National Chess Day was a huge success in Tallahassee. This past Saturday, we had an excellent turnout for our scholastic chess tournament. We had twice as many kids as I thought we would get. There were 24 students representing 10 different schools. We had two come from Birmingham, Alabama! All the kids were very well behaved and I can’t remember the last time I saw as much good sportsmanship as I did at this tournament. This was a new experience for many of the kids and the parents and everyone really made this a special day. I’m looking forward to having more scholastic events in the future.
Parents, thank you for bringing your children out for this day and waiting patiently as they played their games or waiting for pairings to be done.
Photographs from the scholastic tournament will be forthcoming in a separate blog post.
I also want to thank Gamescape for their great support and letting us hold our tournament as well as our Wednesday night chess club meetings in their store. These guys are great!
Everyone received a medal for their participation and we gave out 12 trophies. the following players received trophies in their grade categories:
Kindergarten through 3rd grade
1st place – Logan Smith (Imagine School)
2nd place – Benjamin Chen (Gilchrest)
3rd place – Clement Lee-Sursin (Cornerstone)
4th through 6th grade
1st place – Logan Mercer (Advent Episcopal)
2nd place – Julian Lee-Sursin (Kate Sullivan)
3rd place – Lucas Nolting (Imagine School)
7th through 9th grade
1st place – Sarah Wilkinson (Imagine School)
2nd place – Jordan Smith (Imagine School)
3rd place – Travis Rountree (Fairview)
10th through 12th grade
1st place – Dylan James Wyatt (Leon)
2nd place – Mark Niekus (Leon)
3rd place – Jataven Bullard (Godby)
Top female in the tournament and winner of the autographed book, “Play Like a Girl!: Tactics by 9Queens,” was Sarah Wilkinson.
Following are the complete results in cross table and wall chart form:
National Chess Day Scholastic Tournament - Cross Table October 8, 2011 - Tallahassee, Florida No. Gr Name(Team) Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Pts 1. 10-12 Bullard, Jataven (Godby).... W21 L10 L24 D20 L6 1.5 2. K-3 Chen, Benjamin (Gilchr)..... -U- -U- -U- D22 W12 1.5 3. 7-9 Coon, Chris (Cobb).......... L5 W22 L7 W12 L11 2.0 4. 7-9 Darby, Thomas (Swift)....... L9 W21 W8 L15 L19 2.0 5. 4-6 Fauble, Andrew (Swift)...... W3 L14 L18 W6 L16 2.0 6. 4-6 Gordon, Julia (Imagin)...... L23 L17 W12 L5 W1 2.0 7. 4-6 Jones, Carson (Fairvi)...... L16 W20 W3 L13 W21 3.0 8. K-3 Lee-Sursin, Clement (Corner) L10 W12 L4 L21 L22 1.0 9. 4-6 Lee-Sursin, Julian (Kate Su). W4 D24 D14 W19 W23 4.0 10. 4-6 Mercer, Logan (Advent)...... W8 W1 W11 W23 W14 5.0 11. 4-6 Miller, Benjamin (Imagin)... W20 W16 L10 L18 W3 3.0 12. K-3 Neel, Ethan (Imagin)........ L15 L8 L6 L3 L2 0.0 13. 10-12 Niekus, Mark (Leon)......... W22 L23 W17 W7 D15 3.5 14. 4-6 Nolting, Lucas (Imagin)..... W18 W5 D9 W24 L10 3.5 15. 4-6 Robinson, Spencer (Advent).. W12 L19 W16 W4 D13 3.5 16. 7-9 Rountree, Travis (Fairvi)... W7 L11 L15 W17 W5 3.0 17. 4-6 Ryan, Jackson (Buck)........ L24 W6 L13 L16 L20 1.0 18. 4-6 Ryan, Peyton (Buck)......... L14 -B- W5 W11 L24 3.0 19. 7-9 Smith, Jordan (Imagin)...... -B- W15 L23 L9 W4 3.0 20. 7-9 Smith, Libbi (Imagin)....... L11 L7 W22 D1 W17 2.5 21. K-3 Smith, Logan (Imagin)....... L1 L4 -B- W8 L7 2.0 22. 4-6 Turknett, Emily (Imagin).... L13 L3 L20 D2 W8 1.5 23. 7-9 Wilklinson, Sarah (Imagin).. W6 W13 W19 L10 L9 3.0 24. 10-12 Wyatt, Dylan James (Leon)... W17 D9 W1 L14 W18 3.5
And following are the results in wall chart format:
National Chess Day Scholastic -- Wall Chart
October 8, 2011 - Tallahassee, Florida
Name/ID Group/School Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5
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1. Bullard, Jataven 10-12 |B 21 |W 10 |W 24 |B 20 |W 6 |
Godby | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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2. Chen, Benjamin K-3 |--- |--- |--- |W 22 |B 12 |
Gilchr | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
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3. Coon, Chris 7-9 |B 5 |W 22 |B 7 |W 12 |B 11 |
Cobb | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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4. Darby, Thomas 7-9 |B 9 |W 21 |B 8 |W 15 |W 19 |
Swift | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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5. Fauble, Andrew 4-6 |W 3 |B 14 |W 18 |B 6 |W 16 |
Swift | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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6. Gordon, Julia 4-6 |B 23 |W 17 |B 12 |W 5 |B 1 |
Imagin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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7. Jones, Carson 4-6 |W 16 |B 20 |W 3 |B 13 |W 21 |
Fairvi | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
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8. Lee-Sursin, Clement K-3 |B 10 |W 12 |W 4 |B 21 |B 22 |
Corner | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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9. Lee-Sursin, Julian 4-6 |W 4 |B 24 |W 14 |B 19 |W 23 |
Kate S | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
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10. Mercer, Logan 4-6 |W 8 |B 1 |B 11 |B 23 |W 14 |
Advent | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
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11. Miller, Benjamin 4-6 |W 20 |B 16 |W 10 |B 18 |W 3 |
Imagin | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
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12. Neel, Ethan K-3 |W 15 |B 8 |W 6 |B 3 |W 2 |
Imagin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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13. Niekus, Mark 10-12 |B 22 |W 23 |B 17 |W 7 |B 15 |
Leon | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
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14. Nolting, Lucas 4-6 |B 18 |W 5 |B 9 |W 24 |B 10 |
Imagin | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
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15. Robinson, Spencer G. 4-6 |B 12 |W 19 |W 16 |B 4 |W 13 |
Advent | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
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16. Rountree, Travis 7-9 |B 7 |W 11 |B 15 |W 17 |B 5 |
Fairvi | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
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17. Ryan, Jackson 4-6 |W 24 |B 6 |W 13 |B 16 |W 20 |
Buck | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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18. Ryan, Peyton 4-6 |W 14 |BYE |B 5 |W 11 |B 24 |
Buck | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
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19. Smith, Jordan 7-9 |BYE |B 15 |W 23 |W 9 |B 4 |
Imagin | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
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20. Smith, Libbi 7-9 |B 11 |W 7 |B 22 |W 1 |B 17 |
Imagin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
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21. Smith, Logan K-3 |W 1 |B 4 |BYE |W 8 |B 7 |
Imagin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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22. Turknett, Emily 4-6 |W 13 |B 3 |W 20 |B 2 |W 8 |
Imagin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
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23. Wilklinson, Sarah 7-9 |W 6 |B 13 |B 19 |W 10 |B 9 |
Imagin | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
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24. Wyatt, Dylan James 10-12 |B 17 |W 9 |B 1 |B 14 |W 18 |
Leon | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
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