2008 Knoxville City Championship -- The winners of our five Rated Club Swisses, held bimonthly from January to September 2008, will qualify to play in the City Championship. Additionally, the player who doesn't win one of these tournaments, but scores the most points in them cumulatively over the course of the year, will play in the Championship.

The Championship will be held in November 2008, 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: