26 September 2009
As the organizers say during this event one will be able to find everything that he/she can be interested in, from exciting games to Jazz concert.
On October 3 the defending women’s chess champion Anna Zatonskih will give a blindfolded simultaneous exhibition on 5 boards! About more exciting events during the championship, visit this page – http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9703/554/
The championship games start Oct. 4, and will be played at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, 4657 Maryland Ave., St. Louis. The round-robin format means that all players face each other once over nine playing days. The final playing day, Oct. 13, will include a tiebreaker game, if necessary, to determine a winner. All games are open to the public. For more information, call the Chess Club at 314-361-2437. The tournament is sanctioned by the U.S. Chess Federation.
The tournament chair of the US women’s chess championship Jennifer Shahade just came out with the 8th episode of the US chess scoop that features women’s chess. You can watch it below.
U.S. Chess Scoop #8 from DIM mak films on Vimeo.
I’m sure it will be a very exciting events and I wish good luck to all the participants and may the strongest win!
Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women’s World Chess Champion
www.chessblog.com
