2012 Knoxville City Championship -- There are three ways to qualify to play in the 2012 Knoxville City Chess Championship:

• The two top finishers of our May 2012 Swiss will qualify to play in the City Championship.
• The three top finishers of our September 2012 Swiss will qualify to play in the City Championship.
• Additionally, the player who doesn't qualify from the May or September tournaments, but scores the most points cumulatively throughout 2012 in our five Quick-Chess Tournaments -- held in February, April, June, August, and October -- will qualify to play in the City Championship.

The Championship will be held at the chess club in November 2012, and will be a six-player round-robin.

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FM Peter Bereolos -- Knoxville City Chess Champion Pete Bereolos has been awarded the FIDE Master title.

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New Dues Policy -- Starting on January 1, 2002, club memberships will expire one year from the date they were purchased. No longer will everyone's membership expire on the last day of the year.

Memberships can be renewed when less than three months remain before their expiration. Multi-year memberships will not be available.

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Leonard Dickerson has written a book detailing what the scholastic chess player needs to know. GKCC members can buy a copy at a special price: