<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108524</id><updated>2026-06-02T08:29:54.616+01:00</updated><category term="Blitz"/><category term="Chess"/><category term="Hendon"/><category term="tournaments"/><category term="Board Games"/><category term="chess tournaments"/><title type='text'>The Chess Circuit</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chesscircuit.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8108524/posts/default?max-results=2&amp;redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chesscircuit.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8108524/posts/default?start-index=3&amp;max-results=2&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Adam Raoof</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07463126739488034901</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBU3YB5K6O9RLwqAq7crA9ubhSb9cIEX7OLktjtTCReSC7I9a1ksS_6hfBh9HR5ug18-LRUO4utvhoc4XU38MunQtPCh7jPw2z6CVYjK5jBo3tHczPYm6lwlYRwg4/s220/profileadamraoof.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>64</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>2</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108524.post-7012779339506781374</id><published>2021-10-12T11:04:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2021-10-12T15:21:07.413+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: CCA October Scholastic + 2nd Annual Susan Kantor Memorial</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;gmail_quote&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; 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style=&quot;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;OCTOBER 16th&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td height=&quot;20&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:20px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											  										&lt;/tbody&gt;  									&lt;/table&gt;  									&lt;/td&gt;  								&lt;/tr&gt;  								&lt;tr&gt;  									&lt;td height=&quot;10&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:10px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  								&lt;/tr&gt;  								&lt;tr&gt;  									&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#52c062&quot; style=&quot;border-radius:5px&quot;&gt;  									&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;600&quot;&gt;  										&lt;tbody&gt;  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td height=&quot;20&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:20px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&amp;#39;Lato&amp;#39;,sans-serif;font-size:32px;font-weight:900;color:#ffffff;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:4px&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://news.chessclub.com/sendy/l/P3MXQ0Fvf0KXoyRnfA9avw/MbyzBcNJXRrwSmG9VIGMyw/nhhF4zbHUkybT1Kb7pdGjw&quot; style=&quot;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; PRIZES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td height=&quot;20&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:20px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											  										&lt;/tbody&gt;  									&lt;/table&gt;  									&lt;/td&gt;  								&lt;/tr&gt;  								&lt;tr&gt;  									&lt;td height=&quot;10&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:10px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  								&lt;/tr&gt;  								&lt;tr&gt;  									&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#FDFBC5&quot; style=&quot;border-radius:5px&quot;&gt;  									&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;600&quot;&gt;  										&lt;tbody&gt;  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td height=&quot;20&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:20px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:32px&quot;&gt;  												&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-size:28px;font-weight:900&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000&quot;&gt;5SS, G/25+5 at Internet Chess Club&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    												&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-size:28px;font-weight:900&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#017e2c&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3 SECTIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    												&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-size:28px;font-weight:900&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000&quot;&gt;High School K-12&lt;br&gt;  												Middle School K-8&lt;br&gt;  												 Elementary K-5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    												&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-size:28px;font-weight:900&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#017e2c&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRIZES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    												&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-size:28px;font-weight:900&quot;&gt;Plaque to top 5 each section, top 2 teams each section, top U1500, U1200, U900, Unr in HS, U1300, U1000, U700, Unr in MS, U1100, U800, U500, Unr in Elem.&lt;/p&gt;    												&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-size:28px;font-weight:900&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://news.chessclub.com/sendy/l/P3MXQ0Fvf0KXoyRnfA9avw/Nt7cyNn9agrXEC99jR59Og/nhhF4zbHUkybT1Kb7pdGjw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DETAILS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  												&lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td height=&quot;20&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:20px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											  										&lt;/tbody&gt;  									&lt;/table&gt;  									&lt;/td&gt;  								&lt;/tr&gt;  							&lt;/tbody&gt;  						&lt;/table&gt;  						&lt;/td&gt;  					&lt;/tr&gt;  					&lt;tr&gt;  						&lt;td height=&quot;10&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:10px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  					&lt;/tr&gt;  					&lt;tr&gt;  						&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#00ABFB&quot; style=&quot;border-radius:5px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;600&quot;&gt;  							&lt;tbody&gt;  								&lt;tr&gt;  									&lt;td height=&quot;20&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:20px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  								&lt;/tr&gt;  								&lt;tr&gt;  									&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&amp;#39;Lato&amp;#39;,sans-serif;font-size:32px;font-weight:900;color:#ffffff;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:4px&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://news.chessclub.com/sendy/l/P3MXQ0Fvf0KXoyRnfA9avw/6L5V6YEJf7k4mm835mKG9Q/nhhF4zbHUkybT1Kb7pdGjw&quot; style=&quot;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;REGISTER TO PLAY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  								&lt;/tr&gt;  								  								&lt;tr&gt;  									&lt;td height=&quot;20&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:20px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  								&lt;/tr&gt;  							&lt;/tbody&gt;  						&lt;/table&gt;  						&lt;/td&gt;  					&lt;/tr&gt;  					&lt;tr&gt;  						&lt;td height=&quot;10&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:10px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  					&lt;/tr&gt;  					&lt;tr&gt;  						&lt;td align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-weight:400&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://news.chessclub.com/sendy/l/P3MXQ0Fvf0KXoyRnfA9avw/MbyzBcNJXRrwSmG9VIGMyw/nhhF4zbHUkybT1Kb7pdGjw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;CCA OCTOBER OPEN&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;http://s.mmgo.io/t/_rT&quot; style=&quot;max-width:100%!important;height:auto!important&quot; width=&quot;600&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    						&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight:400&quot;&gt;This tournament is a US Chess Online rated event and US Chess Membership is required. You can sign up or renew your US Chess Membership with &lt;a href=&quot;https://news.chessclub.com/sendy/l/P3MXQ0Fvf0KXoyRnfA9avw/mDZRoEnhkBWMrY7m4t763CsQ/nhhF4zbHUkybT1Kb7pdGjw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CCA&lt;/a&gt;. Also, if you live outside the United States you can purchase US Chess membership for as little as $20 a year. Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:cca@chessclub.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CCA&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/p&gt;  						&lt;/td&gt;  					&lt;/tr&gt;  					&lt;tr&gt;  						&lt;td height=&quot;10&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:10px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  					&lt;/tr&gt;  					&lt;tr&gt;  						&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#f3f3f3&quot; style=&quot;border-radius:5px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;600&quot;&gt;  							&lt;tbody&gt;  								&lt;tr&gt;  									&lt;td&gt;  									&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#f3f3f3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse:collapse&quot; width=&quot;550&quot;&gt;  										&lt;tbody&gt;  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td height=&quot;30&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:30px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&amp;#39;Lato&amp;#39;,sans-serif;font-size:20px;font-weight:700;color:#383838;letter-spacing:1px;line-height:24px&quot;&gt;  												&lt;p&gt;ROUND START TIMES&lt;br&gt;  												SATURDAY OCTOBER 16TH&lt;br&gt;  												&lt;strong&gt;(All times Eastern)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  												&lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&amp;#39;Lato&amp;#39;,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;color:#383838;line-height:24px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;,sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:400;color:#999999;line-height:32px&quot;&gt;ROUND 1: 11:00 AM&lt;br&gt;  												ROUND 2: 12:30 PM&lt;br&gt;  												ROUND 3:   2:00 PM&lt;br&gt;  												ROUND 4:   3:30 PM&lt;br&gt;  												ROUND 5:   5:00 PM&lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td height=&quot;30&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:30px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;  												&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#a0cf50&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; style=&quot;border-radius:2px&quot;&gt;  													&lt;tbody&gt;  														&lt;tr&gt;  															&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; height=&quot;44&quot; style=&quot;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:600;color:#ffffff;line-height:24px;padding-left:30px;padding-right:30px&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://news.chessclub.com/sendy/l/P3MXQ0Fvf0KXoyRnfA9avw/Nt7cyNn9agrXEC99jR59Og/nhhF4zbHUkybT1Kb7pdGjw&quot; style=&quot;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;LEARN MORE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  														&lt;/tr&gt;  													&lt;/tbody&gt;  												&lt;/table&gt;  												&lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  											  											&lt;tr&gt;  												&lt;td height=&quot;30&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:30px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  											&lt;/tr&gt;  										&lt;/tbody&gt;  									&lt;/table&gt;  									&lt;/td&gt;  								&lt;/tr&gt;  							&lt;/tbody&gt;  						&lt;/table&gt;  						&lt;/td&gt;  					&lt;/tr&gt;  					&lt;tr&gt;  						&lt;td height=&quot;20&quot; style=&quot;font-size:1px;line-height:20px&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;  					&lt;/tr&gt;  					&lt;tr&gt;  						&lt;td align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px&quot;&gt;  						&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight:400&quot;&gt;For all upcoming CCA tournaments, visit: &lt;a href=&quot;https://news.chessclub.com/sendy/l/P3MXQ0Fvf0KXoyRnfA9avw/SoYwKVOJPcT9vacxIlJgPg/nhhF4zbHUkybT1Kb7pdGjw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;chessevents.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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src=&quot;https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/frame/?p=+ZcCe4Jfdx2ke7thOGxrlEFcU4CRhynxWZhXoQ0is6vu4hGQl/QiNEMCfgKHf/Rf&quot; style=&quot;border: 0;&quot; width=&quot;900px&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8108524/posts/default/4925464319531952003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8108524/posts/default/4925464319531952003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chesscircuit.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-beautiful-bishop-sac-which-couldnt-be.html' title='A beautiful bishop sac which couldnt be taken by three pieces.'/><author><name>Alan Llewellyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01099458959450470257</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>