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At the time I was also playing chess, but it was more of a solitary pursuit, an after- dinner activity with my father. If I had known of the U.S. Amateur Team, which was just hitting its stride about this same time, I can imagine begging my dad to let me participate in that amiable event. Team sports and chess combined? That was for me. Al Lawrence captures this feeling in his wonderfully atmos- pheric report covering the U.S. Amateur Team East from Pasippany, New Jersey beginning on page 20. The North, West, and South events follow. Our team theme continues as most of the members of our U.S. squad annotate their best efforts from the Pan American Team Championship in Campinas, Brazil. Our guys took the top prize, qualifying them to play in the FIDE World Team Championship in November in Antalya, Turkey. What is particularly exciting about this is how young they are, with an average age of only 25. This bodes well for continued success of U.S. teams, especially combined with the experienced leadership of IM John Donaldson. Team results are influenced by individual efforts, and IM Irina Krush reports on her exemplary results from the Women’s World Team Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. While the team finished in sixth place, Krush herself defeated two world champions on the way to her gold medal performance on board two. These are certainly heady times for American team chess on both foreign and domestic fronts, and so I’m hopeful that my childhood baseball days will repeat themselves on these pages, and perhaps we’ll soon be reporting on our own “Murderer’s Row” (the nickname for the meat of the 1927 New York Yankees’ lineup). Here’s to your chess life. -Daniel Lucas, Editor CHESS LIFE ONLINE PREVIEW: MAY Five Years in St. Louis The U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship celebrate their fifth year at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from May 2-13. This year’s event goes back to the original format, a 24-player Swiss. Competitors include GM Gata Kamsky, Webster student GM Ray Rob- son and blindfold whiz GM Timur Gareev. On the women’s side, U.S. Women’s Champion Irina Krush is coming off what she calls “her best result ever” in Kazakhstan. The opening of the event coincides with the World Chess Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Look for news and links on CLO, and catch live streaming commentary with GMs Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan and WGM and CLO editor Jen Shahade. STARS HEAD TO NORWAY: Watch GM Hikaru Nakamura battle with the world’s best in the first super tournament in Norway, held from May 8 to 12. Other play- ers include Norwegian star and World Championship challenger GM Magnus Carlsen as well as GM Peter Svidler. Coverage will include GM Ian Rogers’ reportage from the scene. CHI-TOWN CHESS: Find CLO coverage of the annual Chicago Open from May 23- 27. The event features a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and is the first of a fun season of large Grand Prix tournaments. YOUTH AND VETERANS COME TO NY: The U.S. Senior Open (May 28-June 2)