USCF Affairs / News for Our Members
2013 ANNUAL FRANK P. SAMFORD, JR. CHESS FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCED
THE FRANK P. SAMFORD, JR. CHESS FELLOWSHIP is pleased to announce its 27th consecutive annual award. The Fellowship was created by the late Frank P. Samford of Birmingham, Ala- bama to advance the game he loved by identifying and assisting the most promising young chess masters in the United States.
Since its inception in 1987 the Samford has been successful in promoting the chess careers of more than two dozen young Americans, many of whom have gone on to become grandmas- ters, members of the U.S. Olympiad chess team and United States chess champions. Former Samford Scholars Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky are presently rated in the top 15 players in the world.
This Fellowship is open to American chessplayers who are under the age of 25 at the start of the Fellowship, July 1, 2013, and have been permanent residents of the U.S. for at least one year prior to that date. Leadership of the Fellowship program is provided by Mr. Samford, Jr’s son, Frank P. Samford III of Atlanta, Geor- gia, with the able help of Barbara DeMaro of the U.S. Chess Trust.
The 2013 Samford Chess Fellow will receive a monthly stipend for living expenses, training by leading chess coaches, chess books, computer equipment and other study materials as well as opportunities to travel and compete in tournaments and matches at the highest levels. The value of the Fellowship (includ- ing stipend, training, study materials and tournament travel) has been increased to $42,000 annually. It is given for a one-year term and can be extended for a second year by mutual consent.
The 2013 Samford Fellow will be selected by the Samford Chess Fellowship Committee (“Committee”), consisting of Frank P. Samford III, Grandmaster Arthur Bisguier and International Master John Donaldson. Each applicant, who can be male or female, must be able to demonstrate talent, achievement and com- mitment to chess. He or she must be willing to make the effort required to become a leading grandmaster and possible challenger for the world chess championship. Applicants must have a chess rating (either USCF, FIDE or both). For further details and an application form write to:
John Donaldson, Secretary Samford Chess Fellowship 1623½ Martin Luther King Junior Way Berkeley, CA 94709 Or: (510) 644-1285 and
imwjd@aol.com
Completed applications for the 2013 Fellowship must be received no later than January 15, 2013. We expect to announce the win- ner in April, 2013. All decisions by the Committee will be final.
If qualified applicants can be found a new Fellow will be selected every year. It is expected that the Samford Fellowship will con- tinue to produce very strong American chessplayers, some of whom will join the elite group of world super-grandmasters.
The Samford Fellowship seeks to replicate the excellence and achieve- ment that marked the life of Frank P. Samford, Jr. Funding for this program is made possible by the generosity of Mrs. Virginia Dono- van, widow of Mr. Samford, Jr., and by Torchmark Corporation.
2013 EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION
THE U.S. CHESS FEDERATION (USCF) will hold an election in 2013 for four at large positions on the USCF executive board. The two candidates receiving the most votes will be elected to a term of three years. The third and fourth candidates ranked by vote total will be elected to a term of two years.
Any current USCF member who is not a current USCF employee or designated contractor (as defined in USCF bylaws) can be nom- inated for election to the USCF executive board.
Nominations must be made by petitions containing the signatures of fifty (50) or more voting members of the USCF of whom at least fifteen (15) are USCF delegates representing at least five (5) states, and by payment of a filing fee of $250 to the U.S. Chess Federa- tion. The petition to nominate a candidate and the filing fee must be postmarked by Monday, December 31, 2012. (Send nominations and the filing fee to Cheryle Bruce, U.S. Chess Federation, P.O. Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557-3967.)
The nomination petitions must contain the dated signatures,
printed names and USCF IDs of each voting member, and should contain the following text: “We, the undersigned voting members of the U.S. Chess Federation, nominate __(candidate name goes here)__ as a candidate for election to the USCF executive board in the 2013 election. We also consent to having our names and USCF IDs published as having signed this petition.”
A sample nomination form will be made available on the USCF web- site.
Candidates must consent to be on the ballot, either by signing their own nominating petition or by separate notice to the USCF.
A voting member for this election is any current USCF member (active as of May 4, 2013) whose membership expires on or after June 30, 2013, and who will be age 16 or older by June 30, 2013.
Ballots will be distributed to voting members who are registered to vote as of March 31, 2013. Ballot distribution will occur around June 1st, and returned ballots will be counted in July. The terms will begin at the conclusion of the 2013 Delegates Meeting.
Due to new policies enacted at the 2012 Delegates’ Meeting, your USCF mailing label has changed. Please see
uschess.org for the document, “How to read your mailing label” for further details.
14 November 2012 | Chess Life
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