Check out Northlake chess tournaments

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Updated: February 20, 2012 8:08AM

Chicagoland Chess Tournaments will be held beginning with registration from 9-9:45 a.m. Jan. 21 and April 14 at Concord Place, 401 W. Lake St., Northlake.

Free coffee and doughnuts will be provided and parking is free. The tournament is open to any chess player more than 40 years old. There will be four sections: Non-United States Chess Federation rated Section A (40-50 years old); Section B (50- 60 years old); and Section C (60+ years old); and USCF-rated — any player currently a USCF member. There are four rounds; game is 60 minutes plus 5-second delay.

Rounds are at 10 a.m. and 12:30, 2:45 and 5 p.m. Clocks and sets provided.

For the USCF section, USCF membership is required and can be renewed or purchased on-site. Players may take a half-point bye (the transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent) in any round. A half-point bye must be requested before the round starts.

Prizes are chess books for top three in each section.

Entry fee is $5, if you pre-register online at www.intecsus.org under “Chess Program.” On-site entry fee is $10. Entry paid on-site is cash only.

Food/snack/soft drink concession is available on-site.

Checkmate Chess Supply will offer sale books and equipment sale at the tournament site.

For information, call Mikhail Korenman at (630) 789-2951 or email intecsus@yahoo.com.