Contributors
Jonathan Hilton (“First Moves,” p. 14) is a world traveler and chess adventurer. He studies the evolution of chess strategy from a cultural perspective and enjoys visiting chess clubs around the world. His book Wojo’s Weapons: Winning with White, Volume I was reviewed in the September 2010 issue of Chess Life.
Al Lawrence (“Profile,” p. 20) is a former executive director of both USCF and the World Chess Hall of Fame. His latest book with GM Lev Alburt, Chess for the Gifted and Busy, can soon be previewed at
www.chess
withlev.com.
FM Mike Klein (“Cover Story,” p. 26) is, to his students, a chess teacher; to top professionals, he is a chess journalist; and to old friends, he is a semi- retired chess player. He likes the international appeal of the game and appreciates all the chess players that have shunned the money, fame and free drinks of the poker table.
IM Danny Kopec (“Instruction,” p. 32) is the author of many chess books and is a computer science professor at Brooklyn College. Kopec received a Ph.D. in machine intelligence from the University of Edinburgh.
Piotr Kaim (“FIDE,” p. 34) is a Polish candidate master in Krakow and freelance chess journalist.
January on
uschess.org
A Happy New Norm Year Who will start the new year with a norm? Follow the Northern California International, from January 2-8 at the NorCal House of Chess in Fremont, California. Participants will include GMs Georg Meier, Sergey Tiviakov, Yury Shulman (left, on the August 2008 cover), Josh Friedel and Sam Shankland. Look for CLO reportage by Kostya Kavutskiy.
Wijk Aan Zee
Watch the U.S.’s top two players, GM Hikaru Nakamura (left) and U.S. Champion Gata Kamsky battle against the world’s best at Tata Steel Chess in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands (January 13-29). Last year, Hikaru topped an elite field, which included Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian—can he repeat this stunning feat? CLO coverage will include a report by GM Ian Rogers.
A Long Winter Weekend of Chess
Martin Luther King Day weekend, January 13-16 sees strong Grand Prix events in both coasts, the Golden State Open in Concord, California and the Liberty Bell Open in Philadelphia. Look for CLO coverage of both, including U.S. Chess Scoop videos from Philly. Also look for a report on the Waldo Odak Memorial in St. Louis, which celebrates the life of Waldo Odak with 100 percent of the entry fees donated to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) research.
Best of CLO2011
Review some of the best articles on Chess Life Online in our annual top ten countdown. In the fast-paced news-cycle at
uschess.org/clo, it’s easy to miss gems. Last year’s winner was CLO editor Jennifer Shahade’s interview with Jeff Sarwer, a former chess prodigy who now plays professional poker.
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