Austin Kids #6 - Final Results

We had a great turnout with 21 in the 2 Advanced sections and 24 in the Novice section.





Congratulations to the winners:

Andrew Jacob: 1st place in the 1st Advanced section.
Emily Nguyen: 1st place in the 2nd Advanced section.
Jonathan Qi: 1st place in the Novice section.
Grant Odama: Biggest Upset for defeating an opponent 300+ points stronger.
Jonathan Tuck: winner of the Puzzles Solving competition. Jonathan got all 12 problems correct and picked the book The Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein for the prize. We had 2 different sets of puzzles, one with more difficult problems for the Advanced section and the other one for Novice with easier problems. The competition was very close; some in Novice section had a very good chance to win.

Austin Kids #5 - Final Results

We had a low turnout with 10 in the Advanced section (average rating of 1450) and 12 in the Novice section.

Congratulations to the winners:

Herb Baumann and Duy Nguyen: 1st place in the Advanced section. Duy picked the book Chess College 2: Pawn Play as the prize.
Sandhya Zadoo: 1st place in the Novice section. Sandhya chose a free Austin Kids tournament entry for the prize.
Sarah Manion: Biggest Upset for defeating an opponent 300+ points stronger. Sarah selected the book Alpha Teach Yourself Chess in 24 Hours as the prize.
Khoa Nguyen: winner of the Puzzles Solving competition. Khoa got all 12 problems correct and picked the book Basic Endgame Strategy: Queen & Rooks for the prize.

Results from the 2010 Texas Scholastic Chess Championships

Congratulations to the following trophy winners from the Austin Kids Chess Club:

Individual Trophies:

· Dang Nguyen: Champion - K1 Championship
· Yutika Raina: 4th Place - Elementary School Junior Varsity Championship
· Kevin Li: 5th Place - Elementary School Championship
· Khoa Nguyen: 6th Place - Primary School Championship
· Collin Le: 7th Place - K1 Championship
· Duy Nguyen: 8th Place - Elementary School Championship
· Shreyes Kaliyur: 9th Place - Primary School Championship
· Amogh Dambal: 10th Place - Primary School Championship
· Andrew Jacob: 10th Place - Elementary School Championship
· Alexander Quach: 11th Place - Elementary School Championship
· Anthony Nguyen: 11th Place - Elementary School Championship
· Dhurv Garg: 12th Place - Middle School Championship
· Chinmay Pingale: 16th Place - Elementary School Junior Varsity Championship
· Sunay Nanavati: 16th Place - Middle School Championship
· Emily Nguyen: 17th Place - Elementary School Championship
· Nathaniel Li: 11th Place - Primary School Championship
· Saavan Nanavati: Tied for 20th Place - Elementary School Championship

Team Trophies:

· Champion - Elementary School Championship: Laurel Mountain
Kevin Li 5.5
Andrew Jacob 5.0
Alexander Quach 5.0
Saavan Nanavati 5.0
· 2nd Place - Middle School Championship: Canyon Vista
Derek Chang 6.0
Sunay Nanavati 5.0
Rohith Kaliyur 4.0
Niteka Raina 4.0
· 3rd Place - Primary School Championship: Laurel Mountain
Nathaniel Li 5.0
Amogh Dambal 5.0
Louis Fernandes 3.5
· 9th Place - K1 School Championship: Cactus Ranch
Dang Nguyen 7.0
Nhu-Anh Nguyen 3.0
· 14th Place - Elementary School Championship: Forest Creek
Anthony Nguyen 5.0
Emily Nguyen 5.0
· 14th Place - Elementary School Junior Varsity Championship: Laurel Mountain
Yutika Raina 6.0
Chinmay Pingale 5.0

http://swchess.com/sce/tourney/tsc2010/pri/prires.htm
http://swchess.com/sce/tourney/tsc2010/elem/elres.htm
http://swchess.com/sce/tourney/tsc2010/ms/msres.htm

Austin Kids #5 (03/20/2010, 1 pm - 6 pm) at Austin Chinese Education Services

Time:
Saturday, March 20, 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. On-site registration (without pre-registration via email) will incur an additional $5 fee. 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 G15 (03/13/2010, 12:30pm - 3:30pm) at Spicewod Springs library

Location:
Spicewood Springs Library
8637 Spicewood Springs Rd.
Austin, TX 78759
(512) 974-3800

Time:
March 13, 2010 from 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Activities:
- Unrated G15 tournament: 6SS, G/15 with 5s delay
- Unrated games

The event is free to Austin kids. Adults are welcome too. Please send an email to jinhongliu@yahoo.com if you plan to attend so that we can setup the tables in advance.

Austin Kids #4 - Results

We had a great turnout with 12 in the Advanced section (average rating of 1450), 20 in the Novice section, and 7 in the Unrated section.

Congratulations to the winners:

Andrew Jacob: 1st place in the Advanced section
Jacob Taylor: 1st place in the Novice section. Jacob picked up the "Starting Out:The Sicilian Dragon" CD for the prize.
Ritvik Kona: 1st place in the Unrated section
James Hu: Biggest Upset for defeating an opponent 183 points stronger.
William Liu: winner of the Puzzles Solving competition. William got 11 out of 12 problems and picked the CyberChess software CD as the prize.

Unrated G15 (02/13/2010) - Results

We had a nice turnout with 10 participating in the 6SS G15 tournament, and 9 in the 3SS G45.

Congratulations to the winners:

Duy Nguyen: 1st place in the G15 tournament
Neil Narvekar: 1st place in the G45 tournament