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Updated:
August 1, 2010

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2010 Montreal Open Chess Championship

Take a guided video tour of the enchanted island of Montreal!

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Goddesschess Traveler's Guide to Montreal and find out all about...

The Montreal Open Chess Championship
September 10 - 12, 2010

Club d’échecs du Collège Brébeuf
3200 Chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Québec, H3T 1C1

This year's tournament is a five-round Open Swiss with a guaranteed prize fund of $6,000 that will crown a new Men’s Champion and a new Women’s Champion. Due to the season’s change at that time of the year, the nature in Montreal and the vicinity becomes quite colourful and enjoyable.

Last year’s Championship attracted 191 players, including 1½ Americans (the half is for the guy who said he was going to play but never showed up).
Goddesschess is one of the sponsors of this event. We are extremely pleased that our young rising star Alisa Melekhina will participate. We will watch her performance with great interest.

Interested in participating? Go to www.echecsahuntsic.com and check out the details in the Montreal Championship tab.

Updated
JULY 25, 2010

2010 U.S. Women's Chess Championship
Field Set at last!

Excerpted and modified from report at the United States Chess Federation:

Reigning U.S. Women's Champion Anna Zatonskih to defend her title this year in Saint Louis against a strong field of contenders.

2010 American Women's Chess Championship
July 9 - 19, 2010

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis

JULY 22
EXTRA! EXTRA! Edition

FIGHTING CHESS 2010 - Congratulations Tatev!

"I'm so glad that Goddesschess and 9Queens are promoting and celebrating fighting spirit among female chess players, and look forward to enjoying the beautiful and skillful display of chess mastery at the US Women's Chess Championships," said Grandmaster Kosteniuk.... who selected Tatev Abrahmayan as the recipient of this year's Fighting Chess Award.

Tatev Abrahamyan wins bronze medal at U.S. Women’s Chess Championship July 21, 2010 - PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Tatev Abrahamyan scored 7.5 points and shared the 2nd-3rd places with Anna Zatonskih at the US Women's Chess Championship in Saint Louis. According to additional results, Abrahamyan was awarded bronze medal.

Tatev Abrahamian takes bronze in St. Louis

Gentlemen start your vuvuzelas!

MORE - Photos of Tatev Abrahamyan

This is actually Tatev's second Fighting Chess Award. She won previously In 2008 when GM Susan Polgar selected her as the winner of the $500 Goddesschess Fighting Chess Award ($350 from Goddesschess and $150 from the Susan Polgar Foundation) for her record of six wins, no draws, and three losses. She finished in 4th place overall and has quickly emerged as a force in the world of women's chess.

“As part of Goddesschess' commitment to encouraging more girls and women to play chess, we are extremely pleased in 2010 to partner with 9 Queens to sponsor a Fighting Chess Award of $1,000, the largest award yet, in keeping with the prestige of this event,” explained Jan Newton official spokesperson from Goddesschess.

Since 2007, Goddesschess has been awarding prizes to players in the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. Last year Anna Zatonskih won the Fighting Chess Award for her commitment to keep fighting even after she clinched the tournament with her astounding 8.5/9 score.

Updated
JULY 25, 2010

Compuer Labs for Kids - South Central Los Angeles Project!

Previously Sponsorship Events

April 17, 2010

Hales Corners - Chess Challenge XI

For Hales Corners postcript details

November 7- 20, 2009

 

Shira Evans'
Computer Labs for Kids Foundation

 

We enthusiatically encourage our readers to
Join Shira's Charity Cause on Facebook

This year Shira started a foundation called Computer Labs for Kids. Shira receives donated or buys laptop computers with donations and then gives them to needy children and provides training and orientation on how to use the laptops! Wow!

Shira's first activity was to travel to Agra, India where she taught several girls who are residents of a girls' school there. This You Tube video follows their progress. You can read more about Shira's foundation work and travels at her Facebook site.

NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Computer Labs for Kids: Update on SOS Childrens Village Photos from Shira tell the story. They are "still shots" that Shira extracted from the video that Lynn Ward took during the class. The kids, of course, are the stars !

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2009
Computer Labs for Kids: Update on SOS Childrens Village - A photo (above) of part of the SOS Children's Village in Chicago, taken from the parking lot outside the Community Center that hosted the project). Sunday was the day for Computer Labs for Kids Foundation's latest project!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009
GM Susan Polgar Comes Through! GM Susan Polgar generously donated 28 copies of her interactive DVD - "Learn Chess in 30 Minutes, Chess for Absolute Beginners" - to download to the Dell notebooks Shira Evans' Computer Labs for Kids foundation is gifting the SOS Childrens Village of Illinois. THANK YOU, SUSAN!

Congratulations to one and all for a splendid team effort.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
Shira Chess Challenge for Charity: Postscript with many sincere thanks to all deserving participants!

September 2009

 

Montreal Open Chess Championships

Montreal Postscripts

The Montreal Open Chess Championship 2009 - A patzer's eye view of the road to and from Ahuntsic (With gathered links to postscripts on the event in French and English) by Don McLean - September 19, 2009.

Three video presentations (October 6, 2009) of the recent Montreal tournament

Part 1 Montreal Open
Part 2 Montreal Open
Conversations with Salome Melia

LINKS to USWCCC 2009 via The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis

 

2009 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

LINKS to USWCCC 2009 via
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis

Congratulations to IM Anna Zatonskih

Thanks to GM Susan Polgar for once again acting
as our judge in selecting the winner of this year's prize.

October 17, 2009

Hales Corners - Chess Challenge "X"

 

Congratulations to all of the players!

Tournament Liason & Foundations

Polgar Chess University

9 Queens

a non-profit educational organization founded in 2007 by Jennifer Shahade and Jean Hoffman.

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The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis

4657 Maryland Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63108, United States

Fédération québécoise des échecs
C.P. 1000 succursale M, Montréal H1V 3R2

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