Chess, chess and more chess in Lubbock

Chess, chess and more chess in Lubbock before summer vacation
Posted: May 23, 2010 – 12:33am

On May 8, nearly 100 players competed in the fifth Get Smart! Play Chess! tournament at the Science Spectrum in Lubbock in six separate sections: K-2, K-5, K-8, K-12, Novice, and Open Adult. Most of the players are from the local areas but some came as far as Midland/Odessa and El Paso to take place in this exciting event. This is also the last chess tournament before the summer vacation.

Here are the top five finishers in five of the six sections:

K-2 section

1. Luca D’Amico-Wong 3.5

2-4. Brae Barnes 3.0

2-4. Evelyn Kerr 3.0

2-4. Andrew McClure 3.0

5-6. James Hyun-Joon Byun 2.5

5-6. Manuel Cristian Alvarado 2.5

K-5 section

1. Ben Cheatham 4.0

2-4. Leeam Polgar 3.0

2-4. Brian Mulligan 3.0

2-4. Abhishek Raghunathan 3.0

5-6. Robert Trevino 2.5

5-6. Mark Stelluti 2.5

K-8 section

1. Jose Sanchez 4.0

2-4. Wolfgang Simmons 3.0

2-4. Jake Webb 3.0

2-4. Deacon Chaney 3.0

5. Felix Perez 2.5

K-12 section

1. Bernadette Perez 3.5

2. Daniel Guajardo 3.0

3-4. Darion Lopez 2.0

3-4. Jakefee Faulk 2.0

5. Chris Evans 1.5

Open Section:

1. Gergely Antal 4.0

2-3. Gabor Papp 3.0

2-3. Tom Polgar 3.0

4. Zachary Haskin 2.5

5-6. Raynaldo Fourzan 2.0

5-6 Shane Metzler 2.0

I will list the winners of the Novice section as well as the team standings next week. Here http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/GetSmartPlay Chess5810) is the link to 80 pictures from the fifth Get Smart! Play Chess! tournament.

Fourth annual CIS (Communities in Schools – South Plains) Chess Tournament

On the morning of May 14, around 60 students from a number of schools in the area came to Cavazos Middle School to compete in the fourth annual CIS Chess Tournament. I will post the results when I have them. Here http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SpecialCISEvent is the link to 60 pictures from that event.

First Eastgate Invitational Team Chess Tournament for LISD Title I Elementary Schools

This special team invitational event was held in late afternoon on May 14th at the Lubbock ISD headquarters. This was the brainchild of Mr. Eric Strong and the event was run by Texas Tech SPICE. There were a total of eight teams (four players plus reserves) from six different elementary schools (39 students) participating in a knockout format

Here were the results:

Round 1

Ramirez A 3.5-0.5 Ramirez B

Parkway A 2.5-1.5 Parkway B

Bozeman 3-1 Dupre

Harwell 3-1 Wheatley

Round 2

Ramirez A 3-1 Parkway A

Harwell 3-1 Bozeman

Ramirez B 2-2 Dupre (Ramirez B won the playoff)

Parkway B 3.5-0.5 Wheatley

Championship round 3

Ramirez A 4-0 Harwell

Bozeman 2.5-1.5 Parkway A

Final Standings:

1. Ramirez A

2. Harwell

3. Bozeman

4. Parkway A

5. Parkway B

6. Dupre

7. Ramirez B

8. Wheatley

Here (http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/LISDTeamChess) is the link to 135 pictures from this event.

Source: Lubbock Avalanche Journal