JAX Chess News
Jacksonville, FlaG-d Bless America
Our Staff would like to wish you all a Zeisen Pesach and Happy Easter . Also kudos to our readers for their contributions of strange events surrounding chess. Your courage and diligence has made it so we can hardly keep up but be assured we will complete our mission.
Can you beat the Jacksonville City Team?
The internet now provides for teams to compete anywhere in the globe. If you want to take on the General Jackson Brigade contact Bradzang@hotmail.com .
The General Jackson Brigade (Jacksonville Chess Club) Won its March 9th Battle (internet match) with The Jamaican Ambassadors Chess Team (Jamaican Chess Academy) 6.5 to 3.5 ( 4 to 1 as white and 2.5 to 2.5 as black)
For Info: http://www.jaxchess.org/jccnews.html
The General Jacksonville Brigade takes its name from General Andrew Jackson who is most famous for winning the Battle of New Orleans (Jan 8, 1815) two weeks after the war was over. In that tradition John Ellis (president of the JCC) who noticed an attractive woman eyeing him during the battle is quoted as saying, "It was two weeks later but I got my mate.". We have received Challenges from Belgium, Southern California, San Antonio Texas and Tampa Florida.
So far Our Team Tournament with Belgium is scheduled for Sat April 13. The General Jackson Brigade (JCC) meets at 10 A.M. at the Docking Station Cyber Cafe our sponsor. [ 2 rounds, 5 Boards, G/30, switching colors and using pogo as the portal.] Location: 1301-11 Monument Road. Jacksonville, Fl 32225 Phone 722-DOCK www.dstationtech.com. We hope to be able to project the games on a screen for spectators to watch. All are welcome!
The Jacksonville Chess Club will be running Scholastic Tournaments Sat April 20 and Sat May 25, 2002 Please bring chess sets. Winners will be invited to represent Jacksonville in one of our Scholastic Internet Team Tournaments as members of the Junior General Jackson Brigade (TBA)
on April 20 2002 at the Panera Bread and Cafe
Location: (San Marco at LaSalle Street) 1615 Hendricks Avenue Jacksonville Fl 32207
Phone 904 306-9600 www.panera-fla.com
Registration from 1 to 1:30. G/30 that means the game lasts one hour. Round 2, 3:30 and 5:00 P.M. Prizes Trophies , Books & others G1-6 and 7-12 Cost $5
on May 25, 2002 at Atlanta Bread Company
Location: 5613-1 San Jose Boulevard Jacksonville, Fl 32207 phone 904- 448- 0808 Registration 1:00 to 1:30 P.M. Game in 30 min Rounds 2:00, 3:15 and 4:45 P.M. Cost $5
Jacksonville Chess Club Meetings
The Jacksonville Chess Club meets every Saturday between 12 and 5 P.M. at our Location at the Deerwood Center of Florida Community College at Jacksonville in the Commons Area, 9911 Old Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville Fl 32256, phone 997-2500.
http://www.jaxchess.org/
http://www.fccj.org/Deerwood/
Strange News by Elliote Wisanski
The Elmers of Chess are Ham Radio Masters who bounce signals off Near Earth Objects with chess moves on them. Why? I am told, to add the risk of the move being rejected because it didn't bounce. You would then have to choose a different move. To be more specific Elmers are Ham Radio Masters who not only have a technological knowledge of Radio Communications, but practice a lifestyle around its use designed to quiet the thinking mind and move awareness, from the rational to the intuitive mode of consciousness.
Members of the Five Points Chess Master Club, (FPCMC Jacksonville) have been claiming for years that Elmers have been trying to get them into apprenticeships. Telling them stuff like, " It only cost 6 dollars to get a Ham License", " You don't need to know Morse code." and, They lowered the 35 multiple choice question test passing grade to a D so checker players could get in."
Northeast Florida is not adverse to Radio Chess. The Late Russ Donnelly (see openings section) past president of the Jacksonville Chess Club and founder of the Five Points Chess Club was one of the pioneers in radio chess. He had to discontinue the practice during WWII but picked it up again when stationed in Occupied Japan after the war. The reasons for its ban during the war besides it's use for blatant espionage were that one could unintentionally give the location of a regiment and troop movements just through conversation associated with the game.
Now comes the Island of Malta incident. Malta has a noble history some call it an independent nation, the Azure Window, beloved Island home, but lets be honest it is a Fort. If you were trying to make contact with a Potentially Dangerous Alien Presence. (PDAP) You would do it from a Fortress to avoid any chance of the Aliens taking over the transmission site. That is why Malta is the Hub for all Elmers Chess in the Old World. To make the case that it is a Fort I offer the words of Winston Churchill (Feb 9 1941), "I dare say you will have noticed a very significant air action which was fought over Malta a fortnight ago. The Germans sent an entire Geschwader (squadron) of dive-bombers to Sicily. They seriously injured our new aircraft carrier Illustrious, and then, as this wounded ship was sheltered in Malta harbor, they concentrated upon her all their force so as to beat her to pieces; but they were met by the batteries of Malta, which is one of the strongest defended fortresses in the world against air attack."
I am told by sources that the Elmers Chess Masters of Malta work secretly with the Astronomical Society of Malta and project Star Shine run by NASA. But is this really radio Chess? Lou Ryan of Malta say's "Its a variant so I won't participate. The chances that all your moves and your opponents moves will bounce and you will end up with a regular game of Chess are astronomical." Anyway Malta station 9HA3CP (lat 36 long 14.4) ie. Abe Saint, has been playing Elmers Chess with Titusville Florida Radio station KF4CFO ie. Bill Galante. Titusville which is located close to NASA seems to be the Grand Central Station of North American Ham Radio. The same reliable source states, that during the Space Coast Open there is at least one Elmer Master in each section. I asked Bill Galante , How he finds the objects he bounce off. He says, he uses Home Planet 3.1 software to find the location of Near Earth Objects for his bounces. But let Bill tell his story in his own words, "While playing a common variation of the Ruy Lopez ( the Chigorin) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11d4 Qc7 I decided to try to bounce the move 12 Nb-d2 off the Comet Ikeya-Zhang on Feb 16 2002. My Elmer Master John Siks told me bouncing signals off comets was too difficult because of poor ionization at VHF. He recommended that I choose an astroid or the Moon for my games, but I wanted to be different. I was amazed when I got a response from my Malta counter part 9HA3CP. He said, "good move", gave me his move 12...b4 and the positions of other Near Earth Objects (NEO) to try my bounce off . I was surprised to find that some of them were not in the Home Planet data base of 5732 asteroids, meteors and comets nor in the LINEAR data base ( MIT data base of NEO's), but each time I transmitted I got the corresponding bounce signal within an acceptable db range 30 and time window. 13 cxb4 cxb4 I thought these guys in Malta were good. In my next move 14 Bb3 I told Mr. Saint,."Some objects were too far for my equipment". He told me on his next move, a perfect bounce 14 Nxb3, that the Rail Roads in Florida have remote controlled breakers on their ground system, and at certain times you can use the Rail Road tracks as a giant antenna. The message also included the times , track configurations, and suggested I take a portable transmitter and hook up. But I had never heard of this. Elmer John Siks seemed surprised when I told him about this but smiled and said, "We are every where." It worked 16 axb3 On Feb 28 I got the move 16...Bb7 with the Question why are we making bacteria adapt to super high pressures is it to Kill those ugly Extra Terrestrials. I remembered reading on Yahoo News the day before that someone took the bacteria E.coli and exposed it to pressures 16000 times the pressure at sea level. It adapted and survived. Then I remembered someone asking me not to Hum during a tournament and realized this was another ploy to distract me. The game continued. 17. d5 a5 18 Qe2 On March 10, I got the move 18... Rfc8 with the question "Why are we developing Bubble Fusion is it to develop plasma shields to defend our space ships when we try and kill those ugly Extra Terrestrial." I had read the day before on Yahoo News that a tiny bubble introduced into a acetone containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen, (Heavy Acetone) when hit by sonic trigger produce a fusion reaction, but nothing about a plasma Shields. So I realized my opponent was trying to distract me from my game again and complained to Elmer John Siks who also acted as a Tournament Director. He seemed very surprised that I had during a large portion of my game a 100% hit rate for my transmission bounce and shocked by the questions. Then he told me he was stopping the game because my opponent was asking distracting questions and awarded me the win. He also told me to disassemble all of my Ham equipment to give it a rest. I immediately complied with his instructions. I was very proud but the Jax Chess News was the only reputable news letter that would hear my story and publish my game."
On March 11 reliable sources reported that Ham Radio Stations all over Canada were broadcasting under the unauthorized call letters PDAP ( Potentially Dangerous Alien Presence Found) followed by the words "Have Located". Daniel Marks vice President of the Chess Masters Club of Five Points (CMCFP) Say's, " This is stupid they tried to make an apprentice Elmer of Chess out of me but, I turned them down. You can't just go bouncing radio signals with chess moves off objects in space someone is liable to think your trying to communicate with them."
Alex Piller a long time member of the CMCFP say's, " if you were spying on the earth you wouldn't use a cloaking device like the Romulins in Star Trek. You would be camouflaged as a NEO a meteor, asteroid or comet." Brian Cosio also of the CMCFP says, " This is a Variant. The Elmers have to be stopped before they get Control of the FCA ( Florida Chess Association)) and USCF (United States Chess Federation) . We have to find these guys and remove them if their officers."
This may be unrelated but in fact in a recent publication of the FCA they mentioned removing an officer but not his name. (Perhaps they felt it was too much information to give away. ) Andrew Samper co-founder of the CMCFP says, " Aliens think they are so smart trying to get information from us this way but, perhaps we are doing this to trick them into revealing themselves."
As editor of the Strange Chess News I commissioned a committee chaired by Brad Zang a co-editor of the Jax Chess News to investigate these strange events.
Their unedited investigations and conclusions are as follows.
Our investigation was divided into eight parts.
First a member tried to contact Abe Saint (9HA3CP) via E-mail to get his version of events.
He got an automated response that our E-mails were being blocked.
Second a member decided to investigate the feasibility of using ungrounded rail road tracks as antennas.
2A) A member asked Physicist Jonney Myers he sad "Why not? But I never heard of it."
2B) A member asked JCC Treasurer Claud Fosshee a long time employee of the rail road if he ever heard of it. He said "No" but immediately resigned as Treasurer before we could ask him about the Elmers of Chess. (We now need a new Treasurer members please apply!)
Third our goal was to find out about possible Elmer infiltration of Florida Chess Clubs.
3A) To get some background on the subject a member asked John Ellis president of the JCC. What exactly is an Elmer? He said "I never heard of the term." We have people willing to testify at an open Board of Directors Meeting that he was the Ham Radio Air Traffic Controller for all of Florida in 1976.
3B) A member tried to contact Gerald Sohn President of the Orange Park Chess Club to ask about the Elmers but was told by his secretary "He was unavailable for comment, because he's busy with a project involving Satellites in orbit designed for Ham Radio use.
Forth a member contacted chess players on the Island of Malta to ask about Elmers Chess there. He was told in no uncertain terms that the Maltese Chess Federation wants all communication with the Jax Chess News to stop!
Fifth A member called the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) and asked " Could anyone make such perfect bounces off of NEO?" Their response was to hang up on him.
Sixth We tackled the strange question accompanying moves during the game.
6A). Bacteria - Mikle Kruge a marine biologist and chess player on pogo says, "I understands the misunderstanding. We just wanted to see if Bacteria could exist under the Surface of Mars, but someone thought we were trying to adapt the Bacteria to Kill them."
6B) Plasma Shields - Physicist Johnny Myers says, "I never thought of creating a device that would disperse heavy acetone and then detonate it by a sonic trigger to create a plasm shield with temperatures of perhaps 10 million degrees as an application, but I will check with a friend who works as a defense contractor for NATO." Johnny has not returned our calls for two weeks and his neighbors say he must have moved out of town.
Seventh a member tried to contact Elmer John Siks, because we were told by a Ham Radio expert that radio equipment does not have to be disassembled to get a rest. John Siks neighbors all the same thing, "I never heard of him and mind your own busines."
Eighth We tried to contact NASA about the Elmers of Malta and their connection with Project Star Shine. All we got is a recording that says " Due to security concerns for the first time in a decade the agency is not giving Shuttle launch times in advance."
Conclusions: Despite the senseless clamor of my committee, I feel this is all just a lot of coincidence, paranoia, suspicion and innuendo. Nothing to worry about! I mean Elmers it sounds like a glue. Respectfully Submitted by
Brad Zang [Chairman JCN Elmers Chess Investigation Committee March 23, 2002]
Elsewhere in Chess News:
On March 10 2002 great players like Kasparov, Anand, Adams, Ivanchuk, Shirov, Vallejo Pons and the new FIDE world champion Ponomariov finished a seven-player double-round event in Linares, Spain. Kasparov finished first!
Openings:
The JCC will be running our second annual Russ Donnelly Memorial a Blackmar Gambit theme tournament on Sunday, September 21 so I recommend you study this section.
This article was donated by Pasquale Francia President of the NFCC /Nimzo Friends Chess Club -Agropoli (SA) South of Italy
The Blackmar Gambit start with moves like 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3
The pawn sacrifice isn't fully correct, however: [If 3.f3 Black go on with 3...e5! 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nge7 and Black is in a fine condition.] 3...e5!
[Here is the best move for Black. It looks for rapid development and not see for the win of a pawn.] 4.Be3 exd4 5.Qxd4 [After 5.Bxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 Black is fine. For example, if 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.Ng3 the white pawn is back in any time but black can respond with 8...Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bxb5 10.Qe5+ Be7! (10...Qe7 also is interesting because of the continuation 11.Qxb5+ c6 12.Qe2 0-0-0 13.0-0 e3 14.fxe3 g6 with the idea of Bg7 and Black is ok)11.Qxb5+ c6 12.Qe2 (if 12.Qxb7?! then 12...0-0 13.Nf5 Bc5 14.Qxc6 Rc8 15.Qa4 Qb6 16.Nd1 Rfd8 with very strong play for Black).if Black instead of 7...Nf6 try 7...a6?! then may be 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Ng3 Nf6 10.Qd2! (not 10.Bxf6?Qxf6 11.Ngxe4 Bxe4 12.Nxe4 Qxb2 and Black is good) 10...Bb4 11.0-0-0 0-0 12.Nf5 with advantage for White. Another choice for Black instead of 7..Nf6 is 7...Qh4! The main variation goes: 8.Qd2 (if 8Ng3 then 8...Qe7! Black is fine)8...0-0-0 9.0-0-0 (9.g3 Qg4 10.0-0-0 a6 11.h3 Qf3) 9...Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bxb5 11.Qxd8+ Qxd8 12.Rxd8 Kxd8 13.Nxb5 Bc5 14.Rd1+ Kc8 with a won ending for Black.]5...Qxd4 6.Bxd4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.0-0-0 0-0-0 [in this position IM Yudovich (1911-1987) prefers Black pieces, but make your own analyses and assessments. Despite Yudovich, I think white has a good position...after f3, exf3 and Nxf3, seems that White pieces are very active.] What about the main variation after:
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5! 4.Be3 exd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Bxd4 Nc6
7.Bb5 Bd7 8.0-0-0,0-0-0 If 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Ne2 seems that Black have a problem with his pieces on the King Side because if 10...Nf6?! then 11.Bxf6 Rxd1+ 12.Rxd1 gxf6 13.Nd4 and Black pawn structure seem to be weak.1d4,d5 2.e4,dxe4 3.Nc3 e5! 4.Be3 exd4 5.Qxd4? (this weak) 5... Qxd4 6.Bxd4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.0-0-0 0-0-0 9.Bxc6 (9.Nge2?! Nxd4 10.Bxd7+ Rxd7 11.Nxd4 Nf6 12.Rhe1 Bc5 is very good for black) Bxc6 10.Nge2 Ne7! 11.Ng3 (11.Bxa7?? Rxd1+ 12.Rxd1 b6 and wins) f5 simply holds the extra pawn for black who also has the bishop pair.
Jax Chess Profiled
Results of the March 16 UNF Open was no surprise. As expected both first places were taken by JCC members, in the upper section Andrew Cunnanan and in the lower section Cesar Moreno. One UNF person was quoted as saying "This is ridiculous lets not tell the JCC about our events anymore."
These annotated games were donated by Dave Lamb (101) LAMB,D (2013) - DENKER,A (2264) [E62] US AMATEUR (2), 16.02.2002 [Phalanx XXII (10s)]
1.c4 E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6 1...Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.Nf3 c6 7.0–0 Qc7N [7...Bf5 8.Nh4 Be6 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Bd7 11.Be3 Na6 12.Bd4 Qa5 13.Re1 Nc5 14.e4 Na4 15.Nxa4 Qxa4 16.b3 Qa3 17.f4 Bb5 18.e5 Nd7 19.e6 Bxd4+ 20.Qxd4 Qc5 21.Nf3 fxe6 22.dxe6 Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V/Wch21–Moscow 1957/½–½ (38)] 8.e4 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 Be6 11.b3 Secures c4 [11.Qe2 h6²] 11...Ng4 12.Qe2 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 h6 Covers g5 14.Rad1 Nd7 15.Rfe1 Rfd8 16.Rc1 [16.a3 Qb6³] 16...Qa5 17.h3 Controls g4 17...Bf8 18.Red1 Kh7 19.Qe2 Bb4 20.Nd5 Bf8 [20...Bd6 21.Rb1=] 21.Kh2 [21.Nc3=] 21...Bg7 [¹21...f6!?³ is a viable option] 22.b4² Qa4 23.Nc7 Rac8 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Qb2 c5 26.b5 This push gains space 26...Nb6 27.Qb3 Kg8 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Qe3 Qb4 30.Bf1 Qb2 31.Kg2 Kh7 [31...Na4 32.a3=] 32.h4 [32.Qc3 Qxc3 33.Rxc3 Bf6²] 32...Na8 [32...Na4 33.a3=] 33.a4 [33.Rc3 Rd7=] 33...b6 [33...Qb4!?= is worthy of consideration] 34.Qc3² Qxc3 35.Rxc3 Nc7 36.Be2 a5 37.Rd3 Rxd3 38.Bxd3 Ne8 39.g4 Nd6 40.Kg3 Kg8 41.Ng1 g5 42.h5 Kf7 43.Ne2 ½–½
(2) SCOTT,B (1941) - LAMB,D (2013) [B34]
JAMAICA INTERNET #2, 09.03.2002
[Fritz 6 (180s)] B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c3 [5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bg5 0–0 8.Qd2 a5 9.Bb5 d6 10.0–0 Be6 11.Rfe1 Nd7 12.Rad1 Nde5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qb6 15.h3 Rfc8 16.a4 Bxb3 17.cxb3 Nb4 18.Rd2 Qd8 19.f4 Nec6 Kupreichik,V-Martinovic,S/BL2-W 1996/BL2/0–1 (29)] 5...Bg7 [5...Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.0–0 d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Na3 0–0 12.Bxd7 Qxd7 13.Nc2 Rab8 14.Rb1 Ne4 15.Be3 e6 16.f3 Nd6 17.Bd4 f6 18.Ne3 Rfc8 19.b4 Nc4 20.Nxc4 Durao,M-Ni Hua/Beijing Lee Cup 1996/EXP 54/0–1 (43)] 6.Be3 d6 7.Bc4N [7.Bb5 Bd7 8.0–0 Nf6 9.f3 0–0 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Ba4 Qc7 12.Bc2 Rfd8 13.f4 Rab8 14.Bc1 Ng4 15.Qf3 Rxb2 16.Na3 Rdb8 17.Bxb2 Rxb2 18.Kh1 Be6 19.h3 Nf6 20.Rfb1 Rxa2 21.Rxa2 Bxa2 22.Ra1 Be6 23.Nb1 Qb6 24.Qd1 Nh5 25.f5 Ng3+ 26.Kh2 Be5 27.h4 Nxe4+ 0–1 Kraenzle,L-Fohler/Ladenburg sen 1992/GER 04 (27); 7.Be2 Nf6²] 7...Bd7 [7...Nf6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Qf3=] 8.0–0 Nf6 9.Nd2 0–0 10.f3 Secures g4 10...Ne5 11.Bb3 a6 Consolidates b5 12.a4 Rc8 13.Qe2 Kh8 14.Rfd1 Qe8 15.h3 Prevents intrusion on g4 15...Nc6 16.Nc4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 b5 [17...Be6 18.Ba2²] 18.Nb6± Rb8 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Bxg7+ [20.axb5 Bxd4+ 21.cxd4 axb5±] 20...Kxg7² 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ra5 [22.Qe3 Kg8²] 22...Nc5= 23.Bc2 Qc6 24.Rda1 [24.Qe3 Ra8 25.Rda1 Rxa5 26.Rxa5 Ra8 27.Rxa8 Qxa8=] 24...Qb6 [24...Na4 25.Qe3 Nxb2 26.Bb3µ] 25.Kh1 [25.Qe3 b4=] 25...Na4³ 26.R5xa4 [26.Bxa4 Theme: Interference 26...Qxa5] 26...bxa4µ 27.Bxa4? [¹27.Ra2µ] 27...Qxb2–+ 28.Qxb2 Rxb2 29.Rc1 [29.Bd7 Rb7 30.Bc6 Rc7–+] 29...Ra8 30.Bc6 Raa2 31.Rg1 [31.Bd5 does not solve anything 31...Rc2 32.Rxc2 Rxc2–+] 31...e6 32.c4 Kf6 [32...Rb4 might be the shorter path 33.Rc1–+] 33.Kh2 Ra3 [33...Ra5 keeps an even firmer grip 34.f4–+] 34.Kg3 [34.Rc1 Rd3 35.c5 dxc5–+]
PLACES TO PLAY
On Monday between 6:30 and 10:00 P.M.
Borders Books & Music 8801 Southside Blvd # 10 Jacksonville, FL 32256-0796
On Tuesday between 6:00 and 9:00 P.M.:
Starbucks Coffee Company
1980 San Marco Blvd.
Jacksonville Fl 32297 Phone 904 398 8383
On Wednesday (their is a lot of stuff going on)
the Docking Station Cyber Cafe times 6 to 9 P.M. location 1301-11 Monument Road. Jacksonville, Fl 32225 Phone 722-DOCK www.dstationtech.com
For more info contact Altor at 743-8831.
The UNF Chess Club meets at 4567 st Johns Bluff Road, Building 14 2nd Floor Room 2707 Jax 32224 6 to 10 P.M. Student and staff are welcome to join as members. People from the community can visit. Be prepared to pay a $2 parking fee.
On Thursday The Chess Master Club of Five Points at the Fuel Cafe
between 6:30 and 11:00 P.M.
1037 Park St Jacksonville Fl phone 425-3835
On Friday afternoon
between 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM
at the Jacksonville Public Library 600 3rd St
Neptune Beach, FL 32266-5014
Phone: (904)241-1141
Friday evening
The Ponte Vedra YMCA has chess for children
Info Bruce Barrett (904) 285-9446
St. Augustine Chess Club
Ed 904-797-7183
Classes
are given every Sat at the JCC. It is free to members and FCCJ students.
School Clubs
Hendricks Elementary Chess Club meets on Tuesday 3 to 4 P.M.
info George Foote at 396-1620
Twin Lakes Chess Club urpatel@bellsouth.net
Mandarin Senor High School Chess Club meets on Monday 2:15 to 3:30 P.M.
phone 260-3911
Paxon High Chess Club contact Robert Bowman 389-4278
Private instruction is offered by
Scott Pfeiffer 241 8122
Andrew Cunanan 998 0827
IM Andras Meszaros mes@mailbox.hu
Comments:
Josh Jaccini writes: I was on the Elmers Chess Investigation Committee a lot of people in Five Points told me Bradley Zang head of the committee was an Elmer. He asked to be in charge of the committee.
Kelly Atkins writes: I found the article about the GM level chess playing capybara insulting to my intelligence. I studied biology in college and worked as a researcher in trans-species genetic splicing. The idea of a genetically enhanced giant rodent playing at the GM level is preposterous. I mean, FM or even IM level maybe, but GM level? http://chess.about.com.
Herbert Dye writes: Who makes up this stuff?
Scholastic Corner
Kelly Jacobs of the USCF Scholastic Council recently published a list of 14 U.S.colleges that offer Chess Scholarships. With the request "If you know of another, please let me know so that I can add it to this list." Info KellitaJ@aol.com . The list is as follows
Florida- Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University ($500.00 yearly Scholarship)
Louisiana- Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge for chess scholarships for the year 2003.
Maryland The University of Maryland at Baltimore
Mississippi- 1. Ole Miss in Oxford Two $500 scholarships for the top girl and top boy winners of the Dexter Visits the 2nd Tiger Scholastic Chess Tournament.
2. Mississippi State University in Starkville Two $500.00 scholarships for the top boy and girl chess players at the MS State Chess Championships for 2002 and 2003.
3. Jackson State University in Jackson Two $500.00 scholarships for the top boy and girl chess players at the MS State Chess Championships for 2002 and 2003.yes they get to choose their college!
Oklahoma- Rose State College
Rhode- Island Rhode Island College
Tennessee Tennessee Technical University in Cookeville, awards a scholarship to the Tennessee State High School Champion each year, 4 years valued at $12,000.
Texas- 1. University of Texas--Dallas Academic Excellence Scholarship -- waiver of all tuition and mandatory fees plus $1000 per year toward housing for each of 4 years. Scholarship will be upgraded if student has an excellent academic record. Approximate value $18,000+.
2. Texas A&M University--Kingsville,
Housing Scholarship -- this is a four-year scholarship and is valued at $7,500.
3. University of Texas--Brownsville President's Chess Scholarship -- UTB will offer two four-year scholarships to top students in South Texas. These scholarships will include tuition, books, and fees with a value of over $10,000 each.
4. Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos Optimist International Scholarship - $1,000 scholarship.
5. Del Mar College President's Chess Scholarship -- a two-year scholarship to include tuition, books, and fees with a value of over $4,000 for a student within the local five-county area.
Billy Duval a scholastic chess player decries, "Come on Floridians we can do better than one school. College is going to be incredibly expensive. I'm in third grade and my parents are already making me feel guilty about."
Movie Comments My name is Timmy George and I'm in second grade .I live in St. Augustine Florida. The Count of Monte Cristo was a great movie. My mon says it was based on a book by Alexander Dumas. The Good guy and Bad guy pass Kings and pawns back and forth because it represents life.
Internet sites: Dave Lamb say's this site has a lot of information as well as PGN format games. http://jambassadors.virtualave.net/newfile.html
We got this comment about Florida Tournaments:
East Florida
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Chess Club (non Affiliated) Scholastic
April 20 & May 25, 2002 (above)
Space Coast Open
April 26-28 9th Space Coast Open Info. Peter Dyson 321-452-9863 pdyson@modusoperandi.com. Location: Holiday Inn Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Resort, 1300 N. Atlantic Ave. (Hwy A1A), Cocoa Beach, FL Reservations: call (800) HOLIDAY or (321) 783-2271.
West Florida
April 20, 2002 St. Petersburg Chess Club 540 4th Ave. N. rds USCF Swiss 4 Fee $25
May 11, 2002 Tampa , Superstar Competition, Scholastic Team Tournament (non rated) elprez_spcc@netzero.net
International Chess
Hungry
Website: http://www.elender.hu/~firstsat Nagy Laszlo
Budapest April 6-19 GM, IM and FM Tournament
Canada
May 18-19 Tony Miles 2002 Memorial- Prince Arthur Hotel-Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada http://members.shaw.ca/chessforall/