Join us at NESA for the next Tournament! Saturday 5/18, Registration 12:00-1:30 PM, Rounds 1-4 1:30-5:30 PM (may finish earlier); $15 regular rate, $10 special rate for NESA and APCS students, 4-round Swiss, G/30. |
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This course will cover the basic rules and skills of chess: how the pieces move, how to record games and positions, the relative values of the pieces, popular tactics (including forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks) and fundamental strategy, and some frequently seen opening and endgame positions. Kids will get to play each other to test out what they have learned. There are additional opportunities for private tutoring.
NESA Tournament, Nicholas Sterling (United States Chess Federation Tournament Director), Saturday 5/18, Registration 12:00-1:30 PM, Rounds 1-4 1:30-5:30 PM (may finish earlier); $15 regular rate, $10 special rate for NESA and APCS students, 4-round Swiss, G/30.
This is NESA's second chess tournament in cooperation with APCS! Please bring boards, sets, and ESPECIALLY CLOCKS if you have them. All of these will be provided at the site for those who do not have them.
Two sections will be arranged (given enough players), one USCF-rated, one unrated. Both sections are open to players of all ages, Adult & Scholastic. For the rated section, players must have:
(a) a current membership with the United States Chess Federation (USCF: annual fee $19-$46 to join or renew, depending
on age); sign-up at site can be arranged, or you can enroll online at uschess.org or by calling 800-903-8723 (or 931-787-1234) during daytime business hours.
(b) a current membership with the MassachusettsChess Association (MACA: annual fee $12 for Adults, $6 for Juniors, with an additional fee possible to receive _Chess Horizons_ in the mail); sign-up at site can be arranged, or you can enroll
online at http://masschess.org/Joining/PayPal/PayPal_Join.asp. An equivalent state membership for out-of-state players (e.g., RI) is acceptable.
The format of the tournament will be 4-round Swiss, Game/30. This means that all the players play all 4 rounds (if they
wish to) regardless of win or loss. The pairings and colors are partly by the results from each round (wins, losses, and
draws); the aim is to have players of similar skill levels playing each other by the fourth round.
All tournament sections will be run in accordance with USCF rules. Use of clock is required during play. Players must use ONE
HAND ONLY to move each piece and press the clock. Scorekeeping is REQUIRED during play; a player who does not keep score will have 10 minutes subtracted from his time at the beginning of the game. Touch-move is enforced: a move is determined by letting go of the piece, and completed by punching the clock. If an illegal move is made on the board, the opponent adds two minutes to his/her clock, and play resumes. Delay clocks are preferred where available, but Black always has choice of all equipment unless White has a digital delay clock and Black does not. Black also starts the clock to begin a round.
First, second and third prizes will be awarded to the top three winners in each section.
All players may stay after for NESA Parent's Night Out, 6-10 PM, at a 50% discount off the regular price ($25 for one child, $50 for a family of more than one child up to 4, with $10 for each additional child).
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Nicholas Sterling
(781) 493-6345 |
Dr. Nicholas Sterling a Ph.D. in ancient Greek & Roman civilization from Brown University, is a lecturer of Greek and Roman literature at University of Rhode Island and has been an after-school instructor of chess at Kennedy-Longfellow School in Cambridge, and Math Mania and Stock Market Game with Newton Community Education. Dr. Sterling provides one-on-one chess tutoring and is a Tournament Director at the Waltham Chess Club.
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