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CONTRIBUTORS FM MIKE KLEIN (Cover Story) is the Chess.com director of content, although the scholastic world knows him as FunMasterMike in his ChessKid videos. He is a two-time chess journalist of the year, severely complicating his plans to be a pro snowboarder. WIM YUANLING YUAN U.S. OPEN (Gateway to Ivy League) is one The 118th U.S. Open heads to Norfolk, Virginia. The chess festival will also host the National of the top female chess players Girls’ Tournament of Champions, Denker Tournament of High School Champions, Barber in Canada and an alumna of Yale Tournament of K-8 Champions, and the annual US Chess Awards Luncheon. Find reports University. She has competed in from Al Lawrence and other attendees on uschess.org, and also look for photography by Jim the Women’s World Chess Doyle. Championship in 2015 and represented Canada five times at the (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016). GARRY’S GRAND BETSY DYNAKO ZACATE RETURN (KCF All-Girls) is a Chicago- based event and portrait The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz are a photographer with credits in new addition to this year’s edition of chess publications worldwide as the Tour. The events will well as the Wall Street Journal be hosted from August 14-19 right and Sports Illustrated. after the . All eyes will be on Garry Kasparov’s games this FM ALEX DUNNE (Fischer year as he comes out of retirement to Game) is the correspondence test himself against the elite in blitz chess director for US Chess. His and rapids. Follow along on monthly column, “The is grandchesstour.org and look for updates in the Mail,” can be found at on uschess.org, as well as uschess.org. takeovers @USChess. ADD US ON SNAP CHESS SCHOOL Look for Twitter takeovers at the U.S. Open and IS IN FOR THE festivities @USChess. Also find us SUMMER on Instagram at US_Chess and our newly created SnapChat account at Test yourself on U.S. Chess USChess! School positions and get a glimpse into the elite training academy, which always ends with a video blitz knockout style tournament, recorded on founder Greg Shahade’s YouTube channel. This summer’s sessions include camps in and St. Louis. Camper Akira Nakada gives an insider’s look into the St. Louis session for US Chess.

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LOGICALLY We played another game, as always, in front of his posse. I was black. It was the shortest I have a question about Akobian-Naroditsky, game I ever played, over in less than 15 seconds. featured in “The Practical Endgame,” “Logical 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5, thank you Bruce for the idea. Illogicality,” June 2017 issue. The alternative A beginner’s trap. The old man had never seen variation given is: it, and with a one-second analysis, he snapped my e5- losing instantly! 3. fxe5 followed immediately by 3. ... Qh4+ and I expected to win the h1-, but NO, he didn’t want to lose his rook, so he quickly played: 4. Ke2 Qxe4 mate! Surprise and instant recognition and anger 59. Kxg7 e2 60. h6 e1=Q 61. h7 with a draw. Note by the old man; worse, humiliation in front of that this is the same idea as playing 53. Rf7, except his posse. He instantly crashed the board so no White ensures that Black’s is out of the picture one could see; even I only saw the final position first. for a second it was so fast! In all fairness though, The overall mechanism is as follows: keep checking/ he was better than I was, for I went two wins, AFTER 49. ... Kc5 attacking the e-pawn until Black’s king moves in eight losses against him. front of it, then move to f7. Chess in Jakarta was alive and well; I expect 50. Nxb4!! Nxb4 51. Rf3!! Nd5 it still is. I’m confident you’ll always be able to find a game there. This last move by Black was covered but not John P. Christy with any information on what draws for White. THANK YOU BRUCE Anacortes, Washington I analyzed the two clearest lines, where White PANDOLFINI trades rooks, and found both are wins for Black. Is the rook ending a draw, or did I perhaps I write after seeing the entertaining note Corrections make a mistake in the pawn ending? from Dewain Barber regarding chess in Southeast Asia (June 2017 “Counterplay”). I The main lines of the pawn ending start with In the July 2017 remembrance of GM 51. ... Nd5 52. exd5 e4 53. Rf7 Rxf7 54. Kxf7 think chess players might be entertained by , due to an editing e3 and now: this true story of chess in Indonesia from many mistake E. Steven Doyle’s submission years ago. I was once assigned to solve client was inadvertently left out: a) 55. d6 Kxd6 56. Kxg7 e2 57 h6 e1=Q 58. h7. problems in Indonesia which required time in Black reaches the position where White’s king Jakarta. I found chess EVERYWHERE during I was 14 years old and organized my is on g8, Black’s is on f6 and Black to my free time walks around the city. Every shop first simultaneous—the move plays ... Ke7 followed by ... Qf7 mate. seemed to have men and boys, young and old, first of dozens. Art Bisguier was the all ignoring customers to play chess in the back. grandmaster I was lucky enough to b) 55. Kxg7 e2 56. h6 e1=Q 57. h7. Black reaches The parks had embedded into many convince to come to Toms River, New the position where White’s king is on g8, Black's concrete picnic tables. The kids always selected Jersey. He took on 50 players at once. queen is on g6 and Black to move plays ... Qf7 their best player to play me, the 40-something and ... Qf8. He was so friendly and outgoing, and westerner wandering alone around Jakarta. afterwards he wrote me a thank-you They would dump out from a large bag a Colin McRae note. He then began playing in all events via email hundred or so chess pieces from assorted sets, and cobble together two armies for play. I ran for 40-plus years, from U.S. Opens One kiosk had an old man surrounded by to USA Teams to New Jersey Opens. GM Daniel Naroditsky responds: eight or so teenage boys; and as he beat them Always it was swimming in the morning, Thank you for your letter. You bring up an excellent one after the other, he banged down the pieces and scotch at night, giving a kid a point. As a matter of fact, I initially meant to include exclaiming "Stupid boy! Stupid boy!" lesson, or sharing a story. He was a the position after ... Nd5 as an exercise, then decided He beat me too but without the insults. gem and one we will all miss. Here is against it, but forgot to include the drawing line in Everyone I played, every game I saw, they all to you my dear friend—I raise a Johnny the column. played The King’s . At that time I was Walker in your memory. After 52. exd5 e4 we reach a critical moment. just starting tournament play and was about You are right that 53. Rf7 loses, and that is the 1100 in strength, and I always lost in the King’s Also, in our Bisguier “Infographic,” we pitfall that White must avoid. After 53. Rf8! White Gambit regardless of my color. Back in the hotel, listed him as tying with Fischer at the draws as follows: 53. ... Kxd5 54. Re8 Kd4 55. Rd8+ I reviewed some lines from a copy of Bruce 1959 U.S. Championship; that tie Ke3 (55. ... Kc3 56. Re8 Kd3 57. Rd8+ Ke2 58. Rf8 is Pandolfini’s Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps, and oc curred at the 1957 U.S. Open. similar) 56. Rf8! Kd2 57. Rf7 Rxf7 58. Kxf7 e3 returned to the kiosk and the old man.

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The Cleveland Scholastic Open The nation’s oldest black fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, is using chess to link kids to higher education.

By JAMAAL ABDUL-ALIM

henever the Cleveland (OH) the nation’s oldest black fraternity—runs the chess team—is among several institutions of W Scholastic Open takes place—as it annual tournament, now in its sixth year. This higher learning that offer scholarships to top is scheduled to this fall—the venue year’s tournament is slated to take place October finishers in the tournament, which it has been is always a college campus. 14 at Cleveland State University. doing since 2014. The organizer of the annual event, Tony Dunlap, “We wanted the youth in our communities to Both UMBC and Alabama A&M University, says that is by design. feel comfortable on campus and be curious about a historically black land-grant institution, offer “We felt that it is important for the youth what happens on or in college,” Dunlap says. scholarships of $3,500 per year for up to four and the higher educational institutions in our And to sweeten the deal, Alpha Phi Alpha years to the winner of the high school section communities to have a functional linkage,” says goes to great lengths to secure scholarships for Dunlap, area director of the Cleveland chapter the winners. Photo: Some happy players receiving their non-traditional of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The University of Maryland, Baltimore prizes from Organizer Tony Dunlap, part of a strategy to The Cleveland chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha— County, or UMBC—known for its powerhouse make them excited about chess.

10 August 2017 | Chess Life PHOTO COURTESY OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA Compact ofGreater Cleveland,aninitiativethe to theCommunity”fromHigher Education Mayor FrankG.Johnsonwrotein a 2016“Report winners—it paystounderstandwhereCleveland than whenwebeganmeasuring,” Cleve land enrollment, whichat51percentis10 pointslower as oftheOctoberaftergraduation—upfrom school graduatesin2016wereenrolledcollege of thetournament. in thetournament. the samescholarshipfortopfinishingfemale played inthetournamentsinceitsinception. collegiate category.Morethan500studentshave 9th-12th grade.Theratedsectionalsohasa category -4thgrade,5th-8thand into differentcategories.Eachonehasaseparate Both thenoviceandratedsectionsarebroken played inboththenoviceandratedsections. in thetournament,whenyoucountthosewho our offeringswiththem,”Hickeysays. aid andscholarshipsatUMBC. sense,” saysJaneHickey,directoroffinancial the ClevelandScholasticChessOpenmade success ofourchessprogram,partneringwith Group ofClevelandoffers$1,000. scholarship andtheHamptonUniversityAlumni Cleveland ismuchlowerandhas been receding. enrollment, andthereasonswhy. stands nationallywhenitcomestocollege ships and,insomecases,internshipstothe Open onacollegecampus—andtoofferscholar - the decisiontoholdClevelandScholastic tive andengagedadults.” shape ourstudentssothattheybecomeproduc - McShepard says.“Theseopportunitieshelpto the joysandchallengesofvictorydefeat,” meet otherstudents,compete,andexperience the opportunityforstudentsacrosscityto affairs atRPM. Randell McShepard,vicepresidentofpublic tration, criticalthinking,andstrategy,”says very valuablelifeskills,suchaspatience,concen- and academics. because oftherelationshipbetweenchess company supportsthetournamentinpart in coatingsandsealants. based multinationalcompanythatspecializes as RPMInternational,Inc.,aMedina,Ohio- secured sponsorshipsfromareabusinesses,such federal statistics—thecollegeenrollmentratein 69.2 percentthepreviousyear,accordingto Last yearatotalof158studentsparticipated “As theprogramexpandswewillbeexpanding “Given UMBC’sfocusonacademicsandthe The UniversityofAkronoffersa$3,000 “We continuetostrugglein the areaof Whereas nationally69.7percentofhigh In ordertoappreciatetheintentionalitybehind “The otherpositiveoutcome,asweseeit,is “We alsoknowthatthegameteachessome An RPMInternational,Inc.officialsaysthe The ClevelandScholasticOpenhasalso Alabama A&Malsooffers 54 percent,respectively. when youcomparethecollegeenrollmentrates students fromlowerincomeschools—69versus in collegeimmediatelyafterhighschoolthan higher incomeschoolsaremorelikelytoenroll that trackseducationaloutcomes,studentsfrom house, aHerndon,Virigina.-basedorganization behind thenationalaverage. for graduatesofhigh-povertyschoolstolow- district wherethecollegeenrollmentratetrails only largeurbanandpredominantlyblackschool for freeorreducedlunch—isbynomeansthe school populationisblackand100percentqualify poverty schools.Thosefiguresare51percent if wecontinuetoseedeclinesinenrollment.” expect toseecontinuedgainsincollegecompletion the NationalStudentClearing house states,citing an areaofconcern,”Johnsonwrote.“We cannot this, includingthefinancialbarrier,butitremains of Clevelandstudentswhoearndegrees. mayor launchedin2011toincreasethenumber high schoolswithhigherminoritypopulations,” more likelytoenrollimmediatelythanthosefrom a statisticof68versus57percent, respectively. versus 76percent,respectively. mind thatAlphaPhistepped uptothe at schoolsisalsoastrongcorrelativefactor. plate toruntheClevelandScholastic Open.Dunlap tournament chess. Healsosaysanexistentchess says theorganizationalsowanted tointroduce more blackstudentstotheworld ofofficial The gapisevenlarger—25percentagepoints— According totheNationalStudentClearing - Cleveland—where 64.9percentofthepublic “There areseveralpotentialexplanationsfor “Students fromlowminorityhighschoolswere It iswiththerealitybehindthose statisticsin Similarly, thepercentageofminoritystudents opportunities help toshape our students and engaged so thatthey productive become adults. These is oe / First Moves give chessatry,”Dunlapsays.He says theprizes would comeback,theirfriendsand otherswould to winasinglegame. go homewithanoutstandingprize andnothave our tournament,”Dunlapexplains.“Akidcan excited aboutplayingchessandparticipatingin Alpha latermadethemavailableasdoorprizes. as laptopsandflatscreenTVs.Whereasduring it cooltoplayscholasticchess,”Dunlapsays. investing insportdreamsfortheirchild’ssuccess. tournaments. Metropolitan SchoolDistricttoUSChess-rated entice andexcite”studentsfromtheCleveland to usetheClevelandScholasticOpen“attract, prepared forscholasticcompetition.” of therealscholasticchessworldandweren’t Dunlap says.“StudentsinClevelandhadnoidea the intrinsicvaluesthatscholasticchessoffered,” the firsttwoyearsthoseprizeswenttowinners, Open alsooffers“non-traditional”prizes,such add credibilitytothegameofchess,andmake attention ofparticipants,parents,educators,to of thetournamentaremeantto“draw chess isjustoneofthem.” available tohelpouryouthbesuccessfuland Alpha believesthereareotheropportunities on AAU[AmateurAthleticUnion]teams, our communities,parentsarespendingmoney than hit,kick,orshootaball?”Dunlapsays.“In tion thatAfricanAmericanyouthcandomore students areonlyinterestedintraditionalsports. wanted tochallengethenotionthatblack better andstrongeratchessbenefitingfrom local, state,andnationallevel. playing inratedUSChesstournamentsatthe counterparts inthesurroundingareaswere scholastic chessevents.” thing abouttheUSChessFederationorrated Dunlap continues.“Noneofthemknewany - more thanthatofaboardgameorexhibition,” trators involvedintheirchessprogramwasn’t the normalUSChessFederationformat. 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It’s A Small Board After All Instead of whitewash brushes,  brought a to the Magic Kingdom’s Tom Sawyer Island.

wo years ago, I helped chaperone the in the rocking chair watching the world go by and offered to help advertise it on his website TIowa City West High School band trip in the lagoon and on the other shore, it struck and in the area. I didn’t get around to sending to play at Disney’s Magic Kingdom me: I could hold a mini-chess tournament on him a TLA, but I looked forward to meeting Theme Park. Supervising high school students Tom Sawyer Island! I tucked the idea in the him in person at SuperNationals VI, where he required some vigilance, because without back of my mind. worked at the US Chess sales shop. parents, the students tended to forget to drink This year, I volunteered to chaperone again, The Iowa City West High band’s free day water, put on sunscreen, and wear proper shoes and my idea resurfaced. I thought it would be rolled around and I set out with a chess set in for walking 15-plus miles per day. good, but I was uncertain how to implement hand to go to my island of chess paradise. Along In my downtime, I was able to explore the it. Should I contact Disney about my idea? the way, I had to submit my chess set to Disney park, where I discovered Tom Sawyer Island. Should I put a tournament life announcement security. “Chess set?” they asked. I told them For me, it was a place to relax and get some (TLA) in Chess Life? Should I contact local chess about my idea while they examined my chess rest. I met many kids who arrived on the island, clubs or the Florida State Chess Association? I clock to make sure it was not a bomb. They ran around, found there were no rides or food, thought Disney would just be full of rules and gave me the “to each his own” look. and then wanted to go back to the regular park. would never approve such a thing without tons I made my way through the park, boarded Because the only way to get off the island was of negotiation, and who would I talk to anyway the Huck Finn raft, and disembarked on the by the Huck Finn raft, the kids would return about it? island. I set my chess board up over the checkers to the dock and wait five or 10 minutes until I looked online and found the Orlando Chess board and relocated the checkers pieces. the raft would come get them and drop off the Club with a chess instructor named Steven About 15 minutes later, a family from next batch of explorers. Vigil—maybe Steven was a long-lost cousin? I Yorkshire, England arrived on the dock to I noticed a checkers board, where occasionally contacted him about the idea a week before I explore the island. Daniel and his sister saw the someone would play. One day, as I was resting arrived. He, too, thought it was a great idea and started to play. I watched as

12 August 2017 | Chess Life PHOTOS COURTESY OF ERIC VIGIL fate wouldhaveit,theHuckFinnraftarrived seemed tohavegreatopeningplay,butas aside towatchasCollinstartedplay. showed upandaskedtoplay.Vivianestepped until CollinfromOceanCity,NewJersey, how toplay.SheandIwentoverthebasics arrived. 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Yetanotherironyisthatthe dominated bystudentsfromother one oftheobjectivestourna ment is October 3and$45after. fee forthisyear’stournamentis$35before entry feeorsponsorshipmoney.The have beendonatedandpurchasedwith opted toacceptthescholar ships asofyet. of theironiesisnonewin ners have Open offersscholarshipstowinners,one Continued frompage11 As Diegoleft,VivianefromChicago After Daniel’sgamewasfinished,aboy “You arecorrectinyourassessmentof Another ironyis,despitethefactthat Even thoughtheClevelandScholas tic chaperoned. Eric Vigil.Aboveright,themarchingbandthatVigil Opposite page:DiegoJorgensenfromMexicotakeson Next timeIcome,wanttoplayGoofy! my magicalchessdayattheMagicKingdom. different continents!Thankyou,Disney,for had justplayedchesswithchildrenfromthree As Iwasridingtheferryback,realized if Disneywasprovidingthechesslessons. lessons, too,asIoverheardotherguestsasking seemed pleasedwithmyimpromptuchess mainland. TheTomSawyerIslandstaff board thenextraftforMagicKingdom lunch. 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14 August 2017 | Chess Life Looks at Books / Should I Buy It?

Trend Hopping Forming a relationship with chess as an art

By JOHN HARTMANN

EVERY YEAR IT’S THE SAME. evaluations. But it is false that “we have stopped broad sections. Some of the tasks are typical of Someone stumbles upon an unlikely hit— thinking and analyzing for ourselves.” (11) the genre, where readers must find winning think Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, 50 Shades There are far too many computer-trained tactical or positional moves. Others, like “Find of Whatever—and others, desperate to get in grandmasters and young phenoms for this to the missed move!” (chapter 8) or “Evaluate the on the riches, commission analogous titles. be true. If anything, the computer has, when opportunity!” (chapter 9), are less common. Similar books and movies appear in waves, and handled judiciously, expanded our thinking This is a rather spartan book, especially when publishers try to surf those waves until they about what is possible with 32 pieces on 64 compared with Moskalenko’s. Edouard’s book peter out, leaving their riders high and dry. squares. is a set of difficult problems and sparse solutions, The chess world is not immune from such I’m always happy to receive a new book by and that’s pretty much it. True, occasional hints trend-hopping. Opening books are always in Viktor Moskalenko. His work is enthusiastic, are provided, but they are completely optional style and in print, but recently (and much to inspirational, and consistently worth reading. and appear on pages separate from the prob - my liking) a spate of titles devoted to training In his newest effort, Training with Moska: lems. You’ll need to work hard to find the answers have come to press. We looked at a few earlier Practical Chess Exercises: Tactics, Strategy, End - in Chess Calculation Training, and that seems to this year, and we’ll check out three more in games, Moskalenko offers readers a wide range be exactly Edouard’s point in writing it. this month’s column. of positions for solving and training purposes. I’d suggest that readers consider their goals Both the title and subtitle of Alexander Each of the three main sections described in in chess before deciding to buy one of these Kalinin’s book—Chess Training for Candidate the subtitle contain multiple subsections with books. Kalinin is fantastic for someone looking Masters: Accelerate Your Progress by Thinking for instructional elements and problems to solve. for a broad overview of training techniques, Yourself—are evocative of the book as a whole. Training with Moska lacks a substantive table and Edouard is an advanced workbook for the Kalinin implores his readers to think for them - of contents, making the book difficult to use. ambitious improver. Moskalenko, I’d argue, is selves and resist the colonization of their There’s no way to know what’s in each section more appropriate for someone looking for thought by the engines. True mastery, he without looking at each page, the book has no interesting examples that might also impart argues, can be achieved if four training princi - thematic index, and scanning the text for specific some wisdom. Chess is supposed to be pleasur - ples are followed. topics is difficult due to the cramped layout. able, even when we’re trying to improve, and Players must form “a relationship with chess This makes focused training very dif ficult. despite the warts, Training with Moska is a pretty as an art,” strive for analytical mastery and precision, It’s also not clear to me that the positions enjoyable read. study the classics, and cultivate interpersonal offered here are practical, as the subtitle claims. relationships with teachers and exemplars. This Many of them are engrossing, even spectacular, last point is particularly impor tant, as Kalinin’s but practical training might require more sedate book is filled with bon mots and other insights everyday moves and problems. I suspect that Kalinin, Alexander. Chess Training for Candidate from Soviet trainers both famous and forgotten. ultimately Training with Moska is best suited Masters: Accelerate Your Progress by Thinking for pleasure reading and not for hardcore for Yourself. New in Chess, 2017. ISBN Paperback: My favorite comes from IM Oleg Averkin: 9789056917159. FAN. 208 pages. (Available from “Tactics have a greater significance in the training workouts. uscfsales.com, catalog number B0184NIC, $19.95) Our last book this month, Chess Calculation endgame than in the middlegame!” (65) Moskalenko, Viktor. Training with Moska: Practical Kalinin is a persuasive writer, and the book Training: Volume 1: Middlegames, is a much more Chess Exercises –Tactics, Strategy, Endgames. is chock full of interesting and little-known austere training manual than Moskalenko’s. It New in Chess, 2017. ISBN Paperback: 9789056916763. illustrative examples. Most players would do is Romain Edouard’s second effort in this vein, FAN. 336 pages. (Available from uscfsales.com, catalog well to heed his admonitions and turn off with the first (The Chess Manual of Avoidable number B0183NIC, $29.95) Stockfish most of the time. Still, I do wonder Mistakes, Part 2: Test Yourself!) being reviewed Edouard, Romain. Chess Calculation Training, Volume 1: Middlegames. Thinkers Publishing, 2017. if there’s not a slight luddism in play here. here this past January. ISBN Paperback: 9789492510037. FAN. 237 pages. It is true that there is no small danger in our Chess Calculation Training consists of 496 (Available from uscfsales.com, catalog number overreliance on the computer and its inhuman positions from recent games separated into 10 B0011TH, $27.95)

www.uschess.org 15 Chess to Enjoy / Entertainment

Let’s Play A Game of Chess! Clock! When is a game no longer chess?

By GM ANDY SOLTIS

IF YOU WERE TRYING TO GET INTO and only 22 of them occurred before 2000. The He said something similar in 2007 on “Ekho being a spectator of the new online PRO Chess vast majority were played in the last decade. Moskvy,”a Russian radio show: “When a person League, you might have been put off by this You can be sure there are also hundreds, if not has 20 minutes for a game, he simply doesn’t game. I know I was: thousands, of relatively recent games that were have enough time to calculate all the variations not recorded. in order to play the objectively best move.” 200 – 3 = 197 Of course, there are marathons that legiti- But his interviewer actually knew something GM mately last long because there is a real chance about chess: Kramnik had just won the match GM Sergey Erenberg to win by skill. Earlier this year GM Zhongyi that reunified the world championship title, he PRO Chess League, 01.25.2017 Tan played a 168-mover in the Women’s World reminded Kramnik. And he won thanks to his Cham pi onship tournament. (It lasted that long victory in a 25-minute game. because she forced her Indian opponent to prove “What happened?” the interviewer asked. that she could mate with king, , and “Was it chance? Were you lucky?” versus lone king.) But you might get the feeling that when we try to improve competitive chess, the result is NO QUESTION OF LUCK often the opposite. The Fischer clock was GM (FIDE 2743, RUS) supposed to make better chess by eliminating GM (FIDE 2813, BUL) blunders. But it’s encouraging people to just World Championship, fourth tiebreaker, play random moves “on the increment.” , 10.13.2006 When they do that, they stop engaging in the game called chess and begin playing the AFTER 160. ... Ke5 game called “clock.” Black has just made his 160th move. That’s Clock management has become a feature of right: 160. The material on the board hasn’t competition since slow-thinking 19th century changed in 51 moves. There hasn’t been a pawn players were forced to use sandglasses. It’s push in 38 moves. Yet it continued: become more important as the speed of play has accelerated. But there was always a sense 161. Bb3 Nc3 162. Bc2 Ne4+ 163. Kg2 Nc5 that the outcome of a typical game would be 164. Bb1 Ne6 165. Bd3 Ng5 166. Ba6 Ne4 deter mined by the quality of your moves, not 167. Bc8 Nd6 168. Ba6 Kd4 169. Kf2 Ke4 170. Kg2 Ke3 171. Bf1 Kd2 172. Ba6 Ke1 by how many seconds your opponent had left. As the needle is pushed steadily from the 173. Kg1 Ne4 174. Kg2 Nd6 175. Kg1 Kd1 AFTER 44. Ke3 176. Kf2 Kd2 177. Kg2 Ke3 178. Bf1 Kd2 skill side to the clock side, some people have 179. Kf2 Ne4+ 180. Kg2 Ke3 181. Bc4 Nc5 sounded the alarm. Garry Kasparov, for Black played ... 182. Bb5 Kd4 183. Kf2 Ne4+ 184. Kg2 Nc5 example, said it was awful when, in 2001, FIDE 185. Kf2 Ke5 186. Kg2 Ne4 187. Bd7 Kf6 tried to popularize a control of 75 minutes for 44. ... Rxc5?? 188. Bc6 Kg5 189. Bd7 Nc5 190. Bc6 Kf6 the first 40 moves, with a 30-second increment. ... and resigned after: 191. Kf2 Ke5 192. Kg2 Ne6 193. Bd7 Nd4 It was “emasculating the very content of the 45. Rb7+ 194. Kf2 Kd6 195. Ba4 Kc5 196. Be8 Nc6 game,” he said on his website. 197. Ke3 Ne7, Draw. At what point does our game become “clock”? (45. ... Rxb7 46. Rxc5+ wins a rook). This may seem like a bizarre occurrence. But Or as Vladimir Kramnik was asked at a speed Kramnik quickly retreated from his earlier very long games are now common. A popular tournament, the 1995 Kremlin Stars, “At what remarks to the interviewer. online database shows there have been nearly is it no longer chess?” “What concerns luck, no. At this level there 170 recorded games that exceeded 150 moves— “Five-minute blitz is the borderline,” he said. is no question of luck.” The quality of play in

16 August 2017 | Chess Life Chess to Enjoy / Entertainment

PROBLEM I PROBLEM II PROBLEM III Walter Shipman Albert Sandrin Joseph Platz Walter Shipman Walter Shipman Walter Shipman Reid Fiala For every amateur who thinks, “I could be an international master if I had the time,” think about Walter Shipman. He was one of America’s promising juniors when his rivals were the Byrne brothers, Arthur Bisguier and Larry Evans. Shipman, who died earlier this year at age 87, chose a career as a lawyer over chess —and as a result was the strongest BLACK TO PLAY BLACK TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY U.S. amateur player for decades. He PROBLEM IV PROBLEM V PROBLEM VI might have pursued an international Herman Steiner Walter Shipman John Grefe career but didn’t become an interna- Walter Shipman Igor Garais Walter Shipman tional master until he was 53. His games are featured in this month’s quiz. In each diagram you are asked to find the fastest winning line of play. This will usually mean the forced win of a decisive amount of material, such as a rook or minor piece. For solutions, see page 71.

BLACK TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY BLACK TO PLAY his tiebreaker games “was no worse” than at 2835 40 moves in two hours, he added. GM Sergey Karjakin “No worse?” This sounds a bit crazy. But GM Magnus Carlsen today there is data-based support for this view. World Championship, third tiebreaker, IM Ken Regan uses his Intrinsic Perfomance New York, 11.30.2016 Rating (IPR) to evaluate the quality of moves played by humans compared to what elite programs determine are the best moves in a position. He found that elite masters typically play around 200 points below their normal strength at a rapid control of 25 minutes a game, with 10-second increments. Carlsen needed only a draw in the final game. This falls to a drop-off of 280 points in 15- He outdid expectations and won that game minute games with 10-second increments. And with the most dramatic move to ever end a it plunges to 500-600 points at blitz (three world championship match. minutes a game, two-second increments). Maybe had it right when That 2006 World Championship playoff AFTER 35. ... Qd4 he told the Chess Herald in 1994, “It would be confirmed the dropoff—somewhat: a mistake to think that the quality of play Topalov played much worse than in the Black sacrificed a pawn for excellent compen- under time pressure is inferior to the quality earlier games of the match. But Regan found sation five moves before. Computers regarded of play when moves are considered for longer that Kramnik’s play in the tiebreakers was the 36. Bd3! as dead even. But after: periods. of any (“men’s”) world champi- “Only speed chess lives up to the type of highest quality 36. Qe1? Qb2! 37. Bf1 Ra2! onship match up to then. chess which is the stuff of legends.” Something similar happened in the most Black had a clear edge. recent championship playoff. In the tiebreakers, The only way to keep the game going was played at the 25-minute control, Sergey Karjakin’s to drive away the black queen, 38. Rb1! and skill level plummeted: He was playing at “only” 38. ... Qc2 39. Rc1. Did you know you could read archival copies of a 2315 level. But the finish was: “Chess to Enjoy” (and all columns and features)? But Magnus Carlsen played those four rapid Go to uschess.org, click on “Chess Life Magazine,” games at a remarkable 2835 level. 38. Rxc7?? Ra1!, White resigned. and then “Archives.”

www.uschess.org 17 Back to Basics / Reader annotations Seirawan’s Apprentice From Communist hell in Cuba to chess paradise in St. Louis By GM LEV ALBURT

AS A FORMER “CITIZEN” OF THE COM - 5. ... cxd4 Certainly 12. ... g5 13. Bg3 g4 could lead to mu nist state, I feel a special affinity with those complications such as 14. Nh4 Nxd4 15. Qa4+ Or 5. ... Bg4 who lived—God forbid, are still living—under Nec6 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Qxg4 h5, with sharp play. 6. cxd4 Bf5 evil, idiotic communist rule. Thus I was instant - 13. Qd1 Ng6 14. Bg3 ly attracted to the letter from Orlando Luis Second best. 6. ... Bg4 is preferable. Pardo Lazo. Reading on, I was further impressed White’s bishop has been finally forced to a Correct, as the f3-knight protects White’s main by the name of his coach, my sometime team - passive position where it is ineffective. weakness, the d4-pawn. Besides, Black is likely to mate, sometime rival (in the years 1980-1991), 14. ... Be7 15. Rc1 Qd8 need the f5-square for his king’s knight. . Then came the actual game and its multiple sacrifices. 7. Qb3 Rb8 Probably motivated by a concern about the Writes Orlando (my further comments are in imminent advance of White’s pawn to h4 and The development of Black’s queen to d7 italics): then h5, rather than with the presence of his seems more natural here. rook in the open c-file. I was born in Havana, Cuba, but now I reside 8. Nc3 e6 9. Be2 Nge7 10. Bg5 16. Bd3 in St. Louis, Missouri, where I am starting a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Washington University. I am taking some chess lessons with GM Yasser Seirawan, and I am playing chess at the Saint Louis Chess Club every time I can.

CARO KANN DEFENSE, ADVANCE VARIATION (B12) Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo (1436) Matthew Manley (1525) Missouri Open Championship, Reserve section (5), St. Louis, Missouri, 12.11.2016

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 White’s reluctance to position his queen’s 16. ... Bxd3 bishop on e3 soon will turn it into a “piece of driftwood” for a long stretch of moves. GM Black could have decided to finally my Yasser Seirawan was critical of my choice, king’s knight with 16. ... Bg4. insisting that 10. Be3, reinforcing the d4-pawn, 17. Qxd3 0-0 18. Ne2 Nb4 was the right square for this bishop. Absolutely true! An untimely maneuver. It was better to play the queen to b6 first. 10. ... h6 11. Bh4? 19. Qb1 Qd7 20. a3 Nc6 21. Rc3 Misplacing the bishop. Again, best was 11. Too slow and lacking an effective plan, be - Be3. yond doubling the rooks. A superior option 11. ... a6 was 21. h4 h5 22. Nf4, bringing White’s pieces into life. Black hesitates too much about launching 5. Nf3 the right away on the kingside. With 21. ... Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Na5 11. ... g5 12. Bg3 Bg7, Black’s pieces stand well Inaccurate. This early move of the king’s (see diagram top of next page) on the board. knight only favors the development of Black’s bishop to g4. Much better is 5. Be3. 12. 0-0 Qc7 23. b4?

18 August 2017 | Chess Life Back to Basics / Reader annotations

43. ... Re8 44. Ng6!

Anything but this pawn weakening, giving 34. ... Bf8 way for a very strong for Black’s knight. Both 23. Nd2 or 23. h4 were better by far. Black’s tactical strike of 34. ... Nxe5! was now 44. ... Nxa3 a must, in order to stop White’s pressure. A 23. ... Nc4 24. R1c2 b5 The alternative for Black was 44. ... Nd2 45. likely continuation could be 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Nxe7 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Kd8 47. Ng8 Nf1+ 48. Kh3 This good move could have waited. Instead, Qf4 Ng6 37. Qb8+ Qf8 38. Qg3, when White and then Nf6, which will secure White’s victory 24. ... a5 at once puts pressure on White’s has some for the lost pawn. anyway. The option 44. ... Kd8 can be met with queenside. (Confession: during the game I missed this 45. Nxe7 Rc7 46. Nxf5! Rxg7 47. Nxg7. 25. Qc1 Rc6 tactic but, luckily for me, my opponent missed it too.) 45. Nxe7 25. ... a5 is the best. 35. Qg5 R6c7? Black’s position is already hopeless. 26. h4 This was Black’s last opportunity for counter - 45. ... Rxe7 At last! play with 35. ... Nxe5, followed by 36. Rxc6 If 45. ... Rc1+, then 46. Kh2 Kd8 47. Ng8 26. ... Qd8 Nxc6 37. Qg3 Be7 38. Bg5 Bxg5 39. Qxg5 Qf6 Kc8 48. Ra7 Kb8 49. Rhb7+ Kc8 50. Ne7+, 40. Qh5, once again with some compensation where Black is forced to give up the Better was 26. ... h5. for my lost pawn. anyway. 27. h5 Nh4 28. Qf4?! 36. Nf4 Be7? 46. Rxe7+ Kd8 47. Reg7, Black resigned. White insists on keeping his septic bishop This can only make matters worse for Black. cannot be stopped. bored on g3. Surprisingly enough, this very 37. Qxg7+ This hard-fought game is instructive in many bishop is about to become the protagonist of ways. Being outplayed strategically, White perse- White’s resurrection in the kingside. Taking advantage of Black’s now unprotected vered and eventually created a strong attack on the pawn on e6. 28. ... Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Qe8 black king. 37. ... Qxg7 38. Bxg7 Rc6 The move 29. ... Qf8 was more precise. Missing on moves 34 and 35 a pawn-winning tactic, Black succumbed to relentless pressure and lost. 30. Qc1 Too passive for the storm that is approaching. I expected Black to capture at once with the White should have rather have played 30. king: 38. ... Kxg7 39. Nxe6+ Kg8 40. Nxc7 Rxc7 Rcc3 in order to keep pressure on the kingside, 41. Rf3, with advantage for White. Send in your games! while avoiding Black’s potential tactic ... Nxe5. 39. Rcc3! 30. ... Rbc8 31. Rfc3 f5? If you are unrated or rated 1799 or be - A prosaic line was 39. Ng6 Bd8 40. Bf6, low, then GM Lev Alburt invites you to A serious misunderstanding of the position. rescuing my bishop and continuing the send your most instructive game with Still 31. ... a5 was the best choice. initiative. However, I chose the text because I notes to: 32. Bf4 was attracted to the idea of launching my rooks into a mating attack. Back to Basics, c/o Chess Life Tempting the black queen to ... PO Box 3967 Crossville, TN 39. ... Kxg7 32. ... Qxh5 38557-3967 ... accept White’s pawn . Accepting White’s bishop at this point is Or e-mail your material to suicidal for the black king. The correct move [email protected] 33. Rh3 Qf7 was 39. ... Bg5!, after which I intended the wild Make sure your game (or part of it) and (see diagram top of next column) variant 40. Nxe6 Rxe6 41. Rh8+ Kxg7 42. Rxc8, where I quite fancy my chances. your notes will be of interest to other 34. Bxh6! 40. Rcg3+ Kf7 41. Rh7+ Ke8 42. Rg8+ readers. Writing skills are a plus, but Kd7 43. Rgg7 instructiveness is a must! Do not send This is the same bishop that was ostracized games with only a few notes, as they are until a couple of moves ago! Black most likely Nearly 10 moves later, I have achieved the of little instructive value and can’t be used. was not expecting a second sacrifice. He reacted ideal position I had hoped with the bishop without exploiting the best resources of the sacrifice on h6. We were both now in time www.ChessWithLev.com sud den new scenario. trouble.

www.uschess.org 19 In The Arena / Player of the Month Make ‘em Pay Even budding grandmasters can be taught lessons: The experienced WGM Tatev Abrahamyan makes IM pay for mishandling the initiative. By GM ROBERT HESS

AWONDER LIANG IS A PRODIGY WHO White’s tenth move begs the question that pawn. Yet it is not any old pawn, but an has just become a GM-elect at just 14 years of all chess players—amateur and grandmaster extremely valuable kingside protector. In its age. WGM Tatev Abrahamyan is a seasoned alike—struggle with: When is it correct to absence, it is psychologically tougher to push veteran of elite American chess, a member of sacrifice a pawn (or more) for the initiative? e4-e5 as the knight aims to jump into the action the ’ women’s national team for In our mental calculations, let’s start by ac - via f5. Unlike in sharp Sicilians, here White nearly a decade. So what happens in Iceland knowledging that the sequence 10. Nf3 Bf6 relies on initiative rather than tactical motifs. when a teenage superstar meets a player who 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bf4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. In order to make progress, White must make just grossly underperformed at the U.S. Wom - Bxd6 cxd6 ... concessions along the way. With a significant en’s Championship? How does Liang, with the rating edge, Liang must have believed the im - white pieces and the much higher rating, fare balance would play out in his favor. Abrahamyan, against Abrahamyan, the underdog who beat to her credit, goaded her opponent into a a grandmaster earlier in the event? variation that challenges him to prove he has enough for the pawn. QUEEN’S INDIAN DEFENSE (E17) 12. Nc3 IM Awonder Liang (FIDE 2483, USA) WGM Tatev Abrahamyan (FIDE 2364, This move is by no means bad, but it is not USA) forceful. Some positions require patience, but GAMMA 2017 (10), here action is warranted. The first move that Reykjavik, Iceland, 04.27.2017 comes to mind is 12. e5, when Liang would seize additional space and boot the knight from 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d5 ... appears to be ugly for Black, thanks to the its surprisingly strong square. doubled, isolated, d-pawns. But upon further A perfunctory glance at the numbers the engine Significantly more common is the natural inspection the situation proves to be far murk - spouts does little to help humans evaluate the development of the queenside material, starting ier, as the upside of is an addi - immense complications. The drawback of this with 7. Nc3 whereafter the principled reply 7. tional unimpeded file for a rook. Black quickly pawn push is that Black can more easily poke at ... Ne4 is met by the increasingly popular 8. obtains sufficient activity to offset the problems the center: 12. ... Ne8 13. f4 d6 is tense. White Bd2. A particularly brilliant game following associated with the compromised pawn struc - has many options including 14. Qe1, as the queen this line was played by Levon Aronian, who ture. In fact, I’d even prefer to take Black here. swap removes Black’s most active piece. defeated Richard Rapport in just 28 moves at Thus, it is no surprise that Liang dismissed this Queen safety issues arise after 12. ... Nf5 13. the 2017 Tata Steel tournament. option. Nc3 d6 14. Ne4. White is happy to keep sacri- 7. ... exd5 8. Nh4 Ne4 10. ... Bxh4 11. gxh4 Qxh4 ficing pawns if it means the enemy queen will be hunted. 14. ... Qe7 (Black will not enjoy the Frequently seen here is 8. ... c6 with mixed after 14. ... h6 15. Ng3! Nxg3 16. results. The essential concept is that Black goes hxg3 Qd8 17. exd6 cxd6 18. f4) 15. Bg5 gives up a pawn but has to deal with clumsy minor away a second pawn, and after, say 15. ... Qxe5 pieces. For instance, 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 16. Re1 Qxb2 17. Qg4, it is increasingly evident 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 that White’s counterplay leaves Black with the Nba6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bh3 was essayed by Garry uneviable task of parrying threat after threat. Kasparov in a demolition win over Slavoljub White certainly stands better, though who can Marjanovic at the 1980 Olympiad. With the blame Liang for not foreseeing all of this? advent of high-powered chess engines, im - prove ments are of course readily apparent, but 12. ... Qe7! the pitfalls that Black must avoid are evidently Abrahamyan’s defensive instincts are correct. numerous. It’s now time to take stock. White has the She hardly wanted to have her queen stranded 9. cxd5 Nd6 10. e4!? bishop pair as compensation for the sacrificed on h4, a powerful square only in theory.

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Black would have lost a key protector of the A better—yet insufficient—attempt was 24. e5-square had she begun with 12. ... f6. Impor - Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Nf6 Bxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Rc8 where tantly, the queen lacks retreating squares, which Black is cruising. is most clearly evidenced by: 13. f4 Re8 14. f5! 24. ... Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qc2 26. h3 Qb1+ 27. Kh2 Qxb2 28. Bf4

Another inaccuracy is all Abrahamyan needs to grab the upper hand for good. Liang likely avoided 17. d6 because he feared allowing his opponent to blockade his pawns. However, this accurate pawn push was required here. Objec - The queen has run out of breathing room, tively Abrahamyan’s position is excellent, but and the sacrificial attempt 14. ... Nxe4 is met without comfortable homes for her pieces, there 28. ... g5?! by 15. d6!! are many technical difficulties. What a cool (and crazy) move to play, even 13. f4 These lines evidence the complications: 17. though it is far from best. Fortunately for ... Qe8 (17. ... Qe6 18. Ne4 quickly becomes It is easy to acquire tunnel vision when the Abrahamyan, she remains in complete control. double-edged. Pawn gobbling merely allows whole foundation of the pawn sacrifice was to Simplest was 28. ... Nh4 since the knight is White’s pieces to activate with tempi, as 18. ... best support e4-e5. But if Liang was given this immune, and White does not have a useful Qxe5 19. Bd2 with the threat of Bc3 and Qg4 position as a study rather than a game played move to save himself from losing material. from move one, I am confident he would is promising.) 18. Qg4 Na6 19. b4 Nxd6 20. 29. Bxg5 Nf3+ 30. Qxf3 Qxe5+ 31. Bf4 Qg7 recommend 13. Bf4. The bishop applies pressure Ba3 Nf5 21. b5 Nc5 22. Rad1 with a messy posi - along the diagonal, the rook can come to c1, it tion and true compensation for the two pawns. Keeping the enemy queen off the e-file with is unclear how Black can best develop, and Bg3 17. ... dxe6 18. Rxe6 31. ... Qe1 was superior. Yet, especially in time followed by an eventual f2-f4 and e4-e5 is in trouble, moving away from the defense of your the cards. White is better here. Black begins to consolidate her advantage king is risky. after 18. dxe6 Na6 19. Qg4 Qh4. 13. ... f6 14. Re1 c6 32. Qe4 Qg6 33. Be5+ Ng7 34. Qh4 h6 18. ... Qc5+ 19. Kh1 cxd5 20. Bg5 Nc6 Abrahamyan finds a necessary resource. Black A precise move, creating luft for the vulner - can hardly wait for the pawn storm to occur; Abrahamyan finally completes her develop - able king. Black is winning after 34. ... Bxd5 rather, she chisels at the center immediately. ment, leaving her with a large advantage. 35. Bxd5 h6 but most players would refrain 15. e5?! 21. Nx.d5 from handing over unopposed bishops with an exposed king. With every move, it feels as if the advice White faces an uphill battle in an ending 35. Qd4 Rf7 36. Be4 Qe6 shifts from active to deliberate strategy. Here, after 21. Qxd5 Ncd4! 22. Qxc5 (Liang obtains once again, White should have chosen the more two minors for a rook and two pawns, but his Precise play by Abrahamyan, who could have patient path. Abrahamyan rightly was worried kingside is vulnerable after 22. Qxb7 Nxe6 23. misstepped with 36. ... Qg5? 37. Bf6. about 15. b3 threatening to pin the knight. Bd5 Rae8 24. Qd7 Kh8 25. Bxe6 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 37. Nf6 Bxe4 38. Nxe4 Qxa2+ 39. Kg3 Black can’t capture on d5 anytime soon, so she Qxg5) 22. ... Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 bxc5. Kh7 40. Nd6 Nf5+, White resigned. is forced to coordinate another way. While 15. 21. ... Ncd4 ... Na6 or 15. ... Nf7 are both perfectly reasonable Since this defeat, Awonder Liang has done moves, both sides begin to feel the tension. In While 21. ... Nb4 would seem even more nothing but impress en route to earning his the game, White misstepped and allowed Black promising than the game continuation, White grandmaster title. However, all chess players to free her game. remains alive thanks to tactics: 22. Ne7+ Nxe7 can improve their understanding of sacrificing 15. ... fxe5 16. fxe5 23. Bxb7 Qxg5 24. Qd6! with very decent a pawn for non-immediate compensation. In chances to hold a draw. this game, Tatev Abrahamyan made her oppo - White’s is left in shambles 22. Re5 Kh8 nent pay for mishandling the initiative. after 16. Rxe5 Qf6 though Black will still strug - gle to set her pieces loose. The extra pawn looks Stepping away from harmful checks and much more promising now than it did five exploiting White’s lack of harmony. moves ago, but bishops do love open space. 23. Qg4 Black is to be preferred, but things easily can go awry. Attacking the queen only improves her scope. 16. ... Nf5 After 23. Rc1 Qd6 (Also strong is 23. ... Qb5) 24. Qe1 Qg6 25. Be7 Nxe7 26. Rxe7 Rae8 White Did you know you could read archival copies of “In (see diagram top of next column) is in trouble. The Arena” (and all columns and features)? Go to uschess.org, click on “Chess Life Magazine,” and 17. e6?! 23. ... Rae8 24. Rae1 then “Archives.”

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THE CHESS BIOSPHERE

SuperNationals VI set records with 5,575 participants in its 20th anniversary year.

By FM MIKE KLEIN

n 1991, before any of this year’s SuperNationals players were born, iteration in 1997, SuperNationals has already proven to be a more the glass-roofed experiment Biosphere 2 opened in Arizona. After successful experiment than its desert-based brethren. Ionly one and a half missions involving merely eight scientists at a Like Biosphere 2, SuperNationals is a child of the 1990s. In 1997, the time, it failed. 4,217 players all competed in the same room at the World’s Fair complex For the record-setting 5,575 kids and thousands more accompanying in Knoxville some 180 miles east of the Gaylord Opryland; this reporter parents and coaches who gathered at the SuperNationals in Nashville played in his senior year of high school. Since then, the event has been from May 12-14, the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center’s held five more times, expanding at a glacial pace when considering all similar glass roof might make it an ersatz Biosphere 3. Just replace a the growth in scholastic chess over the last two decades. handful of elite scientists with thousands of precocious kids. With Increasing by 32 percent more players over 20 years is not exactly a botanical gardens abounding, a nearby food court, an ocean of water bullish market, but luckily US Chess has made the event run more coming, and nearly 3,000 revolving games of intellectual challenges to smoothly and increased the amount of comforts and excitement for the stave off even the most extreme ennui, SuperNationals has recreated attendees. While the numbers have only trickled higher, the strength our Biosphere’s essentials, at least one weekend every four years. of the event has increased dramatically, whether due to increased prestige The resort has now hosted the last four of the six quadrennial mega- or the marked rise in scholastic mastery.

scholastic events. While recent growth has been modest since the first To wit: In the marquee K-12 Championship section, whereas this PHOTO BY JIM DOYLE:

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Cover Story / SuperNationals VI reporter was seeded second in 1997 at 2311, that same rating wouldn’t crack the top 20 in 2017. Several middle school players this year even K-12 CHAMPION cleared that mark. The addition of a K-12 Under-1900 section bifurcated the titled players further and required this year’s winner on tiebreaks, Roland Feng, to play an expert in round one. The winner in 1997 instead “enjoyed” a 1400 on Friday afternoon. There were so many FIDE-titled players in Nashville that if the tournament were two rounds longer, some kids could even sneak in a chance at an international master . Several strong masters this year went home without trophies and one 2400 couldn’t even finish in the top 40. “The main selling point for organizing a SuperNationals was attracting media attention,” said WIM Beatriz Marinello, who took over as US Chess scholastic director a few months before the first event and now serves as co-chair of the Scholastic Council (see sidebar, “Putting Together the First SuperNationals”). That attention hasn’t really come, but at least the strong players have. In 1997, the event got off to a rocky start with computer failures. I saw this first-hand when my father, a pairings-room tournament director, came back to the hotel room early Friday morning around 2 a.m. and was back up early the next day to resolve the issues. Knoxville itself could barely accommodate the crowds. The Chess Life cover compared that first incarnation to Woodstock, partially due to the traffic and hotel crowds (luckily, no rain or mud was endured). A New York Times article reported that the only tables for rent in town were circular as “the rectangular ones have been more or less spoken for.” Marinello, who has been to all six, said that the first SuperNationals was the only one that was “open bid” and existed at a time when US Chess didn’t have robust regulations for nationals. “Therefore there was no consistency of national scholastic events,” Marinello said. She recalled many parents being upset. Back then, all 13 sections played in the same non-carpeted room. This year the number of sections nearly doubled, but the 25 different FM Roland Feng, K-12 champion on tiebreaks over five others. categories were effectively broken up into different meeting spaces to allot for different round times and time controls (many of the younger players this year played Game/90 instead of the usual Game/120 as the US Chess national Scholastic Council wanted elementary-aged children to get more sleep and not play until 11 p.m.). Getting food is still an issue, something Biosphere 2 scientists also had to contend A typical SuperNationals with, but like them, SuperNationals veterans know to bring emergency rations. (Biosphere 2’s food was all grown to be organic and non- year brings in nearly 10 toxic, something that can’t be said of nearly any of the catering options at the Gaylord.) percent more players than From the Atlantic states driving west, the trip to Nashville this year still passes by the five-story golden-domed ball marking Knoxville’s having three separate 1982 World’s Fair. Interstate 40 then passes by the new home of US Chess in Crossville (it was still in New Windsor, New York in 1997). events on different The journey from eastern to central Tennessee also traverses the history, old and new, of the area. Car and bus travelers pass by a giant Confederate weekends. flag, an even more substantial call center, and finally arrive in a rapidly- growing Nashville that adds roughly 100 residents per day. This event has essentially grown to a four-day affair. The blitz and percent more players than having three separate events on different bughouse events are wisely scheduled to take place on the preceding weekends, despite the fact that players cannot play in more than one day rather than still occupying Sunday nights. The main event starts its nationals as they would in the off years. marathon on Friday afternoon after a brief opening ceremony. Much of the increase was borne from players still wearing Velcro Was the total of 5,575 competitors, up only about 200 since 2013, a shoes and being dressed by their moms. In 1997, the K-1 section didn’t surprise? Most veteran coaches seemed to think so. even exist. While a Kindergarten section that year attracted 73 players, “It should be much bigger by now,” said Jay Stallings, a coach from 20 years later 390 players competed in the two K-1 sections. Los Angeles who has attended every SuperNationals except the lone non- There’s certainly room to grow more without leaving the confines Tennessee event (Kansas City, 2001). Given the distance from , of the Gaylord. Biosphere 2 sat on a little more than three acres. he said that some programs he knows only attend nationals on SuperNa- Tennessee’s Biosphere 3 boasts more than 17 acres alone just in meeting tionals years since it is such a “spectacle, they cannot miss it.” space (and nine more acres of gardens). Whereas an unused chair and

Marinello said that a typical SuperNationals year brings in nearly 10 an open table are treated like currency at some national events, the PHOTO COURTESY OF SUBJECT

24 August 2017 | Chess Life Cover Story / SuperNationals VI skittles room at the Gaylord was barely one-third full as many teams still an eponym for chess mastery like Xerox is for copy machines. His opted to retire to conference rooms or hotel suites. new book focused on another 1997 event—not the inaugural SuperNa- “I would have thought it would have been bigger because it seems tionals, but instead his infamous loss to Deep Blue only two weeks later. like chess is catching on nationwide,” said four-time attendee Coach The day of this year’s opening side events was the exact 20-year Kevin Fite of the Detroit City Chess Club. He brought 38 players to anniversary of Kasparov’s 19-move final-game debacle and the once- Nashville. “It should be held every year, or at least every other year, feared beginning-of-the-end of chess. because teams with multiple levels benefit from going to one spring “Kasparov is still the legend but most of these kids can relate to nationals every year.” [Magnus] Carlsen more,” Sinanan said. Seattle-area coach and fellow four-time participant Josh Sinanan Stallings would like to see more top-player blitz sessions in public agreed that West Coast families love the SuperNationals, and many he places at SuperNationals VII, which is already confirmed to return to works with plan spring vacations to coincide with it. Sinanan, who the Gaylord in 2021. He wants to see grandmasters playing Game/3 in played himself at SuperNationals 2001 and coached at three others, the lobby at check-in and even at the Nashville International Airport, called the modest growth “disappointing.” He said he would have expected adding some checkmate to your touchdown. SuperNationals VI to eclipse “six or seven thousand” players, especially Besides the grandmaster-laden hallways and lecture rooms, visitors since professional chess players are experiencing halcyon Sinquefield- to SuperNationals had a range of other activities to pass the time in induced days. between games. Numerous vendors hawked t-shirts, DVDs, and “The current state of US Chess seems to be: Scholastic chess is the memberships to sites. Several universities attended to ‘dog’ and adult chess is the ‘fire hydrant,’ ” Sinanan said. recruit and explain their chess scholarships and programs. A face-painter If that’s the case, then US Chess attempted to attract more dogs by and balloon artist added to the festival, allowing young kids to have installing more hydrants over the three days in Nashville. Grandmasters pawns drawn on their cheeks and inflatable crowns deposited on their appearing for lectures, exhibitions, and blitz included virtuoso commen - heads. tator GM Maurice Ashley; seven-time U.S. Women’s Champion GM A “New to Nationals” camp attracted several scores of players and Irina Krush; U.S. Olympiad gold-medalist GM Sam Shankland; current parents. A collection of coaches said they would like to see more “informa- U.S. Women’s Champion WGM Sabina Foisor; past U.S. Women’s tional sessions” alongside SuperNationals, teaching things like fundraising Champion IM/WGM Nazi Paikidze; and world blindfold record-holder and running local tournaments to help adults grow chess in their areas. GM Timur Gareyev. Fittingly, six players tied for first in the top section of SuperNationals While the line in the skittles room to play Ashley or Krush dissolved VI. The K-12 Championship winners, in tiebreak order from first to into a table-side morass to catch a view of the games, another queue sixth, were: FM Roland Feng (WA); IM Kesav Viswanadha (CA); IM had to be more organized. GM Garry Kasparov’s book signing forced (MN); NM Andrew Liu (MA); IM Vignesh Panchanatham hundreds of eager fans to inchworm along the entire perimeter of the (CA); and FM Edward Song (MI). If that sounds eerily familiar, that’s bookstore. The line remained constant for nearly two entire afternoons. because it is—just last year there was also a six-way tie for first, and The signing took longer to get through than normal for the prolific three of those players were Viswanadha, Tang, and Panchanatham! author. According to Kasparov’s editor, Mig Greengard, omnipresent While Viswanadha and Feng drew on the top board this year to earn camera phones meant his boss could only get through two signatures their final placing, several electric final-round wins landed the others every 60 seconds since every signing included a selfie. This wasn’t his on the championship margin of 6/7. first rodeo—Kasparov was ready with an entire pack of Sharpie markers. Panchanatham looked to have all three results possible for much of That high school seniors were likely in kindergarten the last time the middlegame before he found a way to force Black’s king to the fifth Kasparov played a rated game hardly seemed to matter. Kasparov is rank. It didn’t hurt to finish things off with a pleasing .

BENKO GAMBIT (A59) and plant one on e7, but Black’s rook penetrated IM Vignesh Panchanatham (2471) to the fourth rank too quickly. I had to settle Joshua Posthuma (2317) for attempting to protect my d5-pawn. SuperNationals VI, K–12 Section (7), Nashville, Tennessee, 05.14.2017 16. ... Rfb8 17. Rad1 Rb4 Notes by Panchanatham. At this point, ... Rd4 is the key move. Playing I finally reached the DGT boards for the last Qc2 allows ... Nb5, and the queenside is too round of SuperNationals VI. After six exhaust - weak to maintain. Trading off the bishop for ing rounds of chess, everything was up for the knight doesn’t help because the resulting grabs. Three people were tied for first going activity from Black’s bishop is possibly more into the final round, but with the tight compe - devastating. Instead, I headed into complications. tition, a massive tie for first was certainly 18. Rhe1 Rd4 19. Qe2 Nfxd5 possible. In the variation that I play, Black normally develops his pieces aimed to - The continuation 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 wards a queenside attack, rather than breaking Bxd4 22. Qf3 Qc6 I was less fond of because I 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. h3 Na6 11. Kg1 0–0 12. open the e-file. Therefore, when I reached this felt that by keeping more pieces on the board I Kh2 e6 13. Ng3 Nc7 14. Bg5 exd5 15. exd5 position, I had to develop a new plan—ideally, allowed myself more chances to attack and/or Qd7 16. Qd2 I could double my rooks quickly on the e-file restrict the movement of the d5-knight.

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SUPER NATIONALS HISTORY FOR THE RECORD

YEAR DATE TOTAL PARTICIPANTS LOCATION

1997 APRIL 25-27 4,217 KNOXVILLE, TN 2001 APRIL 27-29 4,580 KANSAS CITY, MO

2005 APRIL 8-10 5,321 NASHVILLE, TN 2009 APRIL 3-5 5,247 NASHVILLE, TN 2013 APRIL 5-7 5,335 NASHVILLE, TN 2017 MAY 12-14 5,575 NASHVILLE, TN

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PUTTING TOGETHER THE FIRST SUPER NATIONALS

In 1997 Beatriz Marinello was the scholastic director and Eric Johnson was the national events director. Marinello went on to become the first female president of US Chess from 2003-2005. Here are some of their memories of putting together the first SuperNationals and the associated growing pains:

Marinello: When I started working for US Chess in January of 1997, If you have 1,000 scholastic players at a tournament, that means you need the decision to organize a SuperNationals had already been made. The to plan for 3,000 people (parents and family plus players). SN I had 4,217 overall idea was to organize the biggest tournament in the world and players, which meant accommodating roughly 12,000 people. Housing generate strong media coverage. them. Feeding them. Keeping them busy between rounds. It also meant anticipating that type of growth two years in advance. The level of organi- SuperNationals I (SN I) was a disaster due to the lack of space and available zation had to be ramped up accordingly and most of that responsibility food. Simply put, the hotel was not big enough for the event, and in the rested with the local partners. scholastic meeting there were over 200 people complaining. I think the local partners—Tennessee Chess Association (TCA) and the Knoxville After this, the US Chess office and the Convention Center—did the very best job scholastic committee (the scholastic council they could do under the circumstances. was created in 2002) questioned the entire concept of the SuperNationals, but we SN I was run under a partnership agreement decided to go ahead and organize it every with TCA and the convention center. All four years. A subcommittee that included sides were committed to the success of the me, Fred Gruenberg, and George Pyne event, but the actual agreeement was not inspected the potential sites for the 2001 very detailed. I recall that at the annual SN II. We awarded the event to Kansas City meeting immediately after the event, some under the organization of Ralph Bowman. people were not pleased with the financial reporting. I told them that while it was bare- This event ran much better, but we didn’t bones reporting from the convention center, count on the fact that seemingly everything the information was more likely to be in town, including restaurants, was closed accurate coming from a corporate source on Sundays! There was ultimately enough than a single volunteer organizer (as in past food, but parents were unhappy with the years). My ears are still ringing from their limited choices. response!

Johnson: What I remember most about The legacy of the SuperNationals is that US SN I in Knoxville is that everyone was a Chess now has a valuable tournament bit terrified by the prospect of such a large property that it runs directly. The launch event. It was the chess equivalent of Wrestlemania I—and the same sort may have been a little “iffy,” but the experiment was a success! of gamble for the organization. There are so many people who had a part in the growth of the Big Three SN I was an experiment and if it didn’t succeed there wasn’t supposed to and their eventual morphing into the SuperNationals concept—either as be another one. Although I did not have the privilege of attending SN I, I organizers or coaches or tournament directors—that to try to name them did experience both the run-up and the aftermath. all would be both futile and repetitive. But one person who deserves a special mention is former School Mates editor and Scholastic Director Brian The attendance for SN I was at a level not seen before in US Chess events. Bugbee, who not only served as a US Chess representative during the To give some perspective, the combined “Big Three” (High School, Junior 1995 and 1996 seasons prior to SuperNationals I, but left the chess world High, and Elementary) attendance in 1994 was about 3,000 players. In far too soon at age 34. 1995, it was about 3,400. In 1996, about 3,600. The events were growing, but it was unclear whether having them all in one place would lead to an Do you have any SuperNationals I memories you would like to share? attendance explosion—or a dud. Write to us at [email protected].

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20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Qf3 Here, I felt there had to be a crushing blow to advance the attack, but to my surprise I K-8 CHAMPION couldn’t find anything. Black’s knights coordi - nated to stop the onslaught, and my pieces weren’t yet ready to finish off the advantage. This simple move with the idea of trading for the knight and forming an outpost on d6, also opened up the route to the b-file for my rook. 28. ... Nc2 29. Rb1 Nxe3

The pressure on the knight, and the lack of viable squares makes Black’s position difficult. The constant threat of Re7 forces either the trade (... Qf5) or ... Qc6. Placing the queen in K-9 CO-CHAMPION the pin seems extremely counterintuitive, and I was planning to meet it with Nge4 followed by Bf6. 21. ... Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ra3 23. Ne4 Without a bishop, Black’s dark squares are 30. Rb8+ extremely weak. The centralized knight on e4 The intermediate check finally allows pene - effectively targets both d6 and f6, as well as tration into Black’s position. Now the attack protects the weak c3-pawn. While material with three pieces breaks through, and the might be equal and Black’s pawn structure is coordination between the queen and the knight more solid, my better-coordinated attacking is showcased. Black’s rook is out of place; it pieces give me the practical advantage. should be back on the back rank defending the 23. ... Ne6 24. Bc1 king. Playing ... Ra8 or ... Ra6 instead of 28. ... Nc2 would have allowed Black better defensive Top to bottom: , Rayan Taghizadeh chances, but White is still objectively better. (first on tiebreaks over co-champion Wesley Wang) 30. ... Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kh6 32. Qxe3+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. Qf6 35. ... Rxf2 36. Kg3 Once again, there is no series of forcing moves to push the advantage through. The Now White’s king joins in on the attack as king can always shuffle between h6 and g7, and well! By threatening Qh4 and removing itself the black queen and knight defend any knight from the pin on the g-pawn, my king goes on moves for now. Instead, a quiet queen move its own run to finish the game. My calculation with various threats essentially seals the deal. was not functioning the best at this point, so I missed some quicker wins, but it worked out 34. ... Kh5 in the end. No effective discoveries exist, and the bishop 36. ... Rf4 37. Kxf4 Ne6+ 38. Qxe6 Qg7 is much too useful to trade. By retreating, the 39. g4+ Kh6 40. Nxf5 mate. attack on the a3-rook forces it to move, and frees the c3-pawn to threaten the knight. The A cute queen sacrifice finally ended the game. f6-square’s weakness allows White a variety of The middle game positions started out around tricks and a back rank attack is always in the equal, but by playing into some complications, works. I was able to confuse my opponent with 24. ... Rxa2 25. c4 Nd4 different move orders. Trading off Black’s dark- squared bishop for my knight allowed me The cute Qf6 was tempting, but I felt that control of the crucial dark squares around the piece-up endgame resulting from the trade Black’s king, and helped me mount a strong of queens was more complicated than it seemed attack. A couple of inaccuracies from my (26. Qf6 Nxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Nxd7 Rxf2 opponent assisted in finally penetrating, and 35. Rh8 29. Rd1 Re2 30. Bf4 Re7), at least during the after that, the coordination between my queen, game. I preferred keeping the queens on the At this point, most moves win, but I chose knight, and king (!) took care of the rest. board and attacking in the middle game, in the slower 35. Rh8 to avoid any unnecessary order to maintain as many chances as I could blunders. 35. Nxf5 looks tempting, followed Tang also came through in his own “must- in this crucial round. by either g4+ or Rg8, but a variety of other win” scenario on Sunday afternoon. He first 26. Qg3 f5 27. Nxd6 Nc7 28. Be3 options would lead to mate as well. had to immobilize three passed pawns, then

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win the notoriously-difficult, and theoretically Now, ... Re7 gave him extra options that K-12 TIED FOR FIRST drawn, rook plus f- and h-pawns ending. would have allowed him to complicate the game. Better was 40. Bb2! Difficult for a human (A14) to find, but the bishop is very effective on the Daniel He (2258) a3-f8 diagonal 40. ... c4 41. Ba3 cxd3 42. Nxd3 IM Andrew Tang (2571) Nxe4+ (42. ... Rxe4 43. Bxd6 Rxd6 44. Rc8+ is SuperNationals VI, K–12 Section (7), back rank mate) 43. Kf3 Ree8 44. Nf4 Bxf4 45. Nashville, Tennessee, 05.14.2017 Kxf4 and I cannot retrieve my knight without Notes by Tang. giving back material. 45. ... Nc5 (45. ... Nd6 46. Rc6) 46. Bxc5 bxc5 47. Rxc5 or 40. Kf3! c4 41. 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bd4! cxd3 42. Rc6 With crazy complications 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. as well: 42. ... Rxe4 43. Bxb6 Rf4+ 44. Kg2 Nxf5 Nb5 Qc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. d3 45. Nxd3 (45. Bxd8 Rg4+ and somehow Black Rb8 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Ba1 Na7 18. a4 Nc6 has a perpetual!) 45. ... Rg4+ 46. Kf2 Rg8 47. 19. Ne1 Nb4 20. f4 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 Rd7 22. d6 Nxd6 48. Rxd6 Rxa4 should also be a draw Rd2 Rbd8 23. Rbd1 Ne8 24. g4 Nd6 25. as Black has three pawns for a piece. Nf3 f6 26. h4 Qc6 27. e4 Nf7 40. ... c4! 41. Rxb6 Nxf5+! Much worse is 27. ... Nb7 28. g5 Rxd3 29. He probably only expected 41. ... cxd3?? 42. gxf6 Bxf6 30. Nd5. Rxd6! and White wins a piece due to the threat 28. Ne1 Qc7 29. Ne2 Nc6?! 30. f5 exf5 31. of back rank mate. gxf5 Kh8 32. Kh1 Bd6 33. Nc3 Nb4 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. cxd5 Bf4 36. Rc2 Bh6 37. 42. exf5 Rxe1 43. dxc4!? Qh2 This was an annoying decision for me to see because the connected passed pawns are not so easy to stop, especially in time pressure. I probably had around 10 minutes here, while my opponent had a bit more. Trying to keep the bishop with 43. Bc3 Re3+ 44. Kf2 Rxd3 45. Rxa6 R3xd5 was another option, and is preferred by Stockfish, but is also easier for me to play against. 43. ... Rxa1 44. Rxa6

After an interesting game up to this point, Daniel offered me a queen trade. Despite being in a must-win situation, I accepted it because I thought the endgame would be better for me.

37. ... Qxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Nd6? My original plan was to play this, followed by ... Re7 and ... c4. This would have allowed me to completely undermine his pawn struc - ture, as after dxc4 and ... Rxe4 both his c4 and f5 pawns would have been hanging. 44. ... Ra3+ 45. Kg2 Bf4 46. c5 h5

39. Kg3? A bit too slow. I wanted to give my king some luft, but the computer’s 46. ... Rd3! 47. 39. a5! Somehow I completely missed this Rc4 (47. d6 Rc8 threatens ... Bxd6, forcing thematic break. Black doesn’t really have White to move his rook off the c-file and allows anything better than 39. ... bxa5 40. Rxc5 where Black to pick off White’s pawns) 47. ... Be5 48. White is nearly winning as his pawns dominate d6 h5 (48. ... Rc8 49. Ra7 Bxd6 50. cxd6 Rxc4 the center and my double isolated a-pawns are doesn’t work now because Rxc4 is not check, extremely weak. Luckily he missed this, but if and White threatens back-rank mate) 49. Ra7 I had to spend a move preventing 39. a5, then Rb8. By provoking Rc4, Black gains a my plan with trading queens was not so good. because ... Rb2+ and ... Rd1 mate is threatened, 39. ... Re7 compared to the line with 49. Ra7, which Top to bottom: FM Edward Song, IM Kesav apparently is enough to win 50. Rc2; or 46. ... Viswanadha, Andrew Liu, IM Andrew Tang, Better was 39. ... c4, because it forces White g5 47. fxg6 e.p. Rxd5 48. Rxf6 would have IM Vignesh Panchanatham. FM Roland Feng to take on c4 first. allowed me to eliminate his connected passers, on page 24 is the other tie for first. 40. Rb1?! although White can probably reach some kind PHOTOS COURTESY OF SUBJECTS

www.uschess.org 29 Cover Story / SuperNationals VI of drawn rook plus bishop versus rook, but 56. Rc5?! Black can still play for a win in that endgame. White should have just given away this pawn, 47. d6 Rd3 which would have allowed him to reach the Threatening ... Rc8 again, which wins a pawn. same endgame that I think is drawn. 56. a6! Rxa6 57. Rc4. 48. a5? 56. ... Rxh4 My opponent totally missed my idea, 48. Ra7 should be drawing as there is no way for Now it still should be drawn due to the f- me to win the connected passed pawns, and I and h-pawn rook endgame, but it is much will probably have to sacrifice my bishop for trickier. both pawns 48. ... Rc8 now doesn’t work due 57. Kg2 Kh7 58. Kg3 Ra4 59. Kh3 Kh6 60. to 49. d7. Kg3 Kg5 61. Kh3 Now there is no way to stop Black from queening with f2. 48. ... Rc8 49. c6 Bxd6 50. Ra7 Rd5?? 61. Rc7? Rg4+ and Black would win a second pawn. 86. Rc4+ Kg5 87. Rc8 f2 88. Rg8+ Kh6, Immediately after making the win easier for White resigned. myself, I relaxed a bit and made a terrible move, 61. ... Ra3+ 62. Kh2 Ra2+ 63. Kh3 Ra4 64. allowing White to pin my bishop and rook. Kg3 Rg4+ 65. Kh3 Rf4 66. Kg3 h4+ 67. With this win, I managed to tie for first, Now there is no good way to stop the threat Kh3 Rf3+ 68. Kg2 Ra3 69. Kh2 Kg4 70. since I knew that Roland and Kesav had already of c7 and Rd8+, where White promotes. Kg2 Kf4 71. Rb5 Kg4 72. Rc5 Ra2+ 73. drawn. Kg1 Kg3 74. Rc3+ Kf4 75. Rc5 Ke4 76. 51. Rd7 Rd4 Rb5 Kf4 77. Rc5 Kg5 78. Rb5 Roland Feng, the only sophomore among 51. ... Rc5!? was another option, although I the other juniors and seniors who tied for first, thought the endgame that arose would be drawn set himself up for finishing first on tiebreaks 52. Rxc5 Bxc5 53. c7 Kh7 54. a6 Bb6 55. Rd6 in round six by dominating this year’s surprise Bxc7 56. Rc6 Ra8 57. Rxc7 Rxa6 58. Rc5. youngster from the U.S. Women’s Champi- onship. WCM Maggie Feng (no relation to 52. c7 her opponent) picked up more than 100 Elo a Now Black has to sacrifice the bishop for the month previously in St. Louis, but in Nashville, pawn on c7. Roland created the “pin to end all pins” on the g-file. 52. ... Rg4+ 53. Kf1 Rxc7 54. Rcxc7 Bxc7 55. Rxc7 QUEEN’S GAMBIT, (D07) I finally decided to trade pawns since there FM Roland Feng (2449) was nothing left to try. WCM Maggie Feng (2346) SuperNationals VI, K–12 Section (6), 78. ... g6 79. fxg6+ Kxg6 80. Kh1? Nashville, Tennessee, 05.14.2017 The white king is always better placed on Notes by Roland Feng. g1. 80. Rc5 Instead, shuffling the rook should Going into this round, I knew that winning still be a draw. 80. ... f5 81. Rc6+ Kg5 White this game was crucial if I wanted to be in good needs to create counterplay by pushing his own position to at least tie for first. It would be my pawn. 82. Ra6 Kg4 83. Ra8 f4 84. a6 Black can last white of the tournament, and I decided the try things, but nothing wins as he has to keep night before that I would play more aggressively an eye on the a-pawn. 84. ... Kf3 White needs in order to maximize my chances. 55. ... Ra4! to be careful: 85. Ra7 keeps an extra square for the rook (85. a7 Ra1+ 86. Kh2 h3 and White 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 The continuation 55. ... Rxh4? 56. a6 Ra4 is in ! 87. Kxh3 [87. Rb8 Rxa7] 87. ... Last time I had played the more conservative 57. a7 Kh7 would have been a worse version Rh1 mate.) 3. e3, but I had done some analysis beforehand of the game, because White is able to advance 80. ... f5 81. Kg1 and concluded that this move would lead to his pawn to the seventh rank; 55. ... Rf4+? 56. more positions that I could press. Kg2 Rxf5 57. a6 Ra5 58. a7 Also should be a Now, the difference with the king on h1 is draw. The only way Black can try to make shown as after 81. Rb6+ Kh5 82. Ra6 f4 83. 3. ... Nc6 progress is by putting the king on h6 and Ra8 f3 84. a6 Ra1+ White cannot play Kf2, One of the more uncommon moves, but playing ... g7-g5; for example, 58. ... Kh7 59. and Black promotes 85. Kh2 f2. luckily I had briefly looked at it—albeit not that Kg3 Kh6 60. Rb7 g5 61. hxg5+ fxg5 (61. ... deeply. Rxg5+ should be drawn as the white rook will 81. ... Kg5 be tied to the a-file) 62. Rb6+ Kg7 63. Rb7+ White stays passive, which probably was not 4. Nf3 Kf6 64. Rb6+ and there is no way to avoid the best, although he already has wasted too many After 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Nd3+ 6. Bxd3 cxd3 7. checks. 64. ... Ke7 65. Rh6 h4+ 66. Kg4 (Now tempos and Black should be winning. Qxd3 e6 and Black is fine. Black has to give up the pawns due to the threat of Rh8) 66. ... Ra4+ 67. Kxg5 h3 68. Rh8 h2 82. Kh1 Kg4 83. Kg1 f4 84. Rc5 Ra1+ 85. 4. ... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bf4 69. Rxh2 Kd6. Kh2 f3 Nfd7!

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Not the easiest move to find, and it is the only move that keeps relative equality. I was out of my preparation at this point. After 7. ... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nfd7 9. Be3 (f3-f4 is coming and Black will end up being extremely cramped); 7. ... Ng6 8. Be3. 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 g6

A very natural looking follow-up to ... Nfd7 that prepares the development of the bishop onto the long diagonal. 10. Be3 Here I spent a long time trying to make Bxe5 followed by f3-f4 work, but I could not find anything concrete so I settled for this move instead. 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Qa4+ (13. Qxd3 Bh6 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. Qxb7 0-0 White has weaknesses every - where, the king is still in the center, while Black has completed development and is ready to crack open the position.) 13. ... Qd7 14. Qd4 (14. Nb5 c6) 14. ... f6! 15. Qxd3 Bh6 Black will have no problem finishing development and will enjoy pressure on my weak pawns. 10. ... Bg7 11. h4! Objectively not the best move, but plays to the psychology that it is a very human response to meet a pawn push like this with another one. The attack is actually not that dangerous even if I get h4-h5 in myself. 11. ... h5? Former world champion Garry Kasparov was a featured personality at SuperNationals VI, and his book A very natural response. It prevents h5, but signing over two afternoons had long lines snaking through the Gaylord Opryland. weakens g6—which will be very important later. 11. ... c6 12. h5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 e6 14. Qd2 Black has no real issues here. 12. f4 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Qxd3 due to the weak knight on d7. Defending e5, connects the rooks, and the pin on the c3-knight can be irritating in some White enjoys a nice space advantage and 15. ... Nf6 now has a clear plan to play against the weak - variations. In the lines 17. ... cxd5 18. e5 Nd7 ened pawn on g6. Hoping to get the knight to g4 and preparing 19. f4 the kingside attack will quickly prove decisive nor is 17. ... gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. e5 14. ... 0-0 a possible pawn break. Nh7 20. Qxf5 any better. The alternative 14. ... c6 may have been 16. f3 c6 17. f5 18. fxg6 advisable in order to free up some squares for If the black pawn was on h7 instead of h5, development and counterplay. g6 would have felt far more secure. Now with (see diagram next page) 15. 0 -0-0 only one defender, it begins to feel very drafty 18. ... cxd5?! Now any attempted pawn break along the along the g-file.

PHOTO BY JIM DOYLE c-file or the e-file can just be met by a capture 17. ... Qc7 Attempting to create some complications,

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GM blitz and tandem simultaneous exhibitions kept many participants loose and entertained. From left to right: GM Maurice Ashley, GM Irina Krush, GM Sam Shankland, GM Timur Gareyev, IM Nazi Paikidze, WGM Sabina Foisor.

stronger, but I just wanted to play it safe and take the queens off. I calculated that the pin I had against the g7-bishop would be enough to comfortably win. 26. ... exd6 All roads lead to Rome 26. ... Nxd6 27. Ne6 Nf5 28. Bd4 Rf7 29. Bxg7 Nxg7 30. Rdg1.

27. Ne6 Rxf3 27. ... Rf7 28. Rdg1 Rb8 29. Bd4 Rbb7 30. f4 Kh7 31. Rxh5+ Kg8 (31. ... Bh6 32. f5) 32. Rhg5 but there’s just not that much she can do against 22. Nd4! Everything is coming off on g7 next move, and the attack. The game is basically over after this move. my extra pawns on f4 and h4 make it an easily 19. exd5 The knight defends f3 and threatens to jump winning ending. I chose not to take (19. gxf7+ Rxf7) because into f5. Black is out of options. After 22. Rhg1 28. Bd4 I felt that the extra pawn would not be worth Qxf3 23. Nd4 Qxd5 or 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rhg1 letting her rook be placed on f7, where it serves Qxf3 White is still much better at the end of as an excellent defender. It defends both e7 and both lines, but the game can still go on and g7, and pressures the f3-pawn in some lines. there is no guarantee I will play accurately In addition, as soon as she recaptures on g6 enough to convert the advantage. the pawn is dead meat anyways, so there’s no 22. ... fxg6 point in rushing it. 22. ... Qxg6 23. Nf5 was the point after which the dual threats of Nxe7+ and Rhg1 cannot be 19. ... b5 20. Kb1 b4 21. Nb5 Qg3! simultaneously parried and no better is 22. ... (see diagram next column) Nxd5 23. Nf5 Qxg6 24. Rhg1.

The best practical chance, in my opinion. If 23. Rhg1 Qe5 24. Rg5! Black can get the f3-pawn and trade queens Forcing the queen off the strong central The bishop is lost, along with the game. The with ... Qe4, the game will not be so clear. Also square. rest is just an easy conversion. threatened is ... Qxg6 with of 24. ... Qd6 25. Qxg6 Ne8 26. Qxd6?! 28. ... Kf7 29. Nxg7 Nc7 30. Nf5 Nb5 31. queens. Unfortunately for Black, I have a re - Nh6+ Ke7 32. Rg7+ Ke8 33. Re1+ Kd8 34. source that deals with both issues. I saw that 26. Qxh5 was probably objectively Rg8+ Kc7 35. Re7 mate. PHOTO BY JIM DOYLE

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Feng said he was never worse more than a - The state of New York swept the middle cinema, and an arcade. 0.7 evaluation in any of his games. This was school team titles. Wang’s tie for the title was “We are moving in the right direction,” his first spring nationals win in five years and needed for Jericho Middle School on Long Marinello said about the event. “It was good adds to his impressive scholastic career. Island to take the K-9 championship by a half that this year some games were broadcasted In 2008 he blanked the field 7-0 en route to point (17½ points). Just a short ride away on online. In my view, US Chess doesn’t attract the K-1 title, then he made it a double with the Long Island Rail Road, the Big Apple’s enough media attention for these events. It will another perfect score two years later in the K- Speyer Legacy School spared the drama in be a good idea to broadcast the top 20 boards 3. Skip forward to 2012, and he won his third racking up an impressive 19½ points to win in each section.” championship in the K-6. While he skipped by two in the K-8 championship. As it turned out, the event got the wrong any middle school titles and thus will not be The legacy of SuperNationals I still remains. kind of coverage. In the weeks following the one of the very few to win every grade category, Many players that year have stayed in scholastic event, the most mainstream media reporting he does have two chances to perform another chess as professional coaches—Sean Nagle, Leteef came from several Baltimore-area newspapers rare feat. Prior to this year, when three players Street, Adam Weissbarth, Andrew Koenigsberg, that featured the city’s first-ever “national repeated their titles, no one had won multiple Laura Ross, and Marcus Mairena are just a few champion.” In reality the sub-1000 middle- high school championships since Vivek Rao of the many names. Macauley Peterson went schooler had won an “under” section rather than 30 years ago! on to become one of the first multimedia chess the championship section, and when inter - “The fact that this tournament only happens journalists and IM Danny Rensch the vice viewed, US Chess Director of Events Franc every four years along with the fact that the president of chess.com. Even a few tournament Guadalupe clarified that he should not have field was so strong this year makes it more directors from 1997 also helped organize this been referred to as a national champion. special than the past few times I’ve won a year. My lone loss in 1997, which came on my Marinello added that the major drawback of section,” Feng said. missed prom night, was to Todd Andrews. Both the Opryland is the cost of the rooms, which “It’s also definitely cool to be able to say that of us have remained in chess ever since, with exceed $180/night after taxes. Other facets of I placed first at SuperNationals,” he added, Andrews becoming a FIDE master and the the resort are similarly not inexpensive, with pointing out that it will be his last. director of operations and scholastics at the $12 for a simple burger and parking rates mak - In the high school team championship, nearby Nashville Chess Center. ing their usual jump. This time cars cost a having a 2400, 2500, and two near-masters still Several future national champions also played Manhattan-esque $29 per day, up from $24 at only meant a half-point win for California’s in 1997. Three years after that first SuperNa- last December’s K-12 grade championships Monta Vista High School with 18½ points. Led tionals, WIM Elina Groberman won the U.S. (one hotel employee told me the rates go up by Viswanadha’s score, the Matadors reigned Women’s Championship. One year later, WGM every six months; you can almost set your supreme amongst all U.S. high schools, even Jennifer Shahade won the first of her two titles. calendar by the increases). though in the same month Newsweek only Fast forward several more years to 2005 and If that’s not enough, half of the spaces were declared them the 18th best overall high school GM Hikaru Nakamura (K-3 winner in 1997 as torn up as construction had just broken ground in the nation. his brother Asuka won the K-6!) won the first on a $90 million indoor/outdoor waterpark. Winners of the two middle school sections of his quartet of U.S. Championships. Once finished, it may be a case of Gaylord doing included FM Rayan Taghizadeh (CA) and CM Back to 2017 and inside the playing venue, the heavy lifting (or should it be called smooth Wesley Wang (NY) in the K-9, both with 6/7. the flat-bottomed “bayou-style” boat still sliding?) for US Chess. Will several hundred In the K-8, FM Hans Niemann (CT) needed meanders through the oversized hotel. While more families book travel if also attached to to beat the number two seed in the final round you won’t catch any catfish, for a few dollars an amusement park with a planned 45-foot (who he trailed by a half point). He did just you can have a meandering experience through slide and a 315,000-gallon wave pool? It seems that. Niemann finished all alone at 6½ to best this paean to scholastic chess. That’s about the as likely as the room and parking rates rising. the other 242 players in the section. only ride that’s left in the area; the adjacent Need more evidence how strong scholastic Opry Mills Mall replaced the Opryland Amuse - See more about SuperNationals VI at chess has become? Both middle schoolers, ment Park at the turn of the century. That https://new.uschess.org/news/, May archives. Taghizadeh and Niemann, are 2400s and both tradeoff was welcomed by SuperNationals Download the tournament program here: would have been the top seed in the high school families—they were now only a 10-minute walk http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2017/ section for SuperNationals I. away from dozens of cheaper dining options, a snvi/snvi-program.pdf.

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Date: May 12-14, 2017 | Location: Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee | 5,575 players. | Top Finishers: K-12 Championship, 1st-6th, 6: Roland Feng, Kesav Viswanadha, Andrew Tang, Andrew Liu, Vignesh Panchanatham, Edward Song; K-9 Championship, 1st-2nd, 6: Rayan Taghizadeh, 1 1 Wesley Wang; 3rd-8th, 5 ⁄2: Joseph Cheng-Yue Wan, Gabriel Sam, Jacob Furfine, Trung Nguyen, Carissa Shiwen Yip, Brandon Nydick; K-8 Championship, 1st, 6 ⁄2: Hans Niemann; 2nd-8th, 6: Christopher Yu-Shuo Shen, Andy Huang, Aydin Turgut, Tan Nguyen, Akira Wood Nakada, Arden Quinlan Markin, Ricky Wang; K-6 1 Championship, 1st-5th, 6: Maximillian Lu, Jason Yuyang Wang, Gus Huston, Raghav Venkat, Sumit Dhar; K-5 Championship, 1st-2nd, 6 ⁄2: Nico Werner Chasin, 1 Luke Sicong Ye; 3rd-5th, 6: Rithik Sai Polavaram, Vishnu Vanapalli, Christopher Woojin Yu; K-3 Championship, 1st-2nd, 6 ⁄2: Dimitar Mardov, Liam Henry Putnam; 3rd-7th, 6: Abhimanyu Mishra, Marvin Gao, Sriram Krishnakumar, Owen Xuan, Adrian Kondakov; K-1 Championship, 1st-2nd, 7: Steve Wongso, Andrew Jiang; 3rd-9th, 6: Evelyn Qiao, Anshul P. Shetty, Eddison Chen, Caleb Staples Marshall, Aaron Marian, Connor Joseph Lang, Neeraj Harish; K-1 Under 1 500, 1st, 7: Vamsi Munaganuri; 2nd, 6 ⁄2: Gurnoor S. Sandhu; 3rd-10th, 6: Rahul Mukherjee, An Nguyen, Aaradhya Panda, Anthony Michael Mokhov, Jesse Lee, Carter Ho, Perry Sloan, Devyn Anthony. | Organizer: Francisco L. Guadalupe. | Chief Tournament Director: Christopher Bird. See full results here: http://www.uschess.org/results/2017/snvi/ .

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An excerpt from a book that tells the story of a group of border kids from El Paso, Texas who are competing at US Chess national championships.

In April of 2015, a team of 12 middle schoolers— GO BIG OR GO HOME ”border kids”—from South-Central El Paso by Saul Ramirez, El Paso ISD’s Henderson surprised the country by competing in the national Middle School chess coach chess championships. At this year’s SuperNationals VI they finished in second place in the K-9 U1250 “The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the section behind New York’s powerhouse I.S. 318; phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game in ninth place in the K-8 U1000 section; and in are what we call the laws of Nature. The player fourth place in the K-8 U750. on the other side is hidden from us. We know that For these kids, dreams of beating highly-priv- his play is always fair, and patient.” —T.H. ileged students from “fancy” schools in upper-crust Huxley, A Liberal Education neighborhoods aren’t on the radar. They have Oh God! I thought. It’s happening all over again. bigger issues to deal with in life. Which is why it It was like a bad movie. Worse. It was a night - borders on the miraculous that they chose to volun - mare. The traffic wasn’t budging. I was like a tarily—even enthusiastically—commit countless man trying to smile in front of a firing squad. hours every week to the practice of a game that My cell phone rang. It was Herrera, in the they had known virtually nothing about until van in front of me. two years ago, when art teacher Saul Ramirez “What do we do, bro?” he said, his voice a started a chess club at Henderson Middle School. mixture of amusement and worry. The Champions’ Game follows Ramirez’s I glanced in the rearview mirror. The kids original 12 champions through their triumphs— in my van were starting to clamor about being and failures—at local, state, and national chess late to their first nationals. competitions. Under Ramirez’s caring but firm I said, “Dude, there’s so much traffic ... we’re tutelage, the rising stars of El Paso hunker down, going to have to ...” deal with the daily challenges of life, and shrug “Bro, we need to get there.” off troubling national news riddled with racism “I know that, Adrian.” and division, instead trusting Ramirez to mentor If you get to the nationals late, they don’t them in their new extracurricular passion—chess. Saul Ramirez care. If you arrive twenty minutes after the Here is an excerpt from the book. round, you lose the round, period. Plain and

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into play: you develop your pieces. board from his or her point of view and a solu - Showing Henderson team spirit. Winning is a team effort. tion may stand out. It may make your opponent Having every player on a chess team prepared nervous; you may even feel awkward standing to win means you will have a deep bench, a there. But you will be able to see things from a strong bench, a bench that can go the distance new perspective. You may have been preparing against any opponent. Chess is a game of to exchange pieces, but now you realize that endurance. Así es la vida. retreat is a better strategy ... for now. But it’s not always easy to walk away from PROTECT THE KING (RULE 5 IN some things. THE BOOK) When I entered middle school, I had to make In life we are taught that we must care for certain decisions. When you lived in a tough the “me” as well as the “we.” In chess the king neighborhood like Segundo Barrio, the time is the “me.” All the other pieces are the “we.” If came when you’d have to decide whether or you don’t protect the “me,” there is no “we” to not to join a gang. You could continue going worry about. The game is over. to school, but when you went to school you Protect the king. could get bullied. It was not cool to be smart. A good way to protect the king is to “castle” If you even carried books, you risked getting as soon as possible. consists of switch - beaten up by gang members. So carrying books ing the king with one of the rooks at the same wasn’t an option for me. I learned to memorize time. This places the king in a protected position everything that was written on the board. before it has even made its first move. This Even though I wasn’t carrying my books, I way, the king is protected from being checkmat - had something else stacked against me. I played ed or at least prevented from being put into a chess. And chess was not cool. trap early in the game. So I had a decision to make. I had to decide “It’s like fortifying the castle—which is your whether I wanted to join a gang. Joining a gang house,” I tell the kids. would mean selling drugs and doing a lot of illegal Sometimes, during practice, they start saying, activities. But it also would mean respect, “being “Oh my God, I’m winning!”— and BOOM—a cool.” At that point, one of my family members, piece of theirs would suddenly get captured. El Johnny, helped me open my eyes. He admitted Or they say, “Oh my God ... I’m losing.”—and he was currently very involved in gangs. simple. No show, no go. And it tumbles like He told me, “This is not a lifestyle for you.” dominos from there, with one forfeiture follow - BOOM—there goes another piece. It is a hum- bling experience, for sure. And when you hear that from a well-respected ing another, depending on how fast the games gang member, it makes you think twice as to go and how much later you arrive. I say, “Protect your emotions—your house— what steps to take next. I saw a sign up ahead that said DO NOT and be careful about who you let in. If you let He said, “You’re going to continue school, ENTER—EMERGENCY LANES ONLY. somebody into your house—into your head— you’re going to finish, and you’re going to be As a chess champion, player, and coach, I don’t then they can get into your emotions, intimidate you, and affect your actions and very successful.” recommend the course of action we were about Joining a gang, though, was more or less reactions. So don’t let them in. If you leave to take. But, man, sometimes you gotta pivot! expected. It meant respect, and that was what I your castle open, you’ve lost the game. You Go big or go home! wanted. But earning that respect came with a have to protect the castle. You have to protect I watched as Herrera’s van suddenly shot price. Whether it was through selling drugs, your emotions, your house.” into the emergency lane. beating people up or ... doing whatever you “Do not allow yourselves to become nervous,” I muttered to myself, “I don’t know where have to do. You earned respect. El Johnny was I say. “You’re there to play the game. Focus and this guy’s going, but ...” highly respected, and I wanted to be just like move the pieces in a kind of zen-like way. Be I hit the gas and stayed on his tail. him. He was my role model. fully present, but contain your emotions.” The kids started whooping, “Come on, But, when my “role model” told me that he Mister! We gotta get there first!” was NOT a role model, it opened my eyes. May as well have been the Indy 500. It was KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY That’s when I decided to walk away. Retreat, (RULE 8 IN THE BOOK) crazy. I don’t know how we did it, but we got and try a new strategy. there on time. We skidded into the 2015 Na - Sometimes, in a game, you need to step away The decision to walk away led me to meeting tional Chess Championship. We arrived in style. from your plan and redirect. It’s a difficult my new friends, my chess family. That’s when concept to grasp, but sometimes the best strategy I became good friends with Nacho, among 3 RULES FOR CHESS—AND LIFE: is actually to walk away. Picture this: You are others. As friends, we all continued to spend DEVELOP YOUR PIECES (RULE 4 directing your strategy to where you think your time together, and then in high school, we won IN THE BOOK) opponent’s king is going to be ... but then he the State Championship. In chess, you bring out the knights and bishops decides to castle. Suddenly, you need to rearrange None of this would have happened if I didn’t early, because no piece can win the battle all by your pieces. The panic sets in. You can’t let it make the choice to walk away. I chose school. itself. You can’t send the queen out to do all your get to you. You need to bring your pieces back, I chose chess. work and expect her to win alone. You can’t retreat, and prepare to attack again. send the knight out by himself and think he will When you can’t see a solution, step away. Excerpted from The Champions’ Game: A capture all the other pieces. You have to bring Walk away from the board. Get a “fresh pair of True Story, copyright © 2017 Canter Press all of your pieces into the battle. You put what eyes” to look at the situation. Get up. Move. by Saul Ramirez, as told to John Seidlitz. Used with permission of Canter Press.

PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF CANTER PRESS you know into action by moving the right pieces Stand next to your opponent and look at the

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Grandmasters and why they chose education over a full-time playing career

By WIM YUANLING YUAN

The author with GM Robert Hess

GATEWAY TO THE IVY LEAGUE

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hey were the child prodigies, the rising stars, the future of chess. They grew up breaking one record after another and were the source of their nations’ pride. Their eyes sparkled when they spoke about the game and the corners of their mouth curled ever T so slightly when they reached across the board to deliver the fatal blow. They loved the game.

Yet, at a certain point, one by one, they quietly stepped away from the spotlight. They stopped climbing Mount Everest. Instead, they walked towards a set of doors that led to a different path. With the same pair of hands that used to send pieces flying across 64 squares in one-minute bullet, they pushed open the heavy metallic gates that stood before them, the gates to the prestigious Ivy League universities, places that promised the highest caliber of education in the world. Who were these individuals? Given their early success, why did they not pursue a professional career in a game that they loved? How did they get invited to study at an Ivy League school, where acceptance rates are as low as 5 percent? Most importantly, when they set foot on campus, did years and years of chess experiences help them succeed in this highly competitive academic setting? Or was it all a waste of time?

THE DECISION I first met GM Robert Hess (Yale, class of 2015) when I was a wide- eyed, newly-admitted freshman on Yale’s campus, searching for the building that housed the Yale Chess Club. When I arrived, he was already deep in conversation with a group of chess enthusiasts on campus who were eager to hear his adventures. Robert greeted me with a simple “hello” and nothing more. There was no “welcome-to-campus-let-me- know-if-you-need-any-help” kind of enthusiasm that I had experienced from other upperclassmen. “Well, that’s a mighty GM for ya,” I remember thinking. Back then, every grandmaster I knew—which were not that many in the Canadian chess community—had gone “pro” at some point in their youths at the expense of their education to become the cream of the crop in this game. They didn’t necessarily forgo education—just that they didn’t really put much effort into it. Those who did never became grandmasters. I, too, understood that trade-off. At the age of 14, I took pride in being the youngest female in Canada to have achieved the women’s international master title. But once I started high school a year later, the international baccalaureate program (a rigorous curriculum intended to condense four years of high school plus the first year of college academics all into four years of high school) became so demanding that I could no longer consistently play in tournaments in order to advance my title. Academic excellence was my top priority and I valued being a well-rounded individual more than anything else. Robert was the first person I met who had conquered both worlds. GM : The Stanford student realized that there was a whole He earned his grandmaster title at the age of 17 and was one of the few world outside of chess waiting for him. top players in the U.S. who had qualified to represent the country at PHOTO COURTESY OF SUBJECT

www.uschess.org 37 Scholastics / Education the world chess Olympiad—all while keeping up with the rigorous an option for Daniel Naroditsky (Stanford, class of 2019) to walk down curriculum at Stuyvesant, one of the most respected public high schools life’s path without a high school diploma. Thus, it wasn’t until after the in New York City, and ultimately landing a highly-coveted spot at Yale. graduation ceremony, scroll in one hand and long-held grandmaster title No wonder I was intimidated upon our first meeting. in the other, that he was confronted with the decision to “go pro or not When I confronted Robert about my first impressions of him two go pro.” Unlike Robert, Darwin, and me, who saw chess as a love affair, years later, we both laughed. “I can’t believe you thought I was intimidating!” Daniel was the kind of guy who could have been happily married to he cried in protest. Indeed, it took several years of having brunches chess—if it weren’t for the realities of a marriage. Asked about any other together in Yale’s gothic-styled dining hall, playing side-by-side at a Pan- non-academic commitments in high school and he responded, “I was Am together, and working with him at a few tourna ments for me to involved in chess, in chess, and in chess.” come to know him as a down-to-earth guy who was simply exceptional However, through his intro spec tion, Daniel recognized that, although in everything he pursued. chess had provided him tremendous “I never wanted to be a profes- satisfaction and fulfill ment over the sional chess player,” Robert told me. “I never wanted to be years, he wouldn’t be able to handle “I’ve always had many interests and the emotional stress involved in wouldn’t be fulfilled by just focusing playing the game for a living. He on one thing.” To him, balancing a professional chess was highly compet itive and knew chess and academics was “a nice that his pain tol erance for losses was challenge.” In addition to the high player,” Robert told me. not conducive to a professional standards he set for himself in these career. It was Daniel’s maturi- two incredibly demanding subjects, “I’ve always had many ty and self-aware ness that put him Robert was also the captain of his on the path to Stanford. high school’s junior varsity football interests and wouldn’t On the other side of Stanford’s team and wrote for the school’s campus resides a grandmaster who official newspaper. No big deal. He be fulfilled by just played professionally for many needed the dynamism to strive. years before calling it quits. GM Then I met others like Robert. focusing on one thing.” Parimarjan Negi (Stanford, class of During my senior year in college 2018) was ’s most promising I began hearing rumors that our child prodigy, being the second rival institution, the “OK-school-in-Cambridge-which-shall-not-be- youngest player to be crowned grandmaster. Negi grew up focusing on named,” had admitted a freshly-minted army of chess masters. Amongst chess, and with his early displays of talent, had planned to make a career them was GM Darwin Yang (Harvard, class of 2019), who abandoned out of it all along. Upon the completion of his high school studies, which Texas for an East Coast college because he actually “preferred the cold.” in his case were quite lenient and not very time consuming, Negi was Scoring his first international master norm at the age of 13 and his rated around 2650 FIDE and ranked in the top 100 in the world. His first grandmaster norm two years later, Darwin saw the potential in goal was to break the top 20. himself. In seventh grade he began to weigh his options. “It’s appealing Those 80 spots were not easy to climb. For the first time in his life, to be able to devote a lot of time to something I love,” he told me. Had Negi felt as if he had hit a ceiling—that somehow, hard work was no he wanted to become a professional chess player, this would have been longer directly proportional to success. Over the next three years, his the perfect time to bid his schoolteachers a long farewell. He was young, ranking oscillated between top 70 to 100 and his progress plateaued. He fearless, and had the momentum going for him. He mulled over the became discouraged and grew increasingly unenthusiastic about the decision for over a year. game. “There weren’t that many new things to learn from chess,” he told In the end, he decided to keep his options open. Like Robert and me, me with a sad look on his face. “Luckily, around this time I spoke to my he yearned to be a well-rounded individual who, outside of chess, could friend Chaitanya Vaidya who went to the University of Texas at Dallas talk about fantasy football with boys at school and also understand the (UTD) and learned that there was another possibility—education.” laws of thermodynamics. As soon as Darwin decided to commit to his Immediately, Negi realized that there was a whole world outside of dual existence, he was all in. “I didn’t want to go in half-heartedly,” he chess waiting for him. He was excited about what Chaitanya had described sternly explains. “If I am going to go down this route, I am going to be and rediscovered his childhood curiosities about the sciences and other a GM and go to Harvard.” subjects. He began conducting his own research of American univer- Another grandmaster took a slightly different approach. It was never sities—the start of his journey to Stanford.

THE JOURNEY It only seemed fitting that chess players would devise a plan to make things work. The eight-year-old me loved sketching out a day-by-day timetable on my little bedroom whiteboard. From 3 p.m.-4 p.m.: monkey bars; 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m: homework; 7 p.m.-8 p.m: blitz on ICC. My father always laughed that I spent more time writing up the schedule than actually sticking to it. But having a calendar of my own definitely helped me stay within the confines of a well-balanced childhood. Robert grew up with a self-imposed rule: he would spend a maximum of only one day of the weekend on chess. He carved out the remainder of his time for other interests such as basketball and sleepovers. Similarly, Daniel began high school with the principle that he would be missing no more than three consecutive days of school at a time. After spending weeks away from the classroom throughout elementary and middle school to accommodate marathon-styled tournaments like the

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World Youth, Daniel reflected upon his straight ‘B’s and realized that “it wasn’t impossible to make small sacrifices in order to achieve long- term success in both worlds.” Lengthy international tournaments were reserved solely for Christmas and spring breaks, when he was allowed to devote more time to his favorite game guilt-free. When it came to studying, Daniel practiced consist ency by setting aside an hour or two everyday for his textbooks, though he confessed, “Sometimes I play bullet to procrastinate from studying for tests.” The penultimate year of high school marked the final sprint. Juniors across the country were touring colleges, taking SAT exams, and squeezing their creative juices on college admission essays. No one was exempt from this process, not even our grandmasters. Yet chess was definitely the top reason why the admission officers fell in love with these applicants. “I didn’t give Harvard a reason not to take me, but chess was the reason why they took me. It made my appli - cation unique,” Darwin described to me, referring to the Ivy League’s search for exceptional individuals amongst a pool of well-rounded, GM Daniel Naroditsky: “Don’t decide to cast out chess or education in your life completely.” highly-qualified high school students. Moreover, these institutions have an affinity for those who have a fired-up passion about something. Any - thing. “Chess helped me write a college admission essay that was filled with passion,” Negi said, reflecting upon the 500-word piece that convinced Stanford he was the one. Robert agreed. His college admission essay was titled “Chessing Fate,” a pun on both his parents’ names—C. Hess. Johns Hopkins awarded him a scholarship and wrote him the following: “We are in awe of your achievements as a chess grandmaster.” Unfortunately, Johns Hopkins was unsuccessful in wooing Robert, as many other elite universities also had their eyes set on the all-star football captain grandmaster, including my alma mater, Yale. Who could blame them?

THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE coursework included Russian, because he “wanted to know what people were saying in chess”; a literature seminar called “Fakes, Fraud and As a young boy, Darwin gazed upon Harvard’s gates during a visit with Counterfeits”; and a psychology class titled “Moralities of Everyday Life.” his father and was immediately drawn to its aura. To him, Harvard Quickly, he realized that economics was not for him. “Economics loved represented worldliness, greatness, and a community with a strong me more than I loved it,” he told me. Well, that kind of relationship sense of purpose. A current rising junior, he decided to major in history wasn’t going to work. For the first two years at Yale, Robert was a and minor in economics because “they allow us to better understand “Jack-of-all-trades, master of none.” and improve the world in some way by drawing lessons from the past Junior year, Robert showed up at the dean’s office and announced and applying them with a rigorous methodology.” He, too, hopes to his plan to major in history despite not having taken a single class in change the world someday. the subject matter. His residential college dean thought he was crazy; I Though the polymathic personality type has its merits, it also created thought he was crazy. His response? “I always like a good challenge.” some troubles for Robert during his time at Yale. A 10th grade internship Never question Robert about what he plans to do with his degree in at Investment Group—a New York City-based investment firm history. He would tell you that his major is applicable in conversations that manages $70 billion in assets—naturally made Robert curious about he has every single day because we live in a world that is shaped by the world of finance. “Perhaps I could major in economics,” his freshman- historical events. Everything, from large issues such as the American year-self thought. So he took a few economics courses along with an healthcare system to small ones concerning the piles of black garbage

PHOTO COURTESY OF SUBJECT assortment of others in the true liberal arts fashion. His freshman year bags on the sidewalks of New York, should be placed in historical context.

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“History is inescapable and pertinent to everyday life,” Robert explained calmly. “It helps you question the way things are.” Perhaps chess players are the types of people to be drawn to the bigger picture, such as the origins of the Sicilian Defense or the choice of 64 squares. My relationship with economics at Yale was not as one-sided as Robert’s was. When I graduated from Yale with a bachelor of arts degree in economics last summer, my favorite classes were European economic history and American eco - nomic history, where I learned about how modern day social security started from Queen Elizabeth’s “Poor Laws,” how Britain industrialized sooner than its neighbors, and why North America— endowed with neither fertile soils nor good weather—was able to outstrip its Southern counterpart in long-term growth. By the time I grad uated, I had taken five courses in the art history department, ranging from Chinese landscape paintings to Greek art and mythology. We all loved learning for the sake of learning, hungry for knowledge that would satiate our curiosities about the world. On the other coast, our peers at Stanford were inspired by a tech-ori- GM Darwin Yang: “If I am going to go down this route, I am going to be a GM and go to Harvard.” ented culture that promoted innovation, creativity, and problem-solving. It was love at first sight for both Negi and Naroditsky with Stanford’s introductory “When you’ve had the experience of computer science sequence. Negi, now a rising senior, was immediately sold grinding for five hours just to hold a on computer science (CS) as his primary field of study when he arrived on draw, you don’t get frustrated with campus. According to the Indian-born grandmaster, “CS is a very logical choice several hours spent debugging a for chess players because it’s all about problem-solving.” Daniel, a year younger, chose program.”~GM Parimarjan Negi “symbolic systems,” a fancy term for an interdisciplinary major that concerns psychology, linguistics, and computer science. “It’s basically a major for people to dabble in several things but not focus on any one of them—like me,” he joked. Outside of academics, there is little time for other pursuits. “When I set foot on campus freshman year, someone told me that you can only choose two out of three things: a) academics, b) socializing, or c) sleep. I chose academics and sleep.” Negi was only half joking. The standard is very high at these institutions and all students strive for excellence, making it even harder to do well relative to others. But we still try. Amongst all the distractions, we still try to find time for the game we all love. Perhaps most impressive of all is Daniel, who recently competed in the U.S. Championship and finished the tournament with a great performance. He attributes his quick, last-round draw against Wesley So to CS 103, “mathematical foundations of computing,” which is notoriously difficult; he had a 20-hour problem set due the day he returned to campus. Missing a week of lectures and assignments is almost suicidal at a place where classes are typically small and graded on participation. Robert found creative ways to weave chess into his busy life at Yale. Every year, he played a 50-board in the heart of Old Campus, Yale’s freshman quarters. Students who passed by were awestruck, astonished that someone could play so many games of chess at once. “Whoa! How does he do it? Does he not get confused? How can he concentrate?” they wondered out loud. But his attempt to raise awareness for the game didn’t stop there. While still a student, Robert was a regular guest lecturer in “exploring the nature of genius,” a class taught by Yale

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Professor Craig Wright. Pacing before his peers, Robert discussed concepts such as pattern recognition, memory, and the interconnectedness of unexpectedly related concepts. The big finale always included a blindfold match, to which the spectators would “ooh and aah” in excitement. He was known around campus as “the chess grandmaster” and made the game seem exceptionally cool. Darwin spent most of his freshman year breaks at tournaments trying to cross the 2500 FIDE mark for the official grandmaster title. Since then, he has devoted more of his time to other explorations such as the finance club and the The Harvard Crimson, the university’s 144-year-old daily student-run newspaper. My involvement with chess in college occurred in reverse chronological order. Freshman year, I was overwhelmed with what the university had to offer and barely touched a pawn. I became involved with the student government, the Yale Daily News, and the Women’s Leadership Initiative. Sophomore year, I co-founded a startup called SubLite with one of my best friends and source of inspiration, FM Alisa Melekhina, a student at Penn Law at the time. However, the more time I spent away from the board, the more I felt a piece of me missing. There was only one cure to my heartache: by the end of college, I had played in several local tournaments, one Olympiad, and one Women’s World Championship.

TAKEAWAYS FROM CHESS reasoning through the arguments and making sure it’s logical before he even composes a sentence. He has vowed not to sleep through lectures “When I think about chess, I see it as a microcosm of life,” Darwin nor skip readings for the fear of missing a crucial detail. “If you miss a claimed. I couldn’t agree more. I see traces of chess and the lessons it line in your opening preparation, you can get totally burned. Chess taught me in everything I do. The grandmasters collectively identified taught me to approach everything with full commitment.” a few key transferable skillsets from chess that have helped them succeed in life and especially, in a higher education setting like Yale or Harvard. Research has shown that the main non-cognitive trait that relates to Chess was definitely the top long-term success is grit. Chess teaches us how to win and to lose, how to emotionally deal with the highs and lows and how to get back on reason why the admission our feet after a painful loss. The nature of the perfect-information game with zero element of luck also instills in us a strong sense of responsibility and ownership of our actions. “In chess, there is nobody to help you officers fell in love with but yourself,” Daniel pointed out. Indeed, a strong mentality is useless if there is no subsequent action plan. these applicants. I remember receiving my first ‘C’ ever on a midterm freshman year and only allowing myself 15 minutes of grief and tears before I mustered the courage to speak to my teaching assistant about an improvement plan. As the semester progressed, my ‘C’ became a ‘B’ and eventually an ‘A’. When Negi first began his studies at Stanford, he was a “complete ADVICE FOR YOUNGSTERS outsider”—as if a 1600-rated player tried playing in a tournament with masters. “I was at the bottom of my class,” he told me. “But I remembered “What would you tell a young, aspiring chess whiz who is at life’s how I used to pour hours and hours into studying the game and eventually crossroads, considering the option of going all in?” I asked each of the got better. When you’ve had the experience of grinding for five hours four grandmasters, seeking their words of wisdom. just to hold a draw, you don’t get frustrated with several hours spent debugging a program.” The task of buckling down, doing the work and “Go to school. It is very difficult to make a living playing chess. I patiently waiting for the results was no longer daunting. He had done it would recommend keeping your doors open. If you can afford to explore, before. Three years later, Negi strolls comfortably in and out of the then attending a chess school like UTD or Webster could be a viable computer science department and is even considering a Ph.D. in the field. option. School teaches you so much more than academics. You can get “Chess is meant to capture the variability of life,” Darwin told me. “It the best of both worlds.”—GM Robert Hess teaches you how to problem-solve in real-time,” Robert added. With “Figure out for yourself if chess or academics is your true passion, or, The Sports Quotient, the college-sports editorial start-up that he co- in my case, both. If you love chess and get the sense that this is really founded during college, Robert was in charge of finding the optimal the place for you, then you will know. Don’t get stuck on the idea that solution to challenges that the organization faced on a daily basis. “Like this is the choice of your life. If you choose chess and things change, chess, there is no solution manual so you simply have to figure it out.” there is nothing to stop you from going back to school. Just evaluate Daniel also expressed his concerns with classmates on campus who your situation, see how it goes, and keep reevaluating—like chess.”— become perplexed at the sight of a problem they don’t know how to GM Darwin Yang solve: “If my bike breaks, I Google how to fix it. It’s not that hard. I’m “It’s OK not to be sure. Don’t rush to make a decision. In our society surprised how many people don’t even do that.” there is an unspoken pressure to always have your [stuff] together. It is Overall, the countless years of chess training and tournament very possible to balance chess and school and do well in both. Don’t experiences have equipped us all with a toolbox ready to tackle life and decide to cast out chess or education in your life completely.”—GM anything we choose to pursue. As Darwin summarized eloquently, Daniel Naroditsky “Chess teaches you the approach to life—that you must prepare yourself “Explore a bit more on your own. The Internet is so vast these days. adequately, be disciplined during the game, think analytically through Before I started Stanford, I watched these finance courses online. Looking all aspects of the problem, and be ready to confront an infinite amount back, I wish I started exploring other subjects sooner. If you are studying of possibilities.” He has applied this methodology to his studies at chess all the time, you will burn out, so it is important to have a different Harvard, where writing an essay entails an extensive planning session, hobby or interest.”—GM Parimarjan Negi PHOTO COURTESY OF SUBJECT

www.uschess.org 41 MEGAN GANSUKH: U8, ILLINOIS Has a not-so-secret identity as super girl, though she chose not to reveal her special abilities.

THE 2017 FOUNDATION ALL-GIRLS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The KCF All-Girls, now in its 14th year, told in photos and in the participant’s own words

Text and photos by BETSY DYNAKO ZACATE

42 August 2017 | Chess Life Scholastic Chess / KCF All-Girls

THERESA BURRAS: U10, ILLINOIS

Nine-year-old Theresa from Bloomington, Illinois is in her second year playing the KCF All-Girls. Do you like playing in the All-Girls tournament? Yes. I get to play chess and sometimes my mom lets me explore the hotel between rounds so I can have fun between rounds instead of just sitting in a hotel doing nothing the whole time.

What is different about playing in a girls-only tournament? There are no boys! They put prize tokens under your queens, and they don’t do that at normal tournaments. At normal tournaments, they only give medals to the kindergartners and first graders but here everyone gets a medal. And the medals are sparkly!

MAGGIE LUO:U16, VIRGINIA

What do you feel is the difference between an all-girls tournament and playing in an open high school event? Playing with girls is always a different experience because I feel we are all a lot closer, due to the fact that it is an all-girls thing. Everyone is real nice. You make so many friends. In high school everyone is at everyone’s throats because you are trying to out score each other. There is less friendship.

Some ofthe girls from New York City’s Dalton School.

www.uschess.org 43 JANNE REMPE: U14, ARIZONA

This was her first time playing in an all-girls tournament. Her assessment? “It is amazing!”

RITIKA PANDEY: U16, WISCONSIN

This is at least her fourth all-girls event. Why do you like playing in the All-Girls tournament? It is a rare opportunity where I get to see all of my friends. It is a fun tournament over all. It does get competitive. It is a good chess experience as well as a good social experience.

MARISSA LI: U16, ILLINOIS

Marissa is from Lincolnshire, Illinois, where she plays on the Stevenson High School chess team. What do you feel is the difference between an all-girls tournament and playing in an open high school event? It’s a really great experience because it is so close to where I live. So every single year I like coming here and getting to see my friends. And I also like getting to play in a tournament. I don’t play all that often, so I like getting to play in a tournament as big as this.

44 August 2017 | Chess Life Scholastic Chess / KCF All-Girls

SOPHIE MORRIS-SUZUKI: U18, NEW YORK

Have you played in any all-girls tournaments before? I’ve played in a few all-girls tournaments: last year’s All-Girls nationals, the North American Youth Chess Championship 2016 (in the Girls U14 section), and the First Annual New York State Girls Championship.

What do you feel is the biggest difference between playing in an open tournament or a girls-only event? I feel like the biggest difference between playing in open tournaments versus all-girls tournaments is that in girls tournaments the environment is more friendly and less competitive. I think the reason for this is that in girls-only tournaments, all players are gender minorities in the chess community, which gives us something to bond over.

What are your future education plans? I am a freshman in high school. I don't have any future education plans yet. The only thing I want to have a career in is singing, and the more famous I am, the better.

Is playing chess something you foresee keeping in your life and what would more chess in the future look like to you? I'll play for my school's chess team for the rest of high school. After that, I'll probably play less competitively—it'll be a fun hobby and a social activity that I can always turn to whenever I feel like it.

What other interests do you have outside of chess? Outside of chess, I do a lot of singing. I'm in my school's chorus and I take vocal lessons every week. Eventually, I want to become an accomplished (and famous!) singer and songwriter. I haven't done much songwriting yet, but I'm planning to start making my own songs, and some of them might be about chess.

At A Glance 2017 KCF All-Girls National Championships

Date: April 7-9, 2017 | Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois | 423 players | Top Finishers: Under 18, 1st-2nd, 5: Sophie

1 1 Morris-Suzuki, Miranda Liu; 3rd-4th, 4 ⁄2: Thalia Cervantes, Sasha Konovalenko; Under 18 Team, 1st, 11 ⁄2: Stuyvesant H.S. (NY); 2nd, 7: IL Math &

1 Science (IL); 3rd, 2: De LaSalle (IL); Under 16, 1st, 6: Julia Sevilla; 2nd, 5: Marissa Li; 3rd-4th, 4 ⁄2: Ashley Xing, Neha Pattanaik, Under 16 Team, 1st,

1 1 1 9: Miller Jordan M.S. (TX); 2nd, 6 ⁄2: Kinzie (IL); 3rd, 3:: Earl Stem (IL); Under 14, 1st-2nd, 5 ⁄2: Minda Chen, Shree Ayinala; 3rd-5th, 4 ⁄2: Zoe Zelner,

1 Katrina Wong, Antara Garai; Under 14 Team, 1st, 11 ⁄2: I.S. 318 (NY); 2nd, 9: Hunter College H.S. (NY); 3rd, 8: Greenwich Academy (CT); Under 12,

1 1 1st, 5 ⁄2: Veronika Vancsa; 2nd-4th, 5: Veda Rose Safranek, Anh Nhu Nguyen, Julia Kaitlyn Miyasaka; Under 12 Team, 1st, 14 ⁄2: Dalton (NY); 2nd,

1 1 11 ⁄2: P.S. 11 (NY); 3rd, 9 ⁄2: Chapin (NY); Under 10, 1st, 6: Rui Yang Yan; 2nd-7th, 5: Ellen Wang, Sanjana Ramesh, Lauren Nam, Sophie Velea, Kelsey

1 Liu, Melina Li; Under 10 Team, 1st, 12 ⁄2: Weibel Elementary (CA); 2nd-3rd, 11: Success Acad. Union Square (NY), Hunter College Elem. (NY); Under 8, 1st, 6: Alice Lee; 2nd-7th, 5: Hana Carlson, Riya Kanury, Kavya Meiyappan, Mary Elisabeth Tracy, Aliana Fausto, Aliya Saldanha-Suri; Under 8

1 Team, 1st, 13 ⁄2: P.S. 33 (NY); 2nd-3rd, 12: The Anderson School (NY), P.S. 77 (NY). | Chief Tournament Director: Jeff K. Wiewel.

www.uschess.org 45 History / Fischer Game A Found Fischer Game For this special scholastic issue, a piece of scholastic history: A previously unknown Bobby Fischer game from the 1955 U.S. Junior Championship

By FM ALEX DUNNE

HEN GATHERING MATERIAL for my recent book, The United W States Junior Open Chess Champi- onship, 1946-2016, I asked the participants for their games from the tournaments. One of the contributors was Franklin Saksena, who sent me games from Lincoln, Nebraska 1955 and also from 1956. The Philadelphia games included a game of my own where Franklin thoroughly trounced me. But it was the collection of games from Lincoln, Nebraska that had the greatest interest—a previously unpublished game of Bobby Fischer:

GIUOCO PIANO (C53) Bobby Fischer (1726) Franklin Saksena (1400) U.S. Junior Championship (10), Lincoln, Nebraska, 1955 1. e4 Fischer’s trademark opening move, already well established in the 12 year old who was playing in his first junior championship. It was played in the 10th and last round. 1. ... e5 2. Nf3 Fischer was not yet Fischer—that was a year away. At Lincoln he was well down on the crosstable, standing at +1 =6 -2 hanging below the middle of the group. 2. ... Nc6 3. Bc4 The that the future Fischer would make into such a deadly weapon had not yet made its steady appearance in Fischer’s reper toire. 3. ... Bc5 4. c3 Fischer’s standing was not a bad result. He would win the Dittman award for the best player under the age of 13. At 12 years of age he was also the youngest player in the tour nament.

Franklin Saksena’s original scoresheet from his game against Fischer.

46 August 2017 | Chess Life History / Fischer Game

4. ... f5 White has a strong edge as long as he avoids Even at age twelve Fischer was up to date the greedy 6. Ng5 Nf6 7. Nf7 Qe7 9. Nxh8 d5. on his opening knowledge. In this position, Better is 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 fxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 Saksena tries a gambit unlisted in the Eighth 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. a3 d5 11. axb4 dxc4 12. Qh5+. Edition of Modern Chess Openings (1954) and 6. ... Bxd4 practically unrecorded even now in 2017. In A weak response. Black is very much in the short, Bobby is now on his own. game after 6. ... Nf6. 5. d4 7. cxd4 Nf6 Fischer responds in the most aggressive After this, Black is just lost. fashion, but the more restrained 5. d3 has much 8. e5 Ne4 going for it. Now 12-year-old Bobby, playing in his third 5. ... exd4 6. Nxd4 (see diagram top of next column) tournament ever, shows a calm strength as he overpowers his opponent. 9. Nc3 Nxc3 As 9. ... d5 is just met by 10. Nxd5, Black has to cede the center, development, and game to White. 10. bxc3 d5 11. exd6 e.p. Qxd6 12. 0-0 12. ... Na5? After 12. ... Bd7 13. Bg5 keeps the black king stuck in the center. Now the knight is lost and the king is no better off. 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. d5 0-0 15. dxc6+ Kh8 16. Ba3 Qf6 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. cxb4 bxc6 20. Rfe1 Bb7 21. Re7 Rc8 22. Rae1, Black resigned. And now, with a rating of 1830, Fischer would begin to go on his historic journey to the World Championship and immortality in chess.

In 1955 Bobby Fischer was not yet the bright star he would become. That title fell upon another, as the winner of the 1955 U.S. Junior Open Championship at Lincoln, Nebraska was Charles Kalme who scored 9-1 to win the title a point-and-a-half over his nearest rival, Larry Remlinger. Charles also won the 1957 Collegiate Championship and became an international master who played second board on the World Student Team Championship the only time the U.S. won—Kalme winning two gold medals, one for the team championship and one for the best score on second board. Kalme was a Latvian immigrant who had spent several years with his family in a displaced persons camp. He would later win the 1955 State Championship and become a professional bridge player, even playing on the world cham - pionship team, the Dallas Aces.

I thank the many players who sent me their U.S. Junior games so that my book The United States Junior Open Chess Championship 1846-2016 would be able to reflect upon the 70 years of junior chess in the United States. The book is available both as an e-book and as a paperback from McFarland & Company.

www.uschess.org 47 Solitaire Chess / Instruction Lost in the Past and in the Pasture Resurrecting a brilliant attack from between the world wars By BRUCE PANDOLFINI

THERE ARE MANY FAMOUS CHESS 4. d4 Par Score 4 9. Qxd4 Par Score 3 games built on brilliant attacks. Some of the A standard opening response. Tension is White gets his pawn back. In aftermath of most creative, however, are not that well known, instantly exerted in the center. At the very least, the exchanges, the players have arrived at the especially if they were somewhat localized to a White is threatening to win a pawn. “little center.” White has a definite edge in space. region. Of course, these days, everything is His central pawn is on its fourth rank, while online and practically available at once, but this 4. … Bd7 Black’s central pawn is on its third rank. Gen - game is from 76 years ago in Eastern Europe. Black breaks the pin on the c6-knight and erally, the further advanced your center pawns, An outstanding effort could get lost in time and avoids the loss of a pawn. If 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 6. the more room you have behind the lines. space, so to speak. The following game played dxe5, Black stays even with 6. ... Bxe4. between Efim Korchmar and Abram Borisovich 9. … Be7 5. Nc3 Par Score 4 Poliak (Black) in the relatively remote Black unblocks the home rank on the king - of 1931 is a case in point. The overall attack is This develops a piece and renews the threat side, preparing the possibility of castling on truly ingenious and certainly quite worthy of to win the black e5-pawn by first protecting that wing. study. The encounter began: the e4-pawn. 10. Rd1 Par Score 5 5. … Nf6 RUY LOPEZ, The more automatic move might be Rf1- STEINITZ DEFENSE (C66) In turn, Black develops a piece toward the e1, keeping d1 available for the queen-rook. Efim Korchmar center, while attacking e4. So far, no one is White has a definite plan in mind. Abram Borisovich Poliak losing anything. Ukraine, 1931 10. … 0-0 6. 0-0 Par Score 4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 And now Black gets ready for business, too. By castling, White safeguards his king and But he may not have appreciated the point of prepares for the opening of the center. White White’s previous move. is now ready for business. 11. e5 Par Score 5 6. … Nxd4 “The point,” as Reinfeld might have said. With this exchange, Black hopes to trade a Black is unable to take on e5 because of the pin few pieces and thereby reduce the central along the d-file. pressure. 11. … Ne8 7. Bxd7+ Par Score 4 Black is reduced to an ignominious retreat. White is not opposed to the piece swaps. On 11. ... Nh5, White snares the knight with Afterward, he expects to have the better game 12. g4 (1 bonus point). and the greater chances. 12. Bf4 Par Score 4 Now ensure that the above position is set up 7. … Qxd7 on your chessboard. As you play through the With this move, White develops his last remaining moves in this game, use a piece of This is the better way to recapture. It keeps minor piece and connects the rooks. The force paper to cover the article, exposing White’s next the knight at f6, where it assails the center. The against Black is mounting. move ... Qd8xd7 also activates the queen, as it move only after trying to guess it. If you guess 12. … a5 correctly, give yourself the par score. Sometimes clears the home rank on the queenside. points are also awarded for second-best moves, 8. Nxd4 Par Score 3 The reason for this move is not just defensive. and there may be bonus points—or deductions— If Black needs to, he can defend d6 by devel - Neccessary to regain his pawn. for other moves and variations. Note that  oping the queen-rook to a6. From there, the means that White’s move is on the next line. 8. … exd4 rook may be able to find some activity.

48 August 2017 | Chess Life Solitaire Chess / Instruction

PROBLEM I PROBLEM II PROBLEM III ABCs of Chess Mating net Mating net Mating net

These problems are all related to key positions in this month’s game. In each case, Black is to move. The answers can be found in Solutions on page 71.

August Exercise: For this exercise you’ll need both kings, as well as three pawns for White and two for Black. Set up random but typical looking positions, with all the pawns on the kingside. Play out each position against software, PROBLEM IV PROBLEM V PROBLEM VI carefully appreciating the evaluations Mating net Mating net Mating net and adjusting your play accordingly. If you get tired of setups with just pawns, add comparable pieces for each side. As you do this, again and again modify- ing and tweaking, you will begin to comprehend many nuances and small points that impact such endings. Fur - ther more, over time, you can expect your own general endgame play to gain significantly.

13. Rd3 Par Score 5 Black takes back. The recapture gets the knight 20. … Qd7 off the back row so it can join the fight. But does A nice rook lift. From d3, the rook can shift This move appears to hold Fort William it really expect to become belliger ent? over to the kingside. Moreover, the queen- Henry. Deduct 2 points if you planned to answer rook is now able to enter the fray. 17. Rg3 Par Score 5 this defense with 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Re8+ Kf7 13. … Ra6 With g7 no longer guarded, White threatens 23. Rxg7+ Kxe8. mate in one. 21. Qd5 Par Score 9 Black follows through with his own rook lift. For the meantime, the position seems to 17. … f6 Can this position get any more fantastic? By be tenable. This stops the mate by blocking out the white pinning the f7-rook, White threatens 22. 14. Re1 Par Score 4 queen, while avoiding the weaknesses spawned Rxg7+. by ... g7-g6, which would have encouraged Bf4- 21. … Kf8 White’s final piece is activated. The attack h6. is really starting to look quite menacing. Black gets out of two pins and guards e8. 18. Bh6 Par Score 5 14. … Qf5 Add 1 bonus point if you analyzed that 21. ... Anyway! Once again, g7 comes under fire. Qxd5 would have lost to 22. Re8+ Rf8 23. The black queen gets out of the pin. It also Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rxf8 mate. 18. … Rf7 assumes a more aggressive post. 22. Rxg7 Par Score 7 15. Nd5 Par Score 5 On the surface, everything is still held up. Crush! Zowie! Take that! But incredible things are about to happen. Now that Black’s queen has gotten adventur - 22. … Qxd5 ous, White’s central cuts short the 19. Nb4 Par Score 6 adventure. Black must tread carefully. An unexpected shot. Or is it? Has White lost With White menacing a devastating double 15. … Bd8 his marbles? Or just his knight? check, Black has really no way to save the day. If 22. ... Rxg7, then 23. Qxd7 puts the game The bishop finds a safe retreat that addition - 19. … axb4 away (1 bonus point). ally supports c7. Everything seems to be de - It’s hard to look an apparent gift horse in 23. Rg8+ Par Score 7 fended. the mouth. Unfortunately for Black, he’s about This concludes matters wonderfully. After 16. exd6 Par Score 4 to be kicked in the teeth. 23. ... Kxg8, there follows 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Serenity before the whirlwinds. White’s 20. Qxd6 Par Score 7 Rxf8 mate. exchange opens another central line. The open Take that! If 20. ... Rxd6, then 21. Re8+ Rf8 23. … Black resigned. e-file soon becomes very useful. 22. Rxg7+ and mate next (2 bonus points—if you 16. … Nxd6 saw all this when playing 19. Nb4). See scoring box on page 71.

www.uschess.org 49 The Practical Endgame / Instruction The Power of Desperation The more you believe in miracles, the more you doggedly search for resources even when all of the odds are stacked against you, the more Caissa will smile upon you. By GM DANIEL NARODITSKY

ONE THING THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY Black’s position reminds me of the apocalyptic bugged me about endgame literature is the landscape from the movie The Road, or, for the absence of advice on surviving lost positions. TV-show minded readers, from The Walking By lost positions, I mean lost positions. Now, Dead. Black is toast. Utterly, completely, totally, it would seem that there is little to write about entirely lost. At the risk of belaboring the on this topic. If you’re lost, little remains other obvious, let’s enumerate the various reasons than to set a perfunctory trap or two; once your for Black’s imminent downfall: opponent defeats this final show of desperation, • He is down, to be precise, a piece and two you take your hat off, stop the clock, and extend pawns. your hand. Case closed. • White threatens to play Rb8, and to The reality of the situation is a bit more promote the c-pawn. complex. As we have seen time and time again: • White has perfectly-placed pieces, and can us try to put ourselves in the shoes of GM Ray   !  !   ! !  develop fatal threats along the seventh rank Robson and reconstruct his thinking process:    !  ! !! ! ! in a matter of a few moves. All right, Black is threatening ... Re2+. First thing   !!  !!! ! ! • The knight on d3 ensures that Black’s so- that comes to mind is 37. Re1. But, wait a minute, ! !   !!   called kingside “counterplay” is doomed to after 37. ... Rxe1 38. Nxe1 Rf2+ 39. Kh1 Black has   ! failure. perpetual with 39. ... Rf1+. Okay, so the issue here is that I didn’t have a rook on the first rank. So if I While this phrase borders on painful cliché, Stockfish 8, on a high depth, evaluates have a rook on the first rank, is there a reason to it is worth reminding yourself once in a while White’s advantage to be in the range of +15. stop ... Re2+? What about 37. Rb8? After 37. ... Re2+ that—in the words of the immortal Yogi Berra— No, that is not a typo. 38. Kh1 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1, we have a familiar situation, “it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” Let the following The time is ripe, in other words, to play and Black is at a dead end. Time is ticking down, battle, which I have had on my bucket list of something like 36. ... Rf2+, and to stop the let’s finish this one off. positions to analyze for quite a while now, serve clock after 37. Nxf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kh1! (38. Kg1?? Of course, we have no idea what Ray was as just such a reminder. gxh2+ 39. Kh1 Ng3 mate would be painful actually thinking in this position, but something indeed) 38. ... Rxh2+ 39. Kg1. along these lines is quite conceivable. It would If this were a basketball game, the score seem, in other words, that White is so winning 120-60 would be something like 120-60 (Warriors- that Black can’t possibly have any freak defensive GM (2700) Cavaliers, anyone)? However, this is chess, not IM John Daniel Bryant (2549) resources after 37. Rb8; the move just right. basketball, and one of the most amazing—as feels 2013 U.S. Championship (2), St. Louis, Doesn’t it? Missouri, 05.04.2013 well as one of the most cruel—properties of the game we love is that one moment is all it 37. Rb8?? takes to irreversibly turn the tables. In basket- Believe it or not, this move loses by force. ball, there is only a three-pointer; in chess, you Which brings me to perhaps the most can score 60 points in one second. important thought of this month’s column: 36. ... Re3!  !!! !  !  !!  (see diagram top of next column)    ! ! ! !! ! From a computer standpoint, this move is   ! ! !  ! !   ! indistinguishable from the rest. But from a ! ! ! !  ! practical standpoint, it presents White with a ! !!!!  !  ! small challenge: he must deal with the threat  !! !  !!  ! of ... Re2+. In such a situation, the temptation Sure, White is completely, totally winning AFTER 36. bxc7 to win as quickly as possible is immense. Let in this position, but that does not mean that

50 August 2017 | Chess Life The Practical Endgame / Instruction

PROBLEM I: 1500 LEVEL PROBLEM II: 2000 LEVEL Practicum WGM Masha Klinova (2353) GM Vishnu Prasanna (2463) David Spence (2221) GM Daniel Naroditsky (2622) Each month GM Naroditsky will present Gibraltar Masters, 01.31.2006 Gibraltar Masters, 01.29.2015 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.

BLACK TO MOVE BLACK TO MOVE

finding the path is easy. In fact, the correct 40. Rxf8+ Bxf8 41. Kf1 Nf3 42. c8=Q g2+ 45. ... Qg3+! move (instead of 37. Rb8) was far from simple: 43. Ke2 g1=Q+ 44. Kxf3 Avoiding the naïve 45. ... Rh3+?!, which 37. Kg1!!, against the second-rank would have allowed 46. Qxh3. Black is still check. It transpires that after 37. ... Re2 38. winning after 46. ... Bh6+, but work remains hxg3 Black’s attack instantly fizzles out, while other tries on move 37 are similarly uninspiring: to be done after 47. Nf4. 46. Ke4 Rh4+ 47. Kf5 1) 37. ... gxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Re2+ 39. Kg1 is game over; 47. Kd5 Qf3+ with mate to follow. 2) 37. ... Nf2 38. Nxf2 gxf2+ 39. Kf1 and 47. ... Qf3+ 48. Kg6 Rg4+ 49. Qxg4 Qf7+! Black can resign. 3) 37. ... g2?! accomplishes nothing after 38. Rb8. Before moving on, take a second and try to fully soak in the significance of this moment. White has gone from the frying pan into Perhaps you can hark back to situations in your the fire. While he has escaped immediate own career in which you either felt too safe in checkmate, Black has a rook and a queen right a completely winning position, or resigned next to the naked king. This leads us to our (either physically or mentally) because the second important lesson: situation appeared too hopeless for any kind of resources.       37. ... Re2+ 38. Kh1 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Ng5!!      The last finesse. The king is driven into a    corner and checkmated.    50. Kg5 Be7+ 51. Kh6+ One would think that, having turned the tables, it is actually easier to concentrate and Check! finish off your opponent, but the reality is not 51. ... hxg4, White resigned. as simple. Having swindled your opponent, we become susceptible to juvenile psychological Ugh. Black can “” 52. ... Qh7 mate. errors, such as playing too fast or trying to win even if the correct decision is to make a draw. Now, Daniel, I hear you say. What you just In this situation, Black has a forced mate, but showed me is a game in which one of the best and there are several dead ends and Black has to most talented American players simply had an fully calculate out the position in order to unfortunate moment, probably due to acute time A dagger. Once this move is made on the embark on the right path. While I do not know trouble. While that is undoubtedly true, much board, it seems rather simple; of course Black how long Bryant spent on this position, my of endgame mastery is psychological. The more has ... Ng5, threatening ... Nf3+ soon followed by ... guess is that it is somewhere in the realm of you believe in miracles, the more you doggedly g3-g2-g1; how could one miss it? However, in acute 15 minutes, as he found the forced mate and search for resources even when all of the odds time pressure, it is infinitely easy to stop one’s then conscientiously checked it over and over are stacked against you, the more Caissa will calculation after 39. Kg1, because Black is out again. In chess, there are rarely second chances. smile upon you. You might not every of checks and White is just one square away 44. ... Qg2+ 45. Ke3 single game, but many players make a living from . Believe it or not, White is off of their opponent’s sloppiness. One of them dead lost, since there is no way to cover both Even worse is 45. Kf4 Rh4+, since 46. Ke3 is sitting behind a certain computer, typing the the h3- and f3-squares simultaneously. Re4 mate is curtains. very words you are reading right now.

www.uschess.org 51 Grand Prix / Junior Grand Prix

2017 US CHESS GRAND PRIX STANDINGS NAME STATE PTS. 2017 AWARDS 1 GM ELSHAN MORADIABADI TX 154.61 2 GM RUIFENG LI TX 142.60 $12,500 3 GM VLADIMIR BELOUS TX 135.95 IN CASH PRIZES! 4 GM ANDREY STUKOPIN TX 121.74 5 GM BRYAN G. SMITH PA 120.25 FIRST PRIZE: $5,000! 6 GM MA 117.00 7 GM ALEXANDER IVANOV MA 103.50 2nd: $2,500 | 3rd: $1,000 8 GM NY 96.60 4th: $900 | 5th: $800 9 GM ILLIA I. NYZHNYK MO 90.20 6th: $700 | 7th: $600 10 GM PA 72.50 8th: $500 | 9th: $300 11 GM FIDEL CORRALES JIMENEZ MO 70.26 10th: $200 12 IM LEVAN BREGADZE MD 64.50 13 GM NICK E. DE FIRMIAN CA 62.20

14 GM EUGENE PERELSHTEYN MA 60.10 The Grand Prix point totals reflect all 15 FARZAD ABDI MA 59.00 rated event information as of July 6, 2017 for the 2017 Grand Prix.

2017 US CHESS JUNIOR GRAND PRIX STANDINGS The top prize for 2017 is a Chess.com one-year Diamond membership valued at $100, a Chess.com gear/merchandise package valued at $100, a US Chess award, free entry into the 2017 U.S. Open, and $1,000 of expense money from US Chess to offset the trip. For the top five players on the overall list and to each state winner, Chess.com also awards a choice of a one-year ChessKid.com gold membership (valued at $50/annually) or a one-year Chess.com Gold membership (valued at $40/annually). US Chess gratefully acknowl edges the participation of Chess.com!

Name State Pts. State Leaders State Pts. State Leaders State Pts. HUNG, ALAN CA-N 6881 MU, GRANT IN 2776 BATTIS, GREGORY ADAM OR 3405 PETERS, AARON OK 6842 SOUDERS, MARCUS C KS 3850 DORASZELSKI, ALEXANDER PA 4959 KOKA, ABHINAV CA-N 6395 ZHANG, ANDREW KY 1626 PAIK, JUSTIN RI 1330 SPASOJEVIC, NICHOLAS DC 6226 APPLEGARTH, BRYANT LA 1761 MOORE, ELI DAVIS SC 2107 LALWANI, JAY VA 6069 WANG, TIANNA MA 2957 MARKS, HANNAH SD 700 NISSEN, PHILLIP M MD 2660 RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS XAVIER TERR 2100 State Leaders State Pts. SMITH, EVAN ME 2718 WU, LILLIAN TN 4177 MARKIN, ARDEN QUINLAN AL 2663 PARASURAMAN, SAGHANA MI 3355 METPALlY, JASON TX 3397 BELLISARIO, STEVEN AR 2929 FRIEDMANN, ZACHARY MN 3236 RAY, UJAN UT 2926 SELVAM, SANJAY AZ 4554 ZHENG, MERRICK MO 3713 GORTI, ATMIKA VA 4205 SIVAKUMAR, SHAASHWATH CA-N 5509 WU, RYAN BOYD MS 3895 NATARAJAN, OLIVER VT 1300 RIZO, RIA MILENA CA-S 2647 MCGLENN, SIMON BLAISE MT 418 LI, ALBERT WA 4211 ARORA, AYUSH CO 1592 LIPSHAY, ADAM MICHAEL NC 4286 GHAI, MANSHA WI 4318 FRANKENBERRY, EVAN M. WV 696 LAVIN, DARYL CT 2314 BAGWELL, MICAH L ND 350 FROST, ANDREW WY 700 STEINER, ADAMSON DC 3521 LE, BENNY NE 1932 YALIMAIWAI, ZAKARA DE 3219 KANCHARLA, MEGHANA NH 2821 SHUKLA, ANIKET FL 3992 DE MARCHI-BLUMSTEIN, A. NJ 4274 MYDUKUR, AMIT GA 4433 CONTRERAS, ANDRES NM 3080 ZHENG, KAI YUAN HI 233 GIOVANNETTI, GRANT NV 544 VIGIL, BARRY IA 3515 BRAR, KULYAN NY 4736 PORTH, DARWIN ALBERT ID 2153 CAO, ELTON OH 3978 PLOTNICK, JACOB IL 4687 WANG, OSCAR OK 3424 Official standings for events received and processed by July 11, 2017.

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SEPT. 23, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Nationals US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) DEC. 8-10, FLORIDA 2017 U.S. GAME/30 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 NATIONAL K-12 GRADE CHAMPIONSHIPS US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 5SS, G/30 d5 - $8,000 b/199 fully paid entries - 60% guaranteed. Santa 7SS, G/90 d5. Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, 1000 West Buena AUG. 23-27, NORTH CAROLINA Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy., CA 95054. Park free. Vista Dr., Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830. Guest rooms can be booked, NLT US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) Hotel Room $99 at Biltmore. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/usg60g30. 11/3/2017, by calling (407) 939-1000, mention “US Chess”. HR: $135 2017 U.S. MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP In 4 sections: Open Section (1900+): $1,500, 700, 300, 100, Top u2100 Single/Double/Triple/Quad (fees and applicable taxes not included). 9-SS, 40/90; G/30, inc.30 from move one. Embassy Suites Hotel, 204 $200 100. 1600-1899 Section: $1,000, 400, 200, 100. 1300-1599 Section: 13 Sections. Play only in your grade section – No “playing up” allowed. Centreport Dr., Greensboro, NC 27409, (336) 668-4535, mention chess $1,000, 400, 200, 100. Under 1300 Section: $1,000, 400, 200, 100. Unr December Rating Supplement will be used. Only one 1/2-point bye avail- tournament (code CCI) for discounted hotel rate of $101 until Aug. 9, capped at 200 exc in Open. EF: $84, after 9/17 $109. Play-up: $25. GM able, any round except Round 7, if requested prior to the start of Rd. 1. 2017. Reserve hotel online: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/ free, IM free before 9/13 (EF subtr from prize for all free entries). DIS- Team score = total of top three (minimum two) finishers from each groups/personalized/G/GSOGBES-CCI-20170822/index.jhtml?WT.mc_ COUNT: $139 if registering for both U.S. G/30 (9/23) and U.S. G/60 school per grade. First place individual and team, including ties, will be id=POG. GM, IM, WGM, and WIM norms may be possible. 2013-16 (9/24). Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed must commit by start of Rd 2. the National Champion for their grade. Schedule: Opening ceremony tournaments were super swiss with 15 norms achieved! $17000 in Reenter with 1/2pt bye in Rd. 1 for $44. Sept 2017 Supp, CCA min, TD Fri. 12:45 PM. Rds.: Fri. 1 PM - 6 PM, Sat. 10 AM - 2 PM - 6 PM, Sun. 9 prizes $5000-3000-1800-1100- UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED! discr used to place players accurately. SIDE EVENT for KIDS for K-12 AM - 1 PM. Awards Ceremony Sun., approx. 5 PM. Special round times 650-550-500-450-400-350 Class prizes: U2400 501-301, U2300 501-301, students rated under 1000: 5SSxG/30 d5 in 4 sections based on rating: for K-1 sections: Fri. 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Sat. 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - 5:30 U2200 501-301, U2100 501-301. EF: $249 if received by August 20, 800-999, 600-799, 400-599, 200-399, u200. Trophies to Top 15 PM, Sun. 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM. K-1 Awards Ceremony Sun. approx. 4:30 2017, $299 later or on site. $50 discount for NC residents. GM’s and Prizes: players in each section and Top 5 Clubs & Top 5 Schools in each section. PM. EF: $50/participant postmarked or online by 11/20, $70 postmarked foreign IM’s free with no deduction from winnings for entry fee (contact Min 2, Top 3 players count for team score EF: $54, after 9/17 $69. DIS- or online by 11/27, $85 by 12/7, $90 on site; $5.00 extra for all phone organizer for possible additional conditions). Elgibility: Must have FIDE registrations; $20 fee for roster or section changes after 12/1 or any or USCF Masters title or juniors (under age 21) must be previously COUNT: $94 if registering for both U.S. G/30 (9/23) and U.S. G/60 (9/24). Play-up: $10. On-site Reg: 8-8:30am. Rounds: onsite changes. Onsite registration Thurs. 9 AM to 9 PM & Fri. 8 AM to rated over 2000. RDS.: Aug 23rd: 7:00PM then 11-6, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6. Schedule for all sections: 9a, 10:30a, 12:30p, 2p, 3:30p. Reg: Sat 9/23 Reg: 4:30-5pm, 11 AM. Players who register or change sections after 11AM on Friday HR: $101 all rooms are suite style. Free made to order breakfast daily, Blitz Event: Rounds 5:30-7p, total 8-10 rounds. EF: $14, $16 onsite. 75% of EFs will receive a 1/2-point bye for Rd. 1. Awards: Trophies to top individuals free manager’s reception nightly, and free airport shuttle available. & top teams in each grade. Every player receives a commemorative www.carolinaschessinitiative.com. Alternately, checks returned as prizes. Reg. online: http://BayAreaChess.com/my/usg60g30 Advance Entry: medal! Full list of trophies on tournament info page. Side Events: Bug- may be sent to: CCI, c/o Walter High, 105 N. Crabtree Knoll, Chapel or Mail payments to BayAreaChess, 2050 Concourse Drive #42, San house: Thurs. 11 AM, Reg. onsite only Thurs. 9-10 AM, $25/team. Blitz: Hill, NC 27514. Make checks payable to: Carolinas Chess Initiative (CCI). Jose, CA 95131. Rfnd fee: $25. Organizer: Dr. Judit Sztaray. Email: [email protected]. T: 408-409-6596. W. K-6 and K-12, G/5 d0, Thurs. 5 PM, Reg. onsite until 4 PM. Blitz EF: $15 On site entry will be available on August 23 from 5-6:30PM. BYES: A by 11/27, $20 after or at site. Blitz Awards: Trophies in K-6 and K-12 maximum of three byes allowed. Byes must be requested before round US Chess Junior Grand Prix! sections. Full list of trophies on tournament info page. Bughouse Awards: 2 is paired. Players receiving conditions must play all nine rounds. INFO: SEPT. 24, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN Top 5 Teams. Team Rooms are limited. Contact Boyd Reed at 931-787- Walter High (Organizer) [email protected]. More info including pre- US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) 2244 or by email: [email protected]. General Questions: Susan entry lists may be available at: carolinaschessinitiative.com. FIDE rated. 2017 U.S. GAME/60 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Kantor at 931.787.1234 ext.136. U.S. Chess Federation, Attn.: Hotel has a no smoking policy which includes electronic cigarettes. FIDE Entries: 4SS, G/60 d6 - $10,500 b/240 fully paid entries - 60% guaranteed. Santa 2017 K-12 Championship, P.O. Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557 or online electronic device rules in effect. Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy., CA 95054. Park at https://secure2.uschess.org/webstore/tournament.php. See website US Chess Junior Grand Prix! free. Hotel Room $99 at Biltmore. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/ for additional information about the event, advance entries, awards, SEPT. 15-16 (FRI & SAT), KANSAS usg60g30. In 6 sections: Open Section (2000+): $1,200 600 300 100 meetings, updates, corrections, and registration forms, www.uschess.org/ US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 100 Top u2200 $200, 100. 1800-1999 Section: $1,000 400 200 100. tournaments/2017/k12/. 2017 U.S. BLIND CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IN LINDSBORG, KS 1600-1799 Section: $1,000 400 200 100. 1400-1599 Section: $1,000 Lindsborg is a small safe community of 3,000 people. 4 SS or 4 RR 400 200 100. 1200-1399 Section: $800 400 200 100. Under 1200 Sec- (depends on #of players), G/135 d0. EF: Free. Playing site: Karpov tion: $700 300 200 100. Unr capped at 300 exc in Open. EF: $84, after School, 106 S. Main St., Lindsborg, KS 67456. Reg.: must be received 9/18 $109. Play-up: $25. GM free, IM free before 9/14 (EF subtr from Grand Prix by Sept. 1, 2017: Contact: Anna James 785-227-7555, akarpovkschess@ prize for all free entries). DISCOUNT: $139 if registering for both U.S. A Heritage Event! gmail.com Onsite Thurs. Sept. 14: 5-8 pm, Fri. Sept. 15: 9-9:30 am. G/30 (9/23) and U.S. G/60 (9/24). Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed must US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Rds.: Fri. Sept. 15: 10-4, Sat., Sept. 16: 9-3. Prize Fund: $1,400 GTD: commit by start of Rd. 2. Reenter with 1/2pt bye in Rd. 1 for $44. Sept AUG. 10-13, 11-13 OR 12-13, MASSACHUSETTS 1st: $400, 2nd: $300, 3rd: $200, 4th: $100, $100-Best player U1400, 2017 Supp, CCA min, TD disc used to place players accurately. SIDE US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) $100-Class E (1000-1199), $100-Class F (800-999), $100-Upset Prize. EVENT for KIDS for K-12 students rated under 1000: 4SSxG/60 d5 in 5 47TH ANNUAL CONTINENTAL OPEN All players: $100 scholarship toward Summer Chess Camp at the Karpov sections based on rating: 800-999, 600-799, 400-599, 200-399, u200. 6SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option except Open Section, rds. 1-3 Chess School in Lindsborg. Thurs. Sep. 14, 5-6 pm Reg. for Blindfold Prizes: Trophies to Top 15 players in each section and Top 5 Clubs & G/40 d10). Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St. (Rt 20 West), Stur- exhibition with GM Timur Gareyev. 6pm Lecture, 6:45 Clock Blindfolded Top 5 Schools in each section. Min 2, Top 3 players count for team bridge, MA 01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). Free parking. Experience Simul-7 boards. Participants of the Championship get the free spots in score. EF: $54, after 9/18 $69. DISCOUNT: $94 if registering for both early 19th century America at Old Sturbridge Village (see www.osv.org). the simul and priority in registration, for others $20. Award Ceremony U.S. G/30 (9/23) and U.S. G/60 (9/24). Play-up: $10. Schedule for all $30,000 guaranteed prizes. In 7 sections. Open: Open to all; U1800/Unr in Swedish Country Inn, 8pm, with Swedish dance-music with smorgas- sections: On-site Reg: 8-8:30am. Rounds: 9a, 12p, 2:30p, 5p. Blitz EF $100 more. $3000-1500-700-500-300, clear or tiebreak win $200 bord. NOTE: All players must be classified as Legally Blind and bring Event: Reg: Sat 9/23 Reg: 4:30-5pm, Rounds 5:30-7p, total 8-10 rounds. bonus, top U2300/Unr $1400-700. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500- proof. You must also be a current member of USCF for $18 a year. You EF: $14, $16 onsite. 75% of EFs returned as prizes. Reg. online: 300-200. Under 1900: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1700: $2000- can join to USCF at the event! Swedish Country Inn, with the traditional http://BayAreaChess.com/my/usg60g30 or mail payments to BayArea 1000-500-300-200. Under 1500: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1300: Swedish breakfast buffet, lunch and dinner. Free shuttle to/from airport Chess, 2050 Concourse Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131. Rfnd fee: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1000: $800-400-300-200, plaques to Wichita/Salina. HR: $130/night: tax and meals included. Contact: Anna $25.Organizers: Dr. Judit Sztaray. Email: [email protected]. T: top 3, first U800, U600, Unr. Unrated may enter any section, with prize James 785-227-7555, [email protected]. 408-409-6596. W. limit U1000 $150, U1300 $300, U1500 $450, U1700 $600, U1900 $750; balance to next player(s) in line. Mixed doubles: best male/female 2- player “team” combined score among all sections: $1000-600-400. Must average under 2200; may play in different sections; must register (no extra fee) before both begin round 2. Top 4 sections EF: $158 at ches- ABBREVIATIONS & TERMS saction.com by 8/9, 4-day $164, 3-day $163, 2-day $162 mailed by 8/2, TOURNAMENT LIFE: $180 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before All tournaments are non-smoking with no computers allowed unless otherwise advertised. rd. 1. GMs free; $150 deducted from prize. Under 1500 or Under 1300 Section EF: all $40 less than top 4 sections EF. Under 1000 Section BLZ: Blitz rated. Memb. Membership required; cost follows. Usually refers EF: all $80 less than top 4 sections EF. All: Online EF $5 less to MACA QC: Quick Chess events. req’d: to state affiliate. members; may join/renew at masschess.org. Re-entry $80; not available A section open to all. Often has very strong play- in Open. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. $$Gtd: Guaranteed prizes. Open: Special 1 year USCF with magazine if paid with entry. Online at ches- ers, but some eligible for lower sections can play saction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned $$b/x: Based-on prizes, x = number of entries needed to for the learning experience. payfull prize fund. At least 50% of the advertised or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 4-day sched- ule: Reg Thu to 6 pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 6 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & prize fund of $501 or more must be awarded. Quad: 4-player round robin sections; similar strength players. 3:15. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds. Fri 12 & 6, Sat 11 & 5, Bye: Indicates which rounds players who find it incon- Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds. Sat 10,12:15, venient to play may take 1⁄2-point byes instead. RBO: Rated Beginner’s Open. 2:30 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. No 2-day Open Section. All schedules: Bye all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd. 2, other sections before rd. 4. For example, Bye 1-3 means 1⁄2-point byes are Rds: Rounds; scheduled game times follow. For exam- HR: $97-97, 800-582-3232, 508-347-7393, request chess rate, reserve available in Rounds 1 through 3. ple, 11-5, 9-3 means games begin 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. by 7/28 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD CC: Chess club. on the first day, 9 a.m. & 3 p.m. on the second day. #D657633. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, PO Box 8482, Registration at site. Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: dx: Time delay, x = number of seconds. Reg: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, DirectorAtChess.us, 347-201-2269. Time increment, xx = number of seconds added RR: Round robin (preceded by number of rounds). Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted +xx: instantly). Blitz tournament Sat. 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. after each move. SD/: Sudden-death time control (time for rest of game AUG. 11, MARYLAND EF: Entry fee. follows). For example, 30/90, SD/1 means each player must make 30 moves in 90 minutes, then US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 Ent: Where to mail entries. 2017 WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL BLITZ (BLZ) complete the rest of the game in an hour. 5 double SS, G/3+2” incr. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Results submitted to FIDE for possible rating. FIDE: SS: Swiss-System pairings (preceded by number of MD 20852. 2 Sections: Open, $$Guaranteed: $400-$200-$150, U2200 $130-$70, U2000 $110-$60. U1800 (b/20): $250-$150-$75, U1600 $50. G/: Game in. For instance, G/75 means each side has rounds). 75 minutes for the entire game. Sets, boards and clocks provided. Free parking for day guests. EF: Unr: Unrated. $35 by 8/8 then $40. Special EFs: GMs & IMs $20 off EF. Schedule Reg. GPP: Grand Prix Points available. ends 7pm. Rnd 1 @ 8pm then ASAP. Ent: MCA, 1827 Thornton Ridge W: Site is accessible to wheelchairs. Rd., Towson, MD 21204. Detailed rules, more information and registration HR: Hotel rates. For example, 60-65-70-75 means $60 at http://washintlblitz.mdchess.com. single, $65 twin, $70/3 in room, $75/4 in room. WEB: Tournaments that will use a player’s online rating. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! JGP: Junior Grand Prix. AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, OHIO US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 (ENHANCED) CLEVELAND OPEN

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5SS, 40/100, SD/30, d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60 d10), Crowne for CCC members. Under 1700 may play in Open Section for additional 1, Registration: Friday 6-7p, G/120 d5, Rounds. Fri. 7p, Sat. 9am - 2pm Plaza Cleveland Airport, 7230 Engle Rd., Middleburg Heights, OH 44130. $15. Open prizes guaranteed based on final score: $240 minimum for -7pm, Sun. 9am - 2pm. Schedule 2, Registration: Sat. 8-9:00am, Free parking, free airport shuttle, many restaurants within easy walking all 4/4 scores, $120 for all 3.5/4 scores, $40 for all 3/4 scores, $20 for Rounds. 1 - 2 G/60 d5, 3 - 6 G/120 d5. Merge Round 3. Rounds Sat. distance. $15,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 5 sections. Open: Open all 2.5 /4. ALL: Rounds: 10-1-3:30-6. Accelerated possible. ENT: 9am - 11am - 2pm -7pm, Sun. 12pm - 4pm. $$ (b/50) 1st $400, 2nd to all; U1800/Unr EF $50 more. $2000-1000-500-300, clear/tiebreak www.chichess.org/events/ Chicago Chess Center NFP Inc., P.O. Box $200, A, B, C, D/E $200, Unrated $100. 4+ for prize or $50 for the winner $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $600-300. Under 2100: $1200-600- 180095, Chicago, IL 60618. Onsite 9-9:45 a.m. No phone entries. 1/2- class. Trophies to all prizes, (Trophies to AR res.), $50 upset Prize, 1/2 400-200, top U1900/Unr $500. Under 1800: $1200-600-400-200, top point bye any round: request before rd. 2. All-day parking $7 at 760 W. pt. bye available any rd. if asked for at reg. USCF and ACA reqd. OSA. U1600 (no unr) $400. Under 1500: $1000-500-300-200, top U1300 (no Taylor. INFO: Bill Brock, 773-294-1709, [email protected]. Sets & clocks Info & Advance Entry: Stephen Paulson, 238 Paulson Ln., Melbourne, unr) $300. Under 1200: $600-400-200-100, plaques to top Under 1000, provided. W. AR 72556 (870-373-0150) [email protected]. W. Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Mixed doubles: best male/female 2- player “team” combined score among all sections: $600-300. Must US Chess Junior Grand Prix! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! average under 2200; may play in different sections; must register (no AUG. 12-16, MARYLAND AUG. 18-20 OR 19-20, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN extra fee) by 2 pm 8/12. Unrated prize limits:U1200 $150, U1500 $300, US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) U1800 $500. Top 4 sections EF: $108 online at chessaction.com by 6TH ANNUAL WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL BAY AREA CHESS GM BROWNE MEMORIAL CHAMPIONSHIP 8/9, 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by 8/2, all $120 (no checks, credit 9SS, 40/90, SD/20 inc/30 Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. 5SS G/90+30 2-day rds 1-2 cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before round 1. GMs, IMs & MD 20852, 301-468-0308. All prizes guaranteed. Three Sections, Mas- G/60 d5. Park free. Prizes: 5,000 b/90 (60% guar). 3 sects: 2000+ WGMs free; $100 deducted from prize. U1200 Section EF: all $40 less ters Section (minimum 2100 FIDE or 2200 USCF to play. FIDE (FIDE): $1,000-500-200, u2300: 250-125-100. 1600-1999: $700-300- than above. Online EF $5 less to OCA members. Unofficial uschess.org ratings used for pairings and prizes) $4400-2100-1100-900-700-600- 100, u1800: 200-100. u1600: $700-300-100 u1400: 125-100, u1200: ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues 500-400, top U2500 $1400-750, top U2300 $1200-650. Limited number 100. Unr max $100 exc Open. Aug 17 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: F 6:30- with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult of minimum prizes for non-US FIDE rated players, see web page. Limited 6:45p & Sa 9:30-9:45a. Rds.: F 7p, Sa 10a, 3p Su 10a 2:30p. (2-day Sa $35, Young Adult $22 Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, amount of housing support is available for non-US GMs and IMs. GM 10a 12:30 & merge). EF: 99, Econ EF: 79 w 60% prz, after 8/13 +20. Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re-entry $50; not available and IM norms possible. Experts Section 9-SS (under 2201 USCF Playup +25. Rated 2250+ $0 by 8/4 (prize - EF). Info: http://BayArea in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat and under 2100 FIDE, minimum 1700 USCF to play. USCF ratings Chess.com/champs. 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat used, FIDE rated) $2200-1100-600-500-400, top U2000 $1100-525. Contenders (under 1800 USCF): $2000-1000-500, top U1600 $400. AUG. 19, VIRGINIA 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $109-109, 800-227-6963, Free Continental breakfast for players Sat. and Wed. mornings. All equipment provided for all sections. Hospitality Suite Friday WALTER MUIR MEMORIAL 440-243-4040, request chess rate, reserve by 7/28 or rate may increase. 3-Round Swiss System, Game/75 w/25 sec inc. Westhampton Christian Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online evening. Masters section EF: GMs, non-US IMs Free; US IMs and WGMs $199; FMs $299; FIDE above 2200 $349; FIDE from 2100 to 2199 Church, 2515 Grandin Road SW, Roanoke, VA 24015. PRIZES: Open through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box Section: $400-$200-$100-$75 based on 20 entrants. Top under 1600, 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: $399, FIDE from 2000 to 2099 $600, FIDE below 2000 $800. All $25 more after 6/12, $35 more after 7/29, $45 more after 8/8, $70 more at $100. Top under 1200, $100. ENTRY FEE: If received by August 12, www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries $45.00. At site, $55.00. 8:30-9:30 am on 8/19. posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). the door. Experts EF: USCF above 1799 $249; USCF below 1800 $299. REGISTRATION: ROUNDS: Blitz tour- 10-2-6. BYES: One 1/2 point bye available per tournament; must request nament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. $20 more after 7/29, $30 more after 8/8, $40 more at the door. Con- tenders EF: $249. $20 more after 7/29, $30 more after 8/8, $40 more before 1st round begins. ADVANCE ENTRIES: Roanoke Valley Chess US Chess Junior Grand Prix! at the door. Special EFs: All $100 less for non-US FIDE rated in masters Club, P.O. Box 4141, Roanoke, VA 24015. TD: Courtney Barnes. (978) AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN section; If staying at the Hilton (min 3 nights), $50 less. All $25 less for 928-9539; [email protected]. WEB PAGE: www.roanokechess.com. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) new WI players. All $20 rebate for every new paying WI player you US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 8TH ANNUAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OPEN refer. All $50 less, if born before 8/12/1967. Schedule Reg ends Sat AUG. 19, OHIO 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Doubletree 10 am, rds. 8/12-8/15:11am & 5:30pm, Wed 8/16 11am. HR $99 Ent: US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 Hotel, 2233 Ventura St., Fresno, CA 93710. Free airport shuttle, free MCA, c/o Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. parking for hotel guests. Cosponsored by Fresno Chess Club and Fresno “DOG DAYS” PAWN STORM XXXVII More information, hotel reservation link, & online entry @ http://wash- 4SS, G/60, +10. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. Fifth St., Dayton, OH 45402. Chess Foundation. In 4 sections: $$ 10,000 guaranteed prizes. Open: intl.mdchess.com $40 to August 14 then $50. Open $400-200, U1900 $1500-800-400-200, clear or tiebreak 1st $100, top U2250/Unr $600- EF: GTD Prizes: Section $200-$101 class U1600 $100. Reg.: 9:30-1015. Rds.: 10:30- 300. Under 2050: $1000-500-250-150, top U1850 (no unr) $510-260. AUG. 15, NEW YORK Under 1650: $800-400-200-100, top U1450 (no unr) $420-210. Under US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 1250: $500-250-150-100, plaques to first 3, top U1000, U800, U600, MARSHALL MASTERS Unrated. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limits: U1250 $200, 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to 2000+ players. FIDE Rapid rated. $750 GTD: U1650 $400; balance goes to next player(s) in line. Mixed doubles: 250-150-100. Top U2400 125, Top U2300 100, Biggest upset $25. EF: NO TOURNAMENTS best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: $40, MCC Mbrs $30. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- $200-100. Must average under 2200; may play in different sections; 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. IN YOUR AREA? register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 8/12. Top 3 sections EF: $93 online at 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. chessaction.com by 8/9, 3-day $98, 2-day $97 mailed by 8/2, $110 at US Chess Junior Grand Prix! WHY NOT ORGANIZE site, or online until 2 hours before rd 1. Under 1250 Section EF: all AUG. 18-20 OR 19-20, NEW YORK $30 less than above. Online or mailed EF $15 less to Fresno Chess US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) ONE? Club members. GMs, IMs & WGMs free, $80 deducted from prize. All: 16TH ANNUAL MANHATTAN OPEN Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Hotel Penn- 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life if paid with entry: Online at sylvania, 401 7th Ave. (32-33 St., across from Penn Station), New York chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, 10001. $20,000 guaranteed prizes. 8 sections. Open: Open to all; Do you need to go out of town for tour- phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re- U1800/Unr EF $100 more. $2000-1000-600-400, clear/tiebreak win entry $60; not available in Open Section. No checks at site, credit cards nament play? Would you and others in $100 bonus, top Under 2400/Unr $600-300. FIDE. Under 2200: $1300- OK. Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 3-day schedule: 700-400-200. Under 2000: $1300-700-400-200. Under 1800: $1300- your area like the convenience of an 10 & 3:15. Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, 2-day schedule: 700-400-200. Under 1600: $1000-500-300-200. Under 1400: $1000- occasional event closer to home? Organ- Sun 10 & 3:15. Byes: OK all, limit 2; limit 1 bye if eligible for class 500-300-200. $500-250-150-100. $500-250- money prizes; must commit before rd. 2. $124-124, 559-268-1000, Under 1200: Under 1000: HR: 150-100. Mixed doubles: best male/female 2-player “team” combined ize one! request chess rate, reserve by 7/28 or rate may increase. Car rental: score among all sections: $600-400-200. Must average under 2200; Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through may play in different sections; register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 8/19. It’s not much work to hold a small tour- chesstour.com. chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Ent: may enter any section, with prize limit U1800 $600, U1600 Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: Direc- Unrated nament, and there is little risk if you use $400, U1400 $300, U1200 $200, U1000 $100; balance goes to next torAtChess.US, chesstour.com, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted player(s) in line. $128 at chessaction.com by 8/16, a low-cost site and avoid guaranteed prizes. at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). Top 6 sections EF: Blitz tournament 3-day $133, 2-day $132 if check mailed by 8/9, all $150 (no checks, Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. You might even make a profit! Either a credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before rd 1. GMs free; A Heritage Event! $100 from prize. Under 1000 or U1200 Section EF: all $50 less than based-on Swiss with projected prizes up US Chess Junior Grand Prix! top 6 sections EF. Online entry $5 less to NYSCA members ($12/yr to $500, a Quad format, or a trophy tour- AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, GEORGIA with 2 issues Empire Chess, $20/yr 4 issues, may join with entry). Re- US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 entry $60, not available in Open. No checks at site, credit cards OK. nament will virtually guarantee taking in 48TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN CONGRESS Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. more in fees than you pay out in prizes. 5-SS, Interactive College of Technology, 5227 New Peachtree Rd., Cham- Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry. Online at blee, GA 30341. $3,000 guaranteed. In three sections: Championship: chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, FIDE and USCF rated. Must be 1900 USCF. $400-300-200, under 2200 phoned or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 3-Day The affiliation fee is just $40 a year. You and under 2050 each $250. Amateur: Under 1900. $300-200-100, under Schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm. Rds. Fri 7, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2- will receive the annual rating supplement 1750 and under 1600 each $200. Reserve: Under 1400. $250-150-100, Day Schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am. Rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. and have access to the TD/Affiliate area under 1200 $100. Time Controls: Championship: 40/90, SD/30, d10. Half point byes available all rounds, limit 2 byes, Open must commit Other sections: G/120, d5. Two-day schedule first round G/90, d5 all before rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR (note change): $159-159-169 plus of our website. sections. Entry Fee: $60 three-day, $59 two-day by 8/10 $65 at site. required $20/night facility fee, however facility fee is waived if you All: Unrated $45, can’t win first prize in any section. GMs and IMs free, reserve through online link at chesstour.com. Includes free wireless, Remember, you can both run and play in $30 from any prize. Reentry except Championship $35. Byes: Available unlimited calling, use of Bally’s Total Fitness next door. Reserve by 7/27 all rounds (limit two), must commit before 1st round. 3-day schedule: or rate may increase. Phone reservations: 1-800-223-8585. Ent: ches- a small event. Many of them wouldn’t be Registration: ends 6:30 p.m. 8/11. Rounds: 7 p.m., 2:15 p.m.-7 p.m., 10 saction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 held if the organizer/TD couldn’t play. a.m.-3:30 p.m. 2-day schedule: Registration: ends 10 a.m. First round service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, at 10:30 a.m., then merges with 3-day. Info: (478)-973-9389 or info@ DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chess- americanchesspromotions.com. Enter: americanchesspromotions.com. action.com (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 9:30 Want to know more? US Chess Junior Grand Prix! pm, enter by 9:15 pm. AUG. 12, ILLINOIS US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Contact Joan Du Bois at US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 A State Championship Event! CHICAGO CHESS CENTER PRE-OPENING PLUS-SCORE #13 AUG. 18-20, ARKANSAS [email protected]. We’ll be 4SS, G/65 d5. UIC Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 glad to help you be part of the 60607. 2 Sections. Open: $$: Min. $500 gtd. Each player with 4 points 2017 ARKANSAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP wins $240, 3½=$120, 3=$60, 2½=$30. Under 1700: 4SS, G/65, d5, Sponsored by the Urban Knights Chess Club and Tony Davis. Pleasant promotion of American chess! Open to 1699 & under. $$GTD: Each player with 4 points wins $160, 3 Branch Baptist Church, 601 Spruce St., Conway, AR 72032. 6-SS, Open: $80, 3 $40, 2 $20. ALL: EF: $35 in advance, $45 on-site. 20% discount EF: $45 in advance and $50 at the site, Two open schedules, Schedule

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1:30-4:30-7:00. DCC mbrs $5 disc. Mail EF to: Dayton Chess lub, 18 W. GM/IM’s who apply. GM/IM must play all rounds to get minimum prize (A sponsored event) 4 Sections. Open/U1800/U1400/U1000; 6SS, G/60 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 or register online at www.daytonchessclub.com. (entry fee may be deducted from prize). Reserve: Open to players rated d5 for top 2 sections and G/30 d0 for bottom 2. 11514 Santa Monica More info call 937.461.6283 or email [email protected]. below 2000 USCF. This section is not Fide Rated but is US Chess rated Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $75; $55 LACC members; No prizes 1/2, and uses US Chess rules. EF: $40. 10$ non membership spouses/siblings 1/2, new members 1/2. Reg:. Sat 10-11:45. Rds.: 12, A Heritage Event! fee. The Reserve give back 10% in prizes and if at least 8 paid entries 2, 4 pm each day. Byes: Up to three 1/2-point byes. Last Rd bye before US Chess Junior Grand Prix! and if there is a clear winner, then that winner receives free entry to Rd 5. 1-Day option I: Play 1 day- no 1/2 pt byes- 1/2 EF. 1-Day option AUG. 19-20, IOWA next DCC Fide Open. In the reserve section, Tournament reserves the II: Play 1 day & get three 1/2 pt byes- Full EF. Prizes: $$1,500 (b/45) US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) right to use Fide rules on electronic devices and on starting White’s $750 Gtd. 1st-3rd $400-200-100 U2000: $100. U1800: $200-100-$50; 63RD IOWA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (FIDE AND USCF RATED) clock at start of a round and to use FIDE pairing rules. Also clocks will U1600: $100-50; U1400: $100-50; U1200: Book prize. Best attack: $25; 5-SS, G/90, i30. Accelerated pairings used in Rounds 1-2. IASCA Super be set to ‘halt at end’. Both: Reg.: Saturday from 9:45–10:15 am. Rds.: Biggest upset: $25. Info: (310) 795-5710; [email protected] or GP Qualifier. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 300 E 9th St. (I-80, SE Sat 10:45 am-3:10pm-7:16pm, Sun 9:45 am- 2:10pm. One half point Bye www.LAChessClub.com. Parking: Free on streets, BoA, or basement. side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. Reg.: 8:30am and ends at 9:30am. allowed if requested before end of round 2 and before getting full point Rds.: Sat 10:15, 2:30, & 7:30; Sun 9:30 & 2:30 EF: $57 if postmarked AUG. 23-27, NORTH CAROLINA bye. Withdrawals and zero point last round byes are not eligible for US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) before 8/14; $69 at site. IM & GM free-EF deducted from any prize, Jrs. & prizes. Note that house players (if required) must pay $5 per round and Sr. $10 off, $10 off Out of state residents. Prize Info: Prizes: ($2000 b/65 2017 U.S. MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP be US Chess members. ENT: Make/mail Checks payable to Dallas Chess See Nationals. Top 3 Gtd) 600+T-300-200 U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600 150/75 each. Club, C/O Barbara Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036- US Chess Federation (USCF) membership required. On Site Available. 4719. Info: 214-632-9000. FIDE AUG. 25, NEW YORK IASCA membership required, ($10 or Out of State Accepted (OSA). On- US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Site Available. Send Entry Fee to: IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper US Chess Junior Grand Prix! MARSHALL $500 FIDE BLITZ (BLZ) Dr., Iowa City, IA 52245 or register online at www.onlineregistration.cc AUG. 19-20, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN 9-SS, G/3 +2. FIDE Blitz rated. $500: $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, Additional Info: USCF and FIDE Rated!! Byes: Bye available Rounds 1-3 if US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 U2000, U1800: $50. USCF regular rating used for pairings & prizes. EF: requested prior to start of round. Rounds 4-5 only if requested prior to 2017 EXCHANGE BANK OPEN $30, MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10- tournament starting. USCF – August 2017 Rating List will be used for Exchange Bank, 444 Aviation Blvd., Santa Rosa. CA 95401. 4 round 8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request at entry. 23 W. 10th pairing purposes. FIDE rules will be used. US Chess JGP. Call 319-321- Swiss, G/120 d5. In 3 Sections, Open: 4SS, G/120 d5, $$GTD: $250- St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. 5435 or [email protected] Directions: Take I-80 to exit 242, go 175. Reserve: 4SS, G/120 d5, Open to 1899 & under. $$GTD: $200-125. south to 9th street, take a left and follow to the end of 9th street and you Booster: 4SS, G/120 d5, Open to 1499 & under. $$GTD: $150-100. Unr. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! are there! The Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Chess rate available, must play in Booster Section. Unrated players winning prizes will only AUG. 25-27, NORTH CAROLINA $128 (INCLUDES PARKING) only until 8/1/17, rates may increase after receive half of the prize. ALL: EF: $35 advance until 8/16, $45 at site. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 (ENHANCED) this date. Pool, restaurant, more restaurants in walking distance. 319- No phone or email entries. $10 fee to play up a section. Reg.: 08/19 NORTH CAROLINA OPEN 688-4000. Mixed Doubles will be available. Entry is $5 per person. Average 8:30am - 9:30am. Rds.: Sat 10, 3; Sun 10, 3. ENT: Paul Stagnoli, 4233 5-SS, G/120 d5; 2-day schedule: Rd. 1: G/90 d5. Embassy Suites Hotel, rating of the male and female must be less than 2000. Scores will be Kintyre Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95409-4127. INFO: (707) 478-4385 paulgs@ 204 Centreport Dr., Greensboro, NC 27409. (336) 668-4535, mention based on percentage of each player with respect to their section (for sonic.net. http://pstagnol.users.sonic.net/tournaments/. Bring your chess for $101 rate (code CCI) until Aug. 9, 2017. Reserve hotel online: example if you score 3 out of 5 you get an 60; if you score 3 out of 4 you own equipment, none provided. No Cell phones allowed. W. http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/G/GSOGBES get 75, etc). RBO has 5 rounds, the Reserve 4 rounds and Open 5 rounds. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! -CCI-20170822/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG. 4 sections: Open, U2000, Prizes: 1st $70; 2nd $40; 3rd 20. U1700, U1400, plus Saturday scholastic (U1000) see below. GMs and IMs AUG. 19-20, MICHIGAN encouraged to enter concurrent US Masters tournament rather than the US Chess Junior Grand Prix! US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 NCO. Open section is FIDE rated. $12000 in total prizes UNCONDITION- AUG. 19-20, TEXAS 2017 UP OPEN ALLY GUARANTEED! Prizes in all 4 sections: $1,000-500-300-250-150-125- US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) Location: Bay Mills Community College, 12214 W. Lakeshore Dr., Brimley, 125-100-100-100; Class prizes (U2100, U1850, U1550, U1200): $251-101 2017 DCC FIDE OPEN IX MI 49715, Mikanuk Hall, Rms. 110-111. 5SS, G/115 d5. EF: $40. $35 if each section. Can play up if within 100 points of next section in Aug. 2016 registered (e-mail) by Aug 17. $20 for Juniors 19 or under. (1st 5SS, G/90 inc/30. Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. #C, Richard- Prizes: supplement. EF: $79 if received by Aug. 20; $95 thereafter; RDS.: Round son, TX 75080. Two sections: Open and Reserve. Open: $$875G. FIDE and 2nd GTD) $500 first place, $250 second, others based on entries. 1: Friday at 7:00 pm or Saturday at 10:00 am (G/90 d5); then Saturday 2- and US Chess rated but uses FIDE rules. Use US Chess ratings and Trophy to top UP resident. Reg.: 9-9:30 Sat. Rds: Sat 10, 2:30, 7; Sun 7, Sunday 9-2. Two half-point byes allowed, must be requested before rules for pairings and for awarding prizes. Default late forfeiture time 9:30, 2—all times EDT. Bye: 1/2 point Rds. 1-5, but must be requested Rd. 2 is paired. Advance Entry: Online registration available at www.car- is one hour. TD may extend this time at TD’s discretion. Note that before registration ends. HR: Rooms at discounted rates ($97.12/night) olinaschessinitiative.com. Alternately: mail checks to CCI, c/o Walter held until 8/4 under “CHESS-BMCC” at Bay Mills Resort and Casino, Foreign players must disclose their FIDE ID number before 1st round High, 105 N. Crabtree Knoll, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Onsite entry: Aug. 25 11386 W. Lakeshore Dr., Brimley, MI 49715, 888-422-9645. in order to play. Note that USA Players with no FIDE ID must disclose Info and from 5-6:30 pm and Aug. 27 from 8:00-9:30 am. No smoking including early entries: James Sawaski, [email protected]. their email address. $$ $500-$250-$125. EF: 2400+ $125, 2000-2399 electronic cigarettes. Saturday Scholastic Open to K-12 rated U1000. 4 $90, 1600 -1999 $99, U1600 $125, Senior/Birthday during tournament/ AUG. 19-20, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN Rd-SS, G/30 d5. EF: $20 by Aug. 20, $25 thereafter. Rounds: 10:30 am- Additional Family Member $55. 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US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 26, PENNSYLVANIA Exp. $200-150, Class A $175-125, Class B $150-75. AMATEUR (U1600) AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, INDIANA US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 $225-175-150, Class D $125-75 Class E $100-75, Class F+below $100- US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 (ENHANCED) JOHN DEVEREAUX MEMORIAL 75, UNR $100-75. EF: $55 post marked by 08/26 ($65 at site) online by 12TH ANNUAL INDIANAPOLIS OPEN 4SS, G/60 d5. Ramada Inn, 1450 S. Atherton St., State College, PA. 3 8/30. UNR eligible for UNR prize only, youth and scholastic members 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Crowne sections. Open: $300, 200, 100; U1600: $100, 50; U1000: $100, 50. for trophy only $30 ($40), IM and GM Free entry ($55 taken from prize Plaza Indianapolis Airport, 2501 S. High School Rd. (off I-465 & Airport Trophy to highest-scoring K-8. Prizes based on 30 entries. EF: $39 on- of $200 or more). On site reg.: Fri 5:00-6:00 pm and Sat 7:30-8:30 am Expwy), Indianapolis, IN 46241. Free parking, free airport shuttle, free line by Aug 21; $50 after. Reg.: www.donaldbyrnechess.org. On-site CDT, USCF and TCA Dues req. OSA Rnds.: (CDT) Rnd. 1 Fri 7:00 pm or wireless, indoor pool, game room, fitness center. $$14,000 guaranteed cash only 9-9:30. Rds.: 10:00-1:00-3:30-6:30. Bye: Any round, commit Sat 10:00 am. Rnds. 2 thru 5 Sat 2:30, 7:00, Sun. 9:00, 2:00. Enter: on- prize fund. In 4 sections. Open: Open to all; EF $50 more if U1800/Unr. before 1st round. Parking: Free at site. HR: Chess rate $80 single or line at TNCHESS.US or mail to: Chris Prosser, 733 Long Hunter Ct., Prizes $2000-1000-600-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top double. Call 814-238-3001. Info: [email protected]. Nashville, TN 37217 or [email protected], 615-426-7105. W. Under 2200/Unr $800-400. Under 2000: $1400-700-400-200, top Under A Heritage Event! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 1800 (no unr) $600-300. Under 1600: $1200-600-300-200, top Under US Chess Junior Grand Prix! A State Championship Event! 1400 (no unr) $400-200. Under 1200: $700-400-200-100. Unrated may AUG. 31-SEPT. 4, SEPT. 1-4 OR SEPT. 2-4, TEXAS SEPT. 1-3, ALABAMA not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1600, or $500 U2000. Mixed doubles US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) 83RD ANNUAL SOUTHWEST OPEN ALABAMA STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP among all sections: $600-300. Team must average under 2200; may 6SS, Game/120 + 5 second delay. Samford University, Dwight play in different sections; must register (no extra fee) before both 9SS International section only or 7SS G/90 with 30 sec inc. Rd. 1 of 3 Location: Beeson Hall, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham, AL 35209. Round times: players begin round 2. Top 3 sections EF: $108 online at chessaction.com day is G/60 d5 and is not Fide rateable for U2400 section. Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel, 4440 W. John Carpenter Fwy., Irving, TX 75063. 4 Fri 6:30,Sat 9:00, 2:00, 7:00, Sun 8:30, 2:00. Two sections: PREMIERE by 8/23, 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by 8/16, all $120 (no checks, International Section: 1st $500, 2nd $325, 3rd $250, 4th $175, Class A - 1st $225, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before rd. 1. GMs, IMs Sections and scholastic side events: (This section (1600+): 2nd $150, Class B - 1st $225, 2nd $150 RESERVE (U1600): 1st $350, & GMs free; $90 deducted from prize. Under 1200 Section EF: all $40 is Fide Rated and uses Fide Rules. USCF rules used for awarding prizes. GM & IM norms possible! Min. 2000 FIDE or 2200 USCF required. 2nd $200, 3rd $150, 4th $100, Class D - 1st $150, 2nd $100, U1200 - 1st less than above. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise $150, 2nd - $100 Trophies and Alabama titles to top Alabamian finishers. unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with Prizes $7,500 G: $$3000-1500-1000, U2500 $$1000, U2300 $$1000. EF: GMs, foreign IMs, 2500+: Free; 2450-2499: $100; 2400-2449 $150; USCF and ACF required, OSA. EF (all sections): $50 by August 25th, entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $70 thereafter or onsite (onsite registration Friday 5:00-6:00PM) $15. Mailed or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 2350-2399: $200; 2300-2349 $250; 2250-2299: $300; 2200-2249 $350; Reg- istration: Send name, USCF ID, section and entry fee (payable to Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg 2100-2199: $400; 2000-2099 $450; U2000: $500; Unr: $700; $75 discount to all non-US Federation players who do not get free entry. FIDE ratings “ChessKidsNation”) to ChessKidsNation, 4719 McGill Court, Hoover, AL ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: 35226 ([email protected]). Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. All: Half point used for EF / pairings /prizes. Tournament will be run using FIDE Rules. byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd. 2, others before rd 3. Non-USA Federation players must have/provide a FIDE ID number or US Chess Junior Grand Prix! HR: $103-103, 1-800-227-6963, 317-236-7495; reserve by 8/11 or rate they cannot play. (New players can get a FIDE ID number for their SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, GEORGIA may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve Country’s Federation.) This section is open to players with FIDE Ratings US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 above 2000 (a few special exceptions may be made at the discretion of car online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental 2017 AMERICAN CHESS PROMOTIONS OPEN Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. the Organizers.) Note that anyone rated USCF 2200 and above is also 5-SS, Interactive College of Technology, 5227 New Peachtree Rd., Cham- Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us, 347-201-2269. eligible to play but must pay Entry Fees according to their FIDE Ratings. blee, GA 30341. $8,000 b/130, 50% Guaranteed. In 6 sections: To improve chances to make GM Norms, a maximum of approximately Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted Championship: $1,000-500-300; under 2100: $400-200. FIDE rated. one-third of the total field will be permitted to be U2200 FIDE. May use instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. Must be 1950! Under 1950: $800-400-200. FIDE rated. Must be 1701 accelerated pairings if in the opinion of the Chief Arbiter,IA Francisco and above! Under 1700: $800-400-200. Under 1500: $800-400-200. A Heritage Event! Guadalupe, this would improve norm chances. Reg.: 8/31 6:00pm – US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Under 1300: $600-300-200; u1100- $200. Time Controls: Championship: 6:55 pm, Rds.: Thurs. 8/31 at 7:20pm, Fri. 9/1 at 1 pm – 7:20 pm, Sat. G/90, Inc. 30, U1950, U1700, U1500, U1300 G/120 d5. U1000: G/30 AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, VIRGINIA 9/2 at 2:10 pm – 7:20 pm, Sun. 9/3 at 11:30 am – 5:20 pm, and Mon. d5. 2-day option: G/90 d5. 3-day schedule: Reg.: ends 6:15 p.m. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) 9/4 at 9:20 am – 3:00 pm. U2400 Section: (This section is FIDE rated Rounds: Fri. 7 p.m.; Sat. 2:30 and 7 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. 2- 49TH ANNUAL ATLANTIC OPEN and uses FIDE rules. USCF rules/ratings used for awarding prizes. USCF day schedule: Reg.: ends Sat. 10 a.m. Rounds: 10:30 a.m. then merges 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60 d10). Hilton Crystal ratings used for pairing purposes. Players not at the board within 60 with 3-day. All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings used if otherwise unrated. City at Washington Reagan National Airport, 2399 Jefferson Davis High- minutes of the start of the round will forfeit game unless arbiter decides Unrated limited to 2nd place in each section. Players may play up one way, Arlington, VA 22202 (2/5 mile from Crystal City Metro). $$ 26,000 to grant more time.) Please check tournament website for rules about section. Available in all rounds (limit 2), must commit before 1st In 7 sections. Open to all; EF $100 more if Byes: guaranteed prizes. Open: FIDE registration. $$ 800-400, U2200 $600-300 base on 200 players in round. No cellphones in playing rooms. $79 3-day, $78 2- U1800/Unr. $3000-1500-800-400, clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top Entry Fees: U2400, Reserve and Novice. International and scholastic sections do day if received by 8/31; $85 at site. GM’s and IM’s free ($40 subtracted U2300/Unr $1000-500. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300. Under not count toward based on. Reserve Section: U2000. $$ 800-400-200. from prize) Unrated: $60. Juniors $5 less. Info: (478)-973-9389 or 1900: $2000-1000-500-300. Under 1700: $1700-800-400-300. Under B $600-300-150, U1600 $500-250-125. based on 200 players in U2400, $1500-700-400-300. $1000-500-300-200. [email protected]. Enter: americanchesspromo 1500: Under 1300: Under Reserve and Novice sections. International and scholastic sections do tions.com. 1000: $600-300-200-100, plaques to top 3, first U800, U600, Unrated. not count toward based on. Novice Section: U1400 and Unrated. $$ Mixed doubles: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score $500-250-125, E $400-200, U1000 $300-150 Unrated $200 base on 200 A Heritage Event! among all sections: $1000-500-300. Must average under 2200; may players in U2400, Reserve and Novice sections. International and scholas- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! play in different sections; register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 8/26. Unrated tic sections do not count toward based on. All 3 (U2400, Reserve and A State Championship Event! may not win over $200 in U1000, $350 U1300, $500 U1500, $700 U1700, Novice): Except for approved Electronic scorekeeping devices, no elec- SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, OHIO or $900 U1900; balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 5 sections tronics are allowed in the playing area during the round. This includes US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 EF: oftline$128 online at chessaction.com by 8/23, 3-day $133, 2-day rest rooms by the playing area. This rule applies to players, parents, 73RD OHIO CHESS CONGRESS $132 if check mailed by 8/16, $150 at site, or online until 2 hours before coaches. TCA membership required. Other states accepted. EF: $89 if 5 Rounds, 40/110 SD 30 d10, 2-day Rounds 1&2 G/75 d5. (U-1200: All rd. 1. GMs free; $120 from prize. Under 1300 Section EF: All $30 less received by 8/25, else $99. $82 Junior(U19) if received by 8/25 else Rounds G/60 d5, Saturday and Sunday Only). Bertram Inn & Conference than top 5 sections. Under 1000 Section EF: All $60 less than top 5 $90 (juniors count as 90% toward base), Senior (over 65)//Addi- Center, 600 North Aurora Rd., Aurora, OH 44202. Hotel rate $89 night, sections EF. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry $60, not tional family participant /Birthday during event, $53 if received by 8/25 up to 4 per room, 330-995-7624, Free parking. Prize fund $10,000 available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used else $65 (Senior/Handicap/Additional family participant counts 60% b/140 paid. Open Section (FIDE RATED): $1500-$900-$400 (TOP 3 if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid toward base). Add $5 for CC phone entries; pre-reg. requires pre- GUARANTEED), top U2300/Unrated $440-$210. U-2100, U1800, U1500: with entry- Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, payment. After 8/29/17 all registration and changes on site only; all Each: $1000-$500-$200. U-1200: $600-$400-200. Unrated may win no Scholastic $15. Mailed or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, changes including withdrawals, $10 after 8/29/17. 4 day: Reg. Friday more than half of any prize except in Open Section. EF: $95 by 8/28, Scholastic $17. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 9/1, 6:15 pm-6:50. Rds. Fri.: 7:20, Sat.: 2:10 pm - 7:20, Sun: 11:30 am $105 after or at site. Free to GMs, IMs & WGMs, no prize deduction. 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 10 am, rds Sat - 5:20 pm, Mon.: 9:20 am – 3:00 pm. 3 day: Reg. Sat. 9/2, 8-8:25 am, Re-entry: $40, not available in Open Section. Register online at www.pro- 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Bye: all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd. Rd. 1 at 9 am then merge with 4 day. Foreign Unrated must play in gresswithchess.org. 3-day Schedule: Registration Ends Fri 6:30pm. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $99-99-109, 1-800-HILTONS, 703-418-6800, U2400 section. Tournament may use CCA rules for foreign ratings and Rounds: Friday 7:00pm, Saturday 10-5 Sunday 9-2:30. 2-day Schedule: reserve by 8/11 or rate may increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use for minimum ratings. Registrations that do not indicate 4 or 3 day Registration ends 9:30am. Rounds: Saturday 10-1:30, then merge with AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Special schedule will be put in the 3 day. Hotel rates: $89 for 1 person, $99 for 3-day. Under 1200 Schedule: Saturday 10-1:30-5, Sunday 9-12:30. All: parking rate: $13/day. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, two people, $109 for 3 people and $119 for 4 people in a room. Rooms Half point byes OK, limit 1, must commit before Rd. 2. OCA membership Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: includes breakfast buffet. Call 972-929-8400 or 1-888-627-8190 and required for Ohio residents, See Flyer. Contact: Michael Joelson, 216- chesstour.com, chesstour.info, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. reserve by 8/7 and ask for the Chess rate. After 8/7 the rate will not 321-7000, [email protected] Entries posted at chessaction.com (online entry posted instantly). Blitz be honored. Note that the hotel has a $50 fee for guests who check out tournament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. earlier than their schedule departure date. Hotel has complimentary A Heritage Event! hotel shuttle to/from DFW airport. Up to two ½-pt byes available if US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 26, VERMONT A State Championship Event! US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 requested before end of rd. 2, but byes for both rd. 6 AND 7 not permitted. Tournament reserves the right to use an analog clock with equivalent SEPT. 1-4, 2-4 OR 3-4, NEW YORK DANVILLE QUICK CHESS (QC) US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 (ENHANCED) 6SS, G/25 d3. Danville Community Center, 41 US-2, Danville, VT 05828. time control under special circumstances (not in U2400 section). Texas 139TH ANNUAL NY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP EF: $25 postmarked by 19 Aug. $30 at site. $$GTD: $200-100. U2000 Chess Association meeting on Sunday 9/3 at 8:30 am. K-12 Scholastic $100, U1600 $100, U1100/Unrated $100. U1100/Unrated Prize donated on Saturday, 9/2. 5-SS, G/30 d5, EF: $31 by 8/25, $46 thereafter; Pre- Out of state welcome. 6SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option in U2100 & by a sponsor. International online membership included for Canadian reg. requires pre-payment. After 8/29/17 all registration and changes below, rds. 1-3 G/40 d10). Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd., Albany 12205 (Thruway Exit 24, I-87 north to Wolf Rd., Exit 4). Free parking, free airport players. Reg.: Registration 9:00-9:45. Rds.: 10-11-1-2-3-4. 2 1/2 point on site only; all changes $10 after 8/29/17. No refunds after 8/29/17, byes rounds 1-5, must request by round 3. Alex Relyea, 49 Tech- $10 handling fee for refunds before 8/30/17. Entries do not count shuttle, indoor/outdoor pool, fitness center, many restaurants nearby. ENT: In 5 sections. open to nology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea relyea@opera toward base in Open, Reserve and Novice. Registration: 9:15-9:45 am, $13,000 guaranteed prizes. Championship, mail.com. www.relyeachess.com. Rd. 1 at 10:20 am, rest ASAP with small lunch break. Sections: K-12 1800/above. $1500-700-500-300, top U2300/Unr $800-400. State title & Championship and K-12 U1000. Prizes: Trophies to top 12 individuals, $100 bonus to top NYS resident (both decided on tiebreak if tied). Under A Heritage Event! five teams in each section. K-12 U1000 also top three unrateds. Medals 2100: $1000-500-300-200, top Under 1900 $400-200. Under 1800: $1000- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! to Players who do not win a trophy. ALL: Ent: Dallas Chess Club, C/O 500-300-200, top Under 1600 $400-200. Under 1500: $700-400-200-100, AUG. 26, ILLINOIS Barbara Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036. Info: Barb top Under 1300 $300-150. Under 1200: $400-200-100-50, plaque to first US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Swafford, 214-632-9000, [email protected] www.dallaschess.com. 3, top Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Mixed doubles 54TH BRADLEY SUMMER OPEN W. FIDE. JGP for Non scholastic side events. bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among 4 SS, G/80 d5. Bob Michel Student Center, 915 W. Elmwood Ave., Peoria, all sections: $600-300. Must average under 2200; may play in different IL 61625. 2 Sections: Open & Reserve (1400 & under). EF: $30 by A Heritage Event! sections; register (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2. 8/24 , $35 at site, free to Masters. $$Gtd: $620 (1st, 2nd, 3rd & Upset US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500 or $500 U1800. in Open & 1st, 2nd & Upset in Reserve). Class prizes are b/3 for X, A, B A State Championship Event! Top 3 sections EF: $99 online at chessaction.com by 8/30, 4-day $109, & C for Open section, E & F for Reserve section. Open: 1st $240, 2nd SEPT. 1-3, TENNESSEE 3-day $108, 2-day $107 if check mailed by 8/23, all $120 at site, or online $120, 3rd $60, X, A, B & C $60 & $30 each, Upset $25. Reserve (1400 & US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 until 2 hours before round 1. GMs $90 from prize. Under 1500 Section under): 1st $90, 2nd $60, E & F $60 & $30 each, Upset $25. Reg.: 8- 2017 TENNESSEE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP EF: All $20 less than top 3 sections. Under 1200 Section EF: All $40 less 8:45. Rds.: 9:00-12:00-2:45-5:30. Bye: 1-4, www.bradleysummeropen.com. 5SS, G/120 d5. Valor Collegiate Academy, 4527 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, than top 3 sections. All: Online entry $7 less to NYSCA members (dues Ent: Murrel Rhodes, 1116 N. Parkside Dr., Peoria, IL 61606. TN 37211. $$Gtd. $3000 Prize fund. 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with entry.) Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Best Unrated player in each section; unrated players are not eligible unrated. Special 1 year USCF with magazine if paid with entry. Online at A State Championship Event! for cash prizes. Special rate for GMs, WGMs, IMs and WIMs: free if chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed or SEPT. 1-4, 2-4 OR 2-3, MICHIGAN emailed by 9/01/17 (but $100 deducted from any prize winnings), or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re-entry $60, all but US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 $60 if late entry at door. Players who forfeit any round are subject to a Championship. No checks at site, credit cards OK. 3-day schedule: Reg. 2017 MICHIGAN OPEN possible $25 fine at TD discretion! SCCF membership req’d ($18 Adult; ends Sat 11 am, rds. Sat 12 & 6, Sun 12 & 6, Mon 10 & 3:15. 4-day 7-SS (Open, Reserve), 8-SS (Booster). Edward Village Hotel & Convention $13 Jr or $3 Jr w/o mag,) for all So Cal residents. Two byes allowed, schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, merges with 3-day Sat 6 pm. Center, 600 Town Center Dr., Dearborn, MI 48126. HR: $119 by 8/11, but must be requested at least 1 hour before each round; last round 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sun. 10 am, rds. Sun 11, 1:30, 3:30, 6, Mon after if space avail, Phone: 313-592-3622, Website: www.hotel- byes are ok but must be requested before Rd. 2 and are irrevocable. 10 & 3:15, no 2-day Championship. Bye: all, limit 2, Championship must dearborn.com. 3 Sections: Open (All, FIDE rated), Reserve (U1800), Bring your own equipment and know how to set your clock for incremental commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 4. HR: $102-102, 800-443-8952, Booster (U1200); 2 Schedules for Open/Reserve: 4-day, 3-day; One play. Entries: SDCC, PO Box 120162, San Diego, CA 92112 or enter 518-458-8444, reserve by 8/21 or rate may increase. NYSCA meeting 9 Schedule only for Booster which is 2-Day on Sat/Sun (No Mon games). online at www.scchess.com. For more info call Chuck Ensey 858- 432- am Sun. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633, or reserve car EF: Adv Ent Must be received and paid by Tues, Aug 29. Open: $55 for 8006, or email me at [email protected] SCCF Annual Membership online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, 4-day, $56 for 3-day, $65 after 8/29. Reserve: $45 for 4-day, $46 for 3- Meeting: Sunday 2 PM. Hotel Rates: Special rate of only $135, 619- Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: www.chesstour.com, Direc- day, $55 after 8/29. Booster: $32, $40 after 8/29. U18: $5 discount. 291-7131, or 1-800-772-8527 if booked by mid-August, please book torAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Entries posted at chessaction.com (online Online pays lowest advanced rate. Re-entry allowed for online advance ASAP, as the rates may go up and/or sell out at any time. This large entries posted instantly). $15 service charge for refunds. NYS Blitz price. Free Entry to GM/IM/FM/2200+ when registering by 8/29, $55 hotel in Mission Valley has hosted this event for the last 4 years, please Championship Sun 10 pm, enter by 9:45 pm. EF deducted from prize. Payment in advance by check made payable to stay here, as they help us guarantee the prize fund by offering lower MCA or by Credit Card/PayPal via PayPal. Be sure to specify schedule, ballroom fees compared to other locations. The SCO is a State Champi- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! onship Qualifier. A State Championship Event! and select correct entry fee! USCF memb req. MCA memb req for MI SEPT. 1-4, FLORIDA residents, other states OK. Reg.: Online: www.onlineregistration.cc, A Heritage Event! US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 Site: Fri (9/1): 6-6:29pm, Sat (9/2): 8:30-8:59am. Rds.: 4-day: Fri (9/1): US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 2017 ARNOLD DENKER FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 7pm, Sat 10am, 7pm, Sun 10am, 6pm, Mon 9:30am, 3pm. 3-day: Sat SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, MASSACHUSETTS Jacksonville Marriott, 4670 Salisbury Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32256, Phone: (9/2): 9:30am, 12:30pm, then merge w 4-day at 7pm. 2-day (Booster US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 only): Sat (9/2) & Sun (9/3): 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 2pm (same 904-296-2222. 6SS, G/120 d5. $11,000 b/160 70% Guaranteed. 6 Sec- 77TH NEW ENGLAND OPEN schedule each day). 4-day: 40/120 d5, SD/30 d5. 3-day: Rds. 1&2 tions: Open: $1,500-800-375-200, U/2200 $500-250-125 U/2000: TL: 6-SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day schedule G/45 d5 in rds. 1-3) No 2-day G/75 d5. 2-day: G/30 d5. 1/2 pt bye for Rds. 1-6 (Booster Rds. 1- $800-400-200-125, U/1900 $100 U/1800: $800-400-200-125, U1700 $100 Bye: Championship section. Hilton Garden Inn Boston/Waltham, 450 Totten 7), max of 2. Must request before Rd. 4. Trophies for all U/1600: $800-400-200-125, U/1500 $100 U/1400: $600-300-200-125, $$Gtd: $3150; Pond Rd., Waltham, MA 02451. $4000 b/120 paid entries. 75% G. 4 Place-Winners, Open: 1st $500, 2nd $300, 3rd $250. U2200: $200; U/1300 $100 U/1200: $400-200-125, U/1000 $100, U/800 $75 Trophies sections. Championship (FIDE rated), open to players over 1800: U2100: $200; U2000: $200; U1900: $200. Reserve: 1st $300, 2nd $225, to top Florida resident in each section. USCF and FCA membership $600-300-250 Top U2400 $250, Top U2200 $250. Under 2000: $400- 3rd $150, U1600: $125; U1500: $125; U1400: $125; U1300: $125; U1200: required can renew onsite. Unrated players may enter any section (must 200-150. U1800: $400-200-150. U1600: $300-150-100, Top U1400 $150, be under age 16 for U/1200 section) but limited to $100 prize unless in $125. Booster: Trophies to 1st, 2nd, 3rd; U1000, U800, U600: 1st & 2nd Top U1200 $150. New England Championship title and trophy to highest each; Unrated 1st. Side Event: Sat, open. Entry Fee: $99 prior to 8/21/2017 U/1200 EF $70 (U/1200 count Michigan Speed Championship: scoring New England resident or student in each section. Unrated prize 9/2. USCF Blitz rated; See Detail in Separate TLA. as 1/2 entry) all entry fees $10 higher after 8/21 and $20 higher onsite; Membership Meeting: limit $200 in U2000, $150 in U1800, $100 in U1600. Unrated cannot reentry $50 prior to RD. 3. Free entry to GM, WGM, IM, WIM ($99 4pm Sun, Sept 3. MCA members, make your voice heard! Ent & Info: win title except in Championship section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings Jeff Aldrich, P.O. Box 40, Flint, MI 48501; [email protected]; deducted from any prize won). Online entry at www.events4chess.com used if otherwise unrated. EF: $75 for 3-day, $74 for 2-day online by (810) 955-7271. or mail to C.H.E.S.S., 821 Upland Dr., Port Orange, FL 32127. Rounds: 1- 8/31, $85 onsite. Free to GMs and IMs. 3-day schedule Reg.: Sat. 2 Sat 1 & 6pm, 3-4 Sun 1 & 6pm, 5-6 Mon 9am & 2pm. 1/2-point bye SEPT. 2, MARYLAND 8:30-9:30 AM. Rds.: Sat. 11AM and 5PM. Sun. 11AM and 5 PM. Mon. 10 available for any round must commit prior to RD. 3 pairing. Registration US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 AM and 3:15 PM. 2-day schedule (U2000 to U1600 only): Reg.: SUN ends at 12:15 pm on Saturday, late entries will get 1/2-point bye in RD. MARYLAND QUICK CHAMPIONSHIP (QC) 8:30-9:30 AM. Rds.: Sun. 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:30 PM & 5:00 PM. 1. Hotel Rate: $109 Free parking, Free internet No resort fee 1-800- G/12 d3, 7SS. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Mon. 10:00 AM & 3:15 PM. Byes: Limit 2, 1-5 in Championship section, 962-9786 reserve prior to Aug 18 to guarantee rate. All players welcome Prizes Guaranteed. $250-$125-$75-$50, U1800 $60, U1500 $50. Sets, 1-6 others. Rd. 4-6 byes must commit before rd. 2. New England Open and eligible for prize money, trophies are for Florida residents. Side boards and clocks provided. Free parking for day guests. EF: $25 Scholastics: 3 sections. K-3 section plays Sat 9/2; K-6 section plays Events: Florida Quick Chess Championship: Friday 9/1/17, 7pm, until 8/29 then $30. Schedule: Reg. ends 10:30am, rds. 10:30-11:15- Sun. 9/3; K-12 section plays Mon. 9/4. Grades are as of 2017-18 school G/15 d3, 5-SS, EF $25 prizes based on entries. Blitz Championship: 12:00-1:15-2:00-2:45-3:30. Ent: MCA, c/o Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton year. Each section is 4-SS, G/30 d5. Reg.: 9:30-10:30 AM. First rd. at 11 Saturday 9/2/17, 9 am, G/5 d0, 4 RD double Swiss, EF $25 prizes based Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. More information & online entry @ AM, then ASAP. Trophies to top 3 each section. EF: $20 online by 8/31, on entries. Scholastic Tournament: Sunday 9/3/17, 5SS, G/30 d5, http://mdquick.mdchess.com. $25 at site. HR: $119-119. (781) 890-0100. Reserve by 8/18 and ask Rds. 10/11:30/1:30/2:45/4:00 Trophies to top finishers. FCA Annual for chess rate. Ent: Online reg. at www.senecachess.org. Info: frankvo- Meeting: Sunday 5:30pm Board of directors meeting Sunday 10am. No US Chess Junior Grand Prix! [email protected]. computers. For more information, contact Steve Lampkin 386-682-9527 A State Championship Event! or [email protected] or [email protected]. SEPT. 2-3, COLORADO US Chess Junior Grand Prix! US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 A State Championship Event! 2017 COLORADO OPEN SEPT. 2-4, LOUISIANA Radisson Hotel Denver Central, 4849 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80216. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 CONTINENTAL CHESS SCHEDULE Hotel phone: (303) 292-9500. 5-round Swiss. TL: Rds. 1-2 G/90, 5 sec 2017 LOUISIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP delay; Rds. 3-5 G/90, 30 sec increment. EF: $50 at site, $45 in advance. 7-SS, G/90 i30. Site: Hilton New Orleans Airport Hotel, 901 Airline Dr., More details at chesstour.com. For late CSCA membership required, OSA. $15, $10 juniors, seniors. Champi- Kenner, LA 70062, (504) 469-5000. USCF and FIDE Rated using FIDE news, hotel availability, lectures, results, onship Section: $$ 400G, 200G, 125G, other prizes per entries. U1900: rules. EF: $80 if received by 8/27, $90 at site; LCA Memb. required ($15 games, etc, sign up for free CCA Newsletter $250, other prizes per entries. U1600 and U1300: prizes per entries. Adult, $5 Schol.), OSA. Prizes: $4000 b/100, 50% Gtd. One Section with at chesscalendar.com or chesstour.com. Register: 7:30 – 9:00 AM. Rounds Saturday 10:00, 2:30. 7:00; Sunday Class Prizes: OPEN: $1000 + plaque-500-250; U2000: $500-250; U1800: Most tournaments have alternate schedules 9:00 AM, 4:00 PM. CSCA Membership Meeting Sunday 2:00 PM. Entries $400-200; U1600: $350-150; U1300/Unr: $300-100. Reg.: Sat. 9/2, 8:30- with less or more days than below. to: Richard Buchanan, 1 Sutherland Rd., Manitou Springs, CO 80829. 9am. Rds.: Sat.: 9:30-3:30; Sun.: 9:30-2:30-7:30; Mon.: 9:30-2:30. Asterisk means full details in this issue- Make checks to CSCA. Phone (719) 685-1984; e-mail buckpeace@ Business meeting: Sat. 9/2, 2pm. BYES: Up to three 1/2-pt. byes allowed otherwise, see future issues or chesstour.com. pcisys.net. Colorado Tour event; USCF Grand Prix event. Byes for Rds. if requested prior to final pairing of Rd. 3 (approx. 9am Sunday morning) Phone entry at 406-896-2038. $10 more than 4-5 must be requested before Rd. 1. and before any full-point bye is awarded. Requesting byes for both online fee, available to 4 days before tournament. Rounds 6 and 7 is not permitted. HR: $99, (504) 469-5000, ask for chess US Chess Junior Grand Prix! rate. State Blitz Championship: Sat. 9/2 (not 9/3) (USCF Blitz Rated), 7 Events in red offer FIDE norm chances. SEPT. 2-3, MISSOURI Rd-Double SS (play each opponent as black and white), G/5 d0. EF: $20 US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 if received by 8/27, $25 at site; $5 discount if also entering State Cham- 8/11-13: Continental Open, Sturbridge MA* 2017 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (FIDE RATED) pionship. LCA Memb. req’d, OSA. Prizes: $400 b/30, 50% Gtd. (one 8/11-13: Cleveland Open, Cleveland OH* 4SS, G/90 + 30 second increment. Chess Club & Scholastic Center of section with class prizes) Open: $100 + plaque to top LA resident-50. 8/11-13: Central California Open, Fresno CA* Saint Louis, 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108. Free entries U2000: $80, U1800: $70, U1600: $60, U1300: $40 (USCF Regular Ratings 8/18-20: Manhattan Open, New York NY* for GMs and IMs. EF: $50, $40 if registered by 9/1 and annual member Used for Pairings & Prizes). Blitz Reg.: On-site any time prior to 7:45pm. 8/25-27: Atlantic Open, Arlington VA* of CCSCSL. Two Sections: Championship(FIDE Rated) & Class Player Rds.: Round 1 at 8pm, other rounds follow each other immediately - 8/25-27: Indianapolis Open, Indianapolis IN* Championship(U2000): Prize Fund: $3,100 UNCONDITIONALLY GUAR- should end around 11pm. Only three electronic notation devices may 9/1-4: New York State Championship, Albany NY* ANTEED!! Championship: $1000-$500-$250. Under 2250: $200-$100. be used in the main tournament: Monroi, eNotate, or Plycount, and they Biggest Upset: $50. $500-$250-$100. 9/22-24: Hartford Open, Windsor Locks CT* Class Player Championship: must remain on top of the table at all times. The TD has the right to U1600: $75-$50 Biggest Upset: $25. Reg.: 10-11:45. Rds.: Sat: 12-5. inspect your notation device at any time before, during, or after your 10/6-9: Washington Congress, Arlington VA* Sun: 12-5. One 1/2 point bye if declared before round 2. Winner of both games. Cell phones must be turned off and no other electronic devices 10/6-8: Midwest Class, Wheeling IL* sections will have name engraved on Club Championship Trophy that is of any kind are allowed in the tournament hall, including lap top computers, 10/20-22: Central New York Open, Syracuse NY* displayed in Club year round. Ent: 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO PDAs, ipads/ipods, cell phone watches, headphones, etc.,. Ent/Info: 10/27-29: Eastern Chess Congress, Princeton NJ* 63108, or online at saintlouischessclub.org. Info: 314-361-CHESS Cajun Chess, 12405 Hillary Step Dr., Olive Branch, MS 38654, or email 11/3-5: Los Angeles Open, Van Nuys CA* [email protected]. [email protected], (504) 208-9596; or enter on line with credit card at www.cajunchess.com 11/3-5: Stamford Open, Stamford CT* A Heritage Event! 11/10-12: Kings Island Open, Blue Ash OH* US Chess Junior Grand Prix! A Heritage Event! 11/24-26: National Chess Congress, Philadelphia* SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 12/26-30: North American Open, Las Vegas NV* US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, NEW JERSEY 12/28-30: Empire City Open, New York NY 39TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 1/5-7: Boston Chess Congress, Boston MA 6-SS, G/100 + 30 second inc. (2-day schedule rds. 1-3 G/45 d5 then 70TH ANNUAL NEW JERSEY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 1/12-15: Liberty Bell Open, Philadelphia PA merges). Town & Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA All Prizes Guaranteed!! 6-SS, 40/2 d5, SD/1. Headquarters Plaza Hyatt, 1/12-15: Golden State Open, Concord CA 92108. $$20,000 in Guaranteed Prizes, 6 Sections. Prizes: Open Sec 3 Headquarters Plaza, Morristown, NJ 07960. (973) 898-9100. A luxury 1st $2,400-1,600-1,200-900-600-500-400, plus BU2300 $1,000-600; hotel including spa. Free parking. For chess rate ($124/night) use 2/16-19: Southwest Class, Fort Worth TX U2200, U2000, U1800 and U1600 Sections ALL: $1,000-600-400-200; https://aws.passkey.com/go/NJChessSep17 for online reservations. 2/23-25: Geo Washington Open, Falls Church VA U1400: $600-400-200-100, plus BU1200 $400-200. Plus Best Game Room expires on 8/1. Short walk to train station with service to 3/10-11: NY State Scholastics, Saratoga Springs Prizes: $75/$25 Reg.: 3-day: 8 to 9:30 AM, Sept official rating list used. New York and Philadelphia (via Newark). 5 minute walk to many restau- 3/16-18: Southern Class Champs, Orlando FL Open Section FIDE rated except for fast games in 2-day section. Re- rants and shopping. In 3 sections, Open Section, Under 2000, Under 3/29-4/1: Philadelphia Open, Philadelphia PA entry from 3-day to 2-day: $75, but must be U2300. 2-day: 8 AM to 9 1600. With 3 day and 2 day schedules. Prizes: Open: $1000-$800-$600- 5/24-28: Chicago Open, Wheeling IL AM Sunday. Rds.: 3 day: 10 AM & 4 PM Sat, Sun and Mon. 2- day: 9:30 $400-$200, Top Expert & A: $200 and trophy. Trophy to NJ Champion. 7/3-8: World Open, Philadelphia PA AM, 11:30, 1:30 & 4 PM (merged) Sun, then 10 AM & 4 PM Monday . EF: Under 2000 $500-$300-$100. Top B & C: $200 and trophy. Under 1600: $90 Early Bird Special if received by 7/31, $100 from 8/1 to 8/26, $120 $500-$300-$100. Top D, E & F: $200 and trophy. $100 prize for best For later events, see chesstour.com. after 8/26, or $140 at door. No credit cards at door, checks or cash Open section game. $100 prize for best game in either Under 2000 or only. Special rate of only $75 if U1400 or unrated. One book prize for Under 1600 section. All Prizes Guaranteed. All sections get these trophies:

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Top 3, Top Senior over age 55, Top Under Age 16, Top Under Age 13. b/8) 80, U1200/UR 56. Both: EF non-memb $10 more, $7 more at site. Commons Drive garage. Ent: Register online at http://mdchess.com Unrated may win first place in Open section only. Early Entry Fee $68 2 byes 1-4. Reg to 7:15 PM. Rds.: 7:15 each Mon. Ent: Harold Stenzel, (email questions to [email protected]), or mail to Dr. Alan T. Sherman, if paid by 8/29. EF onsite is $80. $50 for re-entry. Make checks payable 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 11782 [email protected]. Dept. of CSEE, UMBC, Attn: Championship, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, to NJSCF. Online registration is $70 at njscf.org until midnight on 8/31. MD 21250. Make out check to Maryland Chess Association. SEPT. 15-16 (FRI & SAT), KANSAS For more 3 day reg at hotel: 9:00am-11:00am 9/2. 2 day reg at hotel: Sunday, information: [email protected], www.umbc.edu/chess. W. 9/3 9-10am. 3 day Saturday 12:00 & 6:30pm, Sunday 11am & US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 Rounds: SEPT. 16-17, MASSACHUSETTS 6pm, Monday 9am & 3:30pm. Rounds: 2 day 1-2-3(G/60 d5) Sunday 2017 U.S. BLIND CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IN LINDSBORG, KS 10:30am, 12:45pm and 3:00pm. 3 Day and 2 Day schedules merge in See Nationals. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) 2ND MASSACHUSETTS SENIOR OPEN round 4. Entries to Hal Sprechman, 66 Cromwell Ln., Jackson, NJ 08527. SEPT. 16, PENNSYLVANIA Email: [email protected]. Phone: 732 259-3881. Entries should 4SS, 40/90, SD/30 d5. Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 Post Road West, Marlboro, MA (I-495, exit 24B, Rt. 20W, one mile from include name, USCF ID and expirations, mailing address, email address, 2ND ANNUAL LVCA RUBEN SHOCRON MEMORIAL $1050 GTD- phone, section and schedule desired and entry fee. exit). Open to players born before 9/18/67. $$ 1,100 b/30 fully paid RBO entries ($20 off entries count 60%), 80% G. 2 sects. Open: $250-125, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 5SS, G/30 d5. College Hill Moravian Church, 72 W. Laurel St., Bethlehem, top U2210, top U2010 $100. Under 1810: $200-125, top U1610 $100, A State Championship Event! PA. 2 Sections: Open: $350-$250-$150, U2100/Unr-U1900-U1600-U1300 top U1410 $100. All: Unrated can play in either sect. but can’t win more SEPT. 2 OR 3-4, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN $75 each. U1200 Scholastic: Trophies:1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, U900, Unr. EF: than $100 in U1810. EF: $49 if mailed by 9/11 or online by 9/14, $60 at US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) $30 by 9/11, $35 CASH onsite, GM/IM free; $30 off prize, Schedule: Reg site. $20 discount to players in U1810 sect. rated under 1200 or unrated. ends-10:45 am, Sat-11, 12:30, 2:30, 4, 5:30. 1/2 point byes: limit 2. 2017 CALCHESS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (LABOR DAY) Rds.: GMs and IMs free. Reg.: Sat.8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Rds.: 10 am and 3 pm 6SS, 40/120 sd30 d5 (2-day opt rounds 1-3 G/61 d5). Santa Clara Con- Info: www.lehighvalleychessclub.org, 484-866-3045. Checks payable to: each day. Bye: O.K. all, limit 1, must commit before rd. 2, no half point Bruce Davis, 1208 Linden St., Fl. 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018. vention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy., CA 95054. Park free. Prize: byes to players receiving full point byes. Ent.: payable to MACA and $20,000 b/259 (60% Guar). 6 sections. Open (2200+) FIDE rated: $2500- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! mail to Robert Messenger, 4 Hamlett Dr., Apt. 12, Nashua, NH 03062 or 1500-800-300-200, u2300 200 100. Expert: 1,500-1,000-600-200. A: SEPT. 16-17, SOUTH DAKOTA enter online at www.MassChess.org. HR: $119-119, reserve by 8/17. 1,200-900-500-200. B: 1,200-900-500-200. C: 1,200-900-500-200. DE: US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 508-460-0700 or 888-543-9500. Info: email to [email protected] or $1,000-500-300-100 u1200 $500-200-100. Unr capped at 300 exc in Open. PAUL SALEM SIOUX FALLS OPEN - GRAND PRIX phone 603-891-2484. Day of the tournament phone 603-557-1732. W. Unr: Trophy 1st. Trophy to top finisher (State Champion) in ea section. 5 Rds., G/90 d5. Ramkota Hotel, 3200 West Maple St., (I-29 S, Exit 81) SEPT. 19, NEW YORK EF: $134 by 8/24. 154 after 8/24 or onsite. Unr EF 50 in DE or in the Sioux Falls, SD, (605)336-0650. $3,500 GTD. Two sections: Open & US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 Master section for reg EF. $5 disc to CalChess mems. USCF mem reqd. Reserve (Under 1400). $$: Open: $600-450-300; Under 2000 $300-150; MARSHALL MASTERS Play-up fee: $25 per section above rating. Refund fee: $25. GM/IM free Under 1800 $300-150; Under 1600: $300-150. Reserve (Under 1400): 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to 2000+ players. FIDE Rapid rated. $750 GTD: by 8/18 (EF subtr from prize). Reg: Sat 9-9:30am, Sun 8:30-9am. Sched: $300-150-75; Under 1000/Unrated $150-75. Upset prize: $50. Rounds: 250-150-100. Top U2400 125, Top U2300 100, Biggest upset $25. EF: Rds.: 3day Sat 10-3:30; Sun 11-5; Mon 10-3:30. 2-day Sun 9:30-12-2:30- Saturday 9 a.m. 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Byes: one $40, MCC Mbrs $30. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- 5; Mon 10-3:30. Merge at Rd. 4. All compete for the same prizes. 1/2 pt 1/2 point bye available if requested before round 2. Contact: Organized 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. bye(s) in any round(s) if requested in advance (byes Rds. 5 6 must be by De Knudson (605) 338-9431 or [email protected] for questions. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. requested bef Rd. 1). 2017 Sept Supp, CCA min, & TD discretion will be Entries should be sent to De Knudson, 2201 East St. Charles Circle, used to place players as accurately as possible. Bring clocks. Info: Sioux Falls, SD 57103. EF: $20 entry fee if postmarked by September US Chess Junior Grand Prix! http://BayAreaChess.com/labor, Richard Koepcke 650-224-4938. Ent: 13; $40 on site. Free entry for grandmasters and international masters. SEPT. 22-24 OR 23-24, Online at BayAreaChess.com/my/labor or mail BayAreaChess, 2050 Con- Checks should be made out to the Paul Salem Sioux Falls Open. Include US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) course Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131. No Phone entries. W. your USCF # and indicate what section you wish to enter. 8TH ANNUAL HARTFORD OPEN 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Sheraton A Heritage Event! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Hartford Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor SEPT. 16-17, TENNESSEE Locks, CT 06096 (I-91 Exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking. SEP. 2-4 OR 3-4, OREGON $6500 guaranteed US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 prize fund. 4 sections. Open: Open to all; U1800/Unr EF $50 more. $1000- US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 MIKE BARTON MEMORIAL 7 500-300, U2210/Unr $400-200. Under 2010: $700-380-200, top U1810/Unr 67TH ANNUAL OREGON OPEN Site: IBEW Local 474, 1870 Madison Ave., Memphis, TN 38104. $400-200. Under 1610: $500-300-150, top U1410 (no Unr) $280-140. Lloyd Center DoubleTree Hotel, 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR $2000 in prizes based on 30 paid entries. 5SS, G/90 i30. Two Sections: Under 1210: $300-150-100, plaques to first 3, top U1000, U800, U600, 97232. In 3 Sections, 6SS, 40/120,SD/30 d10, FIDE rated. Free OPEN: Open, 1st $650, 2nd 400, 3rd 200. Under 1600 1st $400, 250, 100. EF: Unrated. Unrated may not win over $100 in U1210 or $200 in U1610. entry to GM’s and IM’s if pre-registered by August 30 ($100 deducted $40 by 9/10; $50 at door. MCC members $40 anytime. Masters: free Mixed doubles: $200-100 bonus to best male/female combined score from any prizes). $$GTD: $2000-1000-500. U2200 $500-300-200. Unrated entry with EF deducted from winnings. Rounds: Saturday: 9-2-7; Sunday among all sections. Team average must be under 2200; may play in different players limited to place prizes. U2000: 6SS, 40/120,SD/30 d10, Open to 9-2. On site registration: 9/16; 7:30am-8:45am. Email: gpylant@ sections; teams must register by 2 pm 9/23. Top 3 sections EF: $78 1999 & under. $$GTD: $1000-600-400. U1800 $500-300-200. Unrated gmail.com. Online reg: http://memphischessclub.homestead.com/ Mike- online at chessaction.com by 9/20, 3-day $83, 2-day $82 if check mailed players not eligible for prizes in this section. U1600: 6SS, 40/120,SD/ 30 Barton-7.html. Send mail entries to: MCC, P.O. Box 17864, Memphis, by 9/13, $90 at site, or online until 2 hours before round 1. U1210 Section d10, Open to 1599 & under. Players under 19 may pay $25 if pre-registered TN 38187. Special thanks to Carl Barton, Mike’s brother, for donations EF: all $20 less than above. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs, IMs by August 30 or $35 on-site and compete for trophies only. $$GTD: $500- helping make this memorial possible. & WGMs free, $60 deducted from prize. Online EF $3 less to CSCA or 300-200. U1400 $500-300-200, U1200 $300, Unrated $200. Unrated players US Chess Junior Grand Prix! WMCA members. Re-entry (no Open Section) $40. Unofficial uschess.org limited to Unrated prize. ALL: EF: $100 if preregistered by August 30, ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues $120 on-site. US Chess membership is required. State membership is SEPT. 16-17, MARYLAND US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 with magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, required for residents of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Reg.: 9-10:30am UMBC CHAMPIONSHIP Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult Saturday. Rds.: Saturday 11am & 5pm; Sunday 10am & 6pm; Monday $25, Scholastic $17. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, 9:30am & 3:30pm. Two half-point byes available if requested before 5SS, G/90, +30incr. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore (in Commons, 3rd floor). (All) $$1260: Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat Round 1. pdxchess.org. email@pdx chess.org. For Open: ENT: INFO: OTHER: $400-300-200 Gtd., Class prizes $120 ea. to top U2300, U2100, U1900. 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd. 2. HR: information on scholastic and blitz, see pdxchess.org. 2-day schedule Top UMBC student awarded trophy & title of 2017-2018 UMBC Chess $105-105, 860-627-5311; reserve by 9/8 or rate may increase. Ent: ches- is also offered. On-site registration- Sunday 8- 8:45am, rounds- Champion. Certificates & UMBC Class titles to top UMBC students U2200, saction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service Sunday 9am, 11:45am, 2:30pm at G/60 d10, then merge with 3-day U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200, & Unr. All prospective members charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, schedule for round 4. Players in the 3- day may withdraw and re- of any UMBC Chess Team for academic year 2016-2017 must play in 347-201-2269. Entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted enter into the 2-day by paying $100. Limited number of rooms this section. Free ent. to GMs, $50 deducted from any prizes. U1800: instantly). Blitz tournament Saturday 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. available at special chess rate of $119 plus tax for single or double (U1800/Unr.) $$1080 b/40: $350-250-150, Class prizes $110 ea. to top SEPT. 23, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN occupancy (1-800-996-0510). Free parking. Bring digital clocks as U1600, U1400. No Unr. player may win more than $250 in this section. well as sets and boards (none supplied). US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) See separate TLA for rated beginners tournament held 9/16. All: EF: 2017 U.S. GAME/30 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEPT. 3, MARYLAND $50 if postmarked by 9/1, $60 later, $10 less if under age 20. Reg.: See Nationals. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 8:30-9:30am Sat., Rds.: 10-3-7:30pm Sat, 10:30-3:30pm Sun. Byes: Up MARYLAND ACTION CHAMPIONSHIP to three 1/2-pt. byes avail. in Rds. 1-5 if req’d at least 1 hr. before Rd. A State Championship Event! 7SS, G/25 d5. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. (before Rd. 2 for any Rd. 4-5 bye), but only at most one 1/2-point bye in SEPT. 23, PENNSYLVANIA Prizes Guaranteed. 2 Sections: Open: $600-$300-$150-$100, U2000 Rds. 4-5. HR: La Quinta Inn and Suites, 1734 West Nursery Rd., Linthicum, US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 $90-$50. Under 1800: $500-$250-$125-$75, U1600 $90, U1400 $70, MD 21090, 410-859-2333, www.lq.com (From I-95, take Exit 47A onto 2017 PA STATE GAME/60 CHAMPIONSHIP unrated $40. Sets, boards and clocks provided. Free parking for day I-195 towards BWI Airport. Take Exit 2A onto 295 north towards Balti- 4SS, G/60 d5. O’Hara Student Center, Univ. of Pitt., 4024 O’Hara St., guests. EF: $45 until 8/29 then $50. Schedule: Reg. ends 10am, rds. more; take first exit, bearing right onto West Nursery Road.) Directions Pittsburgh PA 15213. 3 Sections, $$ (695G): Champ: EF: $30 by 9/15, 10:30-11:45-1:30-2:45-4-5:15-6:30 More information & online entry @ to UMBC: Take Exit 47B off I-95 & follow signs to UMBC. Park in $40 later. $200-100, U2000 $75, U1800 $50. Premier: U1600. EF: $25 http://mdaction.mdchess.com. A Heritage Event! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! A State Championship Event! SEPT. 9-10, WEST VIRGINIA US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) 79TH WV STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 8th annual 5SS, G/90 d5, Rd. 1 G/60 d5. West Virginia Ballroom, 17 Wilderness Hwy., Mt. Nebo, WV 26679. One Open Section. EF: $50 by 9/1, $60 at HARTFORD OPEN site. $$1,250 b/30: 1st-3rd $300-200-100, U1900/U1600/U1300 $130- 70, Upset Prize $50. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: Sat 10-1-5, Sun 9-1. WVCA Business Meeting Sat 9am. Ent: WVCA, 444 Ashberry Dr., Flemington, September 22-24 or 23-24, Sheraton Hotel WV 26347. HR: $83. Quality Inn Summersville, 304-872-6500. Reserve by 8/26. Ask for WV Chess rate. Info: 304-476-5402, sectreas@ wvchess.org. WVCA Memb. req’d ($10), OSA. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $105 room rates, free parking, free airport shuttle SEPT. 11, 18, 25, OCT. 2, NEW YORK US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 PRIZES RAISED TO $6,500 GUARANTEED NASSAU SEMI-FINALS 4SS, 40/80 d0. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & Main Sts., Mineola. Semi- final: open to over 1399, or 2+ pts in Nassau Qualifying. EF: $34 by For full details see “Grand Prix” in this issue. 9/8. $$ (750 b/25, top 2 gtd.) 180-120, U2000, 150-100-50, U1400/UR 100. 2 pts qualifies for top section of NCC Championship. Novice: under 1400/UR not qualified for Semi-final section. EF $21 by 9/8. $$ (136

www.uschess.org 59 Tournament Life / August by 9/15, $35 later. $90-60, U1400 $50, U1200 $40, U1000 $30. Trophies SEPT. 29, NEW YORK PHONE/HEADSET RULES: Cell phones cannot be on your person to Top 2, Top 2 U1400, Top 2 U1200, Top 2 U1000. Scholastic: Grades US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 during your games. They may remain in your closed bag or backpack K-12 U900. EF: $15 by 9/15, $25 later. Trophies to Top 7, Top 3 U600. MARSHALL $500 FIDE BLITZ (BLZ) or in your coat pocket in off or in silent mode. Cell phones cannot be All: Trophies: Top 2 Schools, Top 2 Clubs. PSCF $5, OSA. Reg ends 9-SS, G/3 +2. FIDE Blitz rated. $500: $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, taken to the restroom during your games. INFRACTION: Automatic 10am. Rds: 10:30-1-3:15-5:45. Ent/Info: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25 U2000, U1800: $50. USCF regular rating used for pairings & prizes. EF: game forfeiture! Spectators will be expelled for the remainder of the Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223, 412-908-0286, martinak_tom_m@hot- $30, MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10- day for any offense. Headphones cannot be used if opponent objects mail.com. W. 8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request at entry. 23 W. 10th for any reason and cannot be used in the last round by players with a US Chess Junior Grand Prix! St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. plus score. Player must be willing to present same to TDs for examination at any time. Failure to do so will result in removal from tournament SEPT. 23, OHIO US Chess Junior Grand Prix! without refund. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 THESE RULES POSTED AT SITE. *NOVICE (U800) SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, MICHIGAN SECTION: Sat, 9/30. 4-SS. TL: G/25 d5. EF: by Mon, 9/25: $25; add “AUTUMN DAYS” PAWN STORM XXXVIII US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) $10 after. RDS.: 11,1, 2:20, 3:40. REG.: 8:30-10am. $$: Trophies for 4SS, G/60, +10. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. Fifth St., Dayton, OH 45402. 2017 ANNUAL HAROLD STEEN MEMORIAL CUP 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Top U600, U400, U200, UNR. Edward Village- $40 to Sept 18 then $50. Open $400-200, U1900 Section LODG, DIR: EF: GTD Prizes: with Co-Sponsorship from Michigan Chess Festival, LLC. 3 Sections: Michigan Hotel, 600 Town Center Dr., Dearborn, MI 48126. Located N. $200-$101 class U1600 $100. 9:30-1015. 10:30-1:30-4:30- Reg.: Rds.: Open, Reserve (U1700), Novice (U8OO, Sat. only). 2- & 3-Day Schedules. of Michigan Ave., S. of Hubbard St, E. of Evergreen Rd., W. of Southfield 7:00. DCC mbrs $5 disc. Mail EF to: Dayton Chess lub, 18 W. 5th St., This Annual Memorial Swiss is in memory of the LATE HAROLD STEEN Rd. For maps, go online to: www.mapquest.com or www.yahoo.com and Dayton, OH 45402 or register online at www.daytonchessclub.com. for his enormous contribution to young chess players in the Detroit click on Maps. Room Rate: $102 by 9/9; after only if rooms are still More info call 937.461.6283 or email [email protected]. area. Each year, the First Place Open and Reserve Winners’ names are available. Call (313) 592-3622 or reserve online at www.edwardvillagedear- added to the Harold Steen Memorial Cup and displayed at US Chess Junior Grand Prix! All The born.hotelsone.com. Ask for the Harold Steen Chess Rate. ENTRIES & . The beautiful Edward Village-Michigan Hotel (formerly SEPT. 23-24, MISSOURI King’s Men Site: INFO: All The King’s Men, Mrs. Marcie Kahn at (586) 558-4790 or Dr. Ed the Adoba Hotel), Dearborn, MI (Lodge/Dir below). SPECIAL: 2nd Mandell (248) 635-2375 (Cell). Email: [email protected]. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Annual BREAKFAST WITH MRS. HAROLD STEEN on Saturday morn- THE SOUTHWEST MO DIEHARDS’ FALL OPEN ing, 9:00-10:30am! Come! Join us! Enjoy a fabulous breakfast buffet A Heritage Event! 5-SS, G/90, +30. Hilton Garden Inn, 2644 E. 32nd St., Joplin, MO 64804. with Mrs. Alfa Steen at GUILIO’S RESTAURANT, 2nd Floor of the hotel. 1 Section, : $200-150, 100, : 80, 60. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Open U1600 U1400 U1200/UNR Adults: $22, Children 12 and under: $12. Payable online at www.onlinereg- SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, NORTH CAROLINA 5.0 Bonus: $40. Prizes: $590 Guaranteed. EF: $40 by 9/22, $50 at door. istration.cc or directly to All The King’s Men. Enjoy a delicious meal and Scholastic (rating only) $20 by 9/22, $30 at door. Email entry accepted US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 wonderful conversation before playtime. You’ll be glad you came to 44TH ANNUAL LIPKIN/PFEFFERKORN OPEN for lower rate. MCA membership required, OSA. Reg.: 8-9:30. Rounds: hear this outstanding woman speak about her husband and his LIFE Sat 10, 2:30, 7; Sun 9:30, 2:00. Byes: One 1/2 point bye if requested 5-SS. The Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center, 420 High St., Winston- WITH CHESS! ALSO, there will be an IM or FM Lecture on Saturday Salem, NC 27101. 1-(336)-777-3000. In 6 sections: $11,000 based on 165 before round 3. Ent: [email protected] with cash on-site evening from 5:30-6:30pm. FREE to participants! ($10 minimum or mailed to Joplin Chess Club, 2609 New Hampshire, Joplin, MO 64804. entries; 65% Guaranteed. Championship: FIDE. Must be 1950! $1,200- donation for others). FORMAT: 5-SS, 4-SS in Novice (U800) Section. 600-300-200; under 2200- $600- 300-200. Under 2000: $800-400-200-125; Checks payable to Martin Stahl. Info: joplinchess.org, martin.stahl@ SCHEDULES MERGE AFTER RD 2. OPEN Section FIDE-Rated. USCF joplinchess.org, 417-483- 1554. u1900- $100. Under 1800: $800-400-200-125; u1700- $100. Under 1600: rating used for pairing and prizes (FIDE + 50 used if there is no estab- $800-400-200-125; u1500- $100. Under 1400: $600- 300-200125; u1300- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! lished USCF rating). PRIZE FUND: $5,000. 65% Guar. Online Registration $100. Under 1200: $500-250-150; u1000- $300-200. Time controls: SEPT. 23-24, WISCONSIN available at www.onlineregistration.cc. USCF and MCA memberships Championship – “40/90, SD/30, d10”. Other sections- G/120 d5. All sec- US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 required—can be purchased on site. EF: by Mon, Sept. 25th, add $10 tions: 2-day: Round 1 G/90 d5. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 7:00pm; GREG KNUTSON MEMORIAL after: IM’s/GM’s FREE! ($90 EF deducted from prize). 3-Day Open: Rounds: 7:30 p.m., Sat. 2:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. 2- 5-SS, TC rds. 1-3 G/120 d5, rds. 4-5 45/2 d5, SD/1 d5. Howard John- $93. 3-Day Reserve (U1700): $73. No RE-Entries in OPEN or Novice day schedule: Reg: ends Sat 10am; Rds. 10:30am, then merges with 3-day son’s, 3841 East Washington Ave., Madison, WI 53704, 608-244-2481. sections. 2-Day Open: $92. 2-Day Reserve (U1700): $72. Re-Entries: schedule. Entry Fee: $93 (3-day), $92 (2-day) if rec’d. by 9/28th; $99 at HR: $79 1-4 guests includes breakfast buffet. Ask for chess tournament. $50. (*See Novice section below.) Up to TWO 1/2-point byes avail- site. Juniors: $6 less. Unrated: $65. Unrated must play in Under 2000 or Reserve by Sept 8. Reg.: 9-9:30. Rds.: 10, 2:30, 7:30; 10, 3:30. EF: able—must be requested prior to start of RD. 3. TL: 3-DAY SCHEDULES: Under 1800 and can win only 50% of any prize. (W)GMs, (W)IMs FREE, $25 if received by 9/21, $30 at site. $$ $1000 GTD. 1st $200, 2nd G/115 d5. RDS.: Fri: 7 PM, Sat: 11:30, 6:30, Sun: 10-3. REG.: Fri, 4:00- with $60 subtracted from prize won! Re-entry: $65 (not available in Cham- $165, 3rd $135, A $100, B $90, C $80, D $70, E $60, U1000 $50, Unr 6pm TL: 2-DAY SCHEDULES: Rds. 1-2, G/55 d5. Rds. 3-5 G/115 d5. pionship). Half-point Byes: Available all rounds (limit two), must request $50. Entries: Guy Hoffman, 1305D Tompkins Dr., Madison, WI 53716- RDS.: Sat: 11:00, 2, 6:30, Sun: 10-3. REG.: 8:30-10:00. $$: $5,000. before Round 1, no changes. Hotel: $99 must book by September 15th to 3279. [email protected] Phone: 920-279-0701. WI Chess Each section 65% guar. (b/50 per section; b/min. 6 per prize section): be guaranteed a room. Mention LPO or chess tournament. Florida State Tour Event. OPEN: $2,800: 1st $800, 2nd $600, 3rd $450, 4th $300, Top X, A, football in town! Reserve early. Room comes with FREE hot breakfast! U1800/Unr: $250 each. RESERVE (U1700): $2,200: 1st $550, 2nd $400, SEPT. 24, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN Info: [email protected] or Thad Rogers (478)-973- 3rd $300, 4th $250, TOP C, D, E, U1000/UNR: $175 each. UNR eligible 9389. www.americanchesspromotions.com. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) only for UNR and Overall prizes. Bring boards, pieces, clocks! None sup- Enter: 2017 U.S. GAME/60 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP plied except for U800 section. Book Vendor on site will have supplies, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! See Nationals. sets, clocks, books, software, accessories, more for sale. CELL SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, GEORGIA

US Chess Membership Rates: 35th Annual Sands Regency Premium (P) and Regular (R) Reno - Western States Open (U.S., CANADA, MEXICO) Type 1 yr 2 yr An American Classic & Heritage Event!!! A Weikel Tournament Adult P $49 $95 • October 13 - 15 & October 14 - 15, 2017 • Adult R $40 $75 NEW ADDITION - 2 DAY SCHEDULE! Senior (65+) $40 $75 US Chess 120 Grand Prix Pts. (Enhanced) • F.I.D.E. Rated Young Adult P (U25)* $35 $65 Young Adult R (U25)* $26 $48 $25,500 (b/275) $15,500 Guaranteed Youth P (U16)* $30 $55 6 Sections • Entry Fee $159 or less Youth R (U16)* $22 $40 - Room Rates: $47.19 Sun-Thu / $81.19 Fri-Sat Scholastic P (U13)* $25 $45 Scholastic R (U13)* $17 $30 Reservation Code: CHESS1017 Wednesday October 11th Premium membership provides a printed copy of Chess Life • GM Sergey Kudrin Clock Simul/Analysis - $30 • (monthly) or Chess Life Kids (bimonthly) plus all other benefits Thursday October 12th of regular membership. Regular membership provides online- • GM - Simul - $20 • only access to Chess Life and Chess Life Kids. Youth provides • FREE Lecture by IM John Donaldson • bimonthly Chess Life, Scholastic bimonthly Chess Life Kids, • Blitz Tourney (G/5 d0) - $25 (80% = Prize Fund) • others listed above monthly Chess Life. See www.uschess.org Saturday October 14th for other membership categories. Dues are not refundable and • FREE Game / Position Analysis by IM John Donaldson • may be changed without notice. For more info email [email protected] *Ages at expiration SEE TLA on page ______61

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US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED) Reserve, both $10 more after October 12. Comp EF for USCF 2200+. TRI-STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 QUEENS CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP $$GTD: Open: 1st-$325, 2nd-$175, A-$100, B & below-$75; Reserve: Hilton Garden Inn, 1702 Gornto Rd., Valdosta, GA 31601. Phone: 229- 7-SS, G/120 (G/115 d5). All Saints Lutheran Church, 164-02 Goethals 1st $100, 2nd $75, D-$50, E & below $40. Goddesschess prizes for 219-1011. 5SS, G/120 d5 (RD. 1 G/90 d5). $2,800 b/65 full entries. 3 Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. EF: $55 advance, $60 at site, $900 gtd: $300- females in addition to above prizes. Reg.: 8:30-9:30. Rds.: 10-1-3:30-6. Sections: Open: $600-300-150, U/2000 $125-75. U/1800: $400-200- $180-$120, U2100 $108, U1800 $90, U1500 $72, upset $30. Prizes Questions to Chris Wainscott (414-839-5232, after 5:30 pm), or e-mail: 125, U1600 $100-50. U/1400: $300-150-100, U/1200 $75, U/1000 $50. increased proportionally if over 24 paid entries (increased by 1/3 the [email protected]. Entries to: Robin J. Grochowski, 3835 Open to players from any state. Trophy to state with most points, Florida, last 4 years (32 players each time)). QCC membership required ($25 E. Morris Ave., Cudahy, WI 53110, (414-861-2745), e-mail: rgro- Georgia, or Alabama (top 6 players scores from each state (any section) for 6 mos, $20 U19/65+/female). Up to three 1/2 pt byes permitted [email protected]. added together to determine top state). USCF membership required (request prior to Rd. 4). Mail advance entries by 9/30/17 to: Ed Frumkin, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! can renew onsite. Unrated players may enter any section but not eligible 445 E. 14th St. #10D, New York, NY 10009. Rounds at 7:45 each Friday. OCT. 21-22, NEW YORK for class prizes limited to $100 unless in open. prior to Entry Fee: $60 US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) 8/1/2017 $65 prior to 9/27/2017 $75 after 9/27; Free entry GM or IM An American Classic! ($65 deducted from prize). Online entry at www.events4chess.com or A Heritage Event! 4TH ANNUAL CENTRAL NEW YORK OPEN mail to C.H.E.S.S., 821 Upland Dr., Port Orange, FL 32127. Sat US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 5SS, rounds 1-2 G/90 d10, rds 3-5 40/100, SD/30 d10. Hall of Languages, RD. 1 Syracuse University, S. Crouse Ave., Syracuse 13210. 10:00 RD. 2 & 3 Sat 1:30, 6:00, RD. 4 & 5 Sun 10:00 & 2:30pm. 1/2- OCT. 13-15 OR 14-15, NEVADA $2500 guaranteed point bye available for any round (limit 2) must commit prior to RD. 2 US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) prizes. In 3 sections. Open: $500-300-200, top U2100/Unr $210. Under pairing. Registration ends at 9:45 am on Saturday, late entries will get 35TH ANNUAL SANDS REGENCY RENO - WESTERN STATES 1900: $300-150-70, top U1700 (no unr) $160. Under 1500: $200-100- 1/2-point bye in RD. 1. $109, 229-219-1011 reserve prior OPEN - FIDE 50, top U1300 (no unr) $110. Unrated may not win over $140 in U1500. Hotel Rate: $150 bonus to best male/female combined score to 9/16/2017 to guarantee rate. Side Events: Quick Chess Friday 6SS, OPEN Section 40/2, G/55 Min-d5, (“A”, “B”, “C”, “D” Sections Mixed doubles: 9/29/17, 7pm, G/15 d3, 5-SS, EF: $25 prizes based on entries. 40/2, G/1-d5 - 2-Day Schedule G/1-d5). Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, among all sections. Team must average under 2200; may enter different Saturday sections; must register by 2 pm 10/21. Plaques Scholastic 9/30/17, 5SS, EF: $20, G/30 d5, Rds. 11/12/2:30/3:30/4:30. 345 N. Arlington Ave., Reno, NV 89501.1-866-386-7829 or (775) 348- College team prizes: Trophies to top 3 and top 3 K-3 USCF membership required can join at 2200. $$25,500 b/275. $$15,500 Gtd. (Prizes 1-7 in Open Section Gtd. to first 3 teams based on top 3 scorers from school among all sections. tournament. For more information, contact Steve Lampkin 386-682- plus 1/2 of all other prizes). 6 Sections. Open (2200 & above) EF: $159, Top 2 sections EF: $68 online at chessaction.com by 10/18, $72 mailed 9527 or [email protected] or [email protected]. (2000-2199) EF: $200 (1999 & below) EF: $300) (GMs & IMs free but by 10/12, $80 at site, or online until 8 am 10/21. Online entry $5 less to must enter by (9/15) or pay late fee). $$2,000-1,000-800-600-500-300- NYSCA members (may join with entry). U1500 Section EF: all $20 less. A Heritage Event! 300, (2399/below)- $1,000-500, (2299/below)- $1,000-500. (If there is No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs, IMs & WGMs: $60 from US Chess Junior Grand Prix! a tie for 1st then a playoff for $100 out of prize fund plus trophy). Expert prize. Re-entry (no Open Section) $40. Unofficial uschess.org ratings OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, ILLINOIS Section (2000-2199) EF: $159; $$2,000-700-400-300-300. Sec. ”A” usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF with magazine US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) (1800-1999) EF: $158; $$1,800-700-400-300-300, Sec. ”B” (1600-1799) if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult 26TH ANNUAL MIDWEST CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS EF: $157; $$1,700-700-400-300-300, Sec. ”C” (1400-1599) EF: $156; $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Westin $$1,400-600-400-300-300, Sec. ”D”/under (1399 & below) EF: $150; Scholastic $17. Schedule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL $$1,000-400-300-300; (1199 & below) - $$300; Top Senior (65+) -$200; 10 & 3:15. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd. 2. HR: See travel 60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 Club Champ.-$600-300. ALL: Entries must be postmarked by 9/15 or websites. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, to Lake Cook Rd to US-45 south). Free parking. $20,000 guaranteed pay late fee-$11, do not mail after 10/6 or email after 10/10, $22 at NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, prizes. In 7 sections. Premier (1900/up): $2000-1000-500-300, clear site. Trophies 1st – 3rd (“A” – “D” sections). Unrated players are free DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Entries posted at chessaction.com win or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2300 $800-400. FIDE. 1700-2099: entry but not eligible for cash prizes- must join USCF for 1 full year thru (online entries posted instantly). $1400-700-400-200. 1500-1899/Unr: $1400-700-400-200. 1300-1699/ this tournament. 1st Unrated = trophy + 1 yr. USCF Mem. Senior US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $1300-700-400-200. $1200-600-400-200. discount (65+ yrs.) $10. Players may play up. Provisionally rated players Unr: 1100-1499/Unr: Under NOV. 3-5 OR 4-5, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN 1300/Unr: $1000-500-300-200. Under 1100/Unr: $500-300-200-100, may only win 1/2 of 1st place money (except Open Section 1 – 7). CCA US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) plaques to top 3, top U900, U700, U500, Unrated. Mixed doubles bonus ratings may be used. Note: pairings not changed for color unless 3 in a prizes: best male/female 2-player combined score among all sections: row or cause a plus 3 and if the unlikely situation occurs 3 colors in a 12TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES OPEN $800-400-200. Team must average under 2200; may play in different row may be assigned. SIDE EVENTS: Wed. (10/11) 7:00pm GM Sergey 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Airtel Plaza sections; must register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 10/7. Unrated prize Kudrin – Clock Simul with game analysis ($30); Thurs. (10/12) 6-7:15pm Hotel, 7277 Valjean Ave., Van Nuys CA 91406. Parking $8/day, $12 limits: $100 U1100, $200 U1300, $300 1100-1499, $400 1300-1699, Lecture by IM John Donaldson (FREE); 7:30pm- GM Alex Yermolinsky - including overnight. Flyaway bus from LAX to Van Nuys $9 each way; $600 1500-1899. Top 6 sections EF: $109 online at chessaction.com Simul ($20); 7:30pm-Blitz (G/5 d0)) Tourney ($25) 80% entries = Prize free shuttle to bus and train station. Free wireless, gym, indoor pool, by 10/4, 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by 9/27, all $125 at site, or Fund. Sat. (10/14) (3-4:30pm) Free Game/Position Analysis - IM John got tubs; restaurants within walking distance. Open: Open to all; online until 2 hrs before round 1. Under 1100 EF: all $50 less than Donaldson. REG.: (10/12) 5-8pm (10/13) 9-10am and (10/14) 9-10 am. U1800/EF $50 more. $1500-700-500-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 above. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Online or mailed EF $5 RDS.: (Fri) 12-7, (Sat) 10-7, (Sun) 9:30-4:30. 2-Day (10/14) Rd. 1 (11:00 bonus, top U2250 $600-300. Under 1850: $1200-600-300-200. Under less to ICA members; join/renew at il-chess.org. Unofficial uschess.org am), Rd. 2 (1:15 pm), Rd. 3 (3:45 pm), Rd. 4 merge with regular schedule 1450: $1000-500-300-200. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues – (7:00 pm). Byes available any round if requested by Rd.1 (Open Section used if otherwise unrated. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best with magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, 2 byes max). ENT: make checks payable and send to: SANDS REGENCY male/female 2-player team combined score among all sections: $600- Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed or paid at site, Adult $40, Young (address listed above), postmarked by 9/15. $11 late fee if postmarked 300. Team must average under 2200; may play in different sections; Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re-entry $50; not available in Premier Section. after 9/15. Do not mail after 10/6 or email after 10/10. $22 late fee at register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 11/4. Under 1200 EF: all $40 less than GMs $90 from prize. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, site. HR: (Sun-Thurs. $47.19!) (Fri. & Sat. $81.19!) 1-866-386-7829 Reser- top 5 sections EF. No checks at site; credit cards OK. All: Special 1 yr Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. vation Code: CHESS1017 (Reserve by 9/23/17 to get Chess rate. INFO: USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry: Online at chessaction.com. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Bye: all, limit 2; Premier must commit Jerry Weikel, 6578 Valley Wood Dr., Reno, NV 89523, (H) 775-747-1405 Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at before rd. 2, others before rd. 3. HR: $111-111-111-111, 800-937-8461, or (Cell) 775-354-8728 [email protected] or check out our website at: site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Re-entry (except Open) 847-777-6500, reserve by 9/22 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, www.renochess.org. To verify entry check website. $60. 2-day schedule: Reg. Sat to 10 am, rds Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental 3:15. HR: $109-109, 818-997-7676, reserve by 10/4 or rate may increase. Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: chesstour.com, Direc- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Questions: chesstour.com, 347-201-2269, DirectorAtChess.US. Blitz torAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. $15 service charge for refunds. Entries OCT. 14, MISSOURI tournament Saturday 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). Bring set, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! board, clock if possible- none supplied. $1,000 NATIONAL CHESS DAY G/65 CHAMPIONSHIP 4SS, G/65 d5. EF: $25, $20 for annual members of the club if registered NOV. 3-5 OR 4-5, CONNECTICUT US Chess Junior Grand Prix! by 10/13. One Section. Prize Fund: $1000 UNCONDITIONALLY GUAR- US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED) OCT. 6-9 OR 7-9, VIRGINIA ANTEED!! $200-$150. $125 for 1st in each Section: A, B, C, D, U1200/UNR. 3RD ANNUAL STAMFORD OPEN US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) Biggest Upset: $25. Reg.: 10-10:45. Rds.: 11, 1:15, 3:45, 6:15. One 1/2 5SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Sheraton 9TH ANNUAL WASHINGTON CHESS CONGRESS point bye if declared before round 2. Ent: 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Hotel, 700 Main St., Stamford, CT 06901. Free parking. $8000 guaranteed 7SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10, (3-day option, rds. 1-2 G/60 d10). Hilton Crystal Louis, MO 63108, or online at saintlouischessclub.org. Info: 314-361- prizes. In 5 sections. Open: Open to all; U1800/Unr EF $50 more. City at National Airport, 2399 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202 CHESS [email protected]. $1000-500-300, top Under 2210/Unr $400. Under 2010: $800-400-200, (2/5 mile from Crystal City Metro). Free shuttle from airport and Metro. top U1810 $300. Under 1710: $700-400-200, top U1510 $300. Under $24,000 guaranteed prizes. In 4 sections: Premier: Open to 1900/up. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 1410: $600-300-200, top U1210 $200. Under 1110: $300-200-100, $3000-1500-800-500-300, clear/tiebreak first bonus $100, top Under OCT. 14, WISCONSIN plaques to first 3, top Under 900, Under 700, Unrated. Unrated may 2300 $1400-700. Under 2100: $2000-1000-600-400-300, top Under 1900 US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 enter any section, but cannot win over $100 in U1110, $200 in U1410 or (no Unr) $1200-600. Under 1700: $1700-900-500-300-200, top Under HALES CORNERS CHALLENGE XXVI - NATIONAL CHESS DAY! $300 in U1710. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2- 1500 (no Unr) $1000-500. Under 1300: $1000-500-300-200-100, top 4SS, G/60 d6. 2 Sections: Open & Reserve (under 1600). Olympia Resort player team combined score among all sections: $400-200. Team must Under 1100 (no Unr) $400-200. Prize limits: Unrated limit U1300 $200, Hotel, 1350 Royale Mile Rd., Oconomowoc, WI 53066; 1-800-558-9573 average under 2200; may play in different sections; register (no extra U1700 $400, U2100 $700. Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female (mention Southwest Chess Club for $99 room rate). EF: $40-Open, $30 fee) by 2 pm 11/4. Top 4 sections EF: $83 online at chessaction.com 2-player combined score among all sections: $1000-500-300. Must average under 2200; may play in different sections; register (no extra fee) before both begin round 2. Unofficial web ratings usually used if otherwise unrated, Top 3 sections EF: $148 online at chessaction.com by 10/4, 4- day $154, 3-day $153 mailed by 9/27, all $170 at site until 1 hour before rd 1, or online at chessaction.com until 2 hours before. U1300 Section: 139th annual all EF $70 less than top 3 sections EF. GMs: $140 from prize. Special 1 yr USCF with magazine paid with entry: Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed or at site, Adult $40, Young NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Adult $25, Scholastic $17. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry (except Premier) $80. 4-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm. Sat 11 & 5, Sun 11 & 5, Mon 10 & 3:15. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends 6 rounds, Sept 1-4, 2-4 or 3-4, 2017 Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 11 & 5, Mon 10 & 3:15. Byes: OK all; limit 2; Premier must commit before rd. 2, others before round 4. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. HR: $99-99-109, 1-800- HILTONS, 703-418-6800, reserve by 9/21 or rate may increase.Special Labor Day weekend at Albany Marriott chess rate parking $13/day, with or without guest room. Car rentals: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 or reserve car online at chess- $13,000 guaranteed prizes, $102 rooms, free parking tour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269, www.chesstour.com. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). For full details see “Grand Prix” in this issue. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! OCT. 6, 13, 20, 27, NOV. 3, 10, 17, NEW YORK

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by 11/1, 3-day $88, 2-day $87 if check mailed by 10/25, $95 at site, or cards OK. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry. 3, Medals 4th – 6th. Late REG.: OCT 14th at 8AM; $10 More. Rds.: 9- online until 2 hours before round 1. Under 1110 Section EF: All $40 Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. 10-11-1-2. Checks payable to: Caesar Chess. Proceeds goes to less than above. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs free, $80 Mailed, phoned or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 3- Children’s of Alabama. ENT: Caesar Chess, LLC 5184 Caldwell Mill deducted from prize. Online EF $3 less to CSCA members. Re-entry $40; day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 11 am, rds. Fri 12 & 6, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & Road, Suite 204-202, Birmingham, AL 35244. Info: CaesarChess@ not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually 3:15. 2-day top 7 sections schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds. Sat 10, gmail.com; www.AlabamaChess.org. used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day Under 1000, Under 800, Under if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult 600 schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 12:45 & 3:15 each day. $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Half point byes OK all rounds; limit 3, Premier must commit before rd. ARIZONA Adult $25, Scholastic $17. Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 3-day schedule: 2, others before rd. 4. HR: $106-106-126, 215-448-2000, reserve by 11/9 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, or rate may increase. Parking: Hotel parking chess rate 50% off regular rds. Sat 11, 2 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:15. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rate (about $20). Gateway Garage, 1540 Spring St/1540 Vine St. (1 block Tuesday Night Open 4 or 5 round, USCF rated tournament; ROUND TIMES: 7:00pm One game rd. 2. HR: $105-105, 800-408-7640, 203-358-8400; reserve by 10/20 or from site), about $7/day Sat & Sun, $20/day other days. 800- Car rental: every Tuesday of the month: Time Control: 40/120, SD/60 d5. PRIZES: rate may increase. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 331-1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. 1st Place and Class Prizes based on number of entries; ENTRY FEE: 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Refunds, $15 service charge. Questions: Direc- Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. torAtChess.us, www.chesstour.com, 347-201-2269. Advance entries $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, $45; TO REGISTER: chessemporium.com, call 602-482-4867. SITE: 7000 E. Shea Blvd., Suite H-1910, Scottsdale, AZ 85254. posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). Blitz tour- 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com (online entries nament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. posted instantly). Blitz tournament Sat 10 pm; enter by 9:45 pm. NOV. 3-5 OR 4-5, 12th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) See Grand Prix. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! An American Classic! NOV. 18-19, TENNESSEE A Heritage Event! DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 27th annual North American US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Open (NV) 58TH MID-SOUTH OPEN DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, NEVADA See Grand Prix. 5SS, G/120 d5. Site: IBEW Local 474, 1870 Madison Ave., Memphis, TN US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) 38104. Three Sections: Open, U1700, and U1000. $1700 Prizes are 27TH ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN OPEN ARKANSAS based on 35 paid entries in top 2 sections. Open: $550, $300, $200. Open Section, Dec 26-30: 9SS, 40/2, SD/30 d10. GM & IM norms U1700: $350, $200, $100. Entry Fee: $50 early by Nov 11, $60 late. possible. Other sections, Dec 26-29 or 27-29: 7SS, 40/2, SD/30 d10 AUG. 18-20, 2017 Arkansas State Championship MCC Members $50 anytime; Masters: free (EF deducted from winnings). (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/60 d10). Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las See Grand Prix. Rounds: Saturday: 9am-2pm-7pm; Sunday: 9am-2pm. U1000 Trophy Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89103. $120,000 guaranteed prizes. In Section: 4SS, G/45 d5; Saturday only; Entry Fee: $15. Trophies for top 7 sections. Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600-500-400-400, SEPT. 23-24, The Southwest MO Diehards’ Fall Open (MO) 3 overall, top U800 and top U600. Round 1 at 9am, next rounds ASAP clear winner or 1st on tiebreak bonus $200, top FIDE Under 2400/Unr See Grand Prix. (as soon as possible). On-site Registration: November 18, 2017 - $2400-1200. FIDE rated, GM & IM norms possible. Under 2300: $7000- OCT. 14, 2nd Annual AR/OK Friendly Feud for National Chess Day 7:30am-8:45am. Send mail entries to: MCC, P.O. Box 17864, Memphis, 4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400. Under 2100: $7000-4000- Blitz-at-the-Border and Quick-Draw Championship! Check-in 9-9:15, play TN 38187. On-line entries: http://memphischessclub.homestead.com/ 2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $2500. starts at 9:30am. 15 Rounds: 4 Round Quick-Draw G/20 d5, lunch break, 58th-Mid-South-Open.html. Email: [email protected]. Under 1900: $7000-4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400, no followed by G/10 d0 Blitz Battle, and then finishing off with a six-shooter An American Classic! unrated may win over $1800. Under 1700: $6000-3000-1500-1000-800- G/5 d0 Blitz. This 1-day event will offer three time controls, lots of fast- A Heritage Event! 600-500-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $1300. Under 1500: paced play, with a special keepsake award to the top player from EACH US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $5000-2500-1300-1000-700-600-500-400-300-300, no unrated may win state for EACH time control, plus the unique Travelling Team Trophy box (and big-time braggin’ rights) for the winning state. Oklahoma is currently NOV. 23-26 OR 24-26, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN over $900. Under 1250: $3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400-300- 300, top Under 1000 (no unr) $1000-500, no unrated may win over $500. holding it, but Arkansas will battle to get it back! Site: 1st floor of the US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) No separate U1000 section; players under 1000 in U1250 play for both Friedman Mincer Bldg. 1100 Garrison Ave. (at Towson/11th), Ft. Smith. 53RD ANNUAL AMERICAN OPEN U1250 and U1000 prizes; receive larger if winning both. Entry Fee: $12 if postmarked by 10/5/17 or in Karis’ hands by 10/10/17; Costa Mesa. 8 rounds, 40/120, SD/55 d5. (3-day option, rounds 1-4, Prize limits: 1) Under 26 games played as of Dec. 2017 list may not win over $1500 $20 after that. ($5 off for second member in the same household). USCF G/60 d5). Site: Hilton Costa Mesa, 3050 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA rated, Quick and Blitz ratings only, no impact to regular ratings! USCF 92626. $$50,000 based on 500 entries, $25,000 guaranteed. In U1250, $3000 U1500 or U1700. Games rated too late for Dec. 2017 list Prizes: not counted. 2) If post-event rating posted 12/20/16-12/20/17 was Membership required, available on-site. Send EF w/full name, email, USCF 6 sections: Open: $5000-2500-1200-800-600-300, U2450/Unr. $1500- more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $2000. 3) Balance ID if known, city, state to: Karis Bellisario, 3409 Ramsgate Way, Ft. Smith, 700-500, top U2300/Unr. $800-400. FIDE Rated Under 2200: $3000- of any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. AR 72908. For AR chess events and details visit www.ArkansasChess.net. 1500-1000-500-400-300. FIDE Rated. Under 2000: $3000-1500-1000- Mixed doubles bonus 500-400-300. Under 1800: $3000-1500-1000-500- 400-300. Under 1600: prizes: best male/female combined 2-player “team” score: $2000- $3000-1500-700-500-400-300. Under 1400/Unr: $2000-1000-500-300- 1000-500-300-200. Only rounds 1-7 of Open Section counted. Team must CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN 200-100, U1200 $1000-500-300 (not a separate section; U1200s also average under 2200; may play in different sections; must register (no exta fee) by 3 pm 12/27; prize limits do not apply to mixed doubles. AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, 8th annual Central California Open eligible for U1400 prizes), Unrated: $300-200-100 (Unrateds in this Online at chessaction.com: section eligible for these prizes only). Top 3 best male Top 6 sections EF: $245 by 9/15, $275 by See Grand Prix. Mixed Doubles: Mailed by 12/15: and female team $500-250-125. Plus score bonus: every player who 12/23. 5-day $280, 4-day $279, 3-day $278. Do not mail entry after 12/15. Online 12/24 to 2 hours before round 1, or at AUG. 18-20 OR 19-20, Bay Area Chess GM Browne Memorial finishes with 4 1/2 points or better who don’t place in the money prizes Championship wins a $25 gift certificate towards chess store - redeemable only onsite. site 12/26 to 1 hour before round 1: $300. Open Section EF $100 See Grand Prix. EF: $185 by Nov. 22nd, $220 after, $50 more for players under 2000 more to US players if not USCF or FIDE rated 2200/over. Under 1250 playing in Open. All: SCCF membership required for So Cal residents Section EF: All $120 less than above. Seniors 65/over in U1500/over: AUG. 19-20, 2017 Exchange Bank Open ($18 adults, $13 youth with print mag, $3 youth without mag). Re-entry All $120 less than above. Re-entry $120; not available in Open Section. See Grand Prix. $100. No checks at door - cash only, credit card accepted for a $10 fee. GMs, foreign IMs/WGMs in Open Section: Free; $200 deducted from prize. US IMs/ WGMs, foreign FMs/WIMs in Open Section: Entry AUG. 20, San Jose Kids Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) Schedule: 4-day schedule Reg. closes 9:30 am on 11/23, Rounds 11 2050 Concord Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131. Trophies: players w + – 6, 10:30-5:30, 10 - 5, 9:30 -4). 3-day schedule: Reg. closes 9:30am fees $100 less than above. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry. Online at score. Sched: Reg. 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 34, 49 after on 11/24.1st thru 4th rounds are 11 -2:30 – 5 — 8pm (G/60 d5), sched- 8/16. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. ules merge in Rd. 5 and compete for common prizes. Bye: Two half chessaction.com, Adult $35, Young Adult $22, Scholastic $15. Mailed, point byes for all rounds may be requested in advance. Lectures and phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $17. 5- AUG. 20, San Jose Kids Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) videos. LOW room rates! Across street from John Wayne Airport, com- day reg. ends 12/26 10 am, rds. 12/26-28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30, 2050 Concord Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131. Trophies: players w + plimentary shuttle available. HR: Use group code “American Open” to 12/30 10 am. 4-day reg. ends 12/26 5 pm, rds. 12/26 6 pm, 12/27-28 score. Sched: Required Check-in 2:30-3p. Games: 3-5:30p. EF: 29, 44 reduce regular rate of >$214 to a discounted rate $125/day single or 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. 3-day reg. ends 12/27 10 am, rds. 12/27 11, after 8/16. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. double, rates may go up after Oct 23. Call Hilton (714) 540-7000. Parking: 2:30 & 6, 12/28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 4, limit 2 in last AUG. 26, Foster City DuperSwiss75 (3SS, G/75 d5) >$20 $10 per day. Ratings: November Rating Supplement used. CCA 4 rounds; Open must commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 4. HR: $99- Foster City Courtyard Marriott, 550 Shell Blvd., 94404. Prizes: $1,300 minimum ratings and TD discretion used to protect you from improperly 99, 800-833-3308, 702-739-4111, rate may increase or chess block sell b/50. 60% guar. 1900+: $200-100-100, u2000 50-50. 1500-1899: $200- rated players. Info: organizing club - Chess Palace 714-899-3421, out about 11/15. Free parking. Car rental: for special Avis rate reserve 100, u1600 50-50. u1500: $200-100, u1200 50-50. Aug 17 Supp & TD [email protected]. Entry: American Open, 5246 Lampson Ave., through chesstour.com or call 800-331-1600, use AWD #657633. Rat- disc. Reg.: 8:30-8:45. Rds.: 9-11:45-2:40. EF: 49, Econ 34 w 1/2 prz. Garden Grove, CA 92845 or www.AmericanOpen.org. W. FIDE. ings: December FIDE used in Open, December official USCF in others. after 8/21 +15, playup +15, Rtd 2200+ $0 by 8/12. Info: http://BayArea For foreign players in U2300 & below, see www.chesstour.com/ for- Chess.com/grandprix. W. An American Classic! eignratings.htm; highest of multiple ratings usually used. Players who A Heritage Event! fail to disclose foreign or FIDE ratings may be expelled. Special rules: AUG. 26, Bay Area San Ramon Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! CCA electronic devices rules used; see www.chesstour.com/devices.htm. Courtyard Marriott, 18090 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon, CA 94583. NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, PENNSYLVANIA Blitz 12/29 10 pm. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box Trophies: players w + score. Sched: Reg. 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. US CHESS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577 (DirectorAtChess.us, www.chesstour.com, EF: 34, 42 after 8/21. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. 48TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS 347-201-2269). $15 service charge for refunds. Entries posted at ches- AUG. 26, Bay Area San Ramon Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) 6SS, 40/100, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-3 G/45 d10). Trophy sections saction.com (online entries posted instantly). Courtyard Marriott, 18090 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon, CA play separate 2-day schedule only, 11/25-26, G/45 d10. Sheraton Philadel- 94583. Trophies: Players w + score. Sched: Reqrd Check-in 1:30-2p. phia Downtown Hotel, 201 North 17th St., Philadelphia, PA 19103. $35,000 Games: 2:15-5p. EF: 29, 44 after 8/21. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/ GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND. In 10 sections. Premier, open to 1900/above. signature. W. $3000-1500-700-400-200, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $200, U2400 $1600- Regional 800. FIDE. Under 2200: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 2000: $2000- AUG. 27, Cupertino LuperSwiss90 (3SS, G/90 d5) 1000-500-300-200. Under 1800: $2000- 1000-500-300-200. Under 1600: ALABAMA Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Prizes: $1,300 b/50. 60% guar. $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1400: $1600-800-400-300-200. Under 1900+: $200-100-100, u2000 50-50. 1500-1899: $200-100, u1600 50-50. u1500: $200-100, u1200 50-50. Aug 17 Supp & TD disc. 9-9:15. Rds.: 1200: $1600-800-400-300-200. Under 1000: Trophies to top 10. Under SEPT. 1-3, Alabama State Chess Championship Reg.: 800: Trophies to top 10. Scholastic Under 600: K-12 only, trophies to See Grand Prix. 9:30-12:50-4:15. EF: 48 Econ 33 w 1/2 prz, after 8/21 +15, playup +25, top 10. Unrated may not win over $200 in U1200, $400 in U1400, $600 in Rtd 2200+ $0 by 8/13. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/grandprix. W. U1600, $800 in U1800, or $1000 in U2000. Mixed doubles prizes: best SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 2017 American Chess Promotions Open (GA) See Grand Prix. AUG. 27, Bay Area Cupertino Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) male-female 2-player team combined score among all sections: $2000- Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: players w + score. 1000-600-400. Team must average under 2200; may play in different SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 44th Annual Sched: Reg. 9:30-9:45a. Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 34, 49 after 8/22. sections; must register (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2, Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open (NC) Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. teams including an unrated limited to $400. Student/Alumni plaques to See Grand Prix. top 5 teams of 4 (regardless of section) representing any U.S. college, AUG. 27, Bay Area Cupertino Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) HS or pre-HS players attend or have graduated from. Top 7 sections SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, Tri-State Chess Championship (GA) Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Players w + score. entry fee: $120 online at chessaction.com by 11/22, 3-day $128, 2-day See Grand Prix. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30-2p. Games: 2:15-5p. EF: 29, 44 after 8/22. $127 mailed by 11/14, $140 at site, or online until 2 hours before rd 1. OCT. 14, National Chess Day Scholastic - A Charity Event! Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/signature. W. GMs $100 from prize. Re-entry $60, not available in Premier. Under 1000, 5SS, TC: G/30 d5. Brookwood Village. 780 Brookwood Village, Birm- SEPT. 2, Bay Area Kids Labor Day Championship Under 800, Under 600 entry fee: $42 online at chessaction.com by ingham, AL 35209. Rated: Rook (K-12), EF: $20. Not Rated: Novice 5SS, G/30 d5. Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America 11/22, $45 mailed by 11/14, $50 at site. All: No checks at site, credit (6th-12th). Primary (K-5th): EF: $20, if mailed by OCT 7th. Trophy: Top Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Park free. Prizes: Top 10 players in each

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section. Top 5 clubs & Top 5 schools in all sections combined (min prizes 1/2. Reg.: 6-6:30 pm. Register at LAChessClub.com and receive 2/team, top 4 count). K-12 kids only. 5 sections based on rating: 1299- a free gift. Rds.: 6:30, 6:55, 7:20, 7:45, 8:10, 8:35, 9 pm. Prizes: 1/2 FLORIDA 900, 899-600, 599-300, u300. Sched: Reg. 9-9:30a. Games 10-11:30-1- collections. Parking: Free on streets & BoA. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com. Boca Raton Chess Club 2:20-3:45. EF: $48 by 8/26, Onsite +$20, Playup +$10. Sept 2017 Supp Friday night tournament games, one game a week for 4 weeks. & TD disc to place players. www.BayAreaChess.com/ Info/Flyer/Reg: AUG. 5, 12, 26, LACC Saturday G/60 www.bocachess.com, 561-302-4377. laborkids. 2050 Concourse Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131. W. 4 separate events- 4 Sections. Open/U1800/U1400/U1000; 6SS, AUG. 19, Cagan Crossings Community Library SEPT. 2 OR 3-4, 2017 CalChess State Championship (Labor Day) G/60 d5 for top 2 sections and G/30 d0 for bottom 2. 11514 Santa 5-SS (or Round Robin), G/40 d5. Cagan Crossings Library, 16729 See Grand Prix. Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $30/ ($20 LACC memb; No prizes Cagan Oaks Blvd., Clermont, FL. Off of U.S. Hwy 27/S.R. 25. Across SEPT. 10, Bay Area Fremont Swiss (PK-12; 4SS, G/30 d5) 1/2). Reg.: 11-12. Register at LAChessClub.com and receive a free Hwy from Lowes; Diagonally across from Walmart. Bring set and *NEW Location* Fremont Marriott, 46100 Landing Parkway, Fremont, gift. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: clock if possible. $20 mailed or brought to library. Make www.LA ENTRY FEE: CA 94538. players w + score. 9:30-9:45a. Free at BoA, streets, & basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or checks payable to: . $25 cash at door. GM fees Trophies: Sched: Reg. ChessClub.com “Cagan Library FOL” Games: 10a - 1:30p. EF: 34, 49 after 9/5. Info: http://BayAreaChess . waived. Seniors (65+), Juniors ≤16 years old, and USCF members .com/signature. W. AUG. 6, 13, 27, LACC Sunday G/60 with conditional ratings, $10.00 or $15.00 at door. USCF membership SEPT. 10, Bay Area Fremont Quads (PK-12; 3xG/30 d5) 4 separate events- 4 Sections. Open/U1800/U1400/U1000; 6SS, & confirmed ID# required. Unrated (free) tournament being run con- *NEW Location* Fremont Marriott, 46100 Landing Parkway, Fremont, G/60 d5 for top 2 sections and G/30 d0 for bottom 2. 11514 Santa currently, no membership or ID requirements. PRIZES: Guaranteed CA 94538. Trophies: Players w + score. Sched: Reqrd. Check-in 1:30- Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $30/ ($20 LACC memb; No prizes $100/50/25 after 10 full-pay registrations pro-rated. Prizes then 2p. Games: 2:15-5p. EF: 29, 44 after 9/5. Info: http://BayAreaChess 1/2). Reg.: 11-12. Register at LAChessClub.com and receive a free increase by $40/20/10 after every 5 paid registrations. Chess trophies .com/signature. W. gift. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: for winners of both tournaments. Junior player with best record in Free at BoA, streets, & basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LA free tournament offered paid USCF membership. 9AM - 5PM. Arrive SEPT. 10, Fremont DuperSwiss75 (3SS, G/75 d5) ChessClub.com. by 8:45 to register. CONTACT: Library #352-243-1840 for general *NEW Location* Fremont Marriott, 46100 Landing Parkway, Fremont, info. CONTACT: Herb Pilgrim Cell: 352-396-1006 OR librarychess CA 94538. Prizes: $1,300 b/50. 60% guar. 1900+: $200-100-100, u2000 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! [email protected] for detailed specifics. 50-50. 1500-1899: $200-100, u1600 50-50. u1500: $200-100, u1200 50- AUG. 8, 15, 22, 29, Santa Monica Bay Chess Club 50. Sep 17 Supp & TD disc. Reg.: 8:30-8:45. Rds.: 9-11:45-2:40. EF: 49, TUESDAY EVENINGS; (4-SS, G/1:55 d5) Cash prizes. St. Andrew’s Church, AUG. 24, Village Senior Quads Econ 34 w 1/2 prz. after 9/6 +15, playup +15, Rtd 2200+ $0 by 8/27. 11555 National Blvd., WLA, 90064. EF: $10 - Club members, $25 - non- Open to all*. 3 round Quad G/60 d5. Captiva Rec Center, 658 Pinellas Info: BayAreaChess.com/grandprix. W. members. Reg.: 7-7:10 p.m. Rds.: 7:10-11:00 p.m., USCF rated Free Pl., The Villages, FL 32163. Rds.: 10AM, 1PM, 3:15PM. EF: $5, prizes parking. Free coffee. INFO: (310) 827-2789. based on entries. Unrateds free. Booster: $12, Prize 1 year membership SEPT. 23, 2017 U.S. Game/30 National Championship in USCF, nonrated. Reg.: 9AM at site. Adv. Reg.: send to Herbert Menen- See Nationals. AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, 8th annual Central California Open (CA-N) dez, 3133 Jemima Ave., The Villages, FL 32163. Email: TheVillagesChess See Grand Prix. SEPT. 24, 2017 U.S. Game/60 National Championship [email protected]. Note: * Lake, Sumter and Marion county residents See Nationals. AUG. 19-20, 2017 Petrosian Memorial must reside in The Villages. See Grand Prix. OCT. 14, National Chess Day - Special BAC Blitz Championship SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 2017 American Chess Promotions Open (GA) (4 D-SS, G/5 d0) (BLZ) SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, 39th Annual Southern California Open See Grand Prix. 2050 Concord Drive #42, San Jose, CA 95131. Prizes: 75% of the EF: See Grand Prix. SEPT. 1-4, 2017 Arnold Denker Florida State Championship 45% to 1700+, 30% to u1700. Sched: Required Check-in 5-5:15p. SEPT. 12, 19, 26, Santa Monica Bay Chess Club See Grand Prix. Games: 10 games between 5:30p-8:30p. EF: 16, 20 after 10/4 Info: TUESDAY EVENINGS; (3-RR, G/1:55 d5) Cash prizes. St. Andrew’s Church, http://BayAreaChess.com/blitz. W. SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 44th Annual 11555 National Blvd., WLA, 90064. QUADS: EF: $10 - Club members, Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open (NC) OCT. 14, National Chess Day - Foster City DuperSwiss75 (3SS, $20 - non-members. Reg.: 7-7:10 p.m. Rds.: 7:10-11:00 p.m., USCF See Grand Prix. G/75 d5) rated. Free parking. Free coffee. INFO: (310) 827-2789. Foster City Courtyard, Marriott, 550 Shell Blvd., 94404. Prizes: $1,300 SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, Tri-State Chess Championship (GA) NOV. 3-5 OR 4-5, 12th annual Los Angeles Open See Grand Prix. b/50. 60% guar. 1900+: $200-100-100, u2000 50-50. 1500-1899: $200- See Grand Prix. 100, u1600 50-50. u1500: $200-100, u1200 50-50. Oct 17 Supp & TD OCT. 14, National Chess Day Tournament G/30 Scholastic (K-12) disc. 8:30-8:45. Rds.: 9-11:45-2:40. 49, Econ 34 w 1/2 prz. NOV. 23-26 OR 24-26, 53rd Annual American Open Reg.: EF: See Grand Prix. 5SS, G/30 d0 after 10/9 +15, playup +15, Rtd 2200+ $0 by 10/2. Info: http://BayArea Hialeah Gardens Middle School, 11690 NW 92 Ave., Hialeah Gardens, Chess.com/grandprix. W. DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 27th annual North American FL 33018. Entry Fees: $20 by 10/6/17 per person, $25 onsite. Onsite US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Open (NV) Registration 8-8:45 a.m. Rounds: 9:00, 10:20, 11:45, 1:15, 2:30 pm. See Grand Prix. OCT. 14-15, National Chess Day - Special 5-round Milpitas Prizes: Team & Individual Trophies (Top 3 each section). Medals for all $uper$wiss (5SS, G/61 d5) participants. Mail entries to: Online at www.fsclchess.org. Elizabeth 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Prizes: $1,300 b/50. 60% guar. COLORADO Tejada, P.O. Box 22629 Hialeah, FL 33002. Checks payable to FSCL. 1900+: $200-100-100, u2000 50-50. 1500-1899: $200-100, u1600 50-50. Questions: [email protected] and/or [email protected], [email protected], 786 444-2467. u1500: $200-100, u1200 50-50. Oct 17 Supp & TD disc. Sched: Reg. Sat SEPT. 2-3, 2017 Colorado Open Advanced entries posted at 11-11:15. Rds. Sat 11:30, 2:30, Sun 9, 11:30 2. Entry fee is the same as 4 See Grand Prix. www.fsclchess.org. round $uper$wiss: 49, Econ 34 w 1/2 prz. after 10/4 +15, playup +25, DEC. 8-10, 2017 National K-12 Grade Championships Rtd 2200+ $0 by 9/30. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/grandprix. A Heritage Event! See Nationals. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! NOV. 3-5 OR 4-5, 12th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) OCT. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 53rd Annual Colorado Springs City See Grand Prix. Chess Championship GEORGIA DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 27th annual North American 5SS. TC: G/90+30. Site: Ballroom in the Acacia Apartment Building, Open (NV) 104 E. Platte, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. Open: USCF Membership AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, 48th Annual Southern Congress See Grand Prix. required EF: $15 (1 game / week); $5 discount for CSCC Supporting See Grand Prix. Members. Prizes: Cash prizes will be announced at event. Reg.: About AUG. 13, 2017 ACP August Scholastic Championship 6:00pm until 6:45pm each week, Rounds: 7:00pm. Ent.: Paul Anderson. 4-SS, G/30 d5. Interactive College of Technology, 5227 New Peachtree CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN Phone: (719) 459-9612 SMS. E-mail: [email protected]. Rd., Chamblee, GA 30341. Entry Fee: $29 by 8/12; $33 at site. In three DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 27th annual North American sections: Middle School (K-8), Elementary (K-6), Primary (K-3). Trophies THE LOS ANGELES CHESS CLUB to top 5, top unrated, top girl each section. Medals to every participant The Most Active Club on the West Coast! (310) 795-5710. * Open (NV) See Grand Prix. that doesn’t get a trophy. Registration ends 10:30 a.m. Rounds: 11 LACC: www.LAChessClub.com; VCC: www.ValleyChess a.m., 12:30 p.m., then as soon as possible. Special: A Master or Expert Club.com; Contact: [email protected]; Saturday & Sun- will be on hand for FREE analysis. Bring , none supplied. days: 10 am-9 pm (Beginner/Novice & Intermediate classes + CONNECTICUT Info: (478)-973-9389 or [email protected]. Enter 3 Tournaments each day – Details on our web site. Tuesdays: at: americanchesspromotions.com. 7:30-9:30 pm (Advance lecture). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., AUG. 10-13, 11-13 OR 12-13, 47th annual Continental Open (MA) Los Angeles, CA 90025. (4 blocks W of 405, SW corner of See Grand Prix. AUG. 19, 1st Annual Chess-Coach.net Back to School Chess Tournament Santa Monica & Butler * 2nd Floor – above Javan Restaurant) AUG. 18-20 OR 19-20, 16th annual Manhattan Open (NY) Group Classes * Tournaments * Private (1:1) Lessons. 5SS, G/30 d5. Georgia Tech, 350 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30313, 3rd See Grand Prix. Floor Student Center, Room 320. 4 Sections. Open (1400+ Rating), VELLOTTI’S CHESS SCHOOL SEPT. 22-24 OR 23-24, 8th Annual Hartford Open Reserve (1000-1399), Junior Open (600-999), Junior Reserve (100- Beginners Welcome! Now offering online lessons, Vellotti’s Chess See Grand Prix. 599). EF: $69 by 8/5, $75 on site. Registration: www.chess-coach.net School makes chess FUN for both boys & girls from PreK thru 404-492-9039. Prizes: include Laptops 1st place, tablets 2nd/3rd every NOV. 3-5 OR 4-5, 3rd annual Stamford Open section. Trophies 1st through 5th place. Free Pizza to all players. 8th grade. Our Award-Winning Enchanted Chess adventure- See Grand Prix. based system is currently used to train & develop thousands of SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 2017 American Chess Promotions Open students into state and national champions. Super star International NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) See Grand Prix. Master Luke Vellotti supervises the development of lesson plans See Grand Prix. and also coaches more advanced students and titled players. Now SEPT. 1-4, 2017 Arnold Denker Florida State Championship (FL) See Grand Prix. in two locations- Idaho and Southern CA. For more info about DELAWARE Classes, Camps, and Tournaments, call (208) 713-2486 or email SEPT. 3, 2017 American Chess Promotions Open Scholastic [email protected]. Visit us online at SuccessInChess.com AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 49th annual Atlantic Open (VA) 4-SS, G/30 d5. Interactive College of Technology, 5227 New Peachtree or SoCalChess.com to register for a FREE class today! See Grand Prix. Rd., Chamblee, GA 30341. In 3 sections: Middle School: K-8; Elementary: K-6; and Primary: K-3. Entry Fee: $29 by 9/02; $33 at site. Trophies to AUG. 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, Every Saturday & Sunday NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) top 7, top unrated, top girl each section. Medals to every participant Chess 4 Juniors See Grand Prix. who didn’t get a trophy. Registration: ends 10:30 a.m. sharp!! Rounds: 10 separate events- 5SS, G/30 d0. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd. & Butler 1st at 11 a.m.- 12:30, then as soon as possible. Should be over by 6 LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blocks West of 405. $30 ($20 LACC memb, No EF: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA p.m. Special: Master or Expert will be on hand for FREE analysis. Info: prize 1/2, siblings 1/2, Free new LACC members). Reg.: 12-1 pm. [email protected] or (478)-973-9389. Enter: amer- Register at LAChessClub.com and receive a free gift. Rds.: 1pm & asap; icanchesspromotions.com. done by 4; Prizes: Trophies & medals; All players receive prizes! Parking: AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 49th annual Atlantic Open (VA) Free on streets & BoA. Free healthy refreshments. Info: (310) 795-5710 See Grand Prix. SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 44th Annual or www.LAChessClub.com or [email protected]. OCT. 6-9 OR 7-9, 9th annual Washington Chess Congress (VA) Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open (NC) AUG. 5, 12, 19, 26, LACC - Sat Nite Blitzathon G/5 (BLZ) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. 5 separate events- 7DSS, G/5 d0 (Blitz,14 Games). 11514 Santa Monica NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, Tri-State Chess Championship Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blks W of 405. EF: $20 ($15 LACC memb). No See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix.

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OCT. 6-9 OR 7-9, 9th annual Washington Chess Congress (VA) OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) SEPT. 23-24, The Southwest MO Diehards’ Fall Open (MO) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. OCT. 14, National Chess Day 2nd Annual Campout Tournament OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) Presented by Metro Atlanta Chess Partners. Outdoor Activity Center, IOWA See Grand Prix. 1442 Richland Road, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310. Check in will begin at 11:00 am. This is a scholastic (K-12) tournament with two sections: K-2nd U800 A State Championship Event! and 3rd -12th U1200. *50 PARTICIPANT MAXIMUM, US CHESS (USCF) AUG. 18, 2017 Iowa Quick Chess Championship (QC) KENTUCKY MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED* Entry fee deadline: $30 by Thursday, October, Open to all. 6-SS, G/10 d3. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 300 12, 2017 at www.macpchess.org. No onsite registration. Five Rounds AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 12th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) E. 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. Reg.: 6 - 7 pm See Grand Prix. (G/30 d5) – 1st Round starts at 12:00pm, 2nd Round-1:15pm, 3rd Round- or in advance. Rds.: 7:15pm, 7:45, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45. EF: $25 if 2:30pm, 4th Round-3:45pm and 5th Round-5:15pm. *PRIZES- 1st, 2nd postmarked by 8/14; $35 On Site; $5 off if out of state. IM and GM Free SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 73rd Ohio Chess Congress (OH) and 3rd places trophies for both sections. Participants and their families (EF deducted) Prize Info: $280 in PRIZES 1st = $100+Trophy 2nd = See Grand Prix. will enjoy outdoor camping, making s’mores over a camp fire and a guided $60 U2000 = $40, U1600 = $40, U1200 = $40 (Based on 25 entries). SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 2017 American Chess Promotions Open (GA) night nature hike within a 26-acre urban forest preserve. US Chess Federation(USCF) membership required. On-Site Available. See Grand Prix. Send Entry Fee to: IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa SEPT. 9, Lexington 2nd Saturday IDAHO City, IA 52245 or Register online at https://onlineregistration.cc/ Addi- tional Info: The Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Chess rate Univ of KY. 5SS, G/30 d5. EF: $30. Prizes: Class prizes only. Over2000, A, B, C, D, E, Under1000. 93% of entry fees go to prizes. Reg.: 11:30 at VELLOTTI’S CHESS SCHOOL available, $128 (INCLUDES PARKING) only until 8/1/17, rates may increase after this date. Pool, restaurant, more restaurants in walking 304 Scott St, Dickey Hall, Rm.325. Rds.: 12:00-1:45-3:15-4:45-6:00. Beginners Welcome! Now offering online lessons, Vellotti’s distance. 319-688-4000. Info: Lexchess.com, [email protected]. Extra: FREE entry for Chess School makes chess FUN for both boys & girls from PreK anyone joining USChess or first rated tourn. thru 8th grade. Our Award-Winning Enchanted Chess adven- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! SEPT. 9-10, Golden Buckeye Senior & Adult Open (OH) ture-based system is currently used to train & develop thousands A State Championship Event! See Ohio. of students into state and national champions. Super star Inter- AUG. 19, 63rd Iowa Open Reserve Championship national Master Luke Vellotti supervises the development of Open to U1600. 4-SS, G/75 d5. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, OCT. 14, Lexington 2nd Saturday - National Chess Day lesson plans and also coaches more advanced students and titled 300 E. 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. Reg.: On Univ of KY. 5SS, G/30 d5. EF: $30. Prizes: Class prizes only. Over2000, players. Now in two locations- Idaho and Southern CA. For site 8:30-9:30am. Rds.: Sat: 10:15, (Lunch) 1:30, 4:30, & 7:30. EF: $30 A, B, C, D, E, Under1000. 93% of entry fees go to prizes. Reg.: 11:30 at more info about Classes, Camps, and Tournaments, call (208) if postmarked by 8/14; $40 at Site; Jrs, Srs, and Out of State $5 Off. 304 Scott St, Dickey Hall, Rm.325. Rds.: 12:00-1:45-3:15-4:45-6:00. 713-2486 or email [email protected]. Visit us online at Prize Info: $340 in PRIZES 1st = $140+Trophy 2nd = $90 3rd = $60 Info: Lexchess.com, [email protected]. Extra: FREE entry for SuccessInChess.com or SoCalChess.com to register for a FREE U1250 $50. US Chess Federation (USCF) membership required. On- anyone joining USChess or first rated tourn. class today! Site Available. IASCA membership required, $10, On-Site Available. Send Entry Fee to: IASCA, c/o Mark Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa City, IA 52245 or register online at www.onlineregistration.cc Addi- LOUISIANA ILLINOIS tional Info: Chess rate available, $128 (INCLUDES PARKING) only until 8/1/17, rates may increase after this date. Pool, restaurant, more SEPT. 2-4, 2017 Louisiana State Championship See Grand Prix. AUG. 12, Chicago Chess Center Pre-Opening Plus-Score #13 restaurants in walking distance. 319-688- 4000. US Chess JGP. Mixed See Grand Prix. Doubles available. Entry $5 per person. Average rating of the SEPT. 3, 2017 Louisiana Scholastic Kickoff Championship AUG. 12, Chicago Chess Center Rated Beginners’ Open #8 male/female pair must be less than 2000. Scores will be based on per- 4-SS, G/30 d5 (Individuals – not a team event). Site: Hilton New Orleans (RBO) centage of each player with respect to their section (for example if you Airport Hotel, 901 Airline Dr., Kenner, LA 70062. EF: $20 if rec’d by 5SS, G/30 d5. UIC Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL score 3 out of 5 you get an 60; if you score 3 out of 4 you get 75, etc). 8/27, $25 at site. Prizes: Trophies to top 5 in each section; medals to 60607. Open to 1200 & under. EF: $18 in advance; $25 onsite. Prizes: The RBO has 5 rounds, the Reserve 4 rounds, and the Open 5 rounds. all non-trophy winners. 3 Secs. (all USCF-rated): OPEN, U900, U500/Unr. 1st place: clock + book, 2nd place: two books, 3rd place: book. Free Prizes: 1st $70; 2nd $40; 3rd 20. All players must have current USCF memberships (may be purchased entry & US Chess membership available to a limited number of City of AUG. 19, 63rd Iowa Open Rated Beginner’s Open (RBO) at site). Byes: One half-point bye allowed - must commit before start of Chicago scholastic players with financial need (honor system). Email Open to U1200 or Unrated. 5-SS, G/30 d5. Marriott Hotel and Conference Rd. 1. On-site Reg.: Sun. 9/3, 12-12:30pm. Rds.: First Round at 1pm, for details. All-day parking $7 at 760 W. Taylor. ENT: 9 to 9:45 AM. Center, 300 E. 9th St. (I-80, SE side of Exit 242), Coralville, IA 52241. other rounds will immed. follow. HR: $99, (504) 469-5000, ask for chess Rounds: First round 10 a.m. other rounds ASAP. www.chichess.org Reg.: 8:30 am to 9:30am. Rds.: Saturday 10:15, Lunch, 12, 1:30 and rate. Free Parking! Ent/Info: Cajun Chess, 12405 Hillary Step Dr., Olive /events. INFO: Bill Brock, 773-294-1709, [email protected]. Sets & ASAP EF: $19 if postmarked before 8/14 $26 on site. $5 off for out of Branch, MS 38654, or email [email protected], (504) 208-9596; clocks provided. W. state. Prize Info: Trophies top 5 overall, U 1000, U800, U600, U400 and or enter on line with credit card at www.cajunchess.com. AUG. 19-20, 63rd Iowa Open Championship (FIDE and USCF Unrated 1st and 2nd. US Chess Federation (USCF) membership Rated) (IA) required. On-Site Available. Send Entry Fee to: IASCA, c/o Mark MAINE See Grand Prix. Capron, 3123 Juniper Dr., Iowa City, IA 52245 or register online at www.onlineregistration.cc Additional Info: Chess rate available, $128 OCT. 14, Brewer Community School Chess Tourney - National AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 12th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) (INCLUDES PARKING) only until 8/1/17, rates may increase after this Chess Day! See Grand Prix. date. Pool, restaurant, more restaurants in walking distance. 319-688- Quads: G/60 d5; U-1000 4 rd/ss, G/45 d5; Unrated K-6 4 rd/ss, G/45 AUG. 26, 54th Bradley Summer Open 4000. Mixed Doubles available. Entry $5 per person. Average rating d0. EF: $15 by Oct 12, 2017, $20 at door. Prizes: Quads $20, Rest See Grand Prix. of the male/female pair must be less than 2000. Scores will be based trophies top two. Reg.: 8 am.- 9 am. EF: payable to Steve Wong, 54 on percentage of each player with respect to their section (for example Wilson St., Brewer, ME 04412. Information: 207-945-3969 or email: SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 2017 Annual Harold if you score 3 out of 5 you get an 60; if you score 3 out of 4 you get 75, Steen Memorial Cup (MI) [email protected]. Location: Machias Savings Bank, 581 Wilson etc). The RBO has 5 rounds, the Reserve 4 rounds, and the Open 5 St., Brewer, ME 04412 (across the street from Marden’s). No concessions, See Grand Prix. rounds. Prizes: 1st $70; 2nd $40; 3rd 20. but many within a two minute walk. Parking in back, but use front OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships AUG. 19-20, 63rd Iowa Open Championship (FIDE and USCF entrance. See Grand Prix. Rated) See Grand Prix. MARYLAND INDIANA OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) See Grand Prix. MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 12th annual Indianapolis Open MCA runs scholastic tournaments (almost every other Saturday See Grand Prix. KANSAS from mid-September to late May) & open tournaments (usually SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 73rd Ohio Chess Congress (OH) 10+ annually) throughout Maryland. Listings & online regis- See Grand Prix. AUG. 19-20, 63rd Iowa Open Championship (FIDE and USCF tration at www.MDChess.org. Maryland scholastic players who SEPT. 9-10, Golden Buckeye Senior & Adult Open (OH) Rated) (IA) compete in the Varsity section (which has a floor of 1600) of a See Ohio. See Grand Prix. Maryland-Sweet-16 Qualifier can qualify for the $44,000 schol- arship to UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 2017 Annual Harold SEPT. 15-16 (FRI & SAT), 2017 U.S. Blind Chess Championship awarded each year. Steen Memorial Cup (MI) in Lindsborg, KS See Grand Prix. See Nationals. AUG. 11, 2017 Washington International Blitz (BLZ) See Grand Prix. AUG. 12, Waldorf Quad #19 3 Rd. Quads, G/90 d5. Waldorf Chess Club, 2932 Mattawoman Beantown RD., Waldorf, MD 20601. EF: $20. $$GTD: $50. 1st each Quad. Reg.: 8: 30 - 9:45 AM. Rds.: 10:00, 2:00, and 5:30. INFO: Roland Thorpe, 301- 752-5169 [email protected]. DIR: Located within 30-40 minutes 12th annual of the DC, and Northern VA metro area. http://waldorfchessclub.org. AUG. 12-16, 6th Annual Washington International INDIANAPOLIS OPEN See Grand Prix. AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 49th annual Atlantic Open (VA) See Grand Prix. August 25-27 or 26-27, Crowne Plaza Airport SEPT. 2, Maryland Blitz Championship (BLZ) G/3 +2”incr, # rounds based on entries. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Prizes (80% of EF Paid) 35%-20%-10%, class prizes based on entries. Sets, boards and clocks provided. Free $103 room rates, free parking, free airport shuttle parking for day guests. EF: $25 until 8/29 then $30. Schedule: Reg. ends at 5:30pm, Rds start at 6:00pm then ASAP. Ent: MCA, c/o Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. More information $14,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES & online entry @ http://mdblitz.mdchess.com. SEPT. 2, Maryland Quick Championship (QC) For full details see “Grand Prix” in this issue. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 3, Maryland Action Championship See Grand Prix.

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SEPT. 16-17, UMBC Championship SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 2017 American Chess Promotions Open (GA) Prize: $60 1st place (each quad). Call 201-797-0330 or email chessdi- See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. [email protected] for more information. OCT. 6-9 OR 7-9, 9th annual Washington Chess Congress (VA) AUG. 20, Glen Rock Blitz Tournament (BLZ) See Grand Prix. MISSOURI ICA, 354 ROCK RD., GLEN ROCK, NJ 07452. 3 Sections: OPEN SECTION, OPEN U1600 SECTION, UNRATED SECTION. * $1,050 guaranteed prize NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) See Grand Prix. Thursday Improve Your USCF Rating Night fund, based on 90 total tournament participants * Open section sections The Kansas City Chess Club, 2 S. Water St., Liberty, MO 64068. 3SS, 7SS, G/3 d2. Under 1600 and unrated G/5 d0. Adv reg through August G/30 d5 at 6:30PM - every Thursday evening. Free Parking! Free Coffee! 18, On site reg ends 2:30 PM August 20, Tournament Starts 3 PM. OPEN MASSACHUSETTS EF: $10. Flyer at www.kansascitychessclub.com. SECTION (for players rated 1400 and above). Prizes: $200, $100, $50; TU2000 & TU1800 - $50 each (section prize fund will not be reduced AUG. 19-20 , 63rd Iowa Open Championship (FIDE and USCF below 75%). Entry Fees: adv entry fee $25, on site entry fee $30. OPEN US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Rated) (IA) U1600 SECTION (for players rated below 1600). Prizes: $200, $100, AUG. 9, 16, 23, 30, SEPT. 6, IM John A. Grefe Memorial See Grand Prix. 5SS, G/100 d5. Wachusett CC. McKay Complex, Room C159, Fitchburg $50; TU1400, TU1200, TU1000, TU800, TU600 - $50 each (section prize State University, 67 Rindge Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $20 annual AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 12th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) fund will not be reduced below 75%). Entry Fees: adv entry fee $25, on club dues or $1 per game. Reg.: 6:30-7 p.m. Rds.: 7:15 p.m. each Wed. See Grand Prix. site entry fee $30. UNRATED SECTION (for unrated players). Prizes: Byes: 1-4, limit two. Prizes: chess books to 1st, 2nd, top U1800, U1600, SEPT. 2-3, 2017 Club Championship (FIDE Rated) 1st - 3rd ??? Surprise prizes awarded. Entry Fees: adv entry fee $15, U1400. Info: George Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420, See Grand Prix. on site entry fee $20. Enter Online (all sections): https://ica.jumbula.com/ [email protected], 978-345-5011. Website: www.wachusettchess.org ICATournaments2017/SundayBlitzTournament_190. For More Infor- WEB: 8/9. Air-conditioned room. Free parking. W. SEPT. 23-24, The Southwest MO Diehards’ Fall Open mation: ICA Chess Director: 201 797-0330 Email [email protected] See Grand Prix. or www.icanj.net AUG. 10-13, 11-13 OR 12-13, 47th annual Continental Open See Grand Prix. OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) AUG. 20, Westfield G/45 Quads See Grand Prix. 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. EF: $25, SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, 77th New England Open $20 members. $60 to first in each section. 1:15-1:50 See Grand Prix. OCT. 14, $1,000 National Chess Day G/65 Championship Prizes: Register: See Grand Prix. p.m. Those registering after 1:50 will be charged $5 extra. Rounds: SEPT. 16-17, 2nd Massachusetts Senior Open 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Information: John Moldovan: westfieldchessclub@ See Grand Prix. gmail.com. MONTANA NEW WEB SITE: www.westfieldchessclub.org. SEPT. 22-24 OR 23-24, 8th Annual Hartford Open (CT) AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 49th annual Atlantic Open (VA) See Grand Prix. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. OCT. 15, Fuller Craft National Chess Day G/30 d5 Quad OCT. 14-15, Great Falls National Chess Day Chinook Open AUG. 26, Hamilton Chess Club Quads Event Location: Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak St., Brockton, MA 02301. 5SS, G/90 d5. Holiday Inn, 1100 5th St. South, Great Falls, MT, 406- 3RR, 40/80 15/30 15/30 d0. Full K. McManimon Hall, 320 Scully Ave., Time Control: Three-round G/30 d5. Swiss QUAD. Round Times: Round 727- 7200. REG.: 8:30-9:30am Sat. Rds.: 10am, 2pm, 6pm, 9am, and Hamilton Twp., NJ 08610. Quads open to all. EF: $10. Prizes: $25 per 1 at 12:00 PM (Round 3 done by 5:00 PM at latest) Byes: None. Prize 1pm or ASAP. $$$ b/25, $75, $50, $25. Biggest upset: (non-prov) $30. Quad. Reg.: 9-10:30am. Rds.: 10:30am-1:30pm-4:30pm. OSA. Contact Info: 1st Prize in each Section. Inquiry: [email protected], EF: $25 by Oct 13, $5 more at site, Jrs @1/2. MCA $15, OSA. MCA free email: hamiltonchessclub.com. W. 508-588-6000 (Museum); 781-733-0849 (my cell). Event Webpage: to unrated players. Entries: Jim Skovron, 1312 Camas Drive, Great http://fullercraft.org/event/national-chess-day-tournament/. Registration Info Misc: AUG. 26, ICA Super Saturday Quads Falls, MT 59405. : [email protected], 406-781-7898. 354 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ 07452 (Education building, 2nd floor). Information: $25 ($20 for Club Members) pre-registered by Entry Fee: Updates and more info: www.montanachess.org, hotel discount available 3SS, G/45 d5. On site before 1:20 PM at the day of the 10/12/2017; $30 ($25 for Club Members) onsite Registration - Onsite: Registration: until Sept 29, mention chess. Montana Grand Prix event. tournament. $25 all sections. 1:30 - 3:00 - 4:30. 10:45 AM-11:45 AM. Membership Requirement: Current USCF Mem- Entry Fee: Rounds: $60 1st place (each quad). Call 201-797-0330 or email chessdi- bership in good standing. Prize: NEBRASKA [email protected] for more information. NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) See Grand Prix. AUG. 27, Westfield G/45 Quads AUG. 19-20, 63rd Iowa Open Championship (FIDE and USCF 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. EF: $25, Rated) (IA) $20 members. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Register: 1:15-1:50 MICHIGAN See Grand Prix. p.m. Those registering after 1:50 will be charged $5 extra. Rounds: OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Information: John Moldovan: westfieldchessclub@ AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, Cleveland Open (OH) See Grand Prix. gmail.com. NEW WEB SITE: www.westfieldchessclub.org. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 2, New Jersey Scholastic K-8 Championship AUG. 19-20, 2017 UP Open NEVADA 5-SS, G/30 d5. Hyatt Morristown, 3 Speedwell Ave., Morristown, NJ See Grand Prix. 07960. If staying, for chess rate, please make reservations at https://aws.passkey.com/go/NJChessSep17. Room Block expires 8/1. AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 12th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, 8th annual Central California Open (CA-N) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Phone: 973-647-1234, mention NJ Chess. Free parking, public trans- portation to NYC, Phila. walking distance, 30 restaurants, shops and SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 73rd Ohio Chess Congress (OH) OCT. 13-15 OR 14-15, 35th Annual Sands Regency Reno - parks within 5 minute stroll. In three sections: Under 1200, Under See Grand Prix. Western States Open - FIDE 900, Under 600. Trophies to Top Ten in each section. Registration: See Grand Prix. SEPT. 1-4, 2-4 OR 2-3, 2017 Michigan Open Saturday, September 2, 11am -12noon. Rounds: 12:30pm, then ASAP. See Grand Prix. NOV. 3-5 OR 4-5, 12th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) EF: $30 if postmarked by August 26. $40 cash at site. One 1/2 point See Grand Prix. bye allowed if requested with entry fee. September Rating Supplement A State Championship Event! used. Entries: Hal Sprechman, 66 Cromwell Ln., Jackson, NJ 08527. SEPT. 2, 2017 Michigan Speed Championship (BLZ) DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 27th annual North American Open Entries must include name, USCF ID and expiration date, mailing See Grand Prix. 5-2SS. Edward Village Hotel & Convention Center, 600 Town Center Dr., address, email address, phone number, grade level, section and entry Dearborn, MI 48126. HR: $119 by 8/11, after if space avail, Phone: fee. Checks made out to NJSCF. Register online at njscf.org for $32 313-592-3622, Website: www.hotel-dearborn.com. USCF Blitz rated. NEW HAMPSHIRE by midnight 8/31. Questions to [email protected]. Phone: TL: G/5 d0. Rds.: Starts at 3:30pm. EF: $18 online in adv. $25 onsite. 732-259-3881. W. Reg.: www.onlineregistration.cc, Sun 9am-3pm. $$: 1st Troph + $150, AUG. 10-13, 11-13 OR 12-13, 47th annual Continental Open (MA) 2nd: $125, 3rd: $100, 4th: $75, 5th: $50; Troph 1st, 2nd U2000, U1800, See Grand Prix. SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, 70th Annual New Jersey Open Championship See Grand Prix. U1600, U1400, U1200, U1000, U800, U600, U400, Unr. Ent & Info: Jeff SEPT. 9, Vermont Versus New Hampshire Match Aldrich, P.O. Box 40, Flint, MI 48501; [email protected]; (810) 4 Rd. Scheveningen System G/65 d5. Courtyard by Marriott, SEPT. 9, ICA Super Saturday Quads 955-7271. Hanover/Lebanon, 10 Morgan Dr., Lebanon, NH 03766. Onsite Entry 354 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ 07452 (Education building, 2nd floor). 3SS, G/45 d5. On site before 1:20 PM at the day of the SEPT. 9-10, Golden Buckeye Senior & Adult Open (OH) Only. All players must be residents of Vermont or New Hampshire or Registration: See Ohio. students attending school in either of these states. Teams will be broken tournament. Entry Fee: $25 all sections. Rounds: 1:30 - 3:00 - 4:30. into three groups of four and each member will play all members of the Prize: $60 1st place (each quad). Call 201-797-0330 or email chessdi- SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 2017 Annual Harold other team’s group. Extra players will play a four round swiss with [email protected] for more information. Steen Memorial Cup minimal prizes. EF: $5, free to players rated 2200 and above. Prizes: SEPT. 10, Westfield G/45 Quads See Grand Prix. Traveling Trophy to winning team. Reg.: Registration 8:45-9:15. Rds.: 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. EF: $25, OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) 9:30AM, 12:30PM, 3:00PM, 5:30PM. No byes or withdraws. All players $20 members. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Register: 1:15-1:50 See Grand Prix. agree to play all rounds. For more information, New Hampshire players p.m. Those registering after 1:50 will be charged $5 extra. Rounds: contact Gene Tappen [email protected]. Vermont players contact Brian 2:00, 3:45, 5:30 p.m. Information: John Moldovan: westfieldchess Lafferty [email protected], www.relyeachess.com. [email protected]. MINNESOTA NEW WEB SITE: www.westfieldchessclub.org. SEPT. 22-24 OR 23-24, 8th Annual Hartford Open (CT) SEPT. 22-24 OR 23-24, 8th Annual Hartford Open (CT) AUG. 19-20, 63rd Iowa Open Championship (FIDE and USCF See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Rated) (IA) OCT. 6-9 OR 7-9, 9th annual Washington Chess Congress (VA) See Grand Prix. NEW JERSEY See Grand Prix. OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) AUG. 10-13, 11-13 OR 12-13, 47th annual Continental Open (MA) NOV. 3-5 OR 4-5, 3rd annual Stamford Open (CT) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. AUG. 17, 3rd Thursday Quads A State Championship Event! MISSISSIPPI 3 RR, G/30 d10. Effects Quick/Reg Rating. Quads grouped by Reg Rating. NOV. 19, New Jersey K-12 Grade Championship All the King’s Men Chess & Games Center (Just 22 mins. from Phila/NJ 5SS, G/30 d5. Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft, AUG. 19, 2017 Game/45 Championship bridges), 62 S. Broadway, Pitman, NJ. 856-582-8222. Prizes: $25 1st NJ 07738. Student Life Center, use Parking Lot #7 or #6; 4 miles from 5SS, G/40 d5. Country Inn & Suites, 3051 White Blvd., Pearl, MS, Phone: per quad. Unr. cannot win more than $10. EF: $12.50, members $10. Garden State Parkway exit 109. 13 Sections: Play only in your grade! 601-420-2244. HR: $89/night. Ask for the Chess rate. Registration: Reg.: 6 -7:15 pm. Rds.: 7:30-8:30-9:30 pm. All: Visa/MC/Disc/Amex Grades K-12: Trophies to top 10 individuals, top 3 teams - top 3 from 8am-9am Rounds at: 9:15, 11:00, lunch, 1:15, 3:00 and 4:45. 2 sections: OK w/$1surcharge. Info: Bring a clock! each school/grade; 50% of players receive trophy or medal!; Rds.: 10am Open and U1500. All sections are USCF rated. USCF and MCA member- and ASAP. EF: $35 by 11/12, $55 at site. USCF mem req’d. Reg.: 8- ships avail’ onsite. Prizes based on 75% entry fee. Open: 1st, 2nd, AUG. 18-20 OR 19-20, 16th annual Manhattan Open (NY) 9:00am After 9:00am 1/2 pt bye rd. 1. Info: 732 259-3881 Halsprech and 3rd U1500: 1st, 2nd, 3rd. EF: Adults, pre-entry $25, $35 at site. See Grand Prix. [email protected] Ent: Please make checks payable to NJSCF and send Students (K-12); pre-entry $15, $25 at site. No Smoking and no computers. AUG. 19, ICA Super Saturday Quads to Hal Sprechman, 66 Cromwell Lane, Jackson, NJ 08527. Entries must Mail your check made out to the Mississippi Chess Association, USCF 354 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ 07452 (Education building, 2nd floor). include name, grade school, date of birth, USCF ID # & expiration, number, expiration date:Mark Nicholas, 236 Crosscreek Dr., Brandon, 3SS, G/45 d5. Registration: On site before 1:20 PM at the day of the mailing address, phone number & entry fee, please include email address. MS 39047. www.mcachess.org. tournament. Entry Fee: $25 all sections. Rounds: 1:30 - 3:00 - 4:30. Register online at: www.njscf.org until midnight 11/17.

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NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-7:30-8:00-8:45-9:15-9:45pm. Two byes; NEW ENTRY FEE - $10.00. 4SS, G/65 d5. Cordisco’s Chess Center, See Grand Prix. request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- 308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901, (607) 772-8782. EF: $10. 477-3716. Two sections: Open & U1700. PRIZES: Winner of each section will NEW MEXICO AUG. 18-20 OR 19-20, 16th annual Manhattan Open receive a free entry into a future tournament! REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE. See Grand Prix. Schedule: Reg. on site 8:45-9:15AM. Rounds: 9:30-12Noon-2:30-4:45. Please bring clocks, none supplied. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! OCT. 14-15, National Chess Day Event in Socorro AUG. 28, 27th Nassau G/10 (BLZ) AUG. 18-20, 19-20 OR 20, Marshall Monthly U2300 (Blitz rated) 7SS, G/7 d3 or G/10 d0. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & New Mexico TECH Joseph A. Fidel Center, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, 5-SS, 40/90 SD30 +30. Open to players rated below 2300 USCF. $800 Main Sts., Mineola. EF: $25 by 8/21, $32 at site, non-memb $5 more. NM 87801. In 4 Sections, Open: 5SS, G/90 d5, Masters & NMT students Gtd: $300-150-100. U2100: $125; U1800 $125. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. w/ current USCF membership play free. EF: $40. $200-1st $150-2nd $$ (525 b/25) 150, U2200, 2000, 1800, 1550, 1300/UR 75 each. 3 byes Reg.: Ends 15 min before round start. Rds.: 3-day: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & 1-7. Reg to 7:15 PM. Rds.: 7:15-7:45-8:15-8:45-9:10-9:35-10. Rule 14H $100-3rd place in all sections Open, Reserve & Booster. Reg.: On-Site Sun. 12:30 & 5:30pm. 2-day: Sat. 11:00am (G/25 d5) then merge with on Oct 14 from 10am-12pm w/zero point bye for Round 1 for All Sections. not used. Sept supl used. Ent: Harold Stenzel, 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 3-day in round 2. 1-day: Sun. 9-10:10-11:20am (G/25 d5) then merge in 11782 [email protected]. Rds.: Sat. 9:30am, 2:00pm, 6:00pm & Sun. 10:00am, 2:00pm for Open, round 4. Max two byes, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. Reserve and Booster. Reserve U1700: 5SS, G/90 d5, NMT students 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. AUG. 31, Marshall Thursday Action! w/ current USCF membership play free. EF: $40. Booster U1300: 5SS, 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: G/90 d5, NMT students w/ current USCF membership play free. EF: AUG. 19, Marshall Saturday U1500 $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- $40. Scholastic K-12 U1100: 4SS, G/45 d0, EF: $15. Socorro K-12 stu- 4-SS, G/40 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. dents w/current USCF membership play free. Prizes: 1st-3rd medals $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45pm. One bye available, 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. and other prizes. Rds.: Sat. 9:30am, 11:30am, 2:30pm, 4:30pm. ENT: request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- Steve Perea 505-315-8709 http://tinyurl.com/ECNCDES. INFO: chess. 477-3716. SEPT. 1, Marshall U2200 Friday Night Action! [email protected] 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($300 b/25): $150-75, U1900: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs AUG. 24, Marshall Thursday Action! $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 27th annual North American 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. Open (NV) $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. See Grand Prix. 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! SEPT. 1-3, Marshall Weekend FIDE AUG. 25, Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz (BLZ) 5-SS, 40/90 SD/30 +30. FIDE Rated. ($600 b/25): $250-125. U2200: NEW YORK See Grand Prix. $125; U1900 $100. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. GMs Free. Reg.: Ends 15 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 49th annual Atlantic Open (VA) min before round start. Rds.: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & Sun. 12 & 5:30pm. Max 2 AUG. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 4th Long Island CC August Open See Grand Prix. byes, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., 5SS, G/90 d5. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East AUG. 26, Marshall Saturday G/60 (Open & U1700) NYC. 212-477-3716. Meadow, NY 11554. $110-90. Top U- Open to all. $(b/20 pd. ent.): 4-SS, G/55 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2300: 2000, U-1500/unr. $60 ea. $35. Non-LICC members SEPT. 1-4, 2-4 OR 3-4, 139th annual NY State Championship EF(cash only): $75, U2000: $75. U1700 ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, +$10. UNRATED FREE! 6:45 - 7:15 PM, no adv. ent., 7:30 See Grand Prix. Reg.: Rds.: MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45- PM ea. Thursday. 2 byes 1-5. Info: www.lichessclub.com. 7pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. SEPT. 2, Marshall Morning U1700 Action AUG. 10-13, 11-13 OR 12-13, 47th annual Continental Open (MA) 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs See Grand Prix. $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10-11:15am-12:15pm. One bye available, AUG. 27, Marshall Scholastic Action! (3 Rounds) request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, Cleveland Open (OH) 3-SS, G/25 d5. Open to youth K-12. ($225 b/25): $100-50, U1000: $75. EF: 477-3716. See Grand Prix. $30, MCC Mbrs: $15. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10:10-11:20am. No byes. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. SEPT. 3, Marshall Morning Action! (4 Rounds) AUG. 15, Marshall Masters 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1800: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs See Grand Prix. AUG. 27, Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1500) $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10-11:15am-12:15pm. One bye available, AUG. 17, Marshall Thursday Action! 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2100: request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: $75, U1800: $75. U1500: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1200: $75. EF: $40, 477-3716. MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 12:15-12:45pm. Rds.: 1-2:45-5:00- $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- SEPT. 4, Marshall Labor Day Action! 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. 6:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 6-SS, G/25 d5. ($525 b/25) $200-100. U2300: $75, U2000: $75, U1700: 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. $75. EF: $50, MCC Mbrs $30. GMs Free. Reg.: 10:15-10:45am. Rds.: AUG. 18, Marshall Quick Chess - NEW! (QC) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 11am-12:15-1:30-3:00-4:15-5:30pm. 2 byes available, request at entry. 6-SS, G/10 +3. ($300 b/25): $150-75, U1700: $75. EF: $30, MCC Mbrs AUG. 27, 75th Binghamton Open www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. CHECK OUT US CHESS CORRESPONDENCE CHESS RATED EVENTS!

Correspondence Chess Matches (two players) 2017 Open Correspondence Chess Golden Knights Championship TWO OR SIX-GAME OPTIONS. ENTRY FEE: $5. US CHESS $800 FIRST PRIZE ❑ WIN A CORRESPONDENCE CHESS TROPHY th Four-player, double round-robinwith rating-level (0000-1499; 70 ANNUAL (PLUS TITLE OF US CHESS GOLDEN KNIGHTS CHAMPION AND PLAQUE) 1500-1799; 1800-2000+) pairings. 1st-place winner re ceives a trophy. 2ND PLACE $500 • 3RD $300 • 4TH THRU 10TH PLACE $100 EACH • ENTRY FEE: $25 ENTRY FEE: $10. These US Chess Correspondence Chess events are rated and open to all US Chess members who reside on the North American continent, islands, ❑ VICTOR PALCIAUSKAS PRIZE TOURNAMENTS or , as well as those US Chess members with an APO or FPO address. US Chess members who reside outside of the North Amer ican con- Seven-player class-level pairings, one game with each tinent are welcome to participate in e-mail events. Your US Chess membership must remain current for the duration of the event, and entry fees of six opponents. 1st-place winner receives $130 cash prize must be paid in U.S. dollars. Those new to US Chess Corre spond ence Chess, please estimate your strength: Class A: 1800-1999 (very strong); and a certificate signed by Victor Palciauskas. Class B: 1600-1799 (strong); Class C: 1400-1599 (intermediate); Class D: 1399 and below (beginner level). Note: Prize fund based on 200 ENTRY FEE: $25. entries and may be decreased proportionately per number of entries assigned. ❑ JOHN W. COLLINS MEMORIAL CLASS TOURNAMENTS Four-player, double round-robin with rating-level (0000-1499; 1500-1799; 1800-2000+) pairings (unrateds welcome). 1st-place 2017 E-mail Correspondence Chess Electronic Knights Championship winner receives a John W. Collins certificate. (SEVEN-PLAYER SECTIONS, ONE GAME WITH EACH OF SIX OPPONENTS.) ENTRY FEE: $7. US CHESS 14th ANNUAL $800 FIRST PRIZE Email Rated Events (need email access) (PLUS TITLE OF US CHESS ELECTRONIC KNIGHTS CHAMPION AND PLAQUE) ❑ LIGHTNING MATCH 2ND PLACE $500 • 3RD $300 • 4TH THRU 10TH PLACE $100 EACH • ENTRY FEE: $25 Two players with two or six-game option. ENTRY FEE: $5. These US Chess Correspondence Chess events are rated and open to all US Chess members with e-mail access. Your US Chess membership must remain current for the duration of the event, and entry fees must be paid in U.S. dollars. Maximum number of tournament entries allowed for the ❑ SWIFT QUADS year for each player is ten. Note: Prize fund based on 200 entries and may be decreased proportionately per number of entries assigned. Four-player, double round-robin format. 1st-place prize US Chess CC entry credit of $30. Rating-Levels 0000-1499; 1500-1799; 1800-2000+. TO ENTER: 800-903-USCF(8723) OR FAX 931-787-1200 OR ONLINE AT WWW.USCHESS.ORG ENTRY FEE: $10. Name______US CHESS ID#______❑ WALTER MUIR E-QUADS (WEBSERVER CHESS) Address ______City______State ___ ZIP ______Four-player, double round-robin webserver format tournament Phone ______E-mail______Est. Rating ______with class-level pairings. 1st-place receives a certificate. ENTRY FEE: $7. To pay with credit card please call US Chess. Please check event(s) selected. ❑ Check here if you do not wish to have an opponent who is incarcerated. *Note: This may slow down your assignment. NOTE: Except for Lightning Matches, Swift Quads, Walter Muir E-Quads & Electronic Knights, players will use post office mail, MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO US CHESS AND MAIL TO: JOAN DUBOIS, US CHESS, PO BOX 3967, CROSSVILLE, TN 38557 unless opponents agree to use e-mail.

66 August 2017 | Chess Life See previous issue for TLAs appearing August 1-14

SEPT. 6, 13, 20, 27, Community Chess Club of Rochester Wed SEPT. 21, Marshall Thursday Action! 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. Night Chess! 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. Note: 1 game rated per night, G/80 d5. Rochester Chess Center, 221 $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- OCT. 13, Marshall Friday Night Blitz (BLZ) Norris Dr., Rochester, NY 14610. 585-442-2430. EF: $5, CCCR members 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. 9-SS, G/3 +2. ($500 b/35): $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000, $3. Reg.: 6:30-7:20 pm. Rd.: 7:30pm. www.rochesterchessclub.org. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. U1800: $50. USCF regular rating used for pairings & prizes. EF: $30, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! US Chess Junior Grand Prix! MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10- SEPT. 6, 13, 20, 27, OCT. 4, 11, Marshall Weekly Wednesdays SEPT. 21, 28, OCT. 5, 12, 19, 26, Marshall Thursday Open 8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request at entry. Blitz rated. 6-SS, G/90 +30. Two sections. U2000: ($600 b/25) $250-150-100. U1700: 6-SS, G/90 +30. ($600 b/25): $250-150, U2100: $100. U1800: $100 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. $100. U1400: ($600 b/25) $250-150-100. U1100: $100. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7pm each Thurs. OCT. 14, Marshall Morning U1800 Action $40. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7pm each Wed. Limit two byes; request by Limit two byes; request by rd. 4. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to youth K-12. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. rd. 4. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10-11:15am- SEPT. 7, Marshall $15 Special Action! SEPT. 22, Marshall U2200 Friday Night Action! 12:15pm. One bye available, request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 4-SS, G/25 d5. $350 GTD: $125-75, U2200: $75, U1900: $75. EF: $40, 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($300 b/25): $150-75, U1900: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. MCC Mbrs: Only $15!!! GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15- $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for OCT. 14, Marshall Saturday G/60 Open 9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 4-SS, G/55 d5. Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2400: $75, U2100: $75. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12- US Chess Junior Grand Prix! SEPT. 22-24 OR 23-24, 8th Annual Hartford Open (CT) 2:30-4:45-7pm. One bye available, request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. SEPT. 7, 14, 21, 28, OCT. 5, 8th Long Island CC Sept. Open See Grand Prix. 5SS, G/90 d5. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East SEPT. 23, Marshall Saturday G/60 (Open & U1800) OCT. 15, Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1600) Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all. $(b/20 pd. ent.): $110-90. Top U- 4-SS, G/55 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2400: 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2200: 2000, U-1500/unr. $60 ea. EF(cash only): $35. Non-LICC members $75, U2100: $75. U1800 ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. EF: $40, $75, U1900: $75. U1600: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1300: $75. EF: $40, +$10. UNRATED FREE! Reg.: 6:45 - 7:15 PM, no adv. ent., Rds.: 7:30 MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45- MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00- PM ea. Thursday. 2 byes 1-5. Info: www.lichessclub.com. 7pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 5:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. SEPT. 8, Marshall Friday Night Blitz (BLZ) 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 9-SS, G/3 +2. ($500 b/35): $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000, SEPT. 24, Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1600) OCT. 21-22, 4th annual Central New York Open U1800: $50. USCF regular rating used for pairings & prizes. EF: $30, 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2200: See Grand Prix. MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10- $75, U1900: $75. U1600: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1300: $75. EF: $40, NOV. 3-5 OR 4-5, 3rd annual Stamford Open (CT) 8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10pm. Max three byes. Request at entry. Blitz rated. MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00- See Grand Prix. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. 5:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) SEPT. 9, Marshall Morning U1800 Action See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/25 d5. Open to youth K-12. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. SEPT. 28, Marshall Thursday Action! EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10-11:15am- 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: 12:15pm. One bye available, request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- NORTH CAROLINA 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. AUG. 23-27, 2017 U.S. Masters Championship SEPT. 9, Marshall Saturday G/60 Open See Nationals. 4-SS, G/55 d5. Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2400: $75, U2100: $75. SEPT. 29, Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz (BLZ) EF: $40, MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12- See Grand Prix. AUG. 25-27, North Carolina Open 2:30-4:45-7pm. One bye available, request at entry. 23 W. 10th St., See Grand Prix. NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. SEPT. 30, Marshall Saturday G/60 (Open & U1700) 4-SS, G/55 d5. Two sections: Open: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2300: SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 2017 American Chess Promotions Open (GA) See Grand Prix. SEPT. 9, 16, 23, 30, Rochester Chess Center Saturday Tourna- $75, U2000: $75. U1700 ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, ments! MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45- SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 44th Annual 3-SS, G/60 d5. Rochester CC, 221 Norris Dr., Rochester, NY 14610. 585- 7pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open 442-2430. Prizes based on entries. EF: $15, RCC members $13. $2 less 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. See Grand Prix. for HS and Pre-HS. Reg.: 1-1:45 pm. Rds.: 2-4-6. One bye available, OCT. 1, Marshall Scholastic Action! (3 Rounds) OCT. 1, 2017 Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open Scholastic request at entry. www.nychess.org. Also, Youth tournament, G/30 d5, 3-SS, G/25 d5. Open to youth K-12. ($225 b/25): $100-50, U1000: $75. every Saturday morning 10am-1pm, trophies and prizes. EF: $5. 4-SS, G/30 d5. The Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center, 420 High EF: $30, MCC Mbrs: $15. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10:10-11:20am. No St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101. In 3 sections: Middle School: K-8; Ele- SEPT. 10, Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1600) byes. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. mentary: K-6; and Primary: K-3. Entry Fee: $29 by 9/30; $33 at site. 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2200: Open: OCT. 1, Marshall Sunday G/45 (Open & U1500) Trophies to top 7, top unrated, top girl each section. Medals to every $75, U1900: $75. U1600: ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1300: $75. EF: $40, 4-SS, G/40 d5. Two sections: ($450 b/35): $175-125, U2100: player who didn’t get a trophy. Registration ends 10:30 a.m. sharp!! MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. 11:15-11:45am. 12-1:45-4:00- Open: Reg.: Rds.: $75, U1800: $75. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1200: $75. $40, Rounds: 1st at 11 a.m. -12:30 p.m., then as soon as possible. Should 5:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. U1500: EF: MCC Mbrs $20. GMs Free. 12:15-12:45pm. 1-2:45-5:00- be over by 6 p.m. Info: Thad Rogers (478)-973-9389 or info@ameri- 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Reg.: Rds.: 6:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. canchesspromotions.com. Enter: americanchesspromotions.com. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. OCT. 6-9 OR 7-9, 9th annual Washington Chess Congress (VA) SEPT. 11, 18, 25, OCT. 2, Poughkeepsie Fall Open OCT. 5, Marshall $15 Special Action! See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/75 d10. Vassar-Chadwick CC, Rockefeller Hall 101, Vassar 4-SS, G/25 d5. $350 GTD: $125-75, U2200: $75, U1900: $75. EF: $40, College, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12604. $5, Masters OCT. 14, Celebrate National Chess Day with Triangle Chess, EF: MCC Mbrs: Only $15!!! GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15- RBO - Raleigh, NC & Juniors under 18 free. Rds.: 7:30pm each Monday. One bye available 9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. K-12 Youth Open: 9a to 12p, Quads, G/30 d5, 1st Place Trophy, 2nd rds. 1-3, request at site. Trophies to 1st, u1900, u1500 (min. 4 entrants www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. each). http://vassar-chadwick.com/club/. Medal. Adult Open & K-12 1200+: 1p to 6p, Quads, G/50 d5, 1st OCT. 6, Marshall U2200 Friday Night Action! Place $60. First Time Tournament Players Welcome! $20 Online, SEPT. 11, 18, 25, OCT. 2, Nassau Semi-finals 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($300 b/25): $150-75, U1900: $75. $40, MCC Mbrs $25 Onsite. Visit: TriangleChess.com, (919) 272-8017. Site: Traingle See Grand Prix. EF: $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. Max one bye, for Chess Center, 5920 S. Miami Blvd., Morrisville, NC 27560. SEPT. 14, Marshall Thursday Action! round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. OCT. 14, National Chess Day in Hendersonville 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 3SS, G/60 d5. 708 South Grove St., Hendersonville, NC. 80% returned, $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- EF: $5. Rds.: 9:30 - 11:45 - 2:00. Info: [email protected]. Part of 10:45pm. Max one bye, for round 1 or 4 only. Request at entry. 23 W. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Second Saturday series which runs Sept through April. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. OCT. 6-8, Marshall Weekend FIDE 5-SS, 40/90 SD/30 +30. FIDE Rated. ($600 b/25): $250-125. U2200: NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) SEPT. 15, Marshall Quick Chess! (QC) $125; U1900 $100. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. GMs Free. Reg.: Ends 15 See Grand Prix. 6-SS, G/10 +3. ($300 b/25): $150-75, U1700: $75. EF: $30, MCC Mbrs min before round start. Rds.: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & Sun. 12 & 5:30pm. Max 2 $20. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-7:30-8:00-8:45-9:15-9:45pm. Two byes; byes, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- NYC. 212-477-3716. NORTH DAKOTA 477-3716. OCT. 6-9 OR 7-9, 9th annual Washington Chess Congress (VA) OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 15-17, 16-17 OR 17, Marshall Monthly U2300 5-SS, 40/90 SD30 +30. Open to players rated below 2300 USCF. $800 OCT. 6, 13, 20, 27, NOV. 3, 10, 17, 2017 Queens Chess Club Gtd: $300-150-100. U2100: $125; U1800 $125. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. Championship OHIO Reg.: Ends 15 min before round start. Rds.: 3-day: Fri. 6pm, Sat. & See Grand Prix. Sun. 12:30 & 5:30pm. 2-day: Sat. 11:00am (G/25 d5) then merge with AUG. 11, DCC Friday Nite Quick (QC) OCT. 7, Marshall Morning U1700 Action 4SS, G/24 +5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: 3-day in round 2. 1-day: Sun. 9-10:10-11:20am (G/25 d5) then merge in 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1400: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs round 4. Max two byes, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes: based on entries. EF: $15 ($10 $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10-11:15am-12:15pm. One bye available, DCC mbr). Info: [email protected], 937-461-6283. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- SEPT. 16, Marshall Sunday U1800 477-3716. AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, Cleveland Open See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/40 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1500: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs OCT. 8, Marshall Morning Action! (4 Rounds) $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45am. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45pm. One bye available, 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($325 b/25): $150-100, U1800: $75. EF: $40, MCC Mbrs AUG. 18, DCC Friday Nite Quick (QC) request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- $20. Reg.: 8:15-8:45am. Rds.: 9-10-11:15am-12:15pm. One bye available, 4SS, G/24 +5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: 477-3716. request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212- 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes: based on entries. EF: $15 ($10 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 477-3716. DCC mbr). Info: [email protected], 937-461-6283. SEPT. 18, 25, OCT. 2, 9, 16, 23, Marshall FIDE Mondays/U1800 OCT. 9, Marshall Columbus Day Action! AUG. 19, “Dog Days” Pawn Storm XXXVII 6-SS, G/90 +30. Two sections. Open: Open to all players 1600+. FIDE 6-SS, G/25 d5. ($525 b/25) $200-100. U2300: $75, U2000: $75, U1700: See Grand Prix. Rated. ($600 b/25) $200-150-100. U2000: $100-50. U1800: ($600 b/25) $75. EF: $50, MCC Mbrs $30. GMs Free. Reg.: 10:15-10:45am. Rds.: AUG. 25, DCC Friday Nite Quick (QC) $200-150-100. U1500: $100-50. EF: $60, MCC Mbrs $40. Reg.: 6:15- 11am-12:15-1:30-3:00-4:15-5:30pm. 2 byes available, request at entry. 4SS, G/24 +5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: 6:45pm. Rd: 7pm each Mon. Limit two byes; request by rd. 4. 23 W. www.marshallchessclub.org. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes: based on entries. EF: $15 ($10 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716, www.marshallchessclub.org. OCT. 12, Marshall Thursday Action! DCC mbr). Info: [email protected], 937-461-6283. SEPT. 19, Marshall Masters 4-SS, G/25 d5. ($375 b/25): $150-100, U2200: $75, U1900: $50. EF: AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 12th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) See Grand Prix. $40, MCC Mbrs $25. GMs Free. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- See Grand Prix.

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SEPT. 1, DCC Friday Nite Quick (QC) AUG. 13, Main Line Chess and Games G/60 Quads OCT. 6-9 OR 7-9, 9th annual Washington Chess Congress (VA) 4SS, G/24 +5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: 3 RR, G/60 d5. Main LIne Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, See Grand Prix. 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes: based on entries. EF: $15 ($10 PA 19301. EF: $20. $50 to first. Reg.: 12-12:30 p.m. Rounds: 12:45, OCT. 14, MasterMinds National Chess Day DCC mbr). Info: [email protected], 937-461-6283. 3:00, 5:15 p.m. Info: Bring a . mainlinechessandgames@ Esperanza Academy, 301 W. Hunting Park Ave., Phila., PA 19140. Quads: SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 73rd Ohio Chess Congress gmail.com, mainlinechessandgames.net, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. 3RR, G/85 d5. EF: $30 cash; winner $100. Reg. ends 9AM. Rds. :9:30, 1, See Grand Prix. AUG. 18-20 OR 19-20, 16th annual Manhattan Open (NY) 4. Scholastic: 4SS, K-12 Open, K-8 U1200, K-6 U800, K-3 U500. G/40 SEPT. 8, DCC Friday Nite Quick (QC) See Grand Prix. d5. Entries rec’d after 10/11/16 will receive half point first round bye. 4SS, G/24 +5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: On site reg. ends 9AM. Rds.: 10, 12, 2, 4. Trophies Top 10 each sections, AUG. 19, 2017 Joe DeRaymond Memorial Quick Chess Event 1nd place School and Club across sections. FREE ENTRY. Mail Ent: Mas- 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes: based on entries. EF: $15 ($10 (7SS, G/15 d3) (QC) DCC mbr). Info: [email protected], 937-461-6283. terMinds CC, 36 E. Hortter St., Philadelphia, PA 19119 or email to St. Luke’s Church, 417 N. 7th St., Allentown, PA 18102. Park in the lot [email protected]. Info: mastermindschess.org. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! — enter through the red gate. EF: $20 at site, $15 under 1500/unrated SEPT. 9, Toledo September Swiss (no advance entries). Prizes: $70 and trophy per section. Sections: A- OCT. 14, Greater Philadelphia Monthly Scholastic On National Open, 4SS, Rnd. 1 G/75 d5, Rnds. 2-4 G/85 d5. University of Toledo Group: Top 8 players by regular USCF rating play 7-RR. B -Group: Next Chess Day Health Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Cafe, 3000 Arlington 8 players play 7-RR. C-Group: All others play 7-SS with random pairings Location: Days Inn, 245 Easton Rd., Horsham, PA 19044, free Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into multiple sections if enough players. or other adjustments possible after round 4. Reg.: Noon to 1:15 PM. parking/wifi, off of PA Turnpike, close to Philadelphia & Trenton, NJ. EF: $20 by 9/7, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: Rds.: 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3:30, 4, 4:30, 5. Playoff 6 PM if needed. TD: Eric C. Monthly scholastic tournament is also held on Aug 19, Sept 16, Nov $450 b/25, $100-50, Class prizes TBD based on split. Ent: James.jagodzin- Johnson 610-433-6518. Info: www.freewebs.com/allentowncenterci- 18, Dec 16. Time Control: 4 rounds, G/25 d5. Rounds: 12:00-4:00PM. [email protected]. 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. tychessclub. Rated events every Saturday! Max one 1/2 point bye. EF: $32 online by Oct 11; $35 online by Oct 13; AUG. 20, Main Line Chess and Games G/60 Quads $40 cash at site. Refundable for withdrawals before Oct. 14, 11:30am US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 3 RR, G/60 d5. Main LIne Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, and 3% processing fee deducted. 4 Sections: Championship, Under SEPT. 9-10, Golden Buckeye Senior & Adult Open PA 19301. $20. $50 to first. 12-12:30 p.m. 12:45, 1000, Under 600, Beginners, all K-12. Info/Reg: keystonechessclub.org Salt Fork State Park Lodge, Cambridge OH. Age 18 & up only. A relaxed EF: Reg.: Rounds: 3:00, 5:15 p.m. Bring a chess clock. mainlinechessandgames@ 267-629-2162. Onsite Reg: to 11:30am. Trophies to top 3 & participation schedule, rustic secluded venue and natural setting make for a memorable Info: gmail.com, mainlinechessandgames.net, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. trophies to the rest. Chess sets and clocks are provided. Onsite game weekend! 2 sections Senior (age 50+), Adult U1700 (18+). 5SS, G/75 review, simul after awards ceremony. d10. Reg. Sat 9:30-10:15, Rnds. 10:30-2-6:30 Sun 9:30-1:30. EF: $45 AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 49th annual Atlantic Open (VA) See Grand Prix. OCT. 21-22, 4th annual Central New York Open (NY) thru 8/28 then $55; OCA members $2 less. Trophy prizes, 1st place OH See Grand Prix. resident is 2017 OH Sr Champ! Fellowship of the King group rate AUG. 26, LVCA $1000 in Scholarships K-12 Championships $109/night, 800-ATA-PARK, reserve early! More info neilley.com/chess, 5-SS, G/30 d5. EF: $35, $45 CASH ONLY after 8/21/17 AT SITE. $$1000 NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress See Grand Prix. [email protected], or 614-314-1102. in Scholarships to 1st-$400, 2nd-$200, 3rd-$100, $100 each top 3 SEPT. 23, “Autumn Days” Pawn Storm XXXVIII Lehigh Valley players. Trophy’s to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Top U1400, See Grand Prix. U1200, U1000, U800, U600, U400, UNR, $10-$20 in Random Prizes RHODE ISLAND to every player. Rds.: 11:00am then ASAP. Reg.: Ends 10:45am. Site: SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 2017 Annual Harold College Hill Moravian Church, 72 W. Laurel St., Bethlehem, PA 18018. SEPT. 22-24 OR 23-24, 8th Annual Hartford Open (CT) Steen Memorial Cup (MI) Ent: Bruce Davis, 1208 Linden St., Bethlehem, PA 18018, 484-866- See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. 3045, Email: [email protected], Info: www.lehighvalley OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) chessclub.org/. See Grand Prix. SOUTH CAROLINA AUG. 26, John Devereaux Memorial OCT. 6-9 OR 7-9, 9th annual Washington Chess Congress (VA) See Grand Prix. SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 2017 American Chess Promotions Open (GA) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. AUG. 27, Main Line Chess and Games G/60 Quads US Chess Junior Grand Prix! 3 RR, G/60 d5. Main LIne Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 44th Annual OCT. 8, NOV. 5 & DEC. 3, Columbus Chess League PA 19301. EF: $20. $50 to first. Reg.: 12-12:30 p.m. Rounds: 12:45, Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open (NC) 1 Open Section. 6SS, G/75 d5. 2 rounds each date at OSU Campus Donatos. 3:00, 5:15 p.m. Info: Bring a chess clock. mainlinechessandgames@ See Grand Prix. EF: $70/team, 4-board teams w/ 2 alternates. Trophies top 2 teams, 1st gmail.com, mainlinechessandgames.net, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. U1700 team & individual boards. Advance entries only, due 9/24. Full SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 73rd Ohio Chess Congress (OH) SOUTH DAKOTA details: neilley.com/chess, [email protected] or 614-314-1102. See Grand Prix. OCT. 14, National Chess Day Scholastic Swiss SEPT. 1-4, 2-4 OR 3-4, 139th annual NY State Championship (NY) AUG. 19-20, 63rd Iowa Open Championship (FIDE and USCF Cincinnati Scholastic Chess Series season 11 begins on National Chess See Grand Prix. Rated) (IA) Day at Princeton High School, 100 Viking Way, Cincinnati, OH 45246. See Grand Prix. 4SS, 4 sections: K-12 Open, K-12 U1000, K-6 U700, K-6 Non-Rated. SEPT. 2, W.Chester 1st Sat. Quads Our 28th year! 3RR, Game/80 d5. 2nd Presbyterian Church, 114 S. SEPT. 16-17, Paul Salem Sioux Falls Open - Grand Prix Time control: G/30 d5. Prizes: Medals to all scoring 3.0 or more in See Grand Prix. each section. Series trophies in rated sections based on points scored; Walnut St., West Chester, PA. EF: $20; $40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9am. best five scores from six tournaments count toward trophies. Complete Rds.: 9:40, 1:00, 4:00. Info: [email protected]. OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) series information at www.chesscincinnati.com. Send questions to SEPT. 3, Main Line Chess and Games G/60 Quads See Grand Prix. [email protected] or text/phone Alan Hodge at 513-600-9915. 3 RR, G/60 d5. Main LIne Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! PA 19301. EF: $20. $50 to first. Reg.: 12-12:30 p.m. Rounds: 12:45, TENNESSEE 3:00, 5:15 p.m. Bring a chess clock. mainlinechessandgames@ OCT. 14, Toledo October Swiss - National Chess Day! Info: Open, 4SS, Rnd. 1 G/75 d5, Rnds. 2-4 G/85 d5. University of Toledo gmail.com, mainlinechessandgames.net, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 12th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) Health Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Cafe, 3000 Arlington SEPT. 3, 15th Holly Heisman Memorial Fundraiser See Grand Prix. Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into multiple sections if enough players. JCC Kaiserman Branch, Haverford Rd. & City Ave., Wynnewood. Free SEPT. 1-3, 2017 Tennessee Open Championship EF: $20 by 10/12, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: entry! Advance entry strongly suggested. Optional tax-deductible donation See Grand Prix. $450 b/25, $100-50, Class prizes TBD based on split. Ent: James.jagodzin- to the Holly Heisman Memorial Fund at the Philadelphia Foundation to [email protected]. 7031 Willowyck, Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. benefit women in need, $25+ per entry strongly suggested. 9:15- SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 2017 American Chess Promotions Open (GA) Reg.: See Grand Prix. NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) 10. All: G/25 d5, Rds. 10:30-11:45-1:30-2:45-4 or earlier. 3 Sections: See Grand Prix. Open 5SS & U1500 5SS (both open to all ages) and K-8 U900 4SS. Many SEPT. 16-17, Mike Barton Memorial 7 donated prizes ($1,000+/yr!). Prize sponsors encouraged & honored See Grand Prix. at event: email [email protected]; Ent: Email Name, SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 44th Annual OKLAHOMA ID number, and section to [email protected]; List of Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open (NC) players and prizes under HHM Info tab at http://mindseyepress.com. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 23-24, The Southwest MO Diehards’ Fall Open (MO) Info: 610-649-0750 for Dan Heisman; mail to: joshuamiltonanderson@ See Grand Prix. gmail.com for Joshua Anderson. W. OCT. 14, 2017 Cumberland County Fall Open - National Chess Day OCT. 14, 2nd Annual AR/OK Friendly Feud for National Chess SEPT. 9, MasterMinds CC Quads Cumberland Co. Community Complex, 1398 Livingston Rd., Crossville, TN Day (AR) Esperanza Academy, 301 W. Hunting Park Ave., Phila., PA 19140. Quads: 38555. $420 guaranteed prize fund. In 2 Sections, Open: 4SS, G/60 d5, See Arkansas. 3RR, G/85 d5. EF: $30 cash; winner $100. Reg. ends 9AM. Rds.: 9:30, $$: $75. 30- X,A,B,C,D/Below. Amateur: 4SS, G/60 d5, Open to U1200 & 1, 4. Info: mastermindschess.org or [email protected]. under. $$: $75. 30-F,G,H/Below,UNR UNR eligible for unrated prize only. ALL: EF: $15 if mailed by 10/9, $20 at site. Memb. Req’d: TCA $10 TN OREGON SEPT. 9-10, Golden Buckeye Senior & Adult Open (OH) residents only. ENT: Harry D. Sabine, P. O. Box 381, Crossville, TN 38557. See Ohio. SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, 67th Annual Oregon Open INFO: www.cumberlandcountychess.org or Harry at 931-261-8440. W. See Grand Prix. SEPT. 10, Main Line Chess and Games G/60 Quads NOV. 18-19, 58th Mid-South Open 3 RR, G/60 d5. Main LIne Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, See Grand Prix. DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 27th annual North American PA 19301. EF: $20. $50 to first. Reg.: 12-12:30 p.m. Rounds: 12:45, Open (NV) 3:00, 5:15 p.m. Info: Bring a chess clock. mainlinechessandgames@ See Grand Prix. gmail.com, mainlinechessandgames.net, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. TEXAS PENNSYLVANIA SEPT. 16, 2nd Annual LVCA Ruben Shocron Memorial $1050 US Chess Junior Grand Prix! Gtd-RBO AUG. 12, San Antonio Summer Scrimmage MasterMinds Scholastic Summer League See Grand Prix. Rivercity Chess Club at Wonderland Mall, 4522 Fredericksburg Rd. Suite Info at: www.mastermindschess.org. A Heritage Event! A49, (by the food court) San Antonio, TX 78201. 4-SS, G/60 + 10 sec inc. Open Section/Unrated: $275 1st, $175 SEPT. 17, 58th Annual Pittsburgh Chess League ($$ 1,150 B/60, 2/3 gtd.) North Penn Chess Club 2nd, $100 3rd, U1800 $175 1st, $125 2nd, $75 3rd, U1400 $100 1st, Main & Richardson, Lansdale, PA. See www.northpennchessclub.org 30/90, SD/60 d5. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 5th Ave. & Bigelow Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Monthly 4-player team event from Sept. to $75 2nd, $50 3rd. All in one group for pairing. Entry Fee: $25 if received for schedules & info or 215-699-8418. by 8/10, $35 at site. Tournament will close at 70 entries maximum. Apr. EF: $50/team by 9/14. Rds.: 2pm. Info: 412-908-0286, martinak_ AUG. 6, Main Line Chess and Games G/60 Quads [email protected], www.pitt.edu/~schach/. W. Onsite Reg.: 8:00-8:45 AM. Round times: 9:00am, 11:30am, 2:00pm 3 RR, G/60 d5. Main LIne Chess and Games, 7 South Valley Rd., Paoli, and 4:30pm. Half point bye allowed for one round (rounds 1-3 only). PA 19301. EF: $20. $50 to first. Reg.: 12-12:30 p.m. Rounds: 12:45, SEPT. 23, 2017 PA State Game/60 Championship Notice must be given before Rd.2 is paired. Contact person, Rosalinda 3:00, 5:15 p.m. Info: Bring a chess clock. mainlinechessandgames@ See Grand Prix. Romo 210-303-4665. Registration link on our facebook page: gmail.com, mainlinechessandgames.net, Tom Bartell 610-240-8900. SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 2017 Annual Harold facebook.com/RivercityChessClub/. AUG. 11-13 OR 12-13, Cleveland Open (OH) Steen Memorial Cup (MI) AUG. 19-20, 2017 DCC FIDE Open IX See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix.

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AUG. 31-SEPT. 4, SEPT. 1-4 OR SEPT. 2-4, 83rd Annual not be honored. Note that the hotel has a $50 fee for guests who check then 3:10 pm and 4:20 pm. Zero point bye first round for late entries. Southwest Open out earlier than their schedule departure date. Hotel has complimentary ENT: http://tinyurl.com/BCSNCD. https://www.facebook.com/border- See Grand Prix. hotel shuttle to/from DFW airport. WEBSITE and CONTACTS: Registration landchessnews. details can be found on the official website www.dallaschess.com Should US Chess Junior Grand Prix! you have any questions please feel free to contact: IA, IO Francisco A State Championship Event! AUG. 31-SEPT. 5, 2017 North American Junior (U20) Chess Guadalupe, [email protected] or FA, IO Luis Salinas, Luis.Salinas. NOV. 3-5, 21st Annual North/Central Texas Grade Championships [email protected] This tournament is FIDE rated and uses FIDE rules. Championships 9 rounds using Swiss pairing system. 90 minutes per player for the whole The tournament will also be US Chess rated. Note that for USA players, Hilton Houston North, 12400 Greenspoint Dr., Houston, TX 77060. HR: game with the addition of 30 seconds per move from the first move. 2 the official representative is the highest FIDE rated player on the July list $95/$95/$95/$95, 281-875-2222 or 866-577-1154. Mention “NTGC” group Sections: Open and Girls. Tournament is open to players born on or after who has contacted Francisco Guadalupe by July 10, 2017. Francisco code to get rate. Room comes with 2 breakfast coupons. Reserve by Oct January 1st 1997. Players must be from USA, Mexico, or Canada. Each Guadalupe will announce the official USA representatives by July 15. 19 or rate may not be honored. Each grade is Open to TX residents or National Federation may register as many players as it wishes. All par- players attending Texas schools. Note a recent rule change passed where ticipants (except USA players) must be endorsed by their FIDE recognized SEPT. 23-24, 2017 Texas Armed Forces and Military Veterans players cannot play in two separate closed scholastic state championships National Chess Federation. In addition, each National Federation may Open Chess Championships in different states. Players must play in their own grade. Note that small register one official player per category plus a Head of Delegation (HoD). 4SS, G/60 d5. Community Room, North Richland Hills Library, 9015 sections may be merged with another section. Also if sections are small Official players and HoD’s receive free lodging for up to two, breakfast, Grand Ave., North Richland Hills, TX 76180. See our website for special you may have to play a teammate or play someone twice. One 1/2 pt bye and hotel restaurant coupons for lunch and dinner. EVENT SCHEDULE: discount rates, for rooms and suites, at nearby Hurst Holiday Inn available, any round, if requested before end of rd. 2 and if player has Arrival Day: Aug 31. Player’s meeting 6 pm on 8/31. Round 1: 8/31 at Express. EF: Free Entry, however both US Chess and Texas Chess Asso- not received a full point bye or forfeit win. Team pairings may be turn off 7:20 pm. Round 2: 9/1 at 7:20 pm. Round 3: 9/2 at 2:10 pm. Round 4: ciation memberships are required and available during on site registration. for later rounds. Trophies to top 10 ind. & top 5 teams (top three players 9/2 at 7:20 pm. Round 5: 9/3 at 11:30 am. Round 6: 9/3 at 5:20 pm. Memb. Req’d: $10 per year ($7.50 for college students). Prizes: At added for team scores, no more than 2 teams per school in each grade.) Round 7: 9/4 at 9:20 am. Round 8: 9/4 at 3:00 pm. Round 9: 9/5 at 9 am. least ten wall plaques will be awarded. More may be added based on EF: $35 if postmarked by 10/28/17, $59 thereafter or on site. Do not Closing ceremony (attendance is Optional): 9/5 1:45 pm. TIEBREAKS: In Advance Entries and Fund Raising. Certificates will be awarded for mail after 10/30 as your entry may not be received on time. Grades 6-12: event of equal scores, the following tiebreaks will be used: 1. Direct special and significant achievements (TBD). Reg.: Saturday, 23 September 6SS, G/60 d5. Schedule: Reg: Fri 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm. Rd. 1 Fri. 7:45 pm, encounter, 2 Median Bucholz, 3 Most wins, and 4 Younger player. Note 2017, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Send email to armychess@aol. com, no Sat 10am-1:00pm-4pm, Sun. 10 am and 1:00 pm. Grades K-5: Nov 3 – that it is possible that direct encounter may not apply if not all tied players later than 17 September 2017. Rds.: 10:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 10:00 AM, Nov 5. 6SS, Rds. 1 G/45 d5; Rds. 2-6 G/60 d5. Schedule: Reg: Fri 6:30 have played each other. APPEALS: The Appeals Committee shall consist 1:00 PM. Veterans Dinner, Saturday, 23 September 2017, 5:30 PM to pm – 7:30 pm. Rd. 1 Fri. 7:45 pm, Sat 10am-1:00pm-4pm, Sun. 10 am and of 3 members plus 2 reserves. The Appeals Committee shall be determined 7:00 PM. Please wear your Military Class A Uniform on Sunday (if it still 1:00 pm. All: Entries to: Dallas Chess Club, c/o Barbara Swafford, 2709 at the players meeting on August 31. If possible, three Federations shall fits) or appropriate Business Casual Attire. ENT: FREE ENTRY by advance Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036. Entry must include Name, USCF ID be represented on the Appeals Committee. An appeal against the decision email (preferred) or on-site registration only. [email protected]. (or new/pending), grade & school and school location. Incomplete entries of an Arbiter must be submitted in writing to the Chief Arbiter, within two INFO: Major Jim Hollingsworth (U.S. Army, retired). http:// seriouschess- will be charged at site entry fee. No refunds after 11/2. Email: info@dal- hours after the end of the playing session. The appeal must be accompanied players.com/scp_txafcc.html. Free entry, however both US Chess laschess.com 214-632-9000. Do not call after 11/1 as we are traveling. by a fee of $100 US. This fee shall be refunded if the appeal is successful. and Texas Chess Association memberships are required and avail- Online registration and team room information on website at www.dal- The Appeals Committee may also decide to refund the fee if it considers able during on-site registration. W. laschess.com/2017 Texas Grade/index.htm Side events: Unrated Blitz that the appeal was not frivolous. The decision of the Appeals Committee open tournament on Saturday at 7pm. EF: $15, Trophy prizes. Bughouse is final, binding and takes immediate effect. AWARDS: The winners of OCT. 14, National Chess Day Houston Scholastic 5SS, G/25 d5 (Advanced Players >1200 4SS, G/45 d5) at Chavez High Open Tournament Sat. 8:35 pm. EF: $20/team. Trophy prizes. Registration the Girls and Open Divisions will earn the following awards from FIDE: for side events onsite only. W. Gold/Clear first = 9 round GM or WGM norm and IM or WIM title. Equal School, 8501 Howard Dr., Houston, TX 77017. K-12 Scholastic Only. first after tiebreaks = WIM or IM title, Silver and Bronze = 9 round Trophies to positive scores. Sections based on advance entries received. DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 27th annual North American WIM or IM norm and WFM/FM title. These awards are subject to FIDE Sections combined for School Team Trophies 1st to 3rd. EF: $19 by mail Open (NV) Title regulation 1.23. The winners, if still eligible, shall be considered postmarked by 10/10, or $20 by PayPal by 10/12, or $30 at site. Reg. See Grand Prix. official players in the North American U20 in 2018. In addition, the winners 8:30-8:45; Rd 1 at 9:00, others ASAP. Info & Entries: James Liptrap, PO Box 12053, Spring, TX 77391, 832-492-7154. On-line entry: http://chess.jlip- shall also have the right to participate in the 2018 Pan-Am U20 as official VERMONT players. EVENT FEES: All event fees are payable in US Dollars. Tournament trap.us/enter.htm. Flier: http://chess.jliptrap.us/hca17chav.htm. W. Fee: Official players $100, additional players $150. Organizer fee: $25 OCT. 14, Borderland Chess Scholastic National Chess Day AUG. 26, Danville Quick Chess (QC) for all accompanying persons. The fee for all registration received after El Paso Public Library Central Library, 501 N. Oregon St., El Paso, TX See Grand Prix. 4 pm on 8/31 will be $180. Non Hotel Fee: $65 for all players not staying 79901. In 4 Sections, Rated Open 6th Grade – 12th & Early College: at the host DFW Sheraton for at least 5 days. LOCATION/ACCOMMO- 5SS, G/30 d5, Rated 3rd-5th Grade: 5SS, G/30 d5, Rated Kinder- SEPT. 1-4, 2-4 OR 3-4, 139th annual NY State Championship (NY) DATION: Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel, 4440 W. John Carpenter Fwy., 2nd Grade: 5SS, G/30 d5, Non-Rated Kinder-12th Grade: 5SS, G/30 See Grand Prix. Irving, TX 75063. Hotel rates: $89 for 1 person, $99 for two people, $109 d5. ALL: EF: FREE ENTRY TO ALL SECTIONS!!! Top 3 Winners in Rated SEPT. 9, Vermont Versus New Hampshire Match (NH) for 3 people and $119 for 4 people in a room. Room includes breakfast Sections get a Medal. Non-Rated Section winners get USCF Voucher & 4 Rd. Scheveningen System G/65 d5. Courtyard by Marriott, Hanover/ buffet, reserve by 8/7 and ask for the Chess rate. After 8/7 the rate will other prizes. Rds.: Saturday 10:30pm, 11:40 pm, 12:50 pm Lunch Break Lebanon, 10 Morgan Dr., Lebanon, NH 03766. Onsite Entry Only. All players

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must be residents of Vermont or New Hampshire or students attending WEST VIRGINIA (U1800): $30 by Aug 30, $35 at site. Novice (U1000): $20 by Aug 30, school in either of these states. Teams will be broken into three groups $25 at site. $$ Premier b/35: 1st (guaranteed) $600 + traveling trophy, of four and each member will play all members of the other team’s group. AUG. 20, Mid-Ohio Valley Open Chess Tournament 2nd 300, 3rd 200, A $160, U1800 $160. Reserve b/30: $150 + trophy, Extra players will play a four round swiss with minimal prizes. EF: $5, Our 25th Year (formerly Parkersburg Homecoming) 4SS, G/60 d5. 100, trophies to C, D, U1200. Novice: $50 + trophy, trophies to 2nd, free to players rated 2200 and above. Prizes: Traveling Trophy to winning Blennerhassett Hotel, 320 Market St., Parkersburg, WV 26101. 2 U700, U500. Overall: $50 Kittsley upset prize. TC: Premier and Reserve: team. Reg.: Registration 8:45-9:15. Rds.: 9:30AM, 12:30PM, 3:00PM, Sections: Open EF: $20 postmarked by 8/14, $25 at site, Trophies 40/90, SD/30, All with 30 seconds increment. Novice G/60 d5. Rds.: 5:30PM. No byes or withdraws. All players agree to play all rounds. For to 1st & 2nd, $$ Based on Entries. One 1/2-pt Bye available Rds. 1-3 Premier/Reserve: Sat 12-6, Sun 10-5, Mon 10-3:30. Novice: Sun 10-1- more information, New Hampshire players contact Gene Tappen etap- (request required prior to Rd. 1). Non-Rated EF: $10, Trophy to 1st. 3:30-6. Reg.: Pemier/Reserve Sat 1030-1130. Novice Sun 830-930. [email protected]. Vermont players contact Brian Lafferty KingdomChess ALL: Reg. ends 9-9:45, Rds. 10-12:45-3-5:15. Ent/Info: Patrick Kelly, Entries checks payable to WCA: Ben Corcoran, 2711 N. University Dr. [email protected], www.relyeachess.com. 104 Iroquois Dr., Marietta, OH 45750, (740) 374-0538, pkelly03@ #64, Waukesha, WI 53188. Questions: Ask for Ben (262) 506-4203 or sprynet.com, W. [email protected]. 1/2 point bye available in any round. WI Chess VIRGINIA SEPT. 1-3 OR 2-3, 73rd Ohio Chess Congress (OH) Tour Event. See Grand Prix. AUG. 19, Walter Muir Memorial SEPT. 23-24, Greg Knutson Memorial See Grand Prix. SEPT. 9-10, Golden Buckeye Senior & Adult Open (OH) See Grand Prix. AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 49th annual Atlantic Open See Ohio. SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 2017 Annual Harold See Grand Prix. SEPT. 9-10, 79th WV State Championship Steen Memorial Cup (MI) See Grand Prix. A Heritage Event! See Grand Prix. US Chess Junior Grand Prix! SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 44th Annual OCT. 6-8 OR 7-8, 26th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) A State Championship Event! Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open (NC) See Grand Prix. SEPT. 2-4 OR 3-4, 81st Annual Virginia Closed See Grand Prix. OCT. 14, Hales Corners Challenge XXVI - National Chess Day! 6-SS, Two Schedules, $$3500 b/o 90 paid entries. Hotel: Hilton Garden Inn See Grand Prix. Innsbrook, 4050 Cox Rd., Glen Allen, VA (804)521-2901. Ask for Chess Rate NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) ($94), mention VA Closed Chess Tournament. Reserve by Fri. Aug 11th. Long See Grand Prix. Sched.: 30/90, SD/1 d5; Rds. Sat 1 and 7 pm, Sun 11 am and 5 pm, Mon WYOMING 9:30 am, 3:30 pm. Short Sched.: Rds. 1 and 2 at G/60 d5, Sat 5 pm and 8 WISCONSIN pm, join Long Sched Sun and Mon. Sections & Prizes: Open ($700, $400, US Chess Junior Grand Prix! $250; with $120 ea Top Expert and A), Amateur/U1800 ($525, $300, $200; AUG. 19, 7th BC Open! A State Championship Event! with $95 ea Top C and D), U1200 & Unrated ($300, $200, $110, $85 to Top 4SS. G/60 d5. USCF rated (Dual rated). To obtain USCF membership, OCT. 14-15, National Chess Day Wyoming Closed State Cham- Unr). Top Unr place award limited to $200. EF: $75 by Sun. Aug. 27; $90 see www.uschess.org. Country Inn & Suites, 1250 S. Moorland RD., pionship Aug. 28 and on-site. Details at www.vachess.org, including online entry and Brookfield, WI. Prizes: Non-monetary; Books, DVD’s. 3 Sections: Open, Strausner Student Center, Room 217, Casper College, 125 College payment via PayPal. Elig.: Open to all Virginia residents, military stationed U1600, U1000. EF: (All) $20 by 8/17 ($25 at site). Reg.: 8:30-9:30; 1/2 Dr., Casper, WY. 5 round swiss. TL: 40/90 Game 60 d5. HR: Best in Virginia, and students attending any Virginia school or college (must show point bye if registered after 9:30. Rds.: 10:00; 1:00; 3:30; 6:00. Mail Western Ramkota, 800 North Poplar St., Casper (ph 307-266-6000). student ID or other proof of Fall 2017 school enrollment). Blitz Tourn (G/5 entries to Benjamin Corcoran, 2711 N. University Dr. #64, Waukesha, $79 per night, mention chess tournament. Additional rooms available d0) on Fri. Sept. 1 at 7PM. Annual VA Chess Federation Business Meeting WI 53188. Q&A’s (262) 506-4203 and ask for Ben or benzochess@ at Hilton Garden Suites, 1150 North Poplar, Casper (855-499-0001) Sat Sept. 2, 9-11am. Info: [email protected] or 757-846-4805. W. gmail.com. Info: benzochess.com. $91 per night. Mention Casper College to receive rate. On-site regis- SEPT. 29-OCT. 1 OR SEPT. 30-OCT. 1, 44th Annual AUG. 19-20, 63rd Iowa Open Championship (FIDE and USCF tration will be from 7:30 -8:30am on the 14th. Entry fees: $25 Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open (NC) Rated) (IA) pre-registration until August 30th, then $35 at the door. Please bring See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. sets, boards and clocks. None supplied. Send pre-registration check or money order (make payable to Casper College Chess Club) to: OCT. 6-9 OR 7-9, 9th annual Washington Chess Congress AUG. 25-27 OR 26-27, 12th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) Joe Simon, Tournament Director, BU 203 Thorson Business Building, See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. 125 College Dr., Casper, WY 82601. Credit card tournament regis- NOV. 24-26 OR 25-26, 48th annual National Chess Congress (PA) US Chess Junior Grand Prix! trations can be taken by emailing [email protected] for a See Grand Prix. SEPT. 2-4, Marshall Rohland Memorial/WI Closed Champi- printable registration form which can be sent to the above address. onship Rds.: Saturday 9am-2pm-7pm, Sunday 10am -3pm. Playoff (if neces- WASHINGTON Country Inn & Suites, 1250 S. Moorland Rd., Brookfield, WI 53005, (262) sary) 30 minutes after last round - G/10 d0. Prizes: Gtd 1st place 782-1400. HR: $99. Mention chess tournament. Open to WI residents, $250 and trophy; Reserve (under 1400) $100 and trophy - other prizes DEC. 26-30, 26-29 OR 27-29, 27th annual North American former champions, and students in WI schools. GM Josh Friedel and based on entries. For more details contact: William Hoffman (CC Club Open (NV) NM Erik Santarius are playing in this event! 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Mating Game PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF SUBJECT Six-time British women’s chess champion and current holder of the title

hen I was four years old, my father, Mario, decided to teach me chess, Wwhich he adored. He decided that the knight—the trickiest piece on the board with its circular possibilities!—would be the best one to captivate a capricious young child. Dad was right! I soon learned all about checks, attacks, castling long and castling short, pawn storms and . It was all great fun. Chess seemed simple back then. I’ve found chess both rewarding and chal - lenging. Over the board, Caissa can be a fickle “I love making moves mistress, punishing you relentlessly for your that look so ridiculous mistakes or rewarding you with a level of elation you never thought possible. I love that chess has they actually take physical the potential to give everyone flashes into how brilliant our minds can be. courage to play!” I’ve written three chess books, competed in women’s world championships, been the English Chess Federation (ECF) player of the year and appeared on the Internet, on television, and on rated 2536 (he became a grandmaster the year 27. ... h6!? radio. I especially enjoyed being a TV commentator after this game) and I was rated 2251. at the Gibraltar tournament earlier this year. I played this to crazily (and courageously) One of my most extraordinary career moves 28. Rxg6+ Kh7 29. A CRAZY, COURAGEOUS MOVE tempt the rook forward: Rg1 Rg8 30. Bd2 Kh8 to date was working with author James Essinger (FIDE 2536, IND) ! The threat of 31. ... on the romantic novel The Mating Game, a fun, Jovanka Houska (FIDE 2251, ENG) Bg4+ is now very unpleasant. 31. Ne2 Bg4+ quirky story set in the chess world that was British Championship, Scarborough, 1999 32. Kf2 Bh4+ 33. Rg3 (33. Ng3 loses to 33. published in December 2016. The book follows ... Nxf4) 33. ... Bxe2 34. Kxe2 Bxg3 winning. Ivana (Vanny) Jones in her pursuit of the grand - The game ended ... master title and focuses on her tournament 35. hxg3 Nxg3+ 36. Kf2 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 experiences amidst romance and some thrilling fxe4 38. Rh1 Re6 39. Be1 Reg6 40. Kf1 adventures, including Vanny having to take Kg7 41. a4 Rg4 42. a5 Kg6 43. Bf2 Rf8 control of a pilotless helicopter! 44. Be1 Rf5 45. Rg1 Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Kh5 As a chess player,    was against 47. Kg2 Kg4 48. Bf2 Rh5 49. Bg1 Rh3 50. Krishnan Sasikiran in 1999. I love making moves Bf2 Rf3 51. Bg1 h5 52. Bf2 h4 53. Bg1 h3+ that look so ridiculous they actually take physical 54. Kh2 Rf1 55. f5 Rxf5 56. Kh1 Rf7 57. courage to play! Sasikiran even offered me a Kh2 Rf1 58. b5 axb5 59. Kh1 b4, White draw near the end of the game when I was totally resigned. winning. But I said no thanks, and he resigned The Mating Game is available on .com a few moves later. At the time Sasikiran was AFTER 27. Bc1 and is intended for an adult audience.

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