GM Hikaru Nakamura enjoys Memphis!

GM Nakamura visiting Memphis, has made great contacts for promoting world class chess play here in Memphis. More news to follow on that, be sure and check out local TV coverage Saturday morning, February 19, 2011.

Here are just a few pictures from some of his visit to the Memphis area.

Congratulations to GM Nakamura!

More great things to come.

8th in the WORLD Chess Grandmaster coming to Memphis!

Will YOU be there?

THE “FEBRUARY FINALS” CHESS TOURNAMENTS
SUNDAY, February 20, 2011
University Center at the University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

with Special Guest

International Grandmaster
Hikaru Nakamura!

Come out and meet GM Nakamura . . .

Currently rated 8th in the World!

12 noon - 2 p.m.

Autograph Session
(bring your chess boards, books, or

whatever you would like for him to sign) and

Photograph Session
Bring your camera and have your picture taken with GM Nakamura!


THEN . . . JOIN IN OUR CHESS TOURNAMENTS . . .

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

5SS, G/15 Quick Chess "Open"Tournament
(USCF quick chess rated)
&
4SS, G/30 Scholastic Tournament
(Rated & Unrated Sections Available)


SUNDAY, February 20, 2011

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G/15 OPEN TOURNAMENT
(USCF Quick Chess Rated)


FORMAT
5SS, G/15


SECTIONS & PRIZES
OPEN
U1600/Unr.

60% of Entry Fees returned as prizes.

ENTRY FEE
$15 if received by midnight Thursday, Feb. 17th; $20 thereafter and at site.

ROUND TIMES
First round at 2:15 p.m.
Rounds 2 - 5 will be played as soon as possible

BYES (1/2-point)
Available for any round. Limit one bye per player. Must commit before Round 2.

ADVANCED REGISTRATION
(Major credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express)

ON-LINE - starting Tuesday, Feb 15, 2011


You may register with a credit card on-line at http://www.cajunchess.com/ -- click on the Feb. 20th February Finals OPEN G/15 Tournament, then on Secure On-line Entry for the Quick Chess Tournament.

BY PHONE

You may register with a credit card by phone
(901) 276-4663.

BY MAIL

If you wish to mail in your entry with a check (or with your credit card information), please be sure to include player's name, full address, phone, email, contact number, USCF I.D. number and section, and mail to

Shelby County Chess
1614 Vance Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104

ON-SITE REGISTRATION
You may register on-site between 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. the day of the tournament (Sunday, Feb. 20). The first round will start at 2:15 p.m.

G/30 SCHOLASTIC TEAM & INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT
(Rated & Unrated Sections Available)

FORMAT
4SS, G/30

SECTIONS
Two USCF-rated Sections (USCF membership required):

U1200
U600

Non-rated Section:

K-12 Reserve*

*NOTE: Reserve section is not rated; therefore, USCF membership is not required.

Each section must have at least 5 players or section will be combined. NO ELIMINATION . . . everyone will play all four rounds!

ON-SITE REGISTRATION &
ROUND TIMES

On-site registration will be held on Sunday (Feb. 20) from 12:30 noon - 1:15 p.m. First round will begin at promptly at 1:30 p.m.

PRIZES

Trophies awarded to the top 3 overall in each section.
Ribbons to all.

BYES (1/2-point)

Available for any Round. Limit one bye per player (must commit before Round 2).

TIEBREAKS

USCF-recommended computer tiebreaks will decide trophy placements for all
winners in scholastic sections.

ENTRY FEE
Entry fee is $15 per player if received by midnight, Thursday, February 17th; $20 per player thereafter and at site.

ADVANCED REGISTRATION
(Major credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express)

ON-LINE - starting Tuesday, Feb 15, 2011


You may register with a credit card on-line at http://www.cajunchess.com/ -- click on the Feb. 20th February Finals OPEN G/15 Tournament, then on Secure On-line Entry for the Scholastic Tournament.

BY PHONE
You may register with a credit card by phone (901) 276-4663.

BY MAIL
If you wish to mail in your entry with a check (or with your credit card information), please be sure to include player's name, full address, phone, email, contact number and USCF I.D. number (if playing in a rated section) and section, and mail to

Shelby County Chess
1614 Vance Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104

MISCELLANEOUS

Please bring boards, sets & clocks, if possible--none will be provided - Lunch and snacks will also be available for purchase on site.
Tournament rules (i.e., touch-move rule) will be enforced for all sections.

INFORMATION

For additional information, please call (901) 276-4663 or emailmidsouthchess@hotmail.com




The University of Memphis Chess Club

has been officially opened and in progress!!

We will meet again this Friday the 11th!

• Please come support the club and help it grow.

• It meets on Friday nights from 7 to 11 pm
• Shelby Room in the University Center(UC 342)

at the University of Memphis.

Please come by for some fun games of chess and bring friends!!

Community members are also welcome!

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

This week we are planning to have free play and

possibly a tournament if requested so please join us!!

HIKARU NAKAMURA wins Tata Steel Tournament

What a great display by USA's GM Nakamura, special guest

of last year's Mid-South Chess Camp.

Congratulations on your

phenomenal and prestigious win!

General information on the grandmaster groups

Schedule
The Tata Steel Chess
Tournament has three main tournaments. They are played according to the 'round robin' system, whereby each competitor plays in turn against every other during the tournament. All three Grandmaster groups have 14 players and start on January 14th. All rounds begin at 13.30 hours, except for the last round on January 30th, which begins at 12.00 hours. There are rest days: on January 19th, 24th, and 27th.

Time control
The time control is: 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.

Report of round 13
Hikaru Nakamura of the United States took the 10,000-euro first prize in the 73rd Tata Steel Tournament after an exciting scramble for the top spot in the final round of the annual Wijk-aan-Zee chess spectacular Sunday. World champion Viswanathan Anand of India finished second, half a point behind Nakamura, to earn 7,000 euros.

Nakamura, going into the final round with the smallest possible lead on Anand, was pitted with black in a Ben Oni against China’s Wang Hao, who handled the opening in an unusual way to obtain a slight edge. The advantage didn’t last for long, however. Fifteen moves into the game, Nakamura evened out and seven moves later, a draw was agreed.
Games of completed rounds click here

UPDATE from USCF:

US #1 rated player GM Hikaru Nakamura is the new champion of Tata Steel Chess (January 14-30, Wijk Aan Zee)! Nakamura scored nine points, half a point more than his closest rival, World Champion Anand. This moves Nakamura up to #7 in the World Live rankings! This is two-time US Champion Hikaru Nakamura's best performance ever. On twitter, GMHikaru just had this to say: YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also check out GM NAKAMURA'S blog, click here.

Memphis Chess Club - Woe is me!

It has recently come to my attention that the "Memphis Chess Club" which formerly met at the University of Memphis, has been asked to move to another location due to something about not having club insurance and such. Certain members of the club are running rampant with their allegations as to why this has occured now after they admittedly have been meeting at the Fedex Technology building for a very long time out of compliance with the U of Memphis regulations. Another allegation recently flung about, was how former people from "years ago" with the club were causing the recent events to happen.

1) If they have known that they were out of compliance, then you are guilty of your own misconduct.

2) If former people from "years ago" are accused of being involved, then why wouldn't they have taken action "years ago"?



It is obvious that certain club members feel that they can sling about any such made up stories or allegations and everyone on the planet is suppose to believe it with no further proof or investigation. Well, as usual, let the big mouth(s), know nothing(s) - think they know it all, continue to show just how truly ignorant that they may be, a continued example of how they roll as in "years ago"!

My final advice, is to suck it up, man up, admit the truth - you were out of compliance, you were wrong, stop trying to blame others, and just move on!


Boo hoo hoo hoo!
Best to you,
Very truly yours!

Hikaru Nakamura to visit Memphis!

Can you believe it?

Just a heads up everyone, more information to follow.

I am hearing that the 21 year old American GRAND MASTER will make an appearance here in Memphis soon, within the next few months.

One of the top chess players in the world.

Stay tuned for following details.