Sunday, June 12, 2011

A Little Effort, A Lot Of Chess, A Lasting Legacy


THE XIII UNITED STATES
JUNIOR CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP (1978)

PRESENTED BY:

MEMPHIS CHESS CLUB, INC.

AND

OPTIMIST CLUB OF NORTHEAST MEMPHIS

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF:

THE U.S. CHESS FEDERATION

JUNE 18–24, 1978

MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER

WILLIAM FAULKNER LOUNGE  6: p.m.


1978 Program Guide:

It is a great honor that Memphis has been chosen once again as the host city for the U.S. Junior Invitational Championship.  Memphis first held the U.S. Junior in 1976.  Prior to that year, a national tournament had not been held in the Mid-South since the U.S. Open Championship was played in Memphis in 1914. (Editor's note: The U.S. Open Chess Championship was also in Memphis in 1920.)

The participants in this tournament will be the top eight U.S. players, ages 19 and under.  It is one of the three championships chess tournaments held annually in the United States and is the qualifying tournament to determine the young person who will represent the U.S. at the World Youth Chess Championship in Graz, Austria in September 1978.  The top four players will represent the U.S. at the Pan-American Junior Team Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil in December.