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2006 Pan-Am announcement in today's Washington Post chess column

Local Chess Bonanza

Two major events will occur a few blocks apart in Washington Dec. 27-30. The 2006 Pan-American Championships, with teams from North, Central and South America, will take place at the Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth St. NW (at Massachusetts Avenue and K Street). It includes the Pan-Am intercollegiate team championship, called the World Series of College Chess, and the Pan-Am scholastic team individual and team championships for students in grades 1-12. The top individual scholastic winner will be offered a four-year scholarship at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Also the 33rd annual Eastern Open, a traditional eight-round Swiss tournament, will be played at the Wyndham Washington hotel (1400 M St. NW). It is organized by the U.S. Chess Center, a top scholastic organization that promotes chess among D.C. area children. See www.chessctr.org
   

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