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It will be a bountiful holiday season for area chess fans, with two major events coming to Washington the last weekend of the year.
Advance entries are being taken for the 33rd annual Eastern Open, the traditional end-of-the-year tournament held at the Wyndham Washington hotel, 1400 M St. NW. The eight-round Swiss tournament typically attracts a nice complement of grandmasters and local stars, with a number of blitz and other side events on tap.
Details on the tournament are available at www.chessctr.org or by calling the U.S. Chess Center at 202/857-4922. The four-day tournament starts Dec. 27.
On the same dates and just a few blocks away, the 2006 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship, the "World Series of college chess," will be held at the Renaissance Washington Hotel, 999 Ninth St. NW.
Local powerhouse the University of Maryland Baltimore County and archrival University of Texas at Dallas -- the Ohio State and Michigan of the college chess world -- figure to be in the mix again in the six-round team event.
The Pan-American also will hold a scholastic team event for elementary and secondary school players and teams, and the top scorer will receive a four-year scholarship to UMBC. There also will be exhibition matches and a closed Swiss tournament for coaches, students and fans of the teams.
Details on the Pan-American are available at www.umbc.edu/chess/Pan-Am2006 or by calling 410/455-2666.
We'll have coverage of both events here early in the new year.
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Keeping in the Pan-American spirit, we feature two games from recent team matches.
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