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2005 U.S. Class Chess Championship Comes to Chesterfield, Missouri

This press release originally appeared on the USCF website.

The 24th Annual U.S. Chess Championship will be held at the Doubletree & Conference Center located at 16625 Swingley Ridge Rd. (US-40 Exit 19A), Chesterfield, MO 63017 (20 miles west of St. Louis), August 26-28. Last years event drew 170+ players representing 20+ states! This years site offers not only chess competition but luxury hotel accommodations, free parking, indoor pool, fitness room, tennis, basketball and racquetball.

The 2005 U.S. Class is a United States Chess Federation National Event and also qualifies as a Grand Prix event (30 points). The guaranteed prize fund is $10,000.00. The event offers 8 sections, Master (2200/up) $1000-500-300. FIDE. Expert (2000-2199) $800-400-200. Class A (1800-1999) $800-400-200. Class B (1600-1799) $800-400-200. Class C (1400-1599) $800-400-200. Class D (1200-1399) $800-400-200. Class E (Under 1200) $300-200-100. Unrated: $300-200-100. You can choose the 3-day event, Aug. 26-28 or the 2-day event, Aug. 27-28. Registration on site for the 3-day ends Friday at 6pm with rounds Fri. 7pm; Sat. 11am and 6pm; Sun. 9am and 3:30pm. For the 2-day you have to enter before Sat. 11am. Rounds are Sat. 11am, 2:30 and 6pm and Sun. 9am and 3:30pm. Entry fee onsite is $100.00 and you must be a member of the U.S. Chess Federation. A special $60 entry fee is offered for those entering onsite in the Class E or Unrated sections. The complete tournament life announcement for this event can be found at:
http://www.uschess.org/tla/yState.php?st=Natl#August

91 Chess Players Attend the Holly Heisman Memorial Fundraiser Chess Tournament

This press release originally appeared on the USCF website.

The Holly Heisman Memorial fundraiser chess tournament was held on Aug 7 at the JCC Kaiserman Branch in Wynnewood, PA. 91 attended and participated in 3 sections according to ability. FIDE Master (FM) Rodion Rubenchik won the first prize in the Open Section, a copy of Bookup Professional. FM Boris Baczynskyj took the second prize, a nice wood set from the House of Staunton. Most of the young kids in the U800 section won a book prize from John Bain, etc. A variety of prizes of all types were donated from many individual and corporate sponsors.

For a list of prizes and donors, see the website: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/danheisman/Events_Books/Holly_Heisman_Memorial_03.htm

Thanks to the sponsors and donors, about $1,400+ was raised for women in need via the Holly Heisman Memorial Fund at the Philadelphia Foundation: http://www.philafound.org/page24057.cfm (Look under "H"). This will put us over the $10,000 mark and once again make us an active fund for those in need. Thanks!!

Note that right above the Holly Heisman Fund is our new fund for chess scholarships, started in 2005. Donors for any Philadelphia Foundation Fund can always do so online at http://www.philafound.org/page22267.cfm. Anyone interested in the final crosstable of results can find it on the website for the U.S. Chess Federation at: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200508078591.0-10158290.

Thanks also to Steve McLaughlin, the PA Scholastic Chess Coordinator, who donated his time as the computer tournament director. It was a lot of work to set up the event, but it is all worth it if we can help some of those in need, in the spirit of Holly's wish to do so.