Corvallis Winter Open on Saturday Jan 18th!
K-12 team chess tournament + adult open
+ OSU vs. UO Civil War!
An NWSRS-rated tournament and 2020 OSCF State Championship Qualifier sponsored
by the CHS Chess Club, Immortal Games, and the Kiwanis Club of Corvallis Sunrisers.
Location: Corvallis High School, 1400 NW Buchanan Avenue, Corvallis, OR 97330
Cost: $15 per player.
– $5 discounts for siblings or teams with 3+ players.
Sections: Open/Collegiate, K-5, K-8, and K-12.
– Players can play in higher sections based on skill level.
Rules: 5 rounds Swiss pairing. Game in 25 mins.
– Individuals can play without a team.
Scholastic Prizes:
– Trophies for top 3 teams in each section (Team score = sum of top 4 players in a
section)
– Medals for top finishers in each section
– 3 players in each scholastic section will receive a beautiful framed artistic
rendering of a famous chess game by Portland artist Beth Markovic
(immortalgames.us).
Open/Collegiate Prizes: Cash prizes for TBA based on number of participants.
REGISTRATION: Click here or go to OSCF.org to preregister. Deadline: Jan. 15.
Check-in on Saturday morning from 8:00 – 9:00 am, with Game 1 starting at 9:30 am.
$5 pizza lunch + concessions available during the tournament.
Contact: Phil Schapker
Email: phil.schapker@gmail.com
Phone: 913-314-2460
Author: harry
Chess Story by Harry Demarest
HARRY DEMAREST: Better Not Tell My Wife
She told me that she’d do anything for fifty bucks.
She was shocked by my suggestion, but a deal’s a deal, and I made her do it. We played chess, and I won all three games.
I’d better not tell my wife. She’s a grandmaster, and she just wouldn’t understand.
Harry Demarest has had 20 of his 50-word stories and a few longer pieces published. He has been playing tournament chess for years, and once played chess all night with a hitchhiker he picked up in Albuquerque.
http://fiftywordstories.com/2017/06/08/harry-demarest-better-not-tell-my-wife/