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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 | |
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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
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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! |