2014 CCC Round 4

Rd Bd Scr White                                 Scr Black
04 101. 0.0 Murphy, Andre (2.5,1174) 1.0 Brimstein, Wesley (3.0,1264)
04 102. 0.5 Porth, Dylan (3.0,1087)         0.5 Avila, Tyler (3.0,1114)
04 103. 0.0 Cabrito, Kevin (2.0,960)        1.0 Porth, Desmond (3.0,1264)
04 104. 0.0 Olson, Otto (2.5,1113)        1.0 Dean, Cooper (2.5,829)
04 105. 0.0 Porth, Darwin (1.0,993)        1.0 Crowson, Keegan (2.0,944)
04 106. 1.0 Catangcatang, Levi (2.0,950) 0.0 Iverson, Journey (2.0,870)
04 107. 0.0 Cross, Kaiden (1.0,794)         1.0 Pulliam, Jordan (2.5,865)

No. Name                 Rate       Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5
1 Brimstein, Wesley 1264 3.0 W9         L3          W11 W5          A4
2 Porth, Desmond 1264 3.0 W10  L5          W8         W9         A3
3 Avila, Tyler         1114 3.0 W12        W1          D5          D4      A2
4 Porth, Dylan         1087 3.0 D8        W13         W6          D3         A1
5 Murphy, Andre         1174 2.5 W11        W2         D3          L1          A10
6 Olson, Otto         1113 2.5 D7        W15         L4          L8         W14
7 Pulliam, Jordan           865 2.5 D6        L8         L10         W14         W13
8 Dean, Cooper          829         2.5 D4       W7         L2         W6          A11
9 Cabrito, Kevin          960         2.0 L1       W12         W13          L2         -U-
10 Catangcatang, Levi 950         2.0 L2       L11         W7         W12          A5
11 Crowson, Keegan 944         2.0 L5      W10          L1     W13          A8
12 Iverson, Journey 870         2.0 L3       L9        W14        L10       -B-
13 Porth, Darwin         993         1.0 W14       L4          L9          L11          L7
14 Cross, Kaiden         794         1.0 L13       -B-         L12          L7          L6
15 Dockstader, Shae 873         0.5 -H-       L6        -N-          -U-         -U-

This has been a good championship with some very nice games played.  The kids are on hour 7!

2014 CCC Round 3 Results

Rd Bd Scr White                                 Scr Black
03 101. 0.5 Avila, Tyler (2.5,1114)         0.5 Murphy, Andre (2.5,1174)
03 102. 1.0 Porth, Dylan (2.5,1087)         0.0 Olson, Otto (1.5,1113)
03 103. 1.0 Porth, Desmond (2.0,1264) 0.0 Dean, Cooper (1.5,829)
03 104. 0.0 Crowson, Keegan (1.0,944) 1.0 Brimstein, Wesley (2.0,1264)
03 105. 1.0 Cabrito, Kevin (2.0,960)         0.0 Porth, Darwin (1.0,993)
03 106. 1.0 Iverson, Journey (1.0,870) 0.0 Cross, Kaiden (1.0,794)
03 107. 0.0 Pulliam, Jordan (0.5,865)     1.0 Catangcatang, Levi (1.0,950)
03 0.0 Dockstader, Shae (0.5,873) Withdrawls

Wholesale Chess Raffle:

Magnetic Chess Set  (Jordan Pulliam)

Chess Keychain (Levi Catangcatang)
Chess Bag "Knight Moves" (Otto Olson)


No. Name                 Rate          Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4
1 Murphy, Andre         1174 2.5 W11         W5         D2       A4
2 Avila, Tyler         1114 2.5 W12         W4         D1       A3
3 Porth, Dylan         1087 2.5 D8         W9        W7       A2
4 Brimstein, Wesley 1264 2.0 W6         L2       W11       A1
5 Porth, Desmond 1264 2.0 W10         L1       W8       A6
6 Cabrito, Kevin           960 2.0 L4        W12       W9       A5
7 Olson, Otto        1113         1.5 D15        W14        L3       A8
8 Dean, Cooper           829 1.5 D3        W15        L5       A7
9 Porth, Darwin           993 1.0 W13   L3        L6       A11
10 Catangcatang, Levi   950 1.0 L5         L11       W15       A12
11 Crowson, Keegan   944 1.0 L1        W10        L4       A9
12 Iverson, Journey   870 1.0 L2        L6       W13       A10
13 Cross, Kaiden           794 1.0 L9        -B-          L12       A15
14 Dockstader, Shae   873 0.5 -H-        L7        -N-        -U-
15 Pulliam, Jordan           865 0.5 D7        L8       L10       A13

2014 CCC Round 2 Results

Rd Bd Scr White                                  Scr Black
02 101. 1.0 Murphy, Andre (2.0,1174) 0.0 Porth, Desmond (1.0,1264)
02 102. 0.0 Brimstein, Wesley (1.0,1264) 1.0 Avila, Tyler (2.0,1114)
02 103. 0.0 Porth, Darwin (1.0,993)         1.0 Porth, Dylan (1.5,1087)
02 104. 1.0 Olson, Otto (1.5,1113)         0.0 Dockstader, Shae (0.5,873)
02 105. 1.0 Dean, Cooper (1.5,829)         0.0 Pulliam, Jordan (0.5,865)
02 106. 0.0 Iverson, Journey (0.0,870) 1.0 Cabrito, Kevin (1.0,960)
02 107. 0.0 Catangcatang, Levi (0.0,950) 1.0 Crowson, Keegan (1.0,944)
02 1.0 Cross, Kaiden (1.0,794) BYE

Winners of Dinner for 2 @ Powerhouse (guy named Peter)

Winners of $50 (guy named Paul)

Too bad, no prize for Mary ! )

Wholesale Chess Raffle:

Magnetic Chess Set  (Journey Iverson)

chess wristband (Dylan Porth)

We also gave out a Varsity Letter (Tyler Avila) and Varsity Pins (Dylan, Des, Levi, Andre, Tyler, Wesley) and awards to each of our club members.

2014 CCC Round 1 Results

Rd Bd Scr White Scr Black
01 101. 0.0 Cabrito, Kevin (0.0,960)         1.0 Brimstein, Wesley (1.0,1264)
01 102. 1.0 Porth, Desmond (1.0,1264)     0.0 Catangcatang, Levi (0.0,950)
01 103. 0.0 Crowson, Keegan (0.0,944)    1.0 Murphy, Andre (1.0,1174)
01 104. 1.0 Avila, Tyler (1.0,1114)            0.0 Iverson, Journey (0.0,870)
01 105. 0.5 Pulliam, Jordan (0.5,865)        0.5 Olson, Otto (0.5,1113)
01 106. 0.5 Porth, Dylan (0.5,1087)          0.5 Dean, Cooper (0.5,829)
01 107. 0.0 Cross, Kaiden (0.0,794)         1.0 Porth, Darwin (1.0,993)
01 0.5 Dockstader, Shae (0.5,873)           BYE REQUESTED

2014 Chess Club Championship

This morning 15 competitors showed up for our chess championship and a chance to earn title of BCSD Chess Rage Chess Champion.  Awards and 7 prizes plus raffle prizes were provided.  Raffle prizes were sponsored by Wholesale Chess.com.

1 - 3rd place trophies, also 1st 2 1/2" ebonized Russian Chess set (donated by me), 2nd chess bag, 3rd Endgame book (from the Library of Norman Friedman), 4th Chess Set, 5th Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess, 6th Kasparov vs. Deep Blue (from the Library of Dan Mayers), 7th Common Sense in Chess (from the Library of Norman Friedman).  4th - 7th earn medals.

We are also hosting our fundraiser 50:50 Raffle which includes $50 and a Gift Certificate for Dinner for Two at the Powerhouse (donated by Billy Olson).  All raffle prizes will be drawn starting after Round 2.

After the tournament, Tyler Avila will practice his Senior Project, which was a Mahogany, Cherry, Maple chess board that he made.

No. Name
1 Avila, Tyler
2 Brimstein, Wesley
3 Cabrito, Kevin
4 Catangcatang, Levi
5 Cross, Kaiden
6 Crowson, Keegan
7 Dean, Cooper
8 Dockstader, Shae
9 Iverson, Journey
10 Murphy, Andre
11 Olson, Otto
12 Porth, Darwin
13 Porth, Desmond
14 Porth, Dylan
15 Pulliam, Jordan

Old News

This is old news but I just have to share again (104,000,000 views/likes)!

Four Queens?

Never seen this before, even in scholastics! (Jump to move 57).

13-year old Ashritha Eswaran with two points!

U.S. Championships Live

US Championships

Round 3 is currently underway.  Here is the live feed.  Here are the Results, so far after two rounds.

Ray Robson vs. Gata Kamsky,  can youth prevail?

Irina is going to Krush her opponent (LOL).

BCSD goes for the technology piece

Using Google Forms, I simply created a pre-registration form for this upcoming year of tournaments, camps, and happenings.  Go here to see.  The plan is to also include a paypal means of paying for the tournaments (more on that later).  Coupling the Google Forms with the free educator's app or addon, Flubaroo, I am also able to send a confirmation e-mail to all respondents.

The information gets dumped into Google Spreadsheets and voila.  I got the information for pre-registrants and import it into WinTD.

NPR: College Chess Turns Out High-Stakes Championships

Listen to the story here

Susan Polgar (source:  http://www.susanpolgar.blogspot.com)

The Final Four tournament was a real nail-biter, coming amid controversy over huge salaries and reports of top recruits stolen. Professor Richard Vedder discusses college chess with NPR's Scott Simon.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

The Final Four Tournament was a real nail-biter, coming amid controversy over huge coaching salaries and reports of top recruits being stolen. Well, that's big-time collegiate chess. Yes, chess - a sport where nobody has to lift anything heavier than a pawn. But are those schools with teams that excel in the game investing in chess, almost like football or basketball? Richard Vedder, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity at Ohio University has been looking at the issue. He joins us from member station WOUB in Athens, Ohio. Thanks so much for being with us.

RICHARD VEDDER: Glad to be with you, Scott.

SIMON: Now this came to light when a reporter, filing a Freedom of Information Act request at Webster University, discovered the chess coach had requested a $250 million salary from Texas Tech.

VEDDER: Yes. That's right. The details are a little bit murky, but it appears that that coach - her name is Susan Polgar, who, by the way, is a well-known chess player...

SIMON: Yeah.

VEDDER: ...And world champion. She had been at Texas Tech University and Webster, in effect, paid her something close to, if not exactly, $250,000 a year. But Webster rated Texas Tech.

SIMON: And let's put that - if it is a $250,000 salary for Coach Polgar, into some perspective. A big-time college football or basketball coach will get millions, right?

VEDDER: Yeah. Yeah. The $250,000 that Susan Polgar gets is less than a months salary for a top football coach in the NCAA.

SIMON: Coach Polgar gets her team to do exercises?

VEDDER: Physical exercise, in her opinion, improves stamina, mental dexterity, and it's more than sitting in front of a chessboard. The potential here is enormous, and maybe we should look to Webster's program as an innovative way of improving national fitness.

SIMON: (Laughter). Yeah.

VEDDER: (Laughter).

SIMON: I'm just wondering, though, about the - just wondering the trainer who goes, OK, all you chess players.

VEDDER: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, sure.

SIMON: I want to see some lift in that finger.

VEDDER: (Laughter) Yeah.

SIMON: I think I understand where the revenue comes from for collegiate football and basketball. It's sold out stadiums and TV ads. But where does it come for chess?

VEDDER: If you can't buy a basketball or football championship, which sometimes costs millions and millions of dollars, I think it's clever to do something distinctive. And chess is somewhat distinctive. It's different. There's only a few schools that are really concentrating on it. But at least in intercollegiate athletics, there is a revenue base from ticket sales and television revenues. And that does not, to my knowledge, exist in chess.

SIMON: Richard Vedder, professor of economics at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Thanks very much for being with us.

VEDDER: Glad to be with you, Scott.

SIMON: This is NPR News.

source: http://www.npr.org/2014/05/03/309213633/college-chess-turns-out-high-stakes-championships

Here is a nice example GM Project by Anson Credle

Garry Kasparov

More Grandmaster Prezis

Levon Aronian by Tyler Avila

GM Maurice Ashley by Andre Murphy

Online Chess Crossword Puzzle

Here is a crossword puzzle I made.  Comment your results or questions.

Grandmaster Project

Vishwanathan Anand Prezi by Ramon

Gameknot Game

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Wang Yue by Zac Spor

2014 WRECC Results

The 2014 WRECC (Wood River Elementary Chess Championship) attracted teams from the valley’s four major elementary schools:  Bellevue, Woodside, Hailey, and Hemingway and 40 chess players with most of the players coming from Woodside.  The championship was  senior project concept that Nick Bruck Began in 2010 and is now a yearly staple for the students.  

Hemingway Elementary School

Hemingway Elementary School grabbed hold of the 1st place prize this year after finishing in last place in previous years.  The team consisted of three 5th graders and one 4th grader:  Bel Clayton, Jackson Giles, Jett Carruth, Jacob Russell, Jude Werth.  Teams include all students from a school however only scores from the top four players from a school are added up to form a composite score.   Hemingway earned 15.5 points with Bellevue earning 14.0, and Woodside and Hailey scoring 13.5 points.

"What to do about that queen in my grill . . ."

The results proved to be a surprise as Hailey and Woodside continued to dominate 1st and 2nd place each round.  Only 0.5 points separated Hailey and Woodside in the fourth round, but the last round had both Hemingway and Bellevue students winning all of their games to leap ahead of Hailey and Woodside.  Both had the fewest players with five each.

Darwin Porth

Darwin Porth, Bellevue, won 1st place overall and in 3rd grade with a perfect tournament score of 5.0 points.  Quentin Van Law, Woodside, won 2nd overall and 1st in 4th grade with 4.0 points, and Sarah Hattula, Hailey Elementary, won 3rd place overall and 1st place in 5th grade with 4.0 points.  Trophies were presented for 1st - 3rd place in each grade level, including kindergarten.  The Community Campus cafe additionally gifted winners a free drink.

Prizes were also raffled off with two chess books from the library of Norman Friedman, founder of “The Right Move”  going to Faustino Nunez and Otto Olson.  Quentin Van Law won a scorebook and chess boards were gifted to Holden Archie and Hunter Ervin.

Jordan Pulliam and Kaden Rinehart 

Dylan Porth, Cooper Dean, Andre Murphy, Wesley Brimstein,
and Levi Catangcatang

Members of the high school chess club, that recently returned from the National Chess Championships,  were on hand to offer instruction and guide students in need of rule clarifications.  Most players took advantage of endgame, checkmate, and stalemate demonstrations.  Brad Henson, Woodside Principal, visited to cheer his players on and offer support, as well as elementary school teacher Deb Van Law, Woodside and GATE Teacher Kristy Turco.  The players loved having fans and spectators.

In one touching event during round 4, Bel Clayton, Hemingway, lost her game quickly against Michael Diaz, Woodside, after she made an illegal move and he took her king.  Later in the round, she discovered that an illegal move does not end the game and she asked Michael if they could play a rematch for the round, which he allowed and then she won, allowing her school a full point lead by the end of the tournament.  This was a deciding game for the tournament.  Congratulations to all winners.

Bel Clayton

The BCSD Chess Rage sponsors such events and is in need of funding to continue to offer tournaments such as this.  Please look for players selling 50:50 raffle tickets (names drawn get 50% of the proceeds) and support the chess program.  Also, the BCSD Chess Rage Day Camp will be held June 16th - 20th and offers high school counselors from the National and State recognized team.  Contact Adam Porth for details, aporth@blaineschools.org.  

Vice President Wesley Brimstein gives Leam Van Law his trophy

Team Results

Plc Code Name (Players:Top 4 used) Score Solk CumOp Cum SBx2

1 Hem Hemingway Elementary   15.5 48.5 160.0   45.0  62.5

 Clayton, Bel (4.0,nnnn)

 Giles, Jackson (4.0,nnnn)

 Carruth, Jett (4.0,nnnn)

 Russell, Jacob (3.5,nnnn)

2 Bell Bellevue Elementary (5)  14.0   50.0 158.0   40.0  65.5

 Porth, Darwin (5.0,1011)

 Stouffer, Owen (4.0,nnnn)

 Stouffer, Emmett (2.5,nnnn)

 Renner, Levi (2.5,nnnn)

3 Wood Woodside Elementary (18) 13.5   61.5 187.5 44.5  71.5

 Van Law, Quentin (4.0,900)

 Thompson, Hunter (3.5,nnnn)

 Gaudreau, Spencer (3.0,nnnn)

 Thompson, Porter (3.0,nnnn)

4 Hail Hailey Elementary (12)  13.5   58.5 177.5  40.5  68.5

 Hattula, Sarah (4.0,nnnn)

 Olson, Otto (4.0,1006)

 Shepard, River (3.0,nnnn)

 Wilson, Gage (2.5,nnnn)

 Roberts, Thor (2.5,nnnn)

Darwin Porth and Otto Olson

Individual Results

Red = trophy

orange = medal

blue = ribbon

Place Name Rate Score Solk CumOp MMed Cum

For Overall

1  Darwin Porth 5.0

2  Quentin Van Law 4.0

3  Sarah Hattula 4.0

For Grade k

1 Renner, Levi (28) nnnn   2.5   9.5  32.0   6.0   5.5

2 Thompson, Carter (35) nnnn   1.5  11.5  29.0   7.5   4.5

3 Ratliff, Alex (26) nnnn   1.0   8.5  23.0   6.0   0.0

For Grade 1

1 Hebert, Luke (20) nnnn   2.5  11.0  27.5   6.5   5.5

2 Van Law, Leam (21) nnnn   2.0  13.5  40.0   9.5   8.0

For Grade 2

1 Wilson, Gage (40) nnnn   2.5  13.0  37.5   6.5   5.5

2 Stouffer, Emmett (32) nnnn   2.5  11.5  37.0   6.0   7.5

3 Roberts, Thor (29) nnnn   2.5  11.0  31.0   6.5   5.0

4 Foster, Conrad (13) nnnn   2.0  13.5  42.5  10.0   8.5

5 Nicoll, Russell (25) nnnn   2.0  10.0  34.0   7.5   5.0

6 Ratliff, Payton (27) nnnn   1.5  12.5  35.0   8.5   4.0

7 Ervin, Hunter (11) nnnn   1.5  10.5  30.5   8.0   4.0

8 Guerra, Dionise (18) nnnn   1.0   7.5  25.5   4.0   4.0

9 Duke, Frankie (9) nnnn   0.0  11.5  32.0   7.5   0.0

For Grade 3

1 Porth, Darwin (1) 1011   5.0  16.5  50.0  14.0  15.0

2 Stouffer, Owen (33) nnnn   4.0  12.5  39.0  11.0  12.0

3 Thompson, Porter (37) nnnn   3.0  14.5  46.0  12.5   9.0

4 Archie, Holden (4) nnnn   2.5  13.5  37.0   9.0   8.5

5 Gilman, Josephine (17) nnnn   1.0  11.5  38.0   7.5   2.5

 

For Grade 4

1 Van Law, Quentin (3) 900    4.0  17.0  51.5  16.0  14.0

2 Olson, Otto (2) 1006   4.0  16.0  50.0  14.5  13.0

3 Clayton, Bel (8) nnnn   4.0  12.5  41.5  11.0  12.0

4 Thompson, Hunter (36) nnnn   3.5  14.5  44.5  12.5  12.0

5 Russell, Jacob (30) nnnn   3.5  14.0  45.5  12.5  10.0

6 Gaudreau, Spencer (15) nnnn   3.0  15.5  45.5  13.5   9.5

7 Shepard, River (31) nnnn   3.0  13.0  38.0  11.5   9.0

8 Froilan Enriquez (14) nnnn   2.5  13.5  38.5   7.5   7.5

9 Michael Diaz (22) nnnn   2.0  16.0  43.5  12.0   8.0

10 Nicoll, Christopher (24) nnnn   2.0  13.0  38.5   9.0   7.0

11 Tellez, Cesar  (34) nnnn   2.0  12.0  32.5   8.0   6.5

12 Chris Crespo Adame (7) nnnn   2.0  11.5  31.0   7.5   5.0

13 Faustino Nunez (12) nnnn   2.0  10.0  28.5   6.0   7.0

14 Bayro Llantoy Agguire (5)nnnn   2.0  10.0  27.0   6.0   5.0

15 Victor Beltran (38) nnnn   2.0   9.5  28.0   5.5   4.0

16 Miguel Segoviano (23) nnnn   1.5  13.0  38.0   9.0   5.5

17 Edgar Hurtado (10) nnnn   1.5   8.0  21.0   5.5   4.0

For Grade 5

1 Hattula, Sarah (19) nnnn   4.0  16.5  52.0  14.5  13.0

2 Giles, Jackson (16) nnnn   4.0  12.5  40.0  11.0  12.0

3 Carruth, Jett (6) nnnn   4.0   9.5  33.0   9.5  11.0

4 Werth, Jude (39) nnnn   3.0  13.0  43.5  11.5   9.0