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Kings vs. Queens and the Opening of the World Chess Hall of Fame
The World Chess Hall of Fame will open in its new location, St. Louis on September 9th.

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

Americans in the World Cup

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

U.S. Chess League, Season 8

Another exciting season of the U.S. Chess League kicks into high gear this month. Look for
exclusive coverage on CLO and stay up to date on team rosters, pairings and more at
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Whats your Labor Day Chess Tale?

Look for reports from Labor Day Grand Prix tournaments across the nation and send your
own stories, games or photos to jshahade@uschess.org. Or share your thoughts via social
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Contributors
Al Lawrence
(Looks at Books, p. 12, and Cover Story, p. 18) is a former
executive director of both USCF and the World Chess Hall of
Fame. His latest book, with GM Lev Alburt, is Chess Training
Pocket Book II.
Dr. Tim Redman
(Profile, p. 26) has been a contributor to this magazine for
more than 35 years. He served twice as president of the
USCF.
IM Irina Krush
(2011 National Open, p. 30) is a three-time U.S. womens
champion, most recently in 2010, and a frequent contributor
to both Chess Life and Chess Life Online.
ICCM Bart Gibbons
(In the Arena, p. 36) lives in Joplin, Missouri. He has been
an over-the-board master since 1979, and an international
correspondence chess master since 1993.
IM Larry Evans
(Openings, p. 40) has been one of America's premier chess
instructors for over forty years. He currently runs dozens of
school programs in California, chess camps around the
world and has been a regular contributor to Chess Life
magazine since 1972.
Cory Evans
(Openings, p. 40) is a chess teacher based in New York and
a member of the Marshall Chess Club board of governors.

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September Chess Life
Columns

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

14 CHESS TO ENJOY
Its Just a Matter of Technique
By GM Andy Soltis

16 SOLITAIRE CHESS
Dutch Treat
By Bruce Pandolfini

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

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

Departments
This opulent 1900s Habsburg Dynasty Chess Set is one of 30 rare historical sets, in Chess Masterpieces:
Highlights from the George and Vivian Dean Collection exhibition, which along with OUT OF THE BOX:
3 PREVIEW Artists Play Chess, inaugurate the opening of the WCHOF in St. Louis this month.
Dean Collection 2010, Richard Beenen Photography
6 COUNTERPLAY
8 FIRST MOVES
18 COVER STORY
10 USCF AFFAIRS
50 TOURNAMENT LIFE World Chess Hall of Fame Reopens in Saint Louis
By Al Lawrence
70 CLASSIFIEDS The Hall upgrades to a professional staff and a prime location.
71 SOLUTIONS
26 PROFILE
All Rise
By Dr. Tim Redman
A profile of the Honorable George Leighton.

30 2011 NATIONAL OPEN

On The Cover
The World Chess Hall of Fame
opening adds yet another world-
class chess facility to the city of
St. Louis. Our cover shows just
some of the exhibit items visitors
can experience after the opening
early this month. Read more about
the new museum in Al Lawrences
report beginning on page 18.
Exhibit and building photos
courtesy of World Chess Hall
of Fame; Menchik, Gulko, Soltis
photos from USCF archives.
Cover art by Shirley Szymanek
(www.dog4design.co.uk)
Love Has Its Borders
By IM Irina Krush
The story from Las Vegas, including a look by our author at what
makes some of the top players tick.
36 IN THE ARENA
Great Rivalries
By ICCM Bart Gibbons
The top chess stars battle each other one-on-one for prize money and
glory more often than in perhaps any other professional competition.
Follow the action as memorable games between two players over their
careers are presented.
40 OPENINGS
Innovations in the Mikenas Benoni
By IM Larry Evans and Cory Evans
Improvements in a popular opening.

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 Counterplay

Noting the rules Girl talk

main thing that those rules want to
prevent is having a player referencing a
chess book, handwritten material, printed
material, recorded matter, or any other
recorded material that may help chess
warriors make their moves. The rules do
allow players to record normal stuff on
their scoresheets like the moves of the
PHOTO: CHRIS BIRD

game, draw offers, clock times and the

This is a question on tournament rules
that I think others might find interest-
ing. Tournament rules say a player
cannot refer to notes. However, I often
see players with brief reminders on their
score sheet, book or clock, such as
Watch your time or Take your time, that any material not given a pass in the
etc. (They often, but not always refer to
time.) My question is this: Are such
small reminders illegal and if they are,
how is a tournament director to handle
such offenses?
Jack Adamo
via e-mail
Tim Just, editor of the USCF rulebook,
replies:
The two rules that cover notes enforced, to various degrees, as the tour-
20D (Use of recorded matter prohibited)
and 20C (Use of notes prohibited)
have the same idea behind them; i.e.,
they prohibit a player from receiving
written assistance in their game. The
header info.
Is the material you are asking about
breaking those rules? Well, those two
rules give the tournament director (TD)
discretion in enforcement. Without more
specific language in the rulebook that
means a wide variety of rulings can take
place if you make a claim. The loosest
interpretation is that the written mate-
rial you refer to in your question is
nothing more than coaching material
and no different than a player reading a
newspaper or non-chess novel at the
board. The strictest interpretation is
I very much appreciated Irina Krushs
exact wording of the rules is prohibited.
The most common end result of a TD
upholding this complaint is suggested in
the wording of the two rules; i.e., the
offending player should first receive a
warning or a minor penalty.
I would also guess that the setting in
which the claim is made also has a lot to
do with its interpretation. The looser view
is probably more often enforced at the
local chess club while the stricter view is
school chess program, organizes and
nament becomes more significant.
By the way, the current thinking is
that players that write down a move,
erase it, write down another move
are breaking those two rules.
review of Play Like a Girl (July 2011), and
I commend her, and Jennifer Shahade, for
being such outstanding ambassadors for
female chess players. Ms. Krush has been
a marquee guest master at Cincinnatis
Queen City Classic tournament several
times, where she is always a popular
draw, and in connection with that event
this year, she took time to visit the chess
team at Sycamore High School.
As someone who runs an elementary
directs scholastic tournaments, and plays
in (and occasionally directs) open tourna-
ments, I am very familiar withand
baffled bythe reality that female players
are increasingly scarce after about third
grade. I suspect that the reasons many of
them leave chess have little or nothing to
do with the game itself but a lot to do
with cultural perceptions of what is nor-
mal or acceptable or cool for a girl.
Every time I come across a girl who is
enthusiastic about chess, I take it on as
a mission to help her understand that
she can own the game as much as any
boy. Having players such as Ms. Krush
and Ms. Shahade to show as role models
is invaluable for demonstrating that she
doesnt need to take my word for it.
Alan Hodge
Loveland, Ohio

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 First Moves
Sharing Knowledge Across Cultures
Creating a chess great migration.
he cool breeze gently flowed across the
T Serengeti Plains as I sat in the chair and
looked out upon the profusion of wildlife.
My wife, Susan, and I had come to fulfill a
dream we have had since we started teaching
school in 1968. Our goal was to travel and meet
as many cultures and see as many places as
we could. Both of us were history teachers so
we believed that we should travel. Our trip took
us to Kilimanjaro, a town in northern Tanza-
nia, where we headed out for the Great
Migration of over two million animals.
The next morning, I turned to Susan and
said, The adventure continues. As we were
driving to the airport for our first small plane
experience, I glanced down at my duffle bag.
We were informed that there was a weight
restriction on the small aircraft of 33 pounds
per suitcase. In my bag were two triple-
weighted Ultimate Chess Sets as well as 35
golden pawn key chains. Each set, board and
bag weighed four pounds which took a total of
eight pounds out of my allotted 33 pounds. I
had decided to donate these sets to one of
the camps and a school in Maasai land, an
area that stretches from northern Tanzania
(Serengeti) across the border into southern
Kenya (Masai Mara). As you have noted there
are different spellings for the Maasai people
and their land. We quickly learned two words
in Swahili which carried us through the trip:
Jambo which means hello and Asante sana
which means thank you.
Our driver, Rabin, and Jackson, our tracker
Photo: Karipoi (l), a Maasai warrior who played chess with Dewain Barber (r). The U.S. Open was completed in early August and
will be reported on in the November issue. See tournament reports on uschess.org, Chess Life Online, July/August archives.
Photo courtesy of Dewain Barber.
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By Dewain Barber
were considered some of the best in finding
game to view which started me thinking. How
was chess related to their highly developed
skills? Day after day we drove over very rough
land, and when we stopped, we were able to
view the animals we had come to see. So I
asked Rabin, How is it possible you are able
to find the animals of this great land since
they are moving from place to place, crossing
rivers and walking in tall grass? He replied,
What you need to do is look for the patterns
that the land presents and find that which
does not fit or looks unusual. Then, I looked
out into the plains and it made sense. Chess
presents patterns and so does the Serengeti.
That evening I asked Tiffany, the gracious
and helpful manager of Kleins camp in the
Serengeti if I could share a chess lesson with
one of the staff. I knew it was an unusual
request, but when I travel I like to make chess
part of my trip. So the scene was set: The trav-
eler who was visiting Tanzania for the first time
and head tracker, Karipoi, a Maasai warrior,
who lives in the nearby Ololosokwan commu-
nity and was on staff at the camp would play
chess. The lesson focused on the basics of
chess and the real challenge was relating to
a person from a very different background and
culture. I found that discussing the topic of
patterns in his job with the patterns in chess
helped. At the conclusion, I presented him
with a gift, a golden pawn. I explained, This
golden pawn key chain I give to you represents
what most often happens in chess at the
beginning of the game. A pawn is moved
forward just as I move forward on my first trip
to Tanzania. He graciously accepted my
special gift.
I also gave Rabin and Jackson a golden
pawn and expressed my appreciation for their
service to their country. Rabin later asked for
a chess lesson and promised he would learn
more about the game in the future. The tour
company, &Beyond, in Tanzania wrote an
interesting phrase about this event. They said
that this was an example of Sharing Knowl-
edge Across Cultures. I have chosen as the
theme for the 2011 Denker Tournament of
High School Champions and the Barber Tour-
nament of K-8 Champions the following:
Chess: Sharing Knowledge Across Cultures.
As we flew to the Mara Plains camp and
were greeted by Richard Pye, a native Kenyan,
former tracker, and guide who is now manager
of the Mara Plains camp located on the wildlife-
rich Olare Orok Conservancy, and Lorna, a
member of the staff who is originally from Scot-
land. A big priority was saving the animals
from poachers and adding more land that pro-
tected the animals and ensuring the local Masai
community. I had occasion to ask my usual
question, Does anyone at the camp play chess?
To my surprise, both Richard and Lorna played
each other as time permitted. He reflected and
said, It is better to compete over a game, than
to compete for game! May your next game of
chess be an opportunity to share knowledge
across cultures.
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USCF EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS

RESULTS
Gary Walters: 1,596
Mike Nietman: 1,573
Allen Priest: 1,552
Sevan Muradian: 406

WALTERS NIETMAN PRIEST

Results are in for the 2011 USCF executive board election. The USCF executive board consists of seven members elected by the
USCF membership and is charged with oversight of the Federation between annual meetings of the USCF board of delegates.
This year three seats were up for election for three-year terms with four candidates vying for the positions.

Walters and Nietman were incumbents. The board was seated at the 2011 Delegates Meeting on August 6, 2011, held in con-
junction with the U.S. Open in Orlando, Florida, joining the other current board members: Ruth Haring (President), Jim Berry
(Member at Large), Michael Atkins (Member at Large), and Bill Goichberg (Member at Large). Allen Priest will be the Vice Presi-
dent of Finance, Mike Nietman continues as Secretary, and Gary Walters becomes the Vice President.

The next USCF Executive Board election will be in June of 2013 with four seats up for election.

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 Looks at Books

Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster

Rapture for the American chess-history buff

By Al Lawrence

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

.
ential as a journalist and as an organizer and director. he founded and feelings on the bare chess bones assembled in Isaac Kash-
Chess Review, one of the most influential American chess mag- dan, American Chess Grandmaster.

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 Chess to Enjoy
Its Just a Matter of Technique
By GM Andy Soltis
Theres more than one way to win a won gameand thats the problem.
If a vote were taken to choose the most
annoying comment that is regularly made
by annotators, the winner would proba-
bly be The rest is just a matter of
technique.
The annotators messagecondescend-
ing, if not insultingis: Its not worth my
time explaining the rest to you. But there
are some examples of technique that may
seem impossible to explain.
Deep technique
Deep Junior
Deep Fritz
Cadaques 2001
r+ + + +
+ + + +
+ + R +
+ k + +
+ + + +
+ +R+K+
+ + +P+
+ + + +
After 69. ... Ra8
White chose an astonishing way to win,
beginning with 70. Rc6+!?!. Instead of try-
ing to win with an extra rook, White
wanted something easier. Yes, easier.
If Black had helped him, with 70. ...
Kxc6?, they would have landed in a posi-
tion from Ken Thompsons celebrated
database for five pieces/pawns. It would
not only be a winning position but, thanks
to the database, all the ensuing moves
leading to mate would be available for
White.
Therefore, Black kept matters in the rel-
atively murky world of six pieces/pawns
and play continued 70. ... Kb5! 71. Rc5+ Kb4
72. Rb5+ Kc4 73. Rd4+ Kc3. But White
reached his goal with 74. Rc5+, perhaps
with the idea of 74. ... Kb2 75. Rb4+ Ka2
76. Ra5+!, forcing Black into the database.
Instead, Black played 74. ... Kxd4.
(see diagram top of next column)
14 Chess Life September 2011
r+ + + + +
+r+ +
+ + + + + +l+ kp
+ + + + +p+ +p+
+ R + + +pPp+ +
+ k + + p+ Pp+ Q
+ + +K+ P + P +
+ + +P+ P + +PP
+ + + + + + + K
After 74. ... Kxd4 After 28. ... Kxg7
White finally got to a database position, victory except get his king deep into Black
played the recommended move 75. Rf5! territory where it would restrict the
and delivered mate on move 109. defenders pieces.
As strange as it seems, what Deep Jun- If the king stays on dark squares, Black
ior was doing is essentially the same cant do anything to stop him. Play went
thing humans do when we have a signif-
icant advantage. We want to simplify the g5 33. Kc3! Kf8 34. Kb4 Bf7 35. Ka5!.
29. Kf2! h6 30. Ke1! Re6 31. Qg3 Be8 32. Kd2!
position into one in which we dont have White actually said the rest was just
to think. Thats when we can turn our a matter of technique in his annota-
brain off and let our technique take over. tions. But it was more a matter of
If you have an extra pawn, you dont Zugzwang35. ... Kg7 36. Kb6 Kf8 37. Kc7
need a mind, Tigran Petrosian used to Kg7 38. Kd7 Kf8 and now 39. Qf2 Rg6 40. Qf5
say. But there is always something to
think aboutbecause technique can
h5 41. g3
mean different things.
It can mean, for example, trying to find
+
+ k +
the fastest win, such as creating a queen- + +K+l+
able passed pawn as quickly as you can.
Or it can mean trying to find the easiest
+p+ +r+
win. Forcing a trade of queens may pro- +pPp+Qpp
long the game but it can eliminate
counterplay and make your material edge
p+ Pp+ +
proportionally greater. P + P P
Or technique can just mean getting
your king into the game. Jose Capablanca
P + + P
used to say, in a position like the follow- + + + +
ing, that White wins in one move. After 41. g3
White to win in one Black resigned because he either begins
GM Teimour Radjabov to drop pawns or allows White to reach a
GM Bu Xiangzhi won pawn endgame 41. ... Kg7 42. Ke7
Sofia 2008 Re6+ 43. Qxe6.
Or technique can mean winning more
material. One of Reuben Fines long-for-
(see diagram top of next column)
But the one move Capa had in mind gotten insights, in The Middle Game in
was king to c7. In other words, White Chess, was: Dont swap down to an
doesnt have to do anything else to ensure endgame unless you have two extra
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 Problem I Problem II Problem III
Carlsbad 1911 Paul Johner Aron Nimzovich Oldrich Duras
Georg Rotlewi Akiba Rubinstein Alexander Alekhine

One hundred years ago this + + r k + + + + + + r +

month, 26 of the worlds strongest pp+ +pp + +
+p+ +L+ + +k
players converged on the Bohemian
resort town of Carlsbad, now Karlovy
+ Q n p + +p+ + + + +pp
Vary in the Czech Republic. Among
+ + + + + + P k + +q+ +
the prominent players who fought + + +L+ K+ + +P+ Q + p +
one another for five (!) weeks were + +R+ + + + + + + + p +l
Akiba Rubinstein, Carl Schlechter,
Frank Marshall, Aron Nimzovich,
q+ + PP+ + + N + + + + P
Rudolf Spielmann, Milan Vidmar
+ + + +K + + + + + + L K
and 20-year-old Alexander Alekhine. Black to play White to play Black to play
But it turned out to be the greatest
Problem IV Problem V Problem VI
event of Richard Teichmanns career.
Fyodor Dus Chotimirsky Oscar Chajes Rudolf Spielmann
In each of these six tough positions Georg Salwe Julius Perlis Akiba Rubinstein
from Carlsbad you are asked to find
the fastest winning line of play. This +r+ + + + +rrk+ + +qk +
will usually mean the forced win of
a decisive amount of material such
R + + +p PQ+ + p pp+nrrpp
as a rook or minor piece. For solu-
qkL + + R + + p +l+ n Q
tions see page 71. +r+ + + + + + + + +pLP+
+ + + + + q + N +pP + N
+ + Q P + +ppPPL + P +L+
PP +P+ K + +P+KP P+P+ +RP
+ + + + + + + + + + + RK
White to play White to play White to play

pawns or you can reach one of the ele- Botvinniks terrified students would
mentary wins with one pawn ahead. remain silent, unwilling to guess at what
Heres how that works: answer the great man wanted. Eventually
he broke the silence. He waited until his
Dont swap! opponent hung a second pawn! Botvin-
GM Emil Sutovsky nik said.
GM Kiril Georgiev
Thats why White played 30. f4! Ng6 31.
Gibraltar 2007 f5!. Then 31. ... Nxh4? allows 32. Rg8+
Ke7 33. Rg7+ Kd6 34. Rxh7, when the
+ r k + threats of 35. Rxh4 and 35. Rxb7 would
win a decisive second pawn, as per Capa-
+p+ + +p blanca and Fine.
p+ +Lp + Black replied 31. ... Ne7 instead. How can
+ + n + White make progress other than by win-
ning another pawn? The traditional
+ + + P formula is to either limit the defenders
+ + + R counterplay or create and push a passed
pawn. Blacks king and knight were
PPP+ P + severely limited by the last two moves, and
+ K + + Whites next move, 32. c3!, stopped Blacks
After 29. ... Rd8
only other counterplay (... Rd4).
This means White could take his time
Yes, White can trade pieces, with 30. creating a passer. After 32. ... b6 33. Kc2 Rd6
Rg8+ Ke7 31. Rxd8 Kxd8, and probably
create a passed queenside pawn. But he also had a way to penetrate the queen-
34. Rg4 h5 35. Ra4! b5 36. Rd4! Rxd4 37. cxd4
Black would have excellent chances of side with his king, Kc3-b4-a5 or -c5.
blockading it and drawing. Black stopped the king with 37. ... Nc6
Positions like this recall what Mikhail but then came 38. Kc3 Ke7 39. Bd5!.
Botvinnik used to say when he ran his cel-
ebrated school for talented Soviet
(see diagram top of next column)
youngsters. How did Capablanca win White threatens to win a second pawn
when he was just one pawn ahead? he with 40. Bf3 and Bxh5. That should be an
would ask them. easy win because Black has to commit
+ + + +
+ + k +
p+n+ p +
+p+L+P+p
+ P + P
+ K + +
PP + + +
+ + + +
After 39. Bd5
one piece to stop Whites h-pawn, while
the other fights a losing queenside battle
against Whites king and bishop.
Black chose 39. ... Kd6 and that allowed
40. Bxc6! Kxc6, which is the kind of ele-
mentary one-extra-pawn win that Fine
was talking about.
Black resigned after 41. b4! Kd6 42. Kd2!
Kc6 43. Ke3! Kd5 44. Kd3 because the position
really is just a matter of technique..
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 Solitaire Chess

Dutch Treat

In the Dutch Defense, when White plays purposefully, Black must defend the
By Bruce Pandolfini

center and kingside carefully else hell find himself wishing he were on the other
side of the boardas he does in this months game.

With the Dutch Defense, Black coun- Whites move is in the next line.**
ters Whites attempt to control e4 with the
9. Nxe4 Par Score: 4
Accept only 2 points part credit for 9.
f-pawn. In some cases, Black opens the
Bxe4 Nxe4, eliminating Whites strong
4. c4 Par Score: 5
f-file advantageously. Sometimes, Black This is one of the moves White wants
attacking bishop.
gets a kingside attack, being able to shift to get in, along with Nc3. He can also
his queen to e8 and then up to h5. Blacks delay it, playing 4. Nf3 (Full credit) instead.
king-rook and king-knight may join the
9. Nxe4
This exchange is not forced, but Black
assault as well. If White plays aimlessly,
thinks hes found a neat little combina-
4. Be7

he could soon find himself in difficulties. Or Black could play 4. ... Bb4+, which
is best answered by 5. Bd2 (1 bonus tion with his next two moves.**
But more often than not, its White who
gets the better of it in the center, and point).**
even on the kingside. In the following
10. Bxe4 Par Score: 4

game, White opens the center and soon

5. Nc3 Par Score: 5

fuels a powerful offensive against Blacks Now if Black wants to pin, 5. ... Bb4, he
10. e5

has to consume another tempo with the Black attacks d4, as well as the unde-
king. In the end, Black gets mated, rather fended knight at h3.**
dark-square bishop.
nicely. The opening moves were:
5. 0-0 11. dxe5! Par Score: 6
Classical Dutch (A91) Surprise! White sees his knight is indi-
Alberto Mario Giusfolisi 6. Nh3 Par Score: 5 rectly defended.
O. Torrens More usual is 6. Nf3. The text works
Madrid, 1951 well if Black plays the Stonewall, ... d7-
11. Bxh3

d5. Then, with the f-pawn unblocked, Black follows through with his plan. At
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 White tries for f2-f3, followed by e2-e4. least Black is consistent.**
12. Qh5 Par Score: 5
rnlqkl r 6. d6
Black tries to adjust. He avoids the White looks to recapture the bishop.
pppp+ pp Stonewall, now intending ... e6-e5.** But the main threat is to bring about
+ +pn + mate by 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bg6+ Kg8 15.
7. 0-0 Par Score: 5
Qh7 mate. Add 1 bonus point if you saw
+ + +p+ White safeguards his king before tak- this when playing 11. dxe5.
+ P + + ing action in the center.
12. Bf5
+ + + P Obviously, the move 12. ... Bxf1 runs
7. c6

PPP+PPLP
RNLQK NR
Your starting position
Now make sure you have the above
position set up on your chessboard. As
you play through the remaining moves in
this game, use a piece of paper to cover
the article, exposing Whites 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 pointsor deductionsfor other
moves and variations. Note that ** means
that the note to Blacks move is over and
Black plays to blunt the action of the into the aforementioned mate. On 12. ...
g2-bishop down the long diagonal. He g6, White plays 13. Qxh3; and if 13. ...
also aims to control d5, knowing that he dxe5, then 14. Qe6+, followed by 15.
plans to play ... e6-e5. Probably, he should Qxe5, remaining a pawn ahead (1 bonus
play 7. ... e5 directly.** point).**
8. e4 Par Score: 5 13. Bxf5 Par Score: 4
As a result of Blacks hesitation, White White has regained his piece and still
is first to initiate action in the center. threatens mate.
8. fxe4 13. g6
The point of ... f7-f5 was to be able to The try 13. ... h6 can be handled with
make such a capture on e4. If Black does- 14. Be6+ Kh8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6
nt take, White will capture on f5. mate (1 bonus point).**
Thereafter, he will try to expose e6 as a
weakness, possibly with Rf1-e1 and Nh3-
14. Be6+ Par Score: 4
f4 (1 bonus point).** Accept merely 2 points part credit for the

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 Problem I Problem II Problem III
ABCs of Chess Mating net Discovery Fork

These problems are all related to

lk+ + + +l+ +k+ +k+ + +
key positions in this months game.
+ + + + + + +pp +pp + +
In each case, Black is to move. The P + + + + +p+ + + + + q
answers can be found in Solutions + + + + + + + + + + + +
on page 71. + + + q + K + + + +P+ +
September Exercise: An important
+ + + + + + P PN + + + +
skill to develop is the ability to play + + +P+ + + + + + + +P+
detective. Taking available clues, we + +Q+LK + + + + + +Q+ K
pose certain questions, trying to
unearth relevant information. The
questions neednt be profound. What Problem IV Problem V Problem VI
would we like to do? How can we do Mating net Trapping Removing the guard
it? Can we be stopped? Is there
something we should be doing first? + +k+ + k + + + +
+r+k+
And so on and so forth. As with any- + +p + +p+ + + + + +p+
thing, the more we do this, the better + + + + + + +pl +q+ + +
we get at it. Indeed, we should prac-
tice asking these analytical type
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
queries whenever we can. Its a + + + q + + + + + + +l+
clich, but its true: if we ask the + + + +l + + + pl + + +R+
right question, we practically have + + + + + +P+ P + +LQ +
the answer. Q + + RK + +NR K + + + +K

sacrifice 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qxg6+. The
queen, by herself, can effect a draw, 15.
... Kh8 16. Qh6+. But there is probably no
more attack. For example, 16. Bh6 Rg8
17. Qh5, threatening 18. Bf8 mate, can
be defended by 17. ... Qe8 etc. Accept 1
bonus point if you realized this.
14. Kh8
Black figures that the attack on the
bishop will force White to trade queens,
eliminating the pin.**
18. Qc3! Par Score: 7
Surprise! The pin is worth the bishop
now sacrificed. Accept only 3 points part
credit for exchanging queens, either 18.
Rae1 or 18. Qxd6.
... Nd7, there follows 23. Qe7 (1 bonus
point) 23. ... Rg8 24. Qxd7 g5 25. Qd4 Rg6
26. Bxg5 etc.
The alternatives 21. ... Qd6 and 21. ...
Qd8 can be answered the same way as the
text.**
22. Qxf6+! Par Score: 6
An equivalent line is 22. Re8+ Qxe8

15. Qe2 Par Score: 4

23. Qxf6+, followed by 24. Qg7 mate.
18. Qxe6
White saves the queen and aligns with Its hard not to take a loose bishop.**
22. Kg8
e5, ready to recapture at the appropriate Or Black could try 22. ... Qxf6, but
moment. 19. Rae1 Par Score: 5
that fails to 23. Re8+ Qf8 24. Rxf8 mate.
15. dxe5 The queen and bishop are skewered.

This temporarily reestablishes mate-

23. Re8+ Black resigned
For the record, Black saw what was
rial equality.**
19.

there follows 20. Rxe6 Bxc3 21. Re8+ Rf8

Qf7
If 19. ... Bb4 (to distract the queen), coming and resigned at move nineteen. .
22. Rxf8 mate (1 bonus point).
16. Bh6! Par Score: 6
This is better than the immediate 16.
Qxe5+ (accept only 3 points part credit),
which Black answers by ... Be7-f6, with Solitaire Chess scores:
20. Rxe7! Par Score: 6
This removes the guard, the defender
a better game than he deserves. of f6. Total your score to determine
16. Rf6 your approximate rating below:
On 16. ... Re8, White has 17. Bf7, win-
20. Qxe7
Blacks recapture is essentially forced.**
ning the Exchange (1 bonus point).**
Total Score Approx. Rating
95+ 2400+
21. Re1 Par Score: 5
White takes control of the e-file. When
17. Qxe5 Par Score: 4 81-94 2200-2399
White is now a pawn ahead. He also
the queen moves off, the rook will be able
66-80 2000-2199
threatens to pile up on the pinned rook
to reach e8.
51-65 1800-1999
by 18. Bg5, winning the Exchange (1 36-50 1600-1799
bonus point). Accept only 1 point part
credit for 17. Rad1, which is answered by
21. Qf7 21-35 1400-1599

If instead 21. ... Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1, the

17. ... Qc7.
06-20 1200-1399
resistance is prolonged, but the game 0-05 under 1200
17. Qd6 still cant be saved. For instance, on 22.

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Cover Story
World Chess Hall of Fame
Reopens in Saint Louis
The Hall upgrades to a professional staff and a prime location.
By Al Lawrence
W
hen Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield, founders of the Chess
Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, heard that the
World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) was looking for new
quarters, it didnt take long for them to decide it should
be in their hometown. It was a spectacular opportunity, Rex
said. And this move puts the Hall dead center in the country
after all, all rivers and roads lead to St. Louis.
St. Louis had already played a keystone role in chess history,
hosting part of the very first world championship in 1886 when
Wilhelm Steinitz defeated Johannes Zukertort. In fact, those
games took place just three miles away from the home of the
new WCHOF. Recent events, including a string of national
championships, at the St. Louis club have reconnected the city
with its chess heritage.
The World Chess Hall of Fame, which traces its own history
back to 1986, has been accumulating relics of our game for the
past quarter century. Moving these artifactssome priceless and
worrisomely fragilemay seem like a daunting project. Not to
mention the responsibility of preserving and displaying them
18 Chess Life September 2011
after all, the Halls Miami digs are a hard act to follow.
But to the Sinquefields and their team, used to making big
things happen, it was just another day at work for chess.
There were no speed bumps, Rex said. They found a his-
toric building immediately across the street from the chess
club. A team of specialists guided extensive remodeling to
convert the three-story, 16,000-square-foot facility into a
secure, climate-controlled exhibit space. Its first and second
floor galleries will rotate exhibitions. The third floor houses
the Hall of Fame and will feature highlights from the perma-
nent collection.
Susan Barrett, one of the Sinquefields most trusted aides,
takes over as director of the new Hall. We knew right away that
moving the World Chess Hall of Fame here would be so appro-
priate, she said. The partnership between the Club and the
WCHOF allows the Club to continue to be the grad school of
chess and the Hall to widen the perspective to the whole com-
munity. We want to provide people with all the benefits of
chess, not just produce new GMs.
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This 1700s brightly polychromed carved ivory Rajasthan Style Figurative Set harkens back to the origins of chess in India and is one of the 30 historical
sets, dating from 900 to 1924 in Chess Masterpieces exhibition. Dean Collection 2010, Richard Beenen Photography
These and the following images are examples from the World Chess Hall of Fame opening exhibitions OUT OF THE BOX: Artists Play Chess, curated by
Bradley Bailey (bottom left this page, 20, 21 bottom, 23 top, and 25 top), and Chess Masterpieces: Highlights from the George and Vivian Dean Collection,
curated by Larry List (above, bottom right, and 21 top and center), which will run from September 9, 2011 to February 12, 2012.

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Do you feel comfortable losing?), 2006. Pieces:
black and red Corian, miniature speakers, electronic and computer com-
ponents, Box and Board: Corian, electronics and customized metal and
carbon fiber flight case with printed exterior and foam interior. Edition of
7 and 3 artists proofs. Luhring Augustine, New York. Image courtesy of
the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York.
This 1900s Habsburg Dynasty Set & Board from the Dean Collection has
32 unique pieces of silver and gilt covered with over 100 semi-precious
gems including garnets with engraved portraits. The fortress-walled chess
board is a rich display of rulers& nobles coats of arms. This WCHOF exhi-
bition celebrates the Deans 50th year of collecting together. Dean
Collection 2010, Richard Beenen Photography

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 Cover Story
Gavin Turk, The Mechanical Turk, 2008. HD Film on DVD, Box: wood with inlay. RS&A Ltd. Image courtesy of RS&A Ltd.
New expertise
The Sinquefields quickly made sure that, for the first time in its
history, the Hall acquired the kind of know-how required for pre-
serving and exhibiting chess antiquities. Larry List, a New York
City curator and specialist in exhibiting chess, was called in to
consult on the move and relocation. Without the initial energy
of players and enthusiasts, he said, important historical proj-
ects like the World Chess Hall of Fame would never get started,
but at a certain point, folks with curatorial and other organiza-
tional experience can lend a hand to make sure the right kind
of work is done to preserve history. As the executive director of
the Miami Hall for half-a-dozen years, five of them as a volun-
teer, I have to agree with List. Shane Samole, the Miami sponsor
and moving force, made the Hall a worldwide chess destination
and greatly expanded the collection through donations and his
own purchases. But it was time to send it to the pros.
Shannon Bailey is another experienced museum specialist
with degrees in museum studies and art history, and years of
20 Chess Life September 2011
both hands-on and high-level experience that belie her youth.
With some initial help from Larry List, Frank Camaratta and
myself, Bailey spent most of the summer organizing and cate-
gorizing the material that arrived from Miami, including
preparing the new plaques for the September induction, as well
as early fund raising, marketing and branding decisions.
All of us working on the project are so proud to have it here
and really want to celebrate the honorees in the Hall of Fame,
Bailey said. Well continue the impressive plaques for each
inductee, but we also plan iPad kiosks to give visitors much more
information about the lives, games, and achievements of the
chess greats. Has working with chess changed her point of view?
Once you start to learn about chess, you see connections to
it everywhere, she said. Were all amazed at the many ways
chess is interwoven into our cultureand all of them offer
opportunities to make the game relevant and appealing to the
general public.
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 Dream location
For the first time, the new WCHOF will have the benefit of con-
stant walk-by traffic. The move to St. Louis popular Central West
End puts the World Chess Hall of Fame in the middle of one
of the citys most popular gathering places, just north of For-
est Park, home to other important attractions and well-known
museums, and surrounded by a wide selection of restaurants
and sidewalk cafes, galleries, bookstores, and specialty shops.
Well have lots of synergy with the Saint Louis Art Museum and
other local attractions, Rex Sinquefield said. Many important
community leaders have already agreed to be on our board of
directors or advisory board.
Tony Rich, the executive director of the chess club, cant
wait for the Hall to open across the street. Im eager to see Dr.
Deans Faberge set and the Olympiad medals, as well as the
famous Play It By Trust chess set by Yoko Ono, he said. And
the collection will certainly grow. Chess collectors will know that
their treasures will be in safe hands at the new Hall of Fame.
Schools and other organizations from all over will now be even
more likely to arrange field trips, since they can visit a museum
and a chess club on the same trip, Rich said.

Widening the net

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

Top: This 1905 Kuropatkin Set & Board with Presentation Case, commissioned by the court of Czar Nicolas II, and the 1915 Egyptians versus Assyrians
Set with Presentation Case are the only two known chess sets by Faberg in the world. Complete with their custom, silk-lined presentation cases, each
emblazoned with the Faberg logo and their cities of origin, the Chess Masterpieces exhibition will be the first time they are shown together
in public anywhere in the world. Dean Collection 2010, Richard Beenen Photography

Middle: The 1800s Braided & Embroidered Moroccan Travel Set & Board is a rare example of passementerie, gold & silver decorative braiding techniques,
used to create an entire chess set. The red & green color scheme echoes that of the earliest Indian sets. Dean Collection 2010, Richard Beenen Photography

Bottom: Diana Thater, Georges Koltanowski versus Marcel Duchamp, Paris, 1929 (Played by Ellen Simon and Cybelle Tondu), 2010. Installation for four
video monitors, one Blu-ray player, one Blu-ray disc. Collection of Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield. Image courtesy of David Zwirner Gallery, New York.

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Cover Story
KitchenTables,NewYorkCellars,andAngryStewardesses:
ABriefHistoryoftheHallofFame
T
he Chess Hall of Fame started
out as an idea tossed around a
New Jersey kitchen table.
In 1985, one year into his USCF
presidency, E. Steven Doyle informally
discussed a plan with longtime friends to
give chess its own Cooperstown. We
thought it would be a great idea to have
a place to honor our best and store and
display valuable artifacts, Doyle said.
A specialist in turning ideas into action,
Doyle, by February of 1986, had formally
established the concept of the Hall. Soon
Doyle had located and purchased, on
behalf of USCF, the famed silver set
awarded to Paul Morphy for winning the
first American Chess Congress in 1857.
That acquisition remains a centerpiece of
the Hall to this day.
On August 10, 1986 at the U.S. Open
in Somerset, New Jersey, USCF induct-
ed the first hall of famersReuben Fine,
Robert Fischer, Isaac Kashdan, George
Koltanowski, Frank Marshall, Paul
Morphy, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and
Sammy Reshevskyeven though there
was as yet no actual Hall.
Thats when the tradition of the
inductees donating a personal item
began, Doyle said. During the very first
ceremony, I leaned over and asked
Sammy, What about that hat? He smiled
and handed it to me.
Then-USCF Executive Director Gerry
Dullea began work on preparing a space
in USCFs New Windsor headquarters
building. I was instructed to make the
Halls construction my first priority for the
year, Dullea said. I took to prowling
every museum I could, looking for ideas.
The result was the first incarnation of
the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame, which, as
a brand-new USCF executive director,
I opened in 1988 in a handsome,
chessboard-carpeted room carved out of
the Federations subterranean
warehouse, surrounded by shelves of
books, chess sets, and clocks for sale. It
was intended as a start, and it has
obviously served as a good one. But it was
also a success on its own, attracting a
number of national news stories and
building support for the idea of a place
to honor chess heroes, as well as to
protect and display the games priceless
memorabilia. By the end of 1990, the
U.S. Chess Trust had taken over the
Hall as part of its nonprofit mission.
In 1993 the Hall was moved and
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reopened in Washington, D.C., under the
supervision of David Mehler, sharing
space with his U.S. Chess Center, which
remains in operation today. Still in
underground quarters, The Center was,
however, located just six blocks from the
White House, USCF past president John
McCrary recalls. It was dedicated to
using chess to help inner-city children.
Mehlers location in the nations capital
gave the Hall its first exposure in an
important metropolitan center.
By then a squad of volunteers dedicated
to the preservation of chess history had
taken up the cause: Doyle and McCrary
were joined by former USCF president and
U.S. Chess Trust Chairman Harold
Winston, as well as long- time volunteer
Frank Camaratta. Winston, an attorney,
filed the necessary papers and worked out
complicated agreements safeguarding the
rights and contents of the Hall. McCrary
aided with negotiations between parties
and lent the Hall rare chess books, while
Camaratta put on loan valuable antique
sets. Both gave invaluable guidance.
Meanwhile, businessman Sidney
Samole, holder of the first patent on a
commercial chess computer, had been
entertaining the dream of creating a full-
fledged World Chess Hall of Fame and
Museum, with its own unique space.
McCrary recalls that, by chance, he was
on the same flight to the 1998 U.S. Open
with Samole when discussions for a Hall
of Fame move to Miami were taking place.
I'd just received a draft of the proposed
contract between Excalibur and the Trust,
McCrary said. So Sid and I walked back
and forth on the plane with changes. But
he was in first class, while my family and
I were in coach I kept walking up to first
class. Then I got a very physical shove
from the stewardess! So Sid came back to
coach for all our further discussions.
Samole worked with an architect to
create a building along the Florida
Turnpike in Miami whose exterior
mimicked a tournament chessboard and
whose Hall of Fame wing was entered
through a giant rook and then a darkened
Time Tunnel of Chess. Sadly, Sidney
died before his dream was fully completed,
but his son Shane finished the job as a
living monument to his father, and it
became The World Chess Hall of Fame
and Sidney Samole Museum.
In 2001 I moved full-time to Miami to
help Shane create the Hall of Fame
displays and to take on the job of
executive director of the facility. It was
daunting but exhilarating work, sorting
and selecting memorabilia from the
pallets of boxes shipped from D.C., and
producing displays that showed them
off. Shane spared no expense getting
everything right. We agreed that the main
task was to show the champions and
the treasures of chess for the first time
in the elevated context they deserved.
Sharon Samole, Sidneys widow, ran the
gift shop and kept the membership
records. USCF expert Gil Luna gave tours
and handled a myriad of other day-to-day
duties. Both Dr. George Dean, perhaps
the leading collector of chess sets in the
world, and Floyd Sarisohn of the Chess
Collectors International donated historic
and beautiful chessmen.
The grand opening, delayed by the
world-changing events of 9/11, were
attended by a whos who of chess. Even
the descendants of Jose Raul Capablanca
were on hand. The Hall gained importance
and garnered a worldwide audience of
admirers by also becoming the official
World Chess Hall of Fame, sanctioned
by FIDE. Championship tournaments, a
hundred school field trips, and half a
dozen truly historic gatherings followed.
Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Lev
Alburt, Walter Browne, Joel Benjamin,
Larry Christiansen, and Nick de Firmian,
among many others, came to the Miami
Hall to be inducted, and brought the
world media with them.
But in the worldwide economic
meltdown of the last few years, supporting
the expensive project suddenly became
impossible for Samoles privately held
company. Was the magnificent dream
coming to an end?
At the time, Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield
were in the news for making St. Louis a
capital city of chess, building the plush
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of
Saint Louis in the heart of the citys
fashionable dining and promenading
destination, and for rescuing USCF
championship events. When I contacted
them, Rex and Jeanne immediately saw
the importance of the Hall of Fame and
its relevance to making St. Louis the
worlds most important chess destination.
Their foresight, work and sponsorship
have resulted in the World Chess Hall of
Fames new, permanent home. (See
feature story.)
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 Cover Story
Gulko, Soltis & Menchik: First Saint Louis Inductees
Left to right: GM Boris Gulko, GM Andy Soltis, Vera Menchik
T
wenty-five years after the very first Hall of Fame inductions,
Saint Louis new World Chess Hall of Fame will open its
doors by honoring Grandmasters Boris Gulko and Andy
Soltis with their own plaques in the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame.
At the same ceremony, Vera Menchik will become the first
woman enshrined in the World Chess Hall of Fame.
Gulko, born in the old East German town of Erfurt, is the only
player ever to win both the USSR and U.S. championships. He
shared the Soviet titleat a time when it was the strongest
national championship in the worldin 1977, only one year
after becoming a grandmaster. He won the American title two
decades later in 1994 and 1999. Many of the intervening years
were spent as a political outcast in the old USSR. Openly anti-
communist, he applied for permission to leave the country
shortly after winning the Soviet Championship but was denied.
Both he and his wife, WGM Anna Akhsharumova, became promi-
nent Soviet Refuseniks. Gulko was arrested and beaten by the
KGB (the former Russian secret police and intelligence agency),
and neither he nor Akhsharumova were permitted to play in top-
level competition until the policy of glasnost was introduced in
the 1980s. Finally allowed to emigrate to the U.S. in 1986, at 39,
he had lost perhaps the most important seven years of his career
to political suppression. Those years were a serious blow to my
chess career, he has said, but I dont regret them. He went on
quickly to win Marseille in 1986, and Cannes and Biel in 1987.
Hes been a stalwart team member for the U.S., representing it
in nine Olympiads and three World Team Champion- ships.
International politics again interfered with his professional oppor-
tunities as late as 2004, when the World Championship was held
in Libya, and Gaddafis son announced that Zionist enemies
would not be invited. Gulko, a Jew, withdrew. Our magnificent
and noble game does not deserve such a disgrace, he said.
Andy Soltis, born in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, earned his inter-
national master title after winning Reggio Emilia 1971-72
tournament in 1972 and his grandmaster title in 1980 after win-
ning New York 1977 and 1980. Soltis is one of the most avidly
read American chess writers of his generation. He has written the
award-winning and extremely popular Chess Life column, Chess
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to Enjoy, for more than 30 years and is a best-selling author of
more than 100 chess books, including Rethinking the Chess
Pieces and Why Lasker Matters. He was named Chess Journal-
ist of the Year in 1988 and inducted into the Gallery of
Distinguished Chess Journalists in 2005. He is a longtime chess
columnist for the New York Post, starting the column in October
of 1972, right after the Fischer-Spassky match. I started at the
Post as a reporter three years earlier, Soltis said, so that makes
me one of the rare non-professional GMs. Andy and his wife
Marcy will be attending the induction. Im delighted to be hon-
ored, he said, and happy to see that the Hall of Fame is being
reopened in permanent quarters appropriate for Americans rich
chess history.
Vera Menchik will become the first woman to be inducted into
the World Hall of Fame. (The U.S. Hall inducted Gisela Gresser
in 1992 and Diane Savereide in 2010.) Early in Menchiks
career, the Viennese master Albert Becker chauvinistically sug-
gested that any man losing to her should be made a member of
the Vera Menchik Club. Becker quickly became the clubs
charter member. Many other, much more renowned male mas-
ters followed, including Max Euwe (later to become world
champion), Samuel Reshevsky, Edgar Colle, Sultan Khan, Fred-
erich Saemisch, Lajos Steiner, and F. D. Yates. Menchik, the most
dominant woman player of all time, was born in Moscow of a
British mother and Czech father in 1906, learned chess at age
nine, and moved to England in 1921. She competed for Russia,
Czechoslovakia, and England over the course of her career,
holding the title of womens world champion from its inception
in 1927 to her death in 1944. In the intervening seven womens
championships, she won 78 games while drawing four and los-
ing only one! At Ramsgate 1929, she finished tied for second with
Akiba Rubinstein, just half a point behind former World Cham-
pion Jos Ral Capablanca. Menchik died as a victim of Nazi
rocket attacks on London. In her honor, the womens Olympiad
trophy is known as the Vera Menchik Cup.
Gulko and Soltis will be the 48th and 49th inductees into the
U.S. Chess Hall of Fame. Menchik will be the 16th to enter the
World Chess Hall of Fame.
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 Profile
A ll R ise
A profile of the honorAble GeorGe n. leiGhton
By Dr. Tim Redman | Photos by Betsy Dynako
i trAveled to ChiCAGo in April to
present the winner of the Kasparov Chess
foundations national Girls Champi-
onship with a $105,000 scholarship to
attend the University of texas at dallas
and to interview George leighton for this
profile. i invited him to help me present
the award but he demurred. tim, he
said, in our days at the Chicago Chess
Club if someone mentioned a $105,000
scholarship for girls chess, they would
have undergone a court-ordered psychi-
atric evaluation. i tried to work him into
the award ceremony for the champion,
Alexandra v. botez, anyway.
Addressing several hundred students,
parents, and coaches, i said: i spent a
pleasant friday afternoon with an old
friend, George leighton. George is an avid
chess player. he is also the first black per-
son appointed to the federal bench in
illinois, as judge of the United States dis-
trict Court. Many in the audience
nodded. We have made a great deal of
progress towards racial equality in this
country, a fact easily confirmed by sim-
ply looking around the room.
i continued: i invited George leighton
to participate in todays award ceremony,
but he had to work over the weekend at
his law office on a pressing case. Many
more in the audience nodded. these days,
we all have to work long hours just to stay
on top of things. these chess parents, who
sacrifice so their children can play chess
understood perfectly.
George leighton is 98 years old. At
this point there was an audible gasp
from those present. Chess keeps you
sharp, i finished.
Chess Life caught up with George at his
office at the prestigious law firm of neal and
leroy on laSalle Street, Chicagos equiv-
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alent of Wall Street, where he is of Coun-
sel. George has kept up with his chess. he
had the recent issue of the magazine and
asked questions about hikaru nakamura.
George neves leitao was born on
october 22, 1912 in new bedford, Massa-
chusetts. he was the son of two portuguese
nationals, natives of the Cape verde
islands, a 14-island archipelago off the
coast of Africa that was a portuguese
colony for more than 400 years. his name
was Anglicized to leighton. raised in new
bedford and on Cape Cod, he finished
sixth grade but then dropped out because
he had to work in cranberry bogs managed
by his father to help support the family.
Mary A. hayden, who ran a local boys
club, taught him the rudiments of chess.
it was the greatest gift i have ever been
given, George told me. he has since
memorialized her help by making signif-
icant financial contributions to chess in
her honor. he also later became active in
supporting the Chicago boys Clubs to
help repay what he had received from
her. As a youth, after work, George read
extensively, attended night school, and
studied in Works projects Administration
classes in 1934-35. the Cape verdean
community in new bedford, under the
leadership of the attorney Alfred J. Gomes,
created a competitive scholarship, $200 for
initial college tuition to the top two essay-
ists. George was one of the winners.
Without a high-school diploma, George
leighton was admitted to Washington,
d.C.s famous howard University as an
unclassified student. to make money to
support his education, George worked for
a time peeling potatoes in a district of
Columbia restaurant. on St. patricks day
in 1936, early in the morning, he reached
into the bag for the next potato and could-
nt peel it. it was a rock the size of a potato.
George kept it and it has served as his tal-
isman ever since, to remind him of how
hard he had to work to succeed. enclosed
in plexiglas, it is still on his desk. After four
straight years on the deans honor roll at
howard, he was awarded a degree magna
cum laude. he received a scholarship to
attend harvard law School and, after war
service, graduated in 1946. George passed
the bar in Massachusetts and, after arriv-
ing in Chicago, in illinois.
Merely listing Georges professional
accomplishments and accolades would
take several pages. he helped found one
of the largest predominantly black law
firms in the United States: Moore, Ming,
and leighton. he is a life member of the
nAACp. he argued a number of constitu-
tionally important cases advancing the
cause of civil rights in this country in
the 50s and 60s. he was elected judge of
the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1964,
assigned as judge of the illinois Appellate
Court in 1969, and elected to that office
in 1970. president Gerald ford nomi-
nated him as judge of the United States
district Court and he was confirmed by
the United States Senate in 1976. he
was for many years a professor at John
Marshall law School and has been
awarded five honorary doctorates. in
2005, the United States post office in
new bedford was named in his honor.
Most recently, on May 6, 2011, he was
given the prestigious Cardinal bernadin
Award from the Chicago legal Clinic for
action on behalf of social justice, advo-
cacy for the less advantaged, and
passionate promotion of the ideal that
we are our brothers keepers.
i wrote to harold J. Winston, former
USCf president, current chair of the U.S.
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Profile

Here Comes the Judge

FIDE Master Leonid Kaushansky
arrived in Chicago in the early
1980s from the Soviet Union and
started winning left and right. And
then he was paired with Judge
Leighton in the first round of the
Greater Chicago Open, on March
27, 1982.

Queens Pawn Opening:

Unusual lines (D00)
George N. Leighton
Leonid Kaushansky
1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5.
f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 c4 7. Bc2 Ne4 8. 0-0 f5 9.
Qe1 e6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Be7? 12.
Ba4+ Kf8 13. Nd2 Bh4 14. g3 Bg5 15.
Kg2 Kg8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bd1 Bf5?
18. h4 Be7 19. h5! h6 20. g4 Bh4 21.
Qe2 Qg5 22. Kh1 Bh7 23. b3!

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zpp+-+-zpl
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P+-+Q+-+
tR-vLL+R+K
After 23. b3

23. ... cxb3 24. axb3 g6 25. Ba3 Kg7 26.

Rf6 Rae8 27. Qb5! Rhf8 28. Bxf8+ Rxf8
29. Qd7+, Black resigned.
A potato that couldnt be peeled.

Chess Trust, and a prominent Chicago
public defender, for his comments about
George. Harold summarized it nicely: I
have attended several legal get-togethers in
the last three years at which Judge Leighton
was honored. He is greatly respected by all
in the criminal defense community because
he was a pioneer fighter for the rights of
defendants to fair trials as well as being an
excellent and fair judge.
I first got to know George Leighton
during the mid-sixties at the Chicago
Chess Club, the citys only seven-day-a-
week club, founded in 1870. Its quarters
were in a fading commercial building at 64
East Van Buren Street in Chicagos Loop
(downtown). The club included many emi-
nent Chicagoans and a few characters.
Besides George, the former category
included Wiley Clements, an insurance
executive; Norbert Leopoldi, an importer;
Norman Perrin, a professor of theology
at the University of Chicago; Phil LeCornu,
a businessman who later left his estate to
the U.S. Chess Federation; Dr. Eugene
Martinovsky, a psychiatrist and chess
master; along with a goodly number of
other masters. The characters included
Danny Fischeimer, who divided his time
between Chicago, where he was a slum
landlord, and Las Vegas, where he gambled,
and Walter Grombacher, a hypochondriac
who would insist on describing his symp-
toms to Dr. Martinovsky and who boasted
that he had been the only Jewish member
of the Hitler Youth.
George and I shared some laughs
recalling some of these folks. He was
genuinely fond of Richard Verber, who
was Chicago Chess Club president for
many years. Richard, a Falstaffian man,
was one of the nations top players (he
turned down an invitation to the U.S.
Closed Championship one year) and a top
organizer. Richard organized the record-
breaking U.S. Open in August 1973 and
put on what was the nations first ches-
sathon, though we didnt have a name
for it at the time.
A lifelong Democrat and a supporter of
Mayor Richard J. Daley and John F.
Kennedy (and later Barack Obama), George
had the clout to secure the Chicago Civic
Center Plaza in the Loop (now Daley Plaza)
to hold an all-day chess simultaneous,
where the citys best players, including
George, played all comers over the course
of a work day, 2,900 in all. Due to various
circumstances, the Chicago Chess Club
moved to another Loop location, then to the
Near North Side, and then to the basement
of the Gas Light Tavern on North Halsted
Street. At that point, George stopped
attending. I asked him why and he told me
that as a judge, he could not be seen in a
tavern, even if he was just passing through
to get to the chess club.
I was a student in Rome in 1970-71
and I heard that George and his wife, Vir-
ginia (he called her Ma), were going to
come as tourists. I arranged with Italian
friends to take them on a Rome by Night
car tour of all the lighted monuments in
the city. I was surprised that George
understood our Italian, due, he explained,

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Judge Leighton playing the author.
to the fact that his parents were Por-
tuguese nationals. Following his parents,
George is a devout Roman Catholic. He
has two daughters, five grandchildren,
and, three great-grandchildren.
At one point, Georges passion for chess
exposed him to risk. Like all serious
Chicago chess players, in summer he
would play at the chess pavilion at North
Avenue Beach. While he was presiding
over a trial of FALN (Puerto Rican) terror-
ists, a group of FBI agents visited George
in his chambers during a trial recess. They
told him that they had credible evidence
that the FALN was going to assassinate
him at North Avenue Beach that weekend
while he was playing chess. He stayed
away but then upset all sides of the crim-
inal case by giving the older indicted
members long prison terms but granting
probation to the youngest, an exception
which anticipated by many decades what
we now know about brain development
in males through their mid-twenties.
My next contact with George was when
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he phoned my university office offering to
help Bobby Fischer with his legal prob-
lems (Fischer had just been detained in
Japan). Knowing now what I do about
Georges legendary legal defense skills, I
have no doubt that he could have helped
exonerate Fischer. But the difficulty of
contacting Fischer was followed by what
seemed to be a fair resolution and they
caused me to let the matter drop. And
then, two months ago, I read about
George in The New York Times. The
columnist ran into him shortly after Illi-
nois halted the death penalty. Asked for
his reaction, George replied Its civiliza-
tion. George had defended many indigent
prisoners on death row.
On Friday, April 8, Betsy and I met at his
law office for the beginning of the interview
and photos. We then re-paired to the Neal
and Leroy conference room for a game of
speed chess and further photos. I was
overconfident about our game. Years ago,
I had finally learned how to meet Georges
inevitable Stonewall (d2-d4, c2-c3, e2-e3, f2-
f4) with a response challenging command
of the black squares (... g7-g6, ... Bf8-g7, ...
d7-d6, ... e7-e5). But George changed open-
ings to the more conventional d4 and c4.
Unprepared, seeing his mounting attack,
and knowing we were both hungry, I offered
and he accepted a draw. George has kept
up his chess using his Mephisto computer.
He took me to Chicagos famous Ital-
ian Village in the Loop. Despite the fact
that it was after 3 pm and a sign in the
entry way directed all diners arriving
after 2:30 pm to the second-floor restau-
rant, he strode confidently into the
fancier first-floor restaurant and we were
seated immediately. He is known there.
We both had pasta and a drink and con-
tinued our reminiscences. George had to
leave but I lingered and got into conver-
sation with our waiter. Il signore ha un
grande cuore, he said, un grande
a big heart. .
cuore. The gentleman has a big heart,
Learn more in a five-minute video:
search George N. Leighton on YouTube.
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 2011 National Open

Love Has It
The story from Las Vegas, including a look by our author at what
In my enthusIastIc prevIew of the natIonal open for able to put together a little trivia quiz for my dear readers:
Chess Life Online a few weeks prior to the June 10-12 las vegas
a) when was the last time pavel Blatny used chessBase to
event, I promised that in this article, Id be coming back with
prepare for a game? (A hint: what year was the last time)
answers to such burning questions as what pre-registered Gm
pavel Blatny has been up to in the years since he left behind the b) what are loek van welys three top interests in life?
chess world for different (most likely greener) pastures. I was
we can even do a true or false:
about to fail miserably in my task when I ran into pavel and co-
winner loek van wely (photo, above; varuzhan akobian is in the speaking about nakamura following in his footsteps in his recent
photo on the facing page) in the lobby on the morning of the tour- purchase of a Bmw, van wely said: I cant believe he didnt get a
naments conclusion. thanks to this lucky encounter, I was better car!

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ts Borders
makes some of the top players tick.
Alright, now that youre hopefully intrigued, let me backtrack
a little and tell you about the players, the games, who won and
who lost
The finish at this years National Open was quite suspenseful,
as four pairs were fighting for first place amongst themselves, unlike
2010, when only the game Gareyev-Akobian was relevant for
determining the tournament victor. These pairs were van Wely-
Zhanibek Amanov, Ray Robson-Suat Atalik, Sam Shankland-Timur
Gareyev, and Giorgi Kacheishvili-Akobian. There was actually
one other player with 4/5, GM Alejandro Ramirez, but he had com-
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By IM Irina Krush | Photos by Chris Bird
mitted to a bye for the final round, and had to fly off to teach at
a chess camp the following day. Im sure he must have felt a twinge
of regret at leaving the tournament at such a critical moment
whoever is planning your schedule, Alejandro, please tell them that
the last round is indeed the most important one!
As we already know, van Wely capitalized on his gift by eas-
ily beating the only non-GM of the group, and while all the other
matchups were fought out, only one produced a decisive result.
Varuzhs solid opening choice paid off as Giorgi went overboard
trying to make something out of an equal endgame:
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 2011 National Open
Queens Gambit Declined,
Semi-Slav without ... Nf6
(D31)
GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (2660)
GM Varuzhan Akobian (2685)
National Open (6), Las Vegas,
06.12.2011
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7
It doesnt get any more solid
than this line of the Queens
Gambit Declined.
4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6
5. ... Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 is the
other main line, which featured
in most of my white games
against Anna Zatonskih in the
2011 U.S. Womens Champi-
onship. Black solves the
problem of the light-squared
bishop, but leaves the b7-pawn
vulnerable to an attack by the
queen.
6. Qc2
Prophylaxis against ... Bf5.
6. ... Bd6
Again Var goes for the ultra
solid continuation. 6. ... g6 7. e3
Bf5 is another branch.
7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Qg6
rsnl+k+ntr
zpp+-+pzpp
-+p+-+q+
+-+p+-+-
-+-zP-+-+
+-sN-zP-+-
PzPQ+-zPPzP
tR-+-mKLsNR
After8....Qg6
A tough nut for White to
crack. If White withdraws with
his queen, he doesn't get his
ideal setup with Bd3. .
9. Qxg6
This queen trade was
inspired by the recent Naka-
mura-Ponomariov match,
where Naka scored a nice
endgame victory. 9. Qb3 and 9.
Qd2 are the alternatives
9. ... hxg6 10. b4 Nf6
Ponomariov played 10. ... a6
and later developed this knight
to e7. Nakamura thought 10. ...
a6 was a big mistake.
11. f3 g5 12. g4
Seizing space on the king-
32 Chess Life September 2011
side is part of Whites plan in 23. ... Nxg4!
this position. It was also used
A powerful piece sac, beg-
by Nakamura.
ging to be played. Whites forces
12. ... Be6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Kf2 are scattered over the board.
Ke7 15. Nge2 a5 16. b5 c5
24. Bxe4
r+-+-+-tr This exchange is forced; oth-
erwise, the two knights and
+p+nmkpzp- rook perform a swift execution
-+-+lsn-+
on the white king.
zpPzpp+-zp-
24. ... dxe4 25. fxe6 Rxh2+
-+-zP-+P+
+-sNLzPP+- -+r+-+-+
P+-+NmK-zP +p+-mkpzp-
tR-+-+-+R -+-+P+-+
After16....c5
zpP+-+-zp-
N+-zPp+n+
Black has harmonious devel-
opment and can be satisfied +-+-+-+-
with his prospects. P+-+N+Ktr
17. Na4 Rac8 18. Kg3 cxd4 19. tR-+-tR-+-
exd4 Ne8 20. Rhe1 After25....Rxh2+
20. Rae1 was possible with
26. Kg1
the same idea as in the game,
forcing Black to change plans No better is 26. Kg3 f5.
as the h2-pawn is protected.
26. ... Rch8 27. Ng3
20. ... Nd6 21. f4
27. exf7 Ne3 and there is no
defense to ... Rg2 mate.
-+r+-+-tr
27. ... R8h3 28. Nf1??
+p+nmkpzp-
-+-snl+-+ 28. Nxe4 was necessary and
White is still in the game after
zpP+p+-zp- 28. ... f5 29. Nac3 fxe4 30.
N+-zP-zPP+ Nxe4.
+-+L+-mK-
28. ... Rh1+ 29. Kg2 f5
P+-+N+-zP
tR-+-tR-+- -+-+-+-+
After21.f4
+p+-mk-zp-
Ambitious, but giving Black -+-+P+-+
dangerous counterplay in con- zpP+-+pzp-
nection with the e4-square. N+-zPp+n+
21. ... Nf6!? 22. f5 Nde4+ +-+-+-+r
P+-+-+K+
-+r+-+-tr tR-+-tRN+r
+p+-mkpzp- After29....f5
-+-+lsn-+
White can only look on as
zpP+p+Pzp- Black marches his pawn to f3
N+-zPn+P+ with mate.
+-+L+-mK-
30. Rac1 f4 31. Rc7+ Kd8, White
P+-+N+-zP resigned.
tR-+-tR-+-
Giorgi summed it up: He
After22....Nde4+
played good. I played bad.
Its customary to showcase
23. Kg2?
the creative efforts of the win-
White needed to remove the ners; however, this is going to
knight immediately, though take a paradoxical turn in
that relinquishes control of the Loeks case, because, as I sus-
c2-square. 23. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 24. pected, Loeks most interesting
Kg2 Bd7 25. Nb6 Rc2 26. game was his second round
loss to IM Andranik Matikozyan
Nxd5+ Kd8 27. a4 Rd2 with
compensation for the pawn. from Los Angeles. As Loek put
it in his trademark blunt style,
I played risky, but not like a
****head! Lets take a look:
Sicilian Defense, Sozin
Attack (B88)
GM Andranik Matikozyan
(2514)
GM Loek van Wely (2737)
National Open (2), Las Vegas,
06.10.2011
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6
The Najdorf has been a
mainstay of Loeks opening
repertoire for years.
6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bb3 0-0
8. ... b5 9. Qf3 was seen in
the memorable game Mamed-
yarov-Gelfand in the recent
Candidates Matches.
9. f4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Na5 11. e5
One thing I've learned about
the Sicilian: whenever that
knight leaves for a5, Whites
e4-e5 is almost automatic!
11. ... Ne8 12. Be3 b5 13. f5!?
r+lwqntrk+
+-+-vlpzpp
p+-zpp+-+
snp+-zPP+-
-+-sN-+-+
+LsN-vL-+-
PzPP+-+PzP
tR-+Q+R+K
After13.f5
White has built up a dan-
gerous looking position. Its not
that Black is doing badly, but
theres a lot of debris to wade
through to get to an equal
game. Plus, once White has
decided on f5, the calculating
onus falls almost entirely on
Black: White can just respond
to his moves. This knowledge
casts an unpleasant psycho-
logical shadow on the second
player. Its not that surprising
that van Wely errs immediately.
13. ... Nxb3?
13. ... dxe5! 14. fxe6 Nxb3
(14. ... exd4 is a possibility:
15. exf7+ Kh8 16. fxe8=Q Qxe8
17. Bxd4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxf1+
19. Qxf1 Bb7 It looks like Black
has decent compensation for
the pawn.) 15. Nc6 Qd6! (15. ...
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Qc7? 16. Nd5 is an example of
the pitfalls Black has to watch
for.) 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. axb3
fxe6! and the computer evalu-
ates this as equal. Not the
simplest line to navigate your-
self through. (17. ... Bxe6 18.
Nxb5).
14. Nc6!
The c6-square was an impor-
tant square.
14. ... Qd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. f6!
r+l+ntrk+
+-+-wqpzpp
p+-zppzP-+
+p+-zP-+-
-+-+-+-+
+nsN-vL-+-
PzPP+-+PzP
tR-+Q+R+K
After16.f6
White is in no hurry to recap-
ture the knight.
16. ... Qb7
16. ... gxf6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
Bg5+-
17. axb3 b4 18. Qg4
18. Na4 dxe5 19. Bc5 was
strong as well.
18. ... bxc3 19. fxg7 Nxg7 20. Bh6
f5 21. exf6 e.p. cxb2 22. Rab1 e5
23. Qg5 Rf7 24. Rxb2 Qe4
r+l+-+k+
+-+-+rsnp
p+-zp-zP-vL
+-+-zp-wQ-
-+-+q+-+
+P+-+-+-
-tRP+-+PzP
+-+-+R+K
After24....Qe4
25. c4?!
White allows an exchange of
queens. The king on g8 proba-
bly breathed a sigh of relief.
Instead 25. Bxg7 Qg4 26. Qc1!
(not 26. Qd2?? blundering ...
Qxg7!) 26. ... Bb7 27. c4 and
White should have a much eas-
ier time winning than he did in
the game.
25. ... Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27.
Bxg7 Rd7 28. Rd2 Bb7 29. h4 Kf7
30. Kh2 Rad8 31. Re1 e4 32. Kg3
d5 33. cxd5 Bxd5 34. b4 Bb7 35.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. Kf4 e3 37. g3
Rd4+ 38. Kxe3 Rxb4 39. Rc1 Bd5
40. Rc7+ Kg8 41. Bh6 Bf7 42.
Rc8+ Kh7 43. Bg7 Rb3+ 44. Kf4
Rb4+ 45. Ke5 Rb5+ 46. Kd6 Bg8
47. Rf8 Rd5+ 48. Kc6 Rf5 49. g4
Rf4 50. g5 a5 51. Ra8 a4 52. Kd6
Rd4+ 53. Ke7 Rb4 54. Ra7 Rb8
55. Bh6, Black resigned.
Loek, who still makes his
home in the Netherlands, has
become a familiar face on the
American chess circuit in the
last couple of years, taking part
in most of the major opens.
American tournaments differ
significantly from European
ones in that here, generally
there are no conditions
(although the National Open is
an exception to that, guaran-
teeing all GMs at least the cost
of their hotel room), no
expenses or honorariums paid
for by the organizersbut the
prizes are much larger, and if
you make it into the winners
circle, the payoff is quite hand-
some. I asked Loek how he felt
about this tradeoff. To my sur-
prise (well, Id barely spoken
to Loek before, and assumed
that as a European he might
have more socialist leanings)
Loek was unequivocal in his
approval of the way things
operate on this side of the
Atlantic. It doesnt bother him
that he could walk away from
a tournament with only
expenses to show for it; hes a
high risk, high reward type of
guy, and as such, entirely com-
fortable taking some hits. This
approach is evident in his
chess as well; at the World
Open a month later, Loek was
leading with 512/6, having
already faced the very top guys,
and was paired black against
Indian GM Pendyala Harikr-
ishna. His opening selection?
The Botvinnik Variation of the
Semi-Slav. (He crashed and
burned on that one).
When I caught up with Loek
in the lobby, he was off to the
Venetian for another week in
Las Vegas, this one to be
devoted to poker. He makes no
secret that chess isnt his pri-
ority these days, that hes
accomplished what he could
in it and now, pushing forty,
feels its time to cash in on
what hes built in the preced-
ing decades. Often people get
real jobs to pursue their real
interests, but Loek has put
himself into the enviable posi-
tion of being able to use chess
to support his poker hobby and
love of traveling. Chess may
have been dethroned as the
focus of his life, but at 2683
FIDE, Loek is still not far from
the worlds best, and when he
plays, you feel the concentra-
tion of a true professional. Its
at odds with how offhandedly
he talks about chess these
days. Perhaps its easier to
change ones tune than to shed
ones skin?
Loek is unusually forthright
(maybe thats a Dutch national
trait?) and easily transitions
from answering questions
about chess to speaking about
his interests and his personal
life. Its well known that one
of the reasons Loek spends so
much time in the States is that
its a convenient meeting place
for him and his Salvadorean
girlfriend, also a chess player.
I was curious about El Sal-
vador, as Id never been there.
Had Loek visited? Loek replied
in the affirmative, but had
trouble finding more affirmative
things to say; he grimaced at
the mention of Salvadorean
food and when I, a tad provoca-
tively, asked him if hed
consider moving there, he
quickly came up with Love
has its borders!
Pavel Blatny was also going
to stick around in Vegas after
the National Open, but ... for
an entire month! Like many
chess players, Pavel has
become a poker professional,
albeit in a rather circuitous
fashion. For five years, Pavel
worked as the general man-
ager of a hotel in Brno (where
he is from in the Czech Repub-
lic). The owner of the hotel was
a chess enthusiast and that is
how Pavel made the unusual
metamorphosis from chess
player to hotel manager. Even
more surprising is that Pavel
relished this new career, and
takes obvious pride in describ-
ing the hotels growth during
his years of stewardship.
Unfortunately, the hotel was
sold to new owners who grad-
ually pushed Pavel out,
replacing him with one of their
own men in, as Pavel describes
it, a rather backhanded and
unethical manner. Theres a (see diagram next page)
palpable sense of aggrievement
when Pavel talks about this
period of his life.
However, all endings are also
new beginnings, and Pavel
seems to have settled comfort-
ably into his burgeoning career
as a poker player. While lis-
tening to him discourse on
poker, blackjack, and the steps
hes been taking to move for-
ward in his new endeavor, I
could understand why he was
good at managing: hes detail-
oriented, meticulous, and has
a scientific approach to the
unknown, researching his sub-
ject before wading in. I got the
impression that Pavel was a
prudent risk-taker, someone
who preferred to advance step-
by-step rather than trying for
giant leaps. Now that I write
this, it strikes me that the two
people Ive been describing
come across as polar opposites.
I wonder what kind of poker
player Loek is
Ive kind of enjoyed this
attempt at psychological por-
traiture, but we can also get
back to the chess.
One of the most picturesque
positions to grace the demo
board during the tournament
arose from the opening of Kauf-
man-Shankland in round four.
No position for old men
GM Lawrence Kaufman
(2469)
GM Samuel L.
Shankland (2613)
National Open (4), Las Vegas,
06.11.2011
r+-+-wqk+
zpp+-+pzpp
-+n+p+-+
+-+-+-+-
P+Nzp-+-+
+-snQ+-+-
-+-+-+PzP
tR-+-+LmKR
After16....Qxf8
17. Qg3 Qc5 18. Bd3
Apparently, this is already a
significant mistake, since the
bishop will simply be attacked
by the advancing pawns.
18. ... e5 19. Nd2 f5 20. h4 e4

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 2011 National Open

Lets Talk About Draws

In the first round I witnessed a curious exchange on the
board next to me. White, an elderly gentleman, offered his
grandmaster opponent, Nick de Firmian, a draw in an approx-
imately equal, yet dynamically unbalanced, rook and knight
endgame. Nicks reply was instantaneous, delivered with mild
exasperation at having to state the obvious: I havent played this
long to make a draw.
Before we begin the analysis, lets add a few more data points to
our observation set. In the Chicago Open, which took place just a
few weeks before Las Vegas, I was also privileged to witness an exam-
ple from this genre, again played out on the board besides mine.
This time our hero, playing White, was a young junior, and his oppo-
nent a much higher-rated international master. White, having
played a miserable French Defense Winawer variation, allowing a
trade of both queens and Blacks light-square bishop, decided that
a bad endgame was a good moment to offer a draw. Strangely, the
draw offer was not heard by his opponent, who was wearing head-
phones, so this moment passed on uncommented, except perhaps
with a quizzical look on my part. The game continued, and on move
44, White decided to try his luck again. This time Black had his head-
phones off, answered with a firm No!, made a move, and
White resigned!
Normally Im inclined to mind my own business as much as
possible, but here, in my perplexed indignation, I simply could
not help inquiring of our young hero why he had offered a draw
one move prior to resignation. Im glad I asked, because his answer
was a little beyond the reach of my imagination: I didnt realize
it was losing. Oh. I see. I wondered though if maybe he should
wait until he gets to a level where he knows winning from los-
ing from drawing before he starts offering draws to international
masters; until that point, its probably better to wait for those offers
to come from them.
I also had some firsthand experience of this sort, both in
Chicago and Las Vegas. In two games, I passed through some
difficult moments to emerge in a better position, and then I got
draw offers! And not from grandmasters, but from significantly
lower-rated players. I thought, guys, you didnt offer me a draw
when you were better, but now that youre worse, you think I
should take a draw? I guess Im not as straightforward as Nick,
so I made a move and kept my thoughts to myself but won
the games.
I was a little surprised that Nick had answered in the way he
did, that he preferred to make a point about the correctness of
his opponents offer rather than just letting the incident go
with any number of standard imprecise responses, but in light
of the things Id seen recently, I could appreciate his stance
against the widespread deterioration of chess etiquette were see-
ing these days.
What is the logic in offering a much higher-rated player a draw?
Surely it cannot be a mystery that they want to beat you, that a
draw is an outcome to be avoided at all costs, and they will play
on as long as there is any life left in the position. About the only
time they will accept is if their position is utterly and hopelessly
inferior, and in that case, what are you doing offering a draw?
Yes, theres a hierarchy in chess, and offering a draw is the
prerogative of the stronger player. It would be laughable to
come to school as a six-year-old and demand to be called mis-
ter. Thats something you can do when you grow up, earn
your degree, and enter the classroom as a teacher yourself. So
it should be in chess.

Sweet 20. ... Qd5 21. Nd2

r+-+-+k+
zpp+-+-zpp
-+n+-+-+
+-wq-+p+-
P+-zpp+-zP
+-snL+-wQ-
-+-sN-+P+
tR-+-+-mKR
After20....e4
The last three moves have
been visibly more helpful to
Black than to White.
21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. h5 d3+ 23. Kf1
f4
How does that song go? The
ants keep marching on?
24. Qh4 h6 25. Bb5 e3 26. Bxc6
bxc6 27. Nf3 d2 28. Nxd2 exd2
29. Qg4 Ne4 30. Ke2 Qe3+,
White resigned.
(see diagram top of next column)
Obviously Black has serious
compensation for the rook, but
beyond that, the only certainty
is that this is no position for old
men! (unless their name is
r+-+-+-mk GM Mikheil Kekelidze (2574)
zp-+-+-zp- GM Ray Robson (2606) -+-+-trk+
-+p+-+-zp National Open (3), Las Vegas, zp-+-+pzpp
+-+-+-+P 06.11.2011
-+-+psn-+
P+-+nzpQ+ vL-+q+-+-
+-+-wq-+- -+-+-trk+
zp-wq-+pzpp -+-+l+-+
-+-zpK+P+ wQ-+n+-zP-
tR-+-+-+R -+-+psn-+
+-sn-+-+- P+rsNPzPLzP
After30....Qe3+
-+-+l+-+ tRR+-+-mK-
Korchnoi). This was unfortu- wQ-+-+NzP- After21.Nd2
nate for Larry, a recent world
senior champion, who was also P+rvLPzPLzP
21. ... Nxf2!
probably quite exhausted from tR-+-+RmK-
White was probably counting
the (successful) six-hour After18.Qa3
on 21. ... Bxg2 22. Qxd3.
defense he went through in the
morning round (that game was 18. ... Nd3! 22. Nxe4 N2xe4 23. Rd1 Qc4 24.
a big disappointment for me). Bf3 Ng5 25. Be1 Rxe2! 26. Rac1
18. ... Bxf3 is met with 19.
Sam was understandably
Ba5 in case you were wonder- After 26. Bxe2 Qxe2 and
pleased as punch after this
ing. there is no defense to ... Nf3+.
game. Who wouldnt be, when
they get to stomp all over their 19. Ba5 26. ... Rxa2 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28.
opponents position like that? Bb4+ Qxb4 29. Rc8+ Ne8, White
Also possible is 19. exd3
resigned.
Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxd2.
Ray also produced a sweet
fragment in his game against Sam and Ray actually had
19. ... Qb7 20. Rfb1?
GM Mikheil Kekelidze. similarly solid tournaments,
White should have forced avoiding any losses and conse-
equality with 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. quently finding themselves at
(see game top of next column) Nxc2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Ne5=. the top of the crosstable going

34 Chess Life September 2011 uschess.org

into the final round. They both
held the white pieces, but just
didnt pack enough aggression
into their game to join the win-
ners circle. Im sure though
that well be seeing even better
results from them in the near
future.
I enjoy solving puzzles in
chess magazines, so I found
another example from Vars
praxis to challenge the reader.
How did Var increase his
advantage in this position? (The
solution is at the end of the
article.)
Increasing the pressure
IM Daniel Rensch (2467)
GM Varuzhan Akobian (2685)
National Open (2),Las Vegas,
06.10.2011
-+-+-+-+
+-+-+pmk-
-vl-+-snpzp
zp-+-zp-+-
-tr-+-+-+
+-+Q+-zPP
-+-sN-zP-+
+-+-+-mK-
Black to play
Your reporter had a mixed
tournament, scoring 412/6. The
one and a half points lost were
to three draws. On the one
hand, I played decently, but I
did a very poor job of winning
my won positions, and two of
those draws came as a result of
that, against GM Larry Kauf-
man and IM Danny Rensch. I
was quite upset at how I
spoiled my game against
Danny in round five, so I felt
some extra motivation to win
my final game, and did what I
could with the black pieces to
keep it complicated. In the end,
it paid off and I got my win
against IM Max Cornejo. So I
didnt do terribly, but I want to
do better!
As always, though, I enjoyed
my time at the National Open.
On the day of the Game/10
and Game/5 championships
(i.e., the first day of the festival),
I ran into a surprise visitor on
my way to the tournament ball-
room: IM Anthony Saidy. I
recently saw Mr. Saidy in the
HBO documentary Bobby Fis-
cher Against the World, and I
thought hed done a fantastic
job shedding light on the per-
sonality of Fischer. From that
footage of him speaking to
reporters in the early 70s, he
came off as one cool dude. Any-
way, it was a pleasure to meet
him, and to add to my sur-
prise, he had a gift prepared for
me, a Soviet book on the mid-
dlegame. Mr. Saidy played in
the Game/10 championship,
and dispelled GM Tamaz
Gelashvilis dreams of winning
the tournament. He didnt play
in the main event, so I dont
know if it was just the Game/
10 that brought him to Vegas,
or if he was there for other
business and just stopped by
for a little chess I know, I
know, I missed my chance to
learn more about this interest-
ing gentleman, but hold off on
the tomatoes; dont you believe
in second chances?
Since I mentioned it en pas-
sant, I guess Im obliged to
reveal the result of the side
events. GM Sam Shankland
and IM Levon Altounian tied
for first in the Game/10 with
512/6, while Loek claimed first
in the blitz. The big show in
the blitz was one of the games
from the Lenderman-Akobian
match. At some point there was
such a hullabaloo coming from
their board that everyone in the
room turned to watch, includ-
ing the people playing their own
games. Its not easy to distract though it seemed like Anjelina
people playing their blitz games,
so you can imagine the clock
thumping and piece sliding/
dropping/crashing taking place.
It was quite mesmerizing, their
manic struggle for survival
against the clock. Perhaps by
next year we can evolve to the 3
minute + 2 second increment
that is the standard FIDE con-
trol for blitz.
One more unexpected encounter
was with someone who last saw
me when I was nine years
old! This was another drop-in
from the poker world, Bulgarian
IM Ivo Donev (his name was
familiar to me from his Chess-
Base annotations). Ivo was in
town for the World Series of
Poker, and heard that a chess
tournament was taking place,
so he decided to visit us, famil-
iar creatures from a long ago
past. He told me that he remem-
bered me from the 1993 World
Youth Championships in
Bratislava. Its somehow very
comforting to encounter some-
one who remembers you as a
child. Its like your youth is
safely nestled in their memo-
ries, where nothing can touch it.
There was one more case of
the past resurfacing at the
National Open, and that was in
the participation of former U.S.
Womens Champion Anjelina
Belakovskaia. Anjelina was one
of the top women players in
the U.S in the second half of
the 90s; she played board one
in my Olympiad debut in Elista
in 1998. At some point, she
got married, moved to Arizona,
started a family, and the chess
world saw little of her. She
came to the National Open with
her husband and three chil-
dren. Her oldest child (hes
seven) played in the youth tour-
nament, quite successfully,
thought he couldve done bet-
ter. These days Anjelina works
in real estate, has an Internet
business, finds time to teach
chess and is soon to be teach-
ing business finance at a local
college. Thats truly an impres-
sive array of things to have on
your plate, but I can see
Anjelina handling it she
always had the boldness and
energy of a go-getter, and its
great to see her channeling it to
such good effect.
I should mention a person
that may not have won, but
who had a great event: IM
Dionisio Aldama Degurnay. He
beat GMs de Firmian and
Kacheishvili, drew Gelashvili,
and lost only to van Wely and
Melik Khachiyan. Thats a
tough field to have playedfive
grandmasters out of six games.
Thank you to the organizing
committee of Bill Snead and Al
and Janelle Losoff, for once
again putting on a wonderful
event. Hope to see you next year
for the Chess Vacation of the
Year! (June 14-17th, 2012). .
Answers to the trivia:
A) 1995
B) 1) Marathon training,
2) poker, 3) sex
And the true/false is TRUE.
The answer to Rensch-Akobian
is 1. ... Bxf2+! 2. Kxf2 Rd4 (the
knight cannot be saved because
no matter where White moves
the queen, Black will take the
knight and follow up with Ne4
fork) 3. Qb5 Rxd2+ 4. Ke3 Rd5
and Black eventually won.

2011 National Open At A Glance

Date: June 10-12, 2011
Location: South Point Hotel, Casino, & Spa
Top Finishers: Open1st, 5: Loek van Wely, Varuzhan Akobian; 3rd-11th, 412: Tamaz Gelashvili, Timur Gareyev, Suat
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In the Arena

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

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

36 Chess Life September 2011 uschess.org

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

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

NAKAMURA BY RAY MORRIS-HILL; SHABALOV BY BETSY DYNAKO

for first in 1993 and 2000.
He has also won or tied for
first place at the Chicago
Open, the North American
Open, the World Open,
and the U.S. Open.

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

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 In the Arena
Highlights and game
analysis (assisted by
Master Chess 7000)
Fighting chess in important
events is the foundation of a
great rivalry, and the duel
between these two top grand-
masters has certainly provided
fireworks so far. The amazing
feature of these contests is
that in five out of the six vic-
tories, the winner has gone on
to win the tournament!
Hikaruislikeacomputer which nakamura won with 712
calculatesalmostwithouterror.
AlexAnder ShAbAlov
The first decisive result
came in the last round at the
2004 Chicago open. After 27
moves, the following position
was reached, with Shabalov
on the move, playing White.
-+-+-+k+
zp-+-+p+p
n+-+-+p+
+-+r+-+-
-+R+-+-+
+-+-+P+-
P+-+-+PzP
+-+-vL-mK-
After27....Rxd5
White can start the siege of
blacks a-pawn right away
with 28. rc6 but instead
prefers to have his bishop
make the next five moves.
28. Bc3 Rd8
black has two main alterna-
tives: 28. rc5 29. rxc5
nxc5 30. bd4, or 28. f5.
both moves also lose a pawn,
but in a different fashion. 28.
f5 offers the most resist-
ance.
29. Bf6 Re8 30. Bd4 Nb8 31.
Bxa7 Nd7 32. Bd4 Ra8 33. Rc7
Nf8 34. Ra7
Whites smooth technique
eventually gathers the win.
34. ... Rd8 35. Be3 Kg7 36. a4
Ne6 37. a5 Rd3 38. Kf2 Ra3 39.
Bb6 Rb3 40. Ke2 Kf8 41. Kd2
Ke8 42. Kc2 Rb4 43. Kc3 Rb1 44.
38 Chess Life September 2011
Be3 Ra1 45. Kb2 Ra4 46. a6 Kd8
47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. a7 h5 49. Rb8
Nc7 50. Kb3 Ra1 51. h4 Ra6 52.
Bf2 Ra1 53. Bb6 Kc6 54. Bxc7
Rxa7
black finally captures
Whites a-pawn, but remains
in a lost position.
55. Bf4 Kd7 56. Rb6 Ra1 57. Kc3
Rg1 58. Rb2 f6 59. Kd3 Rh1 60.
g3 Ke6 61. Rb6+ Kf5 62. Bd2
Rd1 63. Ke2, Black resigned.
Shabalovs victory enabled
him to tie for first place with
GM Jaan ehlvest.
This fascinating endgame
below is also from 2004, at
the World open. nakamura,
playing white, is about to
make his 45th move.
-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-
p+-+-+-+
+-mk-zp-+-
P+pvl-+-zp
+p+-snK+P
-zP-tR-+P+
+-tR-+-+-
After44....b3
despite being two exchanges
ahead, White is on the defen-
sive, as blacks pieces are
powerfully centralized, and he
has advanced pawns. White
missed a chance to improve
his position shortly, and as it
turned out he was barely able
to hold the draw.
45. g4 hxg3 e.p. 46. Kxg3
Stronger was 46. h4!
advancing his passed pawn,
and giving black something to
worry about. After 46. ... nf5
47. Kg4 White has slightly
better chances.
46. ... Nd5 47. Kf3 Kb4 48. Ke4
c3! 49. bxc3+ Nxc3+ 50. Kd3
Nxa4 51. Rc4+ Ka3 52. Rxd4
The alternative 52. rxa4+
also leads to an equal position.
52. ... exd4 53. Kxd4 b2 54. Rxb2,
Draw agreed.
one variation would be 54.
nxb2 55. h4 Kb4 56. h5
nc4 57. h6 nd6 58. h7 nf7
59. Ke3 Kb3 60. Kf4 a5 61.
Kf5 a4 62. Kf6 nh8 63. Kg7 a3
64. Kxh8 a2 65. Kg8.
At the end of 2004, Sha-
balov has two points out of
three, with the only win. There
have not been any draws since
then!
The next game is naka-
muras most impressive victory
against Shabalov. The event
was the 2005 Foxwoods open,
r+-+ktr-+
points out of 9.
Its nakamura to play his
21st move as White.
-+-tr-snrmk
zpp+-vlp+-
-+p+-sn-zp
wq-+-+-zp-
-+LzPP+-vL
+-sN-+-+P
PzPQ+-zPR+
+K+-+-tR-
After20....g5
nakamura played the star-
tling 21. f4!, daring black to
open the g-file, allowing
Whites queen to switch to the
kingside, and also paving the
way to retreat the bishop on
the e1-h4 diagonal. If 21.
gxh4, then 22. rxg8+ nxg8
23. Qg2 ng6 24. bxf7 is
deadly. Shabalov continued
with 21. ... Ng6, and White
played 22. Be1, threatening a
discovered attack on the
queen, and simply 23. fxg5.
The game concluded with:
22. ... Nxf4 23. Nd5! Qxe1+ 24.
Rxe1 cxd5 25. exd5 Bb4 26. Rf1
Rge8 27. a3 Bd6 28. Qf5 N6h5
29. Rgg1 Kg7 30. h4, Black
resigned.
The score was all even at 2-
2 after 2005. In 2007 they
played three times, with black
winning all three games! Sha-
balov won two out of the three;
lets take a look.
The first encounter was at
the Foxwoods open in April.
The tournament was won by
GM Gata Kamsky, who was
one of four players with 7
points out of 9. Kamsky won
the tiebreak blitz game against
GM Zviad Izoria. This event
was noteworthy because
American Jesse Kraai achieved
his final grandmaster norm,
defeating both nakamura and
Shabalov along the way!
This interesting middlegame
without queens was reached in
round four, with Shabalov
playing black, after 26 moves.
Its White to play. The com-
plete game was annotated by
Shabalov in the July 2007
issue of Chess Life; his com-
ments are included here in
italics, referenced by (AS).
zpp+-+p+-
-vlp+l+p+
+-+-+-zPp
-+-+PzP-zP
+-sN-+-+-
PzP-+N+-+
+K+RtR-+-
Whitetoplay
black has the two bishops,
but is unable to castle right
away. White correctly sought
to keep blacks bishop away
from g4 with ...
27. f5!
black dare not exchange
pawns on f5, which would
allow White to open the e-file.
black played:
27. ... Bd7
And now nakamura could
have won a pawn with the
straightforward 28. fxg6 fxg6
29. rd6, attacking the g-pawn.
Theres an instructive tactical
point here; if 29. ... rg8 30.
nf4 bc7 31. rxg6 rxg6 32.
nxg6 Kf7 (seemingly trapping
the knight), White has 33. nf4!
bxf4 34. rf1, pinning the
bishop and remaining a pawn
ahead. however, black could
have had strong pressure with
simply 29. bg4 30. rxg6
rd8, so White was wise to
avoid the temptation. Play con-
tinued:
28. Nf4
Stronger is 28. na4. If 28.
bf2 29. rh1 gxf5 30. rdf1
is oK for White, as is 28.
bc7 29. nc5.
28. ... Bc7 29. Nce2
29. rf1 is better; reposition-
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ing the knights gives black the
time he needs.
29. ... Rg8 30. Nd3 b6
keeping the knight out of
c5; now black has the edge.
31. Nef4 0-0-0 32. b4 Kb7 33. a3
exchanging pawns on g6 is
more consistent.
33. ... Bc8 34. Kc2 gxf5 35. e5
Rd4!
Now the initiative is com-
pletely on Blacks side (AS).
36. Re3 Rgd8 37. Rh1 a5!?
Frustrated by the fact that
White doesnt blunder or just
lose quietly, Black decides to
toss a few pawns to improve
his bishops (AS). an insightful
comment by Gm Shabalov,
and a decision likely influ-
enced by Whites time
pressure. a strong alternative,
and less risky, is 37. rc4+
followed by re4.
38. bxa5 b5
38. ... c5 is more forceful.
39. Nxh5 f4
39. ... bxa5 is simpler.
40. Ndxf4?
Hikaru had about 40 sec-
onds to decide which knight to
take the pawn with and his
intuition failed him this time.
The correct defense, absolutely
counterintuitive, was 40.
Nhxf4! (AS). Shabalov goes on
to say that Fritz analyzed 40.
For a few years now Ive been
focused solely on chess. It was in ...
2007 that I started getting much
more serious, and thats when the
whole trend of my improvement
started.
knight on d3. He can try 42.
rc4+ 43. kb2 bxa5, still with
an advantage. The game con-
cluded with:
40. ... Bf5+ 41. Kb3 c5 42. Rc1 c4+
43. Kb2 Bxa5 44. Ne2 Rd2+, White
resigned.
White suffers huge material
losses after 45. Ka1 Bb6 (AS).
The u.S. Championship
took place in oklahoma the
following month. a brilliancy
prize was awarded for each of
the nine rounds, and Shabalov
won the round four prize for
defeating Nakamura. This was
a moment of triumph for Sha-
balov, as he also won the
Championship outright with
a score of 7-2 (after a 5-0
start). The following position is
from that encounter, with
Nakamura playing white on
move 33.
-+r+-+k+
zp-+l+r+-
-+-zp-+pzp
+P+-+-+-
-+-sNp+-zP
+-+R+-+-
PzP-+-+P+
+K+-+R+-
White to play
We know that black won the
brilliancy prize for this game,
and in fact the game lasted
only six more moves. but
when i first saw this position,
black has ... bf5+.
best move from the diagram;
Hikaru Nakamura
have a comment in the anno-
tations dont, or the comments
are incomplete at best. at
times i feel the main varia-
tions given are practically moot
points, as missed opportuni-
ties were not mentioned. For
example, i have seen two
annotations of this complete
game online, and neither one
analyzes the possibilities ill
give here. i do this not to be
critical, but rather to show
appreciation for resourceful
If the position after my move
becomes more complicated
then the game is going in the
right direction.
alexaNder SHabalov
defensive play. To quote
Grandmaster robert byrne,
the heroic defense of a lasker
or Steinitz inspired me.
Play continued:
33. Rxf7 exd3 34. Rf1
34. Rf2 is sturdier, as it pre-
vents the tactics that occurred
in the game, though Black is
still better. if 34. rxd7 then
34. ... d2 wins.
34. ... Rc4 35. Nc6
35. Nf3 is a tougher defense.
35. ... d2 36. Ne7+ Kg7 37. Rd1
Kf7!
Now if the knight moves
38. b3 Rc1+, White resigned.
black will emerge a piece up.
lets look now at Whites
33. rdd1, which was dis-
cussed in both cases, but in
my opinion insufficiently. The
(a) and (b) below refer to each
game annotation.
(a) 33. rdd1 rxf1 34. rxf1
rc4 35. Nc6 Bxc6 (35.
e3 leaves Black on top,
but White still has draw-
ing chances after 36. b3)
36. b3 Rc5 37. bxc6 Rxc6
38. Rf6! Kg7 39. Re6, and
White regains the pawn.
(b) 33. rdd1 rxf1 34. rxf1
d5 35. Rc1 is equal.
Whites knight is on an
ideal square, and is not
about to leave that post.
reaching a correct evalua-
tion of a position after finding
the best moves for both sides
is what i enjoy most about
chess, as it increases appreci-
ation for both what the players
and annotators saw, and what
they overlooked.
at this point in the rivalry,
Shabalov was up two points,
having beaten Nakamura twice
in two months as black. How-
ever, Nakamura won the next
two games, both Sicilians, as
well as the next two tourna-
ments that they played each
other; the miami open in Sep-
tember, 2007, and the u.S.
Championship in 2009.
as those two games are
more of an analysis of com-
plex opening variations,
instead of the middlegame and
endgame positions i selected
earlier, its beyond the scope of
this account. interested read-
ers can find the two games
online at www.chessgames.
com (among other sites) and
Shabalov. .
search for Nakamura versus

... bf5 41. rf1 c5 42. kc1!
bxd3 43. Nxd3 rxd3 44. rxd3
rxd3 45. rxf7 as being equal.
He also comments: I didn't see
Kc1 during the game: it's a typ-
ical computer move (AS).
However, after 42. kc1 black
does not have to take the
i wondered, does black really
have that much of an advan-
tage here? i have been
analyzing positions and play-
ing over annotations since the
Fischer -Spassky match in
1972, and i have observed that
many times moves that should
Results Summary: Each player has won three games,
with two draws, of the eight times they met between
2004 and 2009. The results by color were also even;
Nakamura was white five out of eight times. However,
Nakamura pulled one point ahead by winning their 2010
encounter. Tell us what other rivalries you are interested
in seeing analyzed by writing letters@uschess.org.

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 Openings
Innovations in the Mikenas Benoni
Improvements in a popular opening
By IM Larry Evans & Cory Evans
Although the MikenAs is A populAr
variation of the Benoni, its importance
increases by the fact that it can also be
reached through the kings indian. its
called a Benoni because the normal way
to get there is:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5.
cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3
8. Bb5+ is more popular.
8. ... 0-0 9. Be2
rsnlwq-trk+
zpp+-+pvlp
-+-zp-snp+
+-zpP+-+-
-+-+PzP-+
+-sN-+N+-
PzP-+L+PzP
tR-vLQmK-+R
After9.Be2
But the Four pawns Attack against the
kings indian provides an alternate route
to the same position:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-
0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5
not only is the kings indian played
more frequently, but within the Benoni 8.
40 Chess Life September 2011
Bb5+ is played more frequently than 8.
nf3. so although were calling this article
innovations in the Mikenas Benoni, its
probably going to prove more useful to
kings indian advocates.
this brings us to our first innovation.
the normal move here is 9. Bg4. peo-
ple are afraid of the more logical looking
9. re8 because of complications aris-
ing from the razor-sharp continuation
10. e5!? dxe5 11. fxe5 ng4 12. Bg5!
rsnlwqr+k+
zpp+-+pvlp
-+-+-+p+
+-zpPzP-vL-
-+-+-+n+
+-sN-+N+-
PzP-+L+PzP
tR-+QmK-+R
Analysisafter12.Bg5
By giving himself the option of inter-
polating 10. Bxf3 before moving the
knight (in this case to the safer alterna-
tive of d7), Black avoids the annoyance of
having to deal with 12. Bg5.
our first innovation is to embrace
rather than avoid complications with the
strategically more desirable:
9. ... Re8
pressuring Whites backward pawn
forces some kind of decision. For rea-
sons we shall soon see, most of your
opponents will be even more afraid of
entering the complications arising from
10. e5!? than you are. For one thing, you
(a kings indian tactician) are clearly
angling for the sharper direction, while d-
pawn players psychologically tend to
gravitate toward solidity (even ones choos-
ing the sharp Four pawns Attack). For
another, this is your defense. Your d-
pawn opponent has lots of defenses to
worry about; hes going to choose the
simplest option. For these reasons, most
of your opponents are going to defend
their d-pawns with the quiet:
10. Nd2
But for those brave (crazy?) enough to
call your bluff, your queen should go to
b6 after 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 ng4 12.
Bg5. that way, she can capture the pawn
on b2 after 13. 0-0 nxe5 14. nxe5 Bxe5
15. Bc4 Qxb2! (innovation #2the normal
move is 15. Bf51).
(see diagram top of next column)
then, after 16. d6 (attacking f7) 16. ...
rf8, White doesnt have time for 17. Be7
Qxc3 18. Bxf8 Qxc4, but can just take
the pawn instead: 17. Bxf7+! (Dont say
we didnt warn you about this line!).
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 cations than Black responds with this center in this variation) then Black plays
rsnl+r+k+ aggressive sortie. The psychological ben- 17. Bxe4 18. Nxd6 Bxd5. In the final
zpp+-+p+p efits are worth it alone, because the position, Black has a pawn and the two
normal 10. Na6 allows White to castle.3 bishops for the Exchange with a safer
-+-+-+p+ If White castles after 10. Ng4 then 11. king, more active pieces and a queen-
+-zpPvl-vL- Bd4+ and 12. Nxh2. side pawn majority.
-+L+-+-+ 11. Bxg4 15. ... Nb4!

+-sN-+-+- Forced. Other moves allow 11. Ne3

Pwq-+-+PzP
tR-+Q+RmK-
Analysisafter15....Qxb2
Unfortunately, you cant recapture the
bishop because of 18. Qd5, but it is still
en prise after 17. Kg7. So White
retreats with 18. Bd5, exposing Black to
all sorts of havoc on the f-file, which
brings us to our most important innova-
tion so far. Most people capture the knight
at this point, allowing 19. Rxf8 and 20.
Qf1+ with a blistering attack.2 We dont
see why the knight should be captured in
lieu of development. It cant move without
losing rooks on a1 and/or trading queens
on d4. The simple 18. ... Nd7, bringing a
new piece into the game to defend the
rook on f8, seems to quash the attack and
tip the evaluation to the defender.
r+-+r+k+
(possibly Bd4) and 12. f5.
zpp+-+pvlp
11. ... Qh4+4 12. g3 Qxg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14.
Nb5 -+-sN-+p+
Other options afford Black an easy +-zpP+-+-
game with the bishop pair, while 14. h3
drives the bishop to d7 where it prevents
-sn-+PzPl+
Nb5. +-+-+-zP-
PzP-sN-+-zP
14. ... Na6 15. Nxd6
White has to do something, as Black is tR-vL-mK-+R
threatening 15. Nb4, and 15. a3 Rad8 After15....Nb4
16. Nxa7 (otherwise black has that easy
bishop pair game again) 16. ... Bd7 (trap- Now White can either take the rook
immediately or interpolate h3 first. The
ping the knight) 17. a4 Nb4 is crushing.
latter has the advantage of clearing h2 for
White could try interpolating 15. h3 before
the king to avoid the perpetual checks
taking on d6, but then black has the that permeate the former.
shocking 15. Rxe4+! On the immediate 16. Nxe8 the line
continues:
r+-+-+k+ 16. Nc2+ 17. Kf1

10. ... Ng4!

zpp+-+pvlp If instead 17. Kf2 then Black has a
forced draw by perpetual check: 17.
n+-zp-+p+ Bd4+ 18. Kg2 (or 18. Kf1) 18. ... Ne3+ 19.
rsnlwqr+k+ +NzpP+-+- Kg1 (or 19. Kf2) 19. ... Nc2+, etc.
zpp+-+pvlp -+-+rzPl+ 17. Bh3+ 18. Ke2
-+-zp-+p+ If instead 18. Kf2 then 18. Bd4+ 19.
+-+-+-zPP Ke2 (if 19. Kf3 then 19. Rxe8 is unclear
+-zpP+-+- PzP-sN-+-+ this kind of endgame, where Black is
-+-+PzPn+ down the Exchange and a pawn but white
tR-vL-mK-+R has a weak king and poorly coordinated
+-sN-+-+- Analysisafter15....Rxe4+ pieces, is common for this line) 19. ...
PzP-sNL+PzP Rxe8 20. Rb1 Bg4+ 21. Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Ke2
White must capture with 16. Nxe4 but Bg4+ 23. Kf1 draws. If instead 23. Kd3,
tR-vLQmK-+R then 16. Bf3 forks the knight and the playing for a win, then 23. Nb4+ 24.
After10....Ng4 rook. If 17. Nf2 then 17. Re8+ wins, for Kc4 Be2+ 25. Kb3 Bd3!
if 18. Kf1 then 18. Be2+ picks up the
(see diagram top of next column)
Our main innovation! No sooner does knight on b5. If instead 17. Rh2 (better
White go out of his way to skirt compli- than 17. 0-0 since the king is safer in the 26. Ra1 Bc2+ 27. Ka3 b5! leads to a

The Benoni and Kings Indian Defense

The Benoni Defense is marked by the opening moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5. It was first discussed in a German manu-
script from 1825 written by Aaron Reinganum. Mikhail Tal popularized the Defense in the late 1950s and early 1960s by
winning several brilliant games with it, including one against Botvinnik in a world championship match. Robert Fischer
also used the line, including a win against Spassky in the third round of the 1972 World Chess Championship.

The Kings Indian Defense, Four Pawns Attack, is marked by the opening moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
f4. White makes an aggressive attempt to seize immediate control of the center but weakens the e4 square and his king-
side safety. Proponents of the line have included Cuban grandmaster Jesus Nogueiras and Alexey Dreev who played it in
a famous game against Shirov in 1996.

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 Openings

-+-+r+k+ r+-+r+k+ -+-+r+k+

zpp+-+p+p zpp+-+pvlp zpp+-+p+p
-+-+-+p+ -+-sN-+p+ -+-+-+p+
+-zpP+-+- +-zpP+-+- +-zpP+-+-
-sn-vlPzP-+ -sn-+PzPl+ -+-vlPzP-+
+K+l+-zP- +-+-+-zP- +-+lsn-zPP
PzP-sN-+-zP PzP-sN-+-zP PzP-sN-+-mK
+RvL-+-+R tR-vL-mK-+R +RvL-+-+R
Analysisafter25....Bd3 After15....Nb4 Analysisafter23....Ne3

forced mate; for example: 28. Nb3 Nd3 29.
e5 c4 30. h4 Bc5+ 31. Nxc5 b4 mate.
White can try 27. Kc4 but then 27.
Ba4! still forces mate.
18. Rxe8 19. Rb1 Bd4! 20. d6
This is perhaps Whites best try. There
are other options, but there is no way to
avoid a draw without giving mate.
20. Bg4+ 21. Kd3
If instead 21. Kf1 then 21. Ne3+ will
lead to perpetual check.
21. Nb4+ 22. Kc4 Be6+ 23. Kb5
Bd7+ 24. Kc4 Ba4+ 25. d7 b5 mate.
This is a theoretical triumph for Black
and a clear improvement over 10. Na6
(instead of 10. Ng4!).
Kg2 (if instead 18. Kf1 then 18. Bd1 is the game. Further complicating his
unclear) 18. ... Be2!. defense, Whites knight on d2 is tied to the
defense of the e-pawn. We evaluate this
r+-+r+k+ position as unclear and positions like
this one seem to be the common endgame
zpp+-+p+p reached from our line. One sample prac-
-+-sN-+p+ tice game continued:
+-zpP+-+- 19. Rb1 Bd4! 20. e5 Ne3+ 21. Kg1 Nxd5+ 22.
Kh2 Bc2 23. Ra1 Nb4 24. Nf3 Be4 25. Rf1
-+-vlPzP-+ Nc2 26. Rb1 Nb4 (draw)
+-+-+-zPP As a result of this analysis, we have
PzPnsNl+K+ concluded that 10. Ng4 seems likely to
secure either an unclear and double-
tR-vL-+-+R edged position or a forced draw. This is an
Analysisafter18....Be2

19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Rb1 Ne3+ 21. Kh2

theory. .
undeniable improvement over existing

(see diagram top of next column)
So, returning to move 16, if White
wishes to avoid a forced draw he can
throw in h3, preventing the perpetual
check by clearing h2 for his king. Here the
line continues:
16. h3 Nc2+ 17. Kf1
The alternative 17. Kf2 allows 17.
Bd4+, but there is no perpetual check
because the king has space on h2. This
line then continues: 17. Kf2 Bd4+ 18.
Bd3 22. Ra1 Nc2 23. Rb1 Ne3 leading to
another forced draw.
(see diagram top of next column)
17. ... Bd1!? 18. Nxe8 Rxe8
White is up the Exchange and a pawn
with a central pawn roller, with one of
them passed. On the other hand, Black
has more active pieces and retains threats
of perpetual check. Both of Whites rooks
are in trouble: the a1-rook is already
attacked and the h1-rook cant get into
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Footnotes:
1. Subsequent play tends toward the chaotic, for example: 15. Bf5 16. Nb5 a6 17. d6 axb5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxf5+ gxf5 20. Qh5+ Ke6 21.Qxe8+ Kxd6 22.
Rd1+ Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Kd5 24. Bf4 Qe6 25. Qxb5 Qe4 26. Qxb7+ Nc6 27. Qd7+ Kc4 28. Qf7+ Kb5 29. Qb7+ Ka5 30. Bc7+ Ka4 31. Qb3 mate (Gilbert-Lin, Paris, 1998).

2. It becomes increasingly difficult to hold the position if Black elects to capture the knight. For example, Vaisser versus Berthelot from the French Championship
in 1992 continued: 18. Qxc3 19. Rxf8 Kxf8 20. Qf1+ Bf5 21. Rd1 Nd7 22. g4 Kg7 23. gxf5 Qc2 24. Rd2 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Be7 Bd4+ 27. Kf1 Ne5 28.
Rg2+ Ng6 29. h4 Kh8 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. d7 c4 33. d8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Kg7 35. Bg5 c3 36. Ke2, Black resigned.

3. In fact, castling is the main line. An example game continues: 10. Na6 11. 0-0 Nc7 12. Bf3 (a departure, 12. a4 is the main line) 12. ... Rb8 13. Nc4 b5 14..
Na5 Ncxd5 15. Nc6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qb6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Nxb8 Nxe5 20. Be3 Bf5. In the final position, Black appears to have compensation for the
Exchange. The game ended in a draw (Maksimenko Andre-Mortensen Erling, Copenhagen 1995).

4. This marks a significant departure from theory, where 10. Ng4 has been played in the past. Black feared 12. Nb5, so followed 11. Bxg4 by capturing on
c3 before regaining the piece with 12. Qh4+. Of course, 11. Bxc3 is not a desirable move as the fiachettoed bishop is vital to Blacks game. He just felt
forced to do it. An example of what might follow is: 11. Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxg4 14. Qxg4 Bxg4 15. Kf2 f5 16. Re1 Nd7 17. c4 Re7 18. Rb1 Rae8 19.
Rxb7 fxe4 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Kg2 Nb6 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Bb2 Kf7 24. Kf2 Bc8 25. Bc3 Ba6 26. Nxe4 Nxc4 27. Re1 Bb7 28. Ng5+ Kf8 29. Bg7+ Ke8 30. Ne6 Kd7
31. Nf8+ Ke8 32. Ne6, Draw agreed (Larry Christansen-Theodor Ghitescu).

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 Back to Basics
The Truly Bad Bishop
One badly placed piece makes your whole position bad (GM Sam Palatnik,
By GM Lev Alburt
paraphrasing Tarrasch). Just imagine two badly placed pieces!
The c8-bishop spent the entire game on
c8, restricted by his pawns (on b7 and e6),
with only one square (d7) available for
moving to. To make things (much) worse,
that truly bad cleric caged his own rook!
The winner of this months award, Ilker
Kalyoncu, explained strategies of bad ver-
sus good bishop quite well. (Turkish
ratings used below are quite parallel with
FIDE ratings). Levs further comments are
in italics:
Catalan: Early deviations (E01)
Ilker Kalyoncu (Turkey 1742)
Sarper Ozkaynak (Turkey 1600)
Jirayr Orhanyan Cakir Memorial, 2010
Istanbul, Turkey, 10.16.2010
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3
Effect of the World Championship
match between Anand-Topalov. The
advantage of playing the Catalan, at my
level at least, is being able to play over-
the-board chess rather than better known
theoretical variations of the Queens Gam-
bit Declined.
4. ... Nbd7 5. Bg2 a6
I could not find this move in my data-
base. I was playing out of book, anyway.
6. a4 Bb4+
r+lqk+ r
+ppn+ppp
p+ +pn +
+ +p+ +
PlPP + +
+ + +NP
P +PPLP
RNLQK +R
After 6. ... Bb4+
It is unclear for White where to place his
dark-squared bishop, so Black should
44 Chess Life September 2011
not urge the exchange with 6. Bb4+,
helping White.
7. Bd2 Qe7 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Qc2 0-0 10. Qxc4
Bxd2
Black could fare better by avoiding the
exchange on d2 with ... Bd6, with the
intention of ... e6-e5 at some point.
11. Nbxd2 Nb6 12. Qc2 Rd8
r+lr +k+
+pp qppp
pn +pn +
+ + + +
P+ P + +
+ + +NP
PQNPPLP
R + +RK
After 12. ... Rd8
At this point, White has finished minor
piece development and now its time to
move rooks, but I was not sure where to
place the kingside rook: c1, with similar
ideas to a minority attack or d1, to con-
trol central files and allocating the c1-
square for the queenside rook. Unsettled
between the two, I decided to centralize
my knight on d2.
13. Ne4 c6 14. Nc5 Nbd7 15. b4
I was quite happy with my position on
the board, with the knight on c5 cramp-
ing Blacks position, because I thought
that Black cannot remove or send my
knight back without weakening his
queenside too much.
15. ... Nxc5 16. bxc5
Remember the general rule of captur-
ing towards the center! Taking with the
d-pawn would equalize the position. The
exchange of queens with 16. Qxc5 Qxc5
17. bxc5 would help the defending side.
I disagree: the ending is much better
for White.
16. ... h6
r+lr +k+
+p+ qpp
p+p+pn p
+ P + +
P+ P + +
+ + +NP
+Q+PPLP
R + +RK
After 16. ... h6
16. e5 was the only chance for active
counterplay by Black. After the game
move, White is clearly better. Firstly,
queenside development will always be
problematic for Black and the b7-pawn is
a static weakness. Any attempt to resolve
this by ... b7-b5 or ... b7-b6 at some point
will be met by cxb6 creating another weak-
ness on c6, which eliminates any action
of Black on the queenside. Secondly, if the
position is opened at some point, Whites
bishop will be superior to its black coun-
terpart. What White has to do is to prevent
... e6-e5 as much as possible and wait for
the right moment to attack, since Black
does not have many alternatives.
Absolutely true; 16. ... e5 was a must,
and only somewhat worse for Black (thus,
Id be inclined to play 16. Qxc5, or at least
Id seriously consider it).
17. e3 Nd7 18. Ne5
The knight is heading to b6/d6 via c4.
One can criticize this move but it makes
perfect sense to me. Black cannot
exchange on e5 because Blacks bishop
would be totally dead. Also, c5 would not
be a weakness in that case, since Black
has no means to attack it! Remember
the quote (I dont know who said it), a
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weakness is a weakness only if it can be
exploited.
An excellent chessic proverb.
18. ... Nf8 19. Nc4 Ng6 20. f4
Black put its knight on g6, helping the
... e6-e5 push at some point. The move
played prevents this idea once and for all.
20. ... Qd7 21. Ne5
At this point, 21. Ne5 was so satisfac-
tory to me that I missed the fork on 21.
Nb6.
Even in quiet, strategic battles never,
ever forget about tactics (they often can
decide the game on the spot).
21. ... Nxe5
Forced. 21. Qe8 would lead to addi-
tional kingside weaknesses. After the
exchange on e5, I continued to apply
pressure down through the b- and f-files.
22. fxe5 Qe7 23. Rf4 Rf8
r+l+ rk+
+p+ qpp
p+p+p+ p
+ P P +
P+ P R +
+ + P P
+Q+ +LP
R + + K
After 23. ... Rf8
24. Qb2
Id play here 24. Raf1, stopping ... f7-f6
(not that ... f7-f6 is so good for Black), and
go for a direct assault on the king, with the
eventual Rf6! in mind.
24. ... f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Raf1 Rxf4 27. Rxf4
Ra7 28. Qb6
The queen is misplaced on b6. Better
was 28. Qb1, aiming to bring the queen to
g6 (if 28. ... e5 29. Re4 Bf5, then 30.
Qb3+!).
28. ... Ra8 29. Be4
(see diagram top of next column)
Centralizing the bishop, moving it to the
b1-h7 diagonal for a future kingside
attack, however, this good looking move
is actually an inaccuracy since it gives
Black a possibility to play 29. e5, free-
ing himself a little. Previously an e5 push
was not possible because of Re4. My
opponent did not take advantage of my
move and instead played:
29. ... Qd7 30. Qb1
The move 29. ... Qd7 was inaccurate
and bad positions cannot tolerate inaccu-
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36. ... Rb8 37. Re7 Kf8 38. Re8 mate.
r+l+ +k+
+p+ q p  l+Rk +
r
pQp+p+ p +p+ + p
+ P + + p+p+p+Lp
P+ PLR + + P + +
+ + P P P+ P + +
+ + + P + + P P
+ + + K + + + P
After 29. Be4
+ + + K
racies. An attack on the f-file and the Final position
b1-h7 diagonal is decisive. Although com-
puters do not like many of my moves Overall, White won the game without
below, I think I carried out the attack much active play. Black first exchanged
sufficiently. its dark squared bishop helping White's
I agree. Butfor instance32. Qg6 development, then exchanged the knights
(below, instead of 32. Bg6) would have on c5 cramping its own queenside and
won faster, and straighter. finally opened the f-file helping White to
penetrate more easily.
31. ... Qe7 31. Bh7+ Kh8 (One thing is missing in this otherwise
correct register: on several occasions: move
r+l+ + k 29following Whites mistake; move 16;
even move 10Black didnt grab the
opportunity to free his c8-bishop, and his
+p+ q pL
p+p+p+ p game, by e6-e5, as Ilker himself noted
earlierLA.)
Sometimes, you should let the oppo-
+ P + +
P+ P R + nent do the work for you!
A shocking example of how truly bad a
proverbial bad bishop can be! (For more on
+ + P P
bad pieces, read GM Palatniks Tarrasch
+ + + P
+Q+ + K Formula.) .
After 31. ... Kh8
32. Bg6 Kg8 33. Rf7 Qd8 34. Bh5
Send in your games!
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+Q+ + K
After 34. Bh5 GM Alburt will select the most
instructive game and CL will award
Allocating the g6-square for the queen. an autographed copy of Levs newest
A simpler win was 34. Qe4, planning to
book, Chess Training Pocket Book II
play Qe5. (by Lev Alburt and Al Lawrence) to
the person submitting the most in-
structive game and annotations.
34. ... Qg5 35. Qg6 Qxg6
35. ... Qxe3+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Rf2,
and White wins, e.g., 37. ... Qxd4 38.
Do not send games with only a
Rf8+!.
few notes, as they are of little instruc-
tive value and cant be used. Writing
skills are a plus, but instructiveness
36. Bxg6
Black is lost and his rook and bishop
are still at their starting squares! Black is a must! Make sure your game (or
cannot make progress without too much part of it) and your notes will be of
material loss, though the game finished interest to other readers.
quickly thanks to my opponent.
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 Endgame Lab
2011 World Championship
Candidates Matches
By GM Pal Benko
Examining the play from Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia as some of the top players fight
for the chance to topple Anand.
This much-awaited competition caused
a great disappointment. The overriding
player concern was simply safety, since
the events structure meant that a single
loss could easily mean elimination. We
cant blame the players for this of course.
But the unintended consequence was
that most of the games came during the
blitz playoffs. However, should the tour-
nament not have been set up as a
classical world championship?
Somebody usually gets the better deal
in every exchange. Batsford Chess End-
ings, second rule by Pal Benko.
Bad Swap
GM Gata Kamsky (FIDE 2732)
GM Boris Gelfand (FIDE 2733)
W Ch Candidates, Kazan, 2011 (Blitz)
+ +k+ +
p + +p+p
+ +p+p+
+ R + +
+ + + +
P + PNP
l + PPK
+ +r+ +
Black to play
The position looks even. OK for White
is 26. Bxa3 27. Ra5.
26. ... Rd5 27. Rxd5?
The simple 27. Rc8+ Kg7 27. a4 Ra5 28.
Rc4 is completely equal.
27. ... exd5 28. a4 Kf8
Blacks position became the superior
one after the rooks were swapped. He
now threatens to go for the a-pawn with
his king.
29. Ne1
If 29. Nd2 then 29. Ke7 30. Nb3 Kd6
followed by ... d5-d4 may come. The bet-
ter option was 29. Nd4!? Bxd4 (29.
46 Chess Life September 2011
Ke8 30. Nc6 a6 31. Nb4 should be enough
to draw.) 30. exd4 Ke7 31. Kh3! (31. g4?
g5) as a playable king and pawn ending.
Yet, it is hard to see all this in a blitz
game.
29. ... Ke7 30. Nd3 Bc3 31. g4
White could have tried to save his a-
pawn by playing 31. Kg1 Kd6 32. Kf1,
but Black had several good alternatives
that preserved his advantage. For exam-
ple, 32. f5 followed by ... d5-d4 with a
more active king and with a better piece
ending.
31. ... Kd6 32. Kg3 Kc6 33. Kf3 Kb6 34. Nf4
Ka5 35. Nxd5 Bg7 36. Ne7 Kxa4 37. Nc6 a5
38. Ke4 Kb5 39. Nxa5 Kxa5
+ + + + pr+ + +
+ + +plp
+ + +p+
k + + +
+ +K+P+
+ + P +
+ + PP+
+ + + +
After 39. Kxa5
40. Kd5
The trade of the pawns was not equal.
The outside passed pawn cost White a
piece. However, White makes an attempt
to benefit from Blacks kings distance.
40. ... g5 41. Kd6 Bc3 42. Ke7 f6 43. f4 Kb5
44. Kf7 Kc4 45. Kg7 Kd3 46. Kh6
After 46. Kxh7 Kxe3 Black keeps a
defended passed pawn.
46. ... gxf4
Even 46. Bd2 was good here, but not
46. Kxe3? 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Kxg5 Bg7
which would be a bad swap resulting
only in a draw due to the bad bishop/h-
pawn combo.
47. exf4 Ke4 48. g3 Kf3 49. g5 f5 50. Kxh7
Kxg3, White resigned.
So our representative was eliminated in
the blitz round. Before, Kamsky had
beaten Topalov in the classical chess
round, then found himself even with
Gelfand after six games.
Even odder was the elimination of the
ex-world champion, Vladimir Kramnik.
Tragic trade
GM Vladimir Kramnik (FIDE 2785)
GM Alexander Grischuk (FIDE 2747)
W Ch Candidates, Kazan, 2011 (Blitz)
+ + + +
+ + + +
+ + ppk
+Pn + +
+ + + P
+ + +K+
+R+L+ +
White to play
47. Rb5? Nxb5, White resigned.
I leave it to the readers to judge whether
this position was possible for Black to
win minus the blunder. I would vote for
a Black win since the e-pawns advance
would cost the bishop sooner or later;
but of course in blitz one never knows for
sure. So both Gelfand and Grischuk
reached the finals through blitz.
Lets look at two instructive endgames
from the classical phase of the champi-
onship.
Start thinking about the endgame in the
middlegame. Batsford Chess Endings,
first rule by Pal Benko.
Wrong exchanges
GM Vladimir Kramnik (FIDE 2785)
GM Alexander Grischuk (FIDE 2747)
WCh Candidates, Kazan, 2011
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 Problem I Problem II
Geoffrey Caveney (Chicago, Illinois) G. Costeff (2007)
Benkos Bafflers
The Walladao task consists of the + + + + + + + +
three special moves of castling, en + K + + + ++p +
passant capture, and promotion.
Solutions can be found on page 71.
+ N + + + + + P
Please e-mail submissions for
+ +P+ n + +p+ +p
Benkos Bafflers to: + + + + + +P+ P
pbenko@uschess.org +p+ + + + + + +
k + + + p+ +PPp+
+ + + + R + K +k
White to play and draw White to play and win

A good alternative variation was 35.

+ + +rk + k + + g5 36. Rxh7 Rd4+ 37. Kc5 Rf4.
+qr + lp + + + qp 36. h3
+ +p+ + + + + + White has won a pawn but has no prac-
+ + + +N + + + + tical winning chances due to the pawns
being scattered and Blacks active pieces.
+ + + Q + + + + 36. ... Rg2 37. f4 Rg3 38. f5 h5 39. h4
+ p + + +Q+ + + The last try to achieve something before
P+ + PPP P+pr PPP his opponent plays h4.
+ +RR K + R + K 39. ... Rg4+ 40. Kc5 Rxh4 41. Rxg7 Rf4 42.
White to play After 37. Rd2 Rg6+ Kxa5 43. Rg5 h4 44. Rh5 h3 45. Kd6 h2
46. f6+ Kb6 47. Ke6 Rf2 48. f7 Re2+ 49. Kf6,

True trade
Draw agreed.
The position is even since Black can
31. Rd8?
This offer of an exchange contains no GM Alexander Grischuk (FIDE 2747)
GM Boris Gelfand (FIDE 2733) always chase the white king away with
threat at all. Instead 31. Nf4 was strong,
W Ch Candidates, Kazan, 2011 rook checks. Not 49. h1=Q 50. Rxh1
defending the endangered g2-square while
Rf2+ 51. Kg7 Rg2+ 52. Kh8 Rf2 53. Rh6+
threatening mate on g6. Another false
Kc5 54. Kg7.
exchange offer would be 31. Nf6? because + r +k+
of 31. Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bxf6+ 33. Qg3
c2 34. Rc1 Bb2.
pL+ +ppp + + + +
31. ... Rc8
+ +l+ + + + +PK
Black should not have feared advanc-
+ + + + + + + R
ing his ace-in-the-hole pawn by playing P + + + + k + +
31. c2 after which White should have
been faced only with a fight for a draw.
P K + + + + + +
32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Nxg7?
+ + P P + + + +
After 33. Nf6! Bxf6 34. Qxf6+ Qg7 35.
+ R + + + + r +
Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kf1! Black will sweat for Black to play + + + +
a draw since his c-pawn would be lost. Analysis after 54. Kg7
White is slightly better having a queen-
side pawn majority, so Black's king
intends to get there to help as quickly as Needless to say, too many draws dont
33. ... Qxg7
No better is 33. c2. make chess more popular. At least the
possible.
draws I presented above were fighting
draws. But some of the other draws fin-
34. Qe4 c2 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Qxe6 Rd8 37.
ished merely after 14 moves. I therefore
25. ... Kf8 26. b5 Ke7 27. a4 Rd6!
Avoids the undesirable trade that would
Qb3 Rd2

have come after 27. Kd6? 28. Rd1+. think that FIDE should return to the
classical round robin format which hope-
(see diagram top of next column)

White has no more real chance to win
against that strong c2-pawn since it is not
possible to take it with the back rank
mate threat.
38. Qb8+ Qg8 39. Qb2+ Qg7 40. Qb8+ Qg8
41. Qe5+ Qg7 42. Qe8+ Qg8 43. Qe5+ Qg7
44. Qe8+, Draw agreed.
28. a5 Kd8 29. b6!? Bc8!
The right trade and just in time! Oth-
erwise Black would find himself in grave
trouble. Thus after 29. axb6? 30. a6!
Kc7 31. Ra1 Rd8 32. Bf3 wins.
30. Bxc8 Kxc8 31. Kb4+ Kb8 32. bxa7+ Ka8
33. Rc8+ Kxa7 34. Rc7+ Ka6 35. Rxf7 Rg6
fully would include (or attract) more
players like Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru
Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin and Vassily
Ivanchuk. That would make the Candi-
dates Tournament final that much more
engagingand fair. .
More reporting from the Candidates matches
can be found in the August 2011 issue.

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 2011 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX SUMMARY
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2011 TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX STANDINGS

The following point totals reflect all rated event information as of July 25 for the 2011 Grand Prix. All Grand
Prix updates are unofficial and subject to change during the year or until year-end tabulation is complete.

OVERALL STANDINGS
NAME STATE PTS.
1 GM Timur Gareyev TX 176.16
2 GM Tamaz Gelashvili NY 173.10
3 GM Mikheil Kekelidze NY 153.66
4 GM Sergey Kudrin CT 126.02
5 GM Melikset Khachiyan CA 111.33
6 GM Mesgen Amanov IL 110.76
7 GM Alexander Ivanov MA 110.18
8 GM Aleksandr Lenderman NY 102.57
9 GM Alejandro Ramirez TX 102.00
10 GM Alexander Shabalov PA 98.85
11 GM Julio Becerra FL 89.75
12 IM Jacek Stopa TX 75.87
13 IM Enrico Sevillano CA 71.22
14 GM Jaan Ehlvest NY 70.80
GM MIKHEIL KEKELIDZE jumps three spots this month 15 GM Robert Hess NY 66.00
to become a contender for the year-end prize.

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2011 CHESSMAGNETSCHOOL.COM JUNIOR GRAND PRIX TOP OVERALL STANDINGS

Name State Pts. Name State Pts.

KORBA, NICKY CA-S 8514 VISWANADHA, KESAV CA-N 4195
SHUBEN, MATTHEW CA-S 6477 JAHANSHAHI, BARDIA PA 4166
MIZUSHIMA, DEREK MD 6375 CHEN, JASMINE NY 4154
KUMAR, ARAVIND NJ 5859 KADAVERU, AJIT VA 4146
KOENIG, JAKE MD 5243 TAFALLA, GABRIEL WA 4120
PETERSON, DANTE CA-S 5156 SUN, ABE IL 4108
ROACH, ANDREW UT 5114 WINTER, CURTIS A MD 4096
YAN, KEVIN NY 4961 REDDISH, DYLAN NY 4092
QAZI, RAFEH IL 4765 VIJAY, SAMEER CA-N 4040
YEN, MICHAEL J NJ 4707 NGUYEN, PHILIP PA 4032
LIANG, ADREAM WI 4689 ORDONEZ, ED MD 3940
ZACK, DANIEL NJ 4640 CLAY, DORIAN HAMILTON WA 3938
REEDER, CHARLIE PARKER NY 4540 SCHNEIDER, THOMAS G WI 3933
MOON, KYLE NY 4474 KAUFMANN, JONATHAN NJ 3932
SETIADIKURNIA, SLOAN WA 4410 ZHOU, RYAN VA 3921
MCVAY, KIERNAN NJ 4371 ROY, MYRIAM 3907
XIANG, JOHN OH 4295 CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK WI 3882
NGUYEN, TRUNG VA 4284 CHEN, BRANDON WA 3882
MOORTHY, SRINIVAS RAMANUJA MD 4223 UNMANN, EVAN MICHAEL PA 3852
BUDEJEN-JEREZ, ALEJANDRO PA 4208 ZHU, HONG RUI NY 3850

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Organizing a Grand Prix Event

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The prize fund for which all masters
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qualifying Grand Prix money, they count
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2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship October 1 Santa Clara, California NOW PAST DEADLINE OF
2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship October 2 Santa Clara, California JUNE 1, 2010:
2011 52nd ANNUAL U.S. ARMED FORCES OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP October 8-10 2011 U.S. Masters
Arlington, Virginia
DEADLINE JULY 1, 2011:
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2012 U.S. Junior Chess Congress
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FUTURE EVENTS (Watch for details)

2012 National Open
2012 U.S. Game 10 Championship
2011 National Scholastic (K-12) Nov. 18-20 Dallas, Texas 2012 U.S. Game 15 Championship
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2012 National High School (K-12) Championship April 13-15 Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2012 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 11-13 Nashville, Tennessee
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2012 National Scholastic (K-12) Nov. 30-December 2 Orlando, Florida
DEADLINE JULY 1, 2013:
2013 SuperNationals V April 5-7 Nashville, Tennessee
2014 U.S. Senior Open
2013 National Scholastic (K-12) December 13-15 Lake Buena Vista, Florida
OVERDUE BIDS
Please contact the National Office if
2014 National High School (K-12) Championship April 4-6 San Diego, California

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2014 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 9-11 Dallas, Texas
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mends that bids be submitted ac-
2014 National Scholastic (K-12) December 12-14 Orlando, Florida
2015 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 8-10 Nashville, Tennessee cording to the following schedule.
However, bids may be consi- dered
prior to these dates. *USCF reserves
2015 National Scholastic (K-12) December 5-7 Orlando, Florida

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1) The guaranteed first prize must be at least $150.
2) No more than one prize under $100 may count towards the
Grand Prix point total.
in any section but maximum prize is $100 except no limit in the Open Sec-
tion. Trophies for top 3 places in each section. Entry Fee mailed by Mon
9/26 or online by Tue 9/27: $60. Online 9/28-29 or onsite: $75. Add $20
to play-up in a higher section. DISCOUNTS: $10 off each if also regis-
tering for G/60 on Oct 1. $10 cash rebate onsite if staying at the hotel.
Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed must commit by start of Rd 2. Reenter with
1/2pt bye in Rd 1 for $39. September 2011 Supp, CCA min, TD discretion
used to place players accurately. SIDE KIDS EVENT for K-12 students
rated under 1000: 5SSxG/30 in 2 sections, 600-999 and under 600. Tro-
phies to Top 10 players and Top 5 teams in each section. Best 4 players
count for team score. Also trophies to top u800, top u700 in 600-999 sec-
tion and top u400, top u300, and top u200 in u600 section. EF by Mon 9/26
or online byTue 9/27: $39. Online 9/28-29 or onsite: $54. Add $10 to play-
up in a higher section. Schedule: Onsite Registration 8:30-9:30am;
RoundTimes: 10:00am, 12:30, 3:00, and 5:30pm. Mail payments to: Bay
Area Chess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Suite B213, San Jose 95131. $20 for
refunds. T: 408-786-5515. E: ask@BayAreaChess.com, Info/Form/
Entries: BayAreaChess.com/usg60g30. NS, NC, W.
if p/m by Nov 30, $20 after or on site. Blitz Awards: Individual: 1st-20th
in each section. Team: 1st-10th in each section. GM/IM Simul and Lec-
tures: TBA. Puzzle Solving Contest: TBA. Awards Ceremony for Side
Events: Sun, 9 am. NYA Awards Ceremony: Sun, December 11, 5:30-
7 pm. Club Teams allowed! Enter on line (except Bughouse) at
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east-2011 or mail registrations to: 305 Willow Pointe Dr., League City,TX
77573. Please make checks payable to Francisco Guadalupe (not USCF).
Include Name, USCF ID #, Date of Birth, School or Club Team Name,
Grade, and Section. For more information and mailed registration form
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of NYA, including Side Events, must be current members of USCF.
Dec. 9-11, California Southern
2011 National Youth Action (West)
949-975-1234, $109 (Single Quad). Four Sections: K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12.
9SS, G/30. Hyatt Regency, 17900 Jamboree Blvd., Irvine, CA 92614,
Entry Fee: $50 by 11/10/11 USPS (or $50 on-line by 11/10, 6 pm cst);
$70 by 11/20/11 USPS (or $70 on-line 11/10/11, 6:01 pm cst - 11/20/11,

12/8, 6 pm cst); $85 by 12/9/11 6 PM on site (entries after 12/9/11

3) Prizes below the maximum entry fee do not count towards
the Grand Prix point total.
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through the TD/Affiliate area or sent to: U.S. Chess, TLA Dept., PO
Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557.
Nationals
Grand Prix Points: 30
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 or Oct. 1-2, Texas
2011 U.S. Class Championships
5SS, G/120 (2-Day Option, Rd 1, G/60), $11,000 b/200 full paid entries,
70% Guaranteed. Junior entries, all Class E, and Unrated Section count
as 2/3. Free entry for GMs. Free entry for IMs, deducted from winnings.
Hilton Hobby Airport, 8181 Airport Blvd., Houston,TX 77061, www.houston
hobbyairport.hilton.com. Free parking! $89 HR! 713-645-3000, Group
Code: USCC. 8 Sections, Rated players may play up one class only.
MASTER (2200/up), FIDE Rated, $1,200-550-300 (U2400: 400-200-100),
EXPERT (2000-2199), $800-400-200, CLASS A (1800-1999), $800-400-
200, CLASS B (1600-1799), $800-400-200, CLASS C (1400-1599),
$800-400-200, CLASS D (1200-1399), $800-400-200, CLASS E (U1200),
$300-200-100, Unrated, $300-100. National Class Champion title and
plaques to each Class winner. Tie-breaks: MSCO. EF: $75 postmarked or
on line by 9/23, $85 after. Special EF: $45 by 9/23 ($55 after) for all play-
ers in Class E, Unrated Section, and Juniors U18 in Class C or D. No checks
on site. 3-Day Schedule: Registration Fri (9/30) 5-7pm. Rds. Fri 8pm,
Sat 1pm & 6:30pm, Sun 9:30am & 2:30pm. 2-Day Schedule: Registra-
tion Sat (10/1) 8-9am. Rds. Sat 10am, 1pm (merges with 3-Day Schedule)
& 6:30pm, Sun 9:30am & 2:30pm. Byes for all rounds, must commit
before end of Rd 2. SIDE EVENTS: 5-min BLITZ, Sat after Rd 3, 2 sec-
tions, entries will be split in Upper and Lower, $10 EF on site, 75%
returned in prizes; SCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT, 5SS, G/30, One day only,
Sat 10/1, $20 by 9/23, $25 after. Sections: K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12. Prizes:
Trophies to top 15 in each division. All scholastic players in this side event
will receive a commemorative medal. ENTRIES: Mail to F.L. Guadalupe,
305 Willow Pointe Dr., League City, TX 77573. Tournament website link at
uschess.org. Info: flguadalupe@aol.com, (713) 530-7820. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 20 (enhanced)
Oct. 1, California, Northern
2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship
4SS G/60 - $4,000 b/117 fully paid entries 75% guaranteed. Hotel rate
$99 by 9/16: Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA
95054. Free Parking. In 3 sections, Open Section: $500-201-105, u2300
$200-110, u2100 $150, u2000 $130, u1900 $100. 1400-1799 Section:
$500-201-100, u1700 $200, u1600 $150, u1500 $100. Under 1400 Sec-
tion: $500-201-100, u1300 $200, u1200 $150, u1100 $100. Unrated may
play in any section but maximum prize is $100 except no limit in the Open
Section. Trophies for top 3 places in each section. Entry Fee: Mailed by
Mon 9/26 or online by Tue 9/27: $60. Online 9/28-29 or onsite: $75. Add
$20 to play-up in a higher section. DISCOUNTS: $10 off each event if also
registering for G/30 on Oct 2. $10 cash rebate onsite if staying at the
hotel under chess rate. Byes: One 1/2 pt bye allowed must commit by
start of Rd 2. Reenter with 1/2pt bye in Rd 1 for $39. September 2011
Supp, CCA min,TD discretion used to place players accurately. SIDE KIDS
EVENT for K-12 students rated under 1000: 4SSxG/60 in 2 sections, 600-
999 and under 600. Prizes: Trophies to Top 10 players and Top 5 teams
in each section. Best 4 players count for team score. Also trophies to top
u800, top u700 in 600-999 section and top u400, top u300, and top u200
A Heritage Event! 6 pm cst); $85 USPS 11/21-11/30 (or $85 on-line 11/20/11, 6:01 pm cst
Oct. 8-10, Virginia
52nd ANNUAL U.S. ARMED FORCES OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 6 PM cannot be guaranteed pairing for round 1, instead they may receive
6SS, Rds. 1-2 G/90, Rds. 3-4 G/2, Rds. 5-6 30/90, SD/1, Henderson Hall 1/2 point bye round 1). Must be current USCF member by 8:30 am,
(Arlington), VA (Tournament to be held at Smith Gym). Military ID required
Individual: 1st 20th Place in each section (K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12). Class
12/10 to be paired. Checks payable only to Chess Central. Awards:
for access to Henderson Hall. EF: FREE! Reg.: 0800-0845. Rds.: 0900-
1230-1600, 0900-1400, 0900. Two 1/2 point byes available. Open to all
Awards: 1st-3rd Place, K-3: U800, U600, U400, Unr. K-6: U1000, U800,
Active Duty, Reservists, Military Retirees, Cadets, Midshipmen, and U600, Unr. K-9: U1200, U1000, U800, Unr. K-12: U1400, U1200, U1000,
ROTC who have a USCF Membership. Trophies/Plaques to Top 3 overall
Unr. Teams: 1st-10th Place in each section. Special Sportsmanship tro-
players,Top player of each DoD service on Active Duty,Top Reservist,Top phy! Schedule: Opening Ceremony Sat., Dec. 10 at 9:30 am. Rds. 1-5 Sat.,
Retiree,Top three Cadets/Midshipmen/ROTC,Top two each class A-D and
2 pm & 3:30 pm. Side Events: Bughouse Tournament Fri, Dec. 9, 6:30
10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm, 3:30 pm & 5 pm. Rds. 6-9 Sun., 10 am, 12 noon,
below, Highest Upset, and Top Henderson Hall Champion, and other Tro-
phies/Plaques and lots of special prizes, such as gift certificates provided
by The House of Staunton, a MonRoi Personal Chess Manager donated
pm. EF: $20 per team ($10 for individuals and we help you create a team).
On site registration only. Registration closes at 5 pm, Fri, Dec. 9. One sec-
by MonRoi Inc., or a pair of front row Dream Seat tickets for the 112th
Sat, Dec. 10, K-6 & K-12, 6:30 pm, $15 postmarked by 11/30/11, $20
tion only, K-12. Bughouse Awards: 1st-10th Place. Blitz Tournament
Army-Navy game (10 Dec 2011) provided by the USO (tickets are non-
transferable), are just some of the special prizes. The 8th Armed Forces
on-site ($15 on-line by 11/30/11, 6 pm cst, $20 on-line 11/30/11, 6:01
Cade t/Midshipmen Championship and the Henderson Hall Open Cham- pm cst - 12/08/11 6 pm cst) Registration closes at 5 pm, Sat, Dec. 10.
pionship will be conducted in conjunction with the Armed Forces Open.
Blitz Awards: Individual: 1st-20th in each section. Team: 1st-10th in
AFOCC Awards ceremony to be held upon completion of tournament. For each section. Puzzle Solving Contest: Sat. Dec. 10, 6:30 pm, Puzzle
those that arrive early there will be a 4SS, G/29 Armed Forces Open
Solving Prizes: 1st-5th overall; 1st-5th U1000, EF: USPS: $15 postmarked
Warm-Up/Henderson Hall Amateur Championship conducted Friday by 11/30/11 (On-line: $15 until 12/08/11, 6 pm cst) $20 at the site by
night, 10/7 starting at 1800.The Annual Armed Forces Chess commit-
5 pm. Awards Ceremony for Blitz/Bughouse/Puzzle Solving: Sun, 9
tee meeting will be held on Saturday, 10/8 at 2000 along with the 2nd am. NYA Awards Ceremony: Sun, Dec. 11, 5:30-7 pm. Club Teams
U.S. Armed Forces Bughouse Championship.The G/5 Armed Forces
Jamboree Blvd, Irvine, CA 92614, 949-975-1234, $109 (Single Quad)
allowed! Master simuls and analysis scheduled. , Hyatt Regency, 17900
Open Blitz Championship will be held Sunday 10/9 at 2000. WBCA Rules.
HR: $95-95-105-115, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis
reserve rooms by following links at http://chessweekend.com. Enter tour-
Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 (703-418-1234), reserve by 9/21 or rate nament on line (except Bughouse) at http://chessweekend.com. Checks
may increase. Special chess rate valet parking $6/day, with guestroom.
payable only to Chess Central (no checks to USCF): Mail registra-
As an alternative to the Hyatt Regency, please look at the AFOCC web- tions with name-contact info-grade-birthday-team/school-uscf ID &
site for additional Armed Forces billeting options provided by the local
exp.-address-city-zip-e-mail address-coach name & contact info to:
bases. Info/Ent: by mail to John Farrell, 2500 North Van Dorn St #1623, Chess Central (Please, no checks payable to USCF), 37165 Willow,
Alexandria, VA 22302 or preferably by e-mail to JohnnyUSMC@aol.com.
Gurnee, IL 60031. Updated info/Hotels/On-Line Entries: http://chess
Please include: Rank, Name, USCF ID #, current rating, branch of weekend.com. $10 service charge for on-site section/roster changes, and
service, and t-shirt size when registering for the tournament. If you reg-
all refunds. Bookdealer scheduled.
ister prior to 17 September 2011, you will receive a free 2011 AFOCC
t-shirt. No whining to get a t-shirt if you register late! Additional details
for the tournaments can be found on the 2011 AFOCC website at:
http://www. timbeeck.com/afocc.html. 100% Entry Fee refunded in
case of power outage. Bring clocks! NC. NS. W. USCF Membership Rates
Oct. 29-30, California, Northern
(U.S., CANADA, MEXICO)
2011 U.S. Junior Chess Congress
Premium (P) and Regular (R)
(Blitz on October 28). Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great
America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Free parking. Hotel rate $99 only.
Hotel: Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Type 1 yr 2yr 3yr
Main Event:Trophies to top 20 players and top 10 teams, including ties, Adult P $49 $85 $120
in each section. Participation medals to all entrants. 7 Sections based
on age: Ages 5 & under, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, and 16-18. Onsite Adult P ** $42 $78 $113
Registration: Saturday/Sunday 7:30-8:00am. Round Times: Saturday
Adult R $41 $70 $98
& Sunday 9am, 12:15, 3:15pm for all sections except Ages 5 & under is
Saturday 9, 10:45, 12:15, 1:45, 3:15pm and Ages 6-7 is Sunday 9, 10:45, Adult R ** $34 $63 $91
12:15, 1:45, 3:15pm. Time Controls: All rounds will be G/75 except sec- Senior (65+) ** $36 $65 $93
tions Ages 5 & under and 6-7 will be G/30. EF by 10/21: 1-day $48, 2-day
$60, Play-up +15. Late fee (10/22-27) +$20, Onsite only after 10/27: Young Adult P (U25)* $32 $59 $85
+$40. Side events: Blitz (Fri Reg: 5:30-6pm, Games 6:30-8:30p) and Youth P (U16)* $27 $49 $70
Bughouse (Sat Registration: 5:30-6pm, Games 6:30-8:30p) in 3 sections
(7 & under, 8-10, 11-18). EF: Blitz $15, Bughouse $15. Late fee (10/22- Scholastic P (U13)* $23 $42 $60
27) +$2, Onsite only after 10/27: +$5. USCF Membership required for Young Adult R (U25)* $24 $43 $61
bughouse and all sections except ages 7 & under. October 2011 Supple-
ment &TD desc to place players accurately. Reg early to save. Organizers/ Youth R (U16)* $20 $36 $51
TDs: S. Azhar, R. Koepcke,T. Langland, & J. McCumiskey. More info & flyer: Scholastic R (U13)* $16 $28 $39
Premium membership provides a printed copy
BayAreaChess.com/usjr11. Register online at: BayAreaChess.com/my/
of Chess Life (monthly) or Chess Life for Kids
usjr11. Quest: ask@BayAreaChess.com. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet
School JGP G/75 rounds.
(bimonthly) plus all other benefits of regular

membership. Regular membership provides

in u600 section. EF by Mon 9/26 or online by Tue 9/27: $39. Online
9/28-29 or onsite: $54. Add $10 to play-up in a higher section. Sched-
ule: Onsite Registration 8:30-9:30am; RoundTimes: 10:00am, 12:30, 3:00,
and 5:30pm. Mail payments to: Bay Area Chess, 1590 Oakland Rd., Suite
B213, San Jose 95131. $20 for refunds. T: 408-786-5515. E: ask@Bay
AreaChess.com, Info/Form/Entries: BayAreaChess.com/usg60g30. NS,
NC, W.
Dec. 9-11, Florida
2011 National Youth Action (East)
online-only access to Chess Life and Chess
9SS, G/30. DoubleTree Miami Mart/Airport Hotel and Exhibition Center,
Life for Kids; TLA Bulletin will be mailed to
711 NW 72nd Ave., Miami, FL 33126, (888) 353-1995, www.doubletree
adults bimonthly and to scholastic members
miamimart.com. HR: $129, mention NYA Chess. Four Sections: K-3, K-
three times per year. Youth provides
6, K-9, K-12. Entry Fee: $50 by Nov 10; $70 by Nov 20, $85 after. On site
registration Friday December 9, 3pm to 9pm. Players registering after
bimonthly Chess Life, Scholastic bimonthly
that will receive 1/2-point bye in first round. Awards: Individual: 1st-20th

Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) Chess Life for Kids, others listed above
Oct. 2, California, Northern Place in each section (K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12). Class Awards: 1st-3rd Place,

monthly Chess Life. See www.us chess.org

K-3: U800, U600, U400, Unr. K-6: U1000, U800, U600, Unr. K-9: U1200,

for other membership categories. Dues are not

2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship U1000, U800, Unr. K-12: U1400, U1200, U1000, Unr. Teams: 1st-10th Place
4SS, G/30 - $3,006 b/88 fully paid entries - 75% guaranteed. Hotel rate in each section. Schedule: Opening Ceremony Sat., Dec 10 at 9:30 am.
refundable and may be changed without
$99 by 9/16: Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA Rds. 1-5 Sat., 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm, 3:30 pm & 5 pm. Rds. 6-9 Sun., 10

Fri, Dec 9, one section only, K-12, on-site registration only, $20 Team, notice.
95054. Free Parking. In 3 sections, Open Section: $400-200-102, u2300 am, 12 noon, 2 pm & 3:30 pm. Side Events: Bughouse Tournament

*Ages at expiration **Purchased online only

$101, u2100 $101, u2000 $100, u1900 $99. 1400-1799 Section: $400-
200-102, u1700 $101, u1600 $100, u1500 $99. Under 1400 Section: closes at 6:30 pm, Fri, Dec 9. Bughouse Awards: 1st-10th Place. Blitz
$400-200-102, u1300 $101, u1200 $100, u1100 $99. Unrated may play Tournament, two sections: K-6 and K-12 - Sat, Dec 10, 7 pm. EF: $15

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 Tournament Life
Grand Prix
A State Championship Event!
Grand Prix Points: 15
Sept. 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5, Michigan
2011 Michigan Open
$$3725 GTD. 7-SS. MCGUIRES RESORT (www.mcguiresresort.com/),
7880 MackinawTrail, Cadillac, MI 49601. Rooms: Single or Double Occu-
pancy: $69.00 (kids free) Triple or Quad: $89 Studio $99 Suite $119 until
Aug 15th, 231.775.9947 - 888-MCGUIRES and specify MCA room block.
3 Sections: OPEN (anyone ONLY 4-day or 3-day), RESERVE (U1800 4-
day, 3-day, or 2-day), BOOSTER (U1400 4-day, 3-day, or 2-day). Rds.:
(4-day) Fri, Sep 2: 7:30pm; Sat 11am, 6pm; Sun 10am, 7pm; Mon 10am,
4:30pm. (3-day) Sat, Sep 3: 11:30am, 2:30pm. (2-day) Sun, Sep 4: 10am,
11:30am, 1pm, 2:30pm. Up to 2 1/2-point byes available in rds 1-6,
must request prior to rd 4. TC: (4-day) 40/2, SD1;(3-day) rds 1, 2:
G/75(merge w/ 4-day for rounds 3-7); (2-day) rds 1-4: G/30 (merge w/
4-day for rounds 5-7). EF: Masters are free (entry fee is deducted from
prizes); Advance (by Mon, Aug 31) OPEN: 4-day $57, 3-day $58, site $70.
RESERVE: 4-day $47, 3-day $48, 2-day $49, site $60. BOOSTER: 4-day
$37, 3-day $38, 2-day $39, site $50. Cadillac 1999 Michigan Open par-
ticipants $5 discount; Yoopers $5 discount; Juniors (U18) $10 off. Re-entry
allowed for 2-day advanced price. Please make checks payable to:
MCA. USCF memb req d. MCA memb req d for Michigan residents.
www.michess.org. Reg.: Advance Jennifer Skidmore, PO BOX 8064, Ann
Arbor, MI 48107, jmscamelot@gmail.com, 734-678-0463. Site (4-day) Fri
5:30-6:29pm. (3-day) Sat 9:30-10:29am. (2-day) Sun 8:30-9:29am. $$:
$3725 GTD.Trophies to all place-winners. OPEN: 1st $400, 2nd $300, 3rd
$250, U2200: $200, U2100: $1200, U2000: $200, U1900: $200. RESERVE:
1st $325, 2nd $225, 3rd $150, U1700: $125, U1600: $125, U1500: $125.
BOOSTER: 1st $225, 2nd $150, 3rd $125, U1200: $100; U1000: $100;
U800: $100; U600/UNR $100. MCA Membership Meeting: 4pm Sun, Sep
4. Chess Magnet School JGP for 4-day and 3-day.
A Heritage Event!
Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced)
Sept. 3-5, California, Southern
33rd Annual Southern California Open
6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day schedule rds 1-3 G/60, then merges). Crowne
Plaza Hotel, 2270 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108. $$20,000 Guar-
anteed prize fund. 5 Sections. Prizes: Open Sec 1st $2,600-1,800-1,200-
900-600-500-400, BU2300 $800-400, BU2200 $1,000-600-400-200; Pre-
mier Section (U2000): $1,000-600-400-200; Amateur Section (U1800)
$1,000-600-400-200; Reserve Section (U1600) $1,000-600-400-200;
Booster Section (U1400) $600-400-200-100, BU1200 $300-150, Best
Unrated $100. Plus Best Game Prizes: $75-50-25, one reserved for
non-open sections. Reg.: 3-day: 8 to 9:30 AM, Sept official rating list used.
2-day: 8 AM to 9 AM Sunday. Rds.: 3 day: 10 AM & 5 PM on Sat-Sun, 9
AM & 4 PM on Mon. 2- day: 9:30 AM ,11:45 & 2 PM Sun, then merges.
EF: $100 if received by 8/14, $120 at door. No credit cards at door,
checks or cash only. Special rate of only $75 if U1400 or unrated. Free
2nd annual CONTINENTAL CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Oct 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9 - Columbus Day weekend - Arlington, VA
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, near DC - Master & Expert 9 rounds, A & B 7 rounds, C, D & E 6 rounds
Prizes $60,000 based on 380, $40,000 minimum - FIDE norms possible - New Master Section time control
Master: 9SS, 40/90, SD/30, 30 second
increment. Expert: 9SS, 40/2, SD/1. A, B:
7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/75).
C, D, E: 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-
3 G/60); these three sections end Sunday.
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jeff
Davis Hwy, Arlington VA 22202. Free shuttle
to Airport & Metro. Valet parking $6/day,
guest room not required. Room rates $95-95-
105-115, 703-418-1234, reserve by 9/21.
7 sections. Unrated, senior, re-entry, GM,
IM, WGM, foreign FIDE count as half entry.
Master: For 2200+ USCF or 2100+ FIDE,
foreign 2000+ USCF or 1800+ FIDE. $5000-
2500-1500-1000-700-600-500-500-400-400,
clear/tiebreak 1st $200, FIDE U2400/Unr
$2000-1000. FIDE rated, 200 GPP.
Expert (1800-2199): $3000-1500-1000-
800-600-500-400-400. FIDE rated.
Class A (1600-1999/Unr): $3000-1500-
1000-800-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $1500.
Class B (1400-1799/Unr): $3000-1500-
1000-800-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $1200.
52 Chess Life September 2011
entry for GMs and IMs, no entry fee deducted from prizes, but you must
check in at least one hour before the 1st round. Open section will be FIDE
rated. Unrated must play in Open (eligible for place prizes only) or
U1400 (eligible for Unrated prize only). SCCF membership req'd ($18 Adult,
$10 Jr) for all So Cal residents. Two half point byes OK in rds 1-6, must
be requested at least one hour before round, but a last round bye must
be requested at registration and is irrevocable. Ent: SDCC, PO Box
120162, San Diego, CA 92112 or enter online at www.scchess.com. For
more info call Bruce Baker of SDCC at (619) 239-7166 or see our web-
site at sdchessclub.multiply.com. SCCF Annual Membership Meeting:
Sunday 3 PM. Hotel Rates: Special rate of only $110 single or double,
619-297-1101, or 1-800-227-6963 if booked by 8/14/11, must reserve
at least 2 nights, book ASAP, as rates will go up and rooms may sell out
by mid-August. Great tropical themed hotel is in the heart of Mission Val-
ley, close to airport, great attractions such as Sea World, the SD Zoo, the
lively Gaslamp District for night life, Seaport Village and Fashion Valley
for shopping. The Crown Plaza Hotel (see www.cp-sandiego.com) has a
great restaurant and sushi bar, a heated pool, a fitness room, Whirlpool
spa, free shuttle service and is next to the excellent Riverwalk golf
course. NS, NC, W. State Championship Qualifier. Chess Magnet School
JGP.
A State Championship Event!
A Heritage Event!
Grand Prix Points: 15
Sep. 16-18, Alabama
58th Annual Alabama State Chess Championship
6SS, G/120. AUM Taylor Center, 7401 East Dr., Montgomery, AL 36117.
OPEN (1500+/UNR; $1500 $$Gtd): $450-300-200, A: 200, B: 200, U1600:
150. RESERVE (U1500; $1,100 $$b/35): $325-225-175, D: 150, U1200:
125, U1000: $100. EF: $40, if Postmarked by September 10, 2011. Onsite
Reg.: $50. Rds.: Fri: 7pm; Sat: 9:15-2-6:30; SUN: 8:30-2. Byes: Rds. 1-
4; request before Rd. 2. SCHOLASTIC (U1200): 3 Sections, Trophies:
Top 3 Individuals; Top Team Trophy; Medals: 4th-6th. EF: $20/$10,
Late/On-Site: $10 more, Rds.: 9-10:30-12:30-2, 3:30. Checks payable
to: Montgomery Chess Club. ENT: c/o James Garner, 2625 Burkelaun
Dr., Montgomery, AL 36111. Info: ChessClubMontgomery@gmail.com,
ACF: www.alabamachess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 40 (enhanced)
Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, Kentucky
4th annual Louisville Open
5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Holiday Inn Southwest Fair
Expo, 4110 Dixie Hwy, (I-264, Exit 8B), Louisville, KY 40216. Free park-
ing, free airport shuttle. Prizes $8,000 based on 120 paid entries
(unrated & re-entries count as half entries), $6000 (minimum 75% each
prize) guaranteed. In 4 sections. Open: $1200-600-300-200, clear win
or first on tiebreak $100, top U2200/Unr $400, top U2000/Unr $300. FIDE.
Under 1900: $800-400-200-100, unrated limit $500, top U1700 $300.
Under 1600: $700-400-200-100, unrated limit $300, top U1400 $300.
Under 1300: $600-300-200-100, unrated limit $200, top U1100 $200. EF:
3-day $88, 2-day $87 mailed by 9/8, all $89 online at chesstour.com by
Class C (1200-1599/Unr): $2500-1300-
900-700-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $900,
Class D (under 1400/Unr): $2000-1000-
800-600-500-400-300-300. Unr limit $600.
Class E (under 1200/Unr): $2000-1000-
800-600500-400-300-300. Unr limit $400.
Prize limits: Under 26 games by Oct list
$800 E, $1200 D. Over 30 pts above section
maximum on any list 10/10-9/11, $1200.
Master Section entry fee: GMs, IMs,
WGMs, foreign FIDE: see Tournament Life.
Others: $225 mailed by 9/28 or online by
10/3, $230 phoned by 10/3 (406-896-2038),
$250 until 6 pm 10/6 online or at site.
Other sections entry fee: 5-day $195, 4-
day $194, 3-day $193, 2-day $192 if check
mailed by 10/3, all $197 at chesstour.com by
10/3, $200 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/3,
$220 at site. No phone entry after 10/3.
Entry fee $100 less to rated seniors
65/over in Expert/ below, $120 less to unrated
in D or E. Re-entry (except Master) $100.
No checks at site, credit cards OK.
9/14, $90 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 9/14 (entry only, no questions), $100
at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. EF for unrated in U1300 or
U1600: all $50 less. GMs free, $60 deducted from prize. Special 1 year
USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry- online atchesstour.com, Adult
$30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or at site, Adult $40,
Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not available in Master
Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise
unrated. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11
& 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10:30 am, rds. Sat
11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. Bye: all, Open must commit before rd 2, oth-
ers before rd3. HR: $79-89, 502-448-2020, ask for chess rate, reserve
by 9/2 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD
#D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577.
$15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, 845-496-9658.
Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 10
Sept. 16-18, Tennessee
Greater Memphis Open
6SS, G/120 (Open & U1600). Site: Greater Memphis Chess Center, 5796
Shelby Oaks Drive Suite 11, Memphis, TN 38134. Round times: Fri 7, Sat 9-
2-7, Sun 9-2. Optional 2 day with round 1 and 2 as G/60 9-11:30 and merge.
EF $45 before 9-9-11, $55 after and onsite. GMCC and MCC members $40 any-
time. USCF Youth and Scholastic Players may enter either Section to compete
for no prize money for $25 anytime. Reg.: Friday 9/16: 5pm-6:30pm, Satur-
day 9/17: 7am-8:30am. Gtd. Prize Fund: Open: 1st $300, 2nd 150, 3rd 75,Top
U1700 50, U1600: 1st 150, 2nd 75, 3rd 50. Special U1000 Scholastic sec-
tion. 4 round G/60. Entry fee: $15. Round times: Sat 9-11:30,2, 4:30.Trophies
to top 10. gpylant@gmail.com, 901-359-8616, www.memphischess.com. Chess
Magnet School JGP for Open & U1600.
Grand Prix Points: 50
Sept. 17, Indiana
The Emory Tate Jr. Chess Extravaganza
Open & ScholasticTournaments.The Elkhart Sports Center, 1162 Fremont
Court, Elkhart, IN. Open Tournament, 5SS, G/60: $3900 Guaranteed
$1,000-900-600-400, seniors 70+ $600-400; Trophies 1st & Top U1800,
U1400, U1000. EF: $20 by 9/4, $25 after, $30 onsite until 10am. Rds.:
11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 7:00. Awards 9:30. Scholastic All Grade Tournament
- (Grades K-12), 5SS, G/60: Rds.: 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:45. Awards: 9:30.
(Grades K-3) 5SS, G/30. Rds.: 1 at 11:00 rest ASAP. Awards immediately
after. Awards: 1st Trophy, 2nd & 3rd Medals each section. EF: $8 by 9/4,
$10 after, $15 onsite until 10am. Ent: Emory Tate Jr. Chess Organization.
11070 Golden Pheasant Dr., Osceola, IN 46561. Online Ent/Info:
www.emorytateextravaganza.com, 574-323-3293.
Grand Prix Points: 10
Sept. 17, Maine
York County Open
Hampton Inn Saco Biddeford, 48 Industrial Park Rd., Saco, ME 04072. In
2 Sections, Open: 4SS, GAME/65, $$GTD: $275-150-75. U2000 $100.
U1750: 4SS, GAME/65, Open to 1749 & under. $$GTD: $150-50. U1450
$100, Unrated $100. ALL: EF: $28 postmarked by 10 September, $33 at
5-day Master, Expert: Reg.ends Thu 6
pm, rds. Thu 7, Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11
& 6, Mon (Columbus Day) 10 & 4:30.
5-day A or B: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds.
Thu/Fri 7, Sat 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
4-day A or B: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds.
Fri 7, Sat/Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
3-day A or B: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds
Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
4-day C, D or E: Reg. ends Thu.6 pm,
rds. Thu 7, Fri 7, Sat 10 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30.
3-day C, D or E: Reg. Ends Fri 11 am, rds
Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30.
2-day C, D or E: Reg. Ends Sat. 9 am, rds
Sat 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30.
Byes: OK all, limit 3 (limit 2 in last 4
rounds), must commit before round 3.
All: Unofficial web ratings usually used if
otherwise unrated. Bring set, board, clock if
possible. No checks at site, credit cards OK.
Entry: Continental Chess, Box 249,
Salisbury Mills NY 12577. $15 charge for
refunds. Special USCF dues: see TLA.
uschess.org
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site. Reg.: 9:00-9:45 AM. Rds.: 10:00-1:00-3:30-6:00. One half point
bye available rounds 1-3. ENT: Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. #89, Bed-
ford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex Relyea relyea@operamail.com. HR: $99
(207) 282-7222. www.relyeachess.com. NS. W. Chess Magnet School
JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 10
Sept. 17-18, Maryland
UMBC Championship
5SS, 20/1, SD/1. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop
Circle, Baltimore (in Commons, 3rd floor). Open: (All) $$900: $300-200-
5SS, G/90+30inc, Dallas Chess Club, 200 S. Cottonwood Dr, #C, Richard-
son, TX 75080. FIDE rated. EF: $55. $35 Junior/Senior/Hcapp. Dallas
Chess Club membership required or pay $5 non member fee. $$GTD:
$300-200-100-50-25. Reg. 9/17: 9:45 am - 10:15 am. Rds.: 9/17: 10:45
am, 3:10 pm, 7:16 pm. 9/18: 10:45 am, 3:10 pm. 1 half point bye if
requested before end of rd 2. Withdrawals and 5th rd zero pt byes are
ineligible for prizes. ENT: 2709 LonghornTrail, Crowley,TX 76036. Phone:
214-632-9000 until 9/15 else 972-231-2065. INFO: Barb Swafford info@
dallaschess.com www.dallaschess.com. NS. NC. FIDE. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
b/89. $2,000 Guaranteed. In 5 sections: Open/Unr.: $600-400, u2200-
$300-200-100. Under 2000: $300-200-100. Under 1800: $300-200-100.
Under 1600: $300-200-100. Under 1400: $250-150-100, u1200- $100.
All: $59 3-day and $58 2-day if received by 9/21; $65 at site. GMs and
Ims free. $60 deducted from prize. Reentry: $35. Bye, all rounds, limit
2, must commit before 1st round. 3-day: Reg.: ends 7:15 p.m. Rds.: 7:45,
2-7:30, 10-3:30. 2-day schedule: Reg.: ends 9:30 a.m. Rounds: 1st at
10 a.m., then merges with 3-day. Info: (404)-377-4400 or atlanta
chess@yahoo.com. www.atlantachessclub.com. Enter: Same as above.
NS. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) Grand Prix Points: 6

100 Gtd., Class prizes $100 ea. To top U2300, U2100, U1900. Top UMBC
student awarded trophy & title of 2011-2012 UMBC Chess Champion. Cer-
tificates & UMBC Class titles to top UMBC students U2200, U2000,
U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200, & Unr. All prospective members of any
UMBC Chess Team for academic year 2011-2012 must play in this sec-
tion. Free ent. to GMs, $40 deducted from any prizes. U1800: (U1800/Unr.)
$$800 b/40: $300-200-100, Class prizes $100 ea. to top U1600, U1400.
No Unr. player may win more than $200 in this section. See separateTLA
for rated beginners tournament held 9/17. All: EF: $40 if postmarked by
9/2, $50 later, $10 less if under age 20. Reg.: 8:30-9:30am Sat., Rds.:
10-3-7:30pm Sat, 10:30-3:30pm Sun. Byes: Up to three 1/2-pt. byes avail.
in Rds. 1-5 if req'd at least 1 hr. before Rd. (before Rd 2 for any Rd. 4-5
Sept. 18, Massachusetts
Marlboro Action Swiss
4SS, G/30. Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West,
Marlboro, MA (I-495, exit 24B, Rt 20W, one mile from exit). 508-460-0700
or 888-543-9500. $$ 850 G. 2 sects. Open: $200-100, U2000 $100.
U1800: $150-75, U1600 $75, U1400 $75, $1200 $75. EF: $20 if postmarked
by 9/12, $25 at site. GMs and IMs free. Reg.: 1-1:30 p.m. Rds.: 2-3:30-
5-7. Bye: 1-4 with entry, limit 1. Ent: Robert Messenger, 4 Hamlett Dr. Apt.
12, Nashua, NH 03062. Make cks. payable to Robert Messenger. Info: send
email to Bob.Messenger at myfairpoint.net or phone 603-891-2484. NS.
NC. W.
Sept. 24, Connecticut
5th Saturday Open
CH Booth Library, 25 Main St., Newtown, CT 06470, 100 yds. south of Flag-
pole on Rte.25. In 2 sections: Open: 3SS, G/60, Prizes: $200-100, Top
U1900 $100; All Gtd. Multiple prizes are possible. Rds.: 10:15, 12:30, 2:45.
Under 1600/Unr: 4SS, G/45, Prizes: $150-50,Top U1400 $50. More per
entries. Unrated may not win more than $50. Rds.: 10:15-11:45-1:30-3:15.
EF: Both Sections: $25 if rec'd by 9/21, $35 at door. Reg.: 9:30-10:00
sharp. Ent: Glenn Budzinski, 1 Black Cherry Ln., Sandy Hook, CT 06482.
Questions only: licensingagent@yahoo.com. May be limited to first 50
players. NS, NC, W.

Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced)

bye), but only at most one 1/2-point bye in Rds 4-5. HR: La Quinta Inn
and Suites, 1734 West Nursery Road, Linthicum, MD 21090, 410-859-2333,
Ask for UMBC chess rate. www.lq.com (From I-95, take Exit 47A onto I-
195 towards BWI Airport.Take Exit 2A onto 295 north towards Baltimore;
take first exit, bearing right onto West Nursery Road.) Directions to
UMBC:Take Exit 47B off I-95 & follow signs to UMBC. Park in Lot 9 or 16.
Ent: Dr. Alan T. Sherman, Dept. of CSEE, UMBC, Attn: Championship,
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. Make out check to UMBC. For
more information: ChessClub@umbc.edu, (410) 455-8499, www.umbc.
edu/chess. NS, W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
Sept. 17-18, New York
Buffalo NY Fide Chess Festival 2011
5 rounds, G/120. Gloria Parks Center, 3242 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14214.
The Archangel 8 Chess Academy, celebrating 10 years of Chess Educa-
tion. EF: $65.00 or $45 if payment is received by September 1, 2011. No
Sept. 20, New York
Marshall Masters!
4-SS, G/30. Third Tuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St.,
NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scor-
ing over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 tournament since the prior
month's Masters). EF: $40, members $30, GM's free.Top three prizes guar-
anteed. $$G: 250-150-100. Top U2400 and Top 2300 prizes. Special prize
for biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45PM. One bye
available (rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry.
Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
Sept. 22, New York
10 Grand Prix Points Tonight!
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at the Marshall Club, 23 West 10 St., bet. 5-6
Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. EF: $35, Club membs $25, GMs free ($20 from
prize), specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$560 b/32
Grand Prix Points: 20 (enhanced)
Sept. 24, New Jersey
Viking 4-County Open
4-SS. G/60. Somerset Holiday Inn, 195 Davidson Ave., Somerset (exit 10
off I-287) 4-SS, Grand Prix Section: G/60 Top residents of Somerset,
Morris, Warren and Middlesex are County Champions. $$: 300-200-100-
100-50. Guaranteed minimum $75 each top Expert, A, B, U1600. No
pooling/no duplicate prizes. Trophies: First, each County Champ, Top
Expert, Class A, B, C, D/E, Sr. & Jr. EF: $39 if by 9/21 or via website.
EntryFeesRUs.com. Pay $10 more at site. Reg.: 9-10am on 9/24. First
Round: 10am then ASAP With lunch break. Kids U500, K-6 Section: 4-
SS, G45, Trophies to top 10. EF: $16 early $20 late. Both sections Sign
up at EntryFeesRUs.com or mail to: KenThomas, 115 West Moore St.,
Hackettstown, NJ 07840. Info: 908-763-6468, acn@goes.com or
EntryfeesRus.com. NC, W.

Grand Prix Points: 6

checks accepted onsite, Cash, US Currency accepted. $$GTD: $200-
150-100. U2100 -$125, U1800 - $100. Available. Canadians and FIDE rated
players are welcomed. Buffalo U1500 Side Event: EF: $50.00 or $35.00,
if payment is received by September 1, 2011. No checks accepted onsite,
Cash USD only! $$GTD: $100-80-60. Available. ENT: Buffalo Chess Fes-
tival 2011, 60F Guilford Lane, Buffalo, NY 14221 arcangel8chess@yahoo.
com. INFO: Mc Duffie, Chess Ambassador, 60F Guilford Lane, Buffalo, NY
paid entries (may be limited to 1st 36 to enter), top 2 Gtd: $$ 200-110-
50, Top U2200/unr $105, U2000 $95. Limit 2 byes (1 bye for U2000),
commit by 8:15. Reentry $15. CCA ratings may be used. Class pairings
OK rd. 4. Reg ends 10 min before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm.
Phone entry often impossible!
A Heritage Event!
Sept. 24-25, California, Northern
Exchange Bank Open
Exchange Bank, 444 Aviation Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA 95403. 4 round Swiss,
G/120. In 3 Sections, Open: $$GTD: $250-175. Reserve: Open to 1899
& under. $$GTD: $200-125. Booster: Open to 1499 & under. $$GTD: $150-

Grand Prix Points: 10

Sept. 23-25 or 24-25, Georgia 100. Unr. must play in Booster Section. Unrated players winning prizes
14221. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. will only receive half of the prize. ALL: EF: $35 advance until 9/21, $45

Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced)

Sept. 17-18, Texas 42nd Annual Southern Congress at site. Reg.: 09/24 8:30am-9:30am. Rds.: Sat 10,3; Sun 10,3. ENT:
5-SS, 30/90, SD/1. (2-day schedule Round 1 G/90). Atlanta Chess Cen- Paul Stagnoli, 4233 Kintyre Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95409. INFO: (707) 478-
DCC FIDE OPEN IX ter, 3155A East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Scottdale, GA 30079. $4,000 4385, paulgs@sonic.net. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.

8th annual LOS ANGELES OPEN

October 7-9 or 8-9, 2011 - $20,000 projected prizes, $16,000 minimum!
5 rounds at Sheraton Four Points LAX - $89 room rate, $5/day parking
5 round Swiss, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day Unrated prize limits: U1000 $200, 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 6 pm,
option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Four U1400 $300, or U1700 $500. rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 6 pm, Sun 10
Points LAX, 9750 Airport Blvd, Los am & 4:15 pm.
Angeles CA 90045. Top 5 sections entry fee: 3-day 2-day schedule: Reg. Sat to 10
$113, 2-day $112 mailed by 9/29, all am, rds Sat 11 am, 2:30 pm & 6 pm;
Prizes $20,000 based on 230 paid $115 online at chesstour.com by 10/4, Sun 10 am & 4:15 pm.
entries; min. guarantee $16,000 (80% $120 phoned by 10/4 (406-896-2038, Half-point byes OK all (limit 2);
each prize). Re-entries & $60 off entries entry only, no questions), $130 at site Open must commit before round 2,
count as half entries. In 6 sectons: (no checks, credit cards OK). other sections before round 3.
Open: $2000-1000-600-400, clear or Entry fee for all in Under 1000 or
tiebreak win $100 bonus, top Under unrated in Under 1400: all $60 less. All: Bring sets, boards, clocks if
2400/Unr $600-300. FIDE rated, 100 Re-entry (except Open): $60. possible. JGP.
GPP (enhanced). Special 1 year USCF dues with Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD
Under 2300: $1500-800-400-200, paper magazine if paid with entry. D657633 or reserve at chesstour.com.
top Under 2100 $500-250. FIDE rated. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Entry: Continental Chess, PO Box
Under 2000: $1500-800-400-200, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. 249, Salisbury Mills NY 12577.
top Under 1800 $500-250. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult Hotel rates: $89-89, 800-529-4683,
Under 1700: $1300-700-400-200, $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 310-649-7025, reserve by 9/24 or rate
top Under 1500 $500-250. Unofficial uschess.org ratings may increase
Under 1400: $1200-600-300-200, usually used if otherwise unrated. Optional entry form faces inside
top Under 1200 $400-200. USCF membership required. back cover, or see entryblank.com. $15
Under 1000: $700-400-200-150, SCCF membership ($18, jrs $10) service charge for refunds. Advance
trophies to top 3, top U800, U600, Unr. required for rated So. Calif. residents. entries posted at chesstour.com.

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Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)

Sept. 24-25, New York
Marshall September Grand Prix!
4-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF:
$50, members $30. $$625 Gtd: 275-150, U2200/unr. $105, U2000 $95.
Reg. ends 15 min. before round. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2-day, Rds 12:30-
5:30PM each day; 1-day, (Rds. 1-2 G/30) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30PM Sun;
both merge rd. 3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. FIDE (G/30
not FIDE ratable). Chess Magnet School JGP.
A State Championship Event!
Grand Prix Points: 10
Sept. 24-25, Pennsylvania
several restaurants, the historic Fargo Theater, and the vibrant nightlife
of downtown Fargo. Ask for theChessTournament Rate ($74.00). A block
of rooms for this tournament will be held until 09/01/2011. Dont wait
until too late to reserve your room! GM Alex Yermolinsky will return this
year! In 2 Sections Premier: 5SS, G/90, $$GTD: $1200-600-300. U2100:
200-100; U1900: 200-100; Upset: 100. Reserve: 5SS, G/90, Open to 1899
& under. $$GTD: $400-200-100. U1700: 100-50; U1500: 100-50; U1300:
100-50; Upset: 50. ALL: EF: $50. $60 after 9/16/2011. Rds.: 10:30a/
3p/7:30p-10a/2p. 1/2 point byes available rounds 1-4. ENT: BrianThomp-
son, 773 15th Ave. E, West Fargo, ND 58078. 701-306-9231, ndchessnut@
yahoo.com. INFO: Brian Thompson. www.ndchessnut.com. NS. NC. W.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
games rated) cannot win over $400 in E, $600 D, $900 C, $1200 B or $1500
A. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 4) Bal-
ance of limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Master Section EF:
GMs, IMs, WGMs: free by 9/6, $30 online at chesstour.com by 10/3, $50
online or at site until 6 pm 10/6; $150 deducted from prize. Free entries
must reconfirm entry online or in person on 10/6 by 6 pm. Foreign FIDE
rated players: $75 online at chesstour.com by 10/3, $100 online or at site
until 6 pm 10/6; $150 deducted from prize. Others: $225 if check mailed
by 9/28 or online by 10/3, $230 phoned by 10/3 (406-896-2038), $250
until 6 pm 10/6 online or at site. Other sections EF: 5-day $195, 4-day
$194, 3-day $193, 2-day $192 if check mailed by 9/28 (note correction),
all $197 online at chesstour.com by 10/3, $200 if phoned to 406-896-2038

Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced)

2011 Ira Lee Riddle Memorial Pa State Champ.
Giant Store, 2300 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17110. 2-day Sections:
5SS, G/105. Reg.: 9-9:30am. Rds.: 10-2-6, 10-2. Open: EF: $40 by 9/16,
$55 later. $$(680G) $350-150, U2100 $70, U2000 $60, U1900 $50. U1800:
EF: $35 by 9/16, $50 later. $$(490 b/20) $200-110, U1700 $70, U1600
$60, U1500 $50. U1400: EF: $30 by 9/16, $45 later. $$(420 b/20) $150-
90, U1200 $70, U1100 $60, U1000 $50. Sunday-only U1000 Scholastic:
5SS, G/30. Reg.: 10:30-11am. Rds.: 11:30-12:45-2-3:15-4:30. EF: $15 by
9/16, $25 later. Trophies: 1-5, 1-2 U600, 1-2 U300, 1-2 Unrated. All: School
teams combined from all four sections, Trophies: 1st-2nd. PSCF req'd,
$5 OSA. Info: 717-730-4461, slam.dk@verizon.net. Ent: PSCF, c/o Tom
Martinak, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223, martinak_tom_m@ hot-
mail.com, 412-908-0286. Chess Magnet School JGP for 2-day.
Grand Prix Points: 30
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 or Oct. 1-2, Texas
2011 U.S. Class Championships
See Nationals.
Grand Prix Points: 20 (enhanced)
Oct. 1, California, Northern
2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship
See Nationals.
Grand Prix Points: 6
Oct. 1, New York
16th Annual Arkport Open
4SS, Rds 1 & 2 G/60, Rds 3 & 4 G/90. Arkport Village Hall, 6 Park Ave., Ark-
port, NY 14807. $GTD: $200-100, $B/25: U1800 and U1600 each $100-50. EF:
$30 cash at site. Reg.: 9-9:45 a.m., 10/1/11. Rds.: 10, 12, 2:15, 5:30. Direc-
tor: Ronald Lohrman. Info: 607-295-9858. Ent: F. K. Harris, 1 Northridge Dr.,
Arkport, NY 14807. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 40
Oct. 1-2, North Dakota
5th Annual Chessnuts Challenge Open
Total prize fund of $4,000 is guaranteed! This tournament is funded
primarily by chess equipment sales on our eBay Store, and weve had a
Oct. 2, California, Northern
2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship
See Nationals.
Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced)
Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, Virginia
2nd annual Continental Class Championships
MASTER, EXPERT, CLASS A, CLASS B END MONDAY, COLUMBUS DAY
BUT CLASS C, D, AND E END SUNDAY. Master Section and Expert
Section, Oct 6-10 (NOTE CHANGE OF TIME CONTROL): 9SS, 40/90,
SD/30, 30 second increment, GM & IM norms possible, FIDE rated.
Expert Section, 9SS, 40/2, SD/1, FIDE rated. Class A and Class B, Oct
6-10, 7-10 or 8-10: 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds. 1-2 G/75). Class
C, Class D, and Class E, Oct 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9: 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day
option, rds 1-3 G/60). Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. Free shuttle to/from Reagan Inter-
national Airport and Crystal City Metro station (contact hotel for schedule).
Prizes $60,000 based on 380 paid entries (unrated in E or D, seniors,
re-entries, GMs, IMs, WGMs, foreign FIDE rated players in Master count
as half entries), else proportional, minimum $40,000 (2/3 of each prize)
guaranteed. In 7 sections: Master, open to US players rated at least 2200
USCF or 2100 FIDE and foreign players rated at least 2000 USCF or 1800
FIDE. $5000-2500-1500-1000-700-600-500-500-400-400, clear or tiebreak
first bonus $200, FIDE Under 2400/Unr $2000-1000. Free hotel room to
the highest FIDE rated foreign GM who enters by 9/6 and completes the
tournament with no byes. GM & IM norms possible, FIDE rated. Expert,
open to USCF 1800-2199. $3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400. FIDE
rated. Class A, open to USCF 1600-1999 or unrated. $3000-1500-1000-
800-600-500-400-400. Class B, open to USCF 1400-1799 or unrated.
$3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400. Class C, open to USCF 1200-
1599 or unrated. $2500-1300-900-700-600-500-400-400. Class D, open
to USCF under 1400 or unrated. $2000-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300.
Class E, open to USCF under 1200 or unrated. $2000-1000-800-600-500-
400-300-300. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26 lifetime games
rated as of Oct 2011 official list may not win over $800 in Class E or $1200
by 10/3 (entry only, no questions), $220 online until 2 hours before
round 1 or at site. No phone entry after 10/3. EF $100 less to rated sen-
iors 65 or over in Expert or below. EF $120 less to unrated in Class D
or E. Special 1 yr USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry:
Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15.
Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20.
No checks at site, credit cards OK. No mailed credit card entries. Re-
entry: $100, no re-entry from Master Section to Master Section. 5-day
Master or Expert schedule: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7pm, Fri 12
& 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 5-day Class A or B sched-
ule: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 6 pm, Sun 11 & 6,
Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day Class A or B schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri
7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day Class A or B sched-
ule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 &
4:30. 4-day Class C, D or E schedule: Reg. ends Thu 6pm, rds. Thu 7
pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day Class C, D or E sched-
ule: Reg. ends Fri 11 am, rds. Fri. 12 noon & 7 pm, Sat. 11 & 6, Sun. 10
& 4:30. 2-day Class C, D or E schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat.
10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun. 10 & 4:30. All schedules in Class A or below
merge & compete for same prizes. Byes: OK all; limit 3 (limit 2 in last 4
rds), must commit before rd 3. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible-
none supplied. HR: $95-95-105-115, 703-418-1234, reserve by 9/21or rate
may increase. Special chess rate valet parking $6/day, with or without
guestroom. Car rentals: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 or
reserve car online at chesstour.com. Ratings: FIDE used for Master Sec-
tion, USCF October official for others, unofficial usually used if otherwise
unrated. For foreign players in Expert or below, usually 100 points added
to FIDE, 50 to FQE, 100/more to most other foreign, no points added to
CFC, PR or Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not accepted for Class A or
below. Highest of multiple ratings usually used. Players who fail to dis-
close foreign or FIDE ratings may be expelled. Ent: Continental Chess,
Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chess
tour.com. You may request "lowest possible section" if October rating
unknown. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted
at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced)

very good year! Howard Johnson Inn of Fargo, 301 3rd Avenue N, Fargo, in Class D. Games rated too late for 10/11 list not counted. 2) If official Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, California, Southern
ND 58102. Hotel Accomodations provided by Howard Johnson Inn (701- rating was more than 30 points over section maximum on any USCF rat-
232-8850). Stay at the playing site! Located within walking distance of ing supplement 10/10-9/11, prize limit $1200. 3) Unrated (0-3 lifetime CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open

29th Annual Sands Regency

Reno - Western States Open
American Classic & Heritage Event - A Weikel Tournament
$33,200 b/350 (Projected) $21,750 Guaranteed

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5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Four Points
LAX, 9750 Airport Blvd., LosAngeles, CA 90045. Special parking $5/day.
$$20,000 based on 230paid entries (re-entries & $60 off entries count
half), $16,000(80% each prize) minimum guaranteed. In 6 sections.
Open: $2000-1000-600-400, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top
Under 2400/Unr (not a section) $600-300. FIDE. Under 2300: $1500-800-
400-200, top Under 2100 (not a section) $500-250. FIDE. Under 2000:
$1500-800-400-200, top Under 1800 (not a section) $500-250. Under
1700: $1300-700-400-200, top Under 1500 (not a section) $500-250.
Under 1400: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1200 (not a section) $400-
200. Under 1000: $700-400-200-150, trophies to top3, 1st Under 800,
Under 600, unrated. Unrated may not win over$200 in U1000, $300 U1400,
or $500 U1700. Top 5 sections EF: 3-day $113, 2-day $112 mailed by
9/29, all $115 online atchesstour.com by 10/4, $120 phoned to 406-896-
2038 by 10/4 (entry only, no questions), $130 (no checks, credit cards
OK) at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF for all in U1000 or
unrated in U1400: $60 less. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine
if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20,
Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30,
Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60; not available in Open Section. SCCF mem-
bership ($18, juniors $10) required for rated Southern CA residents. 3-day
schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15.
2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 &
4:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2,
others before rd 3. HR: $89-89, 1-800-529-4683, 310-649-7025; reserve
by9/24 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWDD6
57633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental
Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for
refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries
posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 6
Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, South Carolina
2nd Annual National Chess Day and Festival
4SS, 35/90 SD60 (2 day schedule: Rd. 1 G/90). Hawthorn Suites, 2455
Savannah Hwy (US17S), Charleston, SC 29414 ($79/night 843-225-4411
mention chess). Prize Fund - $1700 based on 36 regular paid entries.
In 3 Sections: Open: 1st-$300 2nd-$150 (guaranteed) u2000-$100.
Under 1800: 1st-$250 2nd-$125 u1400-$100. U1400: 1st-$250 2nd=$125
u1200-$100. EF: $49 if recd before 9/07, $59 thereafter and at site. (Re-
entries: $25). Reg.: Fri 5:30-6:30pm; Sat 9-10am. Rds.: (3 day schedule)
Fri 7:30pm, Sat. 2pm & 7:30pm, Sun 2:30pm (2 day schedule Rd 1 at
10:30am Sat. then merge with 3 day schedule). Byes: 1/2 pt. avail. all
rds; must request byes for rds 3 & 4 prior to rd. 2(irrevocable). Special
Blitz Tmnt: Sunday 10:45am, EF: $1, 3 sections: Open, U18, U14, 1st-
$20 2nd-$10 each section. Other info: Top combined blitz and main
tournament score in each section receives free entry next year. 50% off
EF to whoever travels the farthest and whoever brings the most players
in their vehicle. Adv Entries: Charleston Chess Club, c/o David Y. Causey,
741 Dragoon Dr., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (email:chessbass@att.net).
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced)
Oct. 7-Nov. 18, New York
2011 Queens Chess Club Championship
7-SS, G/120. All Saints Lutheran Church, 164-02 Goethals Ave., Jamaica,
NY 11432. EF: $55, $60 at site. $$500-$300-$200 guaranteed to top 3,
more per entries. Up to three 1/2 pt byes ok with advance notice (byes
for Rounds 5, 6, and/or 7 must be declared before Round 4) REG.: 7:30-
8:00. RDS.: 8:15 each Friday. ENT (mail by 9/30): Ed Frumkin, 445 E 14th
St #10D, NYC 10009 (212-677-3224 before 10pm and before 5pm on Fri).
QCC membership required (U19 y/o, female, 65 & older $20 for six
months, others $25/6 months). FIDE-rated. Chess Magnet School
JGP.
A State Championship Event!
Grand Prix Points: 6
Oct. 8, Pennsylvania
2011 PA State Game/60 Championship
4SS, G/60. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA
15213. 3 Sections, $$ (695G): Championship: EF: $30 by 10/1, $40 later.
$200-100, U2000 $75, U1800 $50. Premier: U1600. EF: $25 by 10/1, $35
later. $90-60, U1400 $50, U1200 $40, U1000 $30; Trophies to Top 2, Top
2 U1400, Top 2 U1200, Top 2 U1000. Scholastic: Grades K-12 U900. EF:
$15 by 10/1, $25 later. Trophies to Top 7, 1-3 U600. ALL: Teams of 4 to
7 combined from all sections, Trophies 1st-2nd schools, clubs. PSCF $5,
OSA. Reg ends 10am. Rds.: 10:30-1-3:15-5:45. Ent/Info: PSCF, c/o Tom
Martinak, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223, 412-908-0286, martinak_
tom_m@hotmail.com. W.
Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced)
Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, Illinois
20th annual Midwest Class Championships
5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Westin Chicago North Shore
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!
uschess.org
See previous issue for TLAs appearing September 1-14
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. Prizes $20,000 based on 250 paid entries
(re-entries & Class E Section count as half entries), else in proportion
except $16,000 (80% of each prize) minimum guaranteed. $10 of each
paid entry over 200 entries will be donated to the ICA Warren Junior
Scholar Program. In 7 sections; no unrated allowed in Master or Expert.
Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-500-300, clear in or 1st on tiebreak
$100, top U2300 $800-400. FIDE. Expert (2000-2199): $1500-700-400-
300. Class A (1800-1999/Unr): $1500-700-400-300. Class B
(1600-1799/Unr): $1500-700-400-300. Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $1400-
700-400-200. Class D (1200-1399/Unr): $1200-600-300-200. Class E
(Under 1200/Unr): $600-300-200-100, trophies to top 7, top 800-999, 600-
799, Under 600, Unrated. Rated players may play up one section. Unrated
prize limit $150 E, $250 D, $400 C, $500 B, $700 A. Top 6 sections EF:
3-day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 10/6, all $105 online at chesstour.com
by 10/11, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/11 (entry only, no ques-
tions), $120 at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. EF for all in Class
E, and unrated in Class D: all $50 less. ALL: Advance EF $5 less to ICA
members. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise
unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life if paid with entry.
Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15.
Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20.
Re-entry $50; not available in Master Section. GMs $80 from prize. 3-day
schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-
day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15.
Bye: all, Master must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $99-
99-99-99, 800-937-8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 9/30 or rate may
increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: Con-
tinental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. (chesstour.com,
DirectorAtChess.US). $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries
posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A State Championship Event!
A Heritage Event!
Grand Prix Points: 10
Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, South Carolina
72nd S.C. Championships
5SS, 35/90, SD1 (2day schedule Rd.1 G/90). Hilton Garden Inn, 434
Columbiana Dr., Columbia, SC 29212, (803) 407-6640. $2,700 b/60
($1,350 GTD) In 3 Sections (trophy to 1st & 2nd S.C. player in each sec-
tion): Open/Championship: $600-300-150 u2200-$150 u2000-$150.
Amateur(u1800): $300-150 u1600-$150. Reserve(u1400): $300-150
u1200-$150 u1000-$150. EF: $60 if rec'd by 9/29; $70 at site; $35 re-entry;
Special "trophy only" entry: $20; not eligible for prize money. SCCA
memb. req'd, OSA. Byes: avail. all rds, Rds. 4 or 5 must commit before
2nd rd. (irrevocable; only one bye avail. on Sunday). 3 day schedule: Reg.
ends 7pm, Fri. Rds. 8,2-8,9-2:30. 2 day schedule: Reg. ends 7pm, Fri.
9am Sat. Rd. 1 at 10am, then merge with 3 day. HR: $89 (reserve by 9/30;
mention chess tnt.) 803-407-6640. Other info: More $$ per extra regu-
lar entries. "Trophy only" entries do not count toward "based on" entries.
Free entry to masters ($60 deducted from any winnings). Unrateds must
play in Open/Championship section unless TD can verify their playing
strength in order to assign into lower sections. (Unrateds only eligible
for place prizes in sections they play.) Annual SCCA meeting held 1-2pm
on Sunday. SC Championship title to top SC player. Info/Reg/Pmt: S.C.
Chess Assn., c/o David Y. Causey, Treasurer, 741Dragoon Dr., Mt. Pleas-
ant, SC 29464 (chessbass@att.net). (Please indicate whether playing in
2 or 3 day schedule and indicate any byes when pre-registering. Be
sure to include payment to receive early entry fee otherwise $70 at site.)
Chess Magnet School JGP.
EASTERN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
November 4-6 or 5-6, Stamford CT
$8,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES!
For 4-player teams averaging UNDER 2000 (note changes).
One alternate optional. 5 rounds, choice of 3-day or 2-day schedule,
match point scoring, a one section tournament with class prizes.
At Sheraton Hotel in downtown Stamford. Free parking, trains from
NYC run frequently. Teams have choice of 3-day or 2-day schedule. Room
rates $89 single or twin.
Top overall teams: 1st $2000, 2nd $1000, 3rd $600, 4th $400.
Top teams averaging under 1700: 1st $1000, 2nd $500.
Top teams averaging under 1400: 1st $800, 2nd $400.
Top score on each board: 1st $200, 2nd $100. 1st alternate $100.
FOR FULL DETAILS: see Connecticut in this issue.
Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
Oct. 15-16, Massachusetts
12th Western New England Open
5SS, G/120. MCLA, 375 Church St., N. Adams. Reg.: 8-8:30 Sat. Rds.: Sat
8:45-1:30-6:15 Sun 9-3:15. EF: $42, 2200+$32, Unr $0 win 50% section
prize but open, All by 10/10 If unpaid: (+)$5 at site. $$1500 b/50. Sec-
tions: Open: $350-$250 Top U2000 $100, U1800: $250-$125 Top U1600
$75, U1400: $200-$100 Top U1200 $50. Side event: 4SS, G/5Blitz 1:30
Sun. Info: Vince Bradley, 413-652-0007, Bradley.Chess@gmail.com.
(Note: If you are unrated you can play for free, but can win only 50% of
the section prizes. If you are unrated and playing in the Open section and
qualify for a prize, you win the full prize.) Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced)
Oct. 18, New York
Marshall Masters!
4-SS, G/30.ThirdTuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St, NYC.
212-477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scoring
over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 tournament since the prior months
Masters). EF: $40, members $30, GMs free. $$G250-150-100. Prizes to
U2400, U2300 and biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-
9:30-10:45. One bye available (Rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry. www.
marshallchessclub.org.
A Heritage Event!
An American Classic!
Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced)
Oct. 21-23, Nevada
29th Annual SANDS REGENCY RENO-WESTERN STATES OPEN
6SS, 40/2, 20/1, G 1/2. Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N. Arlington
Ave., Reno, NV 89501. 1-800-648-3553 or (775) 348-2200. $$33,200
b/350, Gtd. $$21,750-$3000-2000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-300-
200 in Open Section plus 1/2 of all other prizes. 6 Sections: OPEN: EF:
GMs & IMs free (enter by 10/1 or pay late fee), Masters $147,
(2199/below)-$175. $$ Prizes 1-10 listed above, (2399-below) $1000,
(2299-below) $1000. If a tie for 1st overall then 2 (G/10) playoff for $100
from prize fund. (Note: GM/IM w/free entry not eligible for class prizes
2399 and below; may elect to pay entry fee and become eligible).
EXPERT: (2000-2199) EF: $146. $$2000-1000-500-400-300. "A"
Sec.(1800-1999) EF: $145, $$2000-1000-500-400-300. "B" Sec.(1600-
1799) EF: $144, $$1,800-900-500-400-300. "C" Sec.(1400-1599) EF:
$143, $$1,600-800-500-400-300. "D"/under Sec. (1399/below) EF:
$142, $$1,400-700-400-300-200, (under 1200) - $600. (Unrated Players)
EF: Free + must join USCF or increase membership for 1 additional year
thru this tournament ($49 adults, $25 juniors) Prizes: Top unrated wins
1 yr. USCF membership plus trophy. Note: Unrated will be put in "D" Sect.
unless requests to play up. Seniors (65+) $$200; (Seniors not eligible:
provisionally rated, unrated, masters); Club Championship $$800-400
decided by total score of 10 (and only 10) players from one club or area
(not eligible - GMs, IMs, or unrated).Trophies toTop 3 (A-D Sections). ALL:
EF $11 more if postmarked after 10/1 and $22 more if postmarked
after 10/14 or at site. Do not mail after 10/14 or phone or email after
10/18. $20 off EF to Srs (65+). Players may play up. Unrated players not
eligible for cash prizes except Open 1-10. Provisionally rated players may
win up to 50% of 1st place money except open Section 1-10. CCA rat-
ings may be used. Note pairings not changed for color alternation unless
3 in a row or a plus 3 and if the unlikely situation occurs 3 colors in a row
may be assigned. Reg.: (10/20) 5-8 pm, (10/21) 9:00-10 am. Rds.:12-
7, 10-6, 9:30-4:30. Byes available any round, if requested before 1st round
(Open Section - 2 byes max.). SIDE EVENTS: Wed.(10/19) 7pm Clock Simul
[40/2, G/1] (Including an analysis of YOUR game. GM Sergey Kudrin $30
(A great value!).Thurs (10/20) 5-7:30 pm "A Celebration of Life, GM Larry
Evans" and lecture by IM John Donaldson -Free, 7:30 Simul GM Lubosh
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Kavalek (only $15!), 7:30 Blitz (5 min) Tourney ($20-80% to prize fund).
Sat 10/22 (3-4:30pm) IM John Donaldson Clinic (Game/Position Analy-
sis) Free. Sun. (10/23) Quick Tourney (G/25) 5 Rd. Swiss ($20) [12
(Noon)-5pm] 80% to prize fund. ENT: Make checks payable and send to:
SANDS REGENCY (address above) HR: $29! (Sun-Thurs) & $59! (Fri-Sat)
+ 13.5% tax. (mention CHESSOCT & reserve by 10/5/10 to guarantee
room rates.) INFO: Jerry Weikel wackyykl@aol.com, (775) 747 1405, or
website: www.renochess.org/wso (also go here to verify entry). FIDE.
W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 60 (enhanced)
Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, New Jersey
2nd annual Boardwalk Open
5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2G/75). Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel,
1401 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712. Free parking. Prizes $15,000
based on 180 paid entries, $10,000 minimum (2/3 each prize) guaran-
teed; re-entries & unrated count as half entries. In 5 sections. Open:
$1500-700-400-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under
2300/Unr $800-400. FIDE. Under 2100: $1000-500-300-200, top U1900
$600-300. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-200, top U1600 $600-300. Under
1500: $900-500-300-200, top U1400 $500-250. Under 1200: $800-500-
300-150, top U1000 $400-$200. Unrated may not win over $150 in
U1200, $300 U1500, $500 U1800. EF: 3-day $98, 2-day $97 mailed by
10/13, all $99 online at chesstour.com by 10/18, $100 phoned to 406-
896-2038 by 10/18 (entry only, no questions), $110 (no checks, credit cards
OK) at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF for unrated in U1200
or U1500: all $50 less. Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life if paid
with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholas-
tic $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, oth-
ers before rd 3. HR: $95-95, 732-776-6700, reserve by 10/7 or rate may
increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car
online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury
Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chess
tour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at
chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced)
Oct. 21-23 & 29-30, New York
2011 Marshall Chess Club Championship!
9-SS, 40/120, SD/60. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC: 212-477-3716.
Open to members and nonmembers rated 2200+ (currently or in the
past), FIDE title holders, qualifiers from Marshall Amateur Champi-
onship Oct. 14-16, and seeded players. $$4500 Gtd: $2000-$1000-$500-
$350-$100, U 2400/unr $250, U 2300 $200, U 2200 $100. PLUS: Edward
Lasker Memorial Brilliancy Prize $300. Title of 2011 Marshall Chess Club
Champion to highest-scoring Club member. EF: $150, members $125 if
received by 10/20, all $20 more at site. GM's free. Reg.: 4:30-5:30pm
21st annual NORTH AMERICAN OPEN
Dec 26-29 or 27-29, Ballys Las Vegas - HOTEL RATE NOW $65!
$120,000 projected prizes, $90,000 minimum guaranteed!
7-round Swiss, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day
option, rds 1-2 G/75), Bally's Casino
Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las
Vegas NV 89103. Free parking.
7 sections. Prizes $120,000 based
on 600 entries (seniors, re-entries & GMs
count half, unrated in U1250 or U1500
1/4), else proportional; minimum $90,000
(3/4 each prize) guaranteed. Dec. official
ratings used; uschess.org unofficial
ratings usually used if otherwise unrated.
Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-
1000-800-600-500-400-400, clear or tie-
break win $200, top U2500/Unr $2500-
1200. FIDE rated, 200 GPP (enhanced).
U2300: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900-
800-600-500-400-400. FIDE rated.
U2100: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900-
800-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $2500.
U1900: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900-
800-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $1800.
U1700: $6000-3000-1600-1000-800-
700-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $1200.
U1500: $5000-2500-1400-1000-800-
700-600-500-400-400. Unr limit $800.
U1250: $4000-2000-1300-900-700-
600-500-400-300-300, top Under 1000
$1000, Unrated limit $400.
56 Chess Life September 2011
10/21. Rounds: 6pm 10/21, 11 & 5:30PM 10/22, 10/23, 10/29, 10/30.
Two byes available, must request at registration, no byes on 10/30.
FIDE. IM/GM norms may be possible, no byes for norm aspirants.
www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 10
Oct. 22, Wisconsin
Hales Corners Challenge XIV
4SS, G/60. 2 Sections: Open & Reserve (under 1600). Wyndham Milwau-
kee Airport Hotel, 4747 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, 414-481-8000.
(mention Southwest Chess Club for $69 room rate). EF: $35-Open, $25-
Reserve, both $5 more after 10/19. Comp EF for USCF 2200+. $$ Open:
1st-$325 (guaranteed), 2nd-$175 (guaranteed), A-$100, B & Below-$75;
$$ Reserve: 1st-$100, 2nd-$75, D-$50, E & Below-$40. Reg.: 8:30-9:30.
Rds.: 10-1-3:30-6. Entries/Questions to TD: Tom Fogec, 5671 Garland
Lane, Greendale, WI 53129; tfogec@wi.rr.com; 414-405-4207 (cell).
Grand Prix Points: 10
Oct. 22-23, Texas
Temple Chess Club Fall Swiss
Sponsored by the Temple Chess Club, http://templecc.clubspaces.com.
4 Round Swiss, G/120, 2 Sections (Open & Reserve U1400). Gtd.
Prizes: Open: 1st = $250, 2nd = $150, 3rd=100, U1700 1st=$75
2nd=$50, 3rd=$25; Reserve (U1400): 1st = $150, 2nd =$75,
3rd=$50, U1200 1st=$50 2nd=25. UNR placed at the discretion of the
TD. Holiday Inn, (254) 778-8295, 5247 S. General Bruce Dr., (Service road
on East side of I-35 just North of Midway exit #297), Temple, TX, 76502.
HR: $79, reserve by Sept. 20. EF: $30 by Oct 15, $35 at site, $5 discount
on EF to all current Texas Chess Association members, USCF member-
ship required. Reg.: 8:00-8:45. Rds.: Sat. 9 am-2:30 pm, Sun. 9 am-2:30
pm. For more information contact: Forrest Marler at fzmarler@
gmail.com (254) 231-7026 or Wayne Sampson at wsampson@hot.rr.
com (254) 231-5340. Can pre-register by check to Forrest Marler
before Oct 15 to: Forrest Marler, 4102 West Adams Avenue #104,
Temple, TX 76504. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
Oct. 23, Massachusetts
78th Greater Boston Open
4SS, G/60. Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West,
Marlboro, MA (I-495, exit 24B, Rt 20W, one mile from exit). 508-460-0700
or 888-543-9500. $$ 1,600 b/60 paid entries (U1000/unrated count
half), 75% G. 4 sects. Open: $350-150, U2150 $125. U1900: $200-125.
U1700: $200-125. U1500: $150-100, U1200 $75. Unrated prize limits:
$75 in U1500, $100 in U1700. $125 in U1900. EF: $39 if postmarked by
10/17 or online by 10/20, $45 at site. GMs and IMs free. $20 discount
to players rated under 1000 or unrated. Reg.: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Rds.: 10-
1-3:30-6. Bye: 1-4 with entry, limit 1. Ent: payable to MACA and mail to
Robert Messenger, 4 Hamlett Dr., Apt. 12, Nashua, NH 03062 or enter
online at www.MassChess.org. Info: send email to info@masschess.org
or phone 603-891-2484. NS, NC, W.
Players with under 26 games rated
as of 12/11 list may not win over $1500
in U1250, $2500 in U1500 or U1700.
If rating was more than 30 points
over section maximum on any list Dec
2010 to Nov 2011, prize limit is $1500.
Mailed entry fee: 4-day $244, 3-day
$243 mailed by 10/15, 4-day $274, 3-day
$273 mailed by 12/15.
Online entry fee: $245 at chesstour.
com by 10/15, $275 by 12/20, $300
12/21 until 2 hours before rd 1.
Phoned entry fee: $280 by 12/20
(406-896-2038, no questions). No phone
entry after 12/20.
Entry fee at site, or online until 2
hours before first round: $300.
Unrated in U1250 or U1500: 4-day
$54, 3-day $53 mailed by 12/15, $55
online by 12/20, $70 at site.
Special entry fee: Senior 65/over
except unrated in U1250 or U1500, $130
less. Re-entry $120; not available in
Open Section. GMs $150 from prize.
No checks at site; credit cards OK.
Special USCF dues if paid with
entry- see chesstour.com or Tournament
Life. USCF membership required.
Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
Oct. 27, New York
10 Grand Prix Points Tonight!
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at the Marshall Club, 23 West 10 St., bet. 5-6
Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. EF: $35, Club membs $25, GMs free ($20 from
prize), specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$560 b/32
paid entries (may be limited to 1st 36 to enter), top 2 Gtd: $$ 200-110-
50, Top U2200/unr $105, U2000 $95. Limit 2 byes (1 bye for U2000),
commit by 8:15. Reentry $15. CCA ratings may be used. Class pairings
OK rd. 4. Reg ends 10 min before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm.
Phone entry often impossible!
Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced)
Oct. 28-30, Michigan
First Annual Fall International Chess Festival
presented by Michigan Chess Festival LLC (MCFLLC). 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2
day option, rds 1-2, G 90). 4SS Under 1000, Novice, Unrated: G/30.
Dearborn Hyatt Regency, 600 Town Center Drive, Dearborn MI 48126, a
AAA 4 Diamond facility free parking. Rates: $99-$99-$99-$99, if reserved
before 10/8. $14,000 Prize Fund Guaranteed, in four sections: OPEN
Section (FIDE rated). EF: 3 day, via MCFLLC website, before 10/7: $98;
before 10/27: $100, at site: $110. 2 day, via MCFLLC website, before 10/7:
$99, before 10/27: $101, at site: $112. Re-entries: $55. Prizes: $2,250-
$1,500-$900-$500-$300, Under 2300 $850-$450, Under 2100 $700-$350,
Under 1900 $300. UNDER 1800 Section. EF 3 day, via MCFLLC website,
before 10/7: $90, before 10/27: $92, at site: $95. 2 day, via MCFLLC web-
site, before 10/7: $91, before 10/27: $93, at site: $96. Re-entries: $48.
Prizes: $1,000-$$600-$300-$200, Under 1600 $500-$300-$100. UNDER
1400 Section. EF 3 day, via MCFLLC website, before 10/7: $60, before
October 27: $62, at site: $65. 2 day, via MCFLCC website, before 10/7:
$61, before 10/27: $63, at site: $66. Re-entries: $33. Prizes: $700-
$400-$250-$150, Under 1200 $400-$200-$100. Unrateds may enter any
of prior Sections, maximum prize for unrated player is the third place prize
in the section entered. Under 1000, unrated ONE DAY, Saturday. EF
via website, before 10/7: $33, before 10/27: $35, at site: $38. Prizes:
$150-$100-$75 Under 800 $$75-$50 Under 600 $75-$50 Unrated: $75-
$50. Re-entries only allowed for players who entered the 3 day option.
Mail Payment accepted. Entries must be postmarked 4 days prior to dates
specified for website entry to obtain early pricing. Michigan residents must
belong to the Michigan State Association. Mail checks to: MCFLLC, 4301
Orchard Lake Rd., Ste 180 #B125, West Bloomfield, MI 48323. Charge
for returned checks: $10. Grandmasters, Foreign IMs and WGMs free,
$100 deducted from prizes. Schedule: REG: 3 day: Fri. 5-6 p.m. Sched-
ule: Rds: Fri 7 pm Sat 11 & 6 Sun 10 & 4:30. REG: 2 day: Sat 8:30-9:30
a.m. Round 1, 10:00 a.m Round 2, 2:00 p.m. Merge with three day sched-
ule for rounds 3-5 REG, Novice: Sat 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Rounds: Rd 1: 10 a.m.
Rd 2 11:30 a.m. Rd 3 2:00 pm Rd 4 4:00 pm. One bye allowed, if req. before
end of round 2. Bring clock, board, pieces. Not provided at site. Online
registration: www.michiganchessfestival.com, INFO: info@michigan
chessfestival.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Choice of schedules: 4-day 12/26-
29, 3-day 12/27-29. Both merge and
compete for same prizes.
4-day late reg. ends 12/26 5 pm,
Rds. 12/26 6 pm, 12/27 11 am & 6 pm,
12/28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 am & 4:30 pm.
3-day late reg. ends 12/27 10 am,
Rds.12/27 11 am, 2:30 pm & 6 pm,
12/28 11 am & 6 pm, 12/29 10 & 4:30.
Half-point byes: OK all, limit 4 (limit
2 in last 4 rds). Open must commit
before rd 2, others before rd 4.
Bring set, board, clock if possible-
none supplied.
HOTEL RATE AT BALLYS HAS
BEEN REDUCED TO $65 for the nights
of Dec 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29! For Dec 24
the rate is $95. Reserve now at 800-833-
3308 or 702-739-4111. Rooms may sell
out about Nov 7.
Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use
AWD #657633.
Entry: Continental Chess, Box 249,
Salisbury Mills NY 12577. Optional entry
form faces inside back cover, or see
www.entryblank.com. $15 service charge
for refunds. Advance entries will be
posted at chesstour.com. JGP.
uschess.org
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A Heritage Event! 20166. Tel: 1-703-230-0077, Fax: 1-703-230-0078. $69(!!)Rooms. Direct In 7 sections: Open: $3000-1500-800-600-400, 1st on tiebreak $200

Grand Prix Points: 10

Oct. 29-30, Virginia
26th Emporia Open
5SS, G/120. Greensville Ruritan Club, Ruritan Rd., Emporia. Off Hwy. 58
West of Emporia. $$600 b/o 20 players (Top 3 $$GTD): 1st-3rd over-
all, $250-150-100; Top U100 and Top U1200, $50 ea. EF: $35 if rec'd by
10/25, $45 on site. No credit cards. Reg.: 8:30-9:30AM. Rds.: 10-2:30-
7, 9-1:30. One half-point bye allowed if req. by 1:30PM Oct. 29. USCF and
Va Chess Fed memb. req'd, avail. at site. Info: www.vachess.org or
mhoffpauir@aol.com. Ent: mail to Mike Hoffpauir, ATTN: Emporia Open,
405 Hounds Chase, Yorktown, VA 23693. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
Oct. 30, New York
Capital Region Open
4SS, G/40. Studio of Bridge & Games, 1639 Eastern Pkwy., Schenectady
12309. $1000 guaranteed prizes plus U1000 trophies. In 4 sections.
Open: $200-100-50, top U2000/Unr $70-30. Under 1800 Section: $120-
60-30, top U1600 $70-30, no unrated may win over $80. Under 1400
Section: $100-50-30, top U1200 $60, no unrated may win over $50. Under
1000 Section: Trophies to first 3, top 2 U800, top 2 U600, top Unrated.
Top 3 sections EF: $33 online at chesstour.com by 10/27 or mailed by
10/24, $40 at site; $20 less to unrated in U1400. U1000 EF: $13 online
at chesstour.com by 10/27 or mailed by 10/24, $20 at site. All: Unoffi-
cial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year
link for hotel registration by 10/24 available on tournament website as
well as directions. Prizes: Open: $570-350-240 (G); Top X/A-
Unr/B/C/D/U1200 each $200, Top Upset Prize (1) for Rd1-($25),
Rd2-($30), Rd3-($35) and Rd4-($50). Reg.: Saturday Nov 5: 8:30 am-
9:45am. Rounds: Sat 10-230-7, Sunday 10-3:30p. One 1/2 pt bye allowed,
must commit to byes before Rd 1, and are irrevocable after play starts.
EF: $50 if rec'd by, $60 at site or after 10/31. VCF Membership Req'd for
VA Residents ($10-Adults, $5 U19). Ent: Michael Atkins, PO Box 6138,
Alexandria, VA 22306. Make checks to: "Virginia Chess". Email:
matkins2@cox.net, but NO e-mail entries, just information. Web:
www.vachess.org/nova.htm. W, NS, FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced)
Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, Florida
10th Annual Turkey Bowl
5SS, G/120, (2-day Option Rd. 1 G/60). Universal Palms Hotel, 4900 Pow-
erline Rd., Ft. Lauderdale. $$6,500 b/200 paid entries, 60% min. Gtd.
Open: $1,000/Trophy-600-400-200, U2300 $100. U2100: $500/Trophy-
300-150, U1950 $100. U1800: $500/Trophy-300-150, U1650 $100. U1500:
$500/Trophy-300-150, U1350 $100. U1200: $500/Trophy-300-150, U1050-
100. U950: Trophies for 1st to 4th, Medals for all others. Unr. may enter
Open, U1200 or U950 only. EF: $69 by Nov. 8, $10 more later and on-site,
GMs & IMs free ($69 deducted from prize). U950 section $30 by Nov. 8,
$10 more later and on-site. Re-entry cash prize sections $35. Reg.:
ends 1/2 hr before 1st rd. Rds.: 3-Day 1st Rd. Fri. 7:30, 2-Day 1st Rd.
bonus, top U2300/Unr $1600-800. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-
400-300. Under 1900: $2000-1000-500-400-300. Under 1700: $2000-
1000-500-400-300. Under 1500: $1800-900-500-300-200. Under 1250:
$1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1000: $800-400-300-200-100. Unrated
prize limits: U1000 $150, U1250 $300, U1500 $500, U1700 $700, U1900
$900. Balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 6 sections EF: 3-day
$113, 2-day $112 mailed by 11/3, all $115 online at chesstour.com by
11/8, $120 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 11/8 (entry only, no questions),
$130 at site. EF for all in Under 1000 Section and unrated in Under
1250 Section: all $60 less. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry
$60; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings
usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with
Chess Life if paid with entry- Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young
Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young
Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds Fri
7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am,
rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Byes: OK all; Open must commit by
rd 2, others by rd 3. HR: $64-64, 800-727-3050, 513-398-0115, reserve
by 10/21 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD
#D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Car rental is
easiest & cheapest transportation from Cincinnati Airport. Ent: Continen-
tal Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: www.chesstour.
com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries will be posted
at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Grand Prix Points: 15

USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com,
Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site,
Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. No checks at site, credit cards
OK. Late reg. at site 9-9:30 am, rds. 10, 12, 2, 4. One half point bye avail-
able, must commit before rd 2. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249,
Salisbury Mills, NY 12577 (chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US). $15
service charge for refunds.
Sat 10, Rds. 2-5 Sat. 1:15, 6:30, Sun. 9:30, 2:30. 2 1/2 pt. byes, if req'd
before rd. 2. HR: $69 by Cut-off Date, 954-776-4880. Ent: Boca Raton
Chess Club, 2385 Executive Ctr. Dr., Ste. 100, Boca Raton, FL 33431.
Online entry & add'l info: www.bocachess.com, 561-479-0351. FIDE.
Chess Magnet School JGP for G/120 rds.
Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced)
Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, Ohio
Nov. 12, Connecticut
2011 Greater New Haven Fall Open $$1000 b/30
*Open, U1600, 4/SS, G/60. Rds.: 9-11:30-2-4. Rds.: 1 & 2 accl'rtd
prngs. U1200, U1000, U800/UNR 5SS, G/30, Rds.: 10am then ASAP. Hop-
kins School, 986 Forest Rd., New Haven, CT 06515. www.hopkins.edu/
admissions/directions/. $$GTD: Open: $300, $200, $100, $100, 6x$50.

Grand Prix Points: 20

Nov. 5-6, Virginia
16th Annual Northern Virginia Open
5SS, Rds 1-3 G/2, rds 4-5 30/90 SD/1. $$2,500 (Top 3 G) B/90. Double-
Tree Hotel Dulles Airport - Sterling, 21611 Atlantic Blvd., Sterling, VA
20th annual Kings Island Open
5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Kings Island Resort, 5691
Kings Island Drive (I-71, 6 mi north of I-275), Mason, OH 45040. Free park-
ing. $$ 30,000 based on 350 paid entries (re-entries & $60 off entries
count as half entries); minimum $24,000 (80% of each prize) guaranteed.
Trophies to top five U1600, U1200, U1000, U800/Unrated.Top 3 Scholas-
tic Teams! EF: $40 by 11/7, $70 at site. Reg.: 8:30-9:30, $5 CSCA Memb.
req'd, OSA. Ent: Educational Technologies, PO Box 777, Orange, CT
06477. For more info or register online at www.edutechchess.com or
www.CTChess.com.

GOLD AFFILIATES GOLD & SILVER

Cajun Chess
7230 Chadbourne Drive
New Orleans, LA 70126
Shore HS Chess League
PO Box 773
Lincroft, NJ 07738
San Diego Chess Club
2225 Sixth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101, 619-239-7166
AFFILIATES
504-208-9596 shorehschessleague@yahoo.com chucnglo@aol.com GOLD
Any affiliate that has submitted at least 50
cajunchess@yahoo.com http://sdchessclub.multiply.com
www.cajunchess.com New Jersey State
USCF memberships during the current or
Chess Federation Texas Tech University SPICE
previous calendar year, or is the recognized
Chess Club and Scholastic c/o Roger Inglis, 49-A Mara Rd. Box 45080

State Affiliate, is eligible to become a Gold

Center of St. Louis Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 Lubbock, TX 79409
973-263-8696, rwij@njoychess.com 806-742-7742
Affiliate. Gold Affiliates are honored in a
4657 Maryland Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108. www.njscf.org SPICE@ttu.edu
special list in larger type in Tournament
314-361-CHESS www.SPICE.ttu.edu

Life each month, giving the affiliate name,

info@stlouischessclub.org New York City Chess Inc
Tri-State Chess
address, phone number, e-mail address,
www.stlouischessclub.org c/o Russell Makofsky
230 Thompson Street The Chess Exchange
and website. Gold Affiliation costs $350 per
New York, NY 10012, 212-475-8130 325 East 88th Street
Continental Chess
year, and existing affiliates may substract $3
info@chessnyc.com New York, NY 10128
Association 212-289-5997
for each month remaining on their regular
PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, www.chessnyc.com
info@TriStateChess.com
affiliation, or $20 for each month remaining
NY 12577. www.TriStateChess.com
845-496-9658 North American Chess Association
on their Silver Affiliation. As of August 6,
chesstour@aol.com 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113
Skokie, IL 60077, 888.80.Chess Village Chess Shop of NYC
www.chesstour.com c/o Michael Propper
sevan@nachess.org 2007, by paying an annual payment of $500
www.nachess.org 230 Thompson Street
Dallas Chess Club New York, NY 10012 (instead of $350), Gold Affiliate status may
200 S. Cottonwood Dr. Suite C PaperClip Pairings 212-475-9580 be obtained with no minimum requirement
Richardson, TX 75080 c/o J. Houghtaling Jr & Remy Ferrari info@chess-shop.com
972-231-2065 for memberships submitted.
6005 Forest Blvd www.chess-shop.com
info@dallaschess.com Brownsville, TX 78526, 956-459-2421
www.dallaschess.com jejrhoughtaling@bisd.us Western PA Youth Chess Club SILVER
Any affiliate that has submitted at least 25
Attn: Jerry Meyers
USCF memberships during the current or
International Chess Academy (NJ) 4101 Windsor Street

previous calendar year, or is the recognized

28 Canterbury Lane Pittsburgh, PA 15217
New Milford, NJ 07646 412-422-1770
State Affiliate, is eligible to become a Silver
201-287-0250 catnipper99@yahoo.com
Affiliate. These affiliates will be recognized
diana@icanj.net, www.icanj.net www.youthchess.net

in a special list in Tournament Life each

month, giving the affiliate name, state, and
SILVER AFFILIATES choice of either phone number, e-mail
address, or website. Silver Affiliation costs
$150 per year, and existing affiliates may
Bay Area Chess (CA) Indiana State Chess Association Oklahoma Chess Foundation

subtract $3 for each month remaining on

www.BayAreaChess.com www.indianachess.org www.OKchess.org

their regular affiliation. As of August 6, 2007,

Beverly Hills Chess Club (CA) Long Island Chess Nuts (NY) Silver Knights (PA)
www.bhchessclub.com 516-739-3907 www.silverknightschess.com
by paying an annual payment of $250.00
En Passant Chess Club (TX) Marshall Chess Club (NY) Sparta Chess Club (NJ)
td_edg@sbcglobal.net www.marshallchessclub.org www.spartachessclub.org (instead of $150), Silver Affiliate status may
be obtained with no minimum requirement for
Michigan Chess Association
www.michess.org memberships submitted.

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 Tournament Life
Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
Nov. 12-13 or 13, New York
Marshall November Grand Prix!
4-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF:
$50, members $30. $$625 Gtd: 275-150, U2200/unr. $105, U2000 $95.
Reg. ends 15 min. before round. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2-day, Rds. 12:30-
5:30PM each day; 1-day, (Rds. 1-2 G/30) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30PM Sun;
both merge rd. 3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. FIDE (G/30
not FIDE ratable). www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School
JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
Nov. 13, New Jersey
Westfield Swiss #70
4 SS, Game/30. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. $500
Guaranteed, $150, $125, $75, under 2150, under 1850 $75 each. EF: $35,
$25 members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: 2:30-3:45-5:00-6:30 p.m.
A Heritage Event!
An American Classic!
Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced)
Nov. 24-27 or 25-27, California, Southern
47th Annual American Open
8SS, 40/2, SD/1. Doubletree Hotel Anaheim/Orange County. 100 City Dr.,
Orange, CA 92868. $$50,000 b/o 500 entries, $25,000 gtd. In 6 sec-
tions. Open: $5000-2400-1000-300-150, U2400/Unr. $1000-300-150,
U2300/Unr. $600-180-150. U2200, U2000, U1800 Each $4000-2000-
1000-300-150. U1600 $3000-1500-700-300-150. U1400/Unr: $2500-1000-
500-200-150, U1200 $1400-400-150 (not a separate section; U1200s also
eligible for U1400 prizes), Unrated: $500-200 (Unrateds in this section
eligible for these prizes only). Plus score bonus ($2,000 in chess store
gift cards) in addition to any other prizes, every player who finishes with
4-1/2 points or better who didn't place in the money prize wins a $20 gift
certificate redeemable only onsite. EF: $165 if rec'd by 11/12, $20 more
after, $50 more for players rated under 2000 playing in Open, U1600 &
U1400 save $10, Unrated save $65. All: $50 more at door. No checks at
door cash only, credit card accepted for a $7 fee. SCCF membership
$18 required for So Cal residents. 4-day schedule: Reg. closes 11am
on 11/24, (Rounds 12:30-7:30, 12:30-7:30, 10:30-5, 10-4:30). 3-day
schedule: Reg. closes 9:30am on 11/25, Rounds. 11-2:30-5-8pm (G/60
min), schedules merge in Rd 5 and compete for common prizes.Two byes
max with advance notice. CCA minimum ratings and TD discretion used
to protect you from improperly rated players. November Rating Supple-
ment used. Lectures and videos. LOW room rates! Five minutes away from
DisneylandTheme Park. HR: Mention AAO for $89 single or double, rates
may go up after. Call Doubletree (714) 634-4500. Don't be shut out; sur-
rounding hotels in the area may be as high as $199/night; make your
reservations early and be sure to ask for the special AAO rates; Double-
tree sells out most weekends. Free customer gift bag on check-in. Cutoff
for special hotel rate/offer is Oct 26th. Rates may be as high as $119 a
night later. RESERVE NOW! Credit card or one night room deposit will be
required to hold reservation, may be canceled 72 hours in advance
CONTINENTAL CHESS SCHEDULE
Visit our website at www. chesstour. com for
late news, results, games, CCA minimum ratings,
advance entries, and more!
Most tournaments have alternate schedules
playing less or more days than listed below.
Asterisk means full details in this issue-
otherwise, see future issues or our website.
9/16-18: Louisville Open, Louisville KY*
10/6-10: Continental Class Champs, Arlington VA*
10/10: Continental Under 1600, Arlington VA*
10/14-16: Midwest Class, Wheeling IL*
10/21-23: Boardwalk Open, Asbury Park NJ*
10/30: Capital Region Open, Schenectady NY*
11/4-6: Eastern Team Championship, Stamford CT*
11/11-13: Kings Island Open, Mason OH*
11/25-27: National Chess Congress, Philadelphia PA*
12/9-11: New England Senior, Windsor Locks CT*
12/9-11: New England Amateur, Windsor Locks CT*
12/10-11: New England Scholastics, Windsor Locks CT*
12/26-29: North American Open, Las Vegas NV*
12/27-29: Empire City Open, New York NY*
1/13-16: Liberty Bell Open, Philadelphia PA*
1/13-16: Golden State Open, Concord CA*
3/2-4: Eastern Class Championshipos, Sturbridge MA
3/3-4: New York State Scholastics, Saratoga Springs NY
3/9-11: Western Class Championships, Agoura Hills CA
3/16-18: Mid-America Open, St Louis MO
3/16-18: Long Island Open, Ronkonkoma NY
3/30-4/1: Southern Class, Orlando FL
4/4-8: Philadelphia Open, Philadelphia PA
5/4-6: Western Team Championship, Los Angeles CA
5/24-28: Chicago Open, Wheeling IL
6/28-7/2: Philadelphia International, Philadelphia PA
7/4-8: World Open, Philadelphia PA
7/20-22: Chicago Class, Wheeling IL
7/20-22: Pacific Coast Open, Agoura Hills CA
For later events, see chesstour.com.
58 Chess Life September 2011
without penalty. Parking only $6. Info: organizing club - Chess Palace 714-
899-3421, play@americanopen.org. Ent: American Open, 5246 Lampson
Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92845 or www.americanopen.org. NS, W, F.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced)
Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, Michigan
2011 Motor City Open
with Co-Sponsorship from Michigan Chess Festival, LLC. 6-SS (5-
SS in U1000 Section). 4 Sections: OPEN, U1800, U1400, U1000. OK
to play up. Top Section FIDE-Rated. Prize Fund: $8,000. 80% Guaran-
teed! TOURNAMENT SITE: CROWNE PLAZA-AUBURN HILLS
(Directions and Lodging Info below). All Sections except U1000 have
2-Day & 3-Day Schedules. No Re-Entries in OPEN or U1000 Sections. Up
to three 1/2-pt. byes available; must be requested before start of RD 4.
Sections merge after RD 3. Unrated eligible ONLY for Overall prizes in
ALL sections; can play in any section. USCF and a STATE memberships
required; can be purchased on site. EF BY MON., 11/21 (add $10 after):
OPEN SECTION: IM's and GM's Free ($100 EF deducted from prize): 3-
DAY: $103. 2-DAY: $102. No Re-Entries Allowed. U1800 SECTION:
3-DAY: $83. 2-DAY: $82. Re-Entries: $40. U1400 SECTION: 3-DAY: $63.
2-DAY: $62. Re-Entries: $30. U1000 SECTION (1-Day 0nly): $30. TL:
OPEN, U1800, U1400 Sections: 3-Day Schedule: 40/120, SD/30. 2-
Day Schedule: RDS. 1-3, G-45; RDS. 4-6, 40/120, SD/30. U1000 Section:
1-Day Schedule Only: G-30. REG.: 3-Day Schedule: Fri, 11/25, 8:30-
10:00am. 2-Day Schedule: Sat, 11/26, 8:30-10:00am. RDS.: 3-Day
Schedule: Fri, 12, 6. Sat, 11, 6. Sun, 10, 3:30. 2-Day Schedule: OPEN,
U1800, U1400 Sections: Sat, 11, 1, 3, 6. Sun, 10, 3:30. U1000 Section
(5-SS): Sat, 11, 1, 2:30, 4, 6. Cell Phone and Headphone Rules
Posted at Site. IM or GM Lecture on Sat, 11/26, 5:00-6:00pm ($10).
$$8,000 OVERALL (80% guar.), OPEN: $3,300 (b/46): 1st-2nd-3rd,
$1,200-$700-$500;TOP U2200, U2000, U1800/UNR: $300 EACH. U1800:
$2,400 (b/40): 1st-2nd-3rd, $800-$450-$300; 1st-2nd, U1600, $250-
$175; 1st-2nd U1400/UNR, $250-$175. U1400: $1,750 (b/40):
1st-2nd-3rd, $450-$350-$250; 1st-2nd U1200, $225-$125; 1st-2nd
U1000/UNR, $225-$125. U1000: $550 (b/24): 1st-2nd-3rd, $200-$120-
$80; T0P U800, U600/UNR, $75 EACH. Biggest Upset in Each section:
Choice of Mechanical or Quartz Clock! Chief Sr. TD: Ed Mandell.
Bring boards, pieces, clocks! Directions & Lodging: CROWNE PLAZA-
AUBURN HILLS, 1500 Opdyke, Auburn Hills, MI 48326, located off I-75
at Exit 79 (University Drive).Turn left over overpass, right at the first light
(Opdyke). Go 1/2 block down. Go online at www.cpauburnhills.com for
reservations or call toll-free at 1-800-593-5434. Ask for MCO chess rate
($79) by 11/14 for this great rate! Info, Ent: Ed Mandell (586) 558-
4790, All The King's Men Chess and Brain Games, 27170 Dequindre Rd.,
Warren, MI 48092. Fax (586) 558-2046. Ed's Cell (248) 635-2375. Email:
allthekingsmench@aol.com. Web: www.allthekingsmenchess.com. Chess
Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
An American Classic!
Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced)
Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, Pennsylvania
42nd annual National Chess Congress
6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50). Trophy sections play sep-
arate 2-day schedule only, 11/26-27 (not 11/27-28), G/65 (rds 1-2
G/50). Sheraton Hotel Philadelphia City Center, 17th & Race Sts., Philadel-
phia 19103. $30,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND. In 10 sections. Premier,
open to all rated 2000/above and juniors under 18 rated 1800/above.
$3000-1500-700-400-200, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, U2400/Unr
$1400-700. FIDE. Under 2200: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 2000:
$2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1800: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under
1600: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1400: $1400-700-400-300-200.
Under 1200: $1400-700-400-300-200. Under 1000: Trophies to top 8.
Under 800:Trophies to top 8. Under 600:Trophies to top 8; unrated age
15/over may not enter Under 600. Unrated may not win over $150 in
U1200, $300 in U1400, $500 in U1600, $700 in U1800, or $900 in U2000.
Student/Alumni trophies to top 5 teams of 4 (regardless of section) rep-
resenting any U.S. college, HS or pre-HS players attend or have graduated
from. Top 7 sections entry fee: 3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by
11/17, all $109 online at chesstour.com by 11/21, $115 phoned by 11/21
(406-896-2038, no questions), $130 at site. GMs free, $100 deducted from
prize. Re-entry $60, not available in Premier. Under 1000, Under 800,
Under 600 entry fee: $27 mailed by 11/17, $28 online at chesstour.com
by 11/21, $35 phoned by 11/21 (406-896-2038, no questions), $40 at tmt.
All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Mailed EF $3 less to PSCF mem-
bers. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with
entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15.
Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20.
3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 11 am, rds. Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun
10 & 4:30. 2-day top 7 sections schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds
Sat 10, 12:45, 3:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Under 1000, Under 800, Under
600 schedule: Reg. ends Sat 9 am, rds Sat 10, 12:45 & 3:30, Sun 10, 1
& 4. Half point byes OK all rounds; limit 3, Premier must commit before
rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $97-97-97-97, reserve by 11/11 or rate may
increase. Parking at hotel $10/day with guest room, $20 without; garage
next to hotel may be about $10. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD
D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental
Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for
refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, chesstour.info, 845-496-9658.
Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School
JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 6
Nov. 25-27, Tennessee
52nd Mid-South Open
5SS, G/120, $1,200 Prizes based on 60 entries. Greater Memphis Chess
Center, 5796 Shelby Oaks Dr., Suite 11, Memphis,TN 38134. EF: $40 ($35
for MCC and GMCC members). Prizes: 1st $450, 2nd $300, 3rd $150,Top
U1800, U1600, U1400: $100 each. Rounds: 3-day option: Fri 7pm, Sat
2pm & 7pm, Sun 9am & 2pm. 2-day option: Sat 9am, 2pm & 7pm; Sun
9am & 2pm. Register online: www.memphischess.com or by mail:
Memphis Chess Club Inc., PO Box 17864, Memphis,TN 38187-0864. On-
site registration: Fri 5:30-6:30pm or Sat 7:30-8:30am. TD: gpylant@
gmail.com, (901) 359-8616. Chess Magnet School JGP.
An American Classic!
Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced)
Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, Nevada
21st annual North American Open (note reduced hotel rates)
7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Bally's Casino Resort, 3645
Las Vegas Blvd. S, Las Vegas, NV 89103. $$ 120,000 based on 600 paid
entries. Seniors, re-entries & GMs count as half entries, unrateds in U1250
or U1500 as 1/4, else in proportion; $90,000 minimum (75% each prize)
guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-
600-500-400-400, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak bonus $200, top Under
2500/Unr $2500-1200. FIDE. Under 2300: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900-
800-600-500-400-400. Under 2100: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900-800-600-
500-400-400, no unrated may win over $2500. Under 1900: $7000-
4000-2000-1200-900-800-600-500-400-400, no unrated may win over
$1800. Under 1700: $6000-3000-1600-1000-800-700-600-500-400-400,
no unrated may win over $1200. Under 1500: $5000-2500-1400-1000-
800-700-600-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $800. Under 1250:
$4000-2000-1300-900-700-600-500-400-300-300, top Under 1000 $1000,
no unrated may win over $400. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26
games played as of 12/11 list may not win over $1500 U1250, $2500
U1500 or U1700. Games rated too late for 12/11 list not counted. 2) If
official rating was more than 30 points over section maximum any month
12/10-11/11, prize limit $1500. 3) Balance of any limited prize goes to
next player(s) in line. Mailed EF: 4-day $244, 3-day $243 mailed by
10/15, 4-day $274, 3-day $273 mailed by 12/15. Online EF: $245 at chess-
tour.com or entry.cc by 10/15, $275 by 12/20, $300 12/21 until two
hours before round 1. Phoned EF: $280 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 12/20
(no questions). No phone entry after 12/20. EF at site: $300. Special
EF: Seniors 65/over except unrated in U1250 or U1500, $130 less. Re-
entry $120; not available in Open Section. GMs $150 from prize. EF for
unrated in U1250 or U1500: 4-day $54, 3-day $53 if mailed by 12/15,
$55 online at chesstour.com by 12/20, $60 phoned by 12/20 (406-896-
2038, entry only, no questions), $70 at site. All: No checks at site, credit
cards OK. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry.
Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15.
Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20.
4-day reg. ends 12/26 5 pm, rds 12/26 6 pm, 12/27 11 & 6, 12/28 11
& 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. 3-day reg. ends 12/27 10 am, rds 12/27 11 am,
2:30 pm & 6 pm, 12/28 11 & 6, 12/29 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 4, limit
2 in last 4 rounds; Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4.
HR: Rated lowered to $65-65 for Dec. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, $95 Dec. 24, 800-
833-3308, 702-739-4111, rate may increase if not reserved by 11/22, all
rooms in chess block may sell out about 11/7. Free parking (garage at
adjacent Paris Las Vegas Hotel is most convenient). Car rental: for
special Avis rate reserve car through chesstour.com or call 800-331-1600,
use AWD #657633. Foreign player ratings: Usually 100 points added
to FIDE, 100 to FQE, 200/more to most other foreign, no pts added to
CFC or Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not accepted for U1900 or below.
Highest of multiple ratings usually used. Players who fail to disclose for-
eign or FIDE ratings may be expelled. US player ratings: December list
used; FIDE ratings not used. Special rules: In round 3 or after, players
with scores of 80% or more and their opponents may not use headphones,
earphones, or cellphones or go to a different floor of the hotel without
Director permission, and must submit to a search for electronic devices
if requested by Director. Blitz & Quick side events to be announced.
Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions:
www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries
posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
Grand Prix Points: 60 (enhanced)
Dec. 27-29 or 28-29, New York
30th annual Empire City Open
6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50). New Yorker Hotel, 481Eighth
Ave at 34th St, across from Penn Station, New York 10001. $10,000 guar-
anteed prize fund. In 5 sections. Open: $1000-500-300-150, clear or
tiebreak 1st $50, top 2200-2299 $500, top U2200/Unr $500. FIDE. Under
2100: $800-400-200-100, top U1900 $500. Under 1800: $800-400-200-
100, top U1600 $400. Under 1500: $700-400-200-100, top U1300 $300.
Under 1200: $600-300-150-100, top U1000 $250. Unrated may not win
over $200 in U1200, $300 U1500, or $500 U1800. EF: 3-day $98, 2-day
$97 if check mailed by 12/18, $99 online at www.chesstour.com by
12/23, $105 phoned by 12/23 (406-896-2038, no questions), $120 at site.
No mailed credit card entries. GMs free ($90 from prize). EF for unrated
in U1200 or U1500: $50 less. All: Re-entry $50, not available in Open.
No checks at site, credit cards OK. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usu-
ally used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine
if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20,
Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30,
Scholastic $20. 3-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Tue 10:30 am. Rds. Tue 11
& 6, Wed 11 & 6, Thu 10 & 4:30. 2-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Wed 9:30
am. Rds. Wed 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Thu 10 & 4:30. Half point byes avail-
able all rounds, limit 2 byes, Open must commit before rd. 2, others before
rd 4. HR: $229-229, 1-800-764-4680, 212-971-0101, reserve by 5 pm 12/13
or rate will increase, ask for Continental Chess Association rate. Ent: Con-
tinental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service
charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US,
845-569-9969. Advance entries posted at www.chesstour.com. Bring
set, clock, board-none supplied. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced)
Dec. 29, Nevada
North American Blitz (QC)
5-SS, G/5 (double round, 10 games). Bally's Las Vegas (see North Amer-
ican Open). $$G 2500. In 2 sections: Open: $400-200-150, top U2300/Unr
$240-120, U2100 $220-110. Under 1900: $300-150-100, top U1700
$180-100, U1500 $150, U1300 $80. EF: $40, no checks, enter at site only.
Quick-rated, but higher of regular or quick USCF rating used for pairings,
prizes. Reg. ends 10:15 pm, rds. 10:45-11:30-12:15-12:45-1:15. Bye: 1.
uschess.org
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Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced)

Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, California, Northern
3rd annual Golden State Open
7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds. 1-2 G/75, 2-day option, rds. 1-4 G/40).
No 2-day Open Section. Concord Hilton Hotel, 1970 Diamond Blvd., Con-
cord, CA 94520 (I-680 Willow Pass Rd exit). Free shuttle between hotel
and Concord BART station, free parking, many restaurants within walk-
ing distance. Prizes $30,000 based on 290 paid entries (re-entries & $70
off entries count as half entries), minimum guarantee $21,000 (70% of
each prize). In 5 sections. Open, open to all. $2000-1200-800-700-600-
500, clear or tiebreak winner $100, top U2300/Unr $1000-500, top
U2200/Unr $800-400. FIDE. Under 2100: $1500-1000-800-600-500-
400, top U1900 $800-400. Under 1800: $1500-1000-800-600-500-400,
top U1600 $800-400. Under 1500: $1200-800-600-500-400-400, top
U1300 $700-400. Under 1200: $1200-800-600-500-400-400, top U1000
$500. Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) may enter any section, with
maximum prize U1200 $300, U1500 $500, U1800 $700, EF: 4-day $129,
3-day $128, 2-day $127 mailed by 1/5, all $130 online at chesstour.com
by 1/10, $135 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 1/10 (entry only, no questions),
$150 at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from prize. EF $70 less to
unrated in U1200 or U1500 section. All: Special 1 yr USCF dues with paper
magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult
$20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult
$30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry (except Open) $60. Mailed EF $5 less to
CalChess members. 4-day schedule: Late reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri
7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule: Late reg.
ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 2-day
schedule: Late reg. ends Sun 9:30 am, rds Sun 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm,
3:45 pm & 6 pm, Mon 10 am & 4:30 pm. No 2-day Open Section. Byes:
OK all, limit 3, limit 2 in last 4 rounds; Open must commit before rd 2,
others before rd 4. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if oth-
erwise unrated. Foreign player ratings: See chesstour.com. HR:
$99-99-109, 925-827-2000, reserve by 12/30 or rate may increase. Car
rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Questions: chess-
tour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Ent: Continental Chess, c/o
Goichberg, Box 661776, Arcadia, CA 91066. $15 service charge for
refunds. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced)
Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, Pennsylvania
44th annual Liberty Bell Open
7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3 day option, rds 1-2 G/70; 2 day, rds 1-4 G/35). No 5
minute deduction for delay clocks. U900 Section plays 1/15-16only,
G/35, no 5 minute deduction. Sheraton City Center Hotel, 17th & Race
Sts., Philadelphia 19103. $$20,000 b/320 paid entries (U900 Section or
unrated count as 1/3, U1100 & U1300 2/3, GMs 1/2), else in proportion,
except minimum 70% of each prize guaranteed. In 2006 to 2011, the tour-
nament had over 320 paid entries each year and the $20,000 projected
prize fund was increased in proportion. In 9 sections. Open: $1700-
1000-500-300-200, 1st clear or on tiebreak $100 bonus, top Under 2400
$800. FIDE. Under 2300: $1000-600-400-300-200. FIDE. Under 2100:
$1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1900: $1000-600-400-300-200. Under
1700: $1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1500: $900-500-400-300-200.
Under 1300: $600-300-200-150-100. Under 1100: $600-300-200-150-
100. Under 900: $200-100-60-40, trophies to top 10. Unrated may
enter any section, but may not win over $100 in U900, $200 in U1100,
$300 U1300, $500 U1500, or $700 U1700. Top 6 sections EF: 4 day $99,
3 day $98, 2 day $97 if check mailed by 1/5, all $100 online at chess-
tour.com by 1/9, $105 phoned by 1/9 (406-896-2038, entry only, no
questions), $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) atsite. GMs free, $80
deducted from prize. U1300, U1100 Sections EF: All $30 less than top
6 sections. EF for U900, or unrated in U1100 or U1300: $32 mailed by
1/5, $33 online by 1/9, $35 phoned by 1/9, $40 at site. All: Unofficial
uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. No mailed credit
card entries. Special 1 yr USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry:
Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15.
Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $15.
Mailed entry $3 less to PSCF members. Re entry (except Open Section)
$80. 4-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun
11 & 6, Mon 10 &4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds. Sat
11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sun
9 am, rds Sun 10, 12, 2, 4 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. Under 900 schedule: Reg.
ends Sun. 9 am, rds Sun 10, 12, 2 & 4, Mon 10, 12 & 2. Bye: all, limit 3,
Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $99-99-99-99,
215-448-2000, reserve by 12/30 or rate may increase. Parking: $10/day
chess rate with guest room at Sheraton, $20/day chess rate without guest
room, parking lot 1 block from hotel may be much less than $20. Car
rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD#D657633 or reserve through
chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY
12577. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. $15 service
charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com.
Chess Magnet School JGP (except Under 900).
Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced)
Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, New Mexico
Southern Rocky Fide Open
5SS, G/90+30s inc. University of New Mexico - Student Union Building,
Albuquerque, NM 87131. USCF Membership required - available onsite.
Prizes: $5,275 Guaranteed, $6,000 projected in 6 sections. Open
(FIDE Rated): (G/$) $1,500-800-500, U2400 $200, U2200 $200-100,
U2000 $200-100. Reserve (U1800): (G/$) $600-300-200, U1600 $150-
75. Booster (U1400): $$350, (B/35) $200-100, U1200 $75, U1000 $75.
Unrated: (B/20) $150+Trophy-100-75. 1-Day Scholastics Sat. & Sun-
day (K-9, U1200). Trophies 1st-5th, 1st K-6, K-3, & 1st 2-day score. EF
(if by 1/23): Open $79, Res. $49, Booster $35, Unr. $25. $10 late fee after
1/23, $20 after 2/16 or at site. Free Entry for GM/IM/WGM. Scholas-
tic $15/Day - $25/Both days. 3-Day Schedule: Fri. (Reg: 5-5:30PM) Rds
at 6PM; Sat. 10AM, 6PM. Sun. 9AM, 2PM. 2-Day: Sat. (Reg: 8:30-9AM)
Rds at 9:30AM, 1:30PM, 6PM. Sun. 9AM, 2PM. 2-Day Rds 1-2, G/90 and
merges into 3-Day G/90+30s at rd. 3. Scholastic: Rounds: 9:30, 10:45,
1, 2:30, 4:00 each day. All games G/30. Up to 2 half point byes upon req.
before rd 1 in all sections. Southern Rocky Blitz Tournament. Sun.
6:30PM, 5DSS, G/5, 80% paid based on entries. ENT: Wired Kings CC;
12004 Prospect Ave. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112. HR: $71 505-944-
2599 Hilton Homewood Suites ABQ Airport, available until 2/1/12 or
room block full. GM Khachiyan and GM Yermolinsky Simuls and Lectures
- Thu. and Fri. at 3:30p and 6:30p. Thursday events at rec'd hotel. Online
Entry & add'l info: www.SouthernRockyOpen.com, WiredKingsCC@
gmail.com, 505-550-4654. NS NC W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Regional
Alabama
Sep. 16-18, 58th Annual Alabama State Chess Championship
See Grand Prix.
Arizona
Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 8-9, Steve Stubenrauch Memorial Chess Tournament for
National Chess Day Weekend
5SS, 20/1, SD/1 for Open Section, 80% of Entry Fees will be returned as prize
money. Scholastic Sections, Game/40 with no entry fees (unless registering
on the day of the tournament - then $10) Sections: K-1, K-3, K-6, K-9, HS. On
Saturday, 5 rounds. On Sunday another free 5 round scholastic tournament with
K-3, K-6, K-9, HS. Location: Killip Elem, Flagstaff AZ. Entry Fee for the open is
$50 with IM and GM free. For more information and a PDF copy of the flyer
go to: www.arizonachess.org or email chess@redcanyons.net or by phone at
928-300-3781. Hotel information will be on the flyer. Chess Magnet School
JGP.
Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 21st annual North American Open (NV)
See Grand Prix.
Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open (NM)
See Grand Prix.
California Northern
Capital City Chess Club Monthly (Sundays)
LOCATION: Thee Upper Crust Pizza, "13th" & "K", Sacramento. TOURNA-
MENT/ENTRY FEES: Open Swisses, Quick ($3) & Slow (&$15).
GUARANTEED: 100% Return in Cash & Plaques. SCHEDULE: Sundays
11am-4pm. DETAILS: capitalcitychessclub.com. DIRECTOR: John C.
Barnard (209) 450-6133.
Sept. 10, San Jose Quads
Trophies: Players w/winning record. Check-in 4p. Games: 4:30-6:30p.

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3xG/30. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95101.
EF: Pre-reg $25, Onsite $40. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. NC.
Sept. 10, San Jose Swiss
Trophies: Players w/winning record & teams with 2+ players. Medals
to others. Games: 10a-2p. 3 Sections: u500, u900, 900+. u900: 5xg30,
900+: 4xg45. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA
95101. EF: Pre-reg $33, Onsite $48. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS.
NC.
Sept. 24-25, Exchange Bank Open
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 1, 2011 U.S. Game/60 Championship
See Nationals.
Oct. 2, 2011 U.S. Game/30 Championship
See Nationals.
Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 8, San Jose Quads
Trophies: Players w/winning record. Check-in 4p. Games: 4:30-6:30p.
3xG/30. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA 95101.
EF: Pre-reg $25, Onsite $40. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS. NC.
Oct. 8, San Jose Swiss
Trophies: Players w/winning record & teams with 2+ players. Medals
to others. Games: 10a-2p. 3 Sections: u500, u900, 900+. u900: 5xg30,
900+: 4xg45. Chess Center, 1590 Oakland Rd., Ste B213, San Jose, CA
95101. EF: Pre-reg $33, Onsite $48. Info: BayAreaChess.com/kids. NS.
NC.
Oct. 29-30, 2011 U.S. Junior Chess Congress
See Nationals.
Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 21st annual North American Open (NV)
See Grand Prix.
Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, 3rd annual Golden State Open
See Grand Prix.
California Southern
LA CHESS CLUB
www.LAChessClub.com. Saturdays: 10AM-10 PM (Novice
Class & 3 Tournaments). Sundays: 12-6 & 1-4 PM
(Beginner class & 2 Tournaments) - Details on our web
site. Tuesdays: 7:30-9:30 PM (Intermediate/Advance
Lecture). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
90025 * (310) 795-5710. (4 blocks 405 West, Santa
Monica& Butler * 2nd Floor). Private (1:1) Lessons *
Group Classes * Tournaments.
Sept. 3&4, 10&11, 17&18, LACC - Sat & Sun G/61
6SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA. 2nd fl. EF: $45 ($35 memb).
Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Park-
ing: Free at BoA and streets ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710 or
Mick@LAChessClub.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Sept. 3-5, 33rd Annual Southern California Open
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 3, 10, 17, LACC - Saturday G/61
3SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 2nd fl. ($320 b/20),
$100/50/30; U1800-1200:$50/40/30/20. EF: $25 ($20 memb, $10 no
prizes). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Parking: basement ($3). Info:
310/795-5710.
Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24, LACC - 10 Blitz (G/5) Saturday Night (QC)
5DSS, G/5 (10 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd , LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4
blks W 405. EF: $10. Q-rated. Reg.: 8-9 pm. Rds.: 9, 9:20, 9:40, 10, 10:20.
Prizes: 1/2 EF. Parking: Free at BoA & streets ($3 basement).
Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24, LACC - LA Masters G/30
3SS, G/30. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 2nd Fl. 4 blks W 405. EF: $30
($20 memb). Reg.: 5-6 pm. Rds.: 6, 7, 8 pm. Prizes: ($180 b/10, 75%);
Parking: Free at BoA ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710.
Sept. 4, LACC - September Quick Championship (QC)
5DSS, G/10 (10 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4
blks W 405. EF: $30($25 LACC memb, $5 off siblings, Free new LACC
memb; $10 no prizes). Q-rated. Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4 pm.
WARNING!
Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free at BoA and streets ($3 basement).
Info: 310/795-5710 or Mick@LAChessClub.com.
CELL PHONE
THE USE OF A
PROHIBITED!
IN THE TOURNAMENT ROOM IS
AT MOST TOURNAMENTS!
IF YOUR CELL PHONE RINGS IN A ROOM WITH
GAMES IN PROGRESS, YOU COULD BE SEVERELY
TURN IT OFF!
PENALIZED, MAYBE EVEN FORFEITED!
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Sept. 4, 11, 18, LACC - Sunday G/61
3SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 2nd fl. ($320 b/20),
$100/50/30; U1800-1200: $50/40/30/20. EF: $25 ($20 memb, $10 no
prizes). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Parking: Free at BoA. Info:
310/795-5710.
Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, LACC - Every Sunday Chess 4 Jrs.
4 separate events - 2 Sections: 1000+ & U1000, 4SS, G/30. 11514
Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blocks W 405. EF: $25 ($20 LACC
memb, $10 off siblings, Free new LACC memb). Reg.: 12-1 pm. Rds.: 1,
2, 3, 4 pm. Prizes:Trophies (Top 3) & Medals (rest); each player receives
a prize! Parking: Free at BoA and streets. Free snacks & free class (12-
1). Info: (310) 795-5710 or Mick@LAChessClub.com.
Sept. 11, LACC - September Blitz Championship (QC)
7DSS, G/5 (14 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4
blks W 405. EF: $30($25 LACC memb, $5 off siblings, Free new LACC
memb; $10 no prizes). Q-rated. Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 12:30, 1,
1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 pm. Prizes: 1/2 collections. Parking: Free at BoA and
streets ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710 or Mick@LAChessClub.com.
Sept. 24, Victorville Quads
13393 Mariposa Road, Victorville, CA 92395. Reg.: 9:30 A.M. Rds.:
10, 1, 3 pm. EF: $10. Winner: $30/quad. INFO: doncotten@aol.com or
760-245-6598.
Sept. 24-25, LACC - September Amateurs & Masters Open
6SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. 2 sections: Mas-
ters & Amateurs (U1800). EF: $60 at the door ($55 if received by
9/23); $50 LACC members ($45 if received by 8/19); Siblings $15 off, $30
new LACC members, Free new LACC Life members! 20% off EF for each
friend you bring in. Reg.: Sat 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Byes:
Up to three 1/2-point byes available. 1-Day option I: Play 1 day- no 1/2
pt byes- 1/2 EF. 1-Day option II: Play 1 day & receive three 1/2 pt byes-
full EF. Prizes: ($1000 b/20), $250/125/75; U1800:$150/75; U1600:$100-
50; U1400:$75-25: U1200: $50-25. Parking: Building basement ($3). Info:
310/795-5710 or Mick@LAChessClub.com or www.LAChessClub.com. Ent:
Checks/Credit Cards ok. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Sept. 25, Beverly Hills Chess Club Open (30 Entrants Max)
3-SS, G/90. Bring Clocks! BHCC, 8950 W. Olympic Blvd., #210, Beverly
Hills, CA 90211. (Free Parking). Prizes: 75% of EF (1st/2nd: 30%, 20%
- Under 1600: 1st/2nd: 15%, 10%) $300 Gtd! Reg.: 12:30-12:45. Rds.:
1, 4, 7pm. EF: $40 rec'd 2 days prior, $50 onsite (Cash) - SCCF Mem $5
off - BHCC Mem $20 off. Reg.: www.bhchessclub.com, 310-274-7873
(V/MC). bhchessclub@hotmail.com. Info: Dr. Robert Minoofar.
Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 24-27 or 25-27, 47th Annual American Open
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 26 or 26-27, 2011 American Open Scholastic
Doubletree Anaheim/Orange County, 100 City Dr., Orange, CA 92868. Hotel
rate $89 only. Main Event: Brand new netbook prize for each Varsity cham-
pion and Saitek chess computer prize for each Junior Varsity winner.
Trophies to top 10 players and top 3 teams, in each section. Finalist medals
to all above-mean scorers. 9 Sections based on grade and rating: Var-
sity K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12; Junior Varsity K-1, K-3 rated U600, K-6 rated
U800, K-9 rated U1000, K-12 rated U1200. Pre-Registration only (onsite
reg. pay more and receive 1st round bye): Round Times: Saturday & Sun-
day 9am, 12:15, 3:15pm for Varsity sections; and Saturday 9, 10:45, 12:15,
1:45, 3:15pm for Junior Varsity sections. Time Controls: All rounds will
be G/75 for Varsity and G/30 for Junior Varsity sections. EF by 10/26:
Varsity $55, Junior Varsity $35, after late fees may apply. Play-up +$5.
Register in advance by 10/15 save $5. Limited space for onsite reg
+$30! Side events: Blitz (Fri Reg: 5:30-6pm, Games 6:30-8:30p) and Bug-
house (Sat Registration: 5:30-6pm, Games 6:30-8:30p) in 3 sections
(K-3, 4-6, 7-12). EF: Blitz $15, Bughouse $15. USCF Membership required
for all sections. November 2011 Supplement &TD discretion to place play-
ers accurately. National Tournament Director: Randall Hough. More info,
register online & flyer: americanopen.org/scholastic.htm. Inquire:
play@americanopen.org. Chess Magnet School JGP for Varsity Sec-
tions.
Dec. 9-11, 2011 National Youth Action (West)
See Nationals.
Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 21st annual North American Open (NV)
See Grand Prix.
Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open (NM)
See Grand Prix.
Colorado
Oct. 1-2, Tri-Lakes Open
5 Round Swiss System Tournament. TC: All rounds: G/90+30 second
increment. Information and Registration: eagleandking.webs.com.
Phone: (719) 491-1040. Email: gentlemenschessclub@hotmail.com.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open (NM)
See Grand Prix.
Connecticut
Sept. 24, 5th Saturday Open
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 22, Southington Double Knockout Open
G/1. Comfort Suites, 64 Knotter Dr., Southington, CT. Play until lose lst
point in Championship, then continue until lose 2nd point in Consolations.
EF: $20, trophies top 4. ALL: EF $10 more at door. Reg.: 8:30-9, Rd 1 at
9am. HR: $89. Ent: Fred Townsend, 11 Cole Dr., Wolcott, CT 06716.
ftownsend@snet.net, (203)-879-2009. NS. NC.
Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship
(NOTE ELIGIBILITY & PRIZE CHANGES) 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option,
rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn), 700 Main St.,
Stamford, CT 06901. Free parking. Open to teams of 4 plus one optional
alternate; match point scoring. Average rating of 4 highest rated play-
ers must be under 2000, counting 4th highest rating as at least 3th highest
rating minus 500. Alternate must be lowest rated on team, but plays the
board of the player who is replaced. Except for the alternate, players must
play in rating order, so are always on the same board. EF: $300 per team
mailed by 10/27 or online by 11/1, $340 at site. Individuals seeking teams:
$80 at site, or post on or see CCA Forum at ccaforum.com. $8000 guar-
anteed prize fund: top teams $2000-1000-600-400, teams averaging under
1700 $1000-500, teams averaging under 1400 $800-400, top on each
board $200-100, top alternate $100. Team prizes apportioned to individ-
uals based on number of games played. Unofficial uschess.org ratings
used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine
if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20,
Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30,
Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm,
Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds.
Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd
2. HR: $89-89, 800-408-7640, 203-358-8400; reserve by 10/21 or rate
may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve
car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Sal-
isbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions:
www.chesstour.com, www.ccaforum.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries
posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP. Board 1 is FIDE
rated.
Nov. 12, 2011 Greater New Haven Fall Open $$1000 b/30
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA)
See Grand Prix.
Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Amateur
5SS, 40/100, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/70), Sheraton Hotel, 1
Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I-
91Exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking, free airport shuttle. Open to all under
2200 or unrated. Prizes $2000 based on 40 paid entries ($40 off entries
& re-entries count half), else in proportion except $1000 minimum guar-
anteed: In 2 sections. Under 2200: $400-200-100, Under 1950 $250-150.
Under 1700: $300-200-100, Under 1450 $180-120, no unrated may win
over $150. EF: 3-day $68.50, 2-day $67.50 mailed by 12/1, $70 online at
chesstour.com by 12/7, $75 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 12/7 (entry
only, no questions), $80 at site. Unrated in U1700 section, $40 less. Re-
entry $40. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with
entry- online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15.
Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20.
3-day late reg. ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5:30 pm,
Sun 10 am & 3:45 pm. 2-day late reg. ends Sat. 10:30 am, rds Sat 11
am, 2:15 pm & 5:30 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:45 pm. Half point byes OK all, limit
2, must commit before rd 2. HR: $87-87, 860-627-5311, reserve by
11/25 or rate may increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633
or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, PO
Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577 (chesstour.com, Director@Chess.US).
Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. $15 service charge for
refunds. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Senior Open
5SS, 40/100, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/70), Sheraton Hotel, 1
Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I-
91 Exit 40 to Rt 20). Free parking, free airport shuttle. Open to all born
before (not after) 12/12/61; no residence requirements. Prizes $2000
based on 40 paid entries, else in proportion except $1000 minimum
guaranteed: $600-300-200, Under 2010/Unr $300, Under 1810/Unr
$250, Under 1610/Unr $200, Under 1410 $150. EF: 3-day $68, 2-day $67
mailed by 12/1, $70 online at chesstour.com by 12/7, $75 phoned to 406-
896-2038 by 12/7 (entry only, no questions), $80 at site. GMs $60 from
prize. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with
entry- online at chesstour.com, Adult (under 65) $30, Senior (65/up) $20.
Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Senior $30. 3-day late reg.
ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 5:30 pm, Sun 10 am & 3:45
pm. 2-day late reg. ends Sat. 10:30 am, rds Sat 11 am, 2:15 pm & 5:30
pm, Sun 10 am & 3:45 pm. Half point byes OK all, limit 1 bye, must com-
mit before rd 2. HR: $87-87, 860-627-5311, reserve by 11/25 or rate may
increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve car
online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Sal-
isbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions:
DirectorAtChess.US. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com.
Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships
7SS, G/65. Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance),
Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I-91 Exit 40 to Rt. 20). Free parking, free air-
port shuttle. Open to all K-12 students; New England titles limited to
players & teams from schools in CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, or VT. Team prizes
based on top 4 scores from school combined. Teams of 2 or 3 players
allowed, but are at a disadvantage. In 5 sections: High School (K-12),
Middle School (K-8), Elementary (K-5), Primary (K-2), Scholastic Novice
(K-9 under 700 or unrated). Players face only those in their section. EF:
HS $42.50, Middle School $42.40, Elem $42.30, Primary $42.20, Scholas-
tic Novice $42.10 if mailed by 12/1, all $43 online at chesstour.com by
12/5, $60 at site. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if
paid with entry- online at chesstour.com, Young Adult (age 24/below) $20,
Scholastic (age 12/below) $12. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Young Adult
$25, Scholastic $15. Trophies to top 8 players, top 4 teams, top 3
unrated in each section, top D, E, U1000, U800 (HS), E, U1000, U800 (MS),
U1000, U800, U600 (Elem), U700, U500, U300 (Primary), U500, U300
(Scholastic Novice). Free entry in all Continental Chess Association
Swiss tournaments until 5/15/12 to top New England player each sec-
tion. Late reg. ends Sat 9 am, rds Sat 10, 1, 3:45 & 6:30, Sun 9, 12 & 2:45.
Awards Sun 5:30 pm. Half point byes allowed any round, limit 2 byes,
must commit before rd 2. HR: $87-87, 860-627-5311, reserve by 11/25
or rate may increase. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633 or
reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box
249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: chesstour at aol.com,
uschess.org
 See previous issue for TLAs appearing September 1-14

www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Include school, grade, birth date, USCF
ID, address of each player. Advance entries will be posted at chess-
tour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Dec. 27-29 or 28-29, 30th annual Empire City Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
Delaware
A State Championship Event!
Nov. 19-20, 2011 Delaware State Open Championship
Milford Public Library (302)-422-8996, 11 SE Front St., Milford, DE 19963.
Time Control (all sections): Rds. 1-3 G/90, Rds. 4&5 G/120. Prizes based
on 60 total players, 40 in Open, 20 in U1600. In 2 Sections, Open: 5SS,
EF: $45 before 11/18, $50 afterwards. $$: Prizes: 1st $500, 2nd $300,
U2100 $150, U1900 $150, U1700 $150, DE Champion trophy to highest
placed DE player, Trophy to 1st non-DE player in section. Reserve
(U1600): 5SS, Open to 1599 & under. EF: $40 before 11/18, $45 after.
Prizes: 1st $250, 2nd $150, U1400 $75, U1200 $75, U1000 $75, Trophy
for 1st. ALL: Memb. Req'd: DCA $10,($5 under 18). OSA. Reg.: Sat 8:45-
9:45 am. Rds.: Sat 10, 2, 5:30 Sun 10, 3. Byes: Limit 1. byes in rds4&5
are irrevocable & must be declared by start of Rd3. DCA meeting, 9am
Sun. ENT: Kevin Pytel, 604 N. Walnut St., Newport, DE 19804-2624.
INFO: KevinJPytel@aol.com, 302-740-3442. HR: 302-422-4320, Hamp-
ton Inn in Milford. www.delawarechess.org. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
District of Columbia
Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class
Championships (VA)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA)
See Virginia.
Florida
Boca Raton Chess Club
Friday nights, Game 90 Tournament, one game a week for 4 weeks.
www.bocachess.com, 561-479-0351. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Miami Country Day Grand Prix Series
Scholastic and Non-Scholastic Sections. More info at www.bocachess.com or
call 954-421-8222 or 561-479-0351.
Pine Crest School Grand Prix Series, Boca Raton
Scholastic and Non-Scholastic Sections. More info at: www.bocachess.com or
call 561-479-0351.
Sept. 24, CFCC Quick-Chess (QC)
4SS, G/29 (G/25, T/D5). Casselberry Chess Club (CCC), Wirz Park, 806
Mark David Blvd., Casselberry, FL 32707. EF: $30, CFCC/CCC mbr $25,
Masters free (EF deducted from any prize). $$480 b/25, 160-80-60,
Classes B, C, D/under 60 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10, 11:15, break,
1:30, 2:45. Ent: CFCC, 921 N. Thistle Ln., Maitland, FL 32751. Info: (407)
629-6946 or www.centralflchess.org.
Oct. 8, Chess Initiative National Chess Day Scholastic!
Fleming Island Baptist Church, 1871 County Road 220, Fleming Island,
FL 32003. Format: Open: 4 rounds G/45. All others: 5 rounds G/30. Non-
rated: grades K-3 and 4-6. Players with 10 or more prior rated games
not eligible for non-rated sections. Rated: (including unrated and pro-
visionally rated players) Elementary (K-6 only, no rating limit), Reserve
(K-12 & U1000) and Open (K-12). USCF membership required. Clocks not
provided, players must bring or play without. Awards: Trophies to top
players in each section, participation medals to all others. Entry Fee: $20
if postmarked by 9/17, $25 thereafter, no registrations at the door.
Send to: Anthony Coleman P.O.Box 8763 Fleming Island, FL 32006. For
more info see: www.uschessinitiative.org or call TD Anthony Coleman
at 216-272-8474.
Oct. 9, Celebrate National Chess Day at The Weiss School 4th
Annual Scholastic
Located at 4176 Burns Rd., Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410. K-12, 5 Divi-
sions, 5-SS, G/30, Sunday, 10/09/11.Trophies forTop 10 Players andTop
5 Teams in each Division. THE FIRST 100 PAID PARTICIPANTS WILL
RECEIVE A COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL. For more info see:
www.palmbeachchessclub.info or call President/TD John Dockery at
561-762-3377.
Oct. 22, CFCC Quick-Chess (QC)
4SS, G/29 (G/25, T/D5). Casselberry Chess Club (CCC), Wirz Park, 806
Mark David Blvd., Casselberry, FL 32707. EF: $30, CFCC/CCC mbr $25,
Masters free (EF deducted from any prize). $$480 b/25, 160-80-60,
Classes B, C, D/under 60 ea. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10, 11:15, break,
1:30, 2:45. Ent: CFCC, 921 N. Thistle Ln., Maitland, FL 32751. Info: (407)
629-6946 or www.centralflchess.org.
Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 10th Annual Turkey Bowl
See Grand Prix.
Dec. 9-11, 2011 National Youth Action (East)
See Nationals.
Georgia
Sept. 17, 2011 Atlanta September Under 1600
4-SS, G/30. Atlanta Chess Center, 3155A East Ponce de Leon Ave.,
Scottdale, GA 30079. EF: $20 if received by 9/15; $25 at site. $$(b/29);
125-75-50, u1300- 75, u1100- 75. Reg.: 9:30-11 a.m. sharp! Rds.: 11:30-
1-2:30-4. Info: (404)-377-4400 or atlantachess@yahoo.com. Enter:
Same as above. www.atlantachessclub.com.
Sept. 18, 2011 Atlanta Fall Scholastic
4-SS, G/30. Atlanta Chess Center, 3155A East Ponce de Leon Ave.,
Scottdale, GA 30079. In 4 sections: High School: 9-12, Middle School:
K-8, Elementary: K-6, Primary K-3. EF: $20 if received by 9/16; $25 at
site. Trophies to top 4, top unrated each section based on 15. Reg.: 11
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. sharp! Rds.: 1st at 1 p.m., then as soon as possible.
Awards right after last round is completed. Info: (404)-377-4400 or
atlantachess@yahoo.com. www.atlantachessclub.com. Enter: Same as
above.
Sept. 23-25 or 24-25, 42nd Annual Southern Congress
See Grand Prix.
Idaho
Sept. 24, 2011 Eastern Idaho Open
4SS, G/60 rnds 1 & 2, G/90 rnds 3 & 4. 2 Sections: Open and Reserve
(U1400). Site: ISU, Student Un Bldg, Salmon River Suites, 1065 S. 8th St.,
Pocatello, ID. EF: USCF mem req., $30 (U18 & 60+ $25), by 9/17/11, $35
(all) after. Reg & Ck in: 7:30-8:30 AM 09/24. If not ckd in & pd by 8:30,
may not be paired in 1st rnd. RDS.: 9, 11:15, 2, 5:15. 1/2 pt byes: 1 only,
Rnd 1-3 only. Must commit to all byes before the round is paired. Prizes:
$$ b/30; Open: $200-100-75; Reserve: $75-50-25. HR/ENT/INFO: ICA,
% Jay Simonson, 391 Carol Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 83401, 208-206-7667,
rooknjay@yahoo.com, www.idahochessassociation.org. NC. NS. W.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 8, 2011 Wood River Weekend Progressive - A National Chess
Day event!
4SS, Time Control: G/30 Rd 1, G/60 Rd 2, G/90 Rd 3, G/120 Rd 4. 2 Sections:
Open and Reserve (U1400). Site: Wood River High School, 1250 Fox Acres Rd.,
Hailey, ID. USCF mem req., EF by 10/5 $30 (60+ $25), K-12 students $10, $40
entry for all after 10/07. Email entries OK. Register & check in: 8-8:30am
10/08. Rd times: Sat 9am, 10am, 1pm; 4pm. 1/2 pt byes: Max 1, Rds. 1-3 only.
Commit before bye rd is paired. Prizes: $$ b/15; Open: $100-75-50; Reserve:
$75-50-25, Student: trophies 1st-3rd pl. HR/ENT/INFO: ICA, Contact: Adam
Porth, 212 N. 3rd St., Bellevue, ID 83313. 208-450-9048. aporth1@cox.net,
www.idahochessassociation.org. NC, NS, W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Illinois
Sept. 10, 2011 St. Matthew Chess Championship
held by GM YURY SHULMAN, (the 3 times Second place winner for the
US Championships 2006, 2010, 2011.) 24500 Old McHenry Rd., Hawthorn
Woods, IL 60047. Tel. 847-438-7709. G/30, 5rds, EF: $25 postmarked by
8/28, $30 after, on site $35 before 9:15. REG.: begins at 9:00, Rd. 1 begins
10:00am, no elimination. 4 Sections: Primary K-3, Elementary 4-5, Mid-
dle 6-8, HS 9-12 and adults, Nonrated (all grades and adults). TROPHY
awards to top 5 individuals in each section, top 3 individuals in each grade
K-5, top individuals grade 6-12, top 3 team trophies, top 5 in unrated.Tro-
phy awards at 3:00. ENT: checks payable to "Yury Shulman International
Chess School", mail w/registration form to 428 Waverly Rd., Barrington,
IL 60010, INFO: email chesswob@gmail.com or www.shulmanchess.com,
Kiran Frey 847-382-5410, GM Yury Shulman 312-375-7475.
Sept. 10, Members Only Special Event
North Shore Chess Center, 5500 WestTouhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077.
847.423.8626. Open only to members of the North Shore Chess Center.

20th annual Midwest Class Championships

October 14-16 or 15-16, 2011 - Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel
$20,000 PROJECTED PRIZES, $16,000 MINIMUM GUARANTEED
5-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds Class D (1200-1399/Unr): $1200- Re-entry: $50 (except Master
1-2 G/75). 600-300-200. Section.)
At Westin Chicago North Shore Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $600-300-
Hotel, 601 N Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling 200-100, trophies to top 7, top 800-999, 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6
IL 60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to 600-799, Under 600, Unrated. pm, rounds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 am & 6 pm,
Milwaukee Ave north; from Milwaukee, I- Rated players may play up one Sun 10 am & 4:15 pm.
94 to Lake Cook Rd to Milwaukee Ave section. Unrated prize limit $150 E, $250 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10
south). Free parking. D, $400 C, $500 B, $700 A. am, rds. Sat 11 am, 2:30 pm, & 6 pm;
In 7 sections. Prizes $20,000 based Sun. 10 am & 4:15 pm.
on 250 paid entries (re-entries and Class Top 6 sections entry fee: 3-day Half point byes OK all, Master must
E Section count as half entries), else in $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 10/6, all commit before round 2, others before
proportion except $16,000 (80% each $105 online (chesstour.com or entry.cc) round 3.
prize)minimum guaranteed. by 10/11, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038
(entry only, no questions) by 10/11, $120 All: Bring board, clock, set if
Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-500- (no checks, credit cards OK) at site. possible- none supplied. Unofficial web
300, clear or tiebreak win $100, U2300 Entry fee $50 less for all in Class E ratings usually used if otherwise unrated.
$800-400. FIDE, 100 GPP (enhanced). and unrated in Class D. Hotel rates: $99-99-99-99, 800-937-
Expert (2000-2199): $1500-700- Special 1 yr USCF dues with Chess 8461, 847-777-6500, reserve by 9/30 or
400-300. Life if paid with entry. Online at chesstour. rate may increase.
Class A (1800-1999/Unr): $1500- com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Entry: Continental Chess Assn, Box
700-400-300. Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Optional
Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1500- at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, entry form faces inside back cover, or
700-400-300. Scholastic $20. USCF mem. required. see entryblank.com. $15 charge for
Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $1400- Advance entry fee $5 less to ICA refunds. Advance entries posted at
700-400-200. members. chesstour.com. JGP.

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Free simultaneous exhibition and lecture with a local master. Starts at
4pm. Additional questions: sevan@nachess.org. For a complete list-
ing of events visit www.nachess.org/events.
Sept. 16-18, 7th North American Amateur Open
5R-SS, G/90 + 30/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500 West
Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. Open to players with
any established FIDE rating or an established USCF rating of 1600+. All
participants compete in a single section. EF: $40 for non-members of the
chess center, $30 for members of the chess center received by 9/15. All
$10 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior to round 1
or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a half-point
bye for round 1. Round times: Friday - 7:00pm, Saturday 12pm and 6pm,
Sunday 11am and 5pm. Half-point byes available in any round. Prizes:
1st - $60 Best Buy Gift Card, 2nd - $30 Barnes & Noble Gift Card, 3rd -
$15 Starbucks Gift Card. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with
registration information to: North American Chess Association (make
checks payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077.
Online registration preferred. Additional questions email to:
sevan@nachess.org. USCF and FIDE rated. For online registration and
list of more events please visit - www.nachess.org/events. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
Sept. 18, 69th Knights Quest
4ss, Game/30. Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel, 933 Skokie
Blvd., Northbrook, IL. Sections: Open (K-12 & Adults), U1400 (K-12 &
Adults), U1000 (K-12) & U600 (K-12). Awards: Top five each section,
medals all others. EF: Early: $25 postmarked/online by 9/12, $30 after.
Rds.: 1 at 1:00 pm, rest ASAP. Ent: Renaissance Knights, PO Box 1074,
Northbrook, IL 60065. Online Ent/Info: www.rknights.org, 847-526-
9025. $5 discount to siblings and team members when registering
together.
Sept. 25, North Shore Chess Center G/45
4R-SS, G/45 + 10/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500 West
Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. EF: $20 for non-mem-
bers of the chess center, $15 for members of the chess center received
by 9/25. All $5 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior
to round 1 or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a
half-point bye for round 1. Round times: 1pm for round one and then
15 minutes after final game from previous round completed. Half-point
byes available in any round. Prizes: Book prizes for top three finish-
ers. Biggest upset (150+ points): Free entry to following month G/45
+ book prize. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with regis-
tration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks
payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Online reg-
istration preferred. Additional questions email to: sevan@nachess.
org. USCF rated. For online registration and list of more events please
visit - www.nachess.org/events.
Oct. 1, Members Only Special Event
North Shore Chess Center, 5500 WestTouhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077.
847.423.8626. Open only to members of the North Shore Chess Center.
Free simultaneous exhibition and lecture with a local master. Starts at
4pm. Additional questions: sevan@nachess.org. For a complete list-
ing of events visit www.nachess.org/events.
Oct. 7-10, 6th Annual Susan Polgar World Open for Boys and Girls
Doubletree Hotel - Oakbrook, IL. Organized by the North American Chess
Association. For detailed information including Texas Tech Scholarships,
free USCF memberships and more, please visit the official tournament
website at www.polgarworldopen.com.
Oct. 8, National Chess Day: Quad Cities Fall Classic
Moline, IL. Details at: www.quadcitychess.com. Email: illowacc@mchsi.
com.
Oct. 14-16, 8th North American Amateur Open
5R-SS, G/90 + 30/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500 West
8th annual NEW ENGLAND SCHOLASTICS
Dec 10-11, 2011 - Windsor Locks, CT
7 rounds, G/65, Sheraton Bradley Airport (I-91 exit 40 to Rt
20). Free parking. Chess rates $87 single or twin (860-627-5311,
reserve by 11/25 or rate may increase).
In 5 sections: High School (K-12), Middle School (K-8),
Elementary (K-5), Primary (K-2), and new Scholastic Novice (K-9
under 700 or unrated). Open to all, New England titles & free entry
prizes limited to CT, MA, ME, NH, RI or VT. Combined
individual/team event; top 4 scores from school each section added to
give team score, team entry not required.
Trophies each section to top 8 players, top 4 teams, plus 30
class trophies. Free entry each section to all CCA tournaments until
5/15/12 to top New England player.
Full details: See chesstour.com or TLA under Connecticut.
62 Chess Life September 2011
Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. Open to players with
any established FIDE rating or an established USCF rating of 1600+. All
participants compete in a single section. EF: $40 for non-members of the
chess center, $30 for members of the chess center received by 10/13.
All $10 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior to
round 1 or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a half-
point bye for round 1. Round times: Friday - 7:00pm, Saturday 12pm and
6pm, Sunday 11am and 5pm. Half-point byes available in any round.
Prizes: 1st - $60 Best Buy Gift Card, 2nd - $30 Barnes & Noble Gift Card,
3rd - $15 Starbucks Gift Card. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries
with registration information to: North American Chess Association
(make checks payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL
60077. Online registration preferred. Additional questions email to:
sevan@nachess.org. USCF and FIDE rated. For online registration and
list of more events please visit - www.nachess.org/events. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 30, North Shore Chess Center G/45
4R-SS, G/45 + 10/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500 West
Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. EF: $20 for non-mem-
bers of the chess center, $15 for members of the chess center received
by 10/29. All $5 more onsite. Onsite registration - up to 15 minutes prior
to round 1 or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a
half-point bye for round 1. Round times: 1pm for round one and then
15 minutes after final game from previous round completed. Half-point
byes available in any round. Prizes: Book prizes for top three finish-
ers. Biggest upset (150+ points): Free entry to following month G/45
+ book prize. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with regis-
tration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks
payable to), 4957 Oakton Street, Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Online reg-
istration preferred. Additional questions email to: sevan@nachess.
org. USCF rated. For online registration and list of more events please
visit - www.nachess.org/events.
Nov. 5, Springfield November Open
4SS, G/75 (1st round G/60). Carpenters Local 16, 211 W. Lawrence
Ave., Springfield. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10-12:30-3:15-6. Lunch break at noon.
EF: $17 by 11/2, $20 at site, $2 less to SCC members. Prizes: $$400 b/30.
140-80, 1600-1999 60, 1200-1599 50, Under 1200 40, Unrated 30.
Ent/Info: David Long, 401 S. Illinois St., Springfield 62704. 217-726-2584.
Information and directions available at: http://springfieldchessclub.
110mb.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open (OH)
See Grand Prix.
Indiana
Orange Crush Chess Club Friday Night Blitz (QC)
Burger King, 410 E Morris St (E Morris St and S East St). Chess player's
welcome. Good tables and lighting. Show your OCCC card for free upsize.
Late registration: 6:00-6:25PMTourney starts at 6:30 pm.Type: 3 Rounds,
Round Robin Quad, Game / 5+ 2 sec delay U.SC.F. Rated. Entry Fee: $7.00
if received one week before tournament starting date, $8.00 at the door.
Prizes: Based on 4 full Pd. entries per quad, first in each quad: $20.00,
second in each quad: Chess merchandise. Send advance entries to:
Donald Urquhart, 501 N. east St. # 802, Indianapolis, IN 46204-1629.
For more info call Don at (317) 634-6259 or e-mail akakarpov@att.net.
Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open (KY)
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 17, The Emory Tate Jr. Chess Extravaganza
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL)
See Grand Prix.
See Virginia.
Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open (OH)
See Grand Prix.
Iowa
Oct. 8, National Chess Day: 2011 Iowa Blitz Chess Championship
(QC)
Cedar Rapids Public Library, Westdale Mall, 2600 Edgewood Road SW,
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404. REG.: 11am-Noon, 6-SS. RDS.: 12:30 pm then
ASAP. G/5 T/D 2. PRIZES: $280 $$B/36, 1st $80, 2nd $60, 3rd $40,
U1800, U1600, U1400 U1200 $25 each. EF: $10 advanced or on-site. ENT:
James Hodina, 3411 Blue Pt. Ct. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404. INFO: 319-
390-6525 or james.hodina@chessiniowa.org.
Nov. 19, 3rd Annual Des Moines Fall Classic-IASCA Mini Qualifier
4 round SS, G/75 with 5 second delay. Where: Des Moines Botanical Cen-
ter, 909 Robert D. Ray Dr., Des Moines, IA 50316. Reg.: 8:00-9:00 am.
Rounds: 9:30, 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 (earlier if agreed upon). Entry Fee:
Open Section, $35 if received by November 17th, $45 on-site. IASCA
membership or OSA required. Reserve Section, $20 if received by
November 17th, $30 on-site. IASCA membership not required. Prize
Info: Open Section, $100, $75: U1900, $60, $40 (Based on 18). Reserve
Section, $50, $25: U1300, $35, $15 (Based on 12). U.S. Chess Feder-
ation (USCF) membership required. On-Site Available. Send Entry Fee
to: Bill Broich, 7149 Wilshire Blvd., Windsor Heights, IA 50324. Additional
Info: Call 515-205-8062 or send e-mail to broich01@yahoo.com for
more information. Byes are available for rounds 1-3 if TD is contacted
in advance. One bye per player. Organizer andTD, Bill Broich. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
Kentucky
Elizabethtown Chess Club
Rated tournament the 2ndTuesday of each month and we meet everyTues-
day between 7:00 pm-10:30 pm. We meet at the Elizabethtown Community
andTechnical College, in Room 108A of the OccupationalTechnical Build-
ing. For further details visit our website at http://etownchess.blogspot.
com/.
Sept. 3, Every 1st Saturday Lexington Event
3 Rounds, G/60. EF: 1 penny per USCF rating point, minimum $10. Reg.:
11:30am. Rounds: RD 1 starts at Noon, RD 2-3 asap. Prizes: 90% of entry
fees returned, 1st in each class X/above,A,B,C,D/E. Format: Quad or Open
depending on entries. All prizes paid regardless of format. Location:
Expansive Art, 3320 Nicholasville Rd. #161, Lexington, KY 40503, Directly
behind ToysRUs. Contact: Matt Gurley, mattCgurley@gmail.com, Jerry
Baker, 859.806.0637, Lexchess.com. Side Event: Speed chess after-
wards.
Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 1, Sean Fitzpatrick Memorial
Every 1st Saturday Lexington Event. 3 Rounds, G/60. EF: $20. Reg.:
11:30am. Rounds: RD 1 starts at Noon, RD 2-3 asap. Prizes: All Guar-
anteed, $250 1st overall, $150 top U1600, plus 90% of entry fees
returned, 1st in each class X/above,A,B,C,D/E. Sections: Open, U1600.
Location: Expansive Art, 3320 Nicholasville Rd. #161, Lexington, KY
40503, Directly behind ToysRUs. Contact: Matt Gurley, mattCgur-
ley@gmail.com, Jerry Baker, 859.806.0637, Lexchess.com. Side Event:
Speed chess afterwards.
Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open (OH)
See Grand Prix.
Maine
Sept. 17, York County Open
See Grand Prix.
Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT)
See Connecticut.
Maryland
Sept. 17, UMBC Rated Beginner's Championship
5SS, G/30. UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore (in Commons, 3rd floor).
Open to U1200/Unr. USCF membership required. Free USCF memb. to any-
one scoring at least 3.5 pts. Certificate to anyone completing 5 rds. Top
UMBC student awarded trophy & title of 2011-2012 UMBC Amateur
Chess Champ. EF: $15 if postmarked by 9/2, $20 later. Reg.: 8:30-
9:30am. Rds.: 10-11:30-1:30-3-4:30 Sat. 1/2 pt. bye avail. in any rd. if
req'd before rd. 1. Held concurrently w/UMBC Champ. 9/17-9/18 (see
separate TLA). Ent: Dr. Alan T. Sherman, Dept. of CSEE, UMBC, 1000 Hill-
top Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 ATTN: Beginners Champ. Cks payable to
UMBC. Dir: Exit 47B off I95 & follow signs to UMBC. Park in lot 9 or 16.
For more info: 410-455-8499, ChessClub@umbc.edu, www.umbc.edu/
chess. NS, W.
Sept. 17-18, UMBC Championship
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 1, Catonsville Saturday Action Plus/RBO
4SS, T/D 45/5. EF: $20 by Sept 30, $25 at door. Under 18 $5 off. Rds.:
11-1-3-5. Reg.: 10:15am. Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury
Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228. Two Sections: Open $$b/24 $125-$75-$50
U1850 $45 U1550 $45. RBO U1200 $$b/18 $80-$50-$30 U1000 $25 b/4
U800 $25 b/4. Bye: 1-4, max 1. Info: josephas2@verizon.net. Online Reg:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze12d59q. Ent: Joe Summers, 1201 Daniels
Ave., Balt, MD 21207. Include USCF ID, rating and section. PH: 410-788-
1009.
Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class
Championships (VA)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 8, National Chess Day Blitz (QC) (VA)
Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA)
See Virginia.
uschess.org

Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open (NJ)
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 19-20, 2011 Delaware State Open Championship (DE)
See Delaware.
Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA)
See Grand Prix.
Massachusetts
Sept. 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, Irving Yaffe 90-Year Tribute
5SS, G/110. Wachusett CC, McKay Campus School, Room C159, Fitchburg
State University, 67 Rindge Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $1 per game
played; free to Wachusett CC members. Reg.: 7-7:10 p.m. Rds.: 7:15 p.m.
Byes: 1-4, limit two. Prizes: Chess books to winner(s). Info: George Mir-
ijanian, 176 Oak Hill Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420, miriling@aol.com,
978-345-5011. Website: www.wachusettchess.org. Online ratings as
of Sept. 14 will be used. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Sept. 18, Marlboro Action Swiss
See Grand Prix.
Sep. 24, BCF $10 Open
4SS; G/60. EF: $10 if received by 9/22 or by PayPal by 9/23 otherwise
$27, $17 to BCF members; Open & U1800 $$: b/on entries. Reg.: 9:15-
9:55; Rds.: 10, 12:40, 3:00, 5:10. Send entries payable to: Boylston CF
at 240 Elm St., Suite B9, Somerville, MA 021244.
Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Billerica Friday Swiss
4 Rds. 40/90, SD/30. Billerica COA, 25 Concord Rd., Billerica, MA 01821.
EF: $15. Reg.: 7:30pm. Cash prizes minimal b/entries. For info, call
Brad Ryan, (978) 369-8533. NS, NC. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 8-9, National Chess Day: Lecture & Tornado 109
4SS; G/75. EF: $27, $17 to BCF members. Two sections: Open, Rated
Beginner. Prizes: b/entries. Reg.: Sat, Oct 8: 12:45-1:25PM; Sun, Oct 9:
9:30-9:55AM. Rounds: Rd1: Sat 1:30PM; Sun Rd 2-10:00- Rd3-1:00 & Rd4-
3:45. There will be a chess lecture with a chess master on Saturday at
11:30AM. Contact: boylstonchess@gmail.com, telephone 617-629-3933.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 15-16, 12th Western New England Open
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 23, 78th Greater Boston Open
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 30, Capital Region Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT)
See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com.
Nov. 12, 2011 Greater New Haven Fall Open $$1000 b/30 (CT)
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA)
See Grand Prix.
Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Amateur (CT)
See Connecticut.
Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Senior Open (CT)
See Connecticut.
Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT)
See Connecticut.
Michigan
Sept. 2-5, 3-5 or 4-5, 2011 Michigan Open
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 24, Chess for Charity
5 Rounds, SS G/30. EF: $10.00.The River, 255 S. Squirrel Rd., Auburn Hills,
MI. Rated and unrated sections. Skittles room with Chess, plus Xiangqi,
Shogi, other Chess variants. Full details at: http://gamesinmichigan.com/
chessforcharity.
Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 28-30, First Annual Fall International Chess Festival
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open (OH)
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 2011 Motor City Open
See Grand Prix.
Minnesota
Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL)
See Grand Prix.
Missouri
Every Monday Night: Monday Night Cash Prize Quads G/60
The Kansas City Chess Club, 7667 NW Prairie View Rd., Kansas City, MO
64151. Non-Cash Prize EF: 20/$15 club members. Cash Prize EF: $35/$30.
Prizes: $60 1st place each quad b/4 cash prize EF. Free Quad entry 1st
each quadmust use within 3 months. No cash substitute! EF. USCF &
KC Chess Association memb. required. Reg.: 7:15. Rds.: 7:30PM. ENT:
Onsite. INFO: Ken Fee kcchess@gmail.com. www.kansascitychessclub.
com. Free Coffee. Chess Books and Equipment for Sale onsite.
Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open (KY)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL)
See Grand Prix.
Montana
Oct. 8, National Chess Day in Great Falls! (QC)
Food donations to benefit the Helping Hands Food Pantry Program/Cash
uschess.org
See previous issue for TLAs appearing September 1-14
proceeds to benefit the GFHS Chess Program. Absolon Lounge, Student
Center, University of Great Falls, 1301 20th Street South, Great Falls, MT
59405. Tournament Director reserves the right to combine the sections,
and/or modify format to accommodate for numbers of entrants. In 2 Sec-
tions, Chinook Open: 6SS, Game in 29 minutes, EF: $5.00 + a can of food
on site. USCF Membership Required for the Chinook Open. Food for the
Soul: 6SS, Game in 29 minutes, EF: A can of food. No Membership
Required for Food for the Soul. ALL: Please bring a can of food dona-
ton to Helping Hands Food Pantry. Reg.: Oct. 8, 2011, 8:00 am to 8:45
am. Rds.: 9:00 am, 10:15 am, 11:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:15 pm, 3:30 pm. All
players meeting at 8:55 am. ENT: Douglas Hansen, 3805 7th Street NE,
#59, Great Falls, MT 59404. INFO: Dr. Porter Coggins, Sullivan Hall 209
G, University of Great Falls, 1301 20th St. S. Great Falls, MT 59405, Tel:
406.791.5346; pcoggins01@ugf.edu, dhansen01@bresnan.net. DIR:
Upper floor of Student Center. NS. NC. W.
Nevada
Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, CCA 8th annual Los Angeles Open (CA-S)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 21-23, 29th Annual SANDS REGENCY RENO-WESTERN STATES
OPEN
See Grand Prix.
Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 21st annual North American Open
See Grand Prix.
Dec. 29, North American Blitz (QC)
See Grand Prix.
New Hampshire
Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT)
See Connecticut.
New Jersey
Caffeine Swiss G/10 (QC)
G/10. Wednedays 7-9:30 p.m. Located at CoffeeWorks at the Voorhees
Town Center, 8109 Town Center Blvd., Voorhees, NJ 08043. Reg.: 6:30-
7:00. EF: $10. $$ 1st, 2nd, and 3rd =50% of registrations. More info: call
Dan at (856) 287-2393, email hermanator3@comcast.net or
www.southjerseychess.com.
Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Every Friday Quad G/30
Rds.: 7, 8:15, 9:30pm. EF: $20, members $15. Prizes per quad: 1st place
- $50 & 2nd Place: Free lesson or Simul from GM Yudasin. (732) 499-0118.
www.chessmatesnj.com. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rah-
way, NJ 07065.
Sept. 3, Chess Mates Saturday Open G/15 (QC)
7-SS, Rds.: 12:30, 1:10, 1:50, 2:30, 3:10, 3:50, 4:30pm. Chess Mates Cor-
poration, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $25, members $20. GM
Free - $20 deducted from NCEL
CAprizes. ED70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd &
Prizes:
Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. Limit 2 byes, commit by 1:30.
Re-entry $15, counts half, no re-entry after 2nd round. (732) 499-0118.
www.chessmatesnj.com.
Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sunday Open Quad G/30
Rds.: 1:30, 2:45, 4:00pm. EF: $20, members $15. Prizes Quad: 1st
Place: $50 & 2nd Place: Free lesson or Simul from GM Yudasin. (732) 499-
0118. www.chessmatesnj.com. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St.,
Rahway, NJ 07065.
Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sunday Scholastic Quad G/30
Rds.: 1:30, 2:45, 4:00pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rah-
way, NJ 07065. EF: $15,CA NCELE
members $10. D
Prizes Quad: 1st Place: Trophy
2nd annual BOARDWALK OPEN
October 21-23 or 22-23, Asbury Park NJ
$15,000 PROJECTED PRIZES, $10,000 MINIMUM!
5 round Swiss at historic Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, across the street
from the famous Asbury Park Boardwalk. Free parking. Choice of 3-day or 2-
day schedule. Projected prizes based on 180 paid entries, with 2/3 of each
prize minimum guarantee. In 5 sections.
Open Section: Prizes $1500-700-400-300, clear/tiebreak winner $100
bonus, top Under 2300 $800-400. FIDE rated, 60 GPP (enhanced).
Under 2100 Section: $1000-500-300-200, top U1900 $600-300.
Under 1800 Section: $1000-500-300-200, top U1600 $600-300.
Under 1500 Section: $900-500-300-200, top U1300 $500-250.
Under 1200 Section: $800-500-300150, top U1000 $400-200.
FOR FULL DETAILS: see Grand Prix in this issue.
or $25 & 2nd Place: free lesson or Simul from GM Yudasin. Chess Les-
sons Prior to Scholastic Tournament: 12:15pm-1:15 pm, EF: $10.
Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, Every Monday Open G/5 Blitz and Chess Les-
sons/Simul (QC)
GM Yudasin's "Chess Lessons: 3:15pm-8:00 pm EF: $15 (3 different
classes). Blitz: 8:00pm-10:15pm, EF: $20 /$15. GM Free - $15 deducted
from prize. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes: based on the #
of participants. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ
(732) 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com.
Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28, Every Wednesday Open G/5 Blitz and Chess Les-
sons (QC)
GM Yudasin's "Chess Lessons: 3:15pm-8:00 pm EF: $15 (3 different
classes). Blitz: 8:00pm-10:15pm, EF: $20 /$15. GM Free - $15 deducted
from prize. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes: based on the #
of participants. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ
(732) 499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com.
Sept. 10, Chess Mates Saturday U1800 G/45
4-SS, Rds.: 12:30, 2:15, 4:00, 5:45 pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531
Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $25, members $20. GM Free - $20
deducted from prizes. Prizes: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & Class Prizes:
based on the # of participants. Limit 2 byes, commit by 1:30. Re-entry
$15, counts half, no re-entry after 2nd round. (732) 499-0118.
www.chessmatesnj.com.
Sept. 12, Feed Your Greed for Speed, Steed (QC)
5SS, multi-time-control quick-rated: Rd 1 G/5, Rd 2 G/10, Rd 3 G/15, Rd
4 G/20, Rd 5 G/25. Hackettstown Comm. Cntr., 293 Main St. (Rte. 46),
Hackettstown, NJ. EF: $10. Prizes (b/16): $75/40/25, U1800 $25, free
entry top U1500. Reg.: 7 pm 9/12. Rds.: 7:30 pm, ASAP. angelodp@
gmail.com.
Sept. 15, 3rd Thursday Quads
3 RR, G/30 t/d5. Quads grouped by rating. All the King's Men Chess &
Games Center (Just 22 mins. from Center City Philadelphia), 62 S. Broad-
way, Pitman, NJ. 856-582-8222. Prizes: $25 1st per quad. Unr. cannot win
more than $10. EF: $12, members $10. Reg.: 6-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8-9 pm.
Info: cs@ATKMchessSets.com. All: Visa/MC/Disc OK w/$1surcharge.
Bring a clock!
Sept. 17, Central Jersey Chess Tournament
4SS, G/30. All Saints' Church, 16 All Saints' Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540.
Beautiful location: Plenty of Parking, Playground, Wi-Fi, etc. 5 Sections:
3 Rated, 2 Unrated. All: Game in 30 minutes, everyone plays 4 rounds,
no eliminations. Unrated Sections: "K-1", "Novice" (2nd-8th grade). Rated
Sections (all K-8): "Experienced" (below600), "Reserve" (600-900), "Open":
(above900). Trophies: 1st - 3rd in each section, medals to all. Pre-reg.
at NJChess.com, pay $30 (cash or check) on-site by 12. Those who pre-
register after Thurs., 9/15 or on site: pay $40 (cash or check) by 1:00.
Round 1 starts at 1:30, next rounds start ASAP. Separate Section Awards
ceremony around 3:00-5:00. USCF membs, Chess merchandise sold on-
site. Send questions to: Grant Oen, Jairo Moreira: NewJerseyChess@
gmail.com.
Sept. 17, Chess Mates Saturday U2200 G/45
4-SS, Rds.: 12:30, 2:15, 4:00, 5:45 pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531
Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $25, members $20. GM Free - $20
deducted from prizes. Prizes: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & Class Prizes:
based on the # of participants. Limit 2 byes, commit by 1:30. Re-entry
$15, counts half, no re-entry after 2nd round. (732) 499-0118. www.chess
matesnj.com.
Sept. 17, Hamilton Chess Club Quads
3RR, 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation Center, Bldg. 392,
Groveville, NJ 08620. Quads open to all. EF: $10. Prizes: $25 per Quad.
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Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm-4:30/pm. NJ State Chess
Federation, no dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA. NS, NC, W.
Sept. 18, Westfield Fall Scholastic
Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. K-12 3 Sections : Open,
Under 1250, under 750. Open: 3SS, G/45. Trophies to top 5 in each sec-
tion. EF: $20, $15 members, at site $30, $25 Members. Reg.: 2-2:30 p.m.
Rds: 2:45-4:25-6:05 p.m. Under 1250: 4SS, G/30Trophies to top 5 in each
section. EF: $20, $15 Members, at site $30, $25 Members. Reg. 2-2:30
p.m. Rds.: 2:45-4:00-5:15-6:30 p.m. Under 750: 4SS, G/30 Trophies to
top 5 in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members, at site $30, $25 Members.
Reg.: 2-2:30 p.m. Rds.: 2:45-4:00-5:15-6:30 p.m.Tiebreaks for trophies.
Info:Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, lunnaco@aol.com, www.westfieldchess
club.com. Send advance entries to:Todd Lunna, 36 Maple Dr., Colts Neck,
NJ 07722 by Sept. 15, 2011. Make checks payable to: Westfield chess
club.
Sept. 19, 26, Spam 'n' Swiss
4-SS, G/45. Hackettstown Comm. Cntr., 293 Main St. (Rte. 46), Hack-
ettstown, NJ. EF: $12. Prizes (b/16): $75/35/25, U1800 $20, free entry
top U1500. Reg.: 7 pm 9/19. Two rds. per night: 7:30 pm & ASAP. Byes
available all rounds. angelodp@gmail.com.
Sept. 24, Chess Mates Saturday Open G/45
4-SS, Rds.: 12:30, 2:15, 4:00, 5:45 pm. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531
Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $25, members $20. GM Free - $20
deducted from prizes. Prizes: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & Class Prizes:
based on the # of participants Limit 2 byes, commit by 1:30. Re-entry $15,
counts half, no re-entry after 2nd round. (732) 499-0118. www.chessmates
nj.com.
Sept. 24, Viking 4-County Open
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 25, Westfield Quads
3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50
to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.:
2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, lunnaco@aol.com,
www.westfieldchessclub.com.
Oct. 1, Central Jersey Chess Tournament
4SS, G/30. All Saints' Church, 16 All Saints' Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540.
Beautiful location: Plenty of Parking, Playground, Wi-Fi, etc. 5 Sections:
3 Rated, 2 Unrated. All: Game in 30 minutes, everyone plays 4 rounds,
no eliminations. Unrated Sections: "K-1", "Novice" (2nd-8th grade). Rated
Sections (all K-8): "Experienced" (below600), "Reserve" (600-900), "Open":
(above900). Trophies: 1st - 3rd in each section, medals to all. Pre-reg.
at NJChess.com, pay $30 (cash or check) on-site by 12. Those who pre-
register after Thurs., 9/15 or on site: pay $40 (cash or check) by 1:00.
Round 1 starts at 1:30, next rounds start ASAP. Separate Section Awards
ceremony around 3:00-5:00. USCF membs, Chess merchandise sold on-
site. Send questions to: Grant Oen, Jairo Moreira: NewJerseyChess@
gmail.com.
Oct. 2, Westfield Quads
3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50
to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.:
2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, lunnaco@aol.com,
www.westfieldchessclub.com.
Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, Hail to Thee, Blight Spirit Swiss
4-SS. 40/90, SD/60. Hackettstown Comm. Cntr., 293 Main St. (Rte. 46),
Hackettstown, NJ. EF: $12. Prizes (b/16): $75/40/25, U1800 $25, free
entry top U1500. Reg.: 7 pm 9/19. Rds.: 7:30 pm each Monday.
angelodp@gmail.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class
Championships (VA)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 8, National Chess Day Blitz (QC) (VA)
See Virginia.
Oct. 9, Westfield Quads
3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50
to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.:
2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, lunnaco@aol.com,
www.westfieldchessclub.com.
Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA)
See Virginia.
Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open
See Grand Prix.
33rd
BINGHAMTON MONTHLY
$1000 TOURNAMENT
!!!!!! PRIZE MONEY INCREASE !!!!!!
SEPTEMBER 25th
Binghamton, NY
See New York for details
64 Chess Life September 2011
Oct. 30, 2011 Westfield Quads
3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50
to first in each section. EF: $20, Members $15. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.:
2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, lunnaco@aol.com,
www.westfieldchessclub.com.
Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT)
See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com.
A State Championship Event!
Nov. 6, New Jersey K-12 Grade Championship
5SS, G/30. Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft, NJ
07738. Student Life Center, use Parking Lot #7 or #6; 4 miles from Gar-
den State Parkway exit 109. 13 Sections: Play only in your grade!
Grades K-6:Trophies to top 15 individuals, top 5 teams - top 3 from each
school/grade; 50% of players receive trophy or medal! Grades 7-12:Tro-
phies to top 10 individuals, top 5 teams; Rds.: 10am and ASAP. EF: $35
by 10/29, $55 at site. USCF mem req'd. Reg.: 8-9:00am After 9:00am 1/2
pt bye rd 1. Info: 732 259-3881, hsprechman@characterkings.org. Ent:
Please make checks payable to NJSCF and send to NJSCF, PO Box 1511,
Jackson, NJ 08527. Entries must include name, grade school, date of birth,
USCF ID # & expiration, mailing address, phone number & entry fee,
please include email address. Register online at: www.characterkings.
org.
Nov. 6, 2011 Westfield Quads
3 RR, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50
to first in each section. EF: $20, Members $15. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.:
2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, lunnaco@aol.com,
www.westfieldchessclub.com.
Nov. 13, Westfield Swiss #70
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 19-20, 2011 Delaware State Open Championship (DE)
See Delaware.
Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA)
See Grand Prix.
Dec. 27-29 or 28-29, 30th annual Empire City Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, 44th annual Liberty Bell Open (PA)
See Grand Prix.
New Mexico
Sept. 17, The Great Gambit Day in Santa Fe (QC)
National Education Assoc., 2007 Botulph Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87505-5725.
6/SS Quick Rated Game/29 T/D5: NM Red OPEN & NM Green U1600.
Prize fund: $450 b/40, Unrated eligible only for 50% of prize in NM Green.
Special prizes U1200. Bye: one 1/2 pt. request prior Rd 1. Alternate boards
play different Gambits. 3 each rd drawn by random from choice of 18 gam-
bits. No repeats. List of gambits on entry form. Rds.: 9:15-10:30-12:30-
1:45-3:00-4:15. Advance Reg: EF $20. Pay Pal accepted through 9/16.
Mail advance Entry to: NMCO, Box 4215, Albuq. 87196. Info & entry
form: nmchess.org. On site Reg.: 8:30-9:00 A.M. EF: $25 cash or
check only. $5 Family discount after one full price entry. W.
A State Championship Event!
Nov. 5-6, New Mexico Open and 2011 NM State Championship
Rio Rancho Meadowlark Senior Center. 4330 Meadowlark Lane SE. 87124
. Co-Sponsored by the Meadowlark Chess Group and the New Mexico
Chess Organization. 5/SS, G/90 Increment 30sec. Rds.: 9-2-6:30, 8:30-
2:30. EF: Open $35, U1800 $30, U1400 $25. Rated U1100 playing in
U1400 $20. $$: b/80: Open $250-$125-$75, U1800 $175-$100-$50,
U1400 $120-$60-$30, Special prizes to Best U1100 & U800. Unrated eli-
gible only for 50% of prize except in Open. Bye: one 1/2 pt. request prior
Rd 1. Tie breaks for state champion's plaque for best finish by NM res-
ident in Open. Advance Reg: Pay to NMCO, Box 4215, Albuq. 87196. Pay
Pal accepted through 11/4. Reg.: on site: cash/check only Sat. 8-8:30.
Late fee $10 if received after 11/4. $5 Family discount after one full price
entry. NMCO Annual meeting & elections Sun 2pm. Info: directions & entry
form: nmchess.org. Recommended Motel, SUPER 8, 4100 Barbara Ln. SE
505-896-8888 ask for chess rate.W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open
See Grand Prix.
New York
Sept. 1-29, 2nd Long Island Chess Club Sept. Open
5SS, G/90. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East
Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all U-2300/unr. $(b/20): $150-100. Top U-
1800, U-1500/unr. $70 ea. EF: $35. Non-LICC members +$10. Reg.:
6:40-7:10 PM, no adv. ent., Rds.: 7:15 PM SHARP ea. Thursday. 2 byes
1-5. Info: www.lichessclub.com. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Sept. 15, 4 Rated Games Tonight!
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave.,
NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club
membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480
b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1
bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10
min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often
impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game.
Sept. 15-Oct. 13, Marshall Thursday Members-Only Swiss!
5-SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to
MCC members only. EF: $20. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U2000 $60. Reg.:
6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Thursday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Sept. 17, Utica Four Seasons - Summer
4SS, Rds. 1-2 G/60. Rds. 3-4 G/90. Mohawk Valley Community College,
Exit 31, I-90, bear left, South on E. Genesee, (2.6 miles), left on Memo-
rial Highway (2.3 miles), left Sherman, right into MVCC, (IT Building
upstairs). EF: $30. Prizes b/20: $200, 125, 75, Class 100. Reg.: 8:30-9:15.
Rds.: 9:30-12:00-2:15-5:30. Ent: Joe Ball, 310 Helfer Ln., Minoa, NY 13116,
315-436-9008. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Sept. 17, Marshall Saturday U1600!
4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300
b/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45.
Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry.
Sept. 17-18, Buffalo NY Fide Chess Festival 2011
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 17-18, Marshall CC September U2300
4SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF:
$45, Members $25. ($540 b/36): $240-120, U2000/unr $95, U1700 $85.
Reg.: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds 12:30-5:30 PM
each day; 1 day, (Rds 1-2 G/35) 9:40-11:05AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun;
both merge rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
Sept. 19-Oct. 24, FIDE Mondays!
6-SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to
all players rated 1600 or above. EF: $50, $30 members. $$500 b/20: $175-
125-100, U2000 $100; 2 byes OK, commit before Round 4. Reg.: 6:15-6:45,
Rds.: 7PM each Monday; FIDE rated. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Sept. 20, Marshall Masters!
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 22, 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight!
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 24, Marshall Saturday U1800!
4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300
b/20): $160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45.
Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry.
Sept. 24-25, Marshall September Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 25, 33rd Binghamton Monthly $1000 Tourney!
Prizes Increased! $1000 b/24. 4SS, Rds. 1-3 G/65 Rd.4 G/75. Entry:
$59. Cash only at site. Reg.: 8:45 to 9:15 AM. Rds.: 9:30, 12:00, 2:30,
4:45. Open: $250, $200, $100. Reserve: $200, $150, $100. Trophies: 1st
4th, both sections. Make checks payable to: Cordisco's Corner
Store, 308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901. (607) 772-8782. cordis-
cos@stny.rr.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Sept. 25, Usdan Scholastic Chess Tournament
4-SS, G/30. Usdan 185 Colonial Springs Rd., Wheatley Heights, NY 11798.
Directed by Usdan Chess Instructors Brian Karen and Joel Salman. To
register, call (631)643-7900 (ask for Kerry Discioarro), or email kdis-
cioarro@usdan.com. EF received by 9/19/11 $25, EF $35 at door. Reg.:
10:15-10:45 1st round 11am. High School section (7th-12th grade), Ele-
mentary (4-6th grade), and Primary (K-3), Trophies awarded to top 5 in
each section, Sections may be altered depending on enrollment. 2 1/2
point byes available upon request, last round bye must be requested
before round 3 and is irrevocable. Children under 14 years old must be
accompanied by an adult. No smoking.
Sept. 29, 4 Rated Games Tonight!
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave.,
NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club
membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480
b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1
bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10
min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often
impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game.
Oct. 1, 16th Annual Arkport Open
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 1-2, Sixth Marshall CC Amateur Team Championship!
4SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10 St., NYC, 212-477-3716. EF: $35 per
player, Members $25. All, $5 less if played in any of the first five MCC Ama-
teur Team Championships. 2 player teams with ratings averaging under
2200. $$ (b/15 teams): 150-75, U1800 team $90, top scores bds. 1&2
$90 each. Reg. ends 15 min. before game. Rds.: 12-5:00 pm each day;
Limit 1 team bye, request with entry. Replacement player must have same
or lower rating, must play same board. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 3-31, Marshall Monday U1600!
5-SS, G/90. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $40, mem-
bers $20. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.:
7PM each Monday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3. Chess Magnet School
JGP.
Oct. 6, 4 Rated Games Tonight!
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave.,
NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club
membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480
b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1
bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10
min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often
impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game.
Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class
Championships (VA)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 6-Dec. 15, 2011 Long Island CC Championship
10SS, G/90. United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East
Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all U-2300/unr. $(b/20): $300-250-230.Top
U-1800, U-1500/unr. $250 ea. Bgst. Upset $150. EF: $80. Non-LICC
members +$15. Reg.: 6:40-7:10 PM, no adv. ent., Rds.: 7:15 PM SHARP
ea.Thursday. No rd. 11/24. 4 byes 1-10 (rd. 9-10 byes decl. by rd. 5). Info:
www.lichessclub.com. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 7-Nov. 18, 2011 Queens Chess Club Championship
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 8, National Chess Day Blitz (QC) (VA)
See Virginia.
Oct. 8, Marshall National Chess Day Super Action!
5-SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716.Two sections:
uschess.org

A. Open ($360/24): $160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. B. U1500
($240/16): $120-65, U1200 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45
pm. Rds.: 12-1:30-2:45-4:00-5:15. One bye available, request at entry.
Oct. 8, National Chess Day: Herschelle Carrousel Chess Classic 2011
Celebrating National Chess Day andThe Archangel 8 Chess Academy Her-
schell Carrousel Factory Museum, 180 Thompson St., North Tonawanda,
NY 14120. Featuring a Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum All Girls K-
12 Championship. In 4 Sections: Herschell Carrousel K-12 Girls
Championship: 4SS, Game 30, EF: $10.00 if received by October 1, 2011.
Herschell Carrousel Novice K-6th: 4SS, Game 30, EF: $10.00 if received
by September 30, 2011. Herschell Carrousel K-12th: 4SS, Game 30, EF:
$10.00 if received by September 30, 2011. Herschell Carrousel Unrated
K-12th: 4SS, Game 30, EF: $10.00 if received by September 30, 2011.
ALL: No checks onsite. Trophies to the Top 3 in each section, Medals for
players who earn 2 points. Reg.: Advance entries only! $5.00 if received
by September 24, 2011. Rds.: Round 1 at Noon, other games will begin
when all are finished. One half point Byes available upon request prior
to round. ENT: The Archangel 8 Chess Academy, 60F Guilford Ln., Buf-
falo, NY 14221. Advance entries only. arcangel8chess@yahoo.com.
INFO: Mc Duffie, Chess Ambassador, 60F Guilford Ln., Buffalo, NY 14221.
Advance registration entries only! NS. NC. W.
Oct. 9, Marshall Sunday G/60!
4-SS, G/60. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($360
b/24): $160-80, U2000 $65, U1700 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.:
11:15-11:45AM. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7PM. One bye available, request at
entry.
Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA)
See Virginia.
Oct. 10, Marshall Columbus Day Madness!
7-SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th Street, NYC. 212 477-3716. EF:
$45, members $25. ($480/24): $200-100-75, U2000 $55, U1700 $50. Reg.:
11:15-11:45AM. Rds.: 12-1:30-2:45-4-5:45-7-8:15PM. 2 byes available,
request at entry.
Oct. 13, 4 Rated Games Tonight!
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave.,
NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club
membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480
b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1
bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10
min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often
impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game.
Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, Marshall Amateur Championship/Jerry Simon
Memorial!
FIDE rated! 5SS, 30/90, SD/60, Open to U2200 (except former mas-
ters, FIDE titleholders and 2010 qualifiers who scored 50% or
higher in the 2010 Championship). Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC.
212-477-3716. EF: $50, members $30. 1st-3rd,Top U1900: Free Entry into
MCC Championship! 4th-10th place finishers (plus ties) with plus scores
42nd annual NATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS
6 rounds, Nov 25-27 or 26-27, Sheraton City Center Hotel, Philadelphia
$30,000 prize fund guaranteed, 29 trophies!
6 rounds, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds
1-3 G/50). Trophy sections play separate
G/65 schedule (rds 1-2 G/50), Nov 26-27.
Sheraton City Center Hotel, 17th &
Race Sts., Philadelphia PA 19103. 150
GPP (enhanced). In 10 sections:
Premier: Open to 2000/over & juniors
under 18 1800/over. $3000-1500-700-
400-200, clear/tiebreak win $100, U2400
$1400-700. FIDE rated.
U2200: $2000-1000-500-300-200.
U2000: $2000-1000-500-300-200.
U1800: $2000-1000-500-300-200.
U1600: $2000-1000-500-300-200.
U1400: $1400-700-400-300-200.
U1200: $1400-700-400-300-200.
U1000: Trophies to top 8.
U800: Trophies to top 8.
U600: Trophies to top 8.
No unrated may win over $150 in
U1200, $300 U1400, $500 U1600, $700
U1800, or $900 U2000.
uschess.org
See previous issue for TLAs appearing September 1-14
will be eligible to pay for and enter the Marshall CC Championship on Octo-
ber 21. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. 2 options: 3-day, rds 7pm Fri., 12n, 5:30pm
Sat., 12n, 5:30pm Sun; 2-day (rd. 1 G/45), Reg.: 9:15-9:45am, Rd. 1 10am
Saturday, merge rd. 2. One bye avail, request by rd. 3. No re-entries. FIDE
rated (G/45 not FIDE ratable). www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
Oct. 15, Syracuse University Oct Open
4SS. Rds. 1 & 2 G/60; Rds. 3 & 4 G/90. Syracuse University, Hall of Lan-
guages, Room 101. EF: $30. Prizes: (b/20) $200, 125, Class 100. Reg.:
8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30-12:00-2:15-5:30. Contact: Joe Ball 315-436-9008.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 18, Marshall Masters!
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 19-Nov. 16, Marshall Wednesday U2000!
5-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St, NYC. 212-477-3716. EF:
$40, members $20. ($300/20): $160-80, U1700 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm.
Rds.: 7 pm each Wednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshall
chessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 20, 4 Rated Games Tonight!
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave.,
NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club
membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480
b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1
bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10
min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often
impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game.
Oct. 20-Nov. 17, Marshall Thursday Members-Only Swiss!
5-SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to
MCC members only. EF: $20. ($300 b/20): $160-80, U2000 $60. Reg.:
6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Thursday. Limit 2 byes, request by rd. 3.
www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open (NJ)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 21-23 & 29-30, 2011 Marshall Chess Club Championship!
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 23, 34th Binghamton Monthly $1000 Tourney!
Prizes Increased! $1000 b/24. 4SS, Rds. 1-3 G/65 Rd.4 G/75. Entry:
$59. Cash only at site. Reg.: 8:45 to 9:15 AM. Rds.: 9:30, 12:00, 2:30,
4:45. Open: $250, $200, $100. Reserve: $200, $150, $100. Trophies: 1st
4th, both sections. Make checks payable to: Cordisco's Corner
Store, 308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901. (607) 772-8782. cordis-
cos@stny.rr.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 27, 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight!
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 30, Capital Region Open
See Grand Prix.
Unrated may enter U800 to U2200;
Unrated age 14/below may enter U600.
Student/Alumni trophies to top 5
teams of 4 (any sections) representing any
US college, HS, or pre-HS players attend
or have graduated from.
Top 7 sections entry fee: 3-day $108,
2-day $107 mailed by 11/17, all $109
online at chesstour.com by 11/21, $115
phoned to 406-896-2038 by 11/21, $130 at
site. No online or phone entry after 11/21.
U1000, U800, U600 Sections entry
fee: $27 mailed by 11/17, $28 online at
chesstour.com by 11/21, $35 phoned by
11/21, $40 at site.
All: No checks at site, credit cards OK.
Re-entry (except Premier) $60.
Special 1 yr USCF membership with
magazine if paid with entry. Online at
chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult
$20, Scholastic $15. By mail, phone or at
site, Adult $40, YA $30, Scholastic $20.
Nov. 3, 4 Rated Games Tonight!
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave.,
NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club
membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480
b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1
bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10
min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often
impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game.
Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT)
See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com.
Nov. 5, Marshall Saturday G/60!
Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($360/24): $160-80,
U2000 $65, U1700 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45 am.
Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshall
chessclub.org.
Nov. 6, Marshall Super Sunday Action!
5-SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St, NYC. 212-477-3716.Two sections:
A. Open ($360/24): $160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. B. U1500
($240/16): $120-65, U1200 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45
pm. Rds.: 1-2:30-3:45-5:00-6:15. One bye available, request at entry.
www.marshallchessclub.org.
Nov. 7-Dec. 5, Marshall Monday U1600!
5-SS, G/90. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, mem-
bers $20. ($300/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.: 7
pm each Monday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchessclub.
org.Chess Magnet School JGP.
Nov. 10, 4 Rated Games Tonight!
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave.,
NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $35, Club
membs $25, specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480
b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1
bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10
min. before game. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often
impossible! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game.
Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 10th Annual Turkey Bowl (FL)
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 12, 2011 Greater New Haven Fall Open $$1000 b/30 (CT)
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 12, Marshall Saturday U1800!
4-SS, G/45. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300
b/20): $160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45.
Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. www. mar-
shallchessclub.org.
Nov. 12-13 or 13, Marshall November Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 14-Dec. 19, FIDE Mondays!!
6-SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open to
3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds
Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30.
2-day U1200/up: Reg. Sat to 9 am,
rds Sat 10, 12:45, 3:30, 6; Sun 10 & 4:30.
Trophy sections: Reg. Sat to 9 am,
rds Sat 10, 12:45, 3:30, Sun 10, 1, 4.
Half point byes OK all rds, limit 3,
Premier must commit before rd 2, others
before rd 4.
Bring set, board, clock if possible-
none supplied. Nov. ratings used (web
unofficial usually used if otherwise unr).
USCF membership required.
Hotel rates: $97 for 1-4 in room, 215-
448-2000, reserve by Nov 11. Parking
$10/day with guest room, else $20 (garage
next to hotel may cost much less).
Entry: Continental Chess, Box 249,
Salisbury Mills NY 12577. Optional entry
form faces Chess Life inside back cover.
Advance entries posted at chesstour.com.
$15 service charge for refunds.
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all players rated 1600 or above. EF: $50, $30 members. $$500 b/20: $175-
125-100, U2000 $100; 2 byes OK, commit before Round 4. Reg.: 6:15-6:45.
Rds.: 7PM each Monday; FIDE rated. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess
Magnet School JGP.
Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress (PA)
See Grand Prix.
Dec. 9-11 or 10-11, New England Senior Open (CT)
See Connecticut.
Dec. 27-29 or 28-29, 30th annual Empire City Open
See Grand Prix.
Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, 44th annual Liberty Bell Open (PA)
See Grand Prix.
North Carolina
Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class
Championships (VA)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 8, K-12 Individual Event Celebrates National Chess Day
(Wake Forest, NC) First Time Tournament Players Welcome! Small
Groups of 4 players per section. Game 30 means each player gets 30 min-
utes of clock time. Sets and clocks provided on site, Good odds of
winning with 1st place trophy and 2nd place medal for each section. $20
when Registered Online: ChessAchieves.com, (919) 272-8017.
Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA)
See Virginia.
North Dakota
Oct. 1-2, 5th Annual Chessnuts Challenge Open
See Grand Prix.
Ohio
Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open (KY)
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 17, House of Chess Open
4SS, G/45. House of Chess, Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, OH (W
of JC Penny). Sections: Open, U1600. Reg.: 11-11:25 AM. Rds.: 11:30-
1:15-3:30-5:15. 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: info@houseofchess.com. Web: www.thehouseof
chess.com/.
Progress with Chess, 12200 Fairhill Rd., Cleveland, OH 44120. Info:
www.Progresswithchess.org. Contact: Mike Joelson 216-321-7000.
Oct. 2-Apr. 2, Inaugural Season of the New Columbus Chess League!
4-board team tournament (up to 4 alternates), G/75, 2 rounds per month
October thru April. Sections of 8 teams by rating. Trophy prizes. EF:
$70/team plus $50 refundable deposit. Advance entries only, deadline
9/18. Full details & entry form at: www.neilley.com/chess. Chess
Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 8, National Chess Day: Toledo OCT Swiss
Open, 4SS, Rnd. 1 G/75, Rnds. 2-4 G/90. The University of Toledo Health
Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Caf, 3000 Arlington Ave.,
Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by
10/6 $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360
b/20, $100-50, 1st Class A ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James
Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 15, Cincinnati Scholastic Chess Series
5th season begins at Sycamore High School, 7400 Cornell Road, Mont-
gomery (Cincinnati), OH 45242. Other tournaments in series: Nov 5 and
Dec 10, 2011; Jan 7, Feb 11 and Mar 3, 2012. 4SS. 5 sections: K-3 U500,
K-6 U800, K-6 Open, 7-12 U1100, K-12 Open. (Note: K-12 Open G/45; all
others G/30.) Complete information at: www.chessinati.com or call Doug
513-484-3768.
Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 12, Toledo Nov Swiss
Open, 4SS, Rnd 1 G/75, Rnds 2-4 G/90. The University of Toledo Health
Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Caf, 3000 Arlington Ave.,
Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by
11/10 $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 b/20,
$100-50, 1st Class A ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James
Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oklahoma
Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open (NM)
See Grand Prix.
Pennsylvania
Every Second Saturday of the Month
Allentown 2nd Saturday Quads 3RR, G/40. St. Luke's
Ev. Luth. Church, 417 N. 7th St., Allentown, PA 18102.
Quads open to all. EF: $12. $$24/quad. Reg.: 12-1, Rds.:
Every Saturday Lehigh Valley Super Quads & G/10 (QC)
(NO QUADS OR BLITZ ON LVCA GRAND PRIX DATES LISTED IN CHESS
LIFE) G/40 Quads, 3-RR. Reg.: 1p. Lehigh County Senior Ctr., 1633 Elm
St., Allentown, PA 18102. EF: $10, $30 for 3-0 score, else $25 for 1st. G/10
Quick Chess, 5-SS, Reg.: 5-6:15 pm. EF: $5, Prizes: 50% of Paid Entries.
Info: bdavis@lehighvalleychess.org, www.lehighvalleychess.org/.
Sept. 17, LCO Quads
3RR, G/75. Clarion Hotel, 300 Meadow Ave., Scranton, PA (exit 184 off
I-81). EF: $30, $$60 1st ea. sect., or choice of 2yr USCF memb renewal.
Reg.: 8:30-9:45. Rds.: 10-1-4. Entries/Info: Bernie Sporko, 127 S. Main
St., Carbondale, PA 18407, ph: 570-282-2793, cell: 570-604-2461.
basp0529@verizon.net. Online entries acc thru PayPal.
Sept. 17-18, Lackawanna County Open
5-SS, Rd 1-3: G/75, Rd 4-5: G/90. Clarion Hotel, 300 Meadow Ave.,
Scranton, PA (Exit 184 off I-81). $$440 (b/20): $150-100-75, U1800
$65, U1400/unr $50, plus trophies. EF: $35 rec by 9/16, $40 at site (unrat-
eds free, $5 off for traveling 30 miles). Reg.: 8:30-9:45. Rds.: Sat.
10-1-4, Sun. 9:30-1. Entries/Info: Bernie Sporko, 127 S. Main St., Car-
bondale, PA 18407, ph: 570-282-2793, cell: 570-604-2461. basp0529@
verizon.net. Online entries acc thru PayPal. Byes available request by rd.
3. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Sept. 18, 52nd Pittsburgh Chess League
30/90, SD/1. Wm Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA
15213. Monthly 4-player team event from Sept. to Apr. EF: $50/team by
9/15. Rds.: 2pm. Ent/Info:Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport St, Pittsburgh, PA
15223-2245, martinak_tom_m@hotmail.com, www.pitt.edu/~schach/.
W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Sept. 24, 5th Annual Greater Pocono Scholastic Championship
(7 Trophy's) 5-SS, G/30. EF: $25, $30 CASH ONLY after 9/21/11. 2 Sec-
tions: K-12 Open, K-12 U1000, Trophy's to 1st-3rd each section and Top
School. FREE ENTRY TO UNRATEDS, if paying 1 year USCF Dues, Rds.:
10-11:15-12:30-1:45-3. Reg. Ends: 9:30am. Site: Pocono Mountain East
High School, 200 Pocono Mountain School Rd., Swiftwater, PA 18370. Ent:
Check payable "PMCPA", Mail Ent: DanTartaglione, 503 OverlookTerrace,
Stroudsburg, PA 18360. Info: www.PMECHESS.com.
Sept. 24-25, 2011 Ira Lee Riddle Memorial Pa State Champ.
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 1, W.Chester 1st Sat. Quads
Our 22nd year! 3RR, 40/80, sd/30. United Methodist Church, 129 S. High
St., West Chester, PA 19382. EF: $20. Prizes: $$40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9am.
Rds.: 9:30, 1, 4:30. Info: Jim White 484-678-3164.
Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class

1:15-2:45-4:15. No adv. ent. Info: 610-433-6518. Other

Sept. 24, Progress with Chess Monthly Open Championships (VA)

rated events every week! www.freewebs.com/allentown

4SS, G/30. Fairhill Center, 12200 Fairhill Rd., Cleveland, OH 44120. EF: See Grand Prix.

centercitychessclub.
$15. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30. Open/Reserve (U-1500) $250 Oct. 8, 2011 PA State Game/60 Championship
Guaranteed 1st 100, 2nd $50. Reserve: 1st $65, 2nd $35. Entries: See Grand Prix.

CHECK OUT USCFS CORRESPONDENCE CHESS RATED EVENTS!

2011 Open Correspondence Chess Golden Knights Championship CORRESPONDENCE CHESS MATCHES (TWO PLAYERS)
Two or six-game options. ENTRY FEE: $5.
th $1,000 F IRST P RIZE
USCF s 64 (plus title of USCFs Golden Knights Champion and plaque) Win A Correspondence Chess Trophy

ANNUAL 2nd place $600 3rd place $400 4th place $300 5th place $200
Four-player, double round-robin with class-level pairings.
1st-place winner receives a trophy.
6th thru 10th place $100 each ENTRY FEE: $25 ENTRY FEE: $10.
These USCF Correspondence Chess events are rated and open to all USCF members who reside on the North American continent, Victor Palciauskas Prize Tournaments
islands, or Hawaii, as well as those USCF members with an APO or FPO address. USCF members who reside outside of the North Seven-player class-level pairings, one game with each
American continent are welcome to participate in e-mail events. Your USCF membership must remain current for the duration of of six opponents.
the event, and entry fees must be paid in U.S. dollars. Those new to USCF Correspondence Chess, please estimate your strength: 1st-place winner receives $130 cash prize and a certificate
Class A: 1800-1999 (very strong); Class B: 1600-1799 (strong); Class C: 1400-1599 (intermediate); Class D: 1399 and below signed by Victor Palciauskas.
ENTRY FEE: $25.
(beginner level). Note: Prize fund based on 300 entries and may be decreased proportionately per number of entries assigned.
John W. Collins Memorial Class Tournaments
Four-player, double round-robin with class-level pairings
(unrateds welcome).
2011 E-mail Correspondence Chess Electronic Knights Championship 1st-place winner receives a John W. Collins certificate.
ENTRY FEE: $7.
(Seven-player sections, one game with each of six opponents.)
USCF s 8
th
$700 FIRST PRIZE
ANNUAL (plus title of USCFs Electronic Knights Champion and plaque)
E-MAIL RATED EVENTS (NEED E-MAIL ACCESS):
Lightning Match
2nd place $400 3rd place $300 4th thru 10th place $100 each ENTRY FEE: $25 Two players with two or six-game option. ENTRY FEE: $5.
These USCF Correspondence Chess events are rated and open to all USCF members with e-mail access. Your USCF Swift Quads
membership must remain current for the duration of the event, and entry fees must be paid in U.S. dollars. Maximum Four-player, double round-robin format.
number of tournament entries allowed for the year for each player is ten. Note: Prize fund based on 200 entries 1st-place prize merchandise credit of $30.
and may be decreased proportionately per number of entries assigned. ENTRY FEE: $10.
Walter Muir E-Quads (webserver chess)
TO ENTER: 800-903-USCF(8723) OR FAX 931-787-1200 OR ON-LINE AT WWW.USCHESS.ORG Four-player, double round-robin e-mail format tournament
with class-level pairings.
Name_________________________________________ USCF ID#_______________________________________ 1st-place receives a certificate.
Address _______________________________________ City___________________ State ___ ZIP ____________ ENTRY FEE: $7.
Phone __________________________ E-mail____________________________________ Est. Rating __________ Please circle event(s) selected.
Credit card # (VISA, MC, Disc., AMEX) _________________________________________ Exp. date ________________
If using VISA, need V-code ________________
Check here if you do not wish to have an opponent who is incarcerated. NOTE: Except for Lightning Matches, Swift Quads, Walter
*Note: This may slow down your assignment. Muir E-Quads & Electronic Knights, players will use post
office mail, unless opponents agree to use e-mail.
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO U.S. CHESS AND MAIL TO: JOAN DUBOIS, USCF, PO BOX 3967, CROSSVILLE, TN 38557

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Oct. 8, MasterMinds CC 2nd Saturday Swiss/Quads
Blair Christian Academy, 220 W. Upsal St., Philadelphia, PA. Quads
40/80 SD/30 TD/5. EF: $20 cash, Perfect score winner $50 else $40. Rd
1 10AM then asap. Scholastic SS, EF $15 rec'd by Thursday before, $25
at the door. 3 sections Rd 1 10AM then asap: K-12: 3SS, G/60TD/5 1st,
2nd, 3rd, top under 1200, top unrated; K-8: 4SS G/40TD/5.1st, 2nd, 3rd,
top under 800, top unrated; K-6: 4SS, G/40 TD/5.1st, 2nd, 3rd, top
under 600, top under 400, top unrated. 1st & 2nd school & club trophies.
All: Reg. ends 9:30am. Ent: MasterMinds CC, 36 E. Hortter St., Philadel-
phia, PA 19119. Checks made payable to: MasterMinds CC. Info:
Bradley Crable, 215-844-3881, info@mastermindschess.org, or www.
mastermindschess.org.
Oct. 8, National Chess Day Blitz (QC) (VA)
See Virginia.
Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600 (VA)
See Virginia.
Oct. 21-23 or 22-23, 2nd annual Boardwalk Open (NJ)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 23, PCL October Quick Quads (QC)
3RR, G/15. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh,
PA 15213. EF: $10, $7 juniors. $20 to 1st/quad. Reg.: 11-11:15am. Rds.:
11:30am-Noon-12:30pm. Info: martinak_tom_m@hotmail.com, 412-
908-0286. W.
Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT)
See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com.
Nov. 19-20, 2011 Delaware State Open Championship (DE)
See Delaware.
Nov. 25-27 or 26-27, 42nd annual National Chess Congress
See Grand Prix.
Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, 44th annual Liberty Bell Open
See Grand Prix.
Rhode Island
Cranston Chess Club Monthly
Every Tuesday. 4SS, 40/70, SD/30. Garden City Center, Cranston. EF:
$5/game (club mbrs: $3/game). Reg.: 6:30-6:50pm; email preferred. Rds.:
1st 4 Tuesdays of the month, 7pm sharp! 5th Tuesday extra rated games
and events. One bye rd 1-3; if notified in advance. Prizes based on
entries. Info: www.cranstonchess.org, 401-575-1520. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
October BK Tournament for Kids
Reg.: www.richess.org, rhodeislandchess@yahoo.com, (401)359-1602.
Sept. 17, 114th Rhode Island Pawn Eater
4SS, G/60. RI College, Providence, RI 02908. Sections & Prizes: $500
b/50: OPEN, U1900, U1500. EF: $25 by 9/15, $30 at site. REGISTER
ONLINE at www.rhodeislandchess.org. Reg.: 9-9:30, Rd 1 at 9:30. Entries
after 9:30 get 1/2 point bye. Ent: RI Chess, P.O. Box 40604, Providence,
RI 02940. Site tel. (401) 837-1302. NS. NC. W.
Nov. 12, 2011 Greater New Haven Fall Open $$1000 b/30 (CT)
See Grand Prix.
Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT)
See Connecticut.
South Carolina
Oct. 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd Annual National Chess Day and Festival
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 72nd S.C. Championships
See Grand Prix.
South Dakota
Oct. 8, 2011 Split Rock Scholastic (4th Annual) National Chess Day
Event!
Garretson School, 505 2nd St., Garretson, SD 57030. 4-sections, K-3,
K-5, K-8, K-12. 5-rounds G/40 except K-12, 4-round G/60. Trophies to
top seven individual in K-3, K-5, K-8, top five individual in K-12.Team tro-
phies to top five in K-3, K-5, K-8, top three in K-12. Team scores based
on top four players from same school. Tiebreaks for trophies. Reg.:
7:30-8:30 am $10 if pre-registered, $20 on-site, USCF membership
required. Rds.: 9, 10:30 am, 12:30, 2, 3:30 pm, for K-3, K-5, K-8. 9, 11
am, 1, 3 pm for K-12. Boards/timers provided. Info: GM Alex Yermolin-
sky at Yermo@sio.midco.net, or Bob Boland at ksamaboland@gmail.com,
(605) 201-4729. For registration forms/flier "upcoming events" at
www.siouxempirechess.com or www.sdchess.org.
Tennessee
Sept. 16-18 or 17-18, 4th annual Louisville Open (KY)
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 16-18, Greater Memphis Open
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 7-9, Memphis Celebrates National Chess Day!
For 3 days,The Memphis Chess Club will host tournaments and promote
chess in the community at locations throughout the city. Various events
with formats including: G/60, G/15, G/5 and Bughouse! For more infor-
mation about sites and times, go to MemphisChess.com. Contact:
gpylant@gmail.com. Phone: (901)359-8616. Mail: Memphis Chess Club
Inc., PO Box 17864, Memphis, TN 38187-0864.
Oct. 8, 2011 Cumb. Co. Fall Open
Cumberland Co. Community Complex, 1398 Livingston Rd., Crossville,TN
38555. In 2 Sections, Open: 4SS, G/60, $$GTD: $50. 25-X,A,B,C,D,E/Below.
Amateur: 4SS, G/60, Open to U1000 & under. $$GTD: $50. 25-G,H/Below.
ALL: EF: $10 if mailed by 10/3, $15 at site. Memb. Req'd: TCA $10. ENT:
Harry D Sabine, P. O. Box 381, Crossville, TN 38557. INFO:
www.cumberlandcountychess.com or Susan at 931-261-4024. NS. W.
Nov. 11-13 or 12-13, 20th annual Kings Island Open (OH)
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 25-27, 52nd Mid-South Open
See Grand Prix.
Texas
Sept. 17-18, DCC FIDE OPEN IX
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 24-25, Fall Open
Hornbeak Bldg, 2nd floor, 4450 Medical Dr., San Antonio,TX 78229. 4-SS,
30/90, SD/60. $$1,100 b/40 full entries, 2 sections. Open: $250-150,
U2100 $100, U1900 $100. Reserve (U1800): $150-100, U1700 $100,
U1500 $75, U1300/unr. $75. Unr. may play for top Open prizes or
U1300/unr. only. EF: $40 if rec'd by 9/22, $45 at site. Option: play for 1/2
prizes, EF $20 by 9/22, $25 at site, counts as 1/2 entry towards based-
on. Reg.: 11 am.-12:30 p.m., Rds.: 1-6, 10-3. Swap & shop used books,
equip. 10:30 a.m.-noon. Half-pt. bye any one rd., notice before rd. 2.

Membership Appreciation Program (MAP)

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

Overall Affiliate Standings Adult Membership Standings

Name State Count Name State Count
CONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN NY 668 CONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN NY 510
PAPERCLIP PAIRINGS TX 474 CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CTR MO 75
BAY AREA CHESS CA 377 MARSHALL CHESS CLUB NY 75
SILVER KNIGHTS PA 204 DALLAS CHESS CLUB TX 70
TRI-STATE CHESS NY 191 JERSEY SHORE HS CHESS LEAGUE NJ 70
WESTERN PA YOUTH CHESS CLUB PA 187 SAN DIEGO CHESS CLUB CA 64
LONG ISLAND CHESS NUTS NY 185 PAPERCLIP PAIRINGS TX 43
DALLAS CHESS CLUB TX 178 BOCA RATON CHESS CLUB FL 42
SCHOLASTIC CHESS OF INDIANA IN 158 BAY AREA CHESS CA 40
BOCA RATON CHESS CLUB FL 128 LOS ANGELES CHESS CLUB CA 40
Small State Affiliate Standings Scholastic and Youth Membership Standings
Name State Count Name State Count
MAINE ASSOC OF CHESS COACHES ME 123 PAPERCLIP PAIRINGS TX 431
METRO CHESS DC 72 BAY AREA CHESS CA 337
SIOUX EMPIRE CHESS FOUNDATION SD 48 TRI-STATE CHESS NY 189
NEW MEXICO SCHOL CHESS ORG NM 33 SILVER KNIGHTS PA 187
OMAHA CHESS COMMUNITY NE 31 WESTERN PA YOUTH CHESS CLUB PA 178
CMC- LLC RI 23 LONG ISLAND CHESS NUTS NY 173
MESA CHESS CLUB NM 21 CONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN NY 158
ST MARYS PARISH SCHOOL CC ME 15 SCHOLASTIC CHESS OF INDIANA IN 128
WELLS MEMORIAL SCHOOL NH 14 DALLAS CHESS CLUB TX 108
LONE KINGS CHESS CLUB NM 13 RIDERWOOD CHESS CLUB MD 107
State Chapter Affiliate Standings Member Standings
Name State Count Name State Count
MICHIGAN CHESS ASSOCIATION MI 317 DOCKERY, JOHN T FL 57
PENNSYLVANIA ST CHESS FED PA 176 STALLINGS, JAY S CA 26
MINNESOTA ST CHESS ASSN MN 132 CAMPBELL, TIM V MO 25
MASSACHUSETTS CHESS ASSOC MA 65 SYGIEL, CHET KY 24
NEW JERSEY ST CHESS FED NJ 56 BERRY, FRANK K OK 23
MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION MD 56 RYAN, BEN J NE 17
KENTUCKY CHESS ASSOCIATION KY 54 MCDONALD, THOMAS D TX 15
NEW HAMPSHIRE CHESS ASSN NH 50 LARSON, GERALD A AL 10
TENNESSEE CHESS ASSOCIATION TN 30 THOMAS, KENNETH NJ 10
VIRGINIA CHESS FEDERATION VA 28 FUSSELMAN, LEONARD TX 9

PCT Gain Standings

State Dec09 Jul11 PCT State Dec09 Mar11 PCT State Dec09 Jul11 PCT State Dec09 Jul11 PCT
VT 207 269 30.0 DE 177 191 7.9 TERR 84 88 4.8 CT 1164 1203 3.4
RI 247 288 16.6 WV 278 298 7.2 ID 169 177 4.7
DC 190 221 16.3 NE 294 314 6.8 VA 2694 2804 4.1

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Entries: SACC, 9306 Autumn Sunrise, San Antonio, TX 78254. Info:
sanantoniochess.com, jphyltin@yahoo.com. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 or Oct. 1-2, 2011 U.S. Class Championships
See Nationals.
Oct. 22-23, Temple Chess Club Fall Swiss
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 12, Scholastic Turkey Tournament
5SS, G/30 no delay. Sloan Creek Middle School, 440 Country Club Rd.,
Fairview, TX 75069. EF: $20 if postmarked by 11/4/11, otherwise $50,
registration 8:00-8:30. R1 at 9:00AM, all others ASAP. Checks payable
to: Sloan Creek Chess. Eight Sections: Primary PreK - 3rd U300; Pri-
mary PreK-3rd Open; 4th8th Grades U500, 4th-8th Grades 500-U800;
4th-8th Grades Open; 9th-12th Grades U800; 9th-12th Grades Open; Indi-
vidual trophies each section:1st, 2nd, 3rd place trophies, 4th place
receives frozen turkey. 1st & 2nd place team trophies in each section. Rib-
bons! Side events. Snacks, baked potatoes, pizza, drinks. Contact Debbie
972-658-8708 or email SloanCreekChess@aol.com.
Feb. 23-26 or 25-26, Southern Rocky Fide Open (NM)
See Grand Prix.
Utah
Sept. 24, Utah TEAM Championship
(3 player teams) 4SS, Two Sections: Open & U-1400. U-1400 = team
avg. 1399 & below with no restrictions as to how teams are formed. St.
James Episcopal Church, 7486 S. Union Park Ave. (1300 E.) Midvale, UT
84047. 6 teams per section, or sections will be combined. EF:
Advance EF = $45 per team. $36 for K-12 in U-1400. $30 for Family teams
in both sections. All teams $15 more on-site. Info in by Thu. Sep.22 is
advanced, can pay on Saturday. Time Controls: G/60 td/5. Rds.: 10AM,
12:15, 3:45 6:00. $$: B/6 teams PER section: Open: $150, $50; U1400:
$90, $30. IndividualTrophies to topTeam in each section.Trophies forTop
bd. 1,2,3, in each section. Medals forTop club, college HS, JHS, Elem. and
Family. Reg.: Open 9AM-9:40. Mail paid entries and/or info to: Morry
Holland, 1470 E. Valley Ridge Dr.,Sandy, UT 84093. Please make checks
payable to: Utah Chess Assoc, and indicate which section you would like.
Entry info to: Mochess@comcast.net or 801-864-9023. More info at
www.utahchess.com.
Vermont
A State Championship Event!
Oct. 22-23, 2011 Vermont Open
3-SS, G/85 (Sat.); 2-SS, G/120 (Sun.); play either day or both days. Ils-
ley Public Library, 75 Main St., Middlebury, VT. EF: $24 per day; $3 less
if paid in advance. $$G: 100% of EFs each day. State champ titles (over-
all & amateur) to top 2 Vermonters. Reg.: 8:50-9:40 a.m., Rds.: 10-2-5:30,
10-3. Ent: Parker Montgomery, PO Box 831, Middlebury, VT 05753-0831;
greenmonty@earthlink.net; cell phone 603-499-2139.
Oct. 30, Capital Region Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
Dec. 10-11, 8th annual New England Scholastic Championships (CT)
See Connecticut.
Virginia
Arlington Chess Club Friday Night USCF Rating Ladder
30/90, SD/1. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington
Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203. Ladder has been running for over 45 years,
now win money too! Most monthly game points: $50; most total points
Jan. to Dec.: $100. Must join club to play. Yearly dues: $50 adults, $40
seniors and U18, cash or check. Dates found on our website:
http://members.cox.net/arlingtonchessclub/. Reg.: weekly sign-up from
7:00-8:00, games start by 8:10, no advance entries. Contact for info only:
Chrisney2@gmail.com. W, NS. Chess Magnet School JGP (if 4
rounds/games played in that one month).
Arlington Chess Club's Monthly Action Tournament
Once each month, the ACC sponsors an action tournament (dates found
on our website: http://members.cox.net/arlingtonchessclub/.) 3SS,
G/30. Prizes b/entries: 80% returned as prizes. Held concurrently with
club ladder. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington
Blvd., Arlington, VA 22202. Reg.: 7:00-8:15. Rd. 1: 8:20. EF: $15 ($10 for
ACC Members), no advance entries, cash only. Contact for info only: chris-
ney2@gmail.com. W. NS.
FOREIGN RATING?
NOT UNRATED!
If you have no USCF rating, but do have
a rating or category from any other coun-
try, no matter how many years ago, you are
not unrated.
If you have a FIDE rating, you are also not
unrated.
Tell the Director of any event you enter
about your foreign rating or category or
your FIDE rating, so that you can be paired
appropriately.
68 Chess Life September 2011
Sept. 10, Kingstowne Quad #77/Action-Plus #49
KingstowneThompson Center, 6090 Kingstowne Village Pkwy., Alexandria,
VA 22315. 2 Events. Quad #77: 3RR, G/100. EF: $10 if received by 9/7,
$15 at site. Prizes: Medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to 1st if 3-
0 score, else silver; bronze to 2nd. Rds.: 11-3-7. Action-Plus #49: 5SS,
G/45. EF: $15 if received by 9/7, $20 at site. Prizes $$250 b/20: $100-
60, U1800-U1400-Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-3-5-7. Both: Reg. 9-10:30.
Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 2902, Springfield, VA
22152. e-mail (info only): dm407_92@hotmail.com. W(please give 48-
hour notice if needed).
Sep. 24, Sterling Chess September Setup
4SS, G/61. St. Francis Episcopal Church, Harris Hall, 9220 Georgetown
Pike, Great Falls, VA 22066. EF: $4 if preregistered by 9/22, $6 there-
after. Unrateds free. Pay on site. No prizes; rating only. Preregister
online at www.meetup.com/sterling-chess-tournaments. Reg.: 11:30-
12:00. Rds.: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:30. Bye: Half-point, any round. Info:
news@serranoassociates.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10, 6-9, 7-9 or 8-9, 2nd annual Continental Class
Championships
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 8, National Chess Day Blitz (QC)
4SS, double round (8 games), G/5. Hyatt Regency Crystal City (see Con-
tinental Class), 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA22202. $500
prize fund based on 30 entries, else proportional. $$ 150-yo-40, top
U2100 $90, U1800 $80, U1500/Unr $70. EF: $20, at site only. Reg. ends
Sat. 10:45 pm, rds. 11-11:30-12-12:30. Bye: OK round 1. Bring sets,
boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. Ent: At site only. Quick-rated
(will not affect regular ratings), but higher of regular or quick used for
pairings & prizes.
Oct. 10, Continental Under 1600
4SS, G/65. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA 22202. Open to under 1600 or unrated. $1000 prize fund
based on 30 entries (unrated count half), else proportional, with $500 (half
each prize) minimum guaranteed. $$ 300-150-70, top U1400 $140-70,
U1200 $120-60, U1000 $90. No unrated may win over $150. EF: $40,
unrated $20, at site only. Reg. ends Mon. (Columbus Day) 9:30 am, rds.
10-1-3:30-6:30. Bye: OK round 1. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possi-
ble- none supplied. HR: See Continental Class. Special chessrate valet
parking $6/day, with or without guest room. Unofficial ratings usually
used if otherwise unrated. Ent: At site only. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 15, Kingstowne Quad #78/Action-Plus #50
Kingstowne Snyder Center, 6450 S. Van Dorn St., Alexandria, VA 22315.
2 Events. Quad #78: 3RR, G/100. EF: $10 if received by 10/12, $15 at
site. Prizes: Medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to 1st if 3-0
score, else silver; bronze to 2nd. Rds.: 11-3-7. Action-Plus #50: 5SS,
G/45. EF: $15 if received by 10/12, $20 at site. Prizes $$250 b/20: $100-
60, U1800-U1400-Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-3-5-7. Both: Reg. 9-10:30.
Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 2902, Springfield, VA
22152. e-mail (info only): dm407_92@hotmail.com. W(please give 48-
hour notice if needed).
Oct. 16, Kingstowne October Octagons (QC)
7RR, G/20, 8-player sections. Kingstowne Snyder Center, 6450 S. Van Dorn
St., Alexandria, VA 22315. EF: $15 plus $10 security if received by 10/12,
$20 plus $10 security at site. Security returned upon completion of last
round. Prizes: $50-30-20 each section. Rds.: 11-12-1:30-2:30-3:30-
4:30-5:30. Reg.: 9-10:30. Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O.
Box 2902, Springfield, VA 22152. W. (Please give 72-hour notice if
needed).
Oct. 22, Sterling Chess October Option
4SS, G/61. St. Francis Episcopal Church, Harris Hall, 9220 George-town
Pike, Great Falls, VA 22066. Two sections: Open $$85 b/16, 50/25/10.
U1200, medal to winner. EF: Open $6, U1200 $5. Unrateds free. Prereg-
ister online at www.meetup.com/sterling-chess-tournaments. Pay on
website. Reg.: 11:30-12:00. Rds.: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:30. Info:
news@serranoassociates.com. Bye: Half-point, any round. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
Oct. 29-30, 26th Emporia Open
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 4-6 or 5-6, Eastern Team Championship (CT)
See Connecticut or www.chesstour.com.
Nov. 5-6, 16th Annual Northern Virginia Open
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 12, Kingstowne Quad #79/Action-Plus #51
KingstowneThompson Center, 6090 Kingstowne Village Pkwy., Alexandria,
VA 22315. 2 Events. Quad #79: 3RR G/100. EF: $10 if received by
PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS
HEALTH AND BENEFITS FUND
Many Grand Prix tournament organizers will
contribute $1 per player to the Profes-
sional Health & Benefits Fund. All Grand
Prix tournaments which participate in this
program are entitled to be promoted to the
next higher Grand Prix categoryfor exam-
ple, a six-point tournament would become
a 10-point tournament. Points in the top
category are promoted 50%.
11/9, $15 at site. Prizes: Medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to
1st if 3-0 score, else silver; bronze to 2nd. Rds.: 11-3-7. Action-Plus #51:
5SS G/45. EF: $15 if received by 11/9, $20 at site. Prizes $$250 b/20:
$100-60, U1800-U1400-Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-3-5-7. Both: Reg. 9-
10:30. Ent (checks payable to): Don W. Millican, P.O. Box 2902, Springfield,
VA 22152. Email (info only): dm407_92@hotmail.com. W(please give
48-hour notice if needed).
Washington
Jan. 13-16, 14-16 or 15-16, 3rd annual Golden State Open (CA-N)
See Grand Prix.
Wisconsin
Oct. 1, Madison Rated Beginner Open (RBO)
D240 Downtown MATC Campus, 211 N Carroll St., Madison WI 53703. In
2 Sections, Open: 5SS, G/30, EF: $15 adv/$20 at site. $$: $70-30. Tro-
phies 1st/2nd/3rd Overall, 1st/2nd U1000/U800/Unr. Reserve: 5SS,
G/30, Open to Age 12 or less. EF: $12 adv/$20 at site. Prizes: Trophies
1st/2nd for ages 11-12/9-10/7-8/6&Under. ALL: Open to 1199 & under.
Reg.: 7:30am. Mail to 2025 E Johnson St, Madison, WI 53704. Rds.: 8:15-
9:25-10:35-12:05-1:15. ENT: George Alexander, 608-669-3385. INFO:
checkmate@tds.net. http://sites.google.com/site/madisonchess. NS.
NC. W.
Oct. 8, 2011 ORCA National Chess Day - Fall Seasonal Series Tour-
nament
4SS, G/60. Christ Church, 13460 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon, WI
53097. 2 Sections: Open/Reserve (under 1500). Reg.: 9:00-9:45.
Rds.: 10:00, 1:00, 3:15, 5:30. EF: $10 until 9/17, $15 on site. Prizes: 80%
of receipts less expenses. Info: www.orcachess.org or admin@orcachess.
org.
Oct. 8, National Chess Day: Badger Open Scholastic U1200 RBO
Country Springs Hotel, Water Park-Convention Center, 2810 Golf Road,
Waukesha, WI 53187-2269. Conveniently located alongside I-94. Reser-
vations: 262-547-0201. Ask for special chess rates ($109 wo/water
park passes, $119 with) and mention the Waukesha Chess Club/Badger
Open. Reserve before 10/28. Open to all USCF Scholastic Players in
K-12 Schools rated 1200 and under. Trophies to Top 3 Teams U1200,
U/700 and Unrated K-3. Individual Trophies to Top 5 and Medals to 6th-
20th. EF: $15 Advance (by 10/30) $20 thereafter. 1-Day, 6 Rd SS,TC G/30
Sat Rds start at: 9:30 a.m. On-site Reg: 8:00-8:45 One 1/2 point bye
available in Rds 1-5 (request prior to Rd 1). Mail Advance Entries to:
Waukesha Chess Club, Attn: Badger Open, 1911 Stardust Drive, Wauke-
sha, WI 53186. Checks to: Waukesha Chess Club. Printable entry form
and details available at www.waukeshachessclub.org or www.wscachess.
org.
A Heritage Event!
Oct. 8-9, National Chess Day: 42nd Badger Open
Country Springs Hotel, Water Park-Convention Center, 2810 Golf Road,
Waukesha, WI 53187-2269. Conveniently located alongside I-94. Reser-
vations: 262-547-0201. Ask for special chess rates ($109 wo/water
park passes, $119 with) and mention the Waukesha Chess Club/Badger
Open. Reserve before 10/28. $1200 Prize Fund, 2 Sections Open
and Reserve. Prizes: Open: 1st $250, 2nd $150, balance divided by
(based on number of players) in class A-F. EF: $35 Advance (by 10/30)
$40 thereafter ($5 discount for Seniors over 60 and Youth U/20). Reserve
(U1400). $$ B/50 Entries in O/R, so prize often grows. 2-Day 5 Rd SS,
TC: G/120. On-site Reg.: 9:00-9:45. Rds.: Sat. 10-2:30-7, Sun. 10-2:30.
One 1/2 point bye available in Rds 1-4 (request prior to Rd 1). Mail
Advance Entries to: Waukesha Chess Club, Attn: Badger Open, 1911 Star-
dust Drive, Waukesha, WI 53186. Checks to: Waukesha Chess Club.
Printable entry form and details available at www.waukeshachessclub.org
or www.wscachess.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 14-16 or 15-16, 20th annual Midwest Class Championships (IL)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 22, Hales Corners Challenge XIV
See Grand Prix.
A State Championship Event!
Nov. 5-6, 2011-2012 Wisconsin Junior Open
Gruenhagen Conference Center, UW-Oshkosh, Corner of High and Osce-
ola St., Oshkosh, WI 54901. 2012 Denker/Barber/Girls qualifier; Open
to youth born after 11/5/1990. In 4 Sections, Open: 5SS, G/120, EF: $16
in advance by 11/1; $21 at site. Prizes:Top 5,Top 3 each 1300, 1200 and
1100, Top 4 Under 1100 and Top 3 Unrated. Reserve (Under 1100 or
Unrated): 5SS, G/120, EF: $15 in advance by 11/1; $20 at site. Prizes:
Top 5, Top 3 each 900, 800, 700, Under 700 and top four Unrated. Non-
Rated Beginner's Grade 7-12: 5SS, G/120, Open to Grades 7-12. EF:
$12 in advance by 11/1; $17 at site. Prizes: Top 5 places, Top 3 Grade
7-9. Non-Rated Beginner's Grade K-6: 5SS, G/120, Open to Grades K-
6. EF: $11 in advance by 11/1; $16 at site. Prizes: Top 5 places, Top 3
Grade K-3. ALL: Reg: 11/5, 8:45-9:30 A.M. Rds: 10:15-2:30-7:15; 10:00-
3:00. ENT: Mike Nietman, 2 Boca Grande Way, Madison, WI 53719. INFO:
Mike Nietman, 608-467-8510 (before 11/4) mike.nietman@charter.net.
HR: 920-424-1106 $35 double (dorm room) (Mention Chess).
www.wischess.org. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Nov. 5-6, WVA Veteran's Tournament
5SS, G/120. Gruenhagen Conference Center, UW-Oshkosh, Corner of High
and Osceola St., Oshkosh, WI 54901. Open to Age 21 and over. EF: $20
by 11/1; $25 at site. $$b/40 and 3 per class: $150-90. A - $70; B - $60;
C - $50; D - $40; E/Unr - $40. Reg.: 11/5 8:45-9:30 A.M. Rds.: 10:15-2:30-
7:15; 10:00-3:00. Held in conjunction with the WI Junior Open but in a
separate room. ENT: Mike Nietman, 2 Boca Grande Way, Madison, WI
53719. INFO: Mike Nietman, 608-467-8510 (evenings before 11/4)
mike.nietman@charter.net. HR: 920-424-1106 $35 (dorm room) (Men-
tion Chess). www.wischess.org. NS. NC. W.
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Information for Players

rejected or have adjustment points added. TLA ads for entering options. Along with
If not a member, add dues to advance If details are not announced, players wish- entry fee, send full name, address, USCF
USCF MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED FOR ALL EVENTS.

entry fee or pay them with entry fee at
site.
U.S. Championship Qualifier. Tournament
in which qualification spots for the U.S.
Championship are awarded.
American Classic. Generally, an event that
has been held by one organizer for the
last three years and has attracted more
than 400 players each year.
Heritage Event. Tournament held for at
least 25 years.
Quick Chess. Tournaments with time con-
trols of G/5 to G/29. There is a separate
quick or overall rating system that
includes these events, and games played
in these tournaments will not affect a
player's regular rating. Games played with
a time control of G/30 through G/60 will
ing to use such ratings should contact ID number, expiration date, and section
the organizer in advance. desired (if any). Also, give your last official
For foreign players with multiple rat- USCF rating from your magazine label
ings (USCF, FIDE, CFC, FQE, other (first 4 numbers on top row). If you are
foreign), the highest rating is used, with unrated, or have a rating from many years
possible adjustment points added, unless ago, be sure to indicate this. Your official
otherwise announced. USCF rating is on the top line of your
Ratings based on 4-25 games are called mailing label: Regular, Quick, and Corre-
provisional ratings to indicate they are spondence.
less reliable than established ratings. How- Mailed entries are usually not acknowl-
ever, such ratings are valid for pairing edged unless you enclose a self-addressed
and prize purposes at all USCF-rated postcard. If entering online, print confirma-
events, unless otherwise stated. tion of entry. They are refundable if you
A Director may assign an estimated rat- withdraw before Round 1 is paired, unless
ing to any player, and may expel an otherwise stated.
improperly rated player from an event. For National Events, refund requests
must be submitted in writing no later than
Rates listed are often special chess 30 days after the tournament ends. Any
Hotel-Motel Rates

be rated in both the quick/overall system ratesyou must request chess rates or requests made after this date may not be
and the regular system. you will be charged more. The chess rates honored.
may be unavailable if not reserved sev- If You Must Withdraw
In most events, you dont have to win the eral weeks in advance, or if the block of If you enter by mail and cannot attend,
Rating Classes

tournament to win a prizeyou can win a
class prize as a top scorer of your rating
group, or a section prize in a section
restricted to your rating group. These rat-
ing groups are:
Senior Master - 2400 & up
chess rooms is used up. Hotel-desk per- or must drop out of a tournament in
sonnel are often poorly informed about progress, it is important you give notice
chess ratesif that is the case, ask for the before pairings are started, so no one is
Sales Office or contact the tournament deprived of a game. Mail entrants should
organizer. send withdrawal notices at least a week
beforehand phone any later than this.
Along with a pen or pencil and your To withdraw by phone on tournament day,
What to Take to a Tournament

USCF ID card (or current Chess Life), take call the site and ask specifically for the
Master 2200-2399 Class C 1400-1599 Class G 600-799

a chessboard, set, and clock if you have chess tournament. E-mail withdrawals
Expert 2000-2199 Class D 1200-1399 Class H 400-599

them. several days in advance are acceptable if

Class A 1800-1999 Class E 1000-1199 Class I 200-399

Some tournaments use different groups For prizes of $600 or more, bring your the TDs e-mail address is listed. Any later
Class B 1600-1799 Class F 800-999 Class J 199/below

such as 1900-2099, and some have
under prizes or sections including all
below a specified level.
You never lose your rating, no matter
Ratings Information
how long it has been since you last played.
If you return after a long absence, please
tell the director and USCF your approxi-
mate rating and last year of play.
If you have a FIDE rating, or a rating or
category from any other country, no mat-
U.S. Social Security card. If you have no than this, both e-mail your withdrawal
Social Security number, the organizer and call the tournament site as the TD
must deduct 30% from your prize for the might not have access to his (her) e-mail
IRS (this includes foreigners). account. If you forfeit without notice, you
Warning! The use of a cell phone in the may be fined up to the amount of the
tournament room is prohibited at most entry fee.
tournaments. If your cell phone rings in a
room with games in progress, you could be
Tournament Director Certification is an
Tournament Directors
penalized, or even forfeited.
endorsement of professional competence
only. Such certification does not in itself
Entering by mail or online (if available) render any Tournament Director an agent
How to Enter in Advance

ter how many years ago, you are not
unrated. FIDE or foreign ratings may be
Tournament Life Abbreviations & Terms
All tournaments are non-smoking with no comput-
ers allowed unless otherwise advertised by S
and/or C (see below for explanations).
QC: Quick Chess events.
$$Gtd: Guaranteed prizes.
$$b/x: Based-on prizes, x = number of entries
needed to pay full prize fund. At least 50% of the
advertised prize fund of $501 or more must be
awarded.
Bye: Indicates which rounds players who find it
inconvenient to play may take -point byes instead.
For example, Bye 1-3 means -point byes are avail-
able in Rounds 1 through 3.
C: Computers allowed.
CC: Chess club.
EF: Entry fee.
is easier for both you and the tournament of the USCF, nor is any Affiliate an agent
organizer and often costs less. Check the of the USCF.
Enhanced Grand Prix points (see previous
page).
Ent: Where to mail entries.
FIDE: Results submitted to FIDE for possible rat-
ing.
G/: Game in. For instance, G/75 means each side
has 75 minutes for the entire game.
GPP: Grand Prix Points available.
HR: Hotel rates. For example, 60-65-70-75 means
$60 single, $65 twin, $70/3 in room, $75/4 in room.
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Memb. reqd: Membership required; cost fol-
lows. Usually refers to state affiliate.
Open: A section open to all. Often has very strong
players, but some eligible for lower sections can
play for the learning experience.
OSA: Other states accepted. Refers to state dues.
PPHBF: Professional Players Health and Benefits
Fund.
Quad: 4-player round robin sections; similar
strength players.
RBO: Rated Beginners Open.
Rds: Rounds; scheduled game times follow. For
example, 11-5, 9-3 means games begin 11 a.m. &
5 p.m. on the first day, 9 a.m. & 3 p.m. on the sec-
ond day.
Reg: Registration at site.
RR: Round robin (preceded by number of rounds).
S: Smoking allowed.
SASE: For more info, send self-addressed stamped
envelope.
.
SD/: Sudden-death time control (time for rest of
game follows). For example, 30/90, SD/1 means
each player must make 30 moves in 90 minutes,
then complete the rest of the game in an hour.
Section: A division of a tournament, usually exclud-
ing players above a specified rating. Players in a
section face only each other, not those in other
sections.
SS: Swiss-System pairings (preceded by number of
rounds).
T/Dx: Time delay, x = number of seconds.
Unr: Unrated.
USEF: Combined entry fee & USCF dues.
W: Site is accessible to wheelchairs.
WEB: Tournaments that will use a players on-line
rating.

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

CHESS TO ENJOY or Nf5, e.g. 2. ... gxh6 3. Be6+ Kh8 4. Ng6 mate. Problem V.
(page 15) White won after 2. ... Rae8 3. Qb3+ Rf7 4. Re6 Rxe6
5. Bxe6 dxe2 6. Bxf7+. Bd2.
Problem I.
Removing the guard: White is crushed by the
Problem VI. Problem VI.
1. ... Nxg4! prompted resignation because 2. Qxf8+
1. Ng6+! hxg6 2. Qh8+ Ng8 3. Bd6! leaves Black
Kh7 and Black wins with threats on the back row
helpless against threats like Rxg6 followed by Rxg7, undermining 1. ... Rxe2!, when 2. Qxe2 is met by 2.
and f2, e.g. 3. Rd1 Nxf2+ or 3. Qd6 Qb1+ 4. Rd1
e.g, 3. ... Rf6 4. Rxg6 Rxd6 5. Rxg7 or 3. ... Qd8 4. ... Bxf3+.
Nxf2+.
Rxg6 Ndf6 5. Rxf6! Rxf6 6. Rxg7.
Problem II.
White can win with 1. Kb4! because of 1. ... f6 2.
ENDGAME LAB
SOLITAIRE CHESS Benkos Bafflers (page 47)
Ne4+ or 1. ... Kf4 2. Nd3+! Kxg4 3. Nc5 followed by ABCs of Chess (page 17)
Nd7 and winning the pawns with his king. But he Problem I.
Mating net: Black mates by 1. ... Bh2+ 2. Kh1
played 1. Nd3? f6! 2. exf6 Kxf6 and drew (3. Nf2 Kg5 Problem I. 1. Nd5!
4. Kb4 e5 5. Kc4 e4 6. Kd4 Kf4). Too slow is 1. Nd7? Kc2!
Bg3+ 3. Kg1 Qh2 mate. 1. ... Kc1 2. f6
Problem III.

Discovery: The knight is to the discovery 1. ...

1. ... f3! threatens 1. ... f2+ and mates, e.g. 2. Qxf8 Problem II. Ineffective is 2. Nc3? Kc2 3. Nb5 b2 4. Na3+ Kb3 5.
f2+ 3. Bxf2 Qd1+ or 2. Qe7+ Rf7 3. Qxe3 Qxb7. Nb1 Ne4! 5. Kc6 Kc2 7. Na3+ Kc3! Zugzwang 8.
e5+. Nb1+ Kb3! 9. Kd5 Ka2 wins.
Problem IV.
2. ... b2 3. Nc3 Kc2 4. Kd6! Kxc3 5. f7, Draw.
Fork: Black gains the e-pawn by 1. ... Qe3+.
1. Bc5! Qxc5 2. Qe6+ Qd6 3. Ra6+ wins the queen, Problem III.
or 1. ... Rxc5 2. Qe6+ Kb5 3. a4+. In the game, Problem II.

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

Black resigned after 1. ... Qd8 2. b4. Problem IV. 1. 0-0-0+ g1=Q 2. Rxg1+ Kxg1 3. Kb2 dxe4 4. f4
Problem V. exf3 e.p. 5. exf3 Kf2 6. f4 Kf3 7. f5 Kf4 8. f6 Kf5 9.
1. a8=Q! Rxa8 2. Rxh6! threatens to win with Be6+ mate. f7 Kg6 10. f8=R wins.

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