TCA Newsletter April 2015              Volume 59, Issue 1
                                                                                                                           



This issue is dedicated to the memory of Ron Seaney, 2015 TN Primary Team Coach of the Year, who passed away unexpectedly in April 2015.  The Middle Tennessee chess community lost a great man, a friend, a teacher, a coach, and a chess player.  His legacy will be remembered by his students and colleagues for generations to come.    

Tennessee Chess News

 
Thank you to everyone who came out to Henry Horton for the 2015 Tennessee Winter Open!  Photo by Sherri Gough

The next TCA and affiliates events will be the 2015 Tennessee Chess Senior Open in Crossville on May 15, 2015 and the 2015 Rea Hayes Open Chess Tournament in Chattanooga on June 6, 2015.  Flyers for these events are attached.  For more details and registration for these events click here.





Congratulations to all the girls who participated in this year's All-Girls Chess Championship held at the Nashville Chess Center on February 21, 2015.  The winners were Zsofia DeCredico, K-12 and Esha Karam, K-6.  Thanks to all the parents and coaches who were willing to brave the icy weather to support girls in Tennessee chess!



Congratulations to Farragut High School, 2015 TN State Scholastic High School Team Champions!   Jason Fu, Kevin Hong, Abe Joo and Shre Muralidharan all won a scholarship to Tennessee Tech University.

Bids
Deadline May 17, 2015-  2016 TN Winter Open
Deadline September 6, 2015-  2016 TN All-Girls
       2016 TN Senior Open
Deadline January 17, 2016-  2016 TN Open

Email your TCA Board of Directors
  President- Malcolm Estrada mrestrada111@comcast.net 
  Vice President-  Paul Semmes PaulSemmes@charter.net
  Secretary/Membership-  Chris Prosser regioniii@aol.com
  Treasurer-  Angela McElrath-Prosser TCAnews@aol.com
  Scholastic Coordinator-  Harry Sabine hdsabine@citlink.net 
  Internet Coordinator-  Karoly Mirnics karoly.mirnics@vanderbilt.edu
  Middle TN Director- Ron Burnett rburn48989@aol.com 
  West TN Director-  Alan Kleiman akleiman12@gmail.com
  News Coordinator-  Tiffany Andrews Elliott tiffany.elliott@att.net

 

Membership
Support Tennessee Chess! Become a TCA Member or Renew your Membership for as little as $10 a year by clicking Here. 

Chess Puzzle

Stanley Charles vs. Rousseau Emmanuel
1845

Black to Move and
Mate in 4 Moves

Visit TCA's website for new additions to our What a Game! series with featured games from 2015 Winter Open and Scholastic tournaments.

Upcoming Events


5-7-15 to 5-10-15
2015 Elementary (K-6) National Championship
Nashville, TN

5-15-15 to 5-17-15
2015 Tennessee Senior Open Chess Tournament
Crossville, TN

6-6-15
Rea Hayes Open Chess Tournament
Chattanooga, TN 

6-13-15
Oak Ridge Summer Open
Oak Ridge, TN

7-18-15
2015 Clinton H. Pearson, Jr. Memorial Summer Open
Crossville, TN

9-4-15 to 9-5-15
2015 Tennessee Open
Cookeville, TN

10-10-15
2015 Cumberland County Fall Open
Crossville, TN

1-16-16 to 1-17-16
TN Winter Open

1-23-16
TN Regional Scholastic Individual Qualifiers

2-6-16
TN Scholastic Individual Finals 

For more events:

www.tnchess.us

www.knoxvillechess.org

www.nashvillechess.org 

www.shelbycoutychess.com 


 

Visit www.tnchess.us for more information about the Tennessee Chess Association.  Please share, distribute, and/or post this TCA publication as desired. To share your own Tennessee chess news, photos, games, and events, email to Newsletter Editor, Tiffany Elliott.  Thank you for supporting the Tennessee Chess Association! 
Attachments:
downloadlink   2015RHOFlyer.doc ( 34K) 
downloadlink   2015-Senior-Open.doc ( 80K) 

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