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Contributors

Rooks are Wild in St. Louis

As we countdown to the U.S. Championship,

two wildcards for the U.S. Championship

(April 13-28) are at stake at the Saint Louis

Invitational. The Invitational is a 10-player

round robin, held alongside the Bill right

Saint Louis Open. The top two at the

Invitational will join the 16-player Cham-

pionship field, which includes reigning

champion Gata Kamsky. Follow the

action at saintlouischessclub.org and

look for an exclusive CLO wrap-up

by GM Joel Benjamin.

AlLarence

(“Looks at Books,” p. 16)

is a former executive director

of both USCF and the orld

Chess Hall of Fame. His latest

book, with GM Lev Alburt, is

Chess Training Pocket Book II .

LarrParr

(“Cover Story,” p. 18) served

from 1985 to 1988 as editor

of Chess Life . He was a close

friend of GM Larry Evans and

oftencollaborated on projects.

In 1995, he collaborated with

GM Arnold Denker in writing

The Bobb Fischer I Kne

And Other Stories.

March Grand Prix Madness

Look for results and games from the many Grand Prix events in March, includ-

ing the Eastern Chess Congress (March 4-6) in Massachusetts, the Marchand

Open (March 12-13) in Rochester, New ork and the Pittsburgh Open (March 25-

27). Randy Hough will provide a report on another big weekend event, the

estern Class Championships (March 11-13) in southern California. As our top

players fight for points, increase your own level with learning resources of the Grand

Prix sponsors, chesslec ture.com and the Junior Grand Prix sponsor, chessmag-

netschool.com .

IMJackPeters

(“Print Journalism,” p. 26)

an 18-time southern California

champion, is a chess teacher

and writer living in Los Angeles.

NeilBrennen

(“History,” p. 30) is the former

historian for the Pennsylvania

State Chess Federation and

winner of awards from the

Chess Journalists of America

for historical writing.

Macauley on Melody Amber

GM Hikaru Nakamura will participate in the

glamorous Melody Amber tournament in Monaco

(March 11-25), which features the best players

including orld Champion Anand facing off in

blitz, blindfold and rapid. Sadly, this year's event

is reported to be the farewell edition. Look for an

exclusive CLO report by multimedia journalist

Macauley Peterson.

IMGregShahade

(“London 2010,” p. 34)

is a former member of the

USCF executive board and is

currently the president of

the U.S. Chess League.

TomBeckman

(“2010 Eastern Open,” p. 40)

is a chess organizer in

ashington, D.C.

Unusual chess problems

Delve into spring with solving. In March, look

for a CLO piece on unusual chess problems by

chess problem specialist Dr. Steven Dowd.

Themes will include underpromotion and retro-

analytic content.

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