Jim and all, I'm glad to hear that there is a tournament named for Mike. Thank you for having me on your mailing list. Lewis W. "Knight Rider" -----Original Message----- From: Jim Slagle <jamesrslagle@xxxxxxxxx> Subj: [blind-chess] Invitation to a Free Almost Over-The-Board Chess Tournament, the Mike Allain Memorial Tournament Date: Sun Jul 1, 2012 2:35 pm Size: 2K To: ftp-chess yahoogroups <ftp-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: valenticlydes@xxxxxxxxxxx; blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; braillechess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; peeps-talk yahoogroups <peeps-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Hi Chess Players, You are invited to play in the July 2012 World Chess Parlor Swiss Tournament. This is the Mike Allain Memorial Tournament. All of us remember Mike as an excellent chess player and an excellent person. All are welcome to play. You arrange to schedule your game at a time and date convenient to you. We can work around your schedule, even if you are going to be unavailable during the tournament for a week or so. It is a 3 or 4 round swiss stylle tournament. A game usually lasts a couple of hours. You may request and receive a half point bye in Round 1. The full rules will be e-mailed with Round 1 pairings. To enter this free tournament, simply e-mail me at jamesrslagle@xxxxxxxxx by Wednesday, July 4, at 11:00 A.M. EDT, which is 15:00 UTC or GMT. So far entered are Johannes, Lea Ryan, Mark Hague, and Jim Slagle. Also you are invited to attend our weekly World Chess Parlor Club Meeting on Saturday in the Chess Parlor at for-the-people.com at 11:30 A.M. Eastern DayLight Saving Time, 15:30 GMT or UTC. Everything is free! We can tell you how you can get free chess lessons, even if you have never played this great game. If you have any chess questions or would like to arrange a game, please attend the meeting. Our voice chat room "over-the-board" Chess Parlor Tournament and Ladder Tournament and other things will be discussed. Our tournaments are free and open to all, including beginners. You are welcome to listen to any of our games in the Chess Parlor. A game is played in a couple of hours. It is voice-chat over-the-board chess. It is not correspondence chess or email chess. You will need to plug a microphone into your computer. A microphone cost less than ten dollars. P.S. For-the-people.com is a set of voice chat rooms. It is free. To register for for-the-people, go to the web site, for-the-people.com, and follow the directions. If you have a problem in registering or in entering the Chess Parlor room, et cetera, email FTPTechTeam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx After you have been accepted by for-the-people.com, to subscribe to ftp-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, go to the for-the-people.com home page, and follow the e-mail list link. Keep checking, Jim Slagle U.S.A. Phone: 609 945 5415 ========== The blind-chess mailing list View list information and change your settings: //www.freelists.org/list/blind-chess List archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/blind-chess =========