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CONTRIBUTORS Al Lawrence The USAT East is reported by the former executive director of both USCF and the World Chess Hall of Fame. He is

currently director of the Texas Tech University chess program. His latest book, with GM Lev Alburt, is Chess for the Gifted and Busy.

Betsy Carina Dynako The USAT North writer and photographer is a professional photographer from Chicago whose work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and in other publications worldwide. She is also a national tournament director, FIDE arbiter, and a regular contributor to Chess Life and Chess Life Online.

IM Irina Krush Our Women’s Team coverage is provided by the current U.S. women’s champion, a frequent Chess Life contributor.

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Editor’s Letter: Teeming with TeamsWhen I was still in elementary school, I lived, breathed, and slept baseball. While I relished the individual challenge of playing well, hanging out with myteammates during and after long, sweaty practices certainly factored in. 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 dadto 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 teamtheme continues as most of the members of our U.S. squad annotate their best efforts from the Pan American Team Championship in Campinas, Brazil. Ourguys took the top prize, qualifying them to play in the FIDE World Team Championship in November in Antalya, Turkey. What is particularly exciting aboutthis 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 experiencedleadership of IM John Donaldson. Team results are influenced by individual efforts, and IM Irina Krush reports on her exemplary results from the Women’sWorld Team Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. While the team finished in sixth place, Krush herself defeated two world champions on the way to hergold medal performance on board two. These are certainly heady times for American team chess on both foreign and domestic fronts, and so I’m hopefulthat my childhood baseball days will repeat themselves on these pages, and perhaps we’ll soon be reporting on our own “Murderer’s Row” (the nicknamefor the meat of the 1927 New York Yankees’ lineup). Here’s to your chess life. -Daniel Lucas, Editor

STARS HEAD TO NORWAY: Watch GM Hikaru Nakamura battle with the world’sbest in the first super tournament in Norway, held from May 8 to 12. Other play-ers include Norwegian star and World Championship challenger GM MagnusCarlsen 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 funseason of large Grand Prix tournaments.

YOUTH AND VETERANS COME TO NY: The U.S. Senior Open (May 28-June 2) andU.S. Junior Open (May 31-June 2) will both be held in Tarrytown, New York. Lookfor updates and games on CLO.

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Five Years in St. LouisThe U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship celebrate their fifth year at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis fromMay 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 catchlive streaming commentary with GMs Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan and WGM and CLO editor Jen Shahade.

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CHESS TO ENJOY / ENTERTAINMENTAmateurs Don’t Really MatterBy GM Andy Soltis

SOLITAIRE CHESS / INSTRUCTIONThe Black DeathBy Bruce Pandolfini

BACK TO BASICS / READER ANNOTATIONS Hasty Rush For A DrawBy GM Lev Alburt

ENDGAME LAB / INSTRUCTIONExchange Sacs at Tata SteelBy GM Pal Benko

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FIRST MOVES / CHESS NEWS FROM AROUND THE U.S.

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Cover Story / U.S. Amateur Teams

The USATBy Al Lawrence (East), Betsy Carina Dynako (North), Salman Alzhar (West), Harvey Lerman and Melinda Matthews (South)

Our annual look at the most popular event on the USCF calendar, including the East, North, West, and South.

International Events / 2013 Pan-Am Team Championship

U.S. Wins In BrazilIn Campinas, Brazil, the U.S. team tops Cuba by a full pointand qualifies for the World Team Championship in November.

International Events / 2013 Women’s World Team

Eagle Hunting in KazakhstanBy IM Irina Krush

The U.S. women’s champion defeats two world champions.

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BEING THEREOn the ‘Letters to the Editor’ page of theApril issue of Chess Life, Bruce Radfordpoints out that the description of yourreporter Ian Rogers of the short last-roundgame between Paco Vallejo and FabianoCaruana at the Sao Paulo/Bilbao GrandSlam Final differed considerably from myaccount in New In Chess 2012/8. Mr. Rad-ford rightly wonders which version is true.Whereas Ian Rogers saw the brief draw as a‘chivalrous’ gesture from Caruana, whoapparently wanted to spare Vallejo furthermisery after his tournament had totally goneoff the rails, I described Caruana’s shock anddisappointment after Vallejo’s opening choice,a well-known drawing mechanism in theRuy Lopez, had robbed him of the chance toplay for outright tournament victory.

In his reaction, Ian Rogers reveals that hewas ‘rather stunned’ by my description,qualifying my words in New In Chess as‘spin’ and ‘ridiculous.’ Let me say that I wasmore than ‘rather stunned’ when I read IanRogers’ defense of his own report. In hiswish to stick to his original version he showslittle interest in what really happened anddoesn’t shrink back from misleading thereader and questioning my integrity.

So, what happened? At the start of the lastround in Bilbao, Magnus Carlsen and Fabi-ano Caruana were tied for first. In that roundCarlsen faced Levon Aronian. As Caruanatold me after the tournament, he was ‘prettysure that Magnus would not be able to beatAronian with black.’ Caruana himself alsohad black, but he played Vallejo, who was inbottom place and out of form. How can agrandmaster with Rogers’ experience thinkor suggest that a renowned fighter like Caru-ana decided not to play for a win in thissituation? And how can he say that Caruanacould have avoided the repetition ‘at manymoments?’ As Caruana told me: ‘I felt likewinning would just give me the tournament.’With his trainer [GM Vladimir] Chuchelov hehad looked at various openings, but they hadnot considered the possibility that Vallejowould go for this forced draw. Caruana saidhe felt frustrated and disappointed. Regard-ing the move repetition he said: ‘I can avoidit, but then I am just worse.’

The reader, and the editor of Chess Life forthat matter, may wonder why Ian Rogers did-n’t substantiate his version with quotes fromCaruana? One reason is: because he was notpresent in Bilbao. That’s right, you read cor-

rectly. While Ian Rogers was writing aboutan event that he didn’t attend, he had noqualms about ridiculing the story of areporter who was an eyewitness to whathappened.

It gets even more painful: he next usesthis ‘example’ as a stepping-stone to judgemy overall journalism and that of New InChess in general. These lines of Ian Rogers’reaction are puzzling. It’s beyond me whyhe suddenly launches an unfounded attackon New In Chess, when all he was asked todo is to explain what his version of whathappened in the last round in Bilbao wasbased on.

Ian Rogers was wrong and he knows it.The fact that he was not present in Bilbaoonly partly accounts for his misguidedspeculations and distortions of the truth.After all he might have contacted Caruanaor me to hear what really happened. What’sbaffling to begin with is that a grandmas-ter, present in Bilbao or not, can think orsuggest that Fabiano Caruana, famous forhis fighting spirit, would allow a ‘depressed’opponent a short draw and thus forego hischance to score what would have been thegreatest triumph of his young career.

Dirk Jan ten GeuzendamEditor in Chief, New In Chess

PURPLE PEOPLE EATER SUITI was surprised at the caption on page 28referring to a "pimp suit" in the Ramirezarticle in the January issue. As a respectfulpublication, Chess Life has an obligation torespect decency and especially young peo-ple that read this magazine. I would notwant my children exposed to such lowlifeterms. These kind of references have noplace in a professional environment, as theeditors failed to realize.

Marc A. DippreRichland, WashingtonLife member 42 years

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First Moves / Chess news from around the U.S.


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WHEN MY FATHER, LTC (RET., U.S. ARMY) MILAS W. LEBEDOVYCH, MD, DIED a month before his 76th birthday, we found his peaceful, lifeless body in the sameroom as his piles and piles of Chess Life magazines. He had issues older than me, andI was born in 1971. My father lived and breathed chess; it was as much a part of himas his name. Chess was never a hobby or a pastime for my father; it was his lifestyleand the lifestyle of my family.My older brother and I were born not with silver spoons in our mouths but with

pawns and rooks in our tiny little hands. We learned to move chess pieces before welearned to move our limbs. While other children were learning their ABCs, colors andshapes, my brother and I were being schooled in the coordinates of a chessboard andthe geometric movements of each piece. As elementary students we knew more aboutthe biographies of Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer, and Boris Spassky than we knewabout George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, or Benjamin Franklin. Our classmatesknew that Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag, but we were the only ones whoknew that chess originated from India.By all accounts, chess figured prominently into our young lives. We spent our tod-

dler days in chess clubs, typically on Friday nights. Now that I am a mother, I haveto question my parents’ sensibilities of bringing three- and four-year-olds to a damp,cold basement in Detroit where old men played chess until 10 p.m. Chess was ourtoddlerhood, our youth, and our teenage years. Birthday presents were always chessbooks, sets, and clocks. The not so secret truth is that I never enjoyed chess. My father was a strict teacher

who “forced” the game on us and rarely made the lessons fun for me. He must havetaught us well, however, since at 41, I consider myself a decent, competent player.Likewise, my brother is a gifted player, and dare I say, was more tolerant of my father’sinstruction. My mother was silent during our chess training years, recognizing per-

haps that there are worse things you canteach your kids than chess. Even when Icried to her in frustration, “What imagi-nary line? Why can’t the king go to c4?”she quietly let dad rule over the lessons. My father’s desire to spread the chess

love was evident everywhere he went. Hetaught all of my cousins, and later, theirspouses and children to play. My theoryis that dad was better at teaching otherchildren, but not his own. Dad also taughtneighborhood kids, strangers at the park,passengers at airports; no one was safefrom my father’s chess recruiting cam-paign. He loved the game so much hewould often sponsor teenagers at chesstournaments, buy clocks for people whoshowed the least bit of interest in chess,give away cherished books to young chessstudents. My father, with his thick east-ern European accent, intense, powerfulglare and hunched, sloping shoulders,looked the part of an imposing grand-master, through the eyes of others. Tous, however, Dad was a tyrant whoassigned us chess homework instead oftaking us to the movies. Weeknights werespent doing endless chess drills and week-ends were spent at tournaments. It wasexhausting, frustrating, and not fun at all.Growing up, we had chess sets in thekitchen, in all the bathrooms, multipletravel sets in the car, several on myfather’s bedside table; chess sets werelike a spreading virus. This drove mymother crazy, since dad’s “chess junk”was competing for display space with herelegant collection of Waterford and Lladro.Dad was in chess heaven in the 1980’swhen he first discovered the chess com-puter. This novelty quickly faded, however,as my father preferred the personal, cere-bral relationship of human player tohuman player. When my father visitedother people’s homes, much to mymother’s horror, he would bring a chessset for the hostess. Eventually momlearned to appreciate dad’s corny chessgifts—the “Chess players make bettermates” bumper sticker he embarrassinglyslapped on her car; the “romantic” week-ends at hotels where she was left alonewith lousy HBO movies while he playedchess for ten hours in the hotel ballroom.

Growing up with ChessLeaving a legacy

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THE BOARDBy AL LAWRENCE

WILLIAMSTOKESMARYLANDExtra effort for the team

As a child, William was drawn to the consistency ofchess rules. “But years later, in front of Baltimore’scity hall, I once played an opponent who made up hisown. So I showed him USCF’s Official Rules of Chess.He had a great answer—‘Well, I’m not a member ofthis Federation, so those rules don’t apply to me!’”About the Team: “When it’s just you and your oppo-nent, maybe you care and maybe you don’t—but forthe team, you give the extra effort.”

BILL TOWNSENDNEW YORKFlabbergasted into preserving Team history

Besides writing a weeklychess column for the past 23 years for Schenec-tady’s Daily Gazette, Townsend spends hundreds ofvolunteer hours each February compiling an elec-tronic database from the 500 or so score sheets,some agonizingly cryptic, turned in at the USATE.Why? “In 1998 I walked through the hotel lobby atThe Team and saw that Karpov and the Polgar sis-ters were playing. Although they turned in all theirscore sheets, I was flabbergasted that nothing wasdone to preserve the games.”

POLLY WRIGHTNEW YORK35 years at the USATE

Polly travels to chess tour-naments, both as a director

for the National Scholastic Chess Foundation and asa player. When she’s not at the board, she may bebreaking one—she’s a second-degree black belt intae kwon do. She also competes in Olympic-dis-tance triathlons and 100-mile bike rides to raisemoney to fight leukemia. What does she do with herextra time? “I’ve collected about 5,000 chess pins.”*U.S. Amateur Team East.

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Years later, when age crept upon my father, and travel to tournaments becamemore difficult, my father found a way to carry on a chess game with a friend viaphone—one move per week. I never could comprehend the absurdity of this, butnow that he is gone, I miss eavesdropping on those brief phone conversations.When I became engaged, my father’s initial comment was, “great, but does he

play chess?” Subsequently, my father provided me with a list of dates and veryseriously mandated that my wedding not be scheduled on those dates, “becauseI am playing chess.” My father was a psychiatrist, who worked long, tiresomehours. Yet, he always made time for chess. My father chased chess clinics, tour-naments, and workshops, like weather fanatics go after tornadoes. Many familytrips were canceled in the last minute since dad’s chess took precedence overeverything. Over the years I grew to accept that like it or not, chess is a part of my life

and will always be. No matter how I tried to escape it, chess would find it’s wayinto my world. When decorating my home a few years ago, I found bed sheetsfeaturing chess pieces. Needless to say, I purchased the sheets for my parents’bed. My father could not have been happier; he was now sleeping on a chess-board! However, the best gift my father could ever receive was a willing chesspartner. When, as children, my brother and I were in trouble with my dad, theonly appropriate way to redeem us would be to play chess with him. All was for-given as the look of pride registered across my dad’s face when he saw his prodigyexecute a perfect Sicilian defense. My father left a tremendous legacy. He inherited his love of chess from his father

and passed this down to his children and grandchildren. My oldest son playedhis first game with my father when he was eight months, and my younger sonfirst played at age five months. Up until his death, my father was playing chesswith my children, something that my sons would always cherish. It’s beennearly a year since my father passed, and not a month goes by when one or bothof my kids sadly whimpers, “I miss playing chess with Dido.” (See photo aboveand opposite page, below.) On the 19th of each month, to commemorate myfather’s passing, my children and I play chess. I also wear chess jewelry to honormy father’s spirit and his love for chess. His old, wooden analog clocks decoratemy bookshelves, bringing back joyous memories of catching his red flag dropand reveling in my victory. The day of father’s funeral, my children, other young relatives and I, placed

chess pieces into his coffin. It never occurred to me not to send my father toheaven without his chess pieces. If we had the foresight, the family probablyshould have commissioned a master carpenter to design a coffin in the shapeof a king. Losing a parent is a traumatic experience, but I like to think that dadis in good hands right now and is spending his time doing what he loved best—playing chess. After all, he brought his pieces with him to the pearly gates.

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USCF Affairs / Candidate Statements


CANDIDATE STATEMENTS The six candidates, listed in ballot order, present their May statements over the next three pages.CALL FOR ADMS Advance delegate motions (ADMs) for the delegates’ meeting at this year’s U.S. Open are due before June 1, 2013. They canbe sent to Cheryle Bruce, c/o USCF, P.O. Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557 or e-mailed to [email protected] BALLOTS Ballots will be available to USCF members who are current members for the entire day on May 5th and who will be 16 byJune 30th. More details about the ballot will be available in a future issue. If a USCF member did not register to vote by March 31, 2013 and isnot a USCF member for the full day on May 5th, 2013, the member will not receive a ballot.USCF ELECTION Any Youth category member who wants the May candidate’s statements may receive them on request. This applies only to Youthmembers who will be 16 by June 30th, since otherwise the Youth member will not be receiving a ballot. In addition to the 500-word candidatestatements that appear in this issue of Chess Life, there will be 500-word candidate statements in the June issue of Chess Life. Youth membersare not scheduled to receive the May issue.

USCF Executive Board Election

Awonder Liang Youngest Ever USCF MasterNine-year-old Awonder Liang broke 2200 on the weekend of March 23-24, 2013 at the Midwest Open Team Chess Festival at the DaytonChess Club. Find the MSA rating report from the event at www.uschess.org. Pending final confirmation from the USCF ratings department,this makes Awonder the youngest master in U.S. history. The previous record was held by World Youth gold medallist Samuel Sevian,who was nine years, 11 months and 24 days old when he became a master. Awonder was nine years, 11 months and eight days old.

Others who have held this record include: Nicholas Nip at nine years, 11 months, 26 days; Jeffery Xiong at 10 years, two months,10 days; and Hikaru Nakamura at 10 years, three months, five days.

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MIKE ATKINS

Unless you attend the Delegate’s annualmeeting, you are likely not to have met me.What I lack in free time for playing chess,I make up in dedication and service for thechess community. Besides volunteerservice on several USCF financialcommittees, I am the current presidentof the USCF Oklahoma state chapter.Although the only candidate without priorexecutive board service, I am not anoutsider to USCF governance.

A brief history has my chess origins inOhio during high school. I was a regular atthe Dayton Chess Club and the local USCFtournaments in the late 1960s. Just daysago, I was reading the history of the DaytonChess Club and my name appears besidesthe word president in 1972. Somehow at 19years old, I was already cast into politicsand chess leadership.Much like today, jobs were difficult to

obtain after high school and my chessexperience found promise in the UnitedStates Air Force. Those were wonderfulchess years as I earned the rating ofnational chess master in 1976 and won theArmed Forces Championship in 1975. TheG.I. Bill was a benefit from five years ofmilitary service and the start of my collegeyears. Many times, my friends havedescribed me with the words “overachiever.”After military service, I earned from the

school of engineering technology at MiamiUniversity of Ohio a bachelor of sciencedegree. The degree was earned in threeyears while holding down two jobs. Myweekend employment was for a private landdevelopment as a lake security guard. Icreated the other job with my first businessof collecting and selling night crawlers(worms). The business had an annualdemand of 150,000 worms with distributionto several local bait stores. With the military

benefits, the security guard employmentand the worm business, I finished schoolwith no debt. I have carried that philosophyinto adult life and in my financial advice forthe USCF.30 years ago, I was offered an exciting

opportunity logging in Oklahoma. Oilfieldlogging is about measuring wellboreproperties and had nothing to do withtrees. Work in the oil sector inspired myown energy business and I have resided inthe Tulsa area to the present day. From1981 until 2000, the energy sector bustedand remained in a depression cycle untilthe turn of the century. My businessremains fortunate to survive and I am nostranger to poor markets or economicchallenges.My election to the new board of

directors means a voice for a moresustainable business cycle. I believe asolid financial position enables opportu-nities for membership growth. Basically,I am a fiscal conservative and practicepolicies of balanced budget withsurpluses in my own businesses. Thecurrent Federation’s summer debtwithout return on investment is anunnecessary risk. Changes in the USCF’sbusiness cycle towards a debt freeFederation is a multi-year task. I ask foryour vote for a financially stronger USCFinto the future.

I am Michael Atkins and I am running for re-election to the executive board. Win or lose,this will be my last foray into USCF politics.I consider myself an independent voice on theboard. I have no axe to grind and no specificagenda other than to do my best for theUSCF. I have not made deals in order to getmotions to pass; they will pass on their ownmerit or not, and I have always voted eachindividual motion on its value to the USCF.

Over the last four years, we have movedfrom the financial depths of lawsuits thatthreatened to destroy the Federation toseveral years of profits. Most if not all of thelegal debts will have been paid by the timeyou read this. We have recently begun toreplace the hardware in the Crossville office,and the next step is to revamp and upgradethe website, which is our face to the chessworld. These improvements to our technicalinfrastructure are an essential part of movingthe USCF forward.The USCF is the governing body of chess

in the United States. Its goal is to advancechess in the USA while managing a smallnational non-profit, which soon should be a501(c)3 organization. With this change andincreases in the funds to work with, we cando a better job getting the word out aboutchess in the USA.I am 56 and have been involved with chess

since discovering it during the Fischer-Spassky match in 1972. I’ve contributed atthe club, local, state, regional, and nationallevels and hope to continue both playingand helping the USCF.Aside from the almost daily participation

in discussions and votes during my term, Ithink my notable accomplishments havebeen the following:

•Proposed and developed the NationalChess Day program, which includedworking with Senator Rockefeller’s office

toward the Senate proclamation of NationalChess Day. Organizers from all over thecountry used this program of reduced andfree listing and rating fees in order topromote the game. The 2010 Proclamationis on the wall at the Crossville head -quarters. The 2011 Proclamation, signed byboth the Democratic sponsor SenatorRockefeller and one of the Republican co-sponsors, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN),is being donated this month to the WorldChess Hall of Fame in St. Louis.

•Blitz Chess: Prior to being on the board,I developed the successful motion to changeUSCF blitz rules from the Quick system toa modified version of the WBCA rules andcontinued to update them through addi -tional motions. After an initial failure on thefloor in Indianapolis 2009, the motion tocreate a USCF Blitz rating system wasapproved at the 2012 Vancouver meeting,and the Blitz system went into effect March1, 2013.

• Proposed the Tournament DirectorLifetime Achievement Award, which isintended to recognize tournament directorswho have a distinguished history ofdirecting but are no longer as active asthey once were.

NEXT MONTH: THE FUTURE

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BEATRIZ MARINELLO

RANDY BAUERChess and the USCF has been an important part of my life for over 40 years. Myprimary goal in serving is to help ensure that others can have that same positiveexperience.I’ve devoted five years to executive board (EB) service as well as five years on (including

chairing) the finance committee. I am proud that those years have helped bring the USCFinto a position of financial solidity after many years of budget deficits.We need to build on those efforts. The USCF needs to increase its membership and

create a stable financial position that ensures its financial future and its ability to growchess in this country at every level.We are at a crossroads—we need experienced chess and financial professionals on the

EB. I’ve balanced multi-billion dollar budgets in my ‘day job’ and I’m committed to thatsame approach for the USCF and its membership.

Choose WiselyThe most important decision you makeregard ing the USCF is who you choose tolead it. The members of the executive board, who are

now the board of directors, make up the govern -ing body between the annual meetings.Practically speaking, the members of the exec -utive board are accountable to the organization’smembers to oversee the imple men tation of theorganization’s goals.

Why vote for me?I’m a master level player and have expe -

rience in aspects related with leadership,promotion, development, teaching, coaching,organization and implementation ofprograms.My accomplishments in serving the USCF

in different capacities are the following:

•First and foremost, I’m a former presidentof the USCF. When I became president in 2003, the

USCF was facing a monumental financialcrisis, which was turned around. I’m anindependent thinker, who is not afraid tomake tough decisions. I work well with peopleto build consensus and find solutions. WhileI was president, the USCF was always inthe black. There were no major lawsuitswhile I was president.

•I’m the World Chess Federation (FIDE)senior vice president. My involvement interna-tionally began because of my connections inLatin America. I am working on projects thathave a significant potential as humanitarianefforts. I was nominated as the chair of FIDE’ssocial action commission (SAC). I believe thechess world can greatly benefit from thealliance I have formed with United NationsWomen “UN Women,” and the new projectthat I’m launching about chess and brainaging.

•Scholastics—“A leader should have theheart of a teacher.” I have strong supportfrom the scholastic community. The Scholastic

and Youth membership represent about 60percent of the organization. I’m a member ofthe USCF scholastic council. From 1997-2000, I worked as the scholastic director. Thisexperience gives me a unique perspectiveabout the daily workings of the office. Whileserving in this capacity we began organizingthe national scholastic championships inhouse. This provided consistency, and profes-sionally run tournaments, which are also amajor profit center.

•I’m a member of the life members assets(LMA) committee. Due to poor managementand lack of accountability in the governingbody, the USCF lost almost two million dollars.This situation created a huge liability since lifemembers need to get services. In 2004, we soldthe building in New Windsor, New York andrelocated to a new building in Crossville,Tennessee. The city of Crossville donated theland, and the USCF got a mortgage to buildthe new headquarters. As a result of selling theold building, the LMA was able to obtainliquidated assets. I’m happy to report thatnine years later the LMA paid off the mortgage,and the fund is being rebuilt. I volunteer half of my time to chess, non-

profit organizations, USCF and FIDE. Whydo I do this? Because I deeply care about ourmission. I would love to see millions ofchildren, adults, seniors playing chess. Thiscould be achieved if you make your vote count.

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RUTH HARINGRe-elect Ruth Haring: www.RuthHaring.com—chess player, lifemember, chess mom, USCF president.

I have no personal or professional conflict of interest. My income isderived from non-chess sources.USCF recently hired a marketing director to focus on media and

publicity. Initial outreach efforts have been successful. Showings ofBrooklyn Castle, a documentary that has a profound effect onwatchers emotionally, effectively showcases the benefits of chessprograms to those not acquainted with organized chess in thescholastic community, and helps established programs to obtainmuch needed funding.We know what a world champion from the USA does for chess,

witness the Fischer boom, when we had an absolute explosion inmembership and public interest in chess. We need to be ready tosupport young players coming up through our scholastic programsand ensure media coverage to help grow our organization andpopularize the game. USCF members are only a small fraction (0.001 percent) of the

chess playing population in the USA. It is estimated that 72 millionare playing online, with friends in coffee shops and parks, or on theirsmart phone or computer and 209 million have played at sometime. We need to encourage these players to join and play in atournament and to get a USCF rating. It’s time to market the ideathat all people who know “how to play” or are currently playing onlineare qualified to play in a USCF tournament.More dues paying members will mean more funds for national

events (U.S. Open, SuperNationals) and support for players(Olympiads, World Youth, World Team). Key USCF services includethe USCF rating system, Chess Life magazine and our website. Aswe look forward to the future it is important that we addressmembership retention. Existing scholastic programs see constantturnover and we see in our membership data, a membership declinebeginning around the age of 11.

Scholastic retention is one of the most urgent and least understoodpuzzles facing the organization (see chart). USCF needs to focus inon this phenomenon to better understand the dynamics in playand develop strategies to convert scholastic members to lifelongmembers.If elected, I plan to focus on media and publicity efforts, to support

outreach to educate the public on benefits of organized chess in thescholastic setting, to provide support for our players, to improvemembership retention, and spread the word that it’s FUN and COOLto play chess so that our community grows.

Vote for Ruth Haring, www.RuthHaring.com

TIM REDMAN

I joined the USCF in 1965. Chess was veryimportant to me as a teenager and I havealways tried to give back to chess.In 1978 I was part of a talented USCF

executive board under the great leadershipof Gary Sperling. Our task was to turnaround the finances of the Federation, which

had seriously declined as the Fischer boomturned into the Fischer bust. We did so. AsUSCF President (1981-1984) I focused onincreasing membership. We broke evenoperationally and managed to increasemembership by close to nine percent. Icontinued on the executive board for anotheryear, under another great leader, Steve Doyle.I served again on the executive board 1999-

2001, and as USCF president a second timein 2000-2001. Under my predecessor we hadrun an operational deficit of $500,000. I cutthat back to $50,000 in one year.I also served as the president of the Illinois

Chess Association and the Ohio ChessAssociation.I became a national tournament director

in the early ’70s and an international arbiterin 1978. I edited the Official Rules of Chess(3rd edition). If you have a copy of the currentrulebook, you can read about its impact inthe Introduction.In 1996 I founded the chess program at the

University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) andserved as its director for ten years. In 2006,my associate director, Jim Stallings, tookover as director. He has taken the UTD chessprogram to an entirely new level of excellence.I am a tenured full professor at UTD and

derive no significant income from chess.Think in the very low three figures, a coupleof hundred dollars in a good year. Thatincome derives largely from the occasional

article I write for Chess Life. You mayremember my piece on the 98-year-old youngretired federal judge George Leighton. I alsowrite obituaries for the magazine, withoutcharge. Giving back.I am proud to have won perhaps a half-

dozen national awards from the ChessJournalists of America.Since its inception, the UTD chess program

has offered millions of dollars in scholarshipsto gifted young players. Giving back to chess.My current interest is in chess and

education. I raised the money for and ran thefirst Koltanowski Conference on Chess andEducation that took place in 2001, and Iedited a book of its selected papers. In 2011I raised the money for and ran the secondKoltanowski Conference and am in theprocess of editing the book of its proceedings.Of course, I had a lot of help doing thesethings. I have served for six years now as the

chair of the Life Member Asset ManagementCommittee.I have known and learned from every USCF

president starting with Fred Cramer, everyFIDE president starting with Max Euwe, andevery USCF executive director starting withEd Edmondson. Of course I have made myshare of mistakes.If you think that experience matters and

credentials count, I would feel privileged tohave your vote.


CHESS PROBLEMS ARE OFTENdescribed as the “poetry of chess.” Youcan show some really neat things thatcould never happen in a real game. In fact,when naysayers whine, “That could neverhappen in a game!,” my retort is,”Yes, thatis precisely the point!”The language behind chess problems,

however, can be imposing. I know manyof the themes and tasks associated withproblems, but I also become a bit glassy-eyed when someone starts talking aboutcombining Theme A with a Hannelius anda Finnish Novotny. The definitive Englishlanguage reference book for chess problemshas been John Rice’s Chess Wizardry: TheNew ABC of Chess Problems. As good asthat book is, it isn’t (and never tried to be)definitive. This new encyclopedia does, andcomes close to hitting the mark.

The only regret I have about this book isthe occasional poor use of the English lan-guage. It is the type of English you seefrom many intelligent folks who have Eng-lish as a second language—small gaffshere and there, and then a sentence thatyou have to struggle through. For a bookthat offers definitive descriptions of prob-lem themes, that is a deficit, however small.If the language used to explain is murky,you end up no better off than before youlooked the concept up.The material that really makes a work an

encyclopedia of note, such as the nearly 30page General Index, is phenomenally well-done. The inclusion of study themes iswonderfully inspired; many studies todayuse problem themes and I have alreadytried to think how I might use a studytheme or two in a more unconventionalproblem.I would have liked to have seen more dia-

grams and illustrations. For example, Iwas looking last night for whether a prob-lem of mine fell into the category ofpin-model mate. The definition was notenough; I needed to see the mechanism,but it wasn't there. The diagrams in thebook are a bit small for my eyes, but arewell-chosen classical illustrations of thevarious themes. The familiar Informant-style is also welcome.One popular theme presented in the

book is the Fleck. In discussing the Fleck,the book is short and sweet compared toRice. It gives the main point in fewer wordsbut has as many diagrams. It also does agood job of differentiating the types of Fleckmechanisms in further entries. Here is themain definition:

“White threatens three or more mateseach of which is accurately forced by Blackthematic defenses. Black moves, whichallow more than one mate, are not permit-ted, while total defenses, which prevent all

threats but allow new mates, are allowed(these are called Karlstr�m defenses).”

The definition strikes me as a bit clunky.A Fleck simply allows for multiple threats.That is a paradoxical idea for a chess prob-lem, where multiple and apparently strongthreats are usually a deficit. The ideabehind the theme is to differentiateamongst the three or more threats basedon Black defenses.The diagram example for the Fleck is a

good one:

H.H. BrowerThe Good Companions 1910

1. Ne8! (White plans 2. Nc7/Bf7/Qe4.) 1.... Nxh5 2. Nc7; 1. ... Nxe8 2. Bf7; 1. ... Nf5 2.Qe4 mate.

After the key move, White has threepotential mate threats. So each black defen-sive move shuts out two of the threats butallows another to break through. Neat!This is a seminal and important work,

but not perfect by any means. The flaws aresmall, and don’t undercut its authority. Itshould be on the bookshelf of any chessplayer who wants to know and be able toreference the poetry of chess.


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Chess to Enjoy / Entertainment

WHEN A MASTER ANNOTATES A GAMEhe may point out an opening move with acomment like, “This was first played in thegame GM So-and-So versus GM Whosis atWherestan 2013.”He’s guessing—at best. There is no way

anyone can know what happened in themillions of games that have been playedbefore. What the annotator really means is:“I looked at my database of master

games and couldn’t find an earlier exam-ple of this move. So it must be a novelty.”Or to put it another way, “If an amateur

played the move first, it doesn’t really mat-ter.” Oh, but it does matter. Some of thegreatest opening innovations come fromplayers who were simply better-than-aver-age amateurs. They left their mark—andname—on chess by analyzing rarely playedmoves.For example, a Viennese amateur, Anton

Schara crushed opening expert Ernst Gru-enfeld with 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4!? in 1918. Few people paidattention to the line until an obscure Ger-man, Heinrich Von Hennig, won a gamewith it 11 years later. And that’s how theSchara-Hennig Gambit, or Hennig-ScharaGambit, got its name.Savielly Tartakower, who made quite a

few of his own contributions to opening the-ory, noted that many great TNs [theoreticalnovelties] came from amateurs. “Minervaemerging, not from Jupiter’s head, butfrom the thought of ordinary mortals!” hewrote in his best-game collection.These mortals are guys you never hear of,

like Adolph Schliemann, James Moore Han-ham, Pierre Morra, and Arthur Reynolds.But you see their work all the time.The Reynolds Variation—1. d4 d5 2. c4

c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 andnow 10. d5!?—has been in vogue for years.Reynolds was an English amateur whodied at age 32, a casualty of World War II.But he established his legacy in chesswhen he analyzed 10. d5 in a magazinearticle in 1939.John Lindsay McCutcheon’s contribution

to the French Defense was born at a simul-taneous exhibition (simul). He was a

Pittsburgh lawyer and iron and steel busi -ness man—but also a talented amateurwho sprang his innovation in a simul givenby the then-world champion.

French Defense, McCutcheon Variation (C12)Wilhelm SteinitzJohn Lindsay McCutcheonNew York 1885

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4! 5. e5h6 6. Bxf6The retreat 6. Bd2! didn’t become pop-

ular until Emanuel Lasker introduced it in1899.

6. ... gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10.0-0 Nc6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Qf4 Bd7 13. Nb5! 0-0-0 14. c4 Be8 15. Rfc1 Kb8 16. a3?White can keep a small edge with 16.

cxd5 Rxd5 17. Bc4 and 18. a3/19. b4.

16. ... a6 17. Nc3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd4!

Now both g2 (after ... Bc6 and ... Rhg8)and f2 come under fire.

19. Ne2 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bc6 21. Qh3?! Ka7 22.b4 Bb6 23. Nc3 Rhg8 24. Bf1 Rd2 25. Nd1Qg5!The threat is 26. ... Qf4 and a capture

on f2 is decisive.

26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Qc3 Qf4 28. Qxc6 Rxd1!,White resigned.In some fields, like mathematics, you

make your name when you’re young—or

not at all. But amateurs have managed tomake their imprint much later in life.Army Major James Moore Hanham a

Civil War officer, is best known for playing1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7! at the SixthAmerican Chess Congress at New York in1889. At the time the Philidor’s Defensewas discredited because Black typicallyplayed 3. ... exd4 and got mated aroundmove 30.Hanham took a new approach, main-

taining the black pawn at e5, and herevolutionized the opening—at age 49.Virtually all Philidors that are played todayare the “Hanham Variation.”Dr. Adolph Schliemann, a German

judge, analyzed 3. ... f5 in the Ruy Lopezwhen he was 50 and it’s been the Schlie-mann Defense ever since.Armand Blackmar, a New Orleans

lawyer and music publisher, was 55 whenhis analysis of 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. f3madeit known as the Blackmar Gambit.Pierre Morra, a Nice, France amateur,

gave his name to the 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3.c3 gambit through articles he wrote whenhe was 40. Ken Smith, a Dallas contrac-tor and chess publisher, did his ownanalysis of the line in his ’40s and it’sknown in some parts as the “Smith-MorraGambit.”There’s some confusion about the term

“amateur.” We use it to mean a non-master.But we also use it to mean a non-profes-sional. Most players are both but there aresome notable examples of people who fitinto one category but not the other.William Davies Evans was a master in

the nautical sense, as the captain of amail delivering ship. But when he intro-duced the Evans Gambit, during shoreleave in London around 1826, he certainlyplayed at master strength.Horatio Caro and Marcus Kahn were

minor masters who are best known forsharing their thoughts about 1. e4 c6 2. d4d5 in an 1886 magazine article that left uswith the Caro-Kann Defense.Fame doesn’t always come quickly.

Clarence Seaman Howell was a 41-year-oldBrooklyn master when he proposed 9.Qe2, rather than the standard 9. c3, in the

Amateurs Don’t Really Matter ?!Don’t fret, class players. You too can make your mark on opening theory.By GM ANDY SOLTIS


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main line of the Ruy Lopez Open Defense(1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6). Thequeen move didn’t get much attentionuntil 26 years later, when it became thehot opening line of the World Champi-onship tournament of 1948—well afterHowell had died.Of course, it’s good advertising for your

eponymous opening if you win a nice gamewith it. Take the case of the Giuoco Pianovariation that goes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3Nxe4 8. 0-0.This had been examined four centuries

ago by Giaocchino Greco, who is consid-ered the first chess professional becausehe sold his opening analysis. Greco indi-cated Black was busted because 8. ... Nxc39. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Qb3! and 10. ... Bxa1 11. Bxf7+Kf8 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Ne5.But the defense 8. ... Bxc3 and 9. bxc3 d5!

became famous after Emanuel Laskerused it in a world championship match.Then Jorgen Moeller, 25, of Denmark con-cluded in a magazine that White muststop ... d5 the only way he can, with 9. d5!.

(see diagram top of next column)

One of Moeller’s games went 9. ... Ne5 10.bxc3 Nxc4 11. Qd4 Ncd6? (11. ... 0-0) 12.Qxg7 Qf6.White’s attack seems dead. It wasn’t: 13.

Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Bh6+ Kg8 16. Re5!

Nde4? 17. Nd2! d6 18. Nxe4!, Black resigned.The Moeller Attack is no longer feared

but Moeller still gets the credit. That’s fit-ting because too often a master gets all thecredit just because he played the analysisof an amateur.At least Eugene Chatard of France got

equal credit, for the Chatard-AlekhineAttack, when Alexander Alekhine followedup on Chatard’s analysis of 1. e4 e6 2. d4d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4!? andwon a brilliant game. But some books givehim second billing, in the “Alekhine-Chatard Attack.”And even losing a game can establish a

legacy. If you look up the name SammiFajarowicz in databases you’ll find exam-ples of him losing or drawing—neverwinning in this opening.

(see next game, next column)

Budapest Defense, Fajarowicz Variation (A51)Herman SteinerSammi FajarowiczLeipzig 1928

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Qc2 d5!? 5.exd6 e.p. Bf5! 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nf3 Bxd6 8. a3Qf6 9. g3 0-0-0 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Qd1 Rhe8Black’s lead in development and the

threat of ... Nd3 mate are well worth apawn.

12. Bg2 Bd3 13. e3 Be5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4Bxc4! 16. Kf2 Be6 17. h3 Nb3 18. Kg1 Nxa119. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qf3 Bd5 21. e4 Bc6 22. Kh2Nc2 23. Qxf7 Rf8 24. Qb3 Nd4 25. Qc3 Rf2 26.Re1 Rdf8 27. Kh1 Qf6 28. Rf1Black had threatened 28. ... Rxg2 29.

Kxg2 Qf2+. Now 28. ... Ne2 is one of sev-eral ways to win.

28. ... Rxf1+ 29. Nxf1 Qxf1+?? 30. Bxf1 Rxf1+31. Kg2, Black resigned.It would have been Black’s finest game.

But at least it helped make people takenotice of what’s known today as the“Fajarowicz Variation.”Is the age of amateur innovators over?

I doubt it. Thanks to computers, anyonecan test their ideas and make their own bidfor immortality. See May candidate statements on page 11.

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World Mind GamesA second edition of the SportaccordWorld Mind Games brought dozens ofplayers from around the world toChina in December to compete inchess, as well as Chinese chess,bridge, checkers and Go. Hikaru Nakamura was the only chess playerto medal in all three sections, withsilver-winning second-places finishesin blitz, rapid and blindfold. In each ofthe following six positions from Beijing you are asked to find thefastest winning line of play. This willusually mean the forced win of a decisive amount of material, such asa rook or minor piece. For solutions,see page 71.

Problem IGM Hikaru Nakamura GM Alexander Morozevich

WHITE TO PLAY

Problem IV GM Anish GiriGM Alexander Morozevich

WHITE TO PLAY

Problem IIGM Hikaru Nakamura GM Ding Liren

WHITE TO PLAY

Problem V GM Gata KamskyGM Sergey Karjakin

WHITE TO PLAY

Problem IIIGM Alexander GrischukGM Gata Kamsky

WHITE TO PLAY

Problem VI GM Shakhriyar MamedyarovGM Levon Aronian

BLACK TO PLAY

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Solitaire Chess / Instruction

ONE OF THE MOST FEARED PLAYERS INthe late 19th century was England’s JosephHenry Blackburne (1841-1924), also knownas “The Black Death,” even though he hadnothing to do with plague. He indeed was avery successful tournament competitor,especially when not inebriated, but heseemed to prefer popularizing the game. Tothat end, he made public appearances andgave all kinds of simultaneous exhibitions,including those in which he was blind-folded. The following contest against anamateur (Black) was one of ten such gameshe conducted during an exhibition in 1863.The opening moves of this exemplary con-test were:

Scotch Gambit (C44) Joseph Henry BlackburneAmateurKidderminster 1863 (One of 10 blindfold)

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 d6

Now make sure you have the above posi-tion set up on your chessboard. As youplay through the remaining moves in thisgame, use a piece of paper to cover the arti-cle, exposing White’s next move only aftertrying to guess it. If you guess correctly,give yourself the par score. Sometimespoints are also rewarded for second-bestmoves, and there may be bonus points—or deductions—for other moves and vari-ations. Note that **means that the note toBlack’s move is over and White’s move ison the next line.**

3. Nxc3 Par Score 5After his last move it is clear that Black

is not going to bite on the b2-pawn, soWhite might as well take and develop hisgame.

5. … Nc6

6. Nf3 Par Score 5

6. … Ne5?This last move is weak. It was better to

bring out a new piece, 6. ... Nf6, than tomove the same one again.**

7. Nxe5 Par Score 5

7. … dxe5

8. Bxf7+ Par Score 6Accept only 4 points part credit for 8.

Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bxf7, which regains thegambit pawn, but doesn’t gain time asdoes the text.

8. … Ke7Obviously, on 8. ... Kxf7, White wins

the queen, 9. Qxd8 drops the queen.Accept 1 bonus point if you realized thisafter Black played 6. ... Ne5?.**

9. Bg5+ Par Score 5White develops with tempo on the king.

9. … Nf6Otherwise, as already indicated, the

queen is lost.**

10. Qh5 Par Score 5White plays to protect the bishop and

threaten 11. Nd5+. Accept full credit for 10.Qb3, which also protects the bishop, butdoesn’t threaten 11. Nd5+. (Add 1 bonuspoint if you saw that Black would thenhave 11. ... Kxf7.)

10. … c6Black prevents Nc3-d5 while providing

the queen with an outlet.**

11. Rd1 Par Score 5Blackburne takes over the d-file with

gain of time.

11. … Qa5

12. f4 Par Score 5

Blackburne is showing his ultra-aggres-sive side. He means to open the f-file whilepressuring e5. Accept full credit for therestrained, 12. 0-0, which holds f2-f4 inreserve.

12. … Qc5Black employs harassment tactics,

threatening 13. ... Qe3+. If 12. ... Bg4,White takes on g4 and penetrates to d7 (1bonus point). Add 1 bonus point more forseeing that 12. ... exf4? is met by 13.Bxf6+ and 14. Qxa5.**

13. fxe5 Par Score 5White opens the f-file, and that also

enables the bishop to guard e3.

13. … Qxe5

14. 0-0 Par Score 5

14. … h6Black tries to resolve the pin. If 14. ...

Be6 15. Bxe6 Kxe6 16. Qh3+ Ke7[f7] 17.Rf5 Qc7 18. e5 (2 bonus points). On 14. ...g6, the simplest is 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16.Qxg6, followed by taking the knight (1bonus point).**

The Black DeathWhether Joseph Blackburne was nicknamed “The Black Death” as a playon his name or because he plagued his opponents we don’t know, but inthis 1863 contest he certainly left this hapless amateur dead and buried.By BRUCE PANDOLFINI


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Solitaire Chess / Instruction

15. Be8 Par Score 5White vacates f7 for a queen mate, so

Black has no time to take the bishop on g5.

15. … Be6

If 15. ... Qe6, then 16. e5 hxg5 17. exf6+and 18. Qxh8 wins the Exchange andlikely more because of poor placement ofBlack’s king and queen. Moreover, Whitestill retains the attack, which is right upthe Black Death’s alley.**

16. Rxf6 Par Score 6

Accept only 3 points part credit if youbailed out with 16. Bxf6+. Deduct 1 pointfor 16. Bh4, which is answered by 16. ...Qxh5 17. Bxh5 g5.

16. … gxf6

Practically all captures are venomous forBlack: (a) 16. ... Rxe8 17. Rxe6+ Kxe6 18.Qxe8+ Be7 19. Qxe7 mate (2 bonus points);(b) 16. ... hxg5 17. Rd7+ Bxd7 (or 17. ...Kxf6 18. Qg6 mate) 18. Qf7+ Kd8 19. Qxd7mate (2 bonus points); (c) 16. ... Qxg5 17.Rxe6+ Kxe6 18. Qf7+ Ke5 19. Qc7+ Ke620. Bf7+ Kf6 21. Rf1+ Qf4 22. Rxf4+ Kg523. h4 mate (2 bonus points). If 16. ...Qc5+, then 17. Kh1, and the attack keepsrolling along lines similar to the above.**

17. Rd7+ Par Score 6Blackburne is in terrific form. Add 1

bonus point if you saw 17. Rd7+ inadvance.

17. … Bxd7

Black had no choice. He had to acceptthe sacrifice, deflecting his bishop, lettingthe white queen enter.**

18. Qf7+ Par Score 4

18. … Kd6On 18. ... Kd8, there follows 19. Qd7

mate (1 bonus point).**

19. Qxd7+ Par Score 4

19. … Kc5The black king is forced out into the

open board, where it must fend for him-self. The prospects are not good with thebulk of the black army still on the homerank.**

20. Be3+ Par Score 4

20. … Kb4Add 1 bonus point for spotting 20. ... Kc4

21. b3+ Kxc3 22. Qd2 mate. Add 1 bonuspoint more for noticing White must rejectthis course due to 21. ... Kb4. FurthermoreWhite’s best line (after 20. ... Kc4) is 21.Bf7+ Kb4 22. Qxb7+ Ka5 23. Bb6+.**

21. Qxb7+ Par Score 4

21. … Ka5

22. b4+ Par Score 6Accept only 4 points part credit for the

ordinary move, 22. a3, threatening 23.b4+ Bxb4 24. axb4 mate. If 22. ... c5 23.Qb5 mate (1 bonus point).**

22. … Bxb4

23. Bb6+ Par Score 6

23. … axb6

24. Qxa8 mate Par Score 4Black is mated.

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ABCs of ChessThese problems are all related to key positions in this month’s game. In eachcase, Black is to move. The answers canbe found in Solutions on page 71.May Exercise: Pawn structure is typically akey factor in determining the prospects foreach player. But in advising us where to go, itcan also imply where we’ve been. While theformation could indicate the opening, it alsomight suggest apt strategies. As a habit ofmind, when examining a chess position, tryto figure out from the pawn layout at leastwhat the last few moves were about, proand con. Do this regularly enough, and don’tbe surprised if you begin to think more logically and holistically. Indeed, looking atthe past is another way to look at the future.

Problem IDeflection

Problem IVDeflection

Problem IIOverload

Problem VFork

Problem IIIDiscovery

Problem VIMating net

TOTAL YOUR SCORE TO DETERMINEYOUR APPROXIMATE RATING BELOW:

Total Score Approx. Rating95+ 2400+

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EAST“PRINCETON UNIVERSITY A” PUTS OTHERS ON IV AT WORLD AMATEURTEAM—“CORNELL A” AND “OBAMA: NO CHANGE VARIATION” TIE FOR SECOND

IT WAS BOTH A CROWD-HANDLING INSTALLATION AND Ametaphor. In preparation for the ruck of chess players on Saturdaymorning, the Parsippany, New Jersey Hilton had, for the firsttime in my memory, configured those line-channeling portablewarrens you see in front of airport check-ins and busy banktellers. As I walked through the nearly deserted lobby Fridaynight, the flimsy corridors made me consider the three days oftournament-chess twists and turns to come.For no chess tournament provides the straight-ahead thrills,

the side-steps and eddies, and the highs-and-lows—togetherwith the breaks for pure, goofy fun—that the World Amateur TeamChess Championship, aka the U.S. Amateur Team East (USATE),

serves up every Presidents’ Day weekend. Tournament chess isnormally a solipsistic inner world of analysis and ego. Team chessobliges you to play for your buddies in a way that makes the gamemore important than yourself.“The Team” is rivaled in attendance only by one other team

chess competition in the world—the World Chess Olympiad.But you have to count all of the Olympiad’s teams, including thewomen’s squads, to put the biennial international event in thesame league with the New Jersey behe moth. And organizerSteve Doyle and company host their event every year. So itsannual attendance doubles FIDE’s premier team contest. The World Team and the Olympiad share huge attendance

and a spirit of fierce competition. After that, the comparisons breakdown. The World Team is a pro-am, handicap event that requires

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a four-person team rating below 2200. To demonstrate howseriously some compet itors take the math—25 of the 841 teamsregistered with average USCF ratings of 2180 or higher, with two,“Giorgi Girl” and “Whoop Whoop Gata Kamsky Style” pushing thepoint-barrier at 2199; and one, “Doping on Elo to Win theBenjamins,” coming in at 2198—even though there are no realBenjamins to win. It’s all for the team spirit, the fun, and the gloryat the World Team. As you notice, the team names are part of the fun. Clever, clean

chess puns, racy double entendres, and references to topicalmovies and books populate the wall charts. A mixed sampler of myown favorites from this year: “Larry C, Larry Do” (led by GM LarryChristiansen), “Looking for Luft in All the Wrong Places,” “Argo CheckYourself,” “Pawn Pushy Riot,” “Svidler on the Roof,” “Django’sPawn Chain,” “Les Patzerables.” I have to mention my favoriteliterary allusions that didn’t win prizes but earned my respect—frompop fiction, “Fifty Shahades of Gray,” a Shakespearean takeoff; “TheWinawer of Our Discontent;” and the erudite reference to AldousHuxley’s treatise on hallucinogens, “Philidors of Perception.”

No lip-syncingFor some years, the West Point honor guard has opened the

proceedings with a salute to the flag. This year, at the openingof The Team’s 43rd anniversary, we were treated to an impressiveand enthusiastically received version of our national anthem byopera singer and chess master Nathan Resika, who also playedboard two on “Three and a Half Men.” “I was told that thegovernment’s sequester restricted travel for the West Point honorguard,” Doyle said. “We’ve had them start us off for a long time.Nathan stepped in to give us a new beginning.” Doyle, a masterof timing, waited just a heartbeat before his topical punch line:“And unlike Beyonce’s version, Nathan’s was live.”

It takes a perfect 6-0 to win it allThe massive event proves how effective the Swiss system is at

determining a winner. (For those interested in under-the-hooddetails, the USATE uses accel er ated pairings for its first tworounds.) Nearly every year, it takes a perfect 6-0 to take the

overall team title. And nearly every year there is just one ofthose. (See sidebar, “Steve Doyle—40 Years as a Team Player.”)This year was no different. When the sixth and final round began at the promised time

of 3:30 Monday afternoon, there was an edgy excitement in theair. Many teams and individual players were in the running forspecial prizes, and this round would resolve the tension, one wayor the other. But only two teams sat with perfect scores.“Knightmare 3,” ranked 18th at the start, sat across from“Princeton A,” pre-ranked 19th. A draw between the teamswould allow “Obama: No Change Variation,” as well as Ivy-League rivals “Cornell,” a chance to tie for the title. “We had ourhopes for a draw on table one,” Tom Riccardi, Cornell’s second-board player said. If Cornell won round six, which they woundup doing, the team would finish with great tiebreaks, which couldput them at the top of a 51⁄2 pack. It wasn’t to be—but theoutcome was not without its share of quirky drama.

Decisive doesn’t mean correctAs every tournament player knows, in order to win, you

sometimes need your opponent to cooperate with you. Thenthere are times when the two opponents see one thing, and thespectators see another. As other team boards began to empty, only one matchup, on

board two, remained in play on table one—and it was enough tokeep the outcome in doubt. “Princeton A” had a match lead of2-1. By winning, Black could tie his team for the title, as well asmake other 51⁄2-teams happy. Instead, the result was eponymousfor team “Knightmare 3.”Jack Hutton, captain of the Princeton team (and organizer of

the very successful Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess TeamChampionship in December), recalled the moment: “Sometimebefore move 30, our board three took a look at Andrew’s positionon board two and agreed to a draw, even though his own positionwas much better.” Such decisions can sometimes make sense atThe Team—for example, if one member has a superior butdouble-edged position and all he needs for the team win is a draw.In this case, Andrew’s win looked in the bag, so his teammateDyland Xue played it “safe.”

Queen’s Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch Variation(D42)Andrew Ng (2305, “Princeton A”)Praveen Balakrishnan (2231, “Knightmare 3”)World Amateur Team Championship (6)

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc610. a3 Nf6 11. Re1 b6 12. Bg5Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15.Rad1 Nd5 16. h4 Nxc3 17. bxc3Na5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. h5 Nc4Better is 19. ... Qd5 20. hxg6

hxg6.

20. hxg6 hxg6 Now White has a rook

“sacrifice” that can’t be accepted.

(see diagram next column)

21. Rxe6! Bf6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.

Re1 Qc6 24. Bb3 b5 25. Bf4 Kg726. Bxc4 bxc426. … Qxc4 makes it much

harder for White to prove awinning advantage.

27. Qe3 Rh8 28. Be5 Rh5 29. Qf4 Rf5 And now 30. Qg3 maintains

a big edge for White. But thetwo opposing masters bemusedonlookers with their 30thmoves.

30. Qh4?

White counted on a cross-pin tactic to allow him toexpose his queen to attack. Buthad Black seen the simple 30.… Rxe5, the two teams wouldhave finished with equal scoresof 51⁄2-51⁄2!

30. … Bxe5? Of course, just 30. … Rxe5

and White could resign.

31. dxe5 Rh5 32. Qg3Even stronger is 32. Qe7!,

threatening e5-e6.

32. … Qc8 33. Nd4 Qh8 34. Kf1Also possible is 34. f3.

34. … Qh6 35. Ke2 Rg5 35. … Qg5! at least keeps

the half-point a possibility, butof course the only thing thathelps Black’s team is a win.

36. Qf4 Qh5+ 37. Kd2 Rxg2 38.e6 g5 39. Qe5+ f6 40. Qc7+ Kh841. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qxb7+ Kh8,Black resigned.And so “Princeton A” notched

up the only perfect score andthe title.“We’ve come so close so many

times!” Cornell’s Riccardi said.And that was before he rec -ognized the significance of oneof his team’s fifth-round draws.(See Xue-Smith on page 24.)But Cornell, at least, did take

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the second-place plaque ontiebreaks and will be back foranother try.

Every board contributesTo win The Team, crucialmoments arise in nearly everyround. Each board must con -trib ute at a key time. Toil lus trate, following is a gameor position from the other threemembers of “Princeton A.” Michael Lee played first

board. In round four, hechalked up an interesting andcrucial win against “MayanTeam Just Happy to Be Here.”

Queen’s Gambit Declined,Semi-Tarrasch Variation(D41)Michael Lee (2445, “Princeton A”)Edward McHugh (2348, “Mayan TeamJust Happy to Be Here”)World Amateur Team Championship (4)

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e67. Bc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. d4 0-010. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 Nce7 12. a3b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Nfg5

14. ... h6?Instead, 14. … Ng6! keeps

chances nearly equal.

15. Nh7! Nf5

If 15. … Re8, White followsup with 16. Nhxf6+ Nxf6 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxh6 netting apawn and winning attack.

16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. Be3 Rc8 18.Rac1White can avoid the compli-

cations in the note to Black’s19th move with 18. Nxf6 Nxf619. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Qd721. Rac1.

18. … Ndxe3 19. fxe3

19. … Rxc4?Black misses his chance to

get back into the game with19. … Nxe3! 20. Rxe3 (20. Nxf6Nxg2 21. Nh7+ Kg8 22. Rf1Nh4 23. d5 b5 24. dxe6 Qb6+25. Rf2 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 whenWhite has the edge, but Blackis better than he was.) 20. …Bxd4.

20. Rxc4 Qd5 21. Qc2! Qxe4

22. Rc8+! Bd8 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24.

Rxd8+ Ke7 25. Rc8 Kd7 26. Rec1Nxe3 27. R8c7+ Kd6 28. Rxf7 Nf529. Rxa7 Nxd4 30. Kf2 g6 31.Ra6, Black resigned.

Sicilian Defense, DragonVariation, Classical System(B74)Rochelle Ballantyne (2079, “Cruising Zingardiums”)Dyland Mooching Xue (2175, “Princeton A”)World Amateur Team Championship (5)

In this round, “Princeton A’s”third board made a key contri-bution.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bd710. f4 Rc8 11. Qe1 a6 12. a4 Nb413. Qd2 a5 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Rad1Be6 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Qf2 Nd7 18.Nd4 Bc4 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2Qc4 21. Qd2 b6

22. Ncb5 22. Ndb5 would keep things

fairly equal. White’s choicepermits a positional combi -nation. Knowing when and howto trade off the precious fian -chetto bishop is normally themaster’s touch.

22. … Bxd4! 23. Nxd4 Nf6 24. e5dxe5 25. fxe5 Ne4 26. Qc1 Nd527. b3 Qc3 28. Rd3

White holds for the momentwith 28. Rfe1.

28. ... Qxd3 29. cxd3 Rxc1 30.Bxc1 Ng3 31. Rf3 Nb4 32. Bb2Rxd4 33. Bxd433. Rxg3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3

Nxd3 35. Bd4 wouldn’t be quiteas bad for White. After hermove, it quickly becomeshopeless.

33. … Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Nxd4 35. Re3Nxb3 36. Ke2 Nd5 37. Rg3 Nc3+38. Ke3 Nxa4 39. d4 Nc3 40. Kd3Nxd4, White resigned.In the first round, “Princeton

A’s” fourth board, Leo Kangfound a pleasing continuationthat locked his opponent’s queenin jail and then threatened matewith bishop and rook or drasticmaterial loss.

A pleasing continuationLeo J. Kang (1832, “Princeton A”)Michael Williams (1663, “FrederickDouglas Academy”)World Amateur Team Championship (1)

32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Bxf7 Rf8 34.Bg6 Rxf2+ Black trades away the only

pieces he can move, but he waslost anyway.

35. Qxf2 Bxf2 36. Kxf2 Kg8

With the black queen body-blocked out of play, Black ishelpless.

37. Rd1 Kf8 38. Rd7 e4 39. Ke3a6 40. Kxe4, Black resigned.

The “Gimmick” Speech that Wowed the Crowd“Patres, three weeks from now, I will be pushing pawns in Sturbridge ...Imagine where you will be, and it will be so ... Hold the line ... Stay with me ...Maintain that pawn chain ... If you find yourself alone, riding in a green fieldwith the sun on your face, do not be troubled, for you are in Elysium, andyour game is already over! Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity ....At my signal, unleash hell!”

—Monologue (a takeoff on Russell Crowe’s pre-battle speech from the film Gladiator) delivered by Lou Saltaformaggio (a.k.a. Lucius Vorenus), board 4, “Knights of the Roman Forum.”



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Steve Doyle doesn’t have a chance to compete in the biggest team event in the world,since he organizes it. But you have to consider him the most important team player.The former U.S. Chess Federation and New Jersey State Chess Federation presidentbegan helping at the event’s very beginning as a runner.

For decades, there was only one U.S. Amateur Team Championship. Later, in the 1990s,the tournament was branched into regional versions, causing the desig nation “East” to beadded to the seminal event. Some years after that, the original Team was given the addi -tional desig nation of “World Amateur Team Cham pionship” to recognize its stature.

I had a chance to talk with Steve about the evolution of the event over four decades.

STEVE DOYLE—40 YEARS AS A TEAM PLAYER

What were the first years like?The first ones were in Atlantic City. Iremember we had to keep the mealallotments very cheap—so I would get apork roll or cheese sandwich on theboardwalk for 50 cents. Denis Barry waschief organizer then. I never expected to beorganizer. We never thought that The Teamwould be a fixture in New Jersey.

What’s now a USCF flagship event startedhumbly and moved around a lot, right?When Atlantic City was no longer a goodvenue in the late 1970s, the tournamentwas going to be discontinued. Some ofthe members of the Toms River Club andI stepped in at the last minute to salvagethe event. Even though we had to put thetournament in a less desirable venue, itstill drew 80 teams. Those were the bridgeyears.

Do you have special memories about themoves The Team made from city to city?The year in Cherry Hill was memorablebecause a blizzard shut down the state. Noone could get out of the hotel since NewJersey had declared a state of emergency.There was no food, except little cheesecubes. Not exactly a satisfactory chess -player buffet! But something specialhappened that year—a kind of newenthusiasm in the face of the adversity.The next year, Carol Jarecki joined The

Team and the event was moved to Somerset,New Jersey. It kept growing. Jack Collinscame with a whole troop of scholasticplayers, starting the tradition of the CollinsKids. As the event grew, we eventually movedit to the Parsippany Hilton, where attend -ance has broken records repeatedly. Thisyear, despite the weather-beating that NewJersey and New York have taken, a near-record of 1,209 players and 283 teamsmade the trip.

What about special landmarks at the event?In 1982, four computers entered. Ken

Thompson brought his Belle computer [thefirst to achieve an official master’s rating].Also in the 1980s, we hosted blind teams,complete with their service dogs and Brailleboards. A huge develop ment was watchingthe team-name competition grow into anincredibly competitive event. The nameshave gotten very clever over the years andare really a piece of chess Americana. Eachgen eration highlights something differentin sports, movies, current events.

When did you start emceeing the event?Sometime in the early days of Somersetwas my first year at the mike. The doorprizes started at the Hilton in Parsippany.

What famous players do you recall at theevent?So many … Anatoly Karpov, YasserSeirawan, Sammy Reshevsky, LeonidShamkovich, Anatoly Lein, Lev Alburt,Nick de Firmian, Joel Benjamin, LarryChristiansen … so many others.

Were there events that led to rule changes?Yes! When the “Four Gs,” with RomanDzindzichashvili won, with three GMs[grandmasters] and a very low-rated playerto get the average below 2200. Now twoGMs on a team are the maximum.

Has technology helped a lot?My wife Bernadette got involved once thetournament was in Somerset before wewere married. She was assigned to do thewall charts. In the days before computers,this was an enormous job. Just writing theteam names took hours and hours. Shewould never do that job again!The first computer pairing was done in

Somerset in the very early 1990s. The firstcouple of years were rough. In fact, the firstyear was pretty awful. We had to stopcomputer pairing and recreate the event,pairing by hand. Roger Inglis became thestaffer to take charge of technology and getus into the modern day. Our whole staff

is terrific and have stepped up to thechallenges that have evolved in theenormous event.

Looking back over the whole panorama ofplayers and teams, what are your thoughts?I love watching players come back yearafter year. I love getting to know people,organizing their annual chess vacation.In many ways, we’re all like a family.Sometimes long-attending players stopcoming, and that’s sad. Players pass away.Often, their friends continue to organizeteams to honor a deceased friend’smemory.

Have certain categories developed intofierce competitions?Wow—there are some strong Family teams!Benjamins, Fishbeins. And chess inschools—the best school teams throughoutthe tri-state area compete, as well as teamsfrom distant states. Mixed Doubles arealso led by top players. You see younginternational masters and FIDE mastersmixing it up. College teams—how com -petitive they’ve gotten. We had about 30college teams this year—Princeton, Yale,Cornell, Texas Tech. And the Militarycategory took off after 9-11. We’ve had AirForce, Navy, and Army teams.

Are you going to keep at it a while longer?I love personally getting entries and readingnotes that the captains write to me. Morethan half personalize their entries, tellingme how much they love the tournament.I get updates about what’s happened toplayers—marriages, children. It’s verypersonal. I don’t even mind getting 250pieces of mail before the event throughoutJanuary and February. Some even knockon my door to hand me an entrypersonally! I love The Team as much as the players

do. As long as I’m able, I’ll be connected tothe tournament—I’ll be there.




No karma for CornellTwo teams finished just a half-point behind “PrincetonUniversity A”—“Cornell A,”ranked 21 at the start, and“Obama: No Change Variation,”ranked 11th. “Cornell A” tookthe second-place plaque on tie-breaks. In the fifth round, thesetwo teams drew their matchand both went on to win in thefinal round. But looking at a key game in

that fifth-round matchup, wesee that Princeton’s providen -tial breaks were a tournamenttheme. Recall that White’s30th-move mirage (the firstgame analyzed) in the lastgame going in the sixth roundshould have cost “Princeton A”half a point. Now look at thefinal position of the third-boardmatchup be tween the twosecond-place finishers.

TriangulationRobert Xue (2124, “Cornell A”)Shaun Smith (2066, “Obama: NoChange Variation”)World Amateur Team Championship (5)

BLACK TO MOVE: DRAW?

White agreed to a draw butactually wins by force here. Themethod needed is triangu-lation—losing a move by takingtwo moves rather than one toget to a key square. After 45. …Ke7, it turns out that Whitewins a bit faster if he pushes thepawn immediately, but for thesake of illustration, let’s moveWhite’s king first: for example:45. … Ke7 46. Kd5 Kd7 47. c5Kc7 48. c6 (getting to a keyposition which Lev Alburtreviews at the end of his April2013 CL column page 43) 48. ...Kc8 49. Kd4!, triangulating andwin ning. Wherever Blackmoves, his king will be forcedout, and White will promote.Probably the hardest thing to

under stand in the positiondiagrammed above is why Whitedidn’t play on even if he thought

the position was a draw. He can’tlose, except on purpose. Even ifWhite thought the game was atheoretical draw, which it isn’t,his opponent could play lessthan perfectly. But it turns outthis position has beenmisunderstood on very highlevels! In Endgame Laboratory,Mark Dvoretsky relates the storyof how a grandmaster (GM) toldhis international master (IM)-opponent, who had the extrapawn in such a position, that itwas a theoretical draw. The IMtook it as gospel, giving up halfa point to blind faith. In anotheranecdote, a famous British GM-author claimed a draw for theposition in a draft of his book onthe endgame. But we shouldconsider this a basic endgameposition illustrating the power oftriangulation.

Special prizesMy own Texas Tech KnightRaiders, who came all the wayfrom Lubbock to compete forthe first time at the USATE,won Top College prize with 41⁄2.In the last round our thirdboard, Josh Osbourn, a realcontrib utor to the team result,was white and on move, had aforced win in the position below.He saw the idea, but opted toplay it safe and obtain the drawthat looked like it would beenough to win the match forthe team. Let’s take a look atwhat he could have played.

What “coulda” beenJoshua David Osbourn(1975, “Texas Tech Knight Raiders”)Michael W. Mockler (1907, “DoubleEntendres on the Seven”)World Team Chess Championship (6)

WHITE TO MOVE

46. Rh3+!After 46. … Kg8, 47. Rb8!

threatens 48. Ne7+, winning. If46. … Kg7 47. Rb7+ Kf6 (47. …

Kg6 48. Ne7+) 48. Rhh7 wins.

“Princeton B” won Top NewJersey College Team, making ita terrific weekend for the Tigers.“NYU Chess” won Top New YorkCollege Team. “Stever-3E” tookTop Pennsylvania College.“Cardinal Chessmen” won TopHigh School. “John Witherspoon”took Top Middle School, and“Dalton Ch-Hess Team” was theTop Elementary team. The TopScholastic team was “AsianInvasion,” with “Hey, We JustMate You” right behind.GM Christiansen’s “Larry C,

Larry Do” won the MixedDoubles prize, which has becomea popular category. So has theFamily prize, won this year by“Kapengut Family.” Companyhonors went to “Winners of theExchange.” “Bisguier’s Blunders”was the Top Senior team, and“Maritime Strategy 2013” wasthe best military squad.The Team also recognizes

best results for teams from thesurrounding states. See acomplete list of prize winners atnjscf.org.

The beasts of their boardsBest board winners are the all-stars of The Team. They win thetreasured clock with commem-orative plaque. This year eightfull-time team members scoredan impressive 6-0 on theirboards, one scored 51⁄2-1⁄2 whileone alternate went 5-0. (Seeprize box.)

Names, gimmicks,countrymenAs we’ve seen, the name of ateam is often the product of alot of thought or a suddeninspiration. Winning the bestname prize is the equivalent ofbeing in the history books. Thecompetition is fierce and fair.On Sunday each year, Doylereads the nominations to thecrowd, who indicate theirfavorite by applause. This year“Rg3 Offensive Rook of theYear,” a reference to RobertGriffin, III, taking football’srookie of the year, won themost approval, beating my ownfavorite of those nominated,“Winawer of Our Discontent.”As an old English teacher, Ihave my bard-biases.Best Gimmick recognizes

costumes, songs, skits or nearlyany other “shtick” or melodra -ma dreamed up by a team. Asalways, the competition in thiscategory was fierce and funny.Ultimately, “Knights of theRoman Forum” clinched thedeal, whose legionnaire cos -tumes and witty chess-takeoffon Russell Crowe’s pre-battleaddress to his legions in thefilm Gladiator (see sidebar, page22) left little doubt among the1,000 or so voters.The ceremonies also noted

Steve Immitt’s remarkablequarter-century of service pro -viding weekly Manhattantour na ments, which sadly nowcomes to an end. But anyonewho knows Immitt is sure hehas many more contributionsto make to chess.

Dedicated staffers make it all workStaging this massive event sowell and so successfully obvi -ously requires thou sands ofhours of work from a significantnumber of dedicated staffersbehind the curtain. OrganizerSteve Doyle and Chief Tourna -ment Director Carol Jarecki didtheir annually spectacular job ofsetting an impossible standardfor fun and competition. Doyle’sentertaining emcee ing style, as hegave away both door prizes andfriendly barbs at blitz speed, keptthe crowd relaxed before theirbig games. National TournamentDirectors Steve Immitt andSophia Rohde helped keep the1,209-player tour na ment undercontrol with out quash ing thegood time. It was the event’s 43rdanniver sary as the USATE andDoyle’s 40th anniversary (seesidebar) at The Team andJarecki’s 35th. In addition, RogerInglis, Mike Somers, Walt andJudy Heerschapp, FrankRomano, Aaron Kiedes, JoeIppolito, Bernadette Doyle, LeeMatola, Jack Ray, and AaronRohde each played a crucial role. And let’s not forget the 17-

year veteran Cricket, who knowsthe ropes at The Team as well asanyone, and is a tradi tional fix -ture at the tournament directortables. We all look forward toseeing her next year, and tomany more years of twists,turns, friendship and fun at theWorld Amateur Team. See “East At A Glance” on page 29.



CHESS PLAYERS ARE SMART, but the collegiate teams thatplayed in The Team North tournament this year should bethankful that their games were not midterm exams, because theywould have flunked. With eight collegiate teams, representing fouruniversities, one might have assumed this tournament would havebeen about college kids beating up on scholastic players, clubmembers and young students of titled players. In the end, suchan assumption wasn’t even close.Early on it was predicted that the top prizes would be awarded

to the collegiate teams, who were well versed in playing togetherand were still strong from the Pan Am competition. Four teamswere from Illinois, two from the University of Chicago, and twofrom the University of Illinois. The city of St. Louis was wellrepresented by four teams, two from Webster, where SusanPolgar’s chess program now calls home; and two teams fromLindenwood, that are funded by Rex Sinquefield of the Chess Cluband Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.Lindenwood lost to a Webster rival, “The Gorlock Express,” in

round one while the other collegiate teams avoided playing eachother. By round four, only four of the eight collegiate teamswere still in the running for first place. Polgar explainedWebster’s fall from the running, “We don’t have ourtop-five ranked players. We have the second andthird team members. Here you have to havean average rating of under 2200, so itwas kind of a combi nation of giving anopportunity to our much lower ratedplayers to play along with higherranked players, and it is a funevent.”By round five, the only

collegiate team left to fight forfirst place was “The IlliniSchmakelers” of the Universityof Illinois, who had a perfectscore. Facing off against themwas the “WI Chess Academy,”led by GM Josh Friedel, with31⁄2 points. On table two, alsowith 31⁄2 points, was ascholastic team, “Rachel’sKnights,” who defeated “TheGorlock Express” in roundtwo; and a club team,“TMCC: Mating Specialists,”featuring IM Angelo Youngand FM Albert Chow. Perhapsno one should have beensurprised to see “The IlliniSchmakelers” on top, as theteam boasted three of the fourmembers who tied for first,placing fourth on tiebreaks in thePan Am tournament just twomonths before. FM Eric Rosenshared, “I jokingly told Akshay[Indusekar] before the last round

that this tournament is just sparring practice for us in preparationfor the final four.”The top team victor came down to the result of the FM Eric Rosen

versus GM Josh Friedel game. Their teammates’ games hadfinished and the match was tied at 11⁄2 points. By this time the“TMCC: Mating Specialists” had already defeated “Rachel’s Knights”and the tournament hall was a buzz. Spectators crowded to seethe final game. Rosen explained the outcome, “Well [Friedel] hadconnected passers marching down the board, and probably anymove was winning except the move he played. It allowed me to sackmy bishop for two pawns, leading to a theoretical drawn position... We should have lost the last round.” (The game can be viewedon Chess Life Online). However, they did not lose. Instead the tiedmatch allowed “The Illini Schmakelers” to take first place over“TMCC: Mating Specialists” on tiebreaks. And the unforeseeabledraw added a nail-biting conclusion to what was already a fun andexciting weekend of friendship and chess.

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WESTNORCAL HOUSE, BAY AREA CHESS, AND HARKER SCHOOL DOMINATEU.S. AMATEUR TEAM WESTBy SALMAN AZHAR

264 PLAYERS CONVERGED IN PLEASANTON ON PRESIDENTS’ Day Weekend to participate in U.S. Amateur Team West weekend.The attendance was about 15% higher in the main event than lastyear. The blitz side event attracted 18 players interested in havingsome more fun after the tourna ment.The 3-day teams were much stronger with the median rating

around 1710 compared to the 2-day median team rating around1230. When the two sections merged in the fourth round therewere two unbeaten teams from each section. Bay Area Chess“BAC Attack” and “Ancient Spartans” were the unbeaten teamsfrom the 3-day schedule and “Norcal House of Chess Kings &Queen” and “California Girls” from the 2-day schedule. The“Kings & Queen” overcame “Ancient Spartans” 21⁄2-11⁄2 and “BAC

Attack” beat “California Girls” 4-0 to set up the likely title matchin round five.In round five, professional coaches of “Kings & Queen” met the

all-start juniors of “BAC Attack.” IM Ricardo De Guzman and FMRonald Lazo Cusi of “Kings & Queen” won against FM CameronWheeler and Kesav Viswanadha of “BAC Attack” on the top twoboards. Albert Lu of “BAC Attack” won against WFM UyangaByambaa on board three leaving Teemu Virtanen of “BAC Attack”in a must-win game against Ted Castro, “Kings & Queen” captain,to save the match for “BAC Attack.” In an even game Virtanenworked hard to create chances but Castro was able to fend offall attempts and win the match, and perhaps the title, for “Kings& Queen.”In the last round “Kings & Queen” were paired against another

all-junior team “Sicilian Mafia,” consisting of VigneshPanchanatham, Allan Beilin, Tanuj Vasudeva, and HemangJangle. The “Kings & Queen” won 3-1 to clinch clear first with aperfect 6/6 score and 20 game points. “BAC Attack” beat“J’adoubious,” an all-adult team of FM Andy Lee and friends, toseal clear second with 5 points. “Sicilian Mafia” came in third on P

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In the third round we wereplaying another team of topjuniors. On board one, I wasplaying Colin Chow, a 13-year-old who just recently became amaster.

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 h5 I prepared this line which is

similiar to 8. ... g5 but if 9.dxc5 now then I can just takeon e5 and castle kingside.

9. Qe2 g5 10. dxc5 g4 11. Nd4Ndxe5 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Nb3Qc7 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Be3 0-0-016. Rad1 Rhg8 17. c4 This was a mistake since it

allows 17. ... Ne5 which threat ens... Nf3+. 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4is much better than the gamecontinuation but I still have anadvantage.

17. ... Ne5 18. Kh1 dxc4 19.Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Bf4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 cxb3 22. Bxe5

22. ... Qc6 If 22. ... Qxc5 I was afraid of

opening up the files againstmy king: 22. ... Qxc5 23. Qe1Rg5 24. Bf4 Rf5 25. Rc1 Rxf426. Rxc5+ Bxc5 This is winningfor me but I didn’t calculatethe whole line during the game.

23. axb3 h4 24. b4 h3 White’s king will now be

permanently weak.

25. Qf1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Kg1 Qe4 28. Bc3 Qh7 29. Qb5 a630. Qf1 Bc7 31. gxh3 No better is 31. c6 hxg2 32.

cxb7+ Kb8 33. Qxg2 Qb1+ 34.Qf1 Bxh2+ 35. Kg2 Qh7.

31. ... gxh3 32. f3 Qf5 33. Kh1 Bf434. Qe2 Bg5 35. Be1 Bf6 I wanted to get my bishop to

the a7-g1 diagonal.

36. c6 b5 37. Qd1 Bd4 Now its pretty much just

over.

38. Bg3 Qd5 39. c7 Bb6 40. Qf1Qd2 41. Be5 Qf2 Forcing a queen trade to get

into a winning endgame.

42. Qxf2 Bxf2 43. b3 Be3 44. Bd6f6 45. Be7 Bd4 46. Bd6 e5 47.Be7 f5 48. Bd6 f4 49. Be7 Kxc750. Bh4 Kd6 51. Be7+ Kd5 52.Bf6 Bc3 53. Be7 Kd4 54. Bc5+Kd3, White resigned.

Another game annotated byIM Ricardo De Guzman:

(see next game, next column)

Sicilian Defense, NajdorfVariation (B99)Jason Shuhe Zhang (1497)Jeffrey Tao (1869)Notes by IM Ricardo De Guzman

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. 0-0-0 b510. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 A more aggressive contin-

uation is 11. ... Qb6 12. Nd5!Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5with strong compensation forWhite’s knight sacrifice on d5.

12. a3 Instead of the prophylactic

12. a3—again a knight sacrificeon d5 like 12. Nd5 exd5 13.Nf5 Kf8 14. exd5 Re8 15. Qg3with pressure on g7 and e7.

12. ... Rb8 Instead of 12. ... Rb8?!, a

better move is 12. ... Rc8. Thisis not the best square for therook.

13. g4 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 Instead of 14. ... Bxf6, a more

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16. Bxb5 White’s Bxb5 idea is a typical

piece sacrifice on b5 with theidea of getting three pawns fora piece.

16. ... Qb6 Instead of 16. ... Qb6?, the

best way to continue is 16. ...axb5 17. Ndxb5 Qb6 18. Nxd6+Ke7 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. e5 Bh4and at least Black has made itto an endgame.

17. Bxd7+ Now White capitalizes on

Black’s bad choice of defense.

17. ... Kxd7 18. Na4White’s 18. Na4! is a very vital

tempo; attacking Black’s queenand eyeing the important c5-square for his knight invasion.

18. ... Qa5 19. Nb3 Qb5 Instead of 19. ... Qb5, even

19. ... Rxb3 20. cxb3 Rc8+ 21.Kb1 should be winning forWhite.

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22. exf6 dxc5 23. fxg7 Ke7 24. f5Rg8 25. f6+ Ke8 26. Qf5, Blackresigned.

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tiebreaks with 41⁄2/6 points. “The 65th Square,” another all-junior team, consisting of

Udit Iyengar, Pranav Nagarajan, Abhishek Handigol, andSameer Vijay came in Top Under 2000. “&&&&&&” won theTop Junior award, “Evergreen Valley HS-1” earned the TopAcademic team award, and the “Azhars” got the Top Familyaward.Ally Viswanadha, mother of “BAC Attack’s” Kesav Viswanadha,

expressed her gratitude despite the tough loss. “It was an honorand a privilege for all our children to represent Bay Area Chess,an organization that has done so much for chess and ourchildren over so many years,” she said.Ted Castro, captain of “Kings and Queen,” conveyed his

confidence in his team’s ability to win it all. “We are ready forwhoever we meet in the playoffs and I like our chances againstall three teams. Bring it on!” he announced.The scholastic side event was won with a perfect 5/5 score by

the “Harker School” team of Shafieen Ibrahim, ShaunakMaruvada, Nishant Ravi, and Rini Vasan. “Let’s Play Chess Club

1,” consisting of Arto Mihalache, Pranav Pata, Kian Assary, andRaymond Xu, clinched clear second with 4/5 points. “Bay AreaChess,” consisting of Evan Leach, Akshay Sathiya, Jr., MadhumitaKrishnan, Yousef Azhar, and Sofia Jaques, came in clear thirdplace with 31⁄2/5 points.The blitz side event was won by Prasanna Narayanasamy

(1904) with 7/8. Robert Hatarik (1980) came in second with 61⁄2/8.William Quanrud (2085) and Teemu Virtanen (2017) tied for thirdwith 6/8. The complete standings are at www.BayAreaChess.com/

events/13/usatresults.php and the rating report is at www.uschess.org/ msa/XtblMain.php?201302183982.0. The event was organized and sponsored by Bay Area Chess.

Dr. Salman Azhar, senior tournament director (STD), served asthe chief organizer. National Tourna ment Director (NTD) TomLangland served as the chief tournament director along with theNTD John McCumiskey and STD Jordan Langland.Here is Cameron Wheeler’s game against Colin Chow (along

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SOUTHCOOKIE MONSTERS CRUMBLE THE COMPETITION AT USATSBy HARVEY LERMAN AND MELINDA MATTHEWS

THIS YEAR THE U.S. AMATEUR TEAM, SOUTHERN-STYLE,moved to a Holiday Inn and Suites in Sunrise for this Presidents’weekend event. The top team that elected to start Friday eveningin the 3-day schedule was “Cookie Monsters” (2155.5). This team,consisting of Mel Goss (2238), Nicholas Rosenthal (2208), EricCooke (2208) and Lester Machado (1968), got off to a good startwinning their match 4-0 in this lightly attended schedule, and gavethem a chance to rest up the following morning, while the remainderof the 40 teams battled out their own first round matches.Saturday the big guns entered the fray, with the top three

powerhouse teams of “Pry My Alekhine Gun From My Cold DeadPiece Box” (2196.8): Jeffrey Haskel (2365), Makaio Krienke (2198),Jeremy Mandelkern (2169), Ulises De Cozar (2055) and NickolasMoore (1988); “Luna1” (2195.3): GM Julio Becerra (2630), JohnLudwig (2118), Gil Luna (2028), and Alejandro Allen (2005); and

“Miami City Chess Club” (2184.5): FM Angel Perez Quinones(2407), Miguel Recio (2169), Juan Carlos Poza (2168), JohnSalisbury (1994), and Dereck Laureano (1946). Altogether, 40 teams and 164 players registered for the

tournament, tying last year’s event but not quite breaking the2007 record of 41 teams. This year, the tournament was highlyFlorida-centric, with no out-of-state teams participating, and likethe year before there was just one section, but with many teamprizes based on rating, age, etc.The first “casualty” in the event was in round three when top

rated “Pry” was held to a draw by “Miami Raiders” (2014.8) andthen in the fourth round “Pry” faced “Cookie” in a critical match.Cookie won this match as three of the boards resulted in draws,while Rosenthal won on board two for his fourth straight win,giving his team a ½-point lead going into the final round. Her son’sperfect score at first surprised Melinda Matthews, until sheremembered that “something about team competition bringsNicky’s fighting spirit out in full force.” But the grandmaster-led “Luna1” team was having their own

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Chess Club” and “Yanov” (2114.8). The final round would have“Cookie” versus “Miami City Chess Club” and “Luna1” versus“Yanov.” Melinda describes the situation:“Naturally, the final round against ‘Miami City Chess Club’ didn’t

unfold as smoothly or as easily as the [‘Cookie’] team hoped. Eric[board 1] ceded his game first, followed by Lester [board 4], whoapparently made a mistake in the opening and never quiterecovered. Yikes! That left Nicky and Mel to try to pull out the drawthat would land them (at worst) tied for first place, depending uponthe outcome of the board two games. Almost four hours later, Nickysecured a win against his opponent, Miguel Recio, leaving Mel,

who was facing FM Angel Perez Quinones (provisionally rated 2407,or 169 points higher), to seal the deal. Mel battled through likethe fighter he is to win his down-to-the-wire match (and notch hisfirst FIDE master victory). Hero of the day award definitely goesto Mel! With the table two match also ending in a draw, “CookieMonsters” took clear first (4½-½), becoming the 2013 U.S.Amateur Team South champions! Nicky also claimed the topindividual board two prize with his perfect 5-0 score.”Six teams tied for second with 4-1 scores and the USAT

tiebreaks were used for the prizes awarded. See bocachess.comfor full results.

Sicilian Defense,Taimanov Variation (B44)FM Angel Perez Quinones (2407,“Miami City Chess Club”) Mel Hunt Goss (2238, “Cookie Monsters”)2013 U.S. Amateur Team South (5)Notes by Larry Storch

This was the deciding gameof the tournament. FM AngelQuinones played first board forthe “Miami City” team whichled 2–1 over Goss’ “CookieMonsters.”

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 0-010. 0-0 b6 11. Be3 Nd7 11. ... Bb7 12. Qb3 Nd7 13.

Rfd1 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bf6 15. Rac1Be5 16. Nab1 f5 17. f4 Bxc318. Nxc3 fxe4 ½–½ GM ArkadijNaiditsch (FIDE 2707, GER)-GM David Navara (FIDE 2705,CZE), Sibenik 2011.

12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Nab1 Rc8 14. a3

a5 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. N1c3 Ne5 17.f3 17. f4 Ng6 18. Qc2 f5 would

be more combative.

17. ... Na6 18. Na4 Nc5 19. Nac3Na6 20. b3 Ba8 21. Rf2 Rb8 22.Bf1 Rb7 23. Na4 Qb8 24. f4 Nc625. f5 Ne5 26. Rc3 Nc5 27. Nxc5dxc5 28. Bf4 Bf6 29. Rh3

Mel has his work cut out forhim. His team is down by apoint with a passive positionand facing an opponent ratedalmost 200 points above him.

29. ... g6 30. Qc1 h5 31. Be2 Rd732. Qe3 Qd8 33. Rf1 White’s position looks great,

but Black is flexible and defen -sible. White has now driftedinto time pressure.

33. ... Bc6 34. Rxh5!? gxh5 35.Qg3+ Ng4 36. Bxg4 hxg4 37.Qxg4+ Bg7 38. Bc7? A difficult decision. 38. Bh6

Qf6 39. fxe6 Qxh6 40. exd7Rd8 would still favor Black.

38. ... exf5! 39. exf5 Qf6 40. Be5Now White used most of his

remaining time to play histrump, but Black has seen onemove further.

40. ... Qxe5 41. f6 Qe3+! 42. Kh1Qh6 43. h3 So he can use his rook.

43. ... Qg6 44. fxg7 Qxg7 45. Qf5Qxg2 mate.

East At A Glance U.S. Amateur Team East Date: February 16-18, 2013 | Location: Parsippany Hilton, Parsippany, New Jersey | 1,209 players. | Overall: 1st, “Princeton University A;” 2nd, “Cornell A;” 3rd,“Obama: No Change Variation;” 4th, “Cruising Zingardiums;” 5th, “Master Maters.” Top College: “Texas Tech Knight Raiders.” Top New Jersey College: “PrincetonUniversity B.” Top New York College: “NYU Chess.” Top Pennsylvania College: “Stever-3E.” Top High School: “Cardinal Chessmen.” Top Middle School: “JohnWitherspoon.” Top Elementary School: “Dalton Ch-Hess Team.” 1st Scholastic: “Asian Invasion;” 2nd Scholastic: “Hey We Just Mate You.” Mixed Doubles: “LarryC, Larry Do.” Best Family: “Kapengut Family.” Best Military, “Maritime Strategy 2013.” Best Senior: “Bisguier’s Blunders.” Best Company: “Winners of the Exchange.”U2100: “Chess Night and Day.” U2000: “Chess Kings.” U1900: “Svidler on the Roof.” U1800: “Procrastination Gambit Deferred.” U1700: “L.I. Chessmates 1.”U1600: “Mid or Feed.” U1500: “Chessaholics 2.” U1400: “Saranac Village.” U1300: “Chessaholics 5.” U1200: “L.I. Chessmates 2.” U1000: “Caro Kannasians.”Board Prizes: Board 1: Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, “Cruising Zingardiums,” 2442, 6-0; Giorgi Kacheishvili, “Kach Us Will Ya,” 2698, 6-0; Sameer S. Mujumdar, “SinghIs King,” 2221, 6-0. Board 2: Alex Cherniack, “Simple Minds,” 2279, 6-0; Christopher Chase, “The Law Offices of Sorro,” 2341, 6-0. Board 3: Gregory Nolan, “JerseyDevils Unchained,” 2128, 51⁄2. Board 4: Douglas Fiske, “Mayan Team Just Happy To Be Here,” 1995, 6-0; Charles Yang, “Smooth as Budda,” 2059, 6-0; Ilya Zhurbinsky,“Gone With The Queens,” 1811, 6-0. Alternate: Miguel Garcia, “A Dilemma,” 1931, 5-1. Upset Prizes: Round 1: Matthew Simco (818), “KC and the SunshineBand;” Round 2: Alonso Smajlaj (824), “SUNY Geneseo;” Round 3: John Muth (742), “Escape to NJ;” Round 4: Emre Alptuna (651), “Dragon Knight;” Round 5:Anirudh Suresh (795), “Caro-Kannasians.” Round 6: Balaji Pawar, “Chessaholics 5.” State Prizes: Connecticut: “Mayan Team Just Happy To Be Here.” Delaware:“Knights of Fiscal Cliff.” Maryland: “Mome Raths.” Massachusetts: “Larry C, Larry Do.” New Jersey: “Knightmare 3.” New York: “Obama: No Change Variation.”North Carolina: “Second to None.” Pennsylvania: “Designated Drinkers.” Rhode Island: “Chris Brown Beat Rihanna with Black Pieces.” Virginia: “Fine Sax on BrownFlohr.” Best Name: “Rg3! Offensive Rook of the Year.” Best Gimmick: “Knights of the Roman Forum.” | Chief Tournament Director: Edward Steven Doyle.

See the North prize list at http://gettingto2000.blogspot.com/2013/02/us-amateur-team-north-2013.html, the South athttp://www.bocachess.com/2013-u-s-amateur-team-championship---south/standings, and the West athttp://www.bayareachess.com/events/13/usat.php.

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Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation (B90)GM Sam Shankland (FIDE 2595, USA)GM Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez (FIDE 2595, CUB) 9th Pan American Team Chess Championship,01.24.2013Notes by Shankland

This game would be my debut playingfor Team America, and it could not havegone any better—in fact, I would say thatit was my best game in recent memory. Wefaced a very tough Cuban squad with anaverage rating of over 2650 FIDE in thevery first round, but we managed to pulloff a nice upset win to start the tourna -ment with a bang.

1. e4! Not my normal move, but what is life

without a little experimentation?

1. ... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 The beloved Najdorf Variation, one of the

main black weapons of my youth, althoughI don’t play it too much anymore. It defi nitelyfelt different playing from the white side!

6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3!? I drew some inspiration from GM Gata

Kamsky in his 2011 Candidates Matchagainst GM Boris Gelfand. This idea hasgained quite a following recently.

8. ... Nbd7

8. ... Be7 Was played against me the verynext day—pretty unusual to have the exactsame variation two days in a row! 9. Qf3 0-010. g4 a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. 0-0-0 Nb4 13. Nc5Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Rd2Rac8 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Rhd1Rfe8 20. f3 h6 21. Qf2 Qd7 22. Qe2 Qc7 23.Qc4 Red8 24. Qb3 Bg5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26.Bf1 Qe7 27. Nb5 Rd7 28. Nxd6 Rcd8 29. c3Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32.cxb4 axb4 33. Bc4 Qe7 34. Bd5 Bxd5 35.Qxd5 Qc7 36. Ka2 Qc2 37. Qb5 Qd1 38.Qxb4 Qxf3 39. Qxb7 1-0 GM SamShankland (FIDE 2595, USA)-IM DiegoRafael Di Berardino (FIDE 2495, BRA), 9thPan American Team Chess Championship.

9. g4 Rc8 The point of Black’s setup is now clear—

he is depriving the white queen of herbest square on f3. However, I’m not sure

how much of an achievement this isbecause the knight on d7 will often notallow Black to meet Nd5 with Nxd5, andfurthermore I think developing the kingsidepieces would be a higher priority thanmoving the rook to the c-file.

10. Qd2 Not 10. Qf3?, when 10. ... Rxc3! 11. bxc3

d5 would give Black exactly what he wants.

10. ... b5?! In my opinion this move is too

committal. Black doesn’t have much ofan attack to carry out, and the c6-squarehas been weakened—a key theme in theEnglish attack. Perhaps 10. ... h6 was abetter option; 10. ... Be7 could be consid -ered as well.

11. 0-0-0!

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THE U.S. PARTICIPATED FROM JANUARY 24-30 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE PAN AMERICAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP,A FIDE QUALIFIER TO THE WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, AND DEFEATED CUBA, BRAZIL, AND URUGUAY IN THE DOUBLEROUND–ROBIN COMPETITION. DESPITE THIS BEING A FIRST FOR THE U.S., THE EVENT HAS BEEN HELD SINCE 1970.THE TEAMS ARE MADE UP OF FOUR PLAYERS AND A RESERVE. WITH AN AVERAGE AGE OF 25, THIS WAS ONE OF THEYOUNGEST TEAMS THE U.S. HAD EVER SENT TO AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, AND THE YOUNG PLAYERS ROSETO THE OCCASION.GM SAM SHANKLAND SCORED A TOURNAMENT-BEST 87½% WITH 3½ POINTS OUT OF 4 GAMES(3½/4). SHANKLAND WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY GM ALEX LENDERMAN’S 80% WITH 4/5. EACH OF THE OTHER THREETEAM MEMBERS FOR THE U.S., GMS ALEX ONISCHUK, VARUZHAN AKOBIAN AND RAY ROBSON, SCORED 60%WITH 3/5.

THE BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE CAME FROM GM SAM SHANKLAND (THE LATEST SAMFORD FELLOW) WITHA SCORE OF3½/4. CHESS LIFE INVITED THE TEAM MEMBERS TO ANNOTATE THEIR BEST EFFORTS FROM BRAZIL, ANDHERE IS WHAT THEY SENT US, BEGINNING WITH SHANKLAND:

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White is not concerned about ... b5-b4.My opponent once played 11. a3? in thesame position with the white pieces—thismove loses time and makes a hook on thequeenside for Black to attack; If 11. g5?,then 11. ... b4!.

11. ... Nb6 Now Black really is threatening ... b5-b4.

Interesting is 11. ... b4, but insufficient.With 12. Nd5, Black’s problem is thatWhite has not yet played g5—otherwise, hecould play ... Nxd5 exd5 ... Bf5, with a fineposition. As is, he is in big trouble. Whitehas a fierce initiative after 12. ... a5 (12.... Nxe4 13. Qxb4; 12. ... Bxd5 13. exd5 a514. Bb5) 13. Bb5 Nxe4 14. Qd3.

12. g5! Not 12. f4? b4 13. Nd5 Nxe4 14. Qxb4

Nxd5 15. Qxe4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc7 andBlack should not be worse.

12. ... Nfd7 Maybe worth a shot was 12. ... b4!? 13.

gxf6 (13. Bxb6 Qxb6 [13. ... bxc3? 14.Qe3] 14. Na4 Qc6 15. gxf6 gxf6! wouldnot be too clear) 13. ... bxc3 14. bxc3 gxf615. Bxa6 Neither king is too happy here,but I prefer White’s position.

13. f4 exf4 This is a serious concession because it

allows White’s problem piece, the b3-knight, back into happy territory. However,it was hard to suggest anything elsebecause f4-f5 was threatened. 13. ... b4 14.Nd5; 13. ... Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. f5!.

14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Kb1! White prepares Nd4. 15. Nd4? is too

hasty. 15. ... Nbc4 16. Qg2 Qa5! and Whitehas some problems to solve here—... Nxb2is a key threat. With the king on b1, he canimmediately release all pressure with Nd5,but here this is not possible because a2 ishanging.

15. ... Be7 16. Nd4

16. ... Nbc4?! Possibly the decisive mistake. Though it

looks like a natural move, it greatlyweakens the d5-square and closes the c-file, which frees the white queen to leave

without having to worry about an Ex -change sacrifice. 16. ... 0-0 was preferred,although I still would rather play whitehere.

17. Qg2 0-0 17. ... Qa5 18. Bxc4! (18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.

exd5 Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Qc3+ 21. Kb1 Qb4+22. Kc1 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 0-0 Black has somecounterplay here) 18. ... Nxc4 19. Nd5Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxb2 21. Kxb2 Thissacrifice does not work now because Blackis missing the knight on e5, while Whitetraded a bad bishop on f1.

18. Nd5 Now possible because the black knight

left b6.

18. ... Bxd5 It was hard to tolerate the knight on

d5, but now the other one shows up on c6.

19. exd5 Qa5 20. Bxc4! Nxc4 White has an overwhelming position

after 20. ... Rxc4 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nf5!Bd8 23. d6.

21. Nc6

At this point it’s clear Black’s positionhas gone badly awry.

21. ... Qc7 Not quite working is 21. ... Rxc6 22.

dxc6 Nxb2 (22. ... Qb4 23. Bc1 Bxg5 24.c3! [24. Qxg5? Na3+ 25. Ka1 Nxc2+ 26.Kb1 Na3+ with a perpetual]) 23. Bd2!(After 23. Kxb2 Qb4+ 24. Kc1 Qxf4+ Blackis just fine) 23. ... Qa3 (23. ... b4 24. Kxb2)24. Bc1.

22. Rhe1 Bd8 A sad necessity. Even worse is 22. ...

Rfe8 23. Qe4! Bf8 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8and White should win.

23. Qg3 Putting pressure on d6. Black can

hardly move any of his pieces.

23. ... f6 Creating more weaknesses, but what

else? Black is nearly in Zugzwang andb2-b3 was threatened.

24. Re6 fxg5 25. Bxg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5

Now White shifts his attention to thekingside, where he has a decisive attack.The key threat is Re7.

26. ... Rce8 No better are 26. ... Rf7 27. Re7 Rxe7

28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. Nxc8; 26. ... Rfe8 27.Re7.

27. Ne7+! Kh8 28. Rg1!

Mate is coming.

28. ... Nd2+ 28. ... Rf7 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. Rxe8+

Kh7 31. Qh4 mate; 28. ... Rg8 29. Ng6+!hxg6 30. Qh4 mate.

29. Kc1 g6 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Rxg6, Blackresigned. This game proved to be the decisive one

of our round one match against the top-seed Cuba—all the other games weredrawn. I was very happy with myself bothfor playing one of my best games ever,and for helping the U.S. team start strong.

Modern Benoni (A60)GM Alexander Onischuk (FIDE 2660, USA)GM Andrés Rodriguez Vila (FIDE 2508, URU)9th Pan American Team Chess Championship,01.26.2013Notes by Onischuk

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5Bd6 This line is called the Snake variation

because of the black bishop that moveslike a snake to c7 and a5. I knew that myopponent plays this line although I didnot expect it in this game. Yury Shulmanshowed me some ideas for White justbefore the game, so I was quite well pre -pared. I’ll use the opportunity to thankYury, John Donaldson and Tony Rich fortheir professional work and great supportduring the event.

6. Bg2 0 -0 7. Nc3 Bc7 8. d6 Ba5 9. Nh3!

This move order refutes the snake. It isbetter than the normal Nf3 since theknight goes to f4 and d5 which is clearlymore dangerous for Black.

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The FRANK P. SAMFORD, JR. CHESS FELLOWSHIP, marking its 27th annual award, hasselected Grandmaster Sam Shankland of Orinda, California, as its 2013 Fellow. TheSamford is the richest and most important chess fellowship in the United States. It identifies and assists the best young American chess masters by providing top-level coaching, strong competition and access to study mate rials. The Fellowshipalso supplies a monthly stipend for living expenses so that the winners may devotethemselves to chess without having financial worries. The total value of the Fellow -ship has been increased several times over the years and is now $42,000 annually.The prize is awarded for one year and can be renewed for a second year. Thewinners’ term begins July 1st, 2013.

All in all, it gives these brilliant young American grandmasters the support andresources necessary to enhance their skills and reach their full potential.

Currently rated 2612 by FIDE, Sam Shankland was awarded the grand master title at the age of 20.His career highlights include tying for first in the Under 18 category in the 2008 World Youth Championship, taking third in the 2011 U.S. Championship, beating Hungarian Super GM Peter Lekoin the 2011 World Cup and winning both team and individual gold while playing for the U.S. team inthe 2013 Pan American Team Championship.

The winners were chosen by the Samford Fellowship committee, consist ing of Frank P. Samford III (sonof Samford Fellowship founder Frank P. Samford, Jr.), former U.S. Chess Champ ion GrandmasterArthur Bisguier and International Master John Donaldson. The winner’s potential was determined basedon his chess talent, work ethic, dedication and accomplishments. The Fellowship is administered bythe U.S. Chess Trust with particularly valuable services provided by Barbara DeMaro.

The Samford Chess Fellowship was created by the late Frank P. Samford, Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama.Mr. Samford was a distinguished attorney and CEO of Liberty National Life Insurance Company (nowTorchmark). He was active in civic, business, political, educational and cultural affairs. Mr. Samfordwas also an enthusiastic competitor in chess tourna ments. After providing financial support forseveral chess projects he decided to do something significant for American chess. The result was theSamford Fellowship.

Since its inception the Fellowship has proven very successful. Many Samford Fellows have becomestrong grand masters, members of the United States Olympiad team and U.S. champions. America’stwo top players, Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky, are not only rated in the top 17 in the world butare former Samford Fellows.

Generous contributions from the late Mrs. Virginia Samford and the Torchmark Corporation supportthe Fellowship. The Samford Fellowship is a fitting memorial to an extraordinary man. The dedication,creativity and achievement that marked Mr. Frank P. Samford, Jr.’s life are examples for all chessplayersto admire and emulate. ~ John Donaldson

9TH PAN AMERICAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP: CAMPINAS, BRAZIL, JANUARY 24-30, 2013

Team Code 1 2 3 4 Pts. MP Wins Draws Losses

1 United States USA x 41⁄2 5 7 16½ 10 4 2 0

2 Cuba CUB 31⁄2 x 4½ 7½ 15½ 7 3 1 2

3 Brazil BRA 3 3½ x 5 11½ 6 2 2 2

4 Uruguay URU 1 ½ 3 x 4½ 1 0 1 5

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1987 Joel Benjamin1988 Maxim Dlugy1989 Patrick Wolff1990 Alex Fishbein1991 Ilya Gurevich1992 Alex Sherzer1993 Ben Finegold1994 Gata Kamsky1995 Josh Waitzkin1996 Tal Shaked1997 Boris Kreiman1998 Dean Ippolito1999 Greg Shahade2000 Michael Mulyar2001 Eugene Perelshteyn2002 Varuzhan Akobian2003 Dmitry Schneider2004 Rusudan Goletiani2005 Hikaru Nakamura2006 David Pruess2007 Josh Friedel2008 Irina Krush2008 Vinay Bhat2009 Ray Robson2010 Robert Hess2011 Alex Lenderman2012 Timur Gareev 2012 Alejandro Ramirez2013 Sam Shankland

2013 SAMFORD FELLOWSHIP AWARDED TO

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Yury showed me 10. ... Re8 11. Nd5!Nxd5 12. Bxd5 when White is much better.

11. Bg5! Now Black is objectively lost. The try

11. Nd5 here was not that strong sincethe f7-pawn is not as weak as in theprevious line.

11. ... Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bh4 This is an idea I knew from some Ruy

Lopez lines.

13. ... g5 Black cannot tolerate the pin. After 13.

... Re8, White has 14. f4!? and followed bye2-e4-e5.

14. Nxg5

14. ... hxg5 15. Bxg5 Kg7 In case of 15. ... Re8 I would play 16. e4

with a winning attack (Also quite good is16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. d7 Bxd719. Qxd7.)

16. e4 Qe8 17. Bxf6+ Kxf6 18. f4 Rg8 19. Qh5Kg7 20. e5 Kf8 21. Rae1 Ba6 22. f5 Qc8 23.e6!, Black resigned.

English Opening (A17)GM Aleksandr Lenderman (FIDE 2619, USA)GM Yuniesky Quesada Pérez (FIDE 2595, CUB)9th Pan American Team Chess Championship,01.27.2013Notes by Lenderman

This is a board three game against thesolid Cuban grandmaster YunieskyQuesada Pérez. Our coach Yury Shulmanas well as my teammates worked veryhard on how to best approach this game,settling on avoiding a strategic battle andinstead heading into a tactical mêlée,since my opponent was known to preferstrategic plans.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3!? This was the idea. If I played one of the

main lines, such as e3 or Qc2 in the NimzoIndian, he would know a lot of theory.

4. ... 0-0 5. Bg2 d5!? In the one game I saw of his in this

line, he played … c5 instead, and afterNf3, he ended up getting a slightly worseposition against a 2450 player, eventuallyholding a draw. I was happy to repeatthat of course, since White was pressingthere and had little risk. But of course Iexpected the ... d7-d5-move, since that’sactually the main reason why 4. g3!? isn’tplayed as often. Black’s idea is to simplyplay against the bishop, and ambitiouslytake the pawn on c4 and hold on to it.However, from there on, Yury’s prepar-ation took over, and I was confidentenough that I would create enoughproblems in that type of position to atleast maintain equality.

6. Nf3 dxc4 7. a3!?

This is the key move of my preparation,which puts the question to the bishop.Not only is it a relatively unfamiliar line,but also it’s quite interesting and bringsrich play to the game. Also this move givesBlack some choices, which has a practicalvalue since now Black would be thinkinga lot and later on time can play a veryimportant factor in the game.

7. ... Be7 Already my opponent was thinking a

lot here. He also has a choice of playing …Bxc3+!? with a complicated, unclear game.

8. Ne5 Nc6!? Trying to shift the game into familiar

waters, similar to the line in the Catalanwith ... dxc4.

9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qd6?! The first real inaccuracy by my opponent

but I failed to capitalize on it.

11. Nxe7+?! And I return the favor by playing very fast

in the opening due to it all being prepara -tion. However, despite this, it would still bemore mature and professional of me tospend at least 30 sec onds—one minuteon each move trying to just see if there isany little difference between my opponent’smoves and my actual preparation.

11. ... Qxe7 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14.Qxd4 e5 15. Qh4 Bb7 16. 0-0 Qe6 17. e4 h618. Be3 Ng4?! 19. Bc5 Rfd8

20. Rad1?! A natural move which I planned on

before I played Be3, and played quicklybecause I saw that his only adequatedefense would be ... Nf6, and after f2-f3 Iseem to be consolidating. But I missed abetter continuation, which isn’t as natural:20. Qe7! Threatening the queen trade. Andnow no matter what, I consolidate with anendgame with great winning chances. 20.... Qxe7 a) 20. ... Qc6?! 21. Rfd1 Re8 22.Qd6; b) 20. ... Qc8! 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. Qd7(Losing is 22. Qd6?? Re6 23. Qd7 Qxc5.)22. ... Qxc5 23. Qxg4 Rad8 24. Qh5 (Lesseffective is 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rd4 26.Qe2 Qb6) 24. ... Qe7 25. Qe2 (Black isdown a pawn, but has good play after 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rd4 27. Qe2 Qe6 28.f3 Ba6 29. Qf2 Qd6.) 25. ... Rd4 26. Rd2Red8 27. Rad1 Qe6 28. Kg2 f5 29. f3.

20. ... Nf6! 21. Be3 a5! A typical move of a classical player with

a good positional foundation. Quesadasees now that he’s worse and that forcinglines don’t work. So at least he tries to playpatiently and puts all his pieces intooptimal squares, including removing hispawn from potential attack and also takingaway ideas of b2-b4, Bc5, etc. trying toexpand my queenside pawn majority. Nowif I decide to ever trade the pawns, that canopen the a-file for his use. Also there canbe drawing tendencies in the opposite-colored bishops due to lack of pawns.

22. f3?! This natural move surprisingly allows

very annoying counterplay.

22. ... Qb3?! A natural move but Black missed a great

resource which gives him potential excel -lent counterplay and practical chances: 22.... Ba6! 23. Rfe1 (23. Rxd8+!? Rxd8 24. Rf2Rd3 25. Bc1 Bc4 26. Kg2 [Losing is 26.Rd2?? Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Qb6+ 28. Kg2 Qxb2]26. ... Qd6 Here Black is getting veryactive, controls the d-file, and it is verydifficult for White to find a good plan toimprove his position.)

23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rf2 Qe6 25. g4 Rd3 26.Re2 Ba6 27. Re1 Bc4 28. Qf2 Bb3 29. Re2 Qd7



30. Rd2 Bc4 31. Qe2 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qc8 33.h3 Be6 34. Kf2 Qb7 35. Na4?! I played too hastily and thought I was

already winning here, and played thismove without exploring my other options.Black is almost in Zugzwang after 35.Qd8+! Kh7 36. Qb6! Qa8 37. Qc7! Nd7 38.Ba7!!

This very nice winning idea is to restrictBlack’s activity and win a pawn by forcein a nice geometric way.

35. ... Nd7! I definitely underestimated the strength

of this move.

36. Qxa5 Qb3 37. Qb4 Qd1 38. Nc5 Qc2+ 39.Kg3 Qe2 40. Nxd7 Bxd7! Not falling for 40. ... Qxe3?! 41. Qb8+ Kh7

42. Nf8+ Kg8 43. Nxe6+ Kh7 44. Nf8+ Kg845. Nd7+ Kh7 46. Qb6 Qf4+ 47. Kg2 Qd2+48. Qf2 Qxd7 49. b4 with an easy win.

41. Bf2?! 41. Qd2! Qxd2 (No better is 41. ... Qb5

42. Qd5!.) 42. Bxd2 This would be a betterpractical chance for me. With a badexposed king, it’s almost always a goodidea to get rid of the queens, especially inopposite-color bishop endgames. Unfortu-nately I learned the lesson the hard way.

41. ... f6 For some reason I missed this simple

defensive move.

42. Qb6 Kh7 43. b3 h5 44. Qe3 Qd1 45. Kh2g5! 46. a4 h4 Now I simply cannot win. My king is

not a positive factor and my pawns arebeing held up by the queen-bishop battery.I can’t use my opposite-colored bishop forhelp. It’s simply a dead draw now. Iunderestimated such a fortress.

47. Be1 Kg6 48. a5 Bb5 49. Qf2 Qd3 50. b4Ba6 51. Bd2 Bb5 52. Be3 Kf7 53. Bc5 Kg6 54.Kg2 Ba6 55. Qe1 Bb5 56. Bf2 Ba6 57. Qc1 Bc458. Qe1, Draw agreed. The moral of the story is twofold: Avoid

automatic moves (and in general try tospend more time to find deeper unconven-tional ideas for both sides) and when your

opponent has a potential initiative, try totrade queens and be aware of fortress ideasin opposite-colored bishop endgames.

Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Variation (E34)IM Bernardo Roselli Mailhe (FIDE 2449, URU)GM Varuzhan Akobian (FIDE 2615, USA)9th Pan American Team Chess Championship,01.26.2013Notes by Akobian

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 An aggressive move—I am trying to take

advantage of the facts that I have the leadin development and that the white king isstill in the middle of the board.

8. cxd5 Dubious; better would have been for

White to play 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qg3 Nbd7with the idea of ... e6-e5 and the positionis very complicated, but Black has goodcompensation for the sacrificed pawn.

8. ... cxd4! 9. Qxd4 Nc6! Gaining a tempo, and now White has to

move his queen again losing more time andnot developing his kingside minor pieces.

10. Qh4 Qa5+ The idea is to induce White to play b2-

b4 so I can take advantage of weaknessesin the future that this move creates.

11. b4 Qxd5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 If 13. Qxf6 Rd8 14. Nf3 e5 15. e3 Qb3

with the threat of ... Qc3 check and thewhite king is in trouble.

13. ... Qe5 14. Qg3+ Qxg3 It is important not to waste any time in

this position because the only way I can getan advantage is with ener getic play andpressing my developmental lead.

15. hxg3 e5 Controlling the center squares and

opening the diagonal for my bishop.

16. e3 Bf5 This is the best square for the bishop.

If 16. ... Be6 17. Bd3 White gains a temposince I need to defend the h7-pawn.

17. Rh4 An interesting move. White is trying to

activate his rook by transferring it to thec4-square.

17. ... a5! Pressuring b4 and forcing a White b5.

18. b5 If White tries 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. a4 Rfa8

20. Bb5 Bc2 Black has a nice advantage.

18. ... Na7 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Rc4 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Nc8 The knight is heading for the b6-square.

22. Rc7 Nb6 23. Bc4 If 23. Rxb7 Nxa4 24. Rc7 Nb6 25. Rc6

Nd5 Black is better since White hasn’tdeveloped his kingside knight and bishop.

23. ... Nxa4! A strong move. I don’t have time to

defend the f7-pawn since that will allowWhite to play Bb3 and protect the weak a4-pawn.

24. Bxf7+ Kf8 25. Bb3 Nb2+ 26. Kc1 If 26. Ke2 a4 27. Ba2 a3 28. Rf7+ Ke8

29. Rxf6 Bd3+ 30. Kd2 Bc4 Black iswinning since after the exchange of bish -ops my a-pawn will queen.

26. ... Nd3+ 27. Kb1 Nxf2+ 28. Bc2 If White plays 28. Ka2, then … Ng4 and

Black has a big advantage due to the weakpawn on e3 and the threat of the a4-pawnadvancing.

28. ... Rc8!

Both a very strong and important moveafter which my position is technicallywinning because I will be able to exchangeWhite’s active rook.

29. b6 If 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Bxh7 Nd1 31. e4

Nc3+ Black wins the b5-pawn and has awinning position.

29. ... Rxc7 30. bxc7 Bc8! I must blockade this pawn and get rid

of it as soon as possible.

31. Bxh7 Ke7 32. Ne2 Kd6 33. Nc3 Kxc7 34.Nd5+ Kd6 35. Nxf6 b5 Even though we have equal material on

the board, Black is winning because ofthe two connected passed pawns on thequeenside.

36. Kc2 a4 37. g4 Bxg4 38. Bg8 Bf5+ 39. Kc3Kc5 40. Kd2 b4, White resigned. I was happy to win this game and help our

team win this match with a 4-0 score.

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I WAS HAVING DINNER IN AN INDIANrestaurant one night at the Reykjavik Open,towards the end of the tournament, with myfriends Daniel, Simon, and Ivan. Ivan askedwhere I would next be traveling, and Ireplied, “Kazakhstan.” “Oh,” he said, “whatare you going to be doing in Kazakhstan?”He’d had a few glasses of wine and was lesssharp than usual, because when you ask

a chess player why they are travelingsomewhere, what are the chances they aredoing anything other than playing chess?Especially in Kazakhstan in March. It wasn’tlike I said I was going to Costa Rica. So I didsomething I had a penchant for when Iwas younger—guess I never lost it—Idecided to spice up this obvious question.

“I’m going eagle hunting,” I announced,

a reply which caused much interest. Eaglehunting, what's that? Fortunately, thiswas a subject I could plausibly speakabout as an expert, having just read thewonderful book by Christopher Robbins,Apples Are From Kazakhstan. I like to readabout places I travel to, and this was theonly offering of its kind on Kazakhstan, atravelogue infused with plenty of history,

2012 U.S. WOMEN’S WORLD TEAM REPRESENTATIVES, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: FIDE SENIOR TRAINER MICHAEL KHODARKOVSKY, IM IRINA KRUSH, WGM TATEV ABRAHAMYAN,WGM SABINA FOISOR, IM ANNA ZATONSKIH AND WIM VIKTORIJA NI

EAGLE HUNTING

IN KAZAKHSTANThe U.S. women’s champion defeats two world champions

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traditions, and ... people, of course. Oneof the most memorable episodes in thebook was Robbins’ visit to a berkutchy, an‘eagle ruler,’ a man who hunts with eagles.I knew how to train the eagle, what kindof prey it could bring back (quite impres -sive—foxes and even wolves), how it wouldattack a wolf (from the front, going for theeyes), even its wingspan. My eagle had awingspan of nine feet. Ivan started con -verting this to meters and was veryimpressed. I explained I wanted to get a wolf coat out

of this next hunting expedition, that winterwas a good time to hunt for foxes as theircoats were thickest, and that the way thehunt worked was that we’d go out onhorses, spot the prey, and the eagle wouldfly off to take care of it; we’d join him later.Of course I had to field some questions, likewhere I kept my eagle when I was not inKazakhstan (with my teacher, an experi -enced 65-year-old berkutchy), and what hisname was—this was a surprisingly hardone. He really put me on the spot withthis question. I gave him an Africansounding name, like Mofuma (I'd recentlywatched a lot of animal documentaries,including some on lions), to which Ivantriumphantly said, “No, this is not Slavic!”“No, it’s not Slavic, Ivan, it's Swahili—itmeans brave.” Ivan was most concerned that my eagle

would accidentally mistake me for prey,but overall he was exuberantly thrilled atmy hobby, apologetically saying that themost exciting thing he's done is skiing. Ithink he loved the thought of me huntingfor wolves. With an eagle possessing anine-foot wingspan; on my horse; I looklike I can do that, right? I invited him,Simon and Daniel to join me on a futureexpedition. “This is the most exciting hobby of any

chess player,” Ivan enthused, “I am goingto write to New in Chess about this!” Icouldn’t bring myself to rain any reality onhis excitement. Incidentally, the next dayI told Simon about my creation, and hesaid he liked the story even better nowknowing it wasn't true ... right on, Simon!Love me for my stories. Anyway, off I went, eagle hunting in

Kazakhstan. I'm sorry that we will have toleave the eagles for a little while now andtalk about chess, but I promise to comeback to them later.Apart from a few games, I had not done

well in the Reykjavik Open, from which Iheaded straight to the Women’s WorldTeam. I lost 12 rating points; you can callit an abysmal failure. Astana presented theopportunity to start with a clean slate.Still, the interesting question is, how didsuch a good tournament emerge fromsuch unpromising beginnings? It was notlike I was a different player than I was inReykjavik.

A lot of factors came together. Astana isa team tournament, and I generally playwell for the team. Astana had fixed roundtimes at 3 p.m. (except for the final round),while in Reykjavik we had rounds at 9:30a.m., 4:30 p.m., 1 p.m., and 12 p.m. I didnot adjust to this very well, and lost allgames that started earlier than the usual4:30 (I also drew a much lower rated playerat 9:30). I found a nice regime in Astana:taking naps of 11⁄2-2 hours length prior tothe game. This was a key element—withoutthis nap, I wouldn't have been able to play.My preparation started in the evening,when it was morning for my coach. Wediscussed the general strategy, and hewould give me instructions for what I hadto look at. I finished my preparation around2 a.m., sending him any questions that hadcome up (there were invariably a few.)Forcing myself up at 10 a.m., I’d stumbledown for a long breakfast—I joked that I atelike a camel at breakfast, storing upreserves for the entire day—and then comeback to speak to Giorgi and get the answersto the questions I’d sent. Preparation wascomplete around 12:30. If you add up thehours, I prepared quite a lot, but most ofit was done before I went to sleep for thenight, and the nap erased all tiredness. Forthis nap, I even skipped lunch! When itcomes to chess performance, sleep is worthfive pawns, food three. However, the first five games were shaky.

I got to a solid +2 score, but I was nervousin the beginning (yes, inexplicably nervous,playing matches against Kazakhstan andTurkey!), coming down with a cold, andgenerally low on energy. I reluctantly playedthe round three match against China—I

would have liked to rest, but ... you reallycan’t ask for a rest against the top teams. Igot lucky to survive losing positions in roundstwo and four, scoring +11⁄2 from those games.To top it off, we fumbled on the communi-cation in round five, and I showed up inthe tournament hall prepared to face theGeorgian player IM Bela Khotenashvili, butfound I was playing IM Lela Javakhishviliinstead. This was quite unpleasant psycho-logically, and I played this game poorly—onlymy forgiving opponent and tenaciousness indefense saved me. But there it was! I hadlived to see the free day!Just like every game has a turning point,

the free day was a turning point in mytournament. One day without the stress ofpreparation, without the stress of play,was a rebirth for me. By that point, I hadshaken off the looming cold. I had listenedto my coach’s advice to take short eveningwalks in the freezing temperatures ofAstana, packing on layers of clothing inpreparation for them. Our captain MichaelKhodarkovsky was my walking companion.The first night we went out, as we werewalking, I suddenly remembered, “Michael,Giorgi said to walk quickly,” to which hesaid, “Yes, that’s easy to say, sitting inyour fuzzy slippers in a warm room, buthere with the ice ...” But we picked up thepace. These walks were also an integralpart of my regime: they calmed my nervesand I’m sure they’re what helped me fightoff the cold. And they were always followedby a hot cup of tea, as per the instructionsI received.After the first half of the tournament, I

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Russia and the Ukraine, those are bigmatches, and if playing the world champi -ons doesn’t motivate you, what will? Itried to go into these games like they werethe last games of my life. It’s not easy tosteel yourself like that, but I’m pretty surethis approach helped me come out with theresult I wanted. After the game against former Women’s

World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk inwhich she played the middlegame betterthan me, showing definite superiority inthe tactical phase, I simply profited froma strange decision she made on move 34to hand me the Exchange, and won thegame in time pressure. Let’s see if thenext day I could play more convincingly:

Reti Opening (A07)IM Irina Krush (FIDE 2460, USA)GM Anna Ushenina (FIDE 2477, UKR)}FIDE Women's World Chess Team Championship,Astana, Kazakhstan (8), 03.11.2013

1. Nf3!? Could my opponent have guessed this?

I already started with 1. Nf3 a couple oftimes in the tournament, but I also tried1. d4 and 1. c4. Here’s a funny moment:in round two, we faced China, and I waswhite against WGM Huang Qian, to whomI lost in the 2012 Women’s World Champi-onship Knockout. I played 1. d4, and myopponent sank into thought for fiveminutes! I just thought it was hilarioushow my playing 1. d4, which I’ve played myentire life, could actually surprise someone

now. It’s nice when even your first move isunpre dict able!

1. ... d5 2. g3 The Reti opening. Some time ago I held

such half-moves (Nf3, g3) in contempt; Ithought they were the territory of thosewho were too lazy to study the main lines.These days it’s how people play for a win.You avoid opening theory—though there istheory here too—and switch the battle tothe middlegame.

2. ... c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 My opponent shows she is not afraid of

being caught out in the same setup shealready used in this tournament. It was aninteresting decision. She could not haveexpected this line from me, and knew I hadseen her earlier game, but still venturedinto it. It’s such a solid system thoughthat White is unlikely to have any killersurprises.

4. d3 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. 0-0 Bd6 It’s knights before bishops, isn’t it? But

the reason Anna didn't play 7. ... Ngf6 isbecause she has a different plan for thatknight. The setup she uses has becomepopular recently, and I hadn’t studied it.During the game, I wasn’t very pleased atmy handling of the opening, and had thefeeling the only way to exploit the knightbeing on e7 instead of f6 is to use the e4-square. There was a nice game from thewhite side, WGM Wenjun Ju-GM AntoanetaStefanova 2012 where White played 8. e4,then 9. d4, then 10. c4. That seems like amore promising treatment than the one Ichose.

8. b3 Ne7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Qe1 My coach suggested 10. c4!? And what

is the point of this strange looking 10.Qe1? Well, this is actually pretty standard,getting out of the pin so that one day youcan play Nh4, but I didn’t want to play 10.e4 immediately because I was afraid of 10.

... Ne5. I thought it was advantageous forBlack to trade off a pair of knights. Mycoach didn't share my fears and we lookedat the line 10. e4 Ne5 11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3Bg6 13. e5.

10. ... e5 Very logical, and exactly what I was

afraid of. This is why my pawn needs to beon d4!

11. e4 Re8 12. Nh4

My only real plan here is f2-f4, even if it’snot that fearsome. If I was Black, I wouldhave played 12. ... Qc7, preventing it.

12. ... f6 There is definitely nothing wrong with

this solid move though, and my coachsaid maybe it’s even better—provoking meinto playing f4.

13. f4 Qc7 The continuation 13. ... exf4 14. gxf4

would have been a very different way ofplaying the position. Ukraine’s coach, GMMichail Brodsky, strongly advocated it afterthe game, saying that White has no attack.Still, White’s pieces come to life after thistrade, and the central pawns are strong. Ithink this is easier for White to play thanagainst what Anna did in the game.

14. g4 Bf7 15. f5

A new stage of the game has begun.I’ve grabbed some space on the kingside,and have a clear strategy: pushing g4-g5at some point, but I wasn’t sure I wasdoing too well. I wouldn’t have beensurprised to hear I was worse. Indeed, thecomputer prefers Black. However, howshould Black proceed here?


FIDE Women’s World Team Championship: Astana, Kazakhstan, March 2-13, 2013

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. MP1 Ukraine x 3 2 3 3 2½ 2½ 2 4 2½ 16 24½2 China 1 x 2 3 2½ 31⁄2 3 3 3½ 4 15 25½3 Russia 2 2 x 2 2½ 1½ 3 3½ 3½ 4 13 244 Georgia 1 1 2 x 2 3½ 2½ 3 3½ 3 12 21½5 India 1 1½ 1½ 2 x 2 3 2 2½ 2½ 9 186 USA 1½ ½ 2½ ½ 2 x 2 2 2 2½ 8 15½7 Kazakhstan 1½ 1 1 1½ 1 2 x 2 2½ 3 6 15½8 Romania 2 1 ½ 1 2 2 2 x 2 2 6 14½9 France 0 ½ ½ ½ 1½ 2 1½ 2 x 3½ 4 1210 Turkey 1½ 0 0 1 1½ 1½ 1 2 ½ x 1 9Pts. = Points MP=Matches Played

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15. ... h6 I was happy to see this move, as it gives

me a chance to prevent what I thoughtwas Black’s most dangerous idea. 15. ...Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Bd4! looked strong to me,forcing 17. c3, as clearly White can’t tradebishops. After 17. c3 Bb6 now the d3-square has been weakened, and Black’splan is ... Nc5 and ... Rad8, and thisconstant threat of occupation of d3 willreally tie White’s hands in regards to thekingside.

16. Nhf3 Bc5+ 17. Kh1

Now at least there is no ... Bd4.

17. ... Qb6!? A move I hadn’t anticipated. Black

prepares to use the e3-square with hisbishop, and the bishop will be incrediblypowerful there. After a long think, I couldn’tsee a way to stop her plan, so continuedwith ...

18. h4 Be3 19. g5 Bh5 20. gxf6 gxf6

I felt my position had become morepromising after having carried out the g4-g5 advance. However, that ... Be3 is still aproblem, and now my whole strategycentered around how to get rid of it ... Ispent a lot of time here, and while wewere about even on the clock before, afterthis move I had a considerable timedisadvantage.

21. Ng1 21. Nh2 was another move I considered,

with the idea of trading my “bad” bishopafter Bf3. But it didn’t do anything toremove the Be3; 21. Bc1!? was reallytempting, threatening the discoveredattack idea Nc4. But I was dissuaded by21. ... Bf4 22. Ng1 (going after the bishopwith Nh3) 22. ... Qe3 (Black forces a queentrade.) 23. Nh3 Qxe1 24. Rxe1 and either24. ... Bg3 or even ... Bxd2 looked OK forBlack. I thought Black could afford to giveup the dark squared bishop and be fine inthe endgame—my knight on h3 is not veryinspiring. But apparently ... Bg3 is toodangerous for Black; the bishop getstrapped: 24. ... Bg3 (Best is 24. ... Bxd2 25.Bxd2 Kh7) 25. Rg1 Kh7 26. Bf3 Bxf3+ 27.Nxf3 Rg8 28. Be3 and Black is going to

The TeamOur team, which consisted, in board order, of IM Anna Zatonskih, myself, WGMTatev Abrahamyan, WGM Sabina Foisor and our reserve player WIM Viktorija Ni,as well as our captain, FST Michael Khodarkovsky, finished in clear sixth placein the event (out of ten teams). This was by no means the disaster it wasportrayed to be on certain Internet news sites. We were ranked fifth going intothe event, solidly lagging behind powerhouses Ukraine, Georgia, Russia, and China.Nothing earth shattering happened, and these teams claimed the top four spots.India outperformed themselves, and overtook us for fifth by a match point. Onthe positive side, we improved on our 2009 Women’s World Team Championshipperformance in Ningbo, China where we finished in a tie for eighth-ninth, andwe were the only team not in medal contention which produced a result thatcompletely changed the medals race! That was our round seven victory againstRussia, their only match loss in the event. Ni, in her debut for the U.S. team,employed the Nimzo Indian Defense for the first time in her life, and came up witha big win against Russia’s star WGM Olga Girya, who had been on a 100 percentscore. After this, Russia could not realistically hope to take away more than thebronze. The match was reminiscent of our 2009 victory against champion China. We also had a hard fought match against winner Ukraine in round eight,

losing by a minimal score of 21⁄2-11⁄2. It’s hard for us to be consistent, but we’resurely the most dangerous underdogs out there, and on a good day, we can takedown the top teams in the world. Individually, it was not an easy tour nament for our team, but everyone showed

stoicism in the face of personal disappointments. The common practice in teamevents is—you lose, you rest. We didn’t always have the luxury of letting our playerslick their wounds, and they’d be asked to come back to the board the very nextday. But everyone was prepared to do this, and did every thing they could for theteam. The fact that our second half was a marked improvement on our first is atestimony to my teammates’ fighting spirit and ability to put aside personalsetbacks for the sake of the team effort.Our team had the good fortune to acquire two prominent supporters in Astana:

the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mis sion in Kazakhstan Elisabeth Millard, and herhusband Von. It’s not always so memorable to meet public officials; the interactionis usually brief and perfunctory, but we hit it off with the Millards from our firstacquaintance at the opening ceremony. We saw them several more times; Von tooka group of us shopping on the free day, and later we were invited to dinner at theirresidence. They also came to observe our match versus India and attended theclosing ceremony. It was really a pleasure getting to know them and hearing abouttheir travels—their previous two postings were in Morocco and Nepal!—and workin the U.S. Foreign Service. Von encouraged me to take the Foreign Service exam. Thank you to the USCF for finding last-minute funds to send our team to Astana,

to the Kasparov Chess Founda tion for their additional financial sup port, and to ourcaptain FST Michael Khodarkovsky for his work on the organizational side as wellas his overall stewardship of our team. And thank you to the Kazakh people and organ -izers, your hospitality was of the highest level!

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21. ... Kh7 22. Bc1 Bd4 This is necessary, as Nc4 was a huge

threat.

23. Rb1 dxe4!? A surprising decision. My first impres -

sion was that it was dubious, giving me avery strong square for my knight on e4.But then I realized that if I capture with theknight, Black also frees the ... Ne7, andgets a good square on d5, from where itcontrols e3 and f4. So I decided it wasn’tworth it to allow the activation of herknight, but actually—my first impressionwas right. I should not have missed theopportunity to get a knight to e4!

24. dxe4

Perhaps my pawn recapture was disap -pointing for Anna, because now she makesa mistake with that same knight she washoping to activate. Not seeing any futurefor him on e7, and knowing that the h6pawn is a weakness that could use protec -tion (for example, the natural 24. ... Rg8looks like it doesn’t work because of 25.Nc4 and 26. Qd2 and h6 is unprotectable,though Black would still have ... Qd8 with... Qf8), she proactively puts the knight ondefense, but it gives her a very passiveposition. During the game, I was not surewhat she should have played, but I felt that24. ... Ng8 was a serious error. Never makeyour pieces passive before you have to!This was the turning point of the game.Stronger was 24. Nxe4! Nd5 25. Bf3!(Employing the strategy of trading yourpoor pieces.) 25. ... Bxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Be3 27.c4! Bxc1 28. Qxc1! Nf4 29. d4! With somevery precise moves, White achieves asuperior position. But of course I didn’t seeall this, and in case I played less precisely,my evaluation was more or less correct,that Black gets counterplay by activatingher d7-knight.

24. ... Ng8 24. ... Qa5! is a strong move that stops

Nc4, and creates ideas of ... Qc3 as well as... Qxa2. It would be a lot harder for Whiteto start their consolidation after this move.

25. Ne2

This last part of the game I had just afew minutes left, so it was mainly my handplaying, because there certainly wasn’ttime for any deep thinking. It was a bitsurpris ing for me that I managed to createsuch harmony among my pieces with myhand making the decisions. Ironically, mytime pressure helped me win, becauseAnna clearly started to play against myclock. Black’s position is getting precar -ious, but instead of using her remainingtime (she had about 14 minutes left) to tryto create maximum resistance, she playedquickly, hoping for some time-inducederrors from me.

25. ... Bc5 26. Nc4 Qc7 27. b4 Bf8 Black was fine just a few moves ago, but

suddenly all the pieces have been sentback.

28. a3 A careful little move. You don’t want to

accidentally give away the a2-pawn (after... Bf7).

28. ... Bf7 29. Ne3 a5 30. Rg1 By this point, I had noted a plan, based

on the idea of piece improvement ...

30. ... axb4 31. axb4 Re7

What is Black’s best piece and what isWhite’s worst? Which squares can Whiteweaken around the king?

32. Bf3! Be8 33. Ng3 Rg7 34. Bh5 This is everything I could have dreamed

about since Black’s mistake exactly tenmoves ago. White will dominate on thelight squares.

34. ... Qd8 I have two ways to break through: a

timely Bg6+ (sacrificing a negligible pawnfor the sake of the f5-square) or the prosaicbuildup I chose in the game. (Bg6+ wasdefinitely the stronger option; I shouldhave been braver and went for that,because in the game my opponent couldhave put up a better defense.)

35. Bd2 Qe7 36. Qe2 b5 37. Rg2 Much better is 37. Bg6+! Bxg6 (White

wins material after 37. ... Kh8 38. Nh5) 38.fxg6+ Rxg6 39. Ngf5 Rxg1+ 40. Rxg1 Qf7

41. c4 bxc4 42. Nxc4.

37. ... Nb6 Black’s last chance was 37. ... Bxh5

38. Nxh5 Rxg2 39. Qxg2 Qf7 with ... Ne7to follow, and White cannot make furtherprogress on the kingside. I was very happyBlack bypassed this.

38. Rbg1 Ra7 39. Bxe8 Qxe8 40. Nh5 Rxg2 41.Qxg2, Black resigned.

Why did Black resign, instead of trying41. ... Qf7? I’ll leave you with that question.This game truly gave me a rush ofhappiness. Going into it, Ushenina had ascore of 61⁄2/7 and a performance of over2700. So I had managed to beat the worldchampion when she was in top form, in thestage of the game where I’m usuallyweakest (time trouble).

The reasons for my successApart from the naps and the walks, there

are two more reasons this tourna mentbroke my way. Whenever my coach askedme if I wanted to equalize, I alwaysresponded with, “You know what I want. Iwant a chance to win.” With white or black,that was what I wanted, so I took somerisks in my preparation, and when thingsgot dangerous, probably fortune smiled atthe one looking for her chances ... I want to thank my coach for his support

and his immense input into my prepa -ration. Whenever I do well, his help is a keyfactor behind my success, and when Idon’t, it’s because I am lazy and don’t dowhat he tells me to do. I noticed that there were some parallel

elements between the fable I told inReykjavik and my experience in Astana. Itried to figure out, between my coach,myself, and my opponents who was who inthat tale. GM Pascal Charbonneau hadthe final say:

Pascal: noyou are the eagle!no to G being the eaglestop trying to take no credit.

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IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS CENTURY,several “Advanced Chess” matches havebeen played, featuring top grandmasterssuch as Kasparov and Topalov, eachassisted by an already very strong com-puter program. Unfortunately, each playerhad only about three hours to complete thegame, thus overall quality wasn’t thatimpressive.But imagine Carlsen and Anand, or

Kramnik and Kasparov, playing a two-gamematch with all the assistance, human andsilicon, they can arrange—playing undercorrespondence chess conditions, threedays (or at least one day) per move. (Bothgames, white and black, can be playedsimultaneously). With a proper prize fundto make both the effort and the preparationsworth it—say, $5,000,000—couldn’t we geta look at nearly perfect chess?The winner of this month’s award, Paul

Kinion, couldn’t use any assistance butbooks, but he used the right book, andused it well. Writes Paul (Lev’s future com-ments are in italics):

The October 2012 issue of Chess Life wasso full of serendipity I was compelled towrite you. It featured a cover photo of IvanSokolov, the 2012 World Open champion,Alex Dunne’s article on cor re spond encechess, and your Back to Basics column “AHasty In-Between Move.” The “friendly”game was the first I’ve seen you analyzethat did not come from an official face-to-face tournament. This monitor-to-monitorgame is one I played in the Rochester (MN)Chess Club’s first online correspondencetournament and from it I’ve learned much.You can title this article, “A Hasty End-game Move”.

Slav Defense (D17)Paul Kinion (1457) aka RubusTim Schimke (1570) aka JackBurton2008RCC Correspondence Championship 2012

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4Bf5 6. Ne5

To quote Alex Dunne, “The truth aboutcorrespondence chess: the players maynot be so good, but the chess is often bet-ter.” In a face-to-face game I don’t oftenplay like a grandmaster but I did the firsthalf of this one. While chess engines arenot allowed in correspondence games,books are. Lars Schandorff’s Playing theQueen’s Gambit is my guide for this game.I usually have a hard time reading chessbooks, except for Sam Palatnik’s, but it’seasier and more instructive when it per-tains to a game you are playing. Schandorff describes two main lines

that branch from this point. There is the“complicated 6. … e6” but in our game,Tim chose the “old.”

6. … Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 Black’s seventh move embarks upon

what is often called the “Sokolov variation.”

8. Ne5 a5 9. Bg5

Up to this point Tim and I are replayinga game between Boris Avrukh and Sergey

Grigoriants, Russia 2008, where Whitewon. Schandorff describes Tim’s ninthmove as “currently on the cutting edge oftheory.”

9. … g6 10. e3 Bg7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Be2 Nfd513. Nd3 0-0

When you have three days to make amove and the use of a book, hasty mis-takes in the opening are avoided. It’s alsoa good opportunity to get to a cutting edgeposition. Here the umbilical cord is cut. Tim is no

longer playing against my book, he is play-ing against me. My assessment of theposition is that the game is close with aslight edge to White. Black is slightly aheadin development where White has control ofthe center and initiative.

14. Nc5 Bc8 15. 0-0 Nd7

When Black dropped his bishop back toprotect his b-pawn, I felt I was ahead in allthree categories. It seemed a good time tocastle.

Hasty Rush For A DrawOnce you find a good move, look for a better one.By GM LEV ALBURT


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Tim relieved some pressure by swappingknights and proceeded to push me backwith a couple of pawn moves.

16. N3e4 I’d prefer here to change the pawn struc-

ture with 16. Nxd5 cxd5 ...

... and now probably 17. Qc2. The likelydominance over the c-file, combined withBlack’s weak queenside pawns andrestricted g7-bishop, should give White areal, dangerous edge.

16. ... Nxc5 17. Nxc5

17. ... h6 18. Bh4 b6 19. Ne4 Bf5

His bishop move gave my knight fewopportunities. Moving it to g3 would trapmy black bishop. Protecting it with the f-pawn would cost the e-pawn and a badfork. I saw moving the knight to d2 or c3as my only options with d2 giving mysteed more room for future moves. I wasbacking up and I could feel developmentand initiative slip through my fingers. We jockeyed for position. Perhaps the move 19. ... Be6 was a bit

more accurate.

20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Rc1 Rc8

When his rook slid over I saw I couldforce a trade of bishops. I had had enoughof his and went for it.

I like 22. Bg4. Thus, as Black, I wouldhave tried to find an alternative to 21. ... Rc8—perhaps 21. ... c5 or 21. ... Ra7.

22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Re8 24. Nc4 h5 25.Qe2

25. ... f6 At this point I felt the game was still

close but I had a sinking feeling that Ihad let my grandmaster guides down bynot doing more with the position they leftme. One problem with using books is thatyou don’t get to finish the game with thesame talent you started with.

No, you didn’t—White’s advantage hereis certainly larger than it was on move 14(out of book). Even the simple 26. Bg3 (toavoid ... g6-g5 and ... h5-h4) followed by the“normal” 27. Rfd1, 28. e4 is fine—but Ilike Paul’s 26. f4.

26. f4Tim’s next move looked odd.

26. … e6 I’m not used to seeing five pawns on

the sixth row. It took me a while but Ifound what I thought was my best contri-bution to the game. In face-to-face games,Tim’s face is usually smiling when thegame is over. I saw a path to a draw andtook it.

Tim, with 26. ... e6, wanted to precludef4-f5. White’s reaction was fine—but whya draw?

27. Ne5 g5

The move 27. ... Kh7 was a lesser evil,and it at least delays Black’s capitulation.

28. Qxh5 gxh4 29. Qf7+, Draw agreed. I was happy with the outcome and Tim

honored me with an unhappy emoticonbecause he missed the perpetual. During a post-mortem with tournament

director and expert Matt Jensen I learnedmy 27. Ne5 move was better than I thought.Instead of capturing the h-pawn on move28, I should have first captured 28. fxg5 andafter 28. ... fxe5 29. Qxh5 there is nodefense against g5-g6. I don’t think a sub-sequent g6 move could be defended. Themove I made was hasty, inexcusable givenI had three days to make it. I should havekept in mind the old adage, “once you finda good move, look for a better one.” Thisadvice is best when applied to the end of agame. [Paul means here, I suppose, not “theendgame” but rather a position where thegame can be (or in real life, is likely to be)decided by checkmate, achieving decisivematerial ad van tage, perpetual check, etc.In short, what chess lovers call critical/cru-cial positions.—L.A.]

To summarize, White achieves a betterposition in the opening and then furtherincreased his advantage. In the worse—butfar from lost—position, Black made a seriesof dubious, antipositional, weakening moves.But, “happy with the outcome,” Paul wentstraight for a draw, ignoring a relativelyeasy winning continuation.

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Endgame Lab / Instruction

THERE ARE OFTEN OPPORTUNITIES TOemploy an Exchange sacrifice to escapefrom an inferior position. This is espe-cially so with bishop against rook sincethere are many book draws, sometimeseven when a pawn down. Here are someexamples from the 2013 Tata Steel tour-nament in Hoogovens, The Netherlands.

Pawn DownGM Loek van Wely (FIDE 2679, NED)GM Hikaru Nakamura (FIDE 2769, USA)Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013 GM A

White has only slight winning chancesdue to his pawns being on the board’sedges.

60. Rc6 Trying to prevent ... c4-c3 because after

60. a5 c3! 61. Kxd3 Rxf3+ 62. Kc2 Rf5!leads to equality because of the whiterook’s poor placement.

60. ... Bc2!Preparing the Exchange sacrifice so as

to get rid of the passed a4-pawn.

61. Rxc4 Bd1 62. Rf4 Rxf3+ Now, 62. ... Bxf3? loses because of 63.

Rxf3 Rg5 64. Ke4 Rxh5 65. Ra3! and theside pawn suddenly becomes strong withthe rook behind it.

63. Rxf3 Bxa4


64. Rf6 The last pawn disappears soon after

this. White could try 64. Kf4 but after 64.... Kh6 65. Rh3 Be8 (or 65. ... Bd1) 66. Rh2Bb5 (66. ... Bxh5? 67. Kf5 wins) 67. Kf5Bc4 draws. Even 67. ... Kh7 68. Kg5 Bd3! is a book

draw but it is important to know that if thepawn is still on h4 it is now a win.

64. ... Be8 65. h6 Bg6 66. Rxg6 Kxg6 67. h7Kxh7, Draw agreed.

Passed PawnsGM Hikaru Nakamura (FIDE 2769, USA)GM Ivan Sokolov (FIDE 2667, NED)Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013 GM A

White is in a stranded position with nogood move.

47. ... f4!? Nice but unnecessary. The silent wait-

ing move 47. ... Rc3! leaves less escape

opportunities. 48. Kf2 Kh3 49. e3 (Blacktrades down into a winning endgame after49. Kf1 Rxg3) 49. ... Kg4 50. Ke2 Rb3wins.

48. gxf4 Kxh4 49. e4 Kg4With a couple of more accurate moves

Black could have won a pawn and kept allof his own: 49. ... Re3 50. f5 Kg5 51. Be7+Kh6 52. Bf8+ Kh7 wins.

50. f5 Rd3 51. Bb4 h4? Sharpens the game unnecessarily. Sim-

pler was to eliminate counterplay byplaying 51. ... Rf3 first.

52. f6 h3+ 53. Kh2 Rf3 54. e5 Rf2+ 55. Kh1

55. ... Kh5? Why not continue with 55. ... h2! here?

56. Bc5 Rf3 57. Kh2 Kg4 58. Bb4? Instead 58. Bb6! Rxa3 (In case of 58. ...

Kf5 59. Bc7 holds on.) 59. f7 draws.

58. ... Rf2+ 59. Kh1 h2Black has made up for his earlier mis-

take, but the win is now difficult and long.

60. f7 Rxf7 61. Kxh2 Rf2+ 62. Kg1 Re2 63.Bd6 Kf3 64. Kf1 Re4 65. Kg1 Re1+ 66. Kh2 (see diagram top of next column)The win is still there, but Black must

force White’s hand here.

66. ... Rd1 67. Bb4 Rd4! 68. Bd6 After 68. e6 Rh4+ 69. Kg1 Rxb4! wins.


Exchange Sacs at Tata SteelExploring how sacrificing the Exchange canpotentially save a bad position.By GM PAL BENKO

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68. ... Rh4+? The key move was 68. ... Rd2+! 69. Kg1

(since after 69. Kh3 Kf4! wins) 69. ... Rd1+70. Kh2 Re1 71. Bc7 Re2+ 72. Kg1 Rg2+73. Kh1 Kf2 74. Bd6 Kf1 75. e6 Rg6 wins.

69. Kg1 Rh6 70. Bf8 Rh8 71. Bd6 Rh6 72. Bf8Rb6 73. Bd6 Rb1+ 74. Kh2 Re1 75. Bc7 Ra176. Bd6 Rd1 77. Bb4 Rd4 78. Bd6 Rg4?

A serious mistake that leads to a draw.The win is as given after 68. ... Rd2+.

79. e6! Rg2+ 80. Kh1 Re2 81. e7 Kg4 82. Kg1Kf5 83. Kf1 Re6 84. Kf2 Kg6 85. Kf3 Kf7 86.Bb4 Ke8 87. Bc5 Kd7 88. Bb4 Rb6 89. Bc5 Rc690. Bb4 Rc4, Draw agreed.

Even PawnsGM Anish Giri (FIDE 2726, NED)GM Yifan Hou (FIDE 2603, CHN)Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013 GM A

A drawish position. The white king andthe bishop are able to keep the black king

away from the g3-pawn. If e5, there is abook draw after trading pawns. If g5, thenonly hxg5 is advisable. White must preventBlack from creating a passed e-pawn.

64. ... Rc7 65. Ba8? This move is so bad it even hurts the eye.

The natural place for the bishop is g2, fromwhere the e6-pawn may also be targeted.

65. ... h6! 66. Kf2 Now 66. Bg2 is too late because after 66.

... g5 67. hxg5 hxg5 68. Bh3 Rc3! wins.After 66. Bf3 Rc2+ is strong.

66. ... g5 67. fxg5 hxg5 68. Kf3 After 68. hxg5, then 68. ... Rg7, while

after 68. h5, 68. ... g4 wins.

68. ... gxh4 69. gxh4 Ke5 70. h5 Rh7 71. Kg4Rg7+ 72. Kh4 Kf5 73. h6 Rg8 74. Bf3

74. ... e5 Lengthens the win—instead, 74. ... Rg6!

75. Kh5 Rg3 would have quickly decidedmatters. But 74. ... Kg6 75. Bh5+ Kxh6?(Black wins with 75. ... Kf6) 76. Bf7!, draws.

75. Bd5 Rd8 Not 75. ... Rg6? 76. Kh5 drawing.

76. h7 Rh8 77. Bg8 e4 78. Kg3 Ke5 79. Kf2Kd4 80. Ke2 e3 81. Ke1?

Instead 81. Bb3 Rxh7 82. Be6 Rh2+83. Ke1 Ke4 etc. is a long book win.

81. ... Kd3 82. Be6 e2 83. Bg4 Ke3 84. Bxe2Rxh7 85. Kf1 Rf7+, White resigned.

Naturally, it is possible to sacrifice anExchange to reduce or eliminate the oppo-nent’s counterplay, as we see in our nextgame.

Exchange for winGM Fabiano Caruana (FIDE 2781, ITA)GM Erwin L'Ami (FIDE 2627, NED)Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013 GM A

Black’s position is miserable. After 43.... Bg7, 44. Kd5 followed by Rc6 is easilywinning.. Therefore Black tries to break outof his restricted position.

43. ... Bb4 44. Rc2 Nd6+ 45. Kd5 Nb5 46. Bxh6Nc3+

There comes a neat finish after this.Instead, 46. ... e4 may have provided moreresistance but after 47. Be3 Nc7+ 48.Rxc7+ the Exchange sacrifice again looksgood.

47. Rxc3! Of course he cannot allow 47. Kc4 Rc8+

48. Kd3 e4+ 49. Kd2 Nxa2+, that would lethis entire advantage slip away.

47. ... Bxc3 48. Be3 Bd4 49. Bxd4 Even 49. Ke4! was quite good.

49. ... exd4 50. Kxd4 Kc6 51. h6 Rd8+ 52. Ke4Rd7 53. g5, Black resigned.

See executive board candidate statements for Mayand election information beginning on page 10.Additional statements will appear in the June issue.

Benko’s BafflersMost of the time these studies resemblepositions that could actually occur overthe board. You must simply reach a theoretically won or drawn position forWhite. Solutions can be found on page 71.Please e-mail submissions for Benko’sBafflers to: [email protected]

Problem I: Pal BenkoFirst Prize, Magyar Sakkelet, 1975

WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN

Problem II: P. Benko - after T. GorgievMagyar Sakkelet, 1989

WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN

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2013 U.S. Championship May 2-13 • St. Louis, Missouri2013 U.S. Women’s Championship May 2-13 • St. Louis, Missouri2013 U.S. Cadet July 20-23 • Rockville, Maryland 114th annual (2013) U.S. Open July 27-August 4 • Madison, Wisconsin2013 U.S. Blind Chess Championship August 9-10 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania2013 K-12 Grade Championship December 13-15 • Lake Buena Vista, Florida2013 Pan American Intercollegiate Championship December 27-29 • Lubbock, Texas2013 U.S. Game/60 Championship—TBA2013 U.S. Action G/30 Championship—TBA2014 National High School (K-12) Championship April 4-6 • San Diego, California2014 National Junior High (K-9) Championship April 25-27 • Atlanta, Georgia2014 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 9-11 • Dallas, Texas115th annual (2014) U.S. Open July 26-August 3 • St. Louis, Missouri2014 K-12 Grade Championship December 12-14 • Orlando, Florida2015 National High School (K-12) Championship April 10-12 • Columbus, Ohio2015 National Junior High (K-9) Championship April 24-26 • Louisville, Kentucky2015 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 8-10 • Nashville, Tennessee116th annual (2015) U.S. Open August 1-9 • Phoenix, Arizona2015 K-12 Grade Championship December 4-6 • Lake Buena Vista, Florida2016 National High School (K-12) Championship April 1-3 • Atlanta, Georgia2016 National Junior High (K-9) Championship April 15-17 • Indianapolis, Indiana2016 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 6-8 • Nashville, Tennessee117th annual (2016) U.S. Open July 30-August 7 • Indianapolis, Indiana2016 K-12 Grade Championship December 16-18 • Nashville, Tennessee2017 SuperNationals VI May 12-14 • Nashville, Tennessee2017 K-12 Grade Championship December 8-10 • Lake Buena Vista, Florida2018 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 11-13 • Nashville, Tennessee2018 K-12 Grade Championship December 14-16 • Orlando, Florida

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OVERDUE BIDSPlease contact the National Office if youare interested in bidding for a NationalEvent. The USCF recommends thatbids be submitted according to the following schedule. However, bids maybe considered prior to these dates.USCF reserves the right to decline allbids and organize the event itself.

PAST DEADLINE JULY 1, 2012:2013 U.S. Amateur (North)2013 U.S. Game/15 Championship2013 U.S. Masters Championship2013 U.S. Junior Closed

DEADLINE JULY 1, 2013:2014 National Open2014 U.S. Amateur Teams (North,

South, West)2014 U.S. Amateur (East, North,

South, West)2014 U.S. Cadet2014 U.S. Class Championship2014 U.S. Game/10 Championship2014 U.S. Game/30 Championship2014 U.S. Game/60 Championship2014 U.S. Junior Chess Congress2014 U.S. Junior Closed2014 U.S. Senior Open

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Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25-27 OR 26-27, NEW JERSEY69th Annual U.S. Amateur East Championship6-SS, 50/2, SD/1. La Quinta Inn & Suites, 60 Cottontail Ln., Somerset,NJ 08873. Telephone 732 560-9880. In 3 Sections: Championship (U2200),Reserved (U1800), Booster (U1400). 2-day & 3-day schedules. 3-Day Reg-istration: Saturday May 25, 9:30- 10:45 am. Schedule: Rounds 12-6, 11-5,9-3. 2-Day Registration: Sunday May 26, 8:30-9:30 am. Schedule:First 3 games, 5/26, G/60. Rounds 10-12:15-2:30. All schedules mergein round four. Each Sections: Trophies to top five and top Senior 55/overand Jr’s under ages 16 & 13. Championship: Trophies to top U2000,U1900 and U1850. Reserve: Trophies to top U1600 and U1500. Booster:Trophies to top U1200, U1100, U1000, U900 and U800. EF: $49 if post-marked by May 20, or paid online via CharacterKings.org. EF: at site $60cash. Byes: Three 1/2 point byes allowed in rounds 1-5. Ent: Hal Sprech-man, P.O. Box 1511, Jackson, NJ 08527. Checks to NJSCF. Info: 732-259-3881 or [email protected]. NS. NC. W.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25-27, ARIZONA2013 U.S. Amateur West ChampionshipHoliday Inn Palo Verde, 4550 S. Palo Verde Rd., Tucson, AZ 85714, 520-746-1161. SECTIONS: Championship (U2200), Reserve (U1600), Booster(U1200), SCHEDULE: (Championship & Reserve) 6/SS; 40/90, G/30,Inc/30; Rds.: 10-4, 10-4, 9-3. (Booster) 6/SS, Game/60, Inc/30; Rds.:(Sat) 10-1:30-5, (Sun) 10-1:30-5. PRIZES: (Championship) Digital Clock+ plaque to Top 3, Top 1900-1999, 1800-1899, 1700-1799, 1600-1699,and U1600; Plaque to top Senior 50+, Junior U20 and Junior U14.(Reserve) Digital clock + plaque to Top 3, Top 1300-1399, 1200-1299, andU1200; Plaque to top Senior 50+ and Junior U14. (Booster) Digitalclock + trophy to 1st; Trophy to 2nd - 5th, Top Unrated and Junior U11.SPECIAL PRIZES: 1st Place in Championship and Reserve will receivea FREE ENTRY to the 2013 National Open. Top 2 Family Pairs in combinedsections. Biggest Upset of each round. EF: (Championship & Reserve) $60if rec’d by 5/22, $70 if after 5/22. (Booster) $40 if rec’d by 5/22, $50 ifafter 5/22. SIDE EVENTS: 2100+ section 5/SS, TC:40/90, G/30, Inc/30,Rds.: 10-4, 10-4, 9, EF: $40, Prizes: 300-200-150, Blitz tournament Fri-day 5/24 at 6:00pm, Reg. 5:00 - 5:45 at site, G/5, 5 Rounds, Double SS;Entry Fee: $10 ($15 to non-tournament players); 1-day Scholastic tour-nament (K-6 and U1000 rating), Saturday 5/25 at 10:00am, Reg: 8:30 -9:30, GAME/40 d5; 4 rounds, Entry fee $15; Quick tournament Monday5/27 at noon, Reg. 10:30 - 11:30, GAME/10 d2; 5 rounds, Entry Fee: $10($15 to non-tournament players). ENTER:www.sazchess.org/store/store.php or mail to (make checks payable to “SACA”): SACA, Attn: U.S. Ama-teur West, PO Box 36149, Tucson, AZ 85740 or at site. HR: $72(single/double) or $92 (suite) if by 5/10, mention “SACA”. INFO: KarenPennock, 520-261-6149, email: [email protected], web: www.sazchess.org. NC. NS. W.

MAY 28-JUNE 2, NEW YORK2013 U.S. Senior Open6 SS, 40/2, SD/1. Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Tarrytown, 455 SouthBroadway,Tarrytown, NY 10591. Chess Rate $129 single/double/triple/quad, Free Parking, free internet connection. Reservation: Call 914-631-5700 or online at www.tarrytown.doubletree.com and enter the group codeCHS make a reservation by April 26. Eligibility: Open to USCF membersborn on or before May 27, 1963.Two 1/2-point byes allowed if requestedbefore end of Rd 2. Prizes and Awards $5,500 GTD! 1st $1,250 2nd 850,3rd $600, 4th 300, under 2300 $500 & $300, under 2000 $300 & $150,under 1800 $300 & 150, under 1500/unr $300 & $150, Top Woman $350.Plaques for the top 10 players overall. Top finisher born in 1953 or ear-lier qualifies for the 2013 FIDE World Senior Championship in Opatija,Croatia. Info for the 2013 FIDE World Senior Championship can befound at: www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=fcalview&aid=880.The USCF will provide a $500 stipend and the U.S.Chess Trust will provide a $500 stipend. FIDE Rated. Schedule: 6 Dayschedule: Rounds 1-5 at 5pm, Round 6 at 9am. 3 Day schedule (First threerounds not eligible for FIDE rating, since its G/60) Rounds 1-3 at 9am,11:30am, 2pm Merges round 4. Awards Banquet on Sunday, June 2nd at4pm, $35, open to all. EF: $95 by April 20th, $110 by May 10th and $130after or at the site. Mail entry to: Chess Educators, P.O. Box 160, NewYork, NY 10028. For more information please call or email BeatrizMarinello at 917-553-4522 or [email protected]. Onlineregistration at www.chesseducators.com. 2013 U.S. Senior Blitz ChessChallenge: 7 rounds G/5, Sunday, June 2 at 8pm. Two Sections: Open,Under 1600. On-site registrations for the Blitz tournament will close at7:30pm $20.(70% of total entry fees for Blitz Chess Challenge will be allo-cated to cash prizes) 50% 1st Place, 30% 2nd Place & 20% 3rd Place.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 31-JUNE 2, NEW YORK2013 U.S. Junior Open6 SS, G/120. Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Tarrytown, 455 South Broad-way, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Chess Rate $129 single/double/triple/quadFree Parking, free internet connection. Reservation: Call 914-631-5700or online at www.tarrytown.doubletree.com and enter the group code CHS.Make a reservation by April 26th. 4 Sections: U21, U15, U11, U8 (agesas of 1/1/2013). One 1/2 point bye available, except Rd 6, if requestedprior Rd1. Individual and Team Awards (schools and clubs). Plaques aredecided by tie breaks, cash prizes are divisible. UNDER 21: Fide rated.#1 player gets the U.S. Junior Open Champion title, qualifies to play inthe 2014 U.S. Junior Closed Invitational, if still eligible by age. Plaque and$600 #2-5 players: Cash prizes: $400-$300-$200-$100 Plaques for bestplayer age 18, 17, 16, 15, top Girl, top ratings U2000, U1800, U 1600,U1400, U1200. UNDER 15: Fide rated. #1 player gets the U.S. JuniorUnder 15 Champion title, Plaque and $400 #2 - 5 players. Cash prizes:$300-$200-$100-$50. Plaques for best player age 14, 13, 12, 11, top Girl,top ratings U1800, U 1600, U1400, U1200, U1000. UNDER 11:#1 playergets the U.S. Junior Under 11 Champion title, Plaque and $300 #2 - 5players. Cash prizes: $200-$100-$75 -$50.Plaques for best player age 10,9, 8, top Girl, top ratings U 1600, U1400, U1200, U1000, U800. UNDER8:#1 player gets the U.S. Junior Under 8 Champion title, Plaque and $200#2-5 players. Cash prizes: $150-$100-$75 -$50. Plaques for best playerage 7, 6, 5, top Girl, top ratings U1400, U1200, U1000, U800, U600.TEAM TROPHIES AWARDS FOR ALL THE SECTIONS: (minimum 3 playersfor team, and winning teams will be selected by the top three individualscores) SCHOOL TEAM AWARDS TOP 5; CLUB TEAM AWARDS TOP 5.SCHEDULE: Rounds 1-4 11am & 5pm; Rounds 5-6: 9am & 2pm; and Awardceremony 7pm. ENTRY FEE AND REGISTRATION $60 if registered orpostmarked by April 22, 2013, $70 if registered or postmarked by May20, 2013, $80 after May 20 or $100 at site from 8am-10am. Players reg-istering on site after 10am (Friday) will not be paired for round 1, willreceive a 1/2 bye, and will begin play with round 2. 2013 U.S. JuniorOpen Blitz Chess Challenge: 7 rounds, G/5 Thursday, May 30th at 5pm.Three Sections: Open, Under 1600, Under 1000. On-site registrations forthe Blitz tournament will close at 4:30pm. EF: $20. Trophies to top 5 play-ers in each section. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: BeatrizMarinello at 917-553-4522 or [email protected]. REGIS-TRATIONS: www.chesseducators.com.

JUNE 6, NEVADATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED)2013 U.S. Game/10 Championship (BLZ)8SS, G/10 d2. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas BoulevardSouth, Las Vegas 89109. $$6,000 Guaranteed Prize Fund. $1700-850-500, U2300 $500, U2100 $500, U1900 $450, U1700 $400, U1500 $350,U1300 $300, U1000 $250, unrated $200. FIDE Blitz rated. There must be3 players eligible for each prize to be awarded. EF: $69 by 5/16, $79 by6/3, $100 later. REG.: 2-4 p.m. Rds: 5-5:30-6-6:30-7-7:30-8-8:30. Higherof regular or quick rating used. Bring clocks. 1/2 point bye available inany round (limit 2). HR: $62 single or double ($89 Friday and Saturdaynights). (800) 634-6753 or (702) 734-5110 – be sure to ask for theCHESS rates. ENT: Vegas Chess Festivals, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV89009-0925, on line www.VegasChessFestival.com or fax at (702) 933-9112. NS. NC. W.

An American Classic!A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 7-9 OR 8-9, NEVADATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED)2013 National Open6-SS, 40/90, Game/30 + 30 second increment (2 day option rds 1-3G/45). Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South, LasVegas 89109. $80,000 Guaranteed Prize Fund will not be reduced.Championship: $6500-3300-1600-800-500-350-350-350-350-350-250-250-250-250-250, under 2500 1600, under 2400 1200, under 2300 1000,$2,000 EXTRA for perfect score. The winner of the Championship sectionalso receives a replica of the Edmondson Cup. Under 2200: $3500-1800-900-500-400-250-250-250-250-250-200-200-200-200-200. Under 2000:$3500-1800-900-500-400-250-250-250-250-250-200-200-200-200-200.Under 1800: $3500-1800-900-500-400-250-250-250-250-250-200-200-200-200-200. Under 1600: $3000-1500-800-500-400-250-250-250-250-250. Under 1400: $2000-1000-500-350-250-200-200-200-200-200. Under1200: $1200-600-400-300-200-200. Unrated: $500-300-200. Plus ScoreBonus ($14,000 guaranteed) in addition to any other prizes, every playerwith 3-1/2 points or more wins a $50 gift certificate. Plus score certifi-cates will be awarded on site only. Players age 14 and under are eligiblefor best game prizes including the Freddie Award plus $200 (donated byFred Gruenberg). Top 2 sections FIDE rated. EF: $199 by 5/16, $219 by6/3, $240 later. $40 less for seniors 65 and over. Add $120 for adults ratedunder 2100 or juniors under 2000 playing in the Championship Section.This is an open tournament - you may play in any section at or above yourrating level; unrated players may play only in Unrated or Championship

Section. Provisionally rated players may not win more than the amountof 3rd prize in any section except Championship. CCA minimum ratingsor other ratings may be used if higher than USCF June Supplement. Reg.:2 p.m.-10 p.m. Thursday, 8-9:30 a.m. Friday. Rds.: 11-5, 10-4:30, 10-4:30.2-day schedule: Reg.: 8-9 a.m. Saturday. Rds.: 10-12-2-4:30 merge with3-day in round 4. Half point byes available in any round, but round 5 or6 byes must be requested before the start of round 2 and may not be can-celled. Chess sets and boards provided for tournament play only, not forskittles. Please bring chess clocks! The LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONALCHESS FESTIVAL features the National Open, the U.S Game/10 Cham-pionship, the International Youth Championship, and other events. Manyfree extras and surprises! Free parking. Free raffles with great prizes.Free GM Lectures. Free GM analysis of your games. GrandmasterChess Camp for all ages on Thursday. U.S. Game/10 Championshipand Grandmaster Alex Lenderman SimulThursday afternoon. YouthTournaments Friday, Saturday & Sunday. BlitzTournaments Saturday &Sunday. Poker Tournament Monday morning. Don’t be shut out —make your reservations early and be sure to ask for the CHESS rates— $62 single or double ($89 Friday and Saturday nights) guarantees aSignature or remodeled room with new furniture, flat screen TV and more.The complimentary resort package includes access to the Fitness Cen-ter, free WI-FI, discounts on selected show tickets and more with noadditional cost only if you are in our group. Cutoff for special hotel rateis May 16th. 1-800-634-6753 or (702) 734-5110 or online at www.veg-aschessfestival.com/hotel/. ENT: Vegas Chess Festivals, PO Box90925, Henderson, NV 89009-0925, on line at www.VegasChessFes-tival.com or by fax at (702) 933-9112. Info: (702) 560-0955 and leavea message. NS. W. FIDE.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 8-9, TENNESSEE2013 U.S. Amateur South Championship5SS, G/90 d5. University of Memphis’ Fogelman Executive ConferenceCenter and Hotel, 330 Innovation Dr., Memphis, TN 38152 NOT Univer-sity of Memphis, University Center, 499 University St., Memphis, TN38152. Saturday: Special Guest appearances by GM Alex Stripun-sky, GM Alex Onischuk, IM Irina Krush, IM Teddy Coleman. 2Sections: Championship (Under 2200), 1st: “River Cup” Championshiptrophy + free entry to a Cajun Chess regional tournament, 2nd: plaque+ premium chess book, 3rd: plaque + chess book, 4th: plaque + chessbook, 5th: plaque + chess book, Under 2000: figurine plaque + chessbook. Reserve (Under 1600). 1st: Championship trophy + free entryto a Cajun Chess regional tournament, 2nd: plaque + premium chessbook, 3rd: plaque + chess book, 4th: plaque + chess book, 5th: plaque+ chess book, Under 1400: figurine plaque + chess book. Both, EF: $40,$10 less to juniors under age 18 or seniors over age 60, $50 at site. Reg.:9-9:45 am. Rds.: Sat. 10-2-6, Sun. 9-1. One requested half-point byeallowed, any round, must request before the start of round 3. SideEvent: Saturday, June 8 (1-day ONLY) - Scholastic (K-12) sections in a sep-arate room from main tournament: Under 1000, Under 550, Unrated. 4SS,G/30 d5. EF: $15 by June 6, $20 after and at site. Trophies or medals forALL side event players! Reg. 11-11:45 am. Rd. 1 at 12 noon, rest ASAP.HR: Fogelman Executive Conference Center and Hotel (at the Universityof Memphis, across the street from the Holiday Inn), $69, (901) 678-8200,free airport transportation with 24-hour notice. Additional details:Arlene Kleiman, [email protected]. Entry:Online entry at shel-bycountychess. blogspot.com or mail registration to Shelby CountyChess, Attention: Amateur South, 1614 Vance Ave., Memphis, TN 38104.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!SEPT. 27-29 OR 28-29, TEXASTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED)2013 U.S. Class Championships5SS; $11,100 b/200 full-paid entries, 70% Guaranteed. Junior entriesin Class C and D, all Class E, and Unrated Section count as 2/3. MasterDivision (both schedules), G/90, 30-sec inc.; Others, G/120 d5 (2-DayOption, Rd 1, G/90 d5); Free entry for GMs. Free entry for IMs, deductedfrom winnings. September Rating Supplement used. Houston MarriottSouth at Hobby Airport, 9100 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77017. www.mar-riott.com/hotels/travel/houhh-houston-hobby-airport-marriott/ Freeparking! $87 HR! 713-943-7979, Group Code: CHESS. 8 Sections, Ratedplayers may play up one class only. MASTER (2200/up), FIDE Rated,$1,250-650-400 (U2400: 400-200-100), EXPERT (2000-2199), $800-400-200, CLASS A (1800-1999), $800-400-200, CLASS B (1600-1799),$800-400-200, CLASS C (1400-1599), $800-400-200, CLASS D (1200-1399), $800-400-200, CLASS E (U1200), $400-200-100, Unrated, $300-100. National Class Champion title and plaques to each Class winner;Champions listed on USCF Yearbook. Tie-breaks: MSCO. EF: $75 post-marked or on line by 9/6, $85 after. Special EF: $45 by 9/6 ($55 after)for all players in Class E, Unrated Section, and Juniors U18 in Class C orD. 3-Day Schedule: On-site registration Fri (9/27) 5-7pm. Rds. Fri 8pm,Sat 2pm & 6:30pm, Sun 9:30am & 2:30pm. 2-Day Schedule: Registra-tion Sat (9/28) 7:30-8:30am. Rds. Sat 9:30am, 2pm (merges with 3-DaySchedule) & 6:30pm, Sun 9:30am & 2:30pm. Byes: Two max, all rounds,must commit before end of Rd 2. SIDE EVENTS: 5-min BLITZ, Sat after

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Effective with TLAs submitted after November 10, 2010, the following additional rules apply to Grand Prix tournaments: 1) The guaranteed first prize must be at least $150. 2) No more than one prizeunder $100 may count towards the Grand Prix point total. 3) Prizes below the maximum entry fee do not count towards the Grand Prix point total. Also include full time control noting increment ortime delay even if delay is zero (d0).

SUBMISSIONS: E-mail your tla to: [email protected] (Joan DuBois). For tla deadline schedule, formatting help and Grand Prix information see January 2013 CL pg. 50 and 51 or checkwww.uschess.org/go/tlainfo. Payment can be done online through the TD/Affiliate area or sent to: U.S. Chess, TLA Dept., PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557.

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Rd 3, $20 EF on site, 70% returned in prizes; 2 sections, Open andU1800; USCF Blitz rated; SCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT, 5SS, G/30 d5, Oneday only, Sat 9/28, $20 by 9/6, $25 after. Sections: K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12.Registration Sat7:30-9am; First round at 10am, others ASAP; Prizes:Plaques to top 10 individuals and top 3 teams in each division, top fourplayers from one school count for team score, minimum of two. Allscholastic players will receive a commemorative medal. ENTRIES: Checkpayable to Francisco L. Guadalupe and mail to 305 Willow Pointe Dr.,League City, TX 77573. On line: http://main.uschess.org/. Info: [email protected]. Phone Entries, (713) 530-7820.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 11, OKLAHOMATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 OCA Route 66 Open 20134SS, G/60 d5. $500 Guaranteed. Best Western Stroud Motor Lodge, 1200N. 8th Ave (I-44, Exit 179), Stroud, OK, 918-968-9515, www.bestwestern.com. One section. Prizes: $200-100-50; $100-50 to 1st and 2nd Juniors;plaques to champion & class winners A, B, C & D/Under (including Unrat-eds); additional prizes b/entries. EF: $25 at site, OCA membershipincluded. Reg.: 9:00-9:45; one 1/2-point bye available Rd 1 only; accel-erated pairings may be used. Rds.: 10:00, 1:00, 3:30, 6:30. Contact: ChuckUnruh, POB 340, Collinsville, OK 74021, 918-371-2978 or 800-460-2794,[email protected]. More info: www.ochess.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 11, FLORIDATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 CFCC Tornado at UUU4-SS, G/75 d5. University Unitarian Universalist Society, 11648 McCullochRd., Orlando 32817. EF: $30, CFCC mbr $25, Masters free (EF deductedfrom any prize). $$625 b/30: (1st Place Guaranteed) 200-120-80,U1800, U1600, U1400 $75 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10, 1, 3:30, 6. Info &directions: (407) 629-6946, centralflchess.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 11-12, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERNTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 LACC - May Open6SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. 2 sections:U2300/U1800. EF: $70 at the door ($65 if notified by 5/10); $60 LACCmembers ($55 if notified by 5/10); Siblings 1/2, $30 new LACC members,Free new LACC Life members! 20% off EF for each friend you bring in. Reg.:Sat 10-11:30 am. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Byes: Up to three ½-pointbyes available. 1-Day option I: Play 1 day- no 1/2 pt byes- 1/2 EF. 1-Dayoption II: Play 1 day & receive three 1/2 pt byes- Full EF. Prizes: $$ 1,500

(b/45, 50% Guaranteed). 1st-3rd $400-200-75 U2000: $125. U1800:$200-100; U1600: $100-50-$25; U1400: $100-50; U1200/unrated: $75.Ent: LACC, Box 251774, LA, CA 90025. Info: Mick Bighamian: Cell (310)795-5710; [email protected] or www.LAChessClub.com. Park-ing: Free on streets & basement.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 17-19 OR 18-19, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED)21st annual New York State Open5SS, 30/90, SD/1 d5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60 d5). Tiki Resort, 2Canada St., Lake George, NY 12845. $$G 3000. In 4 sections. Open: $$400-200-150, top Under 2110 $230-120, top Under 1910/Unr $220-110.Senior, open to under 2010 or unrated born before 5/20/63. $$ 300-150-80, top Under 1810 $120-60. Under 1710: $$ 300-150-80, Under 1510$120-60, unrated limit $150. Under 1310: $100-50, trophies to first 3, topU1000, U800, Unr. EF: $79 online at chessaction.com by 5/15, $85 phonedto 406-896-2038 by 5/16 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $83, 2-day $82mailed by 5/9, $90 online until 2 hours before game or at site. ADVANCEENTRY OR LATE ONLINE ENTRY $7 LESS TO NYSCA MEMBERS(NYSCA dues $12/year, may be paid with entry fee). No checks at site,credit cards OK. Entry fee $50 less to all in U1310 Section. Special 1year USCF dueswith magazine if paid with entry- online at chesstour.com,Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site,Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $40, not availablein Open Section. GMs free, $60 deducted from prize. 3-day schedule:Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-dayschedule: Reg ends Sat 11:30 am, rds Sat 12, 3 &, 6, Sun 10 & 3:15. Halfpoint byes OK all, must commit before rd 2; limit 2 byes (limit 1 bye if under1910/unr in Open). HR (note correction): 78-78, call 518-668-5744Mon-Fri 9 am-5pm, reserve by 5/3 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis,800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chess-tour.com. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated.Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY12577. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us, 845-496-9658. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 18-19, TEXASTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED)2013 DCC Fide Open V5SS, G/90 with 30 sec inc. Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. #C,Richardson, TX 75080. Two sections: Open and Reserve. Open Section:$$875G. This section is FIDE rated but uses USCF Rules. $500-$250-$125.EF: $75, Senior/Hcap/Additional Family Member $50, plus $10 non-DCCmembership fee if applicable. Small appearance fee to the First threeGM/IM who apply. GM/IM must play all rounds to get appearance fee.Reserve section: Open to players rated below 1800 USCF. This sectionis not Fide Rated but is USCF rated. Reserve: Open to USCF U1800. EF:$30 plus $5 non Dallas Chess Club membership fee if applicable. The

Reserve give back 10% in prizes and if there is a clear winner, then thatwinner receives free entry to next DCC Fide Open. Both: Registration:9:45-10:15 am. Rds.: Sat 10:45-3:10-7:16, Sun 10:45-3:10. One Byeallowed if requested before rd 2, withdrawals and zero point last roundbyes are not eligible for prizes. Ent: Dallas Chess Club, see address above.Info: 214-632-9000, [email protected]. NS. NC. FIDE.

MAY 21, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED)Marshall Masters!4-SS, G/25 d5. Third Tuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St.,NYC. 212-477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scor-ing over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 event since the prior month’sMasters). EF: $40, members $30, GMs free. $$G250-150-100. Prizes toU2400, U2300 and biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available (Rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

An American Classic!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 23-27, 24-27, 25-27 OR 26-27, ILLINOISTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED)22nd annual Chicago OpenOpen Section, May 23-27: 9SS, 40/90, SD/30, inc/30, FIDE rated, GM& IM norms possible. U2300 Section, May 24-27: 7SS, 40/115, SD/1d5. FIDE rated. U2100, U1900, U1700, U1500, U1300 Sections, May24-27, 25-27 or 26-27: 7SS, 40/115, SD/1 d5 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/75,d5, 2-day option, rds 1-4 G/40 d5). Adult U1100 & Junior U1100 Sec-tions, May 25-27 or 26-27: 7SS, G/90 d5 (2-day option, rds 1-4 G/40d5). Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave.,Wheeling, IL 60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; fromMilwaukee, I-94 east to Lake Cook Rd to US-45 south.) Free parking. Freelectures and analysis of your games by GM John Fedorowicz. $100,000guaranteed prize fund. In 9 sections. Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600-500-400-300, clear or tiebreak winner bonus $200, top FIDEUnder 2500/Unr $2000-1000. FIDE rated, GM and IM norms possible.Under 2300: $5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300. FIDErated. Under 2100: $5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300.Under 1900: $5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300. Under1700: $5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300. Under 1500:$4000-2000-1000-700-500-400-400-300-300-300. Under 1300: $3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-400-300-300-300; players with under 10 lifetimegames may not win over $1000 in this section. Adult Under 1100 (born1994/before): $1000-700-500-300-200-200, trophies to first 3, top U900,U700, Unrated. Junior Under 1100 (born 1995/after): $1000-700-500-300-200-200, trophies to first 3, top U900, U700, U500, Unrrated. Prizelimits: 1) If any post-event rating posted 5/20/12-5/20/13 was more than30 points over section maximum, prize limit $1500. 2) Unrated (0-3 life-time games rated) cannot win over $400 in U1100, $800 U1300, $1200U1500, $1600 U1700, $2000 U1900 or $2500 U2100. Unofficial uschess.orgratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 3) Balance of any limited prize

Grand Prix


22nd annual CHICAGO OPEN

May 23-27 (norms possible), 24-27, 25-27 or 26-27, Westin North Shore Hotel

$100,000 PRIZE FUND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED!

Free lectures & analysis by GM John Fedorowicz, $30 entry for IMs, WGMs (fee from prize)

Open section, 5/23-27: 9 rounds, 40/90, SD/30, inc/30.U2300 section, 5/24-27: 7 rounds, 40/115, SD/1, d5.U2100 to U1300 sections: 7 rounds, 5/24-27, 40/115,

SD/1, d5 (3-day option rds 1-2 G/75, d5, 2-day option rds 1-4G/40, d5). All merge & play for same prizes.

U1100 sections: 7 rds, 5/25-27, G/90, d5 (2-day optionrds 1-4 G/40, d5); both merge & compete for same prizes.

Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 N MilwaukeeAve, Wheeling IL 60090. Free parking. In 9 sections:

Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600-500-400-300, clear or tiebreak first $200 bonus, top FIDE U2500/unr$2000-1000. FIDE rated, GM and IM norms possible.

U2300, U2100, U1900, U1700: Each $5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300. U2300 is FIDE rated.

U1500: $4000-2000-1000-700-500-400-400-300-300-300.U1300: $3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-400-300-300-300.

Limit $1000 if under 10 lifetime games.Adult Under 1100 (born 1994/before): $1000-700-500-

300-200-200, trophies to first 3, top U900, U700, Unr.Junior Under 1100 (born 1995/after): $1000-700-500-

300-200-200, trophies to first 3, top U900, U700, U500, Unr.Unrated limits: U1100 $400, U1300 $800, U1500 $1200,

U1700 $1600, U1900 $2000, U2100 $2500.If any post-event rating posted 5/20/12-5/20-/13 was

more than 30 pts over section maximum, limit $1500.

Online entry fee at chessaction.com by 5/21: Top 7sections $227, seniors 65/over $127. U1100 Sections $77.Open Section $327 if not FIDE rated 2200/over. Mail, phone,or late entry: see chesstour.com or Chess Life.

FIDE ratings used for Open, May official USCF for others.Unofficial web ratings usually used if otherwise unrated.

5-day schedule (Open only): enter Thu to 6 pm, rds Thu7 pm, Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.

4-day Under 2300 to Under 1300: enter Fri to 6, rds Fri 7,Sat/Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.

3-day Under 2100 to Under 1300: enter Sat to 10 am, rdsSat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.

3-day Under 1100: enter Sat to 1 pm, rds Sat 2 & 6, Sun10, 2 & 6, Mon 10 & 2.

2-day Under 2100 to Under 1300: enter Sun to 9 am, rdsSun 10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.

2-day Under 1100: enter Sun to 9 am, rds Sun 10, 12, 2,3:45 & 6, Mon 10 & 2.

Half point byes OK all, limit 4 (2 last 4 rds). Open mustcommit before rd 2, others rd 4.

Hotel rates: 1-4 in room $105, 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 5/10.

Full details: see Chess Life or chesstour.com. USCFmemb. required, see TLA or chesstour.com for special rates.

Bring set, board, clock if possible- none supplied.



goes to next player(s) in line. Top 7 sections EF: $227 online at chess-action.com by 5/21, $230 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 5/23 (entry only,no questions), 5-day $235, 4-day $234, 3-day $233, 2-day $232 mailed by5/14; all $250 online until 2 hours before game or at site until 1 hourbefore game. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs in Open: Free; $200deducted from prize. IMs & WGMs in Open: $30 online at chessaction.comby 5/21, $50 after 5/21 or at site; $200 deducted from prize. OpenSection EF $100 more for US players not FIDE rated 2200/over. EF $100less to seniors age 65/over in U1300 Section or above (except seniorGM/IM/WGM in Open, who get no discount but have $100 less taken outof prize.). Under 1100 Sections EF: $77 online at chessaction.com by5/21, $80 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 5/23 (entry only, no questions), Adult3-day $83.50, 2-day $82.50 mailed by 5/14, Junior 3-day $83, 2-day $82mailed by 5/14, all $100 online until 2 hours before game or at site until1 hour before game. Online or mailed EF $5 less to ICA members; joinat il-chess.org. An ICA Tour Event. Special 1 yr USCF dues with maga-zine if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult$20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult$30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry: $100, no re-entry from Open to Open. 5-day schedule (Open only): Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 12 &7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day schedule (U2300 toU1300): Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, Rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon10 & 4:30. 3-day U2100 to U1300 schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, Rds.Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day U1100 schedules:Reg ends Sat 1 pm, rds Sat 2 & 6, Sun 10, 2 & 6, Mon 10 & 2. 2-day U2100to U1300 schedule: Reg. ends Sun 9 am, Rds. Sun 10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6,Mon 10 & 4:30. 2-day U1100 schedules: Reg ends Sun 9 am rds Sun10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6,. Mon 10 & 2. U2100 to U1100 schedules merge &compete for same prizes. Byes: OK all, limit 4 (limit 2 in last 4 rds), Openmust commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. Hotel rates: $105-105-105-105, 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 5/10 or rate may increase.Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD #D657633, or reserve car onlinethrough chesstour.com. Foreign player ratings: See www.chesstour.com/foreignratings.htm. US player ratings: May official ratings used; FIDEratings used for Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually usedif otherwise unrated. Special rules: Players must submit to a search forelectronic devices if requested by Director. In round 3 or after, playerswith scores of 80% or over and their opponents may not use head-phones, earphones, cellphones, or go to a different floor of the hotelwithout Director permission. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, SalisburyMills, NY 12577. Questions: DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries postedat chessaction.com. Bring set, board & clock if possible- none supplied.

MAY 24, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED)Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz! (BLZ)Last Friday of every month. 9-SS, G/5 d0. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St.,NYC. 212-477-3716. $$Gtd 500: $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000,U1800: $50 each, EF: $30, members $20. Blitz-rated, but the higher of

regular, quick or blitz used for pairings & prizes. FIDE Blitz Rated! Reg.ends 6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10-8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10 pm. Threebyes available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 24-26 OR 25-26, OHIOTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED)55th Gem City Open5-SS, 30/90, SD/60 (2-day schedule, rd. 1 G/90) at Dayton Chess Club,18 West 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402. 44% GREATER PRIZE FUND & STILLUNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED. 3 sections: OPEN, open to all. GTD$1200, 800, 501, 400, 301; U2000: $500, 300. Premier-U1800. $501, 301;U1600: $500, 300. Reserve-U1400. $501, 301; U1200: $500, 300. EF: 3-day $88, 2-day $89 if mailed or registered online by 5/17, then $98 at site2 or 3 day. Free to SM & above-($85 deducted from winnings), DCC mbrs$5 disc. Ohio Grand Prix event, OCA members deduct $3 from EF. 3-dayschedule: Reg. Fri. 5- 6:30pm, Rds: Fri 7pm; Sat 2pm, 7:30pm; Sun9:30am, 3pm. 2-day schedule: Reg. Sat. 8:30- 9:30am. Rd. 1 at 10am,then merges with 3-day. Re-entry: $30. Any player who loses Fri night mayre-enter for $30 and loss will not count in tournament standings. One 1/2pt bye available in Rds. 1-4 (request prior to R1). Unrated players mayplay in any section with prizes limited to 1/3 except in OPEN with balanceto next player(s). $25 upset prize each section. CROWN PLAZA HOTEL“Where Elegance Meets Style in the Heart of Downtown” beautifullyremodeled 4 star hotel at 33 E 5th St., 1/2 block from playing site, (888)-233-9527, with the incredible rate of only $89/nite (up to 4) plus tax, askfor Gem City Open rate, 11 May cutoff, reserve early, free parking and amagnificent view of the Miami Valley from the restaurant on the top floor.FREE COFFEE, TEA, & Donuts Saturday and Sunday Mornings at the Day-ton Chess Club for players, parents, and spouses. Book Vender:THINKER’S PRESS & THE CHESS BUTLER (formerly ChessCo) is sellingbooks (new & old), DVDs, Equipment, and new TPi chess products dur-ing your stay with FREE Certificates in your sales bags. Meet “legendary”Bob Long, 40 years of chess sales & publishing. ENTRIES: Mail to Day-ton Chess Club, 18 West 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402 or register online atwww.DaytonChessClub.com. No cks at site.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 24-26 OR 25-26, SOUTH CAROLINATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 2013 South Carolina OpenEmbassy Suites, 670 Verdae Blvd., Greenville, SC 29607. $3700 Guaran-teed. 4 Sections: Open, U1800, U1400, 5 Rounds Swiss, G/120 d5(optional Saturday 1st round G/90 d5.) Entry Fees: $69 if received by May19. $85 thereafter and on site. $5 discount to Greenville Chess Clubmembers. Re-entry $40. State Affiliate membership required, Other statememberships accepted. Special Saturday Only Scholastics Section 4Rds., G/45 d5 see below for more information. Entries To: Dr. Walter High,105 North Crabtree Knoll, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Online entries towww.carolinaschessinitiative.com. Look for Paypal button. Open Fide

rated. Prizes: $600 $300 $100 U2200 $150 -$100 U2000 $150- $100.U1800 Prizes: $500 $250 $100 U1600 $150-$100. U1400 Prizes: $500$250 $100 U1200 $150-$100. Special Saturday Only U1000 Scholas-tic Section Prizes:Trophies to top 5 in each section. Sections determinedby attendance. Rounds: 11AM-1PM-2:45PM-4:30PM. Format: 4 RoundSwiss, G/45, D/5 Affects both Quick and Regular rating. Entry Fees: $20.Prize Limits: Unrateds are ineligible for cash prizes in the U1800 or U1400sections. Also ineligible for Under prizes in the Open section. Special EntryFees: FREE ENTRY!! for any player with an established USCF rating whohas not played a USCF rated tournament game in the prior two years fromthe start date of this event! Free entry to GMs/IMs. Notes:Make checksto”CCI”. Byes: One bye available. Must be requested by 1:30PM on Sat-urday. 3 Day Schedule: Onsite Registration: Friday 5PM to 7:30PM.Rounds: Friday 8PM Saturday 2PM and 7PM, Sunday 9AM and 2PM. 2 DaySchedule: Onsite Registration: Saturday 8:00AM to 9:45AM. Rounds: Sat-urday 10AM then merge with 3-day. Hotel Information: Rates: $99.Mention: South Carolina Open Chess when calling. (864) 676-9090.Rooms are suite style with one or two beds plus sofa bed. Free cookedto order breakfast and free manager’s reception for every guest! For MoreInformation: Dr. Walter High, e-mail: [email protected].

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 24-27, 25-27 OR 26-27, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED)3rd Annual New Yorker Open!7-SS, Open Section time control: 40/110, SD/30 + 10-second delay(non-delay clocks: 40/110, SD/35), Under 2000 & Under 1600 Sectionstime control: 30/90, SD/1 d5. All sections: 3-Day Option, rds. 1-2 G/75d5;2-DayOption is only for U2000 & U1600 Sections: no 2-Day Open(2-day U2000 & U1600, rds. 1-4 G/45 d5). Chess Center of New York atthe historic New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from PennStation, NYC. $2,500 Guaranteed Prizes! 3 sections. Open. $400-200-100-50, top U2200 $200, FIDE. Under 2000: $300-150-70, top U1800 $160.$200 limit to Unr. Under 1600: $250-120-60, top U1400 $140, $100 limitto Unr. Trophies to top 3, top U1200, U1000, Unr. NEW!! Mixed DoublesBonus Prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined scoreamong all sections: $200-100 (teammates’ average rating must beU2200 & may play in different sections, teammate pairings avoided butpossible, teams must commit before both players have played rd. 4). EFif postmarked by 5/17: 4-Day $79, 3-Day $78, 2-Day $77, all $75 on-linethru 5/22 at www.chesscenter.cc, current NYSCA members, $5 off mailor online entries only, all $80 by phone thru 5/22, $90 at site; EF $40 lessto unrated players in U1600 Section (only players with 3 lifetime gamesor less are unrated), GMs free ($60 from prize), specified Greater NYScholastic prizewinners free! Re-entry $50 except from Open to Open. 4-Day Schedule: reg. ends Fri 6:30 pm. Rds Fri. 7, Sat. 12 & 6, Sun. 12 &6, Mon. 10 & 3:30. 3-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 10 am. Rds. Sat. 11,2:30 & 6, Sun. 12 & 6, Mon. 10 & 3:30. 2-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Sun9:30 am. Rds. Sun. 10, 12, 2, 4, 6, Mon. 10 & 3:30. All schedules mergeand compete for same prizes. Limit 3 byes, Open must commit before rd.

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2, others before rd. 4. Balances of all limited prizes go to next eligibleplayer(s). Unofficial ratings at us.chess.org usually used if otherwiseunrated. $15 charge for refunds. HR: 212-971-0101. Questions, [email protected] or 347-201-CCNY (2269), credit card phone entries(no questions) thru 5/22: 406-896-2191. No checks at site, credit cardsOK. CCA ratings may be used. Ent: Chess Center of NY, PO Box 4615,New Windsor, NY 12553. Help with NYC parking: www.primospot.com,www.iconparkingsystems.com Bring sets, clocks, boards!W.

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!A State Championship Event!MAY 24-27 OR 25-27, TEXASTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED)Texas State and Amateur Championships7SS. DFW Airport Marriott South, 4151 Centreport Dr., Fort Worth TX76155. $$ 8,350 b/175, full entries in Championship and Amateur sections,2 scholastic side events that do not count toward base. Championship:(This section is FIDE rated but uses USCF rules. Must be rated 2000 orabove by either USCF or Fide to play in this section. Defending AmateurChampion may also play in this section. Texas Scholastic High School Cham-pions may also play in this section. Foreign unrateds may play in thissection.) G/90 with 30 sec. increment: $$ 1,000-500-250, 2200-2399$700, U2200 $800. Amateur: U2000 & unrated. Rds. 1-7 30/90 d5, SD/1d5, rd. 1 of three day is G/115 d5. $$ 800-400-200. B $$ 600-300-150, C500-250-125, U1400 $500-250-125, U1200 $400, U1000 $300 Unrated$200. Both: TCA membership required. Other states accepted. EF: $88 ifreceived by 5/17, else $99. $80 Junior(U19) if received by 5/17 else $90(juniors count as 90% toward base), Senior (over 65)/Handicapped/additional family participant $52 if receive by 5/18 else $65 (Senior/Hand-icap/ Additional family participant counts 60% toward base). Add $5 forCC phone entries; pre-reg requires pre-payment. After 5/22/13 all reg-istration and changes on site only; all changes including withdrawals, $10after 5/22/13. 4 day: Reg. Friday 5/24, 6:15 pm-7:15. Rds. Fri.: 7:45, Sat:2:30 pm - 8:00, Sun.: 11:00 am - 5:15 pm, Mon.: 9 am - 2:45 pm. 3 day:Reg. Sat. 5/25, 9-9:30 am, Rd. 1 at 10 am then merge with 4 day. ForeignUnrated must play in Championship section. Registrations that do not indi-cate 4 or 3 day schedule will be put in the 3 day. HR: $89/89/89/89, $89rate includes continental breakfast, can upgrade to full breakfast for $4per person, 817-359-4609 reserve by 5/3/13 and ask for Dallas ChessClub rate. Free Parking. Up to two 1/2 pt byes available if requested beforeend of rd. 2, but byes for both rd. 6 AND 7 not permitted. K-12 Scholas-tic on Saturday, 5/25. 5-SS, Rds. G/30 d5, EF: $29 by 5/17, $44 after;Pre-reg. requires pre-payment. After 5/22/13 all registration and changeson site only; all changes $10 after 5/22/13. No refunds after 5/22/13,$10 handling fee for refunds before 5/22/13. Entries do not count towardbase in Championship and Amateur. Registration 8:15-8:45 am, Rd. 1 at9:30 am, rest ASAP with small lunch break. Sections: K-12 Championshipand K-12 U1000. 5/25. 5-SS, Rds. G/30 d5. Prizes: Trophies to top 12 indi-viduals, five teams in each section. K-12 U1000 also top three unrateds.Medals to those who do not win a trophy. Ent: Dallas Chess Club, C/O Bar-bara Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036. Info: BarbSwafford, 214-632-9000, [email protected] www.dallaschess.comNS. NC. W. FIDE.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25, TENNESSEETROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Rutherford County Open5-SS, rd.1 G/30 d5, rd.2 G/55 d5, rds. 3, 4, 5 G/70 d5. Grace LutheranChurch, 811 E. Clark Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN. EF: $25 by 8/15, $30 at site.$$ (1160, top 2 G, class prizes b/6 entries per class, else proportional):$200-120, X, A, B, C, D, E/below, Unr. each $120. Reg.: 8:00-8:45am. Rds.:

9:00-10:00-12:45-3:15-5:45. Ent: Rutherford County Chess Club, P.O. Box1593, Murfreesboro, TN 37133. http://rccc.us/ (with map to site), [email protected], 615-895-7989. NS. NC. W.

MAY 25, ILLINOISTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED)Chicago Open G/10 Championship (BLZ)5SS, G/10 d2. Westin North Shore Hotel (see Chicago Open). $1000guaranteed prizes: $300-150-90, U2250 $130, U2000 $120, U1750/Unr$110, U1500 $100. EF: $40, at site only, no checks, GMs $40 from prize.Reg. 7-10 pm, rds. 10:15, 11, 11:35, 12:10, 12:45. 1 half point bye avail-able, must commit before rd 2. Quick rated (will not affect regularratings), but higher of regular or quick used for pairings & prizes.

MAY 25, NEW JERSEYTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Dr. Luzivminda Machan Open #244-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free (-$30 fromprize). Prize Fund : $600 b/20 entries. Prizes: 200-150-100-50. $25 ortrophy to U2000, U1700, U1400 and Biggest Upset. Reg: 12:35-1:25p.m. Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00, 6:45 p.m. 2 byes available, commit prior togame 2. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 Irving St., Rahway,NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499-0118.

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25-26, OKLAHOMATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 68th OCF Open and Jerry Spann Memorial and 2013 OCF RegionalChampionship 5-SS, G/90+30 spm; $$G $950. Quality Inn-Stillwater, 2515 W. 6th Ave.,(Hwy 51), Stillwater, OK 74074, 1-405-372-0800; HR: 68-68 Wi-Fi. EF: Open$50; Reserve $30 (deduct $10 on each if envelope postmarked before May22nd); OCF $10 required; Reg.: 9-9:45 Sat AM; Rds.: 10-2:30-7; 9-1:15.Two Sections: Open (OCF Regional Championship) $G 1st $300 U-2100$150; U-1900 $150-100; U-1700 $150; Jerry Spann Memorial U-1500:$100 1st; 1 Half pt bye rds 1-5. Frank Berry, 402 S. Willis St., Stwtr., OK74074; [email protected].

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25 OR 25-26, VIRGINIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED)Sterling Chess MayHampton Inn & Suites Dulles, 22700 Holiday Park Dr., Sterling, VA 20166.Five sections plus quads. FIDE-Rated section, May 25-26 (open toall FIDE-rated players and USCF 1600 and higher): 4SS, G/115 d5. $500Gtd., 250/150/100. Rds.: Sat. 11:15, 3:45; Sun. 11:15, 3:45. U1900section, May 25: 4SS, G/61 d5. $100/$50/$25; Top U1700 $40. Rds.:Sat. 11:15, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00. U1600, May 25: 4SS, G/50 d5, $50 and tro-phy for first, $25 and medal for second, Top U1400. Rds.: Sat. 11:15, 1:30,3:45, 6:00. U1300, May 25: 4SS, G/40 d5, trophy for first, medals for sec-ond, Top U1100. Rds.: Sat. 11:15, 1:00, 2:45, 4:30. U1000, May 25:4SS, G/25 d5. Trophy for first, medals for second, top U800. Rds.: Sat.11:15, 12:30, 1:45, 3:00. U700, May 25: 4SS, G/25 d5. Trophy for first,medals for second, top U500. Rds.: Sat. 11:15, 12:30, 1:45, 3:00. Byes:Half-point, any round; must commit before end of second round. Playerswith more than one bye are not eligible for prizes. Sunday Quads, May26. Four-player sections based on rating. 3RR, G/75 d5, $25 for first. Rds.:Sun. 11:15, 2:15, 5:15. EF: FIDE-Rated $50; U1900 $30; U1600, U1300,U1000, U700, and Sunday Quads, $25. All, early bird rate $5 less till noonWednesday 5/22, $5 more on site. Unrateds free. Doors open 10:00.Entries limited: Register online at www.meetup.com/sterling-chess-tour-naments. Pay on website. Info: [email protected]. Top twosections are Chess Magnet School JGP.

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!A State Championship Event!MAY 25-27 OR 26-27, MASSACHUSETTSTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED)82nd Massachusetts Open 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 d5 (2-day schedule, G/45 d5 in rounds 1-3. No 2-dayschedule in Championship sect.) Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181Boston Post Road West, Marlboro (I-495, exit 24B, Rt. 20W, one mile fromexit). $$ 4,200 b/100 paid entries ($30 off EFs count half), 75% G. Prizesin Championship sect. are 100% G. 4 sects. Championship (open to play-ers rated 1800 or above): $1000-400-200, Top U2300 $250. FIDE rated.3-day schedule only. U2100: $400-200, Top U1950 $200. U1800: $400-200, Top U1650 $200. U1500: $300-150, Top U1350 $150, Top U1200 $150.State championship title to high scoring Mass. resident or student in eachsect. Unrated prize limits: $200 in U2100, $150 in U1800, $100 inU1500, can’t win title. Prizes for most interesting games in each sect.(100% G): Championship $300, U2100 $250, U1800 $200, U1500 $100,plus books or DVDs to each. EF: $69 for 3-day, $68 for 2-day if mailed by5/20 or online by 5/23, $80 at site. GMs and IMs free. $30 discount toplayers in U1500 sect. rated under 1000 or unrated. 3-Day Schedule:Reg. Sat. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Rds. Sat. 10:30-5:30, Sun. 10-5, Mon. 9:30-4:30. 2-Day Schedule (U2100 to U1500 only): Reg. Sun. 8:30 to 9:30a.m. Rds. Sun. 10-12:30-2:45-5, Mon. 9:30-4:30. Schedules merge inround 4. Byes: 1-5, limit 2, rds. 4-5 must commit before rd. 2. Memb. req.:MACA $12 adult, $6 jr. U18, add $8 for optional Chess Horizons subscrip-tion, OSA. Massachusetts Blitz Championship: Sun. 5/26. Reg. ends9:15 p.m. 5SS (dbl). 75% of EFs returned as prizes. EF: $10 if playing inmain tnmt, else $15. MACA Annual Meeting: Mon. 5/27 at 9 a.m. HR:$97-97, 508-460-0700 or 888-543-9500, reserve by 5/11 and mentionchess tnmt. Ent: payable to MACA and mail to Robert Messenger, 4Hamlett Dr., Apt. 12, Nashua, NH 03062, or enter online (PayPal) at www.MassChess.org. Info: send e-mail to [email protected] or phone603-891-2484. NS. NC. W.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25-27 OR 26-27, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERNTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 40 (ENHANCED)2013 Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic6-SS, 3-day 40/2, SD/1 d5, 2-day rds. 1-3 G/1 then merges. SheratonOntario Airport, 429 North Vineyard Ave., Ontario, CA 91764. $10,000b/200, 50% of each prize guaranteed. In five sections: Open: $$T+1700-750-400-300-200, U2400 400, U2200 700-300-200. Premier (under2000): $$750-300-200-100. Amateur (Under 1800): $$750-300- 200-100.Reserve (Under 1600): $$750-300-200-100. Booster (Under1400/unrated): $$400-200-100, U1200 150, Unr 150. (Unrated may winUnrated prizes only.) EF: $88 by 5/23, $99 at door. Booster (U1400) sec-tion EF: $72 by 5/23, $85 door. Reg.: ends 10:30am 5/25, 9:30 am5/26. Rds.: 3-day: 11-6, 11-6, 10-4:30. 2-day: 10-1-3:30 (G/1), thenmerges with 3-day at 6. All: SCCF membership req. ($18 adults, $13 youthwith print mag, $3 youth without mag), OSA: $25 Best Game prize, all sec-tions eligible. 1 half-point bye if requested at least 1 round in advance,rd. 6 must be requested with entry. HR: $89, (800) 325-3535, code South-ern California Chess Federation, reserve by 5/13. Parking free. Free wire-less in public areas, 24-hour airport shuttle.Info: [email protected]. Website, On-line entry: www.scchess.com. Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205,Monterey Park, CA 91754. NS. NC. State Championship Qualifier.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25-27 OR 26-27, WASHINGTONTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 Washington Open6SS, 30/90, SD/1 d5 (2-Day Option, Rds. 1-3, G/60 d5), $7,000/b170.Medal only entry fee count as half entries. Free entry for GMs, IMs, WGMs.North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way North, Seattle, WA98103. 4 Sections: OPEN, FIDE Rated, $700-550-350-250-200 (U2150:$350-250-150-100), PREMIER (U2000), $300-250-225-200-150 (U1850:$200-150-125-100), RESERVE (U1700), $250-200-175-150-100 (U1550:$150-125-100-100), BOOSTER (U1400), $200-150-125-100-75 (U1100:$120-80, Unrated: $120-80). Unrated players may only win 1st-5th in OPENor Unrated prize in BOOSTER. Foreign ratings used for players with noUSCF rating. EF: OPEN $125, PREMIER $115, RESERVE 105, BOOSTER $95.Deduct $15 if postmarked or online by 5/18. Deduct $25 if postmarkedor online by 4/27. Special Medal Only EF: $45 Juniors U21. 3-DaySchedule: Registration Sat (05/25) 8:30-9:30am. Rds.: Sat 10:30am &5pm, Sun 10:30am & 5:30pm, Mon 9am & 3pm. 2-Day Schedule: Reg-istration Sun (05/26) 8-9am. Rds.: Sat 9:30am, 12pm, 2:30pm thenmerges with 3-Day Schedule. Bye: limit 2, request before end of Rd. 2.Memb. Req’d: $25 ($19 juniors). OSA. ENT: Checks payable to Washing-ton Chess Federation. Mail to: Dan Mathews, 2700 NW Pine Cone Dr., Unit402, Issaquah, WA 98027-8677. Enter online:www.nwchess.com/OnlineRegistration. Info: [email protected], (425) 218-7529. NS. NC. W.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25-27 OR 26-27, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERNTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED)Best of the West Class Championship6SS, 30/90 sd60 d5 (2-day rds 1-3 G/60 d5 merge in rd4). Marriott, 2700Mission College Bl., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Hotel $89. Prize: $20,000b/257 (Guar: Open 80%, Others 2/3). 6 sections. Open (2100+ FIDErated): 3000-1500-700-300-150, u2300 400-200. u2100, u1900, u1700,u1500, u1300: 1,500-700-300-125-125. Unr max 300 exc in Open. EF by5/22: 124, Onsite +25, Play-up +25. r/e 50. Econ Opt: EF-25 & 2/3 calcprize (not avail in Open). GMs/IMs free: prize-EF. May 2013 Supp, CCAmin & TD disc to place players. Sched: 3-day: Reg Sa 10-11, Rds Sa/Su11:30 5:30, M 10 3:30; 2-day: Reg Su 9-9:30, Rds Su 10 12:30 2:50 5:30,M 10-3:30. Max two 1/2-pt byes, commit bef rd 3. Parking $5. Ent: BayArea Chess, 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Rfnd fee 20. Info:BayAreaChess.com/bestwest. E: [email protected]. T: 408.786.5515. NS. NC. W.

MAY 26, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED)3rd Annual New Yorker Open Blitz Championship (BLZ)!


19th annual NORTHEAST OPENNEW DATES! August 16-18 or 17-18, Stamford, CT

$8,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND5 rounds, $94 room rates, free parking, downtown location, trains

from NYC run frequently. In 4 sections:

Open Section: Prizes $1000-500-300-200, top U2250 $600-300.

GPP: 50 (enhanced)

Under 2050 Section: $800-400-300-200, top U1850 $500-250.

Under 1650 Section: $700-400-250-150, top U1450 $400-200.

Under 1250 Section: $300-150-100, trophy to first 3, top U1000,

U800, U600, Unrated.Unrated prize limit: $150 in U1250, $400 in U1650.

FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue or chesstour.com.



5-SS, G/5 d0 (5 double rounds, 10 games total). Chess Center at the NewYorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC(see New Yorker Open, 5/27-30). EF at site only: $40, $20 if rated Under1800, GMs free ($25 from prize), specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewin-ners free! $$1,000 b/40 paid entries (U1800 count 1/2), minimum halfeach prize Gtd: $$ 300-200-100, Top U2400/unr $150, U2200 $130,U2000 $120. Byes OK rds. 1-2 (1 bye for U2000). CCA ratings may be used.Reg. 7-9 pm. Rds. 9:15-10-10:30-11-11:30. Quick-rated (will not affect reg-ular ratings) but prizes, pairings based on higher of Regular or Quick rating.

MAY 26, ILLINOISTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED)Chicago Open Blitz Championship (BLZ)5SS, G/5 d0 (double round, 10 games). Westin North Shore Hotel (seeChicago Open). $1000 guaranteed prizes: $300-150-90, U2250 $130,U2000 $120, U1750/Unr $110, U1500 $100. EF: $40, at site only, nochecks, GMs $40 from prize. Reg. 5-10 pm, rds. 10:15, 11, 11:30, 12, 12:30.One pair of 1/2 pt byes available, must commit before rd 2. Blitz orquick rated, but higher of regular, quick or blitz used for pairings & prizes.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 31-JUNE 2 OR 1-2, GEORGIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 2013 Atlanta Championship5-SS. North DeKalb Mall, 2050 Lawrenceville Highway, Decatur, GA 30033.$3,500 GTD. In 2 sections: Championship: FIDE rated with USCFrules. Must be 1900 and above! $500-400-300; under 2200 and under 2000each $200-100. Amateur: $400-200-170; under 1800 and under 1600 each$160-80; under 1400 and under 1200 each $150-75. Unrated: Trophiesto top 5. Time Controls: Championship: G/100 w 30 sec. increment, 2-day G/90 d5. Other sections: G/120 d5. 2-day: G/90 d5. Entry Fee: $593-day, $58 2-day by May 29th; $63 at site. GMs and IMs free, $60deducted from prize. Unrateds: $25. Reentry except Championship sec-tion $40. Bye: all rounds (limit 2), must commit before 1st round. 3-dayschedule: Reg.: ends 6:30 p.m. Rounds: 7, 2:30-7:30, 10-3:15. 2-dayschedule: Reg.: ends 10 a.m. Rounds: 1st at 10:30 a.m., then merges with3-day. Info: (478)-973-9389 or [email protected]. Chief TD: ThadRogers, IA, Assistant TD: Joe Couvillion. Enter: American Chess Promo-tions, 3055 General Lee Rd., Macon, GA 31204. W. NS. NC. FIDE.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 1 OR JUNE 1-2, WISCONSINTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 2013 Madison Spring Championship (formerly 2013 WisconsinInternational Chess Championship)Three Sections: Open, u1400 (Sat only), Scholastic Unrated (Sat only).Open Section, June 1-2: 5SS, G/90+inc/30 (1st round: G/90 d5.U1400 (Madison RBO) and Scholastic Unrated (Madison RBO) sec-tions, June 1: 4SS, G/30d5. Radisson Hotel: 517 Grand Canyon Dr.,Madison, WI 53719, 608-833-0100. Free parking. Free hot buffet break-fast, Free internet, Free shuttle from the airport (24 hour notice) to hotelguests. Dozens of restaurants and coffee shops and a movie theater nextto the playing site. Prizes: Open ($2,000 b/80 or else proportional):$500-$300-$200-$150, X-$150, A-$150, B-$150, C-$150, D/below-$150,UNR-$100. U1400: $90-$50, trophies based on rating and age. Scholas-tic Unrated: trophies based on rating and age. EF: Open: $50 if paid byMay 14th, $60 if paid between May 14th and May 29th, $70 after May 29th.EF: U1400 and Scholastic Unrated: $20 if paid by May 29th, $25 afterMay 29th. Online entry:www.onlineregistration.cc. Open Schedule: reg-istration ends Sat at 9:30am. Rounds: Sat 10am-2:00pm-7pm, Sun10am-3:00pm U1400 and Scholastic Unrated Schedule: registrationends Sat at 9:45am. Rounds: Sat 10:15am-11:30am-1:30pm-3pm. HotelRates: $109 single or double, ask for Chess tournament rate, 608-833-0100 reserve early or rate may increase. Mailed EF (do not mail afterMay 25th):Wisconsin Chess Academy, 1090 Links Court #1, Brookfield,WI 53005. Questions: [email protected] or 608-334-2574. Bring clocks if possible, boards and sets provided.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 1-2, WEST VIRGINIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 2nd Annual DuPuy Memorial4SS, 35/90, SD 30 d5. $5000 GUARANTEED PRIZES. 4 rounds. Cedar LakesConference Center, 82 FFA Dr., Ripley, WV 25271. Jackson Hall, Building12. Entry Fee: $100.00 / $75.00 before May15, 2013. Registration:8:30 – 9:45 Saturday June 1. Rounds: 1st Round 10:00 am, 2nd Round3:00 pm. Sunday June 2nd 1st Round 9:00 am, 2nd Round 2:00 pm.Lodging, Holt Lodge, (304) 372-7860. Overall: 1st $1000; 2nd 500; 3rd400. Class Prizes: 1999-1800: 1st $500; 2nd 300; 3rd 200; 1799-1600:1st $400; 2nd 250; 3rd 100; 1599-1400: 1st $300; 2nd 200; 3rd 100; 1399-1200: 1st $200; 2nd 150; 3rd 100; Under 1200-UNR: 1st 125; 2nd 100;3rd 75. Scholastic Section: Entry Fee $25.00; $20.00 before May 15,2013. 4 rounds G/60 d5 Saturday June 1, 2013. Rounds : 10:00 am , 12:15pm , 3:00 pm , 5:15 pm. Prizes 1st 200.00, 2nd 150.00, 3rd 100.00, 4th50.00. Trophy to First. Send to: Ripley Chess Club, P.O. Box 501, Ripley,WV 25271. Checks payable to: Charles McCallister. [email protected], www.ripleychessclub.blogspot.com, (304) 549-7142.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!A State Championship Event!JUNE 1-2, RHODE ISLANDTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Rhode Island State Championship5SS, G/75 d5. Sheraton Providence Hotel and Conference Center, 1850Post Rd.,Warwick, RI 02886. Open to out of state players. $2000b/80paid entries, GM/IMfree. EF deducted from prizes. Trophies- top RI fin-ishers. 5 Sections: OPEN $400-200, U2200 class prize $200 U2000$300-200 U1800 $250-150. SAT RDS 1-3, SUN RDS 4-5. EF: $40by 5/30,then $50. REG. Ends 10:30 AM. Rds.: SAT 11, 2:30 and 5:30. SUN 10 and1:30. Byes- limit 1, must commit before RD3. U1600 Sunday ONLY 4SSG/60 d5. $200-100; EF: $35 by 5/30 then $45 U1200 Sunday ONLY 4SSG/30 d5. Trophies 1st, 2nd, 3rd. EF: $25 by 5/30, then $35. REG.: Ends9:30AM, RD1 start at 10 then ASAP. HR: $99 (401) 738-4000 ask forchess rates. ALL EF: online www.richess.org or mail P.O Box 40604,Providence, RI 02940. INFO: FrankVogel 401-837-1302.

JUNE 2, NEW JERSEYTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED)Dr. David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Summer 2013 Open ChampionshipBergen Academy, 200 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ 07601. Open ToAll Ages With Rating above 1400. 4SS, G/60 d0. USCF MembershipRequired, Prize Fund ($$ b/40) 1st - 3rd $300, $250, $200, U2200, U2000,U1800, U1600 each $100. Best Under 13 Years Old $75, Best Over 55 YearsOld $75. Prize Fund Will Not Be Reduced Below 70 %. Reg Ends at 9 AMOnly one 1/2-point bye allowed, if requested before the start of roundtwo. EF: Adv (pmk. By May 29th) $40, AT Site $45. GMs Free Entry. INFO201 287 0250 or [email protected]. Rds.: 9:30 AM, 11:45 AM, 2:15 PM,4:30 PM. ENT:Make EF and/or USCF Membership checks payable to: Inter-national Chess Academy Mail. To: Diana Tulman, 28 Canterbury Ln., NewMilford, NJ 07646. INFO: www.icanj.net. NS. NC. W.

JUNE 6, NEVADATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED)2013 U.S. Game/10 Championship (BLZ)See Nationals.

JUNE 6, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED)Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries; firsttwo prizes guaranteed:) $200-100-50, U2100 $95, U1900 $85. Reg.:6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.

JUNE 7-9 OR 8-9, NEVADATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED)2013 National OpenSee Nationals.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 7-9 OR 8-9, FLORIDATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 Sunshine Summer Open & Scholastic Chess TournamentInternational Palms Resort, 6515 International Dr., Orlando, FL 32819 (nearWet & Wild). $7,000/b130 (Scholastic = 1/2 entry). 70% Guaranteed.5SS, G/120 (2-day. Rnd 1 G/60). 4 Sections: OPEN: $1000-500-300,U2210 & U2010 $300-200 ea.; U1910: $700-300-150, U1710 $300-200;U1510: $700-300-150, U1310 $300-200; Scholastic U1310: $300-200-100, U1110 & U910 $150 ea. Trophy to top each age “7 & under” thru 14with at least 2 players. Unrateds limited to $100, unless Place prize inOpen. Rated players can play-up if rated within 60 points of top of theirsection. EF: 3-day $75, 2-day $74, Scholastic U1310: EF: $35; After May31, EF: $80 ($45 for Scholastic), plus $5 if paid onsite; CFCC memb dis-count: $10 ($5 for Jr/Sr memb) and part of CFCC Grand Prix with $600additional prizes. Reg.: ends 1/2 hr. before 1st Rd. Scholastic (Sat & Sunonly). Rnd 1: 7pm Fri (or 10am Sat at G/60). Re-entry $40. Rds 2 thru5: Sat 1 & 6, Sun 9 & 2. 1/2-pt. byes if req’d before Rnd 2 (max 2). HR:$78 (407) 351-3500; (Mention “Chess”, Includes Resort Fee), orhttp://tinyurl.com/June2013Hotel. Reserve by May 22nd. (Resort Feeremoved on checkin.) (48-hr Cancellation penalty.) Free: Internet withsleeping rooms, PM Beverage Break once daily, and parking for all. Ent:CFCC, c/o Harvey Lerman, 921 N. Thistle Ln., Maitland, FL 32751 oronline at http://2013sunshine.eventbrite.com (by 6/6). Info: call(407)629-6946 or www.centralflchess.org.

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!A State Championship Event!JUNE 8-9, KENTUCKYTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 2013 Kentucky Open5SS, G/90. $$2550 b/100. Registration 9-9:45am. Sat. June 8th: rd 1-3 10am, 2pm, 5:30pm & Sun June 9th: rd 4-5 10am, 3pm. 1 half point byeavailable rd 1-4 if noted by rd 2. Entry Fee: $42 in advance, $50 on site.KCAdues ($8) required fromKentucky players (according to USCF). Open:$600-300-150-75; X: 150; A: 150; U1800: 300-150-75; C: 150; U1400: 200-100-50; E: 100. Go to kcachess.org for more info. Annual meeting of theKCA Board between rds 4 and 5, at 2 pm. Hotel Louisville (room rates start-ing at $49), 120 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202. (502)-582-2241.Contact: Steve Dillard, [email protected], 502-641-1948.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 8-9 OR 9, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED)Marshall June GP4-SS, 30/85 d5 SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.EF: $50, members $30. $$625 gtd: $275-150, U2200 $105, U2000 $95. Regends 15 min before Rd. 2 schedules: 2 day 12:30-5:30 each day. 1 day10-11:15-12:30-5:30 (Rds. 1-2 G/25 d5). Limit 2 byes, request at entry.FIDE rated! NO REENTRY. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JUNE 8-9 OR 9, NEW JERSEYTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 Chess Mates Open Championship5-SS, G/55 d5 (1 day option: rounds 1-3 G/25 d5). EF: $85, members $75.Prize Fund: $1500 b/20 entries. Prizes: $300-225-150, U2222 $150-75,U1900 $150-75, U1600 $150-75, U1300 $100, Biggest Upset $50. Trophy& Club Champion title to Top Chess Mates member. Reg: Saturday 12:35-1:25 p.m., Sunday 10:00-10:25 a.m. Rds.: Sat. 1:30, 3:45, 6:00 p.m. Sun.2:30, 4:45 p.m. (1 day: Sun. 10:30, 11:45 a.m., 1:00 p.m. then merge) Byes:2 byes available, must commit prior to round 4. Re-entry $45, before round2 or 3. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499-0118.

JUNE 9, NEVADATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 (ENHANCED)2013 National Open Blitz (BLZ)7 D-SS (14 games), G/5. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boule-vard South, Las Vegas 89109. $$G 3,000. 2 Sections: Open $600-400-200.U2300, U2100 $200-100 each. FIDE Blitz rated. Amateur (under 1900)$400-300-100, U1700, U1500, U1200 125-75 each. There must be 3 play-ers eligible for each prize to be awarded. EF: $40. REG.: by 9 p.m. Round

1 at 9:30 p.m. Higher of regular or quick rating used. HR: $62 single ordouble ($89 Friday and Saturday nights). (800) 634-6753 or (702) 734-5110 “be sure to ask for the CHESS rates”. ENT: Vegas Chess Festivals,PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV 89009-0925, on line at www.VegasChess-Festival.com or fax at (702) 933-9112. NS. NC. W.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 14-16 OR 15-16, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERNTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED)SoCal Class Championship6SS, 40/2 sd/1 d5 (2-day rds 1-3 G/60 d5). Hyatt, 17900 Jamboree Rd.,Irvine, CA 92614. HR: $99. Prize: $12,000 b/197. Open (2000+ FIDE):$2000-1000-400-200, u2300 300-100, u2100 100 A: $1000-500-200-100-100 B: 1000-500-200-100-100 C: 1000-500-200-100-100 DE: 1000-500-200,u1200 300-100-100. Unr max 200 exc in Open. EF by 6/11: $99. Onsite+25, Playup +25. re 45. Econ (unavail in Open): EF-20 & 2/3 calc prize.Rfnd fee 20. GMs/IMs free by 6/4: prize-EF. Jun 13 Supp, CCA min, TDdisc to place players. Sched: 3-day Reg F 10-10:30, Rds F/Sa 11 5:40,Su 10 4:30; 2-day Reg Sa 9-9:30, Rds Sa 10 12:30 3 5:45, Su 10-4:30. Maxtwo 0.5pt byes, req bef rd 3. SCCF mem req for So Ca residents. Info:BayAreaChess.com/socal. E: [email protected]. T: 408.786.5515.NS. NC. W.

JUNE 18, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED)Marshall Masters!4-SS, G/25 d5. Third Tuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St.,NYC. 212-477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scor-ing over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 event since the prior month’sMasters). EF: $40, members $30, GMs free. $$G250-150-100. Prizes toU2400, U2300 and biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available (Rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry.www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 19-23, 21-23 OR 22-23, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED)6th New York InternationalPlaying Site: St. John’s University, Manhattan Campus (in TRIBECA)101 Murray St., New York, NY 10007. In 5 sections: A) FIDE Norm Tour-nament, June 19-23: Open to all players rated 2200 or above (USCF orFIDE) and special invitees. 9- SS, 40/90, SD/30, increment 30. $$12,500unconditionally guaranteed: $5000-2500-1500-1000, U2500 FIDE $1,000,U2400 $1000, U2300 $500. EF: $375 in advance, $425 on site. Players withUSCF ratings over 2200 with no FIDE rating: $325 advance/$375 at site,Players with USCF ratings over 2200 and FIDE rating U2200: $275 inadvance/$325 at site. USA players with FIDE ratings over 2200: $225 inadvance, $275 at site. USA IMs, USA WGMs, and Foreign FIDE rated play-ers: $175 in advance/$225 at site. GMs, foreign IMs, and foreign WGMsfree; no money deducted from prize fund. All $25 less for Marshall ChessClub Members. Rds.: 6/19: 7 pm 6/19-23: 11 am & 5 pm. Byes: Limit 2,must commit before round 3; limit 1 bye rounds 8-9. FIDE IM/GM normspossible, must play all rounds. Last year 2 GM and 3 IM norms wereachieved! FIDE Rating used for pairings. Prizes for all sections other thanTop section based on 175 entries (U1300 count as 1/2 entries) B) U2200:$1,500-800-500-200, Top U2100 $500, Top U2000 $500. FIDE rated, USCFratings used for pairings and prizes. C) U1900: $1,500-800-500-200, TopU1800 $500, Top U1700 $500. D) U1600: $1,500-800-500-200, Top U1500$500, Top U1400 $500. E) U1300: $1,000-400-200, Top U1200 $200, TopU1100 $200, Trophies to Top U1000, U900, U800, unrated. Sections B)-E): 6-SS, 30/90, SD/60, d5. EF: $129 if received by 6/13 (mail check oronline), $149 if received after 6/13 or at site (credit or cash only). U1300$50 less! MCC members $25 ($10 in U1300) less. Reentry (counts 1/2)$80 (U1300 $60). 2 schedules: 3-day: Rds: 6/21-23: 12 & 6 pm. 2-day(Rd.1-2 G/30 d5): Reg. ends Sat 9AM. Rds.: 6/22 9:30, 10:45am 12 & 6pm,6/23: 12 & 6pm. Byes: Limit 2, commit before rd. 2. USCF June ratingused (unless FIDE or foreign rating is higher), unofficial USCF rating usedif otherwise unrated. Foreign players: Usually 100 points added toFIDE or foreign national ratings. No points added to CFC, PR, or Jamaica.Please bring clocks, boards, and sets. Reg.: Advance: must be receivedby 6/13. On Site: One hour before round. Accommodation: St. John’s Uni-versity Manhattan Campus. Private rooms, shared bathrooms: $70 single,$90 double (10% discount if reserved by May 15). Registration and roomreservation, please contact:Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10th St., NewYork, NY 10011. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. E-mail:[email protected].

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, OHIOTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED)2013 Columbus Open5-SS, 30/90, SD/60 (2-day schedule, rd. 1 G/90), ALL PRIZES UNCONDI-TIONALLY GUARANTEED. 3 sections: Open, open to all. G $1200, 800, 500,400, 300; U2000, $500, 300; Premier, open to 1799/below: $500, 300;U1600: $500, 300; Reserve, open to 1399/below: $500, 300; U1200: $500,300. All EF: $85 if rec’d by 6/16/2013. $95 at site. Free to Sr. Master/above who complete their schedule. ($85 EF deducted from winnings.) 3-day schedule: Reg. Ends Fri. 6:30 p.m., Rds: Fri. 7 p.m.; Sat. 2 p.m., 7:30p.m.; Sun. 9:30 a.m., 3 p.m. 2-day schedule: Reg. Ends Sat. 9:30 a.m.Rd 1 at 10 a.m., then merges with 3-day schedule. Re-entry: $20. Anyplayer who loses Fri. night may re-enter for $20 and loss will not countin tournament standings! One 1/2-pt. Bye available in Rds 1-4 (requestrequired prior to Rd 1). Unrated players may play in any section. $25 upsetprize each section. HOTELS: HOLIDAY INN DOWNTOWN CAPITALSQUARE, 175 E. TOWN ST., COLUMBUS, 43215. (614)221-3281. ROOMRATE: $109.00 plus tax (includes parking). Hotel remodeled, with expandedplaying space, skittles room, many amenities. Chess rate availablethrough June 1st, code CCC. (note: there is a large convention in Colum-bus this weekend; rooms scarce.) Alternative hotel: The German VillageInn, one mile from playing site, 920 S. High St., (614) 443-6506, $59.00plus tax. Free parking: Bd. of Ed. Lot between 5th and 6th St., on Capi-tal St., 5 min. walk from site. ENT: C/O Lou Friscoe, 1645 Glenn Ave.,Columbus, OH 43212. Inquires: (614) 486-6856 or (614) 228-8111. Entryforms available at our website: www.centralchessclub.com.

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Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, GEORGIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 2013 Castle Chess Grand Prix5-SS, G/120 d5 (2 day schedule, rd 1 G/90 d5). Cox Hall, Emory Univer-sity, 569 Asbury Cir., Atlanta, GA 30322. $12,000 G! Seven sections:Master: $2,100-1250-750-450; U2400: $800-500; Expert: $750-425-225; Class A: $675-375-200; Class B: $575-350-175; Class C:$500-300-150; Class D: $400-250-150; U1200: $350-200-100. Official Juneratings used. Unofficial ratings used if otherwise unrated. Rated playersmay play up one section. First prize every section paid on-site. All otherprizes mailed by July 1. EF: $79 if received by 6/19. $100 later or at site.Free to GM, IM or USCF 2400. Unrated Players: $50; Unrated may enterany section, except Master. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $200 in D, $250 in C, $300 in B, $350 in A, or $400 in Expert. Balance ofany limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. 3 day schedule: Reg.: 6:30-7:30 pm on 6/21. Rds.: 8; 1:30-6:30; 9-1:30. 2 day schedule: Reg.:8:00-9:00 am on 6/22. Rd. 1 at 9:30 am, then merges with 3 day sched-ule. Half point bye rounds 1-4. Limit 2. Must commit before playing firstgame. No changes. Ent: 5025 Antebellum Dr., Stone Mtn., GA 30087. Makecheck payable to: Castle Chess Inc. Info: Scott Parker, 770-939-5030, [email protected], on-line registration at www.castlechess.org.Note: Bring sets, boards, clocks. None supplied. All parking at Emory isin either Fishburne or Peavine parking decks. No parking next to Cox Hall.Please allow time to walk from the deck to Cox Hall. NS. NC. W.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, NORTH CAROLINATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 2013 Statesville Open5-SS, G/100 inc/30 (2-day Rd. 1 G/75 d5). RAMADA INN, I-77 Exit 49A,1215 Garner Bagnal Blvd., Statesville, NC 28677. $$ 4,300 b/o 90 paidentries, min. 70% gtd. In 3 Sections: OPEN: $600-300-150-100, U2200$200-100, U2000 $200-100. AMATEUR (Under 1800): $500-250-150-75,U1600 $200-100. BOOSTER (Under 1400): $500-250-150-75, U1200$150, U1000 $150. Unrated may win place prizes only. EF: $55 if receivedand paid by 6/15, $65 afterward or at site. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri 6:00-7:00pm, Rds. Fri 7:30pm, Sat 1:30 & 7:30, Sun 9:30 & 3:30. 2-dayschedule: Reg. Sat 8:30-9:30am, Rds. Sat 10:00-1:30-7:30, Sun 9:30 &3:30. Re-entry $30, counts as half-entry toward prize fund. Double re-entrynot allowed. NCCA members receive $2 rebate at end of tournament ifno early withdrawal. Byes: One half-point bye available any round, mustrequest before Round 2 starts, and is irrevocable after Round 2 begins.ENT: Register online at www.statesvillechess.com or mail to MikeWilliams, 107 Grandview Dr., Statesville, NC 28677. INFO: [email protected]. HR: $59 flat rate up to 4 in room, ask for Chess rate,704-878-9691. FREE raffle prizes and other extras! NS. NC. W.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, FLORIDATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED)6th Summer Solstice Open5SS, G/120 d5 (2-day Option Rd. 1 G/60 d5). La Quinta Inn and Suites,3701 N. University Dr., Coral Springs, FL 33065. $$5,800 b/165 paidentries, 50% min. Gtd. Open: $800/Trophy-500-400, U2300 $300,U2200/Unr. $200. FIDE. U2050: $500/Trophy-250-150. U1800: $500/Tro-phy-250-150. U1550: $500/Trophy-250-150. U1250: $500/Trophy-250-150.U1000:Trophies for 1st to 4th places & 1st U850, Medals for all others.Unr. may enter Open, U1250 or U1000 only. EF: $69 by June 18, $10 morelater and on-site, GMs & IMs free ($69 deducted from prize). U1000 sec-tion $35 by June 18, $5 more later and on-site. Re-entry cash prizesections $35. Reg.: ends 1/2 hr before 1st rd. Rds.: 3-Day 1st Rd. Fri.7:30, 2-Day 1st Rd. Sat 10, Rds. 2-5 Sat. 1:15, 6:30, Sun. 9:30, 2:30. 21/2 pt. byes, if req’d before rd. 2. HR: $64.80 by Cut-off Date, IncludesFree Breakfast & Internet, 954-753-9000. Ent: Boca Raton Chess Club,2385 Executive Ctr. Dr., Ste. 100, Boca Raton, FL 33431. Online entry &add’l info: www.bocachess.com, 561-479-0351.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 22-23, TEXASTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED)2013 DCC Fide Open VI5SS, G/90 with 30 sec inc. Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. #C,Richardson, TX 75080. Two sections:Open and Reserve. Open Section:$$875G. This section is FIDE rated but uses USCF Rules. $500-$250-$125.EF: $75, Senior/Hcap/Additional Family Member $50, plus $10 non-DCCmembership fee if applicable. Small appearance fee to the First threeGM/IM who apply. GM/IM must play all rounds to get appearance fee.Reserve section: Open to players rated below 1800 USCF. This sectionis not Fide Rated but is USCF rated. Reserve: Open to USCF U1800. EF:$30 plus $5 non Dallas Chess Club membership fee if applicable. TheReserve give back 10% in prizes and if there is a clear winner, then thatwinner receives free entry to next DCC Fide Open. Both: Registration:9:45-10:15 am. Rds.: Sat 10:45-3:10-7:16, Sun 10:45-3:10. One Byeallowed if requested before rd 2, withdrawals and zero point last roundbyes are not eligible for prizes. Ent: Dallas Chess Club, see address above.Info: 214-632-9000, [email protected]. NS. NC. FIDE.

JUNE 27, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED)Marshall Thursday Game 30 SUPER Grand Prix!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $45,members $30, GMs free (no deduction from prize!). $$1,500 guaranteed!Sections: A) Open: $$400-200-150-100, U2400 $150. B) Under 2200:$250-150, U2000 $100. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. Onebye available, request at entry. Please bring clocks if possible. www.mar-shallchessclub.org

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 27-JULY 1, VIRGINIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED)DC International9SS, 40/90, SD/30, 30 seconds increment. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202 (free shuttle from Reagan

National Airport; see World Open for rates & parking info). $$G 8000:$2000-1200-800-700-600-500-400-300, top FIDE under 2300 or unrated$1000-500. Minimum prize $700 to foreign GMs who complete all gameswith no byes (limited to first 5 foreign GMs to enter). Minimum prize $300to foreign IMs who complete all games with no byes (limited to first 5 for-eign IMs to enter) IM & GM norms possible; FIDE rated. EF: GMs, IMs,WGMs free; $150 deducted from prize (no deduction from minimumprize) Free advance entries must confirm entry 6/26 by email or 6/27 athotel. Foreign FIDE rated players: $127 online by 6/25, $150 online orat site until 10 am 6/27. USA players FIDE rated 2200/up: $235 mailedby 6/18, $227 online by 6/25, $250 online or at site until 10 am 6/27. Oth-ers: $325 mailed by 6/18, $327 online by 6/23, $350 at tmt. All: No checksat site, credit cards OK. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine: seeWorld Open. Schedule: Late reg. ends Thu 10 am, rds Thu through Sun11 & 6, Mon 11. Two half point byes available (must commit before rd 2);norm not possible if taking bye. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible-none supplied. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, PO Box 249,Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions:www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us. Advance entries posted atchessaction.com. Invitations: GoAtChess.us. Use @ symbol instead of“At” in email addresses.

JUNE 28, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED)Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz! (BLZ)Last Friday of every month. 9-SS, G/5 d0. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St.,NYC. 212-477-3716. $$Gtd 500: $200-100, top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000,U1800: $50 each, EF: $30, members $20. Blitz-rated, but the higher ofregular, quick or blitz used for pairings & prizes. FIDE Blitz Rated! Reg.ends 6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-7:30-7:50-8:10-8:40-9-9:20-9:40-10 pm. Threebyes available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 29-30, VIRGINIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED)World Open Warmup5SS, G/90 d10. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington (see World Open).$$G 200-100, U2000 $110, U1600/Unr $90. EF: $40, at site only, nochecks. Reg. ends 9:30 am 6/29, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 2. One halfpoint bye allowed if U1600 or unrated, otherwise two byes allowed,must commit before rd 2.

JULY 3, VIRGINIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED)World Open 7-Minute Championship (BLZ)5-SS, double round (10 games), G/7 d2. Hyatt Regency Crystal City (seeWorld Open). Prizes $1200 based on 40 entries, else in proportion excepthalf each prize guaranteed. $300-200-100, U2100 $160-80, U1800 $130-70, U1500/Unr $110-50. EF: $40, at site only, no checks. Reg. ends10:30 am, rds. 11, 12, 1, 2, 3. One pair of 1/2 pt byes available, must com-mit before rd 2. Blitz or Quick rated (will not affect regular ratings), buthighest of regular, quick or blitz used for pairings & prizes.

An American Classic!A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, VIRGINIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 300 (ENHANCED)41st Annual World OpenNOTE NEW OPEN TIME CONTROL AND TWO WEEKEND SCHEDULE. 9SS.Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA22202 (a few miles from Washington, DC). Free shuttle from ReaganNational Airport, special chess rate for hotel valet parking $6/day, park-ing about $7-10/day nearby if hotel garage is full. In 9 sections. $250,000projected prizes based on 1180 paid entries, $175,000 (70% of each prize)minimum guaranteed. GMs, re-entries count as 50% entries, IMs, WGMs,Under 1200, Seniors in U1400/over as 60% entries, U900 as 15% entries.Free analysis of your games by GM Sam Palatnik 7/3-7; free GM lectures9 am 7/5 & 7/6. Open Section, July 3-7, 1-7 or June 29-July 7:40/90, SD/30, inc. 30. Under 2400 & Under 2200 Sections, July 3-7,4-7, 5-7 or June 29-July 7: 40/115, SD/1 d5 (4-day option, rds 1-2 G/75d5; 3-day option, rds 1-5 G/45 d5). Under 2000 to Under 1200 Sections,July 3-7, 4-7 or 5-7: 40/115, SD/1 d5 (4-day option, rds 1-2 G/75 d5,3-day option, rds 1-5 G/45 d5.) Under 900 Section, July 5-7: G/65, d5.Open: $20000-10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-700-600-500, clear win-ner bonus $300, top FIDE U2500 $2000-1000, top senior 65/over $1000.If tie for first, top 2 on tiebreak play speed game 11:30 pm 7/7 for title& bonus prize. GM & IM norms possible. FIDE rated. Under 2400/Unr:$13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top U2300/Unr$2000-1000, top senior 65/over $800. FIDE rated. Under 2200/Unr:$13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top U2100 (no unr)$2000-1000, top senior 65/over $800. FIDE rated. Under 2000/Unr:$13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top U1900 (no unr)$2000-1000, top senior 65/over $800. Under 1800/Unr: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top U1700 (no unr) $2000-1000,top senior 65/over $800. Under 1600/Unr: $11000-6000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top 1500 (no unr) $2000-1000, top senior 65/over$800. Under 1400/Unr: $8000-4000-2000-1200-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top U1300 (no unr) $1600-800, top senior 65/over $800. Under1200/Unr: $5000-2500-1200-1000-900-800-700-600-500-400, top U1000(no Unr) $1200-600, top senior 65/over $600. Under 900/Unr: $1000-700-500-400-300-300-300, trophies to first 10, top U700, U500, U300,Unrated. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 10 lifetime games played asof 7/13 official list may not win over $500 in U900, $1500 in U1200, $2500in U1400 or U1600. Games rated too late for 7/13 list not counted. 2) Ifany post-event rating posted 6/30/12-6/30/13 was more than 30 pointsover section maximum, prize limit $2000. 3) Unrated (0-3 lifetime gamesrated) cannot win over $300 in U900, $800 U1200, $1200 U1400, $1600U1600, $2000 U1800, or $2500 U2000. 4) Balance of any limited prize goesto next player(s) in line. Entry fee for Open through Under 1400: Onlineat chessaction.com: $318 by 4/15, $328 by 6/28, $350 until 2 hoursbefore first game. Phoned to 406-896-2038: $325 by 4/15, $335 by 6/28.Mailed by 4/15: 5-day $325, 4-day $324, 3-day $323, 7-day $327, 2-week-

end $322. Mailed by 6/18: 5-day $335, 4-day $334, 3-day $333, 7-day$337, 2-weekend $332. Do not mail entry after 6/18. At site until 1 hourbefore first game: all $350; no checks, credit cards OK. GMs free; $200deducted from prize. IMs, WGMs: EF $100 less, $100 deducted from prize.All Open Section EF $100 more for US players not FIDE rated 2200 or over.Under 1200 Section EF: all $100 less than above. Under 900 SectionEF: $48 online at chessaction.com by 6/28, $52 mailed by 6/18, $60 onlineuntil 9 am 7/5, $60 at site until 10 am 7/5. Seniors 65/up: all EF $100less in U1400 or above sections, $20 less in U1200 Section. No checksat site; credit cards OK. Re-entry: $160, no re-entry from Open toOpen. $20 fee for switching section after 7/2. Special 1 year USCFdues with magazine if paid with entry: Online at chessaction.com, Adult$30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult$40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Open to U1200 5-day schedule:Wed 7 pm, Thu 11 am & 6 pm, Fri 11 am & 6 pm, Sat 11 am & 6 pm, Sun10 am & 5 pm. U2400 to U1200 4-day schedule: Thu 11, 2:30 & 6, Fri11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5. U2400 to U1200 3-day schedule: Fri11, 1:30, 3:30, 6 & 8:30, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5. Open 7-day schedule:Mon-Wed 7 pm, Thu-Fri 6 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5. Open to U2200 2-weekend schedule: 6/29 11 & 6, 6/30 10 & 4:30, 7/5 6 pm, 7/6 11 &6, 7/7 10 & 5. All above schedules merge & compete for same prizes.Under 900 schedule: Fri & Sat each 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Sun 10 am, 1pm, 4 pm. Half point byes OK all, limit 4 (limit 2 in last 4 rds), Open mustcommit before rd 2, others before rd 5. Entries, re-entries close 1hour before your first game. HR: $95-95-105-115, 703-418-1234, ask forchess rate, may sell out about May 31, two night minimum July 5-6. Spe-cial car rental rates: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD #D657633, or reservecar online through chesstour.com. US player ratings: Official July rat-ings used, except Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org usually used ifotherwise unrated. Foreign player ratings (except Open Section): seewww.chesstour.com/foreignratings.htm. Open Section: June FIDE rat-ings used for all players. Special rules: Players must submit to a searchfor electronic devices if requested by Director. In round 3 or after, play-ers with scores of 80% or over and their opponents may not useheadphones, earphones, cellphones or go to a different floor of thehotel without Director permission. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Sal-isbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions:www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries willbe posted at chessaction.com. Bring set, board, clock if possible- nonesupplied.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 5-7 OR 6-7, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERNTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60 SCCF Pacific Southwest Open6SS, 40/2, SD/1 d5 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/75 d5). Radisson LAX, 6225West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Prizes: $$10,000 b/165, 80%of each prize guaranteed! 5 sections. Open: $$1700-750-400-300-200,U2400 400, U2200 700-300-200. Premier (under 2000): $$750-300-200-100. Amateur (Under 1800): $$750-300- 200-100. Reserve (Under1600): $$750-300-200-100. Booster (Under 1400/unrated): $$400-200-100, U1200 150, Unr 150. (Unrated may win Unrated prizes only.) EF: $99by 05/20, $105 by 06/20 $109 at door. GM/IM free, $99 from prize.Booster (U1400) section EF: $80 by 05/20, $87 by 06/20, $95 door. Re-entry $60 in all sections. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 10 am, rds. Fri 11& 6, Sat 11 & 6:30, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 8:30 am,rds. Sat 9, 12, 3 & 6:30, Sun 10 & 4:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit2, must commit before rd 4. SCCF membership ($18, $13 jrs [or $3 nomagazine jr version] required for rated Southern Californians.) HR:$99-99, 1-(800) 333-3333, code Metropolitan, reserve by May 10th. Park-ing $11/day. Free wireless in public areas, 24-hour airport shuttle. Info:[email protected]. Web site, On-line entry:www.metrochessla.com Ent: Metropolitan Chess, PO Box 25112, Los Angeles, CA 90025-0112.$15 service charge for refunds.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 5-7 OR 6-7, CALIFORNIA, NORTHERNTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 2013 Sacramento Chess Championship6SS. RATING: Full-K. SITE: Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 2224 AuburnBlvd., Sacramento, CA. ON-SITE REGISTRATION: 7/5 – 8:30 am - 9:45am; 7/6 – 8:00 am - 8:45 am. ROUNDS: 3-day: 7/5 – 10 & 3:30, 7/6 –10:30 & 4, 7/7 – 10 & 3:30. 2-day: 7/6 – 9, 11:15, 1:30, & 4, 7/7 – 10& 3:30 TIME CONTROLS: 3-day: 30/75 G/45 30 second increment. 2-day: Rounds 1-3, G/50 15 second increment, Rounds 4-6, 30/75 G/45 30second increment. SECTIONS: Master/Expert (above 1999), Reserve(1600-1999), Amateur (U1600) ENTRY FEES: $70 postmarked by 7/1. $80after 7/1. IMs/GMs free. Entrants may play up one section for $10. $5discount to CalChess members (excluding reentries). Reentry after round2 of the 3-day schedule: $40. PRIZES: Master/Expert 1st Place $550 &trophy, 2nd Place $375, 3rd Place $275. 1st Place Reserve & Amateur $425& trophy. Prize fund of $4,115 based on 90 full paid entries (with 75 fullpaid entries, the prize fund will be $3,225). HOTEL: Holiday Inn Express& Suites, $89 per night, available until 6/22, (916) 923-1100 or 1-888-465-4329, online at www.hiexpress.com/sacramentone, group code SCC.ADVANCE ENTRIES & INFO: John McCumiskey (TD), e-mail: [email protected]; phone: (916) 524-9479. Checks payable toSacramento Chess Club and mailed to 6700 50th St., Sacramento, CA95823-1306. Full flyer and advance entries: http://sacramentochessclub.org under Weekend Events. OTHER INFO: No Smoking, No Computers,Wheelchair Access. 07/13 rating list only. Please bring clocks and equip-ment. 1/2 point byes available in any round and must be requestedbefore the completion of the previous round. Maximum two 1/2 point byesper entry. 1/2 point byes for rounds 5 & 6 must be requested prior to round1 and may not be changed.

JULY 6, VIRGINIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED)World Open 10-Minute Championship (BLZ)5SS, G/10 d2. Hyatt Regency Crystal City (see World Open). Prizes $2000based on 65 entries, else in proportion except half each prize guaranteed.In 2 sections. Open Section: $400-200-100, top U2300/Unr $220,U2100/Unr $200. Under 1900 Section: $280-140-70, top U1700/Unr



$160, U1500 $130, U1300 $100, no unrated may win over $150. EF: $40,at site only, no checks. Reg: 7-10:15 pm, rounds 10:30, 11:10, 11:50, 12:30,1:10. 1 half point bye available, must commit before rd 2. Quick-rated (willnot affect regular ratings), but higher of regular or quick used for pair-ings & prizes.

JULY 6, NEW HAMPSHIRETROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 Nashua Blitz (BLZ)5 Rd. DBLSS, GAME/5 d0. Radisson Hotel Nashua, 11 Tara Blvd., Nashua,NH 03062. EF: $20 for players in any Nashua Open section, $25 other-wise. $$GTD: $200-100. U2000 $100, U1600 $100. Reg.: 8:00-8:45 PM.Rds.: Round 1 9 PM then ASAP. ENT: Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr.#89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea [email protected]. www.relyeachess.com. NS. W.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 6-7, NEW HAMPSHIRETROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED)Nashua OpenRadisson Hotel Nashua, 11 Tara Blvd., Nashua, NH 03062. In 3 Sections,Open: 4SS, 40/90, SD/30 + 30 sec. increment, analog clocks play 40/90, SD/60, Chronos use setting CH-P6, FIDE rated. $$GTD: $500-250- 100.U2300 $150, U2100 $150. U1900: 4SS, 40/90, SD/30 + 30 sec. incre-ment, analog clocks play 40/90, SD/60, Chronos use setting CH-P6,Open to 1899 & under. $$GTD: $400-200. U1750 $100. U1600: 4SS,40/90, SD/30 + 30 sec. increment, analog clocks play 40/90, SD/60,Chronos use setting CH-P6, Open to 1599 & under. $$GTD: $300-150.U1300 $100. ALL: EF: $50 Postmarked by 28 June, $55 at site. Reg.: 9:00-9:45. Rds.: 10-4, 10-4. One half point bye rounds 1-3. ENT: AlexRelyea, 49 Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex [email protected]. HR: $89 by 13 June. Mention Relyea Chess.(603) 579-3256. www.relyeachess.com. NS. W.

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 6-7, WISCONSINTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 37th Annual Green Bay Open5SS, 40/100, 30/1, SD/30 d5. Radisson Hotel, 2040 Airport Dr., Green Bay,WI 54313. EF: $44, Juniors under 19 $39, if rec’d by 7/3, entries paid after7/3 including phone & email are $11 more! $$ (Top 2 Gtd. 5 per class)$1690 Cash + 6 trophies! 1st $400 + trophy; 2nd $220, X $115; 1900’s& 1800’s $115 each; 1700’s & 1600’s $110 each; 1500’s & 1400’s $105each; 1300’s & 1200’s $100 each; Under 1200/Unrated $95. Trophies totop Juniors ages 17-18, 15-16, 13-14, 11-12, 10 & under. Reg.: 8:45-9:25am. Rds.: 10-2:30-7:30; 10-3:30. HR: $79/$79/$89/$99 call920-494-7300 mention chess tournament. Room block held to 6/19.Other Info: 1/2 bye avail. rds 1, 2 or 3 if req’d w/entry. WCA Tour Event.Entries & Inquiries to: Luke Ludwig, 2191 Allouez Ave., Green Bay, WI54311. 920-465-9859, e-mail: [email protected]. NS. NC. W.

JULY 7, VIRGINIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 30 (ENHANCED)World Open Blitz Championship (BLZ)5SS, G/5 d0 (double round, 10 games). Hyatt Regency Crystal City (seeWorld Open). $2500 guaranteed prizes. In 2 sections: Open Section: $500-300-200, top U2400 $220, U2200/Unr $200. Under 2000 Section:$300-150-80, top U1800/Unr $180, U1600 $160, U1400 $130, U1200$80, no unrated may win over $150. Entry fee: $40, at site only, nochecks. Reg: 6-11 pm, rounds 11:15 pm, 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30. Bye: OK rd1. Blitz or Quick-rated (will not affect regular ratings); prizes based onhighest of regular, blitz or quick ratings.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 13-14 OR 14, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10 (ENHANCED)Marshall July Open GP4-SS, 30/85d5 SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.EF: $50, members $30. $$625 gtd: $275-150, U2200 $105, U2000 $95. Regends 15 min before Rd. 2 schedules: 2 day 12:30-5:30 each day. 1 day10-11:15-12:30-5:30 (Rds. 1-2 G/25d5). Limit 2 byes, request at entry. FIDErated! NO REENTRY. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 13-14, TEXASTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 20 (ENHANCED)2013 DCC Fide Open VII5SS, G/90 with 30 sec inc. Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. #C,Richardson, TX 75080. Two sections: Open and Reserve. Open Section:$$875G. This section is FIDE rated and used Fide rule. Contact us or USCFabout registering for Fide before the event starts. $500-$250-$125. EF:$75, Senior/Hcap/Additional Family Member $50, plus $10 non-DCCmembership fee if applicable. Small appearance fee to the First threeGM/IM who apply. GM/IM must play all rounds to get appearance fee.Reserve section: Open to players rated below 1800 USCF. This sectionis not Fide Rated but is USCF rated. Reserve: Open to USCF U1800. EF:$30 plus $5 non Dallas Chess Club membership fee if applicable. TheReserve give back 10% in prizes and if there is a clear winner, then thatwinner receives free entry to next DCC Fide Open. Both: Registration:9:45-10:15 am. Rds.: Sat 10:45-3:10-7:16, Sun 10:45-3:10. One Byeallowed if requested before rd 2, withdrawals and zero point last roundbyes are not eligible for prizes. Ent: Dallas Chess Club, see address above.Info: 214-632-9000, [email protected]. NS. NC. FIDE.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERNTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED)18th annual Pacific Coast Open6SS. Sheraton Agoura Hills Hotel, 30100 Agoura Rd., Agoura Hills, CA91301 (US-101 to Reyes Adobe Road exit). Adjacent to the Santa MonicaMountains, 26 miles west of Burbank, 12 miles from Malibu, 28 miles fromVentura. Free parking. Prizes $25,000 based on 230 paid entries (re-entries & U1200 Sections count half), minimum $20,000 (80% each prize)guaranteed. In 7 sections.Open 3-day& 4-day 40/110, SD/30 d10, other

sections 3-day & 4-day 30/90, SD/1 d5. 2-day option in all sections, rds1-3 G/45 d5, then merges with others. 4-day option offered only in Openthrough Under 1500. Open: $3000-1500-700-400, clear or tiebreak win$100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1400-700. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300. Under 1900: $2000-1000-500-300. Under 1700: $1700-900-500-300. Under 1500: $1400-700-400-200, top U1300 (no Unr) $400. AdultUnder 1200 (born 1995/before):$500-300-200-100, trophies to first 3,top U1000, U800, Unr. Junior Under 1200 (born 1996/after): $500-300-200-100, trophies to first 3, top U1000, U800, Unr. NEW mixeddoubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combinedscore among all sections: $600-300. Team average rating must be under2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must register atsite (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2; teammate pairingsavoided but possible. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limitU1900 $900, U1700 $700, U1500 $500, U1200 $200; balance goes to nextplayer(s) in line. Top 5 sections EF: $135 at chessaction. com by 7/16,$140 phoned by 7/16 (406-896-2038, no questions), 4-day $139, 3-day$138, 2-day $137 mailed by 7/9, $150 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site,or online until 2 hours before game. GMs free; $120 deducted fromprize. Under 1200 Sections EF: $65 at chessaction.com by 7/16, $70phoned by 7/16 (406-896-2038, no questions), 3-day Adult $68.50, 2-dayAdult $67.50, 3-day Junior $68, 2-day Junior $67 mailed by 7/9, all $80at site, or online until 2 hours before game. SCCF membership ($18, jrs$10) required for rated Southern CA residents. Re-entry $70; not avail-able in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used ifotherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dueswith magazine if paid withentry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic$15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholas-tic $20. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30 pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 6 pm, Sat12 & 6, Sun 11 & 4:30. No 4-day schedule in either U1200 Section. 3-dayschedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 6, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 11 & 4:30.2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds Sat 10,12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 11 &4:30. All schedules: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commitbefore rd 2, other sections before rd 4. HR: $95-95, 818-707-1220,request chess rate, reserve by 7/3 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis,800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 8482,Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chess-tour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 914-665-8152. Advance entries postedat chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly).

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, CONNECTICUTTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED)18th Annual Bradley Open5SS, 30/85, SD/1 d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/85 d10). Sheraton Hotel,1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096(I-91 Exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking. $8000 guaranteed prize fund. In5 sections. Open: $1000-500-300, U2310 $300-150. Under 2110: $800-400-200, top U1910 $300-150. Under 1810: $800-400-200, top U1610$300-150. Under 1510: $700-400-200, top U1310 $200-100. Under1210: $250-125-75, trophies to first 3, top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated.Unratedmay not win over $150 in U1210, $300 in U1510 or $500 in U1810.Top 4 sections EF: $88 online at chessaction.com by 7/17, $95 phonedto 406-896-2038 by 7/17, 3-day $93, 2-day $92 if check mailed by 7/10,$100 at site, or online until 2 hours before game. No mailed credit cardentries. U1210 Section EF: all $40 less than above. No checks at site,credit cards OK. GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. Online EF $3 less toCSCA or WMCA members. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Section.Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special1 year USCF dueswith paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at ches-saction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phonedor paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day sched-ule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-dayschedule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye:all, limit 2; must commit before rd 2. HR: $95-95, 860-627-5311; reserveby 7/5 or rate may increase. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess,Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Ques-tions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 914-665-8152. Advanceentries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly).

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, ILLINOISTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED)6th annual Chicago Class5SS. Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave.,Wheeling, IL 60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; fromMilwaukee, I-94 to Lake Cook Rd to US-45 south). Free parking. $20,000guaranteed prize fund. In 8 sections: Master 40/110, SD/30 d10,other sections 30/90, SD/1 d5. 2-day option in all sections, rds 1-2 G/90d5, then merges with 3-day. Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-500-300, clearwin or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2400 $800-400. FIDE. Expert (2000-2199): $1400-700-400-200. Class A (1800-1999/Unr): $1400-700-400-200.Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1400-700-400-200. Class C (1400-1599/Unr):$1200-600-400-200. Class D (1200-1399/Unr): $1000-500-300-200.Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $1000-500-300-200. Under 1000 (Under1000/Unr): $200-100-60-40, trophies to first 5, top Under 800, Under 600,Unrated. Rated playersmay play up one section. Prize limits: Unratedmay not win over $125 in U1000, $250 E, $375 D, $500 C, $700 B, or $900A. Top 7 sections EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by 7/17, $110phoned to 406-896-2038 (entry only, no questions) by 7/17, 3-day $108,2-day $107 mailed by 7/11, all $120 at site, or online until 2 hours beforefirst game. Under 1000 Section EF: all $70 less than above. All: No mailedcredit card entries. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Online or mailedEF $5 less to ICA members; join/renew at il-chess.org. An ICA Tourevent. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated.Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry.Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15.Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20.Re-entry $50; not available in Master Section. GMs $80 from prize. 3-dayschedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye:all, Master must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $105-105-

105-105, 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 7/5 or rate mayincrease. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent:chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803.$15 service charge for refunds. Questions: DirectorAtChess.US,chesstour.com, 914-665-8152. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com(online entries posted instantly).

JULY 20, ALABAMATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 15 (ENHANCED)Evangel Grand Prix4SS, G/50 d5. Round times: 9:00, 11:00, 1:30, 3:30. Evangel Church, 3975Vaughn Rd., Montgomery, AL. One section, OPEN (b/40, 70%GTD) 1st$400, 2nd $250, 3rd $150, 4th $100, A/B $100, C/D $100, U1200/unrated$100. EF: $40 by July 12, $50 thereafter. BYES: Limit 1, request beforeround 1. Registration: Send name, USCF ID, and entry fee (checkspayable to “Evangel Church”) to Doug Strout, 6000 Camelot Ct., Mont-gomery, AL 36117, [email protected].

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 26-28 OR 27-28, FLORIDATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED)21st annual Southern Open5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10. (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/90 d5). WyndhamOrlando Resort, 8001 International Dr., Orlando 32819. Free parking.$$16,000 based on 200 paid entries (re-entries & $50 off entries counthalf), $12,000 (75% each prize) minimum guaranteed. In 5 sections.Open: $2000-1000-500-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, topUnder 2300/Unr $800-400. FIDE. Under 2100: $1400-700-400-200, topUnder 1900 (no unr) $500. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-200, top Under1600 (no unr) $500. Under 1500: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1300(no unr) $400. Under 1200: $600-300-200-100, trophies to top Under 1000,Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. NEW mixed doubles bonus prizes: bestmale/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: $400-200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play in differentsections; teams must register at site (no extra fee) before both playersbegin round 2; teammate pairings avoided but possible. Unratedmay notwin over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or $500 U1800. Top 4 sections EF:$105 online at chessaction.com by 7/24, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038by 7/24, 3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by 7/17, all $120 (no checks, creditcards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before game. GMs free; $100deducted from prize. U1200 Section EF: all $50 less than above. Unof-ficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special1 year USCF dueswith paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at ches-saction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phonedor paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60;not available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds.Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 9 am,rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Openmust commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $75-75 (no resort fee),1-800-421-8001, 407-351-2420; reserve by 7/12 or rate may increase.

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results, games, minimum ratings, entries, etc. Tobe added to our email list, see chesscalendar.com.

Most tournaments have alternate schedulesplaying less or more days than listed below.

Asterisk means full details in this issue-otherwise, see future issues or our website.

Events in red offer FIDE norm possibilities.ONLINE ENTRY: www.chessaction.com.

5/17-19: New York State Open, Lake George NY*

5/24-27: Chicago Open, Wheeling IL*

5/25, 26: Chicago Open G/10 and Blitz. Wheeling IL*

6/21-23: Northeast Open dates changed to Aug 16-18*

6/27-7/1: DC International, Arlington VA*

6/28-30: World Open Senior Amateur, Arlington VA*

6/29-30: Workl Open Warmup, Arlington VA*

6/29-30: World Open Under 13, Arlington VA*

7/1-3: World Open Women’s, Arlington VA*

7/3-7: World Open, Arlington VA (DC area)*

7/18-21: Pacific Coast Open, Agoura Hills CA*

7/19-21: Chicago Class, Wheeling IL*

7/19-21: Bradley Open, Windsor Locks CT*

7/26-28: Southern Open, Orlando FL*

8/2-4: Manhattan Open, New York NY*

8/9-11: Cleveland Open, Cleveland OH*

8/9-11: Continental Open, Sturbridge MA*

8/16-18: Northeast Open, Stamford CT (new dates)*

8/16-18: Indianapolis Open, Indianapolis IN*

8/16-18: Central California Open CANCELED

8/23-25: Atlantic Open, Washington DC*

8/31-9/2: New York State Championship, Albany NY*

9/20-22: Louisville Open, Louisville KY

10/10-14: Continental Class, Arlington VA

10/11-13: Los Angeles Open, Agoura Hills CA

10/18-20: Midwest Class, Wheeling IL

10/18-20: Eastern Team, Stamford CT

11/1-3: Boardwalk Open, Galloway Township NJ

11/15-17: Kings Island Open, Mason OH

11/15-17: Hartford Open, Windsor Locks CT

11/29-12/1: National Chess Congress, Philadelphia PA

12/26-30: North American Open, Las Vegas NV

For later events, see chesstour.com.



Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car onlinethrough chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions:www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 914-665-8152. Advance entriesposted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly).

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!AUG. 2-3, LOUISIANATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 6 2013 Paul Morphy Open5-SS, G/2 (Round 1: G/90). Site: Holiday Inn Metairie New Orleans Air-port, 2261N.CausewayBlvd., Metairie, LA 70001. EF: $50 if mailed by 7/26,$60 at site. LCA Memb. req’d for all Louisiana residents ($20 adult, $10Schol.), OSA. Prizes: $1900 b/60, 50% Gtd. Two Sections: Open: $400-200; U2000 $200-100, U1800 $200-100. Reserve (U1600): $250-100;U1400 $200; U1200/UNR $150. Reg.: 8/3, 8-9am. Rds.: Sat: 9:15-1-5:30,Sun: 9:30-2. HR: $109, (504) 373-5946, reserve early. Ent/Info: AdamCaveney, 1301 Gen. Taylor St., New Orleans, LA 70115, [email protected], (504) 895-4133 (evenings), (504) 615-6730 (on day of tourney). NS,NC.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED)12th annual Manhattan Open5SS. New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St. across from Penn Sta-tion, New York 10001. $15,000 guaranteed prizes. In 5 sections. 3-dayOpen 40/110, SD/30 d10, 3-day other sections 30/90, SD/1 d5. 2-dayoption in all sections, rds 1-2 G/90 d5, then merges with 3-day. Open:$1400-700-400-200, clear/tiebreak win $100 bonus, top Under 2450/Unr$500-250. FIDE. Under 2300: $1200-600-300-200, top U2150 $500-250.Under 2000: $1200-600-300-200, top U1850 $500-250. Under 1700:$1200-600-300-200, top U1550 $500-250. Under 1400: $500-300-200-100, top U1250 $200-100, trophies to first 3, top U1200, U1000, U800, Unr.Mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” com-bined score among all sections: $600-300. Team average rating must beunder 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must reg-ister at site (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2; teammatepairings avoided but possible. Unratedmay enter any section, with prizelimit U2000 $900, U1700 $600, U1400 $300; balance goes to next player(s)in line. Top 4 sections EF: $118 at chessaction.com by 7/31, $125phoned to 406-896-2038 (no questions) by 7/31, 3-day $123, 2-day $122if check mailed by 7/24, $140 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online

until 2 hours before game. GMs free; $100 from prize. Under 1400Section EF: all $50 less than above. Online or mailed entry $5 less toNYSCA members. Re-entry $60, not available in Open. No checks at site,credit cards OK. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if other-wise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dueswith magazine if paid with entry.Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15.Mailed, phoned or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm. Rds. Fri 7, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30.2-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am. Rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30.Half point byes available all rounds, limit 2 byes, Open must commitbefore rd. 2, others before rd 3. HR: $185-185, 1-800-764-4680, 212-971-0101, reserve by 7/12 or rate may increase, ask for Continental ChessAssociation rate. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 249, Sal-isbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions:chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entriesposted at chessaction.com (Online entries posted instantly).

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!AUG. 6-11, MARYLANDTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 200 (ENHANCED)2nd Annual Washington International9SS, 40/90, SD/30 inc/30. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville,MD 20852, 301-468-0308 All prizes guaranteed.Two sections: A Sec-tion (minimum 2100 FIDE or 2200 USCF to play. FIDE ratings usedfor pairings and prizes) $5000-3000-2000-1000-900-800-700-600-550-500, top U2500 $1300-700, top U2400 $1200-600 top U2300 $1100-550top U2200 $1000-500. GM and IM norms possible. B Section (under2250 USCF and under 2200 FIDE, USCF ratings used, FIDE rated)$1500-$700-$400, top U2000 $600-300, top under 1800 $500. Free Con-tinental breakfast before morning rounds. Sets, board and clocksprovided for both sections. A section EF: GMs, non-US IMs, or FIDE above2500 Free; US IMs and WGMs, non-US FIDE rated, or FIDE about 2400$199; FIDE above 2300 $299; FIDE above 2200 $349; FIDE from 2100 to2199 $399; FIDE below 2100 and USCF above 2200 $599; FIDE below 2100and USCF of 2200 $799. All $25 more after 6/6, $35 more after 7/21, $45more after 8/3, $70 more at the door. A Section Special EFs: All EFs$50 less, if staying at the Hilton; $50 less, if born after 8/6/1963; $25less for all FMs, WFMs, WIMs, and non-US WGMs. B Section EF: $249.$20 more after 7/21, $30 more after 8/3, $40 more at the door. B Sec-tion Special EFs: All EFs $50 less, if staying at the Hilton. Schedule: Regends Tue 10 am, rds 8/6-8/8:11am & 6pm, 8/9 11am, 8/10 6pm, Sun 8/1111am. HR $99 Ent: MCA, c/o Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd.,

Towson, MD 21204. More information, link for hotel reservation, & onlineentry at www.washingtoninternationalchess.org.

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, MASSACHUSETTSTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED)43rd annual Continental Open6SS. Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St. (Rt 20 West), Sturbridge, MA01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). Free parking. Experience early 19th cen-tury America at Old Sturbridge Village (see www.osv.org). Prizes $30,000based on 250 paid entries (re-entries & U1300 Section count half), min-imum$24,000 (80% of each prize) guaranteed. In 5 sections. Open 3-day& 4-day 40/110, SD/30 d10, other sections 3-day & 4-day 30/90, SD/1d5. 2-day option in all sections, rds 1-3 G/45 d5, then merges with oth-ers.4-day optionoffered only inOpen throughUnder 1600.Open: $3000-1500-900-600-400, clear or tiebreak win $200 bonus, top U2350 $1000-500. FIDE. Under 2200: $2000-1000-700-500-300, top U2050/Unr$800-400. Under 1900: $2000-1000-700-500-300, top U1750 (no unr)$800-400. Under 1600: $1800-900-700-500-300, top U1450 (no unr)$700-400. Under 1300: $1000-700-400-300-200, top U1150 (no unr)$400-200. NEW mixed doubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player“team” combined score among all sections: $1000-600-400. Team aver-age rating must be under 2200; teammates may play in differemt sections;teams must register at site (no extra fee) before both players begin round2; teammate pairings avoided but possible. Unratedmay enter any sec-tion, with prize limit U1900 $900, U1600 $600, U1300 $300; balancegoes to next player(s) in line. Top 4 sections EF: $148 online at chess-action.com by 8/6, $155 phoned by 8/6 (406-896-2038, no questions),4-day $154, 3-day $153, 2-day $152 mailed by 7/31, $160 (no checks, creditcards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before game. GMs free; $140deducted from prize. Under 1300 Section EF: all $60 less than above.All: Advance EF $5 less to MACA members; may join/renew at mass-chess.org. Re-entry $80; not available in Open. Unofficial uschess.orgratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dueswith paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult$30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult$40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 6 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. No 4-day U1300.3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 6, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 &3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds Sat 10,12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun10 & 3:30. All schedules: Bye all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd


Cajun Chess7230 Chadbourne Drive New Orleans, LA 70126

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Chess Club and ScholasticCenter of St. Louis

4657 Maryland AvenueSt. Louis, MO 63108. 314-361-CHESS

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PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577.

845-496-9658 [email protected]

Dallas Chess Club200 S. Cottonwood Dr. Suite C

Richardson, TX 75080972-231-2065

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Marshall Chess Club23 W. 10th St.

New York, NY 10011212-477-3716

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New Jersey StateChess Federation

c/o Roger Inglis, 49 A Mara Rd. Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034

973-263-8696, [email protected]

New York City Chess Incc/o Russell Makofsky &Michael Propper

PO Box 189, 1710 First AveNew York, NY 10012, 212-475-8130

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North American Chess Association4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113Skokie, IL 60077, 888.80.Chess

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PaperClip Pairingsc/o J. Houghtaling Jr & Remy Ferrari

6005 Forest BlvdBrownsville, TX 78526, 956-459-2421

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San Diego Chess Club 2225 Sixth Avenue

San Diego, CA 92101, [email protected]

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Shore HS Chess LeaguePO Box 773

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Silver Knights Chess3929 Old Lee Hwy Ste 92D

Fairfax, VA 22030, 703-574-2070www.silverknightschess.comchess@silverknightschess.com

Tri-State ChessThe Chess Exchange325 East 88th Street

New York, NY 10128, [email protected]

Village Chess @ Zincc/o Michael Propper & Russ Makofsky

PO Box 189, 82 West 3rd StreetNew York, NY 10012212-475-8130

[email protected] www.chess-shop.com

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Beverly Hills Chess Club (CA)www.bhchessclub.com

Michigan Chess Associationwww.michess.org

Monmouth Chess School & Club (NJ)www.monmouthchess.com

Oklahoma Chess Foundationwww.OKchess.org

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GOLDAny affiliate that has submitted at least 50USCF memberships during the current orprevious calendar year, or is the recognizedState Affiliate, is eligible to become a GoldAffiliate. Gold Affiliates are honored in aspecial list in larger type in TournamentLife each month, giving the affiliate name,address, phone number, e-mail address,and website. Gold Affiliation costs $350 peryear, and existing affiliates may substract $3for each month remaining on their regularaffiliation, or $20 for each month remainingon their Silver Affiliation. As of August 6,2007, by paying an annual payment of $500(instead of $350), Gold Affiliate status maybe obtained with no minimum requirementfor memberships submitted.

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2, other sections before rd 4. HR: $91-91-100, 800-582-3232, 508-347-7393, request chess rate, reserve by 7/26 or rate may increase. Carrental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: chessaction.comor Continental Chess, PO Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 servicecharge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us,914-665-8152. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entriesposted instantly).

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!AUG. 9-11 OR 10-11, OHIOTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED)Cleveland Open5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10. (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/90 d5). SheratonCleveland Airport Hotel, 5300 Riverside Drive (inside Cleveland Airport;free shuttle), Cleveland, OH 44135. Free parking. $16,000 guaranteedprize fund. In 6 sections. Open: $2000-1000-500-300, clear or tiebreakwinner $100 bonus, top Under 2300/Unr $800-400. FIDE. Under 2100:$1400-700-400-200, top Under 1900 (no unr) $500. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1600 (no unr) $500. Under 1500: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1300 (no unr) $400. Adult Under 1200 (born 1995/before):$300-200-100, trophies to first 3, top Under 1000, Under 800, Unrated.Junior Under 1200 (born 1996/after): $300-200-100, trophies to first3, top Under 1000, Under 800, Unrated. NEW mixed doubles bonusprizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sec-tions: $400-200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may playin different sections; teams must register at site (no extra fee) beforeboth players begin round 2; teammate pairings avoided but possible.Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or $500 U1800.Top 4 sections EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by 8/7, $110 phonedto 406-896-2038 by 8/7, 3-day $108.50, 2-day $107.50 mailed by 7/31,all $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hoursbefore game. GMs, IMs & WGMs free; $90 deducted from prize. U1200Sections EF: $45 at chessaction.com by 8/7, $50 phoned by 8/7 (406-896-2038, no questions), 3-day Adult $48.50, 2-day Adult $47.50, 3-dayJunior $48, 2-day Junior $47 mailed by 7/31, all $60 at site, or online until2 hours before game. Online EF $5 less to OCA members. Unofficialuschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 yearUSCF dueswith paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paidat site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not avail-able in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm,Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open mustcommit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $84-84 plus $3 facilitycharge, 216-267-1500, request chess rate, reserve by 7/26 or rate mayincrease. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reservecar online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or ContinentalChess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Ques-

tions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 914-665-8152. Advanceentries posted at chessaction.com.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18 (NEW DATES), CONNECTICUTTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED)19th Annual Northeast OpenNOTE DATE CORRECTIONS: 5SS, 30/85, SD/60 d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/85 d10). Sheraton Hotel, 700 Main St., Stamford, CT 06901. Freeparking. $8,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 4 sections. Open: $1000-500-300-200, U2250 $600–300. Under 2050: $800-400-300-200, top U1850$500-250. Under 1650: $700-400-250-150, top U1450 $400-200. Under1250: $300-150-100, trophy to first 3, top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated.Unrated may not win over $150 in U1250 or $400 in U1650. Top 3 sec-tions EF: $88 online at chessaction.com by 8/14, $95 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/14 (entry only, no questions), 3-day $93, 2-day $92 if checkmailed by 8/7, $100 at site, or online until 2 hours before game. No mailedcredit card entries. U1250 Section EF: all $40 less than above. Nochecks at site, credit cards OK. GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. OnlineEF $3 less to CSCA members. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Sec-tion. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated.Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry.Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15.Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20.3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 &3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 &3:30. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd 2. HR: $94-94, 800-408-7640,203-358-8400; reserve by 8/2 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com.Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: DirectorAtChess.us,www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chessac-tion.com (online entries posted instantly).

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18, INDIANATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 80 (ENHANCED)8th annual Indianapolis Open5SS, 40/110, SD/30 d10 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/90 d5). Crowne PlazaIndianapolis Airport, 2501 S. High School Rd. (off I-465 & Airport Expwy),Indianapolis, IN 46241. Free parking, free airport shuttle, free wire-less, indoor pool, game room, fitness center. $$16,000 based on 200 paidentries (re-entries & $50 off entries count half), $12,000 (75% eachprize) minimum guaranteed. In 5 sections. Open: $2000-1000-500-300,clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2300/Unr $700-400. FIDE.Under 2100: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1950/unr $500-250. Under1800: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1650 (no unr) $500-250. Under1500: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1350 (no unr) $400-200. Under1200: $600-300-200-100, plaque to first 3, top Under 900, Under 700,

Unrated. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or$500 U1800. Top 4 sections EF: $105 online at chessaction.com by8/14, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/14 (entry only, no questions),3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by 8/7, all $120 (no checks, credit cardsOK)at site, or online until 2 hours before game. GMs, IMs & WGMs free;$90 deducted from prize. Under 1200 Section EF: all $50 less than above.Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry.Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15.Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20.Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Regends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day sched-ule: Reg ends Sat 9 am, rds. Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. All: Half pointbyes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3.HR: $89-89, 1-800-227-6963, 317-236-7495; reserve by 8/2 or rate mayincrease. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reservecar online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or ContinentalChess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge for refunds. Ques-tions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us, 914-665-8152. Advanceentries posted at chessaction.com (online entries posted instantly).

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!AUG. 23-25 OR 24-25, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIATROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED)45th annual Atlantic Open5SS. Washington Westin Hotel, 1400 M St. NW at Thomas Circle, Wash-ington, DC 20005. $$ 23,000 guaranteed prizes. In 7 sections. 3-dayOpen & U2100 40/110, SD/30 d10, 3-day other sections 30/90, SD/1 d5.2-day option in all sections, rds 1-2 G/90 d5, then merges with 3-day.Open: $2000-1000-500-300, clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, topU2300/Unr $1200-600. FIDE. Under 2100: $1500-700-400-200. Under1900: $1500-700-400-200. Under 1700: $1500-700-400-200. Under1500: $1300-700-400-200. Under 1300: $1200-600-300-200. Under1000: $600-300-200-100, plaques to top 3, first U800, U600, Unrated. Sen-ior prizes: top age 65/over among all sections: $800-400-200.New mixeddoubles bonus prizes: best male/female 2-player “team” combinedscore among all sections: $800-400-200. Team average rating must beunder 2200; teammates may play in different sections; teams must reg-ister at site (no extra fee) before both players begin round 2; teammatepairings avoided but possible. Unratedmay not win over $150 in U1000,$300 U1300, $500 U1500, $700 U1700, or $900 U1900; balance goes tonext player(s) in line. Top 6 sections EF: $115 online at chessaction.comby 8/21, $120 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/21 (entry only, no questions),3-day $118, 2-day $117 if check mailed by 8/14, $130 at site, or onlineuntil 2 hours before game.GMs free; $100 from prize. Under 1000 Sec-tion EF: All $60 less than above. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK.Re-entry $60, not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org rat-ings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues withpaper magazine if paid with entry- Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30,

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SPECIAL CATEGORIES QUALIFY FOR FREE TLAS! Each affiliate is entitled to one TLA per month of up to 8lines for events in the following categories, if submittedby e-mail. The free lines cannot be applied to longer TLAs:

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CHESS CLUB SPECIAL.A tournament playing only onone or more weekday evenings.

RBO. Open to Under 1200/Unr or Under 1000/Unr.Tournament name must include “Rated BeginnersOpen” or “RBO.”

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Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm,rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat.9 am, rds Sat 10, 2 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Bye: all, limit 2, Open must com-mit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $99-99, 202-429-1700, reserveby 8/9 or rate may increase. Regular rate at this luxury hotel is about $200!Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633, or reserve car onlinethrough chesstour.com. Parking: Valet parking $10/day to 2 am or $20/day overnight; garage has limited space. Ent: chessaction.com or Con-tinental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. $15 service charge forrefunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 914-665- 8152. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com (online entryposted instantly).

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!A State Championship Event!AUG. 30-SEPT. 2, AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR SEPT. 1-2, NEW YORKTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 100 (ENHANCED)135th annual NY State ChampionshipOut of state welcome. 6SS. Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd., Albany 12205(Thruway Exit 24, I-87 north to Wolf Rd, Exit 4). Luxurious hotel withindoor/outdoor pool, sauna, fitness center, free parking, free airportshuttle, many restaurants in area. $$G 13,000. In 5 sections. 4-day & 3-day Open 40/110, SD/30 d10, 4-day & 3-day other sections 30/90, SD/1d5. 2-day option in U2100 through U1200, rds 1-3 G/45 d5 Open: $1500-700-500-300, top U2300/Unr $700, U2200/Unr $600. State title and$100 bonus to top NYS resident. FIDE. Under 2100: $1000-500-300-150,top Under 1900 $400. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-150, top Under 1600$400. Under 1500: $800-400-250-150, top Under 1300 $300. Under1200: $500-250-150-100, plaque to first 3, top Under 1000, Under 800,Under 600, Unrated. New mixed doubles bonus prizes: bestmale/female 2-player “team” combined score among all sections: $500-300-200. Team average must be under 2200; teammates may play indifferent sections; teams must register at site (no extra fee) beforeboth players begin round 2; teammate pairings avoided but possible.Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500 or $600 U1800.Top 4 sections EF: $98 online at chessaction.com by 8/28, $105 phonedto 406-896-2038 by 8/28 (entry only, no questions), 4-day $104, 3-day $103,

2-day $102 if check mailed by 8/21, all $120 at site, or online until 2 hoursbefore game. Under 1200 Section EF: All $30 less than top 4 sectionsEF. All: Online or mailed entries $7 less to NYSCA members (NYSCAdues $12/yr with 2 issues Empire Chess or $20/yr with 4 issues; join orrenew together with entry.) Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually usedif otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine ifpaid with entry. Online at chessaction.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20,Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30,Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60, all sections but Open. GMs free, $90deducted from prize. No checks at site, credit cards OK. 3-day sched-ule: Reg. ends Sat 11:30 am, rds. Sat 12 & 6, Sun 12 & 6, Mon 10 & 3:30.4-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 6 pm, Sun 12& 6, Mon 10 & 3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sun. 10:30 am, rds Sun11, 1:30, 3:30, 6, Mon 10 & 3:30, no 2-day schedule in Open. Bye: all, limit2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $97-97, 800-443-8952, 518-458-8444, reserve by 8/22 or rate may increase. NYSCAmeeting 9 am Sun. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633, orreserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: chessaction.com or Con-tinental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham, NY 10803. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 914-665-8152. Advance entries posted atchessaction.com (online entries posted instantly).

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR 1-2, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERNTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 150 (ENHANCED)35th Annual Southern California Open6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day schedule rds 1-3 G/60, then merges). Town &Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108. $$20,000in Guaranteed prizes, 5 Sections. Prizes: Open Sec 1st $2,400-1,600-1,200-900-600-500-400, BU2300 $1,000-600, BU2200 $1,000-600-400-200;Premier Section (U2000): $1,000-600-400-200; Amateur Section(U1800) $1,000-600-400-200; Reserve Section (U1600) $1,000-600-400-200; Booster Section (U1400) $600-400-200-100, BU1200 $300-150,Best Unrated $100. Plus Best Game Prizes: $75-50-25, one reserved fornon-open sections. Reg.: 3-day: 8 to 9:30 AM, Sept official rating list used.2-day: 8 AM to 9 AM Sunday. Rds.: 3 day: 10 AM & 5 PM on Sat-Sun, 9AM & 4 PM on Mon. 2- day: 9:30 AM ,11:45 & 2 PM Sun, then merges.EF: $100 if received by 8/12, $120 after 8/12, or $140 at door. No credit

cards at door, checks or cash only. Special rate of only $75 if U1400 orunrated if pd by 8/12, $90 after 8/12, or $100 at door. Special rate forGMs and IMs: $20 if registered by 8/12, $40 after 8/12 or $60 late entryat door. Open section will be FIDE rated except for 3 fast games in the2 day schedule. Unr players are eligible for place prizes only in the OpenSection, or the unrated prize in the U1400. Players who forfeit any roundare ineligible for prizes! SCCF membership req’d ($18 Adult, $13 Jr) forall So Cal residents. Two byes allowed, but must be requested at least onehour before round, and round 5 & 6 byes must be requested before rd2 and are irrevocable. Entries: SDCC, PO Box 120162, San Diego, CA 92112or enter online at www.scchess.com. For more info call Bruce Baker at(619) 239-7166, or e-mail Chuck Ensey at [email protected]. SCCFAnnual Membership Meeting: Sunday 3 PM. Hotel Rates: Specialrate of only $109, 619-291-7131, or 1-800-772-8527 if booked by 8/12/13,book ASAP, as rates may go up and rooms may sell out by mid-August.Large hotel is in the heart of Mission Valley, close to airport, greatattractions such as Sea World, Legoland, The San Diego Zoo and Fash-ion Valley for shopping. The Town and Country Hotel (see www.towncountry.com) has over 1,000 rooms, 4 great restaurants, a heated pool, a spa andfitness center, plus golf next door. NS. NC. W. State Championship Qual-ifier.

SEP. 27-29 OR 28-29, TEXASTROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 50 (ENHANCED)2013 U.S. Class ChampionshipsSee Nationals.

AlabamaMAY 19, Summer Scholastic5SS, TC: G/30. Sun Valley Elementary School 1010 18th Ave. NWBirmingham, AL 35215. Open (K-12), Middle (K-6): EF: $20; Novice (K-5; Not rated): EF: $10, if mailed by MAY 10th. Trophy: Top 3 Individual,Medals 4th – 6th. Late REG:MAY 18th at 8AM. Rds.: 9-10-11-1-2. Checks

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Overall Affiliate StandingsName State CountPAPERCLIP PAIRINGS TX 440CONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN NY 316NATIONAL SCHOL CHESS FOUND INC NY 165BAY AREA CHESS CA 123ACT PARTNERSHIPS, AFTER SCH PA 120MAINE ASSOC OF CHESS COACHES ME 120SILVER KNIGHTS CHESS VA 115SCHOLASTIC CHESS OF INDIANA IN 108GATEWAY CHESS LEAGUE MO 105ROCKS & ROOKS CHESS CLUB TX 100Small State Affiliate StandingsName State CountMAINE ASSOC OF CHESS COACHES ME 120ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL CC ME 41NEW MEXICO SCHOL CHESS ORG NM 24WEST VIRGINIA SCHL CHESS ASN WV 23WELLS MEMORIAL SCHOOL NH 19SIOUX EMPIRE CHESS FOUNDATION SD 19METRO CHESS DC 19AIRLINE COMMUNITY SCHOOL ME 11SITKA CHESS CLUB AK 9RELYEA CHESS NH 7MESA CHESS CLUB NM 7State Chapter Affiliate StandingsName State CountMICHIGAN CHESS ASSOCIATION MI 284PENNSYLVANIA ST CHESS FED PA 138MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION MD 131MINNESOTA ST CHESS ASSN MN 90NEVADA CHESS INC NV 64KENTUCKY CHESS ASSOCIATION KY 53NEW JERSEY ST CHESS FED NJ 49TENNESSEE CHESS ASSOCIATION TN 33RHODE ISLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION RI 28MASSACHUSETTS CHESS ASSOC MA 24

Adult Membership StandingsName State CountCONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN NY 188MARSHALL CHESS CLUB NY 61ACT PARTNERSHIPS, AFTER SCH PA 47MAINE ASSOC OF CHESS COACHES ME 43PAPERCLIP PAIRINGS TX 41JERSEY SHORE HS CHESS LEAGUE NJ 35CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CTR MO 28SCHOLASTIC CHESS OF INDIANA IN 26DALLAS CHESS CLUB TX 25SAN DIEGO CHESS CLUB CA 24Scholastic and Youth Membership StandingsName State CountPAPERCLIP PAIRINGS TX 399NATIONAL SCHOL CHESS FOUND INC NY 164CONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN NY 128SILVER KNIGHTS CHESS VA 115BAY AREA CHESS CA 102ROCKS & ROOKS CHESS CLUB TX 95GATEWAY CHESS LEAGUE MO 86LONG ISLAND CHESS NUTS NY 84SCHOLASTIC CHESS OF INDIANA IN 82MAINE ASSOC OF CHESS COACHES ME 77

Member StandingsName State CountSTALLINGS, JAY S CA 68BROOKS, CLAY AL 30KRANICH RITTER, TANIA FL 22LARSON, GERALD A AL 21NAVARRO, DANIEL A TX 16NELSON, THOMAS CO 14ZAVALA, JOSUE TX 14LUNA, GILBERTO, II FL 13DZURICSKO, GEORGE J, III IL 11BRACKENRIDGE, KEITH OH 11

PCT Gain Standings

State Dec12 Mar13 PCTKS 339 481 41.9ME 408 504 23.5WY 43 52 20.9

State Dec12 Mar13 PCTUT 484 574 18.6ID 192 226 17.7AL 763 898 17.7

State Dec12 Mar13 PCTDC 250 288 15.2GA 1852 2130 15.0IN 1361 1558 14.5

State Dec12 Mar13 PCTNM 582 662 13.7

Membership Appreciation Program (MAP)The MAP program continues in 2013. See details at main.uschess.org/go/MAP. Top standings will appear every two months in Chess Life.



payable to: Caesar Chess. ENT: Caesar Chess LLC, 5184 Caldwell MillRoad, Suite 204 - 202, Birmingham, AL 35244. Info: [email protected], www.CaesarChess.com.

MAY 31-JUNE 2 OR 1-2, 2013 Atlanta Championship (GA)See Grand Prix.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 1, Dothan Classic4SS, TC: G/75. Boys & Girls Club Wiregrass. 457 South Alice St.,Dothan, AL 36301. Open (PF: $550 $$b/15) & Reserve (PF: $500 $b/15):EF: $40, if mailed by MAY 24th. Rds.: 9-11:30-2:30-5:15. Scholastic: EF:$20. Trophy:Top 3 Individual, Medals 4th – 6th. Rds.: 9-10-11-1-2. LateREG: JUN 1st at 8AM. Checks payable to: Caesar Chess. ENT: CaesarChess LLC, 5184 Caldwell Mill Rd., Suite 204 - 202, Birmingham, AL35244. Info: [email protected], www.CaesarChess.com.

JULY 20, Evangel Grand PrixSee Grand Prix.

JULY 26-28 OR 27-28, 21st annual Southern Open (FL)See Grand Prix.

ArizonaChess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!Tuesday Night Open4 or 5 round, USCF rated tournament.ROUND TIMES: 7:00pm.One gameevery Tuesday of the month. Time Control: 40/120, SD/60 d5. PRIZES:1st Place and Class Prizes based on number of entries. ENTRY FEE: $45;TO REGISTER: chessemporium.com, call 602-482-4867. SITE: 10801 N.32nd St., Suite 6, Phoenix, AZ 85028.

MAY 25-27, 2013 U.S. Amateur West ChampionshipSee Nationals.

JUNE 6, 2013 U.S. Game/10 Championship (BLZ) (NV)See Nationals.

JUNE 7, National Open Scholastic Trophy Tournament (NV)See Nevada.

JUNE 7-9 OR 8-9, 2013 National Open (NV)See Nationals.

JUNE 8, National Open Blitz Sectionals (BLZ) (NV)See Nevada.

JUNE 8-9, International Youth Championship (NV)See Nevada.

JUNE 9, 2013 National Open Blitz (BLZ) (NV)See Grand Prix.

JULY 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21,18th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S)See Grand Prix.

California, NorthernChess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 11, Chess4Less SuperSwiss (4SSxG/60)4SS, G/60 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Prizes: $1,000 b44.1700+: $200 100, u1900 150 50, u1700: 200 100, u1500 100 50, u130050 Sched: Reg. 8-8:45. Rounds: 9 11:15 1:30 3:45. EF: $37 by 5/8. $52onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/lessswiss. NS, NC.

MAY 12, Mother’s Day Cupertino Quads3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Playersw/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W.

MAY 12, Mother’s Day Cupertino Swiss4SS, G/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies for plusscore & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. EF: 33, 48 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W.

MAY 18, Chess4Less Bay Area Quads3xG/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies: Playersw/plus score. Sched: Check-in by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: $19, $34 onsite.Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC.

MAY 18, Chess4Less Bay Area Swiss4SS, G/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies for plusscore & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. Special EF:$19, $34 onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC.

MAY 18, Bay Area Elite 4SSxG/45 Swiss4SS, G/45 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies for plusscore & teams. Sched: Reg. 8:30-9a. Games: 9:15a-2p. Special EF: 25,40 onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/eliteswiss. NS. NC.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 18-19, Hans Poschmann Memorial4-SS, 30/90; SD/60 d5. Club Sport, 46650 Landing Parkway, Fremont, CA,94538. $$B 60 paid entries (not counting unrated entries ). Three Sec-tions: Open: $300-210 U2200 $200-100; A/B: $200-150 U1800 $145-100;Reserve (under 1600): $200-150 U1400 $145-100 Unr: Trophy First.. All,EF: postmarked by 5/13 $60, $70 at site. Unrateds $20 in the Reservesection or may play up to the Open section for the regular fee. USCF memb.req’d. May play up for add’l $10 per section. Reg.: Sat 5/18 9:00-9:45am.RDS.: Sat 10:00-3:30; Sun 10:00-3:30; One 1/2 pt bye available ifrequested in advance (bye in rds 3 or 4 must be requested before rd 1).May Supplement, CCA minimums and Directors discretion will be used toplace players as accurately as possible. Please bring clocks and equip-ment. INFO: Ken Zowal (510)-623-9935, e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]. Ent: Ken Zowal, P.O. Box 3211, Fre-mont, CA 94539. No Phone entries.

MAY 25-27 OR 26-27, Best of the West Class ChampionshipSee Grand Prix.

MAY 27, Azhar Memorial NorCal Grade Level ChampMarriott, 2700 Mission College Bl., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Hotel $89 Tro-phies:Top 10 teams & Top 20 players w + score in ea section. 7 sectsKG, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-12. Sched: Reg. 8:30-9a. KG-3: 5xG/30 d5 games 9:30,11, 12:30, 1:50, 3:15. Gr 4-12: 4xG/45 d5 games 9:30, 11:30, 1:20, 3:10.EF by 5/23: $37. Info: BayAreaChess.com/grade. NS, NC, W.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Summer Sunshine Sat Night Marathon5SSxG/90: 1800+ G/90 +30; U1800 G/90 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Mil-pitas, CA 95035. Sched: Sat 6:30p. Prize: EF-Exp. EF: 29, dropin 8, NMs/higher 0. 2 sec: 1800+, u1800. Info: BayAreaChess.com/weekly. NS. NC.

JUNE 2, Fremont Quads3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies: Playersw/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/fremont. NS. NC. W.

JUNE 2, Fremont Swiss4SS, G/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies forplus score & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. EF: 33, 48onsite. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/fremont. NS. NC. W.



JUNE 8, CalNorth Youth Chess QuadsWeibel Elementary School, 45135 S. Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, CA. Info &Entry Form at www.calnorthyouthchess.org/SpringTournaments2013.Open to all scholastic players who are USCF members. Trophies to win-ners of each Quad. Chess medals to all who do not win a trophy. Info: AlanM. Kirshner, Ph.D., [email protected], (510) 659-0358.


JUNE 9, Cupertino Quads3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Playersw/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W.

JUNE 9, Cupertino Swiss4SS, G/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies for plusscore & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. EF: 33, 48 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W.

JUNE 22, Chess4Less Bay Area Quads3xG/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies: Playersw/plus score. Sched: Check-in by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: $19, $34 onsite.Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC.

JUNE 22, Chess4Less Bay Area Swiss4SS, G/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies for plusscore & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. Special EF:$19, $34 onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 29, Chess4Less SuperSwiss (4SSxG/60)4SS, G/60 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Prizes: $1,000 b/44.1700+: $200 100, u1900 150 50, u1700: 200 100, u1500 100 50, u130050 Sched: Reg. 8-8:45. Rounds: 9 11:15 1:30 3:45. EF: $37 by 1/31. $52onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/lessswiss. NS. NC.

JULY 5-7 OR 6-7, 2013 Sacramento Chess ChampionshipSee Grand Prix.

JULY 7, Fremont Quads3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies: Playersw/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/fremont. NS. NC. W.

JULY 7, Fremont Swiss4SS, G/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies forplus score & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. EF: 33, 48onsite. Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/fremont. NS. NC. W.

JULY 14, Cupertino Quads3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Playersw/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W.

JULY 14, Cupertino Swiss4SS, G/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies for plusscore & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. EF: 33, 48 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W.

JULY 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S)See Grand Prix.

JULY 27, Chess4Less Bay Area Quads3xG/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies: Playersw/plus score. Sched: Check-in by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: $19, $34 onsite.Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC.

JULY 27, Chess4Less Bay Area Swiss4SS, G/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies for plusscore & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. Special EF:$19, $34 onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC.

AUG. 4, Fremont Quads3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies: Playersw/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/fremont. NS. NC. W.

AUG. 4, Fremont Swiss4SS, G/30. Courtyard Marriott, Fremont, CA 94538. Trophies for plus score& teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. EF: 33, 48 onsite. Info:http://BayAreaChess.com/fremont. NS. NC. W.

AUG. 11, Cupertino Quads3xG/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies: Players

w/plus score. Sched: Checkin by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: 25, 40 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W.

AUG. 11, Cupertino Swiss4SS, G/30 d5. Courtyard Marriott, Cupertino, CA 95014. Trophies for plusscore & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. EF: 33, 48 onsite.Info: http://BayAreaChess.com/cupertino. NS. NC. W.

AUG. 17, Chess4Less Bay Area Quads3xG/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies: Playersw/plus score. Sched: Check-in by 2:30p. Games: 3-5p. EF: $19, $34 onsite.Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC.

AUG. 17, Chess4Less Bay Area Swiss4SS, G/30 d5. 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trophies for plusscore & teams. Sched: Reg. 9-10a. Games: 10:15a-2p. Special EF:$19, $34 onsite. Info: BayAreaChess.com/chess4less. NS. NC.

California, SouthernThe Los Angeles Chess Club(The premier chess club in Southern California) (310) 795-5710 *www.LAChessClub.com Beginner/Novice Class: Sundays: 12-1 pmIntermediate Class: Saturdays: 10:30 am - noon Advanced Lecture: Tues-days: 7:30-9:30 pm Tournaments every Saturday and Sunday EverySunday Chess 4 Juniors Tournament - 3 Sections: >1000, <1000,<600. Everybody receives a prize (trophies & medals) + Free pizza &juices. Details: www.LAChessClub.com. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LosAngeles, CA 90025 (4 blocks 405 West, SW corner of Santa Monica &Butler * 2nd Floor) Group Classes * Tournaments * Private (1:1) Lessons.Beverly Hills Chess ClubJoin the elite group of chess enthusiasts! Curriculum based instructionfrom ages 3 and above, Privates, Lectures, Blitz, Simuls, Open & Scholas-tic tournaments, Camps, Adult events, Member-only events and more...Open T, TH, F, Sat, Sun (hours vary). 8950 W. Olympic Blvd., #210, Bev-erly Hills, CA 90211. In the Beverly Hills Plaza (Corner of Lapeer Dr. &Olympic) 310-274-7873, email us at [email protected], websitewww.bhchessclub.com.

MAY 4, 11, 18, 25, LACC - Saturday G/613SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 2 Sections: Open& U1600. EF: $30 ($20 memb, $10 no prizes; siblings 1/2). Reg.: 11-12pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on streets& basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com.

MAY 4, 11, 18, 25, LACC - Sat Nite Blitz (G/5) (BLZ)5DSS, (10 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blksWest of 405. EF: $10. Blitz-rated. Reg.: 6-6:30 pm. Rds.: 6:30, 6:50, 7:10,7:30, 7:50 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on streets & base-ment. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 4&5, 25&26, LACC - Sat & Sun G/616SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. 2 Sections: Open& U1600. EF: $55 ($35 LACC memb; siblings 1/2). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.:12, 2, 4 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on streets& basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com.

MAY 5, 12, 26, LACC - Sunday G/613SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 2 Sections: Open&U1600. EF: $30 ($20 memb, $10 no prizes; siblings 1/2). Reg.: 11-12pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on streets& basement. Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com.

MAY 5, 12, 19, 26, LACC - Every Sunday Chess 4 Jrs.4 separate events – 3 Sections: >1000, <1000, <600, 5SS, G/30. 11514Santa Monica Blvd & Butler, LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blocks West of 405. EF:$30 ($20 LACC memb, siblings 1/2, Free new LACC memb). Reg.: 12-1 pm.Rds.: 1pm & asap. Prizes: Trophies (Top 6) & medals; each playerreceives a prize! Parking: Free on streets & basement. Free pizza & juices.Info: (310) 795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com or [email protected].

MAY 11-12, LACC - May OpenSee Grand Prix.

MAY 25-27 OR 26-27, 2013 Lina Grumette Memorial Day Clas-sicSee Grand Prix.

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MAY 26, MDC Action Swiss5-SS, G/30. Sheraton Ontario Airport, 429 North Vineyard Ave., Ontario,CA 91764. $500 b/40, else proportional: $150-70-40, U2100/ Unr $80,U1800 $80, Under 1500 $80. EF: $20 if received by 5/24, $25 at door. Reg.:9:30-10 a.m. Rds.: 10:15-11:30-12:45-2:30-3:45. Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205,Monterey Park, CA 91754. On-line entry: www.scchess.com.

MAY 26, MDC Scholastics5-SS, G/30. Sheraton Ontario Airport, 429 North Vineyard Ave., Ontario,CA. Open to gr. 12-below. In two sections: Open:Trophies to top 5, top3 U1200, top 2 Unrated. Grade 6/below U1000: Trophies to top 5, top3 U700, top 2 Unrated. Reg.: 8:30-9. Rds.: 9:30-11-12:15-1:45-3. EF: $16if received by 5/24, $20 door.Info: [email protected]. On-line ent:www.scchess.com. Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754.

MAY 27, MDC Hexes3-SS, G/90. Sheraton Ontario Airport, 429 North Vineyard Ave., Ontario,CA. 8-player sections by rating. EF: $21 if received by 5/24, $24 door. $$40-20-10 each section. Reg.: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Rds.: 10:30-1:30-4:30.Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. On-line entry:www.scchess.com.







JUNE 14-16 OR 15-16, SoCal Class ChampionshipSee Grand Prix.

JUNE 15, SoCal Kids Class Championship5SS, G/30 d5. Hyatt Regency, 17900 Jamboree Rd., Irvine, CA 92614. Hotel$99. Trophies:Top 10 players ea section & top 10 teams all sections com-bined. 5 sections b/ rating: under 200, 200-399, 400-599, 600-799,800-999. EF by 6/11: 29. Onsite +15, Play-up +10. Rfnd fee 10. Ratingbased on Jun 13 Supp & TD disc. Sched: Reg Fr 8:30-9, Rds Fr 9:30 1112:30 2 3:30. Info: BayAreaChess.com/socals. T: 408.786.5515. E:[email protected]. NS. NC. W.

JUNE 29, Joshua Tree Summer Open4SS, G/60, d0. Reg.: 8-9:15. Rds.: 9:30, 11:45, 2:45, 5:00. Faith LutheranChurch, 6336 Hallee Rd., Joshua Tree. (2 blks N. of Hwy 62). EF: $30.Prizes: 70% EF. Info and Ent: Mark Muller, P.O. Box 502, 29 Palms, CA92277 (760) 367-2311, e-mail: [email protected]. W.

JULY 5-7 OR 6-7, SCCF Pacific Southwest OpenSee Grand Prix.

JULY 6, SCCF PSO Scholastics5-SS, G/30. Radisson LAX, 6225 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA90045. Open to gr. 12-below. In two sections: Open: Trophies to top 5, top3 U1200, top 2 Unrated. Grade 6/below U1000: Trophies to top 5, top 3U700, top 2 Unrated. Reg.: 8:30-9. Rds.: 9:30-11-12:15-1:45-3. EF: $20if received by 06/20, $25 door. Info: [email protected]. On-lineent:www.metrochessla.com. Ent: Metropolitan Chess, PO Box 25112, LosAngeles, CA 90025-0112.

JULY 18-21, 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th annual Pacific Coast OpenSee Grand Prix.

AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR 1-2, 35th Annual Southern California OpenSee Grand Prix.

ColoradoMAY 25, 2013 Colorado Children’s Rapid Chess Open (QC)5-SS, G/15 d0. Sheraton Denver Tech Center Hotel, 7007 S. Clinton St.,Greenwood Villago, CO 80112. Sections: Open, U1000. EF: $10; trophyprizes Registration: 8-9 AM. Players meeting 9:00, Opening Ceremony10:00. Rds.: 9:30, 11:30, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30. Awards Ceremony at 3:15 Reg-ister online at http://tiny.cc/2013RapidRegistration or by mail to CSCAScholastic Chess, 7354 S. Quince Ct., Centennial, CO 80112. Sponsoredby Rotary Club of Denver Tech Center, Rotary Club of Englewood, RotaryClub of Aurora.

ConnecticutMAY 17-19 OR 18-19, 21st annual New York State Open (NY)See Grand Prix.

JUNE 8, 19th Annual Robert Musicant/Donald Yazgoor MemorialScholastic5SS, G/30 d0. Norwalk Library, 2nd Flr Auditorium, 1 Belden Ave., Nor-walk, CT 06850. Near Exit 1 from US-7. Open to all school-age playersfinishing 12th grade or younger. EF: $10 postmarked by 6/1/13. ALL-$15after or at door. Prizes:Trophies to Top 3 overall, Top 3 U-1200/UNR, Topoverall in grade categories K-2, 3-5, 6-8, Top U-1200/Unr in grade cate-gories K-2, 3-5, 6-8. Name of first overall Is engraved on the MusicantCup. Name of first U-1200/Unr is engraved on the Yazgoor Cup. Both cupsare on permanent display in the Norwalk Main Branch Children’s Library.Reg. 9:15-9:45 Sat 6/8: Rd. 1-10:00am, others ASAP. Lunchroomfacility available for bag lunch. Pizza/desserts will be provided. Boardsand sets will be provided. Please bring a clock if you have one. The tour-nament is open to USCF members and non-members. Only gamesbetween Two USCF members will be submitted for rating. Allgames count for prizes. For more information contact: norwalknights@

optonline.net. Chks payable to Christopher Potts, mail by 6/01 to:Christopher Potts, 73 Nursery St., Norwalk, CT 06850. (Includeplayer’s full name, grade finishing, USCF Expiration, ID number and rat-ing. Include SASE for confirmation if wanted. NS. NC. W.

JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, 41st Annual WorldOpen (VA)See Grand Prix.

JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th Annual Bradley OpenSee Grand Prix.

AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, 12th annual Manhattan Open (NY)See Grand Prix.

AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental Open (MA)See Grand Prix.

AUG.16-18OR17-18(NEW DATES), 19th Annual Northeast OpenSee Grand Prix.

District of ColumbiaAUG. 23-25 OR 24-25, 45th annual Atlantic OpenSee Grand Prix.

FloridaChess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!Boca Raton Chess ClubFriday nights, G/85 d5 Tournament, one game a week for 4 weeks.www.bocachess.com, 561-479-0351.

Broward Chess Club909 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304. USCF & FIDE Tournaments,Blitz, Bughouse, Lessons, Chess Camps, Summer Camp and After SchoolChess Programs. www.browardchessclub.com. Contact: NM Oscar Mal-donado 860-372-5966.

Broward Chess Club Fridays Night Blitz (BLZ)(70% of EFs paid out in prizes!): Please enter by 7:30pm. EF: $6 members,$8 for non-members. Address: Broward Chess Club, 909 N. Federal Hwy.,Fort Lauderdale 33304. Phone (860) 372-5966, www.browardchessclub.com.

MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Broward Chess Club Blitz (BLZ)USCF-Rated Blitz Every Friday, 7pm. Reg.: 6:30-6:50pm. Contact: OscarMaldonado, [email protected], 860-372-5966. Web: www.browardchessclub.com.

MAY 11, CFCC Tornado at UUUSee Grand Prix.

MAY 12, Sunday Action G/45Broward Chess Club. $300 Guaranteed Prize Fund. Open: $100, $50Under 1900 $50, $25 Under 1600 $50, $25. Reg.: 10am 10:50am. Rds.:11am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 4pm. EF: $20, Broward CC members $15. Con-tact: Oscar Maldonado [email protected], 860-372-5966. Web:www.browardchessclub.com.

MAY 18, May Scholastic Tournament5SS, G/30. Orlando Chess and Games Center. EF: $25 Trophies andmedals to all players, awards at 3:30 pm. Reg.: 9:15-9:55 am. RDS.: 10-11-12:30-1:30-2:30, www.orlandochess.com. Info: call 407-248-0818 or321-297-7087 or email [email protected].




JUNE 7-9 OR 8-9, Sunshine Summer Open & Scholastic Chess Tour-namentSee Grand Prix.

JUNE 15, June Scholastic Tournament5SS, G/30. Orlando Chess and Games Center. EF: $25 Trophies andmedals to all players, awards at 3:30 pm. Reg.: 9:15-9:55 am. RDS.: 10-11-12:30-1:30-2:30, www.orlandochess.com. Info: call 407-248-0818 or321-297-7087 or email [email protected].

JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 6th Summer Solstice OpenSee Grand Prix.

JULY 26-28 OR 27-28, 21st annual Southern OpenSee Grand Prix.

AUG. 6-11, 2nd Annual Washington International (MD)See Grand Prix.

GeorgiaMAY 31-JUNE 2 OR 1-2, 2013 Atlanta ChampionshipSee Grand Prix.

JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 2013 Castle Chess Grand PrixSee Grand Prix.

JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 6th Summer Solstice Open (FL)See Grand Prix.


IdahoChess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 18-19, 2013 Idaho Open Chess ChampionshipA Northwest Chess Grand Prix Event. 5SS, G/120 d5. 2 Sections: Openand Reserve (U1400). Site: ISU, Student Un Bldg, Salmon River Suites,1065 S. 8th St., Pocatello, Idaho. EF: USCF mem req., $30 (U18 & 60+$25), by 05/15/13. $5 more (all) after. Reg & Ck in: 7:30-8:30 AM05/18/13. Those not paid & ck’d in by 8:30 AM may not be paired in 1strnd. RDS.: 9,2,7,9,2. 1/2 pt byes: Max 1, Rd 1-4 only. 0 pt bye avail rnd5. Commit by end of rd 2. Prizes: $$ b/30; Open: $175-85-65; Reserve:$75-50 -35. HR/ENT/INFO: ICA, % Jay Simonson, 391 Carol Ave., IdahoFalls, ID 83401, 208-206-7667, [email protected], www.idahoches-sassociation.org. NC. NS. W.

IllinoisNorth Shore Chess Centera friendly environment to learn and play chess! USCF rated tournamentsevery week, Grandmaster lectures and simuls monthly, team events,and scholastic camps. Private and group lessons available onsite andat your location. Contact us at 847.423.8626 or [email protected] our website at www.nachess.org/events for our full schedule ofevents. Located at 5500 W. Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077 acrossthe street from the Village Crossing Shopping Center.Renaissance KnightsIllinois’s premier provider of chess tournament, summer camps, enrich-ment classes, and our Chess in the Classroom Program where we makechess part of the school day. Our monthly Quest tournament for kids &adults is now in its 8th year & held at the beautiful Crowne Plaza in North-brook. Contact us at 773.844.0701 or [email protected]. Visit ourwebsite at www.rknights.org for our schedule of events and to find outmore about our programs.

MAY 12, 89th Knights QuestCrowne Plaza Hotel, 2875 Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook, IL. USCF RatedSections: Open (K-12 & Adults), U1400 (K-12 & Adults), U1000 (K-8) &U600 (K-8). Awards:Top 6 U600 & U1000 Sections, Top 5 U1400 & OpenSections. Players in U600 receive participation award. Time Control: TimeControl: Game 30 (G/25 d5) 4 Rounds U600 & U1000 Sections Game 45(G/40 d5) 4 Rounds U1400 & Open Sections. Reg.: 11:00-11:30 am.Rds.: 1 at 12:00 pm, rest ASAP. EF: $30 early, $35 after Monday before,$40 after Friday before. $5 discount to siblings and team members whenregistering together. Online Registration:www.rknights.org. Mail-in Reg:Renaissance Knights, PO Box 1074, Northbrook, IL 60065. Info: www.rknights.org, 773-844-0701.

MAY 23-27, 24-27, 25-27 OR 26-27, 22nd annual Chicago OpenSee Grand Prix.

MAY 25, Chicago Open G/10 Championship (BLZ)See Grand Prix.

MAY 26, Chicago Open Blitz Championship (BLZ)See Grand Prix.

JUNE 16, 90th Knights QuestCrowne Plaza Hotel, 2875 Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook, IL. USCF RatedSections: Open (K-12 & Adults), U1400 (K-12 & Adults), U1000 (K-8) &U600 (K-8). Awards:Top 6 U600 & U1000 Sections, Top 5 U1400 & OpenSections. Players in U600 receive participation award. Time Control: Game30 (G/25 d5) 4 Rounds U600 & U1000 Sections Game 45 (G/40 d5) 4Rounds U1400 & Open Sections. Reg.: 11:00-11:30 am. Rds.: 1 at 12:00pm, rest ASAP. EF: $30 early, $35 after Monday before, $40 after Fridaybefore. $5 discount to siblings and team members when registeringtogether. Online Registration:www.rknights.org. Mail-in Reg.: Renais-sance Knights, PO Box 1074, Northbrook, IL 60065. Info:www.rknights.org,773-844-0701.

JUNE 22, Warriors Open & ReserveG/60 d5, 3R-SS. Lincoln-Way West HS, 21701 S. Gougar Rd., New Lenox,IL 60451. Reg.: 8:15-8:45 am. Rds.: 9, 11:30, 2. Sections: Open &Reserve. EF: $5. No concessions on site (bring sack lunch). Contact:Coach Miller at 815-463-0104 or [email protected] withquestions.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 5-7, The Greater Midwest Classic and The Billy Colias Memo-rial Invitational$21,000 Unconditionally Guaranteed! Prizes: Billy Colias MemorialInvitational Sections A, B, C (FIDE rated): $500-300-200 per section.Classic Sections: U2200 (FIDE rated): Overall - $1500-1200-1000-700; 1951-2100 - $400-200-100; 1800-1950 - $400-200-100; BiggestUpset - $200; U1800: Overall - $1500-1200-1000-700; Top 1551-1700 -$400-200-100; Top 1400-1550 - $400-200-100; Biggest Upset - $200;U1400: Overall - $1500-1200-1000-700; 1151-1300 - $400-200-100; 1150and below - $400-200-100; Biggest Upset - $200; Billy Colias Memo-rial Invitational Sections: 5R-RR, Game-90 + 30/sec: Fri 5:30pm,Sat-Sun 10am and 3:30pm. Classic Sections: 6R-SS, Game-90 + 30/sec:Fri: 12pm and 5:30pm, Sat-Sun 10am & 3:30pm each day. On-site reg:9:30-11:30am Fri or 8:30-9:30am Sat. Limit 2 byes. Last rd. bye must com-mit prior to start of Rd 3. Side Events: Grandmaster Simul (9am Fri), Blitz(8:30pm Sat). FREE raffle prizes before round 6 with free entry, free roomand free airfare to 2014 tournament. Site: Hyatt Regency O’Hare, 9300Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont, IL 60018. HR: $99/night – call 847-696-1234and ask for CHESS rate. Reserve by June 1. Discounted parking – only$5. 10 minute walk from CTA Blue Line. FREE hotel shuttle from/toO’Hare airport. Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, less than one mile away.Entries: If postmarked or online by 06/01 $89; $109 online or postmarkedby 06/15; $129 thereafter. Re-entry $50. $25 to play up 1 section only;Credit Cards onsite OK. No checks onsite. Mail entries to: North Amer-




ican Chess Association (payable to), 4957 Oakton St., Suite 113, Skokie,IL 60077. Register online at www.nachess.org/classic. Other info:Boards, sets, and clocks provided. None for skittles. Must use organizerprovided equipment. Chess store onsite. July rating supplement used.Questions: [email protected] or 847-423-8626. Organizers: Sevan A.Muradian, Glenn Panner and Fred Gruenberg.

JULY 13, Warriors Open & ReserveG/60 d5, 3R-SS. Lincoln-Way West HS, 21701 S. Gougar Rd., New Lenox,IL 60451. Reg.: 8:15-8:45 am. Rds.: 9, 11:30, 2. Sections: Open &Reserve. EF: $5. No concessions on site (bring sack lunch). Contact:Coach Miller at 815-463-0104 or [email protected] withquestions.

JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 6th annual Chicago ClassSee Grand Prix.

AUG. 3, Warriors Open & ReserveG/60 d5, 3R-SS. Lincoln-Way West HS, 21701 S. Gougar Rd., New Lenox,IL 60451. Reg.: 8:15-8:45 am. Rds.: 9, 11:30, 2. Sections: Open &Reserve. EF: $5. No concessions on site (bring sack lunch). Contact:Coach Miller at 815-463-0104 or [email protected] withquestions.


AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18, 8th annual Indianapolis Open (IN)See Grand Prix.

NOV. 2-3, The Susan Polgar World Open for Boys and GirlsOver $100,000 in prizes with scholarships to Webster University! Sec-tions (Boys and Girls each): K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12. Prizes (Boys and Girlseach): Grades 9-12: 1st-Webster University Scholarship-2nd thru 4th-$150-100-75 value in chess prizes; Grades 4-5 & 6-8: 1st-iPad Mini-2ndthru 4th-$150-100-75 value in chess prizes; Grades K-3: 1st thru 4th-$250-150-100-75 value in chess prizes. Rounds and Time Control: 6R-SS,Game-45 d5: Sat-Sun 11am, 1:30pm, 4pm each day. On-site reg: 9:30-10:30am Sat. Limit 2 byes. Last rd. bye must commit prior to start of Rd3. Side Events: 3-hour camp with GM Polgar (Fri 5:30pm), Puzzle Solv-ing (Sat 6pm), Simul (Sat 7pm), Blitz (Sun 9am). Unrated 1-day (G-45,4R-SS, Sat 11am, 1:30pm, 4pm, 6:30pm) – 4 sections (boys and girlstogether): K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12; Prizes (per section) – 1st thru 5th trophy,top 2 teams trophy) **Must be unrated to play in unrated section**. Site:Crowne Plaze Chicago-Northbrook Hotel, 2875 N. Milwaukee Ave., North-brook, IL 60062. HR: $99/night – call 847-298-2525 and ask for CHESSrate. Reserve by Oct 11. Free parking. Entries: If postmarked or onlineby 10/12 $40; $50 online or postmarked by 10/26; $60 thereafter. Puz-zle Solving, Blitz, Simul Side Events EF - $15 each or $40 all three by 10/26;$20 each thereafter and onsite. Camp EF - $40 by 10/26, $60 thereafterand onsite. Unrated Section EF - $10 by 10/12, $15 by 10/26, $20 there-after and onsite. Credit Cards onsite OK. No checks onsite. Mail entriesto: North American Chess Association (payable to) 4957 Oakton St.,Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Register online at www.nachess.org/pol-gar2013. Other info: Boards, sets, and clocks provided. None for skittles.Must use organizer provided equipment. Chess store onsite. October rat-ing supplement used. Questions: [email protected] or leave message847-423-8626.

IndianaChess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!The Second Saturday of the Month 4SS, G/61 d5. Donatos Pizza, 825 W. 10th St., Indianapolis. Reg.: 11-11:30AM, Rd 1, 11:40AM. $$:b/20 1st $200; 2nd $100; Class (A, B,) (C,D, E, Unr) $70 each. Prizes increased if + 20. EF: $25 - $5.00 BD month,- $5.00 for any state association (except ISCA), OCCC Memb.req’d. Memb.includes magazine+. FIDE Titled Players Free. Ent: Donald Urquhart, 1020Central Ave., #304, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Info: at 317-679-2813 or [email protected]. 3 entries in a class req’d for that class prize to beawarded.

Orange Crush Chess Club Friday Night Blitz (BLZ)Donatos Pizza, 825 W. 10th St. USCF rated. Reg.: 6-6:25 pm, starts at6:30pm. Type: 3 RR Quad, G/5 d2, BLZ. EF: $10.00, $$ b/4-Quad 1st $25.00,$30 for club members. Ent: Donald Urquhart, 1020 Central Ave., #304,Indianapolis, IN 46202. Info: Don at 317-679-2813 or email [email protected].

MAY 23-27, 24-27, 25-27 OR 26-27, 22nd annual Chicago Open(IL)See Grand Prix.

MAY 24-26 OR 25-26, 55th Gem City Open (OH)See Grand Prix.

MAY 25, Chicago Open G/10 Championship (BLZ) (IL)See Grand Prix.

MAY 26, Chicago Open Blitz Championship (BLZ) (IL)See Grand Prix.

JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 6th annual Chicago Class (IL)See Grand Prix.

AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18, 8th annual Indianapolis OpenSee Grand Prix.

IowaChess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 11-12, Ice Harbor Scholastic OpenA weekend Scholastic Open Tournament with four sections, Friday nightblitz, and Saturday night bughouse. Individual and Team Awards. Sections:K-3, K-6: 7 Round Swiss, G/45 d5; K-8, K-12: 5 Round Swiss, G/75 d5.Where: The Grand River Center, 500 Bell St., Dubuque, IA 52001. Hotel:Grand Harbor Resort and Waterpark, 350 Bell St., Dubuque, IA 52001.

Reg.: On-Site Registration: 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Rds.: K-3 & K-6: Rd1:10:00 am, Lunch: Rd 2:12:30 pm, Rd 3: 2:30 pm, Rd 4: 4:30 pm Rd 5:9:00 am, Rd 6:11:00 am, Lunch: Rd 7: 1:30 pm; K-8, K12: Rd 1: 10:00 am,Lunch: Rd 2: 1:30 pm, Rd 3: 4:30 pm, Rd 4:9:00 am, Lunch: Rd 5:12:30pm Entry Fee: $40 if postmarked by April 11, $45 if postmarked by May1st, $50 postmarked after 5/1 or on site. Prize Info:Trophies for Top 10Individuals K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12. Trophies for Top 3 Individuals K-3 U600,K-3 U400, K-3 Unrated. Trophies for Top 3 Individuals K-6 U800, K-6U600, K-6 Unrated. Trophies for Top 3 Individuals K-9 U1000, K-9 U800,K-9 Unrated. Trophies for Top 3 Individuals K-12 U1200, K-12 U800, K-12Unrated. Team Awards (top 4 individual scores): Plaques for Top 3 TeamsK-3, K-6, K-8, K12. Teams may be of common school or chess club per USCFcurrent regulations. Send Entry Fee to: Checks payable to James Hod-ina, 3411 Blue Pt. Ct. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404. Include name, USCFID, Section, Team, phone #, e-mail address. You may register in advancefor main event, speed chess, and bughouse. Additional Info: Visit www.iceharborchess.com for details on tournament, playing site, hotel, and areaattraction or e-mail: [email protected]. Hotel: Grand Har-bor Resort and Waterpark, $99 chess rate includes passes to waterpark.Rate guaranteed through April 11. Reservations: Phone (866) 690-4006and ask for the Ice Harbor Chess Group rate. Blitz Tournament, Fridaynight May 10th, On-Site Registration: 5:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., Entry Fee:$5.00, Sections: K-3, K-5, K-8, K-12, Seven Round Swiss, Rounds start at7 p.m. and each following round will start ASAP. Blitz Prize Info: Trophiesfor Top 6 Individuals K-6 Open, One trophy to the top individual K-6U800, K-6 U600, K-6 Unrated. Trophies for Top 6 Individuals K-12 Open,One trophy to the top individual K-12 U1200, K-12 U800, K-12 Unrated.Bughouse Tournament Saturday night. Entry Fee: $5.00 per player. On-Site Registration, Rounds start at 7:30 p.m. and each following round willstart ASAP. Bughouse Prize Info: Trophies for Top 10 two-player Teams.On-site registration for concurrent parent/coaches tournament.


KansasChess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 12-14, Kansas OpenAll events at Holiday Inn, 549 South Rock Rd., Wichita, KS. 2 sec-tions: (7/13 and 7/14) 5SS, G/120 d5 All prizes based on 80 non-scholasticrate entries in Open + Reserve. Open: all: $320-160-80. 1999/below:160-80-40. $25 & plaque to top KS resident. Reserve: 1799/below:$320-160-80. Class C: 160-80-40. 1399/below + unrated: 160-80-40. $25and plaque to top KS resident. EF: $45 if postmarked by 7/6, $55 there-after and on-site. Special $10 discount for advance entry into both KS Open+ Blitz tourney, $10 entry fee for Scholastics, not competing for cash,but competing for 3 plaques in Reserve or 1 in Open, Special free Scholas-tic entry for some (see website). Reg.: 7/13 8:30-9:30am. Rds.: 7/13:10-2:30-7, 7/14: 9:30, 2:00. KANSAS BLITZ CHESS: 1 section: (7/12),5SS, G/10 d0. All prizes based on 40 non-scholastic rate entries $240-160-80. Class A, B, & (C and below + unrated): 80, 40 each. $25 plusplaque for top KS resident in Blitz. EF: $25 if postmarked by 7/6, $35 there-after and on-site, $10 entry fee for all Scholastics not competing for cash,but for 3 plaques. Reg.: 7/12 6-7pm. Rds.: 7:00, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9. KANSASBUGHOUSE: 1 section: (7/12) Immediately after Blitz tourney, prizes 75%of total entry money. EF: $20 per team, pay on-site. HR: Special room rateat Holiday Inn, 316-888-7131 or 877-863-4780 and mention event key KCC,up to 4 in a room, $77 per night, reservations by 6/28. Special: KCA mem-bership required of KS residents to participate In Kansas Open; $7 adult,$5 junior, $10 family. USCF membership required for all events except Bug-house. Also- Free breakfast for KCA members 7/14 (See website fordetails) www.kansaschess.org. Ent: Laurence Coker, 8013 W. 145th St.,Overland Park, KS 66223. Checks payable to “Kansas Chess Association”.Ph: 913-851-1583, e-mail [email protected].

KentuckyMAY 24-26 OR 25-26, 55th Gem City Open (OH)See Grand Prix.

JUNE 1, Lexington Monthly (1st Saturday G/60)3SS, G/60 d5. Expansive Art, 125 E. Reynolds Rd., Lexington, KY. Direc-tions:Take New Circle Rd. to Nicholasville Rd. Head towards the Mall/BestBuy, turn left at E. Reynolds Rd. Shop is in the Crossroads shopping cen-ter. Prizes: Class Prizes with 90% of entries returned. Reg.: 11:45-noon.Rds. 1st Rd. at noon, subsequent rounds ASAP (you will have someto get something to eat). EF: $1 per 100 rating points (e.g. a player rated1483 would pay $14 EF) Contact: Matthew Gurley (859)-537-1060;[email protected].

JUNE 8-9, 2013 Kentucky OpenSee Grand Prix.

JULY 20, Bluegrass State Games - Chess event4SS, G/45. Awards included for overall, seniors 50 years old & over,women, U1400, and several scholastic divisions. Quick Chess: 4 rds -G/10 double Swiss. Events open to players of neighboring states with-out a chess event in their state games. USCF membership is not requiredbut games will be rated. College Park Gym & Library, 15 Wheeler Ave.,Winchester, KY. Register at: bgsg.org/chess.

JULY 27, Mike Anders Memorial Open4SS, G/45. Family Buffet; 121 Towne Dr., Elizabethtown, KY. EF: $20mailed by July 22, at site $25. $$b/25; $150, 75 Class B, C, C, E &below/UNR $50 each if at least 2 players in section. Reg.: 11:00-11:25am, Rds.: First round 11:30 am, others ASAP. Ent: Johnny Owens (TD),P.O. Box 226, Elizabethtown, KY 42702-0266. (270) 272-3061. Info:http://etownchess.blogspot.com.


LouisianaChess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25-26, Louisiana Open 20135SS, G/150, except for RD 1, which is G/75. Web: Complete details atwww.lafayettechess.org. Site: America’s Best Suites, 125 E. KalisteSaloom Rd., Lafayette, LA 70508. Reg.: Sat. 8:30-9:45am. Rounds: Sat.10am, 1:30pm & 6pm. Sun 9am, 1pm. Byes: One 1/2 pt bye available ifrequested before rd 2, except for last round. Prizes: 70% returned; 1st200, 2nd 150, MXA 1st 200, 2d 150, B 1st 200, 2d 150, C 1st 200, 2d 150D 1st 200, 2d 150 E below and UNR: 1st 200, 2d 150. 3 persons in eachclass or combined. EF: $70. Free parking. Room Rate: $69. To reserve byphone, call 337-235-1367, and reference Lafayette Chess Club. Entry/Info:www.lafayettechess.org. Checks payable to: James MacManus, 225 W.Main St., Lafayette, LA 70501. (337)234-1720. No electronic devices of anykind in Tournament Hall; no cell phones, no monrois, no Ipad/Ipod Touch,no hearing aids, etc. NS, NC.

AUG. 2-3, 2013 Paul Morphy OpenSee Grand Prix.

MaineAUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental Open (MA)See Grand Prix.

MarylandMaryland Chess AssociationOpen & scholastic tournaments in Maryland listed at www.mdchess.com.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 1-2, 4th Annual Catonsville-Fells Point Open5SS, G/90 d5. EF: $30 before May 30, $35 until June 1, $40 at door.Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville, MD21228. 3 Sections: Open:$$600b/24 $250-$125-$80, Top X, A $75.Ama-teur/U1900:$$550b/24 $200-$120-$80; Top U1700, U1550, $75.Reserve/U1400: $$450b/20 $175-$90-$65, Top U1200, U1000 $60 b/4.Reg.: 9:45-10:50am. Rds.: Sat 11:00-3:00-7:00 Sun 10:00-2:15. Bye:1-5, max 2. Must commit before Rd 3. Upset: Top upset in each round inall sections: =book prize. Info:[email protected]. Online Reg:http://mysite.verizon.net/vze12d59q. Ent: Joe Summers, 1201 DanielsAve., Balt., MD 21207. Include USCF ID and section: Open, U1900 orU1400. PH: 410-788-1009.

JUNE 28-30, 5th annual World Open Senior Amateur (VA)See Virginia.

JUNE 29-30, World Open Under 13 Championship (VA)See Virginia.

JUNE 29-30, World Open Warmup (VA)See Grand Prix.

JULY 1-2, World Open Under 2300 (VA)See Virginia.

JULY 1-3 OR 2-3, 2nd annual World Open Women’s Championship(VA)See Virginia.

JULY 3, World Open 7-Minute Championship (BLZ) (VA)See Grand Prix.


JULY 4, 5, 6, 7, World Open Daily 2 pm Blitz (BLZ) (VA)See Virginia.


JULY 7, World Open Blitz Championship (BLZ) (VA)See Grand Prix.

AUG. 6-11, 2nd Annual Washington InternationalSee Grand Prix.


AUG. 23-25 OR 24-25, 45th annual Atlantic Open (DC)See Grand Prix.

MassachusettsMAY 17-19 OR 18-19, 21st annual New York State Open (NY)See Grand Prix.

MAY 25-27 OR 26-27, 82nd Massachusetts Open See Grand Prix.

JUNE 19, Wachusett Chess Club Blitz Championship (BLZ)7SS, G/9 d0. McKay Campus School, Room C159, Fitchburg State Univer-sity, 67 Rindge Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $5 or $10 (semi-annual clubdues); free to Wachusett CC members. Reg.: 6:45-7:15 p.m. Rd. 1 at 7:30p.m. Byes: 1-5, limit two. Prizes: chess books, magazines, importedwooden boards, medals, etc. Info: George Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill Rd.,Fitchburg, MA 01420, [email protected], 978-345-5011. Website:www.wachusettchess.org. Online quick ratings as of June 19 will be used. W.


JULY 19-21 OR 20-21, 18th Annual Bradley Open (CT)See Grand Prix.


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AUG. 8-11, 9-11 OR 10-11, 43rd annual Continental OpenSee Grand Prix.

AUG. 16-18 OR 17-18 (NEW DATES), 19th Annual NortheastOpen (CT)See Grand Prix.

MichiganMAY 23-27, 24-27, 25-27 OR 26-27, 22nd annual Chicago Open(IL)See Grand Prix.


AUG. 9-11 OR 10-11, Cleveland Open (OH)See Grand Prix.

MinnesotaMAY 23-27, 24-27, 25-27 OR 26-27, 22nd annual Chicago Open(IL)See Grand Prix.


MississippiJUNE 15, 2013 Pearl Open4SS, G/55 d5. 2 sections: Open & U1400. Country Inn & Suites, 3051White Blvd., Pearl, MS 39208. HR: 601-420-2244, $79/night, ask forChess rate. Reg.: 8am-9am. Rds.: 9:15, 11:30, Lunch, 2:15 and 4:30.Prizes b/70% entries, $250 guaranteed. Pre-entry Fee: Adults $20 andScholastic 12th grade or lower $10 if received by June 8, 2013. OnsiteEntry Fee: Adults $30 and Scholastic 12th grade or lower $20. USCF mem-bership required OSA. Contact: Ralph McNaughton 601-278-9670 [email protected]. For pre-entries mail your entry fee made out tothe Mississippi Chess Association, USCF number, expiration date and esti-mated current rating to: Ralph McNaughton, 407 Boehle St., Pearl, MS39208. More info at: www.mcachess.org. NS. NC.

MissouriMAY 23-27, 24-27, 25-27 OR 26-27, 22nd annual Chicago Open(IL)See Grand Prix.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25, Show Me Classic4SS, G/70. Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, 4657 MarylandAve., Saint Louis, MO 63108. Free entries for GMs and IMs. EF: $15, $10for annual members of the club if registered by 5/24. PF: $410 UNCON-DITIONALLY GUARANTEED!! 1st Place-$100, 2nd Place-$60. $50 for 1stin each class: A, B, C, D, U1200/UNR. Winner qualifies for 2014 Club Cham-pionship. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10, 12:30, 3:30, 6:15. One 1/2 point bye ifdeclared before round 2. MCA Membership required from $5. OSA. Ent:4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108, or online at saintlouischess-club.org. Info: 314-361-CHESS [email protected].

A State Championship Event!JUNE 8, 2013 Missouri Class Championship4rd swiss G/55 d5. Birchwood Baptist Church,3883 Blueridge Blvd., Inde-pendence, MO 64052. Prizes based on 10 each class/section. M/E:$100-50; A: $100-50; B: $100-50; C: $100-50; D/E/Unr: $100-50. $25 -4.0 Perfect Score Bonus! Registration: 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30, 11:45, 1:50,4:00. EF: $25 if mailed by 6/1 $30 cash only at door. MCA member-ship($5) required other states OK. 1-1/2 Point bye available if requestedbefore round 1. Send advance entries to: Ronald Luther, 5205 Country-side Ln., Blue Springs, MO 64015.

JUNE 8, 2nd Annual Free Entry Cash Prize Tournament4SS, G/60. Liberty Hy-Vee, 1332 W. Kansas St., Liberty, MO 64068 (in theClub Room) off of exit 16 on I-35. Reg.: 11:30AM. Sections: Elite (Top6 Rated Players)/Reserve/Amateur/U1100. Prizes: $200 Guaranteed,Elite 1st $75/Reserve 1st $75/ Amateur/U1100 1st $50. Free Entry!!Rounds: Saturday 12 /2:15/4:30/6:45. Questions: [email protected] 816-399-3703. Req. Memb: USCF & KC Chess Association. Sold onsite.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 8, Super Team Championship4SS, G/65 d5. Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, 4657 Mary-land Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108. Free entries for GMs and IMs. EF: $60for 3 person team, $45 for 3 person team that are all annual membersof the club if registered by 6/7. PF: $660 Unconditionally Guaranteed!!Championship Team-$420, Top Team U4800-$240. 6 trophies will beawarded to the players of the winning teams. 1st Place team membersqualify for 2014 Club Championship. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10, 12:30, 3, 5:30.No Half-point byes available. Unrated players will be considered 1100 forprize and pairing purposes. No alternates. Match points will be used todetermine winning team. MCA Membership required from $5. OSA. Ent:4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 6310, or online at saintlouischess-club.org. Info: 314-361-CHESS, [email protected].


MontanaChess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 1-2, John Barto Memorial OpenHeld in conjunction with the Montana State Championship (Closed). 5SS,G/120: Holiday Inn, 22 Last Chance Gulch Ave., Helena, MT 59601. Phone

(406) 443-2200. Ask for chess rate. EF: $20 by May 29, $25 at site, Jrs.1/2. Reg.: 9-9:40 am. Rds.: 10-2:30-7, 9-2. $$: 80% returned. Info andentries: Murray Strong, 530 State St., Helena, MT 59601, [email protected], 406-457-9142, www.montanachess.org. USCF and MCA mem-berships req’d, OSA. NC.

NevadaJUNE 6, 2013 U.S. Game/10 Championship (BLZ)See Nationals.

JUNE 7, National Open Scholastic Trophy Tournament5-SS, Game/30. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South,Las Vegas 89109. Open to players 18 and under. In 3 sections: U1800,U1200, and U800. Unrated players in the U1200 section and all playersin the U800 section must be age 11 or under. Trophies to top 5 in eachsection, top 2 in each odd 200 point rating group and unrated. There mustbe 3 players eligible for each prize to be awarded. EF: $39 by 5/16, $44by 6/3, $50 later. REG.: 9-9:30 a.m. RDS.: 10-11:30-1-2:30-4. Blitz 6:30p.m. ($15 by 5/16 $20 later) HR: $62 single or double ($89 Friday and Sat-urday nights). (800) 634-6753 or (702) 734-5110 – be sure to ask for theCHESS rates. ENT: Vegas Chess Festivals, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV89009-0925, online www.VegasChessFestival.com or fax at (702)933-9112. NS. NC. W.

JUNE 7-9 OR 8-9, 2013 National OpenSee Nationals.

JUNE 8, National Open Blitz Sectionals (BLZ)12-RR, G/5. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South,Las Vegas 89109. Sections of 12-15 players with rating range less than200 points whenever possible. $100-60, 2nd half $40, in each section. EF:$20. REG.: by 9 p.m. Round 1 at 9:30 p.m. Higher of regular or quick rat-ing used. HR: $62 single or double ($89 Friday and Saturday nights). (800)634-6753 or (702) 734-5110 – be sure to ask for the CHESS rates. ENT:Vegas Chess Festivals, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV 89009-0925, onlineat www.VegasChessFestival.com or fax at (702) 933-9112. NS. NC. W.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 8-9, International Youth Championship5SS, Game/60 d5. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas BoulevardSouth, Las Vegas 89109. In 4 Sections by age: 14 and Under, 14 andUnder Reserve (rated below 1000), 9 and Under, 9 and Under Reserve(rated below 800). Trophies to top 10 in each section plus class trophiesand team trophies. 1st Place in each section wins a Computer loadedwith valuable Chess Software and hundreds of Videos, 2nd-4th win chessprizes valued at $250-150-100. Unrated players may not win 1st inReserve sections. EF: $69 by 5/16, $79 by 6/3, $90 later. 1/2 point byein any round (limit 2) if requested in advance. REG.: 8-9 a.m. RDS.: 10-1-4, 10-1. Blitz 6/7 at 6:30 p.m. ($15 by 5/16, $20 later) HR: $62 singleor double ($89 Friday and Saturday nights). (800) 634-6753 or (702)734-5110 – be sure to ask for the CHESS rates. ENT: Vegas Chess Fes-tivals, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV 89009-0925, online www.VegasChessFestival.com or fax at (702) 933-9112. NS. NC. W.

JUNE 9, 2013 National Open Blitz (BLZ)See Grand Prix.


New HampshireJULY 6, Nashua Blitz (BLZ)See Grand Prix.

JULY 6-7, Nashua OpenSee Grand Prix.



New JerseyNJCCS Quads - First Friday Every Month!New Jersey Children’s Chess School, 862 DeGraw Ave., Forest Hill(Newark), NJ 07104. Open to K-8. 3-RR, G/35. EF: $20 for rated above1400, $25 for R>1200, $30 for others. $5 off for registration by mailone week in advance. Reg.: 6-6:50PM. Rds: 7-8-8:50 PM. Awards: Tro-phies to ALL. Chess classes meet every Friday 6:30-9PM. Website:www.kidschesscamp.com. Info: Arkady Geller, 973-483-7927 or [email protected] Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Chess Mates Wednesday G/905-SS, G/85 d5. 1 game per week. Prize Fund: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd& Class Prizes (based on the # of participants). 2 byes are available. Late-joins accepted until the start of round 3. EF: $30, $25 members. Reg.:6:30-7:00 p.m. on 5/1, 5/8, 5/15. Rds.: 7:00 p.m. 1531 Irving St., Rah-way, NJ 07065. Info: www.chessmatesnj.com, 732-499-0118.

MAY 11, Ewing CC - Quad #83RR, G/90 d5. Ewing Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Rd., Ewing, NJ08628. Open EF: $14. Prizes: $35. per Quad. REG.: 8:45-9:45AM. Rds.:10:15, 1:30, 5PM. Train/Bus Access. Contact:Mike [email protected],609-468-4792. NS. NC. W.

MAY 11, Hamilton CC Saturday Quad 3RR, 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. New Location: McManimon Hall, 320Scully Ave., Hamilton Twp., NJ 08610. Quads open to all. EF: $10. Prizes:$25 per Quad. Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm-4:30/pm. NJState Chess Federation, no dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA.Contact email: hamiltonchessclub.com. NS, NC, W.

MAY 11, Princeton Day School650 The Great Road. Plaques to top 3 school teams and top 6 in each sec-tion. Medals to all players. FIRST 10 PLAYERS OVER 1600 PLAY FORFREE. Sections for OVER 1000 rated players begin at 10:15 and must pre-register: 3 rds. G/55 d5: OVER 1600 K-12), OVER 1400 NEAR MASTERS(K-12), FUTURE MASTERS (Players K-12 1200-1400), CLOSED (K-12 1000-1200) ALL AFTERNOON SECTIONS. G/25 d5 4 rds. Beginning at 12:00noon. (round times will be accelerated if possible): OPEN (Players K-12U-1000), RESERVE (K-12 U-800), NOVICE II (K-8 U-600), NOVICE I(unrated K-6), K-1 (unrated) NO SCORE K-1 (unrated). PARENTS OFPLAYERS rated G/25 d5 3rds. Parents play free. Pre-registration online,$35 pay at the door. Info and register online: www.pds.org/chess.Onsite 11-12 noon $45. Inquires to Bonnie Waitzkin [email protected].

MAY 17-19 OR 18-19, 21st annual New York State Open (NY)See Grand Prix.

MAY 18, Central Jersey Chess Tournament4SS. All Saints Church, 16 All Saints Rd., Princeton. Open, U1200 G/40d5, U900, U600 G/25 d5, Novice(unr), K-1(unr). Trophies: 1st-3rd, topschool/club team/section. $30 at njchess.com by 5/16, $40 onsite. Reg.ends 1:30.

MAY 18, Chess Mates Saturday Swiss4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free ($30deducted from prize). Prize Fund : $420 b/$600 in EF. Prizes: $120-80-60, U2100 $45, U1900 $40, U1700 $40, U1500 $35. Reg: 12:35-1:25p.m. Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00, 6:45 p.m. Byes: 2 byes available, must com-mit prior to game 2. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 IrvingSt., Rahway, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499-0118.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 18, Viking Saturday Quads and Kids SwissSomerset Holiday Inn, 195 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ (exit 10 off I-287).Quads: G/85 d5, EF: $20, 10 am - at site. $40 to winners. Rds.: 10-1-4.Join VPLM Club online only. Annual dues $1. Members get a $5 cash refund(all Sections). Kids Swiss: Viking U1300 K-8: and U0700 K-6: 5-SS, G/30d5, Trophies top 10. EF: $20 online entryfeesrus.com. $25 at site. Starts:10 am then ASAP w/lunch break. Info: 908-619-8621, or [email protected]. W. WEB.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!A State Championship Event!MAY 18-19, New Jersey Junior ChampionshipHigh School Championship: (9-12) 5SS, G/90 d5. ICA, 9-10 Saddle RiverRd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. Phone: 201 797-0330. Trophies to top 10. TopHigh School player from NJ awarded entry to Denker Tournament of HSChampions. K-8 Championship: (K-8) 5SS, G/90 D/5. Trophies to top 10,U1300, U1200, U1000, Unr. Top K-8 from NJ awarded entry to Dewain Bar-ber Tournament of K-8 State Champions. ALL: Entry fee $35 if receivedby 5/11, $50 at site. Reg.: Sat. 8-9:30am. Rds.: Sat: 10am 2pm 6pm Sun.10am 2pm ENT: NJSCF, P.O. Box 1511, Jackson, NJ 08527. Make checkspayable to NJSCF or online at www.characterkings.org. Info: Hal Sprech-man, 732-259-3881, [email protected].

MAY 19, Chess Mates Sunday Quads3-RR. G/25 d5. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prizes: $55 to firstin each section. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:15 a.m. Rds.:10:20, 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. Info:www.chessmatesnj.com, 732-499-0118.Also: Lessons with GM Yudasin 2:30-7:30 p.m. on May 19, June 2 & 9. Visitour web site or call for details.

MAY 19, Westfield Quads3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes:$50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m.Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on enter-ing the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], BillCohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.comand www.westfieldchessclub.com

MAY 25, Dr. Luzivminda Machan Open #24See Grand Prix.

MAY 25, Fair Lawn Saturday QuadsICA, 9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. 3 RR, G/60 d0. EF: $25.Prize: $50 to first in each quad. Reg.: 12:45-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:30 PM, 3:45,6:00. ENT: Info Diana 201-797-0330, [email protected]; www.icanj.net. ICAprovides lunch.

MAY 25, U.S. Amateur K-8 East U12005-SS, G/30. La Quinta Inn & Suites, 60 Cottontail Ln., Somerset, NJ08873. Telephone 732 560-9880. In 3 Sections (U1200, U900, & U600).Trophies toTop10, Others win chess medallions. Unrated may not win first.Registration: Saturday May 26, 11am-12pm. Rounds: 12:30pm, thenASAP with lunch break after round #2. EF: $25 if mailed by May 20 orpaid online via CharacterKings.org, EF: $40 cash at site. One 1/2 pointbye allowed if requested with EF. April Rating supplement used. Ent: HalSprechman, P.O. Box 1511, Jackson, NJ 08527. Checks to NJSCF. Indicategrade level. Info: 732 259-3881 or [email protected]. NC. W.

MAY 25-27 OR 26-27, 69th Annual U.S. Amateur East Champi-onshipSee Nationals.

MAY 26, 4th Sunday G/60 Quads3 RR, G/60 d5. 1st round 1pm. All the King’s Men Chess & Games Cen-ter (Just 22 mins. from Center City Philadelphia), 62 S. Broadway, Pitman,NJ, 856-582-8222. EF: $25, members $20. Prizes: $50 1st per quad. Reg.:10:30-11:30 onsite, or pre-register at www.ATKMchessSets.com/quads4.Bring a clock!

MAY 26, Chess Mates Sunday Quads3-RR. G/25 d5. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prizes: $55 to firstin each section. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:15 a.m. Rds.:10:20, 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. Info:www.chessmatesnj.com, 732-499-0118.Also: Lessons with GM Yudasin 2:30-7:30 p.m. on June 2 & 9. Visit ourweb site or call for details.




JUNE 1, Chess Mates Saturday Swiss4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free ($25deducted from prize). Prize Fund: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd,U2100, U1900, U1700, U1500. Reg.: 12:35-1:25 p.m. Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00,6:45 p.m. Byes: 2 byes available, must commit prior to game 2. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065.Info: www.chessmatesnj.com, 732-499-0118.

JUNE 1, Fair Lawn Saturday QuadsICA, 9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. 3 RR, G/60 d0. EF: $25.Prize: $50 to first in each quad. Reg.: 12:45-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:30 PM, 3:45,6:00. ENT: Info Diana 201-797-0330, [email protected]; www.icanj.net. ICAprovides lunch.

JUNE 2, Dr. David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Summer 2013 Open Cham-pionshipSee Grand Prix.

JUNE 2, Dr. David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Summer 2013 ScholasticChampionship in 5 SectionsSITE: BERGEN ACADEMY, 200 HACKENSACK AVE., HACKENSACK, NJ07601. 4SS, EVERYONE PLAYS 4 GAMES, ALL PLAYERS WITH 2.5 PTS ORMORE WILL RECEIVE A TROPHY! USCF Memb Req’d For Sections 3, 4 AND5. Info: 201 287 0250 or [email protected] ADV EF (pmk by May 29th) $25At Site $30 Reg ends 1/2 hr before 1st rd Late entrants will receive a 1/2pt bye for rd 1. In 5 Sections, Section 1 Junior Novice (not USCF rated):Open to unr players K thru 2nd grade. Rds.: First Round 10:15 AM thenASAP. Section 2 Novice (not USCF rated): Open to unr players K thru4th grade. Rds.: First Round 10:00 AM then ASAP. Section 3 G/45 d0U800: Open to players rated below 800 and unr players K thru 12th grade.Rds.: 9:45 AM, 11:30, 1:15, 3:00 PM. Section 4 G/45 d0 U1200: Opento players rated below 1200 and unr players K thru 12th grade. Rds.: 9:45AM, 11:30, 1:15, 3:00 PM. Section 5 G/60 d0 U1600: Open to All Agesrated below 1600 or unrated. Rds.: 9:30 AM, 11:45, 2:00, 4:30 PM. ENT:Make EF and/or USCF Memb chks payable To: International Chess Acad-emy. Mail To: Diana Tulman, 28 Canterbury Ln., New Milford, NJ 07646 .INFO: www.icanj.net.

JUNE 2, Chess Mates Sunday Quads3-RR. G/25 d5. 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Prizes: $55 to firstin each section. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.: 10:00-10:15 a.m. Rds.:10:20, 11:30 a.m., 12:40 p.m. Info:www.chessmatesnj.com, 732-499-0118.Also: Lessons with GM Yudasin 2:30-7:30 p.m. on June 2 & 16. Visit ourweb site or call for details.

JUNE 2, Westfield Quads3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes:$50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m.Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on enter-ing the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], BillCohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.comand www.westfieldchessclub.com.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 5, 12, 19, 26, Chess Mates Wednesday G/904-SS, G/85 d5. 1 game per week. Prize Fund: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd& Class Prizes (based on the # of participants). 2 byes are available. Late-joins accepted until the start of round 3. EF: $20, $15 members. Reg.:6:40-7:00 p.m. Rds.: 7:00 p.m. on the dates above. 1531 Irving St., Rah-way, NJ 07065. Info: www.chessmatesnj.com,732-499-0118.

JUNE 8, Fair Lawn Saturday QuadsICA, 9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. 3 RR, G/60 d0. EF: $25.Prize: $50 to first in each quad. Reg.: 12:45-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:30 PM, 3:45,6:00. ENT: Info Diana 201-797-0330, [email protected]; www.icanj.net. ICAprovides lunch.

JUNE 8, Central Jersey Chess Tournament4SS. All Saints Church, 16 All Saints Rd., Princeton. Open, U1200 G/40d5, U900, U600 G/25 d5, Novice(unr), K-1(unr). Trophies: 1st-3rd, topschool/club team/section. $30 at njchess.com by 6/6, $40 onsite. Reg.ends 1:30.

JUNE 8-9 OR 9, Chess Mates Open ChampionshipSee Grand Prix.

JUNE 15, Chess Mates Saturday Swiss4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free ($30deducted from prize). Prize Fund : $420 b/$600 in EF. Prizes: $120-80-60, U2100 $45, U1900 $40, U1700 $40, U1500 $35. Reg.: 12:35-1:25 p.m.Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00, 6:45 p.m. Byes: 2 byes available, must commit priorto game 2. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 Irving St., Rah-way, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499-0118.

JUNE 15, King’s Chess Club QuadsMorning quads and afternoon quads, G/30, Kindergarten-undergraduate(scholastic, youth, and young adult memberships). Bethlehem Church, 758Route 10, Randolph, NJ 07869. EF: None. Reg.: 9-9:20 am., 1st rd. 9:40.Arr. by noon to reg. only for afternoon quads. Medal to each quad win-ner. Info: Bethlehem Church 973-366-3434 or Bob McAdams 973-694-3988,[email protected].


JUNE 22, Chess Mates Saturday Swiss4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free ($30deducted from prize). Prize Fund : $420 b/$600 in EF. Prizes: $120-80-60, U2100 $45, U1900 $40, U1700 $40, U1500 $35. Reg: 12:35-1:25p.m. Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00, 6:45 p.m. Byes: 2 byes available, must com-mit prior to game 2. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 IrvingSt., Rahway, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499-0118.

JUNE 27-JULY 1, DC International (VA)See Grand Prix.


JUNE 29, Chess Mates Saturday Swiss4-SS, G/40 d5. EF: $40, members $30, U1600 less $5, GMs free ($30deducted from prize). Prize Fund : $420 b/$600 in EF. Prizes: $120-80-60, U2100 $45, U1900 $40, U1700 $40, U1500 $35. Reg: 12:35-1:25p.m. Rds.: 1:30, 3:15, 5:00, 6:45 p.m. Byes: 2 byes available, must com-mit prior to game 2. Re-entry $20, before round 2 or 3 only. 1531 IrvingSt., Rahway, NJ 07065. Info: [email protected], 732-499-0118.




JUNE 30, Westfield Quads3-RR. G/40 d5. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes:$50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m.Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on enter-ing the building. John Moldovan: [email protected], BillCohen: 732-548-8432 or 848-219-1358, westfieldchessclub.blogspot.comand www.westfieldchessclub.com.










New YorkMAY 16, Marshall Thursday Game 30!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries: $200-100-50, U2100 $95, U1900 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.

MAY 17, Marshall Friday G/45 Quads3rd Friday every month. 3-RR, G/40 d5. Open to all; quads formed by rat-ing. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $30, members$20, $50 for each winner. Reg.: 5:15-5:45. Rds.: 6-7:30-9. www.marshallchessclub.org.

MAY 17-19 OR 18-19, 21st annual New York State OpenSee Grand Prix.

MAY 18, Marshall Saturday U15004-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($300/20):$160-80, U1200 60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 18-19 OR 19, Marshall May Open4-SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.EF: $45/members $25. ($400/24): $150-100, U2000 $80, U1700 $70. Regends 12:15. 2 schedules: 2 day 12:30-5:30 each day, 1 day (Rds 1-2G/25d5) 10-11:15-12:30-5:30. Limit two byes, request at entry. NO REEN-TRY. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 19, 47th Binghamton Monthly Tournament4SS, G/65 d5. Prizes: $300 b/26. Open-$100-$60-$30; Reserve-$50-$40-$20 (U1700). Trophies: 1-3 Reserve section. Advance Entry: EF’sReduced! Open-$20 Reserve-$15 (U1700) $5 more on site-cash only onsite. Schedule: Registration on site 8:45–9:15 AM. Rounds: 9:30-12Noon-2:30-4:45. Free USCF 90-day membership (call for details) Freechess set & board to all new players under 18 years of age. Mail Entry:checks payable to: “Cordisco’s Corner Store”, 308 Chenango St., Bing-hamton, NY 13901 (607) 772-8782, [email protected].

MAY 21, Marshall Masters!See Grand Prix.

MAY 23, Marshall Thursday Game 30!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,

members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries: $200-100-50, U2100 $95, U1900 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 23, 30, JUNE 6, 13, 20, Marshall Thursday Members-OnlySwiss!5-SS, G/115 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Opento MCC members only. EF: $30. ($450 b/24): $200-100, U2100 $90,U1800 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Thursday. Limit 2 byes,request by rd. 3. www.marshallchessclub.org.

MAY 24, Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz! (BLZ)See Grand Prix.

MAY 24, New Yorker Rated Beginners Tournament!4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St.,across from Penn Station, NYC, for Under 1200 or those not rated in anycountry. EF: $20, free to players who (re-)join USCF with magazine, freeto players also playing New Yorker Open, 5/24-27, specified Greater NYprizewinners free! Trophies to top 3. Limit 2 byes, commit by 8:15. Reg.ends 6:30 pm. Rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. No advance entries.

MAY 24, Point Me To The New Yorker!3-SS, G/30. Chess Center at New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St.,across from Penn Station, NYC. EF: $20, specified Greater NY Scholas-tic prizewinners free! 3-0 wins $40, 2.5 wins $20, 2 wins $10. Reg. ends7:15 pm. Rds. 7:30-8:30-9:30.

MAY 24-27, 25-27 OR 26-27, 3rd Annual New Yorker Open!See Grand Prix.

MAY 25, Marshall Saturday G/60!4-SS, G/55 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($540/40):$240-120, U2000 95, U1700 85. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45.Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

MAY 26, 3rd Annual New Yorker Open Blitz Championship (BLZ)!See Grand Prix.

MAY 26, Marshall Sunday G/45!4-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Two sec-tions: A. Open ($360/26): $160-80, U2100 65, U1800 55. B. U1500($240/18): $120-65, U1200 55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

MAY 27, Marshall Memorial Day Madness!6-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($480/28):$200-100, U 2000 $70, U1700 $60, U1400 $50. EF: $45, members $25.Reg.: 11:15-11:45. Rds.: 12-1:15-2:30-4-5:15-6:30. Two byes available,request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 27, JUNE 3, 10, 17, 24, Marshall Monday U16005-SS, G/85 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. ($450/20): $240-120,U1300 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:4., Rds.: 7 pm each Mon. Two byes available,request by Round 3. www.marshallchessclub.org.

MAY 28-JUNE 2, 2013 U.S. Senior OpenSee Nationals.

MAY 30, Marshall Thursday Game 30!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries: $200-100-50, U2100 $95, U1900 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 30, JUNE 6, 13, 20, 27, 6th Long Island CC Spring Open5SS, G/90 d5. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., EastMeadow, NY 11554. Open to all. $(b/22): $170-120. Top U-2000, U-1500/unr. $100 ea. Best upset $10. EF: $35. Non-LICC members +$10.Reg.: 6:40-7:10 PM, no adv. ent., Rds.: 7:15 PM SHARP ea. Thursday. 2byes 1-5. Info: www.lichessclub.com. NS.

MAY 31, Marshall Friday U2200 Action!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U2000 $65, U1800 $55. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

MAY 31-JUNE 2, 2013 U.S. Junior OpenSee Nationals.

JUNE 1, Marshall Saturday U15004-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($300/20):$160-80, U1200 60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JUNE 1, TRM 74Menands School, 19 Wards Ln., 12204. EF: Free. Pre-registration requiredwww.maketherightmove.org. Seven sections. Rd. 1 starts at 10am.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 1-2 OR 2, Marshall June Open4-SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.EF: $45/members $25. ($400/24): $150-100, U2000 $80, U1700 $70. Regends 12:15. 2 schedules: 2 day 12:30-5:30 each day, 1 day (Rds 1-2G/25d5) 10-11:15-12:30-5:30. Limit two byes, request at entry. NO REEN-TRY. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JUNE 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Rochester Chess Center Saturday Tourna-ments!3-SS, G/60 d5. Rochester CC, 221 Norris Dr., Rochester, NY 14610. 585-442-2430. Prizes based on entries. EF: $15, RCC members $13. $2 lessfor HS and Pre-HS. Reg.: 1-1:45 pm. Rds.: 2-4-6. One bye available,request at entry. www.nychess.org. Also, Youth tournament every Satur-day morning 10am-1pm, trophies and prizes. EF: $5

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JUNE 2, TRM 189Riverbank State Pk., 145th St and Riverside Dr., NYC. EF: Free. Pre-reg-istration required www.therightmove.org by Fri 8:00 PM with Sunday 9:15check-in required. RD. 1 at 10:00.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 3, 10, 17, 24, 31st Nassau Class40/80, 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & Main Sts., Mineola. 4-SS. 6 sec-tions. Master-Expert, EF: $36 by 6/1. $$ (256 b/8) 176, U2200 80.Class A, U2000/UR. EF: $31 by 6/1. $$ (216 b/8) 144-72. Class B,U1800/UR. EF: $26 by 6/1. $$ (176 b/8) 112-64. Class C, U1600/UR. EF:$21 by 6/1. $$ (136 b/8) 88-48. Class D, U1400/UR. EF: $16 by 6/1. $$(96 b/8) 64-32. Class E/UR: U1200/UR, EF: $11 by 6/1. $$ (56 b/8) 56All, EF: $7 more at site. Non-mem $10 more. 2 byes 1-4. Rds.: 7:15 [email protected]. Reg.: 7-7:15 PM. Ent: Harold. Stenzel, 80 AmyDr., Sayville, NY 11782.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 3, 10, 17, 24, JULY 1, 8, Marshall FIDE Mondays!!6-SS, G/120 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Opento all players 1600 or above. EF: $50, Members $30. ($500 b/28): $175-125-100, U2000 $100. 2 byes OK, commit before round 4. Reg.: 6:15-6:45.Rds.: 7PM each Monday. FIDE rated. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3.www.marshallchessclub.org.

JUNE 4, Marshall Tuesday Action!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 5, 12, 19, 26, Community Chess Club of Rochester Wed Nightchess!1 game, G/80 d5. Rochester Chess Center, 221 Norris Dr., Rochester, NY14610. 585-442-2430. EF: $5, CCCR members $3. Reg.: 7-7:25 pm. Rd.:7:30pm. www.rochesterchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 5, 12, 19, 26, JULY 3, Marshall Wednesday U1400!5-SS, G/85 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50,members $30. ($450/24): $240-120, U1100 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.:7 pm each Wed. Limit two byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 5, 12, 19, 26, JULY 3, Marshall Wednesday U2000!5-SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.EF: $50, members $30. ($450/24): $240-120, U1700 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45.Rds.: 7 pm each Wed. Limit two byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JUNE 6, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!See Grand Prix.

JUNE 7, Marshall Friday U2000 Action!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U1800 $65, U1600 $55. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.www.marshallchessclub.org.

JUNE 8, Marshall Saturday U18004-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($300/24):$160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JUNE 8-9 OR 9, Marshall June GPSee Grand Prix.

JUNE 13, Marshall Thursday Game 30!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries: $200-100-50, U2100 $95, U1900 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.

JUNE 14, Marshall Friday U2200 Action!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U2000 $65, U1800 $55. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 15, Syracuse-Minoa June Open4SS. Rds.: 1&2 G/60 d5, Rds.: 3&4 G/90 d5. Minoa Municipal Bldg., 240N. Main St., Minoa, NY (Exit Kirkville Rd. E. from I 481, R. at second light).EF: $30. Prizes: (b/20) $200, 125, Class 100. Reg.: 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30,12:00, 2:15, 5:30. Contact: Joe Ball 315-436-9008.

JUNE 15, Marshall Saturday U1600!4-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300b/24): $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. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 15-16 OR 16, Marshall June U2300!4SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716.EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/40): $240-120, U2000 $95, U1700 $85.Reg: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds 12:30-5:30 PM eachday; 1 day, (Rds 1-2 G/25d5) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; bothmerge rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JUNE 18, Marshall Masters!See Grand Prix.

JUNE 19-23, 21-23 OR 22-23, 6th New York InternationalSee Grand Prix.

JUNE 20, Marshall Thursday Game 30!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries: $200-100-50, U2100 $95, U1900 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.

JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 6th Summer Solstice Open (FL)See Grand Prix.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 23, 48th Binghamton Monthly Tournament4SS, G/65 d5. Prizes: $300 b/26. Open-$100-$60-$30; Reserve-$50-$40-$20 (U1700). Trophies: 1-3 Reserve section. Advance Entry: EF’sReduced! Open-$20 Reserve-$15 (U1700) $5 more on site-cash only onsite. Schedule: Registration on site 8:45–9:15 AM. Rounds: 9:30-12Noon-2:30-4:45. Free chess set & board to all new players under 18years of age. Mail Entry: checks payable to: “Cordisco’s Corner Store”,308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901 (607) 772-8782, [email protected].

JUNE 27, Marshall Thursday Game 30 SUPER Grand Prix!See Grand Prix.


JUNE 28, Marshall $500 FIDE Blitz! (BLZ)See Grand Prix.


JUNE 29, Marshall Saturday G/60!4-SS, G/55 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($540/40):$240-120, U2000 95, U1700 85. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45.Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.



JUNE 30, Marshall Sunday G/45!4-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Two sec-tions: A. Open ($360/26): $160-80, U2100 65, U1800 55. B. U1500($240/18): $120-65, U1200 55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.



Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Marshall Monday U1600!5-SS, G/85 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. ($450/20): $240-120,U1300 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:4., Rds. 7 pm each Mon. Two byes available,request by Round 3. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JULY 2, NEW! Marshall Tuesday Action!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.www.marshallchessclub.org.


JULY 4, Marshall Independence Day Madness!5-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.($$810/b50) 2 Sections: A) Open: $200-100, U 2100 $70, U1900 $60. B)Under 1700: $150-100, U1500 70, U1300 $60. EF: $45, members $25.Reg.: 11:15-11:45. Rds.: 12-1:45-3:30-5:30-7:15. Two byes available,request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JULY 5, NEW! Marshall Friday U2000 Action!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U1800 $65, U1600 $55. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JULY 6, Marshall Saturday U15004-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($300/20):$160-80, U1200 60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 6-7 OR 7, Marshall July Open4-SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.EF: $45/members $25. ($400/24): $150-100, U2000 $80, U1700 $70. Regends 12:15. 2 schedules: 2 day 12:30-5:30 each day, 1 day (Rds 1-2G/25d5) 10-11:15-12:30-5:30. Limit two byes, request at entry. NO REEN-TRY. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 10, 17, 24, 31, AUG. 7, Marshall Wednesday U1400!5-SS, G/85 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50,members $30. ($450/24): $240-120, U1100 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.:7 pm each Wed. Limit two byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchessclub.org.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 10, 17, 24, 31, AUG. 7, Marshall Wednesday U2000!5-SS, 30/85 d5, SD/1 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.EF: $50, members $30. ($450/24): $240-120, U1700 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45.Rds.: 7 pm each Wed. Limit two byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JULY 11, Marshall Thursday Action With The Chess Center of NewYork4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $25, GMs free. Prizes: ($$530 based on 32 paid entries: $200-100-50, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 11, 18, 25, AUG. 1, 8, Marshall Thursday Open5-SS, G/115 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50,members $30. ($450/20): $200-100, U2100 $90, U1800 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 Rds. 7 each Thurs. Two byes available, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JULY 12, NEW! Marshall Friday U2200 Action!4-SS, G/25 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,members $20. ($360/24): $160-80, U2000 $65, U1800 $55. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JULY 13, Marshall Saturday U18004-SS, G/40 d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($300/24):$160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.

JULY 13-14 OR 14, Marshall July Open GPSee Grand Prix.


AUG. 2-4 OR 3-4, 12th annual Manhattan OpenSee Grand Prix.






AUG. 30-SEPT. 2, AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR SEPT. 1-2, 135th annualNY State ChampionshipSee Grand Prix.

North CarolinaMAY 25, Knights Templar III3-SS, G/75 d5. Dowd YMCA, 400 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28202.In 10 man sections: $$100-50 per. EF: $25. ($5 discount for CCCMembs.) Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10-1-3:30. Info: [email protected], www.charlottechess.com (704-965-8931).


JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 2013 Statesville OpenSee Grand Prix.









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OhioMAY 10, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2013 (QC)4SS, G/24 d5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.:7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCCmbr). Info: [email protected]/, 937-461-6283.

MAY 17, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2013 (QC)4SS, G/24 d5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.:7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCCmbr). Info: [email protected]/. 937-461-6283.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 18, Cincy Tornado: Chess Earth - All Things Chess4SS, G/60 d5. Site: 605 Northland Blvd., Forest Park, OH 45240 (greenbuilding next to Speedway). EF: $25 until 5/11 then $30 at site. Visa-MC-AMEX accepted at site. Based on 35 entries. Prizes: Open: $200-$100;1st in Class A,B,C,D/under, each $100. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10am-1:00-3:30-6:00, one bye available. Register: online at chessearth.com or mailentry fee to Robert Chenault, 932 Smiley Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45240. Con-tact: Robert at 513-884-7027.


MAY 24-26 OR 25-26, 55th Gem City OpenSee Grand Prix.

MAY 31, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2013 (QC)4SS, G/24 d5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.:7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCCmbr). Info: [email protected]/. 937-461-6283.

JUNE 7, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2013 (QC)4SS, G/24 d5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.:7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCCmbr). Info: [email protected]/. 937-461-6283.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 8, Toledo June SwissOpen, 4SS, Rnd 1 G/75, Rnds 2-4 G/85. The University of Toledo HealthScience Campus, Mulford Library Basement Cafe, 3000 Arlington Ave.,Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by6/6, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 b/20,$100-50, 1st Class A ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: JamesJagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450.

JUNE 21-23 OR 22-23, 2013 Columbus OpenSee Grand Prix.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 13, Toledo July SwissOpen, 4SS, Rnd 1 G/75, Rnds 2-4 G/85. The University of Toledo HealthScience Campus, Mulford Library Basement Cafe, 3000 Arlington Ave.,Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by7/11, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 b/20,$100-50, 1st Class A ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: JamesJagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450.

AUG. 9-11 OR 10-11, Cleveland OpenSee Grand Prix.


OklahomaMAY 11, OCA Route 66 Open 2013See Grand Prix.

MAY 25-26, 68th OCF Open and Jerry Spann Memorial and 2013OCF Regional Championship See Grand Prix.

OregonChess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 15-16, Newport June OpenPlaying site: Central Lincoln PUD, 2129 N. Coast Hwy., Newport, OR 97365.4 Rd, Swiss, 4 Sections. USCF rated. Time control: G/90, inc/30. EntryFee: if mailed by May 31, Open: $60. Premier: $50. Reserve: $40.Booster: $30. No in-person registration. Prize Fund: Based on 52 play-ers. 70% of each prize is guaranteed. Open: $250, $175, $125. Premier:$175, $125, $100. Reserve: $125, $100, $75. Booster: $110, $80, $60. Sat:Round1 12:30 pm. Round 2 6 pm. Sun: Round 3 9 am. Round 4 2:30pm.HOTEL: Knights Inn, 1823 N. Coast Hwy., Newport, OR. Organizers/Spon-sors: H. G. Pitre, Bill Barrese, Central Coast Chess Club of Newport, ORRuss Miller. TD: H. G. Pitre. All registrants are presumed to have readdetailed TA at www.nwchess.com and agree to those terms.


PennsylvaniaEvery Saturday - LVCA QUADS/RBO U1200 Quads + G/7 d3, 5SS Event (May 4th, 11:30am, $$200 SWISS only, TLA below) G/40 d5 Quads, 3-RR.Reg.: 1-1:45, Rds.: 2 pm, then asap. Site: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,514 3rd Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18018. 2 Sections: Open Section EF: $15.Prizes: $50 for 3-0 score, else $45 for 1st. RBO Section EF: $10. Prizes:$30 for 3-0 score, else $25 for 1st. G/7 d3 Event Rd. 1: 6:15 pm or asap.Prizes: 50% of entries, 1st-70%, 2nd-30%, more prizes if 12 or more. Ph:484-866-3045, Bruce. Info: [email protected].

Every Friday - LVCA 7 & 9 pm Blitz Events Open/U1200 (BLZ)8SS, G/5 d2. St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown,

PA 18104. EF: $5, Prizes: Open and U1200, Minimum 50% Returned.1st-70%, 2nd-30% AND will ADD PRIZES if 12 or more players per sec-tion, FREE Coffee For All Entrants. REG.: Ends 6:55pm, Cash on site only.RDS.:7 pm, then ASAP. On Site: 484-866-3045 or [email protected], www.lehighvalleychessclub.org.

Maryland Chess Association (MD)See Maryland.

North Penn Chess ClubMain & Richardson, Lansdale, PA. See www.northpennchessclub.org forschedules & info or 215-699-8418.

MAY 4, Pocono Spring Challenge Scholastic5-SS, G/30 d5. EF: $30, $35 CASH ONLY after 4/25/13 AT SITE. Trophy’sto 1st, 2nd, 3rd; Top U1000, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Raffle and Prizes to beannounced. Rds.: 9:30-10:45-12:30-1:45-3:00. Reg.: Opens 8:30 am.Site: Pocono Mountain East High School, 200 School Rd., Swiftwater, PA18344. Ent.: Check payable to: “PMECPA”, c/o Dan Tartaglione, 1354 Madi-son Ave., Pocono Summit, PA 18346, Info: www.pmechess.com/.

MAY 4, LVCA May Matt O’Brien Open Swiss $$200 Gtd.4-SS, G/40 d5. EF $15, $10 College/U18 yrs old, $5 more each CASH ONLYafter 5/1/13 AT SITE, FREE ENTRY TO UNRATEDS, if paying 1 year USCFDues. Prizes: $70-1st,$35-2nd,$35-U2000/Unr,$30-U1200,$30-Top Col-lege. Rds.:12-1:30-3- 4:30pm. Onsite Reg.: Opens 11:30 am. Site: HolyTrinity Lutheran Church, 514 3rd Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18018. Ent.: Checkpayable to:”Bruce Davis”, 1208 Linden St., Bethlehem, PA 18018. Info:www.lehighvalleychessclub.org.

MAY 18, May LVCA Scholarships K-12 Championship5-SS, G/30 d5. EF: $30, $40 CASH ONLY after 5/15/13 AT SITE. $$1000in Scholarships to 1st-$400, 2nd-$200, 3rd-$100 ,$100 each top 3 LehighValley players. Trophy’s to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,Top U1400, U1200, U1000,U800, U600, U400, UNR, $10-$20 in Random Prizes to every player.Rds.: 1:10pm then ASAP. Reg.: Ends 1pm. Site: Holy Trinity Church, 5143rd Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18102. Ent: “Bruce Davis”, 1208 Linden St., Beth-lehem, PA 18018, Ph. 484-866-3045, Email: bdavis@lehighvalleychessclub. org. Info: www.lehighvalleychessclub.org/.

MAY 24-26 OR 25-26, 55th Gem City Open (OH)See Grand Prix.

JUNE 1, W.Chester 1st Sat. QuadsOur 24th year! 3RR, 40/75, sd/30 d5. 2nd Presbyterian Church, 114 S.Walnut St., West Chester, PA 19382. EF: $20; $40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9am;Rds.: 9:30, 1, 4:30. Info:[email protected].

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 1, 43rd Fred Thompson Memorial4SS, G/60 d5. Pittsburgh Chess Club, 5604 Solway St., Pittsburgh, PA15217. EF: $28 postmarked by 5/27, $38 thereafter, $3 discount to PCCmembers. 2 Sections: Open and Reserve (U1600). Prizes $$500 b/30.Open: $120 - 80, U2000 $60, U1800 $40. Reserve: $80 - 50, U1400 $40,U1200/Unr $30. Reg.: 9-9:45. Requests for half-point byes must bemade by the start of Round 2. Rds.: 10AM-12:30PM-3:30PM-6PM. Info:412-421-1881, www.pittsburghcc.org. Entries: Pittsburgh Chess Club, Attn:Mike Holsinger, 5604 Solway St., Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Make checkspayable to Pittsburgh Chess Club. NC. W.

JUNE 8, Masterminds CC Summer QuadsBlair Christian Academy, 220 W. Upsal St., Philadelphia, PA. Quads: 3RR,40/75, SD/30 d5. EF: $20 cash; $40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9AM. Rd.: 1 at9:30AM then asap. Info: Bradley Crable, 215-844-3881, mastermind-schess.org.

JUNE 15, Chess In Jasper Park & Picinic (3 events) Emmaus, PA(BLZ)(3) - 5SS events, G/7 d3. Jasper Park Pavillion, 4960 Vera Cruz Rd.North, Emmaus, 18049. EF: $10 Cash each event, FREE ENTRY TO UNR.if paying 1 year USCF Dues, No adv ent. Prizes: Min. 50% Rtd. based onpd entries. 1st-60%, 2nd-30%, 3rd-10% AND ADD if 12 or more players“Top U1600”- $15, Top U1000 - $15, more based on pd. Picinic:11am-dusk. Reg Ends: 1, 3, 5 pm for each event. Event: Rd. 1: 1pm, 3pm, 5pmeach. Info: 484-866-3045, [email protected], www.lehigh-valleychessclub.org/.










JULY 7, World Open Blitz Championship (BLZ) (VA)See Grand Prix.

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 27-28, 44th Susquehanna Valley Open

5SS, G/90. Honeysuckle Student Apts., 111 Honeysuckle Ct., Bloomsburg,PA 17815. EF: $29 by July 23, $40 later. $$ (400G): 150-75-40, 135 in classprizes. Prizes may be increased if over 30 entries. Seating may be lim-ited. Reg.: 9-9:30am. Rds.: 10 am, 1:30 pm, 5 pm; 10 am, 1:30 pm.Housing: $50 for one night, $90 for Fri & Sat - for housing info contactSam Lamonto, 717-580 7492, [email protected]. Ent: GHACC, C/OMichael Jemo, 128 Forest Hills Acres, Hazle Twp., PA 18201, 570-455-9261,570-956-2492. [email protected]. Affiliate - Hazleton Chess Club A6009897.Send acknowledgement to: Michael A. Jemo, 128 Forest Hills Acres,Hazle Twp., PA 18201, 570-956-2492, [email protected].






AUG. 30-SEPT. 2, AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR SEPT. 1-2, 135th annualNY State Championship (NY)See Grand Prix.

Rhode IslandJUNE 1-2, Rhode Island State ChampionshipSee Grand Prix.


South CarolinaMAY 24-26 OR 25-26, 2013 South Carolina OpenSee Grand Prix.



TennesseeMAY 17-19 OR 18-19, 2013 Tennessee Senior Open5SS, G/120, Fair Park Senior Center, 1433 Livingston Rd., Crossville TN38555. EF: $25 if mailed by 5/10/2013 $35 at site. 3-Day: Reg Fri 2:00-3:30 PM. Rds: 4, 10-4, 9-2. 2 Day: Reg Sat 8:00-9:30. Rds: 10-1-4, 9-2 (2Day R 1 & 2 at G/60). Memb. Req’d:TCA $10, TN residents only. $$GTD:$150-100. 50-B/C,D/E,B1000,Unr, Age 60-69, Age-70 & Older. Plaques totop 3, B1400, Age 70+ (plaques to TN residents only). Medals to all par-ticipants. ENT: Harry D. Sabine, PO Box 381, Crossville, TN 38557. HR: $60+ tax 931-484-1551 or 1-866-707- 8408, Crossville Best Western LeisureInn, 4035 Highway 127 N, Crossville, TN 38571. NS.

MAY 25, Pawn Power 104SS, G/75 d5. EF: $35 (MCC members $30). Site: Hyatt Place, 1220 Pri-macy Pkwy., Memphis, TN 38119. Prizes: 1st - 25% of Entry Fees Collected,2nd - 15%, 3rd - 10%. Registration: 7:15am to 8:45am. Use online entryform to help with registration. Rounds: 9am, 12:30pm, 3pm, 7pm. Lunch& Dinner breaks 11:30am to 12:30pm and 6pm to 7pm. memphischess.com, [email protected].

MAY 25, Rutherford County OpenSee Grand Prix.


JUNE 8, Rea Hayes Open Chess Tournament4SS, G/60 d5. Bethel Bible Village, 3001 Hamill Rd., Chattanooga (Hixson),TN 37342. $1,000 Guaranteed. Open: $250-150, Top A $75 if 2 or moreplayers, Top B $75 if 2 or more players, Top U1600 $50. EF $25/35 at site.Reserve U1400 and below: $175-100, Top E $50 if 2 or more players,Top U1000 $50, Top Unrated $25. EF: $20/30 at site. Rds.: 9:00, 11:15,2:15, 4:30 Eastern. Ent/Info: Go to www.chattanoogachess.org or con-tact Malcolm Estrada, P. O. Box 1102, Chattanooga, TN 37401, 423-280-9526.

JUNE 8-9, 2013 U.S. Amateur South ChampionshipSee Nationals.

ONCE RATED, ALWAYS RATEDYou never lose your rating, no matter howlong it has been since you last played.

If you return to tournament play after along absence, please tell the director yourapproximate rating and year of play.

If you rejoin USCF after many years without being a member, please provide thisinformation to the TD and to USCF as well.



TexasMAY 18, Many Springs Quad 18North Richland Hills Public Library, 9015 Grand Ave., North RichlandHills, TX 76180. 3 Round Quad, G/60. EF: $20, 65% of EF returned as prizes.Number of quads to be determined by participation. Registration on-site8:45-8:55. First Round 9:15AM, Second Round 12:15PM, Third Round2:30PM. Additional information: Tom Crane at either 817-296-4287,[email protected] or www.tarrantcountychessclub.org/.

MAY 18-19, 2013 DCC Fide Open VSee Grand Prix.

MAY 24-27 OR 25-27, Texas State and Amateur ChampionshipsSee Grand Prix.

JUNE 22-23, 2013 DCC Fide Open VISee Grand Prix.

JULY 13-14, 2013 DCC Fide Open VIISee Grand Prix.

SEPT. 27-29 OR 28-29, 2013 U.S. Class ChampionshipsSee Nationals.

UtahJUNE 6, 2013 U.S. Game/10 Championship (BLZ) (NV)See Nationals.







VermontMAY 17-19 OR 18-19, 21st annual New York State Open (NY)See Grand Prix.


AUG. 30-SEPT. 2, AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 OR SEPT. 1-2, 135th annualNY State Championship (NY)See Grand Prix.

VirginiaMaryland Chess Association (MD)See Maryland.

Arlington Chess Club’s Friday Action3SS, G/30. Held 1/month. For dates go to: www.arlingtonchessclub.com.80% returned as prizes (b/entries). Reg.: 7-8pm. Rd 1: 8:15pm. EF: $15($10 for members), cash only. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church,4701 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA. Info only: [email protected].

Arlington Chess Club Ladder (Held Every Friday)30/90, SD/1. Monthly Prize: $50. Must join club to play. Yearly dues: $50adults, $40 for age 65+ or U18. Cash or check. Reg.: 7-8pm; no advanceentries. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington Blvd.,Arlington, VA 22203. Info only: [email protected]. W, NS. (If 4rounds/games played in that one month they qualify for Chess MagnetSchool JGP.)

MAY 18, Kings and Queens Vienna May Scholastic Tournament forK-12Location: Vienna, VA 22180. Reg.: online at www.viennachessclub.comor on site 10:30-10:45 am; Format: 3-R, G/30 d5. Sections: Champi-

onship; U1000; U700; U400. Contact Info:Yuri Bogdanov, support@ vien-nachessclub.com or 703-898-9066.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!MAY 25, Richmond Spring Open4SS, G/65. Atlee High School, 9414 Atlee Station Rd., Mechanicsville, VA,23116. Reg.: 9:00-9:30. Rds.: 9:45-12:15-3:00-5:30. 2 Sections/ OPEN:EF: $33 pd by 5/22, $38 at site, $145-85, Top X/A/B $65 ea.; PREMIER(under1700): EF: $30 pd by 5/22, $34 at site, $130-75, Top C/D/E-unr $60ea. Prizes GUARANTEED, more >50 players total. NS, no credit cards. AVCF Cup event. Mail entries to: Andrew Rea, 6102 Lundy Pl., Burke, VA22015. Info: www.vachess.org or [email protected] . One 1/2 ptbye avail. at reg. or at site before Rd. 2.

MAY 25 OR 25-26, Sterling Chess MaySee Grand Prix.

JUNE 1, Kingstowne Quad #92/Action-Plus #62Kingstowne Thompson Center, 6090 Kingstowne Village Pkwy., Alexandria,VA 22315. 2 events. Quad #92: 3RR, G/100 d5. EF: $10 if received by5/29, $15 at site. Prizes:medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to 1stif 3-0 score, else silver; bronze to 2nd. Rds.: 11-3-7. Action-Plus #62:5RR, G/45 d5. EF: $15 if received by 5/29, $20 at site. Prizes: $$250/20:$100-60, U1800-U1400-Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-3-5-7. Both: Reg. 9-10:30. Ent: (checks payable to):Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 151, Newington,VA 22122. e-mail (info only): [email protected]. W (pleasegive 48-hour notice).

JUNE 8-9, 2013 Virginia Senior Open!Lincolnia Senior Center, 4710 N. Chambliss St., Alexandria, VA 22312. OPENto all players born before 6/8/1962. 4SS, G/120 d5. REG.: 8:45-9:45.Rounds: Sat 10-3, Sun 9-2. $$$(Guaranteed) $300-190-150, U2000$135 U1700 $125. Trophy top Age 60-69 and top Age 70+. EF: $36,rec’d by 6/3, $45 at site. VCF mem req’d, OSA. Hotel info tbd, checkwww.vachess.org for update. Mail entries to: VA SENIOR OPEN, PO Box151122, Alexandria, VA 22315, checks payable to Virginia Chess. Info:www.vachess.org or [email protected]. NS. No credit cards.

JUNE 27-JULY 1, DC InternationalSee Grand Prix.

JUNE 28-30, 5th annual World Open Senior Amateur5SS, 30/85, SD/1 d10. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington (see WorldOpen for location, rates).Open to all born before 6/30/63 and ratedunder 2010 or unrated. Prizes $3000 based on 50 entries, else in propor-tion except $1800 (minimum 60% each prize) guaranteed: In 4 sections.Under 2010: $500-250-130. Under 1810: $500-250-130. Under 1610:$400-200-100. Under 1410: $300-150-90. EF: $80 online at chessaction.com by 6/26, $83 mailed by 6/18, $85 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 6/26,$95 at site, or online until 5 pm 6/28. Reg.: ends 6:30 pm 6/28, rds. Fri7 pm, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:30. Half point byes OK all rounds, limit 3 byes,must commit before rd 2. Special USCF dues: see World Open. Ent: ches-saction.com or Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577.$15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 29-30, World Open Under 13 Championship6SS, G/65 d5. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington (see World Open forlocation, rates). Open to all born after 6/29/00. In 4 sections. Open Sec-tion: Trophies to top 5, 1st C, Under 1400/Unr; free entry in all CCAtournaments 7/18/13-12/1/13 to 1st. Under 1400 Section:Trophies totop 5, 1st Under 1200, Unrated; free entry in all CCA tournaments7/18/13-9/15/13 to 1st. Under 1000 Section:Trophies to top 5, 1st Under800, Unrated; free entry in all CCA tournaments 7/18/13-9/15/13 to 1st.Under 600 Section:Trophies to top 5, 1st Under 400, top 3 Unrated; freeentry in all CCA tournaments 7/18/13-9/15/13 to 1st. EF: $42 online atchessaction.com by 6/27, $44 mailed by 6/18, $45 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 6/27, $50 at site. Reg. 6/29 to 10 am, rds. Sat. 11-2-5, Sun. 10-1-4.2 half point byes allowed, must commit before rd 3. Ent: chessaction.comor Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions:chesstour.com, chesstour.info, DirectorAtChess.US. $15 service chargefor refunds.

JUNE 29-30, World Open WarmupSee Grand Prix.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 1-2, World Open Under 23005SS, G/90 d10. Hyatt Regency Crystal City (see World Open). Open to under2300 or unrated. Prizes $500 based on 20 entries, else in proportion: $200-100, U1900 $110, U1500/Unr $90. EF: $40, at site only, no checks. Reg.ends 9:30 am7/1, rds. Mon 10, 2, 6, Tue. 10, 2. One half point bye allowedif U1500/Unr, otherwise two byes allowed; must commit before rd 2.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JULY 1-3 OR 2-3, 2nd annual World Open Women’s Championship5SS. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington (see World Open for location,rates). Open to all females. In 2 sections. Open, July 1-3, open to all,30/85, SD/1 d10. $$G 1200: $500-300-200, top U1700/Unr $200.Reserve, July 2-3, open to under 1400 or unrated, G/85 d10. Trophiesto first 3, top U1200, U1000, U800, Unr. Open EF: $80 online at chess-action.com by 6/29, $83 mailed by 6/18, $85 phoned to 406-896-2038 by6/29, $95 at site, or online until 2 hours before game. Reserve EF: all$40 less than Open EF. Open reg. ends Mon 10:30 am, rds.Mon 11 & 5,Tue 11 & 5, Wed 10. Reserve reg. ends Tue 9:30 am, rds.Tue 10, 2 & 6,Wed 10 & 2. Bye: OK any round, limit 1 bye, must commit before rd 2. Spe-cial USCF dues: see World Open. Ent: chessaction.com or ContinentalChess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge forrefunds. Advance entries posted at chessaction.com.

JULY 3, World Open 7-Minute Championship (BLZ)See Grand Prix.

JULY 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 OR JUNE 29-JULY 7, 41st Annual WorldOpenSee Grand Prix.

JULY 4, 5, 6, 7, World Open Daily 2 pm Blitz (BLZ)4 separate tournaments at Hyatt Regency Crystal City (see World Open).Each is a 4-SS, double round (8 games), G/5 d0. Prizes $300 based on20 entries, else in proportion: $100-50, U2100 $60, U1800 $50, U1500/Unr$40. EF: $20, at site only, no checks. Reg.. ends 1:45 pm, rds. 2, 2:45, 3:15,3:45. One pair of 1/2 pt byes available, must commit before rd 2. Blitz orQuick rated (will not affect regular ratings), but highest of regular, quickor blitz used for pairings & prizes.

JULY 6, World Open 10-Minute Championship (BLZ)See Grand Prix.

JULY 7, World Open Blitz Championship (BLZ)See Grand Prix.



WashingtonMAY 25-27 OR 26-27, Washington OpenSee Grand Prix.


West VirginiaMAY 24-26 OR 25-26, 55th Gem City Open (OH)See Grand Prix.

JUNE 1-2, 2nd Annual DuPuy MemorialSee Grand Prix.

A State Championship Event!JUNE 29, 2013 West Virginia Action Championship6SS, G/30 d0. Jackson County Public Library, 208 N. Church St., Ripley,WV 25271, 304-372-5343. Take I-77 to State Rt. 33 East to State Rt. 21North. Site is 1 block on the left. Free parking. Registration: 9am-9:45am. Rounds: 10-11:15-1-2:15-3:30-4:45. Entry Fee: $25.00. WVCAMembership Required for State Residents. Prizes: (Based on 20 entrants)1st-$125;2nd-$75; U1900-$50; U1500/UNR-$50. Trophy and Title to TopState Resident. Send entry to: Ripley Chess Club, P.O. Box 501, Ripley,WV 25271. Checks payable to: Charles McCallister. [email protected], www.ripleychessclub.blogspot.com, 304-549-7142.

A Heritage Event!Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!A State Championship Event!AUG. 31-SEPT. 2, 75th Annual West Virginia State Chess Cham-pionship6SS, 35/90 SD/60. Holiday Inn Express, 50 Martin St., Elkins, WV 26241.Schedule: Registration: 8:30-9:30am. Rounds: Sat 10-4, Sun 9-3, Mon9-3. Annual WVCA business meeting Saturday at 9am. Byes: Maximumtwo per player. Half point bye requests must be made prior to start of tour-nament. Entry Fee: $40 postmarked by 8/20, $50 at site. WVCAMembership required ($10), OSA. Prizes: $$750 b/30: $250-130, U1900$100-50, U1600 $75-35, U1300 $75-35. Trophy to top WVCA player.Entries: David Bruner, P.O. Box 2071, Elkins, WV 26241. Checks payableto David Bruner. Info: e-mail: [email protected]; phone: (304) 636-0238. Misc.: No Smoking. Wheel Chair Accessible. USCF membershiprequired (available onsite).

WisconsinNorth Shore Chess Center (IL)Tournaments, lectures, simuls, and camps located in northern Illinois. Visitwww.nachess.org/events for a full schedule of events.


MAY 25, Chicago Open G/10 Championship (BLZ) (IL)See Grand Prix.

MAY 26, Chicago Open Blitz Championship (BLZ) (IL)See Grand Prix.

JUNE 1 OR JUNE 1-2, 2013 Madison Spring Championship (formerly2013 Wisconsin International Chess Championship)See Grand Prix.

Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!JUNE 15-16, Milwaukee Summer Challenge II5SS, G/120 d5. 4 Sections: Master/Expert (closed), U2000, U1500,U1000. Comfort Suites Milwaukee Airport Hotel, 6362 S. 13th St., OakCreek, WI; 414-570-1111; (Mention Southwest Chess Club for $89 roomrate). EF: $40 All Sections (except U1000), U1000 Entry Fee: $25, all $5more after 6/13. Prizes based on 50 total entries, $$ Master/Expert(closed section)=1st-$300, 2nd-$200, 3rd-$100. U2000=1st-$150,U1500=1st-$80, U1000=1st-$50. Reg.: 8:30-9:30. Rds.: Saturday, June15: 10:00 am, 2:30 pm, 7:00 pm, Sunday June 16: 10:00 am-2:30 pm. ENT:Robin Grochowski, 3835 E. Morris Ave., Cudahy, WI 53110 or [email protected]. Questions: TD Robin Grochowski; 414-861-2745(cell).

JULY 6-7, 37th Annual Green Bay OpenSee Grand Prix.




PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS HEALTHAND BENEFITS FUNDMany Grand Prix tournament organizerswill contribute $1 per player to the Professional Health & Benefits Fund. AllGrand Prix tournaments which participate in this program are entitled tobe promoted to the next higher GrandPrix category—for example, a six-pointtournament would become a 10-pointtournament. Points in the top categoryare promoted 50%.


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Problem I.White wins apiece with 45. Ra7! Nxa746. bxa7, threatening toqueen. Or 45. ... Kc6 46.b5+!. Problem II. 51.Nf6+! Kf8 52. Rd7, threat-ening 53. Bd6 mate, or 51.... Kd8 52. Bc7+ (or 52.Bd6 Kc8 53. Rc7+ Kd8

54. Rb7 is how Nakamura finished it) 52. ... Kc8 53. Ne8!, threatening Nd6mate. Problem III. 82. Rxe5! fxe5 83. f6 and a pawn queens. ProblemIV. 22. Bf6+! does it: 22. ... gxf6 23. Qxf6+ Re7 24. Qxh8+ Re8 25. Qf6+ Be726. Qe5!. Also 22. ... Ke8 23. Rc8 mate and 22. ... Re7 23. Qb7. The game endedwith 22. ... Be7 23. Qd5+ Nd7 24. Bd4! Rc7 25. Qa8+ and mates. ProblemV. 69. Ne7!wins after 69. ... Bxe7 70. fxe7 Qxf5 71. e8=Q+. The game went 69.... a2 70. Ng6+ Qxg6 71. Qxg6 a1=Q+ 72. Rg1 Qxg1+ 73. Kxg1 and wins.Problem VI. Black could have won after 26. ... Nd4!. For example, 27. Qh3 Ne2+28. Kf1 Nc3 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Nxd1. The key line is 27. Qxb7 Qh4! andnow 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Ne4 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Ra2, threatening ... Qh1 mate. But after27. Qxb7 Black played 27. ... Ne2+?? 28. Kf1 and lost.

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Problem I. Deflection: Black wins the queen with 1. ... Bxf2+. ProblemII. Overload: Black wins a piece by 1. ... Qxd1+. Problem III. Discovery:White drops the queen to 1. ... Bxf3+. Problem IV. Deflection: Black winswith 1. ... Rd2+ 2. Bxd2 Qf2+ 3. Kd1 Qxd2 mate. Problem V. Fork: Whitedrops his rook shortly after 1. ... Qxc2+. Problem VI. Mating net: Black endsit with 1. ... Bb3+ 2. axb3 Qxa1 mate.

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Problem I. 1. Bc4+ (Black reaches a drawn position after 1. b7? Kxb7! 2. Bd5+Kb8 3. Be4 a5 4. Bxa8 a4!) 1. ... Ka5 2. b7 Rf8 3. Bd3 Rg8 4. b4+ Ka4 5. Bc2+Ka3 6. b5 Rf8 7. Bd1 Rg8 8. Bg4 Rb8 9. Kc6 Kb4 10. Be2 Re8 11. Kd7 Rf812. Kc7 Rf7+ 13. Kb8 wins. It is a game like study. Problem II. 1. Bf6+ (Theother try 1. Ra4? Kg7 2. Ra8 [Black reaches a drawn Exchange down positionafter 2. Rd4 Nc6 3. Rd7+ Kf8 4. Bxd8 Ke8] 2. ... Kg6 3. Bh4 Kh5 4. Bf6 Kg6 5.Be5 Bb6 6. Ra6 Nd5! with the threat of 7. ... Nb4+ allows Black to draw.) 1. ...Kh7 2. Rg7+ Kh6 3. Rf7 Kg6 (Black loses the knight after 3. ... Nc6? 4. Bxd8Nxd8 5. Rd7 Ne6 6. Rd6.) 4. Rf8 f4 5. Kc1!! Mutual Zugzwang (5. Kd1? f3 is even)5. ... f3 6. Kd1 f2 7. Ke2 Nc6!? 8. Bxd8 Kg7 9. Re8 Kf7 10. Rh8 Kg7 11. Bf6+!Kxf6 12. Rh6+ wins. The original problem corrected and adding a new idea.

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My first big success in world chess came in the year2001, when at the age of 17 I reached the finals ofthe Women’s World Chess Championship in Moscowand only lost on tiebreak to GM Chen Zhu. Thisgreat result had proven that I had enough talent toshow great results with proper training and hardwork, of course. Seven years later, after working alot on chess, once again, I reached the finals of theWomen’s World Chess Championship, and thanksto the following victory I was able to fulfill my dreamand become the 12th Women’s World Chess Cham-pion and Chess Queen.

The Women’s World Chess Championship of 2008started in Nalchik, Russia on August 28. The firstgame of the final match against Hou Yifan wasplayed on September 14, after several very difficultelimination rounds. The nerves and physicalstrength of both finalists were at their limit, and thestress intense, since the world championship titlewas at stake. We reached the following position. I was playing black.


LA wish is a dream your heart makes … WGM Hou Yifan (FIDE 2557, CHN)GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (FIDE 2510, RUS)World Women’s Chess Championship2008, Nalchik, Russia (6)

33. ... Nd3! After this move White’s position

collapses like a house of cards.

34. Bxd3On 34. Ng3, Black would continue

34. ... Nxf3! 35. Bxd3 (35. Qxf3 Ne1+)

35. ... Nh4+ 36. Kh3 cxd3 37. Qxd3Nf3, with total domination.

34. ... cxd3 35. Qf2 d2 36. Ng3 Nxf3! 37.Qxf3 Bxg4!

This move almost ends the gameand I was precise to convert theadvantage into a full point.

38. Qf2 d1=Q 39. Nxd1 Bxd1 40. Qe1Bf3+ 41. Kg1 f5 42. exf5 gxf5 43. Qf2Kg6 44. b3 e4 45. c4 bxc4 46. bxc4 Qg547. c5 f4 48. cxd6 fxg3, White resigned.

It was the first game of the matchand the first victory with black, whichpaved the road to the world throne forme and helped me to fulfill my dear-est dream, to become women’s worldchampion.

I wish everyone who is readingthese words, to have a dream, tobelieve in it and to work hard towardsit, and always to move forward despiteevery obstacle that gets in your way.Good luck, go out and achieve yourdreams!

“... hard work, kind hearts and a clear mind are often key to fulfilling our dreams.”

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MY BEST MOVE GM Alexendra Kosteniuk12TH WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONMIAMI, FLORIDA RESIDENT

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