On February 4, over 80 players met in the February Freeze tournament in Wayne.  The Championship section was won by Robert Pattillo, who scored a perfect 4-0 score.  2nd through 5th place with a 3-1 score are: Isaac Tshudy, Praneeth Ramesh, Adam Giovanetti, and Tom McKenxie-Smith.  The top team was Wyomissing High School.

Three years of Friday Night Actions concluded with the event this past Friday night.  Demonstrating its popularity, we had several people back from the very first one, including the winner, Peter Minear, who went 4-0 to win the 36th event.  The U1400 section was won by 3 players, all of whom have played in several Friday Night Actions.  These players all went 3-1 and are Robert Patillo, Edward Mackouse, and Noah Siraj.

    On November 18th, numerous players met to decide the 35th Friday Night Action.  As he has on many occassions, Peter Minear took first place with a perect 4-0 score.  In the last round, Robert Yoffee beat Nathan Mackouse to claim the the $50.00 U1400 prize with a 2.5 - 1.5 score.   The next Friday Night Action, the 36th, will take place on the 9th of December.                                     http://main.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201111180371-12537604

         On November 13, 110 players met to decide the Champions of Greater Philadelphia.  In the K-1 section, Scotty Jordan scored a perfect 5-0, while Lance Kay and Aneesh Raparla both scored 4-1.  In the K-3 section, Collin McDonald was a perfect 5-0, Tate Park was second at 4-1.  Shawn Wang and Claire Cao were close behind the leaders, both 3.5-1.5.   In the K-3 section, Adam Serota won a tense, chaotic struggle against Kiran Rebholz to become K-3 champion with a perfect score.  Kiran took 2nd place on tiebreaks at 4-1 and was joined (in order) by Hayden Keller, Noah Siraj, Nathan Mackouse, Maanas Tammara, and Abhinav Ratnagiri.  Daniel Tartaglione, beat out school mate Sean M. Crowley to win the K-8 championship.  Crowley took sole 2nd, with a 3-1 score.  The K-12 champion not only gets the trophy and title, but also an invite to the Philadelphia Junior Invitational next summer and these awards go to Kimberly Ding, who was 4-0.  Ryan Schiller and Christopher Yang were just half a point behind her at 3.5-0.5.

Eighty-seven players participated in the 2011 Halloween Gambit at Wayne Elementary on October 30th. In the K-3 U400 section, Jack Lieberman and Avinash Shende both went 4-0.  In the 4-8 U400 section, Gloria Cao earned almost 300 rating points for her 4-0 effort.  The K-8 U800 section was won by Jonah Taranta on tiebreaks, as both he and Zachary Kingsley went 4-0.  Tom McKenzie - Smith, the 8th seed, also scored a perfect 4-0 score to win the Championship section.

 

full tournament results can be seen at:  http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201110303361

On Friday, October 14th, 12 players met in Bryn Mawr Community Center for the latest installment of the Friday Night Action series. All the players competed in one section, with National Master Peter Minear going 4-0 to win first place. There was a two-way tie for the top Under 1400 prize, with Edward Mackouse and Joshua Bresler going 2-2. The next Friday Night Action will be held again at the Bryn Mawr Community Center at 9 S. Bryn Mawr St., Bryn Mawr, PA, on November 18 at 7pm.

Full tournament results can be seen at:  http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201110147331

FALL WARM-UP

Over 40 players kicked off the chess tournament season with the Fall Warm Up at Wayne Elementary on October 8th.  In the K-3 U400 section, Paolo Marchiano, Aneesh Raparla, and Grayson David Wade, all went 3-1 to tie for first.  In the 4-8 U400 section, 5 players went 3-1: Akhil V.Sreedhara, David Weger, Kevin Michael Lattanzio, Jr., Vijay Balaji, and Spencer Milanek.  The K-8 U800 section was won by Bejamin Klenk, with a perfect 4-0 score.  This 4-0 score was replicated by Michael Sydnes in the Championship section.    For complete results, please see:  http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201110085501.0