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Chess Life Online 2010 July The National High School and All Girls Begin in Columbus
Chess Life Online 2010 July The National High School and All Girls Begin in Columbus | The National High School and All Girls Begin in Columbus |
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| By Shaun Smith | |
| April 17, 2010 | |
The main event playing hall
Day one of the High School Nationals saw a large number of upsets, including Alec Getz from Hunter College HS going down to Peter Lessler from Washington, and Illinois' Eric Rosen lost to New Jersey's Max Yelsky. 
Peter Lessler
FM+two IM norms Alec Getz
Even with the large number of upsets in the first two rounds, the standings have the expected teams and individual leaders on top. In the K-12 Championship individual standings a large group of National Masters and Experts, including Shinaksu Uesugi, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy and Scott Low. Despite Getz's early upset, his team, Hunter College HS, still leads the K-12 Championship. 
Shinsaku Uesugi
Jake Miller from Rockland Country Day School from New York was kind enough to share his round two win over Ryan Christianson with CLO: 4355 
Jake Miller
All-Girls Nationals Just over 200 girls are competing in the 2010 edition of the event. The All-Girls Tournament's first day saw Jasmine Fermin and Najeebah Williams from Chess-in-the-Schools best a field of 9 teams with a perfect 8-0 score to take the bughouse title. Rochelle Ballantyne, also from Chess-in-the-Schools, took first place on tie-breaks in the All-Girls blitz tournament over a field of 34 players. 
Rochelle Ballantyne
1st Place - Rochelle Ballantyne, 7/8 2nd Place - Alexandra Botez, 7/8 3rd Place - Apurva Virkud, 7/8 A group of strong girls including Anna Matlin and Rochelle Ballantyne lead the way as the tournament's 18 and under section goes into round two this morning. Follow the All-Girls results & pairings here. Look for more updates on the Girls and the High School as the weekend continues! |