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BIG CHESS DAY! June 4th is Hawaii Phoenix #8, 2022 K-12 Girls and Senior State Championships, June 4th
The next Hawaii Phoenix tournament is June 4th! Please see the flyer below for full details.
It is the same the time and place as the State Championship tournaments for K-12 Girls and Hawaii Seniors (age 50+). They determine the Hawaii representatives for the Haring Tournament of Girls State Champions and the Irwin Tournament of State Senior Champions at the US Open in Palm Springs in August.
- Flyer for the Hawaii Phoenix #8 Tournament
- Flyer for the Girls State Championship Tournament
- Flyer for the Senior State Championship Tournament
Registration form for all three tournaments. Entry fees go up after May 31!
Location: Princess Ruth Ke’elikolani Middle School auditorium (upstairs), 1302 Queen Emma St, Honolulu, HI 96813.
Results of the Kauai Island Tournament #10
I watched some great games, and saw our young players get stronger with every game they played. There were some players who had discouraging results, but I heard from their parents they are motivated to play again because the fun outweighed the disappointment.
RESULTS for The Hawaii-Phoenix Open #7 and The HCF April Scholastic
Hawaii Phoenix #7 Open Chess Tournament:
Pairings and Results USCF Rating Report
The HCF April Scholastic Chess Tournament:
Pairings and Results USCF Rating Report
- When: Saturday, April 9th, 2022, from 8:30am to 6:30pm
- Where: Princess Ruth Ke’elikolani Middle School cafeteria, 1302 Queen Emma St, Honolulu, HI 96813
2022 State Scholastic Championship Results
Results of The 2022 Guy Ontai State Scholastic Chess Championships
- When: Saturday, March 26th, 2022, from 8:30am to 6:30pm
- Where: Princess Ruth Ke’elikolani Middle School cafeteria, 1302 Queen Emma St, Honolulu, HI 96813
Official USCF Rating Report (The K-2 section was not rated by USCF.)
- 9-12 High School: Gabriel White and Benjamin Kim. (Gabriel is the Denker tournament representative on tiebreaks.) 3rd place went to Mark Chen.
- 6-8 Middle School: Micaiah White (the Barber tournament representative). 2nd and 3rd were Tyler Ching and J.P. Bennett.
- 3-5 Elementary School: Austin Uezu and Aurelia White. (Austin is the Rockefeller tournament representative on tiebreaks). Kevin Ching and Kuliaikapono Shirota-Kapalo tied for 3rd.
- K-2 Primary School: Aaron Uezu. Nova Galanto, Tiago Lum and Violet White tied for 2nd-4th place.
Congratulations to the Hawaii Homeschool team that swept the first-place team trophies in all divisions!*
- In the High School section, second place went to Punahou and third went to Roosevelt High School.
- In the Middle School section, Punahou took second and Kawananakoa and Ke’elikolani tied for third.
- In the Elementary section, Punahou took second and Kauai Christian School placed third.
- In the Primary section, Kamehameha Elementary took second, and Punahou finished third.
Hawaii’s 2020 Chess Player of the Year – Likeke Aipa!
Congratulations to Likeke Aipa who was named 2020’s Hawaii Chess player of the year. Damian Nash recently wrote an article about his achievements this year for The Garden Island:
The Queen’s Gambit is a Netflix series about a young chess prodigy, Beth Harmon. It parallels the real-life story of American prodigy Bobby Fischer, who battled the great Soviet chess machine almost single-handedly through the 1960s before winning the world championship in 1972. The seven-part mini series is one of the most popular in the history of Netflix, and has topped the Nielsen rating for the last three weeks. Serious chess players around the world applaud how well it captures the drama of real tournaments, and how the mannerisms and moves so accurately portray real grandmasters.