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2015 Annual Samford Fellowship: 29 Years and Counting The 2015 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 (including 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 2015 Samford Fellow will be selected by the Samford
GMs Hikaru Nakamura (l) and Sam Shankland, just two of the many beneficiaries of the Samford Fellowship program.
The Frank P. Samford Jr. Chess Fellowship is pleased to
announce its 29th consecutive annual award. The Fellowship was created by the late Frank P. Samford of Birmingham, Alabama 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 grandmasters, members of the U.S. Olympiad chess team and United States chess champions. Former Samford Fellow Hikaru Nakamura is rated in the top 10 in the world and current Fellow Sam Shankland won a gold medal as the top reserve player in the 2014 Tromsø Olympiad. This Fellowship is open to American chessplayers who are
under the age of 25 at the start of the Fellowship, July 1, 2015, 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, Georgia, with the able help of Barbara DeMaro of the U.S. Chess Trust.
Chess Fellowship Committee (“Committee”), consisting of Frank P. Samford III, Grandmaster Yury Shulman and International Master John Donaldson. Each applicant, who can be male or female, must be able to demonstrate talent, achievement and commitment 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 (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 2015 Fellowship must be
received no later than January 15, 2015. We expect to announce the winner by April, 2015. All decisions by the Committee will be final. A new Fellow will be selected every year if qualified applicants
can be found. It is expected that the Samford Fellowship will continue 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
achievement that marked the life of Frank P. Samford, Jr. Funding for this program is made possible by the generosity of Mrs. Virginia Donovan, widow of Mr. Samford, Jr., and by Torchmark Corporation.
Call For Nominations
The U.S. Chess Federation (USCF) will hold an election in 2015 for two at- large positions on the USCF executive board for a term of three years, expiring in 2018.
Any current USCF member who is not a current USCF em ployee or designated contractor (as defined in the USCF bylaws) may be nominated for election to the executive board.
Nominations must be made by petition containing the sig natures of fifty (50) or more members of the USCF who are either registered or eligible to register to vote, and by payment of a filing fee of $100 to the U.S. Chess Federation.
The members signing the nomination petition must include at least fifteen (15) USCF delegates representing at least five (5) states. The petition to nominate a candidate and the filing fee must be postmarked by Wednesday, December 31, 2014. (Send petitions and the filing fee to: Cheryle Bruce, U.S. Chess Federation, P.O. Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557-3967.)
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The nomination petitions must contain the dated signature, printed name, and USCF ID of each signer, and should contain the following text:
"We, the undersigned members of the U.S. Chess Federation, nominate _(candidate name goes here)_ as a candidate for election to the USCF executive board in the 2015 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 website.
Candidates must consent to be on the ballot, either by signing their own nomination petition or by separate notice to the USCF.
A voting member for this election is any current USCF member (active as of May 4, 2015) whose membership expires on or after June 30, 2015, who will be age 16 or older by June 30, 2015, and who registers to vote by May 1, 2015.
Ballots will be distributed to voting members who are registered to vote as of May 1, 2015. Ballot distribution will occur around June 10th, and returned ballots will be counted in July. The terms will begin at the conclusion of the 2015 Delegates’ Meeting.
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