Nearly 1,400 young players turned out for the 2011 Texas State Scholastic Chess Championships in Houston, TX this past weekend. Here are the champions and co-champions by rating orders (not tiebreaks):
High School
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Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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1 | BOB S SHAO |6.5 |W 70|W 54|W 24|W 8|W 13|D 2|W 11|
TX | 13664333 / R: 2216 ->2228 | | | | | | | | |
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2 | MATTHEW E MICHAELIDES |6.5 |W 115|W 18|W 26|W 35|W 12|D 1|W 10|
TX | 12844429 / R: 2145 ->2162 | | | | | | | | |
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Middle School
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Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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1 | ANDY SHAO |6.0 |W 41|W 35|W 44|W 9|L 12|W 27|W 14|
TX | 13498545 / R: 1983 ->1988 | | | | | | | | |
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2 | CURRAN RAY HAN |6.0 |W 78|W 50|W 18|W 10|D 27|W 8|D 3|
TX | 13719052 / R: 1956 ->1967 | | | | | | | | |
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3 | TOMMY LU |6.0 |W 81|W 86|W 20|W 15|D 14|W 12|D 2|
TX | 13507472 / R: 1941 ->1954 | | | | | | | | |
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4 | AUSTIN ZHIYUAN JIANG |6.0 |W 73|W 65|W 43|L 14|W 45|W 44|W 17|
TX | 13177373 / R: 1948 ->1947 | | | | | | | | |
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5 | DANIEL J NG |6.0 |W 87|W 23|L 11|W 53|W 46|W 43|W 19|
TX | 12953905 / R: 1908 ->1905 | | | | | | | | |
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6 | TOM POLGAR-SHUTZMAN |6.0 |W 93|W 36|W 46|D 13|W 16|D 14|W 12|
TX | 13060416 / R: 1891 ->1905 | | | | | | | | |
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Elementary School
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Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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1 | TOMMY O HE |7.0 |W 54|W 36|W 52|W 11|W 16|W 17|W 2|
TX | 13354250 / R: 2168 ->2174 | | | | | | | | |
| Q: 2144 ->2149 | | | | | | | | |
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Primary School
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Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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1 | TIANMING XIE |6.5 |W 53|W 22|W 27|W 3|W 8|D 2|W 5|
TX | 13928401 / R: 1687 ->1704 | | | | | | | | |
| Q: 1645 ->1663 | | | | | | | | |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
congrats to tommy!
Congrats to Bob Shao !!
Go Tommy!