Shulman Chess

9th Yury Shulman Summer Chess Camps

 Quest Academy, Palatine (June 18-22, June 25-29 and July 30-August 3rd)

Barrington High School (July 16-20)

Featuring Four World Class Chess  Grandmasters:

 GM Yury Shulman

Chess Awards:

2011 and 2010 U.S. Championship Runner-up, 2009 World Team Championship: Silver, 2008 Chess Olympiad Bronze Medalist.

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GM Gregory Kaidanov

Chess awards:

Became an International Master, 1987
Became a Grandmaster, 1988

member of US team, in World Chess Olympiad (Istanbul, Turkey,2000)
member of US team, in World Chess Olympiad (Bled Slovenia,2002)
winner of Aeroflot Open, one of the strongest open tournaments ever (80+ GMs) Moscow, Russia,2002
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GM Alex Onischuk

Alex is currently the third-ranked American grandmaster, behind Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky.

 3rd: Aerosvit tournament Phoros 2007

1-2: Biel 2007

2nd: US Championship 2008

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GM Mesgen Amanov

Mesgen is currently the number one rated player in his homeland of Turkmenistan. He has represented his home country in the 2006 and 2008 Olympiads and in 2010. Read more…

Our tentative schedule

	Monday		Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00 – 9:15	Registration for AM and Full Day Groups	9:00 – 10:00	Lecture with Instructor	Lecture with Instructor	Lecture with Instructor	Lecture with Instructor
9:15 – 10:15	Simul with Instructor	10:00 – 10:15	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack
10:15 – 10.30	Snack	10:15 – 11:15	Consulting Game	Special Tactical Training	Lecture	Fun chess puzzles and interesting facts!
10:30 – 11:15	Game Analysis from the Simul	11:15 – 12:00 pm	Practical Exercises	Lecture	Team Tournament	Summarizing Lecture
11:15 – 12:00 pm	Lecture #1	12:00 – 1:00	Lunch and Outside activities	Lunch and Outside Activities	Lunch and Outside Activities	Pizza and outside activities for everyone!!
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch and outside activities	1:00 – 2:00	Tournament – Round 2	Tournament – Round 3	Tournament – Round 4	Tournament – Round 5
1:00-1:15	Registration for PM Groups	2:00 – 3:00	Lecture / Analysis with Instructor	Lecture / Analysis with Instructor	Lecture / Analysis with Instructor	Game Analysis
1:00 – 2:00	Tournament – Round 1	3:00 – 4:00	Snack and Blitz Tournament	Snack and Puzzle Solving Competition	Snack and Bughouse Tournament!!!	2:45 pm Snack, Q&A Session and Recommendations with Instructor
2:00 – 3:00	Game Analysis with an Instructor		10:15 – 11:15 Round 2 Tournament – AM group	10:15 – 11:15 Round 3 Tournament – AM group	10:00 – 11:00 Round 4 Tournament – AM group	3:40 pm Closing Ceremony
3:00 – 3:15	Snack		11:15 – 12:15 Blitz Tournament AM Group	11:15 – 12:15 Puzzle Solving Competiton AM Group	11:00 – 12:00 Bughouse Tournament!!! AM Group	10:00 – 11:00 – Round 5 Tournament – AM Group
3:15 – 4:00	Tactics!					11:00 – 11:45 Summarizing Lecture for AM Group

• Every camp will have at least 3 grandmasters and other title coaches.

• Small groups of 10-15 students.

• Grandmasters rotate between groups.

• Earlier drop off and later pick up available for an additional $10/hour.

• Students will play in a tournament.

• Special Events such as: bughouse, blitz, puzzle contest and outdoors!

• Beginners are welcome!

• The last day of camp: Pizza for everyone and Awards!

Early bird: Register before March 1 and get a special price!

Camp held at Barrington High School (July 16-20). Flyer available here.

Camps held at Quest Academy (June 18-22, June 25-29 and July 30-August 3rd). Flyers are available here.

Online registration available here.

Dominic Oetinger is a student at Hough Street School where he is also involved in the chess club. Dominic with the assistance of his mother will be the President of the Hough Street Chess Tournament coming up this month on the 25th. In collaboration with local businesses and students and parents Dominic will try to raise funds for little Meher who lives in the opposite end of the world in India. Meher was severely burnt in a fire when she was an infant and over the last 3 years the chess community has raised almost $26,000 to help her have several surgical procedures on her face and hands. Students and their families working within the chess community are now helping Meher receive an education. Meher lives in the slums of Delhi, India and without this help she would have had no future. For more information a video about this project can be seen at  http://www.vimeo.com/17509410.

Students like Dominic have enthusiastically  given their time and service for this cause but in turn have built an understanding and developed valuable skills such as enterprise, generosity and initiative as they work together. These social entrepreneurs have learned to collaborate with all age groups, engaged in the various art forms, and have set themselves on a path to serve and commit towards qualifying for the Presidential Service Award over the next year.

Above is a picture of Dominic on the left with another student at the Hough School chess club.

We are proud of our students and enjoy working on projects with them that make a difference in our world. A video updating the documentary, A Future for Meher” will be filmed during the tournament to help others understand the service done by our volunteers to have made this possible.

We are proud of our students who have learned to share many aspects of care for Meher. Mark Nicoletti is a 5th grader at Hough Street School and he has generously donated money that will be used to buy uniform for Meher at her school. This was a thoughtful gesture from an 11 year old who demonstrates that he is aware of the needs of other children not as fortunate as him.

We are glad to honor their acts of kindness and involvement in our award winning project. So far almost $26,000 has been raised by students and families for Meher’s education and medical treatment.

Xilin Chess Club – Sunday 1:00-1.50 PM and 2:00-2:50 PM
http://xilinchinese.org/classes/schedule.asp?CourseType=MIS
Meets on Sundays – no class on January 22.

Our first class start Jan. 8, and Jan.22 is Chinese New Year celebration (no class).

Other no class sundays are February 19, March 25, and April 8.

6 year old Vidhya Madana will be introduced to the rich world of service by volunteering as a Marketing Director for the Hough School Chess Tournament to be held on Feb 25th 2012. She will be busy along with students from other schools to think of ways to promote the tournament in order to make it a successful event. So far almost $26,000 has been raised for the medical and educational needs for 8 year old Meher.

Chess Without Borders is delighted to support young students who volunteer often following the example of older students like. Students are free to create their own models of service as long as they try to achieve the goals set out for them. Most of them continue to volunteer for other programs and enjoy their leadership role at an early age. Many of our volunteers have won individual awards and honors for their work and over 50 students have participated in the national Presidential Volunteer Service Award program conducted through the White House.