IM Jonathan Schroer, last year's winner
This coming weekend is the Fifth Annual Emory Castle Grand Prix. It culminates a week-long chess camp, where students (mostly kids, but adults can participate, too) receive intense chess-training for a week. Imagine receiving chess lessons from a variety of GMs and IMs all week long, and then playing in a Swiss weekend tournament afterward.
GM Julio Becerra, playing blitz...blindfolded
This is my second time playing in this tournament (I haven't signed up for the chess camp yet). Last year was tough. All my opponents were young kids whose ratings were deflated (there's a whole controversy about scholastic players having deflated ratings compared to the rest of us -- I try to stay out of it) and their brains were on fire from all the chess instruction they'd just received. I scored a dismal 1.5 out of 5 and lost a bunch of rating points. And from some other adult players I've talked to, their experience was very similar to mine. So I figure it's time to get back on the proverbial horse and jump right back in. Worst case is getting to watch a bunch of well-known chess players battling it out.
WGM Martha Fierro
The camp instructors include: GM Yuri Shulman, GM Julio Becerra, GM Gregory Serper, GM Boris Kreiman, GM John Fedorowicz, WGM Martha Fierro, WGM Anna Zatonskih, IM Carlos Perdomo, IM Jon Schroer, FM Alex Dunne, FM Andrew Whatley, NM Richard Francisco, Gary Southerland and Jim Mundy.
0 comments:
Post a Comment