{"id":1746,"date":"2016-02-14T07:02:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T07:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2023-01-12T07:05:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T07:05:21","slug":"2016-world-amateur-team-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/2016-world-amateur-team-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 WORLD AMATEUR TEAM BEGINS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1746\" class=\"elementor elementor-1746\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-461b4e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"461b4e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a983294\" data-id=\"a983294\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e74753 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e74753\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3>by Robert N. Bernard<\/h3><p>On this frigid February afternoon, 1167 chess players invaded the Parsippany Hilton to commence the annual chess extravaganza known as the United States Amateur Team East Championship, also known as the World Amateur Team. Sponsored and organized by the New Jersey State Chess Federation, these 277 teams battle over six rounds to determine the championship, while other teams contend for prizes within their particular skill category. This year, 13 International Grandmasters are playing in the tournament, including former champions of Canada, Israel, and the United States.<\/p><p>What separates this tournament from many others is the overwhelming good spirits of the players, many of whom come from all over the USA, year-after-year, to play in this annual President\u2019s Day weekend event. With low entry fees and no monetary prizes, most players are there to have a good time, see old friends, and enjoy some strong competition. \u201cThe first day is the \u2018friends\u2019 day,\u201d said Steve Doyle, long-time tournament director and organizer of the event. \u201cThe second day is more of a relaxing and \u2018silly\u2019 day, while the last day, Monday, everyone turns into a shark.\u201d<\/p><p>Indeed, most of the traditional contests happen on the second day, including the \u201cBest Team Name\u201d and the best \u201cChess Gimmick\u201d. Every day has its fun, however; before the start of every game, Doyle stands at the stage and gives away chess-related door prizes for the obscure and amusing categories. \u201cThe first player to come to the podium wearing red socks gets a free book,\u201d said Doyle. \u201cI\u2019m wearing red socks today too.\u201d<\/p><p>After the first two rounds of competition on Saturday, many teams are still tied for the lead with two match wins.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Robert N. Bernard On this frigid February afternoon, 1167 chess players invaded the Parsippany Hilton to commence the annual chess extravaganza known as the United States Amateur Team East Championship, also known as the World Amateur Team. Sponsored and organized by the New Jersey State Chess Federation, these 277 teams battle over six rounds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1757,"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions\/1757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njscf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}