The La Palma Chess Club schedule
Summer Session 2014 (June 20 through Aug. 29, 2014)

Entry Fee

$45 for the session (includes all three tournaments). Or, $40 for Are You Ready for Reti?; $25 for Jack Peters' Simul; and $35 for Vienna’s Last Gambit Centennial. All fees $5 less for La Palma residents.

Tournament Details

Are You Ready for Reti?

A 5–round Swiss in two sections commemorating Richard Reti’s 125th birthday.

Registration: 6-7 p.m. Rounds start at 7 p.m.

Sections:

The Ready Section: 12 highest rated players plus any additional late entrants whose ratings are in this bracket. The Getting Ready Section: all others.

Prizes:
Both sections: 1st. place, $75; 2nd. place, $30.
Best Endgame, either section: $20 (As judged by IM Jack Peters. All endgame submissions must be turned in by July 28)
Largest rating gain, the Getting Ready Section: $20.

Time control: Game/1:55, d/5

Byes: One half-point bye may be taken. An irrevocable last round half-point bye is allowed only if declared before the first round starts.

IM Jack Peters Simultaneous Exhibition and Lecture

International Master Jack Peters will give a lecture on chess, and then simultaneously play all challengers, up to a limit of 35 players. Anyone who wins or draws his or her game against Jack will win a special prize.

Vienna’s Last Gambit Centennial

4–round Swiss in three sections, for the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of World War I

Sections:

Two Wings Section, players over 1851 or higher,
One Wing Section, players rated 1601 to 1850,
No Wings Section, players rated 1600 or less.

Prizes:
Each section: 1st. place, $50; 2nd. place, $20
Zeppelin Award: Special prize for biggest rating gain
The Red Baron: Special prize for best game (as judged by IM Jack Peters)
Winning in the Trenches: Special prize for most gruesome win

Registration: 6-7 p.m. Rounds start at 7 p.m.

Time control: Game/1:55, d/5

Byes: None.

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