11th
Annual Mechanics' Institute Chess Camp for Intermediate and Advanced Players
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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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Instructors: 3-time US Champion
GM Nick deFirmian, 9-time US Olympiad team captain IM 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 25 - 29, 2011 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 cant attend the whole camp
there is a drop in fee of $80 a day.
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11th Mechanics' Institute
Chess Camp for Beginners and Novice Players
(below 1200 USCF)
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This is a camp for players that want to learn
how to play or who know the bare rudiments and would like to increase their
understanding of the game.
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Instructor Anthony Corrales has a wealth of
experience teaching youngsters. During this camp students will build up
a solid core of knowledge. This will include learning all the basic checkmates,
mastering the fundamentals of opening play, implementing middlegame plans
and understanding simple endgames. Pupils will also learn how to take chess
notation and to play using a chess clock.
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Who: Open to youngsters 5-15
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When : June 20- 24, 2011 from 10pm to 3pm
daily
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Where: 57 Post Street, 4th floor (Montgomery
BART station)
Cost: $250 for Mechanics members, $285
for non-members. Non-members will receive a one year membership in the
MI. There is a limit of 20 players for this camp. If
you cant attend the whole camp there is a drop in fee of $60 a day
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