Chess Life 2010-09.pdf

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Chess Life

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Jerry Nash

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LETTER OF INTENT

A Promise For Tomorrow

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USCF Executive Board

President

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Jim Berry

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making a bequest or endowment provision in my Will

Vice President

Ruth Haring

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PO Box 1993

Chico, CA 95927

creating a charitable remainder or lead trust naming

the U.S. Chess Trust as a beneficiary.

Vice President Finance

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3923 - 153rd Street

Urbandale, IA 50323

establishing an endowment or special fund at the

U.S. Chess Trust.

directing the trustees or directors of my foundation

to continue beyond my lifetime making an annual

gift to the U.S. Chess Trust.

Member at Large

Michael Atkins

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Alexandria, VA 22306

Making an outright gift to the U.S. Chess Trust during

my lifetime in the sum of $_____________.

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Chess Life — September 2010

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This Month’s

Contributors

September on uschess.org

M Ale Dunne

(“Looks at Books,” p. 16; Cor-

respondence Chess, p. 37) is

the correspondence chess

director for the USCF.

USA Takes Siberia

Our double-bronze medallist team from

2008 is off to Siberia to search for more

hardware at the World Chess Olympiad

2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk (September 19-

October 4). The U.S. men’s team consists of

GMs Gata Kamsky, Hikaru Nakamura,

Alexander Onischuk, Yury Shulman and

Robert Hess while IM Irina Krush, IM Anna

Zatonskih, WGM Camilla Baginskaite, WGM

Sabina-Francesca Foisor and WFM Tatev

Abrahamyan (tentative as of press time)

represent the women. Look for exclusive

reports and images from Khanty-Mansiysk,

including a photo gallery from reigning

women’s champ rina Krush (left) , who will

be playing first board for the women’s team.

Mike Klein

(“Research” p. 26) To his stu-

dents, he is a chess teacher; to

top professionals, he is a chess

journalist; and to old friends,

he is a semi-retired chess

player. He likes the interna-

tional appeal of the game and

appreciates all the chess play-

ers that have shunned the

money, fame and free drinks of

the poker table.

Pete Tamburro

(“Cover Story,” p. 18) is a

frequent contributor to hess

Life and a former president of

Chess Journalists of America.

Dr. Tim Redman

(“Remembrance,” p. 22) is a

humanities professor at the

University of Texas at Dallas

and a former president of the

USCF.

U.S. Chess League Season Begins with Three New Teams

The sixth U.S. Chess League runs from August 23-November 20th. Look for L

coverage throughout the season, including updates by GM Joel Benjamin and for

up to the minute updates, go to uschessleague.com.

Don Schult

(“Remembrance,” p. 22) is a

former president of the USCF,

and the author of hessdon

and ischerKsprovndthe

thers

M rina Krush

(“National Open,” p. 30) is a

frequent contributor to hess

Life and hessLifenline and is

the current U.S. women’s

champion.

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Labor Day Madness, Part III

For the third year in a row, L

covers the coast-to-coast chess

chaos of Labor Day weekend

(September 3-5). From the

Southern California Open to the

New England Open and the New

York State Championship, look

for games and dispatches on

L . And if you have a Labor

Day story or game to share, don’t

be shy! Send it over to L editor

Jennifer Shahade at

jshahade@uschess.org.

What you missed over the summer

While you were lounging at the pool or

the beach, you may have missed some

exclusive summer L content, including

World Open reportage by Jonathan Hilton,

a rap performed by reigning U.S. Women’s

Champion IM Irina Krush and Elizabeth

Vicary’s Dallas U.S. Chess School report

(all in July’s archives).

uschess.org

Chess Life September 2010

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