November Preview/ This month in Chess Life and CLO CHESS LIFE ONLINE PREVIEW: NOVEMBER Turkey With Chess
The Thanksgiving weekend always brings chess drama from coast to coast. Look for coverage of the National Chess Congress in Philadelphia from the U.S. Chess Scoop while Randy Hough will cover the American Open in Los Angeles. Also find updates on an exciting match between U.S. number one GM Hikaru Nakamura and world number three GM Levon Aronian, to be held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. If you have a Thanksgiving chess game or memory of your own, send it to
jshahade@uschess.org for possible inclusion in CLO.
U.S. CHESS LEAGUE FEATURES TOP U.S. STARS: Look for an exclusive piece for CLO on the U.S. Chess League, now in its 10th season and featuring some of the best players in the country, including U.S. Champion Gata Kamsky and Webster students Le Quang Liem and Wesley So. So is now ranked 14th in the world and recently changed his delegation to the U.S.
LONDON CHESS CLASSIC: The London Chess Classic (December 6-14) is a festival of events, including a round-robin tournament with U.S. number one GM Hikaru Nakamura and world number two Italian-American Fabiano Caruana. There will also be an education conference focused on math and chess, in which CLO editor Jen Shahade will present. Look for her impressions of the exciting event on CLO.
NEW ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Look out for a new puzzle series on CLO and on our social media networks. For the latest news and photos, be sure to join us on
facebook.com/uschess,
twitter.com/uschess &
YouTube.com/USChessFederation.
USCF MISSION
“Empowering people through chess one move at a time.” USCF VISION
“Our vision is to enrich the lives of all persons and communities through increasing the play, study, and appreciation of the game of chess.”
JOHN HARTMANN (Looks at Books) is a chess book reviewer and blogger. You can find his work at chessbookreviews.word-
press.com. Someday he will finish his dissertation.
MIKE KLEIN (Cover Story) is the director of content for
Chess.com. He also teaches, freelances, bikes and snowboards, though never more than any two at the same time. He is also a former chess journalist of the year.
MICHAEL REGAN (In the Arena) is treasurer of the Maryland Chess Association, helps organize open tournaments in Maryland and was USCF organizer of the year in 2013. He enjoys bike touring and coaching soccer. In his day job, he's an astronomer working on the James Webb space telescope.
6 November 2014 | Chess Life
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