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On the spirit of winning: It is a permanent challenge, because the more you win, the more you face the fear of losing once. It strengthens your character. If you can find the strength to keep your gunpowder dry, keep your determination alive, to fight again and again, to prove something not for others but for yourself, that is what makes you virtually unbeatable. I am very proud of what I did, and I think that the things I learnt from the game are very helpful to me now, and will be helpful forever. Winning is not a secret that belongs to a very few, winning is something that we can learn by studying ourselves, studying the environment and making ourselves ready for any challenge that is in front of us. Garry Kasparov |
1) MI Chess Room News 2) Shabalov wins Monarch Masters 3) Naiditsch tops Dutch Rapid Chess Open Championships 4) New FIDE Ratings 5) Susan Polgar on Chess.FM 6) Siberian Chess Team in Lindsborg 7) Here and There 8) Upcoming Events |
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Drawing with Boston moved the Mechanics' into a second place tie in the Western Division of the US Chess League at the season's halfway point. The first two teams in each division advance to the playoffs. Starts at 8:30 PM ET Time Control - Game 90 with 30 second increment 1. IM Eugene Perelshteyn (BOS) vs IM John Donaldson (SF) 1-0 2. FM Dmitry Zilberstein (SF) vs IM Josh Friedel (BOS) 1/2-1/2 3. NM Charles Riordan (BOS) vs FM David Pruess (SF) 1/2-1/2 4. NM Andy Lee (SF) vs Ilya Krasik (BOS) 1-0 Starts at 8:30 PM ET Time Control - Game 90 with 30 second increment |
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IM Ricardo DeGuzman won the 5th Annual J.J. Dolan Memorial held October 1 at the Mechanics' Institute. DeGuzman score of 4.5 from 5, which earned him $200, included a last round draw with WGM Kamile Baginskaite. She was among several players who tied for second at 4. The 38-player event was directed by Anthony Corrales. Nineteen-year-old NM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs is 6 from 6 in the David Gee Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon and a point and a half ahead of the field with 2 rounds to go. Go to http://www.chessclub.org/TNMstandings.html for the standings. Thanks to Gilbert Yap and NM Russell Wong. Gilbert sorted and bagged over 40 mismatched MI chess sets, many of which have now found a home in NM Robert Hammie's chess program in the Oakland public schools. Russell put together the Chess Room's new bookcase which is filled with books and magazines for members use while visiting the club. 2) Shabalov wins Monarch MastersGM Alex Shabalov won the 14th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International held September 22 to October 2 in excellent style. Shabalov, who was not among the top seeds, scored 7 from 9 against 2535 opposition to edge out Ukrainian youngster Alexander Areshchenko (2494 average opposition) on tiebreak. Leading scores: 1-2 A Shabalov (USA, 1st on tie-break), A Areshchenko (Ukraine) 7, 3-5 A Galkin (RUS), M Kobalia (RUS), O Korneev (RUS) 6˝. Two other Americans also did well. IM Anna Zatonskih finished on 5 from 9 with a performance rating around 2500 while US Womens Champion Rusa Goetiani scored 4.5 against 2426 opposition.
Tiviakov,Sergei (2678) - Shabalov,Alexander (2593) [B22] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 c4 6.Bc2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5 9.h3 Bg7 10.0-0 Nxe5 11.Nxg5 d5 12.a4 Bd7 13.a5 Nc8 14.d4 cxd3 15.Bxd3 Nd6 16.Re1 0-0-0 17.Nf3 Nc6 18.a6 b6 19.Na3 e5 20.Nb5 Nxb5 21.Bxb5 Rhg8 22.Bg5 Rde8 23.Qd2 e4 24.Nh2 h5 25.c4 d4 26.Bf4 e3 27.fxe3 Be5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Kh1 Reg5 30.Rg1 Bf5 31.exd4 Be4 32.Rae1 Rxg2 33.Rxg2 Rxg2 34.Qxg2 Bxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Qd6 36.Nf3 Ne7 37.Re5 Qg6+ 38.Kf2 Nf5 39.Bc6 Qg3+ 40.Kf1 Qxh3+ 41.Ke1 Kc7 42.Bd5 h4 43.Kd2 Qg4 44.Re4 Qg3 45.Nxh4 Qg5+ 46.Kc3 Nxh4 47.Bxf7 Nf3 48.Bd5 Qc1+ 0-1
Shabalov,Alexander (2593) - Areshchenko,Alex (2625) [D85] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 14.0-0 exd5 15.exd5 Ba5 16.f5 Bxf5 17.Rxb7 Qf6 18.g4 Bxc3 19.Bb2 Bxb2 20.Rxb2 c4 21.Bxc4 Qh4 22.Rf4 Bxg4 23.Qd4 h5 24.d6 Rac8 25.Qe5 Qd8 26.Rb7 Bf5 27.Qe7 Rxc4 28.Rxc4 Qa5 29.d7 Qd2 30.d8Q Qxd8 31.Qxd8 Rxd8 32.Rxa7 Rd1+ 33.Kf2 Rd2+ 34.Kg3 Be6 35.Rca4 Kg7 36.h4 Rd3+ 37.Kf2 Rd2+ 38.Kf3 Rd3+ 39.Kg2 Rd2+ ˝-˝ 3) Naiditsch tops Dutch Rapid Chess Open ChampionshipsGerman GM Arkadij Naiditsch, who won Dortmund earlier this year, showed he is no slouch at rapid chess last weekend winning the top section of the Dutch Rapid Chess Open Championships in Vlaardingen going away. American GM Yasser Seirawan, based in Amsterdam, had a good result in sharing second with an undefeated 6.5 from 9. First prize for the one day event was 1st prize € 1500 (about $1800). Open NK Rapid 2005, group: A
1. GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 8.0/9 Here is a vintage Seirawan positional tour de force against Belgian GM Chuchelov.
Bord 2: Seirawan,Yasser - Chuchelov,Vladimir 1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.0-0 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.d3 0-0 10.Be3 Qf5 11.Rc1 Rb8 12.a3 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Bf4 Ra8 16.Bc7 Rd7 17.b4 h6 18.Be4 Qb5 19.f4 g6 20.Qc4 a6 21.Rc2 Bd6 22.Ba5 Qxc4 23.Rxc4 Rb8 24.Bb6 Re7 25.Rfc1 Bd7 26.Rxd4 1-0 For more games, complete standings and photos go to http://www.schrijvers.nl/nkrapid2005/ 4) New FIDE RatingsThe October FIDE rating list From Mark Crowther's excellent The Week in Chess: There were no changes in the composition of the top ten but Vladimir Kramnik exchanged places with Peter Svidler after losing another 5 points. The rise of 18 year old Teimour Radjabov continues, he makes it above 2700 for the first time and gains five places. Lazaro Bruzon gains 15 points and jumps from 43 to 26 in the world. Another junior 20 year old jumps from 54 to 28 gaining 28 points. Ilya Smirin gains 21 points and is up to 30. Pentala Harikrishna gains 28 points. 21 year old Zviad Izoria is the top newcomer gaining 40 points. He is one of 16 new entries The US has 5 players in the top 100 -Kamsky (2690), Nakamura (2662), Onischuk (2640), Seirawan (2635) and Ibragimov (2617). Congratulations to frequent MI visitor Suat Atalik who reach a career high on this list at 2620 and is rated number 91 in the world. FIDE Top 100 Players October 2005 No. Ju Name t NAT YroB ja04 ap04 ju04 oc04 ja05 ap05 ju05 oc05 Gms 1 1 Kasparov, Garry........... g RUS 1963 2831 2817 2817 2813 2804 2812 2812 2812 0 2 2 Anand, Viswanathan........ g IND 1969 2766 2774 2782 2781 2786 2785 2788 2788 0 3 3 Topalov, Veselin.......... g BUL 1975 2735 2737 2737 2757 2757 2778 2788 2782 9 4 4 Leko, Peter............... g HUN 1979 2722 2741 2741 2743 2749 2763 2763 2751 9 5 5 Ivanchuk, Vassily......... g UKR 1969 2716 2716 2715 2705 2711 2739 2752 2748 31 6 7 Svidler, Peter............ g RUS 1976 2747 2733 2727 2735 2735 2725 2738 2740 17 7 6 Kramnik, Vladimir......... g RUS 1975 2777 2764 2770 2760 2754 2753 2744 2739 9 8 8 Polgar, Judit............. g HUN 1976 2728 2728 2728 2728 2728 2732 2735 2735 0 9 9 Bacrot, Etienne........... g FRA 1983 2664 2675 2712 2718 2715 2731 2729 2725 19 10 10 Aronian, Levon............ g ARM 1982 2648 2645 2671 2675 2684 2693 2724 2724 21 11 12 Grischuk, Alexander....... g RUS 1983 2719 2719 2705 2704 2710 2724 2720 2720 0 12 13 Adams, Michael............ g ENG 1971 2720 2731 2738 2740 2741 2737 2719 2718 9 13 11 Gelfand, Boris............ g ISR 1968 2709 2714 2709 2693 2696 2713 2724 2717 18 14 15 Shirov, Alexei............ g ESP 1972 2736 2713 2725 2726 2713 2714 2705 2710 8 15 25 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter... g ROM 1976 2678 2692 2686 2687 2673 2670 2679 2707 28 16 16 Akopian, Vladimir......... g ARM 1971 2693 2689 2692 2692 2693 2703 2705 2707 17 17 14 Morozevich, Alexander..... g RUS 1977 2732 2732 2743 2758 2741 2717 2707 2707 0 18 23 Radjabov, Teimour......... g AZE 1987 2656 2670 2664 2663 2667 2673 2682 2704 22 19 17 Ponomariov, Ruslan........ g UKR 1983 2722 2722 2722 2710 2700 2695 2704 2704 0 20 26 Tiviakov, Sergei.......... g NED 1973 2600 2593 2601 2617 2627 2631 2678 2700 35 21 21 Sokolov, Ivan............. g NED 1968 2706 2690 2679 2663 2685 2662 2691 2696 36 22 20 Dreev, Alexey............. g RUS 1969 2682 2689 2690 2698 2704 2705 2698 2694 21 23 19 Kamsky, Gata.............. g USA 1974 2717 2717 2717 2717 2717 2700 2700 2690 28 24 18 Bologan, Viktor........... g MDA 1971 2679 2665 2663 2669 2683 2700 2700 2682 22 25 31 Lautier, Joel............. g FRA 1973 2676 2680 2666 2682 2678 2678 2672 2680 20 26 43 Bruzon, Lazaro............ g CUB 1982 2603 2602 2628 2637 2652 2669 2662 2677 11 27 22 Bareev, Evgeny............ g RUS 1966 2714 2711 2715 2715 2709 2709 2688 2675 7 28 54 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz.... g AZE 1985 2646 2657 2662 2660 2657 2646 2646 2674 42 29 24 Vallejo Pons, Francisco... g ESP 1982 2663 2666 2679 2678 2686 2677 2681 2674 1 30 51 Smirin, Ilia.............. g ISR 1968 2670 2675 2671 2673 2644 2649 2652 2673 32 31 59 Harikrishna, P............ g IND 1986 2582 2599 2609 2612 2632 2646 2645 2673 19 32 30 Short, Nigel D............ g ENG 1965 2702 2712 2684 2687 2674 2673 2673 2673 0 33 33 Karpov, Anatoly........... g RUS 1951 2682 2682 2682 2682 2674 2674 2672 2672 2 34 29 Malakhov, Vladimir........ g RUS 1980 2700 2695 2674 2664 2664 2670 2673 2670 13 35 35 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam...... g UZB 1979 2652 2652 2640 2650 2678 2670 2670 2670 0 36 47 Delchev, Aleksander....... g BUL 1971 2624 2602 2603 2601 2597 2614 2656 2669 49 37 37 Sakaev, Konstantin........ g RUS 1974 2656 2665 2664 2669 2677 2672 2669 2668 23 38 34 Volokitin, Andrei......... g UKR 1986 2594 2600 2638 2652 2685 2679 2671 2666 25 39 40 Moiseenko, Alexander...... g UKR 1980 2623 2631 2640 2653 2669 2665 2664 2663 44 40 52 Sasikiran, Krishnan....... g IND 1981 2654 2659 2666 2668 2657 2642 2652 2663 37 41 63 Eljanov, Pavel............ g UKR 1983 2596 2592 2613 2629 2643 2641 2639 2663 29 42 45 Nakamura, Hikaru.......... g USA 1987 2571 2580 2601 2620 2613 2657 2660 2662 36 43 46 Zvjaginsev, Vadim......... g RUS 1976 2654 2654 2650 2650 2653 2649 2659 2659 0 44 56 Karjakin, Sergey.......... g UKR 1990 2566 2508 2591 2576 2599 2635 2645 2658 31 45 44 Timofeev, Artyom.......... g RUS 1985 2578 2591 2611 2611 2619 2622 2661 2658 29 46 32 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.... g GEO 1960 2678 2679 2679 2672 2662 2671 2672 2658 16 47 42 Krasenkow, Michal......... g POL 1963 2609 2609 2632 2676 2672 2672 2663 2655 13 48 28 Sutovsky, Emil............ g ISR 1977 2666 2661 2679 2697 2669 2665 2674 2654 27 49 50 Avrukh, Boris............. g ISR 1978 2620 2620 2600 2614 2629 2642 2652 2653 33 50 79 Areshchenko, Alexander.... g UKR 1986 2564 2568 2575 2580 2570 2595 2625 2653 32 51 49 Khalifman, Alexander...... g RUS 1966 2674 2668 2669 2669 2662 2658 2653 2653 0 52 57 Milov, Vadim.............. g SUI 1972 2632 2680 2683 2683 2668 2653 2645 2652 56 53 36 Gurevich, Mikhail......... g BEL 1959 2656 2672 2667 2644 2634 2630 2669 2652 25 54 58 Rublevsky, Sergei......... g RUS 1974 2655 2671 2686 2649 2650 2645 2645 2652 13 55 48 Van Wely, Loek............ g NED 1972 2617 2651 2680 2681 2679 2687 2655 2648 39 56 39 Georgiev, Kiril........... g BUL 1965 2637 2637 2626 2625 2654 2666 2666 2648 24 57 -- Izoria, Zviad............. g GEO 1984 ---- 2573 2593 2600 2607 2602 2606 2646 41 58 41 Navara, David............. g CZE 1985 2604 2602 2616 2620 2644 2647 2663 2646 32 59 38 Nielsen, Peter Heine...... g DEN 1973 2638 2628 2652 2663 2648 2653 2668 2646 31 60 62 Vescovi, Giovanni......... g BRA 1978 2633 2648 2648 2645 2645 2638 2640 2646 11 61 -- Asrian, Karen............. g ARM 1980 ---- 2605 2586 2591 2602 2611 2611 2645 22 62 77 Jakovenko, Dmitry......... g RUS 1983 2581 2582 2596 2596 2596 2608 2627 2644 13 63 -- Najer, Evgeniy............ g RUS 1977 2602 2606 2608 2624 2624 2615 2614 2641 52 64 -- Naiditsch, Arkadij........ g GER 1985 2576 2571 2574 2611 2623 2626 2612 2641 22 65 75 Onischuk, Alexander....... g USA 1975 2652 2652 2655 2653 2652 2638 2628 2640 34 66 89 Almasi, Zoltan............ g HUN 1976 2633 2631 2644 2650 2628 2628 2619 2640 18 67 -- Granda Zuniga, Julio E.... g PER 1967 ---- 2586 2605 2605 2599 ---- 2601 2637 37 68 60 Efimenko, Zahar........... g UKR 1985 2537 2566 2572 2594 2601 2620 2643 2637 23 69 66 Smirnov, Pavel............ g RUS 1982 2609 2601 2620 2626 2645 2624 2635 2637 13 70 70 Bu, Xiangzhi.............. g CHN 1985 ---- 2621 2620 2615 2607 2630 2632 2637 11 71 65 Huebner, Robert Dr........ g GER 1948 2604 2603 2624 2624 2624 2624 2636 2637 2 72 -- Miton, Kamil............... g POL 1984 ---- 2563 2597 2600 2583 2592 2589 2636 37 73 94 Felgaer, Ruben............ g ARG 1981 ---- 2592 2587 2569 2588 2593 2618 2636 35 74 71 Aleksandrov, Aleksej...... g BLR 1973 2679 2668 2666 2659 2635 2635 2630 2636 31 75 55 Movsesian, Sergei......... g SVK 1978 2639 2647 2646 2629 2624 2628 2645 2635 21 76 64 Dominguez, Lenier......... g CUB 1983 2605 2612 2629 2645 2661 2658 2639 2635 11 77 67 Seirawan, Yasser.......... g USA 1960 2621 2621 2631 2631 2631 2631 2635 2635 0 78 -- Kobalia, Mikhail.......... g RUS 1978 2643 2630 2618 2621 2634 2644 2614 2634 33 79 68 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij... g UKR 1978 2602 2599 2615 2617 2620 2628 2634 2634 0 80 27 Motylev, Alexander........ g RUS 1979 2640 2649 2658 2651 2665 2680 2675 2632 44 81 78 Alekseev, Evgeny.......... g RUS 1985 2609 2616 2606 2604 2605 2597 2625 2632 24 82 -- Beliavsky, Alexander G.... g SLO 1953 2667 2667 2679 2660 2635 2630 2599 2631 39 83 82 Timman, Jan H............. g NED 1951 2578 2576 2596 2602 2607 2607 2625 2630 18 84 80 Tkachiev, Vladislav....... g FRA 1973 2642 2635 2615 2609 2609 2605 2625 2629 7 85 -- Kotronias, Vasilios....... g GRE 1964 ---- 2607 2608 2599 2585 2578 2587 2626 44 86 61 Bauer, Christian.......... g FRA 1977 2599 2595 2590 2622 2636 2640 2641 2625 27 87 76 Fressinet, Laurent........ g FRA 1981 2636 2638 2637 2640 2638 2638 2627 2624 42 88 74 Gyimesi, Zoltan........... g HUN 1977 2552 2562 2618 2613 2603 2595 2628 2624 16 89 -- Sokolov, Andrei........... g FRA 1963 ---- 2589 2583 2591 2582 2598 2603 2623 21 90 84 Istratescu, Andrei........ g ROM 1975 2590 2587 2603 2611 2617 2624 2624 2622 12 91 -- Atalik, Suat.............. g TUR 1964 ---- ---- ---- 2541 2560 2561 2561 2620 64 92 100 Korchnoi, Viktor.......... g SUI 1931 2569 2579 2568 2601 2617 2619 2615 2620 28 93 -- Belov, Vladimir........... g RUS 1984 2560 2543 2532 2552 2582 2617 2596 2620 27 94 -- Milos, Gilberto........... g BRA 1963 ---- 2599 2601 2593 2598 2606 2606 2620 11 95 90 Kempinski, Robert......... g POL 1977 2577 2586 2612 2608 2624 2627 2619 2619 21 96 88 Hjartarson, Johann ....... g ISL 1963 2640 2640 2628 2628 2628 2628 2621 2619 3 97 -- Ehlvest, Jaan............. g EST 1962 ---- 2596 2605 2631 2622 2614 2614 2618 60 98 69 Cheparinov, Ivan.......... g BUL 1986 2550 2555 2567 2576 2572 2621 2634 2618 44 99 -- Ibragimov, Ildar.......... g USA 1967 ---- 2556 2582 2585 2603 2611 2605 2617 67 100 -- Fedorov, Alexei........... g BLR 1972 ---- 2616 2620 2619 2603 2602 2611 2616 22 101 98 Vladimirov, Evgeny........ g KAZ 1957 2621 2621 2628 2627 2623 2623 2616 2616 0 5) Susan Polgar on Chess.FMThis week's guest on the internet radio show "Chess and Books with Fred Wilson" will be GM SUSAN POLGAR. The show runs from 8:00 to 10:00 PM (EST) every Tuesday evening. As always, there will be replays of the show almost immediately afterwards for our chess enthusiasts on the West Coast & elsewhere, and often there will be several replays the following day. You can access it easily at the website: http://www.chess.fm "Fred's guest on Tuesday evening, Oct. 4th, 2005, will be former Women's World Chess Champion GM SUSAN POLGAR. Susan, who last year led the US Women's Olympic chess team to to it's best ever finish, a Silver Medal, even defeating the Gold Medal Chinese team in the process, currently holds the record for having played 56 consecutive Olympiad games without a single loss! And she has won the Gold Medal for the best individual performance on 1st board in the Women's Olympiad a record 5 times! Also, Susan recently set the world record for a simultaneous exhibition, playing 326 opponents, scoring 96.93%. Susan wants to discuss the Susan Polgar Foundation and what it does for chess, her fine chess club in Forest Hills, NY, two excellent new books, "Breaking Through" (with Paul Truong, Everyman) and "The World Champion's Guide to Chess" (Random House), along with her new interactive "blogsite", http://www.susanpolgar.blogspot.com , on which visitors can make comments or ask questions to which Susan herself will often respond. Finally, she will, of course, comment on how Judit is doing in San Luis! Please send questions for GM SUSAN POLGAR to either fred@fredwilsonchess.com or Tony Rook". Best in chess, Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson Chess Books 6) Siberian Chess Team Execs of Russian and U.S. Chess Federation To Meet in Lindsborg, KansasCHESS FOR PEACE 106 South Main, Lindsborg, Kansas 67456 – 785-227-2224 For Release 9/28/05 Contact: Mikhail Korenman 785-227-2224 Wes Fisk 785-227-4121 Siberian Chess Team in Lindsborg On Saturday, October 1, 10 members of the Karpov School of Chess in Poikovsky, Siberia will play chess and establish friendships with students of Karpov’s school in Lindsborg, Kansas. The Siberian students, who will be making their first trip to the U.S., will be accompanied by Alexander Bah, vice-president of the Russian Chess Federation. During their 10-day stay in Lindsborg, the students will also tour several attractions in Kansas, including the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Rolling Hills Refuge in Salina, Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, and attractions in Wichita. The visit of the Siberian team is the first of many student exchanges that will take place under the year-long Chess for Peace initiative. The next scheduled events will occur on October 29 when former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev will visit Lindsborg to participate in a Chess for Peace festival that will feature a chess match between former World Chess Champions Anatoly Karpov and Susan Polgar, a large scholastic chess tournament, and a keynote address that evening by Gorbachev at Presser Hall on the campus of Bethany College. CHESS FOR PEACE 106 South Main, Lindsborg, Kansas 67456 – 785-227-2224 For Immediate Release 9/28/05 Contact: Mikhail Korenman 785-227-2224 Wes Fisk 785-227-4121 Execs of Russian and U.S. Chess Federation To Meet in Lindsborg, Kansas On Friday, September 30, 2005, Alexander Bah, vice-president of the Russian Chess Federation and Bill Hall, president of the U.S. Chess Federation will meet in Lindsborg, Kansas. They will discuss areas of mutual interest to the two federations. Bah is accompanying the 10-member chess team from the Karpov School of Chess in Poikovsky, Siberia, who will play a series of chess games on Saturday, October 1 with the students of Karpov’s school in Lindsborg. The executives of both chess federations will be made available for media interviews on Friday between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Karpov School of Chess, 106 S. Main, Lindsborg. ### 7) Here and ThereRussell (Rusty) Miller writes: I just read in BIOGRAPHY Magazine, fall 2005 issue, about the new A&E movie KNIGHTS OF THE SOUTH BRONX. Ted Danson plays the lead role and in the magazine he is interviewed and says he has played chess for years but doing the movie has really got him hooked. The TV movie will be on A&E cable channel on Tuesday December 6,2005. Magazine is probably available on newstands.The movie is based on David MacEnulty and his teaching kids in one of roughest communities in the USA how to win at chess - and in turn at life. French GM Jean Luc-Chabanon, who played in MI events and the Western States Open a few years ago is publicizing the latest edition of the Reno event at his website. Check it out at www.chessreport.blogspot.com (with a small announcement on www.echecetmat.blogspot.com for french readers). Last night ( 10-2-05) ESPN Classic Network showed "searching for Bobby Fischer" with much additional commentary added by ESPN. The additional comments ( mostly shown as captions) mentioned USCF several times, and " Chess Life" once. They apparently quoted one of my historical articles though without credit, and mentioned Hikaru Nakamura twice. How many times has USCF been on prime-time national TV? And on a sports channel? This affirms my belief that if we can get rid of our bad politics, there is tremendous media potential for chess right now. USCF needs to work with everyone, including potential sponsors, to realize that potential. Thanks go to Barbara DeMaro, whose persistence in 2002-2003 got ESPN to televise chess when they were initially very reluctant to do so. The same Jeremy Schapp who was on Barbara's broadcast was on last night briefly, with a very recent interview with Fischer. However, except for the Fischer material, in which he of course came across as himself, the rest of the program was very positively presented for chess as a two-hour show. Regards, John McCrary Mr. McCrary is a former President of the United States Chess Federation. Dear Chess Enthusiast -- Due to the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita that recently hit the Gulf Coast area, the World Amateur Open Chess Tournament that was to be held Oct. 7-9, 2005, in Kissimmee, Florida, has been cancelled. We at Cajun Chess regret this action and hope that this cancellation will not be too much of an inconvenience for you. Our website, www.cajunchess.com, will be back up and running in a couple of weeks. Please check that site for upcoming tournaments and new chess product specials. We will be back! Sincerely . . . CAJUN CHESS 8) Upcoming Events
Carroll Capps - November 5 - 6 3 upcoming events in October at the East Bay Chess Club -------------------- EBCC Open Quads On Saturday, October 8th, 2005 Prizes: $30 to the top finisher in each quad. Entry fee: $15 if mailed before 10/1/05, $20 at site. $5 discount for East Bay Chess Club Members Rounds: 11 AM, 2:30 PM, and 5:30 PM Time control: Game in 90 minutes Signup at: http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/octoquads.html -------------------- EBCC Scholastic Quads On Sunday, October 16th, 2005 USCF rated; open to players 18 years old or younger Prizes: Trophy to the top finisher in each quad. Entry fee: $10 if mailed before 10/9/05, $15 at site. $5 discount for East Bay Chess Club Members Rounds: 10 AM, 12 PM, and 1:30 PM Time control: Game in 45 minutes. Signup at: http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/octkquads.html -------------------- EBCC October Swiss Saturday, October 29th-30th, 2005 A USCF rated 4-round Tournament in 2 sections Prizes: (Based on 40 full entries, but top 3 prizes guaranteed) Open Section: $150, $100, $50; 1st U2000: $100 Reserve (U1750) Section: $100, $75, $50; 1st U1550: $75; 1st U1300: $75 Entry fee: $30 if mailed before 10/22/05, $35 at site. $5 discount for East Bay Chess Club Members Rounds: 11 AM and 4:00 PM on both days Time control: 30 moves in 90 minutes, followed by Sudden Death in 1 hour. Signup at: http://www.eastbaychess.com/tourney/05/octswiss.html California and Nevada
2005 Reno Western States Open Chess Tournament
$52,400 PRIZE FUND!!! for this Six Round Swiss in Seven Sections (based on 500 paid players, $33,550 Guaranteed). At least 15 places paid in every section! Large prize fund made possible by the generosity of the Sands Regency Casino Hotel.
RUB ELBOWS WITH THE MASTERS: Reception with Former World Champion GM Boris Spassky on Wednesday night. FREE lecture by GM Larry Evans on Thursday evening. $100 simul with GM Boris Spassky on Thursday night. Book signing session with GM Boris Spassky on Friday morning. Clinic by GM Boris Spassky on Saturday afternoon. Favorite game analysis with GM Boris Spassky on Sunday afternoon
A Heritage Event! Nov. 25-27 or 26-27 EBCC Thanksgiving Swiss GPP: 20 N. California 6SS, 30/90, SD60. East Bay Chess Club, 1940 Virginia St, Berkeley, CA, 94709. EF: $60, $70 after 11/12. $5 EBCC discount. $$1000G (top 4 prizes) plus $2000 b/80. Open: 400-300-200-100, u2200: 200-125-75. U2000: 250-150-100, u1800: 200-125-75 U1600: 200-125-75, u1400: 150-100-50. Special Event: Simul by IM Vinay Bhat Fri at 7:30 pm. Reg: 3-day 9-10:30 11/25; 2-day 9-9:45 11/26. Rds: 3-day: 11-4:30 daily. 2-day: rds 1-3 G/45: 10-12-2, merge in rd 4. Info: tournaments@eastbaychess.com; 510-845-1041. Nov. 25-27 or 26-27 EBCC Thanksgiving Swiss GPP: 20 N. California 6SS, 30/90, SD60. East Bay Chess Club, 1940 Virginia St, Berkeley, CA, 94709. EF: $60, $70 after 11/12. $5 EBCC discount. $$1000G (top 4 prizes) plus $2000 b/80. Open: 400-300-200-100, u2200: 200-125-75. U2000: 250-150-100, u1800: 200-125-75 U1600: 200-125-75, u1400: 150-100-50. Special Event: Simul by IM Vinay Bhat Fri at 7:30 pm. Reg: 3-day 9-10:30 11/25; 2-day 9-9:45 11/26. Rds: 3-day: 11-4:30 daily. 2-day: rds 1-3 G/45: 10-12-2, merge in rd 4. Info: tournaments@eastbaychess.com; 510-845-1041. NationalOct. 28-30 10th Annual Governor's Cup GPP: 80 South Dakota 5SS, 40/2, ALL/1, Full-K. Holiday Inn City Centre, 100 West 8th Street, Sioux Falls, SD. 605-339-2000. HR: $79. $$10,000 Gtd. Sections: Open (all): $$5550; Prizes: $1200-1000-800-600, Master $500-300-100, Expert $400-250-100, U2K $200-100. Premier (U2000): $$2375; Prizes: $700-500-300, Top B $300-200-100, U1600 $175-100. Reserve (U1600): $$2075; Prizes: $600-450-300, Top D $250-150-75, U1200 $150-100. All, EF: $55 if rec'd by 10/25, $75 at site. Reg: 10/28 from 4-5pm. Rds: 6; 10-4:30; 9-3:30. USCF memb. required. Info: 18 & under preregistering in Reserve section, pay $35. GMs, IMs & over 2400, free. Adv. Ent: Sioux Empire Chess Foundation, 2100 Slaten Court, Sioux Falls, SD 57103, 605-371-0154, jebarth@msn.com. NS, NC, W, FIDE. Susan Polgar National OpenChampionships for Girls (under 21) January 27-29, 2006 | Corpus Christi, Texas K-2, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, Open section (Must be under 21 as of January 27, 2006) TIME CONTROL: 6 SS - G/45 or G/40 with 5 seconds delay Prizes: Trophies to top 20 individuals and top 4 teams in each section. Special medals to 21st – 30th place individuals and 5th – 7th teams. 3 or more from the same school and section or same chess club and section (top 3 scores added to give team final standings). Every player receives a special hand signed certificate from Susan Polgar. AWESOME AdditionAL Prizes: A LAPTOP computer to 1st individual each section! There will be chess items as prizes given in the value of $200 - $150 - $100 - $50 respectively for 2nd - 5th places (individual) in each section. Any player with 6-0 score will also receive a digital chess clock!! Prizes for Blitz / Puzzle Solving Championships: Trophies to top 5 players in each section. Special medals to 6th – 20th place. Blitz and Puzzle Solving Championships will be only one section but trophies will be given out to separate categories. Schedule:
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Sunday, January 29: Entry Fees: $28 if received by December 1, 2005; $38 if received by January 1; $48 if received by January 15; $58 on site - On site registration: 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM Friday and up to 9:30 AM on Saturday. Blitz EF: $10 - Puzzle Solving EF: $10 - Simul: $15 | Special $25 entry fees for all 3 events (Blitz, Puzzle and Simul) Make checks payable to: Susan Polgar Foundation 103-10 Queens Boulevard (Suite 1C) Forest Hills, NY 11375 Ramada Inn Bayfront & Convention Center 601 N. Water Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 (361) 882-8100 or 1-800-688-0334 or www.ramada-cc.com. For chess rate, please mention: "SPNO" beginning now. Hotel rate cutoff date: December 27, 2005. $59.00 Single or Double | $69.00 up to 4 people | $89.00 2 family suite | $10.00 roll away bed or crib. |