Archive for October, 2009

2009 US Women’s Championship

Posted in News on October 14th, 2009 by Chris Bird

The 2009 US Women’s Championship was held from October 3-13, 2009 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.

Once again I was honored to have been chosen to be the Assistant Arbiter of this national championship and also undertook other duties such as Bulletin Editor, MonRoi operator and Chief TD of the Bounty Blitz tournament.

Here are the bulletins, the Championship Chronicle, for you to download and view (pdf):

Issue 1
Issue 2
Issue 3
Issue 4
Issue 5
Issue 6
Issue 7
Issue 8
Issue 9

Photos in September Chess Life – National Open

Posted in News on October 1st, 2009 by Chris Bird

I had various photographs from the 2009 National Open, held in Las Vegas, NV, published in the September 2009 Issue of Chess Life, and some little ones on the cover!  Click on the cover of the magazine below to view the various pages.

Chess Life, September 2009

Thank you to the US Chess Federation for giving their permission for me to republish the relevant pages.