Tounraments Galore!

Today, I observed a lot of seriously contended chess matches.  I loved the concentration that kids were putting forth in playing their games. 

Upcoming Tournaments

Tomorrow!  Borlaug After School Special!  3 round G30 Swiss at 2:30pm at the Borlaug Media Center!  should be over at 5:30pm and we will have Medals this time! for the top three players in both the Rated and Unrated Sections.

Saturday Nov 17th!  The ICPL Kids Chess Tournament in Memory of Steve Young!  3rd thru 6th graders, and USCF members under 3rd grade.  It will be 12:00 to register, first game at 1:00pm and goes to 4:30, Steve Young's sister will be present to hand out the trophies and see the legacy her brother created here in Iowa City.

Saturday Dec 1st!  the K-12 open tournament for scholastic chess!  I think we have an excellent k-3 team and K-6 team.  I think we can get some hardware if we go.  I will be driving 5 kids in my Suburban, perhaps we could get some other parents to carpool and get a large team presence, perhaps we can convince Anne Marie to let us put the trophies on top of the bookshelves? 

I went to the Quad cities and won the U1000 in the Veterans Day Classic at the Lodge this past weekend winning 3 of my 4 games and tying my final game.  My kids were impressed that daddy came home with a trophy.

On the Chess Ladder  Yulong was dethroned by Andrey, and then consoled himself by finishing the skills checklist and walking away with one of those spiffy chess move recording books, emblazoned with a Borlaug Chess Club sticker!  Andy Luo also completed his skills checklist.  Good Job Guys!

 1  +3 12  0 Andrey  Arshava                 
  2  -1 14  0 Yulong Shao                     
  3  -1  8  0 Andy Luo                        
  4  +3  6  0 Vladimir Tivanski               
  5  -2 10  0 Liam Willett                    
  6  -1 11  0 Aaron Smith                     
  7  -1  6  0 Barry vigil                     
  8   0  9  0 Nathan Wei                      
  9   0  6  0 Justin Pieper                   
 10   0  9  0 Benjamin Zhang                  
 11  +1 11  0 Jack Gray                       
 12  -1 11  0 Joseph  Vigil                   
 13   0  4  1 Jacob Vigil                     
 14   0  2  0 Lily (Hongjin) Li               
 15   0  5  0 Miranda Feng                    
 16  +3  8  0 Mohana Sunkara                  
 17  -1  6  0 Defne Bayman                    
 18  -1  5  0 Thomas  Pierce                  
 19  -1  3  0 Karina Li                       
 20   0  4  0 Eric  Pieper                    
 21   0  3  0 Alexandra Curtu                 
 22   0  2  0 Yifan Zhai                      
 23   0  2  0 Xinyu Wang                      
 24   0  5  0 Sanjeev Sarin                   
 25   0  6  0 Laurel Haverkamp                
 26   0  6  0 Sebastian Cochran               
 27   0  6  0 Jimin Jung                      
 28   0  4  0 Noah Willett                    
 29   0  4  0 Jikun Zhang                     
 30   0  1  0 Sabrina  Du                     
 31   0  3  0 Jocelyn Hsieh                   
 32   0  0  3 Richard Yang                    
 33   0  1  1 Reece Yang                      
 34   0  4  0 Emerson Bennett                 
 35   0  2  0 Connor  Houtman                 
 36   0  2  0 Evan Green                      
 37   0  1  0 Josh Greene                     
 38   0  0  3 Amelia Stevens                  
 39   0  1  2 Tommy Stevens                   
 40   0  2  0 Shalom A. Gugsa                 
 41   0  1  0 Emma Zheng                      
 42   0  0  3 Naomi A. Gugsa                  
 43   0  1  1 Ryan Goodman                    
 44   0  1  1 Joey  Goodman                   
 45   0  4  0 Jim Li                 

A wild day on the Ladder!  Three different players held the top spot this morning with Yulong Shao defeating multiple players in a ferocious melee in the top 10 players, to claim the top spot for this week.  They are gunning for you next week Yulong!  watch out! 

Upcoming Tournaments! 

At Borlaug Nov 15th rated and unrated sections (just like before) 2:30 to 5:30pm in the media center.

The Iowa City Public Library Kids Tournament Unrated Free Entry!  at the library downtown on Nov 17th, 3rd thru 6th grades (under 1000 rating although it is an unrated tournament) under 3rd grade eligible to play if USCF members (that means you Pieper Boys!)  This Tournament is in Memory of Steve Young who passed away in February and his sister will be on hand to give away the trophies.  Every child will get something chessworthy! 

Dec 1st!  Ames Iowa the K-12 open championship!  I want some hardware in the Library!  We have strong players I am going and will take a few kids with me if anyone needs a ride.  I have a Suburban.  

and finally here is the ladder, keep pushing wood.  Eric

1 +14 13  0 Yulong Shao                      
  2  +4  8  0 Andy Luo                         
  3  -1  9  0 Liam Willett                     
  4  +5 11  0 Andrey  Arshava                  
  5  -4 11  0 Aaron Smith                      
  6  -3  6  0 Barry vigil                      
  7  -3  5  1 Vladimir Tivanski                
  8  -3  8  0 Nathan Wei                       
  9  -2  5  1 Justin Pieper                    
 10  +6  9  0 Benjamin Zhang                   
 11  -3  9  0 Joseph  Vigil                    
 12  +1  9  0 Jack Gray                        
 13  -3  4  1 Jacob Vigil                      
 14  -3  1  1 Lily (Hongjin) Li                
 15  +7  5  0 Miranda Feng                     
 16 +10  5  0 Defne Bayman                     
 17  +3  5  0 Thomas  Pierce                   
 18 +13  3  0 Karina Li                        
 19  -7  6  0 Mohana Sunkara                   
 20  -6  4  0 Eric  Pieper                     
 21  -4  2  1 Alexandra Curtu                  
 22  -4  1  0 Yifan Zhai                       
 23 +20  2  0 Xinyu Wang                       
 24 +20  4  0 Sanjeev Sarin                    
 25  -6  5  0 Laurel Haverkamp                 
 26  -5  6  0 Sebastian Cochran                
 27  -4  6  0 Jimin Jung                       
 28  +4  4  0 Noah Willett                     
 29  -5  4  0 Jikun Zhang                      
 30   0  1  0 Sabrina  Du                      
 31  -6  2  0 Jocelyn Hsieh                    
 32  -5  0  3 Richard Yang                     
 33  -5  1  1 Reece Yang                       
 34  -1  4  0 Emerson Bennett                  
 35  -6  2  0 Connor  Houtman                  
 36  -2  1  0 Evan Green                       
 37  -2  1  0 Josh Greene                      
 38  -2  0  3 Amelia Stevens                   
 39  -2  1  2 Tommy Stevens                    
 40   0  2  0 Shalom A. Gugsa                  
 41  -3  1  0 Emma Zheng                       
 42  -3  0  3 Naomi A. Gugsa                   
 43  -2  1  1 Ryan Goodman                     
 44  -2  1  1 Joey  Goodman                    
 45   0  2  0 Jim Li