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Contributors July on uschess.org

John Roycroft (“First Moves,” p. 8) founded EG in 1965, the first long-running journal exclusively for endgame studies. He also served as endgame study editor from 1931- 1974 for British Chess Magazine.

IM Irina Krush (“Looks at Books,” p. 11) is a three-time U.S. women’s champion and a regular contributor to Chess Life. Chess Festival Begins in Orlando The last days of July marks the beginning of the U.S. Open (July 30-August 7), U.S. Girls Junior Open, Denker Tournament of High School Champions and a FM Mike Klein new event, the Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions. Check uschess.org for (“Cover Story,” p. 16) is, to his standings and pairings and CLO for updates. students, a chess teacher; to top professionals, he is a chess journalist; and to old friends, he is a semi-retired chess player. He likes the international appeal of the game and appreciates all World Open the chess players that have shunned the money, fame and Break out the fireworks and free drinks of the poker table. popcorn. The biggest open tournament of the year hits on Independence Christopher Kerrigan Day weekend. Keep Damrosch uschess.org/clo bookmarked (“Chess Business,” p. 36) aka for U.S. Chess Scoop video “Bird,” is a writer, math teacher, coverage and reportage by graduate from Emory, and Jamaal Abdul-Alim. probably the guy you tripped over as he slept under a table at the World Open.

Al Lawrence (“Remembrance,” p. 42) is a former executive director of both USCF and the . His latest book, with GM Lev Alburt, is Chess Training Pocket Book II. Cadets Return to USCF Base For the third year in a row, the U.S. Miriam Morris Cadet (Under 16) Championship will take (“Chess Art,” p. 48) facilitates place in Crossville, Tennessee, the home exhibitions, lectures, and of the USCF. Favorites include Aleksandr writes about the life of her Ostrovskiy and Michael Bodek from New Greg on Chess father David Friedmann. York and Atulya Shetty from Michigan. She continues to search for Follow the tournament, an eight-player IM Greg Shahade’s 2007 his portraits of chess masters, round robin from July 11-15 and look for editorial on flaws in the among other lost artwork. updates by Alan Kantor on CLO. Swiss pairing system was one of the most

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Columns

11 LOOKS AT BOOKS Play Like A Girl? Yes! By IM Irina Krush 12 CHESS TO ENJOY Jeepers, Creepers: Who Needs Those Peepers? By GM Andy Soltis 14 SOLITAIRE CHESS The Pragmatic Dr. Fine By Bruce Pandolfini 52 BACK TO BASICS Blitzed! By GM Lev Alburt 54 ENDGAME LAB Saint Louis Endings By GM Pal Benko

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3 PREVIEW 6 COUNTERPLAY 8 FIRST MOVES The U.S. Championship closing ceremony. 10 USCF AFFAIRS Photo courtesy of St. Louis Chess Club. 58 TOURNAMENT LIFE 78 CLASSIFIEDS 16 COVER STORY 79 SOLUTIONS The Amadeus of Chess By FM Mike Klein GM repeats as U.S. Champion.

28 COVER STORY 996 Moves By FM Mike Klein On The Cover IM Anna Zatonskih wins her fourth U.S. Women’s Championship title. We whistle a happy tune with our cover this month, offering 36 CHESS BUSINESS a nod to the Broadway classic Hedging Genius The King and I, itself based on By C.K. Damrosch the novel Anna and the King of In an age of the “Madoff Mate,” a hedge fund company uses chess heavily Siam. With Kamsky’s third title and Zatonskih’s fourth, this in its promotional material to sell themselves. Chess Life investigates. is truly a royal couple.

We offer 20 pages of U.S. 42 REMEMBRANCE Championship coverage by “I must tell you ... ” Mike Klein beginning on page By Al Lawrence 16, along with bonus coverage Remembering Larry Parr, 1946-2011. on page 54 in GM Benko’s “Endgame Lab.” 48 CHESS ART Cover photos courtesy of Saint Louis Chess Club; Design by The Chess Master Portraits of David Friedmann Shirley Szymanek By Miriam Friedman Morris We update an article from the September 1996 issue of Chess Life.

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History is good The reader might be inter- April in Chess Life My other comment is Dr. ested in being reminded of the Alexey Root’s review of the 4th very significant historical mono- edition of How to Reassess Your graph written by Cary Utterberg Chess by IM Jeremy Silman. and published by McFarland in She starts by recommending 2005, titled De la Bourdonnais the book and then spends most versus McDonnell, 1834: The of the rest of the article criticiz- Eighty-Five Games of Their Six ing it and noting its errors. Mr. Chess Matches, with Excerpts Silman is a man of integrity from Additional Games Against and I am sure graciously Other Opponents. 416 pp., accepts the discovery of any library binding. Author Utter- errors in his book. I just feel berg did extensive research on much more praise was in order the name forms and demon- for a book that really is the strated that “de la Bourdonnais” modern day My System written is the correct last name (all three by long ago. elements, lowercase “de”) which Ray Sollars becomes De la B ... at the begin- La Verne, California. ning of sentences and titles. I enjoyed seeing Neil Bren- The author then distilled a I would like to comment on nan’s interesting presentation discussion by Edward Winter two things in the April issue of From the uschess.org (March 2011 issue) of three (in another McFarland book, Chess Life. The first is regard- forum “USCF Affairs” games played in the McDon- Chess Facts and Fables, 2006) ing the time delays in time Considering the available nell–de la Bourdonnais match of his opponent’s name: controls. I am in the camp that resources, Chess Life Online’s of 1834—all three annotated McDonnell spelled, or allowed believes time delays were the timely coverage of the Chicago by arguably the three biggest the spelling of, his own name “invention of the devil.” When Open was excellent. names in chess in the era three different ways, but most your time is up, it should be And about 15 hours after I’d (Morphy, Paulsen, Anderssen). meaningful is that in his will up as it has been in the past. completed playing, I received I’ve long believed there should and on his tombstone the The ability to make better an e-mail from USCF with a be more hard history in “the “McDonnell” form is used. moves can be a function of link to the event on MSA, rated world’s most widely read chess Robert Franklin, USCF life member time. Play correspondence for 650+ players. magazine.” Let’s have more of Jefferson, North Carolina chess if you want to play your Bill Brock Brennan et al.! best chess. on uschess.org/forums

Send your letters to [email protected]. If Chess Life publishes your letter, you will be Corrections sent a copy of Test, Evaluate and Improve Your Chess (see ad below). Some errors appeared in the state listings in the “2010 Yearbook” published in the May 2011 issue of Chess Life: Maine: Maine Chess Association. Contact: Andrew Bryan. Phone: 207-843-6445. e-mail: bvbryan@ aol.com. Web: www.chessmaine.net. Massachusetts: Massachusetts Chess Assn. Contact: Robert Messenger. Phone: 603-891-2484. e-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.mass chess.org. Wisconsin: The official state affiliate is the Wisconsin Chess Association. The website address is www.wischess.org. USCF Representatives to FIDE: Beatriz Marinello is a FIDE VP. Franc Guadalupe is the Zonal President. A letter in the March “Counterplay” incorrectly gave 1956 as the year that won the U.S. Open and U.S. Championship. This actually occurred in 1957. Chess Life regrets the errors.

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PROJECTED PRIZES FIDE ARBITER SEMINAR JULY 30-AUGUST 1 TOP PLACES $8,000-4,000-2,000-1,500-1,000-800-600-500, Cost: $150; limited to 20 participants. Register by mail only, CLEAR WINNER $200 BONUS U.S. Chess Federation, P.O. Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557 ATTN: Cody Stewart CLASS PRIZES TOP MASTER (2200-2399) $2,500 -1,200-800-500 EXPERT (2000-2199) $2,500-1,200-800-500 • CLASS A (1800-1999) BLITZ! $2,500-1,200-800-500 • CLASS B (1600-1799) $2,500-1,200-800- U.S. Blitz Championship: Saturday, August 6, 12 noon 500 CLASS C (1400-1599) $2,000-1,000-600-400 • CLASS D (1200-1399) $1,500-700-500-300 • CLASS E OR BELOW (UNDER ENTER NOW! 1200) $1,500-700-500-300 • UNRATED $800-400-200 www.uschess.org/webstore/tournament.php Phone entry: 800-903-8723 Tournament website: www.uschess.org/tournaments/2011/usopen/ USCF DELEGATES MEETING August 6-7 SCHOLASTIC EVENTS CHESS PROMOTION WORKSHOPS August 3-5 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open USCF AWARDS LUNCHEON August 6 at noon Denker Tournament of High School Champions Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions

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First Moves

Diagram Ahoy! Anattempttobridgethegapbetweenproblemistsandplayers.

By times the area was known as matic attacking player the chess The Player’s Puzzle lusatia. Mügeln is famous today world has ever known? his name for a narrow-gauge railway link- would be a guarantee of hold- ing local townships. he is very ing the reader’s attention. what -+-wq-trk+ happy there. else? was anything else required? zpl+-+-zpp Now i’m not much of a com- well, since the openings realm -+-+-+-+ poser—shortage of ideas and a was already invoked, and since paucity of the necessary skills very little is totally clear in the snQ+-+p+- account for that—but when i openings, why not challenge the -+-vl-+-+ learned about Fiedler’s competition reader-solver, who will be an +-sN-+-+- announced in the magazine Die active tournament player, to do PzPPzP-zPPzP Schwalbe, i thought i’d try my better than the composer, just as luck. i was particularly encour- he is motivated to beat that oppo- tR-vL-+RmK- aged by the ‘any stipulation’, which nent he is preparing to meet? Blacktoplay really opened the door to the imag- And that is what i did. My ination, to lateral thinking—one tourney entry is appended in its Stipulation: Black is to play quality i take pride in. entirety, position, unique stip- in this composed game posi- These competitions, or tour- ulation, and my two suggested tion; the diagram arises from neys, naturally have to be solutions. the following ‘game’: judged, usually by whoever And the composition’s fate in 1. e4 e5 2. Sf3 Sc6 3. Bc4 Sf6 4. A CheSS diAgrAM will thought up the idea and was the tourney? The award, when it Sg5 d5 5. exd5 Sa5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. always catch the enthusiast’s eye. providing the prizes. But Fiedler finally appeared, was in a 96-page dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 cxb5 9. Qxa8 “who’s move is it?” is his first struck an original note here too. special-purpose brochure, lov- Bc5 10. Se4 Sxe4 11. Qxe4 0-0 question. So he looks at the he engaged a group of over-the- ingly prepared by the admirably 12. 0-0 f5 13. Qxe5 Bd4 14. Qxb5 words that go with the diagram. board players of a range of workaholic herr Fiedler. Ah. No Bb7 15. Sc3 (see above diagram) when he sees “Mate in 2” or, even strength to do the judging, which trace of my entry, quickly verified The player-solver challenge is worse, “Selfmate” or “helpmate”, they would do independently of by scanning the diagrams. Correc- to find the most Mikhail Tal- he turns the page in disgust. each other. That set me going. i tion! There it was, in four words, like continuation. Supporting Composers of chess problems too could be original. in the german: Entfiel, da analysis is NOT required. Your have long been aware of this. My thinking went along these Forderungunklar! Or: rejected— ‘solution’ is as valid as the Books have been written to lines: for invalid stipulation! composer’s. You are your own ‘explain’ to the general chess pub- A player will not be attracted Anasideaboutthesidebarto judge. lic—your average club player is by any standard problem stipu- theright: i use ‘S’ for knight, for intended—what chess composi- lation, so let’s find a non- moves, following British chess Composer’s solutions: tion is about. To little or no effect. standard one. There’s got to be a problem practice dating back a 15. ... Qg5 16. Sd5 f4 17. c4 Rd8 in 2006 an energetic composer diagram, so let’s make the posi- century (see the ChessAmateur, 18. d3 Bc6 19. Qxa5 Rxd5 20. called Frank Fiedler decided to tion as game-like as we can. OK passim). This is a British prob- Bxf4 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Rg5+ 22. adopt a fresh approach. To cele- —i had already dredged up from lemist, not player, habit, adopted Kh3 Bd7+ 23. Kh4 Rg4+ 24. Kh3 brate his upcoming 50th birthday the cellar of my mind something a century ago to get around the Rg1+ 25. Kh4 Bf6+ 26. Bg5 Rg4+ he invited composers worldwide that might serve—but what awkwardness of having both K 27. Kh3 Rxg5+ 28. Kh4 Rg1+ 29. to compose something that would about the really big challenge, and Kt. The monthly ChessAma- Kh5 Bg4 mate. appeal to players, and might an original stipulation? The teur was largely edited by or attract them to the world of com- closer to a practical game poser, problemists, the leading one posing. he announced this as a the better. right. A player being Thomas rayner dawson. 15. ... Qa8 16. b4 Bxg2 17. bxa5 competition, with prizes. he was preparing to face an opponent The ‘S’ was borrowed from the Bh1 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Sd5 Bxa1 careful to make plain that any with known opening proclivities german Springer, deliberately The black men have moved stipulation—the words defining can always make use of a nov- avoiding the obvious ‘N’ because, to all four corner squares in the puzzle task—would serve. he elty. how about a stipulation to way-out problemists, N was the last five moves. sat back to wait. related to an opening line cur- already in use for Nightrider, the Frank lived—he still lives—in rently in disrepute? warming to fairy piece that extends the move FrankFiedler’sbookcanbe the picturesque small town of my task—and knowing that the of the knight in a straight line to orderedfrom Mügeln situated between dres- position i had in mind smacked the board’s limit, by analogy with [email protected], den and leipzig in the south-east of the opening—i thought of the other three pieces which all (10europluspostage). corner of germany. in olden Mikhail Tal, the most charis- have line movements. .

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USCF Affairs July

USCF EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT TRACI LEE Position: Membership Associate Traci Lee has worked for USCF since April 22, 1986! Yes, that means that Traci just celebrated her 25th year with USCF. For a quarter of a century Traci has been providing essential USCF services to our mem- bers, affiliates and organizers. She processes memberships, mailing labels, changes of address, our mailing lists for Chess Life and Chess Life for Kids, and much more. Over the years Traci has often been our Employee of the Month and now we are proud to have her in the Spotlight. With Traci’s knowledge, experience and her energy we surely hope that she will continue to be a part of the USCF team for at least another 25 years!

NationalChessDay2011 SummerChessinOrlando If you had fun last year, get ready for National Chess Day 2011 on Saturday, October 8th, as per the pending Senate resolution for this year. In 2011, the USCF executive board will again offer a number of incentives to organizers and chess promoters to host events on the weekend of National Chess Day. Be sure to plan ahead to take advantage of the following: 1. Any Rated Beginner Open that includes “National Chess Day” in it's tournament life announcement (TLA) title gets both a free TLA and free rating fees; 2. Any one-day event for October 8 which has “National Chess Day” in it’s TLA title gets a free TLA; 3. Any two-three day event held over a period which encom- Find details on an exciting line-up of national events set passes October 8, which has “National Chess Day” in it’s for this summer in Orlando, the U.S. Open (July 30- TLA title, will get a free TLA and free rating fees; August 7) and the Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open 4. Please note the July 10 deadline for organizers to submit (July 30-August 2). Also check the Denker homepage, their TLA for the September 2011 Chess Life. If you have denkerchess.com/ (also July 30-August 2) for details on any questions about composing your TLA, contact Joan the historic high school invitational and a new event, the Dubois at [email protected]. 2011 Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions, which also Organizers will once again be encouraged to submit articles and has its own homepage: www.barberchess.com/joomla/. photographs for possible publication for Chess Life and Chess Life Online. For inspiration, browse through some of last year’s Besides the Open itself, some of the events that will take offerings on Chess Life Online on National Chess Day from the place at the Hyatt Regency Orlando include a FIDE Arbiter origins of National Chess Day to events in Alabama to Arizona, Seminar from July 30-August 1 (register by mail only; Memphis to Chicago and a big Grand Prix event in Arlington, the USCF, P.O. Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557, ATTN: Cody Continental Class. Stewart) and a blitz tournament on August 6 at noon.

Did You Know? “In Passing” We offer the “In Passing” area of our website at main.uschess.org/content/view/8047/35/ to recognize and remember our members who have died. If you know of a member who is deceased please feel free to notify Joan DuBois,[email protected] , and if possible, include an obituary and a photograph (.jpg or .tif format). If we do not receive an obituary we will list their name and state.

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Looks at Books

Play Like A Girl? Yes! Is there value in acknowledging differences between the sexes when teaching chess?

By IM Irina Krush Wouldn’t it be a good idea to short step to a general theory Judit Polgar (2555) provide them with some strong of female inferiority. I hurried Lars Bo Hansen (2525) role models at the same time as to dispel this notion from her you’re building the actual skills mind; in fact, it was surpris- -+-tr-+k+ they’ll need to be successful ingly easy to do. I just asked in the game? her “Why?” Why do you think zpR+-+p+- That, in one sentence, is the that playing chess like a girl -+n+-+pwQ premise of Play Like a Girl! It’s means playing badly? I play +-vLp+-+- a celebration of women in chess, and I’m a girl, and I P+-zP-+-mK chess, a showcase of their cre- don’t do it badly (forgive me ative efforts, a clear and vivid for taking the liberty to make +-+-+R+P demonstration of their ability to that claim). Kids are resource- -+-+r+q+ play strong moves. I can imag- ful and great at rationalizing +-+-+-+- ine that it’d be a source of things, but ... she couldn’t Whitetoplay confidence when you walk into explain why playing or doing a tournament hall for the first something like a girl meant White won with 1. Qg7+! time and find that you’re one of doing it badly. Intuitively, it since 1. ... Kxg7 2. Rfxf7+ Jennifer Shahade, Play Like a Girl: Kh8 3. Rh7+ Kg8 4. Rbg7 is Tactics by 9 Queens, 2010, the only girls there, because wasn’t obvious to her. I think Mongoose Press, 100 pp., $14.95 after all you’ve trained on the that’s a good thing. mate. from uscfsales.com (catalog puzzles of Judit Polgar, Humpy Don’t get me wrong. In this number B0064EU) Koneru, Hou Yifan and others, little exchange with my sis- Judit Polgar (2595) and so you know, even though ter, I wasn’t trying to argue a Jose Luis Fernandez Garcia they’re not in the room with position on gender differ- (2475) Play like a Girl!, the new book you, that women can be good ences, or come up with an by my friend (and editor of at chess! answer to why there aren’t -+R+-+-+ Chess Life Online) Jennifer Sha- I actually had a perfect tester more women in the top hun- zp-+-+pmkp hade, is a primer on tactics, for the book, someone who fit dred. I just wanted to make replete with familiar themes right into its target demo- sure she knew that her gen- -+-zp-+p+ such as double attack, pin, and graphic: my eight-year-old der wasn’t a —that it +-+Ptr-+- back-rank mate. However, it’s sister, Jenny, who’s had a lit- in no way precluded her from -wq-tr-+nwQ clear from the very first pages, tle experience with chess and taking up chess, or pursuing +P+-+-+- indeed, from the title, that this solving puzzles, but who’s still excellence in any other field is no ordinary tactics book: no firmly in the beginner category. dominated by ‘boys’. I tried P+P+-+LzP matter how universal the chess The only chess player she to eradicate that vague but +K+-+R+- positions inside may be, the knows is me. Would the book insidious association in her Whitetoplay audience at which they’re manage to inspire her? mind between the word ‘girl’ A few years later, Judit executed directed is a very particular When I presented it to her, and the word ‘bad’. one: girls starting out in chess. she was pleased, of course, as Once we got past that, she an even prettier version of the Quite honestly, it never she always is whenever I bring was very enthusiastic about same sacrifice: 35. Qxh7+ (35. occurred to me that the chess her a gift, but upon reading the book, keen on reading the Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qxh7+ Kf6 37. world could use an instruc- the title, she looked up at me short biographies of the fea- Rf8+ Kg5 38. h4 mate was pos- tional book aimed specifically sheepishly and said, “But does- tured women players, and of sible too, but it’s more elegant at girls. After all, didn’t I learn n’t that mean ... playing course, on solving the puzzles, with the queen sacrifice.) 35. ... my tactics from the same man- badly?” She clearly didn’t want which were completely level- Kxh7 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 37. Rh8+ and uals as everyone else, and to offend me or the gift, but appropriate. Black resigned due to the weren’t they sufficient? Well, she couldn’t help asking. It Did you know that in her impending mate: 37. ... Kg5 38. of course they were for me and was a somewhat sad and dis- youth Judit Polgar had a pen- h4! pow! (my sister's annotation). for the small percentage of concerting moment for me to chant for the queen sacrifice women players out there, but see to what extent my little sis- followed by a double-rook what about all the girls that ter had imbibed this way of mate? In just one chapter, For more of such deviousness, chess initially attracts but loses looking at things. Playing like there are no less than three you’ll have to get Play Like in the long (or short) run? a girl is bad. From there, it’s a such examples! Here are two: a Girl! .

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Chess to Enjoy

Jeepers, Creepers: Who Needs Those Peepers?

When it comes to one chess skill that ‘outsiders’ consider mysterious, most of us underestimate our abilities. By GM Andy Soltis

Of all the creatures on this planet, Now if you saw all that—or even a frac- oped this ability thanks to a painting chessplayers are among the least likely to tion of it—you may have noticed how teacher who trained him to draw objects be accused of modesty. But there’s one your attention was focused on the lower Miro held in his hand while literally blind- skill in which we underestimate our- right corner of the board.You probably folded. selves. Believe it or not, it’s blindfold paid no attention at all to the knight at d7 Another amateur, William Weld, the chess. or White’s queenside pieces, not to men- former Massachusetts governor, said he I suspect that you are better at blind- tion the distant pawns. You may have could handle four blindfold games simul- fold than you think. In fact, I’d bet that looked at only 16 squares, on the e- to h- taneously, at least up to the 20th move. at least a third of Chess Life readers can files. And consider Pierre Trudeau, the Cana- play through a game score mentally. That’s no surprise. An experienced dian prime minister of the 1970s. Furthermore, I’d wager that a substan- player—even with full sight of the board When Trudeau was on a diplomatic tial number of readers can play their own —typically focuses on a portion of it at any tour of Soviet cities he invited Roger game without sight of the board. A smaller given moment. Of course, he’ll look at Lemelin, the editor of the Canadian news- group can play more than one blindfold the rest of the squares before choosing a paper La Presse, along. Lemelin, a prime game simultaneously. And there are some move. But even then he isn’t studying mover of the spectacular Montreal 1979 —well, like —who can 64 squares at once. tournament, was a real chess fan. To kill play 10 boards blind. The Russian psychologist Viktor Malkin time during a city-to-city hop, he asked I know what you’re going to say: “Not said the inability to take in the entire Trudeau if he played chess, according to me. I can’t picture the entire board in board, with eyes wide open, explains why Lemelin’s biographer, Real Bertrand. my mind.” But almost no one does that a master can miss a “long” move. He cited It turned out Trudeau knew a lot about in blindfold chess—or in any other type the game Marshall-Tchigorin, Monte Carlo the game. But there was no set aboard the of chess, for that matter. 1902. It went 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 plane. So they played blindfold. “The jour- dxc4 4. d5 Na5 5. Bf4 Bd7? 6. e4 e6 7. nalists around us watched with surprise Focus on those quads dxe6 fxe6?? 8. Qh5+! and White wins as the two of us, like robots, arms folded, GM Loek van Wely (FIDE 2683) because of 9. Qxa5. motionless, each minute solemnly spoke GM Vassily Ivanchuk (FIDE 2750) In fact, that’s a good game to test your- strange formulas: d4, f5,” Lemelin said. Melody Amber (blindfold) 2007 self with: Try to imagine the position that They each won one game. arises after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 I suspect It’s been claimed that blindfold chess + + rk+ almost all readers can do that if they puts so much of a strain on the mind that concentrate. exhibitions were banned in the Soviet + pn+ pp The next move is 3. Nc3 Take a moment Union. But one of the great Moscow play- p p r + to see if you can visualize the board then. ers, Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky, recalled in You can? Then add 3. ... dxc4. Go slowly his memoirs that he gave several simuls p +Pp + and don’t try to see an entire board. of up to 17 boards in the 1920s. He +P+l+ q Add 4. d5 and, when that’s in your shrugged off the strain. “A serious tour- head, 4. ... Na5. nament game often demands more PP+LP + If I asked where the four knights are, expenditure of nervous energy than a 12- LN+ +Rp many, if not most readers, should be able to-15 board blindfold exhibition,” he to answer correctly if they went one knight wrote. Here’s a position from one of his R + Q +K at a time. 10-board simuls: After 26. Qe1 Now add 5. Bf4. Think about it before you make the 5. ... Bd7 move. If you take Mate in seven This could be a Black-to-play-and-win your time you might be able to visualize Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky position from our monthly quiz. Before each of the four bishops. Trublenkov reading on, cover up the next paragraph A blindfold player just keeps adding Tula 1910 and try to solve it. one half-move at a time to his mental Black “saw” that White’s last move picture until he gets to the end of the (see diagram topof next column) threatens 27. Qxh4. He also saw that 26. game. Even people who wouldn’t be con- ... Qxe1+ doesn’t lead anywhere. But he sidered serious about chess can do that. Duz-Khotimirsky said he agreed with found that 26. ... Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 h1=Q+! The artist Juan Miro claimed he played one of his tournament opponents, Akiba leads to a forced mate (28. Qxh1 Qg4+ or chess just as well “blind” as he did with Rubinstein, who told him that seeing the 28. ... Rf2+). his eyes wide open. Miro said he devel- pieces actually hinders a person’s combi-

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Problem I Problem II Problem III Bernstein Centennial Sidney Bernstein Sidney Bernstein Sidney Bernstein Ariel Mengarini L. Walter Stephens Milton Hanauer

Sidney Bernstein, who won the +r++ r+l+ rk+ +nk + + championship of both the Marshall p r +lkp pp+q+ + ++++ and Manhattan chess clubs, would p p R + +p+p+L+ p+ +Q+ + have been 100 this month. Bern- +L+ n P + +pP l +q+pN p stein played on a college team with Reuben Fine, wrote books with Fred + Lp+ + +P+ + + pP++ Reinfeld and competed in eight U.S. +P++ +NP+ +P+ PP+ championships, where he scored P+ +P+ P PPQ+ P + P+++P wins over Pal Benko, Samuel R++K + +RK +R +++K Reshevsky, Al Horowitz and Arnold Denker, among others. Many of his White to play White to play White to play great games were collected in his autobiographical Combat: My Fifty Problem IV Problem V Problem VI Years at the Chessboard. Bernstein, Max Pavey Sidney Bernstein Sidney Bernstein Sidney Bernstein Milton Hanauer who died in 1992, left us many fine combinations, and six of them are + + +k+ ++k+ +r+ +k+ featured in this month’s quiz. Your + +q+ p +R+ + +p p +R+ p task is to find the fastest winning line p++p + +p+ + lp +p+ p of play, usually the forced win of a decisive amount of material. For +P+pRn+ + + +p+ + l Np+q solutions, see page 79. ++P+ P++++ + +P+ + +Q+ +P+ + pNP + P Q +PP P r + P lp +KPPP P + +KP + +R+ K ++++ + +R+ +

Black to play Black to play White to play

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. e4 +k+n+rr d6 6. Be2 c6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Re1 b5 9. b3!? +r+ +k+

ppl +pq This looks like an oversight—and prob- + + lp+p +l+p+ + ably was. But in a few moves it will look p+++L like a promising pawn sacrifice. ++++ 9. ... b4! 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 bxc3 12. exf6 +Pp+ +N+ + p Bxf6 13. Bh6 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Re8 15. Bd3 P+p+ + + +Q+P Nd7 16. Be4 Nc5 17. Bxc6 Bf5 + p +K+ PPR PPL Now 18. Ne5 would keep White on top. P+ + P P Reshevsky was playing 10 consecutive + +R+L+K blindfold speed games, Chess Review + +R+ + White to play reported. His opponent has been misiden- After 27. ... Be7 tified as “Jesper Fischer.” He was, in fact, national ability. In other words, you can the 14-year-old who won the U.S. Cham- ... e3 39. fxe3 (39. Bf8+ Ke5 40. f3 g4!) 39. calculate better when blind (!?). In this pionship six months later. ... f3! 40. Bxg5 f2. position, the Russian found one of his 37. Kc4 Bf6 38. h4 f3! 39. hxg5 e3 40. Bf8+ longest combinations, a forced mate in 18. g4? Bxg4 19. Kg2 Bf5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Be7 41. Bxe7+ Kxe7 42. c7 Kd7, White seven moves. Solution on page 79. Nd4? Nd3 22. Nxf5 Nxe1+ 23. Rxe1 gxf5 24. resigned. Many amateurs refuse to try blindfold Rd1 e5 25. c5 Rc8 26. b4 f4? 27. Kf3 Be7?? because they’re afraid of being embar- But if you find blindfold chess is too rassed by blunders. They think they’d (see diagram top of next column) hard for you, there’s a handy excuse. It’s hang their queen or allow mate in one Yes, this allows 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Bg7+ the same reason we don’t remember before they got out of the opening. and wins. phone numbers or read car maps today. But if you take it slowly, you’d be sur- We rely too much on technology. prised at what you can do. When I 28. Ke4?? Rc6 29. Rg1+ Rg6 30. Rxg6+ fxg6 In the past, players developed blindfold searched for blindfold blunders I found 31. Kd3 Kf7 32. Kxc3 g5! 33. c6? skill unconsciously. They tried to follow one glaring example, but it was played at White might have held with 33. a4! e4 the moves of a game in a book or maga- 10 seconds a move. 34. c6. zine, without using a board. They went mentally from one diagram to the next. King’s Indian Defense (E91) 33. ... Ke6 34. Kc4 Kd6 35. b5 axb5+ 36. GM Samuel Reshevsky Kxb5 e4 But today most of us don’t play through SM Bobby Fischer a game that way. Now 37. Kb6 Bd8+ 38. Kb7 fails to 38. We don’t visualize. We click. . Blindfold exhibition, New York 1957

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Solitaire Chess The Pragmatic Dr. Fine

By Bruce Pandolfini

An example of the practical play of the good doctor.

At his apex, Dr. Rueben Fine (1914-93), second-best moves, and there may be The desperado motif, enables Black to was surely one of the game’s top players. bonus points—or deductions—for other avoid the loss of a pawn.** He tied for first with Paul Keres in the moves and variations. Note that ** means 12. Kxf2 Par Score: 4 prestigious AVROtournament of 1938, that the note to Black’s move is over and and he gave many other leading players White’s move is on the next line.** Add 1 bonus point if you realized this is a lesson or two up to his retirement from 7. Nc3 Par Score: 5 a developing move, clearing the back rank the championship cycle of 1948. But he for the h1-rook. was still a formidable player by any stan- Accept only 2 points part credit for 7. b4. 12. … fxe5 dards afterward. Exemplary of his It doesn’t work because of the undermin- practical, “American” style is this victory ing 7. ... a5. Accept 3 points part credit for After 12. ... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5, the over O’Kelly de Galway, in the Wertheim 7. e4, which is answered by 7. ... Nf6 8. white rook can invade via the open queen- Memorial, held in New York in 1951. With Nc3 Bxc5. Accept 4 points part credit for bishop file. O’Kelly prefers to retain his very incisive play, Fine seized control and 7. Na3, intending 7. ... Bxc5 8. Rc1. Black knight to keep the file blocked.** efficiently brought home the point. The has 7. ... Na6!, with satisfactory play. 13. e4 Par Score: 5 game began: 7. … Nxc3 This is played simply to develop the 8. Bxc3 Par Score: 4 bishop. Queen’sGambit Declined (D06) 13. … 0-0 Reuben Fine White is ready to answer 8. ... Bxc5 with Albéric O’Kelly de Galway 9. Bxe5 (1 bonus point). Add 1 bonus point if you intended to Wertheim Memorial, New York, 1951 8. … Nc6 answer 13. ... Bg4 with 14. Bb5 Bxf3 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. gxf3, when Black will 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. dxc5 Qxd5 5. Black can’t avoid playing f7-f6, so per- find it difficult to defend the weak pawns Qxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 e5 haps this should be played directly, at c6 and e5.** reserving the option of bringing the knight 14. Bc4+ Par Score: 5 rnl+kl r out at d7.** 9. Nf3 Par Score: 5 Once again, White develops with tempo, pp+ +ppp this time on the king. ++++ White develops with tempo. 14. … Kh8 9. … f6 + Pnp + 15. Kg3 Par Score: 6 ++++ The try 9. ... e4 would open the long diagonal for the c3-bishop. All the same, White unpins the knight and prevents ++++ the bishop from going to g4. the pawn goes to f6.** 15. … Bd7 PP LPPPP 10. Rc1 Par Score: 5 RN+ KLNR This was the only place the bishop Once again, 10. b4 is met by 10. ... could really go to.** Your starting position a5!. If 11. b5, then 11. ... Nb4 12. Bxb4 16. Rhd1 Par Score: 5 axb4 13. c6 b3! 14. a4 b2 (or 14. ... bxc6 Now make sure you have the above 15. bxc6 Bf5 threatening ... b2) drives White develops his last remaining piece position set up on your chessboard. As the rook from the defense of a4. you play through the remaining moves in with tempo. Accept only 2 points part 10. … Bxc5 this game, use a piece of paper to cover credit for 16. Ng5, threatening 17. Nf7+ the article, exposing White’s next move Kg8 18. Nxe5, followed by 19. Nxd7. Black only after trying to guess it. If you guess 11. Bxe5 Par Score: 6 defends by 16. ... Be8; or 16. ... h6 17. correctly, give yourself the par score. Nf7+ Kh7. Sometimes points are also rewarded for 11. … Bxf2+ 16. … Be8

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Problem I Problem II Problem III ABCs of Chess Skewer Pin Back rank r+ +k+ + + +k+ r r+ + +k+ These problems are all related to + +lp + + + lp+p +++p key positions in this month’s game. ++++ ++++ +++p In each case, Black is to move. The answers can be found in Solutions ++++ + + +P+ ++++ on page 79. +L+ + + + + +L+ P++++ ++++ ++++ +p+ + + July Exercise: Much of chess think- ing has to do with making com- ++++ +++P + + +PP parisons, whether it’s deciding be- +LK+ ++KL R+++K tween plausible moves or balancing pluses and minuses. To that end, whenever you encounter a position to evaluate, practice the same steps Problem IV Problem V Problem VI in an analytic chain. Compare mate- Mating net Back rank Removing the guard rial. Note differences in pawn struc- + +k+ r + r rk+ + + +k+ ture, highlighting of weaknesses, strengths, targets, and potential p+++ +++p +p+ + p advances. Determine space and time + +pn + +++p +p+p+ p edges, as well as general king safety. Also find the proper worth of intangi- + qp+ + ++++ ++++ bles, such as control of certain lines ++++ ++++ +rlP+ + and having the better minor piece. It ++++ + +R+R+ PN++ may sound routine, but such good habits are the foundational circuitry of P QPN + + + +PP P L P P higher thought process. +RK+ ++++K +++K

20. … Rd2 24. Rd8 Par Score: 5 Defending by 16. ... Rad8 proves awk- ward. The move 17. Ng5 would pack more This is an attempt at counterplay. If 21. 24. … Kf8 of a punch. There’s also 17. Rd6 and 18. Rf6, then 21. ... gxf6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rcd1, doubling up on the file.** Rxc6 Rxb2 24. Rxf6 Rxa2. Black at any 25. Nc4 Par Score: 5 17. Bd5 Par Score: 5 rate gets a bunch of pawns off the board.** This is a good general purpose move, Fine intends 18. Rc5, with 19. Bxc6 21. Rcd1 Par Score: 6 which threatens simplification after 26. Bxc6 20. Rxe5 to follow (1 bonus point). Nd6. Also it vacates e5 for the pawn (or 17. … Rd8 White challenges for control of the d-file. the king) to advance. If 21. ... Rxb2, then 22. Rd8 wins on the 25. … Ke7 Now on 18. Rc5 the bishop is pinned. spot. And if 18. Bxc6, then 18. ... Rxd1 19. 21. … Rxd1 26. Ra8 Par Score: 4 Rxd1 Bxc6 20. Nxe5 Bxe4.** 18. Rf1 Par Score: 6 He has to concede the file. If 21. ... The threatened rook moves away with Rdd6, then 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Rf8 is tempo, giving an attack on the a-pawn This is an unexpected switch of files, mate (1 bonus point).** which cannot be defended. The pending taking advantage of the undefended f8- 22. Rxd1 Par Score: 4 two-pawn minus endgame brings about square. White threatens 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 O’Kelly’s resignation. 20. Nxe5, or 19. Nxe5 directly. 22. … Re6 26. … Black resigned . 18. … Rf6 Black skewers e5 and e4, but mainly Placing the rook on a protected square plays this move to guard the bishop.** is the best he can do.** “Solitaire Chess” scores: 23. Kf4 Par Score: 5 Total your score to determine 19. Bxc6 Par Score: 5 your approximate rating below: White protects the knight and the e4- White sets about winning the e5-pawn. pawn. Deduct 1 point if you moved the Total Score Approx. Rating 95+ 2400+ 19. … bxc6 knight, allowing the rook to take on e4. 81-94 2200-2399 23. … Kg8 66-80 2000-2199 Accept 1 bonus point if you realized the 51-65 1800-1999 intermediate check, 19. ... Rg6+, changes Black prepares to unpin his bishop, 36-50 1600-1799 nothing after 20. Kf2. Also: 19. ... Bxc6 20. since he cannot prevent White’s next 21-35 1400-1599 move. Accept 1 bonus point if you saw in 06-20 1200-1399 Nxe5 Bxe4 fails to 21. Nf7+.** advance that 23. ... g5+ is simply 0-05 under 1200 20. Nxe5 Par Score: 5 answered by 24. Kf5.**

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The Amadeus of Chess

By FM MIKE KLEIN | PHOTOS COURTESY OF ST. LOUIS CHESS CLUB

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“That’s exactly what playing chess is about. It’s a sequence and then you have overlapping motives. And I think it’s actually really beautiful.”

GM Gata KaMsKy after repeatinG as U.s. chaMpion.

are Good initials ing a recent top-ten player. Kamsky club to say how much he appreciated the “G.K.” to have in chess. Gata accepted while nakamura declined. quality of the last two U.s. championships. Kamsky, who came out of retirement “the thought crossed my mind,” Kam- While angling to be a commentator, he was just before entered it, sky said when asked about whether he instead offered a chance to be a player. used a different style than his nominal considered skipping the championship. “it was a trick,” seirawan said. “i fell twin to defend his title at the 2011 U.s. “But this is the premier national event. into a self-mate. i was like, ‘no! player! oh championship. he won his third career the players sort of have this, i can’t say gosh!’ But i accepted.” Guesses as to his championship and became the first it’s an obligation, but this moral thing— performance varied wildly, and the four- american since GM lev alburt in the to compete here, to show their best.” he time champion himself did not even know 1980s to win in back-to-back years. added that he hoped young players would what to predict. “in the intervening eight G.K. might also mean “good knockout” gain experience that they could not oth- years literally every novelty that i may player as Kamsky’s prudent play fit the erwise get domestically. have had has now been played. i feel like new format of the tournament. Kamsky “i really need to focus on the top (world) my pockets are empty.” he continued to rarely found himself in danger for the players,” nakamura said. “they’re all downplay his knowledge at the players’ entire two-and-a-half week event in april. preparing for me. i could be like (Vassily) meeting. When told the time controls as the top seed, he finished both the pre- ivanchuk who plays in everything but has included a 30-second increment, he joked, liminary round-robin and the four-player some wild swings ... i don’t enjoy having “What’s ‘increment?’” elimination portions without any losses. major swings.” nakamura, fresh off sev- When round one began, a few trends last year’s 24-player swiss-cum-round- eral major european events including the became apparent—seirawan did not have robin morphed this year into two final amber chess tournament, came to much to offer in his openings, and it eight-player round-robins, and Kamsky the club often during the championship to was going to be exceedingly difficult to advanced with three wins and four draws. analyze, fraternize and comment on the beat the defending champion. in fact, he beat upstart GM-elect games. Many of his peers agreed with his Kamsky’s first-round opponent barely in the semifinals and then faced a famil- decision, including Kasparov. even tried. GM alex ivanov played the iar foe. the match win in the finals over GM “it would be really nice if [nakamura] four Knights opening as White and pro- yury shulman, a repeat of last year’s finale, would have played,” Kamsky said. “But duced one of the most lifeless games of came with much less drama than in 2010. it’s his decision.” the entire event. “i’m so happy to draw Before the tournament began, the organ- Besides the participation of the two Gata,” ivanov said after the game, which izing chess club and scholastic center of 2700s, the other talk prior to the first games was the first to finish. saint louis faced the possibility that nei- focused on the return of GM yasser GM larry christiansen got off to a fast ther of the country’s top two players would seirawan, who had not played in a chess start just like last year. he beat GM alex attend. Kamsky was slated to face GM tournament since 2003 in china (he had shabalov with a pretty but obvious pawn Veselin topalov in the candidates’ played some games in the dutch league, advance. “this is grueling,” said chris-

Matches in early May. the highest-rated which are spread over several weeks). tiansen. “i can’t wait for the free day american, GM hikaru nakamura, was seirawan said his wild-card invite to the already.” Unfortunately for him and some now a fixture on the world stage in becom- championship came when he cold-called the others who felt fatigue, there was no free

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day until after the round-robin ended, which was a day of reckoning for all those who did not qualify by finishing in the top two of their group. Like last year, Chris- tiansen started fast (2-0) but faltered late and failed to qualify. In round two, Kamsky got a mark in the win column with his most dynamic game. “Varuzhan (Akobian) is really a fighting player, so when you go and play him you’re going to be in for a wild ride,” Kamsky said, addding he was looking forward to “swashbuckling” chess. “I spoke with Emil (Sutovsky) and told him I wanted to sacrifice some stuff today.” To which his second replied, “Don’t do that!” Kamsky did, and he won both the game and the best game prize.

French Defense, Classical System (C11) GM Gata Kamsky (2808) GM Varuzhan Akobian (2688) U.S. Championship (2), 04.16.2011 Notes by Akobian Gata Kamsky Robert Hess 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qd2!? This is a rare move with a poor repu- tation, but Kamsky shows that White can create a strong initiative. Before the game I was focusing on the main line 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 and here Black has two options: 9. ... cxd4 and 9. ... c4. Both lines lead to complicated positions. 8. ... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 r+l+kvl-tr zpp+n+pzpp -+n+p+-+ +-zppzP-+- -+-zP-zP-+ wq-sN-vLN+- P+PwQ-+PzP +R+-mKL+R After9....Qa3 Alexander Ivanov 10. Bb5

This came as a surprise since I was only Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nxa8 Bxe6 21. Bg5+ Ne7 13. ... exf5! 14. a4 Be6 familiar with the move 10. Nb5, and after 22. d5 h6 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. dxe6 Na6 I didn’t like 14. ... Bb4 in view of 15. 10. ... Qxa2 Black has an excellent posi- 25. Nb6 Kxe6 and Black is slightly better, Qg3 Bxc3 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Ng5 Bd2 18. tion. I then realized that Gata prepared but during the game it is very difficult to Bxd2 Qxd2 19. Nxh7 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qc5 this move before the game. calculate this far ahead and find all the 21. a5 Nd7 22. Rxf5 Nd4 23. e6 Nxf5 24. 10. ... Qa5?! correct Black defensive moves. exd7+ Bxd7 25. Qe5+ Qe7 26. Bxd7+ Kd8 27. Qa1 Nd6 28. a6 b6 29. Nxf8 This move loses some valuable time; I 11. 0-0 c4 12. f5 Nb6 13. Qe1?! Qxf8 30. Bc6 Rc8 31. Bxd5 Kc7 32. Re1 should have played 10. ... c4 11. f5 (11. This is a slight inaccuracy; White and White is clearly better. Bxc4? dxc4 12. Nb5 c3! and Black is win- should have played 13. f6 g6 14. Qe1. ning) 11. ... Bb4 12. Rxb4 Qxb4 13. Ng5 Even though Black is up a pawn, White 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 Ndb8 14. 0-0 a6 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. fxe6+ has a lot of space and it is much easier Ke8 17. Nxd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 axb5 19. to play White’s position. (see diagram next page)

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17. ... Qb2 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Bc3 Qxc2 20. Nxb7 If 20. Rf2, then 20. … Qb3 21. Qa1 Nb4 22. Nd2 Nc2 23. Nxb3 Nxa1 24. Nxa1 a6 25. Bb4 Kg8 26. Be8 g6 (26. ... Rxe8 27. Nxe8 Nxa4 28. Ra2) 27. a5 Nc8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Ba4. 20. ... Nxa4? For the last few moves I have made the only moves that defend; objectively I wasn’t worse here but with time pres- sure approaching I failed to find the strong defensive resource 20. ... Nd8! 21. Bb4+ (21. Nc5 f4 22. a5 h6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rf2 Qd3 26. Qc1 g5 27. h3 Rh7 gives Black a slightly better position) 21. ... Kg8 22. Nc5 f4 23. a5 h6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rf2 Qg6 26. Na4 Ra7 27. Nc3 Kh7 28. Qd1 with an unclear position. 21. Bb4+ Kg8 A better try was 21. ... Nxb4 22. Qxb4+ Yury Shulman Sam Shankland Kg8 23. Bxa4 a5 24. Qa3 Qd3 25. Qc1 f4 26. Qxf4 h6 27. Nc5 Qf5 28. Qd2 and White has a big advantage. 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Rf2 Qb3 Winning for White is 23. ... Qxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxc6 25. Qa2. 24. Na5 Rxc6 25. Nxc6? I knew that my position was losing here but for some reason Gata did not take my queen, which would have won easily. Now Black has some drawing chances and is back in the game. Stronger was 25. Nxb3 cxb3 26. Qb1 b2 27. Rc2 Rb6 28. Ba3 when White is winning. 25. ... h6 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. Rf3 g6! I think Gata missed this move which gives my king an escape square on g7.

29. Rxb3 cxb3 30. Ba3 Rb8 -tr-+-+-+ zp-+-sNp+k Varuzhan Akobian Jaan Ehlvest -+-+l+p+ +-+pzPpzp- 17. Ne4! n+-zP-+-+ r+-+k+-tr Objectively, this might not be a stronger vLp+-+-+- zpp+-+pzpp move than Nxd5, but it creates more prob- -+-+-+PzP lems for Black to solve. If 17. Nxd5 Qb2 18. -snn+l+-+ Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Bc1 Qxc2 21. +-+-wQ-mK- +L+pzPp+- Qb4 Qe4 22. Qd6+ Kc8 23. Qf8+ (23. Ba3 After30....Rb8 PwqpzP-+-+ Nd7 24. Rc1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Kd8 28. Ng5 Ke8 29. a5 [29. 31. Qg3 +-sN-+N+- e6? fxe6 30. Nxe6 Kf7 31. d5 Nb6 32. Rc5 Ne7 and Black has a clear advantage] 29. There are very good drawing chances -+PvL-+PzP ... Rc8 30. Nxh7 b5 and Black is slightly for Black with 31. Qa5 b2 32. Bxb2 Nxb2 +-+-wQRmK- better) 23. ... Kc7 24. Qd6+ Kc8 and White 33. Qxa7 Rd8 34. Qb6 Rd7 35. Nxg6 Kxg6 36. Qxb2 Rc7 37. Qd2 Rc8. After16....Qxb4 has to yield to the perpetual.

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31. ... g4?? I was very low on time and decided to keep the g-pawn but I should have played 31. ... b2 32. Bxb2 Rxb2 33. h4 is the best try to play for a win (33. Qxg5? Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Nc3 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qf6+ Kh7 and White is forced to give a perpetual; 33. h3 g4 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Nxg6 g3! Threatening Rb1 mate and White has to give a perpetual with Qh4+-f6+-d8+) 33. ... Rb7! 34. Nc6 (34. Qxg5 Nc3 35. Nc6 Rc7 36. Nd8 Ne4 37. Qe3 Rc3 38. Qe1 Kh6 with good chances to hold) 34. ... g4 35. Qa3 f4! 36. Qxa4 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 g3+ 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Ke2 Rf2+ 40. Kd3 Rxg2 41. Ne7 Kh6 42. Qe8 Kh5 and Black might even have chances to win in this position. 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Bc1, Black resigned. Since 34. ... Rh8 35. Bh6 Kxh6 36. Qxh8+ Kg5 37. g3 b2 38. Qh4 is mate.

“I just wanted to storm,” Kamsky said. Alexander Stripunsky Daniel Naroditsky “Throw pieces at him and play like (Mikhail) Tal.” Kamsky said his preparation for the game came from his match loss against GM in the last World Cup. “I thought I was not ready (against So), so I played 8. a3 and I lost. That taught me to play the most principled variations.” Kamsky spent about an hour deciding between 17. Ne4 or 17. Nxd5, finally choosing the former. “17. Ne4 was, how do you say this? Beautiful.” Meanwhile, in the other group, the younger players were taking command. GM-elect Sam Shankland demolished GM Gregory Kaidanov in the shortest decisive game of the event. “I got extremely lucky of course,” Shankland said. “I don’t know if Kaidanov has lost in 18 moves as White in the last 20 years.” One round later, Shankland won again, this time over Christiansen. “Today I thought I played extremely well. Last year 1 it took me nine rounds to get to 2⁄2 points.” Also in round three, GM Robert Hess began his inexorable march to the knock- out stage. He won his game against the Alexander Onischuk top seed in his group, GM Alex Onis- chuk, who lost for only the third time in U.S. championship history. Onischuk, who was Nakamura’s pick to win the title, Shankland’s nonpareil preparation and (and Shankland finished with no time off gradually got ground down by Hess’ memory serve him well before the first of his clock), Hess said, “It’s like playing hybrid opening, which resembled both move is made. against a robot. He knows like 40 moves the Nimzo-Indian and Benko Gambit. “Hess hates opening theory,” said grand- of theory. I just want to play a chess game, After declining Hess’ draw offer on move master commentator Maurice Ashley. “He not a computer. It’s infuriating.” 30 (the earliest games could be drawn by doesn’t want an advantage. He doesn’t Round four saw Kamsky take out GM agreement), a seemingly innocuous pawn prepare for it. He just wants to get a posi- Jaan Ehlvest. In the post-game analysis move allowed the black king to invade and tion and play.” Hess claims his opening Kamsky showcased his knowledge for a sealed Onischuk’s fate. knowledge is underestimated but he said multitude of pawn structures. Seeing that Hess showed that his style was com- he generally enjoys chess positions more in the other group the younger players pletely contradictory to Shankland’s. if they are foreign to both players. After were faring well, Kamsky said, “These guys Hess likes to vault past the opening and Shankland played a prepared draw in are good, and they’re going to be even bet- have the game begin at move 20, while their matchup later in the tournament ter. But the old guard is still fighting.”

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played too cautiously in their game. “He was probably giving too much respect,” Kamsky said. “[Trading queens] was the first psychological mistake. It showed me he was playing for a draw. He decided to play safe, but sometimes safe is bad.” In the resulting rook-and-pawn endgame, Kamsky exhibited the style that won him several games in St. Louis and hundreds in his career.

Pressure and time IM Daniel Naroditsky GM Gata Kamsky U.S. Championship (6), 04.20.2011 -+r+-mk-+ +-+-+pzp- -+-+p+-zp zpptrpzP-+P -+-+-zP-+ Gregory Kaidanov zP-zPK+-tR- -zP-+-+P+ tR-+-+-+- After27....Rxc5

Kamsky has his usual small plus. His more coordinated rooks and focus on the c-file may not seem like enough, but he excels in these positions. As Morgan Freeman said in The Shawshank Redemption, “That's all it takes, really— pressure and time.” 28. Rf1 According to Kamsky, 28. f5 would hold, as it would require him to capture 28. ... exf5 29. Rf3. This rook is a slightly better choice, as now there are no 3rd- rank skewer motifs, and the queen’s rook stays put in case of an open a-file 29. ... Ke7 30. Rxf5 Ke6 31. Raf1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rxf7 bxc3 34. Rxg7 cxb2 35. Rg6+ Kxe5 (White is in control with 35. ... Kd7? 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Rb7) 36. Re1+ with a horizontal repetition 36. ... Kf4 37. Rf1+ Ke5 38. Re1+. Larry Christiansen Benjamin Finegold 28. ... b4 29. axb4 Now, 29. f5 loses by a single tempo to Hess got black again but ended with been playing much better with black 29. ... bxc3 30. fxe6 cxb2 (30. ... Ke7 the same result, beating Shabalov. He fol- than with white,” he said. “My coach would allow the vertical repetition 31. lowed with consecutive wins against (GM Miron Sher) told me that I should Rxg7 cxb2 32. Rgxf7+ Kxe6 33. R1f6+ Kaidanov and Christiansen, and his four just ask for seven blacks.” Kxe5 34. Rf5+ Kd6 35. R5f6) 31. Rxf7+ straight wins tallied the longest winning Kamsky drew in round five and faced Ke8 32. Rgxg7 b1=Q+. streak of the championship. “Sam the tournament’s youngest player, 15- (Shankland) and I have been playing in year-old IM Daniel Naroditsky, the 29. ... axb4 30. Kd2 d4 31. Rc1 the U.S. championship for a while,” Hess following day. Naroditsky began the event White admits that his f-file counter- said. “We have the necessary experience.” with two solid draws and was just coming play is too slow, but the wasted 28th In 2009, Hess finished a surprise second. off his first win, against GM Ray Robson. move is costly. He said his winning streak was more of He spoke with reverence to his competi- a novelty and was less important than tors and humorous self-deprecation to 31. ... Rc4 32. Rf3 dxc3+ 33. bxc3 Rd8+ 34. winning the championship itself. “I’ve his own play, but Kamsky said Naroditsky Ke2

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Though 34. Kc2 may hold, the young- Shulman joined Kamsky in advancing Hopefully a surprise, I only played this ster probably did not like his king exposed from their group. All attention then turned move once before. in variations like 34. ... bxc3 35. Kb3 to Onischuk-Shankland in the other 3. ... Bb4 4. f3 Rdd4 36. g3 Rb4+ 37. Kxc3 Rbc4+ 38. group. They both began the day tied on Kb2 Rd2+ 39. Kb1 Rb4+ 40. Ka1 and a plus-one score. Hess had already And I’ve never played this move before! there are more appealing things in life clinched the top spot but his game still However, my opponent did not flinch as than guessing how long Kamsky will tor- mattered since he faced a somewhat he had clearly done his homework on ture White here. resurgent Seirawan, who only trailed this highly topical line. Onischuk and Shankland by a half-point. 34. ... Re4+ 35. Kf1 Rc8 4. ... d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 Onischuk-Shankland started out as in 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 Now the pawn cannot be saved, and Shankland’s button win against Kaidanov, neither can the game. but Shankland deviated first and the Deviating from his previous games where game ended drawn in 30 moves. “I hope he played 9. ... Ne7, perhaps because of the 36. g3 Rec4 37. Ke2 bxc3 38. Rc2 f6 39. Re3 [Hess] will hold,” Shankland said. “I don’t Nd4 novelty in the Anand-Wang Hao game. Kf7 40. Kf3 R8c5 41. exf6 gxf6 42. Rd3 Ke7 want to deal with Yasser.” Hess eventu- 43. Re3 e5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. g4 Kf6 46. Kg3 10. Be3 0-0 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 ally equalized against Seirawan, making Kg5 47. Kh3 Kf4 48. Re1 e4 49. Rf2+ Ke5 50. b6 14. a5 Bb7! 15. Ne2 the next day’s rapid semifinal playoff the Rf5+ Kd4 51. Rf4 Kd3 52. Rd1+ Kc2 53. Rff1 simpler two-man variety, with Onischuk The first independent move of the game. e3 54. Rc1+ Kd3 55. Rfd1+ Ke4 56. Kg3 c2 and Shankland matched again. 57. Rd8 Rd4, White resigned. 15. ... Nxc5?! Shankland, a college student who is “I’m sort of like taking a small vacation, barely half Onischuk’s age, said he may In my notes I gave … bxc5 as best. because the conditions are so nice,” Kam- not have quite as large of an experience 16. Nd4 sky said, later clarifying that that the deficit when it relates to rapid chess. He competition itself was still rigorous. “It’s had been through this procedure before White has an edge due to his bishop like having work and vacation at the just to qualify for the U.S. championship, pair, slightly more central control, and the same time.” when he bested Robson at the 2010 U.S. annoying pressure on the black queen- The balance between vacation and work Junior Championship. “I’m a decent, if not side, although the long-term structural swung toward the latter the next day. No amazing rapid player,” Shankland said. weaknesses on the c4 and c5 squares one in Kamsky’s group had punched his “The best way to measure yourself is your cannot be overlooked. 1 semifinals ticket. Kamsky was on 4 ⁄2/6 score against Nakamura. I think I’m 16. ... Nbd7 17. Be2 Ba6 and led his octet by a half-point over around ten percent.” Shulman, who had played through the Shankland also brought in a not-so- round-robin without a loss. Kamsky and secret weapon. GM Jon Ludvig Hammer r+-+-trk+ Shulman paired in round seven but with flew in from Dubai the day before the zp-wqn+pzpp 1 Ivanov at 3 ⁄2, Kamsky needed at least a playoff. Hammer came to the club fre- draw to guarantee advancement. quently, and after initially saying his visit lzp-+p+-+ With the round barely underway, Kam- was just social, Shankland later admitted zP-sn-+-+- sky played his 17th move and offered that Hammer was helping prepare him. -+-sNP+-+ Shulman a draw in an equal position. After drawing the first rapid game, Shulman said he reminded Kamsky that Shankland took white for the second. He wQ-zP-vLP+- draws by agreement were not allowed offered a piece for a collection of pawns -+-+L+PzP prior to move 30. IA Carol Jarecki, the and after Onischuk refused to repeat the chief arbiter, was summoned. “In this position, the pawns got moving. Shank- tR-+-mK-+R situation Gata came to me and said, ‘I land thought the decision was reasonable After17....Ba6 have chest pain. I’m not feeling well. I since Onischuk was not getting any know it’s not 30 moves but I’m having 18. Bxa6 advantage against him as white and a chest pains,’” Jarecki said. She decided Trading the bishops felt to be more in to allow the draw. Kamsky left the club draw would require the game to go to an Armageddon match (in which he the the spirit of the position than the ugly 18. quickly and was able to complete the c4, but the latter was not bad either. 18. younger would likely have better chances). tournament without an additional issue. c4!? Ne5 (18. ... f5!? 19. exf5 exf5 20. Both players had as little as two seconds Shulman also said he felt unusual pain 0-0) 19. 0-0 Rac8 (19. ... Bxc4 20. axb6 in his upper back during the game. He near the game’s end. Qxb6 21. Rfb1 Qc7 22. Rc1 and White is said the format intrinsically produced a better) 20. axb6 axb6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. lot of stress since the race to qualify was Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxa6 so short and devoid of any breaks. “Even Nimzo-Indian Defense, Samisch Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxb6. Black if there is a qualifier it should be nine Variation (E25) should hold a draw in this endgame, but rounds and not seven,” Shulman said, IM Sam Shankland (2582) it will be anything but pleasant, particu- adding that the format change and play- GM Alexander Onischuk (2751) larly in a rapid game. off procedures distract from players’ U.S. Championship Playoff, 04.29.2011 ability to focus on the game. Few competi- Notes by Shankland 18. ... Nxa6 19. 0-0 Qc8?! tors in St. Louis could clearly explain all This was the second of a two-game Intending ... Ne5-c4, but it seems of the possible qualification scenarios. awfully passive. Even worse is 19. ... “You have to read too many rules instead rapid match used as a tiebreaker to see who would get a coveted spot in the semi- Ne5? 20. Bf4; 19. ... Rfc8 May be the of playing chess. It’s not really chess, it’s best 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. Rfb1. like arithmetic ... I don’t think it’s a sur- finals. After holding an easy draw with prise that Gata felt bad today—it’s a very black in game one, I was feeling particu- 20. Nb5! larly ambitious. nervous system.” Looking to penetrate into d6 and put- Ivanov lost his game against Robson so 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 ting pressure on the a7-pawn. 20. Rfd1

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Following his long round three win over Alex onischuk, checked his e-mail. he thought about calling his brother, a sen- robert hess came down to the press room as he always did. he ior in high school, who was in the Bahamas on spring break. said he enjoys explaining his games and availing himself to the “i don’t want to distract him too much, but i want to check on fans, as he rarely gets to do it at other events. “it’s more excit- how he’s doing.” he dialed sher again for a more detailed plan ing,” he said. After analyzing the endgame, he waited for sam for round four, against Alex shabalov. “For someone like shaba, shankland to finish and a large group of players from the u.s. [planning] is more difficult because we don’t know what he’s Championship and u.s. going to play on his first move, women’s Championship but we try to keep our bases went out to eat at Pi, a local covered. we’re not doing any- pizza restaurant. thing too deep. we’re just the dinners are nightly trying to whittle down the pos- events, with much of the sibilities.” hess is not a huge under-25 crowd congregat- theoretician but wants to ing. they did not talk about know enough to avoid sur- the minutiae of the games. prises and get a playable hess said he tries to “clear game. “i don’t want to be going his head” and just relax; in absolutely clueless.” everyone’s been through a the preparation only lasted battle and has one again until noon, when hess left his the next day. “it’s a hotel room to catch up with breather,” he said. given the the younger clique for some restaurant’s name, the talk lunch near the club. he said he on this night focused on does not each much during who could recite the most the rounds, but did get scolded decimal places of . Alisa by one of the caterers for eat- π Melekhina claimed to have ing pineapple with his hands. memorized several hundred later food was still on his digits, with no one else com- mind—he was trying to find a ing close. other topics Passover seder to join. ranged from travel to grad- hess had yet to call home uate school to vegetarian- despite his early tournament ism. the dinner ran late, as success. he last talked with was common, and around 11 p.m. the party disbanded and hess his family prior to the opening ceremony—before choosing went for a walk. round one piece colors he needed a different sort of color coor- he said he tries to eat healthy and exercise a little, but it is dination. “i wasn’t sure which tie was best with my shirt. i was not an obsession. Many players were seen strolling around the like, ‘Mom give me a hand here.’” adjacent Forest Park in between games, but hess would not visit the easy-going methods were working for hess and for his until after his tournament was over (he said he enjoyed the peers. in the combined events, only one of the first 11 losses came zoo). After the walk he went back to his hotel room to socialize from someone under the age of 21. At 2 p.m., hess sat down to in a smaller group and stayed up until 2 a.m. watching movies play shabalov. he used a line he had been preparing for months and hanging out—hess is not a cloistered person. “we’re all in the scotch. hess won as black in only 26 moves for his sec- young, we’re having some fun.” hess also invited iM-elect robby ond win in a row. he collected his cell phone and said he found Adamson from Arizona to stay with him and see the club. “he a “million” texts congratulating him. “if i could win tomorrow, works hard and needs a break,” hess said. that would be amazing.” he did, and then once more, to clinch hess said he chatted with his coach, gM Miron sher, for about first place in his group with a round to spare. For the first time five minutes, as he does every night. they have worked together all tournament, hess posted a tournament update to his Face- for 11 years. “he’s always available for questions.” After getting book page announcing the news. An hour later, he had a dozen eight hours of sleep, hess awoke, skipped breakfast, and comments and 50 “likes.”

ne5 21. axb6 axb6 Black puts a knight on And here i let him off the hook. After the 29. rxb7 rxc3 30. rxa6 is equal); 25. c4 and solves his problems. correct 23. e5! intending to install my nd4?? b5 26. Qa2 na4 and white is knight on d6, white has a clear advan- strategically lost. 20. ... Nac5 21. Qb4 tage. 23. e5 Qc6 24. nd6 f6 25. exf6 rxf6 25. ... axb5 26. Qxb5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nb7 28. 26. axb6 axb6 (26. ... Qxb6 27. Qxd3) 27. the most natural move, 21. rfd1, fails Bd4 e5 29. Qxd3 exd4 30. cxd4 to 21. ... bxa5 22. nd6 (22. Qxa5? nb3) rxa8+ Qxa8 28. ne4 nxe4 29. Qxd3. oddly enough, this dynamic sequence 22. ... Qc6 is equal. 23. ... Rd8 24. Qc4 a6 25. axb6 has led to an equal position. 21. ... Nd3? white sacrifices a piece for active play 30. ... Rd6 31. Rb1 Rc6?! and a dangerous passed b-pawn. 25. Black starts an aggressive operation na7? rxa7 26. axb6 rad7! and Black is not a terrible move, but a step in the that is of dubious objective value. better (Awful is 26. ... rb7?? 27. ra5; wrong direction. Black was overestimat- 22. Qd4 N7c5 23. Rfb1? 26. ... ra8 27. b7 nxb7 28. Qxc8 raxc8 ing his position and thought he could

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play for an advantage. Best is 31. ... Qd8 g4 Nd5 66. Ra7 Ne3 67. Kf6 Nxg4+ 68. Ke6 cated position just short of the time con- 32. Qa6 Rxd4 33. Qxb7 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Re4 69. d7 Rxe5+ 70. Kd6, Black resigned. trol and agreed to a draw to reserve the Qxd1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3 Qg5+ with fight for the next day. Despite a few obvious mistakes from a perpetual. In the rematches, Hess said he played both sides (it was a rapid game after all) some “loose moves” and settled for 32. Qe3 Rc3 33. Qf4 h6 34. h4 Rc2 35. d5 I was very happy with my play and of another draw with Shulman. Shankland Qc5+ 36. Kh2 Qf2 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qg3 course thrilled to beat such a powerful showed his willingness to play for a win Qd4 39. Qf4 player as GM Onischuk to make it into as Black by choosing the Sicilian against the semifinals. Black is unable to make progress with- Kamsky. The two repeated the game Sha- out trading queens, but as we will see that balov-Brooks from the 2009 U.S. Running to congratulate his friend, is a very risky decision to make. Championship, where White accepted Hammer bounded up the stairs, tripped fractured pawns but tried to stifle Black’s 39. ... Kg8 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qf4 f6 42. h5 and instinctively grabbed the railing for pieces with piercing bishops. This time Qe5? 43. Qxe5 support, which broke off the wall. Ham- White got the better of things, and after mer was too excited to be embarrassed Black must have badly misjudged this 17. Rab1 Shankland looked like he was and he recovered his balance to give endgame. suffering for the first time all event. “Sam Shankland a bear hug. “My Norwegian is looking at these bishops and he’s nerv- 43. ... fxe5 44. Kh3 g6 45. Ra1! Rb2 46. Rc1 friend out-prepared him,” Shankland ous,” Hammer said. said. “Hammer’s the man.” Even stronger was 46. Ra7!. Then 46. “This was supposed to be my vaca- The diagonal domination bore fruit as ... Rxb6 47. d6 Kg7 48. hxg6 Kxg6 49. d7 tion,” Hammer said. “A week off in St. Kamsky kept the bishops the whole game Nd8 50. Ra8 Nf7 51. d8=Q Nxd8 52. Louis. I didn’t expect him to qualify for the and slowly improved his position for the Rxd8. Black will face a very long struggle semifinals.” Local GM Ben Finegold was win and advancement to the finals. “I’m to make a draw, and likely an unsuc- blunter: “I thought it was more likely that still very happy with my result,” Shank- cessful one. Nakamura would become a diplomat than land said. “I learned a lot from this 46. ... Rxb6 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. hxg6 Na5 49. Shankland winning the U.S. Champi- post-mortem. Obviously it was an expen- Rc5 Nb3?? onship, but now I don’t know.” sive lesson.” He would go on to win the The two group winners bracketed with third-place match—an astounding finish The black knight is going in the wrong the opposite group’s second-place fin- direction. 49. ... Nb7 50. Rc8+ (50. Rc6 considering that he contemplated retire- isher in the semifinals. Hess-Shulman Rxc6 51. dxc6 Nd6 52. Kg4 Kg7 53. Kh5 ment and in the last three championships and Kamsky-Shankland would be two- Ne8 is level) 50. ... Kg7 51. Rb8 Rb5 52. he had finished 23rd, 21st and 23rd out game matches under classical time Re8 leads to a position similar to the of 24 players. controls. The outcomes had the chance to game. Black is in trouble, but still breath- Neither Hess nor Shulman had lost a produce an all-teenager final or a repeat ing. game all tournament, but one of them of last year’s championship culmination. nonetheless would be eliminated via faster 50. Rc6 Rb7 The biggest fireworks of the semis came time controls. They drew their first rapid early. Shankland allowed an obvious tac- game, giving Shulman white in game two. -+-+-+k+ tic and the audience speculated if he sacrificed a pawn intentionally. Again, +r+-+-+- Finegold clarified: “I’ll go to court and King’s Indian Defense (KID), -+R+-+Pzp testify that he missed it.” Not satisfied Classical Variation (E94) with his opponent’s latent pressure, Kam- GM Yury Shulman (2698) +-+Pzp-+- sky did not bother with the pawn and GM Robert Hess (2701) -+-+P+-+ spent 30 minutes trying to play like Tal U.S. Championship (Knock-out), again. He looked at a nebulous bishop 04.25.2011 +n+-+P+K sacrifice on Shankland’s king and went for Notes by Shulman -+-+-+P+ it with 17. ... Bxh3. Shankland accepted immediately and played the next four This was another amazingly organized +-+-+-+- moves instantly. Kamsky’s posture stiff- U.S. Championship. And another second After50....Rb7 ened as he puffed his cheeks and place for me! Like last year (when I was wrinkled his brow. With his king pried much closer to victory), I get another If 50. ... Rb8, then 51. Kh4 Nd4 52. Rc7 open, Shankland descended his queen moment of enjoyment for having a great Rb1 (52. ... Ra8 53. Kh5) 53. Rc8+ Kg7 54. down a staircase, covered the mates and result mixed with the disappointment of d6. rebuffed the attack. losing the final battle to Gata Kamsky. 51. Re6?? But with the worst behind him, With his strong, steady play Gata unde- Shankland did not push too much in niably deserves the champion’s title! White repays the favor. The ensuing the piece-for-two-pawns ending and the But in order to challenge Gata, I first had time scramble was riddled with errors, but game was agreed drawn. Kasparov, to beat Robert Hess, who had an amazing even after this error, with the white pawns watching the games live, commented, tournament to this point. We drew two rolling down the board, Black faced a “It’s a pity he didn’t use such a great regular games where I failed to exploit all very difficult defense. 51. d6! Rd7 (51. ... chance against Gata.” the chances I had. The first rapid game, Nd4 52. Rc8+ Kg7 53. Rc7+) 52. Rc8+ Kg7 “I went for the sacrifice and he outcal- while fun, was drawn after a number of culated me,” Kamsky said. “It was a great errors, bringing us to this game. 53. Rc7 Nc5 54. Rxc5 Rxd6 55. Rxe5 psychological trick.” with an easily won game. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 Shankland said missing the early tac- 51. ... Nd4 52. Rxe5 Kg7 53. Re8 Kxg6 54. f4 tic was “pretty embarrassing,” adding, This move came as a surprise to me— Rb3+ 55. Kh4 Rd3 56. d6 Ne2 57. f5+ Kf7 58. “With all due respect, I think we both Robert has always been known for his Re7+ Kf6 59. Re6+ Kf7 60. Rxh6 Rd4 61. Re6 deserved to lose this game.” Nimzo-Bogo-Indian opening repertoire. Nf4? 62. Re7+ Kf8 63. Kg5 Nd3 64. e5 Nf4 65. 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KID once before in the U.S. championship 17. Bg3 20. ... fxe4 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxg6 Qg5 23. against Sam Shankland in round one did Bxh5 Bxh3 24. Qe2 White has several ideas in this posi- not lead me to believe that he might tion—a pawn sacrifice with Ne6, a repeat it. From another perspective, possible exchange of the e5-knight by b2- r+-tr-+k+ Robert probably was not happy with the b3 and Nd3, and the game continuation. outcome of his opening play from our zpp+-+-vl- first game of the match and was search- 17. ... Qe7?! n+-zp-+N+ ing for something more dynamic, It was not so easy for Robert to switch especially since he proved that he can +NzpP+-wqL from attack to prophylactic play. But this play complicated positions well by scor- is what the position called for! 17. ... Nc7! -+P+p+-+ ing +4 in the qualifying stage. was necessary. Here, the knight not only +-+-+-+l 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. protects the e6-square, but also stops Be3 Nb5!. PzP-+Q+P+ The Gligoric line I chose in this game 18. Nb5 tR-+-+RmK- could not have surprised Robert since After24.Qe2 one has to try hard to find the games r+l+-trk+ where I do not play 7. Be3 in the Classi- This was the position I was looking cal King’s Indian. Ray Robson also opted zpp+-wq-vl- forward to when I played 20. Bc3. The for the King’s Indian in round six, and the n+-zp-zpp+ black king is fully exposed and his pieces, game was not any less exciting although though active, do not have a common it ended being drawn. +NzpPsn-+p goal—but the worst problem is that his a8-rook and a6-knight are far from the 7. ... c6 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. -+P+PsN-+ main battlefield! 0-0 c5 +-+-+-vLP 24. ... Bd7 Finally, I understand Robert’s strat- PzP-+L+P+ egy—he gets past the opening, where he Some might call this the decisive mis- probably had some concerns, and reaches tR-+Q+RmK- take, but 24. ... Nb4 25. Ne7+! (25. Qxe4 a complicated position with mutual After18.Nb5 Re8 [25. ... Qxh5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Rf4] chances. In general, it is usually harder 26. Qf3 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Qxh5 28. Nf4) 25. to defend than attack in a rapid game. 18. ... Rd8 ... Kh8 (25. ... Qxe7 26. Bf7+ Qxf7 the only move 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. gxh3 and White is White was threatening all sorts of sac- 12. Ne1 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nd3 Nf7 15. f4!? winning) 26. Qxe4 a6 27. Ng6+! covering rifices connected to Nxd6 and Nxg6. Here the e5-square from possible ... Be5 checks are some possible outcomes if Black after ... Bd4+ Kh2 (27. Nc7 Bd4+) 27. ... r+lwq-trk+ ignores them. 18. ... Nc7? 19. Nxg6 wins; Kg8 28. Nc7 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 also does not 18. ... Bd7 19. Nxd6! (19. Nxg6 Nxg6 20. zpp+-+nvl- bring Black any relief. Bxd6 Qxe4 is messy) 19. ... h4 (19. ... n+-zp-zpp+ Qxd6 20. Nxg6 Rfe8 21. Bxh5) 20. Bh2 +-zpPzp-+p Qxd6 21. Nxg6 Rfd8 22. Nxh4 with more r+-tr-+k+ than enough compensation for the sacri- +psN-+-+- -+P+PzP-vL ficed knight. +-sNN+-+P p+-zp-+N+ PzP-+L+P+ 19. Be1 +-zpP+-wqL Now since Black has moved his rook -snPvlQ+-+ tR-+Q+RmK- away from the kingside, the bishop can After15.f4 switch to the queenside—in particular +-+-+-+l to the c3-square where it will attack the PzP-+-+PmK Although this move looks unusual for e5-knight. This way Nb5 will also be jus- the King’s Indian Defense, it is not so tified since the knight vacated the tR-+-+R+- uncommon. van Wely-Sasikiran, 2000 c3-square for the bishop. Analysisafter29.Kh2 and Gelfand-Carlsen, 2010 were games 19. ... f5? with a similar idea in this line. 15. a3 Bd7 25. Nxd6 16. b4 is another common plan. The best option was 19. ... Nc7, although White still has an initiative after It was important not to be afraid of the 15. ... exf4 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Bc3 and the weak- ghosts of ... Bd4+ and ... Qh4 mate! This is practically forced. Now White must ness of the g6-square still gives White an 25. ... Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Re8 27. g4! prove that the chronic weakness of the e5- advantage. square can be compensated for with active This is the simplest—now the king on play against the e6 and g6 weaknesses. 20. Bc3 h1 is very safe and cannot ever be check- mated, and the black queen cannot escape Of course, winning a pawn with 20. 16. Nxf4 Ne5 to g3 after a possible Nf7 and would have exf5 Bxf5 21. Nxh5 looks easier, but I to be traded. The two-step moves of f- The pawn move 16. ... g5 is just bad for was carried away with the idea of 20. and g-pawns decided this game—it is not Black: 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Ne5 (18. ... Bc3 and the full destruction of Black’s common in the Classical King’s Indian gxh4 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxh5 is absolutely kingside! Now the biggest problem for when White does it! hopeless because of the difference in minor Black is that even if he realizes that the pieces strength and king safety.) 19. Nd5 whole text line is suspicious, he has no 27. ... Nb4 28. Nf7 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Bxe3 30. Re8 20. e7 with a huge advantage. real choice to avoid it. Rae1 Bd2

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and towards his high goals! “To play a third-place match without losing (in classical chess) all tournament is not a great feeling,” Hess said. He acquitted himself with class throughout the tournament—Hess was one of the few players to enter the press room after a loss, and he also graciously offered a draw to IM Irina Krush in the blitz tour- nament when she stumbled trying to place a piece and was reduced to only a few seconds on her clock. Hess finished the championship in fourth place after drawing two games to Shankland. In their Armageddon match, Hess outbid Shank- land by five seconds to get black (20 minutes versus 19 minutes, 55 seconds) but lost the game itself. The finals were set. Shulman and Kam- sky would reprise their ending to last year’s championship. However, this time around, an Armageddon match would only be needed if their two-game classi- cal bouts finished 1-1. Kamsky got his typical minute edge as White in game one. With Shulman hold- ing the fort, he needlessly decided to open some kingside files and he lost his first game in the last two years in St. Louis. “Taking on g4 is horrible,” Kamsky said. “I think he just hallucinated. He helped me a lot—self-destruction. “My goal was to get to some simple position with a little bit of pressure,” Kamsky said about his previous win over Shankland, but he might as well have been describing the wins over Shulman or Naroditsky, his three most important victories of the tournament. The largely auto-didactic Kamsky described his style at length: “Some may call it dry. There are two types of players —those that are aggressive and try to kill their opponent, like Garry (Kasparov), like Hikaru (Nakamura). And there are people who simply enjoy chess and look at it like art, which is me. In the simple positions, each piece has its own play. It's like an orchestra—everyone has his own Four-time U.S. Champion GM Yasser Seirawan proves himself a heart ‘krusher’ as he dances line, he can shine. In the endgame, every with three-time U.S. Women’s Champion IM Irina Krush at the closing ceremony. piece is part of the whole and gets a chance to be its maximum efficiency. Recently somebody posted on my Face- book page this short cut from Amadeus. It is amazing, but it seems that the 33. ... Rg8 34. Nxg8 Kxg8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. It was magnificent. The segment was best chance to complicate the game was Rh2, Black resigned. about creating this masterpiece, and the 30. ... Bf2!? 31. Rxf2 Nd3 32. Rff1 Nxe1 guy was like, ‘OK, we’re going to bring in Robert congratulated me for this victory and White needs to find the convincing this sound, and then this sound.’ That’s and the match win. My newborn son 33. Nfe5 to remove any remaining ques- exactly what playing chess is about. It’s Gabriel, who turned just one day old dur- tions about the final result. a sequence and then you have overlap- ing this game, brought his father luck in ping motives. And I think it’s actually 31. Re2 e3 32. g5! the form of my ability to deliver an excit- really beautiful.” ing attack in such an important Their second game was anticlimac- Yet another move order to weave a mat- tournament moment! I call attention to tic. Kamsky played the Slav with ... a6, ing net was 32. Nh6+. the fact that Robert’s excellent perform- a line he used last year to beat GM ance was absolutely deserved due to his Levon Aronian. Shulman said he pre- 32. ... Kh7 33. Nh6 hard work and constant striving to pared to push e2-e3. “I don’t know I Threatening the impressive Rf7 mate! improve. I wish him further advancement played e2-e4,” he said, explaining he

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2011 U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CENTER OF SAINT LOUIS Chief Tournament Director: Carol Jarecki April 13-28, 2011

# Name Rating 1 2 34 567 8Score

1 GM Gata Kamsky (S) (F) 2733 x ½ ½½11½ 1 5 2 GM Yury Shulman (S) (F) 2622 ½ x ½1 ½1 ½ ½ 4½ 3 GM Ray Robson 2522 ½½ x 1 ½½1 0 4 4 GM Alexander Ivanov 2540 ½0 0x 1 ½½ 1 3½ 5 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2611 0 ½ ½0 x ½1 ½ 3 6 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2586 0 0 ½½½x 1½ 3 7 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2578 ½½ 0 ½00x 1 2½ 8 IM Daniel Naroditsky 2438 0 ½ 1 0 ½½0 x 2½ GROUP A

# Name Rating 1 2 34 567 8Score

1 GM Robert Hess (S) 2565 x 1 ½½111 ½ 5½ 2 GM Alexander Onischuk 2678 0 x ½½ ½½1 1 4 3 IM Samuel L. Shankland (S) 2512 ½½ x ½011 ½ 4 4 GM Yasser Seirawan 2636 ½½ ½x ½½0 1 3½ 5 GM Alexander Shabalov 2590 0½ 1½x 00 1 3 6 GM Gregory S. Kaidanov 2569 0 ½ 0 ½1x 10 3 7 GM Larry M. Christiansen 2586 0 0 01 10x ½ 2½

GROUP B 8 GM Benjamin Finegold 2500 ½0 ½0 01½x 2½

(S) = semifinal (F) = final

got a terrible Moscow Variation and understand many systems. Kamsky said and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis con- struggled just to draw. “I should have he did not take Sutovsky’s advice to play tributed $5,000 to the cause as well. shown some fight, not like this. I didn’t the Gruenfeld against Shulman because Kamsky joked at his accomplishment: expect to win today, but I expected a he was afraid to reveal too much of his “Being the best player in whole United fight. Like Lasker used to say, ‘I’m in preparation for the Candidates’ Matches States is really nice, especially consider- charge of the quality of the game, not the (he indeed used the Gruenfeld in his ing it is the strongest chess-playing result.’” Shulman finished second again, match against Topalov and later against country in the whole of the Americas. but had a bigger prize waiting for him at GM Boris Gelfand). And Topalov—he’s from what, Bulgaria? home—he became a first-time father in The defending champ seemed satisfied Some small country. the middle of the event. with his play, save one game. He chas- “I’m looking forward to that match “He should have done what he did last tised himself for being worse as White because I lost it last time and felt that I year against me—played slowly to build as early as move nine against GM Alex didn’t give it all. This time’s going to be a up pressure,” Kamsky said. “After he Stripunsky, though he held the draw little bit different.” . played 7. e4, I realized it is almost done.” after some effort. Kamsky was always balancing the His $40,000 first-place prize couples See much more reporting from St. Louis desire to perform well at the U.S. Cham- with two $2,000 bonuses for the best by Mike Klein about the U.S. Champi- pionships whilst simultaneously not game and for winning his group. USCF onship on Chess Life Online, April tipping his hand for Topalov. “I was try- Executive Director Bill Hall also presented archives. Also see the official website, ing to hide my preparation for the match Kamsky with a private collection of money uschesschamps.com. and at the same time not get busted,” he from the executive board to offset train- Turn to page 54 of this issue to see GM said, explaining that his experience gives ing and travel costs for his world Pal Benko’s analysis of endings from the him a “backup system” that allows him to championship quest. The Chess Club championship in “Endgame Lab.”

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996 Moves Anna Zatonskih’s long road to her fourth U.S. Women’s Championship.

by FM MIKE KLEIN | PHOTOS COURTESY OF ST. LOUIS CHESS CLUB

When a player collects auto- after a dispiriting round-four loss, a vis- winning. going in to round six, Krush was graphs from fellow competitors in the ibly defeated Zatonskih walked down to on 4/5, while abrahamyan and WgMs middle of a tournament, usually his bags the press room to fulfill her professional camilla Baginskaite and sabina Foisor 1 are packed too. little did International obligations. she had never appeared so both stood at 3 ⁄2/5. Zatonskih’s score of Master anna Zatonskih know that she despondent at any championship before. 2/5 put her well back, but luckily she had should do some laundry—in ten days In the hotel lobby the next morning, Foisor in round seven. time her autograph would be the one her sadness had turned to frustration over First up was goletiani, her perennial sought after. her name would also be on losing the previous day’s endgame. It was olympiad teammate who was having a the $18,000 winner’s check for the 2011 also her first career loss to IM Irina Krush, similarly disappointing tournament. as u.s. Women’s championship. her main rival. Zatonskih marshaled her- Black, Zatonskih slowly attacked her prior to this april’s event, held at the self to the next round, only to lose again, opponent’s overextended center. later, chess club and scholastic center of this time to WFM tatev abrahamyan. she with goletiani’s king stranded in the saint louis, Zatonskih had won three sat on a minus score, in fifth place with corner, a timely queen sacrifice finished previous u.s. women’s championships. only two games remaining in the prelimi- off the game. she never won like this. consider—for nary round-robin. anticipating an early one must-win game begat the next, her 2009 title, her blitzkrieg of the field exit from the tournament, she began col- and in round seven Zatonskih faced 1 netted her a near-perfect 8 ⁄2/9. More- lecting autographs for the championship’s Foisor, who she now trailed by a point. over, prior to the 2011 u.s. Women’s program to give to friends back home. not Foisor drew Baginskaite uneventfully in championship, she had only lost in clas- many suspected that nearly three-quarters round six, giving Zatonskih the driver’s sical chess to one other woman in the of her tournament had yet to be played. seat to her own fate, even if the road field, WgM rusudan goletiani. that all the only nugget that lent verisimilitude stretched for miles. the game transposed changed this year—Zatonskih lost a host to the idea of title chances was the format. to a King’s Indian attack, a rarity in top- of games but won slightly more of her Instead of a simple round-robin, the top level play. “you can see by my opening I 19 battles en route to a grueling victory, four players after the seven preliminary didn’t prepare at all,” Zatonskih said. her fourth in six years. she played nearly rounds would advance to knockout she hobbled Foisor with a weak c-pawn, 1,000 moves in the process. matches. Most importantly, after the and then allowed a few trades before cor- “It took me more energy than any other round-robin, the slate would be wiped ralling the isolani en route to a decisive u.s. championship,” Zatonskih said. “this clean, thus nullifying the lead that Krush pawn majority. even though she missed one I had to suffer. I had to struggle. I will was methodically building (after an open- a pretty underpromotion to knight on remember this one more than the rest.” ing-round loss, Krush won five straight to her 43rd move, by then the game was well the hardship began early. Zatonskih qualify for the finals with a round to spare). in hand. “I was pretty relaxed,” she said. struggled to hold a worse endgame in In a sense, Zatonskih’s knockout tour- “Maybe that’s why I played better.” round one against FM alisa Melekhina. nament began after the loss to With a dozen playoff, knockout, rapid she followed with a win and a draw, but abrahamyan. she had to win and keep and armageddon matches forthcoming,

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the relaxation ended there. Spectators witnessed a nervous and exhausted Zatonskih for the remainder of the fort- night. She admitted to not eating much, often only having a small bowl of soup after her games (GM Yury Shulman guessed he lost many pounds during his two weeks in St. Louis). In the fourth-place playoff game to decide the last player to get into the semi- finals, Zatonskih and Foisor repeated their previous day’s battle. This was the first of three “rest days” scheduled for the Championship. For Zatonskih, the nomenclature was just a clever name— she consistently ended up in tiebreak situations and had to play on all three rest days. Collectively she played 19 out of the possible 20 games, easily more than any other player in St. Louis. In the first of her two-game rapid match with Foisor, the position livened with opposite-sides castling. With both players low on time, the veteran Zaton- skih coyly played 28. … Kh8, allowing a pawn to be captured but setting up a Irina Krush Camilla Baginskaite tactic on the open b-file. The trick was not worth noting except that Zatonskih exe- cuted it without even a glance toward the queenside. Her blindfold abilities have been documented before at past championship ceremonies and at chess camps, but rarely does a player use a visual trick during a game. Foisor paused but didn’t bite. Then a few moves later she inexplicably rejected the possibility of repetition. The resulting queen trade offered Foisor nothing but a lost rook-and- pawn ending, which Zatonskih converted without issue. “It looks like the pressure got to Sabina,” said WGM Jennifer Sha- hade in her on-air commentary. In their second game, Zatonskih only needed a draw but ended up with her third win in a row against the same oppo- nent. After the game, Zatonskih turned to Baginskaite, gave a soft smile, and then got a big hug. The two were joined by Krush and Abrahamyan on equal terms in the semifinals. As the top finisher, Krush paired with Zatonskih, while Bagin- Rusudan Goletiani Sabina-Francesca Foisor skaite and Abrahamyan squared off. For Foisor, it was another fast start that stalled. In both 2009 and 2011, she led the way after three rounds, only to fal- In game one of the semifinals, Zaton- allowing slight pressure on her own king, ter at the finish. Her misfortune could skih, playing White, chose a sideline of the Zatonskih seemed satisfied with her game. have been worse. She decided to attend Sicilian Alapin against Krush. After an She reiterated the same pre-game insou- the sponsored trip to the St. Louis Car- early knight development to a3 on the ciance that helped her qualify for the semis. dinals game the night of her playoff loss. fifth move, Krush got confused and quickly “Recently I have a strategy. I’m not prepar- Had she chosen to fly out that night, she faced queenside pressure. “For me it was ing much before my games. It’s really helped would have been at Lambert-St. Louis a surprise that my opening was a surprise me ... to stay more relaxed, just play chess International Airport when a tornado for Irina,” Zatonskih said of her felicitous and enjoy it.” Zatonskih also credited her heavily damaged the main terminal and choice. “I’ve played Na3 many times.” fifth straight win to her attire. She wore, and caused several injuries. Several players For once, Krush’s sharpness hurt her. continued to wear for most of the remain- from the U.S. Championship and U.S. She could have traded queens quickly but ing championship, her Olympiad jersey Women’s Championship left St. Louis instead struck at the center with a pawn. with her surname on the back. that night after being eliminated, but no Her underdeveloped position could not But since nothing came easy for Zaton- one was injured by the storms. support the aggressiveness. Except for skih this time around, she fittingly

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unified with Abrahamyan, who also inter- twined her hair before her rapid playoff with Baginskaite. Krush repeated the variation from their preliminary game. This time Zatonskih prepared an improvement and the two later entered an unusually-complicated opposite-colored bishop endgame. All the pawns were vulnerable, with Krush’s king marauding the kingside and Zatonskih’s bishop feasting on the helpless queen- side pawns. After some liquidation, Krush’s bishop faced off against an a- and b-pawn tandem. At first sight drawn, Zatonskih’s king moved in and she won by a tempo (although 63. Bxb4 or 63. Kb2 should draw). Curiously, GM Robert Hess remarked that he had also won the exact same endgame against Krush years ago. In the rapid rematch, Zatonskih again failed to make her quest easy. Krush played the Pirc and got the complications that she sought. She was often seen sit- ting on both feet in her chair, the only player in either event to strike such a Tatev Abrahamyan Anna Zatonskih pose. Zatonskih’s center collapsed and after her wishful dark-squared check- mate was rebuffed, she offered her hand in resignation. Both players flew out of their seats and regrouped for their ten minute break, followed by an Armaged- don bidding match. With no lucubration possible for the final game, preparation and bidding strat- egy would be based on quick plans made during the ten-minute break. Krush picked up her cell phone from downstairs (they are banned from the upper-floor tournament hall). She left the club and quickly dialed her coach, GM Giorgi Kacheishvili, whom she holds in very high regard. Zatonskih brought her phone to the club for the first time but she said she decided there was not enough time to confer with her husband, GM Daniel Frid- man, who was in Europe. Instead she stayed upstairs, washed her face and tried to collect herself. After the respite ended, the duo reprised their contentious history for a few Iryna Zenyuk Alisa Melekhina moments. When Krush showed up late for the bidding procedure, Zatonskih cried foul. “She’s doing this on purpose,” Zaton- skih said to assistant arbiter Tony Rich. squandered the chance to finish off her all that is required (later in the tourna- Zatonskih said Krush had also arrived late rival the next day. In a closed position, ment, she faced the same situation twice during their previous tiebreak. Zatonskih played a natural lever to open more, and failed to draw both times). At the 2008 U.S. Women’s Champi- her bishops, but it was Krush’s pieces “This is just psychology that I have to onship, the two played a series of tiebreak that benefited. “I was grateful to get this learn at home how to improve this situ- games that resulted in an infamous end- position and have something to play for,” ation,” Zatonskih said. ing. Krush lost on time and, unsatisfied Krush said, referencing the fact that a The following afternoon’s rest day was with the properness of Zatonskih’s final draw was as good as a loss for her. Fur- again anything but for Zatonskih. She moves, swatted a piece and stormed out ther on, Zatonskih overlooked an obvious and Krush faced off in a two-game rapid of the room. The two have since repaired bishop sacrifice against her king that match with the same parameters as the their relationship, but subtle remem- sealed her fate. Foisor playoff (Game/25 with a five-sec- brances were unearthed. After the event, Zatonskih admitted ond delay). Before the game, a last-minute After several minutes, a growingly irri- that she had to work on this predica- hair-braiding gave Zatonskih pig tails to tated Zatonskih asked if a time penalty ment—how to hold a draw when that is add to her lucky jersey. She symbolically was in order, but it would be hard to

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enforce given that neither player knew her previous tiebreak with Goletiani for versus bishop ending where all three what amount of time they would begin the 2005 Championship gave her some results were possible. Zatonskih chose not with anyway. Krush then came up the useful experience for the next day’s rapid to repeat the position and instead allowed stairs. “You are late a little bit,” Zatonskih games. “I learned a lot of patience from mutual breakthroughs, but she quickly said. “OK,” Krush replied, and the two that match,” she said. found herself playing for two results—a submitted their bids. Krush did not engage This tiebreak proved less dramatic than draw or a loss. With only increment to the issue. Before the match began, she Zatonskih-Krush. Abrahamyan shelved play on, Abrahamyan could not find a said, “It’s going to be civilized. If you’re her Evans Gambit and used the Giuoco winning line and Zatonskih barely saved going to have a civilized game, you have Piano successfully to win round one. A the game. The two would go the final day civilized rules.” The issue was now moot. dour Baginskaite stayed at the board for of the tournament still tied. For Zaton- Chief Arbiter Carol Jarecki opened the some time after the loss, looking down at skih, it was her third straight match that envelopes to reveal Krush’s bid of 45 min- her notation sheet. She could not recover needed a tie to be broken. utes—the maximum allowable time which in the second game and Abrahamyan won almost assuredly would give her white. her third straight to advance to the finals. Zatonskih’s card showed 27 minutes, “I don’t know how that happened,” King’s Indian Defense, meaning that she would take black with Abrahamyan said, admitting that her Fianchetto Variation (E63) less time and draw odds. After another hands were still shaking. “It was proba- IM Anna Zatonskih (2616) five minute break, Jarecki rang the bell bly hard for her to play after her loss WFM Tatev Abrahamyan (2424) and Zatonskih came to the board five (yesterday).” Abrahamyan praised her U.S. Women’s Championship (Round one, seconds after the clocks were started. coach, IM Armen Ambartsoumian. “He second game), 04.27.2011 Krush clearly wanted white and felt so definitely deserved the credit.” Notes by Abrahamyan confident in her previous opening against Abrahamyan, Zatonskih and Krush Zatonskih that she played it for a third (who went on to win the third-place At some point during every tourna- straight game. Some spectators openly match) also ended up with the three invi- ment I reach a point when I feel like I can questioned the stubbornness since Zaton- tations to the next Women’s World Cup. list all my weaknesses in chess. I am not skih was able to play through 15 moves Many considered the winner of the epic sure if it’s a point of desperation or con- with no time off of her clock. In the semifinal Krush-Zatonskih would be structive self-criticism, but it’s hard to process, she unleashed an improvement crowned the champion. After all, the only ignore the patterns that emerge con- from their second game, 13. ... Nd3+. interregnum between Zatonskih’s run of stantly. I think a lot of weaknesses that Zatonskih said she prepared the move championships came from a pair of Krush are common for players around my and wanted the chance to play black to titles. The prediction was not easy to fulfill. strength come up in this game and I hope use it. Ten moves later they were back to The finals matchup of Zatonskih-Abra- the reader finds them useful. equal time on the clock, owing largely to hamyan represented two players on an Krush having to deal with the immobility upward trend. After more than a decade 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. g3 of her center pawns. In that time she in the top-50, Zatonskih crept over 2500 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 also balked at a potential Exchange sac- FIDE for the first time and had just This was the fourth time in the tour- rifice with 24. Rxh5, perhaps her last become one of the top ten women in the nament I had this position. Before the chance to complicate the game. world (she lost 15 Elo points in St. Louis tournament, I had a -7 score in this “She panicked and decided not to sac,” but as of May was number seven at 2537, line, so I was expecting to face it quite a GM Hikaru Nakamura said. “It’s a must- by far a personal best). Abrahamyan had few times. win situation and you have to do something added 100 points to her USCF rating to make your opponent uncomfortable.” A since the 2010 Championship, and this 8. b3 Rb8 9. Nd5 short time later all life was gone and Krush 2011 edition ended with her 29 Elo points resigned in a hopeless position. to the good, a personal best. The Abrahamyan-Baginskaite match The match began with dynamics when -trlwq-trk+ was no less wild. Their four previous Abrahamyan chose the kid-friendly Mil- +pzp-zppvlp games had all ended with white victo- ner-Barry Gambit. The opening, named ries, including Abrahamyan’s Evans after a Briton who helped decode the Ger- p+nzp-snp+ Gambit win from the opening round of the man Enigma machine, did little to riddle +-+N+-+- preliminaries. In the semis, the trend Zatonskih. Abrahamyan sacrificed a pawn meant nothing. Baginskaite revenged the on move six and remained down exactly -+PzP-+-+ earlier defeat by beating the Evans Gam- one pawn until a draw was agreed 36 +P+-+NzP- bit the second time around. moves later. “I didn’t expect [Abrahamyan] to repeat “I wasn’t expecting the French,” Abra- P+-+PzPLzP openings,” Baginskaite said. “In women’s hamyan said. “I didn’t spend a lot of time tR-vLQ+RmK- chess, we’re always trying to surprise preparing. She played the French against After9.Nd5 everybody.” The following day she was me before and I was surprised. She played charged with the same task that flum- it again, and I was surprised, again.” 9. ... e6 moxed Zatonskih—holding a draw to Fridman found a piece-winning tactic advance. It would also be her birthday. for his wife and when Zatonskih saw it, In our game in the preliminaries I tried When asked how she planned to cele- she gasped. “Oh my god. Unbelievable.” 9. ... Bg4 10. Bb2 e6 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. brate, Baginskaite said, “To work.” After her marathon with Krush, she Bxf3 e5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. The black pieces came up spades again seemed satisfied that at least she did not c5 dxe5 16. Qd2 Nxc5 and even though as Abrahamyan feasted on all of her blunder away one of her own pieces. “I I ended up winning, I had some trouble opponent’s pawns in the endgame, forc- was so tired. I had the feeling that I played with my pawn structure. ing a rapid tiebreak alongside the other 20 hours of chess (yesterday).” 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bb2 Bg7 women in the semifinals. Abrahamyan, In the next day’s battle, a mostly placid the much less experienced player, said middlegame turned into a complex knight 11. ... e5 would have been more accu-

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rate. Now White can play 12. Rc1 stopping 24. ... fxe4 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe4 Nf5 27. 47. Qf5 Be7 ... b7-b5. Re1 Not 47. ... h5+, which doesn’t work 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Rfe1 b5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. I think Anna mentioned that she didn’t because of 48. Qxh5 Qf2 49. Qg5+ Kh8 50. Ba3 see that she couldn’t take on e5; 27. Bxe5 Nd4 e2 51. Qh6+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ and the Rbe8. Now White has to be careful not to weakness of my king once again shows. I found this move to be a little awkward. press with moves like 27. c5 because after White is waiting for the perfect moment 48. Qxf6+ Kxf6 49. Kf4 27. ... Nd4 the pawn on d5 can be hard to to do something in the center. The imme- defend. At the time, this was my worst night- diate 15. e4 can be met with 15. ... bxc4 mare. Now the e3-pawn is really weak, 27. ... Rbe8 28. Rcd1 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. 16. bxc4 Qd7 and the queen wants to especially when the white king is right jump to a4 creating problems for White on Qd3 next to it. the queenside. Again, I spent considerable amount of 49. ... Bc5 50. Ke4 Kg6 51. Nf4+ Kf6 52. Ne2 15. ... Be4 16. Red1 Qd7 17. Ne1 Bxg2 time in this position and I can honestly say I calculated nothing. Clearly, the Again, I spent too much time on these I think I spent about five minutes on this biggest threat for Black is Nf4-e6 and it’s basic moves, whereas Anna, thanks to the move when it’s obvious that it’s more or very unpleasant. I was planning 30. ... g5!, 30-second increment, gained a few min- less the “only” move here. One of the main preventing White’s idea, however settled utes. This goes back to my initial problems that I was having, which I felt for relying on forced lines such as, 30. ... comment about not wasting time on that I had overcome, was the constant Qg4 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Nf4 Re3 33. Qd2 forced moves. time trouble. For those who are chronically Rf3 and if 34. Ne6 then 34. ... Be5 looks ill with this disease, wasting time on moves 52. ... Bb6 53. Ng3 Ba7 54. Nh5+ Kg6 55. dangerous for White. like these can be devastating. Nf4+ Kf6 56. Kf3 30. ... Qg4 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Re1 18. Nxg2 Back to the same position, but with White’s main play is around the d4- my opponent having few extra minutes Another problem. I’m a very active pawn. If we trade rooks, then after Nf3, Kg2 more than me. Even though this looks player and there are no specific lines to and h2-h3, Black is going to lose that really bad for Black, the endgame is very calculate, so I ran out of patience. Black pawn. tricky. White can’t easily win the pawn just has to wait with moves like c6, Rfc8, with Kf3 and Ng2, as it happened in the maybe take on c4 at the right moment, 32. ... Rf8 33. Rf1 Re8 34. Nf4 Re3 35. Qd1 game. White has an interesting idea of but nothing concrete. Qg5 playing h5-h6 then Ne6-f8, forcing Black’s 18. ... f5 19. e3 Bh6 20. Qc2 b4 We were both in time trouble already, king away from the queenside, which so I didn’t really consider the endgame allows White’s knight to jump back to e6 I didn’t like 20. … b4 right after I played because I thought the d4-pawn would and quickly play c4-c5 and d5-d6. So it. Something like 20. ... bxc4 21. Qxc4 fall for sure. On the other hand, trading something like this could happen: 56. Nd5 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qb5 would queens is not the easiest decision to make h5 Bb6 57. h6 Ba7 58. Kf3 Bb6 59. Ne6 have justified 19. ... Bh6 more. Now my for me. 35. ... Qxd1 36. Rxd1 Be5 37. Ne6 Kg6 60. c5. position is very solid. Re2 38. Rf1 Bd6 39. Rf2 Re1+ 40. Kg2 c6 56. ... Ke5 57. Ng2? 21. Bb2 a5 22. d5 e5 23. f4 Bg7 41. Rd2 cxd5 42. cxd5 Re5 and taking the d4-pawn isn’t so easy because the pawn This is becoming redundant, but Another possibility is 23. ... e4, but then on a2 is a considerable weakness. another mistake in mutual time trouble. White has a clear plan with moving the queen and Ne1–c2-d4-e6, whereas my 36. Rf3 Qe5 37. Rxe3 dxe3 38. Qe2 Qe4 39. 57. ... Kd4 58. Nxe3 Kc3 59. Ke4? knight does not have any bright prospects. Qd3 Qe5 More accurate is 59. h5 Kb2 60. c5 24. e4?! Here, I should have just repeated with 39. Bxc5 61. Nc4+ Kxa2 62. Nxa5. ... Qf3 40. Qe2 Qe4 as it seems that White 59. ... Kb2 -tr-+-trk+ has nothing better to do 41. Ne6 Qb1+ 42. +-zpqsn-vlp Kg2 Qe4+ can’t escape the perpetual. -+-+-+-+ -+-zp-+p+ 40. Kg2 Bf8 41. Kf3 g5! vl-zp-+-+p zp-+Pzpp+- The only move that doesn’t lose material. -+-+-+-+ -zpP+PzP-+ 42. Ne2 Bc5 43. Qe4 Qf6+ 44. Kg4 Kg7 45. zp-+P+-+- h4 gxh4? -zpP+K+-zP +P+-+-zP- The battle is over the f4-square. Again, PvLQ+-+NzP I have to force a repetition with 45. ... Qb2 +P+-sN-+- +-tRR+-mK- 46. Kf3 Qf6+. Pmk-+-+-+ After24.e4 46. gxh4? +-+-+-+- After59....Kb2 After I closed the queenside with 20. ... Better is 46. Nf4! with a tempo (Nh5+ is a threat). Then 46. ... Kh6 47. gxh4 and b4, White got nice play in the center. 24. The try 59. ... Bc5!? stops White’s idea. now Black’s king is in trouble. White can e4 opens up the d4-square for my knight. 60. h5 (60. Nf1 Kb2 61. Nd2 Kxa2 62. Kd3 even force an exchange of the queen with h5) 60. ... Kb2 61. Nf1 Kxa2 62. Nd2 Bf8 White should have been more patient Qe6, and after the knight gets on e6, and mobilized her position with moves like 63. Kd3 Kb2 64. c5 Bxc5 65. Ne4 Bg1 66. Black is in real trouble. Kc4 Kc2 with the idea of playing ... a5-a4 Ne1 with the idea of putting pressure on 46. ... Bd6 at the right moment. the e5-pawn and if I move my knight, then c4-c5 can be very strong. Preventing Nf4. 60. c5

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Creative defense. A more passive Better would be 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. Nxf7+ Having lost the Exchange, White defense like 60. Nf1 will lose to 60. ... h5 Ke8 18. Nd6+ Kd8 19. Nf7+ or 16. Qxc3 keeps her cool and creates unpleasant 61. Nd2 Kxa2 62. Kd3 Bf2 and White’s Nd5 17. Qb3 Rc8 as in a previous game. counterplay. pawns all fall. 16. ... Nd5 17. 0-0 24. ... g6? 60. ... Bxc5 61. Nc4+ Kxa2 62. Nxa5 Bb6 63. At this point I had some time issues. The Nc4 Bf2 r+-+kvl-tr g5-g6 thrust is not as dangerous as it Anna probably missed this move or looks: 24. ... Bc6 25. g6 (25. Qe3 Qa2 she would have played 59. h5. I kind of zpp+l+pzpp Black prepares exchanges, and White lacks stumbled upon it because I definitely did- -+q+p+-+ the material to attack. A sample is 26. g6 n’t see it after 60. c5. fxg6 27. Rxg6 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 0-0 29. Qh6 +-+nzP-+- Rf7 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. exf6 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 64. d6 -zP-zPN+P+ Rcc7 33. fxg7 Qxg6+ 34. Qxg6 Rxg7) 25. Anna finds another creative defense, ... 0–0! (25. ... Rf8) A brave but hard move which is probably White’s last hope. Alas, zP-vL-+-+- to find with little time. 26. Nf6+ (26. gxf7+ I fall for it. -+QsN-zP-zP Rxf7 27. Qe3 Kh8) 26. ... Bxf6! (26. ... gxf6? 27. gxf7+ Kh8 28. Qg6 Qxf3+ 29. 64. ... cxd6 65. Nxd6 Bxh4?? tR-+-+RmK- Nxf3 Bxf3+ 30. Rg2 Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2! At this point I realized that White’s After17.0-0 a) 31. Kg1 Be4 32. Qxe4 (32. Qh6+ idea is to trade the knight for the b-pawn Bh7 33. exf6 Rxf7 34. d5 Rxc3 35. fxe7 forcing a draw. I am having a hard time 17. ... h5 Rc8 wins for Black) 32. ... Rxf7 is equal; explaining this, since compared to 65. b) 31. Kxg2 Rg8 32. fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 33. ... Kxb3, 65. ... Bxh4 seems very counter- There were many other nice options Qxg8+ Kxg8 is level; 31. ... Rxf7 32. Qg6 intuitive, since the b-pawn is far more such as 17. ... Rc8 18. Qd3 f5 (an impor- Rg7 33. Qxh5+ Rh7 34. Qf3 and White is advanced and close to queening. 65. ... tant resource, otherwise White is better) better) 27. exf6 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Kxb3 66. Kd3 (66. h5 Kc2 67. Nc4 Kc3 68. 19. exf6 e.p. gxf6 20. Rfc1 f5 21. Nc5 Nf4 fxg7 Rfd8 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 and White’s Ne5 b3 69. Nd3 Bd4) 66. ... Bxh4 67. 22. d5 Qxc5 23. Qf3 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 attack is over. Nc4 Bg5 68. Na5+ Ka4 69. Nc4 h5 and 25. Re1+ Kf7 26. Bxh8 fxg4; 17. ... Be7; 25. Qe3?! this is just overwhelming for White. 17. ... f5!? A sharp attempt to get to White’s king 18. exf6 e.p. gxf6 with ideas Better was 25. Nd6+ with a complex 66. Nf5 Kxb3 67. Nxh4 Ka2 68. Nf3 Kb2 69. ... Rg8 and ... f6-f5; I really like Black’s fight: 25. ... Bxd6 26. exd6 Bc6 27. Ne4 Nd4 h5 70. Nc6, Draw agreed. position here. Kd8 28. Qe3 Rf8 29. Rc1 b6 30. Kg1 Qf5÷. Fittingly, the two rapid games were still 18. g5 Rc8?! 25. ... Qa2?! not enough to crown a champion. In game one, Abrahamyan again faced Zatonskih’s I should have played 18. ... Nf4, but I Alternatively 25. ... Ba4!?; maybe d5- French. She chose the Advance Variation missed this Qd3! trick. breaks should not have been allowed but had to sacrifice an Exchange early. 19. Rac1?! 26. Rc1 (26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. exd6 Bc2!) The counterplay was modest and resulted 26. ... Kf8 27. Nd6 Rc7 28. Qf4 Rh7 29. in a pawn-down ending where she also It was better not to allow 19. … Nf4 with N2e4 Kg8 is unclear. ceded the bishop pair. With a fortress in 19. Qd3! Nxc3 20. Rfc1 Qb5 21. Rxc3 26. d5!? mind, Abrahamyan slipped and moved Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Be7 23. h4. her king left instead of right. Zatonskih’s A nice, natural move; White tries to 19. ... Nf4 bishops infiltrated the rear guard to break bring her bishop to life—though there through for the win. Impressively, Zaton- The try 19. ... Qa6!? is interesting, com- were other options. 26. Nd6+! this move skih played the final 15 moves relying bining threats to the queenside pawns poses problems which would be hard to solely on the five-second increment. with ... Qe2 ideas; 20. g6!? fxg6 21. Kh1 solve at the board 26. ... Bxd6 27. exd6 Nf4 22. f3 b6. Qxa3 28. Qe5! Rg8 29. Ne4 Rxc3 30. Nf6+ French Defense, Kd8 31. Nxg8 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33. Advance Variation (C02) 20. Kh1? Kg2 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Be8!! and apparently WFM Tatev Abrahamyan (2424) A blunder. But after 20. Rfe1 Be7 21. there is no mate. IM Anna Zatonskih (2616) Re3 Qa6 Black has a nice position. 26. ... Qxd5 27. Nd6+ Kf8 U.S. Women’s Championship (Knock-out), 04.28.2011 20. ... Ne2 21. Qd3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Be7 23. f3 This diagonal really shouldn’t be opened! Qd5 24. Rg1 Notes by Zatonskih 28. Nxc8 Bxc8 29. Ne4 Bd7 30. Nd6 Bc6 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Rf2 Qb3 33. Qf4 Rf8 34. Bd4?! 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 -+r+k+-tr Qb6 6. a3 zpp+lvlpzp- (see diagram on next page) In the first game of the final Tatev tried -+-+p+-+ 34. ... b6?! 6. Bd3 to little effect so she returns to one of the main continuations. +-+qzP-zPp There is a nice and not-so-obvious trick here: 34. ... Bxg5! 35. Qxg5 Bxf3+ 36. 6. ... Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 -zP-zPN+-+ Rxf3 Qxf3+ 37. Qg2 Qxa3 38. Qxb7 Qd3 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc4 13. zP-vLQ+P+- 39. Qe4 Qxe4+ 40. Nxe4 a6. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nd2 Qc6 15. Nce4 c3 16. Bxc3?! -+-sN-+-zP 35. Kg2?! Apparently unfamiliar with this line, +-+-+-tRK White should have calmly defended the White reacts in a slightly clumsy manner. After24.Rg1 pawn with 35. Bb2.

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2011 U.S. WOMEN’S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CENTER OF SAINT LOUIS Chief Tournament Director: Carol Jarecki April 13-28, 2011

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1 IM Irina Krush (S) 2472 x ½ 1 1 0 1 11 5½ 2 WGM Camilla Baginskaite (S) 2342 ½ x 0 ½ ½ 1 11 4½ 3 WFM Tatev Abrahamyan (S) (F) 2326 01 x 1 ½ 1 ½½ 4½ 4 IM Anna Zatonskih (S) (F) 2499 0½ 0 x 1 1 1½ 4 5 WGM Sabina-Francesca Foisor 2350 1½ ½ 0 x 0 11 4 6 IM Rusudan Goletiani 2367 00 0 0 1 x ½½ 2 7 WIM Iryna Zenyuk 2245 00 ½ 0 0 ½x 1 2 8 FM Alisa Melekhina 2304 00 ½ ½ 0 ½0x 1½ S = semifinals F = finals

Five moves later Zatonskih’s king was drawn game gave Zatonskih her fourth -+-+-tr-+ checkmated. Zatonskih had again failed to title in six years. zpp+-vlpmk- hold a draw to win the match. “I don’t have enough energy to cele- brate,” Zatonskih said. She remained -+lsNp+p+ This was the closest I ever came to win- subdued, lacking superfluous energy after +-+-zP-zPp ning the U.S. women’s championship and her three games she had played that day. I knew that this game was going to cost me. She had made 214 moves, about a third -zP-vL-wQ-+ I felt that last year I was playing better, yet of which were only on increment. Zaton- zPq+-+P+- didn’t finish as well. I’m both excited and skih needed six head-to-head games terrified even thinking what games and against Abrahamyan before finally best- -+-+-tR-zP results next year’s tournament will bring. ing her. Asked when she would play more +-+-+-+K All jokes aside, congratulations to our very chess, she said, “Not in the next five deserving champions Anna Zatonskih and years. I cannot believe I will not start a After34.Bd4 Gata Kamsky! game in the next five minutes!” Zatonskih said she was helped by Abra- 35. ... Qxa3 36. Rc2?? An Armageddon tiebreak would merci- hamyan’s static repertoire. “She doesn’t In time trouble, White cracks under fully decide the match and the champion. play any other openings against the pressure. 36. h4 Qb3 37. b5 Bd5. Both players bid more aggressively than French Defense,” Zatonskih said. “This is the Krush-Zatonskih bids. Abrahamyan, a problem with young players. They are 36. ... Bxg5! perhaps guessing that Zatonskih would not flexible.” She respected her adver- Black is simply two pawns up now. lower her previous bid by only a minute sary for going through the same emotional or two, bid 24 minutes, 28 seconds. process and added, “She deserves to be 37. Qg3 h4 38. Qg4 Bd5 39. b5 Qd3 40. Rf2 Zatonskih lowered her Krush match bid U.S. champion too.” Be7 41. h3 a6?! by a healthy margin, reducing from 27 Once, Zatonskih played a 20-hour blitz We were both low on time here. 41. ... g5. minutes to 19 minutes, 55 seconds for the tournament that was comprised of more finals. Zatonskih again took black with than 100 games. She said she felt more 42. bxa6 Qxa6 43. Qf4 Qd3 44. Be3 g5 45. less time and had draw odds, while Abra- tired after this U.S. Women’s Champi- Qd4 Qxd4 46. Bxd4 Rb8 47. Rb2 Kg6 48. hamyan had white and 45 minutes. onship than that day. Rxb6 Rxb6 49. Bxb6 f5 50. Kf2 Bc6 51. Be3 They repeated the Advance French of “I feel sorry for Daniel [Fridman]. If he Bd5?! 52. Bd4 Bd8 53. Ne8 Ba5 54. Nf6 Bc6 rapid game one, but like in the Krush were playing a tournament this long I 55. Bb2 Bd2 56. Bd4 Bf4 57. Bb2 Bg3+ 58. match, this again meant Zatonskih could would have gray hair. Before every game Ke2?? Bb5+! 59. Ke3 Bf1 60. Bd4 Bxh3 61. play through the opening without any I asked him to promise me that he would Ke2, White resigned. loss of time. Some onlook- not watch my game. He said, ‘I promise.’ ers questioned the lack of originality, But of course he did.” There was a quick break and then game even suggesting 1. b3 as a better idea After spending most of April inside St. two, where the fortunes were almost since Zatonskih would have no pattern Louis’ eponymous chess club, Zatonskih exactly reversed. After achieving connected recognition to save her precious time. had only nibbled on the catered food and passed pawns on the queenside, Zaton- Much like the Krush playoff, Zatonskih found the luxurious furniture anything skih was outplayed, lost them both, then again achieved opposite-colored bishops but relaxing. “I really want to go to the tried to hold a pawn-down ending. Even- and prevented breakthroughs at all costs. Grand Canyon some day,” she said. “I tually the series of queen checks ended After 78 moves of prodding, Abrahamyan like nature and beauty and parks more and Abrahamyan’s pawn reached pay dirt. could not find a way into the position. The than buildings.” .

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Chess Business

Hedging Genius

Intheageofthe"MadoffMate,”ahedgefundcompanyheavilyuses chessinitspromotionalmaterials.Chess Life investigates.

By C.K. Damrosch & Dr. Jonathan Knight

f I had a bias against hedge funds, it level mathematicians and statisticians.” aside, who are our great captains of had been developed during a long off- My own experience is that if there is a industry? Kasparov made a few rubbles, Iseason as a New York Metropolitan relationship between excellence with pawn he certainly excelled in endorsements of fan. Our owners, Fred and Jeff Wilpon, structure and excellence with financial chess equipment. But considering he is are two of the longest investors in Bernard the Michael Jordan of his sport, he did- Madoff’s hedge fund. It became a matter n’t exactly slam dunk: no long term of some obsession on sports talk radio as relationships with top advertisers. to whether they should/could/did know So much of Genius’ hype, though, is that Madoff ran a Ponzi scheme. chess related. For example, I went to My two takeaways were that 1) A hedge Genius Hedge Fund’s website, to find this: fund manager should be able to describe “Our leaders developed their friend- in plain English their investment strategy, ships through ardent games of chess; and 2) A constant rate of high returns is this challenged their mental capacities mathematically impossible, and is in fact Genius Hedge Fund’s logo. and required the highest levels of math- the sure sign of a fraud. According to press reports ematical strategy and analysis. Mastering My initial skepticism of Genius Hedge they are so named because the skills necessary to succeed in chess Fund (GHF) however was of a chessic stimulates us and is integral to the prin- nature. During the course of doing inter- they actually have genius ciples of our company.” views for last year’s “Chessanomics,” I.Q.’s. You be the judge. I’m skeptical. I decide to read on to (ChessLife, December, 2009) Bruce Pan- As Malcolm Cowley said, find out more about the three partners of dolfini and I had shared a laugh about Genius Hedge Fund, who from press business’ obsession with chess. Bruce “Talentiswhatyou reports all claim to be actual geniuses. had said it wasn’t important that it actu- possess;geniusiswhat From their posted bio’s: ally be true that chess can help your possessesyou.” ALEX RABINOVICH: Persuasive, confi- business acumen, only that “they think dent manner coupled with innovative its true.” suggestions and ability to find solutions Historically, I can remember a time in in any situation. Known for a unique the 70’s and early 80’s where Wall Steet structuring, it is an inverse one. If we can ability to establish and sustain positive firms would run ads hoping to recruit be honest for a second about our chess relationships with enterprises, executives “high level chessplayers.” Over time, it institutions, the most common word asso- and clients internationally. Alex is became “high level chessplayers and math- ciated with them would be “broke.” regarded as not only as a worthy adver- ematicians.” Eventually, it was just “high The allegorical homeless grandmaster sary but a team builder, using his logical

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DAVID LETTERMAN ASKED HOWARD STERN RECENTLY , ”SO WHAT ABOUT THIS CHESS?”

HOWARD RESPONDED, “I ACTUALLY PICKED UP CHESS TO BECOME BETTER AT BUSINESS. EVERYONE WOULD ALWAYS BE LIKE, IF YOU WANT TO BE BETTER AT BUSINESS, PICK UP CHESS BECAUSE YOU’LL ALWAYS BE A FEW MOVES AHEAD OF THE OTHER GUY.

“SO I STARTED PLAYING AND PRACTICING A LOT, AND I GOT UP TO AROUND 1800 RATING, WHICH IS RESPECTABLE.

“BUT THEN I REALIZED, I STILL SUCK AT BUSINESS!”

levelheaded approach to overcome chal- Management. His trading and investment for Due Diligence Review of Hedge Fund lenges; finding ways to bring various experience includes mortgage derivative Managers” as a guide. assets into harmony. securities, structured credit, PIPE invest- No one answered Genius Hedge Fund’s ments and asset-based lending. He has telephone during weekday business hours. VICTOR PLOTKIN: Victor is a scholar of life, also operated an operations outsourcing Instead a personal voice mail answered. his knowledge and affinity for historical business as a service provider to other I decided to try via e-mail, and got a quick novels offers a timeline of vision and com- hedge funds. Prior to creating CTI, Dr. response from Alex Robinovich, who prehension unmatched by all but the most Knight was an owner of SIAM Capital agreed to be interviewed at 8 p.m., committed elite. A highly successful trader, Management Ltd. (Bahamas) and an 03/30/2011. (See interview on p. 38.) Victor is always the calculating master employee of APAM, Inc. and Exxon Chem- Around the time of my third place class chessman. His many awards and acco- ical Company. Dr. Knight holds a Ph.D. finish at Foxwoods, I began to play around lades provide only a small demonstration in chemical engineering from MIT and with some mathematical blackjack strate- of his caliber and drive for excellence. has held a Series 7 designation and mem- gies. The strategy I employed I found out A.J. CARO: Mr. Caro’s out-of-the-box bership in the Commercial Finance later was called “No Bust” and it is mathe- thinking and visionary leadership landed Association. Presentations include “The matically analogous to what Victor is him on the Top 40 Under 40 Rising Stars Coming Hedge Fund Meltdown,” Novem- describing. With some tweaks, I was able to list, compiled by Long Island Business ber 2005 to the Orlando Turnaround basically sit at the table for hours, neither News. He was honored at the 2005 Inspi- Management Association. winning or losing. Other than “comping” a rational Ball for his achievements and His initial response was, “This and the sweet suite, “No Bust” was a bust. inspiration to others. His entrepreneur- website looks preposterous. If [we are] Genius faces the added problem of ial skills has given him the ability to going to do a story [we] should expect it to transaction fees. They certainly aren’t big foresee other businesses to success. end up being a negative piece for this fund. enough to qualify for reduced fees, able I would start by having them fill out a to afford the computers to have an exe- Even to my untrained eye, these bio’s standard hedge fund questionnaire such cution edge or personnel to have a seemed very thin. I got in contact with Dr. as the attached.” research edge. One million dollars is a Dr. Jonathan Knight, an expert on hedge With that in mind, I did several weeks of Evil punchline for a reason ... funds, who agreed to review Genius Hedge research on the principals at Genius, even Those were my concerns, Dr. Knight Fund and to contribute to this article. played through their available games, all had these: In the way of an introduction to Chess Life press clippings, past businesses, every- GHF was formed in 2009, but was readers, here is his bio: thing. I called to interview them, using “launched” to the American public by an Dr. Jonathan Knight is president of Cru- the AIMA’s (Alternative Investment Manage- article in Newsday in January 2011 that cian Transition, Inc., D/B/A CTI Capital ment Association) “Illustrative Questionnaire (Continued on page 40, after interview)

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CL: So, how was it to play Kasparov? knows Victor’s number but his family [Pause] I’d say I’m expert strength. Alex Rabinovich: I played him twice, and his investors. He has gotten them [My actual rating is a suspicious 1599.] and for a kid 16 and 18, it was an a 35% return every year for the last Well say you are in a position and you adventure, but a nervous experience. 20 years. Now he’s like, what, master have 30 moves and you start analyzing I was most impressed that the second level [dismissive] at chess. But at them and the opponent’s counter moves. time he remembered me. For a kid investing, I’m telling you, he is top Imagine a tree, I think some master it was a very life changing experience. five in the world. It all started back described it as a probability tree with all (see sidebar, “Rabinovich Plays On in Russia in school when he was the moves and branches. Now in a game the Board.”) studying mathematics and engineering you would go five or six moves deep and getting his M.B.A. ... down these branches. What we’ve done And how did that experience lead you is do a probability tree for the market into the world of high finance? [Interrupting] OK, but what is your that takes into account all possible I started investing in 2000, a little real investment strategy? What sectors outcomes. In fact it can predict every estate, the stock market. I’d say by 2005 do you invest in? change in the market, every crisis even I was a serious investor. I met Victor We don’t invest in sectors. It all the instability in the Japanese market and he showed me that by doing this goes back to the strategy that Victor recently. We predicted that and were one could live well and enjoy doing it. devised 20 years ago. It just succeeds able to avoid exposure in the market. and succeeds. I really don’t know Long term we make money, actually I shouldn't say long term. Really it’s [Answering e-mail question, “Where has how he does what he does without short term, people hear long term and Victor worked before?”] doing any research. It’s really quite amazing, I can’t understand how think it’s some wait to see a return. he does this. As for the strategy itself, Victor has been managing investments it is much harder to explain. It works What do you do at Genius? for the last 20 years. Forget the chess, in any kind of market, up, down, idle. I’m in charge of day-to-day operations, it’s his profession. He has an M.B.A. He gets nice returns week after week marketing and building investment Personally, I call him one of the top no matter what. relationships with A.J. five investors in the world. People say Warren Buffet, I say Victor has higher Can you give some specifics? How many full time employees returns. I can’t tell you where he works The only way I can describe it is to use do you have? because he works for himself. No one chess. What strength chess player are you? Um, I’d say four.

A slide from the Genius Hedge Fund website.

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Who does the trading? Victor. HOW TO EVALUATE A HEDGE FUND In Toronto? Yes, in Toronto. Proceed in stages of progressive discovery that overlap, attack different angles and funnel to a focused, So you’re based in Toronto ... clear evaluation of the prospect. Early stages should include: Ye ... No, I mean no, we are based in Review of the investment summary provided by the manager (i.e., that PowerPoint flip chart New York. Everything is New York. presentation they gave you). Look for the track record and seek independent corroboration. The more impressive the story, the more you should expect to see an independent audit. At a mini- Are you registered with a regulatory agency? mum you should review the work papers used to create the track record. Yes, the USA. Listing the fund’s entities and people. Create a due diligence file for each, just like the banks [Pause] do for Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance. The fund’s management should have New York. it on file. Prior litigation? Then read the dockets and filings! Last I read you had $1 million under Making sure the fund has a reputable, independent fund administrator with deep pockets. management. Has that changed? Contact the administrator to verify key data from your due diligence file. Verify wiring instructions We still have a million, of course that and, most importantly, make sure the investment manager’s power over the funds is limited to money is with another 30 million that Victor controls, but that’s in Israel so execute “delivery-versus-payment” transactions. The administrator, not the manager, should we can’t say that. We have several more control any net money wires out of the fund. million of institutional money that we Supposing that PowerPoint printout hasn’t landed in the waste bin yet, now you have to decide will have soon. on formal due diligence. There are a broad literature and variety of consulting services at your What returns can you show? disposal. For example, you can: We have high returns. Hire a field examination firm with the requisite asset expertise to spend a day at the I saw you claim 18%. hedge fund. They can select a few investments and audit their documentation, history and val- We don’t advertise your returns so you uation with fund management and counter-parties. Such an approach can reveal more about fund couldn’t have seen that [Note: it was management than reading responses to questionnaires. A field exam can also verify how well man- actually from a video clip he had sent agement collects and reconciles cash. Cash operations might sound like a dry subject but is a me himself]. We don’t talk about our critical indicator of a manager’s ability to handle growing assets under management and weather returns, but it’s actually 19.7%. volatility.

This year? Analyze the investor structure of the fund and build a spreadsheet. Do any patterns emerge? This year we are already at 10%, with Are a substantial amount of investor funds available for redemption? How liquid and leveraged the year not half done. 10% this early, are fund assets? Has performance flattened out over the last six months? How big are the we expect to have a very good year. At largest three investors as a percentage of the fund? What is the ratio of contributions versus with- the same time I was able to track down drawals and net asset value? Was an old fund rolled into the current fund? Victor Plotkin, at home in Ontario. Here is our conversation: Do a gut check on management. Does management have experience protecting a similar fund and its investors during major market meltdowns? Do they have experience during market deba- Transcript of interview with Victor cles such as those in 1994, 1997-1998 or 2007-2009? Plotkin, 2 p.m., 04/01/2011. ~ Dr. Jonathan Knight So Victor, I understand you are the trader for the Genius Hedge Fund. Victor Plotkin: Yes, I am. But how exactly are you predicting for the market, and my option strategy market movements? just really works for me. Can you tell us where you’ve worked We look at the historical data of before? volatility and estimate performance So what exactly are you hedging? I have 20 years experience, since 1991, based on all possible outcomes. Ahh, we hedge benefit to risk. This mostly in the Israeli market. way we profit either way. Actually So chess has no actual involvement in what I should say is I set up our Yes, but have you actually worked your strategy? position for one movement in the for someone? [Chuckles] Of course not. My last market, then if the market goes I worked in a portfolio management partner was a chess player too, so another way, I adjust our position company with several other portfolio by the hour or even minute, so there managers called “Alternativa.” maybe I think it’s good luck for me. is not much risk. So in terms of the investment strategy So what kind of returns can you show? at Genius, what sectors are involved in? Last year we make 20%, year before So you’re day trading? We don’t do sectors, we are trading 40%. For the last three years, 30-35% No, not exactly day trading. It’s more options. We set up a position where annual return. So those are good that we adjust our risk minute by minute. we profit on any market movements. returns. We definitely outperformed As you know, options trading is often We generate returns not just in most other investment options. risky, and I’d say 80% of our investment advancing market, but a down one. strategy involves reducing risk. Spectacular returns. How do you explain it? In some ways, we are a safer investment than stocks. [Pause] I just have a really good feeling Thanks for a few minutes, Victor!

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(Continuedfrompage37) was picked up They should also want more of a biog- 04/26/2011 in the broader financial media, in part raphy and references of Plotkin that can DearMr.Rabinovich, due to their provocative name. We have be independently verified. Plotkin says he requested basic documents (such as has 21 years of investment experience Thankyouforyourresponse, Form 99 which contains important dis- (although we can't identify relevant unfortunatelyourinvestigationof closures required by the State of New employment), 18 of which was purportedly GeniusFund,L.P.hasturnedupa York) but the company did not have them implementing the world's best investment numberofredflags.Iamawarethat at their disposal. strategy. Apparently Victor made all his youfeelthisisjustfora“chess The fund claims its general partner, rookie investment mistakes in the first magazine,”butbecauseofGenius’ who appears to be a single trader by the few years. By year four he was done learn- heavyrelianceonchessinits name Victor Plotkin, has an exceptional ing and ready to start earning. 18 year track record. If true, he truly is a genius. Most profes- marketing,youplaceyourbusiness That track record, if accurate, is arguably sional investors will struggle for 10 years firmlyinourareaofexpertise. the best track record in the history of and make many mistakes to get to compe- PostBernieMadoff,noserious hedge fund investing. It is far superior to tency. And none of them could individually journalisticentitycandoaprofile Buffet or Renaissance Technologies. This produce half the track record shown here. ofahedgefundwithoutfirstasking record, which GHF places alongside major Another nagging question is why his somebasicquestions,questionsyou stock indices for comparison in a Power partners, who seem to function more as appearunwillingorunabletoanswer. Point marketing presentation, boasts 18 promotors than being integral to the years with a 39% average annual return. investment process, have no nexus into Anythinglesswouldbeadisservice The worst year was a negative 5% (2008), Plotkin's strategy. Alex said he did not toourreaders,andmightactually the only negative annual reported return. know how the strategy worked. Caro's leaveusopentoclaimsofnegligence To believe these numbers a competent office, where GHF is one of several busi- ifGeniusweretoturnouttobeless investor (or “smart money” or other nesses, is apparently not the place thanadvertised. “geniuses”) would likely want to see an where the investments are made by Specifically,weareskepticalofyour independent audit. Besides being con- Plotkin. claimsofhistoricalreturns.Wehave cerned about the seemingly too-good- The current fund reportedly has $1 obtaineddocumentsproducedbyyour to-be-true purported results, a prospec- million under management. There is also tive investor would want to know: a reported $30 million that is from or in business,andretainedanexperton Israel that is being managed. Is the $30 hedgefundstoreviewthem.Wehave • How many assets (if any) was million being managed by GHF or by alsoinvestigatedMr.Plotkin’sclaimsthat Plotkin managing when he produced Plotkin in some other capacity? Can he hemanages30milliondollarsinIsrael, these returns? show it really exists? withreturnsthatevenyoudescribedas • That GHF was not selecting some An investor would also want to know “betterthanWarrenBuffet.” accounts to include some while where the trading and investment records Wewanttounderstandthebasisfor ignoring others (“cherry-picking”), are kept, who administers the funds, including those that redeemed computes returns for investors (particu- youradvertisedreturns. along the way (“survivor bias”). larly for purposes of the 25% incentive Wearehappytoallowyoutopresent fee), and who audits the funds. Can GHF • If Plotkin had any other money tangible,hardproofthatthereturns provide this information? he was managing during the time youtouttoinvestorsareinfact Although Genius was not able to provide frame under a different (e.g., legitimate,thatPlotkindoesinfact its Form 99, we were able to obtain a opposite) strategy, how many controlthefundsthathepurports, copy from the New York Attorney General’s such funds were there and how withtheresultsyouclaim.Whatis office. In addition, we obtained a 90+ page did those perform? advertising circular intended for potential thenameofthis“sisterfund”?What • That the track record ties to real investors. In the end, we collected all our bankdoesituse?Wewouldrequire money at real bank and brokerage concerns into one final e-mail that we specific,documentedproofofyour accounts and is not merely a back- sent to Alex, to give him and his partners claims.Inlieuofthishowever,you testing “simulation” of a strategy. the maximum opportunity to respond. canexpectanegativepiecetoappear inourpublication. Itwouldinnowayinfringeonany RABINOVICH PLAYS ON THE BOARD tradeadvantagesyouclaimtohave, youhavetoatthebareminimum Queen’s Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation (D36) provideproofofreturns. GarryKasparov Althoughyouclaimthatyoucan’tfind AlexanderRabinovich yourForm99,wewereabletoobtain TelAviv,Israel,1994 itfromtheNewYorkAttorneyGeneral, 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 0-0 9. aswellasyourofferingcircular.We Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. 0-0 g6 15. Rab1 a5 16. a3 notethatitisanunusualdocument, Ng7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bf5 19. Rfc1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne4 21. b5 Ra3 22. Nd2 f5 23. bxc6 forexampleitdoesn’tlistanyservice bxc6 24. Ncxe4 fxe4 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Rb7 Ne6 27. Qb2 Ra6 28. Nb3 Raa8 29. Nc5 Rab8 providers:lawyers,auditors,bankor 30. Nxe6 Rxb7 31. Qxb7 Qxe6 32. Rc2 Qe8 33. Rc3 Qe6 34. Rc1 Qe8 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Qc7 identificationofprimebrokers.Again, Ra8 37. Rxa8 Qxa8 38. Qd7 Qa4 39. Kh2 Qb5 40. Kg3 Qc4 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qf6 Qb5 44. h4 Qb8+ 45. Kg4 Qc8+ 46. Kg5 Qd7 47. Kh6 Qc7 48. f4 Qf7 49. Qe5 ifyouwouldcaretoprovidethisinfor- Qf8+ 50. Kg5 Qd8+ 51. Qf6 Qd7 52. g4 Qf7 53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54. f5 c5 55. dxc5 d4 56. c6 mation,forbothGeniusFundL.P.and dxe3 57. fxg6+ hxg6 58. c7 e2 59. c8=Q e1=Q 60. Qd7+ Kf8 61. Kxg6, Black resigned. it’s“sisterfund”,wewouldbehappyto revisitouropinion.

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Also you cite the potential of using GLOSSARY OF TERMS “alternative investment money managers.” Could you explain this? Due Diligence—Formally it is an investigation of a potential investment. Generally, $500,000 is the maximum listed, but due diligence refers to the care a reasonable person should take before investing, it isn’t clear if this is for an individual independent of the information provided by the seller of that investment. investor or for the fund as a whole. None of these requests would be out Options—An option is a contract that gives the buyer the ability (but not the of the ordinary for any investor, requirement) to buy or sell (or “exercise”) an asset at a specific price at one or more who would ask to see, as do we, the specific dates. report of an independent auditor. Also, we would like to know where the Transaction fees—A combination of the fixed and variable fees charged by a trading and investment records are broker or an exchange to facilitate a transaction. kept, who actually administers the funds, computes returns (particularly in Cherry-picking—A fund manager with multiple clients or strategies creates a com- posite track record that inappropriately ignores some of the poorly performing clients regards to the 25% incentive fee), and and/or strategies. who audits each fund. The part you and Mr. Caro play in this Survivor bias—Clients whose portfolios perform well tend to stick around and those business remains unclear, as to the with poor performance tend to leave. As a result, reporting the historical results actual investments in particular. of those still around while excluding those who have left tends to artificially ele- We would like to see specifics of both vate a manager’s track record. of your investment employment background, what actual investment Backtesting—Taking an investment strategy and applying it theoretically to past companies you both have been market pricing to create a hypothetical track record. While a good tool, it can be employed at. It is our belief at this time misused if it claims to be actual results. Both backtested and actual results are that neither of you have in fact any commonly accompanied by the disclaimer, “past performance does not necessar- such professional track record in ily guarantee future returns.” finance. Mr. Plotkin’s resume as well has not been shown to include the GP—General Partner. The person or entity in a partnership who has unlimited lia- requisite years of verifiable experience bility for the obligations of the partnership, including risk to their own personal assets. required to operate at the levels of success you purport. In fact, the sole LP—Limited Partnership. A type of business that allows for the limited partners entity he claims to have worked at, to avoid personal liability if the investment fails. “ALTERNATIVA” has not been found in a search of Israeli businesses. Offering circular—A formal, legal document that discloses information about an investment vehicle, its managers, and service providers (lawyers, etc.). It will show You should know that we are not alone the legal framework of the fund, explain risks, and provide the means for an inter- in our general skepticism. A survey of ested party to invest in the fund. business publications has yielded a number of statements critical of your Prime broker—Hired by a hedge fund, a prime broker settles a fund’s financial operation as presented. If Genius transactions and provides any borrowing the fund may need to execute its invest- expects to have credibility in this market ment strategy. and at this time, a greater level of disclosure is surely indicated. Delivery-versus-payment—A transaction where the investor’s cash and the security offered are exchanged simultaneously (and vice versa). Allows for a fund Their reply was, “We are in the process of to never be at risk of being “out” the money and the security. turning over your request to an attorney to assist us. We will have no comment Liquid—The existing cash of a fund plus the assets that can be converted to cash until he has had a chance to review your very quickly with minimal loss of value. allegations and request and discuss those issues with us. We believe it would Leveraged—How much of a fund’s investment is based on borrowed money rel- be imprudent for us to act without first ative to the actual value of the fund’s holdings. A heavily leveraged fund will have obtaining legal advice.” borrowed significantly to execute its strategy.

Shortly thereafter Genius Hedge Fund Hedge fund—A private, temporary pool of investment capital that typically pulled down their website. An additional employs some form of risk management or hedging to protect against market volatil- two weeks was given to them to respond. ity. The amount of regulation is limited because there is generally a requirement While we did receive a letter from Alex, it that investors in hedge funds be experienced, well-heeled investors who know what only reinforced our perception that Genius they are doing. Historically this involved “hedging” risk, i.e. taking positions that is not ready for prime time. Although it is benefit in a down market, but today there are thousands of hedge funds that col- not our place to pass ultimate judgement lectively employ a large variety of strategies. on the legitimacy of Genius Hedge Fund, we do feel enough concerns have been Resources for deciphering “investment-speak” include Investopedia.com, Investor raised to issue a stern Caveat emptor—Let words.com, and finance-glossary.com. the buyer beware. .

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Remembrance “I must tell you...” PHOTOS: CHESS LIFE ARCHIVES PHOTOS:

Chess Life Editor Larry Parr takes his merciless red pen to a submission.

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LArry PArr, 1946-2011

By Al Lawrence

“I must teLL you, AL, the CrItICIsm A Chess edItor us only weeks after his Chess Life cover story marked the passing receives makes a lip-burning satay seem like a bland affair.” Any of his friend and collaborator Gm Larry evans—and just a few friend of Larry Parr recognizes the first five words (name adapted months after publication of Parr’s poignant remembrance of another to match the listener) as the start of a labyrinthine adventure- of his longtime compatriots, photographer Nigel eddis. the cause parable that eventually led to a treasure close to Larry’s heart. of Parr’s death was reportedly tuberculosis that led to pneumonia. Looking back on that after-hours conversation opener (and lots throughout a half-dozen careers that took him around the of others) from then-new Chess Life editor Parr, it’s clear now globe, Parr was a firebrand who spoke and wrote what he that there was more meaning in the ritualistic preamble than believed, regardless of the consequences. After his stormy I had ever realized. For Parr’s life of words and ideas now does three-year stint as editor of Chess Life, he became a moving force seem to amount to a compulsion to tell us important things, behind the extension of usCF voting privileges to all adult things we didn’t expect to hear. members. But his influence reached out to a world stage as well. Lawrence Arthur Collard Parr, editor of Chess Life from January 1985 his editorship of Glasnost News and Review is credited with nur- to march 1988, died in the early morning hours of April 2 at the turing the rise of the independent press in the old soviet union university hospital in Petaling Jaya in Kuala Lumpur (KL). Parr left at a time when it was strictly banned.

“Our friendship goes back to the 1980 Selangor Chess Open when we shared second place. Since that meeting, Larry has not only been a true friend but my mentor. He often referred to me as “Number Two.” (With Larry, I, like Clouseau’s Kato, always had to be vigilant and expect the unexpected!) Larry was constantly preparing me for better things, sharing knowledge. Forgive the cliché, but Larry was a walking encyclopedia. There was no topic that Larry could not speak on. “Like a schoolboy excited about his first day of classes, Larry once wrote me, ‘Tomorrow is my first day as the editor of Chess Life.’ Chess Life meant a lot to Larry. “On the eve of his passing, Larry saw things with such clarity that all of us were upbeat about his recovery. Larry began attending to matters that seemed to be on some kind of to-do list for the rest of his life. Yes, he was his usual talkative self … Little did I know that that would be the last time I would speak to him. Even then, he referred to me as ‘Number Two’! “I was proud to call Larry Parr my friend. I will dearly miss him.”

—Larry’s close friend from Kuala Lumpur, Collin Madhavan, recalls Larry’s generosity and his last day.

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“In 1969 Larry was in the Army studying Russian while I was in the Air Force studying Serbo-Croatian. We met on a weekend when I went to the library building looking for a game of chess and went on to become good friends. We would meet again in Texas and again in Europe … . We maintained a correspondence for many years; his letters always contained at least one … annotated game that he had played. “I loved reading his meticulously crafted articles in Chess Life. (The one he wrote to mark the passing of Nigel Eddis comes to mind—vintage Larry!) “Larry Parr was one of the most remarkable people I’ve ever had the pleasure to know.”

—USCF life member Steve Latus, remembering Larry from the Monterey language school

namese boat people. At one point during the talk he said that Parr Confidential perhaps they could solve the problem by sending some soldiers Born of a prosperous family in Seattle, Washington on May 21, down to the beach with machine guns. Larry believed that 1946, Parr graduated cum laude from both Bellevue High School Mahathir was gauging the reaction of the crowd to the idea, and the University of Washington, with a B.A. in history. After seeing if his “jest” would raise objections. Larry wrote up the graduation, he served in the Vietnam-era U.S. Army, where he story, and who knows—it might well have prevented a mas- was selected to work in the Army Security Agency, which sacre. He was warned at the time that Mahathir was a recruited its personnel from those scoring high on the Army’s powerful, up-and-coming politician and this was going to turn intelligence test. The agency was tasked with monitoring, trans- out very badly for him. lating, and interpreting military communications from the old Soviet Union and its allies. Of course, all this work was classi- Months passed and nothing happened. But when Mahathir took fied. Parr was sent to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, over as prime minister, the next day soldiers were at Larry’s door. California, where he recalled that he studied Russian until “I He was given 24 hours to leave the country. He left his home and thought my head would burst.” Later he was stationed close to cherished friends behind and went back to Seattle. His life had the old East German border. Larry was mysterious and unchar- fallen apart. A few years later, this is the man we met in New Wind- acteristically tight-lipped even to his closest friends about his sor, New York, as the new editor of Chess Life. intelligence work that was on the cutting edge of the U.S. Cold War efforts. How Larry, of all people, must have chafed inwardly at not being able to talk and write about these key experiences! Raising Circulation Elley, the soft-spoken and self-effacing outgoing Chess Life After his discharge, Larry served as a teaching assistant at his alma editor, could hardly have been more different from his replace- mater until taking a job with Reuters News Agency in 1978. It was ment, who was nevertheless to become a lifelong and during this stint as a stringer that Parr found the atmospheric for- life-changing friend. Parr’s Chess Life abruptly departed from mer British colony that would become his expatriate-home. the studiously impartial coverage of his predecessor. He also encountered human tragedy that left an indelible mark. To be fair, Parr’s term of editorship coincided with some of the Frank Elley often heard Larry tell the story: most disputatious years in chess history, encompassing then- This was during the days when the “boat people” were fleeing FIDE-president Florencio Campomanes’ infamous stoppage of Vietnam after the communist takeover, and many of them the 1984-85 Karpov-Kasparov match for the world champi- landed on the shores in Malaysia. Larry took a translator down onship, the awarding by Campomanes of the 1986 Chess to the beach and wrote up the stories of the people he interviewed Olympiad to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (precluding the there. This was a pivotal moment in his life. Day after day, for participation of Israel), and FIDE’s notorious 1987 declaration weeks, he heard and wrote these stories of heartache and of journalist Ricardo Calvo as “persona non grata”—to recount tragedy. And it changed him, forever. He became convinced that only a modest sampling. Parr chafed at the restrictions that would communism, and Russian communism in particular, was a be imposed by those who envisioned the periodical as a temper- monstrous evil. And he dedicated his life to combating it. ate “house organ.” Indeed, only some nine months into the job, Parr jerked readers forward in their seats and rocked some It was during this time in Malaysia as well when Parr discov- concerned officials back on their heels with the memorable ered that the reaction to his writing would make him very September 1985 issue, whose cover-teaser screamed, “Kas- unwelcome in certain circles. Elley again tells it best: parov Blows Lid Off Fidegate: Gives ‘Deep Throat’ Interview.” The One evening he slipped into a meeting of government officials issue brought a seething Campo to the U.S. clutching a crum- where journalists were not allowed. Deputy Prime Minister pled copy of Chess Life. By March 1988, Parr and USCF agreed Mohamad Mahathir was addressing the problem of the Viet- to part ways. CHESS LIFE ARCHIVES PHOTOS:

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Parr, with his fixture spiral notebook, interviews Washington Post Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist Art Buchwald

Parr feigns his celebrated deadline grimace.

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“EventodayIcounthimasoneofmybestandmostvaluedfriends.He introducedmywifeChaeandme(throughamonths-longcampaignof trickery,actually)andLarryandIexchangedlongholidaylettersinwhich wetriedtoout-brageachotheraboutourfamilies.Heusuallywon,Ithink.”

—Former Editor Frank Elley, on his matchmaker

even at some volume. “He was passionately behind the effort. If he didn’t agree with me, Larry could shout, slam doors—it was all part of the process,” Yarim-Agaev said. How important was Parr in this role? Alburt, the only grand- master who planned and executed a defection from the Soviet Union (Korchnoi’s defection was on the road and ad lib) and who worked on many levels to help bring down Soviet totalitarian- ism, said that Larry “through his work with Glasnost magazine, would easily make any reasonable list of the 100 Americans who most contributed to the fall of the old Soviet Union.” Hyperbole from an old friend, perhaps? Yarim-Agaev reaffirmed the assess- ment. “Yes. Parr could be called the midwife of the independent, free press in Russia. He was crucial to helping such a press in the Soviet Union to emerge and to stabilize. There was no such press before that time. Was Larry important? Absolutely!” It was during this same period that Parr joined forces with GM Lev Alburt, Nigel Eddis, and others to press for reforms in USCF governance rules, foremost among them “One Member One A Malaysian Christmas: Larry Parr the proud family man with his Vote,” which was eventually enacted in 2001. wife Samboon, his daughter Christiana, and his son Ian. With the breakup of the USSR in 1992, Parr looked for new employment, and eventually received an offer from billionaire Parr Versus the U.S.S.R. businessman and chess patron Dato Tan Chin Nam to move to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For seven years he provided content, Parr went on to a job that quite literally helped bring down the in the form of his “The Chess Beat” column for the Dato-Tan- oppressive communist regime in the USSR—a position bespoke sponsored World Chess Network, at the time one of the world’s for his strong anti-communist beliefs and considerable talents. largest internet-playing sites. Although he often talked of mov- GM Lev Alburt introduced him to Yuri Yarim-Agaev, one of the ing back to the U.S. over the years, Larry was clearly in his leading dissidents and human rights activists in Russia. Harassed element in the Malaysian capital, ghostwriting autobiographies and detained by the KGB for his campaign against political of wealthy Malay, attending embassy functions with his beau- persecution, Yarim-Agaev, now of Stanford’s Hoover Institu- tiful wife Samboon and representing Dato Tan at the many tion, was in 1980 forced to emigrate to the U.S. Later he founded chess tournaments the patron sponsors. the “Center for Democracy in the USSR” and hired Parr as edi- tor in chief of the organization’s centerpiece publication, Glasnost News&Review, with the goal of supporting the independent press, then strictly banned in the USSR. Another goal was to Always Chess inform a wide American audience of the suppression taking place Wherever Larry was in the world and whatever he was doing, in the Soviet Union. At the same time, republishing material in chess, which he learned late in high school, was a big part of the U.S. from dissident newsletters in the USSR made it more his life. He became an accomplished player, once winning a 70- difficult for the Soviets to persecute the independent publish- player Swiss in West Germany and defeating Kevin Spraggett ers who became more well-known in the West, winning honorary in a tournament game, as well as GM Ray Keene in a simul- memberships in journalistic organizations and other awards here. taneous exhibition. During this heady time in his life, Parr met frequently with important Russian dissidents and co-authored articles with Parr was, in the words of three-time U.S. Champion Alburt, who Garry Kasparov for TheWallStreetJournal. co-wrote two popular books with Parr, “The best chess editor in English.” Larry’s urbane annotations were full of wit and ref- “Although officially I was the boss, Larry did all the work of edi- erences to the world of ideas he lived in. Take the following tor, plus a lot of the work of the publisher,” Yarim-Agaev said. introduction from a series on blunders he entitled “Heart of Working his typical seventy- to eighty-hour weeks, Larry pro- Darkness,” in which he examines Robert Fischer’s infamous duced a commercial-quality publication. He even arranged for 55th-move gaffe against Rene Letelier at Mar del Plata in 1959 it to be broadly distributed in bookstores. Yarim-Agaev remem- (the board position is not the point here, but you can find it eas- bers receiving a letter from a reader that made him realize Larry ily if you’re interested): had somehow gotten Glasnost into a small-town Texas grocery store! But as always, Larry was never reluctant to “speak truth RemembranceofBlundersPast

to power,” or at least speak what he believed to be the truth, Chessplayersseldomforgettheirblunders.IfNietzscheonce OF PARR FAMILY COURTESY PHOTO

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“He couldn’t program his new VCR. It just sat there next to the TV, with blinking LCD displays. His solution: ‘I’ll wait until Nana Bird grows up. She’ll figure it out.’ Nana Bird was his pet name for his daughter Christiana,” age four at the time. “There was the novelty watch he received from his father. Because it was a gift, Larry couldn’t bring himself to dispose of it, but he also couldn’t figure out how to disable the crowing rooster. His solution was to wrap it in a dish towel and place it in the back of a kitchen drawer. The muffled but still- audible crowing was somewhat distracting during dinners. “After [volunteering his time to help with Chess Life], he asked, ‘May I? For old times sake?’ He then fell back on the orange couch in the library area and shook his arms and legs straight up in the air. This was his ‘dead cockroach’ act—one he performed after meeting every Chess Life deadline—to the delight of his staff.”

—Former Chess Life Editor Glenn Petersen on Parr’s lifelong mechanical ineptitude and self-deprecating humor

said, “Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of on political chess forums, where his skewering verbal ripostes their blunders,” then we chess people are more like the Bour- were legendary, found a warm-hearted companion who bons. We forget nothing. Can anyone imagine Bobby Fischer staunchly admired the British character and Asian women, and ever putting the following position on the mnemonic clung to traditional values. Even in the last months of his life, backburner?” Parr was as busy as the bustling street markets in his beloved Or, opining about whether chess was an art, we can see Larry’s KL. Besides the tribute to Larry Evans and the pressure of every- writing tongue firmly in his cheek: day work, he campaigned for to become FIDE president and worked on an adventure novel. One can only imag- Is Chess Art? ine the linguistic turns and plot twists—and perhaps an In one of the half-dozen or so truthful entries in the 31-volume atmospheric Malaysian noir reminiscent of Anthony Burgess’ Great Soviet Encyclopedia, chess is defined as “an art in the The Long Day Wanes, the favorite novel Larry once gave me for form of a game.” Which amounts, rather less than more, to the plane ride back from Kuala Lumpur to New York. Savielly Tartakower’s epigram, “Chess is the art of battle for A lifelong devotee of the people and culture of the East, and the victorious battle of art.” Which amounts, rather more than of most things British, including Kipling, Parr loved to recite a less, to Larry Evans’ description of the grandmaster’s art as rousing version of the entire “On the Road to Mandalay.” Larry trying to paint the Mona Lisa while the opponent grabs at the would be keen on the idea, I think, of my closing with an brush. If art is considered strictly in the dictionary sense of cre- appropriate excerpt: ating things that display form, beauty and unusual perception, then chess is certainly an art. “For the temple-bells are callin’, an’ it’s there that I would be— By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking lazy at the sea; Or, on his chess teacher, the subject of his first book: At the heart of Viktors Pupols’ chess mastery is a mystery— On the road to Mandalay, his style. Grown men who annotate his games often sound like Where the old Flotilla lay, a dog howling for its dead owner. With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay! Parr wrote hundreds of articles on chess. Some of his online writing can be delightfully revisited in the archives at www.the On the road to Mandalay, malaysian.com.my. He wrote seven books, four on chess, and Where the flyin’-fishes play, several biographies, including one of his final employer, Dato An’ the dawn comes up like thunder Tan Chin Nam. In 1996 Parr received the Chess Journalists of outer China ‘crost the Bay! America’s (CJA’s) “Best Book Award” with The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories, the memoirs of GM Arnold Denker. With Rest in peace, Larry Parr. And rest assured that you’ll be more than 20 CJA awards of various types, it’s likely Parr col- missed in all of your favorite places in the world. . lected more of these annual tributes than anyone else. Cerebral, erudite and armed with a ready wit, Parr was by pro- fession a dedicated journalist and at heart a proud and devoted Books by Larry Parr: The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other family man who was happiest talking about his wife Samboon, Stories; Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters: Fundamentals his daughter Christiana, and his son Ian—who were all with him of the Game, Volumes 1 and 2; Pupols: American Master; Tan Chin Nam: Never Say I Assume.

PHOTO COURTESY OF PARR FAMILY COURTESY PHOTO at the end. Those who knew Larry beyond the bivalent battles

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Chess Art

The Chess Master Portraits of David Friedmann

We update an article from the September 1996 issue of Chess Life with additional works by David Friedmann that have been discovered.

By Miriam Friedman Morris

ith pencil and paper he captured the great chess cham- coveries since then have inspired this update. pions of the 1920s. The painter and graphic artist David My father was born in 1893 in Mährisch-Ostrau, Austria- WFriedmann, a student of Hermann Struck and Lovis Hungary, now Ostrava in the Czech Republic. He learned that Corinth, became one of the most prestigious press artists of his an international chess master tourney would take place in his day. He was a chess enthusiast and thus had a special affinity hometown and met , the former world chess toward portraying luminaries in this field. His nimble hand champion. As he explained his intention to issue a portfolio of also sketched hundreds portraits of the participat- of celebrated personalities ing chess masters, Lasker from the arts, music, theater, was absolutely enthusiastic sports, politics, and indus- about the idea and wrote try that were published the foreword later in Berlin. mainly in the Berlin news- He produced 50 num- papers and the radio-program bered editions entitled, Das magazine, Der Deutsche Schachmeister Turnier in Rundfunk. However, his Mährisch Ostrau, Juli 1923. chess portraits were unique. Each portfolio was com- Some show players in deep posed of 14 lithograph concentration on their game, portraits, one for each looking down at their chess- player: Emanuel Lasker, board and pieces. One can Richard Réti, Ernst Grün- sense the drama of the chess feld, Rudolf Spielmann, tournament in the quiet atmos- Efim Bogoljubow, Alexey phere of a smoke-filled room. Selezniev, Max Euwe, Sieg- Friedmann lived in Berlin bert Tarrasch, Savielly from 1911 and was a suc- Tartakower, Amos Pokorný, cessful artist until the Nazis came to power in 1933. The Gestapo , Heinrich Wolf, Karel Hromádka, and Max Wal- looted Friedmann’s oeuvre of 2,000 works in 1941, but despite ter. All the prints bear the signature of the depicted chess the destruction by the German Reich, numerous portraits sur- masters and are part of the original plate. The artist hand vived. The story of his prewar career and my search for his looted signed each print in pencil. At some point, Friedmann replaced art was published in the September 1996 issue of Chess Life: the portraits of Pokorný and Hromádka for the more famous “David Friedmann’s Artwork for Berlin’s Newspapers.” 1 New dis- Ossip Bernstein and/or . He gave these port-

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folios the new title: Köpfe berühmter Schachmeister. Ostrau, Juli 1923, which emerged in the Ostrava Museum in Fortunately, Chess Life chose to publish the Ostrava tourney 2006. Still today, I can’t confirm the exact number produced subjects rather than the portraits I found in the Berlin newspa- with this title. It is logical to assume that there were only 50 pers, thus generating astounding results. Soon I was contacted portfolio editions together with Köpfe berühmter Schachmeister. by the owner of Portfolio No. 27, the very one belonging to Lasker, Berlin was one of the chess-playing centers in the world. The with a handwritten dedication from my father on the title page. chess masters were known everywhere as superstars. An impor- This was followed by the discovery of two portfolios in private col- tant newspaper in those times without at least a page of daily lections and Portfolio No. 28, donated by the Dutch chess problem chess news was inconceivable. At the end of 1923, Friedmann’s author and collector Dr. Meindert Niemeijer to the KB-National art was propelled into a new direction because of the wide- Library of the Netherlands. Most likely my father gave portraits spread recognition for his sensational portraits. He was sought to all the portrayed chess masters. An example is Rubinstein, who after and engaged by the press and became a leading press artist. received his portrait with an inscription from the artist. Presum- Friedmann formed friendships and sketched the chess players ably there could be Friedmann portraits in the estates of other who appeared in Germany and followed them from tourna- chess masters, collectors or their circle of friends. ment to tournament. He collected his drawings in anticipation Lasker was among thousands of persecuted Jews who fled Nazi of matches he could not attend. His portraits were published in Germany and eventually made their home in the United States. any number of 240 newspapers throughout Germany and coun- Friedmann was caught in the web of the Nazi regime; he tried tries with German- language newspapers. to flee, but was too late. His path was a tragic and tumultuous Michael Negele from the Ken Whyld Association sent a photo journey until he reached the United States in 1954. A survivor of a clipping from Lasker’s scrapbook at the Cleveland Public of Auschwitz, his first family was murdered and everything he Library. This was a major clue. For here was the Lasker portrait owned was lost. Imagine the joy when in 1973 my father received created in 1923 in Ostrava and it was published in 1924 for the photos of the “Magnificent Fourteen” from the Ostrava Museum. elite New York International Chess Tournament. I was determined “You see Miri,” he proudly said, “I was really a famous artist before to find the exact date and source. The portraits of Lasker, Tar- the war. I was known for these chess portraits.” I felt sad that takower, Réti and Bogoljubow were found in the April 6, 1924 issue there was little to show of his past recognition. This fueled my of the illustrated supplement “Zeitbilder” of the Vossische Zeitung, passion to find these works and to rescue his reputation from in Berlin. The published portraits were exactly those from the orig- oblivion. Friedmann lost his works three times: before, during, inal portfolio. and after World War II. Therefore, my pursuit evolved into a simul- While searching the newspapers, I came across the U.S. chess taneous search for art created during his incarcera-tion in the champion, Frank J. Marshall, pictured among other Friedmann Lodz Ghetto, the Auschwitz sub-camp Gleiwitz I, and works lost subjects from the 1925 Moscow International Tournament. when fleeing Stalinist Czechoslovakia to Israel. Friedmann likely portrayed Marshall in Baden-Baden along with It was very disappointing in 1994 not to find a shred of evidence several players for future submissions. This was characteristic of the portfolio in the Ostrava Museum. I consoled myself with of his method of working. Other examples are the José Raúl Capa- the delightful portraits discovered in Berlin’s newspapers and felt blanca, Milan Vidmar, and Aron Nimzowitsch portraits used for victorious each time a new chess player appeared on the page. the 1927 New York International Tournament. I saw a new dimension of the wonderful personality that was my In 1960, Friedmann became a proud United States citizen and father and an extraordinary view of his rich, cultural life before dropped the double “n” spelling of his surname. After retiring the Nazi regime. I met the historian Detlef Lorenz who joined my from commercial art in 1962, he continued painting and draw- search and found a treasure of published portraits in Der ing with frequent breaks to play his beloved violin and a game Deutsche Rundfunk. I contributed to his book, David Friedmann, of chess. Friedmann died in 1980 in St. Louis, Missouri, after Ein Berliner Pressezeichner der 1920er Jahre. The portraits cre- a lifetime of achievement. He has been recognized internation- ated in various techniques were autographed by the subject ally as materials continue to surface. A number of his works and signed in diverse styles and signatures: D. Friedmann, Dav. can be seen in the permanent displays of the The Holocaust His- Friedmann, DaFrie, D.Fr, Fried, DF, Fr.Dav, or just Friedmann. tory Museum (Yad Vashem, Israel) and the St. Louis Holocaust History has a curious way of confirming itself. After 30 years Museum & Learning Center, which held a major exhibition in and monumental odds, astonishing evidence of my father’s 2005. The United Nations Headquarters in New York, the lost years and art have surfaced: paintings, drawings, etchings, Terezín Memorial, and the Berliner Philharmonie, have also lithographs and 400 published drawings, including numer- hosted significant exhibitions of his works. ous portraits of chess masters, among them: Alexander Alekhine, At the 1925 Juryfreie Kunstschau in Berlin, he exhibited a Dawid Janowski, Paul F. Johner, and Lajos Steiner. Several par- watercolor, Die Schachspieler. This painting is among hundreds ticipants of the Ostrava tourney seemed like old friends as I of works that are lost without a trace, including a significant num- encountered them in a marvelous array of portrayals. I have ber of chess player portraits. I would be grateful for leads to any gained new impressions and facts in the story of David Fried- artwork by David Friedman(n). My aim is to create a catalogue mann and his famous chess portraits. In the article for Chess of his works, evidence of his brilliant career the Nazis could not Life, I tentatively assessed that there were only three destroy. Thus, I appeal to the reader to join my search and pre- portfolios. However, after having been lost for a second time, it serve the legacy of this remarkable artist. was Portfolio No. 4, Das Schachmeister Turnier in Mährisch Please see portfolio samples on the next two pages.

1: For more information, please see the websites: Searching for the Lost Art of David Friedmann—www.chgs.umn.edu/museum/responses/ friedmann/lostArt.html, Portraits of Famous Chess Masters 1923—www.kb.nl/vak/schaak/portretten/friedmann/index-en.html, Friedman Morris, Miriam, David Friedmann’s Artwork for Berlin’s Newspapers, Chess Life, U.S. Chess Federation. Vol. 51, No. 9. September 1996. pp. 40-41. The author thanks Martin Weissenberg and Detlef Lorenz for their help.

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Chess Art

Portfolios of World Famous Chess Masters by David Friedmann Das schachmeister turnier in mÄhrisch Ostrau, Juli 1923 anD Köpfe berühmter schachmeister

Reti, Tartakower, Bernstein, Euwe

the pOrtraits Of bernstein anD teichmann Were incluDeD OnlY in the pOrtfOliO: Köpfe berühmter schachmeister. the pOrtraits Of lasKer, tartaKOWer, rÉti anD bOGOlJubOW Were useD repeateDlY in the berlin neWspapers fOr the april 1924 neW YOrK internatiOnal tOurnament anD Other eVents. euWe anD spielmann Were fOunD in cOnJunctiOn With VariOus chess tOurnaments.

Bogoljubow, Teichmann, Lasker, Spielmann

Capablanca capablanca pOrtraits publisheD fOr articles abOut the 1927 neW YOrK internatiOnal tOurnament. left tO riGht: b.Z. am mittaG, march 12 anD februarY 22; berliner taGeblatt, march 4; 8 uhr-abenDblatt, februarY 26.

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Rubinstein, Janowski, Vidmar, Nimzowitsch

SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF DISCOVERED PORTRAITS: RUBINSTEIN, FOR AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE BERLIN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT, BERLINER TAGEBLATT, NOVEMBER 25, 1926; JANOWSKI, FOR HIS OBITUARY, 8 UHR-ABENDBLATT, JANUARY 25, 1927; VIDMAR AND NIMZOWITSCH FOR THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT, B.Z. AM MITTAG, MARCH 16 AND MARCH 3, 1927.

Clockwise from top left: Tartakower, Nimzowitsch, Marshall, Lasker, Alekhine PORTRAITS FOUND IN THE BZ AM MITTAG: TARTAKOWER, OCTOBER 26, 1927; NIMZOWITSCH, AUGUST 3, 1929; MARSHALL, NOVEMBER 14, 1925; ALEKHINE, JANUARY 10, 1927. LASKER, 8 UHR-ABENDBLATT, NOVEMBER 20, 1926.

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Back to Basics Blitzed!

By GM Lev Alburt

In blitz, even dubious gambits often work. So by all means, play chancy gambits. But—most importantly—study basic tactics, too.

2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 The winner of this month’s award, Sam Merlock, is an unorthodox player, espe- r+l+kl r cially in the opening—and very happy r+l+klnr ppp +ppp and enthusiastic in his unorthodoxy. ppppqppp What he lacks is consistency; some of ++n+ his moves (and comments) are excellent, +n+ + + + +pq + and some—very bad. And Tactics 101 is ++P+ clearly needed! ++++ (My future comments are in italics). ++++ P N + +P Hello, Mr. Alburt, my name is Sam + + +N+ Merlock, an upcoming chessplayer from PP+PPP+ Waukegan, Illinois. I have only been play- PPP+PPPP R LQKL+R ing chess for a couple of years, but I RNLQKL+R absolutely love it. I am known for my After 7. ... d5 unorthodox style and openings. One After 3. ... Qe7 Surprisingly best according to my player played against me in a slow game engine, but allows me to push my pawn- 4. a3?! and lost in eight moves. “That was wrong,” swith tempo. he said. I have also beaten some master The best line goes 4. Bf4, but he was Mr. Merlock’s comments to moves 4 and level players (2200+) with my ludicrous 7 are excellent! And he should have asked openings. My latest one was with a Phili- obviously trying to prevent ... Qb4+. I’ll take it, as I win the pawn back with a his engine what it has in mind versus the dor Counterattack. He resigned in a losing natural 8. ... c5 (the game). endgame. He was quite alarmed, and did- favorable game. 8. ... c5 9. Bd2 9. ... d4 10. Na4 n’t know what to say. White has here two moves which lead to (9. g3!—L.A.) This was a recent Internet blitz game. a real edge: 4. Qd5 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. Qb3 My opponent was one of the top-rated d5, with only partial (50%?) compensa- r+l+kl r players on the site, so I was slightly nerv- tion for a pawn, and 4. Bf4 Qb4+ 5. Bd2 pp+ +ppp ous. But I do what I always do against Qxb2 6. Nc3 (not falling into Sam’s trap: 6. high-rated players—surprise them! Bc3 Bb4 7. Qd2 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Qc1 check- ++n+ mate), and now 6. ... Bb4 is Black’s best chance, as the alternative 6. ... Nb4 7. +pq+ Englund Gambit(A40) Nd4 or 6. ... Kd8 (to meet the looming 7. “MasterEd” (2019) N+p++ Rb1 Qa3 8. Nb5) are clearly unappealing. Sam Merlock (1423) 4. ... Nxe5 5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3?! P+++P 1. d4 e5?! PPLPPP+ Another mistake. You should not make Don’t laugh—this is the Englund Gam- wasted pawn moves in the openings (for R +QKL+R bit. I either play this or the Fajorowics example: a3, h3) unless absolutely nec- After 10. Na4 [variation of the Budapest Gambit—L.A.] essary. My opponent has lost so much against 1. d4, both with favorable re- time, I am allowed to easily overrun the 10. ... Bd6 sults. The idea is to get counterplay with center. a quick ... Qe7 and ... Qb4+, and you 7. ... d5 Amazingly, both players missed (and would be surprised how many people lose Mr. Merlock missed when analyzing, too) pieces to that trick. Although great in (see diagram top of next column) the archetypical, and elementary, 10. ... b5, blitz, I would not recommend it in a slow winning the knight. game. 8. Be3?! 11. g3 (11. b3!—L.A.) 11. ... Nh5!?

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30. Kh2?? I am always looking to sac material for an attack, but this might be going too far. r+l+ rk+ Best is sacking the rook back, but I am way ahead in development. So ques- pp+ + pp Black still has a decisive advantage. tion, Mr. Alburt: Should I do this kind of 30. ... Qe5+ move (threatening the sac), or just finish + +q+ + development and slowly build up the +N+ l + Ha ha—there is the rook fork. attack? Answer: ... b7-b5 wins even here, albeit P + pP+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+, White resigned. not as easily as on move 10. Excluding ... P +pP +P b7-b5, 11. ... Nh5 is very good. Also note +LP+ + + +k+ that 11. ... Qxg3 would be winning, if not ppR + pp for a counterblow, 12. Nxc5. R +QK R 12. Rg1 +l+ + + After 21. ... Be5 ++++ 12. b3?? Nxg3!!; 12. Bg2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 bishop is in my way, and if the rook goes Qxg3+ 14. Kf1 Bd7 15. b3 0-0-0 with a to c7, it will be susceptible to forks or P + +P+ good attacking position for Black. These skewers. Plus, I wanted to get the light- P +p+ qP are the kind of positions I play chess for. squared bishop to the a8-h1 diagonal as 12. ... 0-0 quickly as I could. (And lastly, I saw a sac- ++++ rifice coming and I wanted to try it). + + +QK The last chance to win the a4-knight And I love Sam’s way of reasoning. (12. ... b5) goes unnoticed. Where is the 23. Nc7 Bxc7 24. Rxc7 fxe3 25. Bxe3 Final position engine when we need it? 13. Bg2 f5 But I will take the queen instead. He r+ + rk+ resigned here, with mate inevitable. I I wanted to put as much pressure on e2 ppRl+ pp loved this game, because after he makes as possible. I was thinking about remov- + +q+ + a bunch of useless and weakening pawn ing the pawn on g3, then moving the moves, I was able to exploit them with a knight to f4. But White finds a way to slow ++++ nice attack. Thank you, Mr. Alburt, for the attack for the time being. P + +P+ taking the time to show this game. I do 14. c3 f4 15. g4!! appreciate it: every game I annotate P +pL +P makes me that much better of a player. Both the game and Mr. Merlock's notes r+l+ rk+ ++P+ would be of very high quality if not for pp+ + pp + +QK R one particular and persistent (and very important) blind spot—overlooking the win- +l++ After 25. Bxe3 ning ... b7-b5. Remember, with a knight on rook four, be alert for a neighboring pawn + p q +n White looks solid, but Black has a tac- push to its fourth rank! . N+ p pP+ tical shot I’ve wanted to play since move 22 that finally opens up the white king to P P + +P adisaster. Send in your games! P LPPL+ 25. ... Rxf2!! If you are unrated or were rated R +QK R The bishop is running out of defenders, 1799 or below on your Chess Life After 15. g4 and this move also allows the other rook (CL) label, then GM Lev Alburt invites to enter the fray. White’s king quickly you to send your most instructive 15. ... Nf6 loses to the Black pieces’ hurricane. game with notes to: 26. Kxf2 Rf8+ Back to Basics, c/o Chess Life Stronger was 15. ... f3! POBox 3967 Crossville, TN 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. b4 d3?? 18. e3?? I love how the combination of pawn- 38557-3967 rook-queen is forcing the king to the edge, Or e-mail your material to I lunged way too early with 17. ... d3. where it will not return. [email protected] I should have played 17. ... Ne4 with a 27. Kg2 Qxe3 28. Rf1 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 Bc6+ huge advantage. Now if White would have GM Alburt will select the “most played 18. Bc3!!, the game would be back instructive” game and CL will award to equal. Thank God he missed it. Now I + + +k+ an autographed copy of Lev’s newest take the time to prevent it. ppR + pp book, Chess Training Pocket Book II 18. ... Nd5 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Nc3 Qe6 21. (by Lev Alburt and Al Lawrence) to Nb5 Be5 +l+ + + the person submitting the most in- ++++ structive game and annotations. (see diagram top of next column) P + +P+ Do not send games with only a All these moves have been best. P +pq +P few notes, as they are of little instruc- 22. Rc1 Bd7! tive value and can’t be used. Writing + + +K+ skills are a plus, but instructiveness I loved this move. He was threatening + + +Q+ is a must! Make sure your game (or the fork, or winning a bishop for knight, part of it) and your notes will be of but why prevent it? The dark-squared After 29. ... Bc6+ interest to other readers.

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Endgame Lab Saint Louis Endings

By GM Pal Benko Gata Kamsky’s superior endgame technique was a crucial factor in his championship run.

Bd4 b5! 34. ... Re4+ 35. Kf1 Rc8 36. g3 Rec4 37. Ke2 Undefeated during the course of the bxc3 38. Rc2 f6 39. Re3 Kf7 40. Kf3 R8c5 41. 2011 U.S. Championship, GM Gata Kam- Black’s minority attack has started. In exf6 sky repeated as champion. A deciding case of 23. ... Bc5, 24. b3 would hold. factor in his favor was his ability to take 24. a3 Yielding Black another passed pawn. He advantage of his opponents’ mistakes could have made life more difficult for using his finely-honed, world-class Too passive. More resistance is offered Kamsky with 41. Kf2 fxe5 42. fxe5. endgame technique. However, as will by 24. b4. 41. ... gxf6 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Re3 e5 44. fxe5 become apparent, most of the field did not 24. ... a5 25. Rg3 Kf8 26. f4 Bc5 27. Bxc5+ fxe5 45. g4 share his winning ways. Rxc5 28. Rf1 The White position is now hopeless. Minority attack There is no way to stop the black king’s +r+ k + breakthrough. Caro-Kann Defense (B12) + + +pp 45. ... Kf6 46. Kg3 Kg5 47. Kh3 Kf4 48. Re1 IM Daniel Naroditsky (2530) GM Gata Kamsky (2808) + +p+ p e4 49. Rf2+ Ke5 50. Rf5+ Kd4 51. Rf4 Kd3 52. Rd1+ Kc2 53. Rff1 e3 54. Rc1+ Kd3 55. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 pprpP +P Rfd1+ Ke4 56. Kg3 c2 57. Rd8 Rd4, White Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. c3 Bh7 9. h4 a6 ++P+ resigned. 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. h5 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Qa4+ P PK+ R Only Kamsky played according to the P + +P+ dictates of this opening. Strategically, it is not prudent for White to play for an endgame against the Caro- + + +R+ The next endgame was the only loss for former champion GM Yury Shulman. Kann defense. More advisable is either 15. After 28. Rf1 Qb3 or 15. 0-0. 15. ... Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Kd2 Nc6 18. A playable alternative was 28. Rf3. Something from nothing Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Be3 Be7 28. ... b4! GM Gata Kamsky (2806) GM Yury Shulman(2699) +++r This is the classical breakthrough Black has to play for in this opening. After this, r +k+ + +p+klppl White’s defense becomes increasingly dif- ++++p p+r+p+ p ficult. 29. axb4 axb4 30. Kd2 d4 31. Rc1? +p+p+p+ + +pP +P + l +p+ ++++ Again, rather passive. Instead, 31. cxb4! Rc2+ 32. Kd3 Rxb2 33. Ke4! Rxb4 34. Rd3 p+P+ + + +PL+ could have created practical drawing + L +PP PP KLPP+ chances. 31. ... Rc4 32. Rf3 dxc3+ 33. bxc3 Rd8+ P+K+P+ P R+++R + +R+ + A check that causes White trouble. After 19. ... Be7 Other alternatives, like the simple 33. ... White to play Ke7 or the unpleasant 33. ... b3, would 20. Bd3 It is hard to play the waiting game have also been effective. when there has been no hint of an oppor- Another trade that simply helps Black 34. Ke2? tunity for active play for quite some time. build up a queenside initiative. Either This endgame seems balanced, but for This loses a pawn. After 34. Kc2 Rdc8 20. a4 or 20. b4 were better as preventive Black there is nothing to do while White 35. Kb3, White, although confined and moves. has the option to create several threats. 20. ... Bxd3 21. Kxd3 Rhc8 22. Rh3 Ke8 23. pinned, could have reached a defensible position. 34. h3!

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Benko’s Bafflers Problem I Problem II Richard Becker, 2007 Richard Becker and C. Bill Jones, 2007 Most of the time these studies ++++ ++++ resemble positions that could actu- ++R+ ally occur over-the-board. You must ++++ simply reach a theoretically won or +N+ + + + + +l+ drawn position for White. ++++ ++++ Solutions can be found on page P+P+ + + +K+k 79. ++n+p Please e-mail submissions for +r+ + + Benko’s Bafflers to: +p+ N + ++++ [email protected] kK++ +N+ +nR

White to play and win White to play and win

Since there is no way to break into the and after either 45. g5 Bd4 or 45. Rg6+ White offers a pawn in hopes of active Black camp, White intends to open files Kd7 46. Bxe5 Re3, Black obtains some counterplay, but this was not yet urgent. for his rook. measure of counterplay. 47. Ke3 was a better defensive alternative. 34. ... h5 35. g4 hxg4? 45. Rd8+ Ke7 46. Rd3! 47. ... Ra3+ 48. Kg2 a4

Black, obviously in time-pressure, sim- This pin forces the easily-winning, Keeps the white king back for the time ply helps White achieve his goal. 35. ... bishop ending for White. being. fxg4 36. fxg4 Rb7 37. Rf1 Rf7 could have 46. ... Bf4 47. Bb4+ Kf6 48. Rxg3 Bxg3 49. 49. Ra5 Kh5 50. h3 Rxa2+ 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. kept equality. Kb2! Kf2 36. hxg4 fxg4 37. fxg4 Rd8? That’s it! The passed a-pawn means Also playable was 52. Kg2 Kh4 53. Better is 37. ... Be7. Kamsky repeats as U.S. champion. Rxf5. 38. Rb1 49. ... Kg5 50. Ka3 Kxg4 51. Kxa4 Bf2 52. c5 52. ... Rxh3 53. Rxa4 Kg4 Kf4 53. Ka5 Ke3 54. Kb6 Kxe2 55. Kxc6 Kd3 The expected 38. Rh1 could have been 56. Kb5 Kd4 57. a4 Kd5, Black resigned. answered by 38. ... Bd4, but now that ++++ move would be answered with 39. Rb4!, ++++ keeping the weak pawn under pressure. The most successful next-generation +++p 38. ... Kd7? player is GM Robert Hess. The former pupil has gradually reached the level of + + +p+ Somewhat better is 38. ... Ke7, but his teachers. there are problems after either 39. Rb7+ R+ + Pk+ Rd7 40. Rb8! or 39. g5. King Misteps ++++r 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rg7 Rh8 41. Rxg6 Rh2 GM Alexander Onischuk (2751) GM Robert L. Hess (2665) ++K+ White has won a pawn, but Black has ++++ generated some activity in return. It is not ++++ After 53. ... Kg4 yet over. +++k 42. Kd2 Rh3 43. Rg8 Rg3 44. Kc2 +++p 54. Kg2?? + + +R+ p + +p+ The crucial mistake. 54. Ra6! h5 55. Rg6+ Kxf4 56. Kg2! leads to a theoretical ++++ r++P+ draw, though in practice it would not be +pkp+ + ++K+ easy to hold. +l++ P+ R + P 54. ... Rb3 55. Ra2 p+P+ +P+ ++++ White realizes the danger, but too late. After 55. Kf2, Black would win with 55. +L+r White to play ... h5 56. Ra8 h4 57. Rg8+ Kxf4 would win. P+K+P+ + Black, with a well-placed, active rook, 55. ... h5! ++++ is better, but this normally should not be enough to win. After 44. Kc2 But not 55. ... Kxf4? because either 46. Kf3 56. Ra4+ or 56. Ra8 is still a draw. 56. Ra8 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 44. ... Be3?? The first move towards a wrong plan. The king was best placed on e3 to be This natural move loses the game. When the king is pinned down on the ready to play Kd4, then Ke5, in case of ... Black did not repeat moves with 44. ... first rank there is no more hope. Ra3+. Thus 46. h3 is better. Rg2 lest 45. g5 comes, but there was 57. ... h4 58. Rg8+ Kxf4 59. Rh8 Kf3 60. Kh1 another alternative he missed: 44. ... e5 46. ... Kg6 47. Rd5 f4 61. Ra8 Kf2 62. Kh2 f3, White resigned. .

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NAME STATE PTS. 1 GM Alexander Ivanov PA 85.68 2 GM Mikheil Kekelidze NY 83.53 3 GM Alexander Shabalov PA 79.08 4 GM Sergey Kudrin CT 77.52 5 IM Jacek Stopa TX72.60 6 GM Julio Becerra FL 62.75 7 GM Tamaz Gelashvili NY 53.00 8 GM Melikset Khachiyan CA 49.00 9 IM Enrico Sevillano CA 44.88 10 IM Goran Vojnovic MO 44.00 11 IM Ricardo De Guzman CA 41.75 12 IM Steven Zierk CA 40.00 13 GM Mesgen Amanov IL 37.60 Fresh off his clear first place finishes in the 14 IM Oladapo Adu MD 34.00 80th Massachusetts Open and the 19th New York State Open, GM ALEXANDER IVANOV 15 Sam Barsky NY 31.00 leaped to the top of the Grand Prix race.

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Name State Pts. Name State Pts. KORBA, NICKY CA-S 5708 UNMANN, EVAN MICHAEL PA 3661 QAZI, RAFEH IL 4765 SPIEGEL, EVAN IL 3630 SHUBEN, MATTHEW CA-S 4450 MOORTHY, SRINIVAS RAMANUJA MD 3628 SETIADIKURNIA, SLOAN WA 4410 O’NEIL, BRANDON JAMES MI 3624 MIZUSHIMA, DEREK MD 4371 CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK WI 3619 LIANG, ADREAM WI 4331 ZEELANDER, ZACHARY JACOB PA 3609 ZACK, DANIEL NJ 4276 TADESSE, MICHAEL MN 3571 KUMAR, ARAVIND NJ 4227 GIGUERE, WILLIAM ARTHUR PA 3528 JAHANSHAHI, BARDIA PA 4166 VISWANADHA, KESAV CA-N 3523 TAFALLA, GABRIEL WA 4120 WYNTER, OSWALD IL 3500 REDDISH, DYLAN NY 4092 MURARI, KARTHIKEYAN KS 3500 VIJAY, SAMEER CA-N 4040 PATTERSON, ALEX MI 3500 XIANG, JOHN OH 3971 SINGH, ADITYA WA 3500 KADAVERU, AJIT VA 3970 O’CONNOR, DEREK E CA-N 3464 ORDONEZ, ED MD 3940 KATARE, ARHANT CA-N 3442 CLAY, DORIAN HAMILTON WA 3932 SALBERG, ERIC CARMEN OH 3400 KAUFMANN, JONATHAN NJ 3932 DIAS, NEHA SC 3381 ROY, MYRIAM CANADA 3907 BLOCKER, BLOCKER PA 3316 YAN, KEVIN NY 3896 PERALEZ, JOEL TX 3314 CHEN, BRANDON WA 3840 CHAPIN, WILL NY 3310

Schedule for 2011 US Open Workshops & Committee Meetings

Time 9AM 10AM 11AM NOON 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM

Fischer Random College Chess Women's Chess States TDCC TDCC/ Problem Solving WEDNESDAY Denker H.S.& LUNCH Outreach Scholastic Committee Aug 3 Barber K-8

FIDE Trainers Seminar FIDE Trainers Seminar

Executive Board Executive Board open Chess in Education closed THURSDAY Aug 4 Senior Chess LUNCH Rules Workshop USCF Legal

Chess Trust Ratings

FIDE Trainers Seminar FIDE Trainers Seminar International Affairs

Finance / LMA FRIDAY Aug 5 LUNCH Staff Forum/General Mem. Mtg Bylaws/GTF Clubs Publications/CJA

SATURDAY Aug 6 Delegates Meeting AWARDS LUNCHEON Delegates Meeting

SUNDAY Aug 7 Delegates Meeting

SATURDAY July 30, Denker Tournament of High School Champions and Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions Opening Ceremony, 4PM

FRIDAY Aug 5 Executive Board Reception 5:30PM

SUNDAY Aug 7 Executive Board Meetings - 3PM Open and 6PM Closed

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

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Tournament Life

USCF National Events Bids Note: Tournament memberships not valid for National events Note: Organizers previously awarded options for USCF National Events must SEE TLA IN THIS ISSUE FOR DETAILS still submit proposals (including sample 2011 U.S. Game/15 Championship (QC) July 16 • Saratoga, Wyoming budgets) for their events. 2011 U.S. Senior Open July 18-23 • Houston, Texas NOW PAST DEADLINE OF 2011 U.S. Junior Open July 22-24 • Houston, Texas JUNE 1, 2010: 2011 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open Championship July 30-Aug. 2 • Orlando, Florida 2011 U.S. Masters 2011 U.S. Junior Closed 2011 112th annual U.S. Open July 30-Aug. 7 • Orlando, Florida 2011 U.S. Blind Championship August 19-20 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania DEADLINE JULY 1, 2011: 2011 U.S. Class Championships Sept. 30-Oct. 2 or Oct. 1-2 • Houston, Texas 2012 U.S. Amateur Team (East, North, South, West) 2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship October 1 • Santa Clara, California 2012 U.S. Junior Chess Congress 2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship October 2 • Santa Clara, California 2012 U.S. Amateur 2011 52nd Annual U.S. Armed Forces Open Chess Championship October 8-10 • Arling- (East, North, South, West) ton, Virginia 2012 National Open 2011 U.S. Junior Chess Congress Oct. 29-30 • Santa Clara, California 2012 U.S. Game 10 Championship 2012 U.S. Game 15 Championship FUTURE EVENTS (Watch for details) 2012 U.S. Game 60 Championship 2011 U.S. Cadet July 11-15 • Crossville, Tennessee 2012 U.S. Action G/30 Championship 2011 National Scholastic (K-12) Nov. 18-20 • Dallas, Texas 2012 U.S. Class Championship 2011 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship Dec. 27-30 • Dallas, Texas 2012 U.S. Masters Championship 2012 Collegiate Final Four 2012 National High School (K-12) Championship April 13-15 • Minneapolis, Minnesota (from 2011 Pan Am Intercollegiate) 2012 National Junior High (K-9) Championship April 27-29 • San Diego, California DEADLINE JULY 1, 2012: 2012 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 11-13 • Nashville, Tennessee 2013 U.S. Senior Open 2012 U. S. Open Aug. 4-12 • Vancouver, Washington DEADLINE JULY 1, 2013: 2012 National Scholastic (K-12) Nov. 30-December 2 • Orlando, Florida 2014 U.S. Senior Open 2013 SuperNationals V April 5-7 • Nashville, Tennessee 2013 National Scholastic (K-12) December 13-15 • Lake Buena Vista, Florida OVERDUE BIDS 2014 National High School (K-12) Championship April 4-6 • San Diego, California Please contact the National Office if you are interested in bidding for a National 2014 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 9-11 • Dallas, Texas Event. The USCF recommends that bids be submitted according to the following 2014 National Scholastic (K-12) December 12-14 • Orlando, Florida schedule. However, bids may be consid- 2015 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 8-10 • Nashville, Tennessee ered prior to these dates. *USCF reserves the right to decline all bids and organize 2015 National Scholastic (K-12) December 5-7 • Orlando, Florida the event itself.

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT U.S. OPEN EVENTS MEMBERSHIPS (JTMS) AVAILABLE USCF’s Tournament Membership (TM) program, which allows 2011 Denker Tournament of HS Champions July 30-August 2 • Orlando, Florida players the option of joining for only one event at a greatly 2011 Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions July 30-August 2 • Orlando, Florida reduced rate, has been modified. Junior TMs for age 24 or below may be purchased from affiliates and are now avail- 2011 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open July 30-August 2 • Orlando, Florida able to them for $7 online with rating report submissions. They include one issue of Chess Life or Chess Life for Kids, and $5 of this fee may be applied to a full membership within 60 days. JTMs not valid for National events. Many scholastic tourna- The TLA pages “Information for Organizers, TDs, and Affiliates” and “Information for Players” can now be found online at ments exist that are not USCF-rated, and the USCF is main.uschess.org/ go/tlainfo. concerned that the reason is that organizers fear losing play- ers unwilling or unable to pay entry fee plus dues. The availability of a $7 option should cause some of these events Rating supplements will be updated EACH MONTH on the USCF website, and each monthly rating to switch to being USCF-rated, promoting membership. The supplement will be used for all tournaments beginning in that month, unless otherwise announced idea behind the TMs is not to sign up a lot of them, but rather in Chess Life. The USCF website at www.uschess.org also frequently lists unofficial ratings.The purpose of unofficial ratings is to inform you of your progress; however, most tournaments do not to cause more USCF-rated tournaments to be held. More use them for pairing or prize purposes. If you would otherwise be unrated, organizers may use your details on uschess.org. unofficial rating at their discretion, even without advance publicity of such a policy.

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TheTournament Announcements on the following pages are provided $20 on site. Bughouse: One section, Sat ASAP after Blitz, EF: $25 per as 2/3. Free entry for GMs. Free entry for IMs, deducted from winnings. for the convenience of USCF members and for informational pur- team, on site only. Parents and Friends Tournament (not rated): Hilton Hobby Airport, 8181 Airport Blvd., Houston, TX 77061, poses only. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, neither the U.S. 3SS, G/30, Sat, Rds 10:30, 2:30 & 4:00pm. EF: $10, on site only. Prizes: www.houstonhobbyairport.hilton.com. Free parking! $89 HR! 713-645- Chess Federation nor Chess Life warrants the accuracy of anything Trophies to top three plus one USCF Premium membership for each 3000, Group Code: USCC. 8 Sections, Rated players may play up one class contained in these Tournament Announcements. Those interested five participants. ENTRIES (Note Correction): Mail to Francisco only. MASTER (2200/up), FIDE Rated, $1,200-550-300 (U2400: 400- in additional information about or having questions concerning any Guadalupe, 305 Willow Pointe Dr., League City, TX 77573. Info: 200-100), EXPERT (2000-2199), $800-400-200, CLASS A (1800-1999), of these tournaments are directed to contact the organizer listed. [email protected], (713) 530-7820. Tournament website link at $800-400-200, CLASS B (1600-1799), $800-400-200, CLASS C (1400- Chess Life will exercise all due diligence in providing accurate uschess.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. 1599), $800-400-200, CLASS D (1200-1399), $800-400-200, CLASS E typesetting of non-camera-ready copy but assumes no responsibil- (U1200), $300-200-100, Unrated, $300-100. National Class Champion title ity for errors made in such work. July 30-Aug. 2, Florida 2011 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open Championship and plaques to each Class winner. Tie-breaks: MSCO. EF: $75 post- Special EF: 6SS, 40/2, SD/1. Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport, 9300 Airport Blvd., marked or on line by 9/23, $85 after. $45 by 9/23 ($55 after) Orlando, FL 32827 (see U.S. Open). Open to all females born after for all players in Class E, Unrated Section, and Juniors U18 in Class C or Effective with TLAs submitted after November 10, 2010, the fol- 3-Day Schedule: 7/30/90. EF: Free if playing in U.S. Open (must play in 6-Day or 4-Day D.No checks on site. Registration Fri (9/30) 5-7pm. lowing additional rules apply to Grand Prix tournaments: 2-Day Sched- Schedule), otherwise $50 mailed by 7/24 or on line by 7/27, $60 at site. Rds. Fri 8pm, Sat 1pm & 6:30pm, Sun 9:30am & 2:30pm. ule: 1) The guaranteed first prize must be at least $150. Prizes: 1st Place: $500 Scholarship and Plaque; 2nd Place: $350 Schol- Registration Sat (10/1) 8-9am. Rds. Sat 10am, 1pm (merges with arship and Plaque; 3rd Place: $150 Scholarship and Plaque; Plaques to 3-Day Schedule) & 6:30pm, Sun 9:30am & 2:30pm. Byes for all rounds, SIDE EVENTS: 5-min BLITZ, 2) No more than one prize under $100 may count towards the Top A, B, C, D, E, Unr. Registration ends Sat. 6:30 pm, Rds. Sat. 7 pm, must commit before end of Rd 2. Sat after Grand Prix point total. Sun/Mon 12 noon & 7 pm,Tue 11 am. Ent: USCF (Girls Junior Open), PO Rd 3, 2 sections, entries will be split in Upper and Lower, $10 EF on site, 75% returned in prizes; SCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT, 5SS, G/30, One 3) Prizes below the maximum entry fee do not count towards Box 3967, Crossville,TN 38557. Online entry: https://secure2.uschess. org/webstore/tournaments.php. Chess Magnet School JGP. day only, Sat 10/1, $20 by 9/23, $25 after. Sections: K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12. the Grand Prix point total. Prizes: Trophies to top 15 in each division. All scholastic players in this A Heritage Event! side event will receive a commemorative medal. ENTRIES: Mail to F.L. July 30-Aug. 7, Aug. 2-7 or 4-7, Florida Guadalupe, 305Willow Pointe Dr., League City,TX 77573.Tournament web- SUBMISSIONS: If possible e-mail your tla to: [email protected] Grand Prix Points: 300 site link at uschess.org. Info: [email protected], (713) 530-7820. (Joan DuBois). For tla deadline schedule, formatting help and Grand 112th annual U.S. Open Chess Magnet School JGP. Includes traditional one game per day schedule (9 days), also 6-day slow Prix information see September 2010 Chess Life pg. 69-70 or check Oct. 1, California, Northern http://main. uschess.org/ go/tlainfo. Payment can be done online time control option, and 4-day option requiring only 3 nights hotel stay for most players. 9SS, 40/2, SD/1 (4 day option, Rds. 1-6, G/60). Hyatt Grand Prix Points: 20 (enhanced) through theTD/Affiliate area or sent to: U.S. Chess,TLA Dept., PO 2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship Regency Orlando Airport, 9300 Airport Blvd,, Orlando, FL 32827. Park- Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. 4SS G/60 - $4,000 b/117 fully paid entries – 75% guaranteed. Hotel rate ing $4 to 2 am or $12 overnight. HR: $99 single/quad, 407-825-1234, $99 by 9/16: Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 800-233-1234, reserve by July 14 or rate may increase. $50,000 in 95054. Free Parking. In 3 sections, Open Section: $500-201-105, u2300 prizes based on 500 paid entries, else proportional, $40,000 (80% of each $200-110, u2100 $150, u2000 $130, u1900 $100. 1400-1799 Section: Nationals prize) minimum guaranteed. A one section tournament with Class prizes. $500-201-100, u1700 $200, u1600 $150, u1500 $100. Under 1400 Sec- July 16, Wyoming Top US player not otherwise qualified qualifies for 2012 US Championship. tion: $500-201-100, u1300 $200, u1200 $150, u1100 $100. Unrated may Choice of three schedules: Traditional: 40/2, SD/1. One round daily Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) play in any section but maximum prize is $100 except no limit in the Open 2011 U.S. G/15 Championship (QC) at 7 pm, except Rd 9, 3 pm 8/7. 6-Day Option: 7 pm 8/2, 12 noon & 7 Section.Trophies for top 3 places in each section. Entry Fee: Mailed by 6SS, G/15. Saratoga Resort & Spa, 601 East Pic Pike Rd., Saratoga, WY pm 8/3-5, 7 pm8/6, 3 pm 8/7. 4-Day Option: 1 pm, 4 pm & 7 pm 8/4; Mon 9/26 or online byTue 9/27: $60. Online 9/28-29 or onsite: $75. Add 82331. One Section: All Players Have A Chance to Win A National 10 am, 1 pm, 3:30 pm & 7 pm 8/5, 7 pm 8/6, 3 pm 8/7. All schedules $20 to play-up in a higher section. DISCOUNTS: $10 off each event if also Championship! Prizes: $1300 based on 50 players, $715 Guaran- merge after Round 6 & compete for same prizes. Projected prizes:Top registering for G/30 on Oct 2. $10 cash rebate onsite if staying at the teed (all prizes paid 55% minimum), $300-$150-100, U2250, U2000, places $8000-4000-2000-1500-1000-800-600-500, clear winner $200 hotel under chess rate. Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed must commit by U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200, U1000: $100 each; Unrated: $50: EF: bonus. If tie for first, top two on tiebreak play speed game (white 5 min- start of Rd 2. Reenter with 1/2pt bye in Rd 1 for $39. September 2011 Register by June 24th to save: Just $29 per player, $19 for each addi- utes, black 3 minutes and gets draw odds, 5 second delay) for bonus and Supp, CCA min,TDdiscretion used to place players accurately. SIDE KIDS tional entry from same family. After June 24th: $35 per player. Free Entry title. Class Prizes:Top Master (2200-2399) $2500-1200-800-500, Expert EVENT for K-12 students rated under 1000: 4SSxG/60 in 2 sections, 600- for GM/IM/WGM/WIM, no deduction from winnings. Checks accepted (2000-2199) $2500-1200-800-500, Class A (1800-1999) $2500-1200- 999 and under 600. Prizes: Trophies to Top 10 players and Top 5 teams through July 4th, cash/credit card only thereafter. Rds.: 7:30pm, 8:10pm, 800-500, Class B (1600-1799) $2500-1200-800-500, Class C (1400-1599) in each section. Best 4 players count for team score. Also trophies to top 8:50pm, 9:30pm, 10:10pm, 10:50pm. Two 1/2 point byes available, $2000-1000-600-400, Class D(1200-1399) $1500-700-500-300, Class E u800, top u700 in 600-999 section and top u400, top u300, and top u200 request before round 2 and are irrevocable. Entries: Lee Lahti, 2836 Som- or below (under 1200) $1500-700-500-300, Unrated $800-400-200. Half in u600 section. EF by Mon 9/26 or online by Tue 9/27: $39. Online brero Lane, Fort Collins, CO 80525 or online at www.saratogachess.com. Point Byes: must commit before round 4; up to 3 byes allowed for 9/28-29 or onsite: $54. Add $10 to play-up in a higher section. Sched- Info: www.saratogachess.com, [email protected], or 2000/up, 2 byes for 1400-1999, one bye for Under 1400/Unr. Limit 1 bye ule: Onsite Registration 8:30-9:30am; RoundTimes: 10:00am, 12:30, 3:00, 970-372-8590. Part of the 2011 Wild West Chess Festival. See 2011 in last two rounds. Zero point byes are always available in any round. and 5:30pm. Mail payments to: Bay Area Chess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Suite Wild West Chess in Grand Prix for more information. Entry Fee: Online, $145 by 6/12, $165 by 7/24, $185 after 7/24. By mail, B213, San Jose 95131. $20 for refunds.T: 408-786-5515. E: ask@BayArea $147 postmarked by 6/12, $167 postmarked by 7/24; do not mail after Jul. 18-23, Texas Chess.com, Info/Form/Entries: BayAreaChess.com/usg60g30. NS, NC, 2011 U.S. Senior Open 7/24! By phone, $150 by 6/12, $170 by 7/24, $185 after. No phone W. entries after 7/28 (close of business at the Office)! At site, all $190; GMs 6SS, 40/2, SD/1. Hilton Hobby Airport, 8181 Airport Blvd., Houston, TX Oct. 2, California, Northern 77061, www.houstonhobbyairport.hilton.com. Free parking! $89 HR valid free. All entries must be made at least 2 hours prior to your first game. Current USCF membership required (no TMs). August official ratings Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) until 7/15, Reserve early! 713-645-3000, Group Code: USJO. Eligibility: 2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship Open to USCF members born before July 18, 1961 (not Aug. 23, 1961). used; unofficial ratings used if otherwise unrated. CCA ratings used if above USCF.Foreign player ratings: usually 100 points added to FIDE or 4SS, G/30 - $3,006 b/88 fully paid entries - 75% guaranteed. Hotel rate Prizes: $5,000 GTD! 1st-$1250, 2nd-$800, 3rd-$500, 4th-$300, U2300: $99 by 9/16: Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA $500-300, U2000: $300-150, U1800 $300-150, U1500/UNR $300-150. FQE, 200+ added to most foreign national ratings, no points added to CFC. Highest of multiple ratings generally used. Entries: USCF,ATTN: 2011 95054. Free Parking. In 3 sections, Open Section: $400-200-102, u2300 Awards: Commemorative Clocks for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd and plaques for $101, u2100 $101, u2000 $100, u1900 $99. 1400-1799 Section: $400- each champion, ages 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75 and over (a U.S. Open, PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. Online entry: https://secure2.uschess.org/webstore/tournament.php ?wkevent= 200-102, u1700 $101, u1600 $100, u1500 $99. Under 1400 Section: player may win a place award and an age award).World Senior Entrant: $400-200-102, u1300 $101, u1200 $100, u1100 $99. Unrated may play Top finisher born on or before January 1, 1951 receives: 1) official USCF 2011USOPEN. Phone entry: 800-903-8723. FIDE rated, No cell phones. Bring a clock - none supplied. Sets/boards supplied for tournament but in any section but maximum prize is $100 except no limit in the Open Sec- entrant in the World Senior Championship, and 2) a $500.00 USCF stipend Entry Fee not for skittles. Many meetings, workshops and seminars, including: FIDE tion.Trophies for top 3 places in each section. mailed by Mon towards expenses at theWSC. EF: $95 if postmarked on online by by 6/30, 9/26 or online byTue 9/27: $60. Online 9/28-29 or onsite: $75. Add $20 Arbiters Seminar 7/30-8/1, Chess Promotion Workshops 8/3-5, $105 postmarked or online by 7/11, $115 after 7/11 or on-site. Regis- to play-up in a higher section. DISCOUNTS: $10 off each if also regis- USCF Awards Luncheon 8/6 noon, USCF Delegates Meeting 8/6-7. tration until 6 pm on July 18 (for 6-Day Schedule) and 9 am July 21 (for tering for G/60 on Oct 1. $10 cash rebate onsite if staying at the hotel. U.S. Blitz Cham- 3-Day Schedule). Note Correction: Registrations after that time may Many side events and other championships, including: Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed must commit by start of Rd 2. Reenter with pionship Weekend Swiss require byes. (Note Correction, 3-Day Option added) Rounds: Tra- 7SS Double, 12noon 8/6; 5SS G/60, 10-1-3:30 1/2pt bye in Rd 1 for $39. September 2011 Supp, CCA min,TDdiscretion ditional: Monday to Friday one round daily at 7 pm, Saturday one round Sat 7/30, 10 & 1 Sun 7/31; U.S. Open Scholastic G/30 3 Sections: Open, used to place players accurately. SIDE KIDS EVENT for K-12 students at 11 a.m; 3-Day Option (First 3 Rds G/60): 10am, 12:30pm, 3pm,Thurs- Under 1200/Unr, Under 800/Unr, Rds. 12-1:30-3-4:30 Sun 7/31; U.S. Open rated under 1000: 5SSxG/30 in 2 sections, 600-999 and under 600.Tro- day, Merge withTraditional 7pmThursday. Awards Banquet: Saturday at Quads G/30 12-1:30-2:30 Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri; U.S. Open G/15 Cham- phies toTop 10 players andTop 5 teams in each section. Best 4 players 7 p.m. Byes: Two 1/2 –point byes available if req. before end of rd 2. pionship 12-1-2-3-4Wed 8/3; U.S. Open Bughouse Sun 7:30 pm; U.S. count for team score. Also trophies to top u800, top u700 in 600-999 sec- Entries (Note Correction): Mail to Francisco Guadalupe, 305 Willow Open Fischer Random (Chess960) 12 noon Tue; 16th Annual Golf tion and top u400, top u300, and top u200 in u600 section. EF by Mon 9/26 Pointe Dr., League City,TX 77573. Online Registration at www.active.com/ Tournament for the U.S. Open Chess Players, morning of Thursday, or online byTue 9/27: $39. Online 9/28-29 or onsite: $54. Add $10 to play- event_detail.cfm?event_id=1949812. Info: [email protected], (713)- Aug. 4th ( Those eligible will be all U.S. Open Chess players, side event up in a higher section. Schedule: Onsite Registration 8:30-9:30am; 530-7820. Tournament website link at uschess.org. FIDE. chess players, and delegates. Please contact Michael Wojcio for more RoundTimes: 10:00am, 12:30, 3:00, and 5:30pm. Mail payments to: Bay details at, [email protected]); U.S. Open Tennis Tour- Area Chess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Suite B213, San Jose 95131. $20 for July 22-24, Texas nament (see tournament website for details). In addition, three other 2011 U.S. Junior Open refunds. T: 408-786-5515. E: [email protected], Info/Form/ championships will also take place: the 2011 Denker Tournament of Entries: BayAreaChess.com/usg60g30. NS, NC, W. 6SS, G/120. Hilton Hobby Airport, 8181 Airport Blvd., Houston,TX 77061, HS Champions, the 2011 Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions, and www.houstonhobbyairport.hilton.com. Free parking! $89 HR valid until the 2011 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open (see separateTLA for 7/15, Reserve early! 713-645-3000, Group Code: USJO. 4 Sections the Girls event). Please check the U.S. Open website often for based on age: Under 21, Under 15, Under 11 and Under 8. July Rat- updates, new information and corrections! www.uschess.org/ ing Supplement. Ages for entry and prizes as of 1/1/2011. U21: tournaments/2011/usopen/. Chess Magnet School JGP for U.S. PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS $500+entry to 2012 U.S. Junior Closed - $250-$125-$75-$50. Individual Open. plaques to top three overall, plaques for best player age 18, 17, 16, 15, Under 15, and for ratings U1600, U 1400, U1200. FIDE rated. U15: Indi- Aug. 19-20, Pennsylvania HEALTH AND BENEFITS FUND vidual trophies to top five overall, trophies for best player age 14, 13, 12, 2011 U.S. Blind Chess Championship 11, Under 11, and for ratings U1400, U1200, U1000. U11: Individual tro- 4 SS or 4 RR (depends on # of players), G/135. Holiday Inn Express Hotel, Many Grand Prix tournament organizers will phies to top five overall, trophies to best player age 10, 9, 8, 7, Under 7, 5311 Campbells Run Road (near airport), Pittsburgh, PA 15277, (412) 788- contribute $1 per player to the Profes- and for ratings U1200, U1000, U800. U8: Individual trophies to top five 8400. Free shuttle to/from airport. EF: Free. Reg.: Onsite -Thurs. 6-8pm, overall, best player 7, 6 & Under, and for ratings U1000, U800, U600; hon- Fri. 9-9:30am. Rds.: (tentative), Fri. 10-4, Sat. 9-3. Prize Fund:TBA. NOTE: sional Health & Benefits Fund. All Grand orable mention trophies for all others U8. Commemorative medals for All players must be classified as Legally Blind and bring proof. Contact: Prix tournaments which participate in this all participants. Teams:Trophies to top three school teams and top club Rick Varchetto, [email protected]. Phone: (h) 304-636-4034, program are entitled to be promoted to the team in each of the four sections.Top four scores, minimum of three, count (c) 304-614-4034 or Joan DuBois, [email protected], (c) 931-200-3412. towards team score in each section. Byes: One half-point bye, any round Chess Magnet School JGP. next higher Grand Prix category—for exam- except Rd 6, if requested before Rd 1. EF: $35 postmarked or on line by Sept. 30-Oct. 2 or Oct. 1-2, Texas ple, a six-point tournament would become 7/9, $50 after 7/9; no checks on site. Schedule: Onsite registration, Fri Grand Prix Points: 30 a 10-point tournament. Points in the top 8:30 – 11:00am. Opening Ceremony, Fri 12:30pm. Rounds, Fri 1pm & 6pm; 2011 U.S. Class Championships Sat 9:30am & 2:15pm; Sun 9am & 1:30pm. Awards Ceremony 6:00pm 5SS, G/120 (2-Day Option, Rd 1, G/60), $11,000 b/200 full paid entries, category are promoted 50%. (approx). Side Events: Blitz, U21 & U11. Sat 6:30pm, EF: $15 by 7/9, 70% Guaranteed. 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A Heritage Event! 3-day $133, 2-day $132 mailed by 7/6, all $135 online at chesstour.com Oct. 8-10, Virginia Grand Prix by 7/10, $140 phoned by 7/10 (406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), 52nd Annual U.S. Armed Forces Open Chess Championship July 8-10 or 9-10, Florida $150 (no checks, credit cards OK) at tmt. No mailed credit card entries. 6SS, Rds. 1-2 G/90, Rds. 3-4 G/2, Rds. 5-6 30/90, SD/1, Henderson Hall GMs free; $120 deducted from prize. EF for all in U900 and unrated Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced) (Arlington), VA (Tournament to be held at Smith Gym). Military ID required 4th Summer Solstice Open in U1200: all $90 less. SCCF membership ($18, jrs $10) required for rated for access to Henderson Hall. EF: FREE! Reg.: 0800-0845. Rds.: 0900- 5SS, G/120, (2-day Option Rd. 1 G/60). Universal Palms Hotel, 4900 Pow- Southern CA residents. Re-entry $70; not available in Open Section. 1230-1600, 0900-1400, 0900. Two 1/2 point byes available. Open to all erline Rd., Ft. Lauderdale. $$5,400 b/170 paid entries. Open: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Active Duty, Reservists, Military Retirees, Cadets, Midshipmen, and $800/Trophy-500-300-250, U2300 $150. U2100: $500/Trophy-250-100. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry. Online at ROTC who have a USCF Membership.Trophies/Plaques toTop 3 overall U1800: $500/Trophy-250-100. U1500: $500/Trophy-250-100. U1200: chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, players,Top player of each DoD service on Active Duty,Top Reservist,Top $500/Trophy-250-100. U1000: Trophies for 1st to 5th, Medals for all phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 4-day Retiree,Top three Cadets/Midshipmen/ROTC,Top two each class A-D and others. Unr. may enter Open, U1200 or U1000 only. EF: $64 by July 5, $15 schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30 pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun below, Highest Upset, andTop Henderson Hall Champion.The 8th Armed more later and on-site, GMs & IMs free ($64 deducted from prize). 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & Forces Cadet/Midshipmen Championship and the Henderson Hall Open U1000 section $30 by July 5, $10 more later and on-site. Re-entry cash 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds Sat 10, 12:45, Championship will be conducted in conjunction with the Armed Forces prize sections $35. Reg.: ends 1/2 hr before 1st rd. Rds.: 3-Day 1st Rd. 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Under 900 schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds 10, Open. AFOCC Awards ceremony to be held upon completion of tourna- Fri. 7:30, 2-Day 1st Rd. Sat 10, Rds. 2-5 Sat. 1:15, 6:30, Sun. 9:30, 2:30. 1:15, 4:30 each day. All schedules: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open ment. For those that arrive early there will be a 4SS, G/29 Armed 2 1/2 pt. byes, if req'd before rd. 2. HR: $69 by Cut-off Date, 954-776- must commit before rd 2, other sections before rd 4. HR: $87-87, 818- Forces Open Warm-Up/Henderson Hall Amateur Championship 4880. Ent: Boca Raton Chess Club, 2385 Executive Ctr. Dr., Ste. 100, Boca 707-1220, request chess rate, reserve by 6/30 or rate may increase. Car conducted Friday night, 10/7 at Smith Gym starting at 1800.The Annual Raton, FL 33431. Online entry & add'l info: www.bocachess.com, 561- rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, Armed Forces Chess committee meeting will be held on Saturday, 10/8 479-0351. FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP for G/120 rds. PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at 2000 along with the 2nd U.S. Armed Forces Bughouse Champi- July 9, Missouri onship, at Smith Gym.The G/5 Armed Forces Open Blitz Championship at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Grand Prix Points: 10 will be held Sunday 10/9 at 2000 at the Smith Gym. WBCA Rules. Billet- Premiere & Amateur A Heritage Event! ing: TBA. Info/Ent: by mail to John Farrell, 2500 North Van Dorn St 4SS, G/90. Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, 4657 Maryland July 15-17 or 16-17, Arizona #1623, Alexandria, VA 22302 or preferably by e-mail to JohnnyUSMC@ Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108. Free entries for GMs and IMs. EF: $40, $30 Grand Prix Points: 40 (enhanced) aol.com. Please include: Rank, Name, USCF ID #, current rating, for annual members of the club if registered by 10PM 7/8. MCA mem- Ye Old Pueblo Open and Scholastics branch of service, and t-shirt size when registering for the tournament. bership req'd from $5. PF: $1,200 GTD. Each Section: $225-$150-$100-$75- Holiday Inn Palo Verde, 4550 S. Palo Verde Rd., Tucson, AZ 85714, 520- Additional details for the tournaments can be found on the 2011 $50 (1st-5th). Winner of each Section qualifies for 2012 Club Champi- 746-1161. SECTIONS: Open, Reserve (U1800), & Booster (U1400). AFOCC website at: www.timbeeck.com/afocc.html. 100% Entry Fee onship. Reg.: 8-8:45. Rds.: 9, 12:15, 3:45, 7. One 1/2-point bye if Scholastic tournament held the same weekend (K-6/U1000) visit web- refunded in case of power outage. Bring clocks! NC. NS. W. declared before round 1. Hotel: Water Tower Inn at 314-977-7500 ask site for more information!! SCHEDULE: (3-day) 5/SS, 40/2, SD/1; Reg.: Oct. 29-30, California, Northern for the "chess rate" of $70/night. Ent: 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, 7/15 5:30-6:30 PM; Rds.: 7, 10-5, 9-4. (2-day) 5/SS, Rds 1-2 G/90; Rds. 2011 U.S. Junior Chess Congress MO 63108, or online at saintlouischessclub.org Info: 314-361-CHESS 3-5 40/2, SD/1; Reg.: 7/16 8:30-9:30 AM; Rds.: 10-1:30-5, 9-4. PRIZES: (Blitz on October 28). Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. (Open) $$G: $600(plaque)-400-300-200; $$b/4 X, A, B/below $150 ea. America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Free parking. Hotel rate $99 only. A Heritage Event! Trophy Top Jr. U20, Jr. U14, Sr. 50+; (Reserve) $$b/38: $250(plaque)- Hotel: Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. An American Classic! 150(plaque); $$b/4 C, D/below $100 ea.Trophy toTop UNR, Jr. U14, Sr. Main Event:Trophies to top 20 players and top 10 teams, including ties, July 9-10, Oklahoma 50+; (Booster)Trophy toTop 1st - 5th Place,Top E, U1000/Unr and Jr. U11. EF: GM/IM are FREE! (Open) $60; (Reserve) $45; (Booster) $30. in each section. Participation medals to all entrants. 7 Sections based Grand Prix Points: 20 on age: Ages 5 & under, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, and 16-18. Onsite 66th OCF Oklahoma Open - Jerry Spann Memorial - FIDE Champi- LATE FEE: Additional $10 if entry received after 7/13. DISCOUNT: $10 Registration: Saturday/Sunday 7:30-8:00am. Round Times: Saturday onship off EF for Juniors (under age 20) and Seniors (age 50+) in Open and & Sunday 9am, 12:15, 3:15pm for all sections except Ages 5 & under is 5-SS, G/90 + 30 sec, $$G 1,700. Days Inn NW, 2801 NW. 39th Ave (NE Reserve. ALL: 1/2 pt byes allowed for all rounds but must be requested Saturday 9, 10:45, 12:15, 1:45, 3:15pm and Ages 6-7 is Sunday 9, 10:45, corner I-44/May) Okla City, OK 73112 / ph 405-946-0741. HR: 55-55.Wi- prior to start of Round 2 (max 2). No Re-entries. HR: $65 (single) or $80 12:15, 1:45, 3:15pm. Time Controls: All rounds will be G/75 except sec- Fi, EF: Open: $45, Reserve: $20 (if ck received before July 7): $10 more (suite) if by 7/2, mention “SACA”. Info: Karen Pennock, 520-975-3946, tions Ages 5 & under and 6-7 will be G/30. EF by 10/21: 1-day $48, 2-day at site. OCF $10. Two Sections: Open (FIDE): Gtd 1st 500, 300, 200, A: email: [email protected], web: www.sazchess.org. Ent: Online $60, Play-up +15. Late fee (10/22-27) +$20, Onsite only after 10/27: $200, B: $200, C: $200. Reserve: U-1300 Gtd 1st $100, 50, Other class registration available at www.sazchess.org/store/store.php or postal mail +$40. Side events: Blitz (Fri Reg: 5:30-6pm, Games 6:30-8:30p) and prizes per entrees; Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds at 10-2:30-7; 9-1:15. 2 half pt (make checks payable to SACA) to: SACA, Attn: 2011Ye Olde Pueblo, PO Bughouse (Sat Registration: 5:30-6pm, Games 6:30-8:30p) in 3 sections byes rds 1-4, FIDE (Open), LS, W, Free Parking. Ent: Frank Berry, 402 S. Box 36149, Tucson, AZ 85740. NC. NS. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. (7 & under, 8-10, 11-18). EF: Blitz $15, Bughouse $15. Late fee (10/22- Willis St., Stillwater, OK 74074. [email protected], 405 372-5758. July 15-17 or 16-17, Illinois 27) +$2, Onsite only after 10/27: +$5. USCF Membership required for Chess Magnet School JGP. Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced) bughouse and all sections except ages 7 & under. October 2011 Supple- July 14-17, 15-17 or 16-17, California, Southern 4th annual Chicago Class ment & TD desc to place players accurately. Reg early to save. 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Under 1000 Section Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced) Organizers/TDs: S. Azhar, R. Koepcke,T. Langland, & J. McCumiskey. More 16th annual Pacific Coast Open plays July 16-17 only, G/75 with separate schedule. Westin Chicago info & flyer: BayAreaChess.com/usjr11. Register online at: BayArea 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/45). Under 900 Section, July North Shore Hotel, 601North Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL 60090 (from Chess.com/my/usjr11. Quest: [email protected]. NS, NC, W. 16-17 only, G/70. Renaissance Agoura Hills Hotel, 30100 Agoura Rd., Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 to Lake Cook Chess Magnet School JGP G/75 rounds. Agoura Hills, CA 91301 (US-101 to Reyes Adobe Road exit). Adjacent to Rd to US-45 south). Free parking. $25,000 guaranteed prize fund. In the Santa Monica Mountains, 26 miles west of Burbank, 12 miles from 8 sections; no unrated allowed in Master or Expert. Master (2200/up): Malibu, 28 miles from Ventura. Free parking. Prizes $25,000 based on $2500-1200-600-400, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2400 230 paid entries (re-entries count half, $90 off entries one-third), mini- $1000-500. FIDE. Expert (2000-2199):$1800-900-500-300. Class A mum $20,000 (80% each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $3000- (1800-1999/Unr): $1800-900-500-300. Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1800- 1500-700-400, clear or tiebreak win $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1600- 900-500-300. Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $1600-800-400-200. Class D USCF Membership Rates 800. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300. Under 1900: $2000-1000- (1200-1399/Unr):$1400-700-400-200. Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $1000- Premium (P) and Regular (R) 500-300. Under 1700: $1800-900-500-300. Under 1500: $1500-700-400- 500-300-200. Under 1000 (Under 1000/Unr): $250-125-75-50, trophies 200. Under 1200: $1200-600-300-200. Under 900: $300-200-120-80, to top Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Rated players may play up one (U.S., CANADA, MEXICO) trophies to top 7. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limit U2100 section. Unrated prize limit $100 U1000, $200 E, $300 D, $500 C, $700 $1000, U1900 $800, U1700 $600, U1500 $400, U1200 $200, U900 $100; B, $900 A. Top 7 sections EF: 3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by 7/7, all Type 1 yr 2yr 3yr balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 6 sections EF: 4-day $134, $109 online at chesstour.com by 7/11, $115 phoned to 406-896-2038 by Adult P $49 $85 $120 Adult P ** $42 $78 $113 Adult R $41 $70 $98 Adult R ** $34 $63 $91 Senior (65+) ** $36 $65 $93 2011 BRADLEY OPEN Young Adult P (U25)* $32 $59 $85 Youth P (U16)* $27 $49 $70 July 22-24 or 23-24, Windsor Locks CT Scholastic P (U13)* $23 $42 $60 Young Adult R (U25)* $24 $43 $61 $10,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES! Youth R (U16)* $20 $36 $51 Scholastic R (U13)* $16 $28 $39 Prizes $2000 more than last year! 5SS, Sheraton Hotel (visible at Bradley Airport entrance), Windsor Locks. Free parking & airport shuttle. Premium membership provides a printed copy Choice of 3-day or 2-day. Room rates $87 single or twin. In 4 sections: of Chess Life (monthly) or Chess Life for Kids (bimonthly) plus all other benefits of regular Open Section: Prizes $1200-600-400-300, clear/tiebreak 1st $100, top membership. Regular membership provides Under 2300 $700-400. FIDE rated, 80 Grand Prix Points (enhanced). online-only access to Chess Life and Chess Life for Kids; TLA Bulletin will be mailed to U2100 Section: $800-400-300-200, top Under 1900 $500-300. adults bimonthly and to scholastic members U1700 Section: $700-400-300-200, top Under 1500 $450-250. three times per year. Youth provides bimonthly Chess Life, Scholastic bimonthly U1300 Section: $600-300-200-100, top Under 1000 $200-100. Chess Life for Kids, others listed above No unrated may win over $200 in Under 1300 or $400 in Under 1700. monthly Chess Life. See www.us chess.org Balance goes to next player(s) in line. for other membership categories. Dues are not refundable and may be changed without notice. FOR FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue. *Ages at expiration **Purchased online only

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7/11 (entry only, no questions), $130 at site. EF for all in Under 1000, July 16-17, Virginia anteed. $$G 250-150-100.Top U2400 andTop 2300 prizes. Special prize and unrated in Class A through E: $70 less. EF for rated seniors age Grand Prix Points: 15 for biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45PM. One bye 65/over in Class E or above: all $40 less. All: No mailed credit card entries. 21st Annual Charlottesville Open available (rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry. EF: 2 Sections: No checks at site, credit cards OK. ICA memb. ($15, scholastic $10, 5SS, G/90. $55 by 7/12, then $65. Open & U1700. July 22-24 or 23-24, Connecticut each $4 less with online entry) required for rated Illinois residents. Prizes: $2000 b/o 60. Open Section: Place prizes guaranteed. $$400, Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced) Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Spe- $$250, $$150 U2100 $150, U1900 $130. U1700 Section: $300, $200, $150 16th Annual Bradley Open Site & HR: cial 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online U1500 $140, U1200 $130. Comfort Inn Monticello, 2097 Inn 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Reg.: at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, Dr., Charlottesville, VA 22911 (434) 977-3300) $99.95 + tax. 11- Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I-91 Exit Rds.: Entries: phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re- 11:40 am. Sat. 12, 3:15, 7:15 Sun. 9:30, 1:15. Ernest 40 to Rt 20). Free parking. $10,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 4 sections. Mbr entry $50; not available in Master Section. GMs $80 from prize. 3-day Schlich, 1370 S. Braden Cres., Norfolk, VA 23502. Checks to VCF. : Open: $1200-600-400-300, clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, U2300 Info: schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2- VCF rqd. for VA residents $10, $5 under age 17. eschlich@verizon. $700–400. FIDE. Under 2100: $800-400-300-200, topU1900 $500-300. Byes: No CC on day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. net, www.vachess.org. single half-point bye on request. Under 1700: $700-400-300-200, top U1500 $450-250. Under 1300: site, Chess Magnet School JGP. Under 1000 schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun cash only please. $600-300-200-100, top U1100 $200-100. Unrated may not win over 10 & 1:30. Bye: all, Master must commit before rd 2, others before rd July 16-17, Wyoming $200 in U1300 or $400 inU1700. EF: 3-day $88, 2-day $87 if check mailed 3. HR: $99-99-99-99, 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 7/1 or rate Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) by 7/14, all $89 online at chesstour.com by7/20, $95 phoned to 406-896- may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. 2011 Wild West Chess 2038 by 7/20 (entry only, no questions), $100 at site. No mailed credit Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service 4SS, G/90 + 5 sec delay. Saratoga Resort & Spa, 601 East Pic Pike Rd., card entries. EF for unrated in U1300: all $40 less. No checks at site, charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance Saratoga, WY, 82331. Prizes: $5,500 based on 100 players, $3,000 credit cards OK. GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. Mailed EF $3 less entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Guaranteed (all prizes paid 55% minimum), in 5 sections. Open: $650 to CSCA orWMCA members. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Section. July 16, Pennsylvania plus free entry and 3 nights hotel for 2012 Wild West Chess-400-200, top Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Spe- U2250: $275-145, top U2000: $275-145; If tie for first, top 2 on tiebreak cial 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) 2011 Fireworks Grand Prix play 2-game blitz match (G/5 + 2 sec delay) then Armageddon game (if at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, 4SS, G/75. Lehigh County Senior Center, 1633 Elm St., Allentown, PA 18102. needed) for title and 2012 entry/hotel room prize. Under 1800: $400- phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day EF: $40, LVCA/LCSC Members $30. All $450 100% Gtd., $$200-100,Top 275-145, Unrated Prize Limit: $200; Under 1600: $400-275-145, Unrated schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. U18 $75, Top U16/unrated $75. UNRATED'S FREE ENTRY, if paying 1 Prize Limit: $150; Under 1400: $400-275-145, Unrated Prize Limit: $125; 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10:30 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 &6, Sun 10 year USCF Dues. Up to two 1/2 pt byes (declare by round 3). REG.: Ends Under 1200: $375-250-120, top U1000/Unrated: $120-85, Unrated Prize & 4:15. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd 2. HR: $87-87, 860-627- 10am. RDS.: 10:30a-1:00-4:00-6:30p. Ent/Info: Check to: Bruce Davis, Limit: $100. EF: Register by June 24th to save: Just $49 per player, $39 5311; reserve by 7/8 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 1208 Linden St., Fl. 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018 or see www.lehighvalleychess. for each additional entry from same family. After June 24th: $59 per player. 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, orreserve car online through chess- org or call 484-866-3045. Chess Magnet School JGP. Free Entry for GM/IM/WGM/WIM, no deduction from winnings. tour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 Checks accepted through July 4th, cash/credit card only thereafter. service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. July 16, Wyoming Reg.: 7/16, 7:30-9:00am. Rds.: 7/31, 9:30am & 2:00pm; 8/1, 9:00am & Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) 1:00pm. Two 1/2 point byes available, request before round 2 and are 2011 U.S. G/15 Championship (QC) A Heritage Event! irrevocable. Your Chess Vacation in the West: Players Social and July 22-24 or 23-24, North Carolina See Nationals. Simul with GM Sergey Kudrin – July 15th starting at 6:00pm; Family Grand Prix Points: 30 July 16-17, Louisiana BBQ - July 16th at 5:30pm; 2011 U.S. G/15 Championships - July 16th 38th Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open Grand Prix Points: 6 at 7:30pm;Time to Enjoy Resort Amenities - Hot Springs, Spa, Golf, Fish- 5-SS, 35/90, SD/1. (2-day option Rd. 1 G/90). Clarion Hotel Greensboro 2011 Paul Morphy Open ing, Hiking and more. HR: $109/night for singles & doubles (must be Airport, 415 Swing Rd. (I-40 at Exit 213), Greensboro, NC 27409. 1- 5-SS, G/2 (Round 1: G/90). Site: Holiday Inn Metairie New Orleans Air- requested), $155/night for suites, by June 24th. Higher rates thereafter. (336)-299-7650. $15,000 b/215 full paid. $7,500 GUARANTEED. In 7 port, 2261 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, LA 70001. EF: $50 if mailed by All include continental breakfast (daily), sandwich buffet lunch (7/16-17 sections: Open/Unr. $1450-700-500, u2300- $350. Under 2200: $1200- 7/9, $60 at site. LCA Memb.req'd ($10 adult, $5 Schol.), OSA. Prizes: $1900 only) and Family BBQ; 800-594-0178 (mention chess tournament). 600-300, u2100- $300. Under 2000: $1200-600-300, u1900- $300. Under b/60, 50% Gtd.Two Sections: Open: $400-200; U2000 $200-100, U1800 Entries: Lee Lahti, 2836 Sombrero Ln., Fort Collins, CO 80525 or online 1800: $1200-600-300, u1700-$300. Under 1600: $1200-600-300, u1500- $200-100. Reserve (U1600): $250-100; U1400 $200; U1200/UNR $150. at www.saratogachess.com. Info: www.saratogachess.com, chess@ $300. Under 1400: $1100-550-300, u1200- $250, u1000- $250. Unrated: Reg.:7/16, 8-9am. Rds.: Sat: 9:15-1-5:30, Sun: 9:30-2. HR: $99, (504) saratogaresortandspa.com, or 970-372-8590. Chess Magnet School JGP (not part of base) Trophies to top 7. EF: $913-day, $90 2-day if received 373-5946, reserve early. Ent/Info: Adam Caveney, 1301 Gen.Taylor St., for Wild West Event. by 7/18; $97 at site. GMs and IMs Free, $75 deducted from any prize. New Orleans, LA 70115, [email protected], (504) 895-4133 (evenings), July 19, New York Unrated: $30 3-day, $29 2-day, $35 at site. Juniors: $59 if playing for (504) 615-6730 (on day of tourney). NS, NC. Chess Magnet School JGP. Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) trophy, $69 for cash by 7/18; $10 more at site. 3-day schedule: Reg- A Heritage Event! Marshall Masters! istration ends 7 p.m. Rounds: 7:30, 2-7:30, 10-3:30. 2-day schedule: July 16-17, New Hampshire 4-SS, G/30. Third Tuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., Registration: ends 9:30 a.m. Rounds: 1st at 10 a.m., then merges with NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scor- 3-day. All, Reentry $45, not in Open. NCCA membership required $5, other Grand Prix Points: 10 61st New Hampshire Open ing over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 tournament since the prior states ok. Byes available in any round, limit 2, must commit before 1st 4-SS, 40/100, SD/1. Comfort Inn, exit 4 (Queen City Bridge) off I-293, Man- month's Masters). EF: $40, members $30, GM's free.Top three prizes guar- round. NCCA Grand Prix. Special Prize:Tracy Callis Memorial Award of chester, NH 03102. 603-668-2600. $$ 2,045 b/65 in 2 day sects., 75%G. 3 sects. Open: $$ 350-225-125, U2100 $125-75. NH Champion title to top scoring NH resident. U1935: $175-120-75, U1750 $120-60. U1635: $175-120-75, U1450 $100, U1250 $75, U1050 $50. All: EF $44 if rcvd. by 7/14, $49 at site. Special EF $28 to players 18/under who are U1250 or Unr, or 65/over. Reg.: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Rds.: 10-3:30, 9:30-3:00. Sunday Swiss (7/17 only): 3-SS, G/60. EF: $28 if rcvd. by 7/14, $33 at site. $$ PLAN AHEAD! 100-50-30 (b/8).Two sections with duplicate prizes if entries permit. Sun. Swiss Reg.: 9:30-10:30 a.m.. Sun. Rds. 11-1:30-4. NHCA Annual Meet- ing Sun. at 9:00 a.m. NHCA memb. req. for rated NH residents: $8 adult, 2011 U.S. Cadet $6 junior 18/under. Bye: 1-3 with entry, limit 1. Unrated may play in any sect. but can't win 1st except in Open. HR: $89-89, reserve early and men- July 11-15 - Crossville, Tennessee tion tnmt. Ent: NHCA, c/o Alex Relyea, 49Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. Info: 603-232-1373 or [email protected]. Cks. payable to NHCA. NS, W. Chess Magnet School JGP. 2011 U.S. Game/15 Championship July 16-17 or 17, New York July 16 - Saratoga, Wyoming Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) Marshall July Grand Prix! 4-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $50, members $30. $$625 Gtd: 275-150, U2200/unr. $105, U2000 $95. 2011 U.S. Senior Open Reg. ends 15 min. before round. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2-day, Rds. 12:30- 5:30PM each day; 1-day, (Rds. 1-2 G/30) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30PM Sun; July 18-23 - Houston, Texas both merge rd. 3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. FIDE (G/30 not FIDE ratable). Chess Magnet School JGP. 2011 U.S. Junior Open July 22-24 - Houston, Texas 2011 112th annual U.S. Open Green Mountain Open July 30-August 7, August 2-7 or August 4-7 July 29-31 or 30-31 2011 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open Championship STRATTON MOUNTAIN RESORT West Wardsboro, Vermont July 30-August 2 - Orlando, Florida $3000 GUARANTEED PRIZES 2011 Denker Tournament of High School Champions $1000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR! AND See “Grand Prix” for details. 2011 Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions http://denkerchess.com

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$400 toTop Junior in the Open Section!! Hotel: $89 Double or King with $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50, not available in Aug. 1-22, New York complimentary full breakfast! Mention: ChessTournament. Reserve early Open. GMs free; $80 deducted from prize. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri Grand Prix Points: 6 to be guaranteed a room and rate. Cutoff date 7/10. Info: Thad Rogers 6:30 pm, rds Fri 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 9 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends 91st Nassau Grand Prix & Qualifying (478)-742-5607, cell (478)-973-9389 or [email protected]. Enter: Sat 10:30 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 9 & 3:15. Half point byes OK 3SS, 40/80. 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & Main Sts., Mineola. Open: EF American Chess Promotions, 3055 General Lee Rd., Macon, GA 31204. all, must commit before rd 2; limit 1 bye towards class prizes. HR: $79- $36 by 7/30. $$ (416 b/13 top 2 G) 180-120, U2000/UR 116. Qualifying: NS, NC, FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP. 79 plus10% resort fee, 1-800-STRATTON, 802-297-2500, reserve by under 1400/UR. EF $16 by 7/30. $$ (120 b/10) 80-40. 1.5 pts quals for Car rental: Both: July 23, Florida 7/11 or rate may increase. Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD semi-final section of 9/12/11 Semis. EF non-memb $9 more, $7 #D657633, or reserve car online at chesstour.com. Unofficial more at site. Bye 1-3. Reg to 7:15 PM. Rds.: 7:15 each Mon. No game on Grand Prix Points: 20 (enhanced) uschess.org ratings Ent: 2nd NE Regional QC Qualifier Open (QC) usually used if otherwise unrated. Continen- 8/15. Ent: H. Stenzel, 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 11782. captnhal@optonline. tal Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: net. 6SS, G/29. Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), 600 Clyde Mor- 845-496-9658, chesstour.com. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance ris Blvd., Bldg 29, Rm 126, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 USA. EF: $40 if rec'd A State Championship Event! entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. by Jul 19, $50 at door. FCA Memb. Req'd: $20 for 2 yrs. OSA. $$GTD: Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, Arkansas $500-200-100. Top B: $100, Top C: $100, Top D& Under $100. Trophy & A State Championship Event! Grand Prix Points: 6 Title to highest player in NE Region. Winner seeded into Championship July 30, Pennsylvania Arkansas State Championship match at StateTmt. Reg.: 9-10:45. Rds.: 10/11:15/12:30/1:45/3/4:15. Grand Prix Points: 6 6-SS, G/120 (Schedule 1). Clarion Inn-1255 S. Shiloh Dr. (I-540 & US 62) ENT: Paul B. Tomaino, 575 N. Williamson Bl. #116, Daytona Beach, FL 2011 PA State Action Championship Fayetteville, AR, 1-479-521-1166. HR: $74 (incls brkfast). 2 Open Sched- 32114. INFO: Make checks payable to Paul BTomaino. [email protected]. 5SS, G/30. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA ules: 1: Reg: Fri. 5-5:45 pm. G/120. Rds. Fri. 6 pm; Sat. 9-2-6:30; Sun. DIR: www.daytonabchcc.org. NS. NC. W. 15213. 2 Sections: Championship: EF: $25 by 7/22, $35 later. $$ 9-1:30. Schedule 2: Reg: Sat. 8:30-9:15am. Rds. 1-2 (G/60) 9:30-11:45. (690G): $200-100, U2000 $90, U1800 $80, U1600 $70, U1400 $60, U1200 Merge with Schedule 1 in Rd. 3. EF: $45 (by 8/3), $50 at door (ACA memb. A Heritage Event! $50, U1000 $40. Trophies: 1-3 U1400, 1-3 U1200, 1-3 U1000. Scholas- req'd; OSA). $$b/50 400-250, ABCD-200 each class (min. 3/class or July 23-24, Wisconsin tic: Grades K-12 U900. EF: $15 by 7/22, $25 later.Trophies toTop 7, 1-3 prize $75), E down-100, Unr.-50, Upset Prize-50. Plaques for winners (AR Grand Prix Points: 10 U600. ALL: Trophies: 1-2 Schools, 1-2 Clubs. PSCF $5, OSA. Reg ends residents only). 2 half pt. byes avail (rds. 1-5). Ent: Les Kline, 801 Rush 35th Annual Green Bay Open Noon. Rds.: 12:30-1:45-3-4:15-5:45. Ent/Info: PSCF,c/oTom Martinak, Dr., Fayetteville AR 72701. 1-479-444-8530; [email protected]. Radisson Hotel, 2040 Airport Dr., Green Bay,WI 54313. 5SS, 40/100, 30/1, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223. 412-908-0286, martinak_tom_m@ NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP (for Schedule 1). SD/30. EF: $41, Juniors under 19 $36, if rec'd by 7/20, entries paid after hotmail.com. W. 7/20 including phone & email are $9 more! $$Gtd: $1450 Cash + 6 tro- Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, Connecticut July 30-31, California, Southern phies! 1st $375 + trophy, 2nd $210. (Class prizes: based on 4 players Grand Prix Points: 60 (enhanced) per class.) 1900's & 1800's $105 each; 1700's &1600's $100 each; 1500's Grand Prix Points: 10 17th Annual Northeast Open & 1400's $95 each; 1300's & 1200's $90 each; Under 1200/Unrated LACC - 2011 Club Championship 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Hotel (formerly $85.Trophies to top Juniors ages 17-18, 15-16, 13-14, 11-12, 10 & under. 6SS, G/60. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. 2 sections: OPEN Holiday Inn Select), 700 Main St., Stamford, CT 06901. Free parking. Reg.: 8:45-9:25am. Rds.: 10-2:30-7:30; 10-3:30. HR: $79/$79/$89/$99 & RESERVED.EF: $60 at the door ($55 if received by 7/28); $50 LACC mem- $10,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 4 sections. Open: $1200-600-400- call 920-494-7300 mention chess tournament. Room block held to 7/4. bers ($45 if received by 7/28); Siblings $15 off, $30 new LACC members, 300, clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, U2250 $700-400. FIDE. Under Other Info: 1/2 bye avail. rds 1, 2 or 3 if req'd w/entry.WCATour Event. Free new LACC Life members! 20% off EF for each friend you bring in. 2050: $800-400-300-200, top U1850 $500-300. Under 1650: $700-400- Entries & Inquiries to: Luke Ludwig, 2191 Allouez Ave., Green Bay,WI 5% off SCCF members. Reg.: Friday 7/29 6-8 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each 300-200, top U1450 $450-250. Under 1250: $600-300-200-100, top 54311. 920-465-9859, email: [email protected]. NS. NC. W. Chess day. Byes: Up to three 1/2-point byes available. 1-Day option I: Play 1 U1050$200-100. Unrated may not win over $200 in U1250 or $400 in Magnet School JGP. day- no 1/2 pt byes- 1/2 EF. 1-Day option II: Play 1 day & receive three U1650. EF: 3-day $88.50, 2-day $87.50 if check mailed by 7/28, all $89 1/2 pt byes- full EF. Prizes: $2,000 ($70% guaranteed) OPEN: $400-200- online at chesstour.com by 8/3, $95 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/3 (entry July 28, New York 150; U2200: $150; U2000: $150; RESERVED: U1800: $250-100-50; only, no questions), $100 at site. No mailed credit card entries. EF for U1600: $150-100-25; U1400: $100-50-25; U1200: $75-25. Parking: Free Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) unrated in U1250: all $40 less. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight! court parking (on Butler) or Building basement ($3). Info: 310/795-5710 free, $80 deducted from prize. Mailed EF $3 less to CSCA members. Re- 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 West 10 St., bet. 5-6 or [email protected] or www.LAChessClub.com. Ent: Checks or entry $50; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. EF: $35, Club membs $25, GMs free ($20 from Credit Cards accepted (advance call). usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with prize), may be limited to 1st 36 entries. $$ 560 Gtd: $$ 200-110-50,Top July 30-31, Virginia paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, U2200/unr $105, U2000 $95. Limit 2 byes (1 bye for U2000), commit by Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Grand Prix Points: 15 8:15. Reentry $15. CCA ratings may be used. Class pairings OK rd. 4. Rds.: 2nd Annual Fairfax Open Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible. EFs $5 EXTRA 4-SS, 40/2, SD/1. Best Western Fairfax City, 3535 Chain Bridge Rd., rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat IF UNDER 10 MINUTES BEFORE GAME! Fairfax, VA 22030 (I-66, Exit 60 to VA 123 South, left at first light, hotel 10:30 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. Bye: all, limit 2; must com- mit before rd 2. HR: $89-89, 800-408-7640, 203-358-8400; reserve by 7/22 July 29-31 or 30-31, Vermont on left). $$G 1800 UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED in 3 sections. Open: FIDE rated, 420-210-125, U2200 125, U2000 125. Reserve: Open or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced) to U1900, 225-120, U1700 120. Booster: Open to U1400/UNR, 150-90, reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 16th annual Green Mountain Open 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Stratton Mountain Resort, U1200 90. EF: $48 by PayPal or check if rcvd by 7/25; $60 cash or check at site. Reg.: 7/30 7:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30-4, 9:30-4. One half-point bye avail- www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour. Middle Ridge Rd. (take Stratton Mountain Road from center of Bondville), com. Chess Magnet School JGP. WestWardsboro, VT 05360. 35 minutes east from Manchester, VT or 55 able, must commit by beginning of rd 2. HR: $80, reserve at (703) 591- minutes west from Brattleboro via Rt 30; under 2 hours from Albany, NY 5500 (not 5000), mention chess tournament. ENT: PayPal to info@fairfax Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, Maryland open.com, or checks payable and addressed to Brennan Price, 3545 or Springfield, MA. $3000 guaranteed prizes. In 2 sections. Open: $500- Grand Prix Points: 30 300-200, top Under 2100 $320-160, Under 1900/Unr $300-150. Under Chain Bridge Rd., Suite 209 (NOT the hotel address), Fairfax, VA 22030- Potomac Open 1700: $300-200-100, top Under 1500 $180-90, Under 1300 $130-70, no 2708. Info: [email protected], www.fairfaxopen.com. Chess Magnet 5SS, 40/100, SD/45 + 30" incr, (Rnd 1 G/90 +30" incr) (2-day sched- unrated may win over $150. EF: 3-day $88, 2-day $87 if check mailed School JGP. ule: rds 1-2 G/40+30"incr) U1400 & U1100 G/120 (2-day option, rds 1-2 by7/21, all $89 online at chesstour.com by 7/27, $95 phoned to 406-896- A Heritage Event! G/60). Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD20852 , 301- 2038 by 7/27 (entry only, no questions), $100 at site. $50 less to unrated July 30-Aug. 7, Aug. 2-7 or 4-7, Florida 468-1100. $$Based on score. 5 sections: Open FIDE rated: 5.0 =$1500, in U1700. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Special 1 year USCF 4.5 =$700, 4.0=$350, 3.5=$150 [min $1500 payout, top score group Grand Prix Points: 300 dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult 112th annual U.S. Open raised if less than $1500] U1900 & U1700: 5.0= $1200, 4.5 = $600, 4.0= $30,Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult See Nationals. $300, 3.5= $100. U1400 & U1100: 5.0 =$500, 4.5 =$250, 4.0 =$125, 3.5 =$50. Unrated may not win over $100 in U1100, $200 U1400, or $400 U1700. Sets and board provided. Clocks provided in the Open sec- tion. Optionally, pairings can be texted to your phone. Free Sunday morning continental breakfast for players. Free parking for day guests. EF: $90 by 7/23, $100 by 8/2, and $105 online only by 8/4, $110 at the door. Special EFs: $35 less for U1400 & U1100, GMs free, $50 2011 NORTHEAST OPEN deducted from prize, IMs $45 off entrance fee, $20 deducted from prize. HR: $75, limited number of free rooms Sat. night for GMs. Rooms may not be avail after 7/23. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 7pm, rds Fri 8, Sat 11&6, Sun 9&3. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10am rds11, 2:30&6, Sun August 5-7 or 6-7, Stamford CT 9&3 U1400&U1100 3-day schedule Reg. ends Fri 7 pm, rds Fri 8, Sat 11&3:30, Sun 9&1:00 U1400&U1100 2-day schedule Reg. ends Sat 10am $10,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES! rds 11, 1:15 & 3:30, Sun 9& 1:00. Ent: Michael Regan, 1827Thornton Ridge Prizes $2000 more than last year! 5SS, Sheraton Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn Select), downtown near restauarants & stores, trains to Stamford run regularly from NYC, Westchester, and Connecticut. Free parking. Choice of 3-day or 2-day schedule. Room rates $89 single/twin. In 4 sections: WATHER USEN OFI NA G! Open Section: Prizes $1200-600-400-300,clear/tiebreak 1st$100,top Under 2250 $700-400. FIDE rated, 60 Grand Prix Points (enhanced). CELL PHONE IN THE TOURNAMENT ROOM IS U2050 Section: $800-400-300-200, top Under 1850 $500-300. U1650 Section: $700-400-300-200, top Under 1450 $450-250. PROHIBITED! U1250 Section: $600-300-200-100, top Under 1050 $200-100. AT MOST TOURNAMENTS! No unrated may win over $200 in Under 1250 or $400 in Under 1650. IF YOUR CELL PHONE RINGS IN A ROOM WITH Balance goes to next player(s) in line. GAMES IN PROGRESS, YOU COULD BE SEVERELY FOR FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue. PENALIZED, MAYBE EVEN FORFEITED! TURN IT OFF!

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Rd,Towson MD 21204. Detailed rules, more information and registration 806-0637, e-mail [email protected]. Free lecture by GM Gregory any section, with prize limits: U1000 $100, U1400 $200, U1700 $300, at http://thepotomacopen.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Kaidanov (if available). Chess Magnet School JGP. U2000 $500. Balance goes to next player(s) in line. EF: 3-day $133, 2-day Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, Ohio Aug. 6-7 or 7, New York $132 mailed by 8/4, all $135 online at chesstour.com by 8/8, $140 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/8 (entry only, no questions), $150 at site. Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced) Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) Cleveland Open Marshall August Grand Prix! EF for unrated in U1000 or U1400 Section: all $60 less. Mailed EF $20 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Cleveland Air- 4-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: less to Fresno Chess Club members. GMs free, $100 deducted from prize. port Hotel, 5300 Riverside Drive (inside Cleveland Airport; free shuttle), $50, members $30. $$625 Gtd: 275-150, U2200/unr. $105, U2000 $95. All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Spe- Cleveland, OH44135. Free parking, free airport shuttle. $16,000 guar- Reg. ends 15 min. before round. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2-day, Rds 12:30- cial 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life if paid with entry: Online at anteed prize fund. In 6 sections. Open: $2000-1000-600-300, clear or 5:30PM each day; 1-day, (Rds. 1-2 G/30) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30PM Sun; chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2200/Unr $1200-600. FIDE. both merge rd. 3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. FIDE (G/30 phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re- Under 2000: $1400-700-400-200. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-200. not FIDE ratable). Chess Magnet School JGP. entry $60; not available in Open Section. No checks at site, credit cards Under 1600: $1200-600-300-200. Under 1300: $1000-500-250-150. OK. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri6:30 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun A Heritage Event! 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10:30 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & Under 1000: $300-200-100, trophies to top U800, U600, Unr. Unrated Aug. 11-14, 12-14 or 13-14, Massachusetts may not win over $100 in U1000, $200 U1300, $400 U1600, or $700 U1800. 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. Byes: OK all, limit 1 bye towards class prizes; must com- Top 5 sections EF: 3-day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 7/28, all $105 online Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced) mit before rd 2. HR: $89-89, 800-333-3333 (corrected), 559-268-1000, 41st annual Continental Open request chess rate, reserve by 8/1 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, at chesstour.com by 8/2, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/2 (entry only, 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50). Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, no questions), $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site. No mailed 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through 366 Main St. (Rt 20West), Sturbridge, MA 01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY credit card entries. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF for all in Free parking. Experience early 19th century America at Old Sturbridge U1000 or unrated in U1300: $70 less. EF for rated seniors age 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour. Village (see www.osv.org). Prizes $30,000 based on 250 paid entries (re- com. Chess Magnet School JGP. 65/over in U1300 or above: all $30 less. Special 1 year USCF dues with entries & $60 less EF count half), minimum $21,000 (70% of each prize) paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $3000-1500-700-400-300, clear or Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, Indiana Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, tiebreak win $100 bonus, top U2400/Unr $1800-1000. FIDE. Under Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced) Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Sec- 2200: $2000-1000-600-400-300. Under 2000: $2000-1000-600-400- 6th annual Indianapolis Open tion. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 300. Under 1800: $2000-1000-600-400-300. Under 1600: $1800-900- 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds1-2 G/75). Wyndham Indianapolis 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, 500-400-300. Under 1300: $1600-800-400-300-200. Under 1000: $500- West, 2544 Executive Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46241. Free parking, free air- Sun 10 & 4:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before 300-150-100-50. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limit U2000 port shuttle. $$18,000 based on 220 paid entries (re-entries & $50 off rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $80-80-80-80, 216-267-1500, request chess $900, U1800 $700, U1600 $500, U1300 $300, U1000 $200; balance goes entries count half), $13,500 (75% each prize) minimum guaranteed. In rate, reserve by 7/21 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331- to next player(s) in line. Top 6 sections EF: 4-day $144, 3-day $143, 2- 6 sections. Open: $2000-1000-600-400, clear or tiebreak winner $100 1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: day $142 mailed by 8/4, all $145 online at chesstour.com by 8/8, $150 bonus, top Under 2300/Unr $1200-600. FIDE. Under 2100: $1500-700- Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service phoned by 8/8 (406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), $160 (no checks, 400-300. Under 1900: $1500-700-400-300. Under 1700: $1300-600-400- charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. credit cards OK) at tmt. No credit card mailed entries. GMs free; $140 300. Under 1500: $1200-600-300-200. Under 1200: $700-400-200-100. Chess Magnet School JGP. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. deducted from prize. EF for all in Under 1000 Section & unrated in Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, $500 U1700, or Aug. 6-7, California, Southern U1300: all $60 less. All: MACA membership ($12, under 18 $6) required $700 U1900. Top 5 sections EF: 3-day $108, 2-day $107 if check mailed Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) for rated MA residents, WMCA accepted for western MA residents. Re- by 8/4, all $109 online at chesstour.com by 8/8, $110 phoned to 406-896- San Diego County Championship entry $80; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings 2038 by 8/8 (entry only, no questions), $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at the San Diego Chess Club, 2225 Sixth Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. $3,500 usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF for all in U1200 or prize fund, based on 70 players. 5 Rd SS, 3 Sections, Rds are Sat 10 AM, paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, unrated in U1500: all $50 less. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper 2 PM & 6 PM (G/90 with 5 sec delay), and Sun 10 AM & 3 PM (G/120 w/ Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30,Young Adult 5 sec delay), 1 bye available in Rounds 1-4. EF: $50 IF rcvd by 8/05, oth- Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 4-day schedule: RegThu to 6:30 pm, $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young Adult erwise $60. Special Rate for U1400 or Unr is only $25 in advance or $30 rdsThu 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg. $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. 3-day at door. Book prize only for Unr players. SCCF membership Req'd, ($18 Fri to 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day sched- schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11& 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. Adult/$10 Jr), for all So. Calif. residents, this is a State Championship Qual- ule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds Sat 10,12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. All 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. ifier. Reg.: 9 AM to 9:45. Prizes: Open Section: $500-250, BU 2400 schedules: Bye all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, other sec- All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, oth- $200-50 BU 2300 $200-50, BU2200 $200-50, BU2100 $200-50. Reserve tions before rd 4. HR: $87-87, 800-582-3232, 508-347-7393, request chess ers before rd 3. HR: $95-95-95-95, 1-877-361-4511, 317-248-0187; Section (under 2000): $300-150, BU 1900 $200-50, BU1800 $200-50, rate, reserve by 7/28 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331- reserve by 7/29 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, Ent: BU1700 $200-50. Booster Section (under 1600): $180-75, BU1500 1600, use AWD #D657633. Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Con- Ent: Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chess $100-50, BU1400 $75-25, Plus $15 Best Game Prize in each Section. tinental Chess, Box249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for SDCC, POB 120162, San Diego, CA 92112. Info: call Bruce Baker (619) tour.com, 845-496-9648. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries 239-7166, or see the SDCC website http://sdchessclub.multiply.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, California, Northern Aug. 6-7, Kentucky Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced) 3rd annual Central California Open Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) Lexington Open/Kaidanov Birthday Bash 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). RadissonHotel, 2233 Ven- 5-SS, 2-Days, G/90. $$b/50 ($500 $$/G for top players), Open Section: tura St., Fresno, CA 93710. Free parking, free airport shuttle. Cosponsored $500-$200-$125, U2100 $200-$125, U1900 Section: $200-$125-$75, by Fresno Chess Club. $$ 16,000 based on 150 paid entries (re-entries CONTINENTAL CHESS SCHEDULE U1700 $200-$125, U1500 Section: $200-$125-$75, U1200 $150-$75. EF: & $60 less EF count half), minimum $12,000 (75% of each prize) guar- Visit our website $50; On-Site: $60; FM/IM/GM free entry, deduct entry from winnings. anteed. In 5 sections: Open: $1800-900-500-300,clear or tiebreak 1st at www. chesstour. com for Reg.: 8/6 9-10am; Rds.: 8/6 – 10am-2pm-5:30pm. 8/7: 10am-2pm. $100, top U2300 $700, U2200 $600, U2100 $500/Unr. FIDE. Under late news, results, games, CCA minimum ratings, Byes for rds.1-4; Must notifyTD by round 2. Location: Lexington Catholic 2000: $1300-700-300-200, top U1800 $500. Under 1700: $1200-600-300- advance entries, and more! High School, 2250 Clays Mill Rd., Lexington, KY 40503 (entrance around 200, top U1500 $400. Under 1400: $1100-600-300-200, top U1200 $400. Most tournaments have alternate schedules back). Contact: Matt Gurley or Jerry Baker, Phone: 859-537-1060 or 859- Under 1000: $1000-500-300-200, top U800$300. Unrated may enter playing less or more days than listed below. Asterisk means full details in this issue- otherwise, see future issues or our website.

7/15-17: Pacific Coast Open, Agoura Hills CA* 7/15-17: Chicago Class,W heeling IL* 6th annual 7/22-24: Bradley Open, Windsor Locks CT* 7/29-31: Green Mountain Open, Stratton Mountain VT* INDIANAPOLIS OPEN 8/5-7: Cleveland Open, Cleveland OH* 8/5-7: Northeast Open, Stamford CT* 8/12-14: Continental Open, Sturbridge MA* , 2011 8/12-14: Indianapolis Open, Indianapolis IN* August 12-14 or13-14 8/12-14: Central California Open, Fresno CA* 8/19-21: Manhattan Open, New York NY* $18,000 projected prizes, $13,500 minimum! 8/26-28: Atlantic Open, Washington DC* 9/3-5: NY State Championship, Albany NY* 5 rounds at Wyndham Indianapolis West- free parking, free airport 9/16-18: Louisville Open, Louisville KY* 10/6-10: Continental Class Champs, Arlington VA* shuttle, $95 room rate. Choice of 3-day or 2-day schedule. Prizes based on 10/14-16: Midwest Class, Wheeling IL* 220 paid entries (last year had 220 players & paid full prizes). In 6 sections: 10/21-23: Boardwalk Open, Asbury Park NJ* 10/30: Schenectady, NY Open Section: Prizes $2000-1000-600-400, clear/tiebreak 1st $100 11/4-6: Eastern Team Championship, Stamford CT* 11/11-13: Kings Island Open, Mason OH* bonus, top Under 2300/Unr $1200-600. FIDE rated, 100 GPP (enhanced). 11/25-27: National Chess Congress, Philadelphia PA* U2100 Section: $1500-700-400-300. 12/9-11: New England Senior, Windsor Locks CT* 12/9-11: New England Amateur, Windsor Locks CT U1900 Section: $1500-700-400-300. 12/10-11: New England Scholastics, Windsor Locks CT* 12/26-29: North American Open, Las Vegas NV* U1700 Section: $1300-600-400-300. Unrated limit $500. 12/26-29: Empire City Open, New York NY U1500 Section: $1200-600-300-200. Unrated limit $300. 1/13-16: Liberty Bell Open, Philadelphia PA 1/13-16: Golden State Open, Concord CA U1200 Section: $700-400-200-100. Unrated limit $150. 3/2-4: Eastern Class Championshipos, Sturbridge MA 3/9-11: Western Class Championships, Agoura Hills CA FOR FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue. 3/16-18: Mid-America Open, St Louis MO For later events, see chesstour.com.

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Aug. 12-14, Oregon 300-300, top Under 1000 $1000-500. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 3. Entries: Erik Murrah, 603 Westbrook Way, Lexington, SC 29072. Grand Prix Points: 60 26 lifetime games rated as of 8/11 list may not win over $500 in U1000, www.columbiaopen.com. Info: Erik Murrah, [email protected]. NS. Portland Chess Club Centennial Open - $10,000 Guaranteed! $1500 in U1200, not in U1300, or $2500 in U1500. Games rated too late NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel, 1000 NEMultnomah, Portland, OR 97232. for 8/11 list not counted. 2) If more than 30 points over section maxi- In 2 Sections, Championship Section: 6SS, 40/120; SD 60, FIDErated. mum on any USCF rating supplement 8/10-7/11, prize limit $1500. 3) Aug. 20, Tennessee Free entry for GM's and IM's ($100 deducted from prize). $$GTD: $2000- Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) cannot win over $300 in U1200, Grand Prix Points: 6 $1000-$500. U2000 $500-$300-$200. FIDEratings used for foreign $600 U1500, $1000 U1700, $1500 U1900, or $2000 U2100. Unofficial 19th Battle of Murfreesboro players without USCF ratings. Any player winning $600 or more must com- uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 4) Balance of lim- 5-SS, rd.1 G/30, rd.2 G/60, rds.3, 4, 5 G/75. Grace Lutheran Church, 811 plete IRS form with SSN before payment. Advance Registrations must be ited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Open Section EF: GMs, foreign E. Clark Blvd., Murfreesboro,TN. EF: $25 by 8/18, $30 at site. $$ (1160, received by August 8. Amateur Section: 6SS, 40/120; SD 60, Open to IMs, foreignWGMs: free, $150 deducted from prize. US IMs, USWGMs, top 2 G, class prizes b/6 entries per class, else proportional): $200- 1999 & under. $$GTD: $1000-$600-$400. U1800, U1600, U1400, all & foreign FIDErated players: $125 mailed by 8/9, $127 online by 8/15, 120, X, A, B, C, D, E/below, Unr. each $120. Reg.: 8:00-8:45am. Rds.: $500-$300-$200; U 1200/unr $300-$200. FIDEratings used for foreign $130 phoned by 8/15, $150 at site; $100 deducted from prize. US FIDE 9:00-10:00-12:30-3:00-5:30. Ent: Rutherford County Chess Club, P.O. players without USCF ratings. Any player winning $600 or more must com- 2200/plus: $225 mailed by 8/9, $227 online at chesstour.com by 8/15, Box 1593, Murfreesboro, TN 37133. http://rccc.us/ (with map to site), plete IRS form with SSN before payment. ALL: EF: $110; $10 discount $230 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/15, $250 at site. US players under [email protected], 615-895-7989. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. for advanced registrations received by August 8. Memb. Req'd: OSA. Reg.: 2200 FIDEor all players with no FIDErating: $375 mailed by 8/9, $377 Aug. 20, Virginia Friday 9:00 am to 10:45am. Rds.: Friday 11 am & 7 pm; Saturday 9 am online by 8/15, $380 phoned by 8/15, $400 at site. U2300 through U1200 Grand Prix Points: 10 & 7 pm; Sunday 10 am & 5 pm. Players rated 2200 and above may enter Sections EF: 4-day $224, 3-day $223, 2-day $222 mailed by 8/9, all $227 Tracy Callis Memorial 2nd round with 1 point. Others: one irrevocable half-point bye available online at chesstour.com by 8/15, all $230 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/15, 3-Round SS, Game/90 w/5 second delay. St. John's Lutheran Church, 4608 for any round if requested before round 2. ENT: Mike Morris; 2344 NE not by 8/17, all $250 after 8/15, not by 8/17, until 2 hours before rd 1. Brambleton Ave. SW, Roanoke, VA 24018. GUARANTEED PRIZES:Top Sec- 27th Ave., Portland, OR 97212. INFO: www.pdxchess.org, mikejmorris@ No phone entry after 8/15, not by 8/17. EF $100 less to rated seniors tion: $250-$150-$100. Additional Sections: If Octagonals, each is HR: earthlink.net. $99 single; $109 double; plus tax (mention tournament) over 65 in U2300 or below. EF $100 less to unrated in Under 1200 or guaranteed $150-$125. If Hexagonals, each is guaranteed $125-$100. $20 refund to guests registered at hotel for 2 nights, payable at end of Under 1500. Special 1 year USCF membership with paper magazine If Quads, each is guaranteed $125. ENTRY FEE: If received by Aug 19, tournament (one refund per room) 1-800-996-0510 or 503-281-6111 if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, $30.00. At site, $40.00. REGISTRATION: 6-9 pm on 8/19; 8:30-9:30 am Take MAX light rail direct from airport or train station to hotel (no rental Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young Adult $30, on 8/20. ROUNDS: 10-2:30-6:00. BYES: One only per tournament; must cars needed!). DIR: Easy access from I-5/ Rose Quarter Exit. NS. NC.W. Scholastic $20. No checks at site, credit cards OK. No mailed credit card request before 1st round begins. ADVANCED ENTRIES: Roanoke Valley Chess Magnet School JGP. entries. Re-entry: $100, no re-entry from Open Section to Open Section. Chess Club, P.O. Box 14143, Roanoke, Va. 24038. PHONE: (276) 692-6418. 5-day schedule (Open only): Reg. ends Wed 6 pm, rds. Wed. 7 pm,Thu Aug. 13, Virginia EMAIL: WEB PAGE: 12 & 7, Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 4-day schedule: Reg. ends [email protected]. roanokechess.com NS. NC. Grand Prix Points: 10 W. Bargain Book Sale on site. FREE LUNCH PROVIDED! Harris Pavilion "Open Air" (QC) Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 6 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day 5SS, G/20. Loy E. Harris Pavilion, 9201 Center St., Manassas, VA 20110. schedule: Reg. ends Fri 10 am, rds Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. A Heritage Event! 2 Sections. Open: EF: $25 if received by 8/10, $35 at site. Prizes 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat. 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun Aug. 26-28 or 27-28, District of Columbia 10 & 4:30. 4-day, 3-day, & 2-day merge & compete for same prizes. $$800G: $250-150-100, U2000-U1600-U1200-Unr. each $75. Fun (not Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced) USCF-rated): EF: $10 if received by 8/10, $20 at site. Prizes: trophies Byes: all; limit 3 (limit 2 in last 4 rds), Open must commit before rd 2, 43rd annual Atlantic Open to the top ten. Both: Reg.: 8:30-9:45. Rds.: 10-11-12:30-1:30-2:30. Ent: others before rd 4. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- none sup- 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75), Washington Westin Hotel, Harris Pavilion, 9116 Center St., Ste. 103, Manassas, VA 20110. W. plied. HR: $145-145-170, 1-800-764-4680, reserve by 7/27 or rate may 1400 M St. NW at Thomas Circle, Washington, DC 20005. $$G 20,000 increase, ask for Continental Chess Association rate. Car rentals: Avis, GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND. In 7 sections. Open: $2000-1000-500-300, Aug. 16, New York 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 or reserve car online at chess- clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1200-600. FIDE. Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) tour.com. Foreign player ratings: Usually 100 points added to FIDE, 100 Under 2100: $1500-700-400-200. Under 1900: $1500-700-400-200. Marshall Masters to FQE, 200/more to most other foreign, no points added to CFC, PR or Under 1700: $1500-700-400-200. Under 1500: $1300-700-400-200. 4-SS, G/30. Third Tuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not accepted for U1900 or below. High- Under 1300: Under 1000: NYC. 212-477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scor- est of multiple ratings usually used. Players who fail to disclose foreign $1200-600-300-200. $400-300-200-100, tro- ing over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 tournament since the prior or FIDEratings may be expelled. US player ratings: August list used; phies to top 3, first U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated may not win over $100 month's Masters). EF: $40, members $30, GMs free. $$G250-150-100. FIDEratings used in Open Section. Special rules: Players must submit in U1000, $200 U1300, $400 U1500,$500 U1700, or $600 U1900. Top 6 Prizes to U2400, U2300 and biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7- to a search for electronic devices if requested by Director. In round 3 or sections EF: 3-day $103, 2-day $102 if check mailed by 8/18, all $104 8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available (Rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry. after, players with scores of 80% or over and their opponents may not online at chesstour.com by 8/23, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/23 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site. EF for all in U1000 or unrated Aug. 17-21, 18-21, 19-21 or 20-21, New York use headphones, earphones or cellphones or go to a different floor of the hotel without Director permission. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, in U1300: All $60 less. No mailed credit card entries. No checks at site, Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced) Manhattan Open Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. credit cards OK. GMs free, $90 deducted from prize. Re-entry $60, not New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St. Across from Penn Station, You may request "lowest possible section" if August rating unknown. $15 available in Open Section. All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually NewYork 10001. Open Section, Aug 17-21: 9SS, 40/2, SD/1. GM & IM service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chess- used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper mag- norms possible. Other sections, Aug 18-21, 19-21 or 20-21: 6SS, 40/2, tour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. azine if paid with entry- Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult SD/1 (2-day option, rds. 1-3 G/50). Open and U2300 Sections (except Aug. 19-21, South Carolina $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young Adult rounds 1-3 of U2300 2-day) are FIDErated. Prizes $100,000 based on $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Grand Prix Points: 40 650 paid entries (unrated in U1200 or U1500, seniors, re-entries, GMs, Columbia Open Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 10 am, rds WGMs, foreign IMs count as half entries), else proportional, minimum 5SS, $5000 Guaranteed. 30/90, G/60 (2day Round 1 G/90), Hilton Gar- Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 2, Open must commit before $70,000 (70% of each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections, not 6 sections: den Inn, 434 Columbiana Dr., Columbia, SC 29212. HR: $89 803 407-6640. rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $96-96, 202-429-1700, reserve by 8/12 or Open: $10000-5000-2500-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400, clear or Reserve by July 30, Mention Columbia Open ChessTournament. In 3 Sec- rate may increase. Earlier reservation is recommended; last year the tiebreak first $200 bonus, FIDEUnder 2500/Unr $3000-1500. Under 2300, tions, Open: 1st $1000- 2nd 600 3rd 400. Top U2100 $100. U1800: 1st chess room block sold out. Regular rate at this luxury hotel is about $200! Under 2100, Under 1900: each $5000-2500-1500-1000-700-600-500-400- $750 2nd 400 3rd 200.Top U1600 $100. U1400: 1st $750 2nd 400 3rd 200. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633, or reserve car online 300-300. Under 1700: $4500-2200-1300-1000-700-600-500-400-300-300. Top U1200 $100. Entry Fee: $59 by August 12. $75 after August 12. Free through chesstour.com. Parking: Valet parking $10/day to 2 am or Under 1500: $4000-2000-1000-800-700-600-500-400-300-300, top Under entry to 2200+ (deduct $59 from winnings). $25 Re-entry. One half $20/day overnight; garage has limited space. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 1300 $1000-500. Under 1200: $3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400- point bye available any round. Round 4 & 5 must declare before Round 249, Salisbury Mills, NY12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chess- tour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 27, Pennsylvania Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) 2011 August LVCA Grand Prix rd 4SS, G/75. Lehigh County Senior Center, 1633 Elm St., Allentown, PA 18102. 3 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OPEN EF: $40, LVCA/LCSC Members $30. $$450 100% Gtd., $$150-100-50, top U18 $75, top U16/unrated $75. UNRATEDS FREE ENTRY, if paying 1 year USCF Dues. Up to two 1/2 pt byes (if declared by round 3). REG.: Ends August 12-14 or 13-14, 2011 10am. RDS.: 10:30-1:00-4:00-6:30. Ent/Info: Check payable: Bruce Davis, 1208 Linden St., Fl. 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018 or 484-866-3045 or $16,000 projected prizes, $12,000 minimum! [email protected], www.lehighvalleychess.org. Chess Mag- net School JGP. 5 rounds, Radisson Hotel in downtown Fresno- free parking & A Heritage Event! Aug. 27-28, Iowa airport shuttle, $89 rooms. Reservations (corrected) 800-333-3333, 559-268- Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) 1000. Cosponsored by Fresno Chess Club. Choice of 3-day or 2-day schedule. 57th Iowa Open Championship IASCA Super GP Qualifier. Clarion Highlander Convention Center, I-80 NE Prizes based on 150 paid entries with 75% minimum. In 5 sections: side of Exit 246, Iowa City, IA 52245. 5-SS, 30/75 SD/60T/D5. Rds.: 10- 2:30-7, 9-1:30. Reg.: 8:30-9:30. Prizes: $1200 b/35 Gtd 1&2 Open Section: $1800-900-500-300, clear/tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top 320+T-200-125 U2000, U1800, U1600 125/60 each. EF: $49 pstmked 8/22, $55 on site, IM & GM free EF deducted from any prize, Jrs. & Sr. U2300 $700, U2200 $600, U2100/Unr $500. FIDE, 80 GPP (enhanced). $10 off, $10 off Out of state residents, IASCA membership reqd ($15 reg, U2000 Section: $1300-700-300-200, top U1800 $500. $10 Jr.) or OSA ENT: Hawkeye Chess Club, c/o Steve Young, PO Box 2833, Iowa City, IA 52244, Ph# 319.594.3977, [email protected]. Chess U1700 Section: $1200-600-300-200, top U1500 $400. Magnet School JGP. U1400 Section: $1100-600-300-200, top U1200 $400. Aug. 27-28, Michigan Grand Prix Points: 6 U1000 Section: $1000-500-300-200, top U800 $300. 2011 U.P.Open Masonic Building, 128 W. Washington St., Marquete, MI (parking and Unr. prize limit: U1000 $100, U1400 $200, U1700 $300, U2000 $500. entrance in rear of building). 5SS/G 2 hr. Entry Fee: $30 ($20 for juniors 19 or under). Prizes: $250 first place (GTD), $125 second (GTD), others based on entries.Trophy to top U. P.resident. Reg.: 9-9:30 Sat. Rds.: Sat FOR FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue. 10:00, 2:30, 7:00; Sun 9:30, 2:00-all times EDT. Byes available all rounds, but must be requested before registration ends. Info and early entries: Robert John, 315 E. Prospect St., Marquette, MI 49855, 906-228-8126, [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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Aug. 27-28 or 28, New York 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $97-97, 800- day merge at round 4, all compete for the same prizes. 3-day sched- Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) 443-8952, 518-458-8444, reserve by 8/24 or rate may increase. NYSCA ule: Sat 10:00-3:30; Sun 11:00-4:45; Mon 10:00-3:30. 2-day schedule: Marshall Late August GP meeting 9 am Sun. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWDD657633, or Sun 9:30-11:45-2:00-4:45; Mon 10:00-3:30. 1/2 pt bye(s) any round(s) 4-SS, 30/90 SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box if requested in advance (byes rds 5-6 must be requested before rd 1). $50, members $30. $625 Gtd: $275-150, U2200/unr $105, U2000 $95. 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845- 2011 September Ratings List, CCA minimums and Directors discretion will Reg ends 15 min before round. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day 12:30-5:30 each 496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet be used to place players as accurately as possible. Please bring clocks day, 1 day (Rds 1 & 2 G/30) 10-11:15-12:30-5:30. Both merge Rd 3. Limit School JGP. and equipment. HR: Golden Gateway Holiday Inn (415)-441-4000. INFO: 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. FIDE (G/30 not FIDE-rateable). A State Championship Event! Richard Koepcke (650)-224-4938. Ent: Richard Koepcke, P.O. Box 1432, Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 3, Maryland Mountain View, CA 94042. No Phone entries. Master Section FIDE Rated. Sept. 1, New York Grand Prix Points: 10 Chess Magnet School JGP. Maryland Action Championship Grand Prix Points: 10 A Heritage Event! 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight! 6SS, Game/30. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 West 10 St., bet. 5-6 Prizes Guaranteed: $300-$200-$100, U2000 $90, U1800 $80, U1600 Sept. 3-5, California, Southern Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. EF: $35, Club membs $25, GMs free ($20 from $70, U1400 $60, unrated $50. EF: $30 by 8/30, $35 by 9/1, and $40 at Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced) prize), may be limited to 1st 36 entries. $$ 560 Gtd: $$ 200-110-50,Top the door. Schedule: Reg. ends 10am, rds 10:30-11:45-1:30-2:45-4-5:15. 33rd Annual Southern California Open U2200/unr $105, U2000 $95. Limit 2 byes (1 bye for U2000), commit by More information & online entry at: http://themdactionblitz.com. 6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day schedule rds 1-3 G/60, then merges). Crowne 8:15. Reentry $15. CCA ratings may be used. Class pairings OK rd. 4. Rds.: Plaza Hotel, 2270 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108. $$20,000 Guar- 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible. EFs $5 EXTRA A Heritage Event! anteed prize fund. 5 Sections. Prizes: Open Sec 1st $2,600-1,800- IF UNDER 10 MINUTES BEFORE GAME! A State Championship Event! 1,200-900-600-500-400, BU2300 $800-400, BU2200 $1,000-600-400- Sept. 3-4, Colorado 200; Premier Section (U2000): $1,000-600-400-200; Amateur Section A State Championship Event! Grand Prix Points: 6 (U1800) $1,000-600-400-200; Reserve Section (U1600) $1,000-600- A Heritage Event! 62nd Colorado Open Booster Section Sept. 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5, New York 5SS, Rds 1-2: G/90, Rds 3-5: 40/90, SD/1. Site: Doubletree Hotel Tech 400-200; (U1400) $600-400-200-100, BU1200 $300-150, Best Unrated $100. Plus Best Game Prizes: $75-50-25, one reserved for Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced) Center, 7801 East Orchard Rd., Greenwood Village, CO, 80111. Prizes: 133rd annual NY State Championship $2,500 based on 100 players, in 3 sections. 50% of All Prizes Guaranteed. non-open sections. Reg.: 3-day: 8 to 9:30 AM, Sept official rating list used. Out of state welcome. 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-dayoption except in Open Open: $350-150-100, top U2000: $150-100; Under 1800: $300-150- 2-day: 8 AM to 9 AM Sunday. Rds.: 3 day: 10 AM & 5 PM on Sat-Sun, 9 Section, rds 1-3 G/45). Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd., Albany 12205 100, top U1600: $150-100, Unrated Player Prize Limit: $150; Under AM & 4 PM on Mon. 2- day: 9:30 AM ,11:45 & 2 PM Sun, then merges. (Thruway Exit 24, I-87 north to Wolf Rd, Exit 4). Luxurious hotel with 1400: $300-150-100, top U1200: $150-100, top U1000/Unrated: $50, EF: $100 if received by 8/14, $120 at door. No credit cards at door, indoor/outdoor pool, sauna, fitness center, free parking, free airport shut- Unrated player prize limit: $100. EF: If received by 8/31: $45, $35 for Jr. checks or cash only. Special rate of only $75 if U1400 or unrated. Free tle, many restaurants in area. $$G 13,000. In 6 sections. Open: (under 18)/Sr. (65+)/Unrated. $5 more for late registration after 8/31. entry for GMs and IMs, no entry fee deducted from prizes, but you must $1500-700-400-200, topU2300/Unr $800. State title and $100 bonus to Reg.: 9/3, 8-930am. Rds.: 9/3: 10am-2pm-6pm; 9/4: 9am-3:30pm. HR: check in at least one hour before the 1st round. Open section will be FIDE top NYS resident. FIDE. Under 2200: $1000-500-300-150. Under 2000: $79 (mention ChessTourney), 303-779-6161. Entries: Richard Buchanan, rated. Unrated must play in Open (eligible for place prizes only) or $1000-500-300-150. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-150. Under 1600: 1 Sutherland Road, Manitou Springs, CO 80829. [email protected], U1400 (eligible for Unrated prize only). SCCF membership req'd ($18 Adult, $800-400-250-150, top U1400 $300. Under 1300: $700-350-200-100, top 719-685-1984. State Membership Required ($15, $10 Jr/Sr.), OSA. Col- $10 Jr) for all So Cal residents. Two half point byes OK in rds 1-6, must U1100 $200, trophies to top 5, 1st 800-999, U800, Unr. Unrated may not oradoTour Event. CSCA Annual Meeting held on 9/4 between rounds 4-5 be requested at least one hour before round, but a last round bye must Chess Magnet School JGP. win over $200 in U1300, $300 U1600, $500 U1800, or $700 U2000. All: at 230pm. NC, NS, W. be requested at registration and is irrevocable. Ent: SDCC, PO Box 1 year NYSCA membership to NY residents who list name and address Sept. 3-5 or 4-5, California, Northern 120162, San Diego, CA 92112 or enter online at www.scchess.com. For on signup sheet posted at tournament. EF: 4-day $99, 3-day $98, 2-day Grand Prix Points: 30 more info call Bruce Baker of SDCC at (619) 239-7166 or see our web- $97 if check mailed by 8/25, all $100 online at chesstour.com by 8/31, 2011 Labor Day Chess Festival site at sdchessclub.multiply.com. SCCF Annual Membership Meeting: $105 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/31(entry only, no questions), $120 at 6-SS, 30/90, SD/1 (2-day option rds 1-3 G/60). Golden Geteway Holiday Sunday 3 PM. Hotel Rates: Special rate of only $110 single or double, site. No mailed credit card entries. $70 less to unrated in U1300 or Inn. Van Ness at Pine, San Francisco. $$B 160 paid entries (not count- 619-297-1101, or 1-800-227-6963 if booked by 8/14/11, must reserve All: U1600 section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if other- ing free or unrated entries). Six Sections: Master $1500-750-400-350 at least 2 nights, book ASAP,as rates will go up and rooms may sell out wise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid "A" "B" by mid-August. Great tropical themed hotel is in the heart of Mission Val- with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30,Young Adult $20, Scholas- U2300 $300; Expert $700-350-200-150. $700-350-200-150. tic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, $700-350-200-150. "C" $700-350-200-150. "D/E" $700-$350-$200 ley, close to airport, great attractions such as SeaWorld, the SD Zoo, the Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60, all sections but Open. GMs free, $80 U1200 $200-150. Unr: Trophy First. Trophy to top finisher (State Cham- lively Gaslamp District for night life, Seaport Village and Fashion Valley deducted from prize. No checks at site, credit cards OK. 3-day sched- pion) in each section. All, EF: postmarked by 8/29 $115. $125 at site. for shopping.The Crown Plaza Hotel (see www.cp-sandiego.com) has a ule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:15. Unrateds $20 in the D/E section or may play up to the Master section great restaurant and sushi bar, a heated pool, a fitness room,Whirlpool 4-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 6 pm, Sun 11 for the regular fee. $5 discount to CalChess members. USCF memb. spa, free shuttle service and is next to the excellent Riverwalk golf & 6, Mon 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sun. 10:30 am, rds Sun req'd. May play up one section for add'l $10. GM/IM free entry. Reg.: Sat course. NS, NC, W. State Championship Qualifier. Chess Magnet School 11, 1:30, 3:30, 6, Mon 10 &4:15, no 2-day schedule in Open. Bye: all, limit 9/3 8:30-9:30am, Sun 9/4 8-9am. RDS.: Choice of schedules- 3-day, 2- JGP. 43rd annual Atlantic Open August 26-28 or 27-28, 2011 at Washington Westin Hotel $20,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND!

5 rounds, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day Unrated prize limits: U1000 Unofficial uschess.org ratings option, rds 1-2 G/75), Washington $100, U1300 $200, U1500 $400, usually used if otherwise unrated. Westin Hotel, 1400 M St NW at U1700 $500, U1900 $600. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 Thomas Circle, Washington DC pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 6 pm, 20005 (5 blocks from White House). Top 6 sections entry fee: 3-day Sun. 10 am & 4:30 pm. Hotel rates: $96-96, 202-429- $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 8/18, all 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 1700, 800-445-8667, reserve by 8/12. $104 at chesstour.com by 8/23, $110 10 am, rds. Sat 11 am, 2:30 pm & 6 phoned to 406-896-2038 (entry only, pm; Sun. 10 am & 4:30 pm. In 7 sections: no questions) by 8/23, $120 (no Half point byes OK all (limit 2), Open: $2000-1000-500-300, clear checks, credit cards OK) at site. Open must commit before rd 2, or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top EF for all in U1000 or unrated in others before rd 3. Under 2300/Unr $1200-600. FIDE U1300: all $60 less. rated, 120 Grand Prix Pts (enhanced). Re-entry (except Open): $60. Bring set, board, & clock if Under 2100: $1500-700-400-200. Special 1 year USCF dues with possible- none supplied. Under 1900: $1500-700-400-200. Chess Life if paid with entry. Online Entry: Continental Chess, Box Under 1700: $1500-700-400-200. at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young 249, Salisbury Mills NY 12577. Under 1500: $1300-700-400-200. Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, Optional entry form faces inside Under 1300: $1200-600-300-200. phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, back cover. $15 service charge for Under 1000: $400-300-200-100, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. refunds. Advance entries will be trophy to top 3, U800, U600, Unr. USCF membership required. posted at chesstour.com. JGP.

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A State Championship Event! count as half), 75% G. 4 sections. Open: $500-250-150, U2200 $200-100. Sept. 3-5, Oklahoma Sept. 3-5, Florida U2000: $300-150-100. U1750: $300-150-100. U1500: $250-125-100, Grand Prix Points: 15 Grand Prix Points: 50 U1350 $125, U1200 $100. New England Champion title to highest scor- 7th Okie Chess Festival Arnold Denker Florida State Championship ing New England resident or student in each sect. Unrated prize limits: TulsaTrade Winds Central, 3141 E Skelly Dr. (51st & Harvard),Tulsa, OK 6SS, G/120. Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, 851 Gulf Shore Blvd. N, $200 in U2000, $150 in U1750, $100 in U1500, can't win title except in 74105. 7-SS in three sections: FIDE Open, FIDE Reserve (open to U1800), Naples 34102. $$10,000 GUARANTEED! 6 Sect: Open: $1200-600-300, Open. EF: $49 for 3-Day, $48 for 2-Day if postmarked by 8/29 or online and Booster (open to U1300). G/90+30 sec.Top 2 sections FIDE rated. U2300: $400, U2200: $400; U2000: $600-300-200, U1900: $300; U1800: by 9/1, $60 at site. $20 discount to unrated and to players in U1500 rated EF: $60 in the top 2 sections, $20 for Booster players. Reg.: Sat 9/3, 9:00- $600-300-200, U1700: $300; U1600: $600-300-200, U1500: $300; U1400: under 1000. Free to GMs and IMs. 3-Day Schedule: Reg. Sat. 8:30-9:30 10:15. OCFmem required ($10). Rds.: 10:30-3, 9-2-7, 9-2. Byes: Two $600-300-200, U1300: $300; U1200: $600-300-200, U1000: $200, U800: a.m. Rds. 10:30-5:30 Sat., 10-5 Sun., 9:30-4:30 Mon. 2-Day Schedule: 1/2-point byes available if requested by rd 3. $$Prizes - Open Section $200. Unrateds can enter any section, but only Unr under age 16 in U1200. Reg. Sun. 8:30-9:30 a.m. Rds. 10-12:30-2:45 Sun., then merge with 3-Day (b/30, 75% guaranteed): 1st $650, 2nd $400, A/below: $350-200. Unrs limited to $100 unless Place Prize in Open. Open: FIDE rated. EF: Reserve Section schedule. Byes: Open Sect. 1-5, others 1-6, rds. 4-6 must commit before (b/25): 1st $500, 2nd $250, C: $250, D/below: $250 $89; Add $11 after 8/27. EFDiscount: $20 off if under age 16 in U1200 U-1300 Booster Section: 1st $100(G). HR: $55-65 (800) 685-4564, Memb req.: or Unrs in any Under section. EF Free for GM, IM, WGM, WIM ($90 rd. 2. Mass. residents: MACA $12 adult, $6 jr. U18, $8 extra (918)749-5561. Free wireless.www.tradewindstulsa.com. Side Events: deducted from any prize won.) Rated players can "play-up" one section (optional) for Chess Horizons subscription, WMCA O.K. N.H. residents: 9/3: Fischer-Random Blitz Pizza party. Questions: [email protected] from lowest allowed. Reentry: $50 by round 3, 1/2-byes for missing NHCA $8 adult, $6 jr. U19, $2 extra (optional) for N.H. Chess Journal sub- Website: www.okchess.org. Adv Entry: Cks payable to: Frank K. Berry, rounds. Byes: 1/2-pt available all rounds, max 2; Must commit before scription. OSA. New England Blitz Championship: Sun. 9/4, reg. ends 402 S.Willis St, Stillwater, OK 74074. NS.W. Chess Magnet School JGP. at 9:15 p.m. 5-SS (dbl), 75% of EFs returned as prizes. EF: $10 if play- Round 3 paired. USCF and FCA memberships required; OSA.Trophies and Sept. 9-23, New York Titles to top Florida player in each section. Upsets & other "special ing in main tnmt., else $15. HR: $85-85-85-85, Exec. King $110, reserve by 8/19 and mention chess tnmt. Ent: payable to MACA and mail to Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) awards" TBD. Reg.: Sat 10am - 12:15pm. RNDS.: Sat. 1 & 6:30, Sun. 1 Queens September Open & 7, Mon. 9 & 2. FL Quick Chess (G/29) Championship Playoff Sat, 10am. Robert Messenger, 4 Hamlett Dr., Apt. 12, Nashua, NH 03062 or online at www.MassChess.org. Info: send email to [email protected] or 6-SS, G/45. All Saints Lutheran Church, 164-02 Goethals Ave., Jamaica (Must have won an FCA QC Regional to play; Free EF). FL Blitz (G/5) Cham- NY 11432. $$200-$100 to top 2 guaranteed, other prizes per entries. Up Chess Magnet School JGP for pionship Sun, 10am at $20 EF. FCA: Annual Meeting Sun. 6pm; Board phone 603-891-2484. NS. NC. W. FIDE. to two 1/2 point byes permitted (must be requested before Round 3). EF: Meeting Sun. 6:30pm. HR: $99+RF(by 8/2), 800-237-7600. Special HR N.E. Open. $25 per player, $20 QCC members. REG.: 7:30-8:00. RDS.: 8:15-10:00 each link at floridachess.org. Cancellation deposit refundable by 8/25. Free Friday. ENT: Ed Frumkin, 445 E. 14th St., #10D, New York, NY 10009 (212- Hotel-guest self-parking (non-guest $10). Ent: FCA, 921 N.Thistle Ln., Mait- A Heritage Event! A State Championship Event! 677-3224 - do not call on Thursday or Friday). More detailed contact land, FL 32751. Or online 2011flchamp.eventbrite.com. Info: 407-629-6946 information at www.queens-chess.com. Mail entry by September 2. or floridachess.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 3-5, Ohio Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, Kentucky Grand Prix Points: 30 A State Championship Event! 67th Ohio Chess Congress Sept. 3-5, Louisiana Grand Prix Points: 40 (enhanced) Four Sections: OPEN, U2000, U1700, U1400 6 rounds - Swiss System, 4th annual Louisville Open Grand Prix Points: 15 All sections USCF rated, OPEN FIDE rated.Time Control 40/2, SD/60. Loca- 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Holiday Inn Southwest Fair 2011 Louisiana State Championship Expo, 4110 Dixie Hwy, (I-264, Exit 8B), Louisville, KY 40216. Free park- 7-SS, G/150 (Rnd. 1: G/2). Site: Hilton New Orleans Airport, 901 Airline tion: Holiday Inn Columbus North, 7007 N. High St,Worthington, OH 43085. PRIZES: $$7,000 (b/125 entries, 80% guaranteed) OPEN: $1,000-700- ing, free airport shuttle. Prizes $8,000 based on 120 paid entries Dr., Kenner, LA 70062. EF: $80 if mailed by 8/26, $90 at site. LCA (unrated & re-entries count as half entries), $6000 (minimum 75% each Memb.req'd ($10 Adult, $5 Schol.), OSA. Prizes: $4500 b/100, 50% Gtd. 400 & U2200: $400-200; U2000: $800-500-300, U1700: $750-450-300, U1400: $750-450. EF: $75 if by Sep 2, then $85, FREE prize) guaranteed. In 4 sections. Open: $1200-600-300-200, clear win One Section: Open: $800-450-250, U2000: $450-250; U1800: $400-250; or first on tiebreak $100, top U2200/Unr $400, top U2000/Unr $300. FIDE. Reg.: to GM/IM who complete schedule, $75 deducted from prize. OCA Mem- U1600: $400-200; U1400: $350-200; U1200/Unr.: $350-$150. Sat. Under 1900: $800-400-200-100, unrated limit $500, top U1700 $300. Rds.: bership required of all Ohio residents - $15, $10 junior. Registration: 9/3, 8-9 AM. Sat.: 9:30-2-7:30; Sun.: 10-6; Mon.: 9-3. Business meet- Under 1600: $700-400-200-100, unrated limit $300, top U1400 $300. ing: Sun. 9/4, 3:30 PM. HR: (800) 872-5914, $85, ask for LCA rate. Saturday, Sep 3 - 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Rounds: Saturday 12:00 (noon) Under 1300: $600-300-200-100, unrated limit $200, top U1100 $200. EF: Ent/Info: Adam Caveney, 1301 Gen. Taylor St., New Orleans, LA 70115, & 6:30, Sunday 9:30 & 4:00, Monday 9:30 &4:00. Byes (1/2 pt): limit 2, 3-day $88, 2-day $87 mailed by 9/8, all $89 online at chesstour.com by [email protected], (504) 895-4133 (evenings), (504) 615-6730 (day must declare by start of round 3. Side Events: Ohio Blitz Championship of tourney). NS, NC. Chess Magnet School JGP. 9/14, $90 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 9/14 (entry only, no questions), $100 Sunday Night, OCA Members Meeting Sunday at 3:15, OCA Trustees at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. EF for unrated in U1300 or A Heritage Event! Meeting Monday at 3:15. Hotel: Holiday Inn Columbus North, 7007 N. High U1600: all $50 less. GMs free, $60 deducted from prize. Special 1 year Sept. 3-5 or 4-5, Massachusetts St.,Worthington, OH 43085 $75. Call 1-614-436-0700 and refer to group USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry- online atchesstour.com, Adult code Chess. Reserve early as hotel is expected to sell out. Advance Grand Prix Points: 10 $30,Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or at site, Adult $40, 71st New England Open Entries: Make checks payable to Central Ohio Chess Association - mail Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not available in Master 6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-Day schedule G/45 in rds 1-3). Four Points by Sher- to: Central Ohio Chess Association, PO Box 9830, Columbus, OH 43209. Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise aton, 99 Erdman Way, Leominster, MA 01453. (978) 534-9000. $$ 3,000 Information: call 614-774-2532, or email [email protected]. Chess unrated. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 b/100 fully paid entries (unrated and players in U1500 rated under 1000 Magnet School JGP for main event. & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10:30 am, rds. Sat

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11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. Bye: all, Open must commit before rd 2, oth- 1000-700-600-500-500-400-400, clear or tiebreak first bonus $200, FIDE Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day Class A or B schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri ers before rd3. HR: $79-89, 502-448-2020, ask for chess rate, reserve Under 2400/Unr $2000-1000. Free hotel room to the highest FIDE rated 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day Class A or B sched- by 9/2 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD foreign GM who enters by 9/6 and completes the tournament with no ule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. byes. GM & IM norms possible, FIDE rated. Expert, open to USCF 1800- 4:30. 4-day Class C, D or E schedule: Reg. ends Thu 6pm, rds. Thu 7 $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, 845-496- 2199. $3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400. FIDE rated. Class A, pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day Class C, D or E schedule: 9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School open to USCF 1600-1999 or unrated. $3000-1500-1000-800-600-500- Reg. ends Fri 11 am, rds. Fri. 12 noon & 7 pm, Sat. 11 & 6, Sun. 10 & 4:30. JGP. 400-400. Class B, open to USCF 1400-1799 or unrated. $3000-1500-1000- 2-day Class C, D or E schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat. 10, 12:45, 800-600-500-400-400. Class C, open to USCF 1200-1599 or unrated. 3:15 & 6, Sun. 10 & 4:30. All schedules in Class A or below merge & com- Sept. 30-Oct. 2 or Oct. 1-2, Texas $2500-1300-900-700-600-500-400-400. Class D, open to USCF under 1400 pete for same prizes. Byes: OK all; limit 3 (limit 2 in last 4 rds), must Grand Prix Points: 30 or unrated. $2000-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300. Class E, open to commit before rd 3. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- none sup- 2011 U.S. Class Championships USCF under 1200 or unrated. $2000-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300. plied. HR: $95-95-105-115, 703-418-1234, reserve by 9/21or rate may See Nationals. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26 lifetime games rated as of Oct 2011 increase. Special chess rate valet parking $6/day, with or without gue- Oct. 1, California, Northern official list may not win over $800 in Class E or $1200 in Class D. Games stroom. Car rentals: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 or reserve Grand Prix Points: 20 (enhanced) rated too late for 10/11 list not counted. 2) If official rating was more car online at chesstour.com. Ratings: FIDE used for Master Section, USCF 2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship than 30 points over section maximum on any USCF rating supplement October official for others, unofficial usually used if otherwise unrated. See Nationals. 10/10-9/11, prize limit $1200. 3) Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) can- For foreign players in Expert or below, usually 100 points added to FIDE, Oct. 2, California, Northern not win over $400 in E, $600 D, $900 C, $1200 B or $1500 A. Unofficial 50 to FQE, 100/more to most other foreign, no points added to CFC, PR uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 4) Balance of lim- or Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not accepted for Class A or below. High- Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) 2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship ited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Master Section EF: GMs, IMs, est of multiple ratings usually used. Playerswho fail to disclose foreign See Nationals. WGMs: free by 9/6, $30 online at chesstour.com by 10/3, $50 online or or FIDE ratings may be expelled. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Sal- at site until 6 pm 10/6; $150 deducted from prize. Free entries must recon- isbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, Virginia firm entry online or in person on 10/6 by 6 pm. Foreign FIDE rated You may request "lowest possible section" if October rating unknown. $15 Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced) players: $75 online at chesstour.com by 10/3, $100 online or at site until service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chess- 2nd annual Continental Class Championships 6pm 10/6; $150 deducted from prize. Others: $225 if check mailed by tour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. MASTER, EXPERT, CLASS A, CLASS B END MONDAY, COLUMBUS DAY 9/28 or online by 10/3, $230 phoned by 10/3 (406-896-2038), $250 BUT CLASS C, D, AND E END SUNDAY. Master Section and Expert until 6 pm 10/6 online or at site. Other sections EF: 5-day $195, 4-day Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, California, Southern Section, Oct 6-10: 9SS, 40/2, SD/1. GM & IM norms possible in Mas- $194, 3-day $193, 2-day $192 if check mailed by 10/3, all $197 online at Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced) ter. Class A and Class B, Oct 6-10, 7-10 or 8-10: 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day chesstour.com by 10/3, $200 if phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/3 (entry CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open option, rds. 1-2 G/75). Class C, Class D, and Class E, Oct 6-9, 7-9 or only, no questions), $220 at site. No phone entry after 10/3. EF $100 less 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Four Points 8-9: 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/60). Hyatt Regency to rated seniors 65 or over in Expert or below. EF $120 less to unrated LAX, 9750 Airport Blvd., LosAngeles, CA 90045. Special parking $5/day. Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. Free in Class D or E. Special 1 yr USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with $$20,000 based on 230paid entries (re-entries & $60 off entries count shuttle to/from Reagan International Airport and Crystal City Metro entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. half), $16,000(80% each prize) minimum guaranteed. In 6 sections. station (contact hotel for schedule). Prizes $60,000 based on 380 paid Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Open: $2000-1000-600-400, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top entries (unrated in E or D, seniors, re-entries, GMs, IMs,WGMs, foreign No checks at site, credit cards OK. No mailed credit card entries. Re- Under 2400/Unr (not a section) $600-300. FIDE. Under 2300: $1500-800- FIDE rated players in Master count as half entries), else proportional, entry: $100, no re-entry from Master Section to Master Section. 5-day 400-200, top Under 2100 (not a section) $500-250. FIDE. Under 2000: minimum $40,000 (2/3 of each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections: Mas- Master or Expert schedule: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7pm, Fri 12 $1500-800-400-200, top Under 1800 (not a section) $500-250. Under ter, open to US players rated at least 2200 USCF or 2100 FIDE and & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 5-day Class A or B sched- 1700: $1300-700-400-200, top Under 1500 (not a section) $500-250. foreign players rated at least 2000 USCF or 1800 FIDE. $5000-2500-1500- ule: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 6 pm, Sun 11 & 6, Under 1400: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1200 (not a section) $400-

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Cajun Chess International Chess Academy (NJ) San Diego Chess Club 7230 Chadbourne Drive 28 Canterbury Lane 2225 Sixth Avenue AFFILIATES New Orleans, LA 70126 New Milford, NJ 07646 San Diego, CA 92101, 619-239-7166 504-208-9596 201-287-0250 [email protected] GOLD [email protected] [email protected], www.icanj.net http://sdchessclub.multiply.com www.cajunchess.com Any affiliate that has submitted at least 50 Shore HS Chess League Texas Tech University SPICE Chess Academy POBox 773 Box 45080 USCF memberships during the current or 5825 West Patterson Avenue Lincroft, NJ 07738 Lubbock, TX 79409 previous calendar year, or is the recognized Chicago, IL 60634 [email protected] 806-742-7742 State Affiliate, is eligible to become a Gold 773-414-2967 [email protected] [email protected] New Jersey State www.SPICE.ttu.edu Affiliate. Gold Affiliates are honored in a www.thechessacademy.org Chess Federation special list in larger type in Tournament c/o Roger Inglis, 49-A Mara Rd. Tri-State Chess Life each month, giving the affiliate name, Chess Club and Scholastic Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 The Chess Exchange Center of St. Louis 973-263-8696, [email protected] 325 East 88th Street address, phone number, e-mail address, 4657 Maryland Avenue www.njscf.org New York, NY 10128 and website. Gold Affiliation costs $350 per St. Louis, MO63108. 212-289-5997 year, and existing affiliates may substract $3 314-361-CHESS Chess Inc [email protected] [email protected] c/o Russell Makofsky www.TriStateChess.com for each month remaining on their regular www.stlouischessclub.org 230 Thompson Street affiliation, or $20 for each month remaining New York, NY 10012, 212-475-8130 Village Chess Shop of NYC on their Silver Affiliation. As of August 6, Continental Chess [email protected] c/o Michael Propper 2007, by paying an annual payment of $500 Association www.chessnyc.com 230 Thompson Street (instead of $350), Gold Affiliate status may POBox 249, Salisbury Mills, New York, NY 10012 NY 12577. North American Chess Association 212-475-9580 be obtained with no minimum requirement 845-496-9658 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113 [email protected] for memberships submitted. [email protected] Skokie, IL 60077, 888.80.Chess www.chess-shop.com www.chesstour.com [email protected] www.nachess.org Western PA Youth Chess Club SILVER Dallas Chess Club Attn: Jerry Meyers 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. Suite C PaperClip Pairings 4101 Windsor Street Any affiliate that has submitted at least 25 Richardson, TX 75080 c/o J. Houghtaling Jr & Remy Ferrari Pittsburgh, PA 15217 USCF memberships during the current or 972-231-2065 6005 Forest Blvd 412-422-1770 previous calendar year, or is the recognized [email protected] Brownsville, TX 78526, 956-459-2421 [email protected] www.dallaschess.com [email protected] www.youthchess.net 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 SILVER AFFILIATES choice of either phone number, e-mail Bay Area Chess (CA) Indiana State Chess Association Oklahoma Chess Foundation address, or website. Silver Affiliation costs www.BayAreaChess.com www.indianachess.org www.OKchess.org $150 per year, and existing affiliates may Beverly Hills Chess Club (CA) Long Island Chess Nuts (NY) Silver Knights (PA) subtract $3 for each month remaining on www.bhchessclub.com 516-739-3907 www.silverknightschess.com their regular affiliation. As of August 6, 2007, by paying an annual payment of $250.00 En Passant Chess Club (TX) Marshall Chess Club (NY) Sparta Chess Club (NJ) [email protected] www.marshallchessclub.org www.spartachessclub.org (instead of $150), Silver Affiliate status may be obtained with no minimum requirement for Michigan Chess Association www.michess.org memberships submitted.

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200. Under 1000: $700-400-200-150, trophies to top3, 1st Under 800, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. Bye: all, Master must commit before rd 2, oth- $700, U1900 $900. Balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 6 sections Under 600, unrated. Unrated may not win over$200 in U1000, $300 U1400, ers before rd 3. HR: $99-99-99-99, 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve EF: 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by 11/3, all $115 online at chess- or $500 U1700. Top 5 sections EF: 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by by 9/30 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD tour.com by 11/8, $120 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 11/8 (entry only, no 9/29, all $115 online atchesstour.com by 10/4, $120 phoned to 406-896- #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. questions), $130 at site. EF for all in Under 1000 Section and unrated 2038 by 10/4 (entry only, no questions), $130 (no checks, credit cards $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com,845-496-9658. in Under 1250 Section: all $60 less. No checks at site, credit cards OK) at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF for all in U1000 or Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. OK. Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org unrated in U1400: $60 less. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, New Jersey ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Chess Life if paid with entry- Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Grand Prix Points: 60 (enhanced) Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. 3-day 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2G/75). Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds Fri schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 1401 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712. Free parking. Prizes $15,000 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & based on 180 paid entries, $10,000 minimum (2/3 each prize) guaran- rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Byes: OK all; Open must commit by 4:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, teed; re-entries & unrated count as half entries. In 5 sections. Open: rd 2, others by rd 3. HR: $64-64, 800-727-3050, 513-398-0115, reserve others before rd 3. HR: $89-89, 1-800-529-4683, 310-649-7025; reserve $1500-700-400-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under by 10/21 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD by9/24 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWDD657 2300/Unr $800-400. FIDE. Under 2100: $1000-500-300-200, top U1900 #D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Car rental is 633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental $600-300. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-200, top U1600 $600-300. Under easiest & cheapest transportation from Cincinnati Airport. Ent: Continen- Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for 1500: $900-500-300-200, top U1400 $500-250. Under 1200: $800-500- tal Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658. refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries 300-150, top U1000 $400-$200. Unrated may not win over $150 in Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. U1200, $300 U1500, $500 U1700, or $700 U1900. EF: 3-day $98, 2-day JGP. Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, Illinois $97 mailed by 10/13, all $99 online at chesstour.com by 10/18, $100 A Heritage Event! phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/18 (entry only, no questions), $110 (no An American Classic! Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced) 20th annual Midwest Class Championships checks, credit cards OK) at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, Pennsylvania 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Westin Chicago North Shore for unrated in U1200 or U1500: all $50 less. Special 1 year USCF dues Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced) Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL 60090 (from Chicago, I- with Chess Life if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30,Young 42nd annual National Chess Congress 294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 to Lake Cook Rd to Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50).Trophy sections play sep- US-45 south). Free parking. Prizes $20,000 based on 250 paid entries Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. arate 2-day schedule only, 11/27-28, G/65 (rds 1-2 G/50). Sheraton (re-entries & Class E Section count as half entries), else in proportion 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 Hotel Philadelphia City Center, 17th & Race Sts., Philadelphia 19103. except $16,000 (80% of each prize) minimum guaranteed. In 7 sections; & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30& 6, Sun $30,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND. In 10 sections. Premier, open to all no unrated allowed in Master or Expert. Master (2200/up): $2000- 10 & 4:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rated 2000/above and juniors under 18 rated 1800/above. $3000-1500- 1000-500-300, clear in or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2300 $800-400. FIDE. rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $95-95, 732-776-6700, reserve by 10/7 or 700-400-200, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, U2400/Unr $1400-700. Expert (2000-2199): $1500-700-400-300. Class A (1800-1999/Unr): rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or FIDE. Under 2200: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 2000: $2000-1000- $1500-700-400-300. Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1500-700-400-300. reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 500-300-200. Under 1800: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1600: Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $1400-700-400-200. Class D (1200-1399/Unr): 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Ques- $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1400: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under $1200-600-300-200. Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $600-300-200-100, tro- tions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at 1200: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1000:Trophies to top 8. Under 800: phies to top 7, top 800-999, 600-799, Under 600, Unrated. Rated players chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Trophies to top 8. Under 600:Trophies to top 8; unrated age 15/over may may play up one section. Unrated prize limit $150 E, $250 D, $400 C, $500 Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, Ohio not enter Under 600. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 in B, $700 A. Top 6 sections EF: 3-day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 10/6, U1400, $500 in U1600, $700 in U1800, or $900 in U2000. Student/Alumni Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced) all $105 online at chesstour.com by 10/11, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 20th annual Kings Island Open trophies to top 5 teams of 4 (regardless of section) representing any U.S. by 10/11 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site. No checks at site, 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Kings Island Resort, 5691 college, HS or pre-HS players attend or have graduated from. Top 7 sec- credit cards OK. EF for all in Class E, and unrated in Class D: all $50 Kings Island Drive (I-71, 6 mi north of I-275), Mason, OH 45040. Free park- tions entry fee: 3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by 11/17, all $109 less. All: ICA memb. ($15, scholastic $10, each $4 less with online entry) ing. $$ 30,000 based on 350 paid entries (re-entries & U1000 Section online at chesstour.com by 11/21, $115 phoned by 11/21 (406-896- required for rated Illinois residents. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usu- count as half entries); minimum $24,000 (80% of each prize) guaranteed. 2038, no questions), $130 at site. GMs free, $100 deducted from prize. ally used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess In 7 sections: Open: $3000-1500-800-600-400, 1st on tiebreak $200 Re-entry $60, not available in Premier. Under 1000, Under 800, Under Life if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult bonus, top U2300/Unr $1600-800. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500- 600 entry fee: $27 mailed by 11/17, $28 online at chesstour.com by $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young Adult 400-300. Under 1900: $2000-1000-500-400-300. Under 1700: 11/21, $35 phoned by 11/21 (406-896-2038, no questions), $40 at tmt. $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not available in Master Section. GMs $2000-1000-500-400-300. Under 1500: $1800-900-500-300-200. Under All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Mailed EF $3 less to PSCF mem- $80 from prize. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 11 1250: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1000: $800-400-300-200-100. bers. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, Unrated prize limits: U1000 $150, U1250 $300, U1500 $500, U1700 entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. ACTIVITY MEANS MEMBERS Free 8-Line Tournament Life Announcements! Ages 21-24 dues lower than Adult dues! Adult Dues Options! >> The membership category once called “Youth” has been renamed “Young Adult,” and eligibility has changed from under 21 to under 25. 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Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Aug. 27, Utah Amateur Championship (UT) 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 11 am, rds. Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun Arizona See Utah. 10 & 4:30. 2-day top 7 sections schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds July 14-17, 15-17 or 16-17, 16th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA- S) Sept. 3-5 or 4-5, 2011 Labor Day Chess Festival Sat 10, 12:45, 3:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Under 1000, Under 800, Under See Grand Prix. 600 schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am, rds Sat 10, 12:45 & 3:30, Sun 10, 1 See Grand Prix. & 4. Half point byes OK all rounds; limit 3, Premier must commit before July 15-17 or 16-17, Ye Old Pueblo Open and Scholastics Oct. 1, 2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $97-97-97-97, reserve by 11/11 or rate may See Grand Prix. See Nationals. increase. Parking at hotel $10/day with guest room, $20 without; garage Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 3rd annual Central California Open (CA-N) Oct. 2, 2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship next to hotel may be about $10. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD See Grand Prix. See Nationals. D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) Oct. 29-30, 2011 U.S. Junior Chess Congress refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, 845-496-9658. Advance See Grand Prix. See Nationals. entries will be posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 20th annual North American Open (NV) California Southern An American Classic! See Grand Prix. Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, Nevada Arkansas LA CHESS CLUB Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced) www.LAChessClub.com. Saturdays: 10AM-10 PM (Novice 20th annual North American Open Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, Arkansas State Championship Class & 3 Tournaments). Sundays: 12-6 & 1-4 PM 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Bally's Casino Resort, 3645 See Grand Prix. (Beginner class & 2 Tournaments) - Details on our web Las Vegas Blvd. S, Las Vegas, NV 89103. $$ 120,000 based on 600 paid site. Tuesdays: 7:30-9:30 PM (Intermediate/Advance entries. Seniors, re-entries & GMs count as half entries, unrateds in U1250 California Northern Lecture). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA or U1500 as 1/4, else in proportion; $90,000 minimum (75% each prize) Capital City Chess Club Monthly (Sundays) 90025 * (310) 795-5710. (4 blocks 405 West, Santa guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800- 4-ss (Var. 29L1), G/120. Open, One Section. LOCATION: Thee Upper Monica& Butler * 2nd Floor). Private (1:1) Lessons * 600-500-400-400, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak bonus $200, top Under Crust Pizza, 1200 "K" Street # 10, Hyatt Regency Retail Plaza, Sacramento. Group Classes * Tournaments. 2500/Unr $2500-1200. FIDE. Under 2300: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900- ENTRY: $25. GUARANTEED: 4 pts $100, 3.5 pts $75, 3 pts $50, 2.5 pts $25. July 1, 8, 15, 22, LACC - July Friday FIDE 800-600-500-400-400. Under 2100: $7000-4000-2000-1200- 900-800-600- ALL BYES: Half pt. BYES:Two Max. RDS: Last Four Sundays at 1PM &You 4SS, G/90+30 sec/move. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd Fl. 500-400-400, no unrated may win over $2500. Under 1900: $7000- must be present at 12:45 PM of each round to be paired. REG.: 12- 4 blks W 405. EF: $50/$40. FIDE& USCF-rated. 5% off SCCF members. 4000-2000-1200-900-800-600-500-400-400, no unrated may win over 12:45 PM. (FirstThree Rounds). INFO: John C. Barnard, (209)450-6133. Reg.: 6-7 pm. Rds.: 7 pm each Friday. Prizes: 80% collections. Park- $1800. Under 1700: $6000-3000-1600-1000-800-700-600-500-400-400, Chess Magnet School JGP. ing: Free at BoA ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710. Mick@LAChessClub. no unrated may win over $1200. Under 1500: $5000-2500-1400-1000- com. Chess Magnet School JGP. 800-700-600-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $800. Under 1250: Modesto Round Table Chess Club Monthly (Thursdays) 4-SS (Var. 29L1), G/90. Amateur Rating Tournaments (Under 2000 & July 2&3, 9&10, 16&17, 23&24, LACC - Sat & Sun G/61 $4000-2000-1300-900-700-600-500-400-300-300, top Under 1000 $1000, 6SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA. 2nd fl. EF: $45 ($35 memb). no unrated may win over $400. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26 Beginners), LOCATION: 3848 McHenry Ave., Modesto (Meeting Room). ENTRY: $15. GUARANTEED: 4pts $60, 3.5 pts $45, 3 pts $30, 2.5 pts $15. 5% off SCCF memb. Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Prizes: games played as of 12/11 list may not win over $1500 U1250, $2500 ALL BYES: Half Pt. RDS.: 7pm. REG.: 6pm (1st, 2nd & 3rd Thurdays). 1/2 collections. Parking: Free at BoA and streets. Info: 310/795-5710 U1500 or U1700. Games rated too late for 12/11 list not counted. 2) If Modesto Chess School: 6pm. No Club Membership Fee & No Chess or [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. official rating was more than 30 points over section maximum any month Class Fee required. INFO: John C. Barnard (209) 450-6133. Chess Mag- July 2, 9, 16, 23, LACC - 10 Blitz (G/5) Saturday Night (QC) 12/10-11/11, prize limit $1500. 3) Balance of any limited prize goes to net School JGP. next player(s) in line. Mailed EF: 4-day $244, 3-day $243 mailed by 5DSS, G/5 (10 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 10/15, 4-day $274, 3-day $273 mailed by 12/15. Online EF: $245 at chess- July 9, San Jose Quads blksW 405. EF: $10. Q-rated. Reg.: 8-9 pm. Rds.: 9, 9:20, 9:40, 10, 10:20. tour.com or entry.cc by 10/15, $275 by 12/20, $300 12/21 until two Trophies: Players w/winning record. Check-in 4p. Games: 4:30-6:30p. Prizes: 1/2 EF. Parking: Free at BoA and streets ($3 basement). hours before round 1. Phoned EF: $280 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 12/20 3xG/30. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95101. July 2, 9, 16, 23, LACC - LA Masters G/30 (no questions). No phone entry after 12/20. EFat site: $300. Special EF: Pre-reg $25, Onsite $40. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. NC. 3SS, G/30. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 2nd Fl. 4 blks W 405. EF: $30 EF: Seniors 65/over in Under 1300 or above, $130 less. Re-entry $120; July 9, San Jose Swiss ($20 memb). Reg.: 5-6 pm. Rds.: 6, 7, 8 pm. Prizes: ($180 b/10, 75%); not available in Open Section. GMs $150 from prize. EF for unrated in Trophies: Players w/winning record & teams with 2+ players. Medals Parking: Free at BoA ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710. U1250 or U1500: 4-day $54, 3-day $53 if mailed by 12/15, $55 online to others. Games: 10a-2p. 3 Sections: u500, u900, 900+. u900: 5xg30, July 2, 9, 16, 23, LACC - Saturday G/61 at chesstour.com by 12/20, $60 phoned by 12/20 (406-896-2038, entry 900+: 4xg45. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 3SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 2nd floor. ($320 b/20), All: only, no questions), $70 at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. 95101. EF: Pre-reg $33, Onsite $48. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. $100/50/30; U1800-1200:$50/40/30/20. EF: $25 ($20 memb). Reg.: 11- Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry. Online at chess- NC. 12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Parking: basement ($3). Info: 310/795-5710. tour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 4-day reg. July 14-17, 15-17 or 16-17, 16th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA- July 3, 10, 17, 24, LACC - Sunday G/61 ends 12/26 5 pm, rds12/26 6 pm, 12/27 11 & 6, 12/28 11 & 6, 12/29 S) 3SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 2nd fl. ($320 b/20), See Grand Prix. 10 & 4:30. 3-day reg. ends 12/27 10 am, rds 12/27 11 am, 2:30 pm & $100/50/30; U1800-1200: $50/40/30/20. EF: $25 ($20 memb). Reg.: 11- 6 pm, 12/28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 4, limit 2 in last 4 July 23-24, Freedom Open 12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Parking: Free at BoA and streets. Info: rounds; Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $97-97, 4SS, 30/90/G/60. 3 Sections: 1900+, 1500-1899, u1500. Prizes: $2020 310/795-5710. 800-833-3308, 702-739-4111, rate may increase if not reserved by b/55. 1900+: 300-200-70 (u2100 100-70). 1500-1899: 300-200-70 July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31,LACC - Every Sunday Chess For Juniors 11/22, all rooms in chess block may sell out about 11/7. Free parking (u1700 100-70). Under 1500: 200-100-70 (u1300 100-70). Sched: Reg. 5 separate events - 4SS, G/30. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, (garage at adjacent Paris Las Vegas Hotel is most convenient). Car Sat 10-10:30. Rounds Sat 11, 4:30, Sun 10 3:30. EF: Pre-reg $66 by 7/21, 2nd fl. 4 blocks W 405. EF: $25 ($20 LACC memb, $10 off siblings, 10% rental: for special Avis rate reserve car through chesstour.com or call Onsite $85. Jul '11 Supp & TD discretion to assign ratings. Chess Cen- off SCCF members. Free new LACC memb). Reg.: 12-1 pm. Rds.: 1, 2, 3, 800-331-1600, use AWD #657633. Foreign player ratings: Usually ter, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95101. Info/flyer: 4 pm. Prizes: Trophies (Top 3) & Medals (rest); each player receives a 100 points added to FIDE, 100 to FQE, 200/more to most other foreign, BayAreaChess.com/july11. NS. NC. Chess Magnet School JGP. prize! Parking: Free at BoA and streets. Free Pizza/soda/cookie & free no pts added to CFC or Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not accepted for July 31, Aug. 20, Pleasanton Quads class (12-1). Info: (310) 795-5710 or [email protected]. U1900 or below. Highest of multiple ratings usually used. Players who Trophies: Players w/winning record. Check-in 4p. Games: 4:30-6:30p. fail to disclose foreign or FIDEratings may be expelled. US player rat- July 10, Beverly Hills Scholastic Tournament 3xG/30. Hilton, 7050 Johnson Dr., Pleasanton. EF: $25 by Thu bef tour- 5SS, G/30. Bring clocks! BHCC, 8950W. Olympic Blvd., #210, Beverly Hills, ings: December list used; FIDEratings not used. Special rules: In ney, Onsite $41. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. NC. round 3 or after, players with scores of 80% or more and their opponents CA 90211. (Free Parking). Prizes: Trophies top 3, medals next 3. Reg.: may not use headphones, earphones, or cellphones or go to a different July 31, Aug. 20, Pleasanton $uperSwiss 12-12:30. Starts: 1 pm. EF: $20 rec'd 2 days prior, $25 onsite (Cash), Reg.: floor of the hotel without Director permission, and must submit to a search $1,000 b/44. 4SS G/60. Rds.: 10, 12:30, 2:45, 5. 2 Sec: 1700+, U1700. www.bhchessclub.com, 310-274-7873 (V/MC). [email protected]. for electronic devices if requested by Director. Blitz & Quick side events Hilton, 7050 Johnson Dr., Pleasanton. EF2+ days bef tourn: $44, Info: Dr. Robert Minoofar. to be announced. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY onsite: $60. Play-up:+$10. Info: BayAreaChess.com/reg. NS, NC, W. July 10, LACC - 2011 SoCal Blitz Championship (QC) 12577. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries July 31, Aug. 20, Pleasanton Swiss 5DSS, G/10 (10 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Trophies: Players w/winning record & teams w/ 2+ players. Games: blks W 405. EF: $30($25 LACC memb, $5 off siblings, 10% off SCCF 10a-2p. 3 Sec: U500, U900, 900+. U900: 5xG/30, 900+: 4xG/45. Hilton, members. Free new LACC memb; $10 EF possible but wins no prizes). Q- 7050 Johnson Dr., Pleasanton. EF: $33 by Thu bef tourney, Onsite $49. rated. Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Regional Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. NC. Parking: Free at BoA and streets ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710. Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 3rd annual Central California Open July 14-17, 15-17 or 16-17, 16th annual Pacific Coast Open Alabama See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. July 9, Birmingham Classic Aug. 13, San Jose Quads 4SS, TC: G/75. WaterMark Place Mall, 4500 Alabama Adventure Pkwy., Trophies: Players w/winning record. Check-in 4p. Games: 4:30-6:30p. Bessemer, AL 35022. Open (1500+; PF: $$b/25): $200-125-100- 3xG/30. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95101. U1800:100-U1600: 75; Reserve (U1500; PF: $$b/25): $175 -100-75- EF: Pre-reg $25, Onsite $40. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. NC. U1200-75; U1000:75; Rds.: 9-11:30-2:30-5. EF: $30; if mailed by Jul 2nd; FOREIGN RATING? $40 at site. Scholastic: 5SS, TC: G/30. Rated: Rook (K-12); Knight (K- Aug. 13, San Jose Swiss 6), EF: $20; Not Rated: Novice (K-8), Primary (K-4): EF: $10, Trophy: Trophies: Players w/winning record & teams with 2+ players. Medals NOT UNRATED! Top 3 Individual, Medals 4th-6th. Late REG: JUL 9th: 8-8:40am. Checks to others. Games: 10a-2p. 3 Sections: u500, u900, 900+. u900: 5xg30, payable to: Caesar Chess. ENT: Caesar Chess LLC, 4524 Southlake 900+: 4xg45. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA Parkway, Suite 34 - PMB 310, Birmingham, AL 35244. Info: Caesar 95101. EF: Pre-reg $33, Onsite $48. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. If you have no USCF rating, but do have a rat- [email protected]; www.AlabamaChess.com. Chess Magnet NC. ing or category from any other country, no School JGP. matter how many years ago, you are not July 30, Huntsville Classic unrated. 4SS, TC: G/75. UAH Huntsville - University Center, 1410 Ben Graves ORGANIZER AND DIRECTOR Dr., Huntsville, AL 35816. Open (1500+; PF: $$b/25): $200-125-100- If you have a FIDE rating, you are also not U1800:100-U1600: 75; Reserve (U1500; PF: $$b/25): $175 -100-75- SEMINARS U1200-75; U1000:75; Rds.: 9-11:30-2:30-5. EF: $30; if mailed by Jul 23rd; unrated. $40 at site. Scholastic: 5SS, TC: G/30. Rated: Rook (K-12), Knight (K- If you are a senior level TD or higher and willing 6); Pawn (K-3), EF: $20; Not Rated: Novice (K-8): EF: $10, Trophy:Top Tell the Director of any event you enter about toconducta free seminar aboutorganizing/ 3 Individual, Medals 4th-6th. Late REG: JUL 30th: 8-8:30am. Checks your foreign rating or category or your FIDE payable to: Caesar Chess. ENT: Caesar Chess LLC, 4524 Southlake directing USCF-rated tournaments, please con- Parkway, Suite 34 - PMB 310, Birmingham, AL 35244. Info: Caesar tact Joan Dubois at [email protected]. rating, so that you can be paired appropriately. [email protected], www.AlabamaChess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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July 17, Pacific Coast Open Blitz (QC) Under 2011. Under-1811 Section: Trophies to Top 2, Top Under 1611. D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental 4SS, double round (8 games), G/5. Renaissance Agoura Hills Hotel (see Under-1411 Section: Trophies to Top 2, Top Under 1011, Top Middle- Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Advance entries will be Pacific Coast Open). Prizes $300 based on 20 entries, else in proportion: schooler (Grade 6-8), Top Elementary-schooler (Grade K-5). Trophy for posted at chesstour.com. EF: $100-50, U2100 $60, U1800 $50, U1500/Unr $40. EF: $20, at site only. the Biggest Upset win of the three sections. $35 in advance, $45 cash Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships on site. FREE BUFFET LUNCH FOR ALL PLAYERS ($25 for non-participants). Reg. ends 1 pm, rds. 1:15, 1:45, 2:15, 2:45. Bye: 1. Quick rated, but higher 7SS, G/65. Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), USCF membership required. Membership can be renewed or purchased of regular or quick used for pairings & prizes. Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I-91 Exit 40 to Rt. 20). Free parking, free air- on site. Reg.: 9:15-9:45. Rds.: 10, 12:30, 2, 3:30. Please bring your dig- July 24, LACC - 2011 SoCal Quick Championship (QC) port shuttle. Open to all K-12 students; New England titles limited to ital clocks and sets. Directions: Take Route 84 to Exit 41; At the end of 5DSS, G/10 (10 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 players & teams from schools in CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, or VT.Team prizes the ramp, turn Left if you were on 84 East, or Right if you were on 84 West; blks W 405. EF: $30($25 LACC memb, $5 off siblings, 10% off SCCF based on top 4 scores from school combined. Teams of 2 or 3 players Drive North on South Main Street for half a mile, it will be on your left. members. Free new LACC memb; $10 EF possible but wins no prizes). Q- allowed, but are at a disadvantage. In 5 sections: High School (K-12), Mail advance entries BY JULY 5 to: Mike Pascetta, 64 Lakewood Rd., rated. Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Middle School (K-8), Elementary (K-5), Primary (K-2), Scholastic Novice South Glastonbury, CT 06073. Make checks payable to "New Britain Parking: Free at BoA and streets ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710. (K-9 under 700 or unrated). Players face only those in their section. EF: Chess Club." Call Derek at 860-250-6040 forfurther details. July 30, Victorville Quads HS $42.50, Middle School $42.40, Elem $42.30, Primary $42.20, Scholas- July 22-24 or 23-24, 16th Annual Bradley Open 13393 Mariposa Road, Victorville, CA 92395. Reg.: 9:30 A.M. Rds.: tic Novice $42.10 if mailed by 12/1, all $43 online at chesstour.com by See Grand Prix. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine 10, 1, 3 pm. EF: $10. Winner: $30/quad. INFO: [email protected] or 12/5, $60 at site. if 760-245-6598. July 29-31 or 30-31, 16th annual Green Mountain Open (VT) paid with entry- online at chesstour.com,Young Adult (age 24/below) $20, See Grand Prix. Scholastic (age 12/below) $12. Mailed, phoned or paid at site,Young Adult July30-31, LACC - 2011 Club Championship $25, Scholastic $15. Trophies to top 8 players, top 4 teams, top 3 See Grand Prix. Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, 17th Annual Northeast Open unrated in each section, top D, E, U1000, U800 (HS), E, U1000, U800 (MS), Aug. 6-7, San Diego County Championship See Grand Prix. U1000, U800, U600 (Elem), U700, U500, U300 (Primary), U500, U300 See Grand Prix. Aug. 11-14, 12-14 or 13-14, 41st annual Continental Open (MA) (Scholastic Novice). Free entry in all Continental Chess Association See Grand Prix. Swiss tournaments until 5/15/11 to top New England player each sec- Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 3rd annual Central California Open (CA-N) tion. Late reg. ends Sat 9 am, rds Sat 10, 1, 3:45 & 6:30, Sun 9, 12 & 2:45. See Grand Prix. Aug. 17-21, 18-21, 19-21 or 20-21, Manhattan Open (NY) Awards Sun 5:30 pm. Half point byes allowed any round, limit 2 byes, must Aug. 27, Utah Amateur Championship (UT) See Grand Prix. commit before rd 2. HR: $87-87, 860-627-5311, reserve by 11/25 or rate See Utah. Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship may increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Sept. 3-5, 33rd Annual Southern California Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn), 700 Main St., Stamford, CT 06901. Free parking. Open to Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: chesstour at aol.com, See Grand Prix. teams of 4 plus one optional alternate; match point scoring. Average rat- www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Include school, grade, birth date, USCF Sept. 25, Beverly Hills Chess Club Open (30 Entrants Max) ing of 4 highest rated players must be under 1800, counting 4th highest ID, address of each player. Advance entries will be posted at chess- 3-SS, G/90. Bring Clocks! BHCC, 8950 W. Olympic Blvd., #210, Beverly rating as at least 3th highest rating minus 500. Alternate must be low- tour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Hills, CA 90211. (Free Parking). Prizes: 75% of EF (1st/2nd: 30%, 20% est rated on team, but plays the board of the player who is replaced. - Under 1600: 1st/2nd: 15%, 10%) $300 Gtd! Reg.: 12:30-12:45. Rds.: Except for the alternate, players must play in rating order, so are always Delaware 1, 4, 7pm. EF: $40 rec'd 2 days prior, $50 onsite (Cash) - SCCF Mem $5 on the same board. EF: $300 per team mailed by 10/27 or online by 11/1, July 9, Bear Game 29 Quads - Every 2nd Sat. (QC) off - BHCC Mem $20 off. Reg: www.bhchessclub.com, 310-274-7873 $340 at site. Individuals seeking teams: $80 at site, or post on or see CCA 3 Rd. Quads. Bear Library, 101 Governors Pl., Bear, DE 19701. Game 29, (V/MC). [email protected]. Info: Dr. Robert Minoofar. Forum at ccaforum.com. $7000 guaranteed prize fund: top teams no delay. EF: $20. $$GTD: $40. Reg.: 10 AM-10:45 AM. Rds.: 11 AM, 12:15 Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open $2000-1200-600-400, teams averaging under 1400 $1000-500, top on each PM, 1:30 PM. ENT: 302-740-3442, [email protected]. http://Delaware See Grand Prix. board $200-100, top alternate $100.Team prizes apportioned to individ- Chess.org. NS. W. uals based on number of games played. Unofficial uschess.org ratings Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 20th annual North American Open (NV) used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine July 23, 4th Sat. Newark Quads See Grand Prix. if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Howard Johnson's Hotel, 1119 S. College Ave., Newark, DE 19713. Time Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young Adult $30, controls: 40/75, s/d 30. EF: $20. $$GTD: $40. Reg.: 9-9:30 AM. Rds.: Colorado Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, 9:45 AM, 1:45 PM, 5:30 PM. ENT: 302-740-3442, [email protected]. http://DelawareChess.org. NS. W. Aug. 6-7, Manitou Springs: PIKES PEAK OPEN Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. 5-SS, Rds. 1-3 40/90 and G/1; Rds. 4-5 40/2 and G/1. Manitou Springs Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd HR: District of Columbia City Hall, 606 Manitou Ave. One open section. EF: $30 if rec'd by March 2. $89-89, 800-408-7640, 203-358-8400; reserve by 10/21 or rate Car rental: 3, $35 at site. $8 EF discount for juniors, seniors, unrated. CSCA required, may increase. Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve Aug. 6, Rated Beginners Open (RBO) Ent: ($15, jrs & srs 10), OSA. Cash prizes per entries. Reg.: 8:30 - 9:30, Rds. car online through chesstour.com. Continental Chess, Box 249, Sal- 4-SS, G/30. US Chess Center, 1501 M St. NW,Washington, DC 20005. Open 10, 2:30, 7:00; 9:00 AM, 3:00. Entries to: Richard Buchanan, 1 Suther- isbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: to players rated under 1200 or unrated. EF: $20 ($15 if by 7/30). 5 sec- land Rd., Manitou Springs, CO 80829. Phone (719) 685-1984 or e-mail www.chesstour.com, www.ccaforum.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries tions by age. Reg.: 12-12:45. Info: 202/857-4922. www.chessctr.org/ Chess Magnet School JGP. [email protected]. COLORADOTOUR EVENT. Chess Magnet School posted at chesstour.com. Board 1 is FIDE rbo.php. rated. JGP. Aug. 26-28 or 27-28, 43rd annual Atlantic Open Aug. 20-21, Monument Open III Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Senior Open See Grand Prix. 5 Round Swiss SystemTournament.TC: All rounds: G/120. Information 5SS, 40/100, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/70). Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I- Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class and Registration: eagleandking.webs.com. Phone: (719) 491-1040. Championships (VA) 91 Exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking, free airport shuttle. Open to all born Email: [email protected]. Chess Magnet School See Grand Prix. JG P. before 12/12/61; no residence requirements. Prizes $2000 based on 40 paid entries, else in proportion except $1000 minimum guaranteed: Aug. 27, Utah Amateur Championship (UT) $600-300-200, Under 2010/Unr $300, Under 1810/Unr $250, Under Florida See Utah. 1610/Unr $200, Under 1410 $150. EF: $68 mailed by 12/1, $70 online Boca Raton Chess Club Sept. 3-4, 62nd Colorado Open at chesstour.com by 12/7, $75 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 12/7 (entry Friday nights, Game 90 Tournament, one game a week for 4 weeks. See Grand Prix. only, no questions), $80 at site. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper www.bocachess.com, 561-479-0351. Chess Magnet School JGP. magazine if paid with entry- online at chesstour.com, Adult (under 65) July 8-10 or 9-10, 4th Summer Solstice Open Connecticut $30, Senior (65/up) $20. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Sen- See Grand Prix. ior $30. 3-day late reg. ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5:30 A Heritage Event! pm, Sun 10 am & 3:45 pm. 2-day late reg. ends Sat. 10:30 am, rds Sat July 16, CFCC Quick-Chess (QC) July 10, 46th annual New Britain Summer Open 11 am, 2:15 pm & 5:30 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:45 pm. Half point byes OK all, 4SS, G/29 (G/25, T/D5). Casselberry Chess Club (CCC), Wirz Park, 806 4SS, G/45, 5 second delay. Rockledge Golf Course, 239 South Main St., limit 1 bye, must commit before rd 2. HR: $87-87, 860-627-5311, reserve Mark David Blvd., Casselberry, FL 32707. EF: $30, CFCC/CCC mbr $25, West Hartford, CT 06119. In 3 sections, Open: Trophies to Top 3, Top by 11/25 or rate may increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD Masters free (EF deducted from any prize). $$480 b/25, 160-80-60, Classes B, C, D/under 60 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10, 11:15, break, 1:30, 2:45. Ent: CFCC, 921 N.Thistle Ln., Maitland, FL 32751. Info: (407) 629-6946 or www.centralflchess.org. July 23, 2nd NE Regional QC Qualifier Open (QC) NO TOURNAMENTS IN YOUR AREA? See Grand Prix. July 30-Aug. 2, 2011 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open Cham- WHY NOT ORGANIZE ONE? pionship See Nationals. July 30-Aug. 7, Aug. 2-7 or 4-7, 112th annual U.S. Open Do you need to go out of town for tournament play? Would you and others in your area See Nationals. like the convenience of an occasional event closer to home? Organize one! Aug. 13, FCA CF Regional QC Qualifier (QC) 5SS, G/29 (G/25, T/D5). Casselberry Chess Club (CCC), Wirz Park, 806 It’s not much work to hold a small tournament,and thereislittlerisk if you usea low- Mark David Blvd., Casselberry, FL 32707. EF $30, CFCC/CCC mbr $25, Mas- ters free (EF deducted from any prize). FCA mbr reqd -$20/2Yr. $$680 cost site and avoid guaranteed prizes. You might even make a profit! Either a based-on b/25, 260*-100-80, Classes B, C, D/under 80 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: Swiss with projected prizes up to $500, a Quad format, or a trophy tournament will vir- 10, 11:15, break, 1:30, 2:45, 4:00. (*$100 withheld & given to CF tually guarantee taking in more in fees than you pay out in prizes. participant in FCA Playoff in Naples.) Ent: CFCC, 921 N. Thistle Ln., Maitland, FL 32751. Info: (407) 629-6946 or www.centralflchess.org. The affiliation fee is just $40 a year. You will receive the annual rating supplement and Sept. 3-5, Arnold Denker Florida State Championship have access to the TD/Affiliate area of our website. See Grand Prix. Remember, you can both run and play in a small event. Many of them wouldn’t be held Georgia July 8-10, North Georgia Chess Center Open if the organizer/TD couldn’t play. 5-SS. G/90 + 30 Second Delay. (Bye: One 1/2 point available: Must be submitted before 1st Round). North Georgia Chess Center, 2450 Atlanta WANT TO KNOW MORE? Contact Joan DuBois at [email protected]. Hwy., Suite 1401, Cumming, GA 30040. Prize Fund: $475 b/40 (propor- tionate to number of players below 40. Sections: Open Section Only. We’ll be glad to help you be part of the promotion of American chess! (Accelerated Pairings used for 1st Two Rounds). 1st: $200, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $75, u1800: $50, u1200: $50. Entry Fee: $30.00 (North Georgia Chess

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Center Members) online registration ($33.00). $35.00 (Non-North Geor- July 17, North Shore Chess Center G/45 Aug. 27, Southern Illinois Summer Open gia Chess Center Members) online registration ($38.00). Late Registration 4R-SS, G/45 + 10/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500West 3SS, Time control: 30/70, then 40/60. No sudden death. EF: $15.00. Prize Entry Fee; $35.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members). $40.00 (Non- Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. EF: $20 for non-mem- fund: $300, b/24. 1st $70, 2nd $30; Classes A, B, C, D/E/Unr $50 each. North Georgia Chess Center Members). *Re-entry $30.00. *Must pay in bers of the chess center, $15 for members of the chess center received Salem Community Center, 416 Oglesby St. Salem, IL 62881. Reg.: 8:00- cash or by check. Registration: Received by 7/7/11 or a late registra- by 7/16. All $5 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior 9:15. Rds.: 9:30, 1:00, 5:00. Entries: Jim Davies, 7358 Shaftesbury, St. tion fee will be incurred. Round Times: 1st - 7:30pm (Friday 3 day to round 1 or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a Louis, MO 63130, 314-721-4967. [email protected]. Schedule) or (9:30am Sat 2 day schedule), 2nd - 2:30pm, 3rd - 7:30pm, half-point bye for round 1. Round times: 1pm for round one and then Aug. 28, North Shore Chess Center G/45 4th - 11:00 am, 5th - 4:00pm. Information: 770-844-9204. northgachess- 15 minutes after final game from previous round completed. Half-point 4R-SS, G/45 + 10/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500West byes available in any round. Prizes: Book prizes for top three finish- [email protected], www.northgachesscenter.com. Chess Magnet Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. EF: $20 for non-mem- School JGP. ers. Biggest upset (150+ points): Free entry to following month G/45 + book prize. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with regis- bers of the chess center, $15 for members of the chess center received Aug. 5-7, North Georgia Chess Center Championship tration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks by 8/27. All $5 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior 5-SS. G/90 + 30 Second Delay. (Bye: One 1/2 point available: Must be payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Online reg- to round 1 or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a submitted before 1st Round). North Georgia Chess Center, 2450 Atlanta istration preferred. Additional questions email to: sevan@nachess. half-point bye for round 1. Round times: 1pm for round one and then Hwy., Suite 1401, Cumming, GA 30040. Prize Fund: $650 b/40 (50% Guar- org. USCF rated. For online registration and list of more events please 15 minutes after final game from previous round completed. Half-point anteed). Sections: Open Section Only. (Accelerated Pairings used for visit - www.nachess.org/events. byes available in any round. Prizes: Book prizes for top three finish- 1st Two Rounds). 1st: $275, 2nd: $150, 3rd: $75, u1800: $75, u1200: ers. Biggest upset (150+ points): Free entry to following month G/45 $75. Entry Fee: $40.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members) online July 23, Eighth Annual David Mote Memorial Open + book prize. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with regis- registration ($44.00). $45.00 (Non-North Georgia Chess Center Members) 4SS, G/75 (1st round G/60). Days Inn, 3000 Stevenson Dr., Springfield. tration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks online registration ($49.00). Late Registration Entry Fee; $45.00 (North Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10-12:30-3:15-6. Lunch break at noon. EF: $17 by 7/20, payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Online reg- Georgia Chess Center Members). $50.00 (Non-North Georgia Chess $20 at site, $2 less to SCC members. Prizes: $$400 b/30. 140-80, 1600- istration preferred. Additional questions email to: sevan@na Center Members). *Re-entry $35.00. *Must pay in cash or by check. Reg- 1999 60, 1200-1599 50, Under 1200 40, Unrated 30. Ent/Info: David Long, chess.org. USCF rated. For online registration and list of more events istration: received by 8/4/11 or a late registration fee will be incurred. 401 S. Illinois St., Springfield 62704. 217-726-2584. Information and please visit - www.nachess.org/events. Round Times: 1st - 7:30pm (Friday 3 day Schedule) or (9:30am Sat 2 day directions available at http://springfieldchessclub.110mb.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 7-10, 6th Annual World Open for Boys and Girls schedule), 2nd - 2:30pm, 3rd - 7:30pm, 4th - 11:00 am, 5th - 4:00pm. Infor- Doubletree Hotel - Oakbrook, IL. Organized by the North American Chess mation: 770-844-9204. [email protected], www.northga Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 6th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) Association. For detailed information includingTexasTech Scholarships, chesscenter.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. See Grand Prix. free USCFmemberships and more, please visit the official tournament Aug. 26-28 or 27-28, 43rd annual Atlantic Open (DC) Aug. 13, Members Only Special Event website at www.polgarworldopen.com. See Grand Prix. North Shore Chess Center, 5500WestTouhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships 847.423.8626. Open only to members of the North Shore Chess Center. See Grand Prix. Idaho Free simultaneous exhibition and lecture with a local master. Starts at 4pm. Additional questions: [email protected]. For a complete list- Indiana Aug. 27, Utah Amateur Championship (UT) ing of events visit www.nachess.org/events. See Utah. Orange Crush Chess Club Friday Night Blitz (QC) Aug. 19-21, 6th North American Amateur Open Burger King, 410 E Morris St (E Morris St and S East St). Chess player's Illinois 5R-SS, G/90 + 30/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500West welcome. Good tables and lighting. Show your OCCC card for free upsize. Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. Open to players with Late registration: 6:00-6:25PMTourney starts at 6:30 pm.Type: 3 Rounds, July 7, Members Only Special Event any established FIDE rating or an established USCF rating of 1600+. All North Shore Chess Center, 5500WestTouhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. Round Robin Quad, Game / 5+ 2 sec delay U.SC.F. Rated. Entry Fee: $7.00 participants compete in a single section. EF: $40 for non-members of the if received one week before tournament starting date, $8.00 at the door. 847.423.8626. Open only to members of the North Shore Chess Center. chess center, $30 for members of the chess center received by 8/18. All Free simultaneous exhibition and lecture with a local master. Starts at Prizes: Based on 4 full Pd. entries per quad, first in each quad: $20.00, $10 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior to round 1 second in each quad: Chess merchandise. Send advance entries to: 4pm. Additional questions: [email protected]. For a complete list- or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a half-point www.nachess.org/events. Donald Urquhart, 501 N. east St. # 802, Indianapolis, IN 46204-1629. ing of events visit bye for round 1. Round times: Friday - 7:00pm, Saturday 12pm and 6pm, For more info call Don at (317) 634-6259 or e-mail [email protected]. Sunday 11am and 5pm. Half-point byes available in any round. Prizes: July 15-17 or 16-17, 4th annual Chicago Class A State Championship Event! See Grand Prix. 1st - $60 Best Buy Gift Card, 2nd - $30 Barnes & Noble Gift Card, 3rd - $15 Starbucks Gift Card. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with July 15-16 or 16, Indiana State Players Championship July 17, Chicago Class Blitz (QC) registration information to: North American Chess Association (make 4SS, G/60 +30inc. Honeywell Center, 275 W. Market St., Wabash, IN 4-SS, double round (8 games), G/5. Westin North Shore Hotel (see checks payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. 46992. $$(1500 b/58). In 3 Sections, Players: Open to Ages 25 - 49. EF: Chicago Class). Prizes $300 based on 20 entries, else in proportion: $100- Online registration preferred. Additional questions email to: sevan@ $43 by 7-12 ($50 at site). $$: $230-115. u2100 - $95, u1800 - $90 $45, 50, U2100 $60, U1800 $50, U1500/Unr $40. EF: $20, at site only. Reg. ends nachess.org. USCF and FIDE rated. For online registration and list of more u1500 - $85 $40. Senior Players: Open to Ages 50+. EF: $38 by 7-12 1 pm, rds. 1:15, 1:45, 2:15, 2:45. Bye: 1. Quick rated, but higher of reg- events please visit - www.nachess.org/events. Chess Magnet School ($45 at site). $$: $145-100. u2000 $90, u1700 $85, u1400 $80. Young ular or quick used for pairings & prizes. JGP. Players: Open to Ages 24 & under. 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4th annual Chicago Class July 15-17 or 16-17, 2011 - Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel Prizes $5000 more than last year- $25,000 guaranteed!

5-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 Unrated prize limits: $100 in U1000, ICA membership ($15, scholastic $10; G/75). Under 1000 Section plays July 16-17 $200 E, $300 D, $500 C, $700 B, $900 A. each $4 less with online advance entry) only, G/75 with separate schedule. At the Balance goes to next player(s) in line. required for rated Illinois residents. luxurious Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, Rated players may play up one section. 601 North Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling IL 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. 60090. Free parking. Top 7 sections entry fee: 3-day $108, 2- Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 6 pm, Sun 10 & 4:30. In 8 sections; no unrated allowed in day $107 mailed by 7/7, all $109 online by 2-day schedule (E/up): Reg. ends Sat 9 Master or Expert. No residence requirements. 7/11 (chesstour.com), $115 phoned to 406- am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6; Sun. 10 & 4:30. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually 896-2038 (entry only, no questions) by 7/11, U1000 schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am; used if otherwise unrated. $130 at site. rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 1:30. Entry fee for all in Under 1000, and Half point byes OK all, Master must Master (2200/up): $2500-1200-600-400, unrated in Class A through E: all $70 less. commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2400 Entry fee for rated seniors age 65/over $1000-500. FIDE rated, 150 Grand Prix in Class E or above: all $40 less. All: No smoking. Bring clocks, sets, Points (enhanced). Re-entry: $50; not available in Master boards if possible-none supplied. JGP. Expert (2000-2199): $1800-900-500- Section. Hotel rates: $99-99-99-99, 800-937- 300. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. 8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by July 1. A (1800-1999): $1800-900-500-300. No mailed credit card entries. Car rental: 800-331-1600, D657633. B (1600-1799): $1800-900-500-300. Special 1 yr USCF dues with paper Blitz tournament Sunday 1:15 pm. C (1400-1599): $1600-800-400-200. magazine if paid with entry. Online at Entries: Continental Chess, PO Box249, D (1200-1399): $1400-700-400-200. chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Optional entry E (Under 1200): $1000-500-300-200. Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at form faces inside back cover. Advance Under 1000:$250-125-75-50, trophies to site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic entries posted at chesstour.com. $15 service top Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. $20. USCF mermbership required. charge for refunds.

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55. u1500 $50-25, u1200 $45-25. ALL: Memb. Req'd: ISCA. OSA. Reg.: State $5 off. Prizes: 1st-5th Trophies, U1000, U800, U600, U400 & UNR Louisville, KY 40204. Reg.: 8 a.m.-9:00 a.m. First game starts at 9:15 a.m. Ends Fri. 8:30pm (1-day option: Regs. ends Sat. 9am) Rds.: Fri. 8:45pm, 1st & 2nd Place Medals. ENT: Hawkeye Chess Club, c/o Steve Young, PO G/30, 4 rounds, Swiss…subsequent rounds ASAP. Individual trophies: Sat. 12:30-4-7:30 (1-day option: Sat. 9:30, rd2 merge). ENT: ISCA C/o Gary Box 2833, Iowa City, IA 52244, Ph# 319.594.3977, steverayy@hotmail. K/3 up to 4th place, K/6 up to 4th place, K/9 up to 4th place, and K/12 Fox, P.O. Box 114, Logansport, IN 46947 574-722-4965, www.indianachess. Aug. 27-28, 57th Iowa Open Championship up to 4th place. Team trophies: K/3 up to 5th place, K/6 up to 5th place, INFO: Chess Magnet School org. [email protected]. NS. NC. W. See Grand Prix. K/9 up to 5th place and K/12 up to 5th place. We define a team as 2 to JGP. 4 people, no more, no less. Every team member must be a member of July 15-17 or 16-17, 4th annual Chicago Class (IL) Kansas the U.S. Chess Federation (www.uschess.org).The pre-registration fee See Grand Prix. is 15.00 dollars and due by July 13, 2011.The on-site registration fee is July 29-31, KANSAS OPEN: 20.00 dollars. Children from military families can enter for 10.00 dollars. July 23, Vince Bennett Memorial #2 at Ramada Inn, 7240 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Overland Park, KS. Please make all checks payable to:THE POTTER'S HOUSE. Mail all reg- 4-SS, G/75. First Church of God, 5937 S. Park Rd., Kokomo, IN, 1 mi. W 2 sections: (7/30 and 7/31) 5SS, G/120 (All prizes based on 80 non- istration forms and payments to:The Potter's House Scholastic Chess Club, of US 31 & SR 26. Reg.: 8:30-9 a.m., Rds.: 9:15, 12:15, 3:15, 6:15. scholastic rate entries). Open: all: $320-160-80. 1999/below: 160-80-40. P. O . Box 2241, Louisville, KY 40201. Tournament Organizer: Corbin Rated & non-rated sections. Rated: EF $15 rec'd by 7/19, $19 at site. $$ $25 & plaque to top KS resident, designating person 2011 KS State Seavers (502) 584-8742 or [email protected]. 90% of net income, rest donated to National Kidney Foundation. Non- Champion. Reserve: 1799/below: $320-160-80. Class C: 160-80-40. rated: EF $10 by 7/19, $13 at site.Trophies 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Free breakfast 1399/below + unrated: 160-80-40. $25 and plaque to top KS resident. July 16, Bluegrass State Games - Chess event & lunch items. ENT: Roger Blaine, P.O. Box 353, Osceola, IN 46561. Info: EF: $45 if postmarked by 7/23, $60 thereafter. Special $10 discount for 4SS, G/45. Open through scholastic sections. KYWomen's Champion Event. (574) 257-9033, [email protected], or John Roush (765) 456-6863 advance entry into both Kansas Open + Quick tourney, $10 entry fee for Scholastic team awards (any type of team consisting of 4 players, ex.: or 461-9354. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP. Scholastics, choosing not to compete for cash, entering Reserve section Girl Scouts). Quick Chess: 4 rds - G/10 double Swiss. Events open to play- competing for one of three plaques or entering Open section competing ers of neighbor states without a chess event in their state games or no Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 6th annual Indianapolis Open state games. USCF membership is not required but games will be rated. See Grand Prix. only for State Championship plaque, Special free scholastic entry for some (See website for details). Reg.: 7/30 8:30-9:30am. Rds.: 7/30: 10-2:30- College Park Gym, 15 Wheeler Ave., Winchester, KY 40391. Register at: Aug. 20-21, Kendallville Open 7, 7/31: 9-1:30. KANSAS QUICKCHESS CHAMP: at Ramada Inn, bgsg.org/chess. 5-SS, G/120. Kendallville Public Library, 221 S. Park Ave., Kendallville, IN Overland Park- 1 section: (7/29), 5SS G/10 (All prizes based on 40 non- Aug. 6-7, Lexington Open/Kaidanov Birthday Bash 46755. Reg.: 8-9:30 a.m., Rds.: 10, 2:30, 7; 10, 2:30. EF: $35 rec'd by 8/17, scholastic rate entries) $240-160-80. Class A, B, & (C and below + See Grand Prix. $40 at site. Special EF $10 if joining USCF 1st time or expired over 10 yrs. unrated): 80, 40 each. $25 plus plaque for top KS resident in Quick. EF: $$ b/30: 300-140, U2000 70, U1800 65, U1600 60, U1400 55, unr. 50. ENT: $25 if postmarked by 7/23, $40 thereafter, $10 entry fee for Scholastics Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 6th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) Roger Blaine, P. O . Box 353, Osceola, IN 46561. Info: (574) 257-9033, choosing not to compete for cash, but for three plaques. Reg.: 7/29 6- See Grand Prix. [email protected]. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP. 7pm. Rds.: 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9, 9:30. KANSAS BUGHOUSE CHAMP: at Aug. 13, Sarah's All Girls Scholastic Chess Classic Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open (KY) Ramada Inn, Overland Park- 1 section: (7/29) Immediately after The Potter's House, 314 South Wenzel (use www.mapquest.com), See Grand Prix. Quick tourney, prizes 75% of total entry money. EF: $20 per team, pay Louisville, KY 40204.This is a ladies only tournament! Reg.: 8 a.m.-9:00 onsite, (See website for details). HR: Special room rate at Ramada Inn, Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) a.m. First game starts at 9:15 a.m. G/30, 4 rounds, Swiss…subsequent 913-262-3010, up to 4 in a room, $69 per night, reservations made by rounds ASAP. Individual trophies: K/3 up to 5th place, K/6 up to 5th place, See Grand Prix. 7/23. Special: KCA membership required of KS residents to partici- K/9 up to 5th place, and K/12 up to 5th place. Team trophies: K/3 up Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open (OH) pate; $7 adult, $5 junior, $10 family. Annual meeting of KCA on 7/31 at to 4th place, K/6 up to 4th place, K/9 up to 4th place and K/12 up to 4th See Grand Prix. 8 am. Site: Ramada Inn, dining area. Ent: Laurence Coker, 8013 W. 145th St, Overland Park, KS 66223. Checks payable to: "Kansas Chess place. We define a team as 2 to 4 people, no more, no less. Every team Iowa Association". Ph: 913-851-1583, e-mail [email protected], website member must be a member of the U.S. Chess Federation (www.uschess. Chess Magnet School org).The pre-registration fee is 20.00 dollars and due by Aug. 10, 2011. A State Championship Event! www.kansaschess.org -2011 Kansas Open ad. JGP for main event. The on-site registration fee is 25.00 dollars. Young ladies from military Aug. 27, 2011 Iowa Reserve Championship families and police families can enter for 10.00 dollars. Please make all Clarion Highlander Convention Center, I-80 NE side of Exit 246, Iowa City, Kentucky checks payable to: THE POTTER'S HOUSE. Mail all registration forms IA 52245. 4-SS. G/75T/D5. Open to U1600. Rds.: 10-1-3:45-6:00. Reg.: and payments to:The Potter's House Scholastic Chess Club, P.O. Box 2241, 8:30-9:30. Prizes: $340 b/25: $140+T-90-60,U1200-$50. EF: $29 pstmkd Elizabethtown Chess Club Louisville, KY 40201. Tournament Organizer: Corbin Seavers (502) 8/22, $35 on site, Jrs & Srs $5 off, Out of State $5 off. IASCA member- Rated tournament the 2ndTuesday of each month and we meet everyTues- 584-8742 or [email protected]. The other organizer is ship rqd ($15 Reg, $10 Jr.) or OSA. ENT: Hawkeye Chess Club, c/o Steve day between 7:00 pm-10:30 pm.We meet at the Elizabethtown Community Sarah Seavers (502)584-8742. This event is proudly sponsored by the Young, PO Box 2833, Iowa City, IA 52244, Ph# 319.594.3977, stever- andTechnical College, in Room 108A of the OccupationalTechnical Build- HFS Chess Marketing! [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. ing. For further details visit our website at http://etownchess.blogspot. com/. Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open Aug. 27, Rated Beginner Open (RBO) See Grand Prix. Clarion Highlander Convention Center, I-80 NE side of Exit 246, Iowa City, July 16, 2nd Annual L&N Federal Credit Union Scholastic Chess IA 52245. 5-SS, G/30. Open to U1200 or Unrated. Rds.: 10:30-11:40 1:15 Tournament Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open (OH) then ASAP. Reg.: 8:30-10:00. EF: $15 pstmkd 8/22, $20 on site, Out of The Potter's House, 314 South Wenzel (use www.mapquest.com), See Grand Prix.

41st annual CONTINENTAL OPEN Aug 11-14, 12-14 or 13-14 - $30,000 projected prizes, $21,000 minimum! 6 rounds, Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, Sturbridge MA- great summer vacation spot 6 rounds, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds Unrated prize limits: U2000 $900, 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30 pm, rds 1-3 G/50). Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 U1800 $700, U1600 $500, U1300 $300, Thu 7 pm, Fri 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Main St (Rt 20 west), Sturbridge MA 01566 U1000 $200. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). Free parking. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Experience 1790-1840 America at Old used if otherwise unrated. 2-day schedule: Reg. Sat to 9 am, rds Sturbridge Village (www.osv.org), swim in Sat 10, 12:45, 3:15, 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Cedar Lake, visit shops & galleries. Top 6 sections EF: 4-day $144, 3-day Half point byes OK all rds (limit 2); $143, 2-day $142 mailed by 8/4, all $145 Open must commit before rd 2, other Prizes $30,000 based on 250 paid entries online at chesstour.com by 8/8, $150 sections before rd 4. (re-entries & $60 less entries count half); phoned by 8/8 (406-896-2038, entry only, min. $21,000 (70% each prize) guaranteed. no questions), $160 at site (no checks, All: No smoking. Bring sets, boards, In 7 sections: credit cards OK). Re-entry (no Open) $80. clocks if possible-none supplied. JGP. Open: $3000-1500-700-400-300, clear Entry fee for all in Under 1000, and Hotel rates: $87-87, 800-582-3232, or tiebreak win $100 bonus, top U2400/Unr unrated in Under 1300: all $60 less. 508-347-7393, reserve by 7/28 or rate may $1800-1000. FIDE rated, 120 Grand Prix Special 1 yr USCF dues with Chess increase. Points (enhanced). Life if paid with entry. Online at Car rental: 800-331-1600, #D657633, Under 2200: $2000-1000-600-400-300. chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult or reserve at chesstour.com. Under 2000: $2000-1000-600-400-300. $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or Entry: Continental Chess, Box 249, Under 1800: $2000-1000-600-400-300. paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Salisbury Mills NY 12577. Optional entry Under 1600: $1800-900-500-400-300. Scholastic $20. USCF memb. required. form faces inside back cover. $15 service Under 1300: $1600-800-400-300-200 MACA mem. ($12, jr $6) req. for MA charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at Under 1000: $500-300-150-100-50.. residents, or WMCA for Western MA res. chesstour.com.

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Rd 3 3:30 PM; Sunday 9/25/2011 Rd 4 10:00 AM; Rd 5 1:00 PM at the Cntr., 293 Main St. (Rte. 46), Hackettstown, NJ. EF: $12. Prizes: $35 top Louisiana QWEST Center, 455 N. 10th St., Omaha, NE68102. Categories: K-3 in quad or $60/30/20, $20 each U1800, U1500 (b/16). Reg.: 7 pm 7/11. July 16-17, 2011 Paul Morphy Open (G30), K-6, K-9, K-12 and Open. EF per team if received before 9/1/11 Rds.: 7:30 pm each Monday. [email protected]. (If 4 or more rds See Grand Prix. $100, before 9/15/11 $120. No on-site registration. USCF membership then Chess Magnet School JGP applies.) Prizes: Sep. 3, 2011 Kickoff Scholastic required. Trophies for all teams and medals for all players. For July 17, 2011 Westfield Summer Scholastic Friday events information, see Flyer at www.omahachess.org. Contact: 4-SS, G/30. Site: Hilton New Orleans Airport, 901 Airline Dr., Kenner, LA Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. K-12 3 Sections : Open, Mike Gooch, 1004 South 131st Ave., Omaha, NE68154, 402-333-0722, 70062. EF: $15 if mailed by 8/26, $20 at site. LCA Memb. req'd for Under 1250, under 750. Open: 3SS, G/45.Trophies to top 5 in each sec- [email protected]. grades 9-12 ($5), OSA. Three Sections: K-3, K-6, K-12. Trophies to top tion. EF: $20, $15 members, at site $30, $25 Members. Reg.: 2-2:30 p.m. 3 in each section, medal and chess gift to all participants. Reg.: 10- Rds: 2:45-4:25-6:05 p.m. Under 1250: 4SS, G/30Trophies to top 5 in each 10:45am. Rds.: 11-12:30-1:45-3. Ent/Info: Adam Caveney, 1301 Gen. Nevada section. EF: $20, $15 Members, at site $30, $25 Members. Reg. 2-2:30 Taylor St., New Orleans, LA 70115, [email protected], (504) 895-4133 July 14-17, 15-17 or 16-17, 16th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA- p.m. Rds.: 2:45-4:00-5:15-6:30 p.m. Under 750: 4SS, G/30 Trophies to (evenings), (504) 615-6730 (on day of tourney). NS, NC. S) top 5 in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members, at site $30, $25 Members. Sept. 3-5, 2011 Louisiana State Championship See Grand Prix. Reg.: 2-2:30 p.m. Rds.: 2:45-4:00-5:15-6:30 p.m.Tiebreaks for trophies. See Grand Prix. Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 3rd annual Central California Open (CA-N) Info:Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchess See Grand Prix. club.com. Send advance entries to:Todd Lunna, 36 Maple Dr., Colts Neck, Maryland NJ 07722 by July 14, 2011. Make checks payable to: Westfield chess Aug. 27, Utah Amateur Championship (UT) club. July 16, Cecil County Chess Club Quads - Every 3rd Sat. See Utah. July 21, 3rd Thursday Quads All levels welcome! 3 Rd. Quads, Fairgreen Senior Community Apartments, Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 20th annual North American Open 100 Greenway, Perryville, MD 21903. Game 90. EF: $20. $$GTD: $50. Reg.: See Grand Prix. 3 RR, G/30 t/d5. Quads grouped by rating. All the King's Men Chess & 9-9:45 AM. Rds.: 10 AM, 1:30 PM, 5 PM. ENT: 302-740-3442, KevinJPy- Games Center (Just 22 mins. from Center City Philadelphia), 62 S. Broad- [email protected]. INFO: Skittles room available! Free coffee! http://Delaware New Hampshire way, Pitman, NJ. 856-582-8222. Prizes: $25 1st per quad. Unr. cannot win Chess.org. NS. W. more than $10. EF: $12, members $10. Reg.: 6-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8-9 pm. July 16-17, 61st New Hampshire Open Info: [email protected]. All: Visa/MC/Disc OK w/$1surcharge. July 22-Aug. 5, Catonsville Friday Knight Quick #123 & #124 (QC) See Grand Prix. Bring a clock! 5SS, T/D 12/3, EF: $8, club members $5. Reg.: 7:30pm. Rds.: 8, 8:30, 9, 9:30, 10. $$b/24 1st=$50, 2nd=$25, U1850 $12. Bloomsbury Com- New Jersey July 22-24 or 23-24, 16th Annual Bradley Open (CT) munity Center, 106 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228. Info: Joe See Grand Prix. July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Every Friday Quad G/30 Summers 410-788-1009, [email protected]. Website: http://mysite. July 23, Hamilton Chess Club Quads verizon.net/vze12d59q/. 3RR. Rds.: 7, 8:15, 9:30pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $25, members $20. Prizes per quad: 1st place 3RR, 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation Center, Bldg. 392, Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, Potomac Open - $50, 2nd place - $20. (732) 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. Groveville, NJ 08620. Quads open to all. EF: $10. Prizes: $25 per Quad. See Grand Prix. Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm-4:30/pm. NJ State Chess July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Chess Mates Saturday G/45 Open Federation, no dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA. NS, NC, W. Aug. 17-21, 18-21, 19-21 or 20-21, Manhattan Open (NY) 4-SS, Rds.: 12:30, 2:15, 4:00, 5:45 pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 See Grand Prix. Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $40, members $30. GM Free - $30 July 24, Westfield Quads 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 Aug. 26-28 or 27-28, 43rd annual Atlantic Open (DC) deducted from prizes. Prizes: 70% of EF 1st, 2nd, U2200, 2000, 1800 Limit See Grand Prix. 2 byes, commit by 1:30. Re-entry $15, counts half, no re-entry after 2nd to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: round. (732) 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info:Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], Sept. 3, Maryland Action Championship www.westfieldchessclub.com. See Grand Prix. July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Every Sunday U2000 Quad G/30 3RR. Rds.: 1:00, 2:15, 3:30pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., July 31, Westfield Quads A State Championship Event! EF: Prizes Quad: 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 Sept. 3, Maryland Blitz Championship (QC) Rahway, NJ 07065. $25, members $20. 1st - $50, 2nd - $20 (732) 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: G/5, # rounds based on entries. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info:Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], Rockville, MD 20852. Prizes (80% of EF Paid) 30%-20%-10%, class prizes July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Sunday Scholastic Quad G/30 www.westfieldchessclub.com. based on entries. EF: $20 by 8/30, $25 by 9/1, $30 at the door. $5 less 3RR. Rds.: 1:30, 2:45, 4:00pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., if also playing in Action. Schedule: Rds. start at 8:00pm Ent: MCA, c/o Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $15, members $10. Prizes Quad: 1st Place: Aug. 1, 8, 16, 23, Hackettstown International Swiss Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. More Trophy or $25 & a free lesson or Simul from GMYudasin. Chess Lessons 4-SS. 40/90, SD/60. Hackettstown Comm. Cntr., 293 Main St. (Rte. 46), information & online entry at http://themdactionblitz.com. Prior to Scholastic Tournament: 12:15pm-1:15 pm, EF: $10. (732) Hackettstown, NJ. EF: $14. Prizes (b/16): $75/$40/25, $20 each U1800, 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. U1500. Reg.: 7 pm 8/1. Rds.: 7:30 pm each Monday. GM norms unlikely. Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class Half-point byes available all rds (rd 4 must commit before rd. 3). angelo Championships (VA) July 4, 11, 18, 25, Every Monday Open G/5 Blitz and Chess Les- [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. See Grand Prix. sons/Simul (QC) GM Yudasin's "Chess Lessons: 3:15pm-8:00 pm - EF: $15 (3 different Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, 17th Annual Northeast Open (CT) Massachusetts classes). Blitz: 8:00pm-10:15pm - EF: $20/$15. GM Free - $15 deducted See Grand Prix. July 22-24 or 23-24, 16th Annual Bradley Open (CT) from prize. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, U2200, 2000, 1800 Chess Mates Aug. 7, Westfield Quads See Grand Prix. Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ (732) 499-0118. www.chessmates 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 nj.com. to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: July 29-31 or 30-31, 16th annual Green Mountain Open (VT) 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info:Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], See Grand Prix. July 6, 13, 20, 27, Every Wednesday Open G/5 Blitz and Chess Lessons (QC) www.westfieldchessclub.com. Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Billerica Friday Swiss GM Yudasin "Chess Lessons: 3:15pm-8:00 pm, EF: $15 (3 different Aug. 11-14, 12-14 or 13-14, 41st annual Continental Open (MA) 4 Rds. 40/90, SD/30. Billerica COA, 25 Concord Rd., Billerica, MA 01821. classes). Blitz: 8:00pm-10:15pm - EF: $20/$15. GM Free - $15 deducted See Grand Prix. EF: $15. Reg.: 7:30pm. Cash prizes minimal b/entries. For info, call from prize. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, U2200, 2000, 1800 Chess Mates Brad Ryan, (978) 369-8533. NS, NC. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 13, Central Jersey Chess Tournament Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ (732) 499-0118. www.chessmates 4SS, G/30. Wyndham Princeton, 900 Scudders Mill Rd., Princeton, NJ Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31, Sept. 7, Botvinnik Centennial Memorial nj.com. 08536. 5 Sections: 3 Rated, 2 Unrated. All: Game in 30 minutes, every- 5SS, G/110.Wachusett CC, McKay Campus School, Room C159, Fitchburg July 11, 18, 25, Bust Your Prawn Quad/Swiss one plays 4 rounds, no eliminations. Unrated Sections: "K-1", "Novice" State University, 67 Rindge Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $1 per game Quad or 3-SS, depending on entries. 40/90, SD/60. Hackettstown Comm. (2nd-8th grade). Rated Sections (all K-8): "Experienced" (below 600), played; free toWachusett CC members. Reg.: 7-7:10 p.m. Rds.: 7:15 p.m. Byes: 1-4, limit two. Prizes: Chess Informants to winner(s). Info: George Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420, [email protected], 978- 345-5011. Website: www.wachusettchess.org. Online ratings as of Aug. 10 will be used. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 11-14, 12-14 or 13-14, 41st annual Continental Open See Grand Prix. NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Sept. 3-5 or 4-5, 71st New England Open 6 rounds, Sept 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5 at Albany Marriott See Grand Prix. Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Senior Open (CT) America’s oldest annual event - $13,000 guaranteed See Connecticut. Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT) 6 round Labor Day weekend Swiss in 6 sections, you play only those in your See Connecticut. section. Choice of 4-day, 3-day or 2-day schedule (no 2-day Open Section), all merge Michigan and compete for same prizes. $97 room rates, free parking, free airport shuttle. Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, Cleveland Open (OH) See Grand Prix. Open Section: Prizes $1500-700-400-200, state title and $100 bonus to Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 6th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) top NY resident, top U2300/Unr $800. FIDE rated, 80 GPP (enhanced). See Grand Prix. Under 2200: $1000-500-300-150. Aug. 27-28, 2011 U.P.Open See Grand Prix. Under 2000: $1000-500-300-150. Unrated limit $700. Missouri Under 1800: $1000-500-300-150. Unrated limit $500. July 9, Premiere & Amateur Under 1600: $800-400-250-150, top U1400 $300. Unrated limit $300. See Grand Prix. Under 1300: $700-350-200-100, top U1100 $200, trophies to top 5, 1st Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 6th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) 800-999, Under 800, Unrated. Unrated limit $200. See Grand Prix. Nebraska FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue or chesstour.com. Sept. 24-25, Mid West Regional Team Chess Event Regional four member teams (alternate permitted), 5 Rd SS, G/60. Reg.: Saturday 9/24/2011 8:00-9:00 AM. Rds.: Rd 1 10:00 AM; Rd 2 1:00 PM;

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"Reserve" (600-900), "Open": (above 900). Trophies: 1st - 3rd in each sec- Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT) July 19, Marshall Masters! tion, medals to all. EF: Pre-reg. at NJChess.com, pay $30 (cash or check) See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com. See Grand Prix. on-site by 12. Those who pre-register after Thurs., 8/11 or on site: pay Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA) July 21, 4 Rated Games Tonight! Round 1 $40 (cash or check) by 12. starts at 1:15, next rounds start ASAP. See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., Separate Section Awards ceremony around 3:00-4:15. USCF membs, NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF: $35, Club Chess merchandise available on-site. Send questions to: Grant Oen, Jairo New Mexico membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 Moreira: [email protected]. b/32 paid): 150-100-50,Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 Aug. 14, Westfield Swiss #69 (QC) Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 5SS, Game/15 (QC). Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. See Grand Prix. min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often $425 Guaranteed $125, $60, under 2100, under 1850, under 1600, New York impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. under 1350 $60 each. EF: $35, $25 Members. Reg.: 2-2:30 p.m. Rds.: 2:45- July 22-24 or 23-24, 16th Annual Bradley Open (CT) 3:25-4:05-4:45-5:30 p.m. Info:Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, lunnaco@aol. July 7-28, 4th Long Island Chess Club July Open See Grand Prix. com, www.westfieldchessclub.com. 4SS, G/90. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East July 23, Marshall Saturday G/60! Aug. 17-21, 18-21, 19-21 or 20-21, Manhattan Open (NY) Meadow, NY 11554. 2 sections: Main: U-2300/unr. $(b/20): $105-85.Top 4-SS, G/60. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($360 See Grand Prix. U-1800, U-1500/unr. $55 ea. EF: $30. Reserve: U-1400/unr. $(b/10): $80- b/24): $160-80, U2000 $65, U1700 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 60.Top U-1200/unr. $50. EF: $20. BOTH: Reg.: 6:40-7:10 PM, no adv. ent., Aug. 21, Westfield Quads 11:15-11:45AM. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7PM. One bye available, request at non-LICC members +$10. Rds.: 7:15 PM SHARP ea.Thursday. 2 byes 1- entry. 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 4. Info: www.lichessclub.com. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP. to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: July 24, Marshall July Super Sunday Action! 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info:Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], July 8-10 or 9-10, 4th Summer Solstice Open (FL) 5-SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716.Two sections! www.westfieldchessclub.com. See Grand Prix. A. Open: ($360 b/24): $160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. B. Under 1500: Aug. 26-28 or 27-28, 43rd annual Atlantic Open (DC) July 16, Marshall Saturday U1800! ($240 b/16): $120-65, U1200 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15- See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 12:45. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. Aug. 28, Westfield Quads b/20): $160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. July 25-Aug. 22, Marshall Monday U1600! 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. 5-SS, G/90. Marshall CC, 23W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $40, mem- to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: July 16, Syracuse-Minoa July Open bers $20. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info:Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], 4SS. Rds.: 1 & 2 G/60, 3 & 4 G/90. Minoa Municipal Building, 240 N. Main 7PM each Monday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3. Chess Magnet School www.westfieldchessclub.com. St., Minoa, NY (Exit Kirkville Rd. E. from I 481. R. at second light to 240 JGP. Sep. 11, Westfield Quads N. Main St. Rear entrance). EF: $30. Prizes b/20: $200, 125, Class 100. July 26, Marshall Tuesday Quads! 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 Reg.: 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30, 12:00, 2:15, 5:30. Contact: Joe Ball, 315- 3-RR, G/30. Open to all levels; Quads formed by rating. Marshall CC, 23 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: 436-9008. Chess Magnet School JGP. W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $25, members $20. $50 for each win- Reg.: Rds.: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info:Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], July 16-17 or 17, Marshall July Grand Prix! ner. 6:15-6:45; 7-8:05-9:10PM. www.westfieldchessclub.com. See Grand Prix. July 28, 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight! See Grand Prix. Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class July 18-Aug. 22, FIDE Mondays!! Championships (VA) 6-SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to July 29-31 or 30-31, 16th annual Green Mountain Open (VT) See Grand Prix. all players rated 1600 or above. EF: $50, $30 members. $$500 b/20: $175- See Grand Prix. Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open 125-100, U2000 $100; 2 byes OK, commit before Round 4. Reg.: 6:15-6:45, July 30, Marshall Saturday U1400! See Grand Prix. Rds.: 7PM each Monday; FIDE rated. Chess Magnet School JGP. 4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300

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b/20): $160-80, U1100 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. $59. Cash only at site. Reg.: 8:45 to 9:15 AM. Rds.: 9:30, 12:00, 2:30, bers $25. ($480/24): $200-100-75, U2000 $55, U 1700 $50. Reg.: 11:15- Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. 4:45. Open: $250, $200, $100. Reserve: $200, $150, $100. Trophies: 1st 11:45. Rds.: 12-1:30-2:45-4:00-5:45-7:00-8:15. Two byes available, July 30-31 or 31, Marshall CC July U2100! – 4th, both sections. Make checks payable to: Cordisco's Corner request at entry. 4SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: Store, 308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901. (607) 772-8782. cordis- Sept. 8, 4 Rated Games Tonight! Chess Magnet School JGP. $45, Members $25. ($540 b/36): $240-120, U1800/unr $95, U1500 $85. [email protected]. 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., Reg.: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds 12:30-5:30 PM Aug. 21, Marshall Sunday Action NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF: $35, Club each day; 1 day, (Rds 1-2 G/35) 9:40-11:05AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; 5-SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.Two sections: membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 both merge rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. Chess Mag- A. Open ($360/24): $160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. B. U1500 b/32 paid): 150-100-50,Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 net School JGP. ($240/16): $120-65, U1200 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 July 31, Long Island G/45 pm. Rds.: 1-2:30-3:45-5:00-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. Clubhouse of Suffolk, 939 Johnson Ave., Ronkonkoma. 4-SS, G/45. $$ (480 Aug. 23, Marshall Tuesday Quads b/24) 120 U2100, 1900, 1700, 1500, 1300/UR each 72. 2 byes 1-4. EF $25 3-RR, G/30. Open to all levels; quads formed by rating. Marshall CC, 23 Sept. 9-23, Queens September Open by 7/23, $30 at site. Reg ends 10:45. Rds.: 11-12:40-2:10-4. Ent: Harold W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $25, members $20, $50 to each win- See Grand Prix. Stenzel, 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 11782. [email protected]. ner. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:05-9:10. Sep. 10, Marshall Saturday U1400 Aug. 1-22, 91st Nassau Grand Prix & Qualifying Aug. 25, 4 Rated Games Tonight! 4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($300/20): See Grand Prix. 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., $160-80, U1100 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45 pm. Aug. 4, 4 Rated Games Tonight! NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF: $35, Club Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 Sep. 10-11 or 11, Marshall September U2100 NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF: $35, Club b/32 paid): 150-100-50,Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 4-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 $45, members $25. ($540/36): $240-120, U1800/unr $95, U 1500 $85. Phone entry often b/32 paid): 150-100-50,Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 2 schedules: 2 day 12:30-5:30 each day. 1 day (Rds 1 & 2 G/30) 10-11:15- impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 12:30-5:30. Both merge Rd 3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often Aug. 26-28 or 27-28, 43rd annual Atlantic Open (DC) Chess Magnet School JGP. impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. See Grand Prix. Sept. 14-Oct. 12, Marshall Wednesday U2000 Aug. 4-25, Long Island CC August Open Aug. 27, Marshall Saturday U1800 5-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: 4SS, G/90. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East 4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($300/20): $40, members $20. ($300/20): $160-80, U1700 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Meadow, NY 11554. 2 sections: Main: U-2300/unr. $(b/20): $105-85. $$160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45 pm. Rds.: Rds.: 7 pm eachWednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. Chess Mag- Top U-1800, U-1500/unr. $55 ea. EF: $30. Reserve: U-1400/unr. $(b/10): 1-2:45-4:30-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. net School JGP. $80-60.Top U-1200/unr. $50. EF: $20. BOTH: Reg: 6:40-7:10 PM, no adv. Aug. 27-28 or 28, Marshall Late August GP Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class Rds.: ent., non-LICC members +$10. 7:15 PM SHARP ea.Thursday. 2 byes See Grand Prix. Championships (VA) 1-4. Info: www.lichessclub.com. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 29-Sep. 26, Marshall Monday U1600 See Grand Prix. Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, 17th Annual Northeast Open (CT) See Grand Prix. 5-SS, G/90. Marshall CC, 23W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, mem- Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open (NJ) bers $20 ($300/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7 See Grand Prix. Aug. 6, Marshall Saturday U1800! pm each Monday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. Chess Magnet School Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT) 4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 JG P. b/20): $160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. Sept. 1, 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight! Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA) See Grand Prix. Aug. 6-7 or 7, Marshall August Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Sept. 1, 16th Annual Chess Center Thursday "End-of-Summer" Scholastic Novice! North Carolina Aug. 10-Sept. 7, Marshall Wednesday U2000! 4-SS, G/30, age 17/below, Under 1400 or unrated. Marshall Chess Club, 5-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: July 22-24 or 23-24, 38th Lipkin/Pfefferkorn Open 23W. 10 St., bet. 5-6th Ave., NYC: 845-569-9969. EF: $20, Club members See Grand Prix. $40, members $20. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1700 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. $10.Trophies: top 4, top Unr. Reg. by 12:45 pm. Rds.: 1-2:30-3:45-5 pm. Rds.: 7PM each Monday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3. Chess Magnet Limit 2 byes, commit by 2:30. No advance entries. Phone entry often Aug. 26-28 or 27-28, 43rd annual Atlantic Open (DC) School JGP. impossible! See Grand Prix. Aug. 11, 4 Rated Games Tonight! Sept. 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5, 133rd annual NY State Championship 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., See Grand Prix. Ohio NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF: $35, Club July 9, House of Chess Open Sep. 3, Marshall Saturday Action membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 4SS, G/45. House of Chess, Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, OH (W ($360/24): b/32 paid): 150-100-50,Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 5-SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. of JC Penny). Sections: Open, U1600. Reg.: 11-11:25 AM. Rds.: 11:30- EF: Reg.: bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 $160-80, U 1900 $65, U1600 $55. $40, members $20. 12:15- 1:15-3:30-5:15. Prizes (b/25): Open: 1st $200, 2nd $100; U1900 1st $100; Rds.: min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often 12:45 pm. 1-2:30-3:45-5-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. Reserve(U1600): 1st $100. Ent: $25, Club members $20. Info & entries: impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. Sept. 4, Marshall Sunday G/60 House of Chess, Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, OH 44070. Phone: Aug. 11-14, 12-14 or 13-14, 41st annual Continental Open (MA) 4-SS, G/60. Marshall CC, 23W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($360/24): (440) 979-1133. E-mail: [email protected]: www.thehouseof See Grand Prix. $160-80, U 2000 $65, U1700 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15- chess.com/. 11:45 am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. One bye available, request at entry. Aug.11-Sept. 8, Marshall Thursday Members-Only Swiss! July 16, Progress with Chess Summer Chess Series 5-SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to Sept. 5, Marshall Labor Day Madness Falls, OH 44221. EF: $15. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30. MCC members only. EF: $20. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U2000 $60. Reg.: 7-SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $45, mem- Open/Reserve (U-1500) b/30: 1st $125 2nd $75. Reserve: 1st $80 2nd 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Thursday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 13, Marshall Saturday U1600! 4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. Aug. 13-14 or 14, Marshall CC August U2300! 2011 CLEVELAND OPEN 4SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/36): $240-120, U2000/unr $95, U1700 $85. Reg.: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds 12:30-5:30 PM each August 5-7 or 6-7, Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel day; 1 day, (Rds 1-2 G/35) 9:40-11:05AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; both merge rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. Chess Mag- net School JGP. $16,000 guaranteed prizes- $4000 more than last year Aug. 16, Marshall Masters See Grand Prix. 5 round Swiss in 6 sections, you play only those in your section. Choice of 3-day or 2-day schedule, both merge after round 2. $80 room rates, free parking, free airport Aug. 17-21, 18-21, 19-21 or 20-21, Manhattan Open See Grand Prix. shuttle! Special entry fee for Seniors age 65/over, Under 1000, or Unrated. Aug. 18, 4 Rated Games Tonight! Open Section: Prizes $2000-1000-600-300, clear/tiebreak win $100 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF: $35, Club bonus, top U2200 $1200-600. FIDE rated, 100 GPP (enhanced). membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50,Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 Under 2000 Section: $1400-700-400-200. bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often Under 1800 Section: $1400-700-400-200. Unrated limit $700. impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. Under 1600 Section: $1200-600-300-200. Unrated limit $400. Aug. 20, Marshall Saturday G/60 4-SS, G/60. Marshall CC, 23W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($360/24): Under 1300 Section: $1000-500-250-150. Unrated limit $200. $160-80, U2000 $65, U1700 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45 Under 1000 Section: $300-200-100, trophies to first Under 800, Under am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. One bye available, request at entry. Aug. 20, Syracuse-Minoa Aug Open 600, Unrated. Unrated limit $100. 4SS. Rds.: 1 & 2 G/60, 3 & 4 G/90. Minoa Municipal Building, 240 N. Main St., Minoa, NY (Exit Kirkville Rd. E. from I481. R. at second light to 240 FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue or chesstour.com. N. Main St. Rear entrance). EF: $30. Prizes b/20: $200, 125, Class 100. :9008. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 21, 32nd Binghamton Monthly $1000 Tourney! Prizes Increased! $1000 b/24. 4SS, Rds. 1-3 G/65 Rd.4 G/75. Entry:

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$40. Entries: Progress with Chess, 12200 Fairhill Rd., Cleveland, OH burgh, PA 15217. EF: $20 postmarked by 7/20, $25 later, $5 discount to July 23, 2011 Memphis Summer Open 44120. Non-Rated Scholastic Sections available. Info: www.progresswith PCC members. Sections of 6 players by rating. Bottom section may have 4SS, G/60. Greater Memphis Chess Center, 5796 Shelby Oaks Drive chess.org. Contact: Mike Joelson, 216-321-7000. more than 6. Prizes($$G): $50 1st, $30 top in lower half of each section. Suite 11, Memphis,TN 38134. $350 prizes Gtd. 2 sections: Open $125, Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, Cleveland Open Limit one prize per person. Reg.: 9AM-9:45AM on 7/23. Rds.: 10AM-1:30- $75. Amateur(u1600) $100, $50. EF: $25 ($20 for MCC and GMCC mem- Rds.: Reg.: Entries: See Grand Prix. 5PM. One 1/2 point bye permitted, if requested before Round 2. Late bers). 10-1-3-5. 07/23: 7:30-9:30am. Memphis entries may be placed into the appropriate section with a 1/2 point bye Chess Club Inc., PO Box 17864, Memphis, TN 38187-0864. Memphis- Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 6th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) atTD's discretion. Info: 412-421-1881. Ent: Pittsburgh Chess Club, Attn: Chess.com, [email protected]. See Grand Prix. Mike Holsinger, 5604 Solway St., Suite 209, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Aug. 20, 19th Battle of Murfreesboro Aug. 13, Toledo Aug Swiss A Heritage Event! See Grand Prix. Open, 4SS, Rnd 1 G/75, Rnds 2-4 G/90. The University of Toledo Health July 23-24, 42nd Susquehanna Valley Open Aug. 20, Mike Barton Memorial Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Café, 3000 Arlington Ave., 5 SS, G/90. Honeysuckle Student Apts., 111 Honeysuckle Ct., Bloomsburg, 2 sections: G/60 (4 rds) and G/30 (7 rds). Site: Greater Memphis Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by PA 17815. EF: $29 by July 20, $40 later. $$ (400G): 150-75-40, 135 in class Chess Center, 5796 Shelby Oaks Dr., Suite 11, Memphis, TN 38134. EF: 8/11 $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 prizes. Prizes will be increased if over 30 entries. Reg.: 9-9:30am. Rds.: $20 ($15 for MCC and GMCC members). Prizes: 1st place each section- b/20, $100-50, 1st Class A ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James 10am-1:30pm-5 pm, 10 am-1:30 pm. Housing: $40 - for housing info con- $100 cash; 2nd place each section-$60 chesscentral.com certificate; Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. tact Sam Lamonto, 717-580 7492, [email protected]. Ent: GHACC, C/O 3rd place each section-$40 chesscentral.com certificate. Rounds (G/60): Chess Magnet School JGP. Michael Jemo, 128 Forest Hills Acres, HazleTwp., PA 18201, 570-455-9261, 10-1-3-5. Rounds (G/30): 10-11-1-2-3-4-5. On-site reg. 08/20: 7:30- Sept. 3-5, 67th Ohio Chess Congress [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. 9:30am. Free pizza and drinks for all players who register online by See Grand Prix. July 30, 2nd Annual Joe Deraymond Memorial Blitz Championship Monday, 8/15! Entries: www.memphischess.com. Info: gpylant@ gmail.com. Sept. 10, Toledo Sep Swiss (QC) Open, 4SS, Rnd 1 G/75, Rnds 2-4 G/90. The University of Toledo Health 7-SS, g/15 + 3 sec increment. $$$ 300 guaranteed $150 + trophy 1st, Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Café, 3000 Arlington Ave., 2nd $50, U2000/Unrated $50, U1600 $50. Book drawing for non-prize- Texas EF: Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by winners. $20 ($12 for under 1400 or unrated). St. Luke's Evangelical July 18-23, 2011 U.S. Senior Open Registration: 9/8 $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 b/20, Lutheran Church, 417 N. 7th St., Allentown, PA 18102. Noon See Nationals. Rds.: $100-50, 1st Class A ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James to 1:15 PM. 1:30-2-2:30-3:30-4-4:30-5. Book drawing 5:45.Trophy playoff 6 PM. One bye possible rounds 1-5 only. No advance entries. No July 22-24, 2011 U.S. Junior Open Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. See Nationals. Chess Magnet School JGP. smoking. Information: Eric C. Johnson 610-433-6518 or www.freewebs. com/allentowncentercitychessclub. July 22-24, NOT-A-SENIOR-NOT-A-JUNIOR OPEN Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open (KY) July 30, 2011 PA State Action Championship 5SS, G/120, FIDE rated. Free entry for GMs and IMs (EF deducted from See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. winnings of IMs). Hilton Hobby Airport, 8181 Airport Blvd., Houston,TX Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open 77061. (713-645-3000). 4 Sects. OPEN; U2000; U1600/Unr; U1200. Aug. 5-7 or 6-7, Cleveland Open (OH) See Grand Prix. PRIZES: 70% of entry fees returned as cash prizes, plus a plaque to the See Grand Prix. winner of each section. In the event of a tie, USCF-recommended com- Oklahoma Aug. 7, 9th Holly Heisman Memorial Fundraiser puter tiebreaks will decide the winner of the plaque. EF: $49 by 7/20; $59 at site; Re-Entry Fee: $20 (avail. up to Rd. 4); 3-day Sched: Reg. Fri. July 9-10, 66th OCF Oklahoma Open - Jerry Spann Memorial - FIDE JCC Kaiserman Branch, Haverford Rd. & City Ave., Wynnewood. FREE entry! Advance entry strongly suggested. Optional tax-deductible 5:30-7pm, Rds. Fri. 8pm; Sat. 11-6:30, Sun. 9:30-2:30. 2-day Sched: Reg. Championship Sat. 8:30-10am, (Rds 1 & 2, G/75) Sat. 11-2:30-6:30, Sun. 9:30-2:30. Both See Grand Prix. donation to the Holly Heisman Memorial Fund at the Philadelphia Foun- dation to benefit women in need, $25+ per entry suggested. Reg. schedules merge at Rd. 3. Byes: Avail. all Rds. (commit before Rd. 3). HR: July 16, OCA Chess Adventure & Blue Fish Action Swiss 2011 9:15-10. All: G/30, Rds. 10:30-11:45-1:30-2:45-4 or earlier. 3 Sections: $89 for single/double/triple/quad, reserve early and mention ChessTour- 4SS, G/30, one section, dual rated Regular & Quick. Lunch Provided. Open 5SS & U1500 5SS (both open to all ages) and K-8 U900 4SS. Many nament to assure group rate. ENT: On-line registration and printable entry Rejoice Christian Schools, South Campus, 12200 E. 86th Street North, donated prizes ($1,000+/yr!). Prize sponsors encouraged & honored form at www.cajunchess.com, or mail entry form to Franc Guadalupe, 305 Owasso, OK. Directions: http://mapq.st/iEJHx8.Trophies to 1st, 2nd & at event: email [email protected]. Ent: click "tourna- Willow Pointe Dr., League City,TX 77573. Info or Phone Ent: 504-905-2971. 3rd. EF: Free Entry, OCA membership included, registration at door. USCF ments" at www.silverknightschess.com. Inf: 610-649-0750, Joshua Major credit cards accepted (no checks at site). FIDE, Chess Magnet membership required. Reg.: 8:00-9:00am; accelerated pairings may be Anderson: [email protected]. W. School JGP. used, one 1/2 point bye in Rd 1 only. Rds.: 9:30, 11:00, 12:45 & 2:15. Con- Aug. 13, W.Chester 1st Sat. Quads July 23, Summer Slammer tact: Chuck Unruh, PO Box 340, Collinsville, OK 74021, 918-371-2978 or Hornbeak Bldg, 2nd floor, 4450 Medical Dr., San Antonio,TX 78229. 5-SS, 800-460-2794, [email protected]. More info: www.ochess.org/events. Our 22nd year! 3RR, 40/80, sd/30. United Methodist Church, 129 S. High St.,West Chester, PA 19382. EF: $20. Prizes: $$40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9am. Rd. 1 G/30, Rds. 2-5 G/60. $$1,000 b/40: $250-150; A, B, U1600 ea. $100- Sept. 3-5, 7th Okie Chess Festival Rds.: 9:30, 1, 4:30. Info: Jim White 484-678-3164. $75. U1400/unr. $75. EF: $30 if rec'd by 7/21, $35 at site. Junior See Grand Prix. (18/under) or Senior (65+) entry (count 2/3 toward based-on): $20 by Aug. 17-21, 18-21, 19-21 or 20-21, Manhattan Open (NY) 7/21, $25 at site. Book & supply sales and swap during registration. Reg.: Oregon See Grand Prix. 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10:30-11:30-2-4:30-7:30. Half-pt. bye any 1 rd., notice Aug. 19-20, 2011 U.S. Blind Chess Championship before rd. 2. Entries: SACC, POB 501, Helotes, TX 78023. Info: Aug. 12-14, Portland Chess Club Centennial Open - $10,000 Guar- www.sanantoniochess.com, 210-695-2324. NS. NC. W. anteed! See Nationals. See Grand Prix. Aug. 20, 5th Annual May LVCA Scholastic K-12 Championship Sept. 30-Oct. 2 or Oct. 1-2, 2011 U.S. Class Championships See Nationals. Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) (9Trophies) 5-SS, G/30. EF: $30, $35 CASH ONLY after 8/17/11AT SITE. See Grand Prix. Trophy’s to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,Top U1400, U1200, U1000, U800, UNR, FREE ENTRY TO UNRATEDS, if paying 1 year USCF Dues, Drawings for $100 Utah Pennsylvania in Door Prizes. Rds.: 12-1:30-2:45-4-5:30. Reg.: Ends 11:30am. Site: July 30, Utah Blitz Chess Championship (QC) Lehigh County Senior Ctr, 1633 Elm St., Allentown, PA 18102. Ent: Bruce 7 Rd. "Double Swiss" - You play each opponent once w/white, and once Every Second Saturday of the Month Davis, 1208 Linden St., Bethlehem, PA 18018, Ph. 484-866-3045, Email: w/black. Two Sections: Open & U-1250. S.L. Comm Coll, Markosian Allentown 2nd Saturday Quads 3RR, G/40. St. Luke's [email protected]. Info: www.lehighvalleychess.org/. Library, 4600 S. Redwood Rd., SLC, UT 84123. EF: Open $20. U-1250 $10. Ev. Luth. Church, 417 N. 7th St., Allentown, PA 18102. Aug. 26-28 or 27-28, 43rd annual Atlantic Open (DC) If info in byThu. July 28, can pay on Sat. Both $5 more if register on-site. Quads open to all. EF: $12. $$24/quad. Reg.: 12-1, Rds.: See Grand Prix. Time Control: G/5 w/NO time delay! Rds.: Rd. 1 at 12:30. Rds. 2-7 asap. 1:15-2:45-4:15. No adv. ent. Info: 610-433-6518. Other Approx. finish at 4:30 PM. OPEN $$: B/20 120, (+ Plaque) 80, 60, Bot- rated events every week! www.freewebs.com/allentown Aug. 27, 2011 August LVCA Grand Prix tom Half Prize 40, Upset 5. U-1250$$: B/16 $50, (+ Trophy) 30, 20, centercitychessclub. See Grand Prix. Bottom Half Prize 10, Upset 3. Reg.: 11:30AM-12:15.Two (1/2 pt.) byes Every Saturday Lehigh Valley Super Quads & G/10 (QC) Sept. 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5, 133rd annual NY State Championship (NY) allowed, req. before Rd. 2. Mail paid entries to: Morry Holland, 1470 E. (NO QUADS OR BLITZ ON LVCA GRAND PRIX DATES LISTED IN CHESS See Grand Prix. Valley Ridge Dr., Sandy, UT 84093. Please make checks payable to: Utah LIFE) G/40 Quads, 3-RR. Reg.: 1p. Lehigh County Senior Ctr., 1633 Elm Chess Assoc. Entry info: [email protected], or 801-864-9023. Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class More info at www.utahchess.com. St., Allentown, PA 18102. EF: $10, $30 for 3-0 score, else $25 for 1st. G/10 Championships (VA) Reg.: EF: Prizes: Quick Chess, 5-SS, 5-6:15 pm. $5, 50% of Paid Entries. See Grand Prix. A State Championship Event! Info: [email protected], www.lehighvalleychess.org/. Aug. 27, Utah Amateur Championship Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open (NJ) July 16, 2011 Fireworks Grand Prix 5SS, Two Sections: U-1800 & U-1250. U. of Utah, Union Bldg. (East/West See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. Ballrooms), SLC, UT 84112. EF: Open = $20/25/30. U-1250 = $10/15/20. Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress 1st EF: Registration AND payment in by Thu. Aug. 25. 2nd EF: Register July 22-24 or 23-24, 16th Annual Bradley Open (CT) See Grand Prix. byThu. Aug. 25, and pay on-site. 3rd EF: Register on-site. Time Controls: See Grand Prix. G/60 td/5. Rds.: 9AM, 11:15, 2:30, 4:45, 6:55. U-1800 $$: B/32 $150, July 23, 31st Allegheny Chess Congress Rhode Island 100, C/below 80, UNR 30 (b/3 unr), Female 20, Upset 10. Title of Utah 3SS, G/90. Pittsburgh Chess Club, 5604 Solway St., Suite 209, Pitts- Amateur Chess Champion to Winner of U-1800. Plaques to top 2. U- July 9, Central Falls BK Tournament for Kids 1250$$: B/24 $60, 50, Plus NICETrophies to top 2! Additional trophies Reg.: www.richess.org, [email protected], (401)359-1602. for best 800-999, 500-799, and 499/below. Reg.: 8 AM-8:40. Two (1/2 pt.) byes allowed, req. before Rd. 2. Mail paid entries to: Morry Holland, South Carolina 1470 E. Valley Ridge Dr., Sandy, UT 84093. Paid advance entries must be Aug. 19-21, Columbia Open in by Aug. 25. If pre-register & pay on-site, please e-mail Mochess@ com- DROPPING OUT? See Grand Prix. cast.net, or call 801-864-9023. Please make checks payable to: Utah Chess Assoc. Out of state players are welcome. Amateur Title and Trophies to Have to miss a round? Tennessee Utah Residents only. More info at www.utahchess.com. July 2011: Friday Nights, Hot Summer Swiss It is very important that you G/90, 4SS. See www.memphischess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Vermont July 2011: GMCC, Saturday and Sunday events. July 29-31 or 30-31, 16th annual Green Mountain Open See Grand Prix. See www.greatermemphischess.com. NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR Sept. 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5, 133rd annual NY State Championship July 16, 2011 Clinton Pearson Jr. Memorial Open See Grand Prix. before pairings are made, so no one Cumberland Co. Community Complex, 1398 Livingston Road, Crossville, is deprived of a game! If you forfeit TN 38555. In 2 Sections, Open: 4SS, G/60, $$GTD: $50. 25-X,A,B,C, D,E/Below. Amateur: 4SS, G/60, Open to U1000 & under. $$GTD: $50. Virginia without notice, you may be FINED 25-G,H/Below. ALL: EF: $10 if mailed by 7/11, $15 at site. Memb. Arlington Chess Club Friday Night USCF Rating Ladder up to the amount of the entry fee! Req'd: TCA $10. ENT: Harry DSabine, P. O. Box 381, Crossville, TN 30/90, SD/1. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington 38557. 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Jan. to Dec.: $100. Must join club to play. Yearly dues: $50 adults, $40 VA 23693. Checks to "VIRGINIA CHESS". Info: e-mail mhoffpauir@ July 23-24, 35th Annual Green Bay Open seniors and U18, cash or check. Dates found on our website: aol.com, 757-846-4805 or www.vachess.org/2011closed.htm. W, NS, See Grand Prix. http://members.cox.net/arlingtonchessclub/. Reg.: weekly sign-up from NC. 7:00-8:00, games start by 8:10, no advance entries. Contact for info only: Aug. 12-14 or 13-14, 6th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) A State Championship Event! See Grand Prix. [email protected]. W, NS. Chess Magnet School JGP (if 4 A Heritage Event! rounds/games played in that one month). Sept. 3-5, 75th Annual Virginia Closed State Championship Aug. 20, BC Challenge Arlington Chess Club's Monthly Action Tournament 6-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Hilton Garden Inn Richmond-Innsbrook, 4050 Cox Rd., Holiday Inn, N14W24140Tower Pl., Pewaukee,WI 53072, (262) 506-6300. Once each month, the ACC sponsors an action tournament (dates found Glen Allen, VA (804) 521-2900. Conveniently located off I-295. Ask for Onsite Registration: 8:30am-9:30am. EF: $40. Open, $25 on our website: http://members.cox.net/arlingtonchessclub/.) 3SS, chess rate and mention the tournament. Reserve before 8/12 for $89 Reserve(U1600), $10 RBO(U1000) by 8-19. After 8-19, $5 more. $3 dis- G/30. Prizes b/entries: 80% returned as prizes. Held concurrently with chess rate http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com. Open to VA residents, mil- count to Juniors and new members in Open and Reserve Section. TC: club ladder. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington itary stationed in VA, and students attending any VA school, College G/60. Rds.:10-1-3:30-6. Prizes: Open b/25: 1st $300, 2nd $175, A $100, Blvd., Arlington, VA 22202. Reg.: 7:00-8:15. Rd. 1: 8:20. EF: $15 ($10 for or University (must show valid ID or other proof of Fall 2011 VA U1800 $90, Upset $75. Reserve(U1600)b/25: 1st $120, 2nd $90, D $65, ACC Members), no advance entries, cash only. Contact for info only: chris- school enrollment). Annual VCFBusiness Meeting Sat Sep 3 from U1200 $55, Upset $40. RBO(U1000): Trophies to top 3,1st U700, & 1st [email protected]. W. NS. 10am-12 noon. $$2,825 b/75 paid entries.Two sections, Open and Ama- U500. Advance Entries to: Benjamin Corcoran, 2711 N. University Dr. Open Top Expert & A #64, Waukesha, WI 53188. Question: Ask Ben (262) 506-4203 or ben- July 16-17, 21st Annual Charlottesville Open teur (U1800). $600-350-250, $125 ea. Trophy to 1st, Top Exp & A. Amateur $500-300-175. Top C, D, U1200, Unr $100 [email protected]. See Grand Prix. each.Trophy to 1st,Top C, D, U1200.Trophies to top Senior (60+), Jun- July 23, Sterling Chess July High Reg.: A State Championship Event! ior (U18) and Woman with 1pt added to their Open section scores. Sept. 3-5, Rohland Memorial/WIClosed Champ. 4SS, G/61. St. Francis Episcopal Church, Harris Hall, 9220 Georgetown Fri Sep 2, 3-6:30PM and Sat Sep 3, 10:00AM-12:30PM. Rds.: Sat 1 & 7; Pike, Great Falls, VA 22066. EF: $2 if preregistered by 7/21, $4 there- Sun 11 & 5; Mon 10 & 3:30.Two 1/2 pt byes available, must declare before Howard Johnson Inn & Conference Center, 2101 North Mountain Rd., after. Unrateds free. Pay on site. No prizes; rating only. Preregister start of Rd 2. EF: $60 if received by Sep 2, $75 thereafter and on site. Wausau,WI 54401. Open to state residents, past champions and students online at www.meetup.com/sterling-chess-tournaments. Reg.: 11:30- Re-entry allowed for Rd.2 only at $30 with 1/2 pt bye. Ent: Mail payment inWI schools. In 3 Sections, Premier: 6SS, 40/2,SD/1, EF: $39 by 8/31, 12:00. Rds.: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:30. Bye: Half-point, any round. Info: by 8/30 to Mike Hoffpauir, ATTN: VA Closed, 405 Hounds Chase,Yorktown, $45 at site, USCFjuniors $5 less. $$b/25: $300-185-135. 'A' $90, U1800 [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. VA 23693. Checks to "VIRGINIA CHESS". Info: [email protected], 757- $65.Traveling and permanent trophy to winner. $50 Kittsley Upset Prize (1 overall). Rds.: 12-7; 10-7; 10-3:30. Reserve (U1800): 6SS, 40/2,SD/1, July 30-31, 2nd Annual Fairfax Open 846-4805, or www.vachess.org/2011closed.htm.W, NS, NC, FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP. Open to 1799 & under. EF: $25 by 8/31, $31 at site, USCFjuniors $5 less. See Grand Prix. $$b/21: $125-50. Trophy to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1st 'C', 1st 'D', 1st U1200, 1st Aug. 6, Kingstowne Quad #76/Action-Plus #48 Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class Unr.Traveling trophy to 1st. $50 Kittsley Upset Prize (1 overall). Rds.: 12- Championships 7; 10-7; 10-3:30. Scholastic: 5SS, G/90, Open to under 1800 & under KingstowneThompson Center, 6090 Kingstowne Village Pkwy., Alexandria, See Grand Prix. VA 22315. 2 Events. Quad #76: 3RR, G/100. EF: $10 if received by 8/3, age 19. EF: $12 by 8/31, $18 at site. Prizes: Trophies to top 3 and 1st $15 at site. Prizes: Medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to 1st if 3- Oct. 8-10, 52nd Annual U.S. Armed Forces Open Chess Champi- HS, 1st MS and 1st Elementary. Medals to scores of 3 or more. Rds.: 9/3: 0 score, else silver; bronze to 2nd. Rds.: 11-3-7. Action-Plus #47: 5SS, onship 12:00-3:30-7:00pm, 9/4: 10:00am-2:00pm. ALL: Checks payable toWCA. G/45. EF: $15 if received by 8/3, $20 at site. Prizes $$250 b/20: $100- See Nationals. Reg.: 9/3 10:30-11:30am. WCA Membership Mtg 9/4 3:30pm. ENT: 60, U1800-U1400-Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-3-5-7. Both: Reg. 9-10:30. Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT) Dennis Kosterman, 28 Singleton Ct., Madison,WI 53711. Dennis Koster- Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 2902, Springfield, VA See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com. man 608-770-3133. INFO: [email protected]. HR: $64 715-842-0711 22152. Email (info only): [email protected]. W(please give 48- Mention Chess. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. hour notice if needed). West Virginia Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) Aug. 13, Harris Pavilion "Open Air" (QC) Aug. 21, 19th Annual Parkersburg Homecoming Chess Tourna- See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. ment Aug. 20, Tracy Callis Memorial 4SS, G/60. Parkersburg Municipal Building, 2nd & Market Streets, Park- Wyoming See Grand Prix. ersburg,WV 26101. 2 Sections: Open EF: $15 postmarked by 8/17, $20 at site,Trophy to First, $$ Based on Entries. One 1/2-pt Bye available in July 16, 2011 U.S. G/15 Championship (QC) Aug. 26-28 or 27-28, 43rd annual Atlantic Open (DC) Rds 1-3 (request required prior to Rd 1). Non-Rated EF: $10, Trophies See Nationals. See Grand Prix. to 1st & 2nd. ALL: Reg. ends 9-9:45, Rds. 10-12:45-3-5:15. Ent/Info: July 16-17, 2011 Wild West Chess Sept. 2, VA Closed Friday Night Blitz (QC) Patrick Kelly, 104 Iroquois Dr., Marietta, OH 45750, (740)374-0538, See Grand Prix. Open to all USCFmembers, not just VA residents. Same location as VA [email protected], NS, NC, W. Closed. 4 or 5-DblSS depending on number of players. EF: $25 if received by Aug 30, $35 thereafter and at door.Two sections, Open and Amateur Wisconsin (U1800). $$500 b/30 paid entries. Rd 1 at 7:00 PM. Ent: Mail with pay- July 15-17 or 16-17, 4th annual Chicago Class (IL) ment to Mike Hoffpauir, ATTN: VA Closed, 405 Hounds Chase, Yorktown, See Grand Prix.

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Master, Expert: each 9SS, 40/2, SD/1. Class C (1200-1599): $2500-1300-900- 5-day Master, Expert: Reg.ends Thu 6 Class A, B: each 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day 700-600-500-400-400. Unrated limit $900, pm, rds. Thu 7, Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 option, rds 1-2 G/75). Class C, D, E: each Class D (1000-1399): $2000-1000-800- & 6, Mon (Columbus Day) 10 & 4:30. 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/60); 600-500-400-300-300. Unrated limit $600. 5-day A or B: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. the C, D & E sections do not play on Monday. Class E (under 1200): $2000-1000-800- Thu/Fri 7, Sat 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jeff 600–500-400-300-300. Unrated limit $400. 4-day A or B: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Davis Hwy, Arlington VA 22202. Free shuttle Prize limits: Under 26 games by Oct list Fri 7, Sat/Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. to Airport & Metro. Valet parking $6/day, $800 E, $1200 D. Over 30 pts above section 3-day A or B: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds guest room not required. Room rates $95-95- maximum on any list 10/10-9/11, $1200. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 105-115, 703-418-1234, reserve by 9/21. 4-day C, D or E: Reg. ends Thu.6 pm, Master Section entry fee: GMs, IMs, rds. Thu 7, Fri 7, Sat 10 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 7 sections. Unrated, senior, re-entry, GM, WGMs, foreign FIDE: see Tournament Life. 3-day C, D or E: Reg. Ends Fri 11 am, rds IM, WGM, foreign FIDE count as half entry. Others: $225 mailed by 9/28 or online by Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Master: For 2200+ USCF or 2100+ FIDE, 10/3, $230 phoned by 10/3 (406-896-2038), 2-day C, D or E: Reg. Ends Sat. 9 am, rds foreign 2000+ USCF or 1800+ FIDE. $5000- $250 until 6 pm 10/6 online or at site. Sat 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2500-1500-1000-700-600-500-500-400-400, Other sections entry fee: 5-day $195, 4- Byes: OK all, limit 3 (limit 2 in last 4 clear/tiebreak 1st $200, FIDE U2400/Unr day $194, 3-day $193, 2-day $192 if check rounds), must commit before round 3. $2000-1000. FIDE rated, 200 GPP. mailed by 10/3, all $197 at chesstour.com by Expert (1800-2199): $3000-1500-1000- 10/3, $200 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/3, All: Unofficial web ratings usually used if 800-600-500-400-400. FIDE rated. $220 at site. No phone entry after 10/3. otherwise unrated. Bring set, board, clock if Class A (1600-1999): $3000-1500-1000- Entry fee $100 less to rated seniors possible. No checks at site, credit cards OK. 800-600-500-400-400. Unrated limit $1500. 65/over in Expert/ below, $120 less to unrated Entry: Continental Chess, Box 249, Class B (1400-1799): $3000-1500-1000- in D or E. Re-entry (except Master) $100. Salisbury Mills NY 12577. $15 charge for 800-600-500-400-400. Unrated limit $1200. No checks at site, credit cards OK. refunds. Special USCF dues: see TLA.

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CHESS TO ENJOY SOLITAIRE CHESS 1. ... Rb4 2. Nd4 Rxc4 3. Nb4 wins. (page13) ABCs of Chess (page 15) 2. Kd2 c1=Q+ 3. Nxc1 Kb2 4. Ne5 Ka3 5. a5 Kb4 6. Kc2 Ra1 7. Kb2 Rxa5 8. Ncd3+ Ka4 9. Ka2 Rb5 Solution to blindfold game: 1. Nb6+! axb6 2. Problem I. 10. Nc6 Rh5 11. Nb2 mate. Black wins a bishop by 1. ... Rc8. Rd8+! Bxd8 3. Qxc6+! Nc7! (3. ... bxc6 4. Ba6 mate) Skewer: Nice stalemate avoidance theme. 4. Rxd8+ Kxd8 5. Qxc7+ Ke8 6. Bb5+ Kf8 7. Bd6 Problem II. mate. Problem II. Pin: First Black skewers the bishops, 1. ... Rg8; and Problem I. after 2. h3, he attacks the pinned bishop, 2. ... h5, 1. Re6 Bh5 Ventnor City 1941 winning a bishop. No better are 1. ... Nf5+ 2. Ke5 Bf7 3. Rf6; 1. ... Ng3 2. Kxe3 h2 3. Rc1 Bh5 4. Nc3 h1=Q 5. Rxh1+Nxh1 1. Rxd6! Rxd6 2. Bxe5+. Problem III. Problem II. 6. Kf4. Back rank: Black wins with 1. ... b2, when after Ventnor City 1940 2. Rb1 Rxa4, the b2-pawn is immune from capture. 2. Re4+ 1. Rh7 Qd8 (or 1. ... Be7) 2. Bf7+! Rxf7 3. Qg6+ and Thematic try: 2. Rxe3? Nxe3 3. Kxe3 h2 4. Rh1 Kg3 Problem IV. mates. 5. Nd2 Kg2 6. Nf1 Bg4 7. Rxh2+ Kxf1 8. Rf2+ Kg1 Mating net: It’s mate by 1. ... Rh1+! 2. Nxh1 Qg1 Problem III. mate. draw. Ventnor City 1941 2. ... Bg4 3. Rxe3 Nxe3 4. Kxe3 h2 5. Rh1 Kg3 6. 1. Nc6+ Kc7 2. Qxc8+! Kxc8 3. Na7+ and 4. Nxb5 is Problem V. Nd2 Kg2 Black wins a rook with 1. ... Rxd3, the easiest way to end the game. Back rank: 6. ... Be2 7. Re1 Kg2 8. Rxe2+ Kh3 9. Ne4 wins. since White can’t safely take back. Problem IV. 7. Nf1 Be6 U.S. Championship 1936 Problem VI. Also bad is 7. ... Kxh1 8. Kf2 Bf5 9. Ng3 mate. 1. ... Nd4! 2. Qa4 Nxf3+ 3. Kh1 Rxh2 mate. Or 2. Removing the guard: Black wins the e-pawn 8. Rxh2+ Kxf1 9. Rf2+ Kg1 10. Kf3 wins. after 1. ... Bxc3, no matter how White takes back on Rxd5 Rxd1+ 3. Qxd1 Qxd5. Mating net. Problem V. c3. New York 1956 After 1. ... Bc4! a pawn queens, e.g. 2. Rb4 c2. ENDGAME LAB Problem VI. Benko’s Bafflers (page 55) U.S. Championship 1938 Problem I. 1. Rxg7+! Kxg7 2. Ng4+ Kf8 (2. ... Kg6 3. Qf6+ Kh7 1. Nd3! 4. Rd7+ and mates or 2. ... Kg8 3. Nf6+) 3. Qh8+ The alternates either stalemate or allow Black to Ke7 (3. ... Kf7 4. Ne5+ and mates) 4. Qg7+ Qf7 5. take both pawns 1. a5? Rc3; 1. Kxc2? Rb4 2. Nxb4; Rd7+! Kxd7 6. Qxf7+ wins, as does 4. Qf6+ Ke8 5. 1. Ne4? Rb4 2. Nxb4; 1. Nd4? Rb1+ 2. Kxc2 Rb4 Qxe6+ Kf8 6. Rd5. 1. ... Rb1+ DONATE TO U.S. TRUST ONLINE!

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