Simone is a 10 year-old growing up in Agoura Hills. She is more into reading, writing and art than maths and logic. Simone had never seen a chess set until second grade when she enrolled in an after-school beginner...
Peruvian Chess enters the World Stage
25 August, 2009Peruvian Chess enters the World StageLivinginPeru.comKatrina Heimark Peruvian chess players were ecstatic this week as they won first place at the 20th Panamerican Festival of Chess, which took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Their triumph has...
USA Standings at the Pan-Am Youth
Photo from www.womancandidatemaster.blogspot.com Final USA Standings (according to my unofficial calculation): Boys: 1 Gold, 1 SilverGirls: 2 Silver, 3 Bronze Girls under 8: 9 SINGH Reva USA 5 Girls under 10:2 LIAO Simone USA 7½ (Tied for 1st –...
Pan-Am Update – Medal contenders
OFFICIAL STANDINGS AFTER THE 8th ROUNDThose in red are in medal contention entering the last round. LISTS ACCORDING TO http://201.216.215.172/torneos/XIX_PANAM_08/index_panam_08.htm Under 8 girls:5th – Singh Reva 5.0/8 Under 10 girls:2nd – Liao, Simone 6.5/83rd –Evan Xiang 6.0/8 Under 12...
4th round US standings at the Pan-Am
OFFICIAL STANDINGS FOR TEAM USA AFTER THE 4th ROUND Under 8 girls: 5th – Singh Reva 3.0/4 Under 10 girls: 2nd – Liao, Simone 3.5/44th – Evan Xiang 3.5/4 Under 12 girls: 2nd – Yang, Sylvia 4.0/43rd – Xiang,...
I learned not to be scared
Pan American Youth Chess 2008: Day 1: Round 1By Simone Liao Today I had to wake up really early because the round started at 9 am. That was 5 am in California Time! When I looked at the pairing...
First round update from Pan-Am Youth
by Claudia Veronica Robles de Munozhttp://www.womancandidatemaster.blogspot.com/,Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina1 de Julio It took two hours for native Texan WCM Claudia Munoz to defeat Prazares Moreira Rita de Cassia from Brazil, although the Brazilian did not have a FIDE rating...
Pan-Am Youth Update
Here is the official website of the 2008 Pan-Am Youth. Special thanks to Aviv Friedman for sending the link. Here is the information from one of the Chess Dads: For your information finally the 1st round of the Pan-American...