侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), Gareev, Shankland to Headline Hawaii Chess International
By Beau Müller
Chess Life Online, December 8, 2014
[Honolulu, Hawaii] Three of the world’s best chess players are headed to the Hawaiian island of Oahu in March to take part in the “Hawaii Grandmaster Challenge” — a four player round robin invitational tournament being put on to help kick start a local scholastic chess academy.
One lucky amateur player will win entry to the tournament and the chance to challenge the three world-class grandmasters via an online crowd funding promotion and contest, further detailed at chessvacation.com Besides competing in the tournament (at a suitable time handicap based on his or her rating), the contest winner will receive a portion of the $10,000 prize fund, a flight to Hawaii, seven nights hotel room and other prizes.
Headlined by Women’s World Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), the Grandmaster Challenge will be broadcast online and is expected to generate widespread international interest, especially in China. The other two International Grandmaster participants are Timur Gareev, widely known for his ability to give large simultaneous blindfold displays, and Samuel Shankland, the highest rated player in the world among those born and based in the USA. “Shanky” was in the news earlier this year for his exceptional gold-medal performance at the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø. [Read more].
By Beau Müller
Chess Life Online, December 8, 2014
[Honolulu, Hawaii] Three of the world’s best chess players are headed to the Hawaiian island of Oahu in March to take part in the “Hawaii Grandmaster Challenge” — a four player round robin invitational tournament being put on to help kick start a local scholastic chess academy.
One lucky amateur player will win entry to the tournament and the chance to challenge the three world-class grandmasters via an online crowd funding promotion and contest, further detailed at chessvacation.com Besides competing in the tournament (at a suitable time handicap based on his or her rating), the contest winner will receive a portion of the $10,000 prize fund, a flight to Hawaii, seven nights hotel room and other prizes.
Headlined by Women’s World Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), the Grandmaster Challenge will be broadcast online and is expected to generate widespread international interest, especially in China. The other two International Grandmaster participants are Timur Gareev, widely known for his ability to give large simultaneous blindfold displays, and Samuel Shankland, the highest rated player in the world among those born and based in the USA. “Shanky” was in the news earlier this year for his exceptional gold-medal performance at the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø. [Read more].
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