On Saturday, May 30th Blitzing COVID brings an action packed day of online chess to US Chess Members and donors. Generously sponsored by AIE to benefit the US Chess Federation, the event will feature blitz and rapid tournaments, a $1500 prize fund including $500 in women's prizes, and numerous Grandmasters. One of America's top players, Grandmaster Jeffery Xiong, will be participating, as well as GMs Aleksander Lenderman and Elshan Moradiabadi and WGM Sabina Foisor. Many other top players to be announced.
To enter, we'll be requesting a donation of $35 or more. (donation registration link here!) After you have donated, make a request to join the chess.com club. Grandmasters are welcome to play with or without a donation- just be sure to join the club under your official account displaying your GM or WGM title, so we can accept the request. 100% of the proceeds will go to US Chess, a 501 (c) (3) organization. Popular streamer, commentator and author Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky will host the blitz action on his twitch channel, and will be joined by WGM and Women's Program Director Jennifer Shahade. North Carolina K-8 Chess Champion Donald Johnson will also hop in the booth and host on his new twitch channel. The blitz tournament, which starts at 1 PM EDT , will feature nine rounds of 3 minutes +2 second increment chess. The rapid, which starts at 3 PM EDT will be five rounds played at G/10 + 2 second increment. Don't miss an exciting day of action-packed chess and fun, that also benefits our historic organization and its mission! Quick Links: Donate/Register: https://new.uschess.org/give/blitzingcovid/ Chess.com Club join: https://www.chess.com/club/blitzing-covid List of Donors: http://chess.aieducation.org/DONOR.html Roster: http://chess.aieducation.org/Roster.html Twitch channels: https://twitch.tv/gmnaroditsky Roster of Confirmed Titled Players: GM Jeffery Xiong WGM Sabina Foisor GM Elshan Moradiabadi GM Aleksander Lenderman GM Tanguy Ringoir GM John Fedorowicz IM/WGM Anna Zatonskih GM Josh Friedel IM Carissa Yip WGM US Women's Champion Jennifer Yu IM Jay Bonin GM Irina Krush WFM Alexandra Botez IM Justin Wang GM Grigory Oparin
Categories
Archives
- December 2024 (20)
- November 2024 (18)
- October 2024 (35)
- September 2024 (23)
- August 2024 (27)
- July 2024 (44)
- June 2024 (27)
- May 2024 (32)
- April 2024 (51)
- March 2024 (34)
- February 2024 (25)
- January 2024 (26)
- December 2023 (29)
- November 2023 (26)
- October 2023 (37)
- September 2023 (27)
- August 2023 (37)
- July 2023 (47)
- June 2023 (33)
- May 2023 (37)
- April 2023 (45)
- March 2023 (37)
- February 2023 (28)
- January 2023 (31)
- December 2022 (23)
- November 2022 (32)
- October 2022 (31)
- September 2022 (19)
- August 2022 (39)
- July 2022 (32)
- June 2022 (35)
- May 2022 (21)
- April 2022 (31)
- March 2022 (33)
- February 2022 (21)
- January 2022 (27)
- December 2021 (36)
- November 2021 (34)
- October 2021 (25)
- September 2021 (25)
- August 2021 (41)
- July 2021 (36)
- June 2021 (29)
- May 2021 (29)
- April 2021 (31)
- March 2021 (33)
- February 2021 (28)
- January 2021 (29)
- December 2020 (38)
- November 2020 (40)
- October 2020 (41)
- September 2020 (35)
- August 2020 (38)
- July 2020 (36)
- June 2020 (46)
- May 2020 (42)
- April 2020 (37)
- March 2020 (60)
- February 2020 (38)
- January 2020 (45)
- December 2019 (35)
- November 2019 (35)
- October 2019 (42)
- September 2019 (45)
- August 2019 (56)
- July 2019 (44)
- June 2019 (35)
- May 2019 (40)
- April 2019 (48)
- March 2019 (61)
- February 2019 (39)
- January 2019 (30)
- December 2018 (29)
- November 2018 (51)
- October 2018 (45)
- September 2018 (29)
- August 2018 (49)
- July 2018 (35)
- June 2018 (31)
- May 2018 (39)
- April 2018 (31)
- March 2018 (26)
- February 2018 (33)
- January 2018 (30)
- December 2017 (26)
- November 2017 (24)
- October 2017 (30)
- September 2017 (30)
- August 2017 (31)
- July 2017 (28)
- June 2017 (32)
- May 2017 (26)
- April 2017 (37)
- March 2017 (28)
- February 2017 (30)
- January 2017 (27)
- December 2016 (29)
- November 2016 (24)
- October 2016 (32)
- September 2016 (31)
- August 2016 (27)
- July 2016 (24)
- June 2016 (26)
- May 2016 (19)
- April 2016 (30)
- March 2016 (36)
- February 2016 (28)
- January 2016 (32)
- December 2015 (26)
- November 2015 (23)
- October 2015 (16)
- September 2015 (28)
- August 2015 (28)
- July 2015 (6)
- June 2015 (1)
- May 2015 (2)
- April 2015 (1)
- February 2015 (3)
- January 2015 (1)
- December 2014 (1)
- July 2010 (1)
- October 1991 (1)
- August 1989 (1)
- January 1988 (1)
- December 1983 (1)