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The Holly Heisman is a charity event. All money raised goes to the Heisman Fund to support women in need.

Open & U1500–5 rounds

K-8 U900–4 rounds

Time Control: G25/d5

Round Times: 10–11:15–1–2:15–3:30

You can donate directly at: https://www.philafound.org/give-now/?give_cause=Holly%20Heisman%20Memorial%20Fund

Prizes for 2026 Event:

3 Quad entries to Mastermind’s 2nd Saturday event ($30 ea)

1 Quad entry to CPA Quad event

Art work from Brandy Anderson

5 entries to any of Tri-Bridges Chess Club ECE events (this excludes PSCF events and events we do for any organization like TANA, PTA, etc.)

5 Tri-Bridges T-shirts (various sizes)

Trophies from Adam Serota – There will be 9 trophies in total – 5 in U900, 3 in U1500, and 1 in Open

The Horta-Osório Collection of Antique Chess Sets, Volume 1: India – This kind donation from Jon Crumiller is a beautiful book celebrating Indian chess sets. There are only 400 copies of this book in existence.

Wood board from House of Staunton that they will mail directly to the winner

20 memberships from chess.com – 5 chesskid.com, 5 diamond, 5 platinum, and 5 gold memberships.  For winners under 13, we need to get parents’ signatures for your membership.

Several Shining Knight T-shirts – different patterns

6 books from Russell Enterprises, including several hardbound – including CJA winning Book of the Year – The Life and Games of Vasily Smyslov and the new volume II

2 books from Igor Khmelnitsky – autographed copies – You vs Bobby Fischer

Variety of small “squishy” and “black box” prizes for the U900 section.

Anyone who plays in the event gets a discount to the Semper Primus Chess Camp. This is at Millersville University. Over the summer they will run 2 k-12 camps and 1 adult camp. You also get a 50% discount to a Myerstown Quads if you sign up with them (we will have a sheet at the event you can add name and email too)

Each year we receive roughly $3000 in donated prizes. Prizes for the 2026 event will be listed as more donations come in.

In the last couple of years prizes have come from US Chess, Chess.com, chessclub.com, Russell Enterprises, Tri-Bridges Chess Club, Shining Knight, Michael Cook, Brandy Anderson, Masterminds, Leteef Street, and many others.