PNWCC GM Lecture and Timed Simul with GM Aleksandr Lenderman
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Pacific Northwest Chess Center and Microsoft Chess GM Lecture and Timed Simul with GM Aleksandr Lenderman
April 10, 2019 @Microsoft
Description We are very thrilled to welcome GM Aleksandr Lenderman, the coach of men team USA that won gold and silver in 2016 and 2018 in the Olympiad.
GM Aleksandr Lenderman will visit Microsoft and give a chess lecture, followed by a timed simultaneous exhibition in building 99. GM Aleksandr Lenderman
• USCF 2716/FIDE 2636 • World Youth Under-16 Champion, 2005, Belfort, France • USCF Grand Prix Winner of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013 • Marshall Chess Club Champion of 2009 and 2013
• Third place in the US Chess Championship, 2014
• Gold medal on the second board, 2015 World Team Chess Championship
(Team USA) • Champion of World Open 2015 and US Open 2017 • Chess Life magazine cover figure several times • 3rd round of the 2017 Fide World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia, beating elite GM Pavel Eljanov and the current World Junior Champion, Aryan Tari, before losing in the tiebreaks to top 10 player in the world, Maxime Vachier- Lagrave • Coach of the silver medalist Team USA in 2018 Chess Olympiad, Batumi, Georgia • Coach of the gold medalist Team USA in 2016 Chess Olympiad, Baku, Azerbaijan
Schedule 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM - Lecture “Relative piece activity” (Room Turing 99/1919) 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM - Complimentary Pizza break 6:45 PM – 10:00 PM - GM Aleksandr Lenderman Timed Simul (Room von Neumann 99/1927) • GM Aleksandr Lenderman will play against up to 30 opponents. • Time Control - GM Aleksandr Lenderman 90 minutes + 15s increment vs o Simul player 2200+: 25 minutes + 10s increment o Simul player 2000-2200: 35 minutes + 10s increment o Simul player under 2000: 45 minutes + 10s increment • Piece Color – Player’s choice! https://www.pnwchesscenter.org [email protected]
Bring your own set and clock for simul.
Site Microsoft Research Building (Building 99) 14865 NE 36th St, Redmond, WA 98052 Lecture will be in room 1919 Simul will be in room 1927
Registration and Event is open to public. Entries are free with suggested donations to newly Suggested founded local 501 ( C ) (3) non-profit chess club - Pacific Northwest Chess Center Donation (PNWCC) in Kirkland. Your donation is tax deductible and employer match-able.
Register and make donation at http://nwchess.com/OnlineRegistration/ Complimentary pizza will be provided to donors. Seats are limited and we will give priorities to donors over free entries.
Option A : Lecture Only • $25 suggested donation to PNWCC • Available Seats : 200
Option B : Lecture & GM Aleksandr Lenderman Simul Combo • $40 suggested donation to PNWCC • Available Seats: 30
Option C : GM Aleksandr Lenderman Timed Simul • $25 suggested donation to PNWCC • Available Seats: 30
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PNWCC and Microsoft Chess reserve the rights to make necessary adjustments of the event schedule and format.