Hawaii Chess Federation

Join us on March 7th at Washington Middle School for the Girls State Scholastic Championship and State Bughouse Championship (all ages welcome!).

Download the flyer with more details here.

Hawaii saw its largest rated tournament since the US Open in 1998 when a whopping 91 players participated in the rated sections of this year’s Presidents Day Sectionals event!

Individual winners included:

High School – Evan Zheng
Middle School – Han Seong Kim
Elementary School – Michael Wei Chen
Primary School – Mark Yi An Chen
Novice Section – Justin Liang

Team Winners :

High School – McKinley High School
Middle School – Washington Middle School
Elementary – Punahou
Primary – Punahou

Results:

ALL Sections – RATED results
Novice Section Results

We are excited to announce that the Windward Chess Club has started back up! After a long hiatus (4 years or so) the club is having its first meeting at Starbucks, across from Zippy’s next to Windward Mall on Wednesday January 28th, from 7-9 PM.

For more info see the club’s Meetup page or contact the Windward Club’s Organizer Frank Alejandro at frank713 (at) yahoo.com.

Results are now available from the 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Scholastic.  View the crosstables and prize reports below.

(Reports in PDF Format)
OPEN Section Crosstable, Team Results, and Prize Report (Merged PDF)
NOVICE Section Crosstable and Prize Report (Merged PDF)

Cornelius Rubsamen, 2014 Hawaii State Chess Champion

18 players showed up for the 2014 Hawaii State Open, held at Washington Middle School from November 28th-30th. After five hard fought rounds, National Master Cornelius Rubsamen emerged as the 2014 State champion.

Many time state champ Rubsamen also shared Hawaii State Blitz co-champion honors with International Master Julien Carron. Congratulations Cornelius and Julien!

Hawaii State Open Rated Crosstables
Blitz Open PDF Crosstable
Pictures from the 2014 Hawaii State Open on Facebook