I'm in San Diego, observing the current incarnation of the US Chess School. This is a nonprofit run by Greg Shahade that brings 8 of the country's top juniors together for 5 days of intensive training with a top grandmaster. Kaidanov is the trainer for this session; Shulman has done a camp and Joel Benjamin is scheduled for the August session. All the kids are 1900-2150 and 9-12 years old. The training is free for students thanks to the generous sponsorship of Jim Roberts, in conjunction with the AF4C. I'll be writing about the camp for CLO, but if you are curious now, more info is available at www.uschessschool.com.
Gregory Kaidanov plays blindfold blitz against Luke Harmon at the end of the day. Greg Shahade assists relaying moves.
Luke Harmon plays blitz.
Sasha Velikanov plays blitz.
Sasha's rook gets trapped.
Alexander Ostrovskiy enjoys the camp
Jarod Pamatmat isn't scared of you.
Varun Krishnan
The Moods of Greg Shahade
Greg's friend Noel took us for a scenic beach hike.
reflective Greg
happy Greg
pensive Greg
Thoughtful Greg looks at sky.
Invisible Greg
More photos and commentary coming soon.
Gregory Kaidanov plays blindfold blitz against Luke Harmon at the end of the day. Greg Shahade assists relaying moves.
Luke Harmon plays blitz.
Sasha Velikanov plays blitz.
Sasha's rook gets trapped.
Alexander Ostrovskiy enjoys the camp
Varun Krishnan
reflective Greg
happy Greg
pensive Greg
Thoughtful Greg looks at sky.
Invisible Greg
3 comments:
That pic of greg looking up at the sky is priceless...I'll take that over a flying dildo every time!(no offense intended).
By the way where can I can one of those cool go ahead a cheat t-shirts jarod was wearing (36hrs and he's already demonstrating more talent then any of our others).
Davy Do
Greg is a hero and the biggest genius champion EVAR!!!
In addition, he is hilarious and flippin sweet.
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