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AUGUST PREVIEW / COVER STORY / 6 BOOK EXCERPT THIS MONTH IN CHESS LIFE AND US 34 CHESS NEWS ...................#)++*'(.)++".#)++*'(.#)-** BY SAUL RAMIREZ COUNTERPLAY / 8 READERS RESPOND An excerpt from a book that tells the story of a group of border kids from 9 US CHESS AFFAIRS / El Paso, Texas who are competing at US Chess national championships. NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS SCHOLASTICS / EDUCATION 10 FIRST MOVES / 36 CHESS NEWS FROM AROUND THE U.S. ,&-,.&+.&)-..-,- BY WIM YUANLING YUAN FACES ACROSS THE BOARD / 13 Grandmasters and why they chose education over a full-time playing career BY AL LAWRENCE TOURNAMENT LIFE / 53 AUGUST 42 SCHOLASTIC CHESS / KCF ALL-GIRLS 71 CLASSIFIEDS / AUGUST ...................)-. .,*$,%+.#)-**.+(,&'+(."" '%"*.. 71 SOLUTIONS / AUGUST .................,&'+(,".#),$'+(*)'$ BY BETSY DYNAKO ZACATE 72 MY BEST MOVE / PERSONALITIES The KCF All-Girls, now in its 14th year, told in photos and in the THIS MONTH: IM JOVANKA HOUSKA participant’s own words 46 HISTORY / FISCHER GAME ON THE COVER ....................+(.'*)-%. ,- BY FM ALEX DUNNE SuperNationals VI set a record with 5,575 participants in For this special scholastic issue, a piece of scholastic history: its 20th anniversary year. See the full story on page 22. A previously unknown Bobby Fischer game from the 1955 COVER PHOTO JIM DOYLE U.S. Junior Championship 4 August 2017 | Chess Life www.uschess.org 5 August Preview / This month in Chess Life and US Chess News US CHESS NEWS PREVIEW AUGUST CONTRIBUTORS FM MIKE KLEIN (Cover Story) is the Chess.com director of content, although the scholastic world knows him as FunMasterMike in his ChessKid videos. He is a two-time chess journalist of the year, severely complicating his plans to be a pro snowboarder. WIM YUANLING YUAN U.S. OPEN (Gateway to Ivy League) is one The 118th U.S. Open heads to Norfolk, Virginia. The chess festival will also host the National of the top female chess players Girls’ Tournament of Champions, Denker Tournament of High School Champions, Barber in Canada and an alumna of Yale Tournament of K-8 Champions, and the annual US Chess Awards Luncheon. Find reports University. She has competed in from Al Lawrence and other attendees on uschess.org, and also look for photography by Jim the Women’s World Chess Doyle. Championship in 2015 and represented Canada five times at the chess Olympiad (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016). GARRY’S GRAND BETSY DYNAKO ZACATE RETURN (KCF All-Girls) is a Chicago- based event and portrait The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz are a photographer with credits in new addition to this year’s edition of chess publications worldwide as the Grand Chess Tour. The events will well as the Wall Street Journal be hosted from August 14-19 right and Sports Illustrated. after the Sinquefield