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Sign up for K-12 Grades in Orlando Now! Print E-mail
By Franc Guadalupe   
November 9, 2014
The National K-12 Grades Chess Championships will take place at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida, 12 – 14 December.  The Blitz and Bughouse Championships will take place on Thursday, 11 December. 

Before the start of the main event on Friday, six-time U.S. Women’s Champion, GM Irina Krush, will play a 30-board simul (see full details in this previous article).   Later that day, starting at 2:30 PM, Irina will be available for a “take-on-all-comers” Blitz where players can sit down and play 5-minute games with her.  On Saturday at 4:30 PM, Irina will give a lecture.  After the lecture, she will be available for a group Questions-and-Answers (Q&A) session.  Only a few spots remain for GM Krush’s simul.

The event is just over a month away and registrations are picking up.  The early registration fee is available until tomorrow, November 10th.  One week after that is the deadline for the availability of the chess rate at the Rosen Shingle.  The hotel is filling up fast as almost 80 percent of the room block has already been reserved!
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Justus Williams, Photo CCSCSL
Players from 33 states, including Alaska and Hawaii, have already registered.  The top seed in the event so far is 11th grader NM Joshua Colas (2405) from White Plains High School, NY, while the second seed, also competing in the same division, is from New York as well – FM Justus Williams (2388) from the Bronx Center for Science and Math. 

Fast-improving WIM Danitza Vazquez Maccarini from Puerto Rico will be there as well, challenging the top players in the 9th Grade Division.
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WIM Danitza Vazquez Maccarini, Photo FIDE Commision for Women's Chess


For information and registration, including registration for the simul by GM Krush, please visit http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2014/k12/

Hurry up and register for the last National Scholastic event of the year!
 
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