Enjoy a 6 hour training session with one of the top Midwestern Grandmasters in the United States – GM Ben Finegold! GM Finegold has been the trainer for the 2011 Men’s World Team and the second (trainer) for GM Ray Robson at the World Junior Championships and GM Hikaru Nakamura at the 2011 Tal Memorial!
You can join GM Finegold in a 6 hour marathon lecture covering openings, middle game, and end-game. He will review popular opening lines, the ideas behind them and how to transition to the middle game along with middle game strategy, and what to do (and not to do) in the end-game. You’ll be invited to ask questions and discuss the pro’s and con’s of variations, along with testing your inner-GM against this battled hardened veteran with on the spot puzzles and challenges.
The session will begin at 11:30am and continue until 5:30pm. After a 30 minute break, GM Finegold will perform a simul. Feel free to bring your personal chess boards if you want GM Finegold to autograph it for you also! Snacks and beverages will be available.
This session is $75 for members of the North Shore Chess Center and $100 for non-members if registered by Friday evening 9pm on Dec 16. Add an additional $20 at the door. Onsite registrations cannot be guaranteed for space!
Seating is limited to 30 people on a first registered basis.
North Shore Chess Center G/45– 4R-SS G/45 + 10/sec increment. North Shore Chess Center, 5500 West Touhy Ave Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077. 847.423.8626. EF: $20 for non-members of the chess center, $15 for members of the chess center received by 12/17. All $5 more onsite. Onsite registration – up to 15 minutes prior to round 1 or round 2. If registering prior to round 2, you will receive a half-point bye for round 1. Round times: 1pm for round one and then 15 minutes after final game from previous round completed. Half-point byes available in any round. Prizes: Book prizes for top three finishers. Biggest upset (150+ points): Free entry to following month G/45 + book prize. Parking: Free self-parking. Mail entries with registration information to: North American Chess Association (make checks payable to), 4957 Oakton Street Suite 113, Skokie, IL 60077. Online registration preferred. Additional questions email to:sevan@nachess.org. USCF rated. For online registration and list of more events please visit – http://www.nachess.org/events
Go Ben!