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And call'd it Caissa from the dryad's name:
(Whence Albion's sons, who most its praise confess,
Approv'd the play, and nam'd it thoughtful Chess.)



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Chess History Archives:
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The 72nd Annual U.S. Open Chess Championship was held in Ventura on August 8-20, 1971.



California Chess Medallions!

What's New
in Photos



GM Xie Jun, Women's World Champion, at the 1995 Pan Pacific Grandmaster Tournament, held on February 21-March 4 at the SF Chinatown Holiday Inn. (Photos taken by Richard Shorman. Negatives scanned and cleaned by Chris Mavraedis.)


GM Eugenio Torre playing GM Mikhail Tal with Steve Brandwein working the display board on March 2-14 at the SF 1991 Pan Pacific Grandmaster Tournament. (Photos taken by Richard Shorman. Negatives scanned and cleaned by Chris Mavraedis.)



California Chess
Hall of Fame

California Chess
Periodical Archive (1931-2016)

California Chess
Column Archive (1884-2000)

California Chess Articles from U.S. & World Chess Periodicals

California Chess Articles from Newspapers & Magazines Archive (1851-2007)

California Chess Dated Ephemera Archive (1927-2018)

California Chess Tournament Bulletin Archive (1932-1995)

California Chess Tournament & Match Crosstables (1921-1991)

California Chess Masters (1950-1972), Top Women & Juniors (1966-1982)

California Chess
Game Database (1856-2009)


California Chess Archivist: Kerry Lawless "chessdryad@sbcglobal.net"
CalChess & ChessDryad Photographer: Richard Shorman "purdyfine@hotmail.com" (Richard reads his email, but doesn't respond).

Our sincerest thanks to Andy Ansel, Salman Azhar, Alan Benson, John Blackstone, Patsy A. D'Eramo, Jr., Frisco Del Rosario, John Donaldson, Jim Hurt, Clare Lawless, Richard 'S' Lee, Chris Mavraedis, John P. McCumiskey, Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Mark Shelton, Richard Shorman, Sam Sloan and Ted Yudacufski for their extensive contributions.