Usdan 10/6 Junior Chess Challenge

Usdan
Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), the nationally
acclaimed summer arts day camp once again named a “Best Camp for 2013” by
TimeOutNY/Kids, will present its seventh annual Usdan Chess Challenge on Sunday
October 6 at its specially designed Hexter Chess Center on Long Island.  Open to grades K-12, the tournament is
US Chess Federation-rated, and
will be directed by Usdan Chess Instructors Brian Karen and Joel Salman. 

 TO
REGISTER, CALL USDAN AT (631) 643-7900, write to info@usdan.com, or visit
www.usdan.com.

On-site
registration is from 11:15 to 11:45 AM the day of the tournament, and the first
round is at 12

Noon. There
are four sections:  High School
(Grades 7 to 12), Elementary (Grades 4 to 6), Primary Grades K to 3); and
Championship, rated 1200+.  There
will be trophies awarded to the top five in each section.  Sections may be altered depending on
enrollment. Half-point byes are available on request.  The last round bye must be requested before round 3 and is
irrevocable.  Children under 14 must be
accompanied by an adult, and there is no smoking.

For further
tournament details, contact Brian Karen at BrianKaren@usa.net, or Joel Salman
at JSalman@optonline.net.Fees are
$25 in advance, due by October 1, and $35 the day of the tournament.  The tournament will be at the Maurice
B. Hexter Chess Center on Usdan Center’s magnificent 200-acre woodland campus,
185 Colonial Springs Road, Wheatley Heights, (Huntington) Long Island
11798.  

Usdan Center, which just finished its 46th season, has introduced the arts to more than 60,000 children, and also features a full Chess Department.