Ruy Lopez Tournament

Ruy Lopez 2010

It turned into a five round Ruy Lopez Blitz Tournament.  Instead of the planned G/10 time controls, we modified it to G/5 so that students could reach the activity bus and debate activities, and still play in the tournament.  As it stands, we lost my daughter to ballet in Round 4.  Adrenaline was high after the first round, as all of us were under time pressure, and then more fun started with popcorn popped in between rounds, hot chocolate, and a ring-pop candy for all after the final round.  Thirteen players competed in this brief and entertaining tournament.

As I expected, very few kids studied or researched the opening.  But, by the end of the tournament students started to grasp the variety of opportunities that the Ruy Lopez opening offers.  We introduced two new students (Real and Colten Weatherly) to chess club by throwing them right into tournament play.  What a great experience for them!  They enjoyed the activity, pace, and camaraderie that our group offers anyone that attends.  We are glad you joined us and hope to see you at many more events.

The night before the tournament, I worked with my kids, showing them some traps and defenses.  None of us got to use them, however.  In the last round, I was pitted against Taylor Walton and he actually studied the same trap I was trying to pull and successfully defended against the Mortimer trap.  Maybe I shouldn't have posted that material on this blog?

Place Name         Score MMed   Solk  Cum CumOp
 1 Porth, Adam      4.0   11.5   12.0   11.0   42.5     Trophy
2 Walton, Taylor     4.0   14.5   15.5   14.0   49.0     Trophy
 3 Hendirx, Miles     4.0  11.0  11.0  10.0  38.0
 4 Bruck, Nick         4.0  10.0  11.0  12.0  38.0
 5 Uriarte, Andrew   3.0  13.5  14.5  12.0  47.0
 6 Neel, Riley           3.0  11.5  12.0   8.0  32.0
 7 Bates, Alex          3.0   7.5   7.5   6.0  24.5
 8 Clark, Riley          2.5   3.5   6.5   3.5  18.5
 9 Porth, Desmond   2.0  11.5  15.5   9.0  46.0
 10 Mihalic, Max        2.0   5.5   9.5   3.0  30.0
 11 Weatherly, Colten1.0  10.0  14.0   4.0  41.0
 12 Porth, Dylan        1.0   4.0   7.0   5.0  20.5
 13 Weatherly, Real   0.5   8.5  12.5   1.5  32.5

Crosstable

   1. Bruck, Nick (2)...............  W5    W10   L4    W11   W9      4.0

   2. Porth, Adam (7)...............  W13   L6    W7    W9    W4      4.0

   3. Hendirx, Miles (4)............    -B-   L4    W11   W5    W6      4.0

   4. Walton, Taylor (11)........... W11   W3    W1    W6    L2      4.0

   5. Neel, Riley (6)...............      L1    W8    W12   L3    W13     3.0

   6. Uriarte, Andrew (10)..........  W10   W2    W9    L4    L3      3.0

   7. Bates, Alex (1)...............      L9    -B-   L2    W13   W10     3.0

   8. Clark, Riley (3)..............       L12   L5    D13   -B-   W11     2.5

   9. Porth, Desmond (8)............   W7    W12   L6    L2    L1      2.0

  10. Mihalic, Max (5)..............        L6    L1    -B-   -X-   L7      2.0

  11. Weatherly, Colten (12)........   L4    W13   L3    L1    L8      1.0

  12. Porth, Dylan (9)..............        W8    L9    L5    -F-   -U-     1.0

  13. Weatherly, Real (13)..........     L2    L11   D8    L7    L5      0.5

Max inspects the pairings

Desmond and Andrew

Real and Riley enjoying the games

Miles plays Colten

Dyan plays Riley

Nick introducing Colten to tournament play

Taylor and Andrew getting jinky with it