October Preview / This month in Chess Life and CLO CHESS LIFE ONLINE PREVIEW: OCTOBER National Chess Day
October 11, 2014 is National Chess Day in the U.S. On October 9, 1976, Gerald Ford declared National Chess Day and in 2010, the idea got a further boost with U.S. Senate recognition. Chess Life Online (CLO)will feature a round-up of events across the nation from Vegas to Virginia. We’re also looking for stories, games and photos from you on how you celebrated the holiday— send them to
jshahade@uschess.org.
MILLIONAIRE CHESS: Look for CLO coverage of the Millionaire Chess Open, the first event of its kind, created by GM Maurice Ashley & Amy Lee. The event features a one million dollar guaranteed prize pool, and takes place in Las Vegas from October 9-13.
CLAUDIA IN INDIA: Claudia Munoz won the first U.S. Junior Girls Closed on tiebreak and also tied for first in the National Girls Invitational. Adept at using social media to promote chess and her own successes, Claudia gives CLO readers an exclusive peek into the chess adventure of a lifetime as she travels to Pune, India for the World Junior U20 Championships 2014 (October 5-20).
HOW CHESS AFFECTS YOU: Check out our social media networks,
facebook.com/uschess &
twitter.com/uschess for stories on how chess impacts our members lives. Have a story of your own to share? Send it to
jdubois@uschess.org.
JOHN HARTMANN (Looks at Books) is a chess book reviewer and blogger. You can find his work at chess
bookreviews.wordpress.com. Someday he will finish his dissertation.
JORGE BARERRA (Cover Story) has been a chess teacher as part of after-school programs for over ten years both in California and in Chicago. Coming from a family of photographers, he has also used photog- raphy as a creative outlet for many years.
CHESS LIFE EDITOR DANIEL LUCAS
DAVID HOPKINS (USCF Mission) is a full-time writer in Arlington, Texas. He was a high school chess coach for 12 years.
FM ALISA MELEKHINA (Openings) has just taken the New York bar exam after graduating from the University of Pennsyl- vania Law School in May 2014. She has competed in the U.S. Women’s Championship for the last six years, finishing third in 2009.
6 October 2014 | Chess Life
PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER OQUENDO,
MYCHESSPHOTOS.COM
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