Friday, May 23, 2014

2014 Barry Eacker Simul

Had great time yesterday.

As usual, all your mainstay students had solid games with Andre, Dez and Cooper having good positions. Too bad they had to leave early.....
Dylan had good ideas but she didn't see double piece sac against her king. Andre had advantage as well as Des but Des had to think hard about taking Bishop f4 and allow me to open center against his king. Cooper had nice defensive game until I was able to trade queens and win exchange, but alas, I dropped rook and lost instantly. Can't remember the kid sitting by Dez - Tyler (Jordan?) but he had nice game, maybe win but had to leave too..........

Funniest comment came from Tyler when he called my position "The pawn chain from hell"

Beginners were way too aggressive early and paid the price. No attention to king safety. Math teacher (Brian?) played well and had center pressure against my king but he had to leave in middle of game. Too bad because interesting position. Megan played hard and had good tactical understanding about open g file and castling queen side but lost her way transitioning to R&P endgame. Lynnet persistent to bitter end, but too much material down. Darwin didn't pay attention to the game.

Great site and facilities and loved your class room.

THANKS for letting me contribute in some small way to your outstanding chess program. Keep up good work and good luck with the computer lab project involving all the Idaho schools. Tell your class they're great!

Barry

Wins  15
Draws 3

Losses 1

Saturday, May 17, 2014

2014 CCC Final

It is now official.  Tyler Avila and Dylan Porth are Co-champions for the BCSD Chess Rage.  Tie-breakers decided that Tyler received 1st place, Dylan 2nd place, and Andre 3rd place.  There were some great games played in the 8 hours of competition.  Some of the best chess we've seen in our end-of-the-year tournament.  We started at 9:15 am and finished at 5:00 pm and the kids played in continuous rounds!  If they finished early, they analyzed or played even more games.



Place
Name/Team
Rate
Score
Solk
CumOp
MMed
Cum
1
Avila, Tyler (4)
1114
4
15
46
13.5
12.5
2
Porth, Dylan (6)
1087
4
14
44.5
13
11.5
3
Murphy, Andre (3)
1174
3.5
14
43.5
12
11.5
4
Dean, Cooper (14)
829
3.5
14
40.5
12
9.5
5
Brimstein, Wesley (1)
1264
3
16
48.5
14
10
6
Porth, Desmond (2)
1264
3
15.5
45.5
13.5
10
7
Olson, Otto (5)
1113
2.5
12.5
31.5
8
7.5
8
Pulliam, Jordan (13)
865
2.5
9.5
30
5.5
5.5
9
Crowson, Keegan (10)
944
2
13
41
9.5
6
10
Catangcatang, Levi (9)
950
2
12.5
36
9
5
11
Iverson, Journey (12)
870
2
9
27.5
5
3
12
Cabrito, Kevin (8)
960
2
8.5
28
5.5
7
13
Porth, Darwin (7)
993
1
11.5
33
7.5
5
14
Cross, Kaiden (15)
794
1
7.5
21
5
3
15
Dockstader, Shae (11)
873
0.5
2.5
7.5
0
2

No.
Name
Rate
Pts
Rnd1
Rnd2
Rnd3
Rnd4
Rnd5
1
Avila, Tyler
1114
4
W12
W5
D3
D2
W6
2
Porth, Dylan
1087
4
D4
W13
W7
D1
W5
3
Murphy, Andre
1174
3.5
W11
W6
D1
L5
W10
4
Dean, Cooper
829
3.5
D2
W8
L6
W7
W11
5
Brimstein, Wesley
1264
3
W9
L1
W11
W3
L2
6
Porth, Desmond
1264
3
W10
L3
W4
W9
L1
7
Olson, Otto
1113
2.5
D8
W15
L2
L4
W14
8
Pulliam, Jordan
865
2.5
D7
L4
L10
W14
W13
9
Cabrito, Kevin
960
2
L5
W12
W13
L6
-U-
10
Catangcatang, Levi
950
2
L6
L11
W8
W12
L3
11
Crowson, Keegan
944
2
L3
W10
L5
W13
L4
12
Iverson, Journey
870
2
L1
L9
W14
L10
-B-
13
Porth, Darwin
993
1
W14
L2
L9
L11
L8
14
Cross, Kaiden
794
1
L13
-B-
L12
L8
L7
15
Dockstader, Shae
873
0.5
-H-
L7
-N-
-U-
-U-

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