8th Annual Mechanics' Institute Chess Camp for Intermediate and Advanced Players (1200-2200)
- This is not a camp for players that want to jump two rating classes in five days. You wonÕt 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.
- 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.
- On the fun side our instructors have unique experience in international competition. Expect to hear stories and anecdotes about what itÕs like to play against top American players
- Instructors: International Master Josh Friedel, International Master John Donaldson and MI Scholastic Director Anthony Corrales.
- Who: Open to all ages from 8 and up.
- When : July 21 - 25, 2008 from 10 am to 4 pm
- Where: 57 Post Street, 4th floor (Montgomery BART station)
- Cost: $320 for MechanicsÕ 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 canÕt attend the whole camp there is a drop in fee of $80 a day.
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