: Chicago Open, Wheeling IL Sat to 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:15. All schedules: site, or online until 2 hours before rd. 1. Under 1250 Section EF: all 6/29-7/4: World Open, Philadelphia PA Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd. 2, other $30 less than above. Online or mailed EF $10 less to Fresno Chess For later events, see chesstour.com. sections before rd. 4. HR: $95-95, 909-980-0400, request chess rate, Club members. GMs, IMs & WGMs free, $80 deducted from prize. reserve by 7/29 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated.

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#D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: chess- Info and early entries: Robert John, 315 E. Prospect St., Marquette, AUG. 25-29, NORTH CAROLINA action.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: MI 49855, 906-228-8126, [email protected]. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) DirectorAtChess.US, chesstour.com, chesstour.info, 347-201-2269. $15 2016 U.S. MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP US Chess Junior Grand Prix! service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com AUG. 20-21, TEXAS See Nationals. (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tournament Saturday 9:30 pm, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) AUG. 26, NEW YORK enter by 9:15 pm. 2016 DCC FIDE OPEN XI TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 5SS, G/90 inc/30. Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. #C, Richard- MARSHALL $500 FIDE BLITZ A State Championship Event! son, TX 75080. Two sections: Open and Reserve. Open: $$875G. FIDE 9-SS, G/3 +2. FIDE Blitz rated. $500: $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, ARKANSAS and US Chess rated but uses FIDE rules. Use US Chess ratings and U2000, U1800: $50. USCF regular rating used for pairings & prizes. EF: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 rules for pairings and for awarding prizes. Default late forfeiture time $30, MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg:. 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10- ARKANSAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP is one hour. TD may extend this time at TD’s discretion. Note that 8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request at entry. 23 W. 10th At River Valley Inn & Suites, 5103 Towson Ave., Fort Smith, AR, 72901. Foreign players must disclose their FIDE ID number before 1st round St., NYC. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. Call (479) 646-2931 for reservations. Rooms are $45.00 + tax per night in order to play. Note that USA Players with no FIDE ID must disclose A Heritage Event! if you mention Chess. We will meet in the Aviator Room. 6SS, 2 Open their email address. $$ $500-$250-$125. EF: $90, Senior/Birthday during US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Schedules. Schedule 1: Reg.: Fri. 6:00-6:50 PM. G/120 d5 Rds.: Fri 7 tournament/Additional Family Member $55. For DFW area players, AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, VIRGINIA PM, Sat 9:30, 2:30, 7:00, Sun 9:00 & 2:00. Schedule 2: Reg.: Sat. 8:00- Dallas Chess Club membership required or pay $20 non member fee. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) 9:00 AM. Rds. 1 & 2 are G/60 d5 Rd. 1 - 9:30; Rd. 2 - 11:40, Sch. merge Small appearance fee to the First three GM/IM’s who apply. GM/IM 48TH ANNUAL ATLANTIC OPEN Rd. 3 - G/120 d5. EF: $45 in advance, otherwise $50. 1/2 point is must play all rounds to get appearance fee (appearance fee shall be 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60 d10). Hilton available if asked for at Registration. $$b/50 entries: 1st place: $400; deducted from prize). Reserve: Open to players rated below 2000 USCF. 2nd: $200; A, B, C, D/E $200; Unr. $100. Upset prize of $50. Plaques for Crystal City at Washington Reagan National Airport, 2399 Jefferson This section is not Fide Rated but is US Chess rated and uses US Chess Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 (2/5 mile from Crystal City Metro). winners (must be AR resident). USCF & ACA req’d. OSA. Adv. Entry to: rules. EF: $40. The Reserve give back 10% in prizes and if at least 8 $$ 26,000 guaranteed prizes. In 7 sections. Open: $3000-1500- Stephen Paulson, 238 Paulson Ln., Melbourne, AR 72556, d4d5c4@ paid entries and if there is a clear winner, then that winner receives yahoo.com, 870-373-0150. W. 800-400, clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1000-500. free entry to next DCC Fide Open. In the reserve section, Tournament FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300. Under 1900: $2000-1000- AUG. 20, VERMONT reserves the right to use Fide rules on electronic devices and on starting 500-300. Under 1700: $1700-800-400-300. Under 1500: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 White’s clock at start of a round and to use FIDE pairing rules. Both: $1500-700-400-300. Under 1300: $1000-500-300-200. Under 1000: BENNINGTON OPEN IN SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT Reg.: Saturday from 9:45–10:15 am. Rds.: Sat 10:45 am-3:10pm-7:16pm, $600-300-200-100, plaques to top 3, first U800, U600, Unrated. Mixed 4SS, G/60 d5. Bennington Free Library, 101 Silver St., Bennington, VT Sun 9:45 am-2:10pm. One half point Bye allowed if requested before doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined 05201; 802-442-9051. Two sections. Open, $$G: 200-120, U2050 100, end of round rd. 2 and before getting full point bye. Withdrawals and score among all sections: $1000-500-300. Team average rating must U1850 100. Under 1650, $$ b/16: 120-80 (no unrated player may win zero point last round byes are not eligible for prizes. Note that house be under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must more than $60), U1450 100, U1250 100, U1000 60-36. Both, EF: $30 if players (if required) must pay $5 per round and be US Chess members. register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 8/27; teams including an unrated rec’d by 8/18 or $35 at site; unrated players $20/$25. OK to send EF ENT: Make/mail Checks payable to Dallas Chess Club, C/O Barbara cannot win over $300. Unrated may not win over $200 in U1000, $350 via PayPal; add $1 or pay the transaction fee. Reg.: 8:45-9:35 a.m., Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036-4719. Info: 214-632- U1300, $500 U1500, $700 U1700, or $900 U1900; balance goes to Rds.: 10-1-3:40-6:15. Ent: Parker Montgomery, PO Box 831, Middlebury, 9000, [email protected]. FIDE. next player(s) in line. Top 5 sections EF: $125 online at chessaction.com by 8/24, $135 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/22 (entry only, no ques- VT 05753-0831; [email protected], mobile 802-349-7739. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 21, MAINE tions), 3-day $133, 2-day $132 if check mailed by 8/17, $140 at site, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! or online until 2 hours before rd. 1. GMs free; $120 from prize. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) Under AUG. 20-21, MICHIGAN 1300 Section EF: All $30 less than top 5 sections EF. Under 1000 LUFTBALLONS SCHACH TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Section EF: All $60 less than top 5 sections EF. All: No checks at site, 2016 UP OPEN Hilton Garden Inn Auburn, 14 Great Falls Plaza, Auburn, ME 04210. In credit cards OK. Re-entry $60, not available in Open Section. Unofficial Location: Masonic Building, 128 W. Washington St., Marquette, MI 3 Sections. Open: 4SS, G/65 d5. EF: $35 if postmarked by 15 August, uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 (parking and entrance in rear of building). 5SS, G/115 d5. Entry Fee: $40 at site. $$GTD: $180-120-90. U2000 $100. U1800: 4SS, G/65 d5, year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry- Online at $40. $35 if registered (mail/E-mail) by Aug 18. $20 for Juniors 19 or Open to 1799 & under. EF: $35 if postmarked by 15 August, $40 at site. chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, under. Prizes: (1st and 2nd GTD) $300 first place, $150 second, others $$GTD: $140-80-60. U1500 $75. U1300: 4SS, G/65 d5, Open to 1299 & phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 3- based on entries. Trophy to top UP resident. Reg.: 9-9:30 Sat. Rounds: under. Adult unrated may not enter U1300. EF: $31 if postmarked by 15 day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 Sat 10:00, 2:30, 7:00, Sun 9:30, 2:00—all times EDT. Half-points byes August, $36 at site. $$GTD: $100-60-40. U1100 $55. ALL: Reg: Regis- & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, available in all rounds, but must be requested before registration ends. tration: 9:00-9:45 AM. Rds.: Rounds: Sunday, 10am - 1pm - 3:30pm - Sun 10 & 3:15. Bye: all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd. 2, others HR: Rooms at discounted rates ($58 to $94, depending on number and 6pm. One 1/2-point bye available in rounds 1-3. ENT: Alex Relyea, 49 before rd. 3. HR: $99-99-109, 1-800-HILTONS, 703-418-6800, reserve size of beds) held until 7/15 under “UP Chess Championship” at Cedar Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea by 8/12 or rate may increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD Motor Inn, 2523 US Hwy 41 W, Marquette, MI 49855, 906-228-2280. [email protected]. www.relyeachess.com. W. D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Special

48th annual Atlantic Open August 26-28 or 27-28, 2016 - 7 sections at Crystal City Hilton PRIZES RAISED TO $26,000 GUARANTEED!

5 rounds at Crystal City Hilton, Unrated prize limits: U1000 Unofficial uschess.org ratings 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, $200, U1300 $350, U1500 $500, usually used if otherwise unrated. Arlington VA 22002 (2/5 mile from U1700 $700, U1900 $900. Special USCF dues: see TLA or Metro). Free airport shuttle. 40/100, Mixed doubles: best male/female chesstour.com. USCF mem required. SD/30, d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 2-player team (average under 2200) G/60, d10, merges with 3-day). combined score: $1000-500-300. May 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 Hotel rates: $99-99-109, 703- play in different sections; register by 2 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5 pm, 418-6800, 1-800-HILTONS, reserve pm Aug 27. If unr on team, $300 limit. Sun. 10 am & 3:15 pm. by 8/12. Special parking $13/day. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat Top 5 sections entry fee: $125 at 10 am, rds. Sat 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm; Open: $3000-1500-800-400, chessaction. com by 8/24, $135 Sun. 10 am & 3:15 pm. clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/22, 3- 1/2 pt bye OK all (limit 2), Open Under 2300/Unr $1000-500. FIDE. day $133, 2-day $132 mailed by 8/17, must commit by rd 2, other by rd 3. 150 Grand Prix Pts (enhanced). $140 (no checks, credit cards OK) at Bring set, board, & clock if U2100: $2000-1000-500-300. site, or online until 2 hours before possible- none supplied. U1900: $2000-1000-500-300. round 1. Entry: chessaction.com or U1700: $1700-800-400-300. Under 1300 Section entry fee: all Continental Chess, Box 8482, U1500: $1500-700-400-300. $30 less than top 5 sections EF. Pelham NY 10803. $15 service U1300: $1000-500-300-200. Under 1000 Section entry fee: all charge for refunds. Advance entries U1000: $600-300-200-100, $60 less than top 5 sections EF. posted at chessaction.com (online plaque to top 3, U800, U600, Unr. Re-entry (except Open): $60. entries posted instantly).

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parking rate: $13/day. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! of the previous round. 1/2 point byes for round 4 must be requested Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, NORTH CAROLINA prior to round 1 and may not be changed. Players may have one bye in chesstour.com, chesstour.info, DirectorAtChess.US, 201-347-2269. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 (ENHANCED) the event (1/2 point or 1 point pairing bye). Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entry posted NORTH CAROLINA OPEN US Chess Junior Grand Prix! instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. 5-SS, G/120 d5; 2-day schedule: Rd. 1: G/90 d5. Embassy Suites Hotel, AUG. 27-28, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 204 Centreport Dr., Greensboro, NC 27409, (336) 668-4535, mention TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, INDIANA chess for $100 rate (code CCC) until Aug. 10, 2016. Reserve hotel online: 2016 EXCHANGE BANK OPEN TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/G/GSOGBE Exchange Bank, 444 Aviation Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA 95401. 4 round S-CCC-20160824/index.jhtml 4 sections: Open, U2000, U1700, U1400, 11TH ANNUAL INDIANAPOLIS OPEN Swiss, G/120 d5. In 3 Sections. Open: 4SS, G/120 d5, $$GTD: $250- 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60 d10). Crowne plus Saturday scholastic (U1000) see below. Open section is FIDE rated. 175. 4SS, G/120 d5, Open to 1899 & under. $200-125. in total prizes ! Prizes in Reserve: $$GTD: Plaza Indianapolis Airport, 2501 S. High School Rd (off I-465 & Airport $12,000 UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED 4SS, G/120 d5, Open to 1499 & under. $150-100. Unr. all 4 sections: $1,000-500-300-250-150-125-125-100-100-100; Class Booster: $$GTD: Expwy), Indianapolis, IN 46241. Free parking, free airport shuttle, must play in Booster Section. Unrated players winning prizes will only prizes (U2100, U1850, U1550, U1250): $150-100 each section. Can play free wireless, indoor pool, game room, fitness center. Prizes $$17,000 receive half of the prize. ALL: EF: $35 advance until 8/24, $45 at site. based on 200 paid entries (re-entries & U1200 count half), minimum up if within 100 points of next section in Aug. 2016 supplement. EF: $69 if received by Aug. 21; $85 thereafter; GM-IM free with no deduction No phone or e-mail entries. $10 fee to play up a section. Reg.: 08/27 $12,750 (75% each prize) guaranteed. In 4 sections. Open: $2000- 8:30am-9:30am. Rds.: Sat 10, 3; Sun 10, 3. ENT: Paul Stagnoli, 4233 1000-600-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2200/Unr from winnings for EF. RDS.: Round 1: Friday at 7:00 pm or Saturday at 10:00 am (G/90 d5); then Saturday 2-7, Sunday 10-3. One half-point Kintyre Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95409-4127. INFO: (707) 478-4385, $1200-600. Under 2000: $1700-900-500-300, top Under 1800 (no unr) [email protected]. http://pstagnol.users.sonic.net/. Bring your own $1000-500. $1500-800-400-300, top Under 1400 (no unr) bye allowed, must be requested before Rd. 2 is paired. Advance Entry: Under 1600: Online registration available at www.carolinaschessinitiative.com/NCO. equipment, none provided. No Cell phones allowed. W. $600-300. $700-400-250-150, plaque to first 3, top Under Under 1200: Alternately: mail checks to CCI, c/o Walter High, 105 N. Crabtree Knoll, 1000, Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. may not win over $150 A Heritage Event! Unrated Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Onsite entry: Aug. 26 from 5-6:30 pm and Aug. in U1200, $300 U1600, or $500 U2000. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Mixed doubles bonus prizes: 27 from 8:00-9:30 am. No smoking including electronic cigarettes. best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: Sat- AUG. 27-28, IOWA urday Scholastic Open to K-12 rated U1000. 4 Rd-SS, G/30 d5. EF: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) $600-300. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play in $20 by Aug. 21, $25 thereafter. Rounds: 10:30 am-12:30 pm-1:45 pm- different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) before both 62ND IOWA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (USCF & FIDE RATED) 3:00 pm. Trophies: top 5 in two sections. Sections based on rating. IASCA GP SUPER QUALIFIER players begin round 2; teams including an unrated limited to $300. INFO: Walter High [email protected]. Top 3 sections EF: $108 online at chessaction.com by 8/24, $115 5-SS, G/90, i30. Accelerated pairings may be used in Rounds 1-2. phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/22 (entry only, no questions), 3-day US Chess Junior Grand Prix! IASCA Super GP Qualifier. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 300 E $113, 2-day $112 mailed by 8/17, all $120 (no checks, credit cards AUG. 27-28, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. Reg.: 8:30am OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before rd. 1. GMs, IMs & WGMs TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 and ends at 9:30am. Rds.: Sat 10, 2:30, & 7:30; Sun 9:30 & 2:30. EF: free; $90 deducted from prize. Under 1200 Section EF: all $40 less SACRAMENTO CHESS CLUB WEEKEND SWISS #23 $57 if postmarked before 8/23; $69 at site. IM & GM free-EF deducted than above. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise ROUNDS: 4. FORMAT: Swiss. RATING: Full-K. SITE: Courtyard Sacra- from any prize, Jrs. & Sr. $10 off, $10 off Out of state residents. Prize unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with mento Natomas, 2101 River Plaza Dr., Sacramento, CA. ON-SITE Info: Prizes: ($1900 b/65 Top 3 Gtd) 550+T-300-150 U2200, U2000, entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic REGISTRATION: 8/27 – 9:00 am - 9:45 am. ROUNDS: 8/27 & 8/28 – U1800, U1600 150/75 each. US Chess Federation (USCF) membership $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, 10 & 3. TIME CONTROLS: 30/75 G/30 30 second increment. SECTIONS: required. On Site Available. IASCA membership required, ($10 or Scholastic $17. Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. 3-day 1800+ & U1800. ENTRY FEES: $65 postmarked by 8/22. $75 after Out of State Accepted (OSA). On-Site Available. Send Entry Fee to: schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 8/22. $5 discount to CalChess members. PRIZES: 1800+: 1st - $325, IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa City, IA 52245 or 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 2nd - $250, 3rd - $200, 1st U2000: $175; U1800: 1st - $325, 2nd - $250, register online at https://onlineregistration.cc Additional Info: USCF & 3:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before 1st U1600 - $200, 1st U1400 - $175 based on 40 entries. HOTEL: and FIDE Rated!! Byes: Bye available Rounds 1-3 if requested prior to rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $99-99, 1-800-227-6963, 317-236-7495; Courtyard Natomas, 916-922-1120, $119 (subject to change), contact start of round. Rounds 4-5 only if requested prior to tournament starting. reserve by 8/12 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331- Kurt Glisen. ADVANCE ENTRIES & INFO: John McCumiskey (TD), USCF – August 2016 Rating List will be used for pairing purposes. FIDE 1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. e‑mail: [email protected]; phone: (916) 524-9479. Checks rules will be used. Call 319-321-5435 or [email protected] Direc- Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY payable to Sacramento Chess Club and mailed to 6700 50th St., Sacra- tions: Take I-80 to exit 242, go south to 9th street, take a left and 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, mento, CA 95823-1306. Full flyer and advance entries: http://sacramento follow to the end of 9th street and you are there! The Marriott Hotel DirectorAtChess.us, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chess- chessclub.org under Weekend Events. OTHER INFO: Wheelchair Access. and Conference Center, Chess rate available, $112 (INCLUDES PARKING) action.com (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 8/16 rating list only. Please bring clocks, chess sets provided. 1/2 point only until 8/5/16, rates may increase after this date. Pool, restaurant, 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. byes available in any round and must be requested before the completion more restaurants in walking distance. 319-688- 4000. GOLD & SILVER AFFILIATES

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US Chess Junior Grand Prix! canchesspromotions.com or (478)-973-9389. Enter: americanchess pro- entries; pre-reg. requires pre-payment. After 8/30/16 all registration AUG. 27-28, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN motions.com or 3055 General Lee Rd., Macon, GA 31204. and changes on site only; all changes including withdrawals, $10 after TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 8/30/16. 4 day: Reg. Friday 9/2, 6:15 pm-7:05. Rds. Fri.: 7:30, Sat.: US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 2:00 pm - 7:30, Sun: 11:00 am - 4:30 pm, Mon.: 9:00 am – 2:30 pm. 2016 PETROSIAN MEMORIAL A State Championship Event! 3 (A sponsored event) 6SS, G/61 d5. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, SEPT. 2-5, FLORIDA day: Reg. Sat. 9/3, 8-8:25 am, Rd. 1 at 9 am then merge with 4 day. 2nd fl. EF: $75; $55 LACC members; No prizes 1/2, spouses/siblings TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 Foreign Unrated must play in Open section. Tournament may use CCA rules for foreign ratings and for minimum ratings. Registrations that do 1/2, new members 1/2, Free new LACC Life members. GMs free! Reg.: 2016 ARNOLD DENKER FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP not indicate 4 or 3-day schedule will be put in the 3-day. HR: $99 with Sat 10-11:45 am. Register at LAChessClub.com and receive a free gift. Hilton Tampa Downtown, 211 North Tampa St., Tampa, FL 33602. TEL: GMs free! 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Up to three 1/2-point byes continental breakfast for up to 4 registered guests/$109 with Full Break- Rds.: Byes: +1 (813)-204-3000. 6SS. G/120 d5. $12,000 b/180 paid, 60% guaran- available. Last Rd. bye before 4 pm. Play 1 day- no 1/2 fast Buffet for up to two registered guests/$119 with Full Breakfast 1-Day option I: teed. 6 Sections: OPEN: $1700-800-400-300, U2200: $800-400; U2000: pt byes- 1/2 EF. Play 1 day & get three 1/2 pt byes- Buffet for up to four registered guests, 972-929-8181or 800-222-8733 1-Day option II: 1000-500-300; U1800: $1000-500-300; U1600: $800-400-300; U1400: Full EF. $$1,500 (b/45) $750 Gtd. 1st-3rd $400-200-100; U2000: reserve by 8/18 and ask for Dallas Chess Club rate. Up to two 1/2-pt Prizes: $800-400-300; U1200: $500-300-200. Trophies to highest finishing Florida $100; U1800: $200-100-$50; U1600: $100-50; U1400: $100-50; U1200: byes available if requested before end of rd. 2, but byes for both rd. 6 resident in each section. Special Prizes: Upset Prize each round: $25 Book prize. Best attack: $25; Biggest upset: $25. Info: (310) 795-5710; AND 7 not permitted. Tournament reserves the right to use an analog gift certificate to Hollywood Kings Chess. Fine Print: USCF and FCA mem- clock with equivalent time control under special circumstances (not in [email protected] or www.LAChessClub.com. Parking: Free on bership required. May renew onsite. USCF rules used in all sections streets, BoA, or basement. open section). Texas Chess Association meeting on Sunday 9/4 at 8:30 including Open. 1/2 point bye available any round if requested 1 hour am. K-12 Scholastic on Saturday, 9/3. 5-SS, G/30 d5. EF: $31 by A Heritage Event! prior to start of 3rd round (limit 2). No smoking. No computers in tournament 8/26, $45 thereafter; Pre-reg. requires pre-payment. After 8/30/16 all US Chess Junior Grand Prix! hall. Wheelchair accessible. Electronic devices must be powered OFF registration and changes on site only; all changes $10 after 8/30/16. A State Championship Event! while in tournament hall and/or while playing. Bring own board/sets/clocks. No refunds after 8/30/16, $10 handling fee for refunds before 8/30/16. SEPT. 2-4, ALABAMA None provided. Entry Fee: $99 early mail in or online by 8/11. $110 Entries do not count toward base in Open, Reserve and Novice. Regis- TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 entry available online only till 9pm Friday 9/2. $120 onsite Saturday 9/3. tration: 9:15-9:45 am, Rd. 1 at 10:20 am, rest ASAP with small lunch ALABAMA STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - 63RD ANNUAL $60 for scholastic in U1200 section (scholastic count as 1/2 entry towards break. Sections: K-12 Championship and K-12 U1000. Prizes: Trophies 6SS, G/120 d5. University of Alabama in Huntsville, 4705 Holmes Ave., prize fund). GM and IM free entry ($99 deducted from any prize) if to top 12 individuals, five teams in each section. K-12 U1000 also top Huntsville, AL 35899. PREMIERE (1600+/UNR, $2,000 $$Gtd): $500- registered before 8/11. Reentries $60 available until 1 hour before start three unrateds. Medals to Players who do not win a trophy. ALL: Ent: 325-250-175, A: 225-150, B: 225-150. RESERVE (U1600; $1,200 $$Gtd): of 3rd round. Registrations ends 1 hour prior to start of 1st round. Reg- Dallas Chess Club, C/O Barbara Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, $350-200-150-100, D: 150-100, U1200: 100-50. EF: $50, if Postmarked istration after 12:00pm Sat. will result in a 1/2 point bye for first round. TX 76036. Info: Barb Swafford, 214-632-9000, [email protected], by August 26, 2016. Onsite Reg: $70. Rds.: Fri: 6:30pm; Sat: 9-2-7; https://www.chessregister.com/ register?event_key=5864824886001664 www.dallaschess.com. W. FIDE. JGP for Non scholastic side events. Sun: 8:30-2. Byes: Rds 1-5; request before Rd. 2. Register online: Rounds: 14, 1pm and 6pm Sat/Sun., 5-6 rds. 9 am and 2pm Mon. Hotel http://madisonchess.com/products/20. UAH Scholastic Side Events: Rate: $109 Single/Double. Parking discounted to $8/day both valet and A Heritage Event! Individual Tnmt: 3 Sections, Trophies: Top 3 Individuals; Medals: selfparking (usually $24/$16) for Hotel guests only. IN/OUT Parking $10. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 4th-5th; : $20. Top 3 Teams. 10% Starbucks and 211 Restaurant discount as well. Pool/Gym access. A State Championship Event! EF Team Tnmt: 3 Sections, Trophies: SEPT. 2-5, 3-5 OR 4-5, NEW YORK EF: $40, Late/On-Site: $20 more, Rds.: 9:15-10:45-1-2:30-4 (Sat G/30 Chess rate cutoff 8/11. Reserve early to ensure discounted rate and d5); Rds.: 10-12-2-3:45 (Sun G/45 d5). Register online: http://madis- availability. Hilton Tampa Downtown: TEL: +1 (813) 204-3000 Mention TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 (ENHANCED) onchess.com/products/21 (indiv) http://madisonchess.com/products/22 Chess Tournament. www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/T/TPAN- 138TH ANNUAL NY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (team). Info: [email protected]; www.madisonchess.com; THFCHESS20160902/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG Alternative Parking Out of state welcome. 6SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option in U2100 www.AlabamaChess.org. for nonhotel guest. Fort Brooke Garage: 107 N. Franklin Street. Side & below, rds. 1-3 G/40 d10). Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd., Albany Events: Florida Quick Chess Championship (QC) (USCF Rated). 4SS, 12205 (Thruway Exit 24, I-87 north to Wolf Rd, Exit 4). Free parking, A Heritage Event! G/15 d5. Prizes: Cash prizes based on entries. Trophy to top finisher. EF free airport shuttle, indoor/outdoor pool, fitness center, many restaurants US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $25 (enter online or onsite). Rds. (tentative) Friday 7pm. Garrison ballroom. nearby. $$G 13,000. In 5 sections. Open: $1500-700-500-300, top A State Championship Event! Florida Blitz Chess Championship (BLZ) (USCF rated). 4DoubleSS (2 U2300/Unr $800-400. State title & $100 bonus to top NYS resident (both SEPT. 2-4, TENNESSEE games/Rd), G/5 d0. Prizes: Cash Prizes based on entries, trophy to top decided on tiebreak if tied). Under 2100: $1000-500-300-200, top Under TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 finisher. EF $25 (enter online or onsite). Rds. (tentative) Saturday 9:30am. 1900 $400-200. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-200, top Under 1600 $400- 2016 TENNESSEE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Garrison ballroom. Mail in Entries to: Florida Chess Association, c/o 200. Under 1500: $700-400-200-100, top Under 1300 $300-150. Under 5SS, G/120 d5. Valor Collegiate Academy 4527 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, Steve Cernobyl, 5201 Cleveland St., Hollywood, FL 33021. Please no phone 1200: $400-200-100-50, trophy to first 3, top Under 1000, Under 800, TN 37211. $$Gtd. $3000 Prize fund. Sections: OPEN $400-250-200, or email entries. Credit Card entries available online or onsite only. EARLY Under 600, Unrated. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female Exp. $200-150, Class A $175-125, Class B $150-75. AMATEUR (U1600) ONLINE/MAIL IN REGISTRATION ENDS AUGUST 19. ONLINE REGISTRA- 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: $600-300. Team $225-175-150, Class D $125-75 Class E $100-75, Class F+below $100- TION ENDS 9PM SEPTEMBER 2. General Info: William Bowman (904) average must be under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; 75, UNR $100-75. EF: $55 post marked by 08/26 ($65 at site) online by 962-6333, [email protected] Chief TD: Steve Lampkin, USCF teams must register at site (no extra fee) before both players begin 8/31. UNR eligible for UNR prize only, youth and scholastic members Associate National Tournament Director. Additional Info: FCA Annual round 2; teams including an unrated cannot win over $300. Unrated for trophy only $30 ($40), IM and GM Free entry ($55 taken from prize Board Meeting Sunday 10am Garrison ballroom. FCA Annual Meeting of may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500 or $500 U1800. Top 3 of $200 or more). On site reg. Fri 5:00-6:00 pm and Sat 7:30-8:30 am Membership Sunday 5:30pm Main ballroom. All are welcome to attend. sections EF: $99 online at chessaction.com by 8/31, $110 phoned to CDT, USCF and TCA Dues req. OSA. Rnds: (CDT) Rnd. 1 Fri 7:00 pm or 406-896-2038 by 8/29 (entry only, no questions), 4-day $109, 3-day Sat 10:00 am. Rnds. 2 thru 5 Sat 2:30, 7:00, Sun. 9:00, 2:00. A Heritage Event! Enter on- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $108, 2-day $107 if check mailed by 8/24, all $120 at site, or online line at TNCHESS.ORG or mail to: Chris Prosser, 733 Long Hunter Ct., SEPT. 2-5 OR 3-5, TEXAS until 2 hours before game. GMs free; $90 deducted from prize. Under Nashville, TN 37217 or [email protected], 615-426-7105. W. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) 1500 Section EF: All $20 less than top 3 sections EF. Under 1200 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 82ND ANNUAL SOUTHWEST OPEN Section EF: All $40 less than top 4 sections EF. All: Online entries $7 SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, GEORGIA 7SS, G/90 with 30 sec inc. Doubletree DFW Airport North, 4441 W. less to NYSCA members (NYSCA dues $12/yr with 2 issues Empire TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 John Carpenter Fwy., Irving, TX 75063. $$ 8,950 b/175 full entries, 75% Chess or $20/yr with 4 issues; join or renew together with entry.) Unof- ficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 AMERICAN CHESS PROMOTION OPEN Gtd. 3 Sections and scholastic side events: Open: (This section is FIDE 5-SS. Interactive College of Technology, 5227 New Peachtree Rd., Cham- rated and uses FIDE rules. USCF rules/ratings used for awarding prizes. year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at ches- saction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned blee, GA 30341. $10,000 b/155, 55% Guaranteed. In 7 sections: US Chess ratings used for pairing purposes. Players not at the board or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re-entry Championship: FIDE and USCF rated. Must be 1950 and above to within 60 minutes of the start of the round will forfeit game unless $60, all sections but Open. No checks at site, credit cards OK. enter. $1,000-600-500, u 2200: $700-300-150-100. Under 2000: arbiter decides to grant more time.) Please check tournament website 3-day Reg. ends Sat 11 am, rds. Sat 12 & 6, Sun 12 & 6, Mon 10 & $700-300-150-100, u1900- $150. Under 1800: $700-300-150-100, for rules about FIDE registration. $$ 1,000-500-250, 2200-2399 $700, schedule: u1700- $150. Under 1600: $600-300-$150-100, u1500- $150. Under U2200 $700-350. Reserve: U2000. $$ 800-400-200. B $600-300-150, 3:15. 4-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 6 pm, Sun 1400: $600-300-150-100, u1300- $150. Under 1200: $600-300- U1600 $500-250-125. Novice: U1400 and Unrated. $$ $500-250-125, E 12 & 6, Mon 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sun. 10 am, rds 150-100, u1100- $150. Unrated: (not part of base) Trophies to top $400-200, U1000 $300-150 Unrated $200. All 3: Except for approved Sun 11, 1:30, 3:30, 6, Mon 10 & 3:15, no 2-day schedule in Open. Bye: 7. Time Controls: Championship: G/90 w/30 sec. inc., 2-day: G/90 Electronic scorekeeping devices, no electronics are allowed in the playing all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 4. HR: d/5. Other: G/120 d5., 2-day: G/90 d5. Entry Fees: $79 3-day, $78 2- area during the round. This includes rest rooms in playing are. This $102-102, 800-443-8952, 518-458-8444, reserve by 8/25 or rate may day if received by 9/1; $85 at site. GMs and IMs FREE. Juniors: $6 rule applies to players, parents, coaches. TCA membership required. increase. NYSCA meeting 9 am Sun. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD less. Unrateds: $30 Reentry except in Championship section $40. Bye: Other states accepted. EF: $89 if received by 8/26, else $99. $82 D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: all rounds (limit 2), must commit before 1st round. May play up 1 section Junior(U19) if received by 8/26 else $90 (juniors count as 90% toward chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. except Championship. 3-day schedule: Registration: ends 6:15 am. base), Senior (over 65)/Handicap/Additional family participant/Birthday $15 service fee for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, Direc- Rounds: 7, 2:15-7, 10-3:15. 2-day schedule: Registration: ends 10 during event, $53 if received by 8/26 else $65 (Senior/Handicap/Addi- torAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com a.m. Rounds: 1st at 10:30 a.m., then merges with 3-day. Info: ameri- tional family participant counts 60% toward base). Add $5 for CC phone (online entries posted instantly). NYS Blitz Championship Sun 10 pm, enter by 9:45 pm. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! SEPT. 2-5, 3-5 OR 4-5, OHIO TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 2016 OHIO CHESS CONGRESS 7SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10. (3-day option rds. 1-3 G/110 d10, 2-day option 138th annual rds. 1-5 G/50 d10). The Ohio State University - Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43210. $8150 in Prizes based on 110 players. In 3 Sections. Open: $1400-900-600-500-400 U2200: $450-250. Premier: NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Provisional and Non-Rated Players only qualify for 25% of any prize) Class A: $400-300-200. Class B: $400-300-200. Class C: $400-300-200. , Reserve: (Provisional and Non-Rated Players only qualify for 25% of 6 rounds, Sept 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5 2016 any prize) Class D: $350-250 Class E and below: $200-150. EF: $100 by Aug 28 after that $115. No checks on site (CC or Cash only). On-site registration ends 30 min prior to the start of a schedule. 4-day Schedule: Fri 6:30 pm; Sat 12:30 pm, 6:30 pm; Sun 12:30 pm, 6:30 pm, Mon 10 Labor Day weekend at Albany Marriott am, 4 pm. 3-day Schedule: Sat 9:30 am, 2:30 pm, 7:30 pm; Sun 12:30 pm, 6:30 pm; Mon 10 am, 4 pm. 2-day Schedule: Sun 9:30 am, 12:30 $13,000 guaranteed prizes, $102 rooms, free parking pm, 3:30 pm, 6:30 pm, 9:30 pm; Mon 10 am, 4 pm. Blitz Tournament (EF $20)(75% returned in prizes): Mon 2-4 pm G/5 d0. OCA Meeting: Mon 2-4 pm. All Schedules: Bye all, limit 2, Open must commit before For full details see “Grand Prix” in this issue. rd. 3, other sections before rd. 5. Online Entry or more information: http://buckeyechess.com or mail to: Buckeye Chess Club, 6321 E. Liv- ingston Ave. Suite E, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068. Questions: Mr. Kelly M. Bloomfield – [email protected] or 614-668-5588.

58 August 2016 | Chess Life See previous issue for TLAs appearing August 1-14

US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 6-SS, G/100 + 30 second inc. (2-day schedule rds. 1-3 G/50 d5 then details, and tournament conditions subject to change without notice; A State Championship Event! merges). Open section FIDE Rated except for fast games in 2-day sched- changes will be posted ASAP at the site & online. INFO: (773) 294-1709 SEPT. 2-5, 3-5 OR 4-5, MICHIGAN ule. Town & Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. or [email protected]. Scholastic side event on 9/3, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 $$20,000 in Guaranteed Prizes, 6 Sections. Prizes: Open Sec 1st details and registration at www.chessforlife.com. Illinois Blitz Champi- 2016 MICHIGAN OPEN $2,400-1,600-1,200-900-600-500-400, plus BU2300 $1,000-600; U2200, onship on 9/3 evening, details and registration at www.il-chess.org/ 7-SS. Detroit Marriott Livonia, 17100 Laurel Park Drive North, Livonia, U2000, U1800 and U1600 Sections ALL: $1,000-600-400-200; U1400: ilblitz2016. HR: (847) 493-6929 or www.crowneplaza.com/northbrookchi, MI 48152. HR: King $94 / Double $104 by 8/12, after if space avail, $600-400-200-100, plus BU1200 $300-150, Best Unrated $100. Plus $94 room rate if reserved by 8/19, must use Group Code CSS when includes Breakfast, Phone: 734-462-3100. 3 Sections: Open (All, FIDE Best Game Prizes: $75-50-25, one reserved for non-open sections. Reg.: registering. Free hot breakfast buffet for guests. 25% discount at Willows rated), Reserve (U1800), Booster (U1200); 3 Schedules: 4-day 3-day: 8 to 9:30 AM, Sept official rating list used. 2-day: 8 AM to 9 AM Restaurant to all tournament participants. Sunday. Rds.: 3 day: 10 AM & 4 PM Sat, Sun and Mon. 2- day: 9:30 (Open/Reserve only), 3-day, 2-day (Reserve/Booster only). EF: Adv A Heritage Event! Ent Must be received and paid by Mon, Aug 29. Open: $55 for 4-day, AM, 11:30, 1:30 & 4 PM (merged) Sun, then 10 AM & 4 PM Monday. EF: $90 Early Bird Special if received by 7/31, $100 from 8/1 to 8/24, $120 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $56 for 3-day, $65 after 8/29. Reserve: $45 for 4-day, $46 for 3-day, SEPT. 3-5 OR 4-5, NEW JERSEY $47 for 2-day, $55 after 8/29. Booster: $31 for 3-day, $32 for 2-day, after 8/24, or $140 at door. No credit cards at door, checks or cash only. Special rate of only $75 if U1400 or unrated. Special rate for GMs TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 $40 after 8/29. U18: $5 discount. Online pays lowest advanced rate. 69TH ANNUAL NEW JERSEY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Re-entry allowed for online advance price. Free Entry to and IMs: $20 if registered by 8/26, $40 after 8/26 or $60 late entry at door. Unrated players are eligible for place prizes only in the Open All Prizes Guaranteed!! 6-SS, 40/2 d5, SD/1. Headquarters Plaza GM/IM/FM/2200+ when registering by 8/29, $55 EF deducted from Hyatt, 3 Headquarters Plaza, Morristown, NJ 07960. (973) 898-9100. A prize. Payment in advance by check made payable to MCA or by Credit Section, or the unrated prize in the U1400. Players who forfeit any round are subject to a $25 fine! SCCF membership req’d ($18 Adult; $13 Jr or luxury hotel including spa. Free parking. For chess rate ($119/night) Card/PayPal via PayPal. Be sure to specify schedule, and select correct use https://aws.passkey.com/event/14285144/owner/1459369/ entry fee! USCF memb req. MCA memb req for MI residents, other $3 Jr w/o mag,) for all So Cal residents. Two byes allowed, but must be requested at least one hour before round, no byes allowed in the last rooms/list?sort=default for online reservations. Short walk to train states OK. Reg: Online: www.onlineregistration.cc, Site: 4-day: Fri station with service to New York and Philadelphia (via Newark). 5 minute (9/2): 6-6:29pm. 3-day: Sat (9/3): 8:30-8:59am. 2-day: Sun (9/4): 8- round. Entries: SDCC, PO Box 120162, San Diego, CA 92112 or enter online at www.scchess.com. For more info call Chuck Ensey 858- 432- walk to many restaurants and shopping. In 3 sections, Open Section, 8:29am. Rds: 4-day (Open/Reserve only): Fri (9/2): 7pm, Sat 10am, Under 2000, Under 1600. With 3 day and 2 day schedules. Prizes: Open: 5:30pm, Sun 10am, 3:30pm, Mon 9:30am, 3pm. 3-day: Sat (9/3): 9:30am, 8006, or email me at [email protected] SCCF Annual Membership Sunday 9 PM. Special rate of only $135, 619- $1000-$800-$600-$400-$200, Top Expert & A: $200 and trophy. 12pm, then merge w 4-day. 2-day (Reserve/Booster only): Sun (9/4): Meeting: Hotel Rates: 291-7131, or 1-800-772-8527 if booked by 8/12/16, book ASAP, as rates Trophy to NJ Champion. Under 2000 $500-$300-$100. Top B & C: 9am, 10:30am, 12pm, 1:30pm, then merge w 4-day. 4-day: 40/120 TL: may go up and rooms may sell out by mid-August. Large hotel is in the $200 and trophy. Under 1600: $500-$300-$100. Top D, E & F: $200 d5, SD/30 d5. 3-day: Rds. 1&2 G/75 d5. 2-day: Rds. 1-4, G/30 d5. Bye: heart of Mission Valley, close to the airport and attractions such as Sea and trophy. $100 prize for best Open section game. $100 prize for ½ pt bye for RDS. 1-6, max of 2. Must request before Rd. 4. $$Gtd: World, Legoland, and the San Diego Zoo. The Town and Country Hotel best game in either Under 2000 or Under 1600 section. All Prizes $3150; Trophies for all Place-Winners Open: 1st $500, 2nd $300, 3rd has 4 restaurants, a pool, a spa and a fitness center. The SCO is a State Guaranteed. All sections get these trophies: Top 3, Top Senior over age $250. U2200: $200; U2100: $200; U2000: $200; U1900: $200. Reserve: Championship Qualifier. 55, Top Under Age 16, Top Under Age 13. Unrated may win first place 1st $300, 2nd $225, 3rd $150, U1600: $125; U1500: $125; U1400: $125; in Open section only. Early Entry Fee $68 if paid by 8/30. EF onsite is U1300: $125; U1200: $125. Booster: Trophies to 1st, 2nd, 3rd; U1000, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $80. $50 for re-entry. Make checks payable to NJSCF. Online registration U800, U600: 1st & 2nd each; Unrated 1st. Side Event: Michigan Speed A State Championship Event! is $70 at register.njscf.org until 9/1. 3 day reg at hotel: 9:00am-11:00am Championship: Sun, 9/4. USCF Blitz rated; See Detail in Separate SEPT. 3-5, LOUISIANA 9/3/2016. 2 day reg at hotel: Sunday, 9/4/2016 9-10am. Rounds: 3 TLA. Membership Meeting: 3:30pm Sat, Sept. 3. MCA members, make TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 day Saturday 12:00 & 6:30pm, Sunday 11am & 6pm, Monday 9am & your voice heard! Ent & Info: Jeff Aldrich, P.O. Box 40, Flint, MI 48501; 2016 LOUISIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 3:30pm. Rounds: 2 day 1-2-3(G/60 d5) Sunday 10:30am, 12:45pm and [email protected]; (810) 955-7271. 7-SS, G/90 i30. Site: Hilton New Orleans Airport Hotel, 901 Airline Dr., 3:00pm. 3 Day and 2 Day schedules merge in round 4. Entries to Noreen Kenner, LA 70062, (504) 469-5000. USCF and FIDE Rated using FIDE An American Classic! Davisson, 6 Red Barn Ln., Randolph, NJ 07869. Email: Noreen@ rules. EF: $80 if received by 8/28, $90 at site; LCA Memb. required deanofchess.com. Entries should include name, USCF ID and expirations, A Heritage Event! ($15 Adult, $5 Schol.), OSA. Prizes: $4000 b/100, 50% Gtd. One Section: US Chess Junior Grand Prix! mailing address, email address, phone, section and schedule desired SEPT. 3-4, OKLAHOMA Open: $1000 + plaque-500-250; U2000: $500-250; U1800: $400-200; and entry fee. U1600: $350-150; U1300/Unr: $300-100. Sat. 9/3, 8:30-9am. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Reg.: Sat.: 9:30-3; Sun.: 9:30-2:30-7:30; Mon.: 9:30-2:30. Business US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 71ST OCF FIDE OPEN + CHAMPIONSHIP - TULSA Rds.: meeting: Sat. 9/3, 2pm. BYES: Up to three 1/2-pt. byes allowed if A State Championship Event! 5-SS; G/90+30 spm; $$G $1,300; Trade Winds Central, 3141 E. Skelly requested prior to final pairing of Rd. 3 (approx. 9am Sunday morning) SEPT. 3-5 OR 4-5, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN Dr. (NW corner of 51st & Harvard), Tulsa, OK 74105; (918) 749-5561; and before any full-point bye is awarded. Requesting byes for both TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) Free-WIFI. www.tradewindstulsa.com; Hotel rates: $55 – $65; EF: Open Rounds 6 and 7 is not permitted. HR: $97, (504) 469-5000, ask for chess 2016 CALCHESS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (LABOR DAY) $50; Reserve $40 (deduct $10 from either if envelope postmarked on rate. State Blitz Championship: Sat. 9/3 (USCF Blitz Rated), 7 Rd- 6SS 40/120 sd30 d5 (2-day opt rounds 1-3 G/61 d5). Santa Clara Con- or before Aug 29th; OCF $10 required if not current); Reg.: 9-9:45 Sat Double SS (play each opponent as black and white), G/5 d0. EF: $20 if vention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy., CA 95054. Park free. Prize: AM; Rds.: 10-2:30-7; 9-1:15; Two Sections: Open - FIDE $G 1st $300; received by 8/28, $25 at site; $5 discount if also entering State Cham- $20,000 b/249 (60% Guar). 6 sections. Open (2200+) FIDE rated: U-2100 $150-100; U-1900 $150-100; U-1700 - FIDE $G: 1st: $200-100; pionship. LCA Memb. req’d, OSA. Prizes: $400 b/30, 50% Gtd. (one $2500-1500-800-300-200, u2300 200 100. Expert: 1,500-1,000-600-200. U-1400 $100; U-1100 + UNR $100; more $$ if entrees permit; 1 half pt section) Open: $100 + plaque to top LA resident-50. U2000: $80, U1800: A: 1,200-900-500-200. B: 1,200-900-500-200. C: 1,200-900-500-200. bye rds. 1-5; commit before Sat 9 PM. Jim Berry, PO Box 351, Stillwater, $70, U1600: $60, U1300: $40 (USCF Regular Ratings Used for Pairings DE: $1,000-500-300-100 u1200 $500-200-100. Unr capped at 300 except OK 74076, [email protected], (405) 762-1649, OCFChess.org. & Prizes). Blitz Reg.: 7-7:45pm (after second round of state championship). in Open. Unr: Trophy 1st. Trophy to top finisher (State Champion) in ea section. $134 by 8/28. 154 on site. Unr EF $50 in DE or in the Master US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Rds.: Round 1 at 8pm, other rounds follow each other immediately - EF: SEPT. 3-4, MISSOURI should end around 11pm. Only three electronic notation devices may section for reg EF. $5 disc to CalChess mems. USCF mem reqd. Play-up TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 be used in the tournament: Monroi, eNotate, or Plycount, and they must fee: $35 per section above rating. Reentry fee: $50. Refund fee: $25. GM/IM free by 8/18 (EF subtr from prize). Reg.: Sat 9-9:30am, 2016 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (FIDE RATED) remain on top of the table at all times. The TD has the right to inspect Sched: your notation device at any time before, during, or after your games. Sun 8:30-9am. Rds.: 3day Sat 10 3:30; Sun 11 5; Mon 10 3:30. 2-day 4SS, G/90 + 30 second increment. Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Sun 9:30 12 2:30 5; Mon 10 3:30. Merge at Rd. 4. All compete for the Saint Louis, 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108. Free entries No other electronic devices of any kind are allowed in the tournament hall, including lap top computers, PDAs, ipads/ipods, cell phone watches, same prizes. 1/2 pt bye(s) in any round(s) if requested in advance (byes for GMs and IMs. EF: $60, $50 for annual members of the club if headphones, etc., and cell phones must be turned off. Ent/Info: Cajun Rds. 5 6 must be requested bef Rd. 1). 2016 Sept Supp, CCA min, & TD registered by 9/2. PF: $3,000 Unconditionally Guaranteed!! $1,000- discretion will be used to place players as accurately as possible. Bring $750-$500-$250. Top U2300: $225. Top U2100: $200. Biggest Upset: Chess, 12405 Hillary Step Dr., Olive Branch, MS 38654, or email [email protected], (504) 208-9596; or enter on line with credit clocks. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/labor, Richard Koepcke 650- $75. 10-11:45. Sat: 12-5. Sun: 12-5. One 1/2 point bye if Reg.: Rds.: card at www.cajunchess.com. 224-4938, Judit Sztaray 408-409-6596. Ent: Online at BayArea Chess.com/ declared before round 2. Winner of event will have name engraved on my/labor or mail BayAreaChess 2050 Concourse Drive #42, San Jose, Club Championship Trophy that is displayed in Club year round. Ent: US Chess Junior Grand Prix! CA 95131. No Phone entries. W. 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108 or online at saintlouischess- A State Championship Event! club.org Info: 314-361-CHESS, [email protected]. SEPT. 3-5 OR 4-5, ILLINOIS A Heritage Event! TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 2016 ILLINOIS OPEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SEPT. 3-5 OR 4-5, OREGON SEPT. 3-4, COLORADO TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 6SS, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2875 N. Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook, IL 60062, (847) 298-2525. An Illinois Chess Tour Event. $10,000 guaranteed! 66TH ANNUAL OREGON OPEN - $10,000 GUARANTEED! COLORADO OPEN 6-SS in 3 sections, 40/120 SD/30 d5. Lloyd Center DoubleTree Hotel, Denver Marriott South, 10345 Park Meadows Dr., Lone Tree, CO 80124. $9,400 tournament prize fund plus $600 in door prizes for ICA (Both FIDE rated—FIDE Laws of Chess will 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR. Entries: $120; $100 if entry Chess rate $105, phone (303) 925-0004, ask for reservations. Tournament members! Two sections be followed). open to all; open to Under 1800 or unrated. received by Sept. 1. OCF/WCF/ICA membership required; OSA. Reg.: registration Friday evening and 8:00 – 9:15 AM Saturday. Open: Reserve: Championship —Sept 3-5, G/90+30, Sat. & Sun. 12 noon & Sat. 9-10:30am Open Section: FIDE rated. $2000-$1000-$500 U2200 (for Colorado State Champion) will be (as well as Schedule: 3-day option Section FIDE-rated 6 p.m., Mon. 10:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. (ideal for those $500-300-200 Free entry to GM’s and IM’s ($100 deducted from prizes). USCF) for the first time. 5-SS, open to all, G/90 with 30’ increment. 2-day option wanting to play in Saturday night’s Illinois Blitz Championship)—Sept. Under 2000 Section: $1000-$600-$400 U1800 $500-300-200. Under Registration Friday 5:30 – 6:30 PM; Schedule Friday 7:00 PM; Saturday 4-5, rds. 1-3 G/45 d5, then merge with 3-day at rd. 4. Sun. 11 a.m., 1 1600 Section: Prizes: $500 $300 $200 U1400 $500-300-200; U1200 10:0 AM, 4:00 PM; Sunday 9:00 AM, 4:00 PM. (CSCA Membership Meeting p.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m., Mon. 10:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. 1/2-point byes (maximum $300; Unrated $200 Unrated players limited to place prizes in Open or at 2:00 PM). EF $55 if received by August 31, $60 at site. 1st place two) OK all rounds, must commit by end of round 2; round 6 byes may Unrated prize in U1600 Section. All sections rounds: Sat 11am & $500, 2nd $350, other prizes per entries. U 2000, U Other Sections: not be rescinded after round 2. 5pm; Sun 10am & 6pm; Mon 9:30am & 3:30pm. Two half-pt byes 1600, U 1300. Unrated players may play in sections. Entry fees $45 if Prizes: $9,400 unconditionally guar- $1,500-900-450-260-150; available if requested before Rd. 1: Two-day schedule Register Sunday received by August 31, $50 at site. Registration Friday evening and 8:00 anteed! Open Section: Under 2400 $480-230-120; $460-220-110; $450-210-100. 8-8:45am. Rounds Sunday 9am, 11:30am, 2pm, G/60 d5, then merge – 9:15 AM Saturday. First prizes: $250 b/30; $200 Under 2200 Under 2000 U 2000 U 1600 $900-500-225-140-105; with 3-day schedule for round 4 at 6pm. Players in the 3-day may with- b/30; $180 b/30. Other prizes per entries. These sections are Reserve (Under 1800) Section: Under 1600 U1300 $360-180-120; $350-170-110; $340-160-100. draw and reenter into the 2-day by paying $100. Juniors (under 19) 5-SS: Rds. 1-2 G/90 d5; Rds. 3-5 G/90 with 30’ increment. Rounds Sat- Under 1400 Under 1200 Unrated players qualify for top prizes only Ten may enter the U1600 Section, paying $35, $25 in advance, and compete urday 10:00 AM, 2:30 PM, 7:00 PM; Sunday 9:00 AM, 4:00 PM. Colorado . $600 in door prizes! Amazon gift cards given to randomly drawn ICA members in rounds 4- for trophies only. Wheelchair Accessible. Hotel: Free parking. A limited State Chess Assn membership meeting will be Sunday at 2:00 PM. All 6. $97 USPS postmarked by 8/5 and on-line by 7 p.m. on 8/5, $117 number of rooms are available at special chess rate of $99 plus tax, : CSCA membership required ($15, juniors or seniors $10). EF: sections USPS postmarked after 8/5 (must be received by 8/31); online by 6 single or double occupancy. Reserve early 1-800-996-0510. Entries: OSA. Entries to Richard Buchanan, 1 Sutherland Rd., Manitou Springs, Mike Morris, 2344 NE 27th Ave., Portland, OR 97212-4849. mike- p.m. on 9/2 for 3-day schedule; online by 6 p.m. on 9/3 for 2-day Info: CO 80829. Make checks to Colorado State Chess Assn. For information [email protected] For info on scholastic and blitz side events and schedule. $135, 10-11:30 a.m. Sat., 9-10:30 a.m. call (719) 685-1984 or e-mail [email protected]. Byes for rounds On-site registration: further info: www.pdxchess.org Sun.; entries after cutoff receive ½-point byes for round 1. $5 discount 2-5 must be requested before Rd. 2. Unrated players are eligible only for ICA members (annual dues $15 regular, $10 scholastic— join at for place prizes and designated unrated prizes. A Colorado Tour event. A Heritage Event! www.il-chess.org). $20 extra to play in Open Section with rating of 1799 A USCF Grand Prix event. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! and below. Free entry to Illinois GMs, WGMs, IMs, WIMs, FMs, WFMs. SEPT. 3-5, MASSACHUSETTS A Heritage Event! Register at www.il-chess.org/ilopen2016 or mail checks postmarked TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! by 8/25/16 to Illinois Chess Association, P.O. Box 180177, Chicago, IL 76TH NEW ENGLAND OPEN SEPT. 3-5 OR 4-5, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN 60618. No phone entries. Re-entries $50 with appropriate byes. Advance Hilton Garden Inn Boston/Burlington, 5 Wheeler Rd., Burlington, MA TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) entries posted at www.il-chess.org/ilopen2016. Boards, sets, and 01803. Complimentary shuttle service within a 5-mile radius of the 38TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN clocks provided by The Illinois Chess Association. All special rules, hotel from 6AM - 11PM daily. Includes Anderson RTC. In 4 Sections,

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Championship: 6SS, 40/90, SD/30;+30, Open to players rated 6-SS, G/45 (G/40 d5). All Saints Lutheran Church, 164-02 Goethals Ave., 3. REG.: Fri, 4:30-6pm TL: 2-DAY SCHEDULES: Rds. 1-2, G/45 d5. Rds. 1800/above. FIDE rated. $$GTD: $600-300-250. U2400 $250 U2200 Jamaica, NY 11432. EF: $40, $35 QCC. $200-$100 Gtd. to top 2, more 3-5 G/115 d5. RDS.: Sat: 12-2-6:30, Sun: 10-3. REG.: 8:30-11. $$: $3,500. $250. Revolving Trophy to all New England residents tied for first. per entries. Up to two byes ok (declare before Rd. 3). Pairings and Each section 75% guar. (b/40 per section; b/min. 6 per prize section): U2000: 6SS, 40/90, SD/30;+30, Open to 1999 & under. FIDE rated. prizes based on soccer scoring (3 pts for a win, 1 point for a draw or OPEN: $2,000: 1st $650, 2nd $450, 3rd $300. Top X, A, U1800/Unr: $$GTD: $400-200-150. U1800: 6SS, 40/90, SD/30;+30, Open to 1799 bye). REG.: 7-7:45 pm. Rds.: 8:00 each Fri. ENT: (mail by 9/3/16) Ed $200 each. RESERVE (U1700): $1,500: 1st $450, 2nd $350, 3rd $250. & under. $$GTD: $400-200-150. U1600: 6SS, 40/90, SD/30;+30, Open Frumkin, 445 E. 14th St. #10D, New York, NY 10009. TOP C, D, U1200/UNR: $150 each. UNR eligible only for UNR and Overall to 1599 & under. Adult unrated not allowed in section. $$GTD: $300- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! prizes. Bring boards, pieces, clocks! None supplied except for U1000 150-100. U1400 $150 U1200 $150. ALL: EF: $70 postmarked 26 August, SEPT. 12, 19, 26, OCT. 3, NEW YORK section. Book Vendor on site will have supplies, sets, clocks, books, $80 at site. $30 discount to players in U1600 sect. rated U1000 or NASSAU SEMI-FINALS software, accessories for sale. CELL PHONE/HEADSET RULES: Cell unrated. Free to GMs and IMs. Memb. Req’d: Mass. residents: MACA phones cannot be on your person during your games. They may ($12 adult, $6 junior U18, add $8 for optional Chess Horizons sub- 4SS, 40/80 d0. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & Main Sts., Mineola. Semi- remain in your closed bag or backpack or in your coat pocket in off or in scription), WMCA O.K. N.H. residents: NHCA ($8 adult, $6 junior U19, final: open to over 1399, or 2+ pts in Nassau Qualifying. EF: $34 by silent mode. Cell phones cannot be taken to the restroom during your 9/9. $$ (750 b/25, top 2 gtd.) 180-120, U2000, 150-100-50, U1400/UR $10 with N.H. Chess Journal subscription). OSA. Reg.: 8:30-9:30 on games. INFRACTION: Automatic game forfeiture! Spectators will be Saturday. Rds.: 10-4, 10-4, 10-4. 2 ½ point byes rounds 1-5, must be 100. 2 pts qualifies for top section of NCC Championship. Novice: under expelled for the remainder of the day for any offense. Headphones requested by round 2. NECA annual meeting Monday 2PM. ENT: Alex 1400/UR not qualified for Semi-final section. EF: $21 by 9/9. $$ (136 cannot be used if opponent objects for any reason and cannot be used Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea b/8) 80, U1200/UR 56. Both: EF non-memb $10 more, $7 more at site. in the last round by players with a plus score. Player must be willing to [email protected]. www.relyeachess.com. HR $119 by 19 August. 2 byes 1-4. Reg to 7:15 PM. Rds.: 7:15 each Mon. Ent: Harold Stenzel, present same to TDs for examination at any time. Failure to do so will 781-272-8800 mention New England Open. 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 11782. [email protected]. result in removal from tournament without refund. THESE RULES Sat, 9/17. 4-SS. G/30 d5. A State Championship Event! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! POSTED AT SITE. *NOVICE SECTION: TL: SEPT. 4, MICHIGAN SEPT. 16-18 OR 17-18, MICHIGAN EF by Mon, 9/13: $25; add $10 after. RDS.: 12-1:30-3-4:30. REG.: Sat, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) 8:30-11am. $$: Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Top U800, U600, U400, UNR. Edward Village-Michigan Hotel, 600 Town Center Dr., Dear- 2016 MICHIGAN SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 HAROLD STEEN MEMORIAL CUP LODG, DIR: born, MI 48126. Located N. of Michigan Ave., S. of Hubbard St, E. of 5-2SS. Detroit Marriott Livonia, 17100 Laurel Park Drive North, Livonia, with Co-Sponsorship from Michigan Chess Festival, LLC. Annual Memorial Swiss in memory of the for his enormous con- Evergreen Rd., W. of Southfield Rd. For maps, go online to: MI 48152. HR: King $94 / Double $104 by 8/12, after if space avail, LATE HAROLD STEEN tribution to young chess players in the Detroit area. Each year, the First www.mapquest.com or www.yahoo.com and click on Maps. Room Rate: includes Breakfast, Phone: 734-462-3100. USCF Blitz rated. TL: G/5 d0. $102 by 9/4; after only if rooms are still available. Reserve online at Rds: Starts at 9pm. $18 online in adv. $25 onsite. www.onlinereg- Place Open and Reserve Winners’ names are added to the Harold Steen EF: Reg: Memorial Cup. The beautiful Edward Village-Michigan Hotel (formerly www.edwardvillagedearborn.hotelsone.com or call (313) 592-3622. istration.cc, Sun 9am-8pm. 1st Troph + $150, 2nd: $125, 3rd: $100, Site: $$: the Adoba Hotel), Dearborn, MI Ask for the Harold Steen Chess Rate. ENTRIES & INFO: All The King’s 4th: $75, 5th: $50; Troph 1st, 2nd U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200, (Lodg/Dir below). SPECIAL: BREAK- FAST WITH MRS. HAROLD STEEN on Saturday morning, 9:30-11am! Men, Mrs. Marcie Kahn at (586) 558-4790 or Dr. Ed Mandell (248) 635- U1000, U800, U600, U400, Unr. Ent & Info: Jeff Aldrich, P.O. Box 40, Come join us for a fabulous breakfast buffet with Mrs. Altha Steen at 2375 (Cell). Email: [email protected]. Flint, MI 48501; [email protected]; (810) 955-7271. GUILIO’S RESTAURANT, 2nd Floor of the hotel. Adults: $22, Children SEPT. 17, PENNSYLVANIA SEPT. 4, MASSACHUSETTS 12 and under: $12. Payable to All The King’s Men. Enjoy a delicious TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 meal and wonderful conversation before playtime. You’ll be glad you 1ST ANNUAL LVCA RUBEN SHOCRON MEMORIAL $1050 NEW ENGLAND BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP (BLZ) came to hear this outstanding woman speak about her husband, Harold, GTD-RBO 4 Rd. DBLSS, G/5;+2. Hilton Garden Inn Boston/Burlington, 5 Wheeler and his LIFE OF CHESS! ALSO, there will be an IM Lecture on Saturday 5SS, G/30 d5. College Hill Moravian Church, 72 W. Laurel St., Bethlehem, Rd., Burlington, MA 01803. Complimentary shuttle service within a 5- evening from 5:30-6:30pm. FREE to tournament participants! ($10 PA. 2 Sections: Open: $350-$250-$150,U2100/Unr-U1900-U1600-U1300 mile radius of the hotel from 6AM - 11PM daily. Includes Anderson minimum donation for others). FORMAT: 5-SS (4-SS in Novice Section). $75 each. U1200 Scholastic: Trophies:1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, U900, Unr. RTC. EF: $20 to players in any NEO section, $25 otherwise. Memb. 3 Sections: Open, Reserve (U1700), Novice (U1OOO, Sat. only). 2- & 3- EF: $30 by 9/12, $35 CASH onsite, GM/IM free; $30 off prize, Schedule: Req’d: Mass. residents: MACA ($12 adult, $6 junior U18, add $8 for Day Schedules. SCHEDULES MERGE AFTER RD 2. OPEN Section Reg ends 10:45 am, Rds.: Sat-11,12:30, 2:30, 4, 5:30. 1/2 point byes: optional Chess Horizons subscription), WMCA O.K. N.H. residents: FIDE-Rated. USCF rating used for pairing and prizes (FIDE + 50 used limit 2. Info: www.lehighvalleychesscub.org, 484-866-3045. Checks NHCA ($8 adult, $6 junior U19, $10 with N.H. Chess Journal subscrip- if there is no established USCF rating). PRIZE FUND: $3,500. 75% Guar. payable to: Bruce Davis,1208 Linden St., Fl. 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018. tion). OSA. $$GTD: $200-100. U2000 $100, U1600 $100. Reg.: Online Registration available at www.onlineregistration.cc. USCF 8:00-8:45. Rds.: Round 1 at 9 PM, rest ASAP. ENT: Alex Relyea, 49 and MCA memberships required—can be purchased on site. EF by Mon, A State Championship Event! SEPT. 17, PENNSYLVANIA Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea Sept. 12th, add $10 after: IM’s/GM’s FREE! ($70 EF deducted from [email protected]. www.relyeachess.com. prize). 3-Day Open: $76. 3-Day Reserve (U1700): $62. No RE-Entries TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 in OPEN or Novice sections. 2-Day Open: $75. 2-Day Reserve (U1700): 2016 PA STATE GAME/60 CHAMPIONSHIP SEPT. 9, 16, 23, NEW YORK $61. Re-Entries: $50. (*See Novice section below.) Up to TWO 1/2- 4SS, G/60 d5. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 point byes available—must be requested prior to start of RD. 3. TL: PA 15213. 3 Sections, $$ (695G): Champ: EF: $30 by 9/9, $40 later. $200- QUEENS SEPTEMBER “SOCCER” GAME 45 3-DAY SCHEDULES: G/115 d5. RDS.: Fri: 7 PM, Sat: 12-6:30, Sun: 10- 100, U2000 $75, U1800 $50. Premier: U1600. EF: $25 by 9/9, $35 later.

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$90-60, U1400 $50, U1200 $40, U1000 $30. Trophies to Top 2, Top 2 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! SEPT. 24, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN U1400, Top 2 U1200, Top 2 U1000. Scholastic: Grades K-12 U900. EF: SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25, FLORIDA TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) $15 by 9/9, $25 later. Trophies to Top 7, Top 3 U600. All: Trophies: Top TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) 2016 U.S. GAME/30 CHAMPIONSHIP 2 Schools, Top 2 Clubs. PSCF $5, OSA. Reg ends 10am. Rds.: 10:30-1- 14TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS See Nationals. 3:15-5:45. Ent/Info: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Wyndham PA 15223, 412-908-0286, [email protected]. W. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Orlando Resort, 8001 International Dr., Orlando 32819. Special parking SEPT. 24-25, SOUTH DAKOTA SEPT. 17, TENNESSEE $5. Prizes $12,500 based on 185 paid entries (re-entries, free entries TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 & Class E Section count half), $10,000 (80% each prize) minimum PAUL SALEM SIOUX FALLS OPEN - GRAND PRIX guaranteed. In 7 sections. (2200/up): $1000-500-300-200, MIKE BARTON MEMORIAL 6 Master 5 Rds., G/90 d5. Ramkota Hotel, 3200 West Maple St., (I-29 S, Exit 81) 5SS, G/60 d5. Prizes $1000 Guranteed! $400, 250, 160, 125, 40, 25. clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus. Expert (2000-2199): $1000- Sioux Falls, SD, (605)336-0650. Ask for chess rate by 8/24. $2,000 GTD. 500-300-200. (1800-1999): $1000-500-300-200. Class prizes: B, C, D, E $50 gift certificates from ChessCentral.com. Class A Class B Two sections: Open & Reserve (Under 1400). $$: Open: $400,300,200; Entry Fee: $30 early by Sept 10, $40 at door. MCC members $30 any- (1600-1799): $1000-500-300-200. Class C (1400-1599): $800-400- Under 1800 $200-100; Under 1600: $200-100. Reserve (Under 1400): time. Site: Hyatt Place Memphis - Wolfchase Galleria - 7905 Giacosa 250-150. Class D (1200-1399): $700-400-250-150. Class E (Under $200-100-50; Under 1000/Unrated $100-50. Rounds: Saturday 9 a.m. Pl., Memphis, TN 38133. Rounds: 9am and others ASAP. On-site Regis- 1200): $400-200-100, trophies to first 3, top U1000, U800, U600, Unr. 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Byes: one 1/2 point bye tration 7:30am to 8:30am CDT; [email protected]; Online entries: Rated players may play up one section. Unrated may enter A through available if requested before round 2. Contact: Organized by De Knudson www.memphischess.com; Send mail entries to: MCC, P.O. Box 17864, E, but may not win over $100 in E, $200 D, $300 C or $500 B. Mixed (605) 338-9431 or [email protected] for questions. Entries should Memphis, TN 38187. doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined be sent to De Knudson, 2201 East St. Charles Circle, Sioux Falls, SD score among all sections: $400-200. Team average must be under US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 57103. EF: $20 entry fee if postmarked by September 20; $40 on site. 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must register Free entry for grandmasters and international masters. Checks should SEPT. 17-18, MARYLAND at site (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2; teams TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 be made out to the Paul Salem Sioux Falls Open. Include your USCF # including an unrated may not win over $200. Top 6 sections EF: $98 and indicate what section you wish to enter. UMBC CHAMPIONSHIP online at chessaction.com by 9/21, $105 phoned to 406-896-2038 5SS, G/90, +30incr. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 SEPT. 25, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN (entry only, no questions) by 9/19, 3-day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) Hilltop Circle, Baltimore (in Commons, 3rd floor). Open: (All) $$1260: 9/14, $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours 2016 U.S. GAME/60 CHAMPIONSHIP $400-300-200 Gtd., Class prizes $120 ea. to top U2300, U2100, U1900. before round 1. GMs, IMs & WGMs free; $90 deducted from prize. Top UMBC student awarded trophy & title of 2016-2017 UMBC Chess Class E EF: all $50 less than above. Unofficial uschess.org ratings See Nationals. Champion. Certificates & UMBC Class titles to top UMBC students U2200, usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with SEPT. 30, NEW YORK U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200, & Unr. All prospective members magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 of any UMBC Chess Team for academic year 2016-2017 must play in Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult MARSHALL $500 FIDE BLITZ (BLZ) this section. Free ent. to GMs, $50 deducted from any prizes. U1800: (U1800/Unr.) $$1080 b/40: $350-250-150, Class prizes $110 ea. to top $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re-entry $60; not available in 9-SS, G/3 +2. FIDE Blitz rated. $500: $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U1600, U1400. No Unr. player may win more than $250 in this section. Master Section. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, U2000, U1800: $50. USCF regular rating used for pairings & prizes. EF: See separate TLA for rated beginners tournament held 9/12. All: EF: Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, $30, MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10- $50 if postmarked by 9/1, $60 later, $10 less if under age 20. Reg.: rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, 8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request at entry. 23 W. 10th 8:30-9:30am Sat., Rds.: 10-3-7:30pm Sat, 10:30-3:30pm Sun. Byes: Up Open must commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $103-103- St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. 103-103, 1-800-421-8001, 407-351-2420; reserve by 9/9 or rate may to three 1/2-pt. byes avail. in Rds. 1-5 if req’d at least 1 hr. before Rd. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! (before Rd. 2 for any Rd. 4-5 bye), but only at most one 1/2-point bye in increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve OCT. 1, NEW YORK Rds. 4-5. HR: La Quinta Inn and Suites, 1734 West Nursery Rd., Linthicum, car online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 MD 21090, 410-859-2333, www.lq.com (From I-95, take Exit 47A onto Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. 21ST ANNUAL ARKPORT OPEN I-195 towards BWI Airport. Take Exit 2A onto 295 north towards Balti- Questions: DirectorAtChess.us, chesstour.com, chesstour.info, 347- 201-2269. Entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted 4SS, Rds. 1 & 2 G/60 d5, Rds. 3 & 4 G/90 d5. Arkport Village Hall, 6 more; take first exit, bearing right onto West Nursery Road.) Directions Park Ave., Arkport, NY 14807. $200 - 100, $B/25: U1800 and instantly). Saturday 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. $GTD: to UMBC: Take Exit 47B off I-95 & follow signs to UMBC. Park in Blitz tournament U1600 each $100 – 50. EF: $30 cash at site. Reg.: 9 – 9:45 a.m., Commons Drive garage. Ent: NEW! Register online at http://mdchess.com US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 10/1/16. Rds.: 10, 12, 2:15, 5:30. Director: Ronald Lohrman. Info: 607- (email questions to [email protected]), or mail to Dr. Alan T. Sherman, SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25, CONNECTICUT 661-4295. Ent: F. K. Harris, 1 Northridge Dr., Arkport, NY 14807. Dept. of CSEE, UMBC, Attn: Championship, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) MD 21250. Make out check to Maryland Chess Associaton. For more 7TH ANNUAL HARTFORD OPEN US Chess Junior Grand Prix! information: [email protected], www.umbc.edu/chess. W. OCT. 5-10, 7-10 OR 8-10, VIRGINIA 5SS, 40/100, SD/30, d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Sheraton TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) SEPT. 17-18, MASSACHUSETTS Hartford Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor 3RD ANNUAL WASHINGTON CHESS CONGRESS TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) Locks, CT 06096 (I-91 Exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking. $5000 guaranteed MASSACHUSETTS SENIOR OPEN Premier Section, 9SS, Oct 5-10, 40/2, SD/30 d10; GM & IM norms prize fund. In 4 sections. Open: $800-400-300, U2210/Unr $300-150. possible, FIDE rated, satisfies FIDE requirement that one GM norm be 4SS, 40/90, SD/30 d5. Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Under 2010: $500-300-150, top U1810/Unr $300-150. Under 1610: in a 6-day or longer event to obtain the GM title. 7SS, Post Road West, Marlboro, MA (I-495, exit 24B, Rt. 20W, one mile from Other Sections, $400-200-100, top U1410/Unr $200-100. Under 1210: $200-100-50, tro- Oct 7-10 or 8-10, 40/2, SD/30 d10 (3-day option, rounds 1-2 G/75 d10). exit). 508-460-0700 or 888-543-9500. Open to players born before phies to first 3, top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated may not win Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 9/19/66. $$ 1,100 b/30 fully paid entries ($20 off entries count 60%), over $100 in U1210 or $200 in U1610. Mixed doubles: $200-100 bonus 80% G. 2 sects. $250-125, top U2210 $100, top U2010 $100. VA 22202. Free shuttle to/from Reagan International Airport and Crystal Open: to best male/female combined score among all sections. Team average City Metro station (contact hotel for schedule). Under 1810: $200-125, top U1610 $100, top U1410 $100. All: Unrated $25,000 guaranteed must be under 2200; may play in different sections; teams must register prizes. In 4 sections: Premier: Open to 1900/over USCF or FIDE and can play in either sect. but can’t win more than $100 in U1810. EF: $49 by 2 pm 9/26. Top 3 sections EF: $68 online at chessaction.com by if mailed by 9/13 or online by 9/15, $60 at site. $20 discount to players all foreign FIDE rated players. $4000-2000-1000-600-400, clear or 9/21, $75 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 9/19, 3-day $73, 2-day $72 if tiebreak first bonus $100, top FIDE Under 2300/Unr $1400-700. Minimum in U1810 sect. rated under 1200 or unrated. GMs and IMs free. Reg.: check mailed by 9/14, $80 at site, or online until 2 hours before round 1. Sat. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Rds.: 10 am and 3 pm each day. Bye: O.K. all, prize $800 to first 5 foreign GMs to enter online by 9/1 who play all 9 No mailed credit card entries. U1210 Section EF: all $20 less than rounds with no byes, minimum prize $400 to first 5 foreign IMs to limit 1, must commit before rd. 2, no half point byes to players receiving above. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs, IMs & WGMs free, full point byes. Ent.: payable to MACA and mail to Robert Messenger, 4 enter online by 9/1 who play all 9 rounds with no byes, minimum prize $60 deducted from prize. Online EF $3 less to CSCA or WMCA members. $300 to the following who enter online by 9/1 and play all 9 rounds Hamlett Dr., Apt. 12, Nashua, NH 03062 or enter online at www.Mass- Re-entry $40; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings Chess.org. Info: email to [email protected] or phone 603-891-2484. with no byes: other foreign GMs, all US GMs. Under 2100: $2000-1000- usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with Day of the tournament phone 603-557-1732. W. 500-300-200, top Under 1900 (no Unr) $1200-600. Under 1700: paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, $1700-900-500-300-200, top Under 1500 (no Unr) $800-400. Under SEPT. 18, NEW JERSEY Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult 1300: $1000-500-300-200-100, top Under 1100 (no Unr) $400-200. Prize TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 limits: Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) cannot win over $200 in 2016 RICHARD NAPOLI MEMORIAL pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends U1300, $400 in U1700, or $700 in U2100. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: 4SS, G/60 d5. Dean of Chess Academy, 3322 Route 22 West, Building Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Bye: all, limit 2; must best male/female 2-player “team”combined score among all sections: 15, Branchburg, NJ 08876. (908) 595-0066. 2 Sections, Open and U1600. commit before rd. 2. HR: $104-104, 860-627-5311; reserve by 9/9 or $1000-500. Only first 7 rounds of Premier counted. Team average must GTD$$ Open : $200-$150-$100-$100, U1600: First place prize will be rate may increase. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, be under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must free entry into Millionaire Open 2016 (generously sponsored by Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chess- register (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2; teams including the NJSCF, a $550 prize!) then $100-$100-$75. Pre-Entry: $45. Entries tour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted an unrated may not win over $300. Ratings: FIDE ratings used in postmarked by 9/13/16 to Dean of Chess Academy, 3322 Route 22 at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tournament Premier, USCF October official in other sections. Unofficial web ratings West, Building 15, Suite 1501, Branchburg, NJ 08876 or enter online at Saturday 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. usually used if otherwise unrated, Top 3 sections EF: $145 online at www.deanofchess.com. Onsite: $55. IMs and GMs free, early entry fee deducted from prize. One 1/2 point bye if requested before start of round 2. Registration: 9:00-9:45am. Rounds: 10:00am & ASAP. SEPT. 18, NEW JERSEY TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 WESTFIELD III QUALIFIER & U1601 QUADS Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. EF: $25, $20 members. 3 7th annual Sections: 2000+ Swiss, 1600-1999 Swiss, U1601 Quads. 2000+ Swiss & 1600-1999 Swiss: 4-SS. G/40 d5. Register: 11:15 a.m.-12 noon. Rounds: 12:15, 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Byes: 1 per player allowed. Must declare HARTFORD OPEN before round 3. 2000+ Prize: 1st place $600 b/30 total paid entries in the swiss sections. 1600-1999 Prize: 1st place receives free entry to the October 2016 Millionaire Chess III tournament in Atlantic City, NJ (courtesy September 23-25 or 24-25, Sheraton Hotel of the NJSCF). U1601 Quads: 3-RR. G/40 d5. Register 1:15-1:45 p.m. Rounds: 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Prizes: $60 to first in each 4-player group. Information: John Moldovan: [email protected], westfield- chessclub.blogspot.com and www.westfieldchessclub.com $104 room rates, free parking, free airport shuttle SEPT. 20, NEW YORK TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 $5,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES MARSHALL MASTERS 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to 2000+ players. FIDE Rapid rated. $750 GTD: 250-150-100. Top U2400 125, Top U2300 100, Biggest upset $25. EF: For full details see “Grand Prix” in this issue. $40, MCC Mbrs $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. 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chessaction.com by 10/4, $155 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/3, 5-day prize fund. In 3 sections. Open: $500-300-200, top U2100/Unr $210. $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/24 (entry only, no questions), 3- $155, 4-day $154, 3-day $153 if check mailed by 9/26, all $160 at site Under 1900: $300-150-70, top U1700 (no unr) $160. Under 1500: $200- day $123, 2-day $122 mailed by 10/19, all $130 at site, or online until 2 until 1 hour before rd. 1, or online at chessaction.com until 2 hours 100-50, top U1300 (no unr) $110. Unrated may not win over $150 in hours before round 1. Under 1100 EF: all $50 less than above. All: No before rd. 1. U1300 Section: all EF $60 less than top 3 sections EF. U1500. Mixed doubles: $150 bonus to best male/female combined checks at site, credit cards OK. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually Premier Section GMs, IMs, WGMs, foreign FMs: free, $140 deducted score among all sections. Team average must be under 2200; may play used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine from prize; no deduction from minimum prize. Premier Section FIDE in different sections; teams must register by 2 pm 10/17. College team if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult rated foreign players: EF $100 less than top 3 sections EF. Special 1 prizes: Plaques to first 3 teams based on top 3 scorers from school $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young yr USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry: Online at chess- among all sections. Top 2 sections EF: $68 online at chessaction.com Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re-entry $50; not available in Premier Section. action.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned by 10/12, $75 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/10, $72 if check mailed GMs $90 from prize. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. No checks by 10/6, $80 at site, or online until 8 am 10/15. Online entry $5 less to Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry: $80, no re-entry from Premier to NYSCA members (may join with entry). U1500 Section EF: all $20 less Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Bye: all, limit 2; Premier must commit Premier. 6-day schedule (Premier only): Reg. ends Wed 6 pm, rds. than above. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs, IMs & WGMs before rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $109-109, 908-953-3025 or use Wed 7 pm, Thu 12 noon & 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 6 pm, Sun 10 am free, $70 deducted from prize. Re-entry $40; not available in Open link at chesstour.com, reserve by 10/14 or rate may increase. Car & 5 pm, Mon 10 am. 4-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm. Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: chessaction.com Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5, Mon 10 & 4. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry. Online at or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 5, Mon 10 & 4. Byes: OK all; limit 3 chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. $15 service charge (limit 2 in last 4 rds), must commit before rd. 3. Bring sets, boards, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. for refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries clocks if possible- none supplied. HR: $101-101-111, 703-418-1234, Schedule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:15. Bye: posted instantly). Bring set, board, clock if possible- none supplied. reserve by 9/22 or rate may increase. Special chess rate valet parking all, limit 2; must commit before rd. 2. HR: Hotels/motels nearby, lowest Blitz Tournament Sat. 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. $8/day, with or without guest room. Car rentals: Avis, 800-331-1600, cost a few miles away; see travel websites. Ent: chessaction.com or use AWD #D657633 or reserve car online at chesstour.com. Con- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Ent: Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge A State Championship Event! tinental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: DirectorAt for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347- OCT. 29-30, VERMONT Chess.US, 347-201-2269, www.chesstour.com. $15 service charge for 201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). 2016 VERMONT OPEN posted instantly). OCT. 15-16, GEORGIA 4SS, 40/90, SD/30 d5. Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, 149 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 Church St., Burlington, VT 05401 (at corner of Main & Church St., 1.6 OCT. 7, 14, 21, 28, NOV. 4, 11, 18, NEW YORK 13TH ANNUAL GEORGIA SENIOR OPEN miles west from I-89 exit 14W). Three sections. Open, EF: $48, $$ TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED) Open to players age 50+ 4-SS, G/90 inc. 30. Hampton Inn and Suites, b/16: 300-200-100, U2010 150. Top Vermonter becomes State Champion. 2016 QUEENS CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 16785 Morris Rd., Alpharetta, GA 30004, (678) 393-0990. HR: $64. EF: U1810, EF: $38, $$ b/16: 200-150-100 (Unr may win up to 120), U1610 7-SS, G/120 (G/115 d5). All Saints Lutheran Church, 164-02 Goethals $65 online, $5 more at site. Byes available. Sections: Open $600-$400- 150. U1410, EF: $28, U1000/Unr $18, $$ b/16: 150-100-75 (Unr may Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. EF: $55 advance, $60 at site, $900 b/24 - top $200 U1800 $150; Reserve $300-$200 U1400 $150. Silver Bar of win up to 70), U1210 75, U1010 50. All sections: EF $7 more if rec’d 3 Gtd: $300-$180-$120, U2100 $108, U1800 $90, U1500 $72, upset Excellence Awards - Georgia Senior Champion (GA Resident); Top Non- after 10/27. Reg.: Sat. 9:30-10:30 a.m., Rds.: 11-4, 10-3:15. Half-point $30. Prizes increased proportionally if over 24 paid entries (increased GA Resident; Top Senior > 65. Rds.: Sat. 12PM, 5PM; Sun. 10AM, 3PM. bye (except round 4 in Open) if requested before round 1. Ent: David by 1/3 the last 3 years (32 players each time)). QCC membership Info: www.GeorgiaChess.Club; email: [email protected] Carter, 36-B Mansion St., Winooski, VT 05404 or [email protected] required ($25 for 6 mos, $20 U19/65+/female). Up to three 1/2 pt or enter online at www.relyeachess.com Affiliate: Vermont Chess Asso- byes permitted (request prior to Rd. 4). Mail advance entries by 10/1/16 An American Classic! ciation. Sponsor: City of Burlington. to Ed Frumkin, 445 E. 14th St . #10D, New York, NY 10009. Rounds at A Heritage Event! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 7:30 each Friday. OCT. 21-23, NEVADA NOV. 4-6 OR 5-6, CONNECTICUT A Heritage Event! TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 34TH ANNUAL SANDS REGENCY RENO - WESTERN STATES STAMFORD OPEN OCT. 7-9 OR 8-9, ILLINOIS OPEN - FIDE 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10), except U1000 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 (ENHANCED) 6SS, Open Section 40/2, G/55 Min-d5, (“A”, “B”, “C”, “D” Sections Section is 2 days only, all G/60 d10. Sheraton Hotel, 700 Main St., Stam- 25TH ANNUAL MIDWEST CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS 40/2, G/1-d5). Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N. Arlington Ave., ford, CT 06901. Free parking. $7000 guaranteed prize fund. In 6 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Westin Reno, NV 89501.1-866-386-7829 or (775) 348-2200. $$20,800 b/275. sections. Open: $1000-500-300, top Under 2250 $400-200. Under 2010: Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL $$13,400 Gtd. (Prizes 1-10 in Open Section Gtd. plus 1/2 of all other $600-300-200. Under 1760: $600-300-200. Under 1510: $500-250-150. 60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 prizes). 5 Sections. Open (2000 & above) EF: $135, (1999 & below – EF: Under 1260: $500-250-150. Under 1000: Trophies to first 3, top Under to Lake Cook Rd. to US-45 south). Free parking. Prizes $20,000 based $200) (GMs & IMs free but must enter by (9/23) or pay late fee) .$$2,000- 800, Under 600, Under 400, Unrated. Unrated may enter any section, on 250 paid entries (re-entries & Under 1100 Section count as half 1,000-800-600-400-300-300-200-200,200, (2399/below)- $800, (2299/ but cannot win over $100 in U1260, $200 in U1510 or $300 in U1760. entries), else in proportion except $16,000 (80% of each prize) minimum below)- $800,(2199/below) -$1400-700-300, (2099/below) - $500. (If Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player team combined guaranteed. In 7 sections; no unrated allowed in Premier. Premier there is a tie for 1st then a playoff for $100 out of prize fund plus score among all sections: $400-200. Team average must be under 2200; (1900/up): $2000-1000-500-300, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, top trophy). Sec.”A” (1800-1999) EF: $134; $$1,300-500-400-300-200, teammates may play in different sections; teams must register (no U2300 $800-400. 1700-2099: $1400-700-400-200. 1500-1899: $1400- Sec.”B” (1600-1799) EF: $133; $$1,200-500-400-300-200, Sec.”C” extra fee) by 2 pm 11/5. Top 5 sections EF: $77 online at 700-400-200. 1300-1699: $1300-700-400-200. 1100-1499: $1200-600- (1400-1599) EF: $132; $$1,000-500-400-300-200, Sec.”D”/under chessaction.com by 11/2, $85 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/31 (entry 400-200. Under 1300: $1000-500-300-200. Under 1100: $500-300-200- 1399below (NOTE: “D”/under has approx. 1/2 entry fee and is con- only, no questions), 3-day $83, 2-day $82 if check mailed by 10/26, $90 100, plaques to top 3, top U900, U700, U500, Unrated. Mixed doubles sidered 1/2 player for tournament prize fund) EF: $70; $$500- at site, or online until 2 hours before round 1. Under 1000 Section EF: bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team”combined score among 400-200-200; (1199/below) - $$200; Top Senior (65+) -$200; Club All $40 less than above. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs free, all sections: $800-400-200. Team average must be under 2200; team- Champ.-$600-300.ALL: Entries must be postmarked by 9/23 or pay late $80 deducted from prize. Online EF $3 less to CSCA members. Re-entry mates may play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee-$11, do not mail after 10/14 or email after 10/18, $22 at site. $40; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually fee) by 2 pm 10/8; teams including an unrated cannot win over $300. Trophies 1st – 3rd (“A” – “D” sections). Unrated players are free entry used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine Unrated prize limits: $150 U1100, $300 U1300, $450 1100-1499, $600 but not eligible for cash prizes- must join USCF for 1 full year thru this if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult 1300-1699, $750 1500-1899. Top 6 sections EF: $105 online at chess- tournament. 1st Unrated = trophy + 1 yr. USCF Mem. $10 discount to $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young action.com by 10/5, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/3 (entry only, Seniors (65+ yrs.). Players may play up. Provisionally rated players Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri no questions), 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by 9/28, all $120 at site, may only win 1/2 of 1st place money (except Open Section 1 – 10). CCA 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, or online until 2 hours before round 1. Under 1100 EF: all $50 less ratings may be used. Note: pairings not changed for color unless 3 in a rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Under 1000 schedule: Reg ends Sat than above. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Online or mailed EF row or a plus 3 and if the unlikely situation occurs 3 colors in a row may 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 1. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit $5 less to ICA members; join/renew at il-chess.org. Unofficial uschess.org be assigned. SIDE EVENTS: Wed. (10/19) 7:00pm GM Sergey Kudrin – before rd. 2. HR: $99-99, 800-408-7640, 203-358-8400; reserve by 10/21 ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues Clock Simul with game analysis ($30); Thurs. (10/20) 6-7:15pm Lecture or rate may increase. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box with magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, by IM John Donaldson (FREE); 7:30pm- GM Alex Lenderman - Simul 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult ($20); 7:30pm-Blitz (G/5 d0) Tourney ($25) 80% entries = Prize Fund. DirectorAtChess.us, www.chesstour.com, 347-201-2269. Advance entries $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re-entry $50; not available in Sat. (10/22) (3-4:30pm) Free Game/Position Analysis - IM John Don- posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tour- Premier Section. GMs $90 from prize. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri aldson. ALL REG:(10/20) 5-8pm,(10/21) 9-10am. RDS.: (Fri)12-7, nament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends (Sat)10-6, (Sun)9:30-4:30. Byes available any round if requested by Rd.1 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Bye: all, limit 2; Premier (Open Section 2 byes max). ENT: make checks payable and send to: NOV. 4-6 OR 5-6, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN must commit before rd. 2, others before rd 3. HR: $109-109-109-109, SANDS REGENCY (address listed above),postmarked by 9/23. $11 late TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 9/23 or rate may increase. fee if postmarked after 9/23. Do not mail after 10/14 or email after 11TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES OPEN 10/18. $22 late fee at site. HR: (Sun-Thurs. $41.71!) (Fri. & Sat. $71.22! Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: chess 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Ontario action.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: 1-866-386-7829 Reservation Code: CHESS1016 (Reserve by 10/1/16 to get Chess rate. INFO: Jerry Weikel, 6578 Valley Wood Dr., Reno, NV Airport Hotel & Conference Center, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario, CA chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. $15 service charge 91764 (I-10 to N Haven Ave). Free parking, free shuttle to Ontario for refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries 89523, (775) 747-1405, [email protected] Or check out our website at: www.renochess.org. To verify entry check website. Airport or Ontario Mills Mall, free wireless, heated pool, restaurants posted instantly). Bring set, board, clock if possible- none supplied. within walking distance. $15,000 guaranteed prizes. 6 sections. Open: Blitz tournament Saturday 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $1500-700-500-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top U2250 OCT. 8, NEW YORK OCT. 28-30 OR 29-30, NEW JERSEY $600-300. Under 2050: $1200-600-300-200. Under 1850: $1200-600- TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) 300-200. Under 1650: $1000-500-300-200. Under 1450: $1000-500- NATIONAL CHESS DAY - INTERNATIONAL MASTER DANNY 20TH ANNUAL EASTERN CHESS CONGRESS 300-200. Under 1200: $800-400-200-100. Unofficial uschess.org rat- KOPEC MEMORIAL BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP (BLZ) 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60 d10). Dolce Basking ings usually used if otherwise unrated. Prize limits: Unrated may not 9-SS, G/5 (G/3 d2), All Saints Lutheran Church, 164-02 Goethals Ave., Ridge, 300 North Maple Ave., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 (at I-287 Exit win over $100 in U1200, $200 U1450, $300 U1650 or $500 U1850. Mixed Jamaica, NY 11432. EF: $35, $25 QCC. $725 Gtd: $250-$150-$100, U2100 30A). Free parking. Upscale, luxurious, highly rated hotel. Guaranteed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined $80, U1800 $75, U1500 $70. Up to two byes ok (declare before Rd. 5). prizes $20,100. In 7 sections; no unrated allowed in Premier. Premier score among all sections: $600-300. Team average must be under 2200; Highest of USCF Regular/Quick/Blitz used for pairings and prizes. REG.: (1900/up): $2000-1000-500-300, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, top teammates may play in different sections; teams must register (no 3:00-3:30 pm. Rds.: 3:45-4:05-4:20-4:35-4:50-5:15-5:30-5:45-6:00. ENT: U2300 $800-400. Under 2100: $1400-700-400-200. Under 1900: $1400- extra fee) by 2 pm 11/5, teams including an unrated limited to $300. (mail by 9/30/16) Ed Frumkin, 445 E. 14th St. #10D, New York, NY 700-400-200. Under 1700: $1300-700-400-200. Under 1500: $1200- Top 5 sections EF: $108 online at chessaction.com by 11/2, $115 10009. Please bring sets and clocks. Our defending club champion 600-400-200. Under 1300: $1000-500-300-200. Under 1100: $500-300- phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/31, 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by Danny Kopec passed away on June 12, 2016. Help us honor him. 200-100, plaques to top 3, top U900, U700, U500, Unrated. Mixed 10/26, $120 online until 2 hours before round 1 or at site. Under 1200 doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team”combined EF: all $40 less than top 5 sections EF. GMs free; $100 deducted from US Chess Junior Grand Prix! score among all sections: $800-400-200. Team average must be under prize. No checks at site; credit cards OK. SCCF memb. ($18, under 18 OCT. 15-16, NEW YORK 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must register $13 with magazine, $3 without) required for rated Southern CA residents; TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) (no extra fee) by 2 pm 10/29; teams including an unrated cannot win join/renew at scchess.com. All: Special 1 yr USCF dues with magazine 3RD ANNUAL CENTRAL NEW YORK OPEN over $300. Unrated prize limits: $150 U1100, $300 U1300, $450 U1500, if paid with entry: Online at chessaction.com. Adult $35, Young Adult 5SS, rounds 1-2 G/90 d10, rds. 3-5 40/100, SD/30 d10. Hall of Languages, $600 U1700, $750 U1900. Brilliancy prize: $100, donated by Steve $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Syracuse University, S. Crouse Ave., Syracuse 13210. $2500 guaranteed Doyle. Top 6 sections EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by 10/26, Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re-entry (except Open) $60. 3-day schedule:

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Reg. Fri to 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: NOV. 25-27 OR 26-27, PENNSYLVANIA chess block sell out about 11/15. Free parking (garage at adjacent Paris Reg. Sat to 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Byes: OK all rds, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) Las Vegas Hotel is most convenient). Car rental: for special Avis rate limit 2; Open must commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $95- 47TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS reserve car through chesstour.com or call 800-331-1600, use AWD 95, 909-980-0400, reserve by 10/21 or rate may increase. Car rental: 6SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-3 G/45 d10). Trophy #657633. Ratings: FIDE used in Open, Dec 2016 official USCF in others. Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Questions: chesstour.com, sections play separate 2-day schedule only, 11/26-27, G/45 d10. Sheraton For foreign players in U2300 & below, see www.chesstour.com/for- 347-201-2269, DirectorAtChess.US. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, 201 North 17th St., Philadelphia, PA eignratings.htm; highest of multiple ratings usually used. Players who Chess, PO Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. 19103. $35,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND. In 10 sections. Premier, fail to disclose foreign or FIDE ratings may be expelled. Special rules: Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted open to all rated 2000/above and juniors under 18 rated 1800/above. CCA electronic devices rules used; see www.chesstour.com/devices.htm. instantly). Blitz tournament Saturday 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm $3000-1500-700-400-200, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $200, U2400/Unr Blitz 12/29 10 pm. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box $1600-800. FIDE. Under 2200: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 2000: 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577 (DirectorAtChess.us, www.chesstour.com, A Heritage Event! 347-201-2269). $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1800: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13, OHIO 1600: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1400: $1600-800-400-300-200. at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) Under 1200: $1600-800-400-300-200. Under 1000: Trophies to top 10. 25TH ANNUAL KINGS ISLAND OPEN Under 800: Trophies to top 10. Scholastic Under 600: K-12 only, trophies to top 10. Unrated may not win over $200 in U1200, $400 in 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Embassy U1400, $600 in U1600, $800 in U1800, or $1000 in U2000. Mixed Regional Suites Cincinnati Northeast, 4554 Lake Forest Dr., Blue Ash, OH 45242 doubles prizes: best male-female 2-player “team” combined score (I-71 to Exit 15 or I-275N to Exit 47). Free parking. $$ 30,000 based on among all sections: $2000-1000-600-400. Team average must be under 350 paid entries (GMs, re-entries & U1000 Section count as half entries); 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must register ALABAMA minimum $22,500 (75% of each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections: Open: (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2, teams including an AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21 $3000-1500-700-500-300, 1st on tiebreak $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr , 47th annual Southern Chess Congress (GA) unrated limited to $400. Student/Alumni plaques to top 5 teams of 4 See Grand Prix. $1600-800. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-400-300. Under 1900: (regardless of section) representing any U.S. college, HS or pre-HS SEPT. 2-4 $2000-1000-500-400-300. Under 1700: $1800-900-500-300-200. Under players attend or have graduated from. Top 7 sections entry fee: , Alabama State Chess Championship - 63rd Annual 1500: $1500-800-400-300-200. Under 1250: $1200-600-400-300-200. $120 online at chessaction.com by 11/23, $130 phoned to 406-896- See Grand Prix. Under 1000: $800-400-250-150-100. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: 2038 by 11/21 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $128, 2-day $127 mailed SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4 best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: , American Chess Promotion Open (GA) by 11/15, $140 at site, or online until 2 hours before rd. 1. GMs free, See Grand Prix. $1000-500-300. Team average rating must be under 2200; teammates $100 deducted from prize. Re-entry $60, not available in Premier. Under SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25 may play in different sections; teams must register (no extra fee) by 2 1000, Under 800, Under 600 entry fee: $42 online at chessaction.com , 14th annual Southern Class pm 11/12; prize limits do not apply to mixed doubles. Unrated prize by 11/23, $45 phoned by 11/21 (406-896-2038, no questions) or mailed Championships (FL) limits: U1000 $150, U1250 $300, U1500 $450, U1700 $600, U1900 $750. by 11/15, $50 at site. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. No mailed See Grand Prix. Balance goes to next player(s) in line. $118 online Top 6 sections EF: credit card entries. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if OCT. 15-16, 13th Annual Georgia Senior Open (GA) at chessaction.com by 11/9, $125 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 11/7 paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, See Grand Prix. (entry only, no questions), 3-day $123, 2-day $122 mailed by 11/2, $130 Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult at site or online until 2 hours before round 1. GMs free, $100 deducted $25, Scholastic $17. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 11 am, rds. Fri 12 from prize. Under 1000 Section EF: all $40 less than above. All: No & 6, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day top 7 sections schedule: Reg. ARIZONA checks at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry $60; not available in Open ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14 Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600 schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am, , 21st annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S) Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry- online at rds. Sat 10, 12:45 & 3:15 each day. Half point byes OK all rounds; limit See Grand Prix. chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, 3, Premier must commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 4. HR: $104- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 3- 104-124, 215-448-2000, reserve by 11/10 or rate may increase. Parking: SEPT. 2-4, Allan Troy Memorial day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & Hotel parking chess rate 50% off regular rate (about $20). Gateway 5SS, 30/90, 25/60, 25/60 d0. No Sudden Death! Pan Asian Community 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 Garage, 1540 Spring St/1540 Vine St (1 block from Sheraton Hotel), Center, 940 S. Craycroft, Tucson, AZ 85711. Fri, Sat, & Sun. (Mon. & 3:15. Byes: OK all; Open must commit by rd. 2, others by rd. 3. HR: about $7/day Sat & Sun, $20/day other days. Car rental: 800-331- Off for Labor Day!). Open to Must be 18 years old or older to play in Suite with king bed & queen couch/bed $105, suite with 2 beds & queen 1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. this tournament. EF: $40 at the door. Two half point byes available. couch/bed $115, more than 2 in room $10 more each additional person. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $150-100. X, A, B, C/UNR, D & below $50. Fri. Sep Rates include free hot breakfast for all room occupants and free wifi. $$GTD: Reg.: $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, 2nd, 6PM-7:20. Sat. 9:30AM. Entries limited to 30 players. Rds.: Fri: Up to 4 people allowed in king suite, up to 6 in larger suite. 513-733- 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries 7:30 PM. Sat & Sun: 10AM & 3:30. Rds. earlier as available. INFO: 8900, reserve by 10/30 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, posted instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 10 pm; enter by 9:45 pm. Morry Holland(520) 358-5841 or Ed Yetman at Desertparadise@hot- 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through mail.com. www.Events 4chess.com. chesstour.com. Car rental is easiest & cheapest transportation from An American Classic! Cincinnati Airport. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803 A Heritage Event! OCT. 7-8, 8, Stubenrauch/Schneider Memorial Chess Tourna- (chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269). $15 service charge US Chess Junior Grand Prix! ment - National Chess Day for refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, NEVADA Puente de Hozho, 3401 N. Fourth St., Flagstaff, AZ 86004. In 2 posted instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 9:30 pm, reg. by 9:15 pm. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) Sections, U1000: Oct. 8, 5SS, G/30 d5, Open to 1000 & under. EF: Free 26TH ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN OPEN NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN if registered before 10/3. $20 10/3-10/7, $40 onsite. Open: Oct. 7, 8, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) Open Section, Dec 26-30: 9SS, 40/2, SD/30 d10. GM & IM norms 5SS, G/55 d5. EF: Free for students before 10/3. Adults $30 before possible. 7SS, 40/2, SD/30 d10 2016 U.S. CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Other sections, Dec 26-29 or 27-29: 10/3. 10/3-10/7 = $40, $50 onsite. ALL: onsite registration = 1/2 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/60 d10). Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las point bye for first round. Trophies to top 3 scholastic. Cash See Nationals. Prizes: Vegas Blvd. S, Las Vegas, NV 89103. $120,000 guaranteed prizes. In prizes to adults only. ENT: Bill Cheney 928-266-2122. INFO: An American Classic! 7 sections. Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600-500-400-400, [email protected], www.Flagstaffchess.com. A Heritage Event! clear winner or 1st on tiebreak bonus $200, top FIDE Under 2400/Unr NOV. 4-6 OR 5-6 $2400-1200. FIDE rated, GM & IM norms possible. Under 2300: $7000- , 11th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. NOV. 24-27 OR 25-27, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN 4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400. Under 2100: $7000-4000- TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) 2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $2500. DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 26th annual North American 52ND ANNUAL AMERICAN OPEN Under 1900: $7000-4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400, no Open (NV) Costa Mesa. 8 rounds, 40/120, SD/55 d5. (3-day option, rounds 1-4, unrated may win over $1800. Under 1700: $6000-3000- 1500-1000- See Grand Prix. G/60 d5). Site: Hilton Hotel, 3050 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA 92626. 800-600-500-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $1300. Under 1500: Prizes: $$50,000 based on 500 entries, $25,000 guaranteed. In 6 $5000-2500-1300-1000-700-600-500-400-300-300, no unrated may win sections: Open section: $5000-2500-1200-800-600-300, U2450/Unr. over $900. Under 1250: $3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400-300- ARKANSAS $1500-700-500, top U2300/Unr. $800-400 - FIDE Rated. Under 2200 300, top Under 1000 (no unr) $1000-500, no unrated may win over $500. No separate U1000 section; players under 1000 in U1250 play for both AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, Arkansas State Championship section: $3000-1500-1000-500-400-300 - FIDE Rated. Under 2000 section: See Grand Prix. $3000-1500-1000-500-400-300. Under 1800 section: $3000-1500-1000- U1250 and U1000 prizes; receive larger if winning both. Prize limits: 500-400-300. Under 1600 section: $3000-1500-700-500-400-300. Under 1) Players with under 26 games played as of 12/16 list may not win 1400/Unr: $2000-1000-500-300-200-100, U1200 $1000-500-300 (not a over $1500 U1250, $3000 U1500 or U1700. Games rated too late for CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN separate section; U1200s also eligible for U1400 prizes), Unrated: $300- 12/16 list not counted. 2) If post-event rating posted 12/20/15-12/20/16 200-100 (Unrateds in this section eligible for these prizes only). Plus was more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $2000. 3) AUG. 7, San Jose Kids Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) score bonus every player who finishes with 4-1/2 points or better who Balance of any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Mixed doubles 2050 Concord Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131. Trophies: players w + didn’t place in the money prize wins a $20 gift certificate towards chess bonus prizes: best male/female combined 2-player “team” score: score. Sched: Required Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2-5p. EF: 29, 44 after store - redeemable only onsite. EF: $215 by Nov. 24th, register by 11/16 $2000-1000-500-300-200. Only rounds 1-7 of Open Section counted. 8/3 Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play in different save $15, $50 more for players rated under 2000 playing in Open. All: AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14, 21st annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S) SCCF membership required for So Cal residents ($18 adults, $13 youth sections; teams must register (no exta fee) by 3 pm 12/27; teams including an unrated limited to $500. Top 6 sections EF: Online at See Grand Prix. with print mag, $3 youth without mag). Re-entry $100. No checks at AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21 door - cash only, credit card accepted for a $10 fee. Schedule: 4-day chessaction.com: $245 by 9/15, $275 by 12/23. Phoned to 406-896- , 7th annual Central California Open schedule Reg. closes 11am on 11/24, (Rounds 12:30-7:30, 12:30-7:30, 2038 (no questions, entry only): $285 by 12/21. No phone entry after See Grand Prix. 12/21. Mailed by 12/15: 5-day $280, 4-day $279, 3-day $278. Do not 10-4:30, 10-4:30). 3-day schedule: Reg. closes 9:30am on 11/25, AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, IM Tate Memorial Championship Rounds. 11-2:30-5-8pm (G/60 min;d5), schedules merge in Rd. 5 and mail entry after 12/15. Online 12/24 to 2 hours before round 1, or at See Grand Prix. site 12/26 to 1 hour before round 1: $300. compete for common prizes. Bye: Two half point byes OK for all round Open Section EF $100 more to US players if not USCF or FIDE rated 2200/over. Under 1250 AUG. 21, Bay Area San Ramon Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) may be requested in advance. Lectures and videos. LOW room rates! Courtyard Marriott, 18090 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon, CA Few minutes away from JWA. Complimentary shuttle to/from John Section EF: All $120 less than above. Seniors 65/over in U1500/over: All $120 less than above. $120; not available in Open Section. 94583. Trophies: Players w + score. Sched: Reqrd Check-in 1:30-2p. Wayne Airport. HR: Group code “AAOCT” to reduce regular rate of Re-entry GMs, foreign IMs in Open Section: Free; $200 deducted from prize. Games: 2:15-5p. EF: 29, 44 after 8/17. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/ $214 to a discounted rate $119/day single or double, rates may go up signature. W. after. Call Hilton (714) 540-7000. Request chess rates by mentioning US IMs, all WGMs, foreign FMs in Open Section: Entry fees $100 less than above; $100 deducted from prize. No checks at site, credit “CHESS PALACE”. Cutoff is Oct 31st. Parking: $25 $10 per day. Ratings: All: AUG. 21, Bay Area San Ramon Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) cards OK. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with November USCF Rating Supplement used. CCA minimum ratings and TD Courtyard Marriott, 18090 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon, CA entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic discretion are used to protect you from improperly rated players. 94583. Trophies: players w + score. Sched: Reg 9:30-9:45a. Games: Info: $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic organizing club - Chess Palace 714-899-3421, [email protected]. 10a - 1:30p. EF: 34, 42 after 8/17. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/sig- $17. 5-day reg. ends 12/26 10 am, rds. 12/26-28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & nature. W. Entry: American Open, 5246 Lampson Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92845 or 4:30, 12/30 10 am. ends 12/26 5 pm, rds. 12/26 6 pm, www.AmericanOpen.org. W. FIDE. 4-day reg. AUG. 27-28 12/27-28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. 3-day reg. ends 12/27 10 am, rds. , Sacramento Chess Club Weekend Swiss #23 An American Classic! 12/27 11, 2:30 & 6, 12/28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 4, See Grand Prix. A Heritage Event! limit 2 in last 4 rounds; Open must commit before rd. 2, others before AUG. 27-28, 2016 Exchange Bank Open US Chess Junior Grand Prix! rd. 4. HR: $94-94, 800-333-3308, 702-739-4111, rate may increase or See Grand Prix.

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US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 50. u1500: $200-100, u1200 50-50. Oct 16 Supp & TD disc. Sched: Reg. AUG. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28, LACC - Sat & Sun Nite AUG. 28, Pleasanton Pawn Promotion (G/61 (4SS, G/61 d5) 9-9:15. Rds.: 9:30-12:50-4:15. EF: 48, Econ 33 w 1/2 prz. after 10/5 Blitzathon (BLZ) Sheraton Pleasanton, 5990 Stoneridge Mall Rd., Pleasanton, CA 94588. +15, playup +25, Rtd 2200+ $0 by 10/1. Info: http://BayAreaChess. 8 separate events- 7DSS, G/5 d0 (14 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Prizes: $1,300 b50. 60% guar. 1900+: $200-100-100, u2000 50-50. com/grandprix. Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blks W of 405. EF: $20 ($15 LACC memb). 1500-1899: $200-100, u1600 50-50. u1500: $200-100, u1200 50-50. Aug OCT. 8 Blitz-rated. No prizes $10. Reg:. 6-6:30 pm. Rds.: 6:30, 6:55, 7:20, 7:45, 16 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: 9-9:15. Rds:. 9:30a-12:50p-4:15p. EF: , Sacramento Chess4Less Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) - Sched: National Chess Day 8:10, 8:35, 9 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on streets & 48, Econ 33 w 1/2 prz. after 8/24 +15, playup +25, Rtd 2200+ $0 by BoA. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com 8/18. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/grandprix. W. Courtyard Marriott, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. Trophies: players w + score. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:30-5p. EF: 24, 39 AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14, 21st annual Pacific Coast Open AUG. 28, Bay Area Cupertino Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) after 10/5. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. See Grand Prix. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Players w + score. AUG. 14 Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:15-5p. EF: 29, 44 after 8/24. OCT. 8, Sacramento LuperSwiss (3SS, G/90 d5) - National , 2016 Westwood Summer Open Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. Chess Day See Grand Prix. AUG. 28 Courtyard Marriott, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. Prize: $600 b/36. AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, 7th annual Central California Open (CA-N) , Bay Area Cupertino Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) 1700+: $150-100, u1900 50. u1700: $150-100, u1600 50. Aug 16 Supp Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: players w + score. See Grand Prix. & TD disc. Reg.: 9-9:15. Rds. 9:30-12:50-4:15 EF: 45, Econ 29 1/2 prz., Sched: Reg 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 34, 49 after 8/24. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. after 10/5 +15, playup +15, Rated 2200+ $0 by 9/28. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/grandprix. W AUG. 20-21, LACC - August G/90 Open SEPT. 3, CalChess California Kids State u1000 Class Championship OCT. 9 (A sponsored event) 4SS, G/90 d5. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, , Bay Area Fremont Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) 2nd fl. EF: $75; $55 LACC members; No prizes 1/2, spouses/siblings 5SS, G/30 d5. Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies: Players w + score. Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Park free. Prizes: Top 10 players in ea 1/2, new members 1/2, Free new LACC Life members. Reg.: Sat 10- Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:15-5p. EF: 29, 44 after 10/5. 11:45 am. Register at LAChessClub.com and receive a free gift. GMs section. Top 5 clubs & Top 5 schools in all sections combined (min Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. 2/team, top 4 count). K-12 kids only. 5 sections based on rating: F(800- free! Rds.: 12, 3 pm each day. Byes: Up to two 1/2-point byes available. 999) G(600-799) H(400-599) I(200-399) J(under200). Sched: Reg. 9-9:30a. OCT. 9, Bay Area Fremont Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) 1-Day option I: Play 1 day- no 1/2 pt. byes- 1/2 EF. 1-Day option II: Games 10 11:30 1 2:20 3:45. EF:$44 by 8/28, Onsite +$20, Playup Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies: players w + score. Play 1 day & get two 1/2 pt. byes- Full EF. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Info: +$10. Sept 2016 Supp & TD disc to place players. Info/Flyer/Reg: Sched: Reg 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 34, 49 after 10/5. (310) 795-5710; [email protected] or www.LAChessClub.com. www.BayAreaChess.com/laborkids. 2050 Concourse Drive #42, San Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. Parking: Free on streets, BoA, or basement. Jose, CA 95131. W. NOV. 4-6 OR 5-6, 11th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) AUG. 27-28, 2016 Petrosian Memorial SEPT. 3-5 OR 4-5, 2016 CalChess State Championship (Labor Day) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13, 2016 U.S. Class Championship SEPT. 3-5 OR 4-5, 38th Annual Southern California Open SEPT. 10, Sacramento Chess4Less Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) See Nationals. See Grand Prix. Courtyard Marriott, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. Trophies: players w DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 26th annual North American NOV. 4-6 OR 5-6, 11th annual Los Angeles Open + score. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:15-5p. EF: 24, 39 Open (NV) See Grand Prix. after 9/7. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. See Grand Prix. NOV. 24-27 OR 25-27, 52nd Annual American Open US Chess Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. SEPT. 10, Sacramento SuperSwiss (4SS, G/61 d5) DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29 Courtyard Marriott, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. $600 b/36. CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN , 26th annual North American Prize: Open (NV) 1700+: $150-100, u1900 50. u1700: $150-100, u1600 50. Sept 16 Supp THE LOS ANGELES CHESS CLUB & TD disc. Reg.: 9-9:15. Rds. 9:30 11:50 2:30 5 EF: 45, Econ 29 1/2 See Grand Prix. prz., after 9/7 +15, playup +15, Rated 2200+ $0 by 9/1. Info: The Most Active Club on the West Coast! (310) 795-5710. * http://BayAreaChess.com/grandprix. W. LACC: www.LAChessClub.com; VCC: www.ValleyChess Club.com; Contact email: [email protected]; Saturdays: COLORADO SEPT. 11, Bay Area Fremont Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies: Players w + score. 10am-10 pm (Beg & Interm. classes + 3 Tournaments). Sundays: US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:15-5p. EF: 29, 44 after 9/7. 11 am -7 pm (Junior class + 2 Tournaments) – Details on our AUG. 13-14, Pike Peak Open - Manitou Springs, CO Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. web site. Tuesdays: 7:30-9:30 pm (Advance Lecture). 11514 5-SS. Time Control Rds. 1-2 G/90 with 5 second delay; Rds. 3-5 G/90 SEPT. 11 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025. (4 blocks W of with 30 seconds increment. Manitou Springs City Hall, 606 Manitou , Bay Area Fremont Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) 405, SW corner of Santa Monica & Butler * 2nd Floor – above Ave., Manitou Springs. One open section. EF: $35 if rec’d by 8/10, $40 Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. players w + score. Trophies: Javan Restaurant) Group Classes * Tournaments * Private (1:1) at site. $5 discount for juniors, seniors, unrateds. Additional $5 discount Sched: Reg 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 34, 49 after 9/7. Info: for Supporting Members of Colorado Springs Chess Club. http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. Lessons. Note: We added a new club in the valley! Cash prizes per entries. Second day Byes must be requested before Round 1. Reg- SEPT. 11, Fremont DuperSwiss75 (3SS, G/75 d5) Alec’s Chess Club 8:30 – 9:30 AM. 10 AM, 2:30 PM, 7:00 PM Saturday; 9 www.alecschessclub.com 818-220-0257 Tournaments for KIDS on ister: Rounds: Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Prizes: $1,300 b/50. 60% guar. AM, 3 PM Sunday. Richard Buchanan, 1 Sutherland Rd., Saturdays or Sundays 12-4pm weekly. Includes free class! YOUR Entries to: 1900+: $200-100-100, u2000 50-50. 1500-1899: $200-100, u1600 50- Manitou Springs, CO 80829. (719) 685 1984 or buck- FIRST TOURNAMENT IS FREE! (Applies to KIDS Tournaments only) Information: 50. u1500: $200-100, u1200 50-50. Sep 16 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: 8:30-8:45. [email protected]. CSCA membership required: $15, juniors & seniors Tournaments for ADULTS on Saturdays 5-9pm (4 Rounds, G/30 d5). Rds.: 9-11:45-2:40. EF: 49, Econ 33 w 1/2 prz. after 9/6 +15, playup $10. OSA. Colorado Tour Event. +15, Rtd 2200+ $0 by 9/1. Info: BayAreaChess.com/grandprix. W. ADULTS: please connect with us on www.meetup.com/alecschess- club/. Private Classes available by appointment. Located at 4418 SEPT. 3-4, Colorado Open SEPT. 17 , Fresno Chess4Less Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) Simpson Ave., #5, Valley Village, CA 91607. Please contact Alec See Grand Prix. 140 E. Shaw Ave., Fresno, CA 93710. Trophies: players w + score. with any questions at [email protected] or on our website US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:15-5p. EF: 24, 39 after 9/13. at www.alecschessclub.com Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. OCT. 4, 11, 18, 25, NOV. 1, 52nd Annual Colorado Springs City US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Championship US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 6 & 7, 13 & 14 5SS. Time Control: G/90; inc/30. Site: 104 E. Platte, Colorado Springs, SEPT. 17 , LACC - Saturday & Sunday G/61 , Fresno LuperSwiss (4SS, G/61 d5) 2 separate events- 6SS, G/61 d5. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, CO 80903. EF: $10 includes 5 rounds over 5 weeks (1 game/week); $5 140 E. Shaw Ave., Fresno, CA 93710. Prize: $600 b/36. 1700+: $150- 2nd fl. $30 ($20 LACC memb; No prizes 1/2; second child 1/2). discount for CSCC Supporting Members. $4 for one night ($2 for CSCC 100, u1900 50. u1700: $150-100, u1600 50. Sept 16 Supp & TD disc. EF: Reg.: 11-12 noon. Register at LAChessClub.com and receive a free gift. Supporting Members). Prizes: Based on entries. Reg.: About 6-6:45pm Reg.: 9-9:15. Rds.: 9:30 11:50 2:30 5 EF: 45, Econ 29 1/2 prz., after GMs free! Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: each week, Rds: 7pm. Entries: Paul Anderson Phone: (719) 459-9612 9/13 +15, playup +15, Rated 2200+ $0 by 9/6. Info: http://BayArea Free at BoA & basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com. SMS available E-mail: [email protected] Player responsibility: Players Chess.com/grandprix. W. must check-in prior to 6:45pm on the day of the round to be paired. SEPT. 24 AUG. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28, LACC - Every Saturday & , 2016 U.S. Game/30 Championship DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 26th annual North American See Nationals. Sunday Chess 4 JRS. 8 separate events- 5SS, G/30 d0. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd. & Butler Open (NV) SEPT. 25 , 2016 U.S. Game/60 Championship LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blocks West of 405. EF: $30 ($20 LACC memb, No See Grand Prix. See Nationals. prize 1/2, siblings 1/2, Free new LACC members). Reg.: 12-1 pm. Rds.: OCT. 8, Milpitas Luper$wiss (3SS, G/90 d5) - National Chess Day 1pm& asap; done by 4. Prizes: Trophies & medals; All players receive 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Prizes: $1,300 b/50. 60% guar. prizes! Parking: Free on streets & BoA. Free healthy refreshments. Info: CONNECTICUT 1900+: $200-100-100, u2000 50-50. 1500-1899: $200-100, u1600 50- (310) 795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com or [email protected]. AUG. 11-14, 12-14 OR 13-14, 46th annual Continental Open (MA) See Grand Prix. SEPT. 11, Jim Bolton Memorial Open 3-SS in 8-man sections by rating. G/60 d5. Cash Prizes: $240-$80 per 8-man section. Chess Center, 3111 South St., Coventry, CT 06238. Adults Only, No Spectators. EF: $60 cash only at site. Reg.: 10-10:45. Rd. 1 - 14th annual 11 am. Rds. 2-3 asap. Adv EF: (mail by Sept 4) $40 check payable to Rob Roy, mail to center. http://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com. Free SOUTHERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS food and drink (860) 887-5052, [email protected] SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25, 7th Annual Hartford Open See Grand Prix. September 23-25 or 24-25, Wyndham Orlando Resort OCT. 8, West Hartford Scholastic National Chess Day Tournament $20 Entry fee by 09/27; Pizza Lunch Included. Hall High School, 975 N. Main St,. West Hartford, CT 06117. Cyrstal Trophies w/ LED light-up $103 room rates, no resort fee, $5 parking base; Door prizes for all. Bring sets and clocks. Score keeping not required for K-5. Awards ceremony at 3:30. First round starts at 10 am. Pizza Lunch includes 2 slices of cheese pizza, milk, chips, ice-cream $12,500 projected prizes, $10,000 minimum guarantee sandwich. In 2 Sections, K-12 Open: 5SS, G/25 d5, Prizes: Trophies to 1st, 2nd, 3rd; U900 1st and 2nd. K-5 (U600): 5SS, G/25 d5, Prizes: Tro- phies to 1st, 2nd, 3rd; K-2 1st and 2nd. ALL: EF: $20 Online at For full details see “Grand Prix” in this issue. https://onlineregistration.cc/ by 9/27; $25 by 10/4; $30 by 10/7; Same entry fee schedule for checks received by indicated dates. Include Grade, Section, USCF ID & Expiration date. Check payable to Hall High School. Parents add $6 to registration fee for each additional lunch.

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Reg.: $35 on site by 9:30 A.M. Rds.: 10 then as soon as possible, with SEPT. 3-5 OR 4-5, 2016 Illinois Open State Championship Prize Info: $340 in PRIZES 1st = $140+Trophy 2nd = $90 3rd = $60. 20 min break for lunch. No final rd byes. ENT: Norman Burtness, c/o See Grand Prix. US Chess Federation (USCF) membership required. On-Site Available. , $10, On-Site Available. Hall High School, 975 N. Main St., West Hartford, CT 06117, SEPT. 16-18 OR 17-18, 2016 Harold Steen Memorial Cup (MI) IASCA membership required Send Entry Fee https://onlineregistration.cc/. INFO: [email protected]. See Grand Prix. to: IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa City, IA 52245 or OCT. 28-30 OR 29-30 register online at https://onlineregistration.cc Additional Info: , 20th annual Eastern Chess Congress (NJ) OCT. 1, Springfield 13th Annual David Mote Memorial Open See Grand Prix. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 300 E. 9th St. (I-80, SE side of 4SS, G/60 d5. Douglas United Methodist Church, 501 S. Douglas, Springfield. Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. Chess rate available, $112 (INCLUDES NOV. 4-6 OR 5-6, Stamford Open Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10-12:45-3:00-5:15. Lunch break at 12:15. EF: $17 by PARKING) only until 8/5/16, rates may increase after this date. Pool, See Grand Prix. 9/28, $20 at site, $2 less to SCC members. Prizes: $$400 b/30. 140-80, restaurant, more restaurants in walking distance. 319-688- 4000. NOV. 25-27 OR 26-27 1600-1999 60, 1200-1599 50, Under 1200 40, Unrated 30. Ent/Info: David , 47th annual National Chess Congress (PA) Long, 401 S. Illinois St., Springfield 62704. 217-726-2584. Information US Chess Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. and directions available at www.springfieldchessclub.com. AUG. 27, Rated Beginner Open (RBO) OCT. 7-9 OR 8-9 Open to U1200 or Unrated. 5-SS, G/30 d5. Marriott Hotel and Conference , 25th annual Midwest Class Championships Center, 300 E 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. DELAWARE See Grand Prix. Reg: 8:30-10 am Rds: 10:30, 12, 1:30 and ASAP EF: $19 if posted by AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, 48th annual Atlantic Open (VA) NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13, 25th annual Kings Island Open (OH) 8/22 $26 on site. $5 off for out of state. Prize Info: Trophies top 5 See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. overall, U1000, U800, U600, U400 and Unrated 1st and 2nd. US Chess Federation (USCF) membership required. On-Site Available. Send OCT. 5-10, 7-10 OR 8-10, 3rd annual Washington Chess Entry Fee to: IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa City, IA Congress (VA) INDIANA 52245 or register online at www.onlineregistration.cc Additional Info: See Grand Prix. AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14, Cleveland Open (OH) Chess rate available, $112 (INCLUDES PARKING) only until 8/5/15, OCT. 28-30 OR 29-30, 20th annual Eastern Chess Congress (NJ) See Grand Prix. rates may increase after this date. Pool, restaurant, more restaurants See Grand Prix. in walking distance. 319-688-4000. AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, 11th annual Indianapolis Open NOV. 25-27 OR 26-27, 47th annual National Chess Congress (PA) See Grand Prix. AUG. 27-28, 62nd Iowa Open Championship (USCF & FIDE See Grand Prix. Rated) IASCA GP Super Qualifier AUG. 27-28, 62nd Iowa Open Championship (USCF & FIDE See Grand Prix. Rated) IASCA GP Super Qualifier (IA) OCT. 7-9 OR 8-9 See Grand Prix. , 25th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA See Grand Prix. SEPT. 16-18 OR 17-18 AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, 48th annual Atlantic Open (VA) , 2016 Harold Steen Memorial Cup (MI) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. KANSAS OCT. 5-10, 7-10 OR 8-10 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! , 3rd annual Washington Chess SEPT. 17 Congress (VA) , 2016 Northern Indiana Open AUG. 27-28, 62nd Iowa Open Championship (USCF & FIDE See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/60 d10. Logansport Mall (Meeting room), 3900 E. Market St., Rated) IASCA GP Super Qualifier (IA) Logansport, IN 46947, 574-753-6357. Reg.: 8:00-8:45. Rds.: 9-12-230- See Grand Prix. NOV. 25-27 OR 26-27, 47th annual National Chess Congress (PA) 5, Byes rnds. 1-3, NO LAST ROUND BYES! Prizes: $810(b/30) 1st 210, See Grand Prix. 2nd 160, Top A, B, C, DE/U 110. EF: $40 by 9/13, $50 onsite. ISCA Memb. req’d, OSA. Register at www.indianachess.org. Questions to KENTUCKY [email protected] FLORIDA AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, 11th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) OCT. 7-9 OR 8-9, 25th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) See Grand Prix. AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, 47th annual Southern Chess Congress (GA) See Grand Prix. NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13, 25th annual Kings Island Open (OH) See Grand Prix. NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13, 25th annual Kings Island Open (OH) See Grand Prix. SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, American Chess Promotion Open (GA) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. LOUISIANA SEPT. 2-5, 2016 Arnold Denker Florida State Championship IOWA See Grand Prix. SEPT. 3-5, 2016 Louisiana State Championship AUG. 14, IASCA Iowa Open Blitz Fundraiser (BLZ) See Grand Prix. SEPT. 3, Cagan Crossings Community Library 6 rounds double swiss system, G/5 d2 seconds. Millstream Brewery, 5-SS (or Round Robin), G/40 d5. Cagan Crossings Library, 16729 835 48th Ave., Amana, IA 52203. Prizes: Paper Certificate 1st thru 5th, SEPT. 4, 2016 Louisiana Scholastic Kickoff Championship Cagan Oaks Blvd., Clermont, FL. Off of U.S. Hwy 27/S.R. 25. Across Hwy U1800 U1600 u1400, u1200 u1000 and best upset game. REG.: Ends 15 4-SS, G/30 d5 (Individuals, no teams). Site: Hilton New Orleans Airport from Lowes; Diagonal across from Walmart. Bring set and clock if pos- min before round 1. Rds.: Sun 1:00pm then ASAP. EF: $15. ENT: Eric Hotel, 901 Airline Dr., Kenner, LA 70062. EF: $20 if rec’d by 8/28, $25 sible. ENTRY FEE: $40 Mailed or brought to library. $50 cash at door. Vigil, 445 Galway Dr., Iowa City, IA 52246, [email protected], 319-621- at site. Prizes: Trophies to top 5 in each section; medals to all non- GM fees waived. USCF rtg & conf ID# req. for cash prize. Unrated tour- 3116. Entry Fee raising money to offset Iowa Open operating expenses. trophy winners. 3 Secs. (all USCF-rated): OPEN, U900, U500/Unr. All nament being run concurrently. No fees for unrated. PRIZES: Guaranteed players must have current USCF memberships (may be purchased at $200/90/65 after 10 registrations pro-rated. Prizes then increase by A State Championship Event! site). Byes: One half-point bye allowed - must commit before start of $75/50/25 after every 5 paid registrations. Chess trophies for winners AUG. 26, 2016 Iowa Quick Chess Championship (QC) Rd. 2. On-site Reg.: Sun. 9/4, 12-12:30pm. Rds.: First Round at 1pm, of both tournaments. 9AM - 5PM Arrive by 8:45 to register. CONTACT: Open to all. 6-SS, G/10 d2. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 300 other rounds will immed. follow. HR: $97, (504) 469-5000, ask for chess Herb Pilgrim: Library #352-243-1840; Cell: 352-396-1006; email: E 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. Reg.: 6 - 7 pm rate. Ent/Info: Cajun Chess, 12405 Hillary Step Dr., Olive Branch, MS [email protected]. or in advance. Rds.: 7:15pm, 7:45, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45. EF: $25 if 38654, or email [email protected], (504) 208-9596; or enter on postmarked by 8/22; $35 On Site; $5 off if out of state. IM and GM Free SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25 line with credit card at www.cajunchess.com. , 14th annual Southern Class (EF deducted) Prize Info: $280 in PRIZES 1st = $100+Trophy 2nd = Championships $60 U2000 = $40, U1600 = $40, U1200 = $40 (Based on 25 entries). SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25, 14th annual Southern Class See Grand Prix. US Chess Federation (USCF) membership required. On-Site Available. Championships (FL) OCT. 15-16, 13th Annual Georgia Senior Open (GA) Send Entry Fee to: IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. City, IA 52245. or Register online at https://onlineregistration.cc/ Addi- tional Info: The Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Chess rate available, $112 (INCLUDES PARKING) only until 8/5/16, rates may MAINE increase after this date. Pool, restaurant, more restaurants in walking GEORGIA AUG. 11-14, 12-14 OR 13-14, 46th annual Continental Open (MA) distance. 319-688-4000. Georgia Chess - Every Friday Knight Face-Off See Grand Prix. 3SS, G/30 d5. Georgia Chess Club - Hampton Inn & Suites, 16785 Old US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 21, Luftballons Schach Morris Rd., Alpharetta, GA 30004. Registration: Online $15.00 GCC Mem- A State Championship Event! See Grand Prix. bers; $20.00 Non-Members. www.GeorgiaChess.Club. Onsite 6:00PM AUG. 27, 2016 Iowa Reserve Championship to 6:45PM $5.00 more. Sections: Open/Reserve (may change at TD’s Open to U1600. 4-SS, G/75 d5. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, OCT. 8, Brewer Community School Chess Tourney - National discretion). Rds.: 7:00, 2nd and 3rd round will start immediately after, 300 E. 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. Reg.: On Chess Day! (1/2 point byes available). site 8:30-9:30am. Rds.: Sat: 10, (Lunch) 1:30, 4:30, & 7:15. EF: $30 if Quads, G/60 d5; U-1000 G/45 d5; Unrated k-6 4 rd SS G/45 d0. EF: $15 AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, 47th annual Southern Chess Congress postmarked by 8/22; $40 at Site; Jrs, Srs, and Out of State $5 Off. by10/6/2016, $20 at door. Prizes: $20 (Quads), rest, trophies top two. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, American Chess Promotion Open See Grand Prix. SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25, 14th annual Southern Class Championships (FL) 11th annual See Grand Prix. OCT. 15-16, 13th Annual Georgia Senior Open INDIANAPOLIS OPEN See Grand Prix.

ILLINOIS August 26-28 or 27-28, Crowne Plaza Airport AUG. 13, Southern Illinois Summer Open 3SS, Time control: 30/70, then 40/60, d0. No sudden death. EF: $15.00 Prize fund: $300, b/24. 1st $70, 2nd $30; Classes A, B, C, D/E/Unr $50 $99 room rates, free parking, free airport shuttle each. Salem Community Center, 416 Oglesby St. Salem, IL 62881. Reg.: 8:00-9:15. Rounds: 9:30, 1:00, 5:00. Entries: Jim Davies, 7358 Shaftes- bury, St. Louis, MO 63130, 314-721-4967. [email protected]. $17,000 projected prizes, $12,750 minimum guarantee AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, 11th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) See Grand Prix. For full details see “Grand Prix” in this issue. AUG. 27-28, 62nd Iowa Open Championship (USCF & FIDE Rated) IASCA GP Super Qualifier (IA) See Grand Prix.

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Reg.: 8am-9am. EF payable: Steve Wong. Mail to Steve Wong, 54 reg is $25 cash only. No debit or credit cards. USCF membership required. p.m. Rounds: 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Information: email John Moldovan Wilson St., Brewer, ME 04412. Information: 945-3969 or email: wongi- $$GTD: $300+Trophy+Name on Flores Cup, $200, $125, U1600 $100, [email protected], Bill Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848 219- [email protected]. New location: Machias Savings Bank, 581 Wilson St., U1400 $75, U1200 $50. Reg.: Fri 6:30-6:50 PM Sat. 8:30-8:50. Rds.: 1358, www.westfieldchessclub.com and westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com Brewer, ME (Across the street from Mardens). No concessions, but Friday 7:00 PM. Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM – 15 minutes after end of AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28 round 3. One 1/2 point bye any round if requested in advance. ENT: , 48th annual Atlantic Open (VA) many within a two minute walk. Parking in back, but use front entrance. See Grand Prix. Sam Smith, 73260 490th Ave., Jackson, MN 56143. INFO: Sam Smith – 507-847-4929 or [email protected]. Online registration avail- AUG. 27, Hamilton Chess Club Quads MARYLAND able at www.onlineregistration.cc/. 3RR, 40/80 15/30 15/30 d0. Full K. McManimon Hall, 320 Scully Ave., MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS AUG. 27-28 Hamilton Twp., NJ 08610. Quads open to all. EF: $10. Prizes: $25 per , 62nd Iowa Open Championship (USCF & FIDE Quad. Reg.: 9-10:30am. Rds.: 10:30am-1:30pm-4:30pm. OSA. Contact MCA runs scholastic tournaments (almost every other Saturday Rated) IASCA GP Super Qualifier (IA) email: hamiltonchessclub.com. W. from mid-September to late May) & open tournaments (usually See Grand Prix. AUG. 28 10+ annually) throughout Maryland. Listings & online regis- SEPT. 17-18 , Westfield G/45 Quads , 2016 U.S. Amateur North Championship 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. EF: $25, tration at www.MDChess.org. Maryland scholastic players who See Nationals. compete in the Varsity section (which has a floor of 1600) of a $20 members. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Register: 1:15-1:45 Maryland-Sweet-16 Qualifier can qualify for the $44,000 schol- OCT. 7-9 OR 8-9, 25th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) p.m. Rounds: 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Information: email John Moldovan arship to UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) See Grand Prix. [email protected], Bill Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848 219- awarded each year. 1358, www.westfieldchessclub.com and westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com SEPT. 3 AUG. 20, Waldorf Quad #11 MISSISSIPPI , New Jersey Scholastic K-8 Championship 3 Rd. Quads, G/90 d5. Waldorf Chess Club, 2932 Mattawoman Beantown 5-SS, G/30 d5. Hyatt Morristown, 3 Speedwell Ave., Morristown, NJ Rd., Waldorf, MD 20601. EF: $20. $$GTD: $50. 1st each Quad. Reg.: AUG. 27, 2016 Game/45 Championship 07960. If staying, for chess rate, please make reservations at 8:30 - 9:45 AM. Rds.: 10:00, 2:00, and 5:30. INFO: Roland Thorpe, 301- 5SS, G/40 d5. International Checker Hall of Fame, 220 Lynn Ray Rd., https://aws.passkey.com/event/14285144/owner/1459369/rooms/list? 752-5169, [email protected]. DIR: 1/2 mile north of Waldorf Petal, MS 39465. Reg.: 8:30am-9:00am. Rounds: 9:15, 11:00, 1:15, sort=default. Phone: 973-647-1234, mention NJ Chess. Free parking, Park & Ride. Call or Email for 2016 monthly club schedule. 3:00, 4:45. One section with prizes in Open and U1400. 80% of entry public transportation to NYC, Phila. walking distance, 30 restaurants, fees returned in prizes. EF: $20 pre-entry, $30 at site. MCA membership shops and parks within 5 minute stroll. In three sections: Under 1200, AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28 , 48th annual Atlantic Open (VA) ($5) required for adult MS residents. Info: www.mcachess.org; Mark Under 900, Under 600. Trophies to Top Ten in each section. Registration: See Grand Prix. Nicholas, 236 Crosscreek Dr., Brandon, MS 39047. Saturday, September 3, 11am -12noon. Rounds: 12:30pm, then ASAP. SEPT. 17-18 EF: $30 if postmarked by August 30. $40 cash at site. One ½ point bye , UMBC Championship SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25, 14th annual Southern Class See Grand Prix. allowed if requested with entry fee. September Rating Supplement used. Championships (FL) Entries: Noreen Davisson, 6 Red Barn Ln., Randolph, NJ 07869. Entries OCT. 5-10, 7-10 OR 8-10, 3rd annual Washington Chess See Grand Prix. must include name, USCF ID and expiration date, mailing address, email Congress (VA) address, phone number, grade level and entry fee. Checks made out to See Grand Prix. MISSOURI NJSCF. Register online at register.njscf.org for $32 by September 1, OCT. 8-10 2016. Questions to [email protected]. W. , 2016 (57th Annual) U.S. Armed Forces Open Chess AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28 Championship , 11th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) SEPT. 3-5 OR 4-5, 69th Annual New Jersey Open Championship See Nationals. See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. AUG. 27-28 OCT. 28-30 OR 29-30, 20th annual Eastern Chess Congress (NJ) , 62nd Iowa Open Championship (USCF & FIDE SEPT. 11, Westfield G/45 Quads See Grand Prix. Rated) IASCA GP Super Qualifier (IA) 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. EF: $25, See Grand Prix. NOV. 25-27 OR 26-27 $20 members. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Register: 1:15-1:45 , 47th annual National Chess Congress (PA) SEPT. 3-4 p.m. Rounds: 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Information: email John Moldovan See Grand Prix. , 2016 Club Championship (FIDE Rated) See Grand Prix. [email protected], Bill Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848 219- 1358, www.westfieldchessclub.com and westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com OCT. 7-9 OR 8-9, 25th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) MASSACHUSETTS See Grand Prix. SEPT. 18, 2016 Richard Napoli Memorial See Grand Prix. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13, 25th annual Kings Island Open (OH) AUG. 10, 17, 24, 31, SEPT. 7, Harold B. Dondis Memorial See Grand Prix. SEPT. 18, Westfield Millionaire Chess III Qualifier & U1601 Quads 5SS, G/100 d5. Wachusett CC, McKay Complex, Room C-192, Fitchburg See Grand Prix. State University, 67 Rindge Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $10 semiannual SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25, 7th Annual Hartford Open (CT) club dues or $1 per game. Reg.: 6:30-7:10 p.m. Rds.: 7:15 p.m. each NEBRASKA See Grand Prix. Wed. Byes: 1-4, limit two. Prizes: books to 1st, 2nd, top U1850, U1650, AUG. 27-28, 62nd Iowa Open Championship (USCF & FIDE SEPT. 24 U1450, U1250. Info: George Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill Rd., Fitchburg, MA , Toms River Chess Club “Limited” Rated) IASCA GP Super Qualifier (IA) This tournament will be held to award the prize of EF ($549) to the Mil- 01420, [email protected], 978-345-5011. Website: www.wachusett See Grand Prix. chess.org. Free parking. W. lionaire Chess Tournament 3 (Oct 6-10, 2016, Atlantic City) made possible OCT. 7-9 OR 8-9 by the NJSCF. It will be held in association with the Ocean County AUG. 11-14, 12-14 OR 13-14 , 25th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) , 46th annual Continental Open See Grand Prix. College Chess Club at the college (1 College Drive Toms River NJ) in See Grand Prix. the new Student Center (2nd floor). 4-SS, G/45 d5 Two sections: Open SEPT. 3-5, 76th New England Open and U1600. Prizes: (MCT3 EF) to U1600 only. 2nd $50, 3rd $40, 4th See Grand Prix. NEVADA $30. Reg.: 9:15-9:55 a.m. Rounds: 10 -12 - 2 - 4. EF: $20 TRCC & OCC, non-members $30. Pre-registration contact Stephen Shoshin SEPT. 4, New England Blitz Championship (BLZ) Reno Scholastic Chess Quadz [email protected], 732-598-8125. Bring sets and clocks. See Grand Prix. University of Nevada, Reno FH19 PK-College. G/30 d5 Sched: 12:00- OCT. 5-10, 7-10 OR 8-10 SEPT. 17-18 3pm. EF: 10. Weekly event on designated Saturdays. Info: www.chess , 3rd annual Washington Chess , Massachusetts Senior Open kidz.org/quadz.html or [email protected] Congress (VA) See Grand Prix. AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14 See Grand Prix. SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25 , 21st annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S) , 7th Annual Hartford Open (CT) See Grand Prix. OCT. 28-30 OR 29-30 See Grand Prix. , 20th annual Eastern Chess Congress See Grand Prix. NOV. 4-6 OR 5-6 AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, 7th annual Central California Open (CA-N) , Stamford Open (CT) NOV. 4-6 OR 5-6 See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. , Stamford Open (CT) See Grand Prix. NOV. 25-27 OR 26-27 OCT. 21-23, 34th Annual Sands Regency Reno - Western States , 47th annual National Chess Congress (PA) A State Championship Event! See Grand Prix. Open - FIDE See Grand Prix. NOV. 20, New Jersey K-12 Grade Championship NOV. 4-6 OR 5-6 5SS, G/30 d5. Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft, MICHIGAN , 11th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) NJ 07738. Student Life Center, use Parking Lot #7 or #6; 4 miles from See Grand Prix. Garden State Parkway exit 109. 13 Sections: Play only in your grade! AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14, Cleveland Open (OH) DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 26th annual North American Open Grades K-12: Trophies to top 10 individuals, top 3 teams - top 3 from See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. each school/grade; 50% of players receive trophy or medal! Rds.: 10am and ASAP. $35 by 11/13, $55 at site. USCF mem req’d. 8- AUG. 20-21, 2016 UP Open EF: Reg.: See Grand Prix. 9:00am After 9:00am 1/2 pt bye rd 1. Info: 732 259-3881 Halsprechman@ NEW HAMPSHIRE gmail.com Ent: Please make checks payable to NJSCF and send to Hal AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28 , 11th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) AUG. 11-14, 12-14 OR 13-14 Sprechman, 66 Cromwell Ln., Jackson, NJ 08527. Entries must include See Grand Prix. , 46th annual Continental Open (MA) name, grade school, date of birth, USCF ID # & expiration, mailing See Grand Prix. SEPT. 2-5, 3-5 OR 4-5, 2016 Michigan Open address, phone number & entry fee, please include email address. Reg- See Grand Prix. SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25, 7th Annual Hartford Open (CT) ister online at: www.njscf.org until 11/18. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 4, 2016 Michigan Speed Championship NOV. 25-27 OR 26-27, 47th annual National Chess Congress (PA) See Grand Prix. OCT. 29-30, 2016 Vermont Open (VT) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 16-18 OR 17-18, 2016 Harold Steen Memorial Cup See Grand Prix. NEW MEXICO NEW JERSEY OCT. 7-9 OR 8-9, 25th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29 AUG. 11-14, 12-14 OR 13-14 , 26th annual North American See Grand Prix. , 46th annual Continental Open (MA) Open (NV) NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13, 25th annual Kings Island Open (OH) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. AUG. 18, 3rd Thursday Quads 3 RR, G/30 d10. Effects Quick/Reg Rating. Quads grouped by Regular NEW YORK MINNESOTA Rating. All the King’s Men Chess & Games Center (Just 18 mins. from Phila/NJ bridges), 62 S. Broadway, Pitman, NJ. 856-582-8222. Prizes: US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $25 1st per quad. Unr. cannot win more than $10. $12.50, members US Chess Junior Grand Prix! EF: AUG. 4, 11, 18, 25, SEPT. 1, 3rd LICC August Open AUG. 19-20 $10. Reg.: 6 -7:15 pm. Rds.: 7:30-8:30-9:30 pm. All: Visa/MC/Disc/Amex 5SS, G/90 d5. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East , 10th Annual Jackson Open Super Reserve (U2000) OK w/$1surcharge. Info: [email protected]. Bring a clock! A Class Players Dream! Super Reserve 4SS, G/90 + 5 second delay. Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all. $(b/20 pd. ent.): $110-90. Top U- Church Hall of Jackson United Methodist Church, 900 North Highway, AUG. 21, Westfield G/45 Quads 2000, U-1500/unr. $60 ea. EF(cash only): $35. Non-LICC members Jackson, MN 56143. $850 Prize Fund Guaranteed. U2000 Event. Open 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. EF: $25, +$10. UNRATED FREE! Reg.: 7:15 – 7:30 PM, no adv. ent., Rds.: 7:30 to 1999 & under + unrated. EF: $25 if registered by Aug. 15th Onsite $20 members. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Register: 1:15-1:45 PM ea. Thursday. 2 byes 1-5. Skittles rm. Info: www.lichessclub.com.

66 August 2016 | Chess Life See previous issue for TLAs appearing August 1-14

AUG. 11-14, 12-14 OR 13-14, 46th annual Continental Open (MA) SEPT. 5, Marshall Labor Day Action! SEPT. 17, Second Proctors - Schenectady Third Saturday Swiss See Grand Prix. 6-SS, G/25 d5. ($525 b/25) $200-100. U2300: $75, U2000: $75, U1700: Historic Proctor’s Theater - Capital District’s New Chess Venue! 432 AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14 $75. EF: $50, MCC Mbrs $30. GMs Free. Reg.: 10:15-10:45am. Rds.: State St., Schenectady, NY. 3-SS, G/60 d5. EF: 13.00 if register by e- , Cleveland Open (OH) 11am-12:15-1:30-3:00-4:15-5:30pm. 2 byes available, request at entry. See Grand Prix. mail before 9-14, $2 more at site. In 3 sections: Open, U1800, U1550, www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. may be combined based on entries. $$: 260 b/25 Open $75-40, U1800 AUG. 16, Marshall Masters US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $50-30, U1550 $40-25. Reg.: 10:15- 10:45 A.M. Rds.: 11-1:30-4. ENT See Grand Prix. [email protected] SEPT. 5, 12, 19, 26, OCT. 3, 10, Marshall FIDE Mondays/U1800 and INFO: AUG. 18, Marshall Thursday Action! 6-SS, G/90 +30. Two sections. Open: Open to all players 1600+. FIDE SEPT. 20, Marshall Masters 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: Rated. ($600 b/25) $200-150-100. U2000: $100-50. U1800: ($600 b/25) See Grand Prix. $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- $200-150-100. U1500: $100-50. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: 6:15- 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 6:45pm. Rd: 7pm each Mon. Limit two byes; request by rd. 4. 23 W. SEPT. 21, 28, OCT. 5, 12, 19, 26 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. , Marshall Weekly Wednesdays 6-SS, G/90 +30. Two sections. U2000: ($600 b/25) $250-150-100. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! SEPT. 7, 14, 21, 28, Community Chess Club of Rochester Wed U1700: $100. U1400: ($600 b/25) $250-150-100. U1100: $100. EF: $60, AUG. 19-21, 20-21 OR 21, Marshall Monthly U2300 Night Chess! MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7pm each Wed. Limit two 5-SS, 40/90 SD30 +30. Open to players rated below 2300 USCF. $800 Note: 1 game rated per night, G/80 d5. Rochester Chess Center, 221 byes; request by rd. 4. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., Gtd: $300-150-100. U2100: $125; U1800 $125. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs Norris Dr., Rochester, NY 14610. 585-442-2430. EF: $5, CCCR members NYC. 212-477-3716. $40. Reg.: Ends 15 min before round start. Rds.: 3-day: Fri. 6pm, Sat. $3. Reg.: 6:30-7:20 pm. Rd.: 7:30pm. www.rochesterchessclub.org. & Sun. 12:30 & 5:30pm. 2-day: Sat. 11:00am (G/25 d5) then merge SEPT. 22, Marshall Thursday Action! with 3-day in round 2. 1-day: Sun. 9-10:10-11:20am (G/25 d5) then SEPT. 8, Marshall U2400 Action 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: merge in round 4. Max two byes, request at entry. SIDE EVENT: 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to players rated below 2400 USCF. ($375 b/25): $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- August 19, Marshall Bughouse Tournament! 5-SS, G/5 d0. Bughouse. $150-100, U2100: $75 U1800: $50. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $25. Reg.: 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. Not rated. Players register in teams of two. Each round is a 2 game 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. match. ($450 b/35 players): $200-100, top U2200/unr & U1900 team or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! average: $75. USCF regular rating used for pairings & prizes. EF: $30, SEPT. 22, 29, OCT. 6, 13, 20, 27, Marshall Thursday Open MCC Mbrs & GMs $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-7:40-8:10-8:40- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 6-SS, G/90 +30. ($600 b/25): $250-150, U2100: $100. U1800: $100 9:10pm. Max one bye, Request at entry. www.marshallchess club.org. SEPT. 8, 15, 22, 29, OCT. 6, 7th LICC Sept. Open EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7pm each Thurs. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 5SS, G/90 d5. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East Limit two byes; request by rd. 4. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. AUG. 20, Bennington Open in Southwestern Vermont (VT) Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all. $(b/20pd. ent.): $110-90. Top U- 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 2000, U-1500/unr. $60 ea. $35. Non-LICC members See Grand Prix. EF(cash only): SEPT. 23, Marshall U2200 Friday Night Action! AUG. 20 +$10. UNRATED FREE! Reg.: 7:15 – 7:30 PM, no adv. ent., Rds.: 7:30 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($300 b/25): $150-75, U1900: $75. $40, MCC Mbrs , Marshall Saturday U1500 PM ea. Thursday. 2 byes 1-5. Skittles rm. www.lichessclub.com. EF: 4-SS, G/40 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1200: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs Info: $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45pm. One bye avail- SEPT. 9, Marshall Friday Night Blitz (BLZ) round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. able, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., 9-SS, G/3 +2. ($500 b/35): $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000, 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. NYC. 212-477-3716. U1800: $50. USCF regular rating used for pairings & prizes. EF: $30, SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25 MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. 6:15-6:45. 7-7:30-7:50-8:10- , 7th Annual Hartford Open (CT) AUG. 25, Marshall Thursday Action! Reg.: Rds:. 8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request at entry. Blitz rated. See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: SEPT. 24 $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. 6:15-6:45pm. 7-8:15-9:30- 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. , Marshall Saturday G/60 (Open & U1700) Reg.: Rds.: 4-SS, G/55 d5. Two sections: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2300: 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. SEPT. 9, 16, 23, Queens September “Soccer” Game 45 Open: 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. See Grand Prix. $75, U2000: $75. U1700 ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45- AUG. 26, Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz SEPT. 10, Marshall Morning U1800 Action 7pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to youth K-12. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10:15-11:30am- AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, 48th annual Atlantic Open (VA) SEPT. 25, Marshall Scholastic Action! (3 Rounds) See Grand Prix. 12:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. 3-SS, G/25 d5. Open to youth K-12. ($225 b/25): $100-50, U1000: $75. AUG. 27 EF: $30, MCC Mbrs: $15. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10:10-11:20am. No , Marshall Saturday G/60 (Open & U1700) SEPT. 10 4-SS, G/55 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2300: , Marshall Saturday G/60 Open byes. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. $75, U2000: $75. U1700 ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, 4-SS, G/55 d5. Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2400: $75, U2100: $75. SEPT. 25 EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12- , Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1500) MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45- 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2100: 7pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 2:30-4:45-7pm. One bye available, request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. $75, U1800: $75. U1500: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1200: $75. EF: $40, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 12:15-12:45pm. Rds.: 1-2:45-5:00- SEPT. 10 AUG. 28, Marshall Scholastic Action! (3 Rounds) , September Proctors - Schenectady Blitz Chess (BLZ) 6:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 3-SS, G/25 d5. Open to youth K-12. ($225 b/25): $100-50, U1000: $75. Historic Proctor’s Theater - Capital District’s New Chess Venue! 432 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. State St., Schenectady, NY. 8-SS, G/8 d0. EF: $13.00 ($5.00 U18) if EF: $30, MCC Mbrs: $15. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10:10-11:20am. No SEPT. 29, Marshall Thursday Action! byes. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. register by e-mail before 9-7, $2 more at site. $$: 260 b/25 $100-50- 25, U1800, U1550 $40. Reg.: 1:00- 1:45 P.M. Games 2-6 P.M. ENT and 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: AUG. 29, 26th Nassau G/10 (BLZ) INFO: [email protected] $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- (blitz rated) 7SS, G/7 d3 or G/10 d0. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. Main Sts., Mineola. EF: $25 by 8/22, $32 at site, non-memb $5 more. SEPT. 10, 17, 24, Rochester Chess Center Saturday 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. $$ (525 b/25) 150, U2200, 2000, 1800, 1550, 1300/UR 75 each. 3 byes Tournaments! SEPT. 30 3-SS, G/60 d5. Rochester CC, 221 Norris Dr., Rochester, NY 14610. 585- , Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz (BLZ) 1-7. Reg to 7:15 PM. Rds.: 7:15-7:45-8:15-8:45-9:10-9:35-10. Rule 14H See Grand Prix. not used. Sept supl used. Ent: Harold Stenzel, 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 442-2430. Prizes based on entries. EF: $15, RCC members $13. $2 less 11782. [email protected]. for HS and Pre-HS. Reg.: 1-1:45 pm. Rds.: 2-4-6. One bye available, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 29 request at entry. www.nychess.org. Also, Youth tournament, G/30 d5, SEPT. 30-OCT. 2, Marshall Weekend FIDE , Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1500) every Saturday morning 10am-1pm, trophies and prizes. EF: $5. 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2100: 5-SS, 40/90 SD/30 +30. FIDE Rated. ($600 b/25): $250-125. U2200: $75, U1800: $75. U1500: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1200: $75. EF: $40, SEPT. 11, Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1600) $125; U1900 $100. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. GMs Free. Reg.: Ends 15 MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 12:15-12:45pm. Rds.: 1-2:45-5:00- 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2200: min before round start. Rds.: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & Sun. 12 & 5:30pm. Max 2 6:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. $75, U1900: $75. U1600: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1300: $75. EF: $40, byes, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00- NYC. 212-477-3716. SEPT. 1 5:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. OCT. 1, 21st Annual Arkport Open , Marshall $15 Special Action! - NEW 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 4-SS, G/25 d5. $350 GTD: $125-75, U2200: $75, U1900: $75. EF: $40, See Grand Prix. MCC Mbrs: Only $15!!! GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15- SEPT. 12, 19, 26, OCT. 3, Nassau Semi-finals OCT. 1, Marshall Morning U1700 Action 9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. SEPT. 15, Marshall Thursday Action! $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9am-10:15-11:30-12:45pm. One bye avail- SEPT. 2, Marshall U2200 Friday Night Action! 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: able, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($300 b/25): $150-75, U1900: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- NYC. 212-477-3716. $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. OCT. 2, Marshall Morning Action! (4 Rounds) round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1800: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. SEPT. 16, Marshall Fischer Random $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10:15-11:30am-12:45pm. One bye avail- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 4-SS, G/25 d5. Fischer Random (Chess 960) rules. Not rated. ($450 able, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., SEPT. 2-4, Marshall Weekend FIDE b/35): $200-100, top U2200/unr, U1900: $75. USCF regular rating used NYC. 212-477-3716. 5-SS, 40/90 SD/30 +30. FIDE Rated. ($600 b/25): $250-125. U2200: for pairings & prizes. EF: $30, MCC Mbrs $20, GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15- OCT. 5-10, 7-10 OR 8-10, 3rd annual Washington Chess $125; U1900 $100. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. GMs Free. Reg.: Ends 15 6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, Request at entry. 23 Congress (VA) min before round start. Rds.: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & Sun. 12 & 5:30pm. Max 2 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. See Grand Prix. byes, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., US Chess Junior Grand Prix! OCT. 6 NYC. 212-477-3716. SEPT. 16-18, 17-18 OR 18 , Marshall $15 Special Action! - NEW , Marshall Monthly U2300 4-SS, G/25 d5. $350 GTD $125-75, U2200: $75, U1900: $75. EF: $40, SEPT. 2-5, 3-5 OR 4-5, 138th annual NY State Championship 5-SS, 40/90 SD30 +30. Open to players rated below 2300 USCF. $800 See Grand Prix. MCC Mbrs: Only $15!!! GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15- Gtd: $300-150-100. U2100: $125; U1800 $125. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. 9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. SEPT. 3, Marshall Morning U1700 Action Reg.: Ends 15 min before round start. Rds.: 3-day: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Sun. 12:30 & 5:30pm. 2-day: Sat. 11:00am (G/25 d5) then merge with 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs OCT. 7 $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9am-10:15-11:30-12:45pm. One bye avail- 3-day in round 2. 1-day: Sun. 9-10:10-11:20am (G/25 d5) then merge in , Marshall U2200 Friday Night Action! able, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., round 4. Max two byes, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($300 b/25): $150-75, U1900: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs NYC. 212-477-3716. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. $20. 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.org. 23 W. SEPT. 17 SEPT. 4, Marshall Morning Action! (4 Rounds) , Marshall Saturday U1800 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1800: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs 4-SS, G/40 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10:15-11:30am-12:45pm. One bye avail- $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45pm. One bye avail- OCT. 7, 14, 21, 28, NOV. 4, 11, 18, 2016 Queens Chess Club able, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., able, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., Championship NYC. 212-477-3716. NYC. 212-477-3716. See Grand Prix.

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OCT. 8, Marshall Saturday G/60 Open - Celebrate National OCT. 8, National Chess Day in Hendersonville Chess Day! 3SS, G/60 d5. 708 South Grove St., Hendersonville, NC. Part of Second PENNSYLVANIA 4-SS, G/55 d5. Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2400: $75, U2100: $75. Saturday series. EF: $5. 80% returned. Rds.: 9:30 - 11:45 - 2:00. INFO: Every Friday - LVCA 7 & 9pm Blitz Events Open/U1200 (BLZ) EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12- [email protected] (Closed 10/7) 2:30-4:45-7pm. One bye available, request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., OCT. 15-16, 13th Annual Georgia Senior Open (GA) 8SS, G/5 d2. St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown, NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. See Grand Prix. PA 18104. EF: $5, Prizes: Open and U1200, Minimum 50% Returned. OCT. 8 1st-70%, 2nd-30% AND will ADD PRIZES if 12 or more players per , Marshall Morning U1800 Action - Celebrate National NOV. 25-27 OR 26-27, 47th annual National Chess Congress (PA) Chess Day! section, FREE Coffee For All Entrants. REG.: Ends 6:55pm, Cash on site 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to youth K-12. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. See Grand Prix. only. RDS.:7 pm, then ASAP. On Site: 484-866-3045 or bdavis@lehigh- EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10:15-11:30am- valleychessclub.org,www.lehighvalleychessclub.org/ 12:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. OHIO MasterMinds Scholastic Summer League 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. Info at www.mastermindschess.org. AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14 OCT. 8, National Chess Day - International Master Danny Kopec , Cleveland Open See Grand Prix. MLC & G Sunday Quads Memorial Blitz Championship (BLZ) 3RR, Game/60 d5. Main Line Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., See Grand Prix. AUG. 20, Solon Summer Breeze Paoli, PA 19301. EF: $20; $40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 12pm. Rds.: 12:15, OCT. 9 4SS, G/30 d5. 6025 Kruse Dr., Solon, OH 44139 .EF: $30, IMs, GMs free. 2:30, 4:45 Info: [email protected] , Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1600) Open, U1800, U1400, U1000. 9-9:45 at site. 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2200: Sections: Registration: 10:00, 11:30, 1:00, 2:30, U-1000 ASAP. Prizes: North Penn Chess Club $75, U1900: $75. U1600: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1300: $75. EF: $40, Rds.: $800 Guaranteed!! Main & Richardson, Lansdale, PA. See www.northpennchessclub.org MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00- Open: $150, $50, U-2000 $50. U-1800: $100, $50, U1600 $50. U-1400: for schedules & info or 215-699-8418. $100, $50, U1200 $50. U1000: $60, $30, U750 $30, U500 $30. Free 5:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. AUG. 11-14, 12-14 OR 13-14 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. healthy box lunch to ALL players! Convenient Online Registration at , 46th annual Continental Open (MA) www.progresswithchess.org Info: Contact: Mike Joelson, 216-321-7000. See Grand Prix. OCT. 10, Marshall Columbus Day Action! AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, 11th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) AUG. 12-14 OR 13-14, Cleveland Open (OH) 6-SS, G/25 d5. ($525 b/25) $200-100. U2300: $75, U2000: $75, U1700: See Grand Prix. $75. EF: $50, MCC Mbrs $30. GMs Free. Reg.: 10:15-10:45am. Rds.: See Grand Prix. 11am-12:15-1:30-3:00-4:15-5:30pm. 2 byes available, request at entry. AUG. 27, Cincy Tornado - En Passant AUG. 20, 2016 Joe DeRaymond Memorial Quick Chess Event (QC) www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Always Last Saturday of Month. 2 Sections: OPEN & Under 1600. 4- 7SS, G/15 d3. St. Luke’s Church, 417 N. 7th St., Allentown, PA 18102. OCT. 13 SS, G/60 d5. Reg. ends 9:45am. 1st Round: 10am. EF: $33 if paid Park in the lot — enter through the red gate. EF: $20 at site (no , Marshall U2400 Action advance entries). Prizes: $70 and trophy per section. Sections: A- 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to players rated below 2400 USCF. ($375 b/25): online/$38 at site. OGPrix Event/OCA deduct $3. Masters above 2200 EF only $20. Open b/15: $150-$75; Class Prizes based on entries. Master Group: Top 8 players by regular USCF rating play 7-RR. B -Group: $150-100, U2100: $75 U1800: $50. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $25. Reg.: Next 8 players play 7-RR. C-Group: All others play 7-SS. Reg.: Noon 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 Bounty Prize: Best Upset against 1# Rated Master pays $100 for win/$50 draw. $100 for perfect score to 1# Rated Master. UNDER 1600 to 1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3:30, 4, 4:30, 5. TD: Eric C. Johnson or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th 610-433-6518. Info: www.freewebs.com/allentowncentercitychessclub St., NYC. 212-477-3716. b/15: $150-$75; Class Prizes based on entries. First Baptist Church, 11195 Winton Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45218. HOT FOOD. CHESS VENDOR Rated events every Saturday! OCT. 14 , Marshall Friday Night Blitz (BLZ) ON SITE. Email: [email protected]. www.chessearth.com. AUG. 21, Main Line Chess & Games Sunday Quads 9-SS, G/3 +2. ($500 b/35): $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000, 3 RR, Game/60 d5. Main Line Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, U1800: $50. USCF regular rating used for pairings & prizes. EF: $30, SEPT. 2-5, 3-5 OR 4-5, 2016 Ohio Chess Congress See Grand Prix. PA 19301. EF: $20; $40 to first, $50 for 3-0 result. Reg.: 11:45-12:15 p.m. MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10- Rounds: 12:30, 2:45, 5:00 p.m. Info: [email protected], 8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request at entry. Blitz rated. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! mainlinechessandgames.com, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. SEPT. 10 , Toledo September Swiss AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28, 48th annual Atlantic Open (VA) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Open, 4SS, Rnd. 1 G/75 d5, Rnds. 2-4 G/85 d5. The University of Toledo See Grand Prix. OCT. 14-16, 15-16 OR 16 Health Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Cafe, 3000 Arlington , Marshall Monthly U2300 AUG. 27 5-SS, 40/90 SD30 +30. Open to players rated below 2300 USCF. $800 Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: , LVCA $1000 in Scholarships K-12 Championships $300-150-100. U2100: $125; U1800 $125. $60, MCC Mbrs $40. $20 by 9/8, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: 5-SS, G/30 d5. EF: $35, $45 CASH ONLY after 8/22/16 AT SITE. $$1000 Gtd: EF: to 1st-$400, 2nd-$200, 3rd-$100, $100 each top 3 Reg.: Ends 15 min before round start. Rds.: 3-day: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & $360 b/20, $100-50, 1st A,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James in Scholarships Sun. 12:30 & 5:30pm. 2-day: Sat. 11:00am (G/25 d5) then merge with Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. Lehigh Valley players. Trophy’s to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Top U1400, U1200, 3-day in round 2. 1-day: Sun. 9-10:10-11:20am (G/25 d5) then merge in U1000, U800, U600, U400, UNR, $10-$20 in Random Prizes to every US Chess Junior Grand Prix! player. Rds.: 11:00am then ASAP. Reg.: Ends 10:45am. Site: College round 4. Max two byes, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. SEPT. 10-11 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. , Golden Buckeye Senior & Adult Open Hill Moravian Church, 72 W. Laurel St., Bethlehem, PA 18018. Ent: Bruce Salt Fork State Park Lodge, Cambridge. Players age 18 & up from any Davis, 1208 Linden St., Bethlehem, PA 18018, 484-866-3045. Email: OCT. 15, Marshall Saturday U1500 state welcome. A relaxed schedule, intimate atmosphere, rustic secluded [email protected] Info: www.lehighvalleychessclub.org/ 4-SS, G/40 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1200: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs venue, and natural surroundings will make for a memorable weekend! $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45pm. One bye avail- 3 sections Senior (age 50+), Young’uns (18-49), Mixed U1600 (18 & A Heritage Event! able, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., US Chess Junior Grand Prix! up). Format 5SS, Rnds. 1-3 G/75 d10, Rnds. 4-5 G/90 d10. Reg.: Sat AUG. 27-28 NYC. 212-477-3716. 9:30-10:15. Rnds.: 10:30-2:30-6:30 Sun 9:30-2. EF: $40 thru 8/29 then , 40th Pittsburgh Summer Open $50; OCA members $2 less. Trophy prizes, 1st place OH resident is Pittsburgh Chess Club, 5604 Solway St., Suite 209, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. OCT. 15-16, 3rd annual Central New York Open 5SS, Rds. 1-2: G/45 d5, Rd. 3: G/60 d5, Rds. 4-5: G/75 d5. In 3 Sections, See Grand Prix. 2016 OH Sr Champ! Fellowship of the King group rate $109/night plus pet-friendly cabins, 800-ATA-PARK, reserve early! More info: Championship: Open to all. Plus-Score prizes: 5.0=$300, 4.5=$150, OCT. 29-30, 2016 Vermont Open (VT) neilley.com/chess, [email protected], or 740-314-1102. 4.0=$75, 3.5=$40, 3.0=$20. Reserve: Open to 1899 & under. Plus- See Grand Prix. Score prizes: 5.0=$250, 4.5=$125, 4.0=$60, 3.5=$30, 3.0=$15. Booster: SEPT. 16-18 OR 17-18, 2016 Harold Steen Memorial Cup (MI) Open to 1499 & under (no unrated). Plus-Score prizes: 5.0=$200, 4.5=$100, NOV. 4-6 OR 5-6, Stamford Open (CT) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. 4.0=$50, 3.5=$25, 3.0=$15. ALL: EF: $40 postmarked by 8/20, $55 after and at site, $5 discount to PCC members. Reg.: Sat, 8/27, 9:00-9:45 NOV. 25-27 OR 26-27 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! , 47th annual National Chess Congress (PA) OCT. 2, NOV. 6, DEC. 4, Columbus Chess League (any entries after 9:45 may have to take Rd. 1 bye). Rds:. 10-11:45-2, 10- See Grand Prix. 1 Open Section. 6SS, G/75 d5. 2 rounds each date at OSU Campus 1:30. Pizza slices available for lunch both days. Max two half-point byes; Donatos. EF: $70/team, 4-board teams w/ 2 alternates. Trophies top 2 must be requested before Rd. 2 pairings are made. ENT: PCC, c/o Pittsburgh teams, 1st U1700 team & individual boards. Advance entries only, due Summer Open, 5604 Solway St., Ste 209, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. INFO: NORTH CAROLINA 9/25. Full details: neilley.com/chess or [email protected] 412-421-1881, [email protected], www.pittsburghcc.org. W. AUG. 16 AUG. 28 , WNC Blitz Championship (BLZ) OCT. 7-9 OR 8-9, 25th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) , Main Line Chess & Games Sunday Quads RR, G/5 d0. 699 North Grove St., Hendersonville, NC. Round robin up to See Grand Prix. 3 RR, Game/60 d5. Main Line Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, 18 players. EF: $2, Rds.: Start 6pm. INFO: [email protected] PA 19301. EF: $20; $40 to first, $50 for 3-0 result. Reg.: 11:45-12:15 p.m. AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Rounds: 12:30, 2:45, 5:00 p.m. Info: [email protected], , 47th annual Southern Chess Congress (GA) OCT. 8, Toledo October Swiss mainlinechessandgames.com, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. See Grand Prix. Open, 4SS, Rnd. 1 G/75 d5, Rnds. 2-4 G/85 d5 The University of Toledo . AUG. 30, Berks End of Summer Scholastic Quads AUG. 20 Health Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Cafe, 3000 Arlington , ACC All-star Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) A Wood Services National Fundraiser Tournament. Queen City Courtyard Durham RTP, 301 Residence Inn Blvd., Durham, NC 27713. Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: Restaurant, 100 Lancaster Ave., Reading, PA. 3-RR G/25 d5 Games: Trophies: Players w plus score. Check-in: Reqrd 10-10:15a. Games $20 by 10/6, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: Tues. 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 pm. EF: $20 for 2 Events, Single event $25 by 10:30a-4p. EF: 11, 14 onsite. Info: http://bachess.org/durham. W. $360 b/20, $100-50, 1st A, B, C, D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James 8/29. Register Online at http://woodservices.org. PRIZES: Undefeated Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. AUG. 20, ACC $uper$wiss (3SS, G/75 d5) Trophies, Quad winner medals. Courtyard Durham RTP, 301 Residence Inn Blvd., Durham, NC 27713. NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13, 25th annual Kings Island Open SEPT. 2-5, 3-5 OR 4-5, 138th annual NY State Championship (NY) Prizes: $500 b/50. 50% guar. Open: $100-50-25, u1800 50-25. u1500: See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. $100-50-25, u1200 50-25. Aug 16 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: 10-10:15a. Rds.: NOV. 25-27 OR 26-27, 47th annual National Chess Congress (PA) 10:30a-1p-after Rd2. EF: 29, Econ 19 w 50% prize, Rtd 2200+ $0 by SEPT. 3, W.Chester 1st Sat. Quads 8/10. Info: http://bachess.org/durham. W. See Grand Prix. Our 27th year! 3RR, Game/80 d5. 2nd Presbyterian Church, 114 S. AUG. 25-29 Walnut St., West Chester, PA. EF: $20; $40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9am. , 2016 U.S. Masters Championship Rds.: 9:40, 1:00, 4:00. Info: [email protected]. See Nationals. OKLAHOMA SEPT. 10 AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28 , Lancaster Sept Scholastic Quads , North Carolina Open SEPT. 3-4, 71st OCF FIDE Open + Championship - Tulsa A Wood Services National Fundraiser Tournament. Uncommon See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Pizza, Kissel Hill Commons, Lititz, PA. 3-RR G/25 d5. Games: Sat. 9:30, SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, American Chess Promotion Open (GA) 10:30, 11:30 am. EF: $20 for 2 events, $25 for 1 event by 9/16. Register See Grand Prix. Online at http://woodservices.org. PRIZES: Undefeated Trophies, Quad OREGON winner medals. SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25, 14th annual Southern Class Championships (FL) AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, 7th annual Central California Open (CA-N) SEPT. 10, MasterMinds CC Quads See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Lenfest Center, 3890 N. 10th St., Philadelphia, PA 19140. Quads: 3RR, G/85 d5. $30 cash; winner $100. ends 9AM. 9:30, 1, 4. SEPT. 24 EF: Reg. Rds.: , ACC $uper$wiss (3SS, G/75 d5) SEPT. 3-5 OR 4-5, 66th Annual Oregon Open - $10,000 Guaranteed! Info: mastermindschess.org or [email protected]. Courtyard Durham RTP, 301 Residence Inn Blvd., Durham, NC 27713. See Grand Prix. Prizes: $500 b/50. 50% guar. Open: $100-50-25, u1800 50-25. u1500: A Heritage Event! $100-50-25, u1200 50-25. Sept 16 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: 10-10:15a. DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 26th annual North American SEPT. 11, 57th Annual Pittsburgh Chess League Rds.: 10:30a-1p-after Rd2. EF: 29, Econ 19 w 50% prize, Rtd 2200+ $0 Open (NV) 30/90, SD/60 d5. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 5th Ave. & Bigelow by 9/14. Info: http://bachess.org/durham. W. See Grand Prix. Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Monthly 4-player team event from Sept. to

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Apr. EF: $50/team by 9/8. Rds: 2pm. Info: 412-908-0286, martinak_ OCT. 15-16, 13th Annual Georgia Senior Open (GA) endorsed by their FIDE recognized National Chess Federation. In addition, [email protected], www.pitt.edu/~schach/ W. Note: one game - See Grand Prix. each National Federation may register one official player per category rated each month so this cannot be a US Chess Junior Grand Prix. plus a Head of Delegation (HoD). Official players and HoD’s receive free lodging, breakfast, and hotel restaurant coupons for lunch and SEPT. 11, Chess at the Moose Registration: 10:00-10:30. Time control G/60 d5. Entry Fee: $12 at site SOUTH DAKOTA dinner. EVENT SCHEDULE: Arrival Day: September 1st. Player’s meeting 6 pm on 9/1. Round 1: 9/1 at 7:30 pm. Round 2: 9/2 at 1 pm. Round 3: cash only. Prize: 1st $35, prizes added based on attendance. 3 round AUG. 27-28, 62nd Iowa Open Championship (USCF & FIDE Swiss. Moose Lodge 1336, 705 Stokes Mill Rd., East Stroudsburg, 9/2 at 7:30 pm. Round 4: 9/3 at 2:00 pm. Round 5: 9/3 at 7:30 pm. Rated) IASCA GP Super Qualifier (IA) Round 6: 9/4 at 11 am. Round 7: 9/4 at 4:30 pm. Round 8: 9/5 at 9 am. PA. Michael Laverty, 908-339-7105, http://poconoml.wix.com/ See Grand Prix. poconochess#!about/c4nz, [email protected] Round 9: 9/5 at 2:30 pm. Closing ceremony (attendance is Optional): SEPT. 24-25, Paul Salem Sioux Falls Open - Grand Prix 9/5 7:30 pm. TIEBREAKS: In event of equal scores, the following SEPT. 11, Main Line Chess & Games Sunday Quads See Grand Prix. tiebreaks will be used: 1. Direct encounter, 2 Median Bucholz, 3 Most 3 RR, Game/60 d5. Main Line Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, wins, and 4 Younger player. APPEALS: The Appeals Committee shall PA 19301. EF: $20; $40 to first, $50 for 3-0 result. Reg.: 11:45-12:15 p.m. consist of 3 members plus 2 reserves. The Appeals Committee shall be Rounds: 12:30, 2:45, 5:00 p.m. Info: [email protected], TENNESSEE determined at the players meeting on September 1. If possible, three mainlinechessandgames.com, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. Federations shall be represented on the Appeals Committee. An appeal AUG. 19-21 OR 20-21, 47th annual Southern Chess Congress (GA) SEPT. 16-18 OR 17-18, 2016 Harold Steen Memorial Cup (MI) against the decision of an Arbiter must be submitted in writing to the See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Chief Arbiter, within two hours after the end of the playing session. The AUG. 26-28 OR 27-28 appeal must be accompanied by a fee of $100 US. This fee shall be SEPT. 17, 1st Annual LVCA Ruben Shocron Memorial $1050 , 11th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) See Grand Prix. refunded if the appeal is successful. The Appeals Committee may also Gtd-RBO decide to refund the fee if it considers that the appeal was not frivolous. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 2-4, 2016 Tennessee Open Championship See Grand Prix. The decision of the Appeals Committee is final, binding and takes imme- SEPT. 17, 2016 PA State Game/60 Championship diate effect. AWARDS: The winners of the Female and Open Divisions See Grand Prix. SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, American Chess Promotion Open (GA) will earn the following awards from FIDE: Gold/Clear first = 9 round SEPT. 18, Main Line Chess & Games Sunday Quads See Grand Prix. GM or WGM norm and IM or WIM title. Equal first after tiebreaks = 3 RR, Game/60 d5. Main Line Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, SEPT. 17, Mike Barton Memorial 6 WIM or IM title, Silver and Bronze = 9 round WIM or IM norm and PA 19301. EF: $20; $40 to first, $50 for 3-0 result. Reg.: 11:45-12:15 p.m. See Grand Prix. WFM/FM title. These awards are subject to FIDE Title regulation 1.13a. The winners, if still eligible, shall be considered official players in the Rounds: 12:30, 2:45, 5:00 p.m. Info: [email protected], SEPT. 23-25 OR 24-25 mainlinechessandgames.com, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. , 14th annual Southern Class North American U20 in 2017. In addition, the winners shall also have Championships (FL) SEPT. 23-24 (FRI & SAT) the right to participate in the 2017 Pan-Am U20 as official players. , 2016 U.S. Blind Chess Championship See Grand Prix. EVENT FEES: All event fees are payable in US Dollars. Tournament See Nationals. OCT. 8, 2016 National Chess Day Tournament - Fall Open Fee: Official players $100, additional players $150. Organizer fee: $25 SEPT. 25, Main Line Chess & Games Sunday Quads Cumberland Co. Community Complex, 1398 Livingston Rd., Crossville, for all accompanying persons. The fee for all registration received after 3 RR, Game/60 d5. Main Line Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, TN 38555. $420 Guaranteed prize fund. In 2 Sections, Open: 4SS, G/60 4 pm on 9/1 will be $180. Non Hotel Fee: $65 for all players not staying PA 19301. EF: $20; $40 to first, $50 for 3-0 result. Reg.: 11:45-12:15 p.m. d5, $$: $75. 30-X,A,B,C,D/Below. Amateur U1200: 4SS, G/60 d5, $$: at the host Doubletree Hotel. LOCATION/ACCOMMODATION: Doubletree Rounds: 12:30, 2:45, 5:00 p.m. Info: [email protected], $75. 30-F, G, H/Below, UNR UNR eligible for unrated prize only. ALL: DFW Airport North, 4441 W. John Carpenter Fwy., Irving, TX 75063. mainlinechessandgames.com, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. EF: $15 if mailed by 10/3, $20 at site. Memb. Req’d: TCA $10 TN resi- Hotel rates: $99 with continental breakfast for up to 4 registered guests/$109 with Full Breakfast Buffet for up to two registered SEPT. 28, Lionville Sept Scholastic Quads dents only. ENT: Harry D Sabine, P. O. Box 381, Crossville, TN 38557. guests/$119 with Full Breakfast Buffet for up to four registered guests, A Wood Services National Fundraiser Tournament. 3-RR G/25 d5. INFO: www.cumberlandcountychess.org or Susan at 931-287-3765. W. Pizza Uno, Route 100, Lionville, PA. Games: Wed. 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 pm. EF: 972-929-8181or 800-222-8733 reserve by 8/18 and ask for Dallas Chess OCT. 8, National Chess Day! Club rate. Players Flying into DFW airport may call the Doubletree and $20 for 2 events, $25 for 1 event by 9/27. Register Online at http://wood- 4SS, G/60 d5. Site: Hyatt Place Memphis - Wolfchase Galleria - 7905 services.org. PRIZES: Undefeated Trophies, Quad winner medals. have the hotel pick them up at the airport. WEBSITE and CONTACTS: Giacosa Pl., Memphis, TN 38133. Prizes based on 30: $150, 100, 75, Registration details can be found on the official website www.dal- OCT. 2, PCL October Quick Quads (QC) 50, 25. Class prizes: B,C, D/E $50 each. EF: $25 by Oct 01, $35 late. laschess.com. Should you have any questions please feel free to contact 3RR, G/15 d3. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 5th Ave. & Bigelow MCC members $25 anytime. Rds start at 10am and other ASAP. Reg- us: IA, IO Francisco Guadalupe, [email protected] or FA, IO Luis Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. EF: $10, $7 Jrs. $20 to 1st/quad. Reg.: 11- istration starts at 8am. [email protected]. Online entries: Salinas, [email protected] This tournament is FIDE rated 11:15am. Info: [email protected], 412-908-0286. W. www.memphischess.com. Send mail entries to: MCC, P.O. Box 17864, and uses FIDE rules. Memphis, TN 38187. OCT. 2, Chess at the Moose SEPT. 2-5 OR 3-5, 82nd Annual Southwest Open Registration: 10:00-10:30. Time control G/60 d5. Entry Fee: $12 at site OCT. 15-16, 13th Annual Georgia Senior Open (GA) See Grand Prix. cash only. Prize: 1st $35, prizes added based on attendance. 3 round See Grand Prix. OCT. 8, National Chess Day Houston Scholastic Swiss. Moose Lodge 1336, 705 Stokes Mill Rd., East Stroudsburg, NOV. 11-13 OR 12-13 PA. Michael Laverty, 908-339-7105, http://poconoml.wix.com/ , 25th annual Kings Island Open (OH) 5SS, G/25 d5 (Advanced Players >1200 4SS, G/45 d5) at Chavez High poconochess#!about/c4nz, [email protected] See Grand Prix. School, 8501 Howard Dr., Houston, TX 77017. K-12 Scholastic Only. Trophies to positive scores. Sections based on advance entries received. OCT. 5-10, 7-10 OR 8-10, 3rd annual Washington Chess Sections combined for School Team Trophies 1st to 3rd. EF: $19 by mail Congress (VA) TEXAS postmarked by 10/ 4, or $20 by PayPal by 10/ 6, or $30 at site. Reg.: See Grand Prix. AUG. 20-21, 2016 DCC FIDE Open XI 8:30-8:45; Rd. 1 at 9:00, others ASAP. Info & Entries: James Liptrap, PO OCT. 8, MasterMinds National Chess Day Quads See Grand Prix. Box 12053, Spring, TX 77391, 832-492-7154 On-line entry: http://chess.jlip- Lenfest Center, 3890 N. 10th St., Philadelphia, PA 19140. Quads: 3RR, trap.us/enter.htm Flier: http://chess.jliptrap.us/hca16chav.htm W. G/85 d5. EF: $30 cash; winner $100. Reg. ends 9AM. Rds. 9:30, 1, 4. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29 SEPT. 1-5, 2016 North American Junior (U20) Chess Champi- , 26th annual North American For info email [email protected]. 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IM NAZI PAIKIDZE 2016 U.S. Women’s Champion

hen most people think of a “best move,” they often imagine a bril - Wliant, winning tactic. That is not always the case. Not every winning attack begins with a check, piece sacrifice, or capture. Some - times a quiet move can unexpectedly create a deadly threat. Whether it prepares for a crush - ing attack, or it is a prophylaxis move, those kind of moves are the most difficult ones to find. I personally find them to be the most rewarding. That is why the following move came to mind when I was approached to write this article. I was invited to play one of the strongest Sometimes a quiet Open tournaments: Aeroflot section A, in Moscow, Russia. In this section, the require - move can unexpectedly ment for players is at least 2550 FIDE rating points. But, the tournament also has a few spots for strong female players. Luckily, in 2011, I create a deadly threat. was chosen. Being one of the few international masters in the tournament (the rest were all grandmasters), it was the most challenging competition I have ever participated in. I Currently, White is up a rook and Black does managed to draw many grandmasters but I “ not seem to have enough compensation. The only beat one! This game was memorable not continuation 25. ... Qa1+ does not look because it was the only full point I got in this promising. After 26. Qb1 Black’s position is tournament, but because of how I managed to hopeless. Taking a rook on e1 still leaves Black turn things around in what looked like a lost down a piece, (25. ... Bxe1 26. Rxe1). position. 25. ... Kb8!! ” TURNING THE TABLES —the only move that saves GM Daniele Vocaturo (FIDE 2570, ITA) the game and also creates an unpleasant threat WGM Nazi Paikidze (FIDE 2455, GEO) —... Rc8. My opponent here was in severe time Aeroflot open 2011 A (6), Moscow, trouble and he decided to repeat moves to gain Russia, 02.13.2011 some time. . find the correct move. 30. Bxc5 would have 26. Qb1 Qc4+ 27. Qc2 Qa2 ended in a draw after 30. ... Nb4 31. Bd6+ Ka7 32. Bc5+ (But not 32. Qxc8?? Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Here, naturally, my opponent decided to Qxb2+ 34. Qc2 Qxc2 mate) 32. ... Kb8. keep playing. At the moment he was a rook 30. ... Qa1+ 31. Kd2 up, and Black’s idea of ... Rc8 still does not look too dangerous. No better is 31. Kc2 Nb4+. 28. Ne4 Rc8 29. Nc5 Bxc5 31. ... Qxb2+ 32. Qc2 Qxb6 33. Qf5 Qb2+ 34. Qc2 Qb4+ 35. Ke2 Ne5 36. Qe4 Qb5+, (see diagram next column) White resigned.

30. Qxc5?? Whose Best Move would you like to see? In time pressure, Daniele did not manage to Write to us at [email protected]. AFTER 25. Bb6 PHOTO: JIM DOYLE

72 August 2016 | Chess Life

3rd annual WASHINGTON CHESS CONGRESS CHESS CONGRESS Columbus Day weekend, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA October 5-10, 7-10 or 8-10, 2016 Premier Section (1900/up): 9 rounds, Oct 5-10. GM and IM norms possible. Under 2100, Under 1700, Under 1300 sections: 7 rounds, Oct 7-10 or 8-10. Under 2100, Under 1700, and Under 1300 schedules merge and compete for same prizes. $25,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES

Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Premier Section GMs, IMs, WGMs, Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202, foreign FMs free; $140 deducted from prize, minutes from the attractions of our nation’s no deduction from minimum prize. Foreign capital! Chess rates $101-101-111, 703-418- FIDE rated players, entry fee $100 less. 1234, reserve by 9/20 or rate may increase. Under 1300 Section: all entry fees $60 less Free shuttle from National Airport and Crystal than top 3 sections. City Metro. Special valet parking $8/day. Special USCF dues: see chesstour.com or Premier, open to 1900/over USCF or FIDE Tournament Life. USCF membership required and all foreign FIDE rated players. $4000- 2000-1000-600-400, clear/tiebreak 1st $100 6-day schedule (Premier): Reg. ends Wed bonus, top FIDE U2300/Unr $1400-700. FIDE 6 pm, rds Wed 7 pm, Thu 12 & 7, Fri 7 Sat 11 rated, 200 Grand Prix Points. Minimum prizes & 6, Sun 10 & 5, Mon 10. 40/2, SD/30, d10. to GMs and foreign IMs who play all 9 games 4-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. with no byes; see TLA or chesstour.com. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5, Mon 10 & Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300-200, 4. 40/2, SD/30, d10. top Under 1900 (no unr) $1200-600. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds Under 1700: $1700-900-500-300-200, top Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 5, Mon 10 & 4. Under 1500 (no unr) $800-400. Rds 1-2 G/75, d10, then merges with 4-day. Under 1300: $1000-500-300-200-100, top Half-point byes available all rounds, limit Under 1100 (no unr) $400-200. 3 (2 in last 4 rds), must commit before rd 3. Unrated prize limits: U1300 $200, U1700 Bring set, board, clock if possible- none $400, U2100 $700. supplied. FIDE ratings used in Premier, Mixed Doubles: $1000-500. Male/female USCF October official in other sections. 2-player teams averaging under 2200, any Unofficial web ratings usually used in U2100 sections, only rounds 1-7 of Premier counted, & below if otherwise unrated. teams including unr $300 limit, register (no extra fee) before both players begin rd 2.. Entry: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham NY 10803. Entry fee: $145 online at chessaction.com Refunds, $15 (no charge if credited to future by 10/4, $155 phoned to 406-896-2038 by entry fees). Entries posted at chessaction.com 10/3, 6-day $155, 4-day $154, 3-day $153 if (online entries posted instantly). check mailed by 9/26, $160 at site until 1 hr Blitz tournament Sunday 10 pm, enter by before rd 1 or online until 2 hrs before rd 1. 9:45 pm.