October Preview / This month in Chess Life and US Chess News
US CHESS NEWS PREVIEW
OCTOBER
MILLIONAIRE CHESS IS BACK! Our coverage of Millionaire Chess (October 8-12 or 7-12, Las Vegas) includes reports from GM Christian Chirila. Favorites include the top three American players, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, and defending champ Wesley So (left, on our January 2015 cover). The second iteration of Millionaire will feature a “Confessional Booth” and a real possibility that one player will walk away an instant millionaire.
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.”
NATIONAL CHESS DAY Celebrate National Chess Day on October
10 and be sure to share your own stories with us for possible inclusion in US Chess News.
FIND US ON INSTAGRAM In addition to our accounts on
facebook.com/uschess and
twitter.com/uschess, find us on Instagram at US_Chess.
WORLD RAPID AND BLITZ Look for a report on the World Rapid and Blitz Championships, set for October 9-15 in Berlin, Germany.
USCF MISSION “Empowering people through chess one move at a time.”
A D V E R T I S E M E N T FISCHER-NAJDORF AND RELATED SOZIN LINES
If you are looking for the definitive reference on the Fischer-Najdorf Variation (6.jc4) along with the Sozin lines that may arise from transposition, this is it! Authored by Kevin Murphy, the 197-page book also contains analysis of complete games by former U.S. Open champion IM Georgi Orlov. 8.5” x 11” format. Price: $19.95, which includes shipping. (International addresses add $5.00.) Please remit check payable to Kevin Murphy. Address: 2922 170th Ave SE, Bellevue WA 98008. Published by Paramount Ridge Press.
6 October 2015 | Chess Life
CONTRIBUTORS
GM ARUN PRASAD SUBRAMANIAN (World Open) is an Indian grandmaster. He is the 2004 Asian junior champion, the 2009 Scottish Open champion, and the 2011 Paris international champion.
BRIAN JERAULD (U.S. Junior Open) is the 2013 chess journalist of the year.
AL LAWRENCE (Cover Story) is the former executive director of both US Chess and the World Chess Hall of Fame. He is currently managing director for the U.S. Chess Trust. His latest book, with GM Lev Alburt, is Chess for the Gifted and Busy.
FM ALISA MELEKHINA (French Advance) is one of the top female players in the U.S. She received the gold medal for her performance in the 2009 Women’s World Team Championship held in Ningbo, China. She recently placed fifth in the 2014 U.S. Women’s Championship. Alisa graduated from Penn Law at age 22 in May of 2014. She is currently practicing at a corporate law firm in New York City in the fields of intellectual property and white-collar litigation.
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