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 Contributors
Dr. Alexey Root, WIM
(First Moves, p. 8) is the author
of five books, including her latest
The Living Chess Game: Fine Arts
Activities for Kids 9-14 (Libraries
Unlimited, Santa Barbara,
California; 2011). She also
teaches college credit courses,
available worldwide via UT
Dallas eLearning, about chess
in education.
Pete Tamburro
(Looks at Books, p. 14) is a
former president of the Chess
Journalists of America and a
frequent contributor to Chess
Life and Chess Life for Kids.
Al Lawrence
(USAT, p. 20) is a former
executive director of both USCF
and the World Chess Hall of
Fame. His latest book with GM
Lev Alburt, Chess for the Gifted
and Busy, can soon be previewed
at www.chesswithlev.com.
FM Kostya Kavutskiy
(USAT, p. 26) is a professional
chess player and a regular
contributor for Chess Life Online.
FM Alex Betaneli (USAT,
p. 28) is the founder and a
co-owner of the Wisconsin
Chess Academy. He is
actively involved in teaching
and promoting chess.
Please visit his site
www.wichessacademy.com.
Harvey Lerman (USAT, p. 30)
is the editor of floridaCHESS.
Macauley Peterson
(Cover Story, p. 32) is a
freelance mediamaker who
reports on chess worldwide.
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Showdown in Saint Louis Boris Gelfand of Israel.
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strongest field in history, and runs GM Ian Rogers.
alongside the U.S. Womens
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Columns

14 LOOKS AT BOOKS
Ode(ious) to Joy
By Pete Tamburro

16 CHESS TO ENJOY
Lapsus Muris
By GM Andy Soltis

18 SOLITAIRE CHESS
One Way or the Other
By Bruce Pandolfini

46 BACK TO BASICS
The Big Clash
By GM Lev Alburt

48 ENDGAME LAB
A Master of the Endgame,
Part II
By GM Pal Benko

PHOTO: AL LAWRENCE
Departments
Zachary Weiner (l) and GM Robert Hess of
Forking with Tebows Knights at the
U.S. Amateur Team East. Story on page 20.

3 PREVIEW
20 USAT
6 COUNTERPLAY
EAST Forking with Tebows Knights
8 FIRST MOVES Tops a Record-Breaking USATE
By Al Lawrence
Its all for the journey and the pursuit of shared glory.
12 USCF AFFAIRS
52 TOURNAMENT LIFE
70 CLASSIFIEDS WEST Forfeit By Disconnection Takes 2012 U.S. Amateur Team
71 SOLUTIONS West
By FM Kostya Kavutskiy

NORTH Chess X-men are Perfect in the North

On The Cover
By FM Alex Betaneli

SOUTH Yo Doy Clase wins USAT South

Iceland has a fascination
with elves. Roads have even
By Harvey Lerman

been diverted so as not to

disturb elf habitat. Yet once 31 CHESS JOURNALISM AWARDS
a year the chess world arrives 2012 Chess Journalism of America Awards
in Reykjavik, including a
dozen Americans this year,
By Joshua Anderson
The annual call for submissions to celebrate the best of chess journalism.
to face the cold, hard, reality
of the 64 squares.

Pictured taking an Icelandic hot

32 COVER STORY

soak (l-r): IM Irina Krush, GM

Chess Burns in Iceland
Robert Hess, GM Maurice Ashley,
By Macauley Peterson

IM John Bartholomew, Einar A group of top American players travel to Iceland and encounter blizzards
Jensson (Jensson is an Icelandic both Icelandic and chessic.
player who served as a tour guide
for the American contingent),
FM Keaton Kiewra, GM Yury
42 2011 YEARBOOK
Shulman. Our annual listing of all that is noteworthy in the USCF this past year.

Cover photo by Macauley Peterson

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Seniors chess
I was just scanning through my March
2012 Chess Life issue last night, starting
with the letters. Imagine my surprise
when I read my original uschess.org forum
thread (Im a long-time chess player...).
I started that thread back in November,
2010 and have seen many interesting
responses from chess players in similar
situations. Some continue to play even
though their ratings have dropped 200
points from their peak because they enjoy
the game so much, others have given up
tournament play for various reasons. It
was interesting to read about all the play-
ers who had a similar story to mine.
Personally, Im playing more now than
ever before because I enjoy it more than
I did 20 years ago.
I think the USCF does an excellent job
of introducing children to the game. It was
rare to see anyone under 16 years old
when I started playing in 1971 (other than
the few exceptional kids of that era) but
now the tournament rooms are full of kids.
However, I think the USCF should also
consider the other side of the spectrum
those players (like me) who started 40 or
50 years ago and continue to play the
game because we enjoy it so much.
As a bonus, chess helps us improve our
concentration and memory as we get
older. There are a significant number of
seasoned players out there; we trade
stories, we encourage and support each
other and were excited when one of us
wins a class prize over much younger
6 Chess Life May 2012
competition. It might be interesting to do
a series of articles on the over-50 crowd,
how weve had to adjust to new methods
Faces Across the Board
of preparation (computers over Chess
Chess Life is soon introducing a new
Informants), the influx of really strong
young players who never seem to make
column, Faces Across the Board,
mistakes and the challenge of keeping
that will highlight class-level players
our energy and motivation up over three
who have reached a notable chess
days of tournament play.
milestone or accomplishment. Did
As an update: since I started that
you win your class section for the
thread, my rating has gone up 75 points
first time? Did you defeat a titled
and Im very close to breaking 2000 again.
player? Have you started a chess
Im starting to feel that I can attain 2000
initiative in your hometown? These
2050, maybe even 2100 again with
are just some of the reasons why
enough work. It almost feels like Ive had
you could be selected to appear in this
to relearn how to play, how to focus and
column.
how to think in order to improve at age 56.
You must be a current class-level
Jason Braun player or have been a class-level
player at the time of your achievement
(a.k.a Flying Rooka nickname my
(rating of 1999 or below).
sister gave me in the 1970s!)
via e-mail
If you wish to be considered or to
suggest someone to us, please send
Correspondence chess
a brief supporting statement to faces@
uschess.org. Include your e-mail
I was just reviewing my August 2011 address, phone number, and a high-
Chess Life and in the article about corre-
resolution photo (head-and-shoulders
spondence chess, I noticed there was a
or profile picture required). If we find
picture of a postal chess recorder album.
your story intriguing you will be con-
I still have a couple of those that I used
tacted by Al Lawrence who will be
constantly back in the 60s, 70s, 80s
writing this column for us.
and 90s. I now play on a server that has
an analysis board attached. It brought
back some fond memories. Thanks for a
Corrections
great article. December, 2011 issue, Kings vs.
Queens: A Battle of the Sexes, On
page 20, the Stopa-Krush game
Dominic A. Cangelosi
should be labelled as Kings vs.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Queens Fischer Random. As men-
tioned on page 28, each player
played each of the opposing team
members twice: once in a Fischer
Random game and once in a rapid
game.
(Thank you to reader Floyd R. Kirk)
March, 2012 issue, The Caissa
Protocol, page 25: Move 3 should be
3. ... exd4, not 3. ... cxd4.
(Thank you to 9-year-old reader Sean
Rowe)
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First Moves
Chess Educator Of The Year:
Bruce Pandolfini
An award that Ben Kingsley has not won.
By Dr. Alexey Root, WIM
8 Chess Life May 2012
EIGHTY PEOPLE ATTENDED the free lec-
ture by Bruce Pandolfini on February 23,
2012. His presentation was part of the
11th Annual ChessFest at The University
of Texas at Dallas. ChessFest is a celebra-
tion of chess organized by University of
Texas (UT) Dallas Eugene McDermott
Library and the UT Dallas Chess Program.
ChessFest also featured UT Dallas chess
team member GM Julio Sadorras blindfold
chess exhibition, at Chess Plaza near the
center of the UT Dallas campus.
Pandolfinis topic was How I Became A
Professional Chess Teacher. A national
chess master, Pandolfini has written
dozens of instruction books and is a
highly sought after chess teacher. Pan-
dolfinis legacy spans back to his role as
an analyst for PBS coverage of the 1972
world championship match between
Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. To the
general public he is most recognizable
for the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fis-
cher that was based on the book of the
same title by Fred Waitzkin. In the movie,
Oscar-winning actor Ben Kingsley plays
Pandolfini as chess prodigy Josh Wait-
zkins teacher.
Pandolfini was not always a chess
teacher. He said, Let me say at the out-
set that I was never trained as a chess
teacher. Back in 1972, when I first started
teaching, I was a chess master, but an
undistinguished one, and certainly I knew
nothing about the art and science of
teaching the game of chess. I had a degree
in chemistry, and I had done some grad-
uate work in physical chemistry, but I
never worked a day as a chemist. I had
dropped out of graduate school to pursue
a playing career in chess, but it didnt pan
out. Pandolfini worked odd jobs such
as salesperson at the now out-of-business
Gimbels department store. He amused
himself by sometimes asking customers,
May I hinder you?
An amateur poet, he took a job at the
Strand bookstore. While working there, he
was offered the PBS commentator position.
It paid expenses only. But its Fischer-
Spassky coverage was the second most
popular PBS show of the 1970s (after the
Watergate hearings). The PBS chess shows
ignited interest in chess lessons among
adults. Soon Pandolfini was working 75-
80 hours a week as a chess teacher,
sometimes teaching chess to rock stars at
1:00 a.m.
From 1972-2012, Pandolfinis main
PHOTO COURTESY OF SUBJECT
source of income has been teaching pri-
vate chess lessons. Early on, he mostly
taught adults. For one private lesson with
a businessman, Pandolfini ended up as an
unintentional chess analyst. The busi-
nessman asked him for a best move in a
non-descript position. The next day, the
businessman invited Pandolfini back to
analyze what would be the best move in
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 the same position one move further
advanced. After a few more moves, Pan-
dolfini had helped the businessman win
two pieces. Then a second businessman
asked for a private lesson. At that lesson,
the second businessman displayed a very
familiar chess position in which the sec-
ond businessman was two pieces behind!
One of my Chess Online students,
Rachel Perales, shared her summary of
that story, Each man had hired Pan-
dolfini to help him win the game, unaware
that the other had done the same thing.
Although Pandolfini ended up letting the
two men know what was going on, by
inviting them both to lunch, he joked
that he could have become a rich man by
letting the game go on indefinitely.
To supplement his chess teaching
income, Pandolfini has written about
chess, given chess exhibitions (such as
blindfold games or simultaneous exhibi-
tions), and been a chess consultant (as for
the Searching for Bobby Fischer film). He
added, Another bolster to my income
has come from administering and running
businesses, such as managing the Man-
hattan Chess Club when it was in
Carnegie Hall, or by co-founding and
developing the Chess-In-The-Schools pro-
gram in New York City. Neither enterprise
was lucrative, but both left memories.
For his first two years with the Chess-
In-The-Schools program, Pandolfini earned
nothing. The main task then was to con-
vince the New York Board of Education to
allow the program into schools. Pandolfini
shared some of the chess examples he
presented to the New York Board of Edu-
cation. The first example he showed was:
-+-+k+-+
+-+-+-+-
-+-+K+-+
+-+-+-+-
-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-
-+-+R+-+
+-+-+-+-
White to mate in three
these chess examples taught critical
thinking.
In year three with Chess-In-The-
Schools, Pandolfini earned $3,000. For
the fourth year he earned $4,000. He did
not work for the money; he worked to
help chess. As the program grew, he had
to find more chess teachers. Pandolfini
mentioned that he first turned to chess
players. Yet those chess-player teachers
could not be alone in classrooms, since
each classroom had to have a certified
teacher present. Therefore, Pandolfini
conducted chess training sessions for
certified teachers.
After the initial Fischer-Spassky wave
of adult students, Pandolfini has mostly
taught children. Children tend to be very
emotional about losses. If a chess student
loses, the chess teacher should be empa-
thetic. The teacher might share a story
about when he or she lost a game or sim-
ply state I know how you feel. When a
chess student wins, Pandolfini said, I
really zing them. That is, he critically
analyzes that win. Wins show chess weak-
nesses just as much as losses do. A
consider chess positions.
One time, Pandolfini saw Fischer dis-
agreeing with almost everything that
Bernard Zuckerman said about a partic-
ular chess game. In Pandolfinis opinion,
Zuckerman could describe a chess idea
in English better than anyone else. What
impressed Pandolfini was that Fischer
and Zuckerman could argue about chess
yet remain friends.
Dr. Abby Kratz presented Pandolfini with
the UT Dallas Chess Educator of the Year
Award for 2012. Past recipients are Susan
Polgar, 2004; Sunil Weeramantry, 2005;
Erik Anderson, 2006; David MacEnulty,
2007; Beatriz Marinello, 2008; Dr. Stephen
Lipschultz, 2009; Dr. Jonathan Rowson,
2010; and Elizabeth Shaughnessy, 2011.
Abby Kratz is the associate provost of UT
Dallas. Jim Stallings, UT Dallas chess pro-
gram director, also spoke at the Chess
Educator of the Year ceremony. Stallings
was pleased to welcome an honoree with
such a legendary reputation as Bruce Pan-
dolfini to UT Dallas. His approach is to
teach students how to think. In Pandolfinis
own words, he teaches how to read other
people and to understand oneself. The
full text of Pandolfinis acceptance speech,
as well as more information about Chess-
Fest, is at the Chess Program website
www.utdallas.edu/chess/.
See Pandolfini answers fans questions on
next page.
SOLUTIONS:
First example: 1. Qe5 (1. Qb2 Kd8 [1. ...
Kf8 2. Qh8 mate] 2. Qb8 mate) 1. ... Kd8
(1. ... Kf8 2. Qh8 mate) 2. Qb8 mate.
Second example: 1. Rd2 (1. Rf2 Kd8 2.

student is usually more willing to show a

Rc2 Ke8 3. Rc8 mate) 1. ... Kf8 2. Rg2
-+-+k+-+ Ke8 3. Rg8 mate.
win than a loss. Finally, a student is also
+-+-+-+- more open to hearing criticisms of poor
-+-+K+-+ moves after winning than after losing.
Pandolfini said that his students learn
+-+-+-+- not to move the pieces during analysis.
-+-+-+-+ Chess involves visualizing. Visualizing must
be practiced. About one year into chess
+-+-+-+- teaching, he began telling his students, If
-+-+Q+-+ you move the pieces when analyzing, even
if you get it right, you are wrong. But if you
+-+-+-+- tell me what your planned moves are, with-
White to mate in two out moving the chessmen, I will give you
another chance if your moves are wrong.
The second example he showed was: When I interviewed Pandolfini over
lunch (see sidebar), he highlighted aspects
of Bobby Fischers life that chess stu-
(see diagram top of next column)
(See solutions at end of this feature.) dents should emulate. Pandolfini said,
I recalled a video where Pandolfini One time Bobby Fischer sat with two
explained these problems (Chess Now - 1500-rated players as they analyzed a
PHOTO BY ALEXEY ROOT

episode 41, about 19 minutes into the
episode, http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=DjmZrg6k4aQ). Pandolfini gave a sim-
ilar explanation to that shown in the
video to the ChessFest audience. He
game that they had just played. Of course,
Fischer was much above their level. But
that didnt matter. Fischer talked to them
as equals. He was interested in the chess
game. Thats what I tell students too. Bruce Pandolfini being presented with his

added that the New York Board of Edu- Students shouldnt think so much about
Chess Educator of the Year plaque by Abby
Kratz, Associate Provost at University of
cation was most impressed by how solving the ratings of players but should instead Texas at Dallas.

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First Moves
Pandolfini
answers fans
questions
I thought fans of Bruce Pandolfini might
enjoy asking him questions. I posted
requests for questions on my Facebook
page and on my blog for MonRoi. Mongoose
Press, the publisher of my forthcoming
book Thinking with Chess: Teaching Chil-
dren Ages 5-14, solicited questions through
its newsletter. Heres a selection of fans
questions and Pandolfinis answers:
Via Facebook, Stephen Chase
(Amarillo, Texas) asked, There are
many excellent (used) books for all lev-
els, using English descriptive notation.
At what point/age does Bruce Pandolfini
recommend teaching English descriptive
notation as a second chess language?
Pandolfini answered, Descriptive nota-
tion has its place and virtues. For
example, saying the problem of the rook-
pawn is more elegant than (and just as
inclusive as) saying the problem of the
a- and h-pawns. I wouldn't necessarily
teach descriptive notation without spe-
cific purpose. But if my students were
interested in it, and the context war-
ranted it, I would indeed explain it. I
seem to recall Bobby Fischer using
descriptive notation for recording, and,
I believe, he also employed it when talk-
ing chess, too. He did okay, so maybe
theres something to it.
Via Mongoose Press, Barrett James
(Savannah, Georgia) asked, I started
coaching a middle school team one
year ago. Their ratings are about 800-
1100. Ive had them do some puzzles
and exercises, but its like pulling
teeth. They just want to play each
other. Does Bruce Pandolfini have
any ideas about how to get them inter-
ested in exercises/puzzles/study?
Pandolfini answered: Beat them! While
beating them, constantly remind them
that theyre getting crushed because
when you were younger your teacher
recommended that you do exercises,
solve problem-puzzles, and play lots of
chess on a regular basis. You took that
advice and look whats happened. If that
doesnt do the trick, then Id say you
might consider trying another approach.
Via Facebook, Claudia Munoz
(Wichita Falls, Texas) asked, In the
movie Searching For Bobby Fischer,
Bruce Pandolfini was portrayed as a
person that opposed scholastic tour-
naments. Does he really believe that?
She also asked which top girls Pan-
dolfini had taught.
Pandolfini answered: No, I never have
10 Chess Life May 2012
opposed scholastic tournaments. Lets
say that was cinematic license. Chess
reality is something else. Isnt it? Pan-
dolfini said that his most famous female
student was Rachel Crotto, who later
became a U.S. womens chess champion.
Via Mongoose Press, Bab Wilders
(Amersfoort, the Netherlands) asked,
With reference to FIDE policies, does
Bruce Pandolfini think that rapid chess
will mean an end to classical chess?
Pandolfini answered: I didnt under-
stand FIDE policies years ago. I dont
understand them now. Good chess play-
ers will want to think about positions
(thats what they tell me). You cant play
your best chess at these incredible
speeds. Therefore, I imagine there will
always be a place for the more traditional
and slower time controls, if that is what
you mean by the term classical chess. If
you mean something else, well, I may
have to change my answer.
Via Facebook, Michael Simpson
(Austin, Texas) asked, How have the
challenges of teaching chess changed
in the last thirty years?
Pandolfini answered: Chess teaching
is a much more demanding profession
now. Immediately after the Fischer-
Spassky match it consisted mainly of
adult education and such. That quickly
shifted to teaching children. Early on,
most teachers merely sat down with a stu-
dent and went over a game, a venture
which may have its own merit. Now, stu-
dents are more fully armed because of
their access to computers. They can tap
into helpful software or explore wonder-
ful sites on the Internet. Better-prepared
and more informed students require more
from their chess teachers. I cant quite
keep up with the younger teachers in
terms of their facility with the new pro-
grams and didactic tools. But I might
offer something else valuable to students
they cant necessarily get from todays the Marshall Chess Club with my key. I
technical wizardry: my sense of humor. I
remember when computer chess play-
ing programs first came out. I would
partner with my student against a com-
puter, getting right inside the students
brain as key decisions were being made.
A virtue of that teaming was that plans
and operations could be discussed with-
out the opponent (the computer) being
able to adjust to our comments. If the
opponent were a human being sitting
across from us at a chessboard, that
individual (assuming he or she werent
catatonic) would adjust to the remarks,
countering or neutralizing them in some
way, thereby reducing their instructive
value. But by the end of this new type of
teaching arrangement, the student would
have seen plans proposed, unfolded, and
realized. That, no matter how you cut it,
is powerful instruction.
Via Mongoose Press, John Buky
(Chicago, Illinois) asked, Bruce Pan-
dolfini mentioned somewhere that he
memorized the moves of all the games
of a Botvinnik match (over a dozen
games memorized!) by creating a story.
What was the story and could Bruce
elaborate in detail how he memorized
all the moves by the story?
Pandolfini answered: The questioner
has it wrong. When I was 15, I had
Botvinniks book about the Absolute
Championship of the Soviet Union. I car-
ried the book around with me all
summer, playing through the games in
my head. I learned a ton of stuff and
developed my analytic abilities greatly.
But I didnt memorize the games. That
possibility never even occurred to me as
an option. Maybe the next time Im 15 Ill
give it a try. I will say, though, that
Botvinnik was, in my opinion, the great-
est of chess teachers. He often admitted
his mistakes, which showed the kind of
objectivity needed to perform at Olympian
levels. Alekhine, on the other hand,
surely, another great teacher, never
admitted any mistakes. I guess hes lik-
able, too. Anyway, I liked his play. I
interviewed Botvinnik once. He spoke
through a translator. But when I asked
him a question about Fischer, he imme-
diately shot back a full paragraph in
perfect English. One would have to have
been an idiot not to realize he was using
the translator solely as a filter and time-
gainer to avoid making mistakes and to
formulate his answers. You have to like
that about him. Although I love Botvin-
nik (well, his chess), Fischer was my
favorite player. I mean, he was see-able,
prior to 1968 or so. He often could be
found at New Yorks chess haunts haunt-
ing away. One morning, I let myself into
dont have that key any more. Fischer
was already there, and it seemed as if he
had stayed all night, studying games
from the nineteenth century stored on
index cards in a special club cabinet.
That was several years after Spassky
had beaten Bobby with a Kings Gambit.
That revealing morning was also subse-
quent to the publication of Fischers
pamphlet, A Bust to the Kings Gambit.
Fischer was studying and playing over
those cards containing 19th-century
gambits. I thought it was strange, but
soon thereafter he used some of that
very stuff to beat really good players,
such as Larry Evans in the 1963-64 U.S.
Chess Championship. I suspect Bobby
was either onto something or on some-
thing. Hey, its just a suspicion.
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 Looks at Books

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

By PETE TAMBURRO

MY THIRD CHESS BOOK WAS The Fireside Book of Chess by Irv- Is this any way to start a book? When I think of Assiac doing
ing Chernev and Fred Reinfeld. I found it in my high school effectively the same thing, to show everything is relative any-
library. What an utter delight: stories, positions, games, puzzles way, in a few short, entertaining examples, its apparent this book
and even cartoons! needed an editor.
Over the years I found other treasures: Reinfelds The Joys I had mixed feelings about the introductions to each chap-
of Chess, Andy Soltis Chess to Enjoy, Assiacs The Pleasures of ter. He would always start with some example that was not in
Chess and many others. When I got into building a library of the realm of chess. Many of them were downright interesting and
rare books, I even dug up H.R. Agnels Chess for Winter Evenings its nice to see an author of such wide-ranging intellectual gifts
and even one tome in Spanish: Ajedrez Brillante Y Anecdotico as Mr. Hesse apparently has.
by Roberto Castao. He seemed, though
Opening books and to feel obligated to do it
instructional books Joy shivers in the corner where she knits for every chapter, and
seemed to have the strained references
flooded the market in
And Conscience always has the rocking chair, started to tear at the
recent years, and the Cheerful as when she tortured into fits fabric of the book.
joy books didnt The first cat that was ever killed by care. Take this passage:
seem to appear with The starting posi-
any frequency. Thank- EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON, U.S. POET tion is also defined by
fully, Mike Fox and a deeper-seated and
Richard James picked complicated concept
up the cause with The Complete Chess Addict and six years later, of symmetry. If in the said position the colours of all the pieces
in 1993, followed up with The Even More Complete Chess Addict. and squares are reversed (a black square becomes a white one
There is a market for enjoyment! and a white piece a black one and vice versa) and one then looks
You can imagine my joy when I was sent Christian Hesses at the result in the mirror, then one can recognize the start-
The Joys of Chess. It was so thick: 432 pages of fun seemed ing position. This is a direct analogy of the so-called
promised to me. CP-invariance which exists in large stretches of our universe.
I quickly browsed it to get the flavor of it. Whom did he choose? The C stands for charge and the P for parity. CP-invariance
Did he pick out some old favorites? Yes! Did he come up with items means that all the physical characteristic of a system do not
Id never seen before? Yes! Yes! Did he have new interesting and change if simultaneously all the elementary particles are
amusing stories about our current masters? Yes! Yes! Yes! After replaced by their antiparticles which are equipped with the
all, how many times do we have to read funny stories about Tar- opposite charge (C) and all the spatial coordinates are mirrored
takower or Nimzowitsch? I was ready to experience joy! (P).
As I started to read it, Robinsons old lines criticizing Puri- Can you feel the joy? Great Christmas gift, huh? At the risk
tanism in New England began to take on meaning (see callout of being labeled anti-intellectual or someone digging up my col-
in page center). The joy of a chess book was being overwhelmed lege transcript for my physics grade, the reader can do without
by an apparent effort of conscience to be thorough beyond rea- this sort of thing, which occurs not infrequently in the book.
son. A plague of didacticism has swept through this book: the If youre willing to surf over the seaweed in this book, there
first chess book on joy killed by care! are waves of joy in this book. It is a wonderful selection. There
Do we really need 40 years worth, year by year, of top five is something for everyone. I will happily use it as a reference work
rankings (with ratings) of our grandmasters. Did we need a the- and as a snow-bound book to keep around the fire, rather
oretical analysis of the value of the pieces to within 116 of a point? than in it. If only it had less care and more joy. .
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 Chess to Enjoy
Lapsus Muris
By GM Andy Soltis
Computers provide us with everythingincluding a new way to lose.
So many things have been invented by
accidentfrom potato chips to penicillin,
Teflon to corn flakesthat its natural to
suspect some chess innovations were
also lucky, unintended discoveries. Some
certainly looked that way.
French Defense (C00)
GM Jan Timman (FIDE 2655, NED)
GM Viktor Korchnoi (FIDE 2659, SUI)
Wijk aan Zee, 2000
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3
b5!?
rsnlwqk+-tr
zp-zp-vlpzpp
-+-+psn-+
+p+p+-+-
-+-+P+-+
+-+P+NzP-
PzPP+QzP-zP
tRNvL-mKL+R
After 5. ... b5
This strange last move was a novelty,
in place of 5. ... b6. GM Loek van Wely,
commenting on the Internet Chess Club,
joked that Black only wanted to push
the pawn one square but it went too far.
His move was a mouse slip, van Wely
said.
It turned out well because Black got the
edge after 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 b4! 8. a3 Ba6!
9. Qd2 Nc6. Since then 5. ... b5 has become
perfectly respectable.
The joke was there was no mouse. This
was played in an over-the-board tourna-
ment. But even back in 2000, fans
understood the humor of making a mis-
take the new way, with that annoying, evil
mouse.
Before thenbefore we needed to click
our moves onto a computer screenacci-
dents at the board were blamed on a slip
of the hand. A celebrated example was
16 Chess Life May 2012
Alexander Alekhines first-round victory
at Nottingham 1936. After 1. e4, his oppo-
nent, Salo Flohr, replied 1. ... e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Bb4. Alekhine intended 4. e5 and
then 5. Bd2. But his hand grabbed the
bishop and played 4. Bd2. In the tourna-
ment book Alekhine called it a lapsus
manus, a hand slipand the line became
known as the Lapsus Manus Variation.
Today we have more to fear from a lap-
sus muris (from the Latin word for mouse).
It produces disasters like:
Sicilian Defense,
Lasker-Pelikan Variation (B33)
GM Christian Bauer (FIDE 2622, FRA)
GM Alexander Khalifman (FIDE 2669, RUS)
Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament,
2004
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9.
Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7
Qxe7 13. 0-0 f5 14. c4 0-0 15. Qf3 d5!
If youre not a Pelikan-watcher, Blacks
move looks stunning. But its been in
this variations DNA since 1992.
16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Rad1
-trl+-trk+
+-+-wqpvlp
p+-+-+-+
+p+Pzp-+-
-+-+L+-+
sN-+-+Q+-
PzP-+-zPPzP
+-+R+RmK-
After 18. Rad1
Black is ready to take the initiative with
18. ... Rb6 followed by ... Rh6/... f7-f5. But
when Black, a former FIDE world cham-
pion, tried to nudge his cyber-rook to b6
it only got half-way there. The game ended
with 18. ... Rb7?? 19. d6, Black resigned.
Games like that gave us a new vocab-
ulary. If mouse slip is a proper term,
whats the verb? The Week In Chess
(TWIC) offered one when it reported the
next example. Black mismoused, said
TWIC.
Mismoused
GM Peter Svidler (FIDE 2672, RUS)
GM Nigel Short (FIDE 2683, ENG)
KasparovChess GP 2000
-+r+q+-mk
zp-+l+pzpr
-zp-+p+-zp
+-+pzP-+-
n+-wQ-+-sN
+-+P+RtR-
P+-vL-zPPzP
+-+-+-mK-
After 23. Qxd4
Black tried to plant his rook on the
seventh rank but played 23. ... Rc1+??
instead. He tried to resign but his oppo-
nent insisted the game should go on with
23. ... Rc2.
But taking back a move isnt easy with
some machines. The software used in
this online tournament didnt allow it.
Of course, the players could have fudged
the score by following up 23. ... Rc1+??
with 24. Be1?? Rc8 25. Bd2repeating the
position, so that Black could play 25. ...
Rc2!. Instead, the game was restarted
from move one and the players repeated
all their moves to reach the diagram.
What happens if the slip isnt discov-
ered immediately? That can happen when
the person playing the game isnt the one
inputting moves.
The problem arose in 1995 when Garry
Kasparov played a two-game exhibition
with a Fritz program in London. His game
as Black began 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5.
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 Problem I Problem II Problem III
Bad Pistyan 1912 Karoly Sterk
Frank Marshall
Carl Schlechter
Paul Saladin Leonhardt
Oldrich Duras
Zoltan Von Balla

This month marks the 100th -+-+-+k+ -+-+-+-mk -+-+k+-+

anniversary of another of those huge, +pzp-trpzp- +-+-+-tr- +-+-+-+-
pre-World War I international tourna-
ments that seemed to feature half of
-vl-+-+Psn -+-wQ-+-+ -+-mK-+-+
the worlds star players. Bad Pistyan
zpP+-zp-+Q zp-+-zp-+- +-+L+-+-
1912, as it became known, was an 18- P+L+-+-+ -+-+P+-zp -+-tr-+-+
player invitational held at a celebrated wq-zPP+-+- +-+-+rwqP +-+-+-+-
Czechoslovakian resort. Akiba Rubin-
stein, reaching his playing peak,
-+-+-+RzP P+P+-+P+ -+-+-+-+
scored 14-3 and finished 212 points
+-+-tR-+K +-+R+-tRK +-+-+R+-
ahead of Rudolf Spielmann and the
rest of the field, which included Frank
White to play White to play White to play

Problem IV Problem V Problem VI

Marshall, Carl Schlechter, Oldrich
Duras, Frederick Dewhurst Yates and
Paul Saladin Leonhardt Paul Johner Oldrich Duras

Richard Teichmann. In each of the

Karel Hromadka Frank Marshall Rudolf Spielmann

following six positions from Bad -+-+-trnmk -tr-+-tr-mk -+-+l+-mk

Pistyan you are asked to find the
fastest winning line of play. This will
+-zpnvlpzpp zpL+-+-zpp +-+-+-+p
usually mean the forced win of a deci- -zp-zp-+-+ -+-+-wq-+ -+-wq-+-zP
sive amount of material, such as a +P+Pzp-+- +-zpQ+-+- +p+ptRptr-
rook or minor pieces. For solutions, -+-+P+P+ -+Rsn-+-+ -zP-vL-+-+
see page 71. tR-+-vLNsNP +-+-+-+P +-zP-+Q+-
-wQ-+-zPK+ PzP-+-zPPmK -+-+-+-mK
+-+q+-+- +-+-+R+- +-+-+-+-
White to play Black to play White to play

the stunning 17. ... Ne4!. He went on to win
rsnlwq-trk+ the endgame after 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bxd8
zp-zpp+pzpp
Rxc4. But for some reason, no one calls 7.
Rfxd8 20. fxe4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1
The rules became a focus of attention
in the opening USCL round in 2009 in the
decisive game of the Boston Blitz-Queens
Pioneers match, with Boston leading 2-1.

-zp-+psn-+ ... Ba6 the Lapsus Muris Variation.

This was an echo of an incident that Your mouse slip is showing
occurred in the National Chess League of
+-+-+-vL-
the late 1970s, a forerunner of todays
GM Alex Stripunsky
-+PzP-+-+
United States Chess League (USCL). In
GM Larry Christiansen

that pre-cyber era, moves were transmit-

zP-wQ-+-+-
-zP-+PzPPzP
tR-+-mKLsNR
After 7. Bg5
Here Kasparov picked up his queen
bishop and the computers operator
immediately input 7. ... Bb7. But Kas-
parov played 7. ... Ba6. The game went
on, 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c5.
But someone noticed that the two oppo-
nents were playing different games. FIDE
rules say that if a mistake such as an ille-
gal move is discovered, you go back to the
point of infraction and start again from
there.
But in this case the match arbiter
decided the game would continue from the
point when the mistake was discovered,
that is after 11. ... c5. This penalized the
machine slightly because 9. f3, which is
necessary to avoid 9. Bd3? Bxg2, is
unnecessary after 7. ... Ba6.
In any case, life went on after 11. ... c5
and Black turned matters sharply in his
favor after 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ne2 cxd4 14. Qxd4
Ne5! 15. b3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 d5 17. Qc3 with
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ted by voice over telephone. How quaint!
-+-+-+k+
The problems with this were illustrated +Qsnq+p+-
by a game from the New York Threats-San
Francisco Dragons match in 1976. In San
-+Nzp-vl-+
Francisco the fans watched it begin with:
+p+-+-+R
You say e4, I say c4
-zP-+-+r+
GM Leonid Shamkovich +-+-+NzP-
XX John Grefe -+P+-zPK+
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 +-+-+-+-
Nc6 6 0-0 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. b3 After 62. ... Qd7
The players, both former U.S. champi-
Be7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rad1 b5 13.
Nxc6 Bxc6
But the move arriving from the other ons, had a few minutes apiece. With 63.
coast was 14. Bxc6!. It turned out Whites Qb8+ White should win (63. ... Kg7? 64.
first move was 1. c4 in New York. The Qh8+!) and tie the match.
solution was to end the game there. It is But the move played was 63. Qa8+???.
recorded in the league bulletins and for Larry Christiansen was about to move
posterity as: 1. c4, Draw. his knight to e8, allowing 64. Rxb5 when
The USCL rules have a lot to say about he suddenly saw 63. ... Nxa8!. The after-
mouse slipseven using the verb to mous- mathWhites resignation, the match
eslip and the noun takeback. Among ending 3-1, and Christiansen laughing
the provisions, Its extremely unlikely any- and then shaking his headended up
one will be granted a takeback when either on YouTube. Its known as The Mouse
player is under five minutes. Slip Game. .
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Solitaire Chess
One Way or the Other
By Bruce Pandolfini
In chess, the law of unintended consequences often rears its ugly head.
Many times one must choose between
capturing toward the center or away from
it. Capturing toward the center might
give one greater attacking chances, espe-
cially in the middle and along any open
files created by the capture (say, an open
g-file). But that transaction also may
entail accepting certain weaknesses, such
as an isolated pawn (say, one on the h-
file). Now capturing away from the center
may indeed avoid the latter problem, but
that doesnt mean there arent potential
weaknesses ready to come out when faced
with an aggressive adversary. That surely
was the case in the game Andrija Fuderer
versus Jan Hein Donner (Black) from
Beverwijk in 1952. Whites sharp attack
soon forced Black into incurring the very
type of weaknesses capturing away from
the center was designed to avoid and off-
set. The first few moves were:
Caro-Kann Defense (B15)
Andrija Fuderer
J. H. Donner
Beverwijk, 1952
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6
rsnlwqkvl-tr
zpp+-zppzpp
-+p+-sn-+
+-+-+-+-
-+-zPN+-+
+-+-+-+-
PzPP+-zPPzP
tR-vLQmKLsNR
Your starting position
Now make sure you have the above
position set up on your chessboard. As
you play through the remaining moves in
this game, use a piece of paper to cover
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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
Whites move is in the next line.**
5. Nxf6+ Par Score 5
Accept only 4 points part credit for 5.
Nc5 or 5. Ng3. The trade on f6 seems the
best way to maintain the initiative. Deduct
1 point for the dubious gambit 5. Bd3
Qxd4.
5. exf6
A case in point: Black could have played
5. ... gxf6, accepting an isolated h-pawn
in favor of greater dynamism. The capture
with the e-pawn is an indication that Don-
ner wants to play solidly against Fuderer,
even though it gives White a queenside
majority, which here is tantamount to
being a pawn up.**
6. Bc4 Par Score 6
Take full credit for 6. Nf3 or 6. c3.
6. Bd6
Black also has choices. Here he could
have played 6. ... Be6 or 6. ... Qe7+.**
7. Ne2 Par Score 6
White prepares for kingside castling.
7. 0-0
Here 7. ... Qc7 is reckoned more accu-
rate, preventing 8. 0-0 due to 8. ...
Bxh2+.**
8. 0-0 Par Score 6
White now sets his eyes on a possible
kingside assault.
8. Qc7
The threat is obvious; White has an
easy answer.**
9. Ng3 Par Score 6
Whites h-pawn is now secure and his
queen is ready to join the fight.
9. Nd7
10. Qh5 Par Score 7
Already Fuderer has worked his queen
into an attacking position. With his next
move Donner looks to counter in the center.
10. c5
Black is looking to exchange the c-pawn
for the d-pawn, clearing some squares for
his pieces (c5 and e5).**
11. Bd3 Par Score 7
Accept 2 points part credit for 11. dxc5
Qxc5, playing into Blacks hands after
12. Qe2 Ne5 or 12. Qxc5 trading queens.
A queen trade will kill off any attack on
the black king. The text threatens mate
in one and forces a weakening of the
kingside pawn structure.
11. g6
So Black must create weaknesses after
all. Of course not 11. ... cxd4??, allowing
12. Qxh7 mate (1 bonus point). Neither
does 11. ... h6 work because of 12. Bxh6!
(1 bonus point). Here are the variations:
12. ... gxh6 13. Qxh6 f5 14. Bxf5 (a) 14.
... Nf6 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. Qxf6+ Kg8 17.
Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qh7 mate;
or (b) 14. ... Re8 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6+
Kg8 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qxf7 mate.**
12. Qh6 Par Score 5
White saves the queen and indirectly
defends the d4-pawn. On 12. ... cxd4
comes 13. Nh5 (2 bonus points). If 13. ...
gxh5 (else 14. Qg7 mate), then 14. Qxh7
mate. Note also that 13. ... Bxh2+ 14.
Kh1 changes nothing.
12. Re8
If 12. ... Bxg3, to eliminate the danger-
ous knight, then 13. fxg3! cxd4 14. Bd2
and its hard for Black to unravel. On 14.
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 Problem I Problem II Problem III
ABCs of Chess Mating net Mating net Mating net

These problems are all related to

-+k+-+-+ -+k+-+-+ -+-mk-+-+
key positions in this months game.
+pvl-+-+- +-zp-+-+- +-+-+-+-
In each case, Black is to move. The -+p+-+-+ -+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-+
answers can be found in Solutions +-+-+-+- +-+-sn-+- wq-+-+-+-
on page 71. -+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-vl
May Exercise: Can one really be
+-+Q+-+q +-+-+-+q +-+-+-+-
considered perfect without any -+-+-zP-+ -+-+-zP-vL -+Q+-+-+
imperfections? Your task, if you +-+R+-mK- +-+-+QmK- +-+KtR-+-
decide to accept it, is to find out
your most pronounced chess-playing
fault. But instead of trying to get rid Problem IV Problem V Problem VI
of it, think of ways you turn it to your Mating attack Mating net Pin
advantage. Maybe youre playing the
wrong openings, or the right ones the -+l+-tr-mk -vl-+-tr-mk -+-+-trk+
wrong way. Be in tune with the great +-+-+pzp- +-+-+pzp- +-+-+pzp-
pianist Vladimir Horowitz, who said: -+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-+
Perfection itself is imperfection.
His imperfection was that he played
+-+p+-+- +-+-+-+- +-+p+n+-
too perfectly. Fortunately, we all -+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-+ -+-zP-+-+
have imperfections, and those dis- +-+L+qzP- +-+LzPN+q +-wQ-+-zPq
tinctive flaws make each of us special -+Q+-zP-+ -+Q+-zP-+ -+-+-zP-+
and different. +-+-+RmK- +-+-+RmK- +-+-+RmK-

... f5, to release the knight, then 15. Rxf5! The only move!**
gxf5 16. Bxf5 produces a mating attack.
19. Kd8

Both 16. ... Re8 and 16. ... Nf6 lead to

16. Bg6+ Par Score 7
variations similar to those discussed at White aligns the bishop with the f7-
20. Qxe8 mate!

Blacks eleventh turn. The move played pawn, which Fuderer intends to take r+lmkQ+-+
clears the f8-square for the dark-square shortly. The try 16. Bf5+ (2 points part
bishop to come back and defend the credit) does not yet spoil anything because zppwq-+-+-
king.** after 16. ... Kg8, White can repeat, 17. -+-vl-zpLvL
Bh7+ Kh8 and then find the best discovery.
13. dxc5 Par Score 6 +-sn-+-+p
White decides not to drop the d-pawn
16. Kg8
-+-+-+-+
for nothing, while also diverting a poten- Again, the only move! Its fun to say it.**
tial defender.
+-+-+-+-
17. Qh7+ Par Score 6
PzPP+-zPPzP
13. Nxc5? Accept only 2 points part credit if you
This was a big blind spot on Donners chickened out and took the draw by per- tR-+-+RmK-
part. He must first interpose 13. ... Bf8, petual check with 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bg6+ After 20. Qxe8 mate

and only then take the c5-pawn.** etc. The text pursues the attack, vacating
h6 for the queen bishop to participate. For the record, Donner had resigned
at move 17. So, he did have another
14. Nh5! Par Score 8
White menaces 15. Qg7 mate, while
also attacking the f6-pawn, which Black
17.
Im enjoying this: the only move!**
Kf8 move. .
left unguarded with his last move. 18. Bh6+ Par Score 6
14. gxh5 Total your score to deter-
He might as well take the knight, weak-
18. Ke7 mine your approximate
Okay, I wont say it.**
nesses and all. Its too late for 14. ... Bf8
rating below:
because of 15. Nxf6+ Kh8 16. Qxh7 mate 19. Qxf7+ Par Score 6 Total Score Approx. Rating
Accept only 3 points part credit for 19.
(1 bonus point).** 95+ 2400+

Rfe1+, even though it brings a new

81-94 2200-2399

attacker into the game. Black can make

15. Bxh7+ Par Score 6 66-80 2000-2199
Here come the guys. This is stronger
a stand after 19. ... Kd8. The pieces White
51-65 1800-1999
than 15. Qxh7+, which is worth only 2
already has in the field are sufficient to
36-50 1600-1799

bring about a decision. There is no need

21-35 1400-1599
points part credit.
to bring in any new forces.
06-20 1200-1399
15. Kh8 0-05 under 1200

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USAT

The knightly garb of Sir Kilian Laverty of

Chess is Like a Box of Chocolates made his
team a candidate for Best Gimmick.

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 Forking with Tebows Knights
Tops a Record-Breaking USATE
Its all for the journey and the pursuit of shared glory.
amaraderie is a main ingredient in
C the magic that creates the annual
U.S. Amateur Team East (USATE),
aka, The World Amateur Team Champi-
onshipthe largest tournament in
America. There isnt a penny of prize
money. Its all for the journey and the pur-
suit of shared gloryand the plaques to
commemorate the achievement. Maybe
thats why setbacks that can stunt
turnout at other events dont hobble The
Team.
This year, even a still-stumbling economy
and soaring gas prices couldnt stop the
chess crews from coming and coming
and coming. When the deadline for entries
had ended on Saturday morning, February
18th, 294 four-player teams (some with a
fifth member as alternates) were set to
compete, an all-time record. Only FIDEs
biennial international Olympiads are in
the same league, although the most recent
Olympiad brought together a lesser total of
264 teams, counting both the open and
womens sections.
At opening ceremonies, long-time
USATE organizer E. Steven Doyle, a past
president of USCF, could announce to
the packed main ballroom of the Parsip-
pany, New Jersey Hilton, Its the all-time
record for the U.S. Team, the biggest
tournament in the U.S., and the biggest
team tournament in the world. So for a
moment we were all one, huge, record-set-
ting team.
And a bit of that feeling actually never
went away. Of course, when the clocks
were started, we rooted and fought for our
own. Games still ended with 50% regret,
but, winner or loser, its difficult not to feel
a bit of extra empathy for your oppo-
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Story & Photo By AL LAWRENCE
nents, knowing they were also fighting for
something bigger than themselves.
The ninety-niners
Among the competitors were eight
grandmasters and two woman grand-
masters. But teams must come in with an
average rating below 2200. For a few,
that leads to carefully calculated teams
that give them a guaranteed moment of
glory at the top of the very long pairing
chart. There were five 2199 teams: A
Sudden Epiphany, led by Aaron Kahn
(Michigan); Browning Brownies, with hunched over board one. The other three
GM Mikheil Kekelidze (New York) on first
board; Cambridge Springers, with FM
William Kelleher (Massachusetts) on first
board and his wife Vesna Dimitrijevic, a
former U.S. Womens Championship com-
petitor, as an alternate; Houdini Performs
a Magic Trick, spearheaded by Justin
Sarkar (New York); and Overrated, led
by Vadim Martirosov (Massachusetts).
But none of them finished in the top five.
The pregame math doesnt stop at the
top. Since there are team prizes every
hundred points, any squad whose average
ends with 99 had put at least some of its
hopes in arithmetic and the rating system.
The finale
Monday afternoon, after three long days
and more than three thousand battle-end-
ing handshakes, first place was about to
come down to a single game. WGM Rusu-
dan Goletianis Caro Cains Defense: 999
Plans sat down, behind the ropes, on
board one with the only perfect, 5-0 score.
They faced GM Robert Hess Forking with
Tebows Knights Wont Lead to Mating, one
of four teams with four and a half points.
Forking scored first, on board four,
when Peter Hess, the grandmasters
younger brother by a year, who finished
with a team-best score of 512, defeated
Shaoxiang Wang. Then the match evened
when Caro-Cains third-board Andrew
Ryba converted a tricky minor-piece-and-
pawn ending against an impatient Shawn
Swindell. On second board, Forkings
captain, Zach Weiner, eventually drew fel-
low master Arthur Shen of Caro-Cain in
another difficult endgame. With the match
score tied, it was all on the shoulders
teams with 4 points had failed to win.
Goletiani had draw odds to make her team
the champs. But if Hess, as White, man-
aged a full-point, his team won the title.
Goletiani is a many-time champion,
winning titles as she matured: the world
championships for girls under-14, under-
16, and under -18. She was a world
womens championship candidate in 2000
and won the U.S. Womens Championship
in 2005. Hess is a Yale freshman who
has already put together a top-tier chess
rsum. He was a member of the USAs
2009 silver-medal World Team squad,
played on the 2010 U.S. Olympiad team
and heads for his third U.S. Champi-
onship in May. So neither player is a
stranger to big games.
Sicilian Defense [B22]
GM Robert Hess (2727), Forking with
Tebows Knights Won't Lead to Mating
WGM Rusudan Goletiani (2337), Caro
Cains Defense: 999 Plans
U.S. Amateur Team East (6)
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 USAT
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4
cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. 0-0
Bc6 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5
13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Nd5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16.
Na3 h6 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Nc4 0-0 19. Bxe7
Qxe7 20. Qd4 Rfd8 21. Nd6 b6 22. Nd2 Nc7
23. N2c4 Nb5 24. Qe3 Nxd6 25. exd6 Qg5 26.
f4 Qd5 27. Rac1 Qe4 28. Qd2
r+-tr-+k+
zp-+-+pzp-
-zp-zPp+-zp
+-sn-+-+-
-+N+qzP-+
+-+-+-+-
PzP-wQ-+PzP
+-tR-+RmK-
After 28. Qd2
Material is even, and so is the game.
But theres a lot of ways to go astray.
Will Hess far-advanced d-pawn turn out
to be weak or strong?
28. ... Qd5 29. Qe3 Qe4 30. Qd2 Qd5 31. Rfd1
Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Ne4 33. Rd4 Nf6 34. Na3 Nd5
35. Rc6
r+-tr-+k+
zp-+-+pzp-
-zpRzPp+-zp
+-+n+-+-
-+-tR-zP-+
sN-+-+-+-
PzP-+-+PzP
+-+-+-mK-
After 35. Rc6
35. ... Rac8
In time trouble, Goletiani missed 35. ...
Ne7, followed by ... Nf5, which appears to put
Black in the driver's seat. Rusu runs Westch-
ester Chess Academy with Michael Amori.
I shouldnt have missed thisI teach my
students to look for candidate moves that
attack! she said good-naturedly after the
game. But her move shouldnt lose.
36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Nb5 Rd8 38. Ra4 Rd7
Better is 38. a5!
39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Nxa7 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke8 42.
Kf3 Kd7 43. Nb5 Nb4 44. a3 Nd3 45. b4
(see diagram top of next column)
Whites far-advanced pawn is extra,
and his two-against-one on the queenside
promise him a distant passed pawn.
45. ... Kc6 46. Ke4 Nf2+ 47. Kd4 Ng4 48. a4
Nf6 49. Nc3 Ne8 50. Ne4 f5 51. Nd2 Nxd6 52.
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-+-+-+-+
+-+k+pzp-
-zp-zPp+-zp
+N+-+-+-
-zP-+-zP-+
zP-+n+K+-
-+-+-+PzP
+-+-+-+-
After 45. b4
Nc4 Nc8
Allowing the exchange of knights at
any point is suicide for Black because
White will force a passer on the queenside
and use it as a diversion while his king
penetrates and feasts on black pawns.
53. Ke5 Kd7 54. b5 Ke7 55. a5 bxa5 56. b6
Kd7 57. b7 Na7 58. Nxa5 Kc7 59. Kxe6, Black
resigned.
Hess had managed to overcome draw-
odds to win the championship for his
team. Goletiani came away pleased with
her teams fifth place. It was a nice sur-
prise. I havent played for a while and I
wanted to get a warm-up for the Womens
Championship in St. Louis. It turned out
to be an exciting warm-up! Hess went on
to finish as the top American at the
Rejkyavik Open, so he must have been
adequately warmed up by The Team as
well. (See article on page 32.)
The name game
Unlike the Olympiads, teams headed for
Parsippany spend a lot of time conjuring
up just the right name. Some have kept
the same name as a tradition for years.
But even friends who continue to play
together often change what they call
themselves, because punning and linking
chess to current events can put you in the
running for the coveted best name prize
and Team immortality. Sometimes there
can be too much of a good idea, how-
ever. At the end of this years USATE,
there were 26 teams sporting the word
Occupy in their names. (At least one
more started that way but changed when
it noticed that almost one in ten had
come with the same idea.)
This years event drew its share of can-
didates for memorable monikersamong
them some sports-inspired rimshots:
Tebows Bishop Couldnt Skewer Your
Queen and Tried the Brady gambit, but
Welks dropped the pieces. Even an end-
of-the-world chess pun made the
listMayan National Team in Time Pres-
sure. But in the end, the Sunday-
afternoon crowd in the main ballroom
decides with hoots and claps. When Doyle
read off the list, it was clear that democ-
racy favored the politically inspired Team
Romney: We Play Both Sides of the Board.
Another favorite ingredient of the
USATEs annual shtick is best gimmick
(normally a team costume or perform-
ance) competition. This years honors
went to the T-shirted uniforms of Occupy
d4, with an honorable mention to The
Brady Gambit: Welker Drops a Piece.
Special prizes, events, and upsets
As always, best-on-board awards are
sought-after badges of honor at The Team.
Here are this years stars. All scored a per-
fect 6-0:
Board 1: Alejandro Ramirez (2667)
of We Occupy the 7th Rank
Board 2: Giorgi Bakhtadze (2458)
of Browning Brownies
Board 3: Maraj Daftani (2212) of
Tuesday Night Chess Club
Board 4: Aaron Schein (2038) of
Three and Half Masters
Alternate: Dmitriy Volkov of ICA 1
The Team awards a host of special
prizes. One of this years sentimental
favorites won the top family team. three-
time U.S. champion Joel Benjamin played
patriarch to Benjamin Family Values,
who won the award for best family team.
He was backed up by his uncle Martin, a
former regular who has been absent from
Team action for some years, his nephew
Jonah Klempner, and Joels mom Phyllis,
a lifelong volunteer for chess. Phyllis once
won the under-2000 team prize when
playing with her late husband, Alan. It
was the first time I played with Joel,
Phyllis said. He had always played with
another great player, Phyllis said. Im
pretty awful. I didnt help the team very
much, except to sit in the chair and have
a really great time!
The Tarnished Knights, who took the
old timers award with a bit different pre-
tournament arithmetic, boasted legendary
GM Arthur Bisguier at its top slot. We
were the only team with everyone 65 or
older, Denis Strenzwilk, who played
shoulder-to-shoulder with Bisguier on
board two, told me. Edward Epp and Bill
Michael rounded out the team, whove
played together for a half-dozen years.
We wont go into specifics, but their team
average would actually be closer to 75.
Efth Phillip Papageorgiou of Cruz Con-
trol set another all-time USATE record
with an upset victory over an opponent
rated 1,314 points above him. Phillip, a
Columbia University student rated just
217, had played in only one other event
last years team, when he lost all of his
games. This year he scored 2 out of 4.
I wasnt too surprised, Phillip said, I
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play at the Columbia chess club against
rated players, so I could gauge how I was
doing.
The Hoodies, Ian Mark (New York) and
Dan Yeager (Pennsylvania), topped the
always-enthusiastic crowd of bughouse-
chess competitors on Sunday night. (For a
complete list of winners, please see the box
on page 25.)
Bobby boomers
This years USATE celebrated, among
other things, the 40th anniversary of
Bobby Fischers winning the world cham-
pionship. (See sidebar stories.) Some of
USATEs longtime faithful began playing
in the inspiring days of Bobbys charge to
the top. Rich Firemanwho played with
David Diamond, Ed Knowles, and Nathan
Goldberg on Legalize Caruana, which
won the senior prizehas played on 15
teams over the years. Goldberg said, Ive
played every board at one time or another
and sat across from such luminaries as
GMs Benjamin, John Fedorowicz, Larry
Christiansen, and IM Dean Ippolito!
Master class in organizing
The USATE is not only the biggest U.S.
chess event of the year; its a master class
in organizing, led by Chief Organizer Doyle
and Chief Tournament Director Carol
Jarecki, as well as National Tournament
Directors Steve Immitt and Harold Stenzel.
All the staff works long days and gets
every detail right so that we can have so
much memorable fun, year after year.
Every one of them deserve credit for
another monumental USATE: Noreen
Davisson, Bernadette Doyle, E. Steven
Doyle, Mark Doyle, Matt Doyle, Judy Heer-
schapp, Walt Heerschapp, Steve Immitt,
Roger Inglis, Joe Ippolito, Carol Jarecki,
Aaron Kiedes, Justin Kohler, Lee Matola,
Jabari Mcgreen, Jack Ray, Sophia Rohde,
Mike Somers, Harold Stenzel, and Crick-
ett the patrol dogwho has monitored
The Team for each of her 16 years.
Competing in a chess tournament is
normally a solitary activity, even in a
hotel ballroom crowded with like-minded
devotees. The short recesses between
rounds allow brief reunions and trun-
cated war -stories. But the rounds
themselves are silent, long and lonely.
Everyone who sits down in front of you
wants to make your day a bit worse. Yes,
we are the warriors of the mind and we
love it. But once a year it seems like open-
ing a star-gate to Camelot to enjoy three
other knights of the folding table rooting
for youand its even better to be fight-
ing for them. Theres just a whole lot of
we at The Teamand it feels darn good. nt know what to do. He threw his name
(see Games next page)
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Double-O Dubeck
Cloak-and-dagger secrets in Siegen may
have led to Fischers getting the venue
he wanted for an important match.
Dr. Leroy Dubeck, chessmaster, Ph.D.
in physics, science-fiction writer, and fac-
ulty member at Temple University, was
president of the USCF from 1969-1972.
There was also a time when he went one-
on-one in a game of Cold War cat and
mouse with a trained KGB assassin.
In the chess-heady days of 1970,
Dubeck worked in tandem with Exec-
utive Director Ed Edmondson to find a
way for Bobby Fischer to play for the
world championship. After all, Fischer
hadnt competed in the required zonal,
1969 U.S. Championship. He had
demanded that the 11-round event be
doubled in size. Most other players had
jobs outside of chess and couldnt afford
such a change.
So the USCF duo of Dubeck and
Edmondson had a lot of arranging and
politicking to do, and they did it suc-
cessfully. At home, they got permission
from qualifier Pal Benko to cede his
right to play in the Palma de Mallorca
interzonal to Fischer. And the pair
accomplished pure political magic
abroad by getting FIDE to approve the
substitution. For the most part, Dubeck
did his work enthusiastically. But in one
instance, recounted for the USATE
audience, he had serious qualms.
Dubeck and Edmondson went to
Siegen, a modest West German town, to
attend the 19th Olympiad and the FIDE
Congress. The Swedish attorney Folke
Rogard had been FIDE president for
more than two decades, and had been
consistently friendly to the Soviet point
of view. (The Soviets were reportedly
Rogards only client, Dubeck joked.)
The FIDE elections were taking place for
president, vice president, and seven or
eight other people on the central com-
mittee, Dubeck recalled. These officials
would make many of the critical deci-
sions about Fischers participation and
the venues of his matches.
The Soviets were prepared to vote for
a central committee as a block on a
single ballot. But Dubeck convinced
Rogard to elect the members one at a
time. We and the Soviets agreed on
Max Euwe for president, Dubeck said.
But then came the election for first
vice president. Our candidate, Rabell
Mendez, defeated the Czechoslovakian
candidate. The poor Czech guy did-
in again. But the other designated
Soviet from a different country was also
nominated, so the Soviets had two can-
didates. Divided, the Soviets were
conquered. We mowed em down,
Dubeck said. In a short time, it had
come down to the last committee mem-
ber, and, astonishingly, it was the
Soviets only remaining chance to get
someone on FIDEs central committee.
Suddenly the head of the Soviet delega-
tion wanted to talk deal with Edmondson.
So Dubeck moved to adjourn the meet-
ing for an early lunch.
But the Soviet delegation-head had a
KGB agent sticking to him like sour
cream to a blini. I have to talk to the
Russian alone, so youve got to separate
them, Ed told Dubeck. Unfortunately,
Ed had also told Leroy that the agent
was a trained killer. So Dubeck balked.
Edmondson, a colonel in Air Force
intelligence, made it sound simple.
Were going to walk along the street in
Siegen. When we come up to this hab-
erdashery, youre going to grab Boris
[the KGB trained-assassin], pull him
in and ask him which jacket you should
buy. Dubeck remained unconvinced.
But Ed told him that, since Leroy was
the president of the U.S. Chess Feder-
ation and the agent had no orders to
kill, he wouldnt dare lay a hand on
Dubeck. Reluctantly, Leroy became a
field operative, dragging the bemused
KGB agent into the store and asking his
advice. By the time Leroys mark recov-
ered to look out the window to the
street, Ed and the head of the Soviet del-
egation were gone.
It was only years later that I remem-
bered that in the military, its always the
objective that countsif there were
casualties, it was part of meeting the
objective, Dubeck told the laughing
audience. So I decided that was the
bravest thing I ever did for the U.S.
Chess Federation.
When Edmondson came back from
the secret meeting, he said only, Were
voting for the Russian, who was elected
by nameif the Soviets blocked him,
they would have no one on the commit-
tee. So for four years the head of the
Soviet delegation got out of the workers
paradisein some cases to be in very
nice hotels, Dubeck said. And the
question then is, what deal had they
made?
Dubeck admits well never know for
sure. But how did Fischer get Argentina
rather than Bulgaria or East Germany
for the site of the candidates final match
continued on page 29
Chess Life May 2012 23
 USAT

Games is trying to exploit the fact that White is

The following game was a key matchup behind in development, but 20. g5 -+-+-+r+
in the penultimate round, setting up the helps White bring the knight back into the zp-+kvl-+p
Hess-Goletiani showdown. Goletianis game.
Caro-Cain Defense: 999 Plans, ranked [The safer 20. Bh3 removes one tar- -+N+nzp-+
28th coming into the event were up get from the open e-file and trades off +-zPr+-+-
against the Three and Half Masters, a Whites latently-powerful bishop.AL]
pre-event favorite at 2198, led by former -zP-zp-+-+
Amateur champ Andrew Ng.
21. Nf3 Nd5?
21. Ne6 is unclear.
zP-+P+-+-
English (A14) 22. Qb3
-vL-+-+-zP
WGM Rusudan Goletiani (2337), Caro-
22. Qc4 would give a bigger plus: 22.
+-+-tRR+K
Be6 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd5.
Cain Defense: 999 Plans After 32. ... Kd7
Andrew Ng (2299), Three and a Half
Masters 22. ... Be6
U.S. Amateur Team East (5) 33. Nxa7
Notes by Goletiani r+q+-trk+ Better is 33. Rxe6! Kxe6 34. Re1+ Re5
35. Nxe5 fxe5 36. Bxd4.
zpp+-vl-+p It is amazing how there are so many
tactical possibilities even in the endgame!
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0
0-0 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4 9. exd4 cxd4 -+n+lzp-+
10. Re1 Ne8 11. a3 f6
+-zPn+-zp- 33. Nc7 34. c6+ Kd6 35. Bc1 Ra8 36. Bf4+
Re5 37. b5 Rxa7 38. b6 Rxa3 39. bxc7 Kxc7
r+lwqntrk+ -zP-zp-zP-+ 40. Bxe5+ fxe5 41. Rf7 Kd6 42. Rc1 Rc3 43.
zpp+-vl-zpp zPQ+P+N+- Rxc3 dxc3 44. c7 Kxc7 45. Rxe7+ Kd6 46.
Re8 Kc5 47. Rd8
-+n+pzp-+ -vL-+-+LzP
White stops the king from coming to d4,
+-+-+-+- tRN+-+RmK- which makes it easier for White to get the
-+Pzp-+-+ After 22. ... Be6 king out to e4. The rest is easy.

zPP+-+NzP- 23. Nxg5! Nxf4

47. ... Kb4 48. Kg2 c2 49. Rc8, Black resigned.

If 23. fxg5, then 24. Bxd5 Bf7 25.

-vL-zP-zPLzP
tRN+QtR-mK- Nd2 leaves White in control. Magnifying effect
After 11. ... f6 The USATE sent me home resolved to
crack the books on knight-and-pawn end-
24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6+ Nxe6 26. Nd2

11. a5, preventing b3-b4 would give
White fewer opportunities.
12. b4 e5 13. Nh4
White wants to get some play on light
squares, and possibly play f2-f4, if Black
26. Bd5 Kf7 27. Nd2 Rad8 28. Bb3
would be better, but I was so tired of hav-
ing the knight on b1 that my goal in time
trouble was to get all my pieces out!
26. ... Rad8 27. Bxc6
ings. There were just too many examples
that could have been held but werent,
even by very strong players. Take this
endgame, a contest that also illustrates the
magnifying effect of team chess. The
other games are finished, the score is 1-

plays Be6. More standard would be 13.
d3, followed by Nbd2.
13. ... Be6 14. d3 Qc8 15. f4 Bg4
Horrible is 15. exf4? 16. Rxe6 Qxe6
17. Bd5.
16. Qd2
It looks bad to trade such a good
bishop, but White wants to get play on the
e-file and stop the c6-knight from going
to e5.
27. ... bxc6 28. Rae1 Kf7 29. Nc4 Rg8+ 30.
Kh1 Rd5
2. A draw wins the match for Blacks
team. So its as if this one ending is really
four games! As a member of the Rustlers,
I watched this one with special interest.
Richard Bauer (2226), Rustlers
Thomas Riccardi (2220), Tebows

The idea of Qd2 is to control the a5-

-+-+-+r+ Bishop Couldnt Skewer

square after pushing b4-b5. However,

U.S. Amateur Team East (5)
zp-+-vlk+p
16. Qc2 would help White get the pieces
out easier.
-+p+nzp-+ -+-+-+-sn
16. ... Bd6 17. Rf1 Nc7 18. Qc2
+-zPr+-+- +-+-+-+k
Considering that White is behind in
-zPNzp-+-+ -+-+KzP-+
development, 18. f4-f5, closing the posi- zP-+P+-+- +-+-+-+-
tion and then playing Qc2, would be very
interesting.
-vL-+-+-zP -+-+-sN-+
18. ... exf4
+-+-tRR+K +-+-+-+-
Black wants to weaken Whites f4-
After 30. ... Rd5 -+-+-+-+
pawn. However, the d4-pawn is weakened 30. Rc8 puts up a stiffer defense. +-+-+-+-
as well. After 66. Nf4
31. Ne5+ Ke8 32. Nxc6 Kd7
19. c5 Be7 20. gxf4 g5
The game is getting very sharp. Black (see diagram top of next column) 66. ... Kh6

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 This move or 66. Kg8 keeps the draw
in hand. Black keeps his knight ready to -+-+r+k+ TOP 5
capture Whites pawn if it advances to f7, zp-snl+-+- 1. Forking with Tebows Knights 2185 512
making an instant draw. 2. Master Maters 2195 5

67. Ke7
-zp-zp-+p+ 3. Go Ahead, Mate My Day 2164 5
4. Three and a Half Masters 2198 5
Now Black again has only one move to
+-zpP+-+- 5. Caro-Cain Defense: 999 Plans 2171 5
draw. P+P+-zPP+ BEST NAME
67. ... Kh7 +-+-+K+- Team Romney: We Play Both Sides of the Board
This isnt it! Its 67. Kg5! that holds. -+R+-+-+
Then, after 68. Nd5 Kf5 doesnt achieve
BEST GIMMICK

anything: 69. Ke8 Ke6 70. Kf8, when

+-+-+-+R Occupy D4!, Brady Gambit: Welker Drops a Piece

Black can of course simply capture the
knight70. Kxd5 71. Kg8 Ke6 72.
Kg7 Nf7.
After the game move, White has only
one winning continuation, but it isnt
hard to find.
68. Kf8! Kh6 69. Kg8 Kg5 70. Nd5 Ng6 71. f7
Kh6 72. Nf4! Ne7+ 73. Kh8!
-+-+-+-mK
+-+-snP+-
-+-+-+-mk
After 34. Rc2 BOARD 1
Well, it was tempting, but taking the en
1. Alejandro Ramirez, We Occupy the
prise pawn loses to a rook-invasion by
7th Rank, 2668 (6)
White. Blacks one winning move was 34.
2. Denys Kon Shmelov, The Shmelov Sox,
Ne6!!, when 35. Kg3 (35. dxe6 Bc6+
2514 (6)
wins material on h1) 35. Nd4, leave
3. Mikhail Zlotnikov, 4NCS, 2340 (6)
Black clearly dominating.
4. Joel Benjamin, Benjamin Family Values,
2625 (6)
35. Rch2 Kf8 36. Rh7 Bc2 37. R1h6 5. Dean Ippolito, Occupy Parsippany
37. Kf2 was even better.
We Aint Leaving, 2531 (6)
BOARD 2
37. ... Be4+ 38. Kg3 Nxd5 39. cxd5 Bxd5(?)
40. Rxg6 Rd8 41. Rh8+, Black resigned. 1. Giorgi Bakhtadze, Browning Brownies,
42. Rxd8 Kxd8 43. Rxd6+ will win the
2458 (6)

bishop.
2. Jared Defibaugh, Houston We Have
+-+-+-+- A Problem, 2325 (6)
-+-+-sN-+ BOARD 3
+-+-+-+- Fortune favors the braveand good 1. Maraj Daftani, Tuesday Night Chess Club,
-+-+-+-+ moves 2204 (6)
In the third round, two experts on table
+-+-+-+- three, board three demonstrate that for-
BOARD 4
tune favors the braveif he continues to
1. Aaron O. Schein, Aaron O, Three and
find good moves. Against a Caro-Kann,
After 73. Kh8 a Half Masters, 2012 (6)
Nicholas Ryba of 99 Problems But a
2. William R. Trueman, Newark Dealaware,
Mate Solution, sacked a knight on e6 on
73. ... Ng8!T 1698 (6)
Thats a team exclamation mark, move 11 against Patrick Chi of Go Ahead,
3. Kevin Yu Yan, Chess Dragons, 1445 (6)
because this is a real for-the-team try. Mate My Day, who went on to finish
USATE veterans have seen every kind of third. Although Rybas idea didnt force a
ALTERNATE
miracle-save when the blood is pump- win, he had enough play to keep the
1. Dmitriy Volkov, ICA 1, Unrated (512)

ing. Now a hasty 74. f7xg8=Q gives game in question if he found the forced UPSET PRIZES
stalemate and loses the match. But move here: Rd Diff
almost everything else wins. 1 867 Boris Kosikov,
Nicholas Ryba (2189), 99 Problems But L.I. Chess Mates 3
74. f8=Q+, Black resigned. 2 1314 Efth Papageorgiou,
a Mate Solution
Patrick Chi (2160), Go Ahead, Mate My Cruz Control
Day 3 772 Thomas Forney,
Its just not easy to beat a GM U.S. Amateur Team East (3) Angry Poking Badgers
In this round one game on table five, 4 922 Andrew Ma, WWP C
board one, Joel Salman of Chessaholics r+-+-vl-+ 5 930 Timothy Pollio,
plays an inspired game as Black and is Arabian Knights Attack
winning on move 34. But, unfortunately zppmkn+Qzpr 6 783 Elliot Breslav,
for him, he needed to make at least one -+p+psn-zp Like a Rolling Pawn
more exclam to finish off a powerful
grandmaster like Mikheil Kekelidze of wq-+-+-+- RATING PRIZES
Browning Brownies.
2000 to 2099: Black Katz (412)
-+-+-+-zP 1900 to 1999: Asian Invasion (412)
Mikheil Kekelidze (2593), Browning +-zP-vL-sN- 1800 to 1899: Other Team (4)
1700 to 1799: Newark Delaware (4)
Brownies
Joel Salman (2203), Chessaholics
PzP-+-zPP+ 1600 to 1699: Fab 4 (312)
U.S. Amateur Team East (1) +-mKR+-+R 1500 to 1599: Chess Dragons (312)
1400 to 1499: 64 Squares 1 (312)
After 17. Kc7
1300 to 1399: Arabian Knights Attack (312)
(see diagram top of next column) 1200 to 1299: Chessaholics #4 (312)
continued on page 29 1000 to 1199: L.I. Chess Mates 2 (212)
34. ... Bxa4? Under 1000: St. Joe HS A (3)

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 USAT
Forfeit By Disconnection Takes 2012 U.S. Amateur Team West
By FM Kostya Kavutskiy
Forfeit by Disconnection (l-r): FM Robin Cunningham, Dana Mackenzie, Steven Gaffagan,
Julian Chan, Todd Rumph
Once again, one of the most pleasant and
delightful tournament experiences took place
at the 2012 U.S. Amateur Team West
(USATW), held at the Santa Clara Hyatt
Regency Hotel. The tournament atmosphere
was of a fun and competitive nature, as
many teams were comprised of longtime
friends excited to play alongside each other
once again. Generally relations with other
teams was also cordial, and it was also nice
to see full teams participating in post-
mortems after matches concluded. This was
the first time in recent years that the USATW
was held in northern California, rather than
the usual location of southern California.
According to the Chief Tournament Direc-
tor (TD) Salman Azhar and organizer of the
event, the location of the tournament will
now rotate between locations in northern
California, southern California, and Arizona
over the next several years. I think this is a
good idea, as there are a lot of players along
the West coast who would enjoy having the
tournament nearby. The event had a total
of 40 teams, with 23 more scholastic teams
in a separate section. Most of this turnout
was slightly lower than in the past few years
when the tournament had been held in
southern California, but still decent. Unfor-
tunately, there werent nearly as many titled
26 Chess Life May 2012
players as there normally are, despite the fact
that the Bay Area has plenty of strong play-
ers. Among the titled players participating
was IM Ricardo de Guzman, who played
on the first board for the top seed, Nor Cal
House of Chess, as well as several other
FIDE masters and national masters. An
advantage of holding the event in the Bay
Area was that many young talented players,
who were local, got to participate in the fun.
This included Sam Sevian, Cameron
Wheeler, Kesav Viswanadha, Udit Iyengar,
Vignesh Panchanatham, Neel Apte, Colin
Chow, Allan Beilin, Paul Richter, and other
rising stars.
The winning team was Forfeit By Dis-
connection (FBD) (this clever handle also
earned them third place in the best team
name competition), whose members
included team captain FM Robin Cun-
ningham, Julian Chan, Todd Rumph,
Dana Mackenzie, and Steven Gaffagan.
Not only did they win clear first place with
512/6, but they also finished a full point
ahead of the rest of the field! Cunningham,
Chan, Rumph, and Gaffagan all met
through playing at the Berkeley Chess
Club while Mackenzie was brought in as
an alternate, who has been friends with
Cunningham for over 20 years. Here is
what Cunningham had to say about their
strategy going into the event: Our prize-
winning strategy was to have an alternate
so that we could overcome our age disad-
vantage. Boards one, three, and four all got
a much-needed rest and were fresh to
play late in the tournament. For this to
work, we had to have an evenly balanced
team so that playing both board four and
the alternate wouldnt weaken the team
too much. FBD got nicked for a draw in
round two, then won four straight matches
to take the title, upsetting Nor Cal House
of Chess (IM Ricardo de Guzman, FM
Ronald Cusi, Ted Castro, Jeffrey Tao, FM
Tanuj Vasudeva) in round five and beat-
ing Quadruple Check (FM Jim Dean,
FM Shivkumar Shivaji, John Langreck,
Jeffrey Golds) in the final round.
Asked about their most critical round,
Cunningham had this to say: The critical
round for us was round four, when we beat
a strong Hemet team (Senior Master Jeff
Arnold, Ken Arnold, Bill Arnold, Marcos
Montes) without our first board. This was
a great upset and made us feel like we had
to make the most of our good fortune in the
last two rounds. As you can see, although
there are hardly any prizes for the USATW,
the team aspect still gives the event great
importance and everyone participating
wants to win just as badly as when they play
in regular open tournaments.
Second place was won by my team,
Metropolitan Chess, whose members
included myself as the captain, as well as
Mike Splane, Paulo Santanna, Udit Iyen-
gar, and Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo. We
were actually in a unique situation: Udit
and I were on the same team at the 2011
USATW, but had never met Mike, Paulo,
or Simon until the event. Having just met
most of our team, I decided the best team
strategy would be to let everyone play
their own gameI wasnt going to offer or
accept any draw offers on behalf of my
teammates, that would be entirely up to
them. I think this allowed everyone to
enjoy the game a bit more without having
to worry about the result. Obviously every-
one was aware of the match situation at
any given point, but it was important not
to put pressure on anyone as the team
captain, and I think this strategy worked
out quite well since we finished with sec-
ond place. But even if it didnt, I think the
team had a better time not stressing out
about strategic draw offers and just played
some good chess!
PHOTO: SALMAN AZHAR
Here is a crucial win that helped FBD
defeat the pre-tournament favorites, Nor
Cal House of Chess.
(see game next page)
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Giuoco Piano (C50)
Ted Castro (2000)
Todd Rumph (2184)
2012 U.S. Amateur Team West (5)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5.
0-0 d6 6. h3 a6 7. Bg5?!
The move Bg5 in the Giuoco Piano
should be reserved for when Black has
already castled kingside. This is because
now Black can still castle queenside and
gain time on the kingside attack with ...
h7-h6 and ... g7-g5. (7. c3).
7. ... h6 8. Bh4
Here White really should have retreated
with Be3, admitting the mistake, but
thanks to the extra tempo Black would
have no problems equalizing. However
the text move leads to a very risky posi-
tion for White.
8. ... g5!
r+lwqk+-tr
+pzp-+p+-
p+nzp-sn-zp
+-vl-zp-zp-
-+L+P+-vL
+-+P+N+P
PzPP+-zPP+
tRN+Q+RmK-
After 8. ... g5
The correct reaction from Rumph, now
Black can castle queenside and the
attack against the white king will almost
play itself.
9. Bg3
Now usually in this kind of position
White would have played the move c2-c3
instead of h2-h3, after which the natural
... Bg4 followed by ... Qd7 and ... 0-0-0
leads to a strong attack, but since ... Bg4
is impossible here Black must find a dif-
ferent way of taking advantage of Whites
inaccurate opening play.
9. ... Nh5
A good move considering this was a
team match. Rumph gets the two bishops
and doesnt have to force the issue imme-
diately. Black can build up his advantage
slowly and decide when to complicate
matters based on whats happening on the
other boards. The alternatives were quite
interesting though: (9. ... Qd7!? was a
very interesting option to take advantage
of the move h2-h3 by White. Now Black
wants to play ... g5-g4 and recapture on
g4 with the queen: 10. Nh2 [10. Nc3 g4
11. hxg4 Qxg4 12. Ne2 {12. Nh2 Qxg3} 12.
... Nh5 and White is in trouble] 10. ... h5
uschess.org
11. h4 Rg8! 12. Qf3 [12. Nd2? gxh4 13.
Bxh4 Qh3! wins immediately] 12. ... Qe7
with a rapidly developing attack; The
immediate 9. ... g4 also seems strong 10.
hxg4 Bxg4 11. Bh4! This move is strong
because it slows down Blacks plan of ...
Qd7 and ... 0-0-0 but Black can play 11.
... Rg8 12. Kh1 Rg6! Freeing the queen to
go to d7, and again Black will develop an
attack along the g-file).
10. Kh2
10. Bh2 Nf4 followed by ... Qf6, ... h6-h5,
and ... g5-g4, where Black is in command.
10. ... Nxg3 11. fxg3 0-0!?
Playing without prejudices, most play-
ers would try to find some way to get the
king over to the queenside, where it is
supposed to go, but the position has
now changed, and without a dark squared
bishop White has no way of exploiting
Black's kingside expansion. (11. ... Be6
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 is unclear).
12. c3
12. a3!? looks best to me, saving the
important light squared bishop.
12. ... Na5
Getting the light squared bishop, but
White is still OK as long as he can keep
the position closed and find good squares
for the knights.
13. Nbd2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Be6 15. Ne1?!
r+-wq-trk+
+pzp-+p+-
p+-zpl+-zp
+-vl-zp-zp-
-+N+P+-+
+-zPP+-zPP
PzP-+-+PmK
tR-+QsNR+-
After 15. Ne1
I think the idea behind this move is to
play Nc2-e3, but Black simply refutes
this plan with his next move, and Whites
position becomes clearly worse (15. Qe2!
with the idea Nc4-e3-f5 giving White a
playable position. White can then support
the knight with g3-g4 and keep the posi-
tion closed.).
15. ... b5! 16. Nd2 f5
Good move, trying to open up the posi-
tion for the two bishops.
17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Nc2 Qe8 19. Qe2 Qg6 20. d4?
This and the follow-up is just unprin-
cipled, as White is opening up the position
for the Black pair of bishops (20. exf5
Bxf5 21. Ne4 was necessary, when White
is still holding for the moment, but I def-
initely still prefer the two bishops).
20. ... exd4 21. cxd4 Bb6 22. d5 Bd7 23. e5
dxe5 24. Qxe5+ Qf6 25. Rae1 Qxe5 26. Rxe5
Rae8
This endgame is very, very good for
Black, if not outright winning. The posi-
tion has completely opened up and the
bishops have plenty of targets to attack.
Moreover, Whites knights lack outposts
and are going to have trouble defending
the d5-pawn.
27. Nf3 Kf6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rd1
-+-+r+-+
+-zpl+-+-
pvl-+-mk-zp
+p+P+pzp-
-+-+-+-+
+-+-+NzPP
PzPN+-+PmK
+-+R+-+-
After 29. Rd1
29. ... Bc5
The immediate 29. ... Re2! was winning,
after which Black can start collecting
pawns 30. Nb4 g4 (30. ... Rxb2 31. Ne5
Bc8 32. Nbc6 Bc5 is also good) 31. Nd2
gxh3 32. Kxh3 Be3 and Black has deci-
sive threats all over the board.
30. Rd2 Re4 31. Ncd4
A blunder, but White was in lots of
trouble anyways. (31. a3 Be8! followed by
... Bf7, and Black will soon win the d5-
pawn with a commanding position).
31. ... g4 32. Nb3 Be3 33. Rd3 gxf3 34. gxf3
Re8 35. f4 Bb6 36. Rd2 Re4 37. Rc2 Ke7 38.
Kg2 Kd6 39. Rd2 a5 40. Kf3 a4 41. Nc1 Bc8
42. Rd3 Bb7 43. g4 Bxd5 44. gxf5 Re1+ 45.
Kg4 c6 46. Rc3 Bd4 47. Rc2 Rg1+ 48. Kh5
Bg7 49. Rd2 Kc7 50. f6 Bf3+, White resigned.
Overall I was quite happy with the organ-
ization and direction of the tournament.
The staff included: Senior TD Salman
Azhar, Senior TD Tom Langland, National
TD John McCumiskey, and TD Richard
Koepcke, as well as some volunteers. The
tournament definitely ran smoothly and
without any major issues. The first round
was delayed by about 15 minutes, but
one thing I think the players appreciated
was that the staff recognized that this
would push back the rest of the tourna-
ment and announced a schedule change
(where each subsequent round would start
15 minutes later), which allowed every-
one to plan accordingly. .
(see At a Glance next page)
Chess Life May 2012 27
USAT

2012 U.S. Amateur Team West

At A Glance
Date: February 18-20, 2012
Location: Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, California
Top Finishers: 1stForfeit by Disconnection, 2nd
Metropolitan Chess, 3rdNor Cal House of Chess;
Other Prizes
Top Board 1Jeff Arnold, 512/6 (for the second straight
year), Top Board 2Barbara Goodkind, 512/6, Top Board
3John Langreck, 512/6, Top Board 4Art Zhao, 6/6; 1st
u2000Google # (Felix Hernandez-campos, Renjish
Abraham, Armaan Kalyanpur, Mark Ruzon. Aaron Ball);
1st u1800USC Trojans (Arjun Shenoy, Nathan Porter,
Joseph Timmer, Slo Setiadikurnia); 1st u1600Silicon
Valley Motherboards (FM Eric Schiller, Jeffrey Wei,
Praveer Sharan, Kelvian Jiang, Prana
Kakulumarri); 1st u1400Star Knighters (Ayush
Athikayalya, Srihar Guduguntla, Jwalin Swah, Krishna
Kurra); Top Junior###### (Neel Apte, Colin Chow, Sid-
dharth Banik, Art Zhao); Top FamilyHui Family (Kevin
Hui, Kyle Hui, Kory Hui, Ken Hui); Top SchoolMus-
tangs (Amit Sant, Alvin Kong, Eric Zhu, John Andrew
Chan); Best Team Names: 1stWhite Tarrasch, 2nd
Charlie Sheen: Up 2 Queens & Winning, 3rdForfeit by
Disconnection; The scholastic event was won by the Nor
Cal House of Chess scholastic team (Seth Oprho Castro,
William Sartorio, Rishabh Raj, Antara Garai), with a per-
fect 5/5 score.
Chief Tournament Director: John McCumiskey

Chess X-men are Perfect in the North

By FM Alex Betaneli
Allsbrook, Dmitri Sergatskov, and Pablo
Diaz) was put together by Dmitri Ser-
gatskov with less than two weeks before
the event. All players are part of the
famous Chicago Industrial Chess League
where they compete throughout the year.
They know each other well and it was a
great opportunity to play side by side
during a national event. The team won all
their matches and all players made a
nice contribution towards the final score.
The most important victory came in round
four over the Left Over Salmon (Nolan
Hendrickson, Alexander Velikanov, Davis
Whaley, and Derek Paitrick). Mariano
Acosta was in trouble against Nolan Hen-
drickson, but eventually salvaged the
draw by defending bishop versus rook
(no pawns) ending. The other three boards
had a curious common thread to them:
Black won in all three while using the
X-Men (l-r): Tenzing Shaw, Pablo Diaz, Dmitri Sergatskov, Fred Scott Allsbrook & Mariano principle of two weaknesses idea. Ten-
zing Shaw (board 2 individual prize
Acosta

The North division of the 2012 U.S.
Amateur Team Championship was held in
Northbrook, Illinois from February 17-19.
Glenn Panner and Tim Just organized the
tournament at the same playing site for the
second year in a row and were quite happy
to see 38 teams attending. Although not
everyone was happy with their playing
performance, almost everyone enjoyed the
excellent playing conditions and fantastic
room rate.
Since there were many strong, well-
balanced teams, no clear favorite stood
out at the beginning of the tournament.
In fact, the top two seeds with an identi-
Alex Betaneli, David Jin, and Derek winner) prevailed on board two:
Sachs) faced each other in the last round,
but the match was not relevant as neither Combine and conquer
team competed for top honors. Alexander Velikanov (2218)
Some teams are formed months in Tenzing W. Shaw (2225)
advance; others are created at the very U.S. Amateur Team North (4)
last moment. Undoubtedly, the most
pleasant surprise was the team led by GM -+-+-+-+
Alex Shabalov. Allowed to Play with Con-
cussion (GM Alex Shabalov, Bruce +-+-+-+-
Leverett, Ryan Milisits, and Robert Mil- -+-mk-zp-zp
isits) just appeared on Friday night,
strengthening the tournament and mak- zp-+l+-zp-
ing spectators wonder if anyone could P+-mK-+-zP
compete with their top board. Alex Sha-
PHOTO: LEN WEBER

cal 2190 average rating TMCC Sicilian balov won all his games (winning board +-+-+-zP-
Poisoned Kings (IM Angelo Young, Gopal one individual prize), but the team fin- -+L+-+-+
Menon, Floren Inumerable, Robert Lon- ished with only 312/5.
carevic, and Virgilio Forro) and Well The winning team, Chess X-men +-+-+-+-
Knock Your Sachs Off (Erik Santarius, (Mariano Acosta, Tenzing Shaw, Fred White to play

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 Black is up a pawn and has a winning
endgame. The technical stage is quite
instructive. There are two weaknesses in
Whites position: the a4-pawn is fixed
and can be attacked by the black bishop
and king, and Black can create a passed
pawn on the kingside (Blacks asset is
considered to be Whites weakness). Even
though White can handle either one of the
threats, he is helpless if Black combines
the two.
44. Bd1 gxh4 45. gxh4 f5 46. Bc2 f4 47. Bd3
Bf3 48. Bc2 Ke6 49. Bd3 Kf6
Now the black king always has two
potential targets: a4 and h4.
50. Bc2 Bc6 51. Kc5 Bg2 52. Kd4 Bh3 53.
Bd3 Bf5
The fact that Black takes quite a few
moves to convert his advantage should
not confuse anyone. Time control is
Game/90+30 seconds/move increment,
so some shuffling of the pieces accumu-
lates time and allows one to think
carefully later.
54. Bb5 Bc2 55. Bc6 Ke6 56. Bb5 Kd6 57.
White misplayed the opening, allowing In round five, the Chess X-Men held
Black easy play on the kingside. It is off the talented team composed of Illi-
much easier to handle the black pieces in nois juniors Sleepless Knights (Eric
this type of position. Rosen, Jonathan Kogen, Gavin McClana-
han, Rafeh Qazi, and Josh Dubin) and
became the undisputed champions. Sec-
15. ... Qh4 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qd1 Ra6 18. Bf3
ond place went to Hope and Change
Nd6 19. b3 Nf7 20. Rg2 Ng5 21. Bd2 Nh3+
(Dennis Monokroussos, Michael Chen,
22. Kf1 Ng5 23. Qe2 Qh3 24. Kf2
Peter Chen, and Mathew Leach). The best
-+l+-trk+ team name went to Bye (please wait)
+pzp-+-vl- (Allen Becker, Jason Childress, Jim
Coons, and Robin Grochowski).
r+-+-+p+ The Illinois Blitz Championship was a
highly anticipated side event held on Sat-
zp-zpPzp-sn-
urday evening. 38 players partook in the
-+P+PzpP+ tournament with GM Dmitry Gurevich
+PsN-+L+q outclassing the field and capturing the
title. Erik Santarius finished second, and
P+-vLQmKRzP Sam Schmakel and Gopal Menon tied for
tR-+-+-+- third place. .
After 24. Kf2
EAST continued from page 25
24. ... c6 Here 18. Ne4!! holds the balance in a
Although Whites pieces are paralyzed super-sharp position. A sample line:
in the kingside, I dont see any immedi- 18. Nd5 19. c4 Qxa2 20. cxd5 Qa1+
ate breakthrough. So Im trying to open 21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kc1 Qxe4 23. dxe6
the queenside for a second front. (Ser- Qc4+ 24. Kb1 Qe4+ 25. Ka2 Qa4+, etc.

gatskov) Indeed, the principle of two Instead, Ryba went in for 18. Qxe6only
Be8 f3 58. Ke3 Bd1 59. Bb5 Kc5 60. h5 Kb4

61. Bc6 f2 62. Kxf2 Bxh5 63. Ke1 Kc3 64.
Bb5 Bf3 65. Kf2 Bd1 66. Ke1 Bb3 67. Be8
Kb4 68. Kd2 Bxa4 69. Bh5 Ka3 70. Kc1 Ka2
71. Bg6 Bb3 72. Bh5 a4 73. Bg6 a3 74. Bh5
Bd5 75. Bg6 Bf3 76. Bf7+ Ka1 77. Kc2 h5 78.
Kc1 h4 79. Be6 Bg2 80. Bf5 h3 81. Bxh3
Bxh3 82. Kc2 Bf5+ 83. Kc1 Bh7, White
resigned.
weaknesses is often used in the mid- the second-best move, but a loser. After 18.
... Rd8 19. Bf4+ Kc8 20. Nf5 Nd5, Black con-
dlegame. Black is clearly in charge of the
game, but it is still a long way to go before
the position can be considered easily
solidated and won at move 30. .
won.
Dubeck continued from page 23
with Petrosian? The committee was dead-
25. Na4 b5 26. Nxc5 bxc4 27. bxc4
27. Nxa6 is not playable as Blacks locked over the venue. The two of them [Ed

Davis Whaley played an inspired game
against Fred Allsbrook and won a point
for his team on board three. Davis fin-
ished 5-0, winning the board three
individual prize. Dmitri Sergatskovs vic-
tory allowed him to tie Mathew Leach of
Hope and Change for the individual
board four prize while helping his team to
preserve their perfect record:
attack crashes through: 27. ... Bxa6 28.
dxc6 c3 29. Qxa6 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ 31.
Kh1 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 cxd2 33. Rxf2 d1=Q+.
27. ... cxd5 28. cxd5 Ra7 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rc3
Bf8 31. Qc4 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Nxf3 33. Rxf3
Bxg4 34. Be1 Qh5 35. Rb3 Bh3 36. d6+ Rf7
37. Rxh3 Qxh3 38. Kg1 Rxd6 39. Nb7 Qe3+,
White resigned.
and the Soviet hed met with] went off to
the Russians hotel room and flipped a
coin. And we won the toss.
Was that the result of the secret deal in
Siegen? The only thing I know is that
when Ed said we were going to settle the
dispute with a coin toss, I said What if we
lose? Dubeck remembered with a wry
smile. And Ed just laughed.

Kings Indian Defense,

Classical Variation (E94)
Derek Paitrick (2103)
Dmitri Sergatskov (1923)
U.S. Amateur Team North (4)
This was a crucial game. On the one
hand, its great to have the white pieces
on the board where your team clearly
outrates the opposing team. On the other
hand, it might provide the additional
pressure of having to win at all costs.
And when one faces the Kings Indian, its
always double-edged!
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4
0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5
10. Nd2 Ne8 11. Nb3 f5 12. f3 f4 13. g4 h5 14.
Rf2 hxg4 15. fxg4
2012 U.S. Amateur Team North At A Glance
Date: February 17-19, 2012 Location: Crowne Plaza, Northbrook, Illinois
Top Finishers: 1st, 5: Chess X-Men (Mariano Acosta, Tenzing Shaw, Fred
Allsbrook, Dmitri Sergatskov); 2nd, 4: Hope & Change (Dennis
Monokroussos, Michael Chen, Peter Chen, Mathew Leach); Best Junior, 4:
John, Awonder and Tommy have ADream (John Veech, Awonder Liang,
Thomas Schneider, Adream Liang); Best U1900, 312: Anonymous (Sam
Schmakel, Aakaash Meduri, Avinash Rajendra, Alex Nevling); Best U1600, 3:
A Draw Is Good Enough (Jimi Akintonde, Mark Waechter, Cristian Pena,
Adrian Mui); Best U1300, 2: Scrubs (Derek Tu, Aaron Leon, David Moran,
Ad Chempakasseril); Best Team Name, 2: Bye (please wait) (Allen Becker,
JasonChildress, James Coons, Robin Grochowski); Best Board One, 5:
Alexander Shabalov; Best Board Two, 5: Tenzing Shaw; Best Board Three, 5:
Davis Whaley; Best Board Four, 412: Mathew Leach.
Chief Tournament Director: Timothy Just

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USAT
Yo Doy Clase wins USAT South
By Harvey Lerman
Clockwise from lower left: Eric Rodriguez (captain & board 1), Ernesto Alvarez (board 2],
Bennet Pellows (board 3), Mohammad Yousef (board 4)
After many years having been run in
the northern half of Florida, the 2012
U.S. Amateur Team South (USATS) event
was held at the Universal Palms Hotel in
Fort Lauderdale, sponsored by Jon
Haskels Boca Raton Chess Club. This
allowed many teams from that area to
attend which had not attended lately.
The event was run with all teams in one
section with many team prizes awarded
as shown in the sidebar. In previous
years, there was a separate section for the
lower rated scholastic teams.
The 40 teams that played almost set a
record for the USATS, as it was just one
less than the 41 that played in Kissimmee
in 2007, but the enthusiasm should
encourage more teams in future years.
As was reported by Melinda Matthews,
The competition for the title was fierce,
with teams headed by FM Eric Rodriguez
and GM Renier Gonzalez picked as early
favorites. In the end, Erics team, Yo Doy
Clase, took clear first, ending with 4
points. The teams board two and board
three, Ernesto Alvarez and Bennet Pellows,
respectively, each finished with an impres-
sive 5-0 to help propel their team to
victory, and each won the board prize for
their efforts. These two teams met in
round four, but the Gonzalez team, cap-
tained by Gil Luna, could only draw the
match, leaving both teams -point behind
Team Recio. Team Lunas last round endeavor. .
30 Chess Life May 2012
draw against Team Fonseca allowed
them to just get second, while Yo Doy
Clases 4- win over leader Team Carlos Hoyos, Lauren Kleiderma-
Recio, gave them the championship, drop-
ping Team Recio to third on tiebreaks as
four teams finished 4-1.
The champions lived up to their name
which means I Give Lessons. Their sec-
ond board related that it came from the
philosophy that if you play a good game
you should have taught your opponent a
class on how not to handle that certain
position. It helped us to have that mind-
set, to try to play correct chess so we
could teach. I also asked him how the
team was formed and he related. The
team was formed at the very last minute,
like a week before the event. I didnt want
to play with any other team, since these
are my friends and we usually get together
and play. Bennet is a strong player from
Boston originally, he is down here for
school at the University of Miami. We put
the team together and felt we had a pretty
good shot at winning.
Jon Haskel was the organizer and chief
tournament director of the event and was
assisted by Charles Hatherill.
The USAT playoffs between the win-
ners of the four regions, South, East,
West and North are currently scheduled
to be held over the Internet on April 21st.
We wish Yo Doy Clase success in this
2012 U.S. Amateur
Team South
At A Glance
Date: February 17-19, 2012
Location: Universal Palms Hotel,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Top Finishers: Championship
Team, 4: Yo Doy Clase (Eric
Rodriguez, Ernesto Alvarez,
Bennet Pellows, Mohammad
Yousef); 2nd Place Team, 4:
Luna (Renier Gonzalez,
Alexander Villafuerte, Gilberto
Luna, Alejandro Allen; 3rd Place
Team, 4: Recio (Jorge Pelaez,
Reinaldo Perez, Juan Poza, Miguel
Recio, Jose Cabrera); Top Under
2000 Team, 312: Ararat
(Alexander Malekan, Dario
Teodori, Miguel Ararat, Eric
Heerschap); Top Under 1800
Team, 312: Miami Raiders (Saul
Barat, Yunier Ramos, Jordanys
Jjd, David Jacoby); Top Under
1600 Team, 3: Casselberry Chess
Club (William Bowman, James
Johnson, Johnny Nunez, Joel
Nunez); Top Under 1400 Team, 2:
Cant Touch This (Danny Sepler,
cher, Justin Kleidermacher); Top
Under 1000 Team, 2: Ransom
Everglades (Alfredo Cubina, Jack
Kim, Carlos Barrera, Ethan
Edwards); Top Under 800 Team,
112: Virgin Islands Castles
(Howard Jones, Tommy Wise,
Alessandro Gever, Ngozi Jones);
Top Senior Team, 2: Four Old
Chestnuts (Dennis Dunn, Francis
Redway, Jr., Joel Neptune, Joseph
Diskin, Andre Saint Louis); Top
College Team, 2: FAU1 (Doinitsa
Psederschi, Shahab Samimi,
Guilherme Faviero, Kevin
Thornbloom-Elorza); Top High
School Team, 2: Gulliver Alpha
(Sam Silberman, Damian Bleiberg-
Faust, William Gubbins, Eric
Milton); Top Out of State Team, 2:
Rock City Gambit (Nkosi Jones,
Arthur Williams, Jr., Shamiel Van-
terpool, Jen Joe Canezal); Top
Board One, 5: Eric Cooke; Top
Board Two, 5: Ernesto Alvarez;
Top Board Three, 5: Bennet
PHOTO: JON HASKELL
Pellows; Top Board Four, 5: Eric
Heerschap.
Chief Tournament Director: Jon
Haskel
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Cover Story

Chess Burns in Iceland

Story & Photos By MACAULEY PETERSON

32 Chess Life May 2012 uschess.org

 n the 20-mile drive to Reykjavik
O from Icelands international air-
port, visitors are immediately
struck by the unusually rough terrain.
The road cuts a smooth path through a
scraggly and seemingly alien landscape,
shaped and re-shaped by centuries of vol-
canic and seismic activity. Snow-covered
hills loom in the distance.
Its like driving on the moon, com-
mented Igor, a friend of Grandmaster
Yury Shulman. The pair rented a car for
the duration of their stay which gave
them a chance to see more of the exotic
countryside than most visitors to the
Reykjavik Chess Festival, held March 6-
13, could manage.
Players generally had to stick to the bus,
which may well have been safer given the
prevalence of brief but intense blizzards
that were an almost daily occurrence.
On the Golden Circle tour, organized
for festival participants before the second
round, the tour bus frequently encoun-
tered conditions that might be regarded as
impassable by American standards. On
roads inland from Reykjavik, theres little
point in plowing for the relatively few cars
that need them; in an hour the next wave
of snow will simply cover them up again.
At one point our bus stopped to help a
stranded sedan which had skirted off the
road. Super GM David Navara from the
Czech Republic, was among those who
chivalrously offered to help push the car
A group of top American players travel to Iceland and
encounter blizzards both Icelandic and chessic.
Turning a draw into a win
GM Robert L. Hess (FIDE 2635, USA)
GM Henrik Danielsen (FIDE 2504, ISL)
Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (4.5),
03.09.2012
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+K+-+NzP-
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After 53. Rxd8
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back to solid ground.
But dont think the weather put a
damper on the sightseeing. No, in fact,
when the bus reached its destinations
again and again throughout the day, the
clouds parted, as if by magic, and a beau-
tiful sunny day emerged.
Icelanders are very clever, said our tour
guide on the trip back to the city, and I
myself am quite well educated, but I still
believe in elves.
Its hard to know whether this should be
taken literally, or if it was more an homage
to a certain mystical ethos that pervades the
island nation of 320,000 people spread
over an area about the size of Kentucky
(which, by the way, has 4.37 million). But
there is certainly something intriguing
about the place.
Several of the nine American players
who came from New York, Chicago, Dallas
and Austin, Texas, were making repeat
visits, lured by the friendly people, good
food, and picturesque surroundings. Robert
Hess played in 2011. Shulman and Irina
Krush came in 2010.
Maurice Ashley was here in 2006, but as
a commentator not a player. In fact, this
tournament marked his first international
event in eight years!
I wanted to just come and be in a good
vibe. I loved it when I came here in 06, and
I have such great memories, Ashley
explained. I haven't been motivated to
play ... I said maybe if I go back, there will
53. ... Kxd8
To outside observers, this game
appeared to be heading towards a draw,
but Hess uncorked a surprising posi-
tional sacrifice.
54. d5!!
A brilliant stroke to secure the d4-
square for his knight. Even strong chess
engines don't find this move immediately,
if at all.
54. ... exd5 55. Nd4 Kd7 56. f5 gxf5 57. Nxf5
Amazingly, even stronger was to give a
second pawn, temporarily! 57. Ra8! f4
58. Rg8 Bh6 59. Rh8 Bg7 60. Rh7 Ke8 61.
gxf4 f5! a hard move to make but the
alternatives are worse. 62. Nxf5 Kf8 63.
be some juices that might flow."
Others were making their first visit to the
Icelandic capital. Teddy Coleman came in
search of his third international master (IM)
normand got it! John Bartholomew was
looking for international experience and his
first grandmaster (GM) norm. For Michael
Langer it was all about the destination.
Chess is, for me, an excuse to go to
exotic locations for vacations ... [Iceland] is
something to check off on your bucket
list, Langer said, standing outside of JFK
airport upon his return home.
For Hess, the tournament was largely a
successful one; he placed 10th with 612
points from nine rounds, and was often on
the top boards, including pairings with
tournament favorites GMs Navara, Ivan
Sokolov, and Ivan Cheparinov. He was
happy with his play throughout the tour-
namentsolid and fun; a welcome Spring
break distraction from his first year at
Yale University.
Hess reviles opening preparation, pre-
ferring to play offbeat lines rather than
memorize twenty-five moves of theory. I
sometimes get worse positions, but there are
times where I just play normal moves and
try to outplay my opponent, which is pretty
much my style."
This style was clearly on display in
his fourth round win over Danish-Ice-
landic GM Henrik Danielsen. Hess
turned down two draw offers to reach the
following position:
Rxh5 and White regains his investment
with interest.
57. ... Ke6 58. Nd4+ Kd7 59. Re2
Now the rook invasion doesnt work 59.
Ra8 f5 but Hess finds another way in.
59. ... Bf8 60. Rf2 Be7 61. Rf5 Rc8 62. Rxh5 and
the h-pawn went on to decide the game.
Black resigned at move 75.
While the tournament attracts a grow-
ing number of top grandmasters each
year, Reykjavik is still an open after all,
rife with upsets, and the other American
grandmasters fared less well. Shulman
finished just a half point behind Hess, but
the score does not tell the story. It was
almost as if he played in a completely
Chess Life May 2012 33
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different tournament. After being nicked
for a point and a draw by much lower
rated players, he didnt manage to face
anyone over 2300 the rest of the week, let
alone a grandmaster.
It was really tough, but I made a
woman grandmaster norm, he chuckled,
after the tournament.
On his first day in Iceland, Yurys laptop
crashed, so he was without his home analy-
sis. This is never a pleasant experience at
the start of an international tournament,
even an open, where daily opening prepa-
ration is somewhat less important than in
a closed event. He was staying just across
the hall from me at the Fosshotel Baron,
and when I arrived, literally the first words
out of his mouth, after hello, were, do you
have MegaBase!? The five million game
database is a staple of opening research.
Things went awry starting in round
two against Ukrainian WGM Svetlana
Cherednichenko.
No excuses
WGM Svetlana Cherednichenko
(FIDE 2279, UKR)
GM Yury Shulman (FIDE 2594, USA)
Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (2.11),
03.07.2012
-tr-vl-+k+
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-zp-+P+NvL
+-tr-+-+P
-+-+-wQP+
+L+R+-+K
After 35. ... h5
36. fxg7
In this messy position, in time trouble,
Black has about six different winning
continuations, but Shulman unfortu-
nately miscalculated and allowed White
a miracle save after:
36. ... Qa4? 37. Rxd8+
The immediate 37. Nh6+ is more
forcing.
37. ... Rxd8 38. Nh6+! Kxg7 39. Qf6+ Kxh6 40.
Bg5+! and suddenly Black is mated next
Qxd8 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Qd1 42. Qh8+ Bh7 43.
move. Black resigned.
Shulman doesnt make any excuses,
however, and said that he simply has to
find time to study, particularly leading up
to the U.S. Championship. His son Gabriel
is just a year old, which inevitably cuts into
34 Chess Life May 2012
training time, but at least in Reykjavik, 30. Qa2
without active daddy duty to contend with,
Ashley was preparing to sacrifice his
Yury was getting enough sleep!
knight on d5, and intended to meet 30. ...
Maurice Ashleys hiatus from compet-
exd4 with 31. Ra7, to force the queen to c8.
itive play was largely linked to the
He was walking around the spacious play-
demands of family life, but with his
ing hall awaiting his opponents move and
youngest son now ten years old, hes
realized that 31. Ra7 could be met not with
eager to revive his own game.
31. ... Qc8 as played in the game, but also
Ashley came to Reykjavik a few days
31. ... Qxa7! when after 32. Qxa7 dxc3
early to acclimate, since he has had dif-
White has no time to take the knight,
ficulty recovering from jet-lag, but even so,
because the c-pawn queens, and therefore
it took a while to get the gears going. He
he loses the initiative, and may even be
didnt prepare for the tournament at all,
losing with 31. ... Qxa7. But when his
neither in terms of training games nor
opponent captured on d4, Ashley returned
opening preparation.
to the board and absentmindedly played
I just wanted to play, because the
31. Ra7 anyway, allowing the sacrifice!
most important thing is just getting the
When he realized what he had done, he
feel in your fingers, and sometimes when
managed to keep a poker face, and Hob-
you try to do opening work at a tourna-
ber, assuming he was already busted,
ment, you get yourself tired studying too
also played 31. ... Qc8 quite quickly.
much. Ashley wanted to stay fresh, but
he also observed how that can backfire in 32. Nxd5! cxd5 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Rxd7
this day and age, with modern analysis
Now White is crushing and finishes in
engines and databases becoming wide-
style.
spread.
My fifth round opponent [Einar Jens- 34. ... dxe3 35. g5 Bg7 36. Rxg7 Qxh3 37.
son], he said to me after the gameafter Rg8+, Black resigned.
he had tortured me a little bit and then
we drewhe said, you know, you're a
Ashleys best game, however, was in
really good player, but I noticed you play
the penultimate round, versus FM Robert
a lot of the same openings all the time, so
Lagerman. Finally in the last few rounds
I have this powerful new computer ...
it started to happen. In this round my
and it looked at your game the whole
brain was as fresh as fresh ... I started to
night, and came up with this plan that I
see the board again, started to have some
played, and I was like, 'what the hell?
clarity, I started to be able to calculate on
Jensson, an Icelandic master who
longer lines.
scored an IM norm in Reykjavik
befriended several of the American play-
ers, and even joined them in the Blue
Closed Sicilian (B23)
Lagoon on the last day [See sidebar, Ice-
landic Wonders].
FM Robert Lagerman (FIDE 2315, ISL)
Despite a few draws with weaker play-
GM Maurice Ashley (FIDE 2452, USA)
ers, Ashley did face two of the three strong
Reykjavik Open, Reykjavik ISL (8.21),
Ukrainian GMs, Yuriy Kuzubov and
03.12.2012
Vladimir Baklan, but lost to both of them.
Notes by Ashley
Even some of the wins came with a
fair bit of luck, Ashley said. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d3
Its a nice feeling when your opponent
avoids the preparation that you didnt
Just a bit o luck do! Naturally, 5. d4 would have asked
GM Maurice Ashley (FIDE 2452, USA) me what I knew about the Taimanov vari-
Anders Hobber (FIDE 2224, NOR) ation. Im wondering myself.
Reykjavik Open 2012 Reykjavik (7.29),
03.11.2012 5. ... d5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 b5
-+-+-trk+ r+lwqkvl-tr
+q+n+-+p +-+-+pzpp
-+p+-vlp+ p+n+psn-+
+pzPpzp-+- +pzpp+-+-
-zP-zP-+P+ -+-+PzP-+
tR-sN-zP-vLP +-sNP+N+-
-+-+Q+-+ PzPP+L+PzP
+-+-+-mK- tR-vLQ+RmK-
After 29. ... e5 After 7. ... b5
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8. a3 throat will prove irritating. My slow brain

I spent way too much time wondering
about 8. e5 Nd7 9. Ng5 Be7 10. Nxf7
Kxf7 11. f5 but finally decided that my
opponent wouldnt be completely insane.
However, this last move and the one that
follows are on the opposite end of the
spectrum, way too calm to cause Black
any worry.
r+lwq-trk+ took 20 minutes to realize that I could
refute it directly. Afterwards, when I
+-+-vlpzpp showed this position to GM Gregory
p+n+-sn-+ Kaidanov and IM Irina Krush and they
had trouble finding the move (and contin-
+-+p+-+- uation) as well, I didnt feel so bad.
Nzp-+-zP-+
+-+P+N+- 15. ... Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5

8. ... Be7 9. Kh1 0-0 10. Qe1 -zPP+L+PzP r+-wqr+k+

White is slowly trying to get things tR-vL-wQR+K +-+-+pzpp
going on the kingside, but there is a flaw
behind this move.
After 13. Na4
p+n+-sn-+
ter since the other choices were to retreat +-+pzP-+-
10. ... b4 11. axb4 cxb4 12. exd5 and grovel.
White could have also tried 12. e5
Nzp-zP-+l+
bxc3 13. Qxc3 but after 13. ... Qb6 14. +-zP-+-+-
13. ... Bd6

exf6 Bxf6 its obvious Black is in the Played to prevent 14. Ne5.
drivers seat.
-zP-+L+PzP
14. d4 Re8 tR-vL-wQR+K
The natural consequence of Whites
12. ... exd5 13. Na4
tenth move.
After 17. fxe5

(see diagram top of next column)

I was a bit surprised that White actu-
15. c3 17. ... Nxe5!
ally believed in his position enough to White has banked all his money on the I guess you would expect that I would
play this move, but it really doesnt mat- move Ne5 and hopes the bone in my have noticed this protected square tactic

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a lot easier, especially after making an No better is 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qf4 (22.
entire DVD about the idea! But since Bf4 Rf8 23. Qxd5 Ngf2+ 24. Kg1 Qxf4) 22.
Gregory and Irina missed it as well, I ... g5 23. Qc7 Rac8.
guess the title What Grandmasters Dont
See is appropriate.
21. ... Nd2!, White resigned.
For the international masters among
18. Bxg4
Capitulation. 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Rf2 the American contingent, Reykjavik prom-
ised at least a potential shot at a
r+-wq-+k+ grandmaster norm. Like Bartholomew,
Marc Arnold is still looking for his first
+-+-+pzpp norm. He has already achieved the
p+-+-sn-+ required 2500 rating, and had spent the
better part of the past year competing in
+-+ptr-+- tournaments, both in the U.S. and
throughout Europe.
Nzp-+-+l+
In Reykjavik, Arnold stumbled in round
+-zP-+-+- five which effectively put him out of con-
-zP-+LtRPzP tention for a norm, but he did bounce
back with a nice pair of wins, including
tR-vL-wQ-+K a positional gem.
to move his queen to the b-file and invade
with Rb7, but the problem is the a6-
pawn. Arnold finds a creative solution: 44.
Rb6! (The direct 44. Qa5 is also winning,
with Rb7 threatened at once. Black is in
Zugzwang, since the attempt to defend
with 44. ... Ke7 fails to 45. Qxc7+! Qxc7
46. Rb7 Kd8 47. Rxc7 Kxc7 48. Kg5 and
the h-pawn will fall.)
44. ... g5+
A desperate try for counterplay. Rela-
tively best was 44. ... Re7 when Arnold
would still need to find 45. Qa5.
45. hxg5 Rg7 46. Qb4 Qd8 47. g6!
Whites king is totally safe, and his
rook is about to invade.
47. ... h4 48. Rb8 Qf6 49. Rxe8+ Kxe8 50.
Qb8+

Analysis after 19. Rf2 More pleasing is 50. Qb7!

19. ... Ne4 (19. ... Qe7 20. Bf4 Rxe2 21. A positional gem -+-+k+-+
Rxe2 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Bxe2 23. cxb4 d4 24.
Nc5 Nd5 25. Bd2 and though Black is up
IM Marc T. Arnold (FIDE 2502, USA) zpQ+-+-tr-
a pawn, I dont know that this is easy.) 20.
Eric Vaarala (FIDE 2241, SWE)
P+p+pwqP+
Bxg4 (20. Rf3 is the computers move. It
Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (6.23),

doesnt have any trouble with protected

03.11.2012 +-zPpsNp+-
squares, but it also agrees that this line -trr+-+k+ -+-zP-mK-zp
doesnt look appetizing due to the lack of real
presence of Whites remaining pieces.) 20. zp-+n+-zpp +-+-zP-zP-
... Ng3+ I did see this! 21. hxg3 Rxe1+ 22. l+p+pwq-+ -+-+-zP-+
Kh2 I didnt feel I needed to look any further,
but only later did I realize that White actu- +-zPp+p+- +-+-+-+-
ally had three pieces for the queen and two P+-zP-+-+ Analysis after 50. Qb7
pawns. However, the discoordination prob-
lem is not something that White finds easy +-wQNzP-+- 50. Qb7! would have been a nice finish-
to solve. After 22. ... bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5 24. ing touch, when there might have
Rf4 Rae8 Black is to be preferred.
-+-+LzPPzP followed: 50. ... Rxb7 51. axb7 Qd8 52. g7
+-tR-+RmK- Beautiful!
18. ... Nexg4 19. Qg3
Now I get to be flashy. Much more
After 24. ... Ba6 50. ... Qd8 51. Qxd8+ Kxd8 52. gxh4 Ke7 53.

determined was 19. Qh4. Arnold gained the upper hand with:
Kg5 Kf8 54. h5 Rc7 55. h6, Black resigned.

19. ... Ne4! 25. Ne5! Bxe2 26. Nxd7 Qg6 27. Ne5 Qg5 28. Bartholomew finished with a half point
Its not often one gets to play a move like
Rfe1 less than Arnold, but actually posted a
this in a serious game. It felt good, and And White obtained a monster knight higher performance rating, due to much
even better knowing that I had seen it versus bad bishop. tougher pairings. He faced no less than
coming after 15. ... Bg4. Fast forward 15 moves. four grandmasters, including Womens
World Champion Hou Yifan.
20. Qf3 Qh4! 43. ... Kf8 We played a good game but she kind
of outclassed me towards the end in time
r+-+r+k+ -+q+lmk-+ pressure.
Bartholomew said he was able to ana-
lyze his games with nearly all his
+-+-+pzpp zp-tr-+-zp-
p+-+-+-+ P+p+p+-+ opponents, including Hou. She said that
I defended well at certain points, so I was
happy to hear that.
+-+p+-+- +-zPpsNp+p
Nzp-zPn+nwq -tR-zP-mK-zP
Closed Ruy Lopez (C91)
+-zP-+Q+- wQ-+-zP-zP-
-zP-+-+PzP -+-+-zP-+ GM Hou Yifan (FIDE 2639, CHN)
IM John Bartholomew (FIDE 2440, USA)
tR-vL-+R+K +-+-+-+- Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (5.7),
After 20. ... Qh4 After 43. ... Kf8 03.10.2012
White has maneuvered to gain space
Notes by Bartholomew
and provoke weaknesses. He would like Playing a world champion on equal
21. Bf4

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IM Irina Krush

terms is definitely a nerve-wracking affair. The Ruy Lopez is a cornerstone of Hous

I had plenty of time to prepare for this repertoire. I devoted almost all of my r+lwq-trk+
game but didnt manage to get much preparation time to it, but this was a +-+-vlpzpp
sleep! Nevertheless, I went in with a clear surprise! Previously she had always gone
head and a desire to match wits with a for the main lines with 9. h3. p+Pzp-sn-+
formidable opponent. snp+-zp-+-
9. ... Bg4 10. d5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
Keeping a flexible center with 10. Be3
-+-+P+-+
is equally popular.
0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. d4
+-zP-+N+P
r+lwq-trk+ 10. ... Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8
PzPL+-zPP+
+-zp-vlpzpp I think White has more chances for tRNvLQtR-mK-
p+nzp-sn-+ something tangible in the line 12. ... Bxf3 After 13. dxc6
13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 when Black will
+p+-zp-+- have to play very precisely to neutralize
the bishop pair on a board that is quickly
13. ... Qc7
-+-zPP+-+ GM Mihail Marin (in his notes to
becoming open.
+LzP-+N+- Adams-Aronian, Dortmund 2006) makes
an astute comment on the slightly infe-
PzP-+-zPPzP 13. dxc6
rior 13. ... Nxc6: Since the pawn
tRNvLQtR-mK- structure is relatively immobile, the best
After 9. d4 (see diagram next column) routes for the pieces can be easily estab-

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lished. The knight has nothing to do back
on c6. It would not only fail to control the
relatively weak d5-square but would also
be restricted in his actions by the c3-
pawn and his own e5-pawn. Therefore,
the queen is better suited for winning
the pawn back, while the knight can
dream of being recycled via c4-b6. I
would only add that the maneuver ...
Nc4-b6 very often fails to completely solve
Blacks problems with this knight, but the
text does provide more interesting oppor-
tunities for counterplay.
14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Re8 17.
a4 Be6
I had this position against Julio Becerra
in a U.S. Chess League game a couple
years back. There I preferred 17. ... Bb7,
but after 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bg5!? d5 (19. ...
Nxb2 is critical) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Bxa8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. exd5 Rd8 24. b3
Nb6 25. c4! I failed to fully equalize.
18. Ng5 Bd7 19. b3 Na5
Per my comment on move 13, 19. ...
Nb6 20. a5 Nc8 still leaves the knight in
a bad way.
20. Bd2
25. ... Nh7 26. Nhf5 Bg5
-tr-+r+k+
+-wq-+pzpn
-+-zpl+-zp
snp+-zpNvl-
-+-+P+-+
+PzP-+-sNP
-+LvLQzPP+
+R+-tR-mK-
After 26. ... Bg5
This was my idea beginning with 24. ...
Rab8. Exchanging dark-square bishops
and targeting c3 is a positionally well-
founded plan, but its probably a bit
artificial with the dopey knight on h7
(matching its unhappy counterpart on
a5!?).
27. h4!?
Played after prolonged thought. White
had a couple of tempting alternatives:
27. Nh5!? g6 28. Nhg7 gxf5 29. Nxe8
Rxe8 30. exf5 Bd7 leads to complications
not unfavorable to White; The simple 27.
Bxg5 hxg5 (27. ... Nxg5? 28. Nh5 is very
-tr-+r+k+
+-wq-+pzp-
-+-+l+-zp
snp+pzpN+-
-+-+n+-zP
+PzP-+RsN-
-+LwQ-zPP+
+R+-+-mK-
After 30. ... Nxe4
31. Nxe4?
Here the Zwischenzug 31. Nxh6+! is
very strong. We both thought I would
answer this with 31. ... Kf8, when I will
take the piece and evacuate my monarch
to the queenside. Nevertheless, after (not
31. ... gxh6? 32. Qxh6 with a decisive
attack) 32. Bxe4! dxe4 33. Nxe4 Black is
in a precarious position, i.e. 33. ... Rbd8
34. Qg5 gxh6 35. Qxh6+ Ke7 36. Qg5+
Kd7 37. Nf6+ Kc6 38. Nxe8 Rxe8 when
Whites chances are definitely higher (for
instance, she may just start running the
h-pawn).

dangerous for Black) 28. Red1 is good

31. ... dxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxf5 33. Bxf5
r+-+r+k+ for a slight edge. Now Im close to equalizing.
+-+lvlpzpp 27. ... Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Nf6! 33. ... Qd8
p+qzp-sn-+ I was very happy to get this move in. During the game I was proud of this
snp+-zp-sN- The d-pawn is temporarily immune, so I clever double attack (Hou later said she
take the opportunity to improve my worst- missed it), but its probably not best. (33.
P+-+P+-+ placed piece. ... Nb7!?)
+PzP-+-sNP 29. Re3! 34. Qa2?!
-+LvL-zPP+ A decision dictated by our mutual time
tR-+QtR-mK- -tr-+r+k+ trouble. If she wants to keep queens on,
+-wq-+pzp- then 34. Bd7 is a better way to do so,
intending 34. ... Re7 35. Rd3.
After 20. Bd2

Weve reached a theoretically impor- -+-zplsn-zp

tant position.
34. ... e4 35. Re3 Qd5!
snp+-zpN+-
Centralization!
20. ... Qc7 -+-+P+-zP
The benefit of this natural move is that it
36. Bg4
+PzP-tR-sN-
forces White to immediately clarify the
queenside structure. The flexible alternative
-+LwQ-zPP+ -tr-+r+k+
20. ... Bd8!? (as seen in the aforementioned +R+-+-mK- +-+-+pzp-
Adams-Aronian game) is fully playable;
Black can also throw in 20. ... h6 21. Nf3 -+-+-+-zp
After 29. Re3

before committing to anything, though this Combining attack and defense. Defi- snp+q+-+-
does encourage Whites standard plan of nitely not 29. Nxd6? Red8, when the
Nf3-h4-f5. knight will be lost; 29. Qxd6?! Qxc3 is also
-+-+p+LzP
quite nice for Black. +PzP-tR-+-
21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe2 h6 23. Nf3 Be6 24.
Rab1 Rab8?! 29. ... d5?! Q+-+-zPP+
It wasnt yet necessary to protect the b- I didnt think I could afford to hesitate +R+-+-mK-
pawn. More accurate is 24. ... Bf8!, (e.g. 29. ... Red8 30. Rf3 sees White build-
intending to meet 25. Nh4 with 25. ... g6 ing up heavy threats against my king.
After 36. Bg4

when Black has absolutely no problems. However, in view of the opportunity on

Whites 31st move perhaps 29. ... b4!? is 36. ... Nc6?
25. Nh4 the best attempt to cross Whites plans. I thought I had finally made sense of
White enjoys a typical kingside initiative. 30. Rf3 Nxe4 this piece, but this is in fact a serious

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error! After 36. ... Ra8! Black may even
have more choices. If I can get in ... f7-f5,
then the knight will be in no way inferior
to the bishop.
37. Rd1!
Hou doesnt miss her chance.
37. ... Qe5
37. ... Qc5 38. b4 is even worse.
38. Bd7 Red8
Unfortunately, my intended 38. ... Rbd8
just loses material after 39. Qe2.
39. Qe2 Qc7?
The game is essentially over after this
mistake. I needed to find 39. ... Qf6! to
keep things going. Then 40. Rxe4 Qxc3
definitely looks shaky for Black, but I
also dont see any sort of knockout for
White.
40. Bf5!
Reaching time control with a clear pawn
in hand. Worse, I have no stable square
for my knight.
40. ... Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Rd8 42. Qe2 g6
Trying to arrange my pawns on light
squares, but it doesnt really work out. I
saw that 42. ... b4 43. Bxe4 bxc3 44.
Rxc3 Nd4 45. Rxc7 Nxe2+ 46. Kh2 would
present my opponent with only a moder-
ately difficult technical task. Albeit
depressing, this may have been the most
testing.
43. Bxe4 h5 44. Bf3!
Illustrating the stark contrast between
bishop and knight. The threats are 45.
Re8+ and 45. Qxb5.
44. ... Na5
I couldnt bring myself to play 44. ...
Na7 with a straight face.
45. Qxb5 Kh7
45. ... Rb8 46. Re8+ is trivial. 46. ...
Rxe8 47. Qxe8+ Kg7 48. Bd5.
46. g3 Rb8 47. Qg5 Rxb3 48. Re7 Rb1+ 49.
Kh2, Black resigned.
Bartholomew is teaching full time in
New York for Chess-In- The-Schools, and
privately. After a semester of law school
at the University of Denver last year, he
decided the program was not for him.
Maybe Im kind of naive to say that I did-
nt do my research properly before school,
but it was kind of one of those things you
really had to dive into in order to see
where youre going, and I just didnt see
myself doing it and I didnt want to invest
more time, and money especially.
He enjoys teaching and playing, and is
considering chess as a possible career.
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While he still has ambition to improve,
his rating has stagnated for the past
five years.
I feel like Im at a level where Ive really
figured out the lower-rated players, but
the GMsI cant upset them on a consis-
tent basis. In addition to spending more
time studying, he wants to work with a
serious coach, somebody who can get me
over the edge. Naturally, more tourna-
ment experience against strong players
would help, but as a teacher, its hard to
take long periods of time off to play. Dur-
ing the summer Bartholomew plans to
work at a summer camp in St. Olaf, Min-
nesotahis home statealongside GM
Gregory Kaidanov, and IM Irina Krush.
Krush was also not in serious contention
for a GM normshe has one, but her sec-
ond has been a long time in coming.
Calculation-wise Ive had some prob-
lems, so I need to become a bit more
accurate. That made me drop a few half
points in this tournament. Her board
one match-up with top seed Fabiano
Caruana was a prime example.
At the end even, I had little time, but
I saw a line that I thought might be a
drawa perpetualI basically had no
pieces left, but I give him a perpetual.
But I just wasnt sure: Is it a perpetual or
does his king run away? If youre just a
tiny bit more accurate thats it, thats an
extra half point.
Fab-ulous
IM Irina Krush (FIDE 2461, USA)
GM Fabiano Caruana (FIDE 2767, ITA)
Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (3.1),
03.08.2012
-+-+-tr-mk
+-zp-+-vl-
-+-+-+pzp
tR-+-zp-+-
-+-+P+l+
+-zPQ+-sN-
-tr-+LwqPzP
+-+-+R+K
After 35. Rf1
35. ... Qb6 36. Raa1?
Irina analyzed 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Ra8
Bxe2 (Or 37. ... Rb1+ 38. Nf1 Bxe2 39.
Rxf8+) 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kxf8 40.
Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ with a draw; but in
fact, she had an even better chance: 36.
Ra6! Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Qf2 38. Rxg6. Sud-
denly, although complicated, it is White
that can claim an edge!
36. ... Bxe2 37. Rxf8+?
Icelandic Wonders
Northern lights, glaciers and active
volcanos are just some of the natural
wonders on offer to visitors of the Reyk-
javik Skk Festival. On the so-called
Golden Circle tour, the first stop is the
Thingvellir (ingvellir in Icelandic, which
has six more letters than English), where
the first general assembly was estab-
lished around 930 C.E. It is considered
the heart of Iceland.
The site is part of a rift valley formed
by the mid-Atlantic ridge which sepa-
rates the European and North American
tectonic plates as they are gradually
being pushed apart. Not surprisingly,
earthquakes are a frequent occurrence
here, although nearly all of them are too
faint to feel on the surface. Since the
land is literally being torn apart, the val-
ley is full of bizarre-looking cracks and
fissures, many of which are filled with
remarkably clear azure-tinted water.
The next stop is the geothermally active
valley of Haukadalur, home of numerous
active geysers. In fact, one is named Geysir,
from which the English word derives. The
smaller Strokkur geyser erupts roughly
every seven minutes, making it akin to a
mini version of Old Faithful in Yellowstone
National Park.
When I jokingly complained to David
Navara that the eruption, which lasts
only a few seconds, was too fleeting by
comparison, he cracked, well but there
was the financial crisis in Iceland!
The tour then moves on to Gullfoss
(Golden Falls), a breathtaking three-
tiered waterfall of epic proportions.
After a brief stop at a volcanic crater,
the chess version of the tour visited the
church in Selfoss, where Bobby Fischer
is buried. Its an unremarkable resting
place for a remarkable chess legend.
Another popular destination with its
own geothermal power is the Blue Lagoon
spa. The naturally hated seawater is
rich in minerals like silica and sulphur,
and is vaunted for its therapeutic effects.
Guests can drink fruit juice and cocktails
right in the water, visit adjacent saunas
and steam rooms, or even arrange a
massage. The Americans took advan-
tage of the spas proximity to the airport
to organize a visit on the last afternoon
in Reykjavik. Quite relaxing after a hard
weeks work!
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With under a minute on her clock, Irina
blunders. Necessary was 37. Nxe2 Rf2 38.
Rfe1 when White can still try to hold.
37. ... Bxf8 38. Nxe2 Qf2
-+-+-vl-mk
+-zp-+-+-
-+-+-+pzp
+-+-zp-+-
-+-+P+-+
+-zPQ+-+-
-tr-+NwqPzP
tR-+-+-+K
After 38. ... Qf2
The knight is fatally X-rayed.
39. Qg3 Rxe2, White resigned.
Caruana went on to win the tourna-
ment with 712/9 and, it should be noted,
he was technically the tenth American
playing in Reykjavik. The Florida-born
American-Italian, raised in Brooklyn, has
had an impressive run lately, and after the
Reykjavik Open moved into the number six
spot in the world rankings, ahead of Hikaru
Nakamura.
In the chess world, however, its your
federation that matters, and Caruana
American. He noted that of course you
cant go by citizenship or else Maurice
Ashley isnt Americanhe has Jamaican
citizenship.
Several players noted that in Reyk-
javik, the players with Icelandic flags
were quite likely to be underrated. In an
island nation several hours away by plane
to Europe or North America, the rating
pool becomes a bit isolated, which tends
to make them relatively less accurate.
So, for instance, you find a fifteen-year-
old kid named Dagur Kjartansson with a
1500 FIDE rating, posting a performance
of nearly 2150.
Hess dislike of opening preparation is
matched only by his disdain for draws. He
never offered a single one in Reykjavik,
and his sole half point came, begrudg-
ingly, via a move repetition against
perennial Reykjavik Open contender Ivan
Sokolov. They met in round seven, the
afternoon session of the only day with
two rounds. Sokolov had played a short
20-move draw with Cheparinov in the
morning, so was well rested.
Suspecting Hess might tire after his
four-and-a-half-hour battle with Hjorvar
Gretarsson, Sokolov opted for a double-
edged approach.
We both thought there was no way
the game was going to end in a draw,
Hess said. One of us was going to win,
and most probably we both thought I
planned to take a year to play as much as
possible, before starting work. He already
has a job lined up in asset management
at BlackRock, where he will start in
August.
It definitely is an analytical job and Im
sure that playing chess will help me out
... Chess tournamentsespecially two-a-
daysare brutal, he explained.
In Reykjavik Coleman managed to
achieve his third IM norm, much to his
relief and delight. Its really hard not to
think about it during the tournament, he
said, especially so after starting with 312/4,
including a win over Russian GM Vasily
Papin. I really try to keep it out of my
thoughts until the last round, because, if
I play good chess, hopefully it works out
fine, but its one of those things thats
always in the back of your head.
It wasnt a clean tournament by any
means, and most of his games were
extremely hard fought. Against Papin, he
said, I was getting tortured for five hours
and he just made a few mistakesfirst
just to let me get back into the game and
have a draw, and then to let me win. It
was very lucky.
Colemans fourth round draw with GM
Baklan, however, was the one that most
satisfied him.
Schmid Benoni (A43)
FM Teddy Coleman (FIDE 2356, USA)

has played under an Italian flag since was going to win, but he held pretty well
GM Vladimir Baklan (FIDE 2612, UKR)

2006. At Chess Life Online, one comment and it just ended in a draw.
Reykjavik Open 2012, Reykjavik (4.7)

to the March 12th post, Caruana Leads Rounding out the American field, were
03.09.2012

Reykjavik Open pointed to this distinc- FMs Coleman, Kiewra and Langer. Cole-
Notes by Coleman

tion, so I asked Robert Hess whether he man has been devoting a lot of time to In the previous game, I came away with
thought it was fair to characterize his chess lately. He finished his undergrad- a win from a completely lost position. A
own result as the best in Reykjavik by an uate degree at Harvard last May, and little luck never hurts, and I got a little

A small country with big plans

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

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more in this tough fight against Baklan.
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 a6
6. a4 e6 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5 Nd7 9. Ng3 h5
10. Be2 Nh6!?
The first big surprise of the game. Bak-
lan puts his knight on an unorthodox
square for this opening. From here, he
plans to play ... f7-f5 quickly and use
that square to bring his knight to d4.
11. f3?!
Im used to playing f2-f3 against the
Benoni and stuck with it, but here it
doesnt make so much sense.
11. ... h4 12. Nf1 f5 13. Be3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5
15. Bf4
15. Bg5 Also an interesting move. 15.
... Qc7 16. Ne3 0-0 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Nxf6+
Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. 0-0 with approx-
imate equality.
15. ... 0-0
15. ... Bxb2 Black can simply take a
pawn here. 16. Rb1 Bd4 17. Bxd6?! In the
game, I thought I could take the pawn for
counterplay, but Black has a strong reply.
17. ... Nf6! 18. Bf4 Nxd5.
16. Ne3 Nf6
16. ... Bxb2 Again, Black can simply
grab a pawn and have a clear edge. 17.
Rb1 Be5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bg5 Qe8 Black
has a huge edge here.
17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 g5
r+lwq-trk+
+p+-+-vl-
p+-zp-+-+
+-zpP+nzp-
P+N+PvL-zp
+-+-+-+-
-zP-+L+PzP
tR-+QmK-+R
After 18. ... g5
19. Bc1
19. g4! A really interesting blow that I
missed during the game. This restores
approximate equality to the position after
Black failed to gain a convincing edge
earlier. 19. ... hxg3 e.p. (19. ... gxf4 20.
gxf5) 20. Bxg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qe7 22.
Qc2.
19. ... Nd4 20. Rf1 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qe7?!
Inaccurate and gives me time to
develop. 21. ... h3 22. Bd3 Qf6+ 23. Kg1
hxg2 24. Kxg2 Qh6 and now Black has
tremendous play against the white king.
22. Bd3 h3 23. Be3
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23. Qh5? Nb3 24. e5 Qf8+ 25. Kg1 Bf5
and Black has a clear edge.
23. ... Bd7 24. Qh5 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 hxg2 26.
Kxg2 Nf3 27. Rf1
Better is 27. a5 A strange move given
the action on the kingside, but neces-
sary. The move ... b7-b5 is quite strong
and White needs to keep the queenside
closed up. 27. ... g4 28. Rf1 White is
worse, but hanging tough.
27. ... Nh4+ 28. Kg1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 b5 30.
Bxg5?
Going for complications in mutual time
pressure. It worked out for the best, but
was objectively wrong. 30. axb5 axb5 31.
Nd2 Bxb2 32. Bxg5 Bf6 33. Bxh4 Bxh4
and White is hanging on by a thread
here.
30. ... Qf8+ 31. Ke2 bxc4 32. Bxc4
-+-+-wqk+
+-+l+-vl-
p+-zp-+-+
+-zpP+-vLQ
P+L+P+-sn
+-+-+-+-
-zP-+K+-zP
+-+-+-+-
After 32. Bxc4
32. ... Nf5?
Missing multiple winning continua-
tions (32. ... Bh3! winning on the spot. 33.
Kd1 Nf3; 32. ... Ng2 is also good for a win.
White is forced to trade queens. 33. Qf3
Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Ne1+ 35. Kf2 Nc2 and
once the knight reaches safety the
endgame should be winning).
33. exf5 Qxf5 34. Bd3 Qe5+ 35. Kf1 Bf5 36.
Bxa6 Qe4 37. Qh4??
Made with four seconds left. Almost
any bishop retreat maintains equality,
but now Black can set up a devastating
mating net. Fortunately Baklan recipro-
cated, throwing away the win with 37. ...
Qb1+?.
Instead 37. ... Bg4! and I simply can-
not stop the threat of ... Bd4 and ... Qh1+.
38. Ke2 Qxb2+ 39. Bd2 Qe5+ 40. Kd1 Bg6
41. Be2 Qa1+ 42. Bc1 Qc3 43. Qd8+
... and now I simply took the draw and
was content to have survived the game.
43. ... Kh7 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kh7, Draw
agreed.
Kiewra already has all his IM norms,
plus two GM norms, but he needs
another forty-five rating points to get his
IM title. Hes a full time chess teacher in
Dallas. I enjoy what I do. Im able to
make a living from it. Its a lot better
than being at a desk from nine to five
every day, waking up early and working
for somebody else.
For Langer, chess has become a hobby
again more than anything. I had some
drop in my playing strength about a year
ago, which I still cant recover ... maybe
I just think too much about work now.
His play clearly improved as the tourna-
ment progressed, and he finished with
four wins in his last five rounds. Only five
points over all, but that was no great
loss. Its not the tournament itself that
is important, but just to visit the place,
Langer said.
Its easy to see the appeal of this tour-
nament, even as the winter weather can
be aggravating at times. You have to be
hearty, Ashley remarked, adding, if I
could come back in June Id be here in
a minute!
I'll definitely be coming back, said
Bartholomew, as we waited to board the
Icelandic Air flight home to New York. I
hope to play this tournament again.
Forty years after the historic world
championship match that put Reykjavik
on the chess map, the skk scene in the
land of fire and ice is again heating up..
See more reporting from Reykjavik by
Macauley Peterson at: main.uschess.org
/content/view/11656/654/ including
video reports.
Full crosstable can be found here: chess-
results.com/tnr54645.aspx?art=4&lan=
1&flag=30.
Reykjavik Open 2012
At A Glance
Date: March 6-13, 2012
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Top Finishers: 1st, 7: Fabiano
Caruana (ITA); 2nd, 7: Ivan
Sololov (NED), David Navara
(CZE), Gawain C. B. Jones (ENG),
Boris Avrukh (ISR), Hou Yifan
(CHN), Maze Sebastien (FRA),
Danielsen Henrik (ISL).
Top U.S. Finishers: 612: Robert L.
Hess; 6: Yury Shulman, Marc T.
Arnold, Irina Krush, Keaton F.
Kiewra; 512: Maurice Ashley, John
Bartholomew, Teddy Coleman; 5:
Michael Langer.
Tournament Director: IO
Gunnar Bjornsson
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AMERICAN OPEN petition: Over-the-board play, correspondence play, and composition. 44. Yury Lapshun IM 2469
45. Irina Krush IM 2467
2010 Joshua Friedel, Enrico Sevillano, Melikset Khachiyan OVER-THE-BOARD PLAY 46. Douglas Root IM 2465
2011 Varuzhan Akobian FIDE uses a complex but flexible formula to detemine eligibility for OTB 47. Greg Shahade IM 2463
GARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 2011 titles. Basically the average rating of a qualifying event is used to determine 48. Bryan Smith IM 2460
how many points a titled playera grandmaster for examplewould be 48. Dean Ippolito IM 2459
LINA GRUMETTE MEMORIAL CLASSIC expected to make. Players who score that number of points achieve a norm 50. Vincent McCambridge IM 2459
2010 John Daniel Bryant toward that title. To earn a title, a player must make several such norms and

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FIDE SENIOR TRAINER (FST) Dowd Dunn Danny William Fraser Anthony Friemoth David Funston
TOP 50 CORRESPONDENCE PLAYERS GM Lev Alburt GM Boris Gulko Michael Khodarkovsky GM Zsuzsa Pol- Geoff Gawdun J.H. Ghoraghi Anatoly Goldberg Fletcher Gross Charles
(from International Correspondence Chess Federation). gar Boris Postovsky GM Yasser Seirawan Harnach Bruce Johnson Frederick Kagan Henryk Kalafut Edward
Knighton Thomas Langland Maurice Leysens Martin Lubell David P.
Rtg.
1. GM Alik Samulovich Zilberberg 2606
FIDE TRAINER (FT) Lynn Alex Markevitch Dan Maxwell Monte McClure Terry McManus
WIM Beatriz Marinello IM Vladimir Prosviriakov Ryan McCracken T. Louis Meaker Martin Moskowitz David Moulton
2. GM Stephen E. Ham 2580 Jacob Nemchenok Mario Pachajoa Jose Antonio Pagan Stanley Perlo
2. GM Dr. Jason Bokar 2578 FIDE INSTRUCTOR (FI) Joseph Rettegi David Robinson Thur Row Paul Salem Paul Sayre Her-
4. GM Daniel M. Fleetwood 2571
Chouchanik Airapetian Michael Ciamarra Elena Donaldson Ilye Figler bert Seidman Ricky Shepherd Jerry Slavich Alwin Sopungco William
5. SIM Tim Murray 2544
Anatoly Tonkonogy Sprague Dailon Stauvers Dr. David Steinberg Paul Steiner Hisham Sunna
6. GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba 2532
Harry Tamvakis Robin Taylor Donald Thompson Row Thur Yefim Treger
7. SIM Jon Edwards 2521 DEVELOPMENTAL INSTRUCTOR (DI) Gary Ware Dennis Williams Robert Williams Sidney Zarkin
7. GM Jon Ostriker 2521 Stacey Banks Derick Bryant Ivonne Mykytyn Medina Parrilla Jayashree
9. SIM Keith Holzmueller 2508 Sekar
10. SIM Michael C. Proof 2487
11. GM Vytas Victor Palciauskas 2479 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZERS (IO) USCF Titles
12. IM Carl L. Siefring 2469 Michael Atkins Frank Berry James Berry Frank Brady Edward Doyle
13. SIM Dr. Michael Millstone 2468 William Goichberg Ankit Gupta Jon Haskel Steve Immitt Mikhail Koren-
OVER-THE-BOARD PLAY
13. SIM Jerry Weisskohl 2468 man Thomas Langland Sevan Muradian Semon Palatnik Tony Rich The Tournament Life section of Chess Life lists hundreds of tournaments
15. IM John R. Menke, Sr. 2467 L. Thad Rogers Sophia Rohde Lary Rust Luis Salinas Eric Schiller each month in varying formats quick chess, action chess some-
16. SIM Kenneth M. Reinhart 2466 Patricia Smith thing for everyone. If youre new to competitive chess, be sure to see
17. SIM Dan Perry 2463 Information for Organizers, TDs, and Affiliates and Information for Play-
18. Wieland Belka 2449 If you would like more info on FIDE, please check their website at FIDE.com.
ers online at main.uschess.org/go/tlainfo.
19. Wesley C. Green 2444
20. IM Hisham N. Sunna 2431
CORRESPONDENCE GRANDMASTERS Over-the-board (OTB) ratings are calculated by computer using a com-
Hans Berliner Jason Bokar Joseph DeMauro Edward Duliba Dan Fleet-
21. IM Mehran Divanbaigyzand 2422 plex formula. An explanation of the system is available through a link on
wood Stephen Ham Jon Ostriker Victor Palciauskas John Timm Alik
22. Gary Walters 2420 the USCF website. Players who earn OTB ratings over 2200 are issued
Zilberberg
23. IM Dr. Martin Stengelin 2419 certificates to recognize their achievement. If you qualify for a certificate
24. SIM Thomas Biedermann 2416
CORRESPONDENCE INTERNATIONAL MASTERS but have not received one, please write us. Here are the ratings classes:
24. Thomas Diehl Jr. 2416
Gary Abram Tony Albano Wayne Ballantyne John Ballow Pavao Bjaze- Senior Master 2400 & above
26. IM William Boucher 2414
vic (Ecuador native, U.S. resident) William Boucher Joseph Callaway Frank Master 2200-2399
26. Bobby Johnson 2414
Camaratta Wayne Conover Robert Cross Karl Dehmelt Alfred Y. Deuel
28. Edward Kotlyanskiy 2411 Expert 2000-2199
Rene duCret Doug Eckert David Eisen Igor Foyel Bart Gibbons Isay
29. SIM David R. Myers 2408 Class A 1800-1999
Golyak Steven Grant Keith Hayward Herbert Hickman Robert Jacobs
30. Harry Ingersol 2406 Class B 1600-1799
31. IM John Ballow 2405 C. Bill Jones Craig W. Jones John Kalish Spencer Kell Edgardo V.
Limayo Marc Lonoff William Maillard R.A. McLellan Michael Melts Class C 1400-1599
31. Lawrence Coplin 2405 Class D 1200-1399
33. Dennis Michael 2401 John Menke Dave Myers John Mousessian Cesar Musitani Robert Rey-
nolds Robert Rizzo Keith Rodriguez Allan Savage Corky Schakel Carl Class E 1000-1199
34. Steve R. Douglas 2397
35. Frank Goebert 2394 Siefring James Skeels Dr. Martin Stengelin Hisham Sunna Eric Tang- Class F 800-999
36. Anthony Kain 2392 born Steve Tennant Paul L. Thompson Jeffrey Tilghman Chris Van Dyck Class G 600-799
37. IM Robert Rizzo 2390 Alan Watson Walter Wood Class H 400-599
38. Robert N. Fass 2381 Class I 200-399
39. Wilbur Tseng 2379 CORRESPONDENCE INTERNATIONAL Class J 199 & below
40. IM Keith A. Rodriguez 2378 WOMEN MASTERS Minimum Rating 100
41. Grayling V. Hill 2373 Gina Lo Sasso Christine Rosenfield
42. SIM Kristo S. Miettinen 2371 MASTERS EMERITI
43. Donald J. Harvey 2363 CORRESPONDENCE SENIOR INTERNATIONAL THE MASTER EMERITUS title is a special honor awarded to players, now for
44. Daniel M. Horwitz 2362
45. Peter Dessaules 2361
MASTERS the most part inactive, who led distinguished chess careers before the insti-
Jason Bokar Wesley Brandhorst Richard S. Callaghan Edward Duliba tution of the USCF rating system. Current ratings of masters emeriti are not
46. Humberto M. Cruz 2353 published if they are below 2200, in which case 2200 is the rating used for
Jon Edwards Kevin W. Embrey Daniel M. Fleetwood Keith Holzmueller
47. IM Cesar Musitani 2350 pairing and reporting purposes. Armando Bucelo, Sr.
Stephen L. Jones John Knudsen Gary L. Kubach Dave Meyers Jerry
48. Bobby G. Moore, Jr. 2349
Meyers Michael Millstone Tim Murray Ciaran OHare (Irish native, U.S.
49. Peter Cullen 2347
resident) Jon Ostriker Anotole Parnas Dan Perry N. Eric Pedersen
50. Edwin Meiners 2338
Ken Reinhart Christopher Sergel Jerry Weisskohl Max Zavanelli USCF Awards
Salvatore Matera Vincent McCambridge Eugene Meyer Marlo Micayabas CORRESPONDENCE INTERNATIONAL ARBITERS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
David Adamson G. S. Benner Ted Bullockus J. Franklin Campbell Mau- 2010 Steve Shutt, Dr. Frank Brady
Lev Milman Rade Milovanovic Nikolay Minev Mackenzie Molner Wal-
ter Morris Stephen Muhammad Michael Mulyar Daniel Naroditsky* rice Carter Tom Dougherty Grayling Hill Alan A. Jones Ben Koppin Keith 2011 Judy Misner, Joan DuBois
Steven Odendahl Georgi Orlov William Paschall Jack Peters Vladimir Rodriguez James Skeels Wesley K. Underwood Allen Wright Max Zavanelli.
Prosviriakov David Pruess Stuart Rachels Vasik Rajlich Vivek Rao For more information on ICCF, write to ICCF-US, 16052 Quality Ct. S., Lake- OUTSTANDING CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Kenneth Regan Larry Remlinger Daniel Rensch Guillermo Rey Bruce land, MN 55043, or e-mail schakels@comcast.net. 2010 Val Zemitis, Hal Terrie, Chuck Ensey, Mike Nagaran
Rind James Rizzitano Douglas Root Anthony Saidy Justin Sarkar 2011 Scott Parker, Frank Berry, Tom Martinak, Bob Smith,
Dmitry Schneider Jonathan Schroer Enrico Sevillano Gregory Shahade COMPOSITION Mike Zacate
James Sherwin Walter Shipman Igor Shliperman Mikhail Shur Jeremy Titles for composers of chess problems and endgame studies are overseen
Silman Bryan G. Smith Leonid Sokolin Alan Stein David Strauss Eric by FIDEs Permanent Commission for Chess Composition. The commission peri- SPECIAL SERVICES AWARD
Tangborn Emory Tate Timothy Taylor Rostislav Tsodikov David Vig- odically issues albums of composers best pieces. A composer receives 2010 Jay Stallings, John Blackstone
orito Mladen Vucic Joshua Waitzkin John Watson Norman Weinstein points for each problem and endgame chosen for an album. Twenty-five points 2011 Andy Ansel, Jeff Smith, Mark Herman
Elliott Winslow Darwin Yang Jonathan Yedidia Vitaly Zaltsman Anna are needed for an international master title, 70 for a grandmaster title.
Zatonskih Steven Zierk Dmitry Zilberstein Mikhail Zlotnikov Bernard
Zuckerman * attained title in 2012 GRANDMASTER FOR CHESS COMPOSITION MERITORIOUS SERVICES AWARD
Toma Garai 2010 Jim Stallings, Dewain Barber, Richard Buchanan, Alan
WOMEN GRANDMASTERS Anderson, Danny Rensch
Tatev Abrahamyan Anna Akhsharumova Camilla Baginskaite Anjelina INTERNATIONAL MASTER FOR CHESS 2011 David Causey, Caesar Lawrence, Barbara Reed
Belakovskaia Elena Donaldson Sabina-Francesca Foisor Anna Gersh-
nik Alla Grinfeld Irina Levitina Katerina Rohonyan Jennifer Shahade
COMPOSITION
Pal Benko George Sphicas COMMITTEE OF THE YEAR
WOMEN INTERNATIONAL MASTERS 2010 Tournament Director Certification Committee
Tsagaan Battsetseg Sharon Burtman Rachel Crotto Vesna Dimitrijevic INTERNATIONAL JUDGE FOR CHESS 2011 Scholastic Committee
Esther Epstein Gina Finegold Elina Groberman Anna Hahn Ruth Har- COMPOSITION
ing Shernaz Kennedy Inna Koren Yuliya Levitan Beatriz Marinello Alisa David Brown Robert Burger Toma Garai Newman Guttman Mike Prcic CHESS CITY OF THE YEAR
Melekhina Elizabeth Neely Viktorija Ni Alexey Root Diane Savereide 2010 Nashville, Tennessee
Marulin Simmons Dorothy Teasley Cindy Tsai Julia Tverskaya SOLVERS 2011 St. Louis, Missouri
These titles are awarded by the Society of U.S. Chess Problemists.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITERS Master Solvers: Robert J. Bales Jr. Paul Birnbaum Ted Brandhorst David KOLTANOWSKI AWARD
Todd Barre Frank Berry Jerry Bibuld Christopher Bird Harold Bogner Dana-Bashian Kenneth Davenport Matthew Dickey Richard Fellrath 2010 Gold: Rex Sinquefield, Phil LeCornu
Leonid Bondar Frank Brady Walter Brown Jr. Wayne Clark Edward Barry Keith Eugene Levin William Longren Eloy Martinelli Stephanos
Doyle Eduard Duchovny Adam Gale William Goichberg Francisco
2011 Gold: Rex Sinquefield, Silver: Doyle Engelen, Booz
Pantazis Martin Rubin Peter Szusz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Guadalupe Jon Haskel Randall Hough John Hudson Myron Lieber-
man William Lukowiak James Meyer Martin Morrison Sevan Muradian U.S. Expert Solvers: Walter Anthony Gabriel Balinth Todd Barre Ladislav
Glenn Petersen Boris Postovsky Tim Redman L. Thad Rogers Belcsak John Blood Albert Bobb Joseph Bohac Edward Boyle Brad U.S. CHESS HALL OF FAME Inductees
Sophia Rohde Eric Schiller Robert Singletary Bill Snead Harold Sten- Bradford Donald Burden Victor Burdick Renato Casalino Gennaro Coz- 2010 Diane Savereide, Herman Steiner, Jackson Showalter
zel Robert Sutter Jr. Robert Tanner zolino K.A. Czerniecki Rob deFonce Jerry De Gattis Karl Deibler Steven 2011 Boris Gulko, Andy Soltis

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2010 Greg Shahade, Berkeley Chess School (CA) Rasmussen, 230 McCabe, Mendota, CA 93640, bob.ras101@yahoo.com Col-
lege Chess: Russell S. Harwood, 55 Highland Drive, Brownsville, TX 78520,
2011 Bruce Pandolfini, Chess-In-The-Schools (NY)
russell.harwood@utb.edu Correspondence Chess: Brad Rogers, 57767
Karam, Washington, MI 48094, bradleyrogers22@msn.com Cramer Awards:
ORGANIZER OF THE YEAR Frank Brady, 175 West 72nd Street, #7E1, New York, NY 10023, bradyf@
2010 Tony Rich stjohns.edu Denker Invitational: Dewain Barber, co-chair, 524 S. Avenida
2011 Ankit Gupta Faro, Anaheim, CA 92807, AmChessEq@aol.com; Shelby Lohrman, co-chair,
c/o Rochester Chess Center, 221 Norris Drive, Rochester, NY 14610, tboneshelby
FRANK J. MARSHALL AWARD @yahoo.com Election: Myron Lieberman, 1444 West 6th Street, Tempe, AZ
2010 Michael Aigner 85281, azchess@cox.net Ethics: Andrew Thall, 3709 Calle Chiapas, Laredo,
2011 Dean Ippolito TX 78046, thall@ thall.net Finance: Randy Bauer, 10990 N.W. 115th Avenue,
Granger, IA 50109, randybauer2300@yahoo.com Governance Task Force:
GRANDMASTER OF THE YEAR Allen Priest, co-chair, 7803 Wolf Creek Court, Louisville, KY 30241, tyron316@
2010 Hikaru Nakamura hotmail.com; Richard Koepcke, co-chair, 2047 Monticeito Avenue, #30, Moun-
2011 Hikaru Nakamura, Gata Kamsky tain View, CA 94043, richardkoepcke@yahoo.com Hall of Fame: Harold J.
Winston, 904 Royal Blackheath Court, Naperville, IL 60563, HJWinston@aol.com
Hall of Records: Steve Immitt, P.O. Box 4615, New Windsor, NY 12553, chess
HONORARY CHESS MATE centr@aol.com International Affairs: Michael Khodarkovsky, 80 Jesse
2010 Phil Smith, Joan Schlich
Court, Montville, NJ 07045-9007, mkhodarkovsky@ yahoo.com LMA Man-
2010 Ami Hall agement: Tim Redman, chair, PO Box 2016, Denton, TX 76202-2016, redmanink
@yahoo.com; Leroy Dubeck, vice chair, 932 Edgemoor Road, Cherry Hill, NJ
THE GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED CHESS 08034, lwdubeck@aol.com Military Committee: Capt. Thomas Belke,
JOURNALISTS USNR, 5421Branchwood Way, Virginia Beach, VA 23463, CaptainCrunch@hot
2009 Shelby Lyman mail.com Outreach: Myron Lieberman, 1444 West 6th Street, Tempe, AZ
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2010 Dan Heisman Rules: David Kuhns, 12 East Golden Lake Road, Circle Pines, MN 55014,
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2010 Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Marinello, co-chair, P.O. Box 160, New York, NY 10028, beatchess@aol.com
2011 Metropolitan Chess Club of Los Angeles Senior: Charles Hatherill, 2147 Long Creek Court, Henderson, NV 89044-
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CHESS COLLEGE OF THE YEAR Madison, WI 53725, schachfuhrer@hotmail.com Survey: Tony Pabon, 4851
2010 El Centro Community College, Dallas
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2011 University of Maryland Baltimore County
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TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR 1931 North Dunhill Court, Arlington Heights, IL 60004-3178, jwiewel@
2010 Jon Shacter
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Chess Association. Contact: John Coffey. Phone: 801-641-8408. e-mail:
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Federation. Contact: Ernest Schlich. Phone: 757-853-5296. e-mail:
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 Back to Basics

The Big Clash

By GM Lev Alburt

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

Sometimes a single tactical outburst

decides the course, even the outcome, of
13. g4 fxe4
rsnlwq-trk+ I felt that I had to take either on g4 or
the chess game. But the exciting game zppzp-zppvlp e4. If I took on g4 then that would allow
supplied by David Blackwelder keeps us
my opponent to get the open h-file and
spellbound for many moves, wild tactics -+-zp-snp+ possibly, with castling queenside, allow
flaring around! +-+-+-vL- him to set up his rooks like battering
Writes David:
-+PzPP+-+ rams, pushing his pawns towards to my
king. I did not like that idea so I captured
The North Carolina Open was my first +-sN-+N+- on e4.
major tournament. I had just started
playing tournament chess with the USCF PzP-+-zPPzP Both captures favor Black, thus 13. g4
three months earlier. This was a well
was wrong.
tR-+QmKL+R
planned and organized tournament from 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qc2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17.
what I could see and there was a big
After 6. Bg5
Qc4
turnout. When I first registered I had put
myself in the Open section, thinking at the
The move ... e7-e6 is rarely good in the
rsnl+-trk+
time that if I was unrated I would have to
Kings Indian Defense, and our position is

play in that section. Luckily, one of the

no exception to this rule. The right answer zpp+-+-vlp
TDs e-mailed me a month beforehand
is 6. ... h6, and only after 7. Be3 (7. Bh4
-wq-zp-+p+
and asked if I still wanted to play in the
g5 8. Bg3 Nh5, later exchanging the oppo-

Open section. I quickly replied, no I will

nents dark-squared bishop)7. ... e5, +-+nzp-+-
play in the U1400 section, considering my
with equality.
-+Q+-+P+
rating. 6. ... e5 7. d5
zP-+-+N+P
Coming into this round and the final day
of the tournament I had a score of 2 out
White could take advantage of 6. ... e5?
-zP-vLNzP-+
of 3 having lost in the second round. I
by 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5, win-

knew that if I wanted a shot at some prize

ning a pawn. tR-+-mKL+R
money I had to win this round and I was 7. ... c6 8. h3 Qb6 After 17. Qc4
going to either win or go out with style. Better was 8. ... h6 (long overdue) and, 17. ... Qc6
(Levs further comments are in italics).
This protects the knight. Since I was a
after 9. Be3, 9. ... cxd5.

Kings Indian Defense, pawn up and had a passed d-pawn, I

Classical Variation (E90)
A. Alexander Hollins (1367)
David Blackwelder (1278)
2011 North Carolina Open (4)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3
0-0
9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Ne2
(10. Be7!L.A.) wanted to get material off the board.
Yes, 17. ... Qc6 looks strongbut leads
10. ... Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. a3 f5 to unnecessary (for Black) complications.
After 17. ... Be6! Black is much better; for
rsnl+-trk+ instance 18. Ng5 Qxf2+ 19. Kd1 Ne3+.
zpp+-+-vlp 18. Qa2 Kh8 19. Rc1 Nb4

Standard Kings Indian moves.
6. Bg5
(see diagram top of next column)
This was a move to which I had no
idea how to respond. I know now that 6.
... e6 is common or even 6. ... h6 but at
this point in time I followed my normal
ideas with the Kings Indian.
-wqpzp-+p+ (see diagram top of next column)
+-+Pzpp+n In my over-the-board analysis I saw
that both my queen and my rook are
-+P+P+-+
attacking the hanging f3-knight. How-
zP-+-+N+P ever, I failed to realize that 20. Rxc6 Nxa2
-zPQvLNzPP+ 21. Rc2 Rxf3 (stronger is 21. ... Be6
L.A.) 22. Rxc8+ Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 and
tR-+-mKL+R now my knight on a2 looks stupid with no
After 12. ... f5 real square to go to. Im unsure if that was

46 Chess Life May 2012 uschess.org

 queen no matter the consequencesI
wanted to open up the queenside.
37. Kc1 Qa3+ 38. Kd1 Qb3+ 39. Kc1
rsnl+-tr-mk
zpp+-+-vlp In a won (or much better) positionlook -+R+-vl-mk
for simple solutions! Here, e.g., 25. ... Rf2
-+qzp-+p+ 26. Rc2 (26. Rd3 Rxf1+) 26. ... Bh6. +p+-+-+p
+-+-zp-+- 25. ... Nb4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qxa8 Bxg4+ 28. -+-+-+pvL
-sn-+-+P+ hxg4 +-+pzp-+-
zP-+-+N+P Q+-+-tr-mk -+-+-+P+
QzP-vLNzP-+ +p+-+-vlp +q+-+-+-
+-tR-mKL+R -+-zp-+p+ r+-+-+-+
After 19. ... Nb4
+-+-zp-+- +-mK-+L+R
still the best move.
After 39. Kc1
-zp-wq-+P+
20. Bxb4 (?L.A.) 20. ... Qxf3 21. Ng3 (21. +-tR-+-sN- 39. ... Qb2+ 40. Kd1
Rh2!L.A.) 21. ... Qxf2+ 22. Kd1 At this point I knew that I had to get
either his rook or his bishop away from
-zP-vL-+-+
rsnl+-tr-mk +-+K+L+R my king and then work my king out of the
corner and possibly get my bishop into the
fight against the king.
zpp+-+-vlp After 28. hxg4

-+-zp-+p+ 28. ... Rxa8

I realized that I just gave up a knight,
40. ... Ra1+ 41. Bc1 Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43.
+-+-zp-+-
bishop, and rook for a queen and two
g5+ Ke6 44. Bh3+ Kd6
-vL-+-+P+ Knowing now that it is all over for White
pawns, however, now the queenside is
once my king gets on the c-file cutting off
more accessible to my rook and my extra
the rook from the bishop.
zP-+-+-sNP
QzP-+-wq-+ pawns may help win the material differ-
ence back. 45. Rd7+ Kc6 46. Rc7+ Kxc7 47. Bf5 Rxc1
+-tRK+L+R Yes, Black is better here, but the road to mate.
After 22. Kd1 victory isnt clear or easy. Relatively This rich-in-tactics game contains many
stronger was 28. ... bxc3 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 instructive, important situations, starting
22. ... a5 30. bxc3 Qxg4+compare these two com- with 6. ... e5 I think that both players would-
Even though I have the chance to take plex queen-versus-multitude positions. n't stay eligible for Under-1400 tournaments
the knight on g3 for free I was more for long. And mastering disbalanced-stuff-
wrapped up in what the bishop on b4
29. Rc4 Qxb2 30. Rxb4 Ra1+
I knew that I had to be careful but I did
positions (such as queen plus pawn versus
was doing. I got lost in my analysis over-
the-board and felt that it was better to
push the bishop away than win a piece.
not want to lose the b7-pawn or my queen. ways to chess excellence! .
rook plus two minors) is one of the sweet

Of course, winning a piece is better in this

31. Ke2 Qa3

situation.
Well playedif 32. Rxb7?, 32. ... Qa6+.
Send in your games!
If you are unrated or were rated
32. Rc4 d5 33. Rc8+ Bf8 34. Bh6 Ra2+

1799 or below on your Chess Life

23. Be1 Qd4+ 24. Bd2 Nc6
Now I simply want to develop my pieces
(CL) label, then GM Lev Alburt invites
-+R+-vl-mk
since his king is stuck in the center and
I am up two pawns. +p+-+-+p you to send your most instructive
game with notes to:
Back to Basics, c/o Chess Life
25. Rc3 -+-+-+pvL
+-+pzp-+- PO Box 3967 Crossville, TN
r+l+-tr-mk -+-+-+P+ 38557-3967
+p+-+-vlp q-+-+-sN- Or e-mail your material to
backtobasics@uschess.org
GM Alburt will select the most
-+nzp-+p+ r+-+K+-+
zp-+-zp-+- instructive game and CL will award
an autographed copy of Levs newest
+-+-+L+R
-+-wq-+P+ After 34. ... Ra2+ book, Fresh Look at Chess (by Lev
zP-tR-+-sNP Alburt and Al Lawrence) to the per-
35. Ke1 son submitting the most instructive
QzP-vL-+-+ Why allow capturing the knight with a game and annotations.
+-+K+L+R check? Still, after the stronger 35. Kd1, Do not send games with only a
few notes, as they are of little instruc-
After 25. Rc3 Black also wins, albeit not so easily.
tive value and cant be used. Writing
I felt this move is an attempt to get his
35. ... Qxg3+ 36. Kd1 Qf3+ skills are a plus, but instructiveness
king over to the corner while he developed Here I missed the simple 36. ... Qxg4+
is a must! Make sure your game (or
his other pieces. I did not want to give him winning the rook on c8 and killing any
part of it) and your notes will be of
that opportunity and I wanted to win his attack White had.
interest to other readers.

uschess.org Chess Life May 2012 47

 Endgame Lab
A Master of the Endgame, Part II
By GM Pal Benko
Continuing our celebration of GM Gedeon Barcza from the February issue.
GM Barczas complete games are worth
studying; it is not necessary to just focus
on his endings. He frequently transitioned
from his favorite, characteristic and still
relevant English opening to favorable
endgames which were then played at an
artistic level. He almost hypnotized his
opponents as if a frightening hussar. (The
knight is hussar in Hungarian. Interest-
ingly this word came from there; it refers
to a number of types of light cavalry
which originated in Hungary in the 14th
century.)
HUSSAR RIDES
Symmetrical English (A30)
Gedeon Barcza
Laszlo Szabo
Budapest, 1945
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 c5 5. c4
g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5 0-0 9. d4
Nxd5 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. Rd1 Nba6 12. Na3
cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4
Bxg2 16. Kxg2
r+-+-trk+
zp-sn-zpp+p
nzp-+-+p+
+-+-+-+-
-+-sN-+-+
sNP+-+-zP-
P+-+PzPKzP
tR-+R+-+-
After 16. Kxg2
White is better after the trades and
Barcza considered it a strategically won
game (because of the c6 and a7 weak
points).
16. ... Nb4
Intends to defend the c6-square via
48 Chess Life May 2012
tactical means, but this gives only tem-
porary relief. Looking better is 16. ... Rfc8
17. Nc6 Nd5 18. Rac1 Nab4.
17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Ne5!
Note 18. a3? Rxd4.
18. ... Kf8
Here 18. ... Rxd4? 19. Rxd4 Nc2 20.
Rd7 Nxa1 21. Rxc7 and the a1-knight is
trapped.
19. Rac1 Nca6 20. a3 Nd5 21. Nec6 Rd7 22.
Nb5 Nc5 23. b4 Ne4
The a-pawn cannot be saved. In case of
23. ... Nb3 24. Rb1 a6 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26.
Nc7 Nd2 27. Rd1 Rad8 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29.
Nxa6 wins the pawn.
24. Ncxa7 e6 25. Nc6 f5 26. Ne5 Rdd8 27.
Nd4! Rd6 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxd5 Nf6 30.
Nd7+
This is the 10th (!) knight move since
the last diagram!
r+-+-mk-+
+-+N+-+p
-zp-+rsnp+
+-+R+p+-
-zP-+-+-+
zP-+-+-zP-
-+-+PzPKzP
+-tR-+-+-
After 30. Nd7+
30. ... Nxd7
More playable for Black is 30. ... Ke7
31. Nxf6 Kxf6 32. Rc7. The rest is easy.
31. Rxd7 Rxa3 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rb7 Ra8 34.
e3 g5 35. Rcc7 f4 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. exf4 gxf4
38. Rgf7 fxg3 39. hxg3, Black resigned.
GM Barcza joked, What else would be
the goal of playing chess than having a
pleasant knight ending?
ERRANT KNIGHT
Symmetrical English (A38)
Gedeon Barcza
Bela Soos
Varna (Ol), 1962
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4
Nc6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. d4 a6
A questionable move since White has not
played d4-d5 yet. A transfer to a favorable
endgame became immediately possible.
10. dxc5! dxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Na4 Nd7
13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rac1!
Preventing the liberating ... b7-b5
opportunity.
14. ... b6 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. Ne5
f6 18. Rd1! Bf5 19. Nd3 Bd7?
Fails to get rid of one of the formidable
knights by playing 19. ... Bxd3.
20. Nc3
Tempting must have also been 20.
Nxb6!? Rxb6 21. Nxc5 Rd6 22. Rxd6 exd6
23. Nxa6.
20. ... Nc6
Now the knight is free to start a foray.
... Bc6 should have been considered.
21. Nf4 Nd4
Other possibilities are 21. ... Be8, 21.
... e6? 22. Rxd7+!
22. e3 Nf5 23. Nfd5 e6 24. Nc7 a5 25. Na6
Re8 26. Ne4
More precise is 26. g4 Ne7 (26. ... Nh4
27. Rd6) 27. Bb7 but White is kept under
pressure by the knights.
26. ... Bc8 27. Nc7 Re7
(see diagram next page)
28. Na8!
A rare, but winning, move winning first
one weak pawn then another.
uschess.org
 Problem I Problem II
Benkos Bafflers P. Benko, Sakkelet, First prize, 1989 P. Benko, Sakkelet, First prize, 1981

Most of the time these studies -mK-+k+-sN -+-+-+-+

resemble positions that could actu- +-+-+-+p +-+-+-+-
ally occur over the board. You must -+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-+
simply reach a theoretically won or
drawn position for White.
+-+-+-zP- mKP+-+Pmk-
Solutions can be found on page 71. -+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-+
Please e-mail submissions for +-+-+-+- +-+-+-+-
Benkos Bafflers to: -+-+-+-+ -+-+-+-sn
pbenko@uschess.org +-+-+-+- +-+-+-+-
White to play and draw White to play and win

15. ... Bb7 16. Ne1 Ndf6 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. 0-0
-+l+-sn-+ Qf3 Qc8 19. Nc6 Re8 20. Nd3 Qf5 0-0 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1?
+-sN-tr-mkp Black tries to escape into an endgame Voluntarily gives up the d-file. Better is
-zp-+pzpp+ but the strong c6-knight cripples any 8. ... Na6 9. Nxc4 Qxd1! 10. Rxd1 Be6 with
counterplay attempts. a more or less equal position. The queen
zp-zp-+n+- trade is always welcomed by Barcza.
21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. f3 Nh6 23. Bd2 Kf8 24.
-+P+N+-+ Rac1 Rc8 25. Rc3 Ke8 26. Rb3 Nd7 27. Rc1 9. Rxd1 c3 10. Nb5! Na6 11. Nxc3 Nxc5 12.
+P+-zP-zP- f6 28. Nf4 e5 29. Ne6 Bf8 Be3 Ne6?

P+-+-zPLzP The alternative 12. ... Nce4 looks less

-+r+kvl-+ troublesome.
+-+R+-mK-
zprzpn+-+p 13. Ne5! Rd8 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Nc4 a6
It was better to avoid the knight raid by
After 27. ... Re7
-zpN+Nzp-sn
playing 15. ... Bd7 16. Nxa7 Ba4 17.
28. ... Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Nxd7 30. Nc3 Nd6 31.
+-+-zpp+- Rxd8 Rxd8 giving the pawn up but hav-
Na4 b5 32. cxb5 Nxb5 33. Bc6 Nd6 34. Bxd7
ing much more practical chances.
Bxd7 35. Nxc5 Bc6 36. Nxe6+ Kg8 37. Nb6
Ne4 38. Nd4 Be8 39. Nc4 a4 40. bxa4 Bxa4 -+-zP-+-+
41. Nb6 Bd1 42. a4 Nc5 43. a5 Kf7 44. f3 +R+-zPPzP- 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Na7!
The bishop is impotent. The white PzP-vL-+-zP
knights control the whole game and after -trltrn+k+
move 46, half of the game will have been +-tR-+-mK- sNp+-zppvlp
made up of knight moves. After 29. ... Bf8
psN-+n+p+
44. ... Ke8 45. Nd5 f5 46. Nc3 Ba4 47. a6, 30. e4
+-+-+-+-
Converting the positional advantage
Black resigned.
Once IM Enrico Paoli was asked whether into a material one.
-+-+-+-+
he minded giving away his bishop pair for +-+-vL-zP-
the knights. He responded not at all, 30. ... Ng8 31. exf5 Ne7 32. Nxf8
because in the hand of Barcza the knights Safest. A good knight position is not an
PzP-+PzPLzP
were the most dangerous. In fact he suc- end unto itself. (Barcza) tR-+R+-mK-
ceeded in drawing this way against Barcza.
32. ... Nxf8 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Nxe5 Nxf5 35. After 17. Na7!
HUSSAR BIND This unusual knight intrusion wins at
Nc6! Ne6 36. Re1 Kd7 37. Rd3+ Nd6 38.
Ne5+ Ke7 39. Rde3 Nc5 40. Ng4+ Kf8 41.
least an Exchange.
Fianchetto Grnfeld (D77) Re7 Nce4
The last straw to clutch for against the
Gedeon Barcza 17. ... Nd6 18. Naxc8 Nxc8 19. Nd7 Nd6 20.
mating attack. After 41. ... Nf7, 42. Nf6 is
Arturo Pomar Nxb8 Rxb8 21. Rab1 Nc4 22. Bc1! Nd4 23.
strong.
Stockholm Interzonal, 1962 Kf1!

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. Ending serious resistance.

d4 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nbd7 8. Nxc4 Nb6 9.
Nce5 Ng4 10. Nd3!
Avoids simplifications. Now after 10.
42. R7xe4 Nxe4 43. fxe4 c5 44. e5 Rc6 45.
Bg5 Re6 46. Nf6 Rf7 47. Nd5 Rf5 48. Bf6 Kf7 23. ... b5 24. b3 Nd6 25. Bb2 Ne6 26. Bd5 Nc7
49. Kg2 h5 50. Ne3, Black resigned. 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rbc1 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Ra8

... Bxd4 11. h3 Nf6 12. e3 e5 13. Ndxe5

30. Rc6 a5 31. a4 b4 32. f3 Nf5 33. Kf2 e5 34.

would follow.
HUSSAR AMBUSH Rcc5, Black resigned.
Certainly GM Barcza should be given a
10. ... Bf5 11. Nc5 Bc8 12. e3 Nd7 13. Nd3 Fianchetto Grnfeld (D77) knighthood for his memorable achieve-
Rb8 14. Qe2 b6? 15. Nb4! Gedeon Barcza ments. I learned much from his play. As
Immediately lasers in on the weakened a memento I give two knight endgames in
c6-square.
Rudolf Teschner
Reggio Emilia, 1963 the Bafflers. .
uschess.org Chess Life May 2012 49
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th $1,000 F IRST P RIZE
USCF s 65 (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).
2012 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 9
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 ONLINE 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 ________________ q 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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USCF National Events

Note: Tournament memberships not valid for National events
Bids
Note: Organizers previously awarded
options for USCF National Events must
SEE TLA IN THIS ISSUE FOR DETAILS still submit proposals (including sample
2012 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 11-13 Nashville, Tennessee budgets) for their events.
2012 U.S. Amateur West Championship May 26-28 Tucson, Arizona
NOW PAST DEADLINE OF
68th Annual (2012) U.S. Amateur East Championship May 26-28 or 27-28 Somerset, JULY 1, 2011:
New Jersey 2012 U.S. Amateur
2012 U.S. Amateur South Championship June 9-10 Memphis, Tennessee (North)
2012 U.S. Cadet
2012 U.S. Game/10 Championship June 14 Las Vegas, Nevada
2012 National Youth Action (NYA)
2012 National Open June 15-17 or 16-17 Las Vegas, Nevada
2012 U.S. Senior Open Championship July 9-14 Houston, Texas DEADLINE JULY 1, 2012:
2012 U.S. Junior Open Championship July 13-15 Houston, Texas 2013 U.S. Amateur Team Championship
(North, South, West)
2012 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open Championship August 4-8 Vancouver, 2013 U.S. Amateur
Washington (East, North, South, West)
113th annual (2012) U.S. Open August 4-12, 7-12 or 9-12 Vancouver, Washington 2013 U.S. Junior Chess Congress
2013 U.S. Class Championship
2012 Womens U.S. Open August 8-12 Vancouver, Washington
2013 U.S. Cadet
FUTURE EVENTS (Watch for details) 2013 National Youth Action (NYA)
2013 U.S. Senior Open
2012 U.S. Masters Championship August 30-September 3 Greensboro, North Carolina
2013 National Open
2012 U.S. Class Championship September 21-23 or 22-23 Houston, Texas 2013 U.S. Game 10 Championship
2012 U.S. Game/60 October 27 Pleasanton, California 2013 U.S. Game/15 Championship
2012 U.S. Action Game/30 October 28 Pleasanton, California 2013 U.S. Game 60 Championship
2013 U.S. Action G/30 Championship
2012 K-12 Grade Championship November 30-December 2 Orlando, Florida
2013 U.S. Masters Championship
2013 SuperNationals V April 5-7 Nashville, Tennessee 2013 U.S. Junior Closed
2013 All-Girls National Championships April 26-28 Chicago, Illinois 2013 U.S. Junior Open
2013 annual (2013) U.S. Open July 27-August 4 Madison, Wisconsin
DEADLINE JULY 1, 2013:
2013 K-12 Grade Championship December 13-15 Lake Buena Vista, Florida 2014 U.S. Senior Open
2014 National High School (K-12) Championship April 4-6 San Diego, California
2014 National Junior High (K-9) Championship April 25-27 Atlanta, Georgia OVERDUE BIDS
2014 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 9-11 Dallas, Texas Please contact the National Office if
you are interested in bidding for a
115th annual (2014) U.S. Open July 26-August 3 St. Louis, Missouri National Event. The USCF recom-
2014 K-12 Grade Championship December 12-14 Orlando, Florida mends that bids be submitted ac-
cording to the following schedule.
2015 National Elementary (K-6) Championship May 8-10 Nashville, Tennessee However, bids may be consi- dered
116th annual (2015) U.S. Open August 1-9 Phoenix, Arizona prior to these dates. *USCF reserves
the right to decline all bids and
2015 K-12 Grade Championship December 5-7 Orlando, Florida organize the event itself.

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able is contents property and bonding insurance. For more information, please go to www.rvnuccio.com/chess-federation.html.For event insurance, please
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poses only. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, neither the U.S.
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Effective with TLAs submitted after November 10, 2010, the fol-
lowing additional rules apply to Grand Prix tournaments:
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check http://main. uschess.org/ go/tlainfo. Payment can be done
online through the TD/Affiliate area or sent to: U.S. Chess, TLA Dept.,
PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557.
Nationals
May 11-13, Tennessee
2012 National Elementary (K-6) Championship
(May 10 Bughouse & Blitz) 7SS, G/120, K-1 G/90. Gaylord Opryland,
2800 Opryland Dr., Nashville, TN 37214. 615-889-1000 or 888-777-6779
Chess Rate $139. 9 Sections: K-6 Championship, K-6 Under 1000, K-
6 Unrated, K-5 Championship, K-5 Under 900, K-3 Championship,
K-3 U800, K-3 Unrated, K-1Championship. May Rating Supple-
ment will be used. Unrated players may play in the Championship or
Unrated sections only. One 1/2-point bye for any round, except Rd. 7, if
requested in advance. EF: $50 if by April 22, $70 if by May 6, $85 by 6
PM CDT on May 10 or $90 at site. Mailed entries must be p/m by May
6. $5 extra for all phone registrations, $20 change fee for roster or sec-
tion changes after May 6. On-site registration: Thurs. 9am-10pm & Fri.
8am-10am. Players registering after 10am will get 1/2-point for Round
1. Awards: A minimum of 1 individual trophy per 10 players and 1 team
trophy per 15 players (average attendance in the past two years, not incl.
SN IV) plus plaques for 4 players and coach of top five teams in each sec-
tion. Class trophies to the top three in the following classes: K-6
Championship: 1300-1399; 1200-1299; 1100-1199; 1000-1099; 900-999;
800-899; U800; UNR. K-5 Championship: 1300-1399; 1200-1299; 1100-
1199; 1000-1099; 900-999; 800-899; U800; UNR. K-3 Championship:
1100-1199; 1000-1099; 900-999; 800-899; 700-799; 600-699; U600;
UNR. K-1 Championship: All players in this section receive a trophy. All
participants will receive a commemorative medal at the completion of the
final round. Teams: A team must have at least two players, although no
maximum number of players. The top four scores in any section will count
for the team score. All on team must attend the same school. Open-
ing Ceremony: 12:30pm Friday. Main Event rounds: Friday 1pm, 7pm;
Saturday 9am, 2pm, 7pm; Sunday 9am, 2pm. Schedule for K-1: Friday
1:30pm, 6:30pm; Saturday 9:30am, 1:30pm, 6:30pm; Sunday 9:30am,
1:30pm. Awards Ceremony: Approx 7pm Sunday. Awards Ceremony
for K-1: Approx 5:30pm Sunday. Special Events: National Elementary
Bughouse Championship: Thursday 11am; EF (on site only) $25 per
team. Bughouse registration ends at 10am Thurs. National Elementary
Blitz Championship: Two sections: K-6 and K-3. Thursday 5pm; EF $15
per player, $20 after May 6 or on site. Scholastic Meeting: 3pm Satur-
day. Saturday. Parents and Friends Tournament: 4SS, G/30, Saturday
10:30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 4:30pm. Trophies for Parents/Friends, par-
ticipant and student combined results. Mail entries to: U.S. Chess
Federation, Attn: Elementary, P.O. Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. Addi-
tional details, updates, corrections and on-line registration: www.
uschess.org/tournaments/2012/elem. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 26-28, Arizona
2012 U.S. Amateur West Championship
Holiday Inn Palo Verde, 4550 S. Palo Verde Rd., Tucson, AZ 85714, 520-
746-1161. SECTIONS: Championship (U2200), Reserve (U1600), Booster
(U1200), Scholastic I (must be K-6 and U1000) and Scholastic II (must
be K-6 and U600). Scholastic sections are 6 separate 1-day tourna-
ments. SCHEDULE: (Championship, Reserve, and Booster) 6/SS, 40/2,
25/1. Reg.: 5/26, 8:30 - 9:30 AM. Rds.: 10-4, 10-4, 9-3. (Scholastic I and
II) 4/SS, G/40. Reg.: 8:30 - 9:30 AM each day. Rds.: Round 1 at 10 AM
then as available for Rounds 2-4. PRIZES: (Championship) Digital
Clock + plaque to Top 3, Top 1900-1999, 1800-1899, 1700-1799, 1600-
1699, and U1600; Plaque to top Senior 50+, Junior U20 and Junior U14.
(Reserve) Digital clock + plaque to Top 3, Top 1300-1399, 1200-1299,
and U1200; Plaque to top Senior 50+ and Junior U14. (Booster) Digital
clock + trophy to 1st; Trophy to 2nd - 5th, Top Unrated and Junior U11.
(Scholastic I each day) Digital clock + trophy to 1st; Trophy to 2nd -
5th. (Scholastic II each day) Trophy to 1st-5th. SPECIAL PRIZES: 1st
Place in Championship and Reserve will receive a FREE ENTRY to the
2012 National Open. Top 2 Family Pairs in the non-scholastic sections.
Biggest Upset of each round in the non-Scholastic sections. Digital clock
to Scholastic I player with the highest combined score over the three 1-
day tournaments. EF: (Championship & Reserve) $60 if rec'd by 5/23, $70
if after 5/23. (Booster) $40 if rec'd by 5/23, $50 if after 5/23. (Scholas-
tic I and II) $15 each day or $40 for all three days if by 5/23, additional
$10 if after 5/23. ALL: Half-point byes allowed for all rounds but must
be requested prior to start of Round 2. SIDE EVENT: Blitz tournament
Friday 5/25; G/5, 5 Rounds, Double SS; Entry Fee: $10 ($15 to non-tour-
nament players); Reg.: 6:006:45pm at site; Rounds: begin at 7:00pm
uschess.org
See previous issue for TLAs appearing May 1-14
Prizes: ($$b/20) $75-$45, Top U1600 $30, Medallion to top K-12, K-8, K-
6. ENTER: www.sazchess.org/store/store.php or mail to (make checks
payable to SACA): SACA, Attn: U.S. Amateur West, PO Box 36149, Tuc-
son, AZ 85740 or at site. HR: $71 (single/double) or $86 (suite) if by 5/11,
mention SACA. INFO: Karen Pennock, 520-261-6149, email: kpen
nock_83@yahoo.com, web: www.sazchess.org. NC. NS. W. Chess Mag-
net School JGP for Championship and Reserve.
A Heritage Event!
May 26-28 or 27-28, New Jersey
68th Annual U.S. Amateur East Championship
6-SS, 50/2, SD/1. Somerset-Bridgewater Hotel (previously Crowne Plaza
Hotel), 110 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ, Telephone 732-560-0500 (NYC
train to Bound Brook 1 miles away). In 3 Sections: Championship
(U2200), Reserved (U1800), Booster (U1400). 2-day & 3-day schedules.
3-Day Registration: Saturday May 26, 9:30-10:45 am. Schedule:
Rounds 12-6, 11-5, 9-3. 2-Day Registration: Sunday May 27, 8:30-9:30
am. Schedule: First 3 games, 5/27, G/60. Rounds 10-12:15-2:30. All
schedules merge in round four. Each Sections: Trophies to top five and
top Senior 55/over and Jr's under ages 16 & 13. Championship: Tro-
phies to top U2000, U1900 and U1850. Reserve: Trophies to top U1600
and U1500. Booster: Trophies to top U1200, U1100, U1000, U900 and
U800. EF: $49 if postmarked by May 23, or paid online via EntryFeesRus.
com. EF: at site $60 cash. Byes: Three 1/2 point byes allowed in rounds
1-5. Ent: Ken Thomas, 115 W. Moore St., Hackettstown, NJ 07840.
Checks to NJSCF. Info: 908-619-8621 or acn@goes.com. NS. NC. W.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 9-10, Tennessee
2012 U.S. Amateur South Championship
University of Memphis, University Center, 499 University St., Memphis,
TN 38152. SECTIONS: Championship (U2200) & Reserve (U1600). SCHED-
ULE: 5/SS, G/90 td/5. Reg.: Sat. 9:00-9:45AM. Rds.: Sat. 10-2-6; Sun.
9:30-1:30. PRIZES: $1000 of Gift Certificates and awards based on 60
paid entries. (Championship): 1st- River Cup trophy + $150 GC, 2nd-
plaque +$100 GC, 3rd-plaque+$75 GC; U2000 1st-small trophy+$50
GC. (Reserve): 1st-large plaque+$125 GC, 2nd-plaque+$75 GC, 3rd-
plaque+$50 GC; U1400 1st-small trophy+$50 GC; Unrated 1st-$50 GC.
EF: $40 ($10 less to Juniors under age 18 or Seniors over age 60), $50
on-site. MISC: One requested half-point bye allowed, any round, must
request before the start of Round 3. SIDE EVENT: SATURDAY ONLY
Scholastic (K-12) sections in a separate room from main tournament:
U1000, U550, & Unrated. 4/SS, G/30 td/5. Reg. 11-11:45AM. Rd. 1 at
12PM, rest ASAP. EF-$15 by two days before the event, $20 after & on-
site. Trophies or Medals for all Side Event players! ADDL. DETAILS:
www.shelbycountychess.org. ENTRY: Online entry at www.cajunchess.com
or mail registration to Shelby County Chess, ATTN: Amateur South, 1614
Vance Ave., Memphis, TN 38104. INFO: Arlene Kleiman, midsouthchess
@hotmail.com; Korey Kormick, kjkormick@hotmail.com. Chess Mag-
net School JGP for main event.
June 14, Nevada
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 (Enhanced)
2012 U.S. Game/10 Championship (QC)
6SS, G/10. FIDE Rated. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boule-
vard South, Las Vegas 89109. $$G 5,000. 1500-800-500, U2300 450,
U2100 400, U1900 350, U1700 300, U1500 250, U1300 200, U1100 150,
unrated 100. There must be 3 players eligible for each prize to be
awarded. EF: $69 by 5/28, $79 by 6/13 $100 on site. REG.: 2-4 p.m. Rds.:
5-5:30-6-6:30-7-7:30. Higher of regular or quick rating used. Bring
clocks. 1/2 point bye available in any round (limit 2). HR: $59 single or
double ($89 Friday and Saturday nights). 1-800-634-6753 or (702) 734-
5110. ENT: National Open, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV 89009-0925,
on line www.VegasChessFestival.com or fax at (702) 933-9112. NS.
NC. W.
A Heritage Event!
An American Classic!
June 15-17 or 16-17, Nevada
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 200 (Enhanced)
2012 National Open
6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2 day option rds 1-3 G/45). Riviera Hotel and Casino,
2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas 89109. $80,000 Guaran-
teed Prize Fund will not be reduced. Championship. $$: 6400-3200-
1600-800-500-300-300-300-300-300-200-200-200-200-200, under 2500
1600, under 2400 1200, under 2300 1000. $2,000 EXTRA for perfect score.
The winner of the Championship section also receives a replica of the Ed-
mondson Cup. Under 2200. $$: 3200-1600-800-500-400-250-250-250-250-
250-200-200-200-200-200. Under 2000.$$:3200-1600-800-500-400-250-
250-250-250-250-200-200-200-200-200. Under 1800. $$: 3200-1600-800-
500-400-250-250-250-250-250-200-200-200-200-200. Under 1600. $$:
3200-1600-800-500-400-250-250-250-250-250-200-200-200-200-200.
Under 1400. $$: 2000-1000-700-400-300-250-250-250-250-250. Under
1200. $$: 1200-600-400-300-250-200-200-200-200. Unrated, $$: 500-
300-200. Plus Score Bonus ($14,000 guaranteed) in addition to any other
prizes, every player who finishes with 3-1/2 points or better wins a $50
gift certificate. Plus score certificates will be awarded on site only. Play-
ers under age 15 are eligible for best game prizes including the Freddie
award plus $200 (donated by Fred Gruenberg). Top 2 sections FIDE
rated. EF: $169 by 2/29, $199 by 5/28, $219 by 6/13, $240 on site. $40
discount for seniors 65 and over. Add $120 for adults rated under 2100
or juniors under 2000 playing in the Championship Section. This is an open
tournament - you may play in any section at or above your rating level;
unrated players may play only in Unrated or Championship Section. Pro-
visionally rated players may not win more than 3rd prize in any section
except Championship. CCA minimum ratings or other ratings may be used
if higher than USCF June Supplement. Reg.: 3 p.m.-10 p.m. Thursday, 8-
9:30 a.m. Friday. Rds.: 11-6, 10-5, 10-5. 2-day schedule: Reg.: 8-9 a.m.
Saturday. Rds.: 10-12-2-5: merge with 3-day in round 4. Half point byes
available in any round, but round 5 or 6 byes must be requested before
the start of round 2. Chess sets and boards provided for tournament play
only, not for skittles. Please bring chess clocks! The LAS VEGAS INTER-
NATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL features the National Open, the U.S
Game/10 Championship, the International Youth Championship and
other events. Many free extras and surprises! Free parking. Free raf-
fle with great prizes. Free GM Lectures. Free GM analysis of your
games. Grandmaster Chess Camp for all ages on Thursday. U.S.
Game/10 and Grandmaster Simuls Thursday afternoon. Youth Tour-
naments Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Poker Tournament Monday
morning. LOW room rates! HR: $59 single or double ($89 Friday and
Saturday nights). 1-800-634-6753 or (702) 734-5110. Don't be shut out;
make your reservations early and be sure to ask for the chess rates;
The Riviera sells out most weekends. Cutoff for special hotel rate is May
28th. Rates may be as high as $150 a night later. RESERVE NOW!
Credit card or one night room deposit will be required to hold reserva-
tion, may be canceled 72 hours in advance for nominal fee. Tournament
Registration: National Open, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV 89009-
0925, on line at www.VegasChessFestival.com or by fax at (702)
933-9112. Info: (702) 560-0955 and leave a message. NS. W. FIDE.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 9-14, Texas
2012 U.S. Senior Open
6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (3-Day Option, Rounds 1-3 G/55, d/5). Marriott Hous-
ton South at Hobby Airport, 9100 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77017,
www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/houhh-houston-hobby-airport-mar-
riott/. Free parking! $79 HR valid until 6/30 (includes free hot breakfast
buffet!), Reserve early! 713-943-7979, Group Code: CHESS. Eligibility: Open
to USCF members born on or before July 9, 1962. Prizes: $5,000 GTD!
1st-$1250, 2nd-$800, 3rd-$500, 4th-$300, U2300: $500-300, U2000:
$300-150, U1800 $300-150, U1500/UNR $300-150. Awards: Commem-
orative Clocks for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd and plaques for each champion, ages
50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74 and over 75 (a player may win a place
award and an age award). World Senior Entrant: Top finisher born on or
before January 1, 1952 receives: 1) official USCF entrant in the World Sen-
ior Championship, and 2) a $500.00 USCF stipend towards expenses at
the WSC. EF: $95 if rec'd by 6/30, $115 after or on site. Registration until
6 pm on July 9 (or until 9am July 12 for 3-Day Schedule). Registrations
after that time may require byes. Rounds: Monday to Friday one round
daily at 6:30 pm, Saturday one round at 11 a.m. 3-Day Schedule: Rounds
Thursday at 10m, 12:30pm, 3pm; Merges with 6-Day Schedule on Round
4. Awards Banquet: Saturday at 7 p.m. Byes: Two 1/2 point byes avail-
able if req. before end of rd 2. Entries: Mail to Francisco L. Guadalupe,
305Willow Pointe Dr., League City,TX 77573. Info: flguadalupe@aol.com.
Enter online: www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2015413.
Note: Active.com charges a small fee. Phone entries: (713) 530-7820. Add
$5 (per player) for phone entries. Tournament website link at http://
main.uschess.org/content/view/10014/95. FIDE.
July 13-15, Texas
2012 U.S. Junior Open
6SS, G/120,d5. Marriott Houston South at Hobby Airport, 9100 Gulf
Freeway, Houston, TX 77017. www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/houhh-
houston-hobby-airport-marriott/. Free parking! $79 HR valid until 6/30
(includes free hot breakfast buffet!), Reserve early! 713-943-7979, Group
Code: CHESS. 4 Sections based on age as of 1/1/2012: Under 21,
Under 15, Under 11 and Under 8. July Rating Supplement. U21:
$500+entry to 2013 US Junior Closed - $250-$125-$75-$50. Individual
plaques to top five overall, plaques for best player age 18, 17, 16, 15,
Under 15, and for ratings U1600, U1400, U1200. U21 is also FIDE rated.
U15: Individual trophies to top ten overall, trophies for best player age
14, 13, 12, 11, Under 11, and for ratings U1400, U1200, U1000. U11: Indi-
vidual trophies to top ten overall, trophies to best player age 10, 9, 8, 7,
Under 7, and for ratings U1200, U1000, U800. U8: Individual trophies to
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top ten overall, best player age 7, 6 & Under, and for ratings U1000, U800,
U600; honorable mention trophies for all others U8. Commemorative
medals for all participants. Teams: Trophies to top three school teams
and top club team in each of the four sections. Top four scores, minimum
of three, count towards team score in each section. Byes: One half-point
bye, any round except Rd 6, if requested before Rd 1. EF: $35 postmarked
or on line by 7/2, $50 after 7/2; no checks on site. Schedule: Onsite reg-
istration, Fri 8:30 11:00am. Opening Ceremony, Fri 12:45pm. Rounds,
Fri 1pm & 6pm; Sat 9:30am & 2:15pm; Sun 9am & 1:30pm. Awards Cer-
emony 6:00pm (approx). Side Events: Blitz, U21 & U11. Sat 6:30pm, EF:
$15 by 7/2, $20 on site. Bughouse: One section, Sat ASAP after Blitz,
EF: $25 per team, on site only. Parents and Friends Tournament (not
rated): 3SS, G/30, Sat, Rds 10:30, 2:30 & 4:00pm. EF: $20, on site only.
Prizes: Trophies to top three plus one USCF Premium membership for
each five participants. ENTRIES: Mail to Francisco L. Guadalupe, 305 Wil-
low Pointe Dr., League City, TX 77573. Info: flguadalupe@aol.com. Enter
online at: www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2015371. Note:
Active.com charges a small fee. Phone entries: (713) 530-7820. Add $3
(per player) for phone entries. Tournament website link at http://main.us
chess.org/content/view/10014/95. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Aug. 4-8, Washington
2012 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open Championship
6SS, G/90+30 seconds. Hilton Vancouver Washington (see U.S. Open).
Open to all females born after 7/30/90. Must be US resident to qualify
for Scholarship money. EF: Free if playing in U.S. Open (must play in 6-
Day or 4-Day Schedule), otherwise $50 mailed by 7/24 or on line by 7/27,
$60 at site. Prizes: 1st Place: $500 Scholarship and Plaque; 2nd Place:
$350 Scholarship and Plaque; 3rd Place: $150 Scholarship and Plaque;
Plaques to Top A, B, C, D, E, Unr. Registration ends Sat 6:30 pm, Rds.
Sat 7 pm, Sun/Mon 12 noon & 7 pm, Tue 11 am. Ent: USCF (Girls Junior
Open), PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. Online entry: https://secure.us
chess.org/webstore/tournaments.php. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
Aug. 4-12, 7-12 or 9-12, Washington
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 300
113th annual U.S. Open
Includes traditional one game per day schedule (9 days), also 6-day slow
time control option, and 4-day option requiring only 3 nights hotel stay
for most players. 9SS, 40/2, SD/1, D5 (4 day option, Rds. 1-6, G/60, D5).
Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. 6th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660.
Self Parking $13.00, valet $17.00 per night. HR: $110 single/quad, 360-
993-4500, reserve by July 12 or rate may increase. $50,000 in prizes based
on 500 paid entries, else proportional, $40,000 (80% of each prize) min-
imum guaranteed. A one section tournament with Class prizes. Top US
player not otherwise qualified qualifies for 2013 US Championship.
Choice of three schedules: Traditional: 40/2, SD/1, D5. One round daily
at 7 pm, except Rd 9, 3 pm 8/12. 6-Day Option: 7 pm 8/7, 12 noon & 7
pm 8/8-10, 7 pm 8/11, 3 pm 8/12. 4-Day Option: 1 pm, 4 pm & 7 pm
8/9; 10 am, 1 pm, 3:30 pm & 7 pm 8/10, 7 pm 8/11, 3 pm 8/12. All sched-
ules merge after Round 6 & compete for same prizes. Projected prizes:
CONTINENTAL CHESS SCHEDULE
Visit www.chesstour.com for late news,
results, games, minimum ratings, entries, etc.
Most tournaments have alternate schedules
playing less or more days than listed below.
Asterisk means full details in this issue-
otherwise, see future issues or our website.
5/18-20: N ew Y ork State O pen, Lake G eorge N Y *
5/24-28: C hicago O pen, W heeling IL*
6/8-10: N ortheast O pen, Stamford C T*
6/24: Schenectady O pen, Schenectady N Y *
6/29-7/3: Philadelphia International, Philadelphia PA*
7/1-3: W orld O pen Senior Amateur, W omen, & U nder 13*
7/4-8: W orld O pen, Philadelphia PA*
7/20-22: C hicago C lass, W heeling IL*
7/20-22: Pacific C oast O pen, Agoura Hills C A*
7/27-29: Southern O pen, O rlando FL*
7/27-29: Bradley O pen, W indsor Locks C T*
8/3-5: C leveland O pen, C leveland O H*
8/10-12: C ontinental O pen, Sturbridge M A*
8/17-19: Indianapolis O pen, Indianapolis IN *
8/17-19: M anhattan O pen, N ew Y ork N Y *
8/17-19: C entral C alifornia O pen, Fresno C A*
8/24-26: Atlantic O pen, W ashington D C *
9/1-3: N ew Y ork State C hampionship, Albany N Y *
9/14-16: N ew England Senior, W indsor Locks C T
9/15-16: Hartford O pen, W indsor Locks C T
9/21-23: Louisville O pen, Louisville KY
9/30: C apital R egion O pen, Schenectady N Y
10/4-8: C ontinental C lass, Arlimgton V A*
10/5-7: Los Angeles O pen, Los Angeles C A
10/12-14: M idw est C lass, W heeling IL
10/19-21: Boardw alk O pen, Asbury Park N J
10/24-28: Bahamas International, N assau, Bahamas*
11/2-4: Eastern Team C hampionship, Stamford C T
11/9-11: Kings Island O pen, M ason O H
11/23-25: N atiional C hess C ongress, Philadelphia PA
12/26-29: N orth American O pen, Las V egas N V
12/26-29: Empire C ity O pen, N ew Y ork N Y
1/11-13: C ontinental Amateur & M asters, Boston M A
F or later events, see chesstour.com .
54 Chess Life May 2012
Top places $8000-4000-2000-1500-1000-700-500-400, clear winner or
playoff $200 bonus. If tie for first, top two on tiebreak play speed game
(White 5 minutes, Black 3 minutes and gets draw odds, 5 second delay)
for bonus and title. Class Prizes: Top Master (2200-2399) $2400-1200-
600-300, Expert (2000-2199) $2400-1200-600-300, Class A (1800-1999)
$2400-1200-600-300, Class B (1600-1799) $2400-1200-600-300, Class C
(1400-1599) $2000-1000-500-300, Class D (1200-1399) $1500-700-400-
200, Class E or below (under 1200) $1200-600-400-200, Unrated
$700-400-200. Special prizes for Life Titles: Top Life Senior Master Under
2500: $600. Top Life Master, (or Original Life Master) Under 2300:
$600. Top Candidate Master (or higher title) Under 2100: $500. Top First
Category (or higher title) Under 1900: $500. Top Second Category (or
higher title) Under 1700: $500. Top Third Category (or higher) Under 1500:
$400. Top Fourth Category (or higher) Under 1300: $300. Life Titles
must be established by August 1, 2012. Special life title prizes will be cal-
culated and awarded August 24, 2012. Half Point Byes: must commit
before Round 4; up to 3 byes allowed for 2000/up, 2 byes for 1400-1999,
one bye for Under 1400/Unr. Limit 1 bye in last two rounds. Zero point
byes are always available in any round. Entry Fee: Online, $145 by
6/17, $165 by 7/29, $185 after 7/29. By mail, $147 postmarked by
6/17, $167 postmarked by 7/29; do not mail after 7/29! By phone, $150
by 6/17, $170 by 7/29, $185 after. No phone entries after 8/2 (close of
business at the Office)! At site, all $190; GMs free. All entries must be
made at least 2 hours prior to your first game. Current USCF member-
ship required. August official ratings used; unofficial ratings used if
otherwise unrated. CCA ratings used if above USCF. Foreign player rat-
ings: usually 100 points added to FIDE or FQE, 200+ added to most
foreign national ratings, no points added to CFC. Highest of multiple rat-
ings generally used. Entries: USCF, ATTN: 2012 U.S. Open, PO Box 3967,
Crossville, TN 38557. Online entry: https://secure2.uschess.org/web-
store/tournament.php?wkevent=2012USOPEN. Phone entry: 800-903-
8723. FIDE rated, No cell phones. Bring a clock -- none supplied. Sets/
boards supplied for tournament but not for skittles. Many meetings, work-
shops and seminars, including: USCF Committee Meetings 8/8-10, USCF
Awards Luncheon 8/11 noon, USCF Delegates Meeting 8/11-12.
Many side events and other championships, including: Womens U.S. Open
(see separate TLA for the Womens event), U.S. Open Blitz Champi-
onship 7SS Double, 12noon 8/11; Weekend Swiss 5SS G/60, 10-1-3:30
Sat 8/4, 10 & 1 Sun 8/5; U.S. Open Scholastic (see separate TLA for
the Scholastic event); U.S. Open Quads G/30 12-1:30-2:30 Mon, Wed,
Thu, Fri; U.S. Open G/15 Championship 12-1-2-3-4 Wed 8/8; U.S.
Open Bughouse Sun. 7:00 pm 8/6. 16th Annual Golf Tournament for
the U.S. Open Chess Players, (see tournament website for details). U.S.
Open Tennis Tournament (see tournament website for details). In
addition, three other championships will also take place: the 2012 Denker
Tournament of HS Champions, the 2012 Barber Tournament of K-
8 Champions, and the 2012 Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open (see
separate TLA for the Girls event). Please check the U.S. Open web-
site often for updates, new information and corrections! www.us
chess.org/tournaments/2012/usopen/. FIDE. Chess Magnet School
JGP for U.S. Open.
Aug. 8-12, Washington
2012 Womens U.S. Open
5SS, Game 90 + 30 Seconds. Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W 6th
Street, Vancouver, WA 98660. Self Parking $13.00, valet $17.00 per
night. HR: $110 single/quad, 360-993-4500, reserve by July 12 or rate
may increase. $2000 Guaranteed. EF: $50. One section with class prizes.
Prizes: $500 (+ trophy), $300, $200. Class Prizes: U2000, U1800, U1600,
U1400, U1200: $200 each. Rounds: 8/8 to 8/11, 11:00 AM, 8/12, 10:00
AM. Half point byes: Limit 1, must commit before Round 2. Entry Fee:
Online, $50 by August 7th. By mail, $50 postmarked by 7/29; do not mail
after 7/29! By phone, $50 by 8/7. No phone entries after 8/7 (close of
business at the Office)! At site, all $50. Registration At site closes August
8 at 10:00 AM. August official ratings used; unofficial ratings used if
otherwise unrated. CCA ratings used if above USCF. Foreign player rat-
ings: usually 100 points added to FIDE or FQE, 200+ added to most
foreign national ratings, no points added to CFC. Highest of multiple rat-
ings generally used. Entries: USCF, ATTN: 2012 U.S. Womens Open, PO
Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. Online entry: www.uschess.org/tour-
naments/2012/womens/. Phone entry: 800-903-8723. No cell phones.
Bring a clock -- none supplied. Sets/boards supplied for tournament but
not for skittles. Please see the US Open TLA for side events, com-
mittee meetings, delegate meetings and other events held during
the Open. Please check the U.S. Open website often for updates,
new information and corrections! www.uschess.org/tourna-
ments/2012/womens/. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Grand Prix
May 15, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 (Enhanced)
Marshall Masters!
4-SS, G/25d5. Third Tuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St.,
NYC. 212-477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scor-
ing over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 tournament since the prior
month's Masters). EF: $40, members $30, GMs free. $$G250-150-100.
Prizes to U2400, U2300 and biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-
8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available (Rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry.
www.marshallchessclub.org.
May 18-20 or 19-20, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 (Enhanced)
20th annual New York State Open
5SS, 30/90, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60, d/5). Tiki Resort (for-
merly Howard Johnson), 2 Canada St., Lake George, NY 12845. $$G
3000. In 4 sections. Open: $$ 400-200-150, top Under 2010 $230-120,
top Under 1810/Unr $220-110. Senior, open to under 1910 or unrated
born before 5/21/62. $$ 300-150-80, top Under 1710 $120-60. Under
1610: $$ 300-150-80, Under 1410 $120-60, unrated limit $150. Under
1310: $100-50, trophies to first 3, top U1000, U800, Unr. All: 1 year NYSCA
membership prize to NY residents who are not members. EF: 3-day
$78, 2-day $77 mailed by 5/11, both $79 online at chesstour.com by 5/16,
$85 phoned to406-896-2038 by 5/16 (entry only, no questions), $90 at
site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Entry fee $50 less to all in U1310.
Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry- online at
chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed,
phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-
entry $40, not available in Open Section. GMs free, $60 deducted from
prize. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7, Sat 12 & 6, Sun
10 & 3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 11:30 am, rds Sat 12, 3 &, 6,
Sun 10 & 3:15. Half point byes OK all, must commit before rd 2; limit 2
byes (limit 1 bye if under 1810/unr in Open). HR: 65-65 (poolside), 75-
75 (regular), call 518-668-5744 Mon-Fri 9 am-5pm, reserve by 5/4 or rate
may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or
reserve car online through chesstour.com. Unofficial uschess.org ratings
usually used if otherwise unrated. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Sal-
isbury Mills, NY 12577. www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us, 845-496-
9658. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted atchess-
tour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 19-20 or 20, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
Marshall May Grand Prix!
4-SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-
3716. EF: $50, members $30. $$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/25d5) 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.
An American Classic!
May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, Illinois
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 200 (Enhanced)
21st annual Chicago Open
Open Section, May 24-28: 9SS, 40/90, SD/30, inc/30 GM & IM norms
possible, all Open entry fees $100 more than below for US players never
rated 2200/over by FIDE. Under 2300 to Under1300, May 25-28, 26-
28 or 27-28: 7SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5; 2-day
option, rds. 1-4 G/40, d/5). Under 1100, (NOTE CHANGE), May 26-28
or 27-28: 7SS, G/90, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-4 G/40, d/5). Under 900,
May 27-28: 7SS, G/40, d/5. All: No 5 minute time deduction. At Westin
Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL
60090 (from Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94
east to Lake Cook Rd to US-45 south.) Free parking. Free analysis of your
games by GM John Fedorowicz, beginning two hours after the start of
each 4-day round. Free lectures by GM Fedorowicz 5pm Friday, 9 am each
day Saturday, Sunday, Monday. $100,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 9
sections. Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300,
clear or tiebreak winner bonus $200, top FIDE Under 2500/Unr $2000-
1000. FIDE rated, GM and IM norms possible. Under 2300: $5000-2500-
1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300. FIDE rated. Under 2100: $5000-
2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300. Under 1900: $5000-2500-
1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300. Under 1700: $5000-2500-1200-
900-700-600-500-400-300-300. Under 1500: $4000-2000-1000-800-600-
500-400-400-300-300. Under 1300: $4000-2000-1000-800-600-500-400-
400-300-300. Under 1100: $1500-700-400-300-200-200-100-100. Under
900: $500-300-200, trophies to first 5, top U700, U500, U300, Unrated.
Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26 lifetime games rated through 5/12
list may not win over $800 U1100, $1500 U1300 or $2500 U1500. Games
rated too late for 5/12 list not counted. 2) If official rating 5/11-4/12 or
unofficial post-event rating posted 5/24/11-5/24/12 was more than 30
points over section maximum, prize limit $1500. 3) Unrated (0-3 lifetime
games rated) cannot win over $200 inU900, $400 U1100, $700 U1300,
$1000 U1500, $1500 U1700, $2000 U1900 or $2500 U2100. Unofficial
uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 4) Balance of any
limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Top 7 sections Mailed EF:
5-day Open $205, 4-day $204, 3-day$203, 2-day $202 mailed by 3/29; 5-
day $225, 4-day $224, 3-day $223, 2-day $222 mailed by 5/16; all $250
at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Top 7 sections online EF at
chesstour.com: $207 by 3/29, $227 by 5/21, $250 after 5/21 until 2 hours
before rd 1. Top 7 sections phoned EF at 406-896-2038 (entry only, no
questions): $230 by 5/21 (entry only, no questions). No phone entry
after 5/21. GMs, IMs, WGMs, foreign FMs free in Open; $200 deducted
from prize. All Open Section EF $100 more for US players never rated 2200
or over by FIDE. EF $100 less to seniors age 65/over in top 7 sections.
Under 1100 EF: $85 mailed by 5/16, $87 online at chesstour.com by 5/21,
$100 at site. Under 900 EF: $35 mailed by 5/16, $37 online at chess
tour.com by 5/21, $50 at site. Online or mailed EF $5 less to ICA mem-
bers; join at il-chess.org. An ICA Tour Event. Special 1 yr USCF dues
with magazine if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young
Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young
Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry: $100, no re-entry from Open to Open.
5-day schedule (Open): Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 12 & 7,
Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day schedule (U2300 to U1300):
Reg. ends Fri 6pm, Rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
3-day schedule (U2300 to U1300): Reg. ends Sat 10 am, Rds. Sat 11,
2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 2-day U2300 to U1300 sched-
ule: Reg. ends Sun 9 am, Rds. Sun 10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
4-day, 3-day & 2-day U2300 to U1300 schedules merge & compete for
same prizes. 3-day Under 1100 schedule: Reg. Ends Sat. 1 pm, Rds Sat
2 pm & 6 pm, Sun 10, 2 & 6, Mon 10 & 2. 2-day Under 1100 schedule:
Reg. ends Sun 9 am, Rds Sun 10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6, Mon 10 & 2. 3-day &
2-day U1100 schedules merge & compete for same prizes. Under 900
schedule: Reg. ends Sun 9 am, rds Sun 10, 12, 2 & 3:45, Mon 10, 12, 2.
Byes: OK all, limit 4(limit 2 in last 4 rds), Open must commit before rd
2, others before rd 4. Hotel rates: $103-103-103-103, 800-937-8461, 847-
777-6500, reserve by 5/11 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-
331-1600, AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com.
Foreign player ratings: Usually 100 points added to FIDE, 100 to FQE,
200/more to most other foreign, no pts added to CFC or Jamaica. Some
foreign ratings not accepted for U1900 or below. Highest of multiple rat-
ings usually used. Players who fail to disclose foreign or FIDE ratings may
be expelled. US player ratings: May official ratings used; FIDE ratings
uschess.org
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used for Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if oth-
erwise unrated. Special rules: 1) Players must submit to a search for
electronic devices if requested by Director. In round 3 or after, players
with scores of 80% or over and their opponents may not use head-
phones, earphones, cellphones, or go to a different floor of the hotel
without Director permission. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salis-
bury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658,
www.chesstour.com. You may request lowest possible section if May
rating unknown. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be
posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 25-27, South Carolina
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20
South Carolina Open
Hilton Garden Inn, 108 Carolina Point Parkway, Greenville, SC 29605. 5-
SS, 35/90/d5, SD/60/d5 (Rd 1 of 2 Day schedule is G/90/d5). Prize Fund:
$3700 Unconditionally Guaranteed! Open (Fide Rated) $600-$300-$100,
U2200 $150-$100, U2000 $150-100, U1800 $500-$250-$100, U1600
$150-$100, U1400 $500-$250-$100, U1200 $150-$100. All prizes in all
sections unconditionally guaranteed! All: EF: $59 if received by May 19,
$70 by May 24, $75 on site. Re-entry $40. Advance entries should be sent
to: Walter High, 105 North Crabtree Knoll, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Make
checks to CCI. GMs/IMs free. SCCA membership required. OSA. One
bye allowed. Must be requested by 1:30PM on Saturday. Unr may not win
prizes in U1800 and U1400 sections. Reg.: Friday 5PM to 7:30PM Sat-
urday 8AM to 9:30AM. Rds.: Fri 8 PM or Sat 10AM, then Sat 2PM and 8PM,
Sun 9AM and 3PM. INFO: Gary Newsom (704) 618-1259, gary.newsom@
queencitychess.com or Walter High wmhigh@nc.rr.com. More info may
be available at: www.carlolinaschessinitiative.com. Special Saturday
Only Scholastic Section 4-SS, G/45/d5. EF: $20. Rounds: 10:30AM,
12:15PM, 2:00PM, 3:45PM. Sections determined by attendance. Tro-
phies to top 5 in each section. HR: $79 1-4. (864) 284-0111 Mention SC
Open Chess Tourney Group Code CT5. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 60
The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open!
7-SS, 40/2, SD/1 + d5 (3-Day Option, rds. 1-2 G/75 + d/5; 2-Day Option,
rds. 1-4 G/45 + d5). Chess Center of New York at the historic New Yorker
Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NY City. Free
analysis of your games by former US Open Champion GM Mike Rohde
and USCF's Most Active Play IM Jay Bonin! $10,000 Guaranteed! In 5
sections. Open: $1,000-500-300-150, top U2450 $450-250. FIDE. Under
2300: $800-400-200-100, U2150 $350-150. FIDE. Under 2000: $800-400-
200-100, top U1800 $350-150. $300 limit to Unr. Under 1600: $700-350-
200-100, top U1400 $250-150, $200 limit to Unr. Under 1200: $400-200-
100, $100 limit to Unr., trophies to Top Under 1000, Top U800, Top U600,
Top Unrated! NEW!! Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes! Best male/female
2-player team combined score in all sections: $500-250-150 (team-
mates average rating must be Under 2200, teammates may play in
different sections; teammate pairings avoided but possible, teams must
declare by rd. 4). EF: 4-Day $104, 3-Day $103, 2-Day $102 if postmarked
by 5/18, $100 on-line thru 5/23 at www.chesscenter.cc, $110 by phone
thru 5/23, $120 at site; all EF $20 less to players rated U1400 in U1600
Section, $60 less to unrated players in Under 1600 Section (only players
with 3 games or less are unrated), $60 less to all in Under 1200 Section,
GMs free ($90 from prize). Re-entry $70 except from Open to Open. 4-
Day Schedule: reg. ends Fri 6 pm. Rds Fri. 7, Sat. 11 & 6, Sun.11 & 6,
Mon. 10 & 4:30. 3-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 10 am. Rds. Sat. 11,
2:30 & 6, Sun. 11 & 6, Mon. 10 & 4:30. 2-Day Schedule: Reg. ends Sun
9:30 am. Rds. Sun. 10, 12, 2, 4, 6, Mon. 10 & 4:30. All schedules merge
and compete for same prizes. Limit 3 byes, Open must commit before rd.
2, others before rd. 4. Prize limit $450 for players with any post-tourna-
ment rating after 4/6/12 on uschess.org more than 30 points over
section limit. Balances of all limited prizes go to next eligible player(s).
Unofficial ratings at us.chess.org usually used if otherwise unrated.
$15 charge for refunds. HR: 212-971-0101. Free Digital Clock Setting Sem-
inar by IA Carol Jarecki: 5pm Sat (for players too embarrassed to ask
the TD to set their clocks and for TDs too embarrassed to admit they can't).
Questions, chesscentr@aol.com or 845-569-9969, credit card
phone entries (but no questions) thru 5/23: 406-896-2191. After
5/23, enter at site only (no checks, credit cards OK). CCA ratings may
be used. Ent: Chess Center of NY, PO Box 4615, New Windsor, NY
12553. Bring sets, clocks, boards! W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A State Championship Event!
A Heritage Event!
May 25-28 or 26-28, Texas
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 30 (Enhanced)
Texas State and Amateur Championships
7SS. Sheraton Dallas North Hotel, 4801 Lyndon B. Johnson Fwy, Dallas,
TX 75244. $$ 8,350 b/175, full entries in Championship and Amateur sec-
tions, 2 scholastic side events that do not count toward base. Cham-
pionship: (This section is FIDE rated but uses USCF rules. Must be
rated 2000 or above by either USCF or Fide to play in this section.
Defending Amateur Champion may also play in this section. Texas
Scholastic High School Champions may also play in this section. Foreign
unrateds may play in this section.) G/90 with 30 sec. increment: $$ 1,000-
500-250, 2200-2399 $700, U2200 $800. Amateur: U2000 & unrated.
Rds. 1-7 30/90 d5, SD/1 d5, rd. 1 of three day is G/115 d5. $$ 800-400-
200. B $$ 600-300-150, C 500-250-125, U1400 $500-250-125, U1200
$400, U1000 $300 Unrated $200. Both: TCA membership required. Other
states accepted. EF: $88 if received by 5/18, else $99. $80 Junior(U19)
if received by 5/18 else $90 (juniors count as 90% toward base), Sen-
ior (over 65)/Handicapped/ additional family participant $52 if receive
by 5/18 else $65 (Senior/Handicap/ Additional family participant counts
60% toward base). Add $5 for CC phone entries; pre-reg requires pre-
payment. After 5/23/12 all registration and changes on site only; all
changes including withdrawals, $10 after 5/23/12. 4 day: Reg. Friday
5/25, 6:15 pm-7:15. Rds. Fri.: 7:45, Sat: 2:30 pm - 8:00, Sun.: 11:00 am
- 5:15 pm, Mon.: 9 am - 2:45 pm. 3 day: Reg. Sat. 5/26, 9-9:30 am, Rd.
1 at 10 am then merge with 4 day. Foreign Unrated must play in Cham-
pionship section. Registrations that do not indicate 4 or 3 day schedule
will be put in the 3 day. HR: $75/75/75/75, $75 rate includes full break-
fast buffet, 972-661-3600 or 888-627-8436 reserve by 5/11/12 and ask
for Dallas Chess Club rate. Free Parking. Up to two 1/2 pt byes available
if requested before end of rd. 2, but byes for both rd. 6 AND 7 not per-
mitted. K-12 Scholastic on Saturday, 5/26. 5-SS, Rds. G/30 d5, EF: $29
by 5/18, $44 after; Pre-reg. requires pre-payment. After 5/23/12 all reg-
istration and changes on site only; all changes $10 after 5/23/12. No
refunds after 5/23/12, $10 handling fee for refunds before 5/23/12.
Entries do not count toward base in Championship and Amateur. Regis-
tration 8:15-8:45 am, Rd. 1 at 9:30 am, rest ASAP with small lunch
break. Sections: K-12 Championship and K-12 U1000. 5/26. 5-SS, Rds.
G/30 d5. Prizes: Trophies to top 12 individuals, five teams in each sec-
tion. K-12 U1000 also top three unrateds. Medals to those who do not
win a trophy. Ent: Dallas Chess Club, C/O Barbara Swafford, 2709 Long-
horn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036. Info: Barb Swafford, 214-632-9000, info@
dallaschess.com, www.dallaschess.com. NS. NC. W. FIDE. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
May 26, Tennessee
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6
Rutherford County Open
5-SS, rd.1 G/25d5, rd.2 G/55d5, Rds.3, 4, 5 G/70d5. Grace Lutheran
Church, 811 E. Clark Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN. EF: $25 by 5/24, $30 at site.
$$ (1160, top 2 G, class prizes b/6 entries per class, else proportional):
$200-120, X, A, B, C, D, E/below, Unr. each $120. Reg.: 8:00-8:45am. Rds.:
9:00-10:00-12:30-3:00-5:30. Ent: Rutherford County Chess Club, P.O.
Box 1593, Murfreesboro, TN 37133. http://rccc.us/ (with map to site),
rccc@rccc.us, 615-895-7989. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 26, Virginia
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
Sterling Chess May Open and RBO
Hilton Inn & Suites Dulles, 22700 Holiday Park Dr., Sterling, VA 20166.
Three sections: Open 4SS, G/61 T/D5, $$400 Gtd., 200/130/70.
U1600 4SS, G/61 T/D5, medal to winner. U900 4SS, G/25 T/D5, medal
to winner. Rds.: Open and U1600 11:15, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00. U900 12:30, 1:45,
3:00, 4:15. Doors open 10:30. EF: Open $30, U1600 $25, U900 $20.
Unrateds free. Entries limited: Register online at www.meetup.com/ster-
ling-chess-tournaments. Pay on website. Info: news@serranoassociates.
com. Bye: Half-point, any round. Players with more than one bye are not
eligible for prizes. Chess Magnet School JGP for top two sections.
May 26-28 or 27-28, California, Northern
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 100 (Enhanced)
Best of the West Class Championship
6SS 30/90 sd/60 (2-day rds 1-3 G/60 merge in rd4). Marriott, 2700 Mis-
sion College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA. Hotel $89. Prize: $17,000 b/264
(2/3rd guaranteed). 6 sections. Open (2200+ FIDE rated 82% Gtd): 2500-
1200-600-200, top u2300 300-100. Expert/A/B/C: 1200-600-300-100-100-
100. D/E/unr: 1000-400-200-100, top u1200 600-300-100. Unr max $300
exc in Open. EF by 5/22: $99. Onsite +$25, Play-up +$20. r/e $40. Econ
Opt: EF-20 & 2/3 calc prize (not avail in Open). GMs/IMs free: prize-EF.

21st annual CHICAGO OPEN

May 24-28 (norms possible), 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, Westin North Shore Hotel
$100,000 PRIZE FUND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED!
Free lectures & analysis by GM John Fedorowicz, free entry to IMs, WGMs, foreign FMs
Open Section, May 24-28: 9 rounds, 5 days, 40/90,
SD/30, inc/30. 200 GPP.
U2300 to U1300 sections: 7 rds, choice of 3 schedules.
4-day, 5/25-28, 40/2, SD/1, d/5. 3-day, 5/26-28, rds 1-2 G/75,
d/5, then 40/2, SD/1, d/5. 2-day, 5/27-28, rds 1-4 G/40, d/5,
then 40/2, SD/1, d/5. All merge & play for same prizes.
Under 1100 section (note change): 7 rds, 5/26-28, G/90,
d/5 or 5/27-28, rds 1-4 G/40, d/5, then merges with 3-day.
Under 900 section: 7 rds, 5/27-28, G/40, d/5.
Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 N Milwaukee Ave,
Wheeling IL 60090. Free parking. In 9 sections:
Open: $10000-5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-
300, clear or tiebreak first $200 bonus, top FIDE U2500/unr
$2000-1000. FIDE rated, GM and IM norms possible.
U2300: $5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300.
FIDE rated.
U2100: $5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300.
U1900: $5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300.
U1700: $5000-2500-1200-900-700-600-500-400-300-300.
U1500: $4000-2000-1000-800-600-500-400-400-300-300.
U1300: $4000-2000-1000-800-600-500-400-300-300-300.
U1100: $1500-700-400-300-200-200-100-100.
U900: $500-300-200, trophies to top 5, others.
Unrated limits: U900 $200, U1100 $400, U1300 $700,
U1500 $1000, U1700 $1500, U1900 $2000, U2100 $2500.
FIDE ratings used for Open, May official USCF for others.
Unofficial web ratings usually used if otherwise unrated.
Prize limits: 1) If under 26 lifetime games as of 5/12 list,
limit $800 U1100, $1500 U1300, $2500 U1500. 2) If official
rating 5/11-4/12 or unofficial post-event rating posted 5/24/11-
5/24/12 was more than 30 pts over section max, limit $1500.
5-day schedule (Open only): entries end Thu 6 pm, rds
Thu 7 pm, Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
4-day Under 2300 to Under 1300: entries end Fri 6, rds
Fri 7, Sat/Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
3-day Under 2300 to Under 1300: entries end Sat 10 am,
rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
3-day Under 1100: entries end Sat 1 pm, rds Sat 2 & 6,
Sun 10, 2 & 6, Mon 10 & 2.
2-day Under 2300 to Under 1300: entries end Sun 9 am,
rds Sun 10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30.
2-day Under 1100: Sun 10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6, Mon 10 & 2.
Under 900 schedule: Sun 10, 12, 2, 3:45, Mon 10, 12, 2.
Half point byes OK all, limit 4 (2 last 4 rds). Open must
commit before rd 2, others rd 4.
Hotel rates: 1-4 in room $103, 800-937-8461, 847-777-
6500, reserve by 5/11.
Full details: see TLA this issue or chesstour.com. Bring
set, board, clock if possible- none supplied.

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May 2012 Supp, CCA min, & TD disc to place players. Sched: 3-day Reg 8-SS, G/90+30spm, (Reserve: 10-SS, G-50+15 spm dual rated). Reg.: cks at site, MC/Visa ok. DCC Mbrs $5 discount. 3-Day Reg: Fri 6pm -
Sa 10-11, Rds Sa/Su 11:30-5:30, Mo 10-3:30; 2-day Reg Su 9-9:30, Rds 9-9:45. $$G 1,900. Quality Inn-Stillwater, 2515 W. 6th Ave. (Hwy-51) Still- 7:30pm. 3 Day Rounds: Fri 8 pm R1, Sat 11-6 Rs 2&3, Sun 9-3:30 Rs 4&5.
Su 10-12:30-2:50-5:30, Mo 10-3:30. Max two 1/2-pt byes, commit bef rd water, OK 1-405-372-0800. HR: 68-68. Wi-Fi, EF: Open: $55, Reserve: $30 2-Day Reg: Fri nite & Sat 9am-1030am, 2 Day Rounds: Sat 11-2:30 Rs
3. Parking $5. Ent: Bay Area Chess, 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. (deduct $10 only if ck postmarked before May 22): OCF $10 required 1&2, then 3 day schedule. Sun DCC Opens 8 a.m. Byes: 2 ok - must com-
Rfnd fee $20. Info: BayAreaChess.com/bestwest. E: ask@BayAreaChess. OSNA. Two Sections: Open (FIDE): Gtd 1st 500, 300, 200, X: $200 A: $200- mit by R2, 1 if R5. Hotel: Crown Plaza $92 (1-4), 937.229.9835. Ask for
com. T: 408.786.5515. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP. 100, B: $200, C+UNR: $200, Rds at 10-2:30-7, 10-2:30-7, 9-1:15. 2 half the Gem City Open Group Rate. Register online at www.DaytonChessClub.
May 26-28 or 27-28, California, Southern pt byes rds 1-8, Reserve: U-1400 and Unrated 1st $100, Other class com or mail to Dayton Chess Club, 18 West 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402.
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 (Enhanced) prizes per entrees; Rds at 10-1-4-7, 10-1-4-7, 9-Noon. 3 half pt byes rds Chess Magnet School JGP.
2012 Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic 1-10 for Reserve, LS, W, Free Parking. Frank Berry, 402 S. Willis St., Still-
water, OK 74074. FKimBerry@AOL.com, 405 372-5758. Chess Magnet June 2, West Virginia
6-SS, 3-day 40/2, SD/1, 2-day rds. 1-3 G/1 then merges. Hilton Ontario
School JGP for Open Section. Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 30
Airport, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario, CA 91764. $10,000 b/200, 50% of each Peter Dupuy Memorial
prize guaranteed. In five sections: Open: $$T+1700- 750-400-300-200, May 27, New York 4 SS, Game/60 (No delay). Registration: 8:30 am to 9:45 am. Rounds:
U2400 400, U2200 700-300-200. Premier (under 2000): $$750- 300-200- Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 (Enhanced) 1-10 am/2-1 pm/3-3:30 pm/4-6 pm. Site: Cedar Lakes Conference Cen-
100. Amateur (Under 1800): $$750-300- 200-100. Reserve (Under 2nd Annual New Yorker Open Blitz Championship (QC)! ter, 82 FFA Dr., Ripley, WV 25271. Entry: $75 Adult, $50 Junior. Send
1600): $$750-300-200-100. Booster (Under 1400/unrated): $$400- 5-SS, G/5 + d/0 (5 double rounds, 10 games total). Chess Center at the Entries to: Ripley Chess Club, PO Box 501, Ripley, WV 25271. Make
200-100, U1200 150, Unr 150. (Unrated may win Unrated prizes only.) EF: New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, Checks Payable to: Charles McCallister. Prizes (Gtd): 1st - $1000;
$88 by 5/24, $99 at door. Booster (U1400) section EF: $72 by 5/24, $85 NYC (see New Yorker Open, 5/25-28). EF at site only: $40, $20 if rated 2nd - $500; 3rd - $250. 1999 to 1800 - 1st - $200; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50.
door. Reg.: ends 10:30am 5/26, 9:30 am 5/27. Rds.: 3-day: 11-6, 11- Under 1800, GMs free ($25 from prize), specified Greater NY Scholas- 1799 to 1600 - 1st - $200; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50. 1599 to 1400 - 1st - $200;
6, 10-4:30. 2-day: 10-1-3:30 (G/1), then merges with 3-day at 6. All: SCCF tic prizewinners free. $$1,000 b/40 paid entries (U1800 count 1/2), top 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50. 1399 to 1200 - 1st - $200; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50.
membership req. ($18 re, $10 jr), OSA. $25 Best Game prize, all sections 3 Gtd: $$ 300-200-100, Top U2400/unr $150, U2200 $130, U2000 $120. Under 1200 & UNR - 1st - $200; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50. No Smoking, No
eligible. 1 half-point bye if requested at least 1 round in advance, rd. 6 Byes OK rds. 1-2 (1 bye for U2000). CCA ratings may be used. Reg 7-10 Computers. Directions/More information contact: Charles669@cas
must be requested with entry. HR: $89, (909) 980-0400, code CHS, pm. Rds. 10:15-11-11:30-12-12:30. Quick-rated (will not affect regular cable.net, jroush@wvsspa.org or www.ripleychessclub.blogspot.com.
reserve by 5/4. Parking free. Free wireless in public areas, 24-hour air- ratings) but prizes, pairings based on higher of Regular or Quick rating.
port shuttle. Info: randallhough@yahoo.com. Web site, On-line entry: June 2-3, New York
May 31, New York Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6
www.scchess.com. Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. NS. Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
NC. F. State Championship Qualifier. Chess Magnet School JGP. 6th Annual Buffalo International Chess Championships 2012
Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix! Old First Ward Community Center, 62 Republic St., Buffalo, NY. Two day,
A State Championship Event! 4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, World Chess Federation (FIDE) and USCF Open rated Championships, 5
A Heritage Event! members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32 games, Swiss, Game 120 with 5 sec delay. Payments must be received
May 26-28 or 27-28, Massachusetts first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.: by May 19, 2012. Online Registrations with reply to: arcangel8chess@
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 (Enhanced) 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry. yahoo.com. For more information, www.buffalochess.blogspot.com.
81st Massachusetts Open www.marshallchessclub.org. Canadians and FIDE rated players are Welcomed $10 less! Sat and Sun-
6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day schedule, G/45, d/5 in rounds 1-3. No 2-day May 31, New York day, Sections are FIDE Open & FIDE Womens, games on Sat at 10am,
schedule in Open sect.) Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 (Enhanced) 2:30pm and 7pm, Sunday at 9:30am and 2pm. Cash Prizes based on
Road West, Marlboro (I-495, exit 24B, Rt. 20W, one mile from exit). 508- The New Yorker Masters!! 24 players, EF $55, $80 after. Canadians and FIDE rated players $10 less,
460-0700 or 888-543-9500. $$ 5,000 b/120 paid entries ($30 off EFs 4-SS, G/25 + d5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center of New York at the his- GMs & IMs are free entry. Cash Prizes are $260, $190, $130 and $70. One
count half), 75% G. Top 3 prizes in the Open sect. are 100% G. 6 sects. toric New Yorker Hotel!, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Byes are available! Saturday, June 2, 2012 Only! U1900, U1500 and
Open: $1000-400-200, U2300 $200-150. FIDE rated. 3-day schedule Station, NYC. 2 sections. Masters, open to players currently or formerly Scholastics K-12: U1900 and U1500, 5 games, Swiss, Game 60; d5,
only. U2200: $350-150-100. U2000: $350-150-100. U1800: $350-150-100. rated over 2200 USCF or FIDE, or any player scoring 2 1/2 or more points USCF rated, EF $40, $65 after! Games will start on Sat only at 10am, Noon,
U1600: $300-150-100. U1400: $250-125-100, U1200 125-100. State in any 4 Rated Games Tonight! Thursday Night Action tournament 2pm, 4pm and 6pm. One Byes Available! Cash Prizes are based on 24 play-
championship title to high scoring Mass. resident or student in each sect. since Jan. 2011. $1,500 Guaranteed Prizes! $400-200-100, top U2400 ers, $150, $90, $60, U1700 and U1200 - $55. Scholastic TEAM K-12
Unrated prize limits: $200 in U2000, $150 in U1800, $125 in U1600, $100 150. Under 2200: $200-100, top U1800 $100. NEW!! Mixed Doubles Championships, Saturday Only, 5 games, Swiss, Game 30, Teams con-
in U1400, can't win title except in Open. Prizes for most interesting Bonus Prizes: best male/female 2-player team combined score in sist of 4 players or more. Team EF $80 or $25 per player, $35 after. Sec-
games in each sect. (100% G): Open $300, U2200 $250, U2000 $200, either section: $150-100 (teammates average rating must be Under 2200; tions of play are K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 grades, Team Trophies awarded
U1800 $150, U1600 $125, U1400 $100, plus books to each. EF: $69 for teammate pairings avoided but possible, teams must declare by 8:15). to the Top 4 and Top 5 winners, Medals awarded to players who score
3-day, $68 for 2-day if mailed by 5/22 or online by 5/24, $80 at site. GMs Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00 Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 2pts. Games start at 11am, Noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Buffalo FIDE
and IMs free. $30 discount to unrated and to players in U1400 sect. rated schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3) at 7:30 pm, score carries over into Championship Hotel: Comfort Inn and Suites, 475 Dingens St, Buffalo,
under 1000. Special EF: Under age 23 or age 60 and older: $30 in 3-day, round 2 of 7:00 schedule at 8:15 pm. EF: Masters Section $40, Under 2200 NY 14206, Phone 716-896-2800, HR: $119.99 per night. Chess Magnet
$29 in 2-day, $35 at site, no other discounts apply. 3-Day Schedule: Reg. Section $30, $5 less to anyone who played in 4 or more 4 Rated Games School JGP for main event.
Sat. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Rds. Sat. 10:30-5:30, Sun. 10-5, Mon. 9:30-4:30. Tonight! Thursday Night Action tournaments since Jan. 2011, GMs free
2-Day Schedule: Reg. Sun. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Rds. Sun. 10-12:30-2:45- ($25 from prize). Limit 2 byes (limit one bye towards class prize), must June 3, New Jersey
5, Mon. 9:30-4:30. Schedules merge in round 4. Byes: 1-5, limit 2, rds. commit by 8:15 pm. Re-entry: half-price. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 (Enhanced)
4-5 must commit before rd. 2. Memb. req.: MACA $12 adult, $6 jr. U18, CCA ratings may be used. Dr. David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Summer 2012 Open Championship
add $8 for optional Chess Horizons subscription, OSA. Massachusetts 4SS, G/60. Bergen Academy, 200 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ
Blitz Championship: Sun. 5/27. Reg. ends 9:15 p.m. 5SS (dbl). 75% of A Heritage Event! 07601. Open To All Ages With Rating above 1400. U. S. Chess Federation
EFs returned as prizes. EF: $10 if playing in main tmnt, else $15. MACA June 1-3 or 2-3, Ohio Membership Required. Prize Fund ($$ b/40) 1st-3rd $300, $250, $200,
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600 each $100. Best Under 13 Years Old $75,
Annual Meeting: Mon. 5/28 at 9 a.m. HR: $92-92, reserve by 5/14 and 54th Gem City Open
mention chess tnmt. Ent: payable to MACA and mail to Robert Messen- Best Over 55 Years Old $75. Prize Fund Will Not Be Reduced Below 70
5SS at the Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Time Controls: %. Reg. Ends at 9 AM Only one requested 1/2-point bye allowed, if
ger, 4 Hamlett Dr. Apt. 12, Nashua, NH 03062, or enter online (PayPal) 3 day-G/150, td/5. 2 day option Rs 1&2 G/75, td/5 then merge in R3 with
at www.MassChess.org. Info: send email to info@masschess.org or requested before the start of round two. EF: Adv (pmk. By May 30th) $40,
3 day schedule and time controls. $$5,000 Gtd. 4 sections: OPEN AT Site $45. GMs Free Entry. INFO: 201 287 0250 or 201 833 1741, Email:
phone 603-891-2484. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP. (FIDE Rated): $1000- $550- $350-$250, U2000: $500-$300-$150, U1700: Diana@icanj.net (Web Site Entries: www.icanj.net). Rds.: 9:30 AM,
A Heritage Event! $500- $300-$150, U1400: $500-$300-$150. Unrated prizes limited to 1/3 11:45 AM, 2:15 PM, 4:30 PM. ENT: Make EF and/or USCF Membership
May 26-28, Oklahoma except in OPEN w/bal to next player(s). EF: 3-day $67, 2-day $65 if checks payable to: International Chess Academy. Mail To: Diana Tulman,
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 mailed or registered online or at Dayton Chess Club by 5/25, thereafter 28 Canterbury Ln., New Milford, NJ 07646. NS. NC. W.
31st NAO FIDE Open $77 for 2 or 3 day. Free to GMs or IMs who complete their schedule. No
June 7, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,
The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open! members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32
first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.:
6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.
May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28: Memorial Day Weekend 2012 www.marshallchessclub.org.
The New Yorker Hotel, 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, New York City June 8-10 or 9-10, Connecticut
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 50 (Enhanced)
(across the street from Penn Station and New York City subways in midtown Manhattan) 18th Annual Northeast Open
7 Rounds, your choice of 4-Day, 3-Day or 2-Day Schedules! 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Sheraton Hotel (formerly
Holiday Inn Select), 700 Main St., Stamford, CT 06901. Free parking.
$8,000 guaranteed prize fund. In 4 sections. Open: $1000-500-300-200,
$10,000 GUARANTEED PRIZES! In 5 sections. U2250 $600300. FIDE. Under 2050: $800-400-300-200, top U1850
Open Section: $1,000-500-300-150, Top U2450 $450-250. 60 Grand Prix Points! FIDE-Rated. $500-250. Under 1650: $700-400-250-150, top U1450 $400-200. Under
Under 2300 Section: $800-400-200-100, Top U2150 $350-150. FIDE-Rated.
1250: $300-150-100, trophy to top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated
may not win over $150 in U1250 or $400 in U1650. Top 3 sections EF:
Under 2000 Section: $800-400-200-100, Top U1800 $350-150. 3-day $88.50, 2-day $87.50 if check mailed by 5/30, all $89 online at chess-
Under 1600 Section : $700-350-200-100, Top U1400 $250-100. tour.com by 6/6, $95 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 6/6 (entry only, no
Under 1200 Section: $400-200-100. questions), $100 at site. No mailed credit card entries. U1250 Section
NEW!! Mixed-Doubles Bonus Prizes! EF: all $40 less than above. No checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs free,
$80 deducted from prize. Mailed EF $3 less to CSCA members. Re-entry
Best 2-Player, Male/Female Team Combined Score (Average Rating Of 2-Players Under 2200): $50; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usu-
$500-250-150! ally used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper
magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult
FreeanalysisofyourgamesbyformerUSOpenChampionGMMikeRohdeandUSCF'sMostActivePlayerIMJayBonin!
$20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult
$30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7
pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10:30 am,
Free Digital Clock Setting Seminar by IA Carol Jarecki: 5 pm Sat (for players too embarrassed to ask the TD to set rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before
their clocks and for TDs too embarrassed to admit they can't). rd 2. HR: $94-94, 800-408-7640, 203-358-8400; reserve by 5/25 or rate
Separate Blitz Tournament: Sunday 10 pm-- $1,000 Prize Fund! 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.
FULL DETAILS: see Grand Prix in this issue, or www.chesscenter.cc! chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com.
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June 8-10 or 9-10, Florida
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20
Sunshine Summer Open & Scholastic Chess Tournament (formerly
the After Memorial Open, now more sections)
DoubleTree Hilton Orlando Downtown, 60 South Ivanhoe Blvd., Orlando,
FL 32804 (I-4 Exit 84). $7,000/b130 (Scholastic = 1/2 entry). 70%
Guaranteed. 5SS, G/120 (2-day. Rnd 1 G/60). 4 Sections: OPEN: $1000-
500-300, U2210 & U2010 $300-200 ea.; U1910: $700-300-150, U1710
$300-200; U1510: $700-300-150, U1310 $300-200; Scholastic U1310:
$300-200-100, U1110 & U910 $150 ea. Trophy to top each age 7 & under
thru 14 with at least 2 players. Unrateds limited to $100, unless Place
prize in Open. Rated players can play-up if rated within 60 points of top
of their section. EF: 3-day $75, 2-day $74, Scholastic U1310: EF:
$35; After May 31, EF: $80, ($45 for Scholastic). Reg.: ends 1/2 hr.
before 1st Rd. Scholastic (Sat & Sun only). Rnd 1: 7pm Fri (or 10am Sat
at G/60). Re-entry $40. Rds 2 thru 5: Sat 1 & 6, Sun 9 & 2. 1/2-pt. byes
if req'd before Rnd 2 (max 2). HR: $79 (407) 425-4455; (Mention Chess)
or http://tinyurl.com/June2012Hotel. Reserve by May 15. Hot Break-
fast Buffet at $5/person/day with room at checkin. Complimentary
parking, Fitness Center, and Internet with sleeping rooms. Other covered
Day parking available at $7/day. Ent: CFCC, c/o Harvey Lerman, 921 N.
Thistle Lane, Maitland, FL 32751 or online at http://2012sunshine.event
brite.com (by 6/7). Info: call (407)629-6946 or www.centralflchess.org.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 9, Maine
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6
Saco Quickplay (QC)
6SS, GAME/15, D/3. Hampton Inn Saco Biddeford, 48 Industrial Park Rd.,
Saco, ME 04072. EF: $20 postmarked by 2 June, $25 at site. $$GTD: $200-
100. U2000 $100 U1600 $100 U1200 $100 U800 $100. Registration:
10-10:45. Rds.: 11-1-1:45-2:30-3:15-4. One half point bye rounds 1-4. ENT:
Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. #89, Bedford, NH 03110. INFO: Alex
Relyea, relyea@operamail.com. HR: (207) 282-7222. www.relyeachess.
com. NS. W.
A State Championship Event!
A Heritage Event!
June 9-10, Kentucky
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15
2012 Kentucky Open
5SS, G/90. $$3725 b/120. Registration: 9-9:45am. Rounds: June 9th:
rd 1-3 10am, 2pm, 5:30pm, June 10th: rd 4-5 9am, 2pm. 1 half point bye
available rd 1-4 if noted by rd 2. Entry Fee: $42 in advance, $50 on site.
KCA dues ($8) required for all players. Prizes: Open: $800-400-200-100;
X: 200-100; A: 200-100; U1800: 400-200-100-50; B: 100-50; C: 100-50;
U1400: 200-100-50-25; D: 50-25; E: 50-25; Top Jr. 50. Go to kcachess.org
for more info. Annual meeting of the KCA Board between rds 4 and 5. St.
Francis High School, 233 West Broadway (entrance is on 3rd Street),
Louisville, KY 40202. Contact: Steve Dillard stevedillard@hotmail.com,
502-641-1948 or Daniel Brennan cyberdaniel82@hotmail.com, 502-645-
4202. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 14, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,
members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32
first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.:
6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.
www.marshallchessclub.org.
June 14, Nevada
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 (Enhanced)
2012 U.S. Game/10 Championship (QC)
See Nationals.
A Heritage Event!
An American Classic!
June 15-17 or 16-17, Nevada
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 200 (Enhanced)
2012 National Open
See Nationals.
A State Championship Event!
June 16, Pennsylvania
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6
2012 PA State Game/45 Championship
4SS, G/45d5. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA
15213. 3 Sections, $$ (695G): Championship: EF: $30 by 6/8, $40 later.
$200-100, U2000 $75, U1800 $50. Premier: U1600. EF: $25 by 6/8, $35
later. $90-60, U1400 $50, U1200 $40, U1000 $30; Trophies to Top 2, Top
2 U1400, Top 2 U1200, Top 2 U1000. Scholastic: Grades K-12 U900. EF:
$15 by 6/8, $25 later. Trophies to Top 7, 1-3 U600. ALL: Teams of 4 to 7
combined from all sections, Trophies 1st-2nd schools, clubs. PSCF $5, OSA.
Reg ends: Noon. Rds.: 12:30-2:15-4-6. Ent/Info: PSCF, c/o Tom Marti-
nak, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223, 412-908-0286, martinak_tom_
m@hotmail.com. W.
June 16-17 or 17, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
Marshall June Grand Prix!
4-SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-
3716. EF: $50, members $30. $$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/25d5) 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.
June 19, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 (Enhanced)
Marshall Masters!
4-SS, G/25d5. Third Tuesday of every month. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St.,
NYC. 212-477-3716. Open to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scor-
ing over 50% in any MCC Open or U2300 tournament since the prior
uschess.org
See previous issue for TLAs appearing May 1-14
month's Masters). EF: $40, members $30, GMs free. $$G250-150-100.
Prizes to U2400, U2300 and biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-
8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available (Rd 1 or 4 only), request at entry.
www.marshallchessclub.org.
June 20-24, 22-24 or 23-24, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 200 (Enhanced)
5th New York International
Playing Site: St. Johns University, Manhattan Campus (in TRIBECA) 101
Murray St., New York, NY 10007. In 5 sections: A) FIDE Norm Tourna-
ment, June 20-24: Open to all players rated 2200 or above (USCF or
FIDE) and special invitees. 9-SS, 40/90, SD/30, increment 30. $$12,500
unconditionally guaranteed: $5000-2500-1500-1000, U2500 FIDE
$1,000, U 2400 $1000, U2300 $500. EF: $375 in advance, $425 on site.
Players with USCF ratings over 2200 with no FIDE rating: $325
advance/$375 at site, Players with USCF ratings over 2200 and FIDE rat-
ing U2200: $275 in advance/$325 at site. USA players with FIDE ratings
over 2200: $225 in advance, $275 at site. USA IMs, USA WGMs, and For-
eign FIDE rated players: $175 in advance/$225 at site. GMs, foreign IMs,
and foreign WGMs free; no money deducted from prize fund. All $25 less
for Marshall Chess Club Members. Rds.: 6/20: 7 pm 6/21-24: 11 am &
5 pm. Byes: Limit 2, must commit before round 3; limit 1 bye rounds 8-
9. FIDE IM/GM norms possible, must play all rounds. FIDE Rating used
for pairings. Prizes for all sections other than Top section based on
175 entries (U1300 count as 1/2 entries) B) U2200: $1,500-800-
500-200, Top U2100 $500, Top U2000 $500. FIDE rated, USCF ratings used
for pairings and prizes. C) U1900: $1,500-800-500-200, Top U1800 $500,
Top U1700 $500. D) U1600: $1,500-800-500-200, Top U1500 $500, Top
U1400 $500. E) U1300: $1,000-400-200, Top U1200 $200, Top U1100 $200,
Trophies to Top U1000, U900, U800, unrated. Sections B)-E): 5-SS,
30/90, SD/60, d5. EF: $129 if received by 6/13 (mail check or online),
$149 if received after 6/13 or at site (credit or cash only). U1300 $50
less! MCC members $25 ($10 in U1300) less. Reentry (counts 1/2) $80.
2 schedules: 3-day: Rds: 6/22: 7 pm 6/23-24: 11 & 5 pm. 2-day (Rd.
1 G/30;d5): Reg. ends Sat 9AM. Rds.: 6/23 9:30, 11am & 5pm, 6/24: 11
& 5pm. Byes: Limit 2, commit before rd.2. USCF June rating used (unless
FIDE or foreign rating is higher), unofficial USCF rating used if otherwise
unrated. Foreign players: Usually 100 points added to FIDE or foreign
national ratings. No points added to CFC, PR, or Jamaica. Please bring
clocks, boards, and sets. Reg.: Advance: must be received by 6/13. On
Site: One hour before round. Accommodation: St. John's University Man-
hattan Campus. Private rooms, shared bathrooms: $70 single, $90
double (10% discount if reserved by May 15). Registration and room
reservation, please contact: Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10th St., New
York, NY 10011. 212-477-3716. www.marshallchessclub.org. E-mail:
admin@marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 21, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,
members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32
first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.:
6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.
www.marshallchessclub.org.
June 22-24 or 23-24, California, Northern
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15 (Enhanced)
Summer Open
6SS, G/90 (2day rds 1-2 G/40). 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035.
Park free. Prize $2,400b/55. 3 sects. 1900+: guar 85% $300 200 100
u2100: 100 80. 1500-1899: $300 200 70 u1700:100 70 70. U1500: $300
200 70 u1300: 100 70 70. Unr max $100 exc Open. EF: $67 by 6/20, Onsite
+15 Playup +20. Econ: EF-20, 1/2 prize. GMs/IMs free: prize-EF. Jun
18th annual NORTHEAST OPEN
June 8-10 or 9-10, Sheraton Hotel, Stamford CT
$8,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND
5 rounds, $94 room rates, free parking, downtown location, trains
from NYC run frequently. In 4 sections:
Open Section: Prizes $1000-500-300-200, top U2250 $600-300.
FIDE rated, 50 GPP
Under 2050 Section: $800-400-300-200, top U1850 $500-250.
Under 1650 Section: $700-400-250-150, top U1450 $400-200.
Under 1250 Section: $300-150-100, trophy to top U1000, U800,
U600, Unrated.
Unrated prize limit: $150 in U1250, $400 U1650.
FULL DETAILS: see Grand Prix in this issue or chesstour.com.
12 Supp, CCA min & TD discr. Sched: Reg. F 6-6:30p, Rds. F 7, Sa 9 12:15
3:30, Su 9 12:15 (2day Reg. Sa 8-8:30am rds Sa 9 10:35 merge rd3). Max
2 1/2pt byes by rd 3. Info: BayAreaChess.com/summer12. E: ask@Bay
AreaChess.com, NS, NC. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 22-24 or 23-24, Georgia
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80
2012 Castle Chess Grand Prix
5-SS, G/120, d/5 (2 day schedule, rd 1 G/90, d/5). Cox Hall, Emory Uni-
versity, 569 Asbury Cir., Atlanta, GA 30322. $8,675 G! Six sections:
Premier (over 1999): $1,500-1000-500; U2400/Unr: $700-400; U2200:
$600-375; Class A: $550-325; Class B: $500-$300; Class C: $450-275;
Class D: $400-250; U1200: $350-200; U1000: Trophy. Non-campers
may play one section above current rating. Campers may play one sec-
tion above lifetime peak rating. All players are eligible for all prizes in
the section in which they play. EF: $69 if received by 6/21. $79 later or
at site. Free to GM, IM or USCF 2400. Unrated Players: $50; no discount
to Unrated in Premier Section. Unrated may enter any section, except need
TD's OK to enter Premier Section. Unrated may not win over $150 in
U1200, $200 in D, $250 in C, $300 in B or $350 in A. Balance of any lim-
ited prize goes to next player(s) in line. 3 day schedule: Reg.: 6:30-7:30
pm on 6/22. Rds.: 8; 1:30-6:30; 9-1:30. 2 day schedule: Reg.: 8:30-9:30
am on 6/23. Rd 1 at 10 am, then merges with 3 day schedule. HR: Uni-
versity Inn, 404-634-7327. Half point bye any round. Limit 2. Must commit
before starting play. No changes. Ent: 5025 Antebellum Dr., Stone Mtn.,
GA 30087. Make check payable to: Castle Chess, Inc. Info: Scott Parker,
770-939-5030 tournament@castlechess.org, on-line registration at
www.castlechess.org NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
June 22-24, New Hampshire
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20 (Enhanced)
62nd New Hampshire Open
5-SS, Rd.1 40/100, SD/60, d5; Rds.2-5 40/120, SD/60, d5. Comfort Inn,
exit 4 (Queen City Bridge) off I-293, Manchester, NH. 603-668-2600. $$
2,100 Gtd. 3 sects. Open: $$ 400-225-125, U2100 $200. NH Champion
title to top scoring NH resident. U1950: $180-120-80, U1800 $150.
U1650: $180-120-80, U1450 $100, U1250 $80, U1050 $60. All: EF $50
if rcvd. by 6/20, $55 at site. GMs, IMs free. Special $5 EF discount to play-
ers 18/under who are U1250 or Unr, or 65/over. Reg.: 5:30-6:30 PM Fri.
6/22 and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Sat. 6/23. Players entering Sat. receive 1/2 pt.
bye for Rd.1. Rds.: Fri. 7:00 PM, Sat. 10-4:30, Sun. 9:30-4:00. NHCA Annual
Meeting Sun. at 9:00 a.m. NHCA memb. req. for rated NH residents: $8
adult, $6 junior 18/under. Bye: 1-4 with entry, limit 1. Unrated may play
in any sect. but can't win 1st except in Open. HR: $80-80, reserve early
and mention tnmt. Ent: NHCA, c/o Alex Relyea, 49 Technology Dr. #89,
Bedford, NH 03110. Info: 603-232-1373 or relyea@operamail.com. Cks.
payable to NHCA. NS, W. FIDE. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 22-24 or 23-24, Ohio
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 (Enhanced)
2012 Columbus Open
5-SS, 30/90, SD/60 (2-day schedule, rd. 1 G/90), ALL PRIZES UNCON-
DITIONALLY GUARANTEED. 3 sections: Open, open to all. G $1200, 800,
500, 400, 300; U2000, $500, 300; Premier, open to 1799/below: $500,
300; U1600: $500, 300; Reserve, open to 1399/below: $500, 300; U1200:
$500, 300. All EF: $85 if recd by 6/16/2011. $95 at site. Free to Sr. Mas-
ter/above who complete their schedule. ($85 EF deducted from winnings.)
3-day schedule: Reg. Ends Fri. 6:30 p.m., Rds: Fri. 7 p.m.; Sat. 2 p.m.,
7:30 p.m.; Sun. 9:30 a.m., 3 p.m. 2-day schedule: Reg. Ends Sat. 9:30
a.m. Rd 1 at 10 a.m., then merges with 3-day schedule. Re-entry: $20.
Any player who loses Fri. night may re-enter for $20 and loss will not count
in tournament standings! One 1/2-pt. Bye available in Rds 1-4 (request
required prior to Rd 1). Unrated players may play in any section. $25 upset
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prize each section. HOTELS: HOLIDAY INN DOWNTOWN CAPITAL
SQUARE, 175 E. TOWN ST., COLUMBUS, 43215. (614)221-3281. ROOM
RATE: $99.00 plus tax (includes parking). Hotel remodeled, with expanded
playing space, skittles room, many amenities. Chess rate available
through June 1st, code CCC. (note: there is a large convention in Colum-
bus this weekend; rooms scarce.) Alternative hotel: The German Village
Inn, one mile from playing site, 920 S. High St., (614) 443-6506, $59.00
plus tax. Free parking: Bd. of Ed. Lot between 5th and 6th St., on Capi-
tal St., 5 min. walk from site. ENT: C/O Lou Friscoe, 1645 Glenn Ave.,
Columbus, OH 43212. Inquires: (614) 486-6856 or (614) 228-8111. Entry
forms available at our website: www.centralchessclub.com. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
June 24, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
2nd annual Schenectady Open
4SS, G/40, d5. Studio of Bridge & Games, 1639 Eastern Pkwy, Schenec-
tady 12309. $$1000 guaranteed prizes and trophies. In 3 sections.
Open: $200-100-50, top U2000 $80-40, U1800/Unr $70-30. Under 1600
Section: $120-60-30, top U1400 $70-30, U1200 $60-30, no unrated may
win over $80. Under 1000 Section: 1st prize $30, trophies to first 3, top
U800, U600, Unrated. Open or U1600 EF: $33 online at chesstour.com
by 6/22 or mailed by 6/15, $40 at site. U1000 EF: $13 online at chess
tour.com by 6/22 or mailed by 6/15, $20 at site. All: Unofficial uschess.org
ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with
Chess Life if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young
Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young
Adult $30, Scholastic $20. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Late reg.
at site 9-9:30 am, rds. 10, 12, 2, 4. One half point bye available, must com-
mit before rd 2. $15 service charge for refunds. Ent: Continental Chess,
PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. DirectorAtChess.US, www.chess-
tour.com, 845-496-9658.
June 28, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,
members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32
first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.:
6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.
www.marshallchessclub.org.
A Heritage Event!
June 28, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 (Enhanced)
25th Annual Thursday Night Action Championship Join Us In Cel-
ebrating 25 Years Of The USCF's Longest-Running Action
Tournament, Now At The New Yorker Hotel!!
4-SS, G/25 + d5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center of New York at the his-
toric NewYorker Hotel!, 481 8th Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station,
NYC: 845-569-9969. $$ 2,500 Guaranteed! 2 sections. Open: $$ 400-
200-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100. Under 2200: $$250-150, Top
U2000 $$100. NEW!! $500 Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes! Best
male/female 2-player team combined score in either section: $$ 250-150-
100 (teammates average rating must be Under 2200, teammates may
play in different sections; teammate pairings avoided but possible,
teams must declare by 8:15 pm). EF: $40, GMs $35 from prize. Good Cus-
tomer Loyalty Discounts: $5 less to those who played in at least 4 4
Rated Games Tonight! Thursday Night Actions since Jan. 2011, $10 less
to those who played in at least 10 4RGTs since 1987Thank You So
Much For Your Support Of This Tournament These Past 25 Years!
Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00 Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm.
7:30 schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3) at 7:30 pm, score carries over into
round 2 of 7:00 schedule at 8:15 pm. Limit 2 byes, commit by 8:15. Re-
entry $20. Reg. ends 15 min. before game. CCA Minimums may be used.
June 29-July 3 (New date), Pennsylvania
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 150 (Enhanced)
9th annual Philadelphia International
9SS, 40/90,SD/30, 30 second increment. Sheraton Philadelphia City
Center Hotel, 17th & Race Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19103. Parking $10/day
chess rate with guest room at Sheraton, $20/day chess rate without guest
room, parking lot next to hotel may be much less than $20. $$G 8000:
$2000-1200-800-700-600-500-400-300, top FIDE under 2300 or unrated
$1000-500. Minimum prize $800 to foreign GMs who complete all games
with no byes (limited to first 5 foreign GMs to enter), $300 to US GMs,
foreign IMs & foreign WGMs (all must complete all games with no byes.)
IM& GM norms possible; FIDE rated. EF: Free to GMs, IMs, WGMs. For-
eign FIDE rated players: $125 mailed by 6/18, $127 online by 6/23, $150
at tmt. USA current or former FIDE 2200/up rated players: $225 mailed
by 6/18, $227 online by 6/23, $250 at tmt. Others: $325 mailed by 6/18,
$327 online by 6/23, $350 at tmt. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK.
Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine: see World Open. Schedule:
Late reg. ends Fri 10 am, rds Fri through Mon 11 & 6, Tue 11. Two half
point byes available (must commit before rd 2); norm not possible if tak-
ing bye. HR: $99-99, 215-448-2000, reserve by 6/5 or rate may increase.
Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. Ent: Continen-
tal Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for
refunds. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. Advance entries
posted at chesstour.com. Invitations: GoAtChess.us (use @ instead of
at). Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 30, Tennessee
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6
John Hurt Memorial
4SS, G/60. Greater Memphis Chess Center, 5796 Shelby Oaks Drive
Suite 11, Memphis, TN 38134. $500 prizes GTD. 3 Sections: Open, Ama-
teur(U1600) and Scholastic(U1200). Prizes: Open: 1st $200, 2nd $100.
Amateur: $125, $75. Scholastic: Trophies to top 3. Open and Amateur
EF: $30 ($25 for MCC and GMCC members). Scholastic EF: $15 ($12 for
members). Rounds: 10-1-3-5. Registration 6/30: 8:30-9:30am. Fri-
day night side event: JHM Blitz. G/5, 5 rds, double-swiss. 1st round at
7:30pm. EF: $12 ($10 for members). Prizes: 1st 35%, 2nd 20%. Entries:
Memphis Chess Club Inc., PO Box 17864, Memphis, TN 38187-0864. Mem
phisChess.com, gpylant@gmail.com.
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A State Championship Event!
A Heritage Event!
June 30-July 1, Oklahoma
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10
67th Oklahoma Open State Championship
5SS, Rds 1-2 G/90, Rds 3-5 G/2. $1000 Guaranteed. Trade Winds Cen-
tral Hotel, 3141 E. Skelly Dr., Tulsa, OK, 918-749-5561 (http://tradewinds
tulsa.com/html/directions.html). 3 Sections: Open G$$ 400-200-100;
Reserve (U1800) G$$ 150-100-50; Booster (U1400) $$ b/entries;
Plaques & USCF recognized State Championship titles for OK resident sec-
tion winners. EF: $40 if rec'd by 6/25, otherwise $45, OCA membership
included. Reg.: 8:30-9:30am Saturday, must enter before Rd 2 pairings
are prepared to be prize eligible. One 1/2 point bye available in Rds 1-
4 only, accelerated pairings may be used. Rds.: Saturday 10:00, 2:30 and
7:00, Sunday 10:00 and 3:00. HR: $50 plus tax including breakfast buf-
fet; reserve by 6/25 for chess rate. OCA Annual Membership Meeting
& Election Sunday 8am. Voting Eligibility: Must be 16, Oklahoma resi-
dent and either OCA member 10 business days prior to 6/30 or play in
Oklahoma Open by 2nd round. Contact: Chuck Unruh, PO Box 841,
Owasso, OK 74055, 918-371-2978 or 800-460-2794, chunruh@aol.com.
More info: www.ochess.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 30-July 1, Virginia
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15
3rd Annual Fairfax Open
4-SS, 40/2, SD/1. Best Western Fairfax City, 3535 Chain Bridge Rd.,
Fairfax, VA 22030 (I-66, Exit 60 to VA 123 South, left at first light, hotel
on left). $$G 1800 UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED in 3 sections. Open:
FIDE rated, 420-210-125, U2200 125, U2000 125. Reserve: Open to
U1900, 225-120, U1700 120. Booster: Open to U1400/UNR, 150-90,
U1200 90. EF: $48 by PayPal or check if rcvd by 6/25; $60 cash or check
at site. Reg. 6/30: 7:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30-4, 9:30-4. One half-point bye avail-
able, must commit by beginning of rd 2. HR: $80, reserve at (703) 591-
5500, mention chess tournament. ENT: PayPal to info@fairfaxopen.com,
or checks payable and addressed to Brennan Price, 3545 Chain Bridge
Rd., Suite 209 (NOT the hotel address), Fairfax, VA 22030-2708. Info: info@
fairfaxopen.com, www.fairfaxopen.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
An American Classic!
July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, Pennsylvania
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 300 (Enhanced)
40th Annual World Open
9SS (Senior Amateur, Womens Championship and Under 13 Booster
are 6SS). Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel, 17th & Race Streets,
Philadelphia, PA 19103. For shuttle info from Philadelphia Airport, call 800-
559-2040 or 215-616-5370. Parking $10/day chess rate with guest room
at Sheraton, $20/day chess rate without guest room, Gateway lot at 1540
Vine, 1 block from hotel, is about $5/day Sat & Sun, $18/day other days.
In 13 sections with $250,000 projected prizes, $200,800 minimum. 80%
of each prize guaranteed based on 1180 paid entries total in first 9
listed sections, all prizes guaranteed in Senior Amateur, Womens Cham-
pionship, Under 13 Championship, and Under 13 Booster. GMs, IMs,
WGMs, Under 1200, seniors count as 50% entries, Under 900 as 15%
entries. Free analysis of your games by GM Sam Palatnik 7/4-8; free GM
lectures 9 am 7/6 & 7/7. Time controls: Open 40/90, SD/30, 30 sec-
ond increment. U2400, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200
40/2, SD/1, d/5 (4-day option rds 1-2 G/75, d/5, 3-day option rds 1-5
G/45, d/5). U900, Under 13 Championship, Under 13 Booster G/65,
d/5. Senior Amateur, Womens Championship 40/2, SD/1,d/5. Open,
9SS, July 4-8 or 2-8: $20000-10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-700-600-
500, clear winner bonus $300, top FIDE U2500 $2000-1000. If tie for first,
top 2 on tiebreak play speed game 11:30 pm 7/8 for title & bonus prize.
GM & IM norms possible. FIDE rated. Under 2400/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8,
5-8, 6-8 or 2-8: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top
U2300/Unr $2000-1000. FIDE rated. Under 2200/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8,
5-8, 6-8 or 2-8: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top
U2100 (no unr) $2000-1000. FIDE rated. Under 2000/Unr, 9SS, July 4-
8, 5-8, 6-8 or 2-8: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500,
top U1900 (no unr) $2000-1000. Under 1800/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8, 5-8,
6-8 or 2-8: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top
U1700 (no unr) $2000-1000. Under 1600/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8
or 2-8: $11000-6000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500, top 1500 (no
unr) $2000-1000. Under 1400/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8, 5-8 or 6-8: $10000-
5000-2500-1200-1000-800-700-600-500-400, top U1300 (no unr)
$1600-800. Under 1200/Unr, 9SS, July 4-8, 5-8 or 6-8: $5000-2500-
1200-1000-800-700-600-500-400-300, top U1100 (no Unr) $1200-600.
Under 900/Unr, 9SS, July 6-8: $1000-700-500-400-300-300-300, tro-
phies to first 10, top U700, U500, U300, Unrated. Senior Amateur, 6SS,
July 1-3: Open to Under 2010 or unrated born before 7/4/62. $$ 500-
300-200, topU1810 $280-140, top U1610/Unr $250-130, top U1410 $200.
Womens Championship, 6SS, July 1-3: Open to all females. $$ 500-
300-200, top U1800 $240, U1600 $220, U1400 $200, U1200 $180, U1000
$160, trophy to top U800, U600, Unrated. FIDE rated. Under 13 Cham-
pionship, 9SS, July 1-3: Open to all born after 7/3/99. Trophies to top
10, 1st C, D, E, Unrated. Free entry to all CCA tournaments 7/15/12-
12/31/12 to 1st. Under 13 Booster, 6SS, July 4-5: Open to all born after
7/5/99 rated under 1000 or unrated. Trophies to top 10, 1st U800, U600,
U400, U200; free entry to all CCA tournaments 7/15/12-10/31/12 to1st.
Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26 games played as of 7/12 official
list may not win over $600 inU900, $1500 in U1200, $3000 in U1400 or
U1600. Games rated too late for 7/12 list not counted. 2) If official rat-
ing 7/11-6/12 or unofficial post-event rating posted 7/3/11-7/3/12
was more than 30 points over section maximum, prize limit $2000. 3)
Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) cannot win over $300 in U900, $800
U1200, $1200 U1400, $1600 U1600, $2000 U1800, or $2500 U2000. 4)
Balance of any limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Open, U2400,
U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400 EF: Mailed by 2/15, all 5-day $305,
4-day $304, 3-day $303, 7-day $307. Open has 5-day and 7-day only; no
7-day in U1400 or U1200. Mailed by 5/15 all $10 more, mailed by 6/20
all $20 move. Online at chesstour.com, all $307 by 2/15, $317 by 5/15,
$327 by 6/25, $350 6/26 to 2 hours before round 1 or at site. Phoned
to 406-896-2038, all $330 by 6/25. At site, all $350; no checks, credit cards
OK. GMs free in Open; $200 deducted from prize. IMs, WGMs EF $100
less, $100 deducted from prize. All Open Section EF $100 more for US
players never rated 2200 or over by FIDE. Under 1200 Section EF: all
$150 less. EF for U900 Section, or unrated in U1200 Section: $43
mailed by 6/20, $47 online at chesstour.com by 6/25, $60 online to 2 hours
before round 1 or at site. Rated seniors 65/up in U1400 or over: all
$150 less. Senior Amateur or Womens Championship EF: $76 mailed
by 6/20, $78 online by 6/25, $90 at site. Under 13 Championship or
Under 13 Novice EF: $39 mailed by 6/20, $41 online by 6/25, $50 at site.
No checks at site; credit cards OK. Re-entry: $160, no re-entry from
Open to Open. $20 fee for switching section after 7/3. Special 1 year
USCF dues with magazine if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com,
Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site,
Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Open to U1200 5-day
schedule: Wed 7 pm, Thu 11 am & 6 pm, Fri 11 am & 6 pm, Sat 11 am
& 6 pm, Sun 10 am & 5 pm. U2400 to U1200 4-day schedule: Thu 11,
2:30 & 6, Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5. U2400 to U1200 3-day
schedule: Fri 11, 1:30, 3:30, 6 & 8:30, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5. Open to
U1600 7-day schedule: Mon-Wed 7 pm, Thu-Fri 6 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun
10 & 5. All above schedules merge & compete for same prizes. Under
900 schedule: Fri 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Sat & Sun each 10 am, 1 pm, 4
pm. Senior Amateur & Womens Championship schedule: Sun 11 am
& 6 pm, Mon 10 & 5, Tue 10 & 4:30. Under 13 Championship sched-
ule: Sun 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Mon 10, 1 & 4, Tue 10, 1 & 4. Under 13
Booster schedule: Wed 11 am, 2 pm & 5 pm, Thu 10, 1 & 4. Half point
byes OK all, limit 4 (limit 2 in last 4 rds), Open must commit before rd
2, others before rd 4. Limit 1 half point bye in 6 round sections. Entries,
re-entries close 1 hour before your first game. Bring sets, boards,
clocks if possible- none supplied. HR: $99-99, 215-448-2000, ask for chess
rate, may sell out about May 31, two night minimum July 6-7. Special
car rental rates: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD #D657633, or reserve car
online through chesstour.com. Foreign player ratings: Usually 100 pts
added to FIDE (except Open Section), 100 to FQE, 200 or more to most
foreign, no pts added to CFC, Puerto Rico or Jamaica. Some foreign rat-
ings not accepted for U2000 or below. Highest of multiple ratings usually
used. Players who fail to disclose foreign or FIDE ratings may be expelled.
US player ratings: Official July ratings used; FIDE ratings used for Open
Section only. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise
unrated. Special rules: 1) Players must submit to a search for electronic
devices if requested by Director. In round3 or after, players with scores
of 80% or over and their opponents may not use headphones, ear-
phones, cell phones or go to a different floor of the hotel without Director
permission. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577.
Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658.
You may request lowest possible section if July rating unknown. $15
service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.
com. Bring set, board, clock if possible- none supplied. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
July 4, Pennsylvania
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
World Open 7-Minute Championship (QC)
Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see World Open). 5-SS, double
round (10 games), G/7, d/2. Prizes $1200 based on 40 entries, else in
proportion except half each prize guaranteed. $300-200-100, U2100
$160-80, U1800 $130-70, U1500/Unr $110-50. EF: $40, at site only, no
checks. Reg. ends 12:30 pm, rds. 1:00, 2:00, 2:50, 3:40, 4:30. One pair
of 1/2 pt byes available, must commit before rd 2. Quick rated (will not
affect regular ratings), but higher of regular or quick used for pairings
& prizes.
July 5, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,
members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32
first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.:
6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.
www.marshallchessclub.org.
July 6-8 or 7-8, Texas
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 20
1st Annual Austin Chess Club Summer Open
100% GUARANTEED Prize Fund! Bridge Center of Austin, 6700 Middle
Fiskville Rd., Austin, TX 78752. Total entries limited to first 140 registrants!
In 3 Sections, Championship: 5SS, G/90 w/60 sec increment per move.
Open to players 1800 and above. EF: $50 postmark or online by 6/15, $60
thereafter/site. $$: $600-400-200. U2200 - $250 $100, U2000 - $250 $100
(All under prizes Guaranteed). Reserve: 5SS, G/90 w/60 sec increment
per move. Open to 1799 & under. Open to Ratings 1400-1799. EF: $45 post-
mark or online by 6/15, $55 thereafter/site. $$GTD: $400-200. U1600 -
$200 $100 (All under prizes Guaranteed). Novice: 5SS, G/90 w/60 sec
increment per move. Open to 1399 & under. Open to Ratings under 1400.
EF: $40 postmark or online by 6/15, $50 thereafter/site. $$GTD: $250-
150. U1200 - $100 $50, U1000 - $50 (All under prizes Guaranteed). ALL:
Online Registration preferred. Credit Cards ok. Unrateds may only win place
prizes. May play up one section. Unrateds placed at TD's discretion. One
1/2 pt. bye if requested before end of Rd 2. Rd 1 of 2/day schedule is
G/90 with 5 second delay. ENT: AustinChessTournaments.com, P.O. Box
1386, Round Rock, TX 78680, 512-417-9008, www.AustinChessTourna-
ments.com. INFO: Lori Balkum Lori.Balkum@AustinChessTournaments.
com. www.AustinChessClub.com. Entries are limited to the first 140 par-
ticipants. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 7, Pennsylvania
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC)
5SS, G/10, d/2. Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see World
Open). Prizes $2000 based on 67 entries, else in proportion except half
each prize guaranteed. In 2 sections. Open Section: $400-200-100,
top U2300/Unr $220, U2100/Unr$200. Under 1900 Section: $280-140-
70, top U1700 $160, U1500 $130, U1300 $100, no unrated may win over
$150. Entry fee: $40, at site only, no checks. Reg: 7-10 pm, rounds 10:15
pm, 11pm, 11:35 pm, 12:10 am, 12:45 am. 1 half point bye available, must
uschess.org

commit before rd 2. Quick-rated (will not affect regular ratings), but higher
of regular or quick used for pairings & prizes.
July 8, Pennsylvania
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 30 (Enhanced)
World Open Blitz Championship (QC)
5SS, G/5 (double round, 10 games). Sheraton PhiladelphiaCity Center
Hotel (see World Open). $2500 guaranteed prizes. In 2 sections: Open
Section: $500-300-200, top U2400 $220, U2200/Unr $200. Under 2000
Section: $300-150-80, top U1800$180, U1600 $160, U1400 $130, U1200
$80, no unrated may win over $150. Entry fee: $40, at site only, no checks.
Reg.: 6-11 pm, rounds 11:15 pm, 12 midnight, 12:30 pm, 1 am, 1:30 am.
Bye: OK rd 1. Quick-rated (will not affect regular ratings); prizes based
on higher of regular or quick ratings.
July 12, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
4-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40,
members $20, GMs and IM's free (no deduction from prize!). ($$480 b/32
first two prizes guaranteed:) $200-100, U2200 $95, U2000 $85. Reg.:
6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45. One bye available, request at entry.
www.marshallchessclub.org.
A Heritage Event!
July 12, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 10 (Enhanced)
10 Grand Prix Points Tonight, Now At The New Yorker Hotel-USCF's
Longest-Running Action Tournament!
4-SS, G/25 + d/5 or G/30 + d/0, Chess Center at the historic New Yorker
Hotel!, 481 8th Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC: 845-569-
9969. EF: $30, GMs $25 from prize. Good Customer Loyalty Discounts:
$5 less to those who played in at least 4 4 Rated Games Tonight! Thurs-
day Night Actions since Jan. 2011, $10 less to those who played in at least
10 4RGTs since 1987Thank You So Much For Your Support Of
This Tournament These Past 25 Years! $$700 Guaranteed: 200-
110-50, Top U2200/unr $100, U2000 $90. NEW!! $150 Mixed Doubles
Bonus Prizes! Best male/female 2-player team combined score: $100-
50 (teammates' average rating must be Under 2200; teammate pairings
avoided but possible, teams must declare by 8:15). Choice of 2 sched-
ules! 7:00 Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1
(G/15 + td/3) at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 sched-
ule at 8:15 pm. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15,
counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. CCA Minimums may be used.
A State Championship Event!
July 14, Pennsylvania
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6
2012 PA State Action Championship
5SS, G/30d5. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA
15213. 2 Sections: Championship: EF: $25 by 7/6, $35 later. $$ (690G):
$200-100, U2000 $90, U1800 $80, U1600 $70, U1400 $60, U1200 $50,
U1000 $40. Trophies: 1-3 U1400, 1-3 U1200, 1-3 U1000. Scholastic:
uschess.org
See previous issue for TLAs appearing May 1-14
Grades K-12 U900. EF: $15 by 7/6, $25 later. Trophies to Top 7, 1-3 U600.
ALL: Trophies: 1-2 Schools, 1-2 Clubs. PSCF $5, OSA. Reg ends: Noon.
Rds.: 12:30-1:45-3-4:15-5:45. Ent/Info: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25
Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223. 412-908-0286. martinak_tom_m@hot-
mail.com. W.
July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, California, Southern
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 100 (Enhanced)
17th annual Pacific Coast Open
6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/45,d5). Under 900 Section,
July 21-22 only, G/70, d/5. Sheraton Agoura Hills Hotel, 30100 Agoura
Rd., Agoura Hills, CA 91301 (US-101 to Reyes Adobe Road exit). Adjacent
to the Santa Monica Mountains, 26 miles west of Burbank, 12 miles from
Malibu, 28 miles from Ventura. Free parking. Prizes $25,000 based on
230 paid entries (re-entries count half, Under 900 one-third), minimum
$15,000 (60% each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $3000-1500-
700-400, clear or tiebreak win $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1600-800.
FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300. Under 1900: $2000-1000-500-
300. Under 1700: $1800-900-500-300. Under 1500: $1500-700-400-200.
Under 1200: $1200-600-300-200. Under 900: $300-200-120-80, trophies
to top 7. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limit U2100 $1000,
U1900 $800, U1700 $600, U1500 $400, U1200 $200, U900 $100; balance
goes to next player(s) in line. If any post-event rating posted at uschess.
org 7/18/11-7/18/12 is more than 30 points over section maximum, prize
limit $600. Top 6 sections EF: 4-day $134, 3-day $133, 2-day $132 mailed
by 7/10, all $135 online at chesstour.com by 7/15, $140 phoned by 7/15
(406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), $150 (no checks, credit cards
OK) at tmt. No mailed credit card entries. GMs free; $120 deducted from
prize. Under 900 Section EF: all $90 less than above. SCCF member-
ship ($18, jrs $10) required for rated Southern CA residents. Re-entry
$70; not available in Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings
usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with mag-
azine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult
$20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult
$30, Scholastic $20. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30 pm, rds Thu 7 pm,
Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am,
rds Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg Sat to
9 am, rds Sat 10,12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Under 900 schedule:
Reg Sat to 9 am, rds 10, 1:15, 4:30 each day. All schedules: Half point
byes OK all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, other sections before
rd 4. HR: $87-87, 818-707-1220, request chess rate, reserve by 7/5 or
rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633.
Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 serv-
ice charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658.
Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 20-22 or 21-22, California, Northern
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40 (Enhanced)
Peoples Tournament
5SS, 30/90 sd60, 2-day rds 1-2 g/90 merge rd3. Hilton, 7050 Johnson
Dr., Pleasanton. Hotel $79. Free parking. Prizes: $8,000 b/133 (75% guar).
5 sections. MX (2000+ FIDE rated): 1000-500-200, top u2300 300,
u2100 100. A/B/C: 800-400-200-100 ea. DE: 600-300-100, top u1200 300-
100. Unr max $300 exc in Open. EF by 7/17: $99. Onsite +25, Play-up
+20. r/e 40. Econ Opt: EF-20 & 2/3 calc prize (not avail in Open). GMs/
IMs free: prize-EF. Jul 12 Supp,CCA min, TD disc to place players. Sched:
3-day Reg. F 6-6:30, Rds. F 7, Sa 11:30 5:15, Su 10 3:30; 2-day Reg.
Sa 9-9:30, Rds. Sa 10 1:30 5:15, Su 10 3:30. Max two 1/2-pt byes, com-
mit bef rd 3. Ent: BAC, 1639A S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035. Rfnd fee
20. E: ask@BayAreaChess.com. Info: BayAreaChess.com/peoples. NS,
NC, W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 20-22 or 21-22, Illinois
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 120 (Enhanced)
5th annual Chicago Class
5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5). Westin Chicago
North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL 60090 (from
Chicago, I-294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 to Lake Cook
Rd to US-45 south). Free parking. $20,000 guaranteed prize fund. In
8 sections; no unrated allowed in Master or Expert. Master (2200/up):
$2000-1000-600-400, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, top U2400 $800-
400. FIDE. Expert (2000-2199): $1400-700-400-200. Class A (1800-1999/
Unr): $1400-700-400-200. Class B (1600-1799/Unr): $1400-700-400-200.
Class C (1400-1599/Unr): $1200-600-400-200. Class D (1200-1399/Unr):
$1000-500-300-200. Class E (Under 1200/Unr): $1000-500-300-200.
Under 1000 (Under 1000/Unr): $200-100-60-40, trophies to first 5, top
Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Rated players may play up one section.
Prize limits: Unrated may not win over $100 in U1000, $200 E, $300 D,
$500 C, $700 B, or $900 A. If any post-event rating posted at uschess.org
7/19/11-7/19/12 is more than 30 points over section maximum, prize
limit $500. Top 7 sections EF: 3-day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 7/11,
all $104 online at chesstour.com by 7/16, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038
by 7/16 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site. Under 1000 Section EF:
all $70 less than above. All: No mailed credit card entries. No checks at
site, credit cards OK. Online or mailed EF $5 less to ICA members;
join/renew at il-chess.org. An ICA Tour event. Unofficial uschess.org rat-
ings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues
with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30,
Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,
Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not available in Master
Section. GMs $80 from prize. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds.
Fri 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10 am,
rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, Master must commit before
rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $103-103-103-103, 800-937-8461, 847-777-
6500, reserve by 7/6 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600,
use AWD #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills,
NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, 845-
496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
July 21-22, Louisiana
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6
2012 Paul Morphy Open
5-SS, G/2 (Round 1: G/90). Site: Holiday Inn Metairie New Orleans Air-
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port, 2261 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, LA 70001. EF: $50 if mailed by
7/14, $60 at site. LCA Memb. req'd ($10 adult, $5 Schol.), OSA. Prizes:
$1900 b/60, 50% Gtd. Two Sections: Open: $400-200; U2000 $200-100,
U1800 $200-100. Reserve (U1600): $250-100; U1400 $200; U1200/UNR
$150. Reg.: 7/21, 8-9am. Rds.: Sat: 9:15-1-5:30, Sun: 9:30-2. HR: $99,
(504) 373-5946, reserve early. Ent/Info: Adam Caveney, 1301 Gen. Tay-
lor St., New Orleans, LA 70115, cb20234@yahoo.com, (504) 895-4133
(evenings), (504) 615-6730 (on day of tourney). NS. NC. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
July 27-29 or 28-29, Connecticut
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 50 (Enhanced)
17th Annual Bradley Open
5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5). Sheraton Hotel,
1 Bradley Airport (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096
(I-91 Exit 40 to Rt. 20). Free parking. $8000 guaranteed prize fund. In
5 sections. Open: $1000-500-300, U2300 $450. FIDE. Under 2100:
$800-400-200, top U1900 $450. Under 1800: $800-400-200, top U1600
$450. Under 1500: $700-400-200, top U1300 $300. Under 1200: $250-
125-75, trophies to 1st place, top U1000, U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated
may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 in U1500 or $500 in U1800. Top
4 sections EF: 3-day $88, 2-day $87 if check mailed by 7/18, all $89 online
at chesstour.com by 7/24, $95 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 7/24 (entry
only, no questions), $100 at site. No mailed credit card entries. U1200
Section EF: all $40 less than above. No checks at site, credit cards OK.
GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. Mailed EF $3 less to CSCA or WMCA
members. Re-entry $50; not available in Open Section. Unofficial
uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year
USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at
chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed,
phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day
schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15.
2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10:30 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10
& 4:15. Bye: all, limit 2; must commit before rd 2. HR: $89-89, 860-627-
5311; reserve by 7/13 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-
1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent:
Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service
charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US,
845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
July 27-29 or 28-29, Florida
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 (Enhanced)
20th Annual Southern Open
5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5). Wyndham
Orlando Resort, 8001 International Dr., Orlando 32819. Free parking.
$$16,000 based on 200 paid entries (re-entries & $50 off entries count
half), $12,000 (75% each prize) minimum guaranteed. In 5 sections.
Open: $2000-1000-500-300, clear or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top
Under 2300/Unr $800, Under 2200/Unr $700. FIDE. Under 2100: $1400-
700-400-200, top Under 1900 (no unr) $500. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-
200, top Under 1600 (no unr) $500. Under 1500: $1200-600-300-200, top
Under 1300 (no unr) $400. Under 1200: $800-400-200-100, trophies to
top Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600, Unrated. Unrated may not win
over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or $500 U1800. Top 4 sections EF: 3-
day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 7/18, all $105 online at chesstour.com
by 7/24, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 7/24 (entry only, no questions),
$120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site. GMs free; $100 deducted from
prize. EF for all in U1200 or unrated in U1500: all $50 less than above.
Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Spe-
cial 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online
at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed,
phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-
National Championships
entry $60; not available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri
6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends
Sat 10 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. All: Half point byes OK
all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $71-
71 plus resort fee (currently 7.5%), 1-800-421-8001, 407-351-2420;
reserve by 7/13 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600,
AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Con-
tinental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge
for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, Director@Chess.US, 845-
496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
July 28-Aug. 1, Maryland
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 150
2012 Washington International
9SS, 40/90, SD/30 inc/30. Rockville Hilton, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
MD 20852, 301-468-0308. Guaranteed Prizes: $5000-3000-2000-1000-
900-800-700-600-500-500, top U2500 $700-300, top U2300 $700-300.
(minimum 2100 FIDE to play. FIDE ratings used for pairings and
prizes). Sets, board and clocks provided. GM and IM norms pos-
sible. Free Continental breakfast every morning. Optionally, pairings
can be texted to your phone. EF: GMs, non-US IMs, or FIDE over 2500
Free, US IMs, non-US FIDE rated, or FIDE over 2400 $200, FIDE over 2300
$300, FIDE over 2200 $400, FIDE under 2200 $500. All $25 more after
6/1, $50 more after 6/29, $75 more after 7/24, $100 more at the door.
Special EFs: ALL EFs $50 less, if staying at the Hilton. Schedule: Reg
ends Sat 10 am, rds 7/28-7/31:11&6, Wed 8/1 10am. HR: $98. Ent: MCA,
c/o Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Rd., Towson, MD 21204. More
information, link for hotel reservation & online entry at: http://washing-
toninternationalchess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Aug. 3-5 or 4-5, Ohio
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 100 (Enhanced)
Cleveland Open
5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d5). Sheraton Cleveland
Airport Hotel, 5300 Riverside Drive (inside Cleveland Airport; free shut-
tle), Cleveland, OH 44135. Free parking, free airport shuttle. $16,000
guaranteed prize fund. In 6 sections. Open: $2000-1000-600-300, clear
or tiebreak winner $100 bonus, top Under2200/Unr $1200-600. FIDE.
Under 2000: $1400-700-400-200. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-200.
Under 1600: $1200-600-300-200. Under 1300 (note change): $1000-
500-250-150. Under 1000: $300-200-100, trophies to top U800, U600,
Unr. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1000, $300 U1300, $500 U1600,
or $800 U1800. Top 5 sections EF: 3-day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by
7/25, all $105 online at chesstour.com by 7/31, $110 phoned to 406-896-
2038 by 7/31 (entry only, no questions), $120 (no checks, credit cards OK)
at site, or online until 2 hours before your first game. No mailed credit
card entries. GMs, IMs & WGMs free; $90 deducted from prize. EF for
all in U1000 or unrated in U1300: $70 less than above. Unofficial
uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year
USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.
com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid
at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $50; not
available in Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri
7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am,
rds. Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2,
Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $85-85-85-85,
216-267-1500, request chess rate, reserve by 7/20 or rate may increase.
Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online
through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills,
NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com,
DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.
com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Aug. 4-5, Washington
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 6
2012 U.S. Open Weekend Swiss
5-SS, G/60. $$1,000 guaranteed prizes. $200-100-50, U2200/Unr
$160, U1800 $140, U1600 $120, U1400 $100, U1200 $80, Unr $50. Entry
fee $40, Unr free if paying USCF dues. On-Site Registration 8:30-
9:30am 8/4. Rds.: Sat 10-1-3:30, Sun 10-1. See U.S. Open Side Events
display ad for more details on all 2012 U.S. Open Side Events.
A Heritage Event!
Aug. 4-12, 7-12 or 9-12, Washington
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 300
113th annual U.S. Open
See Nationals.
A Heritage Event!
Aug. 9-12, 10-12 or 11-12, Massachusetts
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 120 (Enhanced)
42nd annual Continental Open
6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50). Host Hotel at Cedar Lake,
366 Main St (Rt 20 West), Sturbridge, MA 01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90).
Free parking. Experience early 19th century America at OldSturbridge Vil-
lage (see www.osv.org). Prizes $30,000 based on 250 paid entries (re-
entries & $60 less EF count half), minimum $21,000 (70% of each prize)
guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $3000-1500-700-400-300, clear or tie-
break win $100 bonus, top U2400/Unr $1800-1000. FIDE. Under 2200:
$2000-1000-600-400-200. Under 2000: $2000-1000-600-400-200. Under
1800: $2000-1000-600-400-200. Under 1600: $1800-900-500-400-200.
Under 1400: $1500-800-400-300-200. Under 1100: $700-400-250-150-
100. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limit U2000 $1000,
U1800 $800, U1600 $600, U1400 $400, U1100 $250; balance goes to next
player(s) in line. Top 6 sections EF: 4-day $149, 3-day $148, 2-day $147
mailed by 7/31, all $149 online at chesstour.com by 8/6, $155 phoned
by 8/6 (406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), $160 (no checks, credit
cards OK) at tmt. No credit card mailed entries. GMs free; $140 deducted
from prize. EF for all in Under 1100 Section & unrated in Under 1400:
all $60 less. All: Advance EF $5 less to MACA members; may join/renew
at masschess.org. Re-entry $80; not available in Open Section. Unoffi-
cial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year
USCF dues with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.
com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid
at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 4-day schedule: Reg
Thu to 6:30 pm, rds Thu7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day
schedule: Reg. Fri to 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30.
2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9 am, rds Sat 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10
& 4:30. All schedules: Bye all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2,
other sections before rd 4. HR: $89-89-99, 800-582-3232, 508-347-7393,
request chess rate, reserve by 7/26 or rate may increase. Car rental:
Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box
249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Ques-
tions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us, 845-496-9658. Advance
entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Aug. 11, Washington
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 15
2012 U.S. Open Blitz Championship (QC)
7-SS (double round, 14 games), 1 section, G/5. Quick rated, higher of reg-
ular or quick rating. Entry fee $40, free to Unrated if paying USCF dues.
Registration: 9am-11:30am, first round begins at noon. $2000 guar-
anteed prizes! $$400-200-150, Expert $200-100, U2000 $200-100,
U1800 $180-90, U1600/Unr $140-70, U1400 $100, U1200 $70. See U.S.
Open Side Events display ad for more details on 2012 U.S. Open Side
Events.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, California, Northern
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 50 (Enhanced)
4th annual Central California Open
5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d/5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d/5). Radisson Hotel,
2233 Ventura St., Fresno, CA 93710. Free parking, free airport shuttle.
Cosponsored by Fresno Chess Club. $$ 10,000 based on 125 paid entries
(re-entries & $60 less EF count half), minimum $7,000 (70% of each prize)
guaranteed. In 4 sections: Open: $1500-700-400-300, clear or tiebreak

NATIONAL OPEN
NATIONAL
1st $100, top U2200 $600, U2100 $500. FIDE. Under 2000: $1200-600-
OPEN 400-200, top U1800 $500. Under 1700: $1000-500-300-200, top U1500
$400. Under 1400: $300-200-100, trophies to top U1200, U1000, U800,
U600. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limits: U1400 $150, U1700
$500. Balance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 3 sections EF: 3-day
JUNE 1517 OR 1617 $118, 2-day $117 mailed by 8/8, all $115 online at chesstour.com by 8/14,
$120 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/14 (entry only, no questions), $130
$80,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND at site, or online until 2 hours before your first game. Under 1400 Sec-
tion EF: all $60 less than above. Mailed EF $15 less to Fresno Chess
6 Round Swiss in 8 Sections H USCF & FIDE Rated H 200 Grand Prix Points Club members. GMs, IMs & WGMs free, $100 deducted from prize. All:
Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special

U. S. GAME / 10
1 year USCF dues with Chess Life if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.
Special Guest com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid
Former World Champion
CHAMPIONSHIP
at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60; not avail-
GM ANATOLY KARPOV
able in Open Section. No checks at site, credit cards OK. 3-day schedule:
Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day
JUNE 14 5:00 P.M. schedule: Reg ends Sat 10:30 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:15.
Byes: OK all, limit 1 bye if eligible for class prizes; must commit before
$5,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE FUND

Laass
rd 2. HR: $89-89, 800-241-0756, 559-268-1000, request chess rate,
reserve by 8/3 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use
AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Con-
tinental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: chesstour.

Veg
com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chess
tour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 14th 17th, 2012 Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, Indiana
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 80 (Enhanced)
7th annual Indianapolis Open
5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d5), Crowne Plaza

IVIERA
HOTEL - CASINO - LAS VEGAS
Indianapolis Airport, 2051 S. High School Rd. (off I-465 & Airport Expwy),
SIMULS H SCHOLASTICS H GRANDMASTER CHESS CAMP Indianapolis, IN 46241. Free parking, free airport shuttle, free wireless,
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP H LECTURES H AND MORE indoor pool, game room, fitness center. $$16,000 based on 200 paid entries
(re-entries & $50 off entries count half), $12,000 (75% each prize) min-

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imum guaranteed. In 5 sections. Open: $2000-1000-600-300, clear or tie-
break winner $100 bonus, top Under 2300/Unr $800, Under 2200/Unr
$700. FIDE. Under 2100: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1900 (no unr)
$500. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-200, top Under 1600 (no unr) $500.
Under 1500: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1300 (no unr) $400. Under
1200: $700-400-200-100, trophies to top Under 1000, Under 800, Under
600, Unrated. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500, or
$500 U1800. Top 4 sections EF: 3-day $108, 2-day $107 if check mailed
by 8/8, all $105 online at chesstour.com by 8/14, $110 phoned to 406-
896-2038 by 8/14 (entry only, no questions), $120 (no checks, credit cards
OK) at site. GMs, IMs or WGMs free; $100 deducted from prize. Under
1200 Section EF: all $50 less than above. Special 1 year USCF dues
with paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30,
Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,
Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60; not available in Open Sec-
tion. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6,
Sun 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10:30 am, rds. Sat 11, 2:30
& 6, Sun 10 & 4:15. All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, Open must com-
mit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $89-89, 1-877-361-4511, 317-248-
0187; reserve by 7/29 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-
1600, AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent:
Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service
charge for refunds. Questions: www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.us,
845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 150 (Enhanced)
11th annual Manhattan Open
NOTE 2-DAY, U900 & U700 SCHEDULE CHANGES. 6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5
(2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50, d5). Under 900 and Under 700 Sections
play 8/18-19 only, G/50, d/5. New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave at 34th
St. across from Penn Station, NY 10001. $35,000 guaranteed prizes.
Open & U2300 Sections are FIDE rated, except G/50 games. In 10 sec-
tions: Open: $2500-1500-1000-700-500-400, clear or tiebreak first $200
bonus, top Under 2500/Unr $1200. Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900,
Under 1700: each $1500-1000-700-500-400-300. Under 1500, Under
1300: each $1200-800-600-500-400-300. Under 1100: $700-400-300-200-
100-100.Under900:Trophies to first 10, top Unrated. Under 700:Trophies
to first 10, top Under 500, Under 300, Unrated. Prize limits: 1) If any post-
event rating posted at uschess.org 8/13/11-8/13/12 is more than 30
points over section maximum, prize limit $800. 2) Unrated (0-3 lifetime
games rated) cannot win over $200 in U1100, $400 U1300, $600 U1500,
$800 U1700 or $1000 U1900. 3) Balance of limited prize goes to next
player(s) in line. Top 7 sections EF: 3-day $163, 2-day $162 if check mailed
by 8/8, all $165 online at chesstour.com by 8/13, $170 phoned to 406-
896-2038 by 8/13, $180 at site. Under 1100 Section EF: 3-day $83, 2-day
$82 if check mailed by 8/8, all $85 online at chesstour.com by 8/13, $90
phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/13, $100 at site. Under 900 or Under 700
Section EF: 3-day $33, 2-day $32 if check mailed by 8/8, all $35 online
at chesstour.com by 8/13, $40 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/13, $50 at
site. No phone entry after 8/13. Online late entry is available between
8/14 and two hours before round 1, with same fee as at site. Unofficial
uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year
USCF membership with paper magazine if paid with entry: Online at chess
tour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or
paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. No checks at
site, credit cards OK. No mailed credit card entries. Re-entry: $80, no
re-entry from Open Section to Open Section. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends
Fri 11 am, rds Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule:
Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat. 10, 12:45, 3:15 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day
& 2-day merge & compete for same prizes. Under 900 & Under 700
schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds 10, 12:45, 3:15 each day. Byes: all;
limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. Bring sets,
boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. HR: $175-175-195-210 (rates
for 3 or 4 in room are for 2 beds), 1-800-764-4680, 212-971-0101,
reserve by 7/27 or rate may increase, ask for Continental Chess Asso-
ciation rate. Car rentals: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 or re-
serve car online at chesstour.com. Foreign player ratings: see www.chess
tour.com/foreignratings.htm. US player ratings: August official ratings
used; FIDE ratings not used. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury
Mills, NY 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. $15
service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.
com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
Aug. 24-26 or 25-26, District of Columbia
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 120 (Enhanced)
44th annual Atlantic Open
5SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75, d5). Washington Westin
Hotel, 1400 M St NW at Thomas Circle, Washington, DC 20005. $$G
20,000 guaranteed prizes. In 7 sections. Open: $2000-1000-500-300,
clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr $1200-600. FIDE. Under
2100: $1500-700-400-200. Under 1900: $1500-700-400-200. Under
1700: $1500-700-400-200. Under 1500: $1300-700-400-200. Under
1300: $1200-600-300-200. Under 1000: $400-300-200-100, trophies
to top 3, first U800, U600, Unrated. Unrated may not win over $150 in
U1000, $300 U1300, $500 U1500, $700 U1700, or $900 U1900. If any post-
event rating posted at uschess.org 8/21/11-8/21/12 is more than 30
points over section maximum, prize limit $700. Top 6 sections EF: 3-day
$108, 2-day $107 if check mailed by 8/15, all $105 online at chesstour.com
by 8/21, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/21 (entry only, no questions),
$120 at site, or online until 2 hours before your first game. Under 1000
Section EF: All $60 less than above. No mailed credit card entries. No
checks at site, credit cards OK. GMs free, $90 deducted from prize. Re-
entry $60, not available in Open Section. All: Unofficial uschess.org
ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues
with paper magazine if paid with entry- Online at chesstour.com, Adult
$30, Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult
$40, Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6
pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends
Sat. 10 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Bye: all, limit 2, Open must
commit before rd2, others before rd3. HR: $96-96, 202-429-1700, reserve
by 8/10 or rate may increase. Regular rate at this luxury hotel is about
$200! Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633, or reserve car online
through chesstour.com. Parking: Valet parking $10/day to 2 am or $20/
day overnight; garage has limited space. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249,
Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions:
www.chesstour.com, DirectorAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries
posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
Aug. 31-Sept. 3, Sept. 1-3 or 2-3, New York
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 100 (Enhanced)
134th annual NY State Championship
Out of state welcome. 6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (2-day option except in Open
Section, rds 1-3 G/45, d5). Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Road, Albany 12205
(Thruway Exit 24, I-87 north to Wolf Rd, Exit 4). Luxurious hotel with
indoor/outdoor pool, sauna, fitness center, free parking, free airport shut-
tle, many restaurants in area. $$G 12,000. In 5 sections. Open: $2000-
1000-500-300, top U2300/Unr $700, U2200/Unr $600. State title and $100
bonus to top NYS resident. FIDE. Under 2100: $1000-500-300-150, top
Under 1900 $400. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-150, top Under 1600 $400.
Under 1500: $800-400-200-100, top Under 1300 $300. Under 1200: $200-
100, trophy to first 5, top Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600, Unrated.
Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200, $300 U1500 or $600 U1800.
All: 1 year NYSCA membership to NY residents who list name and address
on signup sheet posted at tournament. Top 3 sections EF: 4-day $99,
3-day $98, 2-day $97 if check mailed by 8/22, all $95 online at chesstour.
com by 8/29, $105 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 8/29 (entry only, no ques-
tions), $120 at site. No mailed credit card entries. Under 1500 Section
EF: All $20 less than top 3 sections EF. Under 1200 Section EF: All $50
less than top 3 sections EF. All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used
if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with paper magazine if
paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Schol-
astic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30,
Scholastic $20. Re-entry $60, all sections but Open. GMs, IMs & WGMs
free, $80 deducted from prize. No checks at site, credit cards OK. 3-day
schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10:30 am, rds. Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10
& 4:15. 4-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 6 pm,
Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sun. 10:30 am,
rds Sun 11, 1:30, 3:30, 6, Mon 10 & 4:15, no 2-day schedule in Open. Bye:
all, limit 2, Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $97-
97, 800-443-8952, 518-458-8444, reserve by 8/23 or rate may increase.
NYSCA meeting 9 am Sun. Car rental: 800-331-1600, use AWD D657633,
or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box
249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: www.chesstour.com, Direc-
torAtChess.US, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com.
Chess Magnet School JGP.

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A State Championship Event!
A Heritage Event!
Sept. 1-3, Ohio
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 40
68th Ohio Chess Congress
6/SS, 40/120;d5, SD/60;d5. Days Inn, 4742 Brecksville Rd., Richfield, OH.
Prizes: $7,000 (b/125). In 4 Sections. Open: (FIDE rated) $1,000-700-
400 All Guaranteed, U2200 $400-$200, 1st Guaranteed. U2000: $800-500-
300. U1700: $750-450-300. U1400: $600-400, U1100 $200. EF: $80 by
Aug 28 then $90, Free to GM/IM who complete schedule, $80 deducted
from prize. OCA Membership required of all Ohio residents - $15, $10 jun-
ior. Online payment: www.progresswithchess.org. Reg.: Saturday
9-11:30 am. Rds.: Saturday 12:00 (noon) & 6:30, Sunday 9:30 & 4:00, Mon-
day 9:30 & 4:00. Byes (1/2 point), must commit before start of round 3,
limit 2 in rds. 1-5 or 1 rd. 6. Hotel: Day's Inn, 330-659-6151, $72/night,
mention chess. Entries, checks payable to: Progress with Chess, 12200
Fairhill Rd. E 293, Cleveland, OH 44120. Info: 216-321-7000, mdjoelson@
progresswithchess.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 6-7, Virginia
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 150 (Enhanced)
3rd annual Continental Class Championships
Master Section, 9SS, Oct 4-8, 40/90, SD/30, inc/30. Expert through
Class D Sections, 7SS, Oct 5-8 or 6-8, 40/2, SD/1, d5 (3-day option, rounds
1-2 G/75, d5). Class E Section, 7SS, Oct 6-7, G/40, d5 (Class E does not
play on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct 8). Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. Free shuttle to/from
Reagan International Airport and Crystal City Metro station (contact
hotel for schedule). Prizes $50,000 based on 300 paid entries (seniors,
re-entries, Class D Section, GMs, IMs, WGMs, foreign FIDE rated play-
ers in Master count as half entries, Class E Section players count as 1/4
entries), else proportional, except minimum $30,000 (60% each prize)
guaranteed. In 7 sections: Master: Open to US players currently or for-
merly rated at least 2200 USCF or 2100 FIDE, foreign players currently
or formerly rated at least 2000 USCF or 1800 FIDE, and invitees. $5000-
2500-1500-1000-700-500-400-400-300-300, clear or tiebreak first bonus
$200, FIDE Under 2400/Unr $2000-1000. Minimum prize $500 to first 5
foreign GMs to enter who play all 9 rounds (no byes), $300 to first 5 for-
eign IMs to enter who play all 9 rounds (no byes). GM & IM norms
possible, FIDE rated. Expert, open to USCF 1800-2199. $3000-1500-1000-
700-500-400-300-300. FIDE rated. Class A, open to USCF 1600-1999 or
unrated. $3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-300-300. Class B, open to USCF
1400-1799 or unrated. $3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-300-300. Class C,
open to USCF 1200-1599 or unrated. $2500-1300-900-600-500-400-300-
300. Class D, open to USCF under 1400 or unrated. $1000-700-400-300-
300-200-200-200. Class E, open to USCF under 1200 or unrated. $500-
300-200, trophies to first 5, top Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600,
Unrated. Prize limits: 1) Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) cannot win
over $200 in E, $500 D, $900 C, $1200 B or $1500 A. 2) If any post-event
rating posted at uschess.org 10/2/11-10/2/12 is more than 30 points
over section maximum, prize limit $1200. 3) Balance of limited prize goes
to next player(s) in line. Master Section EF: GMs, IMs, WGMs: free; $150
deducted from prize (no deduction from minimum prize). Foreign FIDE
rated players: $75 online at chesstour.com by 10/1, $100 online or at site
until 6 pm 10/4. Others: $225 if check mailed by 9/25 or online by 10/1,
$250 until 6 pm 10/4 online or at site. Expert through Class C Sections
EF: 4-day $179, 3-day $178 if check mailed by 9/25, all $175 online at
chesstour.com by 10/1, $185 if phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/1 (entry
only, no questions), $200 at site. Class D EF: $4-day $99, 3-day $98 if
check mailed by 9/25, all $95 online at chesstour.com by 10/1, $105 if
phoned to 406-896-2038 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site. Class
E EF: $47 if check mailed by 9/25, $45 online at chesstour.com by 10/1,
$55 if phoned to 406-896-2038 (no questions), $70 at site. All: No phone
entry after 10/1. Online late entry (same price as at site) available until
2 hours before rd 1. EF $100 less to rated seniors 65 or over in Expert
through Class C. Special 1 yr USCF dues with paper magazine if paid
with entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20, Scholas-
tic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30, Schol-
astic $20. No checks at site, credit cards OK. No mailed credit card
entries. Re-entry: $100, no re-entry from Master Section to Master Sec-
tion. Master schedule: Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 12 & 7,
Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 4-day Expert through Class D
schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6 pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon
10 & 4:30. 3-day Expert through Class D schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10
am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. Class E sched-
ule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat. 11, 1:30, 3:30 & 6, Sun. 10, 12:30 &
2:30. Both schedules in Expert through Class D merge & compete for
same prizes. Byes: OK all; limit 3 (limit 2 in last 4 rds), must commit before
rd 3. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. HR: $95-
95-105-115, 703-418-1234, reserve by 9/19 or rate may increase. Special
chess rate valet parking $6/day, with or without guest room. Car
rentals: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 or reserve car online
at chesstour.com. Ratings: FIDE used for Master Section, USCF Octo-
ber official for others, unofficial usually used if otherwise unrated. For
foreign players in Expert or below, usually 100 points added to FIDE or
FQE, 100/more to most other foreign, no points added to CFC, PR or
Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not accepted for Class A or below. High-
est of multiple ratings usually used. Players who fail to disclose foreign
or FIDE ratings may be expelled. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Sal-
isbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: DirectorAtChess.us, 845-496-9658,
www.chesstour.com. You may request lowest possible section if Octo-
ber rating unknown. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries will
be posted at chesstour.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Oct. 24-28 or 26-28, Bahamas
Trophies Plus Grand Prix Points: 150 (Enhanced)
Bahamas International & Amateur
Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino, West Bay Street,
Cable Beach, Nassau, Bahamas. $12,000 guaranteed prizes. USCF rated.
International: 9SS, 40/90, SD/30, 30 second increment. $$G 2000-1200-
800-600-500-400, top FIDE under 2400 or unrated $800-400. Minimum
prize $700 to GMs who complete all games with no byes (limited to first
6 GMs to enter). IM & GM norms possible; FIDE rated. EF: GMs, IMs,
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WGMs free; $130 EF deduction from prize (GMs who have a $700 min-
imum prize will not be reduced to below $700 by the deduction). FMs:
$130 mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22, $150 at tmt. FIDE 2200/up rated
players: $230 mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22, $250 at tmt. FIDE 2100-
2199: $330 mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22, $350 at tmt. Others: $430
mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22, $450 at tmt. Amateur: 6SS, 40/2,
SD/1, d5, open to under 2200 or unrated. $$G 1200-600-300-200, top
Under 1900 (no unr) $700-400. EF: $128 mailed by 10/12 or online by
10/22, $150 at tmt. Reserve: 6SS, 40/2, SD/1, d5, open to under 1600
or unrated. $700-400-200-100, top Under 1300 (no unr) $350-150; no
unrated may win over $300. EF: $78 mailed by 10/12 or online by 10/22,
$100 at tmt. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Unofficial uschess.org
ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 year USCF dues with
paper magazine if paid with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30,
Young Adult $20, Scholastic $15. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40,
Young Adult $30, Scholastic $20. Extra charge for magazine if not
US/Canada/Mexico. Special USCF dues for Bahamas residents: see
www.chesstour.com/bi12.htm. Ratings: FIDE ratings used in International
Section, USCF in others; if multiple ratings, usually highest rating used,
plus possible adjustment points. No adjustment points added to Bahamas,
Jamaica, most Caribbean ratings or CFC, 50 added to FIDE or FQE,
100/more added to many other countries. International schedule:
Late reg. ends Wed 6 pm, rds Wed 7, Thu 11 & 6, Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6,
Sun 10 & 4:30. Two half point byes available (must commit before rd 2);
norm not possible if taking bye. Amateur & Reserve schedule: Late reg.
ends Fri 10 am, rds Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. HR: $109-109-
129 plus $18 resort fee, 954-903-2800, 242-327-6200, reserve by 10/10
or rate may increase. Resort fee includes bellmen & maid gratuities, pool
& beach amenities, fitness room, admission to cocktail party, use of
computers/wifi in lobby, access to Crystal Palace Casino Members Club
& free play, resort activities, use of facilities at adjacent Sheraton Hotel,
Wyndham coupon value pack, etc. Bring sets, boards, clocks if possi-
ble- none supplied. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills,
NY 12577. $15 service charge for refunds. Questions: DirectorAtChess.US,
www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.
com. Invitations: GoAtChess.us (use @ instead of at). Chess Magnet
School JGP.
Regional
Alabama
May 19, Summer Scholastic
5SS, TC: G/30. Sun Valley Elementary School, 1010 18th Ave. NW, Birm-
ingham, AL 35215. Open (K-12): EF: $20; Middle (K-8), Elementary (K-4):
EF: $10, if mailed by MAY 12th. Trophy: Top 3 Individual, Medals 4th-
6th. Late REG.: MAY 19th at 8AM. Rds.: 9-10-11-1-2. Checks payable to:
Caesar Chess. ENT: Caesar Chess LLC, 5184 Caldwell Mill Road, Suite
204-202, Birmingham, AL 35244. Info: CaesarChess@yahoo.com, www.
AlabamaChess.com.
May 26, Birmingham Open
4SS, TC: G/75. Birmingham Bridge Club, 2112 Columbiana Road,
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216. Open (PF: $$b/15): $200-125-U1900:100-
U1700:75; Reserve (PF: $$b/15): $175-100U1300:75-U1100:75; Rds.:
9, 11:30, 2:30; 5. EF: $30; if mailed by MAY 19th; $40 at site. Late REG:
MAY 26th: 8-8:40am. Checks payable to: Caesar Chess. ENT: Caesar
Chess LLC, 5184 Caldwell Mill Rd., Suite 204-202, Birmingham, AL 35244.
Info: CaesarChess@yahoo.com; website www.CaesarChess.com/
blog or www.AlabamaChess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A State Championship Event!
June 16, 2012 Alabama Quick Chess Championship
Birmingham Bridge Club, 2112 Columbiana Rd., Vestavia Hills, AL 35216.
From I-65 take exit #252, go north on Columbiana Road 2 miles, on the
left near Charter. In 4 Sections- 5SS, Time control G/25 T/D3. Prizes 80%
Guaranteed: Open $$b/15: 1st: $180, 2nd: $140, U1700: $80. Reserve
$$/15: U1500: 1st: $140, 2nd: $100, U1300: 60. EF: $30; Onsite: $35.
Scholastic K-12 Rated and Unrated sections. 3 trophies for each section
for Alabama residents. EF: $10; onsite $15. Rated events require USCF
& ACF memberships. OSA. Postmarked entry form and fee payment by
June 9. Entry form on www.alabamachess.com on Calendar at June 16.
Reg Onsite 9-9:30 Rds.: 10-11:15-1:00-2:15-3:30 pm. Byes must be
requested before start of round 2. No round 5 byes. ENT: Birmingham
Chess Club; Attn: Balagee Govindan, 5564 Colony Ln., Hoover, Al 35226.
INFO: bobrieves@charter.net. NS. W.
June 30, Evangel June Open
4SS, G/50, t/d 5. Evangel Church, 3975 Vaughn, Montgomery, AL 36106.
Round times: 9:00, 11:00, 1:30, 3:30. 1 section, Open: EF: $25 by June
22, $30 thereafter. Prizes (b/20): 1st $120, 2nd $100, Class B/C $80, Class
D/E $60, U1000/unrated $40. Registration: Send name, USCF ID, and
entry fee to Doug Strout, 6000 Camelot Ct., Montgomery, AL 36117.
July 27-29 or 28-29, 20th Annual Southern Open (FL)
See Grand Prix.
Arizona
May 19, Metro Phoenix Chess Club Game/40 Super Quads #1
Format: 3-RR (G/40, d/5), Regular and Quick Rated. EF: $20. Registra-
tion: 9am-10am (onsite). Rounds: 10:15, 11:45, 1:15pm. Prizes: $60 first
per quad. Players will be grouped into quads (groups of four) by rating.
If total number of entries is not divisible by four, director may create a
3-round swiss among the lowest 5-7 players. USCF membership required
and available onsite. Location: InnPlace Hotel Phoenix, 10220 N. Metro
Parkway East, Phoenix, AZ 85051, 2nd Floor Cottonwood Room. Skittles
room available for analysis of games. Hotel has a lounge, outside patio
and full service restaurant. Please bring your own sets for analysis of
games. Club sets cannot be removed from the tournament room. Phone:
602-850-1515. INFO: www.phoenixchess.org or phoenixchess@inbox.
com.
May 26, Liulia Cardona's Tempe Open
4 round, USCF rated tournament; SECTIONS: USCF: 2000 & up/1600-
1999/1200-1599/U1200. ASCF: U1000; G/60 for the top 4 sections.
G/30 for U1000; ROUND TIMES: 4 top sections: 9am/11:15am/1:30pm/
3:30pm. 5:30pm Ceremony. U1000: 9am/10:15am/12:00pm/1:15pm.
2:30pm Ceremony. PRIZES: $200 1st, $100 2nd 2000 & up/ Top 3 trophies
in 1600-1999, 1200-1599, and U1200/ Top 5 U1000 plus best U800 and
U600. ENTRY FEE: $20 by 5/23, $23 by 5/24, $26 by 5/25, $30 at site.
$10 to play up. TO REGISTER: chessemporium.com, call 602-482-4867.
SITE: 1835 E Elliot Rd., Tempe, AZ.
May 26, Metro Phoenix Chess Club Heat Wave Swiss #1
Format: 3-SS (G/40, d/5), Regular and Quick Rated. Two rating-equiva-
lent sections if 18+ players otherwise one open section. Registration:
9am-10am (onsite). Rounds: 10:15, 11:45, 1:15pm. EF: $5. No prizes-
just the satisfaction of playing well. One 1/2 point bye available. Must
declare at registration. USCF membership required and available on site.
Location: InnPlace Hotel Phoenix, 10220 N. Metro Parkway East,
Phoenix, AZ 85051, 2nd Floor Cottonwood Room. Skittles room available
for analysis of games. Hotel has a lounge, outside patio and full service
restaurant. Please bring your own sets for analysis of games. Club sets
cannot be removed from the tournament room. Phone: 602-850-1515.
Info: www.phoenixchess.org or phoenixchess@inbox.com.
May 26-28, 2012 U.S. Amateur West Championship
See Nationals.
July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, 17th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S)
See Grand Prix.
California, Northern
Capital City C. C. Sundays Chess for Kids
Round Table Pizza, 3005 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento. Quads (3/RR). T/C:
G/30 w/5 Second Delay. RDS.: 12pm/Ongoing. PRIZES: 1st - Trophy or
Inscribed Chess Clock, 1st thru 4th - Medals or Pins. TIE-BREAK: G/7 w/3
Second Delay. EF: $20 (Includes $5 Food Gift Certificate). REG.: 11am at
Site Only. DIRECTOR: John C. Barnard 209-450-6133. JohnCharlesBar
nard@gmail.com, capitalcitychessclub.com.
May 12, June 9, July 21, Pleasanton Grand Prix Quads
Hilton, 7050 Johnson Dr., Pleasanton, CA 94588. Trophies: Players
w/winning record. Sched: Check-in 4p, Games 4:30-6:30p. 3xG/30. EF:
$25, Onsite +$15. Big Trophies to top 10 players in May-July tourneys.
More Info: BayAreaChess.com/tacobell12. NS. NC. W.
May 12, June 9, July 21, Pleasanton Grand Prix Swiss
Hilton, 7050 Johnson Dr., Pleasanton, CA 94588. Trophies: Players
w/winning record, teams w/2+ players. Sched: Reg. 9-9:30a. Games
10a-2p. EF: $33, Onsite +$15. Big Trophies to top 10 players in May-July
tourneys. More Info: BayAreaChess.com/tacobell12. NS. NC.
May 19, CalNorth Youth Chess Quads
Weibel Elementary School, 45135 S. Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, CA. Info
& Entry Form at: www.calnorthyouthchess.org/WeibelChess/SpringTour-
naments2012. Open to all scholastic players who are USCF members.
Trophies to winners of each Quad. Chess medals to all who do not win
a trophy. Info: Alan M. Kirshner, Ph.D., Alan@CalNorthYouthChess.org,
(510) 659-0358.
May 26-28 or 27-28, Best of the West Class Championship
See Grand Prix.
May 27, Azhar Memorial NorCal Grade Level Champ
Marriott, 2700 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA. Hotel $89. Trophies:
Top 20 players & Top 10 teams in ea section. 8 sections: KG 1 2 3 4 5 6
7-12. Sched: Reg. 8:30-9a. K-3: 5xG/30 games 9:30 11 12:30 1:50
3:15. Gr 4-12: 4xG4/5 games 9:30 11:20 1:15 3:15. EF by 5/22: $39. Info:
BayAreaChess.com/grade12. NS, NC, W.
June 22-24 or 23-24, Summer Open
See Grand Prix.
July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, 17th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S)
See Grand Prix.
July 20-22 or 21-22, People's Tournament
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 4th annual Central California Open
See Grand Prix.
California, Southern
Los Angeles CHESS CLUB
The premier chess club in Southern California! (310) 795-
5710 * www.LAChessClub.com. The premier chess club
in Southern California! Saturdays: 10AM-10 pm (Novice
Class & 3 Tournaments) Sundays: 12-6 & 1-5 pm
(Beginner class & 2 Tournaments) Details on our web
site Tuesdays: 7:30-9:30 pm (Intermediate/Advance
Lecture) 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
90025 * (310) 795-5710 (4 blocks 405 West, Santa
Monica & Butler * 2nd Floor above Javan Restaurant)
* Group Classes * Tournaments * Private (1:1) Lessons.
Beverly Hills Chess Club
Join the elite group of chess enthusiasts! Curriculum based instruction
from ages 3 and above, Privates, Lectures, Blitz, Simuls, Open & Scholas-
tic tournaments, Camps, Adult events, Member-only events and more...
Open T, TH, F, Sat, Sun (hours vary). 8950 W. Olympic Blvd., #210, Bev-
erly Hills, CA 90211. In the Beverly Hills Plaza (Corner of Lapeer Dr. &
Olympic) 310-274-7873, email us at info@bhchessclub.com, website
www.bhchessclub.com.
May 5&6, 12&13, 19&20, 26&27, LACC - Sat & Sun G/61
6SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $45 ($35 LACC
memb). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 EFs. Park-
ing: Free at BoA and streets ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710 or
www.LAChessClub.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 5, 12, 19, 26, LACC - LA Masters G/30
3SS, G/30. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd Fl. 4 blks W 405.
uschess.org
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EF: $30 ($20 memb). Reg.: 5-6 pm. Rds.: 6, 7, 8 pm. Prizes: 75% EFs;
Parking: Free at BoA ($3 bsmnt). Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChess
Club.com.
May 5, 12, 19, 26, LACC - Sat Nite Blitz (G/5) (QC)
5DSS, (10 Games). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blks
W 405. EF: $10. Q-rated. Reg.: 8-9 pm. Rds.: 9, 9:20, 9:40, 10, 10:20.
Prizes: 1/2 EF. Parking: Free on Butler ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-
5710 or www.LAChessClub.com.
May 5, 12, 19, 26, LACC - Saturday G/61
3SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $25 ($20
memb, $10 no prizes). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Prizes: 50% EFs.
Parking: basement ($3). Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LAChessClub.com.
May 6, 13, 20, 27, LACC - Every Sunday Chess 4 Jrs.
4 separate events 3 Sections: K-1, K-3, K-6, 5SS, G/30. 11514 Santa
Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. 4 blocks W 405. EF: $25 ($20 LACC memb,
$10 off siblings, Free new LACC memb). Reg.: 12-1 pm. Rds.: 1pm & asap;
Prizes: Trophy (Top) & Medals; each player receives a prize! Parking:
Free at BoA and streets. Free snacks & free class (12-1). Info: (310) 795-
5710 or www.LAChessClub.com or Mick@LAChessClub.com.
May 6, 13, 20, 27, LACC - Sunday G/61
3SS, G/61. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $25 ($20
memb, $10 no prizes). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 2, 4 pm. Prizes: 50%
EFs, Parking: Free at BoA and streets or basement ($3). Info: 310/795-
5710 or www.LAChessClub.com.
May 12-13, LACC - Sat & Sun G/90
4SS, G/90. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90025, 2nd fl. EF: $45 ($35 LACC
memb). Reg.: 11-12 pm. Rds.: 12, 3 pm each day. Prizes: 1/2 collections.
Parking: Free on Butler ($3 basement). Info: 310/795-5710 or www.LA
ChessClub.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 26-28 or 27-28, 2012 Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic
See Grand Prix.
May 27, MDC Action Swiss
5-SS, G/30. Hilton Ontario Airport, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario, CA 91764.
$$500 b/40, else proportional: $150-70-40, U2100/ Unr $80, U1800 $80,
Under 1500 $80. EF: $20 if received by 5/25, $25 at door. Reg.: 9:30-10
a.m. Rds.: 10:15-11:30-12:45-2:30-3:45. Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205, Monterey
Park, CA 91754. On-line entry: www.scchess.com.
May 27, MDC Scholastics
5-SS, G/30. Hilton Ontario Airport, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario, CA 91764
Open to gr. 12-below. In two sections: Open: Trophies to top 5, top 3
U1200, top 2 Unrated. Grade 6/below U1000: Trophies to top 5, top 3
U700, top 2 Unrated. Reg.: 8:30-9. Rds.: 9:30-11-12:15-1:45-3. EF: $16
if received by 5/25, $20 door. Info: randallhough@yahoo.com. On-line
ent: www.scchess.com. Ent: SCCF, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA
91754.
May 28, MDC Hexes
3-SS, G/90. Hilton Ontario Airport, 700 N. Haven Ave., Ontario, CA 91764
8-player sections by rating. EF: $21 if received by 5/25, $24 door. $$ 40-
20-10 each section. Reg.: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Rds.: 10:30-1:30-4:30. Ent:
SCCF, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. On-line entry: www.scchess.
com.
July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, 17th annual Pacific Coast Open
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 4th annual Central California Open (CA-N)
See Grand Prix.
Connecticut
May 18-20 or 19-20, 20th annual New York State Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open! (NY)
See Grand Prix.
June 8-10 or 9-10, 18th Annual Northeast Open
See Grand Prix.
June 9-10, Rhode Island State Championship (RI)
See Rhode Island.
June 30, World Open U2300 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 1-2, World Open U2200 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 3-4, World Open U2100 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 4, World Open 7-Minute Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 7, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 8, World Open Blitz Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 27-29 or 28-29, 17th Annual Bradley Open
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 9-12, 10-12 or 11-12, 42nd annual Continental Open (MA)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 11th annual Manhattan Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
Delaware
Newark Chess Club
4-SS, G/75. USCF-rated games every Thursday 7-10 PM. 345 School
Bell Rd., Bear, DE 19701. For a full year of weekly games $22 for in-state
players, $15 out-of-state! www.newarkchessclub.blogspot.com, newark
chess@gmail.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 9-10, 2012 Delaware Capital Open
Residence Inn Dover, 600 Jefferic Blvd., Dover, DE 19901. In 2 Sections,
Open: 5SS, G/90, $$b/25: 1st $200, 2nd $125, 3rd $75, U2000 $75, U1800
$75. Reserve: 5SS, G/90, Open to 1600 & under. $$b/15: 1st $140, 2nd
$90, 3rd $50, U1400 $50, U1200 $50. ALL: EF: $35 before June 1st, $40
after. Memb. Req'd: DCA $10($5 under 18). OSA. Reg.: 8:45-9:45 AM.
Rds.: Sat 10, 2, 5:30 Sun 10, 2. Byes: limit one 1/2pt bye, must commit
by start of round 3. ENT: Kevin Pytel, 604 N. Walnut St., Newport, DE 19804-
2624 KevinJPytel@aol.com. INFO: Kevin Pytel (KevinJPytel@aol.com).
HR: ask for the $119 Chess Rate 302-677-0777. Skittles Room and res-
taurant on premises, many fine restaurants and points of interest

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. w ww.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 Yor k, NY 10012 (instead of $350), Gold Affiliate status may
200 S. Cotton wood 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) Long Island Chess Nuts (NY) Oklahoma Chess Foundation

subtract $3 for each month remaining on

www.BayAreaChess.com 516-739-3907 www.OKch ess.org

their regular affiliation. As of August 6, 2007,

Beverly Hills Chess Club (CA)
www.bhchessclub.com
En Passant Chess Club (TX)
td_edg@sbcglobal.net
Indiana State Chess Association
www.indianachess.org
Marshall Chess Club (NY)
www.marshallchessclub.org
Michigan Chess Association
www.michess.org
Monmouth Chess School & Club (NJ)
www.monmouthchess.com
Our Lady of Sorrows Academy (AZ)
professor.revesz@gmail.com
by paying an annual payment of $250.00
Silver Knights (PA)
www.silverknightschess.com (instead of $150), Silver Affiliate status may
be obtained with no minimum requirement for
Sparta Chess Club (NJ)
www.spartachessclub.org memberships submitted.

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nearby. Lots of door prizes and give-aways! NS. W. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
District of Columbia
Aug. 24-26 or 25-26, 44th annual Atlantic Open
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 6-7, 3rd annual Continental Class Champi-
onships (VA)
See Grand Prix.
Florida
Boca Raton Chess Club
Friday nights, Game 90Tournament, one game a week for 4 weeks. www.
bocachess.com, 561-479-0351. Chess Magnet School JGP.
South Florida Chess Club
Wednesday's 6:30-10:30pm. Rated G/90 Tournaments and skittles. Most
tournaments are 4+ rounds Call 561-573-3677 or 954-304-0928 or
email southfloridachessclub@gmail.com or visit www.SouthFloridaChess-
Club.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 12, May OCG Open
Orlando Chess and Games Center. 4SS, G/75. EF: $30. PF: $650 b/30
$250-$150-$100 best U-1600, U-1200, $75 each. Reg.: 9:15-9:45 am. RDS.:
10am-12:30pm-3pm-6pm, www.orlandochess.com. Info: call 407-248-0818
or email alex@orlandochess.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 19, Central FL Tornado
4SS, G/75. Casselberry CC, Wirz Park, 806 Mark David Blvd., Casselberry,
FL 32707. EF: $30, CFCC/CCC mbr $25, Masters free (EF deducted from
any prize). $$480 b/25, 160-80-60, U1800, U1600, U1400 $60 ea. Reg.:
9:30am. Rds.: 10, 1, 3:30, 6. Info: (407) 629-6946 or www.centralflchess.
org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 19, May Scholastic Tournament
Orlando Chess and Games Center. 5SS, G/30. EF: $30. Trophies and
medals to all players, awards at 3:30 pm. Reg.: 9:15-9:55 am. RDS.: 10-
11-12-1:30-2:30, www.orlandochess.com. Info: call 407-248-0818 or
email alex@orlandochess.com.
June 2, June Scholastic Tournament
Orlando Chess and Games Center. 5SS, G/30. EF: $30. Trophies and
medals to all players, awards at 3:30 pm. Reg.: 9:15-9:55 am. RDS.: 10-
11-12-1:30-2:30, www.orlandochess.com. Info: call 407-248-0818 or
email alex@orlandochess.com.
June 8-10 or 9-10, Sunshine Summer Open & Scholastic Chess
Tournament (formerly the After Memorial Open, now more sections)
See Grand Prix.
June 23, Central FL Tornado
4SS, G/75. Casselberry CC, Wirz Park, 806 Mark David Blvd., Casselberry,
FL 32707. EF: $30, CFCC/CCC mbr $25, Masters free (EF deducted from
any prize). $$480 b/25, 160-80-60, U1800, U1600, U1400 $60 ea. Reg.:
9:30am. Rds.: 10, 1, 3:30, 6. Info: (407) 629-6946 or www.centralflchess.
org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 27-29 or 28-29, 20th Annual Southern Open
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 24-28 or 26-28, Bahamas International & Amateur (Bahamas)
See Grand Prix.
Georgia
May 19, North Georgia Chess Center Scholastic Tournament
5-SS, G/30. Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 870 Buford Hwy (Ga Hwy 20),
Cumming, GA 30041. Exit 14 off Ga 400 Next to Lowes On Market
Place Blvd. 678-845-7100, For Directions Only! Sections: Open and
U800. EF: $22.00 (NGCC Members) $24.00 (Online Registration). $27.00
(Non NGCC Members) $29.00 (Online Registration). Entry For Late Reg-
istration: $27.00 (NGCC Members). $32.00 (Non NGCC Members). Reg.:
Sat. 8:30am - 9:30am. Rounds: 1st-10am, 2nd-11:30am, 3rd-1pm, 4th-
2:30pm, 5th-4pm. Tnmt. Info: 770-844-9204, northgachesscenter@gmail.
com, northgachesscenter.com.
May 27, North Georgia Chess Center Open G/45 Rated Tourna-
ment
5-SS. G/45 + 16 Second Delay. Bye: One 1/2 point available: Must be
submitted before 1st Round. (Accelerated Pairings May Be Used) North
Georgia Chess Center, 2450 Atlanta Hwy., Suite 201, Cumming, GA 30040.
WARNING!
THE USE OF A
CELL PHONE
IN THE TOURNAMENT ROOM IS
PROHIBITED!
AT MOST TOURNAMENTS!
IF YOUR CELL PHONE RINGS IN A ROOM WITH
GAMES IN PROGRESS, YOU COULD BE SEVERELY
PENALIZED, MAYBE EVEN FORFEITED!
TURN IT OFF!
64 Chess Life May 2012
If you are coming in from out of state special rates available at the Hol-
iday Inn Express 870 Buford Hwy (Ga Hwy 20) Cumming, GA 30041
please mention that you are in town for North Georgia Chess Center the
rates are $95.00 per night. Exit 14 off Ga 400 Next to Lowes On Market
Place Blvd. 678-845-7100 Hotel Directions Only! Prize Fund: 50% of Entry
Fee ($60.00) (not including additional non-member price or additional late
registration price) Sections: Open Section Only. 1st: 33%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd:
10%, u2000: 10%, u1600: 8.3%, u1200: 6.7%. Highest Rating Increase
for Tournament: 6.7%. Upset Prize: 5% (This is approximate prize dis-
bursement) EF: $60.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members) $65.00
(Non-North Georgia Chess Center Members); Late Registration Entry Fee:
$70.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members) $75.00 (Non-North Geor-
gia Chess Center Members) Must pay in cash or by check. Reg.:
Received by Thursday May 24th. Round Times: 1st-10:00am, 2nd-12:15,
3rd-2:30pm, 4th-4:45pm, 5th-7:00pm. Information: 770-844-9204, north-
gachesscenter@gmail.com, northgachesscenter.com.
June 22-24 or 23-24, 2012 Castle Chess Grand Prix
See Grand Prix.
July 8, North Georgia Chess Center Open - Game 45 Rated Tour-
nament
5-SS. G/45 + 16 Second Delay. Bye: One 1/2 point available: Must be
submitted before 1st Round. (Accelerated Pairings May Be Used) North
Georgia Chess Center, 2450 Atlanta Hwy., Suite 201, Cumming, GA 30040.
If you are coming in from out of state special rates available at the Hol-
iday Inn Express 870 Buford Hwy (Ga Hwy 20) Cumming, GA 30041
please mention that you are in town for North Georgia Chess Center the
rates are $95.00 per night. Exit 14 off Ga 400 Next to Lowes On Market
Place Blvd. 678-845-7100 Hotel Directions Only! Prize Fund: 50% of Entry
Fee ($60.00) (not including additional non-member price or additional late
registration price) Sections: Open Section Only. 1st: 33%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd:
10%, u2000: 10%, u1600: 8.3%, u1200: 6.7%. Highest Rating Increase
for Tournament: 6.7%. Upset Prize: 5% (This is approximate prize dis-
bursement) EF: $60.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members) $65.00
(Non-North Georgia Chess Center Members); Late Registration Entry Fee:
$70.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members) $75.00 (Non-North Geor-
gia Chess Center Members) Must pay in cash or by check. Reg.:
Received by Thursday July 5th. Round Times: 1st-10:00am, 2nd-12:15,
3rd-2:30pm, 4th-4:45pm, 5th-7:00pm. Information: 770-844-9204, north-
gachesscenter@gmail.com, northgachesscenter.com.
July 27-29 or 28-29, 20th Annual Southern Open (FL)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 3-5, North Georgia Chess Center Championship
5-SS. G/90 + 30 Second Delay. Bye: One 1/2 point available: Must be
submitted before 1st Round. North Georgia Chess Center, 2450 Atlanta
Hwy., Suite 201, Cumming, GA 30040. For those coming in from out
of state or long distances, the Holiday Inn Express & Suites 870
Buford Hwy (Ga Hwy 20) Cumming, GA 30041, is offering our cus-
tomers discounted rates Exit 14 off Ga 400 Next to Lowes On
Market Place Blvd. For Directions or reservations Only: 678-845-
7100. Prize Fund: 50% of Entry Fee ($60.00) (not including additional
non-member price or additional late registration price). Sections: Open
Section Only. (Accelerated Pairings possibly used for 1st Two Rounds).
Prizes: 1st: 33%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 10%, u2000: 10%, u1600: 8.3%, u1200:
6.7%. Highest Rating Increase: 6.7%. Upset Prize: 5%. Entry Fee:
$60.00 (North Georgia Chess Center Members); $65.00 (Non-North
Georgia Chess Center Members). Late Registration Entry Fee; $70.00
(North Georgia Chess Center Members); $75.00 (Non-North Georgia
Chess Center Members). Must pay in cash or by check. Registration:
Must be Received by Thursday August 2nd to avoid late registration
fees. Round Times: 1st - 7:30pm (Friday 3 day Schedule) or (9:30am Sat
2 day schedule) 2nd - 2:30pm, 3rd - 7:30pm, 4th - 11:00 am, 5th -
4:00pm. Tournament Info: 770-844-9204, northgachesscenter@gmail.
com, northgachesscenter.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Idaho
May 19-20, 2nd Annual ICA Players Memorial
5SS, Time Control: G/90,d5 Rd 1, G/120,d5 Rds 2-5. 2 Sections: Open
and Reserve (U1400). Site: Boise State University (BSU) Student Union
Bldg., 1910 University Dr., Boise, ID. USCF mem req., EF by 5/14 $30 (U18
& 60+ $25) (Special $10 for BSU Club Members), Special Family Rate
of $60. $5 more for all if received after 5/14. Email entries OK. North-
west Chess Grand Prix points available! Register & check in: 8-8:30am
5/19. Rd times: Sat 9am, 1pm, 6pm; Sun 9am, 2pm. 1/2 pt byes: Max
1, Rds 1-4 only, must commit by end of Rd 2. Prizes: $$ b/30 non-BSU
entries; Open: $200-100-75; Reserve: $100-75-50. HR/ENT/INFO: ICA,
www.idahochessassociation.org. Contact: Jeff Roland, 1514 S. Longmont
Ave., Boise, ID 83706-3732. jroland@cableone.net. NC, NS, W. Chess
Magnet School JGP.
Illinois
North Shore Chess Center
5500 W. Touhy Ave., Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077,
847.423.8626, www.nachess.org/nscc. Multiple monthly
chess events: Quick and Regular rated tournaments,
FIDE amateur tournaments, simuls and lectures by
masters. Private & Group lessons for all ages and
strengths available. Home of the Chicago Blaze US
Chess League team. Contact: Sevan A. Muradian Inter-
national Arbiter & International Organizer - sevan@na
chess.org.
May 5, June 2, July 7, Aug. 4, Warriors Open & Reserve
G/60+5(sec.delay), 3R-SS. Lincoln-Way West HS, 21701 S. Gouger Rd.,
New Lenox, IL 60451. Reg.: 8:15-8:45 am. Rds.: 9, 11:30, & 2. 2 Sec-
tions: Open & Reserve (U1000). EF: $5. No concession on site (bring sack
lunch). USCF membership required. Contact: Coach Miller 815-463-
0104 or stevencraigmiller@comcast.net with questions.
May 19, Ninth Annual David Mote Memorial Open
4SS, G/75 (1st round G/60). First Congregational Church, 2100 Bates Ave.,
Springfield. Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10-12:30-3:15-6. Lunch break at noon.
EF: $17 by 5/16, $20 at site, $2 less to SCC members. Prizes: $$400 b/30.
140-80, 1600-1999 60, 1200-1599 50, Under 1200 40, Unrated 30. Ent/
Info: David Long, 401 S. Illinois St., Springfield 62704. 217-726-2584. Infor-
mation and directions available at our new web site www.springfield
chessclub.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open
See Grand Prix.
May 27, Chicago Open Action Quads
3RR, G/25, d/5, dual rated. Westin North Shore Hotel (see Chicago
Open). EF: $20, at site only. $$ 50 1st each section. Reg. ends 1:45 pm,
rds. 2, 3, 4.
May 27, Chicago Open G/15 (QC)
4SS, G/15, d/3. Westin North Shore Hotel (see Chicago Open). Prizes $300
based on 20 entries, else in proportion: $100-50, U2100 $60, U1800 $50,
U1500/Unr $40. EF: $20, at site only. Reg. ends 9:45 pm, rds. 10, 11, 11:45,
12:30. One half pt bye available, must commit before rd 2. Quick rated,
but higher of regular or quick used for pairings & prizes.
May 28, Chicago Open Blitz & Game/7 (QC)
2 separate tournaments at Westin North Shore Hotel (see Chicago
Open). Blitz: G/5, no delay. Game/7: G/7, d/2. Each is a 4-SS, double
round (8 games) with prizes $300 based on 20 entries, else in propor-
tion: $100-50, U2100 $60, U1800 $50, U1500/Unr $40. EF: $20, at site
only. Blitz: reg. ends 12:45 pm, rds. 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30. Game/7: reg. ends
10:15 pm, rds. 10:30, 11:15, 12, 12:45. Both: One pair of 1/2 pt byes avail-
able, must commit before rd 2. Quick rated, but higher of regular or quick
used for pairings & prizes.
June 10, 78th Knights Quest
4SS, G/25, d5. Hilton Hotel, 2855 N. Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook. Pre-
sented by Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation. USCF Rated Sections:
Open (K-12 & Adults), U1400 (K-12 & Adults), U1000 (K-8) & U600 (K-
8). Awards: Top 5 each section, medals all others, Team Awards: Top 2
teams in U600 & U1000. On-site Reg.: 12:00-12:30 pm. Rds.: 1 at 1:00
pm, rest ASAP. EF: $30 by 6/4, $35 after, $40 on-site. Registration/Info
at: www.rknights.org.
July 20-22 or 21-22, 5th annual Chicago Class
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 7th annual Indianapolis Open (IN)
See Grand Prix.
Indiana
Every Second Saturday of the Month
4SS, G/61d5. Donatos Pizza, 825 W. 10th St., Indianapolis. Reg.: 11-
11:30AM, Rd 1, 11:40AM. $$:b/20 1st $200; 2nd $100; Class (A, B,) (C,
D, E, Unr) $70 each. Prizes increased if + 20. EF: $27 - $5.00 BD month,
- $5.00 for any state association (except ISCA), OCCC Memb.req'd Memb.
includes magazine+. FIDE Titled Players Free. Ent: Donald Urquhart, 501
N. East St. # 802, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Info: at 317-634-6259 or e-
mail akakarpov@att.net. 3 entries in a class req'd for that class prize
to be awarded. Chess Magnet School JGP.
Orange Crush Chess Club Friday Night Blitz (QC)
Burger King, 410 E Morris St. (E Morris St and S East St). Show your OCCC
card for free upsize. Reg.: 6-6:25pm, starts at 6:30pm. Type: 3 RR Quad,
G/5d2, QC. EF: $8.00, $$4-Quad 1st $25.00. Ent: Donald Urquhart, 501
N. East St., #802, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Info: Don at 317-634-6259 or
email akakarpov@att.net.
May 12, Southern Indiana Open
4SS, G/75, d/5. Noble Romans, 2403 Washington Ave., Evansville IN
47714, 812-477-5347. EF: $30. Reg.: 10:15- 10:45. 1st Rd. 11:00, oth-
ers ASAP. PF (based on 12): 1st $105, 2nd $55, B,C,D/E/Unr. Each $60.
1 bye if before Rd.1. ENTRIES: Craig Hines, 613 North Park Dr., Evans-
ville, IN 47710, Mrsci2740@hotmail.com. NS, NC, W. Chess Magnet
School JGP.
A State Championship Event!
May 19, Indiana State Blitz Championship (QC)
Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 2930 Waterfront Pkwy., West Dr., Indi-
anapolis, IN 46214. In 2 Sections, Championship: Rounds 4-6 Rd. DRR,
$$: $130-65-55-40-40-40. Finals: Top 4-6 from Prelims. Consolation:
Rounds TBA SS, G/5 d/0, $$: $40. u1900 - 20, u1700 - 20, u1500 - 20,
u1300 - 20. ALL: EF: $20 rcvd by 5/15, $25 at site. Memb. Req'd: ISCA.
OSA. Reg.: Ends: 5:30pm. Rds.: Round 1: Preliminaries 6pm (Finals &
Consolation 8pm). ENT: ISCA, C/o Gary Fox, P. O. 114, Logansport, IN
46947. 574-722-4965. INFO: info@indianachess.org. www.indianachess.
org. NS. NC. W.
A State Championship Event!
May 19, Indiana State Quick Championship (QC)
Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 2930 Waterfront Pkwy, West Dr.,
Indianapolis, IN 46214. In 3 Sections, Championship: 4SS, G/10 Inc/15,
$$: $140-70. u2300 - 65, u2100 - 60, u1900 - 55. Reserve u1700: 4SS,
G/10 Inc/15, Open to 1699 & under. $$: $120-60-55. u1500 - 50, 45, 40.
u1300: 4SS, G/10 Inc/15, $$: $100-50. u1100 - 45, 40. ALL: EF: $25 rcvd
by 4/15, $30 at site. Memb. Req'd: ISCA. OSA. 1st, 2nd medals for Champ,
Reserve & u1300. Reg.: Ends 10:30am. Rds.: 11, 1, 2, 3. ENT: ISCA, C/o
Gary Fox, P. O. 114, Logansport, IN 46947, 574-722-4965. INFO: info@indi-
anachess.org. www.indianachess.org. Enter Quick & Blitz for $5 off.
NS. NC. W.
May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL)
See Grand Prix.
May 27, Chicago Open Action Quads (IL)
See Illinois.
May 27, Chicago Open G/15 (QC) (IL)
See Illinois.
May 28, Chicago Open Blitz & Game/7 (QC) (IL)
See Illinois.
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July 20-22 or 21-22, 5th annual Chicago Class (IL)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 7th annual Indianapolis Open
See Grand Prix.
Iowa
May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL)
See Grand Prix.
Kansas
July 20-22, Kansas Open
Check website for details www.kansaschess.org, Kansas Open ad.
Kentucky
June 9-10, 2012 Kentucky Open
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 7th annual Indianapolis Open (IN)
See Grand Prix.
Louisiana
May 26-27, Louisiana Open 2012
5SS, G/150, except for RDS. 1, which is G/75. Web: Complete details at
www.lafayettechess.org. Site: Hilton Garden Inn, 2350 W. Congress St.,
Lafayette, LA 70506. Reg.: Sat. 8:30-9:45am. Rounds: Sat. 10am, 1:30pm
& 6pm. Sun 9am, 1pm. Byes: One 1/2 pt bye available if requested before
rd 2, except for last round. Prizes: 70% returned; 1st 200 2nd 150 MXA
1st 200 2d 150 B 1st 200, 2d 150, C 1st 200, 2d 150 D 1st 200, 2d 150 E
below and UNR: 1st 200 2d 150. 3 persons in each class or combined.
EF: $70. Free parking. To reserve by phone, call 337-291-1977, and ref-
erence Lafayette Chess Club. Entry/Info: www.lafayettechess.org. Checks
payable to, James MacManus, 225 W. Main St., Lafayette, LA 70501.
(337)234-1720. NS, NC. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 1-3, Susan Polgar Open for Boys & Girls (K-12; Team & Indi-
vidual)
6SS, G/45. Holiday Inn Downtown Superdome, 330 Loyola Ave., New
Orleans, LA 70112 (800-535-7830). SIDE EVENTS: Fri: Susan Polgar
Chess Camp, Chess Puzzle Competition, Bughouse Tournament (at Audu-
bon Insectarium); Sat: Blitz Tournament (at World War II Museum) &
Susan Polgar Simul; Sun: Breakfast/Q & A Session with GM Polgar (at
Brennan's Restaurant), Aquatic Simul with GM Andre Diamant. 8 Sects
with each sect. separately for Boys and Girls: Primary (K-2); Ele-
mentary (K-5); Middle School (K-8); High School (K-12). PRIZES:
Over $100,000 in scholarships to Texas Tech University! Trophies guar-
anteed to top 10 ind. and top 3 school teams in each sect. and top club
team in separate boys and girls overall. Every non-trophy winner receives
a souvenir chess medal. Special award to out-of-state team with most
participants and to team (or individual) who travels farthest to tourn. Team
Info: Teams may have as many players as they wish from the same
school or home school district and team players must register in the same
section. Club teams are allowed and a 1st place trophy will be awarded
to top club team overall (not based on sections) for boys and girls sep-
arately (no co-ed teams). A player must declare whether he/she is on a
school team or a club team but may not be on both. Must have a mini-
mum of 2 players to be considered a team; the top 3 player scores will
count for final team score. USCF-recommended computer tiebreaks will
decide trophy and medal placements for winners of all sections. RDS.:
Sat: 8:30-10:30-12:30; Sun: 12-2-4. Awards ceremony at 6pm. EF: $40
by 4/30; $50 by 5/15; $60 at site; Byes: One 1/2-pt. bye allowed for any
Rd if requested before Rd 2. Pre-registration required by 10pm June 1
in order to play in first round of main event. Later on-site registrations
accepted until 9:30am on June 2 will receive 1/2-pt. bye for Rd 1. HR:
$99 (with 2-night min. on June 1 & 2) for single, double, triple or quad
(800-535-7830), reserve by May 1 and mention Polgar Chess Tournament
to assure group rate, which will also be avail. 2 nights before and after
event. ENT: On-line registration and printable entry form at www.cajun
chess.com, or mail entry form to Cajun Chess, 7230 Chadbourne Dr., New
Orleans, LA 70126. Info: More information on tournament events and
optional tours avail. at www.polgarevents.com or www.cajunchess.com
(click on Tournaments and then on Upcoming Tournaments & Chess
Events). Phone Ent: 504-208-9596 or 504-905-2971. Major credit cards
accepted (no checks at site).
July 21-22, 2012 Paul Morphy Open
See Grand Prix.
Maine
June 9, Saco Quickplay (QC)
See Grand Prix.
Maryland
A State Championship Event!
May 12-13, 2012 Maryland Senior Championship
Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville, MD
21228. Format: 4SS, G/115; d5. Open to USCF members born before May
12, 1962. EF: $40 if Rec'd by 5/9, $50 at site. Free entries to GM's, $40
deducted from prizes. Top Maryland resident receives title of MD Sen-
ior Champion 2012, trophy, free entry, plus $250 expenses to US Senior
Open, July 9-14, 2012 at the Hilton Hobby Airport, Houston, TX 77061.
Reg.: 9-9:45 AM. Rds.: Sat. 10 AM, 3PM, Sunday 9:30 AM, 2:30PM. 1/2
point bye available if requested before rd. 2. Prizes: $$1000 Gtd: $300-
$175-$150, Top U2000 $130, U1700 $125, U1400 $120. Plaques to Top
Age 60-69 and Top Age 70 +. Standard USCF tiebreak's used for
titles/plaques. Make checks payable to: Maryland Chess Assoc. Mail
to: Joseph Summers, 1201 Daniels Ave., Baltimore, MD 21207. Please put
date of birth and USCF id number with entry. Info: Wilbert A. Brown 410-
327-9191, Joe Summers 410-788-1009.
May 18 & June 8, Catonsville Friday Knight Quick #140 & #141 (QC)
5SS, G/12, d3. EF: $8, club members $5. Reg.: 7:30pm. Rds.: 8, 8:30, 9,
9:30, 10. $$b/24 1st=$50, 2nd=$25, U1850 $12. Website: http://mysite.
verizon.net/vze12d59q/. Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury
Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228. Info: Joe Summers 410-788-1009, joseph
as2@verizon.net.
May 19, Cecil County Chess Club Quads
All levels welcome! 3 Rd. Quads. Fairgreen Senior Community Apartments,
100 Greenway, Perryville, MD 21903. Game 90. EF: $20. $$GTD: $50. Reg.:
9-9:45 AM. Rds.: 10 AM, 1:30 PM, 5 PM. ENT: 302-740-3442, KevinJPy
tel@aol.com. INFO: Free coffee and light refreshments! NS. W.
June 2-3, 3rd Annual Catonsville-Fells Point Open
5SS, G/85, d/5. EF: $30 before May 30, $35 until June 1, $40 at door.
Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville, MD
21228. 3 Sections: Open: $$600b/24 $250-$120-$80, Top X, A $75.
Amateur/U1900: $$550b/24 $200-$120-$80; Top U1700, U1550, $75.
Reserve/U1400: $$450b/20 $175-$90-$65, Top U1200, U1000 $60 b/4.
Reg.: 9:45-10:50am Rds.: Sat 11:00-3:00-7:00 Sun 10:00-2:00. Bye: 1-
5, max 2. Must commit before Rd 3. Upset: Top upset in each round in
all sections: =book prize. Info: josephas2@verizon.net, Online Reg:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze12d59q. Ent: Joe Summers, 1201 Daniels

Membership Appreciation Program (MAP)

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

Overall Affiliate Standings Adult Membership Standings

Name State Count Name State Count
PAPERCLIP PAIRINGS TX 293 CONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN NY 184
CONTINENTAL CHESS ASSN NY 248 SCHOLASTIC CHESS OF INDIANA IN 49
SCHOLASTIC CHESS OF INDIANA IN 195 JERSEY SHORE HS CHESS LEAGUE NJ 48
SILVER KNIGHTS VA 166 MARSHALL CHESS CLUB NY 43
NATIONAL SCHOL CHESS FOUND INC NY 141 MAINE ASSOC OF CHESS COACHES ME 40
BAY AREA CHESS CA 128 AFTER SCH ACT PARTNERSHIPS PA 30
MAINE ASSOC OF CHESS COACHES ME 111 BOCA RATON CHESS CLUB FL 26
GATEWAY CHESS LEAGUE MO 101 GREATER HENDERSON COUNTY CHESS IA 26
WESTERN PA YOUTH CHESS CLUB PA 87 ROCHESTER CHESS CENTER NY 25
TRI-STATE CHESS NY 82 CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CTR MO 23
Small State Affiliate Standings Scholastic and Youth Membership Standings
Name State Count Name State Count
MAINE ASSOC OF CHESS COACHES ME 111 PAPERCLIP PAIRINGS TX 277
NEW MEXICO SCHOL CHESS ORG NM 29 SILVER KNIGHTS VA 162
OMAHA CHESS COMMUNITY NE 28 SCHOLASTIC CHESS OF INDIANA IN 146
METRO CHESS DC 27 NATIONAL SCHOL CHESS FOUND INC NY 139
WELLS MEMORIAL SCHOOL NH 27 BAY AREA CHESS CA 114
CMC- LLC RI 17 WESTERN PA YOUTH CHESS CLUB PA 84
WEST VIRGINIA SCHL CHESS ASN WV 15 TRI-STATE CHESS NY 82
SIOUX EMPIRE CHESS FOUNDATION SD 13 GATEWAY CHESS LEAGUE MO 81
ST MARYS PARISH SCHOOL CC ME 9 MAINE ASSOC OF CHESS COACHES ME 71
MESA CHESS CLUB NM 7 OUR LADY OF LAS VEGAS SCHOOL NV 66
State Chapter Affiliate Standings Member Standings
Name State Count Name State Count
MICHIGAN CHESS ASSOCIATION MI 298 DOCKERY, JOHN T FL 25
PENNSYLVANIA ST CHESS FED PA 166 SYGIEL, CHET KY 20
MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION MD 109 SMITH, CHARLES A AL 15
TEXAS CHESS ASSOCIATION INC TX 93 KRANICH RITTER, TANIA FL 15
MINNESOTA ST CHESS ASSN MN 70 THE WAR ROOM CHESS CLUB TX 11
NEW JERSEY ST CHESS FED NJ 50 CAMPBELL, TIM V MO 8
MASSACHUSETTS CHESS ASSOC MA 46 FANGMAN, LARRY NE 8
OKLAHOMA CHESS ASSOCIATION OK 20 DZURICSKO, GEORGE J, III IL 8
VIRGINIA CHESS FEDERATION VA 19 WHITFILL, SAMUEL JONATHAN TX 8
KENTUCKY CHESS ASSOCIATION KY 11 BONDAR, SERGE IL 7

PCT Gain Standings

State Dec11 Mar12 PCT State Dec11 Mar12 PCT State Dec11 Mar12 PCT State Dec11 Mar12 PCT
WY 34 42 23.5 NE 320 361 12.8 MD 2070 2287 10.5 CT 1302 1411 8.4
UT 410 482 17.6 AL 641 723 12.8 IN 1419 1566 10.4
ME 451 517 14.6 MN 1045 1175 12.4 NV 710 770 8.5

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Ave., Balt., MD 21207. Include USCF ID and section: Open, U1900 or
U1400. PH: 410-788-1009. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 9-10, 2012 Delaware Capital Open (DE)
See Delaware.
July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 28-Aug. 1, 2012 Washington International
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 24-26 or 25-26, 44th annual Atlantic Open (DC)
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 4-8, 5-8, 6-8 or 6-7, 3rd annual Continental Class Champi-
onships (VA)
See Grand Prix.
Massachusetts
May 9, North Berkshire Chess Club Quads (QC)
MASS MoCA, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, MA 01247. 3 Round Quads
GAME 15 w/ 5 sec delay $5 entry ~ winner of Quad gets $15. Will run mul-
tiple Quads if get numbers. 6:00 Reg and start Rounds to start as we
go. USCF membership required will be Quick Rated. INFO: Vincent
Bradley Bradley, Chess@gmail.com, http://NorthBerkshireChessClub.
co.cc.
May 18-20 or 19-20, 20th annual New York State Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
May 26-28 or 27-28, 81st Massachusetts Open
See Grand Prix.
June 8-10 or 9-10, 18th Annual Northeast Open (CT)
See Grand Prix.
June 9-10, Rhode Island State Championship (RI)
See Rhode Island.
June 24, 2nd annual Schenectady Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
June 27-Aug. 1, Harlow B. Daly Memorial
5SS, G/110, d/5. Wachusett CC, McKay Campus School, Room C159, Fitch-
burg State University, 67 Rindge Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $1 per game
played; free to Wachusett CC members. Reg.: 7-7:10 p.m. Rds.: 7:15 p.m.
Byes: 1-4, limit two. Prizes: chess books. Info: George Mirijanian, 176
Oak Hill Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420, miriling@aol.com, 978-345-5011. Web-
site: www.wachusettchess.org. Online ratings as of June 27 will be
used. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 27-29 or 28-29, 17th Annual Bradley Open (CT)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 9-12, 10-12 or 11-12, 42nd annual Continental Open
See Grand Prix.
Michigan
May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 3-5 or 4-5, Cleveland Open (OH)
See Grand Prix.
Minnesota
May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL)
See Grand Prix.
Missouri
May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL)
See Grand Prix.
May 26, Show Me Classic
4SS, G/70. Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, 4657 Maryland
Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108. Free entries for GMs and IMs. EF: $25, $20
for annual members of the club if registered by 5/25. MCA membership
req'd from $5. OSA. PF: $750 UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED!! 1st
Place-$145, 2nd Place-$105. $100 for 1st in each class: A, B, C, D,
U1200/UNR. Winner qualifies for 2013 Club Championship. Reg.: 9-
9:45. Rds.: 10, 12:30, 3:30, 6:15. One 1/2 point bye if declared before
round 1. MCA Membership required from $5. OSA. Ent: 4657 Maryland
Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108, or online at saintlouischessclub.org. Info:
314-361-CHESS, info@saintlouischessclub.org. Chess Magnet School
JGP.
DROPPING OUT?
Have to miss a round?
It is very important that you
NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR
before pairings are made, so no one
is deprived of a game! If you forfeit
without notice, you may be FINED
up to the amount of the entry fee!
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June 23, Super Team Championship
4SS, G/65. Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, 4657 Maryland
Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63108. Free entries for GMs and IMs. EF: $75 for
3 person team, $60 for 3 person team that are all annual members of
the club if registered by 6/22. MCA membership req'd from $5. PF:
$750 Unconditionally Guaranteed!! Championship Team-$450, Top Team
U4800-$300. 1st Place team members qualify for 2013 Club Championship.
Reg.: 9-9:45. Rds.: 10, 12:30, 3, 5:30. No Half-point byes available.
Unrateds will be considered 1200 for prize and pairing purposes. MCA
Membership required from $5. OSA. Ent: 4657 Maryland Ave., Saint Louis,
MO 63108, or online at saintlouischessclub.org Info: 314-361-CHESS,
info@saintlouischessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 30, 1st Annual Win Cash No Entry Fee Championship
The Kansas City Chess Club, 7667 NW Prairie View Rd., Suites 200 & 201,
Kansas City, MO 64151 4SS, G/60 5 Second Delay. Reg.: 11:30. Rds.:
Sat.12/2:15/4:30/6:45. EF: Free for KCCA Members. $27 Non-Mem-
bers. Prizes: $400 Guaranteed, Open 1st $100/ U1950 1st $100/U1700
1st $100/U1400 1st $100. Ent: Kenneth Fee, 1537 Baker St., Liberty, MO
64068. Questions: 816-399-3703. Req. Memb: USCF & KC Chess Asso-
ciation. Sold onsite. Register online at: www.kansascitychessclub.com.
June 30, 2012 Kansas City Open
4SS, G/75/5td. Noland Rd Baptist Church, 4505 S. Noland Rd., Independ-
ence, MO 64055. Reg.: 8-8:45. Rds.: 9, 12, 3, 6. USCF & MCA required,
OSA. EF: $20 by 6/23, $30 onsite. Sections: Open & Reserve (U1600)
b/40: 1st $150, 2nd $100, 3rd $50 each section. Entries to: CJ Armenta,
12734 Richmond, Grandview, MO 64030. Cash only onsite. Chess Mag-
net School JGP.
Montana
June 9-10, Hellgate Open
Open, 5SS, Rds. 1-2 G/90, Rds. 3-4-5 G/120. Site: Doubletree-Edgewa-
ter Inn, 100 Madison St., Missoula, MT 59802. EF: $25 by June 8, $5 more
at site, jrs 1/2, free entry to 1st time USCF. Reg.: 9-9:40, phone/email
entries must be paid by 9:40. Rds.: 10-1:30-7, 9am-1:30 or ASAP.
$$based on 20: $80, $50, $25 top upset, both non-prov. $25 each to 1700-
1899, 1500-1699, 1300-1499, U/1300. Info and entries: Dan McCourt,
608 West Central, Missoula, MT 59801, (406)-721-0254, mccourtdj@msn.
com. Checks to UCCC. Memb. req'd, $12, OSA. Byes: Ok but rd 5 by close
of 1st day. Bonus: Highwater Blitz: Game/5, format by acclamation, 95%
returned, $8 fee, jrs 1/2, no byes, rds: 5:15 then ASAP. USCF member-
ship to 1st timers with plus scores. Enter same as Hellgate Open. W. NC.
Chess Magnet School JGP for Main event.
Nevada
June 14, 2012 U.S. Game/10 Championship (QC)
See Nationals.
June 15, National Open Scholastic Trophy Tournament
5-SS, Game/30. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard
South, Las Vegas 89109. Open to players 18 and under. In 3 sections:
U1800, U1200, and U800. Unrateds in the U1200 section and all players
in the U800 section must be age 11 or under. Trophies to top 5 in each
section, top 2 in each odd 200 point rating group and unrated. EF: $33
by 5/28, $39 by 6/13, $45 on site. REG.: 9-9:30 a.m. RDS.: 10-11:30-1-
2:30-4. Blitz 6:30 p.m. ($15 by 5/28 $20 on site) HR: $59 single or double
($89 Friday and Saturday nights). 1-800-634-6753 or (702) 734-5110. ENT:
National Open, PO Box 90925, Henderson, NV 89009-0925, on line
www.VegasChessFestival.com or fax at (702) 933-9112. NS. NC. W.
June 15-17 or 16-17, 2012 National Open
See Nationals.
June 16-17, International Youth Championship
5SS, Game/60. Riviera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard
South, Las Vegas 89109. In 4 Sections by age: 14 and Under, 14 and
Under Reserve (rated below 1100), 9 and Under, 9 and Under Reserve
(rated below 900). Trophies to top 10 in each section plus class trophies
and team trophies. 1st Place in each section wins a Computer loaded
with Chess Software, 2nd-4th win chess prizes valued at 250-150-100.
Unrated players may not win 1st in Reserve sections. EF: $59 by 5/27,
$69 by 6/13, $80 on site. 1/2 point bye in any round (limit 2) if requested
in advance. REG.: 8-9 a.m. RDS.: 10-1-4, 10-1. Blitz 6/15 at 6:30 p.m. ($15
by 5/28 $20 on site) HR: $59 single or double ($89 Friday and Saturday
nights). 1-800-634-6753 or (702) 734-5110. ENT: National Open, PO Box
90925, Henderson, NV 89009-0925, on line www.VegasChessFestival.com
or fax at (702) 933-9112. NS. NC. W.
July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, 17th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-S)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 4th annual Central California Open (CA-N)
See Grand Prix.
New Hampshire
June 22-24, 62nd New Hampshire Open
See Grand Prix.
New Jersey
Fair Lawn Saturday Quads
Schedule through June 30, 2012. 3RR, G/60 for quads with rating above
1000; G/30 for quads with rating below 1000 or unrated ICA. 9 - 10 SAD-
DLE RIVER RD., FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410. EF: $25 Prizes: $50 to 1st place
in each quad. Reg.: 1-1:15 PM. Rds.: 1:15 PM-3:30-5:40 (rating above
1000). Rds.: 1:10 PM-2:20-3:30 (rating below 1000 or unrated). Info: Diana
201-797-0330, diana@icanj.net; www.icanj.net. EVERY SATURDAY. ALL:
ICA provides breakfast & lunch.
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Girls Chess Lessons & Tuesday G/15 (U2000)
(QC)
Chess Lessons: 5pm-6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly/daily:
$50/$15. 4SS, Rds.: 7pm, 7:40pm, 8:20pm, & 9pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes:
80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants. Chess
Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (760)583-8429/(732)499-
0118. www.chessmatesnj.com.
May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Chess Lessons & Wednesday G/90 (4SS,
Monthly)
Lessons: 5pm-6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly: $95 (Monday
and Wednesday)/Daily: $15. Monthly 4SS, Rd starts at 7pm. EF: $30/$25
Prizes: 70% of EF. Prizes: 1st, 2nd & Class Prizes (based on the # of par-
ticipants). 1 bye available, commit at least two days before the next round.
No re-entry. GMs free entry ($20 deducted from prizes). Chess Mates Cor-
poration, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. (732)499-0118/(760)583-
8429. www.chessmatesnj.com. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 5, 12, 19, 26, Saturday Camp and Quad G/45
Saturday Chess Camp: 9am-1pm. Fees: $55/ $60. Snacks and lunch
included. Quad: G/45. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: $60 to first in each section.
Rds.: 1:30pm, 3:15pm, 5pm. GMs - Free entry. ($15 deducted from prizes).
Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. (732)499-
0118/(760)583-8429, www.chessmatesnj.com.
May 6, 13, 20, 27, Sunday Advance Lesson & Open Blitz (G/5/RR)
(QC)
Advance Lesson (Above 1600 USCF Rating): 6:15pm-7:15pm, $15. Blitz
start: 7:30pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes:
based on the # of participants. GMs - Free entry ($15 deducted from
prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (732) 499-
0118. www.chessmatesnj.com.
May 6, 13, 20, 27, Sunday Camp and Quad G/30
Sunday Chess Camp: 10am-6pm. Fees: $80/$90. Snacks and lunch
included. Quad: G/30: Starts at 3pm. EF: $15/ $10, camp participants
are free. Prize per Quad: 1st Place: Trophy or $35. Chess Mates Corpo-
ration, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (760)583-8429/(732)499-0118.
www.chessmatesnj.com.
May 7, 14, 21, 28, Chess Lessons & Monday Quad G/30
Chess Lessons: 5pm-6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly: $95
(Monday and Wednesday) and Daily: $15. Quad: 3RR, Rds.: 7pm, 8:15pm,
9:30pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. GMs - Free entry.
($15 deducted from prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St.,
Rahway, NJ. (760)583-8429/(732)499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com.
May 12, Central Jersey Chess Tournament
4SS, G/30. All Saints Church, 16 All Saints Rd., Princeton. 3 rated sec-
tions (all K-8): Open (above 900), Reserve (600-900), Experienced
(below 600). 2 unrated sections: K-1, Novice (2nd-8th). Trophies to 1st-
3rd & top school/club team per section. EF: $30 at njchess.com by 5/10,
$40 on-site. On-site reg ends 1:15, pre-reg check-in ends 1:30, first round
at 2. Questions: newjerseychess@gmail.com.
May 18-20 or 19-20, 20th annual New York State Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
May 19, Hamilton Chess Club Quads
3RR, 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation Center, Bldg. 392,
Groveville, NJ 08620. Quads open to all. EF: $10. Prizes: $25 per Quad.
Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm-4:30/pm. NJ State Chess
Federation, no dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA. NS, NC, W.
May 19, Princeton Day School
650 The Great Road. Plaques to top 3 school teams and top 6 in each sec-
tion. Medals to all players. Four sections for OVER 1000 begin at 10:15
and must preregister: OVER 1600 (K-12), NEAR MASTERS (K-12 over
1400) and FUTURE MASTERS (Players K-12 over 1200) G/55/d5, 3
rds. CLOSED (K-12 1000-1200) G/40/d5 4 rds. ALL OTHER SECTIONS.
G/25/d5 4 rds. Beginning at 12:00 noon. (round times will be acceler-
ated if possible): OPEN (Players K-12 U-1000), RESERVE (K-12 U-800),
NOVICE II (K-8 U-600), NOVICE I (unrated K-6), K-1 (unrated) NO
SCORE K-1 (unrated). PARENTS OF PLAYERS rated G/25/d5 3 rounds.
Pre-registration online, pay at the door $35. Parents play free. On-site
11-12 noon $45. Info and register online: www.pds.org/chess. Inquires
to Bonnie Waitzkin Chessteach@gmail.com.
May 19-20, New Jersey Junior Championship
OPEN: (K-12) 4SS, G/90 +30sec incr. ICA ,9-10 Saddle River Rd., Fair
Lawn, NJ 07410 Phone: 201 797-0330. Trophies to top 10. Top High
School player from NJ awarded entry to Denker Tournament of HS Cham-
pions. Top K-8 from NJ awarded entry to Dewain Barber Tournament of
K-8 State Champions. Open section is FIDE rated. Reg.: Sat. 8-9:30am.
Rds.: 10-3: Sat, 10-3 Sun. Game 15 playoff if ties. RESERVE: (K-12 &
U1400) 4SS, G/60. Trophies to top 10, U1300, U1200, U1000, Unr. ALL:
Entry fee $35 if received by 5/12, $50 at site. Reg.: Sun. 8-9:30am. Rds.:
10-1-3-5:30 Sun. ENT: NJSCF, P.O. Box 1511, Jackson, NJ 08527. Make
checks payable to NJSCF or online at www.characterkings.org. Info:
Hal Sprechman, 732-259-3881, hsprechman@characterkings.org. FIDE.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 20, Westfield Quads
Note changes to reg & rds. 3 RR, G/40 T/D 5s, G/45. Westfield Y, 220
Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF:
$20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info:
Please present identification on entering the building. Todd Lunna 732-
526-7163, lunnaco@aol.com, www.westfieldchessclub.com.
May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open! (NY)
See Grand Prix.
May 26, U.S. Amateur K-8 East U1200
5-SS, G/30. Somerset-Bridgewater Hotel (previously Crowne Plaza
Hotel), 110 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ, Telephone 732-560-0500. In 3
Sections (U1200, U900, & U600). Trophies to Top 10, Others win chess
medallions. Unrated may not win first. Registration: Saturday May 26,
11am-12pm. Rounds: 12:30pm, then ASAP with lunch break after round
#2. EF: $29 if mailed by May 25 or paid online via EntryFeesRus.com,
EF: $40 cash at site. One 1/2 point bye allowed if requested with EF. April
Rating supplement used. Ent: Ken Thomas, 115 W. Moore St., Hacketts
town, NJ 07840. Checks to NJSCF. Indicate grade level. Info: 908-619-
8621 or acn@goes.com. NS. NC. W.
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May 26-28 or 27-28, 68th Annual U.S. Amateur East Championship
See Nationals.
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Fair Lawn Saturday Quads
3RR, G/60 for quads with rating above 1000; G/30 for quads with rat-
ing below 1000 or unrated. Site: 9-10 SADDLE RIVER RD., FAIR LAWN,
NJ 07410. EF: $25. Prizes: $50 to 1st place in each quad. Reg.: 1-1:15
PM. Rds.: 1:15 PM, 3:30, 5:40 (rating above 1000). Rds.: 1:10 PM, 2:20,
3:30 (rating below 1000 or unrated). Info: Diana 201 797 0330, diana@
icanj.net; www.icanj.net. EVERY SATURDAY. ALL: ICA provides break-
fast & lunch.
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Saturday Camp and Quad G/45
Saturday Chess Camp: 9am-1pm. Fees: $55/ $60. Snacks and lunch
included. Quad: G/45. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: $60 to first in each section.
Rds.: 1:30pm, 3:15pm, 5pm. GMs - Free entry. ($15 deducted from prizes).
Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065. (732)499-
0118/(760)583-8429, www.chessmatesnj.com.
June 3, Dr. David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Summer 2012 Open Cham-
pionship
See Grand Prix.
June 3, Dr. David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Summer 2012 Scholastic
Championship in 5 sections
4SS, EVERYONE PLAYS 4 GAMES, ALL PLAYERS WITH 2.5 PTS OR MORE
WILL RECEIVE A TROPHY! USCF Memb Req'd. For Sections 3, 4 AND 5.
Info: 201 287 0250 or 201 833 1741 www.icanj.net Email: Diana@icanj.
net ADV EF (pmk by May 30th) $25 At Site $30 Reg. ends 1/2 hr before
1st rd Late entrants will receive a 1/2 pt bye for rd 1 BERGEN ACADEMY,
200 HACKENSACK AVE., HACKENSACK, NJ 07601. In 5 Sections, Section
1 Junior Novice (not USCF rated): Open to unr players K thru 2nd grade.
Rds.: First Round 10:15 AM then ASAP. Section 2 Novice: Open to unr
players K thru 4th grade. Rds.: First Round 10:00 AM then ASAP. Section
3 G/45 Reserve: Open to players rated below 800 and unr players K thru
12th grade. Rds.: 9:45 AM, 11:30, 1:15, 3:00 PM. Section 4 G/45: Open
to players rated below 1200 and unr players K thru 12th grade. Rds.: 9:45
AM, 11:30, 1:15, 3:00 PM. Section 5 G/60: Open to players rated below
1700 and unr players K thru 12th grade. Rds.: 9:45 AM, 12:00, 2:15, 4:30
PM. ENT: Make EF and/or USCF Memb chks payable To: International
Chess Academy. Mail To: Diana Tulman, 28 Canterbury Ln., New Milford,
NJ 07646.
June 3, Westfield Quads
Note changes to reg & rds. 3 RR, G/40 T/D 5s, G/45. Westfield Y, 220
Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF:
$20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:00 p.m. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info:
Please present identification on entering the building. Todd Lunna 732-
526-7163, lunnaco@aol.com, www.westfieldchessclub.com.
June 3, 10, 17, 24, Sunday Advance Lesson & Open Blitz (G/5/RR)
(QC)
Advance Lesson (Above 1600 USCF Rating): 6:15pm-7:15pm, $15. Blitz
start: 7:30pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: 80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes:
based on the # of participants. GMs - Free entry ($15 deducted from
prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (732) 499-
0118. www.chessmatesnj.com.
June 3, 10, 17, 24, Sunday Camp and Quad G/30
Sunday Chess Camp: 10am-6pm. Fees: $80/$90. Snacks and lunch
included. Quad: G/30: Starts at 3pm. EF: $15/ $10, camp participants are
free. Prize per Quad: 1st Place: Trophy or $35. Chess Mates Corpora-
tion, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (760)583-8429/(732)499-0118. www.
chessmatesnj.com.
June 4, 11, 18, 25, Chess Lessons & Monday Quad G/30
Chess Lessons: 5pm-6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly: $95
(Monday and Wednesday) and Daily: $15. 3RR, Rds.: 7pm, 8:15pm,
9:30pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. GMs - Free
entry. ($15 deducted from prizes). Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irv-
ing St., Rahway, NJ. (760)583-8429/(732)499-0118. www.chessmates
nj.com.
June 5, 12, 19, 23, Girls Chess Lessons & Tuesday G/15 (U2000) (QC)
Chess Lessons: 5pm- 6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly/daily:
$50/$15. 4SS, Rds.: 7pm, 7:40pm, 8:20pm, & 9pm. EF: $20/$15. Prizes:
80% of EF 1st, 2nd, & Class Prizes: based on the # of participants.
Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ. (760)583-
8429/(732)499-0118. www.chessmatesnj.com.
June 6, 13, 20, 27, Chess Mates Club Championship (G/90, 4SS)
4SS, Rd starts at 7pm. EF: $25(Member). Guaranteed Prizes: 1st - $150
& Trophy, U2200 - $75 & Trophy, U1600 - $75 & Trophy. Lessons: 5pm-
6:30pm, Under 1600 USCF. Fees: Monthly: $95 (Monday and Wednes-
day)/Daily: $15. Chess Mates Corporation, 1531 Irving St., Rahway, NJ
07065. (732)499-0118/(760)583-8429. www.chessmatesnj.com. Chess
Magnet School JGP.
June 8-10 or 9-10, 18th Annual Northeast Open (CT)
See Grand Prix.
June 9-10, 2012 Delaware Capital Open (DE)
See Delaware.
June 10, Westfield Quads
3 RR, G/40 T/D 5s, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090.
Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-
2:00 p.m. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification
on entering the building. Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, lunnaco@aol.com,
www.westfieldchessclub.com.
June 16, King's Chess Club Quads
Morning quads and afternoon quads, G/30, Kindergarten-undergradu-
ate (scholastic, youth, and young adult memberships). Bethlehem Church,
758 Route 10, Randolph, NJ 07869. EF: None. Reg.: 9-9:20 am., 1st rd.
9:40. Arr. by noon to reg. only for afternoon quads. Medal to each quad
winner. Info: Bethlehem Church 973-366-3434 or Bob McAdams 973-694-
3988, rwm@fambright.com.
uschess.org
See previous issue for TLAs appearing May 1-14
June 24, Westfield Quads
3 RR, G/40 T/D 5s, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090.
Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-
2:00 p.m. Rds.: 2:15-4:05-5:55 p.m. Info: Please present identification
on entering the building. Todd Lunna 732-526-7163, lunnaco@aol.com,
www.westfieldchessclub.com.
June 29-July 3 (New date), 9th annual Philadelphia International
(PA)
See Grand Prix.
June 30, World Open U2300 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 1-2, World Open U2200 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 3-4, World Open U2100 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 4, World Open 7-Minute Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 5-8, World Open Daily 2pm Blitz (QC) (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 7, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 8, World Open Blitz Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 27-29 or 28-29, 17th Annual Bradley Open (CT)
See Grand Prix.
July 28-Aug. 1, 2012 Washington International (MD)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 9-12, 10-12 or 11-12, 42nd annual Continental Open (MA)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 11th annual Manhattan Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
New York
May 12, Utica Four Seasons - Spring
4SS, Rds. 1-2 G/60; Rds. 3-4 G/90. Mohawk Valley Community College,
Exit 31, I-90, bear left, South on E. Genesee, (2.6 miles), left on Memo-
rial Highway (2.3 miles, left Sherman, right into MVCC, Payne Building
3rd Floor). EF: $30. Prizes b/20: $200, 125, 75, Class 100. Reg.: 8:30-
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.
May 15, Marshall Masters!
See Grand Prix.
May 16-June 13, Marshall Wednesday U1400!
5-SS, G/85d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50,
members $30. ($450/20): $240-120, U1100 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.:
7 pm each Wednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchess
club.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 16-June 13, Marshall Wednesday U2000!
5-SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-
3716. EF: $50, members $30. ($450/20): $240-120, U1700 $90. Reg.:
6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7 pm each Wednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd
3. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 17, Get Ready For Next Thursday!!
4-SS, G/25 + td/5 or G/30 + td/0. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23
W. 10th St, bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36
entries. EF $35, Club membs $25, GMs $20 from prize. $$ (480 b/32 paid):
150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if
U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min.
before game. Rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossi-
ble! $5 extra if entering under 10 min. before game.
May 18-20 or 19-20, 20th annual New York State Open
See Grand Prix.
May 19, Marshall Saturday U1800!
4-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300
b/20): $160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45.
Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar
shallchessclub.org.
May 19-20 or 20, Marshall May Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
May 20, 39th Binghamton Monthly Tournament
4SS, G/65 d/5. Prizes: $500 b/26. Open-$150-$100-$50; Reserve-
$100-$75-$25 (U1700). Trophies: 1-3 both sections. Advance Entry:
Open-$35 Reserve-$25 (U1700) $5 more on site-cash only on site. Sched-
ule: Registration on site 8:459:15 AM. Rounds: 9:30-12Noon-2:30-4:45.
Free USCF 90-day membership (call for details) Mail Entry: checks pay-
able to: Cordiscos Corner Store, 308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY USCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament!
13901 (607) 772-8782, cordiscos@stny.rr.com. Chess Magnet School
JGP.
May 24, The LAST 4 Rated Games Tonight! At The Marshall
Chess Club-What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been!
4-SS, G/25 + td/5 or G/30 + td/0. Chess Center of New York leaves
the Marshall Chess Club, 23 W. 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave, NYC: 212-477-3716.
EF $35, Club membs $25, GMs $20 from prize, free to specified Greater
NY Scholastic Prizewinners! $$(480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top
U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15.
Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds. 7-8:15-
9:30-10:45 pm.
May 24-June 21, Marshall Thursday Members-Only Swiss!
5-SS, G/115d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open
to MCC members only. EF: $30. ($450 b/20): $200-100, U2100 $90,
U1800 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Thursday. Limit 2 byes,
request by rd. 3. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 25, New Yorker Rated Beginners Tournament! (RBO)
4-SS, G/25 + d5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center at the New Yorker Hotel,
481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC, for Under 1200
or those not rated in any country. EF: $30, free to players who join or re-
join USCF with magazine, free to players also entering New Yorker
Open, 5/25-28 (3-Day or 2-Day schedule), specified Greater NY prizewin-
ners free! $$220 b/20 paid: $120-60-40. 2 byes OK, commit by 8:15. Reg.
ends 6:30 pm. Rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. No advance entries.
May 25, Point Me To The New Yorker!
3-SS, G/25 + d5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center at New Yorker Hotel, 481
Eighth Ave at 34th St, across from Penn Station, NYC. EF: $20. 3-0 wins
$40, 2.5 wins $20, 2 wins $10. Reg. ends 7:15 pm. Rds. 7:30-8:30-9:30.
May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open!
See Grand Prix.
May 26, Marshall Saturday G/60!
4-SS, G/55d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($360/24):
$160-80, U2000 $65, U1700 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45
am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar-
shallchessclub.org.
May 27, 2nd Annual New Yorker Open Blitz Championship (QC)!
See Grand Prix.
May 27, Marshall Open & U1500 Sunday Game/45!
5-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Two sec-
tions-you play only those in your section: A. Open ($360/24): $160-80,
U2100 $65, U1800 $55. B. U1500 ($240/16): $120-65, U1200 $55. EF:
$40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45 pm. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-5:45.
One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.
May 28, Memorial Day Madness!
6-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $45,
members $25. ($480/24): $200-100, U2000 $70, U1700 $60, U1400
$50. Reg.: 10:15-10:45. Rds.: 11-12:15-1:30-3:00-4:15-5:30. Two byes
available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.
May 31, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
May 31, The New Yorker Masters!!
See Grand Prix.
May 31-June 28, 5th Long Island CC Spring Open
5SS, G/90 (d/5). United Methodist Church, 470 East Meadow Ave., East
Meadow, NY 11554. Open to all. $(b/20): $150-100. Top U-2000, U-
1500/unr. $95 ea. Best upset $10. Random pairings used (within ea.
scoregrp.) EF: $35. Non-LICC members +$10. Reg.: 6:40-7:10 PM, no
adv. ent., Rds.: 7:15 PM SHARP ea. Thursday. 2 byes 1-5. Info: www.lichess
club.com. NS. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 2, Marshall Saturday U1600!
4-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300
b/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45.
Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar
shallchessclub.org.
June 2-3, 6th Annual Buffalo International Chess Championships
2012
See Grand Prix.
June 2-3 or 3, Marshall June U2300!
4SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716.
EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/36): $240-120, U2000/unr $95, U1700
$85. Reg.: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds 12:30-5:30 PM
each day; 1 day, (Rds 1-2 G/25d5) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; both
merge rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. www.marshall
chessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 4-25, 30th Nassau Class
40/80, 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st & Main Sts., Mineola. 4-SS. 6 sec-
tions. Master-Expert, EF: $36 by 6/2. $$ (256 b/8) 176, U2200 80.
Class A, U2000/UR. EF: $31 by 6/2. $$ (216 b/8) 144-72. Class B,
U1800/UR. EF: $26 by 6/2. $$ (176 b/8) 112-64. Class C, U1600/UR. EF:
$21 by 6/2. $$ (136 b/8) 88-48. Class D, U1400/UR. EF: $16 by 6/2. $$
(96 b/8) 64-32. Class E/UR: U1200/UR, EF: $11 by 6/2. $$ (56 b/8) 56.
All, EF: $7 more at site. Non-mem $10 more. 2 byes 1-4. Rds.: 7:15 Mons.
captnhal@optonline.net. Reg.: 7-7:15 PM. Ent: Harold Stenzel, 80 Amy
Dr., Sayville, NY 11782.
June 4-July 9, FIDE Mondays!!
6-SS, G/120d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open
to all players rated 1600 or above. EF: $50, $30 members. $$500 b/24:
$175-125-100, U2000 $100; 2 byes OK, commit before Round 4. Reg.:
6:15-6:45, Rds.: 7PM each Monday; FIDE rated. www.marshallchess
club.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
June 7, 4 Rated Games Tonight, Now At The New York Hotel-
4-SS, G/25 + d/5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center at the New Yorker Hotel!,
481 Eighth Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC: 845-569-9969.
EF $30, GMs $25 from prize, free to specified Greater NY Scholastic
Prizewinners! Good Customer Loyalty Discounts: $5 less to those who
played in at least 4 4 Rated Games Tonight! Thursday Night Actions since
Jan. 2011, $10 less to those who played in at least 10 4RGTs since 1987
Thank You So Much For Your Support Of This Tournament These
Past 25 Years! $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95,
U2000 $85. NEW!! $150 GUARANTEED In Mixed Doubles Bonus
Prizes! Best male/female 2-player team combined score: $100-50
(teammates' average rating must be Under 2200; teammate pairings
avoided but possible, teams must declare by 8:15). Choice of 2 sched-
ules! 7:00 Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1
(G/15 + td/3) at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 sched-
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ule at 8:15 pm. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry
$15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game.
June 7, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
June 8, Marshall Friday Quads!
3-RR, G/40d5. Open to all levels; Quads formed by rating. Marshall CC,
23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. EF: $25, members $20. Prize: $50 for
each winner. Reg.: 5:15-5:45; Rds.: 6-7:30-9PM. www.marshallchessclub.
org.
June 8-10 or 9-10, 18th Annual Northeast Open (CT)
See Grand Prix.
June 9, Marshall Saturday U1400!
4-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300
b/20): $160-80, U1100 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45.
Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar
shallchessclub.org.
June 9-10 or 10, Marshall June U2100!
4SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716.
EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/36): $240-120, U1850 $95, U1600 $85.
Reg: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds. 12:30-5:30 PM each
day; 1 day, (Rds 1-2 G/35) 9:40-11:05AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; both merge
rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. www.marshallchess
club.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 11-July 9, Marshall Monday U1600!
5-SS, G/85d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50,
members $30. ($675/30): $250-150-100, U1400 $100, U1200 $75. Reg.:
6:15-6:45pm. Rds. 7 pm each Monday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.
marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
June 14, 4 Rated Games Tonight, Now At The New Yorker Hotel-
USCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament!
4-SS, G/25 + d/5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center at the New Yorker Hotel!,
481 Eighth Ave at 34th St, across from Penn Station, NYC: 845-569-
9969. EF $30, GMs $25 from prize, free to specified Greater NY Scholastic
Prizewinners! Good Customer Loyalty Discounts: $5 less to those who
played in at least 4 4 Rated Games Tonight! Thursday Night Actions since
Jan. 2011, $10 less to those who played in at least 10 4RGTs since 1987
Thank You So Much For Your Support Of This Tournament These
Past 25 Years! $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95,
U2000 $85. NEW!! $150 GUARANTEED In Mixed Doubles Bonus
Prizes! Best male/female 2-player team combined score: $100-50 (team-
mates average rating must be Under 2200; teammate pairings avoided
but possible, teams must declare by 8:15). Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00
Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3)
at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 schedule at 8:15 pm.
Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half.
Reg. ends 10 min. before game.
June 14, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
June 16, Marshall Saturday U1800!
4-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300
b/20): $160-80, U1500 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45.
Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar
shallchessclub.org.
June 16, Syracuse-Minoa June Open
4SS. Rds.: 1&2 G/60, Rds.: 3&4 G/90. Minoa Muncipal Bldg., 240 N. Main
St., Minoa, NY (Exit Kirkville Rd. E. from I 481, R. at second light). EF: $30.
Prizes: b/20) $200, 125, Class 100. Reg.: 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30, 12:00,
2:15, 5:30. Contact: Joe Ball 315-436-9008. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 16-17 or 17, Marshall June Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
June 19, Marshall Masters!
See Grand Prix.
June 20-24, 22-24 or 23-24, 5th New York International
See Grand Prix.
June 20-July 18, Marshall Wednesday U1400!
5-SS, G/85d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $50,
members $30. ($450/20): $240-120, U1100 $90. Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds.:
7 pm each Wednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd 3. www.marshallchess
club.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 20-July 18, Marshall Wednesday U2000!
5-SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-
3716. EF: $50, members $30. ($450/20): $240-120, U1700 $90. Reg.:
6:15-6:45 pm. Rds.: 7 pm each Wednesday. Limit 2 byes, request by Rd
3. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A Heritage Event!
June 21, 4 Rated Games Tonight, Now At The New Yorker Hotel -
USCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament!
4-SS, G/25 + d/5 or G/30 + d/0, Chess Center at the historic New Yorker
Hotel!, 481 8th Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC: 845-569-
9969. EF: $30, GMs $25 from prize, free to specified Greater NY Scholastic
Prizewinners! Good Customer Loyalty Discounts: $5 less to those who
played in at least 4 4 Rated Games Tonight! Thursday Night Actions since
Jan. 2011, $10 less to those who played in at least 10 4RGTs since 1987
Thank You So Much For Your Support Of This Tournament These
Past 25 Years! $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95,
U2000 $85. NEW!! $150 GUARANTEED In Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes!
Best male/female 2-player team combined score: $100-50 (teammates
average rating must be Under 2200; teammate pairings avoided but pos-
sible, teams must declare by 8:15). Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00
Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3)
at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 schedule at 8:15 pm.
Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half.
Reg. ends 10 min. before game. CCA Minimums may be used.
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June 21, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
June 24, 2nd annual Schenectady Open
See Grand Prix.
June 28, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
June 28, 25th Annual Thursday Night Action Championship Join
Us In Celebrating 25 Years Of The USCF's Longest-Running Action
Tournament, Now At The New Yorker Hotel!!
See Grand Prix.
June 29-July 3 (New date), 9th annual Philadelphia International
(PA)
See Grand Prix.
June 30, Marshall Saturday U1600!
4-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300
b/20): $160-80, U1300 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45.
Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar
shallchessclub.org.
June 30, World Open U2300 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
June 30-July 1 or July 1, Marshall U2300!
4SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716.
EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/36): $240-120, U2000/unr $95, U1700
$85. Reg: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds 12:30-5:30 PM
each day; 1 day, (Rds 1-2 G/25d5) 10-11:15AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; both
merge rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. www.mar
shallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 1-2, World Open U2200 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 3-4, World Open U2100 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 4, Independence Day Madness:
6-SS, G/25d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $45,
members $25. ($480/24): $200-100, U2000 $70, U1700 $60, U1400
$50. Reg.: 10:15-10:45. Rds.: 11-12:15-1:30-3:00-4:15-5:30. Two byes
available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.
July 4, World Open 7-Minute Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open (PA)
See Grand Prix.
A Heritage Event!
July 5, 4 Rated Games Tonight, Now At The New Yorker Hotel -
USCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament!
4-SS, G/25 + d/5 or G/30 + d/0. Chess Center at the historic New Yorker
Hotel!, 481 8th Ave at 34th St., across from Penn Station, NYC: 845-569-
9969. EF: $30, GMs $25 from prize, free to specified Greater NY Scholastic
Prizewinners! Good Customer Loyalty Discounts: $5 less to those who
played in at least 4 4 Rated Games Tonight! Thursday Night Actions since
Jan. 2011, $10 less to those who played in at least 10 4RGTs since 1987
Thank You So Much For Your Support Of This Tournament These
Past 25 Years! $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-50, Top U2200/unr $95,
U2000 $85. NEW!! $150 GUARANTEED In Mixed Doubles Bonus Prizes!
Best male/female 2-player team combined score: $100-50 (teammates
average rating must be Under 2200; teammate pairings avoided but pos-
sible, teams must declare by 8:15). Choice of 2 schedules! 7:00
Schedule, rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. 7:30 schedule, rd. 1 (G/15 + td/3)
at 7:30 pm, score carries over into round 2 of 7:00 schedule at 8:15 pm.
Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half.
Reg. ends 10 min. before game. CCA Minimums may be used.
July 5, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
July 5-Aug. 2, Marshall Thursday Members-Only Swiss!
5-SS, G/115d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. Open
to MCC members only. EF: $30. ($450 b/20): $200-100, U2100 $90,
U1800 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7PM each Thursday. Limit 2 byes,
request by rd. 3. www.marshallchessclub.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 7, Marshall Saturday G/60!
4-SS, G/55d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($360/24):
$160-80, U2000 $65, U1700 $55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45
am. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar
shallchessclub.org.
July 7, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 8, Marshall Open & U1500 Sunday G/45!
5-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Two sec-
tions-you play only those in your section: A. Open ($360/24):
$160-80, U2100 $65, U1800 $55. B. U1500 ($240/16): $120-65, U1200
$55. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 11:15-11:45 pm. Rds.: 12-1:45-4:00-
5:45. One bye available, request at entry. www.marshallchessclub.org.
July 8, World Open Blitz Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 12, Marshall Thursday Game 30 Grand Prix!
See Grand Prix.
July 12, 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight, Now At The New Yorker Hotel-
USCF's Longest-Running Action Tournament!
See Grand Prix.
July 14, Marshall Saturday U1400!
4-SS, G/40d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716. ($300
b/20): $160-80, U1100 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: 12:15-12:45.
Rds.: 1-2:45-4:30-6:15PM. One bye available, request at entry. www.mar-
shallchessclub.org.
July 14-15 or 15, Marshall June U2100!
4SS, 30/85d5, SD/1d5. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212 477-3716.
EF: $45, Members $25. ($540 b/36): $240-120, U1850 $95, U1600 $85.
Reg.: ends 12:15PM. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2 day, Rds. 12:30-5:30 PM each
day; 1 day, (Rds 1-2 G/35) 9:40-11:05AM-12:30-5:30 PM Sun; both merge
rd.3. Limit 2 byes, request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY www.marshallchess
club.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 27-29 or 28-29, 17th Annual Bradley Open (CT)
See Grand Prix.
July 28-Aug. 1, 2012 Washington International (MD)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 9-12, 10-12 or 11-12, 42nd annual Continental Open (MA)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 11th annual Manhattan Open
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 31-Sept. 3, Sept. 1-3 or 2-3, 134th annual NY State Champi-
onship
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 24-28 or 26-28, Bahamas International & Amateur (Bahamas)
See Grand Prix.
Ohio
May 12, Pawn Storm VII
5SS, G/45, td/5. Dayton Chess Club. 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.: 11-
1-3-5-7. Two byes only 1 if in rd 5. Prizes (b/25 paid): Open: $200-101,
U1900: $100, U1600: $99. EF: $25 until 5 May then $35. EF refunded 2200
or higher players who complete their schedule. Info: DCC.18W5@sbc
global.net or 937-461-6283.
May 18, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2012 (QC)
4SS, G/24, td5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.:
7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC
mbrs). Info: DCC.18W5@sbcglobal.net or 937-461-6283.
May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL)
See Grand Prix.
May 25, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2012 (QC)
4SS, G/24, td5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.:
7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC
mbrs). Info: DCC.18W5@sbcglobal.net or 937-461-6283.
May 26, Progress with Chess Monthly Open
4SS, G/30;d5. Mustard Seed Market, 2nd Floor 6025 Kruse Dr., Solon, OH
44139. EF: $20. USCF membership required, available at site. Sections:
Open, Scholastic K-12 U1100, Scholastic K-12 U800, Scholastic K-
5 U500. Pairings in Open may be accelerated at TDs discretion. Reg-
istration: 9-9:45 at site. Rds.: Open, 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30, Scholastic ASAP.
Prizes: Open: $250 Guaranteed. 1st $100, 2nd $50, U-1900 $50, U-
1500 $50. Scholastic Sections:Trophies to top 3 each section. Special
Offer: Free healthy box lunch ($10 value) to players in scholastic sections!
Info: www.progresswithchess.org. Contact: Mike Joelson 216-321-
7000.
June 1-3 or 2-3, 54th Gem City Open
See Grand Prix.
June 8, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2012 (QC)
4SS, G/24, td5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.:
7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC
mbrs). Info: DCC.18W5@sbcglobal.net or 937-461-6283.
June 9, House of Chess Open
4SS, G/45. House of Chess, Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, OH (W
of JC Penny). Sections: Open, U1600. Reg.: 11-11:25 AM. Rds.: 11:30-
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.the-
houseofchess.com/.
June 9, Toledo June Swiss
Open, 4SS, Rnd 1 G/75, Rnds 2-4 G/90. The University of Toledo Health
Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Caf, 3000 Arlington Ave.,
Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by
6/7, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 b/20,
$100-50, 1st Class A ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James
Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
June 15, DCC Friday Nite Quick 2012 (QC)
4SS, G/24, td5. Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th St., Dayton, OH. Rds.:
7:30/8:30/9:30/10:30. One bye. Prizes based on entries. EF: $10 ($8 DCC
mbrs). Info: DCC.18W5@sbcglobal.net or 937-461-6283.
June 22-24 or 23-24, 2012 Columbus Open
See Grand Prix.
July 14, Toledo July Swiss
Open, 4SS, Rnd 1 G/75, Rnds 2-4 G/90. The University of Toledo Health
Science Campus, Mulford Library Basement Caf, 3000 Arlington Ave.,
Toledo, OH 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by
7/12, $25 at site. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 b/20,
$100-50, 1st Class A ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James
Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd., Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Aug. 3-5 or 4-5, Cleveland Open
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 7th annual Indianapolis Open (IN)
See Grand Prix.
Sept. 1-3, 68th Ohio Chess Congress
See Grand Prix.
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Oklahoma
May 26-28, 31st NAO FIDE Open
See Grand Prix.
June 30-July 1, 67th Oklahoma Open State Championship
See Grand Prix.
Pennsylvania
Every Saturday - Lehigh Valley Super Quads
(NO QUADS ON LVCA GRAND PRIX DATES LISTED IN CHESS LIFE or July
7 for WO), G/40 Quads, 3-RR. Reg.: 1-1:45, Rds.: 2 pm, then asap, Site:
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 514 3rd Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18018. EF: $10,
$30 for 3-0 score, else $25 for 1st., Ph: 484-866-3045, Info: bdavis@
lehighvalleychess.org, www.lehighvalleychess.org/.
May 4, 1st Friday of the Month LVCA $$100% GTD (QC)
4SS, G/25, d3. St. Timothys Lutheran Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown,
PA 18104. EF: $15, $10-21 & under/College Student Id, $$200 100% GRD.,
$70-35, Top U20 $35, top U16/unrated $30, Top Junior/College $30.
One 1/2 pt byes if reg.d after 6:45 pm. REG.: Ends 6:45pm, Cash on site
only. RDS.: 7 pm, then ASAP. Ent/Info: By May 2, Check payable: Bruce
Davis, 1208 Linden St., Fl. 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018, 484-866-3045 or
bdavis@lehighvalleychess.org, www.lehighvalleychess.org.
May 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, The 2nd Annual New Yorker Open! (NY)
See Grand Prix.
May 26, 6th Annual May LVCA Scholastic K-12 Championship
5-SS, G/30. EF: $30, $35 CASH ONLY after 5/23/12 AT SITE. Trophy's to
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Top U1400, U1200, U1000,U800, UNR, FREE ENTRY TO
UNRATEDS, if paying 1 year USCF Dues, Drawings for $100 in Door
Prizes. Rds.: 1:10 pm then ASAP. Reg.: Ends 1 pm. Site: Holy Trinity Church,
514 3rd Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18102. Ent: Bruce Davis, 1208 Linden St, Beth-
lehem, PA 18018, Ph. 484-866-3045, Email: bdavis@lehighvalleychess.org.
Info: www.lehighvalleychess.org/.
June 1, 1st Friday of the Month LVCA $$100% GTD (QC)
4SS, G/25;d3. St .Timothy's Lutheran Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown,
PA 18104. EF: $15, $10-21 & under/College Student Id, $$200 100% Gtd.,
$70-$35, Top U20 $35, top U16/unrated $30, Top Junior/College $30. One
1/2 pt byes if reg.'d after 6:45 pm. REG.: Ends 6:45pm, Cash on site only.
RDS.: 7 pm, then ASAP. Adv Ent: By May 30, Check payable: Bruce
Davis, 1208 Linden St., Fl. 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018 or 484-866-3045 or
bdavis@lehighvalleychess.org, www.lehighvalleychess.org.
A Heritage Event!
June 2, 42nd Fred Thompson Memorial
4SS, G/60, d/5. Pittsburgh Chess Club, 5604 Solway St., Pittsburgh, PA
15217. EF: $28 postmarked by 5/29, $38 thereafter, $3 discount to PCC
members. 2 Sections: Open and Reserve (U1600). Prizes: $$500 b/30.
Open: $120 - 80, U2000 $60, U1800 $40. Reserve: $80 - 50, U1400 $40,
U1200/Unr $30. Reg.: 9-9:45. Requests for half-point byes must be
made by the start of Round 2. Rds.: 10AM-12:30PM-3:30PM-6PM. Info:
412-421-1881, www.pittsburghcc.org. Entries: Pittsburgh Chess Club, Attn:
Mike Holsinger, 5604 Solway St., Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Make checks
payable to Pittsburgh Chess Club. NC. W.
June 2, W.Chester 1st Sat. Quads
Our 23rd year! 3RR, 40/75, sd/30, td/5sec. United Methodist Church, 129
S. High St., West Chester, PA. EF: $20; $40, $50 for 3-0. Reg.: 9am; Rds.:
9:30, 1, 4:30. Info: WCCC1975@gmail.com.
June 9, MasterMinds CC Summer Quads
Blair Christian Academy, 220 W. Upsal St., Philadelphia, PA. Quads: 3RR,
40/75, SD/30 TD/5. EF: $20 Perfect score winner $50 else $40. Rd. 1
10AM then asap. Reg. ends 9:30am. Info: Bradley Crable, 215-844-
3881, www.mastermindschess.org.
June 9-10, 2012 Delaware Capital Open (DE)
See Delaware.
June 10, Chess In Jasper Park and Picnic (3 events)
(3) - 5SS events, G/7d3. Jasper Park Pavillion, 4960 Vera Cruz Rd. North,
Emmaus, 18049. EF: $10 Cash each event, FREE ENTRY TO UNR. if pay-
ing 1 year USCF Dues, No adv ent. Prizes: Min. 50% Rtd. based on pd
entries. 1st-60%, 2nd-30%, 3rd-10% AND ADD if 12 or more players Top
U1600- $15, Top U1000 - $15, more based on pd. Picnic:11am-dusk. Reg
Ends: 1, 3, 5 pm for each event. Event #1: Rd-1:1pm, #2: Rd-1:3pm, #3:
Rd-1:5pm. Info: 484-866-3045, davis@lehighvalleychess.org, www.lehigh-
valleychess.org/.
June 16, 2012 PA State Game/45 Championship
See Grand Prix.
June 29-July 3 (New date), 9th annual Philadelphia International
See Grand Prix.
June 30, World Open U2300 Warmup
5SS, G/30, d/5. Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see World
Open). Open to under 2300 or unrated. Prizes $500 based on 30 entries,
else in proportion: $150-70-40, U2050 $90, U1800 $80, U1550/Unr $70.
EF: $20, at site only, no checks. Reg. ends 9:30 am 6/30, rds. 10, 12, 1:30,
3, 4:30. One half point bye allowed if U1800/Unr, otherwise two byes
allowed, must commit before rd 2.
July 1-2, World Open U2200 Warmup
5SS, G/90, d/5. Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see World
Open). Open to under 2200 or unrated. Prizes $500 based on 20 entries,
else in proportion: $150-70-40, U1950 $90, U1700 $80, U1450/Unr $70:
EF: $30, at site only, no checks. Reg. ends 10 am 7/1, rds. Sun 10, 2, 6,
Mon. 10, 2. One half point bye allowed if U1700/Unr, otherwise two byes
allowed; must commit before rd 2. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 3-4, World Open U2100 Warmup
5SS, G/90, d/5. Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see World
Open). Open to under 2100 or unrated. Prizes $500 based on 20 entries,
else in proportion: $150-70-40, U1850 $90, U1600/Unr $80, U1350 $70.
EF: $30, at site only, no checks. Reg. ends 10 am 7/3, rds. Tue 10, 2, 6,
uschess.org
See previous issue for TLAs appearing May 1-14
Wed 10, 2. One half point bye allowed if U1600/Unr, otherwise two byes
allowed, must commit before rd 2. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 4, World Open 7-Minute Championship (QC)
See Grand Prix.
July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open
See Grand Prix.
July 5-8, World Open Daily 2pm Blitz (QC)
4 separate tournaments at Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel (see
World Open). Each is a 4-SS, double round (8 games), G/5. Prizes $300
based on 20 entries, else in proportion: $100-50, U2100 $60, U1800 $50,
U1500/Unr $40. EF: $20, at site only, no checks. Reg. ends 1:45 pm, rds.
2, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45. One pair of 1/2 pt byes available, must commit before
rd 2. Quick rated (will not affect regular ratings), but higher of regular
or quick used for pairings & prizes.
July 7, World Open 10-Minute Championship (QC)
See Grand Prix.
July 8, World Open Blitz Championship (QC)
See Grand Prix.
July 14, 2012 PA State Action Championship
See Grand Prix.
July 28-Aug. 1, 2012 Washington International (MD)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 3-5 or 4-5, Cleveland Open (OH)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 17-19 or 18-19, 11th annual Manhattan Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 24-26 or 25-26, 44th annual Atlantic Open (DC)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 31-Sept. 3, Sept. 1-3 or 2-3, 134th annual NY State Champi-
onship (NY)
See Grand Prix.
Rhode Island
Cranston Chess Club Monthly
Every Tuesday. 4SS, 40/70, SD/30. Garden City Center, Cranston. EF:
$5/game (club mbrs: $3/game). Reg.: 6:30-6:50pm; RDS.: 1st 4 Tuesdays
of the month, 7pm sharp! 5th Tuesday extra rated games and events. One
bye rd 1-3; if notified in advance. Prizes based on entries. Info: www.cran
stonchess.org, 401-575-1520. Chess Magnet School JGP.
A State Championship Event!
June 9-10, Rhode Island State Championship
5SS, G/75, delay 5. Sheraton Providence Hotel and Conference Center,
1850 Post Rd., Warwick, RI 02886. Open to out of state players. $1500
based on 55, Trophies- top RI finishers. 4 Sections: OPEN $350-200,
U2200 $200 U2000 $250-150. SAT RDS 1-3, SUN RDS 4-5. EF: $45 by 6/6,
then $55. REG. Ends 10:30 AM. Rds.: SAT 11, 2:30 and 5:30. SUN 10 and
1:30. Byes- limit 1, must commit before RD3. U1600 4SS Sunday ONLY
G/60 d5. $225-125; U1200 4SS Sunday ONLY G/30 d5. Trophies 1st, 2nd,
3rd. EF: U1600 and U1200 $35 by 6/6, then $45. REG.: Ends 9:30AM, RD1
start at 10 then ASAP. HR: $99 (401) 738-4000 ask for chess rates. ALL
EF: online www.richess.org or mail P.O Box 40604, Providence, RI 02940.
INFO: Frank Vogel 401-837-1302. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 27-29 or 28-29, 17th Annual Bradley Open (CT)
See Grand Prix.
South Carolina
May 25-27, South Carolina Open
See Grand Prix.
July 27-29 or 28-29, 20th Annual Southern Open (FL)
See Grand Prix.
Tennessee
May 11-13, 2012 National Elementary (K-6) Championship
See Nationals.
May 18-20, Pawn Power Open 9
5SS, G/120. $750 prizes based on 40 entries. Greater Memphis Chess
Center, 5796 Shelby Oaks Dr., Suite 11, Memphis, TN 38134. Accelerated
pairings. Prizes: 1st $300, $200, $100. Top U1600 and U1400: $100
each. EF: $40 ($35 for MCC and GMCC members). Rounds: 3-day option:
Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm, Sun 9am & 2pm. 2-day option: Sat 9am, 2pm
& 7pm; Sun 9am & 2pm. On-site registration: Fri: 5:30-6:30pm or Sat:
7:30-8:30am. Saturday side event: U1200 Scholastic, 5SS, G/45. 1st
round at 9am, next rounds ASAP. Trophies for top 3 finishers. EF: $15.
Entries: Memphis Chess Club Inc., PO Box 17864, Memphis, TN 38187-
0864. Chess Magnet School JGP for Main Event.
May 18-20 or 19-20, 2012 Tennessee Senior Open
5SS, G/120. Fair Park Senior Center, 1433 Livingston Rd., Crossville, TN
38555. EF: $25 if mailed by 5/11/2012 $35 at site. 3-Day: Reg. Fri 2:00-
3:30 PM. Rds.: 4, 10-4, 9-2. 2 Day: Reg Sat 8:00-9:30. Rds: 10-1-4, 9-2
(2 Day R 1 & 2 at G/60). Memb. Req'd:TCA $10, TN residents only. $$GTD:
$150-100. 50-B/C,D/E,B1000,Unr, Age 60-69, Age-70 & Older. Plaques to
top 3, B1400, Age 70+ (plaques to TN residents only). Medals to all par-
ticipants. ENT: Harry D Sabine, PO Box 381, Crossville, TN 38557 or
register on line at www.tnchess.org. HR: $60 + tax 931-484-1551 or 1-
866-707-8408, Crossville Best Western Leisure Inn, 4035 Highway 127
N, Crossville, TN 38571. NS.
May 26, Rutherford County Open
See Grand Prix.
June 2, Rea Hayes Open Chess Tournament
4SS, G/60. Bethel Bible Village, 3001 Hamill Rd., Chattanooga, TN 37342.
$900 Unconditionally Guaranteed. Open EF: $25/30 at site. Reserve
EF: $20/25 at site. Rds.: 9:00, 11:15, 2:15, 4:30 Eastern. Ent/Info at:
www.entries@chattanoogachess.org or contact Malcolm Estrada, P.
O. Box 1102, Chattanooga, TN 37401, 423-280-9526, mrestrada111@com-
cast.net.
June 9-10, 2012 U.S. Amateur South Championship
See Nationals.
June 30, John Hurt Memorial
See Grand Prix.
Texas
May 19, Many Springs Quad
North Richland Hills Public Library, 9015 Grand Ave., North Richland
Hills, TX 76180. 3 Round Quad, G/75; 5d. EF: $15, 80% of EF returned as
prizes. Registration on-site 8:45-8:55. First Round 9:00AM. Additional
informationTom Crane at either 817-296-4287, tcrane5000@yahoo.com
or www.tarrantcountychessclub.org/.
May 25-28 or 26-28, Texas State and Amateur Championships
See Grand Prix.
June 23-24, San Antonio City Championship
Hornbeak Bldg, 4450 Medical Dr., San Antonio, 2nd floor, San Antonio, TX
78229. 5SS, Rds. 1 and 2 G/90; others 40/2 SD/1, $$ (1075 b/40,
2/3gtd) $300-150, U2200 $125,U 2000 $125, U1800 $125, U1600 $100,
U1400/unr ea $75. EF: $45 if rec'd by 6/20, $50 at site. Trophy to Top Bexar
City Resident. Option play for 1/2 prizes: $23 by 6/20, $28.00 later and
at site: EF: Jr U19 entry $20 if rec'd by 6/20 or $25 at site. Option play
and U19 entries count 2/3 toward based on. Reg.: 8:30-9:30 am.
Rds.: 10-2-6, 9-3.half pt. Bye any 1 rd, notice before Rd 2 is paired, Swap
and shop used books, equip. 8:30-9:30. Ent. SACC, PO BOX 690576,
San Antonio, TX 78269-0576. Info: sanantoniochess.com, 210-384-4797,
louis.Rimpel@att.net. NS. NC. W. Chess Magnet School JGP.
July 6-8 or 7-8, 1st Annual Austin Chess Club Summer Open
See Grand Prix.
July 9-14, 2012 U.S. Senior Open
See Nationals.
July 13-15, 2012 U.S. Junior Open
See Nationals.
July 21-22, Summer Open
Hornbeak Bldg, 4450 Medical Dr, 2nd floor, San Antonio, TX 78229, 4 SS,
30/90, SD/60, $$ 1100 b/40, 2 sections. Open: $250-150, U2100
$100, U1900 $100. Reserve (1800): $150-100, U1700 $100, U1500 $75,
U1300/Unr. EF: $40 if rec'd by 7/18, $45 at site. Option play for 1/2 prizes:
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site. Option play and U19 entries count 2/3 toward based on. Reg.:
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paired. Ent: SACC, PO BOX 690576, San Antonio, TX 78269-0576. Info:
sanantoniochess.com, 210-384-4797, louis.Rimpel@att.net. NS. NC. W.
Chess Magnet School JGP.
Vermont
May 18-20 or 19-20, 20th annual New York State Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
June 24, 2nd annual Schenectady Open (NY)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 31-Sept. 3, Sept. 1-3 or 2-3, 134th annual NY State Champi-
onship (NY)
See Grand Prix.
Virginia
Arlington Chess Club's Friday Action Tournament
3SS, G/30. Once a month we run a Friday night event - dates are on the
club website: www.arlingtonchessclub.com. Prizes b/entries: 80%
returned as prizes. Reg.: 7:00-8:15pm. Rd. 1: 8:20. EF: $15 ($10 for ACC
Members), no advance entries, cash only. Arlington Forest United
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See Grand Prix.
June 2, Kingstowne Action-Plus #54
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Pkwy., Alexandria, VA 22315. EF: $15 if received by 5/31, $20 at site.
Prizes $250 b/32: $100-60, U1800-U1400-Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-3-
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June 9-10, 2012 Virginia Senior Championship
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(50+). VCF membership Req for VA Residents. Prizes $$1000: 1st - $300,
2nd - $175, 3rd - $150, Top U2000-$130, Top U1700-$125, U1400-$120.
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mail to Ernest Schlich, 1370 S. Braden Cres., Norfolk, VA 23502. Free entry
to 2011 Champ.
June 29-July 3 (New date), 9th annual Philadelphia International
(PA)
See Grand Prix.
June 30, World Open U2300 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
June 30-July 1, 3rd Annual Fairfax Open
See Grand Prix.
July 1-2, World Open U2200 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 3-4, World Open U2100 Warmup (PA)
See Pennsylvania.
July 4, World Open 7-Minute Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 40th Annual World Open (PA)
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See Grand Prix.
July 8, World Open Blitz Championship (QC) (PA)
See Grand Prix.
July 28-Aug. 1, 2012 Washington International (MD)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 24-26 or 25-26, 44th annual Atlantic Open (DC)
See Grand Prix.
Oct.4-8,5-8,6-8 or 6-7, 3rd annual Continental Class Championships
See Grand Prix.
Washington
July 19-22, 20-22 or 21-22, 17th annual Pacific Coast Open (CA-
S)
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 4-5, 2012 U.S. Open Weekend Swiss
See Grand Prix.
Aug. 4-5, 2012 U.S. Open Scholastic Tournament
5SS, Game 90, d/5 in Championship Sections, Game 30, d/5 in under sec-
tions. Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. 6th St., Vancouver, WA
98660. Self Parking $13.00, valet $17.00 per night. HR: $110 single/quad,
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Please note that the Championship sections play both the 4th and 5th and
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points added to CFC. Highest of multiple ratings generally used. Entries:
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See Nationals.
Aug. 4-12, 7-12 or 9-12, 113th annual U.S. Open
See Nationals.
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See Nationals.
Aug. 11, 2012 U.S. Open Blitz Championship (QC)
See Grand Prix.
West Virginia
June 2, Peter Dupuy Memorial
See Grand Prix.
A State Championship Event!
June 30, 2012 West Virginia Action Championship
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- $50; U1500/UNR - $50. Trophy & Title to top State Resident. Site:
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May 19-20, Arpad Elo Open
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to Under 1700. EF: $25 (Jr $23) if received by 5/15; $3 more later or at
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Female. ALL: Reg.: 8:30-9:30 am 5/19/12. Rds.: 10-2:30-7:30; 10-3:30.
ENT: Dennis Kosterman, 28 Singleton Ct., Madison, WI 53711 608-770-
3133. INFO: dennisk@tds.net. HR: $82 414-481-8000 (mention Chess).
www.wischess.org. WCA Tour Event! Chess Magnet School JGP.
May 24-28, 25-28, 26-28 or 27-28, 21st annual Chicago Open (IL)
See Grand Prix.
May 27, Chicago Open Action Quads (IL)
See Illinois.
May 27, Chicago Open G/15 (QC) (IL)
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May 28, Chicago Open Blitz & Game/7 (QC) (IL)
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See Grand Prix.
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Oct. 24-28 or 26-28, Bahamas International & Amateur
See Grand Prix.
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30. Bxc5 bxc5 (30. ... Bg5 31. Bb4 and 32. Ra1) 31. 4. ... Kf6 5. Kd7 h5 6. Ke8 Kg7
Ra1. White keeps his pawn and stops Blacks with 6. ...
h4 7. Kf8 h3 8. g7 h2 9. Nh5+.
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24. ... Rfd8! 25. Qe4 Re8! wins the bishop (26. Qd5
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 Worlds biggest open tournament!

40th Annual

WORLD OPEN
Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel
Mostly 9 rounds, July 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 2-8, 1-3 or 4-5, 2012
$250,000 projected prizes, $200,800 minimum guaranteed!
In 13 sections- some can play in more than one section. Free GM lectures & analysis!
A HISTORIC SITE! SPECIAL FEATURES! 5) New sections for seniors, women, and
The World Open returns to the 1) Schedule options. 5-day is popular, two under 13 sections- and you can play in
Sheraton Philadelphia Hotel, near many 7-day leisurely, others save time and money. both these and the main overall 9 round
historic landmarks including Independence 2) GM & IM norms possible in Open. sections, without a long delay in between!
Hall, the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Open, U2400, and U2200 are FIDE rated. 6) International 6/29-7/3: many foreign
Museum of Art, and the Liberty Bell, as well 3) Anti-sandbagging rule: $2000 prize GMs already entered; see chesstour.com
as restaurants, theaters, museums and limit if rated more than 30 points over the 7) Unique- big money U2400 Section!
shopping. Special room rate $97. class maximum on any list 7/11-6/12. 8) Many side events; see chesstour.com
Parking $10 with guest room, $20 4) Above rule now also applies if any or April Chess Life.
without; public lot a block away is about $18 post-event rating posted 7/3/11-7/3/12 was 9) Free analysis by GM Sam Palatnik
weekday and only $5 on weekend. more than 30 points over class maximum! 7/4-7/8. Free GM lectures 7/6 & 7/7, 9 am.

IN 13 SECTIONS WITH $250,000 PROJECTED PRIZES!

OPEN SECTION: $20000-10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-700-
600-500, clear win or top 2 playoff $300, top FIDE U2500 $2000-1000.
UNDER 2400: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-
500, top U2300/Unr $2000-1000. FIDE rated.
UNDER 2200: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-
500, top U2100 (no unr) $2000-1000. FIDE rated.
UNDER 2000: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-
500, top U1900 (no unr) $2000-1000. Unrated limit $2500.
UNDER 1800: $13000-7000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-
500, top U1700 (no unr) $2000-1000. Unrated limit $2000.
UNDER 1600: $11000-6000-3000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-
500, top U1500 (no unr) $2000-1000. Unrated limit $1600.
UNDER 1400: $10000-5000-2500-1200-1000-800-700-600-500-
400, top U1300 (no unr) $1600-800. Unrated limit $1200.
UNDER 1200: $5000-2500-1200-1000-800-700-600-500-400-300,
top U1100 (no unr) $1200-600. Unrated limit $800.
UNDER 900: $1000-700-500-400-300-300-300, trophies to first
10, top Under 700, Under 500, Under 300, unrated. Unrated limit $300.
PROVISIONAL PRIZE LIMIT: If under 26 lifetime games
played as of 7/12 official list, limit $600 in U900, $1500 in U1200,
$3000 in U1400 or U1600. Provisionally rated players are NOT unrated!
WOMEN (FIDE rated), SENIOR AMATEUR, UNDER 13
CHAMPIONSHIP & BOOSTER: See Tournament Life
July USCF official ratings used (FIDE used in Open Section).

Reserve early! Chess rate $99-99, 215- 448-
2000, may sell out by 5/31, 2 night min. 7/6-7.
Time limit: Open 40/90, SD/30, inc/30.
U2400 to U1200 40/2, SD/1 (4-day option,
rounds 1-2 G/75, 3-day option, rds 1-5 G/45).
U900, July 6-8 only, G/65. Women & Senior
40/2, SD/1. Under 13 sections G/65. For all
sections but Open, 5 second delay used. For all
sections, no 5 minute deduction from clocks.
Entry fees: see chesstour.com or
Tournament Life. Most fees are lowest if paid
by May 15.
5-day schedule: Wed 7 pm, Thu 11 am & 6
pm, Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5..
7-day schedule: Mon-Wed each 7 pm, Thu
6 pm, Fri 6 pm, Sat 11 am & 6 pm, Sun 10 & 5.
4-day schedule: Thu 11 am, 2:30 pm & 6
pm, Fri 11 am & 6 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5.
3-day schedule: Fri 11 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30
pm, 6 pm & 8:30 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 5.
Under 900 schedule: Fri 11 am, 2 pm & 5
pm, Sat 10 am, 1 pm & 4 pm, Sun 10, 1 & 4.
Women, Senior, Under 13 sections: see
chesstour.com or Tournament Life.
U2400 to U1200 schedules merge & play
for same prizes. No 4-day or 3-day Open
Section, no 7-day U1400 or U1200.
Late entries end 1 hour before rd 1.
Half point byes: see chesstour.com or
Tournament Life.
Bring sets, boards, clocks- none supplied.
U2000 & higher prizes paid 7/8, others mailed
by 7/23. $15 service charge for refunds.
Special 1 year USCF dues with paper
magazine if paid with entry: see Tournament
Life. USCF membership required.
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