UMBC Chess Events for 1996-97 Academic Year

Fall 1996

• Weekly meetings (throughout year). Every Friday afternoon, 4-6pm, University Center Room 312. Informal game, blitz, analysis, individual instruction, conversation.

• September 6 (Friday), 10am-2pm, Activities Fair, UC Plaza. Party and blitz tournament to follow at 4pm in UC Ballroom Lounge.

• Weekly coaching sessions for UMBC Chess Teams by UMBC Chess Coach and National Master Igor Epshteyn. Every Saturday morning, 9:30am-12:30noon, beginning September 7. ACIV 210 (or 115). Open to UMBC Community on space-available basis.

• September 11-December 11, Wednesday evenings 8-9:15pm, Master Preparation: An Advanced Chess Course by Master Igor Epshteyn, ECS Room 023. To register, call (410) 455-2336.

• September 12-December 12, Thursday evenings 7-8:30pm, Fundamentals of Chess by Senior Master William Morrison, ACIV 210. To register, call (410) 455-2336.

• September 14-15 (Saturday-Sunday), UMBC Championship (5-round Swiss System), for UMBC students only. ACIV 210. To qualify for any UMBC Chess Team, you must play in this event.

• September 27 (Friday). Exhibition Action Chess Playoffs. Lecture Hall V. Games at 3pm, 4:30pm, and 6pm. Live sports commentary, and computer projection from autosensory board. Single elimination playoff for top four finishers from UMBC Chess Championship will compete for $100 in cash prizes. Bring a digital walkman-style FM receiver headset to hear commentary.

• October 12 (Saturday), 12-4pm, UMBC vs. Harvard University (6-board intercollegiate match), with live analysis by Senior Master Craig Jones. UMBC Library. Spectators welcome.

• October 12 (Saturday), 10am-12noon, Family Day at UMBC. Free chess instruction for elementary and middle school students, UMBC Library.
  • 10-11am, How to play chess.
  • 11-12am, Elementary strategy and tactics.
  • 12-4pm, Free chess play.

• October 27 (Sunday), 1-5pm, UMBC vs. Johns Hopkins (intercollegiate match), University Center Ballroom Lounge, UMBC. Spectators welcome. Remember to reset your clocks back one hour for Eastern Standard Time.

• November 28-31 (Thursday-Sunday), Thanksgiving Break

• December 13-19 (Friday-Thursday), Final Exams

• December 27-30 (Friday-Monday), Pan-American Chess Championships Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore. Three separate six-round tournaments:
  • December 27-30, Pan-Am Intercollegiate Team Championship (5-round Team SS).
  • December 27-30, Pan-Am Scholastic Team Championship (5-round Team SS). First board on winning team receives full four-year tuition scholarship to UMBC. Each of the other three boards on winning team receives $2,000/year four-year scholarship to UMBC.
  • December 27-30, Pan-Am Open (5-round SS), for any individual.

Winter 1997

• Weekly Friday afternoon meetings continue, 4-6pm in University Center Room 312.

Spring 1997

• Weekly Friday afternoon meetings continue, 4-6pm in University Center Room 312.

• Jamuary 31 (Friday), 10am=2pm, Activities Fair, University Center Ballroom.

• February 22 (Saturday), 1pm, Simultaneous Exhibition, UMBC Library. International Master Valery Atlas (2470). $5 adults, $2 scholastic if postmarked to Alan Sherman by 2/14; $5 more at site. Limit 50. (snow date March 15)

• March 1-2, UMBC Open (5-SS), University Center Ballroom.

• March 1-2 (5-SS). Sweet 16 Playoffs of MD Scholastic (by invitation only), University Center Ballroom, UMBC. Concurrent with UMBC Open. Winner receives full four-year instate-tuition scholarship to UMBC.

• March 22-30, spring break

• April 26 (Saturday), 1-2pm, Student vs. Faculty Match, at Quadmania spring Festival, outside in Quad (rain site: ECS Building Atrium).

• May 14-20 (Wednesday-Tuesday), Final Exams

• May 17 (Saturday), 12:00-5:30pm. Timed Simultaneous Exhibition: World Champion Garry Kasparov vs. UMBC "A" Team, Kasparov vs. Baltimore-Area All-Star Scholastic Team. Live commentary by Senior Master Craig Jones. Talk by Kasparov begins 12:00noon; simul begins 12:30pm. University Center Ballroom. $10 adults; students in grades 12 and under free. Qualify to play the World Champion!

Summer 1997

• Weekly Friday afternoon meetings continue, 4-6pm in University Center Room 312.

• June 21-22 (Saturday-Sunday), Exhibition Match, Lecture Hall II, UMBC. With computer projection from autosensory board. Bring digital walkman-style receiver headset for live commentary.

• June 23-27 (Monday-Friday), UMBC Summer Chess Camp, UMBC. For students entering grades 6-12. With Grandmaster Ilya J. Smirin. To register, call (410) 455-2336.

• July 20 (Sunday). Friends of Chess Picnic. Memorial Downs Park. Organizer: Kurt Eschbach (410) 360-3541.