USDAN Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), the nationally acclaimed summer arts day camp once again named a “Best Camp for 2014” by TimeOutNY/Kids, will present its eighth annual USDAN Chess Challenge on Sunday, Oct. 5, at its specially designed Hexter Chess Center on Long Island. Open to grades K-12, the tournament is US Chess Federation-rated, and will be directed by Usdan Chess Instructors Brian Karen and Joel Salman.
To register, please call USDAN AT 631-643-7900, write to info@usdan.com, or visit www.usdan.com.
On-site registration is from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. on the day of the tournament, and the first round is at noon. There are four sections: High School (grades 7 to 12), Elementary (grades 4 to 6), Primary (grades K to 3); and Championship, rated 1200+. There will be trophies awarded to the top five in each section. Sections may be altered depending on enrollment. Half-point byes are available on request. The last round bye must be requested before round 3 and is irrevocable. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult, and there is no smoking.
For further tournament details, please contact Brian Karen at BrianKaren@usa.net, or Joel Salman at JSalman@optonline.net.
Fees are $30 in advance, due by Oct. 1, and $40 the day of the tournament. The tournament will be at the Maurice B. Hexter Chess Center on USDAN Center’s 200-acre woodland campus located at 185 Colonial Springs Rd in Wheatley Heights.
