Unrated tournament (1/02/2011, 12 pm - 3:30 pm) at Spicewood Elementary

Time:
Sunday, January 2nd 2011, 12 pm - 3:30 pm

Location:
Spicewood Elementary (pavilion - northwest corner of the playground)
11601 Olson Dr.
Austin, TX 78750

Details:
An unrated chess tournament open to everyone, but seating is limited to the first 36. Send email to nam67@yahoo.com to reserve the seat.
One section: not USCF rated, 5SS G/15 (with 3s delay).

Entry fee: Free.

Prizes: Trophies and medals to top finishers.

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)

2010 National K-12 Championships - Results

Congratulations to the following Austin Kids who competed in the 2010 National K-12 Championships (10-12 December 2010 · Lake Buena Vista, Florida):

Andrew Jacob: 6th Grade - 11th Place
Rohit Kaliyur: 8th Grade - tied for 10th Place
Shreyes Kaliyur: 3rd Grade - U1200 2nd Place

Click here for the complete results.

Austin Kids #13 - Results

We had a nice turnout of 53 players.

Congratulations to the winners:

Vasfi Gucer: 1st place - Open section.
Duy Nguyen, Herb Baumann, Jonathan Manion, Andrew Jacob, Khoa Nguyen, Mike Ingram, and Kevin Li (1st place - U1700): tied for 2nd place - Open section.
Sarah Manion, Arjun Devireddy (1st place - U1050), and Louis Fernandes (Biggest Upset prize for defeating a opponent 514 points stronger): tied for 1st place - U1400 section.
Doru Gucer: 1st place - U900 section.
Victoria Ryan, Kayhaun Ahmadian, and Erik Hanson: tied for 2nd place - U900 section.
Raj Kohli: 1st place U600 - U900 section.
Annie Xia, Jonathan Darmawan, and Samual Tian: tied for 1st place Unrated - U900 section.
Vasfi/Doru: 1st place Parent/Child team.
Michael Darmawan: winner of the Puzzles Solving competition.












Click here for the USCF cross-table.

Each of the winner should receive a chess prize. Please send Nam Nguyen (nam67@yahoo.com) an email if you have not picked up your prize.