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Carlsen is World Champion!

Carlsen scored a draw with only kings left (Well, except for the knight on the board that the king would take).  Played to the bitter end. . .

Draw or win secures World Championship for Magnus

Turkey Shoot Results

Jeff Roland (NWC Editor and ICA President) plays WRHS Math Teacher, Doug Stouffer.

            With the World Chess Championship in Chennai, India between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand dominating chess news, small tournaments like the 2013 Turkey Shoot might not seem as glamorous but the games can be just as intense.  Last Saturday beginning at 1 pm, thirty-one players were separated into two groups, K - 5th grade and 6th grade - Adult, in games that allowed each to use up to 20 minutes against their opponents.  Most games finished earlier, however and the younger section was able to play 5 rounds while the older section played 4 rounds. 

Jacob Stiner plays Deborah Van Law.

Deb almost had it!

            The tournament was more of a chess party with popcorn and hot chocolate but as the first matches commenced and mind met mind, the room quieted to intense games that sometimes went to full term.  Deborah Van Law played Jacob Stiner (from Meridian) to the bitter end and Jacob won with only 2 seconds on the clock.  In a later round, with little time on the clock for each player, Jacob was able to declare an illegal move from his opponent, without claiming his two minute penalty bonus, but won anyway.  Many, like Vishy Anand, fell to an endgame blunder.

Desmond Porth vs. Me

            The action in the younger sections produced some draws (ties) and some sharp games where touch-move was called.  Touch-move is a rule that demands the player that touched a piece with the intention of moving it, has to move that piece.  It also holds true if you touch an opponent's piece - if you touch their piece, you must take it.  Despite the competitiveness of the games, the  younger kids could be heard whispering to help their opponent make a better move.  Or, they were sometimes quite brutal for bad moves.  Thankfully, the older kids from the WRHS and SCHS Chess Clubs were on hand to help answer questions or to remind players to have good sportsmanship.

            What would be a Turkey Shoot without a turkey?  In fact, the whole prize list featured Thanksgiving treats.  Owen Stouffer (3rd grade) won a 1st Place turkey, Quentin Van Law (4th grade) won stuffing for 2nd place,  and Darwin Porth (3rd grade) won 3rd place and a yam!  In the older section, Jeff Roland of Boise won the 1st place turkey with a perfect tournament score.  Jeff is also Editor of Northwest Chess and President of the Idaho Chess Association.  Andre Murphy won 2nd place and Dylan Porth won 3rd place.

Levi CatangCatang plays in his first tournament.

Wesley Brimstein, WRHS Vice President.

Owen Stouffer plays Darwin Porth

Garrett Stouffer plays Tucker Van Law (background:  Jacob Stiner vs. Dylan Porth).

Byron Llantoy wins the drawing - "Come to the Darkside" bag.

Community Campus offers a great venue to play.

Darwin Porth 3rd Place, Asher Stouffer, Owen Stouffer 1st place.  Not pictured:  Quentin Van Law 2nd place.

Andre Murphy 2nd Place, Jeff Roland 1st Place, Tyler Avila.  Not Pictured is Dylan Porth 3rd Place.

            The Blaine County School District offers Chess Club open to all ages every Thursday, afterschool until 5:30ish and the club plans to host three tournaments in December.  Education available.  Contact Adam Porth, 578-5060 ext. 2606 or aporth@blaineschools.org for details.

K-5 Section

crosstable

No.	Name	Rate	Pts	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4	Rnd5
1	Stouffer, Owen		4.5	W8	W6	D4	W2	W9
2	Van Law, Quentin		4	W3	W7	W11	L1	W4
3	Hidalgo, Jefferson		3.5	L2	W8	D13	W11	W6
4	Porth, Darwin		3.5	W10	W9	D1	W5	L2
5	Stouffer, Emmett		3	D11	D13	W12	L4	W14
6	Thompson, Hunter		3	W13	L1	W7	W9	L3
7	Thompson, Porter		3	W14	L2	L6	W8	W10
8	Llantoy, Bayro		2	L1	L3	W14	L7	W11
9	Stouffer, Asher		2	-B-	L4	W10	L6	L1
10	Van Law, Leam		2	L4	-B-	L9	W14	L7
11	Samaniego, Richard		1.5	D5	W14	L2	L3	L8
12	Hidalgo, Marco		1	-U-	-B-	L5	-U-	-U-
13	VanDedier, Wyatt		1	L6	D5	D3	-U-	-U-
14	Thompson, Carter		0	L7	L11	L8	L10	L5

Place	Name/Team	Score	Solk	MMed	Cum	CumOp
1	Stouffer, Owen (8)	4.5	14	12.5	13.5	46.5
2	Van Law, Quentin (13)	4	16	14.5	13	49
3	Porth, Darwin (4)	3.5	14.5	13	12.5	47
4	Hidalgo, Jefferson (1)	3.5	12.5	11	8.5	37
5	Thompson, Hunter (10)	3	14.5	13	10	40.5
6	Thompson, Porter  (11)	3	10.5	10.5	8	32
7	Stouffer, Emmett (7)	3	9	9	8.5	25.5
8	Stouffer, Asher (6)	2	12.5	8	7	41
9	Llantoy, Bayro (3)	2	12.5	8	4	36.5
10	Van Law, Leam (12)	2	8	4.5	5	27.5
11	Samaniego, Richard (5)	1.5	12.5	8.5	6.5	34
12	VanDedier, Wyatt (14)	1	9.5	6	3.5	27
13	Hidalgo, Marco (2)	1	3	0	3	8.5
14	Thompson, Carter (9)	0	11	8	0	32

6-Adult Section

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No.	Name	Rate	Pts	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4
1	Roland, Jeff		4	W8	W12	W7	W3
2	Avila, Tyler		3	L5	W8	-X-	W12
3	Murphy, Andre		3	W16	W9	W4	L1
4	Porth, Adam		3	W14	W13	L3	W7
5	Porth, Dylan		3	W2	L7	W12	W6
6	Brimstein, Wesley		2	L13	W11	W14	L5
7	Stinar, Jacob		2	W10	W5	L1	L4
8	Stouffer, Doug		2	L1	L2	-B-	W11
9	Stouffer, Nathan		2	W11	L3	L10	W14
10	Van Law, Deb		2	L7	W16	W9	-U-
11	Catangcatang, Levi		1	L9	L6	W15	L8
12	Mungall, Heidi		1	-B-	L1	L5	L2
13	Porth, Desmond		1	W6	L4	-F-	-N-
14	Stouffer, Garrett		1	L4	W15	L6	L9
15	Van Law, Tucker		0.5	-H-	L14	L11	-U-
16	Hart, Lisa		0	L3	L10	-U-	-U-

Place	Name/Team	Score	Solk	MMed	Cum	CumOp
1	Roland, Jeff (10)	4	7	6.5	10	21
2	Murphy, Andre (6)	3	10	9	9	23
3	Porth, Adam (7)	3	8	7	8	23
4	Porth, Dylan (9)	3	7	6.5	7	20
5	Avila, Tyler  (1)	3	5	5	5	12
6	Stinar, Jacob (11)	2	12.5	6	7	30
7	Stouffer, Nathan (14)	2	7.5	3.5	5	19
8	Stouffer, Doug (12)	2	7.5	3.5	2	17
9	Brimstein, Wesley (2)	2	7	3	5	16
10	Van Law, Deb (15)	2	5	3	5	12
11	Mungall, Heidi (5)	1	9.5	5.5	3	22
12	Stouffer, Garrett (13)	1	8	5	3	19.5
13	Catangcatang, Levi (3)	1	6.5	4.5	2	13.5
14	Porth, Desmond (8)	1	5	2	4	13
15	Van Law, Tucker (16)	0.5	2	1	1.5	5
16	Hart, Lisa (4)	0	5.5	2.5	0	14