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Arlington Chess Club Online, August 13, 2001
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Contents.....
Club meets at LYON VILLAGES COMMUNITY HOUSE THIS FRIDAY, AUG 17
August WBCA Blitz Championship results
Virginia Closed State Championship
USCF Elections and Delegate meetings.....
Atlantic open
Arlington Open

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FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!!

This Friday, August 17th, the club will be meeting at The Lyon
Village Community House. Central United is closed this Friday due to
renovations in the basement where we meet. Already, the lights are 300%
better and this is sure to make out meeting site even better in the long
run so we'll just put up with the inconvenience for now.

Lyon Village Community House is very easy to find, being right off Lee
Highway at 1920 N. Highland, the Colonial building with the cupola. I
have a webpage up which has directions, links to the Lyon Village
Community http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/lyon.htm

PLEASE TELL ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO ATTENDS THE CLUB AND DOESN'T HAVE WEB
OR E-MAIL

FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!! FLASH!!!

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NM Greg Acholonu won last Friday's WBCA Qualifier for the month of
August. His score of 10.5/12 was 1/2 point ahead of IM Oladapo Adu.
The next Qualifier is Friday, September 7.

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Coming - 65th Annual Virginia Closed State Championship, Sept 1-3 in
Charlottesville, Virginia. Same site at the Charlottesville Open above.

NEWS+++++ The Best Western is sold out due to a UVA Football weekend and
a tour. Not only is the Best Western sold out, but I am told that many
of the other hotels are selling as well. If you haven't yet made a
reservation for Labor Day Weekend, AND you intend to play, dont expect
to be able to find a room if you start looking on Saturday. While
Charlottesville might be a sleepy southern town most of the time (a ride
down Rt.29 sure looks like Northern Virginia to me though!), it is NOT
so sleepy during a UVA football game! Below are all the hotels within a
few minutes of the Best Western:

Quality Inn 434-971-3746 (BEHIND Red Lobster acrossroad from chess site)
Days Inn 434-293-9111 (BESIDE Red Lobster across road from chess site)
Super 8 434-973-0888
English Inn 800-786-5400 or 434-971-9900
Econo Lodge 434-978-4007
Royal Inn Motel 434-973-2111
Comfort Inn 434-293-6188
Knights Inn 434-973-8133
Cavalier Inn (another Best Western) 434-296-8111
Fairfield Inn (Marriott) 434-964-9411
Hampton Inn 434-978-7888

65th Annual Virginia Closed State Championship Sept 1-3, 2001
Two Sections Open and Amateur (Under 1800) 6-SS 30/90 SD/1 both
sections Charlottesville Mt. Vernon Best Western, Rt. 29 & Rt. 250
Bypass, Charlottesville, VA 22901. Open to Virginia residents, military
stationed in Va., and students attending Va. colleges. EF: $40
if rec'd by 8/24, $50 at site. Youth entry $20 advance, $25 at site,
non-cash prizes. VCF memb. req'd. $10, $5 Jrs. $$G 2,600:
Open - $600 - 300 - 200 - 150 Top Exp, A 100 each
Amateur $400 - 200 - 150 Top C, D, U1200 $100 each Unr - $100
Trophies and title of State Champion to first overall in each section,
Top Expert and A in Open and Top C, D, and Under 1200 in Amateur.
Trophies to Top Senior over 60, Junior U16 and Woman overall (1 pt.
added to Open score) . Reg. 10 am-1 pm. Both Rds.
130-7, 11-5, 10-345 1/2-pt. bye available, limit two. Irrevokable Byes
in rounds 5-6 must declare before round 3. Annual VCF Business Meeting
11a-1pm 9/1 . HR: $64, 1-4, 804-296-5501.
web: http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/closed.htm e-mail matkins@wizard.net
Ent: Michael Atkins, PO Box 6139, Alexandria, VA 22306 . NS,NC,W.

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The U.S Open is over, elections over and delegate meetings over. The
new PB members are Shutt, Camaratta, and Frank Brady, with John McCrary
winning re-election to the PB.

The new officers are:
John McCrary Pres.
Steve Shutt VP
Frank Camaratta Tres.
Bob Smith Sec.

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The voting totals were:
Shutt 244
McCrary 232
Camaratta 231
Brady 212
John 190
Knudson 171
Holliman 133
Pechac 125
Draney 73
Sloan 22

After Years of controversy, OMOV has passed. Apparently with the next
USCF election, any USCF member aged 16 and over can vote for the
officers. Hurray for democracy!

Changes to the TLA rates and procedures appear to have referred back
to the new Policy Board. The USCF Office decided to stop "Tracy" letters
for 4 months to allow the new PB, affiliates and the office time to work
out the problems.

I think that the Drug Testing debates seems to be that we work hard to
avoid drug testing policies and limit it to only the Olympiad tournaments
and that the USCF FIDE reps were ordered to take anti-drug testing
positions.

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The Atlantic Open is coming up fast! One of the 2 largest tournaments in
the Metro area each year, the tournament is played at the Wyndham Hotel
in Downtown DC. INformation can be found on the Continental Chess Assoc
website at http://www.chesstour.com

August 24-26 or 25-26 GPP: 100 District of Columbia
33rd Atlantic Open. 5-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-2 G/75),
Wyndham Washington Hotel, 1400 M St NW at Thomas Circle,
Washington. $$G 20,000. Open: Open to over 1900 & invitees. $2000-
1000-500-300; U2400 1000-500. U2200, U2000, U1800: each $1400-700-
400-200. U1600/Unr: $1300-700-400-200, Unrated $400-200, no Unr may
win over $500. U1400: $1000-500-300-200. U1200: $700-400-200-100.
EF: 3-day $98, 2-day $97 mailed by 8/16, all $100 w/credit card
(845-496-9658 or chesstour.com) by 8/22, $110 (no checks, credit
cards OK) at site. GMs $90 from prize. $60 less to unrated. $20
less to jrs under 18. Re-entry (except Open) $60. Backup phone
entry (no questions) 406-896-2038. 3-day reg ends Fri 7 pm, rds.8,
11-5:30, 10-4:15. 2-day reg ends Sat. 10 am, rds 11-2-5:30, 10-
4:15. Bye: all, rds 4-5 must commit before rd 2. HR: $70-70, 202-
429-1700, reserve by 8/3. Regular rate at this luxury hotel is
about $200! Car rental: 800-331-1600, AWD D657633. Parking:
$6/day to 2 am or $12/day overnight. Ent: Continental Chess, Box
249, Salisbury Mills NY 12577. 845-496-9658. NS. FIDE.

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Announcing a new local tournament for 2001 sponsored by Arlington Chess
Club and held at the George Mason University Professional Center in
Arlington - this is the old Law School building, where tournaments for
the club have been held in the past. ARLINGTON OPEN - Grand Prix/FIDE

Oct. 13-14 GPP: 15 Virginia
Arlington Open. 5SS, G/100. George Mason University Professional Center
(The Old Law School), 3401 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA. Across From
Virginia Square Metro Stop. One Section: Open FIDE rated. $$1800 b/60
(Top 3 G) $500-300-200-. Top Expert, A,B,C,D,U1200 ea. $120. Unr.: $80.
EF: $40 if rec'd by 10/6 $50 at site. Reg: 10/13 9-9:45.
Rds: Sat. 10-2-6, Sun. 10-2:30. One 1/2 pt bye avail, Rd 4-5 bye must
declare before Rd 2 for unrevokable bye.
Ent: Michael Atkins, PO Box 6139, Alexandria, VA 22306,
http://www.wizard.net/~matkins/aopen.htm, matkins@wizard.net. FIDE.
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The 2001 ACC Club Championship will be Dec 8-9 at the same George Mason
University site as the Arlington Open above. Make plans now!!
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