I am collecting names, addresses and e-mail addresses of chess players who are
interested in playing in FIDE Rated events to be held in Oregon in 2004 and
beyond. There probably will be 3 or 4 events a year. These will be invitational
events. If you are interested in being invited please let me know. Some Details
below and others are still being worked out. The first event is set for June
5-13, 2004 in McMinnville, Oregon, Arthur Dake Memorial IM Tournament. Chief
Organizer is Clark Harmon. He will also play. The first event will be set up at
a high enough level for players who score well enough to get an IM norm. 10
player round robin event are planned with several players from foreign
countries. You must have already a FIDE rating to play in the first event.

Russell Miller, Chelan WA



Arthur Dake Memorial

The 2004 Arthur Dake Memorial IM Tournament will be held June 5th-13th at US
Fiberglass, Inc. offices at 117 NE 5th Street, Suite D,McMinnville, OR 97128.

It will be a 10 player round robin and a FIDE rated CAT II to CAT IV event .

Time Control 40/2 SD60

Rounds: Daily at 5:30 PM. Last round at 10:30 AM

Players Meeting: 2:00 PM June 5th. Pairings Drawing at 2:30 PM. Clocks and
sets furnished.

Entry Fees:
$50 deposit must be received by May 10th, balance at players meeting. Checks
and all credit cards accepted. Note: there are 6 player slots available, some
have to be foreign players, and a FIDE rating average of at least 2275 must be
achieved for CAT II. If you are not selected the deposit will be returned on
June 5th.

FIDE Rating USD
2100-2149 $450
2150-2199 $350
2200-2249 $250
2250-2299 $200
2300-2349 $150
2350-2399 $100
2400+ $ 50

IM/GM title holders will get "conditions."




Russell (Rusty) Miller
Jude Acers 2004 Tour Manager
Former Business Manager NORTHWEST CHESS
PO Box A Chelan WA 98816-0016

JUDE ACERS TOUR WEBSITE
http://hometown.aol.com/rmille9601/m...age/index.html
THE BOOK WEBSITE http://www.italiangambit.com
CHESS IN WA/OR WEBSITE http://www.nwchess.com
RUSSELL MILLER E-MAIL ADDRESS
Information on my TOWN www.golakechelan.com
www.cometothelake.com

Please don't think of this response as a bad thing about your
tournament. You probably run great tournaments but are these
tournaments being held in the season with the least rain. That area
your talking about gets a lot of rain and for several days straight.
That was one of the reasons I heard that Oregon and Washington and
even Vancouver didn't do well in big tournaments because sightseeing
is hard to do there.

EZoto

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 23:49:44 GMT, EZoto wrote:


Please don't think of this response as a bad thing about your
tournament. You probably run great tournaments but are these
tournaments being held in the season with the least rain. That area
your talking about gets a lot of rain and for several days straight.
That was one of the reasons I heard that Oregon and Washington and
even Vancouver didn't do well in big tournaments because sightseeing
is hard to do there.

EZoto

They tried to schedule the event in the dry season, but it was hard to
fit all the rounds into August 14.

Didn't Portland draw 2200 or so players for a recent Scholastic National Event?

Russell Miller, Chelan WA

PS: Good one Mike, guess that is why Seafair Boat races are in early August.

EZoto wrote in message ws.com...
Please don't think of this response as a bad thing about your
tournament. You probably run great tournaments but are these
tournaments being held in the season with the least rain. That area
your talking about gets a lot of rain and for several days straight.
That was one of the reasons I heard that Oregon and Washington and
even Vancouver didn't do well in big tournaments because sightseeing
is hard to do there.

EZoto

The NW is polluted enough without superb year-round weather to draw more people in.

It may rain at tournament time, but probably not much.

Everybody else stay away, especially in the summer.