The 2010 U.S. Chess League season begins next month, and the Blaze kick off this year's campaign with a match against the Seattle Sluggers, one of the top teams in the league's Western Division. We finished last season with a draw against that team. The whole schedule appears below.
This year the Blaze will play its matches at the North Shore Chess Center at 5500 West Touhy Avenue Suite A, Skokie, IL 60077.
Fans are welcome to attend the games free of charge, so please come and cheer your team. If you can't make it to the site you can tune in to the matches live on the Internet Chess Club (membership required). You can also follow the Blaze on Twitter and Facebook.
We will also be running in parallel to the Blaze matches, a Blaze fundraiser tournament each night the Blaze play. The tournaments will be USCF rated and feature a G/15+30/sec increment time control. The EF will be $20 per player. No chess center membership will be required for these events but all players must be USCF members. Depending on turnout this can be a one section tournament or a two section tournament. 100% of proceeds goes towards the Chicago Blaze.
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Week 1 August 23 | 8:00 PM Seattle Sluggers |
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Week 2 September 1 | 7:00 PM St. Louis Arch Bishops |
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Week 3 September 8 | 7:30 PM San Francisco Mechanics |
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Week 4 September 15 | 8:00 PM Los Angeles Vibe |
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Week 5 September 20 | 8:00 PM Arizona Scorpions |
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Week 6 September 27 | 7:15 PM Philadelphia Inventors |
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Week 7 October 6 | 7:00 PM St. Louis Arch Bishops |
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Week 8 October 11 | 8:00 PM Arizona Scorpions |
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Week 9 October 18 | 7:00 PM Miami Sharks |
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Week 10 October 27| 7:00 PM Dallas Destiny |
