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This page contains information about chess specifically for the military player.

A 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.

Also visit this site for information about military chess and upcoming events.  http://www.usmilitarychess.org/

Open Chess Tournaments for Military chess players.

US Amateur Team Championships. Feb. 2010. 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.

2010 Armed Forces Open. October 2010 An annual USCF championship held each year in the Washington, DC area in October. Details about the 2010 event will be provided as soon as possible.

This event is 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.

Invitational Military Events

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 Navy team is selected from those who submit an application. A letter solisiting applications normally comes out in February. Each Service requires a letter from your command that you will be authorized to play in both the Inter-Service and NATO championships if you qualify.

For informaion about next year's Inter-Service Championship, see the following links

Navy – A letter asking for applications normally comes out in Feb.  Visit http://www.mwr.navy.mil/MWRPRGMS/chess.htm for information

Army – Visit http://www.armymwr.com/portal/recreation/chess. The 2010 All Army Chess Championships are scheduled for May 15-21 at Ft. Meyer.

Air Force – Team selected by local and national qualification tournaments. POC: Margaret.Barnett@agency.afsv.af.mil. Details for the 2010 event will be shown as soon as known. The Langly quafifier is on Feb. 27th.

USMC – This link will be updated as soon as known.

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 21st Annual NATO Championship will be held in Koege, Denmark from Oct. 18 - 22, 2010.   Visit http://www.natochess.com/ for information.

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