Chess N Games and World Chess Federation To
Host Kick-Off Party at
The Market LV for WCF World Chess
Championship Title Match
Benefitting WCF Chess for The Blind
Initiative
Chess N Games will Then
Present Title Match Play Between Reigning WCF World Chess Champion Stan Vaughan
and Challenger Ron Gross November 5-21
Chess N Games,
the new retail game store opened at The Market LV in Tivoli Village by Las
Vegas residents Cheryl and Michael Stern, is opening its doors in partnership
with the World Chess Federation (WCF) to host a kick-off Party for the WCF
World Championship Title Match on Sunday, November 4 from 2-5 p.m. benefitting
the WCF "Welcome to the Chess
Universe" Initiative for people who are blind or visually impaired.
The party will celebrate
the beginning of the 2012 WCF World Championship Title Match between reigning WCF World Champion Grand Master Stan
Vaughan and challenger International
Master Ron Gross, winner of the
Candidates Tournament held in 2010 at the Riviera Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, which will be played during the month of November
at Chess N Games in The Market LV.
The event will also be a fundraising effort for the WCF’s "Welcome to the Chess Universe",
providing funding for the purchase of a dozen or more Braille chessboards and special computers to be used to teach visually impaired and blind people in
Nevada and beyond the beloved game of chess.
“We are very excited to be partnering
with the WCF to present the World Chess Champion Title Match at Chess N Games
as well as support their valiant initiative to bring the wonderful game of chess
to the blind,” says Chess N Games owner Cheryl Stern. “This is our first retail
game store in twelve years, and we thought it only fitting to celebrate its
opening with a truly memorable, high-stakes game – the likes of which you only
get in Las Vegas.”
The Kick-off
event will be an informative and interactive celebration of Chess and the title
match players themselves. As part of the fundraising efforts that day,
attendees will have the opportunity to personally challenge Grand Master Stan
Vaughan for a sitting fee of $20. Mr. Vaughan will play up to eight challengers
simultaneously. Additionally there will be a live opportunity drawing for
several amazing prizes including paintings
of famous artists, valuable chess related memorabilia, Hand Made wood chess set, 18”
Wood Folding Chess Set , 4 Pro Chess Sets and more.
Tickets for the opportunity drawing will be sold in advance of the party
at Chess N Games for $ 5.00 each and at the event for $6.00 . Must be
present to win.
Guests to the WCF Title Match
Kick-Off Event will also experience a bit of Chess tradition as they are treated to the Drawing of the
Colors ceremony for the first round of title match play. This ceremony determines what side of
the board each player will take.
Following the Kick-Off Party,
play of the WCF World Championship Title Match between Grand Master Stan
Vaughan and Ron Gross will commence on Monday, November 5 at Chess N Games.
Play will begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until close. The WCF Title Match will continue at
Chess N Games every Monday, Wednesday and Friday beginning at 9:30 a.m. until
close from November 5- November 21.
The World Chess Championship (a registered mark of WCF) for the title of
“The World Chess Champion” is the WCF’s most visible activity. The title
is subject to WCF rules and regulations regarding mandatory defense at least
every two years in even numbered years against a challenger determined by WCF
via WCF Qualifying Candidate tournament and Candidate Match Playoffs held in
odd numbered years or more often in the interim at the option of the current
holder, continental championships and the WCF Team Championship. The title match to determine the winner
and the player who will be named WCF World Champion can last between 3-6 months
in total.
About Chess N Games
Cheryl
and Michael Stern, founders of The Game Keeper stores, have opened their first
retail store in twelve years with Chess N Games, located in The Market
LV in Tivoli Village. They are also currently the owners of WorldWise Imports,
which has been located in Las Vegas since 2003. www.chessngames.com
About Stan Vaughan
The reigning World Chess
Federation “World Chess Champion”, Grand Master Stan Vaughan is one of the most
highly decorated chess players in the United States. In 1975 as a high school senior Stan Vaughan was introduced to the
great game of chess and quickly developed a passion for it. By 1980 he was the
Gold Medal winner representing the United States at the International Student
Games and became American Chess
Association National Champion the same year, which through 2012 he has
won 32 times, surpassing Paul Morphy’s
and Bobby Fischer’s records of wins. He has held the title of WCF World Chess
Champion since 1996 and from 1995-2007 won the 3rd, 4th
and 5th World Correspondence Chess Federation Championships. He also holds the world record for the
most simultaneous blindfold chess game wins (110), the most simultaneous
correspondence chess games played (1300 at one time) and a world record for
most simultaneous over the board games (730).
About World Chess
Federation
The
World Chess Federation, Inc (WCF) is a charitable domestic non – profit
organization established in 1992 by Undefeated World Chess Champion Bobby
Fischer and later in 1996 incorporated to its present status in the State of
Nevada. WCF is devoted exclusively to supporting the educational,
cultural and recreational value of the game of chess. To these ends the
organization will conduct various programs including programs to encourage
students to study and play the game of chess as a means of intellectual
development.