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$500,000 Tournament!
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Record-breaking prize fund to be offered at
HB Global Chess Challenge in May, 2005
Anew event, with its $500,000 prize fund, will be a complete chess festival, with lots of attractions. Grandmaster Maurice Ashley has unveiled a
series of innovations including a new honor for the most accomplished college teams. The May 18-22, 2005 tournament, expected to attract
some 4,000 players, is sure to draw many of those competitive people who belong to chess clubs or are on school teams, said Ashley, the tourney organizer. Brian Molohon, the executive director of the HB Foundation, is sponsoring the tournament.
The HB Global Chess Challenge will be held at the spacious Minneapolis Convention Center and is expected to draw more competitors than
ever before for any open chess tourney. The impressive cash prizes, including the first place award of $50,000 in the Open section, are sure to
draw many of the world's best players, together with a broad array of nonprofessionals. There will be 56 cash winners in the Open section, with
most of the other sections giving away up to 50 cash prizes, including first place prizes of $20,000.
The HB Global Chess Challenge, which has been endorsed by the U.S. Chess Federation and the Association of Chess Professionals, is sponsored by the Minneapolis-based HB Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that promotes the cognitive and academic benefits that children and youth
gain from learning and playing chess. This biggest ever chess tourney will have multiple side events, including lectures, simultaneous exhibitions,
autograph signings by leading GMs, live game analysis of the top boards, musical entertainment, silent and live auctions, drawings, and gift memberships in the U.S. Chess Federation.
Those who wish to get more information or to register are urged to go to the HB Foundation website, or tcontact the Call Center at 205-9414448 or 1-800-964-2448. For more information about the activities of the HB Foundation, call 651-209-3067.