Posts tagged: FIDE

1st NA Amateur Closed

The 9-round 3-day tournament was held over the Thanksgiving weekend. The venue is clean and well lighted, all equipments are supplied—even the food and drink. So the plays just need to show up and play chess. A big feast of chess over Turkey Day weekend, how nice! Abe was playing in the tournament, so were [...]

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Monday November 29th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Abe at the World Amateur Chess Championship (update 2)

Before round 7, Abe asked me to check his game during his play (The tournament hall was spacious, spectators were allowed). In other rounds, from now and than, I peeked at some games including his, and took a few pictures (I always had the flash off). He probably meant to check his game more often. I [...]

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Saturday March 27th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Abe at the World Amateur Chess Championship (update 1)

One of my friends—who is also a chess parent— told me during a chess tournament, according to his observation, if Abe comes out of chess playing hall quickly, he wins his game; if he comes out late, he maybe in trouble. It is a compliment to Abe. Abe has the tendency to be aggressive and [...]

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Tuesday March 23rd, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Ten days left to register the World Amateur Chess Championship

Maybe you’ve already known that the World Amateur Chess Championship 2010 will take place in Skokie, IL USA between March 19th and March 25th 2010, but you haven’t decided to register it or not.  If you or your kids are chess players, living in the states, and  have FIDE ratings of less than 2000 or [...]

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Friday March 5th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »