Borlaug Player Wins Tournament!

At the latest chess tournament in Iowa City, Kirkwood Chess Wars V Andy Luo went 4.5 out of 5 games and took First Place, and Eric Liu tied for second with 4 games of 5!  Nathan Wei didn't do so shabby and placed 6th with 3 games.  I also want to congratulate Karina Li!  who came to her first rated tournament!  I showed the game she played against my daughter this morning and where she could have pulled out a victory.  (pictures to come later)

If you go to a tournament, you will get a notation book and we will spend time at chess club going over your games using a computer analysis of the game.  But we can only do this if you write down your games correctly.

I am hoping to have a rated tournament sometime over this holiday season, I will be out of town and have to work over Christmas.  Either Dec 31st during the day, or Jan 2nd the day before school, if you would be so kind, write a comment on which day would work better for you and I will try to have the tournament on the day that more people can attend.

On the Chess Ladder this morning, Barry Vigil defended his #1 spot by defeating Yulong, and was in the middle of a heated match with Andy Luo when time came to an end.  Aaron Smith was quite a speedy player and defeated three players in rapid succession.  Andrey joined US Chess this morning, and I hope to see him at tournaments in the near future.  Have a great holiday season and here are the results from this morning.

 1  +5  9  0 Barry vigil                      
  2 +45  3  0 Eric (Yo Yo) Liu                 
  3  +5 14  0 Nathan Wei                       
  4  +1 14  0 Aaron Smith                      
  5  -1 17  0 Andrey  Arshava                  
  6  -5 18  0 Yulong Shao                      
  7  +5 16  0 Jack Gray                        
  8  -6 10  0 Andy Luo                         
  9  -6 15  0 Liam Willett                     
 10  -3  8  0 Vladimir Tivanski                
 11  -2  7  0 Justin Pieper                    
 12  -2 14  0 Benjamin Zhang                   
 13   0  7  0 Jacob Vigil                      
 14  -3 15  0 Joseph  Vigil                    
 15  -1  2  0 Lily (Hongjin) Li                
 16  +5  4  0 Alexandra Curtu                  
 17  +1  5  0 Karina Li                        
 18  -1  7  0 Thomas  Pierce                   
 19  -4  7  0 Miranda Feng                     
 20  +6 10  0 Sebastian Cochran                
 21 +11  2  0 Richard Yang                     
 22  -3 10  0 Mohana Sunkara                   
 23  -7  8  0 Defne Bayman                     
 24  -4  6  0 Eric  Pieper                     
 25  -3  2  0 Yifan Zhai                       
 26  -3  2  0 Xinyu Wang                       
 27  -3  6  0 Sanjeev Sarin                    
 28  -3  6  0 Laurel Haverkamp                 
 29  -2  7  0 Jimin Jung                       
 30  -2  5  0 Noah Willett                     
 31  -2  4  0 Jikun Zhang                      
 32  -2  1  0 Sabrina  Du                      
 33  -2  3  0 Jocelyn Hsieh                    
 34  -1  2  0 Reece Yang                       
 35  -1  4  0 Emerson Bennett                  
 36  -1  2  0 Connor  Houtman                  
 37  -1  4  0 Evan Green                       
 38  -1  3  0 Josh Greene                      
 39  -1  0  3 Amelia Stevens                   
 40  +5  7  0 Jim Li                           
 41  -2  2  0 Tommy Stevens                    
 42  -2  2  0 Shalom A. Gugsa                  
 43  -2  2  0 Emma Zheng                       
 44  -2  0  3 Naomi A. Gugsa                   
 45  -2  1  1 Ryan Goodman                     
 46  -2  1  1 Joey  Goodman                    
 47  -1  2  0 David Zhou                

Chess Club is continuing to be an fun activity in the morning.  Lots of movement on the chess ladder today, 1st place changed hands three times, with Barry Vigil ending up on top.

There is a tournament coming up at Kirkwood Community College this Saturday, Matt Power and I will be the directors it is a great opportunity to see how your student rates outside of Borlaug.  If you are not rated with USCF come at 9am so that we can get you set up with a membership.  3 month trial scholastic membership is only $8 dollars a year membership is $24 and comes with a bimonthly chess magazine.

Here are the ladder results

 1  +5  8  0 Barry vigil                      
  2 +45  3  0 Eric (Yo Yo) Liu                 
  3  +5 12  0 Nathan Wei                       
  4   0 16  0 Andrey  Arshava                  
  5  -4 17  0 Yulong Shao                      
  6  +6 15  0 Jack Gray                        
  7  -5  9  0 Andy Luo                         
  8  -5 15  0 Liam Willett                     
  9  -2  7  0 Vladimir Tivanski                
 10  -5 11  0 Aaron Smith                      
 11  -2  7  0 Justin Pieper                    
 12  -2 13  0 Benjamin Zhang                   
 13   0  6  0 Jacob Vigil                      
 14  -3 13  0 Joseph  Vigil                    
 15  -1  2  0 Lily (Hongjin) Li                
 16  +5  4  0 Alexandra Curtu                  
 17  +1  5  0 Karina Li                        
 18  -1  6  0 Thomas  Pierce                   
 19  -4  7  0 Miranda Feng                     
 20 +12  1  0 Richard Yang                     
 21  +5  8  0 Sebastian Cochran                
 22  -3 10  0 Mohana Sunkara                   
 23  -7  8  0 Defne Bayman                     
 24  -4  5  0 Eric  Pieper                     
 25  -3  2  0 Yifan Zhai                       
 26  -3  2  0 Xinyu Wang                       
 27  -3  6  0 Sanjeev Sarin                    
 28  -3  6  0 Laurel Haverkamp                 
 29  -2  7  0 Jimin Jung                       
 30  -2  5  0 Noah Willett                     
 31  -2  4  0 Jikun Zhang                      
 32  -2  1  0 Sabrina  Du                      
 33  -2  3  0 Jocelyn Hsieh                    
 34  -1  2  0 Reece Yang                       
 35  -1  4  0 Emerson Bennett                  
 36  -1  2  0 Connor  Houtman                  
 37  -1  4  0 Evan Green                       
 38  -1  3  0 Josh Greene                      
 39  -1  0  3 Amelia Stevens                   
 40  +5  7  0 Jim Li                           
 41  -2  2  0 Tommy Stevens                    
 42  -2  2  0 Shalom A. Gugsa                  
 43  -2  2  0 Emma Zheng                       
 44  -2  0  3 Naomi A. Gugsa                   
 45  -2  1  1 Ryan Goodman                     
 46  -2  1  1 Joey  Goodman                    
 47  -1  2  0 David Zhou                       

Tournaments!  We are playing hard!

At the ICPL kids tournament three Borlaug Students brought home some hardware.

Aaron Smith won 3rd place in the third grade!
Vladimir Tivanski won 2nd Place in 4th grade!
Barry Vigil Won 3rd Place in 4th Grade!

we had 10 of the 58 kids that participated!  Great show

We had 6 players at the K-12 open in Ames.  Eric (Yo Yo) Liu won the best Under 600 rating in the K-5 section.  All of our players did well winning more games than they lost, but nobody placed in the top 5 of their section.  But a solid performance by all, I am excited at our prospects in some more of the upcoming tournaments.

Andrey was not present today to defend his top spot on the ladder, Eric Liu moved up to the second spot like lightening.  

1  +3 15  0 Andrey  Arshava                  
  2 +10 13  0 Jack Gray                        
  3   0 14  0 Liam Willett                     
  4 +43  1  0 Eric (Yo Yo) Liu                 
  5  -4 15  0 Yulong Shao                      
  6  -4  8  0 Andy Luo                         
  7   0  6  0 Vladimir Tivanski                
  8  -3 11  0 Aaron Smith                      
  9  -3  6  0 Barry vigil                      
 10  -1  7  0 Justin Pieper                    
 11  -1 12  0 Benjamin Zhang                   
 12  -4 10  0 Nathan Wei                       
 13  -2 12  0 Joseph  Vigil                    
 14  -1  5  0 Jacob Vigil                      
 15  -1  2  0 Lily (Hongjin) Li                
 16  +5  4  0 Alexandra Curtu                  
 17  +1  5  0 Karina Li                        
 18  -1  6  0 Thomas  Pierce                   
 19  -4  7  0 Miranda Feng                     
 20  +6  7  0 Sebastian Cochran                
 21  -2 10  0 Mohana Sunkara                   
 22  -6  7  0 Defne Bayman                     
 23  -3  5  0 Eric  Pieper                     
 24  -2  2  0 Yifan Zhai                       
 25  -2  2  0 Xinyu Wang                       
 26  -2  6  0 Sanjeev Sarin                    
 27  -2  6  0 Laurel Haverkamp                 
 28  -1  7  0 Jimin Jung                       
 29  -1  5  0 Noah Willett                     
 30  -1  4  0 Jikun Zhang                      
 31  -1  1  0 Sabrina  Du                      
 32  -1  3  0 Jocelyn Hsieh                    
 33  -1  0  3 Richard Yang                     
 34  -1  1  1 Reece Yang                       
 35  -1  4  0 Emerson Bennett                  
 36  -1  2  0 Connor  Houtman                  
 37  -1  3  0 Evan Green                       
 38  -1  2  0 Josh Greene                      
 39  -1  0  3 Amelia Stevens                   
 40  +5  7  0 Jim Li                           
 41  -2  2  0 Tommy Stevens                    
 42  -2  2  0 Shalom A. Gugsa                  
 43  -2  1  0 Emma Zheng                       
 44  -2  0  3 Naomi A. Gugsa                   
 45  -2  1  1 Ryan Goodman                     
 46  -2  1  1 Joey  Goodman                    
 47  -1  2  0 David Zhou