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2012 Chess for FA Tournament – A Benefit for the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund

The third annual Chess for FA tournament was a tremendous success!  This year’s tournament was attended by eighteen participants from eight different schools throughout the Portland metro area.  The tournament raised about $1000 for the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund.  The Fund will use the money to support research to find better treatments – and a cure – for Fanconi anemia, a rare genetic disease.

The tournament was, once again, NWSRS rated.  The pairing program required for rating was donated by SwissSys.  Prizes were donated by Jazzy Bagels, Off the Charts Games, iCandy, and Coldstone Creamery and food & beverages were donated by Wall Street Pizza and Odwalla Juice. Corbett School District donated the use of the tournament space.The tournament received publicity from the Outlook newspaper, Chess for Success and the Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation.

The tournament consisted of five rounds with Swiss system pairings.  The tournament ended with four players all having four out of five possible points, Nathan Smith, Joshua Wentzel, Blaise Gilbride (the winner of the first Chess for FA tournament), and Dan Perry. One game in the first round, between Spencer Gilbride, Blaise’s older brother, and Austin DeWolfe, ended in a stalemate after Spencer promoted two pawns to knights. “I was having fun,” Spencer said after the game. “I wanted to have a giant army of knights.”

The Facts:

Money raised: about $1000

Participants: 18

Schools: 8

Thank you for participating and helping make this year’s tournament such a success!

Preregistration is closed, but it’s not too late!

Even though the online registration form is closed, you can still play in the tournament. Just show up at 9:00 and we’ll register you right there. It’s not too late to support the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, have a good time, and win lots of great prizes including $25 worth of ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery!

2012 Chess For FA Benefit Tournament

I’m hosting a chess tournament to raise money for the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund. The tournament will be held in the Corbett High School Commons, on February 18, 2012.

In 2006, my sister, Nina Morrison, died of Fanconi anemia, a life-threatening genetic disease. The Fanconi Anemia Research Fund (FARF) works to find the cure for FA. All proceeds from the chess tournament and concession sales will go to FARF, so please donate and help save the lives of the hundreds of other kids around the world with FA. You can visit www.fanconi.org for more information about Fanconi anemia and FARF.

• Click here or on the Tournament Information tab for more details.
• Click here or on the Registration tab to register online.
• Click here or on the About FA tab to learn more about Fanconi anemia.

And check below for the latest updates.

Thanks to our sponsors and in-kind donors:

• Jeanne and Stuart Altmann (Sponsors)
• Stephanie Austin and Jim Niess (Sponsors)
• Cold Stone Creamery
• Corbett School District
• iCandy
• Jazzy Bagels
• Odwalla Juice
• Off the Charts Games
• SwissSys
• Wall Street Pizza

If you have any questions, contact ChessForFA at gmail dot com.

All proceeds benefit the