International Chess Master Bryan Smith

Plans Simultaneous Exhibition at the

Lehigh Valley Chess Club (Open to All)

	IM Bryan Smith is one of Pennsylvania’s and the USA’s most promising chess masters. He won the U.S. Masters in 2006 and played in the US Championship in 2007. Then in November, 2008, at the National Chess Congress in Philadelphia, Bryan won clear first catapulting him to a US Chess Federation Rating of 2561. Currently, he is ranked as 42^nd in the United States and ranked at 39^th in international play (FIDE list) of all active USA players over the last year. We support Bryan in meeting his first GM norm.
IM Bryan Smith

HOW OFTEN DOES A CHESSPLAYER EVER GET TO PLAY A HIGH RATED MASTER?

WELL, HONESTLY, NOT VERY OFTEN! FOR SOME IT’S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY!

NOW “YOU” WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY, ….

“ I ONCE PLAYED A TOP NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RANKED MASTER.”

Bryan told LVCA President, Bruce Davis, Sr., "In competing in the Lehigh Valley August Championship recently, I played some very promising, extremely under-rated players who gave me a very tough time.  I hope to give these and other such players a chance to test themselves and some food for thought on how to get better at chess.  Hopefully it will inspire them to keep playing, just as my first simultaneous as a kid did for me."

Cost: $20.00 per person by mail by 10/26/2009 or (Onsite entries or later based on availability.)

Where:

St James Lutheran Evangelical Church

11^th and Tilghman Streets

Allentown, PA 18102

When:

Saturday, Oct 3^rd, 2009, Doors open 10:00am

Pre-registration:

First 30 pre-paid entries, first come first served to be reserved by paid entry.

Time:

11:00 am sharp Simultaneous Exhibition will begin.

Contact Info – Ph: (610)-625-0467, bdavis@lehighvalleychess.org, or www.lehighvalleychess.org

Mail Entries payable to: “Bruce Davis”, 1208 Linden St, Fl 1, Bethlehem , PA 18018 (by 10/26/2009).

Please Include Contact Info with Name, Address, Phone Number and e-mail address with paid entry.