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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Austin Kids #11 (10/16/2010, 12 pm – 6 pm) at the Austin Chinese Education Services

Time:
Saturday, October 16 2010, 12 pm - 6 pm

Location:
Austin Chinese Education Services
13581 Pond Spring Road, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78729

Details:
A one-day tournament for all ages.

Open section: USCF rated, 3SS G/60.
U1400 section: USCF rated, 4SS G/45.
U900 section: USCF rated, 5SS G/30.
In the Open and U1400 sections, we will subtract 5 minutes when using a delay clock.

Entry fee: $5.

Registration: send email to nam67@yahoo.com for pre-registration. Without the pre-registration email, an additional $5 fee will be charged. On-site registration starts at 11:45 am. Players may be required to take a half-point bye if registered after 12 pm.

Prizes: A trophy or a chess prize (clock, book, software, or magnetic chess set...) to the 1st place finisher in each section, and the biggest upset in the tournament.

Please bring your chess set & clock if possible.

For more information, contact Nam Nguyen (nam67@yahoo.com, 512-786-9242) or Jenwei Hsieh (p0pp0r@yahoo.com, 512-560-2760)

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Austin Kids #10 - Results

We had a good turnout with 8 in the Open section (2 Class A players), 7 in the U1400, and 14 in the U900 section.





Congratulations to the winners:

Vasfi Gucer: 1st place in the Open section.
Niteka Raina: 1st place in the U1400 section with perfect score 4.0/4.0.
Sendhil Sridhar: 1st place in the U900 section with perfect score 5.0/5.0. Sendhil picked up 250 rating points and also won the Puzzles Solving competition with 11/12.
Alexander Yi: Biggest Upset for defeating an opponent 250 points stronger.





Austin Kids #9 - Results

We had a good turnout with 12 in the Advanced-1 section (over 1400) including 1 Expert and 1 Class-A, 9 in the Advanced-2 section (900-1400), and 9 in the Novice section (U900).

Congratulations to the winners:

Alexander Quach: 1st place in the Advanced-1 section.
Niteka Raina: 1st place in the Advanced-2 section.
Andrew Lu: 1st place in the Novice section.
Andrew Lu: Biggest Upset for defeating an opponent 655 points stronger.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Austin Kids #10 (09/18/2010, 12 pm - 6 pm) at the Salvation Army (Austin Citadel Corps)

Time:
Saturday, September 18 2010, 12 pm - 6 pm

Location:
The Salvation Army (Austin Citadel Corps)
1001 Cumberland Rd.
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 442-3212

Details:
A one-day tournament for all ages.

Open section: USCF rated, 3SS G/60.
U1400 section: USCF rated, 4SS G/45.
U900 section: USCF rated, 5SS G/30.
Unrated section: unrated, 5SS G/30.

Entry fee: $5 for Open/U1400/U900 sections, and $3 for unrated section.

Registration: send email to nam67@yahoo.com for pre-registration. Without the pre-registration email, an additional $5 fee will be charged. On-site registration starts at 11:45 am. Players may be required to take a half-point bye if registered after 12 pm.

Side event: Chess Puzzles Solving competition.

Prizes: A trophy or a chess prize (clock, book, software, or magnetic chess set...) to the 1st place finisher in each section, the biggest upset in the tournament, and the winner of the Puzzles Solving competition.

Please bring your chess set & clock if possible.

For more information, contact Nam Nguyen (nam67@yahoo.com, 512-786-9242) or Jenwei Hsieh (p0pp0r@yahoo.com, 512-560-2760)