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Jerzy

2005-05-27, 8:31 pm

According to TWiC :
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html#news349

The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from February 22nd - March
5th 2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade.

The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded players
(as determined by the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament
qualifiers (two of which being online) and 2 wild cards selected by the
AF4C. The seeded players include the defending U.S. Champion, Hikaru
Nakamura; Women's Champion, Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess Café.com Grand
Prix winner, Aleks Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior Champion; the 2005 U.S.
Senior Champion; 8 top-rated Overall players, and 6 top-rated female players
from the rating list. A new, innovative qualifying process will see one spot
decided by the player who - while not qualifying directly- accumulates the
highest score from playing in as many (or all!) of the qualifying
tournaments. After each tournament, the latest placing for this Qualifier
Grand Prix will be posted on the dedicated U.S. Championship website.

Details: http://www.uschesschampionship.com

Any comments ?


Mike Murray

2005-05-27, 8:31 pm

On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:31:49 -0400, "Angelo DePalma"
<adpspammersgotohell@tellurian.net> wrote:
quote:

>Yes, you forgot the winners of the U1200 elementary championship plus the US
>Blind champ, Italo-American senior champion, and the winner of the NJ Open
>prize for most losses in the booster section by a girl.


One of the wild cards will be a hooded mystery man, about 6'2",
somewhat overweight. Speculation in the press will run rampant.
Publicity galore. Chess will rise again.

Angelo DePalma

2005-05-27, 8:31 pm


Yes, you forgot the winners of the U1200 elementary championship plus the US
Blind champ, Italo-American senior champion, and the winner of the NJ Open
prize for most losses in the booster section by a girl.


"Jerzy" <jciruk@poczta.fm> wrote in message
news:d7787g$d2u$1@nemesis.news.tpi.pl...
quote:

> According to TWiC :
> http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html#news349
>
> The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from February 22nd -
> March
> 5th 2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade.
>
> The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded
> players
> (as determined by the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament
> qualifiers (two of which being online) and 2 wild cards selected by the
> AF4C. The seeded players include the defending U.S. Champion, Hikaru
> Nakamura; Women's Champion, Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess Café.com
> Grand
> Prix winner, Aleks Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior Champion; the 2005
> U.S.
> Senior Champion; 8 top-rated Overall players, and 6 top-rated female
> players
> from the rating list. A new, innovative qualifying process will see one
> spot
> decided by the player who - while not qualifying directly- accumulates the
> highest score from playing in as many (or all!) of the qualifying
> tournaments. After each tournament, the latest placing for this Qualifier
> Grand Prix will be posted on the dedicated U.S. Championship website.
>
> Details: http://www.uschesschampionship.com
>
> Any comments ?
>
>



Ray Gordon

2005-05-27, 8:31 pm

> The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded
quote:

> players
> (as determined by the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament
> qualifiers (two of which being online) and 2 wild cards selected by the
> AF4C. The seeded players include the defending U.S. Champion, Hikaru
> Nakamura; Women's Champion, Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess Café.com
> Grand
> Prix winner, Aleks Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior Champion; the 2005
> U.S.
> Senior Champion; 8 top-rated Overall players, and 6 top-rated female
> players
> from the rating list. A new, innovative qualifying process will see one
> spot
> decided by the player who - while not qualifying directly- accumulates the
> highest score from playing in as many (or all!) of the qualifying
> tournaments. After each tournament, the latest placing for this Qualifier
> Grand Prix will be posted on the dedicated U.S. Championship website.
>
> Details: http://www.uschesschampionship.com
>
> Any comments ?


Yeah: too many people qualify.

Whatever happened to using the top eleven rated players plus the US Junior
Champion?


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FiFiela

2005-05-27, 8:31 pm

>>>Whatever happened to using the top eleven rated players plus the US Junior
Champion?<<<

Requiring excellence is unfair.

FiFiela

2005-05-27, 8:31 pm

>>>Whatever happened to using the top eleven rated players plus the US Junior
Champion?<<<

Requiring excellence is unfair.

Mike Murray

2005-05-30, 8:32 pm

On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:31:49 -0400, "Angelo DePalma"
<adpspammersgotohell@tellurian.net> wrote:
quote:

>Yes, you forgot the winners of the U1200 elementary championship plus the US
>Blind champ, Italo-American senior champion, and the winner of the NJ Open
>prize for most losses in the booster section by a girl.


One of the wild cards will be a hooded mystery man, about 6'2",
somewhat overweight. Speculation in the press will run rampant.
Publicity galore. Chess will rise again.

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