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Fall Grand Prix Fun

October marks three major Grand
Prix tournaments dotted all over the
country, the Midwest Class
Championships in Illinois (October
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Reno (October 23-25) and the
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U.S. Womens Check out CLO to see who comes out
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Championship
October kicks off with the 2009
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ten-player round robin include a U.S. Chess scoop video
last years rivals, Anna interview with cover star, Alex
Zatonskih and Irina Krush; Lenderman. Not content to rest
Olympians Rusudan Goletiani on his GM-elect laurels, Lender-
(above, on the February 2009 man has been very active since,
cover) and Tatev Abrahamyan winning the Atlantic Open and
U.S. Chess League Action
and newcomers Sabina Foisor captaining the Philadelphia The USCL regular season heats up
and Yun Fan. Look for live Inventors U.S. Chess League in Octoberlook for updates and
reportage from CLO editor team. blogs on Chess Life Online
Jennifer Shahade. throughout the fall, including
thoughts from Ask GM Joel
columnist on his team, the New
Jersey Knockouts.
Contributors
Jerry Hanken FM Alex Dunne FM Alex Betaneli
(2009 World Open, p. 20) is president (Correspondence Chess, p. 28) is (Scholastics, p. 32) is a three-time
of the Chess Journalists of America and the correspondence chess director for Wisconsin state champion and a
a frequent contributor to Chess Life. the USCF. His monthly column The chess coach.
Check is in the Mail can be found on
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October Chess Life
Columns
12 LOOKS AT BOOKS
Read, Write, Checkmate
By Dr. Alexey Root, WIM
16 CHESS TO ENJOY
It Just Doesnt Add Up
By GM Andy Soltis
18 SOLITAIRE CHESS
Not Every Game Has An
Endgame
By Bruce Pandolfini
37 WHATS THE BEST MOVE?

A Passion For Chess
By GM Larry Evans
38 BACK TO BASICS
Time, Anyone?
By GM Lev Alburt
40 ENDGAME LAB
Bishop Bout: 2009
U.S. Championship, Part II
By GM Pal Benko
Departments
3 PREVIEW
6 COUNTERPLAY
8 FIRST MOVES
10 USCF AFFAIRS
45 TOURNAMENT LIFE
62 CLASSIFIEDS
63 SOLUTIONS GM Evgeny Najer, three-time World Open champion
20 | 2009 WORLD OPEN

The Alexander Technique
By Jerry Hanken
GM Evgeny Najer takes his third straight
World Open title, but Alex Lenderman
stole the show by earning his third GM norm
in only a month, becoming our newest grandmaster.
28 | CORRESPONDENCE CHESS
On The Cover 2001 Golden Knights
GM-elect Alex Lendermans By FM Alex Dunne
celebratory dance after his chess John Burtons five-year reign over
accomplishments has become some- the Golden Knights rivals the best of the best.
what of a trademark and a breath
of fresh air on the chess scene. 32 | SCHOLASTICS
Cover design by Shirley Szymanek Rockin Robson
(www.dog4design.co.uk) By FM Alex Betaneli
Image taken from YouTube video With his victory in the U.S. Junior, IM Ray Robson
of Lenderman.
earns a spot in the 2010 U.S. Championship
Photo this page by Chris Bird
and the World Junior Championship.

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Counterplay
Floored were created by chess administrators and Nb6, threatening the bishop. After 13.
Years ago, the USCF put in rating floors not by statisticians, are at odds with the cxb4 Nxc4, White doesnt appear to have
to prevent sandbagging in big money goal of measuring playing strength, espe- much other than 14. Qf7+, and then 14.
tournaments. So, I understand the rea- cially for players whose chess skills are not ... Qd7 15. Qxc4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 exd4,
soning for rating floors. But since that as sharp as they used to be. The USCF and the bishops should allow Black to
time, the rating floor has become a com- Ratings Committee has been consistently draw without too much trouble.
fort level for many players, as well as a against their continued use. That said, On the other hand, I think Jons new,
badge of accomplishment. Thus, when the Quick Chess system does indeed interesting try of 11. Bg5 is better. Even
players break 1600 they know no matter implement rating floors which are com- if Black doesnt fall into the trap of 11. ...
how poorly they playand as we age, we puted in the same way as in the regular Qxg5 12. Ne4+, hes still in bad shape
tend to diminish in our playing abili- rating system. after 11. ... Be7 12. Bxe7+ Nxe7 13. dxe5+
tiestheir rating will never drop below a Kc7 14. Rad1 Qf8 (what else?) 15. Bf7.
certain level. As a result, rating floors FM Alex Dunne, USCF Correspondence So is 5. ... Nxd5 truly busted? Maybe
now serve more than one purpose. Chess (CC) Director, addresses the CC not. After 10. d4, Black has 10. ... Qf6
My question is, why are there no rating question: (which Jon notes but doesnt really pur-
floors for quick chess and correspon- sue). After 11. Qe2 Kd7 12. dxe5 Qf5 or
A rating floor for CC players? While I
dence chess ratings? It seems to me if 12. Ne4 Qg6, White has about even com-
have nothing against one, I dont believe
someone has worked extremely hard to pensation for the material, and both sides
one is necessary. Correspondence chess is
break the 2200 level at correspondence are walking a tightrope.
not affected nearly as much as over-the-
chess, for example, there should be some Initial analysis indicates that after 10.
board (OTB) chess in the withering of chess
reward in the knowledge that they will d4, 10. ... exd4 is disastrous after the
strength by age. Those qualities that mark
never drop below 2000, and thus will immediate 11. Re1: 11. ... Kd6 12. Qg3+
OTB chess abilities: memory, calculating
always be able to play in the expert/ Kc5 13. a3 dxc3 14. axb4+ Kb6 15. Bxd5
ability, quickness of mind, stamina, nerves,
master class tournaments. Has there cxd5 16. Be3+.
and ability to travel are replaced by the use
been any thought given to establishing Next lets decide the Wilkes-Barre once
of opening books, physically moving pieces
rating floors for quick chess and corre- and for all!
to analyze, silence in the study, time, and
spondence chess ratings? Walt Brower
a postcard or e-mail. Many CC players
David McCann Blount Springs, Alabama
play as well or nearly as well in their six-
Ada,Oklahoma
ties and seventies as they did forty years
Jon Edwards responds:
ago. It is the same game, but different.
Mark Glickman, chair of the USCF Rat-
ings Committee, responds: Thank you for your wonderful com-
Refrying the Re-fried ments. Im very pleased that you are
Your question raises a fundamental I enjoyed Jon Edwards article on the having fun with the lines! As you know, I
issue about the purpose of chess ratings. Re-fried Liver in the July issue. I think couldnt include all my variations and
While many tournament players view their Jon contributed significantly to this thoughts. I hope this helps.
ratings as indicators of achievement, their ancient variation whose definitive analy- After 9. 0-0 c6 10. d4 Kd6 11. Ne4+
primary use is to measure playing sis remains ever elusive. My own analysis Kc7 12. c3 Nb6 13. cxb4 Nxc4 14. Qf7+
strength. If the main goal was to reward is hardly exhaustive but might provide Qd7 15. Qxc4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 exd4 17.
players who play well, we would not need some insight: Bf4+ Kb6 18. Rfd1 Bxb4 19. Rxd4 a5 20.
a rating system that involved complicated In the main line, after 9. 0-0 c6 10. d4 a3 Be7 21. Re1, I judge White to have an
formulas that are designed to track play- Kd6 11. Ne4+ Kc7 12. c3, a better try obvious lead in development with all the
ers abilities over time. Rating floors, which than 12. ... Na6 for Black might be 12. ... chances. To my eye, its close to winning,
though I note your concern.
Yes, the 11. Bg5 line is a lot of fun. I
actually think that 11. ... Qd7 12. dxe5+
Kc7 is the best defense for Black. But I
agree that White has good winning
chances there too.
And after 10. d4 Qf6 11. Qe2 Kd7 12.
Ne4! Qg6 13. c3 Na6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15.
dxe5, White will again have c3-c4 with
very active play against Blacks exposed
king.
And yes, its probably time to take on the
Wilkes-Barre!
Long live the Liver, and good chess.
Larry Parr is the author of the Nigel

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inadvertently left off the article.

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First Moves
Chess School A Success in St. Louis
IM Gregory Shahade in St. Louis
GREGORY SHAHADE FIGURES things couldnt have gone much better for the 10th U.S. Chess School, an intensive camp
for the nations top young players held August 11-15 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
The students were great. We go from 9 to 6 each day, and at the end of the day they still have plenty of energy, said Shahade,
the founder and president of the Chess School.
The 10th Chess School differed from the previous nine because all
eight students were female. They ranged in age from 12 to 19. It was an The Chess Club and
experiment that initially had Shahade concerned. I wasnt sure about Scholastic Center of
the symbolism in separating one gender from the other. Saint Louis is a not-
for-profit, 501(c)3
But it worked out well, he said. The students got along and several became organization that
good friends. opened in July 2008.
Founded by retired
The classes, led primarily by Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov, also were
investment fund
somewhat different in tone, Shahade said, than the usual mixed-gen-
manager Rex Sin-
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der camps. The boys get more excitable, he said.
quefield, it has more
Shahade already has sites lined up for the next three Chess Schools, than 500 members.
which take place through 2010. After that, he wouldnt mind returning The club, which
to St. Louis. Steve Goldberg on
Chess Life Online
I feel like a broken record. Its the nicest chess club Ive been to, he said. called certainly one
The neighborhood is great. The staff is great. Everything is great. of the most impres-
Tony Rich, Executive Director of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center, sive chess centers in the country, offers free
classes for beginners, discounted tournament entry
said it was a pleasure to host the school.
fees and discounted merchandise for club members.
Part of our mission is to help make chess more accessible to every- The Chess Club will host the U.S. Womens Chess
one, and to build interest in chess among young people. The chess Championship October 3-13, featuring 10 of the top
school certainly complements that mission. And to see these girls and women players in the country.
young women actively learning a game they love was inspiring,
For more information, please visit
Rich said.
www.saintlouischessclub.org
Shahade started the chess school in 2006 to provide an outlet for top or call 314-361-CHESS.
young players to improve their game. The school is free.

USCF Affairs October
Jerry Nash
Due to unfortunate but necessary cutbacks, the USCF is cutting the position of Scholastic and FIDE Director. Jerry Nashs last day
in the office was Tuesday, August 25th. We are fortunate to be able to announce that Mr. Nash will continue his relationship with
the Federation as our National Education Consultant. Jerrys focus will be primarily on working with individuals, schools, and
communities in the role of a consultant to assist in the development of local scholastic and collegiate chess programs. He will also
promote the training of educators to connect chess with the efforts to improve math skills, critical thinking skills, and life skills. Read
his letter to the chess community below, and contact him directly at [email protected]. Bill Hall, USCF Executive Director
August 26, 2009
Dear Chess Community,

Since March of 2005 it has been my privilege to serve as the Scholastic and FIDE Director
of the United States Chess Federation. While unfortunate circumstances necessitate my leav-
ing this position, I hope to maintain my connections with the chess community. It has been
my pleasure to make the acquaintance of so many players, coaches, tournament directors,
parents, and students who love the game of chess and use it to impact their communities.
I will continue my relationship with the Federation as National Education Consultant. Work-
ing with individuals, schools, and communities, I hope to assist in the development of local
scholastic and collegiate chess programs. I also plan to continue helping educators connect
chess with the improvement of math skills, critical thinking skills, and life skills.
I would like to thank all those with whom I have worked for having the opportunity to be a part
of their efforts to make a difference in the lives of others. I have been blessed by these relation-
ships. My hope and prayer is that we will discover the resources needed to face the challenges
and fulfill the opportunities of the days ahead.
Jerry Nash awarding trophies at the Best Regards,
2007 National K-12/Collegiate
Championship in Houston, Texas Jerry Nash
2010 U.S. Championship

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) will host the 2010 U.S. Championship from April 23 to May 6,
with 24 competitors vying for at least $130,000 in prize money. Read the official press release here for details on the composi-
tion of the 24 qualifiers. Seven players are already determinedthe defending champion Hikaru Nakamura, the U.S. junior champion
Ray Robson and the top five players from the U.S. Open: GMs Dmitry Gurevich, Sergey Kudrin, Jesse Kraai, Alex Yermolinsky
and GM-elect Alex Lenderman. On Labor Day weekend at the U.S. Senior Open in Tulsa, Oklahoma, GM Larry Christiansen qual-
ified for the championship.
Look for more details as the tournament approaches. The CCSCSL will also host the 2009 U.S. Women's Championship from Octo-
ber 3-13, and the field for that tournament is IM Anna Zatonskih, IM Irina Krush, IM Rusudan Goletiani, WGM Sabina-Francesca
Foisor, WGM Camilla Baginskaite, WFM Tatev Abrahamyan, WIM Alisa Melekhina, WIM Iryna Zenyuk, WIM Battsetseg Tsagaan, and
Yun Fan.
Membership rate increase

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growth of chess, from local clubs to state and regional associations, projects. It is structured to ensure effective democratic procedures
and it promotes chess in American society. To these ends, USCF offers in accord with its bylaws and laws of the state of Illinois.

2009 NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC
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Looks at Books
Read, Write, Checkmate

An excerpt to help teachers and coaches
with chess programs in their schools
By Dr. Alexey Root, WIM
Why Chess? munity. Electronic materials also make it

possible for chess resources to be stud-
library staff members. Like police playing
midnight basketball with at-risk teens, a
Librarians goals include attracting ied from remote locations. Chess has a library chess program creates an avenue
patrons, partnering with community tremendous significance for libraries of exposure for the library, welcoming
organizations to provide intellectual and because chess is one of those activities children and families into a fun atmos-
educational experiences, and building that stimulate strategic and analytic phere, cementing a relationship before
collections of books and electronic skills. (personal communication, Novem- the librarys other services are needed.
resources. These goals have been met ber 16, 2007). (Sullivan, 2003, p. 60).
through chess, by librarians working in Childrens librarian Michael Sullivan North Branch Public Services librar-
diverse contexts. For example, Dr. Larry devotes a portion of his website to chess ian (Denton, Texas) Carmen Grant
D. Sall, Dean of Libraries at The Univer- activities in the northeastern United commented, Ive seen that chess is inter-
sity of Texas at Dallas (UTD), said: States. He also has written about why generational, and also brings males to
The annual Chess Festival [Chess- librarians might promote chess. Quoting the library. Her librarys reference desk
Fest] at McDermott Library highlights Root (2006, pp. 39-40): owns two sets and boards, which it loans
the accomplishments of the UTD chess Libraries are excellent locations for to patrons for in-library use. In addition,
team, the number one college chess team chess clubs, according to Sullivan (2003). as discussed later in this chapter, this
in the U.S. The festival also brings peo- Boys reading test scores are a year and library also hosts a weekly chess club.
ple into the library who might not a half behind those of girls, and boys are
otherwise come in here. Weve used chess less likely to visit libraries (Sullivan, 2003). Concerns
as a theme for library displays. The library Many boys believe the stereotype that Academic librarian Tim Harris noted
staff includes a number of chess players reading and other intellectual pursuits are that college and university libraries are
who enjoy building up the librarys chess passive and effeminate (Sullivan, 2003, often short of funds. Drawing from his
book collection, which is then enjoyed p. 58). Chess draws boys into libraries experience, Harris suggested that aca-
by staff, students, faculty, and the com- and also has a humanizing effect for demic librarians should:

meet with department chairpersons dent is supposed to do at the library, tors, other adults, and children to your
and ask them to allow money from their especially during the school day. After library. If experienced players are compet-
book budget to be spent on chess litera- school, a fair rule might be a designated ing, chess clocks to pace each game are
ture. I had the most success with amount of time for homework before desirable. In the announcement of the
departments of mathematics, computer games may be checked out. Regarding the tournament, ask players to bring their
science (I would argue that own chess equipment. Or, if
the advance of chess com- the library has boards and
puter programming was an sets such as those recom-
important aspect of com- ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 mended in Chess
puter science ... and it Equipment and Curricula
often worked and I got the in chapter 1, put in the
money to buy chess books White vs. Black White vs. Black White* vs. Black* announcement, Sets and
to add to the librarys collec- boards provided. By lim-
tion from that department),
1 vs. 4 3 vs. 1 1 vs. 2 iting the number of
and history. (personal 2 vs. 3 4 vs. 2 4 vs. 3 participants and asking
communication, November non-competing adults to
27, 2007). * Colors in the third round are determined by toss. Toss methods include: supervise, chess tourna-
Harris added that his flipping a coin; putting a black pawn in one hand and a white pawn in ments are simple to run.
success with the history the other hand, and having the opponent pick a hand. The easiest way to run a
department was mostly due tournament is to group
to him also holding an players in quads (a round
appointment as a history robin of four players). It is
professor. Shenk (2006) Running a quad best if every player in the
and Yalom (2004) are quad is about the same
appealing purchases for ability. Have players
higher education history departments. concern that chess might be disruptive, describe themselves as beginner, interme-
If a campus chess club is an approved it is important to remember that student diate, or advanced. Form groups of four
student organization, then academic chessplayers and onlookers learn from players according to those self-designa-
librarians can make a case for buying discussing chess games. There can be tions. Within the quad, arbitrarily number
instructional books and materials to sup- rules about the content (no trash-talking) the players from one to four. Then follow
port that club. Harris wrote, I and the volume of the conversation. To the pairing chart in Figure 6.2. (See chart
successfully began a chess club at a col- summarize, some library media special- on left.) The result of each game is scored
lege that had never previously had one ists thought that library media centers in the following manner: Win 1 point;
and actually had the administration help should only be for individual, quiet, aca- Draw 1/2 point; and Loss 0 points.
fund it. Furthermore, once this occurred, demic work, while others designated times To clarify Figure 6.2, the player desig-
I never had any problems finding money and areas for social activities such as nated as number one has white in round
from the budget to purchase good chess mind-developing games and puzzles. one against player four. At the same time,
books (personal communication, Novem- Public librarians seemed somewhat player two has white against player three.
ber 27, 2007). Chess club presidents can less concerned about games and noise The winner of the quad is the player with
be an important bridge between student than library media specialists, though the most points at the end of round three.
government, chess, and libraries. In 2001, several postings on PUBLIB suggested If the number of players is not divisible by
UTD chess club president Clemente Ren- segregating game-playing to one area. In four, then make the bottom section larger
don worked with the Student Union and general, the public librarians were enthu- than four players and run that section as
Activities Advisory Board and the McDer- siastic about chess attracting children a three-round Swiss system tournament.
mott library to organize the first and young adults. Their concerns include
ChessFest. As noted by Dr. Sall, Chess- how to organize a chess tournament, how
Fest has become an annual event. to start and run a chess club, and what References
To identify concerns of library media instruction and equipment is recom-
specialists and of public librarians, as mended. These concerns will be Root, A. W. (2006). Children and chess:
represented by their electronic discus- addressed in the rest of this chapter. A guide for educators. Westport, CT:
sions, I searched for chess in the Teacher Ideas Press.
Since the options for library-chess
1997-2007 archives of LM_NET involvement are varied, librarians might Shenk, D. (2006). The immortal game:
www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ and in wonder how to start. Often chess players A history of chess, or how 32 carved pieces
the 1995-2008 archives of PUBLIB make the first move, approaching librar- on a board illuminated our understanding
http://lists.webjunction.org/publib/. ians with requests to hold chess activities. of war, art, science, and the human brain.
Library media specialists worried that: New York: Doubleday.
Alternatively, librarians may contact the
1. Like other games and puzzles, chess United States Chess Federation (USCF) or Sullivan, M. (2003). Connecting boys with
distracts students from doing their home- local chess clubs asking for volunteer or books: What libraries can do. Chicago:
work, and; paid chess instructors. Or a librarian American Library Association.
2. The noise and activity associated might implement chess, whether or not he Website: http://www.talestoldtall.com/
with games such as chess would be dis- or she has ever played the game.
Yalom, M. (2004). Birth of the chess queen:
ruptive.
A history. New York: HarperCollins.
In response, some library media spe-
cialists posted their chess/games rules. Tournaments
Read, Write, Checkmate:
To address the concern that chess might Tournaments may be rated and publi- Enrich Literacy with Chess Activities,
distract students from doing their home- cized by the USCF, but can also be by Alexey W. Root.
Teacher Ideas Press.
work, students should have a signed pass non-rated. Tournaments require quiet 128 pages.
from a teacher designating what that stu- conditions and attract parents, educa- $25 (paperback).

Chess to Enjoy
It Just Doesnt Add Up
By GM Andy Soltis
Opinion is divided over the value of applying arithmetic to chess. Some say it adds
to our understanding. Others say it just multiplies our confusion.
rnl+kl r
Half of the chess world likes to think make the forced moves, 2. Rxb2 and 2. ...
that you win games by applying principles Qxd8. Whats the score?
that are as dependable as the laws of White has a rook, a bishop and pawn +p+ +ppp
p+ ppn +
arithmetic. The other half feels that you for the queen. If a rook is worth five
win by breaking those laws. You prove pawns and a bishop three, then adding it
that two times two equals five, as up ... White has nine pawns worth of + + + L
+ NPP +
Mikhail Tal put it. compensation for the queen.
As a result, weve argued for centuries That should be just enough. And we
about how much of chess can be turned can prove its enough by continuing 3. Rf2 q N + +
P+PQ +PP
into an equation. The best evidence that followed by pass moves. Black cant
chess is arithmetic is the chart of rela- win.
tive value of the piecesA bishop is
worth three pawns and so on.
When Emanuel Lasker, in 1925, and
then Alexander Alekhine, in 1927, made
+R+ KL+R
After 9. ... Qa3
Newcomers to chess are often confused similar queen sacrifices it was somewhat
when told that a queen is worth nine shocking. But all they were doing was made three more developing moves than
pawns. How in the world can you have showing that 5 plus 3 plus 1 really does Black and that should be enough to jus-
nine pawns, they wonder? equal 9. tify his gambit.
The reason Q=9Ps is useful is it can be But masters often get entangled in their But Tarrasch tweaked his arithmetic.
converted to a more realistic equation. arithmetic. In his wonderful game col- He assigned extra value to the second
lection, The Sorcerers Apprentice, David move of a knight on the grounds that
Just add it up Bronstein said a knight and bishop are this usually gives the knight much more
Lev Travin roughly equal. A few lines later he said range.
Ilya Zek that a knight is equal to three pawns. He would say the splendidly centralized
Leningrad 1938 But then he said a bishop is equal to knight at d4 is worth two tempi, not just
four pawns.
+ + + Q
one. Therefore Whites gambit should be
How can all three equations be right? more than worthwhile.
+ + +p+k They cant.
Nevertheless, masters have also tried to
You can also factor in other variables,
+ + Pp+
such as an advantage in space or piece
come up with equations that go beyond activity. One formula, which has been
pL+ + +q trades of material. One of the few guide-
lines for making a pawn sacrifice comes
used in versions of chess software, is to
P+ + + +
calculate the difference in mobility of the
from Siegbert Tarrasch: If you get three two armies:
+ + + P extra moves of development in return for
a pawn, its an equitable swap.
Add up all the legal moves for each
r + +KP
side. Subtract the smaller from the larger
Lets test this with an opening Tar- number and multiply by one tenth of a
+ +R+ + rasch would never have dreamed up, the
Poisoned Pawn Variation of the Najdorf
pawn.
The result tells you how much better
After ... Rb2+ Sicilian. It runs 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 in material termsthe more mobile player
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. is. If one guy has ten more legal moves
This position used to appear in tactics f4 and now 7. ... Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 than his opponent, this formula says hes
manuals to illustrate the power of a pin. Qa3: the equivalent of a full pawn ahead.
To avoid mate, White must play 1. Rd2. Lets apply this to the last diagram.
Then comes 1. ... Qd1! and Black wins, (see diagram top of next column)
We can count 45 possible moves for White
the books say. Black has moved two pieces to Whites and 32 for Black. Do the subtraction and
But lets take that one step further and five. Five minus two means White has White ends up with a mobility advantage

Problem I Problem II Problem III
St. Petersburg 1909 Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Oldrich Duras Erich Cohn
Oldrich Duras Rudolf Spielmann Savielly Tartakower
This year marks the centenary of r+ +r+k+ + +

rk+ r+l+ q k
one of the greatest tournaments of +p+ +ppp p + + p + p + +
pre-revolution Russia, St. Peters-
burg 1909. It is best remembered
+p+ l + ppp r + +p+ +Lp
for Akiba Rubinsteins brilliant upset p + + + +P+ + +p + Pp+p+
of world champion Emanuel Lasker + + + + +PRp+ + + PpP Q
and the Lasker versus Rubinstein Q LP+ Pq + P P qP P + P +
race for first prize. But this months
quiz is based on combinations played
PPP+ + P P+ + +P+ + + + P
by some of the 17 other players at St. + + RR+K + QR+ +K + + + RK
Petersburg. In each of the following Black to play Black to play White to play
six positions you are asked to find
the fastest winning line of play. In Problem IV Problem V Problem VI
most quizzes that means a forced Julius Perlis Leo Fleischmann Forgacs Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Erich Cohn Amos Burn
win of material but watch out this
month for a lot of mates involving r+ +r+ k + r n k l+r+n+
rooks and bishops. Solutions on
page 63.
pQ+l+ pp plq rpp + + +pk
+p+ p + p +p+ p q P + p
+ + + + + p P +Q p p pRpP
+Pq + + +LPN+R+ pP+ + +
+ +LR +P + PR+ + P +QN +
P+ + PP+ P+ + PPP PL+ +P+
+ + R K + + + K + + + K
White to play White to play White to play
r+ qk+ r
of 13 moves, or the equivalent of 1.3 least an 85 percent chance.
pawns. So, if you subtract the pawn hes GMs have also tried to find an equation
given up, White is nearly a third of a that links material with clock time. If you pl+n+pl
+p+pn p
pawn ahead. give up a knight for an attack that forces
But the late GM Eduard Gufeld would your opponent into bad time pressure it
have argued that White didnt give up a may be worthwhile. As Tal liked to say, +p+ N p
+pPP+ +
whole pawn. In his calculus, pawns vary The time you dont have is more valuable
in value depending on their file. than the extra piece you do have.
Gufeld tried to make this more under- Vladimir Kramnik put it another way in + N + L
PP +LPPP
standable by talking of pawn value in 64 magazine last year. An opening nov-
money terms. If the center pawns, on the elty that forces your opponent into a big
e- and d-files, are worth $1 each, he said,
then pawns on the c- and f-file are only
think is a quantifiable advantage, he R +Q+RK
wrote. I dont know how to evaluate it (a After 11. ... Bg7
90 cents apiece, and so on. pawn or a half-pawn) but it exists, he
In this case White lost 80 cents, the said. because Black would have a difficult time
value of a b-pawn, when he allowed 8. ... That recalls a world championship finding the right defense.
Qxb2. He gave up another 10 cents when game in which Garry Kasparov made a Gufelds joke was proven true. Black
he swapped his d-pawn for a less valuable pawn sacrifice that sent Anatoly Karpov was 45 minutes behind on the clock by
c-pawn (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4). Therefore into a big think. Gufeld explained what the time he reached move 21. He trailed
White hasnt sacrificed a whole pawn, happened in his annotationsChess- by more than an hour soon after that.
just 90 percent of one, according to players have a joke: An hour lead is worth Despite further errors on both sides White
Gufeldenomics. a pawn. won on move 45.
There have been various attempts to Kramnik knows its no joke. But theres a caveat here: If you sacri-
compute what the vague symbols of anno- fice a pawn you may end up an hour
tators really mean. Several years ago a No joke aheadbut if you sacrifice an hour theres
Russian study, reported in Shakhmatny GM Veselin Topalov no assurance youll end up a pawn ahead.
Bulletin, concluded, for example, that an GM Vladimir Kramnik In other words, some equations work in
equals sign means the chances of White Wijk aan Zee 2008 only one direction. The same goes with
winning is 55 to 46 percent. equations in life. For example, A picture
(see diagram top of next column)
A plus-over-equals sign means White is worth a thousand words.
has winning chances in the 56-to-70 per- White played 12. Nxf7. It deserved the If you have to describe verbally what an
cent range. A plus-over-minus raises that title move of the yearbut not because image shows visually it may, indeed, take
.
to 71 to 85 percent, the study found. its a great move. In fact, when White you 1,000 words. But it doesnt work the
And a plus-sign followed by minus-sign annotated the game he gave it a !?!. other way around. Look at a copy of the
which we usually interpret as White is This indicates that the sacrifice is not Gettysburg Address. Now draw it.
winningsignifies only that he has at sound but it was more good than bad

Solitaire Chess
Not Every Game Has An Endgame
By Bruce Pandolfini
In a game played in the year of the USCFs founding, the risk of an exposed king
not reaching the endgame is illustrated.
When the center opens very early on, this game, use a piece of paper to cover 7. Kxd8
and its possible to exchange queens, the article, exposing Whites next move
depriving the opponent of the opportunity only after trying to guess it. If you guess 8. Bg5+ Par Score: 5
to castle, most players do so, hoping to correctly, give yourself the par score.
Pleci develops with tempo on the king.
exploit the exposed kings vulnerable sta- Sometimes points are also rewarded for
In essence, this becomes a free develop-
tus with developing attacks and threats. second-best moves, and there may be
ing move, even though Black blocks the
But theres another side to this. If the bonus pointsor deductionsfor other
check with a counterthreat, as we shall
assault can be weathered, the centered moves and variations. Note that ** means
soon see.
king may be better placed for the that the note to Blacks move is over and
endgame. Of course, before the endgame, Whites move is on the next line.** 8. f6
the chess gods have placed the opening
4. Ngf3 Par Score: 5 Other interpositions are worthless: 8. ...
and middlegame, and those phases might
B(N) e7? 9. Nxc5; 8. ... Nf6? 9. Nxf6 gxf6
not allow a harried king to reach an White develops and guards the d4-
10. Bxf6+ (accept 1 bonus point for each).
endgame. That was the storyline in the pawn. Full credit for inserting 4. exd5
Nor does running to the queenside (8. ...
game Isaias Pleci versus Lucius Endzelins, before playing Ngf3, but accept only 2
Kc7) help much: 9. Bf4+ Kb6 (9. ... Kc6
played in a match (Argentina versus points part credit for 4. dxc5 Bxc5, help-
10. Ne5+, with invasion at f7) 10. Be3 a5
Latvia) at the Buenos Aires Olympiad of ing Black develop.
(he has to stop 11. b4) 11. Ne5 Nh6 12.
1939. Blacks king was hounded into
4. dxe4 Nd3, piling up and winning the pinned c5-
mate. The king hunt began in a Tarrasch
knight.**
French Defense: Here is a move thats seldom played,
since it brings Whites knight into the 9. 0-0-0+ Par Score: 5
game with an attack on the c5-pawn. A
Castling with check cries out to be
French Defense (C07) more normal move is 4. ... Nc6.**
played. No credit for other moves.
Isaias Pleci
5. Nxe4 Par Score: 4
Lucius Endzelins 9. Ke8
Match: Argentina versus Latvia, Buenos
5. Nd7 Again, interpositions are bad: (a) 9. ...
Aires Olympiad, 1939
Bd7 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb5 (1 bonus
Black protects the c5-pawn. He could point); or (b) 9. ... Nd7 10. Bb5 fxg5 11.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 have gone whole hog, 5. ... cxd4, reliev- Ne5 Nf6 12. Nxf6 gxf6 13. Nxd7 (2 bonus
ing all the tension in the center. He points); a possible continuation might be
rnlqklnr didnt.** 13. ... Bxd7 14. Rxd7+ Kc8 15. Rhd1 Bc5
pp+ +ppp 6. dxc5 Par Score: 5 16. Bc4 Bxf2 17. Bxe6 Kb8 18. Bd5 and
wins.**
+ +p+ + 6. Nxc5
+ pp+ +
10. Bb5+ Par Score: 5
This was planned in conjunction with
+ PP+ + Blacks previous move. What he didnt 10. Kf7
+ + + + like was 6. ... Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3

Qxc5 9. Be3 giving White the two bishops 11. Rd8!! Par Score: 8
PPPN PPP in an open position. Still, this was better
Here is a fantastic resource that keeps
R LQKLNR than what happened.**
up the attack. Accept only 4 points part
7. Qxd8+ Par Score: 6 credit for for 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Be3 Bxe3
Your starting position
13. fxe3, when Black can set up a defense
Paradoxically, the trade of queens is the
Now make sure you have the above with 13. ... Ke7, 14. ... Nh6, and 15. ...
best way for White to pursue the attack.
position set up on your chessboard. As Nf7.
Blacks king, unable to castle, is certain
you play through the remaining moves in to come under fire. 11. Be7

Problem I Problem II Problem III
ABCs of Chess Mating net Fork Smothering
+
r +k+ + k + + k r + +
These problems are all related to
key positions in this months game.
+ pl+p+ + + p + +pp + +
In each case, Black is to move. The + q + + + + + + + + n +
answers can be found in Solutions + + + + + +
+ n + + + +
on page 63. + + + + + + +l+ + + + +
October Exercise: Create an elec-
+ P + + + +NP + + K + +
tronic file, aiming to list every chess +P+ P + + +L+ + + + +PP
concept you command. At first, just + LQKR+ + +K+ + + + + NR
get some ideas down, but as they
accumulate, organize them into cat-
egories, as if youre outlining a chess Problem IV Problem V Problem VI
textbook. The mere act of parceling Pin Mating net Mating net
the notions into groups should lead
to a greater appreciation of what +
+k+ + + + + + ++R+ +
you really know, and that should + +
+l+ + + + k R +
+ +
further urge an inexorable quest to + + + + + + n + + + + +
fathom what you really dont know. p + n +n p + n + + + +p+k
As Immanuel Kant mentions in the
Critique of Pure Reason, the science PpN+ + + l ++ + + + + +
of understanding is nothing more +K+ + + + + + L + + + K
than the inventory of all that is given P + + + + + KP+ + + +PP
by pure reason, systematically + L +L+ N+r+ N
R + +n+r+
arranged.
Neither white piece can be taken. If Blacks only hope of resisting is to unpin has cleverly improved the position of his
11. ... fxg5, then 12. Ne5+ Ke7 13. Re8 is his bishop.** rook, taking control of the f-file.
mate (2 bonus points). And if 11. ... Nxe4,
16. Be2 Par Score: 5 19. Kg6
then 12. Ne5+ Ke7 (12. ... fxe5 13. Be8
mate) 13. Re8+ Kd6 14. Nf7+ Kc5 15. With 16. Be8+ (full credit) White can
20. h4 Par Score: 6
Be3+ Kxb5 16. Rxf8, followed by Nxh8 (4 continue the attack on the king: (a) 16. ...
bonus points).** Kf6 17. Rf8+; (b) 16. ... Kg5 17. h4+; (c) The threat is checkmate in two moves.
16. ... Kh6 17. Nf7+; but trying to calcu- Meanwhile, ... Bc8-b7 is apparently
12. Ne5+! Par Score: 7
late a forced checkmate is impractical delayed.
No credit for 12. Be8+ Kf8, which goes given the material on the board has been
20. Bb7
nowhere, as discovered checks by the reduced. The text is good, looking to place
bishop are answered by 13. ... Bxd8. the bishop on f3, pinning the b7-pawn. Black agrees to be put out of his mis-
Plus the attack on the king can be ery. If he wants to play on he has to move
12. fxe5
renewed at any moment. his h-pawn. Say 20. ... h5 (20. ... h6,
Black has to take, and the medicine will also answered by 21. Rh3, is marginally
16. e4
not cure his ailment.** better) 21. Rh3 Bb7 22. Rg3+ Kh7 23. Rf7
Black takes control of f3, in that 16. ... Nf5 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Rfxg7+ Kh8 (25. ...
13. Nd6+! Par Score: 7
b5 is met by 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 Kh6 26. R3g6 mate) 26. R7g5 and 27.
The follow-up knight check leads to 19. Bxa8 (2 bonus points).** Rxh5 mate.**
the win of the Exchange, since Black
17. f4 Par Score: 6 21. h5+ Par Score: 5
cannot afford 13. ... Bxd6 14. Be8+ Kf8
15. Bg6 mate (2 bonus points). Now White resumes the attack on the On 21. ... Kh6 there follows 22. Nf7
.
black king by taking control of g5. If Black mate. Accept 1 bonus point, if you saw it
13. Kg6
takes en passant the bishop winds up at when playing 20. h4.
f3.
14. Bxe7 Par Score: 4 21. Black resigned.
17. b5
White threatens mayhem everywhere
(15. Nxc8, or 15. Be8+ Kh6 16. Nf7+, and The text prepares 18. ... Bb7, which
Total your score to determine your
goodbye rook). Black seeks to delay.** approximate rating below:
14. Nxe7 18. Re8! Par Score: 7 Total Score Rating
The attacked knight cant move, else the 95+ 2400+
15. Rxh8 Par Score: 4 81-94 2200-2399
c8-bishop falls (1 bonus point).
66-80 2000-2199
15. a6 18. Kf6 51-65 1800-1999
36-50 1600-1799
After the win of the Exchange, Whites 21-35 1400-1599
19. Rf8+ Par Score: 6 06-20 1200-1399
immediate mating threats have subsided 0-05 under 1200
but the pin of the c8-bishop remains. The point of the previous move: White

2009 World Open
THREE STRAIGHT WORLD OPEN VICTORIES FOR NAJER
AND A THIRD GM NORM FOR ALEX LENDERMAN IN
A MONTHA FEAT WORTH DANCING ABOUT
By Jerry Hanken
LENDERMAN!LENDERMAN! Lenderman was performing his legendary Slav Defense (D15)

The chant could be heard all throughout victory lite dance. Alex, having just com- GM-elect Alex Lenderman (2638)
the second floor of the hotel. A crowd of 80 pleted his third GM norm in a month, was GM Alejandro Ramirez (2601)
or so chess players were packed tightly in celebrating as only he can. World Open, Philadelphia (8), 07.05.2009
a circle right outside the playing room It was a magnificent and rare Notes by Lenderman
between rounds two and three of the tra- moment for chess players who had
ditional World Open Blitz championship. spent most of the last five to seven This was the eighth round of the World
After nine rounds of grueling, grinding, days with heads down in the midst of Open and I was playing against a grand-
PHOTO BY CHRIS DAMROSCH
serious play, the players were letting off deafening silence. Now they could let master from Costa Rica, now living in
steam. I could not penetrate the dense cir- it all hang out and share the wonder Dallas, Alejandro Ramirez. I was already
cle, three or four bodies deep, some and delight of the newest American successful in outplaying him in the Benko
standing on chairs, some even sitting on grandmaster. (My interview with Alex Gambit from the white side in the Copper
others shoulders, many with their cell appears on page 26.) State International, where I got my first
phones taking videosall having one Following is the game which almost norm, and ended up winning an endgame
heck of a good time! clinched the title, along with the young up a pawn. Therefore, I felt I had a psy-
And what was the object of their joy and GMs notes. (After this he needed only a chological edge.
excitement? 19-year-old GM-elect Alex draw with either of two foreign GMs.) This time Alejandro decided to choose

Alex Lenderman at a simul in New York
Citys Central Park this past summer.
2009 World Open
r+ + rk+
a calmer but more solid opening, as he fig- In my opinion, a dubious novelty, by
ured a draw with Black against me Gareev used against Kacheishvili. What
wouldn't be too bad and I would proba- to do with that piece? After the text, in +q+npplp
p+p+l+p+
bly want to win. I felt like I was slipping order to play ... e7-e5, a tempo has to be
a little bit in this tournament as after a lost, and in my opinion White has an
4/5 start, I slowed down a little bit by advantage now. (... Bc8 invites a repetition + +p+ +
N+ PnL +
blowing a win against the very strong so 6. ... Bd7 seems bestJ.H.)
grandmaster, Evgeny Najer (see game
P + P +P
7. h3
page 24). I was getting a little bit tired as
P N PP+
it was my 22nd long game in two weeks, With the idea of Bf4, so that on ... Nh5
and I was very close to my third grand- I would have Bh2, and would not have to
master norm. I had to do my best. move my bishop back. + RQKL+R
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 7. ... g6 After 15. Nd2
One of the current main lines in the Now the only way to develop. But now Nb3, White threatens f2-f3 removing one
Slav; the idea of the ... a7-a6 move is to I control the queenside. of the defenders of c5. And 15. ... Nxd2
play ... b7-b5 and then challenge the c- helps me get my queen into the game.
8. Bf4 Bg7 9. e3 b6
pawn, which is attacking my center strong Now I have a big advantage.
point. In the event of c4-c5, and takes Even though it might be dubious, but
advantage of the fact that the ... b7-b6 after the simple 9. ... 0-0 10. Bd3! stops 15. ... g5 16. Bh2 Bf5
move weakens the c5-square (after Ne4. Kacheishvili-Gareev continued with Trying for some kind of counterplay.
c5xb6), as he cannot take back with the 9. ... Nbd7 10. Bd3 0-0 11. Bh2 which
a-pawn now, Black can now develop the gives White a very strong spatial advan- 17. Qb3!
bishop to f5 safely. tage, and a very simple plan of breaking I also considered 17. Nb3!? but after 17.
The problem with 4. ... Bf5?!, against 4. through on the queenside with a typical ... e5 would give him more counterplay.
Nc3 is that White has 5. cxd5! cxd5 (oth- b2-b4-b5. Black has very little counter- This game continuation I foresaw was
erwise after 5. ... Nxd5 White has a slight play; the only way is to play ... Nh5, and almost a clear win. Either he has to trade
edge due to a stronger center) 6. Qb3! and ... f7-f5. But still Blacks position looks queens into a lost endgame, or give up two
White wins a pawn. The compensation for awkward; pieces are not coordinated for pawns.
the pawn isn't sound enough. Two Black.
sharper lines in the Slav are 4. ... dxc4!? 17. ... Qa7 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. f3
10. cxb6!
and 4. ... e6!? (the Semi-Slav)the Good to get his bishop as far as possi-
sharpest. Only like this. If I play 10. b4?!, after 10. ble from the action.
The a6-line happens to be the safest ... Ne4! Black has some good counter-
line, but without a big chance to get an play. 19. ... Bg6 20. Rxc6 Rac8 21. Rxa6
advantage as Black. And the extra tempo Now White is up two pawns, and
10. ... Qxb6
spent playing ... a6 makes it a bit tougher Blacks compensation is scant, as both of
for Black to achieve equality. I have been If 10. ... Nbd7, then 11. b7 followed by his bishops are barely in the game, and
known to play this line as Black, avoiding 12. Qb3 winning. his knight on d7 and rook on f8 are also
the overbooked alternative Slav line. spectators.
11. a3!
5. c5!? 21. ... Rc1+ 22. Kd2 Qxa6
A strong move associated with the pre-
Another interesting way of challenging vious move. I saw that on 11. ... Qxb2? 12. Obviously the only chance. Now I have
this line is 5. a4! e6 6. g3!? dxc4 7. Bg2 Na4 Qb7 13. Rb1 wins right away. a choice between taking the rook back,
c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 Besides that, on 11. ... Ne4, I have 12. Na4 being up two pawns, or taking a queen
and White gets back the pawn with a Qa5+ 13. b4!. Now it is clear that the c5- and having a queen for two rooks. That
slightly better endgame due to a strong square is mine for good, as well as the was a critical decision for me.
bishop on g2, and some more activity. I c-file.
chose a more dynamic way of playing. 23. Bxa6!
11. ... Nbd7
5. ... Bf5 I made calculations, and wasn't sure;
Maybe 11. ... c5!? was worth a better try both moves seemed pretty good. How-
Another way of playing is 5. ... Nbd7!? to reduce the effects of Na4. Though then ever, I intuitively didn't see anything scary
but I feel like it is not quite as strong, as the development would fall more behind for Black with his rook on h1, whereas my
after 6. h3! Qc7 7. Bg5!? White gets a after the simple dxc5. But at least the c5- queen on b3 is much more active than
slight advantage in complicated lines after square wouldnt be as weak for Black. that passive rook on f8. Two rooks arent
7. ... h6 8. Bh4 Nh5 9. g4 and 10. g5. so effective when not worked together as
12. Na4 Qb7 13. Rc1 Ne4
6. Nh4! a general rule. After 23. Kxc1?! Rc8+ 24.
With a simple threat of g5. But I want Nc3 Bd3! things are not so clear and
Very nice novelty, challenging the devel- to leave the h4-square anyway. Maybe Black all of a sudden is getting tremen-
oped bishop right away, first used by GM just 13. ... 0-0 would be better to keep an dous counterplay.
Vishy Anand against GM Yue Wang, and option of ... Nh5 in some cases.
then a few other people, including GM 23. ... Rxh1 24. Bc7 Rg1 25. g4 Rg2+ 26. Ke1
14. Nf3 0-0 15. Nd2!
Varuzhan Akobian against me at the Fox- Objectively now White is winning, but
woods Open (see July Chess Life of course Black still has some dangerous
(see diagram top of next column)
annotations) and my trainer GM Giorgi counterplay, as the position can open up
Kacheishvili against GM Timur Gareev Removing his best piece on the board, any time with ... e7-e5.
very recently. and at the same time heading towards b3,
to attack the a5 and c5 squares. After 26. ... e5!?
6. ... Be6?!

nk+ + r
Of course this makes the position Evgeny Najer who has now tied for first
worse, but a nice last gasp try, in order place three years in a row. Last year he
to mix things up, and try for some tricks. won in an Armageddon playoff game but ppq np+
+prp+ +
In a lost position, better to die quickly this year there was no playoff possible.
than die slowly and hopelessly. Hurricane Hikaru appeared on Friday
27. Qb5!
and piled up 4 points out of 5 in the + P + +p
P P +p+
crazy three day schedule and stayed only
In a tough position where I was getting two days before blowing out to the
very nervous, I made the best decision, Atlantic. He could only play this schedule +R+ + +
P+L+QPPP
winning a piece, and clearly calculating, with two half point byes in the last two
that sacrificing a piece for him wont be rounds as he was scheduled to play in the
enough counterplay. wonderful San Sebastian tournament in
Spain on Monday. (Apparently unaffected
+ + +RK
27. ... exd4 After 20. ... Rxd6
by jet lag, he beat former world champion
Of course. What else? If 27. ... Nf6?, Karpov in the first round and went on to
then 28. Bxe5 and Black can simply win this prestigious event in a rapid play- 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Rd1 a6 23. a4 b5
resign. off. WOW!) On Hikarus second day in This blunts any real danger to the king
this event, he drew with world class GM and fixes b4 as a weakness.
28. Qxd7 dxe3 29. Bd6
Ilya Smirin and soundly defeated Najer in
Most accurate. Attacking the f8-rook the seventh round. Here is that game: 24. h4 Nd5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Be4 Nf4 27.
now and shutting down the counterplay. Qc2 f5 28. Bd3 Kb7 29. Bf1 Na6 30. Qd2 Nd5
29. ... Ra8 30. Nb6 I is back home and me and my buddy
French Defense (C10) is eyeing the b-pawn. It is now clear that
And now the rook is lost. Black will GM Evgeny Najer (2714) Black is not after the kingside but the end
try for a few last tricks now. GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) game.
World Open, Philadelphia (7), 07.04.2009
30. ... Rxb2 31. Re1 f4 32. Re5 Naxb4 33. Qe1 Rh6 34.
Clearly easy to see that nothing else This is one of the more remarkable Rg5 Kb6
works. games in American chess in my memory.
31. Nxa8 Bc3+ 32. Kf1 Rb1+ 33. Kg2

Hikaru faced the World Open champion
of the last two years with the black pieces.
+ + + +
Of course not 33. Ke2?? Re1 mate. He knew that this was his last game + + + +
33. ... Rb2+ 34. Kg1 Rb1+ 35. Bf1
because he had two byes the next day and
had to win to have any chance of getting
kpqp+ r
No more checks, and now forced mate the big money. He chose to play a kind +p+n+ Rp
in three is threatened in a few ways. of Caro-Kann and castle queenside.
What is amazing is the fact that his king
n P ppP
35. ... h6 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Be5 being on that side of the board allowed +R+ + +
Of course 37. Qxe3 was also winning him to win the ending! Lets watch the
U.S. champion work his magic.
+ + PP+
but I felt like this was simpler.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5.
+ + QLK
37. ... Bxe5 38. Qxe5 d4 After 34. ... Kb6
Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. 0-0 Bxe4
A last trick. 39. Qxd4?? would actually
lose because of 39. ... e2! 40. Qf2 Bd3!. The first big surprise. He yields the Blacks king is quite safe and his e-
But now I bring in a piece that was long bishop pair for a mere tempo! pawn is well protected.
forgotten in this part of the game. 8. Bxe4 c6 9. c4 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Qe2 35. Qb1 g3
39. Nc7, Black resigned. 0-0-0
Very nice distraction.
And with the threat of 40. Ne8 and Second surprisequeenside castling.
36. fxg3 fxg3 37. Re5 Rf6 38. Rxg3 Rf4 39.
Black running out of chances and mate- 12. Rb1 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Rb3 g4 15. Nd2 h5 Qd1
rial, he resigned. This game was almost 16. c5
a clincher for me to get my third grand- Rybka thought White is better until
master norm. I had to draw my last round Why give up the d5-square to the now, when it finally changes its mind!
game with White to get the norm, and I knights? I like 16. b5.
39. ... Nf6 40. Qe1 Ng4
felt like I was in good hands. Even though 16. ... Nd5 17. Ne4 Nb8 18. Bg5 Be7
that was a struggle I was happy I was able
to grind this tournament out, and play a One more surprise as trading this set + + + +
nice game at the end. of bishops allows the white horse to gal- + + + +
The World Open was held in Philadel-
lop to d6.
pqp+ +
k
phia (the beautiful Sheraton City Center)
19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd6+ Rxd6!
+p+ R +p
July 4 weekend as usual, but this was a
strange one. 37 grandmasters in the 98-
(see diagram top of next column) n P rnP
player Open section made it quite top This is a very deep Exchange sacrifice. + + + R
heavy. This was the result of an Under
2400 section which was very strong. The
My super computer Rybka gives White a
plus over minus. Hikaru is operating on + + +P+
co-winners were GMs Hikaru Nakamura, instinct as well as calculation. He knows + + QLK
the U.S. champion, and Russian GM that the knights will coordinate very well.
After 40. ... Ng4

2009 World Open
Just look at the frisky beasts! Whites c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Na6 13. Be2 Nc7 14. How else to try to untangle?
bishop is a spectator and White must a4 Nfe8 15. Nc4 f5
35. ... Nxb5 36. axb5 Bxb5 37. Qd3 Re4
give back the Exchange to avoid immedi-
ate disaster. r+ qnrk+ Now there is no good way to guard the
41. Rxg4 pln l p f-pawn and Whites kingside crumbles. If
38. Rh4, then 38. ... Re3 decides and if
No better is 41. Rxh5 Qxd4+ 42. Kh1 p p + p 38. Rf3, 38. ... Qh5 does the trick.
Nc2+ 43. Qb1 Nf2+ 44. Kh2 Rxh4+ 45.
Rxh4 Qxh4+ 46. Rh3 Nxh3 47. gxh3 Qf2+ + pP+p+ 38. b3 Rxf4+ 39. Rf3 Rg4
48. Bg2 Ne1 49. Qe4 Qxg2+ 50. Qxg2 P+N+PP + Mate in one is the threat!
Nxg2 51. Kxg2 b4.
+ N + L 40. Rf2 Bxf2 41. Kxf2 Qh5, White resigned.
41. ... Qxd4+ 42. Kh2 hxg4 43. Rxe6 g3+ 44.
Kxg3 Rxh4 45. Qe5 P +L+PP Time pressure is over and White has no
After 45. Qe3 Nd5 46. Qxd4+ Rxd4 and R +QK +R saving moves.
the connected passers decide. After 15. ... f5 Everybody loves a good upset. This
year there were two particularly notable
45. ... Qg4+ 46. Kf2 Qf4+ 47. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 48. This well timed thrust keeps equality as upsets to choose from. In the first, Class
Ke2 Nc2 49. Rg6 b4 50. g3 Rxf1 Black has d5 and d6 both covered. A player John Vaughan scored a round
A final elegant touch. The remaining 16. exf5 Bf6 one upset over IM Bryan Smith. Smiths
knight dominates the rook and the g- rating going into the tournament was
pawn gets nowhere. This makes it a gambit. 2528, so there was a 594-point spread
17. 0-0 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Bh4 Qd7 20. between the two players! In the seventh,
51. Kxf1 b3 52. Rg8 Kc5 53. Rb8 Nb4 54. Rd8
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bf3 Ba6 22. Qb3 Rae8 23. g4 life master (and perennially-floored mas-
b2 55. Rd1 Kc4, White resigned.
ter) Jerry Hanken defeated FM Daniel
You can do the math yourself. This is The battle lines are drawn but White Yeager, winner of the 2008 Denker Tour-
truly a great game! has a slight edgeperhaps not a full nament of Champions and the 2008
pawns worth, but something to build National High School Championship.
Najer, after suffering his only loss in upon.
that game, was fortunate to win from 23. ... h5 24. h3 hxg4 25. hxg4 g6 26. Kg2
Alex in the following interesting game. Symmetrical English (A36)
This allowed the Russian to split $30,000 The alternative 26. fxg6 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Jerome Hanken (2200)
with the Hurricane. Rxf4 28. b3 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ FM Daniel Yeager (2388)
Kxg7 31. Bg2 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Kxg6 is World Open, Philadelphia (7), 07.04.2009
about an equal ending with chances for
Queens Indian/ both sides.
Nimzo-Indian hybrid (E13) 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Ne2
GM-elect Alex Lenderman (2638) 26. ... gxf5 27. g5 Bd4 28. Rh1 Bg7 29. Rh3 Nc6 6. Nbc3
GM Evgeny Najer (2714) Re7 30. Rah1 Rfe8
My favorite system. At times I have
World Open, Philadelphia (6), 07.04.2009 Rook batteries on the e- and h-files somewhat immodestly referred to this
promise fireworks and they come soon! (It setup for white as The Hanken English.
This was one of the two key games of
was the Fourth of July!) I was happy to see Blacks next move,
the tournament. Alex could secure his
which hands over the d5-square.
grandmaster title with only a draw in 31. Bh5 Bb7
either of his last two games as long as 6. ... e5 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Rb1 0-0 9. d3 Be6 10.
they were with foreign grandmasters. If he This exchange sac is not quite sound.
Nd5 Rb8 11. h3
could win this game he would have a If Black saves his rook, the pressure on
the a6-f1 diagonal keeps the game in bal- The first new move in the database.
crack at first place money. As you can see
ance. And probably not an improvement on the
from the interview on page 26, the boy
standard 11. Nec3, which is preferred by
had the title uppermost in his mind but 32. Bxe8 Qxe8 33. Rd1 Bd4 34. Kf1?
the grandmasters! White is trying to get
money is also nice! Najer had to win to
recover from his seventh round loss to the + +q+k+ some play going on the kingside.
pln r +
Hurricane. 11. ... a6 12. f4 b5 13. b3 Bxd5!?
As it turned out, Alex outplayed his
more experienced opponent and was on p p + + Black had a choice between this and
the more conventional 13. ... Qd7 14.
+ pP+pP
the verge of victory when a time pres-
Kh2 f5. Not surprisingly, my young oppo-
sure error turned the tables. This was
only his second loss in the 22 games he P+Nl P + nent tries to mix things up so he can
play for the win!
+QN + +R
played in the Philadelphia International
(which he won), and the World Open. 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. e4 Nxa2
This happened in only a span of 12 days. P + + + My thinking was: who needs the a-
+ +R+K+
Remarkable indeed!
pawn anyway? The black knight has
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. gallantly charged into enemy territory
After 34. Kf1
Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 and duly done its damage. Yet when the
This time pressure error turns the battle drum is sounded on the kingside,
Somewhat off the beaten path of Nimzo
tables. 34. Rf3 was correct breaking the the westwardly steed will be many moves
lines but it worked out quite well.
veiled pin on the long diagonal. in returning itself to the east.
6. ... h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e4 d6 9. Bg3 0-0 10. f4
34. ... Ba6! 35. Nb5 16. Bd2 a5 17. f5

GM Evgeny Najer now owns three World Open titles.
The drum is sounded and the attack 28. ... Nxh6 29. Kg2? Rf4? 32. ... Kh7, going back, was sounder,
begins. since Whites attack falls short after 33.
Both sides miss 29. ... Nxd3! when 30.
Qh5?! Qf6. (But not 33. ... a2? 34. Qf7!
17. ... f6 18. h4 Nb4 19. Rf3 Ra8 Rxd3 Nxg4 31. Ng3 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Qd7 33.
with threats.) But who wants to admit
Nf5 a2 gives Black a winning counterat-
Black concerns himself too much with that White can take a draw by playing 33.
tack. 34. Rh3+ Kg8 35. Ra1 Rxf5 36. exf5
queenside matters. The time was right for Bf5+ again?
Qxf5, with ... e5-e4 to follow, is crushing.
19. ... gxf5 20. Bh3 fxe4 21. dxe4 f5,
Blacks advanced passed pawn is not 33. Rxh6 Bxh6 34. Qh5 Qe7 35. Bc3!!
when the b4-knight suddenly finds itself
long in becoming a queen. I guess I really
in the midst of the fray.
did need that a-pawn after all! The text (see diagram top of next page)
20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bh3 a4 returns material in hopes of thwarting
The winning move. I was proud of this
Whites attack, but it does not accom-
Again 21. ... f5 was correct. Now the as it was tempting to snap off the bishop
plish this aim.
battle for the kingside is firmly in Whites with 35. Qxh6+ Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37.
PHOTO BY CHRIS BIRD
hands. Whites two bishops become 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Bf5+ Bc3+, when White is winning but Blacks
deadly as the kingside lines open. dangerous a-pawn still leaves some things
Black believes that his control over the
up in the air.
22. Be6+ Kh7 23. g4 a3 24. g5 fxg5 25. Rh3 a2 and a1 squares will decide the game.
g4 26. Bxg4 Ng8 27. h5 g5 28. h6! But the defenses around Blacks king are 35. ... Qh7
dwindling.
The lines are cleared. Or 35. ... Bg7 36. Qh7 and White mates
31. ... Kg8 32. Be6+ Kf8? on g8 next move.

2009 World Open
r+ + k +
+ + q +
+ pL+ l
The Dance King
+ppP+ pQ
n +Pp + Jerry Hanken: Though he only tied for
eighth in the World Open, Alex Lender-
approach just clicked. Once he
introduced me to the game, I loved it,
pPLP+ + man just completed three grandmaster and my dad found me the right
+ + +K+ norms in a space of five weeks: the
Copper State and Philadelphia
trainers. The first, Mikhail Katz in
Brighton Beach, is a checkers
+R+ + + Internationals, and then the World
Open. He should be officially awarded
grandmaster. His love of chess was
After 35. Bc3
contagious. I read the right books
the title in October. Ive followed his Karpov, and lots of tactics. Somehow
career for a year or so and have been Ive always been good in endgames.
36. Bf5 f3+ 37. Kxf3 Qf7 38. Qxh6+ Ke7 39. really impressed.
I went to 1000 my first year, and to
Qxg5+ Kf8 40. Rh1, Black resigned. Alex Lenderman: The Arizona
1800 in my second. I won the
tournament was the first time I per-
At this moment I was thinking, Now, Foxwoods Under 1600 section in
formed consistently well against GMs
how am I going to mess up this time? 2001. My next coach was Mikhail
(three wins, two draws, and a loss to
Knowing me, all things are possible! So Trossman, who also taught Irina
my coach Giorgi Kacheishvili). I went
when Yeager resigned, it came as a shock. Krush and others. He helped me
ahead and played in the National
The first thing I did after this game was reach 2300, but the key was playing
Open, since I was in the West. After
to find Bill Goichberg and tell him, Bill, a lot. I did win the World Under 16 in
two draws, I rebounded with three
I played this game against Yeager, and my 2005, but I couldnt find sponsor-
wins and drew with the Armenian GM
attack was simply crushing! Bill, sens- ship, and had some psychological
Tigran Petrosian in a tough game I
ing the opening lines of one of my frequent issues. I found I could make some
couldnt quite win, which would have
post-loss monologues, asked, Well, did money teaching, and was even plan-
been worth $3,000 or so. Ive made
you at least draw? When I replied that I ning to become a math teacher. For
more in many small prize
had actually followed through and won several years I had no regular coach;
tournaments than the $417 I took
the game, his eyes grew wide as saucers. starting to work with Kacheishvili
home in Vegas.
Such is modern chess: when the old beat this year really changed things. He is
A six-round Swiss full of GMs makes it
the young, the result comes as an utter a good friend, not just a coach. With
tough to win big money! But do you
shock. really play chess for money? his help, Im closer to becoming a
Not right now. But Im playing to professional, where I can set my own
Bill Goichberg and his highly competent learn and get experience. Playing the routine.
Continental Chess staff did a wonderful I know you were part of the Murrow
good players is vital. But generally, high school team immortalized in Kings
job of directing the 1200-plus players. yes, I do want to become a of New York. Are you in college now?
For next year only, well be back in Val- professional. I got the associate degree, but right
ley Forge, and it should be an infinitely For most people in your position, its
.
now Im concentrating on chess.
more pleasant experience than our Rev- the chess. Now youre getting a lot of love, and
olutionary Army experienced in that As I get to a higher level, the prizes people enjoy watching you dance.
winter of 1777! will become more important. When did that start?
Youre still 19; are you playing in the Its called getting lite; originated
U.S. Junior Invitational? in Harlem. Some teenagers I was
2009 World Open Yes, Im hoping it will help me get the
Samford Fellowship. (Hot streaks
coaching explained it to me. Later
they asked me to play soccer, which
At A Glance rarely last too long; Alex lost two I dislike, and I suggested the Lite
games and finished third.) It should Dance instead. It became a habit,
Date: June 29-July 5, 2009 be a tough call among Hess, Shank- and spectators ask me to do it.
Location: Sheraton City Center land, and me. Robert Hess great U.S. Chess answer to pop phenomenon!
Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Championship performance will OK, getting serious ... chess represents
Top Finishers: Open, 1st-2nd, certainly help him. many things to different people. What
Hikaru Nakamura, Evgeny Najer, 7; I didnt even learn chess until I was 19. is chess to you?
Under 2400, Igor Sorkin, I know some GMs from the former Chess is time and space. Basically
Siddharth Ravichandran, Gabriel Soviet Union who started late, and you always have to fight for space
Battaglini, Angelo Young, Rodion theres nothing wrong with that. They and for tempos.
Rubenchik, 7; Under 2200, Scott can go a long way. I learned chess at In the overall scheme of things?
Low, William Stewart, 7; Under tenolder than many of my rivals Chess is something that you have to
2000, Alex Gianos-Steinberg, 8; having immigrated at five. do for love. You cant always be under
Under 1800, Melik Melikyan, 8; Your mixture of Slavic and Brooklyn pressure and be nervous. You have to
Under 1600, James Asaro, Dustin accent is intriguing. How did you learn play chess for your own fun. Luckily
Richwine, Lucas Knight, 7; Under chess? Ive got the pressure for GM norms
1400, Mayen Bior, 8; Under 1200, From my grandfather, who lives in out of the way, and now I can just
Martin Niemczewski, 8; Under Germany, where we vacationed in the play simple chess and play for the fun
900, Sasa Jovanovic, Jerry Bond, 8. summer. He was more patient than of the game. It was bothering me that
Chief Tournament Director: my father, who had also tried to teach I had a prolonged fight to get that
William Goichberg. me. I was more interested in draw against Gareev in the final
numbers. But my grandfathers strict round here. He kept waiting for me to

make a mistake. Its similar to what
happened to me against Sadvakasov in
the last round at Foxwoods. He had
more winning chances than Gareev did,
and I blew the draw. I was playing for
the draw, and God punished me. This
time I played every game for the win;
even my loss to Najer was a real strug-
gle which I had chances of winning at
one point. And my norm in the
Philadelphia International made my
trip down here a great success.
Karpov and Korchnoi both wrote books
with such titles as Chess Is My Life.
Whats your life outside chess?
I like to watch TV: game shows and
sports, especially baseballI love those
statistics. Basketballs OK; I dont really
have a team, though I kind of like the
Celtics. Hockey and tennis also. I look for-
ward to learning to play tennis. As a
professional Ill have more opportunity to
enjoy sports. As a math teacher Id be tied
down by scheduling and office politics.
What openings do you play, and do
you have any weaknesses you need to
work on?
Im switching to 1. d4; I like to play the
Caro-Kann against 1. e4. Visualization
is a weak point; thus Im not good at
blindfold. But I calculate well, have a
good feel for positions, and believe Im
especially good in the endgame.
(Drum roll) And now for my signature
question. You have an afternoon to
spend with any player, living or dead
(except for those you know). Whom
would you pick?
Fischer, a very interesting man. We
have lots of similarities. I feel some of
the things that have been said about
him are exaggerated.
Youre right and youre wrong
I think he was autistic. He didnt see
the world the way we do.
As someone who spent a fair amount of
time with him ... well, I never did think of
it that way.
He had to deal with too much stress,
beating the entire Soviet Union. He
didnt want to prove himself again. Im
not saying he was right, but I
ARTWORK BY SHIRLEY SZYMANEK (DOG4DESIGN.CO.UK)
understand his point of view. Hes very

interesting, and Id love to be able to talk
with him for a few hours. I really admire
his attitude. He was trying to do good
things, but when he didnt get a good
reaction, hed get impatient and stop.
Toward the end of life he realized his
good actions hadnt paid off. He wasnt
an evil guy, and he was the greatest
chessplayer of all time. Id love to be able
to emulate his fighting spirit. He wasnt
a prodigy like Reshevsky, but he worked
very hard. And chess was his passion;
why did he need an education?
Weve covered a lot of topics, and I wish
we had more time, but at three in the
morning ... Ive really enjoyed talking
with you.
Chess Life October 2009 27

Correspondence Chess
2001 Golden Knights

John Burton joins an exclusive club:
multiple winners of the Golden Knights
By FM Alex Dunne
THE 2001 GOLDEN KNIGHTS LOOKED very much like it would be an experts paradise. Of the
504 entries, there were fully 103 experts vying for the title of Golden Knights champion and the
$2,500 first prize. Apparently the only serious barricade to this great mass of experts were the 27
masters (actually 23 as a few had entered more than once). But the masters that had entered were
some of the best known names in the U.S. correspondence world. Those names were, in the order
they entered, Corky Schakel, ICCM, third in the 1992 Golden Knights, first in 1998, and two-time
future Absolute champion; Walter Brower, also a future Absolute champion; Gary Adams, third
in the 2000 Golden Knights; Chris OConnell, tied for second in the 1987 Golden Knights and fin-
ished first in 1997; the amazing John Burton who finished second in 1997, 1998, and 2000 and
first in 1999; Spencer Kell who tied for second in the 1979 Golden Knights; Jeffrey Baffo who would
win a Palciauskas Master tournament; the highest-rated master Jonah Lowery at 2480; IM and
SIM Kenneth Reinhart; Abe Wilson who finished first in the 2000 Golden Knights; and finally Joseph
Schwing who won in 1991 and was the second highest rated with a 2428 rating.
The Preliminary Round the elusive webserver. 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Nf3
The goal in the first round of the Golden An early win by the 1997 champion Nd7 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. Bb5+ Kf8
Knights is clear enough: to score a mini- showed he was in good form.
mum of 4 points in order to qualify for the Safer was 11. ... Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7.
second round. A perfect score (6-0) is not Now Blacks difficulties multiply.
necessary, but never hurts. In the Golden Semi-Slav Defense (D31) 12. 0-0 Qxc3 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Be3 Qxd5?
Knights the results are weighted. A win or Chris OConnell (2376)
draw in a later round is given more value
than in the opening round. Round one is
F. Alexander Relyea (1811)
2001 Golden Knights Preliminary r+l+ knr
the normal linea win is 1 point, a draw pp+ +ppp
and a loss is a 0. There were 72 sections
to start the tournament, but only 18 play-
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4
+ +p+ +
ers managed the perfect score.
Black declines the gambit after 4. ...
dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4. Black +L+q+ +
Among those who found perfection were
Corky Schakel, John Lutes (author of an
understandably did not want to risk a tac- P + + +
excellent book on the French defense),
tical battle with a giant like OConnell, but
it would seem to be his best chance of + + L +
Glenn Ruiz, rated 1982 and qualified for
the semifinals with two (!) perfect 6-0
scoring a point. + + PPP
rounds, as did Charles Ventimiglia, John 5. e5 c5 R +Q+RK
Burton, and H. W. Gustafson who would Having passed up one chance for a After 14. ... Qxd5
later donate a healthy sum of money for wild game, Black elects a second, much
USCF correspondence chess, possibly for riskier, setup.

15. Bc5+ Ne7 16. Qc1 Qe5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. 20. ... Bxa5 21. Rxa5 Qb6+ so the white The Final Round
Qf4, Black resigned. king seeks safety in the center. The b- When the final round began, the 103
pawn falls, but White has some expert ratings at the start of the tourna-
dark-square problems. The fight is just ment had dwindled to 13. Of the 27
starting. master -rated players, 26 remained
Semifinal Round
(though admittedly some of the experts
The first section of the semifinals began 20. ... Rc8 21. Qxb4 Qa7 22. Qe1 Bg5 23. h4
had metamorphosed into masters by
on February 27, 2002. That first section Bh6 24. c3 Nc5 25. Ra3 e4!
then). And there were two class A players
was typical of the semifinalstwo masters
Black has to find counterplay in the and one class B player left to fight for the
and five experts with an average rating of
center before White can untangle his prizes. All of which lends credence to the
2166. It was clear that any perfect scores
queenside. expression experts? Thats what mas-
in this round would be as scarce as
ters eat for breakfast.
underpromotions to a bishop. In the 22 26. g4 Bf4 27. Qf2
One of the aspects that makes the
semifinal sections there were only five
And now 27. ... e3 would shut down Golden Knights different from most other
6-0 perfect scores, and none of those
Blacks center action and leave him vul- tournaments is that the rounds are
players had a perfect score from the pre-
nerable on the wings. At this point White weighted. A win (or a draw) in the semi-
liminary round. John Burtons perfect
has to be a favorite, but there are still a final round is worth more than a win or
score from round one was paired with a
lot of tactics to be mastered. a draw in the preliminary round (2.20
5- result in one semifinal. Thus there
points for a win, 1.10 for a draw in the
was a group at 11- who had to be the 27. ... Qd7 28. b4 Qb7 29. Qd4
semifinal; 1 point and .50 in the prelim-
favorites for the final roundGardner
This excellent centralization seems to inary) and in the final round a win is
Johnson, Barry Endsley, Jeffrey Endler,
be the root of Whites problems now as worth 4.50, and a draw 2.25. This
John Burton, Corky Schakel, and Roy
White finds the center opening up and the weighted tally makes it certain no player
Tate. The final round, however, would
d1- square threatens to become poison- can coast to victory and grandmaster
prove to be very difficult.
ally radioactive. draws are practically non-existent.
It also makes for some exciting horse
29. ... Be5 30. Qd2 Nd7 31. Bf1 Nf6 32. c4
races. A player back in the pack with a
Sicilian Defense, Qa7
strong finish can catch up a lot of ground.
Najdorf Variation (B90)
Again, play on the dark squares But not against a John Burton, not this
Abe Wilson (2331)
becomes an important theme and Whites time. In his two final sections John scored
John Burton (2460)
center is shaky. 5- and 4-1 (a single loss to Fara-
2001 Golden Knights Semifinal
day Strock) completing his successful
33. g5 Nh5 34. fxe4 Bf4 35. Qb2 Ng3 36.
run at a second Golden Knights champi-
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Rxg3 Bxg3 37. Qd2 f5!
onship. But it was a very dark horse that
Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. And now Burton takes over the posi- came in second. The only other player to
Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 tion, kings wing, center, and material. post a 5- final round was Robert
13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Wilson resists, but there are few powers Baker. Robert began the tournament with
on earth that can resist a Burton post- an outdated 1528 rating. And he played
r+ +kl r card. as if he had an extra 1,000 points tacked
+ + +ppp 38. exf5 Rxf5 39. Nc1 Rf2 40. Qd3 Bf4 41.
on to it.
pq p n + Ne2 Re8

WARNING: Playing over this game may
P +Pp + ++r+k+ cause dizziness and frighten some French
players!
p + + + q + + pp
+N+ +P+ p+ p + + French Defense,
PPQ +PP P +P+ P
Tarrasch Variation (C06)
Robert Baker (1780)
R + KL+R PP+ l P A. J. Zeppa (2074)
+ +Q+ +
After 14. a5 2001 Golden Knights Final
White's goal in this line is to undermine + +Nr + 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5.

and win the b-pawn before Black can
use his four-to-five kingside pawn major- + +K+L+R Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9.
cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Nc3 0-0
ity. It is a risky line ideally suited for two After 41. ... Re8 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Re1
Absolute champions jockeying for a key
win. Amazing, isn't it? All of Burtons pieces White also scores heavily with 14. Rc1.
work together just like chess pieces 14. ... Kh8 15. Rc1 Rac8
14. ... Qb7 15. Bc4 Be7 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Nc1 should. The rest is exciting and beautiful,
Bd8! but hopeless for White. An improvement here may be Belikov-
Gaining some time as Black threatens Lahiri, Alushta 2005 with 15. ... Be8 16.
42. g6 Re3 43. Qf5 hxg6 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. h5 Na4 Qd8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Bh5 19.
18. ... Bxa5 19. Rxa5 Qc7. Rd3+ 46. Kc2 Rd2+ 47. Kb1 Rb2+! 48. Ka1 Be2 Ne4 which was drawn shortly.
18. b3 0-0 19. Na2 Nd7 20. Kd1!? Rbxe2 49. hxg6+ Kxg6 50. Qg4+ Kf6 51.
Bxe2 Qd4+ 52. Ka2 Qd2+ 53. Kb3 Rxe2 54. 16. h3!?
White cannot play 20. Nxb4 Nc5 21. Qxe2 Qxe2 55. Rb1 Be5 56. Ka3 Qxc4 57.
Nc6 Nxa4 22. Nxb8 Qxb8 23. bxa4 Qb1+ White offers the b-pawn. Years ago the
Rb3 Qc2 58. b5 Qc5+, White resigned. common wisdom was He who would
24. Qd1 Qb4+ winning, also 20. Rxb4
allows 20. ... Bxa5 and 20. 0-0? is met by And so we move to the final round: steal the b2-pawn will sleep in the

Correspondence Chess
streets. Now players are much braver. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nxd6 exf3 22. Nxc8 Bxc8 Kd6 38. Rd8+ Rd7 39. Qxd7 mate
22. gxf3 Qd5 when Black has compensa-
16. ... Qxb2?! 37. Qxc7+, Black resigned.
tion for the Exchange.
+r+ r k 18. ... Bxa3 19. Rb1 Nc3 20. Nxc3 Qxc3 21.
This is what postal chess is all about!
pp+l+ pp
Rb3 Qa5 22. Rxb7 Rc7
One more Burton treatyou can expect
This is apparently forced as 22. ... Be8
+nlpn + 23. Ng5 sets up too many problems.
John Burton to be up-to-date on the
openings that he plays. Here John and
+ +p+ + 23. Rb5 Qc3 24. Rb3 Qa5 25. Bxh7!? Michael Marshall discuss a popular vari-
+ P + + Baker wants bloodthe weakening of
ation of the Ruy Lopez with a familiar
result.
+ NLLN+P the black kingside is more important
than the pawn count. Whites 26th move
Pq + PP+ is the killer.
Closed Ruy Lopez,
+ RQR K 25. ... Kxh7 26. Bd2! Chigorin Defense (C99)
After 16. ... Qxb2 White could regain the piece immedi- John Burton (2502)
ately with 26. Qd3+ and 27. Rxa3 but Michael Marshall (2186)
This is brave, but from now on Black White sees Blacks pieces carousing on 2001 Golden Knights Final
is a harried man. White operates with a the queenside with only a rook and pawn
consistent series of threats from which to protect the black king. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
there appears to be no escape. An earlier 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3
game continued 16. ... Qd8 17. Bg5 a6 18. 26. ... Qa4 27. Ng5+ Kg8 28. Qh5 Rf5 29.
Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
a3 Qc7 Gagllardi-Crispino, Italy CC 1983 Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nxe6+! Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Ne7
with only a small edge to White. It may all be modern theory but this
Taking the rook allows mate in two.
position has been being debated for over
17. Nb5 Ne4 18. a3! 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Rxe7+! Kxe7 34. Qxf5 a hundred years. It can be found in Heil-
Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd2 36. Qe5+ Kf7 mann-Moewig, Germany 1905, and
This is the critical moment. White could
have continued with 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. continues to be fresh even today.
Equally hopeless is 36. ... Kd7 37. Qe8+
Christopher OConnell ment undefeated in all three rounds.

His Finals round was typical of how
brought him into the Finals with a 1780
rating, 431 points below the average of
Chris OConnell of Dover, Delaware difficult a gauntlet the Golden Knights his section. That seemed to inspire Joe
is showing some of the staying power iswith an average rating of 2284 and who again had some luck on his side
that marked the reign of John Burton. filled with seasoned veterans. Chris a no-show opponent, another who had
Chris prefers the Golden Knights (GK) allowed two draws against Bleys Rose to withdraw due to a heart attackbut
format for his correspondence play. Born (2380) and Chuck Cullum (2404) to fin- Joe played some strong chess, scored a
August 13, 1954, like most of us Chris ish at 5-1 and third place. second draw against Schwing (in
first was an over-the-board (OTB) player. Afghanistan, again) and ended up with
He learned the game through the writ- Joe Baker a sterling 5- in the final round, and
ings of Reinfeld and Chernev, and began second place. And at the tournaments
Robert Joseph Baker asked himself conclusion, he had parlayed that 1528
tournament play at age 15. Work, mar-
the question everyone else askedHow rating to 1896and we all know he is
riage, and a daughter soon convinced
does a class B player score so well in a still underrated!
Chris that there wasnt always enough
Golden Knights ahead of 130 masters Joe was born December 8, 1938. An
time for OTB chess, and so in 1987 he
and experts. His answer echoed John Air Force veteran, he first started play-
began playing correspondence chess to
Burton, the winner of the event: there is ing correspondence chess in 1960. He
keep his hand in. He kept his hand in
luck in chess (Opponents I didnt have married his wife Susi, who Joe notes
all right, finishing in a tie for second
to play, wins that should have been tolerates his chess and other habits.
and third in the 1987 Golden Knights,
draws, draws that should have been The two live in Kent, Washington. Joe
tied with W. L. Steevens behind Stanley
losses). Joe scored 4-1 in the prelim- currently helps run a computer net-
Elowitch. That successful foray must
inary round (three wins and three draws, work for a state agency, but will likely
have hooked Chris as he continued fight-
thus squeaking through to the second retire from that soon. Note: Retirement
ing for top honors. In the 1989 event he
round). Bakers 1528 rating had risen frequently helps a correspondence
finished tied for eighth and ninth. His
130 points to 1658 at the start of the chess player get even stronger. Watch
most successful GK tournament came in
Semifinal, but that was dwarfed by the out for Joe Baker!
1997 when he finished in first place
2174 average rating of his opponents.
ahead of, yes, John Burton.
Chris is known for his fighting spirit
Joe refused to accept the dictatorship of John Burton
ratings and instead put more work into
and disdain of the easy draw. He keeps
those games than he had thought possi- John Burton has always been a very
his game load light12 to 15 games
ble and so he narrowly got through the reclusive individual when it comes to his
so as to be able to find the best move.
semifinal round also, another 4-1 private life, but now that he has decided
The time limit in GK play is 10 moves in
showing, losing to Chuck Cullum (2340), to retire from correspondence play, John
30 days, and Chris finds that even with
drawing with Joseph Schwing (playing has loosened up a bit (but just a little
that generous time control, he frequently
from Afghanistan) and receiving a point bit!) and has agreed to share some of his
gets into time pressure.
from James Zillmer (2068) who died dur- life with the readers.
Chris went through the 2001 tourna-
ing the course of the tournament. That John, who lives in Modesto, Califor-

r+ + r +
12. ... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 spondence which continued 20. Re2 Bb6
a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Nf1 21. d5 Ne7 22. Bg5 Ne8? 23. Bxe7
Labonte-Deidun, CCCA 2007. +q+l+p+p
r+ + rk+ 20. Rf1 + p p k
+q+llppp Now both sides are on their own. +p+ p +N
+np n + 20. ... Bb6 p+ lP+ +
+p+ p + The bishop has relocated to a better + + + +P
p+ PP+ + diagonal, but the bishop had a proper
PPL+QPP+
+ + LN+P
job to do on e7 protecting f6 as Burton's
next move underlines.
+ RR+ K
PPL+ PP+ 21. Bg5! Nxd4?! After 27. Rfd1
+ RQRNK Black is at least consistent, but retreat
with 21. ... Bd8 to preserve the kingfield With the black king such a tempting
After 18. Nf1
was a better option. Now Burton has a target, Burton prepares his final assault.
target, the black king. The exchange sacrifice will allow the
This is where our game departs a little
bishop on c2 to participate in the attack.
from current usage. In the last few years 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Qd2
18. Qe2 has replaced 18. Nf1 as the pre- 27. ... Rg8 28. Rxd4! exd4 29. Qf3 f5 30. g3!
ferred continuation, but when this game Clear enoughthe threat is Qh6, Nh5
and Qg7 mate. This quiet move prepares for exf5.
was started, both lines were popular.
Black has been doing fairly well after 18. 24. ... Kg7 25. Nh5+ Kg6 26. Qe2 30. ... Rg5 31. Qf4 Qc6
Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Rab8 as in Agopov- Black cant take the knight31. ...
With the new queen maneuver of Qf3,
Golod, Jubilee Open 2009. Qxf6+ and Bd1+ and mate next. Kxh5 32. exf5 Kh6 33. Qh4+ Kg7 34.
.
18. ... Bd8 19. Ng3 Ba5 Qxg5+ Kf8 35. f6 Be6 36. Qg7+ Ke8 37.
26. ... Kh6 27. Rfd1 Bf5! and Black is helpless.
The only example of this line I could
find was a recording disaster by corre- (see diagram top of next column) 32. exf5, Black resigned.
nia, was born February, 20 1938. John chess have improved, and risky play the title three times in 1948, 1950, and
served in the U.S. Navy which may means risking the win. 1960, and finished second in 1958.
account for his love of travel. John believes that now is a good time Tom Friedel won the title in 1979 and
John learned to play the game while for him to retire from postal play. At sev- 1981 and finished second in between
he was a freshman in high school, but enty-one he feels he no longer has the those two years. Two-time winners saw
OTB tournament chess was not to be ability to concentrate that he once had. Tony Cayford in 1972 and 1973; Rob
Johns route. It wasnt until 1997 that He notes that it is tougher now to see Salgado in 1975 and 1983; Robert Keat-
John, after reading Chess Life, decided enough moves ahead even with moving ing turned the trick in 1995 and 1996.
to give correspondence chess a try. John the pieces around on the board. And so, It should be mentioned, too, that Chris
noted that he thought it would be a retirement while he is at the very top of OConnell finished first in 1987, sec-
great challenge and an opportunity to his game, the most dominant Golden ond in 1987, and third in 2001.
meet a lot of interesting people. And so Knights player since Hans Berliner fifty But it is John Burton who reigns in
he entered two sections of the Golden years ago. recent history. John finished second in
Knights and the historic run was on. I asked John one final question: what 1997 (the year Chris OConnell won with
Chess is not Johns only interest. do you think you owe your dominance a perfect 6-0 Final round). In 1998 IM
John spends a lot of time with photog- of Golden Knights play to? Johns Corky Schakel won the title, but John
raphy. Years ago when he started he answer befits his modest demeanor. Burton had entered four sections and he
took 35 mm slide pictures, but science Luck, John noted, A lot of LUCK! finished in second, third, fourth, and
marches on. With the advent of digital seventh place. By the 1999 event, John
photography, John has become an advo- The Reign Of had shaken off the second place crown
cate of the new technology. He recounts
that the ability to see if you have man-
King Burton and had moved to the top. In the 1999
Golden Knights, John finished first, sec-
aged to capture the shot immediately John Burtons five year reign over ond, and seventh. The 2000 Golden
has sold him on the newer photography. the Golden Knight tournaments rivals Knights saw John entering only one sec-
His other hobbies include reading, trav- the best of the best. In the 62-year his- tion, but that one section was good
eling, and classical music. Now that he tory of the Golden Knights only a enough to propel him to second place
is fully retired, he is able to spend more handful of players have repeated as behind Abe Wilson. And in 2001, in pos-
time indulging his hobbies. Golden Knight champions. Topping the sibly Johns last Golden Knights event,
I asked John if he had any advice for list is Hans Berliner who won first place John entered two sections. And once
the aspiring correspondence players. in 1955, 1956 and 1959 winning all again, John has won the title and the
John recommends study and patience. three with perfect 18-0 scoresand money. His second section? Fourth place.
Study means staying current with the then went on to win the V Correspon- It was a remarkable finish to a
latest development in the openings as dence World Championship with a remarkable career. King Burton the
many games are won in that phase of record three point margin. First, your reign has been impressive.
the game. Patience means not rushing Before him, Leon Stolzenberg won Long live the king!
your advantage as defensive skills in

Scholastics
Salvijus Bercys Sam Shankland
ROCKIN
With his victory in the U.S. Junior, IM Ray Robson earns a spot in the World
Alex Lenderman Elliott Liu

Maxx Coleman Michael Lee
ROBSON
Junior Championship and the 2010 U.S. Championship By FM Alex Betaneli
Ray Robson Joel Banawa

PHOTOS BY BETSY DYNAKO; BANAWA BY CHRIS BIRD

Scholastics
THE U.S. JUNIOR INVITATIONAL engaging post mortem analysis performed pressure at all so he can try to gain space
CHAMPIONSHIP was held in Milwaukee, in atmosphere of mutual respect and coop- on the kingside.
Wisconsin this year from July 12-17. This erative truth-searching. Sams annotations
13. ... Nc5
city has rich chess traditions, with famous are fluid and pleasant to follow:
tournaments dating back for at least 50 To give d7 to the other knight.
years. Back in 1957, Bobby Fischer cele- Sicilian Defense,
14. Nxc5 bxc5!?
brated one of his first successes in adult Schevenigen Variation (B84)
tournaments by winning the North Central FM Elliott Liu (2359) 14. ... dxc5 was the alternative, but it
Open. Wisconsin honors important his- IM Sam Shankland (2553) seems to fizzle out to nothing. 15. e5
torical chess figures by holding events 2009 U.S. Junior Invitational (6), Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
named after them. The Arpad Elo Memo- 07.15.2009 Bxd5 Rxd5 19. c4 Rd7 20. Rad1This
rial, for example, is named after the physics Notes by Shankland looks extremely drawish.
professor who invented the rating system
I played rather poorly at the Junior 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2
that we use, with slight modifications, to
this day. So next time you are asked what Invitational. This game came after two White has a plan of playing Rf3-h3 and
Elo in Elo rating stands for, please do consecutive losses: the first loss resulted Qh5, although it is a bit slow.
not say that it is some mysterious from a blunder while up a rook and the
second from 22 moves of opening prepa- 16. ... f5?!
acronym, but impress people by telling
ration by my opponent. Elliott was also
them about the rating creator.
The event, with an average rating of having a rough tournament, having lost r+ + rk+
2454, was handily won by the 14-year-old his last three games. Somehow, however,
in this situation, we managed to create
+lqnl pp
international master (IM) Ray Robson.
It's not quite Fischer's recordwinning at quite an interesting fight. p+ pp+ +
13but it is no less impressive: with a 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. + p +pP
performance rating of 2751, Ray earned
a spot at the World Junior Championship
Nc3 a6
P+ +PP +
in Argentina this year and qualified for the This is my favorite openingThe Naj-
dorf variation.
+ N L +
2010 U.S. Closed Championship. If one
adds to this a $1,000 first prize, 25 USCF 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2!?
PP+ +LP
rating points, and enough FIDE rating
This is a fine move, but it takes the
R +Q+RK
points to cross the 2500 barrier, then
game in a whole new direction, into After 16. ... f5
Rays satisfaction can be fully appreciated!
Ray was joined by two other IMs (Sam Scheveningen territories. 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
This is a good idea, but maybe bad
Shankland and Salvijus Bercys), one GM Nbd7 9. 0-0-0 (9. g4 h6 10. 0-0-0 b4all
timing. The only real plan I could see for
(Alex Lenderman is waiting for the next of this is relatively mainline stuff.)
White was Rf3-h3 and attack, and f5
FIDE congress to award his title), three 7. ... Qc7 would be more effective if Whites rook
FIDE masters (Joel Banawa, Elliott Liu was already misplaced. However, Black
and Michael Lee) and the winner of the This flexible move is favored by Garry
must also always look out for the possi-
2008 U.S. Junior Open (Maxx Coleman) Kasparov. Black wants to play 7. ... b5,
bility of White playing f5 himself, so I
in the all-play-all round robin. This tour- but at the moment it is bad; Qc7 is a
decided to end that idea right away.
nament, despite being a closed American move Black always wants to play, while
16. ... Rae8 17. f5 exf5! 18. exf5 (18. Rxf5
event, had a very nice international fla- it is not yet clear whether he wants his b8
g6 19. Rf1 Qd8 20. h4 f6 and Black seems
vor to it as Alex is originally from Russia, knight on c6 or d7. 7. ... b5? 8. Bf3! e5 (8.
happy enough. Black has an edge after 21.
Sal immigrated with his family from ... b4 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nde2 wins material)
Nd5 fxg5 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bxg5 Qe5) 18.
Lithuania, and Joel hails from the Philip- 9. Nf5 and White has a clear advantage.
... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Qxb2 21.
pines. It goes without saying that all 8. a4 Nd5 Bd8I was averse to such positions
participants spoke the most fluent of because I thought the knight on d5 would
international languages, namely chess! Stopping b5.
be too powerful and Whites extra space
The following game was annotated by IM 8. ... b6 on the kingside would give him good attack-
Sam Shankland especially for Chess Life. ing chances, but in reality there is not too
This game symbolizes the tournament as If Black decides not to play this move
much to fear and Black is likely to be slightly
it contains multiple elements characteris- the game will transpose to a Schevenin-
better here.
tic of this event: sharp, uncompromising gen. 8. ... Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f4 Nc6.
struggle regardless of tournament stand- 17. Qe2!
9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Nb3
ings; several critical positions where crucial A good waiting move from Elliott. White
decisions need to be made, at times intu- Black was threatening Nc5, winning a pawn.
now threatens Qc4.
itively; active prevention of opponents 11. ... Be7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. g4
ideas; flexibility in choosing alternative 17. ... Rae8
plans; and, perhaps most importantly, Such a move is normal in this kind of
Now Black threatens fxe4. 17. ...
structure. Whites king is not under any
Read more on Chess Life Online

Many games were annotated by the participants and can be found at www.uschess.org/content/view/9544/539/
First report, including multiple annotated games and bios of the players: www.uschess.org/content/view/9519/539.
Tandem analysis of Lenderman-Robson: www.uschess.org/content/view/9540/539.
Annotated games plus Junior Open photos: www.uschess.org/content/view/9518/539.

2009 U.S. Junior Closed Championship: July 13-16, 2009; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 IM Ray Robson 2557 XX 1 1 1 1 1 6
2 IM Salvijus Bercys 2503 XX 1 1 1 5
3 IM Alex Lenderman 2636 0 XX 1 1 0 1 4
4 IM Samuel Shankland 2553 0 XX 0 1 1 3
5 FM Michael Lee 2406 0 0 0 1 XX 1 1 3
6 FM Joel Banawa 2408 0 0 0 XX 1 1 3
7 FM Elliott Liu 2359 0 0 1 0 XX 2
8 CM Maxx Coleman 2182 0 0 0 0 0 0 XX
fxe4? Black would like to play this move suggestion, after which it says Black is so Ashish Vaja, one of the organizers,
but here it fails. 18. Bh3! e5 (18. ... Rf5 better. In the game I thought forcing praised all participants for their fighting
this Exchange sacrifice would be fine for Whites bishop out of the way to make spirit at the award ceremony. All players
Black if he could manage to play d5, but room for his rook and permanently giving will fondly remember the Milwaukee Brew-
here he cant. 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qc4+ Kf8 the white knight a healthy home at e4 was ers major league baseball team for
[20. ... Kh8 21. Qf7 is good for White) a bad idea, but concrete variations prove presenting them with commemorative jer-
21. a5!keeping Blacks knight away otherwise. 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bc1 Qd5 seys at the end of the tournament. The
from b6. White has a big advantage: 21. 24. Ne4 c4Black will follow up with Brewers are highly appreciated for contin-
Nd5? Nb6! 22. Nxc7 (22. Nxb6 Qxb6 and Nc5 and enjoy a better position. uously supporting chess and encouraging
Black will play d5 with a fine position) 22. the development of young minds.
22. Bc1 Bc8 23. b3 e5 24. Qh4
... Nxc4 23. Nxa8 Nxe3 24. Nb6 Nxc2 The 2009 U.S. Junior Open preceded
Black is down two Exchanges, but has A much less ambitious move. 24. f5!? the closed event. Sam Shankland awarded
two powerful connected passers, the White threatens a5 followed by Bxd5+. 24. the first place trophy in the U21 division
bishop pair, and neither of Whites rooks ... e4 25. g6! (25. c4 Bxg3! 26. hxg3 g6 to Eric Rosen (Illinois) and welcomed Eric
will be very useful soon. Black is better. Black looks to have a playable position, as the first official participant of next
but it is still very tense.) 25. ... hxg6 (25. years junior invitational event. Eric scored
18. Rae1 fxe4 19. Nxe4
... h6Now Black does not have g6 avail- 4 points together with Kevin Bu (Min-
19. Bxe4? d5 Threatening dxe4 and able in the last key line. 26. c4 with nesota) and won the title in a thrilling
d4. 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. initiative) 26. Qxg6 Be5 27. c4 with a Armageddon game.
Rf3White looks to have a dangerous very complicated game. The tournament was co-sponsored by
attack, and while my gut feeling was USCF, Vaja International Chess Acad-
24. ... exf4 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxf4!
Black should be able to defend and win emy and Wisconsin Chess Academy. The
here, I did miss Blacks next move. 22. ... Elliott correctly decides not to roll the Internet Chess Club provided live cover-
Bxg5! 23. Qxg5 (23. fxg5 Rxf3 24. Qxf3 dice with a5. 26. a5 fxg3 27. axb6 gxh2+ age of the events and the Wisconsin
d4White has no attack, will be down a 28. Kh1 Qxb6!We found this idea in Scholastic Chess Association helped run
piece, and is hurting along the long diag- the post mortem. Originally we both the event smoothly. Special thanks to
onal. It is completely over.) 23. ... d4and thought Black had to play Qc6 or Qb7 to the Ramada Hotel for providing an excel-
Black gets his piece back. A knight on f6 defend d5. 29. Bxd5+ Be6White looks lent playing venue. Frank Berry deserves
will successfully cover all threats. to have some play, but in reality, Black is the highest praise for his work as a tour-
.
in no danger and White is just lost. 30. nament director, a chief photographer,
19. ... d5 20. Ng3 Bd6
Be4 g6 31. Bb2 c4Bxg6 will always be and a supervisor of multiple social activ-
Black looks to have some pressure, but met by Bd5+, and White cannot move ities and side events!
it is hard to continue after White plays Qg4. the rook off the back rank in view of Qg1
mate. Black is up material, and although
21. Qg4
at first glance it may not look like it, 2009 U.S. Junior
+ +rrk+ Whites king is in a lot more danger than Closed Championship
Blacks.
At A Glance
+lqn+ pp 26. ... Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4
p+ lp+ + There is very little play left. Date: July 13-16, 2009
+ pp+ P 28. ... a5 29. Kf2 Re5 30. h4 Be6 31. Bf3 Nc8
Location: Ramada Milwaukee
P+ + PQ+ 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. Rxg4 Nd6 34. c3 c4 35.
Conference Center, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
+ + L N bxc4
Standings: 1st: Ray Robson, 6;
PP+ +LP 35. b4The last chance to make some
imbalances seems to fall flat on its face. 35.
2nd: Salvijus Bercys, 5; 3rd: Alex
Lenderman, 4; 4th-5th: Samuel
+ + RRK ... axb4 36. cxb4 c3and Black is too Shankland, Michael Lee, 3; 6th:
fast. Joel Banawa, 3; 7th: Elliott Liu,
After 21. Qg4
2; 8th: Maxx Coleman, .
35. ... Nxc4, Draw agreed.
Chief Arbiter: Frank Berry
21. ... Nb6 A peaceful end to a violent game. Appearance Fee: $300 to help
21. ... d4This was the computers with expenses per player.
There were virtually no peaceful draws,

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Whats The Best Move?
A Passion For Chess

By GM Larry Evans
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) 1. White moves 2. White moves

Not all artists are chessplayers,
but all chessplayers are artists, said + r
+ k r+ q rk+
Marcel Duchamp, who took the art p p+ +p plpN+plp
world by storm with his Nude p +Q+ + p + +p+
Descending A Staircase in 1913.
Duchamp laid down his brushes
+ p + +p + + + +
to pursue the royal game for many + + + R +P+ n +
years after World War I. Known as +P+r+nPP + NL+ +
the painter who never painted, he P+ + + + PP Q +PP
competed on four French Olympic
chess teams before settling in the + + +K+ R + +RK
USA and donating valuable art to (a) Rf4 (b) Qxe7 (c) Rxh5 (a) Nxf8 (b) Qxf4 (c) Be4
fund the fledgling American Chess
3. Black moves 4. Black moves
Foundation. Le Figaro, one of the
leading French newspapers, printed r+q+nrk+ R+n+ + +
his obituary in its chess column!
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess pp+ p + pr+k+pp
includes 15 games annotated by + p +lp + +p+ p
Jennifer Shahade and was reviewed + pPl + +N+ P +
in the September Chess Life. A +P+ +P+ P+ + PP+
Duchamp exhibition also runs until
October 30 at the Naumann Gallery, +Q+ + +P + + + +
24 West 57 Street in New York City. PP NN+ + + + K P
Solutions to this months quiz + KR+L+R + + + +
positions are on page 63. (a) a6 (b) b5 (c) Qc7 (a) Rxb5 (b) Nb6 (c) f5

Back to Basics
Time, Anyone?
By GM Lev Alburt
Analyzing a chess game when not knowing the time spent on each move is like
making a medical diagnosis via telephone! In both cases, the provided information
is incomplete.
rnlqkl r
Why is a master so much stronger than question I would have asked a student:
a C-player? Because: (a) he knows more; how long did you think before playing 4.
(b) he knows things which are truly impor- ppp pppp e3, and what were you thinking about?
+ + n +
tant; (c) his knowledge is activei.e.,
5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3
ready to be used in a game; (d) he thinks
more effectively, and (e) last but not least, + +p+ + rnlq rk+
+PP + +
he uses his time better. This last element
is often ignored by club players. In sub- ppp lppp
missions to my column, time is mentioned + + + + + +pn +
PP +PPPP
very rarely, and then only as in he was
short of time or my time was running + +p+ +
out, so I accepted a draw offer.
The winner of this months award,
RNLQKLNR +PP + +
Kevin Funderburk, played an interest- After 2. ... Nf6
+ NLPN+
ing, instructive game, and accompanied
it with thoughtful annotations. But Ill
This Marshall Defense surrenders the
centerand favors White after 3. cxd5!
PP + PPP
try to show to you and to both players, Nxd5 (or 3. ... Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bd2. If R LQK +R
that information about the time spent 5. ... Qb6, then 6. Nf3, and the b2-pawn After 6. Bd3
on certain moves is badly neededand is pure poison; 6. ... Qxb2?? 7. Rb1 Qa3 8.
missing. Nb5, winning) 4. e4 (Also good is 4. Nf3 Bf5
Writes Kevin (Levs future comments 6. ... Nc6
5. Nbd2, with a clear edge) 4. ... Nf6 5. f3,
will be in italics): maintaining the central duo (After the nat- In double queen-pawn openings (1. d4
ural 5. Nc3 e5! 6. Nf3! exd4 7. Qxd4 d5) its usually not good to block the neigh-
My name is Kevin Funderburk and I am Whites advantage is smaller). boring c-pawn with a knightunless that
an unrated player. My first experience Finallyand importantlyif Black knight enables (soon!) the central thrust e4
with chess was about six years ago as a wanted to get the position after his third (for White) or ... e5 (for Black). Black should
teen. Getting severely thrashed, repeat- move (as in the game), he had to play 2. have played here 6. ... b6 or 6. ... c5, with
edly, quickly lost its appeal. I have only ... e6 (first) and only then, on move 3, ... approximate equality.
recently taken to chess with more enthu- Nf6. Kevin, however, didnt exploit Blacks
inferior second move (I suspect he played 7. a3
siasm; a year and a half ago, to be exact.
Pandolfinis Endgame Course (an excellent his 3. Nc3 very quickly). The move 7. 0-0 might have been bet-
choice!L.A.) and a few issues of Chess 3. Nc3 e6 ter but I did not want Blacks knight to
Life have been my only tutors in the last threaten my bishop. I had early plans of
Ive played this opening several times, an attack on Blacks kingside with the
18 months. Needless to say, I cant wait
both as White and as Black, with favor- light-color bishop taking a key role.
to add to that repertoire. The following able results.
game was played between me and another I like 7. a3. Among other things, it keeps
known only as Big Forty at the Eldorado 4. e3 Be7 Blacks c6-knight in its currentpawn-
Correctional Facility. blockingposition.
Black usually plays 4. ... Bb4.
Whites 4. e3 is a relatively rare move 7. ... Ng4??
Queens Gambit Declined (D37) not bad, but not as ambitious as the more
Kevin Funderburk Big blunder! Not only is this move use-
common 4. Bg5, 4. Nf3 or 4. cxd5. By
Big Forty less but it wastes a tempo once I push my
blocking his dark-square bishop, White
h-pawn.
practically gives up his opening edge.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 Black can equalize with either 4. ... c5 or 8. h3 Nh6
4. ... Be7 (as in the game), while 4. ... Bb4
(see diagram top of next column) transfers into a main line Nimzo-Indian. A (see diagram top of next page)

r+lq rk+ r+ q rk+
quite new to chess, though I hope to
improve. I always try to learn from others
ppp lppp plp lp+p games so perhaps with this example,
+n+p+ n p + + p
another may as well.
I definitely think so.
+ +p+ + n +P+ +
+PP + + + +L+ +
Levs quick summary of the game,
highlighting critical moments:
P NLPN+P P N +N+P Blacks inaccuracy on move 2/White
P + PP+ P + PP+
allows it to go unpunished.
On move 4, White chooses an unambi-
R LQK +R R +Q+RK tious 4. e3.
Black blocks the c-pawn on move 6;
After 8. ... Nh6 After 14. ... Na5
White stands better as a result.
Whites 7. a3a praiseworthy prophy-
This appears to be another blunder by
15. Ne5 laxis.
Black. The knight seems to be misplaced
Or 15. Nd4!?, preventing ... f5. Note how Black, on move 7, starts time-wasting
here. When I saw this move, I immediately
vulnerable is the Black kingand Blacks maneuvers which lands his knight on
saw a potential target for my dark bishop
a5-knight. the (bad) h6-square.
which would seriously cripple Blacks
White misses a chance to win a pawn on
kingside, should it remain. 15. ... Bf6?? move 9; still, hes clearly better.
9. 0-0 White takes on h6 (on move 12, after
After several bad and dubious moves by
r+ q rk+ starting it all with 10. e4), damaging
Black, Kevin should expect to be (much) plp +p+p Blacks kings pawn cover.
On the 15th move, in a clearly worse
better, but how to take advantage of the
situation? Its not that obvious, and it
p + l p position, Black blundersbut then White
requires, in a tournament game, 15-20 n +PN + misses a forced win (discovered by Kevin
in post-mortem analysisgood for him!).
minutes of deliberation. The move Kevin
made, 9. 0-0, guarantees White an advan-
+ +L+ + On the 16th move, Black missed his last
tage after, say, 9. ... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nf5. P N + +P (just given) chance to prolong the play
with 16. ... Bxe5 (not in Kevins notes
Can we try for more? Can we bury the P + PP+ still room for improvement!), and resigns
R +Q+RK
knight on h6? Not that easy, as 9. g4 is met on the next move, as his position is lost
.
by 9. ... dxc4 10. Bxc4 f5, with counter- by now.
playor if 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g4, than also After 15. ... Bf6
10. ... f5. Perhaps White should simply p.s. Games with time anyone?
win a pawn: 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 Be6 11. This was the final mistake. Black
Qxb7, and because of Blacks exiled h6- needed the ugly 15. ... f5 to stop the
knight, Black gets virtually no compensa- immediate mate. 15. ... f5 16. Bc2 (or 16.
tion for a lost pawn. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Qg4+ Rg5 18. Qe6+ Kg7 19.
f4 Rxe5 20. fxe5, with a strong attack
9. ... b6? L.A.) 16. ... Ba6 17. Re1. Things are still
not going good for Black. White clearly has
Send in your games!
Better was 9. ... Nf5. The game move If you are unrated or were rated
allows me to exploit the misplaced knight the better position. Now neither 17. ... Nc4
nor 17. ... Nb7 are good, both met by 18. 1799 or below on your Chess Life
and weaken his kingside. label, then GM Lev Alburt invites
Not so. If 9. ... Nf5, 10. Bxf5, winning a Nc6.
you to send your instructive games
pawn. Relatively better is 9. ... dxc4 10. 16. Qh5 with notes to:
Bxc4 Nf5, as mentioned above. Back to Basics, c/o Chess Life
After I made this move, I realized I just
10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 prolonged the mate unnecessarily: 16. PO Box 3967 Crossville, TN
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+PPL+ + After 16. Qh5? Bxe5! White is much bet- Pocket Book II (by Lev Alburt and Al
P N +N+P ter, but the game is far from over (time
spent on 16. Qh5alas, unknown).
Lawrence) to the person submitting
the most instructive game and anno-
P + PP+ 16. ... Qe7 17. Qxh6 Rfe8 18. Bxh7+, Black
tations.
R LQ+RK resigned.
Do not send games with only a
few notes, as they are of little instruc-
After 11. ... Bb7 After 18. ... Kh8 19. Bg6+ Kg8 20. tive value and cant be used. Writing
Bxf7+. skills are a plus, but instructiveness
12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Na5 My opponent made too many errors is a must! Make sure your game (or
and it cost him. Please forgive my novice part of it) and your notes will be of
(see diagram top of next column) notes. I am an amateur player and still interest to other readers.

Endgame Lab
Bishop Bout:
2009 U.S. Championship, Part II
By GM Pal Benko
A selection of the most instructive endgames played at the

2009 St. Louis U.S. Championship.
r + + +
This month we continue looking at Gata could not even reach the dreaded
endgames from the U.S. Championship, rook and bishop against rook endgame.
focusing this time on the relative value of +P+ + R
k + + p
the bishop. Bishop bound
GM Varuzhan Akobian (2659)
Wrong bishop n +L+ +P GM Julio Becerra (2669)
+ + + +
GM Gata Kamsky (2794)
GM Joshua Friedel (2591) + + + +
+ + + + +lq +pk
+
+rk + + + + +
+ + +pp +p+ +p+
+ + + +K +pQ P +p
+ p + p
+ +L+ nP
After 47. ... Na5
p + + P
P P + +
which arises after 48. Rh7! since after 48. + + +LP
PP + PK+
... Nxb7 49. Bxb7 Rxb7 50. Rxh6+ Kc5 51.
+ P + + Rh8 Kd6 (51. ... Rg7 52. Kh2!) 52. h6!
+ + + +
wins. To go for a rook endgame was not
an easy choice, but the bishops mobility
+ + + +
+ + +R+K premium is diminished with the limited
material.
White to play
White to play 31. b3!

48. ... Kc5 49. Bf3 Nxb7 50. Rc6+
The b7 bishops inferior position imme-
White is obviously better. He possesses
Now 50. Bxb7 Rxb7 51. Rxh6 Kd5 only diately catches the eye. Black has no
a distant passed pawn and a centralized
draws because of a missing tempo. good moves so White keeps waiting and
bishop.
building the pressure by blockading the
38. b5 Ke7 50. ... Kd4! 51. Rb6 Kc5 52. Rxh6
feeble b4-pawn.
It would probably be better to play 38. A sad recognition that 52. Rxb7 Rxb7
31. ... Ba8 32. e6!
... Rb8 to slow the pawn from easily reach- 53. Bxb7 is only a draw due to the wrong
color of the bishop (the h8-corner is dark). Much stronger than 32. Qxb4 Qxe5
ing the seventh.
If 52. Rb3 Kd6 53. Bxb7 Kc7 then the since it opens a path to the black king and
39. b6 Rb8 40. b7 Ne6 41. c4 Nd8 42. c5 Kd7 position is equal. degrades his pawn structure as well.
43. Rf2
52. ... Nd6 53. Rf6 Rd8 54. Kh2 Kd4 55. Re6 32. ... fxe6 33. Qxb4 Qa7 34. Qc3+ Kh7 35.
A waiting move; Black is not able to Nf7 b4 Qxa2?
improve his position. However, 43. Kh2
The position is drawn, but even Anand The bishop remains closed out of the
could have allowed some progress.
and Kamsky have lost in similar posi- game with this move. It was essential to
43. ... dxc5 44. dxc5 Kc7 45. c6 Nxc6 tions with similar material. (See my try 35. ... c5 with the hope of creating
columns in the June and August issues.) some practical endgame chances.
There is not a better move available
since after either 45. ... f6 46. Rc2 or 45. 56. Re4+ Kc5 57. Kg3 Kd6 58. Bg4 Ne5 59. 36. Qf6 Qa7 37. Be4 Qg7 38. Qxe6 Bb7 39.
... g6 46. hxg6 fxg6 47. Rf6, Black is Bf5 g4!
completely hopeless.
Better is 59. Kf4 since after 59. ... The final assault capitalizes on the
46. Rxf7+ Kb6 47. Rxg7 Na5 Nxg4? 60. Kxg4 would win. absence of the black bishop.
(see diagram top of next column) 59. ... Rh8 60. Kh4 Nf3+ 61. Kg4 Ne5+ 62. 39. ... Kh6
Kg5 Nf3+ 63. Kf4 Rxh5 64. Bg4 Re5 65. Ra4 Also hopeless is 39. ... hxg4 40. h5
48. Rg6+? Ne1 66. Ra6+ Kd5 67. Ra5+ Kd6 68. Rxe5 Kh6 41. Qxg6+ Qxg6 42. hxg6 because all
A natural move that squanders the win Nd3+ 69. Ke4 Nxe5, Draw agreed. the black pawns stand on white squares.

Benkos Bafflers Problem I
J. Rusinek, Poland
Problem II
Richard Becker, USA
WCCT, 2008 WCCT, 2008
Most of the time these studies k+l+ + + K+ + + +

resemble positions that could actu-
ally occur over-the-board. You must
+p+ +L+R + + + +
simply reach a theoretically won pK +p+P+ kL P + +
position for White. Solutions can be + + + r N + + +
found on page 63. P + l + l+ + + +
Please e-mail submissions for
P + + + l + +n+
Benkos Bafflers to: pbenko@ + + P + + + + +
uschess.org + N + + + + + +
White to play and win White to play and draw
40. gxh5 Kxh5 41. f3 Kh6 42. h5 Qb2+ 48. ... Re3+ 49. Kg4 b1=Q 50. Bf6+ Kh6 out having committed a major mistake. No
good plan can be seen against the central-
A simple revenge check; all that was White resigned due to 51. Rh8+ Qh7.
ized white king and the superior bishop.
left in consolation since after 42. ... Kxh5
43. Qg4+! Kh6 44. Qh4 is checkmate. Better bishop 34. g3!
IM Irina Krush (2474)
43. Kg3 Qg7 44. hxg6 Qc7+ 45. f4 Bc8 46. A good plan is to play f3-f4-f5 to take
GM Boris Gulko (2631)
Qf6, Black resigned. control on the d5-square for a break-
Mate is unavoidable. + +n+k+ through with the king.
Beatable bishop p +n+ pp 34. ... Kf7 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4
GM Melikset Khachiyan (2627) p +pp + ++ + +

GM Yury Shulman (2716)
+ + + + + +n+k+
+ + + r + PP+ + pp Lpp +
+ + +pk P + +P+ + + + +p
+ Lp+ + +rLK+PP P+KPPP +
+p+ P + +N+ +R+ + + + +
+ pPP + White to play + + + P
+ + n + The position looks equal. White first + + + +
+ R + P intends to trade her opponents active
pieces, hoping to take advantage of her
After 36. gxf4
+ + + +K central dominance and the bishop. 36. ... Kg6

Black to play 25. Kd3! Rc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Kf7 28. Even this move could not prevent f5.
a4 Nd6 The trouble was that even in case of 36.
Black is better with his passed pawns ... f5 37. e5! Nf8 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. d5 Kf7
and active knight. A better defense was 28. ... e5 so that
40. dxe6+ Kxe6 41. h4 Ke7 42. Kd5 Kd7
the d7-knight could be assigned a role
38. ... Rc8 43. e6+ Ke7 44. Kc6 wins.
and so the king may more easily approach
A practical move instead of the tricky the center. 37. f5+! Kf7
38. ... b4!?. If 39. Bxb4 Rb8 40. Rxd4 29. Na3 a6 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Kxc4 g5 32. Ba3 The knight is lost after 37. ... exf5 38.
Nc2 but 39. Rxd4 b3 40. Rb4 Rc8 41. h3 h5 33. Bd6 Ke8 exf5+ Kxf5 39. Kd5.
creates further complications.
+
+k+ +
38. Kb4
39. Kg1 Rc4 40. Kf2 b4 41. Rd3
Zugzwang follows 38. h4.
41. Ke2 is equal. + +n+ + 38. ... e5 39. Kc4 b5+ 40. axb5 axb5+ 41.
41. ... Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rc3 43. Ke2 pp Lpp + Kxb5 exd4 42. Kc4 Ne5+ 43. Kxd4 Ng4 44.
If 43. Rxc3, then 43. ... bxc3 44. Ke2 + + + pp Bg3 Ke7 45. Kd3 Nh6
Ng2 also favors Black. P+KPP+ + The threat was to trap the knight. Now
White can go after the h5-pawn and Black
43. ... b3 44. Rxd4 Nc4 45. Be7 b2 46. Rd8?!
Re3+
+ + +P+ is helpless.
Avoids 46. ... b1=Q? 47. Bf6+ etc. per-

+ + +PP 46. Ke3 Nf7 47. Bf4 Kd7 48. Kf3 Kc6 49. Kg3
petual check. + + + + Kc5 50. Kh4 Kd4 51. Kxh5 Kxe4 52. Kg4 Kd5
.
53. h4 Kc6 54. Kh5 Kd5, and Black resigned.
47. Kf2 Rxe4 48. Kg3 After 33. ... Ke8
An endgame of which not only Irina
Or 48. Rb8. Black is now in a worse position with- but any GM could be proud of.

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845-569-9969. EF: $40, Club membs $25, GMs free ($20 from prize), specified
Oct. 9-11, California Southern 8:30-10am, (Rds 1 & 2, G/75) Sat. 11-2:30-6:30, Sun. 9:30-2:30. Both sched- Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free! $$ 840 b/42 paid entries, minimum
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 40 ules merge at Rd. 3. Schol. Sched: (All 5 rds G/30one day only, Sat., Oct. half each prize Gtd: $$ 300-200-115, top U2200/unr. $125, U2000 $100. Limit
Los Angeles Open 10). Reg. Sat. 8:30-9:30am, Rd. 1 at 10am; Other rds will follow immediately. 2 byes, commit by 1:30. Re-entry $20. CCA ratings may be used. Rds. 12-1:30-
5SS, 3-day 40/2, SD/1, 2-day rds. 1-2 G/60 then merges. LAX Hilton, 5711 W. Byes: Avail. all Rds. (commit before Rd. 3). HR: $85 for single, double, triple 2:45-4-5:20 pm. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Online entry at
Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. $$10,000 b/200, 50% of each prize guar- or quad (800-228-9290 or 972-661-2800), reserve by Sept. 15 and mention Cajun www.chesscenter.cc thru 10/15; $10 extra to enter by phone!
anteed. In 3 sections: Open: 1600-1000-800-400-200, U2400 300-200, U2200 Chess tournament to assure group rate. ENT: On-line registration and print-
700-500-300. EF: $83 if received by 10/8, $95 door. Premier (U2000): $$ 700- Oct. 17, Pennsylvania
able entry form at www.cajunchess.com, or mail entry form to Franc Guadalupe, World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 6
500-300-100, U1800 400-200-150, U1600 400-200-150. EF: $83 if received by 305 Willow Pointe Dr., League City, TX 77573. Info or Phone Ent: 713-530-7820
10/8, $95 door. Amateur (U1400/Unrated): $$400-200-100, U1200 100, Unr 2009 Lehigh Valley LVCA Oct Championship
or 504-905-2971. Major credit cards accepted (no checks at site). FIDE. WCL 4SS, G/90. St James Church, 11th & Tilghman Sts., Allentown, PA 18102.
100, unrated may win unrated prize only. EF: $67 if received by 10/8, $80 door. JGP.
On-line entry: www.westernchess.com. No credit card entries at door. All: $25 EF: $40, LVCA Members $30, $$200-100 guaranteed to top 2, more per paid
Best Game prize, all sections eligible. One half point bye if requested with entry, Oct. 10, Connecticut entries. Up to two 1/2 pt byes with advanced notice (if declared before round
rds 4-5 cannot be revoked. SCCF membership req. of S. Cal. res., $18 reg, $10 World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 20 3). REG.: Ends 10am. RDS.: 10-1:30-4:45-7:45. Ent/Info: Checks payable to:
junior. Reg.: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Fri, 9-10 a.m. Sat. Rds.: 3-day 7 p.m. Fri, 11-5:30 Fairfield County Masters & Class Championships Bruce Davis, 1208 Linden St., Fl 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018. 610-625-0467 or
Sat, 10-4:30 Sun. 2-day: 10:30-1:30 Sat. (G/75), then merges. HR: $109, Fairfield County Chess Norwalk Public Library, 1 Belden Avenue, Norwalk, CT [email protected] or www.lehighvalleychess.org/. Reg by mail
(310) 410-4000. Use Group Code LOS. Parking $8/day. Info: admin@western 06851. In 2 Sections Masters: 5SS, G/30, Open to Minimum 2200 rating. by 10/12 to enter to win a Saitek Competition Chess Clock. WCL JGP.
chess.com. Web site: www.westernchess.com. Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 $$GTD: $500-300-200. Class Championships: 5SS, G/30, Open to 2199 & Oct. 17, Tennessee
N. Wilton Pl. #1, Los Angeles, CA 90038. NS. NC. F. State Championship Qual- under. Open to maximum 2199 rating. $$GTD: $400-200-100. Top U2000, World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 6
ifier. WCL JGP for rounds slower than G/60. U1800, U1600 - $100 Each. ALL: EF: $40 in advance postmarked by 10/5/2009, Heart of Tennessee Open
$45 after. Grandmasters and International Masters free. Reg.: 9:30-10:00am. 5-SS, Rd. 1 G/30, Rd. 2 G/60, Rds. 3, 4, 5 G/75. Trinity Presbyterian Church,
Rds.: 10:30, 11:45, 1:15, 2:30, 3:45. Half-point byes available for rounds 1 & 1020 N. Rutherford Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN. EF: $20 by 10/15, $25 at site. $$
2. Must commit before round 1. Max. 2 byes. ENT: Melvin Patrick 7 Commerce (1000, top 2 G, class prizes b/6 entries per class, else proportional): $200-104,
St. #304, Norwalk, CT 06850. INFO: Melvin Patrick 203-644-3037, melvin- X, A, B, C, D, E/below each $102, Unr. $84. Reg.: 8:00-8:45am. Rds.: 9:00-10:00-
[email protected]. Complimentary lunch included! 12:45-3:15-5:45. Ent: Rutherford County Chess Club, P.O. Box 1593,
Oct. 10-11, Alabama Murfreesboro,TN 37133. http://rccc.us/ (with map to site), [email protected] 615-
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 895-7989 NS. NC. W. WCL JGP.
2009 Space City Open Oct. 17, Wisconsin
5SS, 40 moves/90 minutes (40/85, TD5), SD/30. Bevill Conference Center & World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10
Hotel; 550 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, Alabama 35816; Hotel reservations call Hales Corners Challenge X
(356)721-9428 or toll free 1-888- 721-9428; Website: bevillcenter.uah.edu. 4SS, G/60. Two Sections: Open & Reserve (under 1600). Wyndham Milwau-
$$Gtd. Open: $350-200-150, A 100-75, B 100-75. Reserve (U1600): $300-175- kee Airport Hotel, 4747 S. Howell Avenue, Milwaukee (414-481-8000). EF:
125, D 100-75-50. Novice (U1200): $150-75-50,Top F $50, Unrated $30-25. EF: $35-Open, $25-Reserve, both $5 more after 10/14. Comp EF for USCF 2200+,
All sections $20 if recd by 10/6, $30 on site: Reg.: 8am - 9:30am on 10/10. call TD for details. $$ Open: 1st-$325 (guaranteed), 2nd-$175 (guaranteed),
Rds.: 10-2:30-7, 9:30-2:30. Memb. reqd: USCF ($ see uschess.org), ACF $10, A-$100, B & Below-$75; $$ Reserve: 1st-$100, 2nd-$75, D-$50, E & Below-$40;
OSA. Ent: Huntsville Chess Club, PO Box 7062, Huntsville, AL 35816; Info: (256) plus goddesschess.com sponsored prizes for female players in both sections.
881-7764, [email protected]. Flyer/Directions: logicalchess.com/ Reg.: 8:30-9:30, Rds.: 10-1-3:30-6. Ent: Payable to Southwest Chess Club, c/o
hcc or alabamachess.com; link to calendars. WCL JGP. Allen Becker, 6105 Thorncrest Drive, Greendale, WI 53129. Questions to: TD
Oct. 15, New York Tom Fogec: 414-425-6742 or 414-405-4207.
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) Oct. 17-18, California Northern
10 Grand Prix Points Tonight! World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 6
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at the Marshall Club, 23 West 10 St., bet. 5-6 Ave., Fremont Open
NYC: 212-477-3716. EF: $35, Club membs $25, GMs free ($20 from prize), spec- 4-SS, 30/90; SD/60. Fremont Adult School, 4700 Calaveras Ave., Fremont, CA
ified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$560 b/32 paid entries (may 94538. $$B 80 paid entries (not counting unrateds).Three Sections: Open $400-
be limited to 1st 36 to enter), top 2 Gtd: $$ 200-110-50, Top U2200/unr $105, 260 U2200 $250-150; A/B A $250-150 B $250-150; Reserve C $250-150 D/E
U2000 $95. Limit 2 byes (1 bye for U2000), commit by 8:15. Reentry $15. CCA $250-150 Unr: Trophy First. Reserve players playing in the A/B section com-
pete for the B prizes. All, EF: postmarked by 10/12 $60, $70 at site. Unrateds
$20 in the Reserve section or may play up to the Open section for the regular
fee. USCF memb. reqd. May play up for addl $10 per section. Reg.: Sat 10/17
9:00-9:45am. RDS.: Sat 10:00 & 3:30; Sun 10:00 & 3:30; One 1/2 pt bye avail-
able if requested in advance (bye in rds 3 or 4 must be requested before rd
1). 2009 October Ratings List, CCA minimums and Directors discretion will be
used to place players as accurately as possible. Please bring clocks and equip-
ment. INFO: Ken Zowal (510)-623-9935. Email: [email protected]
or [email protected]. Ent: Ken Zowal, P.O. Box 3211, Fremont, CA
94539. No Phone entries. WCL JGP.
Oct. 19-Dec. 21 (Championship),
Oct. 19-Nov. 16 (other sections), New York
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced)
Nassau Championship
40/80. 1st Presby Church, 1st & Main Sts., Mineola. 3 sections. Champ: 10SS
over 1999, jrs under 21 over 1799, top 100 U13, women, 2 pts in Semi-finals.
EF: memb $94, non-memb $113 by 10/17. $$ (3500 G) 800-500-400-300-250-
200-175-150-125-100, U2100, 2000/UR ea 250. GMs complete tourn w/o
forfeit gtd min of $300 & IMs/WGMs gtd $150. 4 byes 1-10. Amateur: 5SS
U2000/UR, EF: memb $30, non-memb $41 by 10/17. $$ (324 b/12) 124, U1800,
1600 ea 100. 2 byes 1-5. Novice: 5SS U1400/UR. EF: memb $16, non-memb
$27 by 10/17. $$ (144 b/12) 84, U1200/UR 60. 2 byes 1-5. All: EF: $8 more at
site. Reg to 7:15 PM. Rds.: 7:15 each Mon. Ent: H. Stenzel, 80 Amy Dr., Sayville,
NY 11782. NS W. [email protected]. WCL JGP.

Oct. 20, New York year thru this tournament($49 adults,$25 juniors) Prizes: Top unrated in D 1500, request chess rate, reserve by 10/9 or rate may increase. Car rental:
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) & E Sections wins 1 yr. USCF membership plus trophy. Note: Adult unrated Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through chess-
St. Johns Masters at the Marshall Chess Club will be put in D Sect., Junior unrated in E, unless request to play up. Sen- tour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions:
4SS, G/30.ThirdTues. of every month. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Open iors additional prizes (65+) $$300 (Srs not eligible: provisionally rated, 845-496-9658. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance entries will be posted
to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scoring 2.5 or more at any CCNY unrated, masters & E Sect); Club Championship $$800-400-200 decided by total at chesstour.com. WCL JGP.
at MCCThursday. 4 Rated GamesTonight! since the prior months SJM) EF: $40, score of 10 (and only 10) players from one club or area (not eligible GMs,
Oct. 24-25, District of Columbia
members $30, GMs $10 (returned on completion of tournament). For each event, IMs, E Sec., or unrated). Trophies to Top 3 (A-E Sections). ALL: EF $11 more
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 20
money added to prize fund by the sponsors, St. Johns University, and other gen- if postmarked after 10/1 and $22 more if postmarked after 10/16 or at site. Oscar Shapiro D.C. Open
erous patrons.Top three prizes guaranteed. $$G 300-200-100.Top U2400 and Do not mail after 10/16 or phone or email after 10/20. $20 off EF to Srs (65+) US Chess Center, 1501 M Street, NW, Wash., DC 20005 $$G 3000. 5 Sections.
Top U2300 prizes. Special prize for biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15- and Jrs 19/under (E sect. not eligible). Players may play up. Unrated players Open, 4-SS, TC: 40/2, SD/1. EF: $48 by 10/15. $$500-300-200, U2200 150 -
9:30-10:45pm. One bye available, rds. 1 or 4 only; declare at registration. not eligible for cash prizes except Open 1-10. Provisionally rated players may 100. DC Championship title and trophy to top DC resident. Reg.: 10 - 11. Rds.:
win up to 50% of 1st place money except open Section 1-10. CCA ratings may 11:30 - 6, 11 - 5. Amateur, open to U2000. 5-SS, TC: 30/90, SD/1. EF: $43 by
A State Championship Event! be used. Note pairings not changed for color alternation unless 3 in a row or
Oct. 23-24, Utah 10/15. $$ 300 - 200 - 100, U1800 150 - 100. DC Amateur Championship title
a plus 3 and if the unlikely situation occurs 3 colors in a row may be assigned. and trophy to top DC resident. Reg.: 8 - 9, Rds. 9:30-2:45-8, 11-4:30. Reserve,
Reg.: (10/22) 5-8 pm, (10/23) 8:30-10 am. Rds.: 12-7, 10-6, 9:30-4. Byes
Utah Open Championship open to U1600. 5-SS, TC: 30/90, SD/1. EF: $43 by 10/15. $$ 300-200-100,
available any round, if requested before 1st round (Open Section 2 byes max.). U1400 150 - 100. Reg.: 8 - 9, Rds. 9:30-2:45-8, 11-4:30. Booster, open to U1200.
5SS. Olpin Student Union, University of Utah, Collegiate Room and Saltaire Room.
SIDE EVENTS: Wed. (10/21) 7pm Clock Simul, [40/2, G/1] (Including an 4-SS, TC: G/45. EF: $13 by 10/15. $50 + Trophy for first, trophies and medal-
$$700 Gtd plus section & class trophies. Open: 1st $200, 2nd $100. Reserve
analysis of YOUR game. GM Sergey Kudrin $30 (A great value!). Thurs lions thru 15 places. Reg.: 12 - 1. Rds.: 1:30 - 4 - 6:30 - 8. Beginner, open to
U1600: 1st $150, 2nd $75. Reserve U800: 1st $100, 2nd $75. UT State Cham-
(10/22) 6-7:30 pm GM Larry Evans lecture -Free, 7:30 Simul TBA (only children (age 11 and younger) rated U800 or unrated. 4-SS, TC: G/30. EF:
pion trophies to top male & female finishers in Open from UT. Also, cash class
$15!), 7:30 Blitz (5 min) Tourney ($20-80% to prize fund). Sat 10/24 (3- $13 by 10/15. Trophies and medallions thru 15 places. Reg.: 12 - 1. Rds.: 1:30
prizes in addition to trophies based on number of entries. Open: Reg.: Fri 2-
4:30pm)GM Larry Evans Clinic(Game/Position Analysis) Free. Sun. (10/25) - 2:45 - 4:00 - 5:15. All, $7 more after 10/15. Make checks payable to DCCL,
2:45 or 6-6:25 and Sat 8-9:30; 1/2 pt bye avail. for any 2 rds declared prior to
Quick Tourney (G/25) 5 Rd. Swiss ($20) [12 (Noon)-5pm] 80% to prize fund. mail to U.S. Chess Center, 1501 M St., NW, Washington, DC 20005. Info:
rd 3 to accommodate those unable to play on Fri. Rds. 1-3 G/90, Rds. 4-5 G/2,
ENT: Make checks payable and send to: SANDS REGENCY (address above) HR: 202/857-4922. www.chessctr.org. WCL JGP.
Fri. 3-6:30, Sat 10-1:15-5:30. (5 sec delay all rounds.) Reserve: Sat. only. (2
$34! (Sun-Thurs) & $54! (Fri-Sat) + 13.5% tax. (mention CHESS 1022 & reserve
sects: U1600 & U800). Reg.: 8-9:30 am. U1600 G/60, Rds.: 10-12:30-2:45-5- Oct. 24-25, Iowa
by 10/5/09 to guarantee room rates.) INFO: Jerry Weikel [email protected],
7:30. U800 G/45, Rds.: 10-12-1:45-3:30-5:15. EF: $30 Adult, $20 Youth; $5 less World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10
(775) 747 1405, or website: www.renochess.org/wso (also go here to verify
in adv. GM, IM free. UCA mtg: Saturday, 9:30-9:55. Ent/Info: Grant Hodson, Ames Chess Festival XXIII
entry). FIDE .W. WCL JGP.
5856 Cilma Dr., West Valley City, UT 84128, 801-968-1724, granthod- (IA GP Qualifier). 5SS, 30/75, SD/1. Molecular Biology Building, ISU Campus,
[email protected], and at www.utahchess.com. WCL JGP. Oct. 23-25 or 24-25, Ohio Ames, IA. EF: $40 by 10/17, $50 at site. Jr/Sr: $30 by 10/17 $40 at site. IA
An American Classic! World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced) memb reqd $15, Jr/Sr $10. OSA ($$ b/40, top 3G): 250+T, 150, 100, U1900,
A Heritage Event! Cleveland Open U1600, U1300, U1000, each 75-50. Reg.: 8-8:30 am. Rds.: 10-2:30-7:30, 10-
Oct. 23-25, Nevada 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option rds 1-2 G/75, U1200 & U1000 are Oct 24-25 only 2:30. NS NC WC. Entries to: Roger Gotschall, 1341 Truman Place, Ames, IA
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced) with all rds G/75). Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel, 5300 Riverside Drive (inside 50010. Info: [email protected] or 515-233-4239. WCL JGP.
27th Annual Sands Regency Reno-Western States Open Cleveland Hopkins Airport with free shuttle, near junction of I-71 and I-480),
6SS.40/2,20/1,G 1/2. Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N. Arlington Ave., Cleveland, OH 44135. Free parking. $$G 13,000. In 7 sections: Open: $1200- A Heritage Event!
Reno, NV 89501. 1-800-648-3553 or (775) 348-2200. $$43,500 b/425, Gtd. 600-400-200, top U2300 $700, U2200 $600, U2100/Unr $500. FIDE. Under 2000: Oct. 24-25, Virginia
$$28,750-$3500-2500-2000-1500-1000-900-800-700-600-500 in Open Sec- $1000-500-300-200. Under 1800: $1000-500-300-200. Under 1600: $1000-500- World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10
tion plus 1/2 of all other prizes. 7 Sections: OPEN: EF: GMs & IMs free (enter 300-200. Under 1400: $800-400-300-200. Under 1200: $300-200-120-80. 25th Emporia Open
Under 1000: $200-100-60-40. Unrated may enter any section, with prize lim- 5SS, G/120. Greensville Ruritan Club, Ruritan Rd., Emporia. Off of Hwy. 58 West
by 10/1 or pay late fees), Masters $149, (2000-2199)-$175, (1999-below)-$201.
its: U1000 $80, U1200 $150, U1400 $300, U1600 $400, U1800 $500, U2000 $600. of Emporia. EF: $35 recd by 10/21, $45 site. Free to Unr., no separate prize.
$$ Prizes 1-10 listed above, (2399-below) $1500-500, (2299-below) $1500-500.
Balance goes to next player(s) in line. EF: 3-day $98, 2-day $97 mailed by 10/15, $$G 500, $400 class prizes b/5: $250-150-100, X (if no X wins top 3), A, B, C
If a tie for 1st overall then 2 (G/10) playoff for $100 from prize fund. (Note:
all $99 online at chesstour.com by 10/20, $105 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/20 ea. $75. D, E and below ea. $50. Reg.: 9-9:45am, Rds.: 10-2:30-7, 9-1:30.
GM/IM w/free entry not eligible for class prizes 2399 and below; may elect
(entry only, no questions), $120 at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Under Refreshments provided w/EF, no addl charge. VCF memb. reqd, $10/yr & avail.
to pay entry fee and become eligible). EXPERT: (2000-2199) EF: $148. $$2000-
1200 or Under 1000 EF: all $60 less. Special EF: FREE TO UNRATED in at site. Info: Virginia Chess Fed., Woodrow Harris, 1105 West End Dr., Empo-
1000-500-400-300-200 (under 2100)- $600.A Sec. (1800-1999) EF: $147,
U1000 or U1200 if paid with 1 year USCF dues. Re-entry $60; not available in ria, VA 23847. [email protected]. W. WCL JGP.
$$1800-900-500-400-300-200-100-100-100-100-100-100.B Sec. (1600-1799)
EF: $146, $$1,600-800-500-400-300-200-100-100-100-100-100-100. C Sec. Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings based on 4 or more games usu- A Heritage Event!
(1400-1599) EF: $145, $$ 1,400-700-500-400-300-200-100-100-100-100-100- ally used if otherwise unrated. Special USCF dues if paid with entry: online Oct. 25, Massachusetts
100. D Sec. (1200-1399) EF: $144, $$1,200-600-500-400-300-200-100-100-100- at chesstour.com $30, mailed, phoned or paid at site $40. 3-day schedule: Reg World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 6
100-100-100.E Sec. (1199-below) EF: $75 (E Sect. entries count as 1/2 paid ends Fri 6:30 pm, rds Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 11-6, Sun 9-3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg 76th Greater Boston Open
player toward prize fund), $$500-400-300-200-100-100-50-50- 50-50. (Unrated ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11-2:30-6, Sun 9-3:15, U1200 & U1000 Sun 9-12:30. 4SS, G/60. Kennedy Senior Center, 117 E. Central St., Natick, MA 01760.
Players) EF: Free + must join USCF or increase membership for 1 additional Byes: OK all; Open must commit by rd 2, others by rd 3. HR: $83-83, 216-267- $$1700 guaranteed. In four sections: Open: $300-150, under 2150 $125.

Tournament Life
Under 2000: $250-$125, under 1850 $100. Under 1700: $200-$100, under 1550 day, $22 2-day if received by 10/27; $25 at site. Juniors: $48 if playing for tro- 10:30 am, rds. Sat 11-2:30-6, Sun 9-2:15. Half point byes OK all, limit 1; must
$75. Under 1400: $150-$75, under 1200 $50. Unrated may play in any section phy, $69 if playing for cash if received by 10/27; $10 more at site. 3-day commit before rd 2. HR: $79-79, 1-800-787-2886, 802-297-2500, reserve by
but cant win 1st except in the Open section. EF: $39 postmarked by 10/20 or schedule: Reg.: Ends 7 p.m. Rounds: 7:30, 2-7:30, 10:30-4. 2-day schedule: 10/23 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633,
online at www.MassChess.org by 10/23; $45 at site. Discounts: $15 off to Reg.: Ends 9:30 a.m. Rounds: 1st at 10 a.m., then merges with 3-day. All: Re- or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box
unrated, $10 off to seniors (65+) or additional family member (1st pays full entry: $45, not in open. NCCA membership required- $5 (adults only); other 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com/.
EF). Limit one discount per player. No phone or e-mail entries. Memb. Reqd: states ok. Half-point byes available in 1st 4 rounds, limit 2, must commit $10 service charge for refunds. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. WCL
MACA ($12 adult/$6 under 18). OSA. Reg.: 8:30-9:30 AM. Rds.: 10-1-3:15-5:30. before 1st round. Hotel: $89 Double/King with 2 complimentary breakfast per JGP.
Byes: limit 1, must request with entry. Ent: payable to MACA, mail to Ken Bal- room night!! Cut-off date on 10/16 to be guaranteed a room. Mention: Chess
Nov. 7-8, Virginia
lou, 27 Fenway Drive, Framingham, MA 01701-4012 or online (PayPal) at Tournament. Info: Thad Rogers (478)-742-5607, Atlanta Chess Center (404)-
www.MassChess.org. Info: George Mirijanian, 978-345-5011, GBOInfo2009@ 377-4400.The tournament is sponsored by American Chess Promotions on the
14th Annual Northern Virginia Open
masschess.org. behalf of the North Carolina Chess Association. Enter: American Chess Pro-
5SS, Rds. 1-3 G/2, rds. 4-5 30/90 SD/1. $$2,300 (Top 3 G) B/90. Hotel Sierra,
motions, 3055 General Lee Road, Macon, Georgia 31204-1517. Email:
Oct. 25, New Jersey 45520 Dulles Plaza, Sterling, VA 20166. www.hotel-sierra.com luxurious sin-
atlantachess@ yahoo.com. NS. FIDE. WCL JGP.
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 gle and double suites. 20 Reserved Single Suites available by Oct 28 at $99.
ICA Fall 2009 Open Championship Oct. 31-Nov. 1, New York Contact hotel at 703-435-9002 or 1-800.4.SIERRA (Be sure to ask for Virginia
Bergen Academy, 200 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ 07601. OpenTo All Ages World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 6 Chess rates) or book it online at http://stay.hotel-sierra.com/?id=VIR Near
With Rating over 1400. 4SS, G/60 U. S. Chess Federation Membership Required. Octember Open Dulles Airport. See tournament website for directions and more information.
Prize Fund ($$ b/40) 1st - 3rd $300, $250, $200, U2000, U1800, U1600 each 4SS, 30/90, SD/1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10 St., NYC, 212-477-3716. EF: $45, Mem- Open: $575-325-200 (G); Top X/A-Unr/B/C/D: each $190, Top U1200: $175,
$100. Best Under 13 Years Old $75, Best Over 65 Years Old $75. Prize Fund Will bers $25. $$625 Gtd: 250 -100-75, U2200/Unrated $100, U2000 $100. Reg. Top Upset Thru Rd 4 - $100. Reg.: Saturday, Nov 7: 8:30am-9:45am. Rounds:
Not Be Reduced Below 70 %. Reg Ends at 9 AM. Late Entrants Will Receive 1/2 ends 15 min. before game. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2-day, rds 12:30-5:30 pm each Sat 10-230-7, Sunday 10-3:30p. One 1/2 pt bye allowed, must commit to byes
Point Bye For Rnd 1. EF: Adv (pmk. By Oct 21st) $40, AT Site $45. GMs Free Entry. day; 1-day, (rds 1-2 G/30), 10-11:15 am-12:30-5:30 pm Sun; both merge rd before Rd 1, and are irrevocable after play starts. EF: $50 if recd by Nov 1,
INFO: 201 287 0250 or 201 833 1741, Email: [email protected] (Web Site 3. Limit 2 byes, commit at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. May be limited to first 60 play- $60 at site or after 11/1. Ent: Michael Atkins, PO Box 6138, Alexandria, VA 22306.
Entries: www.icanj.net). Rds: 9:30 AM, 11:45 AM, 2:15 PM, 4:30 PM. ENT: Make ers. WCL JGP. Make checks to Virginia Chess. Email: [email protected], but NO e-mail
EF and/or USCF Membership checks payable to: International Chess A State Championship Event! entries, just information. Web: www.vachess.org/nova.htm. W, NS, FIDE. WCL
Academy Mail To: Diana Tulman, 28 Canterbury Lane, New Milford, NJ 07646. Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Pennsylvania JGP.
NS NC W. World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 Nov. 8, California Southern
Oct. 25, New York 2009 PA State Championship World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced) 5SS, G/120. Wm Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. 2009 Westwood Fall Open
Grandmaster Challenge (QC) $$(2510 b/90, 2/3 gtd.) 4 Sections: Open: $500-250, U2200 $140. U2000: $300- 5-SS, G/40. Los Angeles Chess Club, 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, CA 90025,
6-SS G/25 (G/20, D/5). Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC: 212-477-3716, lim- 100, U1850 $140. U1700: $300-100, U1550 $140. U1400: $300-100, U1200 $140. 2nd floor (4 blocks West of 405 Fwy). $$1500 b/50, 80% of each prize guar-
ited to first 64 entries. EF: $35 over 55/under 18, $45 others, $10 less to Unr. limited to $125 in U2000, $100 in U1700, $75 in U1400. Trophies to Top PA anteed. In two sections: Open: $400-200-50, U2200 125, U2000 125. Reserve
Marshall members (free buffet for participants.) GMs free, $25 deducted from &Top PA Junior in each section. EF: $40 by 10/23, $50 later. Re-entry: $20. PSCF (U1800): $$200-125, U1600 $100, Under 1400/unrated $100, U1200 $75. EF:
prize. Reg. ends 11:45 am. G$$350-250-150-100-75-50, $100 U2400, $100 reqd, OSA. Reg.: ends Sat. 9:30am. Rds.: Sat. 10-2:30-7, Sun. 10-2:30. Info: $47 if received by 11/7, $55 at site. SCCF memb. ($18, under 18 $10) req. for
U2200, $75 U2000, $50 U1800, top over 55$=age, top under 18 $=3x age, top 412-908-0286, [email protected]. Ent: PSCF, c/o Tom Marti- rated S. CA residents. No checks or credit cards at site. Half point byes: limit
scoring female ($=# of players.) Rds.: 12-1:15-2:30-4:00-5:15-6:30. Byes: nak, 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223. W. WCL JGP. 1, must be req. w/entry. Reg.: 9-9:45 a.m. Rds.: 10-11:30-1:30-3:15-4:45. 2
limit 2, request before Round 3. Quick rated; regular ratings used for pairing Nov. 6-8 or 7-8, Vermont Free Parking lots on the SW corner of Santa Monica & Purdue, or in the build-
and prize purposes. Additional class prize $500 2800+, $250 2700+. World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) ing basement ($3). Inf: [email protected]. Ent: SCCF, c/o John
14th annual Green Mountain Open & Vermont Championship Hillery, 835 N. Wilton Place #1, Los Angeles, CA 90038. On-line entry:
A State Championship Event!
Oct. 30-Nov. 1, or Oct. 31-Nov. 1, North Carolina 5 SS, 30/90, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/60). Stratton Mountain Inn, Mid- www.westernchess.com. State Championship Qualifier.
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 20 dle Ridge Rd (take Stratton Mountain Rd from center of Bondville), Stratton Nov. 13-15, Florida
2009 North Carolina Open Championship Mountain, VT 05155 (about 2 hours from Albany, NY or Springfield, MA). $$G World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 40 (enhanced)
5-SS, 30/90, SD/1. (2-day option Round 1 G/80). Clarion Hotel Greensboro Air- 1500. In 2 sections. Open, open to all. $$300-150-80, top U2000/Unr $180, 8th Annual Turkey Bowl
port, 415 Swing Road (I-40 at Exit 213), Greensboro, North Carolina 27409. U1800 $160, state championship trophy to top VT resident. Under 1600/Unr: 5SS, G/120, Sat. (2-day Sch.) Rd. 1 G/60. New Location: El Palacio Hotel & Con-
(336)-299-7650. $10,000 b/185 full paid entries, $5,000 GTD. In 6 sections: $$ 200-100-50, U1400 $120, U1200 $100, Unrated $60. EF: 3-day $53, 2-day ference Center, 4900 Powerline Rd, Ft. Lauderdale. $$6,100 b/200 paid entries,
Open: $800-600-500; u2300-$400, u2200- $600-400-300; u2100- $200. Under $52 mailed by 10/30, all $54 online at chesstour.com by 10/29, $55 phoned to 60% min. Gtd. 4 Sections: Open: $1,000/Trophy-600-400-250, U2300 $150-100.
2000: $600-400-300; u1900- $200. Under 1800: $600-400-300; u1700- $200. 406-896-2038 by 10/30 (entry only, no questions), $60 at site. No checks at site, U2000: $600/Trophy-300-200-100. U1600: $600/Trophy-300-200-100. U1200:
Under 1600: $600-400-300; u1500- $200. Under 1400: $600-400-300; u1200- credit cards OK. $30 less to unrated. All: Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess $600/Trophy-300-200-100. Unr. may enter Open or U1200 only. EF: $65 by Nov.
$200, u1000- $200. Unrated: Trophies to top 7. (Unrateds must play in the Life if paid with entry- online at chesstour.com $30, if mailed, phoned or paid 10, $14 more later and on-site, GMs & IMs free ($65 deducted from prize). Reg.:
Unrated or Open section) EF: $83 3-day, $82 2-day if received by 10/27; $90 at site $40. GMs free; $40 deducted from prize. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends ends 1/2 hr before 1st rd. Rds.: 3-Day 1st Rd. Fri. 7:30, 2-Day 1st Rd. Sat 10,
at site. GMs and IMs are FREE, $70 deducted from any prize. Unrated: $23 3- Fri 6:30 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 12-6, Sun 9-2:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat Rds. 2-5 Sat. 1:15, 6:30, Sun. 9:30, 2:30. 2 1/2 pt. byes, if reqd before rd. 2.

Turkey Bowl Scholastic Tournament, 5SS, G/30, Sat. 11/14. See website St. Johns Masters at the Marshall Chess Club Nov. 21-22 or 22, New York
for more info. HR: $69 by Cut-off Date, 954-776-4880. Ent: Boca Raton Chess 4SS, G/30.ThirdTues. of every month. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Open World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
Club, 2385 Executive Ctr. Dr., Ste. 100, Boca Raton, FL 33431. Online entry & to players rated over 2100 (plus all players scoring 2.5 or more at any CCNY 2nd Annual What-A-Turkey Open!
addl info: www.bocachess.com, 561-883-2917. FIDE. WCL JGP. at MCCThursday 4 Rated GamesTonight! since the prior months SJM). EF: $40, 4-SS, 30/90, SD/1. Chess Center at the Marshall Club, 23 W 10 St., bet. 5th-
members $30, GMs $10 (returned on completion of tournament). For each event, 6th Ave., NYC: 845-569-9969. $$ 1,200 b/60 paid entries, minimum half each
Nov. 13-15 or 14-15, Ohio prize Gtd. May be limited to 1st 62 entries! 2 sections, Open. $$ 400-200-
money added to prize fund by the sponsors, St. Johns University, and other gen-
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced) 100, U2200/unr. $100. FIDE. Under 2000. $$ 200-100, U1800 $100, $100 unr.
erous patrons.Top three prizes guaranteed. $$G 300-200-100.Top U2400 and
18th Annual Kings Island Open
Top U2300 prizes. Special prize for biggest upset. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7-8:15- prize limit. Both, EF: $45, Club membs $30, GMs free ($25 from prize), spec-
5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Kings Island Resort, 5691 Kings
9:30-10:45pm. One bye available, rds. 1 or 4 only; declare at registration. ified CCNY Scholastic prizewinners free. Online entry at www.chesscenter.cc
Island Drive (I-71, 6 mi north of I-275), Mason, OH 45040. Free parking. $$
thru 11/19. 2 options: 2-Day, rds 12:30-5:30 pm each day; 1-day (rds 1-2 G/30),
25,000 based on 360 paid entries (re-entries count as 60% entries, U1000 Sec- Nov. 19, New York
10-11:15 am-12:30-5:30 pm Sun., merge rd 3. 2 byes max, commit by rd 2. Reg.
tion EF 40% entries, unrated not counted); minimum $20,000 (80% of each prize) World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
ends 15 min. before game. Re-entry $20, counts half. Foreign unr. must enter
guaranteed. Free analysis of your games by GM Arthur Bisguier. In 8 sections: 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight!
Open. CCA Ratings may be used. EF $10 extra by phone! WCL JGP.
Open: $2500-1200-600-300-200, 1st on tiebreak $100 bonus, top U2300/Unr 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at the Marshall Club, 23 West 10 St., bet. 5-6 Ave.,
$1400-700. FIDE. Under 2100: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1900: $2000- NYC: 212-477-3716. EF: $35, Club membs $25, GMs free ($20 from prize), spec- Nov. 21-22, Oklahoma
1000-500-300-200. Under 1700: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1500: ified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$560 b/32 paid entries (may World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 6
$1500-700-400-200-100. Under 1300: $1200-600-300-200-100. Under be limited to 1st 36 to enter), top 2 Gtd: $$ 200-110-50, Top U2200/unr $105, Get Your FIDE rating - Open
1000/Unr: $300-200-100-60-40. Unrated prize limits: U1000 $80, U1300 $130, U2000 $95. Limit 2 byes (1 bye for U2000), commit by 8:15. Reentry $15. CCA 5-SS, G/60 + 60 seconds each move. $$G 650. Quality Inn, 2515 W. 6th Ave.
U1500 $300, U1700 $400, U1900 $500. Balance goes to next player(s) in line. ratings may be used. Class pairings OK rd. 4. Reg ends 10 min before game. (Hwy-51) Stillwater, OK 1-405-372-0800. HR: 70-70-70. Wi-Fi, EF: Open: $20,
EF: 3-day $103, 2-day $102 mailed by 11/5, all $105 online at chesstour.com Rds. 7-8:15-9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! FIDE rated players $10; Reserve: $10 (if received before Nov 19th): All $5 more
by 11/10, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 11/10 (entry only, no questions), at site. OCF mem req $10. Two Sections: Open (FIDE): Gtd 1st 200, 100; A:
Nov. 21, Pennsylvania
$120 at site. Under 1000 Section EF: 3-day $43, 2-day $42 if mailed by 11/5, $75 B: $75 C: $75 Reserve: U-1400 Gtd 1st $75, 50, Reg.: 9-9:45 Rds at 10-
$44 online at chesstour.com by 11/10, $46 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 11/10, 2:30-7, 9-1:15. 2 half pt byes rds 1-5, FIDE (Open), LS, W, Free Parking. Frank
2009 Thanksgiving LVCA Grand Prix
$50 at site. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry $60; not available in Berry, 402 S. Willis St., Stillwater, OK 74074 [email protected]. 405 372-
4SS, G/90, St. James Church, 11th & Tilghman Sts., Allentown, PA 18102.
Open Section. Unofficial uschess.org ratings usually used if otherwise unrated. 5758. WCL JGP.
EF: $40, LVCA Members $30, $$200-100 guaranteed to top 2, more per paid
All: FREE ENTRYTO UNRATED in U1000 or U1300 if paying 1 yr USCF dues. Spe- entries. FREE ENTRY TO UNRATEDS, if paying 1 year USCF Dues. Up to two Nov. 22, New Jersey
cial 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life if paid with entry- online at chesstour.com 1/2 pt byes with advanced notice (if declared before round 3). REG.: Ends 10am. World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced)
$30, mailed, phoned or paid at site $40. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, RDS.: 10-1:30-4:45-7:45. Ent/Info: Checks payable to: Bruce Davis, 1208 Lin- Westfield Grand Prix #500
rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11-6, Sun 9-3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds den St., Fl 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018. 610-625-0467 or bdavis@lehighvalley 4 SS game/30 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes:
Sat 11-2:30-6, Sun 9-3:15. Byes: OK all; Open must commit by rd 2, others by chess.org or www.lehighvalleychess.org/. Reg by mail by 11/16 to enter to $615 Guaranteed $175, $125, $75 U2100, U1850, U1600, U1350 $60 each.
rd 3. HR: $73-73, 800-727-3050, 513-398-0115, reserve by 10/30 or rate may win a Saitek Competition Chess Clock. WCL JGP. Entrance Fee: $40, $30 members. Registration: 2-2:30 p.m. Rounds: 2:45-
increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car 4:00-5:15-6:30. Special prizes to be announced for the Westfield Chess Clubs
online through chesstour.com. Car rental is easiest & cheapest transportation Nov. 21, Virginia
500th event, since the fall of 1990. Todd Lunna, 732-946-7379. www.westfield
from Cincinnati Airport. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 6
chessclub.com.
12577. Questions: 845-496-9658. Advance entries will be posted at chess- Thanksgiving Grand Prix
tour.com. WCL JGP. 3-Round Swiss System Game/90. SITE: St. Johns Lutheran Church, 4608 A Heritage Event!
Brambleton Ave., SW, Roanoke, VA 24018. GUARANTEED PRIZES:Top Section: An American Classic!
Nov. 14, New York $125-$100-$75. Additional Sections: If Octagonals, Each is guaranteed $125- Nov. 26-29, California Southern
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 (enhanced) $100, If Hexagonals, Each is guaranteed $100-$75, If Quads, Each is guaranteed World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 120 (enhanced)
Jenifer Woods Memorial Grand Prix $100. ENTRY FEE: If received by May 14, $30.00. At site, $40.00. REGISTRA- 45th Annual American Open
4SS RDS. 1 & 2 G/60, RDS. 3 & 4 G/90 @RCC (GTD) $150-90-60 class $80. Reg.: TION: 6-9 pm on 11 / 20; 8:30-9:30 am on 11/21. ROUNDS: 10-2-6. BYES: One 8SS, 40/2, SD/1. LAX Renaissance Hotel, 9620 Airport Bl., Los Angeles, CA
8:30-9:15. RDS.: 9:30-12-2:15-5:30 EF: $30 Adv Ent/Info: Rochester Chess Cen- only per tournament; must request before 1st round begins. ADVANCE 90045. $$37,500 b/o 400 entries, $19,500 gtd. In 6 sections (Unr. must play
ter, 221 Norris Drive, Rochester, NY 14610. (585)442-2430. ENTRIES: Roanoke Valley Chess Club, P.O. Box 14143, Roanoke, VA 24038. in Unr. or Open). Open: $3600-1800-800-600-500-400, U2450/Unr. $800-400,
Nov. 17, New York PHONE: (540) 725-9525 or (540) 890-0478. E-MAIL: [email protected]. U2300/Unr. $600-300. U2200, U2000, U1800: Each $3000-1500-700-300.
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 15 (enhanced) WEB PAGE: roanokechess.com. NO SMOKING. NO COMPUTERS. U1600 $2400-1200-500-300. U1400/Unr: $2000-1000-500, U1200 $900-450 (not
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a separate section; U1200s also eligible for U1400 prizes), Unrated: $300-150 MOTOR CITY CASINO HOTEL, 2901 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201 $500, 400, 300, 200. $$G $300 each class ($150-100-50) Ex,A,B,C,D & below.
(Unrateds in this section eligible for these prizes only). Special prizes $1000 (Directions and Lodging Info below). 2-Day & 3-Day Schedules available. Unr. competes in D & below. $50- upset, 2 half pt byes rds 1-7, $10 OCF
gtd. in memory of Joyce Jillson: Best tactical games 200-100, best positional EF by Mon., 11/23 (add $10 after), IMs and GMs Free ($100 EF deducted from required from all players. Free Parking. Ent: Frank Berry, 402 S. Willis, Still-
games 150-75, best tactical game non-Master 175, biggest rating gain by prize): 3-DAY: OPEN $103 ($93 for Oage 64, Uage 16 or UNR). U1800: $83 ($73 water, OK 74074. 1-405-372-5758. [email protected] NC, CMV, LS, W, USCF,
woman 200, biggest rating gain under age 13 100 (established ratings over for Oage 64, Uage 16 or UNR). U1400: $63 ($53 for Oage 64, Uage 16 or UNR). FIDE. Brasket-Swiss Pairings used - Top half of the beginning X-table awarded
1000). Special cumulative upset prizes $500 gtd. donated by Dr. Harold Valery: 2-Day Open: $102 ($92 for Oage 64, Uage 16 or UNR). U1800: $82 ($72 for half pt. WCL JGP.
Open, Under 2200, Under 2000 Each $100; Under 1800 $75; Under 1600, Oage 64, Uage 16 or UNR). U1400: $62 ($52 for Oage 64, Uage 16 or UNR).
Under 1400 Each $50; Under 1200 $25. EF: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800,
An American Classic!
Re-Entries: NO Re-Entries in OPEN Section. U1800, U1400: $40, $30 (Up to A Heritage Event!
U1600, U1400 $120 if recd by 11/24, $50 more for players rated under 2000 two 1/2-pt. byes allowed from previous RDS). TL: 3-Day Schedule: G-120. 2-
playing in Open, Unrated $40. All: $30 more at door. SCCF membership reqd, Nov. 27-29 or 28-29, Pennsylvania
Day Schedule: RDS 1-3, G-50; RDS 4-6, G-120. REG: 3-Day Schedule: Fri, World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 150 (enhanced)
$18, $10 jrs under 19 includes Rank & File magazine, OSA. No checks at door 11/27, 9:00-11:00am. 2-Day Schedule: Sat, 11/28, 8:30-9:45am. RDS: 3-Day
cash, credit card or money order only. 4-day schedule: Reg. closes noon 11/26, 40th annual National Chess Congress
Schedule: Fri, 12, 6; Sat, 12:30, 6; Sun, 10, 2:30. 2-Day Schedule: Sat, 10:30, 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/50). Trophy sections play separate
Rds. 12:30-7:30, 12:30-7:30, 10:30-5, 10-4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg. closes 11:30 12:45, 3, 6; Sun, 10, 2:30. Up to three 1/2-pt. byes available; must be requested
a.m. 11/27, Rds. 12-2:30-5-8 (G/1), schedules merge in Rd 5 and compete for 2-day schedule only, 11/28-29 (note correction), G/50. Sheraton Hotel Philadel-
before start of RD 3. All sections merge after RD 3. Unrated eligible only for phia City Center, 17th & Race Sts., Philadelphia 19103. $30,000 GUARANTEED
common prizes. Byes (2 max) with advance notice. CCA minimum ratings and UNR and Overall prizes in ALL sections, can play in ANY section. USCF and MCA
TD discretion used to protect you from improperly rated players. November Rat- PRIZE FUND. In 11 sections. Premier, open to all rated 2000/above and jun-
memberships required; can be purchased on site. IM Ben Finegold Lecture iors under 18 rated 1800/above. $3000-1500-700-400-200, clear win or 1st on
ing Supplement used. Lectures and videos. HR: $99, (310) 337-2800, mention on Fri, 11/27, 4:00-5:00pm ($10). Cell phones must be turned off or in silent
chess. Parking only $6. Info: NTD Randy Hough (626) 282-7412, randall- tiebreak $100, U2400/Unr $1400-700. FIDE. Under 2200: $2000-1000-500-300-
mode while in tournament room. INFRACTION: deduct 1/2 the remaining time 200. Under 2000: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1800: $2000-1000-500-300-
[email protected]. Ent: American Open, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA or game forfeiture if less than 10 minutes remaining on clock; automatic for-
91754 or www.americanopen.org. NS, W, F. WCL JGP. 200. Under 1600: $2000-1000-500-300-200. Under 1400: $1400-700-400-
feiture for 2nd infraction. Spectators will be subjected to expulsion for the 300-200. Under 1200: $1400-700-400-300-200. Unrated may not win over $100
A State Championship Event! remainder of the event for any offense. Headphones cannot be used if oppo- in U1200, $200 in U1400, $300 in U1600, $500 in U1800, or $700 in U2000. Top
Nov. 27-29 or 28-29, California Northern nent objects for any reason and cannot be used in the last round by players 7 sections entry fee: 3-day $108, 2-day $107 mailed by 11/19, all $109
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 40 with a plus score. Player must be willing to present same to TDs for examina- online at chesstour.com by 11/24, $115 phoned by 11/24 (406-896-2038, no
CalChess Annual State Championship 2009 tion at any time. Failure to do so will result in removal from tournament questions), $130 at site. GMs free, $100 deducted from prize. Re-entry $60, not
6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rounds 1-3 G/60). Hotel: Hyatt Regency Santa without refund. $$8,500 OVERALL (70% guar.): OPEN: $3,600 (b/48): 1st-2nd- available in Premier. Mailed EF $3 less to PSCF members. No checks at site,
Clara, 5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Free parking. Prizes: 3rd, $1,200-$600-$400; 1st U2400, $350; 1st U2200, $350; 1st U2000, $350; credit cards OK. 3-day late entry ends Fri 11 am, rounds Fri 12 & 7, Sat 11 &
$8,010 based on 166 paid entries. 7 sections. Master/Open (FIDE rated): 1st U1800/UNR, $350. U1800: $2,550 (b/42): 1st-2nd-3rd, $800-$400-$350; 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day late entry ends Sat 9 am, rounds Sat 10, 12:45, 3:30
$1000-500-300-200, (u2300 $201-101) - EXPERT: $500-200-100-100 (u2100: 1st-2nd, U1600, $300-$200; 1st-2nd U1400/UNR, $300-$200. U1400: $2,350 and 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Trophy Sections: Under 1000, Under 800, Under 600.
201-101) A: $500-200-100-100 (u1900: 201-101) B: $500-200-100-100 (b/50): 1st-2nd-3rd, $500-$350-$300; 1st-2nd U1300, $250-$150; 1st-2nd Unrateds age 15/over may not enter Under 600. Trophies to top 8 players in
(u1700: 201-101) C: $500-200-100-100 (u1500: 201-101) D: $300-200- U1100, $250-$150; 1st-2nd U900/UNR, $250-$150. Mechanical or Quartz Clock each section. Entry fee: $27 mailed by 11/19, $28 online at chesstour.com by
100-100 (u1200: 201-100). Unrated may enter any section but prize limit of $200 for Biggest Upset in each section! Chief Sr. TD: IM Ben Finegold; Asst. Sr. TD: 11/24, $35 phoned by 11/24 (406-896-2038, no questions), $40 at tmt. No checks
in all u2000 sections; balance goes to next player(s) in line. EF: $85 3-day, $79 Ed Mandell. Bring boards, pieces, clocks! Directions & Lodging: MOTOR at site, credit cards OK. Late entry ends Sat 9 am, rounds 10 am, 12:45 pm,
2-day mailed or online by 11/13. Add $15 for 11/14-11/25, add $25 onsite, add CITY CASINO HOTEL, 2901 Grand River Ave., Detroit, MI 48201, (313) 237-1589. 3:30 pm each day. Special 1 year USCF dues with Chess Life if paid with entry:
$19 for play-up, and subtract $45 for BayAreaChess Pass. GMs & IMs free Easy access to Grand River Exit from I-94, I-96, I-75 and M-10 (Lodge Free- Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20. Mailed, phoned or paid
before 11/7 (entry feed deducted from prize). Re-entry $39.TD may assign rat- way). See www.mapquest.com for directions. Reservations: MCO Chess Rate at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30. Student/Alumni trophies to top 5 teams
ings. 3-day schedule: Reg.: Fri 10-10:30a, Fri/Sat 11a 5:15p, Sun 10a, 4:15p. $99 (reg. $249!) by Nov. 7th for this great rate! Reserve online at of 4 (regardless of section) representing any U.S. college, HS or pre-HS play-
2-day sched: Reg.: Sat 9-9:30a, Sat 10, 12:15, 2:30, 5:15p. Sun 10am, 3:15pm. www.motorcitycasino.com OR call toll-free, 1-866-STAY-MCC (866-782-9622). ers attend or have graduated from. Half point byes OK all rounds; limit 3,
Tel 408-786-5515. Byes must commit before rd 3. Max 2 byes. Hotel $99 Info, Ent: Ed Mandell, (586) 558-4790, All The Kings Men Chess Supplies and Premier must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. HR: $93-93-93-93, 215-
BayAreaChess rate, 800-233-1234. reserve by 11/13 or rate may increase. Ent: Brain Games, 27170 Dequindre Rd, Warren, MI 48092,Toll-Free, (866) 538-7890. 448-2000, reserve by 11/13 or rate may increase. Parking at hotel $5/day with
BayAreaChess, 4423 Fortran Ct., Ste. 160, San Jose, CA 95134. $20 service Fax, (586) 558-2046. Email: [email protected], Web: www.allthekings guest room, $12 without; garage next to hotel is about $10. Car rental: 800-
charge for refunds. Questions: [email protected], Info & Entries: menchess.com. WCL JGP. 331-1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent:
BayAreaChess.com. More info: BayAreaChess.com/events/ccc09. NS NC W. Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for
Nov. 27-29, Oklahoma refunds. Questions: chesstour.com, ccaguide.com, 845-496-9658. Advance
WCL JGP.
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 20 entries will be posted at chesstour.com. WCL JGP.
Nov. 27-29, Michigan 1st Thanksgiving FIDE Open
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 30 7-SS, G/90+30 sec. Quality Inn, 2515 W. 6th Ave (Hwy-51), Stillwater, OK 1- Nov. 28, California Southern
2009 Motor City Open 405-372-0800. HR: 70-70-70. One section open to all. EF: $40 if postmarked World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 6
6-SS. 3 Sections: OPEN, U1800, U1400.Top section FIDE-rated. Prize Fund: and paid by cash or ck before Nov 24, $50 at door. Reg.: Fri 11AM-12:45; Rds.: American Open Quick Chess Championship (QC)
$8,500 OVERALL. 70% Guaranteed. Held at New Detroits FABULOUS Fri 1, 5:30, Sat 9-1:15-5:30, Sun 9-1:30. $$G 2,950 will not be lowered. $$G, 5-SS (double round), G/10. LAX Renaissance Hotel, 9620 Airport Bl., Los Ange-
CHECK OUT USCFS CORRESPONDENCE CHESS RATED EVENTS
USCFs 62nd ANNUAL USCFs 6th ANNUAL

2009 Open Correspondence Chess 2009 E-mail Correspondence Chess
Golden Knights Championship Electronic Knights Championship
$1,000 First Prize (Seven-player sections, one game with each of six opponents.)
(plus title of USCFs Golden Knights Champion and plaque) $700 First Prize
2nd place $600 3rd place $400 4th place $300 5th place (plus title of USCFs Electronic Knights Champion and plaque)
$200 6th thru 10th place $100 each. Entry fee: $25. 2nd place $400 3rd place $300 4th thru 10th place $100
The entry deadline is November 30, 2009. each. Entry fee: $25.
These USCF Correspondence Chess events are rated and open to all USCF The entry deadline is November 30, 2009.
members who reside on the North American continent, islands, or Hawaii, These USCF Correspondence Chess events are rated and open to all USCF
as well as those USCF members with an APO or FPO address. USCF members with e-mail access. Your USCF membership must remain
members who reside outside of the North American continent are welcome current for the duration of the event, and entry fees must be paid in U.S.
to participate in e-mail events. Your USCF membership must remain dollars.
current for the duration of the event, and entry fees must be paid in U.S. Maximum number of tournament entries allowed for the year for each
dollars. Those new to USCF Correspondence Chess, please estimate your player is ten.
strength: Class A: 1800-1999 (very strong); Class B: 1600-1799 (strong); Note: Prize fund based on 200 entries and may be decreased propor-
Class C: 1400-1599 (intermediate); Class D: 1399 and below (beginner level).
tionately per number of entries assigned.
Note: Prize fund based on 300 entries and may be decreased proportion-
ately per number of entries assigned.
Correspondence Chess Matches (two players) E-mail Rated Events (need e-mail access):
$5 entry fee per person with two, four or six- Lightning Match Two players with two, four or To Enter: 800903USCF (8723), Fax 9317871200
game options. six-game option. Entry fee $5 per person. or on-line www.uschess.org
Win A Correspondence Chess Trophy Swift Quads Four-player, double round-robin
Four-player, double round-robin with class-level Name_________________________________________
format. 1st-place prize merchandise credit of $30.
pairings. 1st-place winner receives a trophy. Entry fee: $10. USCF ID# ____________________________________
Entry fee: $10.
Walter Muir E-Quads (webserver chess) Address ________________ City _________________
Victor Palciauskas Prize Tournaments Four-player, double round-robin e-mail format
Seven-player class-level pairings, one game with tournament with class-level pairings. 1st-place State ___ ZIP __________Phone _________________
each of six opponents. Players must have a USCF receives a certificate.
CC rating to enter. 1st-place winner receives Entry fee: $7. E-mail___________________ Est. Rating _________
$130 cash prize and a certificate signed by Victor Credit card # (VISA, MC, Discover, AMEX)
Palciauskas. Express Tournament
Entry fee: $25. Seven-player events, one game with each of six __________________________ Exp. date __________
opponents.
John W. Collins Memorial Class Tournaments Prizes: 1st place $30 merchandise credit, 2nd If using VISA, need V-code ___________________
Four-player, double round-robin with class-level place $20 credit.
pairings (unrateds welcome). 1st-place winner Entry fee: $15. Check here if you do not wish to have an
receives a John W. Collins certificate. Please circle event(s) selected.
opponent who is incarcerated. *Note: This may
Entry fee: $7. slow down your assignment.
NOTE: Except for Lightning Matches, Swift Quads,
Walter Muir E-Quads, Electronic Knights & Express
Tournaments, players will use post office mail, Make checks payable to U.S. Chess and mail to: Joan
unless opponents agree to use e-mail. DuBois, USCF , PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557

les, CA 90045. $1000: $250-150; U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, Unr. each Day Schedule: Reg.: 9:15-9:45 AM 12/12 Rd.1 (G/30) 10 AM, then merge with reg. ends 12/26 5 pm, rds 12/26 6 pm, 12/27 11-6, 12/28 11-6, 12/29 10-4:30.
$100 (Unrated eligible only for Open and Unr. prize). EF: $30 received by 5-Day.Two byes available, must request at registration, no byes on 12/20. FIDE. 3-day reg. ends 12/27 4 pm, rds 12/27 5-8:30, 12/28 11-2:30-6, 12/29 10-
11/25, $35 at site. Reg closes 8 pm. Rounds: 8:15-9-9:45-10:30-11:15. Dou- IM/GM norms may be possible, must play five day schedule with no byes. WCL 4:30. Bye: all, limit 4, limit 2 in last 4 rounds; Open must commit before rd 2,
ble bye (1 pt) available for round 1. Enter: www.americanopen.org or American JGP. others before rd 4. HR: $96-96, 800-833-3308, 702-739-4111, rate may increase
Open, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. Info: Randy Hough (626) 282-7412, if not reserved by 11/22, all rooms in chess block may sell out about 11/1. Free
Dec. 12-13, Pennsylvania
[email protected]. parking (garage at adjacent Paris Las Vegas Hotel is most convenient). Car
Delaware Valley Open Championship rental: for special Avis rate reserve car through chesstour.com or call 800-331-
Nov. 28, Connecticut
1600, use AWD #657633. Foreign player ratings: Usually 100 points added
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 6 5SS, G/90 (U/1000 section: G/40), Rds.: Sat 10-1:30-5, Sun 10-1:30 (U/1000
3rd Saturday Open section: Rds. Sat 10-11:30-1:30-2:50-4:10). The Philadelphia School, 2501 to FIDE, 100 to FQE, 200/more to most other foreign, no pts added to CFC or
CH Booth Library, 25 Main St., Newtown, CT 06470, 100 yds. south of Flagpole Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146. 3 Sections ($$G 2,700). Championship: Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not accepted for U1900 or below. Highest of mul-
on Rte.25. In 2 sections: Open: 3SS, G/60, Prizes: $200-100,Top U1900 $100; EF $60 by 12/6; $70 by noon 12/11; $80 on-site. $500-300-200, top U/2200, tiple ratings usually used. Players who fail to disclose foreign or FIDE ratings
All Gtd. Multiple prizes are possible. Rds.: 10:15, 12:30, 2:45. Under 1600/Unr.: U/2000, U/1800 each $150-100. U/1600: EF $50 by 12/6; $60 by noon 12/11; may be expelled. US player ratings: December list used; FIDE ratings not used.
4SS, G/45, Prizes: $100 Gtd. Unrated may not win more than $50. Trophies to $70 on-site. $300-200-100, top U/1400, U/1200 each $100-75. Scholastic Special rules: In round 3 or after, players with scores of 80% or more and their
Top 2 U1200. Rds.: 10:15-11:45-1:30-3:15. EF: Both Sections: $20 if recd by U/1000: Open to players in PK-12 rated under 1000; EF $35 by 12/6; $45 by opponents may not use headphones, earphones, or cellphones or go to a dif-
11/25, $30 at door. Reg.: 9:30-10. Ent: Glenn Budzinski, 1 Black Cherry Lane, noon 12/11; $55 on-site. Trophies to top players. All sections: House of ferent floor of the hotel without Director permission, and must submit to a search
Sandy Hook, CT 06482. Questions only: [email protected]. May be Staunton set to top club (see website for rules). On-site registration 9:00-9:30. for electronic devices if requested by Director. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249,
limited to first 50 players. NS, NC, W. Info/online registration at www.silverknightschess.com, or mail entries to Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658.
Silver Knights Chess, PO Box 1103, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. WCL JGP. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. WCL JGP.
Nov. 29, New York
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced) Dec. 26-28 or 27-28, New York A Heritage Event!
Grandmaster Challenge (QC) World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 40 (enhanced) Dec. 27-30, District of Columbia
6-SS G/25 (G/20, D/5). Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC: 212-477-3716, lim- 5th annual Empire State Open World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 100
ited to first 64 entries. EF: $35 over 55/under 18, $45 others, $10 less to 6SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/60), Saratoga Hilton Hotel, 534
36th Annual Eastern Open
8-SS. $17,000 Unconditionally Guaranteed Prizes. Over 60 prizes! Class
Marshall members (free buffet for participants.) GMs free, $25 deducted from Broadway (I-87 Exit 13-N, 4 miles north on US 9), Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
prizes for each 100 points! Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel, Thomas
prize. Reg. ends 11:45 am. G$$350-250-150-100-75-50, $100 U2400, $100 Free parking. Tournament plays Saturday-Monday or Sunday-Monday, no
Circle, 1400 M St. NW, Washington, DC. TC: 40/2, SD/1. 5 Sections: Open Sec-
U2200, $75 U2000, $50 U1800, top over 55$=age, top under 18 $=3x age, top play on Friday. $$G $5000. In 4 sections. Open: $800-400-300, top U2200/Unr
tion: 2,000-1,250-750, U2400 $500-250, U2300/Unr $500-250. FIDE Rated.
scoring female ($=# of players.) Rds.: 12-1:15-2:30-4:00-5:15-6:30. Byes: $300-150. FIDE. Under 2000: $500-250-125, top U1800 $300-150. Under
Under 2200 Section: $1,000-500-250, U2100 $300, U2000 $250. Under 1900
limit 2, request before Round 3. Quick rated; regular ratings used for pairing 1600: $400-200-100, top U1400 $250-125. Under 1200: $300-150-75, top
Section: $1,000-500-250, U1800 $300, U1700 $250. Under 1600 Section:
and prize purposes. Additional class prize $500 2800+, $250 2700+. U1000 $125. Unrated may not win over $150 in U1200 or $300 in U1600. EF:
$1,000-500-250, U1500 $300, U1400 $250. Under 1300 section: $750-400-200,
3-day $83, 2-day $82 mailed by 12/18, all $84 online at chesstour.com by
Nov. 29, Pennsylvania U1150/Unr $200. Max prize for unrated players is $250. New Special Prizes!
12/23, $86 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 12/23 (entry only, no questions), $90
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 Most Improved Player: $250-150 in each of the top 3 sections, performance
National Chess Congress Blitz (QC) at site. $50 less to unrated. Special 1 yr USCF dues with Chess Life if paid
rating versus current rating, and won no other section prize. Play up, play well,
5-SS, G/5 (double round,10 games). Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20. Mailed, phoned
and win $. Upset: $50 per round in each of the top 4 sections, max 2 prizes
(see National Chess Congress). $$G 1000: $250-120-60, top U2300 $140, or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30. Re-entry $50; not available in
per player. Best Played Game: Open: $100 in each of last 2 Rds; U2200: $50
U2100 $130, U1900 $120, U1700/Unr $100, U1500 $80. EF: $40, unrated $20, Open. GMs free, $60 deducted from prize. All: No checks at site, credit cards
in each of last 2 Rds. Submitted games must be annotated. Entry Fee if
no checks, enter at site only. Quick-rated, but higher of regular or quick USCF OK. 3-day schedule: Reg. ends Sat 10:30 am, rds. Sat 11-6, Sun 11-6, Mon
received by Dec 15: Open: $125; U2200: $110; U1900: $100; U1600: $100;
rating used for pairings, prizes. Reg. ends 9 pm, rds. 9:15-10-10:30-11-11:30. 9-3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg. ends Sun 9:30 am, rds Sun 10-1-3:30-6, Mon 9-
U1300: $80; Unrated: $50. Entries $20 more at site! Reentry $60 and limited
Bye: 1. 3:15. Bye: all, limit 2, must commit before rd 3. HR: $105-105, 888-999-4711,
to rounds 2-4. GMs: free entry, but $125 deducted from any prize; IMs: $50
518-584-4000, reserve by 12/12 or rate may increase. Car rental: 800-331-
Dec. 5-6, North Carolina advance entry, but $75 deducted from any prize. No credit cards accepted. Site
1600, use AWD D657633, or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Ent:
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 15 Reg.: Sun. 12/27: 10-12 noon, 12/26: 5-6pm. Rds.: 12/27: 1-7:30, 12/28 &
Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Inquiries:
Greater Charlotte Championship - A Queen City Chess Association 12/29: 11-6, 12/30: 10-4:30. Byes available any round but rds 6-8 must com-
www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com.
Sponsored Event! mit before rd 3. Limit 2 byes for class and improved player prizes. New Side
$15 service charge for refunds. WCL JGP.
5-SS, G/120. University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), 9201 Univer- Event: Warm up for the tourney by playing GM Alex Ivanov in a Simul on Dec
sity City Blvd., Charlotte, NC. All prizes gtd. 3 sections: Open: $500-250-125; An American Classic! 26 at 6 pm. Only $20 for registered players, $30 for non-registered players.
U2000, $100; Under 1800: $400-200-100, U1600 $100; Under 1400: $300-150- Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, Nevada You select color and opening. Quads Side Event: 3-RR Quads on 12/27,
100; U1200 $75. EF: $49 if postmarked by 11/25; $59 later or on site. FREE World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced) 12/28, & 12/30. EF: $30 $$ $80 each quad. Quad 12/27: G/60, Reg: 1:30-2:15,
entry to 2200+ if committed to play by 10/1. (EF deducted from prize). Reg- 19th (not 18th) annual North American Open Rds: 2:30-5-8. Quads 12/28 and 12/30: G/75, Reg: 9:30-10:15, Rds: 10:30-
istration onsite 8-8:45AM Sat. Schedule: Rounds: Sat 9:30-2:30-7:30; Sun 9-2. 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds 1-4 G/75), Ballys Casino Resort, 3645 Las 2-5. HR: Only $79! Call 202-429-1700 by 12/4 and ask for this very low rate.
One Half-point bye (any round) must be requested with entry.Top six residents Vegas Blvd. S, Las Vegas, NV 89103. $$ 120,000 based on 600 paid entries Ent: Make checks or money orders payable to Eastern Open. Mail entries to:
of Greater Charlotte area in Open Section qualify for round robin to be played (seniors count as 3/4 entries, re-entries & GMs as half entries, U1000/Unr Sec- Tom Beckman, PO Box 42225, Washington DC 20015-2225. Please include
in January to decide Charlotte Champion. HR: Sleep Inn University, 1 1/4 tion as 1/5, else in proportion; $90,000 minimum (75% each prize) guaranteed. Name, USCF# & Exp, Rating, Section, Entry Fee, Email, and Phone. Info only,
miles from site, 704-549-4544, $59.95 chess rate if reserved by 11/15 (men- No unrateds in U1300, U1500, or U1700 sections. In 7 sections. Open: $10000- [email protected] or http://members.cox.net/tournaments/eo_09.h-
tion QCCA). Free b-fast. Entries: Send to Charles Carerros, 2209-I Sumner Green 5000-2500-1200-1000-800-600-500-400-400, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak tm. WCL JGP.
Ave., Charlotte, NC 28203. Make checks to QCCA. Info: www.queencity bonus $200, 2300-2499 $2500-1200, U2300/Unr $2500-1200. FIDE. Under
chess.com for registration and more details. WCL JGP. 2100/Unr: $8000-4000-2000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400, no unrated
may win over $2000. Under 1900/Unr: $8000-4000-2000-1500-1000-800-
Dec. 5-6, Virginia 600-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $1000. Under 1700: $8000-4000-
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 15 2000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400. Under 1500: $6000-3000-1500-1000-
2009 Arlington Chess Club Championship 800-700-600-500-400-400. Under 1300: $6000-3000-1500-1000-800-700-
USCF Membership Rates
4-SS, 30/100 SD/1. Henderson Hall/Fort Myer (Arlington), VA (Tournament to 600-500-400-400. Under 1000/Unr: $1000-600-500-400-300-200, no unrated Premium (P) and Regular (R)
be held at the Smith Gym, Bldg 57, South Gate Rd) *This is a military base, your may win over $200. Prize limits: 1) Players with under 26 games played as
car will be searched upon entry, keep that in mind! One Section: Open: FIDE of 12/09 list may not win over $1500 U1300, $2500 U1500 or U1700. Games (U.S., CANADA, MEXICO)
Rated. $1600 B/50. Top 3 (G) $400-200-150 Top X, A/Unr, B, C, D each $110, rated too late for 12/09 list not counted. 2) If more than 30 points over sec-
U1200 $100. Top ACC Member Wins plaque and 2007 ACC Championship. Top tion maximum on any list 12/08-11/09, prize limit $1500. 3) Balance of any
Type 1 yr 2yr 3yr
ACC Member U 1800 wins plaque/Amateur title and $200. EF: $40 if recd by limited prize goes to next player(s) in line. Mailed EF: 4-day $244, 3-day $243 Adult P $49 $85 $120
11/28, $50 at site. Active Duty Military entry fees will be paid by MCCS, Hen- mailed by 10/15, 4-day $274, 3-day $273 mailed by 12/12. Online EF: $245
derson Hall, contact John Farrell via e-mail at [email protected]. $5 online at chesstour.com by 10/15, $275 by 12/19, $300 12/20 until two hours Adult P ** $42 $78 $113
discount to ACC Members. Reg.: 9-945AM 12/5. Rds.: 10-4 Saturday, 10-330 before round=2 01. Phoned EF: $250 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 10/15 (no Adult R $36 $59 $81
Sunday. One 1/2 pt bye avail, must declare before rd 1 and then is irrevoca- questions), $280 by 12/19. No phone entry after 12/19. EF at site: $300. Spe-
ble. Ent: Michael Atkins, PO Box 6138, Alexandria, VA 22306, make checks cial EF: Seniors over 65 in Under 1300 or above, $70 less. Re-entry $120; not Adult R ** $29 $52 $74
payable to Michael Atkins -Info-(no e-mail entries!) [email protected]. available in Open Section. GMs $150 from prize. U1000/Unr Section EF: 4-day Senior (65+) ** $36 $65 $93
http://members.cox.net/arlingtonchessclub/champ09.htm. NS, W, FIDE. WCL $64, 3-day $63 if mailed by 12/12, $65 online at chesstour.com by 12/19, $70
JGP. phoned by 12/19 (406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), $80 at site. $30 less Young Adult P (U25)* $32 $59 $85
Dec. 6, New Jersey to unrated. All: No checks at site, credit cards OK. Special 1 year USCF dues Youth P (U16)* $27 $49 $70
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 with Chess Life if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young
Adult $20. Mailed, phoned or paid at site , Adult $40, Young Adult $30. 4-day Scholastic P (U13)* $23 $42 $60
ICA Early Winter 2009 Open Championship
Bergen Academy, 200 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ 07601. OpenTo All Ages Young Adult R (U25)* $24 $43 $61
With Rating over 1400. 4SS, G/60. U. S. Chess Federation Membership Required. Youth R (U16)* $20 $36 $51
WARNING!
Prize Fund ($$ b/40): 1st - 3rd $300, $250, $200, U2000, U1800, U1600
each $100. Best Under 13 Years Old $75, Best Over 65 Years Old $75. Prize Fund Scholastic R (U13)* $16 $28 $39
Will Not Be Reduced Below 70 %. Reg Ends at 9 AM. Late Entrants Will Receive
1/2 Point Bye For Rnd 1. EF: Adv (pmk. By Dec 2nd) $40, AT Site $45. GMs Free Premium membership provides a printed
Entry. INFO: 201 287 0250 or 201 833 1741, Email: [email protected] (Web Site THE USE OF A copy of Chess Life (monthly) or Chess Life for
CELL PHONE
Entries: www.icanj.net). Rds.: 9:30 AM, 11:45 AM, 2:15 PM, 4:30 PM. ENT: Make Kids (bimonthly) plus all other benefits of
EF and/or USCF Membership checks payable to: International Chess
Academy. Mail to: Diana Tulman, 28 Canterbury Lane, New Milford, NJ 07646. regular membership. Regular membership
NS, NC, W. IN THE TOURNAMENT ROOM IS provides online-only access to Chess Life
PROHIBITED!
A Heritage Event! and Chess Life for Kids; TLA Bulletin will be
Dec. 11-13, 19-20, New York mailed to adults bimonthly and to scholas-
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced) tic members three times per year. Youth
Edward Lasker Memorial and 93rd Annual Marshall Chess Club AT MOST TOURNAMENTS!
Championship provides bimonthly Chess Life, Scholastic
9-SS, 40/120, SD/60. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC: 212-477-3716. Open bimonthly Chess Life for Kids, others listed
to members and nonmembers rated 2200+, qualifiers from Marshall Amateur IF YOUR CELL PHONE RINGS IN A ROOM WITH above monthly Chess Life. See www.us
Championship Dec.4-6, and seeded players. $$4500 Gtd: $2000-$1000-$500- GAMES IN PROGRESS, YOU COULD BE SEVERELY chess.org for other membership categories.
$350-$100, U 2400/unr $250, U 2300 $200, U 2200 $100. PLUS: Edward
Lasker Memorial Brilliancy Prize $300. Title of 2009 Marshall Chess Club PENALIZED, MAYBE EVEN FORFEITED! Dues are not refundable and may be
changed without notice.
TURN IT OFF!
Champion to highest-scoring Club member. EF: $125, members $100 if received
by 12/10, all $20 more at site. No phone entries. GM EF returned upon com- *Ages at expiration **Purchased online only
pletion of tournament; 2 Schedules: 5-Day, Reg.: 4:30 5:30pm 12/11;
rounds 6pm 12/11, 11:30&6PM 12/12, 11&5:30PM 12/13, 12/19, 12/20. 4-

Tournament Life
Dec. 29, District of Columbia Unrated may enter any section, but may not win over $100 in U900, $200 in $100, U1200 $200, U1400 $300, U1600 $400, U1800 $500, U2000 $600. Bal-
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 10 U1100, $300 U1300, $400 U1500, $500 U1700, or $600 U1900. Top 5 sections ance goes to next player(s) in line. EF: 3-day $108.50, 2-day $107.50 mailed
Eastern Open Blitz Championship (QC) EF: 4 day $99, 3 day $98, 2 day $97 mailed by 1/7, all $100 online at chess- by 3/9, all $109 online at chesstour.com by 3/16, $110 phoned to 406-896-2038
Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel, 1400 M St. NW, Washington, DC. 5- tour.com by 1/11, $105 phoned by 1/11 (406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), by 3/16 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site. GMs free, $90 deducted from
Rd Double Swiss, See Eastern Open TLA for hotel details. TC: G/5 in One $120 (no checks, credit cards OK) at site. GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. prize. Under 1200 EF: All $20 less. Under 900 EF: all $70 less. All: No checks
Section: Open $$1200 B/40 (top 3 in Open G) $$: Open: $350-$200-$150 (G) U1300, U1100 Sections EF: All $20 less. U900 Section EF: $32 mailed by 1/7, at site, credit cards OK. Unofficial uschess.org ratings based on 4 or more games
U2200-$140, U1900 - $125 U1600 - $115, U1300 - $110. EF: $35 if Recd by $33 online by 1/11, $35 phoned by 1/11, $40 at site. All: Unofficial uschess.org usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 yr USCF dues with Chess Life
12/22, $45 at site, only cash entries. Mail will not be checked after 12/24 so ratings based on 4 or more games usually used if otherwise unrated. Special if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20. Mailed,
do not send late entries! At Site Reg: Any time during tournament and 12/29 1 yr USCF dues with Chess Life if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30. Re-entry $60; not available
until 10:15PM. Rds will start 10:30p promptly and successive rounds posted Adult $30, Young Adult $20. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young in Open Section. MCA memb. ($5) required for MO residents. 3-day sched-
as soon as they are ready. One bye allowed for two-1/2 points, only for late Adult $30. Mailed entry $3 less to PSCF members. Re-entry (except Open ule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11-6, Sun 9-3:15. 2-day schedule:
entry. Higher of USCF and Quick used for pairings and prizes. Make check Section) $80. 4-day schedule: Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11-6, Sun Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11-2:30-6, Sun 9-3:15. Under 900 schedule: Reg.
payable and send to: Michael Atkins, send to PO Box 6138, Alexandria, VA 11-6, Mon 10-4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg ends Sat 10 am, rds.Sat 11-2:30-6, ends Sat. 10 am, rds Sat 11-2:30-6, Sun 9-12:30-3:15. Byes: OK all, limit 2; Open
22306, http://members.cox.net/tournaments/eoblitz.htm. Sun 11-6, Mon 10-4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg ends Sun 9 am, rds Sun 10-12- must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $87-87, 888-303-1746, 314-
2-4-6, Mon 10-4:30. Under 900 schedule: Reg. ends Sun. 9 am, rds Sun 726-5400, request chess rate, reserve by 3/3 or rate may increase. Car
Dec. 29, Nevada rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through
10-12-2-4, Mon 10-12-2. Bye: all, limit 3, Open must commit before rd 2, oth-
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced) chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Ques-
ers before rd 4. HR: $95-95-95-95, 215-448-2000, reserve by 1/1 or rate may
North American Blitz (QC)
increase. Parking: $8/day chess rate with guest room at Sheraton, $15/day tions: 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. $15 service
5-SS, G/5 (double round,10 games). Ballys Las Vegas (see North American
chess rate without guest room, parking lot 1 block from hotel may be less than charge for refunds. WCL JGP.
Open). $$G 2500. In 2 sections: Open: $400-200-150, top U2400/Unr $240-120,
$15. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 or reserve through Mar. 31-Apr. 4, Apr. 1-4, 2-4 or 3-4, Pennsylvania
U2200 $220-110. Under 1800: $300-150-100, top U1600 $180-100, U1400 $150,
chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Ques- World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced)
U1200 $80. EF: $40, no checks, enter at site only. Quick-rated, but higher of
tions: 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. $15 service charge for refunds. Philadelphia Open
regular or quick USCF rating used for pairings, prizes. Reg. ends 10:15 pm, rds.
Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. WCL JGP. Open Section, Mar 31-Apr 4: 9SS, 40/2, SD/1. GM & IM norms possible.
10:45-11:30-12-12:30-1. Bye: 1.
Mar. 5-7 or 6-7, Massachusetts U1300 to U2100, Apr 1-4, 2-4 or 3-4: 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds. 1-
Jan. 15-18, 16-18 or 17-18, California Northern 2 G/75, 2-day option, rds. 1-4 G/40). U1000, April 3-4: 7SS, G/40. Sheraton
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 200 (enhanced) World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced)
Golden State Open 19th annual Eastern Class Championships City Center Hotel, 17th & Race Sts, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Prizes $100,000
5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Under 900 Section is 6 rounds based on 650 paid entries (Seniors count as 3/4 entries; U1000 Section, re-
7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option rds. 1-2 G/75, 2-day option rds. 1-4 G/35, no
playing March 6-7 only, G/75. Host Hotel at Cedar Lake, 366 Main St., Sturbridge, entries, GMs, WGMs & foreign IMs as half entries), else proportional, minimum
2-day Open Section.) Under 900 Section plays separate 2-day schedule Jan
MA 01566 (I-84 Exit 3, near I-90). Free parking. $$ 20,000 based on 250 paid $70,000 (70% of each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections: Open: $10000-5000-
17-18 only, G/35. At Concord Hilton Hotel, 1970 Diamond Blvd, Concord CA
entries (re-entries count half, U900 one-third), minimum $12,000 (60% of each 2500-1300-1000-700-600-500-400-400, clear first bonus $200, FIDE 2300-2449
94520 (I-680 Willow Pass Rd exit). Free shuttle between hotel and Concord BART
prize) guaranteed. In 8 sections: Master (2200/up): $2000-1000-500-300, $3000-1500-700, FIDE Under 2300/Unr $3000-1500-700. If tie for first, top 2
station. Free parking. $$60,000 based on 450 paid entries (re-entries &
clear winner or 1st on tiebreak $100 bonus, top U2300 $800-400. FIDE. Expert on tiebreak play speed game for title & bonus. FIDE rated. Under 2100,
U900 Section count as 1/3 entries), minimum guarantee $40,000 (2/3 each
(2000-2199): $1400-700-400-300. Class A (1800-1999): $1400-700-400-300. Under 1900, Under 1700: each $5000-3000-2000-1000-700-600-500-400-
prize). Open, open to all. $$4000-2200-1300-1000-800-700-600-500-400-400,
Class B: $1400-700-400-300. Class C (1400-1599): $1200-600-300-200. Class 300-300. Under 1500, Under 1300: each $4000-2000-1500-1000-700-600-500-
clear or tiebreak winner $300, top U2400 $2000-1000. FIDE. Under 2200: $3000-
D (1200-1399): $1200-600-300-200. Class E (Under 1200): $800-400-200- 400-300-300. Under 1000: $1000-600-400-300-250-200-150-100. Prize lim-
1500-800-700-600-500-400-300-200-200. Under 2000: $3000-1500-800-700-
100. Under 900: $200-100-60-40. Rated players may play up one section. its: 1) Players with under 26 lifetime games rated as of 4/10 list may not win
600-500-400-300-200-200. Under 1800: $3000-1500-800-700-600-500-400-300-
Unrated may enter U900 through A, with prize limits: U900 $100, E $200, D over $500 in U1000, $1500 in U1300, or $2500 in U1500. Games rated too late
200-200. Under 1600: $2500-1300-700-600-500-400-300-300-200-200. Under
$300, C $400, B $500, A $600. Balance goes to next player(s) in line. EF: 3-day for 4/10 list not counted. 2) If more than 30 points over section maximum on
1400: $2000-1000-700-500-400- 300-200-200. Under 1200: $2000-1000-700-
$108, 2-day $107 mailed by 2/25, all $109 online at chesstour.com by 3/2, $110 any USCF rating supplement 4/09-3/10, prize limit $1500. 3) Unrated (0-3 life-
500-400-300-200-200. Under 900: $800-400-200-150-100-80-70. Prize limits:
phoned to 406-896-2038 by 3/2 (entry only, no questions), $120 at site. GMs time games rated) cannot win over $200 in U1000, $400 U1300, $800 U1500,
1) Unrated (0-3 lifetime games rated) may enter any section, with maximum
free, $90 deducted from prize. Class E EF: All $20 less. Under 900 EF: all $70 $1200 U1700, $1600 U1900, or $2000 U2100. Unofficial uschess.org ratings
prize U900 $200, U1200 $400, U1400 $600, U1600 $900, U1800 $1200, U2000
less. No checks at site, credit cards OK. All: Unofficial uschess.org ratings based based on 4 or more games used if otherwise unrated. 4) Balance of limited prize
$1500. 2) Players with under 26 lifetime games rated may not win over $400
on 4 or more games usually used if otherwise unrated. Special 1 yr USCF dues goes to next player(s) in line. Mailed EF: 5-day (Open only) $205, 4-day $204,
in U900, $800 in U1200 or $1200 in U1400. 3) If more than 30 points above sec-
with Chess Life if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young 3-day $203 if mailed by 1/13; 5-day $225, 4-day $224, 3-day $223 mailed by
tion maximum on any list 1/09-12/09, prize limit $1000. 4) Balance of any limited
Adult $20. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30. Re-entry 3/23; all $250 at site. PSCF members may deduct $3 from mailed EF only. No
prize goes to next player(s) in line. Top 7 sections EF: 4-day $174, 3-day $173,
$60; not available in Open Section. MACA memb. ($12, under 18 $6) required checks at site, credit cards OK. Online EF at chesstour.com: $207 by 1/13, $227
2-day $172 mailed by 1/7, all $175 online at chesstour.com by 1/12, $180 phoned
for MA residents; WMCA accepted for western MA res. 3-day schedule: by 3/29, $250 after 3/29 until 2 hours before rd 1. Phone EF at 406-896-2038
to 406-896-2038 by 1/12 (entry only, no questions), $200 at site. GMs free; $150
Reg ends Fri 6 pm, rds Fri 7 pm, Sat 11-6, Sun 9-3:15. 2-day schedule: Reg (entry only, no questions): $210 by 1/13, $230 by 3/29. No phone entry after
deducted from prize. Under 900 Section EF: $52 mailed by 1/7, $55 online
ends Sat 10 am, rds Sat 11-2:30-6, Sun 9-3:15. Under 900 schedule: Reg. ends 3/29. GMs, foreign IMs, foreign WGMs free; $150 deducted from prize. US
at chesstour.com by 1/12 (entry only, no questions), $60 phoned to 406-896-
Sat. 10 am, rds Sat 11-2:30-6, Sun 9-12:30-3:15. Byes: OK all, limit 2; Master WGMs $100; $120 deducted from prize. EF $100 less for Under 1000 section.
2038 by 1/12, $70 at site. All: Special 1 yr USCF dues with Chess Life if paid
must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $87-87, 800-582-3232, 508- EF $70 less to seniors over 65 in Under 1300 & above sections. Special 1 yr
with entry. Online at chesstour.com, Adult $30, Young Adult $20. Mailed, phoned
347-7393, request chess rate, reserve by 2/19 or rate may increase. Car USCF dues with Chess Life if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com, Adult
or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30. Re-entry (except Master) $60. Mailed
rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633, or reserve car online through $30, Young Adult $20. Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult
EF $5 less to rated CalChess members. 4-day schedule: Reg. ends Fri 6:15
chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. Ques- $30. No checks at site, credit cards OK. Re-entry: $100, no re-entry from Open
pm, rds. Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule:
tions: 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. $15 service Section to Open Section. 5-day schedule (Open only): Reg. ends Wed 6 pm,
Reg. Sat to 10:15 am, rds Sat 11, 2:30 & 6, Sun 11 & 6, Mon 10 & 4:30. 2-day
charge for refunds. WCL JGP. rds. Wed. 7 pm, Thu 12 & 7, Fri/Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 4-day schedule:
schedule: Reg Sun to 9:15 am, rds Sun 10-12-2-4-6, Sun 10-4:30, not avail-
(U1300 to U2100): Reg. ends Thu 6 pm, rds. Thu 7 pm, Fri 11 & 6, Sat 11 & 6,
able for Open Section. Under 900 schedule: Reg. Sun to 9:15 am, rds. Sun. Mar. 12-14 or 13-14, California Southern
Sun 10 & 4:30. 3-day schedule (U1300 to U2100): Reg. ends Fri 10 am, rds
10-12-2-4, Mon. 10-12-2. Byes: OK all; Open must commit before rd 2, others World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced)
Fri 11, 2:30 & 6, Sat 11 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. 2-day schedule (U1300 to
before rd 4; limit 3 byes in Open. Unofficial uschess.org ratings based on 17th annual Western Class Championships
U2100): Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds Sat. 10, 12, 2, 3:45 & 6, Sun 10 & 4:30. Under
4 or more games usually used if otherwise unrated. Foreign player ratings: 5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds. 1-2 G/75), Under 900 Section is 6 rounds.
1000 schedule: Reg. ends Sat. 9 am, rds. Sat. 10. 12. 2, 3:45, Sun. 10, 12, 2.
See chesstour.com. HR: $99-99-109, 925-827-2000, reserve by 1/1 or rate may G/75 playing Mar 13-14 only. Renaissance Agoura Hills Hotel, 30100 Agoura
4-day, 3-day, & 2-day merge & compete for same prizes. Byes: all; limit 4
increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Questions: Road, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 (US-101 to Reyes Adobe Road exit). Adjacent to
(limit 2 in last 4 rds), Open must commit before rd 2, others before rd 4. Bring
chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Ent: Continental Chess, c/o Goichberg, Box the Santa Monica Mountains, 26 miles west of Burbank, 12 miles from Malibu,
sets, boards, clocks if possible- none supplied. HR: $93-93-93-93, 215-448-
661776, Arcadia CA 91066. $15 service charge for withdrawals. Advance 28 miles from Ventura. Free parking. $$20,000 based on 230 paid entries (re-
2000, reserve by 3/23 or rate may increase. Car rentals: Avis, 800-331-1600,
entries posted at chesstour.com. WCL JGP. entries, U900 count as half entries), minimum $16,000 (80% each prize)
use AWD #D657633 or reserve car online at chesstour.com. Foreign player
A Heritage Event! guaranteed. In 8 sections. Master (over 2199): $2000-1000-500-300, clear or ratings: Usually 100 points added to FIDE, 100 to FQE, 200/more to most other
Jan. 15-18, 16-18 or 17-18, Pennsylvania tiebreak winner $100, top U2300 $800-400. FIDE. Expert (2000-2199): $1400- foreign, no points added to CFC, PR or Jamaica. Some foreign ratings not
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 80 (enhanced) 700-400-200. Class A (1800-1999): $1400-700-400-200. Class B (1600-1799): accepted for U1900 or below. Highest of multiple ratings usually used. Play-
42nd annual Liberty Bell Open $1400-700-400-200. Class C (1400-1599): $1200-600-300-200. Class D (1200- ers who fail to disclose foreign or FIDE ratings may be expelled. US player
7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3 day option, rds 1-2 G/75; 2 day, rds 1-4 G/40). U900 Sec- 1399): $1000-500-300-150. Class E (1000-1199): $1000-500-300-150. Under ratings: April list used; FIDE ratings used in Open Section. Special rules: Play-
tion plays 1/17-18 only, G/40. Sheraton City Center Hotel, 17th & Race Sts., 900: $300-150-100-50. Rated players may play up one section. Unrated ers must submit to a search for electronic devices if requested by Director. In
Philadelphia 19103. $$20,000 b/320 paid entries (U900 Section counts 1/3, GMs must play in A or below with maximum prize A $600, B $500, C $400, D $300, round 3 or after, players with scores of 80% or over and their opponents may
1/2), else in proportion, except minimum 60% of each prize guaranteed. In 2006 E $200, U1000 $100; balance goes lineto next player(s) in line. Top 7 sections not use headphones, earphones or cellphones or go to a different floor of the
to 2009, the tournament had over 320 paid entries each year and the $20,000 EF: 4-day $114, 3-day $113 mailed by 3/4, all $115 online at chesstour.com by hotel without Director permission. Ent: Continental Chess, Box 249, Salisbury
projected prize fund was increased. In 8 sections. Open: $2000-1000-500-300- 3/9, $120 phoned to 406-896-2038 by 3/9 (entry only, no questions), $130 at Mills, NY 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658, www.chesstour.com. You may
200, 1st clear or on tiebreak $100 bonus, 2300-2399 $800-400, U2300/Unr site. Under 900 Section EF: All $60 less. All: Special 1 yr USCF dues with Chess request lowest possible section if April rating unknown. $15 service charge
$800-400. FIDE. Under 2100: $1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1900: $1000- Life if paid with entry: Online at chesstour.com. Adult $30, Young Adult $20. for refunds. Advance entries will be posted at chesstour.com. WCL JGP
600-400-300-200. Under 1700: $1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1500: Mailed, phoned or paid at site, Adult $40, Young Adult $30. Re-entry (except (except U1000).
$1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1300: $700-400-200-150-100. Under 1100: Master) $60. SCCF memb. ($18, jr $10) required for rated Southern CA resi-
$700-400-200-150-100. Under 900: $200-100-60-40, trophies to top 10. dents. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 6 pm, rds Fri 7, Sat 11-6, Sun 10-4:15. 2-day
schedule: Reg. Sat to 10 am, rds Sat 11-2:30-6, Sun 10-4:15. U1000 sched-
ule: Reg Sat to 9:30 am, rds Sat 10-1-4-7, Sun 9-12-3. Byes: OK all rds, limit
Regional
2; Master must commit before rd 2, others before rd 3. HR: $87-87, 818-707- Alabama
1220, reserve by Mar 3 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600,
DROPPING OUT? use AWD #D657633. Questions: chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Ent: Continen-
tal Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. $15 service charge for
Oct. 10-11, 2009 Space City Open
See Grand Prix.
withdrawals. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com. WCL JGP. Oct. 24, Dancing Knights II Scholastic
Have to miss a round? Mar. 19-21 or 20-21, Missouri 5SS, TC: G/30. Homewood Community Center, 1632 Oxmoor Road, Home-
wood, AL 35209. Scholastic (K-12): Rated and Not Rated Divisions. Late
World Chess Live Grand Prix Points: 100 (enhanced)
REG.: Oct 24th, 8:00-9:00. EF: $20 Rated/$10 Not Rated; if mailed by
It is very important that you 14th annual Mid-America Open
10/17/2009. $10 more at site. Prizes: Trophies Top 3 Individuals each
5SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75). Under 900 is 6 rounds playing
section. Top 2 Teams each section.Team is 4+ players from same school/club.
NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR March 20-21 only, G/75. Crowne Plaza Hotel St. Louis-Clayton, 7750 Carondelet
Ave., St. Louis, MO 63105 (I-64 W/US 40-W Exit 32B, 1.2 miles north on Han- Medals: 4th 6th Individuals each section. Rds.: 9:30-10:45-12:30-1:45, 3.
ley Rd). $$ 20,000 based on 250 paid entries (re-entries count half, U900 Section Checks payable to: Caesar Lawrence. ENT: Caesar Lawrence, 882 McAllis-
before pairings are made, so no one ter Dr., Calera, AL 35040. Info: [email protected]. www.caesar
one-third), minimum $16,000 (80% of each prize) guaranteed. In 8 sections:
is deprived of a game! If you forfeit Open: $2000-1000-500-300, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak $100 bonus, top chess.com. www.alabamachess.com.
without notice, you may be FINED up U2300 $800-400. FIDE. Under 2200: $1400-700-400-300. Under 2000: $1400-
Arizona
700-400-300. Under 1800: $1400-700-400-300. Under 1600: $1200-600-300-
to the amount of the entry fee! 200. Under 1400: $1200-600-300-200. Under 1200: $800-400-200-100. Under Every Friday - Friday Night Action
900: $200-100-60-40. Unrated may enter any section, with prize limits: U900 SS, G/30, Every Friday, Rounds 7, 8, 9, 10pm. Chess Emporium, 10801 N 32nd

St., Phoenix, AZ 85029. EF: $35. 82% prize fund. ChessEmporium.com. 602-482- Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Swiss EF: $30 ($20 LACC memb). Reg.: 5:30-6. Rds.: 6, 7, 8, 9. Prizes: 3/4 EF. 2 Free
4867. 4SSx30/90 G/60 at BayAreaChess Center, 4423 Fortran Ct., Ste 160, San lots SW of S Monica/ Purdue; or underground ($3).
Every Tuesday - Tuesday Night Action Jose, CA 95134. Organized by #1 USCF affiliate west ofTexas! Rounds: 11am- Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, LACC Saturday G/30
SS, 45/2 SD/1, 1 round every Tuesday of the month @ 7pm. Registration first 4pm. Free lunch donations welcome. 2 sections: 1800+, u1800. EF: $55 bef 4SS, G/30. 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd Fl. 4 blks W 405. EF: $20
Tues. of month. Chess Emporium, 10801 N 32nd St., Phoenix, AZ 85029. EF: $35. 10/17. $63 bef 10/27. $71 onsite. Prizes: $2,002 based on 66 paid entries. 2 ($15 LACC memb). Reg.: 11:30-12. Rds.: 12, 1, 2, 3. Prizes: 1/2 EF. 2 Free lots
60% prize fund. ChessEmporium.com. 602-482-4867. WCL JGP. sections. Over 1800: $300-200-100-60-60 (u2000: 150-100-55-55) u1800: SW of S. Monica/ Purdue; or underground ($3).
$200-150-101-60 (u1600: 100-55, u1400: 100-55, u1200: 100-55). ENT:
A State Championship Event! BayAreaChess, 4423 Fortran Ct., Ste 160, San Jose, CA 95134. More info Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, LACC Sunday G/60
Nov. 7-8, Arizona Senior Open 3SS, G/60. LACC, 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd Fl. 4 blks W 405.
BayAreaChess.com. Orientation: BayAreaChess.com/events/09oct. Email: con-
Holiday Inn Palo Verde, 4550 S Palo Verde Rd.,Tucson, AZ 85714, 520-746-1161. EF: $20 ($15 LACC memb). Reg.: 11:30-12. Rds.: 12, 2, 4. Free parking on
1 SECTION: Open to USCF members born on or before Nov. 7, 1959. SCHED- [email protected]. NS NC W.
streets.
ULE: 5/SS, Rds. 1-2 G/90, Rds. 3-5 30/90, SD/1; Round times: 10-1:30-5, Nov. 14, SCS Weibel Fall Scholastic Chess Quads #2 Oct. 4, 18, LACC October Scholastics I & II
9-3. Byes: 1/2 pt byes allowed for all rounds but must be requested prior to Weibel Elementary School, 45135 S. Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, CA. Info & Entry
5SS, G/30. LACC, 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd Fl. 4 blks W 405.
start of Round 2 (2 max). PRIZES: Highest Placing AZ Resident is AZ Senior Form at: www.calnorthyouthchess.org/Applications/FallQuads09-GP/Quads
EF: $25 ($20 LACC memb, Free new LACC memb). Reg.: 1:30-2. Rds.: 2, 3, 4,
Champion, Plaques to 1st-2nd-3rd, Top Senior 60+, 70+, and 80+; EF: FREE FALL09-GP.html. Open to all scholastic players who are USCF members.Trophies
5, 6. Prizes: Trophies, Medals, Disney prizes (every player receives a prize!).
to GM/IM/WGM/WIM, otherwise $40. Late Fee: Additional $10 if entering after to winners of each Quad. Chess medals to all who do not win a trophy. Info:
Free street and BOA parking, refreshments, and class 1-2 pm. Info: (310) 795-
11/4. ENTER: www.sazchess.org/store/store.html or mail to (make checks Alan M. Kirshner, Ph.D., [email protected], (510) 659-0358.
5710 or www.LAChessClub.com.
payable to SACA): SACA, Attn: AZ Senior Open, PO Box 42407, Tucson, AZ
Nov. 27-29 or 28-29, CalChess Annual State Championship 2009 Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, LACC Saturday Nite Double Blitz G/5 (QC)
85733 or at site on 11/7 at 8:30 - 9:30am. HR: $65 (single) or $85 (suite) if by
See Grand Prix.
10/23, mention SACA. INFO: Enrique Huerta, 520-975-3946, email: 5DSS, G/5 (10 Games). LACC, 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd Fl. 4
[email protected], web: www.sazchess.org. NC. NS. W. Dec. 5, SCS Weibel Fall Scholastic Chess Quads #3 blks W 405. EF: $10. Q-rated. Reg.: 6:-7 pm. Rds.: 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9 pm. Prizes:
Weibel Elementary School, 45135 S. Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, CA. Info & Entry 1/2 EF. Free BOA parking; or underground ($3).
California Northern Form at: www.calnorthyouthchess.org/Applications/FallQuads09-GP/Quads
Oct. 9-11, Los Angeles Open
Oct. 10, Swiss at OConnell HS, FALL09-GP.html. Open to all scholastic players who are USCF members.Trophies
See Grand Prix.
2355 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA 94110. Organized by #1 USCF affiliate west to winners of each Quad. Chess medals to all who do not win a trophy. Info:
of Texas! Rounds: 10am-4pm. 4 sections: u500, u800, u1100, 1100+. u500 Alan M. Kirshner, Ph.D., [email protected], (510) 659-0358. Oct. 11, LAO Hexes
& u800 sections, 5SSxG/30. u1100 & u1100+ sections: 4SSxG/45. Adults LAX Hilton, 5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Six-player sections
Jan. 15-18, 16-18 or 17-18, Golden State Open by rating. EF: $20 if received by 10/8, $25 door. $$ 40-20-10 each section. Reg.:
welcome in u1100 & 1100+ sections only. EF: $33. $49 onsite. Trophies to all See Grand Prix.
players with more wins than losses. ENT: BayAreaChess, 4423 Fortran Ct., Ste. 9:30-10:15 a.m. Rds.: 10:30-1:30-4:30. Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N. Wilton
160, San Jose, CA 95134. More info: BayAreaChess.com. Orientation at Mar. 12-14 or 13-14, 17th annual Western Class Championships Pl. #1, Los Angeles, CA 90038, online at www.westernchess.com.
BayAreaChess.com/events/orientation. Email: [email protected]. (Southern California)
See Grand Prix. Oct. 11, LAO Scholastics
NS NC W. 5-SS, G/30. LAX Hilton, 5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Open
Oct. 11, 24, Swiss at BayAreaChess Center,
4423 Fortran Ct., Ste. 160, San Jose 95134. #1 USCF affiliate west of Texas!
California Southern 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.
Rounds: 10am-4pm. Free Pizza for lunch donations welcome. 4 sections: u500, LA Chess Club Reg.: 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30-11-12:15-1:45-3. EF: $16 if received by 10/8, $20
u800, u1100, 1100+. u500 & u800 sections 5SSxG/30. u1100 & u1100+ sec- www.LAChessClub.com. Fridays: 8 PM-10 PM (Blitz door. Inf: John Hillery, [email protected]. On-line ent: www.western
tions: 4SSxG/45. Adults welcome in u1100 & 1100+ sections only. EF: $33. $49 Tournament). Saturdays: 10AM-10 PM (Class & 2 Tour- chess.com. Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N. Wilton Pl. #1, Los Angeles, CA
onsite.Trophies to all players with more wins than losses. ENT: BayAreaChess, naments). Sundays: 12 PM-6 PM (Tournament). 90038.
4423 Fortran Ct., Ste. 160, San Jose, CA 95134. More info @ BayAreaChess.com. Tuesdays: 7:30-9:30 PM (Intermediate/Advanced Lec-
Orientation at BayAreaChess.com/events/tourney/orientation. Email: con- ture). 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025 Nov. 8, 2009 Westwood Fall Open
See Grand Prix.
[email protected]. NS NC W. (310) 795-5710. (4 blocks 405 West, Santa Monica& But-
Oct. 17, SCS Weibel Fall Scholastic Chess Quads #1 ler, 2nd Floor). Private (1:1) Lessons, Group Classes, Nov. 26-29, 45th Annual American Open
Weibel Elementary School, 45135 S. Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, CA. Info & Entry Tournaments. See Grand Prix.
Form at: www.calnorthyouthchess.org/Applications/FallQuads09-GP/Quads Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, LACC Friday Nite Double Blitz G/5 (QC) Nov. 28, American Open Quick Chess Championship (QC)
FALL09-GP.html. Open to all scholastic players who are USCF members.Trophies 5DSS, G/5 (10 Games). LACC, 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd Fl. 4 See Grand Prix.
to winners of each Quad. Chess medals to all who do not win a trophy. Info: blks W 405. EF: $10. Q-rated. Reg.: 7:30-8. Rds.: 8-8:30-9-9:30,10. 2 Free Park- Nov. 28, American Open Scholastic
Alan M. Kirshner, Ph.D., [email protected], (510) 659-0358. ing lots SW of S Monica/Purdue; or underground ($3). Prizes: 1/2 EF. 5-SS, G/45. Open to HS/below. LAX Renaissance Hotel, 9620 Airport Bl., Los
Oct. 17-18, Fremont Open Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, LACC LA Masters G/30 Angeles, CA 90045. In 4 sections K-12: trophies top 5, 2 each grades 9-12,
See Grand Prix. 4SS, G/30. LACC, 11514 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, 90025, 2nd Fl. 4 blks W 405. 1 each K-8. K-8: trophies top 5, 2 each K-8. K-6: trophies top 5, 2 each K-6.

Tournament Life
K-3: trophies top 4, 2 each K-3. EF: $16 received by 11/25, $20 at door. Reg.: Nov. 6-8 or 7-8, 14th annual Green Mountain Open & Vermont Dec. 27-30, 36th Annual Eastern Open
9-9:45 Rounds: 10-11:30-1-3-4:30. Enter: www.americanopen.org or American Championship (VT) See Grand Prix.
Open, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. Info: Randy Hough (626) 282-7412, See Grand Prix.
[email protected].
Dec. 29, Eastern Open Blitz Championship (QC)
Nov. 28, 3rd Saturday Open See Grand Prix.
Nov. 29, American Open Action See Grand Prix.

5-SS, G/30. LAX Renaissance Hotel, 9620 Airport Bl., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Dec. 26-28 or 27-28, 5th annual Empire State Open (NY) Florida
EF: $20 received by 11/25; $25 at door. 80% of entry fees returned in prizes. See Grand Prix.
Reg.: 11-11:45 a.m. Rounds: 12-1:15-3-4:15-5:30. Enter: www.american South Florida Chess Club
open.org or American Open, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. Info: Mar. 5-7 or 6-7, 19th annual Eastern Class Championships (MA) Wednesdays 6:30-10:30pm. Rated G/90 Tournaments
Randy Hough (626) 282-7412, [email protected].
See Grand Prix. and skittles. Most tournaments are 4+ rounds to with
a time control slower than G/60, those events would
Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 19th (not 18th) annual North American Open Delaware qualify for WCL JGP. www.SouthFloridaChessClub.com.
(NV)
See Grand Prix. Oct. 24, 4th Sat. of the Month Quad Boca Raton Chess Club
Howard Johnsons Hotel, 1119 S. College Avenue, Newark, DE 19713.Time con- Friday nights, Game 90 Tournament, one game a week for 4 weeks.
Mar. 12-14 or 13-14, 17th annual Western Class Championships trols: 40/75, s/d 30. EF: $20. $$GTD: $40. Reg.: 9-9:30. Rds.: 9:45-1:45-5:30. www.bocachess.com, 561-883-2917. WCL JGP.
See Grand Prix. ENT: Kevin Pytel, 604 N. Walnut St., Newport, DE 19804-2624. 302-753-6877.
Miami Country Day Grand Prix,
[email protected]. INFO: Kevin Pytel 302-753-6877. NS W.
Colorado A State Championship Event!
Scholastic and Non-Scholastic Sections. More info at www.bocachess.com or
call 954-421-8222 or 561-883-2917.
Oct. 15, October 2009 G/29 Grand Prix Event - Greeley (QC) Nov. 21-22, 2009 Delaware State Open Championship
Part of the CO & WY G/29 Grand Prix, not a USCF GP Event. 3SS, G/29, no delay. Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Jan. 9, Feb. 6, Mar. 6, Apr. 3, May 1, $500 Guar.
Ramada Newark/Wilmington (302)-738-3400, 260 Chapman Rd., Newark, DE
One Section, Accelerated Pairings with more than 12 entries. EF: $3. Prizes: Cash Opens
19702. Time Control (all sections): Rds. 1-3 G/90, Rds. 4&5, G/120. In 3 Sec-
100% minus USCF rating fee. (60% for tourney prizes, rest to Grand Prix Prize 5rd Swiss, G/30. EF: $25; $30 at door. SPCC mems $5 off. $100-$60-$40;
tions Open: 5SS, EF: $40 before 11/18, $50 after. $$60% Rtd: 40%-25%-15%.
Fund.) Reg.: 630-700pm onsite only, e-mail if you intend to come. Rds.: 7pm, U1600, U1400, & U1200 $50-$30-$20 each. 1st rd 10:15 AM. Sunshine Cen-
U2000- 10%, U1800- 10%. Trophies to DE champion and DE womens cham-
8pm, 9pm. Site: Zachariahs Food Court, University of Northern Colorado cam- ter, 330 Fifth St. N., St. Pete. NC, W. prereg at www.stpetersburgchessclub.com.
pion(both from open section). Reserve - Under 1800: 5SS, EF: $35 before
pus, Greeley, Colorado, 80631. For Info: Lee Lahti, Phone: 970-372-8590, 727-822-1171.
11/18, $45 after. $$60% Rtd: 40%-25%-15%. U1600 -10%, U1400- 10%. Tro-
E-Mail: [email protected]. phy for Reserve Champion. Amateur- Under 1200: 5SS, EF: $35 before Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Jan. 9, Feb. 6, Mar. 6, Apr. 3, May 1 St. Peters-
Dec. 5-6, Manitou Springs: Winter Springs Open 11/18, $45 after. $$60% Rtd: 40%-25%-15%. U1000- 10%, Unrated- 10%.Tro- burg Rated Beginners Opens (RBOs)
4-SS, 40/2 and G/1. Masonic Lodge, 455 El Paso Blvd., Manitou Springs. 3 Sec- phy for Amateur Champion. ALL: Memb. Reqd: DCA $10($5 under 18). OSA. 5rd Swiss, G/30. USCF RBO 4 Sect. K-2U400; K-5U500; K-8U700; & K-12U1000;
tions: June (open to all), July (U1800), August (U1400). Entry fee: $30 if recd Reg.: Sat 8:45-9:45 am. Rds.: Saturday 10, 2, 5:30 Sunday 10, 3. Byes: Limit top 12 in each get trophy (all K-2 get trophy) all others medal.Team (2 or more)
by 12/3, $35 at site. $8 off EF for Juniors, Seniors, Unrated. Cash prizes per 1, byes in rds 4 & 5 are irrevocable & must be declared by start of round 3. - best four scores from all divisions trophy to top 12. EF: $18. SPCC mems $15.
entries. Register: 8:30 - 9:30. Rds. Schedule: 10, 4; 9, 3. Entries to: Richard DCA meeting, 9 am Sunday. ENT: Dave Power, 7005 Pleasant Court, Wilming- 1st rd 10:15 AM. Sunshine Center, 330 Fifth St. N., St. Petersburg, FL. NC, W.
Buchanan, 1 Sutherland Rd., Manitou Springs, CO 80829. Phone (719) 685-1984 ton, DE 19802, 302-762-4695 (home). INFO: [email protected]. DIR: Exit 3 pregister online at www.stpetersburgchessclub.com. 727-822-1171.
or e-mail [email protected]. CSCA membership required ($15, 10 for jun- off I-95, Take Rt273 east, turn Right at 1st light, hotel on right side. Oct. 31, CFCC Bonus Tornado
iors/seniors), OSA. Colorado Tour Event. WCL JGP. www.delawarechess.org. NS NC W. WCL JGP. 4-SS, G/75, Orlando Chess & Games Ctr., 8751 Commodity Cir Suite 4, Orlando,
Dec. 12-13, Delaware Valley Open Championship (PA) 32819. EF: $30, CFCC/OCG mbr: $25, Masters free-EF deducted from prize.
Connecticut See Grand Prix. $$605 b/30: 200-100-80, U1800, U1600, U1400 $75 ea. Prize increased
Oct. 10, Fairfield County Masters & Class Championships 50% for 4-0 score. Reg.: 9:30am. Rds.: 10-12:30-3-5:30. Info: (407) 629-6946,
See Grand Prix. District of Columbia www.centralflchess.org. W. WCL JGP.
Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 6th annual New England Scholastic Championships Oct. 10, DC Girls Open Nov. 7, First Saturday Quads
Note corrected entry deadlines. 7SS, G/45. Sheraton Hotel, 1 Bradley Air- 4-SS, Game/30. US Chess Center, 1501 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. 3RR, 40/80 15/30 15/30. Palatka Bridge & Chess Center, 521 13th St., Palatka,
port (visible at airport entrance), Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (I-91 Exit 40 to Rt EF: $15 if by 10/3, $20 at site. Open to any girl in K-12, not only from DC. $100 FL. Quads open to all. EF: $12. Trophy to 1st. Each Quad. Reg.: 8:30-9:30/am.
20). Free parking, free airport shuttle. Open to all K-12 students; New England Savings Bond to first place, trophies to top 5 in each of HS, MS and ES. Reg.: Rds.: 10-1-4. Ben Cody (386) 329-1173. www.palatkachessclub.com. NS NC W.
titles and free entry prizes limited to players & teams from schools in CT, MA, 12 - 12:45. (202) 857-4922. www.chessctr.org.
Nov. 13-15, 8th Annual Turkey Bowl
ME, NH, RI, or VT. Team prizes based on top 4 scores from school combined.
Oct. 24-25, Oscar Shapiro D.C. Open See Grand Prix.
Teams of 2 or 3 players allowed, but are at a disadvantage. In 4 sections: High See Grand Prix.
School (K-12), Middle School (K-8), Elementary (K-5), Primary (K-2). Players face Nov. 14, 7th DBCC G/50 Open
only those in their section. EF for USCF members: HS $38.75, Middle School Oct. 31, National Capital Scholastic Cup Schnebly Recreation Center, 1101 N. Atlantic Ave (A1A), Daytona Beach, FL
$38.50, Elem $38.25, Primary $38 if mailed by 10/23 not 10/31, all $38 online 4-SS. G/30. US Chess Center, 1501 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. 32118. 4SS, G/50, EF: $25. $$ ($250/b12): $100-75. U1600: $50-25. Rds.: 10-
at chesstour.com by 10/27 not 11/4, $50 at site. EF for non-USCF members Open to any student in K - 12th grade living in DC, Maryland or Virginia. EF: 11:45-2-3:45. ENT: Paul BTomaino, 575 N Williamson Bl #116, Daytona Beach,
(fees include membership): HS $48.75, Middle School $48.50, Elem $48.25, $20 if by 10/24, $30 at site. Reg.: Noon - 12:45. Top 16 players qualify for a FL 32114. 386-239-9485. INFO: [email protected]. www.daytonabchcc.org. NS
Primary $48 if mailed by 10/23 not 10/31, all $48 online at chesstour.com by series of play-off matches. $$200-100-50-50 savings bonds to champion, final- NC W.
10/27 not 11/4, $60 at site. Memberships include magazine for players scor- ist and semi-finalists of the play-offs. Trophies to the top 16 and others with
ing at least 3 pts. Trophies to top 10 players, top 7 teams, top 3 unrated in each the same score as the lowest of the top 16. Champions name engraved on per- Georgia
section, top E, U1000, U800 (HS), U1000, U800, U600 (MS), U800, U600, U400 manent cup on display at the US Chess Center. www.chessctr.org/Cup.php.
(Elem), U600, U400, U200 (Primary). Free entry in all Continental Chess Asso- 202/857-4922. Nov. 13-15, 8th Annual Turkey Bowl (FL)
ciation Swiss tournaments until 5/31/10 to top New England player each See Grand Prix.
Nov. 1, Metro First Sunday Quads
section. Late reg. ends Sat 9 am, rds Sat 10-1-3-5:30 pm, Sun 9-11-1:30. Awards
Sun 3:30 pm. Half point byes allowed rds 1-4 only, with at least 1 hour notice.
3-RR, G/90. U.S. Chess Center, 1501 M St. NW. EF: $20 $$ $40 each quad. Idaho
Scholastic sections. EF: $10, Trophy prizes. Both: Reg.: 9:15 - 9:50. Rds.: 10
HR: $93-93, 860-627-5311, reserve by 10/17 or rate may increase. Car rental: Oct. 10-11, 2009 Wood River Weekend Swiss
- 1 - 4. (202) 857-4922. www.chessctr.org./quads.php.
800-331-1600, use AWD D657633 or reserve car online through chesstour.com. Site: Wood River High School, 1050 Fox Acres Rd., Hailey, ID. Format: Four
Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577. November rat- Dec. 12, Rated Beginners Open (RBO) Round Swiss. Time Controls: G/120. Rounds: 9am, 2pm, 9am, 2pm. Byes:
ings used. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Include school, 4-SS, G/30. US Chess Center, 1501 M St. NW, Washington, DC 20005. Open to Rounds 1 - 3 only. Must notify TD before Round Two pairings. ONE Section:
grade, birth date, USCF ID, address of each player. Advance entries will be posted players rated under 1200 or unrated. EF: $15 ($12 if by 12/5). 5 sections by OPEN. Reg.: 8-8:30am Oct 3. Prizes: $$b/20 $150, $100, $75, $50. EF: $30 by
at chesstour.com. age. Reg.: 12-12:45. Info: 202/857-4922. www.chessctr.org/rbo.php. 10/3/2009, $25 Junior/Senior, $40 at door. USCF membership required.
Hotels: The Airport Inn, 820 S. 4th, Hailey, ID, 788-2477, $95-$98/night or the
Wood River Inn, 601 N. Main, Hailey, ID, 578-0600, $120-132/night. Contact:
Adam Porth, 208-450-9048, 212 N. 3rd Str., Bellevue, ID 83313 or Barry Eacker,
208-733-6186, 963 Delmar Dr.,Twin Falls, ID 83301, or e-mail: [email protected]
or [email protected]. WCL JGP.
Nov. 14-15, 2009 Southern Idaho Open
4SS, G/120. Site: Obenchain Insurance Building Community Room, 260 Main
Ave. South, Twin Falls, ID. Rounds: 9am, 2pm, 9am, 2pm. Byes: Rounds 1 - 3
only. Must notify TD before Round Two pairings. ONE Section: OPEN. Reg.: 8-
8:30am Nov 14. Prizes: $$b/20 $150, $100, $75, $50. EF: $30 by 11/10/2009,
$25 Junior/Senior, $40 at door. USCF membership required. Contact: Barry
FOREIGN RATING?
NOT UNRATED!
If you have no USCF rating, but do have a
rating or category from any other country,
no matter how many years ago, you are not
unrated.
If you have a FIDE rating, you are also not
unrated.
Tell the Director of any event you enter
about your foreign rating or category or
your FIDE rating, so that you can be paired
appropriately.

Eacker, TD, 963 Delmar Dr., Twin Falls, ID 83301. [email protected]. 208-733-6186. $25 by 11/30, $30 after. Reg.: 12:00-12:30 pm. Rds.: 1 at 1:00 pm, rest ASAP. Dec. 5-6, A-B-C Open
Website: www.idahochessassociation.org. NS, NC, W. WCL JGP. Ent: Renaissance Knights, PO Box 1074, Northbrook, IL 60065. Online Ent/Info: 5-SS, G/120. Jameson Inn, 215 Dixie Way S. (Roseland), South Bend, IN
www.rknights.org, Sheila Heiser 847-526-9025. 46637. (574) 277-3211. All 1 section, open only to players rated 1400-1999.
Illinois Dec. 27, Mayor Daleys Holiday Chess Championship EF: $25 if recd by 12/3, $30 at site. $$ 1,500 b/30. (min. $1,000 G): $500, 250,
4ss/ Game/30. McCormick Place, 2301 S. Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago, IL, 150, B 200-100, C 200-100. Reg.: 9-9:30, Rds.: 10-2-7, 10-2. ENT & Info: Roger
North American Chess Association Blaine, P O Box 353, Osceola, IN 46561. (574) 257-9033, [email protected].
Tournaments for kids and adults of all playing strength. 60616. Special parking rate. 4 Sections: Open (adults & Youths), Middle (K-
8), Elementary (K-5) & Primary (K-2). 100+ Team & Individual Trophies & WCL JGP.
Creators of the electronic scoresheet, eNotate. Monthly
FIDE title tournaments (WIM, WGM, IM). Sevan A. Awards. EF: $12 by 12/14, $17 after. RDS.: 10, 11:30, 1:30 & 3:00. Ent: Ren- Mar. 19-21 or 20-21, 14th annual Mid-America Open (MO)
Muradian, FIDE Arbiter & International Organizer. aissance Knights, PO Box 1074, Northbrook, IL 60065. Online Ent/Info: See Grand Prix.
www.nachess.org | [email protected] | 888.80.CHESS. www.rknights.org, Sheila Heiser 847-526-9025. No onsite registration. HR: $109,
Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation
312-567-1234 Hyatt McCormick Place. Iowa
Illinois Premier Chess Organization - We organize Mar. 19-21 or 20-21, 14th annual Mid-America Open (MO) Oct. 24-25, Ames Chess Festival XXIII
monthly scholastic & adult tournaments throughout the See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix.
Chicago area; sponsor chess activates at community
events, i.e. Taste of Chicago; provide in-school & after- Indiana Nov. 14, 2009 Des Moines Fall Classic-IASCA Mini Qualifier
Des Moines Botanical Center, 909 Ray D. Ray Drive, Des Moines, IA 50316. 3
school programs, workshops & summer camps. Players Chess Club Friday Night Blitz (QC) Sections (1) RBO (2) Reserve (3) Open. In 3 Sections: RBO: 5SS, G/30 T/D 5,
of all skill levels, from beginners to Masters, attend our 2302 West Morris St. at the West Morris St. Free Methodist Church. Entrance Open to 1199 & under. EF: $10.00 if received by November 12th, $20.00 at site.
events. For dates & locations: visit our website is in the back, down the stairs by the office. When: Starts Every Friday except Prizes: Trophies: U1200, U1000, U800, U600, U400, U200. Rds.: 9:30-10:45-
www.rknights.org; Tel: 773-844-0701; Email: ren the Fri before the second Sat doors open at 6:00 P.M. tournament starts at 6:30 12:30-1:45-3:00. Reserve: 4SS, G/75T/D 5, Open to 1599 & under. EF: $20.00
[email protected]. P.M. Type: 3 Rounds, Game/5, Round Robin Quad, U.S.C.F. Rated. EF: $7.00 if if received by November 12th, $30.00 at site. $$b/10: $40.00-20.00-10.00. U1400
Oct. 17, Swiss Tournament received one week before tournament starting date, $8.00 at the door. Prizes: 1st $20.00, 2nd $10. Rds.: 9:30-1:00-3:45-7:00 (earlier if agreed upon). Open-
4SS, G/80. Holiday Inn Hotel, 495 Airport Road, Elgin, IL 60123. (Intersection Based on 4 full Pd. entries per quad, First in each quad: $20.00, Second in each IASCA Mini-Qualifier: 4SS, G/75 T/D 5, EF: $20.00 if received by November
of I-90 & Rt. 31.) Entry fee $20 (cash or check only), cash prizes based on quad: chess merchandise. Send advance entries to: Donald Urquhart, 501 12th, $30.00 at site. $$b/10: $75.00-40.00-20.00. U1800 1st, $30.00, 2nd
entries. Registration begins at 8:30 A.M. Round times at 9:30, 11:35, 2:25, N. East St. #802, Indianapolis, IN 46204-1629. For more info: call Don at (317) $15.00. Rds.: 9:30-1:00-3:45-7:00 (earlier if agreed upon). ALL: Memb.
4:30. Two sections if attendance warrants, otherwise one section with class 634-6259 or e-mail [email protected]. Reqd: $15.00. OSA. Reg.: 8:00 to 9:00 am. ENT: Bill Broich, 7149 Wilshire Blvd.,
and upset prizes. For more information see: www.mchenryareachess.org, or Every SECOND Sat. of the Month. OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT Windsor Heights, Iowa, 50322. 515-205-8062, [email protected]. NS NC W.
call Bob at 815-519-3323. 5 Round, G/61, U.S.C.F. rated. 2302 West Morris St. at the West Morris St. Free WCL JGP.
Methodist Church in the Ellis Hall Room. Entrance in back, down stairs, by office.
Nov. 1, Knights Quest #47
4ss, Game/30. Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel, 933 Skokie Blvd., Late Ent. 8-9am, Rd 1, 9:30am. Prizes: $465.00 b/o 20 full pd. Ent. 1st $150; Kentucky
Northbrook, IL. 4 Sections: Open (Juniors & Adults), Juniors only in U1400, 2nd $75; Class A, B, C, (D, E, Unr) $60 each. Prizes increased if entries allow.
EF: $25 if recd one week before tournament date, $30 at door, $5.00 discount
Nov. 13-15 or 14-15, 18th Annual Kings Island Open (OH)
U1200 & U600. Prizes: Trophies top five each section, medals all others. EF: See Grand Prix.
$25 by 10/26, $30 after. Reg.: 12:00-12:30 pm. Rds.: 1 at 1:00 pm, rest ASAP. for your birthday month, FIDE Titled Players Free. + Free Snack Bar Adv. ENT:
Donald Urquhart, 501 N. East St. # 802, Indianapolis, IN 46204-1629. Info: call
Ent: Renaissance Knights, PO Box 1074, Northbrook, IL 60065. Online Ent/Info:
www.rknights.org, Sheila Heiser 847-526-9025. Don at 317-634-6259 or e-mail [email protected]. Note: there must be at Maine
least 3 entries in a class for that class prize to be awarded. If two adjoining Nov. 7, Eastern Maine Open
Nov. 14, Springfield November Open class prizes are vacant, a combo prize will be awarded. WCL JGP. 4SS, G60. U Maine Memorial Union, Orono, ME. Open: $100 + trophy, X-$25,
3SS, G/80. Anchor Boat Club, 407 East Lake Shore Drive, Springfield 62707. Reg.: A-$25, B-$25, C-$25. U1400: $40 + trophy, D- $25, E-$25. U1000: $30 +tro-
9:30-10:15. Rds.: 10:30-1:30-4:30. EF: $17 by 11/11, $20 at site, $2 less for
FREE ENTRY: Quad Quick Chess Tournament (QC) Fri. before the sec-
ond Sat. of the Month phy, F-Chess set, G-Chess set, U600-Chess set. EF: $20 adv by 11/5, $25 site;
SCC members. Prizes: $$400 b/30. 140-80, 1600-1999 60, 1200-1599 50, Under 1000, $10 adv/$15 site. Reg.: 8:30-9:00. Rds.: 9:30, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00.
G/15, U.S.C.F. rated. Located at 2302 West Morris St. at the West Morris St.
Under 1200 40, Unrated 30. Ent/Info: David Long, 401 S. Illinois St., Spring- Ent: Tom Sandford, 7 Wedgewood Drive, Veazie, ME 04401. 207-942-0598
Free Methodist Church in the Ellis Hall Room. Entrance in back, down stairs,
field 62704. 217-726-2584. No outside refreshments may be brought on site. evng, 207-581-2183 day. [email protected].
by office. Late Ent. 6-6:25pm. Rd 1, 6:30pm. Prizes: First in each quad gets
Information and directions at http://springfieldchessclub.110mb.com.
choice of 50% off entry fee for Sat. Monthly a $15.00 value certificate, or chess
Nov. 20-22, 2009 National Youth Action merchandise. A cash buyback option is available on the certificate, call for details. Maryland
See Nationals. Second gets the prize not chosen by First EF: Free. Adv. ENT: Donald Urquhart, Oct. 23, Catonsville Friday Knight Quick #91 (QC)
Dec. 6, Knights Quest #48 501 N. East St. # 802, Indianapolis, IN 46204-1629. Info: call Don at 317-634- 5SS, G/15. Catonsville Chess Club, Bloomsbury Community Center, 106 Blooms-
4ss, Game/30. Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel, 933 Skokie Blvd., 6259 or e-mail [email protected]. A ORANGE CRUSH EVENT. bury Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228. EF: $8, club members $5. Reg.: 7:30pm. Rds.:
Northbrook, IL. 4 Sections: Open (Juniors & Adults), Juniors only in U1400, Nov. 13-15 or 14-15, 18th Annual Kings Island Open (OH) 8, 8:30, 9, 9:30, 10. Prizes based on entries with 65% returned in prize fund.
U1200 & U600. Prizes: Trophies top five each section, medals all others. EF: See Grand Prix. Info: Joe Summers [email protected] or 410-788-1009. Website:

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Nov. 14, Catonsville Second Saturday Tornado Oct. 23-25, 3rd Annual Chessnuts Challenge Open Nov. 7-8, 2009 Turkey Open
Concordia College, Grant Center, Moorhead, MN 56560. In 2 Sections, Premier: 5SS. Rds 1-2 g/90, Rds 3-5 g/120. Grant Creek Inn, 5280 Grant Creek Rd., Exit
4SS, G/61. EF: $20, club members $17, under 17 $15. Rds.: 10:30-1:15-3:30-
5SS, R1-2 G/120, R3-5 30/90;G/60, $$b/80: $1200-600-300. U2100: 200- 101, Missoula, MT 59808. Hotel ph: 888-543-7000, mention CHESS, complimen-
5:45. Reg.: 9:45am. Bloomsbury Community Center, Room 118, 106 Bloomsbury
Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228.Two Sections: Open $$b/24: $100-$60-$42 U1850 100; U1900: 200-100; Upset: 100. Reserve: 5SS, R1-2 G/120, R3-5 30/90;G/60, tary breakfast for registered guests. EF: $25 by 11/06, $30 at site, jrs 1/2. Reg.:
$40 U1550 $40, more per entries. U1200: $$b/12: $50-$25 U1000 $25 b/4 U800 Open to 1899 & under. $$: $400-200-100. U1700: 100-50; U1500: 100-50; 9:00-9:40. Rds.: 10-1:30-7, 9-1:30 (or ASAP). MCA reqd $12, OSA. $$b/20 (more
$25 b/4. Bye: 1-3. Info: [email protected]. Website: http://mysite. U1300: 100-50; Upset: 50. ALL: EF: $50. $60 after 10/16/2009. 1/2 point byes per entries), $80, $50. $25 each to top score: 1600-1799, 1400-1599, U/1400.
verizon.net/vze12d59q. Ent: Joe Summers, 1201 Daniels Ave., Baltimore, MD available rounds 1-4. ENT: Brian Thompson, 773 15th Ave. E, West Fargo, ND Biggest upset (both non-prov) $25. Info and Entries: Dan McCourt, 608 West
21207. Include USCF ID, rating and section. Checks payable to Joe Summers. 58078. www.ndchessnut.com. NS NC W. WCL JGP. Central, Missoula, MT 59801. Checks payable to UCCC. 406-721-0254.
PH: 410-788-1009. WCL JGP. [email protected]. Misc. W. NC. 1/2 point bye for round 5 must be requested
Nov. 21-22, 2009 Delaware State Open Championship (DE)

Missouri before Rd 4. Phone, email entries OK but must be paid during registration to
be paired in round 1. Side event: 5SS, G/5 rated, rd 1 begins at 5:15pm, $8
See Delaware. Friday Action Quads - Every Friday Night (QC)
entry returned in prizes. WCL JGP.
3RR, G/29 QR. Chess Club & Scholastic Center, 4657 Maryland Ave., St. Louis
Jan. 15-18, 16-18 or 17-18, 42nd annual Liberty Bell Open (PA) MO 63108. EF: $10. Prize fund $36 first in each quad. Club membership reqd.
See Grand Prix.
available from $1. Reg.: 6:30 - 6:45. Rounds begin at 7:00. Site entries only. Nevada
Massachusetts Info: 314-361-CHESS [email protected]. Oct. 23-25, 27th Annual Sands Regency Reno-Western States Open
See Grand Prix.
Saint Louis Blitz Series - Every Saturday night (QC)
Oct. 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, GM Arthur B. Bisguier Octogenarian Trib-
ute 5SS, G/5 QR. Chess Club & Scholastic Center, 4657 Maryland Ave., St. Louis, Dec. 26-29 or 27-29, 19th (not 18th) annual North American Open
5SS, G/110, T/D5, Wachusett Chess Club, McKay Campus School, Room C199, MO 63108. EF: $5. Prize fund 100% payout! First overall will take home 75% See Grand Prix.
Fitchburg State College, 67 Rindge Road, Fitchburg, MA 01420. EF: $1 per game of all entry fees, and the highest scoring player in the bottom half takes 25%.
Club membership reqd. available from $1. Reg.: 6:30 - 7. Rds.: 7, 7:15, 7:30, Dec. 29, North American Blitz (QC)
played; free to Wachusett CC and Mass. Chess Assn. members. Reg.: 7-7:10 See Grand Prix.
p.m. Rds.: 7:15 p.m. Byes: 1-4, limit two. Prizes: chess books. Info: George 7:45, 8. Site entries only. Info: 314-361-CHESS. [email protected].
Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill Road, Fitchburg, MA 01420, [email protected], 978- Oct. 17, Alexander Alekhine Open
345-5011. Website: www.wachusettchess.org. W. WCL JGP. 3SS, G/75. UMC Memorial Union room N208, 518 Hitt St., Columbia, MO.
New Jersey
Oct. 25, 76th Greater Boston Open Directions: From I-70 exit 126, south on Providence, east on Rollins, north on The Newark Sleepless Knights Chess Club
See Grand Prix. Hitt. Reg.: 9:30-10:15. Rds.: 10:30, 1:15, 4:00. EF: $1, no prizes just the Boylan Recreation Center of Newark, 916 So. Orange Ave. Newark, New Jer-
satisfaction of playing well. Accel. pairings if 18+ players. Info: Charles Ward, sey 07103. Meets 1st and 2nd Saturdays of every months from 2-6pm. USCF
Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 6th annual New England Scholastic Championships 573-443-6685, [email protected]. W. rated tournaments and free chess lessons available.
(CT)
See Connecticut. Nov. 4, November Knights Oct. 10, Garden State Scholastic
4SS, G/90 Reg. Wednesday, Nov. 4th, 6:00 - 6:45pm. Rounds (one per week) Prevention First, 1405 Route 35, Ocean, NJ 07712. Primary: open to K-3: 4 SS,
Nov. 6-8 or 7-8, 14th annual Green Mountain Open & Vermont 7pm 11/4, 11, 18, 25. Check in with TD by 6:45 to be paired each week/round. G/30. Trophies to 1st-5th place; Medals to all others. Scholastic Swiss: open
Championship (VT) No advanced entries. EF: $10. Prize fund is 90% payout, with 1st place getting
See Grand Prix. to K-12; 4 SS, G/30. Trophies to 1st - 5th place; Scholastic Quads: open to
1/3 of the total prize fund and first A, B, C, D, E and U1000/unrated each take K-12 G/60 Quads. Trophies to 1st and 2nd each quad. All EF: $15 if recd by
Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27, Billerica Friday Swiss November 1/9 of the prize fund. One 1/2 point bye if declared by round 1. Annual club October 3rd, $20 on site. Reg.: 9-9:45 am. Rds.: 10 and ASAP. Info: Hal
4 Rds. 40/90, SD/30. Billerica COA, 25 Concord Rd, Billerica, MA. EF: $12. Reg.: memb. reqd. MCA memb. reqd from $5 OSA. Info: 314-361-CHESS. Sprechman, 732 259-3881, [email protected]. Ent: Please
7:30pm. Cash prizes minimal b/entries. For info, call Brad Ryan, (978) 369-8533. [email protected]. WCL JGP. make checks payable to Character Kings and send to Hal Sprechman, P.O Box
NS, NC. WCL JGP. 1511, Jackson, NJ 08527. Please indicate section.
Nov. 28, Thanksgiving Open
Mar. 5-7 or 6-7, 19th annual Eastern Class Championships 4SS, G/75. Chess Club & Scholastic Center, 4657 Maryland Ave., St. Louis, MO Oct. 15, ATKM 3rd Thursday Quads
See Grand Prix. 63108. EF: $35, $30 for annual members of the club. MCA Membership Reqd 3 RR G/30 t/d5, Quads are grouped by rating. All the Kings Men Chess Shop,
from $5. OSA. PF (b/50): $1500: $200 1st/ $50 2nd in each M/X, A, B, C, D,
Michigan U1200. Reg: 9 - 9:50. Rds: 10, 12:45, 3:30, 6. One 1/2 point bye if declared
62 S Broadway, Pitman NJ 08071. Prizes: $25 1st per quad. Unrated cannot
win more than $10. EF: $12, $10 ATKMCC members. Unrated (i.e. players
Oct. 23-25 or 24-25, Cleveland Open (OH) before round 1. Ent: 4657 Maryland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108 314-361-CHESS, with NO rating whatsoever, provisional or otherwise) $7, $5 ATKMCC members.
See Grand Prix. [email protected]. Reg.: 6:15 - 6:45 PM. Rds.: 7-8-9 pm. INFO: Stephen Dick, cs@ATKMchess
Nov. 27-29, 2009 Motor City Open Mar. 19-21 or 20-21, 14th annual Mid-America Open Sets.com, 856-582-8222. All: Visa/MC/Disc OK w/$1 paid surcharge. Bring a
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Oct. 17, Jersey Shore K-12 Regionals Nov. 14, Jersey Shore K-12 Regionals Mar. 31-Apr. 4, Apr. 1-4, 2-4 or 3-4, Philadelphia Open (PA)
The Academy at Grace and Peace, 1563 Old Freehold Rd., Toms River, NJ The Academy at Grace and Peace, 1563 Old Freehold Rd., Toms River, NJ See Grand Prix.
08755. All Sections open to K-12. Section A: U500, Section B: 500-1000, 08755. All Sections open to K-12. Section A: U500, Section B: 500-1000,
Section C: 1000-1500, Section D: 1500+. Section A, B, C 4SS, G/30. Sec- Section C: 1000-1500, Section D: 1500+. Section A, B, C 4SS, G/30. Sec- New Mexico
tion D: 3 Rounds, G/60. Trophies to Top 5 in each section, Medals to all tion D: 3 Rounds, G/60. Trophies to Top 5 in each section, Medals to all
others. EF: $25 if recd by 10/10, $30 on site. Reg.: 9:00-9:45 AM. Rds.: others. EF: $25 if recd by 11/7, $30 on site. Reg.: 9:00-9:45 AM. Rds.: 10:00 A State Championship Event!
10:00 AM and ASAP. Info: John Burke, 732-714-1544 or [email protected]. AM and ASAP. Info: John Burke, 732-714-1544 or [email protected]. Ent:
Oct. 24-25, New Mexico Open
MCM Elegante Hotel, 2020 Menaul NE, Albuquerque. 5/SS. Sat. G/2 Sun.
Ent: Make checks payable to The Academy at Grace and Peace. Please indi- Make checks payable toThe Academy at Grace and Peace. Please indicate USCF
30/90 SD/60. Rds.: 9-2-6:30, 8:30-2:30. Bye 1 max 1/2 pt request prior Rd 1.
cate USCF ID# and section. ID# and section.
Best finish by NM resident in Open is 2009 NM Champion. EF: Open: $35,
Oct. 17-18, Paul Aaroe Memorial Nov. 15, Westfield Quads U1800: $30. U1400: $25. Rated U1100 playing in U1400, $20. PRIZES b/80:
4-SS, 40/90, SD/60. Community Center, 293 Main St., Hackettstown, NJ. EF: 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, NJ. Prizes $50 Open $250-$125-$75, U1800 $175-$100-$50. U1400 $120-$60-$30 Best U1100
$18, Under 18 & Over 65: $15 at site; $15 & $10 if recd by Oct. 15. Prizes: (b/15 to first in each section. Entry Fee: $20, $15 Members. Registration: 2-2:15 $30. Unrated 50% of prize except in Open. Reg.: Sat. 88:30. $10 late fee.
entries): $40-$25-$15; U-2000, U-1800, U-1600, U-1400: $20 each, minimum p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379, www.west $5 Family discount after one full price entry. NMCO Annual meeting & elec-
two players each class. Additional prizes possible if more than 15 entries. Reg.: fieldchessclub.com. tions Sun 2:10. Ent: received by 10/23. Pay to NMCO, Box 4215 ABQ 87196.
10-10:45 a.m., Rds.: 11 a.m. & 4 p.m. each day, earlier by mutual agreement Nov. 19, ATKM 3rd Thursday Quads Info, directions & entry form: nmchess.org. WCL JGP.
when possible. Byes:Two half-point byes available, but must score one-half point 3 RR G/30 t/d5, Quads are grouped by rating. All the Kings Men Chess Shop,
OTB to win a prize. Advance entries: Eric Mark, 609Thomas St., Stroudsburg, 62 S Broadway, Pitman NJ 08071. Prizes: $25 1st per quad. Unrated cannot New York
PA 18360, [email protected]. Checks payable to Hackettstown Chess Club. win more than $10. EF: $12, $10 ATKMCC members. Unrated (i.e. players Oct. 15, 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight!
NS, NC. WCL JGP. with NO rating whatsoever, provisional or otherwise) $7, $5 ATKMCC members. See Grand Prix.
Oct. 23, ATKMs 4th Friday G/10 Swiss (QC) (6 Rounds) Reg.: 6:15 - 6:45 PM. Rds.: 7-8-9 pm. INFO: Stephen Dick, cs@ATKMchess
Sets.com, 856-582-8222. All: Visa/MC/Disc OK w/$1 paid surcharge. Bring a Oct. 17, New York October Action!
For info. and registration, go to YourChessSet.com/g10. For more info e-mail See Grand Prix.
Stephen at [email protected] or call 856-582-8222. clock!
Nov. 21-22, 2009 Delaware State Open Championship (DE) Oct. 18, 15th Annual NY October Under 13 Open!
Oct. 24, Hamilton Chess Club Quads 4-SS, G/30, open to all born after 10/18/96, Chess Center at Marshall Chess
3RR 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation Center, Bldg. 392, See Delaware.
Club, 23 West 10th St., bet. 5-6 Ave., NYC: 845-569-9969. May be limited to 1st
Groveville, NJ 08620. Quads open to all EF: $10. $25 per Quad. Reg.: 9- Nov. 22, ATKM 4th Sunday G/60 Quads/Swiss 52 entries. 2 Sections. 1. Open, EF: $32 postmarked by 10/9. 2. Novice, for
10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm-4:30/pm NJ State Chess Federation, no For info. and registration, go to www.YourChessSet.com/quads4. For more info. Under 1000 or Unrated, EF: $31 mailed by 10/9. Both, EF: $30 online at
dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA NS NC W. E-mail Stephen at [email protected] or call 856-582-8222. www.chesscenter.cc by 10/15, $35 by phone at 845-496-2191 by 10/15,
Oct. 24, Kings Chess Club Quads A State Championship Event! $40 at site, Club members $10 less ($10 fee for refunds). Trophies to top 10,
Morning quads and afternoon quads, G/30, K-12, Bethlehem Church, 758 Nov. 22, New Jersey K-12 Grade Championship top Unr, top 3 teams (top 3 scorers from same school) each section. 8 weeks
Route 10, Randolph, NJ 07869. EF: None. Reg.: 9-9:20 am., 1st rd. 9:40. Arr. 5SS, G/30. Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738. free entry to 1st, 4 weeks free to 2nd each section. Speed playoff for 4-0. Limit
by noon to reg. only for afternoon quads. Medal to each quad winner. Info: Beth- Student Life Center, use Parking Lot #7 or #6; 4 miles from Garden State Park- of 2 byes, commit by 11:30. On-site reg. ends 9:30 am. Rds 10-11:30-12:45-2
lehem Church 973-366-3434 or Bob McAdams 973-694-3988, rwm@fambright. way exit 109. 13 Sections: Play only in your grade! MORE TROPHIES!!! pm. Ent: Chess Center of NY, PO Box 4615, New Windsor, NY 12553. List USCF
com. Grades K-6; Trophies to top 15 individuals, top 5 teams - top 3 from each ID, rating, section, school/grade, DOB.
Oct. 25, ATKM 4th Sunday G/60 Quads/Swiss school/grade; 50% of players receive trophy or medal! Grades 7-12:Trophies Oct. 18, Binghamton Monthly Tourney
For info. and registration, go to www.YourChessSet.com/quads4. For more info. to top 10 individuals, top 5 teams; Rds.: 10am and ASAP. EF: $35 by 11/15, $55 4 ROUND SS, GAME/60. Reg.: 8:45AM to 9:00AM. ENTRY: $35. Cash only at
E-mail Stephen at [email protected] or call 856-582-8222. at site. USCF mem reqd. Reg.: 8-9:00am After 9:00am 1/2 pt bye rd 1. Info: site. (Checks payable to Cordiscos Corner Store) Rounds: 9:15, 11:45, 2:15,
732 259-3881,[email protected]. Ent: Please make checks 4:30. Prizes: 1st -$130, 2nd -$70, 3rd -$30.Trophies 1st - 3rd. Under 1700 1st-
Oct. 25, ICA Fall 2009 Open Championship payable to NJSCF and send to NJSCF, PO Box 1511, Jackson, NJ 08857. Entries $65 2nd- $30. Trophies 1st - 4th. Guaranteed. Please bring clocks. Cordiscos
See Grand Prix. must include name, grade school, date of birth, USCF ID # & expiration, mail- Chess Center, 308 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901. (607) 772-8782.
Oct. 25, ICA FALL 2009 Scholastic Championship in 5 Sections ing address, phone number & entry fee, please include email address. The 1st [email protected].
4SS, EVERYONE PLAYS 4 GAMES, ALL PLAYERS WITH 2.5 POINTS OR MORE WILL Place player and team from NJ in each grade will be recognized as the NJ Cham-
pion for that grade! Chess sets and boards will be provided! Please bring a chess Oct. 18, NEW Sunday Sliding Scale Quads!
RECEIVE ATROPHY! US CHESS FEDERATION MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED FOR SEC- 3-RR, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Chess Club, 23 W 10th St., NYC: 212-477-
clock!
TIONS 4 AND 5. Info: 201 287 0250 or 201 833 1741. E-mail: [email protected] 3716. EF: Master $35, Expert $30, A $25, U1800 $20. $$ (all EFs returned less
(Web Site Entries: www.icanj.net). ADV EF: (pmk Oct 21st) $25, At Site $30. Nov. 22, Westfield Grand Prix #500 $36 per quad). Reg ends 7:20 pm. Rds. 7:30-8:30-9:30. NO FREE ENTRIES!!
Reg ends 1/2 hr before 1st rnd. Late entrants will receive a 1/2 point bye for See Grand Prix. No phone entry!
rnd. 1. Site Address: Bergen Academy, 200 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ Nov. 27-29 or 28-29, 40th annual National Chess Congress (PA) Oct. 18, Studio October Quad
07601. In 5 Sections, Section 1 Junior Novice: Open to unrated players K See Grand Prix. 3RR Game in 2. Reg.: 9:00 am Rds.: 10-2-6. Studio of Bridge and Games, 1639
through 2nd grade. Rds.: First Round 10:15 AM, then ASAP (tournament will Eastern Pkwy., Schenectady, NY 12309-6011.
end at approximately 1:00 PM). Section 2 Novice: Open to unrated players Nov. 29, Garden State Quads
K through 4th grade. Rds.: First Round 10:00 AM, then ASAP (tournament will 3RR, 40/80 G/30. Full K. Prevention First, 1405 Route 35, Ocean, NJ 07712. Oct. 18, Sunday Under 1400 Action!
Quads open to all. EF: $20. 1st Place $50. Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am- 4-SS, G/30. Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10 St., between 5-6 Ave., NYC: 212-
end at approximately 2:00 PM). Section 3 Reserve: Open to unrated players
1:30/pm-4:30/pm. NS, NC, W. Info: Hal Sprechman 732 259-3881. 477-3716, for Under 1400 or unrated. EF $30, Club Members $20, specified
K through 12th grade. Rds.: First Round 10:00 AM, then ASAP (tournament will
end at approximately 2:00 PM). Section 4 G/45: Open to players rated below Nov. 29, Kens Last Sunday Quads Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$200 b/20 paid: $100-60-40, $60
1200 K through 12th grade. Rds.: 9:45 AM, 11:30, 1:15, 3:00 PM. Section 5 Dean of Chess Academy, 1161 Route #202, Branchburg, NJ 08876. In 4 player limit to unr. Reg. ends 3:45 pm. Rds. 4-5:15-6:45-8 pm. No advance entries.
G/60: Open to players rated below 1700 K through 12th grade. Rds.: 9:45 AM, Quads. G/90. Regs.: before 10am. First Round 10am, then ASAP with lunch Oct. 19-Dec. 21 (Championship), Oct. 19-Nov. 16 (other sections),
12:00, 2:15, 4:30 PM. ENT: Make EF and/or USCF Membership checks break. EF: $20, Prizes: Choice of $40 orTrophy & EF refund. Current Chess stu- Nassau Championship
payable to: International Chess Academy Mail To: Diana Tulman, 28 Canter- dents of Ken may play for half EF & half prize. Info: KenThomas, [email protected] See Grand Prix.
bury Lane, New Milford, NJ 07646. NS, NC, W. / cell 908-763-6468. NS NC W.
Oct. 20, St. Johns Masters at the Marshall Chess Club
Oct. 25, Kens Last Sunday Quads Dec. 5, ATKM 1st Saturday Kids G/30 Swiss (K-8) See Grand Prix.
Somerset Ramada Inn, 60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873. Take exit For info. and registration, go to YourChessSet.com/KidsSwiss. For more info
e-mail Stephen at [email protected] or call 856-582-8222. Oct. 22, 4 Rated Games Tonight!
#12 off I-287. In 4 player Quads. G/90. Regs.: before 10am. First Round 10am, 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC:
then ASAP with lunch break. EF: $20, Prizes: Choice of $40 or Trophy & EF Dec. 6, ICA Early Winter 2009 Open Championship 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $30, Club membs $20,
refund. Current Chess students of Ken may play for half EF & half prize. Info: See Grand Prix. specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-
Ken Thomas, [email protected] / cell 908-763-6468. NS NC W. 50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by
Dec. 6, ICA Early Winter 2009 Scholastic Championship in 5 Sec-
Nov. 1, Westfield Quads tions 8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds. 7-8:15-
3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes $50 4SS, EVERYONE PLAYS 4 GAMES, ALL PLAYERS WITH 2.5 POINTS OR MORE WILL 9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under
to first in each section. Entry Fee: $20, $15 Members. Registration: 2-2:15 RECEIVE ATROPHY! US CHESS FEDERATION MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED FOR SEC- 10 min. before game.
p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379, TIONS 4 AND 5. Info: 201 287 0250 or 201 833 1741. E-mail: [email protected] Oct. 22-Nov. 19, Marshall CC Thursday Members-Only Swiss
www.westfieldchessclub.com. (Web Site Entries: www.icanj.net) ADV EF (pmk Dec 2nd) $25 At Site $30. Reg 5SS, 30/90, SD/60. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. Open to members only.
Nov. 7, ATKM 1st Saturday Kids G/30 Swiss (K-8) ends 1/2 hr before 1st rnd. Late entrants will receive a 1/2 point bye for rnd. EF: $20. $$300 b/20: $120-70-50, U2000 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45, Rds.: 7pm each
For info. and registration, go to YourChessSet.com/KidsSwiss. For more info 1. Site Address: Bergen Academy, 200 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ Thursday Byes ok, limit 2, request by round 3. WCL JGP.
e-mail Stephen at [email protected] or call 856-582-8222. 07601. In 5 Sections: Section 1 Junior Novice: Open to unrated players K
through 2nd grade. Rds: First Round 10:15 AM, then ASAP (tournament will end
Nov. 7, Garden State Scholastic at approximately 1:00 PM). Section 2 Novice: Open to unrated players K
Prevention First, 1405 Route 35, Ocean, NJ 07712. Primary: open to K-3: 4 SS, through 4th grade. Rds: First Round 10:00 AM, then ASAP (tournament will end
G/30. Trophies to 1st-5th place; Medals to all others. Scholastic Swiss: open at approximately 2:00 PM). Section 3 Reserve: Open to unrated players K
to K-12; 4 SS, G/30. Trophies to 1st - 5th place; Scholastic Quads: open to through 12th grade. Rds: First Round 10:00 AM, then ASAP (tournament will
K-12 G/60 Quads.Trophies to 1st and 2nd each quad. All EF: $20. Reg.: 9-9:45 end at approximately 2:00 PM). Section 4 G/45: Open to players rated below
am. Rds.: 10 and ASAP. Info: Hal Sprechman, 732 259-3881, hsprech- 1200 K through 12th grade. Rds: 9:45 AM, 11:30, 1:15, 3:00 PM. Section 5 G/60:
[email protected]. Open to players rated below 1700 K through 12th grade. Rds: 9:45 AM, 12:00,
2:15, 4:30 PM. ENT: Make EF and/or USCF Membership checks payable
Nov. 7, Princeton Day School to: International Chess Academy Mail To: Diana Tulman, 28 Canterbury Lane,
650 The Great Road. Plaques to top 3 school teams and top 6 in each section. New Milford, NJ 07646. NS, NC, W.
Medals to all players. Three sections for OVER 1000 begin at 10:15 and must
preregister: NEAR MASTERS (K-12 over 1400) and FUTURE MASTERS (Play- Dec. 6, Westfield Quads
ers K-12 over 1200) G/60, 3 rds. CLOSED (K-12 1000-1200) G/45 4 rds. ALL 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, NJ. Prizes $50
OTHER SECTIONS. G/30 4 rds. beginning at 12:00 noon. (round times will be to first in each section. Entry Fee: $20, $15 Members. Registration: 2-2:15
accelerated if possible): OPEN (Players K-12 U-1000), RESERVE (K-12 U- p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379,
800), NOVICE II (K-8 U-600), NOVICE I (unrated K-6), K-1 (unrated) NO SCORE www.westfieldchessclub.com.
K-1 (unrated). PARENTS OF PLAYERS rated G/30 3 rounds. Pre-registration Dec. 12-13, Delaware Valley Open Championship (PA)
online $30 (On-site 11-12 noon $40). Info and register online: See Grand Prix.
www.pds.org/chess. Inquires to Bonnie Waitzkin [email protected]. Dec. 27, Kens Last Sunday Quads
Nov. 8, Westfield Quads Somerset Ramada Inn, 60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873. Take exit
3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, NJ. Prizes $50 #12 off I-287. In 4 player Quads. G/90. Regs.: before 10am. First Round 10am,
to first in each section. Entry Fee: $20, $15 Members. Registration: 2-2:15 then ASAP with lunch break. EF: $20, Prizes: Choice of $40 or Trophy & EF
p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379, refund. Current Chess students of Ken may play for half EF & half prize. Info:
www.westfieldchessclub.com. Ken Thomas, [email protected] / cell 908-763-6468. NS NC W.

Tournament Life
Oct. 24, Marshall CC Saturday G/60 Open: $23 entry fee if received by 11/9, $30 at site, with one additional $3 dis-
4SS, G/60. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($360 b/24) count for entries in the New York State Action Chess Championship, carpools
$120-70-50, 1700-1999/unr $60, U1700 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.: of three or more, or military ID. Place and class prize based on entries.
11:15-11:45. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. Note: Only one bye available, request at entry. Scholastic: $15 entry fee if received by 11/9, $20 at site. Registration by mail
or at site from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Rounds: 11 a.m., 12:30-1:45 and 3 p.m.
Oct. 24-Nov. 21, 3rd Farmingdale CC Fall Swiss Entries/Information: Karl Heck, 5426 Route 67, East Durham, NY 12423, sld-
5SS, G/140. Farmingdale Public Library, 116 Merritts Rd., Farmingdale, NY 11735.
[email protected], www.enyca.org, 518-966-8523.
Open to all U-2300/unr. $(b/20): $200-100, Top U-1800 $80, U-1500, U-
1300/unr. $60 each. EF: $30. Reg.: 9:15 9:45 AM. Rds.: 10/24, 10/31: A State Championship Event!
10:00 AM. 11/7, 11/14, 11/21: 9:10 AM. 2 byes 1-5. Info: www.farmcc.webs. Nov. 14, 2009 New York State Quick Chess Championship (QC)
com. NS. W. WCL JGP. Quality Inn and Suites, 611 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham (Northway Exit 6).
G/10, 6-SS in two sections: Open and Scholastic in combination with the 2009
Oct. 25, Grandmaster Challenge (QC) New York State Action Chess Championship. NYSCA membership required. Open:
See Grand Prix. $23 entry fee if received by 11/9, $30 at site, with one additional $3 discount
Oct. 29, 4 Rated Games Tonight! for entries in the New York State Action Chess Championship, carpools of three
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: or more, or military ID. Place and class prize based on entries. Scholastic: $15
212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $30, Club membs $20, entry fee if received by 11/9, $20 at site. Registration by mail or at site from
specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100- 3-4:30 p.m. Rounds: 5-5:30-6-6:30-7-7:30 p.m. Entries/Information: Karl
50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by Heck, 5426 Route 67, East Durham, NY 12423, [email protected], www.enyca.org,
8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds. 7-8:15- 518-966-8523.
9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under Nov. 14, Jenifer Woods Memorial Grand Prix
10 min. before game. See Grand Prix.
Oct. 31, Syracuse Monthly Open Nov. 14, Utica Four Seasons Fall
4SS, Rds 1 & 2 G/60, Rds. 3 & 4 G/90. Courtyard by Marriot, 6415 Yorktown 4SS Rds. 1-2: G/60, Rds. 3-4: G/90. Mohawk Valley Community College, Exit
Circle, E. Syracuse (exit 35 I-90, Carrier Circle, 298 E, left at Holiday Inn). 31, I-90, bear left, South on E. Genesee, (2.6 miles), left on Memorial Highway
$(b/14): $100-50, Class: $30. Reg.: 8:30-9:15, Rds.: 9:30-12-2:15-5:30. EF: $30. (2.3 miles), left Sherman, right into MVCC, IT Building. EF: $30. Prizes (b/20):
Ent: Joe Ball, 310 Helfer Lane, Mineola, NY 13116. $200, 125, 75, Class 100. Reg.: 8:30-9:15. Rds.: 9:30-12:00-2:15-5:30. Ent: Joe
Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Octember Open Ball, 310 Helfer Lane, Minoa, NY 13116. WCL JGP rds. 3-4.
See Grand Prix. Nov. 14-15, Marshall November Open
Nov. 1, The Chess Exchange Monthly Trophy Quads 4SS, 30/90, SD1. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10 St., NYC, 212-477-3716. EF: $45,
3-RR, G/30.The Chess Exchange: Chess & Games Club, 288Third Ave., Between Members $25. ($360 b/24) $120-70-50, U2000/unr $65, U1700 $55. Reg.: ends
Carroll and President, Brooklyn, 718-645-5896. EF: $15 $$: Trophies to top 2 11:50am. Rds.: 2 schedules: 2-day, rds 12:30-5:30 pm each day; 1-day, (rds
in each quad. Reg.: ends 10 minutes before rd. 1. Rds.: 3-4:15-5:30. 1-2 G/30), 10-11:15 am-12:30-5:30 pm Sun; both merge rd 3. Limit 2 byes,
request at entry. NO RE-ENTRY. May be limited to first 60 players. WCL JGP
Nov. 2-30, Marshall CC Under-1600 Monday Swiss
for rounds slower than G/60.
5SS, G/90. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20. $$300
b/20: $120-70-50, U1300 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45, Rds.: 7pm each Monday. Byes Nov. 17, St. Johns Masters at the Marshall Chess Club
ok, limit 2, request by rd. 3. WCL JGP. See Grand Prix.
Nov. 3, Marshall CC New York Experts Nov. 18-Dec. 16, Marshall CC Under-2000 Wednesday Swiss
Open to U2200 4SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10 St., NYC, 212-477-3716. EF: 5SS, 30/90, SD/60. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20.
$40, members $20. $$300 b/20: $120-70-50, U1800 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: $$300 b/20: $120-70-50, U1700 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45, Rds.: 7pm each Wednes-
7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. One bye available, request at entry. day. Byes ok, limit 2, request by round 3. WCL JGP.
Nov. 5, 4 Rated Games Tonight! Nov. 19, 10 Grand Prix Points Tonight!
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: See Grand Prix.
212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $30, Club membs $20, Nov. 21, Prove Your Point!
specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100- 3-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Chess Club, 23 W 10th St., NYC: 212-477-
50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 3716. EF $20. 3-0 wins $40, 2.5 wins $20, 2 wins $10. Reg ends 7:20 pm. Rds.
8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds. 7-8:15- 7:30-8:30-9:30.
9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under
10 min. before game. Nov. 21-22 or 22, 2nd Annual What-A-Turkey Open!
See Grand Prix.
Nov. 6-8 or 7-8, 14th annual Green Mountain Open & Vermont
Championship (VT) Nov. 27-29 or 28-29, 40th annual National Chess Congress (PA)
See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix.
Nov. 7-8, Fourth Marshall CC Amateur Team Championship! Nov. 28, Marshall CC Saturday G/60
4SS, G/120. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10 St., NYC, 212-477-3716. EF: $30 per player, 4SS, G/60. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. ($360 b/24)
Members $25. All, $5 less if played in any of the first three MCC AmateurTeam $120-70-50, 1700-1999/unr $60, U1700 $60. EF: $40, members $20. Reg.:
Championships. 2 player teams with ratings averaging under 2200. $$ (b/15 11:15-11:45. Rds.: 12-2:30-4:45-7. Note: Only one bye available, request at entry.
teams): 150-75, U1800 team $90, top scores bds. 1 &2 $90 each. Reg. ends Nov. 29, Grandmaster Challenge (QC)
15 min. before game. Rds.: 12-5:00 pm each day; Limit 1 team bye, request See Grand Prix.
with entry. Replacement player must have same or lower rating, must play same
board. WCL JGP. Dec. 1, Marshall CC New York Experts
Open to U2200. 4SS, G/30. Marshall CC, 23 W. 10 St., NYC, 212-477-3716. EF:
Nov. 12, 4 Rated Games Tonight! $40, members $20. $$300 b/20: $120-70-50, U1800 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.:
4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC: 7-8:15-9:30-10:45pm. One bye available, request at entry.
212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $30, Club membs $20,
specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100- Dec. 3, 4 Rated Games Tonight!
50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC:
8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds. 7-8:15- 212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $30, Club membs $20,
9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100-
10 min. before game. 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-
Nov. 13-15, 8th Annual Turkey Bowl (FL) 9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under
See Grand Prix. 10 min. before game.
A State Championship Event! Dec. 3-17, Marshall CC Thursday Slow Quads
Nov. 14, 2009 New York State Action Chess Championship 3RR, 30/90, SD/1. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $25, members $15.
Quality Inn and Suites, 611 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham (Northway Exit 6). $50 1st in each quad. Reg.: 6:15-6:45. Rds.: 7pm eachThursday. No byes avail-
G/30, 4-SS in two sections: Open and Scholastic in combination with the 2009 able, do not enter unless able to play all three rounds.
New York State Quick Chess Championship. NYSCA membership required.
Dec. 4-6 or 5-6, Jerry Simon Memorial Marshall CC Amateur Cham-
pionship
5SS, 30/90, SD/60, open to U2200/unr. Marshall CC, 23 W 10th St., NYC. 212-
477-3716. EF: $35, members $20. ($$400 b/24): 150-100-50, U2000 $51,
PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS U1800 $49. Top 10 finishers (plus ties) with plus scores will be eligible to pay
for and enter the Marshall CC Championship on December 11 (otherwise,
HEALTH AND BENEFITS FUND 2200 rating reqd). Reg.: 6:15-6:45pm. 2 options: 3-day, rds 7pm Fri., 12n,
5:30pm Sat., 12n, 5:30pm Sun; 2-day (rd. 1 G/45), Reg.: 9:15-9:45am, Rd. 1
Many Grand Prix tournament organizers 10am Saturday, merge rd. 2. One bye avail, request by rd. 3. No reentries. WCL
JGP.
will contribute $1 per player to the Pro-
Dec. 6, The Chess Exchange Monthly Trophy Quads
fessional Health & Benefits Fund. All 3-RR, G/30.The Chess Exchange: Chess & Games Club, 288Third Ave., Between
Grand Prix tournaments which partici- Carroll and President, Brooklyn, 718-645-5896. EF: $15 $$: Trophies to top 2
pate in this program are entitled to be in each quad. Reg.: ends 10 minutes before rd. 1. Rds.: 3-4:15-5:30.
promoted to the next higher Grand Prix Dec. 7-Jan. 4, 2010 Marshall CC Under-1600 Monday Swiss
categoryfor example, a six-point tourna- 5SS, G/90. 23 W. 10th St., NYC. 212-477-3716. EF: $40, members $20. $$300
b/20: $120-70-50, U1300 $60. Reg.: 6:15-6:45, Rds.: 7pm each Monday. Byes
ment would become a 10-point ok, limit 2, request by rd. 3. WCL JGP.
tournament. Points in the top category Dec. 10, 4 Rated Games Tonight!
are promoted 50%. 4-SS, G/30. Chess Center at Marshall Club, 23 W 10th St., bet 5-6 Ave., NYC:
212-477-3716. May be limited to 1st 36 entries. EF $30, Club membs $20,

specified Greater NY Scholastic prizewinners free. $$ (480 b/32 paid): 150-100- Oct. 17-18, Ohio Class Championships Campus, Mulford Library Basement Caf, 3000 Arlington Ave., Toledo, Ohio
50, Top U2200/unr $95, U2000 $85. Limit 2 byes (1 bye if U2000), commit by 5 Rounds, G/75, td/5 Rds. 1 & 2; 40/2, SD/1, td/5 Rds. 3, 4, & 5. PLAY FOR 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by 11/12 $25 at site.
8:15. Re-entry $15, counts half. Reg. ends 10 min. before game. Rds. 7-8:15- PRIDE! Saturday schedule: 11am, 2:00pm, 5:30pm. Sunday schedule: 9am, Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 b/20, $100-50, 1st Class
9:30-10:45 pm. Phone entry often impossible! $5 extra if entering under 3:15pm. Reg.: Fri. Oct 16 from 6:30pm to 12:30am and Sat. 9:30am to 10:30am. A,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck
10 min. before game. Categories Expert: 2000-2199, Category A: 1800-1999, Category B: 1600- Rd., Maumee OH 43537. 419-367-9450. WCL JGP.
Dec. 11-13, 19-20, Edward Lasker Memorial and 93rd Annual Mar- 1799, Category C: 1400-1599, Category D: 1200-1399, and Category E/F/& Nov. 15, Beachwood November Scholastic
shall Chess Club Championship. below U1200. USCF Oct ratings used - may play up only 1 category. EF: $15 4SS, G/30. Beachwood Community Center, 25325 Fairmount Blvd., Beach-
See Grand Prix. advance, $25 after 10 Oct 09. Plaques awarded for 1st 2nd, and 3rd. OCA mem- wood, OH, 44122, 5 minutes west off I-271. EF: Free to Beachwood Chess Club
bership required for all players ($15/$10 adult/scholastic. Site/Mail EFs students, others $20 at site. Sections: Championship, U 1000, U 600. Prizes:
Dec. 26-28 or 27-28, 5th annual Empire State Open to: Dayton Chess Club, 18 West 5th St., Dayton, Ohio 45402. Go to
See Grand Prix. Trophies to all scoring 3 points or higher, participation awards. Reg.: 12:00-
www.DaytonChessClub.com or call 937.461.6283 for more information. WCL 12:45 PM. Rds.: 1:00 & ASAP. Info: Mike Joelson, [email protected],
Mar. 31-Apr. 4, Apr. 1-4, 2-4 or 3-4, Philadelphia Open (PA) JGP. 216-321-7000, www.progresswithchess.org.
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 23-25 or 24-25, Cleveland Open Nov. 21-22, 4th Annual Early Turkey Open
See Grand Prix.
North Carolina 5SS, Time Controls: Rds. 1 & 2 are G/75, td/5, then Rds. 3, 4, 5 are
Game/2hr30min, td/5. $650 b/32 paid entries, re-entries $15 count as 1/2
Oct. 24, CWRU Fall Classic
Oct. 30-Nov. 1, or Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2009 North Carolina Open Cham- 4SS, G/45. Nord Hall, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106. Located on entry. Prizes: OPEN: $225-125. U1800: $200-100. USCF Rated. One bye per-
pionship south side of Euclid, behind street level buildings. Free parking off westbound mitted sign up by end of round 1. Reg.: Sat: 9:00-10:30 am. Rds.: Sat
See Grand Prix. MLK, go upstairs to site. EF: $25 at site. Sections: Open, U1600. Prizes (b/30): 11-2-5:30, Sun 9:30-3:00. Sections: OPEN and U1800. EF: $25/$35 adv/after
Dec. 5, QCCA Winter Scholastic A Queen City Chess Association Open, 1st 200, 2nd 100, U1900 100. U1600, 1st 100. Reg.: 9-9:45 AM. Rds.: 11/19. DCC mbr disc. $3. EF refunded to 2200 and up if they complete the sched-
Sponsored Event! 10:00, 12:15, 2:15, 4:00. Info: Mike Joelson, [email protected], 216-321- ule. Site/Mail EFs to: Dayton Chess Club, 18 West 5th St., Dayton, OH 45402.
4-SS, G/45. University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), 9201 University 7000, www.progresswithchess.org. Go to www.daytonchessclubcom or call 937.461.6283 for more information. WCL
City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC. Two Sections: K-4 and K-12.Trophies to 1st-5th JGP.
Oct. 25, Trick-or-Treat Mini-Swiss
place and medals 6-10th place in each section. EF: $10 if postmarked by 3SS, 30/60, 30/30, 30/30. Hamilton Williams Campus Center, Benes Room, Ohio Nov. 28, Tryptophan Open, Reynoldsburg
11/25. $15 later and on site. Registration onsite 8-9AM only! Schedule: Wesleyan University, Delaware. $$75 b/8: $50-25. Sections of 8-10 by rating. 4-SS, G/75. New Song Comm Church, 13873 National Rd., Reynoldsburg, OH
Rounds at 9:30-Noon-2-4. Entries: Send to: Fabio Hurtado, 2269 Elendil Lane, EF: $12 if recd by 10/23, $15 at site. Reg.: 9:30-10:15. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 4:30. 43068. EF: $25 by 11/27, then $30. 3 Sections: Open, Select/U1700,
Charlotte, NC 28269. Make checks to QCCA. Info: www.queencitychess.com Ent:Tom Wolber, 272 Hearthstone Dr., Delaware, OH 43015. 740-368-3681, 363- Reserve/U1400. Prizes: $870 b/40: Open 160-120 U1850 100; Select 120-80
for registration form and more details. 9612, [email protected]. NS, NC, W. U1550 50; Reserve 100-60 U1250 50; best chess apparel $30. Reg.: 8:30-9:30,
Rds.: 10-1-3:45-6:45. Info: www.neilley.com/chess, [email protected]. WCL
Dec. 5-6, Greater Charlotte Championship - A Queen City Chess Oct. 31, House of Chess Halloween Open JGP.
Association Sponsored Event! 4SS, G/45. House of Chess, Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, OH (W of JC
See Grand Prix. Penny). Sections: Open, U1600. Reg.: 11-11:25 AM. Rds.: 11:30-1:15-3:30- Dec. 5, CWRU Winter Open
5:15. Prizes (b/25): Open: 1st $200, 2nd $100; U1900 1st $100; Reserve 4SS, G/45. Nord Hall, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106. Located on
Ohio (U1600): 1st $100, $10 gift certificate for best costume. Ent: $25, Club mem- south side of Euclid, behind street level buildings. Free parking off westbound
bers $20. Info & entries: House of Chess, Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, MLK, go upstairs to site. EF: $25 at site. Sections: Open, U1600. Prizes (b/30):
Oct. 10, Third Annual Cincinnati Scholastic Chess Series 2009-2010 Open, 1st 200, 2nd 100, U1900 100. U1600, 1st 100. Reg.: 9-9:45 AM. Rds.:
4SS, G/30, in 4 sections: K-3, 4-6, 7&8, 9-12. EF: Onsite $20, advance/multiple OH 44070. Phone: (440) 979-1133 E-mail: [email protected]. Web
www.thehouseofchess.com/. 10:00, 12:15, 2:15, 4:00. Info: Mike Joelson, [email protected], 216-321-
entry discounts available. (No refunds of entry fees paid in advance, but play- 7000, www.progresswithchess.org.
ers may switch dates if desired.) Reg.: 8:00-8:30 am, Rd 1 9:00 am. 6 Nov. 7, Parma Novemberfest
tournaments in series: Oct 10, Seven Hills Upper School, 5400 Red Bank Road, 4SS, G/45. German Central Organization, 7863 York Rd., (1/4 mi. N of Sprague), Dec. 12, Toledo Dec Swiss
Cincinnati, OH 45227 Nov 7, Highlands Middle School, 2350 Memorial Park- Parma, OH. Sections: Open, U2000, U1600. Reg.: 8-9AM. Rds.: 9:30-11:15- Open, 4SS, Rnd. 1 G/75, Rnds. 2-4 G/90. The University of Toledo Health Sci-
way, Ft.Thomas, KY 41075 Dec 5, Lakota East High School, 6840 Lakota Lane, 1:30-3:15. Prizes (b/60): Open 1st $180, 2nd $100; U2000 1st $160, 2nd ence Campus, Mulford Library Basement Caf, 3000 Arlington Ave.,Toledo, Ohio
Liberty Township, OH 45044 Jan 9, Sycamore Junior High School, 5757 $90; U1600 1st $140, 2nd $80; U1200 1st $50; Ent: $20 by Nov. 3, $25 at door. 43614. Can split into 2 sections if enough players. EF: $20 by 12/10 $25 at site.
Cooper Road, Montgomery, OH 45242 Feb 6, St. Ursula Academy, 1339 E. Info & entries: William Wright, 19121 Wheelers Lane, Strongsville, OH 44149. Reg.: 9-10 a.m., Rds.: 10, 1, 4, & 7. Prizes: $360 b/20, $100-50, 1st Class A
Mcmillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206 Mar 6, Sycamore High School, 7400 Phone: (440) 572-9565. E-mail: [email protected]. Web www.parmachess ,B,C,D/Under $40, 1st U1600 $50. Ent: James Jagodzinski, 7031 Willowyck Rd.,
Cornell Road, Montgomery, OH 45242. Medals for top 3 in each section at each club.org/. Maumee, OH 43537. 419-367-9450. WCL JGP.
tournament; individual (top 3) and team trophies by section, plus individual plus Dec. 20, Beachwood December Scholastic
Nov. 13-15 or 14-15, 18th Annual Kings Island Open
score medals for entire series based on best five scores from six tournaments. 4SS, G/30. Beachwood Community Center, 25325 Fairmount Blvd., Beach-
See Grand Prix.
Complete information and registration form at www.chessinnati.com. Info: Doug wood, OH, 44122, 5 minutes west off I-271. EF: Free to Beachwood Chess Club
Dysart, 513-484-3768, [email protected], or Alan Hodge, 513-697- Nov. 14, Toledo Nov Swiss students, others $20 at site. Sections: Championship, U 1000, U 600. Prizes:
0763, [email protected]. Open, 4SS, Rnd 1 G/75, Rnds 2-4 G/90.The University ofToledo Health Science Trophies to all scoring 3 points or higher, participation awards. Reg.: 12:00-

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12:45 PM. Rds.: 1:00 & ASAP. Info: Mike Joelson, [email protected], 216- Oct. 17, 2nd Annual David Elliott Memorial 3 sections: Open 3SS G/60, Rds.: 10-12:30-3; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, top under 1200,
321-7000, www.progresswithchess.org. 5-SS, G/30. St. Lukes Ev. Luth. Church, 417 N. 7th St., Allentown, PA 18102. top unrated; U1100 -1st, 2nd, 3rd, top under 800, top unrated & U750K-6 - 1st,
$$500 Gtd. $$150 (plus trophy)-80-70, top 1600-1899/unrated $100, top 2nd, 3rd, top under 600, top under 400, top unrated 4SS, G/40. Rds: 10, 11:45,
Oklahoma U1600 $100. EF: $25 No advance entries. Half-point byes: Limit 1 (must be 2, 3:45. 1st & 2nd school & club trophies. All Reg. ends 9:30am. Free parking
requested at registration). Reg.: 9-10. Rds.: 10-11-1:30-3-4:30 (note long on site! Ent: MasterMinds CC 36 E. Hortter St., Philadelphia, PA 19119. Checks
Oct. 10, 2nd Ada Open made payable to MasterMinds CC Info: Bradley Crable, 215-844-3881,
lunch break). If tie for first place trophy blitz play-off 6 PM. Info: Eric C. John-
4-SS, G/60+15. (dual rated) 1st Presbyterian Church, (580) 332-3073, WFC [email protected], or www.mastermindschess.org.
son (610) 433-6518 or www.freewebs.com/allentowncentercitychessclub. No
Center, 301 E. Kings Road, Ada 74820. $$100 1st, other $$ per entries. Reg.:
smoking.
9-9:45am. RDS.: 10-12:30-3-5:30. EF: $20. OCF req $10. Brasket-Swiss Nov. 8, PCL November Quick Quads (QC)
pairings: Top half of the beginning X-table awarded half pt. LS, W. Ent: Frank Oct. 17, 2009 Lehigh Valley LVCA Oct Championship 3RR, G/15. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 5th Ave & Bigelow, Pittsburgh,
Berry, 402 S. Willis St., Stillwater, OK 74074. [email protected] (Go east on See Grand Prix. PA 15213. EF: $10, $7 juniors. $20 to 1st/quad. Reg.: 11-11:15am. Rds.:
Main Street to downtown Ada and turn right (South) on Broadway. Continue Oct. 17, Dillsburg Open 11:30am-Noon-12:30pm. Info: [email protected], 412-908-0286.
South on Broadway - about a mile - until you come to the top of a hill, which 3SS, Open G/80. Calvary United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 203 W.
is a four way stop.Turn left (East) on Kings Road. In one block Kings Road dead- Mumper Lane, Dillsburg, PA 17019. Reg.: 8:30am-9:00am. EF: $20 if postmarked Nov. 21, 2009 Thanksgiving LVCA Grand Prix
ends at the Presbyterian church. The second church bldg, behind the first, is by OCT 8, $25 later. PSCF www.pscfchess.org/ required $5, OSA. Open Prizes: See Grand Prix.
the WFC.) WCL JGP. $100-$50, based on 18 entries. Additional Class Prizes based on entries,
at least $40 + $20 in chess merchandise in each class or combined class with Nov. 21-22, 2009 Delaware State Open Championship (DE)
Oct. 24, Bville Quick Chess Marathon (QC) See Delaware.
8 SS, G/25. Best Western Weston Inn, 222 S.W. Washington Blvd., Bartlesville, 4 participants. Door prize drawings for merchandise before round 3. FREE Lunch,
OK 74006, (918) 335-7755. Reg.: 8:30-9:30am. Rds.: 10, 11, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. No snacks & beverages provided. Rds.: 9:30am, 1:00pm, 4:00pm. Directions & A State Championship Event!
cash prizes. EF: $10, OCF $10. Brasket variation in Swiss pairings will be Entrees: [email protected]. 717-580-7492. Mail Entries & Make Cks. Nov. 21-22, 2009 PA State Junior Championships
used. Payable to: Sam Lamonto, 1408 Walnut St., Camp Hill, PA, 17011-3966. 5SS. 53 Trophies! (49 Individual, 4 Team). Wm Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh,
Oct. 23-25 or 24-25, Cleveland Open (OH) 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. 7 sections: 2-day (Sat & Sun): Ages 16
Nov. 21-22, Get Your FIDE rating - Open
See Grand Prix. See Grand Prix. to 20 Open, Ages 13 to 15 Open, Ages 9 to 12 Open. EF: $18 by 11/13, $28 later.
TL: G/90. Reg ends 9:30. Rds.: 10-1:30-5, 11-2:30. 1-day (Sun only): Ages 8
Nov. 27-29, 1st Thanksgiving FIDE Open Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2009 PA State Championship
See Grand Prix. & Under Open, Ages 9-20 U900, Ages 9-20 U600, Ages 8 & Under U600. EF:
See Grand Prix. $15 by 11/13, $25 later.TL: G/40. Reg ends 10:30. Rds.: 11-12:30-2-3:30-5. All:
A State Championship Event! Trophies 1st-7th, additional medallions, teams of 4 to 7 combined from all sec-
Pennsylvania Nov. 1, 2009 PA State Championship Scholastics tions, Trophies 1st-2nd schools, clubs. PSCF required $5, OSA. Info:
5SS, G/40. Wm Pitt Union, Univ. of Pitt., 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. 412-908-0286, [email protected] Ent: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak,
Every 2nd Saturday. Allentown 2nd Saturday Quads 3 Sections: Premier: U1100 & unr. in grades 9-12. Reserve: U900 & unr. in
3RR, G/40. St. Lukes Ev. Luth. Church, 417 N. 7th St., 25 Freeport St., Pittsburgh, PA 15223. W. WCL JGP.
grades 6-8. Booster: U700 & unr. in grades K-5. All: Trophies to top 7 in each
Allentown, PA 18102. Quads open to all. EF: $12. section.Teams of 4 to 7 players from all scholastic and adult sections: Trophies A State Championship Event!
$$24/quad. Reg.: 12-1, Rds.: 1:15-2:45-4:15. No adv. to top 3 schools & top 3 clubs. EF: $15 by 10/23, $25 later. PSCF reqd, OSA. Nov. 21-22, 2009 Welsh S. White PA State Senior Championship
ent. Info: 610-433-6518. Other rated events every week! Reg.: ends 9:30 am. Rds.: 10-Noon-1:30-3-5. Info: 412-908-0286, marti- 5SS, G/120. Wm Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 5th & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA
North Penn Chess Club [email protected]. Ent: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport St., 15213. Open to ages 50 & Up. $$ (420G): 120-80, Ages 65 & Up $70, U1800
Main & Richardson, Lansdale, PA. See www.npchess Pittsburgh, PA 15223. W. $60, U1600 $50, U1400 $40.Trophies to Champion &Top Ages 65 & Up. EF: $30
club.org for schedules & info or call 215-699-8418. Nov. 7, Gary Bates Memorial Quads by 11/13, $40 later, PSCF required $5, OSA. Reg.: 9-9:30. Rds.: 10-2:30-7, 10-
3RR, Gm/90. Embury United Methodist Church, 942 S. Main Ave., Scranton, PA. 2:30. Info: 412-908-0286. Ent: PSCF, c/o Tom Martinak, 25 Freeport St.,
Every 1st Saturday Lehigh Valley Super Quads Pittsburgh, PA 15223-2245. W.
3-RR. St James Church, 11th & Tilghman Sts., Allentown, PA 18102. EF: $10. EF: $25, $$60 1st ea sect., $75 for 3-0 score. Reg.: 8:30-9:45:am. Rds.:10,
$30 Perfect Score, else $25 1st. Reg.: 12:30-1:15. Rds.: 1:30-3-4:30. Info: 610- 1:30,& 5. Entries/Info: Bernie Sporko: 127 S. Main St., Carbondale, PA 18407, Nov. 27, Rated Beginners Open (RBO)
821-4320, [email protected], www.lehighvalleychess.org/. 570-604-2461, [email protected]. 5SS, G/30, open to under 900 or unrated. Sheraton Philadelphia City Center
Nov. 7, W.Chester 1st Sat. Quads Hotel (see National Chess Congress). EF: $20. Special 1 year USCF dues if
Every Friday Night Early/Late USCF Rated 5-minute Blitz (QC)
Our 20th Year! 3RR, 40/80,sd/30. United Methodist Church, 129 S. High St. West paid with EF, including paper magazine: Adult $30, Senior $25, Young Adult $20,
8SS, G/5. St.Timothys Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown, PA 18104. EF: $5 CASH
ONLY AT SITE. Prize: 50% of Paid Entries. 1st-70%, 2nd-30% AND Top U1700- Chester, PA. EF: $20; every tenth quad free $$40, $50 for 3-0, $5 for 3rd rd win Scholastic $15. Prizes $100-50-30-20. Reg. 12:30-1:30 pm, rds. 2:00, 3:30, 5:00,
$7 based on 12 or more players + FREE Coffee For All Entrants. FREE ENTRY if not 3-0. Reg.: 9am; Rds.: 9:30,1,4:30. Info: Jim White 484-678-3164. 7:00, 8:30. Unofficial uschess.org ratings based on 4 or more games used if
TO UNRATEDS, with paid one year USCF Membership. Event 1-Reg.: 6:30- Nov. 14, MasterMinds CC Swiss/Open Quads otherwise unrated. Half point bye available rd 1. Ent: at site only, no checks,
7:00pm. Rds.: 7-7:15-7:30-7:45-8-8:15-8:30-8:45pm. Event 2-Reg.: 8:45-9:00pm. Blair Christian Academy, 220 W. Upsal St., Philadelphia, PA. 2 events. Quads: credit cards OK. Questions: chesstour.com, 845-496-9658.
Rds.: 9-9:10-9:25-9:35-9:55-10:15-10:25-10:35pm. Ent/Info: Bruce Davis, 3RR, 40/80, SD/30. EF: $20, Perfect score winner $60 else $50. Rds.: 10-2-5. Nov. 27-29 or 28-29, 40th annual National Chess Congress
610-821-4320 or [email protected] or www.lehighvalleychess.org/. Scholastic Swiss: EF $15, ASAP $5 recd by Thursday before, $25 at the door. See Grand Prix.
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Nov. 29, National Chess Congress Blitz (QC)
See Grand Prix. Virginia A $90. B $80, C $70, D $60, U1200 $50, Unr $40. Rds.: 11, 3, 7:30: 10:15, 3.
Dec. 12-13, Delaware Valley Open Championship Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Arlington Chess Club Friday Night USCF Rat- Reg.: 10:15-10:45. Entries: Guy Hoffman, PO Box 259822, Madison, WI 53725.
See Grand Prix. ing Ladder Info: 608-262-0308 (11am-6pm) [email protected]. A WCA Tour
30/90 SD/1. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington Blvd., event. NS NC. WCL JGP.
Dec. 13, PCL December Quick Quads (QC) Arlington, VA 22203. Player with most monthly points - $50 and most total points
3RR, G/15. Wm. Pitt Union, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 5th Ave. & Bigelow, Pittsburgh, A State Championship Event!
March - December wins $100. Must Join Club to play ($50 Adult, $40 U18) check
PA 15213. EF: $10, $7 Jrs. $20 to 1st/quad. Reg.: 11-11:15am, Rds.: 11:30am- Nov. 7-8, 2009-2010 Wisconsin Junior Open
web to make sure we are open each week - members.cox.net/arlingtonchess
Noon-12:30pm. Info: [email protected], 412-908-0286. W. Gruenhagen Conference Center, UW-Oshkosh, Corner of High and Osceola St.,
club/ladder.htm. Ladder has been running for over 45 years, now win money
Oshkosh, WI 54901. Open to youth born after 11/7/1988. In 4 Sections, Open
Jan. 15-18, 16-18 or 17-18, 42nd annual Liberty Bell Open too! Contact: Adam Chrisney for info: [email protected] No advance
Section: 5SS, G/120, EF: $15 in advance by 11/3; $20 at site. Prizes: Top 5,
See Grand Prix. entries, sign up for ladder weekly by 8pm, games start 8:15pm. Future monthly
Top 3 each 1300, 1200 and 1100,Top 4 Under 1100 andTop 3 Unrated. Reserve
events will appear a month in advance here. WCL JGP.
Mar. 31-Apr. 4, Apr. 1-4, 2-4 or 3-4, Philadelphia Open (Under 1100 or Unrated): 5SS, G/120, EF: $14 in advance by 11/3; $19 at site.
See Grand Prix. Oct. 24-25, 25th Emporia Open Prizes:Top 5,Top 3 each 900, 800, 700, Under 700 and top four Unrated. Non-
See Grand Prix. Rated Beginners Grade 7-12: 5SS, G/120, Open to Grades 7-12. EF: $11in
Rhode Island Nov. 6, 13, 20, Arlington Chess Club Friday Night USCF Rating Lad- advance by 11/3; $16 at site. Prizes:Top 5 places,Top 3 Grade 7-9. Non-Rated
Cranston-Warwick CC Monthly der Beginners Grade K-6: 5SS, G/120, Open to Grades K-6. EF: $10 in advance
Every Tuesday. 4SS, 40/75, SD/30. Garden City Center, Cranston. EF: $3/game 30/90 SD/1. Arlington Forest United Methodist Church, 4701 Arlington Blvd., by 11/3; $15 at site. Prizes: Top 5 places, Top 3 Grade K-3. ALL: Reg.: 11/7,
(club mbrs: $2/game). Reg.: 6:30-6:50pm; email preferred. Rds.: 1st 4 Tues- Arlington, VA 22203. Player with most monthly points - $50 and most total points 8:45-9:30 A.M. Rds.: 10:15-2:30-7:15; 10:00-3:00. ENT: Mike Nietman, 2 Boca
days of the month, 7pm sharp! 5thTuesday extra rated games and events. One March - December wins $100. Must Join Club to play ($50 Adult, $40 U18) check Grande Way, Madison, WI 53719. INFO: Mike Nietman, 608-467-8510 (before
bye rd 1-3; if notified in advance. Prizes based on entries. Info: web to make sure we are open each week - members.cox.net/arlingtonchess 11/6) [email protected]. HR: 920-424-1106 $35 double (dorm room)
www.cranstonchess.org, 401-575-1520. WCL JGP. club/ladder.htm. Ladder has been running for over 45 years, now win money (Mention Chess). www.wischess.org. NS NC W. WCL JGP.
too! Contact: Adam Chrisney for info: [email protected] No advance Nov. 7-8, WCA Veterans Tournament
Every Thursday Blackstone Chess Thursday Swiss
entries, sign up for ladder weekly by 8pm, games start 8:15pm. Future monthly 5SS, G/120, Gruenhagen Conference Center, UW-Oshkosh, Corner of High
3SS, G/90-10s. Blackstone Chess Center, 250 Main St., Pawtucket. EF: $15, mem-
events will appear a month in advance here. WCL JGP. and Osceola St., Oshkosh, WI 54901. Open to Age 21 and over. EF: $20 by 11/3;
bers $12, IM/GM free. Side games $5. Reg.: 7-7:30pm. Starts 1st or 2nd
Thursday each month. Side events otherThursdays. One bye rd 1-2. Prizes based Nov. 7-8, 14th Annual Northern Virginia Open $25 at site. $$b/40 and 3 per class: $150-100. A - $80; B - $70; C - $60; D -
on entries. Info: blackstonechess.com, 1.877.747.6464. See Grand Prix. $50; E/Unr - $40. Reg.: 11/7 8:45-9:30 A.M. Rds.: 10:15-2:30-7:15; 10:00-3:00.
Held in conjunction with the WI Junior Open but in a separate room. ENT: Mike
Oct. 17, Max Malyuta Memorial Nov. 14, Kingstowne Quad #60/Action-Plus #32 Nietman, 2 Boca Grande Way, Madison, WI 53719. INFO: Mike Nietman, 608-
4SS, G/60. Blackstone Chess Academy, 250 Main St. Suite B3, Pawtucket, RI Kingstowne Thompson Center, 6090 Kingstowne Village Pkwy., Alexandria, VA 467-8510 (evenings before 11/6) [email protected]. HR: 920-424-1106
02860. Sections & Prizes: $600 b/60: OPEN, U2000, U1600 EF: $25 advance 22315. 2 Events. Quad #60: 3RR G/100. EF: $10 if received by 11/11, $15 at $35 (dorm room) (Mention Chess). www.wischess.org. NS NC W.
by 10/16, $30 at site. All proceeds donated to top RI High School boy & girl to site. Prizes: Medals to 1st and 2nd in each quad: gold to 1st if 3-0 score, else
play in nationals. Reg.: 9-9:30. Rd. 1 at 9:30. Entries after 9:30 get 1/2 point silver; bronze to 2nd. Rds.: 11-3-7. Action-Plus #32: 5SS G/45. EF: $15 if A Heritage Event!
bye. Ent: RI Chess, P.O. Box 15444, Riverside, RI 02915. NO EMAIL entries. Reg. received by 11/11, $20 at site. Prizes $$250 b/20: $100-60, U1800-U1400- Nov. 27-29, 51st North Central Open/William Martz Memorial
online: www.rhodeislandchess.org. Site Directions: www.blackstonechess.com, Unr. each $30. Rds.: 11-1-3-5-7. Both: Reg. 10-10:45. Ent (checks payable to): Radisson Hotel, N14 W24140Tower Place, Pewaukee, WI 53072. (262) 506-6300,
More info: (401) 398-7269. Don W. Millican, 5901B Prince George Dr., Springfield, VA 22152. e-mail (info $79/night. EF: $40 if received by 11-25, $45 after 11-25. $3 discount for jun-
only): [email protected]. W. iors and new members. TC: 45/120, SD/1. Round 5 G/120. On site registration:
South Carolina Nov. 21, Thanksgiving Grand Prix
from 9:30am-11am. Rounds: 11/27-28,12pm&6pm. 11/29 10am&3pm. Prizes
(B/50): 1st $200, 2nd $150, A $100, B $95, C $90, D$85, E $80, U1000 $75, upset
Oct. 16-18 or 17-18, 70th S.C. Championships See Grand Prix. $45. Half point byes available, two at most.comp entry to masters. Entries to:
See Grand Prix. Dec. 5-6, 2009 Arlington Chess Club Championship (WCA), P.O. Box 259822, Madison, WI 53725. www.wischess.org. Questions:
See Grand Prix. Ask for Guy (608)262-0308 between 11am-6pm, mailto:Schachfuhrer@ hot-
Tennessee Jan. 15-18, 16-18 or 17-18, 42nd annual Liberty Bell Open (PA) mail.com. WCL JGP.
Oct. 17, Heart of Tennessee Open See Grand Prix.
See Grand Prix.
Oct. 24, Memphis October Chess Festival Washington
4SS, G/60. EF: $20 (MCC members $15), $200 in prizes guaranteed! 1st $150, Jan. 15-18, 16-18 or 17-18, Golden State Open (CA-N)
top U1600: $50. Site: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) See Grand Prix.
Local 474, 1870 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104. Registration (10/24):
8-9:30am. Rounds: 10-1-3-5. Entries: Memphis Chess Club Inc., PO Box
17864, Memphis, TN 38187-0864. www.memphischess.com, gpylant@gmail.
Wisconsin
com. Oct. 17, Hales Corners Challenge X
See Grand Prix.
A Heritage Event!
Nov. 28, 49th Mid-South Open Oct. 24-25, Greg Knutson Memorial
4SS, G/60. Two Sections: Open and Under 1200, Open: EF: $15 by 11/21, $20 5SS, G/120. Red Gym 716 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706. EF: $16 if received
at door, $200 in prizes guaranteed! 1st $150, top U1600: $50. Under 1200: EF:
$10 by 11/21, $15 at door,Trophies to top 6. Site: Hampton Inn, 962 South Shady
Grove Rd., Memphis,TN 38120. Hotel reservations: (901) 762-0056. Registra- Tournament Life Abbreviations & Terms
tion (11/28): 8-9:30am. Rounds: 10-1-3-5. Entries: Memphis Chess Club
Inc., PO Box 17864, Memphis, TN 38187-0864. www.memphischess.com, gpy- All tournaments are non-smoking with no computers OSA: Other states accepted. Refers to state dues.
[email protected]. allowed unless otherwise advertised by S and/or C PPHBF: Professional Players Health and Benefits
Texas (see below for explanations). Fund.
Oct. 9-11, Lone Star Open QC: Quick Chess events. Quad: 4-player round robin sections; similar strength
See Grand Prix. $$Gtd: Guaranteed prizes. players.
Oct. 24-25, Octoberfest
Hornbeak Bldg, 2nd floor, 4450 Medical Dr., San Antonio, TX. 4SS, 30/90,
$$b/x: Based-on prizes, x = number of entries needed RBO: Rated Beginners Open.
SD/60. Fundraiser to benefit five area school clubs, to be announced in Jan. to pay full prize fund. At least 50% of the advertised prize Rds: Rounds; scheduled game times follow. For exam-
2010. $$1,100 b/40, 2 sections. Open: $250-150, U2100 $100, U1900 $100. fund of $501 or more must be awarded. ple, 11-5, 9-3 means games begin 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. on
Reserve (U1800): $150-100, U1700 $100, U1500 $75, U1300/unr. $75. Unr. may
play for top Open prizes or U1300/unr. only. EF: $30 if recd by 10/22, $35 at
Bye: Indicates which rounds players who find it incon- the first day, 9 a.m. & 3 p.m. on the second day.
site. Junior (18/under) or Senior (65+) entry (count 2/3 toward based-on): venient to play may take -point byes instead. For Reg: Registration at site.
$20 by 10/22, $25 at site. Reg.: 11 am.-12:30 p.m. Rds.: 1-6, 10-3. Half-pt. bye example, Bye 1-3 means -point byes are available in
any one rd., notice before rd. 2. Entries: SACC, POB 501, Helotes, TX 78023. Rounds 1 through 3. RR: Round robin (preceded by number of rounds).
Donations payable to SACC with Chess Sponsors Award in memo blank. Info:
www.sanantoniochess.com, 210-695-2324. NS. NC. W. WCL JGP. C: Computers allowed. S: Smoking allowed.
Nov. 28-29, San Antonio Turkey Shoot CC: Chess club. SASE: For more info, send self-addressed stamped
Hornbeak Bldg, 2nd floor, 4450 Medical Dr., San Antonio, TX. 7SS, G/60. envelope.
$$1,100 b/40: $250-150; A, B, U1600, U1400/unr. ea. $100-$75. EF: $30 if recd
EF: Entry fee.
SD/: Sudden-death time control (time for rest of game
by 11/25, $35 at site. Junior (18/under) or Senior (65+) entry (count 2/3 toward Enhanced Grand Prix points (see previous page). follows). For example, 30/90, SD/1 means each player
based-on): $20 by 11/25, $25 at site. Reg.: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Rds.: 11-1:30-4-
7, 10-12:30-3. Half-pt. bye any 2 rds. (except BOTH 6 & 7), notice before rd. Ent: Where to mail entries. must make 30 moves in 90 minutes, then complete the
2. Entries: SACC, POB 501, Helotes,TX 78023. Info: www.sanantoniochess.com, FIDE: Results submitted to FIDE for possible rating. rest of the game in an hour.
210-695-2324. NS. NC. W.
G/: Game in. For instance, G/75 means each side has Section: A division of a tournament, usually excluding
Dec. 11-13, 2009 National Scholastic K-12 Championship players above a specified rating. Players in a section face
See Nationals. 75 minutes for the entire game.
only each other, not those in other sections.
Jan. 15-18, 16-18 or 17-18, Golden State Open (CA-N) GPP: Grand Prix Points available.
See Grand Prix. SS: Swiss-System pairings (preceded by number of
HR: Hotel rates. For example, 60-65-70-75 means $60 rounds).
Utah single, $65 twin, $70/3 in room, $75/4 in room.
T/Dx: Time delay, x = number of seconds.
Oct. 23-24, Utah Open Championship JGP: Junior Grand Prix.
See Grand Prix. Unr: Unrated.
Memb. reqd: Membership required; cost follows.
Jan. 15-18, 16-18 or 17-18, Golden State Open (CA-N)
Usually refers to state affiliate. USEF: Combined entry fee & USCF dues.
See Grand Prix.
Open: A section open to all. Often has very strong W: Site is accessible to wheelchairs.
Vermont players, but some eligible for lower sections can play WEB: Tournaments that will use a players on-line rat-
Nov. 6-8 or 7-8, 14th annual Green Mountain Open & Vermont for the learning experience. ing.
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Solutions
Chess to Enjoy 2. C. Koltanowski-Duchamp, Paris 1929. wins.

Problem I. A. White resigned after 1. Nxf8?? Bd4+ because of 4. Nf3 Rd5 5. Ba4 Rd6+ 6. Kc5 b6+ 7. Kc4 b5+ 8.
1. ... Re2! mates (2. Rxe2 Qxf1). 2. Kh1 Bxg2+ or 2. Rf2 Nxd3 3. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 4. Kc3 wins.
Kxf2 Qxd3 snaring the queen.
Problem II. Problem II.
1. ... Rf2 2. Rg1 R8f3! and 3. ... Qxh3+! mates. B. After 1. Qxf4 Qxd7 2. Rad1 Qd4+ Blacks extra 1. Nc4 Ne5! 2. Nxe5
pawn should prove decisive in the ending.
Problem III. 2. Nxa3? Nd7.
1. Bf7! Kh7 (1. ... Qxf7 2. Qxh6+ Qh7 3. Qf8+ and C. Whites in trouble but the best chance to draw is 2. ... Bxd6 3. Ba5
mates) 2. Qf6 Bd7 3. Bg6+ Kg8 4. Bxf5+. 1. Be4! Bxc3 2. bxc3 Bxe4 3. Rxf4 f5 (if 3. ... Bc6 3. Bd8? Bb5 4. Bb6 Bf1 threatens mate (4. ... Kxb6?
Problem IV. 4. Rd4) 4. Rxe4 fxe4 5. Qd5+ Rf7 6. Rf1 Qxd7 7. 5. Nc4+ Bxc4 stalemate).
1. Bf5! overloads the Black bishop, e.g. 1. ... Rxe3 2. Qxa8+ Kg7 8. Qxe4. 3. ... Be8
Qxa8+ Be8 3. Qxe8+!. Or 1. ... Bxf5 2. Rxe8+ and 3. B. Duchamp-Colle, Brussels 1923. 3. ... Bc2 4. Nc6 Be4 5. Bc7 Bxc7 stalemate (5. ...
mates. A. Too slow is 1. ... a6. White seized the initiative Bxc6+ 6. Kb8 is even).
Problem V. and eventually won after 2. Qe3 Kg7 3. Bg2 b5 4. Bb6 (Zugzwang)
1. Nf6! threatens 2. Qxh6+! gxh6 3. Rg8 mate. Black 4. Rdf1. 4. ... Bb5 5. Bd8 Ba4 6. Ba5 Bc2 7. Nc6 Bf5 8. Bd8
resigned after 1. ... Ng6 2. Rh3 because of 3. Qg5 B. Black gets rapid counterplay after 1. ... b5! 2. Be4 9. Bc7 Bxc7 stalemate.
and 4. Rxh6+!. cxb5 Rb8.
Solitaire Chess ABCs of Chess
Problem VI. C. White keeps the edge on 1. ... Qc7 2. g5! hxg5 3.
Problem I.
The game ended with 1. Rxg5+! hxg5 (1. ... Kf8 2. Rg1 Rf5 4. h4.
Mating net: Its mate after 1. ... Qxd1+ 2. Kxd1
Rxg8+ Kxg8 3. Qh7+ and mates) 2. Qh7+ Kf8 (2. ... 4. A. Marshall-Duchamp, Hamburg 1930.
Bg4+ 3. Ke1 Rd1.
Kf6 3. Nd5+ Ke6 4. Nxb6) 3. Nf5 Rd8 4. Qg7+ Ke8 A. Cramped, Black found an elegant draw: 1. ...
5. Qxg8+ Kd7 6. Qxf7+. Problem II.
Rxb5! 2. axb5 Kc7 3. g5 hxg5 4. b6+ Kb7 5. Rxc8
Fork: Black gets to steal a piece, 1. ... Nxd3, since
But faster is 1. Rxf7+! Kxf7 2. Qh7+ Ke6 3. Bf5+ Kxc8 6. bxa7 Kb7 7. fxg5 Kxa7 and neither king
2. Bxg4 is refuted by 2. ... Nf2+.
and mates or 2. ... Kf8 3. Nf5 Qa7 4. d7. can infiltrate (if 8. h4 g6).
Problem III.
B. White retains winning chances after 1. ... Nb6 2.
Whats The Best Move? Smothering: Whites rook gets trapped and
Rg8 Nxa4 3. Nd6 Rb2+ 4. Kg3 g5 5. fxg5 hxg5 6.
smothered, beginning with 1. ... Ne4+, followed by
1. B. Duchamp-Davidescu, Paris 1924 Rxg5.
2. ... Nf2.
A. White walked into a lost ending by 1. Rf4? Rd1+ C. Suicidal is 1. ... f5? 2. gxf5 exf5 3. e6+.
2. Kf2 R8d2+ 3. Kxf3 Rf1+ 4. Ke3 Re1+ 5. Kxd2 Problem IV.
Rxe6 6. Rf5 Rg6 7. Rf3 Kg7. Endgame Lab Benkos Bafflers Pin: After 1. ... Ng3 2. Bf4 (best) Nxf1 3. Bxe5 Ne3
(or 3. ... Nd2+) win the pinned knight.
B. The only chance to draw is 1.Qxe7! Nxh4 2. Problem I.
Qe5+ Kg8 3. Qe6+ Kg7 4. Qe7+ Kg6 5. Qe6+ Problem V.
1. Be8 Kb8
Kg7 6. Qe7+ Kh6 7. gxh4. Mating net: White is mated by 1. ... Ne4+ 2. Ke2
1. ... Bxc1 2. Rc7.
Re1.
C. Hopeless is 1. Rxh5 Nh2+ 2. Kf2 Rd2+ 3. Ke3 2. Nd3 Bd7! 3. Ne5!!
3. Bxd7 Bc7 mate; 3. Rxd7 Rb5 mate. Problem VI.
R8d3+ 4. Kf4 Rf2+ 5. Kg5 Nf3+ 6. Kg4 Rd4+ 7.
3. ... Bc8 Mating net: The one-two punch goes 1. ... f4+ 2.
Kf5 Rf4+! 8. Kxf4 Nd4+ 9. Ke3 Re2+ snaring the
3. ... Rxe5 4. Bxd7 mates soon; 3. ... Bxe5 4. Rxd7 Kh3 Nf2 mate.
queen.
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