Volume 48, Number 1 COLORADO STATE CHESS ASSOCIATION January 2021 COLORADO CHESS INFORMANT GRIFFIN McCONNELL PLAYS IN FIDE’s ONLINE OLYMPIAD FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Volume 48, Number 1 Colorado Chess Informant January 2021 From the Editor And so we begin the New Year with renewed hope that can only arrive none too soon... Hello everyone and Happy New Year! I hope that you have en- joyed the holiday season as much as you can and that you are safe and as happy as can be. I understand that a few of our fellow The Colorado State Chess Association, Incorporated, is a Colorado chess players have been afflicted with Covid-19 but as Section 501(C)(3) tax exempt, non-profit educational corpora- I understand, they are all on the road to recovery or have already tion formed to promote chess in Colorado. Contributions are healed up and are back at life full tilt. tax deductible. As you can read in this issue, the CSCA Board of Directors are Dues are $15 a year. Youth (under 20) and Senior (65 or older) working hard to at least plan on having some in-person tourna- memberships are $10. Family memberships are available to ments held this year. We all hope that it does indeed come to additional family members for $3 off the regular dues. Scholas- pass - so stay tuned. tic tournament membership is available for $3. The lead story in this issue is about a remarkable young man and ● Send address changes to - Attn: Alexander Freeman to the his wonderful play at FIDE’s Online Olympiad for People with email address
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