Austin Kids #3 - Results

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We had a great turnout with 38 participants. The location was great; each section had its own quiet room. The kids had a lot of fun playing serious chess.








Congratulations to the winners:

Advanced section: David Hsieh with 2.5/3.0



Novice section: Kartik Kulkarni (highest tie-breaker), Naveen Yarlagadda, and Glen Liu, with 3.5/4.0



Unrated section: Prasith Sriam (highest tie-breaker), Ritvik Kona, and Max Schaffer, with 3.0/4.0



Biggest Upset: Yutika Raina with a win over an opponent 245 points stronger



Chess Puzzles Solving: Duy Nguyen and Emily Nguyen had 11 correct answers, but Duy finished it in less time

David Hsieh gained 73 points to reach 1,518. Glen Liu gained 70 points to get to 1,001.

Chess Puzzles Solution:

Austin Kids #2 - Results

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We had a great turnout with 38 participants (35 kids and 3 adults), 17 being new comers. Although we had to start behind the schedule due to various issues with registrations (new members, expired USCF membership, members not showing up or coming late, kids put in the wrong section...) and the room was crowded/noisy, the kids seemed to have a lot of fun playing chess. I am not sure about those in the Advanced section who usually require a more quiet environment. We had to leave the library before wrapping up the last round in the Advanced section, but thanks to the gracious offer from Sunil Jacob, we were able to finish the game at his house. We were short handed because Jenwei, Huy, and Uyen went to other tournaments, but Sunil and other parents jumped in providing wonderful help.



Congratulations to the winners:

Advanced section: Sanjeev Dambal and Jonathan Manion, with 2.5/3.0
Novice section: Amogh Dambal and Chinmay Pingale, with 3.5/4.0
Unrated section: Prasith Sriam with perfect 4.0

Amogh and Chimay earned quite a few rating points, and approached the 1000 mark. Doru Gucer won 2 games in his first tournament and had a temporary rating of 500.

Austin Kids #3 (01/23/2010, 1 pm - 6 pm) at Austin Chinese Education Services

Hosted by Austin Kids Chess Club

Time:
Saturday, January 23, 2010
1 pm - 6 pm

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

Details:
Advanced section: USCF rated, 3SS G/45.
Novice section: USCF rated, 4SS G/30.
Unrated section: not USCF rated, 4SS G/30.

Players will play against opponents with similar strength.

Entry fee: $5 for rated sections and $3 for unrated section.
Registration: send email to nam67@yahoo.com for pre-registration. On-site registration starts at 12:45 pm. Players may be required to take a half-point bye if registered after 1 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)

Unrated Blitz (12/19/2009) Results

We had a good turnout with 20 kids and 2 adults.



Anthony and Emily donated 2 trophies for the event: 1 for the 1st place and 1 for the biggest upset.



1st place: Sanjeev Dambal with 4.5 (4 wins and 1 bye)
2nd and 3rd place: Anthony Nguyen and Emily Nguyen with 4.0

Sanjeev indicated prior to the game that he did not want a trophy, so the 1st place trophy went back to Anthony/Emily.

Biggest upset:

Huy Nguyen (701) over Ernest Fernandes (1092)
Chinmay Pingale (610) over Amough Dambal (965)

Huy's win over Ernest was not really an upset with his latest rating being 14xx. Therefore, the biggest upset prize went to Chinmay Pingale.

After the Blitz tournament, some kids stayed and played an exciting simulateous game with Vasfi Gucer, a very strong player with rating of 2000.





One kid could manage to draw, a few lost to Vasfi, and 5 could hang on until we had to leave due to the library closing. The kids had a great time and learnt a lot from the event. We would like to thank Vasfi for helping out in this event.