The
Chess House
Military
Chess Page
This page contains information
about chess specifically for the military player. Another great source
of
information for the military player is the military chess newsgroup.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/militarychess/ to join and meet fellow military chess
players and discuss issues.
SSgt Hipolito Nunez has established a new website for military chess
players at www.militarychess.org.
In
addition to having a forum, and calendar, it also has a chess playing
module where you can play fellow military players.
2006 Armed Forces Open. October 7-9, 2006 An
annual USCF championship held each year in
the Washington, DC
area in October. The Air Force is hosting the
2006 event at the Historic Soldiers and Airmans
Home in Washington DC. Information is
available at http://www.freewebs.com/armfochess2006/.
Open to active duty, reserve, and retired
military and
Coast Guard. Additionally, cadets from the Service
Academies and ROTC students
are
eligible to participate. USCF membership is required. Entry is free and
awards
are trophies for both individuals and Service Teams as
prizes.
US
Amateur Team
Championships. Feb.
2006. 4 regional championships
are held
each year with trophy awards for many classifications including the top
military teams. See Chess Life or visit the USCF website at www.uschess.org
for details. Several teams from the Hampton Roads area have
participated in
the Eastern USAT in Parsippany,
NJ in past years and we are planning
to go
again in 2007. If you are interested in playing on a military team,
e-mail me
at eschlich@verizon.net. We
organize
teams, rides, and hotel rooms for those interested. Open to all USCF
members
but we try to form teams composed of active, reserve & retired
military and
Coast Guard. Teams can be mixed service but the really stiff
competition is
between the teams that represent single services. This is not sponsored
by DOD.
Invitational Military Events
NATO
Championships.
The NATO Championship is an annual FIDE rated event. The US team of 6
players
and a captain is selected from the top players at the Inter-Service
Championships. The 2006 championships will be held at Wellington
College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, United Kingdom in
Aug. Visit www.natochess.org
for
information.
Inter-Service
Championships. The
Inter-Service Championship is an
annual tournament sponsored by DOD open only to active duty personnel
representatives for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and USMC teams. It is
also a
USCF national championship. The 2006
tournament was held in Jaxonville, FL.
Each service has its own
methodology
for selecting its team. Each Service normally requires a letter from
your
command that you will be authorized to play in both the Inter-Service
and NATO
championships if you qualify.
IMPORTANT
NOTICE! Our active duty Navy players have to show that the
Interservice Championships are important to them if we are to continue
to receive financial support from the MWR so the Navy Team can
participate. Even if you feel your rating would not qualify you to
play, please submit your name, USCF ID, rating, and command to
Command Master Chief Mark Butler at cmcbutler76@cox.net. Also include
any information concerning your command's willingness to allow you to
attend the tournament.
Army
– Visit http://www.armymwr.com/portal/recreation/chess.
2005 All Army Championships scheduled for Ft.
Myer, Arlington,
VA from May 13-20, 2005
Air
Force – Team selected by local and national qualification
tournaments.
POC: Margaret.Barnett@agency.afsv.af.mil.
The names of the qualifiers from the Base and MAJCOM tournaments must
be
submitted by 15 Apr. 05. The Air Force championships will be held at
Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ
from May 1-7, 2005.
Local
tournaments are scheduled for Bolling AFB on Feb. 12-13 and Langley AFB
on Mar.
6.
Navy
–
The
Navy will participate in the 2005 Championship. Thanks to
the very hard work of CMC Mark Butler, the Navy team will participate
in this year's Interservice Championships.
Visit
http://www.mwr.navy.mil/mwrprgms/chess.htm
or contact J. Kelly Powell, Head, Navy Mission Essential Branch at
(901) 874-6631(voice), 874-6831 (FAX), or at
P651@persnet.Navy.mil
USMC
–Visit http://www.usmc-mccs.org/SemperFit/Recreation/rec_main.asp.
The 6 member USMC Team will be selected from resumes submitted NLT 15
Apr. 05 to
Commandant of the Marine Corps (MRS) Attn. Donna Seabrease, 3280
Russell Road,
Quantico, VA 22132 or via fax to COML: (703) 784-9822 or DSN: 278-9822.
Forms
are available on the USMC website or may be picked up from your local
installation’s
Semper Fit Athletic Director. This information provided by Steve
Rollins. The
announcement is 1/31/05
MARADMIN number 049-/05 R311500Z Jan 05. The full text was posted on
the
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