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Each year from May through August we offer an informal mentoring program. We designate three games each month through the period as special mentor games. While these games are also open games (anyone may play), we encourage mentoring pairs to play on these days if they can.

Special mentoring games are:
Tue 5/6, Wed 5/21, Fri 5/23
Wed 6/4, Tue 6/17, Fri 6/27
Tue 7/8, Wed 7/16, Fri 7/25
Fri 8/15, Wed 8/20, Tue 8/26

This is an informal program. Mentors have received no special training and are volunteering their time and advice. Mentoring pairs should discuss what they will work on before getting started. Mentors should limit their advice to only these areas and should offer their advice in a kind and helpful manner.

These games are open games and lessons given at the table are rude to your opponents. Please plan to offer your advice about opportunities for learning at an interaction away from the table, perhaps after the game or in some other setting designated by the pair's mutual convenience.

Greg is our chairperson again this year. If you would like to participate, please contact Greg.

Thanks to all the participating pairs:
Anne / Joe
Arlene / Cindy
Bill / Peggy
Diane / Cordell
Jack / Dave
Michael / Greg
Sue / Henry

In May, we have three team games: a BAM on Wednesday 5/14, an Open Swiss on Tuesday 5/20, and an 8 Is Enough (8=E) Swiss on Friday 5/30.

All of these games will be Grass Roots Fund games. NKBC will pay an extra $1/player to the ACBL Fund, no extra charge to you. The Grass Roots fund defrays costs for GNT and NAP players attending their NABC events. ACBL then allows us to offer DOUBLE BLACK points at our games.

The BAM is a team game that plays like a pairs game. EW move around the room while NS stay stationary. You should use pairs strategy for this team game. However, there is no field protection. You only need to beat the other team for each board set. Thus you only score a win, tie, or loss for each board (1, 1/2, or 0).

For the 8=E on the last Friday in May, Players are assigned a general strength number based on their accumulated master points. 1's are 0-400, 2's are 400-1500, and 3's are 1500+. Your team may consist only of four players whose strength numbers total less than or equal to eight (3311, 3221, 2222, etc.).

All of these team games are stratified, and so there will be winners in A, B, and C just as there are for our pair games.

Please get your teams together now and sign up at the club or contact Peggy.