U.S. Chess Trust...1988 Maxim Dlugy 1989 Patrick Wolff 1990 Alex Fishbein 1991 Ilya Gurevich 1992 Alex Sherzer 1993 Ben Finegold 1994 Gata Kamsky 1995 Josh Waitzkin 1996 Tal Shaked

U.S. Chess TrustP.O. Box 838

Wallkill, NY 12589www.uschesstrust.org

Email: [email protected]: (914) 805-1115

Fall 2018

Dear Friends,

Your gift can make it possible for the US Chess Trust to provide the benefits of chess tomore people than ever —including more schoolkids and more veterans. Those benefits

can widen their worlds, challenge their minds, and improvetheir lives. Chess helps kids perform better in school. Itteaches them valuable life-lessons. It shows them the valueof study and logical thinking. And it shows them that theycan compete with anyone.

Last year, the US Chess Trust Sets for Youth and Sets forVets initiatives sent a record number of official chess setsand boards to start and expand school and community clubs.This year we expect to send more than ever!

Your donation will also help us bring the samebenefits to older Americans as

well. Research, as well as actual experience, sug-gests that chess benefits the mental acuity of peo-ple of all ages. The Chess Trust is sponsoring theupcoming Conference on Chess and Educationthat calls for research and papers.

Your donation will help us continue to support theprizes at the National Girls Tournament of Champi-ons, the Arnold Denker Tournament of High SchoolChampions and the Dewain Barber Tournament ofK-8 Champions. These three events give young staterepresentatives a well-attended, well-organized plat-form of their own. The US Chess Trust provides two$5,000 scholarships, as well as cash stipends. This year,the US Chess Trust also supports the new Tournamentof Senior Champions that take place beside the threejunior invitationals during the first four days of the USOpen traditional schedule.

Another new project your donations assist is the Oral Chess History of the USA project.Through US Chess Trust funding, the Chess Journalists of America will capture

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the remembrances of chess personalities central to the development ofchess in the US—and make them available on our website and at theWorld Chess Hall of Fame.

With the assistance of the National Scholastic Chess Foundation, theTrust provides the five annual $1,500 Scholar Chess Player collegescholarships. We also support the Pan-American Intercollegiate ChessChampionships and fund the Final Four of College Chess, the playofffor the US collegiate championship. The Trust also selects and sup-ports the induction of our most accomplished players and writers intothe US Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis.

Those are some of the programs you’ll support with your donation.We know there are lots of worthy causes asking for your help duringthe holiday season. But we hope you agree that our causes provide ahigh-value return. Members of our board of directors take no compen-sation. Your donations are tax-deductible, and you can earmark themfor your favorite programs. We welcome donations to honor the mem-ory of friends and loved ones. You’ll get a letter of thanks that willalso serve as tax documentation, and you’ll see your support recog-

Harold Winston,Chairman

Al Lawrence,Managing Director

P.S. Please help us spread the benefits of chess by making

your tax-deductible donation today!

Samford FellowshipSupports USA Talent!

The US Chess Trust alsofunds the Samford Fellow-ship, through the generos-ity of the late Frank P.Samford, Jr. Its goal is togive exceptionally promis-ing American chess play-ers an opportunity todevelop their talents. Thetotal value of the Fellow-ship has been increasedseveral times over theyears and is now $42,000annually. Four of the five-man, medal-winning 2018US Olympiad team areSamford graduates.

1987 Joel Benjamin1988 Maxim Dlugy1989 Patrick Wolff1990 Alex Fishbein1991 Ilya Gurevich1992 Alex Sherzer1993 Ben Finegold1994 Gata Kamsky1995 Josh Waitzkin1996 Tal Shaked1997 Boris Kreiman1998 Dean Ippolito1999 Greg Shahade2000 Michael Mulyar2001 Eugene Perelshteyn2002 Varuzhan Akobian2003 Dmitry Schneider2004 Rusudan Goletiani2005 Hikaru Nakamura2006 David Pruess2007 Josh Friedel2008 Vinay Bhat2008 Irina Krush2009 Ray Robson2010 Robert Hess2011 Alex Lenderman2012 Timur Gareev2012 Alejandro Ramirez2013 Sam Shankland2014 Daniel Naroditsky2015 Samuel Sevian2015 Kayden Troff2016 Wesley So2017 Jeffery Xiong2018 Sam Sevian2018 Awonder LIang

Photos by Henk Prinsloo

nized on our website. Or give tous through the Combined FederalCampaign—our ID number is10212.

You can also remember the USChess Trust in your will. Todiscuss a codicil to an existingwill, please contact AlLawrence.

Please help others share theadvantages of chess. Foryour convenience, we’ve in-cluded a response coupon and return envelope.

FM Carissa Yip

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