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Chess Life — May 2012

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Pete Tamburro

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former president of the Chess Journalists of America and a frequent contributor to Chess Life and Chess Life for Kids. Al Lawrence

(“USAT,” p. 20) is a former

executive director of both USCF and the World Chess Hall of Fame. His latest book with GM Lev Alburt, Chess for the Gifted and Busy, can soon be previewed at www.chesswithlev.com.

Anand versus Gelfand in Moscow

The World Chess Championship in Moscow (May 10-June 1)

seesdefending champ Viswanathan

Anand of India (below) face challenger

Showdown in Saint Louis The U.S. Chess Championships in

CLO coverage will include

strongest field in history, and runs

GM Ian Rogers.

St. Louis (May 7-21) features the alongside the U.S. Women’s

champion Gata Kamsky and Saint Louis’ own Hikaru Nakamura will be the favorites in the “Champs” while defending champ Anna

Zatonskih and Irina Krush top the

rating list in the “Women’s.” Look for updates on CLO and track your

fantasy team at uschesschamps.com.

Chicago Open

The Chicago Open, held over

(“USAT,” p. 26) is a professional chess player and a regular contributor for Chess Life Online.

Harvey Lerman (“USAT,” p. 30) is the editor of floridaCHESS. Macauley Peterson

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FM Alex Betaneli (“USAT,” p. 28) is the founder and a co-owner of the Wisconsin Chess Academy. He is actively involved in teaching and promoting chess. Please visit his site www.wichessacademy.com.

Boris Gelfand of Israel.

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Dr. Alexey Root, WIM (“First Moves,” p. 8) is the author of five books, including her latest The Living Chess Game: Fine Arts Activities for Kids 9-14 (Libraries Unlimited, Santa Barbara, California; 2011). She also teaches college credit courses, available worldwide via UT Dallas eLearning, about chess in education.

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May Chess Life Columns 14 LOOKS AT BOOKS Ode(ious) to Joy By Pete Tamburro

16 CHESS TO ENJOY Lapsus Muris By GM Andy Soltis

18 SOLITAIRE CHESS One Way or the Other By Bruce Pandolfini

46 BACK TO BASICS The Big Clash By GM Lev Alburt

48 ENDGAME LAB A Master of the Endgame, Part II

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By GM Pal Benko

Zachary Weiner (l) and GM Robert Hess of “Forking with Tebow’s Knights” at the U.S. Amateur Team East. Story on page 20.

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It’s all for the journey and the pursuit of shared glory.

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Pictured taking an Icelandic hot soak (l-r): IM Irina Krush, GM Robert Hess, GM Maurice Ashley, IM John Bartholomew, Einar Jensson (Jensson is an Icelandic player who served as a tour guide for the American contingent), FM Keaton Kiewra, GM Yury Shulman.

“Forfeit By Disconnection” Takes 2012 U.S. Amateur Team West By FM Kostya Kavutskiy

NORTH “Chess X-men” are Perfect in the North

On The Cover

Iceland has a fascination with elves. Roads have even been diverted so as not to disturb elf habitat. Yet once a year the chess world arrives in Reykjavik, including a dozen Americans this year, to face the cold, hard, reality of the 64 squares.

“Forking with Tebow’s Knights” Tops a Record-Breaking USATE

By FM Alex Betaneli

SOUTH “Yo Doy Clase” wins USAT South By Harvey Lerman

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CHESS JOURNALISM AWARDS

2012 Chess Journalism of America Awards By Joshua Anderson

The annual call for submissions to celebrate the best of chess journalism.

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Chess Burns in Iceland By Macauley Peterson

A group of top American players travel to Iceland and encounter blizzards both Icelandic and chessic.

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Our annual listing of all that is noteworthy in the USCF this past year.

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I was just scanning through my March 2012 Chess Life issue last night, starting with the letters. Imagine my surprise when I read my original uschess.org forum thread (“I’m a long-time chess player...”). I started that thread back in November, 2010 and have seen many interesting responses from chess players in similar situations. Some continue to play even though their ratings have dropped 200 points from their peak because they enjoy the game so much, others have given up tournament play for various reasons. It was interesting to read about all the players who had a similar story to mine. Personally, I’m playing more now than ever before because I enjoy it more than I did 20 years ago. I think the USCF does an excellent job of introducing children to the game. It was rare to see anyone under 16 years old when I started playing in 1971 (other than the few exceptional kids of that era) but now the tournament rooms are full of kids. However, I think the USCF should also consider the other side of the spectrum— those players (like me) who started 40 or 50 years ago and continue to play the game because we enjoy it so much. As a bonus, chess helps us improve our concentration and memory as we get older. There are a significant number of “seasoned” players out there; we trade stories, we encourage and support each other and we’re excited when one of us wins a class prize over much younger

competition. It might be interesting to do a series of articles on the over-50 crowd, how we’ve had to adjust to new methods of preparation (computers over Chess Informants), the influx of really strong young players who never seem to make mistakes and the challenge of keeping our energy and motivation up over three days of tournament play. As an update: since I started that thread, my rating has gone up 75 points and I’m very close to breaking 2000 again. I’m starting to feel that I can attain 2000– 2050, maybe even 2100 again with enough work. It almost feels like I’ve had to relearn how to play, how to focus and how to think in order to improve at age 56. Jason Braun (a.k.a “Flying Rook”—a nickname my sister gave me in the 1970s!) via e-mail Correspondence chess

I was just reviewing my August 2011 Chess Life and in the article about correspondence chess, I noticed there was a picture of a postal chess recorder album. I still have a couple of those that I used constantly back in the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. I now play on a server that has an analysis board attached. It brought back some fond memories. Thanks for a great article. Dominic A. Cangelosi Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Faces Across the Board Chess Life is soon introducing a new column, “Faces Across the Board,” that will highlight class-level players who have reached a notable chess milestone or accomplishment. Did you win your class section for the first time? Did you defeat a titled player? Have you started a chess initiative in your hometown? These are just some of the reasons why you could be selected to appear in this column. You must be a current class-level player or have been a class-level player at the time of your achievement (rating of 1999 or below). If you wish to be considered or to suggest someone to us, please send a brief supporting statement to faces@ uschess.org. Include your e-mail address, phone number, and a highresolution photo (head-and-shoulders or profile picture required). If we find your story intriguing you will be contacted by Al Lawrence who will be writing this column for us.

Corrections

December, 2011 issue, “Kings vs. Queens: A Battle of the Sexes,” On page 20, the Stopa-Krush game should be labelled as Kings vs. Queens Fischer Random. As mentioned on page 28, each player played each of the opposing team members twice: once in a Fischer Random game and once in a rapid game. (Thank you to reader Floyd R. Kirk)

March, 2012 issue, “The Caissa Protocol,” page 25: Move 3 should be 3. ... exd4, not 3. ... cxd4.

(Thank you to 9-year-old reader Sean Rowe)

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Chess Educator Of The Year: Bruce Pandolfini An award that Ben Kingsley has not won. By Dr. Alexey Root, WIM

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EIGHTY PEOPLE ATTENDED the free lecture by Bruce Pandolfini on February 23, 2012. His presentation was part of the 11th Annual ChessFest at The University of Texas at Dallas. ChessFest is a celebration of chess organized by University of Texas (UT) Dallas’ Eugene McDermott Library and the UT Dallas Chess Program. ChessFest also featured UT Dallas chess team member GM Julio Sadorra’s blindfold chess exhibition, at Chess Plaza near the center of the UT Dallas campus. Pandolfini’s topic was “How I Became A Professional Chess Teacher.” A national chess master, Pandolfini has written dozens of instruction books and is a highly sought after chess teacher. Pandolfini’s legacy spans back to his role as an analyst for PBS’ coverage of the 1972 world championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. To the general public he is most recognizable for the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer that was based on the book of the same title by Fred Waitzkin. In the movie, Oscar-winning actor Ben Kingsley plays Pandolfini as chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin’s teacher. Pandolfini was not always a chess teacher. He said, “Let me say at the outset that I was never trained as a chess teacher. Back in 1972, when I first started teaching, I was a chess master, but an undistinguished one, and certainly I knew nothing about the art and science of teaching the game of chess. I had a degree in chemistry, and I had done some graduate work in physical chemistry, but I never worked a day as a chemist. I had dropped out of graduate school to pursue a playing career in chess, but it didn’t pan out.” Pandolfini worked odd jobs such as salesperson at the now out-of-business Gimbel’s department store. He amused himself by sometimes asking customers, “May I hinder you?” An amateur poet, he took a job at the Strand bookstore. While working there, he was offered the PBS commentator position. It paid expenses only. But its FischerSpassky coverage was the second most popular PBS show of the 1970s (after the Watergate hearings). The PBS chess shows ignited interest in chess lessons among adults. Soon Pandolfini was working 7580 hours a week as a chess teacher, sometimes teaching chess to rock stars at 1:00 a.m. From 1972-2012, Pandolfini’s main source of income has been teaching private chess lessons. Early on, he mostly taught adults. For one private lesson with a businessman, Pandolfini ended up as an unintentional chess analyst. The businessman asked him for a best move in a non-descript position. The next day, the businessman invited Pandolfini back to analyze what would be the best move in uschess.org

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the same position one move further advanced. After a few more moves, Pandolfini had helped the businessman win two pieces. Then a second businessman asked for a private lesson. At that lesson, the second businessman displayed a very familiar chess position in which the second businessman was two pieces behind! One of my Chess Online students, Rachel Perales, shared her summary of that story, “Each man had hired Pandolfini to help him win the game, unaware that the other had done the same thing. Although Pandolfini ended up letting the two men know what was going on, by inviting them both to lunch, he joked that he could have become a rich man by letting the game go on indefinitely.” To supplement his chess teaching income, Pandolfini has written about chess, given chess exhibitions (such as blindfold games or simultaneous exhibitions), and been a chess consultant (as for the Searching for Bobby Fischer film). He added, “Another bolster to my income has come from administering and running businesses, such as managing the Manhattan Chess Club when it was in Carnegie Hall, or by co-founding and developing the Chess-In-The-Schools program in New York City. Neither enterprise was lucrative, but both left memories.” For his first two years with the ChessIn-The-Schools program, Pandolfini earned nothing. The main task then was to convince the New York Board of Education to allow the program into schools. Pandolfini shared some of the chess examples he presented to the New York Board of Education. The first example he showed was:

-+-+k+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+K+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+Q+-+ +-+-+-+White to mate in two

The second example he showed was:

PHOTO BY ALEXEY ROOT

(see diagram top of next column)

(See solutions at end of this feature.) I recalled a video where Pandolfini explained these problems (Chess Now episode 41, about 19 minutes into the episode, http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=DjmZrg6k4aQ). Pandolfini gave a similar explanation to that shown in the video to the ChessFest audience. He added that the New York Board of Education was most impressed by how solving uschess.org

-+-+k+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+K+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+R+-+ +-+-+-+White to mate in three

these chess examples taught critical thinking. In year three with Chess-In-TheSchools, Pandolfini earned $3,000. For the fourth year he earned $4,000. He did not work for the money; he worked to help chess. As the program grew, he had to find more chess teachers. Pandolfini mentioned that he first turned to chess players. Yet those chess-player teachers could not be alone in classrooms, since each classroom had to have a certified teacher present. Therefore, Pandolfini conducted chess training sessions for certified teachers. After the initial Fischer-Spassky wave of adult students, Pandolfini has mostly taught children. Children tend to be very emotional about losses. If a chess student loses, the chess teacher should be empathetic. The teacher might share a story about when he or she lost a game or simply state “I know how you feel.” When a chess student wins, Pandolfini said, “I really zing them.” That is, he critically analyzes that win. Wins show chess weaknesses just as much as losses do. A student is usually more willing to show a win than a loss. Finally, a student is also more open to hearing criticisms of poor moves after winning than after losing. Pandolfini said that his students learn not to move the pieces during analysis. Chess involves visualizing. Visualizing must be practiced. About one year into chess teaching, he began telling his students, “If you move the pieces when analyzing, even if you get it right, you are wrong. But if you tell me what your planned moves are, without moving the chessmen, I will give you another chance if your moves are wrong.” When I interviewed Pandolfini over lunch (see sidebar), he highlighted aspects of Bobby Fischer’s life that chess students should emulate. Pandolfini said, “One time Bobby Fischer sat with two 1500-rated players as they analyzed a game that they had just played. Of course, Fischer was much above their level. But that didn’t matter. Fischer talked to them as equals. He was interested in the chess game. That’s what I tell students too. Students shouldn’t think so much about the ratings of players but should instead

consider chess positions.” One time, Pandolfini saw Fischer disagreeing with almost everything that Bernard Zuckerman said about a particular chess game. In Pandolfini’s opinion, “Zuckerman could describe a chess idea in English better than anyone else.” What impressed Pandolfini was that Fischer and Zuckerman could argue about chess yet remain friends. Dr. Abby Kratz presented Pandolfini with the UT Dallas Chess Educator of the Year Award for 2012. Past recipients are Susan Polgar, 2004; Sunil Weeramantry, 2005; Erik Anderson, 2006; David MacEnulty, 2007; Beatriz Marinello, 2008; Dr. Stephen Lipschultz, 2009; Dr. Jonathan Rowson, 2010; and Elizabeth Shaughnessy, 2011. Abby Kratz is the associate provost of UT Dallas. Jim Stallings, UT Dallas’ chess program director, also spoke at the Chess Educator of the Year ceremony. Stallings was “pleased to welcome an honoree with such a legendary reputation as Bruce Pandolfini to UT Dallas. His approach is to teach students how to think. In Pandolfini’s own words, he teaches how ‘to read other people and to understand oneself.’” The full text of Pandolfini’s acceptance speech, as well as more information about ChessFest, is at the Chess Program website www.utdallas.edu/chess/. See “Pandolfini answers fans’ questions” on next page.

SOLUTIONS: First example: 1. Qe5 (1. Qb2 Kd8 [1. ... Kf8 2. Qh8 mate] 2. Qb8 mate) 1. ... Kd8 (1. ... Kf8 2. Qh8 mate) 2. Qb8 mate. Second example: 1. Rd2 (1. Rf2 Kd8 2. Rc2 Ke8 3. Rc8 mate) 1. ... Kf8 2. Rg2 Ke8 3. Rg8 mate.

Bruce Pandolfini being presented with his Chess Educator of the Year plaque by Abby Kratz, Associate Provost at University of Texas at Dallas. Chess Life — May 2012

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Pandolfini answers fans’ questions I thought fans of Bruce Pandolfini might enjoy asking him questions. I posted requests for questions on my Facebook page and on my blog for MonRoi. Mongoose Press, the publisher of my forthcoming book Thinking with Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14, solicited questions through its newsletter. Here’s a selection of fans’ questions and Pandolfini’s answers: Via Facebook, Stephen Chase (Amarillo, Texas) asked, “There are many excellent (used) books for all levels, using English descriptive notation. At what point/age does Bruce Pandolfini recommend teaching English descriptive notation as a second chess language?” Pandolfini answered, “Descriptive notation has its place and virtues. For example, saying ‘the problem of the rookpawn’ is more elegant than (and just as inclusive as) saying ‘the problem of the a- and h-pawns.’ I wouldn't necessarily teach descriptive notation without specific purpose. But if my students were interested in it, and the context warranted it, I would indeed explain it. I seem to recall Bobby Fischer using descriptive notation for recording, and, I believe, he also employed it when talking chess, too. He did okay, so maybe there’s something to it.” Via Mongoose Press, Barrett James (Savannah, Georgia) asked, “I started coaching a middle school team one year ago. Their ratings are about 8001100. I’ve had them do some puzzles and exercises, but it’s like pulling teeth. They just want to play each other. Does Bruce Pandolfini have any ideas about how to get them interested in exercises/puzzles/study?” Pandolfini answered: “Beat them! While beating them, constantly remind them that they’re getting crushed because when you were younger your teacher recommended that you do exercises, solve problem-puzzles, and play lots of chess on a regular basis. You took that advice and look what’s happened. If that doesn’t do the trick, then I’d say you might consider trying another approach.” Via Facebook, Claudia Munoz (Wichita Falls, Texas) asked, “In the movie Searching For Bobby Fischer, Bruce Pandolfini was portrayed as a person that opposed scholastic tournaments. Does he really believe that?” She also asked which top girls Pandolfini had taught. Pandolfini answered: “No, I never have 10


opposed scholastic tournaments. Let’s say that was cinematic license. Chess reality is something else. Isn’t it?” Pandolfini said that his most famous female student was Rachel Crotto, who later became a U.S. women’s chess champion. Via Mongoose Press, Bab Wilders (Amersfoort, the Netherlands) asked, “With reference to FIDE policies, does Bruce Pandolfini think that rapid chess will mean an end to classical chess?” Pandolfini answered: “I didn’t understand FIDE policies years ago. I don’t understand them now. Good chess players will want to think about positions (that’s what they tell me). You can’t play your best chess at these incredible speeds. Therefore, I imagine there will always be a place for the more traditional and slower time controls, if that is what you mean by the term classical chess. If you mean something else, well, I may have to change my answer.” Via Facebook, Michael Simpson (Austin, Texas) asked, “How have the challenges of teaching chess changed in the last thirty years?” Pandolfini answered: “Chess teaching is a much more demanding profession now. Immediately after the FischerSpassky match it consisted mainly of adult education and such. That quickly shifted to teaching children. Early on, most teachers merely sat down with a student and went over a game, a venture which may have its own merit. Now, students are more fully armed because of their access to computers. They can tap into helpful software or explore wonderful sites on the Internet. Better-prepared and more informed students require more from their chess teachers. I can’t quite keep up with the younger teachers in terms of their facility with the new programs and didactic tools. But I might offer something else valuable to students they can’t necessarily get from today’s technical wizardry: my sense of humor. I remember when computer chess playing programs first came out. I would partner with my student against a computer, getting right inside the student’s brain as key decisions were being made. A virtue of that teaming was that plans and operations could be discussed without the opponent (the computer) being able to adjust to our comments. If the opponent were a human being sitting across from us at a chessboard, that individual (assuming he or she weren’t catatonic) would adjust to the remarks, countering or neutralizing them in some way, thereby reducing their instructive value. But by the end of this new type of teaching arrangement, the student would have seen plans proposed, unfolded, and

realized. That, no matter how you cut it, is powerful instruction.” Via Mongoose Press, John Buky (Chicago, Illinois) asked, “Bruce Pandolfini mentioned somewhere that he memorized the moves of all the games of a Botvinnik match (over a dozen games memorized!) by creating a story. What was the story and could Bruce elaborate in detail how he memorized all the moves by the story?” Pandolfini answered: “The questioner has it wrong. When I was 15, I had Botvinnik’s book about the Absolute Championship of the Soviet Union. I carried the book around with me all summer, playing through the games in my head. I learned a ton of stuff and developed my analytic abilities greatly. But I didn’t memorize the games. That possibility never even occurred to me as an option. Maybe the next time I’m 15 I’ll give it a try. I will say, though, that Botvinnik was, in my opinion, the greatest of chess teachers. He often admitted his mistakes, which showed the kind of objectivity needed to perform at Olympian levels. Alekhine, on the other hand, surely, another great teacher, never admitted any mistakes. I guess he’s likable, too. Anyway, I liked his play. I interviewed Botvinnik once. He spoke through a translator. But when I asked him a question about Fischer, he immediately shot back a full paragraph in perfect English. One would have to have been an idiot not to realize he was using the translator solely as a filter and timegainer to avoid making mistakes and to formulate his answers. You have to like that about him. Although I love Botvinnik (well, his chess), Fischer was my favorite player. I mean, he was “see-able,” prior to 1968 or so. He often could be found at New York’s chess haunts haunting away. One morning, I let myself into the Marshall Chess Club with my key. I don’t have that key any more. Fischer was already there, and it seemed as if he had stayed all night, studying games from the nineteenth century stored on index cards in a special club cabinet. That was several years after Spassky had beaten Bobby with a King’s Gambit. That revealing morning was also subsequent to the publication of Fischer’s pamphlet, A Bust to the King’s Gambit. Fischer was studying and playing over those cards containing 19th-century gambits. I thought it was strange, but soon thereafter he used some of that very stuff to beat really good players, such as Larry Evans in the 1963-64 U.S. Chess Championship. I suspect Bobby was either onto something or on something. Hey, it’s just a suspicion.” uschess.org

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Ode(ious?) to Joy There is a market for enjoyment!

By PETE TAMBURRO MY THIRD CHESS BOOK WAS The Fireside Book of Chess by Irv- Is this any way to start a book? When I think of Assiac doing ing Chernev and Fred Reinfeld. I found it in my high school effectively the same thing, to show everything is relative anylibrary. What an utter delight: stories, positions, games, puzzles way, in a few short, entertaining examples, it’s apparent this book and even cartoons! needed an editor. Over the years I found other treasures: Reinfeld’s The Joys I had mixed feelings about the introductions to each chapof Chess, Andy Soltis’ Chess to Enjoy, Assiac’s The Pleasures of ter. He would always start with some example that was not in Chess and many others. When I got into building a library of the realm of chess. Many of them were downright interesting and rare books, I even dug up H.R. Agnel’s Chess for Winter Evenings it’s nice to see an author of such wide-ranging intellectual gifts and even one tome in Spanish: Ajedrez Brillante Y Anecdotico as Mr. Hesse apparently has. He seemed, though by Roberto Castaño. Opening books and to feel obligated to do it “Joy shivers in the corner where she knits instructional books for every chapter, and seemed to have the strained references And Conscience always has the rocking chair, flooded the market in started to tear at the Cheerful as when she tortured into fits recent years, and the fabric of the book. “joy” books didn’t Take this passage: The first cat that was ever killed by care.” seem to appear with “The starting posiany frequency. Thanktion is also defined by —EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON, U.S. POET fully, Mike Fox and a deeper-seated and Richard James picked complicated concept up the cause with The Complete Chess Addict and six years later, of symmetry. If in the said position the colours of all the pieces in 1993, followed up with The Even More Complete Chess Addict. and squares are reversed (a black square becomes a white one and a white piece a black one and vice versa) and one then looks There is a market for enjoyment! You can imagine my joy when I was sent Christian Hesse’s at the result in the mirror, then one can recognize the startThe Joys of Chess. It was so thick: 432 pages of fun seemed ing position. This is a direct analogy of the so-called CP-invariance which exists in large stretches of our universe. promised to me. I quickly browsed it to get the flavor of it. Whom did he choose? The C stands for charge and the P for parity. CP-invariance Did he pick out some old favorites? Yes! Did he come up with items means that all the physical characteristic of a system do not I’d never seen before? Yes! Yes! Did he have new interesting and change if simultaneously all the elementary particles are amusing stories about our current masters? Yes! Yes! Yes! After replaced by their antiparticles which are equipped with the all, how many times do we have to read funny stories about Tar- opposite charge (C) and all the spatial coordinates are mirrored takower or Nimzowitsch? I was ready to experience joy! (P).” As I started to read it, Robinson’s old lines criticizing PuriCan you feel the joy? Great Christmas gift, huh? At the risk tanism in New England began to take on meaning (see callout of being labeled anti-intellectual or someone digging up my colin page center). The joy of a chess book was being overwhelmed lege transcript for my physics grade, the reader can do without by an apparent effort of “conscience” to be thorough beyond rea- this sort of thing, which occurs not infrequently in the book. If you’re willing to surf over the seaweed in this book, there son. A plague of didacticism has swept through this book: the are waves of joy in this book. It is a wonderful selection. There first chess book on joy killed by care! Do we really need 40 years worth, year by year, of “top five” is something for everyone. I will happily use it as a reference work rankings (with ratings) of our grandmasters. Did we need a the- and as a snow-bound book to keep around the fire, rather oretical analysis of the value of the pieces to within 1⁄16 of a point? than in it. If only it had less care and more joy.

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Chess to Enjoy

Lapsus Muris

By GM Andy Soltis

Computers provide us with everything—including a new way to lose.

So many things have been invented by accident—from potato chips to penicillin, Teflon to corn flakes—that it’s natural to suspect some chess innovations were also lucky, unintended discoveries. Some certainly looked that way. French Defense (C00) GM Jan Timman (FIDE 2655, NED) GM Viktor Korchnoi (FIDE 2659, SUI) Wijk aan Zee, 2000

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 b5!?

rsnlwqk+-tr zp-zp-vlpzpp -+-+psn-+ +p+p+-+-+-+P+-+ +-+P+NzPPzPP+QzP-zP tRNvL-mKL+R After 5. ... b5

This strange last move was a novelty, in place of 5. ... b6. GM Loek van Wely, commenting on the Internet Chess Club, joked that Black only wanted to push the pawn one square but it went too far. His move was “a mouse slip,” van Wely said. It turned out well because Black got the edge after 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 b4! 8. a3 Ba6! 9. Qd2 Nc6. Since then 5. ... b5 has become perfectly respectable. The joke was there was no mouse. This was played in an over-the-board tournament. But even back in 2000, fans understood the humor of making a mistake the new way, with that annoying, evil mouse. Before then—before we needed to click our moves onto a computer screen—accidents at the board were blamed on a slip of the hand. A celebrated example was 16


Alexander Alekhine’s first-round victory at Nottingham 1936. After 1. e4, his opponent, Salo Flohr, replied 1. ... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4. Alekhine intended 4. e5 and then 5. Bd2. But his hand grabbed the bishop and played 4. Bd2. In the tournament book Alekhine called it a lapsus manus, a hand slip—and the line became known as the “Lapsus Manus Variation.” Today we have more to fear from a lapsus muris (from the Latin word for mouse). It produces disasters like: Sicilian Defense, Lasker-Pelikan Variation (B33) GM Christian Bauer (FIDE 2622, FRA) GM Alexander Khalifman (FIDE 2669, RUS) Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament, 2004

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. 0-0 f5 14. c4 0-0 15. Qf3 d5!

If you’re not a Pelikan-watcher, Black’s move looks stunning. But it’s been in this variation’s DNA since 1992.

16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Rad1

-trl+-trk+ +-+-wqpvlp p+-+-+-+ +p+Pzp-+-+-+L+-+ sN-+-+Q+PzP-+-zPPzP +-+R+RmKAfter 18. Rad1

Black is ready to take the initiative with 18. ... Rb6 followed by ... Rh6/... f7-f5. But when Black, a former FIDE world champion, tried to nudge his cyber-rook to b6 it only got half-way there. The game ended with 18. ... Rb7?? 19. d6, Black resigned.

Games like that gave us a new vocabulary. If “mouse slip” is a proper term, what’s the verb? “The Week In Chess (TWIC)” offered one when it reported the next example. Black “mismoused,” said TWIC. Mismoused GM Peter Svidler (FIDE 2672, RUS) GM Nigel Short (FIDE 2683, ENG) KasparovChess GP 2000

-+r+q+-mk zp-+l+pzpr -zp-+p+-zp +-+pzP-+n+-wQ-+-sN +-+P+RtRP+-vL-zPPzP +-+-+-mKAfter 23. Qxd4

Black tried to plant his rook on the seventh rank but played 23. ... Rc1+?? instead. He tried to resign but his opponent insisted the game should go on with 23. ... Rc2. But taking back a move isn’t easy with some machines. The software used in this online tournament didn’t allow it. Of course, the players could have fudged the score by following up 23. ... Rc1+?? with 24. Be1?? Rc8 25. Bd2—repeating the position, so that Black could play 25. ... Rc2!. Instead, the game was restarted from move one and the players repeated all their moves to reach the diagram. What happens if the slip isn’t discovered immediately? That can happen when the person playing the game isn’t the one inputting moves. The problem arose in 1995 when Garry Kasparov played a two-game exhibition with a Fritz program in London. His game as Black began 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5. uschess.org

Bad Pistyan 1912 This month marks the 100th anniversary of another of those huge, pre-World War I international tournaments that seemed to feature half of the world’s star players. Bad Pistyan 1912, as it became known, was an 18player invitational held at a celebrated Czechoslovakian resort. Akiba Rubinstein, reaching his playing peak, scored 14-3 and finished 21⁄2 points ahead of Rudolf Spielmann and the rest of the field, which included Frank Marshall, Carl Schlechter, Oldrich Duras, Frederick Dewhurst Yates and Richard Teichmann. In each of the following six positions from Bad Pistyan 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 pieces. For solutions, see page 71.

Problem I

Karoly Sterk Frank Marshall

-+-+-+k+ +pzp-trpzp-vl-+-+Psn zpP+-zp-+Q P+L+-+-+ wq-zPP+-+-+-+-+RzP +-+-tR-+K

After 7. Bg5

Here Kasparov picked up his queen bishop and the computer’s operator immediately input 7. ... Bb7. But Kasparov played 7. ... Ba6. The game went on, 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5. But someone noticed that the two opponents were playing different games. FIDE rules say that if a mistake such as an illegal move is discovered, you go back to the point of infraction and start again from there. But in this case the match arbiter decided the game would continue from the point when the mistake was discovered, that is after 11. ... c5. This penalized the machine slightly because 9. f3, which is necessary to avoid 9. Bd3? Bxg2, is unnecessary after 7. ... Ba6. In any case, life went on after 11. ... c5 and Black turned matters sharply in his favor after 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ne2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5! 15. b3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 d5 17. Qc3 with uschess.org

Carl Schlechter Paul Saladin Leonhardt

-+-+-+-mk +-+-+-tr-+-wQ-+-+ zp-+-zp-+-+-+P+-zp +-+-+rwqP P+P+-+P+ +-+R+-tRK

Problem III

Oldrich Duras Zoltan Von Balla

-+-+k+-+ +-+-+-+-+-mK-+-+ +-+L+-+-+-tr-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+R+-

White to play

White to play

White to play

Paul Saladin Leonhardt Karel Hromadka

Paul Johner Frank Marshall

Oldrich Duras Rudolf Spielmann

Problem IV

-+-+-trnmk +-zpnvlpzpp -zp-zp-+-+ +P+Pzp-+-+-+P+P+ tR-+-vLNsNP -wQ-+-zPK+ +-+q+-+White to play

rsnlwq-trk+ zp-zpp+pzpp -zp-+psn-+ +-+-+-vL-+PzP-+-+ zP-wQ-+-+-zP-+PzPPzP tR-+-mKLsNR

Problem II

Problem VI

Problem V

-tr-+-tr-mk zpL+-+-zpp -+-+-wq-+ +-zpQ+-+-+Rsn-+-+ +-+-+-+P PzP-+-zPPmK +-+-+R+Black to play

the stunning 17. ... Ne4!. He went on to win the endgame after 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bxd8

Rfxd8 20. fxe4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rxc4. But for some reason, no one calls 7.

... Ba6 the “Lapsus Muris Variation.” This was an echo of an incident that occurred in the National Chess League of the late 1970s, a forerunner of today’s United States Chess League (USCL). In that pre-cyber era, moves were transmitted by voice over telephone. How quaint! The problems with this were illustrated by a game from the New York Threats-San Francisco Dragons match in 1976. In San Francisco the fans watched it begin with: You say e4, I say c4 GM Leonid Shamkovich XX John Grefe

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6 0-0 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rad1 b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6

But the move arriving from the other coast was 14. Bxc6!. It turned out White’s first move was 1. c4 in New York. The solution was to end the game there. It is recorded in the league bulletins and for posterity as: 1. c4, Draw. The USCL rules have a lot to say about mouse slips—even using the verb “to mouseslip” and the noun “takeback.” Among the provisions, “It’s extremely unlikely anyone will be granted a takeback when either player is under five minutes.”

-+-+l+-mk +-+-+-+p -+-wq-+-zP +p+ptRptr-zP-vL-+-+ +-zP-+Q+-+-+-+-mK +-+-+-+White to play

The rules became a focus of attention in the opening USCL round in 2009 in the decisive game of the Boston Blitz-Queens Pioneers match, with Boston leading 2-1. Your mouse slip is showing GM Alex Stripunsky GM Larry Christiansen

-+-+-+k+ +Qsnq+p+-+Nzp-vl-+ +p+-+-+R -zP-+-+r+ +-+-+NzP-+P+-zPK+ +-+-+-+After 62. ... Qd7

The players, both former U.S. champions, had a few minutes apiece. With 63. Qb8+ White should win (63. ... Kg7? 64. Qh8+!) and tie the match. But the move played was 63. Qa8+???. Larry Christiansen was about to move his knight to e8, allowing 64. Rxb5 when he suddenly saw 63. ... Nxa8!. The aftermath—White’s resignation, the match ending 3-1, and Christiansen laughing and then shaking his head—ended up on YouTube. It’s known as “The ‘Mouse Slip’ Game.”

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Solitaire Chess

One Way or the Other

By Bruce Pandolfini

In chess, the law of unintended consequences often rears its ugly head.

Many times one must choose between capturing toward the center or away from it. Capturing toward the center might give one greater attacking chances, especially in the middle and along any open files created by the capture (say, an open g-file). But that transaction also may entail accepting certain weaknesses, such as an isolated pawn (say, one on the hfile). Now capturing away from the center may indeed avoid the latter problem, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t potential weaknesses ready to come out when faced with an aggressive adversary. That surely was the case in the game Andrija Fuderer versus Jan Hein Donner (Black) from Beverwijk in 1952. White’s sharp attack soon forced Black into incurring the very type of weaknesses capturing away from the center was designed to avoid and offset. The first few moves were: Caro-Kann Defense (B15) Andrija Fuderer J. H. Donner Beverwijk, 1952 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6

rsnlwqkvl-tr zpp+-zppzpp -+p+-sn-+ +-+-+-+-+-zPN+-+ +-+-+-+PzPP+-zPPzP tR-vLQmKLsNR 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 18


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 White’s move is in the next line.** 5.

Nxf6+

Par Score 5

Accept only 4 points part credit for 5. Nc5 or 5. Ng3. The trade on f6 seems the best way to maintain the initiative. Deduct 1 point for the dubious gambit 5. Bd3 Qxd4. 5.

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exf6

A case in point: Black could have played 5. ... gxf6, accepting an isolated h-pawn in favor of greater dynamism. The capture with the e-pawn is an indication that Donner wants to play solidly against Fuderer, even though it gives White a queenside majority, which here is tantamount to being a pawn up.**

6.

Bc4

Par Score 6

Take full credit for 6. Nf3 or 6. c3.

6.

…

7.

Ne2

Bd6

Black also has choices. Here he could have played 6. ... Be6 or 6. ... Qe7+.** Par Score 6

White prepares for kingside castling.

7.

…

8.

0-0

8.

…

0-0

Here 7. ... Qc7 is reckoned more accurate, preventing 8. 0-0 due to 8. ... Bxh2+.** Par Score 6

White now sets his eyes on a possible kingside assault. Qc7

The threat is obvious; White has an easy answer.**

9.

Ng3

9.

…

10.

Qh5

10.

…

11.

Bd3

11.

…

12.

Qh6

12.

…

Par Score 6

White’s h-pawn is now secure and his queen is ready to join the fight. Nd7 Par Score 7

Already Fuderer has worked his queen into an attacking position. With his next move Donner looks to counter in the center. c5

Black is looking to exchange the c-pawn for the d-pawn, clearing some squares for his pieces (c5 and e5).** Par Score 7

Accept 2 points part credit for 11. dxc5 Qxc5, playing into Black’s hands after 12. Qe2 Ne5 or 12. Qxc5 trading queens. A queen trade will kill off any attack on the black king. The text threatens mate in one and forces a weakening of the kingside pawn structure. g6

So Black must create weaknesses after all. Of course not 11. ... cxd4??, allowing 12. Qxh7 mate (1 bonus point). Neither does 11. ... h6 work because of 12. Bxh6! (1 bonus point). Here are the variations: 12. ... gxh6 13. Qxh6 f5 14. Bxf5 (a) 14. ... Nf6 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. Qxf6+ Kg8 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qh7 mate; or (b) 14. ... Re8 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6+ Kg8 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qxf7 mate.** Par Score 5

White saves the queen and indirectly defends the d4-pawn. On 12. ... cxd4 comes 13. Nh5 (2 bonus points). If 13. ... gxh5 (else 14. Qg7 mate), then 14. Qxh7 mate. Note also that 13. ... Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 changes nothing. Re8

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ABCs of Chess 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.

May Exercise: Can one really be considered perfect without any imperfections? Your task, if you decide to accept it, is to find out your most pronounced chess-playing fault. But instead of trying to get rid of it, think of ways you turn it to your advantage. Maybe you’re playing the wrong openings, or the right ones the wrong way. Be in tune with the great pianist Vladimir Horowitz, who said: “Perfection itself is imperfection.” His imperfection was that he played too perfectly. Fortunately, we all have imperfections, and those distinctive flaws make each of us special and different.

... f5, to release the knight, then 15. Rxf5! gxf5 16. Bxf5 produces a mating attack. Both 16. ... Re8 and 16. ... Nf6 lead to variations similar to those discussed at Black’s eleventh turn. The move played clears the f8-square for the dark-square bishop to come back and defend the king.** 13.

dxc5

Par Score 6

White decides not to drop the d-pawn for nothing, while also diverting a potential defender. 13.

…

Nxc5?

This was a big blind spot on Donner’s part. He must first interpose 13. ... Bf8, and only then take the c5-pawn.** 14.

Nh5!

Par Score 8

White menaces 15. Qg7 mate, while also attacking the f6-pawn, which Black left unguarded with his last move. 14.

…

gxh5

He might as well take the knight, weaknesses and all. It’s too late for 14. ... Bf8 because of 15. Nxf6+ Kh8 16. Qxh7 mate (1 bonus point).** 15.

Bxh7+

15.

…

Par Score 6

Here come the guys. This is stronger than 15. Qxh7+, which is worth only 2 points part credit.

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Mating net

Kh8

-+k+-+-+ +pvl-+-+-+p+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+Q+-+q -+-+-zP-+ +-+R+-mKProblem IV

-+k+-+-+ +-zp-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-sn-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+q -+-+-zP-vL +-+-+QmK-

Par Score 7

White aligns the bishop with the f7pawn, which Fuderer intends to take shortly. The try 16. Bf5+ (2 points part credit) does not yet spoil anything because after 16. ... Kg8, White can repeat, 17. Bh7+ Kh8 and then find the best discovery. …

17.

Qh7+

Kg8

Again, the only move! It’s fun to say it.** Par Score 6

Accept only 2 points part credit if you chickened out and took the draw by perpetual check with 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bg6+ etc. The text pursues the attack, vacating h6 for the queen bishop to participate. 17.

…

18.

Bh6+

18.

…

19.

Qxf7+

Problem VI Pin

-vl-+-tr-mk +-+-+pzp-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+LzPN+q -+Q+-zP-+ +-+-+RmK-

The only move!**

16.

-+-mk-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ wq-+-+-+-+-+-+-vl +-+-+-+-+Q+-+-+ +-+KtR-+-

Mating net

-+l+-tr-mk +-+-+pzp-+-+-+-+ +-+p+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+L+qzP-+Q+-zP-+ +-+-+RmK-

Bg6+

Mating net

Problem V

Mating attack

16.

Problem III

Mating net

Kf8

I’m enjoying this: the only move!**

-+-+-trk+ +-+-+pzp-+-+-+-+ +-+p+n+-+-zP-+-+ +-wQ-+-zPq -+-+-zP-+ +-+-+RmK-

19.

…

20.

Qxe8 mate!

Kd8

r+lmkQ+-+ zppwq-+-+-+-vl-zpLvL +-sn-+-+p -+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+PzPP+-zPPzP tR-+-+RmKAfter 20. Qxe8 mate

For the record, Donner had resigned at move 17. So, he did have another move.

.

Par Score 6

Okay, I won’t say it.** Par Score 6

Ke7

Accept only 3 points part credit for 19. Rfe1+, even though it brings a new attacker into the game. Black can make a stand after 19. ... Kd8. The pieces White already has in the field are sufficient to bring about a decision. There is no need to bring in any new forces.

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 Chess Life — May 2012

Approx. Rating 2400+ 2200-2399 2000-2199 1800-1999 1600-1799 1400-1599 1200-1399 under 1200 19

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The knightly garb of “Sir” Kilian Laverty of “Chess is Like a Box of Chocolates” made his team a candidate for “Best Gimmick.”

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“Forking with Tebow’s Knights” Tops a Record-Breaking USATE It’s all for the journey and the pursuit of shared glory. Story & Photo By AL LAWRENCE

amaraderie is a main ingredient in the magic that creates the annual U.S. Amateur Team East (USATE), aka, “The World Amateur Team Championship”—the largest tournament in America. There isn’t a penny of prize money. It’s all for the journey and the pursuit of shared glory—and the plaques to commemorate the achievement. Maybe that’s why setbacks that can stunt turnout at other events don’t hobble “The Team.” This year, even a still-stumbling economy and soaring gas prices couldn’t stop the chess crews from coming … and coming … and coming. When the deadline for entries had ended on Saturday morning, February 18th, 294 four-player teams (some with a fifth member as alternates) were set to compete, an all-time record. Only FIDE’s biennial international Olympiads are in the same league, although the most recent Olympiad brought together a lesser total of 264 teams, counting both the open and women’s sections. At opening ceremonies, long-time USATE organizer E. Steven Doyle, a past president of USCF, could announce to the packed main ballroom of the Parsippany, New Jersey Hilton, “It’s the all-time record for the U.S. Team, the biggest tournament in the U.S., and the biggest team tournament in the world.” So for a moment we were all one, huge, record-setting team. And a bit of that feeling actually never went away. Of course, when the clocks were started, we rooted and fought for our own. Games still ended with 50% regret, but, winner or loser, it’s difficult not to feel a bit of extra empathy for your oppo-

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nents, knowing they were also fighting for something bigger than themselves. The ninety-niners Among the competitors were eight grandmasters and two woman grandmasters. But teams must come in with an average rating below 2200. For a few, that leads to carefully calculated teams that give them a guaranteed moment of glory at the top of the very long pairing chart. There were five 2199 teams: “A Sudden Epiphany,” led by Aaron Kahn (Michigan); “Browning Brownies,” with GM Mikheil Kekelidze (New York) on first board; “Cambridge Springers,” with FM William Kelleher (Massachusetts) on first board and his wife Vesna Dimitrijevic, a former U.S. Women’s Championship competitor, as an alternate; “Houdini Performs a Magic Trick,” spearheaded by Justin Sarkar (New York); and “Overrated,” led by Vadim Martirosov (Massachusetts). But none of them finished in the top five. The pregame math doesn’t stop at the top. Since there are team prizes every hundred points, any squad whose average ends with “99” had put at least some of its hopes in arithmetic and the rating system. The finale Monday afternoon, after three long days and more than three thousand battle-ending handshakes, first place was about to come down to a single game. WGM Rusudan Goletiani’s “Caro Cain’s Defense: 999 Plans” sat down, behind the ropes, on board one with the only perfect, 5-0 score. They faced GM Robert Hess’ “Forking with Tebow’s Knights Won’t Lead to Mating,” one

of four teams with four and a half points. “Forking” scored first, on board four, when Peter Hess, the grandmaster’s younger brother by a year, who finished with a team-best score of 51⁄2, defeated Shaoxiang Wang. Then the match evened when “Caro-Cain’s” third-board Andrew Ryba converted a tricky minor-piece-andpawn ending against an impatient Shawn Swindell. On second board, “Forking’s” captain, Zach Weiner, eventually drew fellow master Arthur Shen of “Caro-Cain” in another difficult endgame. With the match score tied, it was all on the shoulders hunched over board one. The other three teams with 4½ points had failed to win. Goletiani had draw odds to make her team the champs. But if Hess, as White, managed a full-point, his team won the title. Goletiani is a many-time champion, winning titles as she matured: the world championships for girls under-14, under16, and under -18. She was a world women’s championship candidate in 2000 and won the U.S. Women’s Championship in 2005. Hess is a Yale freshman who has already put together a top-tier chess résumé. He was a member of the USA’s 2009 silver-medal World Team squad, played on the 2010 U.S. Olympiad team and heads for his third U.S. Championship in May. So neither player is a stranger to big games. Sicilian Defense [B22] GM Robert Hess (2727), “Forking with Tebow’s Knights Won't Lead to Mating” WGM Rusudan Goletiani (2337), “Caro Cain’s Defense: 999 Plans” U.S. Amateur Team East (6) Chess Life — May 2012

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USAT 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. 0-0 Bc6 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Nd5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Na3 h6 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Nc4 0-0 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qd4 Rfd8 21. Nd6 b6 22. Nd2 Nc7 23. N2c4 Nb5 24. Qe3 Nxd6 25. exd6 Qg5 26. f4 Qd5 27. Rac1 Qe4 28. Qd2

r+-tr-+k+ zp-+-+pzp-zp-zPp+-zp +-sn-+-+-+N+qzP-+ +-+-+-+PzP-wQ-+PzP +-tR-+RmKAfter 28. Qd2

Material is even, and so is the game. But there’s a lot of ways to go astray. Will Hess’ far-advanced d-pawn turn out to be weak or strong? 28. ... Qd5 29. Qe3 Qe4 30. Qd2 Qd5 31. Rfd1 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Ne4 33. Rd4 Nf6 34. Na3 Nd5 35. Rc6

r+-tr-+k+ zp-+-+pzp-zpRzPp+-zp +-+n+-+-+-tR-zP-+ sN-+-+-+PzP-+-+PzP +-+-+-mKAfter 35. Rc6

35. ... Rac8

In time trouble, Goletiani missed 35. ... Ne7, followed by ... Nf5, which appears to put Black in the driver's seat. Rusu runs Westchester Chess Academy with Michael Amori. “I shouldn’t have missed this—I teach my students to look for candidate moves that attack!” she said good-naturedly after the game. But her move shouldn’t lose. 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Nb5 Rd8 38. Ra4 Rd7

Better is 38. … a5!

39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Nxa7 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke8 42. Kf3 Kd7 43. Nb5 Nb4 44. a3 Nd3 45. b4 (see diagram top of next column)

White’s far-advanced pawn is extra, and his two-against-one on the queenside promise him a distant passed pawn. 45. ... Kc6 46. Ke4 Nf2+ 47. Kd4 Ng4 48. a4 Nf6 49. Nc3 Ne8 50. Ne4 f5 51. Nd2 Nxd6 52. 22


-+-+-+-+ +-+k+pzp-zp-zPp+-zp +N+-+-+-zP-+-zP-+ zP-+n+K+-+-+-+PzP +-+-+-+After 45. b4

Nc4 Nc8

Allowing the exchange of knights at any point is suicide for Black because White will force a passer on the queenside and use it as a diversion while his king penetrates and feasts on black pawns.

53. Ke5 Kd7 54. b5 Ke7 55. a5 bxa5 56. b6 Kd7 57. b7 Na7 58. Nxa5 Kc7 59. Kxe6, Black resigned.

Hess had managed to overcome drawodds to win the championship for his team. Goletiani came away pleased with her team’s fifth place. “It was a nice surprise. I haven’t played for a while and I wanted to get a warm-up for the Women’s Championship in St. Louis. It turned out to be an exciting warm-up!” Hess went on to finish as the top American at the Rejkyavik Open, so he must have been adequately warmed up by The Team as well. (See article on page 32.)

The name game Unlike the Olympiads, teams headed for Parsippany spend a lot of time conjuring up just the right name. Some have kept the same name as a tradition for years. But even friends who continue to play together often change what they call themselves, because punning and linking chess to current events can put you in the running for the coveted best name prize— and Team immortality. Sometimes there can be too much of a good idea, however. At the end of this year’s USATE, there were 26 teams sporting the word “Occupy” in their names. (At least one more started that way but changed when it noticed that almost one in ten had come with the same idea.) This year’s event drew its share of candidates for memorable monikers—among them some sports-inspired rimshots: “Tebow’s Bishop Couldn’t Skewer Your Queen” and “Tried the Brady gambit, but Welks dropped the pieces.” Even an endof-the-world chess pun made the list—“Mayan National Team in Time Pressure.” But in the end, the Sundayafternoon crowd in the main ballroom decides with hoots and claps. When Doyle

read off the list, it was clear that democracy favored the politically inspired “Team Romney: We Play Both Sides of the Board.” Another favorite ingredient of the USATE’s annual shtick is best gimmick (normally a team costume or performance) competition. This year’s honors went to the T-shirted uniforms of “Occupy d4,” with an honorable mention to “The Brady Gambit: Welker Drops a Piece.” Special prizes, events, and upsets As always, best-on-board awards are sought-after badges of honor at The Team. Here are this year’s stars. All scored a perfect 6-0: Board 1: Alejandro Ramirez (2667) of “We Occupy the 7th Rank” Board 2: Giorgi Bakhtadze (2458) of “Browning Brownies” Board 3: Maraj Daftani (2212) of “Tuesday Night Chess Club” Board 4: Aaron Schein (2038) of “Three and Half Masters” Alternate: Dmitriy Volkov of “ICA 1” The Team awards a host of special prizes. One of this year’s sentimental favorites won the top family team. threetime U.S. champion Joel Benjamin played patriarch to “Benjamin Family Values,” who won the award for best family team. He was backed up by his uncle Martin, a former regular who has been absent from Team action for some years, his nephew Jonah Klempner, and Joel’s mom Phyllis, a lifelong volunteer for chess. Phyllis once won the under-2000 team prize when playing with her late husband, Alan. “It was the first time I played with Joel,” Phyllis said. “He had always played with another great player,” Phyllis said. “I’m pretty awful. I didn’t help the team very much, except to sit in the chair and have a really great time!” The “Tarnished Knights,” who took the old timers’ award with a bit different pretournament arithmetic, boasted legendary GM Arthur Bisguier at its top slot. “We were the only team with everyone 65 or older,” Denis Strenzwilk, who played shoulder-to-shoulder with Bisguier on board two, told me. Edward Epp and Bill Michael rounded out the team, who’ve played together for a half-dozen years. We won’t go into specifics, but their “team average” would actually be closer to 75. Efth Phillip Papageorgiou of “Cruz Control” set another all-time USATE record with an upset victory over an opponent rated 1,314 points above him. Phillip, a Columbia University student rated just 217, had played in only one other event— last year’s team, when he lost all of his games. This year he scored 2½ out of 4. “I wasn’t too surprised,” Phillip said, “I uschess.org

play at the Columbia chess club against rated players, so I could gauge how I was doing.” “The Hoodies,” Ian Mark (New York) and Dan Yeager (Pennsylvania), topped the always-enthusiastic crowd of bughousechess competitors on Sunday night. (For a complete list of winners, please see the box on page 25.) Bobby boomers This year’s USATE celebrated, among other things, the 40th anniversary of Bobby Fischer’s winning the world championship. (See sidebar stories.) Some of USATE’s longtime faithful began playing in the inspiring days of Bobby’s charge to the top. Rich Fireman—who played with David Diamond, Ed Knowles, and Nathan Goldberg on “Legalize Caruana,” which won the senior prize—has played on 15 teams over the years. Goldberg said, “I’ve played every board at one time or another and sat across from such luminaries as GMs Benjamin, John Fedorowicz, Larry Christiansen, and IM Dean Ippolito!” Master class in organizing The USATE is not only the biggest U.S. chess event of the year; it’s a master class in organizing, led by Chief Organizer Doyle and Chief Tournament Director Carol Jarecki, as well as National Tournament Directors Steve Immitt and Harold Stenzel. All the staff works long days and gets every detail right so that we can have so much memorable fun, year after year. Every one of them deserve credit for another monumental USATE: Noreen Davisson, Bernadette Doyle, E. Steven Doyle, Mark Doyle, Matt Doyle, Judy Heerschapp, Walt Heerschapp, Steve Immitt, Roger Inglis, Joe Ippolito, Carol Jarecki, Aaron Kiedes, Justin Kohler, Lee Matola, Jabari Mcgreen, Jack Ray, Sophia Rohde, Mike Somers, Harold Stenzel, and Crickett the patrol dog—who has monitored The Team for each of her 16 years. Competing in a chess tournament is normally a solitary activity, even in a hotel ballroom crowded with like-minded devotees. The short recesses between rounds allow brief reunions and truncated war -stories. But the rounds themselves are silent, long and lonely. Everyone who sits down in front of you wants to make your day a bit worse. Yes, we are the warriors of the mind and we love it. But once a year it seems like opening a star-gate to Camelot to enjoy three other knights of the folding table rooting for you—and it’s even better to be fighting for them. There’s just a whole lot of “we” at The Team—and it feels darn good.

Double-O Dubeck Cloak-and-dagger secrets in Siegen may have led to Fischer’s getting the venue he wanted for an important match. Dr. Leroy Dubeck, chessmaster, Ph.D. in physics, science-fiction writer, and faculty member at Temple University, was president of the USCF from 1969-1972. There was also a time when he went oneon-one in a game of Cold War cat and mouse with a trained KGB assassin. In the chess-heady days of 1970, Dubeck worked in tandem with Executive Director Ed Edmondson to find a way for Bobby Fischer to play for the world championship. After all, Fischer hadn’t competed in the required zonal, 1969 U.S. Championship. He had demanded that the 11-round event be doubled in size. Most other players had jobs outside of chess and couldn’t afford such a change. So the USCF duo of Dubeck and Edmondson had a lot of arranging and politicking to do, and they did it successfully. At home, they got permission from qualifier Pal Benko to cede his right to play in the Palma de Mallorca interzonal to Fischer. And the pair accomplished pure political magic abroad by getting FIDE to approve the substitution. For the most part, Dubeck did his work enthusiastically. But in one instance, recounted for the USATE audience, he had serious qualms. Dubeck and Edmondson went to Siegen, a modest West German town, to attend the 19th Olympiad and the FIDE Congress. The Swedish attorney Folke Rogard had been FIDE president for more than two decades, and had been consistently friendly to the Soviet point of view. (“The Soviets were reportedly Rogard’s only ‘client,’” Dubeck joked.) “The FIDE elections were taking place for president, vice president, and seven or eight other people on the central committee,” Dubeck recalled. These officials would make many of the critical decisions about Fischer’s participation and the venues of his matches. The Soviets were prepared to vote for a central committee as a block on a single ballot. But Dubeck convinced Rogard to elect the members one at a time. “We and the Soviets agreed on Max Euwe for president,” Dubeck said. “But then came the election for first vice president. Our candidate, Rabell Mendez, defeated the Czechoslovakian candidate. … The poor Czech guy didn’t know what to do. He threw his name in again. But the other designated

Soviet from a different country was also nominated, so the Soviets had two candidates.” Divided, the Soviets were conquered. “We mowed ‘em down,” Dubeck said. In a short time, it had come down to the last committee member, and, astonishingly, it was the Soviet’s only remaining chance to get someone on FIDE’s central committee. Suddenly the head of the Soviet delegation wanted to talk deal with Edmondson. So Dubeck moved to adjourn the meeting for an early lunch. But the Soviet delegation-head had a KGB agent sticking to him like sour cream to a blini. “I have to talk to the Russian alone, so you’ve got to separate them,” Ed told Dubeck. Unfortunately, Ed had also told Leroy that the agent was a trained killer. So Dubeck balked. Edmondson, a colonel in Air Force intelligence, made it sound simple. “We’re going to walk along the street in Siegen. When we come up to this haberdashery, you’re going to grab Boris [the KGB trained-assassin], pull him in and ask him which jacket you should buy.” Dubeck remained unconvinced. But Ed told him that, since Leroy was the president of the U.S. Chess Federation and the agent had no orders to kill, he wouldn’t dare lay a hand on Dubeck. Reluctantly, Leroy became a field operative, dragging the bemused KGB agent into the store and asking his advice. By the time Leroy’s mark recovered to look out the window to the street, Ed and the head of the Soviet delegation were gone. “It was only years later that I remembered that in the military, it’s always the objective that counts—if there were casualties, it was part of meeting the objective,” Dubeck told the laughing audience. “So I decided that was the bravest thing I ever did for the U.S. Chess Federation.” When Edmondson came back from the secret meeting, he said only, “We’re voting for the Russian,” who was elected by name—if the Soviets blocked him, they would have no one on the committee. “So for four years the head of the Soviet delegation got out of the workers’ paradise—in some cases to be in very nice hotels,” Dubeck said. “And the question then is, what deal had they made?” Dubeck admits we’ll never know for sure. “But how did Fischer get Argentina rather than Bulgaria or East Germany for the site of the candidates’ final match continued on page 29

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USAT Games The following game was a key matchup in the penultimate round, setting up the Hess-Goletiani showdown. Goletiani’s “Caro-Cain Defense: 999 Plans,” ranked 28th coming into the event were up against the “Three and Half Masters,” a pre-event favorite at 2198, led by former Amateur champ Andrew Ng. English (A14) WGM Rusudan Goletiani (2337), “CaroCain Defense: 999 Plans” Andrew Ng (2299), “Three and a Half Masters” U.S. Amateur Team East (5) Notes by Goletiani 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. a3 f6

r+lwqntrk+ zpp+-vl-zpp -+n+pzp-+ +-+-+-+-+Pzp-+-+ zPP+-+NzP-vL-zP-zPLzP tRN+QtR-mKAfter 11. ... f6

11. … a5, preventing b3-b4 would give White fewer opportunities. 12. b4 e5 13. Nh4

White wants to get some play on light squares, and possibly play f2-f4, if Black plays … Be6. More standard would be 13. d3, followed by Nbd2. 13. ... Be6 14. d3 Qc8 15. f4 Bg4

Horrible is 15. … exf4? 16. Rxe6 Qxe6 17. Bd5.

16. Qd2

The idea of Qd2 is to control the a5square after pushing b4-b5. However, 16. Qc2 would help White get the pieces out easier.

16. ... Bd6 17. Rf1 Nc7 18. Qc2

Considering that White is behind in development, 18. f4-f5, closing the position and then playing Qc2, would be very interesting.

18. ... exf4

Black wants to weaken White’s f4pawn. However, the d4-pawn is weakened as well.

is trying to exploit the fact that White is behind in development, but 20. … g5 helps White bring the knight back into the game. [The safer 20. … Bh3 removes one target from the open e-file and trades off White’s latently-powerful bishop.—AL] 21. Nf3 Nd5?

21. … Ne6 is unclear.

22. Qb3

22. Qc4 would give a bigger plus: 22. … Be6 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd5. 22. ... Be6

r+q+-trk+ zpp+-vl-+p -+n+lzp-+ +-zPn+-zp-zP-zp-zP-+ zPQ+P+N+-vL-+-+LzP tRN+-+RmKAfter 22. ... Be6

23. Nxg5! Nxf4

If 23. … fxg5, then 24. Bxd5 Bf7 25. Nd2 leaves White in control. 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6+ Nxe6 26. Nd2

26. Bd5 Kf7 27. Nd2 Rad8 28. Bb3 would be better, but I was so tired of having the knight on b1 that my goal in time trouble was to get all my pieces out! 26. ... Rad8 27. Bxc6

It looks bad to trade such a good bishop, but White wants to get play on the e-file and stop the c6-knight from going to e5.

27. ... bxc6 28. Rae1 Kf7 29. Nc4 Rg8+ 30. Kh1 Rd5

-+-+-+r+ zp-+-vlk+p -+p+nzp-+ +-zPr+-+-zPNzp-+-+ zP-+P+-+-vL-+-+-zP +-+-tRR+K After 30. ... Rd5

30. … Rc8 puts up a stiffer defense. 31. Ne5+ Ke8 32. Nxc6 Kd7

-+-+-+r+ zp-+kvl-+p -+N+nzp-+ +-zPr+-+-zP-zp-+-+ zP-+P+-+-vL-+-+-zP +-+-tRR+K After 32. ... Kd7

33. Nxa7

Better is 33. Rxe6! Kxe6 34. Re1+ Re5 35. Nxe5 fxe5 36. Bxd4. It is amazing how there are so many tactical possibilities even in the endgame! 33. … Nc7 34. c6+ Kd6 35. Bc1 Ra8 36. Bf4+ Re5 37. b5 Rxa7 38. b6 Rxa3 39. bxc7 Kxc7 40. Bxe5+ fxe5 41. Rf7 Kd6 42. Rc1 Rc3 43. Rxc3 dxc3 44. c7 Kxc7 45. Rxe7+ Kd6 46. Re8 Kc5 47. Rd8

White stops the king from coming to d4, which makes it easier for White to get the king out to e4. The rest is easy. 47. ... Kb4 48. Kg2 c2 49. Rc8, Black resigned.

Magnifying effect The USATE sent me home resolved to crack the books on knight-and-pawn endings. There were just too many examples that could have been held but weren’t, even by very strong players. Take this endgame, a contest that also illustrates the “magnifying” effect of team chess. The other games are finished, the score is 12. A draw wins the match for Black’s team. So it’s as if this one ending is really four games! As a member of the “Rustlers,” I watched this one with special interest. Richard Bauer (2226), “Rustlers” Thomas Riccardi (2220), “Tebow’s Bishop Couldn’t Skewer” U.S. Amateur Team East (5)

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19. c5 Be7 20. gxf4 g5

The game is getting very sharp. Black

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This move or 66. … Kg8 keeps the draw in hand. Black keeps his knight ready to capture White’s pawn if it advances to f7, making an instant draw. 67. Ke7

Now Black again has only one move to draw. 67. ... Kh7

This isn’t it! It’s 67. … Kg5! that holds. Then, after 68. Nd5 Kf5 doesn’t achieve anything: 69. Ke8 Ke6 70. Kf8, when Black can of course simply capture the knight—70. … Kxd5 71. Kg8 Ke6 72. Kg7 Nf7. After the game move, White has only one winning continuation, but it isn’t hard to find. 68. Kf8! Kh6 69. Kg8 Kg5 70. Nd5 Ng6 71. f7 Kh6 72. Nf4! Ne7+ 73. Kh8!

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73. ... Ng8!T

That’s a “team” exclamation mark, because this is a real for-the-team try. USATE veterans have seen every kind of miracle-save when the blood is pumping. Now a hasty 74. f7xg8=Q gives stalemate and loses the match. But almost everything else wins. 74. f8=Q+, Black resigned.

It’s just not easy to beat a GM In this round one game on table five, board one, Joel Salman of “Chessaholics” plays an inspired game as Black and is winning on move 34. But, unfortunately for him, he needed to make at least one more “exclam” to finish off a powerful grandmaster like Mikheil Kekelidze of “Browning Brownies.” Mikheil Kekelidze (2593), “Browning Brownies” Joel Salman (2203), “Chessaholics” U.S. Amateur Team East (1)

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Well, it was tempting, but taking the en prise pawn loses to a rook-invasion by White. Black’s one winning move was 34. … Ne6!!, when 35. Kg3 (35. dxe6 Bc6+ wins material on h1) 35. … Nd4, leave Black clearly dominating. 35. Rch2 Kf8 36. Rh7 Bc2 37. R1h6

37. Kf2 was even better.

37. ... Be4+ 38. Kg3 Nxd5 39. cxd5 Bxd5(?) 40. Rxg6 Rd8 41. Rh8+, Black resigned.

42. Rxd8 Kxd8 43. Rxd6+ will win the bishop. Fortune favors the brave—and good moves In the third round, two experts on table three, board three demonstrate that fortune favors the brave—if he continues to find good moves. Against a Caro-Kann, Nicholas Ryba of “99 Problems But a Mate Solution,” sacked a knight on e6 on move 11 against Patrick Chi of “Go Ahead, Mate My Day,” who went on to finish third. Although Ryba’s idea didn’t force a win, he had enough play to keep the game in question if he found the forced move here: Nicholas Ryba (2189), “99 Problems But a Mate Solution” Patrick Chi (2160), “Go Ahead, Mate My Day” U.S. Amateur Team East (3)

r+-+-vl-+ zppmkn+Qzpr -+p+psn-zp wq-+-+-+-+-+-+-zP +-zP-vL-sNPzP-+-zPP+ +-mKR+-+R After 17. … Kc7

(see diagram top of next column) 34. ... Bxa4?

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51⁄2 5 5 5 5

BEST NAME “Team Romney: We Play Both Sides of the Board”

BEST GIMMICK “Occupy D4!, Brady Gambit: Welker Drops a Piece”

BOARD 1 1. Alejandro Ramirez, “We Occupy the 7th Rank,” 2668 (6) 2. Denys Kon Shmelov, “The Shmelov Sox,” 2514 (6) 3. Mikhail Zlotnikov, “4NCS,” 2340 (6) 4. Joel Benjamin, “Benjamin Family Values,” 2625 (6) 5. Dean Ippolito, “Occupy Parsippany— We Ain’t Leaving,” 2531 (6)

BOARD 2 1. Giorgi Bakhtadze, “Browning Brownies”, 2458 (6) 2. Jared Defibaugh, “Houston We Have A Problem,” 2325 (6)

BOARD 3 1. Maraj Daftani, “Tuesday Night Chess Club,” 2204 (6)

BOARD 4 1. Aaron O. Schein, “Aaron O, Three and a Half Masters,” 2012 (6) 2. William R. Trueman, “Newark Dealaware,” 1698 (6) 3. Kevin Yu Yan, “Chess Dragons,” 1445 (6)

ALTERNATE 1. Dmitriy Volkov, “ICA 1,” Unrated (51⁄2)

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By FM Kostya Kavutskiy

“Forfeit by Disconnection” (l-r): FM Robin Cunningham, Dana Mackenzie, Steven Gaffagan, Julian Chan, Todd Rumph

Once again, one of the most pleasant and delightful tournament experiences took place at the 2012 U.S. Amateur Team West (USATW), held at the Santa Clara Hyatt Regency Hotel. The tournament atmosphere was of a fun and competitive nature, as many teams were comprised of longtime friends excited to play alongside each other once again. Generally relations with other teams was also cordial, and it was also nice to see full teams participating in postmortems after matches concluded. This was the first time in recent years that the USATW was held in northern California, rather than the usual location of southern California. According to the Chief Tournament Director (TD) Salman Azhar and organizer of the event, the location of the tournament will now rotate between locations in northern California, southern California, and Arizona over the next several years. I think this is a good idea, as there are a lot of players along the West coast who would enjoy having the tournament nearby. The event had a total of 40 teams, with 23 more scholastic teams in a separate section. Most of this turnout was slightly lower than in the past few years when the tournament had been held in southern California, but still decent. Unfortunately, there weren’t nearly as many titled 26


players as there normally are, despite the fact that the Bay Area has plenty of strong players. Among the titled players participating was IM Ricardo de Guzman, who played on the first board for the top seed, “Nor Cal House of Chess,” as well as several other FIDE masters and national masters. An advantage of holding the event in the Bay Area was that many young talented players, who were local, got to participate in the fun. This included Sam Sevian, Cameron Wheeler, Kesav Viswanadha, Udit Iyengar, Vignesh Panchanatham, Neel Apte, Colin Chow, Allan Beilin, Paul Richter, and other rising stars. The winning team was “Forfeit By Disconnection (FBD)” (this clever handle also earned them third place in the best team name competition), whose members included team captain FM Robin Cunningham, Julian Chan, Todd Rumph, Dana Mackenzie, and Steven Gaffagan. Not only did they win clear first place with 51⁄2/6, but they also finished a full point ahead of the rest of the field! Cunningham, Chan, Rumph, and Gaffagan all met through playing at the Berkeley Chess Club while Mackenzie was brought in as an alternate, who has been friends with Cunningham for over 20 years. Here is

what Cunningham had to say about their strategy going into the event: “Our prizewinning strategy was to have an alternate so that we could overcome our age disadvantage. Boards one, three, and four all got a much-needed rest and were fresh to play late in the tournament. For this to work, we had to have an evenly balanced team so that playing both board four and the alternate wouldn’t weaken the team too much.” FBD got nicked for a draw in round two, then won four straight matches to take the title, upsetting “Nor Cal House of Chess” (IM Ricardo de Guzman, FM Ronald Cusi, Ted Castro, Jeffrey Tao, FM Tanuj Vasudeva) in round five and beating “Quadruple Check” (FM Jim Dean, FM Shivkumar Shivaji, John Langreck, Jeffrey Golds) in the final round. Asked about their most critical round, Cunningham had this to say: “The critical round for us was round four, when we beat a strong “Hemet” team (Senior Master Jeff Arnold, Ken Arnold, Bill Arnold, Marcos Montes) without our first board. This was a great upset and made us feel like we had to make the most of our good fortune in the last two rounds.” As you can see, although there are hardly any prizes for the USATW, the team aspect still gives the event great importance and everyone participating wants to win just as badly as when they play in regular open tournaments. Second place was won by my team, “Metropolitan Chess,” whose members included myself as the captain, as well as Mike Splane, Paulo Santanna, Udit Iyengar, and Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo. We were actually in a unique situation: Udit and I were on the same team at the 2011 USATW, but had never met Mike, Paulo, or Simon until the event. Having just met most of our team, I decided the best team strategy would be to let everyone play their own game—I wasn’t going to offer or accept any draw offers on behalf of my teammates, that would be entirely up to them. I think this allowed everyone to enjoy the game a bit more without having to worry about the result. Obviously everyone was aware of the match situation at any given point, but it was important not to put pressure on anyone as the team captain, and I think this strategy worked out quite well since we finished with second place. But even if it didn’t, I think the team had a better time not stressing out about strategic draw offers and just played some good chess! Here is a crucial win that helped “FBD” defeat the pre-tournament favorites, “Nor Cal House of Chess.” (see game next page) uschess.org

PHOTO: SALMAN AZHAR

“Forfeit By Disconnection” Takes 2012 U.S. Amateur Team West

Giuoco Piano (C50) Ted Castro (2000) Todd Rumph (2184) 2012 U.S. Amateur Team West (5) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. h3 a6 7. Bg5?!

The move Bg5 in the Giuoco Piano should be reserved for when Black has already castled kingside. This is because now Black can still castle queenside and gain time on the kingside attack with ... h7-h6 and ... g7-g5. (7. c3). 7. ... h6 8. Bh4

Here White really should have retreated with Be3, admitting the mistake, but thanks to the extra tempo Black would have no problems equalizing. However the text move leads to a very risky position for White. 8. ... g5!

r+lwqk+-tr +pzp-+p+p+nzp-sn-zp +-vl-zp-zp-+L+P+-vL +-+P+N+P PzPP+-zPP+ tRN+Q+RmKAfter 8. ... g5

The correct reaction from Rumph, now Black can castle queenside and the attack against the white king will almost play itself. 9. Bg3

Now usually in this kind of position White would have played the move c2-c3 instead of h2-h3, after which the natural ... Bg4 followed by ... Qd7 and ... 0-0-0 leads to a strong attack, but since ... Bg4 is impossible here Black must find a different way of taking advantage of White’s inaccurate opening play.

9. ... Nh5

A good move considering this was a team match. Rumph gets the two bishops and doesn’t have to force the issue immediately. Black can build up his advantage slowly and decide when to complicate matters based on what’s happening on the other boards. The alternatives were quite interesting though: (9. ... Qd7!? was a very interesting option to take advantage of the move h2-h3 by White. Now Black wants to play ... g5-g4 and recapture on g4 with the queen: 10. Nh2 [10. Nc3 g4 11. hxg4 Qxg4 12. Ne2 {12. Nh2 Qxg3} 12. ... Nh5 and White is in trouble] 10. ... h5 uschess.org

11. h4 Rg8! 12. Qf3 [12. Nd2? gxh4 13. Bxh4 Qh3! wins immediately] 12. ... Qe7 with a rapidly developing attack; The immediate 9. ... g4 also seems strong 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. Bh4! This move is strong because it slows down Black’s plan of ... Qd7 and ... 0-0-0 but Black can play 11. ... Rg8 12. Kh1 Rg6! Freeing the queen to go to d7, and again Black will develop an attack along the g-file). 10. Kh2

10. Bh2 Nf4 followed by ... Qf6, ... h6-h5, and ... g5-g4, where Black is in command.

10. ... Nxg3 11. fxg3 0-0!?

Playing without prejudices, most players would try to find some way to get the king over to the queenside, where it is “supposed to go,” but the position has now changed, and without a dark squared bishop White has no way of exploiting Black's kingside expansion. (11. ... Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 is unclear). 12. c3

12. a3!? looks best to me, saving the important light squared bishop.

is still holding for the moment, but I definitely still prefer the two bishops). 20. ... exd4 21. cxd4 Bb6 22. d5 Bd7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5+ Qf6 25. Rae1 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Rae8

This endgame is very, very good for Black, if not outright winning. The position has completely opened up and the bishops have plenty of targets to attack. Moreover, White’s knights lack outposts and are going to have trouble defending the d5-pawn. 27. Nf3 Kf6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rd1

-+-+r+-+ +-zpl+-+pvl-+-mk-zp +p+P+pzp-+-+-+-+ +-+-+NzPP PzPN+-+PmK +-+R+-+After 29. Rd1

12. ... Na5

Getting the light squared bishop, but White is still OK as long as he can keep the position closed and find good squares for the knights. 13. Nbd2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Be6 15. Ne1?!

r+-wq-trk+ +pzp-+p+p+-zpl+-zp +-vl-zp-zp-+N+P+-+ +-zPP+-zPP PzP-+-+PmK tR-+QsNR+After 15. Ne1

I think the idea behind this move is to play Nc2-e3, but Black simply refutes this plan with his next move, and White’s position becomes clearly worse (15. Qe2! with the idea Nc4-e3-f5 giving White a playable position. White can then support the knight with g3-g4 and keep the position closed.). 15. ... b5! 16. Nd2 f5

Good move, trying to open up the position for the two bishops.

17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Nc2 Qe8 19. Qe2 Qg6 20. d4?

This and the follow-up is just unprincipled, as White is opening up the position for the Black pair of bishops (20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4 was necessary, when White

29. ... Bc5

The immediate 29. ... Re2! was winning, after which Black can start collecting pawns 30. Nb4 g4 (30. ... Rxb2 31. Ne5 Bc8 32. Nbc6 Bc5 is also good) 31. Nd2 gxh3 32. Kxh3 Be3 and Black has decisive threats all over the board.

30. Rd2 Re4 31. Ncd4

A blunder, but White was in lots of trouble anyways. (31. a3 Be8! followed by ... Bf7, and Black will soon win the d5pawn with a commanding position).

31. ... g4 32. Nb3 Be3 33. Rd3 gxf3 34. gxf3 Re8 35. f4 Bb6 36. Rd2 Re4 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. Kg2 Kd6 39. Rd2 a5 40. Kf3 a4 41. Nc1 Bc8 42. Rd3 Bb7 43. g4 Bxd5 44. gxf5 Re1+ 45. Kg4 c6 46. Rc3 Bd4 47. Rc2 Rg1+ 48. Kh5 Bg7 49. Rd2 Kc7 50. f6 Bf3+, White resigned.

Overall I was quite happy with the organization and direction of the tournament. The staff included: Senior TD Salman Azhar, Senior TD Tom Langland, National TD John McCumiskey, and TD Richard Koepcke, as well as some volunteers. The tournament definitely ran smoothly and without any major issues. The first round was delayed by about 15 minutes, but one thing I think the players appreciated was that the staff recognized that this would push back the rest of the tournament and announced a schedule change (where each subsequent round would start 15 minutes later), which allowed everyone to plan accordingly.

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USAT 2012 U.S. Amateur Team West At A Glance Date: February 18-20, 2012 Location: Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, California Top Finishers: 1st—“Forfeit by Disconnection,” 2nd— “Metropolitan Chess,” 3rd—“Nor Cal House of Chess”; Other Prizes Top Board 1—Jeff Arnold, 51⁄2/6 (for the second straight year), Top Board 2—Barbara Goodkind, 51⁄2/6, Top Board 3—John Langreck, 51⁄2/6, Top Board 4—Art Zhao, 6/6; 1st u2000—“Google #” (Felix Hernandez-campos, Renjish Abraham, Armaan Kalyanpur, Mark Ruzon. Aaron Ball); 1st u1800—“USC Trojans” (Arjun Shenoy, Nathan Porter, Joseph Timmer, Slo Setiadikurnia); 1st u1600—“Silicon Valley Motherboards” (FM Eric Schiller, Jeffrey Wei, Praveer Sharan, Kelvian Jiang, Prana

Kakulumarri); 1st u1400—“Star Knighters” (Ayush Athikayalya, Srihar Guduguntla, Jwalin Swah, Krishna Kurra); Top Junior—“######” (Neel Apte, Colin Chow, Siddharth Banik, Art Zhao); Top Family—“Hui Family” (Kevin Hui, Kyle Hui, Kory Hui, Ken Hui); Top School—“Mustangs” (Amit Sant, Alvin Kong, Eric Zhu, John Andrew Chan); Best Team Names: 1st—“White Tarrasch,” 2nd— “Charlie Sheen: Up 2 Queens & Winning,” 3rd—“Forfeit by Disconnection;” The scholastic event was won by the “Nor Cal House of Chess” scholastic team (Seth Oprho Castro, William Sartorio, Rishabh Raj, Antara Garai), with a perfect 5/5 score. Chief Tournament Director: John McCumiskey

“Chess X-men” are Perfect in the North

“X-Men” (l-r): Tenzing Shaw, Pablo Diaz, Dmitri Sergatskov, Fred Scott Allsbrook & Mariano Acosta

The North division of the 2012 U.S. Amateur Team Championship was held in Northbrook, Illinois from February 17-19. Glenn Panner and Tim Just organized the tournament at the same playing site for the second year in a row and were quite happy to see 38 teams attending. Although not everyone was happy with their playing performance, almost everyone enjoyed the excellent playing conditions and fantastic room rate. Since there were many strong, wellbalanced teams, no clear favorite stood out at the beginning of the tournament. In fact, the top two seeds with an identical 2190 average rating “TMCC Sicilian Poisoned Kings” (IM Angelo Young, Gopal Menon, Floren Inumerable, Robert Loncarevic, and Virgilio Forro) and “We’ll Knock Your Sachs Off” (Erik Santarius, 28


Alex Betaneli, David Jin, and Derek Sachs) faced each other in the last round, but the match was not relevant as neither team competed for top honors. Some teams are formed months in advance; others are created at the very last moment. Undoubtedly, the most pleasant surprise was the team led by GM Alex Shabalov. “Allowed to Play with Concussion” (GM Alex Shabalov, Bruce Leverett, Ryan Milisits, and Robert Milisits) just appeared on Friday night, strengthening the tournament and making spectators wonder if anyone could compete with their top board. Alex Shabalov won all his games (winning board one individual prize), but the team finished with only 31⁄2/5. The winning team, “Chess X-men” (Mariano Acosta, Tenzing Shaw, Fred

Allsbrook, Dmitri Sergatskov, and Pablo Diaz) was put together by Dmitri Sergatskov with less than two weeks before the event. All players are part of the famous Chicago Industrial Chess League where they compete throughout the year. They know each other well and it was a great opportunity to play side by side during a national event. The team won all their matches and all players made a nice contribution towards the final score. The most important victory came in round four over the “Left Over Salmon” (Nolan Hendrickson, Alexander Velikanov, Davis Whaley, and Derek Paitrick). Mariano Acosta was in trouble against Nolan Hendrickson, but eventually salvaged the draw by defending bishop versus rook (no pawns) ending. The other three boards had a curious common thread to them: Black won in all three while using the “principle of two weaknesses” idea. Tenzing Shaw (board 2 individual prize winner) prevailed on board two: Combine and conquer Alexander Velikanov (2218) Tenzing W. Shaw (2225) U.S. Amateur Team North (4)

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By FM Alex Betaneli

Black is up a pawn and has a winning endgame. The technical stage is quite instructive. There are two weaknesses in White’s position: the a4-pawn is fixed and can be attacked by the black bishop and king, and Black can create a passed pawn on the kingside (Black’s asset is considered to be White’s weakness). Even though White can handle either one of the threats, he is helpless if Black combines the two. 44. Bd1 gxh4 45. gxh4 f5 46. Bc2 f4 47. Bd3 Bf3 48. Bc2 Ke6 49. Bd3 Kf6

Now the black king always has two potential targets: a4 and h4. 50. Bc2 Bc6 51. Kc5 Bg2 52. Kd4 Bh3 53. Bd3 Bf5

The fact that Black takes quite a few moves to convert his advantage should not confuse anyone. Time control is Game/90+30 seconds/move increment, so some shuffling of the pieces accumulates time and allows one to think carefully later.

54. Bb5 Bc2 55. Bc6 Ke6 56. Bb5 Kd6 57. Be8 f3 58. Ke3 Bd1 59. Bb5 Kc5 60. h5 Kb4 61. Bc6 f2 62. Kxf2 Bxh5 63. Ke1 Kc3 64. Bb5 Bf3 65. Kf2 Bd1 66. Ke1 Bb3 67. Be8 Kb4 68. Kd2 Bxa4 69. Bh5 Ka3 70. Kc1 Ka2 71. Bg6 Bb3 72. Bh5 a4 73. Bg6 a3 74. Bh5 Bd5 75. Bg6 Bf3 76. Bf7+ Ka1 77. Kc2 h5 78. Kc1 h4 79. Be6 Bg2 80. Bf5 h3 81. Bxh3 Bxh3 82. Kc2 Bf5+ 83. Kc1 Bh7, White resigned.

Davis Whaley played an inspired game against Fred Allsbrook and won a point for his team on board three. Davis finished 5-0, winning the board three individual prize. Dmitri Sergatskov’s victory allowed him to tie Mathew Leach of “Hope and Change” for the individual board four prize while helping his team to preserve their perfect record: King’s Indian Defense, Classical Variation (E94) Derek Paitrick (2103) Dmitri Sergatskov (1923) U.S. Amateur Team North (4)

This was a crucial game. On the one hand, it’s great to have the white pieces on the board where your team clearly outrates the opposing team. On the other hand, it might provide the additional pressure of having to win at all costs. And when one faces the King’s Indian, it’s always double-edged!

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. Nb3 f5 12. f3 f4 13. g4 h5 14. Rf2 hxg4 15. fxg4

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White misplayed the opening, allowing Black easy play on the kingside. It is much easier to handle the black pieces in this type of position. 15. ... Qh4 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qd1 Ra6 18. Bf3 Nd6 19. b3 Nf7 20. Rg2 Ng5 21. Bd2 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Ng5 23. Qe2 Qh3 24. Kf2

-+l+-trk+ +pzp-+-vlr+-+-+p+ zp-zpPzp-sn-+P+PzpP+ +PsN-+L+q P+-vLQmKRzP tR-+-+-+After 24. Kf2

24. ... c6

“Although White’s pieces are paralyzed in the kingside, I don’t see any immediate breakthrough. So I’m trying to open the queenside for a ‘second front.’ ” (Sergatskov) Indeed, the principle of two weaknesses is often used in the middlegame. Black is clearly in charge of the game, but it is still a long way to go before the position can be considered easily won. 25. Na4 b5 26. Nxc5 bxc4 27. bxc4

27. Nxa6 is not playable as Black’s attack crashes through: 27. ... Bxa6 28. dxc6 c3 29. Qxa6 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 cxd2 33. Rxf2 d1=Q+. 27. ... cxd5 28. cxd5 Ra7 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rc3 Bf8 31. Qc4 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Nxf3 33. Rxf3 Bxg4 34. Be1 Qh5 35. Rb3 Bh3 36. d6+ Rf7 37. Rxh3 Qxh3 38. Kg1 Rxd6 39. Nb7 Qe3+, White resigned.

In round five, the “Chess X-Men” held off the talented team composed of Illinois juniors “Sleepless Knights” (Eric Rosen, Jonathan Kogen, Gavin McClanahan, Rafeh Qazi, and Josh Dubin) and became the undisputed champions. Second place went to “Hope and Change” (Dennis Monokroussos, Michael Chen, Peter Chen, and Mathew Leach). The best team name went to “Bye (please wait)” (Allen Becker, Jason Childress, Jim Coons, and Robin Grochowski). The Illinois Blitz Championship was a highly anticipated side event held on Saturday evening. 38 players partook in the tournament with GM Dmitry Gurevich outclassing the field and capturing the title. Erik Santarius finished second, and Sam Schmakel and Gopal Menon tied for third place.

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EAST continued from page 25 Here 18. Ne4!! holds the balance in a super-sharp position. A sample line: 18. … Nd5 19. c4 Qxa2 20. cxd5 Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kc1 Qxe4 23. dxe6 Qc4+ 24. Kb1 Qe4+ 25. Ka2 Qa4+, etc. Instead, Ryba went in for 18. Qxe6—only the second-best move, but a loser. After 18. ... Rd8 19. Bf4+ Kc8 20. Nf5 Nd5, Black consolidated and won at move 30.

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Dubeck continued from page 23 with Petrosian? The committee was deadlocked over the venue. The two of them [Ed and the Soviet he’d met with] went off to the Russian’s hotel room and flipped a coin. And we won the toss.” Was that the result of the secret deal in Siegen? “The only thing I know is that when Ed said we were going to settle the dispute with a coin toss, I said ‘What if we lose?’” Dubeck remembered with a wry smile. “And Ed just laughed.”

2012 U.S. Amateur Team North At A Glance Date: February 17-19, 2012 Location: Crowne Plaza, Northbrook, Illinois Top Finishers: 1st, 5: “Chess X-Men” (Mariano Acosta, Tenzing Shaw, Fred Allsbrook, Dmitri Sergatskov); 2nd, 4: “Hope & Change” (Dennis Monokroussos, Michael Chen, Peter Chen, Mathew Leach); Best Junior, 4: “John, Awonder and Tommy have ADream” (John Veech, Awonder Liang, Thomas Schneider, Adream Liang); Best U1900, 31⁄2: “Anonymous” (Sam Schmakel, Aakaash Meduri, Avinash Rajendra, Alex Nevling); Best U1600, 3: “A Draw Is Good Enough” (Jimi Akintonde, Mark Waechter, Cristian Pena, Adrian Mui); Best U1300, 2: “Scrubs” (Derek Tu, Aaron Leon, David Moran, Ad Chempakasseril); Best Team Name, 2: “Bye (please wait)” (Allen Becker, JasonChildress, James Coons, Robin Grochowski); Best Board One, 5: Alexander Shabalov; Best Board Two, 5: Tenzing Shaw; Best Board Three, 5: Davis Whaley; Best Board Four, 41⁄2: Mathew Leach. Chief Tournament Director: Timothy Just


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“Yo Doy Clase” wins USAT South By Harvey Lerman

Clockwise from lower left: Eric Rodriguez (captain & board 1), Ernesto Alvarez (board 2], Bennet Pellows (board 3), Mohammad Yousef (board 4)

After many years having been run in the northern half of Florida, the 2012 U.S. Amateur Team South (USATS) event was held at the Universal Palms Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, sponsored by Jon Haskel’s Boca Raton Chess Club. This allowed many teams from that area to attend which had not attended lately. The event was run with all teams in one section with many team prizes awarded as shown in the sidebar. In previous years, there was a separate section for the lower rated scholastic teams. The 40 teams that played almost set a record for the USATS, as it was just one less than the 41 that played in Kissimmee in 2007, but the enthusiasm should encourage more teams in future years. As was reported by Melinda Matthews, “The competition for the title was fierce, with teams headed by FM Eric Rodriguez and GM Renier Gonzalez picked as early favorites. In the end, Eric’s team, ‘Yo Doy Clase,’ took clear first, ending with 4½ points. The team’s board two and board three, Ernesto Alvarez and Bennet Pellows, respectively, each finished with an impressive 5-0 to help propel their team to victory, and each won the board prize for their efforts.” These two teams met in round four, but the Gonzalez team, captained by Gil Luna, could only draw the match, leaving both teams ½-point behind “Team Recio.” “Team Luna’s” last round 30


draw against “Team Fonseca” allowed them to just get second, while “Yo Doy Clase’s” 4½-½ win over leader “Team Recio,” gave them the championship, dropping “Team Recio” to third on tiebreaks as four teams finished 4-1. The champions lived up to their name which means “I Give Lessons.” Their second board related that “it came from the philosophy that if you play a good game you should have taught your opponent a class on how not to handle that certain position. It helped us to have that mindset, to try to play ‘correct chess’ so we could ‘teach.’” I also asked him how the team was formed and he related. “The team was formed at the very last minute, like a week before the event. I didn’t want to play with any other team, since these are my friends and we usually get together and play. Bennet is a strong player from Boston originally, he is down here for school at the University of Miami. We put the team together and felt we had a pretty good shot at winning.” Jon Haskel was the organizer and chief tournament director of the event and was assisted by Charles Hatherill. The USAT playoffs between the winners of the four regions, South, East, West and North are currently scheduled to be held over the Internet on April 21st. We wish “Yo Doy Clase” success in this endeavor.

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Date: February 17-19, 2012 Location: Universal Palms Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Top Finishers: Championship Team, 4½: “Yo Doy Clase” (Eric Rodriguez, Ernesto Alvarez, Bennet Pellows, Mohammad Yousef); 2nd Place Team, 4: “Luna” (Renier Gonzalez, Alexander Villafuerte, Gilberto Luna, Alejandro Allen; 3rd Place Team, 4: “Recio” (Jorge Pelaez, Reinaldo Perez, Juan Poza, Miguel Recio, Jose Cabrera); Top Under 2000 Team, 31⁄2: “Ararat” (Alexander Malekan, Dario Teodori, Miguel Ararat, Eric Heerschap); Top Under 1800 Team, 31⁄2: “Miami Raiders” (Saul Barat, Yunier Ramos, Jordanys Jjd, David Jacoby); Top Under 1600 Team, 3: “Casselberry Chess Club” (William Bowman, James Johnson, Johnny Nunez, Joel Nunez); Top Under 1400 Team, 2: “Can’t Touch This” (Danny Sepler, Carlos Hoyos, Lauren Kleidermacher, Justin Kleidermacher); Top Under 1000 Team, 2: “Ransom Everglades” (Alfredo Cubina, Jack Kim, Carlos Barrera, Ethan Edwards); Top Under 800 Team, 11⁄2: “Virgin Islands Castles” (Howard Jones, Tommy Wise, Alessandro Gever, Ngozi Jones); Top Senior Team, 2: “Four Old Chestnuts” (Dennis Dunn, Francis Redway, Jr., Joel Neptune, Joseph Diskin, Andre Saint Louis); Top College Team, 2: “FAU1” (Doinitsa Psederschi, Shahab Samimi, Guilherme Faviero, Kevin Thornbloom-Elorza); Top High School Team, 2: “Gulliver Alpha” (Sam Silberman, Damian BleibergFaust, William Gubbins, Eric Milton); Top Out of State Team, 2: “Rock City Gambit” (Nkosi Jones, Arthur Williams, Jr., Shamiel Vanterpool, Jen Joe Canezal); Top Board One, 5: Eric Cooke; Top Board Two, 5: Ernesto Alvarez; Top Board Three, 5: Bennet Pellows; Top Board Four, 5: Eric Heerschap. Chief Tournament Director: Jon Haskel

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Chess Burns in Iceland Story & Photos By MACAULEY PETERSON

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n the 20-mile drive to Reykjavik from Iceland’s international airport, visitors are immediately struck by the unusually rough terrain. The road cuts a smooth path through a scraggly and seemingly alien landscape, shaped and re-shaped by centuries of volcanic and seismic activity. Snow-covered hills loom in the distance. “It’s like driving on the moon,” commented Igor, a friend of Grandmaster Yury Shulman. The pair rented a car for the duration of their stay which gave them a chance to see more of the exotic countryside than most visitors to the Reykjavik Chess Festival, held March 613, could manage. Players generally had to stick to the bus, which may well have been safer given the prevalence of brief but intense blizzards that were an almost daily occurrence. On the “Golden Circle” tour, organized for festival participants before the second round, the tour bus frequently encountered conditions that might be regarded as impassable by American standards. On roads inland from Reykjavik, there’s little point in plowing for the relatively few cars that need them; in an hour the next wave of snow will simply cover them up again. At one point our bus stopped to help a stranded sedan which had skirted off the road. Super GM David Navara from the Czech Republic, was among those who chivalrously offered to help push the car

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back to solid ground. But don’t think the weather put a damper on the sightseeing. No, in fact, when the bus reached its destinations again and again throughout the day, the clouds parted, as if by magic, and a beautiful sunny day emerged. “Icelanders are very clever,” said our tour guide on the trip back to the city, “and I myself am quite well educated, but I still believe in elves.” It’s hard to know whether this should be taken literally, or if it was more an homage to a certain mystical ethos that pervades the island nation of 320,000 people spread over an area about the size of Kentucky (which, by the way, has 4.37 million). But there is certainly something intriguing about the place. Several of the nine American players who came from New York, Chicago, Dallas and Austin, Texas, were making repeat visits, lured by the friendly people, good food, and picturesque surroundings. Robert Hess played in 2011. Shulman and Irina Krush came in 2010. Maurice Ashley was here in 2006, but as a commentator not a player. In fact, this tournament marked his first international event in eight years! “I wanted to just come and be in a good vibe. I loved it when I came here in ’06, and I have such great memories,” Ashley explained. “I haven't been motivated to play ... I said maybe if I go back, there will

be some juices that might flow." Others were making their first visit to the Icelandic capital. Teddy Coleman came in search of his third international master (IM) norm—and got it! John Bartholomew was looking for international experience and his first grandmaster (GM) norm. For Michael Langer it was all about the destination. “Chess is, for me, an excuse to go to exotic locations for vacations ... [Iceland] is something to check off on your ‘bucket list’,” Langer said, standing outside of JFK airport upon his return home. For Hess, the tournament was largely a successful one; he placed 10th with 61⁄2 points from nine rounds, and was often on the top boards, including pairings with tournament favorites GMs Navara, Ivan Sokolov, and Ivan Cheparinov. He was happy with his play throughout the tournament—solid and fun; a welcome Spring break distraction from his first year at Yale University. Hess reviles opening preparation, preferring to play offbeat lines rather than memorize twenty-five moves of theory. “I sometimes get worse positions, but there are times where I just play normal moves and try to outplay my opponent, which is pretty much my style." This style was clearly on display in his fourth round win over Danish-Icelandic GM Henrik Danielsen. Hess turned down two draw offers to reach the following position:

A group of top American players travel to Iceland and encounter blizzards both Icelandic and chessic. Turning a draw into a win GM Robert L. Hess (FIDE 2635, USA) GM Henrik Danielsen (FIDE 2504, ISL) Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (4.5), 03.09.2012

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53. ... Kxd8

To outside observers, this game appeared to be heading towards a draw, but Hess uncorked a surprising positional sacrifice. 54. d5!!

A brilliant stroke to secure the d4square for his knight. Even strong chess engines don't find this move immediately, if at all. 54. ... exd5 55. Nd4 Kd7 56. f5 gxf5 57. Nxf5

Amazingly, even stronger was to give a second pawn, temporarily! 57. Ra8! f4 58. Rg8 Bh6 59. Rh8 Bg7 60. Rh7 Ke8 61. gxf4 f5! a hard move to make but the alternatives are worse. 62. Nxf5 Kf8 63.

Rxh5 and White regains his investment with interest. 57. ... Ke6 58. Nd4+ Kd7 59. Re2

Now the rook invasion doesn’t work 59. Ra8 f5 but Hess finds another way in.

59. ... Bf8 60. Rf2 Be7 61. Rf5 Rc8 62. Rxh5 and the h-pawn went on to decide the game. Black resigned at move 75.

While the tournament attracts a growing number of top grandmasters each year, Reykjavik is still an open after all, rife with upsets, and the other American grandmasters fared less well. Shulman finished just a half point behind Hess, but the score does not tell the story. It was almost as if he played in a completely Chess Life — May 2012

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Cover Story different tournament. After being nicked for a point and a draw by much lower rated players, he didn’t manage to face anyone over 2300 the rest of the week, let alone a grandmaster. “It was really tough, but I made a woman grandmaster norm,” he chuckled, after the tournament. On his first day in Iceland, Yury’s laptop crashed, so he was without his home analysis. This is never a pleasant experience at the start of an international tournament, even an open, where daily opening preparation is somewhat less important than in a closed event. He was staying just across the hall from me at the Fosshotel Baron, and when I arrived, literally the first words out of his mouth, after “hello,” were, “do you have MegaBase!?” The five million game database is a staple of opening research. Things went awry starting in round two against Ukrainian WGM Svetlana Cherednichenko. No excuses WGM Svetlana Cherednichenko (FIDE 2279, UKR) GM Yury Shulman (FIDE 2594, USA) Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (2.11), 03.07.2012

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36. fxg7

In this messy position, in time trouble, Black has about six different winning continuations, but Shulman unfortunately miscalculated and allowed White a miracle save after:

36. ... Qa4? 37. Rxd8+

The immediate 37. Nh6+ is more forcing. 37. ... Rxd8 38. Nh6+! Kxg7 39. Qf6+ Kxh6 40. Qxd8 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Qd1 42. Qh8+ Bh7 43. Bg5+! and suddenly Black is mated next move. Black resigned.

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training time, but at least in Reykjavik, without active daddy duty to contend with, Yury was getting enough sleep! Maurice Ashley’s hiatus from competitive play was largely linked to the demands of family life, but with his youngest son now ten years old, he’s eager to revive his own game. Ashley came to Reykjavik a few days early to acclimate, since he has had difficulty recovering from jet-lag, but even so, it took a while to “get the gears going.” He didn’t prepare for the tournament at all, neither in terms of training games nor opening preparation. “I just wanted to play, because the most important thing is just getting the feel in your fingers, and sometimes when you try to do opening work at a tournament, you get yourself tired studying too much.” Ashley wanted to stay fresh, but he also observed how that can backfire in this day and age, with modern analysis engines and databases becoming widespread. “My fifth round opponent [Einar Jensson], he said to me after the game—after he had tortured me a little bit and then we drew—he said, ‘you know, you're a really good player, but I noticed you play a lot of the same openings all the time, so I have this powerful new computer ... and it looked at your game the whole night, and came up with this plan that I played,’ and I was like, 'what the hell?’” Jensson, an Icelandic master who scored an IM norm in Reykjavik befriended several of the American players, and even joined them in the Blue Lagoon on the last day [See sidebar, “Icelandic Wonders”]. Despite a few draws with weaker players, Ashley did face two of the three strong Ukrainian GMs, Yuriy Kuzubov and Vladimir Baklan, but lost to both of them. Even some of the wins came with a fair bit of luck, Ashley said. Just a bit o’ luck GM Maurice Ashley (FIDE 2452, USA) Anders Hobber (FIDE 2224, NOR) Reykjavik Open 2012 Reykjavik (7.29), 03.11.2012

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30. Qa2

Ashley was preparing to sacrifice his knight on d5, and intended to meet 30. ... exd4 with 31. Ra7, to force the queen to c8. He was walking around the spacious playing hall awaiting his opponent’s move and realized that 31. Ra7 could be met not with 31. ... Qc8 as played in the game, but also 31. ... Qxa7! when after 32. Qxa7 dxc3 White has no time to take the knight, because the c-pawn queens, and therefore he loses the initiative, and may even be losing with 31. ... Qxa7. But when his opponent captured on d4, Ashley returned to the board and absentmindedly played 31. Ra7 anyway, allowing the sacrifice! When he realized what he had done, he managed to keep a poker face, and Hobber, assuming he was already busted, also played 31. ... Qc8 quite quickly. 32. Nxd5! cxd5 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Rxd7

Now White is crushing and finishes in style. 34. ... dxe3 35. g5 Bg7 36. Rxg7 Qxh3 37. Rg8+, Black resigned.

Ashley’s best game, however, was in the penultimate round, versus FM Robert Lagerman. “Finally in the last few rounds it started to happen. In this round my brain was as fresh as fresh ... I started to see the board again, started to have some clarity, I started to be able to calculate on longer lines.” Closed Sicilian (B23) FM Robert Lagerman (FIDE 2315, ISL) GM Maurice Ashley (FIDE 2452, USA) Reykjavik Open, Reykjavik ISL (8.21), 03.12.2012 Notes by Ashley 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d3

It’s a nice feeling when your opponent avoids the preparation that you didn’t do! Naturally, 5. d4 would have asked me what I knew about the Taimanov variation. I’m wondering myself. 5. ... d5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 b5

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From left to right: FM Teddy Coleman, IM Marc Arnold, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Robert Hess

8. a3

I spent way too much time wondering about 8. e5 Nd7 9. Ng5 Be7 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. f5 but finally decided that my opponent wouldn’t be completely insane. However, this last move and the one that follows are on the opposite end of the spectrum, way too calm to cause Black any worry. 8. ... Be7 9. Kh1 0-0 10. Qe1

White is slowly trying to get things going on the kingside, but there is a flaw behind this move. 10. ... b4 11. axb4 cxb4 12. exd5

White could have also tried 12. e5 bxc3 13. Qxc3 but after 13. ... Qb6 14. exf6 Bxf6 it’s obvious Black is in the driver’s seat. 12. ... exd5 13. Na4 (see diagram top of next column)

I was a bit surprised that White actually believed in his position enough to play this move, but it really doesn’t matuschess.org

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ter since the other choices were to retreat and grovel. 13. ... Bd6

Played to prevent 14. Ne5.

14. d4 Re8

throat will prove irritating. My slow brain took 20 minutes to realize that I could refute it directly. Afterwards, when I showed this position to GM Gregory Kaidanov and IM Irina Krush and they had trouble finding the move (and continuation) as well, I didn’t feel so bad. 15. ... Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5

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The natural consequence of White’s tenth move.

After 17. fxe5

15. c3

17. ... Nxe5!

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Cover Story a lot easier, especially after making an entire DVD about the idea! But since Gregory and Irina missed it as well, I guess the title “What Grandmasters Don’t See” is appropriate. 18. Bxg4

Capitulation. 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Rf2

r+-wq-+k+ +-+-+pzpp p+-+-sn-+ +-+ptr-+Nzp-+-+l+ +-zP-+-+-zP-+LtRPzP tR-vL-wQ-+K Analysis after 19. Rf2

19. ... Ne4 (19. ... Qe7 20. Bf4 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Bxe2 23. cxb4 d4 24. Nc5 Nd5 25. Bd2 and though Black is up a pawn, I don’t know that this is easy.) 20. Bxg4 (20. Rf3 is the computer’s move. It doesn’t have any trouble with protected squares, but it also agrees that this line doesn’t look appetizing due to the lack of real presence of White’s remaining pieces.) 20. ... Ng3+ I did see this! 21. hxg3 Rxe1+ 22. Kh2 I didn’t feel I needed to look any further, but only later did I realize that White actually had three pieces for the queen and two pawns. However, the discoordination problem is not something that White finds easy to solve. After 22. ... bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5 24. Rf4 Rae8 Black is to be preferred. 18. ... Nexg4 19. Qg3

No better is 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qf4 (22. Bf4 Rf8 23. Qxd5 Ngf2+ 24. Kg1 Qxf4) 22. ... g5 23. Qc7 Rac8. 21. ... Nd2!, White resigned.

For the international masters among the American contingent, Reykjavik promised at least a potential shot at a grandmaster norm. Like Bartholomew, Marc Arnold is still looking for his first norm. He has already achieved the required 2500 rating, and had spent the better part of the past year competing in tournaments, both in the U.S. and throughout Europe. In Reykjavik, Arnold stumbled in round five which effectively put him out of contention for a norm, but he did bounce back with a nice pair of wins, including a positional gem. A positional gem IM Marc T. Arnold (FIDE 2502, USA) Eric Vaarala (FIDE 2241, SWE) Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (6.23), 03.11.2012

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Now I get to be flashy. Much more determined was 19. Qh4.

After 24. ... Ba6

19. ... Ne4!

25. Ne5! Bxe2 26. Nxd7 Qg6 27. Ne5 Qg5 28. Rfe1

Arnold gained the upper hand with:

It’s not often one gets to play a move like this in a serious game. It felt good, and even better knowing that I had seen it coming after 15. ... Bg4.

And White obtained a monster knight versus bad bishop. Fast forward 15 moves.

20. Qf3 Qh4!

43. ... Kf8

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After 43. ... Kf8

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to move his queen to the b-file and invade with Rb7, but the problem is the a6pawn. Arnold finds a creative solution: 44. Rb6! (The direct 44. Qa5 is also winning, with Rb7 threatened at once. Black is in Zugzwang, since the attempt to defend with 44. ... Ke7 fails to 45. Qxc7+! Qxc7 46. Rb7 Kd8 47. Rxc7 Kxc7 48. Kg5 and the h-pawn will fall.) 44. ... g5+

A desperate try for counterplay. Relatively best was 44. ... Re7 when Arnold would still need to find 45. Qa5. 45. hxg5 Rg7 46. Qb4 Qd8 47. g6!

White’s king is totally safe, and his rook is about to invade.

47. ... h4 48. Rb8 Qf6 49. Rxe8+ Kxe8 50. Qb8+

More pleasing is 50. Qb7!

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50. Qb7! would have been a nice finishing touch, when there might have followed: 50. ... Rxb7 51. axb7 Qd8 52. g7 Beautiful! 50. ... Qd8 51. Qxd8+ Kxd8 52. gxh4 Ke7 53. Kg5 Kf8 54. h5 Rc7 55. h6, Black resigned.

Bartholomew finished with a half point less than Arnold, but actually posted a higher performance rating, due to much tougher pairings. He faced no less than four grandmasters, including Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan. “We played a good game but she kind of outclassed me towards the end in time pressure.” Bartholomew said he was able to analyze his games with nearly all his opponents, including Hou. “She said that I defended well at certain points, so I was happy to hear that.” Closed Ruy Lopez (C91) GM Hou Yifan (FIDE 2639, CHN) IM John Bartholomew (FIDE 2440, USA) Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (5.7), 03.10.2012 Notes by Bartholomew

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IM Irina Krush

terms is definitely a nerve-wracking affair. I had plenty of time to prepare for this game but didn’t manage to get much sleep! Nevertheless, I went in with a clear head and a desire to match wits with a formidable opponent.

The Ruy Lopez is a cornerstone of Hou’s repertoire. I devoted almost all of my preparation time to it, but this was a surprise! Previously she had always gone for the main lines with 9. h3.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. d4

Keeping a flexible center with 10. Be3 is equally popular.

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9. ... Bg4 10. d5

10. ... Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8

I think White has more chances for something tangible in the line 12. ... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 when Black will have to play very precisely to neutralize the bishop pair on a board that is quickly becoming open.

13. dxc6

(see diagram next column)

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13. ... Qc7

GM Mihail Marin (in his notes to Adams-Aronian, Dortmund 2006) makes an astute comment on the slightly inferior 13. ... Nxc6: “Since the pawn structure is relatively immobile, the best routes for the pieces can be easily estabChess Life — May 2012

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Cover Story lished. The knight has nothing to do back on c6. It would not only fail to control the relatively weak d5-square but would also be restricted in his actions by the c3pawn and his own e5-pawn. Therefore, the queen is better suited for winning the pawn back, while the knight can dream of being recycled via c4-b6.” I would only add that the maneuver ... Nc4-b6 very often fails to completely solve Black’s problems with this knight, but the text does provide more interesting opportunities for counterplay. 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Re8 17. a4 Be6

I had this position against Julio Becerra in a U.S. Chess League game a couple years back. There I preferred 17. ... Bb7, but after 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bg5!? d5 (19. ... Nxb2 is critical) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. exd5 Rd8 24. b3 Nb6 25. c4! I failed to fully equalize. 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. b3 Na5

Per my comment on move 13, 19. ... Nb6 20. a5 Nc8 still leaves the knight in a bad way.

20. Bd2

r+-+r+k+ +-+lvlpzpp p+qzp-sn-+ snp+-zp-sNP+-+P+-+ +PzP-+-sNP -+LvL-zPP+ tR-+QtR-mKAfter 20. Bd2

We’ve reached a theoretically important position. 20. ... Qc7

The benefit of this natural move is that it forces White to immediately clarify the queenside structure. The flexible alternative 20. ... Bd8!? (as seen in the aforementioned Adams-Aronian game) is fully playable; Black can also throw in 20. ... h6 21. Nf3 before committing to anything, though this does encourage White’s standard plan of Nf3-h4-f5. 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe2 h6 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Rab1 Rab8?!

It wasn’t yet necessary to protect the bpawn. More accurate is 24. ... Bf8!, intending to meet 25. Nh4 with 25. ... g6 when Black has absolutely no problems.

25. Nh4

White enjoys a typical kingside initiative.

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25. ... Nh7 26. Nhf5 Bg5

-tr-+r+k+ +-wq-+pzpn -+-zpl+-zp snp+-zpNvl-+-+P+-+ +PzP-+-sNP -+LvLQzPP+ +R+-tR-mK-

-tr-+r+k+ +-wq-+pzp-+-+l+-zp snp+pzpN+-+-+n+-zP +PzP-+RsN-+LwQ-zPP+ +R+-+-mKAfter 30. ... Nxe4

After 26. ... Bg5

This was my idea beginning with 24. ... Rab8. Exchanging dark-square bishops and targeting c3 is a positionally wellfounded plan, but it’s probably a bit artificial with the dopey knight on h7 (matching its unhappy counterpart on a5!?). 27. h4!?

Played after prolonged thought. White had a couple of tempting alternatives: 27. Nh5!? g6 28. Nhg7 gxf5 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. exf5 Bd7 leads to complications not unfavorable to White; The simple 27. Bxg5 hxg5 (27. ... Nxg5? 28. Nh5 is very dangerous for Black) 28. Red1 is good for a slight edge.

31. Nxe4?

Here the Zwischenzug 31. Nxh6+! is very strong. We both thought I would answer this with 31. ... Kf8, when I will take the piece and evacuate my monarch to the queenside. Nevertheless, after (not 31. ... gxh6? 32. Qxh6 with a decisive attack) 32. Bxe4! dxe4 33. Nxe4 Black is in a precarious position, i.e. 33. ... Rbd8 34. Qg5 gxh6 35. Qxh6+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Kd7 37. Nf6+ Kc6 38. Nxe8 Rxe8 when White’s chances are definitely higher (for instance, she may just start running the h-pawn).

31. ... dxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxf5 33. Bxf5

Now I’m close to equalizing.

27. ... Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Nf6!

33. ... Qd8

I was very happy to get this move in. The d-pawn is temporarily immune, so I take the opportunity to improve my worstplaced piece.

During the game I was proud of this clever double attack (Hou later said she missed it), but it’s probably not best. (33. ... Nb7!?)

29. Re3!

34. Qa2?!

-tr-+r+k+ +-wq-+pzp-+-zplsn-zp snp+-zpN+-+-+P+-zP +PzP-tR-sN-+LwQ-zPP+ +R+-+-mKAfter 29. Re3

Combining attack and defense. Definitely not 29. Nxd6? Red8, when the knight will be lost; 29. Qxd6?! Qxc3 is also quite nice for Black. 29. ... d5?!

I didn’t think I could afford to hesitate (e.g. 29. ... Red8 30. Rf3 sees White building up heavy threats against my king. However, in view of the opportunity on White’s 31st move perhaps 29. ... b4!? is the best attempt to cross White’s plans. 30. Rf3 Nxe4

A decision dictated by our mutual time trouble. If she wants to keep queens on, then 34. Bd7 is a better way to do so, intending 34. ... Re7 35. Rd3. 34. ... e4 35. Re3 Qd5!

Centralization!

36. Bg4

-tr-+r+k+ +-+-+pzp-+-+-+-zp snp+q+-+-+-+p+LzP +PzP-tR-+Q+-+-zPP+ +R+-+-mKAfter 36. Bg4

36. ... Nc6?

I thought I had finally made sense of this piece, but this is in fact a serious uschess.org

error! After 36. ... Ra8! Black may even have more choices. If I can get in ... f7-f5, then the knight will be in no way inferior to the bishop. 37. Rd1!

Hou doesn’t miss her chance.

37. ... Qe5

37. ... Qc5 38. b4 is even worse.

38. Bd7 Red8

Unfortunately, my intended 38. ... Rbd8 just loses material after 39. Qe2. 39. Qe2 Qc7?

The game is essentially over after this mistake. I needed to find 39. ... Qf6! to keep things going. Then 40. Rxe4 Qxc3 definitely looks shaky for Black, but I also don’t see any sort of knockout for White. 40. Bf5!

Reaching time control with a clear pawn in hand. Worse, I have no stable square for my knight. 40. ... Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Rd8 42. Qe2 g6

Trying to arrange my pawns on light squares, but it doesn’t really work out. I saw that 42. ... b4 43. Bxe4 bxc3 44. Rxc3 Nd4 45. Rxc7 Nxe2+ 46. Kh2 would present my opponent with only a moderately difficult technical task. Albeit depressing, this may have been the most testing. 43. Bxe4 h5 44. Bf3!

Illustrating the stark contrast between bishop and knight. The threats are 45. Re8+ and 45. Qxb5. 44. ... Na5

I couldn’t bring myself to play 44. ... Na7 with a straight face. 45. Qxb5 Kh7

45. ... Rb8 46. Re8+ is trivial. 46. ... Rxe8 47. Qxe8+ Kg7 48. Bd5. 46. g3 Rb8 47. Qg5 Rxb3 48. Re7 Rb1+ 49. Kh2, Black resigned.

Bartholomew is teaching full time in New York for Chess-In- The-Schools, and privately. After a semester of law school at the University of Denver last year, he decided the program was not for him. “Maybe I’m kind of naive to say that I didn’t do my research properly before school, but it was kind of one of those things you really had to dive into in order to see where you’re going, and I just didn’t see myself doing it and I didn’t want to invest more time, and money especially.” He enjoys teaching and playing, and is considering chess as a possible career. uschess.org

While he still has ambition to improve, his rating has stagnated for the past five years. “I feel like I’m at a level where I’ve really figured out the lower-rated players, but the GMs—I can’t upset them on a consistent basis.” In addition to spending more time studying, he wants to work with a serious coach, “somebody who can get me over the edge.” Naturally, more tournament experience against strong players would help, but as a teacher, it’s hard to take long periods of time off to play. During the summer Bartholomew plans to work at a summer camp in St. Olaf, Minnesota—his home state—alongside GM Gregory Kaidanov, and IM Irina Krush. Krush was also not in serious contention for a GM norm—she has one, but her second has been a long time in coming. “Calculation-wise I’ve had some problems, so I need to become a bit more accurate. That made me drop a few half points in this tournament.” Her board one match-up with top seed Fabiano Caruana was a prime example. “At the end even, I had little time, but I saw a line that I thought might be a draw—a perpetual—I basically had no pieces left, but I give him a perpetual. But I just wasn’t sure: Is it a perpetual or does his king run away? If you’re just a tiny bit more accurate that’s it, that’s an extra half point.” Fab-ulous IM Irina Krush (FIDE 2461, USA) GM Fabiano Caruana (FIDE 2767, ITA) Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (3.1), 03.08.2012

-+-+-tr-mk +-zp-+-vl-+-+-+pzp tR-+-zp-+-+-+P+l+ +-zPQ+-sN-tr-+LwqPzP +-+-+R+K After 35. Rf1

35. ... Qb6 36. Raa1?

Irina analyzed 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Ra8 Bxe2 (Or 37. ... Rb1+ 38. Nf1 Bxe2 39. Rxf8+) 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kxf8 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ with a draw; but in fact, she had an even better chance: 36. Ra6! Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Qf2 38. Rxg6. Suddenly, although complicated, it is White that can claim an edge! 36. ... Bxe2 37. Rxf8+?

Icelandic Wonders

Northern lights, glaciers and active volcanos are just some of the natural wonders on offer to visitors of the Reykjavik Skák Festival. On the so-called Golden Circle tour, the first stop is the Thingvellir (Þingvellir in Icelandic, which has six more letters than English), where the first general assembly was established around 930 C.E. It is considered the heart of Iceland. The site is part of a rift valley formed by the mid-Atlantic ridge which separates the European and North American tectonic plates as they are gradually being pushed apart. Not surprisingly, earthquakes are a frequent occurrence here, although nearly all of them are too faint to feel on the surface. Since the land is literally being torn apart, the valley is full of bizarre-looking cracks and fissures, many of which are filled with remarkably clear azure-tinted water. The next stop is the geothermally active valley of Haukadalur, home of numerous active geysers. In fact, one is named Geysir, from which the English word derives. The smaller Strokkur geyser erupts roughly every seven minutes, making it akin to a mini version of “Old Faithful” in Yellowstone National Park. When I jokingly complained to David Navara that the eruption, which lasts only a few seconds, was too fleeting by comparison, he cracked, “well but there was the financial crisis in Iceland!” The tour then moves on to Gullfoss (“Golden Falls”), a breathtaking threetiered waterfall of epic proportions. After a brief stop at a volcanic crater, the chess version of the tour visited the church in Selfoss, where Bobby Fischer is buried. It’s an unremarkable resting place for a remarkable chess legend. Another popular destination with its own geothermal power is the Blue Lagoon spa. The naturally hated seawater is rich in minerals like silica and sulphur, and is vaunted for its therapeutic effects. Guests can drink fruit juice and cocktails right in the water, visit adjacent saunas and steam rooms, or even arrange a massage. The Americans took advantage of the spa’s proximity to the airport to organize a visit on the last afternoon in Reykjavik. Quite relaxing after a hard week’s work! Chess Life — May 2012

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Cover Story With under a minute on her clock, Irina blunders. Necessary was 37. Nxe2 Rf2 38. Rfe1 when White can still try to hold. 37. ... Bxf8 38. Nxe2 Qf2

-+-+-vl-mk +-zp-+-+-+-+-+pzp +-+-zp-+-+-+P+-+ +-zPQ+-+-tr-+NwqPzP tR-+-+-+K After 38. ... Qf2

The knight is fatally X-rayed. 39. Qg3 Rxe2, White resigned.

Caruana went on to win the tournament with 71⁄2/9 and, it should be noted, he was technically the tenth American playing in Reykjavik. The Florida-born American-Italian, raised in Brooklyn, has had an impressive run lately, and after the Reykjavik Open moved into the number six spot in the world rankings, ahead of Hikaru Nakamura. In the chess world, however, it’s your federation that matters, and Caruana has played under an Italian flag since 2006. At Chess Life Online, one comment to the March 12th post, “Caruana Leads Reykjavik Open” pointed to this distinction, so I asked Robert Hess whether he thought it was fair to characterize his own result as the best in Reykjavik by an

American. He noted that of course you can’t go by citizenship or else Maurice Ashley isn’t “American”—he has Jamaican citizenship. Several players noted that in Reykjavik, the players with Icelandic flags were quite likely to be underrated. In an island nation several hours away by plane to Europe or North America, the rating pool becomes a bit isolated, which tends to make them relatively less accurate. So, for instance, you find a fifteen-yearold kid named Dagur Kjartansson with a 1500 FIDE rating, posting a performance of nearly 2150. Hess’ dislike of opening preparation is matched only by his disdain for draws. He never offered a single one in Reykjavik, and his sole half point came, begrudgingly, via a move repetition against perennial Reykjavik Open contender Ivan Sokolov. They met in round seven, the afternoon session of the only day with two rounds. Sokolov had played a short 20-move draw with Cheparinov in the morning, so was well rested. Suspecting Hess might tire after his four-and-a-half-hour battle with Hjorvar Gretarsson, Sokolov opted for a doubleedged approach. “We both thought there was no way the game was going to end in a draw,” Hess said. “One of us was going to win, and most probably we both thought I was going to win, but he held pretty well and it just ended in a draw.” Rounding out the American field, were FMs Coleman, Kiewra and Langer. Coleman has been devoting a lot of time to chess lately. He finished his undergraduate degree at Harvard last May, and

planned to take a year to play as much as possible, before starting work. He already has a job lined up in asset management at BlackRock®, where he will start in August. “It definitely is an analytical job and I’m sure that playing chess will help me out ... Chess tournaments—especially two-adays—are brutal,” he explained. In Reykjavik Coleman managed to achieve his third IM norm, much to his relief and delight. “It’s really hard not to think about it during the tournament,” he said, especially so after starting with 31⁄2/4, including a win over Russian GM Vasily Papin. “I really try to keep it out of my thoughts until the last round, because, if I play good chess, hopefully it works out fine, but it’s one of those things that’s always in the back of your head.” It wasn’t a “clean” tournament by any means, and most of his games were extremely hard fought. Against Papin, he said, “I was getting tortured for five hours and he just made a few mistakes—first just to let me get back into the game and have a draw, and then to let me win. It was very lucky.” Coleman’s fourth round draw with GM Baklan, however, was the one that most satisfied him. Schmid Benoni (A43) FM Teddy Coleman (FIDE 2356, USA) GM Vladimir Baklan (FIDE 2612, UKR) Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (4.7) 03.09.2012 Notes by Coleman

In the previous game, I came away with a win from a completely lost position. A little luck never hurts, and I got a little

A small country with big plans The Reykjavik Open used to be held only every two years, but it has now become an annual festival, and a growing one. Chess culture is ripe in Iceland—the country with the most titled players per capita in the world. The National Museum features an exhibit on the 1972 Fischer-Spassky match. A bookstore in the center of town that Fischer used to frequent in the last years of his life, still maintains a shrine-like alcove where he sat and read National Geographic. Scholastic chess in Iceland is on the rise as well, and Maurice Ashley participated in a live seminar on the benefits of a chess education which was webcast to towns nationwide. The Reykjavik Open survived the financial crisis and now has stable financial and, equally important, political backing for the next three years. This year the tournament moved to a world-class concert hall called Harpa, which was completed last Spring. It is surely one of the most spectacular venues for an open tournament anywhere. Although many players griped about the ambient noise at times, which included music filtering through from rehearsing groups on the floors above, and spillover noise from the Harpa’s spacious public atria, the organizers have pledged to find solutions to these relatively minor concerns before next year’s festival. There is talk of dramatically increased prize funds, more top GMs invited, and possibly even extending the tournament to ten rounds in future years. The tournament is being positioned as a showcase event in the nation’s capital, but part and parcel of a larger chess development initiative. Icelanders see their country as a bridge between the Americas and Europe, and Reykjavik with its relaxed cosmopolitan flair is at the center. Just pack your boots, and keep an eye out for elves!

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more in this tough fight against Baklan. 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5 Nd7 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 Nh6!?

The first big surprise of the game. Baklan puts his knight on an unorthodox square for this opening. From here, he plans to play ... f7-f5 quickly and use that square to bring his knight to d4. 11. f3?!

I’m used to playing f2-f3 against the Benoni and stuck with it, but here it doesn’t make so much sense. 11. ... h4 12. Nf1 f5 13. Be3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15. Bf4

15. Bg5 Also an interesting move. 15. ... Qc7 16. Ne3 0-0 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. 0-0 with approximate equality. 15. ... 0-0

15. ... Bxb2 Black can simply take a pawn here. 16. Rb1 Bd4 17. Bxd6?! In the game, I thought I could take the pawn for counterplay, but Black has a strong reply. 17. ... Nf6! 18. Bf4 Nxd5.

16. Ne3 Nf6

16. ... Bxb2 Again, Black can simply grab a pawn and have a clear edge. 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bg5 Qe8 Black has a huge edge here.

23. Qh5? Nb3 24. e5 Qf8+ 25. Kg1 Bf5 and Black has a clear edge. 23. ... Bd7 24. Qh5 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 hxg2 26. Kxg2 Nf3 27. Rf1

Better is 27. a5 A strange move given the action on the kingside, but necessary. The move ... b7-b5 is quite strong and White needs to keep the queenside closed up. 27. ... g4 28. Rf1 White is worse, but hanging tough.

27. ... Nh4+ 28. Kg1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 b5 30. Bxg5?

Going for complications in mutual time pressure. It worked out for the best, but was objectively wrong. 30. axb5 axb5 31. Nd2 Bxb2 32. Bxg5 Bf6 33. Bxh4 Bxh4 and White is hanging on by a thread here.

30. ... Qf8+ 31. Ke2 bxc4 32. Bxc4

-+-+-wqk+ +-+l+-vlp+-zp-+-+ +-zpP+-vLQ P+L+P+-sn +-+-+-+-zP-+K+-zP +-+-+-+After 32. Bxc4

17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 g5

r+lwq-trk+ +p+-+-vlp+-zp-+-+ +-zpP+nzpP+N+PvL-zp +-+-+-+-zP-+L+PzP tR-+QmK-+R After 18. ... g5

19. Bc1

19. g4! A really interesting blow that I missed during the game. This restores approximate equality to the position after Black failed to gain a convincing edge earlier. 19. ... hxg3 e.p. (19. ... gxf4 20. gxf5) 20. Bxg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qe7 22. Qc2. 19. ... Nd4 20. Rf1 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qe7?!

Inaccurate and gives me time to develop. 21. ... h3 22. Bd3 Qf6+ 23. Kg1 hxg2 24. Kxg2 Qh6 and now Black has tremendous play against the white king. 22. Bd3 h3 23. Be3 uschess.org

32. ... Nf5?

Missing multiple winning continuations (32. ... Bh3! winning on the spot. 33. Kd1 Nf3; 32. ... Ng2 is also good for a win. White is forced to trade queens. 33. Qf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Ne1+ 35. Kf2 Nc2 and once the knight reaches safety the endgame should be winning).

33. exf5 Qxf5 34. Bd3 Qe5+ 35. Kf1 Bf5 36. Bxa6 Qe4 37. Qh4??

Made with four seconds left. Almost any bishop retreat maintains equality, but now Black can set up a devastating mating net. Fortunately Baklan reciprocated, throwing away the win with 37. ... Qb1+?. Instead 37. ... Bg4! and I simply cannot stop the threat of ... Bd4 and ... Qh1+. 38. Ke2 Qxb2+ 39. Bd2 Qe5+ 40. Kd1 Bg6 41. Be2 Qa1+ 42. Bc1 Qc3 43. Qd8+

... and now I simply took the draw and was content to have survived the game. 43. ... Kh7 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kh7, Draw agreed.

Kiewra already has all his IM norms, plus two GM norms, but he needs another forty-five rating points to get his

IM title. He’s a full time chess teacher in Dallas. “I enjoy what I do. I’m able to make a living from it. It’s a lot better than being at a desk from nine to five every day, waking up early and working for somebody else.” For Langer, chess has become a hobby again more than anything. “I had some drop in my playing strength about a year ago, which I still can’t recover ... maybe I just think too much about work now.” His play clearly improved as the tournament progressed, and he finished with four wins in his last five rounds. Only five points over all, but that was no great loss. “It’s not the tournament itself that is important, but just to visit the place,” Langer said. It’s easy to see the appeal of this tournament, even as the winter weather can be aggravating at times. “You have to be hearty,” Ashley remarked, adding, “if I could come back in June I’d be here in a minute!” “I'll definitely be coming back,” said Bartholomew, as we waited to board the Icelandic Air flight home to New York. “I hope to play this tournament again.” Forty years after the historic world championship match that put Reykjavik on the chess map, the skák scene in the land of fire and ice is again heating up.

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See more reporting from Reykjavik by Macauley Peterson at: main.uschess.org /content/view/11656/654/ including video reports. Full crosstable can be found here: chessresults.com/tnr54645.aspx?art=4&lan= 1&flag=30.

Reykjavik Open 2012 At A Glance Date: March 6-13, 2012 Location: Reykjavik, Iceland Top Finishers: 1st, 7½: Fabiano Caruana (ITA); 2nd, 7: Ivan Sololov (NED), David Navara (CZE), Gawain C. B. Jones (ENG), Boris Avrukh (ISR), Hou Yifan (CHN), Maze Sebastien (FRA), Danielsen Henrik (ISL). Top U.S. Finishers: 61⁄2: Robert L. Hess; 6: Yury Shulman, Marc T. Arnold, Irina Krush, Keaton F. Kiewra; 51⁄2: Maurice Ashley, John Bartholomew, Teddy Coleman; 5: Michael Langer. Tournament Director: IO Gunnar Bjornsson


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2011 Yearbook

Our Heritage 2011 U.S. Chess Federation Yearbook USCF ANNUAL MEETINGS, MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS, AND FUND BALANCES Year

U.S. Open Business Meeting

2010 2011

Irvine, California Orlando, Florida

Membership Fund (1) Balance (2)

U.S. BLIND 2010 Daniel Steininger

2011 Daniel Steininger PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA • AUGUST 2011

U.S. GAME/10

ARNOLD DENKER TOURNAMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONS 2010 Steven Zierk 2011 Michael Vilenchuk ORLANDO, FLORIDA • JULY-AUGUST 2011

2010 Daniel Fridman 2011 Sam Shankland, Levon Altounian LAS VEGAS, NEVADA • JUNE 2011

U.S. GIRLS JUNIOR OPEN

(1) Membership totals are given as of May 31. Totals exclude Junior Tournament Players and tournament members. (2) Figures enclosed in parentheses are deficits.

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DEWAIN BARBER K-8 CHAMPIONSHIP

2010 Diobisio Aldama 2011 Sergey Kudrin SARATOGA, WYOMING • JULY 2011

2011 Michael Brown, Justus Williams ORLANDO, FLORIDA • JULY-AUGUST 2011

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Years 2009-2011 2011-current

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2010 Michael Auger 2011 1800+: Vladimir Mezentsev, Raymond Kaufman; 1400-1799: Gabriel Bick; 1000-1399: Valentin Mestman; 600-999: Amir Dhami; Under 600: Katherine Xia, Reka Sztaray, Sreyas Dhulipala SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA • OCTOBER 2011

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National Champions U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 Gata Kamsky

2011 Gata Kamsky ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI • APRIL 2011

U.S. GAME/60 2010 Adarsh Jayakumar, Sam Schmakel, Thomas Ulrich 2011 1800+: Vladimir Mezentsev; 1400-1799: Maximo Fajardo, Daniel Ho; 1000-1399: Rasit Onur Topaloglu; Robert Jertberg, Daniel Song; 600-999: Atri Surapaneni, David Brodkey, Nathan Huang, Yousef Rezwan Azhar, Siddharth Srinivasan, Jason Chang; U600: Henry Ma, Tarun Pasumarthi, Katherine Xia SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA • OCTOBER 2011

U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONS

U.S. OPEN 2010 Alejandro Ramirez 2011 Alex Lenderman, Alejandro Ramirez, Hikaru Nakamura, Tamaz Gelashvili, Alonso Zapata, Giorgi Kacheishvili, Timur Gareyev

ORLANDO, FLORIDA • JULY-AUGUST 2011

U.S. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

2010 East: Andrew Ding; West: Joseph Kruml, Andrew Lebovitz 2011 East: Leonard Chipkin, Kimberly Ding; South: Bryan Tillis, Kevin Knight; West: Bryan Hu, Benjamin Marmont MAY-JUNE 2011

2010 Irina Krush

U.S. AMATEUR TEAM

2011 Anna Zatonskih ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI • APRIL 2011

2010 West:

NATIONAL OPEN

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Edmondson Cup winner* 2010 Timur Gareyev 2011 Loek van Wely, Varuzhan Akobian LAS VEGAS, NEVADA • JUNE 2011

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(Individual* Team) 2010 Larry Larkins* Navy

2011 Dan Ranario* Air Force* ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA • OCTOBER 2011

U.S. SENIOR OPEN 2010 Alexander Ivanov

2011 Sergey Kudrin HOUSTON, TEXAS • JULY 2011

U.S. CLASS 2010 M: Mauricio Flores; X: Mark Dejmek; A: Frank Brack; B: Donald Briggs, Jr., Don Burrus; C: Josh Pruett; D: Ted Ingram, Malik Coleman; E: John Warren; Unrated: Mario Acero 2011 M: Timur Gareyev, Julio Sadorra; X: Austin Jiang; A: Daniel Ng; B: Angelito Abella; C: Brian Shicoff, Ben Karren; D: Cindy Nam; E: Antonio Pereria, Adrian Patterson; Unrated: Alexandrov Olzhas

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Team OC (Alexandre Kretchetov, Takashi Iwamoto, Ilia Serpik, Leo Kamgar) Cambridge Springers (Bill Kelleher, Joseph Fang, Leonard Morrissey, Anatoly Levin, Vesna Dimitrijevic) Pinoy of Chicago: I love www.tmchess center.com (Angelo Young, Camilo Pangan, Floren Inumerable, Rene Ancheta, Virgilio Forro) Beasts from the Southeast (Jeffrey Haskel, Toby Boas, Dalton Perrine, Adam Miller) National Playoff Winner: Team West

2011 West:

USC (Jack Peters, Danyul Lawrence, Blake Phillips, Nathan Heussenstamm, Sriram Balasubramanian) East: West Orange Krush (Mikhail Zlotnikov, Peter Radomskyj, Jose Fernandez, Victor Rosas) North: For Whom the Azbel Tolls (Josh Friedel, Alex Betaneli, Erik Santarius, Gregory Azbel) South: Armageddon Your Pieces (Javad Maharramzade, Jeremy Mandelkern, Matt Helfst, Peter Dyson) National Playoff Winner: Team South FEBRUARY 2011

2011 Rachel Gologorsky ORLANDO, FLORIDA • JULY-AUGUST 2011

SUSAN POLGAR NATIONAL INVITATIONAL FOR GIRLS 2010 Rebecca Lelko

2011 Apurva Virkud LUBBOCK, TEXAS • JULY 2011

U.S. JUNIOR INVITATIONAL 2010 Sam Shankland 2011 Gregory Young ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI • JUNE 2011

NATIONAL ELEMENTARY 2010 Mika Brattain, Daniel Liu, Benjamin Moon, Justus Williams 2011 Christopher Wu DALLAS, TEXAS • MAY 2011

NATIONAL ELEMENTARY TEAM 2010 I.S. 318 (NY) 2011 Daniel Wright JHS (IL) DALLAS, TEXAS • MAY 2011

NATIONAL JUNIOR CONGRESS 2010 Josh Matti, Jacob Weaver, Shangbo Liao, Peter Chen, Sam Witwer, Jason Zhou 2011 Chinguun Bayaraa, Ben Rood, Advait Budaraju, Maiti Milind, Rayan Taghizadeh, Vignesh Panchanatham, Samuel Bekker, Bingjie Liu, SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA • OCTOBER 2011

NATIONAL JUNIOR HIGH 2010 David Adelberg, Kevin Bu, Zaroug Jaleel, Michael Omori 2011 John Hughes COLUMBUS, OHIO • APRIL 2011

NATIONAL JUNIOR HIGH TEAM 2010 Vela MS (TX) 2011 I.S. 318 (NY) COLUMBUS, OHIO • APRIL 2011

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 2010 Prashanth Amarasinghe, Alec Getz, Scott Low, Kristopher Meekins, Kevin Mo, William Ong, Christian Tanaka, Shinsaku Uesugi, Michael Vilenchuk, Eigen Wang 2011 Eric Rosen NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE • APRIL-MAY 2011

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAM 2010 Hunter College Campus School (NY) 2011 Hunter College Campus School (NY) NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE • APRIL-MAY 2011

U.S. JUNIOR OPEN 2010

TOURNAMENT OF COLLEGE CHAMPIONS 2009 Gergely Antal 2010 Timur Gareyev IRVINE, CALIFORNIA • JULY-AUGUST 2010

2011

Under 21: Deepyaman Datta; Under 15: Jason Altschuler, Steven Chen; Under 11: Kesav Viswanadha; Under 8: Emily Nguyen Under 21: Michael Michaelides Under 15: Steven Chen, Andy Shao, Andrew Jacob, uschess.org

Annie Zhao Under 11: Tianming Xie Under 8: Jason Metpally, Tristan Ma HOUSTON, TEXAS • JULY 2011

U.S. CADET 2010 Michael Yang, Yian Liou 2011 Arthur Shen, Michael Bodek CROSSVILLE, TENNESSEE • JULY 2011

NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC K-12 2010 K: Peter Crowley, James Cooper; 1st: Joaquin Perkins; 2nd: Josiah Stearman, Marcus Miyasaka; 3rd: Brandon Nydick; 4th: Thomas Knoff; 5th: Cameron Wheeler; 6th: Atulya Vaidya, Kesav Viswanadha, Kendrick Nguyen, Agata Bykovtsev, Michael Gianatasio; 7th: Joshua Colas; 8th: Bryan Hu, Michael Brown, Michael Bodek; 9th: Sam Schmakel, John Hughes, Nicholas Rosenthal, Azeez Alade, Yuta Kakutani, Luciano Aguilar; 10th: Christopher Heung; 11th: Vincent Huang, Michael Vilenchuk, Michael Fang; 12th: Raven Sturt 2011 K: Chinguun Bayaraa, Maurya Palusa; 1st: Aryaman Bansal; 2nd: Christopher Yu-Shuo Shen, Daniel Levkov, Rohan Suryawanshi, Constantine Oskiper, Corwin Cheung, Luke Robert Robitaille; 3rd: Marcus Ming Miyasaka; 4th: Rayan Taghizadeh; 5th: Christopher Chen; 6th: William Graif, Vignesh Panchanatham; 7th: Christopher Wu; 8th: Mika Brattain; 9th: Bryan Hu; 10th: Sam Schmakel; 11th: Christopher Heung; 12th: Matthew Dahl DALLAS, TEXAS • NOVEMBER 2011

2011 Melikset Khachiyan LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA • MAY 2011

WORLD OPEN 2010 Victor Laznicka 2011 Gata Kamsky, Michael Adams PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA • JUNE-JULY 2011

NORTH AMERICAN OPEN 2010 Giorgi Kacheishvili, Jiri Stocek 2011 Francisco Vallejo-Pons LAS VEGAS, NEVADA • DECEMBER 2011

Pan-Am Championships PAN-AM INTERCOLLEGIATE INDIVIDUAL 2010 Goran Vojinovic, Erik Santarius 2011 Giorgi Margvelashvili, Andre Diamant, Andrew Shvartsman FORT WORTH, TEXAS • DECEMBER 2011

PAN-AM INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM 2010 University of Texas at Dallas, Team A 2011 University of Texas at Dallas, Team A FORT WORTH, TEXAS • DECEMBER 2011

American World Champions WORLD SENIOR 2008 Larry Kaufman BAD ZWISCHENAHN, GERMANY • OCTOBER 2008

fulfill other requirements, such as maintaining a minimum rating. The international arbiter title is awarded to tournament directors on the basis of applications submitted to FIDE.

GRANDMASTERS Varuzhan Akobian • Lev Alburt • Babakuli Annakov • Maurice Ashley • Julio Becerra • Joel Benjamin • Pal Benko • Vinay Bhat • Arthur Bisguier • Peter Biyiasas • Walter Browne • Robert Byrne • Larry Christiansen • Nick de Firmian • Maxim Dlugy • Roman Dzindzichashvili • Jaan Ehlvest • John Fedorowicz • Benjamin Finegold • Alexander Fishbein • Joshua Friedel • Alexander Goldin • Renier Gonzalez • Boris Gulko • Dmitry Gurevich • Ilya Gurevich • Ron Henley • Robert Hess • Ildar Ibragimov • Alexander Ivanov • Gregory Kaidanov • Gata Kamsky • Larry Kaufman • Lubomir Kavalek • Melikset Khachiyan • Jesse Kraai • Boris Kreiman • Sergey Kudrin • Anatoly Lein • Aleksandr Lenderman • William Lombardy • Hikaru Nakamura • Igor Novikov • Alexander Onischuk • Semon Palatnik • Eugene Perelshteyn • Zsuzsa Polgar • Alejandro Ramirez • Ray Robson • Kenneth Rogoff • Michael Rohde • Gennadij Sagalchik • Gabriel Schwartzman • Yasser Seirawan • Gregory Serper • Alexander Shabalov • Tal Shaked • Samuel Shankland • Miron Sher • Alex Sherzer • Yury Shulman • Andrew Soltis • Alexander Stripunsky • James Tarjan • Michael Wilder • Patrick Wolff • Alex Yermolinsky • Gennadi Zaichik • Raset Ziatdinov

INTERNATIONAL MASTERS Viktor Adler • Levon Altounian • Armen Ambartsoumian • Nilton Arias • Marc Arnold • John Bartholomew • Leonid Bass • Mikhail Baturyn • Salvijus Bercys • Calvin Blocker • Andrei Blokhin • Jay Bonin • Joseph Bradford • Michael Brooks • Ronald Burnett • Omar Cartagena • Kim Commons • Richard Costigan • Kong Deng • John Donaldson • Daniel Edelman • Tegshsuren Enkhbat • Marc Esserman • Larry Evans • Joseph Fang • Florin Felecan • Daniel Fernandez • Ilye Figler • Andrei-Costel Florean • Edward Formanek • Igor Foygel • Dumitru Ghizdavu • Mark Ginsburg • Rusudan Goletiani • John Grefe • Conrad Holt • Robert Hungaski • Dean Ippolito • Albert Kapengut • Julio Kaplan • Raymond Kaufman • Igor Khmelnitsky • Erik Kislik* • Jake Kleiman • Danny Kopec • Irina Krush • Cyrus Lakdawala • Yury Lapshun • Dimitri London • Daniel Ludwig • Blas Lugo • Josh Manion •

NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC K-12 TEAM 2010 K: Oak Hall (FL); 1st: Scicore Academy (NJ); 2nd: Dalton (NY); 3rd: Hunter College Campus School (NY); 4th: Stuart Hall School For Boys (LA), Scicore Academy (NJ); Joseph A. Williams Elementary School (FL); 5th: Regnart Elementary School (CA); 6th: I.S. 318 (NY); 7th: I.S. 318 (NY); 8th: I.S. 318 (NY); 9th: Veteran’s Memorial Academy (TX); 10th: Horace Mann (NY); 11th: Solomon Schechter (NY); 12th: Bronx High School of Science (NY) 2011 K: Oak Hall (FL); 1st: Oak Hall (FL); 2nd: Scicore Academy (NJ), Columbia Grammar (NY); 3rd: Universal Academy (TX); 4th: Dalton (NY), Aspen Elementary (NM), Skaggs Elementary (TX); 5th: Scicore Academy (NJ), Dalton (NY); 6th: Canyon Vista Middle School (TX); 7th: Hunter College Campus School (NY); 8th: I.S. 318 (NY); 9th: Catalina Foothills High School (AZ); 10th: Westwood (TX); 11th: Plano East High School (TX); 12th: Solomon Schechter (NY), University High (CA) DALLAS, TEXAS • NOVEMBER 2011

NATIONAL YOUTH ACTION CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 K-3: Praveen Balakrishnan, Rohit Desai; K-6: Rishi Rajendran; K-9: Andrew Ding, Jeevan Karemsetty; K-12: Victor Shen 2011 East: K-3: Elliott Starkman; K-6: Ethan Hinds; K-9: Andy Beams; K-12: Reinaldo Perez, Jr. West: K-3: Joaquin Perkins; K-6: Albert Lu; K-9: Feiyue Yang, Tom Polgar-Shutzman; K-12: Prashantha Amarasinghe, Joshua Sheng

NATIONAL YOUTH ACTION TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 K-3: Dean Of Chess (NJ); K-6: Dean Of Chess (NJ); K-9: I.S. 318 (NY); K-12: Infinity Chess Academy (CT) 2011 East: K-3: Riverside Elementary (FL); K-6: Tampa Chess Club; K-9: Divine Savior Lutheran Academy (FL); K12: Southwest Miami Senior High School (FL) West: K-3: Hanley Chess Academy (CA); K-6: American Chess Academy (CA); K-9: Conejo (CA); K-12: Hart High (CA)

American Classics AMERICAN OPEN 2010 Joshua Friedel, Enrico Sevillano, Melikset Khachiyan 2011 Varuzhan Akobian GARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA • NOVEMBER 2011

LINA GRUMETTE MEMORIAL CLASSIC 2010 John Daniel Bryant uschess.org

Correspondence Chess A great many players are active in tournaments run and rated by USCF. Most popular is the annual Golden Knights Championship, a three-stage event, although USCF offers several other options. You’ll find advertisements for these events in every issue of Chess Life. Many over-the-board players find that correspondence chess improves their play, and correspondence also appeals to those who for various reasons cannot play in over-the-board tournaments. Correspondence chess is also played for its own value. There is no limit to the number of games one can have going at once. For further information, contact Correspondence Chess Dept. at the U.S. Chess Federation, P.O. Box 367, Sayre, PA 18840. The correspondence rating system is similar to the OTB system, and a written explanation is free on request (a stamped, self-addressed envelope is appreciated). Players who earn ratings over 2000 and have 25 or more games rated are issued special certificates. If you qualify and haven’t received one, please write to us. International correspondence chess titles are awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation, an affiliate of FIDE. Titles are awarded for outstanding performance in ICCF-sponsored events.

U.S. CORRESPONDENCE CHAMPIONS 2007-2009 Thomas Biedermann, Lawrence Coplin 2010 Edward Duliba 2011 John Ballow

GOLDEN KNIGHTS CHAMPIONS 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

John Burton Chuck Cullum John Burton Chuck Cullum Abe Wilson

USCF ABSOLUTE CHAMPIONS 2007 Edward Duliba 2008 Ciaran O’Hare 2009 Dave Sogin, Gary Walters

ELECTRONIC KNIGHTS CHAMPION 2005 Gilmore Hoefdraad 2006 Cesar Blanco 2007 James Sawaski

International Titlists FIDE awards titles for outstanding achievement in three areas of chess competition: Over-the-board play, correspondence play, and composition.

OVER-THE-BOARD PLAY FIDE uses a complex but flexible formula to detemine eligibility for OTB titles. Basically the average rating of a qualifying event is used to determine how many points a titled player—a grandmaster for example—would be expected to make. Players who score that number of points achieve a “norm” toward that title. To earn a title, a player must make several such norms and

TOP 50 FIDE-RATED AMERICANS Active players from the January 2012 FIDE Rating List. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 17. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 40. 42. 42. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 48. 50.

Hikaru Nakamura Gata Kamsky Alexander Onischuk Yasser Seirawan Robert Hess Varuzhan Akobian Yury Shulman Ray Robson Jaan Ehlvest Alejandro Ramirez Gregory Kaidanov Aleksandr Lenderman Larry Christiansen Sam Shankland Alexander Stripunsky Joel Benjamin Julio Becerra Alexander Goldin Ildar Ibragimov Sergey Kudrin Boris Gulko Alexander Shabalov Eugene Perelshteyn Joshua Friedel Alexander Ivanov Alex Yermolinsky Jesse Kraai Nick de Firmian Robert Hungaski Anna Zatonskih Benjamin Finegold Alexander Fishbein Enrico Sevillano Igor Foygel Steven Zierk Marc Arnold Melikset Khachiyan Conrad Holt Georgi Orlov Daniel Naroditsky Dmitry Schneider Renier Gonzalez Dmitry Gurevich Yury Lapshun Irina Krush Douglas Root Greg Shahade Bryan Smith Dean Ippolito Vincent McCambridge


GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM GM IM IM GM GM IM IM IM IM GM IM IM IM IM GM GM IM IM IM IM IM IM IM

Rtg. 2759 2732 2670 2647 2625 2617 2598 2596 2594 2594 2588 2583 2575 2565 2563 2553 2551 2551 2539 2533 2532 2531 2526 2523 2518 2515 2514 2512 2507 2506 2505 2498 2490 2489 2483 2482 2481 2480 2479 2477 2477 2471 2471 2469 2467 2465 2463 2460 2459 2459

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2011 Yearbook FIDE SENIOR TRAINER (FST)

TOP 50 CORRESPONDENCE PLAYERS

GM Lev Alburt • GM Boris Gulko • Michael Khodarkovsky • GM Zsuzsa Polgar • Boris Postovsky • GM Yasser Seirawan

(from International Correspondence Chess Federation). 1. 2. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 13. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 24. 26. 26. 28. 29. 30. 31. 31. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

GM Alik Samulovich Zilberberg GM Stephen E. Ham GM Dr. Jason Bokar GM Daniel M. Fleetwood SIM Tim Murray GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba SIM Jon Edwards GM Jon Ostriker SIM Keith Holzmueller SIM Michael C. Proof GM Vytas Victor Palciauskas IM Carl L. Siefring SIM Dr. Michael Millstone SIM Jerry Weisskohl IM John R. Menke, Sr. SIM Kenneth M. Reinhart SIM Dan Perry Wieland Belka Wesley C. Green IM Hisham N. Sunna IM Mehran Divanbaigyzand Gary Walters IM Dr. Martin Stengelin SIM Thomas Biedermann Thomas Diehl Jr. IM William Boucher Bobby Johnson Edward Kotlyanskiy SIM David R. Myers Harry Ingersol IM John Ballow Lawrence Coplin Dennis Michael Steve R. Douglas Frank Goebert Anthony Kain IM Robert Rizzo Robert N. Fass Wilbur Tseng IM Keith A. Rodriguez Grayling V. Hill SIM Kristo S. Miettinen Donald J. Harvey Daniel M. Horwitz Peter Dessaules Humberto M. Cruz IM Cesar Musitani Bobby G. Moore, Jr. Peter Cullen Edwin Meiners

Rtg. 2606 2580 2578 2571 2544 2532 2521 2521 2508 2487 2479 2469 2468 2468 2467 2466 2463 2449 2444 2431 2422 2420 2419 2416 2416 2414 2414 2411 2408 2406 2405 2405 2401 2397 2394 2392 2390 2381 2379 2378 2373 2371 2363 2362 2361 2353 2350 2349 2347 2338

Salvatore Matera • Vincent McCambridge • Eugene Meyer • Marlo Micayabas • Lev Milman • Rade Milovanovic • Nikolay Minev • Mackenzie Molner • Walter Morris • Stephen Muhammad • Michael Mulyar • Daniel Naroditsky* • Steven Odendahl • Georgi Orlov • William Paschall • Jack Peters • Vladimir Prosviriakov • David Pruess • Stuart Rachels • Vasik Rajlich • Vivek Rao • Kenneth Regan • Larry Remlinger • Daniel Rensch • Guillermo Rey • Bruce Rind • James Rizzitano • Douglas Root • Anthony Saidy • Justin Sarkar • Dmitry Schneider • Jonathan Schroer • Enrico Sevillano • Gregory Shahade James Sherwin • Walter Shipman • Igor Shliperman • Mikhail Shur • Jeremy Silman • Bryan G. Smith • Leonid Sokolin • Alan Stein • David Strauss • Eric Tangborn • Emory Tate • Timothy Taylor • Rostislav Tsodikov • David Vigorito • Mladen Vucic • Joshua Waitzkin • John Watson • Norman Weinstein • Elliott Winslow • Darwin Yang • Jonathan Yedidia • Vitaly Zaltsman • Anna Zatonskih • Steven Zierk • Dmitry Zilberstein • Mikhail Zlotnikov • Bernard Zuckerman * attained title in 2012

FIDE TRAINER (FT) WIM Beatriz Marinello • IM Vladimir Prosviriakov

FIDE INSTRUCTOR (FI) Chouchanik Airapetian • Michael Ciamarra • Elena Donaldson • Ilye Figler • Anatoly Tonkonogy

DEVELOPMENTAL INSTRUCTOR (DI) Stacey Banks • Derick Bryant • Ivonne Mykytyn • Medina Parrilla • Jayashree Sekar

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZERS (IO) Michael Atkins • Frank Berry • James Berry • Frank Brady • Edward Doyle • William Goichberg • Ankit Gupta • Jon Haskel • Steve Immitt • Mikhail Korenman • Thomas Langland • Sevan Muradian • Semon Palatnik • Tony Rich • L. Thad Rogers • Sophia Rohde • Lary Rust • Luis Salinas • Eric Schiller • Patricia Smith If you would like more info on FIDE, please check their website at FIDE.com.

CORRESPONDENCE GRANDMASTERS Hans Berliner • Jason Bokar • Joseph DeMauro • Edward Duliba • Dan Fleetwood • Stephen Ham • Jon Ostriker • Victor Palciauskas • John Timm • Alik Zilberberg

CORRESPONDENCE INTERNATIONAL MASTERS Gary Abram • Tony Albano • Wayne Ballantyne • John Ballow • Pavao Bjazevic (Ecuador native, U.S. resident) • William Boucher • Joseph Callaway • Frank Camaratta • Wayne Conover • Robert Cross • Karl Dehmelt • Alfred Y. Deuel • Rene duCret • Doug Eckert • David Eisen • Igor Foyel • Bart Gibbons • Isay Golyak • Steven Grant • Keith Hayward • Herbert Hickman • Robert Jacobs • C. Bill Jones • Craig W. Jones • John Kalish • Spencer Kell • Edgardo V. Limayo • Marc Lonoff • William Maillard • R.A. McLellan • Michael Melts • John Menke • Dave Myers • John Mousessian • Cesar Musitani • Robert Reynolds • Robert Rizzo • Keith Rodriguez • Allan Savage • Corky Schakel • Carl Siefring • James Skeels • Dr. Martin Stengelin • Hisham Sunna • Eric Tangborn • Steve Tennant • Paul L. Thompson • Jeffrey Tilghman • Chris Van Dyck • Alan Watson • Walter Wood

CORRESPONDENCE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN MASTERS CORRESPONDENCE SENIOR INTERNATIONAL MASTERS Jason Bokar • Wesley Brandhorst • Richard S. Callaghan • Edward Duliba • Jon Edwards • Kevin W. Embrey • Daniel M. Fleetwood • Keith Holzmueller • Stephen L. Jones • John Knudsen • Gary L. Kubach • Dave Meyers • Jerry Meyers • Michael Millstone • Tim Murray • Ciaran O’Hare (Irish native, U.S. resident) • Jon Ostriker • Anotole Parnas • Dan Perry • N. Eric Pedersen • Ken Reinhart • Christopher Sergel • Jerry Weisskohl • Max Zavanelli


Senior Master Master Expert Class A Class B Class C Class D Class E Class F Class G Class H Class I Class J Minimum Rating

2400 & above 2200-2399 2000-2199 1800-1999 1600-1799 1400-1599 1200-1399 1000-1199 800-999 600-799 400-599 200-399 199 & below 100

MASTERS EMERITI THE MASTER EMERITUS title is a special honor awarded to players, now for the most part inactive, who led distinguished chess careers before the institution of the USCF rating system. Current ratings of masters emeriti are not published if they are below 2200, in which case 2200 is the rating used for pairing and reporting purposes. •Armando Bucelo, Sr.•

USCF Awards 2010 Steve Shutt, Dr. Frank Brady

For more information on ICCF, write to ICCF-US, 16052 Quality Ct. S., Lakeland, MN 55043, or e-mail [email protected].

COMPOSITION Titles for composers of chess problems and endgame studies are overseen by FIDE’s Permanent Commission for Chess Composition. The commission periodically issues albums of composers’ best pieces. A composer receives points for each problem and endgame chosen for an album. Twenty-five points are needed for an international master title, 70 for a grandmaster title.

GRANDMASTER FOR CHESS COMPOSITION

Pal Benko • George Sphicas

2011 Judy Misner, Joan DuBois

OUTSTANDING CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2010 Val Zemitis, Hal Terrie, Chuck Ensey, Mike Nagaran

2011 Scott Parker, Frank Berry, Tom Martinak, Bob Smith, Mike Zacate

SPECIAL SERVICES AWARD 2010 Jay Stallings, John Blackstone 2011 Andy Ansel, Jeff Smith, Mark Herman

MERITORIOUS SERVICES AWARD 2010 Jim Stallings, Dewain Barber, Richard Buchanan, Alan Anderson, Danny Rensch 2011 David Causey, Caesar Lawrence, Barbara Reed

COMMITTEE OF THE YEAR 2010 Tournament Director Certification Committee

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE FOR CHESS COMPOSITION David Brown • Robert Burger • Toma Garai • Newman Guttman • Mike Prcic

SOLVERS These titles are awarded by the Society of U.S. Chess Problemists.

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Over-the-board (OTB) ratings are calculated by computer using a complex formula. An explanation of the system is available through a link on the USCF website. Players who earn OTB ratings over 2200 are issued certificates to recognize their achievement. If you qualify for a certificate but have not received one, please write us. Here are the ratings classes:

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

INTERNATIONAL MASTER FOR CHESS COMPOSITION

Todd Barre • Frank Berry • Jerry Bibuld • Christopher Bird • Harold Bogner • Leonid Bondar • Frank Brady • Walter Brown Jr. • Wayne Clark • Edward Doyle • Eduard Duchovny • Adam Gale • William Goichberg • Francisco Guadalupe • Jon Haskel • Randall Hough • John Hudson • Myron Lieberman • William Lukowiak • James Meyer • Martin Morrison • Sevan Muradian • Glenn Petersen • Boris Postovsky • Tim Redman • L. Thad Rogers • Sophia Rohde • Eric Schiller • Robert Singletary • Bill Snead • Harold Stenzel • Robert Sutter Jr. • Robert Tanner

The Tournament Life section of Chess Life lists hundreds of tournaments each month in varying formats — quick chess, action chess — something for everyone. If you’re new to competitive chess, be sure to see “Information for Organizers, TDs, and Affiliates” and “Information for Players” online at main.uschess.org/go/tlainfo.

David Adamson • G. S. Benner • Ted Bullockus • J. Franklin Campbell • Maurice Carter • Tom Dougherty • Grayling Hill • Alan A. Jones • Ben Koppin • Keith Rodriguez • James Skeels • Wesley K. Underwood • Allen Wright • Max Zavanelli.

Tatev Abrahamyan • Anna Akhsharumova • Camilla Baginskaite • Anjelina Belakovskaia • Elena Donaldson • Sabina-Francesca Foisor • Anna Gershnik • Alla Grinfeld • Irina Levitina • Katerina Rohonyan • Jennifer Shahade

INTERNATIONAL ARBITERS

OVER-THE-BOARD PLAY

CORRESPONDENCE INTERNATIONAL ARBITERS

Toma Garai

Tsagaan Battsetseg • Sharon Burtman • Rachel Crotto • Vesna Dimitrijevic • Esther Epstein • Gina Finegold • Elina Groberman • Anna Hahn • Ruth Haring • Shernaz Kennedy • Inna Koren • Yuliya Levitan • Beatriz Marinello • Alisa Melekhina • Elizabeth Neely • Viktorija Ni • Alexey Root • Diane Savereide • Marulin Simmons • Dorothy Teasley • Cindy Tsai • Julia Tverskaya

USCF Titles

Gina Lo Sasso • Christine Rosenfield

WOMEN GRANDMASTERS

WOMEN INTERNATIONAL MASTERS

Dowd • Dunn Danny • William Fraser • Anthony Friemoth • David Funston • Geoff Gawdun • J.H. Ghoraghi • Anatoly Goldberg • Fletcher Gross • Charles Harnach • Bruce Johnson • Frederick Kagan • Henryk Kalafut • Edward Knighton • Thomas Langland • Maurice Leysens • Martin Lubell • David P. Lynn • Alex Markevitch • Dan Maxwell • Monte McClure • Terry McManus • Ryan McCracken • T. Louis Meaker • Martin Moskowitz • David Moulton • Jacob Nemchenok • Mario Pachajoa • Jose Antonio Pagan • Stanley Perlo • Joseph Rettegi • David Robinson • Thur Row • Paul Salem • Paul Sayre • Herbert Seidman • Ricky Shepherd • Jerry Slavich • Alwin Sopungco • William Sprague • Dailon Stauvers • Dr. David Steinberg • Paul Steiner • Hisham Sunna • Harry Tamvakis • Robin Taylor • Donald Thompson • Row Thur • Yefim Treger • Gary Ware • Dennis Williams • Robert Williams • Sidney Zarkin

Master Solvers: Robert J. Bales Jr. • Paul Birnbaum • Ted Brandhorst • David Dana-Bashian • Kenneth Davenport • Matthew Dickey • Richard Fellrath • Barry Keith • Eugene Levin • William Longren • Eloy Martinelli • Stephanos Pantazis • Martin Rubin • Peter Szusz U.S. Expert Solvers: Walter Anthony • Gabriel Balinth • Todd Barre • Ladislav Belcsak • John Blood • Albert Bobb • Joseph Bohac • Edward Boyle • Brad Bradford • Donald Burden • Victor Burdick • Renato Casalino • Gennaro Cozzolino • K.A. Czerniecki • Rob deFonce • Jerry De Gattis • Karl Deibler • Steven

2011 Scholastic Committee

CHESS CITY OF THE YEAR 2010 Nashville, Tennessee

2011 St. Louis, Missouri

KOLTANOWSKI AWARD 2010 Gold: Rex Sinquefield, Phil LeCornu

2011 Gold: Rex Sinquefield, Silver: Doyle Engelen, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.

U.S. CHESS HALL OF FAME Inductees 2010 Diane Savereide, Herman Steiner, Jackson Showalter 2011 Boris Gulko, Andy Soltis

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SCHOLASTIC SERVICE AWARDS 2010 Greg Shahade, Berkeley Chess School (CA)

2011 Bruce Pandolfini, Chess-In-The-Schools (NY)

ORGANIZER OF THE YEAR 2010 Tony Rich 2011 Ankit Gupta

FRANK J. MARSHALL AWARD 2010 Michael Aigner 2011 Dean Ippolito

GRANDMASTER OF THE YEAR 2010 Hikaru Nakamura

2011 Hikaru Nakamura, Gata Kamsky

HONORARY CHESS MATE 2010 Phil Smith, Joan Schlich 2010 Ami Hall

THE GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED CHESS JOURNALISTS 2009 Shelby Lyman

2010 John Hillery

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD 2009 Alexandra Kosteniuk 2010 Dan Heisman

CHESS CLUB OF THE YEAR 2010 Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

2011 Metropolitan Chess Club of Los Angeles

CHESS COLLEGE OF THE YEAR 2010 El Centro Community College, Dallas

2011 University of Maryland Baltimore County

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR 2010 Jon Shacter

2011 Luis Salinas

Scholarships and Fellowships SAMFORD FELLOWSHIP 2010 Robert Hess

2011 Aleksandr Lenderman

SCHOLAR-CHESSPLAYER AWARDS 2010 Rohan Agarwal, Richard Herbst, Abby Marshall, Jake

Miller, Victor Shen 2011 Chaz Daly, Andrew Ng, Eigen Wang, Kevin Zhang, Andrew Shvartsman

TROPHIES PLUS Grand Prix 2010 Aleksandr Lenderman

2011 Sergey Kudrin

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Back to Basics

The Big Clash

By GM Lev Alburt

When the combatants use their swords and battle-axes but not their shields.

Sometimes a single tactical outburst decides the course, even the outcome, of the chess game. But the exciting game supplied by David Blackwelder keeps us spellbound for many moves, wild tactics flaring around! Writes David:

The North Carolina Open was my first major tournament. I had just started playing tournament chess with the USCF three months earlier. This was a well planned and organized tournament from what I could see and there was a big turnout. When I first registered I had put myself in the Open section, thinking at the time that if I was unrated I would have to play in that section. Luckily, one of the TDs e-mailed me a month beforehand and asked if I still wanted to play in the Open section. I quickly replied, no I will play in the U1400 section, considering my rating. Coming into this round and the final day of the tournament I had a score of 2 out of 3 having lost in the second round. I knew that if I wanted a shot at some prize money I had to win this round and I was going to either win or go out with style. (Lev’s further comments are in italics). King’s Indian Defense, Classical Variation (E90) A. Alexander Hollins (1367) David Blackwelder (1278) 2011 North Carolina Open (4)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0

Standard King’s Indian moves.

6. Bg5 (see diagram top of next column)

This was a move to which I had no idea how to respond. I know now that 6. ... e6 is common or even 6. ... h6 but at this point in time I followed my normal ideas with the King’s Indian. 46


rsnlwq-trk+ zppzp-zppvlp -+-zp-snp+ +-+-+-vL-+PzPP+-+ +-sN-+N+PzP-+-zPPzP tR-+QmKL+R After 6. Bg5

The move ... e7-e6 is rarely good in the King’s Indian Defense, and our position is no exception to this rule. The right answer is 6. ... h6, and only after 7. Be3 (7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5, later exchanging the opponent’s dark-squared bishop)—7. ... e5, with equality. 6. ... e5 7. d5

White could take advantage of 6. ... e5? by 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5, winning a pawn.

13. g4 fxe4

I felt that I had to take either on g4 or e4. If I took on g4 then that would allow my opponent to get the open h-file and possibly, with castling queenside, allow him to set up his rooks like battering rams, pushing his pawns towards to my king. I did not like that idea so I captured on e4. Both captures favor Black, thus 13. g4 was wrong. 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qc2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qc4

rsnl+-trk+ zpp+-+-vlp -wq-zp-+p+ +-+nzp-+-+Q+-+P+ zP-+-+N+P -zP-vLNzP-+ tR-+-mKL+R

7. ... c6 8. h3 Qb6

After 17. Qc4

Better was 8. ... h6 (long overdue) and, after 9. Be3, 9. ... cxd5.

17. ... Qc6

9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Ne2

(10. Be7!—L.A.) 10. ... Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. a3 f5

rsnl+-trk+ zpp+-+-vlp -wqpzp-+p+ +-+Pzpp+n -+P+P+-+ zP-+-+N+P -zPQvLNzPP+ tR-+-mKL+R After 12. ... f5

This protects the knight. Since I was a pawn up and had a passed d-pawn, I wanted to get material off the board. Yes, 17. ... Qc6 looks strong—but leads to unnecessary (for Black) complications. After 17. ... Be6! Black is much better; for instance 18. Ng5 Qxf2+ 19. Kd1 Ne3+.

18. Qa2 Kh8 19. Rc1 Nb4 (see diagram top of next column)

In my over-the-board analysis I saw that both my queen and my rook are attacking the hanging f3-knight. However, I failed to realize that 20. Rxc6 Nxa2 21. Rc2 Rxf3 (stronger is 21. ... Be6— L.A.) 22. Rxc8+ Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 and now my knight on a2 looks stupid with no real square to go to. I’m unsure if that was uschess.org

rsnl+-tr-mk zpp+-+-vlp -+qzp-+p+ +-+-zp-+-sn-+-+P+ zP-+-+N+P QzP-vLNzP-+ +-tR-mKL+R After 19. ... Nb4

still the best move. 20. Bxb4 (?—L.A.) 20. ... Qxf3 21. Ng3 (21. Rh2!—L.A.) 21. ... Qxf2+ 22. Kd1

rsnl+-tr-mk zpp+-+-vlp -+-zp-+p+ +-+-zp-+-vL-+-+P+ zP-+-+-sNP QzP-+-wq-+ +-tRK+L+R After 22. Kd1

22. ... a5

Even though I have the chance to take the knight on g3 for free I was more wrapped up in what the bishop on b4 was doing. I got lost in my analysis overthe-board and felt that it was better to push the bishop away than win a piece. Of course, winning a piece is better in this situation. 23. Be1 Qd4+ 24. Bd2 Nc6

Now I simply want to develop my pieces since his king is stuck in the center and I am up two pawns.

25. Rc3

r+l+-tr-mk +p+-+-vlp -+nzp-+p+ zp-+-zp-+-+-wq-+P+ zP-tR-+-sNP QzP-vL-+-+ +-+K+L+R After 25. Rc3

I felt this move is an attempt to get his king over to the corner while he developed his other pieces. I did not want to give him that opportunity and I wanted to win his uschess.org

queen no matter the consequences—I wanted to open up the queenside. In a won (or much better) position—look for simple solutions! Here, e.g., 25. ... Rf2 26. Rc2 (26. Rd3 Rxf1+) 26. ... Bh6. 25. ... Nb4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qxa8 Bxg4+ 28. hxg4

Q+-+-tr-mk +p+-+-vlp -+-zp-+p+ +-+-zp-+-zp-wq-+P+ +-tR-+-sN-zP-vL-+-+ +-+K+L+R After 28. hxg4

28. ... Rxa8

I realized that I just gave up a knight, bishop, and rook for a queen and two pawns, however, now the queenside is more accessible to my rook and my extra pawns may help win the material difference back. Yes, Black is better here, but the road to victory isn’t clear or easy. Relatively stronger was 28. ... bxc3 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. bxc3 Qxg4+—compare these two complex queen-versus-multitude positions. 29. Rc4 Qxb2 30. Rxb4 Ra1+

I knew that I had to be careful but I did not want to lose the b7-pawn or my queen.

37. Kc1 Qa3+ 38. Kd1 Qb3+ 39. Kc1

-+R+-vl-mk +p+-+-+p -+-+-+pvL +-+pzp-+-+-+-+P+ +q+-+-+r+-+-+-+ +-mK-+L+R After 39. Kc1

39. ... Qb2+ 40. Kd1

At this point I knew that I had to get either his rook or his bishop away from my king and then work my king out of the corner and possibly get my bishop into the fight against the king. 40. ... Ra1+ 41. Bc1 Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. g5+ Ke6 44. Bh3+ Kd6

Knowing now that it is all over for White once my king gets on the c-file cutting off the rook from the bishop. 45. Rd7+ Kc6 46. Rc7+ Kxc7 47. Bf5 Rxc1 mate.

This rich-in-tactics game contains many instructive, important situations, starting with 6. ... e5 I think that both players wouldn't stay eligible for Under-1400 tournaments for long. And mastering disbalanced-stuffpositions (such as queen plus pawn versus rook plus two minors) is one of the sweet ways to chess excellence!

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31. Ke2 Qa3

Well played—if 32. Rxb7?, 32. ... Qa6+. 32. Rc4 d5 33. Rc8+ Bf8 34. Bh6 Ra2+

-+R+-vl-mk +p+-+-+p -+-+-+pvL +-+pzp-+-+-+-+P+ q-+-+-sNr+-+K+-+ +-+-+L+R After 34. ... Ra2+

35. Ke1

Why allow capturing the knight with a check? Still, after the stronger 35. Kd1, Black also wins, albeit not so easily. 35. ... Qxg3+ 36. Kd1 Qf3+

Here I missed the simple 36. ... Qxg4+ winning the rook on c8 and killing any attack White had.

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If you are unrated or were rated 1799 or below on your Chess Life (CL) label, then GM Lev Alburt invites you to send your most instructive game with notes to: Back to Basics, c/o Chess Life PO Box 3967 Crossville, TN 38557-3967 Or e-mail your material to [email protected]

GM Alburt will select the “most instructive” game and CL will award an autographed copy of Lev’s newest book, Fresh Look at Chess (by Lev Alburt and Al Lawrence) to the person submitting the most instructive game and annotations. Do not send games with only a few notes, as they are of little instructive value and can’t be used. Writing skills are a plus, but instructiveness is a must! Make sure your game (or part of it) and your notes will be of interest to other readers.


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Endgame Lab

A Master of the Endgame, Part II

By GM Pal Benko

Continuing our celebration of GM Gedeon Barcza from the February issue. GM Barcza’s complete games are worth studying; it is not necessary to just focus on his endings. He frequently transitioned from his favorite, characteristic and still relevant English opening to favorable endgames which were then played at an artistic level. He almost hypnotized his opponents as if a frightening hussar. (The knight is “hussar” in Hungarian. Interestingly this word came from there; it refers to a number of types of light cavalry which originated in Hungary in the 14th century.)

HUSSAR RIDES Symmetrical English (A30) Gedeon Barcza Laszlo Szabo Budapest, 1945 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 c5 5. c4 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5 0-0 9. d4 Nxd5 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. Rd1 Nba6 12. Na3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2

r+-+-trk+ zp-sn-zpp+p nzp-+-+p+ +-+-+-+-+-sN-+-+ sNP+-+-zPP+-+PzPKzP tR-+R+-+After 16. Kxg2

White is better after the trades and Barcza considered it a strategically won game (because of the c6 and a7 weak points).

16. ... Nb4

Intends to defend the c6-square via

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tactical means, but this gives only temporary relief. Looking better is 16. ... Rfc8 17. Nc6 Nd5 18. Rac1 Nab4. 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Ne5!

Note 18. a3? Rxd4.

ERRANT KNIGHT Symmetrical English (A38) Gedeon Barcza Bela Soos Varna (Ol), 1962

18. ... Kf8

Here 18. ... Rxd4? 19. Rxd4 Nc2 20. Rd7 Nxa1 21. Rxc7 and the a1-knight is trapped.

19. Rac1 Nca6 20. a3 Nd5 21. Nec6 Rd7 22. Nb5 Nc5 23. b4 Ne4

The a-pawn cannot be saved. In case of 23. ... Nb3 24. Rb1 a6 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc7 Nd2 27. Rd1 Rad8 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxa6 wins the pawn. 24. Ncxa7 e6 25. Nc6 f5 26. Ne5 Rdd8 27. Nd4! Rd6 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxd5 Nf6 30. Nd7+

This is the 10th (!) knight move since the last diagram!

r+-+-mk-+ +-+N+-+p -zp-+rsnp+ +-+R+p+-zP-+-+-+ zP-+-+-zP-+-+PzPKzP +-tR-+-+After 30. Nd7+

30. ... Nxd7

More playable for Black is 30. ... Ke7 31. Nxf6 Kxf6 32. Rc7. The rest is easy. 31. Rxd7 Rxa3 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rb7 Ra8 34. e3 g5 35. Rcc7 f4 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. exf4 gxf4 38. Rgf7 fxg3 39. hxg3, Black resigned.

GM Barcza joked, “What else would be the goal of playing chess than having a pleasant knight ending?”

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. d4 a6

A questionable move since White has not played d4-d5 yet. A transfer to a favorable endgame became immediately possible.

10. dxc5! dxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rac1!

Preventing the liberating ... b7-b5 opportunity. 14. ... b6 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. Ne5 f6 18. Rd1! Bf5 19. Nd3 Bd7?

Fails to get rid of one of the formidable knights by playing 19. ... Bxd3.

20. Nc3

Tempting must have also been 20. Nxb6!? Rxb6 21. Nxc5 Rd6 22. Rxd6 exd6 23. Nxa6. 20. ... Nc6

Now the knight is free to start a foray. ... Bc6 should have been considered.

21. Nf4 Nd4

Other possibilities are 21. ... Be8, 21. ... e6? 22. Rxd7+! 22. e3 Nf5 23. Nfd5 e6 24. Nc7 a5 25. Na6 Re8 26. Ne4

More precise is 26. g4 Ne7 (26. ... Nh4 27. Rd6) 27. Bb7 but White is kept under pressure by the knights. 26. ... Bc8 27. Nc7 Re7 (see diagram next page) 28. Na8!

A rare, but winning, move winning first one weak pawn then another. uschess.org

Problem I

Benko’s Bafflers

P. Benko, Sakkelet, First prize, 1989

Most of the time these studies resemble positions that could actually occur over the board. You must simply reach a theoretically won or drawn position for White. Solutions can be found on page 71. Please e-mail submissions for Benko’s Bafflers to: [email protected]

-mK-+k+-sN +-+-+-+p -+-+-+-+ +-+-+-zP-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+White to play and draw

-+l+-sn-+ +-sN-tr-mkp -zp-+pzpp+ zp-zp-+n+-+P+N+-+ +P+-zP-zPP+-+-zPLzP +-+R+-mKAfter 27. ... Re7

28. ... Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Nxd7 30. Nc3 Nd6 31. Na4 b5 32. cxb5 Nxb5 33. Bc6 Nd6 34. Bxd7 Bxd7 35. Nxc5 Bc6 36. Nxe6+ Kg8 37. Nb6 Ne4 38. Nd4 Be8 39. Nc4 a4 40. bxa4 Bxa4 41. Nb6 Bd1 42. a4 Nc5 43. a5 Kf7 44. f3

The bishop is impotent. The white knights control the whole game and after move 46, half of the game will have been made up of knight moves. 44. ... Ke8 45. Nd5 f5 46. Nc3 Ba4 47. a6, Black resigned.

Once IM Enrico Paoli was asked whether he minded giving away his bishop pair for the knights. He responded not at all, because in the hand of Barcza the knights were the most dangerous. In fact he succeeded in drawing this way against Barcza.

HUSSAR BIND Fianchetto Grünfeld (D77) Gedeon Barcza Arturo Pomar Stockholm Interzonal, 1962 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nbd7 8. Nxc4 Nb6 9. Nce5 Ng4 10. Nd3!

Avoids simplifications. Now after 10. ... Bxd4 11. h3 Nf6 12. e3 e5 13. Ndxe5 would follow.

10. ... Bf5 11. Nc5 Bc8 12. e3 Nd7 13. Nd3 Rb8 14. Qe2 b6? 15. Nb4!

Immediately lasers in on the weakened c6-square. uschess.org

15. ... Bb7 16. Ne1 Ndf6 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qf3 Qc8 19. Nc6 Re8 20. Nd3 Qf5

Black tries to escape into an endgame but the strong c6-knight cripples any counterplay attempts. 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. f3 Nh6 23. Bd2 Kf8 24. Rac1 Rc8 25. Rc3 Ke8 26. Rb3 Nd7 27. Rc1 f6 28. Nf4 e5 29. Ne6 Bf8

-+r+kvl-+ zprzpn+-+p -zpN+Nzp-sn +-+-zpp+-+-zP-+-+ +R+-zPPzPPzP-vL-+-zP +-tR-+-mKAfter 29. ... Bf8

30. e4

Converting the positional advantage into a material one.

30. ... Ng8 31. exf5 Ne7 32. Nxf8

Safest. “A good knight position is not an end unto itself.” (Barcza) 32. ... Nxf8 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Nxe5 Nxf5 35. Nc6! Ne6 36. Re1 Kd7 37. Rd3+ Nd6 38. Ne5+ Ke7 39. Rde3 Nc5 40. Ng4+ Kf8 41. Re7 Nce4

The last straw to clutch for against the mating attack. After 41. ... Nf7, 42. Nf6 is strong. 42. R7xe4 Nxe4 43. fxe4 c5 44. e5 Rc6 45. Bg5 Re6 46. Nf6 Rf7 47. Nd5 Rf5 48. Bf6 Kf7 49. Kg2 h5 50. Ne3, Black resigned.

HUSSAR AMBUSH Fianchetto Grünfeld (D77) Gedeon Barcza Rudolf Teschner Reggio Emilia, 1963

Problem II

P. Benko, Sakkelet, First prize, 1981

-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ mKP+-+Pmk-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-sn +-+-+-+White to play and win

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1?

Voluntarily gives up the d-file. Better is 8. ... Na6 9. Nxc4 Qxd1! 10. Rxd1 Be6 with a more or less equal position. The queen trade is always welcomed by Barcza. 9. Rxd1 c3 10. Nb5! Na6 11. Nxc3 Nxc5 12. Be3 Ne6?

The alternative 12. ... Nce4 looks less troublesome. 13. Ne5! Rd8 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Nc4 a6

It was better to avoid the knight raid by playing 15. ... Bd7 16. Nxa7 Ba4 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 giving the pawn up but having much more practical chances. 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Na7!

-trltrn+k+ sNp+-zppvlp psN-+n+p+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-vL-zPPzP-+PzPLzP tR-+R+-mKAfter 17. Na7!

This unusual knight intrusion wins at least an Exchange. 17. ... Nd6 18. Naxc8 Nxc8 19. Nd7 Nd6 20. Nxb8 Rxb8 21. Rab1 Nc4 22. Bc1! Nd4 23. Kf1!

Ending serious resistance.

23. ... b5 24. b3 Nd6 25. Bb2 Ne6 26. Bd5 Nc7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rbc1 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Ra8 30. Rc6 a5 31. a4 b4 32. f3 Nf5 33. Kf2 e5 34. Rcc5, Black resigned.

Certainly GM Barcza should be given a “knighthood” for his memorable achievements. I learned much from his play. As a memento I give two knight endgames in the “Bafflers.”

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Rounds 10-12:15-2:30. All schedules merge in round four. Each Sections: Trophies to top five and top Senior 55/over and Jr's under ages 16 & 13. Championship: Trophies to top U2000, U1900 and U1850. Reserve: Trophies to top U1600 and U1500. Booster: Trophies to top U1200, U1100, U1000, U900 and U800. EF: $49 if postmarked by May 23, or paid online via EntryFeesRus. com. EF: at site $60 cash. Byes: Three 1/2 point byes allowed in rounds 1-5. Ent: Ken Thomas, 115 W. Moore St., Hackettstown, NJ 07840. Checks to NJSCF. Info: 908-619-8621 or [email protected]. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 9-10, Tennessee 2012 U.S. Amateur South Championship University of Memphis, University Center, 499 University St., Memphis, TN 38152. SECTIONS: Championship (U2200) & Reserve (U1600). SCHEDULE: 5/SS, G/90 td/5. Reg.: Sat. 9:00-9:45AM. Rds.: Sat. 10-2-6; Sun. 9:30-1:30. PRIZES: $1000 of Gift Certificates and awards based on 60 paid entries. (Championship): 1st- “River Cup” trophy + $150 GC, 2ndplaque +$100 GC, 3rd-plaque+$75 GC; U2000 1st-small trophy+$50 GC. (Reserve): 1st-large plaque+$125 GC, 2nd-plaque+$75 GC, 3rdplaque+$50 GC; U1400 1st-small trophy+$50 GC; Unrated 1st-$50 GC. EF: $40 ($10 less to Juniors under age 18 or Seniors over age 60), $50 on-site. MISC: One requested half-point bye allowed, any round, must request before the start of Round 3. SIDE EVENT: SATURDAY ONLY— Scholastic (K-12) sections in a separate room from main tournament: U1000, U550, & Unrated. 4/SS, G/30 td/5. Reg. 11-11:45AM. Rd. 1 at 12PM, rest ASAP. EF-$15 by two days before the event, $20 after & onsite. Trophies or Medals for all Side Event players! ADDL. DETAILS: www.shelbycountychess.org. ENTRY: Online entry at www.cajunchess.com or mail registration to Shelby County Chess, ATTN: Amateur South, 1614 Vance Ave., Memphis, TN 38104. INFO: Arlene Kleiman, midsouthchess @hotmail.com; Korey Kormick, [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP for main event. June 14, Nevada Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 (Enhanced) 2012 U.S. Game/10 Championship (QC) 6SS, G/10. FIDE Rated. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas 89109. $$G 5,000. 1500-800-500, U2300 450, U2100 400, U1900 350, U1700 300, U1500 250, U1300 200, U1100 150, unrated 100. There must be 3 players eligible for each prize to be awarded. EF: $69 by 5/28, $79 by 6/13 $100 on site. REG.: 2-4 p.m. Rds.: 5-5:30-6-6:30-7-7:30. Higher of regular or quick rating used. Bring clocks. 1/2 point bye available in any round (limit 2). HR: $59 single or double ($89 Friday and Saturday nights). 1-800-634-6753 or (702) 7345110. ENT: National Open, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV 89009-0925, on line www.VegasChessFestival.com or fax at (702) 933-9112. NS. NC. W. A Heritage Event! An American Classic! June 15-17 or 16-17, Nevada Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 200 (Enhanced) 2012 National Open 6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2 day option rds 1-3 G/45). Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas 89109. $80,000 Guaranteed Prize Fund will not be reduced. Championship. $$: 6400-32001600-800-500-300-300-300-300-300-200-200-200-200-200, under 2500 1600, under 2400 1200, under 2300 1000. $2,000 EXTRA for perfect score. The winner of the Championship section also receives a replica of the Edmondson Cup. Under 2200. $$: 3200-1600-800-500-400-250-250-250-250250-200-200-200-200-200. Under 2000.$$:3200-1600-800-500-400-250250-250-250-250-200-200-200-200-200. Under 1800. $$: 3200-1600-800500-400-250-250-250-250-250-200-200-200-200-200. Under 1600. $$: 3200-1600-800-500-400-250-250-250-250-250-200-200-200-200-200. Under 1400. $$: 2000-1000-700-400-300-250-250-250-250-250. Under 1200. $$: 1200-600-400-300-250-200-200-200-200. Unrated, $$: 500300-200. Plus Score Bonus ($14,000 guaranteed) in addition to any other prizes, every player who finishes with 3-1/2 points or better wins a $50 gift certificate. Plus score certificates will be awarded on site only. Players under age 15 are eligible for best game prizes including the Freddie award plus $200 (donated by Fred Gruenberg). Top 2 sections FIDE rated. EF: $169 by 2/29, $199 by 5/28, $219 by 6/13, $240 on site. $40 discount for seniors 65 and over. Add $120 for adults rated under 2100 or juniors under 2000 playing in the Championship Section. This is an open tournament - you may play in any section at or above your rating level; unrated players may play only in Unrated or Championship Section. Provisionally rated players may not win more than 3rd prize in any section except Championship. CCA minimum ratings or other ratings may be used if higher than USCF June Supplement. Reg.: 3 p.m.-10 p.m. Thursday, 89:30 a.m. Friday. Rds.: 11-6, 10-5, 10-5. 2-day schedule: Reg.: 8-9 a.m. Saturday. Rds.: 10-12-2-5: merge with 3-day in round 4. Half point byes available in any round, but round 5 or 6 byes must be requested before the start of round 2. Chess sets and boards provided for tournament play only, not for skittles. Please bring chess clocks! The LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL features the National Open, the U.S Game/10 Championship, the International Youth Championship and

other events. Many free extras and surprises! Free parking. Free raffle with great prizes. Free GM Lectures. Free GM analysis of your games. Grandmaster Chess Camp for all ages on Thursday. U.S. Game/10 and Grandmaster Simuls Thursday afternoon. Youth Tournaments Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Poker Tournament Monday morning. LOW room rates! HR: $59 single or double ($89 Friday and Saturday nights). 1-800-634-6753 or (702) 734-5110. Don't be shut out; make your reservations early and be sure to ask for the chess rates; The Riviera sells out most weekends. Cutoff for special hotel rate is May 28th. Rates may be as high as $150 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 for nominal fee. Tournament Registration: National Open, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV 890090925, on line at www.VegasChessFestival.com or by fax at (702) 933-9112. Info: (702) 560-0955 and leave a message. NS. W. FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 9-14, Texas 2012 U.S. Senior Open 6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (3-Day Option, Rounds 1-3 G/55, d/5). Marriott Houston South at Hobby Airport, 9100 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77017, www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/houhh-houston-hobby-airport-marriott/. Free parking! $79 HR valid until 6/30 (includes free hot breakfast buffet!), Reserve early! 713-943-7979, Group Code: CHESS. Eligibility: Open to USCF members born on or before July 9, 1962. Prizes: $5,000 GTD! 1st-$1250, 2nd-$800, 3rd-$500, 4th-$300, U2300: $500-300, U2000: $300-150, U1800 $300-150, U1500/UNR $300-150. Awards: Commemorative Clocks for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd and plaques for each champion, ages 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74 and over 75 (a player may win a place award and an age award). World Senior Entrant: Top finisher born on or before January 1, 1952 receives: 1) official USCF entrant in the World Senior Championship, and 2) a $500.00 USCF stipend towards expenses at the WSC. EF: $95 if rec'd by 6/30, $115 after or on site. Registration until 6 pm on July 9 (or until 9am July 12 for 3-Day Schedule). Registrations after that time may require byes. Rounds: Monday to Friday one round daily at 6:30 pm, Saturday one round at 11 a.m. 3-Day Schedule: Rounds Thursday at 10m, 12:30pm, 3pm; Merges with 6-Day Schedule on Round 4. Awards Banquet: Saturday at 7 p.m. Byes: Two 1/2 –point byes available if req. before end of rd 2. Entries: Mail to Francisco L. Guadalupe, 305Willow Pointe Dr., League City,TX 77573. Info: [email protected]. Enter online: www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2015413. Note: Active.com charges a small fee. Phone entries: (713) 530-7820. Add $5 (per player) for phone entries. Tournament website link at http:// main.uschess.org/content/view/10014/95. FIDE. July 13-15, Texas 2012 U.S. Junior Open 6SS, G/120,d5. Marriott Houston South at Hobby Airport, 9100 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77017. www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/houhhhouston-hobby-airport-marriott/. Free parking! $79 HR valid until 6/30 (includes free hot breakfast buffet!), Reserve early! 713-943-7979, Group Code: CHESS. 4 Sections based on age as of 1/1/2012: Under 21, Under 15, Under 11 and Under 8. July Rating Supplement. U21: $500+entry to 2013 US Junior Closed - $250-$125-$75-$50. Individual plaques to top five overall, plaques for best player age 18, 17, 16, 15, Under 15, and for ratings U1600, U1400, U1200. U21 is also FIDE rated. U15: Individual trophies to top ten overall, trophies for best player age 14, 13, 12, 11, Under 11, and for ratings U1400, U1200, U1000. U11: Individual trophies to top ten overall, trophies to best player age 10, 9, 8, 7, Under 7, and for ratings U1200, U1000, U800. U8: Individual trophies to

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Tournament Life top ten overall, best player age 7, 6 & Under, and for ratings U1000, U800, U600; honorable mention trophies for all others U8. Commemorative medals for all participants. Teams: Trophies to top three school teams and top club team in each of the four sections. Top four scores, minimum of three, count towards team score in each section. Byes: One half-point bye, any round except Rd 6, if requested before Rd 1. EF: $35 postmarked or on line by 7/2, $50 after 7/2; no checks on site. Schedule: Onsite registration, Fri 8:30 – 11:00am. Opening Ceremony, Fri 12:45pm. Rounds, Fri 1pm & 6pm; Sat 9:30am & 2:15pm; Sun 9am & 1:30pm. Awards Ceremony 6:00pm (approx). Side Events: Blitz, U21 & U11. Sat 6:30pm, EF: $15 by 7/2, $20 on site. Bughouse: One section, Sat ASAP after Blitz, EF: $25 per team, on site only. Parents and Friends Tournament (not rated): 3SS, G/30, Sat, Rds 10:30, 2:30 & 4:00pm. EF: $20, on site only. Prizes: Trophies to top three plus one USCF Premium membership for each five participants. ENTRIES: Mail to Francisco L. Guadalupe, 305 Willow Pointe Dr., League City, TX 77573. Info: [email protected]. Enter online at: www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2015371. Note: Active.com charges a small fee. Phone entries: (713) 530-7820. Add $3 (per player) for phone entries. Tournament website link at http://main.us chess.org/content/view/10014/95. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 4-8, Washington 2012 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open Championship 6SS, G/90+30 seconds. Hilton Vancouver Washington (see U.S. Open). Open to all females born after 7/30/90. Must be US resident to qualify for Scholarship money. EF: Free if playing in U.S. Open (must play in 6Day or 4-Day Schedule), otherwise $50 mailed by 7/24 or on line by 7/27, $60 at site. Prizes: 1st Place: $500 Scholarship and Plaque; 2nd Place: $350 Scholarship and Plaque; 3rd Place: $150 Scholarship and Plaque; Plaques to Top A, B, C, D, E, Unr. Registration ends Sat 6:30 pm, Rds. Sat 7 pm, Sun/Mon 12 noon & 7 pm, Tue 11 am. Ent: USCF (Girls Junior Open), PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. Online entry: https://secure.us chess.org/webstore/tournaments.php. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! Aug. 4-12, 7-12 or 9-12, Washington Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 300 113th annual U.S. Open Includes traditional one game per day schedule (9 days), also 6-day slow time control option, and 4-day option requiring only 3 nights hotel stay for most players. 9SS, 40/2, SD/1, D5 (4 day option, Rds. 1-6, G/60, D5). Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. 6th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660. Self Parking $13.00, valet $17.00 per night. HR: $110 single/quad, 360993-4500, reserve by July 12 or rate may increase. $50,000 in prizes based on 500 paid entries, else proportional, $40,000 (80% of each prize) minimum guaranteed. A one section tournament with Class prizes. Top US player not otherwise qualified qualifies for 2013 US Championship. Choice of three schedules: Traditional: 40/2, SD/1, D5. One round daily at 7 pm, except Rd 9, 3 pm 8/12. 6-Day Option: 7 pm 8/7, 12 noon & 7 pm 8/8-10, 7 pm 8/11, 3 pm 8/12. 4-Day Option: 1 pm, 4 pm & 7 pm 8/9; 10 am, 1 pm, 3:30 pm & 7 pm 8/10, 7 pm 8/11, 3 pm 8/12. All schedules merge after Round 6 & compete for same prizes. Projected prizes:

CONTINENTAL CHESS SCHEDULE Visit www.chesstour.com for late news, results, games, minimum ratings, entries, etc. 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. 5/18-20: N ew Y ork State O pen, Lake G eorge N Y * 5/24-28: C hicago O pen, W heeling IL* 6/8-10: N ortheast O pen, Stamford C T* 6/24: Schenectady O pen, Schenectady N Y * 6/29-7/3: Philadelphia International, Philadelphia PA* 7/1-3: W orld O pen Senior Amateur, W omen, & U nder 13* 7/4-8: W orld O pen, Philadelphia PA* 7/20-22: C hicago C lass, W heeling IL* 7/20-22: Pacific C oast O pen, Agoura Hills C A* 7/27-29: Southern O pen, O rlando FL* 7/27-29: Bradley O pen, W indsor Locks C T* 8/3-5: C leveland O pen, C leveland O H* 8/10-12: C ontinental O pen, Sturbridge M A* 8/17-19: Indianapolis O pen, Indianapolis IN * 8/17-19: M anhattan O pen, N ew Y ork N Y * 8/17-19: C entral C alifornia O pen, Fresno C A* 8/24-26: Atlantic O pen, W ashington D C * 9/1-3: N ew Y ork State C hampionship, Albany N Y * 9/14-16: N ew England Senior, W indsor Locks C T 9/15-16: Hartford O pen, W indsor Locks C T 9/21-23: Louisville O pen, Louisville KY 9/30: C apital R egion O pen, Schenectady N Y 10/4-8: C ontinental C lass, Arlimgton V A* 10/5-7: Los Angeles O pen, Los Angeles C A 10/12-14: M idw est C lass, W heeling IL 10/19-21: Boardw alk O pen, Asbury Park N J 10/24-28: Bahamas International, N assau, Bahamas* 11/2-4: Eastern Team C hampionship, Stamford C T 11/9-11: Kings Island O pen, M ason O H 11/23-25: N atiional C hess C ongress, Philadelphia PA 12/26-29: N orth American O pen, Las V egas N V 12/26-29: Empire C ity O pen, N ew Y ork N Y 1/11-13: C ontinental Amateur & M asters, Boston M A F or later events, see chesstour.com .

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Top places $8000-4000-2000-1500-1000-700-500-400, clear winner or playoff $200 bonus. If tie for first, top two on tiebreak play speed game (White 5 minutes, Black 3 minutes and gets draw odds, 5 second delay) for bonus and title. Class Prizes: Top Master (2200-2399) $2400-1200600-300, Expert (2000-2199) $2400-1200-600-300, Class A (1800-1999) $2400-1200-600-300, Class B (1600-1799) $2400-1200-600-300, Class C (1400-1599) $2000-1000-500-300, Class D (1200-1399) $1500-700-400200, Class E or below (under 1200) $1200-600-400-200, Unrated $700-400-200. Special prizes for Life Titles: Top Life Senior Master Under 2500: $600. Top Life Master, (or Original Life Master) Under 2300: $600. Top Candidate Master (or higher title) Under 2100: $500. Top First Category (or higher title) Under 1900: $500. Top Second Category (or higher title) Under 1700: $500. Top Third Category (or higher) Under 1500: $400. Top Fourth Category (or higher) Under 1300: $300. Life Titles must be established by August 1, 2012. Special life title prizes will be calculated and awarded August 24, 2012. Half Point Byes: must commit before Round 4; up to 3 byes allowed for 2000/up, 2 byes for 1400-1999, one bye for Under 1400/Unr. Limit 1 bye in last two rounds. Zero point byes are always available in any round. Entry Fee: Online, $145 by 6/17, $165 by 7/29, $185 after 7/29. By mail, $147 postmarked by 6/17, $167 postmarked by 7/29; do not mail after 7/29! By phone, $150 by 6/17, $170 by 7/29, $185 after. No phone entries after 8/2 (close of business at the Office)! At site, all $190; GMs free. All entries must be made at least 2 hours prior to your first game. Current USCF membership required. August official ratings used; unofficial ratings used if otherwise unrated. CCA ratings used if above USCF. Foreign player ratings: usually 100 points added to FIDE or FQE, 200+ added to most foreign national ratings, no points added to CFC. Highest of multiple ratings generally used. Entries: USCF, ATTN: 2012 U.S. Open, PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. Online entry: https://secure2.uschess.org/webstore/tournament.php?wkevent=2012USOPEN. Phone entry: 800-9038723. FIDE rated, No cell phones. Bring a clock -- none supplied. Sets/ boards supplied for tournament but not for skittles. Many meetings, workshops and seminars, including: USCF Committee Meetings 8/8-10, USCF Awards Luncheon 8/11 noon, USCF Delegates Meeting 8/11-12. Many side events and other championships, including: Women’s U.S. Open (see separate TLA for the Women’s event), U.S. Open Blitz Championship 7SS Double, 12noon 8/11; Weekend Swiss 5SS G/60, 10-1-3:30 Sat 8/4, 10 & 1 Sun 8/5; U.S. Open Scholastic (see separate TLA for the Scholastic event); U.S. Open Quads G/30 12-1:30-2:30 Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri; U.S. Open G/15 Championship 12-1-2-3-4 Wed 8/8; U.S. Open Bughouse Sun. 7:00 pm 8/6. 16th Annual Golf Tournament for the U.S. Open Chess Players, (see tournament website for details). U.S. Open Tennis Tournament (see tournament website for details). In addition, three other championships will also take place: the 2012 Denker Tournament of HS Champions, the 2012 Barber Tournament of K8 Champions, and the 2012 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open (see separate TLA for the Girls event). Please check the U.S. Open website often for updates, new information and corrections! www.us chess.org/tournaments/2012/usopen/. FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP for U.S. Open. Aug. 8-12, Washington 2012 Women’s U.S. Open 5SS, Game 90 + 30 Seconds. Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W 6th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660. Self Parking $13.00, valet $17.00 per night. HR: $110 single/quad, 360-993-4500, reserve by July 12 or rate may increase. $2000 Guaranteed. EF: $50. One section with class prizes. Prizes: $500 (+ trophy), $300, $200. Class Prizes: U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200: $200 each. Rounds: 8/8 to 8/11, 11:00 AM, 8/12, 10:00 AM. Half point byes: Limit 1, must commit before Round 2. Entry Fee: Online, $50 by August 7th. By mail, $50 postmarked by 7/29; do not mail after 7/29! By phone, $50 by 8/7. No phone entries after 8/7 (close of business at the Office)! At site, all $50. Registration At site closes August 8 at 10:00 AM. August official ratings used; unofficial ratings used if otherwise unrated. CCA ratings used if above USCF. Foreign player ratings: usually 100 points added to FIDE or FQE, 200+ added to most foreign national ratings, no points added to CFC. Highest of multiple ratings generally used. Entries: USCF, ATTN: 2012 U.S. Women’s Open, PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. Online entry: www.uschess.org/tournaments/2012/womens/. Phone entry: 800-903-8723. No cell phones. Bring a clock -- none supplied. Sets/boards supplied for tournament but not for skittles. Please see the US Open TLA for side events, committee meetings, delegate meetings and other events held during the Open. Please check the U.S. Open website often for updates, new information and corrections! www.uschess.org/tournaments/2012/womens/. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Grand Prix May 15, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 (Enhanced) Marshall Masters! 4-SS, G/25d5. 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, GMs free. $$G250-150-100. Prizes to U2400, U2300 and biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 78:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available (Rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. May 18-20 or 19-20, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 (Enhanced) 20th annual New York State Open 5SS, 30/90, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60, d/5). Tiki Resort (formerly Howard Johnson), 2 Canada St., Lake George, NY 12845. $$G 3000. In 4 sections. Open: $$ 400-200-150, top Under 2010 $230-120, top Under 1810/Unr $220-110. Senior, open to under 1910 or unrated born before 5/21/62. $$ 300-150-80, top Under 1710 $120-60. Under 1610: $$ 300-150-80, Under 1410 $120-60, unrated limit $150. Under 1310: $100-50, trophies to first 3, top U1000, U800, Unr. All: 1 year NYSCA membership prize to NY residents who are not members. EF: 3-day

$78, 2-day $77 mailed by 5/11, both $79 online at chesstour.com by 5/16, $85 phoned to406-896-2038 by 5/16 (entry only, no questions), $90 at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Entry fee $50 less to all in U1310. 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. Reentry $40, not available in Open Section. GMs free, $60 deducted from prize. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 12 & 6, Sun 10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 11:30 am, rds Sat 12, 3 &, 6, Sun 10 & 3:15. Half point byes OK all, must commit before rd 2; limit 2 byes (limit 1 bye if under 1810/unr in Open). HR: 65-65 (poolside), 7575 (regular), call 518-668-5744 Mon-Fri 9 am-5pm, reserve by 5/4 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us, 845-4969658. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted atchesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 19-20 or 20, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) Marshall May Grand Prix! 4-SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 4773716. 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 12:30-5:30PM each day; 1-day, (Rds. 1-2 G/25d5) 10-11:15AM12:30-5:30PM 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. An American Classic! May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, Illinois Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 200 (Enhanced) 21st annual Chicago Open Open Section, May 24-28: 9SS, 40/90, SD/30, inc/30 GM & IM norms possible, all Open entry fees $100 more than below for US players never rated 2200/over by FIDE. Under 2300 to Under1300, May 25-28, 2628 or 27-28: 7SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5; 2-day option, rds. 1-4 G/40, d/5). Under 1100, (NOTE CHANGE), May 26-28 or 27-28: 7SS, G/90, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-4 G/40, d/5). Under 900, May 27-28: 7SS, G/40, d/5. All: No 5 minute time deduction. At Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL 60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 east to Lake Cook Rd to US-45 south.) Free parking. Free analysis of your games by GM John Fedorowicz, beginning two hours after the start of each 4-day round. Free lectures by GM Fedorowicz 5pm Friday, 9 am each day Saturday, Sunday, Monday. $100,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 9 sections. Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300, clear or tiebreak winner bonus $200, top FIDE Under 2500/Unr $20001000. FIDE rated, GM and IM norms possible. Under 2300: $5000-25001200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300. FIDE rated. Under 2100: $50002500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300. Under 1900: $5000-25001200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300. Under 1700: $5000-2500-1200900-700-600-500-400-300-300. Under 1500: $4000-2000-1000-800-600500-400-400-300-300. Under 1300: $4000-2000-1000-800-600-500-400400-300-300. Under 1100: $1500-700-400-300-200-200-100-100. Under 900: $500-300-200, trophies to first 5, top U700, U500, U300, Unrated. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26 lifetime games rated through 5/12 list may not win over $800 U1100, $1500 U1300 or $2500 U1500. Games rated too late for 5/12 list not counted. 2) If official rating 5/11-4/12 or unofficial post-event rating posted 5/24/11-5/24/12 was more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $1500. 3) Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) cannot win over $200 inU900, $400 U1100, $700 U1300, $1000 U1500, $1500 U1700, $2000 U1900 or $2500 U2100. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 4) Balance of any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Top 7 sections Mailed EF: 5-day Open $205, 4-day $204, 3-day$203, 2-day $202 mailed by 3/29; 5day $225, 4-day $224, 3-day $223, 2-day $222 mailed by 5/16; all $250 at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Top 7 sections online EF at chesstour.com: $207 by 3/29, $227 by 5/21, $250 after 5/21 until 2 hours before rd 1. Top 7 sections phoned EF at 406-896-2038 (entry only, no questions): $230 by 5/21 (entry only, no questions). No phone entry after 5/21. GMs, IMs, WGMs, foreign FMs free in Open; $200 deducted from prize. All Open Section EF $100 more for US players never rated 2200 or over by FIDE. EF $100 less to seniors age 65/over in top 7 sections. Under 1100 EF: $85 mailed by 5/16, $87 online at chesstour.com by 5/21, $100 at site. Under 900 EF: $35 mailed by 5/16, $37 online at chess tour.com by 5/21, $50 at site. Online or mailed EF $5 less to ICA members; join at il-chess.org. An ICA Tour Event. 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 $20. Re-entry: $100, no re-entry from Open to Open. 5-day schedule (Open): Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day schedule (U2300 to U1300): Reg. ends Fri 6pm, Rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule (U2300 to U1300): Reg. ends Sat 10 am, Rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 2-day U2300 to U1300 schedule: Reg. ends Sun 9 am, Rds. Sun 10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day, 3-day & 2-day U2300 to U1300 schedules merge & compete for same prizes. 3-day Under 1100 schedule: Reg. Ends Sat. 1 pm, Rds Sat 2 pm & 6 pm, Sun 10, 2 & 6, Mon 10 & 2. 2-day Under 1100 schedule: Reg. ends Sun 9 am, Rds Sun 10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6, Mon 10 & 2. 3-day & 2-day U1100 schedules merge & compete for same prizes. Under 900 schedule: Reg. ends Sun 9 am, rds Sun 10, 12, 2 & 3:45, Mon 10, 12, 2. Byes: OK all, limit 4(limit 2 in last 4 rds), Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. Hotel rates: $103-103-103-103, 800-937-8461, 847777-6500, reserve by 5/11 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800331-1600, AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. 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. 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used for Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special rules: 1) Players must submit to a search for electronic devices if requested by Director. In round 3 or after, players with scores of 80% or over and their opponents may not use headphones, earphones, cellphones, or go to a different floor of the hotel without Director permission. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. You may request “lowest possible section” if May rating unknown. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 25-27, South Carolina Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 South Carolina Open Hilton Garden Inn, 108 Carolina Point Parkway, Greenville, SC 29605. 5SS, 35/90/d5, SD/60/d5 (Rd 1 of 2 Day schedule is G/90/d5). Prize Fund: $3700 Unconditionally Guaranteed! Open (Fide Rated) $600-$300-$100, U2200 $150-$100, U2000 $150-100, U1800 $500-$250-$100, U1600 $150-$100, U1400 $500-$250-$100, U1200 $150-$100. All prizes in all sections unconditionally guaranteed! All: EF: $59 if received by May 19, $70 by May 24, $75 on site. Re-entry $40. Advance entries should be sent to: Walter High, 105 North Crabtree Knoll, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Make checks to “CCI”. GMs/IMs free. SCCA membership required. OSA. One bye allowed. Must be requested by 1:30PM on Saturday. Unr may not win prizes in U1800 and U1400 sections. Reg.: Friday 5PM to 7:30PM Saturday 8AM to 9:30AM. Rds.: Fri 8 PM or Sat 10AM, then Sat 2PM and 8PM, Sun 9AM and 3PM. INFO: Gary Newsom (704) 618-1259, gary.newsom@ queencitychess.com or Walter High [email protected]. More info may be available at: www.carlolinaschessinitiative.com. Special Saturday Only Scholastic Section 4-SS, G/45/d5. EF: $20. Rounds: 10:30AM, 12:15PM, 2:00PM, 3:45PM. Sections determined by attendance. Trophies to top 5 in each section. HR: $79 1-4. (864) 284-0111 Mention SC Open Chess Tourney Group Code CT5. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 60 The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open! 7-SS, 40/2, SD/1 + d5 (3-Day Option, rds. 1-2 G/75 + d/5; 2-Day Option, rds. 1-4 G/45 + d5). Chess Center of New York at the historic New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NY City. Free analysis of your games by former US Open Champion GM Mike Rohde and USCF's Most Active Play IM Jay Bonin! $10,000 Guaranteed! In 5 sections. Open: $1,000-500-300-150, top U2450 $450-250. FIDE. Under 2300: $800-400-200-100, U2150 $350-150. FIDE. Under 2000: $800-400200-100, top U1800 $350-150. $300 limit to Unr. Under 1600: $700-350200-100, top U1400 $250-150, $200 limit to Unr. Under 1200: $400-200100, $100 limit to Unr., trophies to Top Under 1000, Top U800, Top U600, Top Unrated! NEW!! Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes! Best male/female 2-player team combined score in all sections: $500-250-150 (teammates’ average rating must be Under 2200, teammates may play in different sections; teammate pairings avoided but possible, teams must declare by rd. 4). EF: 4-Day $104, 3-Day $103, 2-Day $102 if postmarked

by 5/18, $100 on-line thru 5/23 at www.chesscenter.cc, $110 by phone thru 5/23, $120 at site; all EF $20 less to players rated U1400 in U1600 Section, $60 less to unrated players in Under 1600 Section (only players with 3 games or less are unrated), $60 less to all in Under 1200 Section, GMs free ($90 from prize). Re-entry $70 except from Open to Open. 4Day Schedule: reg. ends Fri 6 pm. Rds Fri. 7, 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 9:30 am. Rds. Sun. 10, 12, 2, 4, 6, Mon. 10 & 4:30. All schedules merge and compete for same prizes. Limit 3 byes, Open must commit before rd. 2, others before rd. 4. Prize limit $450 for players with any post-tournament rating after 4/6/12 on uschess.org more than 30 points over section limit. Balances of all limited prizes go to next eligible player(s). Unofficial ratings at us.chess.org usually used if otherwise unrated. $15 charge for refunds. HR: 212-971-0101. Free Digital Clock Setting Seminar by IA Carol Jarecki: 5pm Sat (for players too embarrassed to ask the TD to set their clocks and for TDs too embarrassed to admit they can't). Questions, [email protected] or 845-569-9969, credit card phone entries (but no questions) thru 5/23: 406-896-2191. After 5/23, enter at site only (no checks, credit cards OK). CCA ratings may be used. Ent: Chess Center of NY, PO Box 4615, New Windsor, NY 12553. Bring sets, clocks, boards! W. Chess Magnet School JGP. A State Championship Event! A Heritage Event! May 25-28 or 26-28, Texas Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 30 (Enhanced) Texas State and Amateur Championships 7SS. Sheraton Dallas North Hotel, 4801 Lyndon B. Johnson Fwy, Dallas, TX 75244. $$ 8,350 b/175, full entries in Championship and Amateur sections, 2 scholastic side events that do not count toward base. Championship: (This section is FIDE rated but uses USCF rules. Must be rated 2000 or above by either USCF or Fide to play in this section. Defending Amateur Champion may also play in this section. Texas Scholastic High School Champions may also play in this section. Foreign unrateds may play in this section.) G/90 with 30 sec. increment: $$ 1,000500-250, 2200-2399 $700, U2200 $800. Amateur: U2000 & unrated. Rds. 1-7 30/90 d5, SD/1 d5, rd. 1 of three day is G/115 d5. $$ 800-400200. B $$ 600-300-150, C 500-250-125, U1400 $500-250-125, U1200 $400, U1000 $300 Unrated $200. Both: TCA membership required. Other states accepted. EF: $88 if received by 5/18, else $99. $80 Junior(U19) if received by 5/18 else $90 (juniors count as 90% toward base), Senior (over 65)/Handicapped/ additional family participant $52 if receive by 5/18 else $65 (Senior/Handicap/ Additional family participant counts 60% toward base). Add $5 for CC phone entries; pre-reg requires prepayment. After 5/23/12 all registration and changes on site only; all changes including withdrawals, $10 after 5/23/12. 4 day: Reg. Friday 5/25, 6:15 pm-7:15. Rds. Fri.: 7:45, Sat: 2:30 pm - 8:00, Sun.: 11:00 am - 5:15 pm, Mon.: 9 am - 2:45 pm. 3 day: Reg. Sat. 5/26, 9-9:30 am, Rd. 1 at 10 am then merge with 4 day. Foreign Unrated must play in Championship section. Registrations that do not indicate 4 or 3 day schedule

will be put in the 3 day. HR: $75/75/75/75, $75 rate includes full breakfast buffet, 972-661-3600 or 888-627-8436 reserve by 5/11/12 and ask for Dallas Chess Club rate. Free Parking. Up to two 1/2 pt byes available if requested before end of rd. 2, but byes for both rd. 6 AND 7 not permitted. K-12 Scholastic on Saturday, 5/26. 5-SS, Rds. G/30 d5, EF: $29 by 5/18, $44 after; Pre-reg. requires pre-payment. After 5/23/12 all registration and changes on site only; all changes $10 after 5/23/12. No refunds after 5/23/12, $10 handling fee for refunds before 5/23/12. Entries do not count toward base in Championship and Amateur. Registration 8:15-8:45 am, Rd. 1 at 9:30 am, rest ASAP with small lunch break. Sections: K-12 Championship and K-12 U1000. 5/26. 5-SS, Rds. G/30 d5. Prizes: Trophies to top 12 individuals, five teams in each section. K-12 U1000 also top three unrateds. Medals to those who do not win a trophy. Ent: Dallas Chess Club, C/O Barbara Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036. Info: Barb Swafford, 214-632-9000, info@ dallaschess.com, www.dallaschess.com. NS. NC. W. FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 26, Tennessee Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6 Rutherford County Open 5-SS, rd.1 G/25d5, rd.2 G/55d5, Rds.3, 4, 5 G/70d5. Grace Lutheran Church, 811 E. Clark Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN. EF: $25 by 5/24, $30 at site. $$ (1160, top 2 G, class prizes b/6 entries per class, else proportional): $200-120, X, A, B, C, D, E/below, Unr. each $120. Reg.: 8:00-8:45am. Rds.: 9:00-10:00-12:30-3:00-5:30. Ent: Rutherford County Chess Club, P.O. Box 1593, Murfreesboro, TN 37133. http://rccc.us/ (with map to site), [email protected], 615-895-7989. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 26, Virginia Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) Sterling Chess May Open and RBO Hilton Inn & Suites Dulles, 22700 Holiday Park Dr., Sterling, VA 20166. Three sections: Open 4SS, G/61 T/D5, $$400 Gtd., 200/130/70. U1600 4SS, G/61 T/D5, medal to winner. U900 4SS, G/25 T/D5, medal to winner. Rds.: Open and U1600 11:15, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00. U900 12:30, 1:45, 3:00, 4:15. Doors open 10:30. EF: Open $30, U1600 $25, U900 $20. Unrateds free. Entries limited: Register online at www.meetup.com/sterling-chess-tournaments. Pay on website. Info: news@serranoassociates. com. Bye: Half-point, any round. Players with more than one bye are not eligible for prizes. Chess Magnet School JGP for top two sections. May 26-28 or 27-28, California, Northern Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 100 (Enhanced) Best of the West Class Championship 6SS 30/90 sd/60 (2-day rds 1-3 G/60 merge in rd4). Marriott, 2700 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA. Hotel $89. Prize: $17,000 b/264 (2/3rd guaranteed). 6 sections. Open (2200+ FIDE rated 82% Gtd): 25001200-600-200, top u2300 300-100. Expert/A/B/C: 1200-600-300-100-100100. D/E/unr: 1000-400-200-100, top u1200 600-300-100. Unr max $300 exc in Open. EF by 5/22: $99. Onsite +$25, Play-up +$20. r/e $40. Econ Opt: EF-20 & 2/3 calc prize (not avail in Open). GMs/IMs free: prize-EF.

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$100,000 PRIZE FUND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED! Free lectures & analysis by GM John Fedorowicz, free entry to IMs, WGMs, foreign FMs Open Section, May 24-28: 9 rounds, 5 days, 40/90, SD/30, inc/30. 200 GPP. U2300 to U1300 sections: 7 rds, choice of 3 schedules. 4-day, 5/25-28, 40/2, SD/1, d/5. 3-day, 5/26-28, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5, then 40/2, SD/1, d/5. 2-day, 5/27-28, rds 1-4 G/40, d/5, then 40/2, SD/1, d/5. All merge & play for same prizes. Under 1100 section (note change): 7 rds, 5/26-28, G/90, d/5 or 5/27-28, rds 1-4 G/40, d/5, then merges with 3-day. Under 900 section: 7 rds, 5/27-28, G/40, d/5. Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 N Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling IL 60090. Free parking. In 9 sections: Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400300, clear or tiebreak first $200 bonus, top FIDE U2500/unr $2000-1000. FIDE rated, GM and IM norms possible. U2300: $5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300. FIDE rated. U2100: $5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300. U1900: $5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300. U1700: $5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300. U1500: $4000-2000-1000-800-600-500-400-400-300-300. U1300: $4000-2000-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300-300. U1100: $1500-700-400-300-200-200-100-100. U900: $500-300-200, trophies to top 5, others. Unrated limits: U900 $200, U1100 $400, U1300 $700, U1500 $1000, U1700 $1500, U1900 $2000, U2100 $2500.

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Tournament Life May 2012 Supp, CCA min, & TD disc to place players. Sched: 3-day Reg Sa 10-11, Rds Sa/Su 11:30-5:30, Mo 10-3:30; 2-day Reg Su 9-9:30, Rds Su 10-12:30-2:50-5:30, Mo 10-3:30. Max two 1/2-pt byes, commit bef rd 3. Parking $5. Ent: Bay Area Chess, 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Rfnd fee $20. Info: BayAreaChess.com/bestwest. E: ask@BayAreaChess. com. T: 408.786.5515. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 26-28 or 27-28, California, Southern Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 (Enhanced) 2012 Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic 6-SS, 3-day 40/2, SD/1, 2-day rds. 1-3 G/1 then merges. Hilton Ontario Airport, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario, CA 91764. $10,000 b/200, 50% of each prize guaranteed. In five sections: Open: $$T+1700- 750-400-300-200, U2400 400, U2200 700-300-200. Premier (under 2000): $$750- 300-200100. Amateur (Under 1800): $$750-300- 200-100. Reserve (Under 1600): $$750-300-200-100. Booster (Under 1400/unrated): $$400200-100, U1200 150, Unr 150. (Unrated may win Unrated prizes only.) EF: $88 by 5/24, $99 at door. Booster (U1400) section EF: $72 by 5/24, $85 door. Reg.: ends 10:30am 5/26, 9:30 am 5/27. Rds.: 3-day: 11-6, 116, 10-4:30. 2-day: 10-1-3:30 (G/1), then merges with 3-day at 6. All: SCCF membership req. ($18 re, $10 jr), OSA. $25 Best Game prize, all sections eligible. 1 half-point bye if requested at least 1 round in advance, rd. 6 must be requested with entry. HR: $89, (909) 980-0400, code CHS, reserve by 5/4. Parking free. Free wireless in public areas, 24-hour airport shuttle. Info: [email protected]. Web site, On-line entry: www.scchess.com. Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. NS. NC. F. State Championship Qualifier. Chess Magnet School JGP. A State Championship Event! A Heritage Event! May 26-28 or 27-28, Massachusetts Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 (Enhanced) 81st Massachusetts Open 6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day schedule, G/45, d/5 in rounds 1-3. No 2-day schedule in Open sect.) Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West, Marlboro (I-495, exit 24B, Rt. 20W, one mile from exit). 508460-0700 or 888-543-9500. $$ 5,000 b/120 paid entries ($30 off EFs count half), 75% G. Top 3 prizes in the Open sect. are 100% G. 6 sects. Open: $1000-400-200, U2300 $200-150. FIDE rated. 3-day schedule only. U2200: $350-150-100. U2000: $350-150-100. U1800: $350-150-100. U1600: $300-150-100. U1400: $250-125-100, U1200 125-100. State championship title to high scoring Mass. resident or student in each sect. Unrated prize limits: $200 in U2000, $150 in U1800, $125 in U1600, $100 in U1400, can't win title except in Open. Prizes for most interesting games in each sect. (100% G): Open $300, U2200 $250, U2000 $200, U1800 $150, U1600 $125, U1400 $100, plus books to each. EF: $69 for 3-day, $68 for 2-day if mailed by 5/22 or online by 5/24, $80 at site. GMs and IMs free. $30 discount to unrated and to players in U1400 sect. rated under 1000. Special EF: Under age 23 or age 60 and older: $30 in 3-day, $29 in 2-day, $35 at site, no other discounts apply. 3-Day Schedule: Reg. Sat. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Rds. Sat. 10:30-5:30, Sun. 10-5, Mon. 9:30-4:30. 2-Day Schedule: Reg. Sun. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Rds. Sun. 10-12:30-2:455, Mon. 9:30-4:30. Schedules merge in round 4. Byes: 1-5, limit 2, rds. 4-5 must commit before rd. 2. Memb. req.: MACA $12 adult, $6 jr. U18, add $8 for optional Chess Horizons subscription, OSA. Massachusetts Blitz Championship: Sun. 5/27. Reg. ends 9:15 p.m. 5SS (dbl). 75% of EFs returned as prizes. EF: $10 if playing in main tmnt, else $15. MACA Annual Meeting: Mon. 5/28 at 9 a.m. HR: $92-92, reserve by 5/14 and mention chess tnmt. Ent: payable to MACA and mail to Robert Messenger, 4 Hamlett Dr. Apt. 12, Nashua, NH 03062, or enter online (PayPal) at www.MassChess.org. Info: send email to [email protected] or phone 603-891-2484. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! May 26-28, Oklahoma Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 31st NAO FIDE Open

8-SS, G/90+30spm, (Reserve: 10-SS, G-50+15 spm dual rated). Reg.: 9-9:45. $$G 1,900. Quality Inn-Stillwater, 2515 W. 6th Ave. (Hwy-51) Stillwater, OK 1-405-372-0800. HR: 68-68. Wi-Fi, EF: Open: $55, Reserve: $30 (deduct $10 only if ck postmarked before May 22): OCF $10 required OSNA. Two Sections: Open (FIDE): Gtd 1st 500, 300, 200, X: $200 A: $200100, B: $200, C+UNR: $200, Rds at 10-2:30-7, 10-2:30-7, 9-1:15. 2 half pt byes rds 1-8, Reserve: U-1400 and Unrated 1st $100, Other class prizes per entrees; Rds at 10-1-4-7, 10-1-4-7, 9-Noon. 3 half pt byes rds 1-10 for Reserve, LS, W, Free Parking. Frank Berry, 402 S. Willis St., Stillwater, OK 74074. [email protected], 405 372-5758. Chess Magnet School JGP for Open Section. May 27, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 (Enhanced) 2nd Annual New Yorker Open Blitz Championship (QC)! 5-SS, G/5 + d/0 (5 double rounds, 10 games total). Chess Center at the New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC (see New Yorker Open, 5/25-28). EF at site only: $40, $20 if rated Under 1800, GMs free ($25 from prize), specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$1,000 b/40 paid entries (U1800 count 1/2), top 3 Gtd: $$ 300-200-100, Top U2400/unr $150, U2200 $130, U2000 $120. Byes OK rds. 1-2 (1 bye for U2000). CCA ratings may be used. Reg 7-10 pm. Rds. 10:15-11-11:30-12-12:30. Quick-rated (will not affect regular ratings) but prizes, pairings based on higher of Regular or Quick rating. May 31, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! 4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32 first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. May 31, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 (Enhanced) The New Yorker Masters!! 4-SS, G/25 + d5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center of New York at the historic New Yorker Hotel!, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC. 2 sections. Masters, open to players currently or formerly rated over 2200 USCF or FIDE, or any player scoring 2 1/2 or more points in any “4 Rated Games Tonight!” Thursday Night Action tournament since Jan. 2011. $1,500 Guaranteed Prizes! $400-200-100, top U2400 150. Under 2200: $200-100, top U1800 $100. NEW!! Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes: best male/female 2-player team combined score in either section: $150-100 (teammates’ average rating must be Under 2200; teammate pairings avoided but possible, teams must declare by 8:15). Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00 Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3) at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 schedule at 8:15 pm. EF: Masters Section $40, Under 2200 Section $30, $5 less to anyone who played in 4 or more “4 Rated Games Tonight!” Thursday Night Action tournaments since Jan. 2011, GMs free ($25 from prize). Limit 2 byes (limit one bye towards class prize), must commit by 8:15 pm. Re-entry: half-price. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. CCA ratings may be used. A Heritage Event! June 1-3 or 2-3, Ohio Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 54th Gem City Open 5SS at the Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Time Controls: 3 day-G/150, td/5. 2 day option Rs 1&2 G/75, td/5 then merge in R3 with 3 day schedule and time controls. $$5,000 Gtd. 4 sections: OPEN (FIDE Rated): $1000- $550- $350-$250, U2000: $500-$300-$150, U1700: $500- $300-$150, U1400: $500-$300-$150. Unrated prizes limited to 1/3 except in OPEN w/bal to next player(s). EF: 3-day $67, 2-day $65 if mailed or registered online or at Dayton Chess Club by 5/25, thereafter $77 for 2 or 3 day. Free to GMs or IMs who complete their schedule. No

The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open! May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28: Memorial Day Weekend 2012 The New Yorker Hotel, 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, New York City (across the street from Penn Station and New York City subways in midtown Manhattan) 7 Rounds, your choice of 4-Day, 3-Day or 2-Day Schedules! $10,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES! In 5 sections. Open Section: $1,000-500-300-150, Top U2450 $450-250. 60 Grand Prix Points! FIDE-Rated. Under 2300 Section: $800-400-200-100, Top U2150 $350-150. FIDE-Rated. Under 2000 Section: $800-400-200-100, Top U1800 $350-150. Under 1600 Section : $700-350-200-100, Top U1400 $250-100. Under 1200 Section: $400-200-100.

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Best 2-Player, Male/Female Team Combined Score (Average Rating Of 2-Players Under 2200):

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FreeanalysisofyourgamesbyformerUSOpenChampionGMMikeRohdeandUSCF'sMostActivePlayerIMJayBonin! Free Digital Clock Setting Seminar by IA Carol Jarecki: 5 pm Sat (for players too embarrassed to ask the TD to set their clocks and for TDs too embarrassed to admit they can't).

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cks at site, MC/Visa ok. DCC Mbrs $5 discount. 3-Day Reg: Fri 6pm 7:30pm. 3 Day Rounds: Fri 8 pm R1, Sat 11-6 Rs 2&3, Sun 9-3:30 Rs 4&5. 2-Day Reg: Fri nite & Sat 9am-1030am, 2 Day Rounds: Sat 11-2:30 Rs 1&2, then 3 day schedule. Sun DCC Opens 8 a.m. Byes: 2 ok - must commit by R2, 1 if R5. Hotel: Crown Plaza $92 (1-4), 937.229.9835. Ask for the Gem City Open Group Rate. Register online at www.DaytonChessClub. com or mail to Dayton Chess Club, 18 West 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 2, West Virginia Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 30 Peter Dupuy Memorial 4 SS, Game/60 (No delay). Registration: 8:30 am to 9:45 am. Rounds: 1-10 am/2-1 pm/3-3:30 pm/4-6 pm. Site: Cedar Lakes Conference Center, 82 FFA Dr., Ripley, WV 25271. Entry: $75 Adult, $50 Junior. Send Entries to: Ripley Chess Club, PO Box 501, Ripley, WV 25271. Make Checks Payable to: Charles McCallister. Prizes (Gtd): 1st - $1000; 2nd - $500; 3rd - $250. 1999 to 1800 - 1st - $200; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50. 1799 to 1600 - 1st - $200; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50. 1599 to 1400 - 1st - $200; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50. 1399 to 1200 - 1st - $200; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50. Under 1200 & UNR - 1st - $200; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50. No Smoking, No Computers. Directions/More information contact: Charles669@cas cable.net, [email protected] or www.ripleychessclub.blogspot.com. June 2-3, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6 6th Annual Buffalo International Chess Championships 2012 Old First Ward Community Center, 62 Republic St., Buffalo, NY. Two day, World Chess Federation (FIDE) and USCF Open rated Championships, 5 games, Swiss, Game 120 with 5 sec delay. Payments must be received by May 19, 2012. Online Registrations with reply to: arcangel8chess@ yahoo.com. For more information, www.buffalochess.blogspot.com. Canadians and FIDE rated players are Welcomed $10 less! Sat and Sunday, Sections are FIDE Open & FIDE Womens, games on Sat at 10am, 2:30pm and 7pm, Sunday at 9:30am and 2pm. Cash Prizes based on 24 players, EF $55, $80 after. Canadians and FIDE rated players $10 less, GMs & IMs are free entry. Cash Prizes are $260, $190, $130 and $70. One Byes are available! Saturday, June 2, 2012 Only! U1900, U1500 and Scholastics K-12: U1900 and U1500, 5 games, Swiss, Game 60; d5, USCF rated, EF $40, $65 after! Games will start on Sat only at 10am, Noon, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm. One Byes Available! Cash Prizes are based on 24 players, $150, $90, $60, U1700 and U1200 - $55. Scholastic TEAM K-12 Championships, Saturday Only, 5 games, Swiss, Game 30, Teams consist of 4 players or more. Team EF $80 or $25 per player, $35 after. Sections of play are K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 grades, Team Trophies awarded to the Top 4 and Top 5 winners, Medals awarded to players who score 2pts. Games start at 11am, Noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Buffalo FIDE Championship Hotel: Comfort Inn and Suites, 475 Dingens St, Buffalo, NY 14206, Phone 716-896-2800, HR: $119.99 per night. Chess Magnet School JGP for main event. June 3, New Jersey Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 (Enhanced) Dr. David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Summer 2012 Open Championship 4SS, G/60. Bergen Academy, 200 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ 07601. Open To All Ages With Rating above 1400. U. S. Chess Federation Membership Required. Prize Fund ($$ b/40) 1st-3rd $300, $250, $200, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600 each $100. Best Under 13 Years Old $75, Best Over 55 Years Old $75. Prize Fund Will Not Be Reduced Below 70 %. Reg. Ends at 9 AM Only one requested 1/2-point bye allowed, if requested before the start of round two. EF: Adv (pmk. By May 30th) $40, AT Site $45. GMs Free Entry. INFO: 201 287 0250 or 201 833 1741, Email: [email protected] (Web Site Entries: www.icanj.net). Rds.: 9:30 AM, 11:45 AM, 2:15 PM, 4:30 PM. ENT: Make EF and/or USCF Membership checks payable to: International Chess Academy. Mail To: Diana Tulman, 28 Canterbury Ln., New Milford, NJ 07646. NS. NC. W. June 7, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! 4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32 first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. June 8-10 or 9-10, Connecticut Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 50 (Enhanced) 18th Annual Northeast Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn Select), 700 Main St., Stamford, CT 06901. Free parking. $8,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 4 sections. Open: $1000-500-300-200, U2250 $600–300. FIDE. Under 2050: $800-400-300-200, top U1850 $500-250. Under 1650: $700-400-250-150, top U1450 $400-200. Under 1250: $300-150-100, trophy to top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1250 or $400 in U1650. Top 3 sections EF: 3-day $88.50, 2-day $87.50 if check mailed by 5/30, all $89 online at chesstour.com by 6/6, $95 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 6/6 (entry only, no questions), $100 at site. No mailed credit card entries. U1250 Section EF: all $40 less than above. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. Mailed EF $3 less to CSCA members. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 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 6:30 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, limit 2; must commit before rd 2. HR: $94-94, 800-408-7640, 203-358-8400; reserve by 5/25 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, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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June 8-10 or 9-10, Florida Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 Sunshine Summer Open & Scholastic Chess Tournament (formerly the After Memorial Open, now more sections) DoubleTree Hilton Orlando Downtown, 60 South Ivanhoe Blvd., Orlando, FL 32804 (I-4 Exit 84). $7,000/b130 (Scholastic = 1/2 entry). 70% Guaranteed. 5SS, G/120 (2-day. Rnd 1 G/60). 4 Sections: OPEN: $1000500-300, U2210 & U2010 $300-200 ea.; U1910: $700-300-150, U1710 $300-200; U1510: $700-300-150, U1310 $300-200; Scholastic U1310: $300-200-100, U1110 & U910 $150 ea. Trophy to top each age “7 & under” thru 14 with at least 2 players. Unrateds limited to $100, unless Place prize in Open. Rated players can play-up if rated within 60 points of top of their section. EF: 3-day $75, 2-day $74, Scholastic U1310: EF: $35; After May 31, EF: $80, ($45 for Scholastic). Reg.: ends 1/2 hr. before 1st Rd. Scholastic (Sat & Sun only). Rnd 1: 7pm Fri (or 10am Sat at G/60). Re-entry $40. Rds 2 thru 5: Sat 1 & 6, Sun 9 & 2. 1/2-pt. byes if req'd before Rnd 2 (max 2). HR: $79 (407) 425-4455; (Mention “Chess”) or http://tinyurl.com/June2012Hotel. Reserve by May 15. Hot Breakfast Buffet at $5/person/day with room at checkin. Complimentary parking, Fitness Center, and Internet with sleeping rooms. Other covered Day parking available at $7/day. Ent: CFCC, c/o Harvey Lerman, 921 N. Thistle Lane, Maitland, FL 32751 or online at http://2012sunshine.event brite.com (by 6/7). Info: call (407)629-6946 or www.centralflchess.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 9, Maine Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6 Saco Quickplay (QC) 6SS, GAME/15, D/3. Hampton Inn Saco Biddeford, 48 Industrial Park Rd., Saco, ME 04072. EF: $20 postmarked by 2 June, $25 at site. $$GTD: $200100. U2000 $100 U1600 $100 U1200 $100 U800 $100. Registration: 10-10:45. Rds.: 11-1-1:45-2:30-3:15-4. One half point bye rounds 1-4. ENT: Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea, [email protected]. HR: (207) 282-7222. www.relyeachess. com. NS. W. A State Championship Event! A Heritage Event! June 9-10, Kentucky Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 2012 Kentucky Open 5SS, G/90. $$3725 b/120. Registration: 9-9:45am. Rounds: June 9th: rd 1-3 10am, 2pm, 5:30pm, June 10th: rd 4-5 9am, 2pm. 1 half point bye available rd 1-4 if noted by rd 2. Entry Fee: $42 in advance, $50 on site. KCA dues ($8) required for all players. Prizes: Open: $800-400-200-100; X: 200-100; A: 200-100; U1800: 400-200-100-50; B: 100-50; C: 100-50; U1400: 200-100-50-25; D: 50-25; E: 50-25; Top Jr. 50. Go to kcachess.org for more info. Annual meeting of the KCA Board between rds 4 and 5. St. Francis High School, 233 West Broadway (entrance is on 3rd Street), Louisville, KY 40202. Contact: Steve Dillard [email protected], 502-641-1948 or Daniel Brennan [email protected], 502-6454202. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 14, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! 4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32 first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. June 14, Nevada Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 (Enhanced) 2012 U.S. Game/10 Championship (QC) See Nationals. A Heritage Event! An American Classic! June 15-17 or 16-17, Nevada Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 200 (Enhanced) 2012 National Open See Nationals. A State Championship Event! June 16, Pennsylvania Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6 2012 PA State Game/45 Championship 4SS, G/45d5. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. 3 Sections, $$ (695G): Championship: EF: $30 by 6/8, $40 later. $200-100, U2000 $75, U1800 $50. Premier: U1600. EF: $25 by 6/8, $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 6/8, $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: Noon. Rds.: 12:30-2:15-4-6. Ent/Info: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223, 412-908-0286, martinak_tom_ [email protected]. W. June 16-17 or 17, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) Marshall June Grand Prix! 4-SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 4773716. 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. 12:30-5:30PM each day; 1-day, (Rds. 1-2 G/25d5) 10-11:15AM-12:305:30PM 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. June 19, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 (Enhanced) Marshall Masters! 4-SS, G/25d5. 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

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12 Supp, CCA min & TD discr. Sched: Reg. F 6-6:30p, Rds. F 7, Sa 9 12:15 3:30, Su 9 12:15 (2day Reg. Sa 8-8:30am rds Sa 9 10:35 merge rd3). Max 2 1/2pt byes by rd 3. Info: BayAreaChess.com/summer12. E: ask@Bay AreaChess.com, NS, NC. Chess Magnet School JGP.

June 20-24, 22-24 or 23-24, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 200 (Enhanced) 5th New York International Playing Site: St. John’s University, Manhattan Campus (in TRIBECA) 101 Murray St., New York, NY 10007. In 5 sections: A) FIDE Norm Tournament, June 20-24: Open to all players rated 2200 or above (USCF or FIDE) and special invitees. 9-SS, 40/90, SD/30, increment 30. $$12,500 unconditionally guaranteed: $5000-2500-1500-1000, U2500 FIDE $1,000, U 2400 $1000, U2300 $500. EF: $375 in advance, $425 on site. Players with USCF ratings over 2200 with no FIDE rating: $325 advance/$375 at site, Players with USCF ratings over 2200 and FIDE rating U2200: $275 in advance/$325 at site. USA players with FIDE ratings over 2200: $225 in advance, $275 at site. USA IMs, USA WGMs, and Foreign FIDE rated players: $175 in advance/$225 at site. GMs, foreign IMs, and foreign WGMs free; no money deducted from prize fund. All $25 less for Marshall Chess Club Members. Rds.: 6/20: 7 pm 6/21-24: 11 am & 5 pm. Byes: Limit 2, must commit before round 3; limit 1 bye rounds 89. FIDE IM/GM norms possible, must play all rounds. FIDE Rating used for pairings. Prizes for all sections other than Top section based on 175 entries (U1300 count as 1/2 entries) B) U2200: $1,500-800500-200, Top U2100 $500, Top U2000 $500. FIDE rated, USCF ratings used for pairings and prizes. C) U1900: $1,500-800-500-200, Top U1800 $500, Top U1700 $500. D) U1600: $1,500-800-500-200, Top U1500 $500, Top U1400 $500. E) U1300: $1,000-400-200, Top U1200 $200, Top U1100 $200, Trophies to Top U1000, U900, U800, unrated. Sections B)-E): 5-SS, 30/90, SD/60, d5. EF: $129 if received by 6/13 (mail check or online), $149 if received after 6/13 or at site (credit or cash only). U1300 $50 less! MCC members $25 ($10 in U1300) less. Reentry (counts 1/2) $80. 2 schedules: 3-day: Rds: 6/22: 7 pm 6/23-24: 11 & 5 pm. 2-day (Rd. 1 G/30;d5): Reg. ends Sat 9AM. Rds.: 6/23 9:30, 11am & 5pm, 6/24: 11 & 5pm. Byes: Limit 2, commit before rd.2. USCF June rating used (unless FIDE or foreign rating is higher), unofficial USCF rating used if otherwise unrated. Foreign players: Usually 100 points added to FIDE or foreign national ratings. No points added to CFC, PR, or Jamaica. Please bring clocks, boards, and sets. Reg.: Advance: must be received by 6/13. On Site: One hour before round. Accommodation: St. John's University Manhattan Campus. Private rooms, shared bathrooms: $70 single, $90 double (10% discount if reserved by May 15). Registration and room reservation, please contact: Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10th St., New York, NY 10011. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. E-mail: [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP.

June 22-24 or 23-24, Georgia Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 2012 Castle Chess Grand Prix 5-SS, G/120, d/5 (2 day schedule, rd 1 G/90, d/5). Cox Hall, Emory University, 569 Asbury Cir., Atlanta, GA 30322. $8,675 G! Six sections: Premier (over 1999): $1,500-1000-500; U2400/Unr: $700-400; U2200: $600-375; Class A: $550-325; Class B: $500-$300; Class C: $450-275; Class D: $400-250; U1200: $350-200; U1000: Trophy. Non-campers may play one section above current rating. Campers may play one section above lifetime peak rating. All players are eligible for all prizes in the section in which they play. EF: $69 if received by 6/21. $79 later or at site. Free to GM, IM or USCF 2400. Unrated Players: $50; no discount to Unrated in Premier Section. Unrated may enter any section, except need TD's OK to enter Premier Section. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $200 in D, $250 in C, $300 in B or $350 in A. Balance of any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. 3 day schedule: Reg.: 6:30-7:30 pm on 6/22. Rds.: 8; 1:30-6:30; 9-1:30. 2 day schedule: Reg.: 8:30-9:30 am on 6/23. Rd 1 at 10 am, then merges with 3 day schedule. HR: University Inn, 404-634-7327. Half point bye any round. Limit 2. Must commit before starting play. No changes. Ent: 5025 Antebellum Dr., Stone Mtn., GA 30087. Make check payable to: Castle Chess, Inc. Info: Scott Parker, 770-939-5030 [email protected], on-line registration at www.castlechess.org NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

June 21, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! 4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32 first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. June 22-24 or 23-24, California, Northern Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 (Enhanced) Summer Open 6SS, G/90 (2day rds 1-2 G/40). 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Park free. Prize $2,400b/55. 3 sects. 1900+: guar 85% $300 200 100 u2100: 100 80. 1500-1899: $300 200 70 u1700:100 70 70. U1500: $300 200 70 u1300: 100 70 70. Unr max $100 exc Open. EF: $67 by 6/20, Onsite +15 Playup +20. Econ: EF-20, 1/2 prize. GMs/IMs free: prize-EF. Jun

A Heritage Event! June 22-24, New Hampshire Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 (Enhanced) 62nd New Hampshire Open 5-SS, Rd.1 40/100, SD/60, d5; Rds.2-5 40/120, SD/60, d5. Comfort Inn, exit 4 (Queen City Bridge) off I-293, Manchester, NH. 603-668-2600. $$ 2,100 Gtd. 3 sects. Open: $$ 400-225-125, U2100 $200. NH Champion title to top scoring NH resident. U1950: $180-120-80, U1800 $150. U1650: $180-120-80, U1450 $100, U1250 $80, U1050 $60. All: EF $50 if rcvd. by 6/20, $55 at site. GMs, IMs free. Special $5 EF discount to players 18/under who are U1250 or Unr, or 65/over. Reg.: 5:30-6:30 PM Fri. 6/22 and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Sat. 6/23. Players entering Sat. receive 1/2 pt. bye for Rd.1. Rds.: Fri. 7:00 PM, Sat. 10-4:30, Sun. 9:30-4:00. NHCA Annual Meeting Sun. at 9:00 a.m. NHCA memb. req. for rated NH residents: $8 adult, $6 junior 18/under. Bye: 1-4 with entry, limit 1. Unrated may play in any sect. but can't win 1st except in Open. HR: $80-80, reserve early and mention tnmt. Ent: NHCA, c/o Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. Info: 603-232-1373 or [email protected]. Cks. payable to NHCA. NS, W. FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 22-24 or 23-24, Ohio Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 (Enhanced) 2012 Columbus Open 5-SS, 30/90, SD/60 (2-day schedule, rd. 1 G/90), ALL PRIZES UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED. 3 sections: Open, open to all. G $1200, 800, 500, 400, 300; U2000, $500, 300; Premier, open to 1799/below: $500, 300; U1600: $500, 300; Reserve, open to 1399/below: $500, 300; U1200: $500, 300. All EF: $85 if rec’d by 6/16/2011. $95 at site. Free to Sr. Master/above who complete their schedule. ($85 EF deducted from winnings.) 3-day schedule: Reg. Ends Fri. 6:30 p.m., Rds: Fri. 7 p.m.; Sat. 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 9:30 a.m., 3 p.m. 2-day schedule: Reg. Ends Sat. 9:30 a.m. Rd 1 at 10 a.m., then merges with 3-day schedule. Re-entry: $20. Any player who loses Fri. night may re-enter for $20 and loss will not count in tournament standings! One 1/2-pt. Bye available in Rds 1-4 (request required prior to Rd 1). Unrated players may play in any section. $25 upset

18th annual NORTHEAST OPEN June 8-10 or 9-10, Sheraton Hotel, Stamford CT

$8,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND 5 rounds, $94 room rates, free parking, downtown location, trains from NYC run frequently. In 4 sections: Open Section: Prizes $1000-500-300-200, top U2250 $600-300. FIDE rated, 50 GPP Under 2050 Section: $800-400-300-200, top U1850 $500-250. Under 1650 Section: $700-400-250-150, top U1450 $400-200. Under 1250 Section: $300-150-100, trophy to top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated prize limit: $150 in U1250, $400 U1650. FULL DETAILS: see “Grand Prix” in this issue or chesstour.com.


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Tournament Life prize each section. HOTELS: HOLIDAY INN DOWNTOWN CAPITAL SQUARE, 175 E. TOWN ST., COLUMBUS, 43215. (614)221-3281. ROOM RATE: $99.00 plus tax (includes parking). Hotel remodeled, with expanded playing space, skittles room, many amenities. Chess rate available through June 1st, code CCC. (note: there is a large convention in Columbus this weekend; rooms scarce.) Alternative hotel: The German Village Inn, one mile from playing site, 920 S. High St., (614) 443-6506, $59.00 plus tax. Free parking: Bd. of Ed. Lot between 5th and 6th St., on Capital St., 5 min. walk from site. ENT: C/O Lou Friscoe, 1645 Glenn Ave., Columbus, OH 43212. Inquires: (614) 486-6856 or (614) 228-8111. Entry forms available at our website: www.centralchessclub.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 24, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) 2nd annual Schenectady Open 4SS, G/40, d5. Studio of Bridge & Games, 1639 Eastern Pkwy, Schenectady 12309. $$1000 guaranteed prizes and trophies. In 3 sections. Open: $200-100-50, top U2000 $80-40, U1800/Unr $70-30. Under 1600 Section: $120-60-30, top U1400 $70-30, U1200 $60-30, no unrated may win over $80. Under 1000 Section: 1st prize $30, trophies to first 3, top U800, U600, Unrated. Open or U1600 EF: $33 online at chesstour.com by 6/22 or mailed by 6/15, $40 at site. U1000 EF: $13 online at chess tour.com by 6/22 or mailed by 6/15, $20 at site. All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Late reg. at site 9-9:30 am, rds. 10, 12, 2, 4. One half point bye available, must commit before rd 2. $15 service charge for refunds. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. DirectorAtChess.US, www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. June 28, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! 4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32 first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. A Heritage Event! June 28, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 (Enhanced) 25th Annual Thursday Night Action Championship – Join Us In Celebrating 25 Years Of The USCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament, Now At The New Yorker Hotel!! 4-SS, G/25 + d5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center of New York at the historic NewYorker Hotel!, 481 8th Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC: 845-569-9969. $$ 2,500 Guaranteed! 2 sections. Open: $$ 400200-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100. Under 2200: $$250-150, Top U2000 $$100. NEW!! $500 Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes! Best male/female 2-player team combined score in either section: $$ 250-150100 (teammates’ average rating must be Under 2200, teammates may play in different sections; teammate pairings avoided but possible, teams must declare by 8:15 pm). EF: $40, GMs $35 from prize. Good Customer Loyalty Discounts: $5 less to those who played in at least 4 “4 Rated Games Tonight!” Thursday Night Actions since Jan. 2011, $10 less to those who played in at least 10 4RGTs since 1987—Thank You So Much For Your Support Of This Tournament These Past 25 Years! Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00 Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3) at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 schedule at 8:15 pm. Limit 2 byes, commit by 8:15. Reentry $20. Reg. ends 15 min. before game. CCA Minimums may be used. June 29-July 3 (New date), Pennsylvania Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 150 (Enhanced) 9th annual Philadelphia International 9SS, 40/90,SD/30, 30 second increment. Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel, 17th & Race Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19103. Parking $10/day chess rate with guest room at Sheraton, $20/day chess rate without guest room, parking lot next to hotel may be much less than $20. $$G 8000: $2000-1200-800-700-600-500-400-300, top FIDE under 2300 or unrated $1000-500. Minimum prize $800 to foreign GMs who complete all games with no byes (limited to first 5 foreign GMs to enter), $300 to US GMs, foreign IMs & foreign WGMs (all must complete all games with no byes.) IM& GM norms possible; FIDE rated. EF: Free to GMs, IMs, WGMs. Foreign FIDE rated players: $125 mailed by 6/18, $127 online by 6/23, $150 at tmt. USA current or former FIDE 2200/up rated players: $225 mailed by 6/18, $227 online by 6/23, $250 at tmt. Others: $325 mailed by 6/18, $327 online by 6/23, $350 at tmt. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine: see World Open. Schedule: Late reg. ends Fri 10 am, rds Fri through Mon 11 & 6, Tue 11. Two half point byes available (must commit before rd 2); norm not possible if taking bye. HR: $99-99, 215-448-2000, reserve by 6/5 or rate may increase. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Invitations: GoAtChess.us (use @ instead of at). Chess Magnet School JGP. June 30, Tennessee Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6 John Hurt Memorial 4SS, G/60. Greater Memphis Chess Center, 5796 Shelby Oaks Drive Suite 11, Memphis, TN 38134. $500 prizes GTD. 3 Sections: Open, Amateur(U1600) and Scholastic(U1200). Prizes: Open: 1st $200, 2nd $100. Amateur: $125, $75. Scholastic: Trophies to top 3. Open and Amateur EF: $30 ($25 for MCC and GMCC members). Scholastic EF: $15 ($12 for members). Rounds: 10-1-3-5. Registration 6/30: 8:30-9:30am. Friday night side event: JHM Blitz. G/5, 5 rds, double-swiss. 1st round at 7:30pm. EF: $12 ($10 for members). Prizes: 1st 35%, 2nd 20%. Entries: Memphis Chess Club Inc., PO Box 17864, Memphis, TN 38187-0864. Mem phisChess.com, [email protected].

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A State Championship Event! A Heritage Event! June 30-July 1, Oklahoma Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 67th Oklahoma Open State Championship 5SS, Rds 1-2 G/90, Rds 3-5 G/2. $1000 Guaranteed. Trade Winds Central Hotel, 3141 E. Skelly Dr., Tulsa, OK, 918-749-5561 (http://tradewinds tulsa.com/html/directions.html). 3 Sections: Open G$$ 400-200-100; Reserve (U1800) G$$ 150-100-50; Booster (U1400) $$ b/entries; Plaques & USCF recognized State Championship titles for OK resident section winners. EF: $40 if rec'd by 6/25, otherwise $45, OCA membership included. Reg.: 8:30-9:30am Saturday, must enter before Rd 2 pairings are prepared to be prize eligible. One 1/2 point bye available in Rds 14 only, accelerated pairings may be used. Rds.: Saturday 10:00, 2:30 and 7:00, Sunday 10:00 and 3:00. HR: $50 plus tax including breakfast buffet; reserve by 6/25 for chess rate. OCA Annual Membership Meeting & Election Sunday 8am. Voting Eligibility: Must be 16, Oklahoma resident and either OCA member 10 business days prior to 6/30 or play in Oklahoma Open by 2nd round. Contact: Chuck Unruh, PO Box 841, Owasso, OK 74055, 918-371-2978 or 800-460-2794, [email protected]. More info: www.ochess.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 30-July 1, Virginia Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 3rd Annual Fairfax Open 4-SS, 40/2, SD/1. Best Western Fairfax City, 3535 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030 (I-66, Exit 60 to VA 123 South, left at first light, hotel on left). $$G 1800 UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED in 3 sections. Open: FIDE rated, 420-210-125, U2200 125, U2000 125. Reserve: Open to U1900, 225-120, U1700 120. Booster: Open to U1400/UNR, 150-90, U1200 90. EF: $48 by PayPal or check if rcvd by 6/25; $60 cash or check at site. Reg. 6/30: 7:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30-4, 9:30-4. One half-point bye available, must commit by beginning of rd 2. HR: $80, reserve at (703) 5915500, mention chess tournament. ENT: PayPal to [email protected], or checks payable and addressed to Brennan Price, 3545 Chain Bridge Rd., Suite 209 (NOT the hotel address), Fairfax, VA 22030-2708. Info: info@ fairfaxopen.com, www.fairfaxopen.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! An American Classic! July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, Pennsylvania Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 300 (Enhanced) 40th Annual World Open 9SS (Senior Amateur, Women’s Championship and Under 13 Booster are 6SS). Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel, 17th & Race Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19103. For shuttle info from Philadelphia Airport, call 800559-2040 or 215-616-5370. Parking $10/day chess rate with guest room at Sheraton, $20/day chess rate without guest room, Gateway lot at 1540 Vine, 1 block from hotel, is about $5/day Sat & Sun, $18/day other days. In 13 sections with $250,000 projected prizes, $200,800 minimum. 80% of each prize guaranteed based on 1180 paid entries total in first 9 listed sections, all prizes guaranteed in Senior Amateur, Women’s Championship, Under 13 Championship, and Under 13 Booster. GMs, IMs, WGMs, Under 1200, seniors count as 50% entries, Under 900 as 15% entries. Free analysis of your games by GM Sam Palatnik 7/4-8; free GM lectures 9 am 7/6 & 7/7. Time controls: Open 40/90, SD/30, 30 second increment. U2400, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (4-day option rds 1-2 G/75, d/5, 3-day option rds 1-5 G/45, d/5). U900, Under 13 Championship, Under 13 Booster G/65, d/5. Senior Amateur, Women’s Championship 40/2, SD/1,d/5. Open, 9SS, July 4-8 or 2-8: $20000-10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-700-600500, clear winner bonus $300, top FIDE U2500 $2000-1000. If tie for first, top 2 on tiebreak play speed game 11:30 pm 7/8 for title & bonus prize. GM & IM norms possible. FIDE rated. Under 2400/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 2-8: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top U2300/Unr $2000-1000. FIDE rated. Under 2200/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 2-8: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top U2100 (no unr) $2000-1000. FIDE rated. Under 2000/Unr, 9SS, July 48, 5-8, 6-8 or 2-8: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top U1900 (no unr) $2000-1000. Under 1800/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 2-8: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top U1700 (no unr) $2000-1000. Under 1600/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 2-8: $11000-6000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top 1500 (no unr) $2000-1000. Under 1400/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8, 5-8 or 6-8: $100005000-2500-1200-1000-800-700-600-500-400, top U1300 (no unr) $1600-800. Under 1200/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8, 5-8 or 6-8: $5000-25001200-1000-800-700-600-500-400-300, top U1100 (no Unr) $1200-600. Under 900/Unr, 9SS, July 6-8: $1000-700-500-400-300-300-300, trophies to first 10, top U700, U500, U300, Unrated. Senior Amateur, 6SS, July 1-3: Open to Under 2010 or unrated born before 7/4/62. $$ 500300-200, topU1810 $280-140, top U1610/Unr $250-130, top U1410 $200. Women’s Championship, 6SS, July 1-3: Open to all females. $$ 500300-200, top U1800 $240, U1600 $220, U1400 $200, U1200 $180, U1000 $160, trophy to top U800, U600, Unrated. FIDE rated. Under 13 Championship, 9SS, July 1-3: Open to all born after 7/3/99. Trophies to top 10, 1st C, D, E, Unrated. Free entry to all CCA tournaments 7/15/1212/31/12 to 1st. Under 13 Booster, 6SS, July 4-5: Open to all born after 7/5/99 rated under 1000 or unrated. Trophies to top 10, 1st U800, U600, U400, U200; free entry to all CCA tournaments 7/15/12-10/31/12 to1st. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26 games played as of 7/12 official list may not win over $600 inU900, $1500 in U1200, $3000 in U1400 or U1600. Games rated too late for 7/12 list not counted. 2) If official rating 7/11-6/12 or unofficial post-event rating posted 7/3/11-7/3/12 was more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $2000. 3) Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) cannot win over $300 in U900, $800 U1200, $1200 U1400, $1600 U1600, $2000 U1800, or $2500 U2000. 4) Balance of any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Open, U2400, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400 EF: Mailed by 2/15, all 5-day $305, 4-day $304, 3-day $303, 7-day $307. Open has 5-day and 7-day only; no 7-day in U1400 or U1200. Mailed by 5/15 all $10 more, mailed by 6/20 all $20 move. Online at chesstour.com, all $307 by 2/15, $317 by 5/15, $327 by 6/25, $350 6/26 to 2 hours before round 1 or at site. Phoned to 406-896-2038, all $330 by 6/25. At site, all $350; no checks, credit cards

OK. GMs free in Open; $200 deducted from prize. IMs, WGMs EF $100 less, $100 deducted from prize. All Open Section EF $100 more for US players never rated 2200 or over by FIDE. Under 1200 Section EF: all $150 less. EF for U900 Section, or unrated in U1200 Section: $43 mailed by 6/20, $47 online at chesstour.com by 6/25, $60 online to 2 hours before round 1 or at site. Rated seniors 65/up in U1400 or over: all $150 less. Senior Amateur or Women’s Championship EF: $76 mailed by 6/20, $78 online by 6/25, $90 at site. Under 13 Championship or Under 13 Novice EF: $39 mailed by 6/20, $41 online by 6/25, $50 at site. No checks at site; credit cards OK. Re-entry: $160, no re-entry from Open to Open. $20 fee for switching section after 7/3. 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. Open to U1200 5-day schedule: Wed 7 pm, Thu 11 am & 6 pm, Fri 11 am & 6 pm, Sat 11 am & 6 pm, Sun 10 am & 5 pm. U2400 to U1200 4-day schedule: Thu 11, 2:30 & 6, Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5. U2400 to U1200 3-day schedule: Fri 11, 1:30, 3:30, 6 & 8:30, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5. Open to U1600 7-day schedule: Mon-Wed 7 pm, Thu-Fri 6 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5. All above schedules merge & compete for same prizes. Under 900 schedule: Fri 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Sat & Sun each 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm. Senior Amateur & Women’s Championship schedule: Sun 11 am & 6 pm, Mon 10 & 5, Tue 10 & 4:30. Under 13 Championship schedule: Sun 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Mon 10, 1 & 4, Tue 10, 1 & 4. Under 13 Booster schedule: Wed 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Thu 10, 1 & 4. Half point byes OK all, limit 4 (limit 2 in last 4 rds), Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. Limit 1 half point bye in 6 round sections. Entries, re-entries close 1 hour before your first game. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. HR: $99-99, 215-448-2000, ask for chess rate, may sell out about May 31, two night minimum July 6-7. Special car rental rates: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Foreign player ratings: Usually 100 pts added to FIDE (except Open Section), 100 to FQE, 200 or more to most foreign, no pts added to CFC, Puerto Rico or Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not accepted for U2000 or below. Highest of multiple ratings usually used. Players who fail to disclose foreign or FIDE ratings may be expelled. US player ratings: Official July ratings used; FIDE ratings used for Open Section only. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special rules: 1) Players must submit to a search for electronic devices if requested by Director. In round3 or after, players with scores of 80% or over and their opponents may not use headphones, earphones, cell phones or go to a different floor of the hotel without Director permission. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. You may request “lowest possible section” if July rating unknown. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour. com. Bring set, board, clock if possible- none supplied. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 4, Pennsylvania Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) World Open 7-Minute Championship (QC) Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see World Open). 5-SS, double round (10 games), G/7, d/2. Prizes $1200 based on 40 entries, else in proportion except half each prize guaranteed. $300-200-100, U2100 $160-80, U1800 $130-70, U1500/Unr $110-50. EF: $40, at site only, no checks. Reg. ends 12:30 pm, rds. 1:00, 2:00, 2:50, 3:40, 4:30. One pair of 1/2 pt byes available, must commit before rd 2. Quick rated (will not affect regular ratings), but higher of regular or quick used for pairings & prizes. July 5, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! 4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32 first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. July 6-8 or 7-8, Texas Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 1st Annual Austin Chess Club Summer Open 100% GUARANTEED Prize Fund! Bridge Center of Austin, 6700 Middle Fiskville Rd., Austin, TX 78752. Total entries limited to first 140 registrants! In 3 Sections, Championship: 5SS, G/90 w/60 sec increment per move. Open to players 1800 and above. EF: $50 postmark or online by 6/15, $60 thereafter/site. $$: $600-400-200. U2200 - $250 $100, U2000 - $250 $100 (All under prizes Guaranteed). Reserve: 5SS, G/90 w/60 sec increment per move. Open to 1799 & under. Open to Ratings 1400-1799. EF: $45 postmark or online by 6/15, $55 thereafter/site. $$GTD: $400-200. U1600 $200 $100 (All under prizes Guaranteed). Novice: 5SS, G/90 w/60 sec increment per move. Open to 1399 & under. Open to Ratings under 1400. EF: $40 postmark or online by 6/15, $50 thereafter/site. $$GTD: $250150. U1200 - $100 $50, U1000 - $50 (All under prizes Guaranteed). ALL: Online Registration preferred. Credit Cards ok. Unrateds may only win place prizes. May play up one section. Unrateds placed at TD's discretion. One 1/2 pt. bye if requested before end of Rd 2. Rd 1 of 2/day schedule is G/90 with 5 second delay. ENT: AustinChessTournaments.com, P.O. Box 1386, Round Rock, TX 78680, 512-417-9008, www.AustinChessTournaments.com. INFO: Lori Balkum Lori.Balkum@AustinChessTournaments. com. www.AustinChessClub.com. Entries are limited to the first 140 participants. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 7, Pennsylvania Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced) World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) 5SS, G/10, d/2. Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see World Open). Prizes $2000 based on 67 entries, else in proportion except half each prize guaranteed. In 2 sections. Open Section: $400-200-100, top U2300/Unr $220, U2100/Unr$200. Under 1900 Section: $280-14070, top U1700 $160, U1500 $130, U1300 $100, no unrated may win over $150. Entry fee: $40, at site only, no checks. Reg: 7-10 pm, rounds 10:15 pm, 11pm, 11:35 pm, 12:10 am, 12:45 am. 1 half point bye available, must

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Grades K-12 U900. EF: $15 by 7/6, $25 later. Trophies to Top 7, 1-3 U600. ALL: Trophies: 1-2 Schools, 1-2 Clubs. PSCF $5, OSA. Reg ends: Noon. Rds.: 12:30-1:45-3-4:15-5:45. Ent/Info: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223. 412-908-0286. [email protected]. W. July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, California, Southern Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 100 (Enhanced) 17th annual Pacific Coast Open 6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/45,d5). Under 900 Section, July 21-22 only, G/70, d/5. Sheraton Agoura Hills Hotel, 30100 Agoura Rd., Agoura Hills, CA 91301 (US-101 to Reyes Adobe Road exit). Adjacent to the Santa Monica Mountains, 26 miles west of Burbank, 12 miles from Malibu, 28 miles from Ventura. Free parking. Prizes $25,000 based on 230 paid entries (re-entries count half, Under 900 one-third), minimum $15,000 (60% each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $3000-1500700-400, clear or tiebreak win $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1600-800. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300. Under 1900: $2000-1000-500300. Under 1700: $1800-900-500-300. Under 1500: $1500-700-400-200. Under 1200: $1200-600-300-200. Under 900: $300-200-120-80, trophies to top 7. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limit U2100 $1000, U1900 $800, U1700 $600, U1500 $400, U1200 $200, U900 $100; balance goes to next player(s) in line. If any post-event rating posted at uschess. org 7/18/11-7/18/12 is more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $600. Top 6 sections EF: 4-day $134, 3-day $133, 2-day $132 mailed by 7/10, all $135 online at chesstour.com by 7/15, $140 phoned by 7/15 (406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), $150 (no checks, credit cards OK) at tmt. No mailed credit card entries. GMs free; $120 deducted from prize. Under 900 Section EF: all $90 less than above. SCCF membership ($18, jrs $10) required for rated Southern CA residents. Re-entry $70; not available in Open Section. 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. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30 pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds Sat 10,12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Under 900 schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds 10, 1:15, 4:30 each day. All schedules: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, other sections before rd 4. HR: $87-87, 818-707-1220, request chess rate, reserve by 7/5 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, PO 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. July 20-22 or 21-22, California, Northern Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 (Enhanced) People’s Tournament 5SS, 30/90 sd60, 2-day rds 1-2 g/90 merge rd3. Hilton, 7050 Johnson Dr., Pleasanton. Hotel $79. Free parking. Prizes: $8,000 b/133 (75% guar). 5 sections. MX (2000+ FIDE rated): 1000-500-200, top u2300 300,

u2100 100. A/B/C: 800-400-200-100 ea. DE: 600-300-100, top u1200 300100. Unr max $300 exc in Open. EF by 7/17: $99. Onsite +25, Play-up +20. r/e 40. Econ Opt: EF-20 & 2/3 calc prize (not avail in Open). GMs/ IMs free: prize-EF. Jul 12 Supp,CCA min, TD disc to place players. Sched: 3-day Reg. F 6-6:30, Rds. F 7, Sa 11:30 5:15, Su 10 3:30; 2-day Reg. Sa 9-9:30, Rds. Sa 10 1:30 5:15, Su 10 3:30. Max two 1/2-pt byes, commit bef rd 3. Ent: BAC, 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Rfnd fee 20. E: [email protected]. Info: BayAreaChess.com/peoples. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 20-22 or 21-22, Illinois Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 120 (Enhanced) 5th annual Chicago Class 5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5). Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL 60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 to Lake Cook Rd to US-45 south). Free parking. $20,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 8 sections; no unrated allowed in Master or Expert. Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-600-400, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2400 $800400. FIDE. Expert (2000-2199): $1400-700-400-200. Class A (1800-1999/ Unr): $1400-700-400-200. Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1400-700-400-200. Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $1200-600-400-200. Class D (1200-1399/Unr): $1000-500-300-200. Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $1000-500-300-200. Under 1000 (Under 1000/Unr): $200-100-60-40, trophies to first 5, top Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Rated players may play up one section. Prize limits: Unrated may not win over $100 in U1000, $200 E, $300 D, $500 C, $700 B, or $900 A. If any post-event rating posted at uschess.org 7/19/11-7/19/12 is more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $500. Top 7 sections EF: 3-day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 7/11, all $104 online at chesstour.com by 7/16, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 7/16 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site. Under 1000 Section EF: all $70 less than above. All: No mailed credit card entries. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Online or mailed EF $5 less to ICA members; join/renew at il-chess.org. An ICA Tour event. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 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. 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 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, Master must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $103-103-103-103, 800-937-8461, 847-7776500, reserve by 7/6 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, 845496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 21-22, Louisiana Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6 2012 Paul Morphy Open 5-SS, G/2 (Round 1: G/90). Site: Holiday Inn Metairie New Orleans Air-


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Tournament Life port, 2261 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, LA 70001. EF: $50 if mailed by 7/14, $60 at site. LCA Memb. req'd ($10 adult, $5 Schol.), OSA. Prizes: $1900 b/60, 50% Gtd. Two Sections: Open: $400-200; U2000 $200-100, U1800 $200-100. Reserve (U1600): $250-100; U1400 $200; U1200/UNR $150. Reg.: 7/21, 8-9am. Rds.: Sat: 9:15-1-5:30, Sun: 9:30-2. HR: $99, (504) 373-5946, reserve early. Ent/Info: Adam Caveney, 1301 Gen. Taylor St., New Orleans, LA 70115, [email protected], (504) 895-4133 (evenings), (504) 615-6730 (on day of tourney). NS. NC. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 27-29 or 28-29, Connecticut Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 50 (Enhanced) 17th Annual Bradley Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5). Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I-91 Exit 40 to Rt. 20). Free parking. $8000 guaranteed prize fund. In 5 sections. Open: $1000-500-300, U2300 $450. FIDE. Under 2100: $800-400-200, top U1900 $450. Under 1800: $800-400-200, top U1600 $450. Under 1500: $700-400-200, top U1300 $300. Under 1200: $250125-75, trophies to 1st place, top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 in U1500 or $500 in U1800. Top 4 sections EF: 3-day $88, 2-day $87 if check mailed by 7/18, all $89 online at chesstour.com by 7/24, $95 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 7/24 (entry only, no questions), $100 at site. No mailed credit card entries. U1200 Section EF: all $40 less than above. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. Mailed EF $3 less to CSCA or WMCA members. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 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 6:30 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, limit 2; must commit before rd 2. HR: $89-89, 860-6275311; reserve by 7/13 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-3311600, 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, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 27-29 or 28-29, Florida Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 (Enhanced) 20th Annual Southern Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5). Wyndham Orlando Resort, 8001 International Dr., Orlando 32819. Free parking. $$16,000 based on 200 paid entries (re-entries & $50 off entries count half), $12,000 (75% each prize) minimum guaranteed. In 5 sections. Open: $2000-1000-500-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2300/Unr $800, Under 2200/Unr $700. FIDE. Under 2100: $1400700-400-200, top Under 1900 (no unr) $500. Under 1800: $1400-700-400200, top Under 1600 (no unr) $500. Under 1500: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1300 (no unr) $400. Under 1200: $800-400-200-100, trophies to top Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or $500 U1800. Top 4 sections EF: 3day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 7/18, all $105 online at chesstour.com by 7/24, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 7/24 (entry only, no questions), $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF for all in U1200 or unrated in U1500: all $50 less than above. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 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. 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: $7171 plus resort fee (currently 7.5%), 1-800-421-8001, 407-351-2420; reserve by 7/13 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, [email protected], 845496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 28-Aug. 1, Maryland Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 150 2012 Washington International 9SS, 40/90, SD/30 inc/30. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, 301-468-0308. Guaranteed Prizes: $5000-3000-2000-1000900-800-700-600-500-500, top U2500 $700-300, top U2300 $700-300. (minimum 2100 FIDE to play. FIDE ratings used for pairings and prizes). Sets, board and clocks provided. GM and IM norms possible. Free Continental breakfast every morning. Optionally, pairings can be texted to your phone. EF: GMs, non-US IMs, or FIDE over 2500 Free, US IMs, non-US FIDE rated, or FIDE over 2400 $200, FIDE over 2300 $300, FIDE over 2200 $400, FIDE under 2200 $500. All $25 more after 6/1, $50 more after 6/29, $75 more after 7/24, $100 more at the door. Special EFs: ALL EFs $50 less, if staying at the Hilton. Schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds 7/28-7/31:11&6, Wed 8/1 10am. HR: $98. Ent: MCA, c/o Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. More information, link for hotel reservation & online entry at: http://washingtoninternationalchess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 3-5 or 4-5, Ohio Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 100 (Enhanced) Cleveland Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d5). Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel, 5300 Riverside Drive (inside Cleveland Airport; free shuttle), Cleveland, OH 44135. Free parking, free airport shuttle. $16,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 6 sections. Open: $2000-1000-600-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under2200/Unr $1200-600. FIDE. Under 2000: $1400-700-400-200. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-200. Under 1600: $1200-600-300-200. Under 1300 (note change): $1000500-250-150. Under 1000: $300-200-100, trophies to top U800, U600, Unr. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1000, $300 U1300, $500 U1600, or $800 U1800. Top 5 sections EF: 3-day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 7/25, all $105 online at chesstour.com by 7/31, $110 phoned to 406-8962038 by 7/31 (entry only, no questions), $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site, or online until 2 hours before your first game. No mailed credit card entries. GMs, IMs & WGMs free; $90 deducted from prize. EF for all in U1000 or unrated in U1300: $70 less than above. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 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. Re-entry $50; 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: $85-85-85-85, 216-267-1500, request chess rate, reserve by 7/20 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, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour. com. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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Aug. 4-5, Washington Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6 2012 U.S. Open Weekend Swiss 5-SS, G/60. $$1,000 guaranteed prizes. $200-100-50, U2200/Unr $160, U1800 $140, U1600 $120, U1400 $100, U1200 $80, Unr $50. Entry fee $40, Unr free if paying USCF dues. On-Site Registration 8:309:30am 8/4. Rds.: Sat 10-1-3:30, Sun 10-1. See U.S. Open Side Events display ad for more details on all 2012 U.S. Open Side Events. A Heritage Event! Aug. 4-12, 7-12 or 9-12, Washington Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 300 113th annual U.S. Open See Nationals. A Heritage Event! Aug. 9-12, 10-12 or 11-12, Massachusetts Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 120 (Enhanced) 42nd annual Continental Open 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50). Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St (Rt 20 West), Sturbridge, MA 01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). Free parking. Experience early 19th century America at OldSturbridge Village (see www.osv.org). Prizes $30,000 based on 250 paid entries (reentries & $60 less EF count half), minimum $21,000 (70% of each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $3000-1500-700-400-300, clear or tiebreak win $100 bonus, top U2400/Unr $1800-1000. FIDE. Under 2200: $2000-1000-600-400-200. Under 2000: $2000-1000-600-400-200. Under 1800: $2000-1000-600-400-200. Under 1600: $1800-900-500-400-200. Under 1400: $1500-800-400-300-200. Under 1100: $700-400-250-150100. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limit U2000 $1000, U1800 $800, U1600 $600, U1400 $400, U1100 $250; balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 6 sections EF: 4-day $149, 3-day $148, 2-day $147 mailed by 7/31, all $149 online at chesstour.com by 8/6, $155 phoned by 8/6 (406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), $160 (no checks, credit cards OK) at tmt. No credit card mailed entries. GMs free; $140 deducted from prize. EF for all in Under 1100 Section & unrated in Under 1400: all $60 less. All: Advance EF $5 less to MACA members; may join/renew at masschess.org. Re-entry $80; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 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. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30 pm, rds Thu7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds Sat 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. All schedules: Bye all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, other sections before rd 4. HR: $89-89-99, 800-582-3232, 508-347-7393, request chess rate, reserve by 7/26 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 11, Washington Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 2012 U.S. Open Blitz Championship (QC) 7-SS (double round, 14 games), 1 section, G/5. Quick rated, higher of regular or quick rating. Entry fee $40, free to Unrated if paying USCF dues. Registration: 9am-11:30am, first round begins at noon. $2000 guaranteed prizes! $$400-200-150, Expert $200-100, U2000 $200-100, U1800 $180-90, U1600/Unr $140-70, U1400 $100, U1200 $70. See U.S. Open Side Events display ad for more details on 2012 U.S. Open Side Events. Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, California, Northern Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 50 (Enhanced) 4th annual Central California Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5). Radisson Hotel, 2233 Ventura St., Fresno, CA 93710. Free parking, free airport shuttle. Cosponsored by Fresno Chess Club. $$ 10,000 based on 125 paid entries (re-entries & $60 less EF count half), minimum $7,000 (70% of each prize) guaranteed. In 4 sections: Open: $1500-700-400-300, clear or tiebreak 1st $100, top U2200 $600, U2100 $500. FIDE. Under 2000: $1200-600400-200, top U1800 $500. Under 1700: $1000-500-300-200, top U1500 $400. Under 1400: $300-200-100, trophies to top U1200, U1000, U800, U600. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limits: U1400 $150, U1700 $500. Balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 3 sections EF: 3-day $118, 2-day $117 mailed by 8/8, all $115 online at chesstour.com by 8/14, $120 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/14 (entry only, no questions), $130 at site, or online until 2 hours before your first game. Under 1400 Section EF: all $60 less than above. Mailed EF $15 less to Fresno Chess Club members. GMs, IMs & WGMs free, $100 deducted from prize. All: 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 $60; not available in Open Section. No checks at site, credit cards OK. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 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. Byes: OK all, limit 1 bye if eligible for class prizes; must commit before rd 2. HR: $89-89, 800-241-0756, 559-268-1000, request chess rate, reserve by 8/3 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: chesstour. com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chess tour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, Indiana Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 (Enhanced) 7th annual Indianapolis Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d5), Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Airport, 2051 S. High School Rd. (off I-465 & Airport Expwy), Indianapolis, IN 46241. Free parking, free airport shuttle, free wireless, indoor pool, game room, fitness center. $$16,000 based on 200 paid entries (re-entries & $50 off entries count half), $12,000 (75% each prize) min-

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imum guaranteed. In 5 sections. Open: $2000-1000-600-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under 2300/Unr $800, Under 2200/Unr $700. FIDE. Under 2100: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1900 (no unr) $500. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1600 (no unr) $500. Under 1500: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1300 (no unr) $400. Under 1200: $700-400-200-100, trophies to top Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or $500 U1800. Top 4 sections EF: 3-day $108, 2-day $107 if check mailed by 8/8, all $105 online at chesstour.com by 8/14, $110 phoned to 406896-2038 by 8/14 (entry only, no questions), $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site. GMs, IMs or WGMs free; $100 deducted from prize. Under 1200 Section EF: all $50 less than above. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at 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 6:30 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. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $89-89, 1-877-361-4511, 317-2480187; reserve by 7/29 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-3311600, 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, DirectorAtChess.us, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 150 (Enhanced) 11th annual Manhattan Open NOTE 2-DAY, U900 & U700 SCHEDULE CHANGES. 6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50, d5). Under 900 and Under 700 Sections play 8/18-19 only, G/50, d/5. New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St. across from Penn Station, NY 10001. $35,000 guaranteed prizes. Open & U2300 Sections are FIDE rated, except G/50 games. In 10 sections: Open: $2500-1500-1000-700-500-400, clear or tiebreak first $200 bonus, top Under 2500/Unr $1200. Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700: each $1500-1000-700-500-400-300. Under 1500, Under 1300: each $1200-800-600-500-400-300. Under 1100: $700-400-300-200100-100.Under900:Trophies to first 10, top Unrated. Under 700:Trophies to first 10, top Under 500, Under 300, Unrated. Prize limits: 1) If any postevent rating posted at uschess.org 8/13/11-8/13/12 is more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $800. 2) Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) cannot win over $200 in U1100, $400 U1300, $600 U1500, $800 U1700 or $1000 U1900. 3) Balance of limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Top 7 sections EF: 3-day $163, 2-day $162 if check mailed by 8/8, all $165 online at chesstour.com by 8/13, $170 phoned to 406896-2038 by 8/13, $180 at site. Under 1100 Section EF: 3-day $83, 2-day $82 if check mailed by 8/8, all $85 online at chesstour.com by 8/13, $90 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/13, $100 at site. Under 900 or Under 700 Section EF: 3-day $33, 2-day $32 if check mailed by 8/8, all $35 online

at chesstour.com by 8/13, $40 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/13, $50 at site. No phone entry after 8/13. Online late entry is available between 8/14 and two hours before round 1, with same fee as at site. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF membership with paper magazine if paid with entry: Online at chess tour.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. Re-entry: $80, no re-entry from Open Section to Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat. 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day & 2-day merge & compete for same prizes. Under 900 & Under 700 schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds 10, 12:45, 3:15 each day. Byes: all; limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. HR: $175-175-195-210 (rates for 3 or 4 in room are for 2 beds), 1-800-764-4680, 212-971-0101, reserve by 7/27 or rate may increase, ask for Continental Chess Association rate. Car rentals: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 or reserve car online at chesstour.com. Foreign player ratings: see www.chess tour.com/foreignratings.htm. US player ratings: August official ratings used; FIDE ratings not used. 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. A Heritage Event! Aug. 24-26 or 25-26, District of Columbia Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 120 (Enhanced) 44th annual Atlantic Open 5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d5). Washington Westin Hotel, 1400 M St NW at Thomas Circle, Washington, DC 20005. $$G 20,000 guaranteed prizes. In 7 sections. Open: $2000-1000-500-300, clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1200-600. FIDE. Under 2100: $1500-700-400-200. Under 1900: $1500-700-400-200. Under 1700: $1500-700-400-200. Under 1500: $1300-700-400-200. Under 1300: $1200-600-300-200. Under 1000: $400-300-200-100, trophies to top 3, first U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1000, $300 U1300, $500 U1500, $700 U1700, or $900 U1900. If any postevent rating posted at uschess.org 8/21/11-8/21/12 is more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $700. Top 6 sections EF: 3-day $108, 2-day $107 if check mailed by 8/15, all $105 online at chesstour.com by 8/21, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/21 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site, or online until 2 hours before your first game. Under 1000 Section EF: All $60 less than above. No mailed credit card entries. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs free, $90 deducted from prize. Reentry $60, not available in Open Section. All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 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 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. Bye: all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd2, others before rd3. HR: $96-96, 202-429-1700, reserve by 8/10 or rate may increase. Regular rate at this luxury hotel is about $200! Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Parking: Valet parking $10/day to 2 am or $20/ day overnight; garage has limited space. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! Aug. 31-Sept. 3, Sept. 1-3 or 2-3, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 100 (Enhanced) 134th annual NY State Championship Out of state welcome. 6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (2-day option except in Open Section, rds 1-3 G/45, d5). Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Road, Albany 12205 (Thruway Exit 24, I-87 north to Wolf Rd, Exit 4). Luxurious hotel with indoor/outdoor pool, sauna, fitness center, free parking, free airport shuttle, many restaurants in area. $$G 12,000. In 5 sections. Open: $20001000-500-300, top U2300/Unr $700, U2200/Unr $600. State title and $100 bonus to top NYS resident. FIDE. Under 2100: $1000-500-300-150, top Under 1900 $400. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-150, top Under 1600 $400. Under 1500: $800-400-200-100, top Under 1300 $300. Under 1200: $200100, trophy to first 5, top Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500 or $600 U1800. All: 1 year NYSCA membership to NY residents who list name and address on signup sheet posted at tournament. Top 3 sections EF: 4-day $99, 3-day $98, 2-day $97 if check mailed by 8/22, all $95 online at chesstour. com by 8/29, $105 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/29 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site. No mailed credit card entries. Under 1500 Section EF: All $20 less than top 3 sections EF. Under 1200 Section EF: All $50 less than top 3 sections EF. All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 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. Re-entry $60, all sections but Open. GMs, IMs & WGMs free, $80 deducted from prize. No checks at site, credit cards OK. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10:30 am, rds. Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:15. 4-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 6 pm, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sun. 10:30 am, rds Sun 11, 1:30, 3:30, 6, Mon 10 & 4:15, no 2-day schedule in Open. Bye: all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $9797, 800-443-8952, 518-458-8444, reserve by 8/23 or rate may increase. NYSCA meeting 9 am Sun. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. 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.

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Tournament Life A State Championship Event! A Heritage Event! Sept. 1-3, Ohio Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 68th Ohio Chess Congress 6/SS, 40/120;d5, SD/60;d5. Days Inn, 4742 Brecksville Rd., Richfield, OH. Prizes: $7,000 (b/125). In 4 Sections. Open: (FIDE rated) $1,000-700400 All Guaranteed, U2200 $400-$200, 1st Guaranteed. U2000: $800-500300. U1700: $750-450-300. U1400: $600-400, U1100 $200. EF: $80 by Aug 28 then $90, Free to GM/IM who complete schedule, $80 deducted from prize. OCA Membership required of all Ohio residents - $15, $10 junior. Online payment: www.progresswithchess.org. Reg.: Saturday 9-11:30 am. Rds.: Saturday 12:00 (noon) & 6:30, Sunday 9:30 & 4:00, Monday 9:30 & 4:00. Byes (1/2 point), must commit before start of round 3, limit 2 in rds. 1-5 or 1 rd. 6. Hotel: Day's Inn, 330-659-6151, $72/night, mention chess. Entries, checks payable to: Progress with Chess, 12200 Fairhill Rd. E 293, Cleveland, OH 44120. Info: 216-321-7000, mdjoelson@ progresswithchess.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. Oct. 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 6-7, Virginia Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 150 (Enhanced) 3rd annual Continental Class Championships Master Section, 9SS, Oct 4-8, 40/90, SD/30, inc/30. Expert through Class D Sections, 7SS, Oct 5-8 or 6-8, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (3-day option, rounds 1-2 G/75, d5). Class E Section, 7SS, Oct 6-7, G/40, d5 (Class E does not play on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct 8). 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 $50,000 based on 300 paid entries (seniors, re-entries, Class D Section, GMs, IMs, WGMs, foreign FIDE rated players in Master count as half entries, Class E Section players count as 1/4 entries), else proportional, except minimum $30,000 (60% each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections: Master: Open to US players currently or formerly rated at least 2200 USCF or 2100 FIDE, foreign players currently or formerly rated at least 2000 USCF or 1800 FIDE, and invitees. $50002500-1500-1000-700-500-400-400-300-300, clear or tiebreak first bonus $200, FIDE Under 2400/Unr $2000-1000. Minimum prize $500 to first 5 foreign GMs to enter who play all 9 rounds (no byes), $300 to first 5 foreign IMs to enter who play all 9 rounds (no byes). GM & IM norms possible, FIDE rated. Expert, open to USCF 1800-2199. $3000-1500-1000700-500-400-300-300. FIDE rated. Class A, open to USCF 1600-1999 or unrated. $3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-300-300. Class B, open to USCF 1400-1799 or unrated. $3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-300-300. Class C, open to USCF 1200-1599 or unrated. $2500-1300-900-600-500-400-300300. Class D, open to USCF under 1400 or unrated. $1000-700-400-300300-200-200-200. Class E, open to USCF under 1200 or unrated. $500300-200, trophies to first 5, top Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Prize limits: 1) Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) cannot win over $200 in E, $500 D, $900 C, $1200 B or $1500 A. 2) If any post-event rating posted at uschess.org 10/2/11-10/2/12 is more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $1200. 3) Balance of limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Master Section EF: GMs, IMs, WGMs: free; $150 deducted from prize (no deduction from minimum prize). Foreign FIDE rated players: $75 online at chesstour.com by 10/1, $100 online or at site until 6 pm 10/4. Others: $225 if check mailed by 9/25 or online by 10/1, $250 until 6 pm 10/4 online or at site. Expert through Class C Sections EF: 4-day $179, 3-day $178 if check mailed by 9/25, all $175 online at chesstour.com by 10/1, $185 if phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/1 (entry only, no questions), $200 at site. Class D EF: $4-day $99, 3-day $98 if check mailed by 9/25, all $95 online at chesstour.com by 10/1, $105 if phoned to 406-896-2038 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site. Class E EF: $47 if check mailed by 9/25, $45 online at chesstour.com by 10/1, $55 if phoned to 406-896-2038 (no questions), $70 at site. All: No phone entry after 10/1. Online late entry (same price as at site) available until 2 hours before rd 1. EF $100 less to rated seniors 65 or over in Expert through Class C. 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. Re-entry: $100, no re-entry from Master Section to Master Section. Master schedule: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day Expert through Class D schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day Expert through Class D schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. Class E schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat. 11, 1:30, 3:30 & 6, Sun. 10, 12:30 & 2:30. Both schedules in Expert through Class D 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 possible- none supplied. HR: $9595-105-115, 703-418-1234, reserve by 9/19 or rate may increase. Special chess rate valet parking $6/day, with or without guest room. 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 or 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: DirectorAtChess.us, 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.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. 24-28 or 26-28, Bahamas Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 150 (Enhanced) Bahamas International & Amateur Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino, West Bay Street, Cable Beach, Nassau, Bahamas. $12,000 guaranteed prizes. USCF rated. International: 9SS, 40/90, SD/30, 30 second increment. $$G 2000-1200800-600-500-400, top FIDE under 2400 or unrated $800-400. Minimum prize $700 to GMs who complete all games with no byes (limited to first 6 GMs to enter). IM & GM norms possible; FIDE rated. EF: GMs, IMs,

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WGMs free; $130 EF deduction from prize (GMs who have a $700 minimum prize will not be reduced to below $700 by the deduction). FMs: $130 mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22, $150 at tmt. FIDE 2200/up rated players: $230 mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22, $250 at tmt. FIDE 21002199: $330 mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22, $350 at tmt. Others: $430 mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22, $450 at tmt. Amateur: 6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5, open to under 2200 or unrated. $$G 1200-600-300-200, top Under 1900 (no unr) $700-400. EF: $128 mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22, $150 at tmt. Reserve: 6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5, open to under 1600 or unrated. $700-400-200-100, top Under 1300 (no unr) $350-150; no unrated may win over $300. EF: $78 mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22, $100 at tmt. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 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. Extra charge for magazine if not US/Canada/Mexico. Special USCF dues for Bahamas residents: see www.chesstour.com/bi12.htm. Ratings: FIDE ratings used in International Section, USCF in others; if multiple ratings, usually highest rating used, plus possible adjustment points. No adjustment points added to Bahamas, Jamaica, most Caribbean ratings or CFC, 50 added to FIDE or FQE, 100/more added to many other countries. International schedule: Late reg. ends Wed 6 pm, rds Wed 7, Thu 11 & 6, Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Two half point byes available (must commit before rd 2); norm not possible if taking bye. Amateur & Reserve schedule: Late reg. ends Fri 10 am, rds Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. HR: $109-109129 plus $18 resort fee, 954-903-2800, 242-327-6200, reserve by 10/10 or rate may increase. Resort fee includes bellmen & maid gratuities, pool & beach amenities, fitness room, admission to cocktail party, use of computers/wifi in lobby, access to Crystal Palace Casino Members Club & free play, resort activities, use of facilities at adjacent Sheraton Hotel, Wyndham coupon value pack, etc. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: DirectorAtChess.US, www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour. com. Invitations: GoAtChess.us (use @ instead of at). Chess Magnet School JGP.

Regional Alabama May 19, Summer Scholastic 5SS, TC: G/30. Sun Valley Elementary School, 1010 18th Ave. NW, Birmingham, AL 35215. Open (K-12): EF: $20; Middle (K-8), Elementary (K-4): EF: $10, if mailed by MAY 12th. Trophy: Top 3 Individual, Medals 4th6th. Late REG.: MAY 19th at 8AM. Rds.: 9-10-11-1-2. Checks payable to: Caesar Chess. ENT: Caesar Chess LLC, 5184 Caldwell Mill Road, Suite 204-202, Birmingham, AL 35244. Info: [email protected], www. AlabamaChess.com. May 26, Birmingham Open 4SS, TC: G/75. Birmingham Bridge Club, 2112 Columbiana Road, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216. Open (PF: $$b/15): $200-125-U1900:100U1700:75; Reserve (PF: $$b/15): $175-100–U1300:75-U1100:75; Rds.: 9, 11:30, 2:30; 5. EF: $30; if mailed by MAY 19th; $40 at site. Late REG: MAY 26th: 8-8:40am. Checks payable to: Caesar Chess. ENT: Caesar Chess LLC, 5184 Caldwell Mill Rd., Suite 204-202, Birmingham, AL 35244. Info: [email protected]; website – www.CaesarChess.com/ blog or www.AlabamaChess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. A State Championship Event! June 16, 2012 Alabama Quick Chess Championship Birmingham Bridge Club, 2112 Columbiana Rd., Vestavia Hills, AL 35216. From I-65 take exit #252, go north on Columbiana Road 2 miles, on the left near Charter. In 4 Sections- 5SS, Time control G/25 T/D3. Prizes 80% Guaranteed: Open $$b/15: 1st: $180, 2nd: $140, U1700: $80. Reserve $$/15: U1500: 1st: $140, 2nd: $100, U1300: 60. EF: $30; Onsite: $35. Scholastic K-12 Rated and Unrated sections. 3 trophies for each section for Alabama residents. EF: $10; onsite $15. Rated events require USCF & ACF memberships. OSA. Postmarked entry form and fee payment by June 9. Entry form on www.alabamachess.com on Calendar at June 16. Reg Onsite 9-9:30 Rds.: 10-11:15-1:00-2:15-3:30 pm. Byes must be requested before start of round 2. No round 5 byes. ENT: Birmingham Chess Club; Attn: Balagee Govindan, 5564 Colony Ln., Hoover, Al 35226. INFO: [email protected]. NS. W. June 30, Evangel June Open 4SS, G/50, t/d 5. Evangel Church, 3975 Vaughn, Montgomery, AL 36106. Round times: 9:00, 11:00, 1:30, 3:30. 1 section, Open: EF: $25 by June 22, $30 thereafter. Prizes (b/20): 1st $120, 2nd $100, Class B/C $80, Class D/E $60, U1000/unrated $40. Registration: Send name, USCF ID, and entry fee to Doug Strout, 6000 Camelot Ct., Montgomery, AL 36117. July 27-29 or 28-29, 20th Annual Southern Open (FL) See Grand Prix.

Arizona

1999/1200-1599/U1200. ASCF: U1000; G/60 for the top 4 sections. G/30 for U1000; ROUND TIMES: 4 top sections: 9am/11:15am/1:30pm/ 3:30pm. 5:30pm Ceremony. U1000: 9am/10:15am/12:00pm/1:15pm. 2:30pm Ceremony. PRIZES: $200 1st, $100 2nd 2000 & up/ Top 3 trophies in 1600-1999, 1200-1599, and U1200/ Top 5 U1000 plus best U800 and U600. ENTRY FEE: $20 by 5/23, $23 by 5/24, $26 by 5/25, $30 at site. $10 to play up. TO REGISTER: chessemporium.com, call 602-482-4867. SITE: 1835 E Elliot Rd., Tempe, AZ. May 26, Metro Phoenix Chess Club Heat Wave Swiss #1 Format: 3-SS (G/40, d/5), Regular and Quick Rated. Two rating-equivalent sections if 18+ players otherwise one open section. Registration: 9am-10am (onsite). Rounds: 10:15, 11:45, 1:15pm. EF: $5. No prizesjust the satisfaction of playing well. One 1/2 point bye available. Must declare at registration. USCF membership required and available on site. Location: InnPlace Hotel Phoenix, 10220 N. Metro Parkway East, Phoenix, AZ 85051, 2nd Floor Cottonwood Room. Skittles room available for analysis of games. Hotel has a lounge, outside patio and full service restaurant. Please bring your own sets for analysis of games. Club sets cannot be removed from the tournament room. Phone: 602-850-1515. Info: www.phoenixchess.org or [email protected]. May 26-28, 2012 U.S. Amateur West Championship See Nationals. July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, 17th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S) See Grand Prix.

California, Northern Capital City C. C. Sundays Chess for Kids Round Table Pizza, 3005 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento. Quads (3/RR). T/C: G/30 w/5 Second Delay. RDS.: 12pm/Ongoing. PRIZES: 1st - Trophy or Inscribed Chess Clock, 1st thru 4th - Medals or Pins. TIE-BREAK: G/7 w/3 Second Delay. EF: $20 (Includes $5 Food Gift Certificate). REG.: 11am at Site Only. DIRECTOR: John C. Barnard 209-450-6133. JohnCharlesBar [email protected], capitalcitychessclub.com. May 12, June 9, July 21, Pleasanton Grand Prix Quads Hilton, 7050 Johnson Dr., Pleasanton, CA 94588. Trophies: Players w/winning record. Sched: Check-in 4p, Games 4:30-6:30p. 3xG/30. EF: $25, Onsite +$15. Big Trophies to top 10 players in May-July tourneys. More Info: BayAreaChess.com/tacobell12. NS. NC. W. May 12, June 9, July 21, Pleasanton Grand Prix Swiss Hilton, 7050 Johnson Dr., Pleasanton, CA 94588. Trophies: Players w/winning record, teams w/2+ players. Sched: Reg. 9-9:30a. Games 10a-2p. EF: $33, Onsite +$15. Big Trophies to top 10 players in May-July tourneys. More Info: BayAreaChess.com/tacobell12. NS. NC. May 19, CalNorth Youth Chess Quads Weibel Elementary School, 45135 S. Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, CA. Info & Entry Form at: www.calnorthyouthchess.org/WeibelChess/SpringTournaments2012. Open to all scholastic players who are USCF members. Trophies to winners of each Quad. Chess medals to all who do not win a trophy. Info: Alan M. Kirshner, Ph.D., [email protected], (510) 659-0358. May 26-28 or 27-28, Best of the West Class Championship See Grand Prix. May 27, Azhar Memorial NorCal Grade Level Champ Marriott, 2700 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA. Hotel $89. Trophies: Top 20 players & Top 10 teams in ea section. 8 sections: KG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-12. Sched: Reg. 8:30-9a. K-3: 5xG/30 games 9:30 11 12:30 1:50 3:15. Gr 4-12: 4xG4/5 games 9:30 11:20 1:15 3:15. EF by 5/22: $39. Info: BayAreaChess.com/grade12. NS, NC, W. June 22-24 or 23-24, Summer Open See Grand Prix. July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, 17th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S) See Grand Prix. July 20-22 or 21-22, People's Tournament See Grand Prix. Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 4th annual Central California Open See Grand Prix.

California, Southern

Los Angeles CHESS CLUB The premier chess club in Southern California! (310) 7955710 * www.LAChessClub.com. The premier chess club in Southern California! Saturdays: 10AM-10 pm (Novice Class & 3 Tournaments) Sundays: 12-6 & 1-5 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 – above Javan Restaurant) * Group Classes * Tournaments * Private (1:1) Lessons. Beverly Hills Chess Club Join the elite group of chess enthusiasts! Curriculum based instruction from ages 3 and above, Privates, Lectures, Blitz, Simuls, Open & Scholastic tournaments, Camps, Adult events, Member-only events and more... Open T, TH, F, Sat, Sun (hours vary). 8950 W. Olympic Blvd., #210, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. In the Beverly Hills Plaza (Corner of Lapeer Dr. & Olympic) 310-274-7873, email us at [email protected], website www.bhchessclub.com.

May 19, Metro Phoenix Chess Club Game/40 Super Quads #1 Format: 3-RR (G/40, d/5), Regular and Quick Rated. EF: $20. Registration: 9am-10am (onsite). Rounds: 10:15, 11:45, 1:15pm. Prizes: $60 first per quad. Players will be grouped into quads (groups of four) by rating. If total number of entries is not divisible by four, director may create a 3-round swiss among the lowest 5-7 players. USCF membership required and available onsite. Location: InnPlace Hotel Phoenix, 10220 N. Metro Parkway East, Phoenix, AZ 85051, 2nd Floor Cottonwood Room. Skittles room available for analysis of games. Hotel has a lounge, outside patio and full service restaurant. Please bring your own sets for analysis of games. Club sets cannot be removed from the tournament room. Phone: 602-850-1515. INFO: www.phoenixchess.org or phoenixchess@inbox. com.

May 5&6, 12&13, 19&20, 26&27, LACC - Sat & Sun G/61 6SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $45 ($35 LACC memb). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 EFs. Parking: Free at BoA and streets ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.

May 26, Liulia Cardona's Tempe Open 4 round, USCF rated tournament; SECTIONS: USCF: 2000 & up/1600-

May 5, 12, 19, 26, LACC - LA Masters G/30 3SS, G/30. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd Fl. 4 blks W 405.

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EF: $30 ($20 memb). Reg.: 5-6 pm. Rds.: 6, 7, 8 pm. Prizes: 75% EFs; Parking: Free at BoA ($3 bsmnt). Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChess Club.com. May 5, 12, 19, 26, LACC - Sat Nite Blitz (G/5) (QC) 5DSS, (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 on Butler ($3 basement). Info: 310/7955710 or www.LAChessClub.com. May 5, 12, 19, 26, LACC - Saturday G/61 3SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $25 ($20 memb, $10 no prizes). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Prizes: 50% EFs. Parking: basement ($3). Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com. May 6, 13, 20, 27, LACC - Every Sunday Chess 4 Jrs. 4 separate events – 3 Sections: K-1, K-3, K-6, 5SS, 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.: 1pm & asap; Prizes: Trophy (Top) & Medals; each player receives a prize! Parking: Free at BoA and streets. Free snacks & free class (12-1). Info: (310) 7955710 or www.LAChessClub.com or [email protected]. May 6, 13, 20, 27, LACC - Sunday G/61 3SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $25 ($20 memb, $10 no prizes). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Prizes: 50% EFs, Parking: Free at BoA and streets or basement ($3). Info: 310/7955710 or www.LAChessClub.com. May 12-13, LACC - Sat & Sun G/90 4SS, G/90. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $45 ($35 LACC memb). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 3 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free on Butler ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LA ChessClub.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 26-28 or 27-28, 2012 Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic See Grand Prix. May 27, MDC Action Swiss 5-SS, G/30. Hilton Ontario Airport, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario, CA 91764. $$500 b/40, else proportional: $150-70-40, U2100/ Unr $80, U1800 $80, Under 1500 $80. EF: $20 if received by 5/25, $25 at door. Reg.: 9:30-10

a.m. Rds.: 10:15-11:30-12:45-2:30-3:45. Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. On-line entry: www.scchess.com.

July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open (PA) See Grand Prix.

May 27, MDC Scholastics 5-SS, G/30. Hilton Ontario Airport, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario, CA 91764 Open to gr. 12-below. In two sections: Open: Trophies to top 5, top 3 U1200, top 2 Unrated. Grade 6/below U1000: Trophies to top 5, top 3 U700, top 2 Unrated. Reg.: 8:30-9. Rds.: 9:30-11-12:15-1:45-3. EF: $16 if received by 5/25, $20 door. Info: [email protected]. On-line ent: www.scchess.com. Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754.

July 3-4, World Open U2100 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania.

May 28, MDC Hexes 3-SS, G/90. Hilton Ontario Airport, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario, CA 91764 8-player sections by rating. EF: $21 if received by 5/25, $24 door. $$ 4020-10 each section. Reg.: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Rds.: 10:30-1:30-4:30. Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. On-line entry: www.scchess. com.

Connecticut May 18-20 or 19-20, 20th annual New York State Open (NY) See Grand Prix. May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open! (NY) See Grand Prix. June 8-10 or 9-10, 18th Annual Northeast Open See Grand Prix. June 9-10, Rhode Island State Championship (RI) See Rhode Island. June 30, World Open U2300 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania. July 1-2, World Open U2200 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania.

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

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

Village Chess Shop of NYC c/o Michael Propper 230 Thompson Street New Yor k, NY 10012 212-475-9580 [email protected] www.chess-shop.com

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

Newark Chess Club 4-SS, G/75. USCF-rated games every Thursday 7-10 PM. 345 School Bell Rd., Bear, DE 19701. For a full year of weekly games $22 for in-state players, $15 out-of-state! www.newarkchessclub.blogspot.com, newark [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 9-10, 2012 Delaware Capital Open Residence Inn Dover, 600 Jefferic Blvd., Dover, DE 19901. In 2 Sections, Open: 5SS, G/90, $$b/25: 1st $200, 2nd $125, 3rd $75, U2000 $75, U1800 $75. Reserve: 5SS, G/90, Open to 1600 & under. $$b/15: 1st $140, 2nd $90, 3rd $50, U1400 $50, U1200 $50. ALL: EF: $35 before June 1st, $40 after. Memb. Req'd: DCA $10($5 under 18). OSA. Reg.: 8:45-9:45 AM. Rds.: Sat 10, 2, 5:30 Sun 10, 2. Byes: limit one 1/2pt bye, must commit by start of round 3. ENT: Kevin Pytel, 604 N. Walnut St., Newport, DE 198042624 [email protected]. INFO: Kevin Pytel ([email protected]). HR: ask for the $119 Chess Rate 302-677-0777. Skittles Room and restaurant on premises, many fine restaurants and points of interest

GOLD & SILVER

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

Western PA Youth Chess Club Attn: Jerry Meyers 4101 Windsor Street Pittsburgh, PA 15217 412-422-1770 [email protected] www.youthchess.net

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

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

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

Oklahoma Chess Foundation www.OKch ess.org

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

Marshall Chess Club (NY) www.marshallchessclub.org

Our Lady of Sorrows Academy (AZ) [email protected]

En Passant Chess Club (TX) [email protected]

Michigan Chess Association www.michess.org

Silver Knights (PA) www.silverknightschess.com

Indiana State Chess Association www.indianachess.org

Monmouth Chess School & Club (NJ) www.monmouthchess.com

Sparta Chess Club (NJ) www.spartachessclub.org

uschess.org

Aug. 9-12, 10-12 or 11-12, 42nd annual Continental Open (MA) See Grand Prix.

Delaware

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

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

July 27-29 or 28-29, 17th Annual Bradley Open See Grand Prix.

Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 4th annual Central California Open (CA-N) See Grand Prix.

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

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

July 8, World Open Blitz Championship (QC) (PA) See Grand Prix.

Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 11th annual Manhattan Open (NY) See Grand Prix.

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

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

July 7, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) (PA) See Grand Prix.

July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, 17th annual Pacific Coast Open See Grand Prix.

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


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 nearby. Lots of door prizes and give-aways! NS. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

District of Columbia Aug. 24-26 or 25-26, 44th annual Atlantic Open See Grand Prix. Oct. 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 6-7, 3rd annual Continental Class Championships (VA) See Grand Prix.

Florida Boca Raton Chess Club Friday nights, Game 90Tournament, one game a week for 4 weeks. www. bocachess.com, 561-479-0351. Chess Magnet School JGP. South Florida Chess Club Wednesday's 6:30-10:30pm. Rated G/90 Tournaments and skittles. Most tournaments are 4+ rounds Call 561-573-3677 or 954-304-0928 or email [email protected] or visit www.SouthFloridaChessClub.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 12, May OCG Open Orlando Chess and Games Center. 4SS, G/75. EF: $30. PF: $650 b/30 $250-$150-$100 best U-1600, U-1200, $75 each. Reg.: 9:15-9:45 am. RDS.: 10am-12:30pm-3pm-6pm, www.orlandochess.com. Info: call 407-248-0818 or email [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 19, Central FL Tornado 4SS, G/75. Casselberry CC, Wirz Park, 806 Mark David Blvd., Casselberry, FL 32707. EF: $30, CFCC/CCC mbr $25, Masters free (EF deducted from any prize). $$480 b/25, 160-80-60, U1800, U1600, U1400 $60 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10, 1, 3:30, 6. Info: (407) 629-6946 or www.centralflchess. org. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 19, May Scholastic Tournament Orlando Chess and Games Center. 5SS, G/30. EF: $30. Trophies and medals to all players, awards at 3:30 pm. Reg.: 9:15-9:55 am. RDS.: 1011-12-1:30-2:30, www.orlandochess.com. Info: call 407-248-0818 or email [email protected]. June 2, June Scholastic Tournament Orlando Chess and Games Center. 5SS, G/30. EF: $30. Trophies and medals to all players, awards at 3:30 pm. Reg.: 9:15-9:55 am. RDS.: 1011-12-1:30-2:30, www.orlandochess.com. Info: call 407-248-0818 or email [email protected]. June 8-10 or 9-10, Sunshine Summer Open & Scholastic Chess Tournament (formerly the After Memorial Open, now more sections) See Grand Prix. June 23, Central FL Tornado 4SS, G/75. Casselberry CC, Wirz Park, 806 Mark David Blvd., Casselberry, FL 32707. EF: $30, CFCC/CCC mbr $25, Masters free (EF deducted from any prize). $$480 b/25, 160-80-60, U1800, U1600, U1400 $60 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10, 1, 3:30, 6. Info: (407) 629-6946 or www.centralflchess. org. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 27-29 or 28-29, 20th Annual Southern Open See Grand Prix. Oct. 24-28 or 26-28, Bahamas International & Amateur (Bahamas) See Grand Prix.

Georgia May 19, North Georgia Chess Center Scholastic Tournament 5-SS, G/30. Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 870 Buford Hwy (Ga Hwy 20), Cumming, GA 30041. Exit 14 off Ga 400 Next to Lowes On Market Place Blvd. 678-845-7100, For Directions Only! Sections: Open and U800. EF: $22.00 (NGCC Members) $24.00 (Online Registration). $27.00 (Non NGCC Members) $29.00 (Online Registration). Entry For Late Registration: $27.00 (NGCC Members). $32.00 (Non NGCC Members). Reg.: Sat. 8:30am - 9:30am. Rounds: 1st-10am, 2nd-11:30am, 3rd-1pm, 4th2:30pm, 5th-4pm. Tnmt. Info: 770-844-9204, northgachesscenter@gmail. com, northgachesscenter.com. May 27, North Georgia Chess Center Open G/45 Rated Tournament 5-SS. G/45 + 16 Second Delay. Bye: One 1/2 point available: Must be submitted before 1st Round. (Accelerated Pairings May Be Used) North Georgia Chess Center, 2450 Atlanta Hwy., Suite 201, Cumming, GA 30040.

WARNING! THE USE OF A

CELL PHONE IN THE TOURNAMENT ROOM IS

PROHIBITED! AT MOST TOURNAMENTS!

IF YOUR CELL PHONE RINGS IN A ROOM WITH GAMES IN PROGRESS, YOU COULD BE SEVERELY PENALIZED, MAYBE EVEN FORFEITED!

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If you are coming in from out of state special rates available at the Holiday Inn Express 870 Buford Hwy (Ga Hwy 20) Cumming, GA 30041 please mention that you are in town for North Georgia Chess Center the rates are $95.00 per night. Exit 14 off Ga 400 Next to Lowes On Market Place Blvd. 678-845-7100 Hotel Directions Only! Prize Fund: 50% of Entry Fee ($60.00) (not including additional non-member price or additional late registration price) Sections: Open Section Only. 1st: 33%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 10%, u2000: 10%, u1600: 8.3%, u1200: 6.7%. Highest Rating Increase for Tournament: 6.7%. Upset Prize: 5% (This is approximate prize disbursement) EF: $60.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members) $65.00 (Non-North Georgia Chess Center Members); Late Registration Entry Fee: $70.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members) $75.00 (Non-North Georgia Chess Center Members) Must pay in cash or by check. Reg.: Received by Thursday May 24th. Round Times: 1st-10:00am, 2nd-12:15, 3rd-2:30pm, 4th-4:45pm, 5th-7:00pm. Information: 770-844-9204, [email protected], northgachesscenter.com. June 22-24 or 23-24, 2012 Castle Chess Grand Prix See Grand Prix. July 8, North Georgia Chess Center Open - Game 45 Rated Tournament 5-SS. G/45 + 16 Second Delay. Bye: One 1/2 point available: Must be submitted before 1st Round. (Accelerated Pairings May Be Used) North Georgia Chess Center, 2450 Atlanta Hwy., Suite 201, Cumming, GA 30040. If you are coming in from out of state special rates available at the Holiday Inn Express 870 Buford Hwy (Ga Hwy 20) Cumming, GA 30041 please mention that you are in town for North Georgia Chess Center the rates are $95.00 per night. Exit 14 off Ga 400 Next to Lowes On Market Place Blvd. 678-845-7100 Hotel Directions Only! Prize Fund: 50% of Entry Fee ($60.00) (not including additional non-member price or additional late registration price) Sections: Open Section Only. 1st: 33%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 10%, u2000: 10%, u1600: 8.3%, u1200: 6.7%. Highest Rating Increase for Tournament: 6.7%. Upset Prize: 5% (This is approximate prize disbursement) EF: $60.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members) $65.00 (Non-North Georgia Chess Center Members); Late Registration Entry Fee: $70.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members) $75.00 (Non-North Georgia Chess Center Members) Must pay in cash or by check. Reg.: Received by Thursday July 5th. Round Times: 1st-10:00am, 2nd-12:15, 3rd-2:30pm, 4th-4:45pm, 5th-7:00pm. Information: 770-844-9204, [email protected], northgachesscenter.com.

Springfield. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10-12:30-3:15-6. Lunch break at noon. EF: $17 by 5/16, $20 at site, $2 less to SCC members. Prizes: $$400 b/30. 140-80, 1600-1999 60, 1200-1599 50, Under 1200 40, Unrated 30. Ent/ Info: David Long, 401 S. Illinois St., Springfield 62704. 217-726-2584. Information and directions available at our new web site www.springfield chessclub.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open See Grand Prix. May 27, Chicago Open Action Quads 3RR, G/25, d/5, dual rated. Westin North Shore Hotel (see Chicago Open). EF: $20, at site only. $$ 50 1st each section. Reg. ends 1:45 pm, rds. 2, 3, 4. May 27, Chicago Open G/15 (QC) 4SS, G/15, d/3. Westin North Shore Hotel (see Chicago Open). Prizes $300 based on 20 entries, else in proportion: $100-50, U2100 $60, U1800 $50, U1500/Unr $40. EF: $20, at site only. Reg. ends 9:45 pm, rds. 10, 11, 11:45, 12:30. One half pt bye available, must commit before rd 2. Quick rated, but higher of regular or quick used for pairings & prizes. May 28, Chicago Open Blitz & Game/7 (QC) 2 separate tournaments at Westin North Shore Hotel (see Chicago Open). Blitz: G/5, no delay. Game/7: G/7, d/2. Each is a 4-SS, double round (8 games) with prizes $300 based on 20 entries, else in proportion: $100-50, U2100 $60, U1800 $50, U1500/Unr $40. EF: $20, at site only. Blitz: reg. ends 12:45 pm, rds. 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30. Game/7: reg. ends 10:15 pm, rds. 10:30, 11:15, 12, 12:45. Both: One pair of 1/2 pt byes available, must commit before rd 2. Quick rated, but higher of regular or quick used for pairings & prizes. June 10, 78th Knights Quest 4SS, G/25, d5. Hilton Hotel, 2855 N. Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook. Presented by Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation. USCF Rated Sections: Open (K-12 & Adults), U1400 (K-12 & Adults), U1000 (K-8) & U600 (K8). Awards: Top 5 each section, medals all others, Team Awards: Top 2 teams in U600 & U1000. On-site Reg.: 12:00-12:30 pm. Rds.: 1 at 1:00 pm, rest ASAP. EF: $30 by 6/4, $35 after, $40 on-site. Registration/Info at: www.rknights.org. July 20-22 or 21-22, 5th annual Chicago Class See Grand Prix.

July 27-29 or 28-29, 20th Annual Southern Open (FL) See Grand Prix.

Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 7th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) See Grand Prix.

Aug. 3-5, North Georgia Chess Center Championship 5-SS. G/90 + 30 Second Delay. Bye: One 1/2 point available: Must be submitted before 1st Round. North Georgia Chess Center, 2450 Atlanta Hwy., Suite 201, Cumming, GA 30040. For those coming in from out of state or long distances, the Holiday Inn Express & Suites 870 Buford Hwy (Ga Hwy 20) Cumming, GA 30041, is offering our customers discounted rates Exit 14 off Ga 400 Next to Lowes On Market Place Blvd. For Directions or reservations Only: 678-8457100. Prize Fund: 50% of Entry Fee ($60.00) (not including additional non-member price or additional late registration price). Sections: Open Section Only. (Accelerated Pairings possibly used for 1st Two Rounds). Prizes: 1st: 33%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 10%, u2000: 10%, u1600: 8.3%, u1200: 6.7%. Highest Rating Increase: 6.7%. Upset Prize: 5%. Entry Fee: $60.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members); $65.00 (Non-North Georgia Chess Center Members). Late Registration Entry Fee; $70.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members); $75.00 (Non-North Georgia Chess Center Members). Must pay in cash or by check. Registration: Must be Received by Thursday August 2nd to avoid late registration fees. Round Times: 1st - 7:30pm (Friday 3 day Schedule) or (9:30am Sat 2 day schedule) 2nd - 2:30pm, 3rd - 7:30pm, 4th - 11:00 am, 5th 4:00pm. Tournament Info: 770-844-9204, northgachesscenter@gmail. com, northgachesscenter.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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Idaho May 19-20, 2nd Annual ICA Players Memorial 5SS, Time Control: G/90,d5 Rd 1, G/120,d5 Rds 2-5. 2 Sections: Open and Reserve (U1400). Site: Boise State University (BSU) Student Union Bldg., 1910 University Dr., Boise, ID. USCF mem req., EF by 5/14 $30 (U18 & 60+ $25) (Special $10 for BSU Club Members), Special Family Rate of $60. $5 more for all if received after 5/14. Email entries OK. Northwest Chess Grand Prix points available! Register & check in: 8-8:30am 5/19. Rd times: Sat 9am, 1pm, 6pm; Sun 9am, 2pm. 1/2 pt byes: Max 1, Rds 1-4 only, must commit by end of Rd 2. Prizes: $$ b/30 non-BSU entries; Open: $200-100-75; Reserve: $100-75-50. HR/ENT/INFO: ICA, www.idahochessassociation.org. Contact: Jeff Roland, 1514 S. Longmont Ave., Boise, ID 83706-3732. [email protected]. NC, NS, W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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North Shore Chess Center 5500 W. Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077, 847.423.8626, www.nachess.org/nscc. Multiple monthly chess events: Quick and Regular rated tournaments, FIDE amateur tournaments, simuls and lectures by masters. Private & Group lessons for all ages and strengths available. Home of the Chicago Blaze US Chess League team. Contact: Sevan A. Muradian International Arbiter & International Organizer - sevan@na chess.org. May 5, June 2, July 7, Aug. 4, Warriors Open & Reserve G/60+5(sec.delay), 3R-SS. Lincoln-Way West HS, 21701 S. Gouger Rd., New Lenox, IL 60451. Reg.: 8:15-8:45 am. Rds.: 9, 11:30, & 2. 2 Sections: Open & Reserve (U1000). EF: $5. No concession on site (bring sack lunch). USCF membership required. Contact: Coach Miller 815-4630104 or [email protected] with questions. May 19, Ninth Annual David Mote Memorial Open 4SS, G/75 (1st round G/60). First Congregational Church, 2100 Bates Ave.,

Every Second Saturday of the Month 4SS, G/61d5. Donatos Pizza, 825 W. 10th St., Indianapolis. Reg.: 1111:30AM, Rd 1, 11:40AM. $$:b/20 1st $200; 2nd $100; Class (A, B,) (C, D, E, Unr) $70 each. Prizes increased if + 20. EF: $27 - $5.00 BD month, - $5.00 for any state association (except ISCA), OCCC Memb.req'd Memb. includes magazine+. FIDE Titled Players Free. Ent: Donald Urquhart, 501 N. East St. # 802, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Info: at 317-634-6259 or email [email protected]. 3 entries in a class req'd for that class prize to be awarded. Chess Magnet School JGP. Orange Crush Chess Club Friday Night Blitz (QC) Burger King, 410 E Morris St. (E Morris St and S East St). Show your OCCC card for free upsize. Reg.: 6-6:25pm, starts at 6:30pm. Type: 3 RR Quad, G/5d2, QC. EF: $8.00, $$4-Quad 1st $25.00. Ent: Donald Urquhart, 501 N. East St., #802, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Info: Don at 317-634-6259 or email [email protected]. May 12, Southern Indiana Open 4SS, G/75, d/5. Noble Romans, 2403 Washington Ave., Evansville IN 47714, 812-477-5347. EF: $30. Reg.: 10:15- 10:45. 1st Rd. 11:00, others ASAP. PF (based on 12): 1st $105, 2nd $55, B,C,D/E/Unr. Each $60. 1 bye if before Rd.1. ENTRIES: Craig Hines, 613 North Park Dr., Evansville, IN 47710, [email protected]. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP. A State Championship Event! May 19, Indiana State Blitz Championship (QC) Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 2930 Waterfront Pkwy., West Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46214. In 2 Sections, Championship: Rounds 4-6 Rd. DRR, $$: $130-65-55-40-40-40. Finals: Top 4-6 from Prelims. Consolation: Rounds TBA SS, G/5 d/0, $$: $40. u1900 - 20, u1700 - 20, u1500 - 20, u1300 - 20. ALL: EF: $20 rcvd by 5/15, $25 at site. Memb. Req'd: ISCA. OSA. Reg.: Ends: 5:30pm. Rds.: Round 1: Preliminaries 6pm (Finals & Consolation 8pm). ENT: ISCA, C/o Gary Fox, P. O. 114, Logansport, IN 46947. 574-722-4965. INFO: [email protected]. www.indianachess. org. NS. NC. W. A State Championship Event! May 19, Indiana State Quick Championship (QC) Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 2930 Waterfront Pkwy, West Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46214. In 3 Sections, Championship: 4SS, G/10 Inc/15, $$: $140-70. u2300 - 65, u2100 - 60, u1900 - 55. Reserve u1700: 4SS, G/10 Inc/15, Open to 1699 & under. $$: $120-60-55. u1500 - 50, 45, 40. u1300: 4SS, G/10 Inc/15, $$: $100-50. u1100 - 45, 40. ALL: EF: $25 rcvd by 4/15, $30 at site. Memb. Req'd: ISCA. OSA. 1st, 2nd medals for Champ, Reserve & u1300. Reg.: Ends 10:30am. Rds.: 11, 1, 2, 3. ENT: ISCA, C/o Gary Fox, P. O. 114, Logansport, IN 46947, 574-722-4965. INFO: [email protected]. www.indianachess.org. Enter Quick & Blitz for $5 off. NS. NC. W. May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL) See Grand Prix. May 27, Chicago Open Action Quads (IL) See Illinois. May 27, Chicago Open G/15 (QC) (IL) See Illinois. May 28, Chicago Open Blitz & Game/7 (QC) (IL) See Illinois.

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July 20-22 or 21-22, 5th annual Chicago Class (IL) See Grand Prix. Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 7th annual Indianapolis Open See Grand Prix.

Iowa May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL) See Grand Prix.

Kansas July 20-22, Kansas Open Check website for details www.kansaschess.org, Kansas Open ad.

Kentucky June 9-10, 2012 Kentucky Open See Grand Prix. Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 7th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) See Grand Prix.

Louisiana May 26-27, Louisiana Open 2012 5SS, G/150, except for RDS. 1, which is G/75. Web: Complete details at www.lafayettechess.org. Site: Hilton Garden Inn, 2350 W. Congress St., Lafayette, LA 70506. Reg.: Sat. 8:30-9:45am. Rounds: Sat. 10am, 1:30pm & 6pm. Sun 9am, 1pm. Byes: One 1/2 pt bye available if requested before rd 2, except for last round. Prizes: 70% returned; 1st 200 2nd 150 MXA 1st 200 2d 150 B 1st 200, 2d 150, C 1st 200, 2d 150 D 1st 200, 2d 150 E below and UNR: 1st 200 2d 150. 3 persons in each class or combined. EF: $70. Free parking. To reserve by phone, call 337-291-1977, and reference Lafayette Chess Club. Entry/Info: www.lafayettechess.org. Checks payable to, James MacManus, 225 W. Main St., Lafayette, LA 70501. (337)234-1720. NS, NC. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 1-3, Susan Polgar Open for Boys & Girls (K-12; Team & Individual) 6SS, G/45. Holiday Inn Downtown Superdome, 330 Loyola Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112 (800-535-7830). SIDE EVENTS: Fri: Susan Polgar Chess Camp, Chess Puzzle Competition, Bughouse Tournament (at Audu-

bon Insectarium); Sat: Blitz Tournament (at World War II Museum) & Susan Polgar Simul; Sun: Breakfast/Q & A Session with GM Polgar (at Brennan's Restaurant), Aquatic Simul with GM Andre Diamant. 8 Sects with each sect. separately for Boys and Girls: Primary (K-2); Elementary (K-5); Middle School (K-8); High School (K-12). PRIZES: Over $100,000 in scholarships to Texas Tech University! Trophies guaranteed to top 10 ind. and top 3 school teams in each sect. and top club team in separate boys and girls overall. Every non-trophy winner receives a souvenir chess medal. Special award to out-of-state team with most participants and to team (or individual) who travels farthest to tourn. Team Info: Teams may have as many players as they wish from the same school or home school district and team players must register in the same section. Club teams are allowed and a 1st place trophy will be awarded to top club team overall (not based on sections) for boys and girls separately (no co-ed teams). A player must declare whether he/she is on a school team or a club team but may not be on both. Must have a minimum of 2 players to be considered a team; the top 3 player scores will count for final team score. USCF-recommended computer tiebreaks will decide trophy and medal placements for winners of all sections. RDS.: Sat: 8:30-10:30-12:30; Sun: 12-2-4. Awards ceremony at 6pm. EF: $40 by 4/30; $50 by 5/15; $60 at site; Byes: One 1/2-pt. bye allowed for any Rd if requested before Rd 2. Pre-registration required by 10pm June 1 in order to play in first round of main event. Later on-site registrations accepted until 9:30am on June 2 will receive 1/2-pt. bye for Rd 1. HR: $99 (with 2-night min. on June 1 & 2) for single, double, triple or quad (800-535-7830), reserve by May 1 and mention Polgar Chess Tournament to assure group rate, which will also be avail. 2 nights before and after event. ENT: On-line registration and printable entry form at www.cajun chess.com, or mail entry form to Cajun Chess, 7230 Chadbourne Dr., New Orleans, LA 70126. Info: More information on tournament events and optional tours avail. at www.polgarevents.com or www.cajunchess.com (click on Tournaments and then on Upcoming Tournaments & Chess Events). Phone Ent: 504-208-9596 or 504-905-2971. Major credit cards accepted (no checks at site). July 21-22, 2012 Paul Morphy Open See Grand Prix.

Maine June 9, Saco Quickplay (QC) See Grand Prix.

Maryland A State Championship Event! May 12-13, 2012 Maryland Senior Championship Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228. Format: 4SS, G/115; d5. Open to USCF members born before May 12, 1962. EF: $40 if Rec'd by 5/9, $50 at site. Free entries to GM's, $40 deducted from prizes. Top Maryland resident receives title of MD Senior Champion 2012, trophy, free entry, plus $250 expenses to US Senior Open, July 9-14, 2012 at the Hilton Hobby Airport, Houston, TX 77061. Reg.: 9-9:45 AM. Rds.: Sat. 10 AM, 3PM, Sunday 9:30 AM, 2:30PM. 1/2 point bye available if requested before rd. 2. Prizes: $$1000 Gtd: $300$175-$150, Top U2000 $130, U1700 $125, U1400 $120. Plaques to Top Age 60-69 and Top Age 70 +. Standard USCF tiebreak's used for titles/plaques. Make checks payable to: Maryland Chess Assoc. Mail to: Joseph Summers, 1201 Daniels Ave., Baltimore, MD 21207. Please put date of birth and USCF id number with entry. Info: Wilbert A. Brown 410327-9191, Joe Summers 410-788-1009. May 18 & June 8, Catonsville Friday Knight Quick #140 & #141 (QC) 5SS, G/12, d3. EF: $8, club members $5. Reg.: 7:30pm. Rds.: 8, 8:30, 9, 9:30, 10. $$b/24 1st=$50, 2nd=$25, U1850 $12. Website: http://mysite. verizon.net/vze12d59q/. Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228. Info: Joe Summers 410-788-1009, joseph [email protected]. May 19, Cecil County Chess Club Quads All levels welcome! 3 Rd. Quads. Fairgreen Senior Community Apartments, 100 Greenway, Perryville, MD 21903. Game 90. EF: $20. $$GTD: $50. Reg.: 9-9:45 AM. Rds.: 10 AM, 1:30 PM, 5 PM. ENT: 302-740-3442, KevinJPy [email protected]. INFO: Free coffee and light refreshments! NS. W. June 2-3, 3rd Annual Catonsville-Fells Point Open 5SS, G/85, d/5. EF: $30 before May 30, $35 until June 1, $40 at door. Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228. 3 Sections: Open: $$600b/24 $250-$120-$80, Top X, A $75. Amateur/U1900: $$550b/24 $200-$120-$80; Top U1700, U1550, $75. Reserve/U1400: $$450b/20 $175-$90-$65, Top U1200, U1000 $60 b/4. Reg.: 9:45-10:50am Rds.: Sat 11:00-3:00-7:00 Sun 10:00-2:00. Bye: 15, max 2. Must commit before Rd 3. Upset: Top upset in each round in all sections: =book prize. Info: [email protected], Online Reg: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze12d59q. Ent: Joe Summers, 1201 Daniels

Membership Appreciation Program (MAP) The MAP program continues in 2012. See details at main.uschess.org/go/MAP. Top standings will appear every two months in Chess Life.

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Tournament Life Ave., Balt., MD 21207. Include USCF ID and section: Open, U1900 or U1400. PH: 410-788-1009. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 9-10, 2012 Delaware Capital Open (DE) See Delaware. July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open (PA) See Grand Prix. July 28-Aug. 1, 2012 Washington International See Grand Prix. Aug. 24-26 or 25-26, 44th annual Atlantic Open (DC) See Grand Prix. Oct. 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 6-7, 3rd annual Continental Class Championships (VA) See Grand Prix.

Massachusetts May 9, North Berkshire Chess Club Quads (QC) MASS MoCA, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, MA 01247. 3 Round Quads GAME 15 w/ 5 sec delay $5 entry ~ winner of Quad gets $15. Will run multiple Quads if get numbers. 6:00 Reg and start Rounds to start as we go. USCF membership required will be Quick Rated. INFO: Vincent Bradley Bradley, [email protected], http://NorthBerkshireChessClub. co.cc. May 18-20 or 19-20, 20th annual New York State Open (NY) See Grand Prix. May 26-28 or 27-28, 81st Massachusetts Open See Grand Prix. June 8-10 or 9-10, 18th Annual Northeast Open (CT) See Grand Prix. June 9-10, Rhode Island State Championship (RI) See Rhode Island. June 24, 2nd annual Schenectady Open (NY) See Grand Prix. June 27-Aug. 1, Harlow B. Daly Memorial 5SS, G/110, d/5. 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. Info: George Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420, [email protected], 978-345-5011. Website: www.wachusettchess.org. Online ratings as of June 27 will be used. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

June 23, Super Team Championship 4SS, G/65. Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108. Free entries for GMs and IMs. EF: $75 for 3 person team, $60 for 3 person team that are all annual members of the club if registered by 6/22. MCA membership req'd from $5. PF: $750 Unconditionally Guaranteed!! Championship Team-$450, Top Team U4800-$300. 1st Place team members qualify for 2013 Club Championship. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10, 12:30, 3, 5:30. No Half-point byes available. Unrateds will be considered 1200 for prize and pairing purposes. MCA Membership required from $5. OSA. Ent: 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108, or online at saintlouischessclub.org Info: 314-361-CHESS, [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 30, 1st Annual Win Cash No Entry Fee Championship The Kansas City Chess Club, 7667 NW Prairie View Rd., Suites 200 & 201, Kansas City, MO 64151 4SS, G/60 5 Second Delay. Reg.: 11:30. Rds.: Sat.12/2:15/4:30/6:45. EF: Free for KCCA Members. $27 Non-Members. Prizes: $400 Guaranteed, Open 1st $100/ U1950 1st $100/U1700 1st $100/U1400 1st $100. Ent: Kenneth Fee, 1537 Baker St., Liberty, MO 64068. Questions: 816-399-3703. Req. Memb: USCF & KC Chess Association. Sold onsite. Register online at: www.kansascitychessclub.com. June 30, 2012 Kansas City Open 4SS, G/75/5td. Noland Rd Baptist Church, 4505 S. Noland Rd., Independence, MO 64055. Reg.: 8-8:45. Rds.: 9, 12, 3, 6. USCF & MCA required, OSA. EF: $20 by 6/23, $30 onsite. Sections: Open & Reserve (U1600) b/40: 1st $150, 2nd $100, 3rd $50 each section. Entries to: CJ Armenta, 12734 Richmond, Grandview, MO 64030. Cash only onsite. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Montana June 9-10, Hellgate Open Open, 5SS, Rds. 1-2 G/90, Rds. 3-4-5 G/120. Site: Doubletree-Edgewater Inn, 100 Madison St., Missoula, MT 59802. EF: $25 by June 8, $5 more at site, jrs 1/2, free entry to 1st time USCF. Reg.: 9-9:40, phone/email entries must be paid by 9:40. Rds.: 10-1:30-7, 9am-1:30 or ASAP. $$based on 20: $80, $50, $25 top upset, both non-prov. $25 each to 17001899, 1500-1699, 1300-1499, U/1300. Info and entries: Dan McCourt, 608 West Central, Missoula, MT 59801, (406)-721-0254, mccourtdj@msn. com. Checks to UCCC. Memb. req'd, $12, OSA. Byes: Ok but rd 5 by close of 1st day. Bonus: Highwater Blitz: Game/5, format by acclamation, 95% returned, $8 fee, jrs 1/2, no byes, rds: 5:15 then ASAP. USCF membership to 1st timers with plus scores. Enter same as Hellgate Open. W. NC. Chess Magnet School JGP for Main event.

Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (760)583-8429/(732)4990118. www.chessmatesnj.com. May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Chess Lessons & Wednesday G/90 (4SS, Monthly) Lessons: 5pm-6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly: $95 (Monday and Wednesday)/Daily: $15. Monthly 4SS, Rd starts at 7pm. EF: $30/$25 Prizes: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & Class Prizes (based on the # of participants). 1 bye available, commit at least two days before the next round. No re-entry. GMs free entry ($20 deducted from prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. (732)499-0118/(760)5838429. www.chessmatesnj.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 5, 12, 19, 26, Saturday Camp and Quad G/45 Saturday Chess Camp: 9am-1pm. Fees: $55/ $60. Snacks and lunch included. Quad: G/45. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Rds.: 1:30pm, 3:15pm, 5pm. GMs - Free entry. ($15 deducted from prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. (732)4990118/(760)583-8429, www.chessmatesnj.com. May 6, 13, 20, 27, Sunday Advance Lesson & Open Blitz (G/5/RR) (QC) Advance Lesson (Above 1600 USCF Rating): 6:15pm-7:15pm, $15. Blitz start: 7:30pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. GMs - Free entry ($15 deducted from prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (732) 4990118. www.chessmatesnj.com. May 6, 13, 20, 27, Sunday Camp and Quad G/30 Sunday Chess Camp: 10am-6pm. Fees: $80/$90. Snacks and lunch included. Quad: G/30: Starts at 3pm. EF: $15/ $10, camp participants are free. Prize per Quad: 1st Place: Trophy or $35. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (760)583-8429/(732)499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. May 7, 14, 21, 28, Chess Lessons & Monday Quad G/30 Chess Lessons: 5pm-6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly: $95 (Monday and Wednesday) and Daily: $15. Quad: 3RR, Rds.: 7pm, 8:15pm, 9:30pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. GMs - Free entry. ($15 deducted from prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (760)583-8429/(732)499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com.

Nevada

May 12, Central Jersey Chess Tournament 4SS, G/30. All Saints Church, 16 All Saints’ Rd., Princeton. 3 rated sections (all K-8): Open (above 900), Reserve (600-900), Experienced (below 600). 2 unrated sections: K-1, Novice (2nd-8th). Trophies to 1st3rd & top school/club team per section. EF: $30 at njchess.com by 5/10, $40 on-site. On-site reg ends 1:15, pre-reg check-in ends 1:30, first round at 2. Questions: [email protected].


June 14, 2012 U.S. Game/10 Championship (QC) See Nationals.

May 18-20 or 19-20, 20th annual New York State Open (NY) See Grand Prix.

July 27-29 or 28-29, 17th Annual Bradley Open (CT) See Grand Prix.

Aug. 3-5 or 4-5, Cleveland Open (OH) See Grand Prix.

June 15, National Open Scholastic Trophy Tournament 5-SS, Game/30. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas 89109. Open to players 18 and under. In 3 sections: U1800, U1200, and U800. Unrateds in the U1200 section and all players in the U800 section must be age 11 or under. Trophies to top 5 in each section, top 2 in each odd 200 point rating group and unrated. EF: $33 by 5/28, $39 by 6/13, $45 on site. REG.: 9-9:30 a.m. RDS.: 10-11:30-12:30-4. Blitz 6:30 p.m. ($15 by 5/28 $20 on site) HR: $59 single or double ($89 Friday and Saturday nights). 1-800-634-6753 or (702) 734-5110. ENT: National Open, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV 89009-0925, on line www.VegasChessFestival.com or fax at (702) 933-9112. NS. NC. W.

Minnesota

June 15-17 or 16-17, 2012 National Open See Nationals.

Aug. 9-12, 10-12 or 11-12, 42nd annual Continental Open See Grand Prix.

Michigan May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL) See Grand Prix.

May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL) See Grand Prix.

Missouri May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL) See Grand Prix. May 26, Show Me Classic 4SS, G/70. Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108. Free entries for GMs and IMs. EF: $25, $20 for annual members of the club if registered by 5/25. MCA membership req'd from $5. OSA. PF: $750 UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED!! 1st Place-$145, 2nd Place-$105. $100 for 1st in each class: A, B, C, D, U1200/UNR. Winner qualifies for 2013 Club Championship. Reg.: 99:45. Rds.: 10, 12:30, 3:30, 6:15. One 1/2 point bye if declared before round 1. MCA Membership required from $5. OSA. Ent: 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108, or online at saintlouischessclub.org. Info: 314-361-CHESS, [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP.

June 16-17, International Youth Championship 5SS, Game/60. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas 89109. In 4 Sections by age: 14 and Under, 14 and Under Reserve (rated below 1100), 9 and Under, 9 and Under Reserve (rated below 900). Trophies to top 10 in each section plus class trophies and team trophies. 1st Place in each section wins a Computer loaded with Chess Software, 2nd-4th win chess prizes valued at 250-150-100. Unrated players may not win 1st in Reserve sections. EF: $59 by 5/27, $69 by 6/13, $80 on site. 1/2 point bye in any round (limit 2) if requested in advance. REG.: 8-9 a.m. RDS.: 10-1-4, 10-1. Blitz 6/15 at 6:30 p.m. ($15 by 5/28 $20 on site) HR: $59 single or double ($89 Friday and Saturday nights). 1-800-634-6753 or (702) 734-5110. ENT: National Open, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV 89009-0925, on line www.VegasChessFestival.com or fax at (702) 933-9112. NS. NC. W. July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, 17th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S) See Grand Prix. Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 4th annual Central California Open (CA-N) See Grand Prix.

New Hampshire

DROPPING OUT? Have to miss a round? It is very important that you

NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR before pairings are made, so no one is deprived of a game! If you forfeit without notice, you may be FINED up to the amount of the entry fee!

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June 22-24, 62nd New Hampshire Open See Grand Prix.

New Jersey Fair Lawn Saturday Quads Schedule through June 30, 2012. 3RR, G/60 for quads with rating above 1000; G/30 for quads with rating below 1000 or unrated ICA. 9 - 10 SADDLE RIVER RD., FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410. EF: $25 Prizes: $50 to 1st place in each quad. Reg.: 1-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:15 PM-3:30-5:40 (rating above 1000). Rds.: 1:10 PM-2:20-3:30 (rating below 1000 or unrated). Info: Diana 201-797-0330, [email protected]; www.icanj.net. EVERY SATURDAY. ALL: ICA provides breakfast & lunch. May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Girls Chess Lessons & Tuesday G/15 (U2000) (QC) Chess Lessons: 5pm-6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly/daily: $50/$15. 4SS, Rds.: 7pm, 7:40pm, 8:20pm, & 9pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. Chess

May 19, 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. 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. May 19, Princeton Day School 650 The Great Road. Plaques to top 3 school teams and top 6 in each section. Medals to all players. Four sections for OVER 1000 begin at 10:15 and must preregister: OVER 1600 (K-12), NEAR MASTERS (K-12 over 1400) and FUTURE MASTERS (Players K-12 over 1200) G/55/d5, 3 rds. CLOSED (K-12 1000-1200) G/40/d5 4 rds. ALL OTHER SECTIONS. G/25/d5 4 rds. Beginning at 12:00 noon. (round times will be accelerated if possible): OPEN (Players K-12 U-1000), RESERVE (K-12 U-800), NOVICE II (K-8 U-600), NOVICE I (unrated K-6), K-1 (unrated) NO SCORE K-1 (unrated). PARENTS OF PLAYERS rated G/25/d5 3 rounds. Pre-registration online, pay at the door $35. Parents play free. On-site 11-12 noon $45. Info and register online: www.pds.org/chess. Inquires to Bonnie Waitzkin [email protected]. May 19-20, New Jersey Junior Championship OPEN: (K-12) 4SS, G/90 +30sec incr. ICA ,9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 Phone: 201 797-0330. Trophies to top 10. Top High School player from NJ awarded entry to Denker Tournament of HS Champions. Top K-8 from NJ awarded entry to Dewain Barber Tournament of K-8 State Champions. Open section is FIDE rated. Reg.: Sat. 8-9:30am. Rds.: 10-3: Sat, 10-3 Sun. Game 15 playoff if ties. RESERVE: (K-12 & U1400) 4SS, G/60. Trophies to top 10, U1300, U1200, U1000, Unr. ALL: Entry fee $35 if received by 5/12, $50 at site. Reg.: Sun. 8-9:30am. Rds.: 10-1-3-5:30 Sun. ENT: NJSCF, P.O. Box 1511, Jackson, NJ 08527. Make checks payable to NJSCF or online at www.characterkings.org. Info: Hal Sprechman, 732-259-3881, [email protected]. FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 20, Westfield Quads Note changes to reg & rds. 3 RR, G/40 T/D 5s, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on entering the building. Todd Lunna 732526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchessclub.com. May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open! (NY) See Grand Prix. May 26, U.S. Amateur K-8 East U1200 5-SS, G/30. Somerset-Bridgewater Hotel (previously Crowne Plaza Hotel), 110 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ, Telephone 732-560-0500. In 3 Sections (U1200, U900, & U600). Trophies to Top 10, Others win chess medallions. Unrated may not win first. Registration: Saturday May 26, 11am-12pm. Rounds: 12:30pm, then ASAP with lunch break after round #2. EF: $29 if mailed by May 25 or paid online via EntryFeesRus.com, EF: $40 cash at site. One 1/2 point bye allowed if requested with EF. April Rating supplement used. Ent: Ken Thomas, 115 W. Moore St., Hacketts town, NJ 07840. Checks to NJSCF. Indicate grade level. Info: 908-6198621 or [email protected]. NS. NC. W.

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May 26-28 or 27-28, 68th Annual U.S. Amateur East Championship See Nationals. June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Fair Lawn Saturday Quads 3RR, G/60 for quads with rating above 1000; G/30 for quads with rating below 1000 or unrated. Site: 9-10 SADDLE RIVER RD., FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410. EF: $25. Prizes: $50 to 1st place in each quad. Reg.: 1-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:15 PM, 3:30, 5:40 (rating above 1000). Rds.: 1:10 PM, 2:20, 3:30 (rating below 1000 or unrated). Info: Diana 201 797 0330, diana@ icanj.net; www.icanj.net. EVERY SATURDAY. ALL: ICA provides breakfast & lunch. June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Saturday Camp and Quad G/45 Saturday Chess Camp: 9am-1pm. Fees: $55/ $60. Snacks and lunch included. Quad: G/45. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Rds.: 1:30pm, 3:15pm, 5pm. GMs - Free entry. ($15 deducted from prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. (732)4990118/(760)583-8429, www.chessmatesnj.com. June 3, Dr. David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Summer 2012 Open Championship See Grand Prix. June 3, Dr. David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Summer 2012 Scholastic Championship in 5 sections 4SS, EVERYONE PLAYS 4 GAMES, ALL PLAYERS WITH 2.5 PTS OR MORE WILL RECEIVE A TROPHY! USCF Memb Req'd. For Sections 3, 4 AND 5. Info: 201 287 0250 or 201 833 1741 www.icanj.net Email: Diana@icanj. net ADV EF (pmk by May 30th) $25 At Site $30 Reg. ends 1/2 hr before 1st rd Late entrants will receive a 1/2 pt bye for rd 1 BERGEN ACADEMY, 200 HACKENSACK AVE., HACKENSACK, NJ 07601. In 5 Sections, Section 1 Junior Novice (not USCF rated): Open to unr players K thru 2nd grade. Rds.: First Round 10:15 AM then ASAP. Section 2 Novice: Open to unr players K thru 4th grade. Rds.: First Round 10:00 AM then ASAP. Section 3 G/45 Reserve: Open to players rated below 800 and unr players K thru 12th grade. Rds.: 9:45 AM, 11:30, 1:15, 3:00 PM. Section 4 G/45: Open to players rated below 1200 and unr players K thru 12th grade. Rds.: 9:45 AM, 11:30, 1:15, 3:00 PM. Section 5 G/60: Open to players rated below 1700 and unr players K thru 12th grade. Rds.: 9:45 AM, 12:00, 2:15, 4:30 PM. ENT: Make EF and/or USCF Memb chks payable To: International Chess Academy. Mail To: Diana Tulman, 28 Canterbury Ln., New Milford, NJ 07646. June 3, Westfield Quads Note changes to reg & rds. 3 RR, G/40 T/D 5s, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on entering the building. Todd Lunna 732526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchessclub.com. June 3, 10, 17, 24, Sunday Advance Lesson & Open Blitz (G/5/RR) (QC) Advance Lesson (Above 1600 USCF Rating): 6:15pm-7:15pm, $15. Blitz start: 7:30pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. GMs - Free entry ($15 deducted from prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (732) 4990118. www.chessmatesnj.com. June 3, 10, 17, 24, Sunday Camp and Quad G/30 Sunday Chess Camp: 10am-6pm. Fees: $80/$90. Snacks and lunch included. Quad: G/30: Starts at 3pm. EF: $15/ $10, camp participants are free. Prize per Quad: 1st Place: Trophy or $35. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (760)583-8429/(732)499-0118. www. chessmatesnj.com. June 4, 11, 18, 25, Chess Lessons & Monday Quad G/30 Chess Lessons: 5pm-6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly: $95 (Monday and Wednesday) and Daily: $15. 3RR, Rds.: 7pm, 8:15pm, 9:30pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. GMs - Free entry. ($15 deducted from prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (760)583-8429/(732)499-0118. www.chessmates nj.com. June 5, 12, 19, 23, Girls Chess Lessons & Tuesday G/15 (U2000) (QC) Chess Lessons: 5pm- 6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly/daily: $50/$15. 4SS, Rds.: 7pm, 7:40pm, 8:20pm, & 9pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (760)5838429/(732)499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. June 6, 13, 20, 27, Chess Mates Club Championship (G/90, 4SS) 4SS, Rd starts at 7pm. EF: $25(Member). Guaranteed Prizes: 1st - $150 & Trophy, U2200 - $75 & Trophy, U1600 - $75 & Trophy. Lessons: 5pm6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly: $95 (Monday and Wednesday)/Daily: $15. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. (732)499-0118/(760)583-8429. www.chessmatesnj.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 8-10 or 9-10, 18th Annual Northeast Open (CT) See Grand Prix. June 9-10, 2012 Delaware Capital Open (DE) See Delaware. June 10, Westfield Quads 3 RR, G/40 T/D 5s, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:302:00 p.m. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on entering the building. Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchessclub.com. June 16, King's Chess Club Quads Morning quads and afternoon quads, G/30, Kindergarten-undergraduate (scholastic, youth, and young adult memberships). Bethlehem Church, 758 Route 10, Randolph, NJ 07869. EF: None. Reg.: 9-9:20 am., 1st rd. 9:40. Arr. by noon to reg. only for afternoon quads. Medal to each quad winner. Info: Bethlehem Church 973-366-3434 or Bob McAdams 973-6943988, [email protected].

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June 24, Westfield Quads 3 RR, G/40 T/D 5s, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:302:00 p.m. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification on entering the building. Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, [email protected], www.westfieldchessclub.com. June 29-July 3 (New date), 9th annual Philadelphia International (PA) See Grand Prix. June 30, World Open U2300 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania. July 1-2, World Open U2200 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania. July 3-4, World Open U2100 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania. July 4, World Open 7-Minute Championship (QC) (PA) See Grand Prix.

to MCC members only. EF: $30. ($450 b/20): $200-100, U2100 $90, U1800 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Thursday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 25, New Yorker Rated Beginners Tournament! (RBO) 4-SS, G/25 + d5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center at the New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC, for Under 1200 or those not rated in any country. EF: $30, free to players who join or rejoin USCF with magazine, free to players also entering New Yorker Open, 5/25-28 (3-Day or 2-Day schedule), specified Greater NY prizewinners free! $$220 b/20 paid: $120-60-40. 2 byes OK, commit by 8:15. Reg. ends 6:30 pm. Rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. No advance entries. May 25, Point Me To The New Yorker! 3-SS, G/25 + d5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center at New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St, across from Penn Station, NYC. EF: $20. 3-0 wins $40, 2.5 wins $20, 2 wins $10. Reg. ends 7:15 pm. Rds. 7:30-8:30-9:30. May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open! See Grand Prix.

July 5-8, World Open Daily 2pm Blitz (QC) (PA) See Pennsylvania.

May 26, Marshall Saturday G/60! 4-SS, G/55d5. 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.marshallchessclub.org.


May 27, 2nd Annual New Yorker Open Blitz Championship (QC)! See Grand Prix.

July 8, World Open Blitz Championship (QC) (PA) See Grand Prix.

May 27, Marshall Open & U1500 Sunday Game/45! 5-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Two sections-you play only those in your section: 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.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.


July 27-29 or 28-29, 17th Annual Bradley Open (CT) See Grand Prix. July 28-Aug. 1, 2012 Washington International (MD) See Grand Prix. Aug. 9-12, 10-12 or 11-12, 42nd annual Continental Open (MA) See Grand Prix. Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 11th annual Manhattan Open (NY) See Grand Prix.

New York May 12, Utica Four Seasons - Spring 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, Payne Building 3rd Floor). EF: $30. Prizes b/20: $200, 125, 75, Class 100. Reg.: 8:309:15. 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.

May 28, Memorial Day Madness! 6-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $45, members $25. ($480/24): $200-100, U2000 $70, U1700 $60, U1400 $50. Reg.: 10:15-10:45. Rds.: 11-12:15-1:30-3:00-4:15-5:30. Two byes available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. May 31, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. May 31, The New Yorker Masters!! See Grand Prix.

May 15, Marshall Masters! See Grand Prix.

May 31-June 28, 5th Long Island CC Spring Open 5SS, G/90 (d/5). United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all. $(b/20): $150-100. Top U-2000, U1500/unr. $95 ea. Best upset $10. Random pairings used (within ea. scoregrp.) 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.lichess club.com. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP.

May 16-June 13, Marshall Wednesday U1400! 5-SS, G/85d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50, members $30. ($450/20): $240-120, U1100 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7 pm each Wednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchess club.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.

June 2, Marshall Saturday U1600! 4-SS, G/40d5. 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. www.mar shallchessclub.org.

May 16-June 13, Marshall Wednesday U2000! 5-SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-4773716. EF: $50, members $30. ($450/20): $240-120, U1700 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7 pm each Wednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.

June 2-3, 6th Annual Buffalo International Chess Championships 2012 See Grand Prix.

May 17, Get Ready For Next Thursday!! 4-SS, G/25 + td/5 or G/30 + td/0. 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, GMs $20 from prize. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game. May 18-20 or 19-20, 20th annual New York State Open See Grand Prix. May 19, Marshall Saturday U1800! 4-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45. Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar shallchessclub.org. May 19-20 or 20, Marshall May Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. May 20, 39th Binghamton Monthly Tournament 4SS, G/65 d/5. Prizes: $500 b/26. Open-$150-$100-$50; Reserve$100-$75-$25 (U1700). Trophies: 1-3 both sections. Advance Entry: Open-$35 Reserve-$25 (U1700) $5 more on site-cash only on site. Schedule: Registration on site 8:45–9:15 AM. Rounds: 9:30-12Noon-2:30-4:45. Free USCF 90-day membership (call for details) Mail Entry: checks payable to: “Cordisco’s Corner Store”, 308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901 (607) 772-8782, [email protected]. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 24, The LAST “4 Rated Games Tonight!” At The Marshall Chess Club-What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been! 4-SS, G/25 + td/5 or G/30 + td/0. Chess Center of New York leaves the Marshall Chess Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave, NYC: 212-477-3716. EF $35, Club membs $25, GMs $20 from prize, free to specified Greater NY Scholastic Prizewinners! $$(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. 7-8:159:30-10:45 pm. May 24-June 21, Marshall Thursday Members-Only Swiss! 5-SS, G/115d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open

June 2-3 or 3, Marshall June U2300! 4SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. 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/25d5) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; both merge rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. www.marshall chessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 4-25, 30th Nassau Class 40/80, 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & Main Sts., Mineola. 4-SS. 6 sections. Master-Expert, EF: $36 by 6/2. $$ (256 b/8) 176, U2200 80. Class A, U2000/UR. EF: $31 by 6/2. $$ (216 b/8) 144-72. Class B, U1800/UR. EF: $26 by 6/2. $$ (176 b/8) 112-64. Class C, U1600/UR. EF: $21 by 6/2. $$ (136 b/8) 88-48. Class D, U1400/UR. EF: $16 by 6/2. $$ (96 b/8) 64-32. Class E/UR: U1200/UR, EF: $11 by 6/2. $$ (56 b/8) 56. All, EF: $7 more at site. Non-mem $10 more. 2 byes 1-4. Rds.: 7:15 Mons. [email protected]. Reg.: 7-7:15 PM. Ent: Harold Stenzel, 80 Amy Dr., Sayville, NY 11782. June 4-July 9, FIDE Mondays!! 6-SS, G/120d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to all players rated 1600 or above. EF: $50, $30 members. $$500 b/24: $175-125-100, U2000 $100; 2 byes OK, commit before Round 4. Reg.: 6:15-6:45, Rds.: 7PM each Monday; FIDE rated. www.marshallchess club.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! June 7, 4 Rated Games Tonight, Now At The New York HotelUSCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament! 4-SS, G/25 + d/5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center at the New Yorker Hotel!, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC: 845-569-9969. EF $30, GMs $25 from prize, free to specified Greater NY Scholastic Prizewinners! Good Customer Loyalty Discounts: $5 less to those who played in at least 4 “4 Rated Games Tonight!” Thursday Night Actions since Jan. 2011, $10 less to those who played in at least 10 4RGTs since 1987 —Thank You So Much For Your Support Of This Tournament These Past 25 Years! $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. NEW!! $150 GUARANTEED In Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes! Best male/female 2-player team combined score: $100-50 (teammates' average rating must be Under 2200; teammate pairings avoided but possible, teams must declare by 8:15). Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00 Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3) at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 sched-


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June 21, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! See Grand Prix.


June 24, 2nd annual Schenectady Open See Grand Prix.

June 8, Marshall Friday Quads! 3-RR, G/40d5. Open to all levels; Quads formed by rating. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $25, members $20. Prize: $50 for each winner. Reg.: 5:15-5:45; Rds.: 6-7:30-9PM. www.marshallchessclub. org.


June 8-10 or 9-10, 18th Annual Northeast Open (CT) See Grand Prix. June 9, Marshall Saturday U1400! 4-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1100 $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.mar shallchessclub.org. June 9-10 or 10, Marshall June U2100! 4SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/36): $240-120, U1850 $95, U1600 $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. www.marshallchess club.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 11-July 9, Marshall Monday U1600! 5-SS, G/85d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50, members $30. ($675/30): $250-150-100, U1400 $100, U1200 $75. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds. 7 pm each Monday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www. marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! June 14, 4 Rated Games Tonight, Now At The New Yorker HotelUSCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament! 4-SS, G/25 + d/5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center at the New Yorker Hotel!, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St, across from Penn Station, NYC: 845-5699969. EF $30, GMs $25 from prize, free to specified Greater NY Scholastic Prizewinners! Good Customer Loyalty Discounts: $5 less to those who played in at least 4 “4 Rated Games Tonight!” Thursday Night Actions since Jan. 2011, $10 less to those who played in at least 10 4RGTs since 1987 —Thank You So Much For Your Support Of This Tournament These Past 25 Years! $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. NEW!! $150 GUARANTEED In Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes! Best male/female 2-player team combined score: $100-50 (teammates’ average rating must be Under 2200; teammate pairings avoided but possible, teams must declare by 8:15). Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00 Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3) at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 schedule at 8:15 pm. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. June 14, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. June 16, Marshall Saturday U1800! 4-SS, G/40d5. 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.mar shallchessclub.org. June 16, Syracuse-Minoa June Open 4SS. Rds.: 1&2 G/60, Rds.: 3&4 G/90. Minoa Muncipal Bldg., 240 N. Main St., Minoa, NY (Exit Kirkville Rd. E. from I 481, R. at second light). EF: $30. Prizes: b/20) $200, 125, Class 100. Reg.: 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30, 12:00, 2:15, 5:30. Contact: Joe Ball 315-436-9008. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 16-17 or 17, Marshall June Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. June 19, Marshall Masters! See Grand Prix. June 20-24, 22-24 or 23-24, 5th New York International See Grand Prix. June 20-July 18, Marshall Wednesday U1400! 5-SS, G/85d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50, members $30. ($450/20): $240-120, U1100 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7 pm each Wednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchess club.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. June 20-July 18, Marshall Wednesday U2000! 5-SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-4773716. EF: $50, members $30. ($450/20): $240-120, U1700 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7 pm each Wednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. A Heritage Event! June 21, 4 Rated Games Tonight, Now At The New Yorker Hotel USCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament! 4-SS, G/25 + d/5 or G/30 + d/0, Chess Center at the historic New Yorker Hotel!, 481 8th Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC: 845-5699969. EF: $30, GMs $25 from prize, free to specified Greater NY Scholastic Prizewinners! Good Customer Loyalty Discounts: $5 less to those who played in at least 4 “4 Rated Games Tonight!” Thursday Night Actions since Jan. 2011, $10 less to those who played in at least 10 4RGTs since 1987 —Thank You So Much For Your Support Of This Tournament These Past 25 Years! $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. NEW!! $150 GUARANTEED In Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes! Best male/female 2-player team combined score: $100-50 (teammates’ average rating must be Under 2200; teammate pairings avoided but possible, teams must declare by 8:15). Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00 Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3) at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 schedule at 8:15 pm. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. CCA Minimums may be used.

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June 28, 25th Annual Thursday Night Action Championship – Join Us In Celebrating 25 Years Of The USCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament, Now At The New Yorker Hotel!! See Grand Prix. June 29-July 3 (New date), 9th annual Philadelphia International (PA) See Grand Prix.

July 14-15 or 15, Marshall June U2100! 4SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/36): $240-120, U1850 $95, U1600 $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 www.marshallchess club.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 27-29 or 28-29, 17th Annual Bradley Open (CT) See Grand Prix. July 28-Aug. 1, 2012 Washington International (MD) See Grand Prix. Aug. 9-12, 10-12 or 11-12, 42nd annual Continental Open (MA) See Grand Prix.

June 30, Marshall Saturday U1600! 4-SS, G/40d5. 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. www.mar shallchessclub.org.

Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 11th annual Manhattan Open See Grand Prix.

June 30, World Open U2300 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania.

Oct. 24-28 or 26-28, Bahamas International & Amateur (Bahamas) See Grand Prix.

June 30-July 1 or July 1, Marshall U2300! 4SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. 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/25d5) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; both merge rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. www.mar shallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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July 1-2, World Open U2200 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania. July 3-4, World Open U2100 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania. July 4, Independence Day Madness: 6-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $45, members $25. ($480/24): $200-100, U2000 $70, U1700 $60, U1400 $50. Reg.: 10:15-10:45. Rds.: 11-12:15-1:30-3:00-4:15-5:30. Two byes available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. July 4, World Open 7-Minute Championship (QC) (PA) See Grand Prix. July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open (PA) See Grand Prix. A Heritage Event! July 5, 4 Rated Games Tonight, Now At The New Yorker Hotel USCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament! 4-SS, G/25 + d/5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center at the historic New Yorker Hotel!, 481 8th Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC: 845-5699969. EF: $30, GMs $25 from prize, free to specified Greater NY Scholastic Prizewinners! Good Customer Loyalty Discounts: $5 less to those who played in at least 4 “4 Rated Games Tonight!” Thursday Night Actions since Jan. 2011, $10 less to those who played in at least 10 4RGTs since 1987 —Thank You So Much For Your Support Of This Tournament These Past 25 Years! $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. NEW!! $150 GUARANTEED In Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes! Best male/female 2-player team combined score: $100-50 (teammates’ average rating must be Under 2200; teammate pairings avoided but possible, teams must declare by 8:15). Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00 Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3) at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 schedule at 8:15 pm. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. CCA Minimums may be used. July 5, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. July 5-Aug. 2, Marshall Thursday Members-Only Swiss! 5-SS, G/115d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to MCC members only. EF: $30. ($450 b/20): $200-100, U2100 $90, U1800 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Thursday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 7, Marshall Saturday G/60! 4-SS, G/55d5. 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.mar shallchessclub.org. July 7, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) (PA) See Grand Prix. July 8, Marshall Open & U1500 Sunday G/45! 5-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Two sections-you play only those in your section: 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.: 12-1:45-4:005:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org. July 8, World Open Blitz Championship (QC) (PA) See Grand Prix. July 12, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! See Grand Prix. July 12, 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight, Now At The New Yorker HotelUSCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament! See Grand Prix. July 14, Marshall Saturday U1400! 4-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1100 $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.

Aug. 31-Sept. 3, Sept. 1-3 or 2-3, 134th annual NY State Championship See Grand Prix.

May 12, Pawn Storm VII 5SS, G/45, td/5. Dayton Chess Club. 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: 111-3-5-7. Two byes – only 1 if in rd 5. Prizes (b/25 paid): Open: $200-101, U1900: $100, U1600: $99. EF: $25 until 5 May then $35. EF refunded 2200 or higher players who complete their schedule. Info: DCC.18W5@sbc global.net or 937-461-6283. May 18, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2012 (QC) 4SS, G/24, td5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC mbrs). Info: [email protected] or 937-461-6283. May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL) See Grand Prix. May 25, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2012 (QC) 4SS, G/24, td5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC mbrs). Info: [email protected] or 937-461-6283. May 26, Progress with Chess Monthly Open 4SS, G/30;d5. Mustard Seed Market, 2nd Floor 6025 Kruse Dr., Solon, OH 44139. EF: $20. USCF membership required, available at site. Sections: Open, Scholastic K-12 U1100, Scholastic K-12 U800, Scholastic K5 U500. Pairings in Open may be accelerated at TD’s discretion. Registration: 9-9:45 at site. Rds.: Open, 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30, Scholastic ASAP. Prizes: Open: $250 Guaranteed. 1st $100, 2nd $50, U-1900 $50, U1500 $50. Scholastic Sections:Trophies to top 3 each section. Special Offer: Free healthy box lunch ($10 value) to players in scholastic sections! Info: www.progresswithchess.org. Contact: Mike Joelson 216-3217000. June 1-3 or 2-3, 54th Gem City Open See Grand Prix. June 8, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2012 (QC) 4SS, G/24, td5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC mbrs). Info: [email protected] or 937-461-6283. June 9, 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.thehouseofchess.com/. June 9, Toledo June 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 6/7, $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. June 15, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2012 (QC) 4SS, G/24, td5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: 7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC mbrs). Info: [email protected] or 937-461-6283. June 22-24 or 23-24, 2012 Columbus Open See Grand Prix. July 14, Toledo July 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 7/12, $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. Aug. 3-5 or 4-5, Cleveland Open See Grand Prix. Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 7th annual Indianapolis Open (IN) See Grand Prix. Sept. 1-3, 68th Ohio Chess Congress See Grand Prix.

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Oklahoma May 26-28, 31st NAO FIDE Open See Grand Prix. June 30-July 1, 67th Oklahoma Open State Championship See Grand Prix.

Pennsylvania Every Saturday - Lehigh Valley Super Quads (NO QUADS ON LVCA GRAND PRIX DATES LISTED IN CHESS LIFE or July 7 for WO), G/40 Quads, 3-RR. Reg.: 1-1:45, Rds.: 2 pm, then asap, Site: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 514 3rd Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18018. EF: $10, $30 for 3-0 score, else $25 for 1st., Ph: 484-866-3045, Info: bdavis@ lehighvalleychess.org, www.lehighvalleychess.org/. May 4, 1st Friday of the Month LVCA $$100% GTD (QC) 4SS, G/25, d3. St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown, PA 18104. EF: $15, $10-21 & under/College Student Id, $$200 100% GRD., $70-35, Top U20 $35, top U16/unrated $30, Top Junior/College $30. One 1/2 pt byes if reg.’d after 6:45 pm. REG.: Ends 6:45pm, Cash on site only. RDS.: 7 pm, then ASAP. Ent/Info: By May 2, Check payable: Bruce Davis, 1208 Linden St., Fl. 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018, 484-866-3045 or [email protected], www.lehighvalleychess.org. May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open! (NY) See Grand Prix. May 26, 6th Annual May LVCA Scholastic K-12 Championship 5-SS, G/30. EF: $30, $35 CASH ONLY after 5/23/12 AT SITE. Trophy's to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Top U1400, U1200, U1000,U800, UNR, FREE ENTRY TO UNRATEDS, if paying 1 year USCF Dues, Drawings for $100 in Door Prizes. Rds.: 1:10 pm then ASAP. Reg.: Ends 1 pm. Site: Holy Trinity Church, 514 3rd Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18102. Ent: Bruce Davis, 1208 Linden St, Bethlehem, PA 18018, Ph. 484-866-3045, Email: [email protected]. Info: www.lehighvalleychess.org/. June 1, 1st Friday of the Month LVCA $$100% GTD (QC) 4SS, G/25;d3. St .Timothy's Lutheran Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown, PA 18104. EF: $15, $10-21 & under/College Student Id, $$200 100% Gtd., $70-$35, Top U20 $35, top U16/unrated $30, Top Junior/College $30. One 1/2 pt byes if reg.'d after 6:45 pm. REG.: Ends 6:45pm, Cash on site only. RDS.: 7 pm, then ASAP. Adv Ent: By May 30, Check payable: Bruce Davis, 1208 Linden St., Fl. 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018 or 484-866-3045 or [email protected], www.lehighvalleychess.org. A Heritage Event! June 2, 42nd Fred Thompson Memorial 4SS, G/60, d/5. Pittsburgh Chess Club, 5604 Solway St., Pittsburgh, PA 15217. EF: $28 postmarked by 5/29, $38 thereafter, $3 discount to PCC members. 2 Sections: Open and Reserve (U1600). Prizes: $$500 b/30. Open: $120 - 80, U2000 $60, U1800 $40. Reserve: $80 - 50, U1400 $40, U1200/Unr $30. Reg.: 9-9:45. Requests for half-point byes must be made by the start of Round 2. Rds.: 10AM-12:30PM-3:30PM-6PM. Info: 412-421-1881, www.pittsburghcc.org. Entries: Pittsburgh Chess Club, Attn: Mike Holsinger, 5604 Solway St., Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Make checks payable to Pittsburgh Chess Club. NC. W. June 2, W.Chester 1st Sat. Quads Our 23rd year! 3RR, 40/75, sd/30, td/5sec. United Methodist Church, 129 S. High St., West Chester, PA. EF: $20; $40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9am; Rds.: 9:30, 1, 4:30. Info: [email protected]. June 9, MasterMinds CC Summer Quads Blair Christian Academy, 220 W. Upsal St., Philadelphia, PA. Quads: 3RR, 40/75, SD/30 TD/5. EF: $20 Perfect score winner $50 else $40. Rd. 1 10AM then asap. Reg. ends 9:30am. Info: Bradley Crable, 215-8443881, www.mastermindschess.org. June 9-10, 2012 Delaware Capital Open (DE) See Delaware. June 10, Chess In Jasper Park and Picnic (3 events) (3) - 5SS events, G/7d3. Jasper Park Pavillion, 4960 Vera Cruz Rd. North, Emmaus, 18049. EF: $10 Cash each event, FREE ENTRY TO UNR. if paying 1 year USCF Dues, No adv ent. Prizes: Min. 50% Rtd. based on pd entries. 1st-60%, 2nd-30%, 3rd-10% AND ADD if 12 or more players “Top U1600”- $15, Top U1000 - $15, more based on pd. Picnic:11am-dusk. Reg Ends: 1, 3, 5 pm for each event. Event #1: Rd-1:1pm, #2: Rd-1:3pm, #3: Rd-1:5pm. Info: 484-866-3045, [email protected], www.lehighvalleychess.org/. June 16, 2012 PA State Game/45 Championship See Grand Prix. June 29-July 3 (New date), 9th annual Philadelphia International See Grand Prix. June 30, World Open U2300 Warmup 5SS, G/30, d/5. Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see World Open). Open to under 2300 or unrated. Prizes $500 based on 30 entries, else in proportion: $150-70-40, U2050 $90, U1800 $80, U1550/Unr $70. EF: $20, at site only, no checks. Reg. ends 9:30 am 6/30, rds. 10, 12, 1:30, 3, 4:30. One half point bye allowed if U1800/Unr, otherwise two byes allowed, must commit before rd 2. July 1-2, World Open U2200 Warmup 5SS, G/90, d/5. Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see World Open). Open to under 2200 or unrated. Prizes $500 based on 20 entries, else in proportion: $150-70-40, U1950 $90, U1700 $80, U1450/Unr $70: EF: $30, at site only, no checks. Reg. ends 10 am 7/1, rds. Sun 10, 2, 6, Mon. 10, 2. One half point bye allowed if U1700/Unr, otherwise two byes allowed; must commit before rd 2. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 3-4, World Open U2100 Warmup 5SS, G/90, d/5. 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EF: $20/25 at site. Rds.: 9:00, 11:15, 2:15, 4:30 Eastern. Ent/Info at: [email protected] or contact Malcolm Estrada, P. O. Box 1102, Chattanooga, TN 37401, 423-280-9526, [email protected].

July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open See Grand Prix.

June 9-10, 2012 U.S. Amateur South Championship See Nationals.

July 5-8, World Open Daily 2pm Blitz (QC) 4 separate tournaments at Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see World Open). Each is a 4-SS, double round (8 games), G/5. Prizes $300 based on 20 entries, else in proportion: $100-50, U2100 $60, U1800 $50, U1500/Unr $40. EF: $20, at site only, no checks. Reg. ends 1:45 pm, rds. 2, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45. One pair of 1/2 pt byes available, must commit before rd 2. Quick rated (will not affect regular ratings), but higher of regular or quick used for pairings & prizes.

June 30, John Hurt Memorial See Grand Prix.

Wed 10, 2. One half point bye allowed if U1600/Unr, otherwise two byes allowed, must commit before rd 2. Chess Magnet School JGP.

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July 7, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) See Grand Prix.

May 19, Many Springs Quad North Richland Hills Public Library, 9015 Grand Ave., North Richland Hills, TX 76180. 3 Round Quad, G/75; 5d. EF: $15, 80% of EF returned as prizes. Registration on-site 8:45-8:55. First Round 9:00AM. Additional informationTom Crane at either 817-296-4287, [email protected] or www.tarrantcountychessclub.org/.

July 8, World Open Blitz Championship (QC) See Grand Prix.

May 25-28 or 26-28, Texas State and Amateur Championships See Grand Prix.

July 14, 2012 PA State Action Championship See Grand Prix.

June 23-24, San Antonio City Championship Hornbeak Bldg, 4450 Medical Dr., San Antonio, 2nd floor, San Antonio, TX 78229. 5SS, Rds. 1 and 2 G/90; others 40/2 SD/1, $$ (1075 b/40, 2/3gtd) $300-150, U2200 $125,U 2000 $125, U1800 $125, U1600 $100, U1400/unr ea $75. EF: $45 if rec'd by 6/20, $50 at site. Trophy to Top Bexar City Resident. Option play for 1/2 prizes: $23 by 6/20, $28.00 later and at site: EF: Jr U19 entry $20 if rec'd by 6/20 or $25 at site. Option play and U19 entries count 2/3 toward “based on”. Reg.: 8:30-9:30 am. Rds.: 10-2-6, 9-3.half pt. Bye any 1 rd, notice before Rd 2 is paired, Swap and shop used books, equip. 8:30-9:30. Ent. SACC, PO BOX 690576, San Antonio, TX 78269-0576. Info: sanantoniochess.com, 210-384-4797, [email protected]. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

July 28-Aug. 1, 2012 Washington International (MD) See Grand Prix. Aug. 3-5 or 4-5, Cleveland Open (OH) See Grand Prix. Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 11th annual Manhattan Open (NY) See Grand Prix. Aug. 24-26 or 25-26, 44th annual Atlantic Open (DC) See Grand Prix. Aug. 31-Sept. 3, Sept. 1-3 or 2-3, 134th annual NY State Championship (NY) 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; RDS.: 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.cran stonchess.org, 401-575-1520. Chess Magnet School JGP. A State Championship Event! June 9-10, Rhode Island State Championship 5SS, G/75, delay 5. Sheraton Providence Hotel and Conference Center, 1850 Post Rd., Warwick, RI 02886. Open to out of state players. $1500 based on 55, Trophies- top RI finishers. 4 Sections: OPEN $350-200, U2200 $200 U2000 $250-150. SAT RDS 1-3, SUN RDS 4-5. EF: $45 by 6/6, then $55. REG. Ends 10:30 AM. Rds.: SAT 11, 2:30 and 5:30. SUN 10 and 1:30. Byes- limit 1, must commit before RD3. U1600 4SS Sunday ONLY G/60 d5. $225-125; U1200 4SS Sunday ONLY G/30 d5. Trophies 1st, 2nd, 3rd. EF: U1600 and U1200 $35 by 6/6, then $45. REG.: Ends 9:30AM, RD1 start at 10 then ASAP. HR: $99 (401) 738-4000 ask for chess rates. ALL EF: online www.richess.org or mail P.O Box 40604, Providence, RI 02940. INFO: Frank Vogel 401-837-1302. Chess Magnet School JGP. July 27-29 or 28-29, 17th Annual Bradley Open (CT) See Grand Prix.

South Carolina May 25-27, South Carolina Open See Grand Prix. July 27-29 or 28-29, 20th Annual Southern Open (FL) See Grand Prix.

Tennessee May 11-13, 2012 National Elementary (K-6) Championship See Nationals. May 18-20, Pawn Power Open 9 5SS, G/120. $750 prizes based on 40 entries. Greater Memphis Chess Center, 5796 Shelby Oaks Dr., Suite 11, Memphis, TN 38134. Accelerated pairings. Prizes: 1st $300, $200, $100. Top U1600 and U1400: $100 each. EF: $40 ($35 for MCC and GMCC members). Rounds: 3-day option: Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm, Sun 9am & 2pm. 2-day option: Sat 9am, 2pm & 7pm; Sun 9am & 2pm. On-site registration: Fri: 5:30-6:30pm or Sat: 7:30-8:30am. Saturday side event: U1200 Scholastic, 5SS, G/45. 1st round at 9am, next rounds ASAP. Trophies for top 3 finishers. EF: $15. Entries: Memphis Chess Club Inc., PO Box 17864, Memphis, TN 381870864. Chess Magnet School JGP for Main Event. May 18-20 or 19-20, 2012 Tennessee Senior Open 5SS, G/120. Fair Park Senior Center, 1433 Livingston Rd., Crossville, TN 38555. EF: $25 if mailed by 5/11/2012 $35 at site. 3-Day: Reg. Fri 2:003:30 PM. Rds.: 4, 10-4, 9-2. 2 Day: Reg Sat 8:00-9:30. Rds: 10-1-4, 9-2 (2 Day R 1 & 2 at G/60). Memb. Req'd:TCA $10, TN residents only. $$GTD: $150-100. 50-B/C,D/E,B1000,Unr, Age 60-69, Age-70 & Older. Plaques to top 3, B1400, Age 70+ (plaques to TN residents only). Medals to all participants. ENT: Harry D Sabine, PO Box 381, Crossville, TN 38557 or register on line at www.tnchess.org. HR: $60 + tax 931-484-1551 or 1866-707-8408, Crossville Best Western Leisure Inn, 4035 Highway 127 N, Crossville, TN 38571. NS. May 26, Rutherford County Open See Grand Prix. June 2, Rea Hayes Open Chess Tournament 4SS, G/60. Bethel Bible Village, 3001 Hamill Rd., Chattanooga, TN 37342. $900 Unconditionally Guaranteed. Open EF: $25/30 at site. Reserve

July 6-8 or 7-8, 1st Annual Austin Chess Club Summer Open See Grand Prix. July 9-14, 2012 U.S. Senior Open See Nationals. July 13-15, 2012 U.S. Junior Open See Nationals. July 21-22, Summer Open Hornbeak Bldg, 4450 Medical Dr, 2nd floor, San Antonio, TX 78229, 4 SS, 30/90, SD/60, $$ 1100 b/40, 2 sections. Open: $250-150, U2100 $100, U1900 $100. Reserve (1800): $150-100, U1700 $100, U1500 $75, U1300/Unr. EF: $40 if rec'd by 7/18, $45 at site. Option play for 1/2 prizes: $20 by 7/18, $25 at site: EF: Jr U19 entry $20 if rec'd by 7/18 or $25 at site. Option play and U19 entries count 2/3 toward “based on”. Reg.: 9:00-10:00am. Rds.: 10-3, 10-3. Bye any 1 rd, notice before Rd 2 is paired. Ent: SACC, PO BOX 690576, San Antonio, TX 78269-0576. Info: sanantoniochess.com, 210-384-4797, [email protected]. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Vermont May 18-20 or 19-20, 20th annual New York State Open (NY) See Grand Prix. June 24, 2nd annual Schenectady Open (NY) See Grand Prix. Aug. 31-Sept. 3, Sept. 1-3 or 2-3, 134th annual NY State Championship (NY) See Grand Prix.

Virginia Arlington Chess Club's Friday Action Tournament 3SS, G/30. Once a month we run a Friday night event - dates are on the club website: www.arlingtonchessclub.com. Prizes b/entries: 80% returned as prizes. Reg.: 7:00-8:15pm. Rd. 1: 8:20. EF: $15 ($10 for ACC Members), no advance entries, cash only. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA 22202. Contact for info only: [email protected]. W, NS. Arlington Chess Club's Friday Ladder 30/90, SD/1. Most monthly game points: $50; most total points Jan. to Dec.: $100. Must join club to play. Yearly dues: $50 adults, $40 seniors/ U18. Cash or check. Reg.: weekly sign-up from 7:00-8:00pm, games start by 8:10, no advance entries. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203. Contact for info only: [email protected]. W, NS. Chess Magnet School JGP (if 4 rounds/games played in that one month). May 5, Kingstowne Quad #83 3RR, G/100 d/5. Kingstowne Thompson Center, 6090 Kingstowne Village Pkwy., Alexandria, VA 22315. EF: $10 if received by 5/2, $15 at site. Prizes: Medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to 1st if 3-0 score, else silver; bronze to 2nd. Reg.: 9-10:30. Rds.: 11-3-7. Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 2902, Springfield, VA 22152. E-mail (info only): [email protected]. W (please give 48-hour notice if needed). May 19, Third Saturday Swiss Ashburn Chess Center, 44927 George Washington Blvd. #120, Ashburn, VA 20147. 4SS, G/61. Open & U1200 sections. Prizes: 50% back to top 3 per section. EF: $18 Preregistered. $20 at site. Members discounted. Reg.: 9-9:30AM. Rd. 1 10AM. Halfpt Bye 1-3. Preregistration and more info at www.loudounchess.org/reg/accregister.htm. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 26, 2012 Richmond Spring Open! 4SS, G/65. Atlee High School, 9414 Atlee Station Rd., Mechanicsville VA, 23116. Reg.: 9:00-9:30. Rds.: 9:45-12:15-3:00-5:30. 2 Sections: OPEN: EF: $32 pd by 5/23, $36 at site, $140-83, Top X/A/B $64 ea.; PREMIER (under1700) EF: $29 pd by 5/23, $33 at site, $128-72, Top C/D/E-unr $57 ea. Prizes GUARANTEED, increased if more than 50 players total. NS,


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Tournament Life no credit cards. A VCF Cup event. Mail entries to: Andrew Rea, 6102 Lundy Pl., Burke VA 22015. Info: www.vachess.org or [email protected]. One 1/2 pt bye available at reg. or at site before Rd2. Chess Magnet School JGP. May 26, Sterling Chess May Open and RBO See Grand Prix. June 2, Kingstowne Action-Plus #54 5SS, G/45 d/5. Kingstowne Thompson Center, 6090 Kingstowne Village Pkwy., Alexandria, VA 22315. EF: $15 if received by 5/31, $20 at site. Prizes $250 b/32: $100-60, U1800-U1400-Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-35-7. Reg.: 8-10:30. Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 2902, Springfield, VA 22152. W (please give 48 hour notice if needed). June 9-10, 2012 Delaware Capital Open (DE) See Delaware. A State Championship Event! June 9-10, 2012 Virginia Senior Championship 4SS, G/120 d5. Lincolnia Senior Center, 4710 North Chambliss St., Alexandria, VA 22312. Open to all USCF members born before June 9, 1962 (50+). VCF membership Req for VA Residents. Prizes $$1000: 1st - $300, 2nd - $175, 3rd - $150, Top U2000-$130, Top U1700-$125, U1400-$120. Top Age 60-69 and Top Age 70+ plaques. Site: Dining Room. EF: $35 if received by 6/4, $45 at site. Reg.: 6/11 8:45-9:45 am. Rds.: Sat 10-4pm Sun 9-2:30 pm. Byes: One 1/2 point bye available if requested before Rd 2. Standard USCF tiebreaks for title if needed. Hotel: Comfort Inn Landmark, 6253 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22312 (703) 642-3422, $75/day rates available Fri-Sun (hotel .33 mi from site). Info: [email protected], www.vachess.org/senior.htm. Entry: checks to “Virginia Chess” and mail to Ernest Schlich, 1370 S. Braden Cres., Norfolk, VA 23502. Free entry to 2011 Champ. June 29-July 3 (New date), 9th annual Philadelphia International (PA) See Grand Prix. June 30, World Open U2300 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania. June 30-July 1, 3rd Annual Fairfax Open See Grand Prix. July 1-2, World Open U2200 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania. July 3-4, World Open U2100 Warmup (PA) See Pennsylvania. July 4, World Open 7-Minute Championship (QC) (PA) See Grand Prix. July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open (PA) See Grand Prix. July 7, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) (PA) See Grand Prix. July 8, World Open Blitz Championship (QC) (PA) See Grand Prix. July 28-Aug. 1, 2012 Washington International (MD) See Grand Prix. Aug. 24-26 or 25-26, 44th annual Atlantic Open (DC) See Grand Prix. Oct.4-8,5-8,6-8 or 6-7, 3rd annual Continental Class Championships See Grand Prix.

Washington July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, 17th annual Pacific Coast Open (CAS) See Grand Prix. Aug. 4-5, 2012 U.S. Open Weekend Swiss See Grand Prix. Aug. 4-5, 2012 U.S. Open Scholastic Tournament 5SS, Game 90, d/5 in Championship Sections, Game 30, d/5 in under sections. Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. 6th St., Vancouver, WA 98660. Self Parking $13.00, valet $17.00 per night. HR: $110 single/quad, 360-993-4500, reserve by July 12 or rate may increase. Four sections: High School/Junior High Championship Section and U1200 Section, Elementary Championship Section and U1000 Section. Elementary is considered Grade 6 or under, Junior High, grades 7 to 9 and High School grades 10 to 12. Your grade is considered as of the school year just completed. Please note: If High School/Junior High section are larger than expected, sections may be split to make two sections instead of one. EF: $25 before 7/29, $35 after or on site. Prizes: At least 5 trophies in each section: High School Championship, High School Under 1200, Junior High Championship, Junior High Under 1200, Elementary Championship, Elementary Under 1000, Elementary top grade 4 to 6, Elementary top grades 3 and under. Trophies may increase based on entries. Rounds: Please note that the Championship sections play both the 4th and 5th and the under sections play only on the 4th. Championship Sections: 8/4 at 9:30 AM, 2:30 PM and 7:00 PM, 8/5 at 9:00 AM and 1:30 PM. Awards 8/5 at 5:30 PM. Under sections: 8/4 at 9:30 and 11:00 AM, 1:00, 2:30 and 4:00 PM. Awards: 8/4 at 6:00 PM. Half point byes: Limit 1, must commit before Round 2. Entry Fee: Online, $25 by July 29th, $35 after or on site. By mail, $25 postmarked by 7/29; do not mail after 7/29! By phone, $25 by 7/29, $35 by 8/3. No phone entries after 8/3 (close of business at the Office)! Registration At site closes August 4 at 8:30 AM. August official ratings used; unofficial ratings used if otherwise unrated. CCA ratings used if above USCF. Foreign player ratings: usually 100 points added to FIDE or FQE, 200+ added to most foreign national ratings, no points added to CFC. Highest of multiple ratings generally used. Entries: USCF, ATTN: 2012 US Open Scholastic, PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. Online entry: www. uschess.org/tournaments/2012/scholastic/. Phone entry: 800-903-8723. No cell phones. Bring a clock -- none sup-

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West Virginia June 2, Peter Dupuy Memorial See Grand Prix. A State Championship Event! June 30, 2012 West Virginia Action Championship 6 SS, Game/30 (No delay). Registration: 9 am-9:45 am. Rounds: 1011:15-1-2:15-3:30-4:45. Entry Fee: $25. WVCA Membership Required for State Residents. Prizes: (Based on 20 entrants) 1st - $125; 2nd $75 U1900 - $50; U1500/UNR - $50. Trophy & Title to top State Resident. Site: WVSSPA Building; 1610 Washington Street East; Charleston, WV 25311. No smoking, No Computers. Entries: John Roush, 114 Chloe Dr., Ripley, WV 25271. Info: [email protected].

Wisconsin May 19-20, Arpad Elo Open Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel, 4747 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53207. In 2 Sections, Open: 5SS, 45/2; SD/1; TD/5, EF: $37 (Jr $35) if received by 5/15; $3 more later or at site. $$b/30: $325-175. X 125; A 110; U1800: 75. Top Female $100. Reserve: 5SS, 45/2; SD/1; TD/5, Open to Under 1700. EF: $25 (Jr $23) if received by 5/15; $3 more later or at site. $$b/30: $110-80. Trophies to 1st, 2nd, 1st D, 1st E, 1st U1000, Top Female. ALL: Reg.: 8:30-9:30 am 5/19/12. Rds.: 10-2:30-7:30; 10-3:30. ENT: Dennis Kosterman, 28 Singleton Ct., Madison, WI 53711 608-7703133. INFO: [email protected]. HR: $82 414-481-8000 (mention Chess). www.wischess.org. WCA Tour Event! Chess Magnet School JGP. May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL) See Grand Prix. May 27, Chicago Open Action Quads (IL) See Illinois. May 27, Chicago Open G/15 (QC) (IL) See Illinois. May 28, Chicago Open Blitz & Game/7 (QC) (IL) See Illinois. July 20-22 or 21-22, 5th annual Chicago Class (IL) See Grand Prix.

Foreign Oct. 24-28 or 26-28, Bahamas International & Amateur See Grand Prix.

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Ke6 3. Kd8 Kf5 4. Nf7 Kg6 5. Ke7 wins. 2. Ng6+! Not effective is 2. Kd7? Kg7 3. Ke6 h6! (3. ... Kxh8? Problem I. 4. Kf7) 4. g6 h5. 29. Qxh6!, Black resigned (29. ... gxh6 30. gxf7+ Kf8 2. ... Kf7 JUNE31.15–17 OR 16–17 [or 30. ... Kh8 31. Rg8+ Kh7 32. f8=N mate] Rg8 No better is 2. ... hxg6 3. Kd8 Kf7 4. Kd7 Kf8 5. Ke6 mate). Kg7 6. Ke7 Kg8 7. Kf6 FUND Kh7 8. Kf7. $80,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE Problem II. 3. Nf4! 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qxg7+! and 43. gxf3. 3. Nh4? Ke8! (3. ... Ke6? 4. Kd8 Ke5 5. Ke7 Kf4 6. Kf6) 4. Ng2 Ke7 5. Nf4 Kd6 6. Nh5 Ke6 allows Black Problem III. to draw. 94. Re1+! Kf8 95. Rg1!, threatening Rg8 mate. June 14th – 17th, 2012 3. ... h6! 4. g6+ Problem IV. Too materialistic is 4. gxh6? Kg8. 29. Nd2! and Ra1 traps the queen, e.g. 29. ... Nc5 4. ... Kf6 5. Kd7 h5 6. Ke8 Kg7 30. Bxc5 bxc5 (30. ... Bg5 31. Bb4 and 32. Ra1) 31. White keeps his pawn and stops Black’s with 6. ... Ra1. h4 7. Kf8 h3 8. g7 h2 9. Nh5+. Problem V. 7. Ke7 h4 8. Ke6 h3 9. Kf5 h2 10. Nh5+ Kf8 11. 24. ... Rfd8! 25. Qe4 Re8! wins the bishop (26. Qd5 Ng3 just in time wins. National Championships Re5 27. Qd7 Re7). But also take credit for 24. ... Qe7 25. Ba6 NATIO Rf5!.NAL OPEN Problem II. Problem VI. 1.Kb6!! 45. Qg3! unpins the rook and threatens 46. Rxe8 Paradox (1. b6? Ng4 2. b7 Ne5 3. Kb6 Nd7+ 4. Kc7 mate. After 45. ... Qxh6+ 46. Qh3 Black has nothing JUNE 15–17 Nc5). OR 16–17 better than 46. ... Qd6, which loses to 47. Kh1! Kg8 1. ... Ng4 PRIZE FUND $80,000 GUARANTEED 48. Rxe8+ Kf7 49. Rh8. winsRated even quicker after 1. ... Nf3 Kc7 Nd4 6 Round Swiss in 8 Sections H USCF White & FIDE H 200 Grand Prix2.Points 3. b6 Nb3 4. Kd6 Na5 5. Ke6 Nc6 6. f6. SOLITAIRE CHESS 2. Kc7 Ne3 Special Guest ABCs of Chess (page 19) The following transposes to the previous note: 2. ... Former World Champion Nf6 3. Kd6 Ne4+ 4. Kc6 Nd2 5. Kd5 Nb3 6. b6 Na5 Problem I. GM ANATOLY KARPOV 7. Ke6 Nc6 8. f6.JUNE 14 – 5:00 P.M. Mating net: Black mates with 1. ... Bh2+ 2. Kh1 3. Kd7 Nc4$5,000 4. Ke6GUARANTEED Nb6 5. f6 Kg6 6. Ke7! FUND Nd5+ 7. PRIZE Bg3+ 3. Kg1 Qh2+ 4. Kf1 Qxf2. Kd6! Nb6 8. Ke6 Problem II. After triangulation it is Black who has to move. Mating net: The end ends with 1. ... Nf3+ 2. Kh1 8. ... Kh7 9. Ke7 Qxh2 mate. The alternatives are worse: 9. f7? Kg7, and 9. Kf7? Problem III. June 14th Nd5. – 17th, 2012 Mating net: It’s a one-mover: 1. ... Qxe1 mate. 9. ... Nd5+ Problem IV. Also losing is 9. ... Nc8+ 10. Kd7 Nb6+ 11. Ke8 Mating attack: Black settlesSmatters ... IMULS with H S1. CHOLASTICS wins.H GRANDMASTER CHESS CAMP YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP H Kc6! LECTURES ORE Bh3. White can delay thingsINTERNATIONAL a bit, but that’s it. 10. Kd6 Nb6 11. Nc4 12.H Kd7AND Kg6M13. Ke7 wins. Problem V. Mating net: Black mates with 1. ... Qg4+ 2. Kh1 Qxf3+ 3. Kg1 Qg4+ 4. Kh1 Qh3+ 5. Kg1 Qh2 mate.

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