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September on uschess.org Kings vs. Queens and the Opening of the World Chess Hall of Fame

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The World Chess Hall of Fame will open in its new location, St. Louis on September 9th. In conjunction with the opening the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis across the street will host a unique team event, Kings vs. Queens: A Battle of the Sexes (September 9-16). Saint Louis’ own Hikaru Nakamura headlines the Kings while the strongest female in history, Judit Polgar leads the women. Look for news, results and games on uschess.org/clo and saintlouischessclub.org and follow the action live on livestream.com/uschess.

Americans in the World Cup Watch some of your favorite U.S. players battle in the prestigious World Cup, set for August 26-September 21 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. Our representatives include former World Cup and current U.S. Champ Gata Kamsky (l) as well as GMs Yury Shulman, Sam Shankland, Robert Hess (far left), Ray Robson (middle) and Alexander Onischuk.

U.S. Chess League, Season 8 Another exciting season of the U.S. Chess League kicks into high gear this month. Look for exclusive coverage on CLO and stay up to date on team rosters, pairings and more at uschessleague.com.

What’s your Labor Day Chess Tale? Look for reports from Labor Day Grand Prix tournaments across the nation and send your own stories, games or photos to [email protected]. Or share your thoughts via social media, twitter.com/uschess or our new facebook fan page, facebook.com/uschess.

Contributors Al Lawrence (“Looks at Books,” p. 12, and “Cover Story,” p. 18) is a former executive director of both USCF and the World Chess Hall of Fame. His latest book, with GM Lev Alburt, is Chess Training Pocket Book II.

ICCM Bart Gibbons (“In the Arena,” p. 36) lives in Joplin, Missouri. He has been an over-the-board master since 1979, and an international correspondence chess master since 1993.

Dr. Tim Redman (“Profile,” p. 26) has been a contributor to this magazine for more than 35 years. He served twice as president of the USCF.

IM Larry Evans (“Openings,” p. 40) has been one of America's premier chess instructors for over forty years. He currently runs dozens of school programs in California, chess camps around the world and has been a regular contributor to Chess Life magazine since 1972.

IM Irina Krush (“2011 National Open,” p. 30) is a three-time U.S. women’s champion, most recently in 2010, and a frequent contributor to both Chess Life and Chess Life Online.

Cory Evans (“Openings,” p. 40) is a chess teacher based in New York and a member of the Marshall Chess Club board of governors.

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September Chess Life Columns 12 LOOKS AT BOOKS Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster By Al Lawrence

14 CHESS TO ENJOY It’s Just a Matter of Technique By GM Andy Soltis

16 SOLITAIRE CHESS Dutch Treat By Bruce Pandolfini

44 BACK TO BASICS The Truly “Bad” Bishop By GM Lev Alburt

46 ENDGAME LAB 2011 World Championship Candidates Matches By GM Pal Benko

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This opulent 1900s Habsburg Dynasty Chess Set is one of 30 rare historical sets, in Chess Masterpieces: Highlights from the George and Vivian Dean Collection exhibition, which along with OUT OF THE BOX: Artists Play Chess, inaugurate the opening of the WCHOF in St. Louis this month. © Dean Collection 2010, Richard Beenen Photography

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COVER STORY

50 TOURNAMENT LIFE

World Chess Hall of Fame Reopens in Saint Louis

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The Hall upgrades to a professional staff and a prime location.

By Al Lawrence

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PROFILE

All Rise By Dr. Tim Redman

A profile of the Honorable George Leighton.

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2011 NATIONAL OPEN

Love Has Its Borders By IM Irina Krush

On The Cover The World Chess Hall of Fame opening adds yet another worldclass chess facility to the city of St. Louis. Our cover shows just some of the exhibit items visitors can experience after the opening early this month. Read more about the new museum in Al Lawrence’s report beginning on page 18. Exhibit and building photos courtesy of World Chess Hall of Fame; Menchik, Gulko, Soltis photos from USCF archives. Cover art by Shirley Szymanek (www.dog4design.co.uk)

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The story from Las Vegas, including a look by our author at what makes some of the top players tick.

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IN THE ARENA

Great Rivalries By ICCM Bart Gibbons

The top chess stars battle each other one-on-one for prize money and glory more often than in perhaps any other professional competition. Follow the action as memorable games between two players over their careers are presented.

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OPENINGS

Innovations in the Mikenas Benoni By IM Larry Evans and Cory Evans

Improvements in a popular opening.

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Counterplay Noting the rules

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This is a question on tournament rules that I think others might find interesting. Tournament rules say a player cannot refer to notes. However, I often see players with brief reminders on their score sheet, book or clock, such as “Watch your time” or “Take your time,” etc. (They often, but not always refer to time.) My question is this: Are such small reminders illegal and if they are, how is a tournament director to handle such offenses? Jack Adamo via e-mail Tim Just, editor of the USCF rulebook, replies: The two rules that cover “notes”— 20D (Use of recorded matter prohibited) and 20C (Use of notes prohibited)— have the same idea behind them; i.e., they prohibit a player from receiving written assistance in their game. The

prevent is having a player referencing a chess book, handwritten material, printed material, recorded matter, or any other recorded material that may help chess warriors make their moves. The rules do allow players to record normal stuff on their scoresheets like the moves of the game, draw offers, clock times and the header info. Is the material you are asking about breaking those rules? Well, those two rules give the tournament director (TD) discretion in enforcement. Without more specific language in the rulebook that means a wide variety of rulings can take place if you make a claim. The loosest interpretation is that the written material you refer to in your question is nothing more than “coaching” material and no different than a player reading a newspaper or non-chess novel at the board. The strictest interpretation is that any material not given a pass in the exact wording of the rules is prohibited. The most common end result of a TD upholding this complaint is suggested in the wording of the two rules; i.e., the offending player should first receive a warning or a minor penalty. I would also guess that the setting in which the claim is made also has a lot to do with its interpretation. The looser view is probably more often enforced at the local chess club while the stricter view is enforced, to various degrees, as the tournament becomes more significant.

By the way, the current thinking is that players that write down a move, erase it, write down another move … are breaking those two rules.

I very much appreciated Irina Krush’s review of Play Like a Girl (July 2011), and I commend her, and Jennifer Shahade, for being such outstanding ambassadors for female chess players. Ms. Krush has been a marquee guest master at Cincinnati’s Queen City Classic tournament several times, where she is always a popular draw, and in connection with that event this year, she took time to visit the chess team at Sycamore High School. As someone who runs an elementary school chess program, organizes and directs scholastic tournaments, and plays in (and occasionally directs) open tournaments, I am very familiar with—and baffled by—the reality that female players are increasingly scarce after about third grade. I suspect that the reasons many of them leave chess have little or nothing to do with the game itself but a lot to do with cultural perceptions of what is normal or acceptable or “cool” for a girl. Every time I come across a girl who is enthusiastic about chess, I take it on as a mission to help her understand that she can “own” the game as much as any boy. Having players such as Ms. Krush and Ms. Shahade to show as role models is invaluable for demonstrating that she doesn’t need to take my word for it.

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First Moves

Sharing Knowledge Across Cultures Creating a chess ‘great migration.’ By Dewain Barber

he cool breeze gently flowed across the Serengeti Plains as I sat in the chair and looked out upon the profusion of wildlife. My wife, Susan, and I had come to fulfill a dream we have had since we started teaching school in 1968. Our goal was to travel and meet as many cultures and see as many places as we could. Both of us were history teachers so we believed that we should travel. Our trip took us to Kilimanjaro, a town in northern Tanzania, where we headed out for the “Great Migration” of over two million animals. The next morning, I turned to Susan and said, “The adventure continues.” As we were driving to the airport for our first small plane experience, I glanced down at my duffle bag. We were informed that there was a weight restriction on the small aircraft of 33 pounds per suitcase. In my bag were two tripleweighted Ultimate Chess Sets as well as 35 golden pawn key chains. Each set, board and bag weighed four pounds which took a total of eight pounds out of my allotted 33 pounds. I had decided to donate these sets to one of the camps and a school in Maasai land, an area that stretches from northern Tanzania (Serengeti) across the border into southern Kenya (Masai Mara). As you have noted there are different spellings for the Maasai people and their land. We quickly learned two words in Swahili which carried us through the trip: Jambo which means hello and Asante sana which means thank you. Our driver, Rabin, and Jackson, our tracker

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were considered some of the best in finding game to view which started me thinking. How was chess related to their highly developed skills? Day after day we drove over very rough land, and when we stopped, we were able to view the animals we had come to see. So I asked Rabin, “How is it possible you are able to find the animals of this great land since they are moving from place to place, crossing rivers and walking in tall grass?” He replied, “What you need to do is look for the patterns that the land presents and find that which does not fit or looks unusual.” Then, I looked out into the plains and it made sense. Chess presents patterns and so does the Serengeti. That evening I asked Tiffany, the gracious and helpful manager of Klein’s camp in the Serengeti if I could share a chess lesson with one of the staff. I knew it was an unusual request, but when I travel I like to make chess part of my trip. So the scene was set: The traveler who was visiting Tanzania for the first time and head tracker, Karipoi, a Maasai warrior, who lives in the nearby Ololosokwan community and was on staff at the camp would play chess. The lesson focused on the basics of chess and the real challenge was relating to a person from a very different background and culture. I found that discussing the topic of patterns in his job with the patterns in chess helped. At the conclusion, I presented him with a gift, a golden pawn. I explained, “This golden pawn key chain I give to you represents what most often happens in chess at the

beginning of the game. A pawn is moved forward just as I move forward on my first trip to Tanzania.” He graciously accepted my special gift. I also gave Rabin and Jackson a golden pawn and expressed my appreciation for their service to their country. Rabin later asked for a chess lesson and promised he would learn more about the game in the future. The tour company, &Beyond, in Tanzania wrote an interesting phrase about this event. They said that this was an example of “Sharing Knowledge Across Cultures.” I have chosen as the theme for the 2011 Denker Tournament of High School Champions and the Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions the following: “Chess: Sharing Knowledge Across Cultures.” As we flew to the Mara Plains camp and were greeted by Richard Pye, a native Kenyan, former tracker, and guide who is now manager of the Mara Plains camp located on the wildliferich Olare Orok Conservancy, and Lorna, a member of the staff who is originally from Scotland. A big priority was saving the animals from poachers and adding more land that protected the animals and ensuring the local Masai community. I had occasion to ask my usual question, “Does anyone at the camp play chess?” To my surprise, both Richard and Lorna played each other as time permitted. He reflected and said, “It is better to compete over a game, than to compete for game!” May your next game of chess be an opportunity to share knowledge across cultures.

Photo: Karipoi (l), a Maasai warrior who played chess with Dewain Barber (r). The U.S. Open was completed in early August and will be reported on in the November issue. See tournament reports on uschess.org, Chess Life Online, July/August archives. Photo courtesy of Dewain Barber. 8


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OWN HOWARD STERN’S MONROI DEVICE! Howard Stern’s MonRoi is being auctioned for charity on eBay beginning September 10. In like-new condition, it includes the original equipment in the box, a User Guide, and a note from Howard Stern to his chess coach (and seller) Dan Heisman showing that it belonged to Howard. All proceeds will be donated to the Dan Heisman Chess Support Fund charity at the Philadelphia Foundation (www.philafound.org).

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Results are in for the 2011 USCF executive board election. The USCF executive board consists of seven members elected by the USCF membership and is charged with oversight of the Federation between annual meetings of the USCF board of delegates. This year three seats were up for election for three-year terms with four candidates vying for the positions. Walters and Nietman were incumbents. The board was seated at the 2011 Delegates Meeting on August 6, 2011, held in conjunction with the U.S. Open in Orlando, Florida, joining the other current board members: Ruth Haring (President), Jim Berry (Member at Large), Michael Atkins (Member at Large), and Bill Goichberg (Member at Large). Allen Priest will be the Vice President of Finance, Mike Nietman continues as Secretary, and Gary Walters becomes the Vice President. The next USCF Executive Board election will be in June of 2013 with four seats up for election.

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Looks at Books

Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster Rapture for the American chess-history buff By Al Lawrence

ISAAC KAShdAn, SportInG hIS trAdemArK mouStAChe azines and wrote the chess column for the Los Angeles Times from and horn-rimmed eyeglasses, lives on, in a way, on YouTube. In a 1955 to 1982. An international arbiter, Kashdan directed a host 1956 episode of the then-popular tV quiz show You Bet Your Life, of landmark events, including all 11 Lone pine events, whose winhe stands diffidently behind an old-fashioned pedestal micro- ners included petrosian, Larsen and Korchnoi. phone, a lookalike straight-man for wisecracking host Groucho Bobby Fischer and paul morphy attract mainstream Boswells marx. Kashdan’s kinescoped, grayscale image paradoxically reminds and even films. (See my review of Bobby Fischer Against the World us that our old chess heroes were once colorful, red-blooded per- in the August issue.) But those just a rung or two below the highsonalities. And realizing that peter Lahde’s new Isaac Kashdan, est title labored to produce excellence for decades and even American Chess Grandmaster is the first biography of Kashdan streaks of world-beating brilliance, only to become mere footnotes, reminds us that these old-timers did bet their lives, or at least their plaques and framed black and white photos on a very few walls. peter Lahde’s book is faithful to the small print of its subtilegacies, on a tiny cadre of part-time chess historians. tle, A Career Summary with 757 Games. Kashdan (whom Groucho delighted in calling “Ashcan”) deserves to be better Lahde is frank about his goal: “the known. In the early 1930s, he was the main purpose of this book has been the presentation of all the games by strongest player in America and one of Kashdan that I could find.” Lahde has the top half-dozen players in the world. been conscientiously collecting KashAlexander Alekhine, not given to unmerdan’s games for 20 years, and had ited praise, singled out Kashdan as one access, through Kashdan’s family, to of Alekhine’s most likely successors to his the rich larder of 200 of the grandmasworld championship title. even in 1955, ter’s own scores. when FIde awarded its recently-minted Lahde also gained first-hand access to grandmaster title to Kashdan, he was Kashdan’s son richard, who could have one of only three grandmasters in the u.S., along with Sammy reshevsky and put a lot of flesh on the bare bones. So reuben Fine, and one of only 27 grandthe author had the ingredients to create a real biography. unfortunately for those masters in the world. of us who yearn to see the personal Chess hard luck sometimes played side, Lahde, a retired research chemist, its sharpest lines against “Kash.” the sticks to his original formula. It’s as if we u.S. championship crown, the usual are to get to know a great, long-gone passport to a self-sustaining professional architect by the stacks of rolled-up, career, eluded him in heart- breaking dusty blueprints in his son’s attic. ways sometimes beyond his control. his Behind the columns of algebraic notatwo biggest mistakes in this regard were tion was a vibrant life force with a “real” being the best at a time when iconic u.S. champion Frank marshall could non-chess job, a family, and a rich perchoose to avoid him, and insisting on a sonality that helped fuel decades of American chess. Lahde does, however, playoff match with reshevsky in 1942. provide glimpses behind the games from In addition, Lahde reminds us that as contemporary reports and even from late as 1948, Kashdan had won the right facsimiles of Kashdan’s correspondence, to America’s second chair at the famous Peter Lahde, Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster: A Career Summary with 757 Games, and gives us a few photos of the man. six-man round-robin, held in the hague, 2009, McFarland & Company, Inc., But the non-chess Kashdan is absent. to fill the world championship throne 348 pp., $55.00 from uscfsales.com the 348-page book is a new volume in vacated with Alekhine’s death. But FIde (catalog number B0011MF) mcFarland & Company’s chess series, instead insisted on Fine, who ultimately which are “library editions,” sturdy hardcovers of Spartan simdeclined, leaving the u.S. represented only by reshevsky. If Kashdan is spoken about these days, it is often in the con- plicity and a price tag of $55 dollars each—and even Amazon stays text of his remarkable olympiad feats. he collected an astounding close to that price. Indices and crosstables make this volume an four olympiad team medals and five individual awards, and his American chess history buff’s rapture. the publisher provides all-time olympic scoring is the best among Americans at nearly a great service to American chess with this series. Kashdan was important. Lahde’s book is important, and he 80%, and fourth best of all time, behind only three world deserves our thanks for filling a longstanding void. perhaps somechamps—tal, Karpov and petrosian. “the Little Capablanca,” as Kashdan was known, was also influ- day a biographer will stand on Lahde’s shoulders to put flesh ential as a journalist and as an organizer and director. he founded and feelings on the bare chess bones assembled in Isaac KashChess Review, one of the most influential American chess mag- dan, American Chess Grandmaster.

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It’s Just a Matter of Technique By GM Andy Soltis

There’s more than one way to “win a won game”—and that’s the problem. If a vote were taken to choose the most annoying comment that is regularly made by annotators, the winner would probably be “The rest is just a matter of technique.” The annotator’s message—condescending, if not insulting—is: “It’s not worth my time explaining the rest to you.” But there are some examples of technique that may seem impossible to explain. Deep technique Deep Junior Deep Fritz Cadaques 2001

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After 69. ... Ra8

White chose an astonishing way to win, beginning with 70. Rc6+!?!. Instead of trying to win with an extra rook, White wanted something easier. Yes, easier. If Black had helped him, with 70. ... Kxc6?, they would have landed in a position from Ken Thompson’s celebrated database for five pieces/pawns. It would not only be a winning position but, thanks to the database, all the ensuing moves leading to mate would be available for White. Therefore, Black kept matters in the relatively murky world of six pieces/pawns and play continued 70. ... Kb5! 71. Rc5+ Kb4 72. Rb5+ Kc4 73. Rd4+ Kc3. But White reached his goal with 74. Rc5+, perhaps with the idea of 74. ... Kb2 75. Rb4+ Ka2 76. Ra5+!, forcing Black into the database. Instead, Black played 74. ... Kxd4. (see diagram top of next column) 14


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After 74. ... Kxd4

White finally got to a database position, played the recommended move 75. Rf5! and delivered mate on move 109. As strange as it seems, what Deep Junior was doing is essentially the same thing humans do when we have a significant advantage. We want to simplify the position into one in which we don’t have to think. That’s when we can turn our brain off and let our technique take over. “If you have an extra pawn, you don’t need a mind,” Tigran Petrosian used to say. But there is always something to think about—because technique can mean different things. It can mean, for example, trying to find the fastest win, such as creating a queenable passed pawn as quickly as you can. Or it can mean trying to find the easiest win. Forcing a trade of queens may prolong the game but it can eliminate counterplay and make your material edge proportionally greater. Or technique can just mean getting your king into the game. Jose Capablanca used to say, in a position like the following, that White “wins in one move.” White to win in one GM Teimour Radjabov GM Bu Xiangzhi Sofia 2008

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But the one move Capa had in mind was “king to c7.” In other words, White doesn’t have to do anything else to ensure

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+r+ + + +l+ kp +p+ +p+ +pPp+ + p+ Pp+ Q P + P + P + +PP + + + K

After 28. ... Kxg7

victory except get his king deep into Black territory where it would restrict the defender’s pieces. If the king stays on dark squares, Black can’t do anything to stop him. Play went 29. Kf2! h6 30. Ke1! Re6 31. Qg3 Be8 32. Kd2! g5 33. Kc3! Kf8 34. Kb4 Bf7 35. Ka5!.

White actually said the rest was “just a matter of technique” in his annotations. But it was more a matter of Zugzwang—35. ... Kg7 36. Kb6 Kf8 37. Kc7 Kg7 38. Kd7 Kf8 and now 39. Qf2 Rg6 40. Qf5 h5 41. g3

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+ k + + +K+l+ +p+ +r+ +pPp+Qpp p+ Pp+ + P + P P P + + P + + + +

After 41. g3

Black resigned because he either begins to drop pawns or allows White to reach a won pawn endgame 41. ... Kg7 42. Ke7 Re6+ 43. Qxe6. Or technique can mean winning more material. One of Reuben Fine’s long-forgotten insights, in The Middle Game in Chess, was: Don’t swap down to an endgame unless you have two extra uschess.org

Carlsbad 1911 One hundred years ago this month, 26 of the world’s strongest players converged on the Bohemian resort town of Carlsbad, now Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. Among the prominent players who fought one another for five (!) weeks were Akiba Rubinstein, Carl Schlechter, Frank Marshall, Aron Nimzovich, Rudolf Spielmann, Milan Vidmar and 20-year-old Alexander Alekhine. But it turned out to be the greatest event of Richard Teichmann’s career. In each of these six tough positions from Carlsbad you are asked to find the fastest winning line of play. This will usually mean the forced win of a decisive amount of material such as a rook or minor piece. For solutions see page 71.

Problem I

Paul Johner Georg Rotlewi

+ + r k pp+ +pp + Q n p + + + + + + +L+ + +R+ + q+ + PP+ + + + +K

Don’t swap! GM Emil Sutovsky GM Kiril Georgiev Gibraltar 2007

+ r k + +p+ + +p p+ +Lp + + + n + + + + P + + + R PPP+ P + + K + +

After 29. ... Rd8

Yes, White can trade pieces, with 30. Rg8+ Ke7 31. Rxd8 Kxd8, and probably create a passed queenside pawn. But Black would have excellent chances of blockading it and drawing. Positions like this recall what Mikhail Botvinnik used to say when he ran his celebrated school for talented Soviet youngsters. “How did Capablanca win when he was just one pawn ahead?” he would ask them. uschess.org

Problem III

Aron Nimzovich Akiba Rubinstein

+

Oldrich Duras Alexander Alekhine

+ + +p+ + +p+ + + + P k K+ + +P+ + + + + + + N + + + + + +

+ + r + +L+ + +k + + +pp + +q+ + Q + p + + + p +l + + + P + + L K

+

+

Black to play

White to play

Black to play

Fyodor Dus Chotimirsky Georg Salwe

Oscar Chajes Julius Perlis

Rudolf Spielmann Akiba Rubinstein

Problem IV

+r+ + + + + +p qkL + + +r+ + + + + + + + + Q P PP +P+ K + + + + R

White to play

pawns or you can “reach one of the elementary wins with one pawn ahead.” Here’s how that works:

Problem II

Problem VI

Problem V

+ +rrk+ PQ+ + p R + + p + + + + + q + N + +ppPPL + +P+KP + + + +

White to play

Botvinnik’s terrified students would remain silent, unwilling to guess at what answer the great man wanted. Eventually he broke the silence. “He waited until his opponent hung a second pawn!” Botvinnik said. That’s why White played 30. f4! Ng6 31. f5!. Then 31. ... Nxh4? allows 32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. Rg7+ Kd6 34. Rxh7, when the threats of 35. Rxh4 and 35. Rxb7 would win a decisive second pawn, as per Capablanca and Fine. Black replied 31. ... Ne7 instead. How can White make progress other than by winning another pawn? The traditional formula is to either limit the defender’s counterplay or create and push a passed pawn. Black’s king and knight were severely limited by the last two moves, and White’s next move, 32. c3!, stopped Black’s only other counterplay (... Rd4). This means White could take his time creating a passer. After 32. ... b6 33. Kc2 Rd6 he also had a way to penetrate the queenside with his king, Kc3-b4-a5 or -c5. Black stopped the king with 37. ... Nc6 but then came 38. Kc3 Ke7 39. Bd5!. 34. Rg4 h5 35. Ra4! b5 36. Rd4! Rxd4 37. cxd4

(see diagram top of next column)

White threatens to win a second pawn with 40. Bf3 and Bxh5. That should be an easy win because Black has to commit

+

+ +qk + pp+nrrpp +l+ n Q + +pLP+ +pP + N + P +L+ P+P+ +RP + + + RK

White to play

+

+

+

+ + k + p+n+ p + +p+L+P+p + P + P + K + + PP + + + + + + +

After 39. Bd5

one piece to stop White’s h-pawn, while the other fights a losing queenside battle against White’s king and bishop. Black chose 39. ... Kd6 and that allowed 40. Bxc6! Kxc6, which is the kind of “elementary” one-extra-pawn win that Fine was talking about. Black resigned after 41. b4! Kd6 42. Kd2! Kc6 43. Ke3! Kd5 44. Kd3 because the position really is “just a matter of technique.”

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Dutch Treat

In the Dutch Defense, when White plays purposefully, Black must defend the center and kingside carefully else he’ll find himself wishing he were on the other side of the board—as he does in this month’s game. By Bruce Pandolfini

With the Dutch Defense, Black counters White’s attempt to control e4 with the f-pawn. In some cases, Black opens the f-file advantageously. Sometimes, Black gets a kingside attack, being able to shift his queen to e8 and then up to h5. Black’s king-rook and king-knight may join the assault as well. If White plays aimlessly, he could soon find himself in difficulties. But more often than not, it’s White who gets the better of it in the center, and even on the kingside. In the following game, White opens the center and soon fuels a powerful offensive against Black’s king. In the end, Black gets mated, rather nicely. The opening moves were: Classical Dutch (A91) Alberto Mario Giusfolisi O. Torrens Madrid, 1951 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6

rnlqkl r pppp+ pp + +pn + + + +p+ + P + + + + + P PPP+PPLP RNLQK NR

Your starting position

Now make sure you have the above position set up on your chessboard. As you play through the remaining moves in this game, use a piece of paper to cover the article, exposing White’s next move only after trying to guess it. If you guess correctly, give yourself the par score. Sometimes points are also rewarded for second-best moves, and there may be bonus points—or deductions—for other moves and variations. Note that ** means that the note to Black’s move is over and 16


White’s move is in the next line.** 4.

c4

Par Score: 5

This is one of the moves White wants to get in, along with Nc3. He can also delay it, playing 4. Nf3 (Full credit) instead. 4.

…

5.

Nc3

Be7

Or Black could play 4. ... Bb4+, which is best answered by 5. Bd2 (1 bonus point).** Par Score: 5

9.

Nxe4

9.

…

10.

Bxe4

Par Score: 4

Accept only 2 points part credit for 9. Bxe4 Nxe4, eliminating White’s strong attacking bishop. Nxe4

This exchange is not forced, but Black thinks he’s found a neat little combination with his next two moves.** Par Score: 4

Now if Black wants to pin, 5. ... Bb4, he has to consume another tempo with the dark-square bishop.

10.

Black attacks d4, as well as the undefended knight at h3.**

…

5.

…

11.

dxe5!

6.

Nh3

11.

…

12.

Qh5

12.

…

0-0 Par Score: 5

More usual is 6. Nf3. The text works well if Black plays the Stonewall, ... d7d5. Then, with the f-pawn unblocked, White tries for f2-f3, followed by e2-e4. d6

e5

Par Score: 6

Surprise! White sees his knight is indirectly defended. Bxh3

Black follows through with his plan. At least Black is consistent.** Par Score: 5

6.

…

7.

0-0

7.

…

Black plays to blunt the action of the g2-bishop down the long diagonal. He also aims to control d5, knowing that he plans to play ... e6-e5. Probably, he should play 7. ... e5 directly.**

Obviously, the move 12. ... Bxf1 runs into the aforementioned mate. On 12. ... g6, White plays 13. Qxh3; and if 13. ... dxe5, then 14. Qe6+, followed by 15. Qxe5, remaining a pawn ahead (1 bonus point).**

8.

e4

As a result of Black’s hesitation, White is first to initiate action in the center.

13.

White has regained his piece and still threatens mate.

Bxf5

8.

…

13.

…

14.

Be6+

Black tries to adjust. He avoids the Stonewall, now intending ... e6-e5.** Par Score: 5

White safeguards his king before taking action in the center. c6

Par Score: 5

fxe4

The point of ... f7-f5 was to be able to make such a capture on e4. If Black doesn’t take, White will capture on f5. Thereafter, he will try to expose e6 as a weakness, possibly with Rf1-e1 and Nh3f4 (1 bonus point).**

White looks to recapture the bishop. But the main threat is to bring about mate by 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bg6+ Kg8 15. Qh7 mate. Add 1 bonus point if you saw this when playing 11. dxe5. Bf5

Par Score: 4

g6

The try 13. ... h6 can be handled with 14. Be6+ Kh8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 mate (1 bonus point).** Par Score: 4

Accept merely 2 points part credit for the uschess.org

Problem I

These problems are all related to key positions in this month’s game. In each case, Black is to move. The answers can be found in Solutions on page 71.

September Exercise: An important skill to develop is the ability to play detective. Taking available clues, we pose certain questions, trying to unearth relevant information. The questions needn’t be profound. What would we like to do? How can we do it? Can we be stopped? Is there something we should be doing first? And so on and so forth. As with anything, the more we do this, the better we get at it. Indeed, we should practice asking these analytical type queries whenever we can. It’s a cliché, but it’s true: if we ask the right question, we practically have the answer.

sacrifice 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qxg6+. The queen, by herself, can effect a draw, 15. ... Kh8 16. Qh6+. But there is probably no more attack. For example, 16. Bh6 Rg8 17. Qh5, threatening 18. Bf8 mate, can be defended by 17. ... Qe8 etc. Accept 1 bonus point if you realized this. 14.

…

15.

Qe2

Kh8 Par Score: 4

White saves the queen and aligns with e5, ready to recapture at the appropriate moment. 15.

…

dxe5

This temporarily reestablishes material equality.** 16.

Bh6!

Problem II

Mating net

ABCs of Chess

Par Score: 6

lk+ + + + + + P + + + + + + + + + + q + + + + + + +P+ + +Q+LK +

Problem IV

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+l+ +k+ + +pp + +p+ + + + + + + K + + + + P PN + + + + + + + +

+k+ p + + + + + + + + + + + q + + + +l + + + + Q + + RK +

Qc3!

Par Score: 7

Surprise! The pin is worth the bishop now sacrificed. Accept only 3 points part credit for exchanging queens, either 18. Rae1 or 18. Qxd6. 18.

…

Qxe6

It’s hard not to take a loose bishop.**

19.

Rae1

19.

…

20.

Rxe7!

Par Score: 5

The queen and bishop are skewered. Qf7

If 19. ... Bb4 (to distract the queen), there follows 20. Rxe6 Bxc3 21. Re8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8 mate (1 bonus point).

This is better than the immediate 16. Qxe5+ (accept only 3 points part credit), which Black answers by ... Be7-f6, with a better game than he deserves.

This removes the guard, the defender of f6.

16.

On 16. ... Re8, White has 17. Bf7, winning the Exchange (1 bonus point).**

20.

17.

White takes control of the e-file. When the queen moves off, the rook will be able to reach e8.

…

Qxe5

Rf6

Par Score: 4

White is now a pawn ahead. He also threatens to pile up on the pinned rook by 18. Bg5, winning the Exchange (1 bonus point). Accept only 1 point part credit for 17. Rad1, which is answered by 17. ... Qc7. 17.

…

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Qd6

Problem VI

Par Score: 6

…

Qxe7

Black’s recapture is essentially forced.**

21.

Re1

21.

…

Removing the guard

k + + + +p+ + + + + +pl + + + + + + + + + + + pl + +P+ P + +NR K

Black figures that the attack on the bishop will force White to trade queens, eliminating the pin.** 18.

+k+ + + +pp + + + + + q + + + + + +P+ + + + + + + + +P+ + +Q+ K

+

Trapping

+

+

Fork

Problem V

Mating net

+

Problem III

Discovery

Par Score: 5

Qf7

If instead 21. ... Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1, the resistance is prolonged, but the game still can’t be saved. For instance, on 22.

+

+r+k+ + +p+ +q+ + + + + + + + + +l+ + + +R+ + +LQ + + + + +K +

... Nd7, there follows 23. Qe7 (1 bonus point) 23. ... Rg8 24. Qxd7 g5 25. Qd4 Rg6 26. Bxg5 etc. The alternatives 21. ... Qd6 and 21. ... Qd8 can be answered the same way as the text.** 22.

Qxf6+!

22.

…

23.

Re8+

Par Score: 6

An equivalent line is 22. Re8+ Qxe8 23. Qxf6+, followed by 24. Qg7 mate. Kg8

Or Black could try 22. ... Qxf6, but that fails to 23. Re8+ Qf8 24. Rxf8 mate. Black resigned

For the record, Black saw what was coming and resigned at move nineteen.

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“Solitaire Chess” scores:

Total your score to determine your approximate rating below: Total Score 95+ 81-94 66-80 51-65 36-50 21-35 06-20 0-05

Approx. Rating 2400+ 2200-2399 2000-2199 1800-1999 1600-1799 1400-1599 1200-1399 under 1200


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Cover Story

World Chess Hall of Fame Reopens in Saint Louis The Hall upgrades to a professional staff and a prime location.

By Al Lawrence

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hen Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield, founders of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, heard that the World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) was looking for new quarters, it didn’t take long for them to decide it should be in their hometown. “It was a spectacular opportunity,” Rex said. “And this move puts the Hall dead center in the country— after all, all rivers and roads lead to St. Louis.” St. Louis had already played a keystone role in chess history, hosting part of the very first world championship in 1886 when Wilhelm Steinitz defeated Johannes Zukertort. In fact, those games took place just three miles away from the home of the new WCHOF. Recent events, including a string of national championships, at the St. Louis club have reconnected the city with its chess heritage. The World Chess Hall of Fame, which traces its own history back to 1986, has been accumulating relics of our game for the past quarter century. Moving these artifacts—some priceless and worrisomely fragile—may seem like a daunting project. Not to mention the responsibility of preserving and displaying them— 18


after all, the Hall’s Miami digs are a hard act to follow. But to the Sinquefields and their team, used to making big things happen, it was just another day at work for chess. “There were no speed bumps,” Rex said. They found a historic building immediately across the street from the chess club. A team of specialists guided extensive remodeling to convert the three-story, 16,000-square-foot facility into a secure, climate-controlled exhibit space. Its first and second floor galleries will rotate exhibitions. The third floor houses the Hall of Fame and will feature highlights from the permanent collection. Susan Barrett, one of the Sinquefield’s most trusted aides, takes over as director of the new Hall. “We knew right away that moving the World Chess Hall of Fame here would be so appropriate,” she said. “The partnership between the Club and the WCHOF allows the Club to continue to be the grad school of chess and the Hall to widen the perspective to the whole community. We want to provide people with all the benefits of chess, not “just” produce new GMs.” uschess.org

This 1700’s brightly polychromed carved ivory Rajasthan Style Figurative Set harkens back to the origins of chess in India and is one of the 30 historical sets, dating from 900 to 1924 in Chess Masterpieces exhibition. © Dean Collection 2010, Richard Beenen Photography These and the following images are examples from the World Chess Hall of Fame opening exhibitions OUT OF THE BOX: Artists Play Chess, curated by Bradley Bailey (bottom left this page, 20, 21 bottom, 23 top, and 25 top), and Chess Masterpieces: Highlights from the George and Vivian Dean Collection, curated by Larry List (above, bottom right, and 21 top and center), which will run from September 9, 2011 to February 12, 2012.

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Do you feel comfortable losing?), 2006. Pieces: black and red Corian, miniature speakers, electronic and computer components, Box and Board: Corian, electronics and customized metal and carbon fiber flight case with printed exterior and foam interior. Edition of 7 and 3 artist’s proofs. Luhring Augustine, New York. Image courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York.

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This 1900s Habsburg Dynasty Set & Board from the Dean Collection has 32 unique pieces of silver and gilt covered with over 100 semi-precious gems including garnets with engraved portraits. The fortress-walled chess board is a rich display of rulers’& nobles’ coats of arms. This WCHOF exhibition celebrates the Deans’ 50th year of collecting together. © Dean Collection 2010, Richard Beenen Photography


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Gavin Turk, The Mechanical Turk, 2008. HD Film on DVD, Box: wood with inlay. RS&A Ltd. Image courtesy of RS&A Ltd.

New expertise The Sinquefields quickly made sure that, for the first time in its history, the Hall acquired the kind of know-how required for preserving and exhibiting chess antiquities. Larry List, a New York City curator and specialist in exhibiting chess, was called in to consult on the move and relocation. “Without the initial energy of players and enthusiasts,” he said, “important historical projects like the World Chess Hall of Fame would never get started, but at a certain point, folks with curatorial and other organizational experience can lend a hand to make sure the right kind of work is done to preserve history.” As the executive director of the Miami Hall for half-a-dozen years, five of them as a volunteer, I have to agree with List. Shane Samole, the Miami sponsor and moving force, made the Hall a worldwide chess destination and greatly expanded the collection through donations and his own purchases. But it was time to send it to the pros. Shannon Bailey is another experienced museum specialist with degrees in museum studies and art history, and years of

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both hands-on and high-level experience that belie her youth. With some initial help from Larry List, Frank Camaratta and myself, Bailey spent most of the summer organizing and categorizing the material that arrived from Miami, including preparing the new plaques for the September induction, as well as early fund raising, marketing and branding decisions. “All of us working on the project are so proud to have it here and really want to celebrate the honorees in the Hall of Fame,” Bailey said. “We’ll continue the impressive plaques for each inductee, but we also plan iPad kiosks to give visitors much more information about the lives, games, and achievements of the chess greats.” Has working with chess changed her point of view? “Once you start to learn about chess, you see connections to it everywhere,” she said. “We’re all amazed at the many ways chess is interwoven into our culture—and all of them offer opportunities to make the game relevant and appealing to the general public.”

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Dream location For the first time, the new WCHOF will have the benefit of constant walk-by traffic. The move to St. Louis’ popular “Central West End” puts the World Chess Hall of Fame in the middle of one of the city’s most popular gathering places, just north of Forest Park, home to other important attractions and well-known museums, and surrounded by a wide selection of restaurants and sidewalk cafes, galleries, bookstores, and specialty shops. “We’ll have lots of synergy with the Saint Louis Art Museum and other local attractions,” Rex Sinquefield said. “Many important community leaders have already agreed to be on our board of directors or advisory board.” Tony Rich, the executive director of the chess club, can’t wait for the Hall to open across the street. “I’m eager to see Dr. Dean’s Faberge set and the Olympiad medals, as well as the famous Play It By Trust chess set by Yoko Ono,” he said. And the collection will certainly grow. “Chess collectors will know that their treasures will be in safe hands at the new Hall of Fame.” Schools and other organizations from all over will now be even more likely to arrange field trips, “since they can visit a museum and a chess club on the same trip,” Rich said.

Widening the net Director Barrett—who is comfortable in three languages and has degrees in literature, art and architecture—has the job of keeping the big picture in mind. “We want to make the World Chess Hall of Fame relevant in a wide perspective. How do we partner with various local and national organizations? How do we forward and expand our mission and get more people interested in chess?” Sinquefield’s St. Louis group has already made a lot of progress in that direction. “For example, our ‘Chess for Life’ program with Siteman Cancer Center gives patients and their caregivers a way to interact through chess,” Barrett said. “We’re seeing multiple benefits—getting patients’ minds off their illness, opening up communication, giving them a sense of control and a way to tap their ‘inner warrior.’ We know there are many more health care applications, and that’s only one area. We envision Our ‘Moves that Matter’ program helps Alzheimer’s patients, those with autism and substance abuse problems.” Enthusiasm is a strength that runs deep throughout the St. Louis cadre. “The benefits of chess are so fantastic,” Barrett said. “My role is to see various applications.” On September 8, a special, invitation-only ceremony will be held for the induction of GMs Boris Gulko and Andy Soltis into the U.S. Hall of Fame and Vera Menchik into the World Chess Hall of Fame. The next day at 10 a.m., the World Chess Hall of Fame opens its doors to a new era.

Top: This 1905 Kuropatkin Set & Board with Presentation Case, commissioned by the court of Czar Nicolas II, and the 1915 Egyptians versus Assyrians Set with Presentation Case are the only two known chess sets by Fabergé in the world. Complete with their custom, silk-lined presentation cases, each emblazoned with the Fabergé logo and their cities of origin, the Chess Masterpieces exhibition will be the first time they are shown together in public anywhere in the world. © Dean Collection 2010, Richard Beenen Photography Middle: The 1800s Braided & Embroidered Moroccan Travel Set & Board is a rare example of passementerie, gold & silver decorative braiding techniques, used to create an entire chess set. The red & green color scheme echoes that of the earliest Indian sets. © Dean Collection 2010, Richard Beenen Photography Bottom: Diana Thater, Georges Koltanowski versus Marcel Duchamp, Paris, 1929 (Played by Ellen Simon and Cybelle Tondu), 2010. Installation for four video monitors, one Blu-ray player, one Blu-ray disc. Collection of Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield. Image courtesy of David Zwirner Gallery, New York.

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KitchenTables,NewYorkCellars,andAngryStewardesses: ABriefHistoryoftheHallofFame

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he Chess Hall of Fame started out as an idea tossed around a New Jersey kitchen table. In 1985, one year into his USCF presidency, E. Steven Doyle informally discussed a plan with longtime friends to give chess its own Cooperstown. “We thought it would be a great idea to have a place to honor our best and store and display valuable artifacts,” Doyle said. A specialist in turning ideas into action, Doyle, by February of 1986, had formally established the concept of the Hall. Soon Doyle had located and purchased, on behalf of USCF, the famed silver set awarded to Paul Morphy for winning the first American Chess Congress in 1857. That acquisition remains a centerpiece of the Hall to this day. On August 10, 1986 at the U.S. Open in Somerset, New Jersey, USCF inducted the first hall of famers—Reuben Fine, Robert Fischer, Isaac Kashdan, George Koltanowski, Frank Marshall, Paul Morphy, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and Sammy Reshevsky—even though there was as yet no actual Hall. “That’s when the tradition of the inductees’ donating a personal item began,” Doyle said. “During the very first ceremony, I leaned over and asked Sammy, ‘What about that hat?’ He smiled and handed it to me.” Then-USCF Executive Director Gerry Dullea began work on preparing a space in USCF’s New Windsor headquarters building. “I was instructed to make the Hall’s construction my first priority for the year,” Dullea said. “I took to prowling every museum I could, looking for ideas.” The result was the first incarnation of the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame, which, as a brand-new USCF executive director, I opened in 1988 in a handsome, chessboard-carpeted room carved out of the Federation’s subterranean warehouse, surrounded by shelves of books, chess sets, and clocks for sale. It was intended as a start, and it has obviously served as a good one. But it was also a success on its own, attracting a number of national news stories and building support for the idea of a place to honor chess heroes, as well as to protect and display the game’s priceless memorabilia. By the end of 1990, the U.S. Chess Trust had taken over the Hall as part of its nonprofit mission. In 1993 the Hall was moved and

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reopened in Washington, D.C., under the supervision of David Mehler, sharing space with his U.S. Chess Center, which remains in operation today. Still in underground quarters, “The Center was, however, located just six blocks from the White House,” USCF past president John McCrary recalls. “It was dedicated to using chess to help inner-city children.” Mehler’s location in the nation’s capital gave the Hall its first exposure in an important metropolitan center. By then a squad of volunteers dedicated to the preservation of chess history had taken up the cause: Doyle and McCrary were joined by former USCF president and U.S. Chess Trust Chairman Harold Winston, as well as longtime volunteer Frank Camaratta. Winston, an attorney, filed the necessary papers and worked out complicated agreements safeguarding the rights and contents of the Hall. McCrary aided with negotiations between parties and lent the Hall rare chess books, while Camaratta put on loan valuable antique sets. Both gave invaluable guidance. Meanwhile, businessman Sidney Samole, holder of the first patent on a commercial chess computer, had been entertaining the dream of creating a fullfledged World Chess Hall of Fame and Museum, with its own unique space. McCrary recalls that, by chance, he was on the same flight to the 1998 U.S. Open with Samole when discussions for a Hall of Fame move to Miami were taking place. “I'd just received a draft of the proposed contract between Excalibur and the Trust,” McCrary said. “So Sid and I walked back and forth on the plane with changes. But he was in first class, while my family and I were in coach … I kept walking up to first class. Then I got a very physical shove from the stewardess! So Sid came back to coach for all our further discussions.” Samole worked with an architect to create a building along the Florida Turnpike in Miami whose exterior mimicked a tournament chessboard and whose Hall of Fame wing was entered through a giant rook and then a darkened “Time Tunnel of Chess.” Sadly, Sidney died before his dream was fully completed, but his son Shane finished the job as a living monument to his father, and it became “The World Chess Hall of Fame and Sidney Samole Museum.” In 2001 I moved full-time to Miami to help Shane create the Hall of Fame

displays and to take on the job of executive director of the facility. It was daunting but exhilarating work, sorting and selecting memorabilia from the pallets of boxes shipped from D.C., and producing displays that showed them off. Shane spared no expense getting everything right. We agreed that the main task was to show the champions and the treasures of chess for the first time in the elevated context they deserved. Sharon Samole, Sidney’s widow, ran the gift shop and kept the membership records. USCF expert Gil Luna gave tours and handled a myriad of other day-to-day duties. Both Dr. George Dean, perhaps the leading collector of chess sets in the world, and Floyd Sarisohn of the Chess Collectors International donated historic and beautiful chessmen. The grand opening, delayed by the world-changing events of 9/11, were attended by a who’s who of chess. Even the descendants of Jose Raul Capablanca were on hand. The Hall gained importance and garnered a worldwide audience of admirers by also becoming the official World Chess Hall of Fame, sanctioned by FIDE. Championship tournaments, a hundred school field trips, and half a dozen truly historic gatherings followed. Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Lev Alburt, Walter Browne, Joel Benjamin, Larry Christiansen, and Nick de Firmian, among many others, came to the Miami Hall to be inducted, and brought the world media with them. But in the worldwide economic meltdown of the last few years, supporting the expensive project suddenly became impossible for Samole’s privately held company. Was the magnificent dream coming to an end? At the time, Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield were in the news for making St. Louis a capital city of chess, building the plush Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in the heart of the city’s fashionable dining and promenading destination, and for rescuing USCF championship events. When I contacted them, Rex and Jeanne immediately saw the importance of the Hall of Fame and its relevance to making St. Louis the world’s most important chess destination. Their foresight, work and sponsorship have resulted in the World Chess Hall of Fame’s new, permanent home. (See feature story.)

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Tom Friedman, Untitled, 2005. Pieces: mixed media, table and board: maple and American black walnut; wall mounts: maple, American black walnut and Perspex; box: wood, chairs: wood. Edition 6 of 7. Collection of Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield. Photograph of Michael DeFilippo.

An old St. Louis Post Dispatch photo of then-USCF Executive Director Al Lawrence at the first WCHOF in New Windsor, New York.

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Gulko, Soltis & Menchik: First Saint Louis Inductees

Left to right: GM Boris Gulko, GM Andy Soltis, Vera Menchik

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wenty-five years after the very first Hall of Fame inductions, Saint Louis’ new World Chess Hall of Fame will open its doors by honoring Grandmasters Boris Gulko and Andy Soltis with their own plaques in the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame. At the same ceremony, Vera Menchik will become the first woman enshrined in the World Chess Hall of Fame. Gulko, born in the old East German town of Erfurt, is the only player ever to win both the USSR and U.S. championships. He shared the Soviet title—at a time when it was the strongest national championship in the world—in 1977, only one year after becoming a grandmaster. He won the American title two decades later in 1994 and 1999. Many of the intervening years were spent as a political outcast in the old USSR. Openly anticommunist, he applied for permission to leave the country shortly after winning the Soviet Championship but was denied. Both he and his wife, WGM Anna Akhsharumova, became prominent Soviet Refuseniks. Gulko was arrested and beaten by the KGB (the former Russian secret police and intelligence agency), and neither he nor Akhsharumova were permitted to play in toplevel competition until the policy of glasnost was introduced in the 1980s. Finally allowed to emigrate to the U.S. in 1986, at 39, he had lost perhaps the most important seven years of his career to political suppression. “Those years were a serious blow to my chess career,” he has said, “but I don’t regret them.” He went on quickly to win Marseille in 1986, and Cannes and Biel in 1987. He’s been a stalwart team member for the U.S., representing it in nine Olympiads and three World Team Champion- ships. International politics again interfered with his professional opportunities as late as 2004, when the World Championship was held in Libya, and Gaddafi’s son announced that “Zionist enemies” would not be invited. Gulko, a Jew, withdrew. “Our magnificent and noble game does not deserve such a disgrace,” he said. Andy Soltis, born in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, earned his international master title after winning Reggio Emilia 1971-72 tournament in 1972 and his grandmaster title in 1980 after winning New York 1977 and 1980. Soltis is one of the most avidly read American chess writers of his generation. He has written the award-winning and extremely popular Chess Life column, “Chess 24


to Enjoy,” for more than 30 years and is a best-selling author of more than 100 chess books, including Rethinking the Chess Pieces and Why Lasker Matters. He was named Chess Journalist of the Year in 1988 and inducted into the Gallery of Distinguished Chess Journalists in 2005. He is a longtime chess columnist for the New York Post, starting the column in October of 1972, right after the Fischer-Spassky match. “I started at the Post as a reporter three years earlier,” Soltis said, “so that makes me one of the rare non-professional GMs.” Andy and his wife Marcy will be attending the induction. “I’m delighted to be honored,” he said, “and happy to see that the Hall of Fame is being reopened in permanent quarters appropriate for American’s rich chess history.” Vera Menchik will become the first woman to be inducted into the World Hall of Fame. (The U.S. Hall inducted Gisela Gresser in 1992 and Diane Savereide in 2010.) Early in Menchik’s career, the Viennese master Albert Becker chauvinistically suggested that any man losing to her should be made a member of the “Vera Menchik Club.” Becker quickly became the club’s charter member. Many other, much more renowned male masters followed, including Max Euwe (later to become world champion), Samuel Reshevsky, Edgar Colle, Sultan Khan, Frederich Saemisch, Lajos Steiner, and F. D. Yates. Menchik, the most dominant woman player of all time, was born in Moscow of a British mother and Czech father in 1906, learned chess at age nine, and moved to England in 1921. She competed for Russia, Czechoslovakia, and England over the course of her career, holding the title of women’s world champion from its inception in 1927 to her death in 1944. In the intervening seven women’s championships, she won 78 games while drawing four and losing only one! At Ramsgate 1929, she finished tied for second with Akiba Rubinstein, just half a point behind former World Champion José Raúl Capablanca. Menchik died as a victim of Nazi rocket attacks on London. In her honor, the women’s Olympiad trophy is known as the Vera Menchik Cup. Gulko and Soltis will be the 48th and 49th inductees into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame. Menchik will be the 16th to enter the World Chess Hall of Fame. uschess.org

Guido van der Werve, Nummer twaalf: variations on a theme, The King’s gambit accepted, The number of stars in the sky, And why a piano can’t be tuned, Or waiting for an earthquake, 2009. Chess piano: walnut, ebony, Fihte, maple, piano mechanism; chess pieces: wood; stools: wood. Courtesy of the artist, Galerie Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam and Marc Foxx, Los Angeles. Image courtesy of the artist, Galerie Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam and Marc Foxx, Los Angeles.

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A profile of the honorAble GeorGe n. leiGhton

By Dr. Tim Redman | Photos by Betsy Dynako i trAveled to ChiCAGo in April to present the winner of the Kasparov Chess foundation’s national Girls Championship with a $105,000 scholarship to attend the University of texas at dallas and to interview George leighton for this profile. i invited him to help me present the award but he demurred. “tim,” he said, “in our days at the Chicago Chess Club if someone mentioned a $105,000 scholarship for girls’ chess, they would have undergone a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation.” i tried to work him into the award ceremony for the champion, Alexandra v. botez, anyway. Addressing several hundred students, parents, and coaches, i said: “i spent a pleasant friday afternoon with an old friend, George leighton. George is an avid chess player. he is also the first black person appointed to the federal bench in illinois, as judge of the United States district Court.” Many in the audience nodded. We have made a great deal of progress towards racial equality in this country, a fact easily confirmed by simply looking around the room. i continued: “i invited George leighton to participate in today’s award ceremony, but he had to work over the weekend at his law office on a pressing case.” Many more in the audience nodded. these days, we all have to work long hours just to stay on top of things. these chess parents, who sacrifice so their children can play chess understood perfectly. “George leighton is 98 years old.” At this point there was an audible gasp from those present. “Chess keeps you sharp,” i finished. Chess Life caught up with George at his office at the prestigious law firm of neal and leroy on laSalle Street, Chicago’s equivuschess.org

alent of Wall Street, where he is “of Counsel.” George has kept up with his chess. he had the recent issue of the magazine and asked questions about hikaru nakamura. George neves leitao was born on october 22, 1912 in new bedford, Massachusetts. he was the son of two portuguese nationals, natives of the Cape verde islands, a 14-island archipelago off the coast of Africa that was a portuguese colony for more than 400 years. his name was Anglicized to leighton. raised in new bedford and on Cape Cod, he finished sixth grade but then dropped out because he had to work in cranberry bogs managed by his father to help support the family. Mary A. hayden, who ran a local boys’ club, taught him the rudiments of chess. “it was the greatest gift i have ever been given,” George told me. he has since memorialized her help by making significant financial contributions to chess in her honor. he also later became active in supporting the Chicago boys’ Clubs to help repay what he had received from her. As a youth, after work, George read extensively, attended night school, and studied in Works projects Administration classes in 1934-35. the Cape verdean community in new bedford, under the leadership of the attorney Alfred J. Gomes, created a competitive scholarship, $200 for initial college tuition to the top two essayists. George was one of the winners. Without a high-school diploma, George leighton was admitted to Washington, d.C.’s famous howard University as an unclassified student. to make money to support his education, George worked for a time peeling potatoes in a district of Columbia restaurant. on St. patrick’s day in 1936, early in the morning, he reached into the bag for the next potato and could-

n’t peel it. it was a rock the size of a potato. George kept it and it has served as his talisman ever since, to remind him of how hard he had to work to succeed. enclosed in plexiglas, it is still on his desk. After four straight years on the dean’s honor roll at howard, he was awarded a degree magna cum laude. he received a scholarship to attend harvard law School and, after war service, graduated in 1946. George passed the bar in Massachusetts and, after arriving in Chicago, in illinois. Merely listing George’s professional accomplishments and accolades would take several pages. he helped found one of the largest predominantly black law firms in the United States: Moore, Ming, and leighton. he is a life member of the nAACp. he argued a number of constitutionally important cases advancing the cause of civil rights in this country in the ‘50s and ‘60s. he was elected judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1964, assigned as judge of the illinois Appellate Court in 1969, and elected to that office in 1970. president Gerald ford nominated him as judge of the United States district Court and he was confirmed by the United States Senate in 1976. he was for many years a professor at John Marshall law School and has been awarded five honorary doctorates. in 2005, the United States post office in new bedford was named in his honor. Most recently, on May 6, 2011, he was given the prestigious Cardinal bernadin Award from the Chicago legal Clinic for “action on behalf of social justice, advocacy for the less advantaged, and passionate promotion of the ideal that we are our brother’s keepers.” i wrote to harold J. Winston, former USCf president, current chair of the U.S. Chess Life — September 2011

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Here Comes the Judge FIDE Master Leonid Kaushansky arrived in Chicago in the early 1980s from the Soviet Union and started winning left and right. And then he was paired with Judge Leighton in the first round of the Greater Chicago Open, on March 27, 1982. Queen’s Pawn Opening: Unusual lines (D00) George N. Leighton Leonid Kaushansky 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 c4 7. Bc2 Ne4 8. 0-0 f5 9. Qe1 e6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Be7? 12. Ba4+ Kf8 13. Nd2 Bh4 14. g3 Bg5 15. Kg2 Kg8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bd1 Bf5? 18. h4 Be7 19. h5! h6 20. g4 Bh4 21. Qe2 Qg5 22. Kh1 Bh7 23. b3!

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23. ... cxb3 24. axb3 g6 25. Ba3 Kg7 26. Rf6 Rae8 27. Qb5! Rhf8 28. Bxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qd7+, Black resigned. A ‘potato’ that couldn’t be peeled.

Chess Trust, and a prominent Chicago public defender, for his comments about George. Harold summarized it nicely: “I have attended several legal get-togethers in the last three years at which Judge Leighton was honored. He is greatly respected by all in the criminal defense community because he was a pioneer fighter for the rights of defendants to fair trials as well as being an excellent and fair judge. I first got to know George Leighton during the mid-sixties at the Chicago Chess Club, the city’s only seven-day-aweek club, founded in 1870. Its quarters were in a fading commercial building at 64 East Van Buren Street in Chicago’s Loop (downtown). The club included many eminent Chicagoans and a few characters. Besides George, the former category included Wiley Clements, an insurance executive; Norbert Leopoldi, an importer; Norman Perrin, a professor of theology at the University of Chicago; Phil LeCornu, a businessman who later left his estate to the U.S. Chess Federation; Dr. Eugene 28


Martinovsky, a psychiatrist and chess master; along with a goodly number of other masters. The characters included Danny Fischeimer, who divided his time between Chicago, where he was a slum landlord, and Las Vegas, where he gambled, and Walter Grombacher, a hypochondriac who would insist on describing his symptoms to Dr. Martinovsky and who boasted that he had been the only Jewish member of the Hitler Youth. George and I shared some laughs recalling some of these folks. He was genuinely fond of Richard Verber, who was Chicago Chess Club president for many years. Richard, a Falstaffian man, was one of the nation’s top players (he turned down an invitation to the U.S. Closed Championship one year) and a top organizer. Richard organized the recordbreaking U.S. Open in August 1973 and put on what was the nation’s first “chessathon,” though we didn’t have a name for it at the time. A lifelong Democrat and a supporter of

Mayor Richard J. Daley and John F. Kennedy (and later Barack Obama), George had the clout to secure the Chicago Civic Center Plaza in the Loop (now Daley Plaza) to hold an all-day chess simultaneous, where the city’s best players, including George, played all comers over the course of a work day, 2,900 in all. Due to various circumstances, the Chicago Chess Club moved to another Loop location, then to the Near North Side, and then to the basement of the Gas Light Tavern on North Halsted Street. At that point, George stopped attending. I asked him why and he told me that as a judge, he could not be seen in a tavern, even if he was just passing through to get to the chess club. I was a student in Rome in 1970-71 and I heard that George and his wife, Virginia (he called her “Ma”), were going to come as tourists. I arranged with Italian friends to take them on a “Rome by Night” car tour of all the lighted monuments in the city. I was surprised that George understood our Italian, due, he explained, uschess.org

Judge Leighton playing the author.

to the fact that his parents were Portuguese nationals. Following his parents, George is a devout Roman Catholic. He has two daughters, five grandchildren, and, three great-grandchildren. At one point, George’s passion for chess exposed him to risk. Like all serious Chicago chess players, in summer he would play at the chess pavilion at North Avenue Beach. While he was presiding over a trial of FALN (Puerto Rican) terrorists, a group of FBI agents visited George in his chambers during a trial recess. They told him that they had credible evidence that the FALN was going to assassinate him at North Avenue Beach that weekend while he was playing chess. He stayed away but then upset all sides of the criminal case by giving the older indicted members long prison terms but granting probation to the youngest, an exception which anticipated by many decades what we now know about brain development in males through their mid-twenties. My next contact with George was when uschess.org

he phoned my university office offering to help Bobby Fischer with his legal problems (Fischer had just been detained in Japan). Knowing now what I do about George’s legendary legal defense skills, I have no doubt that he could have helped exonerate Fischer. But the difficulty of contacting Fischer was followed by what seemed to be a fair resolution and they caused me to let the matter drop. And then, two months ago, I read about George in The New York Times. The columnist ran into him shortly after Illinois halted the death penalty. Asked for his reaction, George replied “It’s civilization.” George had defended many indigent prisoners on death row. On Friday, April 8, Betsy and I met at his law office for the beginning of the interview and photos. We then re-paired to the Neal and Leroy conference room for a game of speed chess and further photos. I was overconfident about our game. Years ago, I had finally learned how to meet George’s inevitable Stonewall (d2-d4, c2-c3, e2-e3, f2-

f4) with a response challenging command of the black squares (... g7-g6, ... Bf8-g7, ... d7-d6, ... e7-e5). But George changed openings to the more conventional d4 and c4. Unprepared, seeing his mounting attack, and knowing we were both hungry, I offered and he accepted a draw. George has kept up his chess using his Mephisto computer. He took me to Chicago’s famous Italian Village in the Loop. Despite the fact that it was after 3 pm and a sign in the entry way directed all diners arriving after 2:30 pm to the second-floor restaurant, he strode confidently into the fancier first-floor restaurant and we were seated immediately. He is known there. We both had pasta and a drink and continued our reminiscences. George had to leave but I lingered and got into conversation with our waiter. “Il signore ha un grande cuore,” he said, “un grande cuore.” The gentleman has a big heart, a big heart. Learn more in a five-minute video: search “George N. Leighton” on YouTube.

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2011 National Open

Love Has It The story from Las Vegas, including a look by our author at what

In my enthusIastIc prevIew of the natIonal open for Chess Life Online a few weeks prior to the June 10-12 las vegas event, I promised that in this article, I’d be coming back with answers to such burning questions as what pre-registered Gm pavel Blatny has been up to in the years since he left behind the chess world for different (most likely greener) pastures. I was about to fail miserably in my task when I ran into pavel and cowinner loek van wely (photo, above; varuzhan akobian is in the photo on the facing page) in the lobby on the morning of the tournament’s conclusion. thanks to this lucky encounter, I was

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we can even do a true or false: speaking about nakamura following in his footsteps in his recent purchase of a Bmw, van wely said: “I can’t believe he didn’t get a better car!” uschess.org

ts Borders makes some of the top players tick. Alright, now that you’re hopefully intrigued, let me backtrack a little and tell you about the players, the games, who won and who lost … The finish at this year’s National Open was quite suspenseful, as four pairs were fighting for first place amongst themselves, unlike 2010, when only the game Gareyev-Akobian was relevant for determining the tournament victor. These pairs were van WelyZhanibek Amanov, Ray Robson-Suat Atalik, Sam Shankland-Timur Gareyev, and Giorgi Kacheishvili-Akobian. There was actually one other player with 4/5, GM Alejandro Ramirez, but he had com-

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mitted to a bye for the final round, and had to fly off to teach at a chess camp the following day. I’m sure he must have felt a twinge of regret at leaving the tournament at such a critical moment … whoever is planning your schedule, Alejandro, please tell them that the last round is indeed the most important one! As we already know, van Wely capitalized on his “gift” by easily beating the only non-GM of the group, and while all the other matchups were fought out, only one produced a decisive result. Varuzh’s solid opening choice paid off as Giorgi went overboard trying to make something out of an equal endgame:


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2011 National Open Queen’s Gambit Declined, Semi-Slav without ... Nf6 (D31) GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (2660) GM Varuzhan Akobian (2685) National Open (6), Las Vegas, 06.12.2011 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7

It doesn’t get any more solid than this line of the Queen’s Gambit Declined. 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6

5. ... Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 is the other main line, which featured in most of my white games against Anna Zatonskih in the 2011 U.S. Women’s Championship. Black solves the problem of the light-squared bishop, but leaves the b7-pawn vulnerable to an attack by the queen. 6. Qc2

Prophylaxis against ... Bf5. 6. ... Bd6

side is part of White’s plan in this position. It was also used by Nakamura. 12. ... Be6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Kf2 Ke7 15. Nge2 a5 16. b5 c5

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Black has harmonious development and can be satisfied with his prospects. 17. Na4 Rac8 18. Kg3 cxd4 19. exd4 Ne8 20. Rhe1

20. Rae1 was possible with the same idea as in the game, forcing Black to change plans as the h2-pawn is protected. 20. ... Nd6 21. f4

Again Var goes for the ultra solid continuation. 6. ... g6 7. e3 Bf5 is another branch. 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Qg6

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Ambitious, but giving Black dangerous counterplay in connection with the e4-square. 21. ... Nf6!? 22. f5 Nde4+

A tough nut for White to crack. If White withdraws with his queen, he doesn't get his ideal setup with Bd3. . 9. Qxg6

This queen trade was inspired by the recent Nakamura-Ponomariov match, where Naka scored a nice endgame victory. 9. Qb3 and 9. Qd2 are the alternatives

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9. ... hxg6 10. b4 Nf6

23. Kg2?

Ponomariov played 10. ... a6 and later developed this knight to e7. Nakamura thought 10. ... a6 was a big mistake.

White needed to remove the knight immediately, though that relinquishes control of the c2-square. 23. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 24. Kg2 Bd7 25. Nb6 Rc2 26. Nxd5+ Kd8 27. a4 Rd2 with compensation for the pawn.

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23. ... Nxg4!

A powerful piece sac, begging to be played. White’s forces are scattered over the board. 24. Bxe4

This exchange is forced; otherwise, the two knights and rook perform a swift execution on the white king. 24. ... dxe4 25. fxe6 Rxh2+

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it in his trademark blunt style, “I played risky, but not like a ****head!” Let’s take a look: Sicilian Defense, Sozin Attack (B88) GM Andranik Matikozyan (2514) GM Loek van Wely (2737) National Open (2), Las Vegas, 06.10.2011 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6

The Najdorf has been a mainstay of Loek’s opening repertoire for years. 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bb3 0-0

8. ... b5 9. Qf3 was seen in the memorable game Mamedyarov-Gelfand in the recent Candidates Matches.

26. Kg1

No better is 26. Kg3 f5.

9. f4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Na5 11. e5

27. exf7 Ne3 and there is no defense to ... Rg2 mate.

One thing I've learned about the Sicilian: whenever that knight leaves for a5, White’s e4-e5 is almost automatic!

27. ... R8h3 28. Nf1??

11. ... Ne8 12. Be3 b5 13. f5!?

26. ... Rch8 27. Ng3

28. Nxe4 was necessary and White is still in the game after 28. ... f5 29. Nac3 fxe4 30. Nxe4. 28. ... Rh1+ 29. Kg2 f5

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White can only look on as Black marches his pawn to f3 with mate. 30. Rac1 f4 31. Rc7+ Kd8, White resigned.

Giorgi summed it up: “He played good. I played bad.” It’s customary to showcase the creative efforts of the winners; however, this is going to take a paradoxical turn in Loek’s case, because, as I suspected, Loek’s most interesting game was his second round loss to IM Andranik Matikozyan from Los Angeles. As Loek put

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White has built up a dangerous looking position. It’s not that Black is doing badly, but there’s a lot of debris to wade through to get to an equal game. Plus, once White has decided on f5, the calculating onus falls almost entirely on Black: White can just respond to his moves. This knowledge casts an unpleasant psychological shadow on the second player. It’s not that surprising that van Wely errs immediately. 13. ... Nxb3?

13. ... dxe5! 14. fxe6 Nxb3 (14. ... exd4 is a possibility: 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. fxe8=Q Qxe8 17. Bxd4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Bb7 It looks like Black has decent compensation for the pawn.) 15. Nc6 Qd6! (15. ... uschess.org

Qc7? 16. Nd5 is an example of the pitfalls Black has to watch for.) 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. axb3 fxe6! and the computer evaluates this as equal. Not the simplest line to navigate yourself through. (17. ... Bxe6 18. Nxb5).

Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. Kf4 e3 37. g3 Rd4+ 38. Kxe3 Rxb4 39. Rc1 Bd5 40. Rc7+ Kg8 41. Bh6 Bf7 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Bg7 Rb3+ 44. Kf4 Rb4+ 45. Ke5 Rb5+ 46. Kd6 Bg8 47. Rf8 Rd5+ 48. Kc6 Rf5 49. g4 Rf4 50. g5 a5 51. Ra8 a4 52. Kd6 Rd4+ 53. Ke7 Rb4 54. Ra7 Rb8 55. Bh6, Black resigned.

14. Nc6!

Loek, who still makes his home in the Netherlands, has become a familiar face on the American chess circuit in the last couple of years, taking part in most of the major opens. American tournaments differ significantly from European ones in that here, generally there are no “conditions” (although the National Open is an exception to that, guaranteeing all GMs at least the cost of their hotel room), no expenses or honorariums paid for by the organizers—but the prizes are much larger, and if you make it into the winner’s circle, the payoff is quite handsome. I asked Loek how he felt about this tradeoff. To my surprise (well, I’d barely spoken to Loek before, and assumed that as a European he might have more socialist leanings) Loek was unequivocal in his approval of the way things operate on this side of the Atlantic. It doesn’t bother him that he could walk away from a tournament with only expenses to show for it; he’s a high risk, high reward type of guy, and as such, entirely comfortable taking some hits. This approach is evident in his chess as well; at the World Open a month later, Loek was leading with 51⁄2/6, having already faced the very top guys, and was paired black against Indian GM Pendyala Harikrishna. His opening selection? The Botvinnik Variation of the Semi-Slav. (He crashed and burned on that one). When I caught up with Loek in the lobby, he was off to the Venetian for another week in Las Vegas, this one to be devoted to poker. He makes no secret that chess isn’t his priority these days, that he’s accomplished what he could in it and now, pushing forty, feels it’s time to “cash in” on what he’s built in the preceding decades. Often people get ‘real jobs’ to pursue their ‘real

The c6-square was an important square. 14. ... Qd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. f6!

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White is in no hurry to recapture the knight. 16. ... Qb7

16. ... gxf6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bg5+17. axb3 b4 18. Qg4

18. Na4 dxe5 19. Bc5 was strong as well. 18. ... bxc3 19. fxg7 Nxg7 20. Bh6 f5 21. exf6 e.p. cxb2 22. Rab1 e5 23. Qg5 Rf7 24. Rxb2 Qe4

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25. c4?!

White allows an exchange of queens. The king on g8 probably breathed a sigh of relief. Instead 25. Bxg7 Qg4 26. Qc1! (not 26. Qd2?? blundering ... Qxg7!) 26. ... Bb7 27. c4 and White should have a much easier time winning than he did in the game. 25. ... Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg7 Rd7 28. Rd2 Bb7 29. h4 Kf7 30. Kh2 Rad8 31. Re1 e4 32. Kg3 d5 33. cxd5 Bxd5 34. b4 Bb7 35.

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interests,’ but Loek has put himself into the enviable position of being able to use chess to support his poker hobby and love of traveling. Chess may have been dethroned as the focus of his life, but at 2683 FIDE, Loek is still not far from the world’s best, and when he plays, you feel the concentration of a true professional. It’s at odds with how offhandedly he talks about chess these days. Perhaps it’s easier to change one’s tune than to shed one’s skin? Loek is unusually forthright (maybe that’s a Dutch national trait?) and easily transitions from answering questions about chess to speaking about his interests and his personal life. It’s well known that one of the reasons Loek spends so much time in the States is that it’s a convenient meeting place for him and his Salvadorean girlfriend, also a chess player. I was curious about El Salvador, as I’d never been there. Had Loek visited? Loek replied in the affirmative, but had trouble finding more affirmative things to say; he grimaced at the mention of Salvadorean food and when I, a tad provocatively, asked him if he’d consider moving there, he quickly came up with “Love has its borders!” Pavel Blatny was also going to stick around in Vegas after the National Open, but ... for an entire month! Like many chess players, Pavel has become a poker professional, albeit in a rather circuitous fashion. For five years, Pavel worked as the general manager of a hotel in Brno (where he is from in the Czech Republic). The owner of the hotel was a chess enthusiast and that is how Pavel made the unusual metamorphosis from chess player to hotel manager. Even more surprising is that Pavel relished this new career, and takes obvious pride in describing the hotel’s growth during his years of stewardship. Unfortunately, the hotel was sold to new owners who gradually pushed Pavel out, replacing him with one of their own men in, as Pavel describes it, a rather backhanded and unethical manner. There’s a

palpable sense of aggrievement when Pavel talks about this period of his life. However, all endings are also new beginnings, and Pavel seems to have settled comfortably into his burgeoning career as a poker player. While listening to him discourse on poker, blackjack, and the steps he’s been taking to move forward in his new endeavor, I could understand why he was good at managing: he’s detailoriented, meticulous, and has a scientific approach to the unknown, researching his subject before wading in. I got the impression that Pavel was a prudent risk-taker, someone who preferred to advance stepby-step rather than trying for giant leaps. Now that I write this, it strikes me that the two people I’ve been describing come across as polar opposites. I wonder what kind of poker player Loek is … I’ve kind of enjoyed this attempt at psychological portraiture, but we can also get back to the chess. One of the most picturesque positions to grace the demo board during the tournament arose from the opening of Kaufman-Shankland in round four. No position for old men GM Lawrence Kaufman (2469) GM Samuel L. Shankland (2613) National Open (4), Las Vegas, 06.11.2011

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17. Qg3 Qc5 18. Bd3

Apparently, this is already a significant mistake, since the bishop will simply be attacked by the advancing pawns. 18. ... e5 19. Nd2 f5 20. h4 e4 (see diagram next page)


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Let’s Talk About Draws In the first round I witnessed a curious exchange on the board next to me. White, an elderly gentleman, offered his grandmaster opponent, Nick de Firmian, a draw in an approximately equal, yet dynamically unbalanced, rook and knight endgame. Nick’s reply was instantaneous, delivered with mild exasperation at having to state the obvious: “I haven’t played this long to make a draw.” Before we begin the analysis, let’s add a few more data points to our observation set. In the Chicago Open, which took place just a few weeks before Las Vegas, I was also privileged to witness an example from this genre, again played out on the board besides mine. This time our hero, playing White, was a young junior, and his opponent a much higher-rated international master. White, having played a miserable French Defense Winawer variation, allowing a trade of both queens and Black’s light-square bishop, decided that a bad endgame was a good moment to offer a draw. Strangely, the draw offer was not heard by his opponent, who was wearing headphones, so this moment passed on uncommented, except perhaps with a quizzical look on my part. The game continued, and on move 44, White decided to try his luck again. This time Black had his headphones off, answered with a firm “No!,” made a move, and … White resigned! Normally I’m inclined to mind my own business as much as possible, but here, in my perplexed indignation, I simply could not help inquiring of our young hero why he had offered a draw one move prior to resignation. I’m glad I asked, because his answer was a little beyond the reach of my imagination: “I didn’t realize it was losing.” Oh. I see. I wondered though if maybe he should wait until he gets to a level where he knows winning from losing from drawing before he starts offering draws to international

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The last three moves have been visibly more helpful to Black than to White.

Korchnoi). This was unfortunate for Larry, a recent world senior champion, who was also probably quite exhausted from the (successful) six-hour defense he went through in the morning round (that game was a big disappointment for me). Sam was understandably pleased as punch after this game. Who wouldn’t be, when they get to stomp all over their opponent’s position like that?

21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. h5 d3+ 23. Kf1 f4

How does that song go? The ants keep marching on? 24. Qh4 h6 25. Bb5 e3 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Nf3 d2 28. Nxd2 exd2 29. Qg4 Ne4 30. Ke2 Qe3+, White resigned. (see diagram top of next column)

Obviously Black has serious compensation for the rook, but beyond that, the only certainty is that this is no position for old men! (unless their name is

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Ray also produced a sweet fragment in his game against GM Mikheil Kekelidze. (see game top of next column)


masters; until that point, it’s probably better to wait for those offers to come from them. I also had some firsthand experience of this sort, both in Chicago and Las Vegas. In two games, I passed through some difficult moments to emerge in a better position, and then I got draw offers! And not from grandmasters, but from significantly lower-rated players. I thought, ‘guys, you didn’t offer me a draw when you were better, but now that you’re worse, you think I should take a draw?’ I guess I’m not as straightforward as Nick, so I made a move and kept my thoughts to myself but … won the games. I was a little surprised that Nick had answered in the way he did, that he preferred to make a point about the correctness of his opponent’s offer rather than just letting the incident go with any number of standard imprecise responses, but in light of the things I’d seen recently, I could appreciate his stance against the widespread deterioration of chess etiquette we’re seeing these days. What is the logic in offering a much higher-rated player a draw? Surely it cannot be a mystery that they want to beat you, that a draw is an outcome to be avoided at all costs, and they will play on as long as there is any life left in the position. About the only time they will accept is if their position is utterly and hopelessly inferior, and in that case, what are you doing offering a draw? Yes, there’s a hierarchy in chess, and offering a draw is the prerogative of the stronger player. It would be laughable to come to school as a six-year-old and demand to be called “mister.” That’s something you can do when you grow up, earn your degree, and enter the classroom as a teacher yourself. So it should be in chess.

Sweet GM Mikheil Kekelidze (2574) GM Ray Robson (2606) National Open (3), Las Vegas, 06.11.2011

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20. ... Qd5 21. Nd2

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21. ... Nxf2!

After18.Qa3

White was probably counting on 21. ... Bxg2 22. Qxd3.

18. ... Nd3!

22. Nxe4 N2xe4 23. Rd1 Qc4 24. Bf3 Ng5 25. Be1 Rxe2! 26. Rac1

18. ... Bxf3 is met with 19. Ba5 in case you were wondering. 19. Ba5

Also possible is 19. exd3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxd2. 19. ... Qb7 20. Rfb1?

White should have forced equality with 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Nxc2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Ne5=.

After 26. Bxe2 Qxe2 and there is no defense to ... Nf3+. 26. ... Rxa2 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bb4+ Qxb4 29. Rc8+ Ne8, White resigned.

Sam and Ray actually had similarly solid tournaments, avoiding any losses and consequently finding themselves at the top of the crosstable going

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into the final round. They both held the white pieces, but just didn’t pack enough aggression into their game to join the winner’s circle. I’m sure though that we’ll be seeing even better results from them in the near future. I enjoy solving puzzles in chess magazines, so I found another example from Var’s praxis to challenge the reader. How did Var increase his advantage in this position? (The solution is at the end of the article.)

Increasing the pressure IM Daniel Rensch (2467) GM Varuzhan Akobian (2685) National Open (2),Las Vegas, 06.10.2011

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Your reporter had a mixed tournament, scoring 41⁄2/6. The one and a half points lost were to three draws. On the one hand, I played decently, but I did a very poor job of winning my won positions, and two of those draws came as a result of that, against GM Larry Kaufman and IM Danny Rensch. I was quite upset at how I spoiled my game against Danny in round five, so I felt some extra motivation to win my final game, and did what I could with the black pieces to

keep it complicated. In the end, it paid off and I got my win against IM Max Cornejo. So I didn’t do terribly, but I want to do better! As always, though, I enjoyed my time at the National Open. On the day of the Game/10 and Game/5 championships (i.e., the first day of the festival), I ran into a surprise visitor on my way to the tournament ballroom: IM Anthony Saidy. I recently saw Mr. Saidy in the HBO documentary Bobby Fischer Against the World, and I thought he’d done a fantastic job shedding light on the personality of Fischer. From that footage of him speaking to reporters in the early ‘70s, he came off as one cool dude. Anyway, it was a pleasure to meet him, and to add to my surprise, he had a gift prepared for me, a Soviet book on the middlegame. Mr. Saidy played in the Game/10 championship, and dispelled GM Tamaz Gelashvili’s dreams of winning the tournament. He didn’t play in the main event, so I don’t know if it was just the Game/ 10 that brought him to Vegas, or if he was there for other business and just stopped by for a little chess … I know, I know, I missed my chance to learn more about this interesting gentleman, but hold off on the tomatoes; don’t you believe in second chances? Since I mentioned it en passant, I guess I’m obliged to reveal the result of the side events. GM Sam Shankland and IM Levon Altounian tied for first in the Game/10 with 51⁄2/6, while Loek claimed first in the blitz. The big show in the blitz was one of the games from the Lenderman-Akobian match. At some point there was

such a hullabaloo coming from their board that everyone in the room turned to watch, including the people playing their own games. It’s not easy to distract people playing their blitz games, so you can imagine the clock thumping and piece sliding/ dropping/crashing taking place. It was quite mesmerizing, their manic struggle for survival against the clock. Perhaps by next year we can evolve to the 3 minute + 2 second increment that is the standard FIDE control for blitz. One more unexpected encounter was with someone who last saw me when I was … nine years old! This was another drop-in from the poker world, Bulgarian IM Ivo Donev (his name was familiar to me from his ChessBase annotations). Ivo was in town for the World Series of Poker, and heard that a chess tournament was taking place, so he decided to visit us, familiar creatures from a long ago past. He told me that he remembered me from the 1993 World Youth Championships in Bratislava. It’s somehow very comforting to encounter someone who remembers you as a child. It’s like your youth is safely nestled in their memories, where nothing can touch it. There was one more case of the past resurfacing at the National Open, and that was in the participation of former U.S. Women’s Champion Anjelina Belakovskaia. Anjelina was one of the top women players in the U.S in the second half of the ‘90s; she played board one in my Olympiad debut in Elista in 1998. At some point, she got married, moved to Arizona, started a family, and the chess world saw little of her. She came to the National Open with

her husband and three children. Her oldest child (he’s seven) played in the youth tournament, quite successfully, though it seemed like Anjelina thought he could’ve done better. These days Anjelina works in real estate, has an Internet business, finds time to teach chess and is soon to be teaching business finance at a local college. That’s truly an impressive array of things to have on your plate, but I can see Anjelina handling it … she always had the boldness and energy of a go-getter, and it’s great to see her channeling it to such good effect. I should mention a person that may not have won, but who had a great event: IM Dionisio Aldama Degurnay. He beat GMs de Firmian and Kacheishvili, drew Gelashvili, and lost only to van Wely and Melik Khachiyan. That’s a tough field to have played—five grandmasters out of six games. Thank you to the organizing committee of Bill Snead and Al and Janelle Losoff, for once again putting on a wonderful event. Hope to see you next year for the Chess Vacation of the Year! (June 14-17th, 2012).

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Answers to the trivia: A) 1995 B) 1) Marathon training, 2) poker, 3) sex And the true/false is TRUE. The answer to Rensch-Akobian is 1. ... Bxf2+! 2. Kxf2 Rd4 (the knight cannot be saved because no matter where White moves the queen, Black will take the knight and follow up with … Ne4 fork) 3. Qb5 Rxd2+ 4. Ke3 Rd5 and Black eventually won.

2011 National Open At A Glance Date: June 10-12, 2011 Location: South Point Hotel, Casino, & Spa Top Finishers: Open—1st, 5: Loek van Wely, Varuzhan Akobian; 3rd-11th, 41⁄2: Tamaz Gelashvili, Timur Gareyev, Suat Atalik, Alejandro Ramirez, Sam Shankland, Ray Robson, Irina Krush, Salvijus Bercys, Melikset Khachiyan; Under 2200—1st, 51⁄2: Brian Hu; 2nd-3rd, 5: Sam Barsky, John P. Elmore; Under 2000—1st, 51⁄2: Robert Bagdasaryan; 2nd-5th, 5: Daniil Fedunov, William Rhee, Joshua T. Quint, Vardan Betikyan, Tristan K. Kaonohi; Under 1800—1st-2nd, 51⁄2: Adler Luis R. Ribaya, Thurlo J. Mishler; Under 1600—1st, 51⁄2: Shaogang Bian; 2nd-5th, 5: Pablo Martin Uribe, Pablo Banuelos, Bryan Shapiro, Eusy Ancheta; Under 1400—1st-4th, 5: Rex P. Pimentel, Steven Edwin Mechels, Peter J. Sherman, J.C. Mies; Under 1200—1st, 51⁄2: Matthew Halbasch; 2nd-3rd, 5: Merak Arriola, Bolton Raymond Bailey Chief Tournament Director: Bill Snead

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In the Arena

Great Rivalries Hikaru Nakamura was a master at age 10, an international master at 13, and a grandmaster at 15. He has won the U.S. Championship twice, as well as several international events in Europe. He won the gold medal for board one at the World Team Championships in Turkey, 2010, crushing Boris Gelfand, the #6 player in the world. His most impressive victory came at the Tata Steel event in 2011, when he triumphed ahead of Anand, Carlsen, and other superstars. His results at blitz chess are also outstanding, including a victory at the 2009 BN bank event in Oslo, defeating the reigning world blitz champion GM Magnus Carlsen 3-1.

GM HIKARU NAKAMURA YEAR OF BIRTH 1987 BIRTHPLACE OSAKA, JAPAN FIDE RATING (NOVEMBER 2010) 2741 (#15)

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The top chess stars battle each other one-on-one for prize money and glory more often than in perhaps any other professional competition. Follow the action as memorable games between two players over their careers are presented by International Correspondence Chess Master Bart Gibbons.

NAKAMURA BY RAY MORRIS-HILL; SHABALOV BY BETSY DYNAKO

Alexander Shabalov is of the same native city (Riga) as former World Champion Mikhail Tal. “Shabba” studied with Tal and is known for seeking complicated positions as well. GM Nick DeFirmian demonstrated the respect fellow GMs have for “Shabba” when he called a position so crazy that only Shabalov or Fritz could play it well. Shabalov won the U.S. Championship outright in 2003 and 2007, and tied for first in 1993 and 2000. He has also won or tied for first place at the Chicago Open, the North American Open, the World Open, and the U.S. Open.

GM ALEXANDER SHABALOV YEAR OF BIRTH 1967 BIRTHPLACE RIGA, LATVIA FIDE RATING (NOVEMBER 2010) 2591 (#29)

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In the Arena Highlights and game analysis (assisted by Master Chess 7000) Fighting chess in important events is the foundation of a great rivalry, and the duel between these two top grandmasters has certainly provided fireworks so far. The amazing feature of these contests is that in five out of the six victories, the winner has gone on to win the tournament!

Be3 Ra1 45. Kb2 Ra4 46. a6 Kd8 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. a7 h5 49. Rb8 Nc7 50. Kb3 Ra1 51. h4 Ra6 52. Bf2 Ra1 53. Bb6 Kc6 54. Bxc7 Rxa7

black finally captures White’s a-pawn, but remains in a lost position. 55. Bf4 Kd7 56. Rb6 Ra1 57. Kc3 Rg1 58. Rb2 f6 59. Kd3 Rh1 60. g3 Ke6 61. Rb6+ Kf5 62. Bd2 Rd1 63. Ke2, Black resigned.

“Hikaruislikeacomputer… calculatesalmostwithouterror.” —AlexAnder ShAbAlov

The first decisive result came in the last round at the 2004 Chicago open. After 27 moves, the following position was reached, with Shabalov on the move, playing White.

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White can start the siege of black’s a-pawn right away with 28. rc6 but instead prefers to have his bishop make the next five moves. 28. Bc3 Rd8

black has two main alternatives: 28. … rc5 29. rxc5 nxc5 30. bd4, or 28. … f5. both moves also lose a pawn, but in a different fashion. 28. … f5 offers the most resistance. 29. Bf6 Re8 30. Bd4 Nb8 31. Bxa7 Nd7 32. Bd4 Ra8 33. Rc7 Nf8 34. Ra7

White’s smooth technique eventually gathers the win. 34. ... Rd8 35. Be3 Kg7 36. a4 Ne6 37. a5 Rd3 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. Bb6 Rb3 40. Ke2 Kf8 41. Kd2 Ke8 42. Kc2 Rb4 43. Kc3 Rb1 44. 38

Shabalov’s victory enabled him to tie for first place with GM Jaan ehlvest. This fascinating endgame below is also from 2004, at the World open. nakamura, playing white, is about to make his 45th move.

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despite being two exchanges ahead, White is on the defensive, as black’s pieces are powerfully centralized, and he has advanced pawns. White missed a chance to improve his position shortly, and as it turned out he was barely able to hold the draw. 45. g4 hxg3 e.p. 46. Kxg3

Stronger was 46. h4! advancing his passed pawn, and giving black something to worry about. After 46. ... nf5 47. Kg4 White has slightly better chances. 46. ... Nd5 47. Kf3 Kb4 48. Ke4 c3! 49. bxc3+ Nxc3+ 50. Kd3 Nxa4 51. Rc4+ Ka3 52. Rxd4

The alternative 52. rxa4+ also leads to an equal position.


52. ... exd4 53. Kxd4 b2 54. Rxb2, Draw agreed.

one variation would be 54. … nxb2 55. h4 Kb4 56. h5 nc4 57. h6 nd6 58. h7 nf7 59. Ke3 Kb3 60. Kf4 a5 61. Kf5 a4 62. Kf6 nh8 63. Kg7 a3 64. Kxh8 a2 65. Kg8. At the end of 2004, Shabalov has two points out of three, with the only win. There have not been any draws since then! The next game is nakamura’s most impressive victory against Shabalov. The event was the 2005 Foxwoods open, which nakamura won with 71⁄2 points out of 9. It’s nakamura to play his 21st move as White.

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nakamura played the startling 21. f4!, daring black to open the g-file, allowing White’s queen to switch to the kingside, and also paving the way to retreat the bishop on the e1-h4 diagonal. If 21. … gxh4, then 22. rxg8+ nxg8 23. Qg2 ng6 24. bxf7 is deadly. Shabalov continued with 21. ... Ng6, and White played 22. Be1, threatening a discovered attack on the queen, and simply 23. fxg5. The game concluded with: 22. ... Nxf4 23. Nd5! Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 cxd5 25. exd5 Bb4 26. Rf1 Rge8 27. a3 Bd6 28. Qf5 N6h5 29. Rgg1 Kg7 30. h4, Black resigned.

The score was all even at 22 after 2005. In 2007 they played three times, with black winning all three games! Shabalov won two out of the three; let’s take a look. The first encounter was at the Foxwoods open in April. The tournament was won by GM Gata Kamsky, who was one of four players with 7 points out of 9. Kamsky won the tiebreak blitz game against

GM Zviad Izoria. This event was noteworthy because American Jesse Kraai achieved his final grandmaster norm, defeating both nakamura and Shabalov along the way! This interesting middlegame without queens was reached in round four, with Shabalov playing black, after 26 moves. It’s White to play. The complete game was annotated by Shabalov in the July 2007 issue of Chess Life; his comments are included here in italics, referenced by (AS).

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black has the two bishops, but is unable to castle right away. White correctly sought to keep black’s bishop away from g4 with ... 27. f5!

black dare not exchange pawns on f5, which would allow White to open the e-file. black played: 27. ... Bd7

And now nakamura could have won a pawn with the straightforward 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. rd6, attacking the g-pawn. There’s an instructive tactical point here; if 29. ... rg8 30. nf4 bc7 31. rxg6 rxg6 32. nxg6 Kf7 (seemingly trapping the knight), White has 33. nf4! bxf4 34. rf1, pinning the bishop and remaining a pawn ahead. however, black could have had strong pressure with simply 29. … bg4 30. rxg6 rd8, so White was wise to avoid the temptation. Play continued: 28. Nf4

Stronger is 28. na4. If 28. … bf2 29. rh1 gxf5 30. rdf1 is oK for White, as is 28. … bc7 29. nc5. 28. ... Bc7 29. Nce2

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ing the knights gives black the time he needs. 29. ... Rg8 30. Nd3 b6

keeping the knight out of c5; now black has the edge.

knight on d3. He can try 42. … rc4+ 43. kb2 bxa5, still with an advantage. The game concluded with:

31. Nef4 0-0-0 32. b4 Kb7 33. a3

40. ... Bf5+ 41. Kb3 c5 42. Rc1 c4+ 43. Kb2 Bxa5 44. Ne2 Rd2+, White resigned.

exchanging pawns on g6 is more consistent.

White suffers huge material losses after 45. Ka1 Bb6 (AS).

33. ... Bc8 34. Kc2 gxf5 35. e5 Rd4!

Now the initiative is completely on Black’s side (AS). 36. Re3 Rgd8 37. Rh1 a5!?

Frustrated by the fact that White doesn’t blunder or just lose quietly, Black decides to toss a few pawns to improve his bishops (AS). an insightful comment by Gm Shabalov, and a decision likely influenced by White’s time pressure. a strong alternative, and less risky, is 37. … rc4+ followed by … re4. 38. bxa5 b5

38. ... c5 is more forceful. 39. Nxh5 f4

39. ... bxa5 is simpler. 40. Ndxf4?

Hikaru had about 40 seconds to decide which knight to take the pawn with and his intuition failed him this time. The correct defense, absolutely counterintuitive, was 40. Nhxf4! (AS). Shabalov goes on to say that Fritz analyzed 40.

The u.S. Championship took place in oklahoma the following month. a brilliancy prize was awarded for each of the nine rounds, and Shabalov won the round four prize for defeating Nakamura. This was a moment of triumph for Shabalov, as he also won the Championship outright with a score of 7-2 (after a 5-0 start). The following position is from that encounter, with Nakamura playing white on move 33.

-+r+-+k+ zp-+l+r+-+-zp-+pzp +P+-+-+-+-sNp+-zP +-+R+-+PzP-+-+P+ +K+-+R+White to play

We know that black won the brilliancy prize for this game, and in fact the game lasted only six more moves. but when i first saw this position,

“For a few years now I’ve been focused solely on chess. It was in ... 2007 that I started getting much more serious, and that’s when the whole trend of my improvement started.”

—Hikaru Nakamura

... bf5 41. rf1 c5 42. kc1! bxd3 43. Nxd3 rxd3 44. rxd3 rxd3 45. rxf7 as being equal. He also comments: I didn't see Kc1 during the game: it's a typical computer move (AS). However, after 42. kc1 black does not have to take the uschess.org

i wondered, does black really have that much of an advantage here? i have been analyzing positions and playing over annotations since the Fischer -Spassky match in 1972, and i have observed that many times moves that should

have a comment in the annotations don’t, or the comments are incomplete at best. at times i feel the main variations given are practically moot points, as missed opportunities were not mentioned. For example, i have seen two annotations of this complete game online, and neither one analyzes the possibilities i’ll give here. i do this not to be critical, but rather to show appreciation for resourceful

(a) 33. rdd1 rxf1 34. rxf1 rc4 35. Nc6 Bxc6 (35. … e3 leaves Black on top, but White still has drawing chances after 36. b3) 36. b3 Rc5 37. bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rf6! Kg7 39. Re6, and White regains the pawn. (b) 33. rdd1 rxf1 34. rxf1 d5 35. Rc1 is equal. White’s knight is on an ideal square, and is not about to leave that post. reaching a correct evalua-

“If the position after my move becomes more complicated then the game is going in the right direction.” —alexaNder SHabalov

defensive play. To quote Grandmaster robert byrne, “the heroic defense of a lasker or Steinitz inspired me.” Play continued: 33. Rxf7 exd3 34. Rf1

34. Rf2 is sturdier, as it prevents the tactics that occurred in the game, though Black is still better. if 34. rxd7 then … 34. ... d2 wins. 34. ... Rc4 35. Nc6

35. Nf3 is a tougher defense. 35. ... d2 36. Ne7+ Kg7 37. Rd1 Kf7!

Now if the knight moves black has ... bf5+. 38. b3 Rc1+, White resigned.

black will emerge a piece up. let’s look now at White’s best move from the diagram; 33. rdd1, which was discussed in both cases, but in my opinion insufficiently. The (a) and (b) below refer to each game annotation.

tion of a position after finding the best moves for both sides is what i enjoy most about chess, as it increases appreciation for both what the players and annotators saw, and what they overlooked. at this point in the rivalry, Shabalov was up two points, having beaten Nakamura twice in two months as black. However, Nakamura won the next two games, both Sicilians, as well as the next two tournaments that they played each other; the miami open in September, 2007, and the u.S. Championship in 2009. as those two games are more of an analysis of complex opening variations, instead of the middlegame and endgame positions i selected earlier, it’s beyond the scope of this account. interested readers can find the two games online at www.chessgames. com (among other sites) and search for Nakamura versus Shabalov.

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Results Summary: Each player has won three games, with two draws, of the eight times they met between 2004 and 2009. The results by color were also even; Nakamura was white five out of eight times. However, Nakamura pulled one point ahead by winning their 2010 encounter. Tell us what other rivalries you are interested in seeing analyzed by writing [email protected].


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Openings

Innovations in the Mikenas Benoni Improvements in a popular opening

By IM Larry Evans & Cory Evans

Although the MikenAs is A populAr variation of the Benoni, its importance increases by the fact that it can also be reached through the king’s indian. it’s called a Benoni because the normal way to get there is: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3

8. Bb5+ is more popular. 8. ... 0-0 9. Be2

rsnlwq-trk+ zpp+-+pvlp -+-zp-snp+ +-zpP+-+-+-+PzP-+ +-sN-+N+PzP-+L+PzP tR-vLQmK-+R After9.Be2

But the Four pawns Attack against the king’s indian provides an alternate route to the same position: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 00 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5

not only is the king’s indian played more frequently, but within the Benoni 8. 40


Bb5+ is played more frequently than 8. nf3. so although we’re calling this article “innovations in the Mikenas Benoni,” it’s probably going to prove more useful to king’s indian advocates. this brings us to our first “innovation.” the normal move here is 9. … Bg4. people are afraid of the more logical looking 9. … re8 because of complications arising from the razor-sharp continuation 10. e5!? dxe5 11. fxe5 ng4 12. Bg5!

rsnlwqr+k+ zpp+-+pvlp -+-+-+p+ +-zpPzP-vL-+-+-+n+ +-sN-+N+PzP-+L+PzP tR-+QmK-+R Analysisafter12.Bg5

By giving himself the option of interpolating 10. … Bxf3 before moving the knight (in this case to the safer alternative of d7), Black avoids the annoyance of having to deal with 12. Bg5. our first innovation is to embrace rather than avoid complications with the strategically more desirable:

9. ... Re8

pressuring White’s backward pawn forces some kind of decision. For reasons we shall soon see, most of your opponents will be even more afraid of entering the complications arising from 10. e5!? than you are. For one thing, you (a king’s indian tactician) are clearly angling for the sharper direction, while dpawn players psychologically tend to gravitate toward solidity (even ones choosing the sharp Four pawns Attack). For another, this is your defense. Your dpawn opponent has lots of defenses to worry about; he’s going to choose the simplest option. For these reasons, most of your opponents are going to defend their d-pawns with the quiet: 10. Nd2

But for those brave (crazy?) enough to call your bluff, your queen should go to b6 after 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 ng4 12. Bg5. that way, she can capture the pawn on b2 after 13. 0-0 nxe5 14. nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bc4 Qxb2! (innovation #2—the normal move is 15. … Bf51). (see diagram top of next column)

then, after 16. d6 (attacking f7) 16. ... rf8, White doesn’t have time for 17. Be7 Qxc3 18. Bxf8 Qxc4, but can just take the pawn instead: 17. Bxf7+! (Don’t say we didn’t warn you about this line!). uschess.org

rsnl+r+k+ zpp+-+p+p -+-+-+p+ +-zpPvl-vL-+L+-+-+ +-sN-+-+Pwq-+-+PzP tR-+Q+RmKAnalysisafter15....Qxb2

Unfortunately, you can’t recapture the bishop because of 18. Qd5, but it is still en prise after 17. … Kg7. So White retreats with 18. Bd5, exposing Black to all sorts of havoc on the f-file, which brings us to our most important innovation so far. Most people capture the knight at this point, allowing 19. Rxf8 and 20. Qf1+ with a blistering attack.2 We don’t see why the knight should be captured in lieu of development. It can’t move without losing rooks on a1 and/or trading queens on d4. The simple 18. ... Nd7, bringing a new piece into the game to defend the rook on f8, seems to quash the attack and tip the evaluation to the defender. 10. ... Ng4!

rsnlwqr+k+ zpp+-+pvlp -+-zp-+p+ +-zpP+-+-+-+PzPn+ +-sN-+-+PzP-sNL+PzP tR-vLQmK-+R After10....Ng4

Our main innovation! No sooner does White go out of his way to skirt compli-

cations than Black responds with this aggressive sortie. The psychological benefits are worth it alone, because the normal 10. … Na6 allows White to castle.3 If White castles after 10. … Ng4 then 11. … Bd4+ and 12. … Nxh2.

center in this variation) then Black plays 17. … Bxe4 18. Nxd6 Bxd5. In the final position, Black has a pawn and the two bishops for the Exchange with a safer king, more active pieces and a queenside pawn majority.

11. Bxg4

15. ... Nb4!

Forced. Other moves allow 11. … Ne3 (possibly … Bd4) and 12. … f5. 11. ... Qh4+4 12. g3 Qxg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. Nb5

Other options afford Black an easy game with the bishop pair, while 14. h3 drives the bishop to d7 where it prevents Nb5. 14. ... Na6 15. Nxd6

White has to do something, as Black is threatening 15. … Nb4, and 15. a3 Rad8 16. Nxa7 (otherwise black has that easy bishop pair game again) 16. ... Bd7 (trapping the knight) 17. a4 Nb4 is crushing. White could try interpolating 15. h3 before taking on d6, but then black has the shocking 15. … Rxe4+!

r+-+-+k+ zpp+-+pvlp n+-zp-+p+ +NzpP+-+-+-+rzPl+ +-+-+-zPP PzP-sN-+-+ tR-vL-mK-+R Analysisafter15....Rxe4+

White must capture with 16. Nxe4 but then 16. … Bf3 forks the knight and the rook. If 17. Nf2 then 17. … Re8+ wins, for if 18. Kf1 then 18. … Be2+ picks up the knight on b5. If instead 17. Rh2 (better than 17. 0-0 since the king is safer in the

r+-+r+k+ zpp+-+pvlp -+-sN-+p+ +-zpP+-+-sn-+PzPl+ +-+-+-zPPzP-sN-+-zP tR-vL-mK-+R After15....Nb4

Now White can either take the rook immediately or interpolate h3 first. The latter has the advantage of clearing h2 for the king to avoid the perpetual checks that permeate the former. On the immediate 16. Nxe8 the line continues: 16. … Nc2+ 17. Kf1 If instead 17. Kf2 then Black has a forced draw by perpetual check: 17. … Bd4+ 18. Kg2 (or 18. Kf1) 18. ... Ne3+ 19. Kg1 (or 19. Kf2) 19. ... Nc2+, etc. 17. … Bh3+ 18. Ke2 If instead 18. Kf2 then 18. … Bd4+ 19. Ke2 (if 19. Kf3 then 19. … Rxe8 is unclear —this kind of endgame, where Black is down the Exchange and a pawn but white has a weak king and poorly coordinated pieces, is common for this line) 19. ... Rxe8 20. Rb1 Bg4+ 21. Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Ke2 Bg4+ 23. Kf1 draws. If instead 23. Kd3, playing for a win, then 23. … Nb4+ 24. Kc4 Be2+ 25. Kb3 Bd3! (see diagram top of next column)

26. Ra1 Bc2+ 27. Ka3 b5! leads to a

The Benoni and King’s Indian Defense The Benoni Defense is marked by the opening moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5. It was first discussed in a German manuscript from 1825 written by Aaron Reinganum. Mikhail Tal popularized the Defense in the late 1950s and early 1960s by winning several brilliant games with it, including one against Botvinnik in a world championship match. Robert Fischer also used the line, including a win against Spassky in the third round of the 1972 World Chess Championship. The King’s Indian Defense, Four Pawns Attack, is marked by the opening moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4. White makes an aggressive attempt to seize immediate control of the center but weakens the e4 square and his kingside safety. Proponents of the line have included Cuban grandmaster Jesus Nogueiras and Alexey Dreev who played it in a famous game against Shirov in 1996.

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-+-+r+k+ zpp+-+p+p -+-+-+p+ +-zpP+-+-sn-vlPzP-+ +K+l+-zPPzP-sN-+-zP +RvL-+-+R

r+-+r+k+ zpp+-+pvlp -+-sN-+p+ +-zpP+-+-sn-+PzPl+ +-+-+-zPPzP-sN-+-zP tR-vL-mK-+R

-+-+r+k+ zpp+-+p+p -+-+-+p+ +-zpP+-+-+-vlPzP-+ +-+lsn-zPP PzP-sN-+-mK +RvL-+-+R

Analysisafter25....Bd3

After15....Nb4

Analysisafter23....Ne3

forced mate; for example: 28. Nb3 Nd3 29. e5 c4 30. h4 Bc5+ 31. Nxc5 b4 mate. White can try 27. Kc4 but then 27. … Ba4! still forces mate.

Kg2 (if instead 18. Kf1 then 18. … Bd1 is unclear) 18. ... Be2!.

the game. Further complicating his defense, White’s knight on d2 is tied to the defense of the e-pawn. We evaluate this position as unclear and positions like this one seem to be the common endgame reached from our line. One sample practice game continued:

18. … Rxe8 19. Rb1 Bd4! 20. d6 This is perhaps White’s best try. There are other options, but there is no way to avoid a draw without giving mate. 20. … Bg4+ 21. Kd3 If instead 21. Kf1 then 21. … Ne3+ will lead to perpetual check. 21. … Nb4+ 22. Kc4 Be6+ 23. Kb5 Bd7+ 24. Kc4 Ba4+ 25. d7 b5 mate. This is a theoretical triumph for Black and a clear improvement over 10. … Na6 (instead of 10. … Ng4!). (see diagram top of next column)

So, returning to move 16, if White wishes to avoid a forced draw he can throw in h3, preventing the perpetual check by clearing h2 for his king. Here the line continues: 16. h3 Nc2+ 17. Kf1

The alternative 17. Kf2 allows 17. … Bd4+, but there is no perpetual check because the king has space on h2. This line then continues: 17. Kf2 Bd4+ 18.

r+-+r+k+ zpp+-+p+p -+-sN-+p+ +-zpP+-+-+-vlPzP-+ +-+-+-zPP PzPnsNl+K+ tR-vL-+-+R Analysisafter18....Be2

19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Rb1 Ne3+ 21. Kh2 Bd3 22. Ra1 Nc2 23. Rb1 Ne3 leading to another forced draw. (see diagram top of next column) 17. ... Bd1!? 18. Nxe8 Rxe8

White is up the Exchange and a pawn with a central pawn roller, with one of them passed. On the other hand, Black has more active pieces and retains threats of perpetual check. Both of White’s rooks are in trouble: the a1-rook is already attacked and the h1-rook can’t get into

19. Rb1 Bd4! 20. e5 Ne3+ 21. Kg1 Nxd5+ 22. Kh2 Bc2 23. Ra1 Nb4 24. Nf3 Be4 25. Rf1 Nc2 26. Rb1 Nb4 (draw)

As a result of this analysis, we have concluded that 10. … Ng4 seems likely to secure either an unclear and doubleedged position or a forced draw. This is an undeniable improvement over existing theory.

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Footnotes: 1. Subsequent play tends toward the chaotic, for example: 15. … Bf5 16. Nb5 a6 17. d6 axb5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxf5+ gxf5 20. Qh5+ Ke6 21.Qxe8+ Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Kd5 24. Bf4 Qe6 25. Qxb5 Qe4 26. Qxb7+ Nc6 27. Qd7+ Kc4 28. Qf7+ Kb5 29. Qb7+ Ka5 30. Bc7+ Ka4 31. Qb3 mate (Gilbert-Lin, Paris, 1998).

2. It becomes increasingly difficult to hold the position if Black elects to capture the knight. For example, Vaisser versus Berthelot from the French Championship in 1992 continued: 18. … Qxc3 19. Rxf8 Kxf8 20. Qf1+ Bf5 21. Rd1 Nd7 22. g4 Kg7 23. gxf5 Qc2 24. Rd2 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Be7 Bd4+ 27. Kf1 Ne5 28. Rg2+ Ng6 29. h4 Kh8 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. d7 c4 33. d8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Kg7 35. Bg5 c3 36. Ke2, Black resigned. 3. In fact, castling is the main line. An example game continues: 10. … Na6 11. 0-0 Nc7 12. Bf3 (a departure, 12. a4 is the main line) 12. ... Rb8 13. Nc4 b5 14.. Na5 Ncxd5 15. Nc6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qb6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Nxb8 Nxe5 20. Be3 Bf5. In the final position, Black appears to have compensation for the Exchange. The game ended in a draw (Maksimenko Andre-Mortensen Erling, Copenhagen 1995). 4. This marks a significant departure from theory, where 10. … Ng4 has been played in the past. Black feared 12. Nb5, so followed 11. Bxg4 by capturing on c3 before regaining the piece with 12. … Qh4+. Of course, 11. … Bxc3 is not a desirable move as the fiachettoed bishop is vital to Black’s game. He just felt forced to do it. An example of what might follow is: 11. … Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxg4 14. Qxg4 Bxg4 15. Kf2 f5 16. Re1 Nd7 17. c4 Re7 18. Rb1 Rae8 19. Rxb7 fxe4 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Kg2 Nb6 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Bb2 Kf7 24. Kf2 Bc8 25. Bc3 Ba6 26. Nxe4 Nxc4 27. Re1 Bb7 28. Ng5+ Kf8 29. Bg7+ Ke8 30. Ne6 Kd7 31. Nf8+ Ke8 32. Ne6, Draw agreed (Larry Christansen-Theodor Ghitescu).

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Back to Basics

The Truly “Bad” Bishop

“One badly placed piece makes your whole position bad” (GM Sam Palatnik, paraphrasing Tarrasch). Just imagine two badly placed pieces! By GM Lev Alburt

The c8-bishop spent the entire game on c8, restricted by his pawns (on b7 and e6), with only one square (d7) available for moving to. To make things (much) worse, that truly bad cleric caged his own rook! The winner of this month’s award, Ilker Kalyoncu, explained strategies of bad versus good bishop quite well. (Turkish ratings used below are quite parallel with FIDE ratings). Lev’s further comments are in italics: Catalan: Early deviations (E01) Ilker Kalyoncu (Turkey 1742) Sarper Ozkaynak (Turkey 1600) Jirayr Orhanyan Cakir Memorial, 2010 Istanbul, Turkey, 10.16.2010 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3

Effect of the World Championship match between Anand-Topalov. The advantage of playing the Catalan, at my level at least, is being able to play overthe-board chess rather than better known theoretical variations of the Queen’s Gambit Declined. 4. ... Nbd7 5. Bg2 a6

I could not find this move in my database. I was playing out of book, anyway.

6. a4 Bb4+

r+lqk+ r +ppn+ppp p+ +pn + + +p+ + PlPP + + + + +NP P +PPLP RNLQK +R

After 6. ... Bb4+

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not urge the exchange with 6. … Bb4+, helping White.

I disagree: the ending is much better for White.

7. Bd2 Qe7 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Qc2 0-0 10. Qxc4 Bxd2

16. ... h6

Black could fare better by avoiding the exchange on d2 with ... Bd6, with the intention of ... e6-e5 at some point. 11. Nbxd2 Nb6 12. Qc2 Rd8

r+lr +k+ +pp qppp pn +pn + + + + + P+ P + + + + +NP PQNPPLP R + +RK

After 12. ... Rd8

At this point, White has finished minor piece development and now it’s time to move rooks, but I was not sure where to place the kingside rook: c1, with similar ideas to a “minority attack” or d1, to control central files and allocating the c1square for the queenside rook. Unsettled between the two, I decided to centralize my knight on d2. 13. Ne4 c6 14. Nc5 Nbd7 15. b4

I was quite happy with my position on the board, with the knight on c5 cramping Black’s position, because I thought that Black cannot remove or send my knight back without weakening his queenside too much. 15. ... Nxc5 16. bxc5

Remember the general rule of capturing towards the center! Taking with the d-pawn would equalize the position. The exchange of queens with 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. bxc5 would help the defending side.

r+lr +k+ +p+ qpp p+p+pn p + P + + P+ P + + + + +NP +Q+PPLP R + +RK

After 16. ... h6

16. … e5 was the only chance for active counterplay by Black. After the game move, White is clearly better. Firstly, queenside development will always be problematic for Black and the b7-pawn is a static weakness. Any attempt to resolve this by ... b7-b5 or ... b7-b6 at some point will be met by cxb6 creating another weakness on c6, which eliminates any action of Black on the queenside. Secondly, if the position is opened at some point, White’s bishop will be superior to its black counterpart. What White has to do is to prevent ... e6-e5 as much as possible and wait for the right moment to attack, since Black does not have many alternatives. Absolutely true; 16. ... e5 was a must, and only somewhat worse for Black (thus, I’d be inclined to play 16. Qxc5, or at least I’d seriously consider it). 17. e3 Nd7 18. Ne5

The knight is heading to b6/d6 via c4. One can criticize this move but it makes perfect sense to me. Black cannot exchange on e5 because Black’s bishop would be totally “dead.” Also, c5 would not be a weakness in that case, since Black has no means to attack it! Remember the quote (I don’t know who said it), a uschess.org

weakness is a weakness only if it can be exploited. An excellent chessic proverb. 18. ... Nf8 19. Nc4 Ng6 20. f4

Black put its knight on g6, helping the ... e6-e5 push at some point. The move played prevents this idea once and for all.

20. ... Qd7 21. Ne5

At this point, 21. Ne5 was so satisfactory to me that I missed the fork on 21. Nb6. Even in quiet, “strategic” battles never, ever forget about tactics (they often can decide the game on the spot).

r+l+ +k+ +p+ q p pQp+p+ p + P + + P+ PLR + + + P P + + + P + + + K

After 29. Be4

Forced. 21. … Qe8 would lead to additional kingside weaknesses. After the exchange on e5, I continued to apply pressure down through the b- and f-files.

racies. An attack on the f-file and the b1-h7 diagonal is decisive. Although computers do not like many of my moves below, I think I carried out the attack “sufficiently.” I agree. But—for instance—32. Qg6 (below, instead of 32. Bg6) would have won faster, and “straighter.”

22. fxe5 Qe7 23. Rf4 Rf8

31. ... Qe7 31. Bh7+ Kh8

21. ... Nxe5

r+l+ rk+ +p+ qpp p+p+p+ p + P P + P+ P R + + + P P +Q+ +LP R + + K

After 23. ... Rf8

24. Qb2

I’d play here 24. Raf1, stopping ... f7-f6 (not that ... f7-f6 is so good for Black), and go for a direct assault on the king, with the eventual Rf6! in mind. 24. ... f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Raf1 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Ra7 28. Qb6

The queen is misplaced on b6. Better was 28. Qb1, aiming to bring the queen to g6 (if 28. ... e5 29. Re4 Bf5, then 30. Qb3+!). 28. ... Ra8 29. Be4 (see diagram top of next column)

Centralizing the bishop, moving it to the b1-h7 diagonal for a future kingside attack, however, this good looking move is actually an inaccuracy since it gives Black a possibility to play 29. … e5, freeing himself a little. Previously an e5 push was not possible because of Re4. My opponent did not take advantage of my move and instead played: 29. ... Qd7 30. Qb1

The move 29. ... Qd7 was inaccurate and bad positions cannot tolerate inaccuuschess.org

r+l+ + k +p+ q pL p+p+p+ p + P + + P+ P R + + + P P + + + P +Q+ + K

After 31. ... Kh8

32. Bg6 Kg8 33. Rf7 Qd8 34. Bh5

r+lq +k+ +p+ +Rp p+p+p+ p + P + +L P+ P + + + + P P + + + P +Q+ + K

After 34. Bh5

Allocating the g6-square for the queen. A simpler win was 34. Qe4, planning to play Qe5.

34. ... Qg5 35. Qg6 Qxg6

35. ... Qxe3+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Rf2, and White wins, e.g., 37. ... Qxd4 38. Rf8+!. 36. Bxg6

Black is lost and his rook and bishop are still at their starting squares! Black cannot make progress without too much material loss, though the game finished quickly thanks to my opponent.

36. ... Rb8 37. Re7 Kf8 38. Re8 mate.

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Final position

Overall, White won the game without much active play. Black first exchanged its dark squared bishop helping White's development, then exchanged the knights on c5 cramping its own queenside and finally opened the f-file helping White to penetrate more easily. (One thing is missing in this otherwise correct register: on several occasions: move 29—following White’s mistake; move 16; even move 10—Black didn’t grab the opportunity to free his c8-bishop, and his game, by e6-e5, as Ilker himself noted earlier—LA.) Sometimes, you should let the opponent do the work for you! A shocking example of how truly bad a proverbial bad bishop can be! (For more on bad pieces, read GM Palatnik’s Tarrasch Formula.)

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Endgame Lab

2011 World Championship Candidates Matches By GM Pal Benko

Examining the play from Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia as some of the top players fight for the chance to topple Anand.

This much-awaited competition caused a great disappointment. The overriding player concern was simply safety, since the event’s structure meant that a single loss could easily mean elimination. We can’t blame the players for this of course. But the unintended consequence was that most of the games came during the blitz playoffs. However, should the tournament not have been set up as a classical world championship? “Somebody usually gets the better deal in every exchange.” Batsford Chess Endings, second rule by Pal Benko. Bad Swap GM Gata Kamsky (FIDE 2732) GM Boris Gelfand (FIDE 2733) W Ch Candidates, Kazan, 2011 (Blitz)

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The position looks even. OK for White is 26. … Bxa3 27. Ra5. 26. ... Rd5 27. Rxd5?

The simple 27. Rc8+ Kg7 27. a4 Ra5 28. Rc4 is completely equal.

27. ... exd5 28. a4 Kf8

Black’s position became the superior one after the rooks were swapped. He now threatens to go for the a-pawn with his king.

29. Ne1

If 29. Nd2 then 29. … Ke7 30. Nb3 Kd6 followed by ... d5-d4 may come. The better option was 29. Nd4!? Bxd4 (29. … 46


Ke8 30. Nc6 a6 31. Nb4 should be enough to draw.) 30. exd4 Ke7 31. Kh3! (31. g4? g5) as a playable king and pawn ending. Yet, it is hard to see all this in a blitz game.

29. ... Ke7 30. Nd3 Bc3 31. g4

White could have tried to save his apawn by playing 31. Kg1 Kd6 32. Kf1, but Black had several good alternatives that preserved his advantage. For example, 32. … f5 followed by ... d5-d4 with a more active king and with a better piece ending. 31. ... Kd6 32. Kg3 Kc6 33. Kf3 Kb6 34. Nf4 Ka5 35. Nxd5 Bg7 36. Ne7 Kxa4 37. Nc6 a5 38. Ke4 Kb5 39. Nxa5 Kxa5

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40. Kd5

The trade of the pawns was not equal. The outside passed pawn cost White a piece. However, White makes an attempt to benefit from Black’s king’s distance.

40. ... g5 41. Kd6 Bc3 42. Ke7 f6 43. f4 Kb5 44. Kf7 Kc4 45. Kg7 Kd3 46. Kh6

After 46. Kxh7 Kxe3 Black keeps a defended passed pawn. 46. ... gxf4

Even 46. … Bd2 was good here, but not 46. … Kxe3? 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Kxg5 Bg7 which would be a bad swap resulting only in a draw due to the bad bishop/hpawn combo.

47. exf4 Ke4 48. g3 Kf3 49. g5 f5 50. Kxh7 Kxg3, White resigned.

So our representative was eliminated in the blitz round. Before, Kamsky had beaten Topalov in the classical chess round, then found himself even with Gelfand after six games. Even odder was the elimination of the ex-world champion, Vladimir Kramnik. Tragic “trade” GM Vladimir Kramnik (FIDE 2785) GM Alexander Grischuk (FIDE 2747) W Ch Candidates, Kazan, 2011 (Blitz)

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47. Rb5? Nxb5, White resigned.

I leave it to the readers to judge whether this position was possible for Black to win minus the blunder. I would vote for a Black win since the e-pawn’s advance would cost the bishop sooner or later; but of course in blitz one never knows for sure. So both Gelfand and Grischuk reached the finals through blitz. Let’s look at two instructive endgames from the classical phase of the championship. “Start thinking about the endgame in the middlegame.” Batsford Chess Endings, first rule by Pal Benko. Wrong exchanges GM Vladimir Kramnik (FIDE 2785) GM Alexander Grischuk (FIDE 2747) WCh Candidates, Kazan, 2011

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Benko’s Bafflers The Walladao task consists of the three special moves of castling, en passant capture, and promotion. Solutions can be found on page 71. Please e-mail submissions for Benko’s Bafflers to: [email protected]

Problem I

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White to play

31. Rd8?

This offer of an exchange contains no threat at all. Instead 31. Nf4 was strong, defending the endangered g2-square while threatening mate on g6. Another false exchange offer would be 31. Nf6? because of 31. … Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bxf6+ 33. Qg3 c2 34. Rc1 Bb2. 31. ... Rc8

Black should not have feared advancing his ace-in-the-hole pawn by playing 31. … c2 after which White should have been faced only with a fight for a draw. 32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Nxg7?

After 33. Nf6! Bxf6 34. Qxf6+ Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kf1! Black will sweat for a draw since his c-pawn would be lost. 33. ... Qxg7

No better is 33. … c2.

34. Qe4 c2 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Qxe6 Rd8 37. Qb3 Rd2 (see diagram top of next column)

White has no more real chance to win against that strong c2-pawn since it is not possible to take it with the back rank mate threat. 38. Qb8+ Qg8 39. Qb2+ Qg7 40. Qb8+ Qg8 41. Qe5+ Qg7 42. Qe8+ Qg8 43. Qe5+ Qg7 44. Qe8+, Draw agreed. uschess.org

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After 37. … Rd2

True trade GM Alexander Grischuk (FIDE 2747) GM Boris Gelfand (FIDE 2733) W Ch Candidates, Kazan, 2011

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Black to play

White is slightly better having a queenside pawn majority, so Black's king intends to get there to help as quickly as possible. 25. ... Kf8 26. b5 Ke7 27. a4 Rd6!

Avoids the undesirable trade that would have come after 27. … Kd6? 28. Rd1+. 28. a5 Kd8 29. b6!? Bc8!

The right trade and just in time! Otherwise Black would find himself in grave trouble. Thus after 29. … axb6? 30. a6! Kc7 31. Ra1 Rd8 32. Bf3 wins. 30. Bxc8 Kxc8 31. Kb4+ Kb8 32. bxa7+ Ka8 33. Rc8+ Kxa7 34. Rc7+ Ka6 35. Rxf7 Rg6

Problem II

G. Costeff (2007)

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A good alternative variation was 35. … g5 36. Rxh7 Rd4+ 37. Kc5 Rf4. 36. h3

White has won a pawn but has no practical winning chances due to the pawns being scattered and Black’s active pieces. 36. ... Rg2 37. f4 Rg3 38. f5 h5 39. h4

The last try to achieve something before his opponent plays … h4. 39. ... Rg4+ 40. Kc5 Rxh4 41. Rxg7 Rf4 42. Rg6+ Kxa5 43. Rg5 h4 44. Rh5 h3 45. Kd6 h2 46. f6+ Kb6 47. Ke6 Rf2 48. f7 Re2+ 49. Kf6, Draw agreed.

The position is even since Black can always chase the white king away with rook checks. Not 49. … h1=Q 50. Rxh1 Rf2+ 51. Kg7 Rg2+ 52. Kh8 Rf2 53. Rh6+ Kc5 54. Kg7.

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Analysis after 54. Kg7

Needless to say, too many draws don’t make chess more popular. At least the draws I presented above were fighting draws. But some of the other draws finished merely after 14 moves. I therefore think that FIDE should return to the classical round robin format which hopefully would include (or attract) more players like Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin and Vassily Ivanchuk. That would make the Candidates Tournament final that much more engaging—and fair. More reporting from the Candidates matches can be found in the August 2011 issue.

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Nationals Sept. 30-Oct. 2 or Oct. 1-2, Texas Grand Prix Points: 30 2011 U.S. Class Championships 5SS, G/120 (2-Day Option, Rd 1, G/60), $11,000 b/200 full paid entries, 70% Guaranteed. Junior entries, all Class E, and Unrated Section count as 2/3. Free entry for GMs. Free entry for IMs, deducted from winnings. Hilton Hobby Airport, 8181 Airport Blvd., Houston,TX 77061, www.houston hobbyairport.hilton.com. Free parking! $89 HR! 713-645-3000, Group Code: USCC. 8 Sections, Rated players may play up one class only. MASTER (2200/up), FIDE Rated, $1,200-550-300 (U2400: 400-200-100), EXPERT (2000-2199), $800-400-200, CLASS A (1800-1999), $800-400200, CLASS B (1600-1799), $800-400-200, CLASS C (1400-1599), $800-400-200, CLASS D (1200-1399), $800-400-200, CLASS E (U1200), $300-200-100, Unrated, $300-100. National Class Champion title and plaques to each Class winner. Tie-breaks: MSCO. EF: $75 postmarked or on line by 9/23, $85 after. Special EF: $45 by 9/23 ($55 after) for all players in Class E, Unrated Section, and Juniors U18 in Class C or D. No checks on site. 3-Day Schedule: Registration Fri (9/30) 5-7pm. Rds. Fri 8pm, Sat 1pm & 6:30pm, Sun 9:30am & 2:30pm. 2-Day Schedule: Registration Sat (10/1) 8-9am. Rds. Sat 10am, 1pm (merges with 3-Day Schedule) & 6:30pm, Sun 9:30am & 2:30pm. Byes for all rounds, must commit before end of Rd 2. SIDE EVENTS: 5-min BLITZ, Sat after Rd 3, 2 sections, entries will be split in Upper and Lower, $10 EF on site, 75% returned in prizes; SCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT, 5SS, G/30, One day only, Sat 10/1, $20 by 9/23, $25 after. Sections: K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12. Prizes: Trophies to top 15 in each division. All scholastic players in this side event will receive a commemorative medal. ENTRIES: Mail to F.L. Guadalupe, 305 Willow Pointe Dr., League City, TX 77573. Tournament website link at uschess.org. Info: [email protected], (713) 530-7820. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 1, California, Northern Grand Prix Points: 20 (enhanced) 2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship 4SS G/60 - $4,000 b/117 fully paid entries – 75% guaranteed. Hotel rate $99 by 9/16: Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Free Parking. In 3 sections, Open Section: $500-201-105, u2300 $200-110, u2100 $150, u2000 $130, u1900 $100. 1400-1799 Section: $500-201-100, u1700 $200, u1600 $150, u1500 $100. Under 1400 Section: $500-201-100, u1300 $200, u1200 $150, u1100 $100. Unrated may play in any section but maximum prize is $100 except no limit in the Open Section. Trophies for top 3 places in each section. Entry Fee: Mailed by Mon 9/26 or online by Tue 9/27: $60. Online 9/28-29 or onsite: $75. Add $20 to play-up in a higher section. DISCOUNTS: $10 off each event if also registering for G/30 on Oct 2. $10 cash rebate onsite if staying at the hotel under chess rate. Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed must commit by start of Rd 2. Reenter with 1/2pt bye in Rd 1 for $39. September 2011 Supp, CCA min,TD discretion used to place players accurately. SIDE KIDS EVENT for K-12 students rated under 1000: 4SSxG/60 in 2 sections, 600999 and under 600. Prizes: Trophies to Top 10 players and Top 5 teams in each section. Best 4 players count for team score. Also trophies to top u800, top u700 in 600-999 section and top u400, top u300, and top u200 in u600 section. EF by Mon 9/26 or online by Tue 9/27: $39. Online 9/28-29 or onsite: $54. Add $10 to play-up in a higher section. Schedule: Onsite Registration 8:30-9:30am; RoundTimes: 10:00am, 12:30, 3:00, and 5:30pm. Mail payments to: Bay Area Chess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Suite B213, San Jose 95131. $20 for refunds. T: 408-786-5515. E: ask@Bay AreaChess.com, Info/Form/Entries: BayAreaChess.com/usg60g30. NS, NC, W. Oct. 2, California, Northern Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) 2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship 4SS, G/30 - $3,006 b/88 fully paid entries - 75% guaranteed. Hotel rate $99 by 9/16: Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Free Parking. In 3 sections, Open Section: $400-200-102, u2300 $101, u2100 $101, u2000 $100, u1900 $99. 1400-1799 Section: $400200-102, u1700 $101, u1600 $100, u1500 $99. Under 1400 Section: $400-200-102, u1300 $101, u1200 $100, u1100 $99. Unrated may play

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in any section but maximum prize is $100 except no limit in the Open Section. Trophies for top 3 places in each section. Entry Fee mailed by Mon 9/26 or online by Tue 9/27: $60. Online 9/28-29 or onsite: $75. Add $20 to play-up in a higher section. DISCOUNTS: $10 off each if also registering for G/60 on Oct 1. $10 cash rebate onsite if staying at the hotel. Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed must commit by start of Rd 2. Reenter with 1/2pt bye in Rd 1 for $39. September 2011 Supp, CCA min, TD discretion used to place players accurately. SIDE KIDS EVENT for K-12 students rated under 1000: 5SSxG/30 in 2 sections, 600-999 and under 600. Trophies to Top 10 players and Top 5 teams in each section. Best 4 players count for team score. Also trophies to top u800, top u700 in 600-999 section and top u400, top u300, and top u200 in u600 section. EF by Mon 9/26 or online byTue 9/27: $39. Online 9/28-29 or onsite: $54. Add $10 to playup in a higher section. Schedule: Onsite Registration 8:30-9:30am; RoundTimes: 10:00am, 12:30, 3:00, and 5:30pm. Mail payments to: Bay Area Chess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Suite B213, San Jose 95131. $20 for refunds. T: 408-786-5515. E: [email protected], Info/Form/ Entries: BayAreaChess.com/usg60g30. NS, NC, W. A Heritage Event! Oct. 8-10, Virginia 52nd ANNUAL U.S. ARMED FORCES OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 6SS, Rds. 1-2 G/90, Rds. 3-4 G/2, Rds. 5-6 30/90, SD/1, Henderson Hall (Arlington), VA (Tournament to be held at Smith Gym). Military ID required for access to Henderson Hall. EF: FREE! Reg.: 0800-0845. Rds.: 09001230-1600, 0900-1400, 0900. Two 1/2 point byes available. Open to all Active Duty, Reservists, Military Retirees, Cadets, Midshipmen, and ROTC who have a USCF Membership. Trophies/Plaques to Top 3 overall players,Top player of each DoD service on Active Duty,Top Reservist,Top Retiree,Top three Cadets/Midshipmen/ROTC,Top two each class A-D and below, Highest Upset, and Top Henderson Hall Champion, and other Trophies/Plaques and lots of special prizes, such as gift certificates provided by The House of Staunton, a MonRoi Personal Chess Manager donated by MonRoi Inc., or a pair of front row Dream Seat tickets for the 112th Army-Navy game (10 Dec 2011) provided by the USO (tickets are nontransferable), are just some of the special prizes. The 8th Armed Forces Cade t/Midshipmen Championship and the Henderson Hall Open Championship will be conducted in conjunction with the Armed Forces Open. AFOCC Awards ceremony to be held upon completion of tournament. For those that arrive early there will be a 4SS, G/29 Armed Forces Open Warm-Up/Henderson Hall Amateur Championship conducted Friday night, 10/7 starting at 1800.The Annual Armed Forces Chess committee meeting will be held on Saturday, 10/8 at 2000 along with the 2nd U.S. Armed Forces Bughouse Championship.The G/5 Armed Forces Open Blitz Championship will be held Sunday 10/9 at 2000. WBCA Rules. HR: $95-95-105-115, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 (703-418-1234), reserve by 9/21 or rate may increase. Special chess rate valet parking $6/day, with guestroom. As an alternative to the Hyatt Regency, please look at the AFOCC website for additional Armed Forces billeting options provided by the local bases. Info/Ent: by mail to John Farrell, 2500 North Van Dorn St #1623, Alexandria, VA 22302 or preferably by e-mail to [email protected]. Please include: Rank, Name, USCF ID #, current rating, branch of service, and t-shirt size when registering for the tournament. If you register prior to 17 September 2011, you will receive a free 2011 AFOCC t-shirt. No whining to get a t-shirt if you register late! Additional details for the tournaments can be found on the 2011 AFOCC website at: http://www. timbeeck.com/afocc.html. 100% Entry Fee refunded in case of power outage. Bring clocks! NC. NS. W. Oct. 29-30, California, Northern 2011 U.S. Junior Chess Congress (Blitz on October 28). Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Free parking. Hotel rate $99 only. Hotel: Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Main Event:Trophies to top 20 players and top 10 teams, including ties, in each section. Participation medals to all entrants. 7 Sections based on age: Ages 5 & under, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, and 16-18. Onsite Registration: Saturday/Sunday 7:30-8:00am. Round Times: Saturday & Sunday 9am, 12:15, 3:15pm for all sections except Ages 5 & under is Saturday 9, 10:45, 12:15, 1:45, 3:15pm and Ages 6-7 is Sunday 9, 10:45, 12:15, 1:45, 3:15pm. Time Controls: All rounds will be G/75 except sections Ages 5 & under and 6-7 will be G/30. EF by 10/21: 1-day $48, 2-day $60, Play-up +15. Late fee (10/22-27) +$20, Onsite only after 10/27: +$40. Side events: Blitz (Fri Reg: 5:30-6pm, Games 6:30-8:30p) and Bughouse (Sat Registration: 5:30-6pm, Games 6:30-8:30p) in 3 sections (7 & under, 8-10, 11-18). EF: Blitz $15, Bughouse $15. Late fee (10/2227) +$2, Onsite only after 10/27: +$5. USCF Membership required for bughouse and all sections except ages 7 & under. October 2011 Supplement &TD desc to place players accurately. Reg early to save. Organizers/ TDs: S. Azhar, R. Koepcke,T. Langland, & J. McCumiskey. More info & flyer: BayAreaChess.com/usjr11. Register online at: BayAreaChess.com/my/ usjr11. Quest: [email protected]. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP G/75 rounds. Dec. 9-11, Florida 2011 National Youth Action (East) 9SS, G/30. DoubleTree Miami Mart/Airport Hotel and Exhibition Center, 711 NW 72nd Ave., Miami, FL 33126, (888) 353-1995, www.doubletree miamimart.com. HR: $129, mention NYA Chess. Four Sections: K-3, K6, K-9, K-12. Entry Fee: $50 by Nov 10; $70 by Nov 20, $85 after. On site registration Friday December 9, 3pm to 9pm. Players registering after that will receive 1/2-point bye in first round. Awards: Individual: 1st-20th Place in each section (K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12). Class Awards: 1st-3rd Place, K-3: U800, U600, U400, Unr. K-6: U1000, U800, U600, Unr. K-9: U1200, U1000, U800, Unr. K-12: U1400, U1200, U1000, Unr. Teams: 1st-10th Place in each section. Schedule: Opening Ceremony Sat., Dec 10 at 9:30 am. Rds. 1-5 Sat., 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm, 3:30 pm & 5 pm. Rds. 6-9 Sun., 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm & 3:30 pm. Side Events: Bughouse Tournament – Fri, Dec 9, one section only, K-12, on-site registration only, $20 Team, closes at 6:30 pm, Fri, Dec 9. Bughouse Awards: 1st-10th Place. Blitz Tournament, two sections: K-6 and K-12 - Sat, Dec 10, 7 pm. EF: $15

if p/m by Nov 30, $20 after or on site. Blitz Awards: Individual: 1st-20th in each section. Team: 1st-10th in each section. GM/IM Simul and Lectures: TBA. Puzzle Solving Contest: TBA. Awards Ceremony for Side Events: Sun, 9 am. NYA Awards Ceremony: Sun, December 11, 5:307 pm. Club Teams allowed! Enter on line (except Bughouse) at http://www.active.com/more-sports/miami-fl/national-youth-actioneast-2011 or mail registrations to: 305 Willow Pointe Dr., League City,TX 77573. Please make checks payable to Francisco Guadalupe (not USCF). Include Name, USCF ID #, Date of Birth, School or Club Team Name, Grade, and Section. For more information and mailed registration form please email [email protected] or call (713) 530-7820. Participants of NYA, including Side Events, must be current members of USCF. Dec. 9-11, California Southern 2011 National Youth Action (West) 9SS, G/30. Hyatt Regency, 17900 Jamboree Blvd., Irvine, CA 92614, 949-975-1234, $109 (Single – Quad). Four Sections: K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12. Entry Fee: $50 by 11/10/11 USPS (or $50 on-line by 11/10, 6 pm cst); $70 by 11/20/11 USPS (or $70 on-line 11/10/11, 6:01 pm cst - 11/20/11, 6 pm cst); $85 USPS 11/21-11/30 (or $85 on-line 11/20/11, 6:01 pm cst – 12/8, 6 pm cst); $85 by 12/9/11 6 PM on site (entries after 12/9/11 6 PM cannot be guaranteed pairing for round 1, instead they may receive 1/2 point bye round 1). Must be current USCF member by 8:30 am, 12/10 to be paired. Checks payable only to Chess Central. Awards: Individual: 1st –20th Place in each section (K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12). Class Awards: 1st-3rd Place, K-3: U800, U600, U400, Unr. K-6: U1000, U800, U600, Unr. K-9: U1200, U1000, U800, Unr. K-12: U1400, U1200, U1000, Unr. Teams: 1st-10th Place in each section. Special Sportsmanship trophy! Schedule: Opening Ceremony Sat., Dec. 10 at 9:30 am. Rds. 1-5 Sat., 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm, 3:30 pm & 5 pm. Rds. 6-9 Sun., 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm & 3:30 pm. Side Events: Bughouse Tournament – Fri, Dec. 9, 6:30 pm. EF: $20 per team ($10 for individuals and we help you create a team). On site registration only. Registration closes at 5 pm, Fri, Dec. 9. One section only, K-12. Bughouse Awards: 1st-10th Place. Blitz Tournament – Sat, Dec. 10, K-6 & K-12, 6:30 pm, $15 postmarked by 11/30/11, $20 on-site ($15 on-line by 11/30/11, 6 pm cst, $20 on-line 11/30/11, 6:01 pm cst - 12/08/11 6 pm cst) Registration closes at 5 pm, Sat, Dec. 10. Blitz Awards: Individual: 1st-20th in each section. Team: 1st-10th in each section. Puzzle Solving Contest: Sat. Dec. 10, 6:30 pm, Puzzle Solving Prizes: 1st-5th overall; 1st-5th U1000, EF: USPS: $15 postmarked by 11/30/11 (On-line: $15 until 12/08/11, 6 pm cst) $20 at the site by 5 pm. Awards Ceremony for Blitz/Bughouse/Puzzle Solving: Sun, 9 am. NYA Awards Ceremony: Sun, Dec. 11, 5:30-7 pm. Club Teams allowed! Master simuls and analysis scheduled. , Hyatt Regency, 17900 Jamboree Blvd, Irvine, CA 92614, 949-975-1234, $109 (Single – Quad) reserve rooms by following links at http://chessweekend.com. Enter tournament on line (except Bughouse) at http://chessweekend.com. Checks payable only to Chess Central (no checks to USCF): Mail registrations with name-contact info-grade-birthday-team/school-uscf ID & exp.-address-city-zip-e-mail address-coach name & contact info to: Chess Central (Please, no checks payable to USCF), 37165 Willow, Gurnee, IL 60031. Updated info/Hotels/On-Line Entries: http://chess weekend.com. $10 service charge for on-site section/roster changes, and all refunds. Bookdealer scheduled.

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Tournament Life Grand Prix A State Championship Event! Sept. 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5, Michigan Grand Prix Points: 15 2011 Michigan Open $$3725 GTD. 7-SS. MCGUIRES RESORT (www.mcguiresresort.com/), 7880 MackinawTrail, Cadillac, MI 49601. Rooms: Single or Double Occupancy: $69.00 (kids free) Triple or Quad: $89 Studio $99 Suite $119 until Aug 15th, 231.775.9947 - 888-MCGUIRES and specify MCA room block. 3 Sections: OPEN (anyone ONLY 4-day or 3-day), RESERVE (U1800 4day, 3-day, or 2-day), BOOSTER (U1400 4-day, 3-day, or 2-day). Rds.: (4-day) Fri, Sep 2: 7:30pm; Sat 11am, 6pm; Sun 10am, 7pm; Mon 10am, 4:30pm. (3-day) Sat, Sep 3: 11:30am, 2:30pm. (2-day) Sun, Sep 4: 10am, 11:30am, 1pm, 2:30pm. Up to 2 1/2-point byes available in rds 1-6, must request prior to rd 4. TC: (4-day) 40/2, SD1;(3-day) rds 1, 2: G/75(merge w/ 4-day for rounds 3-7); (2-day) rds 1-4: G/30 (merge w/ 4-day for rounds 5-7). EF: Masters are free (entry fee is deducted from prizes); Advance (by Mon, Aug 31) OPEN: 4-day $57, 3-day $58, site $70. RESERVE: 4-day $47, 3-day $48, 2-day $49, site $60. BOOSTER: 4-day $37, 3-day $38, 2-day $39, site $50. Cadillac 1999 Michigan Open participants $5 discount; Yoopers $5 discount; Juniors (U18) $10 off. Re-entry allowed for 2-day advanced price. Please make checks payable to: MCA. USCF memb req d. MCA memb req d for Michigan residents. www.michess.org. Reg.: Advance Jennifer Skidmore, PO BOX 8064, Ann Arbor, MI 48107, [email protected], 734-678-0463. Site (4-day) Fri 5:30-6:29pm. (3-day) Sat 9:30-10:29am. (2-day) Sun 8:30-9:29am. $$: $3725 GTD.Trophies to all place-winners. OPEN: 1st $400, 2nd $300, 3rd $250, U2200: $200, U2100: $1200, U2000: $200, U1900: $200. RESERVE: 1st $325, 2nd $225, 3rd $150, U1700: $125, U1600: $125, U1500: $125. BOOSTER: 1st $225, 2nd $150, 3rd $125, U1200: $100; U1000: $100; U800: $100; U600/UNR $100. MCA Membership Meeting: 4pm Sun, Sep 4. Chess Magnet School JGP for 4-day and 3-day. A Heritage Event! Sept. 3-5, California, Southern Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced) 33rd Annual Southern California Open 6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day schedule rds 1-3 G/60, then merges). Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2270 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108. $$20,000 Guaranteed prize fund. 5 Sections. Prizes: Open Sec 1st $2,600-1,800-1,200900-600-500-400, BU2300 $800-400, 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 for non-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, 9 AM & 4 PM on Mon. 2- day: 9:30 AM ,11:45 & 2 PM Sun, then merges. EF: $100 if received by 8/14, $120 at door. No credit cards at door, checks or cash only. Special rate of only $75 if U1400 or unrated. Free

entry for GMs and IMs, no entry fee deducted from prizes, but you must check in at least one hour before the 1st round. Open section will be FIDE rated. Unrated must play in Open (eligible for place prizes only) or U1400 (eligible for Unrated prize only). SCCF membership req'd ($18 Adult, $10 Jr) for all So Cal residents. Two half point byes OK in rds 1-6, must be requested at least one hour before round, but a last round bye must be requested at registration and is irrevocable. Ent: SDCC, PO Box 120162, San Diego, CA 92112 or enter online at www.scchess.com. For more info call Bruce Baker of SDCC at (619) 239-7166 or see our website at sdchessclub.multiply.com. SCCF Annual Membership Meeting: Sunday 3 PM. Hotel Rates: Special rate of only $110 single or double, 619-297-1101, or 1-800-227-6963 if booked by 8/14/11, must reserve at least 2 nights, book ASAP, as rates will go up and rooms may sell out by mid-August. Great tropical themed hotel is in the heart of Mission Valley, close to airport, great attractions such as Sea World, the SD Zoo, the lively Gaslamp District for night life, Seaport Village and Fashion Valley for shopping. The Crown Plaza Hotel (see www.cp-sandiego.com) has a great restaurant and sushi bar, a heated pool, a fitness room, Whirlpool spa, free shuttle service and is next to the excellent Riverwalk golf course. NS, NC, W. State Championship Qualifier. Chess Magnet School JGP. A State Championship Event! A Heritage Event! Sep. 16-18, Alabama Grand Prix Points: 15 58th Annual Alabama State Chess Championship 6SS, G/120. AUM Taylor Center, 7401 East Dr., Montgomery, AL 36117. OPEN (1500+/UNR; $1500 $$Gtd): $450-300-200, A: 200, B: 200, U1600: 150. RESERVE (U1500; $1,100 $$b/35): $325-225-175, D: 150, U1200: 125, U1000: $100. EF: $40, if Postmarked by September 10, 2011. Onsite Reg.: $50. Rds.: Fri: 7pm; Sat: 9:15-2-6:30; SUN: 8:30-2. Byes: Rds. 14; request before Rd. 2. SCHOLASTIC (U1200): 3 Sections, Trophies: Top 3 Individuals; Top Team Trophy; Medals: 4th-6th. EF: $20/$10, Late/On-Site: $10 more, Rds.: 9-10:30-12:30-2, 3:30. Checks payable to: Montgomery Chess Club. ENT: c/o James Garner, 2625 Burkelaun Dr., Montgomery, AL 36111. Info: [email protected], ACF: www.alabamachess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, Kentucky Grand Prix Points: 40 (enhanced) 4th annual Louisville Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Holiday Inn Southwest Fair Expo, 4110 Dixie Hwy, (I-264, Exit 8B), Louisville, KY 40216. Free parking, free airport shuttle. Prizes $8,000 based on 120 paid entries (unrated & re-entries count as half entries), $6000 (minimum 75% each prize) guaranteed. In 4 sections. Open: $1200-600-300-200, clear win or first on tiebreak $100, top U2200/Unr $400, top U2000/Unr $300. FIDE. Under 1900: $800-400-200-100, unrated limit $500, top U1700 $300. Under 1600: $700-400-200-100, unrated limit $300, top U1400 $300. Under 1300: $600-300-200-100, unrated limit $200, top U1100 $200. EF: 3-day $88, 2-day $87 mailed by 9/8, all $89 online at chesstour.com by

9/14, $90 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 9/14 (entry only, no questions), $100 at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. EF for unrated in U1300 or U1600: all $50 less. GMs free, $60 deducted from prize. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry- online atchesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not available in Master Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10:30 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. Bye: all, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd3. HR: $79-89, 502-448-2020, ask for chess rate, reserve by 9/2 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 16-18, Tennessee Grand Prix Points: 10 Greater Memphis Open 6SS, G/120 (Open & U1600). Site: Greater Memphis Chess Center, 5796 Shelby Oaks Drive Suite 11, Memphis, TN 38134. Round times: Fri 7, Sat 92-7, Sun 9-2. Optional 2 day with round 1 and 2 as G/60 9-11:30 and merge. EF $45 before 9-9-11, $55 after and onsite. GMCC and MCC members $40 anytime. USCF Youth and Scholastic Players may enter either Section to compete for no prize money for $25 anytime. Reg.: Friday 9/16: 5pm-6:30pm, Saturday 9/17: 7am-8:30am. Gtd. Prize Fund: Open: 1st $300, 2nd 150, 3rd 75,Top U1700 50, U1600: 1st 150, 2nd 75, 3rd 50. Special U1000 Scholastic section. 4 round G/60. Entry fee: $15. Round times: Sat 9-11:30,2, 4:30.Trophies to top 10. [email protected], 901-359-8616, www.memphischess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP for Open & U1600.

Sept. 17, Indiana Grand Prix Points: 50 The Emory Tate Jr. Chess Extravaganza Open & ScholasticTournaments.The Elkhart Sports Center, 1162 Fremont Court, Elkhart, IN. Open Tournament, 5SS, G/60: $3900 Guaranteed $1,000-900-600-400, seniors 70+ $600-400; Trophies 1st & Top U1800, U1400, U1000. EF: $20 by 9/4, $25 after, $30 onsite until 10am. Rds.: 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 7:00. Awards 9:30. Scholastic All Grade Tournament - (Grades K-12), 5SS, G/60: Rds.: 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:45. Awards: 9:30. (Grades K-3) 5SS, G/30. Rds.: 1 at 11:00 rest ASAP. Awards immediately after. Awards: 1st Trophy, 2nd & 3rd Medals each section. EF: $8 by 9/4, $10 after, $15 onsite until 10am. Ent: Emory Tate Jr. Chess Organization. 11070 Golden Pheasant Dr., Osceola, IN 46561. Online Ent/Info: www.emorytateextravaganza.com, 574-323-3293. Sept. 17, Maine Grand Prix Points: 10 York County Open Hampton Inn Saco Biddeford, 48 Industrial Park Rd., Saco, ME 04072. In 2 Sections, Open: 4SS, GAME/65, $$GTD: $275-150-75. U2000 $100. U1750: 4SS, GAME/65, Open to 1749 & under. $$GTD: $150-50. U1450 $100, Unrated $100. ALL: EF: $28 postmarked by 10 September, $33 at

2nd annual CONTINENTAL CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS Oct 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9 - Columbus Day weekend - Arlington, VA Hyatt Regency Crystal City, near DC - Master & Expert 9 rounds, A & B 7 rounds, C, D & E 6 rounds Prizes $60,000 based on 380, $40,000 minimum - FIDE norms possible - New Master Section time control Master: 9SS, 40/90, SD/30, 30 second increment. Expert: 9SS, 40/2, SD/1. A, B: 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). C, D, E: 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 13 G/60); these three sections end Sunday. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jeff Davis Hwy, Arlington VA 22202. Free shuttle to Airport & Metro. Valet parking $6/day, guest room not required. Room rates $95-95105-115, 703-418-1234, reserve by 9/21. 7 sections. Unrated, senior, re-entry, GM, IM, WGM, foreign FIDE count as half entry. Master: For 2200+ USCF or 2100+ FIDE, foreign 2000+ USCF or 1800+ FIDE. $50002500-1500-1000-700-600-500-500-400-400, clear/tiebreak 1st $200, FIDE U2400/Unr $2000-1000. FIDE rated, 200 GPP. Expert (1800-2199): $3000-1500-1000800-600-500-400-400. FIDE rated. Class A (1600-1999/Unr): $3000-15001000-800-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $1500. Class B (1400-1799/Unr): $3000-15001000-800-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $1200.

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Class C (1200-1599/Unr): $2500-1300900-700-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $900, Class D (under 1400/Unr): $2000-1000800-600-500-400-300-300. Unr limit $600. Class E (under 1200/Unr): $2000-1000800-600–500-400-300-300. Unr limit $400. Prize limits: Under 26 games by Oct list $800 E, $1200 D. Over 30 pts above section maximum on any list 10/10-9/11, $1200. Master Section entry fee: GMs, IMs, WGMs, foreign FIDE: see Tournament Life. Others: $225 mailed by 9/28 or online by 10/3, $230 phoned by 10/3 (406-896-2038), $250 until 6 pm 10/6 online or at site. Other sections entry fee: 5-day $195, 4day $194, 3-day $193, 2-day $192 if check mailed by 10/3, all $197 at chesstour.com by 10/3, $200 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/3, $220 at site. No phone entry after 10/3. Entry fee $100 less to rated seniors 65/over in Expert/ below, $120 less to unrated in D or E. Re-entry (except Master) $100. No checks at site, credit cards OK.

5-day Master, Expert: Reg.ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7, Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon (Columbus Day) 10 & 4:30. 5-day A or B: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu/Fri 7, Sat 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day A or B: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat/Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day A or B: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day C, D or E: Reg. ends Thu.6 pm, rds. Thu 7, Fri 7, Sat 10 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day C, D or E: Reg. Ends Fri 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day C, D or E: Reg. Ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Byes: OK all, limit 3 (limit 2 in last 4 rounds), must commit before round 3. All: Unofficial web ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Bring set, board, clock if possible. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Entry: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills NY 12577. $15 charge for refunds. Special USCF dues: see TLA.

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site. Reg.: 9:00-9:45 AM. Rds.: 10:00-1:00-3:30-6:00. One half point bye available rounds 1-3. ENT: Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea [email protected]. HR: $99 (207) 282-7222. www.relyeachess.com. NS. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 17-18, Maryland Grand Prix Points: 10 UMBC Championship 5SS, 20/1, SD/1. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore (in Commons, 3rd floor). Open: (All) $$900: $300-200100 Gtd., Class prizes $100 ea. To top U2300, U2100, U1900. Top UMBC student awarded trophy & title of 2011-2012 UMBC Chess Champion. Certificates & UMBC Class titles to top UMBC students U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200, & Unr. All prospective members of any UMBC Chess Team for academic year 2011-2012 must play in this section. Free ent. to GMs, $40 deducted from any prizes. U1800: (U1800/Unr.) $$800 b/40: $300-200-100, Class prizes $100 ea. to top U1600, U1400. No Unr. player may win more than $200 in this section. See separateTLA for rated beginners tournament held 9/17. All: EF: $40 if postmarked by 9/2, $50 later, $10 less if under age 20. Reg.: 8:30-9:30am Sat., Rds.: 10-3-7:30pm Sat, 10:30-3:30pm Sun. Byes: Up to three 1/2-pt. byes avail. in Rds. 1-5 if req'd at least 1 hr. before Rd. (before Rd 2 for any Rd. 4-5 bye), but only at most one 1/2-point bye in Rds 4-5. HR: La Quinta Inn and Suites, 1734 West Nursery Road, Linthicum, MD 21090, 410-859-2333, Ask for UMBC chess rate. www.lq.com (From I-95, take Exit 47A onto I195 towards BWI Airport.Take Exit 2A onto 295 north towards Baltimore; take first exit, bearing right onto West Nursery Road.) Directions to UMBC:Take Exit 47B off I-95 & follow signs to UMBC. Park in Lot 9 or 16. Ent: Dr. Alan T. Sherman, Dept. of CSEE, UMBC, Attn: Championship, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. Make out check to UMBC. For more information: [email protected], (410) 455-8499, www.umbc. edu/chess. NS, W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 17-18, New York Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) Buffalo NY Fide Chess Festival 2011 5 rounds, G/120. Gloria Parks Center, 3242 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14214. The Archangel 8 Chess Academy, celebrating 10 years of Chess Education. EF: $65.00 or $45 if payment is received by September 1, 2011. No checks accepted onsite, Cash, US Currency accepted. $$GTD: $200150-100. U2100 -$125, U1800 - $100. Available. Canadians and FIDE rated players are welcomed. Buffalo U1500 Side Event: EF: $50.00 or $35.00, if payment is received by September 1, 2011. No checks accepted onsite, Cash USD only! $$GTD: $100-80-60. Available. ENT: Buffalo Chess Festival 2011, 60F Guilford Lane, Buffalo, NY 14221 arcangel8chess@yahoo. com. INFO: Mc Duffie, Chess Ambassador, 60F Guilford Lane, Buffalo, NY 14221. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 17-18, Texas Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) DCC FIDE OPEN IX

5SS, G/90+30inc, Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr, #C, Richardson, TX 75080. FIDE rated. EF: $55. $35 Junior/Senior/Hcapp. Dallas Chess Club membership required or pay $5 non member fee. $$GTD: $300-200-100-50-25. Reg. 9/17: 9:45 am - 10:15 am. Rds.: 9/17: 10:45 am, 3:10 pm, 7:16 pm. 9/18: 10:45 am, 3:10 pm. 1 half point bye if requested before end of rd 2. Withdrawals and 5th rd zero pt byes are ineligible for prizes. ENT: 2709 LonghornTrail, Crowley,TX 76036. Phone: 214-632-9000 until 9/15 else 972-231-2065. INFO: Barb Swafford info@ dallaschess.com www.dallaschess.com. NS. NC. FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP.

b/89. $2,000 Guaranteed. In 5 sections: Open/Unr.: $600-400, u2200$300-200-100. Under 2000: $300-200-100. Under 1800: $300-200-100. Under 1600: $300-200-100. Under 1400: $250-150-100, u1200- $100. All: $59 3-day and $58 2-day if received by 9/21; $65 at site. GMs and Ims free. $60 deducted from prize. Reentry: $35. Bye, all rounds, limit 2, must commit before 1st round. 3-day: Reg.: ends 7:15 p.m. Rds.: 7:45, 2-7:30, 10-3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg.: ends 9:30 a.m. Rounds: 1st at 10 a.m., then merges with 3-day. Info: (404)-377-4400 or atlanta [email protected]. www.atlantachessclub.com. Enter: Same as above. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Sept. 18, Massachusetts Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) Marlboro Action Swiss 4SS, G/30. Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West, Marlboro, MA (I-495, exit 24B, Rt 20W, one mile from exit). 508-460-0700 or 888-543-9500. $$ 850 G. 2 sects. Open: $200-100, U2000 $100. U1800: $150-75, U1600 $75, U1400 $75, $1200 $75. EF: $20 if postmarked by 9/12, $25 at site. GMs and IMs free. Reg.: 1-1:30 p.m. Rds.: 2-3:305-7. Bye: 1-4 with entry, limit 1. Ent: Robert Messenger, 4 Hamlett Dr. Apt. 12, Nashua, NH 03062. Make cks. payable to Robert Messenger. Info: send email to Bob.Messenger at myfairpoint.net or phone 603-891-2484. NS. NC. W.

Sept. 24, Connecticut Grand Prix Points: 6 5th Saturday Open CH Booth Library, 25 Main St., Newtown, CT 06470, 100 yds. south of Flagpole on Rte.25. In 2 sections: Open: 3SS, G/60, Prizes: $200-100, Top U1900 $100; All Gtd. Multiple prizes are possible. Rds.: 10:15, 12:30, 2:45. Under 1600/Unr: 4SS, G/45, Prizes: $150-50,Top U1400 $50. More per entries. Unrated may not win more than $50. Rds.: 10:15-11:45-1:30-3:15. EF: Both Sections: $25 if rec'd by 9/21, $35 at door. Reg.: 9:30-10:00 sharp. Ent: Glenn Budzinski, 1 Black Cherry Ln., Sandy Hook, CT 06482. Questions only: [email protected]. May be limited to first 50 players. NS, NC, W.

Sept. 20, New York Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) Marshall Masters! 4-SS, G/30. Third Tuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scoring over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 tournament since the prior month's Masters). EF: $40, members $30, GM's free.Top three prizes guaranteed. $$G: 250-150-100. Top U2400 and Top 2300 prizes. Special prize for biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45PM. One bye available (rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry. Sept. 22, New York Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight! 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at the Marshall Club, 23 West 10 St., bet. 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. EF: $35, Club membs $25, GMs free ($20 from prize), specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$560 b/32 paid entries (may be limited to 1st 36 to enter), top 2 Gtd: $$ 200-11050, Top U2200/unr $105, U2000 $95. Limit 2 byes (1 bye for U2000), commit by 8:15. Reentry $15. CCA ratings may be used. Class pairings OK rd. 4. Reg ends 10 min before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! A Heritage Event! Sept. 23-25 or 24-25, Georgia Grand Prix Points: 10 42nd Annual Southern Congress 5-SS, 30/90, SD/1. (2-day schedule Round 1 G/90). Atlanta Chess Center, 3155A East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Scottdale, GA 30079. $4,000

Sept. 24, New Jersey Grand Prix Points: 20 (enhanced) Viking 4-County Open 4-SS. G/60. Somerset Holiday Inn, 195 Davidson Ave., Somerset (exit 10 off I-287) 4-SS, Grand Prix Section: G/60 Top residents of Somerset, Morris, Warren and Middlesex are County Champions. $$: 300-200-100100-50. Guaranteed minimum $75 each top Expert, A, B, U1600. No pooling/no duplicate prizes. Trophies: First, each County Champ, Top Expert, Class A, B, C, D/E, Sr. & Jr. EF: $39 if by 9/21 or via website. EntryFeesRUs.com. Pay $10 more at site. Reg.: 9-10am on 9/24. First Round: 10am then ASAP With lunch break. Kids U500, K-6 Section: 4SS, G45, Trophies to top 10. EF: $16 early $20 late. Both sections Sign up at EntryFeesRUs.com or mail to: KenThomas, 115 West Moore St., Hackettstown, NJ 07840. Info: 908-763-6468, [email protected] or EntryfeesRus.com. NC, W. Sept. 24-25, California, Northern Grand Prix Points: 6 Exchange Bank Open Exchange Bank, 444 Aviation Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA 95403. 4 round Swiss, G/120. In 3 Sections, Open: $$GTD: $250-175. Reserve: Open to 1899 & under. $$GTD: $200-125. Booster: Open to 1499 & under. $$GTD: $150100. Unr. must play in Booster Section. Unrated players winning prizes will only receive half of the prize. ALL: EF: $35 advance until 9/21, $45 at site. Reg.: 09/24 8:30am-9:30am. Rds.: Sat 10,3; Sun 10,3. ENT: Paul Stagnoli, 4233 Kintyre Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95409. INFO: (707) 4784385, [email protected]. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

8th annual LOS ANGELES OPEN October 7-9 or 8-9, 2011 - $20,000 projected prizes, $16,000 minimum! 5 rounds at Sheraton Four Points LAX - $89 room rate, $5/day parking 5 round Swiss, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Four Points LAX, 9750 Airport Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90045. Prizes $20,000 based on 230 paid entries; min. guarantee $16,000 (80% each prize). Re-entries & $60 off entries count as half entries. In 6 sectons: Open: $2000-1000-600-400, clear or tiebreak win $100 bonus, top Under 2400/Unr $600-300. FIDE rated, 100 GPP (enhanced). Under 2300: $1500-800-400-200, top Under 2100 $500-250. FIDE rated. Under 2000: $1500-800-400-200, top Under 1800 $500-250. Under 1700: $1300-700-400-200, top Under 1500 $500-250. Under 1400: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1200 $400-200. Under 1000: $700-400-200-150, trophies to top 3, top U800, U600, Unr.

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Unrated prize limits: U1000 $200, U1400 $300, or U1700 $500. Top 5 sections entry fee: 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by 9/29, all $115 online at chesstour.com by 10/4, $120 phoned by 10/4 (406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), $130 at site (no checks, credit cards OK). Entry fee for all in Under 1000 or unrated in Under 1400: all $60 less. Re-entry (except Open): $60. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper 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. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. USCF membership required. SCCF membership ($18, jrs $10) required for rated So. Calif. residents.

3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 6 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 6 pm, Sun 10 am & 4:15 pm. 2-day schedule: Reg. Sat to 10 am, rds Sat 11 am, 2:30 pm & 6 pm; Sun 10 am & 4:15 pm. Half-point byes OK all (limit 2); Open must commit before round 2, other sections before round 3. All: Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible. JGP. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve at chesstour.com. Entry: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills NY 12577. Hotel rates: $89-89, 800-529-4683, 310-649-7025, reserve by 9/24 or rate may increase Optional entry form faces inside back cover, or see entryblank.com. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com.


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Tournament Life Sept. 24-25, New York Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) Marshall September Grand Prix! 4-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $50, members $30. $$625 Gtd: 275-150, U2200/unr. $105, U2000 $95. Reg. ends 15 min. before round. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2-day, Rds 12:305:30PM each day; 1-day, (Rds. 1-2 G/30) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30PM Sun; both merge rd. 3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. FIDE (G/30 not FIDE ratable). Chess Magnet School JGP. A State Championship Event! Sept. 24-25, Pennsylvania Grand Prix Points: 10 2011 Ira Lee Riddle Memorial Pa State Champ. Giant Store, 2300 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17110. 2-day Sections: 5SS, G/105. Reg.: 9-9:30am. Rds.: 10-2-6, 10-2. Open: EF: $40 by 9/16, $55 later. $$(680G) $350-150, U2100 $70, U2000 $60, U1900 $50. U1800: EF: $35 by 9/16, $50 later. $$(490 b/20) $200-110, U1700 $70, U1600 $60, U1500 $50. U1400: EF: $30 by 9/16, $45 later. $$(420 b/20) $15090, U1200 $70, U1100 $60, U1000 $50. Sunday-only U1000 Scholastic: 5SS, G/30. Reg.: 10:30-11am. Rds.: 11:30-12:45-2-3:15-4:30. EF: $15 by 9/16, $25 later. Trophies: 1-5, 1-2 U600, 1-2 U300, 1-2 Unrated. All: School teams combined from all four sections, Trophies: 1st-2nd. PSCF req'd, $5 OSA. Info: 717-730-4461, [email protected]. Ent: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223, martinak_tom_m@ hotmail.com, 412-908-0286. Chess Magnet School JGP for 2-day. Sept. 30-Oct. 2 or Oct. 1-2, Texas Grand Prix Points: 30 2011 U.S. Class Championships See Nationals. Oct. 1, California, Northern Grand Prix Points: 20 (enhanced) 2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship See Nationals. Oct. 1, New York Grand Prix Points: 6 16th Annual Arkport Open 4SS, Rds 1 & 2 G/60, Rds 3 & 4 G/90. Arkport Village Hall, 6 Park Ave., Arkport, NY 14807. $GTD: $200-100, $B/25: U1800 and U1600 each $100-50. EF: $30 cash at site. Reg.: 9-9:45 a.m., 10/1/11. Rds.: 10, 12, 2:15, 5:30. Director: Ronald Lohrman. Info: 607-295-9858. Ent: F. K. Harris, 1 Northridge Dr., Arkport, NY 14807. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Oct. 1-2, North Dakota Grand Prix Points: 40 5th Annual Chessnuts Challenge Open Total prize fund of $4,000 is guaranteed! This tournament is funded primarily by chess equipment sales on our eBay Store, and we’ve had a very good year! Howard Johnson Inn of Fargo, 301 3rd Avenue N, Fargo, ND 58102. Hotel Accomodations provided by Howard Johnson Inn (701232-8850). Stay at the playing site! Located within walking distance of

several restaurants, the historic Fargo Theater, and the vibrant nightlife of downtown Fargo. Ask for the”ChessTournament Rate” ($74.00). A block of rooms for this tournament will be held until 09/01/2011. Don’t wait until too late to reserve your room! GM Alex Yermolinsky will return this year! In 2 Sections Premier: 5SS, G/90, $$GTD: $1200-600-300. U2100: 200-100; U1900: 200-100; Upset: 100. Reserve: 5SS, G/90, Open to 1899 & under. $$GTD: $400-200-100. U1700: 100-50; U1500: 100-50; U1300: 100-50; Upset: 50. ALL: EF: $50. $60 after 9/16/2011. Rds.: 10:30a/ 3p/7:30p-10a/2p. 1/2 point byes available rounds 1-4. ENT: BrianThompson, 773 15th Ave. E, West Fargo, ND 58078. 701-306-9231, ndchessnut@ yahoo.com. INFO: Brian Thompson. www.ndchessnut.com. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 2, California, Northern Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) 2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship See Nationals. Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, Virginia Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced) 2nd annual Continental Class Championships MASTER, EXPERT, CLASS A, CLASS B END MONDAY, COLUMBUS DAY BUT CLASS C, D, AND E END SUNDAY. Master Section and Expert Section, Oct 6-10 (NOTE CHANGE OF TIME CONTROL): 9SS, 40/90, SD/30, 30 second increment, GM & IM norms possible, FIDE rated. Expert Section, 9SS, 40/2, SD/1, FIDE rated. Class A and Class B, Oct 6-10, 7-10 or 8-10: 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds. 1-2 G/75). Class C, Class D, and Class E, Oct 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9: 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/60). Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. Free shuttle to/from Reagan International Airport and Crystal City Metro station (contact hotel for schedule). Prizes $60,000 based on 380 paid entries (unrated in E or D, seniors, re-entries, GMs, IMs, WGMs, foreign FIDE rated players in Master count as half entries), else proportional, minimum $40,000 (2/3 of each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections: Master, open to US players rated at least 2200 USCF or 2100 FIDE and foreign players rated at least 2000 USCF or 1800 FIDE. $5000-2500-1500-1000-700-600-500-500-400-400, clear or tiebreak first bonus $200, FIDE Under 2400/Unr $2000-1000. Free hotel room to the highest FIDE rated foreign GM who enters by 9/6 and completes the tournament with no byes. GM & IM norms possible, FIDE rated. Expert, open to USCF 1800-2199. $3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400. FIDE rated. Class A, open to USCF 1600-1999 or unrated. $3000-1500-1000800-600-500-400-400. Class B, open to USCF 1400-1799 or unrated. $3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400. Class C, open to USCF 12001599 or unrated. $2500-1300-900-700-600-500-400-400. Class D, open to USCF under 1400 or unrated. $2000-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300. Class E, open to USCF under 1200 or unrated. $2000-1000-800-600-500400-300-300. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26 lifetime games rated as of Oct 2011 official list may not win over $800 in Class E or $1200 in Class D. Games rated too late for 10/11 list not counted. 2) If official rating was more than 30 points over section maximum on any USCF rating supplement 10/10-9/11, prize limit $1200. 3) Unrated (0-3 lifetime

games rated) cannot win over $400 in E, $600 D, $900 C, $1200 B or $1500 A. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 4) Balance of limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Master Section EF: GMs, IMs, WGMs: free by 9/6, $30 online at chesstour.com by 10/3, $50 online or at site until 6 pm 10/6; $150 deducted from prize. Free entries must reconfirm entry online or in person on 10/6 by 6 pm. Foreign FIDE rated players: $75 online at chesstour.com by 10/3, $100 online or at site until 6 pm 10/6; $150 deducted from prize. Others: $225 if check mailed by 9/28 or online by 10/3, $230 phoned by 10/3 (406-896-2038), $250 until 6 pm 10/6 online or at site. Other sections EF: 5-day $195, 4-day $194, 3-day $193, 2-day $192 if check mailed by 9/28 (note correction), all $197 online at chesstour.com by 10/3, $200 if phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/3 (entry only, no questions), $220 online until 2 hours before round 1 or at site. No phone entry after 10/3. EF $100 less to rated seniors 65 or over in Expert or below. EF $120 less to unrated in Class D or E. Special 1 yr USCF dues with paper 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. No checks at site, credit cards OK. No mailed credit card entries. Reentry: $100, no re-entry from Master Section to Master Section. 5-day Master or Expert schedule: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7pm, Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 5-day Class A or B schedule: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 6 pm, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day Class A or B schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day Class A or B schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day Class C, D or E schedule: Reg. ends Thu 6pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day Class C, D or E schedule: Reg. ends Fri 11 am, rds. Fri. 12 noon & 7 pm, Sat. 11 & 6, Sun. 10 & 4:30. 2-day Class C, D or E schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat. 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun. 10 & 4:30. All schedules in Class A or below merge & compete for same prizes. Byes: OK all; limit 3 (limit 2 in last 4 rds), must commit before rd 3. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possiblenone supplied. HR: $95-95-105-115, 703-418-1234, reserve by 9/21or rate may increase. Special chess rate valet parking $6/day, with or without guestroom. Car rentals: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 or reserve car online at chesstour.com. Ratings: FIDE used for Master Section, USCF October official for others, unofficial usually used if otherwise unrated. For foreign players in Expert or below, usually 100 points added to FIDE, 50 to FQE, 100/more to most other foreign, no points added to CFC, PR or Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not accepted for Class A or below. Highest of multiple ratings usually used. Players who fail to disclose foreign or FIDE ratings may be expelled. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chess tour.com. You may request "lowest possible section" if October rating unknown. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, California, Southern Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced) CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open

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5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Four Points LAX, 9750 Airport Blvd., LosAngeles, CA 90045. Special parking $5/day. $$20,000 based on 230paid entries (re-entries & $60 off entries count half), $16,000(80% each prize) minimum guaranteed. In 6 sections. Open: $2000-1000-600-400, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2400/Unr (not a section) $600-300. FIDE. Under 2300: $1500-800400-200, top Under 2100 (not a section) $500-250. FIDE. Under 2000: $1500-800-400-200, top Under 1800 (not a section) $500-250. Under 1700: $1300-700-400-200, top Under 1500 (not a section) $500-250. Under 1400: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1200 (not a section) $400200. Under 1000: $700-400-200-150, trophies to top3, 1st Under 800, Under 600, unrated. Unrated may not win over$200 in U1000, $300 U1400, or $500 U1700. Top 5 sections EF: 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by 9/29, all $115 online atchesstour.com by 10/4, $120 phoned to 406-8962038 by 10/4 (entry only, no questions), $130 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF for all in U1000 or unrated in U1400: $60 less. Special 1 year USCF dues with 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 $60; not available in Open Section. SCCF membership ($18, juniors $10) required for rated Southern CA residents. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $89-89, 1-800-529-4683, 310-649-7025; reserve by9/24 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWDD6 57633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, South Carolina Grand Prix Points: 6 2nd Annual National Chess Day and Festival 4SS, 35/90 SD60 (2 day schedule: Rd. 1 G/90). Hawthorn Suites, 2455 Savannah Hwy (US17S), Charleston, SC 29414 ($79/night 843-225-4411 mention chess). Prize Fund - $1700 based on 36 regular paid entries. In 3 Sections: Open: 1st-$300 2nd-$150 (guaranteed) u2000-$100. Under 1800: 1st-$250 2nd-$125 u1400-$100. U1400: 1st-$250 2nd=$125 u1200-$100. EF: $49 if recd before 9/07, $59 thereafter and at site. (Reentries: $25). Reg.: Fri 5:30-6:30pm; Sat 9-10am. Rds.: (3 day schedule) Fri 7:30pm, Sat. 2pm & 7:30pm, Sun 2:30pm (2 day schedule Rd 1 at 10:30am Sat. then merge with 3 day schedule). Byes: 1/2 pt. avail. all rds; must request byes for rds 3 & 4 prior to rd. 2(irrevocable). Special Blitz Tmnt: Sunday 10:45am, EF: $1, 3 sections: Open, U18, U14, 1st$20 2nd-$10 each section. Other info: Top combined blitz and main tournament score in each section receives free entry next year. 50% off EF to whoever travels the farthest and whoever brings the most players in their vehicle. Adv Entries: Charleston Chess Club, c/o David Y. Causey, 741 Dragoon Dr., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (email:[email protected]). Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 7-Nov. 18, New York Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced) 2011 Queens Chess Club Championship 7-SS, G/120. All Saints Lutheran Church, 164-02 Goethals Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. EF: $55, $60 at site. $$500-$300-$200 guaranteed to top 3, more per entries. Up to three 1/2 pt byes ok with advance notice (byes for Rounds 5, 6, and/or 7 must be declared before Round 4) REG.: 7:308:00. RDS.: 8:15 each Friday. ENT (mail by 9/30): Ed Frumkin, 445 E 14th St #10D, NYC 10009 (212-677-3224 before 10pm and before 5pm on Fri). QCC membership required (U19 y/o, female, 65 & older $20 for six months, others $25/6 months). FIDE-rated. Chess Magnet School JGP. A State Championship Event! Oct. 8, Pennsylvania Grand Prix Points: 6 2011 PA State Game/60 Championship 4SS, G/60. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. 3 Sections, $$ (695G): Championship: EF: $30 by 10/1, $40 later. $200-100, U2000 $75, U1800 $50. Premier: U1600. EF: $25 by 10/1, $35 later. $90-60, U1400 $50, U1200 $40, U1000 $30; Trophies to Top 2, Top 2 U1400, Top 2 U1200, Top 2 U1000. Scholastic: Grades K-12 U900. EF: $15 by 10/1, $25 later. Trophies to Top 7, 1-3 U600. ALL: Teams of 4 to 7 combined from all sections, Trophies 1st-2nd schools, clubs. PSCF $5, OSA. Reg ends 10am. Rds.: 10:30-1-3:15-5:45. Ent/Info: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223, 412-908-0286, martinak_ [email protected]. W. Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, Illinois Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced) 20th annual Midwest Class Championships 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Westin Chicago North Shore

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Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL 60090 (from Chicago, I294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 to Lake Cook Rd to US-45 south). Free parking. Prizes $20,000 based on 250 paid entries (re-entries & Class E Section count as half entries), else in proportion except $16,000 (80% of each prize) minimum guaranteed. $10 of each paid entry over 200 entries will be donated to the ICA Warren Junior Scholar Program. In 7 sections; no unrated allowed in Master or Expert. Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-500-300, clear in or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2300 $800-400. FIDE. Expert (2000-2199): $1500-700-400300. Class A (1800-1999/Unr): $1500-700-400-300. Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1500-700-400-300. Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $1400700-400-200. Class D (1200-1399/Unr): $1200-600-300-200. Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $600-300-200-100, trophies to top 7, top 800-999, 600799, Under 600, Unrated. Rated players may play up one section. Unrated prize limit $150 E, $250 D, $400 C, $500 B, $700 A. Top 6 sections EF: 3-day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 10/6, all $105 online at chesstour.com by 10/11, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/11 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. EF for all in Class E, and unrated in Class D: all $50 less. ALL: Advance EF $5 less to ICA members. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life 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 $50; not available in Master Section. GMs $80 from prize. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. Bye: all, Master must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $9999-99-99, 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 9/30 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. (chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US). $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. A State Championship Event! A Heritage Event! Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, South Carolina Grand Prix Points: 10 72nd S.C. Championships 5SS, 35/90, SD1 (2day schedule Rd.1 G/90). Hilton Garden Inn, 434 Columbiana Dr., Columbia, SC 29212, (803) 407-6640. $2,700 b/60 ($1,350 GTD) In 3 Sections (trophy to 1st & 2nd S.C. player in each section): Open/Championship: $600-300-150 u2200-$150 u2000-$150. Amateur(u1800): $300-150 u1600-$150. Reserve(u1400): $300-150 u1200-$150 u1000-$150. EF: $60 if rec'd by 9/29; $70 at site; $35 re-entry; Special "trophy only" entry: $20; not eligible for prize money. SCCA memb. req'd, OSA. Byes: avail. all rds, Rds. 4 or 5 must commit before 2nd rd. (irrevocable; only one bye avail. on Sunday). 3 day schedule: Reg. ends 7pm, Fri. Rds. 8,2-8,9-2:30. 2 day schedule: Reg. ends 7pm, Fri. 9am Sat. Rd. 1 at 10am, then merge with 3 day. HR: $89 (reserve by 9/30; mention chess tnt.) 803-407-6640. Other info: More $$ per extra regular entries. "Trophy only" entries do not count toward "based on" entries. Free entry to masters ($60 deducted from any winnings). Unrateds must play in Open/Championship section unless TD can verify their playing strength in order to assign into lower sections. (Unrateds only eligible for place prizes in sections they play.) Annual SCCA meeting held 1-2pm on Sunday. SC Championship title to top SC player. Info/Reg/Pmt: S.C. Chess Assn., c/o David Y. Causey, Treasurer, 741Dragoon Dr., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 ([email protected]). (Please indicate whether playing in 2 or 3 day schedule and indicate any byes when pre-registering. Be sure to include payment to receive early entry fee otherwise $70 at site.) Chess Magnet School JGP.

Oct. 15-16, Massachusetts Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) 12th Western New England Open 5SS, G/120. MCLA, 375 Church St., N. Adams. Reg.: 8-8:30 Sat. Rds.: Sat 8:45-1:30-6:15 Sun 9-3:15. EF: $42, 2200+$32, Unr $0 win 50% section prize but open, All by 10/10 If unpaid: (+)$5 at site. $$1500 b/50. Sections: Open: $350-$250 Top U2000 $100, U1800: $250-$125 Top U1600 $75, U1400: $200-$100 Top U1200 $50. Side event: 4SS, G/5Blitz 1:30 Sun. Info: Vince Bradley, 413-652-0007, [email protected]. (Note: If you are unrated you can play for free, but can win only 50% of the section prizes. If you are unrated and playing in the Open section and qualify for a prize, you win the full prize.) Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 18, New York Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) Marshall Masters! 4-SS, G/30.ThirdTuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St, NYC. 212-477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scoring over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 tournament since the prior month’s Masters). EF: $40, members $30, GMs free. $$G250-150-100. Prizes to U2400, U2300 and biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:159:30-10:45. One bye available (Rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry. www. marshallchessclub.org. A Heritage Event! An American Classic! Oct. 21-23, Nevada Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced) 29th Annual SANDS REGENCY RENO-WESTERN STATES OPEN 6SS, 40/2, 20/1, G 1/2. Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N. Arlington Ave., Reno, NV 89501. 1-800-648-3553 or (775) 348-2200. $$33,200 b/350, Gtd. $$21,750-$3000-2000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-300200 in Open Section plus 1/2 of all other prizes. 6 Sections: OPEN: EF: GMs & IMs free (enter by 10/1 or pay late fee), Masters $147, (2199/below)-$175. $$ Prizes 1-10 listed above, (2399-below) $1000, (2299-below) $1000. If a tie for 1st overall then 2 (G/10) playoff for $100 from prize fund. (Note: GM/IM w/free entry not eligible for class prizes 2399 and below; may elect to pay entry fee and become eligible). EXPERT: (2000-2199) EF: $146. $$2000-1000-500-400-300. "A" Sec.(1800-1999) EF: $145, $$2000-1000-500-400-300. "B" Sec.(16001799) EF: $144, $$1,800-900-500-400-300. "C" Sec.(1400-1599) EF: $143, $$1,600-800-500-400-300. "D"/under Sec. (1399/below) EF: $142, $$1,400-700-400-300-200, (under 1200) - $600. (Unrated Players) EF: Free + must join USCF or increase membership for 1 additional year thru this tournament ($49 adults, $25 juniors) Prizes: Top unrated wins 1 yr. USCF membership plus trophy. Note: Unrated will be put in "D" Sect. unless requests to play up. Seniors (65+) $$200; (Seniors not eligible: provisionally rated, unrated, masters); Club Championship $$800-400 decided by total score of 10 (and only 10) players from one club or area (not eligible - GMs, IMs, or unrated).Trophies toTop 3 (A-D Sections). ALL: EF $11 more if postmarked after 10/1 and $22 more if postmarked after 10/14 or at site. Do not mail after 10/14 or phone or email after 10/18. $20 off EF to Srs (65+). Players may play up. Unrated players not eligible for cash prizes except Open 1-10. Provisionally rated players may win up to 50% of 1st place money except open Section 1-10. CCA ratings may be used. Note pairings not changed for color alternation unless 3 in a row or a plus 3 and if the unlikely situation occurs 3 colors in a row may be assigned. Reg.: (10/20) 5-8 pm, (10/21) 9:00-10 am. Rds.:127, 10-6, 9:30-4:30. Byes available any round, if requested before 1st round (Open Section - 2 byes max.). SIDE EVENTS: Wed.(10/19) 7pm Clock Simul [40/2, G/1] (Including an analysis of YOUR game. GM Sergey Kudrin $30 (A great value!).Thurs (10/20) 5-7:30 pm "A Celebration of Life, GM Larry Evans" and lecture by IM John Donaldson -Free, 7:30 Simul GM Lubosh

EASTERN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP November 4-6 or 5-6, Stamford CT $8,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES! For 4-player teams averaging UNDER 2000 (note changes). One alternate optional. 5 rounds, choice of 3-day or 2-day schedule, match point scoring, a one section tournament with class prizes. At Sheraton Hotel in downtown Stamford. Free parking, trains from NYC run frequently. Teams have choice of 3-day or 2-day schedule. Room rates $89 single or twin. Top overall teams: 1st $2000, 2nd $1000, 3rd $600, 4th $400. Top teams averaging under 1700: 1st $1000, 2nd $500. Top teams averaging under 1400: 1st $800, 2nd $400. Top score on each board: 1st $200, 2nd $100. 1st alternate $100. FOR FULL DETAILS: see “Connecticut” in this issue.


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Tournament Life Kavalek (only $15!), 7:30 Blitz (5 min) Tourney ($20-80% to prize fund). Sat 10/22 (3-4:30pm) IM John Donaldson Clinic (Game/Position Analysis) – Free. Sun. (10/23) Quick Tourney (G/25) 5 Rd. Swiss ($20) [12 (Noon)-5pm] 80% to prize fund. ENT: Make checks payable and send to: SANDS REGENCY (address above) HR: $29! (Sun-Thurs) & $59! (Fri-Sat) + 13.5% tax. (mention CHESSOCT & reserve by 10/5/10 to guarantee room rates.) INFO: Jerry Weikel [email protected], (775) 747 1405, or website: www.renochess.org/wso (also go here to verify entry). FIDE. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, New Jersey Grand Prix Points: 60 (enhanced) 2nd annual Boardwalk Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2G/75). Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, 1401 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712. Free parking. Prizes $15,000 based on 180 paid entries, $10,000 minimum (2/3 each prize) guaranteed; re-entries & unrated count as half entries. In 5 sections. Open: $1500-700-400-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2300/Unr $800-400. FIDE. Under 2100: $1000-500-300-200, top U1900 $600-300. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-200, top U1600 $600-300. Under 1500: $900-500-300-200, top U1400 $500-250. Under 1200: $800-500300-150, top U1000 $400-$200. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, $500 U1800. EF: 3-day $98, 2-day $97 mailed by 10/13, all $99 online at chesstour.com by 10/18, $100 phoned to 406896-2038 by 10/18 (entry only, no questions), $110 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF for unrated in U1200 or U1500: all $50 less. Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life 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 $60; not available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30& 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $95-95, 732-776-6700, reserve by 10/7 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chess tour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 21-23 & 29-30, New York Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced) 2011 Marshall Chess Club Championship! 9-SS, 40/120, SD/60. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC: 212-477-3716. Open to members and nonmembers rated 2200+ (currently or in the past), FIDE title holders, qualifiers from Marshall Amateur Championship Oct. 14-16, and seeded players. $$4500 Gtd: $2000-$1000-$500$350-$100, U 2400/unr $250, U 2300 $200, U 2200 $100. PLUS: Edward Lasker Memorial Brilliancy Prize $300. Title of 2011 Marshall Chess Club Champion to highest-scoring Club member. EF: $150, members $125 if received by 10/20, all $20 more at site. GM's free. Reg.: 4:30-5:30pm

10/21. Rounds: 6pm 10/21, 11 & 5:30PM 10/22, 10/23, 10/29, 10/30. Two byes available, must request at registration, no byes on 10/30. FIDE. IM/GM norms may be possible, no byes for norm aspirants. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 22, Wisconsin Grand Prix Points: 10 Hales Corners Challenge XIV 4SS, G/60. 2 Sections: Open & Reserve (under 1600). Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel, 4747 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, 414-481-8000. (mention Southwest Chess Club for $69 room rate). EF: $35-Open, $25Reserve, both $5 more after 10/19. Comp EF for USCF 2200+. $$ Open: 1st-$325 (guaranteed), 2nd-$175 (guaranteed), A-$100, B & Below-$75; $$ Reserve: 1st-$100, 2nd-$75, D-$50, E & Below-$40. Reg.: 8:30-9:30. Rds.: 10-1-3:30-6. Entries/Questions to TD: Tom Fogec, 5671 Garland Lane, Greendale, WI 53129; [email protected]; 414-405-4207 (cell). Oct. 22-23, Texas Grand Prix Points: 10 Temple Chess Club Fall Swiss Sponsored by the Temple Chess Club, http://templecc.clubspaces.com. 4 Round Swiss, G/120, 2 Sections (Open & Reserve U1400). Gtd. Prizes: Open: 1st = $250, 2nd = $150, 3rd=100, U1700 1st=$75 2nd=$50, 3rd=$25; Reserve (U1400): 1st = $150, 2nd =$75, 3rd=$50, U1200 1st=$50 2nd=25. UNR placed at the discretion of the TD. Holiday Inn, (254) 778-8295, 5247 S. General Bruce Dr., (Service road on East side of I-35 just North of Midway exit #297), Temple, TX, 76502. HR: $79, reserve by Sept. 20. EF: $30 by Oct 15, $35 at site, $5 discount on EF to all current Texas Chess Association members, USCF membership required. Reg.: 8:00-8:45. Rds.: Sat. 9 am-2:30 pm, Sun. 9 am-2:30 pm. For more information contact: Forrest Marler at fzmarler@ gmail.com (254) 231-7026 or Wayne Sampson at [email protected]. com (254) 231-5340. Can pre-register by check to Forrest Marler before Oct 15 to: Forrest Marler, 4102 West Adams Avenue #104, Temple, TX 76504. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! Oct. 23, Massachusetts Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) 78th Greater Boston Open 4SS, G/60. Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West, Marlboro, MA (I-495, exit 24B, Rt 20W, one mile from exit). 508-460-0700 or 888-543-9500. $$ 1,600 b/60 paid entries (U1000/unrated count half), 75% G. 4 sects. Open: $350-150, U2150 $125. U1900: $200-125. U1700: $200-125. U1500: $150-100, U1200 $75. Unrated prize limits: $75 in U1500, $100 in U1700. $125 in U1900. EF: $39 if postmarked by 10/17 or online by 10/20, $45 at site. GMs and IMs free. $20 discount to players rated under 1000 or unrated. Reg.: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Rds.: 101-3:30-6. Bye: 1-4 with entry, limit 1. Ent: payable to MACA and mail to Robert Messenger, 4 Hamlett Dr., Apt. 12, Nashua, NH 03062 or enter online at www.MassChess.org. Info: send email to [email protected] or phone 603-891-2484. NS, NC, W.

Oct. 27, New York Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight! 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at the Marshall Club, 23 West 10 St., bet. 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. EF: $35, Club membs $25, GMs free ($20 from prize), specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$560 b/32 paid entries (may be limited to 1st 36 to enter), top 2 Gtd: $$ 200-11050, Top U2200/unr $105, U2000 $95. Limit 2 byes (1 bye for U2000), commit by 8:15. Reentry $15. CCA ratings may be used. Class pairings OK rd. 4. Reg ends 10 min before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! Oct. 28-30, Michigan Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced) First Annual Fall International Chess Festival presented by Michigan Chess Festival LLC (MCFLLC). 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2 day option, rds 1-2, G 90). 4SS Under 1000, Novice, Unrated: G/30. Dearborn Hyatt Regency, 600 Town Center Drive, Dearborn MI 48126, a AAA 4 Diamond facility free parking. Rates: $99-$99-$99-$99, if reserved before 10/8. $14,000 Prize Fund Guaranteed, in four sections: OPEN Section (FIDE rated). EF: 3 day, via MCFLLC website, before 10/7: $98; before 10/27: $100, at site: $110. 2 day, via MCFLLC website, before 10/7: $99, before 10/27: $101, at site: $112. Re-entries: $55. Prizes: $2,250$1,500-$900-$500-$300, Under 2300 $850-$450, Under 2100 $700-$350, Under 1900 $300. UNDER 1800 Section. EF 3 day, via MCFLLC website, before 10/7: $90, before 10/27: $92, at site: $95. 2 day, via MCFLLC website, before 10/7: $91, before 10/27: $93, at site: $96. Re-entries: $48. Prizes: $1,000-$$600-$300-$200, Under 1600 $500-$300-$100. UNDER 1400 Section. EF 3 day, via MCFLLC website, before 10/7: $60, before October 27: $62, at site: $65. 2 day, via MCFLCC website, before 10/7: $61, before 10/27: $63, at site: $66. Re-entries: $33. Prizes: $700$400-$250-$150, Under 1200 $400-$200-$100. Unrateds may enter any of prior Sections, maximum prize for unrated player is the third place prize in the section entered. Under 1000, unrated ONE DAY, Saturday. EF via website, before 10/7: $33, before 10/27: $35, at site: $38. Prizes: $150-$100-$75 Under 800 $$75-$50 Under 600 $75-$50 Unrated: $75$50. Re-entries only allowed for players who entered the 3 day option. Mail Payment accepted. Entries must be postmarked 4 days prior to dates specified for website entry to obtain early pricing. Michigan residents must belong to the Michigan State Association. Mail checks to: MCFLLC, 4301 Orchard Lake Rd., Ste 180 #B125, West Bloomfield, MI 48323. Charge for returned checks: $10. Grandmasters, Foreign IMs and WGMs free, $100 deducted from prizes. Schedule: REG: 3 day: Fri. 5-6 p.m. Schedule: Rds: Fri 7 pm Sat 11 & 6 Sun 10 & 4:30. REG: 2 day: Sat 8:30-9:30 a.m. Round 1, 10:00 a.m Round 2, 2:00 p.m. Merge with three day schedule for rounds 3-5 REG, Novice: Sat 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Rounds: Rd 1: 10 a.m. Rd 2 11:30 a.m. Rd 3 2:00 pm Rd 4 4:00 pm. One bye allowed, if req. before end of round 2. Bring clock, board, pieces. Not provided at site. Online registration: www.michiganchessfestival.com, INFO: info@michigan chessfestival.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.

21st annual NORTH AMERICAN OPEN Dec 26-29 or 27-29, Bally’s Las Vegas - HOTEL RATE NOW $65! $120,000 projected prizes, $90,000 minimum guaranteed! 7-round Swiss, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/75), Bally's Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas NV 89103. Free parking. 7 sections. Prizes $120,000 based on 600 entries (seniors, re-entries & GMs count half, unrated in U1250 or U1500 1/4), else proportional; minimum $90,000 (3/4 each prize) guaranteed. Dec. official ratings used; uschess.org unofficial ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Open: $10000-5000-2500-12001000-800-600-500-400-400, clear or tiebreak win $200, top U2500/Unr $25001200. FIDE rated, 200 GPP (enhanced). U2300: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900800-600-500-400-400. FIDE rated. U2100: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900800-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $2500. U1900: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900800-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $1800. U1700: $6000-3000-1600-1000-800700-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $1200. U1500: $5000-2500-1400-1000-800700-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $800. U1250: $4000-2000-1300-900-700600-500-400-300-300, top Under 1000 $1000, Unrated limit $400.

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Players with under 26 games rated as of 12/11 list may not win over $1500 in U1250, $2500 in U1500 or U1700. If rating was more than 30 points over section maximum on any list Dec 2010 to Nov 2011, prize limit is $1500. Mailed entry fee: 4-day $244, 3-day $243 mailed by 10/15, 4-day $274, 3-day $273 mailed by 12/15. Online entry fee: $245 at chesstour. com by 10/15, $275 by 12/20, $300 12/21 until 2 hours before rd 1. Phoned entry fee: $280 by 12/20 (406-896-2038, no questions). No phone entry after 12/20. Entry fee at site, or online until 2 hours before first round: $300. Unrated in U1250 or U1500: 4-day $54, 3-day $53 mailed by 12/15, $55 online by 12/20, $70 at site. Special entry fee: Senior 65/over except unrated in U1250 or U1500, $130 less. Re-entry $120; not available in Open Section. GMs $150 from prize. No checks at site; credit cards OK. Special USCF dues if paid with entry- see chesstour.com or Tournament Life. USCF membership required.

Choice of schedules: 4-day 12/2629, 3-day 12/27-29. Both merge and compete for same prizes. 4-day late reg. ends 12/26 5 pm, Rds. 12/26 6 pm, 12/27 11 am & 6 pm, 12/28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 am & 4:30 pm. 3-day late reg. ends 12/27 10 am, Rds.12/27 11 am, 2:30 pm & 6 pm, 12/28 11 am & 6 pm, 12/29 10 & 4:30. Half-point byes: OK all, limit 4 (limit 2 in last 4 rds). Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. Bring set, board, clock if possiblenone supplied. HOTEL RATE AT BALLYS HAS BEEN REDUCED TO $65 for the nights of Dec 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29! For Dec 24 the rate is $95. Reserve now at 800-8333308 or 702-739-4111. Rooms may sell out about Nov 7. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #657633. Entry: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills NY 12577. Optional entry form faces inside back cover, or see www.entryblank.com. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. JGP.

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A Heritage Event! Oct. 29-30, Virginia Grand Prix Points: 10 26th Emporia Open 5SS, G/120. Greensville Ruritan Club, Ruritan Rd., Emporia. Off Hwy. 58 West of Emporia. $$600 b/o 20 players (Top 3 $$GTD): 1st-3rd overall, $250-150-100; Top U100 and Top U1200, $50 ea. EF: $35 if rec'd by 10/25, $45 on site. No credit cards. Reg.: 8:30-9:30AM. Rds.: 10-2:307, 9-1:30. One half-point bye allowed if req. by 1:30PM Oct. 29. USCF and Va Chess Fed memb. req'd, avail. at site. Info: www.vachess.org or [email protected]. Ent: mail to Mike Hoffpauir, ATTN: Emporia Open, 405 Hounds Chase, Yorktown, VA 23693. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 30, New York Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) Capital Region Open 4SS, G/40. Studio of Bridge & Games, 1639 Eastern Pkwy., Schenectady 12309. $1000 guaranteed prizes plus U1000 trophies. In 4 sections. Open: $200-100-50, top U2000/Unr $70-30. Under 1800 Section: $12060-30, top U1600 $70-30, no unrated may win over $80. Under 1400 Section: $100-50-30, top U1200 $60, no unrated may win over $50. Under 1000 Section: Trophies to first 3, top 2 U800, top 2 U600, top Unrated. Top 3 sections EF: $33 online at chesstour.com by 10/27 or mailed by 10/24, $40 at site; $20 less to unrated in U1400. U1000 EF: $13 online at chesstour.com by 10/27 or mailed by 10/24, $20 at site. All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with 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. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Late reg. at site 9-9:30 am, rds. 10, 12, 2, 4. One half point bye available, must commit before rd 2. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577 (chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US). $15 service charge for refunds. Nov. 5-6, Virginia Grand Prix Points: 20 16th Annual Northern Virginia Open 5SS, Rds 1-3 G/2, rds 4-5 30/90 SD/1. $$2,500 (Top 3 G) B/90. DoubleTree Hotel Dulles Airport - Sterling, 21611 Atlantic Blvd., Sterling, VA

20166. Tel: 1-703-230-0077, Fax: 1-703-230-0078. $69(!!)Rooms. Direct link for hotel registration by 10/24 available on tournament website as well as directions. Prizes: Open: $570-350-240 (G); Top X/AUnr/B/C/D/U1200 each $200, Top Upset Prize (1) for Rd1-($25), Rd2-($30), Rd3-($35) and Rd4-($50). Reg.: Saturday Nov 5: 8:30 am9:45am. Rounds: Sat 10-230-7, Sunday 10-3:30p. One 1/2 pt bye allowed, must commit to byes before Rd 1, and are irrevocable after play starts. EF: $50 if rec'd by, $60 at site or after 10/31. VCF Membership Req'd for VA Residents ($10-Adults, $5 U19). Ent: Michael Atkins, PO Box 6138, Alexandria, VA 22306. Make checks to: "Virginia Chess". Email: [email protected], but NO e-mail entries, just information. Web: www.vachess.org/nova.htm. W, NS, FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP. Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, Florida Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced) 10th Annual Turkey Bowl 5SS, G/120, (2-day Option Rd. 1 G/60). Universal Palms Hotel, 4900 Powerline Rd., Ft. Lauderdale. $$6,500 b/200 paid entries, 60% min. Gtd. Open: $1,000/Trophy-600-400-200, U2300 $100. U2100: $500/Trophy300-150, U1950 $100. U1800: $500/Trophy-300-150, U1650 $100. U1500: $500/Trophy-300-150, U1350 $100. U1200: $500/Trophy-300-150, U1050100. U950: Trophies for 1st to 4th, Medals for all others. Unr. may enter Open, U1200 or U950 only. EF: $69 by Nov. 8, $10 more later and on-site, GMs & IMs free ($69 deducted from prize). U950 section $30 by Nov. 8, $10 more later and on-site. Re-entry cash prize sections $35. Reg.: ends 1/2 hr before 1st rd. Rds.: 3-Day 1st Rd. Fri. 7:30, 2-Day 1st Rd. Sat 10, Rds. 2-5 Sat. 1:15, 6:30, Sun. 9:30, 2:30. 2 1/2 pt. byes, if req'd before rd. 2. HR: $69 by Cut-off Date, 954-776-4880. Ent: Boca Raton Chess Club, 2385 Executive Ctr. Dr., Ste. 100, Boca Raton, FL 33431. Online entry & add'l info: www.bocachess.com, 561-479-0351. FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP for G/120 rds. Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, Ohio Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced) 20th annual Kings Island Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Kings Island Resort, 5691 Kings Island Drive (I-71, 6 mi north of I-275), Mason, OH 45040. Free parking. $$ 30,000 based on 350 paid entries (re-entries & $60 off entries count as half entries); minimum $24,000 (80% of each prize) guaranteed.

Shore HS Chess League PO Box 773 Lincroft, NJ 07738 [email protected]

San Diego Chess Club 2225 Sixth Avenue San Diego, CA 92101, 619-239-7166 [email protected] http://sdchessclub.multiply.com

New Jersey State Chess Federation c/o Roger Inglis, 49-A Mara Rd. Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 973-263-8696, [email protected] www.njscf.org

Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis 4657 Maryland Avenue St. Louis, MO 63108. 314-361-CHESS [email protected] www.stlouischessclub.org

New York City Chess Inc c/o Russell Makofsky 230 Thompson Street New York, NY 10012, 212-475-8130 [email protected] www.chessnyc.com

Continental Chess Association PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. 845-496-9658 [email protected] www.chesstour.com

North American Chess Association 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113 Skokie, IL 60077, 888.80.Chess [email protected] www.nachess.org

Dallas Chess Club 200 S. Cottonwood Dr. Suite C Richardson, TX 75080 972-231-2065 [email protected] www.dallaschess.com

PaperClip Pairings c/o J. Houghtaling Jr & Remy Ferrari 6005 Forest Blvd Brownsville, TX 78526, 956-459-2421 [email protected]

International Chess Academy (NJ) 28 Canterbury Lane New Milford, NJ 07646 201-287-0250 [email protected], www.icanj.net

Texas Tech University SPICE Box 45080 Lubbock, TX 79409 806-742-7742 [email protected] www.SPICE.ttu.edu Tri-State Chess The Chess Exchange 325 East 88th Street New York, NY 10128 212-289-5997 [email protected] www.TriStateChess.com Village Chess Shop of NYC c/o Michael Propper 230 Thompson Street New York, NY 10012 212-475-9580 [email protected] www.chess-shop.com Western PA Youth Chess Club Attn: Jerry Meyers 4101 Windsor Street Pittsburgh, PA 15217 412-422-1770 [email protected] www.youthchess.net

SILVER AFFILIATES Bay Area Chess (CA) www.BayAreaChess.com

Indiana State Chess Association www.indianachess.org

Oklahoma Chess Foundation www.OKchess.org

Beverly Hills Chess Club (CA) www.bhchessclub.com

Long Island Chess Nuts (NY) 516-739-3907

Silver Knights (PA) www.silverknightschess.com

En Passant Chess Club (TX) [email protected]

Marshall Chess Club (NY) www.marshallchessclub.org

Sparta Chess Club (NJ) www.spartachessclub.org

Michigan Chess Association www.michess.org uschess.org

Nov. 12, Connecticut Grand Prix Points: 15 2011 Greater New Haven Fall Open $$1000 b/30 *Open, U1600, 4/SS, G/60. Rds.: 9-11:30-2-4. Rds.: 1 & 2 accl'rtd prngs. U1200, U1000, U800/UNR 5SS, G/30, Rds.: 10am then ASAP. Hopkins School, 986 Forest Rd., New Haven, CT 06515. www.hopkins.edu/ admissions/directions/. $$GTD: Open: $300, $200, $100, $100, 6x$50. Trophies to top five U1600, U1200, U1000, U800/Unrated.Top 3 Scholastic Teams! EF: $40 by 11/7, $70 at site. Reg.: 8:30-9:30, $5 CSCA Memb. req'd, OSA. Ent: Educational Technologies, PO Box 777, Orange, CT 06477. For more info or register online at www.edutechchess.com or www.CTChess.com.

GOLD & SILVER

GOLD AFFILIATES Cajun Chess 7230 Chadbourne Drive New Orleans, LA 70126 504-208-9596 [email protected] www.cajunchess.com

In 7 sections: Open: $3000-1500-800-600-400, 1st on tiebreak $200 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1600-800. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500400-300. Under 1900: $2000-1000-500-400-300. Under 1700: $20001000-500-400-300. Under 1500: $1800-900-500-300-200. Under 1250: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1000: $800-400-300-200-100. Unrated prize limits: U1000 $150, U1250 $300, U1500 $500, U1700 $700, U1900 $900. Balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 6 sections EF: 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by 11/3, all $115 online at chesstour.com by 11/8, $120 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 11/8 (entry only, no questions), $130 at site. EF for all in Under 1000 Section and unrated in Under 1250 Section: all $60 less. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life 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. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Byes: OK all; Open must commit by rd 2, others by rd 3. HR: $64-64, 800-727-3050, 513-398-0115, reserve by 10/21 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Car rental is easiest & cheapest transportation from Cincinnati Airport. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: www.chesstour. com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.

AFFILIATES GOLD

Any affiliate that has submitted at least 50 USCF memberships during the current or previous calendar year, or is the recognized State Affiliate, is eligible to become a Gold Affiliate. Gold Affiliates are honored in a special list in larger type in Tournament Life each month, giving the affiliate name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and website. Gold Affiliation costs $350 per year, and existing affiliates may substract $3 for each month remaining on their regular affiliation, or $20 for each month remaining on their Silver Affiliation. As of August 6, 2007, by paying an annual payment of $500 (instead of $350), Gold Affiliate status may be obtained with no minimum requirement for memberships submitted.

SILVER

Any affiliate that has submitted at least 25 USCF memberships during the current or previous calendar year, or is the recognized State Affiliate, is eligible to become a Silver Affiliate. These affiliates will be recognized in a special list in Tournament Life each month, giving the affiliate name, state, and choice of either phone number, e-mail address, or website. Silver Affiliation costs $150 per year, and existing affiliates may subtract $3 for each month remaining on their regular affiliation. As of August 6, 2007, by paying an annual payment of $250.00 (instead of $150), Silver Affiliate status may be obtained with no minimum requirement for memberships submitted.


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Tournament Life Nov. 12-13 or 13, New York Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) Marshall November Grand Prix! 4-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $50, members $30. $$625 Gtd: 275-150, U2200/unr. $105, U2000 $95. Reg. ends 15 min. before round. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2-day, Rds. 12:305:30PM each day; 1-day, (Rds. 1-2 G/30) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30PM Sun; both merge rd. 3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. FIDE (G/30 not FIDE ratable). www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. Nov. 13, New Jersey Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) Westfield Swiss #70 4 SS, Game/30. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. $500 Guaranteed, $150, $125, $75, under 2150, under 1850 $75 each. EF: $35, $25 members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: 2:30-3:45-5:00-6:30 p.m. A Heritage Event! An American Classic! Nov. 24-27 or 25-27, California, Southern Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced) 47th Annual American Open 8SS, 40/2, SD/1. Doubletree Hotel Anaheim/Orange County. 100 City Dr., Orange, CA 92868. $$50,000 b/o 500 entries, $25,000 gtd. In 6 sections. Open: $5000-2400-1000-300-150, U2400/Unr. $1000-300-150, U2300/Unr. $600-180-150. U2200, U2000, U1800 Each $4000-20001000-300-150. U1600 $3000-1500-700-300-150. U1400/Unr: $2500-1000500-200-150, U1200 $1400-400-150 (not a separate section; U1200s also eligible for U1400 prizes), Unrated: $500-200 (Unrateds in this section eligible for these prizes only). Plus score bonus ($2,000 in chess store gift cards) in addition to any other prizes, every player who finishes with 4-1/2 points or better who didn't place in the money prize wins a $20 gift certificate – redeemable only onsite. EF: $165 if rec'd by 11/12, $20 more after, $50 more for players rated under 2000 playing in Open, U1600 & U1400 save $10, Unrated save $65. All: $50 more at door. No checks at door – cash only, credit card accepted for a $7 fee. SCCF membership $18 required for So Cal residents. 4-day schedule: Reg. closes 11am on 11/24, (Rounds 12:30-7:30, 12:30-7:30, 10:30-5, 10-4:30). 3-day schedule: Reg. closes 9:30am on 11/25, Rounds. 11-2:30-5-8pm (G/60 min), schedules merge in Rd 5 and compete for common prizes.Two byes max with advance notice. CCA minimum ratings and TD discretion used to protect you from improperly rated players. November Rating Supplement used. Lectures and videos. LOW room rates! Five minutes away from DisneylandTheme Park. HR: Mention AAO for $89 single or double, rates may go up after. Call Doubletree (714) 634-4500. Don't be shut out; surrounding hotels in the area may be as high as $199/night; make your reservations early and be sure to ask for the special AAO rates; Doubletree sells out most weekends. Free customer gift bag on check-in. Cutoff for special hotel rate/offer is Oct 26th. Rates may be as high as $119 a night later. RESERVE NOW! Credit card or one night room deposit will be required to hold reservation, may be canceled 72 hours in advance

CONTINENTAL CHESS SCHEDULE Visit our website at www. chesstour. com for late news, results, games, CCA minimum ratings, advance entries, and more! Most tournaments have alternate schedules playing less or more days than listed below. Asterisk means full details in this issueotherwise, see future issues or our website. 9/16-18: Louisville Open, Louisville KY* 10/6-10: Continental Class Champs, Arlington VA* 10/10: Continental Under 1600, Arlington VA* 10/14-16: Midwest Class, Wheeling IL* 10/21-23: Boardwalk Open, Asbury Park NJ* 10/30: Capital Region Open, Schenectady NY* 11/4-6: Eastern Team Championship, Stamford CT* 11/11-13: Kings Island Open, Mason OH* 11/25-27: National Chess Congress, Philadelphia PA* 12/9-11: New England Senior, Windsor Locks CT* 12/9-11: New England Amateur, Windsor Locks CT* 12/10-11: New England Scholastics, Windsor Locks CT* 12/26-29: North American Open, Las Vegas NV* 12/27-29: Empire City Open, New York NY* 1/13-16: Liberty Bell Open, Philadelphia PA* 1/13-16: Golden State Open, Concord CA* 3/2-4: Eastern Class Championshipos, Sturbridge MA 3/3-4: New York State Scholastics, Saratoga Springs NY 3/9-11: Western Class Championships, Agoura Hills CA 3/16-18: Mid-America Open, St Louis MO 3/16-18: Long Island Open, Ronkonkoma NY 3/30-4/1: Southern Class, Orlando FL 4/4-8: Philadelphia Open, Philadelphia PA 5/4-6: Western Team Championship, Los Angeles CA 5/24-28: Chicago Open, Wheeling IL 6/28-7/2: Philadelphia International, Philadelphia PA 7/4-8: World Open, Philadelphia PA 7/20-22: Chicago Class, Wheeling IL 7/20-22: Pacific Coast Open, Agoura Hills CA

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without penalty. Parking only $6. Info: organizing club - Chess Palace 714899-3421, [email protected]. Ent: American Open, 5246 Lampson Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92845 or www.americanopen.org. NS, W, F. Chess Magnet School JGP. Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, Michigan Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced) 2011 Motor City Open with Co-Sponsorship from Michigan Chess Festival, LLC. 6-SS (5SS in U1000 Section). 4 Sections: OPEN, U1800, U1400, U1000. OK to play up. Top Section FIDE-Rated. Prize Fund: $8,000. 80% Guaranteed! TOURNAMENT SITE: CROWNE PLAZA-AUBURN HILLS (Directions and Lodging Info below). All Sections except U1000 have 2-Day & 3-Day Schedules. No Re-Entries in OPEN or U1000 Sections. Up to three 1/2-pt. byes available; must be requested before start of RD 4. Sections merge after RD 3. Unrated eligible ONLY for Overall prizes in ALL sections; can play in any section. USCF and a STATE memberships required; can be purchased on site. EF BY MON., 11/21 (add $10 after): OPEN SECTION: IM's and GM's Free ($100 EF deducted from prize): 3DAY: $103. 2-DAY: $102. No Re-Entries Allowed. U1800 SECTION: 3-DAY: $83. 2-DAY: $82. Re-Entries: $40. U1400 SECTION: 3-DAY: $63. 2-DAY: $62. Re-Entries: $30. U1000 SECTION (1-Day 0nly): $30. TL: OPEN, U1800, U1400 Sections: 3-Day Schedule: 40/120, SD/30. 2Day Schedule: RDS. 1-3, G-45; RDS. 4-6, 40/120, SD/30. U1000 Section: 1-Day Schedule Only: G-30. REG.: 3-Day Schedule: Fri, 11/25, 8:3010:00am. 2-Day Schedule: Sat, 11/26, 8:30-10:00am. RDS.: 3-Day Schedule: Fri, 12, 6. Sat, 11, 6. Sun, 10, 3:30. 2-Day Schedule: OPEN, U1800, U1400 Sections: Sat, 11, 1, 3, 6. Sun, 10, 3:30. U1000 Section (5-SS): Sat, 11, 1, 2:30, 4, 6. Cell Phone and Headphone Rules Posted at Site. IM or GM Lecture on Sat, 11/26, 5:00-6:00pm ($10). $$8,000 OVERALL (80% guar.), OPEN: $3,300 (b/46): 1st-2nd-3rd, $1,200-$700-$500;TOP U2200, U2000, U1800/UNR: $300 EACH. U1800: $2,400 (b/40): 1st-2nd-3rd, $800-$450-$300; 1st-2nd, U1600, $250$175; 1st-2nd U1400/UNR, $250-$175. U1400: $1,750 (b/40): 1st-2nd-3rd, $450-$350-$250; 1st-2nd U1200, $225-$125; 1st-2nd U1000/UNR, $225-$125. U1000: $550 (b/24): 1st-2nd-3rd, $200-$120$80; T0P U800, U600/UNR, $75 EACH. Biggest Upset in Each section: Choice of Mechanical or Quartz Clock! Chief Sr. TD: Ed Mandell. Bring boards, pieces, clocks! Directions & Lodging: CROWNE PLAZAAUBURN HILLS, 1500 Opdyke, Auburn Hills, MI 48326, located off I-75 at Exit 79 (University Drive).Turn left over overpass, right at the first light (Opdyke). Go 1/2 block down. Go online at www.cpauburnhills.com for reservations or call toll-free at 1-800-593-5434. Ask for MCO chess rate ($79) by 11/14 for this great rate! Info, Ent: Ed Mandell (586) 5584790, All The King's Men Chess and Brain Games, 27170 Dequindre Rd., Warren, MI 48092. Fax (586) 558-2046. Ed's Cell (248) 635-2375. Email: [email protected]. Web: www.allthekingsmenchess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! An American Classic! Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, Pennsylvania Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced) 42nd annual National Chess Congress 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50). Trophy sections play separate 2-day schedule only, 11/26-27 (not 11/27-28), G/65 (rds 1-2 G/50). Sheraton Hotel Philadelphia City Center, 17th & Race Sts., Philadelphia 19103. $30,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND. In 10 sections. Premier, open to all rated 2000/above and juniors under 18 rated 1800/above. $3000-1500-700-400-200, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, U2400/Unr $1400-700. FIDE. Under 2200: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 2000: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1800: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1600: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1400: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1200: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1000: Trophies to top 8. Under 800:Trophies to top 8. Under 600:Trophies to top 8; unrated age 15/over may not enter Under 600. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 in U1400, $500 in U1600, $700 in U1800, or $900 in U2000. Student/Alumni trophies to top 5 teams of 4 (regardless of section) representing any U.S. college, HS or pre-HS players attend or have graduated from. Top 7 sections entry fee: 3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by 11/17, all $109 online at chesstour.com by 11/21, $115 phoned by 11/21 (406-896-2038, no questions), $130 at site. GMs free, $100 deducted from prize. Re-entry $60, not available in Premier. Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600 entry fee: $27 mailed by 11/17, $28 online at chesstour.com by 11/21, $35 phoned by 11/21 (406-896-2038, no questions), $40 at tmt. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Mailed EF $3 less to PSCF members. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper 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. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 11 am, rds. Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day top 7 sections schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat 10, 12:45, 3:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600 schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am, rds Sat 10, 12:45 & 3:30, Sun 10, 1 & 4. Half point byes OK all rounds; limit 3, Premier must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $97-97-97-97, reserve by 11/11 or rate may increase. Parking at hotel $10/day with guest room, $20 without; garage next to hotel may be about $10. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, 845-496-9658. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Nov. 25-27, Tennessee Grand Prix Points: 6 52nd Mid-South Open 5SS, G/120, $1,200 Prizes based on 60 entries. Greater Memphis Chess Center, 5796 Shelby Oaks Dr., Suite 11, Memphis,TN 38134. EF: $40 ($35 for MCC and GMCC members). Prizes: 1st $450, 2nd $300, 3rd $150,Top U1800, U1600, U1400: $100 each. Rounds: 3-day option: Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm, Sun 9am & 2pm. 2-day option: Sat 9am, 2pm & 7pm; Sun 9am & 2pm. Register online: www.memphischess.com or by mail:

Memphis Chess Club Inc., PO Box 17864, Memphis,TN 38187-0864. Onsite registration: Fri 5:30-6:30pm or Sat 7:30-8:30am. TD: gpylant@ gmail.com, (901) 359-8616. Chess Magnet School JGP. An American Classic! Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, Nevada Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced) 21st annual North American Open (note reduced hotel rates) 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Bally's Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd. S, Las Vegas, NV 89103. $$ 120,000 based on 600 paid entries. Seniors, re-entries & GMs count as half entries, unrateds in U1250 or U1500 as 1/4, else in proportion; $90,000 minimum (75% each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800600-500-400-400, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak bonus $200, top Under 2500/Unr $2500-1200. FIDE. Under 2300: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900800-600-500-400-400. Under 2100: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900-800-600500-400-400, no unrated may win over $2500. Under 1900: $70004000-2000-1200-900-800-600-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $1800. Under 1700: $6000-3000-1600-1000-800-700-600-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $1200. Under 1500: $5000-2500-1400-1000800-700-600-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $800. Under 1250: $4000-2000-1300-900-700-600-500-400-300-300, top Under 1000 $1000, no unrated may win over $400. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26 games played as of 12/11 list may not win over $1500 U1250, $2500 U1500 or U1700. Games rated too late for 12/11 list not counted. 2) If official rating was more than 30 points over section maximum any month 12/10-11/11, prize limit $1500. 3) Balance of any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Mailed EF: 4-day $244, 3-day $243 mailed by 10/15, 4-day $274, 3-day $273 mailed by 12/15. Online EF: $245 at chesstour.com or entry.cc by 10/15, $275 by 12/20, $300 12/21 until two hours before round 1. Phoned EF: $280 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 12/20 (no questions). No phone entry after 12/20. EF at site: $300. Special EF: Seniors 65/over except unrated in U1250 or U1500, $130 less. Reentry $120; not available in Open Section. GMs $150 from prize. EF for unrated in U1250 or U1500: 4-day $54, 3-day $53 if mailed by 12/15, $55 online at chesstour.com by 12/20, $60 phoned by 12/20 (406-8962038, entry only, no questions), $70 at site. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Special 1 year USCF dues with 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. 4-day reg. ends 12/26 5 pm, rds 12/26 6 pm, 12/27 11 & 6, 12/28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. 3-day reg. ends 12/27 10 am, rds 12/27 11 am, 2:30 pm & 6 pm, 12/28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 4, limit 2 in last 4 rounds; Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: Rated lowered to $65-65 for Dec. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, $95 Dec. 24, 800833-3308, 702-739-4111, rate may increase if not reserved by 11/22, all rooms in chess block may sell out about 11/7. Free parking (garage at adjacent Paris Las Vegas Hotel is most convenient). Car rental: for special Avis rate reserve car through chesstour.com or call 800-331-1600, use AWD #657633. Foreign player ratings: Usually 100 points added to FIDE, 100 to FQE, 200/more to most other foreign, no pts added to CFC or Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not accepted for U1900 or below. Highest of multiple ratings usually used. Players who fail to disclose foreign or FIDE ratings may be expelled. US player ratings: December list used; FIDE ratings not used. Special rules: In round 3 or after, players with scores of 80% or more and their opponents may not use headphones, earphones, or cellphones or go to a different floor of the hotel without Director permission, and must submit to a search for electronic devices if requested by Director. Blitz & Quick side events to be announced. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! Dec. 27-29 or 28-29, New York Grand Prix Points: 60 (enhanced) 30th annual Empire City Open 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50). New Yorker Hotel, 481Eighth Ave at 34th St, across from Penn Station, New York 10001. $10,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 5 sections. Open: $1000-500-300-150, clear or tiebreak 1st $50, top 2200-2299 $500, top U2200/Unr $500. FIDE. Under 2100: $800-400-200-100, top U1900 $500. Under 1800: $800-400-200100, top U1600 $400. Under 1500: $700-400-200-100, top U1300 $300. Under 1200: $600-300-150-100, top U1000 $250. Unrated may not win over $200 in U1200, $300 U1500, or $500 U1800. EF: 3-day $98, 2-day $97 if check mailed by 12/18, $99 online at www.chesstour.com by 12/23, $105 phoned by 12/23 (406-896-2038, no questions), $120 at site. No mailed credit card entries. GMs free ($90 from prize). EF for unrated in U1200 or U1500: $50 less. All: Re-entry $50, not available in Open. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.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 Tue 10:30 am. Rds. Tue 11 & 6, Wed 11 & 6, Thu 10 & 4:30. 2-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Wed 9:30 am. Rds. Wed 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Thu 10 & 4:30. Half point byes available all rounds, limit 2 byes, Open must commit before rd. 2, others before rd 4. HR: $229-229, 1-800-764-4680, 212-971-0101, reserve by 5 pm 12/13 or rate will increase, ask for Continental Chess Association rate. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-569-9969. Advance entries posted at www.chesstour.com. Bring set, clock, board-none supplied. Chess Magnet School JGP. Dec. 29, Nevada Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced) North American Blitz (QC) 5-SS, G/5 (double round, 10 games). Bally's Las Vegas (see North American Open). $$G 2500. In 2 sections: Open: $400-200-150, top U2300/Unr $240-120, U2100 $220-110. Under 1900: $300-150-100, top U1700 $180-100, U1500 $150, U1300 $80. EF: $40, no checks, enter at site only. Quick-rated, but higher of regular or quick USCF rating used for pairings, prizes. Reg. ends 10:15 pm, rds. 10:45-11:30-12:15-12:45-1:15. Bye: 1.

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Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, California, Northern Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced) 3rd annual Golden State Open 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds. 1-2 G/75, 2-day option, rds. 1-4 G/40). No 2-day Open Section. Concord Hilton Hotel, 1970 Diamond Blvd., Concord, CA 94520 (I-680 Willow Pass Rd exit). Free shuttle between hotel and Concord BART station, free parking, many restaurants within walking distance. Prizes $30,000 based on 290 paid entries (re-entries & $70 off entries count as half entries), minimum guarantee $21,000 (70% of each prize). In 5 sections. Open, open to all. $2000-1200-800-700-600500, clear or tiebreak winner $100, top U2300/Unr $1000-500, top U2200/Unr $800-400. FIDE. Under 2100: $1500-1000-800-600-500400, top U1900 $800-400. Under 1800: $1500-1000-800-600-500-400, top U1600 $800-400. Under 1500: $1200-800-600-500-400-400, top U1300 $700-400. Under 1200: $1200-800-600-500-400-400, top U1000 $500. Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) may enter any section, with maximum prize U1200 $300, U1500 $500, U1800 $700, EF: 4-day $129, 3-day $128, 2-day $127 mailed by 1/5, all $130 online at chesstour.com by 1/10, $135 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 1/10 (entry only, no questions), $150 at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF $70 less to unrated in U1200 or U1500 section. All: Special 1 yr USCF dues with paper 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 (except Open) $60. Mailed EF $5 less to CalChess members. 4-day schedule: Late reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule: Late reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Late reg. ends Sun 9:30 am, rds Sun 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm, 3:45 pm & 6 pm, Mon 10 am & 4:30 pm. No 2-day Open Section. Byes: OK all, limit 3, limit 2 in last 4 rounds; Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Foreign player ratings: See chesstour.com. HR: $99-99-109, 925-827-2000, reserve by 12/30 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Questions: chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Ent: Continental Chess, c/o Goichberg, Box 661776, Arcadia, CA 91066. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, Pennsylvania Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced) 44th annual Liberty Bell Open 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3 day option, rds 1-2 G/70; 2 day, rds 1-4 G/35). No 5 minute deduction for delay clocks. U900 Section plays 1/15-16only, G/35, no 5 minute deduction. Sheraton City Center Hotel, 17th & Race Sts., Philadelphia 19103. $$20,000 b/320 paid entries (U900 Section or unrated count as 1/3, U1100 & U1300 2/3, GMs 1/2), else in proportion, except minimum 70% of each prize guaranteed. In 2006 to 2011, the tournament had over 320 paid entries each year and the $20,000 projected

prize fund was increased in proportion. In 9 sections. Open: $17001000-500-300-200, 1st clear or on tiebreak $100 bonus, top Under 2400 $800. FIDE. Under 2300: $1000-600-400-300-200. FIDE. Under 2100: $1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1900: $1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1700: $1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1500: $900-500-400-300-200. Under 1300: $600-300-200-150-100. Under 1100: $600-300-200-150100. Under 900: $200-100-60-40, trophies to top 10. Unrated may enter any section, but may not win over $100 in U900, $200 in U1100, $300 U1300, $500 U1500, or $700 U1700. Top 6 sections EF: 4 day $99, 3 day $98, 2 day $97 if check mailed by 1/5, all $100 online at chesstour.com by 1/9, $105 phoned by 1/9 (406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) atsite. GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. U1300, U1100 Sections EF: All $30 less than top 6 sections. EF for U900, or unrated in U1100 or U1300: $32 mailed by 1/5, $33 online by 1/9, $35 phoned by 1/9, $40 at site. All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. No mailed credit card entries. Special 1 yr USCF dues with 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 $15. Mailed entry $3 less to PSCF members. Re entry (except Open Section) $80. 4-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 &4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sun 9 am, rds Sun 10, 12, 2, 4 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. Under 900 schedule: Reg. ends Sun. 9 am, rds Sun 10, 12, 2 & 4, Mon 10, 12 & 2. Bye: all, limit 3, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $99-99-99-99, 215-448-2000, reserve by 12/30 or rate may increase. Parking: $10/day chess rate with guest room at Sheraton, $20/day chess rate without guest room, parking lot 1 block from hotel may be much less than $20. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD#D657633 or reserve through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP (except Under 900).

Rds at 9:30AM, 1:30PM, 6PM. Sun. 9AM, 2PM. 2-Day Rds 1-2, G/90 and merges into 3-Day G/90+30s at rd. 3. Scholastic: Rounds: 9:30, 10:45, 1, 2:30, 4:00 each day. All games G/30. Up to 2 half point byes upon req. before rd 1 in all sections. Southern Rocky Blitz Tournament. Sun. 6:30PM, 5DSS, G/5, 80% paid based on entries. ENT: Wired Kings CC; 12004 Prospect Ave. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112. HR: $71 505-9442599 Hilton Homewood Suites – ABQ Airport, available until 2/1/12 or room block full. GM Khachiyan and GM Yermolinsky Simuls and Lectures - Thu. and Fri. at 3:30p and 6:30p. Thursday events at rec'd hotel. Online Entry & add'l info: www.SouthernRockyOpen.com, WiredKingsCC@ gmail.com, 505-550-4654. NS NC W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, New Mexico Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced) Southern Rocky Fide Open 5SS, G/90+30s inc. University of New Mexico - Student Union Building, Albuquerque, NM 87131. USCF Membership required - available onsite. Prizes: $5,275 Guaranteed, $6,000 projected in 6 sections. Open (FIDE Rated): (G/$) $1,500-800-500, U2400 $200, U2200 $200-100, U2000 $200-100. Reserve (U1800): (G/$) $600-300-200, U1600 $15075. Booster (U1400): $$350, (B/35) $200-100, U1200 $75, U1000 $75. Unrated: (B/20) $150+Trophy-100-75. 1-Day Scholastics Sat. & Sunday (K-9, U1200). Trophies 1st-5th, 1st K-6, K-3, & 1st 2-day score. EF (if by 1/23): Open $79, Res. $49, Booster $35, Unr. $25. $10 late fee after 1/23, $20 after 2/16 or at site. Free Entry for GM/IM/WGM. Scholastic $15/Day - $25/Both days. 3-Day Schedule: Fri. (Reg: 5-5:30PM) Rds at 6PM; Sat. 10AM, 6PM. Sun. 9AM, 2PM. 2-Day: Sat. (Reg: 8:30-9AM)

Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 21st annual North American Open (NV) See Grand Prix.

Regional Alabama Sep. 16-18, 58th Annual Alabama State Chess Championship See Grand Prix.

Arizona Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) See Grand Prix. Oct. 8-9, Steve Stubenrauch Memorial Chess Tournament for National Chess Day Weekend 5SS, 20/1, SD/1 for Open Section, 80% of Entry Fees will be returned as prize money. Scholastic Sections, Game/40 with no entry fees (unless registering on the day of the tournament - then $10) Sections: K-1, K-3, K-6, K-9, HS. On Saturday, 5 rounds. On Sunday another free 5 round scholastic tournament with K-3, K-6, K-9, HS. Location: Killip Elem, Flagstaff AZ. Entry Fee for the open is $50 with IM and GM free. For more information and a PDF copy of the flyer go to: www.arizonachess.org or email [email protected] or by phone at 928-300-3781. Hotel information will be on the flyer. Chess Magnet School

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Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open (NM) See Grand Prix.

California Northern Capital City Chess Club Monthly (Sundays) LOCATION: Thee Upper Crust Pizza, "13th" & "K", Sacramento. TOURNAMENT/ENTRY FEES: Open Swisses, Quick ($3) & Slow (&$15). GUARANTEED: 100% Return in Cash & Plaques. SCHEDULE: Sundays 11am-4pm. DETAILS: capitalcitychessclub.com. DIRECTOR: John C. Barnard (209) 450-6133. Sept. 10, San Jose Quads Trophies: Players w/winning record. Check-in 4p. Games: 4:30-6:30p.

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Tournament Life 3xG/30. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95101. EF: Pre-reg $25, Onsite $40. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. NC. Sept. 10, San Jose Swiss Trophies: Players w/winning record & teams with 2+ players. Medals to others. Games: 10a-2p. 3 Sections: u500, u900, 900+. u900: 5xg30, 900+: 4xg45. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95101. EF: Pre-reg $33, Onsite $48. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. NC. Sept. 24-25, Exchange Bank Open See Grand Prix. Oct. 1, 2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship See Nationals. Oct. 2, 2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship See Nationals. Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) See Grand Prix. Oct. 8, San Jose Quads Trophies: Players w/winning record. Check-in 4p. Games: 4:30-6:30p. 3xG/30. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95101. EF: Pre-reg $25, Onsite $40. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. NC. Oct. 8, San Jose Swiss Trophies: Players w/winning record & teams with 2+ players. Medals to others. Games: 10a-2p. 3 Sections: u500, u900, 900+. u900: 5xg30, 900+: 4xg45. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95101. EF: Pre-reg $33, Onsite $48. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. NC. Oct. 29-30, 2011 U.S. Junior Chess Congress See Nationals. Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 21st annual North American Open (NV) See Grand Prix. Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, 3rd annual Golden State Open See Grand Prix.

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LA CHESS CLUB www.LAChessClub.com. Saturdays: 10AM-10 PM (Novice Class & 3 Tournaments). Sundays: 12-6 & 1-4 PM (Beginner class & 2 Tournaments) - Details on our web site. Tuesdays: 7:30-9:30 PM (Intermediate/Advance Lecture). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025 * (310) 795-5710. (4 blocks 405 West, Santa Monica& Butler * 2nd Floor). Private (1:1) Lessons * Group Classes * Tournaments. Sept. 3&4, 10&11, 17&18, LACC - Sat & Sun G/61 6SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA. 2nd fl. EF: $45 ($35 memb). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free at BoA and streets ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710 or [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 3-5, 33rd Annual Southern California Open See Grand Prix. Sept. 3, 10, 17, LACC - Saturday G/61 3SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 2nd fl. ($320 b/20), $100/50/30; U1800-1200:$50/40/30/20. EF: $25 ($20 memb, $10 no prizes). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Parking: basement ($3). Info: 310/795-5710. Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24, LACC - 10 Blitz (G/5) Saturday Night (QC) 5DSS, G/5 (10 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd , LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blks W 405. EF: $10. Q-rated. Reg.: 8-9 pm. Rds.: 9, 9:20, 9:40, 10, 10:20. Prizes: 1/2 EF. Parking: Free at BoA & streets ($3 basement). Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24, LACC - LA Masters G/30 3SS, G/30. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 2nd Fl. 4 blks W 405. EF: $30 ($20 memb). Reg.: 5-6 pm. Rds.: 6, 7, 8 pm. Prizes: ($180 b/10, 75%); Parking: Free at BoA ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710. Sept. 4, LACC - September Quick Championship (QC) 5DSS, G/10 (10 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blks W 405. EF: $30($25 LACC memb, $5 off siblings, Free new LACC memb; $10 no prizes). Q-rated. Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free at BoA and streets ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710 or [email protected].

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Sept. 4, 11, 18, LACC - Sunday G/61 3SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 2nd fl. ($320 b/20), $100/50/30; U1800-1200: $50/40/30/20. EF: $25 ($20 memb, $10 no prizes). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Parking: Free at BoA. Info: 310/795-5710. Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, LACC - Every Sunday Chess 4 Jrs. 4 separate events - 2 Sections: 1000+ & U1000, 4SS, G/30. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blocks W 405. EF: $25 ($20 LACC memb, $10 off siblings, Free new LACC memb). Reg.: 12-1 pm. Rds.: 1, 2, 3, 4 pm. Prizes:Trophies (Top 3) & Medals (rest); each player receives a prize! Parking: Free at BoA and streets. Free snacks & free class (121). Info: (310) 795-5710 or [email protected]. Sept. 11, LACC - September Blitz Championship (QC) 7DSS, G/5 (14 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blks W 405. EF: $30($25 LACC memb, $5 off siblings, Free new LACC memb; $10 no prizes). Q-rated. Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free at BoA and streets ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710 or [email protected]. Sept. 24, Victorville Quads 13393 Mariposa Road, Victorville, CA 92395. Reg.: 9:30 A.M. Rds.: 10, 1, 3 pm. EF: $10. Winner: $30/quad. INFO: [email protected] or 760-245-6598. Sept. 24-25, LACC - September Amateurs & Masters Open 6SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. 2 sections: Masters & Amateurs (U1800). EF: $60 at the door ($55 if received by 9/23); $50 LACC members ($45 if received by 8/19); Siblings $15 off, $30 new LACC members, Free new LACC Life members! 20% off EF for each friend you bring in. Reg.: Sat 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Byes: Up to three 1/2-point byes available. 1-Day option I: Play 1 day- no 1/2 pt byes- 1/2 EF. 1-Day option II: Play 1 day & receive three 1/2 pt byesfull EF. Prizes: ($1000 b/20), $250/125/75; U1800:$150/75; U1600:$10050; U1400:$75-25: U1200: $50-25. Parking: Building basement ($3). Info: 310/795-5710 or [email protected] or www.LAChessClub.com. Ent: Checks/Credit Cards ok. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 25, Beverly Hills Chess Club Open (30 Entrants Max) 3-SS, G/90. Bring Clocks! BHCC, 8950 W. Olympic Blvd., #210, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. (Free Parking). Prizes: 75% of EF (1st/2nd: 30%, 20% - Under 1600: 1st/2nd: 15%, 10%) $300 Gtd! Reg.: 12:30-12:45. Rds.: 1, 4, 7pm. EF: $40 rec'd 2 days prior, $50 onsite (Cash) - SCCF Mem $5 off - BHCC Mem $20 off. Reg.: www.bhchessclub.com, 310-274-7873 (V/MC). [email protected]. Info: Dr. Robert Minoofar. Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open See Grand Prix. Nov. 24-27 or 25-27, 47th Annual American Open See Grand Prix. Nov. 26 or 26-27, 2011 American Open Scholastic Doubletree Anaheim/Orange County, 100 City Dr., Orange, CA 92868. Hotel rate $89 only. Main Event: Brand new netbook prize for each Varsity champion and Saitek chess computer prize for each Junior Varsity winner. Trophies to top 10 players and top 3 teams, in each section. Finalist medals to all above-mean scorers. 9 Sections based on grade and rating: Varsity K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12; Junior Varsity K-1, K-3 rated U600, K-6 rated U800, K-9 rated U1000, K-12 rated U1200. Pre-Registration only (onsite reg. pay more and receive 1st round bye): Round Times: Saturday & Sunday 9am, 12:15, 3:15pm for Varsity sections; and Saturday 9, 10:45, 12:15, 1:45, 3:15pm for Junior Varsity sections. Time Controls: All rounds will be G/75 for Varsity and G/30 for Junior Varsity sections. EF by 10/26: Varsity $55, Junior Varsity $35, after late fees may apply. Play-up +$5. Register in advance by 10/15 save $5. Limited space for onsite reg +$30! Side events: Blitz (Fri Reg: 5:30-6pm, Games 6:30-8:30p) and Bughouse (Sat Registration: 5:30-6pm, Games 6:30-8:30p) in 3 sections (K-3, 4-6, 7-12). EF: Blitz $15, Bughouse $15. USCF Membership required for all sections. November 2011 Supplement &TD discretion to place players accurately. National Tournament Director: Randall Hough. More info, register online & flyer: americanopen.org/scholastic.htm. Inquire: [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP for Varsity Sections. Dec. 9-11, 2011 National Youth Action (West) See Nationals. Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 21st annual North American Open (NV) See Grand Prix. Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open (NM) See Grand Prix.

Colorado Oct. 1-2, Tri-Lakes Open 5 Round Swiss System Tournament. TC: All rounds: G/90+30 second increment. Information and Registration: eagleandking.webs.com. Phone: (719) 491-1040. Email: [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open (NM) See Grand Prix.

Connecticut Sept. 24, 5th Saturday Open See Grand Prix. Oct. 22, Southington Double Knockout Open G/1. Comfort Suites, 64 Knotter Dr., Southington, CT. Play until lose lst point in Championship, then continue until lose 2nd point in Consolations. EF: $20, trophies top 4. ALL: EF $10 more at door. Reg.: 8:30-9, Rd 1 at 9am. HR: $89. Ent: Fred Townsend, 11 Cole Dr., Wolcott, CT 06716. [email protected], (203)-879-2009. NS. NC. Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (NOTE ELIGIBILITY & PRIZE CHANGES) 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option,

rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn), 700 Main St., Stamford, CT 06901. Free parking. Open to teams of 4 plus one optional alternate; match point scoring. Average rating of 4 highest rated players must be under 2000, counting 4th highest rating as at least 3th highest rating minus 500. Alternate must be lowest rated on team, but plays the board of the player who is replaced. Except for the alternate, players must play in rating order, so are always on the same board. EF: $300 per team mailed by 10/27 or online by 11/1, $340 at site. Individuals seeking teams: $80 at site, or post on or see CCA Forum at ccaforum.com. $8000 guaranteed prize fund: top teams $2000-1000-600-400, teams averaging under 1700 $1000-500, teams averaging under 1400 $800-400, top on each board $200-100, top alternate $100. Team prizes apportioned to individuals based on number of games played. Unofficial uschess.org ratings used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with 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. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd 2. HR: $89-89, 800-408-7640, 203-358-8400; reserve by 10/21 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, www.ccaforum.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Board 1 is FIDE rated. Nov. 12, 2011 Greater New Haven Fall Open $$1000 b/30 See Grand Prix. Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA) See Grand Prix. Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Amateur 5SS, 40/100, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/70), Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I91Exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking, free airport shuttle. Open to all under 2200 or unrated. Prizes $2000 based on 40 paid entries ($40 off entries & re-entries count half), else in proportion except $1000 minimum guaranteed: In 2 sections. Under 2200: $400-200-100, Under 1950 $250-150. Under 1700: $300-200-100, Under 1450 $180-120, no unrated may win over $150. EF: 3-day $68.50, 2-day $67.50 mailed by 12/1, $70 online at chesstour.com by 12/7, $75 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 12/7 (entry only, no questions), $80 at site. Unrated in U1700 section, $40 less. Reentry $40. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper 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. 3-day late reg. ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5:30 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:45 pm. 2-day late reg. ends Sat. 10:30 am, rds Sat 11 am, 2:15 pm & 5:30 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:45 pm. Half point byes OK all, limit 2, must commit before rd 2. HR: $87-87, 860-627-5311, reserve by 11/25 or rate may increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577 (chesstour.com, [email protected]). Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. $15 service charge for refunds. Chess Magnet School JGP. Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Senior Open 5SS, 40/100, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/70), Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I91 Exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking, free airport shuttle. Open to all born before (not after) 12/12/61; no residence requirements. Prizes $2000 based on 40 paid entries, else in proportion except $1000 minimum guaranteed: $600-300-200, Under 2010/Unr $300, Under 1810/Unr $250, Under 1610/Unr $200, Under 1410 $150. EF: 3-day $68, 2-day $67 mailed by 12/1, $70 online at chesstour.com by 12/7, $75 phoned to 406896-2038 by 12/7 (entry only, no questions), $80 at site. GMs $60 from prize. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry- online at chesstour.com, Adult (under 65) $30, Senior (65/up) $20. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Senior $30. 3-day late reg. ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5:30 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:45 pm. 2-day late reg. ends Sat. 10:30 am, rds Sat 11 am, 2:15 pm & 5:30 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:45 pm. Half point byes OK all, limit 1 bye, must commit before rd 2. HR: $87-87, 860-627-5311, reserve by 11/25 or rate may increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: DirectorAtChess.US. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships 7SS, G/65. Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I-91 Exit 40 to Rt. 20). Free parking, free airport shuttle. Open to all K-12 students; New England titles limited to players & teams from schools in CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, or VT. Team prizes based on top 4 scores from school combined. Teams of 2 or 3 players allowed, but are at a disadvantage. In 5 sections: High School (K-12), Middle School (K-8), Elementary (K-5), Primary (K-2), Scholastic Novice (K-9 under 700 or unrated). Players face only those in their section. EF: HS $42.50, Middle School $42.40, Elem $42.30, Primary $42.20, Scholastic Novice $42.10 if mailed by 12/1, all $43 online at chesstour.com by 12/5, $60 at site. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry- online at chesstour.com, Young Adult (age 24/below) $20, Scholastic (age 12/below) $12. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Young Adult $25, Scholastic $15. Trophies to top 8 players, top 4 teams, top 3 unrated in each section, top D, E, U1000, U800 (HS), E, U1000, U800 (MS), U1000, U800, U600 (Elem), U700, U500, U300 (Primary), U500, U300 (Scholastic Novice). Free entry in all Continental Chess Association Swiss tournaments until 5/15/12 to top New England player each section. Late reg. ends Sat 9 am, rds Sat 10, 1, 3:45 & 6:30, Sun 9, 12 & 2:45. Awards Sun 5:30 pm. Half point byes allowed any round, limit 2 byes, must commit before rd 2. HR: $87-87, 860-627-5311, reserve by 11/25 or rate may increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: chesstour at aol.com,

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www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Include school, grade, birth date, USCF ID, address of each player. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Dec. 27-29 or 28-29, 30th annual Empire City Open (NY) See Grand Prix.

Delaware A State Championship Event! Nov. 19-20, 2011 Delaware State Open Championship Milford Public Library (302)-422-8996, 11 SE Front St., Milford, DE 19963. Time Control (all sections): Rds. 1-3 G/90, Rds. 4&5 G/120. Prizes based on 60 total players, 40 in Open, 20 in U1600. In 2 Sections, Open: 5SS, EF: $45 before 11/18, $50 afterwards. $$: Prizes: 1st $500, 2nd $300, U2100 $150, U1900 $150, U1700 $150, DE Champion trophy to highest placed DE player, Trophy to 1st non-DE player in section. Reserve (U1600): 5SS, Open to 1599 & under. EF: $40 before 11/18, $45 after. Prizes: 1st $250, 2nd $150, U1400 $75, U1200 $75, U1000 $75, Trophy for 1st. ALL: Memb. Req'd: DCA $10,($5 under 18). OSA. Reg.: Sat 8:459:45 am. Rds.: Sat 10, 2, 5:30 Sun 10, 3. Byes: Limit 1. byes in rds4&5 are irrevocable & must be declared by start of Rd3. DCA meeting, 9am Sun. ENT: Kevin Pytel, 604 N. Walnut St., Newport, DE 19804-2624. INFO: [email protected], 302-740-3442. HR: 302-422-4320, Hampton Inn in Milford. www.delawarechess.org. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

District of Columbia Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class Championships (VA) See Grand Prix. Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA) See Virginia.

Florida Boca Raton Chess Club Friday nights, Game 90 Tournament, one game a week for 4 weeks. www.bocachess.com, 561-479-0351. Chess Magnet School JGP. Miami Country Day Grand Prix Series

1:30, 2:45. Ent: CFCC, 921 N. Thistle Ln., Maitland, FL 32751. Info: (407) 629-6946 or www.centralflchess.org. Oct. 8, Chess Initiative National Chess Day Scholastic! Fleming Island Baptist Church, 1871 County Road 220, Fleming Island, FL 32003. Format: Open: 4 rounds G/45. All others: 5 rounds G/30. Nonrated: grades K-3 and 4-6. Players with 10 or more prior rated games not eligible for non-rated sections. Rated: (including unrated and provisionally rated players) Elementary (K-6 only, no rating limit), Reserve (K-12 & U1000) and Open (K-12). USCF membership required. Clocks not provided, players must bring or play without. Awards: Trophies to top players in each section, participation medals to all others. Entry Fee: $20 if postmarked by 9/17, $25 thereafter, no registrations at the door. Send to: Anthony Coleman P.O.Box 8763 Fleming Island, FL 32006. For more info see: www.uschessinitiative.org or call TD Anthony Coleman at 216-272-8474. Oct. 9, Celebrate National Chess Day at The Weiss School 4th Annual Scholastic Located at 4176 Burns Rd., Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410. K-12, 5 Divisions, 5-SS, G/30, Sunday, 10/09/11.Trophies forTop 10 Players andTop 5 Teams in each Division. THE FIRST 100 PAID PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL. For more info see: www.palmbeachchessclub.info or call President/TD John Dockery at 561-762-3377.

Idaho Sept. 24, 2011 Eastern Idaho Open 4SS, G/60 rnds 1 & 2, G/90 rnds 3 & 4. 2 Sections: Open and Reserve (U1400). Site: ISU, Student Un Bldg, Salmon River Suites, 1065 S. 8th St., Pocatello, ID. EF: USCF mem req., $30 (U18 & 60+ $25), by 9/17/11, $35 (all) after. Reg & Ck in: 7:30-8:30 AM 09/24. If not ckd in & pd by 8:30, may not be paired in 1st rnd. RDS.: 9, 11:15, 2, 5:15. 1/2 pt byes: 1 only, Rnd 1-3 only. Must commit to all byes before the round is paired. Prizes: $$ b/30; Open: $200-100-75; Reserve: $75-50-25. HR/ENT/INFO: ICA, % Jay Simonson, 391 Carol Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 83401, 208-206-7667, [email protected], www.idahochessassociation.org. NC. NS. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 8, 2011 Wood River Weekend Progressive - A National Chess Day event! 4SS, Time Control: G/30 Rd 1, G/60 Rd 2, G/90 Rd 3, G/120 Rd 4. 2 Sections: Open and Reserve (U1400). Site: Wood River High School, 1250 Fox Acres Rd., Hailey, ID. USCF mem req., EF by 10/5 $30 (60+ $25), K-12 students $10, $40 entry for all after 10/07. Email entries OK. Register & check in: 8-8:30am 10/08. Rd times: Sat 9am, 10am, 1pm; 4pm. 1/2 pt byes: Max 1, Rds. 1-3 only. Commit before bye rd is paired. Prizes: $$ b/15; Open: $100-75-50; Reserve: $75-50-25, Student: trophies 1st-3rd pl. HR/ENT/INFO: ICA, Contact: Adam Porth, 212 N. 3rd St., Bellevue, ID 83313. 208-450-9048. [email protected], www.idahochessassociation.org. NC, NS, W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 10th Annual Turkey Bowl See Grand Prix.

Illinois

Dec. 9-11, 2011 National Youth Action (East) See Nationals.

Sept. 10, 2011 St. Matthew Chess Championship held by GM YURY SHULMAN, (the 3 times Second place winner for the US Championships 2006, 2010, 2011.) 24500 Old McHenry Rd., Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047. Tel. 847-438-7709. G/30, 5rds, EF: $25 postmarked by 8/28, $30 after, on site $35 before 9:15. REG.: begins at 9:00, Rd. 1 begins 10:00am, no elimination. 4 Sections: Primary K-3, Elementary 4-5, Middle 6-8, HS 9-12 and adults, Nonrated (all grades and adults). TROPHY awards to top 5 individuals in each section, top 3 individuals in each grade K-5, top individuals grade 6-12, top 3 team trophies, top 5 in unrated.Trophy awards at 3:00. ENT: checks payable to "Yury Shulman International Chess School", mail w/registration form to 428 Waverly Rd., Barrington, IL 60010, INFO: email [email protected] or www.shulmanchess.com, Kiran Frey 847-382-5410, GM Yury Shulman 312-375-7475.

Georgia

Scholastic and Non-Scholastic Sections. More info at: www.bocachess.com or call 561-479-0351.

Sept. 24, CFCC Quick-Chess (QC) 4SS, G/29 (G/25, T/D5). Casselberry Chess Club (CCC), Wirz Park, 806 Mark David Blvd., Casselberry, FL 32707. EF: $30, CFCC/CCC mbr $25, Masters free (EF deducted from any prize). $$480 b/25, 160-80-60, Classes B, C, D/under 60 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10, 11:15, break,

Sept. 18, 2011 Atlanta Fall Scholastic 4-SS, G/30. Atlanta Chess Center, 3155A East Ponce de Leon Ave., Scottdale, GA 30079. In 4 sections: High School: 9-12, Middle School: K-8, Elementary: K-6, Primary K-3. EF: $20 if received by 9/16; $25 at site. Trophies to top 4, top unrated each section based on 15. Reg.: 11

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Sept. 23-25 or 24-25, 42nd Annual Southern Congress See Grand Prix.

Oct. 22, CFCC Quick-Chess (QC) 4SS, G/29 (G/25, T/D5). Casselberry Chess Club (CCC), Wirz Park, 806 Mark David Blvd., Casselberry, FL 32707. EF: $30, CFCC/CCC mbr $25, Masters free (EF deducted from any prize). $$480 b/25, 160-80-60, Classes B, C, D/under 60 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10, 11:15, break, 1:30, 2:45. Ent: CFCC, 921 N. Thistle Ln., Maitland, FL 32751. Info: (407) 629-6946 or www.centralflchess.org.

Sept. 17, 2011 Atlanta September Under 1600 4-SS, G/30. Atlanta Chess Center, 3155A East Ponce de Leon Ave., Scottdale, GA 30079. EF: $20 if received by 9/15; $25 at site. $$(b/29); 125-75-50, u1300- 75, u1100- 75. Reg.: 9:30-11 a.m. sharp! Rds.: 11:301-2:30-4. Info: (404)-377-4400 or [email protected]. Enter: Same as above. www.atlantachessclub.com.

Scholastic and Non-Scholastic Sections. More info at www.bocachess.com or call 954-421-8222 or 561-479-0351.

a.m. - 12:30 p.m. sharp! Rds.: 1st at 1 p.m., then as soon as possible. Awards right after last round is completed. Info: (404)-377-4400 or [email protected]. www.atlantachessclub.com. Enter: Same as above.

Sept. 10, Members Only Special Event North Shore Chess Center, 5500 WestTouhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. Open only to members of the North Shore Chess Center.

20th annual Midwest Class Championships October 14-16 or 15-16, 2011 - Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel $20,000 PROJECTED PRIZES, $16,000 MINIMUM GUARANTEED 5-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). At Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 N Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling IL 60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to Milwaukee Ave north; from Milwaukee, I94 to Lake Cook Rd to Milwaukee Ave south). Free parking. In 7 sections. Prizes $20,000 based on 250 paid entries (re-entries and Class E Section count as half entries), else in proportion except $16,000 (80% each prize)minimum guaranteed. Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-500300, clear or tiebreak win $100, U2300 $800-400. FIDE, 100 GPP (enhanced). Expert (2000-2199): $1500-700400-300. Class A (1800-1999/Unr): $1500700-400-300. Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1500700-400-300. Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $1400700-400-200.

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Tournament Life Free simultaneous exhibition and lecture with a local master. Starts at 4pm. Additional questions: [email protected]. For a complete listing of events visit www.nachess.org/events. Sept. 16-18, 7th North American Amateur Open 5R-SS, G/90 + 30/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500 West Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. Open to players with any established FIDE rating or an established USCF rating of 1600+. All participants compete in a single section. EF: $40 for non-members of the chess center, $30 for members of the chess center received by 9/15. All $10 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior to round 1 or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a half-point bye for round 1. Round times: Friday - 7:00pm, Saturday 12pm and 6pm, Sunday 11am and 5pm. Half-point byes available in any round. Prizes: 1st - $60 Best Buy Gift Card, 2nd - $30 Barnes & Noble Gift Card, 3rd $15 Starbucks Gift Card. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with registration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Online registration preferred. Additional questions email to: [email protected]. USCF and FIDE rated. For online registration and list of more events please visit - www.nachess.org/events. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 18, 69th Knights Quest 4ss, Game/30. Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel, 933 Skokie Blvd., Northbrook, IL. Sections: Open (K-12 & Adults), U1400 (K-12 & Adults), U1000 (K-12) & U600 (K-12). Awards: Top five each section, medals all others. EF: Early: $25 postmarked/online by 9/12, $30 after. Rds.: 1 at 1:00 pm, rest ASAP. Ent: Renaissance Knights, PO Box 1074, Northbrook, IL 60065. Online Ent/Info: www.rknights.org, 847-5269025. $5 discount to siblings and team members when registering together. Sept. 25, North Shore Chess Center G/45 4R-SS, G/45 + 10/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500 West Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. EF: $20 for non-members of the chess center, $15 for members of the chess center received by 9/25. All $5 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior to round 1 or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a half-point bye for round 1. Round times: 1pm for round one and then 15 minutes after final game from previous round completed. Half-point byes available in any round. Prizes: Book prizes for top three finishers. Biggest upset (150+ points): Free entry to following month G/45 + book prize. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with registration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Online registration preferred. Additional questions email to: sevan@nachess. org. USCF rated. For online registration and list of more events please visit - www.nachess.org/events. Oct. 1, Members Only Special Event North Shore Chess Center, 5500 WestTouhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. Open only to members of the North Shore Chess Center. Free simultaneous exhibition and lecture with a local master. Starts at 4pm. Additional questions: [email protected]. For a complete listing of events visit www.nachess.org/events. Oct. 7-10, 6th Annual Susan Polgar World Open for Boys and Girls Doubletree Hotel - Oakbrook, IL. Organized by the North American Chess Association. For detailed information including Texas Tech Scholarships, free USCF memberships and more, please visit the official tournament website at www.polgarworldopen.com. Oct. 8, National Chess Day: Quad Cities Fall Classic Moline, IL. Details at: www.quadcitychess.com. Email: illowacc@mchsi. com. Oct. 14-16, 8th North American Amateur Open 5R-SS, G/90 + 30/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500 West

Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. Open to players with any established FIDE rating or an established USCF rating of 1600+. All participants compete in a single section. EF: $40 for non-members of the chess center, $30 for members of the chess center received by 10/13. All $10 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior to round 1 or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a halfpoint bye for round 1. Round times: Friday - 7:00pm, Saturday 12pm and 6pm, Sunday 11am and 5pm. Half-point byes available in any round. Prizes: 1st - $60 Best Buy Gift Card, 2nd - $30 Barnes & Noble Gift Card, 3rd - $15 Starbucks Gift Card. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with registration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Online registration preferred. Additional questions email to: [email protected]. USCF and FIDE rated. For online registration and list of more events please visit - www.nachess.org/events. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships See Grand Prix. Oct. 30, North Shore Chess Center G/45 4R-SS, G/45 + 10/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500 West Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. EF: $20 for non-members of the chess center, $15 for members of the chess center received by 10/29. All $5 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior to round 1 or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a half-point bye for round 1. Round times: 1pm for round one and then 15 minutes after final game from previous round completed. Half-point byes available in any round. Prizes: Book prizes for top three finishers. Biggest upset (150+ points): Free entry to following month G/45 + book prize. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with registration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Online registration preferred. Additional questions email to: sevan@nachess. org. USCF rated. For online registration and list of more events please visit - www.nachess.org/events. Nov. 5, Springfield November Open 4SS, G/75 (1st round G/60). Carpenters Local 16, 211 W. Lawrence Ave., Springfield. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10-12:30-3:15-6. Lunch break at noon. EF: $17 by 11/2, $20 at site, $2 less to SCC members. Prizes: $$400 b/30. 140-80, 1600-1999 60, 1200-1599 50, Under 1200 40, Unrated 30. Ent/Info: David Long, 401 S. Illinois St., Springfield 62704. 217-726-2584. Information and directions available at: http://springfieldchessclub. 110mb.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open (OH) See Grand Prix.

Iowa Oct. 8, National Chess Day: 2011 Iowa Blitz Chess Championship (QC) Cedar Rapids Public Library, Westdale Mall, 2600 Edgewood Road SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404. REG.: 11am-Noon, 6-SS. RDS.: 12:30 pm then ASAP. G/5 T/D 2. PRIZES: $280 $$B/36, 1st $80, 2nd $60, 3rd $40, U1800, U1600, U1400 U1200 $25 each. EF: $10 advanced or on-site. ENT: James Hodina, 3411 Blue Pt. Ct. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404. INFO: 319390-6525 or [email protected]. Nov. 19, 3rd Annual Des Moines Fall Classic-IASCA Mini Qualifier 4 round SS, G/75 with 5 second delay. Where: Des Moines Botanical Center, 909 Robert D. Ray Dr., Des Moines, IA 50316. Reg.: 8:00-9:00 am. Rounds: 9:30, 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 (earlier if agreed upon). Entry Fee: Open Section, $35 if received by November 17th, $45 on-site. IASCA membership or OSA required. Reserve Section, $20 if received by November 17th, $30 on-site. IASCA membership not required. Prize Info: Open Section, $100, $75: U1900, $60, $40 (Based on 18). Reserve Section, $50, $25: U1300, $35, $15 (Based on 12). U.S. Chess Federation (USCF) membership required. On-Site Available. Send Entry Fee to: Bill Broich, 7149 Wilshire Blvd., Windsor Heights, IA 50324. Additional Info: Call 515-205-8062 or send e-mail to [email protected] for more information. Byes are available for rounds 1-3 if TD is contacted in advance. One bye per player. Organizer andTD, Bill Broich. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Kentucky Elizabethtown Chess Club Rated tournament the 2ndTuesday of each month and we meet everyTuesday between 7:00 pm-10:30 pm. We meet at the Elizabethtown Community andTechnical College, in Room 108A of the OccupationalTechnical Building. For further details visit our website at http://etownchess.blogspot. com/.


Sept. 3, Every 1st Saturday Lexington Event 3 Rounds, G/60. EF: 1 penny per USCF rating point, minimum $10. Reg.: 11:30am. Rounds: RD 1 starts at Noon, RD 2-3 asap. Prizes: 90% of entry fees returned, 1st in each class X/above,A,B,C,D/E. Format: Quad or Open depending on entries. All prizes paid regardless of format. Location: Expansive Art, 3320 Nicholasville Rd. #161, Lexington, KY 40503, Directly behind ToysRUs. Contact: Matt Gurley, [email protected], Jerry Baker, 859.806.0637, Lexchess.com. Side Event: Speed chess afterwards.

Indiana

Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open See Grand Prix.

Orange Crush Chess Club Friday Night Blitz (QC) Burger King, 410 E Morris St (E Morris St and S East St). Chess player's welcome. Good tables and lighting. Show your OCCC card for free upsize. Late registration: 6:00-6:25PMTourney starts at 6:30 pm.Type: 3 Rounds, Round Robin Quad, Game / 5+ 2 sec delay U.SC.F. Rated. Entry Fee: $7.00 if received one week before tournament starting date, $8.00 at the door. Prizes: Based on 4 full Pd. entries per quad, first in each quad: $20.00, second in each quad: Chess merchandise. Send advance entries to: Donald Urquhart, 501 N. east St. # 802, Indianapolis, IN 46204-1629. For more info call Don at (317) 634-6259 or e-mail [email protected].

Oct. 1, Sean Fitzpatrick Memorial Every 1st Saturday Lexington Event. 3 Rounds, G/60. EF: $20. Reg.: 11:30am. Rounds: RD 1 starts at Noon, RD 2-3 asap. Prizes: All Guaranteed, $250 1st overall, $150 top U1600, plus 90% of entry fees returned, 1st in each class X/above,A,B,C,D/E. Sections: Open, U1600. Location: Expansive Art, 3320 Nicholasville Rd. #161, Lexington, KY 40503, Directly behind ToysRUs. Contact: Matt Gurley, [email protected], Jerry Baker, 859.806.0637, Lexchess.com. Side Event: Speed chess afterwards.

Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open (KY) See Grand Prix.


Sept. 17, The Emory Tate Jr. Chess Extravaganza See Grand Prix.

Maine

Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) See Grand Prix.

Sept. 17, York County Open See Grand Prix. Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT) See Connecticut.

Maryland

8th annual NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTICS Dec 10-11, 2011 - Windsor Locks, CT 7 rounds, G/65, Sheraton Bradley Airport (I-91 exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking. Chess rates $87 single or twin (860-627-5311, reserve by 11/25 or rate may increase). In 5 sections: High School (K-12), Middle School (K-8), Elementary (K-5), Primary (K-2), and new Scholastic Novice (K-9 under 700 or unrated). Open to all, New England titles & free entry prizes limited to CT, MA, ME, NH, RI or VT. Combined individual/team event; top 4 scores from school each section added to give team score, team entry not required. Trophies each section to top 8 players, top 4 teams, plus 30 class trophies. Free entry each section to all CCA tournaments until 5/15/12 to top New England player. Full details: See chesstour.com or TLA under “Connecticut.”

Sept. 17, UMBC Rated Beginner's Championship 5SS, G/30. UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore (in Commons, 3rd floor). Open to U1200/Unr. USCF membership required. Free USCF memb. to anyone scoring at least 3.5 pts. Certificate to anyone completing 5 rds. Top UMBC student awarded trophy & title of 2011-2012 UMBC Amateur Chess Champ. EF: $15 if postmarked by 9/2, $20 later. Reg.: 8:309:30am. Rds.: 10-11:30-1:30-3-4:30 Sat. 1/2 pt. bye avail. in any rd. if req'd before rd. 1. Held concurrently w/UMBC Champ. 9/17-9/18 (see separate TLA). Ent: Dr. Alan T. Sherman, Dept. of CSEE, UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 ATTN: Beginners Champ. Cks payable to UMBC. Dir: Exit 47B off I95 & follow signs to UMBC. Park in lot 9 or 16. For more info: 410-455-8499, [email protected], www.umbc.edu/ chess. NS, W. Sept. 17-18, UMBC Championship See Grand Prix. Oct. 1, Catonsville Saturday Action Plus/RBO 4SS, T/D 45/5. EF: $20 by Sept 30, $25 at door. Under 18 $5 off. Rds.: 11-1-3-5. Reg.: 10:15am. Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228. Two Sections: Open $$b/24 $125-$75-$50 U1850 $45 U1550 $45. RBO U1200 $$b/18 $80-$50-$30 U1000 $25 b/4 U800 $25 b/4. Bye: 1-4, max 1. Info: [email protected]. Online Reg: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze12d59q. Ent: Joe Summers, 1201 Daniels Ave., Balt, MD 21207. Include USCF ID, rating and section. PH: 410-7881009. Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class Championships (VA) See Grand Prix. Oct. 8, National Chess Day Blitz (QC) (VA) See Virginia. Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA) See Virginia.

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Massachusetts

proceeds to benefit the GFHS Chess Program. Absolon Lounge, Student Center, University of Great Falls, 1301 20th Street South, Great Falls, MT 59405. Tournament Director reserves the right to combine the sections, and/or modify format to accommodate for numbers of entrants. In 2 Sections, Chinook Open: 6SS, Game in 29 minutes, EF: $5.00 + a can of food on site. USCF Membership Required for the Chinook Open. Food for the Soul: 6SS, Game in 29 minutes, EF: A can of food. No Membership Required for Food for the Soul. ALL: Please bring a can of food donaton to Helping Hands Food Pantry. Reg.: Oct. 8, 2011, 8:00 am to 8:45 am. Rds.: 9:00 am, 10:15 am, 11:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:15 pm, 3:30 pm. All players meeting at 8:55 am. ENT: Douglas Hansen, 3805 7th Street NE, #59, Great Falls, MT 59404. INFO: Dr. Porter Coggins, Sullivan Hall 209 G, University of Great Falls, 1301 20th St. S. Great Falls, MT 59405, Tel: 406.791.5346; [email protected], [email protected]. DIR: Upper floor of Student Center. NS. NC. W.

Sept. 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, Irving Yaffe 90-Year Tribute 5SS, G/110. Wachusett CC, McKay Campus School, Room C159, Fitchburg State University, 67 Rindge Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $1 per game played; free to Wachusett CC members. Reg.: 7-7:10 p.m. Rds.: 7:15 p.m. Byes: 1-4, limit two. Prizes: Chess books to winner(s). Info: George Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420, [email protected], 978-345-5011. Website: www.wachusettchess.org. Online ratings as of Sept. 14 will be used. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Nevada

Sept. 18, Marlboro Action Swiss See Grand Prix.

Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S) See Grand Prix.

Sep. 24, BCF $10 Open 4SS; G/60. EF: $10 if received by 9/22 or by PayPal by 9/23 otherwise $27, $17 to BCF members; Open & U1800 $$: b/on entries. Reg.: 9:159:55; Rds.: 10, 12:40, 3:00, 5:10. Send entries payable to: Boylston CF at 240 Elm St., Suite B9, Somerville, MA 021244.

Oct. 21-23, 29th Annual SANDS REGENCY RENO-WESTERN STATES OPEN See Grand Prix.

Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Billerica Friday Swiss 4 Rds. 40/90, SD/30. Billerica COA, 25 Concord Rd., Billerica, MA 01821. EF: $15. Reg.: 7:30pm. Cash prizes minimal b/entries. For info, call Brad Ryan, (978) 369-8533. NS, NC. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Dec. 29, North American Blitz (QC) See Grand Prix.

Oct. 8-9, National Chess Day: Lecture & Tornado 109 4SS; G/75. EF: $27, $17 to BCF members. Two sections: Open, Rated Beginner. Prizes: b/entries. Reg.: Sat, Oct 8: 12:45-1:25PM; Sun, Oct 9: 9:30-9:55AM. Rounds: Rd1: Sat 1:30PM; Sun Rd 2-10:00- Rd3-1:00 & Rd43:45. There will be a chess lecture with a chess master on Saturday at 11:30AM. Contact: [email protected], telephone 617-629-3933. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT) See Connecticut.

Oct. 15-16, 12th Western New England Open See Grand Prix. Oct. 23, 78th Greater Boston Open See Grand Prix. Oct. 30, Capital Region Open (NY) See Grand Prix. Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT) See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com. Nov. 12, 2011 Greater New Haven Fall Open $$1000 b/30 (CT) See Grand Prix. Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA) See Grand Prix. Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Amateur (CT) See Connecticut. Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Senior Open (CT) See Connecticut. Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT) See Connecticut.

Michigan Sept. 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5, 2011 Michigan Open See Grand Prix. Sept. 24, Chess for Charity 5 Rounds, SS G/30. EF: $10.00.The River, 255 S. Squirrel Rd., Auburn Hills, MI. Rated and unrated sections. Skittles room with Chess, plus Xiangqi, Shogi, other Chess variants. Full details at: http://gamesinmichigan.com/ chessforcharity. Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) See Grand Prix. Oct. 28-30, First Annual Fall International Chess Festival See Grand Prix. Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open (OH) See Grand Prix. Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 2011 Motor City Open See Grand Prix.

Minnesota Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) See Grand Prix.

Missouri Every Monday Night: Monday Night Cash Prize Quads G/60 The Kansas City Chess Club, 7667 NW Prairie View Rd., Kansas City, MO 64151. Non-Cash Prize EF: 20/$15 club members. Cash Prize EF: $35/$30. Prizes: $60 1st place each quad b/4 cash prize EF. Free Quad entry 1st each quad…must use within 3 months. No cash substitute! EF. USCF & KC Chess Association memb. required. Reg.: 7:15. Rds.: 7:30PM. ENT: Onsite. INFO: Ken Fee [email protected]. www.kansascitychessclub. com. Free Coffee. Chess Books and Equipment for Sale onsite. Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open (KY) See Grand Prix. Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) See Grand Prix.

Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 21st annual North American Open See Grand Prix.

New Hampshire New Jersey Caffeine Swiss G/10 (QC) G/10. Wednedays 7-9:30 p.m. Located at CoffeeWorks at the Voorhees Town Center, 8109 Town Center Blvd., Voorhees, NJ 08043. Reg.: 6:307:00. EF: $10. $$ 1st, 2nd, and 3rd =50% of registrations. More info: call Dan at (856) 287-2393, email [email protected] or www.southjerseychess.com. Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Every Friday Quad G/30 Rds.: 7, 8:15, 9:30pm. EF: $20, members $15. Prizes per quad: 1st place - $50 & 2nd Place: Free lesson or Simul from GM Yudasin. (732) 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. Sept. 3, Chess Mates Saturday Open G/15 (QC) 7-SS, Rds.: 12:30, 1:10, 1:50, 2:30, 3:10, 3:50, 4:30pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $25, members $20. GM Free - $20 deducted from Prizes: ED70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & NCEL CAprizes. Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. Limit 2 byes, commit by 1:30. Re-entry $15, counts half, no re-entry after 2nd round. (732) 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com.

or $25 & 2nd Place: free lesson or Simul from GM Yudasin. Chess Lessons Prior to Scholastic Tournament: 12:15pm-1:15 pm, EF: $10. Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, Every Monday Open G/5 Blitz and Chess Lessons/Simul (QC) GM Yudasin's "Chess Lessons: 3:15pm-8:00 pm EF: $15 (3 different classes). Blitz: 8:00pm-10:15pm, EF: $20 /$15. GM Free - $15 deducted from prize. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ (732) 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28, Every Wednesday Open G/5 Blitz and Chess Lessons (QC) GM Yudasin's "Chess Lessons: 3:15pm-8:00 pm EF: $15 (3 different classes). Blitz: 8:00pm-10:15pm, EF: $20 /$15. GM Free - $15 deducted from prize. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ (732) 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. Sept. 10, Chess Mates Saturday U1800 G/45 4-SS, Rds.: 12:30, 2:15, 4:00, 5:45 pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $25, members $20. GM Free - $20 deducted from prizes. Prizes: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. Limit 2 byes, commit by 1:30. Re-entry $15, counts half, no re-entry after 2nd round. (732) 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. Sept. 12, Feed Your Greed for Speed, Steed (QC) 5SS, multi-time-control quick-rated: Rd 1 G/5, Rd 2 G/10, Rd 3 G/15, Rd 4 G/20, Rd 5 G/25. Hackettstown Comm. Cntr., 293 Main St. (Rte. 46), Hackettstown, NJ. EF: $10. Prizes (b/16): $75/40/25, U1800 $25, free entry top U1500. Reg.: 7 pm 9/12. Rds.: 7:30 pm, ASAP. angelodp@ gmail.com. Sept. 15, 3rd Thursday Quads 3 RR, G/30 t/d5. Quads grouped by rating. All the King's Men Chess & Games Center (Just 22 mins. from Center City Philadelphia), 62 S. Broadway, Pitman, NJ. 856-582-8222. Prizes: $25 1st per quad. Unr. cannot win more than $10. EF: $12, members $10. Reg.: 6-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8-9 pm. Info: [email protected]. All: Visa/MC/Disc OK w/$1surcharge. Bring a clock! Sept. 17, Central Jersey Chess Tournament 4SS, G/30. All Saints' Church, 16 All Saints' Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540. Beautiful location: Plenty of Parking, Playground, Wi-Fi, etc. 5 Sections: 3 Rated, 2 Unrated. All: Game in 30 minutes, everyone plays 4 rounds, no eliminations. Unrated Sections: "K-1", "Novice" (2nd-8th grade). Rated Sections (all K-8): "Experienced" (below600), "Reserve" (600-900), "Open": (above900). Trophies: 1st - 3rd in each section, medals to all. Pre-reg. at NJChess.com, pay $30 (cash or check) on-site by 12. Those who preregister after Thurs., 9/15 or on site: pay $40 (cash or check) by 1:00. Round 1 starts at 1:30, next rounds start ASAP. Separate Section Awards ceremony around 3:00-5:00. USCF membs, Chess merchandise sold onsite. Send questions to: Grant Oen, Jairo Moreira: NewJerseyChess@ gmail.com.

Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sunday Open Quad G/30 Rds.: 1:30, 2:45, 4:00pm. EF: $20, members $15. Prizes Quad: 1st Place: $50 & 2nd Place: Free lesson or Simul from GM Yudasin. (732) 4990118. www.chessmatesnj.com. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065.

Sept. 17, Chess Mates Saturday U2200 G/45 4-SS, Rds.: 12:30, 2:15, 4:00, 5:45 pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $25, members $20. GM Free - $20 deducted from prizes. Prizes: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. Limit 2 byes, commit by 1:30. Re-entry $15, counts half, no re-entry after 2nd round. (732) 499-0118. www.chess matesnj.com.

Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sunday Scholastic Quad G/30 Rds.: 1:30, 2:45, 4:00pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., RahNCELE way, NJ 07065. EF: $15, members $10. D Prizes Quad: 1st Place: Trophy CA

Sept. 17, Hamilton Chess Club Quads 3RR, 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation Center, Bldg. 392, Groveville, NJ 08620. Quads open to all. EF: $10. Prizes: $25 per Quad.

2nd annual BOARDWALK OPEN October 21-23 or 22-23, Asbury Park NJ $15,000 PROJECTED PRIZES, $10,000 MINIMUM! 5 round Swiss at historic Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, across the street from the famous Asbury Park Boardwalk. Free parking. Choice of 3-day or 2day schedule. Projected prizes based on 180 paid entries, with 2/3 of each prize minimum guarantee. In 5 sections. Open Section: Prizes $1500-700-400-300, clear/tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2300 $800-400. FIDE rated, 60 GPP (enhanced). Under 2100 Section: $1000-500-300-200, top U1900 $600-300. Under 1800 Section: $1000-500-300-200, top U1600 $600-300. Under 1500 Section: $900-500-300-200, top U1300 $500-250. Under 1200 Section: $800-500-300–150, top U1000 $400-200. FOR FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue.

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Tournament Life Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm-4:30/pm. NJ State Chess Federation, no dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA. NS, NC, W. Sept. 18, Westfield Fall Scholastic Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. K-12 3 Sections : Open, Under 1250, under 750. Open: 3SS, G/45. Trophies to top 5 in each section. EF: $20, $15 members, at site $30, $25 Members. Reg.: 2-2:30 p.m. Rds: 2:45-4:25-6:05 p.m. Under 1250: 4SS, G/30Trophies to top 5 in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members, at site $30, $25 Members. Reg. 2-2:30 p.m. Rds.: 2:45-4:00-5:15-6:30 p.m. Under 750: 4SS, G/30 Trophies to top 5 in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members, at site $30, $25 Members. Reg.: 2-2:30 p.m. Rds.: 2:45-4:00-5:15-6:30 p.m.Tiebreaks for trophies. Info:Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchess club.com. Send advance entries to:Todd Lunna, 36 Maple Dr., Colts Neck, NJ 07722 by Sept. 15, 2011. Make checks payable to: Westfield chess club. Sept. 19, 26, Spam 'n' Swiss 4-SS, G/45. Hackettstown Comm. Cntr., 293 Main St. (Rte. 46), Hackettstown, NJ. EF: $12. Prizes (b/16): $75/35/25, U1800 $20, free entry top U1500. Reg.: 7 pm 9/19. Two rds. per night: 7:30 pm & ASAP. Byes available all rounds. [email protected]. Sept. 24, Chess Mates Saturday Open G/45 4-SS, Rds.: 12:30, 2:15, 4:00, 5:45 pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $25, members $20. GM Free - $20 deducted from prizes. Prizes: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants Limit 2 byes, commit by 1:30. Re-entry $15, counts half, no re-entry after 2nd round. (732) 499-0118. www.chessmates nj.com.

Oct. 30, 2011 Westfield Quads 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, Members $15. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchessclub.com. Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT) See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com. A State Championship Event! Nov. 6, New Jersey K-12 Grade Championship 5SS, G/30. Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft, NJ 07738. Student Life Center, use Parking Lot #7 or #6; 4 miles from Garden State Parkway exit 109. 13 Sections: Play only in your grade! Grades K-6:Trophies to top 15 individuals, top 5 teams - top 3 from each school/grade; 50% of players receive trophy or medal! Grades 7-12:Trophies to top 10 individuals, top 5 teams; Rds.: 10am and ASAP. EF: $35 by 10/29, $55 at site. USCF mem req'd. Reg.: 8-9:00am After 9:00am 1/2 pt bye rd 1. Info: 732 259-3881, [email protected]. Ent: Please make checks payable to NJSCF and send to NJSCF, PO Box 1511, Jackson, NJ 08527. Entries must include name, grade school, date of birth, USCF ID # & expiration, mailing address, phone number & entry fee, please include email address. Register online at: www.characterkings. org. Nov. 6, 2011 Westfield Quads 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, Members $15. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchessclub.com.

Sept. 24, Viking 4-County Open See Grand Prix.

Nov. 13, Westfield Swiss #70 See Grand Prix.

Sept. 25, Westfield Quads 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchessclub.com.

Nov. 19-20, 2011 Delaware State Open Championship (DE) See Delaware.

Oct. 1, Central Jersey Chess Tournament 4SS, G/30. All Saints' Church, 16 All Saints' Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540. Beautiful location: Plenty of Parking, Playground, Wi-Fi, etc. 5 Sections: 3 Rated, 2 Unrated. All: Game in 30 minutes, everyone plays 4 rounds, no eliminations. Unrated Sections: "K-1", "Novice" (2nd-8th grade). Rated Sections (all K-8): "Experienced" (below600), "Reserve" (600-900), "Open": (above900). Trophies: 1st - 3rd in each section, medals to all. Pre-reg. at NJChess.com, pay $30 (cash or check) on-site by 12. Those who preregister after Thurs., 9/15 or on site: pay $40 (cash or check) by 1:00. Round 1 starts at 1:30, next rounds start ASAP. Separate Section Awards ceremony around 3:00-5:00. USCF membs, Chess merchandise sold onsite. Send questions to: Grant Oen, Jairo Moreira: NewJerseyChess@ gmail.com. Oct. 2, Westfield Quads 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchessclub.com. Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, Hail to Thee, Blight Spirit Swiss 4-SS. 40/90, SD/60. Hackettstown Comm. Cntr., 293 Main St. (Rte. 46), Hackettstown, NJ. EF: $12. Prizes (b/16): $75/40/25, U1800 $25, free entry top U1500. Reg.: 7 pm 9/19. Rds.: 7:30 pm each Monday. [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class Championships (VA) See Grand Prix. Oct. 8, National Chess Day Blitz (QC) (VA) See Virginia. Oct. 9, Westfield Quads 3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchessclub.com.

Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA) See Grand Prix. Dec. 27-29 or 28-29, 30th annual Empire City Open (NY) See Grand Prix. Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, 44th annual Liberty Bell Open (PA) See Grand Prix.

New Mexico Sept. 17, The Great Gambit Day in Santa Fe (QC) National Education Assoc., 2007 Botulph Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87505-5725. 6/SS Quick Rated Game/29 T/D5: NM Red OPEN & NM Green U1600. Prize fund: $450 b/40, Unrated eligible only for 50% of prize in NM Green. Special prizes U1200. Bye: one 1/2 pt. request prior Rd 1. Alternate boards play different Gambits. 3 each rd drawn by random from choice of 18 gambits. No repeats. List of gambits on entry form. Rds.: 9:15-10:30-12:301:45-3:00-4:15. Advance Reg: EF $20. Pay Pal accepted through 9/16. Mail advance Entry to: NMCO, Box 4215, Albuq. 87196. Info & entry form: nmchess.org. On site Reg.: 8:30-9:00 A.M. EF: $25 cash or check only. $5 Family discount after one full price entry. W. A State Championship Event! Nov. 5-6, New Mexico Open and 2011 NM State Championship Rio Rancho Meadowlark Senior Center. 4330 Meadowlark Lane SE. 87124 . Co-Sponsored by the Meadowlark Chess Group and the New Mexico Chess Organization. 5/SS, G/90 Increment 30sec. Rds.: 9-2-6:30, 8:302:30. EF: Open $35, U1800 $30, U1400 $25. Rated U1100 playing in U1400 $20. $$: b/80: Open $250-$125-$75, U1800 $175-$100-$50, U1400 $120-$60-$30, Special prizes to Best U1100 & U800. Unrated eligible only for 50% of prize except in Open. Bye: one 1/2 pt. request prior Rd 1. Tie breaks for state champion's plaque for best finish by NM resident in Open. Advance Reg: Pay to NMCO, Box 4215, Albuq. 87196. Pay Pal accepted through 11/4. Reg.: on site: cash/check only Sat. 8-8:30. Late fee $10 if received after 11/4. $5 Family discount after one full price entry. NMCO Annual meeting & elections Sun 2pm. Info: directions & entry form: nmchess.org. Recommended Motel, SUPER 8, 4100 Barbara Ln. SE 505-896-8888 ask for chess rate.W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open See Grand Prix.

Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA) See Virginia.

New York

Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open See Grand Prix.

Sept. 1-29, 2nd Long Island Chess Club Sept. Open 5SS, G/90. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all U-2300/unr. $(b/20): $150-100. Top U1800, U-1500/unr. $70 ea. EF: $35. Non-LICC members +$10. Reg.: 6:40-7:10 PM, no adv. ent., Rds.: 7:15 PM SHARP ea. Thursday. 2 byes 1-5. Info: www.lichessclub.com. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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BINGHAMTON MONTHLY $1000 TOURNAMENT !!!!!! PRIZE MONEY INCREASE !!!!!!

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Sept. 15, 4 Rated Games Tonight! 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. Sept. 15-Oct. 13, Marshall Thursday Members-Only Swiss! 5-SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to MCC members only. EF: $20. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U2000 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Thursday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 17, Utica Four Seasons - Summer 4SS, Rds. 1-2 G/60. Rds. 3-4 G/90. Mohawk Valley Community College, Exit 31, I-90, bear left, South on E. Genesee, (2.6 miles), left on Memorial Highway (2.3 miles), left Sherman, right into MVCC, (IT Building upstairs). EF: $30. Prizes b/20: $200, 125, 75, Class 100. Reg.: 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30-12:00-2:15-5:30. Ent: Joe Ball, 310 Helfer Ln., Minoa, NY 13116, 315-436-9008. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Sept. 17, Marshall Saturday U1600! 4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. Sept. 17-18, Buffalo NY Fide Chess Festival 2011 See Grand Prix. Sept. 17-18, Marshall CC September U2300 4SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/36): $240-120, U2000/unr $95, U1700 $85. Reg.: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds 12:30-5:30 PM each day; 1 day, (Rds 1-2 G/35) 9:40-11:05AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; both merge rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 19-Oct. 24, FIDE Mondays! 6-SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to all players rated 1600 or above. EF: $50, $30 members. $$500 b/20: $175125-100, U2000 $100; 2 byes OK, commit before Round 4. Reg.: 6:15-6:45, Rds.: 7PM each Monday; FIDE rated. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 20, Marshall Masters! See Grand Prix. Sept. 22, 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight! See Grand Prix. Sept. 24, Marshall Saturday U1800! 4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. Sept. 24-25, Marshall September Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. Sept. 25, 33rd Binghamton Monthly $1000 Tourney! Prizes Increased! $1000 b/24. 4SS, Rds. 1-3 G/65 Rd.4 G/75. Entry: $59. Cash only at site. Reg.: 8:45 to 9:15 AM. Rds.: 9:30, 12:00, 2:30, 4:45. Open: $250, $200, $100. Reserve: $200, $150, $100. Trophies: 1st – 4th, both sections. Make checks payable to: Cordisco's Corner Store, 308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901. (607) 772-8782. [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 25, Usdan Scholastic Chess Tournament 4-SS, G/30. Usdan 185 Colonial Springs Rd., Wheatley Heights, NY 11798. Directed by Usdan Chess Instructors Brian Karen and Joel Salman. To register, call (631)643-7900 (ask for Kerry Discioarro), or email [email protected]. EF received by 9/19/11 $25, EF $35 at door. Reg.: 10:15-10:45 1st round 11am. High School section (7th-12th grade), Elementary (4-6th grade), and Primary (K-3), Trophies awarded to top 5 in each section, Sections may be altered depending on enrollment. 2 1/2 point byes available upon request, last round bye must be requested before round 3 and is irrevocable. Children under 14 years old must be accompanied by an adult. No smoking. Sept. 29, 4 Rated Games Tonight! 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. Oct. 1, 16th Annual Arkport Open See Grand Prix. Oct. 1-2, Sixth Marshall CC Amateur Team Championship! 4SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10 St., NYC, 212-477-3716. EF: $35 per player, Members $25. All, $5 less if played in any of the first five MCC Amateur Team Championships. 2 player teams with ratings averaging under 2200. $$ (b/15 teams): 150-75, U1800 team $90, top scores bds. 1&2 $90 each. Reg. ends 15 min. before game. Rds.: 12-5:00 pm each day; Limit 1 team bye, request with entry. Replacement player must have same or lower rating, must play same board. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 3-31, Marshall Monday U1600! 5-SS, G/90. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $40, members $20. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Monday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 6, 4 Rated Games Tonight! 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class Championships (VA) See Grand Prix. Oct. 6-Dec. 15, 2011 Long Island CC Championship 10SS, G/90. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all U-2300/unr. $(b/20): $300-250-230.Top U-1800, U-1500/unr. $250 ea. Bgst. Upset $150. EF: $80. Non-LICC members +$15. Reg.: 6:40-7:10 PM, no adv. ent., Rds.: 7:15 PM SHARP ea.Thursday. No rd. 11/24. 4 byes 1-10 (rd. 9-10 byes decl. by rd. 5). Info: www.lichessclub.com. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 7-Nov. 18, 2011 Queens Chess Club Championship See Grand Prix. Oct. 8, National Chess Day Blitz (QC) (VA) See Virginia. Oct. 8, Marshall National Chess Day Super Action! 5-SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.Two sections:

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A. Open ($360/24): $160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. B. U1500 ($240/16): $120-65, U1200 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45 pm. Rds.: 12-1:30-2:45-4:00-5:15. One bye available, request at entry. Oct. 8, National Chess Day: Herschelle Carrousel Chess Classic 2011 Celebrating National Chess Day andThe Archangel 8 Chess Academy Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, 180 Thompson St., North Tonawanda, NY 14120. Featuring a Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum All Girls K12 Championship. In 4 Sections: Herschell Carrousel K-12 Girls Championship: 4SS, Game 30, EF: $10.00 if received by October 1, 2011. Herschell Carrousel Novice K-6th: 4SS, Game 30, EF: $10.00 if received by September 30, 2011. Herschell Carrousel K-12th: 4SS, Game 30, EF: $10.00 if received by September 30, 2011. Herschell Carrousel Unrated K-12th: 4SS, Game 30, EF: $10.00 if received by September 30, 2011. ALL: No checks onsite. Trophies to the Top 3 in each section, Medals for players who earn 2 points. Reg.: Advance entries only! $5.00 if received by September 24, 2011. Rds.: Round 1 at Noon, other games will begin when all are finished. One half point Byes available upon request prior to round. ENT: The Archangel 8 Chess Academy, 60F Guilford Ln., Buffalo, NY 14221. Advance entries only. [email protected]. INFO: Mc Duffie, Chess Ambassador, 60F Guilford Ln., Buffalo, NY 14221. Advance registration entries only! NS. NC. W. Oct. 9, Marshall Sunday G/60! 4-SS, G/60. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($360 b/24): $160-80, U2000 $65, U1700 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45AM. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7PM. One bye available, request at entry. Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA) See Virginia. Oct. 10, Marshall Columbus Day Madness! 7-SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th Street, NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $45, members $25. ($480/24): $200-100-75, U2000 $55, U1700 $50. Reg.: 11:15-11:45AM. Rds.: 12-1:30-2:45-4-5:45-7-8:15PM. 2 byes available, request at entry. Oct. 13, 4 Rated Games Tonight! 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, Marshall Amateur Championship/Jerry Simon Memorial! FIDE rated! 5SS, 30/90, SD/60, Open to U2200 (except former masters, FIDE titleholders and 2010 qualifiers who scored 50% or higher in the 2010 Championship). Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50, members $30. 1st-3rd,Top U1900: Free Entry into MCC Championship! 4th-10th place finishers (plus ties) with plus scores

will be eligible to pay for and enter the Marshall CC Championship on October 21. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. 2 options: 3-day, rds 7pm Fri., 12n, 5:30pm Sat., 12n, 5:30pm Sun; 2-day (rd. 1 G/45), Reg.: 9:15-9:45am, Rd. 1 10am Saturday, merge rd. 2. One bye avail, request by rd. 3. No re-entries. FIDE rated (G/45 not FIDE ratable). www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 15, Syracuse University Oct Open 4SS. Rds. 1 & 2 G/60; Rds. 3 & 4 G/90. Syracuse University, Hall of Languages, Room 101. 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. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 18, Marshall Masters! See Grand Prix. Oct. 19-Nov. 16, Marshall Wednesday U2000! 5-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St, NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20. ($300/20): $160-80, U1700 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7 pm each Wednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshall chessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 20, 4 Rated Games Tonight! 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. Oct. 20-Nov. 17, Marshall Thursday Members-Only Swiss! 5-SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to MCC members only. EF: $20. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U2000 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Thursday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open (NJ) See Grand Prix. Oct. 21-23 & 29-30, 2011 Marshall Chess Club Championship! See Grand Prix. Oct. 23, 34th Binghamton Monthly $1000 Tourney! Prizes Increased! $1000 b/24. 4SS, Rds. 1-3 G/65 Rd.4 G/75. Entry: $59. Cash only at site. Reg.: 8:45 to 9:15 AM. Rds.: 9:30, 12:00, 2:30, 4:45. Open: $250, $200, $100. Reserve: $200, $150, $100. Trophies: 1st – 4th, both sections. Make checks payable to: Cordisco's Corner Store, 308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901. (607) 772-8782. [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Nov. 3, 4 Rated Games Tonight! 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT) See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com. Nov. 5, Marshall Saturday G/60! Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($360/24): $160-80, U2000 $65, U1700 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45 am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshall chessclub.org. Nov. 6, Marshall Super Sunday Action! 5-SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St, NYC. 212-477-3716.Two sections: A. Open ($360/24): $160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. B. U1500 ($240/16): $120-65, U1200 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45 pm. Rds.: 1-2:30-3:45-5:00-6:15. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. Nov. 7-Dec. 5, Marshall Monday U1600! 5-SS, G/90. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20. ($300/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7 pm each Monday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchessclub. org.Chess Magnet School JGP. Nov. 10, 4 Rated Games Tonight! 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 10th Annual Turkey Bowl (FL) See Grand Prix. Nov. 12, 2011 Greater New Haven Fall Open $$1000 b/30 (CT) See Grand Prix.

Oct. 27, 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight! See Grand Prix.

Nov. 12, Marshall Saturday U1800! 4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1500 $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. Nov. 12-13 or 13, Marshall November Grand Prix! See Grand Prix.

Oct. 30, Capital Region Open See Grand Prix.

Nov. 14-Dec. 19, FIDE Mondays!! 6-SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to

42nd annual NATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS 6 rounds, Nov 25-27 or 26-27, Sheraton City Center Hotel, Philadelphia

$30,000 prize fund guaranteed, 29 trophies! 6 rounds, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50). Trophy sections play separate G/65 schedule (rds 1-2 G/50), Nov 26-27. Sheraton City Center Hotel, 17th & Race Sts., Philadelphia PA 19103. 150 GPP (enhanced). In 10 sections:

Unrated may enter U800 to U2200; Unrated age 14/below may enter U600. Student/Alumni trophies to top 5 teams of 4 (any sections) representing any US college, HS, or pre-HS players attend or have graduated from.

Premier: Open to 2000/over & juniors under 18 1800/over. $3000-1500-700400-200, clear/tiebreak win $100, U2400 $1400-700. FIDE rated. U2200: $2000-1000-500-300-200. U2000: $2000-1000-500-300-200. U1800: $2000-1000-500-300-200. U1600: $2000-1000-500-300-200. U1400: $1400-700-400-300-200. U1200: $1400-700-400-300-200. U1000: Trophies to top 8. U800: Trophies to top 8. U600: Trophies to top 8. No unrated may win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1400, $500 U1600, $700 U1800, or $900 U2000.

Top 7 sections entry fee: 3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by 11/17, all $109 online at chesstour.com by 11/21, $115 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 11/21, $130 at site. No online or phone entry after 11/21. U1000, U800, U600 Sections entry fee: $27 mailed by 11/17, $28 online at chesstour.com by 11/21, $35 phoned by 11/21, $40 at site. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry (except Premier) $60. Special 1 yr USCF membership with magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. By mail, phone or at site, Adult $40, YA $30, Scholastic $20.

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Tournament Life all players rated 1600 or above. EF: $50, $30 members. $$500 b/20: $175125-100, U2000 $100; 2 byes OK, commit before Round 4. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Monday; FIDE rated. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA) See Grand Prix. Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Senior Open (CT) See Connecticut. Dec. 27-29 or 28-29, 30th annual Empire City Open See Grand Prix. Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, 44th annual Liberty Bell Open (PA) See Grand Prix.

North Carolina Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class Championships (VA) See Grand Prix. Oct. 8, K-12 Individual Event Celebrates National Chess Day (Wake Forest, NC) First Time Tournament Players Welcome! Small Groups of 4 players per section. Game 30 means each player gets 30 minutes of clock time. Sets and clocks provided on site, Good odds of winning with 1st place trophy and 2nd place medal for each section. $20 when Registered Online: ChessAchieves.com, (919) 272-8017. Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA) See Virginia.

North Dakota Oct. 1-2, 5th Annual Chessnuts Challenge Open See Grand Prix.

Ohio Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open (KY) See Grand Prix. Sept. 17, House of Chess Open 4SS, G/45. House of Chess, Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, OH (W of JC Penny). Sections: Open, U1600. Reg.: 11-11:25 AM. Rds.: 11:301:15-3:30-5:15. Prizes (b/25): Open: 1st $200, 2nd $100; U1900 1st $100; Reserve(U1600): 1st $100. Ent: $25, Club members $20. Info & entries: House of Chess, Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, OH 44070. Phone: (440) 979-1133. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.thehouseof chess.com/. Sept. 24, Progress with Chess Monthly Open 4SS, G/30. Fairhill Center, 12200 Fairhill Rd., Cleveland, OH 44120. EF: $15. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30. Open/Reserve (U-1500) $250 Guaranteed 1st 100, 2nd $50. Reserve: 1st $65, 2nd $35. Entries:

Progress with Chess, 12200 Fairhill Rd., Cleveland, OH 44120. Info: www.Progresswithchess.org. Contact: Mike Joelson 216-321-7000. Oct. 2-Apr. 2, Inaugural Season of the New Columbus Chess League! 4-board team tournament (up to 4 alternates), G/75, 2 rounds per month October thru April. Sections of 8 teams by rating. Trophy prizes. EF: $70/team plus $50 refundable deposit. Advance entries only, deadline 9/18. Full details & entry form at: www.neilley.com/chess. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 8, National Chess Day: Toledo OCT Swiss Open, 4SS, Rnd. 1 G/75, Rnds. 2-4 G/90. The University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Café, 3000 Arlington Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by 10/6 $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: James Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 15, Cincinnati Scholastic Chess Series 5th season begins at Sycamore High School, 7400 Cornell Road, Montgomery (Cincinnati), OH 45242. Other tournaments in series: Nov 5 and Dec 10, 2011; Jan 7, Feb 11 and Mar 3, 2012. 4SS. 5 sections: K-3 U500, K-6 U800, K-6 Open, 7-12 U1100, K-12 Open. (Note: K-12 Open G/45; all others G/30.) Complete information at: www.chessinati.com or call Doug 513-484-3768. Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open See Grand Prix. Nov. 12, Toledo Nov Swiss Open, 4SS, Rnd 1 G/75, Rnds 2-4 G/90. The University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Café, 3000 Arlington Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by 11/10 $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: James Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Every Saturday Lehigh Valley Super Quads & G/10 (QC) (NO QUADS OR BLITZ ON LVCA GRAND PRIX DATES LISTED IN CHESS LIFE) G/40 Quads, 3-RR. Reg.: 1p. Lehigh County Senior Ctr., 1633 Elm St., Allentown, PA 18102. EF: $10, $30 for 3-0 score, else $25 for 1st. G/10 Quick Chess, 5-SS, Reg.: 5-6:15 pm. EF: $5, Prizes: 50% of Paid Entries. Info: [email protected], www.lehighvalleychess.org/. Sept. 17, LCO Quads 3RR, G/75. Clarion Hotel, 300 Meadow Ave., Scranton, PA (exit 184 off I-81). EF: $30, $$60 1st ea. sect., or choice of 2yr USCF memb renewal. Reg.: 8:30-9:45. Rds.: 10-1-4. Entries/Info: Bernie Sporko, 127 S. Main St., Carbondale, PA 18407, ph: 570-282-2793, cell: 570-604-2461. [email protected]. Online entries acc thru PayPal. Sept. 17-18, Lackawanna County Open 5-SS, Rd 1-3: G/75, Rd 4-5: G/90. Clarion Hotel, 300 Meadow Ave., Scranton, PA (Exit 184 off I-81). $$440 (b/20): $150-100-75, U1800 $65, U1400/unr $50, plus trophies. EF: $35 rec by 9/16, $40 at site (unrateds free, $5 off for traveling 30 miles). Reg.: 8:30-9:45. Rds.: Sat. 10-1-4, Sun. 9:30-1. Entries/Info: Bernie Sporko, 127 S. Main St., Carbondale, PA 18407, ph: 570-282-2793, cell: 570-604-2461. basp0529@ verizon.net. Online entries acc thru PayPal. Byes available request by rd. 3. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 18, 52nd Pittsburgh Chess League 30/90, SD/1. Wm Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Monthly 4-player team event from Sept. to Apr. EF: $50/team by 9/15. Rds.: 2pm. Ent/Info:Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport St, Pittsburgh, PA 15223-2245, [email protected], www.pitt.edu/~schach/. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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Sept. 24, 5th Annual Greater Pocono Scholastic Championship (7 Trophy's) 5-SS, G/30. EF: $25, $30 CASH ONLY after 9/21/11. 2 Sections: K-12 Open, K-12 U1000, Trophy's to 1st-3rd each section and Top School. FREE ENTRY TO UNRATEDS, if paying 1 year USCF Dues, Rds.: 10-11:15-12:30-1:45-3. Reg. Ends: 9:30am. Site: Pocono Mountain East High School, 200 Pocono Mountain School Rd., Swiftwater, PA 18370. Ent: Check payable "PMCPA", Mail Ent: DanTartaglione, 503 OverlookTerrace, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. Info: www.PMECHESS.com.

Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open (NM) See Grand Prix.

Sept. 24-25, 2011 Ira Lee Riddle Memorial Pa State Champ. See Grand Prix.

Pennsylvania

Oct. 1, W.Chester 1st Sat. Quads Our 22nd year! 3RR, 40/80, sd/30. United Methodist Church, 129 S. High St., West Chester, PA 19382. EF: $20. Prizes: $$40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9am. Rds.: 9:30, 1, 4:30. Info: Jim White 484-678-3164.

Every Second Saturday of the Month Allentown 2nd Saturday Quads 3RR, G/40. St. Luke's Ev. Luth. Church, 417 N. 7th St., Allentown, PA 18102. Quads open to all. EF: $12. $$24/quad. Reg.: 12-1, Rds.: 1:15-2:45-4:15. No adv. ent. Info: 610-433-6518. Other rated events every week! www.freewebs.com/allentown centercitychessclub.

Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class Championships (VA) See Grand Prix. Oct. 8, 2011 PA State Game/60 Championship See Grand Prix.

CHECK OUT USCF’S CORRESPONDENCE CHESS RATED EVENTS! 2011 Open Correspondence Chess Golden Knights Championship th $1,000 F IRST P RIZE USCF ’s 64 (plus title of USCF’s Golden Knights Champion and plaque) ANNUAL 2nd place $600 • 3rd place $400 • 4th place $300 • 5th place $200 6th thru 10th place $100 each • ENTRY FEE: $25

These USCF Correspondence Chess events are rated and open to all USCF members who reside on the North American continent, islands, or Hawaii, as well as those USCF members with an APO or FPO address. USCF members who reside outside of the North American continent are welcome to participate in e-mail events. Your USCF membership must remain current for the duration of the event, and entry fees must be paid in U.S. dollars. Those new to USCF Correspondence Chess, please estimate your strength: Class A: 1800-1999 (very strong); Class B: 1600-1799 (strong); Class C: 1400-1599 (intermediate); Class D: 1399 and below (beginner level). Note: Prize fund based on 300 entries and may be decreased proportionately per number of entries assigned.

2011 E-mail Correspondence Chess Electronic Knights Championship (Seven-player sections, one game with each of six opponents.) th USCF ’s 8 $700 FIRST PRIZE (plus title of USCF’s Electronic Knights Champion and plaque) ANNUAL 2nd place $400 • 3rd place $300 • 4th thru 10th place $100 each • ENTRY FEE: $25 These USCF Correspondence Chess events are rated and open to all USCF members with e-mail access. Your USCF membership must remain current for the duration of the event, and entry fees must be paid in U.S. dollars. Maximum number of tournament entries allowed for the year for each player is ten. Note: Prize fund based on 200 entries and may be decreased proportionately per number of entries assigned.

CORRESPONDENCE CHESS MATCHES (TWO PLAYERS) Two or six-game options. ENTRY FEE: $5. Win A Correspondence Chess Trophy Four-player, double round-robin with class-level pairings. 1st-place winner receives a trophy. ENTRY FEE: $10. Victor Palciauskas Prize Tournaments Seven-player class-level pairings, one game with each of six opponents. 1st-place winner receives $130 cash prize and a certificate signed by Victor Palciauskas. ENTRY FEE: $25. John W. Collins Memorial Class Tournaments Four-player, double round-robin with class-level pairings (unrateds welcome). 1st-place winner receives a John W. Collins certificate. ENTRY FEE: $7.

E-MAIL RATED EVENTS (NEED E-MAIL ACCESS): Lightning Match Two players with two or six-game option. ENTRY FEE: $5. Swift Quads Four-player, double round-robin format. 1st-place prize merchandise credit of $30. ENTRY FEE: $10.

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Walter Muir E-Quads (webserver chess) Four-player, double round-robin e-mail format tournament with class-level pairings. 1st-place receives a certificate. ENTRY FEE: $7.

Phone __________________________ E-mail____________________________________ Est. Rating __________

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If using VISA, need V-code ________________ Check here if you do not wish to have an opponent who is incarcerated. *Note: This may slow down your assignment.

NOTE: Except for Lightning Matches, Swift Quads, Walter Muir E-Quads & Electronic Knights, players will use post office mail, unless opponents agree to use e-mail.

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO U.S. CHESS AND MAIL TO: JOAN DUBOIS, USCF, PO BOX 3967, CROSSVILLE, TN 38557

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Oct. 8, MasterMinds CC 2nd Saturday Swiss/Quads Blair Christian Academy, 220 W. Upsal St., Philadelphia, PA. Quads 40/80 SD/30 TD/5. EF: $20 cash, Perfect score winner $50 else $40. Rd 1 10AM then asap. Scholastic SS, EF $15 rec'd by Thursday before, $25 at the door. 3 sections Rd 1 10AM then asap: K-12: 3SS, G/60TD/5 1st, 2nd, 3rd, top under 1200, top unrated; K-8: 4SS G/40TD/5.1st, 2nd, 3rd, top under 800, top unrated; K-6: 4SS, G/40 TD/5.1st, 2nd, 3rd, top under 600, top under 400, top unrated. 1st & 2nd school & club trophies. All: Reg. ends 9:30am. Ent: MasterMinds CC, 36 E. Hortter St., Philadelphia, PA 19119. Checks made payable to: MasterMinds CC. Info: Bradley Crable, 215-844-3881, [email protected], or www. mastermindschess.org. Oct. 8, National Chess Day Blitz (QC) (VA) See Virginia.

1st 4 Tuesdays of the month, 7pm sharp! 5th Tuesday extra rated games and events. One bye rd 1-3; if notified in advance. Prizes based on entries. Info: www.cranstonchess.org, 401-575-1520. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Tennessee

October BK Tournament for Kids Reg.: www.richess.org, [email protected], (401)359-1602.

Sept. 16-18, Greater Memphis Open See Grand Prix.

Sept. 17, 114th Rhode Island Pawn Eater 4SS, G/60. RI College, Providence, RI 02908. Sections & Prizes: $500 b/50: OPEN, U1900, U1500. EF: $25 by 9/15, $30 at site. REGISTER ONLINE at www.rhodeislandchess.org. Reg.: 9-9:30, Rd 1 at 9:30. Entries after 9:30 get 1/2 point bye. Ent: RI Chess, P.O. Box 40604, Providence, RI 02940. Site tel. (401) 837-1302. NS. NC. W.

Oct. 7-9, Memphis Celebrates National Chess Day! For 3 days,The Memphis Chess Club will host tournaments and promote chess in the community at locations throughout the city. Various events with formats including: G/60, G/15, G/5 and Bughouse! For more information about sites and times, go to MemphisChess.com. Contact: [email protected]. Phone: (901)359-8616. Mail: Memphis Chess Club Inc., PO Box 17864, Memphis, TN 38187-0864.

Nov. 12, 2011 Greater New Haven Fall Open $$1000 b/30 (CT) See Grand Prix.

Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA) See Virginia.

Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT) See Connecticut.

Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open (NJ) See Grand Prix.

South Carolina

Oct. 23, PCL October Quick Quads (QC) 3RR, G/15. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. EF: $10, $7 juniors. $20 to 1st/quad. Reg.: 11-11:15am. Rds.: 11:30am-Noon-12:30pm. Info: [email protected], 412908-0286. W.

Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd Annual National Chess Day and Festival See Grand Prix.

Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT) See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com.

South Dakota

Nov. 19-20, 2011 Delaware State Open Championship (DE) See Delaware. Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress See Grand Prix. Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, 44th annual Liberty Bell Open See Grand Prix.

Rhode Island Cranston Chess Club Monthly Every Tuesday. 4SS, 40/70, SD/30. Garden City Center, Cranston. EF: $5/game (club mbrs: $3/game). Reg.: 6:30-6:50pm; email preferred. Rds.:

Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open (KY) See Grand Prix.

Oct. 8, 2011 Cumb. Co. Fall Open Cumberland Co. Community Complex, 1398 Livingston Rd., Crossville,TN 38555. In 2 Sections, Open: 4SS, G/60, $$GTD: $50. 25-X,A,B,C,D,E/Below. Amateur: 4SS, G/60, Open to U1000 & under. $$GTD: $50. 25-G,H/Below. ALL: EF: $10 if mailed by 10/3, $15 at site. Memb. Req'd: TCA $10. ENT: Harry D Sabine, P. O. Box 381, Crossville, TN 38557. INFO: www.cumberlandcountychess.com or Susan at 931-261-4024. NS. W. Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open (OH) See Grand Prix.

Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 72nd S.C. Championships See Grand Prix.

Nov. 25-27, 52nd Mid-South Open See Grand Prix.

Oct. 8, 2011 Split Rock Scholastic (4th Annual) National Chess Day Event! Garretson School, 505 2nd St., Garretson, SD 57030. 4-sections, K-3, K-5, K-8, K-12. 5-rounds G/40 except K-12, 4-round G/60. Trophies to top seven individual in K-3, K-5, K-8, top five individual in K-12.Team trophies to top five in K-3, K-5, K-8, top three in K-12. Team scores based on top four players from same school. Tiebreaks for trophies. Reg.: 7:30-8:30 am $10 if pre-registered, $20 on-site, USCF membership required. Rds.: 9, 10:30 am, 12:30, 2, 3:30 pm, for K-3, K-5, K-8. 9, 11 am, 1, 3 pm for K-12. Boards/timers provided. Info: GM Alex Yermolinsky at [email protected], or Bob Boland at [email protected], (605) 201-4729. For registration forms/flier "upcoming events" at www.siouxempirechess.com or www.sdchess.org.

Texas Sept. 17-18, DCC FIDE OPEN IX See Grand Prix. Sept. 24-25, Fall Open Hornbeak Bldg, 2nd floor, 4450 Medical Dr., San Antonio,TX 78229. 4-SS, 30/90, SD/60. $$1,100 b/40 full entries, 2 sections. Open: $250-150, U2100 $100, U1900 $100. Reserve (U1800): $150-100, U1700 $100, U1500 $75, U1300/unr. $75. Unr. may play for top Open prizes or U1300/unr. only. EF: $40 if rec'd by 9/22, $45 at site. Option: play for 1/2 prizes, EF $20 by 9/22, $25 at site, counts as 1/2 entry towards basedon. Reg.: 11 am.-12:30 p.m., Rds.: 1-6, 10-3. Swap & shop used books, equip. 10:30 a.m.-noon. Half-pt. bye any one rd., notice before rd. 2.

Membership Appreciation Program (MAP) The MAP program continues in 2011. See details at main.uschess.org/go/MAP. Top standings will appear every two months in Chess Life.

Overall Affiliate Standings Name

State

CONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN PAPERCLIP PAIRINGS BAY AREA CHESS SILVER KNIGHTS TRI-STATE CHESS WESTERN PA YOUTH CHESS CLUB LONG ISLAND CHESS NUTS DALLAS CHESS CLUB SCHOLASTIC CHESS OF INDIANA BOCA RATON CHESS CLUB

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Small State Affiliate Standings Name

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MAINE ASSOC OF CHESS COACHES METRO CHESS SIOUX EMPIRE CHESS FOUNDATION NEW MEXICO SCHOL CHESS ORG OMAHA CHESS COMMUNITY CMC- LLC MESA CHESS CLUB ST MARYS PARISH SCHOOL CC WELLS MEMORIAL SCHOOL LONE KINGS CHESS CLUB

ME DC SD NM NE RI NM ME NH NM

State Chapter Affiliate Standings Name

State

MICHIGAN CHESS ASSOCIATION PENNSYLVANIA ST CHESS FED MINNESOTA ST CHESS ASSN MASSACHUSETTS CHESS ASSOC NEW JERSEY ST CHESS FED MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION KENTUCKY CHESS ASSOCIATION NEW HAMPSHIRE CHESS ASSN TENNESSEE CHESS ASSOCIATION VIRGINIA CHESS FEDERATION

MI PA MN MA NJ MD KY NH TN VA

Count 668 474 377 204 191 187 185 178 158 128

Count 123 72 48 33 31 23 21 15 14 13

Count 317 176 132 65 56 56 54 50 30 28

Adult Membership Standings Name CONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CTR MARSHALL CHESS CLUB DALLAS CHESS CLUB JERSEY SHORE HS CHESS LEAGUE SAN DIEGO CHESS CLUB PAPERCLIP PAIRINGS BOCA RATON CHESS CLUB BAY AREA CHESS LOS ANGELES CHESS CLUB

Scholastic and Youth Membership Standings Name PAPERCLIP PAIRINGS BAY AREA CHESS TRI-STATE CHESS SILVER KNIGHTS WESTERN PA YOUTH CHESS CLUB LONG ISLAND CHESS NUTS CONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN SCHOLASTIC CHESS OF INDIANA DALLAS CHESS CLUB RIDERWOOD CHESS CLUB

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NY MO NY TX NJ CA TX FL CA CA

510 75 75 70 70 64 43 42 40 40

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TX CA NY PA PA NY NY IN TX MD

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DOCKERY, JOHN T STALLINGS, JAY S CAMPBELL, TIM V SYGIEL, CHET BERRY, FRANK K RYAN, BEN J MCDONALD, THOMAS D LARSON, GERALD A THOMAS, KENNETH FUSSELMAN, LEONARD

FL CA MO KY OK NE TX AL NJ TX

431 337 189 187 178 173 158 128 108 107

Count 57 26 25 24 23 17 15 10 10 9

PCT Gain Standings State VT RI DC

Dec09 207 247 190

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Jul11 269 288 221

PCT 30.0 16.6 16.3

State DE WV NE

Dec09 177 278 294

Mar11 191 298 314

PCT 7.9 7.2 6.8

State TERR ID VA

Dec09 84 169 2694

Jul11 88 177 2804

PCT 4.8 4.7 4.1

State CT

Dec09 1164

Jul11 1203


PCT 3.4

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Tournament Life Entries: SACC, 9306 Autumn Sunrise, San Antonio, TX 78254. Info: sanantoniochess.com, [email protected]. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. Sept. 30-Oct. 2 or Oct. 1-2, 2011 U.S. Class Championships See Nationals. Oct. 22-23, Temple Chess Club Fall Swiss See Grand Prix. Nov. 12, Scholastic Turkey Tournament 5SS, G/30 no delay. Sloan Creek Middle School, 440 Country Club Rd., Fairview, TX 75069. EF: $20 if postmarked by 11/4/11, otherwise $50, registration 8:00-8:30. R1 at 9:00AM, all others ASAP. Checks payable to: Sloan Creek Chess. Eight Sections: Primary PreK - 3rd U300; Primary PreK-3rd Open; 4th–8th Grades U500, 4th-8th Grades 500-U800; 4th-8th Grades Open; 9th-12th Grades U800; 9th-12th Grades Open; Individual trophies each section:1st, 2nd, 3rd place trophies, 4th place receives frozen turkey. 1st & 2nd place team trophies in each section. Ribbons! Side events. Snacks, baked potatoes, pizza, drinks. Contact Debbie 972-658-8708 or email [email protected]. Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open (NM) See Grand Prix.

Utah Sept. 24, Utah TEAM Championship (3 player teams) 4SS, Two Sections: Open & U-1400. U-1400 = team avg. 1399 & below with no restrictions as to how teams are formed. St. James Episcopal Church, 7486 S. Union Park Ave. (1300 E.) Midvale, UT 84047. 6 teams per section, or sections will be combined. EF: Advance EF = $45 per team. $36 for K-12 in U-1400. $30 for Family teams in both sections. All teams $15 more on-site. Info in by Thu. Sep.22 is advanced, can pay on Saturday. Time Controls: G/60 td/5. Rds.: 10AM, 12:15, 3:45 6:00. $$: B/6 teams PER section: Open: $150, $50; U1400: $90, $30. IndividualTrophies to topTeam in each section.Trophies forTop bd. 1,2,3, in each section. Medals forTop club, college HS, JHS, Elem. and Family. Reg.: Open 9AM-9:40. Mail paid entries and/or info to: Morry Holland, 1470 E. Valley Ridge Dr.,Sandy, UT 84093. Please make checks payable to: Utah Chess Assoc, and indicate which section you would like. Entry info to: [email protected] or 801-864-9023. More info at www.utahchess.com.

Vermont A State Championship Event! Oct. 22-23, 2011 Vermont Open 3-SS, G/85 (Sat.); 2-SS, G/120 (Sun.); play either day or both days. Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St., Middlebury, VT. EF: $24 per day; $3 less if paid in advance. $$G: 100% of EFs each day. State champ titles (overall & amateur) to top 2 Vermonters. Reg.: 8:50-9:40 a.m., Rds.: 10-2-5:30, 10-3. Ent: Parker Montgomery, PO Box 831, Middlebury, VT 05753-0831; [email protected]; cell phone 603-499-2139. Oct. 30, Capital Region Open (NY) See Grand Prix. Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT) See Connecticut.

Virginia Arlington Chess Club Friday Night USCF Rating Ladder 30/90, SD/1. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203. Ladder has been running for over 45 years, now win money too! Most monthly game points: $50; most total points Jan. to Dec.: $100. Must join club to play. Yearly dues: $50 adults, $40 seniors and U18, cash or check. Dates found on our website: http://members.cox.net/arlingtonchessclub/. Reg.: weekly sign-up from 7:00-8:00, games start by 8:10, no advance entries. Contact for info only: [email protected]. W, NS. Chess Magnet School JGP (if 4 rounds/games played in that one month). Arlington Chess Club's Monthly Action Tournament Once each month, the ACC sponsors an action tournament (dates found on our website: http://members.cox.net/arlingtonchessclub/.) 3SS, G/30. Prizes b/entries: 80% returned as prizes. Held concurrently with club ladder. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA 22202. Reg.: 7:00-8:15. Rd. 1: 8:20. EF: $15 ($10 for ACC Members), no advance entries, cash only. Contact for info only: [email protected]. W. NS.

Sept. 10, Kingstowne Quad #77/Action-Plus #49 KingstowneThompson Center, 6090 Kingstowne Village Pkwy., Alexandria, VA 22315. 2 Events. Quad #77: 3RR, G/100. EF: $10 if received by 9/7, $15 at site. Prizes: Medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to 1st if 30 score, else silver; bronze to 2nd. Rds.: 11-3-7. Action-Plus #49: 5SS, G/45. EF: $15 if received by 9/7, $20 at site. Prizes $$250 b/20: $10060, U1800-U1400-Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-3-5-7. Both: Reg. 9-10:30. Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 2902, Springfield, VA 22152. e-mail (info only): [email protected]. W(please give 48hour notice if needed). Sep. 24, Sterling Chess September Setup 4SS, G/61. St. Francis Episcopal Church, Harris Hall, 9220 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA 22066. EF: $4 if preregistered by 9/22, $6 thereafter. Unrateds free. Pay on site. No prizes; rating only. Preregister online at www.meetup.com/sterling-chess-tournaments. Reg.: 11:3012:00. Rds.: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:30. Bye: Half-point, any round. Info: [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class Championships See Grand Prix. Oct. 8, National Chess Day Blitz (QC) 4SS, double round (8 games), G/5. Hyatt Regency Crystal City (see Continental Class), 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA22202. $500 prize fund based on 30 entries, else proportional. $$ 150-yo-40, top U2100 $90, U1800 $80, U1500/Unr $70. EF: $20, at site only. Reg. ends Sat. 10:45 pm, rds. 11-11:30-12-12:30. Bye: OK round 1. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possiblenone supplied. Ent: At site only. Quick-rated (will not affect regular ratings), but higher of regular or quick used for pairings & prizes. Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 4SS, G/65. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. Open to under 1600 or unrated. $1000 prize fund based on 30 entries (unrated count half), else proportional, with $500 (half each prize) minimum guaranteed. $$ 300-150-70, top U1400 $140-70, U1200 $120-60, U1000 $90. No unrated may win over $150. EF: $40, unrated $20, at site only. Reg. ends Mon. (Columbus Day) 9:30 am, rds. 10-1-3:30-6:30. Bye: OK round 1. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possiblenone supplied. HR: See Continental Class. Special chessrate valet parking $6/day, with or without guest room. Unofficial ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Ent: At site only. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 15, Kingstowne Quad #78/Action-Plus #50 Kingstowne Snyder Center, 6450 S. Van Dorn St., Alexandria, VA 22315. 2 Events. Quad #78: 3RR, G/100. EF: $10 if received by 10/12, $15 at site. Prizes: Medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to 1st if 3-0 score, else silver; bronze to 2nd. Rds.: 11-3-7. Action-Plus #50: 5SS, G/45. EF: $15 if received by 10/12, $20 at site. Prizes $$250 b/20: $10060, 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 2902, Springfield, VA 22152. e-mail (info only): [email protected]. W(please give 48hour notice if needed). Oct. 16, Kingstowne October Octagons (QC) 7RR, G/20, 8-player sections. Kingstowne Snyder Center, 6450 S. Van Dorn St., Alexandria, VA 22315. EF: $15 plus $10 security if received by 10/12, $20 plus $10 security at site. Security returned upon completion of last round. Prizes: $50-30-20 each section. Rds.: 11-12-1:30-2:30-3:304:30-5:30. Reg.: 9-10:30. Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 2902, Springfield, VA 22152. W. (Please give 72-hour notice if needed). Oct. 22, Sterling Chess October Option 4SS, G/61. St. Francis Episcopal Church, Harris Hall, 9220 George-town Pike, Great Falls, VA 22066. Two sections: Open $$85 b/16, 50/25/10. U1200, medal to winner. EF: Open $6, U1200 $5. Unrateds free. Preregister online at www.meetup.com/sterling-chess-tournaments. Pay on website. Reg.: 11:30-12:00. Rds.: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:30. Info: [email protected]. Bye: Half-point, any round. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, 3rd annual Golden State Open (CA-N) See Grand Prix.

Wisconsin Oct. 1, Madison Rated Beginner Open (RBO) D240 Downtown MATC Campus, 211 N Carroll St., Madison WI 53703. In 2 Sections, Open: 5SS, G/30, EF: $15 adv/$20 at site. $$: $70-30. Trophies 1st/2nd/3rd Overall, 1st/2nd U1000/U800/Unr. Reserve: 5SS, G/30, Open to Age 12 or less. EF: $12 adv/$20 at site. Prizes: Trophies 1st/2nd for ages 11-12/9-10/7-8/6&Under. ALL: Open to 1199 & under. Reg.: 7:30am. Mail to 2025 E Johnson St, Madison, WI 53704. Rds.: 8:159:25-10:35-12:05-1:15. ENT: George Alexander, 608-669-3385. INFO: [email protected]. http://sites.google.com/site/madisonchess. NS. NC. W. Oct. 8, 2011 ORCA National Chess Day - Fall Seasonal Series Tournament 4SS, G/60. Christ Church, 13460 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon, WI 53097. 2 Sections: Open/Reserve (under 1500). Reg.: 9:00-9:45. Rds.: 10:00, 1:00, 3:15, 5:30. EF: $10 until 9/17, $15 on site. Prizes: 80% of receipts less expenses. Info: www.orcachess.org or admin@orcachess. org. Oct. 8, National Chess Day: Badger Open Scholastic U1200 RBO Country Springs Hotel, Water Park-Convention Center, 2810 Golf Road, Waukesha, WI 53187-2269. Conveniently located alongside I-94. Reservations: 262-547-0201. Ask for special chess rates ($109 wo/water park passes, $119 with) and mention the Waukesha Chess Club/Badger Open. Reserve before 10/28. Open to all USCF Scholastic Players in K-12 Schools rated 1200 and under. Trophies to Top 3 Teams U1200, U/700 and Unrated K-3. Individual Trophies to Top 5 and Medals to 6th20th. EF: $15 Advance (by 10/30) $20 thereafter. 1-Day, 6 Rd SS,TC G/30 Sat Rds start at: 9:30 a.m. On-site Reg: 8:00-8:45 One 1/2 point bye available in Rds 1-5 (request prior to Rd 1). Mail Advance Entries to: Waukesha Chess Club, Attn: Badger Open, 1911 Stardust Drive, Waukesha, WI 53186. Checks to: Waukesha Chess Club. Printable entry form and details available at www.waukeshachessclub.org or www.wscachess. org. A Heritage Event! Oct. 8-9, National Chess Day: 42nd Badger Open Country Springs Hotel, Water Park-Convention Center, 2810 Golf Road, Waukesha, WI 53187-2269. Conveniently located alongside I-94. Reservations: 262-547-0201. Ask for special chess rates ($109 wo/water park passes, $119 with) and mention the Waukesha Chess Club/Badger Open. Reserve before 10/28. $1200 Prize Fund, 2 Sections Open and Reserve. Prizes: Open: 1st $250, 2nd $150, balance divided by (based on number of players) in class A-F. EF: $35 Advance (by 10/30) $40 thereafter ($5 discount for Seniors over 60 and Youth U/20). Reserve (U1400). $$ B/50 Entries in O/R, so prize often grows. 2-Day 5 Rd SS, TC: G/120. On-site Reg.: 9:00-9:45. Rds.: Sat. 10-2:30-7, Sun. 10-2:30. One 1/2 point bye available in Rds 1-4 (request prior to Rd 1). Mail Advance Entries to: Waukesha Chess Club, Attn: Badger Open, 1911 Stardust Drive, Waukesha, WI 53186. Checks to: Waukesha Chess Club. Printable entry form and details available at www.waukeshachessclub.org or www.wscachess.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL) See Grand Prix. Oct. 22, Hales Corners Challenge XIV See Grand Prix.

Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT) See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com.

A State Championship Event! Nov. 5-6, 2011-2012 Wisconsin Junior Open Gruenhagen Conference Center, UW-Oshkosh, Corner of High and Osceola St., Oshkosh, WI 54901. 2012 Denker/Barber/Girls qualifier; Open to youth born after 11/5/1990. In 4 Sections, Open: 5SS, G/120, EF: $16 in advance by 11/1; $21 at site. Prizes:Top 5,Top 3 each 1300, 1200 and 1100, Top 4 Under 1100 and Top 3 Unrated. Reserve (Under 1100 or Unrated): 5SS, G/120, EF: $15 in advance by 11/1; $20 at site. Prizes: Top 5, Top 3 each 900, 800, 700, Under 700 and top four Unrated. NonRated Beginner's Grade 7-12: 5SS, G/120, Open to Grades 7-12. EF: $12 in advance by 11/1; $17 at site. Prizes: Top 5 places, Top 3 Grade 7-9. Non-Rated Beginner's Grade K-6: 5SS, G/120, Open to Grades K6. EF: $11 in advance by 11/1; $16 at site. Prizes: Top 5 places, Top 3 Grade K-3. ALL: Reg: 11/5, 8:45-9:30 A.M. Rds: 10:15-2:30-7:15; 10:003:00. ENT: Mike Nietman, 2 Boca Grande Way, Madison, WI 53719. INFO: Mike Nietman, 608-467-8510 (before 11/4) [email protected]. HR: 920-424-1106 $35 double (dorm room) (Mention Chess). www.wischess.org. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Nov. 5-6, 16th Annual Northern Virginia Open See Grand Prix.

FOREIGN RATING? NOT UNRATED!

If you have a FIDE rating, you are also not unrated.

Washington

Oct. 29-30, 26th Emporia Open See Grand Prix.

Nov. 12, Kingstowne Quad #79/Action-Plus #51 KingstowneThompson Center, 6090 Kingstowne Village Pkwy., Alexandria, VA 22315. 2 Events. Quad #79: 3RR G/100. EF: $10 if received by

If you have no USCF rating, but do have a rating or category from any other country, no matter how many years ago, you are not unrated.

11/9, $15 at site. Prizes: Medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to 1st if 3-0 score, else silver; bronze to 2nd. Rds.: 11-3-7. Action-Plus #51: 5SS G/45. EF: $15 if received by 11/9, $20 at site. Prizes $$250 b/20: $100-60, U1800-U1400-Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-3-5-7. Both: Reg. 910:30. Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 2902, Springfield, VA 22152. Email (info only): [email protected]. W(please give 48-hour notice if needed).

PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS HEALTH AND BENEFITS FUND Many Grand Prix tournament organizers will contribute $1 per player to the Professional Health & Benefits Fund. All Grand Prix tournaments which participate in this program are entitled to be promoted to the next higher Grand Prix category—for example, a six-point tournament would become a 10-point tournament. Points in the top category are promoted 50%.

Nov. 5-6, WVA Veteran's Tournament 5SS, G/120. Gruenhagen Conference Center, UW-Oshkosh, Corner of High and Osceola St., Oshkosh, WI 54901. Open to Age 21 and over. EF: $20 by 11/1; $25 at site. $$b/40 and 3 per class: $150-90. A - $70; B - $60; C - $50; D - $40; E/Unr - $40. Reg.: 11/5 8:45-9:30 A.M. Rds.: 10:15-2:307:15; 10:00-3:00. Held in conjunction with the WI Junior Open but in a separate room. ENT: Mike Nietman, 2 Boca Grande Way, Madison, WI 53719. INFO: Mike Nietman, 608-467-8510 (evenings before 11/4) [email protected]. HR: 920-424-1106 $35 (dorm room) (Mention Chess). www.wischess.org. NS. NC. W.

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Information for Players If not a member, add dues to advance entry fee or pay them with entry fee at site. U.S. Championship Qualifier. Tournament in which qualification spots for the U.S. Championship are awarded. American Classic. Generally, an event that has been held by one organizer for the last three years and has attracted more than 400 players each year. Heritage Event. Tournament held for at least 25 years. Quick Chess. Tournaments with time controls of G/5 to G/29. There is a separate “quick” or “overall” rating system that includes these events, and games played in these tournaments will not affect a player's regular rating. Games played with a time control of G/30 through G/60 will be rated in both the quick/overall system and the regular system. USCF MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED FOR ALL EVENTS.

In most events, you don’t have to win the tournament to win a prize—you can win a class prize as a top scorer of your rating group, or a section prize in a section restricted to your rating group. These rating groups are: Rating Classes

Senior Master - 2400 & up Master 2200-2399 Class C Expert 2000-2199 Class D Class A 1800-1999 Class E Class B 1600-1799 Class F

1400-1599 1200-1399 1000-1199 800-999

Class G 600-799 Class H 400-599 Class I 200-399 Class J 199/below

Some tournaments use different groups such as 1900-2099, and some have “under’’ prizes or sections including all below a specified level. You never lose your rating, no matter how long it has been since you last played. If you return after a long absence, please tell the director and USCF your approximate rating and last year of play. If you have a FIDE rating, or a rating or category from any other country, no matter how many years ago, you are not unrated. FIDE or foreign ratings may be

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CHESS TO ENJOY (page 15) Problem I.

1. ... Nxg4! prompted resignation because 2. Qxf8+ Kh7 and Black wins with threats on the back row and f2, e.g. 3. Rd1 Nxf2+ or 3. Qd6 Qb1+ 4. Rd1 Nxf2+. Problem II.

White can win with 1. Kb4! because of 1. ... f6 2. Ne4+ or 1. ... Kf4 2. Nd3+! Kxg4 3. Nc5 followed by Nd7 and winning the pawns with his king. But he played 1. Nd3? f6! 2. exf6 Kxf6 and drew (3. Nf2 Kg5 4. Kb4 e5 5. Kc4 e4 6. Kd4 Kf4). Problem III.

1. ... f3! threatens 1. ... f2+ and mates, e.g. 2. Qxf8 f2+ 3. Bxf2 Qd1+ or 2. Qe7+ Rf7 3. Qxe3 Qxb7. Problem IV.

1. Bc5! Qxc5 2. Qe6+ Qd6 3. Ra6+ wins the queen, or 1. ... Rxc5 2. Qe6+ Kb5 3. a4+. In the game, Black resigned after 1. ... Qd8 2. b4. Problem V.

1. a8=Q! Rxa8 2. Rxh6! threatens to win with Be6+

Trapping: Black gains big material after 1. ... Bd2.

or Nf5, e.g. 2. ... gxh6 3. Be6+ Kh8 4. Ng6 mate. White won after 2. ... Rae8 3. Qb3+ Rf7 4. Re6 Rxe6 5. Bxe6 dxe2 6. Bxf7+.

Problem V.

Problem VI.

Problem VI.

1. Ng6+! hxg6 2. Qh8+ Ng8 3. Bd6! leaves Black helpless against threats like Rxg6 followed by Rxg7, e.g, 3. ... Rf6 4. Rxg6 Rxd6 5. Rxg7 or 3. ... Qd8 4. Rxg6 Ndf6 5. Rxf6! Rxf6 6. Rxg7.

SOLITAIRE CHESS ABCs of Chess (page 17)

Removing the guard: White is crushed by the undermining 1. ... Rxe2!, when 2. Qxe2 is met by 2. ... Bxf3+.

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Problem III.

Problem I. 1. Nd5! Too slow is 1. Nd7? Kc2! 1. ... Kc1 2. f6 Ineffective is 2. Nc3? Kc2 3. Nb5 b2 4. Na3+ Kb3 5. Nb1 Ne4! 5. Kc6 Kc2 7. Na3+ Kc3! Zugzwang 8. Nb1+ Kb3! 9. Kd5 Ka2 wins. 2. ... b2 3. Nc3 Kc2 4. Kd6! Kxc3 5. f7, Draw.

Mating net: Black wins immediately by 1. ... Bf1 mate.

Problem II. 1. 0-0-0+ g1=Q 2. Rxg1+ Kxg1 3. Kb2 dxe4 4. f4 exf3 e.p. 5. exf3 Kf2 6. f4 Kf3 7. f5 Kf4 8. f6 Kf5 9. f7 Kg6 10. f8=R wins.

Mating net: Black mates by 1. ... Bh2+ 2. Kh1 Bg3+ 3. Kg1 Qh2 mate. Problem I.

Discovery: The knight is to the discovery 1. ... e5+. Problem II.

Fork: Black gains the e-pawn by 1. ... Qe3+. Problem IV.

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