Sunday, December 25, 2011

Winter Holiday Chess Camp - Memphis, TN.






Just a friendly reminder to . . .

Give the Best this Holiday Season . . .

The Gift of Winning!

Announcing the . . .
2011
Winter Holiday Chess Camp


(with Coach Rafi & Company)

Monday thru Friday
December 26 - 30, 2011

will be held at

Tropical Smoothie
1779 Kirby Pkwy.
Memphis, Tennessee


(near the corner of Poplar & Kirby)

for Chess Players of all Ages and Levels!





Sessions:

Morning: (9am - 12 noon)
Afternoon: (1pm - 4pm
All Day: 9am - 4pm

Typical Daily
Schedule:

9:00 - 9:50am - Instruction
9:50 - 10:10am - Snack Break
10:10-11:00am - Instruction
11:00-12 noon - Fun Activity!
12:00 - 1pm - Lunch/Games

* * * * * * * * * *
1:00 - 1:50pm - Instruction
1:50 - 2:00pm - Break
2:00 - 2:50pm - Instruction
2:50 - 3:00pm - Snack Break
3:00 - 4:00pm - Tournament
& Game Analysis

Campers will become more familiar with tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, endgame, etc.

Each day campers will receive their own folder, chess problems, and puzzles to work on during the camp along with concepts explained during the week. At the end of the camp, each camper will be given his or her folder to take home.

Trophies will be awarded to all participating campers.

Lunch, as well as snacks, will be available for purchase on site.


Registration

Early Registration

(if received by Dec. 24th)

Full Camp Session (5 days) - $89.00

1/2-day Session for 5 days (am or pm) - $45.00

One-Day Only Session $25.00


TO RESERVE A SPOT IN THE CHESS CAMP, PLEASE CALL

901-276-4663
or
901-674-4629


On-Site Registration*

8:30 - 8:50 am for morning session

12:30 - 12:50 pm for afternoon session



*$5 added to all prices for
on-site registration

WE WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THE BEST THIS HOLIDAY SEASON . . .
AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT OUR CHESS CAMP!

FOR MORE INFO:

For questions or more information,
please call:

Arlene Kleiman
(901) 276-4663

or

Rafi Chowdhury
(901) 674-4629

Merry Christmas!



Music video by Sarah McLachlan;Sarah McLachlan featuring The Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach Children's Choir and Youth Choir performing Happy Xmas (War Is Over). (C) 2006 Arista Records, LLC, a unit of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT


ENJOY!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Guess who has moved to Memphis now!


Many are interested in better chess for Memphis.


Friends enjoying the sights.

Guess who has a sweet tooth.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Another Success Story and Landmark in TN Chess!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!!


Did you miss it?


OR, were you on the premiere invite list?

"MID-SOUTH CHESS CAMP LANDED IN NASHVILLE
WITH ITS "GRANDMASTER WEEKEND CAMP", OCT.22-23.
MID-SOUTH CHESS CO- FOUNDER AND

LEAD INSTRUCTOR GRANDMASTER ALEXANDR STRIPUNSKY


BROUGHT WITH HIM TO MUSIC CITY NONE OTHER THAN


GRANDMASTER GEORGI KACHEISHVILI.


BOTH GRANDMASTERS, WHO ARE TOP-LEVEL CHESS PLAYERS, MET FOR 2 DAYS WITH SOME OF THE STRONGEST YOUNG CHESS PLAYERS IN THE REGION FOR INTENSIVE TRAINING AND FOR A DAILY VIGOROUS WORK-OUT ON THE SOCCER FIELD DURING BREAK AND A MIXER/DINNER/PARTY IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE SATURDAY NIGHT."











ALEX STRIPUNSKY'S belief in physical health in Chess Players
is shown by his involvement with activities at each camp.






Don't know about you, but, I wish I could have been there!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Trick or Treat Halloween Tournament at the U of Memphis.

Hosted at the University of Memphis this past Sunday, October 30, 2011.

There were all sorts of Goblins and even a Pretty Miss Cupcake at the
"PUMPKIN PATCH INDIVIDUAL SCHOLASTIC

(K-12) CHESS TOURNAMENT & COSTUME CONTEST!









Fun had by all!
OOPS, fun had by most, and certainly those who were participating in the events.
Enjoy!

UPDATE: Click here for USCF article, "Pumpkin Patch Chess Tournament".

Monday, October 17, 2011

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Vetting email list. What's with that?


BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

Sorry all, the humor in such a practice for a non distinct chess club/group/what have you (not officially called a club, but yet a club does meet there that maintains their own email list, with a mixing of activities and funds flowing through together), the humor is just to darn much!!!!!

I have to take a moment to pause, regain my strength to type on.

"Email Lists
The Greater Memphis Chess Center maintains a few mailing lists for those people interested in chess tournaments.

.....

To prevent people from signing other people up for these lists, registration for these lists is done by emailing j.beatty@greatermemphischess.com with “MAILING LIST” in the subject. Please include the lists you’d like to sign up for in the body of the email. Any number of lists can be signed up for at once."


Tell me folks, how do you think this all works? Do you submit your email, then you get a questionnaire back to make sure you are you? I mean really, how would anyone know if you were you? How do you really verify anyone with just an email?
Or, is this just a big to do about nothing?

It could almost seem to make the general public think that there is an overwhelming interest in their activities - to think that they are getting pounded by so many request! Or, it could be that they are just trying to seem somewhat concerned about just who or whom may want on their list of top billing events, after all, I have yet to see any problems with "limited space" on any events.

Here again, it all seems a bit of the outer limits. If anyone wanted to know about events they could just ask someone they know who is already a member about the low down on what's going on. Then again, there are some people who just delight in spreading the word or happening, you don't even need to ask, they just spill the beans, so to say!

Right! Who really needs to be on an "EMAIL LIST" to know what goes on. Are their members instructed not to divulge any "TOP SECRET/ORIGINAL" activities?

I am just sure that there is an overwhelming submission of request to jump right on this selection of email lists. After all, Memphis is just a booming chess metropolis!

Hundreds if not thousands must have rushed for these outstanding lists by the sounds of vetting them. I mean really come on. At the most I would guess there are very few beyond their own, known members, that have submitted to be on these list. I am also going to guess that not even all of their known members want to be on these list.

After all can't people interested go to their websites. There is the Memphis Chess Club site, the GMCC site, and other various ways to get information. I mean you can always get information from a friend or someone you know who hangs with the group already. As for tournaments, many are listed with the USCF, so you can also get information there.

So, whats really the bottom line with this type of stress about "outsiders maybe getting on an email list"?

Some possible reasons:

1) You really want to keep the "Riff Raff" out of knowing about your events ( I have no way of knowing what would qualify someone as being "Riff Raff", but maybe they do.)

2) You have millions of request and just have to shorten your list, can't afford the bandwidth from sending millions of emails. Nor do you want to spend the time maintaining emails for millions of requests.

3) Your email client doesn't allow millions of emails to be sent out for fear you are a spammer, (quite frankly folks, I'd be more worried about this one, after all are they selling these huge amounts of emails from all of the email requests they must be acquiring? Don't know, but, it's a possibility, I guess.)

4) They are having "TOP SECRET CHESS EVENTS" that the world maybe in peril if anyone of a dubious nature finds out and may want to participate in a "world changing" battery of chess games.

5) They have first hand knowledge of persons submitting other persons emails. Maybe they have tried it as a joke or humor on someone else (surely not maliciously although the possibility is there), or maybe they themselves have been the target of such joking or humor causing for some way outer limits sense of fear for email list.


I don't know about you, but I find it hilarious that there seems to be some sense about their email list that causes such worry and fear. Now, what could that be? After all, could they really be getting that many request beyond those of people they already know? I doubt it!

Are they doing "TOP SECRET, ORIGINAL, NEW METHODS or TIME CONTROL GAMES" that are of an earth shattering nature? No, I doubt this one for sure, doesn't seem to be too much originality to worry about there.

So, in closing, I would suggest that I would be more worried about the location of the building, safety and the nature of activities, rather than, if I am on an email list or not!


Good luck with that boys!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

National Chess Day in Memphis.

Hi all!
News about the most outstanding National Chess Day in Memphis TN.


IM Jake Kleiman,



Tennessee's Number One Current USCF rated player.

What a fun day to be had by all!


























Shelby County Chess, Mid-South Chess, Friday Knights Chess Club along with the University of Memphis Chess Club were all represented at the National Chess Day event at the Wolfchase Galleria Mall in Memphis with the weekend events kicking off at the Friday Knights Chess Club on Friday evening.


A very special appearance by Tennessee's own Top Rated USCF, Current Player, IM Jake Kleiman was enjoyed for autographs and pictures.

Click here for the USCF take on the activities.

Click here for the Commercial Appeal article, with picture of 7 year old Ben Johnson making his chess move.

Click here for the Commercial Appeal Photo of 7 year old Robert Randall.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Memphis Area Chess Welcomes Cajun Chess

Welcome to Memphis!


Glad to have a major player in the world of chess,

tournaments and supplies, now located here in Memphis!




There was a chess tournament schedule presented at the

"Welcome to Memphis" party Friday night.

(check back for the tournament schedule)


Out with the old and in with the new!

3 Cheers!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Tuesday, already!



My the weekend went by fast! Here we are, after Labor Day!


Invitations have been going out for the

announcement/welcome party!


Be on the lookout!


I understand there will be limited space available.



Hope you already have yours.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

"FLOWER" by Amos Lee




Some announcements
coming shortly after Labor Day.


Quote of the Day:

"I LIKE TO MAKE THEM SQUIRM" Bobby Fischer

Monday, August 29, 2011

Happy Birthday to the Best in Memphis!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO MEMPHIS GREATEST CHESS PROMOTER!


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Wishing you a great day and many more



excellent chess capturing occasions!

Your the best!

Congratulations to Parker Zhao and with ties to Memphis!

Is this the one?


Congratulations to one of the country's newest International Masters who has Memphis ties.

IM -elect Parker Zhao earned his 3rd IM norn in the highly competitive Open section of the Manhattan Open Chess Tournament held recently in NYC.



Parker is a student of GM Alex Stripunsky,

a favorite coach who considers Memphis his second home,

and also has a close friend in IM Jake Kleiman of Memphis.





"This was Parker's third IM norm in fact, and after his results from the tournament have been rated, his rating should climb past the 2400 FIDE threshold for IMs elect. His last-round game , a victory over IM Greg Shahade, featured a "surprise" Queen sacrifice by White on move 19."





Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Chess Goddess

Did you know about the


"Chess Goddess" and


"Mars invention of Chess"?




1763 Caissa Chess Goddess
Mars teaches Caissa chess
http://sites.google.com/site/caroluschess/modern-history/caissa-chess-goddess

The invention of Chess by Mars:
http://www.berkeleychessschool.org/pages/show/59

Caissa is the "patron goddess" of chess players.
http://www.caissa.com/about/who-is-caissa.php

Wikipedia





Garry Kasparov uses this reference now and again, especially in his epic
five-volume work My Great Predecessors. It is used as a substitute for being
fortunate – "Caïssa was with me" – especially in unclear situations, for example
in sacrifices. Caïssa as a concept has also been explored by some who seek the
evidence of the sacred feminine in chess.

The first (Russian) computer
program that won the World Computer Chess Championship (in 1974) was also named
Kaissa.









Music for today:


Greenback Boogie by Ima Robot

Friday, August 12, 2011

Enjoy the get together to discuss blog post, informant says it's shaking things up!

Can't wait for Halloween to rattle a few bones!

Enjoy some music for your meeting!




Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Manhattan Open 2011

Manhattan Open 2011
CCA Chess Tournaments

USCF coverage:

Parker Zhao Shocks a GM at the Manhattan Open

Romanenko & Shabalov Top Manhattan; Two Norms Notched

152 games