The 7th Annual Western Alliance Tucson Summer Chess Camp is under way and open for registrations. There are less than 2 months left before the next Western Alliance Tucson Summer Chess Camp! This is your chance to join the largest Tucson camp of the year with amazing Instructors at a very affordable rate. Official Camp [...]
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What a wonderful event! I want to thank all the Tucson Chess parents who took the time to drive to Gilbert for the weekend of April 21st and to the organizers for running such a smooth event. This year the State Championship again included all K-12 grades both in Individual and Team formats and I [...]
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Do not miss it!! Join 9 Queens and former Women’s World Champion and Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk for the 5th Annual “Chess Fiesta” on Cinco de Mayo (May 5, 2012) from 2-5 pm at the Hotel Congress (311 E Congress St, Tucson, Arizona). This year’s Chess Fest will feature a simultaneous chess exhibition where Grandmaster [...]
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Don’t miss it! We will be holding a special State Championship Preparation Camp on April 14th- exactly 1 week before the AZ States. This kind of preparation will also be very useful if you plan to go to any Nationals in couple of weeks. Here we will deal with issues of how to correctly play [...]
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How to Score a Quick Victory; Attaching the King/Finding Easy Weaknesses Taught by IM Levon Altounian, 2008-2011 Arizona State Champion Wild Cats 9:30 – 11:30 a.m $35 Coyotes 11:45 – 1:45 p.m $35 Hawks 2:00 – 4:00 p.m $35 Family discounts available. To Register: Contact Levon Altounian at (520) 891-3632, or e-mail laltounian@msn.com Site: 2772 [...]
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REGIONAL QUALIFIER #1 – MARCH 10TH, 2012 This one is a must! It is a Qualifier for the upcoming 2012 State Championship and is USCF rated. If you qualify here, then at the next Qualifiers you can play fun sections to gain experience or rating. If you do not qualify- then it still leaves few [...]
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The dates for the biggest Tucson summer chess camp are here! It is never too early to plan for big chess events so we post this early for everyone’s convenience. The 7TH ANNUAL WESTERN ALLIANCE TUCSON SUMMER CHESS CAMP will be held in the Central Tucson! The International School of Tucson (newly relocated to the [...]
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The time has come for the next event at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center! This tournament is designed for both beginners and master level players of any age and for many will serve as a wonderful training ground for the upcoming State Championship Qualifiers and the 2012 State Ch-ship itself. The Spring Tournament will follow [...]
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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 [...]
