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Chess Set

Plastic Travel Chess Set
Travel Rollup Chess Board
with Pieces

Wood Chess Set
21” Tournament Chess Set


Chess Clocks
 
Digital Chess Clock
Chronos Digital Chess Clock


Chess Pieces

Wood Pieces
4 1/4” Premium
Grandmaster Rosewood Chessmen


Chess Boards

Black Chess Boards
Black Natural 19.5"/2" sq


Chess Computers

Excalibur Computers
Talking LCD Chess


Chess Books

Tactics, Strategy and
Improvement Chess Books
World Champion Tactics
by Shamkovich and Schiller


Chess Software

Playing Programs
Fritz 8


Chess Tables

Fiorentine Chess Table



 

Miami Chess Academy
At the Miami Chess Academy, your child will learn to improve his/her: imagination, logic, concentration, critical thinking, reasoning skills, and intuition. Does your child enjoy creative activities and playing with other children? Does he/she need a boost of confidence?  Enroll your child and see the benefits.
For directions to the academy, click here
.

SUMMER CHESS CAMP
 JUNE 9 to AUGUST
 18


Featuring

GM Julio Becerra
FM Marcel Martinez
Chess Coach Maidelin Lugo
IM Blas Lugo, Camp Director
For more information on the MICA Summer Camp, click here.

MICA FIDE Tournament May 23,24 & 25
MICA FIDE Tournament RESULTS Available now !!
Tournament Calendar

Sunday MIAMI Masters G/30 tournament 4 rounds 1:30pm view details
Tuesday Copa Miami G/90  tournament 4 rounds 8:00pm view details
Wednesday

Blitz 5min. tournament Round Robin 8:30pm

view details
Thursday MICA Quads G/30 tournament 3 rounds 8:00pm view details

Adult Lessons & Club Calendar
Sunday Miami Masters Tournament 1:30pm
Monday Beginners' Lessons 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Tuesday Chess Club 6:00pm - 9:00pm 
Wednesday Inter-Median Lessons 7:00pm - 8:00pm 
Thursday Chess Club 6:00pm-9:00pm & Advanced Lesson 7:00pm-8:00pm 
Friday  Chess Lectures
Saturday Chess Club 1:00 pm - 8:00pm

Children Lessons Calendar
Monday-Thursday Chess Lessons 4:00pm-6:00pm  
Friday Chess Lessons 6:30pm-8:30pm  
Saturday Chess Lessons 10:30am-12:30pm  

The Miami Chess Open 2008
Sep 10-14

Prizes $100,000

MICA MIAMI MASTERS TOURNAMENT
The Sunday Rated Miami Masters is a 4 Round action chess tournament (Game 30).
If you have any questions about the event or if you want to donate please contact us.
The tournament is open for all players. Entry fee for GM/IM is free and nothing will be deducted from any prize the GM may win.
If you want to play in the event or need to know more please, click here.
ATTENTION: Starting the month of April, the Sunday MIAMI MASTERS tournament will start promptly at 1:30 pm.
Registration will be open at 1:00.
BECOME A MEMBER TODAY
The academy is open 7 days a week.   

Enjoy informal play in an elegant club room, an extensive library and chess-playing computers.

Tournaments are held every week and lessons are available at various levels.

Members include about 25 people with USCF ratings above 2000. Among them are a Grand Master, an International Master, 10 FIDE Masters and 8 USCF Masters. We also have 130 members that cover Class A, B and C, including 50 student players 18 and younger.

Miami International Chess Academy
5880 SW 8th St. Miami, FL 33144
(305) 262-2700
blugo30135@aol.com

THE MIAMI SHARKS ENTER US CHESS LEAGUE

The Miami Sharks Dream Team will enter the US Chess League (www.uschessleague.com) where they will compete against seven other strong teams for the top honors of the country in this team competition. The Miami Sharks roster is composed by: GM Julio Becerra, IM Blas Lugo, FM Marcel Martinez, FM Javier Torres, NM Dr. Erik Moskow, NM Alain Alvarado, NM Jose Cabrera, NM Jorge L. Diaz .These exciting matches will be played from MICA and they will take place over the internet. The other seven cities are also bringing in very good teams so be ready for some MIAMI ACTION!!
 

THE MIAMI SHARKS ENTER US CHESS LEAGUE

The Miami Sharks Dream Team will enter the US Chess League (www.uschessleague.com) where they will compete against seven other strong teams for the top honors of the country in this team competition. The Miami Sharks roster is composed by: GM Julio Becerra, IM Blas Lugo,IM Alendro Moreno, FM Marcel Martinez, .These exciting matches will be played from MICA and they will take place over the internet. The other seven cities are also bringing in very good teams so be ready for some MIAMI ACTION!!

City of Marco Island Parks & Recreation

Simultaneous Chess Exhibition
Information & Official Registration
http://www.dbiq.com/chess/

 International Master Blas Lugo as he plays up to
50 other matches at the same time!

MICA FIDE Tournament May 23,24 & 25
MICA FIDE Tournament RESULTS Available now !!

Miami FIDE Tournaments

Friday 8:30 pm

Saturday 1:00 pm & 6:00 pm

Sunday – 10:00 am & 3:00 pm

Prize $500.00 b/25
 

1.

5 Rounds (GAME 90).

2.

Tournament begins at 8:30 pm.

3.

FIDE rules will be used.

4.

Regular entrance fee is $ 60.00 for UR ($ 30.00 for FIDE).

5.

You may request ONE half point bye BEFORE the tournament begins, and only for rounds 1 or 4.

6.

Prizes will be awarded under the following formula: 1st 250.00, 2nd  150.00 and 3r $ 100.00.  We shall take 70% of the entry fees and divided.

The Miami Chess Open 2008
Prizes $100,000 

MICA SCHOLASTIC GRAND PRIX
(7) Tournament Series, School team and individual trophies. Tournament schedule:

7-May 31,2008

Grand Prix Tournaments Results

1-November 17,2007 Results
2-December 15,2007  Results
3-January 12,2008     Results
4-February 24,2008   Results
5-March 08,2008        Results
6-April 26 ,2008         Results

Tournaments will be held at :
Rockway Middle Schools
9393 SW 29Terr Miami 33165

(online registration - registration
form).

Are you a coach that wants to get your little chess players enthusiastic about chess? 
Do you need help starting a chess club at your school?
Do you want your students to improve their chess games and have fun in the process? How about a Field Trip to our Academy!  For more information, click here.

 

SUNDAY G/30
MIAMI MASTERS 

#

 Name

Rtng

Post

 Pts

1

 GM Julio    Becerra 2624 2632 4.0
2  IM Blas Lugo 2439 2438 3.0

3

 Eric Rodriguez 2200 2201 3.0

4

 Charles Galofre 2140 2146 3.0

5

Caleb Pineda 2070 2095 3.0

6

 FM Marcel Martinez 2430 2421 3.0
7  Camilo Arango 1950 1956 3.0

8

William Del Castillo 1638 1697 3.0

9

 Francisco Fuentes 1800 1815 2.5
10 Alejandro Allen 1900 1911 2.0
11 Rene Ray 1900 1898 2.0
12 FM Luis Barredo 2199 2176 2.0
13 Albert Artidiello 2111 2100 2.0
14 Jerry Planta 1761 1774 2.0
15 Naor Brown 2040 2028 2.0
16 Hector Gonzales 1468 1483 2.0
17 Lasuso Ladel ur 1948 2.0
18 Carlos Segrera ur 1732 2.0
19 Sam Silberman 1700 1705 2.0
20 Delgado Marcelino 1700 1719 1.5
21 Valdez Jorge 1650 1629 1.0
22 Cane Punma 1400 1424 1.0
23 Alex Gutierrez ur 1353 1.0
24 Manuel Perez 1881 1856 1.0
25 Alex  Villafuerte 1700 1699 1.0
26 Lazaro Guerra 1200 1192 1.0
27 Luis Ares 1375 1352 1.0
28 Vladimir Iglesias 1800 1779 0.0
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Blitz 5 min

#

 Name

Rtng

 Pts

1

 GM Julio Becerra 2610 12.5
2  IM Blas Lugo 2430 11.0

3

 Charles Galofre 2100 9.0

4

 Caleb Pineda 2100 8.0
5  Jose Cabrera 2100 8.0

6

 Miguel Recio 2100 8.0
7  Gilberto Luna 1900 7.5

8

 Jeffrey Haskel 2100 7.0
9  Anberto Artidielo 2100 7.0

10

 Luis Alvarez 1800 7.0

11

 Alex Velasquez 1600 7.0
12  Enrique Bustos 1760 7.0
13   Luis Hernandez 2000 6.0

14

 Alejandro Allen 1900 6.0

15

 Antonio Angel 1900 5.5
16  Varinia Cabrera 1800 5.0
17 Jon Haskel 1600 2.5

MORE DETAILS
 

MICA Scholastic GP-5

K1 & K3

#

 Name

Rtng

Team

 Pts

1

Vargas,Marisol 1136 CH 5.0
2 Tuohey,Nicholas 610 EC 4.0

3

Lojano, Sebastian

552

RECS 4.0

4

Bernabe,Brian 573 SCE 4.0

5

Gonzalez,Stefan 515 MGA 3.5
MORE DETAILS
K5

#

 Name

Rtng

Team

 Pts

1

 Hamwi,Chady 1159 NBES 5.0
2  Qi,Henry 765   4.0

3

Santizo,Nathalie

696

EC

3.5

4

Torres,Gabriel 659   3.0

5

 Valeri,Diaz 650 SCE 3.0
MORE DETAILS
K8

#

 Name

Rtng

Team

 Pts

1

Oliva,Iskander 1240 HF 5.0
2 Montalvo, Abelardo 1192 CMS 4.0