Area Event Updates
Check out several events coming up in
the next couple of months by clicking on the Area Events link above!
For information on the following area events, please check for the flyers listed below in date order:
Joyce's January Thaw (Jan. 28-29) (Helena)
20th Dave Collyer Memorial (Feb. 25-26, 2012)
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Jan. 28-29 Joyce's January Thaw
Open. 5 SS, G/90. Holiday Inn, 22 N, Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601. Phone (406) 443-2200. Ask for chess room rate. EF: $25, Jrs-$15. USCF & MCA membership required, OSA. (Tournament EF waived for new members.) Reg.: 10-10:40. Rds.: 11, 2:30, 6:00 / 9AM, 12:30. $$: 1st-$75, 2nd-$50, biggest upset $35 (nonprovisional). Contact: Murray Strong, 406-459-6684.
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The 20th DAVE COLLYER MEMORIAL
February 25-26, 2012
The Spokane Chess Club and the Gary Younker Foundation, in memory of former presidents Dave Collyer and Gary Younker, proudly present the Twentieth Dave Collyer Memorial tournament.
Location: Basement Conference Room, St. Anne’s Children’s Center, 25 W. Fifth Ave., Spokane. A computer-paired, five-round Swiss System event. Registration: 8:30-9:30, February 25, 2011. Mandatory player meeting at 9:45 (except for sleep in).
Rounds: 10 (or 12)-2:30-7; 9-1:30 or ASAP. Time control: Game/115. Entry fee: $27 if received by 2/24, $33 at the door; under 19 $5 less. Telephone entries accepted. All registrants must check in by 9:30 unless a first-round bye was granted or player is playing in the “sleep in” section. Late arrivals might not be paired in first round.
Special “Sleep In” option. Anyone interested in sleeping in can play their round one game commencing at noon under g/60 time control and join the regular event for round two. Registration for this option ends at 11:40 a.m. February 25.
A Northwest Grand Prix Event. $2000 GUARANTEED prize fund in honor of the 20th anniversary! Class prizes based on at least 5 per class; classes may be reconfigured if less than five class entries. Only one prize per player (excluding biggest upset). NS, NC, W. One ˝-point bye available if requested by end of prior round; Sunday bye must be requested by end of round 3. Director reserves the right to use class pairings in final round. There will be a special door prize for every entrant.
PRIZES
FIRST -- $400 + $200 for perfect score -- Stephen Christopher Memorial Prize
SECOND -- $250
THIRD -- $175
Class Prizes: Top Expert $100
$100 first, $75 second: A; B; C; D; E/unrated.
Biggest Upsets: $100 & $50 & $50(non-provisional ratings).
Entries: Spokane CC, c/o Kevin Korsmo N. 9923 Moore, Spokane, WA 99208-9339.
For information please call (509) 270-1772.
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