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Tournament Results - July Joust |
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Written by Daniel Weissbarth
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On Saturday, July 24, more than a hundred players participated in the July Joust chess tournament. In the K-12 championship section, there was an enormous tie for first place as five different players scored 3.5/4. Navid Bajoghli narrowly edged out Justin Lohr, Lawrence Zhao, and Aaditya Singh, and Kiffa Conroy on tiebreaks. In the team competition, the Lohr family, composed of Justin and his brothers Nathan and Bryant beat out Greenbriar West (represented by Andy Zhang, Vivian Cao-Dao, Andrew Song, Andrew Wang, and Navya Sai Gudimetia) on tiebreaks for the top spot with 8.5 points.
In the K-8 U-600 section, Alan Kittell and Justin Wang tied for first, both going 4-0. There was a large tie for second place as Sadhana Suri, Charlie Gunn, Daniel Yoon, Parin Gupta, and Corey Paredes all won three and lost one. The host school, Virginia Run Elementary,comfortably won the team competition, as Joshua Bachman chipped in to help Alan Kittel and Corey Paredes score 9 combined points.
In the 4-8 Unrated section, Andrew Sanza held off Virginia Run teammate Logan Bibb (who took second) in the final round to finish as the only undefeated 4-0.
In K-3 Unrated, Adam Dietrich and Abhiram Kagitha both went undefeated, and Adam beat Claire Wang (who took third) in a tough game in the final round.
Complete standings, and links to the USCF ratings report below the fold.
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Tournament Results - Summer Blast |
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Written by Daniel Weissbarth
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USCF Rating Report
99 children competed in the Summer Blast chess tournament at Franklin Sherman Elementary School. In the k-3 unrated section, kindergartener Neil Deng swept the field going 4-0. Abhiram Kagitha, a first grader from Oak Hill ES took second place with three wins and a draw. In the k-8 U-600 section, Young Qi of Haycock and Lawrence Wang of Wolftrap tied for first place with perfect scores, in the first rated tournament for both players. Wolftrap Elementary dominated the team competition as Clark Bowden and Armin Dubert joined Lawrence Wang as the team scored 9.5 points.
In the Championship section, Akshaj Kadaveru took first place after winning an exciting blitz playoff with Nikhil Ramachandran, who got second. They both won all four of their matches. Alex Jian took third place with three wins and a tie. In the team competition, Nysmith School for the Gifted dominated, as Akshaj Kadaveru, Shwetark Patel, Marwan Lloyd, Kritika and Aaditya Singh scored 11.5 points between them.
Upcoming tournaments in the area are:
July Joust (July 24, Virginia Run Elementary School, Centreville, VA)
Howard County Chess Tournament (August 29, Glenwood Community Center, Cooksville, MD)
September Storm (September 11, Montessori School of McLean, McLean, VA)
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Tournament Results - Friday Night Action 18 |
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Written by Joshua Anderson
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USCF Rating Report
On June 18, 2010, 14 players met at the 18th Friday Night Action.
National Masters Peter Minear and Karl Dehmelt tied for first in the
open section. Both players scored 3.5 points, drawing each other and winning all of their other games. In the
Under 1400 section, newcomer James Atkinson started his tournament career off well, going
4.0 - 0.0 and winning first place.
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Tournament Results - Doylestown Scholastic Quads |
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Written by Adam Weissbarth
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USCF Rating Report
The first-ever Doylestown Scholastic Quads took place on Friday, June 4, at the Doylestown Activity Center. 18 chessplayers competed in the event, and we look forward to making it a monthly event starting in the fall.
Winners, with scores and new ratings in parentheses:
Quad #1 - Jeffrey Zhang (2.5/3; rating 1194)
Quad #2 - Donovan Sak (2.5/3; rating 527)
Quad #3 - Daniel Kim (2/3; rating 361)
Unrated Quad - Logan Groth and Matthew Hannum (3/4; unrated)
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Tournament Results - Friday Night Action 17 |
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Written by Adam Weissbarth
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USCF Rating Report
The 17th monthly Friday Night Action chess tournament was held on May 21 in King of Prussia, PA. National Master Peter Minear continued his recent dominance by winning the tournament with a perfect 4-0 score. Jason Britchkow took the U/1400 prize with a strong 2.5-point performance.
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Tournament Results - Silver Knights Cup |
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Written by Adam Weissbarth
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USCF Rating Report
In the last major tournament of the school year, 22 Four-player teams competed at the Silver Knights Cup team tournament on Sunday, May 15, at Radnor Middle School. "What's a Pawn to King Four?" and New Hope Academy Team 1 tied for first place with 3.5/4 match points, with the "What's a Pawn to King Four?" winning on tiebreaks.
After the main event, eight players competed in a round-robin blitz tournament, with Silver Knights coach Daniel Weissbarth sporting a perfect 7-0 score to emerge victorious. (USCF Rating Report)
Full standings for the team tournament below the fold...
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