Chess Fest 2007 a Success!

Only complaint? – “Why do we have to wait 2 more years?”

Chess Fest 2007 has come and gone. Here is the proof:

Photos at www.chess.smugmug.com

Results (including new ratings) at http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,181/

Special thanks to our sponsors:

Wholesale Chess

www.wholesalechess.com

and

Santa Clarita AT & T Yellow Pages

Also, thanks to our volunteers:

Shirley Tavorn, Sam Hauss, Chris Todd, Bern Sanchez, Sue Gunawan, Chan Reader, TJ DiPietro, Maria Reader, Karen Deegan, Coach Greg, Mr. Tay, Nicole Anderson, Coach Kevin, Rebecca Sanchez, Laurie Barrett and HUGE thanks to Nhi Casey for all of her photography (www.nhicasey.com)

Don’t forget – any photo purchases from the event benefit the Sean Reader Memorial Chess Fund!

Also, a special thank you to Michael Angelo Purcell (www.thinkchess.com) for being the M.C. of the Puzzle Solving Competition! It’s hard to find a showman who can also solve puzzles faster than the kids!

OPEN PLAY ON MONDAYS

CYCL will continue to have open play at Vincenzo’s every Monday night during the summer of 2007. Remember, this is NOT a drop-off location! Vincenzo’s address is: 24504½ Lyons Ave, Newhall, CA 91321.

EVENING CLASSES – Click on this for a Word Document containing information on our Fall evening classes.

WESTERN STATES NEWSLETTER

The mission statement for the California Youth Chess League (a 501c3 non-profit corporation) is “Empowering youth to grow through chess.” To this end, we have designed our classes, club meetings and tournaments in such a way that the youth participating in these activities will indeed have many opportunities to enhance their lives.

Every Monday night (except holidays such as President’s Day and Memorial Day) everyone (whether you are in classes or not) is invited to come eat pizza and play chess at Vincenzo’s Pizzeria in the Valencia Plaza (on Lyons, just a block east of I-5). We are there from 5:30 until 8pm. Vincenzo’s generously donates a percentage of your dinner purchase to CYCL.

 We hope to see you soon!

 Coach Jay, Coach Michael and the CYCL Staff

**NEW - Click Here for an application for financial aid for our chess classes through the Sean Reader memorial Chess fund.