Michigan chess player represents USA in international tourney for blind.
Karl Martin Adam is currently playing in the 2009 Junior World Championship for Visually Impaired in Stockholm, Sweden.
The tournament has seven rounds to be played according to the Swiss system. Time control: 30 moves in 90 minutes per player with additionally 60 minutes each for the rest of the game.
Karl Martin Adam is from Ortonville Michigan is 18 years old and is a member of the 4-H Knights Chess Club.
Karl lost his first match (black) against a player from Serbia (rating 1744), won his second match (white) against a player from India (rating 1600) and won his third match (black) against a player from Iran (rating 1800).
Currently he is playing his fourth match (white) against a player from Poland (rating 2017).
You can follow Karl’s progress cross tables, etc at the following website:
http://www.scandinavian-chess.se/
The tournament ends this Wednesday.
Report and photo provided by Dave Crutcher
Michigan Chess Dad
Coach 4-H Knights Chess Club
Go Karl! How come those idiots running the USCF don’t report about chess news like this. All they do is report about Goichberg’s events where he’s making millions from members but don’t give a damn about the members. He’s even making the USCF members pay for the expenses of his own personal for profit company Continental Chess. How despicable!
It’s even more disgusting that Jim Berry, Mike Atkins and Ruth Haring are supporting this kind of corruption and they want the members to vote for them to control the USCF for the next 4 years. Instead of helping the USCF and doing their best for the members, they do what’s best for their personal and political interests.
Karl can see chess better than Goichberg.