There has been a delay in the rating of this tournament.  We apologize for the delay and hope to have full results up by tonight.

      Shining Knights would like to congratulate the 5 kids who represented Pennsylvania in the recent K-12 championships.  Shawn Wang, 3rd grade, Adam Serota, 4th grade, and Kieran Rebholz, 6th grade, have all been regulars at Shining Knights chess camps and tournaments over the years.  Each finished in the top half, with Shawn and Adam finishing in the top quarter of their grade.  Torin Kuehnle, who used to play in Shining Knights tournaments, finished in the top 20 in the 5th grade section.  Ben Halpern, who also competed in the 6th grade section, finished with just under a fifty percent score. 

     On November 16th, 10 players met in the 47th Friday Night Action.  In the U1000 section, we had four players, so they played a quad, where each person plays another once.  This section was won by Sai Musunuri.   In the Open section, Joe Mucerino successfully returned to the event with a score of 3.5 - 0.5.

     Seventy – five people arrived at Maple Glen hoping to win one of three City Chess Championships.  In the K-3 section, Aneesh Raparla, fresh off his undefeated win in the Autumn Knight tournament, went 5 – 0.  Risa Azim and Jack Lieberman both were 4 – 1, losing only to Aneesh.   Eight players went 3 – 2.  The top team was Whitemarsh Elementary with 7 game points.
        In the K-6 section, Tate Park scored a perfect 5 – 0 result.  Three players, Julien Mackensen, John Sachenik, and Peter Kimball, each scored 4 – 1.  There were 9 players that went 3 – 2.  The top team was Bridge Valley, which scored 12 game points.
        In the K-12 section, three players, Angel “Josh” Hernandez-Camen, Andy Weng, and Adam Serota all scored 3.5 points.   Josh won first place and the invitation to the Philadelphia Junior Invitational this summer.   Eight players were within a game of the three winners.  The top team was Pocono Mountain East.
        If anyone has a game they feel is particularly good, please feel free to send it to me, as I am the editor of The PennsWoodpusher, the state chess magazine, and I might be able to use the game in my article on the event.
          Hope to see everyone in Wayne Elementary on December 8th for the December Crush!

        Here is the link to the final standings.  Please remember that the USCF lists ties based on final rating, not tiebreakers.

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201211107602

      On October 8, over 50 people met for the first Saturday tournament of the fall (Friday Night Action's occur once a month throughout the year.)  There were three sections for the event this year.  The largest section, the U400 K-6, is a great section for kids just starting out, had five new players.  There were trophies for places 1st - 7th.  There was a tie for first place between two players who had been to a couple of tournaments, with Nathan Tai and Henry Platt both going 4 - 0.  Platt taking first on tie - breaks.  The top team was Wayne Elementary with 9 total points.

        In the U700 section, Aneesh Raparla had the only perfect score to take 1st place, 4 - 0.  The top team was The Philadelphia School with 5 points.  In the Open section, Jack Lieberman and Ana Hallman tied for 1st with a 3 - 1 score.  The Independence Charter school won the team prize with a score of 4 total points.

       On November 10th, Shining Knights will host the 2012 Greater Philadelphia Scholastic Chess Championship at Maple Glen Elementary in Fort Washington.  The event is listed under the tournament tab!  Look forward to seeing you all there!

       Ten players, with a range of almost 2000 rating points competed in the June 15th, Friday Night Action.  With that range of ratings, there is definitely someone for everyone to play against.  In this event, we had two players tie for first with a 3.5 - 0.5 score: Senior Master Peter Minear and the young expert, Yuhao Xu.  Frank Jackson and Dorde Dokanovic tied for the Under 1800 prize with scores of 2.0 - 2.0.  We look forward to seeing even more players at the 43rd FNA on July 13th.