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Knight’s Tour / Tournament Travel
The 114th U.S. Open JULY 27-AUGUST 4
6-day choice starting on Tuesday, July 30. Finally, the 4-day schedule starts August 1. All sections merge Friday night in round seven with play concluding Sunday.
There are a host of daily side events starting with: the U.S. Open Bughouse, the U.S. Open Weekend Swiss, U.S. Open Scholastic, weekday U.S. Open Quads, U.S. Open G/15 Championship, the 2013 Women’s U.S. Open, and U.S. Open Blitz Championship. And for those more athlet- ically inclined, the 16th Annual Golf Tournament and the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament are planned.
Follow the nation’s top juniors in the Denker Tournament of High School Champions, the Dewain Barber Tourna - ment of K-8 Champions and the inaugural National Girls’ Invitational Tournament. They’ll start with an opening ceremony Saturday afternoon.
Madison and south-central Wisconsin are rich in cultural, educational and natural sites. You may visit the state capital, State Street (a mile long pedestrian mall), relax on the terrace of University of Wisconsin’s Memorial Union while you enjoy a Babcock Hall ice cream treat just yards away from cooling Lake Mendota. Visit the Vilas Zoo (free), Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin studio and home or the Circus World Museum (world’s largest collection of circus memorabilia). Or plan a day trip to the ‘The Frozen Tundra’ of Lambeau Field to watch a Green Bay Packers’ practice.
WELCOME HOME USCF! By MIKE NIETMAN
WISCONSIN IS HONORED TO HOST THE 2013 U.S. Open. On behalf of all Wisconsin players, I invite you to participate in the 114th U.S. Open at the Madison Marriott West Hotel in Middleton, Wisconsin, July 27 to August 4.
In 1939, the USCF was founded by prominent chess players from Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin when the National Chess Federation merged with the American Chess Federation (which was a successor of the Western Chess Associa tion). Wisconsin’s rich chess history includes hosting the 1935 and 1953 U.S. Opens, the 1990 World Youth, 2002 National Junior High Championship and the 2006 National High School Championship. Wisconsinites
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Arpad Elo (charter member of USCF and creator of worldwide rating systems), Fred Cramer (USCF vice president and president), Marshall Rohland (USCF secretary and president), Pearle Mann (first woman national tournament director and first woman FIDE arbiter) and IM Bill Martz (co- champion of the 1982 U.S. Open and played in two U.S. championships) have made significant contributions to both the USCF and chess in general. Wisconsin’s new generation of chess talent will be led by USCF’s youngest master and 2011 World Under 8 Champi on, FM Awonder Liang.
The U.S. Open offers three schedules. The first is the 9-day option beginning July 27 with one game each night at 7:00. Or, the
Adjacent to the Marriott is Middleton’s Greenway Station, an “open-air shopping center designed as a pedestrian-friendly environment. With its attention to architec - tural details and landscaping, the upscale, open-air lifestyle center includes strolling walkways, extensive gardens, a spacious courtyard and a 60-foot clock tower.” It includes over 20 shops and 16 restaurants all within a 10-minute walk of the Marriott.
If you’re staying at the Marriott and elect to fly into the Dane County Regional Airport, the Marriott will pick you up at the airport at no charge. Just call them from the tarmac! If you elect to fly into Milwaukee or Chicago, bus service travels regularly from those airports to Madison.
We are confident that you will enjoy a fantastic chess experience here in Madison at the 2013 U.S. Open Champi- onship! And don’t forget to bring home a block of one of Wisconsin’s world- famous cheeses.
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