The time has come for the very first Camp of the year 2012! As most of you know, short chess camps are one of the best ways to get precise and new information and get some practice with it too. That is the reason we hold a chess camp (big or small) about every month. [...]
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Time has come for the annual Tucson Open! It is one of the most exciting tournaments of the year and accommodates adults and children alike. It also allows for a flexible schedule such as a 1 or 2 day Scholastic and a 3 or 2 day Adult tournament in 3 sections. The event hosts numerous [...]
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The State Championship took place January 7th, 2012, with the Blitz tournament happening January 6th. The event drew couple of hundred players into all the sections- from Kindergarten to High School. It was first time organized by the Foothills Chess Club and went very smoothly. Thanks you to everyone who helped organize it and all [...]
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The Annual Arizona State Grades Championship will take place in Tucson on January 7th, 2012. The Blitz tournament will take place a day before- on the 6th. We are very glad this event once again will be in Tucson (and not in one of the far away places like Flagstaff and Pinetop). The important [...]
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One more wonderful event where it feels like 3 days were not enough for all the teaching, learning and all the fun we had. The duo with Coach Ken Larsen all these years has been working very well, as we compliment each other’s styles of teaching. Once again we had a record breaking numbers, especially [...]
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The 4th one of its kind event took place at the spacious Tucson Chinese Cultural Center on December 17th. What a wonderful tournament! In addition to a record breaking participation, we also had a great turn-out in the “Master” section. It is a section that is notoriously hard to organize, since many professionals are not [...]
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IM MAC MOLNER AND FM PEDRAM ATOUFI CONFIRMED FOR DECEMBER 17TH TOURNAMENT!
Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by admin.
We have wonderful news: For the Tucson Chinese Center Winter Open we have 2 great additions (players) for the “Master” section and 2 general additions to make the even even more exciting! International Master Mac Molner (who recently moved to Tucson) and FM Pedram Atoufi ( funder of the Scottsdale Unity Chess Club) will [...]
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Welcome to the Tucson Chinese Community Center Winter Open USCF Tournament. It is open for adults and young players alike and where we strive for not only having everyone play equal level but also have a super strong Master Level also.This tournament is USCF rated and will be held at the wonderful Tucson Chinese Community [...]
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The Camp will be held December 26th through 28th. It starts on Monday and it fits very well right after Christmas and before New Years and when most schools are out. It is hard to believe, but this “new” idea is in its 8th year of making! The word “Anaconda” refers to the slow and [...]
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League Match 3 was held on December 3 at the BASIS Oro Valley. It hosted about 160 players from many neighboring Tucson and Oro Valley schools. The formats for the tournament as well as the prizes were similar to League matches 1 and 2 and allowed players to compete in individual formats yet go [...]
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Tournament play is one of the best ways to combine fun, competitive nature of the game and learning all in one. League Matches provide a nice venue towards that goal as couple of hundred players in K-12 show up to compete for numerous Individual and team trophies and medals. The registration can be done [...]
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The Annual Thanksgiving Camp took place November 26th and 27th. As usual, the Camp catered to strong and new, old and young and consisted of 3 sections, up to 1600 USCF. Day 1 saw “Middlegame” as the theme of discussion and day 2 subject was “Endgames”. Campers got to try their abilities and wits [...]
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I know IM Mac Molner a lot from tournament chess as well as in life. We just finished 2 International tournaments together- in Los Angeles (Metropolitan Invitational) and in Texas- the Susan Polgar SPICE CUP 2011. We also had a chance to prepare for some chess events together and I had the pleasure of having [...]
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The League Match #2 (November 5th, 2011) results are out! The tournament was held at a spacious Harelson Elementary school and hosted a couple of hundred players in K-3, K-6 and K-8 sections. The tournament was in the Individual format, although there were trophies for Team winners too. Here is the link to the rating [...]
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What a fun chess Camp! The costumes, masks and visual imagery was simply outstanding and it was extremely hard to pick the winner in each group for the best Costume. At the end we had to vote and see which one got the most nods. The Chess part was wonderful also: students tested their [...]
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This is the second of the 4 league matches scheduled for 2011. USCF-Rated, team format tournament. Speak with your school coaches for the registration procedure. Date: November 5, 2011 Location: 826 West Chapala Drive, Tucson, AZ View Larger Map Tournament Flyer not yet available.
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IM Levon Altounian has authored 3 chess apps available though Chess U for your iPhone or iPad. Check out Early Carlsen, World Cup 201, and World Cup 202. Chess U is an amazing new resource for beginners and advanced players alike. Developed by a team of international players, Chess U allows you to play through [...]
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
CHECKMATE
PRINCIPLES / BEST SYSTEMS / SACRIFICES / KING SAFETY
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This is the first of the 4 matches of the league matches scheduled for 2011. USCF-Rated, team format tournament.Speak with your school coaches for the registration procedure. Date: October 15, 2011 Location: St. Cyril School 4725 E Pima St Tucson, AZ 85712. View Larger Map Click here to download event flyer
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