8th
Annual Mechanics’ Institute Chess Camp for Intermediate and Advanced Players
(1200-2200)
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This is not a camp for players that want to
jump two rating classes in five days. You won’t learn how to win against
the Sicilian every time using the Grand Prix Attack. So why our camp and
not others? At the MI camp you will get a look inside a top players' laboratory
and get a feel for how they work on their game from the ground up. You
will learn not only the importance of analyzing your own games, but also
how to do it properly. You will learn to identify the critical points of
the game and to understand when and why things went wrong.
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You will learn how to use ChessBase and Fritz
efficiently as part of a daily training program as well as utilizing resources
on the Internet such as TWIC and the Internet Chess Club. Today chess
books are cranked out at an incredible rate. Some of them are very good,
many are quite bad. We will help students learn to select that which is
truly useful.
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On the fun side our instructors have unique
experience in international competition. Expect to hear stories and anecdotes
about what it’s like to play against top American players
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Instructors: International Master
Josh Friedel, International Master John Donaldson and MI Scholastic
Director Anthony Corrales.
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Who: Open to all ages from 8 and up.
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When : July 21 - 25, 2008 from 10 am
to 4 pm
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Where: 57 Post Street, 4th floor (Montgomery
BART station)
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Cost: $320 for Mechanics’ members, $355 for
junior (under 21) non-members, $415 for adult non-members. All non-members
will receive a one year membership in the MI. There is a limit of
40 players for this camp. If you can’t attend the whole camp
there is a drop in fee of $80 a day.
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