NATIONAL CHAMPIONS TRAINING CUP & SEMINAR SERIES
Includes tournament play for game analysis by IM Dr. Alexander Matros with NM Mike Sailer assisting.
Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: On-Site at Columbia First Church of the Nazarene, 901 St Andrews Rd, Columbia, SC 29210 (Site Map)
Entry Fee:
Tournament & Closed Seminar : $70 for total package; limited to eight players by invitation only.
Format:
Training on Openings
Themed Tournament, two sections by rating. (One trophy cup per section.)
Review of games, Q&A, etc.
Total of eight players by invitation only — the four state representatives to the Haring, Denker, Barber, and Rockefeller, plus four other worthy players.
EXPLANATION of TRAINING CUP and SEMINAR: This training cup and seminar is by invitation only. It is designed to prepare the South Carolina representatives who will be competing in the National Invitational Tournaments in Grand Rapids, MI, beginning July 29, 2023. These National Invitational tournaments—called the Haring (Girls), Denker (HS), Barber (MS), and Rockefeller (ES) Tournaments of State Champions—are a prestigious group of scholastic tournaments that pit the state chess champions against each other to determine a national champion. The competition in these tournaments will be strong! This training package is the final of four and is designed to prepare the four, South Carolina representatives to meet that competition.
IM Alexander Matros, a third place winner of the 2022 Irwin National Senior Tournament of State Champions, has first-hand experience with what these younger, lower rated players will be dealing with in Grand Rapids. Assisted by the 2023 Irwin representative and South Carolina team captain, NM Mike Sailer, they will guide the students over four seminars to be best prepared for stiff competition.
