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Memorial Saturday Open – Pre-Registrations http://www.hawaiichess.com/memorial-saturday-open-pre-registrations/ http://www.hawaiichess.com/memorial-saturday-open-pre-registrations/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 18:04:35 +0000 Beau Mueller http://www.hawaiichess.com/?p=924 The Memorial Saturday tournament is just a couple of days away. Here is the list of players who have pre-registered (Updated Thursday, 5/23 at 8:00 AM) :

Julien Carron

IM Julien Carron will be playing!

IM Julien Carron (2387)
Robert Keough (2062)
Heather Flewelling (1784)
Gregory Galanter (1740)
Pete Gayatinea (1426)
Dylan Marn (1156)
Jesus Calderas (1027)
Nicholas Wong (968)
Elias Akimseu (902)
Arthur Mauga (475)
Esmeralda Martinez (Unr.)

]]> http://www.hawaiichess.com/memorial-saturday-open-pre-registrations/feed/ 0 Memorial Saturday Open – Rated Chess this Month! http://www.hawaiichess.com/memorial-saturday-open-rated-chess-this-month/ http://www.hawaiichess.com/memorial-saturday-open-rated-chess-this-month/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 09:32:03 +0000 Hawaii Chess http://www.hawaiichess.com/?p=910 FIDE Master Thomas Wolski, Last Year's Memorial Tournament Winner

FIDE Master Thomas Wolski, Last Year's Memorial Tournament Winner

The Memorial Saturday Open chess tournament is right around the corner! The one-day tournament will be a G/60 (G/55; 5/d), dual-rated, 4 round swiss.  There will be cash prizes and a trophy for the winner!  See the tournament details page for all the info or to register.

This is a great opportunity to get some rated chess in before the State Championship. We hope to see you there!

]]> http://www.hawaiichess.com/memorial-saturday-open-rated-chess-this-month/feed/ 0 New 2013 Scholastic Champions Crowned! http://www.hawaiichess.com/new-2013-scholastic-champions/ http://www.hawaiichess.com/new-2013-scholastic-champions/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:26:46 +0000 Hawaii Chess http://www.hawaiichess.com/?p=888 We’ve posted results from the 2013 State Scholastic Championship, Girl’s Championship and Invitational/Team Events on our tournament results page.  Here’s a summary of the winners:

2013 State Scholastics

Team Winners:

Primary Team Champions: Punahou
Elementary Team Champions: Homeschool
Middle School Team Co-Champions: Washington Middle (tiebreak winners), Mililani Middle
High School Team Co-Champions: Kamehameha (tiebreak winners), Mililani High

Individual winners:

Primary Champion: Caleb White
Elementary Co-Champions- Anand Sivakumar (Tiebreak Winner), Zachary Kim, Gabriel White, Adriel White
Middle School Co-Champions – Kevin Zheng (tiebreak winner and Barber representative), Wunmin Chen
High School – Stephen Mau (Denker representative)

2013 Hawaii State Scholastic Championship High School 1st-3rd Places

High School 1st-3rd Places (L-R: Stephen Mau (1st), Eldon Nakagawa (2nd), Likeke Aipa (3rd)). Photo Credit - Bert Nakagawa

2013 Girl’s Championship

Champion: Janice Evans

Scholastic Invitational/4×4 Team Event

Invitational Co-Winners: Stephen Mau, Evan Zheng

4×4 Team Winners: Homeschool Team ’1′

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See complete results for all events on Tournament Results page.

A photo gallery from the event is now on Facebook.

 

]]> http://www.hawaiichess.com/new-2013-scholastic-champions/feed/ 0 2013 Presidents’ Day Scholastic – Results http://www.hawaiichess.com/presidents-sectionals-2013/ http://www.hawaiichess.com/presidents-sectionals-2013/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:01:19 +0000 Hawaii Chess http://www.hawaiichess.com/?p=877 Below are links to PDFs with the various crosstables, prize reports and team standings from today’s 2013 Presidents’ Scholastic Sectionals Chess Tournament (G/45, 5-SS).  Just a bit of interesting trivia, but do you know which U.S. Presidents played chess?  If you wish to find out, there’s an interesting article on chess.com: U.S. Presidents and Chess.

Former President Clinton with Garry Kasparov

Former President Clinton with Garry Kasparov

 

]]> http://www.hawaiichess.com/presidents-sectionals-2013/feed/ 0 WGM Jana Krivec Simul – Results and Photos http://www.hawaiichess.com/wgm-jana-krivec-simul-results/ http://www.hawaiichess.com/wgm-jana-krivec-simul-results/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:50:49 +0000 Beau Mueller http://www.hawaiichess.com/?p=862 Jana Krivec Hawaii Simultaneous Exhibition

This past Saturday, eleven brave challengers came out to Washington Middle School to take on Slovenia’s seven-time Woman’s Chess Champion Jana Krivec, who is currently on vacation here in the Islands.  Facing some of Hawaii’s best chess players, WGM Krivec won seven games, drew one and lost three.  

Winners included veteran players Rob Keough and Fred Haley, as well as scholastic player Patrick F. Perry.  Also, Dr. Bill Shea managed a draw.

The following picture hopefully will give anyone who wasn’t able to attend a sense of the spirit/mood of the event.

WGM Jana Krivec Simul Group Shot

More pictures from the event are on Facebook.

Mahalo to all of the players (and accompanying friends/family members/spectators) who came out for the simul!  Also special thanks to Eric Floro, WMS’ chess coach for securing the venue and helping to organize the event.  Coel Oshiro, UH Chess Club President, deserves thanks as well for helping with promotion and for managing the registration desk.

Of course, the biggest thanks goes to Ms. Krivec, who wowed all of us with her impressive play, kindness and grace. Aloha and mahalo, Jana!

Links

 

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