WSCF tournaments

In a recent email, I linked to the WSCF tournament list. I guess that is LAST YEAR's LIST. The new list has not yet been published.

This from Bob Patterson-Summwalt:

Mark, thanks for including us on your list. Please note that the schedule you are directing people to is last years schedule. We need to take it down. New one will be up in a couple of weeks. Three highlights of this years schedule are Milwaukee Public Museum Tournament on Saturday Sept 27. $10 entry fee before Sept 1 on line. Flyer on front page . Two WSCF divisions and two USCF divisions. March 7th is Wisconsin Gradelevel at Marion Center in St. Francis and April 17th and 18th is the WSCF State Tournamet at the Kalahari in WI Dells. We will offer tours to Supernationals via Coach and Rooms at the Opryland. Rooms are already secure.

- Bob Patterson-Sumwalt WSCF President 262-573-5624

Stay tuned for an updated tournament list, including some USCF tournaments and maybe even other tournaments we may consider.
- Mark

There is no Such Thing as One Game of Chess.

If you are playing a game, you must think about your opponents moves also. You are not only playing your own side of the board. In order for you to win, you must play your opponents game as well as your own.

I went to a tournament in Green Bay and I was in the first round of a tournament. I was so focused on my own attack that I did not look at his plans. As a result, I lost the game. You must look at your opponents moves also!

The saying is "Check yourself before you wreck yourself!". Follow that rule and you will have lots of successful victories!

Team player,
Evan Seghers.

Watch out for Traps and Sacs!

When you are playing chess, you should always check for traps like forks, skewers and pins.

If someone gives away a piece it could be a trap! Always think before you move.

Once, in a tournament, I took a piece without thinking , and it was a trap for my Queen, followed by Mate.

- by Reid Seghers