Fantasy Chess 2009: Predict the upcoming U.S. Championship
Welcome to Fantasy Chess 2009!
This is your chance to predict the upcoming U.S. Championship held from May 8-17 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. You choose who will get the most points in 12 matchups including "Nakamura vs. Kamsky" and "Zatonskih vs. Krush." You will also rank your picks from 1 to 12 in order of your confidence they will turn out the way you predicted. Please read the detailed rules here.
Prizes include a Monroi Personal Chess Manager and a signed book by Garry Kasparov. There will also be daily prizes.
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Daily prizes are up for grabs in Fantasy Chess for the2009 U.S. Championship. Each day starting from round three and up to round eight, the standings leader in fantasy chess will have a choice from the list of books below. *
Only USCF members can win the main prizes including a Monroi Personal Chess Manager, but registered users areeligible for the daily prizes.
Register to enter your Fantasy Chess team, andread detailed rules here.
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Daily Prizes for Fantasy Chess 2009
The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
Winning Quickly at Chess, John Nunn
Starting Out: D-Pawn Attacks, Richard Palliser
How to Play Against 1. e4, Neil McDonald
Fighting the Anti-King's Indians, Yelena Dembo
The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps, Gary Lane
Play the Sicilian Kan, Johan Hellsten
Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings: Richard Palliser
Play the Queen's Indian: Andrew Greet
Great Attackers, Collin Crouch
Chess Explained: The main-Line Slav, David Vigorito
Chess Explained: The Grunfeld, Valentin Bogdanov
Secrets of Positional Play, Mark Dvoretsky
Play the Queen's Gambit by Chris Ward
Play 1...Nc6 by Christoph Wisnewski
Secrets of Opening Preparation by Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupov
Play the Semi-Slav by David Vigorito
Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport by Jennifer Shahade
The French Advance by Sam Collins
The Queen's Gambit Declined by James Rizzitano
Starting Out: The Modern by Nigel Davies
Beating Unusual Chess Openings by Richard Palliser
*Winners can only win one daily prize, and will be contacted at the end of the event for their address and top book choice. If two winners want the same book, the person who won in the earlier round will have first choice.
