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June Preview / This month in Chess Life and CLO

Editor’s Letter: Doubling Pawns with Bisguier People who love chess really love chess. This point was driven home to me when as a reporter I attended the 2001 Emory Castle Chess Camp Grand Prix in Atlanta, Georgia and I met GM Arthur Bisguier for the first time. The then-71-year-old was a bundle of energy, bounding from lecture to game analysis to his latest shmooze. I watched him as he held court analyzing campers’ games from the morning tournament round. Here are some snippets I wrote about him in the August/September 2001 Georgia Chess: “Invariably more than just the players involved gathered around his table.” “You played that?” (Disgusted look on his face.) “You really have to learn this opening. In fact you have to learn some opening!” (Kid smiles and nods ruefully.) “When you’re playing a better player, play aggressively [he makes two fists for emphasis] and put the fear of God in him!” “Just double his damn pawns!” (Four pairs of young eyes imme- diately brighten.) “Seeing you trade a good bishop for a bad knight hurts me as much as if I had seen you hang your queen.” (It’s obvious from the look on the kid’s face that this analogy has sunk in.)” This month’s “Knight’s Tour” (the department we added to this magazine last August that combines rated tournament play and travel, see page 46) looks at this year’s incarnation of the Castle Grand Prix on the beautiful Emory University campus. This tournament gives you the opportunity to see some of our top grandmasters; recent winners include GMs Varuzhan Akobian, , Alejandro Ramirez, Ildar Ibragimov, Greg Serper, and Babakuli Annakov. So make sure to check “Knight’s Tour” each month and consider travelling to an event you might not otherwise have considered. You never know, you may run into an American chess legend who tells you to “just double his damn pawns”! Here’s to your chess life. -Daniel Lucas, Editor

CHESS LIFE ONLINE PREVIEW: JUNE U.S. Chess Scoop in Vegas This year’s Las Vegas International Chess Festival, held from June 7-9 and the Riviera Hotel and Casino features an $80,000 guaranteed prize fund and a top-notch roster of grandmasters vying for the National Open title. Side events include a simultaneous exhibition by defending National Open Champ Aleksandr Lenderman, the U.S. Game 10 Championship and even a poker tournament! Look for U.S. Chess Scoop videos, which you can find on CLO or our YouTube channel at USChessFederation. NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL KICKS OFF EAST COAST SUMMER TOUR: The East coast sum- mer tour of chess tournaments begins with the 6th annual New York International, leading up to the World Open. The nine-rounder in New York is held form June 19-23 and sponsored by the Marshall Chess Club and St. John’s University. Look for games and updates on CLO.

U.S. CLOSED IN ST. LOUIS: Our youth players are more successful than ever and the U.S. Junior Closed, held from June 13-23 is a great chance to see our top young players battle for a prestigious title and a spot into the 2014 U.S. Chess Championship. This year’s event will be held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Look for coverage on CLO and uschesschamps.com.

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Counterplay / Readers Respond

HAMP’S A CHAMP Send your letters to [email protected] or post on the Chess Life Facebook group page. If Chess Bruce Pandolfini is a great communicator, Life publishes your letter, you will be sent a copy of Test, Evaluate and Improve Your Chess. author and teacher. I have enjoyed his books and his monthly Chess Life instruc- tional series “Solitaire Chess” for many leaves White up two minor pieces for one old columnists, notably I.A. Horowitz, years. I recently used the November 2012 pawn. You might ask, what about 21. ... mention it (Larry Evans observed it and article, “Excitement in the Four Knights,” Qc2? An international master commented wrote about it once in Chess Life). Back as an online lesson for my student Ben- online that with the reply 22. Kh1 or 22. then, it required a referee to count off the jamin Hamp. Nf3, White is better with his two pieces for 10-second limit (“Move, one, two, three”) On move 16, Benjamin wanted to cap- the one pawn. which is distracting to say the least, not to ture the e-pawn I read to him from the Benjamin Hamp turned six years old mention that some players would grab a article, “Black proposes a trade of king- last March and was five years old when the piece at the word “Move” and spend five pawn for queen-pawn, which White is USCF February list of top 100 players seconds moving it. advised not to accept.” He insisted that he under seven years old was published. He But with our new electronic clocks, I could take the pawn and showed me the was then number 53, but was the top- think it is possible again. Why not set the hole in Pandolfini’s analysis. Here is the rated five-year-old in the USCF. clocks at one second per player for the game along with some of my commentary Norman Robinson entire game, and then set the delay at and annotations along with a few quotes via e-mail nine seconds? The player has to think from the article. and move on his/her own time, but it does give a small amount of time for think- Four Knights Defense (C49) ing, and no penalty as long as they Karoly Sterk CORRECTIONS completed the move on time. This would Frank James Marshall In the April 2013 issue’s “Endgame Lab,” still have relatively quick games (three Pistyan 1912 the first diagram had a rook on b7 instead of a pawn. The correct diagram for the “White complete moves in a minute; 30 in 10 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. to play and win in 260 moves” diagram is: minutes), but it would reduce the number 0-O O-O 6. d3 d5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qxd5 of literal “Beat-The-Clock” games that 9. Bc4 Qd6 10. c3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 seem to plague rapid chess now. 13. b5 Ne7 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Qe2 Bf5 Peter Harris Lubbock, Texas Pandolfini wrote, “Black proposes a trade of king-pawn for queen-pawn, which White is advised not to accept,” but Ben- INCANDESCENT jamin wanted to take the pawn and refuted Bruce’s line. Aleksandar Hemon, since leaving Bosnia two decades ago for Chicago, has gar- 16. g4 nered superlatives in his new language. In Pandolfini gave this line: 16. Qxe5 Bxd3 his new book of essays, The Book of My 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. Qxe7 Rae8 19. Qa3 Lives, (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2013, $25 Bxf2+, But Benjamin pointed out to me that HC) 20 bitter-sweet pages (of 214) are devoted to chess. He started the game in 20. Kxf2 is winning! (20. ... Re2+ 21. Kg1) ... In the April 2013 “Yearbook” (“Top 50 intimacy with his Ukrainian father, who FIDE-Rated Americans”) #15 GM Larry invariably won—until one final game Christiansen was inadvertently repeated at decades later in exile. position 23. GM Lev Alburt is ranked 23rd. Hemon tried to console a classmate who went mad and imagined that Alekhine Chess Life regrets the errors. was the son of God. Hemon studied the games of the great players, and frequented a Chicago cafe where he found an oppo- nent from the same chess-rich country of EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN Yugoslavia—whose degeneration via bloody I have been reading a lot about rapid nationalisms he explained profoundly at events and time-pressure blunders. I have the Los Angeles Central Library on April 4. a suggestion about using an old way to When Hemon found his skill as a writer 20. Rxf2 Re1+ 21. Rf1 Qxf1 mate. Bruce conduct rapid chess, one that might be a on the borderline of fact and fiction, he no wrote to add 2 bonus points if you saw teaching tool as well. longer needed chess. Why play chess, when through the line he just gave, but Ben- Ten seconds a move was a popular event critics call your writing “incandescent”? jamin refuted that line with 20. Kxf2. in the Manhattan and Marshall chess IM Anthony Saidy The key move 20. Kxf2 is sound and clubs a half century ago and longer. Some Los Angeles, California

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

Former World Champion in 2009 with Marck R. Cobb, president of the International Chess Institute of the Midwest (ICIM) that owns and operates the Karpov Chess School.

Karpov Chess School Celebrates 10th Anniversary Still in Kansas, and still growing chess By IRWIN W. FISK

n December of 2002, Anatoly Kar- joke; four months later he would establish will be my fifth year teaching at the school, pov and went into his first chess school in the United States and it’s such a pleasure because there are training for their scheduled match in Lindsborg. some very talented kids there. We have a I that was to take place later that The school continues to flourish today. good time, not only with chess, but with soc- month in New York City. Karpov was look- “We have grown to where we have about cer and other things as well.” ing for a quiet place to train with his 250 students encompassing 15 area Some ask, “Why Lindsborg?” Karpov second, Chilean GM Ivan Morovic Hernan- schools,” said Marck R. Cobb, president of probably answered it best when he replied dez. A good friend of Karpov’s, GM Alex the International Chess Institute of the to a reporter who asked the question, Onischuk had previously competed in a Midwest (ICIM) that owns and operates “Why would you establish your first chess tournament in Lindsborg, Kansas, and the school. ICIM bought the chess school school in the U.S. in a small town? I grew Onischuk suggested that the small quiet in January 2006, and Cobb shifted the up in a small town, and I didn’t turn out Kansas town of 3,300 people might be a focus from high profile tournaments to so bad, did I?” good place in which to train. Karpov agreed, expanding chess instruction for K-12 stu- Organized chess had started a few years and Bethany College placed a residence dents. “In addition to our regular classes, earlier in Lindsborg. In 1997, Jan Cam- at their disposal. Later that month Karpov we continue to host our summer camps bridge-Lewis ran an upscale coffee house won the match against Kasparov in New that are taught by the top grandmasters in on Main Street, and wishing to enhance the York. When the reporters gathered after the the United States,” said Cobb. coffee house ambiance, she advertised for match, one of them asked Karpov what he “I was the first to visit Linds- chess players on the local media access did to prepare himself for the match. “Well, borg,” said Yury Shulman. “I really enjoyed channel. Wes Fisk, a chess player who had I spent a few days in Kansas,” said Karpov. playing the tournaments and teaching at the recently moved to Lindsborg from There was laughter from several in the chess camps.” Var Akobian, who will teach Pasadena, California, began working with

audience, thinking it was a joke. It was no the upcoming camp in July, said, “This the few regulars, who were mostly mid- PHOTOS: COURTESY OF KARPOV CHESS SCHOOL

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

dle-schoolers and a few adults. Fisk was a tournament with several interna- formed the Lindsborg Chess Club and tional masters and 16 grandmasters, affiliated it with the USCF. Shortly after- including Shulman, Onischuk, Jaan ward, youngsters from the club competed Elhvest, Evgenij Agrest, Pascal Charbon- FACES in their first scholastic state champi- neau, Ildar Ibragimov, Alexander onship. In 1998 and 1999, the now Moiseenko, Alexander Goldin, Pavel ACROSS 60-member club held two additional Blehm, Kamil Miton, and many others. USCF tournaments. Women were also in the forefront when THE BOARD Mikhail Korenman, who taught chem- Susan Polgar played two separate matches By AL LAWRENCE istry at the local college, met Fisk on with Karpov. Anna Zatonskih, , December 31, 1999, at a millennium party. Camilla Baginskaite, and Rusudan Gole- Soon the subject of chess came up and the tiani also graced boards at the school. NOREEN two became close friends. Korenman At least two grandmaster norms were DAVISSON NEW JERSEY “Why would you establish your first Asked to move chess school in the U.S. in a small town? the sun Noreen got her chess start late in life. “My now- I grew up in a small town, 15-year-old son, Richard, taught me when he was six.” A certified K-5 teacher, she began giving and I didn’t turn out so bad, did I?” beginner chess classes a half-dozen years ago. Now she works full-time in chess and is a key director at —FORMER WORLD CHAMPION ANATOLY KARPOV New Jersey events, at the U.S. Amateur Team East, and at the Pan American Intercollegiate, where a played chess in his native , winning made in Lindsborg, including IM John foreign grandmaster this year must have sensed her several tournaments. He began to enter Donaldson and Melikset Khachiyan. special superpowers, insisting that “the sun has to be local tournaments, and it was in a tourna- The USCF named Lindsborg the City moved” during his game. ment in Oklahoma where he met GM of the Year, and named Mikhail Koren- Shulman. It was Shulman that introduced man Organizer of the Year for 2004. Korenman to GM Alex Onischuk, who in In 2005, in a cultural exchange, Koren- SHELBY turn became the link to Karpov. man invited students from Poikovsky, Before coming to Lindsborg, Karpov Siberia to come to the school to play and LOHRMAN had established several chess schools interact with local students. The head of SOUTHERN around the world. Karpov set certain con- the Russian Chess Federation, Alexander CALIFORNIA ditions before he would lend his name to Bah, and several dignitaries from Siberia a school, namely that the city in which the accompanied them. Bicoastal book family school was to be located would have to In October of 2005, Korenman A familiar sight at many tournaments as the guarantee their support for a period of not launched the Chess for Peace initiative. book provider with the big smile, Shelby got his Karpov came back to Lindsborg, and less than five years. In April of 2003, the start in chess at his father Ron's Rochester, New York, city of Lindsborg agreed, and Karpov offi- this time he brought the former presi- Chess Center. “Dad started me in chess at five. It was cially sanctioned his first school in the U.S. dent of the , Mikhail something we could do together.” Shelby joined the Korenman, with the assistance of local Gorbachev. USCF Executive Director family business 12 years ago when Ron suffered grant writer Lee Ruggles, applied for Bill Hall, Director of Scholastic Programs serious injuries in a bicycle accident. Now Shelby’s and got a $261,000.00 grant from the Jerry Nash, and USCF Directors Don on his own as the new owner of American Chess Kansas Department of Commerce. This Schultz and Joel Channing came, along Equipment in Anaheim. A big on-the-job thrill? grant enabled the school to purchase a with several grandmasters. On October “Meeting Magnus Carlsen at the London Classic.” building, furnish the chess school, and 29, Gorbachev sat across a chessboard have enough money to start the summer from the editor of the Wall Street Jour- camp program. nal onstage at Bethany College. The two GM Shulman agreed to teach the first made moves on the board while dis- JOE IPPOLITO summer chess camp, which has become cussing world affairs. an annual tradition at the school. Com- Three months later, ICIM purchased NEW JERSEY munity volunteers organized dinners, the school, and hired former USCF First game was picked up players at distant airports, Scholastic Director Tom Brownscombe as against the blind housed players in their homes, and their executive director. The U.S. Junior champ worked diligently to make the chess Open once again came to Lindsborg as school a success. well as the Final Four collegiate champi- A girlfriend’s Eastern-European father patiently In 2004, the Karpov school hosted the onships. Teaching chess in the area taught Joe chess when he was 21. A history teacher 2004 Junior Open and U.S. Cadet as schools and the grandmaster summer for 40 years, both in high school and college, he’s well as the Pan American Intercollegiate camps remain a mainstay of the school. served as state federation president and a member Championship. “I hope we can continue to expand the of USCF’s executive board. His tournament play In December of 2004, the school hosted importance of chess in the Midwest,” started when he took his then nine-year-old son, a match between Karpov and Susan Pol- said Cobb. “I credit Karpov with having now IM Dean Ippolito, to a tournament that needed gar; the match was promoted as the Match the vision to see a need to expand chess a fill-in player. “My very first game was a loss of the Titans. Coordinated with this event in the Midwest.” against Alex Barrasso on a Braille board. He went on to become U.S. blind champion many times.”

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USCF Affairs / Candidate Statements

USCF Executive Board Election

CANDIDATE STATEMENTS The six candidates, listed in ballot order, present their June statements over the next three pages.

CALL FOR ADMS Advance delegate motions (ADMs) for the delegates’ meeting at this year’s U.S. Open were due by June 1, 2013.

ELECTION BALLOTS Ballots will be mailed via first-class mail to USCF members who were current members for the entire day on May 5th and who will be 16 by June 30th. If a USCF member did not register to vote by March 31, 2013 and is not a USCF member for the full day on May 5th, 2013, the member will not receive a ballot.

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ORGANIZERS! Plan a tournament or an event of any kind to promote chess on National Chess Day. U.S. House, Senate Recognize St. Louis as ANY RATED BEGINNER OPEN that includes “National Chess Day” in its TLA title and falls on October 12, 2013 gets both a complimentary TLA and free rating Nation’s Chess Capital fees. Event must include October 12, 2013, but could include shoulder days. Representatives WILLIAM “LACY” CLAY (D-MO) RATED BEGINNER OPEN or RBO’s are open to under 1200/Unrated or Under and BLAINE LUETKEMEYER (R-MO) and Senators 1000/Unrated. Tournament name must include “Rated Beginners Open” or “RBO.” CLAIRE MCCASKILL (D-MO) and ROY BLUNT (R-MO) introduced resolutions in the U.S. House ANY 1-DAY EVENT for October 12, 2013 which has "National Chess Day" in its and Senate on April 18, 2013 recognizing St. TLA title gets a complimentary TLA and rating fees. Louis as the nation’s chess capital. The resolutions ANY 2-3 DAY EVENT held over a period which encompasses October 12-13, 2013 also recognized the success of chess after-school which has "National Chess Day" in its TLA title, will get a complimentary TLA and programs and the benefit for students, including free rating fees. fostering problem-solving skills, and improving math and reading test scores. ORGANIZERS/AFFILIATES: In the TLA, be sure to mention National Chess Day in the title and that it actually happens on Saturday, October 12, 2013 and then Read the full story on uschess.org, Chess Life Online April archives. expect to receive an e-mail from the office explaining how to get the free rating fee. (L-R) Irina Krush, Sarah Chiang, Jennifer Shahade, Yasser Seirawan, Sam Sevian and Kayden Troff attend a special event held at the Submit your articles and photos for possible publication in Chess Life and/or Chess United States Capitol Building on April 18, 2013 in Washington, Life Online. Photos for Chess Life must be high resolution. D.C. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis)

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USCF Affairs / Candidate Statements

MIKE ATKINS

someone is also on the board of another update our aging website. This is crucial for chess organization that is potentially compet - the face of the USCF to the chess world and itive with the USCF? How can you be sure should be ongoing, with re-evaluations every that a plan or a decision was made to benefit year. the USCF and not someone’s livelihood or With the new blitz rating system now in another organization? During the past four effect, we should start either a national series years, I have scaled back my personally of blitz tournaments or a national blitz league. organized tournaments to nothing other than In our world of sound bites and limited a couple club events in Maryland, and my attention spans, blitz is the one form of chess personal “chess cave” little events. I owe no that can be shown to the public from begin - other chess organization a duty that could ning to end, developing personalities that interfere with my duty to the USCF. You build a following, like the World Poker tour. should think about that when casting your Wouldn’t it be nice to see a weekly blitz vote. show? 501(c)3 status—If and when the IRS We have not done a good job in being approves the USCF application for 501(c)3 transparent to the membership. More conver- non-profit status, it will be able to attract sations should start in BINFO so that more and larger donations. The U.S. Chess members can see the discussion and debate Trust has served as the donation arm for the way that CSPAN shows Congress at work. chess for many years, but it is a self-con - If re-elected, I plan to start more discussions tained organization. It can donate to and with BINFO from the beginning. Now that I sponsor chess activities of its own choosing. am retired, I have more time to devote to I think there is more than enough room for the executive board. Thank you for listening This is my final campaign statement for the Chess Trust and the USCF to function as and be sure to exercise your vote! 2013. I’d like to mention several future issues chess philanthropic entities without competi - that concern me. tion. Each will focus on different areas of the Fiduciary Duty—Every member of the chess community. executive board owes complete fiduciary duty Over the past couple years, we have set a to the USCF. This is the duty to act in the best realistic budget and are living within it. This interests of, and for the sole benefit of, the has often meant that we had to choose, for USCF; it is the strictest duty of care example, to upgrade our IT infrastructure recognized by the U.S. legal system. Is this rather than something more “attractive.” The possible when someone makes his or her Website Advisory Committee is hard at work living solely from chess? Is it possible when coming up with suggestions and plans to

CHUCK UNRUH

were based on survival and have not kept scholastic members are the largest percentage membership growth rates even with the U.S. of the membership categories. The rise in the population expansion. scholastic membership according to the During my state chapter lead ership with the Federation’s financial reports has meant a help of several scholastic leaders, a pilot pro- decrease in surplus margins per member. gram was presented to the ex ec utive board as The best volume mem ber ship margins remain one step forward in building the USCF rated with the adult membership categories, a base at the scholastic level. The concept was group whose numbers have declined over the known as the national rating service (NRS) past decade. and approved unanimously by the executive Currently, the scholastic membership board. Although the program was never imple - dropout rate after the first scholastic mented owing to the legal struggles at the tournament experience is very high. The high time, the NRS offers a method to introduce dropout rate is a natural target for revisiting USCF to every chess playing school in America why the member ship experience wasn’t re - without subsidy or financial loss. School ad- ward ing or enjoyable for so many juniors. min istrators are more likely to accept a chess Instead of looking towards volume scholastic rating service than sanction membership in memberships with lower margins, the Federa- a national organization. The lower profile tion should acknowledge that long term rating service should promote the name of solutions are based in the original adult, USCF while expanding the poten tial pool of junior member ship heritage. All other scho- future Federation members. lastic memberships are just passing through Establishing a pool of USCF friendly and retention is naturally bounded by percent- players does little for membership retention ages in the single digits. The mission in the or longev ity without the support of area scholastic years should center on chess for fun In the last message, I spoke to the issue of chess clubs. The Tulsa Chess Club (TCC) is and a positive image of the Federation. the USCF business cycle and my conser- an example of chess adults sharing their The future of a relevant USCF is in vative agen da. Building through sur plus in knowl edge and USCF heritage. The TCC membership growth at least equivalent to the our not-for-profit corporation still leaves the has flourished as a destination for the pool expanding population. If our business mod- questions of organizational growth and the of local chess juniors created by the el lags over long periods of time to Federation’s mission in chess. First and Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Organization accomplish the above mini mum goal, then foremost is the solid business and economic in their use of a rating service only firm. creative change is a high priority, along with platform that provides the flexibility of I was around when the Fed eration solid finances. engaging chess business oppor tu n ities. In membership was pri ma rily anchored in adult short, the macro policies of the past decade and junior memberships. Times change, and

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USCF Affairs / Candidate Statements

RANDY BAUER

that all can do a great job for the USCF. There members of the executive board, I think is one area where I have experience that is not we have fallen short of a reasonable found in other candidates: I am regularly standard for articulating our vision and hired by organizations to improve their goals and communicating our strategies management, budget practices and operations. with the membership. I promise to do better As a director of the management and budget in this area. consulting practice for Public Financial • Results must be reported. When I was last Management, Inc., I spend every day working on the executive board, I emphasized articu- to improve operations and the bottom line of lating the rationale behind our budget non-profit and public sector entities. It is my decisions, and I reported these at our annual ‘day job’ and I am willing to volunteer that skill meetings. I take great satisfaction in the and expertise to the USCF. fact that revenue estimates were much more I don’t have the ‘holy grail’ answers that will accurate in this time period, and I attribute lead the USCF to greater heights. However, it to being willing to identify the rationale and between my USCF experience and my career, report our results. I pledge that I will do the which includes providing strategic management same in all aspects of executive board and budgeting advice to governments and decision making. non-profits, I have identified some important The USCF has done better financially in approaches to management that I have recent years, and I am proud to have been a applied and will continue to apply at the part of that. We now must extend those USCF, should you wish to once again entrust positive results to other aspects of the organi- me with membership on the executive board: zation, whether it is marketing, member • Leadership is about vision. The executive development or improvements in customer board should not be confused with the day- service. I pledge to approach all of these I’ve had an opportunity to participate in to-day operations of the professional staff, efforts with a focus on vision, communi- United States chess governance at nearly or the volunteer activities of committees. It cation and measuring results. With this every level—as a local tournament director, should steer the organization and lead the approach, we can continue to move forward a state board member, state newsletter editor, rowing to others. with the USCF mission of growing chess in state association president, USCF delegate, • Vision must be clearly articulated. I was a the United States. committee member and chair and executive strong supporter—and participant in the board member. This has given me a unique USCF issues forum, because we need perspective on our organization’s governance. opportunities for the executive board to Each of the candidates in this election has communicate with members. While I have a strong chess background, and I am confident a great deal of respect for the current

BEATRIZ MARINELLO

it’s quite expensive to play chess in big open initiated by the current executive board was tournaments. If we have clubs all over the against the World Chess Federation, which nation, it will be less expensive to play in resulted in FIDE spending over 1,000,000 tournaments. The key component is to make euros in legal fees. The USCF and the other an investment in technology. four federations lost the lawsuit, and are Here are some ideas: vulnerable to a countersuit by FIDE for cost 1) Create a mentorship program for a network of incurred on this frivolous lawsuit. clubs and affiliates. This program should be While I was president of the USCF (2003- web-based, with videos, forums and interac - 05), we didn’t have significant legal expenses tive tools. and didn’t initiate legal actions. Our board 2) Establish free online advertisement for clubs. was fiscally conservative. 3) Create national club leagues online, with a The last 23 years of my life, I have been certified tournament director on site—The top contributing to the development of scholastic eight qualifying club teams can compete in chess, and supporting the USCF mission. a national team club championship. This is not Last year, I began a new venture as chair of a new idea; chess leagues are successful in the FIDE Social Action Commission, which many countries. is working on projects related with chess 4) Support our members’ learning, and equalities and utilizing chess to prevent brain interest in chess. The USCF can develop a aging and Alzheimer's. “learning program” with weekly free lectures On a personal note, back in 2007, I got a online (video). The USCF can pay grand- kidney transplant. Right now I’m doing well, masters, international masters and national but I approached the very complicated task masters to give these lectures free of charge of surviving a catastrophic illness as a chess Six “good candidates” are running for four to our members. At the same time, we can game. The strategic thinking and fighting positions on the executive board; the $64 begin building chess materials which are skills necessary to play chess, also saved my question is whom to vote for. web-based and free to all members. life. Our organization doesn’t have a business In the last five years, the USCF has spent We have a bright future ahead of us if we plan, except for the latest idea of becoming over $500,000 in legal expenses and engaged make wise choices. a 501(c)(3) organization. We need a pragmatic in dangerous litigations exposing the and sustainable plan. U.S. Chess is driven Federation to financial liabilities. Please consider voting for me. CONTACT by not-for-profit organizations, for-profit The USCF represents the United States in INFORMATION: [email protected] corporations, affiliates, clubs, chess profes- the World Chess Federation (FIDE), linking sionals and volunteers. U.S. members to chess players around the Most members are tournament players, world. The latest “legal battle” which was

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USCF Affairs / Candidate Statements

TIM REDMAN

executive boards for nine years, four of them At the recent SuperNationals, Dr. Alexey as USCF president. Root, on behalf of the University of Texas at Last September, the executive director and Dallas (UTD), presented scholarships to the board certified the need for money from the winners of the K-6, K-9, and K-12 champi- LMA due to a serious cash shortfall. We onship sections. In Madison, I will present a loaned Operations the money and it has UTD scholarship to the winner of the Denker. been repaid. Nonetheless, such a lack of Each of these scholarships has an annual ready cash should never occur. We have not out-of-state value of $68,000. Bringing money yet reached a healthy state in USCF finances, into chess. as some members of the current adminis- The greatest example of how to successfully tration claim. Things are getting better, but increase value for chess comes courtesy of the we need to build towards a substantial cash many USCF members who teach chess to reserve so there is no more need for borrow - children. They are the best investment we can ing. As we seek a 501(c)(3) status, we must make in the future of chess in this country. bear in mind that no one gives money to an We are growing an audience for the organization that needs loans to stay afloat. appreciation of the game, art, and sport of With two lengthy terms on the U.S. Chess chess. We are locating and nurturing the Trust, I can bring considerable experience to next generation of chess genius. We are bear in launching the Federation’s own tax- rewarding, albeit mod est ly, these members deductible branch. of our community who add real value to We need to keep chess money in chess. I chess. The benefits to children are twofold: have served since 2007 as chair of the Life chess develops cognitive skills and character. Member Asset Management Committee. Last I am proud to have received the 2006 year, LMA bought the remaining $220,000 of USCF Scholastic Service Award, but I see it the outstanding mortgage from Cumberland as more of a reminder of work I still have to All six candidates running for the executive Bank. We reduced the interest paid by do in chess and education, rather than a board (EB) are qualified. Which to vote for? Operations to 4.5%, a good investment for the comfortable recognition of the past. I would I hope that credentials and experience figure LMA and good for Operations, win-win. The be honored to have your vote. in your choice. I’ve known every USCF money stays in chess. president since Fred Cramer, every USCF In 2007 a serious conflict between two executive director since Ed Edmondson, and members of the EB led to litigation that cost every FIDE president since . I have the Federation more than $500,000. The learned a great deal from all of them, as I money went to lawyers, not to chess. Money have by serving on fiscally conservative out of chess.

RUTH HARING

chess in the USA. Now I will share my thoughts served over the past four years successful. on governance. I pledge to you that I will continue to serve in this At tournaments, I am frequently approached spirit. by parents and players who want to discuss When USCF has its classification changed specific issues important to them. I am moved to 501(c)(3) non-profit, I believe that board by the thoughtfulness of these conversations member responsibilities should likewise and have come to realize that players and change to include fund raising goals. Every parents are an underrepresented group in Olympiad year USCF has huge costs to USCF governance and feel they do not have support our teams. Though we do get some a voice. These members state that they most donations, the USCF pays a majority of these definitely want to avoid committees and expenses. If we were to raise ALL funds USCF politics. We need to reach out to play - needed for the Olympiads, USCF would be in ers and parents who pay the majority of our a much stronger position financially. dues and support our events faithfully, and If elected, I plan to support policy em- ensure they are represented. phasizing marketing efforts, to provide better A growing and successful organization representation for our players and parents, must have its key stakeholders who are to improve membership retention, to start a involved in the governance process, be well program to raise funds for the Olympiad and qualified and have applicable experience. An other events, and spread the word that it’s ideal candidate should understand fi duciary FUN and COOL to play chess so that a larger duty, have no conflicts of interest, and percentage of the 209 million Americans who should be a team player. Over the past four “played chess at some time” will consider years the executive board was faced with joining USCF. Re-elect Ruth Haring: www.RuthHaring.com— many complex and difficult decisions. I have The way we step forward and change our USCF president, avid chess player, life been honored to serve with colleagues who culture and improve the organization is member, chess mom, woman international respectfully debate their positions on issues. through the election process. Your vote is master. After votes are cast, if we feel strongly, we important and will determine who is in a I have no personal or professional conflict of openly voice our dissent if we are in the position to make decisions that will affect the interest. My income is derived from non-chess minority and go on to support the process organization for years to come. sources. and decision of the majority. The EB is In my first statement, I presented a summary always willing to reconsider an important Vote for Ruth Haring, www.RuthHaring.com of my background and accomplishments on the question if new information comes to light. USCF executive board (EB). In my second The collegial atmosphere is the secret sauce that state ment, I discussed my vision for growing has made the executive board on which I have

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Looks at Books / Wojo’s Weapons III

Completing a Wojo Trilogy Are you a class player in search of a white-piece repertoire that leaves room for creativity? Look to Wojtkiewicz. By GM BEN FINEGOLD

player. That is not to say the repertoire They recommend Qb3 against the sym- itself is unambitious. As White you will be metrical Gruenfeld which also becomes pulling for space advantages, more active surprisingly imbalanced in most lines; the piece play, even occasionally blood-thirsty Maroczy Bind is covered with some new kingside pillaging. The repertoire is centered ideas revitalizing drawish lines; their rec- around fianchettoing your king’s bishop, ommendation against the Leningrad Dutch but also incorporates lines without d2-d4. is rather straightforward aiming for rapid The content in this volume is as rock queenside expansion with Rb1 and b2-b4 solid as always. Objectively this is the making it difficult for Black to get a satis- most precise volume in all of the Wojo’s factory position most of the time. Similarly Weapons books simply due to the contin- they suggest Qc2 and Rb1 against the ual advancement of chess engines. The Stonewall, with some very instructive recommen da tions against Black’s choices points on why not to play with the most are interesting and keep life in the position common method of b2-b3 and Bc1-a3. with White more often than not getting I have some mild criticisms. This book the “sunny side of the torture”. I was most has the same problems that every opening impressed with the choices espoused by book is guilty of. Although the authors Ippolito and Hilton against the Gruenfeld. truly attempt objectivity throughout the book, I have a hard time believing that Achieving a lasting advantage Black cannot equalize with the Gruenfeld and my good personal friend, Houdini, rather agrees. But this stands to reason as this sharp opening is at its height in pop- ularity including several elite practitioners (, , Boris Wojo’s Weapons Winning with White Volume 3 Gelfand, Anish Giri and many others use by Dean Ippolito and Jonathan Hilton. 402 pages it as one of their main weapons) and how (Mongoose Press, Boston, 2013). $29.95 from many players with the White pieces trot uscfsales.com (catalog number B0095EU). out the d4-d5 plus Qc2 method of play? I think it is a great practical choice in open NE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES tournaments, but objectively Black equal- facing club players today is trying to izes. Also, as IM Greg Shahade points out, get a stable opening advantage with this book is too long. In my utopian chess O the white pieces. We all know how it society a perfect chess book would be full feels to get nothing out of the opening with of recommendations going no more than 15 white and how satisfying it is for Black to moves (maybe 20 if the situation becomes develop safely and easily. Wojo’s Weapons: AFTER 10. QC2 rather forcing) with few variations. They Winning with White Volume 3 takes a stab would all contain the latent message “do at collecting pleasant positions from some Interestingly enough, Wojo did not cham- your own research, you have a computer” double-edged opening choices by Black pion this line with the white pieces, but the and everyone would work harder and including the Dutch, Hedgehog, and most authors found this line more of a try for the understand chess masterfully. Further- importantly, the Gruenfeld. This volume advantage than his usual 10. Bg5, a tes- more, how useful will this book be in ten completes the series that looks at the late tament to the their attempt at objectivity years? Right now this is a very current, up- GM Aleksander Wojtkiewicz’s play from the throughout the book. What I enjoy about to-date, useful manuscript, but that will white side of the board, dual authored by this line is that it stays true to their aims: all change as happens with all chess IM Dean Ippolito and Jonathan Hilton. White very often gets a small and stable books, not just the ones limited to the If you are the kind of player who relies on advantage, Black has a tough time simply first handful of moves. an understanding of interrelated positions developing, White’s play is logical and con- Overall I would highly recommend this with room for creativity, you will be thrilled crete, the position remains imbalanced book to any non 1. e4 player rated less than with the content of the entire series. Con- (great for beating lower-rated players), and 2200. The content is interesting, the analy- sidering the sharp opening choices covered yet it isn’t very topical for White, so the sec- sis is sound and computer approved, and in this volume, there are some lengthy ond player will be less likely to have reams together with the other volumes you have lines, but ones easily memorized by any A- of theory to pump out. a complete white repertoire.

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U.S. OPEN SIDE EVENTS May register online except for the Bughouse which is on-site only.

27 July: split. See www.uschess.org/tournaments/2013/scholastic U.S. Open Bughouse. G/5. Entry fee $20 per team. 80% for venue info, updates and correction. of entry fees in cash prizes. Registration ends at 7:00 p.m., 29, 30, 31 July; 1, 2 August: first round begins at 7:30 p.m. U.S. Open Quads. G/30 d5. Entry fee $20. Registration 27-28 July: 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Rds. 12-1:30-3:00. $50 to first in each U.S. Open Weekend Swiss. GPP: 6. 5-SS, G/60 d5. quad. $$1,000 guaranteed prizes. $200-100-50, U2200/Unr 31 July: $160, U1800 $140, U1600 $120, U1400 $100, U1200 U.S. Open G/15 Championship (QC). 5-SS, G/15 d5. $80, Unr $50. Entry fee $40, Unr free if paying USCF Quick rated, higher of regular or quick rating. Entry fee $40. dues. On-Site Registration 10:00-11:30 AM 7/27, Rds: Registration 9am-11:30am. Rds: noon, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, Sat 12-3, Sun 10-12:30-3. 4:00. 80% of entries as returned as cash prizes. First 30%, 28 July: second 15%, U2100 12%, U1800 10%, U1500/Unr U.S. Open Scholastic. Open to K-12 [2013-2014 school 8%, U1200 5%. year] 4-SS, G/30 d5, in four sections: Junior High - High 3 August: School Champ. (K-12); Junior High - High School U1200 U.S. Open Blitz Championship (BLZ). Trophies Plus GPP: (K-12); Elementary Champ. (K-6); Elementary U1000 (K- 15. 7-SS (double round, 14 games), 1 section, G/5 d0. 6): EF: $25 online if by 7/14; $35 after; $27 if postmarked Blitz rated, higher of regular or Blitz rating. Entry fee $40, by 7/14; $37 after (do not mail after 7/21); $30 phone- free to Unrated if paying USCF dues. Registration 9 a.m.- in by 7/14, $40 by 7/26 at 5 p.m. CDT. Reg.: 9-11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m., first round begins at noon. $2000 guaranteed Rds.: 12-1:30-3-4:30. Trophies to Top 3 in each section. prizes! $$400-200-150, Expert $200-100, U2000 $200- The above sections may be split in multiple sections if the 100, U1800 $180-90, U1600/Unr $140-70, U1400 entries warrant it. (Unrated MUST play in the Champi- $100, U1200 $70. The July 2013 Rating Supplement will onship sections.). Trophies may be added if the section(s) be used.

Schedule for 2013 U.S. Open Workshops & Committee Meetings

Time 9AM 10AM 11AM NOON 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM TDCC/ Problem Forum Committee Forum Workshop Women's Chess States TDCC Solving WEDNESDAY Jul 31 LUNCH Denker H.S.& Barber College Chess Outreach Scholastic Committee K-8 Executive Board Executive Board OPEN Chess in Education USCF Legal Ratings CLOSED International Senior Chess Rules Workshop THURSDAY Aug 1 LUNCH Affairs Chess Trust

FIDE Trainers Seminar FIDE Trainers Seminar

Bylaws/GTF Finance / LMA Website Advisory Staff Forum/General Membership Meeting FRIDAY Aug 2 LUNCH Clubs CJA

FIDE Trainers Seminar FIDE Trainers Seminar

SATURDAY Aug 3 Delegates Meeting AWARDS LUNCHEON Delegates Meeting

SUNDAY Aug 4 Delegates Meeting SATURDAY, July 27, Denker Tournament of High School Champions, Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions, and the National Girls Invitational Tournament Opening Ceremony, 3PM FRIDAY, August 2, Executive Board Reception 5:30PM

USCF Awards Luncheon, Saturday, August 3, 2013 in Monona at NOON

SUNDAY, August 4 Executive Board Meeting (CLOSED) 3pm and Executive Board Meeting (OPEN) 6pm

**Schedule Subject to Change - Check www.uschess.org for updates**

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Chess to Enjoy / Entertainment

Reversals of Fortune How well do you know your friend the chessboard?

By GM ANDY SOLTIS

LIKE MANY GREAT PLAYERS, MIKHAIL game—even if he knows about the 90 Botvinnik had a remarkable memory. But degree shift—nothing would seem amiss. even a world champion’s ability to recall But you’re not a beginner. Play the failed when he was shown this position. moves of a , 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5, on this board. Did it strike you as strange that the Lopez bishop is dark squared, not light squared? It should. And when the board is turned 180 degrees, not just 90. you might not be able to recognize other very familiar posi- tions. That’s what tripped up Botvinnik. We do know that being able to recognize BLACK TO PLAY tactical patterns is a skill set you need to acquire to become a master. Even if the a few gazillion times. Here I’ve made his name “Morphy” didn’t occur to you, you white moves with the black pieces and might have spotted the 1. ... Qb1+! mat- ing idea in the last diagram. WHITE TO PLAY vice versa. Morphy won with 1. ... Qb1+! 2. Nxb1 Rd1 mate. It’s simply one of hundreds of patterns We think of chess as being all about that a master learns on his way to 2200. Botvinnik was on a lecture tour of Ger- the pieces. We rarely take note of how But in addition to learning patterns, you many when he visited a computer center much a role that the board plays. also become familiar with famous games. in the city of Seigen. Chess players there We take for granted that someone who It’s not necessarily helpful, but you do. set up a large demonstration board and If someone shows an experienced player asked him about the position. can calculate the movement of the pieces five or six moves into the future should be a key position from one of them, he’ll say, Botvinnik could see that Black is win- “I know this. It’s called the Evergreen ning. For example, 1. Qxh3 d1=Q+ Black a master. But masters—and other experi- enced players—can also visualize the board Game.” Or “Yeah, I’ve seen it. It’s that forces mate (2. Kh2 Rf2+ 3. Kg3 Qg1+ 4. Kasparov brilliancy against Topalov.” Kh4 Bf6+). In fact, White resigned in the without pieces. Visualize an empty board? Sounds easy, I wonder how many would be able to rec- position in the diagram. ognize this: What Botvinnik didn’t realize is that right? Well, close your eyes and tell me this was a famous game—won by Botvin- what color the square a7 is? nik. It should have prompted instant Or, how about g6. Try b4. Or e7. recognition because it was one of the best There seems to be a definite correlation games he played in the previous decade. between this quality—we’ll call it board The reason he didn’t recognize it is that, vision—and playing strength. But whether since he was Black, he hadn’t looked at the correlation means causation is unclear. position from the perspective of White, In other words, is board vision one of the that is, as it appeared on the demonstra- skill sets that makes you a master? Or do tion board. masters naturally pick up the ability to, That’s one of the optical board illusions say, name all the light squares on the a2- that afflict most people. For example, g8 diagonal? Or does board vision have would you recognize this position? nothing to do with rating points? (see diagram top of next column) What seems clear is you begin acquir- BLACK TO PLAY ing board vision from the moment you are You should know the game. Everyone introduced to chess. That’s when you learn This features what is arguably the most knows the game. It’s the end of Paul Mor- that h1 is always going to be a light square. famous move ever made. But it may seem phy versus the Duke of Brunswick. The So, let’s try an experiment: Turn the unfamiliar because you usually see it with reason you may not recognize it is that the board 90 degrees so that h1 is a dark white pieces towards the bottom of the colors have been reversed. square. Now reset the pieces as if things diagram and black pieces near the top. Morphy was White in that historic 1858 were normal, so that White’s queen is to Here, with the board flipped, you may miniature, which has been reprinted in the left of his king. not have recognized Frank Marshall’s mar- books and magazines and on websites If an absolute beginner plays over a velous 23. ... Qg3!!.

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Chess to Enjoy / Entertainment

Problem I Problem II Problem III 2013 Wijk aan Zee GM Arkadi Naiditsch GM GM GM Nils Grandelius GM Robin Van Kampen GM Loek van Wely Magnus Carlsen began 2013 as impressively as he ended 2012, with a runaway victory in the Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands super-tournament. Carlsen scored 10-3, matching Garry Kasparov’s best-ever result in the tournament and finishing a point and a half ahead of an all-star field. This month’s quiz comes courtesy of the three top sections of the annual WHITE TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY event. In each position you are asked to find the fastest winning line of Problem IV Problem V Problem VI GM Predrag Nikolic GM Sergei Movsesian IM David Klein play. This will usually mean the GM Nils Grandelius GM Romain Edouard WIM Lisa Schut forced win of a decisive amount of material, such as a rook or minor piece. For solutions, see page 71.

WHITE TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY WHITE TO PLAY

The convention that newspaper colum- Even some experienced players have nists, magazine editors and book pub lish ers trouble. I’ve noticed this a few times in follow is to place White’s pieces at the bot- large Swiss Opens: Player A makes a move tom of the board and Black’s at the top. and walks away from the board. Player B That makes sense because White makes the takes his time thinking of a reply. When first move. Player A returns he stands behind Player But in the early days of chess, the player B, looking over his shoulder, so he can see who had the right to make the first move the position through B’s eyes. often chose the black pieces. (They were The strangest case of that that I can considered luckier.) Adolph Anderssen’s recall occurred after A walked away, B most famous game actually looked like made his move and also walked away. A this when it appeared on the board—and returned and stood behind B’s chair to in some published diagrams. study the position. B returned and stood WHITE TO PLAY AND DRAW behind A’s chair to do the same. This ludi- crous situation lasted until they both wanted to show two elite grandmasters looked up and saw their opponent, then playing a game, the best camera angle is slowly walked around the table to take from the side of the board, so you can see their proper seats. both players. Seeing threats may become easier when We expected this viewpoint in televised you sit in your opponent’s chair. But it football or basketball. The action goes becomes almost impossible when you sit side from left to right to left. It’s easier on our on the of the board. eyes to take it in while you’re on a virtual Before you look at the final diagram 50-yard line or at center court. below I want you to try one more experi- But if you see two grandmasters play- ment. Turn the magazine 90 degrees— ing in, say, a YouTube video, when your and then try to spot White’s best move. BLACK TO PLAY viewpoint is from the side, following the (see diagram top of next column) moves becomes almost impossible. We know other tricks that the board If you registered to vote and your USCF plays on us. For instance, beginners often Yes, I know it’s hard to even recognize membership remained current through May, look overlook threats of their opponent and pieces when you look at them sideways. I allow knight-takes-queen. That’s not made it simple by limiting it to pawns and for your executive board ballot to arrive in the mail because they can’t calculate. It’s because kings. (Solution on page 71.) this month. You can read more about the election, they can’t visualize the board the way And that’s one of the problems with try- including the six candidates' statements, beginning their opponent does. ing to promote chess on television. If you on page 10.

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A Starkly Woven Web “If you play differently, you lose differently.” By BRUCE PANDOLFINI

WEAVER ADAMS (1901-63) WAS AN note to Black’s move is over and White’s White has 11. b4! Bxb4 12. Bxe5 Bxd2 (12. opening theoretician and an American move is on the next line.** ... Qxe5 13. Qa4+) 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bxd4. chess guru. In his most famous book, 4. Nf3 Par Score 5 Lines like these prompted Adams to make White to play and Win (1939), he took the the following move in an attempt to main- position that 1. e4 gave White a winning Add 1 bonus point if you knew to avoid tain some initiative. advantage, saying that if both sides then the trap 4. e3? Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxe3! 6. Bxb4 8. … f6 played correctly, “White ought to win.” exf2+ 7. Ke2 fxg1=N+! 8. Rxg1 Bg4+, skew- But in the following game contested in ering king and queen. If the black d4-pawn 9. exf6 Par Score 5 Ventnor City in 1943, he had black against were easy to get rid of, the Albin would be Martin Stark, so he couldn’t play 1. e4. out of business. 9. … Nxf4 Instead, he had to answer a d-pawn open- 4. … Nc6 ing, opting for an Albin Counter Gambit (1. Adams may have figured that White was d4 d5 2. c4 e5). But it didn’t quite work 5. g3 Par Score 5 going to continue with 10. gxf4 Qxf6. One out. In the end, his king was caught in the must always be careful with such figur- ** center, and that can be a bad place to be Since he’s not going to play e2-e3, this ing. with enemy pieces all around. The initial is the only other way to develop the king- 10. f7+ Par Score 5 moves were: bishop. Take full credit for the alternatives 5. a3 and 5. Nbd2, with g2-g3 coming Here we see an excellent in-between- (deduct later. move, much better than 10. fxg7? Albin Counter Gambit (D09) 2 points) 3 5. … Bc5 10. ... Nxg2+. Receive only Martin Charles Stark points part credit for 10. gxf4. Weaver Warren Adams In White to Play and Win, published in 10. … Kxf7 Ventnor City, 1943 1939, Adams himself recommended 5. ... Be6.** 11. gxf4 Par Score 4 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 6. Bf4 Par Score 5 11. … h6 An unusual move, but one reinforcing his king-pawn can’t be bad. The bishop If 11. ... Rf8, then 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. does stand better on f4 than on c1. Nat- Bd5+. It’s a bad sign when the gambiteer urally, 6. Bg2 was also good, and gives full has to take time out to make unproductive credit. defensive moves. It often means he’s lost the initiative.** 6. … Nge7 12. Nb3 Par Score 5 7. Bg2 Par Score 5 This is much more vigorous than 12. 3 points part credit This is the logical follow-up to his 5th 0-0, which is worth only . move, which also has the merit of prepar- 12. … Qd6 ing castling (or just vacating f1 for the king). Black keeps guard on the bishop as Now make sure you have the above posi- well as the d4-pawn. Add 1 bonus point for … tion set up on your chessboard. As you 7. Ng6 intending to answer 12. ... Bb4+ with 13. play through the remaining moves in this Kf1 and the queen’s pawn is indefensible.** game, use a piece of paper to cover the arti- 8. Nbd2 Par Score 5 cle, exposing White’s next move only after 13. Ne5+ Par Score 6 trying to guess it. If you guess correctly, With this simple developing move, White harasses the enemy king and give yourself the par score. Sometimes intending Nb3, White shows up the down- soon the enemy queen. points are also rewarded for second-best side of 5. ... Bc5, presenting Black with a … moves, and there may be bonus points— problem. If 8. ... 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8, then 10. 13. Nxe5 or deductions—for other moves and Nb3 hitting both c5 and d4. And if 8. ... variations. Note that ** means that the Qe7 9. 0-0 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5, then 14. fxe5 Par Score 4

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Problem I Problem II Problem III ABCs of Chess Underpromotion Fork In-between move

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. June Exercise: Pawn structure is typically a key factor in determining the prospects for each player. But in advising us where to go, it can also imply where we’ve been. While the formation could indicate the opening, it also might suggest apt Problem IV Problem V Problem VI Getting out of check Interference Pin strategies. As a habit of mind, when examining a chess position, try to figure out from the pawn layout at least what the last few moves were about, pro and con. Do this regularly enough, and don’t be surprised if you begin to think more logically and holistically. Indeed, looking at the past is another way to look at the future.

Now both queen and bishop are under allows the queen to come in, 18. Qh7+ (1 22. Kb1 Par Score 5 fire. Meanwhile, 14. ... Qxe5 is met by 15. bonus point). But he can still try to develop Alert! Allowing 22. ... Qe3+, with the Bd5+ Kf8 16. Nxc5 c6 17. Nd3, gaining a his queenside pieces.** ensuing trade of queens, would kill White’s piece. Add 1 bonus point if you saw this 18. Rxg7+ Par Score 5 attack. But now 22. ... Qe3 runs into 23. interception idea when playing 13. Ne5+. No credit Qg6+ Kd8 24. Rxd3+ (1 bonus point). 14. … Qb6 for anything else. Why not take a free pawn with check and post a 22. … Rd8 As cited before, 14. ... Bb4+ drops the d- rook on the seventh rank? At last Black has managed to develop all pawn to 15. Kf1 Qxe5 16. Qxd4. But here … 18. Ke8 his pieces. But of course there are major the queens come off the board and with problems.** two bishops he can still make a fight which 19. Be4 Par Score 5 is Black’s best chance.** 23. e6 Par Score 6 15. Bd5+ Par Score 5 The light-square bishop has nothing more to do on d5 and can now contest dif- 23. … Black resigned … ferent light squares. 15. Ke7 With two major threats: 24. e7 and 24. 19. … Bxe4 1 bonus point On 15. ... Be6 White has 16. Qd3, Qg6+ ( for seeing each). Hav- threatening 17. Qf5+.** Black exchanges to avoid loss of time ing had enough, Black resigned. ** 16. Qd3 Par Score 5 entailed by retreating. 20. Qxe4 Par Score 4 White activates the queen and prepares TOTAL YOUR SCORE TO DETERMINE for queenside castling. It also prevents 20. … d3 YOUR APPROXIMATE RATING BELOW: 16. ... Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Bh3+, which could This is a kind of last ditch attempt to stir prove awkward. Total Score Approx. Rating 16. … Rf8 up trouble, either on the d-file or the f- file.** 95+ 2400+ Black tries to get his rook into the game, 21. 0-0-0 Par Score 6 81-94 2200-2399 ** while setting up his next move. 66-80 2000-2199 17. Rg1 Par Score 5 White chooses a vigorous response, although 21. e3 (3 points part credit) was 51-65 1800-1999 There is no let up in Stark’s conduct of also acceptable. 36-50 1600-1799 the attack. How does Black save his g7- 21. … Bxf2 21-35 1400-1599 pawn? 06-20 1200-1399 17. … Bf5 Black could have tried 21. ... dxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxf2. The problem is that it leaves 0-05 under 1200 Black can’t try 17. ... g5 because it the black king practically defenseless.**

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Carlsen Wins Epic Candidates Tournament in London 22-year-old Norwegian star to challenge Anand for world title in November

By GM IAN ROGERS

ise old heads wondered whether the tournament license to run the world championship cycle, perhaps the good they had just witnessed was the greatest of the old days were not so terrible. modern era—perhaps the greatest of all time. However within a few days, such quibbles were forgotten. The London Candidates tournament was an First Aronian, dipping into his bag of tactical tricks, raced to the W eight-player, double round-robin designed to find lead but Carlsen stayed with him and at the halfway point these a world title challenger for GM and it had two players were well clear of their rivals. everything: a stellar cast of players scrapping for every point; a In the second half the tournament was turned upside down fast start by the two favorites, young stars GMs Magnus Carlsen when Kramnik, who had not won a game up to that point, went 1 and ; a second-half comeback by former world on a 4 ⁄2/5 run while Aronian lost to his good friend champion GM who raced Carlsen to the finish and then overpressed against Kramnik to fall out of contention. line; a crazy tailender in Vassily Ivanchuk, who would lose five Carlsen took over the lead, then lost it after falling to Ivanchuk, games on time and yet win his first game against the world then pulled level with Kramnik with one round to play. Only one number one Carlsen three rounds from the end; plus the bizarre player was to go through to challenge Anand for the world title final round on April Fools’ Day which saw both leaders lose and in November and Kramnik seemed to be in the box seat. Carlsen qualify to play Anand by the most random of tiebreakers. While Carlsen was battling against third place-finisher Peter

Little of the coming drama was apparent when the tournament Svidler, Kramnik was paired against back-marker Vassily began on March 14 at London’s historic Institute of Engineer - Ivanchuk. Ivanchuk may have beaten Carlsen a couple of rounds ing and Technology, adjacent to Waterloo Bridge on the Thames. earlier, but the mercurial Ukrainian was making a habit of A decidedly modest crowd of 70 paying spectators saw four leaving himself with 10 moves to make in under a minute and quiet draws and complaints about the new ChessCasting game simply exceeding the time limit. display system were widespread. If this was the future of chess Carlsen’s one advantage was the tiebreaking system—since he under the new stewardship of AGON, the body granted a 10-year had won (and lost) one more game than Kramnik; should the

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An inevitable rise to the top? Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen is now a world championship contender.

players finish tied then the Norwegian would proceed to the three thirds.) The London Candidates was also Carlsen’s 15th world title match. consecutive tournament performance at above a 2800 level. London’s final round lived up to all expectations. All that remains is for the Norwegian to take the world title After pushing hard for a win, Carlsen— apparently physically against Anand in November, though the Indian veteran remains and mentally spent after playing a total of 179 moves in his a formidable foe. Should Carlsen win the title at 22, he will not previous two games—was hit by a counterattack and Svidler be the youngest world champion of all time— Garry Kasparov will wrapped up victory after four hours play. retain that honor by a margin of six months. However Carlsen Kramnik by then seemed more en thralled by Carlsen’s demise could usher in an era of dominance that, like Kasparov, burns than worrying about his own game and erred badly, allowing off all his peers. Ivanchuk to wrap up an upset victory—Kramnik’s only loss of the tourna ment—half an hour later. Carlsen thereby earned the right to the world title challenge HOW CARLSEN WON that most fans had been hoping for; a battle of the generations Carlsen set up his victory with almost error-free chess over the with Anand almost twice Carlsen’s age. first 11 rounds. When Carlsen was slightly better, he ground out The difference between first and first equal in London was a win, when in trouble he found a way to liquidate to a draw. The enormous. Although the top two players shared around $300,000 nervous finish was quite unexpected—over the past four years, for their tie for first place, Carlsen has guaranteed himself an extra Carlsen has been the best final round closer in top level $1.5 million; the loser’s purse from the bid immediately offered tournaments—but by then the Norwegian had done enough—just by Anand’s home town Chennai. enough—to triumph. For Carlsen, success in London continues a Federer-like run Gelfand was Carlsen’s first victim, in a classic Carlsen game of consist ency; his 15th win in his last 21 classical tournaments, where Gelfand always seems to have a draw within reach—until

PHOTO: ANASTASIYA KARLOVICH ANASTASIYA PHOTO: stretching back four years. (His failures include two seconds and he doesn’t!

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Queen’s Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs Variation (D52) GM Boris Gelfand (FIDE 2740, ISR) GM Magnus Carlsen (FIDE 2872, NOR) London Candidates (3), 03.17.2013

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 Carlsen springs his first serious surprise for the tourna - ment—he had just only once previ ously—in 2008 at the Dresden Olympiad—played the Cambridge Springs variation. 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Rc1 A side line in place of the standard 8. Qd2. Carlsen could hardly have known which line Gelfand would choose since GM Levon Aronian GM Boris Gelfand the Israeli had apparently never previously faced the Cambridge Springs. 8. ... Nxc3!? The alternative continuation 8. ... Bb4 9. Qd2 would lead back to the main line. 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 The move which makes the line playable; exchanging light- squared bishops removes Black’s biggest worry. 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. 0-0 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 0-0 14. e4 Played after long thought. “I had to find a good plan,” ex - plained Gelfand. “It’s a rare line, a very original position. GM Alexander Grischuk GM Vassily Ivanchuk The pawn structure isn’t deter - mined yet. I had to think about the best way to configure it.” The line 20. Qxa3 Rxc4 21. the position.” saying, “It is a drawn position 14. ... Rfe8 15. e5 h6 16. Bh4 c5 Rxc4 Qxc4 22. Qxa7 Qxd4 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qd6 Nf8 26. g3 but I didn't manage to solve 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 offers White less than nothing Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. d5 exd5 the practical problems.” so Gelfand tries his only active 29. Qxd5 g6 30. Kg2 Ne6 36. f5 gxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxa3 38. plan. Qxh5 a5 39. Qg4+ Kf8 “Of course this should be 20. ... Rc7! 21. Qxa3 drawn but there are always “I knew that if 21. f5 Rec8 some practical possibil ities for 22. fxe6 fxe6 then the position Black,” explained Carlsen. must be fine for Black,” said 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. a3 h5 33. h4 Carlsen. A move which surprised the 21. ... Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxc4 23. Bf2 commentators, who believed Qc7 that White should keep the option of h2-h3 and g3-g4 in Commentator GM Jon reserve. Speelman wanted Black to play 33. ... Qc2 34. Qb7 Qa4 35. Qf3 b5 18. ... Rac8! 23. ... Qd5 24. Rc1 Nf8 but “So Black is just in time and Carlsen was unconvinced— Carlsen’s last throw of the

“What about 25. Qxa7 Ng6 26. I don’t get anything,” said dice, allowing f5 and hoping 40. h5? g3 Ra8 27. Qxb6? I am not that his queenside pawns will Gelfand. even close to winning this,” he be fast enough. Gelfand ap- “I was hoping for this,” 19. Nc4 Qb5 20. f4!? said. “I tried to keep control of proved of Carlsen’s decision, admitted Carlsen. “After 40.

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few moves earlier had wondered what Carlsen was doing. “I should never have doubted Magnus!” 56. Bd4 The only waiting move, but now Black has ... 56. ... b2 57. Kc2 Nd2!, White resigned.

Round five was the first nervous moment for Carlsen, as he lost a pawn soon after the opening against Ivanchuk, but precise defense gained the half point.

GM Vladimir Kramnik GM Carlsen’s precision GM Vassily Ivanchuk (FIDE 2757, UKR) GM Magnus Carlsen (FIDE 2872, NOR) London Candidates (5), 03.20.2013

45. ... Ke4! Using the king aggressively is the only way to save the game. Other defenses leave Black in big trouble, e.g. 45. ... Ke6 46. GM Peter Svidler GM Magnus Carlsen Ne3 Kf7 47. Kh6 Kg8 48. Nc4 and White will start pushing his pawns, or 45. ... a5 46. Qh5 I couldn’t see a way to 47. Qxd8+? the pawns,” said Gelfand. Kh6 and White’s g-pawn is too continue.” “It is the [unlucky] 50. ... Na5 51. Bd2 b3 52. Kd3 fast. 40th move,” said Gelfand. “I miscalculated,” admitted Nc4! 53. Bc3 a3 54. g4 Kh7! “After 40. Qh5 I think it is an Gelfand who thought for 20 46. Ne3 easy draw but after 40. h5 minutes over this exchange. “If 55. g5 Black’s king becomes relatively I play 47. Qb7 then 47. ... Qd3 Carlsen parries Ivanchuk’s safe.” is annoying, while after 47. Qc6 last winning try 46. Ne7!? a5 b3 I don’t see what White can 47. Kh6 a4 48. Nc6 a3 49. Nb4 40. ... Qc1 41. Qe4 b4 42. Be3 Qc7 do.” Gelfand was correct that with the clever maneuver 49. ... 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. h6+ Kh7 45. 47. Qb7 Qd3 is bad for White Kf5 50. f4 Nd6! 51. Kxh7 Ne4! Qe4+ Kg8 46. Qa8+ Qd8 but he was unduly pessimistic 52. g6 Nxg3! 53. g7 Nh5! and in his second line; after 47. Black draws. Qc6 b3 48. Bc1! White has 46. ... Nd6 47. Kh6 Nf7+ 48. Kxh7 slowed down the pawns and Nxg5+ 49. Kg6 Nh3 keeps drawing chances. Now a draw could happily 47. ... Nxd8 48. Kf3 a4 49. Ke4 be agreed but Ivanchuk plays Nc6 50. Bc1 on until the bitter end. 55. ... Kg6! “When I exchanged queens I 50. Nd1 Kf3 51. Kf5 Nxf2 52. thought I was drawing with 50. “Black is in Zugzwang,” Nxf2 Kxg3 53. Nd1 a5 54. Ke4 a4 Kd5 but of course after 50. ... declared Internet Chess Club 55. Kd4 a3 56. Nc3 a2 57. Nxa2,

PHOTOS: CATHY ROGERS CATHY PHOTOS: a3 51. Kxc6 b3 I cannot stop commentator Speelman who a Draw agreed.

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The next day Carlsen played When told at the press A Carlsen grinding down a move over which the Israeli his best all-round game, again conference that the computer GM Teimour Radjabov (FIDE 2793, AZE) thought long and hard. with Black, against a player line 25. ... Bxh3! 26. dxe4 GM Magnus Carlsen (FIDE 2872, NOR) who was sitting just half a Rg5 27. g3 Bg4 28. f3 Rb2!! London Candidates (13), 03.31.2013 point behind him and the other 29. Qxb2 Bxf3 gave Black a Overthinking leader, Levon Aronian. winning attack, Carlsen GM Boris Gelfand (FIDE 2740, ISR) was not perturbed; “I didn't GM Vladimir Kramnik (FIDE 2810, RUS) really consider 25. ... Bxh3,” London Candidates (7), 03.23.2013 Closed Ruy Lopez (C84) he admitted. “At this point GM Peter Svidler (FIDE 2747, RUS) I was thinking that straight- GM Magnus Carlsen (FIDE 2872, NOR) forward moves would be good London Candidates (6), 03.21.2013 enough.” 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 c5 28. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Be5 Rxd3 29. Bxb8 c4 30. Be5 Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 Bc5 31. Rb1 Qd5 32. Rb8+ Kh7 An increasingly popular line with which both players have Carlsen has been plugging extensive experience. away since move 25 in an endgame many would have 6. ... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. abandoned as drawn—“I had Nbd2 0-0 10. a5 Be6 11. Nc4 Rb8 no choice but to keep on Gelfand was expecting 18. 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 h6!? going,” he said. Despite picking ... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ra7 followed up a pawn, it seems as if a A quiet move, in place of the by 20. ... Rc7 with a rapid draw draw is inevitable but ... but instead was shocked by more direct 13. ... Bg4. Kramnik’s surprising move ... 14. Re1 Qc8 15. Bc2 Rd8 16. Qe2 80. Nc4? 18. ... Ne8? Bf8 17. Ne3?! d5! 18. exd5 Nxd5 After the game Radjabov 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 “I was really worried about Here Svidler could keep his thought that he could save the playing 18. ... Ne8,” said position afloat with 33. Re8— position with 80. Nb5+ Kb7 81. Kramnik. “I didn’t like it at all although with more time and a Nd6+ Kc7 82. Nc4 but, as but I thought it was the only good position, Carlsen would Carlsen pointed out, 82. ... way to continue.” “He wanted be strongly tipped to win Nd3+! 83. Kd4 Nc1! 84. Bf1 to surprise me,” said Gelfand. anyway. However Svidler, who Bb5 wins just as in the game; “With any normal move the before this game was sitting Tired and running short of position is equal.” just half a point behind the time, Radjabov failed to see 80. Norwegian, decided to try his Kd4! Nd7 81. Nc4! with the 19. Ned2? luck with ... idea 81. ... Bb5 82. Ne5! when White is safe. “I spent almost all my 33. Qh5?! 80. ... Nd3+! 81. Kd4 Nc1! 82. Bf1 remaining time analyzing 19. Bb5! Neg5! but I didn’t see 19. ... Now White has two mating h6 20. Bg6!!,” admitted 20. h3 threats—the obvious one with The idea that Radjabov had Gelfand, who was concen- 34. Qf5+ and the sneaky one Very meek. Svidler had missed. trating on trying to make 20. with 34. Rh8+! Kxh8 35. Nxe6 work.—“but after 20. ... planned 20. d4 but then Qxh6+!. Svidler thought that 83. Nxa5 noticed that the intended 20. ... Bd5! I didn’t find anything.” “I the reply 33. ... Qe6 was forced, Desperation, but 83. Nd2 don’t understand 20. Bg6,” was exd4 21. Be4? allows 21. ... but instead came ... Rxa5! and talked himself out of Bxf1 84. Nxf1 Ka6 would be a Gelfand’s first response when the idea. However 20. d4 is 33. ... Qe4! slow but sure death. shown the winning idea, but quite playable as a pawn 83. ... Bxf1 84. Nc6+ Kb6 85. Ne7 then he realized that 20. ... sacrifice, i.e. 20. ... exd4 21. Turning the tables. Now 34. Nd3 86. Nxg6 Kc7 87. Ne7 Bh3 hxg5 21. Nxg5 fxg6 22. Qxe6+ cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. Qxh6+ Qh7! is 88. Nd5+ Kd6 89. Nf6 Bg4, White Kh8 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ Bd3 with some pressure for not mate—in fact it is nothing resigned. Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qg8! the pawn. for White, so “after 33. ... Qe4 would give White a winning I can just resign,” admitted attack. Then came another 20. ... Bf5 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. Bb1 Svidler. surprise for the players ...; “I Qd7 23. Be3 e4 WHY KRAMNIK LOST thought that 19. Nfg5! h6 (I 34. Rb2 Rd5! 35. Re2 Qb1+ 36. Kramnik played some power - thought I could just play 19. ... “I looked at 23. ... Rxb1!? Kh2 f6!, White resigned. but couldn’t make it work,” ful games but was the luckiest g6 but 20. Nxf7! wins.) 20. Qh5 said Carlsen. player in the tournament, was not a problem at all,” said receiv ing three—argu a bly four Kramnik, when shown the 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 The final example of Carlsen’s —gifts from opponents. alternative win missed by determination and technique Gelfand at the post game press “I was happy to find 25. After six consecutive draws, came after his upset 12th round conference. “Then if 20. ... Bxd4 and 28. Be5! because Kramnik knew that he needed loss to Ivanchuk. Despite the hxg5 21. Nxg5 Nf6 22. Qxf7+ after 25. cxd4 exd3 26. Bxd3 some wins to peg back Carlsen disappointment and consequent and Aronian, but his chosen Kh8 23. Nxe6,” added a visibly Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Rbb5 a pawn is fitful nights, Carlsen found the disappointed Gelfand. “It’s just dropping off,” said Svidler. method almost led to disaster, energy to grind down a peaceful - as Gelfand missed two clear- really strange—I don’t know 25. ... exd3 ly inclined Teimour Radjabov. cut wins on a single move—and what I was missing,” confessed

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Carlsen Fact File Full name: Sven Magnus Oen Carlsen

Kramnik. “It was some kind Rating (April 2013): 2845 of blackout.” After Gelfand’s World ranking: 1 passive choice, Black’s prob- lems are over. Hobbies: Soccer, tennis, table-tennis, modelling 19. ... Qd8 20. Be4 Rc8 21. Qf1 1990 Born Tonsberg, . Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qc8 23. Qc3 Nf6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Ne5 Nd5 26. 2003 Becomes an international master and begins Qc6 Qxc6 27. Nxc6 Kf8 28. Nc4 travelling the world with his family Bc7 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Bd6 2004 Becomes a grandmaster at age 13, the youngest ever to 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Ke7 33. Kf2 Kd7 34. e4 Kc6 35. Ke3 Kc5 achieve all his grandmaster norms outside their home country. Not bad at all, but played for 36. Kd3, Draw agreed. all the wrong reasons. “The 2007 Finishes last in Wijk aan Zee Grandmaster A group in reason I went for the pawn January (having won the C group in 2004 and the B group in ending next move is that I was Three rounds later, Alexander 2006). Two months later finishes second in elite Linares calculating the line 29. f4 gxf4 tournament. Grischuk, admittedly in time 30. Kf3 and now if 30. ... Nd4+ trouble, then had trans posed I have 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Kxf4 2008 Ties for first place with GM Levon Aronian in Wijk aan straight into a losing pawn Ke7 33. Ke4 c5 34. g4 Ke6 35. Zee. ending. h4 and White is in time to hold the draw,” explained Grischuk. 2009 Begins work with GM Garry Kasparov. Dominates Benko would not be happy 1 Nanjing Pearl Spring tournament, 2 ⁄2 points ahead of then GM Alexander Grischuk (FIDE 2764, RUS) 29. ... Nd4 30. Bxd4? world number one . GM Vladimir Kramnik (FIDE 2810, RUS) “A nice present,” said London Candidates (10), 03.27.2013 Kramnik. “I just made a trap 2010 Youngest ever world number one. Ends cooperation and Sacha fell into it. 30. Ke3! with Kasparov. (see diagram next column) should be quite a simple draw.” In fact after 30. ... Nxb3 31. 2011 Wins the Peer Gynt Prize—a high Norwegian honor— The game appeared headed e6! Black is the player who and the Chess Oscar for the third consecutive year. for a boring draw from early must be careful, e.g. 31. ... Ke7 on, but now came Grischuk’s (31. ... fxe6?! 32. Bg7 Ke7 33. 2013 Breaks Kasparov’s rating record and wins London brain fade ... Bxh6 Kf6 34. f4 with some Candidates tournament. winning chances for White.)

PHOTO: ANASTASIYA KARLOVICH ANASTASIYA PHOTO: 29. g4 32. exf7 Kxf7 (32. ... c6!? 33.

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Anand on London World Champion Viswanathan Anand was in the comfortable position of being able to sit back in Chennai and watch his potential challengers knock themselves out. Here he tells Ian Rogers his impressions of the Candidates tournament.

“The tournament was great fun—I enjoyed every minute as a spectator. “I attribute the [many surprises] to the enormous tension there. I think that all the participants were disturbed by it. There are some positions that from the outside look 100 percent clear but not from the inside and it is that one percent doubt that kills you sometimes. “I thought that some sort of tiebreak could come into it but who could [expect such a finish]? For Magnus and Vladdy both to lose their last round while watching each other was very, very hard to predict—it was really weird. Qualifying is always going to be disappointing [for someone]—I don’t think there is one scenario where someone doesn’t qualify and thinks OK, this was a good scenario. “For Magnus [luck] is part of his style—to say luck when someone does it 100 times does not seem adequate any more. I will obviously have to keep going back to [the Candidates games] to get some pointers for the match. “I had more or less written Kramnik off after the first half so I was very surprised that he replaced Aronian as Magnus’ biggest threat and in fact even took the lead. “I don't feel Kramnik was lucky. Grischuk made a heavy blunder but Radjabov fell into a very clever trap. “Against Gelfand [where Kramnik was on the edge of defeat—IR] it is funny that both knight moves seem to crash through. I know the feeling quite well—in the post-mortem these people show you some computer variation. If it didn’t occur to you then it didn't occur to you. I usually just say that the computer is probably right—I have good odds on that. “Kramnik’s win over Aronian I would not call luck at all—it was a complex and tough game which took a lot of energy and then mistakes will happen. “Kramnik could have played on [against Ivanchuk in the first cycle] but it is a tough call either way. He had the possibility to lose it and go minus one and then to come back would be much harder. “By the time Ivanchuk lost his fifth game on time, you felt that he was going to decide things. But having him beat both winners!? I always had the feeling that you could never rule Ivanchuk out of any single game. You could rule him out of the tournament but you couldn’t rule him out of a single game, and I know that through painful lifetime [experience] myself.”

And how will Anand prepare for the match against GM Magnus Carlsen? “Six months of hard work, pretty much. I play St. Petersburg, then Norway then and after that I have to do some training.”

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Bg7) 33. Be5 c6 34. Bc7 again offers chances only for White. “In time trouble I would not even have bothered to calculate this pawn endgame,” added Kramnik, “because one wrong thing and you are lost. The b3- pawn is not so important.” 30. ... cxd4 31. Ke2 “I am too late for 31. f4 gxf4 32. Kf3 because of 32. ... d3,” said Grischuk. 31. ... Kd7 32. Kd3 c5 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. f4 gxf4 35. Kxf4 d3! 36. Ke3 Kxe5 37. Kxd3 Kf4 38. Ke2 Kg3 39. Ke3 Kxh3 40. Kf4 Kh4 41. Kf5 Kg3, White resigned. “The first classical game I have ever won with the Berlin Defense endgame,” admitted Kramnik.

Then it was Aronian’s turn to hand over half a point to the former world champion. The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, London, where the tournament took place from March 15 through April 1, 2013. What’s good for the goose GM Levon Aronian (FIDE 2809, ARM) Kxh6 53. a5 (53. c4 is simpler.) So some might say that Bf4 with the idea 12. ... e5?! 13. GM Vladimir Kramnik (FIDE 2810, RUS) 53. ... g5 54. a6 g4 55. a7 Bd5 Kramnik’s luck simply ran out dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rd5!! but London Candidates (12), 03.29.2013 56. c4 Ba8 57. c5 when both in the final round against rejected it because of the players queen and a draw is Ivanchuk, but perhaps his simple response 12. ... Qd8 inevitable. earlier first half game against and if 13. e4 Nh5!. the Ukrainian was the true 12. ... e5 50. ... Kg5 51. Kb5 Kxh5 52. a4 guide to both the best and Kxg6 53. a5 worst of Kramnik—and the Ivanchuk had been burning “If 53. c4 Kf6 54. a5 Ke7 55. ultimate reason why the former time over his last few moves a6 I have 55. ... Bh7! putting world champion fell just short. and was already an hour the bishop on an important behind Kramnik on the clock. diagonal,” said Kramnik, who Catalan (E01) 13. a5! continued the variation with GM Vladimir Kramnik (FIDE 2810, RUS) 56. a7 Be4 57. c5 Kd7 when Kramnik could find nothing GM Vassily Ivanchuk (FIDE 2757, UKR) for White after 13. d5 Nc5!. Black wins. London Candidates (6), 03.21.2013 13. ... exd4 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rxd4 The ‘wrong’ a-pawn means Bxf4 16. Rxf4 h6 17. Nf3 that Black has no winning 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 chances at all, but incredibly, Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 Aronian manages to lose ... A trendy line, although Ivan 47. Kc6 Ke7 48. Kxb5 Sokolov is the only top grandmaster to make it a regu - 48. h6 gxh6 49. gxh6 Kf6 50. lar part of his repertoire. h7 Bxh7 51. Kxb5, followed by 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 c6 putting the white king on a1, 9. Nc3 dxc4 was the simplest way to play— but given the tourna ment The only consistent choice; should White play 10. e4 situation, perhaps Aronian was 53. ... Kf6 54. a6 Bd5 55. c4 Ba8 seeking to keep the winning undisturbed the bishop will chances alive. Now Black wins easily. find itself misplaced on d6. Aronian could not even explain 10. Rfd1 17. ... b5!? 48. ... Ke6 49. Kxa4 Kf5 50. g6? what he had missed—“In this Black had many reasonable game I could not calculate a A subtle choice of rook in a “It is embarrassing to lose a alternatives, such as 17. ... single variation,” he said. “But position where White had only dead drawn game like this,” Nc5 but Ivanchuk feared that I will have to deal with it.” used the queen’s rook for admitted Aronian. “We are both choice. if he returned the c-pawn for 56. Kb6 Ke5 57. Kc7 g5 58. Kb8 tired,” said Kramnik, who 10. ... Qc7 11. Ng5 Be7 12. a4! nothing he would be slightly showed the line he expected— Be4 59. Kc7 g4 60. a7 g3 61. c5 worse in just the sort of

PHOTOS: CATHY ROGERS CATHY PHOTOS: 50. h6 g6 51. Kb5 Kxg5 52. a4 Ba8 62. Kb8 Bc6, White resigned. Kramnik was tempted by 12. position Kramnik enjoys. So

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the risky text move was the planned to continue the attack only way to force Kramnik’s with 23. Ra5! “After 22. ... Bxc6 Conspiracy Theories hand. Now, however, Kramnik it looks like it should be over,” is provoked into launching a confessed Kramnik. In 1962 a teenage wrote an article for Sports powerful attack. illustrated called “The Russians Have Fixed World Chess.” 23. Nf5+ Kg6 18. axb6 e.p. Nxb6 19. Rxf6! Fischer explained how he had been frozen out of the race to challenge for the world title by collusion by the Kramnik: “This sacrifice looks Soviet players, who drew quickly with each other and played every terribly dangerous for Black.” game hard against him. (The skulduggery may have been even 19. ... gxf6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Qd2! worse than this.) Fischer's allegations were serious and prompted the world body “I also looked at 21. Ra5!? but couldn’t break down 21. FIDE to change the format for qualifying for the world title match from ... Qd6,” said Kramnik. tournament to match play, removing any possibility of collusion. Fast forward almost half a century to 2010 and teenage Magnus 21. ... Kg7! Carlsen dropped out of the World Championship cycle, mentioning A less brave player than in passing that he would much prefer a tournament qualifier to Ivanchuk would, given his time matches. An extraordinarily boring series of Candidates matches in trouble, have tried to defend 24. Ra5! 2011 followed and Carlsen’s view became mainstream among the ugly endgame which arises White can force an immedi - players and fans. After surveying the top players, FIDE returned to after 21. ... Qe5 22. Qxh6 Qg5 23. Qxg5+ fxg5 24. Ra5 f6 25. ate draw with 24. Qxh6+ Kxf5 the Candidates tournament format. e3. However after using up 25. Qh3+ since running away As luck would have it, of the eight players who qualified for the almost half his remaining time with 25. ... Ke5 is too risky 2013 Candidates tournament, three were Russians, seven were born Ivanchuk cannot see a mate after 26. Rd1! Nd5 27. e4!. in the old Soviet Union and Norway's Carlsen was the odd man out. and so plays the principled 24. ... Rh8 25. Qd4 Conspiracy theories abounded but few could point to any reason defense. “I also considered 25. Rc5!? to doubt the integrity of any of the players. 22. Bxc6! (Just to be safe, all the Russians were paired against each other but after 25. ... Rad8 26. Qc2 Qd7! it looks like it must be as early in the tournament as possible.) winning but I couldn’t see how to Sure enough, the Candidates tournament saw plenty of results to create a threat,” said Kramnik. disprove any allegations of collusion, most notably when Boris 25. ... Rag8! Gelfand beat his best mate and former second Levon Aronian to severely dent Aronian's hopes. Kramnik was hoping for 25. Some have pointed to Kramnik's two wins over his fellow Russians ... h5? which allows 26. Nh4+ Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk as suspicious, but no one who Kg7 27. Rg5+! Kf8 28. Qxf6 knows these players gave the conspiracy theories any credence. and the attack crashes through. Throughout the tournament Carlsen reinforced his support for the format saying, “Whoever wins will deserve to do so.” 26. Rc5 Qd7! Some argue that times have changed so much that the problems 22. ... Bxc6! More outstanding defense. which beset the Candidates tournament format in the Fischer era “I was just trying to find only can never recur but, with different players in a different cycle, the Kramnik could not believe moves that don’t lose,” said risk remains. that this was possible, expect - Ivanchuk. “I was [just] trying ing 22. ... Rad8 when he not to blunder.”

FIDE Candidates Tournament, London 2013 March 14-April 2, 2013 FINAL RANKING Rank SNo. Name Rtg. Fed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts. Vict. 1 8 GM Magnus Carlsen 2872 NOR * * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 8½ 5 2 5 GM Vladimir Kramnik 2810 RUS ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 8½ 4 3 4 GM Peter Svidler 2747 RUS 0 1 ½ 0 * * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 4 4 1 GM Levon Aronian 2809 ARM ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8 5 5 2 GM Boris Gelfand 2740 ISR 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2 6 6 GM Alexander Grischuk 2764 RUS 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ 1 7 3 GM Vassily Ivanchuk 2757 UKR ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 0 1 6 3 8 7 GM Teimour Radjabov 2793 AZE ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * * 4 1 SNo. = Starting number, Rtg. = Rating, Pts. = Points, Vict. = Victories You can find all details of this tournament on http://london2013.fide.com/

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... Quotable ... “It is ten times harder now than it was in 1953— “The tournament showed Carlsen’s weaknesses; computers have changed everything. They prepared for his openings and the ability to play the just one or two hours before a game, we are preparing almost decisive games. He was playing a life-and-death non-stop. Also in 1953 there were more or less only game in the last round and he lost it.” two openings played—the Nimzo-Indian and the King’s Indian. ~GARRY KASPAROV Now the players are much more flexible. We have to play up to seven hours, whereas in 1953 “Carlsen is an improved version of Karpov— I had the feeling that some of the draws were prearranged.” his skills are remarkable.” ~VLADIMIR KRAMNIK ~VLADIMIR KRAMNIK (COMPARING THE 28 ROUNDS OF ZURICH 1953 WITH THE 14 ROUNDS OF LONDON 2013) “The younger generation have grown up with [time] “Everyone says I am a great specialist in this increments but there were no increments in London Berlin [Ruy Lopez] endgame but in fact this until after move 60 and that is why in my opinion is my first classical victory in this line!” the struggle was so interesting.” ~VLADIMIR KRAMNIK ~COMMENTATOR GENNA SOSONKO (AFTER BEATING ALEXANDER GRISCHUK) “Usually I lose two to three games per year— “I prefer to lose today than all my previous games because here it is six in one month!” at least there is [now] an intrigue in the tournament. ~TEIMOUR RADJABOV So it might be an historic loss, rather than all the upsetting losses from the previous rounds. “When I was Carlsen's age, I also used to Today was the best moment to lose one more!” twitch at decisive moments, to glance ~TEIMOUR RADJABOV at the other boards.” (AFTER LOSING A MARATHON BATTLE TO MAGNUS CARLSEN IN THE PENULTIMATE ROUND) ~VLADIMIR KRAMNIK

“The tournament turned out to be remarkable, “I am just dead nervous about the zero-tolerance rule!” but I’m not sure it was the best tournament in history.” ~MAGNUS CARLSEN ~GARRY KASPAROV (ON WHY HE ARRIVES SO EARLY FOR GAMES)

27. Qf4! h5! believe—I am still a rook down “Maybe this is a positional lose three more in the same and if I miss something I have draw—like a study by fashion. Who dares wins, as to resign.” Kasparyan,” joked Ivanchuk. the saying goes, and Kramnik’s 28. ... Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg6 30. Nh4+ judgement and character were inclined not to dare. Ivanchuk rejected 29. ... Kf8 Kramnik ran himself down to Read much more about the tournament 30. Qb8+ Nc8 because of 31. three minutes before agreeing to the third repetition. “I didn't at the official event website, Qb4 Ne7 32. Qb8+ and now, want to make a draw but one london2013..com/. There are since 32. ... Qe8 33. Qd6 is minute is enough. If Vassily additional reports by Ian Rogers on awkward for Black, he thought would have five seconds left Chess Life Online, March archives. he would have to repeat moves like against Lev I would play with 32. ... Nc8 in any case. any move but with a minute it As we go to press, the world is too much of a gamble,” championship match is scheduled 28. Nh4+ explained Kramnik. “Vassily for November 6-26, 2013, in Chennai, “There must be something,” was defending great. Maybe India. FIDE has issued a press release said Kramnik, “but I didn’t see there was nothing.” about the chosen location here: it. I looked at 28. g4 hxg4 29. 30. ... Kg7 31. Nf5+, Draw agreed. www.fide.com/component/content/ Ne7+ but after 29. ... Kg7! I article/1-fide-news/7045-world- When it came to the crunch, couldn’t make it work. Also 28. championship-match-press-release. e4 Re8 29. f3 Re5! looked OK Kramnik was unwilling to risk html. for Black. I even looked at playing on, even against an opponent who had already lost positional play with 28. f3 Rd8 Check Chess Life Online for updates! 29. Kg2 but it is difficult to two games on time and was to

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UPERNATIONALS V, BOASTING 5,335 ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPANTS, OFFICIALLY ENTERED THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE LARGEST RATED OVER-THE-BOARD SCHESS TOURNAMENT IN HISTORY. SO IT SEEMED ONLY FITTING THAT THE GLITTERY GAYLORD OPRYLAND RESORT HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER, HOLDER OF ITS OWN “LARGEST-EVER” RECORD, SHOULD HOST THE EVENT, WHICH BEGS THE OBVIOUS QUESTION: IS BIGGER ALWAYS BETTER? IN MOST CASES, THE ANSWER’S A RESOUNDING “NO.”BUT THIS QUADRENNIAL NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC EVENT, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER THE THREE SPRING TOURNAMENTS— ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, AND HIGH SCHOOL— UNDER ONE GIGANTIC ROOF, PRACTICALLY BEGS TO UNFOLD ON A LAVISH AND GRANDIOSE STAGE. THE ENORMOUS GAYLORD, THE LARGEST NON-CASINO HOTEL IN THE UNITED STATES, PROVIDED THE PERFECT BACKDROP.

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PHOTOS: KEVIN HUBBARD PHOTOS: ABOVE: K-1 participants from Colene Hoose Elementary in Normal, Illinois: Nathan Lee (left) and Nathan Donohue (right) proudly hold their 29th-place trophy.

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The 12th Women’s World Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk scored 36 wins and a draw in her SuperNationals V simultaneous exhibition. See her talk to the U.S. Chess Scoop about the “simul” here: uschess.org/content/view/12154/141/

Director and the executive producer of the adult opponent at the World Open, his from , Anna Matlin from New widely-acclaimed movie, Brooklyn Castle, first ‘real’ tournament, how he [his oppo - Jersey, Benjamin Tong from California, echoed it’s cool-to-be-smart in an article nent] could have improved his game.” and Thomas Ulrich from Wisconsin each that revisited former scholastic chess Jennifer Christianson, Castle Chess received scholarships in the amount of champions, including 2004 co-champion camp director and chess mom, offered an $1,500. To qualify for the scholarships, Danny Rensch, 1996 champ Greg Shahade, example of how chess helped her sons in the winning students had to demonstrate and 2001 champ (see school. “Both of my boys were invited to high academics, sportsmanship, and sidebar). During his opening ceremony take the SAT in the seventh grade through naturally, strong chess skills. speech, McClellan continued to highlight the the Duke TIP program,” she said. “A parent The University of Texas at Dallas important connections between chess and of another child at our school said to me, awarded scholarships to each of the three education al success, but he also reminded ‘I really doubt that my son can sit perfectly main section winners (Atulya Shetty in players not to become overwhelmed. “Play still and quiet at a desk and focus for four the K-12, Akshat Chandra in the K-9, and to your very best,” he emphasized, “and hours.’ And I said, ‘My son does that for David Peng in the K-6). This covers then don’t stress about it.” He advised fun on the weekends!’ Chess is the perfect complete cost of tuition and mandatory parents to “take away the best parts of preparation for standardized testing. fees for eight semesters of enrollment. your time together,” a variation on his “stay Intense focus combined with impeccable cool, don’t stress” message. time management is key to success for Chess and education connection are both.” (The Duke TIP program identifies The Champions’ Circle already linked in many parents’ minds, academically gifted children in the South.) Competition was fierce in the battles along with the conviction that chess Although it’s traditional for Scholar for the titles; within the championship positively impacts other aspects of their Chessplayer Award winners to be an- sections, all but K-1 ended with clear childrens’ lives. Joanne Lim, whose 14- nounced during the high school spring winners, and none of the championship 1 year-old twin sons, Matthew and Michael, nationals, this year’s presentations felt winners finished with less than 6 ⁄2 points. are both expert-level players, thinks this especially appropriate given the tourna - K-12 Champion, Atulya Shetty from silent game has actually improved her ment’s strong educational message. Harold Michigan, handled his turn in the spotlight sons’ verbal abilities. “Michael, in partic - Winston, U.S. Chess Trust Chair man, and gracefully when describing his crucial last

ular, had been a quiet child,” she said, FM Sunil Weeramantry, the Trust’s round win over Luke Harmon-Vellotti. “and chess has helped with his articu- Scholastic Vice President, present ed the “Luke is a very strong player, so going lation skills and confidence. I was most 2013 awards before Sunday morning’s into the final round, I had my work cut out impressed when he explained to his first round. Miles Hinson and Kevin Mo, both for me,” he said. “Fortunately, things KEVIN HUBBARD PHOTO:

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worked out in my favor,” he added, under- playing what was surely a nail-biter of a game. Shetty began the final round down a half-point to Luke’s perfect 6-0, putting him in a tough, must-win position for the championship.

Slav Defense (D15) FM Luke Harmon-Vellotti (2433) FM Atulya Shetty (2446) 2013 SuperNationals (7), 04.07.2013 Notes by Shetty

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 Even though the Slav can become quite drawish depending on what White plays, I wanted to stick to what I knew best. Trying something new and falling into an opening trap was the last thing I wanted in this situation. 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5

This is the main line but I was still quite The long-term powerhouse team of Jeremy Paul and Ryan Christianson (above in 2004 and 2013, l-r). happy to see it on the board. First of all, it dispelled my small fear that Luke would play the Exchange variation in which I A Bug(house) Tale would have a difficult time playing for a win. It is also a line that I feel gives Black In December 2004, a legendary partnership was formed. At that year’s Grade Championship, chances to play actively. Georgians Ryan Christianson and Jeremy Paul teamed up for bughouse for the very first time. 5. ... Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 g6 Nine years later, in SuperNationals V, Jeremy and Ryan partnered for their very last time in a national This line is not very common but has scholastic event. Since that first tournament, Ryan and Jeremy have never played with anyone been played before by GM else, racking up an impressive five national championships and multiple top five finishes. But with success. 7. ... e6 is the main line. soon Ryan will leave the world of scholastic tournaments behind to begin college in the fall. And 8. Be2 Bg7 9. h3 Be4 10. 0-0 so, in homage to Ryan’s final nationals, Jeremy popped into SuperNationals for one last bughouse hit-and-run even though he had an overlapping soccer commitment. The most challenging line is 10. Nh4 e5 11. Bg3 (11. dxe5 Nh5 12. Nf3 Bxf3 13. The boys first met at the Pace chess camp in Atlanta and soon began seeing each other at local Bxf3 Nxf4 14. exf4 Nxc5 Black has no tournaments. Like most kids, they’d play bughouse between rounds. “We became enthralled with problems and a game between GM Evgeny the activity at some of the kid chess camps over the summers and we started to play against Alekseev-Kamsky ended in a draw.) 11. ... the coaches, some of whom were the best bughouse players in the world, like Richard Francisco exd4 12. exd4 0-0 13. f3 Bf5 14. Nxf5 and Kazim Gulamali,” says Jeremy. “We started very young and progressed fast, surpassing many gxf5 At first glance, this position looks peers and even elders at the game. We started to recognize our talent when we began to place just worse for Black because of the doubled highly in the national bughouse tournaments. We never made a big deal out of it, though. It is f-pawns. However, Black will be able to get really just something fun for us to do whenever we get the chance to play with our coaches and very active pieces and the position is quite unclear. Kamsky won a complex game friends.” against GM from The boys have jokingly nicknamed themselves the “Bryan Brothers” of chess. (The Bryan brothers this position. This type of double-edged are identical twins who specialize in doubles tennis. They routinely beat much higher-rated play would have been perfect for my singles players at major doubles tourna ments, proving that doubles tennis is different from tournament situation. singles.) Like the Bryan brothers, Ryan and Jeremy have learned there’s power in teamwork. This 10. ... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 0-0 12. b4 Ne8 year, for example, they took down K-12 individual champion, Atulya Shetty, and his partner, Michael Bowersock, in the final round. Jennifer Christianson, president of the popular Castle Chess camp and Ryan’s very dedicated chess mom, noted how the boys’ unusually tenacious partnership helped develop their winning style: “They rarely exchange a single word when they play—they communicate seemingly by telepathy. In general Ryan is the attacker and plays the white pieces. Jeremy is a very talented defender, so he plays black and feeds Ryan material for his attack. However, I've seen a few games here and there where the game is going better on Jeremy's board, and the two of them will shift focus without exchanging so much as a glance. It's a very special—and symbiotic—relationship.” Jeremy says he will probably hang up his bughouse hat next year because it wouldn’t be the same without Ryan. Hopefully, he’ll change his mind, as it’s a safe bet many others would love to partner

with this talented defender.

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break open the center with ... e7-e5. The K-9 Champion: Akshat Chandra other plan is to reroute the knight to e6 via c7 which can pressure either d4 or c5 in K-9 Champion Akshat Chandra, the future. 13, discovered chess four years 13. Qb3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. ago when his family moved from Rad1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 the United States to India. Missing After this trade I felt my position was his preferred American sports— quite comfortable if not slightly better. football and basket ball—Akshat White’s bishop is blocked in by Black’s turned to chess to fill the void. pawns and the e3-e4 break does not come He was immediately captivated quickly enough. by, as he writes, “the complexity 17. ... f5 18. a4 Nc7 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Rc1 and limitless potential of chess.” Shortly thereafter, Akshat began competing in FIDE-rated tourna - ments and soon decided he was going all the way to a GM title. Thus began his quest, which he chronicles in his blog, http:// QuestToGM.com. So far, he’s off to an impressive start: Beginning with a rating of 1548 in 2010, he sprinted up the ratings ladder; by January of this year, he reached 2297 and was awarded the FIDE master title. 20. ... Ne6 Akshat’s family returned to the I was not too afraid of b4-b5 because United States in March, moving to while it does open the queenside, White’s New Jersey, where Akshat is a attack comes much slower than Black’s. 20. ... Rf7 seems like a useful move for ninth grader at JFK Memorial High Black that will still contain White’s pawn School in Iselin. He was in the break. However, this is not the case. 21. United States for only three weeks b5 axb5 22. axb5 Nxb5 (22. ... Ne6 will be before heading to SuperNationals similar to the game except that Black’s V, one of his first USCF tourna - move ... Rf7 is wasted.) 23. Bxd5! cxd5 24. ments. From the beginning, the Qxb5 and White is slightly better. SuperNationals experience was 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Ng5 23. Be2 f4 24. exf4 slightly unsettling for someone used to European and Asian tournaments. Rxf4 “I had a few challenges in the tournament,” he says. “The time control was new to me. I didn’t Here I was feeling quite confident with have much experience playing with ‘delay’ time control, and was more used to 30-second my position. I thought the position had ‘increments.’ I found the round schedule was strenuous. Since each game was easily 3½ to 4 opened in my favor and it is still hard for hours, the back-to-back seven rounds were exhausting.” White to attack my queenside. Akshat adapted to the challenges and by round seven, he was on board one playing for the title. 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Qg3 Raf8 27. Bd3 Qf6 28. His win left him energized: “I cherished the victory because it was [one of] my first official USCF Rcd1 Ne6 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. Qe3 Rf7 31. f3 tournament[s], and the first SuperNationals. I had not realized how big this tournament was till I reached the venue. Lifting the trophy was a very special moment in my life. This time I had gone all the way.” Meanwhile, Akshat’s parents, Tarun and Aparna, proudly purchased the board and set on which Akshat had played his final round. Tournament Director Enrique Huerta added another keepsake when he removed the SuperNational pin from his lapel as a gift for Akshat. Akshat wore the pin during the awards ceremony. In addition to chess, Akshat enjoys writing and has won prizes for his essays. But, his parents say, he feels he must concentrate on chess to reach his goal. His parents support his decision. “We believe he has the focus and perseverance to eventually reach the GM title,” they write. But, as is so often the case, financial considerations come into play. They’re hoping his new national title will bring forth a sponsor or two. 31. ... Rh4?! Akshat has nothing but praise for his first foray into USCF tournaments. “I’ve played big tournaments across Europe and Asia. But SuperNationals V was by far the biggest,” he says. “It I was hoping for a kingside attack with

was incredibly well-organized. I hope USCF considers bidding to host the World Youth in the near … Nf4 and … Qg5 but this plan is not very future for it definitely has the energy and deep expertise to organize a big world event.” realistic. White will be able to defend and

Black is just wasting time. During the OF FAMILY COURTESY PHOTO

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Team shirts abound at the SuperNationals and, based on these photos, appears to correlate with team success!

game I didn’t want to trade queens with 31. Here Luke just missed a simple tactic 41. Rxc2 Rxc2 42. Re7+ Kh6. ... Qd4! because I thought there would be that allows me to win a pawn. 39. ... Rff2 40. Rxc6 Rxg2+ 41. Kh1 Rh2+ 42. fewer winning chances but this endgame 34. ... Rxf3 35. Qxf6+ R3xf6 36. Rb1 Re6 37. Kg1 Reg2+ 43. Kf1 Rc2 44. Kg1 Rxh3 45. Rxd5 is just much better for Black. With 32. Rfe1 Red1 Ne2+ 38. Bxe2 Rxe2 Ra3 46. Rd1 h5 Kf6 Black will soon play … Ra7-Ra5 and the c5-pawn is very hard to defend. At this point I was quite confident that The move 46. ... Ra5 makes things a I was winning. Black’s rooks will dominate little trickier for Black. An example is 47. 32. Rfe1 Nd4 the second rank and if White tries to trade Rc7+ Kh6 48. c6 Ra6 49. Rb7 Raxc6 50. I decided to abandon my original plan, a pair of rooks the c5-pawn will be too Rdd7. realizing that it would not give me much weak. 47. Kh1 Kh6 48. Rc8 Kg5 49. Rc6

play. After 32. ... Nf4 33. Bf1 Qg5 34. Kh2 39. Rb6 Black has nothing. Black will mate soon after 49. Rg1+ Kh4

PHOTOS: KEVIN HUBBARD PHOTOS: 33. Bf1 Rf4 34. Qe5? No better is 39. Re1 Rc2 40. Rbc1 Rff2 50. Rxg6 Kh3.

www.uschess.org 35 CL_06-2013_SN_AKF_r10_chess life5/12/1312:27PMPage36 that my team had come in out clear second! All found also I winner! clear the was Kc6 76.Rg5Rh1+77.Kg3g1=Q+. 36 72. ...gxf1=B,Whiteresigned. Rf4 70.Rb1g2+71.Kh2Rf172.Rxf1 66. Rb1Re467.Rc1g368.Rg1Kg469.Ra1 Kg2 Rc2+63.Kh1h364.Ra8Kh465.Ra1Re2 Rxc5 59.Ra2h460.Kh3Kh561.Ra4g4+62. 55. ...Kg456.Rg2+Kf557.Rf2+Kg658.Kg2 53. R6d2Rxd254.Rc355.Rh2+ Rcd6 g5 49. ...Rh3+50.Kg1Rg3+51.Kh1Kh452. oe tr /SuperNationalsV Cover Story team from Ann Arbor’s Huron High School tournament and I had a great experience. in all, I am very happy with my play in the lyr wt 5 with players other the that out found minutes I though, later, few A first. for tied had I that Kf5 73. Rb5+ Ke6 74. Rb6+ Kd5 75. Rb5+ Rb4+ 72. after endgame winning easily pawn. g6- the defending of way no has Black because White for draws Rg2 55. Rc3 Shetty was especially pleased that his that pleased especially was Shetty Once I had finished the game, I thought This is the final trick. Black reaches an Also losingis55.Rd5g456.Re5Kg3. Rxd2 54. Rxd2 R6d2 53. Kh3 ... 52. June 2013 |Chess Life 1 ⁄ 2 6 a al rw ad I and drawn all had /6 Akshat Chandra of New Jersey won the K- tournament, scholastic national USCF first his In splash. own its made door attendees, the much-maligned state next 900 over well with contingent largest finishingwithsixpoints. tiebreaks), swagger.” chess on (third place second for tied Ostrovskiy of level appropriate knowledge of opening maneuvers and the encyclopedic “his for known being as team’s win, cheekily describing Ostrovskiy News Daily the floor to pose for photos. The effect, coach Eliot Weiss flung himself onto dramatic further For USA. the in Best a pre-prepared sign touting themselves as ceremony, they sauntered onstage carrying awards the At chances. winning their con tournament about the fident entered team, led by captain Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, Team Championship. The incredibly strong School grabbed bragging rights to the K-12 victory intheFinalFourplayoffs. to Wolverines Michigan beloved their cheering basketball, over bond to break chess a took team the night, Saturday On chess.” best their played “Everyone there encouraging each other,” Shetty said. supportive and team members were always very was Long, Mr. coach, “Our event. finished in second place in its first national vn huh e Yr batd the boasted York New though Even High Murrow R. Edward York’s New ikd p h soy f the of story the up picked New York with 6 together.” came just it time this and section this in played we that year third the is “This added, Michael, brother, twin Matthew’s up.” gave never and throughout, other life. We practiced together, supported each “Itwasthebestexperienceofmy agreed, memorable.” truly Teammate Jeremy Glassman championship K-9 the winning it make to happen,” team said Matthew Lim. “That makes a as together hard parents, teachers, and friends. “We from worked help little a with team own their form to decided kids the club—so school after- teacher-sponsored a coach—only or team chess formal no has Academy Newark nationals. spring a win to school Jersey New first the becoming crown, K-9 the took Academy Newark Jersey’s New from team plucky a first: another if I’d conquered the world,” said Chandra. 9 title was an unbelievable feeling. I felt as arriving. “Winning the SuperNationals’ K- down on SuperNationals three weeks after to the United States in March and swooped moved He India. in living while year this tournaments in 2010, earning his FM title no stranger to chess. He began playing in a new face to the U.S. chess scene, but he’s 9 section with 6 David Peng of Illinois won the K-6 title K-6 the won Illinois of Peng David was win Chandra’s Complementing 1 ⁄ 2 points. Already 1 ⁄ 2 points. Chandra may be Insurance representative presented achecktothe insurance company. The funds areearmarkedfor USCF Executive Director Bill Hall(left)andUSCF the WorldYouth Chess President Ruth Haring generated duringour partnership withthe Continued onpage40 USCF forproceeds with Nationwide Rick Legue, who Championship.

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PHOTO: MYRA KLARMAN Echoing many other players’ concerns about how to pay for chess Slovenia, hedidnotparticipate. Maribor, in championship 2012 the for qualified he Although and (2010). Greece Halkidiki, (2008) Vietnam of Georgia (2006), Vung Tau, Republic Batumi, in Championships Chess Youth World in States United the represented Championships. He’s also Closed and two U.S. Cadet He’s Junior U.S. one in played member. team America All five-time a is Kaidanov, Gregory GM with studies who Atulya, Dallas. the University of Texas at to scholarship a earning Cham School High pions, of prestigious Tournament Denker the won he 2012, In 2012. and back-to-back titles in 2011 winning history, state’s the in champion Open Michigan youngest the became Atulya Recently, increased. steadily has then, his trophy collection since Championships; in the National K-12 Grade won the first grade section he 2002, In titles. chess to stranger no Atulya’s stopped playingsince. hasn't Atulya other. each challenging constantly soon were game; preschoolers the the of rules the students other few a and him taught interest, his noting teachers, The play. teachers preschool his watching after old years four was he when chess learned He new.” something to is know,” he says. “You there are never done studying more as there is always the know, you more “The boring. gets never IT BECAUSE CHESS LOVES 17, SHETTY, ATULYA CHAMPION K-12 tournaments, especially at the international level, Atulya has given Atulya Shetty K-12 CHAMPION tional master norms. Eventually, he’d like to become a grandmaster. interna- his achieving of goal immediate his reach him help will that tournaments in participate to plans Atulya summer, This ularly teamsportssuchassoccer, basketball,andbaseball. his biggest to date. There he played 46 members of the Detroit City Atulya’s simul for the Detroit Institute of the Arts, held in 2010, was for Japanese tsunami victims and for the Detroit Institute of the Arts. a mechanism for helping others: he’s given simuls to raise money the World Youth Chess Championships. Atulya also uses chess as to trip each before (simuls) exhibitions simultaneous fundraising sports of all kinds, partic- kinds, all of sports playing loves and karate drumline. He also practices and band marching band, symphony school’s the School, is a percussionist in High Huron Arbor Ann at grade 11th finishing who’s In addition to chess, Atulya, talk tohim.” every person who came around to with was Anand gracious how by was struck Atulya and Anand, around congregated had father, Sharat. “Many people Atulya’s says champion,” world a to talking about shy little a he was so [Atulya] ago, years few a was “This airport. the at Anand meet to opportunity India, Atulya finally had the to trip last his On father. his for gift birthday a as to buy one of Anand’s books money own his spent even Atulya was six years old, he his grandparents still live. When where and up grew Sujata, where mother, Atulya’s India, Chennai, from hails Anand because GM Viswanathan Anand, in part Champion World admired long has Atulya wins andonedraw. 45 in resulting Club, Chess oe tr /SuperNationalsV Cover Story www.uschess.org www.uschess.org 37 CL_06-2013_SN_AKF_r10_chess life 5/12/13 12:29 PM Page 38

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(BJ’s is the third largest wholesale club in the Former Scholastic Chess Champions: United States). “I utilize the skills I developed playing and studying chess as a teenager on a HOW CHESS HAS HELPED THEM SUCCEED IN LIFE daily basis,” said Rizzitano. “One of the main challenges of my job is to resolve unexpected technical issues which do not have an obvious he educational benefits of chess have game and hopes to come back for the Senior solution and these issues are usually extremely been documented in studies around Open after he turns 60, assuming that life then time sensitive. One of the fundamental chal - T the world. We know chess helps kids do slows down just a bit. lenges of chess is this: Can you find the correct better in school. But does it help kids do 1976 junior high champion and 1979 high move in a position you have never seen before better in life? Recently USCF decided to reach out with the clock ticking? This is the type of to many of our past national scholastic chess challenge I face every day managing a team of champions to see what they are doing today. We Rob Newbold technical professionals.” set the cut off at 2005 before figuring our most 1970 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Awarded his international master title in recent champs were most likely still in school: CHESS CHAMPION 1985, Rizzitano has written five chess books 2011 K-12 Champ Eric Rosen, for one, is at for Gambit Publications, the most recent being University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Play the Najdorf Sicilian (2010). “In 1989 I Robert Hess (2009) is at Yale, while Alec Getz stopped playing chess for almost 15 years and (2010) is on his full-ride at University of Texas I started playing again in 2004. I am still active at Dallas. (currently rated 2424—peak rating was 2585 in So how about those earlier champions? 1985).” We were pleased to see many have continued 1982 co-champion David Glueck received with chess on a professional level. 2004 co- degrees in chemistry from Harvard University, champion Danny Rensch is director of and his Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry profession al relations and co-owner of the from the University of California-Berkeley, in phenomenally successful websites Chess.com 1990. After working as a National Sciences and ChessKid.com. 1996 champ Greg Shahade Foundation-NATO postdoctoral fellow at the is the founder of the U.S. Chess League. And inorganic chemistry lab, University of Oxford, 2001 champ Hikaru Nakamura is now three- he joined the faculty at Dartmouth College in time U.S. national chess champion and one of the 1992, and was promoted to associate professor top-ranked players in the world. with tenure in 1998, then to professor in 2004. Others went down different roads. Graduates Also sharing that he hasn’t had much time to of many of the top universities in the nation, doctors play chess for 20 years now, Dr. Glueck credits and research pharmacists, attorneys and investment the game with teaching him “patience and to bankers were among the many respondents. While focus,” skills that were critical to his success in space didn’t allow for them all, here are a few of the academia and in life. I am co-owner of a small but fairly many “chess success” stories ... One of Dr. Glueck’s 1982 co-champions was successful project management business, 1976 champion Richard Kaner went to Brown National Master Simon Yelsky who has also and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have been University majoring in chemistry and did his had a distinguished career. After earning his successful in business without my chess Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania with degree in electrical engineering from Columbia background. It’s common to talk about Professor Alan MacDiarmid who shared the 2000 Univer sity, and an MBA from New York the impact of chess on thinking, like learn- Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of University, Mr. Yelsky went on to senior IT ing to work towards goals and learning conducting polymers. He carried out postdoctoral positions in several New York corporations. how to focus even when you really don’t work at University of California (UC) Berkeley, then Today, he is vice president of a knowledge want to. Those are unquestionably joined UC Los Angeles as an assistant professor services company but his proudest “chess” important. But there are other valuable in 1987, earned tenure in 1991, was promoted achievement he says is as a father. His son Max things that I believe one can learn through to full professor in 1993 and became a distin- won the 2002 national grade three champi- chess: understanding that reality will never guished professor of both chemistry and onship and is now an expert player and a student subordinate to our desires; discovering materials science and engineering in 2012. at Johns Hopkins University. that everyone makes mistakes (and, with “Since I’ve spent so much time being a In 1984 he took the National Junior High hard work, can learn to reduce them!); professor and carrying out research, I haven’t had crown. In 1985 he won the National High School and—best of all—learning to respect our much time to play chess,” says Professor Kaner. Championship and then repeated the feat in own opinions and our own intuition. “A dozen years ago I called the U.S. Chess 1986 when he also won the Denker tournament. Federation to see why I never received a life He went on to Harvard where he captained the master certificate and found out that I had school champion, James Rizzitano has had a 30+ Crimson’s 1990 Pan-American Intercollegiate played 293 games as a master since winning the year IT career working as a software developer, Chess Championship winning team. Today, IM National High School Championship. I then database administrator and manager. He is Dan Edelman is the head of risk management played in the Santa Monica City Championship, currently director of database solutions at BJ’s at one of the world’s largest hedge funds and

tied for first place and received my life master Wholesale Club, Inc. managing a team of writer on risk management and on chess. “I am title.” Professor Kaner says he still loves the database administrators for the 200-club chain still very much involved in the chess scene

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thanks to my children Nathan (age 11) and K-6 Champion: daughter Sadie (age 8) who have played in numerous tournaments. Sadie is doing Jonathan Hilton David Peng phenomenally well, USCF rating over 1300, 2005 NATIONAL JUNIOR HIGH and just represented the U.S. in the World SCHOOL CHESS CO-CHAMPION Youth Championship in Maribor, Slovenia.” 1993 National K-9 co-champion Jacob Chudnovsky is a Ph.D. biologist doing cancer research at the Whitehead Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “I still play chess occasionally, still at the same level of around 2370-2400 where I was at the end of high school 17 years ago, since I didn’t study chess much once I started college,” Dr. Chudnovsky says. “Chess gave me a lot of important skills that help in work and life: discipline and intellectual rigor, diligence, thinking ahead, and creativity (not just knowing the rules, but knowing when to break them), just to name a few.” When I tied for first in the National K-9 1999 National High School Champion Championship back in 2005, I had dreams Patrick Hummel graduated first in his class at of becoming a full-time chess professional. David Peng, SuperNationals V’s K-6 CalTech with a B.S. in applied and computa- Those dreams shattered when, at age 19, winner, is happy to reveal the secret of his tional mathematics, then went on to earn a I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, the championship success: “I did not ‘prepare’ B.S. in economics, and an M.S. in chemistry. same autoimmune disease that led then for the tournament by using openings to “Chess was still a big part of my life when I world number three Henrique Mecking to win. I just learned more about chess by was an undergraduate. I founded a chess retire from chess in 1979. At one point, I reading and playing chess.” club when I started as an undergraduate was unable to hold my head up at the David entered his first rated tournament at Caltech, and played in several U.S. Amateur board long enough to play a full game. when he was six years old after his father Team chess championships on the Caltech Instead of becoming a chess profes- taught him how to play at age five. “I like the team, which won the national team sional, I focused on my undergraduate game,” he says, “because it is very compli - championship twice and the regional team studies and started traveling the world. I cated and challenging.” David turned ten on championship three times in my four years at have now studied abroad 10 times, and I April 11, just a few days after SuperNationals Caltech.” His time for chess has been speak four languages—English, Spanish, ended. Despite his relatively tender age, somewhat limited since then. Mr. Hummel French, and German. When I travel, I use David already has 65 tournaments under began graduate studies at Stanford Graduate chess to help me connect to local people. his belt and, with his SuperNationals win, he’s School of Business in 2006, and completed his I have played with kids at an orphanage in hit a rating high of 2146. Ph.D. in economics in 2010. A research Honduras, on the streets of Nicaragua and David was a member of the 2011 World scientist in the microeconomics and social Uruguay, at clubs in Chile and Argentina, Youth Chess Championship team, winning systems group at Yahoo! Research for two and attended the 2008 World Chess seventh place in the U8-Open section. years, Dr. Hummel is now a research scientist Olympiad in Germany. My writing focuses Although he qualified for the 2012 team, he at Google. on the intersection of chess and culture. I did not participate. His immediate chess 2002 National Junior High School K-9 Co- believe that chess can help bring people goal is to reach 2200. Champion Reed Sorensen is currently working around the world closer together, and that as an epidemiologist and data analyst for the the FIDE motto, “Gens Una Sumus,” David’s parents, Bill and Jenny, are quick to Washington State Department of Health. With elegantly expresses this truth. praise the coaches who’ve worked with a master of public health degree in epidemi - I have also continued to write about their son along the way. “We think David is ology from the University of Michigan, he will the strategies of the game. Chess still very lucky to live in Chicago where there are soon be applying for Ph.D. programs in fascinates me as much as it ever did, and so many GMs and excellent chess players,” environmental health science. “To say that I have now written three opening they write. “David has been taking lessons chess has influenced my life is definitely an monographs together with IM Dean from GM Dmitry Gurevich for the past year understate ment,” said Mr. Sorensen. “I didn’t Ippolito for Mongoose Press, my Wojo’s and has learned a lot. GM Gurevich is very fully realize until later that the mental habits Weapons: Winning With White series. I experienced and a very good coach. David I developed for chess were useful for other have also branched out to learn the also enjoyed GM Yury Shulman's chess things too. It’s one thing to know that patience strategies of other board games, including camps and coach Tamara Golovey's chess and structured thinking are useful skills, but Go, checkers, and Stratego. My goal is to camps. We'd like to thank everyone who it’s another thing entirely to ingrain these master as many board games—and as has helped David.” skills as personality traits during the most many languages—as I can. In addition to chess, David also enjoys formative period in your life.” programming, math, table tennis, and ~ Robert McLellan basketball. PHOTOS COURTESY OF SUBJECTS COURTESY PHOTOS

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Continued from page 36 a fixture in the Lectures and Supporting Programs her audience to an entertaining look at the scholastic youth circle, Peng represented Brooklyn Castle is the chess film-of- many ways chess is moving into the the United States in 2011’s World Youth the-moment, a far-reaching grabber of a mainstream. Shahade interspersed her Championship’s U-8 Open section and movie that’s earned critical and popular commentary with lots of lively video clips qualified for the 2012 team. He entered acclaim. Saturday night’s screening and photos demonstrating chess’ bur- round seven with a perfect 6-0 score, demonstrated why this documentary has geoning popularity. She told Chess Life, "I ceding a draw to second place finisher wended its way into the mainstream. It’s could truly feel the heightened excitement Advait Patel of West Virginia. “I think the hard not to get caught up in the unfolding for chess in America at SuperNationals tournament is extremely difficult because drama of a chess program struggling for V. For the largest tournament of all time, everyone is underrated and very strong. I funding against the triumphs and tears it was surprisingly unchaotic, a credit to consider myself very lucky to win that of these maturing players. After the the organization. It was a lot of fun creating many games and not to lose the last showing, Robert McLellan and IM Dmitry videos for the USCF YouTube channel, round,” said Peng. Schneider led an informative discussion and even getting a bit of yoga in.” Other individual winners were K-8 about using chess to promote educational champion Siddharth Banik and K-5 excellence. champion Rayan Taghizadeh, both from For those interested in improving their And that’s a wrap! California, and K-3 champion Aydin games, some of the best and brightest Chief Tournament Director Franc Turgut of Illinois. Drew Justice of Georgia chess stars were on hand to help. GM Guadalupe oversaw this massive event and Chingunn Bayaraa of California Alexander Stripunsky and GM Alexander with his customary good-natured, unflap - shared the K-1 championship, each Onischuk each lectured in a mini-series pable cool, keeping drama to a minimum with perfect 7-0 scores, with Bayaraa labeled “Learning From the Greats.” and making sure the rounds moved along taking first place on tiebreaks. Top team Stripunsky’s topic was studying classic smoothly. Floor TD Fun Fong summed trophies went to Pennsylvania’s Julia R. games; Onischuk spoke about Paul up the tournament director’s experience Masterman (K-8), California’s Mission Morphy. IM Larry Evans offered two differ - by likening it to his “day job” as an San Jose Elementary (K-6) and Gomes ent sessions: one on basic strategies and emergency room physician: “It's a lot like Elementary (K-5), and teams from New tactics, and one on advanced strategies. emergency medicine. Most of the work is York’s P.S. 41 (K-3), and Dalton (K-1 and IM Danny Rensch spoke about what it routine and only occasionally does one tied for first in K-3). takes to win a national championship. have a significant, unexpected incident During his talk, he touched upon the that one must respond to, and question of playing up and its effect on occasionally make a ruling.” Pre-Tournament Events children’s psyche. Against popular conven - At the awards ceremonies, several No scholastic tournament worth the price tion, he advised against playing up as a players who’d participated in four of the of admission would be complete without blitz regular practice, contending that it should five SuperNationals were acknowledged for and bughouse. Of course, SuperNationals be employed judiciously—perhaps only in their achievements. Jay Stallings V offered up its own super-sized versions of a local venue—because winning helps keep elaborated further about these dedicated these popular events. 68 teams battled for children motivated and from becoming players: “Kudos to the three kids who, the K-12 crown. When the dust settled, two discouraged. Picking up unaware on this according to my research, played in four teams—Ryan Christianson and Jeremy Paul, thread, chess mom Lisa Alexander of New SuperNationals: Andrew Freix (VA), Sam and David Inglis and Michael Omari—tied for York validated Rensch’s reasoning when Kennedy (CA) and Douglas Selby (IN). first. Team Christianson-Paul took first place she mentioned why, in part, her two boys, Coincidentally, Sam and Douglas played on tiebreaks, nailing down their fifth and August and Ethan, enjoy chess tourna - an entertaining game in this SuperNa- final national bughouse championship. In the ments: “They love the trophies and the tionals. Sam mated Douglas with a king K-9 section, the undefeated team of Alan pats on the back.” and knight only—Sam forced Douglas to Sung and Jalen Wang finished number one WIM Alexey Root’s popular lecture, trap his king on h1 with his h-pawn.” out of 64 teams. And in K-6, Hoyos siblings, “Thinking with Chess: Teaching Children Kennedy, who plans to study mechanical Carlos and Jennifer, came out on top in a field Ages 5-14,” included lesson plans designed engineering at Cal State Northridge, has of 65 teams. to help children link chess to skills such played chess since he was four. Stallings In the blitz tournaments, an impressive as classifying and pattern recognition. “At was his first teacher; these days, Kennedy 929 players spread out over four sections. least 58 people came to my presentation,” volunteers with Stallings’ non-profit The competition for the K-12 champi- said Dr. Root, “because that many filled out California Youth Chess League, which onship ended in a three-way tie among prize slips to try to win one of the 10 brings chess to San Clarita Valley elemen - Bryan Hu (AZ), Michael Brown (CA), and copies of [my book] People, Places, Check- tary school students. Kennedy shared his Sean Vibbert (IN). Joshua Sheng (CA) took mates: Teaching Social Studies with thoughts about his long scholastic journey: the K-9 crown, Bryce Tiglon (WA) won K- Chess.” Jay Stallings generously provided “Playing in four SuperNationals has been 6, and in K-3, Christopher Shen (OH) 10 copies of his book, Fried Liver & Burning an amazing experience. Knowing that emerged victorious. Pants, to round out the door prizes. you’re competing with other chess players Special guest GM Alexandra Kosteniuk WGM Jennifer Shahade was another from around the [country] made it fun proved a formidable adversary in her 37- energetic presence, somehow seeming to and worthwhile. You could feel all the player simultaneous exhibition. Looking be everywhere at once. She and videog- excitement in the atmosphere.” He calm and focused as she moved from board rapher Daniel Meirom roamed the halls continued, “Chess has been a major part to board, she defeated 36 determined players videotaping and interviewing players, of my life for 13 years. Chess motivated me and drew one without missing a beat, adding parents, and coaches for the U.S. Chess to keep trying and to never give up as her own touch of glamour and regal gra - Scoop and Chess Life Online. In between there are innumerable ways to get better ciousness to the event. “It was most interviews, Shahade graciously auto- at what you do. I plan to play chess wonderful for me to be at such a huge chess graphed copies of her books, including throughout my life and to continue to Play Like a Girl!, and posed for photos teach others how to play.”

scholastic tournament,” said Kosteniuk. “It proves that chess is still one of the most with her fans. She also delivered an Another four-time participant, Andrew popular games in the world.” extremely fun and accessible talk, treating Freix, began playing chess at six years

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old after watching the movie, Searching for Freix plans to continue playing chess while guys have ever attended. It put the ‘T’ in Bobby Fischer. As the credits rolled, he studying at the University of South TOUGH! It kicked our butts!” Despite their announced he wanted to play in a chess Carolina’s Honors College. disappointing results, Dobson had only tournament. It was only a matter of time Just by sheer numbers, SuperNationals positive thoughts: “It was a fantastic expe - before local tournaments led to national was a great success. Stallings noted, “The rience. The guys got a lot of great chess events. “I was blown away as a kinder- multitude of excited young chess players training.” As she told one player, “It's a gartener at [his first] SuperNationals. I’d and the parents who are willing to dig process, not just the product.” never seen so many kids playing chess in deep to support them during this recession In the end, some of the best moments one place. When I finished my games, I speaks to the power of chess!” And some - were the ones that disproved the stereotype would just go into the skittles room and times success was less definable but no of quiet, brainiac chess players. Noisy, play more chess.” Freix admits to prefer - less significant. Take, for example, the unabashed glee frequently pierced the veil ring years with separate spring events Lovejoy High School team from Lucas, a of serious chess focus: younger players because it allowed him to play in all three tiny town near Dallas. Team members, happily raced up and down the Gaylord’s nationals. But he retains a fondness for the who earn letterman jackets upon meeting wide carpeted hallways; older players larger event: “Even though SuperNationals very challenging criteria, arrived at brazenly trash-talked through frenetic prevented me from playing in three SuperNationals fresh from a strong state blitz and bughouse games. It was a different nationals, I still loved it. There championship showing. Afterwards, coach welcome reminder that even during this were usually more players, and the and club president Tricia Dobson admit - tough, competitive event, these were still Gaylord Opryland Resort is incredible. ted, “SuperNationals was the most difficult kids—just kids who happened to be One time I got lost in it because it’s so big.” and challenging chess tournament my incredibly good at playing chess.

The K-12 team champions, Edward R. Murrow High School from Brooklyn, New York.

At A Glance SuperNationals V

Date: April 5-7, 2013 | Location: Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee | 5,335 players. | Top Finishers: K-12 Championship, 1 1st, 6 ⁄2: Atulya Shetty; 2nd-8th, 6: Luke Harmon-Vellotti, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, Michael Bodek, Bryan Hu, John Hughes, Sam Schmakel, Joshua Mu. K-9 Champi- 1 1 onship, 1st, 6 ⁄2: Akshat Chandra; 2nd-4th, 6: Safal Bora, Alexander Velikanov, Christopher Wu. K-6 Championship, 1st, 6 ⁄2: David Peng; 2nd-5th, 6: Advait Patel, 1 1 Truman Hoang, Thomas Knoff, Sahil Sinha. Top Team Finishers: K-12 Championship, 1st, 20 ⁄2: Edward R. Murrow High School (NY); 2nd, 19 ⁄2: Huron High 1 School (MI); 3rd, 19: Catalina Foothills High School (AZ). K-9 Championship, 1st, 18: Newark Academy (NJ); 2nd-3rd, 17⁄2: Kennedy Middle School (CA), Stuyvesant 1 1 High School (NY). K-6 Championship, 1st, 16 ⁄2: Mission San Jose Elementary (CA); 2nd, 16: Bull Run Elementary (VA); 3rd-5th, 15 ⁄2: I.S. 318 (NY), Dalton (NY), University School of Nashville (TN). Organizer: Patricia K. Smith | Overall Chief: Francisco (Franc) Guadalupe | Chief Tournament Directors: Enrique Huerta, Robert Tanner, Jonathan Shacter. See full results here: uschess.org/tournaments/2013/snv/?page=RESULTS PHOTO: UNKNOWN PHOTO:

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Back to Basics / Reader annotations

Draw on Demand How to defeat someone who plays for a draw.

By GM LEV ALBURT

THE SECOND WORLD CHAMPION what is there to see. No one sees it all, not Also good, and equalizing, is 6. ... Bb4+ was known for playing not even the world champs or the comput- (or 6. ... Nf6) 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 Ne4 only his opponent’s men but also his psy- ers. What a great game. (Ljubomir Ljubojevic-Lajos Portisch, 1975). che. The winner of this month’s award, The example I am submitting includes 7. Be2 Lewis Jenkins, successfully applied examples of multiple threats, but it also Lasker’s methods to his real-life tourna- has a multiple choice: I deliberately gave ment situation. Mr. Jenkins also includes my opponent the choice to accept a gam- an interesting treatise below examining bit or not. But I’ll let the game tell that the role of multiple threats in chess as well story. as in some other games (and, I guess, in My last-round opponent had buzzed some life situations). through six straight opponents with six Writes Mr. Jenkins (my future comments straight wins. His nearest competitor, my are in italics): friend Paul Dietz, was a point behind. Nat- I’ve always read Chess Life from cover to urally Paul wanted me to play, at all cost, cover, though I have not played in a tour- for a win. nament for over 20 years. What I remembered was that former Analyzing tic-tac-toe when I was a boy, world chess champion Emanuel Lasker I realized the key to winning that simple used select openings or moves that might not be best, but which made his opponents game is the double threat. I noticed the This protects the knight, allows castling, uncomfortable for some reason. So I multiple-threat idea worked in chess, too and shields both queen and king. Tacti- decided to try doing that for the first time (as well as in football and basketball—in cally, 7. ... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qxd4 fails to 9. in my career. Fortunately I was playing the fact, in any game where position matters). Bxc6+ because Black’s queen is now unde- white pieces. If your opponent cannot find a move that fended but attacked. stops all of your threats, or cannot find a If 7. Nc3, then 7. ... Bb4! with equality, move that threatens something more Scotch Gambit (C44) e.g. 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4. important, you will achieve or capture at Lewis Jenkins 7. ... 0-0-0 least one of your objectives. It may be Robert Martin enough to win. If not, you keep going. 1973 Summit Co Champ While this move is okay, it leads to more In sports, the “pieces” have minds and complex positions than 7. ... Bb4+, switch- moves of their own and often do things 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 ing to simpler and well-analyzed-to-equality you may not expect, but the idea still lines noted above. works. It works for each “piece” as it plays against the others in its area of operation 8. Nc3 Qa5 and the winner is the one whose “pieces” Again threatening the d4-pawn, but 8. are aware of this idea and get things right ... Bb4 is better, pinning knight to king. more often. In the 1940 NFL Championship Then 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 protects the d4- game, the Chicago Bears used multiple pawn, so maybe he wanted to keep his threats to beat a good Washington Red- king’s bishop on the board, and keep my skins team 72 to zero. The key to their queen’s pawn isolated. success was kept a closely-guarded secret Encyclopedia of Chess Openings prefers for over 20 years even though other foot- 8. ... Qd7. ball teams immediately started to design offensive plays with double, triple and even 9. Be3 Nf6 10. 0-0 quadruple threats. (To find the whole story, Great opening guru Igor Zaitsev played google “football” plus “Clark Shaughnessy” 4. ... d5 here 10. h3 and only after 10 ... Bh5, 11. or “Heinz Guderian”). 0-0—to be able, in a proper moment, to cut He declines, and this is the correct way In chess the threats and features of a to do it. As per my Lasker hunch, I off Black’s light-square bishop with g2-g4 position range from the obvious to the expected this; he only needs a draw. (Igor Zaitsev-Vladimir Baikov, 1972). subtle, and any differences in playing strength lie largely in the ability to see 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 10. ... h6

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Back to Basics / Reader annotations The true target here is not a pawn, but the king. 21. ... Kb7

He prevents Ng5 and the threat of a cas- Of course the Exchange sacrifice is obvi- tle fork on f7, but Black does not have ous, but I don’t think Black considered this time for prophylaxis. He must develop his threat when he chose 13. ... Nxc3. pieces to good places like ... Bb4 and ... 15. ... bxc6 16. Qa4 Bd6 Nd5. I think ... h6 is almost a losing move. 22. Qa6+ Black must exchange minor pieces to Black threatens either mate on h2 after Accurate to the end! Wrong was 22. expose the weakness of the d4-pawn. White ... Bxf3, or the win of a piece. must avoid exchanges and use that pawn Bxc6+ Kb6, and the game goes on. While 17. Ba6+ as a support post or possibly as an assault after 22. Qa6+, it’s curtains. weapon if Black does not blockade it. I’d prefer 17. h3, but 17. Ba6+ is also 22. ... Kb8 23. Bxc6, Black resigned. I’d add 10. ... Bc5 to the list of candidate fine. moves. 17. ... Kb8 As Paul lost, I took second place on 11. a3 tiebreaks! Mr. Jenkins made a good opening choice, 17. ... Kd7 is better, but Rob said he did- Preventing ... Bb4 (as well as 11. ... cleverly taking into account his opponent’s n’t see White’s 21st move and was there fore Bc5— L.A.) and preparing b2-b4. tournament situation. Starting with a gam- reluctant to move his king into the center 11. ... Nd5 bit (which was wisely declined) Mr. Jenkins where there is 17. ... Kd7 18. Ne5+ Bxe5 19. continued to play, and play well, as a true dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bc5! (making the king’s I think this is a good move. It blockades master-gambiteer (13. b4!!, 15. Rxc6), demon- escape difficult) followed by 21. Bb7. Black the d4-pawn and threatens to win the strated imagination, good calculation, and minor exchange on e3, which would also may get away but I was willing to try this good judgment—and won deservingly. line. eliminate one of White’s attackers (but I agree. In fact, White is much better f2xe3 would then protect the d4-pawn here. and expose the f7-pawn to White’s rook). 18. Ne5 12. Rc1 Be7 13. b4 Send in your games! Halting the mate threat. If you are unrated or rated 1799 or be low, then GM Lev Alburt invites you to send your most instructive game with notes to:

Back to Basics, c/o Chess Life PO Box 3967 Crossville, TN 38557-3967 Or e-mail your material to [email protected]

13. ... Nxc3 GM Alburt will select the “most 18. ... Bxe5 instructive” game and CL will award I had also considered ... Qxa3 and ... an autographed copy of Lev’s newest Nxe3!. On the latter, I had not decided yet 18. ... Bd7 provides a more stubborn—but book, Platonov’s Chess Academy (by hardly sufficient—defense. whether to exchange queens. If 13. ... Qxa3, Lev Alburt and Sam Palatnik) to the I got as far as 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. b5 and 19. dxe5 Qxe5 person submitting the most in- was working out where the knight could go structive game and annotations. and what I would do about it. An inventory This pawn was cutting the black queen Make sure your game (or part of it) of the position shows that the a3- queen is off from the defense, but it is now too late. vulnerable to a rook attack from Ra1 (and and your notes will be of interest to Incidentally, 19. ... Bc8 fails to 20. Be2, other readers. Do not send games then to a7 once the knight moves). winning either the king or the queen. After 13. ... Nxe3 both the “normal” 14. with only a few notes, as they are of fxe3 and the subtle 14. Qb3 favor White— 20. Bxa7+ little instructive value and can’t be the latter a good example of a double threat. This sacrifice prepares a powerful discov- used. Writing skills are a plus, but 14. Rxc3 Qh5 15. Rxc6 ered check, aka, double-attack. instructiveness is a must! Also very powerful is 15. h3. 20. ... Kxa7 21. Bb5+

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Endgame Lab / Instruction

The Magnificent Seven Rides Again Continuing our examination from the April issue of progress within the seven-man database. By GM PAL BENKO

WE CONTINUE OUR PROGRESS REPORT P. Larsen on the seven-man database that we looked Tidskrift för Schack, 1897 at in the April issue. Modern works eliminate version P. Michelet, 2005 cooks by checking with a computer before the works are ever published. Below is a study I have constructed based on the game Eljanov-Arutinian from the 2007 European Championship. I have added a prelude that hides the idea.

Pal Benko

WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN?

Black’s attempt to get rid of White’s pawn with 3. ... e5 is met by 4. d5. WHITE TO PLAY AND DRAW? 4. Bc8+ e6 5. d5 Kf6 6. d6 Bg2 7. Kb6 Be4 8. d7 Ke7 9. Kc7 wins. 1. d5+ (B-K) But after 4. ... Ke4! 5. Bxh3 f5!, White loses even faster after1. Bb1? Black holds. Kd5 2. Bf5 h2 3. Bc8 Kc6. 1. ... Kd6 2. Bb1 Kxd5 3. Bf5 h2 4. Bc8 Kc6 5. Bg4! h1=Q 6. Bf3+ Qxf3 Stalemate. P. Benko correction WHITE TO PLAY AND DRAW Let’s place the f7-pawn on h7. Now, (B-K) The idea is nice but after 2. ... after 1. Nf3 Bf6, 2. Bc8+ also wins since 1. Nb3 Ke5! 3. d6 h2 4. d7 h1=Q 5. d8=Q Qxb1+ there is no immediate mate. The rest after Black wins. 1. ... Kf5 we have seen earlier. Interesting is that 1. a4? b4! wins, but 1. ... bxa4? 2. Nc4 draws. P. Benko correction Naturally, it is not always possible to 1. ... Bd5 2. Nc1 Let’s move the a2-bishop to g8. Then: correct faulty studies with one bold change—often skillful manipulation com- 1. d5+ Kd6 2. Bh7 Kxd5 Awful is 2. Kd2?, allowing 2. ... Bxb3 bined with hard labor is needed. winning. 2. ... Ke5 3. d6! is now good enough for In a time without computers, the author 2. ... Kb6 3. Kd2 Ka5 4. Kc3 Bc4 5. a3 Ka4 6. a draw. may have judged the position as a draw. In my improvement below I have man- Kb2 3. Bf5 draws as we have already seen. aged to improve the esthetics. It is Zugzwang so the player who is to move only has bad moves. L. Nyeveczkey 6. ... c5 7. Ka1! Kxa3 8. Nd3! Bxd3 Stalemate. B. Sakharov, Shakhmaty v SSSR 1954 version by P. Benko (see diagram top of next page) Such possibilities rarely present them- (see diagram top of next column) selves in real games, and even then it is 1. b5 f3 2. Bc5 Be1 3. b6 unusual to notice them. A study’s purpose 1. Nf3 Kf5 is not only aesthetics, but to teach prac- White is not ready for the king yet If 1. ... Bf6, then 2. Bc8 mate. tical values. because 3. Ke5? d6+! 4. Kxd6 Bb4! wins! 2. Nxh4+ Frequently, the method of saving a faulty 3. ... f2 4. Bxf2 Bxf2 5. Ke7! d5 6. Ke6 d4 7. b7 study is to simply replace one piece, as Much worse is 2. Bc8+? Kf4. Bg3 8. Kf5 d3 9. Kg4 Be5 10. Kf3 Draws. we’ll see in my correction to this next example. 2. ... Kg4 3. Nf5 Kxf5 If the intention is to enrich the theme,

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Problem I: Problem II: Benko’s Bafflers Eddie Wickoff, NM P. Benko Sakkelet 1987 I. Price Version by P. Benko Correction Most of the time these studies resemble positions that could actually occur over the board. You must simply reach a theoretically won or drawn position for White. Solutions can be found on page 71. Please e-mail submissions for Benko’s Bafflers to: [email protected]

BLACK TO PLAY AND WHITE WINS WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN

The next study is a kindred spirit to 2. ... Rh2+ 3. Kb3 Rh3+ 4. Ka4 Rh4+ 5. Ka5 the previous one. Rh5+ 6. Ka6 Rh6+ 7. Nd6! Rxd6+ No better is 7. ... Rh8 8. Nb5 c6 (or 8. T. Kok 1941 ... c5 9. Kb7) 9. Nc7 wins. 8. Ka5 Rd5+ 9. Ka4 Rd4+ 10. Kb3 Rd3+ 11. Kb2 Rd2+ 12. Kb1 Rd1+ 13. Kc2 wins.

The original work has been not only cor- rected, but enriched as well with two “switch- back” motifs (Nd6-e8+ then Ne8-Nd6 and the king starting and returned to c2). WHITE TO PLAY AND DRAW Finally, let’s examine a new study that was sent in by a reader. it is sometimes inevitable that a piece must be added to create the improvement and correction. Eddie Wickoff NM, 2012 WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN? P. Benko after Pogosyan E. 1977 1. a7 Rf1+ 2. Kb2 Rf2+ 3. Kb3 Rf3+ 4. Ka4 Rf4+ 5. Ka5 Rf5+ 6. Ka6 Rf6+ 7. Nd6! Rxd6+? 8. Ka5 Rd5+ 9. Ka4 Rd4+ 10. Kb3 Rd3+ 11. Kb2 Rd2+ 12. Kb1 Rd1+ 13. Kc2 wins.

(B-K) But Black can hold by playing 7. ... Rf8! 8. Nc4 Kc6! and draws.

P. Benko after T. Kok 1941 BLACK TO PLAY AND WHITE DRAWS

The intended solution given is: 1. ... Qxg5 WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN Also bad is 1. ... Qxe6? 2. Qg7+! Nxg7 3. 1. c6 Rf1 Bd4+ Ka2 4. Bb3+ Ka3 5. Bc5 mate. 2. Ra6 Nxe3+ 3. Kc1 Qa5! 4. Rxa5 Nxc4 5. Losing on the spot is 1. ... Kxe8 2. c7 Bc6+ Nxa5 6. Bxg2 draws. Kd7 3. e6+. 2. Nd6! Shortly after sending in the study the author indicated that the computer did find White only draws after 2. c7? Rc1 3. another solution: 1. ... h1=Q 2. Rxh6 Nxe3+ Kb7 Kf7!. WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN 3. Qxe3 Qb1+ 4. Kc3 Qb2+ 5. Kd3 Qa3+ 6. 2. ... exd6 3. exd6 Rc1 4. Kb7 Ke8 5. Kc7 Rd1 6. Kd4 Qxe3+ 7. dxe3 g1=Q that also draws. e4 Rd2 7. e5 etc. wins. 1. Ne8+! Ke7 2. a7 He asked for my help. This work presents original ideas with an unusual start so I The original study lacked the e3-pawn, Less effective is 2. Nxc7? Kd6 3. a7 Rh8 found it deserves attention. I tried to improve but then after 1. c6 Rf1 2. c7 Rc1 3. Kb7 4. a8=Q Rxa8 5. Nxa8 Kc6 allowing Black it and made it a win with a further idea that Kf7! Black could draw. to draw. the author accepted; see the “Bafflers.”

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Knight’s Tour / Tournament Travel

Castle Chess Grand Prix JUNE 21-23

Castle in Atlanta By SCOTT PARKER

BACK IN 2000 DAVID WOOLF, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF Well, to start with, you’re probably going to have to be a development for the Emory Eye Center, attended the original grandmaster to do it. Only Life Master David Vest, who tied for Castle Chess Camp run by Dr. Robert Ferguson in Bradford, first in 2003, IM Jonathan Schroer, who won in 2004, and Pennsylvania. David loved it, and decided to re-create the IM/WGM Anna Zatonskih, who tied for first in 2005 were non- experience in Atlanta. Thus was born the Castle Chess Camp at grandmaster champions. The most successful, by far, has been Emory University, with David as president of the sponsoring GM Julio Becerra. Playing almost every year, he has twice been organization, Emory Chess Association, and camp director. first alone, and four times he has tied for the top prize. Other past winners are GMs Varuzhan Akobian, Yury Shulman, Alejandro The culmination of the camp is a tournament open to campers, Ramirez, Ildar Ibragimov, Greg Serper, and Babakuli Annakov. staff, and outside players. It drew 141 players in its first year. Two years later the number of attendees surpassed 200, and it So come and join us in the spacious Cox Hall ballroom, and drew more than 200 players every year through 2007. compete with some of the country’s top players. And if you have some time before or after the tournament, or you have a significant Following the 2007 camp David Woolf decided that he could no other not into chess, Atlanta has something for every interest. longer devote the significant amount of time necessary to running it and informed everyone connected to it that the camp would The Braves are in town Monday through Thursday preceding the cease to be. A group of us who had been assisting with the camp tournament, so come out to Turner Field and catch a baseball game decided that it and its tournament were important to Atlanta, on a warm Georgia evening. Or go see the Atlanta Aquarium, with and we formed a new organization, Castle Chess Inc., to continue over 8,000,000 gallons of water, the world’s largest. Like amuse - the tradition. We ran the camp in 2008 and have done so every ment parks? Six Flags Over Georgia has 331 acres of rides and year since. attractions to suit every thrill seeker. Something more esoteric suit you better? The High Museum of Art has over 13,000 works in its For the “lucky” 13th year that there has been a Castle Camp in permanent collection, as well as traveling exhibits on loan. About Atlanta we are raising the tournament prize fund to $12,000, all a mile away from the High Museum is the Atlanta Botanical of it fully guaranteed. This payout is the most guaranteed money Garden, with the world’s largest orchid collection. of any tournament in the Southeast. Come see Atlanta and world renowned Emory University, and see

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2013 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX STANDINGS

The following point totals reflect all rated event information as of May 8 for the 2013 Grand Prix. All Grand Prix updates are unofficial and subject to change during the year or until year-end tabulation is complete.

OVERALL STANDINGS

NAME STATE PTS.

1 GM Mikheil Kekelidze NY 161.56 2 GM Zviad Izoria NY 124.16 3 GM Aleksandr Lenderman NY 97.33 4 GM Alexander Ivanov MA 73.25 5 GM Melikset Khachiyan CA 66.53 6 GM Sergey Kudrin CT 60.41 7 GM Gregory Kaidanov KY 60.00 8 GM Alexander Shabalov PA 56.66 9 GM Alexander Fishbein NJ 54.00 10 IM Justin Sarkar NY 49.50 11 IM Daniel Naroditsky CA 44.50 12 GM Giorgi Kacheishvili NY 43.50 13 IM Ricardo De Guzman CA 42.20 14 IM Andranik Matikozyan CA 38.33 15 IM Jay Richard Bonin NY 37.45 IM Daniel Naroditsky is appearing much more adult these days than when he appeared on our February 2008 cover. PHOTO COURTESY OF CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CENTER SAINT LOUIS COURTESY PHOTO

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ChessMagnetSchool.com is the sponsor of Name State Pts. Name State Pts. the 2013 Junior Grand Prix (JGP). Official standings for events received and processed PALUSA, MAURYA CA-N 4772 DRAGUICEVICH, DIEGO RAFAEL CA-S 3423 by May 8, 2013 are unofficial and subject CRAIG, PETER A NY 4692 FERKINHOFF, LOGAN MN 3394 to change during the year or until year- MCCARTY-SNEAD, CALLAGHAN CA-N 4506 SULLIVAN, TRISTAN OH 3384 end tabulation is complete. 2013 JGP prizes PETERSON, GIA CA-S 4502 HO, BRANDON C CA-N 3373 were not available as of press time and SODEM, VISHAL CA-N 4442 ULRICH, RACHEL J WI 3334 will be announced at a later date. The method for calculating points has been HYDRIE, ALEXANDER MN 4398 VINCE, JUSTIN ALEXANDER KS 3330 modified; see uschess.org for the most up- HORVATH, STEPHEN IL 4092 KEMISETTI, AJITH VA 3327 to-date information. TOKATYAN, SHANT CA-S 3850 GHOSH, SHOURJYA OH 3292 Chess Magnet School provides computer- PAGE, ALEX MN 3850 WOODALL, JUSTIN ALEX VA 3291 based online chess training for both adults KOTHAPALLE, TANISH TN 3842 ABAYANATHAN, SHIRAJA GA 3280 and children, including those who study MITCHELL, MATTHEW NY 3816 WANG, RICKY IL 3246 independently and those who study under HOFFMAN, EVAN CA-S 3752 FUTTERER, ALLEN CA-S 3214 the guidance of a coach or teacher, as well SHAN, ERIC CA-S 3690 JAMPALA, MONISH GA 3204 as support for chess coaches and others who teach chess. Chess Magnet School has DASIKA, ARCHIT CA-N 3689 KARTHIK, PRANAV VA 3188 been a partner with USCF on a number of HEMMILA, RYAN JAMES WI 3606 LANGHALS, DAKOTA MAKAI OH 3186 projects and activities since 2006, and has TAYLOR, AUSTIN CA-S 3537 BAI, EDWIN CA-S 3182 provided the free program that teaches SALIBA, JUSTIN OH 3512 CARR, NATE MD 3179 the rules of chess to newcomers in the HOBBS, KIANA IL 3500 RYCZEK, DAWID PA 3178 “New to Chess” section of USCF’s website. WONG, CHLOE WI 3444 PATEL, ADVAIT WV 3155 USCF members are invited to learn more about Chess Magnet School at RUBIN, LYLE IL 3442 CARDINI, NICK AL 3115 www.ChessMagnetSchool.com.

CHECK OUT USCF’S CORRESPONDENCE CHESS RATED EVENTS! Correspondence Chess Matches (two players) 2013 Open Correspondence Chess Golden Knights Championship TWO OR SIX-GAME OPTIONS. ENTRY FEE: $5. USCF’s $800 FIRST PRIZE q WIN A CORRESPONDENCE CHESS TROPHY th Four-player, double round-robinwith class-level pairings. ANNUAL (PLUS TITLE OF USCF’S GOLDEN KNIGHTS CHAMPION AND PLAQUE) 66 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 USCF Correspondence Chess events are rated and open to all USCF members who reside on the North American continent, islands, or Hawaii, q VICTOR PALCIAUSKAS PRIZE TOURNAMENTS as well as those USCF members with an APO or FPO address. USCF members who reside outside of the North Am erican continent are welcome Seven-player class-level pairings, one game with each to participate in e-mail events. Your USCF membership must remain current for the duration of the event, and entry fees must be paid in U.S. of six opponents. 1st-place winner receives $130 cash prize dollars. Those new to USCF Correspond ence Chess, please estimate your strength: Class A: 1800-1999 (very strong); Class B: 1600-1799 (strong); and a certificate signed by Victor Palciauskas. ENTRY FEE: $25. Class C: 1400-1599 (intermediate); Class D: 1399 and below (beginner level). Note: Prize fund based on 200 entries and may be decreased pro- portionately per number of entries assigned. q JOHN W. COLLINS MEMORIAL CLASS TOURNAMENTS Four-player, double round-robin with class-level pairings (unrateds welcome). 1st-place winner receives a John W. Collins certificate. 2013 E-mail Correspondence Chess Electronic Knights Championship ENTRY FEE: $7. (SEVEN-PLAYER SECTIONS, ONE GAME WITH EACH OF SIX OPPONENTS.) USCF’s Email Rated Events (need email access) 10th ANNUAL $800 FIRST PRIZE (PLUS TITLE OF USCF’S ELECTRONIC KNIGHTS CHAMPION AND PLAQUE) q LIGHTNING MATCH Two players with two or six-game option. 2ND PLACE $500 • 3RD $300 • 4TH THRU 10TH PLACE $100 EACH • ENTRY FEE: $25 ENTRY FEE: $5. These USCF Correspondence Chess events are rated and open to all USCF members with e-mail access. Your USCF membership must remain cur- rent for the duration of the event, and entry fees must be paid in U.S. dollars. Maximum number of tournament entries allowed for the year for q SWIFT QUADS Four-player, double round-robin format. each player is ten. Note: Prize fund based on 200 entries and may be decreased proportionately per number of entries assigned. 1st-place prize merchandise credit of $30. ENTRY FEE: $10. TO ENTER: 800-903-USCF(8723) OR FAX 931-787-1200 OR ONLINE AT WWW.USCHESS.ORG Name______USCF ID#______q WALTER MUIR E-QUADS (WEBSERVER CHESS) Four-player, double round-robin webserver format tournament Address ______City______State ___ ZIP ______with class-level pairings. 1st-place receives a certificate. Phone ______E-mail______Est. Rating ______ENTRY FEE: $7. Credit card # (VISA, MC, Disc., AMEX) ______Exp. date ______Please check event(s) selected. V-code ______q Check here if you do not wish to have an opponent who is incarcerated. NOTE: Except for Lightning Matches, Swift Quads, Walter Muir *Note: This may slow down your assignment. E-Quads & Electronic Knights, players will use post office mail, unless opponents agree to use e-mail. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO U.S. CHESS AND MAIL TO: JOAN DUBOIS, USCF, PO BOX 3967, CROSSVILLE, TN 38557

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USCF National Bids Note: Organizers previously awarded Events options for USCF National Events Note: Tournament memberships not valid for National events must still submit proposals (including sample budgets) for their events. SEE TLA IN THIS ISSUE FOR DETAILS OVERDUE BIDS 114th annual (2013) U.S. Open July 27-August 4 • Madison, Wisconsin Please contact the National Office if you July 31-August 4 • Madison, Wisconsin 2013 Women’s U.S. Open are interested in bidding for a National 2013 U.S. Blind Chess Championship August 9-10 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Event. The USCF recommends that 2013 U.S. Class Championship September 27-29 or 28-29 • Houston, Texas bids be submitted according to the following schedule. However, bids may be considered prior to these dates. FUTURE EVENTS (Watch for details) USCF reserves the right to decline all 2013 U.S. Cadet July 20-23 • Rockville, Maryland bids and organize the event itself. 2013 K-12 Grade Championship December 13-15 • Lake Buena Vista, Florida 2013 Pan American Intercollegiate Championship December 27-29 • Lubbock, Texas PAST DEADLINE JULY 1, 2012: 2013 U.S. Game/15 Championship 2013 U.S. Game/60 Championship—TBA 2013 U.S. Masters Championship 2013 U.S. Action G/30 Championship—TBA 2013 U.S. Junior Closed 2014 National High School (K-12) Championship April 4-6 • San Diego, California 2014 National Junior High (K-9) Championship April 25-27 • Atlanta, Georgia DEADLINE JULY 1, 2013: 2014 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 9-11 • Dallas, Texas 2014 National Open 115th annual (2014) U.S. Open July 26-August 3 • St. Louis, Missouri 2014 U.S. Amateur Teams (North, South, West) 2014 K-12 Grade Championship December 12-14 • Orlando, Florida 2014 U.S. Amateur (East, North, 2015 National High School (K-12) Championship April 10-12 • Columbus, Ohio South, West) 2015 National Junior High (K-9) Championship April 24-26 • Louisville, Kentucky 2014 U.S. Cadet 2015 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 8-10 • Nashville, Tennessee 2014 U.S. Class Championship 116th annual (2015) U.S. Open August 1-9 • Phoenix, Arizona 2014 U.S. Game/10 Championship 2015 K-12 Grade Championship December 4-6 • Lake Buena Vista, Florida 2014 U.S. Game/30 Championship 2014 U.S. Game/60 Championship 2016 National High School (K-12) Championship April 1-3 • Atlanta, Georgia 2014 U.S. Junior Chess Congress 2016 National Junior High (K-9) Championship April 15-17 • Indianapolis, Indiana 2014 U.S. Junior Closed 2016 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 6-8 • Nashville, Tennessee 2014 U.S. Senior Open 117th annual (2016) U.S. Open July 30-August 7 • Indianapolis, Indiana 2016 K-12 Grade Championship December 16-18 • Nashville, Tennessee 2017 SuperNationals VI May 12-14 • Nashville, Tennessee 2017 K-12 Grade Championship December 8-10 • Lake Buena Vista, Florida 2018 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 11-13 • Nashville, Tennessee 2018 K-12 Grade Championship December 14-16 • Orlando, Florida ATTENTION AFFILIATES 2019 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 10-12 • Nashville, Tennessee The United States Chess Federation has 2019 K-12 Grade Championship December 13-15 • Lake Buena Vista, Florida partnered with R.V. Nuccio & Associates Insurance Brokers, Inc. to provide USCF 2020 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 8-10 • Nashville, Tennessee affiliates with affordable annual liability 2020 K-12 Grade Championship December 11-13 • Orlando, Florida and short term event insurance. The liability coverage is available for approximately $265 per year for a Rating supplements will be updated EACH MONTH on the USCF website, and each monthly $1,000,000 limit of insurance. Also rating supplement will be used for all tournaments beginning in that month, unless otherwise available is contents property and announced in Chess Life. The USCF website at www.uschess.org also frequently lists unofficial bonding insurance. For more information, ratings.The purpose of unofficial ratings is to inform you of your progress; however, most please go to www.rvnuccio.com/chess- tournaments do not use them for pairing or prize purposes. If you would otherwise be unrated, organizers may use your unofficial rating at their discretion, even without advance publicity of federation.html. For event insurance, such a policy. please go to www.rvnuccio.com.

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The Tournament Announcements on the following pages are provided for the convenience of USCF members and for informational purposes only. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, neither the U.S. Chess Federation nor Chess Life warrants the accuracy of anything contained in these tournament announcements. Those interested in additional information about or having questions concerning any of these tournaments are directed to contact the organizer listed. Chess Life will exercise all due diligence in providing accurate typesetting of non-camera-ready copy but assumes no responsibility for errors made in such work. Effective with TLAs submitted after November 10, 2010, the following additional rules apply to Grand Prix tournaments: 1) The guaranteed first prize must be at least $150. 2) No more than one prize under $100 may count towards the Grand Prix point total. 3) Prizes below the maximum entry fee do not count towards the Grand Prix point total. Also include full time control noting increment or time delay even if delay is zero (d0). SUBMISSIONS: E-mail your tla to: [email protected] (Joan DuBois). For tla deadline schedule, formatting help and Grand Prix information see January 2013 CL pg. 50 and 51 or check www.uschess.org/go/tlainfo. Payment can be done online through the TD/Affiliate area or sent to: U.S. Chess, TLA Dept., PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557.

teed. EF: $50. One section with class prizes. Prizes: $500 (+ trophy), scholastic players will receive a commemorative medal. ENTRIES: Check $300, $200. Class Prizes: U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200: $200 payable to Francisco L. Guadalupe and mail to 305 Willow Pointe Dr., each. Rounds: 7/31 to 8/3, 12 NOON, 8/4, 10:00 AM. Half point byes: League City, TX 77573. On line: http://main.uschess.org/. Info: Nationals Limit 1, must commit before Round 2. Entry Fee: Online, $50 by July 30th. [email protected]. Phone Entries, (713) 530-7820. By mail, $50 postmarked by 7/26; do not mail after 7/26! By phone, $50 by 7/30. No phone entries after 7/30 (close of business at the Office)! A Heritage Event! At site, all $50. Registration At site closes July 31st at 11:00 AM. July Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 2013 Supplement ratings used; unofficial ratings used if otherwise JULY 27-AUG. 4, JULY 30-AUG. 4 OR AUG. 1-4, WISCONSIN unrated. CCA ratings used if above USCF. Foreign player ratings: usually Grand Prix TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 300 100 points added to FIDE or FQE, 200+added to most foreign national 114th annual U.S. Open ratings, no points added to CFC. Highest of multiple ratings generally used. Includes traditional one game per day schedule (9 days), also 6-day slow Entries: USCF, ATTN: 2013 U.S.Women’s Open, PO Box 3967, Crossville,TN Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! time control option, and 4-day option requiring only 3 nights hotel stay 38557. Online entry: www.uschess.org/tournaments/2013/womens/. for most players. 9SS, 40/2, SD/1 d5 (4 day option, Rds. 1-6, G/60 d5). JUNE 14-16 OR 15-16, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN Phone entry: 800-903-8723. No cell phones. Bring a clock -- none sup- TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED) Madison Marriott West, 1313 John Q. Hammons Dr., Middleton, WI plied. Sets/boards supplied for tournament but not for skittles. Please 53562. HR: $99 single/quad, 888.745.2032, reserve by July 12 or rate SoCal Class Championship check the U.S. Open website often for updates, new information 6SS, 40/2 sd/1 d5 (2-day rds 1-3 G/60 d5). Hyatt, 17900 Jamboree Rd., may increase. $50,000 in prizes based on 500 paid entries, else propor- and corrections! www.uschess.org/tournaments/2013/womens/. tional, $40,000 (80% of each prize) minimum guaranteed. A one section Irvine, CA 92614. HR: $99. Prize: $12,000 b/197. Open (2000+ FIDE): tournament with Class prizes. Top US player not otherwise qualified Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! $2000-1000-400-200, u2300 300-100, u2100 100 A: $1000-500-200-100- qualifies for 2014 US Championship. Choice of three schedules: Tra- AUG. 9-10, PENNSYLVANIA 100 B: 1000-500-200-100-100 C: 1000-500-200-100-100 DE: 1000- ditional: 40/2, SD/1 d5. One round daily at 7 PM, except Rd. 9, 3 PM 8/4. 2013 U.S. Blind Chess Championship 500-200, u1200 300-100-100. Unr max 200 exc in Open. EF by 6/11: $99. 6-Day Option: 40/2, SD/1 d5. 7 PM 7/30, 12 NOON & 7 PM 7/31-8/2, USCF & U.S. Braille Chess Association (USBCA) are sponsoring this Onsite +25, Playup +25. re 45. Econ (unavail in Open): EF-20 & 2/3 calc 7 PM 8/3, 3 PM 8/4. 4-Day Option: Rds. 1-6: G/60 d5; then 40/2, SD/1 USCF National event. 4 SS or 4 RR (depends on # of players), G/135. Hol- prize. Rfnd fee 20. GMs/IMs free by 6/4: prize-EF. Jun 13 Supp, CCA min, d5. 12 NOON, 3 PM, 7 PM, 10 PM 8/1; 12 NOON, 3 PM, 7 PM 8/2; 7 PM iday Inn Express Hotel, 5311 Campbells R un Road (near airport), TD disc to place players. Sched: 3-day Reg F 10-10:30, Rds. F/Sa 11 5:40, 8/3; 3 PM 8/4. All schedules merge after Round 6 & compete for same Pittsburgh, PA 15277, (412) 788-8400. Free shuttle to/from airport. EF: Su 10 4:30; 2-day Reg. Sa 9-9:30, Rds. Sa 10 12:30 3 5:45, Su 10-4:30. prizes. Projected prizes:Top places $8000-4000-2000-1500-1000-700- Free. Reg.: Onsite - Thurs. Aug. 8: 6-8pm, Fri. Aug. 9: 9-9:30am. Rds.: Max two 0.5pt byes, req bef rd. 3. SCCF mem req for So Ca residents. 500-400, clear winner or playoff $200 bonus. If tie for first, top two on (tentative), Fri. Aug. 9: 10-4, Sat. Aug. 10: 9-3. Prize Fund: $1,400 GTD: Info: BayAreaChess.com/socal. E: ask@BayAreaChess. com. T: tiebreak play speed game (White 5 minutes, Black 3 minutes and gets 1st: $400, 2nd: $300, 3rd: $200, 4th: $100, $100-Best player U1400, $100- 408.786.5515. NS. NC. W. draw odds) for bonus and title. Class Prizes: Top Master (2200-2399) Class E (1000-1199), $100- Class F (800-999), $100- Best Unrated play- A Heritage Event! $2400-1200-600-300, Expert (2000-2199) $2400-1200-600-300, Class A ers. NOTE: All players must be classified as Legally Blind and bring Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! (1800- 1999) $2400-1200-600-300, Class B (1600-1799) $2400-1200- proof. You must also be a current member of the USCF for $18 a year. You JUNE 14-16, NEW HAMPSHIRE 600-300, Class C (1400-1599) $2000-1000-500-300, Class D (1200-1399) can join the USCF at the event! HR: $99 nite; code: USB. Contact: Rick TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) $1500-700-400-200, Class E or below (under 1200) $1200-600-400-200, Varchetto, [email protected]. Phone: (h) 304-636-4034, (c) 63rd New Hampshire Open Unrated $700-400-200. Special prizes for Life Titles: Top Life Senior 304-614-4034 or Joan DuBois, [email protected], (c) 931-200-3412. 5-SS, Rd. 1 40/100, SD/60 d5; Rds. 2-5 40/120, SD/60 d5. Comfort Inn, Master Under 2500: $600. Top Life Master, (or Original Life Master) Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! exit 4 (Queen City Bridge) off I-293, Manchester, NH. 603-668-2600. $$ Under 2300: $600. Top Candidate Master (or higher title) Under 2100: SEPT. 27-29 OR 28-29, TEXAS 2,100 Gtd. 3 sects. Open: $400-225-125, U2100 $200. NH Champion $500. Top First Category (or higher title) Under 1900: $500. Top Second TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED) title to top scoring NH resident. U1950: $180-120-80, U1800 $150. Category (or higher title) Under 1700: $500. Top Third Category (or 2013 U.S. Class Championship U1650: $180-120-80, U1450 $100, U1250 $80, U1050 $60. All: EF $50 higher) Under 1500: $400. Top Fourth Category (or higher) Under 1300: 5SS; $11,100 b/200 full-paid entries, 70% Guaranteed. Junior entries if recd. by 6/12, $55 at site. GMs, IMs free. Special $5 EF discount to play- $300. Life Titles must be established by July 1, 2013. Special life title prizes in Class C and D, all Class E, and Unrated Section count as 2/3. Master ers 18/under who are U1250 or Unr, or 65/over. Reg.: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Fri will be calculated and awarded August 23, 2013. Half-Point Byes: must Division (both schedules), G/90, 30-sec inc.; Others, G/120, d5 (2-Day 6/14 and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Sat. 6/15. Players entering Sat. receive 1/2 pt. commit before Round 4; up to 3 byes allowed for 2000/up, 2 byes for 1400- Option, Rd 1, G/90, d5); Free entry for GMs. Free entry for IMs, deducted bye for Rd. 1. Rds.: Fri. 7:00 p.m., Sat. 10-4:30, Sun. 9:30-4:00. NHCA 1999, one bye for Under 1400/Unr. Limit 1 bye in last two rounds. from winnings. September Rating Supplement used. Houston Marriott Zero-point byes are always available in any round if requested at least South at Hobby Airport, 9100 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77017. www.mar- two hours before the round(s) in question. Delay: All US Open events use riott.com/hotels/travel/houhh-houston-hobby-airport-marriott/ Free 5 sec. delay except the Blitz and Bughouse. Entry Fee: Online, $145 by parking! $87 HR! 713-943-7979, Group Code: CHESS. 8 Sections, Rated 6/16, $165 by 7/14, $185 after 7/14. By mail, $147 postmarked by players may play up one class only. MASTER (2200/up), FIDE Rated, USCF Membership Rates 6/16, $167 postmarked by 7/14, $187 after 7/14; do not mail after $1,250-650-400 (U2400: 400-200-100), EXPERT (2000-2199), $800-400- 7/21! By phone, $150 by 6/16, $170 by 7/14, $185 after. No phone 200, CLASS A (1800-1999), $800-400-200, CLASS B (1600-1799), Premium (P) and Regular (R) entries after 7/26 (close of business at the Office)! At site, all $190; GMs $800-400-200, CLASS C (1400-1599), $800-400-200, CLASS D (1200- (U.S., CANADA, MEXICO) free. All entries must be made at least 2 hours prior to your first game. 1399), $800-400-200, CLASS E (U1200), $400-200-100, Unrated, Current USCF membership required. July Rating Supplement used; unof- $300-100. National Class Champion title and plaques to each Class win- Type 1 yr 2yr 3yr ficial ratings used if otherwise unrated. CCA ratings used if above USCF. ner; Champions listed on USCF Yearbook. Tie-breaks: MSCO. EF: $75 Foreign player ratings: usually 100 points added to FIDE or FQE, 200+ postmarked or on line by 9/6, $85 after. Special EF: $45 by 9/6 ($55 after) Adult P $46 $84 $122 added to most foreign national ratings, no points added to CFC. Highest for all players in Class E, Unrated Section, and Juniors U18 in Class C or Adult R $40 $72 $104 of multiple ratings generally used. Entries: USCF, ATTN: 2013 U.S. Open, D. 3-Day Schedule: On-site registration Fri (9/27) 5-7pm. Rds. Fri 8pm, PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. Online entry: https://secure2. Sat 2pm & 6:30pm, Sun 9:30am & 2:30pm. 2-Day Schedule: Registra- Senior (65+) $40 $72 $104 uschess.org/webstore/tournament.php?wkevent=2013USOPEN. Phone tion Sat (9/28) 7:30-8:30am. Rds. Sat 9:30am, 2pm (merges with 3-Day Young Adult P (U25)* $33 $61 $88 entry: 800.903.8723. Not FIDE rated, No cell phones. Bring a clock — Schedule) & 6:30pm, Sun 9:30am & 2:30pm. Byes: Two max, all rounds, none supplied. Sets/boards supplied for tournament but not for skittles. must commit before end of Rd 2. SIDE EVENTS: 5-min BLITZ, Sat after Young Adult R (U25)* $26 $47 $67 Many meetings, workshops and seminars, including: USCF Committee Rd 3, $20 EF on site, 70% returned in prizes; 2 sections, Open and Youth P (U16)* $28 $51 $73 Meetings 7/31-8/2, USCF Awards Luncheon 8/3 NOON, USCF Del- U1800; USCF Blitz rated; SCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT, 5SS, G/30, d5, egates Meeting 8/3-4. Many side events and other championships, One day only, Sat 9/28, $20 by 9/6, $25 after. Sections: K-3, K-6, K-9, K- Youth R (U16)* $22 $40 $57 including: U.S. Open Blitz Championship 7SS Double, Rd 1 at 12 NOON 12. Registration Sat7:30-9am; First round at 10am, others ASAP; Prizes: Scholastic P (U13)* $24 $43 $61 8/3; Weekend Swiss 5SS G/60, 12-3 Sat 7/27, 10-12:30-3 Sun 7/28; Plaques to top 10 individuals and top 3 teams in each division, top four U.S. Open Scholastic (see separate TLA for the Scholastic event); U.S. players from one school count for team score, minimum of two. All Scholastic R (U13)* $17 $30 $42 Open Quads G/30 12-1:30-3 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri; U.S. Open G/15 Championship 12-1-2-3-4 Wed 7/31; U.S. Open Bughouse Sat. 7:30 Premium membership provides a printed copy pm 7/27. 16th Annual Golf Tournament for the U.S. Open Chess Play- of Chess Life (monthly) or Chess Life for Kids ers, (see tournament website for details). U.S. Open Tennis Tournament (bimonthly) plus all other benefits of regular (see tournament website for details). In addition, four other champion- WARNING! membership. 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Annual Meeting Sun. at 9:00 a.m. NHCA memb. req. for rated NH residents: otherwise unrated. Foreign players: Usually 100 points added to FIDE [email protected], on-line registration at www.castlechess.org. $8 adult, $6 junior 18/under. Bye: 1-4 with entry, limit 1. Unrated may play or foreign national ratings. No points added to CFC, PR, or Jamaica. Please Note: Bring sets, boards, clocks. None supplied. All parking at Emory is in any sect. but can’t win 1st except in Open. HR: $80-80, reserve early bring clocks, boards, and sets. Reg.: Advance: must be received by in either Fishburne or Peavine parking decks. No parking next to Cox Hall. and mention tnmt. Ent: NHCA, c/o Robert Messenger, 4 Hamlett Dr., Apt. 6/13. On Site: One hour before round. Accommodation: St. John’s Uni- Please allow time to walk from the deck to Cox Hall. NS. NC. W. 12, Nashua, NH 03062. Info: 603-891-2484 or bob.messen ger@myfair- versity Manhattan Campus. Private rooms, shared bathrooms: $70 single, Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! point.net. Cks. payable to NHCA. NS. W. $90 double (10% discount if reserved by May 15). Registration and room reservation, please contact: JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, NORTH CAROLINA Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10th St., New TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 JUNE 18, NEW YORK York, NY 10011. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. E-mail: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED) 2013 Statesville Open Marshall Masters! [email protected]. 5-SS, G/100 inc/30 (2-day Rd. 1 G/75 d5). RAMADA INN, I-77 Exit 49A, 4-SS, G/25 d5. Third Tuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 1215 Garner Bagnal Blvd., Statesville, NC 28677. $$ 4,300 b/o 90 paid NYC. 212-477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scor- JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, FLORIDA entries, min. 70% gtd. In 3 Sections: OPEN: $600-300-150-100, U2200 ing over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 event since the prior month’s TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) $200-100, U2000 $200-100. AMATEUR (Under 1800): $500-250-150-75, Masters). EF: $40, members $30, GMs free. $$G250-150-100. Prizes to 6th Summer Solstice Open U1600 $200-100. BOOSTER (Under 1400): $500-250-150-75, U1200 U2400, U2300 and biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15- 5SS, G/120 d5 (2-day Option Rd. 1 G/60 d5). La Quinta Inn and Suites, $150, U1000 $150. Unrated may win place prizes only. EF: $55 if received 9:30-10:45. One bye available (Rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry. www.mar 3701 N. University Dr., Coral Springs, FL 33065. $$5,800 b/165 paid and paid by 6/15, $65 afterward or at site. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri 6:00- shallchessclub.org. entries, 50% min. Gtd. Open: $800/Trophy-500-400, U2300 $300, U2200/ 7:00pm, Rds. Fri 7:30pm, Sat 1:30 & 7:30, Sun 9:30 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Unr. $200. FIDE. U2050: $500/Trophy-250-150. U1800: $500/Trophy-250- Reg. Sat 8:30-9:30am, Rds. Sat 10:00-1:30-7:30, Sun 9:30 & 150. U1550: $500/Trophy-250-150. U1250: $500/Trophy-250-150. U1000: 3:30. Re-entry $30, counts as half-entry toward prize fund. Double re-entry JUNE 19-23, 21-23 OR 22-23, NEW YORK Trophies for 1st to 4th places & 1st U850, Medals for all others. Unr. may not allowed. NCCA members receive $2 rebate at end of tournament if TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) 6th New York International enter Open, U1250 or U1000 only. EF: $69 by June 18, $10 more later and no early withdrawal. Byes: One half-point bye available any round, must Playing Site: St. John’s University, Manhattan Campus (in TRIBECA) on-site, GMs & IMs free ($69 deducted from prize). U1000 section $35 request before Round 2 starts, and is irrevocable after Round 2 begins. 101 Murray St., New York, NY 10007. In 5 sections: A) FIDE Norm Tour- by June 18, $5 more later and on-site. Re-entry cash prize sections $35. ENT: Register online at www.statesvillechess.com or mail to Mike nament, June 19-23: Open to all players rated 2200 or above (USCF or Reg.: ends 1/2 hr before 1st rd. Rds.: 3-Day 1st Rd. Fri. 7:30, 2-Day 1st Williams, 107 Grandview Dr., Statesville, NC 28677. INFO: statesville. FIDE) and special invitees. 9- SS, 40/90, SD/30, increment 30. $$12,500 Rd. Sat 10, Rds. 2-5 Sat. 1:15, 6:30, Sun. 9:30, 2:30. 2 1/2 pt. byes, if req’d [email protected]. HR: $59 flat rate up to 4 in room, ask for Chess rate, unconditionally guaranteed: $5000-2500-1500-1000, U2500 FIDE $1,000, before rd. 2. HR: $64.80 by Cut-off Date, Includes Free Breakfast & 704-878-9691. FREE raffle prizes and other extras! NS. NC. W. U2400 $1000, U2300 $500. EF: $375 in advance, $425 on site. Players with Internet, 954-753-9000. Ent: Boca Raton Chess Club, 2385 Executive Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Ctr. Dr., Ste. 100, Boca Raton, FL 33431. Online entry & add’l info: www. USCF ratings over 2200 with no FIDE rating: $325 advance/$375 at site, JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, OHIO Players with USCF ratings over 2200 and FIDE rating U2200: $275 in bocachess.com, 561-479-0351. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) advance/$325 at site. USA players with FIDE ratings over 2200: $225 in Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 2013 Columbus Open advance, $275 at site. USA IMs, USA WGMs, and Foreign FIDE rated play- JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, GEORGIA 5-SS, 30/90, SD/60 d5 (2-day schedule, rd. 1 G/90 d5), ALL PRIZES ers: $175 in advance/$225 at site. GMs, foreign IMs, and foreign WGMs TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED. 3 sections: Open, open to all. G free; no money deducted from prize fund. All $25 less for Marshall Chess 2013 Castle Chess Grand Prix $1200, 800, 500, 400, 300; U2000, $500, 300; Premier, open to Club Members. Rds.: 6/19: 7 pm 6/19-23: 11 am & 5 pm. Byes: Limit 2, 5-SS, G/120 d5 (2 day schedule, rd 1 G/90 d5). Cox Hall, Emory Univer- 1799/below: $500, 300; U1600: $500, 300; Reserve, open to 1399/below: must commit before round 3; limit 1 bye rounds 8-9. FIDE IM/GM norms sity, 569 Asbury Cir., Atlanta, GA 30322. $12,000 G! Seven sections: $500, 300; U1200: $500, 300. All EF: $85 if rec’d by 6/16/2013. $95 at possible, must play all rounds. Last year 2 GM and 3 IM norms were Master: $2,100-1250-750-450; U2400: $800-500; Expert: $750-425- site. Free to Sr. Master/above who complete their schedule. ($85 EF achieved! FIDE Rating used for pairings. Prizes for all sections other than 225; Class A: $675-375-200; Class B: $575-350-175; Class C: $500- deducted from winnings.) 3-day schedule: Reg. Ends Fri. 6:30 p.m., Rds: Top section based on 175 entries (U1300 count as 1/2 entries) B) U2200: 300-150; Class D: $400-250-150; U1200: $350-200-100. Official June rat- Fri. 7 p.m.; Sat. 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 9:30 a.m., 3 p.m. 2-day schedule: $1,500-800-500-200, Top U2100 $500, Top U2000 $500. FIDE rated, USCF ings used. Unofficial ratings used if otherwise unrated. Rated players may Reg. Ends Sat. 9:30 a.m. Rd. 1 at 10 a.m., then merges with 3-day sched- ratings used for pairings and prizes. C) U1900: $1,500-800-500-200, Top play up one section. First prize every section paid on-site. All other ule. Re-entry: $20. Any player who loses Fri. night may re-enter for $20 U1800 $500, Top U1700 $500. D) U1600: $1,500-800-500-200, Top U1500 prizes mailed by July 1. EF: $79 if received by 6/19. $100 later or at site. and loss will not count in tournament standings! One 1/2-pt. Bye avail- $500, Top U1400 $500. E) U1300: $1,000-400-200, Top U1200 $200, Top Free to GM, IM or USCF 2400. Unrated Players: $50; Unrated may enter able in Rds. 1-4 (request required prior to Rd. 1). Unrated players may U1100 $200, Trophies to Top U1000, U900, U800, unrated. Sections B)- any section, except Master. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $ play in any section. $25 upset prize each section. HOTELS: HOLIDAY INN E): 6-SS, 30/90, SD/60 d5. EF: $129 if received by 6/13 (mail check or 200 in D, $250 in C, $300 in B, $350 in A, or $400 in Expert. Balance of DOWNTOWN CAPITAL SQUARE, 175 E. TOWN ST., COLUMBUS, 43215. online), $149 if received after 6/13 or at site (credit or cash only). U1300 any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. 3 day schedule: Reg.: 6:30- (614)221-3281. ROOM RATE: $109.00 plus tax (includes parking). Hotel $50 less! MCC members $25 ($10 in U1300) less. Reentry (counts 1/2) 7:30 pm on 6/21. Rds.: 8; 1:30-6:30; 9-1:30. 2 day schedule: Reg.: remodeled, with expanded playing space, skittles room, many amenities. $80 (U1300 $60). 2 schedules: 3-day: Rds: 6/21-23: 12 & 6 pm. 2-day 8:00-9:00 am on 6/22. Rd. 1 at 9:30 am, then merges with 3 day sched- Chess rate available through June 1st, code CCC. (note: there is a large (Rd.1-2 G/30 d5): Reg. ends Sat 9AM. Rds.: 6/22 9:30, 10:45am 12 & 6pm, ule. Half point bye rounds 1-4. Limit 2. Must commit before playing first convention in Columbus this weekend; rooms scarce.) Alternative hotel: 6/23: 12 & 6pm. Byes: Limit 2, commit before rd.2. USCF June rating used game. No changes. Ent: 5025 Antebellum Dr., Stone Mtn., GA 30087. Make The German Village Inn, one mile from playing site, 920 S. High St., (614) (unless FIDE or foreign rating is higher), unofficial USCF rating used if check payable to: Castle Chess Inc.Info: Scott Parker, 770-939-5030, tour- 443-6506, $59.00 plus tax. Free parking: Bd. of Ed. Lot between 5th and

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6th St., on Capital St., 5 min. walk from site. ENT: C/O Lou Friscoe, 1645 9:30am Saturday, must enter before Rd 2 pairings are prepared to be prize Last Friday of every month. 9-SS, G/5d0. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., Glenn Ave., Columbus, OH 43212. Inquires: (614) 486-6856 or (614) 228- eligible. One 1/2 point bye in Rds 1-4 only, accelerated pairings may be NYC. 212-477-3716. $$Gtd 500: $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000, 8111. Entry forms available at our website: www.centralchessclub.com. used. HR: $65 plus tax (1-4 occupants), including breakfast buffet & air- U1800: $50 each, EF: $30, members $20. Blitz-rated, but the higher of port shuttle; reserve by 6/17 for chess rate; no outside food or drinks. regular, quick or blitz used for pairings & prizes. FIDE Blitz Rated! Reg. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! OCA Annual Membership Meeting & Election Sunday 8am; Voting Eli- ends 6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10-8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10 pm. Three JUNE 22, ALABAMA gibility: Must be 16, Oklahoma resident and either OCA member 10 byes available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 business days prior to 6/22 or play in Oklahoma Open by 2nd round. Con- Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Montgomery Open tact: Chuck Unruh, PO Box 340, Collinsville, OK 74021, 918-371-2978 or 4SS, TC: G/75 d5. Frazer UMC, 6000 Atlanta Hwy., Montgomery, AL 800-460-2794, [email protected]. More info: www.ochess.org. JUNE 29, OHIO 36117. Open (PF: $800; $$b/20): 1st $275, 2nd $175, 3rd $150, A $100, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 B $100; Reserve (PF: $575; $$b/15): 1st $200, 2nd $125, 3rd $100, D JUNE 27, NEW YORK Summer PAWN STORM XVI $75, E $75. EF: $40; Rds.: 9- 11:30-2:30-5. Scholastic: Knight (K-8; TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) 4SS tmt, G/60 d10, at Dayton Chess Club, 18 West 5th St., Dayton, OH U1200); Novice (K-6; NR): EF: $20, if mailed by JUN14th. Trophy:Top 3 Marshall Thursday Game 30 SUPER Grand Prix! 45402. EF: $28 to 22 June then $38. Mail to address above or register Individual, Medals 4th–6th. Late REG.: JUN 22nd at 8AM. Rds.: 9- 10- 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $45, online at www.DaytonChessClub.com. EF refunded to players 2200 or 11-12:30-1:30-2:30. Checks payable to: Caesar Chess. ENT: Caesar members $30, GMs free (no deduction from prize!). $$1,500 guaranteed! higher who complete games. GTD Prizes: Open $250-151, U1900 $150, Chess LLC, 5184 Caldwell Mill Road, Suite 204 - 202, Birmingham, AL 35244. Sections: A) Open: $$400-200-150-100, U2400 $150. B) Under 2200: U1600 $149. Reg.: 10-10:45. Rds.: 11-1:45-4:30-7. DCC mbrs $3 discount. Info: [email protected]; www.AlabamaChess.com; www.Cae $250-150, U2000 $100. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! sarChess.com. bye available, request at entry. Please bring clocks if possible. www.mar- JUNE 29-30, VIRGINIA shallchessclub.org Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) JUNE 22-23, TEXAS Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! World Open Warmup TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) JUNE 27-JULY 1, VIRGINIA 5SS, G/90 d10. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington (see World Open). 2013 DCC Fide Open VI TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) $$G 200-100, U2000 $110, U1600/Unr $90. EF: $40, at site only, no 5SS, G/90 with 30 sec inc. Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. #C, DC International checks. Reg. ends 9:30 am 6/29, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 2. One half Richardson, TX 75080. Two sections: Open and Reserve. Open Section: 9SS, 40/90, SD/30, 30 seconds increment. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 point bye allowed if U1600 or unrated, otherwise two byes allowed, $$875G. This section is FIDE rated but uses USCF Rules. $500-$250-$125. Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202 (free shuttle from Reagan must commit before rd 2. EF: $75, Senior/Hcap/Additional Family Member $50, plus $10 non-DCC National Airport; see World Open for rates & parking info). $$G 8000: Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! membership fee if applicable. Small appearance fee to the First three $2000-1200-800-700-600-500-400-300, top FIDE under 2300 or unrated JUNE 29-30, TEXAS GM/IM who apply. GM/IM must play all rounds to get appearance fee. $1000-500. Minimum prize $700 to foreign GMs who complete all games TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Reserve section: Open to players rated below 1800 USCF. This section with no byes (limited to first 5 foreign GMs to enter). Minimum prize $300 San Antonio City Championship is not Fide Rated but is USCF rated. Reserve: Open to USCF U1800. EF: to foreign IMs who complete all games with no byes (limited to first 5 for- Hornbeak Bldg, 3rd, Flr., 4450 Medical Dr., 78259. 5SS, Rds. 1 and 2 G/90 $30 plus $5 non Dallas Chess Club membership fee if applicable. The eign IMs to enter) IM & GM norms possible; FIDE rated. EF: GMs, IMs, d5, Rds. 3-5 G/120 d5, $$ ( 1075 b/40, 2/3 gtd. ) $300-150,U2200 Reserve give back 10% in prizes and if there is a clear winner, then that WGMs free; $150 deducted from prize (no deduction from minimum $125, U2200 $125, U2000 $125, U1800 $125, U1600 $100, U1400 /unr winner receives free entry to next DCC Fide Open. Both: Registration: prize) Free advance entries must confirm entry 6/26 by email or 6/27 at ea. $75.00 EF: $45 if rc’d by 6/23, $50 at site. Trophy to top Bexar County 9:45-10:15 am. Rds.: Sat 10:45-3:10-7:16, Sun 10:45-3:10. One Bye hotel. Foreign FIDE rated players: $127 online by 6/25, $150 online or City Resident. Option play for 1/2 prizes: $23 by 6/26, $28 later and at allowed if requested before rd 2, withdrawals and zero point last round at site until 10 am 6/27. USA players FIDE rated 2200/up: $235 mailed site: EF: JrU19 entry $20 if rcv’d by 6/23 or $25 at site. Option play and byes are not eligible for prizes. Ent: Dallas Chess Club, see address above. by 6/18, $227 online by 6/25, $250 online or at site until 10 am 6/27.Oth- U19 (Junior ) entries count 2/3 toward “based on”. Reg.: 8:30-9:30 am. Info: 214-632-9000, [email protected]. NS. NC. FIDE. ers: $325 mailed by 6/18, $327 online by 6/23, $350 at tmt. All: No checks Rds.: 10-2-6;9-2. Half pt. bye any 1 rd, notice before Rd2 is paired, Swap A Heritage Event! at site, credit cards OK. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine: see and shop used books, equip.: 8:30 -9:30 am. Entries: SACC , PO BOX World Open. Schedule: Late reg. ends Thu 10 am, rds Thu through Sun Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 690576, San Antonio, TX 78269-0576, Info: sanantoniochess.com, 210- A State Championship Event! 11 & 6, Mon 11. Two half point byes available (must commit before rd 2); 384-4797, [email protected]. NS. NC. W. norm not possible if taking bye. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- JUNE 22-23, OKLAHOMA none supplied. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 JUNE 29-30, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN 68th Oklahoma Open State Championship Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us. Advance entries posted at TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 5SS, Rds. 1-2 G/90 d5, Rds. 3-5 G/2 d5. $1450 Guaranteed. La Quinta LACC - June Open chessaction.com. Invitations: GoAtChess.us. Use @ symbol instead of Inn OKC Airport Hotel, 800 S. Meridian (I-40 at Meridian), Oklahoma City, (Sponsored by Harold C. Valery, Inc.) 6SS, G/61 d0. 11514 Santa Mon- “At” in email addresses. 405-942-0040. 3 Sections: Open G$$ 500-300-200; Reserve (U1800) ica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. 2 sections: U2300/U1800 EF: $70 at the door G$$ 200-150-100; Booster (U1400) $$ b/entries; Plaques & USCF rec- JUNE 28, NEW YORK ($65 if notified by 6/28); $60 LACC members ($55 if notified by 6/28); Sib- ognized State Championship titles for OK resident section winners. EF: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) lings 1/2, $30 new LACC members, Free new LACC Life members! Reg.: $45 if rec’d by 6/18, otherwise $50, OCA membership included. Reg.: 8:30- Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz! (BLZ) Sat 10-11:30 am. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Byes: Up to three 1/2-point

6th annual Chicago Class July 19-21 or 20-21, 2013 - Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel $20,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND!

5 rounds, Westin Chicago North Unrated prize limits: $125 in 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave, U1000, $250 E, $375 D, $500 C, $700 B, rds. Fri 7, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Wheeling IL 60090. Free parking. $900 A. Balance to next player(s) in line. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am, In 8 sections; no unrateds in Master Rated players may play up one rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6; Sun. 10 & 3:30. or Expert. No residence requirements. section. Unrated may enter A or below. Half point byes OK all, Master must An Illinois Chess Tour event. commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. Master Section 40/110, SD/30, d10, Top 7 sections entry fee: $105 at Other sections 30/90, SD/1, d5. 2-day chessaction.com by 7/17, $110 phoned to All: No smoking. Bring clocks, sets, option in all sections, rds 1-2 G/90, d5. 406-896-2038 by 7/17, 3-day $108, 2-day boards if possible-none supplied. JGP. $107 mailed by 7/11, all $120 at site, or Hotel rates: $105-105-105-105, Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-500- online until 2 hours before first game. 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 300, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100 Under 1000 section entry fee: all July 5 or rate may increase. bonus, top U2400 $800-400. FIDE rated, $70 less than above. 120 Grand Prix Points (enhanced). Re-entry (except Master): $50. Unofficial uschess.org ratings Expert (2000-2199): $1400-700- All: No checks at site, credit cards usually used if otherwise unrated. 400-200. OK. Online or mailed EF $5 less to ICA Entry: chessaction.com or A (1800-1999): $1400-700-400-200. members; join/renew at il-chess.org. Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham B (1600-1799): $1400-700-400-200. Special 1 yr USCF dues with paper NY 10803. $15 service charge for C (1400-1599): $1200-600-400-200. magazine if paid with entry. Online at refunds. Questions: Director@Chess. D (1200-1399): $1000-500-300-200. chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young US, chesstour.com, 347-201-2269. E(Under 1200):$1000-500-300-200. Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mail, phone Advance entries posted at Under 1000: $200-100-60-40, or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, chessaction.com (online entries posted trophies to top 5, U800, U600, Unrated. Scholastic $20. USCF memb. required. instantly).

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byes available. 1-Day option I: Play 1 day- no 1/2 pt byes- 1/2 EF. 1-Day 3 lifetime games rated) cannot win over $300 in U900, $800 U1200, rds. Sat 9, 12, 3 & 6:30, Sun 10 & 4:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit option II: Play 1 day & receive three 1/2 pt byes- F ull EF. Prizes: $$ 1,500 $1200 U1400, $1600 U1600, $2000 U1800, or $2500 U2000. 4) Balance 2, must commit before rd 4. SCCF membership ($18, $13 jrs [or $3 no (b/45, 50% Guaranteed). 1st-3rd $400-200-100 U2000: $125. U1800: $200- of any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Entry fee for Open magazine jr version] required for rated Southern Californians.) HR: 100; U1600: $100–50-$25; U1400: $100-50; U1200/unrated: $50. Ent: through Under 1400: Online at chessaction.com: $318 by 4/15, $328 $99-99, 1-(800) 333-3333, code Metropolitan, reserve by May 10th. Park- LACC, Box 251774, LA, CA 90025. Info: Mick Bighamian: Cell (310) 795- by 6/28, $350 until 2 hours before first game. Phoned to 406-896-2038: ing $11/day. Free wireless in public areas, 24-hour airport shuttle. Info: 5710; [email protected] or www.LAChessClub.com. Parking: $325 by 4/15, $335 by 6/28. Mailed by 4/15: 5-day $325, 4-day $324, [email protected]. Website, Online entry: www.metrochessla.com Free on streets & basement. 3-day $323, 7-day $327, 2-weekend $322. Mailed by 6/18: 5-day $335, Ent: Metropolitan Chess, PO Box 25112, Los Angeles, CA 90025-0112. $15 4-day $334, 3-day $333, 7-day $337, 2-weekend $332. Do not mail entry service charge for refunds. JULY 3, VIRGINIA after 6/18. At site until 1 hour before first game: all $350; no checks, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! credit cards OK. GMs free; $200 deducted from prize. IMs, WGMs: EF World Open 7-Minute Championship (BLZ) JULY 5-7 OR 6-7, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN 5-SS, double round (10 games), G/7 d2. Hyatt Regency Crystal City (see $100 less, $100 deducted from prize. All Open Section EF $100 more for TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 World Open). Prizes $1200 based on 40 entries, else in proportion except US players not FIDE rated 2200 or over. Under 1200 Section EF: all $100 2013 Sacramento Chess Championship half each prize guaranteed. $300-200-100, U2100 $160-80, U1800 $130- less than above. Under 900 Section EF: $48 online at chessaction.com 6SS. RATING: Full-K. SITE: Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 2224 Auburn 70, U1500/Unr $110-50. EF: $40, at site only, no checks. Reg. ends by 6/28, $52 mailed by 6/18, $60 online until 9 am 7/5, $60 at site until Blvd., Sacramento, CA. ON-SITE REGISTRATION: 7/5 – 8:30 am - 9:45 10:30 am, rds. 11, 12, 1, 2, 3. One pair of 1/2 pt byes available, must com- 10 am 7/5. Seniors 65/up: all EF $100 less in U1400 or above sections, am; 7/6 – 8:00 am - 8:45 am. ROUNDS: 3-day: 7/5 – 10 & 3:30, 7/6 – mit before rd 2. Blitz or Quick rated (will not affect regular ratings), but $20 less in U1200 Section. No checks at site; credit cards OK. Re- 10:30 & 4, 7/7 – 10 & 3:30. 2-day: 7/6 – 9, 11:15, 1:30, & 4, 7/7 – 10 highest of regular, quick or blitz used for pairings & prizes. entry: $160, no re-entry from Open to Open. $20 fee for switching & 3:30 TIME CONTROLS: 3-day: 30/75 G/45 30 second increment. 2- section after 7/2. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with day: Rounds 1-3, G/50 15 second increment, Rounds 4-6, 30/75 G/45 30 An American Classic! entry: Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholas- A Heritage Event! second increment. SECTIONS: Master/Expert (above 1999), Reserve tic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, (1600-1999), Amateur (U1600) ENTRY FEES: $70 postmarked by 7/1. $80 Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Scholastic $20. Open to U1200 5-day schedule: Wed 7 pm, Thu 11 am JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, VIRGINIA after 7/1. IMs/GMs free. Entrants may play up one section for $10. $5 & 6 pm, Fri 11 am & 6 pm, Sat 11 am & 6 pm, Sun 10 am & 5 pm. U2400 discount to CalChess members (excluding reentries). Reentry after round TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 300 (ENHANCED) to U1200 4-day schedule:Thu 11, 2:30 & 6, Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 41st Annual World Open 2 of the 3-day schedule: $40. PRIZES: Master/Expert 1st Place $550 & 10 & 5. U2400 to U1200 3-day schedule: Fri 11, 1:30, 3:30, 6 & 8:30, trophy, 2nd Place $375, 3rd Place $275. 1st Place Reserve & Amateur $425 NOTE NEW OPEN TIME CONTROL AND TWO WEEKEND SCHEDULE. 9SS. Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5. Open 7-day schedule: Mon-Wed 7 pm, Thu-Fri Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA & trophy. Prize fund of $4,115 based on 90 full paid entries (with 75 full 6 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5. Open to U2200 2-weekend schedule: paid entries, the prize fund will be $3,225). HOTEL: Holiday Inn Express 22202 (a few miles from Washington, DC). Free shuttle from Reagan 6/29 11 & 6, 6/30 10 & 4:30, 7/5 6 pm, 7/6 11 & 6, 7/7 10 & 5. All above National Airport, special chess rate for hotel valet parking $6/day, park- & Suites, $89 per night, available until 6/22, (916) 923-1100 or 1-888-465- schedules merge & compete for same prizes. Under 900 schedule: Fri ing about $7-10/day nearby if hotel garage is full. In 9 sections. $250,000 4329, online at www.hiexpress.com/sacramentone, group code SCC. & Sat each 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Sun 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm. Half point byes projected prizes based on 1180 paid ent ADVANCE ENTRIES & INFO: John McCumiskey (TD), e-mail: sac- ries, $175,000 (70% of each prize) OK all, limit 4 (limit 2 in last 4 rds), Open must commit before rd 2, oth- minimum guaranteed. GMs, re-entries count as 50% entries, IMs, WGMs, [email protected]; phone: (916) 524-9479. Checks payable to ers before rd 5. Entries, re-entries close 1 hour before your first game. Sacramento Chess Club and mailed to 6700 50th St., Sacramento, CA Under 1200, Seniors in U1400/over as 60% entries, U900 as 15% entries. HR: $95-95-105-115, 703-418-1234, ask for chess rate, may sell out Free analysis of your games by GM Sam Palatnik 7/3-7; free GM lectures 95823-1306. Full flyer and advance entries: http://sacramentochessclub. about May 31, two night minimum July 5-6. Special car rental rates: Avis, 9 am 7/5 & 7/6. Open Section, July 3-7, 1-7 or June 29-July 7: org under Weekend Events. OTHER INFO: No Smoking, No Computers, 800-331-1600, AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour. 40/90, SD/30, inc. 30. Under 2400 & Under 2200 Sections, July 3-7, Wheelchair Access. 07/13 rating list only. Please bring clocks and equip- com. US player ratings: Official July ratings used, except Open Section. 4-7, 5-7 or June 29-July 7:40/1 ment. 1/2 point byes available in any round and must be requested 15, SD/1 d5 (4-day option, rds. 1-2 G/75 Unofficial uschess.org usually used if otherwise unrated. Foreign player Under 2000 to Under 1200 Sec- before the completion of the previous round. Maximum two 1/2 point byes d5; 3-day option, rds. 1-5 G/45 d5). ratings (except Open Section): see www.chesstour.com/foreignratings. tions, July 3-7, 4-7 or 5-7: per entry. 1/2 point byes for rounds 5 & 6 must be requested prior to round 40/115, SD/1 d5 (4-day option, rds. 1-2 G/75 htm. Open Section: June FIDE ratings used for all players. Special rules: d5, 3-day option, rds. 1-5 G/45 d5.) Under 900 Section, July 5-7: G/65 1 and may not be changed. Players must submit to a search for electronic devices if requested by d5. Open: $20000-10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-700-600-500, clear Director. In round 3 or after, players with scores of 80% or over and their Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! winner bonus $300, top FIDE U2500 $2000-1000, top senior 65/over opponents may not use headphones, earphones, cellphones or go to a JULY 6, MISSOURI $1000. If tie for first, top 2 on tiebreak play speed game 11:30 pm 7/7 different floor of the hotel without Director permission. Ent: Continen- TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Under for title & bonus prize. GM & IM norms possible. FIDE rated. tal Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: www.chesstour. Saint Louis Premier & Amateur 2400/Unr: 4-SS, G/85 d5. Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, 4657 $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. $15 service charge for refunds. U2300/Unr $2000-1000, top senior 65/over $800. FIDE rated. Under Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108. Free entries for GMs and IMs. EF: Advance entries will be posted at chessaction.com. Bring set, board, 2200/Unr: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top $25, $20 for annual members of the club if registered by 7/5. PF: $805 clock if possible- none supplied. U2100 (no unr) $2000-1000, top senior 65/over $800. FIDE rated. Under Unconditionally Guaranteed!! Premier: $150-$125-$100-$75-$50 (1st-5th). 2000/Unr: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Amateur: $100-$75-$60-$40-$30. Winner of each Section qualifies for U1900 (no unr) $2000-1000, top senior 65/over $800. Under 1800/Unr: JULY 5-7 OR 6-7, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN 2014 Club Championship. Reg.: 8-8:45. Rds.: 9, 12:15, 3:45, 7. One 1/2 $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top U1700 (no unr) TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 point bye if declared before round 2. MCA Membership required from $5. $2000-1000, top senior 65/over $800. Under 1600/Unr: $11000-6000- SCCF Pacific Southwest Open OSA. Ent: 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108, or online at saint- 3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top 1500 (no unr) $2000-1000, top 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 d5 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/75 d5). Radisson LAX, 6225 louischessclub.org. Info: 314-361-CHESS, [email protected]. senior 65/over $800. Under 1400/Unr: $8000-4000-2000-1200-1000-900- West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Prizes: $$10,000 b/165, 80% JULY 6, VIRGINIA 800-700-600-500, top U1300 (no unr) $1600-800, top senior 65/over of each prize guaranteed! 5 sections. Open: $$1700-750-400-300-200, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) $800. Under 1200/Unr: $5000-2500-1200-1000-900-800-700-600-500- U2400 400, U2200 700-300-200. Premier (under 2000): $$750-300-200- World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) 400, top U1000 (no Unr) $1200-600, top senior 65/over $600. Under 100. Amateur (Under 1800): $$750-300- 200-100. Reserve (Under 5SS, G/10 d2. Hyatt Regency Crystal City (see World Open). Prizes $2000 900/Unr: $1000-700-500-400-300-300-300, trophies to first 10, top U700, 1600): $$750-300-200-100. Booster (Under 1400/unrated): $$400-200- based on 65 entries, else in proportion except half each prize guaranteed. U500, U300, Unrated. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 10 lifetime games 100, U1200 150, Unr 150. (Unrated may win Unrated prizes only.) EF: $99 In 2 sections. Open Section: $400-200-100, top U2300/Unr $220, played as of 7/13 official list may not win over $500 in U900, $1500 in by 05/20, $105 by 06/20 $109 at door. GM/IM free, $99 from prize. U2100/Unr $200. Under 1900 Section: $280-140-70, top U1700/Unr U1200, $2500 in U1400 or U1600. Games rated too late for 7/13 list not Booster (U1400) section EF: $80 by 05/20, $87 by 06/20, $95 door. Re- $160, U1500 $130, U1300 $100, no unrated may win over $150. EF: $40, counted. 2) If any post-event rating posted 6/30/12-6/30/13 was more entry $60 in all sections. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 10 am, rds. Fri 11 at site only, no checks. Reg: 7-10:15 pm, rounds 10:30, 11:10, 11:50, 12:30, than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $2000. 3) Unrated (0- & 6, Sat 11 & 6:30, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 8:30 am, 1:10. 1 half point bye available, must commit before rd 2. Quick-rated (will not affect regular ratings), but higher of regular or quick used for pair- ings & prizes. JULY 6, NEW HAMPSHIRE TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Nashua Blitz (BLZ) 5 Rd. DBLSS, GAME/5 d0. Radisson Hotel Nashua, 11 Tara Blvd., Nashua, NH 03062. EF: $20 for players in any Nashua Open section, $25 other- 2013 BRADLEY OPEN wise. $$GTD: $200-100. U2000 $100, U1600 $100. Reg.: 8:00-8:45 PM. Rds.: Round 1 9 PM then ASAP. ENT: Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. July 19-21 or 20-21, Windsor Locks CT #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea, [email protected]. www.relyeachess.com. NS. W. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! $8,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES JULY 6-7, NEW HAMPSHIRE TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) 5 rounds, Sheraton Hotel (visible at Bradley Airport entrance), Nashua Open Radisson Hotel Nashua, 11 Tara Blvd., Nashua, NH 03062. In 3 Sections, Windsor Locks, CT. Free parking & airport shuttle. Choice of 3-day or 2-day. Open: 4SS, 40/90, SD/30 + 30 sec. increment, analog clocks play 40/ 90, SD/60, Chronos use setting CH-P6, FIDE rated. $$GTD: $500-250- 100. Room rates $95 single or twin. In 5 sections (lower EF in U1210): U2300 $150, U2100 $150. U1900: 4SS, 40/90, SD/30 + 30 sec. incre- Open Section: Prizes $1000-500-300, top Under 2310 $300-150. 50 ment, analog clocks play 40/90, SD/60, Chronos use setting CH-P6, Open to 1899 & under. $$GTD: $400-200. U1750 $100. U1600: 4SS, Grand Prix Points (enhanced). 40/90, SD/30 + 30 sec. increment, analog clocks play 40/90, SD/60, Chronos use setting CH-P6, Open to 1599 & under. $$GTD: $300-150. U2110 Section: $800-400-200, top Under 1910 $300-150. U1300 $100. ALL: EF: $50 Postmarked by 28 June, $55 at site. Reg.: 9: U1810 Section: $800-400-200, top Under 1610 $300-150. 00-9:45. Rds.: 10-4, 10-4. One half point bye rounds 1-3. ENT: Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea U1510 Section: $700-400-200, top Under 1310 $200-100. [email protected]. HR: $89 by 13 June. Mention Relyea Chess. U1210 Section: $250-125-75, trophy to first 3, top U1000, U800, (603) 579-3256. www.relyeachess.com. NS. W. A Heritage Event! U600, Unrated. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Unrated limit $150 in U1210, $300 U1510, or $500 U1810. JULY 6-7, WISCONSIN TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 37th Annual Green Bay Open FOR FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue. 5SS, 40/100, 30/1, SD/30 d5. Radisson Hotel, 2040 Airport Dr., Green Bay, WI 54313. EF: $44, Juniors under 19 $39, if rec’d by 7/3, entries paid after 7/3 including phone & email are $11 more! $$ (Top 2 Gtd. 5 per class) $1690 Cash + 6 trophies! 1st $400 + trophy; 2nd $220, X $115; 1900’s & 1800’s $115 each; 1700’s & 1600’s $110 each; 1500’s & 1400’s $105

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each; 1300’s & 1200’s $100 each; Under 1200/Unrated $95. Trophies to from any prize). $$625 b/30: (1st Place Guaranteed) 200-120-80, 4-SS, G/25 d5. Third Tuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., top Juniors ages 17-18, 15-16, 13-14, 11-12, 10 & under. Reg.: 8:45- U1800, U1600, U1400 $75 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10, 1, 3:30, 6. Info & NYC. 212-477-3716. Open to players rated over 2000 (plus all players scor- 9:25am. Rds.: 10-2:30-7:30; 10-3:30. HR: $79/$79/$89/$99 call directions: (407) 629-6946, centralflchess.org. ing over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 event since the prior month’s EF: $$ 920-494-7300 mention chess tournament. Room block held to 6/19. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Masters). $40, members $30, GMs free. G250-150-100. Prizes to Other Info: 1/2 bye avail. rds 1, 2 or 3 if req’d w/entry. WCA Tour Event. U2400, U2300 and biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15- Entries & Inquiries to: Luke Ludwig, 2191 Allouez Ave., Green Bay, WI JULY 13-14 OR 14, NEW YORK 9:30-10:45. One bye available (Rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) 54311. 920-465-9859, e-mail: [email protected]. NS. NC. W. Marshall July Open GP www.marshallchessclub.org. JULY 7, NEW JERSEY 4-SS, 30/85 d5 SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 EF: $50, members $30. $$625 gtd: $275-150, U2200 $105, U2000 $95. Reg JULY 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN Fourth of July Open ends 15 min before Rd. 2 schedules: 2 day 12:30-5:30 each day. 1 day TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) 5 Round Swiss System, Game 55 d5. Sections and Prizes (b50): Prizes: 10-11:15-12:30-5:30 (Rds. 1-2 G/25 d5). Limit 2 byes, request at entry. 18th annual Pacific Coast Open $2,500 (Open section 100% guaranteed. Lower sections 75% Guaranteed): FIDE rated! NO REENTRY. www.marshallchessclub.org. 6SS. Sheraton Agoura Hills Hotel, 30100 Agoura Rd., Agoura Hills, CA Open: $500-300-200 $150 to Top U2100; U1900: 250-150-100 $100 to Top Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 91301 (US-101 to Reyes Adobe Road exit). Adjacent to the Santa Monica U1700; U1500: $200-150-100 $100 to Top U1300; U1000 (K - 8): Trophies Mountains, 26 miles west of Burbank, 12 miles from Malibu, 28 miles from to the Top four players. Biggest Upset: $50 in each of the top 3 sections. JULY 13-14, TEXAS TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED) Ventura. Free parking. Prizes $25,000 based on 230 paid entries (re- Round Times: 10 AM, 12:30PM, 2:30PM, 4:30PM, 7:00PM. Byes: 1/2 2013 DCC Fide Open VII entries & U1200 Sections count half), minimum $20,000 (80% each prize) Entry Fees: point byes allowed for every round if requested in advance. 5SS, G/90 with 30 sec inc. Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. #C, guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open 3-day & 4-day 40/110, SD/30 d10, other $50 online by 7/2, $60 on site. GM's/IM's/WGM's/WIM's free; $60 from Richardson, TX 75080. Two sections: Open and Reserve. Open Section: sections 3-day & 4-day 30/90, SD/1 d5. 2-day option in all sections, rds prize. U1000: $20 online 7/2, $30 on site. Reg.: http://fourthofjulyopen. 1-3 G/45 d5, then merges with others. 4-day option offered only in Open eventbrite.com. Contact: [email protected] (703) 989-6867. $$875G. This section is FIDE rated and used Fide rule. Contact us or USCF about registering for Fide before the event starts. $500-$250-$125. EF: through Under 1500. Open: $3000-1500-700-400, clear or tiebreak win Location:Wyndham Hotel 1111 Route 73, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054. Get- $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1400-700. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000- ting there: Next to NJ Turnpike exit 4, I-295 exit. $75, Senior/Hcap/Additional Family Member $50, plus $10 non-DCC membership fee if applicable. Small appearance fee to the First three 500-300. Under 1900: $2000-1000-500-300. Under 1700: $1700-900-500- JULY 7, VIRGINIA GM/IM who apply. GM/IM must play all rounds to get appearance fee. 300. Under 1500: $1400-700-400-200, top U1300 (no Unr) $400. Adult TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) Reserve section: Open to players rated below 1800 USCF. This section Under 1200 (born 1995/before):$500-300-200-100, trophies to first 3, World Open Blitz Championship (BLZ) is not Fide Rated but is USCF rated. Reserve: Open to USCF U1800. EF: top U1000, U800, Unr. Junior Under 1200 (born 1996/after): $500- 5SS, G/5 d0 (double round, 10 games). Hyatt Regency Crystal City (see $30 plus $5 non Dallas Chess Club membership fee if applicable. The 300-200-100, trophies to first 3, top U1000, U800, Unr. NEW mixed World Open). $2500 guaranteed prizes. In 2 sections: Open Section: $500- Reserve give back 10% in prizes and if there is a clear winner, then that doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined 300-200, top U2400 $220, U2200/Unr $200. Under 2000 Section: winner receives free entry to next DCC Fide Open. Both: Registration: score among all sections: $600-300. Team average rating must be under $300-150-80, top U1800/Unr $180, U1600 $160, U1400 $130, U1200 9:45-10:15 am. Rds.: Sat 10:45-3:10-7:16, Sun 10:45-3:10. One Bye 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must register at $80, no unrated may win over $150. Entry fee: $40, at site only, no allowed if requested before rd 2, withdrawals and zero point last round site (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2; teammate pairings checks. Reg: 6-11 pm, rounds 11:15 pm, 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30. Bye: OK rd byes are not eligible for prizes. Ent: Dallas Chess Club, see address above. avoided but possible. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limit 1. Blitz or Quick-rated (will not affect regular ratings); prizes based on Info: 214-632-9000, [email protected]. NS. NC. FIDE. U1900 $900, U1700 $700, U1500 $500, U1200 $200; balance goes to next highest of regular, blitz or quick ratings. player(s) in line. Top 5 sections EF: $135 at chessaction.com by 7/16, Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! $140 phoned by 7/16 (406-896-2038, no questions), 4-day $139, 3-day JULY 8, 15, 22, NEW YORK JULY 13-14, VIRGINIA $138, 2-day $137 mailed by 7/9, $150 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 or online until 2 hours before game. GMs free; $120 deducted from 68th Nassau Action 23rd Annual Charlottesville Open prize. Under 1200 Sections EF: $65 at chessaction.com by 7/16, $70 9SS, G/25 d5 or G/30 d0. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & Main Sts., 5SS, G/90 d5. EF: $55 by 7/11, then $65. 2 Sections: Open & U1700. phoned by 7/16 (406-896-2038, no questions), 3-day Adult $68.50, 2-day Mineola. EF: $35 by 7/2, $42 at site, non-memb $9 more. $$ (660 b/22, Prizes: $2000 b/o 60. Open Section: Place prizes guaranteed. $$400, Adult $67.50, 3-day Junior $68, 2-day Junior $67 mailed by 7/9, all $80 top 2 G) 200-100, U2100, 1900, 1700, 1500, 1300/UR each 72. 4 byes 1- $$250, $$150 U2100 $150, U1900 $130; U1700 Section: $300, $200, $150 at site, or online until 2 hours before game. SCCF membership ($18, jrs 9. [email protected]. Reg to 7:15 PM. Rds.: 7:15-8:20-9:25 each U1500 $140, U1200 $130. Site & HR: Comfort Inn Monticello, 2097 Inn $10) required for rated Southern CA residents. Re-entry $70; not avail- Mon. Rule 14H not used. Ent: Harold Stenzel, 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY Dr., Charlottesville, VA 22911 (434) 977-3300) $99.95 + tax. Reg.: 11-11:40 able in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if 11782. am. Rds.: Sat. 12, 3:15, 7:15 Sun. 9:30, 1:15. Entries: Ernest Schlich, 1370 otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with Mbr: Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! S. Braden Cres., Norfolk, VA 23502. Checks to VCF. VCF rqd. for VA entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic residents $10, $5 under age 17. Info: [email protected], www.vachess. $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholas- JULY 13, FLORIDA org. Byes: single half-point bye on request. No CC on site,cash only please. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 tic $20. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30 pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 6 pm, Sat CFCC Tornado at UUU JULY 16, NEW YORK 12 & 6, Sun 11 & 4:30. No 4-day schedule in either U1200 Section. 3-day 4-SS, G/75 d5. University Unitarian Universalist Society, 11648 McCulloch TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED) schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 6, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 11 & 4:30. Rd., Orlando 32817. EF: $30, CFCC mbr $25, Masters free (EF deducted Marshall Masters! 2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds Sat 10,12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 11 &

43rd annual CONTINENTAL OPEN Aug 8-11, 9-11 or 10-11 - $30,000 projected prizes, $24,000 minimum! 6 rounds, Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Sturbridge MA - great summer vacation spot 6 rounds, Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Under 1600: $1800-900-700-500-300, Advance entry fee $5 less to MACA 366 Main St (Rt 20 west), Sturbridge MA top Under 1450 (no unr) $700-400. members; may join/renew at masschess.org. 01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). Free parking. Under 1300: $1000-700-400-300-200, Experience 1790-1840 America at Old top Under 1150 (no unr) $400-200. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30 pm, rds Sturbridge Village (www.osv.org), swim in MIXED DOUBLES BONUS PRIZES: Thu 7 pm, Fri 6, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Cedar Lake, visit shops & galleries. best male/female 2-player “team” (average 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds Open Section 3-day & 4-day 40/110, under 2200) combined score among all Fri 12 & 6, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. SD/30, d10, other sections 3-day & 4-day sections: $1000-600-400. 2-day schedule: Reg. Sat to 9 am, rds 30/90, SD/1, d5. No 4-day U1300. 2-day Unrated prize limits: U1900 $900, Sat 10, 12:45, 3:15, 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. option in all sections, rds 1-3 G/45, d5, then U1600 $600, U1300 $300. Half point byes OK all rds (limit 2); merges with others. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually Open must commit before rd 2, other used if otherwise unrated. sections before rd 4. Prizes $30,000 based on 250 paid entries (re-entries & U1300 Section count half); Top 4 sections entry fee: $148 online All: No smoking. Bring sets, boards, min. $24,000 (80% each prize) guaranteed. at chessaction.com by8/6, $155 at 406-896- clocks if possible-none supplied. JGP. In 5 sections: 2038 by 8/6, 4-day $154, 3-day $153, 2-day Hotel rates: $91-91-100, 800-582-3232, Open: $3000-1500-900-600-400, clear $152 mailed by 7/31, $160 (no checks, 508-347-7393, reserve by 7/26. or tiebreak win $200 bonus, top U2350/Unr credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hrs Entry: chessaction.com or Continental $1000-500. FIDE rated, 150 Grand Prix before game. Re-entry (no Open) $80. Chess, Box 8482, Pelham NY 10803. $15 Points (enhanced). Under 1300 Section entry fee: all $60 service charge for refunds. Questions: Under 2200: $2000-1000-700-500-300, less than above. chesstour.com, [email protected], 347-201- top Under 2050/Unr $1000-500. Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess 2269. Advance entries posted at Under 1900: $2000-1000-700-500-300, Life: see Chess Life or chesstour.com. chessaction.com (online entries posted top Under 1750 (no unr) $800-400. USCF membership required. instantly).

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4:30. All schedules: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online $400, 2nd $250, 3rd $150, 4th $100, A/B $100, C/D $100, U1200/unrated before rd 2, other sections before rd 4. HR: $95-95, 818-707-1220, at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, $100. EF: $40 by July 12, $50 thereafter. BYES: Limit 1, request before request chess rate, reserve by 7/3 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re- round 1. Registration: Send name, USCF ID, and entry fee (checks 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 8482, entry $50; not available in Master Section. GMs $80 from prize. 3-day payable to “Evangel Church”) to Doug Strout, 6000 Camelot Ct., Mont- Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chess- schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2- gomery, AL 36117, [email protected]. tour.com,DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30.Bye: Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). all, Master must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $105-105- A State Championship Event! Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 105-105, 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 7/5 or rate may JULY 20-21, PENNSYLVANIA increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, CONNECTICUT chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED) 2013 Ira Lee Riddle Memorial PA State Championship 18th Annual Bradley Open $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: DirectorAtChess.US, 5SS, G/120 d5. Aloha Math Center – Tri-Bridges Chess Club, 17 Ravine 5SS, 30/85, SD/1 d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/85 d10). Sheraton Hotel, chesstour.com, 914-665-8152. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com Rd., Fraser, PA 19355 $$(2000 b/50, 2/3 gtd.) 2 Sections: Open: 1st - 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (online entries posted instantly). $600 and trophy, 2nd - $300, U2000 $150. U1800: 1st - $350 and trophy, (I-91 Exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking. $8000 guaranteed prize fund. In Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 2nd - $200, U1500 $150, U1200 $150. $100 and several trophies as 5 sections. Open: $1000-500-300, U2310 $300-150. Under 2110: $800- JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, TEXAS other prizes. EF: $50 by 7/19, $60 later. PSCF req’d, OSA. (Space limited 400-200, top U1910 $300-150. Under 1810: $800-400-200, top U1610 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 to 60 people.) Reg.: ends Sat. 9:30am. Rds.: Sat. 10- 2:30-7, Sun. 10-2:30. $300-150. Under 1510: $700-400-200, top U1310 $200-100. Under 2013 Houston Open One half point bye available and may be requested by round 2. Info: joshua 1210: $250-125-75, trophies to first 3, top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated. 5SS, 2-day or 3-day Schedules Avail. (Open Section is G/90, i/30, and FIDE [email protected], 484-948-5692. Ent: Online at http://mind- Unrated may not win over $150 in U1210, $300 in U1510 or $500 in U1810. rated using FIDE rules; All other Sections are G/120 d5). Free entry for seyepress.webs.com/apps/webstore/. Top 4 sections EF: $88 online at chessaction.com by 7/17, $95 phoned GMs and IMs (EF deducted from winnings). Marriott North at Greenspoint, JULY 26, NEW YORK to 406-896-2038 by 7/17, 3-day $93, 2-day $92 if check mailed by 7/10, 255 N. Sam Houston Pkwy East, Houston (281-875-4000 or 281-875- TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) $100 at site, or online until 2 hours before game. No mailed credit card 8991). SIDE EVENTS: Fri. (7/19) FREE BUGHOUSE LECTURE by National Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz! (BLZ) entries. U1210 Section EF: all $40 less than above. No checks at site, Bughouse Champion Neph Diaz at 3pm; Bughouse Tournament at 4pm; Last Friday of every month. 9-SS, G/5 d0. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., credit cards OK. GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. Online EF $3 less to Sat. (7/20) Schol. Team & Ind., 4SS, G/30 d5, 1-day only); 5-min. Blitz NYC. 212-477-3716. $$Gtd 500: $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000, CSCA or WMCA members. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Section. “CAJUN KNOCK-OUT” (Sat. night after Rd. 3). Separate room for schol. U1800: $50 each, EF: $30, members $20. Blitz-rated, but the higher of Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special players - A trophy or medal will be awarded to each schol. player. 5 Sects. regular, quick or blitz used for pairings & prizes. FIDE Blitz Rated! Reg. 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at ches- PRIZES: $10,000 b/200 full-paid ent. OPEN: $1400-800-500-300-200; ends 6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10-8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10 pm. Three saction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned U2200: $700-400; U2000: $800-400-200-100-50; U1800: $800-400-200- byes available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day sched- 100-50; U1600/Unr*: $800-400-200-100-50; U1300: $400-300-200-100-50. ule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day *Unrated players may only win 50% of the prize fund except in the Open Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! schedule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye: Sect. where they must pay full EF and are eligible for full prize fund. Schol. JULY 26-28 OR 27-28, FLORIDA all, limit 2; must commit before rd 2. HR: $95-95, 860-627-5311; reserve Sects. (Team & Individual): Open, U1300, U900, U500. Prizes:Trophies TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) by 7/5 or rate may increase. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, to top 10 individuals in each section (more ind. trophies depending on pre- 21st annual Southern Open Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: entries). Every non-trophy winner receives a souvenir chess medal. 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10. (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/90 d5). Wyndham www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 914-665-8152. Advance entries Scholastic players may play in both adult and scholastic tournaments by Orlando Resort, 8001 International Dr., Orlando 32819. Free parking. posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). registering for both tournaments (either 2-day or 3-day schedule in the $$16,000 based on 200 paid entries (re-entries & $50 off entries count half), $12,000 (75% each prize) minimum guaranteed. In 5 sections. Open: Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! adult tournament) and taking a 1/2-pt.bye for Rd. 2 in the adult tourna- ment. USCF-recommended computer tiebreaks will decide trophy and $2000-1000-500-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, ILLINOIS medal placements for winners of all schol. sections. Free to 2300/Unr $800-400. FIDE. Under 2100: $1400-700-400-200, top Under TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) 1900 (no unr) $500. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1600 6th annual Chicago Class oldest player and to player who travels farthest to adult tourn. CAJUN BOUNTY: (no unr) $500. Under 1500: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1300 (no unr) 5SS. Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave., Defeat the top ranked player and win free entry to our next tour- nament! EF: $79 by 7/12; $89 at site; Unr. (U1600) and Jrs. (under 19 $400. Under 1200: $600-300-200-100, trophies to top Under 1000, Wheeling, IL 60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; from Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. NEW mixed doubles bonus prizes:best Milwaukee, I-94 to Lake Cook Rd to US-45 south). Free parking. $20,000 yrs of age and playing in U1300 or U1600 Sections) $49 by 7/12; $59 at site. Schol. EF: $20 by 7/12; $25 at site; Re-Entry Fee: $25 (avail. up to male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: $400- guaranteed prize fund. In 8 sections: Master 40/110, SD/30 d10, 200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play in different other sections 30/90, SD/1 d5. 2-day option in all sections, rds 1-2 G/90 Rd. 4; 3 re-entries or 2 Jr. entries count as one additional entry for prize 3-day Sched: sections; teams must register at site (no extra fee) before both players d5, then merges with 3-day. Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-500-300, clear fund). Reg. Fri. 5:30-7pm, Rds. Fri. 8pm; Sat. 2-7, Sun. 10- 2-day Sched: begin round 2; teammate pairings avoided but possible. Unrated may not win or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2400 $800-400. FIDE. Expert (2000- 3. Reg. Sat. 8-8:30am, (Rds Sat. 9-2-7, Sun. 10-3. Both schedules merge at Rd. 2. Schol. Sched: (All 4 rds G/30—one day win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or $500 U1800. Top 4 sections EF: 2199): $1400-700-400-200. Class A (1800-1999/Unr): $1400-700-400-200. $105 online at chessaction.com by 7/24, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1400-700-400-200. Class C (1400-1599/Unr): only, Sat., Jul. 20). Reg. Sat. 11:30am-12:30pm, Rd. 1 at 1pm; Other rds will follow immediately. Byes: Avail. all Rds. (commit before Rd. 3). HR: by 7/24, 3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by 7/17, all $120 (no checks, credit $1200-600-400-200. Class D (1200-1399/Unr): $1000-500-300-200. cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before game.. GMs free; $100 Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $1000-500-300-200. Under 1000 (Under $89 for single or double (281-875-4000 or 281-875-8991), reserve by July 4 and mention Cajun Chess tournament to assure group rate. ENT: On- deducted from prize. U1200 Section EF: all $50 less than above. Unof- 1000/Unr): $200-100-60-40, trophies to first 5, top Under 800, Under 600, ficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special Unrated. Rated players may play up one section. Prize limits: Unrated line registration, printable entry form, and more detailed info at www. cajunchess.com, or mail entry form to Cajun Chess, 12405 Hillary Step 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at ches- may not win over $125 in U1000, $250 E, $375 D, $500 C, $700 B, or $900 saction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned A. Top 7 sections EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by 7/17, $110 Dr., Olive Branch, MS 38654. Info or Phone Ent: 504-208-9596 or 504-905- 2971. Major credit cards accepted (no checks at site). FIDE. or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60; phoned to 406-896-2038 (entry only, no questions) by 7/17, 3-day $108, not available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. 2-day $107 mailed by 7/11, all $120 at site, or online until 2 hours before JULY 20, ALABAMA Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, first game. Under 1000 Section EF:all $70 less than above. All: No mailed TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED) rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open credit card entries. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Online or mailed Evangel Grand Prix must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $75-75 (no resort fee), EF $5 less to ICA members; join/renew at il-chess.org. An ICA Tour 4SS, G/50 d5. Round times: 9:00, 11:00, 1:30, 3:30. Evangel Church, 3975 1-800-421-8001, 407-351-2420; reserve by 7/12 or rate may increase. event. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Vaughn Rd., Montgomery, AL. One section, OPEN (b/40, 70%GTD) 1st Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). A State Championship Event! JULY 27, PENNSYLVANIA 2013 CLEVELAND OPEN TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 2013 PA State Action Championship August 9-11 or 10-11, Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel 5SS, G/30 d5. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. 2 Sections: Champ: EF: $25 by 7/19, $35 later. $$ (690G): $200- 100, U2000 $90, U1800 $80, U1600 $70, U1400 $60, U1200 $50, U1000 $16,000 guaranteed prizes $40. Trophies: 1-3 U1400, 1-3 U1200, 1-3 U1000. Scholastic: Grades K- 12 U900. EF: $15 by 7/19, $25 later. Trophies to Top 7, 1-3 U600. All: 5 round Swiss in 6 sections, you play only those in your section. Choice Trophies: 1-2 Schools, 1-2 Clubs. PSCF $5, OSA. Reg ends Noon. Rds: of 3-day or 2-day schedule, both merge after round 2. $84 room rates plus $3 12:30-1:45-3-4:15-5:45. Ent/Info: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport facility charge, free parking, free airport shuttle! St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223. 412-908-0286, [email protected]. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Open Section: Prizes $2000-1000-500-300, clear/tiebreak win $100 JULY 27-28, WISCONSIN TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 bonus, top U2300/Unr $800-400. FIDE rated, 120 GPP (enhanced). U.S. Open Weekend Swiss 5-SS, G/60 d5. $$1,000 guaranteed prizes. $200-100-50, U2200/Unr Under 2100 Section: $1400-700-400-200, top U1900 (no unr) $500. $160, U1800 $140, U1600 $120, U1400 $100, U1200 $80, Unr $50. Entry Under 1800 Section: $1400-700-400-200, top U1600 (no unr) $500. fee: $40, Unr free if paying USCF dues. On-Site Registration: 10:00-11:30 AM 7/27. Rds.: Sat 12-3, Sun 10-12:30-3. See 114th annual U.S. Open Under 1500 Section: $1200-600-300-200, top U1300 (no unr) $400. tla for venue details. Adult Under 1200 Section: $300-200-100, trophies. JULY 27-AUG. 4, JULY 30-AUG. 4 OR AUG. 1-4, WISCONSIN TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 300 Junior Under 1200 Section: $300-200-100, trophies. 114th annual U.S. Open Unrated prize limits: U1200 $150, U1500 $300, U1800 $500. See Nationals. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! MIXED DOUBLES BONUS PRIZES: Best male/female 2-player AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, MARYLAND TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 “team” (average under 2200) combined score among all sections: $400-200. 3rd Annual Potomac Open 5SS, 40/90, SD/30 + 30” incr, (Rnd 1 G/90 +30” incr) (2-day schedule: FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue or chesstour.com. rds 1-2 G/45+30”incr) U1300 & U1100 G/120 d5 (2-day option, rds. 1- 2 G/60 d5). Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. $$ Based on score. 7 sections: Championship (min. rating of 1900) FIDE rated: 5.0 =$1600, 4.5 =$800, 4.0=$450, 3.5=$175 [min $1500

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payout, top score group raised if less than $1500]. U2100: 5.0 =$1500, $200-50, BU1700 $200-50. Booster Section (under 1600): $180-75, MD 20852. $$ All Prizes Guaranteed: $500-$300-$200, U2200 $70, 4.5 =$700, 4.0=$350, 3.5=$150. U1900: 5.0 =$1200, 4.5 =$650, BU1500 $100-50, BU1400 $75-25, Plus $15 Best Game Prize in each U2000 $60, U1800 $50. Sets, boards and clocks provided. Free park- 4.0=$350, 3.5=$125. U1700: 5.0= $1200, 4.5 = $600, 4.0= $300, 3.5= Section. Ent: SDCC, POB 120162, San Diego, CA 92112. Info: call Bruce ing for day guests. EF: $30 by 7/28, $35 by 8/5, and then $40. Special $100. U1500: 5.0= $1000, 4.5= $500, 4.0= $250, 3.5= $100. U1300 & Baker (619) 239-7166, or see the SDCC website at https://sites.google. EFs: GMs & IMs $20 off EF. Schedule: Reg. ends 7pm Rnd 1 at 8pm then U1100: 5.0= $500, 4.5= $250, 4.0= $125, 3.5= $50. Additional prizes com/site/sandiegochessclub. NS. NC. W. ASAP. Ent: MCA, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. FIDE Blitz to clear 1st place, if no 5.0 in section (added to score prize) - Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Rated, FIDE Blitz rules. Detailed rules, more information and regis- Championship: $300; U2100 $200, U1900 $150, U1700 & U1500: $100; tration at: http://washintlblitz.mdchess.com. U1300 & U1100: $50. Unrated may not win over $100 in U1100, $200 AUG. 3 & 4 AND 10 & 11, NORTH CAROLINA U1300, or $400 in U1500. Sets and boards provided. Clocks provided TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED) Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! in the Championship & U2100 sections. Optionally, pairings can be Western North Carolina August FIDE AUG. 9-11 OR 10-11, OHIO texted to your phone. Free Sunday morning continental breakfast Held Over Two Weekends 10 Rd. 2RR, G/90; +30. 705 Old Mountain Page TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) for players. Free parking for day guests. EF: $95 by 7/19, $100 by Rd., Saluda, NC 28773. Format may be adjusted to 10RR or 10SS if par- Cleveland Open 7/30, and $105 online only by 8/1, $110 at the door. Special EFs: $35 less ticipation warrants. FIDE rated. EF: $165 by July 3, $180 thereafter. No 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10. (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/90 d5). Sheraton for U1300 & U1100, GMs free, $50 deducted from prize, IMs $45 off EF, onsite entries. $$GTD: $220-210-200-190-180. Rds.: Sat 9-1-5, Sun 9-1, Cleveland Airport Hotel, 5300 Riverside Drive (inside Cleveland Airport; $20 deducted from prize, $10 off EF if staying at hotel. HR: $99, ($10 EF Sat 9-1-5, Sun 9-1. ENT: Kevin Hyde, 705 Old Mountain Page Rd., Saluda, free shuttle), Cleveland, OH 44135. Free parking. $16,000 guaranteed discount if staying at hotel) limited number of free rooms Sat. night for NC 28773, 828-674-6073, [email protected]. prize fund. In 6 sections. Open: $2000-1000-500-300, clear or tiebreak GMs. Rooms may not be avail after 7/19. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! winner $100 bonus, top Under 2300/Unr $800-400. FIDE. Under 2100: 7pm, rds Fri 8, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 9 & 3. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10am $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1900 (no unr) $500. Under 1800: $1400- AUG. 6-11, MARYLAND 700-400-200, top Under 1600 (no unr) $500. Under 1500: $1200-600-300- rds 11, 2:15 & 6, Sun 9 & 3 U1300 & U1100 3-day schedule Reg. ends Fri TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) 7 pm, rds Fri 8, Sat 11 & 4:00, Sun 9 & 1:00 U1300 & U1100 2-day sched- 2nd Annual Washington International 200, top Under 1300 (no unr) $400. Adult Under 1200 (born 1995/before): ule Reg. ends Sat 10am rds 11, 1:15 & 4:00, Sun 9 & 1:00. Ent: Michael 9SS, 40/90, SD/30 inc/30. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, $300-200-100, trophies to first 3, top Under 1000, Under 800, Unrated. Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. Detailed rules, MD 20852, 301-468-0308 All prizes guaranteed.Two sections: A Sec- Junior Under 1200 (born 1996/after): $300-200-100, trophies to first more information and registration at http://thepotomacopen.com. tion (minimum 2100 FIDE or 2200 USCF to play. FIDE ratings used 3, top Under 1000, Under 800, Unrated. NEW mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sec- Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! for pairings and prizes) $5000-3000-2000-1000-900-800-700-600-550- 500, top U2500 $1300-700, top U2400 $1200-600 top U2300 $1100-550 tions: $400-200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, NEW YORK in different sections; teams must register at site (no extra fee) before TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) top U2200 $1000-500. GM and IM norms possible. B Section (under 2250 USCF and under 2200 FIDE, USCF ratings used, FIDE rated) both players begin round 2; teammate pairings avoided but possible. 12th annual Manhattan Open Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or $500 U1800. 5SS. New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St. across from Penn Sta- $1500-$700-$400, top U2000 $600-300, top under 1800 $500. Free Con- tinental breakfast before morning rounds. Sets, board and clocks Top 4 sections EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by 8/7, $110 phoned tion, New York 10001. $15,000 guaranteed prizes. In 5 sections. 3-day to 406-896-2038 by 8/7, 3-day $108.50, 2-day $107.50 mailed by 7/31, Open 40/110, SD/30 d10, 3-day other sections 30/90, SD/1 d5. 2-day provided for both sections. A section EF:GMs, non-US IMs, or FIDE above 2500 Free; US IMs and WGMs, non-US FIDE rated, or FIDE about 2400 all $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before option in all sections, rds. 1-2 G/90 d5, then merges with 3-day. Open: game. GMs, IMs & WGMs free; $90 deducted from prize.U1200 Sections $1400-700-400-200, clear/tiebreak win $100 bonus, top Under 2450/Unr $199; FIDE above 2300 $299; FIDE above 2200 $349; FIDE from 2100 to 2199 $399; FIDE below 2100 and USCF above 2200 $599; FIDE below 2100 EF: $45 at chessaction.com by 8/7, $50 phoned by 8/7 (406-896-2038, $500-250. FIDE. Under 2300: $1200-600-300-200, top U2150 $500-250. no questions), 3-day Adult $48.50, 2-day Adult $47.50, 3-day Junior $48, Under 2000: $1200-600-300-200, top U1850 $500-250. Under 1700: and USCF of 2200 $799. All $25 more after 6/6, $35 more after 7/21, $45 more after 8/3, $70 more at the door. A Section Special EFs: All EFs 2-day Junior $47 mailed by 7/31, all $60 at site, or online until 2 hours $1200-600-300-200, top U1550 $500-250. Under 1400: $500-300-200- before game. Online EF $5 lessto OCA members. Unofficial uschess.org 100, top U1250 $200-100, trophies to first 3, top U1200, U1000, U800, Unr. $50 less, if staying at the Hilton; $50 less, if born after 8/6/1963; $25 less for all FMs, WFMs, WIMs, and non-US WGMs. B Section EF: $249. ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” com- with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult bined score among all sections: $600-300. Team average rating must be $20 more after 7/21, $30 more after 8/3, $40 more at the door. B Sec- tion Special EFs: All EFs $50 less, if staying at the Hilton. Schedule: Reg $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must reg- $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not available in Open ister at site (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2; teammate ends Tue 10 am, rds 8/6-8/8:11am & 6pm, 8/9 11am, 8/10 6pm, Sun 8/11 11am. HR $99 Ent: MCA, c/o Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Section. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, pairings avoided but possible. Unrated may enter any section, with prize Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, limit U2000 $900, U1700 $600, U1400 $300; balance goes to next player(s) Towson, MD 21204. More information, link for hotel reservation, & online entry at www.washingtoninternationalchess.org. Sun 10 & 3:30. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before in line. Top 4 sections EF: $118 at chessaction.com by 7/31, $125 rd. 2, others before rd 3. HR: $84-84 plus $3 facility charge, 216-267-1500, phoned to 406-896-2038 (no questions) by 7/31, 3-day $123, 2-day $122 AUG. 8, NEW YORK request chess rate, reserve by 7/26 or rate may increase. Car rental: if check mailed by 7/24, $140 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED) Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chess- until 2 hours before game. GMs free; $100 from prize. Under 1400 Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! tour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, Section EF: all $50 less than above. Online or mailed entry $5 less to 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, NYSCA members. Re-entry $60, not available in Open. No checks at site, members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries; first DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chess credit cards OK. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if other- two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100-50, U2100 $95, U1900 $85. Reg.: action.com. wise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dueswith magazine if paid with entry. 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3- A Heritage Event! Day Schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm. Rds. Fri 7, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 2-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am. Rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, MASSACHUSETTS TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) Half point byes available all rounds, limit 2 byes, Open must commit CONTINENTAL CHESS SCHEDULE before rd. 2, others before rd 3. HR: $185-185, 1-800-764-4680, 212-971- 43rd annual Continental Open 0101, reserve by 7/12 or rate may increase, ask for Continental Chess 6SS. Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St. (Rt 20 West), Sturbridge, MA Visit www.chesstour.com for late news, Association rate. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 249, Sal- 01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). Free parking. Experience early 19th cen- results, games, minimum ratings, entries, etc. To isbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chess tury America at Old Sturbridge Village (see www.osv.org). Prizes $30,000 be added to our email list, see chesscalendar.com. tour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted based on 250 paid entries (re-entries & U1300 Section count half), min- Most tournaments have alternate schedules at chessaction.com (Online entries posted instantly). imum $24,000 (80% of each prize) guaranteed. In 5 sections. Open playing less or more days than listed below. 3-day & 4-day 40/110, SD/30 d10, other sections 3-day & 4-day 30/90, AUG. 3, WISCONSIN SD/1 d5. 2-day option in all sections, rds 1-3 G/45 d5, then merges with Asterisk means full details in this issue- TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 others. 4-day option offered only in Open through Under 1600. Open: otherwise, see future issues or our website. U.S. Open Blitz Championship (BLZ) $3000-1500-900-600-400, clear or tiebreak win $200 bonus, top U2350 Events in red offer FIDE norm possibilities. 7-SS (double round, 14 games), 1 section, G/5 d0. Blitz rated, higher of $1000-500. FIDE. Under 2200: $2000-1000-700-500-300, top U2050/Unr ONLINE ENTRY: www.chessaction.com. regular or Blitz rating. Entry fee: $40, free to Unrated if paying USCF dues. $800-400. Under 1900: $2000-1000-700-500-300, top U1750 (no unr) Registration: 9am-11:30am, first round begins at noon. $2000 guaran- $800-400. Under 1600: $1800-900-700-500-300, top U1450 (no unr) 6/27-7/1: DC International, Arlington VA* teed prizes! $$400-200-150, Expert $200-100, U2000 $200-100, U1800 $700-400. Under 1300: $1000-700-400-300-200, top U1150 (no unr) 6/28-30: World Open Senior Amateur, Arlington VA* $180-90, U1600/Unr $140-70, U1400 $100, U1200 $70. The July 2013 Rat- $400-200. NEW mixed doubles bonus prizes:best male/female 2-player 6/29-30: World Open Warmup, Arlington VA* ingSupplement will be used. See 114th annual U.S. Open for venue details. “team” combined score among all sections: $1000-600-400. Team aver- 6/29-30: World Open Under 13, Arlington VA* 7/1-3: World Open Women’s, Arlington VA* Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! age rating must be under 2200; teammates may play in differemt sections; teams must register at site (no extra fee) before both players begin round 7/3-7: World Open, Arlington VA (DC area)* AUG. 3-4, LOUISIANA 7/18-21: Pacific Coast Open, Agoura Hills CA* TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 2; teammate pairings avoided but possible. Unrated may enter any sec- tion, with prize limit U1900 $900, U1600 $600, U1300 $300; balance 7/19-21: Chicago Class, Wheeling IL* 2013 Paul Morphy Open - NOTE DATE CHANGE 7/19-21: Bradley Open, Windsor Locks CT* goes to next player(s) in line. Top 4 sections EF: $148 online at chess- 5-SS, G/2 d5 (Round 1: G/90 d5). Site: Marriott Metairie at Lakeway, 3838 7/26-28: Southern Open, Orlando FL* N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, LA 70002. Free parking only in Three Lake- action.com by 8/6, $155 phoned by 8/6 (406-896-2038, no questions), 8/2-4: Manhattan Open, New York NY* way garage, other lots in complex are not free. EF: $60 if mailed by 7/26, 4-day $154, 3-day $153, 2-day $152 mailed by 7/31, $160 (no checks, credit 8/9-11: Cleveland Open, Cleveland OH* $70 at site. LCA Memb. req’d for all Louisiana residents ($20 adult, $10 cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before game. GMs free; $140 8/9-11: Continental Open, Sturbridge MA* Schol.), OSA. Prizes: $3000 b/80, $1500 (50%) Gtd! Two Sections: Open: deducted from prize. Under 1300 Section EF: all $60 less than above. 8/16-18: Northeast Open, Stamford CT (new dates)* $500-300-200; U2100 $250, U1900 $225-100. Reserve (U1700): $300-150; All: Advance EF $5 less to MACA members; may join/renew at mass- 8/16-18: Indianapolis Open, Indianapolis IN* U1500 $275-125; U1300 $250-100; U1100/UNR $225. Reg.: 8/3, 8-9am. chess.org. Re-entry $80; not available in Open. Unofficial uschess.org 8/16-18: Central California Open CANCELED Rds.: Sat: 9:15-1-5:30, Sun: 9:30-2. HR: Varies, currently $119, (504) 836- ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues 8/23-25: Atlantic Open, Washington DC* 5253, many cheaper options within 5 minute drive. Ent/Info: Adam with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult 8/31-9/2: New York State Championship, Albany NY* Caveney, 1301 Gen. Taylor St., New Orleans, LA 70115, cb20234@yahoo. $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult 9/20-22: Louisville Open, Louisville KY* com, (504) 895-4133 (evenings), (504) 615-6730 (on day of tourney). NS. $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30 10/9-14: Continental Class, Arlington VA* NC. pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 6 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. No 4-day U1300. 10/11-13: Los Angeles Open, Agoura Hills CA 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 6, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 10/18-20: Midwest Class, Wheeling IL 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds Sat 10,12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10/18-20: Eastern Team, Stamford CT* AUG. 3-4, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN 10 & 3:30. All schedules: Bye all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED) 11/1-3: Boardwalk Open, Galloway Township NJ San Diego County Championship 2, other sections before rd 4. HR: $91-91-100, 800-582-3232, 508-347- 11/15-17: Kings Island Open, Mason OH at the San Diego Chess Club, 2225 Sixth Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. 7393, request chess rate, reserve by 7/26 or rate may increase. Car 11/15-17: Hartford Open, Windsor Locks CT $3,500 prize fund, based on 70 players. 5 Rd SS, 3 Sections, Rds. are Sat rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: chessaction.com 11/29-12/1: National Chess Congress, Philadelphia PA 10 AM, 2 PM & 6 PM, and Sun 10 AM & 3 PM, all games are G/100 d5. or Continental Chess, PO Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service 12/26-30: North American Open, Las Vegas NV 1 bye available in Rounds 1-4. EF: $50 if rcvd by 8/02, otherwise $60. Spe- charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us, 1/10-12: Boston Chess Congress, Boston MA cial Rate for U1400 or Unr is only $25 in advance or $30 at door. Book 914-665-8152. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries 1//16-20: Golden State Open, Concord CA prize only for Unr players. Forfeiting a game makes you ineligible for any posted instantly). 1/17-20: Liberty Bell Open, Philadelphia PA For later events, see chesstour.com. prizes. SCCF membership Req’d, ($18 Adult/$13 Jr), this is a State Cham- AUG. 9, MARYLAND pionship Qualifier. Reg.: 9 AM to 9:45. Prizes: Open Section: $500-250, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 BU 2400 $200-50 BU 2300 $200-50, BU2200 $200-50, BU2100 $200-50. Washington International Blitz (BLZ) Reserve Section (under 2000): $300-150, BU 1900 $200-50, BU1800 5 double SS, G/3+2 incr. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

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Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. Online ule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. All: Half point AUG. 9-11, 10-11 OR 11, NEW YORK EF $3 less to CSCA members. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Sec- byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED) tion. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. HR: $89-89, 1-800-227-6963, 317-236-7495; reserve by 8/2 or rate may Marshall August Super GP Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve 5-SS, 30/90 d5 SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. car online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental EF: $60, members $40. $$750 gtd: $300-150-100, U2200 $105, U2000 $95. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Ques- Reg ends 15 min before Rd. 3 schedules: 3 day 8/9 6pm, 8/10-11 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & tions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us, 347-201-2269. Advance 12:30-5:30. 2 day 8/10 11am, then merge with 3 day (Rd. 1 G/25 d5). 1 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). day 8/11 9-10:10-11:20, then merge with 2 & 3 day (Rd. 1-3 G/25 d5) 3:30. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd 2. HR: $94-94, 800-408-7640, Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Limit 2 byes, request entry. FIDE rated. FIDE ratings used for pairings and Car rental: 203-358-8400; reserve by 8/2 or rate may increase. Avis, 800- AUG. 17, FLORIDA prizes. Players w/o FIDE rating: USCF rating used for prizes. www.mar 331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. shallchessclub.org. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. CFCC Tornado at UUU AUG. 10, MARYLAND $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: DirectorAtChess.us, www.chess 4-SS, G/75 d5. University Unitarian Universalist Society, 11648 McCulloch TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 tour.com, 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com Rd., Orlando 32817. EF: $30, CFCC mbr $25, Masters free (EF deducted Washington International Rapid (QC) (online entries posted instantly). from any prize). $$625 b/30: (1st Place Guaranteed) 200-120-80, 5SS, G/15+10 incr. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! U1800, U1600, U1400 $75 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10, 1, 3:30, 6. Info & 20852. $$ All Prizes Guaranteed. 3 sections: Open: $700-$400-$250, U2200 AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18, INDIANA directions: (407) 629-6946, centralflchess.org. $70, U2000 $60, U1800 $50. U1600: $400-$200-$100, U1400 $50 top TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED) AUG. 17, VIRGINIA Unrated $100, K-12 U1200:Trophies to top 10, top U1000, top U800. Sets, 8th annual Indianapolis Open TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 boards and clocks provided. Free parking for day guests. EF: $40 by 5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/90 d5). Crowne Plaza Tracy Callis Memorial 7/28, $45 by 8/5, and then $50. Special EFs: GMs & IMs $20 off EF. All Indianapolis Airport, 2501 S. High School Rd. (off I-465 & Airport Expwy), 3-round SS, G/90 d5. St. John’s Lutheran Church, 4608 Brambleton Ave. $20 less in K-12 U1200. Schedule: Reg. ends 9:30am. Rds. 10, 11:15, Indianapolis, IN 46241. Free parking, free airport shuttle, free wire- SW, Roanoke, VA 24018. GUARANTEED PRIZES: Top Section: $250- 12:45, 2, & 3:15. Ent: MCA, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. less, indoor pool, game room, fitness center. $$16,000 based on 200 paid $150-$100. Additional Sections: If Octagonals, each is guaranteed $150- FIDE Rapid Rated, FIDE Rapid rules. Detailed rules, more information entries (re-entries & $50 off entries count half), $12,000 (75% each $125. If Hexagonals, each is guaranteed $125-$100. If Quads, each is guar- and registration at: http://washintlrapid.mdchess.com. prize) minimum guaranteed. In 5 sections. Open: $2000-1000-500-300, anteed $125. ENTRY FEE: If received by Aug. 16, $30. At site, $40. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2300/Unr $700-400. FIDE. REGISTRATION: 6-9 pm on 8/16; 8:30-9:30 am on 8/17. ROUNDS: 10- AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18 NOT JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, CONNECTI- Under 2100: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1950/unr $500-250. Under 2:30-6:00 BYES: One only per tournament; must request before 1st CUT 1800: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1650 (no unr) $500-250. Under round begins. ADVANCED ENTRIES: Roanoke Valley Chess Club, PO TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED) 1500: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1350 (no unr) $400-200. Under Box 4141, Roanoke, VA 24015. PHONE: (276) 692-6418. EMAIL: joshua 19th Annual Northeast Open 1200: $600-300-200-100, plaque to first 3, top Under 900, Under 700, [email protected]. WEB PAGE: roanokechess.com. NS. NC. W. Bargain NOTE CORRECTIONS: 5SS, 30/85, SD/60, d10 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/85 Unrated. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or Book Sale on site. FREE LUNCH PROVIDED! This is a VCP Cup Event. d10). Sheraton Hotel, 700 Main St., Stamford, CT 06901. Free parking. $500 U1800. Top 4 sections EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! $8,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 4 sections. Open: $1000-500-300- 8/14, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/14 (entry only, no questions), AUG. 17, NEW HAMPSHIRE 200, U2250 $600–300. Under 2050: $800-400-300-200, top U1850 3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by 8/7, all $120 (no checks, credit cards TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED) $500-250. Under 1650: $700-400-250-150, top U1450 $400-200. Under OK)at site, or online until 2 hours before game. GMs, IMs & WGMs free; Seacoast Open 1250: $300-150-100, trophy to first 3, top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated. $90 deducted from prize. Under 1200 Section EF: all $50 less than above. Holiday Inn Portsmouth, 300 Woodbury Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03867. In Unrated may not win over $150 in U1250 or $400 in U1650. Top 3 sec- Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. 3 Sections, Open: 4SS, GAME/65 d5, $$GTD: $250-150. U2300 $100. tions EF:$88 online at chessaction.com by 8/14, $95 phoned to 406- Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. U1900: 4SS, GAME/65 d5, Open to 1899 & under. $$GTD: $200-100. U1550 896-2038 by 8/14 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $93, 2-day $92 if check Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. $100. Adult unrated may not enter U1250. U1250: 4SS, GAME/65 d5, Open mailed by 8/7, $100 at site, or online until 2 hours before game. No mailed Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg to 1249 & under. $$GTD: $100. Adult unrated may not enter U1250. credit card entries. U1250 Section EF: all $40 less than above. No ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day sched- ALL: EF: $28 in advance, $33 at site. Reg.: 9:00-9:45. Advance entries

GOLD AFFILIATES GOLD & SILVER Cajun Chess Marshall Chess Club San Diego Chess Club 7230 Chadbourne Drive 23 W. 10th St. 2225 Sixth Avenue New Orleans, LA 70126 New York, NY 10011 San Diego, CA 92101, 619-239-7166 AFFILIATES 504-208-9596 212-477-3716 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://sdchessclub.multiply.com GOLD www.cajunchess.com www.marshallchessclub.org Shore HS Chess League Any affiliate that has submitted at least 50 Chess Club and Scholastic New Jersey State PO Box 773 USCF memberships during the current or Center of St. Louis Chess Federation Lincroft, NJ 07738 previous calendar year, or is the recognized [email protected] 4657 Maryland Avenue c/o Roger Inglis, 49 A Mara Rd. State Affiliate, is eligible to become a Gold Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 St. Louis, MO 63108. Affiliate. Gold Affiliates are honored in a 314-361-CHESS 973-263-8696, [email protected] Silver Knights Chess special list in larger type in Tournament [email protected] www.njscf.org 3929 Old Lee Hwy Ste 92D www.stlouischessclub.org Fairfax, VA 22030, 703-574-2070 Life each month, giving the affiliate name, New York City Chess Inc www.silverknightschess.com address, phone number, e-mail address, [email protected] Continental Chess c/o Russell Makofsky & Michael Propper and website. Gold Affiliation costs $350 per PO Box 189, 1710 First Ave year, and existing affiliates may substract $3 Association Tri-State Chess PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, New York, NY 10012, 212-475-8130 for each month remaining on their regular [email protected] The Chess Exchange NY 12577. affiliation, or $20 for each month remaining www.chessnyc.com 325 East 88th Street As of August 6, 845-496-9658 New York, NY 10128, 212-289-5997 on their Silver Affiliation. [email protected] [email protected] 2007, by paying an annual payment of $500 www.chesstour.com North American Chess Association 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113 www.TriStateChess.com (instead of $350), Gold Affiliate status may Skokie, IL 60077, 888.80.Chess be obtained with no minimum requirement Dallas Chess Club [email protected] Village Chess @ Zinc for memberships submitted. 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. Suite C www.nachess.org c/o Michael Propper & Russ Makofsky Richardson, TX 75080 PO Box 189, 82 West 3rd Street 972-231-2065 PaperClip Pairings New York, NY 10012 SILVER [email protected] 212-475-8130 c/o J. Houghtaling Jr & Remy Ferrari Any affiliate that has submitted at least 25 www.dallaschess.com 6005 Forest Blvd [email protected] Brownsville, TX 78526, 956-459-2421 www.chess-shop.com USCF memberships during the current or [email protected] previous calendar year, or is the recognized State Affiliate, is eligible to become a Silver Affiliate. These affiliates will be recognized in a special list in Tournament Life each month, giving the affiliate name, state, and choice of either phone number, e-mail SILVER AFFILIATES address, or website. Silver Affiliation costs $150 per year, and existing affiliates may Bay Area Chess (CA) Monmouth Chess School & Club (NJ) Sparta Chess Club (NJ) subtract $3 for each month remaining on www.BayAreaChess.com www.monmouthchess.com www.spartachessclub.org their regular affiliation. As of August 6, 2007, by paying an annual payment of $250.00 Beverly Hills Chess Club (CA) Oklahoma Chess Foundation Success Chess School (CA) (instead of $150), Silver Affiliate status may www.bhchessclub.com www.OKchess.org www.successchess.com be obtained with no minimum requirement for Michigan Chess Association Western PA Youth Chess Club (PA) memberships submitted. www.michess.org www.youthchess.net

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must be postmarked by 8/10/2013. Rds.: 10:00-1:00-3:30-6:00. One all sections but Open. GMs free, $90 deducted from prize. No checks at over 1,000 rooms, 4 great restaurants, a heated pool, a spa and fitness half point bye available rounds 1-3. ENT: Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. site, credit cards OK. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 11:30 am, rds. Sat center, plus golf next door. NS. NC. W. State Championship Qualifier. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea [email protected], www. 12 & 6, Sun 12 & 6, Mon 10 & 3:30. 4-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6:30 A Heritage Event! relyeachess.com. NS. W. pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 6 pm, Sun 12 & 6, Mon 10 & 3:30. 2-day sched- Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! ule: Reg. ends Sun. 10:30 am, rds. Sun 11, 1:30, 3:30, 6, Mon 10 & 3:30, A State Championship Event! Bye: no 2-day schedule in Open. all, limit 2, Open must commit before AUG. 31-SEPT. 2, OHIO AUG. 17-18, MICHIGAN HR: TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 rd 2, others before rd. 4. $97-97, 800-443-8952, 518-458-8444, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 2013 U.P. Open reserve by 8/22 or rate may increase. NYSCA meeting 9 am Sun. Car 69th Ohio Chess Congress 5SS, G/120 d0. Masonic Building, 128 W. Washington St., Marquette, MI rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633, or reserve car online through 6/SS, 40/120 d5, SD/60 d5. Clarion Inn, 6625 Dean Memorial Pkwy., Hud- (parking and entrance in rear of building). Entry Fee: $30 ($20 for jun- chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pel- son, OH 44236. Prizes: $7,000 (b/125). In 4 Sections. Open: 1st-2nd-3rd iors 19 or under). Prizes: (1st & 2nd GTD.) $250 first place, $125 second, ham, NY 10803. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, GTD (FIDE rated) $1,000-700-400, U2200 (1st Gtd.) $400-$200. U2000: others based on entries. Trophy to top UP resident. Reg.: 9-9:30 Sat. 347-201-2269. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries $800-500-300. U1700: $750-450-300. U1400: $600-400, U1100 $200. EF: Rounds: Sat 10:00. 2:30 7:00; Sun 9:30. 2:00-all times EDT. Byes avail- posted instantly). $85 by Aug 28 then $95, Free to GM/IM who complete schedule. OCA able all rounds, but must be requested before registration ends. Info and Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Membership required of all Ohio residents - $15, $10 junior. Online pay- early entries: Robert John, 315 E. Prospect St., Marquette, MI 49855, A State Championship Event! ment: www.progresswithchess.org. Reg.: Saturday 9-11:30 am. Rds.: 906-228-8126, [email protected]. AUG. 31-SEPT. 1, COLORADO Saturday 12:00 (noon) & 6:30, Sunday 9:30 & 4:00, Monday 9:30 & 4:00. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 Byes (1/2 point), must commit before start of round 3, limit 2 in rds. 1- A Heritage Event! Hotel: , Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Colorado Open 5 or 1 rd. 6. Clarion Inn, 330-653-9191 $75/night, mention chess. 5-SS. Time Limit: Rounds 1-2 G/90 d5; Rounds 3-5 G/90, Inc 30 sec. Sher- FREE Breakfast Buffet for up to 4 included. Entries, checks payable AUG. 23-25 OR 24-25, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA aton Denver Tech Center Hotel, 7007 S. Clinton St., Englewood, CO 80112. to: Progress with Chess, 12200 Fairhill Rd. E 293, Cleveland, OH 44120. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED) 45th annual Atlantic Open (303)799-6200, HR: $69. EF: $45 if rec’d by 8/28, $34 for Seniors, Jun- Info: 216-321-7000, [email protected]. 5SS. Washington Westin Hotel, 1400 M St. NW at Thomas Circle, Wash- iors, Unrated. Fees $5 more at site. Prize fund $2800 b/100. CHAMPION- Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! ington, DC 20005. $$ 23,000 guaranteed prizes. In 7 sections. 3-day SHIP SECTION (Colorado State Championship): Prizes 400Gtd., 200Gtd., UNDER 1800 SECTION: SEPT. 20-22 OR 21-22, KENTUCKY Open & U2100 40/110, SD/30 d10, 3-day other sections 30/90, SD/1 d5. 125Gtd., U2000 175, 125. Prizes 325, 175, 125, TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED) 2-day option in all sections, rds. 1-2 G/90 d5, then merges with 3-day. U1600 175, 125. Unrated prize limit $175. UNDER 1400 SECTION: Prizes 6th annual Louisville Open Open: $2000-1000-500-300, clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top 250, 175, 100, U1200 150, 100, U1000/Unr 75. Unrated prize limit $100. 5SS, 30/90, SD/1 d5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/90 d5), Holiday Inn South- U2300/Unr $1200-600. FIDE. Under 2100: $1500-700-400-200. Under Register: Saturday 7:30 - 9:00 AM. Rounds: Sat: 10:00, 2:30, 7:00; Sun: west Fair Expo, 4110 Dixie Hwy., (I-264, Exit 8B), Louisville, KY 40216. Free 1900: $1500-700-400-200. Under 1700: $1500-700-400-200. Under 9:00 AM, 3:30 PM. Entry fees to: Richard Buchanan, 1 Sutherland Rd., parking, free airport shuttle. $8,000 guaranteed prizes. In 4 sections. 1500: $1300-700-400-200. Under 1300: $1200-600-300-200. Under Manitou Springs, CO 80829. Make checks to CSCA. For information call Open: $1000-500-300-200, clear win or first on tiebreak $50 bonus, top 1000: $600-300-200-100, plaques to top 3, first U800, U600, Unrated.Sen- (719) 685-1984 or write [email protected]. For information on U2200/Unr $400-200. Under 2000: $800-400-200-100, top U1800/Unr ior prizes: top age 65/over among all sections: $800-400-200. New mixed other chess activity that weekend go to www.colorado-chess.com. CSCA $400-200, unrated limit $600. Under 1600: $700-400-200-100, top U1400 doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined membership required ($15, $10 Junior/Senior), OSA. Wheelchair acces- (no unr) $300-150, unrated limit $400. Under 1200: $400-200-120-80, score among all sections: $800-400-200. Team average rating must be sible. A Colorado Tour Event. A USCF Grand Prix Tournament. A State plaques to first 3, top U1000. U800. U600, Unr, unrated limit $200. NEW Championship Tournament. CSCA Membership meeting Sunday 2:00 PM. under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must reg- mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” com- ister at site (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2; teammate A Heritage Event! bined score among all sections: $400-200. Team average must be under pairings avoided but possible. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1000, Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must register at $300 U1300, $500 U1500, $700 U1700, or $900 U1900; balance goes to AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR 1-2, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN site (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2; teammate pairings next player(s) in line. Top 6 sections EF: $115 online at chessaction.com TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED) avoided but possible. Top 3 Sections EF: $87 online at chessaction.com by 8/21, $120 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/21 (entry only, no questions), 35th Annual Southern California Open by 9/18, $95 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 9/18 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $118, 2-day $117 if check mailed by 8/14, $130 at site, or online 6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 d5 (2-day schedule rds 1-3 G/60 d5, then merges). Town 3-day $93, 2-day $92 if check mailed by 9/11, $100 at site or online until until 2 hours before game.GMs free; $100 from prize. Under 1000 Sec- & Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108. $$20,000 2 hours before first game. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Under 1200 tion EF: All $60 less than above. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. in Guaranteed prizes, 5 Sections. Prizes: Open Sec 1st $2,400-1,600- Section EF: all $50 less than above. GMs, IMs & WGMs free, $90 Re-entry $60, not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org rat- 1,200-900-600-500-400, BU2300 $1,000-600, BU2200 $1,000-600-400-200; deducted from prize. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine ings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with Premier Section (U2000): $1,000-600-400-200; Amateur Section if paid with entry- online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult paper magazine if paid with entry- Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, (U1800) $1,000-600-400-200; Reserve Section (U1600) $1,000-600- $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, 400-200; Booster Section (U1400) $600-400-200-100, BU1200 $300-150, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Section. Unofficial Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, Best Unrated $100. Plus Best Game Prizes: $75-50-25, one reserved for uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 3-day sched- rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat. non-open sections. Reg.: 3-day: 8 to 9:30 AM, Sept official rating list used. ule: Reg. ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30.2-day 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye: all, limit 2, Open must com- 2-day: 8 AM to 9 AM Sunday. Rds.: 3 day: 10 AM & 5 PM on Sat-Sun, 9 schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9:30 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye: mit before rd. 2, others before rd 3. HR: $99-99, 202-429-1700, reserve AM & 4 PM on Mon. 2- day: 9:30 AM ,11:45 & 2 PM Sun, then merges. all, Open must commit before rd. 2, others before rd 3. HR: $79-89, 502- by 8/9 or rate may increase. Regular rate at this luxury hotel is about $200! EF: $100 if received by 8/12, $120 after 8/12, or $140 at door. No credit 448-2020, ask for chess rate, reserve by 9/6 or rate may increase. Car Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633, or reserve car online cards at door, checks or cash only. Special rate of only $75 if U1400 or rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: chessaction.com through chesstour.com. Parking: Valet parking $10/day to 2 am or $20/day unrated if pd by 8/12, $90 after 8/12, or $100 at door. Special rate for or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. DirectorAtChess.us, overnight; garage has limited space. Ent: chessaction.com or Continen- GMs and IMs: $20 if registered by 8/12, $40 after 8/12 or $60 late entry chesstour.com, 347-201-2269. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance tal Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. at door. Open section will be FIDE rated except for 3 fast games in the entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). 2 day schedule. Unr players are eligible for place prizes only in the Open Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201-2269. SEP. 27-29 OR 28-29, TEXAS Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entry posted instantly). Section, or the unrated prize in the U1400. Players who forfeit any round are ineligible for prizes! SCCF membership req’d ($18 Adult, $13 Jr) for TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED) AUG. 24, VIRGINIA 2013 U.S. Class Championship all So Cal residents. Two byes allowed, but must be requested at least one See Nationals. TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 hour before round, and round 5 & 6 byes must be requested before rd Harris Pavilion Open Air (QC) 2 and are irrevocable. Entries: SDCC, PO Box 120162, San Diego, CA 92112 Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 5SS, G/20 d3. Loy E. Harris Pavilion, 9201 Center St., Manassas, VA or enter online at www.scchess.com. For more info call Bruce Baker at OCT. 9-14, 11-14 OR 12-14, VIRGINIA 20110. 2 Sections. Open: EF: $25 if received by 8/16, $35 at site. (619) 239-7166, or e-mail Chuck Ensey at [email protected]. SCCF TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED) Prizes $$800G: $250-150-100, U2000-U1600-U1200-Unr. each $75. Fun Annual Membership Meeting: Sunday 3 PM. Hotel Rates: Special rate 4th annual Continental Class Championships (not USCF-rated): EF: $10 if received by 8/16, $15 at site. Prizes: tro- of only $109, 619-291-7131, or 1-800-772-8527 if booked by 8/12/13, book Master Section, 9SS, Oct. 9-14, 40/2, SD/30 d10. Other Sections, phies to the top ten. Both: Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10-11-12:30-1:30-2:30. Ent: ASAP, as rates may go up and rooms may sell out by mid-August. Large 7SS, Oct. 11-14 or 12-14, 40/2, SD/30 d10 (3-day option, rounds 1-2 G/85 Harris Pavilion, 9116 Center St., Ste. 103, Manassas, VA 20110. W hotel is in the heart of Mission Valley, close to airport, great attractions d10). Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, A Heritage Event! such as Sea World, Legoland, The San Diego Zoo and Fashion Valley for Arlington, VA 22202. Free shuttle to/from Reagan International Airport Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! shopping. The Town and Country Hotel (see www.towncountry. com) has and Crystal City Metro station (contact hotel for schedule). Prizes $40,000 A State Championship Event! AUG. 30-SEPT. 2, AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR SEPT. 1-2, NEW YORK TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 (ENHANCED) 135th annual NY State Championship Out of state welcome. 6SS. Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd., Albany 12205 (Thruway Exit 24, I-87 north to Wolf Rd, Exit 4). Luxurious hotel with indoor/ NO TOURNAMENTS IN YOUR AREA? outdoor pool, sauna, fitness center, free parking, free airport shuttle, many restaurants in area. $$G 13,000. In 5 sections. 4-day & 3-day Open 40/110, SD/30 d10, 4-day & 3-day other sections 30/90, SD/1 d5. 2-day option in U2100 through U1200, rds. 1-3 G/45 d5 Open: $1500-700- WHY NOT ORGANIZE ONE? 500-300, top U2300/Unr $700, U2200/Unr $600. State title and $100 bonus Do you need to go out of town for tournament play? Would you and others in your area like to top NYS resident. FIDE. Under 2100: $1000-500-300-150, top Under 1900 $400. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-150, top Under 1600 $400. the convenience of an occasional event closer to home? Organize one! Under 1500: $800-400-250-150, top Under 1300 $300. Under 1200: $500- 250-150-100, plaque to first 3, top Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600, It’s not much work to hold a small tournament, and there is little risk if you use a low-cost Unrated. New mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2- site and avoid guaranteed prizes. You might even make a profit! Either a based-on Swiss with player “team” combined score among all sections: $500-300-200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play in different sections; projected prizes up to $500, a Quad format, or a trophy tournament will virtually guarantee teams must register at site (no extra fee) before both players begin round taking in more in fees than you pay out in prizes. 2; teammate pairings avoided but possible. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500 or $600 U1800. Top 4 sections EF: $98 online The affiliation fee is just $40 a year. You will receive the annual rating supplement and have at chessaction.com by 8/28, $105 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/28 (entry only, no questions), 4-day $104, 3-day $103, 2-day $102 if check access to the TD/Affiliate area of our website. mailed by 8/21, all $120 at site, or online until 2 hours before game.Under 1200 Section EF: All $30 less than top 4 sections EF.All: Online or mailed Remember, you can both run and play in a small event. Many of them wouldn’t be held if the entries $7 less to NYSCA members (NYSCA dues $12/yr with 2 issues organizer/TD couldn’t play. Empire Chess or $20/yr with 4 issues; join or renew together with entry.) Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special Want to know more? Contact Joan DuBois at [email protected]. We’ll be glad to help 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at ches- saction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned you be part of the promotion of American chess! or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60,

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guaranteed. In 7 sections: Master: Open to US players rated at least 4SS, G/60 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Prizes: $1,000 b/44. 2000 USCF or FIDE and all foreign FIDE rated players. $4000-2000-1200- 1700+: $200 100, u1900 150 50, u1700: 200 100, u1500 100 50, u1300 1000-800-600-500-400-400-400, clear or tiebreak first bonus $200, FIDE 50 Sched: Reg. 8-8:45. Rounds: 9 11:15 1:30 3:45. EF: $37 by 1/31. $52 Under 2400/Unr $1600-800. Minimum prize $700 to first 5 foreign GMs Regional onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/lessswiss. NS. NC. to enter who play all 9 rounds (no byes), $300 to first 5 foreign IMs to JULY 5-7 OR 6-7, 2013 Sacramento Chess Championship enter who play all 9 rounds (no byes). GM & IM norms possible, FIDE rated. See Grand Prix. Expert (2000-2199): $2000-1000-700-500-400-300-300. Class A (1800- Alabama 1999/Unr): $2000-1000-700-500-400-300-300. Class B (1600-1799/Unr): JULY 7, Fremont Quads $2000-1000-700-500-400-300-300. Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $2000- JUNE 22, Montgomery Open 3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies: Players 1000-700-500-400-300-300. Class D (1200-1399/Unr): $1000-600-400- See Grand Prix. w/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite. 300-200-200. Class E (under 1200/Unr): $1000-600-400-300-200-200. JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 2013 Houston Open (TX) Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/fremont. NS. NC. W. Class A through E players Prize limits: may play up one class. Unrated See Grand Prix. JULY 7, Fremont Swiss (0-3 lifetime games rated) cannot win over $200 in E, $400 D, $600 C, $900 JULY 20, Evangel Grand Prix 4SS, G/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies for B or $1200 A. Master Section EF: Free to GMs; $200 deducted from prize See Grand Prix. plus score & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. EF: 33, 48 (no deduction from foreign GM minimum prize). IMs, WGMs: $30 at onsite. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/fremont. NS. NC. W. chessaction.com by 10/8, $50 until 6 pm 10/9 or at site; $200 deducted JULY 26-28 OR 27-28, 21st annual Southern Open (FL) from prize (no deduction from foreign IM minimum prize). Foreign FIDE See Grand Prix. JULY 14, Cupertino Quads rated players: $130 online at chessaction.com by 10/8, $150 online or 3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Players at site until 6 pm 10/9; $100 deducted from prize. FIDE 2300/up: $280 w/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite. online at chessaction.com by 10/8, $300 online or at site until 6 pm 10/9. Arizona Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W. FIDE 2200-2299: $380 online at chessaction.com by 10/8, $400 online Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! JULY 14, Cupertino Swiss or at site until 6 pm 10/9. Others: $480 online at chessaction.com by 10/8, Tuesday Night Open 4SS, G/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies for plus $500 online or at site until 6 pm 10/9. Expert through Class C Sections 4 or 5 round, USCF rated tournament. ROUND TIMES: 7:00pm. One game score & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. EF: 33, 48 onsite. EF: $180 online at chessaction.com by 10/8, $185 phoned to 406-896-2038 every Tuesday of the month. Time Control: 40/120,SD/60 d5. PRIZES: 1st Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W. by 10/8, 4-day $184, 3-day $183 if check mailed by 9/30, $200 at site. Place and Class Prizes based on number of entries. ENTRY FEE: $45; TO Class D or E EF:all $80 less than Expert through Class C EF. All: No phone REGISTER: chessemporium.com, call 602-482-4867. SITE: 10801 N. 32nd JULY 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA- entry after 10/8. Online late entry (same price as at site) available until St., Suite 6, Phoenix, AZ 85028. S) 2 hours before rd 1. EF $80 less to seniors 65 or over in Master through See Grand Prix. Special 1 yr USCF dues JULY 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA- Class C. with paper magazine if paid with S) JULY 27, Chess4Less Bay Area Quads entry: Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholas- See Grand Prix. 3xG/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies: Players tic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, w/plus score. Sched: Check-in by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: $19, $34 onsite. Scholastic $20. No checks at site, credit cards OK. No mailed credit card Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC. entries. Re-entry: $100, no re-entry from Master Section to Master California, Northern Section. Master schedule: Reg. ends Wed 6 pm, rds. Wed 7 pm, Thu 11:45 JULY 27, Chess4Less Bay Area Swiss & 6, Fri 6, Sat 11:45 & 6, Sun 10:45 & 5, Mon 10. 4-day Expert through Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 4SS, G/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies for plus E schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11:45 & 6, Sun 10:45 JUNE 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Summer Sunshine Sat Night Marathon score & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. Special EF: & 5, Mon 10 & 3:30. 3-day Expert through E schedule: Reg. ends Sat 5SSxG/90, 1800+ G/90 +30; U1800 G/90 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpi- $19, $34 onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC. tas, CA 95035. Sched: Sat 6:30p. Prize: EF-Exp. EF: 29, dropin 8, NMs/ 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10:45 & 5, Mon 10 & 3:30. Both schedules AUG. 4, Fremont Quads in Expert through Class E merge & compete for same prizes. Byes: OK higher 0. 2 sec: 1800+, u1800. Info: BayAreaChess.com/weekly. NS. NC. 3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies: Players all; limit 3 (limit 2 in last 4 rds.), must commit before rd. 3. Bring sets, JUNE 22, Chess4Less Bay Area Quads w/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite. boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. HR: $95-95-105-115, 703-418- 3xG/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies: Players Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/fremont. NS. NC. W. 1234, reserve by 9/25 or rate may increase. Special chess rate valet w/plus score. Sched: Check-in by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: $19, $34 onsite. , Fremont Swiss parking $6/day, with or without guest room. Car rentals: Avis, 800-331- Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC. AUG. 4 1600, use AWD #D657633 or reserve car online at chesstour.com. 4SS, G/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies for Sched: Games: EF: Ratings: FIDE used for Master Section, USCF October official for others, JUNE 22, Chess4Less Bay Area Swiss plus score & teams. Reg. 9-10a. 10:15a-2p. 33, 48 Info: unofficial usually used if otherwise unrated. For foreign players in Expert 4SS, G/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies for plus onsite. http://BayAreaChess.com/fremont. NS. NC. W. score & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. Special EF: or below see chesstour.com/foreignratings.htm, Ent: Continental Chess, AUG. 11, Cupertino Quads Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: DirectorAtChess.US, 347-201- $19, $34 onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC. 3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Players 2269, www.chesstour.com. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! w/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite. entries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly). JUNE 29, Chess4Less SuperSwiss (4SSxG/60) Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W.

18th annual PACIFIC COAST OPEN July 18-21, 19-21 or 20-21, 2013 - $25,000 projected prizes, $20,000 minimum 6 rounds at luxurious Sheraton Hotel, Agoura Hills CA, 12 miles from Malibu 6 rounds, Sheraton Hotel, 30100 Adult U1200 (born 1995/before): SCCF membership ($18, jrs $10) Agoura Road, Agoura Hills CA 91301 $500-300-200-100, trophies. required for rated So. Calif. residents. (US-101 to Reyes Adobe Road exit), 26 Junior U1200 (born 1996/after): miles west of Burbank. Free parking. $500-300-200-100, trophies. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30 Hotel rates: $95-95, 818-707-1220, Unrated prize limits: U1900 $900, pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 6 pm, Sat 12 & 6, reserve by 7/3 or rate may increase. U1700 $700, U1500 $500, U1200 $200. Sun 11 am & 4:30 pm. Open Section 3-day & 4-day 40/110, Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, SD/30, d10. Other sections 3-day & 4- male/female 2-player team combined rds Fri 12 noon & 6 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun day 30/90, SD/1, d5 (no 4-day U1200). score among all sections: $600-300. 11 am & 4:30 pm. 2-day option all sections, rds 1-3 G/45, 2-day schedule: Reg. Sat to 9 am, d5, then merges with others. Top 5 sections entry fee: $135 at rds Sat 10 am, 12:45 pm, 3:15 pm & 6 chessaction.com by 7/16, $140 phoned pm; Sun 11 am & 4:30 pm. Prizes $25,000 based on 230 paid by 7/16 (406-896-2038), 4-day $139, 3- Half-point byes OK all (limit 2); entries; min. guarantee $20,000 (80% day $138, 2-day $137 mailed by 7/9, Open must commit before round 2, other each prize). Re-entries, U1200 sections $150 at site (no checks, credit cards sections before round 4. count as half entries. 7 sections: OK) or online until 2 hrs before game. Open: $3000-1500-700-400, clear or Under 1200 sections entry fee: All: Bring set, board, clock if tiebreak win $100 bonus, top Under $65 at chessaction.com by 7/16, $70 possible. JGP. Re-entry (no Open) $70. 2300/Unr $1400-700. FIDE rated, 150 phoned by 7/16, $80 at site, or online Entry: chessaction.com or GPP (enhanced). until 2 hours before game. Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300. Special USCF dues: see Chess NY 10803. $15 charge for refunds. Under 1900: $2000-1000-500-300. Life or chesstour.com. USCF Questions: chesstour.com, Under 1700: $1700-900-500-300. membership required. [email protected], 347-201-2269. Under 1500: $1400-700-400-200, Unofficial uschess.org ratings Advance entries posted at chessaction. top Under 1300 (no unr) $400. usually used if otherwise unrated. com (online entries posted instantly).

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AUG. 11, Cupertino Swiss JULY 5-7 OR 6-7, SCCF Pacific Southwest Open official USCF ratings used. Unofficial uschess.org ratings used if oth- 4SS, G/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies for plus See Grand Prix. erwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with score & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. EF: 33, 48 onsite. , SCCF PSO Scholastics entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic Info: JULY 6 $15. Mailed or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W. 5-SS, G/30 d0. Radisson LAX, 6225 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun , Chess4Less Bay Area Quads 90045. Open to gr. 12-below. In two sections: Open: Trophies to top 5, top AUG. 17 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 10, 1:30 & 5, 3xG/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies: Players 3 U1200, top 2 Unrated. Grade 6/below U1000: Trophies to top 5, top 3 Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd 2. HR: $94-94, 800- w/plus score. Sched: Check-in by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: $19, $34 onsite. U700, top 2 Unrated. Reg.: 8:30-9. Rds.: 9:30-11-12:15-1:45-3. EF: $20 408-7640, 203-358-8400; reserve by 10/4 or rate may increase. Car Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC. if received by 06/20, $25 door. Info: [email protected]. On-line rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through ent: www.metrochessla.com. Ent: Metropolitan Chess, PO Box 25112, Los , Chess4Less Bay Area Swiss chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803 AUG. 17 Angeles, CA 90025-0112. 4SS, G/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies for plus (DirectorAtChess.US, chesstour.com, 347-201-2269). $15/team service score & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. Special EF: JULY 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th annual Pacific Coast Open charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com. $19, $34 onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC. See Grand Prix. AUG. 3-4, San Diego County Championship Delaware California, Southern See Grand Prix. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR 1-2, 35th Annual Southern California Open The Los Angeles Chess Club See Grand Prix. Newark Chess Club (The premier chess club in Southern California) (310) 795-5710 * 4-SS, G/75. USCF-rated game every Thursday 7-10 PM. 345 School Bell www.LAChessClub.com. Beginner/Novice Class: Sundays: 12-1 pm Rd., Bear, DE 19701. For a full year of weekly games $22 for in-state play- Intermediate Class: Saturdays: 10:30 am - noon Advanced Lecture: Tues- Colorado ers, $15 out-of-state! www.newarkchessclub.blogspot.com, newark days: 7:30-9:30 pm Tournaments every Saturday and Sunday Every [email protected]. Sunday Chess 4 Juniors Tournament - 3 Sections: >1000, <1000, AUG. 31-SEPT. 1, Colorado Open See Grand Prix. OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship (CT) <600. Everybody receives a prize (trophies & medals) + Free pizza & See Connecticut. juices. Details: www.LAChessClub.com. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025 (4 blocks 405 West, SW corner of Santa Monica & Connecticut Butler * 2nd Floor) Group Classes * Tournaments * Private (1:1) Lessons. District of Columbia Beverly Hills Chess Club JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, 41st Annual World Open (VA) AUG. 23-25 OR 24-25, 45th annual Atlantic Open Join the elite group of chess enthusiasts! Curriculum based instruction See Grand Prix. from ages 3 and above, Privates, Lectures, Blitz, Simuls, Open & Scholas- See Grand Prix. tic tournaments, Camps, Adult events, Member-only events and more... JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th Annual Bradley Open OCT. 9-14, 11-14 OR 12-14, 4th annual Continental Class Cham- Open T, TH, F, Sat, Sun (hours vary). 8950 W. Olympic Blvd., #210, Bev- See Grand Prix. pionships (VA) erly Hills, CA 90211. In the Beverly Hills Plaza (Corner of Lapeer Dr. & See Grand Prix. AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, 12th annual Manhattan Open (NY) Olympic) 310-274-7873, email us at [email protected], website See Grand Prix. www.bhchessclub.com. , 43rd annual Continental Open (MA) Florida Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11 See Grand Prix. JUNE 1&2, 8&9, 15&16, 22&23, LACC - Sat & Sun G/61 Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 6SS, G/61 d5. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. 2 Sections: AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18 NOT JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 19th Annual Boca Raton Chess Club Open & U1600. EF: $55 ($35 LACC memb; siblings 1/2). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Northeast Open Friday nights, G/85 d5 Tournament, one game a week for 4 weeks. www. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on See Grand Prix. bocachess.com, 561-479-0351. streets & basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Broward Chess Club JUNE 1, 8, 15, 22, LACC - Sat Nite Blitz (G/5) (BLZ) OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship 909 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304. USCF & FIDE Tournaments, 5DSS, G/5 d0 (10 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 5SS, 30/90, SD/1 d5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/90 d5), Sheraton Hotel, 700 Blitz, Bughouse, Lessons, Chess Camps, Summer Camp and After School 4 blks West of 405. EF: $10. Blitz rated. Reg.: 6-6:30 pm. Rds.: 6:30, 6:50, Main St., Stamford, CT 06901. Free parking. $10,000 GUARANTEED Chess Programs. www.browardchessclub.com. Contact: NM Oscar Mal- 7:10, 7:30, 7:50 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on streets & PRIZES. Open to teams of 4 plus one optional alternate; match point scor- donado 860-372-5966. ing. Average rating of 4 highest rated players must be under 2000, basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com. Broward Chess Club Fridays Night Blitz (BLZ) counting 4th highest rating as at least 3th highest rating minus 500. Alter- (70% of EFs paid out in prizes!): Please enter by 7:30pm. EF: $6 members, JUNE 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, LACC - Saturday G/61 nate must be lowest rated on team, but plays the board of the player who $8 for non-members. Address: Broward Chess Club, 909 N. Federal 3SS, G/61 d5. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 2 Sections: is replaced. Except for the alternate, players must play in rating order, Hwy., Fort Lauderdale 33304. Phone (860) 372-5966, www.broward Open & U1600. EF: $30 ($20 memb, $10 no prizes; siblings 1/2). Reg.: so are always on the same board. EF per team: $320 online at chess- chessclub.com. 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on action.com by 10/16, 3-day $323, 2-day $322 mailed by 10/9, all $360 at streets & basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com. site, or online until 2 hours before first round. No checks at site; credit JUNE 15, June OCG Quick Open JUNE 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, LACC - Every Sunday Chess 4 Jrs. cards OK. Individuals seeking teams: DirectorAtChess.US or 347-201- Orlando Chess and Games Center. 6SS. G/24 d5. EF: $25. PF: $650 b/30: 5 separate events – 3 Sections: >1000, <1000, <600, 5SS, G/30 d5. 2269. Prizes: Top teams $2000-1200-600-400, teams averaging under $250-$150-$100, U-1600, U-1200 $75 each. Reg.: 9:15-9:55 am. RDS.: 11514 Santa Monica Blvd & Butler, LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blocks West of 405. 1800 $1200-600, teams averaging under 1600 $1000-500, top scorer on 10-11-12:30-1:30-2:30-3:30, www.orlandochess.com. Info: call 407-248- EF: $30 ($20 LACC memb, siblings 1/2, Free new LACC memb). Reg.: 12- each board $400-200, top alternate $100. For teams using alternate, team 0818 or 321-297-7087 or email [email protected]. Rds.: Prizes: prizes apportioned based on number of games played. Plaque to top col- 1 pm. 1pm & asap; Trophies (Top 6) & medals; each player , 6th Summer Solstice Open receives a prize! Parking: Free on streets & basement. Free pizza & juices. lege team (same school), K-12 team (same school), K-9 team (same JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23 See Grand Prix. Info: (310) 795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com or Mick@LAChess school), K-6 team (same school), K-3 team (same school). Mixed team Club.com. prize (2 males, 2 females, no alternate): free entry for each team mem- JULY 13, CFCC Tornado at UUU ber to National Chess Congress, Nov 29-Dec 1 in Philadelphia. October See Grand Prix. JUNE 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, LACC - Sunday G/61 3SS, G/61 d5. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 2 Sections: Open & U1600. EF: $30 ($20 memb, $10 no prizes; siblings 1/2). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on streets & basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com. JUNE 14-16 OR 15-16, SoCal Class Championship See Grand Prix. 20th annual SOUTHERN OPEN JUNE 15, SoCal Kids Class Championship 5SS, G/30 d5. Hyatt Regency, 17900 Jamboree Rd., Irvine, CA 92614. Hotel $99. Trophies:Top 10 players ea section & top 10 teams all sections com- July 26-28 or 27-28, Wyndham Orlando Resort bined. 5 sections b/ rating: under 200, 200-399, 400-599, 600-799, 800-999. EF by 6/11: 29. Onsite +15, Play-up +10. Rfnd fee 10. Rating $16,000 projected prizes, $12,000 minimum! based on Jun 13 Supp & TD disc. Sched: Reg Fr 8:30-9, Rds. Fr 9:30, 11, 12:30, 2, 3:30. Info: BayAreaChess.com/socals. T: 408.786.5515. E: [email protected]. NS. NC. W. 5 round Swiss, choice of 3-day or 2-day schedule. Prizes $16,000 based JUNE 23, 2013 California G/30 Scholastic (K-12) Championship on 200 paid entries (re-entries & $50 off entries count half), with 75% of 4 Sections: >1400, >1000, <1000, <600, 5SS, G/30 d5. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd & Butler, LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blocks West of 405. EF: $35 ($25 each prize minimum guaranteed. In 5 sections: LACC memb, siblings 1/2, Free new LACC memb). Reg.: 12-1 pm. Rds.: Open Section: Prizes $2000-1000-500-300, clear/tiebreak win $100 1pm & asap. Prizes:Trophies (Top 3 each section) & medals; each player receives a prize! Parking: Free on streets & basement. Free Pizzas & bonus, top U2300/Unr $800-400. FIDE rated, 80 GPP. Juices. Info: (310) 795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com or Mick@LAChess Club.com. Under 2100 Section: $1400-700-400-200, top U1900 (no unr) $500. JUNE 29, Joshua Tree Summer Open Under 1800 Section: $1400-700-400-200, top U1600 (no unr) $500. 4SS, G/60 d0. Reg.: 8-9:15. Rds.: 9:30, 11:45, 2:45, 5:00. Faith Lutheran Church, 6336 Hallee Rd., Joshua Tree. (2 blks N. of Hwy 62). EF: $30. Under 1500 Section: $1200-600-300-200, top U1300 (no unr) $400. Prizes: 70% EF. Info and Ent: Mark Muller, P.O. Box 502, 29 Palms, CA Under 1200 Section: $600-300-200-100, trophies. 92277 (760) 367-2311, e-mail: [email protected]. W. JUNE 29, LACC - June Blitz Open (G/5) (BLZ) MIXED DOUBLES BONUS PRIZES: Best male/female 2-player 7DSS, G/5 d0 (14 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. “team” (average U2200) combined score among all sections: $400-200. 4 blks W of 405. EF: $20 ($15 LACC memb). Blitz rated. Reg.: 6-6:30 pm. Rds.: 6:30, 6:55, 7:20, 7:45, 8:10, 8:35, 8:50 pm. Prizes: $250 Guaran- Unrated prize limits: $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or $500 in U1800. teed! 1st: $100; 2nd: $50; 3rd: $25; 4th: $15; U1800: $30; U1600 $30. Parking: Free on streets & basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue or chesstour.com. www.LAChessClub.com. 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JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 2013 Houston Open (TX) chess part of the school day. Our monthly Quest tournament for kids & Credit Cards onsite OK. No checks onsite. Mail entries to: North Amer- See Grand Prix. adults is now in its 8th year & held at the beautiful Crowne Plaza in North- ican Chess Association (payable to), 4957 Oakton St., Suite 113, Skokie, brook. Contact us at 773.844.0701 or [email protected]. Visit our IL 60077. Register online at www.nachess.org/classic. Other info: JULY 26-28 OR 27-28, 21st annual Southern Open See Grand Prix. website at www.rknights.org for our schedule of events and to find out Boards, sets, and clocks provided. None for skittles. Must use organizer more about our programs. provided equipment. Chess store onsite. July rating supplement used. AUG. 6-11, 2nd Annual Washington International (MD) Questions: [email protected] or 847-423-8626. Organizers: Sevan A. See Grand Prix. JUNE 16, 90th Knights Quest Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2875 Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook, IL. USCF Rated Muradian, Glenn Panner and Fred Gruenberg. AUG. 17, CFCC Tornado at UUU Sections: Open (K-12 & Adults), U1400 (K-12 & Adults), U1000 (K-8) & JULY 13, Warriors Open & Reserve See Grand Prix. U600 (K-8). Awards:Top 6 U600 & U1000 Sections, Top 5 U1400 & Open G/60 d5, 3R-SS. Lincoln-Way West HS, 21701 S. Gougar Rd., New Lenox, AUG. 24, Cagan Crossings Community Library Chess Tournament Sections. Players in U600 receive participation award. Time Control: Game IL 60451. Reg.: 8:15-8:45 am. Rds.: 9, 11:30, 2. Sections: Open & 5SS, G/40 d5. Cagan Crossings Library, 16729 Oaks Blvd., Clermont, FL. 30 (G/25 d5) 4 Rounds U600 & U1000 Sections Game 45 (G/40 d5) 4 Reserve. EF: $5. No concessions on site (bring sack lunch). Contact: Off of U.S. Hwy 27/S.R.25. Across Hwy from Lowes; Diagonal across from Rounds U1400 & Open Sections. Reg.: 11:00-11:30 am. Rds.: 1 at 12:00 Coach Miller at 815-463-0104 or [email protected] with Walmart. Bring set and clock if possible. ENTRY FEE: $25 mailed or pm, rest ASAP. EF: $30 early, $35 after Monday before, $40 after Friday questions. brought to Library. $30 at door. USCF rtg & conf. ID# req. for cash prize. before. $5 discount to siblings and team members when registering , 91st Knights Quest together. Online Registration: www.rknights.org. Mail-in Reg.: Renais- JULY 14 GM fees waived. Unrated tournament being run concurrently. No fees for Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2875 Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook, IL. USCF Rated sance Knights, PO Box 1074, Northbrook, IL 60065. Info:www.rknights.org, unrated. PRIZES: Guaranteed $150/75/30 after 5 paid registrations. Sections: Open (K-12 & Adults), U1400 (K-12 & Adults), U1000 (K-8) & 773-844-0701. Prizes then increase $150/70/20 per 10 paid entries. Unrated winners U600 (K-8). Awards:Top 6 U600 & U1000 Sections, Top 5 U1400 & Open awarded chess medals. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Arrive by 8:45 to register. Con- JUNE 22, Warriors Open & Reserve Sections. Players in U600 receive participation award. Time Control: Game tact: Herb Pilgrim: Library #352-243-1840; Cell:352-396-1006; email: G/60 d5, 3R-SS. Lincoln-Way West HS, 21701 S. Gougar Rd., New Lenox, 30 (G/25 d5) 4 Rounds U600 & U1000 Sections Game 45 (G/40 d5) 4 [email protected]. IL 60451. Reg.: 8:15-8:45 am. Rds.: 9, 11:30, 2. Sections: Open & Rounds U1400 & Open Sections. Reg.: 11:00-11:30 am. Rds.: 1 at 12:00 Reserve. EF: $5. No concessions on site (bring sack lunch). Contact: pm, rest ASAP. EF: $30 early, $35 after Monday before, $40 after Friday Coach Miller at 815-463-0104 or [email protected] with before. $5 discount to siblings and team members when registering Georgia questions. together. Online Registration: www.rknights.org. Mail-in Reg.: Renais- JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 6th Summer Solstice Open (FL) Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! sance Knights, PO Box 1074, Northbrook, IL 60065. Info: www.rknights.org, See Grand Prix. 773-844-0701. JULY 5-7, The Greater Midwest Classic and The Billy Colias Memo- JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 2013 Castle Chess Grand Prix rial Invitational JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 6th annual Chicago Class See Grand Prix. $21,000 Unconditionally Guaranteed! Prizes: Billy Colias Memorial See Grand Prix. Invitational Sections A, B, C (FIDE rated): $500-300-200 per section. JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 2013 Houston Open (TX) Classic Sections: U2200 (FIDE rated): Overall - $1500-1200-1000- AUG. 3, Warriors Open & Reserve See Grand Prix. 700; 1951-2100 - $400-200-100; 1800-1950 - $400-200-100; Biggest G/60 d5, 3R-SS. Lincoln-Way West HS, 21701 S. Gougar Rd., New Lenox, IL 60451. Reg.: 8:15-8:45 am. Rds.: 9, 11:30, 2. Sections: Open & JULY 26-28 OR 27-28, 21st annual Southern Open (FL) Upset - $200; U1800: Overall - $1500-1200-1000-700; Top 1551-1700 - See Grand Prix. $400-200-100; Top 1400-1550 - $400-200-100; Biggest Upset - $200; Reserve. EF: $5. No concessions on site (bring sack lunch). Contact: U1400: Overall - $1500-1200-1000-700; 1151-1300 - $400-200-100; 1150 Coach Miller at 815-463-0104 or [email protected] with and below - $400-200-100; Biggest Upset - $200; Billy Colias Memo- questions. Illinois rial Invitational Sections: 5R-RR Game-90 + 30/sec: Fri 5:30pm, AUG. 6-11, 2nd Annual Washington International (MD) North Shore Chess Center Sat-Sun 10am and 3:30pm. Classic Sections: 6R-SS Game-90 + 30/sec: See Grand Prix. On-site reg: a friendly environment to learn and play chess! USCF rated tournaments Fri: 12pm and 5:30pm, Sat-Sun 10am & 3:30pm each day. , 8th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) 9:30-11:30am Fri or 8:30-9:30am Sat. Limit 2 byes. 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10:30am Sat. Limit 2 byes. Last rd. bye must commit prior to start of Rd. JULY 20, Bluegrass State Games - Chess event OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship (CT) 3. Side Events: 3-hour camp with GM Polgar (Fri 5:30pm), Puzzle Solv- 4SS, G/45 d5. Awards included for overall, seniors 50 years old & over, See Connecticut. ing (Sat 6pm), Simul (Sat 7pm), Blitz (Sun 9am). Unrated 1-day (G-45, women, U1400, and several scholastic divisions. Quick Chess: 4 rds - 4R-SS, Sat 11am, 1:30pm, 4pm, 6:30pm) – 4 sections (boys and girls G/10 d0 double Swiss. Events open to players of neighboring states together): K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12; Prizes (per section) – 1st thru 5th trophy, without a chess event in their state games. USCF membership is not Massachusetts top 2 teams trophy) **Must be unrated to play in unrated section**. Site: required but games will be rated. College Park Gym & Library, 15 Wheeler JUNE 19, Wachusett Chess Club Blitz Championship (BLZ) Crowne Plaze Chicago-Northbrook Hotel, 2875 N. Milwaukee Ave., North- Ave., Winchester, KY. Register at: bgsg.org/chess. 7SS, G/9 d0. McKay Campus School, Room C159, Fitchburg State Univer- brook, IL 60062. HR: $99/night – call 847-298-2525 and ask for CHESS , Mike Anders Memorial Open sity, 67 Rindge Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $5 or $10 (semi-annual club rate. Reserve by Oct 11. Free parking. Entries: If postmarked or online JULY 27 EF: dues); free to Wachusett CC members. Reg.: 6:45-7:15 p.m. Rd. 1 at 7:30 by 10/12 $40; $50 online or postmarked by 10/26; $60 thereafter. Puz- 4SS, G/45 d5. Family Buffet; 121 Towne Dr., Elizabethtown, KY. $20 $$b/25; p.m. Byes: 1-5, limit two. Prizes: chess books, magazines, imported zle Solving, Blitz, Simul Side Events EF - $15 each or $40 all three by 10/26; mailed by July 22, at site $25. $150, 75 Class B, C, C, E & Reg.: wooden boards, medals, etc. Info: George Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill Rd., $20 each thereafter and onsite. Camp EF - $40 by 10/26, $60 thereafter below/UNR $50 each if at least 2 players in section. 11:00-11:25 Rds.: Ent: Fitchburg, MA 01420, [email protected], 978-345-5011. Website: www. and onsite. Unrated Section EF - $10 by 10/12, $15 by 10/26, $20 there- am, First round 11:30 am, others ASAP. Johnny Owens (TD), Info: wachusettchess.org. Online quick ratings as of June 19 will be used. W. after and onsite. Credit Cards onsite OK. No checks onsite. Mail entries P.O. Box 226, Elizabethtown, KY 42702-0266. (270) 272-3061. to: North American Chess Association (payable to) 4957 Oakton St., http://etownchess.blogspot.com. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Register online at www.nachess.org/pol- AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18, 8th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) JUNE 26, JULY 3, 10, 17, 24, Harlow B. Daly Memorial (1883-1979) gar2013. Other info: Boards, sets, and clocks provided. None for skittles. See Grand Prix. 5SS, G/105 d5. Wachusett CC, McKay Campus School, Room C159, Fitch- Must use organizer provided equipment. Chess store onsite. October rat- burg State University, 67 Rindge Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $10 SEPT. 20-22 OR 21-22, 6th annual Louisville Open (semi-annual club dues) or $1 per game played. Reg.: 6-7:10 p.m. Rds.: ing supplement used. Questions: [email protected] or leave message See Grand Prix. 847-423-8626. 7:15 p.m. each Wed. Byes: 1-4, limit two. Prizes: chess books. Info: George Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420, miriling2@aol. com, 978-345-5011. Website: www.wachusettchess.org. Online ratings Indiana Louisiana as of June 26 will be used. W. , 2013 Houston Open (TX) Orange Crush Chess Club Friday Night Blitz (BLZ) JULY 19-21 OR 20-21 JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, 41st Annual World See Grand Prix. Donatos Pizza, 825 W. 10th St. USCF rated. Reg.: 6-6:25 pm, starts at Open (VA) 6:30pm. Type: 3 RR Quad, G/5 d2, BLZ. EF: $10.00, $$ b/4-Quad 1st $25.00, AUG. 3-4, 2013 Paul Morphy Open - NOTE DATE CHANGE See Grand Prix. $30 for club members. Ent: Donald Urquhart, 1020 Central Ave., #304, See Grand Prix. JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th Annual Bradley Open (CT) Indianapolis, IN 46202. Info: Don at 317-679-2813 or email akakar See Grand Prix. [email protected]. Maine AUG. 6-11, 2nd Annual Washington International (MD) Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. The Second Saturday of the Month AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental Open (MA) 4SS, G/61 d5. Donatos Pizza, 825 W. 10th St., Indianapolis. Reg.: 11- See Grand Prix. AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental Open See Grand Prix. 11:30AM, Rd. 1, 11:40AM. $$:b/20 1st $200; 2nd $100; Class (A, B,) (C, D, E, Unr) $70 each. Prizes increased if + 20. EF: $25 - $5.00 BD month, AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18 NOT JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 19th Annual - $5.00 for any state association (except ISCA), OCCC Memb.req’d. Memb. Maryland Northeast Open (CT) includes magazine+. FIDE Titled Players Free. Ent: Donald Urquhart, 1020 Maryland Chess Association See Grand Prix. Central Ave., #304, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Info: at 317-679-2813 or email Open & scholastic tournaments in Maryland listed at www.mdchess.com. OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship (CT) [email protected]. 3 entries in a class req’d for that class prize to be See Connecticut. awarded. NIH Chess Club NIH Chess Club (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, MD. Every JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 6th annual Chicago Class (IL) Wed at 7:30, Bldg. 10, 2nd floor cafeteria. Contact: Leif at 240-460- See Grand Prix. 1930, or Lew Kellert at 301-873-8473. Michigan AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18, 8th annual Indianapolis Open , Catonsville FIDE-Rated-Blitz #1 (BLZ) Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! JUNE 21 , 2013 Michigan Bottom Half Class Championships See Grand Prix. 5ss Dbl, G/3 inc:2. Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury Ave., JUNE 22-23 5 round swiss. G/120 or G/115 d5. Comfort Suites Grand Rapids North, Catonsville, MD 21228. Also USCF-rated. FIDE Blitz rating used, then high- AUG. 31-SEPT. 2, 69th Ohio Chess Congress (OH) 350 Dodge St., Comstock Park, MI 49321. Hotel chess rate: $85.99 per est USCF rating for pairing and prizes. EF: $20 if rec’d by 6/17, $25 at See Grand Prix. night (616)785-7899. 6 sections. Over 1900, U/1900, U/1700, U/1500, site $$75% of EF. Reg.: 7:30p-8. Info: [email protected] and U/1300, U/1100. Over 1900 is FIDE rated. Rounds: Sat. 10, 2:30, 7, Sun SEPT. 20-22 OR 21-22, 6th annual Louisville Open (KY) [email protected]. FIDE Rules Used, see web for details and Adv 10, 2:30. Registration: Sat 8:30-9:30. EF: $40 for U/1300 section and See Grand Prix. entry address. Limited to first 28 entries. http://mysite.verizon.net/ above. $25 for U/1100 section. Registration received after 6/19/13, vze12d59. then add $10, Subtract $5 if under 18. Email registration ok. USCF and Kansas JUNE 28-30, 5th annual World Open Senior Amateur (VA) MCA required. Can purchase on site. Over 1900 $200, $85, U/2100 $75 See Virginia. U1900 U1700 U1500 Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! U/2000 $75, $150 u/1800 $75, $150 u/1600 $75, $150 u/1400 $75, U1300 $150 u/1200 $75, U1100 trophies 1st, 2nd, JULY 12-14, Kansas Open JUNE 29-30, World Open Under 13 Championship (VA) All events at Holiday Inn, 549 South Rock Rd., Wichita, KS. 2 sec- See Virginia. U/1000, U/900. Entries and info: Michael Smith, P.O. Box 8064, Ann Arbor, tions: (7/13 and 7/14) 5SS, G/120 d5 All prizes based on 80 non-scholastic MI 48107. Make checks payable to MCA. E-mail redwing_85@hot JUNE 29-30, World Open Warmup (VA) mail.com. rate entries in Open + Reserve. Open: all: $320-160-80. 1999/below: See Grand Prix. 160-80-40. $25 & plaque to top KS resident. Reserve: 1799/below: JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 6th annual Chicago Class (IL) $320-160-80. Class C: 160-80-40. 1399/below + unrated: 160-80-40. $25 JULY 1-2, World Open Under 2300 (VA) See Grand Prix. EF: See Virginia. and plaque to top KS resident. $45 if postmarked by 7/6, $55 there- AUG. 9-11 OR 10-11, Cleveland Open (OH) after and on-site. Special $10 discount for advance entry into both KS Open JULY 1-3 OR 2-3, 2nd annual World Open Women’s Championship See Grand Prix. + Blitz tourney, $10 entry fee for Scholastics, not competing for cash, (VA) AUG. 17-18, 2013 U.P. Open but competing for 3 plaques in Reserve or 1 in Open, Special free Scholas- See Virginia. tic entry for some (see website). Reg.: 7/13 8:30-9:30am. Rds.: 7/13: See Grand Prix. 10-2:30-7, 7/14: 9:30, 2:00. KANSAS BLITZ CHESS: 1 section: (7/12), JULY 3, World Open 7-Minute Championship (BLZ) (VA) AUG. 31-SEPT. 2, 69th Ohio Chess Congress (OH) 5SS, G/10 d0. All prizes based on 40 non-scholastic rate entries $240- See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. 160-80. Class A, B, & (C and below + unrated): 80, 40 each. $25 plus JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, 41st Annual World plaque for top KS resident in Blitz. EF: $25 if postmarked by 7/6, $35 there- Open (VA) after and on-site, $10 entry fee for all Scholastics not competing for cash, See Grand Prix. Minnesota but for 3 plaques. Reg.: 7/12 6-7pm. Rds.: 7:00, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9. KANSAS JULY 4, 5, 6, 7, World Open Daily 2 pm Blitz (BLZ) (VA) JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 6th annual Chicago Class (IL) BUGHOUSE: 1 section: (7/12) Immediately after Blitz tourney, prizes 75% See Grand Prix. of total entry money. EF: $20 per team, pay on-site. HR: Special room rate See Virginia. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! at Holiday Inn, 316-888-7131 or 877-863-4780 and mention event key KCC, JULY 6, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) (VA) up to 4 in a room, $77 per night, reservations by 6/28. Special: KCA mem- See Grand Prix. JULY 20, OleChess Summer Tournament bership required of KS residents to participate In Kansas Open; $7 adult, 4-SS, G/60 d5. St. Olaf College, Buntrock Commons, 1520 St. Olaf Ave., $5 junior, $10 family. USCF membership required for all events except Bug- JULY 7, World Open Blitz Championship (BLZ) (VA) Northfield, MN. Std. EF (eligible for prizes): $25 by 7/19, $40 on site (cash house. Also- Free breakfast for KCA members 7/14 (See website for See Grand Prix. only). 1 bye available. Non-prize-eligible EF (available to OleChess details) www.kansaschess.org. Ent: Laurence Coker, 8013 W 145th St., JULY 19, Catonsville FIDE-Rated-Blitz #2 (BLZ) Campers only): $2/game by 7/19, $5/game on site; director will award Overland Park, KS 66223. Checks payable to “Kansas Chess Association”. 5ss Dbl, G/3 inc:2. Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury Ave., points for unplayed games to create reasonable pairings. Prizes: $1000 Ph: 913-851-1583, e-mail: [email protected]. Catonsville, MD 21228. Also USCF-rated. FIDE Blitz rating used, then high- b/40 std. entries, min 2/class: $250-$150-$110-$70; Class X, A, B, C, D, est USCF rating for pairing and prizes. EF: $20 if rec’d by 7/18, $25 at E/Below/Unr: $70 ea. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rounds.: 10, 12:45, 3:00, 5:45. site $$75% of EF. Reg.: 7:30p-8. Info: [email protected] and Enter on website: http://wp.stolaf.edu/conferences/. Info: summer@ Kentucky [email protected]. FIDE Rules Used, see web for details and Adv stolaf.edu, 507-786-3042. NS. NC. W. Potter’s House Scholastic CC Every Tuesday entry address. Limited to first 28 entries. http://mysite.verizon.net/ Every Tuesday in June and July. Weekly Urban Chess, at 4th Avenue, United vze12d59. Mississippi Methodist Church, 318 West St. Catherine Str., Louisville, KY. Registration , 3rd Annual Potomac Open AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4 , 2013 Pearl Open time 5:00 to 5:30 p.m., entry fee $7 dollars, three sections, G/30, 3 See Grand Prix. JUNE 15 rounds, affordable refreshments on-site. Must be United States Chess Fed- 4SS, G/55 d5. 2 sections: Open & U1400. Country Inn & Suites, 3051 eration member. Memberships available on-site. See www.pottershouse AUG. 6-11, 2nd Annual Washington International White Blvd., Pearl, MS 39208. HR: 601-420-2244, $79/night, ask for chess.com/ for more information. Contact urbanlouisvillechess@yahoo. See Grand Prix. Chess rate. Reg.: 8am-9am. Rds.: 9:15, 11:30, Lunch, 2:15 and 4:30. com for details. Prizes b/70% entries, $250 guaranteed. Pre-entry Fee: Adults $20 and AUG. 9, Washington International Blitz (BLZ) Scholastic 12th grade or lower $10 if received by June 8, 2013. Onsite JULY 6, Lexington Monthly (1st Saturday G/60) See Grand Prix. 3SS, G/60 d5. Expansive Art, 125 E. Reynolds Rd., Lexington, KY. Direc- Entry Fee: Adults $30 and Scholastic 12th grade or lower $20. USCF mem- AUG. 10, Washington International Rapid (QC) bership required OSA. Contact: Ralph McNaughton 601-278-9670 or tions:Take New Circle Rd. to Nicholasville Rd. Head towards the Mall/Best See Grand Prix. Buy, turn left at E. Reynolds Rd. Shop is in the Crossroads shopping cen- [email protected]. For pre-entries mail your entry fee made out to ter. Prizes: Class Prizes with 90% of entries returned. Reg.: 11:45-noon. AUG. 23-25 OR 24-25, 45th annual Atlantic Open (DC) the Mississippi Chess Association, USCF number, expiration date and esti- Rds. 1st Rd. at noon, subsequent rounds ASAP (you will have some See Grand Prix. mated current rating to: Ralph McNaughton, 407 Boehle St., Pearl, MS 39208. More info at: www.mcachess.org. NS. NC. to get something to eat). EF:$1 per 100 rating points (e.g. a player rated OCT. 9-14, 11-14 OR 12-14, 4th annual Continental Class Cham- 1483 would pay $14 EF) Contact: Matthew Gurley (859)-537-1060; pionships (VA) JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 2013 Houston Open (TX) [email protected]. See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix.

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JUNE 15, Fair Lawn Saturday Quads Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on enter- Missouri ICA, 9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. 3 RR, G/60 d0. EF: $25. ing the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], Bill Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Prize: $50 to first in each quad. Reg.: 12:45-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:30 PM, 3:45, Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com ENT: ICA and www.westfieldchessclub.com. JUNE 29, 2013 Kansas City Open 6:00. Info Diana 201-797-0330, [email protected]; www.icanj.net. provides lunch. 4SS, G75 d5. Noland Rd. Baptist Church, 4505 S. Noland Rd., Independ- JULY 1-2, World Open Under 2300 (VA) ence, MO 64055. Reg.: 8-8:45. Rds.: 9, 12, 3, 6. USCF & MCA required, JUNE 15, King’s Chess Club Quads See Virginia. OSA. EF: $20 by 6/22, $30 onsite. Sections: Open & Reserve (U1600) Morning quads and afternoon quads, G/30 d5, Kindergarten-undergrad- b/40: 1st $150, 2nd $100, 3rd $50 each section. Entries to: CJ Armenta, JULY 1-3 OR 2-3, 2nd annual World Open Women’s Championship uate (scholastic, youth, and young adult memberships). Bethlehem (VA) 12734 Richmond, Grandview, MO 64030. Cash only onsite. EF: Reg.: Church, 758 Route 10, Randolph, NJ 07869. None. 9-9:20 am., See Virginia. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 1st rd. 9:40. Arr. by noon to reg. only for afternoon quads. Medal to each , 41st Annual World JUNE 29, Summer Free Entry Cash Prize Open quad winner. Info: Bethlehem Church 973-366-3434 or Bob McAdams 973- JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7 The Kansas City Chess Club, 7667 NW Prairie View Rd., Kansas City, MO 694-3988, [email protected]. Open (VA) See Grand Prix. 64151. G/60 d5, 4SS Rounds. Amateur G/30 d5, 4SS. Sections: Elite Sec- JUNE 16, Chess Mates Sunday Quads tion, Reserve, Non-USCF Rated Amateur/U1100 Prizes: $200 3-RR. G/25 d5. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prizes: $55 to first Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Guaranteed, Elite 1st $75; Reserve U1500 1st $75; Amateur/U1100 1st in each section. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:15 a.m. Rds.: JULY 3, 10, 17, 24, Chess Mates Wednesday G/90 $50. Free Entry. Reg.: 11:30AM-11:45. Rds.: Sat. 12-2:15-4:30-6:45. 10:20, 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. Info: www.chessmatesnj.com, 732-499-0118. 4-SS, G/85 d5. 1 game per week. Prize Fund: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd USCF and KCCA Req. Sold Onsite!Kenneth Fee, Questions: 816-399-3703. Also: Lessons with GM Yudasin 2:30-7:30 p.m. on June 2 & 16. Visit our & Class Prizes (based on the # of participants). 2 byes are available. Late- www.kansascitychessclub.com. web site or call for details. joins accepted until the start of round 3. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:25 a.m. Rds.: 7:00 p.m. on July 3, 10, 17, 24. 1531 Irving St., JULY 6, Saint Louis Premier & Amateur JUNE 16, Westfield Quads See Grand Prix. Rahway, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499- 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: 0118. JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 6th annual Chicago Class (IL) $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. See Grand Prix. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on enter- JULY 6, Fair Lawn Saturday Quads ing the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], Bill ICA, 9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. 3 RR, G/60 d0. EF: $25. JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 2013 Houston Open (TX) Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com Prize: $50 to first in each quad. Reg.: 12:45-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:30 PM, 3:45, See Grand Prix. and www.westfieldchessclub.com. 6:00. ENT: Info Diana 201-797-0330, [email protected]; www.icanj.net. ICA provides lunch. AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18, 8th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) JUNE 22, Chess Mates Saturday Swiss See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free ($30 JULY 6, Chess Mates Saturday Swiss SEPT. 20-22 OR 21-22, 6th annual Louisville Open (KY) deducted from prize). Prize Fund : $420 b/$600 in EF. Prizes: $120-80- 4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free ($30 See Grand Prix. 60, U2100 $45, U1900 $40, U1700 $40, U1500 $35. Reg.: 12:35-1:25 p.m. deducted from prize). Prize Fund : $420 b/$600 in EF. Prizes: $120-80- Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00, 6:45 p.m. Byes: 2 byes available, must commit prior 60, U2100 $45, U1900 $40, U1700 $40, U1500 $35. Reg: 12:35-1:25 p.m. to game 2. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 Irving St., Rah- Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00, 6:45 p.m. Byes: 2 byes available, must commit prior Montana way, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499-0118. to game 3. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 Irving St., Rah- way, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499-0118. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! JUNE 22, Fair Lawn Saturday Quads JUNE 1-2, John Barto Memorial Open ICA, 9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. 3 RR, G/60 d0. EF: $25. JULY 7, Chess Mates Sunday Quads Held in conjunction with the Montana State Championship (Closed). 5SS, Prize: $50 to first in each quad. Reg.: 12:45-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:30 PM, 3:45, 3-RR. G/25 d5. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prizes: $55 to first G/120 d5: Holiday Inn, 22 Last Chance Gulch Ave., Helena, MT 59601. 6:00. ENT: Info Diana 201-797-0330, [email protected]; www.icanj.net. ICA in each section. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:15 a.m. Rds.: Phone (406) 443-2200. Ask for chess rate. EF: $20 by May 29, $25 at site, provides lunch. 10:20, 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. Info: [email protected], Jrs. 1/2. Reg.: 9-9:40 am. Rds.: 10-2:30-7, 9-2. $$: 80% returned. Info JUNE 22, Hamilton CC Saturday Quad 732-499-0118, 732-499-0118. Also: Lessons with GM Yudasin 2:30-7:30 and entries: Murray Strong, 530 State St., Helena, MT 59601, mur 3RR, 40/80 15/30 15/30 d0. Full K. New Location: McManimon Hall, 320 p.m. on July 14, 21. Visit www.chessmatesnj.com or call for details. [email protected], 406-457-9142, www.montanachess.org. USCF and Scully Ave., Hamilton Twp., NJ 08610. Quads open to all. EF: $10. Prizes: , Fourth of July Open MCA memberships req’d, OSA. NC. JULY 7 $25 per Quad. Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm-4:30/pm. NJ See Grand Prix. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! State Chess Federation, no dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA. , Westfield Quads JULY 20, A One-Day Wonder - UCCC Inter-City Mismatch Open Contact email: hamiltonchessclub.com. NS, NC, W. JULY 7 4SS. Rds. 1-2 G/45 d5. Rds. 3-4 G/60 d5. Site: Holiday Inn, 22 N. Last 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: JUNE 23, Chess Mates Sunday Quads $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601. EF: $15. Jrs. $10. USCF & MCA mem- 3-RR. G/25 d5. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prizes: $55 to first bership required. OSA. Reg.: 8-8:30am. Rds.: 9am, 10:45, 1pm, 3:15. $$ Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on enter- in each section. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:15 a.m. Rds.: ing the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], Bill 75-50. Biggest upset $25 (both nonprov). Special Conditions: City- 10:20, 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. Info: www.chessmatesnj.com, 732-499-0118. mates will not be paired. MCA Grand-Prix Event. Director: Murray Strong, Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com Also: Lessons with GM Yudasin 2:30-7:30 p.m. on July 14, 21. Visit our and www.westfieldchessclub.com. 406-459-6684; [email protected]. web site or call for details. JULY 13, Fair Lawn Saturday Quads JUNE 23, Monmouth Chess School and Club Summer 2013 Open ICA, 9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. 3 RR, G/60 d0. EF: $25. Nevada 51 Monmouth St., Red Bank, NJ. 4RSS, Rounds 1 and 2 G/30 d5. Rounds Prize: $50 to first in each quad. Reg.: 12:45-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:30 PM, 3:45, 3 and 4 G/40 d5. Registration: 12-1 PM. Rounds: 1:10, 2:20, 3:35, JULY 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA- 6:00. ENT: Info Diana 201-797-0330, [email protected]; www.icanj.net. ICA S) 5:10. Prizes $750 b/25 pd: OPEN $200, U2100 $175, U1800 $150, provides lunch. Entries: See Grand Prix. U1500 $125, U1200 $100. $45 on site, $35 postmarked by 6/17/13 to Dr. Koblentz, 9 Rimwood Ln., Colts Neck, NJ 07722, 732-219- JULY 13, Central Jersey Chess Tournament 0916. Masters free ($35 from prize). Half point bye (one only) if elected 4SS. All Saints Church, 16 All Saints Rd., Princeton. Open, U1200 G/40 New Hampshire before close of registration. Boards and sets provided. Please bring d5, U900, U600 G/25 d5, Novice(unr), K-1(unr). Trophies: 1st-3rd, top clocks! school/club team/section. $30 at njchess.com by 7/11, $40 on-site. JUNE 14-16, 63rd New Hampshire Open Reg. ends 1:30. See Grand Prix. JUNE 23, Westfield Quads 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: JULY 13, Ewing Chess Club - USCF Quad #10 JULY 6, Nashua Blitz (BLZ) $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. 3 Rds., RR. G/90 d5. Prize: $35 for each quad winner. EF: $14, $12. for See Grand Prix. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on enter- ECC members. Register from 8:45-9:45AM, Rds. 10AM, 1:30 & 4PM. Con- tact: Mike, [email protected], 609-468-4792. JULY 6-7, Nashua Open ing the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], Bill Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com See Grand Prix. JULY 13, Dr. Luzivminda Machan Open and www.westfieldchessclub.com. 4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5. Prize Fund : JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th Annual Bradley Open (CT) See Grand Prix. JUNE 28-30, 5th annual World Open Senior Amateur (VA) $490 b/$700 in EF. Prizes: $140-95-70, U2200 $45, U2000 $40, U1800 $40, See Virginia. U1600 $35, Biggest Upset $25. Reg.: 12:35-1:25 p.m. Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental Open (MA) 5:00, 6:45 p.m. 2 byes available, commit prior to game 3. Re-entry $20, See Grand Prix. JUNE 29, Chess Mates Saturday Swiss before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Also: Chess 4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free ($30 Mates Summer Camps with GM Yudasin on July 8-12, July 15-19, July 22- AUG. 17, Seacoast Open deducted from prize). Prize Fund : $420 b/$600 in EF. Prizes: $120-80- See Grand Prix. 26, July 29-Aug. 2, Aug. 5-9, Aug 12-16, Aug. 19-23, Aug. 26-30. Info: 60, U2100 $45, U1900 $40, U1700 $40, U1500 $35. Reg: 12:35-1:25 [email protected], 732-499-0118. OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship (CT) p.m. Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00, 6:45 p.m. Byes: 2 byes available, must com- See Connecticut. mit prior to game 2. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 Irving JULY 14, Chess Mates Sunday Quads St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499- 3-RR. G/25 d5. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prizes: $55 to first 0118. in each section. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:15 a.m. Rds.: New Jersey 10:20, 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. Info: [email protected], JUNE 29, Fair Lawn Saturday Quads 732-499-0118, 732-499-0118. Also: Lessons with GM Yudasin 2:30-7:30 Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! ICA, 9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. 3 RR, G/60 d0. EF: $25. p.m. on July 14, 21. Visit www.chessmatesnj.com or call for details. JUNE 5, 12, 19, 26, Chess Mates Wednesday G/90 Prize: $50 to first in each quad. Reg.: 12:45-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:30 PM, 3:45, 4-SS, G/85 d5. 1 game per week. Prize Fund: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd 6:00. ENT: Info Diana 201-797-0330, [email protected]; www.icanj.net. ICA JULY 14, Westfield Quads & Class Prizes (based on the # of participants). 2 byes are available. Late- provides lunch. 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: joins accepted until the start of round 3. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. JUNE 29-30, World Open Under 13 Championship (VA) Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on enter- 6:40-7:00 p.m. Rds.: 7:00 p.m. on the dates above. 1531 Irving St., Rah- See Virginia. way, NJ 07065. Info: www.chessmatesnj.com, 732-499-0118. ing the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], Bill JUNE 29-30, World Open Warmup (VA) Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com JUNE 15, Chess Mates Saturday Swiss See Grand Prix. and www.westfieldchessclub.com. 4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free ($30 deducted from prize). Prize Fund : $420 b/$600 in EF. Prizes: $120-80- JUNE 30, Chess Mates Sunday Quads JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th Annual Bradley Open (CT) 60, U2100 $45, U1900 $40, U1700 $40, U1500 $35. Reg.: 12:35-1:25 p.m. 3-RR. G/25 d5. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prizes: $55 to first See Grand Prix. Rds.: in each section. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:15 a.m. Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00, 6:45 p.m. Byes: 2 byes available, must commit prior , Chess Mates Saturday Swiss to game 2. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 Irving St., Rah- 10:20, 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. Info: www.chessmatesnj.com, 732-499-0118. JULY 20 4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free ($30 way, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499-0118. Also: Lessons with GM Yudasin 2:30-7:30 p.m. on June 2 & 16. Visit our web site or call for details. deducted from prize). Prize Fund : $420 b/$600 in EF. Prizes: $120-80- JUNE 15, Ewing Chess Club - USCF Quad #9 60, U2100 $45, U1900 $40, U1700 $40, U1500 $35. Reg: 12:35-1:25 p.m. 3 Rds., RR. G/90 d5. Prize: $35 for each quad winner. EF: $14, $12. for JUNE 30, Westfield Quads Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00, 6:45 p.m. Byes: 2 byes available, must commit prior ECC members. Register from 8:45-9:45AM, Rds. 10AM, 1:30 & 4PM. Con- 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: to game 3. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 Irving St., Rah- tact: Mike, [email protected], 609-468-4792. $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. way, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499-0118.

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JULY 21, Chess Mates Sunday Quads Payment may be made by Paypal.com. Recommended motels: Super8 (505) JUNE 29, Marshall Saturday G/60! 3-RR. G/25 d5. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prizes: $55 to first 896-8888; ask for chess rate; and Comfort Inn (505)892-5998; ask for 4-SS, G/55 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($540/40): in each section. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:15 a.m. Rds.: Meadowlark Senior Center Event 15% discount. W. $240-120, U2000 95, U1700 85. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45. 10:20, 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. Info: [email protected], Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar 732-499-0118, 732-499-0118. Also: Lessons with GM Yudasin 2:30-7:30 shallchessclub.org. p.m. on July 21, Aug. 4 & 18. Visit www.chessmatesnj.com or call for New York JUNE 29-30, World Open Under 13 Championship (VA) details. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! See Virginia. JUNE 15, Syracuse-Minoa June Open JULY 21, Westfield Summer Scholastic , World Open Warmup (VA) K-12 3 Sections: 4SS. Rds.: 1&2 G/60 d5, Rds.: 3&4 G/90 d5. Minoa Municipal Bldg., 240 JUNE 29-30 Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Open, See Grand Prix. U1250, U750. Open: 3-SS. G/40 d5. Rds: 2:45, 4:25, 6:05 p.m. U1250: 4- N. Main St., Minoa, NY (Exit Kirkville Rd. E. from I 481, R. at second light). SS. G/25 d5. Rds: 2:45, 4:00, 5:15, 6:30 p.m. U750: 4-SS. G/25 d5. Rds: EF: $30. Prizes: (b/20) $200, 125, Class 100. Reg.: 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30, JUNE 30, Marshall Sunday G/45! 2:45, 4:00, 5:15, 6:30 p.m. Prizes: Trophies to Top 5 in each section. 12:00, 2:15, 5:30. Contact: Joe Ball 315-436-9008. 4-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Two sec- EF: tions: A. Open ($360/26): $160-80, U2100 65, U1800 55. B. U1500 Tiebreaks used. Advance $20, $15 members, At site $30, $25 mem- JUNE 15, Marshall Saturday U1600! bers. Send advance entries to John Moldovan, 510 4th Ave., Garwood, NJ 4-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 ($240/18): $120-65, U1200 55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15- 07027 by July 18. Make checks payable to Westfield Chess Club. Reg.: b/24): $160-80, U1300 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. 11:45. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45. One bye available, request at entry. 2:00-2:30 p.m. Info: Please present identification on entering the build- Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar www.marshallchessclub.org. ing. John Moldovan: [email protected], Bill Cohen: 732-548- shallchessclub.org. JULY 1, 10th Nassau G/15 (QC) 8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com and www.west Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! 6SS. G/12 d3 or G/15 d0. EF: $25 by 6/24. $32 at site, Non-memb + $5. fieldchessclub.com. $$ (420 b/20) 120, U2000, 1800, 1600, 1400/UR 75 ea. 3 byes 1-6. Reg JUNE 15-16 OR 16, Marshall June U2300! JULY 27, Dr. Luzivminda Machan Open 4SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. to 7:15 PM. Rds.: 7:15-7:55-8:30-9:05-9:40-10:15. Rule 14H not used. Ent: 4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5. Prize Fund : EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/40): $240-120, U2000 $95, U1700 $85. Harold Stenzel, 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 11782. $490 b/$700 in EF. Prizes: 140-95-70, U2200 $45, U2000 $40, U1800 $40, Reg: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds 12:30-5:30 PM each JULY 1-2, World Open Under 2300 (VA) U1600 $35, Biggest Upset $25. Reg.: 12:35-1:25 p.m. Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, day; 1 day, (Rds 1-2 G/25 d5) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; both merge See Virginia. 5:00, 6:45 p.m. 2 byes available, commit prior to game 3. Re-entry $20, rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. www.marshallchess , 2nd annual World Open Women’s Championship before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Also: Chess club.org. JULY 1-3 OR 2-3 Mates Summer Camps with GM Yudasin on July 8-12, July 15-19, July 22- (VA) 26, July 29-Aug. 2, Aug. 5-9, Aug 12-16, Aug. 19-23, Aug. 26-30. Info: JUNE 18, Marshall Masters! See Virginia. [email protected], 732-499-0118. See Grand Prix. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! JULY 28, Chess Mates Sunday Quads JUNE 19-23, 21-23 OR 22-23, 6th New York International JULY 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Marshall Monday U1600! 3-RR. G/25 d5. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prizes: $55 to first See Grand Prix. 5-SS, G/85 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. ($450/20): $240-120, Reg.: Rds. in each section. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:15 a.m. Rds.: , Marshall Thursday Game 30! U1300 $90. 6:15-6:4., 7 pm each Mon. Two byes available, JUNE 20 request by Round 3. www.marshallchessclub.org. 10:20, 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. Info: [email protected], 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, 732-499-0118, 732-499-0118. Also: Lessons with GM Yudasin 2:30-7:30 members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries: $200- JULY 2, NEW! Marshall Tuesday Action! p.m. on Aug. 4 & 18. Visit www.chessmatesnj.com or call for details. 100-50, U2100 $95, U1900 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, JULY 28, Westfield Quads 10:45. One bye available, request at entry. members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. Reg.: 6:15- 6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23 (SEE AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18), 19th Annual $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. Northeast Open (CT) www.marshallchessclub.org. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on enter- See Grand Prix. JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, 41st Annual World ing the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], Bill Open (VA) , 6th Summer Solstice Open (FL) Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23 See Grand Prix. and www.westfieldchessclub.com. See Grand Prix. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! JULY 31, Chess Mates Summer Blitz (BLZ) JULY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Community Chess Club of Rochester Wed 7-SS. G/5 d0. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prize Fund : $225 b/16 JUNE 23, 48th Binghamton Monthly Tournament Night chess! Prizes: Open Reserve entries. Prizes: $60-40-30. U2100 $25, U1900 $25, U1700 $25, U1500 $20. 4SS, G/65 d5. $300 b/26. -$100-$60-$30; -$50-$40- 1 game, G/80 d5. Rochester Chess Center, 221 Norris Dr., Rochester, NY Trophies: Advance Entry: EF’s EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 6:50-7:25 p.m. Rds.: 1st round 7:30 p.m, $20 (U1700). 1-3 Reserve section. 14610. 585-442-2430. EF: $5, CCCR members $3. Reg.: 7-7:25 pm. Rd.: Reduced! Subsequent rounds ASAP. Info: [email protected], 732-499- Open-$20 Reserve-$15 (U1700) $5 more on site-cash only on 7:30pm. www.rochesterchessclub.org. 0118. site. Schedule: Registration on site 8:45–9:15 AM. Rounds: 9:30- 12Noon-2:30-4:45. Free chess set & board to all new players under 18 JULY 4, Marshall Independence Day Madness! AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, 3rd Annual Potomac Open (MD) years of age. Mail Entry: checks payable to: “Cordisco’s Corner Store”, 5-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. See Grand Prix. 308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901 (607) 772-8782, cordiscos@stny. ($$810/b50) 2 Sections: A) Open: $200-100, U 2100 $70, U1900 $60. B) AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, 12th annual Manhattan Open (NY) rr.com. Under 1700: $150-100, U1500 70, U1300 $60. EF: $45, members $25. Reg.: 11:15-11:45. Rds.: 12-1:45-3:30-5:30-7:15. Two byes available, See Grand Prix. , Marshall Thursday Game 30 SUPER Grand Prix! JUNE 27 request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. AUG. 4, Westfield Quads See Grand Prix. , NEW! Marshall Friday U2000 Action! 3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: , Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz! (BLZ) JULY 5 JUNE 28 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. See Grand Prix. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on enter- members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U1800 $65, U1600 $55. Reg.: 6:15- ing the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], Bill JUNE 28-30, 5th annual World Open Senior Amateur (VA) 6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www. Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com See Virginia. marshallchessclub.org. and www.westfieldchessclub.com. AUG. 6-11, 2nd Annual Washington International (MD) See Grand Prix. AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental Open (MA) See Grand Prix. AUG. 11, Westfield Quick Swiss (QC) 5-SS. G/10 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. $$G 425: 2013 MANHATTAN OPEN 1st $125. 2nd, U2150, U1800, U1550, U1300 $60 each. EF: $35, $25 mem- bers. Reg.: 2:00-2:30 p.m. Rds.: 2:45-3:25-4:05-4:45-5:30 p.m. Info: August 2-4 or 3-4, New Yorker Hotel Please present identification on entering the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], Bill Cohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219- 1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com and www.westfieldchessclub.com $15,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18 NOT JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 19th Annual Northeast Open (CT) 3-day Open 40/110, SD/30, d10, 3-day other sections 30/90, SD/1, See Grand Prix. d5. 2-day option in all sections, rds 1-2 G/90, d5, then merges with 3-day. AUG. 23-25 OR 24-25, 45th annual Atlantic Open (DC) See Grand Prix. Special room rates $185 single or twin; must reserve by July 12. OCT. 9-14, 11-14 OR 12-14, 4th annual Continental Class Cham- pionships (VA) Open Section: Prizes $1400-700-400-200, clear/tiebreak win $100 See Grand Prix. bonus, top Under 2450/Unr $500-250. 80 GPP (enhanced). FIDE rated. OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship (CT) See Connecticut. U2300 Section: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 2150 $500-250. U2000 Section: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1850 $500-250. New Mexico U1700 Section: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1550 $500-250. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! U1400 Section: $500-300-200-100, top Under 1250 $200-100, JUNE 29-30, Albuquerque/Rio Rancho Open 5/SS, G/90 d5; except for U1000 Section which is G/45 d5. Meadowlark trophies to first 3, top U1200, U1000, U800, Unrated. Senior Center, 4330 Meadowlark Lane SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124. Co-spon- sored by The Meadowlark Chess Group and the New Mexico Chess MIXED DOUBLES BONUS PRIZES: $600-300. Organization. $$ $1,000 b/80. Sections: Open EF $35, U1800 EF $30, U1400 EF $25, U1000 EF $20. Prize to best U1100. Tie breaks in Open for Unrated limit $300 in U1400, $600 U1700, or $900 U2000. 1st place plaque. Rds. for all but U1000 section: 9-1-4:30, 9-1. Rds for U1000 Section: 9, 10:45, 1, 3 all on Saturday. Reg.: Sat. 8-8:30 A.M. $5 FOR FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue. Family discount after one full-price entry. Late Fee: $10 if entry not received by 6/27. One 1/2 pt bye if requested before Rd 1. Ent: payable to NMCO, P.O. Box 4215, Albuquerque, NM 87196. Entry form: nmchess.org.

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JULY 6, Marshall Saturday U1500 Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18 NOT JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 19th Annual 4-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.($300/20): JULY 20, Syracuse-Minoa July Open Northeast Open (CT) $160-80, U1200 60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1- 4SS. Rds.: 1&2 G/60 d5, Rds.: 3&4 G/90 d5. Minoa Municipal Bldg., 240 See Grand Prix. 2:45-4:30-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchess N. Main St., Minoa, NY (Exit Kirkville Rd. E. from I 481, R. at second light). , 45th annual Atlantic Open (DC) EF: $30. Prizes: (b/20) $200, 125, Class 100. Reg.: 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30, AUG. 23-25 OR 24-25 club.org. See Grand Prix. 12:00, 2:15, 5:30. Contact: Joe Ball 315-436-9008. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! AUG. 30-SEPT. 2, AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR SEPT. 1-2, 135th annual JULY 6-7 OR 7, Marshall July Open JULY 20, Marshall Saturday G/60! NY State Championship ($540/40): 4-SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 4-SS, G/55 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. See Grand Prix. EF: $45/members $25. ($400/24): $150-100, U2000 $80, U1700 $70. Reg $240-120, U2000 95, U1700 85. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45. ends 12:15. 2 schedules: 2 day 12:30-5:30 each day, 1 day (Rds 1-2 G/25 Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar OCT. 9-14, 11-14 OR 12-14, 4th annual Continental Class Cham- d5) 10-11:15-12:30-5:30. Limit two byes, request at entry. NO REENTRY. shallchessclub.org. pionships (VA) www.marshallchessclub.org. See Grand Prix. JULY 21, Marshall Sunday G/45! JULY 6, 13, 20, 27, Rochester Chess Center Saturday Tourna- 4-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Two sec- OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship (CT) ments! tions: A. Open ($360/26): $160-80, U2100 65, U1800 55. B. U1500 See Connecticut. 3-SS, G/60 d5. Rochester CC, 221 Norris Dr., Rochester, NY 14610. 585- ($240/18): $120-65, U1200 55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15- 442-2430. Prizes based on entries. EF: $15, RCC members $13. $2 less 11:45. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45. One bye available, request at entry. www. for HS and Pre-HS. Reg.: 1-1:45 pm. Rds.: 2-4-6. One bye available, marshallchessclub.org. North Carolina request at entry. www.nychess.org. Also, Youth tournament every Satur- Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! day morning 10am-1pm, trophies and prizes. EF: $5 JULY 22, 29, AUG. 5, 12, 19, 26, Marshall FIDE Mondays!! Charlotte Chess Club JULY 8, 15, 22, 68th Nassau Action 6-SS, G/120 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Open Charlotte Chess Club, Skyland Family Restaurant, 4544 South Blvd., Char- See Grand Prix. to all players 1600 or above. EF: $50, Members $30. ($500 b/28): $175- lotte, NC 28209. 5-SS, 1 Rd. Per Wednesday evening at 7:45pm., G/90 d5. 125-100, U2000 $100. 2 byes OK, commit before round 4. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. EF: $4 if CCC Member or $6. CCC Memb. $25. per yr. Info: lelandfue@ JULY 8, 15, 22, 30th Nassau Senior yahoo.com, www.charlottechess.com. 3SS, 40/80 d0. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & Main Sts., Mineola. Open Rds.: 7PM each Monday. FIDE rated. FIDE ratings used for pairings and to born before 7/23/63. EF: $10 by 7/2, $17 at site, non-memb $9 more. prizes. Players w/o FIDE rating: USCF rating used for prizes. Limit 2 byes, JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 2013 Statesville Open Trophies to top 3. Bye 1-3. Reg to 7:15 PM. [email protected]. Rds.: request by rd. 4. www.marshallchessclub.org. See Grand Prix. Ent: 7:15 each Mon. Harold Stenzel, 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 11782. JULY 26, Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz! (BLZ) JUNE 28-30, 5th annual World Open Senior Amateur (VA) Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. See Virginia. JULY 10, 17, 24, 31, AUG. 7, Marshall Wednesday U1400! JULY 27, Marshall Saturday U1600! JUNE 29-30, World Open Under 13 Championship (VA) 5-SS, G/85 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50, 4-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 See Virginia. members $30. ($450/24): $240-120, U1100 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: b/24): $160-80, U1300 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. 7 pm each Wed. Limit two byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchess Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar JUNE 29-30, World Open Warmup (VA) club.org. shallchessclub.org. See Grand Prix. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! JULY 1-2, World Open Under 2300 (VA) JULY 10, 17, 24, 31, AUG. 7, Marshall Wednesday U2000! JULY 27-28 OR 28, Marshall July U2300! See Virginia. 5-SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. 4SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. JULY 1-3 OR 2-3, 2nd annual World Open Women’s Championship EF: $50, members $30. ($450/24): $240-120, U1700 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/40): $240-120, U2000/unr $95, U1700 (VA) Rds.: 7 pm each Wed. Limit two byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshall $85. Reg: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds. 12:30-5:30 PM See Virginia. chessclub.org. each day; 1 day, (Rds. 1-2 G/25 d5) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; both JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, 41st Annual World , Marshall Thursday Action With The Chess Center of New merge rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. www.marshall JULY 11 chessclub.org. Open (VA) York See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, AUG. 1, Marshall Thursday Action With The Chess Center of New members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries: $200- York JULY 13, Orchard Lake Campground Open 100-50, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, 3SS, G/75 d5. Saluda, NC. $$450 b/30. 1st $100, U2200 $65, U2000 $60, 10:45. One bye available, request at entry. members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries: $200- U1800 $55, U1600 $50, U1400 $45, U1200 $40, U1000 $35. Rds.: 9-12- 100-50, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- 3 EF: $25 (incl $7 campground fee) Information/E-mail: Kevin Hyde, JULY 11 & 18, 6th Long Island CC G/24 10:45. One bye available, request at entry. [email protected]. HR: http://orchardlakecampground.com. 6SS, G/24 d5. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East , Western North Carolina August FIDE Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all. $(b/20): $200-100. Top U-2000, U- AUG. 2, Marshall Friday U2000 Action! AUG. 3 & 4 AND 10 & 11 1700, U-1400/unr. $65 ea. EF: $30. Non-LICC members +$10. Reg.: 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, See Grand Prix. 6:40-7:10 PM, no adv. ent., Rds.: 7:15-8:15-9:15 ea. Thursday. 3 byes 1- members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U1800 $65, U1600 $55. Reg.: 6:15- AUG. 23-25 OR 24-25, 45th annual Atlantic Open (DC) 6. Info: www.lichessclub.com. NS, Skittles rm. 6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. See Grand Prix. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! OCT. 9-14, 11-14 OR 12-14, 4th annual Continental Class Cham- JULY 11, 18, 25, AUG. 1, 8, Marshall Thursday Open AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, 3rd Annual Potomac Open (MD) pionships (VA) 5-SS, G/115 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50, See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. members $30. ($450/20): $200-100, U2100 $90, U1800 $60. Reg.: 6:15- AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, 12th annual Manhattan Open 6:45 Rds. 7 each Thurs. Two byes available, request by Rd 3. www. See Grand Prix. marshallchessclub.org. Ohio Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! , DCC Friday Nite Quick 2013 (QC) JULY 12, NEW! Marshall Friday U2200 Action! AUG. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, SEPT. 6, Marshall Monday U1600! JUNE 14 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, 5-SS, G/85 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. ($450/20): $240-120, 4SS, G/24 d5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U2000 $65, U1800 $55. Reg.: 6:15- U1300 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:4., Rds.: 7 pm each Mon. Two byes available, 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC 6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www. request by Round 3. www.marshallchessclub.org. mbr). Info: [email protected]/. 937-461-6283. marshallchessclub.org. , Celebrate Herman Calderon Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! AUG 3 , Cincy Tornado: En Passant JULY 13, Celebrate Ken Evans RPI Academy Hall at College Ave. & 15th St, 3rd Fl Aud., Troy. 4SS, G/45 JUNE 15 Site: RPI Academy Hall at College Ave. & 15th St., 3rd Fl Aud., Troy. 4SS, G/45 d5. EF: $15, $10, $5. Fund-raiser for Youth. Prizes: $100, $50. Top 5 U1600 Monthly Cincinnati Chess Tournament. 4 SS tmt., G/60 d5. 605 40 (green building next to Speedway). d5. EF: $15, $10, $5. Fund-raiser for Youth. Prizes: $100, $50. Top 5 U1600 receive trophies. Games at 10, 12, 2, 4. Register: [email protected]. Web- Northland Blvd., Forest Park, OH 452 EF: receive trophies. Games at 10, 12, 2, 4. Register: [email protected]. Web- site: www.maketherightmove.org for details. $25 until 6/10 then $30 at site. Visa-MC-AMEX accepted at site site: www.maketherightmove.org for details. Based on 35 entries. Open: $200-$100; 1st in Class A,B,C,D/under...each AUG. 6, Marshall Tuesday Action! $100. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10am-1:00-3:30-6:00. One bye available. Reg- JULY 13, Marshall Saturday U1800 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, ister online at chessearth.com or mail entry fee to Robert Chenault, 932 4-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.($300 /24): members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. Reg.: 6:15- Smiley Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45240. Contact: Robert at 513-884-7027. $160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1- 6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www. , DCC Friday Nite Quick 2013 (QC) 2:45-4:30-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchess marshallchessclub.org. JUNE 21 club.org. 4SS, G/24 d5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: AUG. 6-11, 2nd Annual Washington International (MD) 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC JULY 13-14 OR 14, Marshall July Open GP See Grand Prix. mbr). Info: [email protected]/. 937-461-6283. See Grand Prix. AUG. 8, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 2013 Columbus Open JULY 14, Goldhirsch #1 See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Riverbank State Park, 145th St. & Riverside Dr., NYC. 4SS, G/45 d5. AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental Open (MA) JUNE 28, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2013 (QC) Games 10, 12, 2, 4. EF: $15, $10, $5. Prize: $100, $50, Trophies: Top 7 See Grand Prix. U1234, Top 7 U789. Fundraiser, donations encouraged. Info, reg: 4SS, G/24 d5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: www.therightmove.org, 212 729-7060. AUG. 9-11 OR 10-11, Cleveland Open (OH) 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC See Grand Prix. mbr). Info: [email protected]/. 937-461-6283. JULY 16, Marshall Masters! See Grand Prix. AUG. 9-11, 10-11 OR 11, Marshall August Super GP JUNE 29, Summer PAWN STORM XVI See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. JULY 18, 25, AUG. 15, Marshall Thursday Game 30! 4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! JULY 5, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2013 (QC) , Marshall Wednesday U1400! members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries: $200- AUG. 14, 21, 28, SEPT. 4, 11 4SS, G/24 d5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: EF: 100-50, U2100 $95, U1900 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30- 5-SS, G/85 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. $50, 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC ($450/24): Reg.: Rds.: 10:45. One bye available, request at entry. members $30. $240-120, U1100 $90. 6:15-6:45. mbr). Info: [email protected]/. 937-461-6283. 7 pm each Wed. Limit two byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchess Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! JULY 19, Marshall Friday G/45 Quads club.org. 3rd Friday every month. 3-RR, G/40 d5. Open to all; quads formed by rat- JULY 13, Toledo July Swiss Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! ing. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $30, members Open, 4SS, Rnd 1 G/75 d5, Rnds 2-4 G/85 d5. The University of Toledo $20, $50 for each winner. Reg.: 5:15-5:45. Rds.: 6-7:30-9. www.marshall AUG. 14, 21, 28, SEPT. 4, 11, Marshall Wednesday U2000! Health Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Cafe, 3000 Arlington chessclub.org. 5-SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: EF: $50, members $30. ($450/24): $240-120, U1700 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. $20 by 7/11, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th Annual Bradley Open (CT) Rds.: 7 pm each Wed. Limit two byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshall b/20, $100-50, 1st Class A ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James See Grand Prix. chessclub.org. Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450.

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Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! Scholastic - Tri - Bridges Cup and 50% of EF returned with numerous rib- JULY 13, Cincy Tornado: I Play Chess, Therefore I Am bons, trophies given out. EF: $25 online by 6/28 , $30 on site. Reg. from South Carolina Monthly Cincinnati Chess Tournament. 4 SS tmt., G/60 d5. Site: 605 12:00 to 12:30 PM. Rds. start at 1 and then ASAP. One half point bye avail- , 21st annual Southern Open (FL) Info: JULY 26-28 OR 27-28 Northland Blvd., Forest Park, OH 45240 (green building next to Speedway). able and may be requested through round 2. joshuamiltonander See Grand Prix. EF: $25 until 7/8 then $30 at site. Visa-MC-AMEX accepted at site Based [email protected], 484-948-5692. Ent: Online at http://mindseyepress. on 35 entries. Open: $200-$100; 1st in Class A,B,C,D/under...each $100. webs.com/apps/webstore/. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10am-1:00-3:30-6:00. One bye available. Register JULY 1-2, World Open Under 2300 (VA) Tennessee online at chessearth.com or mail entry fee to Robert Chenault, 932 Smi- See Virginia. ley Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45240. Contact: Robert at 513-884-7027. JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 2013 Houston Open (TX) JULY 1-3 OR 2-3, 2nd annual World Open Women’s Championship See Grand Prix. AUG. 9-11 OR 10-11, Cleveland Open (VA) See Grand Prix. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! See Virginia. JULY 20, 2013 Clinton Pearson Jr. Memorial Open Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! , World Open 7-Minute Championship (BLZ) (VA) Cumberland Co. Community Complex, 1398 Livingston Rd., Crossville, TN , Toledo August Swiss JULY 3 AUG. 10 See Grand Prix. 38555. $420 guaranteed prize fund. In 2 Sections, Open: 4SS, G/60 d5, Open, 4SS, Rnd. 1 G/75 d5, Rnds. 2-4 G/85 d5. The University of Toledo $$: $75. 30-X,A,B,C,D/Below. Amateur: 4SS, G/60 d5, Open to U1200 & Health Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Cafe, 3000 Arlington JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, 41st Annual World under. $$: $75. 30-F,G,H/Below,UNR UNR eligible for unrated prize only. Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: Open (VA) ALL: EF: $15 if mailed by 7/15, $20 at site. Memb. Req’d: TCA $10 TN $20 by 8/8, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 See Grand Prix. residents only. ENT: Harry D. Sabine, P. O. Box 381, Crossville, TN 38557. Ent: b/20, $100-50, 1st Class A ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. James JULY 6, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) (VA) INFO: www.cumberlandcountychess.org or Susan at 931-261-4024. NS. Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. See Grand Prix. W. , 8th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18 JULY 7, World Open Blitz Championship (BLZ) (VA) SEPT. 20-22 OR 21-22, 6th annual Louisville Open (KY) See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. , 69th Ohio Chess Congress AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 JULY 13, Masterminds CC Summer Quads See Grand Prix. Blair Christian Academy, 220 W. Upsal St., Philadelphia, PA. Quads: 3RR, Texas SEPT. 20-22 OR 21-22, 6th annual Louisville Open (KY) 40/75, SD/30 d5. EF: $20 cash; $40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9AM. Rd.: 1 at See Grand Prix. 9:30AM then asap. Info: Bradley Crable, 215-844-3881, masterminds JUNE 22, Many Springs Open 54 chess.org. 3 Round Swiss, G/60 d5. North Richland Hills Public Library, 9015 Grand Ave., North Richland Hills, TX 76180. EF: $20, 65% of EF returned as prizes. Oklahoma JULY 13, W.Chester 1st Sat. Quads Sections to be determined by participation. Registration on-site 8:45-9:00. Our 24th year! 3RR, 40/75, sd/30 d5. 2nd Presbyterian Church, 114 S. First Round 9:15AM, Second Round 12:15PM, Third Round 2:30PM. JUNE 22-23, 68th Oklahoma Open State Championship Walnut St., West Chester, PA 19382. EF: $20; $40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9am; Additional information:Tom Crane at either 817-296-4287, tcrane5000@ See Grand Prix. Rds.: 9:30,1,4:30. Info: [email protected]. yahoo.com or www.tarrantcountychessclub.org/. , 2013 Houston Open (TX) JULY 19-21 OR 20-21 A State Championship Event! JUNE 22-23, 2013 DCC Fide Open VI See Grand Prix. JULY 14, PA State Blitz Championship (BLZ) See Grand Prix. 8SS, double round (16 games), G/5 d0,.Aloha Math Center – Tri-Bridges Chess Club, 17 Ravine Rd., Fraser, PA 19355. Prizes $360 (b/25), else in JUNE 29-30, San Antonio City Championship Oregon proportion: $120-60, U2000 $70, U1600 $60, U1200/Unr $50. EF: $20 at See Grand Prix. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! , $25 on site. Reg. from 12:00 to 12:30 PM. Rds. 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, JULY 13-14, 2013 DCC Fide Open VII JUNE 15-16, Newport June Open 4, 4:30. PSCF req’d, OSA. First prize also receives free entry to PA State See Grand Prix. Playing site: Championship on 7/20-1. One pair of half point byes available and may Central Lincoln PUD, 2129 N. Coast Hwy., Newport, OR 97365. , 2013 Houston Open 4 Rd, Swiss, 4 Sections. USCF rated. Time control: G/90, inc/30. Entry be requested through round 4. Blitz rated, but highest of regular, quick JULY 19-21 OR 20-21 See Grand Prix. Fee: if mailed by May 31, Open: $60. Premier: $50. Reserve: $40. or blitz used for pairings & prizes. Info:joshuamiltonanderson@gmail. Booster: $30. No in-person registration. Prize Fund: Based on 52 play- com, 484-948-5692. Ent: Online at http://mindseyepress.webs.com/ SEPT. 27-29 OR 28-29, 2013 U.S. Class Championship ers. 70% of each prize is guaranteed. Open: $250, $175, $125. Premier: apps/webstore/. See Nationals. $175, $125, $100. Reserve: $125, $100, $75. Booster: $110, $80, $60. Sat: JULY 20-21, 2013 Ira Lee Riddle Memorial PA State Championship Round1 12:30 pm. Round 2 6 pm. Sun: Round3 9 am. Round 4 2:30pm. See Grand Prix. HOTEL: Knights Inn, 1823 N. Coast Hwy., Newport, OR. Organizers/Spon- Vermont , 2013 PA State Action Championship sors: H. G. Pitre, Bill Barrese, Central Coast Chess Club of Newport, OR JULY 27 AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental Open (MA) Russ Miller. TD: H. G. Pitre. All registrants are presumed to have read See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. detailed TA at www.nwchess.com and agree to those terms. A Heritage Event! AUG. 30-SEPT. 2, AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR SEPT. 1-2, 135th annual JULY 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA- Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! NY State Championship (NY) S) JULY 27-28, 44th Susquehanna Valley Open See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. 5SS, G/85 d5 Honeysuckle Student Apts., 111 Honeysuckle Ct., Blooms- burg, PA 17815. EF: $29 by July 23, $40 later. $$ (400G): 150-75-40, 135 OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship (CT) in class prizes. Prizes may be increased if over 30 entries. Seating may See Connecticut. Pennsylvania be limited. Reg.: 9-9:30am. Rds.: 10 am, 1:30 pm, 5 pm; 10 am, 1:30 pm. Housing: $50 for one night, $90 for Fri & Sat - for housing info contact Every Saturday - LVCA QUADS/RBO U1200 Quads + G/7 d3, 5SS Event Sam Lamonto, 717-580 7492, [email protected]. Ent: GHACC, C/O Virginia G/40 d5 Quads, 3-RR. Reg.: 1-1:45, Rds.: 2 pm, then asap. Site: Holy Trin- Michael Jemo, 128 Forest Hills Acres, Hazle Twp., PA 18201, 570-455-9261, ity Lutheran Church, 514 3rd Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18018. 2 Sections: Open Maryland Chess Association (MD) 570-956-2492. [email protected]. Affiliate - Hazleton Chess Club A6009897. See Maryland. Section EF: $15. Prizes: $50 for 3-0 score, else $45 for 1st. RBO Section Send acknowledgement to: Michael A.Jemo, 128 Forest Hills Acres, Hazle EF: $10. Prizes: $30 for 3-0 score, else $25 for 1st. G/7;d3 Event Rd. 1: Twp., PA 18201, 570-956-2492, [email protected]. Arlington Chess Club’s Friday Action 6:15 pm or asap. Prizes: 50% of entries, 1st-70%, 2nd-30%, more prizes 3SS, G/30 d5. Held 1/month. For dates go to: www.arlingtonchessclub. if 12 or more. Ph: 484-866-3045, Bruce. Info: [email protected]. AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, 3rd Annual Potomac Open (MD) com. 80% returned as prizes (b/entries). Reg.: 7-8pm. Rd 1: 8:15pm. EF: See Grand Prix. Every Friday - LVCA 7 & 9 pm Blitz Events Open/U1200 (BLZ) $15 ($10 for members), cash only. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church,4701 Arlington Blvd., Arlington,VA. Info only:[email protected]. 8SS, G/5 d2. St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown, AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, 12th annual Manhattan Open (NY) PA 18104. EF: $5, Prizes: Open and U1200, Minimum 50% Returned. See Grand Prix. Arlington Chess Club Ladder (Held Every Friday) 1st-70%, 2nd-30% AND will ADD PRIZES if 12 or more players per sec- 30/90, SD/1 d5. Monthly Prize: $50. Must join club to play. Yearly dues: , 2nd Annual Washington International (MD) tion, FREE Coffee For All Entrants. REG.: Ends 6:55pm, Cash on site only. AUG. 6-11 $50 adults, $40 for age 65+ or U18. Cash or check. Reg.: 7-8pm; no RDS.:7 pm, then ASAP. On Site: 484-866-3045 or bdavis@lehighvalley- See Grand Prix. advance entries. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arling- chessclub.org, www.lehighvalleychessclub.org. AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental Open (MA) ton Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203. Info only: [email protected]. W, NS. See Grand Prix. (If 4 rounds/games played in that one month they qualify for Chess Maryland Chess Association (MD) Magnet School JGP.) See Maryland. AUG. 9-10, 2013 U.S. Blind Chess Championship See Nationals. JUNE 22, Kings and Queens Vienna Summer Scholastic Tournament North Penn Chess Club for K-12 Main & Richardson, Lansdale, PA. See www.northpennchessclub.org for AUG. 9-11 OR 10-11, Cleveland Open (OH) Location: Vienna, VA 22180. Reg.: online at www.viennachessclub.com schedules & info or 215-699-8418. See Grand Prix. JUNE 15, Chess In Jasper Park & Picinic (3 events) Emmaus, PA AUG. 23-25 OR 24-25, 45th annual Atlantic Open (DC) (BLZ) See Grand Prix. (3) - 5SS events, G/7 d3. Jasper Park Pavillion, 4960 Vera Cruz Rd. North, Emmaus, 18049. EF: $10 Cash each event, FREE ENTRY TO UNR. AUG. 30-SEPT. 2, AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR SEPT. 1-2, 135th annual FOREIGN RATING? NOT UNRATED! if paying 1 year USCF Dues, No adv ent. Prizes: Min. 50% Rtd. based on NY State Championship (NY) pd entries. 1st-60%, 2nd-30%, 3rd-10% AND ADD if 12 or more players See Grand Prix. If you have no USCF rating, but do have a “Top U1600”- $15, Top U1000 - $15, more based on pd. Picinic:11am- AUG. 31-SEPT. 2, 69th Ohio Chess Congress (OH) rating or category from any other dusk. Reg Ends: 1, 3, 5 pm for each event. Event: Rd.1: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm See Grand Prix. each. Info: 484-866-3045, [email protected], www.lehigh- country, no matter how many years ago, OCT. 9-14, 11-14 OR 12-14, 4th annual Continental Class Cham- valleychessclub.org/. pionships (VA) you are not unrated. JUNE 28-30, 5th annual World Open Senior Amateur (VA) See Grand Prix. See Virginia. If you have a FIDE rating, you are also not OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship (CT) JUNE 29-30, World Open Under 13 Championship (VA) See Connecticut. unrated. See Virginia. Tell the Director of any event you enter JUNE 29-30, World Open Warmup (VA) Rhode Island See Grand Prix. about your foreign rating or category or , Tri-Bridges Cup - $100 GTD Open AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental Open (MA) your FIDE rating, so that you can be JUNE 30 See Grand Prix. 4SS, G/25 d5. Aloha Math Center – Tri-Bridges Chess Club, 17 Ravine Rd., paired appropriately. Fraser, PA 19355. Two Sections: Open and Scholastic (Scholastic may OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship (CT) play up.) Prizes: Open - 75% of EF returned, 1st place - $100 guaranteed; See Connecticut.

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or on site 10:30-10:45 am; Format: 3-R, G/30 d5. Sections: Champi- AUG. 17, Tracy Callis Memorial (Unrated MUST play in the Championship sections.). Trophies may be added onship; U1000; U700; U400. Contact Info:Yuri Bogdanov, support@vienna See Grand Prix. if the section(s) split. See www.uschess.org/tournaments/2013/scholas- chessclub.com or 703-898-9066. tic for venue info, updates and correction. AUG. 23-25 OR 24-25, 45th annual Atlantic Open (DC) JUNE 27-JULY 1, DC International See Grand Prix. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. JULY 31-AUG. 4, 2013 Women’s U.S. Open AUG. 24, Harris Pavilion Open Air (QC) See Nationals. JUNE 28-30, 5th annual World Open Senior Amateur See Grand Prix. 5SS, 30/85, SD/1 d10. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington (see World AUG. 3, U.S. Open Blitz Championship (BLZ) OCT. 9-14, 11-14 OR 12-14, 4th annual Continental Class Cham- See Grand Prix. Open for location, rates).Open to all born before 6/30/63 and rated pionships under 2010 or unrated. Prizes $3000 based on 50 entries, else in propor- See Grand Prix. AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18, 8th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) tion except $1800 (minimum 60% each prize) guaranteed: In 4 sections. See Grand Prix. Under 2010: $500-250-130. Under 1810: $500-250-130. Under 1610: OCT. 18-20 OR 19-20, 4th annual Eastern Team Championship (CT) $400-200-100. Under 1410: $300-150-90. EF: $80 online at chessaction. See Connecticut. com by 6/26, $83 mailed by 6/18, $85 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 6/26, $95 at site, or online until 5 pm 6/28. Reg.: ends 6:30 pm 6/28, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Half point byes OK all rounds, limit 3 byes, West Virginia must commit before rd 2. Special USCF dues: see World Open. Ent: ches- A State Championship Event! saction.com or Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. JUNE 29, 2013 West Virginia Action Championship $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chess 6SS, G/30 d0. Jackson County Public Library, 208 N. Church St., Ripley, action.com. WV 25271, 304-372-5343. Take I-77 to State Rt. 33 East to State Rt. 21 Classifieds Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! North. Site is 1 block on the left. Free parking. Registration: 9am- 9:45am. Rounds: 10-11:15-1-2:15-3:30-4:45. Entry Fee: $25.00. WVCA JUNE 29-30, World Open Under 13 Championship 6SS, G/65 d5. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington (see World Open for Membership Required for State Residents. Prizes: (Based on 20 entrants) Chess Life accepts classified advertising in these categories: Activities, location, rates). Open to all born after 6/29/00. In 4 sections. Open Sec- 1st-$125;2nd-$75; U1900-$50; U1500/UNR-$50. Trophy and Title to Top For Rent, For Sale, Games, Instruction, Miscellaneous, Services, Tourna- Send entry to: tion: Trophies to top 5, 1st C, Under 1400/Unr; free entry in all CCA State Resident. Ripley Chess Club, P.O. Box 501, Ripley, ments, Wanted. Only typed or e-mailed copy is accepted. Absolutely no Checks payable to: tournaments 7/18/13-12/1/13 to 1st. Under 1400 Section:Trophies to WV 25271. Charles McCallister. ripleychessclub@ telephone orders. Rates (per word, per insertion): 1-2 insertions $1.50, top 5, 1st Under 1200, Unrated; free entry in all CCA tournaments cascable.net, www.ripleychessclub.blogspot.com, 304-549-7142. 3-6 insertions $1.25, 7 + insertions $1.00. Affiliates pay $1.00 per word 7/18/13-9/15/13 to 1st. Under 1000 Section:Trophies to top 5, 1st Under Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! regardless of insertion frequency. No other discounts available. Adver- 800, Unrated; free entry in all CCA tournaments 7/18/13-9/15/13 to 1st. AUG. 18, 21st Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tournament tisements with less than 15 words will cost a minimum of $15 per issue. Under 600 Section:Trophies to top 5, 1st Under 400, top 3 Unrated; free 4SS, G/60 d5. Parkersburg Municipal Building, 2nd & Market Streets, Park- Post office boxes count as two words, telephone numbers as one, ZIP entry in all CCA tournaments 7/18/13-9/15/13 to 1st. EF: $42 online at ersburg, WV 26101. 2 Sections: Open EF: $15 postmarked by 8/12, $20 code is free. Full payment must accompany all advertising. All advertis- chessaction.com by 6/27, $44 mailed by 6/18, $45 phoned to 406-896- at site, Trophy to First, $$ Based on Entries. One 1/2-pt Bye available in ing published in Chess Life is subject to the applicable rate card, available 2038 by 6/27, $50 at site. Reg.: 6/29 to 10 am, rds. Sat. 11-2-5, Sun. Rds. 1-3 (request required prior to Rd. 1). Non-Rated EF: $10, Trophies from the Advertising Department. Chess Life reserves the right not to 10-1-4. 2 half point byes allowed, must commit before rd 3. Ent: chess- to 1st & 2nd. ALL: Reg. ends 9-9:45, Rds. 10-12:45-3-5:15. Ent/Info: accept an advertiser’s order. Only publication of an advertisement con- action.com or Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Patrick Kelly, 104 Iroquois Dr., Marietta, OH 45750, (740)374-0538, stitutes final acceptance. For a copy of these complete set of regulations Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, DirectorAtChess.US. $15 serv- [email protected], NS. NC. W. & a schedule of deadlines, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: ice charge for refunds. A Heritage Event! Chess Life Classifieds, PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. JUNE 29-30, World Open Warmup Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. A State Championship Event! AUG. 31-SEPT. 2, 75th Annual West Virginia State Chess Cham- For Sale Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! pionship * WORLD’S FINEST CHESS SETS * , World Open Under 2300 JULY 1-2 6SS, 35/90 SD/60. Holiday Inn Express, 50 Martin St., Elkins, WV 26241. *The House of Staunton, produces unquestionably the finest Staunton 5SS, G/90 d10. Hyatt Regency Crystal City (see World Open). Open to under Schedule: Registration: 8:30-9:30am. Rounds: Sat 10-4, Sun 9-3, Mon Chess sets. *Pay-Pal and all Major Credit Cards accepted. The House of 2300 or unrated. Prizes $500 based on 20 entries, else in proportion: $200- 9-3. Annual WVCA business meeting Saturday at 9am. Byes: Maximum 100, U1900 $110, U1500/Unr $90. EF: $40, at site only, no checks. Reg. Staunton, Inc.; 1021 Production Court; Suite 100; Madison, AL 35758. two per player. Half point bye requests must be made prior to start of tour- *Website: www.houseofstaunton.com; phone: (256) 858-8070; email: ends 9:30 am 7/1, rds. Mon 10, 2, 6, Tue. 10, 2. One half point bye allowed nament. Entry Fee: $40 postmarked by 8/20, $50 at site. WVCA [email protected] if U1500/Unr, otherwise two byes allowed; must commit before rd 2. Membership required ($10), OSA. Prizes: $$750 b/30: $250-130, U1900 Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! $100-50, U1600 $75-35, U1300 $75-35. Trophy to top WVCA player. Entries: JULY 1-3 OR 2-3, 2nd annual World Open Women’s Championship David Bruner, P.O. Box 2071, Elkins, WV 26241. Checks payable Free to David Bruner. Info: e-mail: [email protected]; phone: (304) 636- 5SS. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington (see World Open for location, Ages 40-85? RECEIVE CHESS CATALOGS FREE! rates). Open to all females. In 2 sections. Open, July 1-3, open to all, 0238. Misc.: No Smoking. Wheel Chair Accessible. USCF membership required (available onsite). Send e-mail to: [email protected] or 563-271-6657. Chess Butler, 30/85, SD/1 d10. $$G 1200: $500-300-200, top U1700/Unr $200. 1524 LeClaire Street, Davenport, IA 52803. Reserve, July 2-3, open to under 1400 or unrated, G/85 d10. Trophies AUG. 31-SEPT. 2, 69th Ohio Chess Congress (OH) to first 3, top U1200, U1000, U800, Unr. Open EF: $80 online at chess- See Grand Prix. Ages 8-18? ACHIEVE ROCK STAR STATUS action.com by 6/29, $83 mailed by 6/18, $85 phoned to 406-896-2038 by with six easy breakthrough lessons. Send for FREE e-mail information: 6/29, $95 at site, or online until 2 hours before game. Reserve EF: all [email protected] or 563-271-6657. $40 less than Open EF. Open reg. ends Mon 10:30 am, rds. Mon 11 & 5, Wisconsin Tue 11 & 5, Wed 10. Reserve reg. ends Tue 9:30 am, rds.Tue 10, 2 & 6, North Shore Chess Center (IL) Instruction Wed 10 & 2. Bye: OK any round, limit 1 bye, must commit before rd 2. Spe- Tournaments, lectures, simuls, and camps located in northern Illinois. Visit cial USCF dues: see World Open. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental www.nachess.org/events for a full schedule of events. TOP-QUALITY BARGAIN CHESS LESSONS BY PHONE Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for With more than 40 years of experience teaching chess, the Mid-Atlantic , St. Matthews Open refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com. JUNE 8 Chess Instruction Center is the best in the business. We specialize in adult 4SS, G/45 d5. Dual rated. St. Matthews Church, 129 S. Mason St., Apple- students. We offer 32 different courses as well as individual game analy- JULY 3, World Open 7-Minute Championship (BLZ) ton, WI. $$Non-monetary. Trophy prizes to top 3 places. Open to all. EF: See Grand Prix. $20 ($10 by 6/5). Registration: 9-9:30. Rds.: 10:00; 12:30; 2:30; 4:30. sis. Center Director: Life Master Russell Potter. Tel.: (540) 344-4446. If we are out when you call, please leave your name & tel. #. Our Webpage JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, 41st Annual World Mail entries to: James Ulrich, 5420 Long Ct., Appleton, WI 54914 or by Open PayPal to [email protected]. is at: chessinstructor.org. NEW FOR 2012: Two additional courses + FREE powerful analysis engines + FREE screen-sharing! See Grand Prix. Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix! LEARN CHESS BY MAIL: JULY 4, 5, 6, 7, World Open Daily 2 pm Blitz (BLZ) JUNE 15-16, Milwaukee Summer Challenge II 4 separate tournaments at Hyatt Regency Crystal City (see World Open). 5SS, G/120 d5. 4 Sections: Master/Expert (closed), U2000, U1500, Any Strength: Inquire about individual programs. Alex Dunne, 324 West Each is a 4-SS, double round (8 games), G/5 d0. Prizes $300 based on U1000. Comfort Suites Milwaukee Airport Hotel, 6362 S. 13th St., Oak Lockhart Street, Sayre, PA 18840. [email protected]. 20 entries, else in proportion: $100-50, U2100 $60, U1800 $50, U1500/Unr Creek, WI; 414-570-1111; (Mention Southwest Chess Club for $89 room YOU’LL SEE REAL PROGRESS by Studying with $40. EF: $20, at site only, no checks. Reg.. ends 1:45 pm, rds. 2, 2:45, 3:15, rate). EF: $40 All Sections (except U1000), U1000 Entry Fee: $25, all $5 3- Time U.S. Champ GM Lev Alburt! 3:45. One pair of 1/2 pt byes available, must commit before rd 2. Blitz or more after 6/13. Prizes based on 50 total entries, $$ Master/Expert (closed section)=1st-$300, 2nd-$200, 3rd-$100. U2000=1st-$150, Private lessons (incl. by mail and phone) from $80/hr. Autographed Quick rated (will not affect regular ratings), but highest of regular, quick seven-volume, self-study Comprehensive Chess Course-only $134 post- or blitz used for pairings & prizes. U1500=1st-$80, U1000=1st-$50. Reg.: 8:30-9:30. Rds.: Saturday, June 15: 10:00 am, 2:30 pm, 7:00 pm, Sunday June 16: 10:00 am-2:30 pm. ENT: paid! P.O. Box 534, Gracie Station, NY, NY 10028. (212) 794-8706. JULY 6, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) Robin Grochowski, 3835 E. Morris Ave., Cudahy, WI 53110 or allen- See Grand Prix. [email protected]. Questions: TD Robin Grochowski; 414-861-2745 Wanted , World Open Blitz Championship (BLZ) (cell). JULY 7 * CHESS-PLAYER SCHOLARS * See Grand Prix. , 37th Annual Green Bay Open JULY 6-7 in top 10% of high school class with USCF > 2000 and SAT (math + crit- See Grand Prix. JULY 13-14, 23rd Annual Charlottesville Open ical reading + writing) > 2150 for possible college scholarships to See Grand Prix. JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 6th annual Chicago Class (IL) UMBC. Prof. Alan Sherman, Dept. of Computer Science and Electrical Engi- See Grand Prix. JULY 20, Kingstowne Quad #93/Action-Plus #63 neering, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, 21250. 410-455-2666, Kingstowne Thompson Center, 6090 Kingstowne Village Pkwy., Alexandria, JULY 27-28, U.S. Open Weekend Swiss [email protected] VA 22315. 2 events. Quad #93: 3RR, G/100 d5. EF: $10 if received by See Grand Prix. Prizes: 7/17, $15 at site. medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to 1st , 114th annual U.S. if 3-0 score, else silver; bronze to 2nd. Rds.: 11-3-7. Action-Plus #63: JULY 27-AUG. 4, JULY 30-AUG. 4 OR AUG. 1-4 Open ChessMate® Pocket & Travel Sets 5RR, G/45 d5. EF: $15 if received by 7/17, $20 at site. Prizes: $$250/20: See Nationals. $100-60, U1800-U1400-Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-3-5-7. Both: Reg 9- 10:30. Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 151, Newington, JULY 28, U.S. Open Scholastic Perfect chess gifts for the chess lover in your life: VA 22122. e-mail (info only): [email protected]. W (please Open to K-12 [2013-2014 school year] 4-SS, G/30 d5, in four sections: The finest magnetic chess sets available. give 48-hour notice). Junior High - High School Champ. (K-12); Junior High - High School U1200 (K-12); Elementary Champ (K-6); Elementary U1000 (K-6). EF: Handmade in the USA AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, 3rd Annual Potomac Open (MD) $25 online if by 7/14; $35 after; $27 if postmarked by 7/14; $37 after (do 30-DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE! See Grand Prix. not mail after 7/21); $30 phone-in by 7/14, $40 by 7/26 at 5 PM CDT. Reg.: AUG. 6-11, 2nd Annual Washington International (MD) 9-11:30am. Rds.: 12-1:30-3-4:30. Trophies to Top 3 in each section. The WWW.CHESSMATE.COM Phone: 425.697.4513 See Grand Prix. above sections may be split in multiple sections if the entries warrant it.

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MY BEST MOVE DANA MACKENZIE 1,314TH-RANKED U.S. PLAYER (USCF 2104)

1985 & 1987 NORTH PHOTO: COURTESY OF SUBJECT CAROLINA CHAMPION

ne of the things I love most about chess is that in any single game, something sublime and magnificent O may happen. It doesn’t matter whether the game is played by grandmas- ters or class-D players. Chess is chess. Every position and every game has the potential to teach us something new and show us something that we have never seen before. That was certainly true of the game that led to “my best move.” It took place in the first round of the 1992 Columbus (Ohio) ... in any single game, something Invitational Championship, a 10-man round robin tournament that was eventually won “ sublime and magnificent may happen. by Charles Diebert. My opponent was John Hayes, who was an expert at the time but ” would earn his national master title the fol- lowing year. John was well-known for his unusual opening repertoire, and this game John played the best defense: didn’t disappoint. 20. … Ng6 21. Ra3! Nxf4 22. Rxh3 Nxh3 Dana N. Mackenzie (2142) Superficially, he has gotten the better of John R. Hayes II (2177) the exchange, getting two rooks for his Columbus City Championship, 01.31.1992 (1) queen. But unfortunately, he now has I was playing white, and by the third another piece trapped on h3—his knight— move I was already out of my book: and it is doomed after 23. Qf3. Here John’s resistance finally weak- 1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 f6 ened. He played 23. … Rxa4?, and now I Not only that, Hayes developed his king decided to win his king instead of his on the sixth move: knight. The game concluded ... 4. Bb5 Bf5 5. Ne2 e6 6. Nf4 Kf7!? 24. Qf6+! Kg8 25. g6 Rh7 26. gxh7+

However, there was a method to his doesn’t matter, because it will take White so I missed a mate-in-four here starting with madness. I feel certain that he was trying many moves to bring another attacker 26. Qd8+, but it doesn’t matter. to bait me into trying to “refute” his open- over to the kingside: Bd2, Qe2, Rf1 or 26. ... Kxh7 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Qxh5+, Black ing and playing over-aggressively. Rg1, and Rf3 or Rg3. In that amount of resigned. But there was one thing that John was time it will be easy for Black to free his perhaps not counting on. Like him, I love queen by means of moves like … Rhf8 Many years later, when I first analyzed original, non-standard positions where and/or … Ng6. I imagine that John was this game on a computer, I was disap- both players are thrown on their own probably feeling rather confident here. pointed to find that the computer instantly resources. So I was perfectly happy in the But it took just one move to change spots 20. a4, the move I had considered to messy position that resulted. Although I that: be such an original, creative concept. But made some mistakes, I did finally get an 20. a4!! that’s because the human mind is so clut- advantage, and we reached the following tered with lessons and rules about how we position on my 20th move. An innocent pawn push all the way over “should” play. The computer has no such (see diagram top of next column) on the far side of the board strikes a mor- prejudices. So the moral of this story is tal blow to Black’s kingside! The threat is that sometimes the only way to win is to This was the position where I found the 21. Ra3, winning Black’s queen. The whole forget everything that you know. most unusual winning move of my chess idea is paradoxical. From the earliest stages career. (To be precise, I found it about of our chess careers we are taught not to Do you have a suggestion for who you would like to three moves earlier, and had been setting push our a-pawns and not to develop our see write about their Best Move? Let us know at up this position.) As you can see, Black’s rooks on a3. And yet here it is the one [email protected]. Future issues will feature GM queen is trapped. But it seems as if that and only way for White to force a win. Alexander Shabalov and GM Yury Shulman.

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