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Grandmaster Larry Evans to be commentator of key games for
spectators @ 2007 American Chess Association US Open
Chess Championship @ Oasis Resort Casino

American Chess Grandmaster Larry Evans will serve as
commentator of key games for spectators at the upcoming 2007
American Chess Association US Open Chess Championship to be
held @ the Oasis Resort Casino in Mesquite September 1-3.

Evans has won USCF's US Chess Championship four times- in
1951,1962,1968 and 1980. He also won the USCF's US Open
Chess Championship four times- in 1951,1952,1954 and 1971.

Evans tutored Bobby Fischer from 1968-1972 and guided Fischer
to his capturing the FIDE world title in a famous match against
Boris Spassky in 1972. Fischer obtained the WCF version of the
world title in 1992, also defeating Spassky in another famous
match.

Evans has had a very successful career in chess journalism, from
founding American Chess Quarterly to being editor of Chess
Digest to having a weekly chess column, Evans on Chess, which
has appeared in more than fifty separate newspapers. He also
writes a column for the World Chess Network. Evans has also
been commentator for Time Magazine and ABC's Wide World of
Sports, including the 1972 Fischer/Spassky match, the 1993 PCA
version of the world title between Kasparov/Short, and the 2000
Braingames match of Kramnik/Kasparov.

The 2007 American Chess Association US Open Chess
Championship is being hosted by the Nevada State Chess
Association with the assistance of International Monetary Systems
through which it obtained the facilities of the Oasis Resort Casino
via its membership with that barter/trade network with which it is a
member.

Information:


A US Championship Qualifier!

The American Chess Association's 150th anniversary U.S. Open Chess
Championship (Ron Dale/Ron Pease/Frank Metz Memorial) begins Saturday
September 1 and continues through Monday September 3, 2007@the Oasis
Resort, Casino, Golf & Spa @ 897 West Mesquite Boulevard, Mesquite,
Nevada 89027. Deadline date for booking your hotel room is August 8,
2007. Individuals MUST identify themselves with the American Chess
Association to receive the special group rate and will be required to
guarantee arrival with the first night's room rate at the time of
booking. Each room MUST include an adult of 21 years of age or older.
Requests received after 8/8/07 will be accepted on a space available
basis, for regular room rate, not the special group rate.
Don't wait to make your reservations! Standard single bed rooms are
available (any day) @ $39.98 and Deluxe two Queen bed rooms are also
available (Sunday-Thursday $54.98, Friday-Saturday $84.98 (if reserved
by August 8!) To make reservations please call 1-800-21-OASIS. Also
several King suites and handicap rooms are available upon request.

12 round Swiss system game/60 time controls
At site late entry allowed 8- 9 am Saturday
Saturday: Rounds 1-5 @ 10-12:30-3-5:30-8
Sunday: Rounds 6-10 @ 10-12:30-3-5:30-8
Monday: Rounds 11-12 @ 10-12:30
Prizes: $6000-3000-2000-1000-600-400-300-200 in Round Table Pizza $20
gift certificates
Byes: Maximum two 1/2-pt. byes if requested at least 3 hours before
any round, no 1/2-pt. byes allowed last two rounds. Zero point byes
allowed any round.
Entry Fee: $210 U.S. or $210 IMS barter dollars if
postmarked by 8/6/07
$240 U.S. or $240 IMS barter dollars if enter on-
site. Entry
Fee includes lifetime ACA membership!
Enter: (IMS entries provide IMS account #)(US $ entries payable to:
Nevada State Chess Association, 3907 Rose Canyon Drive, Las
Vegas, Nevada 89032-3189

2007 ACA US Open

466 pre-entries announced by the organizer, including Akobian and
Mitkov who tied for first at the 2006 National Open in Las Vegas.

GM Larry Evans will also be in Mesquite, Nevada to comment on key
games as they are in progress.


2007 ACA US Open

Start Date/Time: Sep 1, 2007 at 10am
End Date/Time: Sep 3, 2007 at 230pm


Location:
Oasis Resort Casino
897 West Mesquite Blvd
Mesquite, Nevada, 89027
United States


Map it!
Mention chess.com when enter by postmark of Aug 8 and get a $100 gift
cert to use at bookseller/equipment concession! Information:
A US Championship Qualifier! The American Chess
Association's 150th anniversary U.S. Open Chess Championship (Ron Dale/
Ron Pease/Frank Metz Memorial) begins Saturday September 1 and
continues through Monday September 3, 2007@the Oasis Resort, Casino,
Golf &Spa @ 897 West Mesquite Boulevard, Mesquite, Nevada 89027.
Deadline date for booking your hotel room is August 8, 2007.
Individuals MUST identify themselves with the American Chess
Association to receive the special group rate and will be required to
guarantee arrival with the first night's room rate at the time of
booking. Each room MUST include an adult of 21 years of age or older.
Requests received after 8/8/07 will be accepted on a space available
basis, for regular room rate, not the special group rate. Don't wait
to make your reservations! Standard single bed rooms are available
(any day) @ $39.98 and Deluxe two Queen bed rooms are also available
(Sunday-Thursday $54.98, Friday-Saturday $84.98 (if reserved by August
6!) To make reservations please call 1-800-21-OASIS. Also several King
suites and handicap rooms are available upon request.

12 round Swiss system game/60 time controlsAt site late entry allowed
8- 9 am SaturdaySaturday: Rounds 1-5 @ 10-12:30-3-5:30-8Sunday: Rounds
6-10 @ 10-12:30-3-5:30-8Monday: Rounds 11-12 @ 10-12:30 Prizes:
$6000-3000-2000-1000-600-400-300-200 in Round Table Pizza $20 gift
certificates Byes: Maximum two 1/2-pt. byes if requested at least 3
hours before any round, no 1/2-pt. byes allowed last two rounds. Zero
point byes allowed any round.Entry Fee: $180 U.S. or $180 IMS barter
dollars if postmarked by 7/9/07 $210 U.S. or $210 IMS barter dollars
if postmarked by 8/6/07 $240 U.S. or $240 IMS barter dollars if enter
on-site. Entry Fee includes lifetime ACA membership! Enter: (IMS
entries provide IMS account #)(US $ entries payable to:

Nevada State Chess Association, attention Glenda Bedford, Treasurer,
3907 Rose Canyon Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89032-3189





wrote:
News Release - For Immediate Release- contact- Stan Vaughan
email-

Grandmaster Larry Evans to be commentator of key games for
spectators @ 2007 American Chess Association US Open
Chess Championship @ Oasis Resort Casino

American Chess Grandmaster Larry Evans will serve as
commentator of key games for spectators at the upcoming 2007
American Chess Association US Open Chess Championship to be
held @ the Oasis Resort Casino in Mesquite September 1-3.

Evans has won USCF's US Chess Championship four times- in
1951,1962,1968 and 1980. He also won the USCF's US Open
Chess Championship four times- in 1951,1952,1954 and 1971.

Evans tutored Bobby Fischer from 1968-1972 and guided Fischer
to his capturing the FIDE world title in a famous match against
Boris Spassky in 1972. Fischer obtained the WCF version of the
world title in 1992, also defeating Spassky in another famous
match.

Evans has had a very successful career in chess journalism, from
founding American Chess Quarterly to being editor of Chess
Digest to having a weekly chess column, Evans on Chess, which
has appeared in more than fifty separate newspapers. He also
writes a column for the World Chess Network. Evans has also
been commentator for Time Magazine and ABC's Wide World of
Sports, including the 1972 Fischer/Spassky match, the 1993 PCA
version of the world title between Kasparov/Short, and the 2000
Braingames match of Kramnik/Kasparov.

The 2007 American Chess Association US Open Chess
Championship is being hosted by the Nevada State Chess
Association with the assistance of International Monetary Systems
through which it obtained the facilities of the Oasis Resort Casino
via its membership with that barter/trade network with which it is a
member.

Information:


A US Championship Qualifier!

The American Chess Association's 150th anniversary U.S. Open Chess
Championship (Ron Dale/Ron Pease/Frank Metz Memorial) begins Saturday
September 1 and continues through Monday September 3, 2007@the Oasis
Resort, Casino, Golf & Spa @ 897 West Mesquite Boulevard, Mesquite,
Nevada 89027. Deadline date for booking your hotel room is August 8,
2007. Individuals MUST identify themselves with the American Chess
Association to receive the special group rate and will be required to
guarantee arrival with the first night's room rate at the time of
booking. Each room MUST include an adult of 21 years of age or older.
Requests received after 8/8/07 will be accepted on a space available
basis, for regular room rate, not the special group rate.
Don't wait to make your reservations! Standard single bed rooms are
available (any day) @ $39.98 and Deluxe two Queen bed rooms are also
available (Sunday-Thursday $54.98, Friday-Saturday $84.98 (if reserved
by August 8!) To make reservations please call 1-800-21-OASIS. Also
several King suites and handicap rooms are available upon request.

12 round Swiss system game/60 time controls
At site late entry allowed 8- 9 am Saturday
Saturday: Rounds 1-5 @ 10-12:30-3-5:30-8
Sunday: Rounds 6-10 @ 10-12:30-3-5:30-8
Monday: Rounds 11-12 @ 10-12:30
Prizes: $6000-3000-2000-1000-600-400-300-200 in Round Table Pizza $20
gift certificates
Byes: Maximum two 1/2-pt. byes if requested at least 3 hours before
any round, no 1/2-pt. byes allowed last two rounds. Zero point byes
allowed any round.
Entry Fee: $210 U.S. or $210 IMS barter dollars if
postmarked by 8/6/07
$240 U.S. or $240 IMS barter dollars if enter on-
site. Entry
Fee includes lifetime ACA membership!
Enter: (IMS entries provide IMS account #)(US $ entries payable to:
Nevada State Chess Association, 3907 Rose Canyon Drive, Las
Vegas, Nevada 89032-3189

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:13:12 -0700, "
wrote:

Prizes:
$6000-3000-2000-1000-600-400-300-200 in Round Table Pizza $20 gift
certificates

I still think stomach pumps in lieu of trophies would be useful.

Anyone else think it is a joke that prizes are food gift certificates?
"Mike Murray" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:13:12 -0700, "
wrote:

Prizes:
$6000-3000-2000-1000-600-400-300-200 in Round Table Pizza $20 gift
certificates

I still think stomach pumps in lieu of trophies would be useful.

"GREG NIEMI" wrote in message
Anyone else think it is a joke that prizes are food gift certificates?

In order to limit the bandwith used, it would be better to ask:
"Does anyone not think it is a joke that prizes are food gift certificates?"

- Tom Martinak

STOMACH PUMPS

Man does not live by bread alone.

Mike Murray wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:13:12 -0700, "
wrote:

Prizes:
$6000-3000-2000-1000-600-400-300-200 in Round Table Pizza $20 gift
certificates

I still think stomach pumps in lieu of trophies would be useful.

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:40:12 -0700, "
wrote:

STOMACH PUMPS

Man does not live by bread alone.

Ya gotta admit the prize structure is cheezy.

Mike Murray wrote:
Ya gotta admit the prize structure is cheezy.

I'd just prefer the dough.


Dave.

--
David Richerby Microsoft Game (TM): it's like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ family board game that's really hard
to use!

Wonder if you can pay entry fee in McDonald's food certificates.
"David Richerby" wrote in message
...
Mike Murray wrote:
Ya gotta admit the prize structure is cheezy.

I'd just prefer the dough.


Dave.

--
David Richerby Microsoft Game (TM): it's like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ family board game that's really
hard
to use!

On Aug 21, 10:54 am, "GREG NIEMI" wrote:
Wonder if you can pay entry fee in McDonald's food certificates."David Richerby" wrote in message

...



Mike Murray wrote:
Ya gotta admit the prize structure is cheezy.

I'd just prefer the dough.

Dave.

--
David Richerby Microsoft Game (TM): it's like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ family board game that's really
hard
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Hey Greg, did you and Stan have a falling out?