RCC Saturday Youth and Adult tournament results 27-July-2013

Saturday Afternoon Adult Tournament Final Standings:

1st, 2nd, and 3rd  Shared by Derek Linton, Don Stubblebine, and Rich Motroni with 2.5 points each.
U1780 - Jacob Chen with 2 points.
U1400 - Shared by Andy He and Joseph D'Alonzo with 1.5 points each.
U1000 - Samuel Liu with 1.5 points.

In the Youth Tournament:

Tie for 1st: Arianna and Aidan Kharroubi with 3 points each.
Natalie Prezhdo scored 2 points, Noah Acebo and Matt Tyler each scored 1 1/2 points, Tobias Busick-Warner and Felix Huang each scored 1 point and Haiden Busick-Warner scored 0 points.

Results of rated games at CHESS CAMP - July 25, 2013

26 kids attended CHESS CAMP this week at the Rochester Chess Center.
Here are the USCF-rated games (G/60d5) played on Thursday, July 25, 2013.

Chen, Jacob (1760)  1/2 - 1/2 Paciorkowski, Lev (1756)
Dery, Roei (645) 0-1 Rosenberg, Edwin P (1327)
Dasgupta, Ayush P (338) 0-1 Kharroubi, Aidan (unrated)

For more information about chess camp, check out our blog entry found in this blog's archives or contact the Rochester Chess Center at 585-442-2430.

Results from the RCC Saturday Youth & Adult tournaments 20-July-2013

Saturday Afternoon Adult Tournament

10 year-old Drawing Artist Jacob Chen:
The great series of chess draws and wins began with a draw against Rochester Chess Center's Camp counselor David Phelps (rated 1944) on July 18th. The following are some photos from today's Saturday tournament:

1st Round: Jacob Chen (1760) wins against Expert Jimmy Rossi (2007)

2nd Round: Jacob Chen (1760) draws Expert Matt Slomski (2123) with a devastating queen sacrifice.

Here is the final position:

10 year-old Arjun Ganesh also achieves a fine draw in the Saturday tournament!

1st Round: Arjun Ganesh (934) played a very strong game and agreed to a draw with Sherman Cunningham (1900)

Saturday Morning Kids Tournament Final standings:

Tie for 1st: Noah Pence and Franklin Jones with 3 points each

Natalie Prezhdo scored 2 points, Leonid Solodov and Logan Canfield scored 1/2 point

The Kids Tournament is every Saturday from 10am to 1pm