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So You Want to Organize a FIDE Event?
In this article we’ll switch hats from player to organizer and look at what needs to be done in order to organize a FIDE rated event…
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So You Want to Get a FIDE Title Norm?
So now your FIDE fever has reached new heights and you want to try to get a FIDE title! You’re seeing people in your local community…
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So You Want to Get a FIDE Rating?
With the FIDE rating floor dropping to 1000 from a previously lowered 1200, more class players have the possibility of achieving a FIDE rating. Let’s look…
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Holiday Chess Blitz Tournament
The Holiday season is around the corner! Windy City Sports Club (WCSC, the Chess is #3 sport there after Soccer and Hockey) and Academy of Intellectual…
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December Chess Roundup
The holidays. A time to reflect on the year that was and the year that will be. To celebrate the season with family and friends. The…
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Turgut Wins Illinois Class Championship
Editor’s note: See the ICA Chess Blog link below for game analysis from the Illinois Class. ICCF Grandmaster Tansel Turgut knows something about over-the-board play, too,…
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Chicago Latino Chess Championship XIX
The youngest entrant in this year’s Chicago Latino Chess Championship, Elizabeth Rivera, was born in 2005. The oldest, Elisa Blancas, was born in 1920. Having been…
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November Chess Roundup
November reminds me of gratitude. Here’s just a few of mine: family, friends, Pilgrims, Indians, teachers, doctors, musicians, comedians,writers, and sacrifices of those who have fought…
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This is it: the Big Enchilada
Okay, chess fans, this is it, the thing we’ve been working and rooting for all season long: the Chicago Blaze have made it to the final…
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Rulebook Tactics: Notable Rules Changes for 2012
New Year’s Day celebrates a lot of things in the world including the starting point for some new USCF rules and policy changes. Most years those…