August 2010 Newsletter available

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"Buy, Try, Gain!" with "PLAY THE NAJDORF SICILIAN" by Jim Rizzitano

BUY
Aug 10 (Round 2)
Jim Rizzitano will be at the Club for a book selling/signing.
PLAY THE NAJDORF SICILIAN
http://www.gambitbooks.com/books/playnajdorf.html 

TRY
Players who purchased signed copies of the book are invited to try the Najdorf lines themselves during August, September, and October tournaments.

GAIN!
Oct 12 (Round 2)
Players who purchased signed copies and tried lines in the book are invited to bring in their Najdorf games for a complimentary analysis by Jim Rizzitano.

SPECIAL OFFER
"With the purchase of Play the Najdorf Sicilian, take 20% off the list price of any of Jim's four previous books."

• Chess Explained: The Queen's Gambit Declined (2007)
• Chess Explained: The Taimanov Sicilian (2006)
• How to Beat 1 d4 (2005)
• Understanding Your Chess (2004)

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Blackstone Chess Festival Open -- FIDE rated

Aug. 20-22 Blackstone Chess Festival Open -- FIDE rated
5SS, 40/90 SD/45. $1200 b/on 24.Enter Online ($50) by 8/19.

250 Main St, Suite B3, Pawtucket RI

http://www.blackstonechess.com/home.htm


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Weekly Group Lessons, Round 3 July 2010

Felix Yang
Journey into the rarefied atmosphere of triple, quadruple, and quintuple queen
endgames! See calendar - Round 3 - July 20, 2010

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Event Participation Awards for June 2010

The Event Participation Awards for June 2010 includes players from last month who were not present to receive their award, plus players who newly achieved a landmark number of events. The list is below, and  "*" means the player is registered this month, and hopefully will be able to pick up their award this Tuesday:

125

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* Ed Epp 

* John McLaughlin 

100

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Ames Abbot 

* Mark Fins

* Fred Harvey 

75

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* Robert Harvey 

* Plamen Krastev 

Stephen Schnair 

* Edward Astrachan 

50

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Paul Mishkin 

Robert Matthews 

Stephen Eddins 

Larry Zhu 

Thomas Simon 

Howard Goldowsky 

Robert Huntington 

25

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Henry Clark

Mika Brattain

* Charles Riordan

James Lung

Timothy Lung

* Denys Shmelov

Ralph Campanelli

Leonard Gruenberg

Katherine Gasser

Eric Sonnenstuhl

10

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Pierre Fleurant

* Steve Wollkind

* Sebastian Gueler

David Plotkin

Patrick Sciacca

George Callahan

Sean Ocallahan

Sasha Parfenov

Alexander Jones

Joseph Perl

Warner Smith

Edmuind Staples

Rahul Krishnan

Sridhar Rangan

Kumsal Sezen

Rohan Krishnan

Elliot Strassman

Arthur Bisguier

John Dorfman

Eric Heinecke

* Daniel Blessing

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Event Participation Awards - Errata

MetroWest Chess Club periodically recognizes its players and members for outstanding dedication to the royal game of chess. One such means of recognition is the Event Participation Award. This is where a player has participated in many Monthly Tournament events, and is awarded a pin starting at 10 events. The highest level pin is awarded for 200 events!

This event was started last year, with pins awarded in September 2009. We awarded pins again in Round 3 of May 2010. We have discovered gaps in our record keeping, so please bear with us while we make corrections.

Below is a table of players who qualify for awards, as of last month. An “X” denotes that they received the award button, and an “***” denotes they were mistakenly left off the list during the Round 3 ceremony last month [errata]. They will be awarded their pin in June 2010.

200 events
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Larry Eldridge
175 events
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150 events
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125 events
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Epp, Edward
Thompson, Douglas	x
100 events
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Barry, Michael	x
Cousin, Neil	x
Phelps, Matthew	x
Abbot, Ames
75 events
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Astrachan, Edward
Krastev, Plamen
Schnair, Stephen
Harvey, Robert
50 events
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Mishkin, Paul
Matthews, Robert
Ballou, Kenneth	x
Eddins, Steven
Paphitis, Alexander	x
Zhu, Larry
Callahan, Daniel	x
Krasik, Ilya	x
Simon, Thomas
Goldowsky, Howard
George Duval	x
Gordon Weast	***
Robert Huntington	***
25 events
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Clark, Henry
Brattain, Mika
Riordan, Charles
Lung, James
Brisbois, Laura	x
Brisbois, Ken	x
Hall, Jeffrey	x
Lung, Timothy
Shmelov, Denys
Campanelli, Ralph
Gruenberg, Leonard
Iversen, Tom	x
Wetzell, Rolf	x
Gasser, Katherine
Sonnenstuhl, Eric
Holmgren, Robert	x
Arun, Siddharth	***
10 events
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Fleurant, Pierre
Vadlamudi, Sandeep	x
Wolkind, Steve
Gueler, Sebastian
Plotkin, David
Poliannikov, Oleg	x
Sciacca, Patrick
Callahan, George
Ocallaghan, Sean
Parfenov, Sasha
Fauman, Alex	x
Jones, Alexander S
Perl, Joseph
Rossi, Tian	x
Smith, Warner M
Staples, Edmund
Times, Lawyer	x
Krishnan, Rahul
Martin, Travis	x
Rangan, Sridhar
Sezen, Kumsal
Krishnan, Rohan
Strassman, Elliot
Bisguier, Arthur
Dorfman, John
Shapiro, Jordan	x
Weiss, Adam	x
Chase, Todd	x
Liu, Henry	x

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Event Participation Awards - Tue 18 May 2010

MetroWest Chess Club Players who have played in a significant number of monthly tournament events will be presented an official Event Participation Award Buttons during Round 3 of the 27th MCC Anniversary Swiss on Tuesday 18 May 2010 just prior to the round starting, at approximately 7:20pm.

The following players will be recognized, and presented an official Event Participation Award Button:

200 events
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Larry Eldridge

175 events
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150 events
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125 events
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Epp, Edward
Thompson, Douglas

100 events
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Barry, Michael
Cousin, Neil
Phelps, Matthew
Abbot, Ames

75 events
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Astrachan, Edward
Krastev, Plamen
Schnair, Stephen
Harvey, Robert

50 events
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Mishkin, Paul
Matthews, Robert
Ballou, Kenneth
Eddins, Steven
Paphitis, Alexander
Zhu, Larry
Callahan, Daniel
Krasik, Ilya
Simon, Thomas
Goldowsky, Howard
George Duval (did not receive last time)

25 events
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Clark, Henry
Brattain, Mika
Riordan, Charles
Lung, James
Brisbois, Laura
Brisbois, Ken
Hall, Jeffrey
Lung, Timothy
Shmelov, Denys
Campanelli, Ralph
Gruenberg, Leonard
Iversen, Tom
Wetzell, Rolf
Gasser, Katherine
Sonnenstuhl, Eric
Holmgren, Robert (cross this month)

10 events
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Fleurant, Pierre
Vadlamudi, Sandeep
Wolkind, Steve
Gueler, Sebastian
Plotkin, David
Poliannikov, Oleg
Sciacca, Patrick
Callahan, George
Ocallaghan, Sean
Parfenov, Sasha
Fauman, Alex
Jones, Alexander S
Perl, Joseph
Rossi, Tian
Smith, Warner M
Staples, Edmund
Times, Lawyer
Krishnan, Rahul
Martin, Travis
Rangan, Sridhar
Sezen, Kumsal
Krishnan, Rohan
Strassman, Elliot
Bisguier, Arthur
Dorfman, John
Shapiro, Jordan
Weiss, Adam
Chase, Todd
Liu, Henry




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