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Yen tops K-5 section at Concord
March 6, 2010
3rd Grader Ethan Yen was perfect in the K-5 section of the Concord Scholastic Grand Prix held on March 6 at Cannon School in Concord NC. The K-12 section saw a three way tie among Rui Wu, Kireet Panuganti and James Chapman.
Caiello, Aluri tops in Columbia
February 20, 2010
Ben Caiello and Chris Aluri both posted perfect scores to win their respective sections at the 5th edition of the South Carolina Scholastic Grand Prix which was held at Ben Lippen school on February 20.
Rui Wu, James Chapman shine at Concord
January 18, 2010
Rui Wu (right) in action against Kireet Panuganti
Rui Wu of Villa Heights Elementary in Charlotte and James Chapman of St Marks Academy in Huntersville were the big winners at the third installment of the Cabarrus County Grand Prix, held on January 16 at Cannon School in Concord.
Wu was perfect; cutting a 4-0 swath through the field of the K-5 section and defeating Alex Tong to take a 1/2 game lead in the Grand Prix Standings.
Chapman won his first three and then took a requested 1/2 point bye in round 4 to win clear first with 3.5 points. Chapman leads the k-8 Grand Prix.
Updating the team competition, Villa Heights extended their commanding lead. Ballentyne Elementary is second. Newcomer to the competition Northwest Middle School had a great start and now finds themselves in third place.
Thanks to new schools Northwest and CC Griffin for turning out players for the event.
Next up for Cabarrus County is a March 6 date at Cannon School.
Ben Caiello sweeps South Carolina in December
December 13, 2009
Ben Caiello in action against Hannah (Tori) Whatley
Ben Caiello kept up his winning ways by compiling a perfect 4-0 score in the December edition of the South Carolina Scholastic Grand Prix. Dan Caiello came in second with 3-1. Other notable finishes were turned in by Alex Thibodeau and Benjamin Regan, each coming in at 2.5-1.5 Next up for South Carolina is the Pat Hart Memorial in Charleston which will be held on January 23.
Panuganti wins K-8, Maitra and Yen share K-5 at Concord
November 22, 2009
No, it's not Carolina Panthers WR Steve Smith,
it's the stronger (chessplayer) Kireet Panuganti
winner of the November Concord Grand Prix event.
Kireeet Panuganti, a fifth grader at Lake Norman Charter School, won clear first in the November edition of the Concord Scholastic Grand Prix with 3.5 out of a possible 4. Sharing second in this group were Alex Tong and Rui Wu of Villa Heights and Emery Tran of Barringer.
In the K-5 section first honors were shared by Ishaan Maitra of Ballentyne Elementary and homeschooler Ethan Yen.
Ben Caiello, Tommy Leonardi win November SC Grand Prix Event
November 15, 2009
K-5 winner Tommy Leonardi in action against
Patrick Wang
Columbia homeschooler Ben Caiello came through with a perfect score which included a win over brother Dan to win the top section of the November edition of the South Carolina Scholastic Grand Prix. In the K-5 section, Tommy Leonardi of Spartanburg came out on top.
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Annotated Game Spassky-Fischer Reykjavik 1972 (5)
15 Tips for Better Chess
Annotated Game Short-Timman Tilburg 1991
Annotated Game Kasparov-Topalov Wijk aan Zee 1999
20 Tips for Focused Chess
Annotated Game Petrosian-Spassky 1966
Cabarrus County Grand Prix
Grand Prix Rules
South Carolina Scholastics Grand Prix
Caiello Brothers, Daniel Dodds share first in top seciton at Columbia. Chris Hoogenboom goes 4-0 in K-5
October 15, 2009
LAST ROUND MATCHUP DODDS-BEN CAIELLO
"Little" Alex Tong wins big at inaugural Cabarrus Co Grand Prix
04-10-2009
Alex Tong, a second grader at Villa Heights Elementary in Charlotte, turned in the only perfect score in the Cabarrus County Scholastics Grand Prix, held Saturday, October 3 at Cannon School in Concord. With this result he took clear first in the K-5 section and picked up more than 100 rating points!
Kevin Chen wins in Greensboro!
September 27, 2009
Kevin Chen faces Naren Manoj of Lincoln Academy in second round action
Greensboro's Kevin Chen, a 7th grade student at Lincoln Academy (and current member of the Carolina's "Sweet 16") took top honors in the first installment of the Greensboro Scholastic Chess Grand Prix, held on September 26 at the West Market St United Methodist Church.
Notice!! Change of Location for Greensboro event on September 26!!
23-09-2009
***Due to an unfortunate and unforseen conflict of events at our planned location, the Greensboro Scholastic Grand Prix has been moved for this Saturday, September 26. The new location is the West Market Street United Methodist Church, 302 West Market St, Greensboro, NC 27402. The event will be held in the Youth Center on the 4th floor. The best parking area will be at the corner of Commerce Place and Friendly Ave. Please help us spread the word. ***
Site for Columbia tournaments secured!
09-01-2009
Ben Lippen school, located at 7401 Monticello Rd (on the grounds of Coumbia International University) has agreed to be the host site for the Columbia Scholastic Grand Prix!. Tournaments are scheduled for Oct 10, Nov 14 and Dec 12 of '09 plus Jan 23, Feb 20, Mar 20, and April 24 of '10. So there will be a full slate of scholastic events in Columbia for the current school year! More details on the format and the Grand Prix rules coming soon!
Dates set for Concord events
08-28-2009
The Concord schedule is complete. Events at the Cannon School will be held on Oct 3, Nov 21, Jan 16, March 6, and April 10. More details on these events will be available soon!
Site for Concord tournaments secured!
08-19-2009
Breaking news. Cannon School, located at 5801 Poplar Tent Rd in Concord, has agreed to support scholastics chess by providing a facility for Chess Adventures events over the coming school year! More details and the Cabarrus County tournament schedule coming soon!
J P Flynn wins top section at FunFest!
08-16-2009
Charlotte's JP Flynn with 2 wins and a draw took the top section of the End of Summer FunFest at UNC Charlotte on August 15.
Saturday, August 15 End of Summer Fun Fest!
This tournament is Open to anyone under 18 years old who is a USCF member. On site registration is available from 8:30-9:30 AM on the day of the tournament. (Pre registration is preferred. Click
HERE
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This will be a fun way to end the summer and get ready for the coming scholastic chess season with several FREE pre-tournament workshops geared to your specific playing strength delivered by Expert and Master players. Also, you will have to opportunity to go over your games with our onsite Experts and Masters headed up by NM Chris Mabe.
Great trophies for the winners. Exciting book and equipment giveaways before every round! Top boards in each section will play "featured" games complete with demo boards! Fun for all and plenty of room for Mom and Dad to hang out.