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The Newsletter of the United States Chess Federation

December 16, 2005 Volume 2  •  Issue 47

Front Page

National News:
1575 Chess Enthusiasts Take Houston By Storm

Buy a Brick Campaign

World News:
Ponomariov meets Aronian in World Cup Final

Chess In the Media: Chess Stories Across the USA and Around the World

 

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National News

1575 Chess Enthusiasts Take Houston By Storm

(CROSSVILLE, TN) The United States Chess Federation (USCF) held its’ 2005 K12/Collegiate Chess Championship at the Hilton Americas & George E. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas this past weekend.

1575 players, representing 40 states, participated. The main event offered individual and team championships for each grade level (Kindergarten – College) with participants competing for national title and trophies. Players each get 90 minutes on their clock for each of their seven games. In addition, the Blitz Championship and Bughouse Championship were held Thursday. Blitz and Bughouse have five-minute time controls for each player and the Bughouse is played in teams of two!

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley gave a simul Friday morning at 9am, a lecture on Saturday at 12:30pm and autograph sessions throughout the weekend. David MacEnulty, nationally recognized chess coach, gave a 90 minute lecture Sunday morning at 10:30 David fielded questions regarding the upcoming A&E movie based on his chess career, “Knights of the South Bronx” which aires Dec. 6 at 8pm (ET) on A&E Network.

Individiual Winners of each section were: (7.0 = perfect score)

  • Kindergarten: Co-winners Dachey Lin rated 1140 (TX), Raymond Sun rated 1167 (TX) and Ian P. Gilchrist rated 922 from IL tied with 6.0 scores.
  • 1st Grade: Christopher Wu (NJ) rated 1452 scored 7.0.
  • 2nd Grade: Michael D. Baldyga (NV) rated 1320 finished with 6.0 points.
  • 3rd Grade: Darwin Yang rated 1735 (TX) scored 7.0.
  • 4th Grade: Daniel A. Naroditsky rated 1880 of CA finished with 7.0.
  • 5th Grade: Florida players Ray S. Robson rated 2180 and Lucas Van Beuzekom rated 1735 tied with 6.5.
  • 6th Grade: Michael Lee rated 2152 of WA finished with 7.0.
  • 7th Grade: Mark A. Heimann rated 2138 (PA) totaled 6.5.
  • 8th Grade: A 4-way tie between Kevin A. Wang (1943) of TX , Thomas Henry Riccardi (2025) of NY, Richard E. Herbst (1962) of CO and Grand D. Ho (1936) of FL all had 6.0 scores.
  • 9th Grade: Robert M. Lau (1955) of HI and Troy Daly (2032) of FL tied with 6.0.
  • 10th Grade: Daniel J. Ludwig rated 2312 of FL finished with 6.5.
  • 11th Grade: 3-way tie, 6.0 scores between Christopher Williams (2099) of MA, Francisco Guadalupe (2137) of TX and Eric S. Dong (2043) of TX.
  • 12th Grade: Atakan Sirin rated 2105 of KS finished with 6.5.
  • Collegiate: Grandmaster Timur Gareev, rated 2554 of TX finished with 7.0.

Team Division Winners:

  • Kindergarten: Americo Paredes of Brownsville, TX – 12.00
  • 1st Grade: T. H. Rogers of Houston, TX – 13.50
  • 2nd Grade: Dalton of New York, NY – 16.00
  • 3rd Grade: T. H. Rogers of Houston, TX – 14.50
  • 4th Grade: The Village School, Houston, TX – 14.50
  • 5th Grade: Tampa Palms Elementary, Tampa, FL – 15.00
  • 6th Grade: Hunter College Campus School, NYC – 16.00
  • 7th Grade: Hunter College Campus School, NYC – 15.00
  • 8th Grade: I.S. 318 from Brooklyn, NY – 15.00
  • 9th Grade: Saratoga H.S. from CA – 14.50
  • 10th Grade: Catalina Foothills H.S. from Tucson, AZ – 14.50
  • 11th Grade: Clear Lake High from Houston, TX – 16.00
  • 12th Grade: Gulliver School of Miami, FL – 14.50
  • Collegiate: University of Texas at Brownsville – 16.50

Other side event winners:

  • K-6 Blitz: Lucas Van Beuzekom of FL won the individual with 11.00 points. Pace Academy of Atlanta, GA won the team with 23.50.
  • K-12 Blitz: Benjamin Francis of GA took the individual with 11.00 points. FLUNIV took the team with 31.50. Blitz Chess has a 5-minute time control per player per game.
  • Bughouse: D. Chock & N. Diaz tied with B. Francis & J. Zhao with 11.00. Bughouse is played with teams of two and a 5-minute time control per team per game.
  • Parents & Friends Tournament: Joe Wright of Monterey, TN tied with Jim J. Polomsky with final scores of 3.5.

    Additional details/winners on this event can be found at: Results. You can also contact USCF Scholastic Director Jerry Nash at (931) 787-1234 Ext. 145 or USCF Director of Communications Joan DuBois. The Chief Tournament Director was Robert Tanner of Arizona, assisted by Phillip R. Smith of Minnesota.

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