Upcoming Longfellow Chess Tournament

Chess Club was rocking this morning about 40 or so kids playing! 

Bug House has become quite popular, I feel that in the future we need to have a Bug House tournament. 

the Longfellow Chess Club is sponsoring a chess tournament on June 1st!  Free and Unrated. 

It is limited to 100 players, so please sign up ahead of time. 

Unrated K-6 Limited to the first 100 entries. Registration begins at 9AM games set to begin at 10am Where: Longfellow Elementary School Iowa City ,1130 Seymour Ave  Iowa City, IA 52240 Reg: Register by sending e-mail to hawkchess@gmail.com Rounds: 5 rounds SS, G/30 one section! Entry Fee: Free, but Limited to the First 100 entries. Prize Info: Trophies to top 10 overall and top 4 in each grade Send Entry Fee to: Free

and todays chess ladder

  1  +5 22  0 Barry vigil                            
  2   0 21  0 Andy Luo                               
  3 +45 16  0 Akhil Bharanidhar                      
  4  +4 25  0 Nathan Wei                             
  5  +4 13  0 Justin Pieper                          
  6 +41  8  0 Eric (Yo Yo) Liu                       
  7   0 12  0 Vladimir Tivanski                      
  8  -7 24  0 Yulong Shao                            
  9  -4 21  0 Aaron Smith                            
 10  -6 24  0 Andrey  Arshava                        
 11  -8 23  0 Liam Willett                           
 12   0 24  0 Jack Gray                              
 13  +7 19  0 Eric  Pieper                           
 14  -1 14  0 Jacob Vigil                            
 15 +22 13  0 Josh Greene                            
 16  -6 17  0 Benjamin Zhang                         
 17  -6 22  0 Joseph  Vigil                          
 18  +3  7  0 Alexandra Curtu                        
 19  -2 10  0 Thomas  Pierce                         
 20 +13  6  0 Reece Yang                             
 21 +10  8  0 Jocelyn Hsieh                          
 22  -3 22  0 Mohana Sunkara                         
 23 +13 10  0 Evan Green                             
 24 +21 18  0 Jim Li                                 
 25 +28  6  0 Sachiko  Goto                          
 26   0 18  0 Sebastian Cochran                      
 27 +13 14  0 Shalom A. Gugsa                        
 28 +24  7  0 Diana Tivanski                         
 29 -15  7  0 Lily (Hongjin) Li                      
 30 -12  6  0 Karina Li                              
 31 -16  7  0 Miranda Feng                           
 32  -4  9  0 Noah Willett                           
 33 +22  3  0 Serena Li                              
 34  -2  4  0 Richard Yang                           
 35 -19  8  0 Defne Bayman                           
 36 -14  2  0 Yifan Zhai                             
 37 -14  5  0 Xinyu Wang                             
 38 -11 13  0 Jimin Jung                             
 39 -15  7  0 Sanjeev Sarin                          
 40 -15  6  0 Laurel Haverkamp                       
 41 -12  6  0 Jikun, (Bob) Zhang                     
 42 -12  1  0 Sabrina  Du                            
 43  -9  4  0 Emerson Bennett                        
 44  -9  3  0 Connor  Houtman                        
 45  -7  0  3 Amelia Stevens                         
 46  -7  2  0 Tommy Stevens                          
 47  +2  5  0 Ajay Bharanidhar                       
 48  +6  8  0 J.J. Brown                             
 49  -8  5  0 Emma Zheng                             
 50  -8  1  0 Naomi A. Gugsa                         
 51  -8  1  1 Ryan Goodman                           
 52  -8  1  1 Joey  Goodman                          
 53  -7  2  0 David Zhou                             
 54  -4  1  0 Yeon (Jay)  Lim                        
 55  -4  0  0 YoonJi (Beth) Lim                      
 56   0  0  0 Laura Li                               
 57   0  1  0 Yifan Bu                               
 58   0  0  0 Nick Oberbrockling                     
 59   0  0  0 Mackenzie Oberbrockling 

Class E and Under second place finisher!

Congratulations to Akhil Bharanidhar!  He won second place in the Iowa Class E and Under Championship!  You should have seen the smile on his face when I handed him the $15 dollar prize!  He defeated Barry Vigil something nobody seems to be able to do at chess club.  Great work, Akhil also has moved up to second on the chess ladder this morning!  Sounds to me like someone has been practicing their chess.

Diana, Serena and Naomi have been practicing chess art.  They have been playing games to get the pieces into certain positions, this morning they played into an X and and H.  I am not sure on how this translates to winning, but is winning everything?  I think having fun in the name of their game.

on the ladder this morning, Barry yet again defended the Number 1 spot.  JJ Brown is credited with his first wins and has moved up the ladder.  Great work JJ!  I can see the chess sets I placed at BASP are getting some good use.

  1  +5 20  0 Barry vigil                       
  2 +46 14  0 Akhil Bharanidhar                 
  3  +5 24  0 Nathan Wei                        
  4 +43  6  0 Eric (Yo Yo) Liu                  
  5  -3 20  0 Andy Luo                          
  6  +1 11  0 Vladimir Tivanski                 
  7  -6 24  0 Yulong Shao                       
  8  -3 21  0 Aaron Smith                       
  9  -6 22  0 Liam Willett                      
 10  -6 22  0 Andrey  Arshava                   
 11  +1 24  0 Jack Gray                         
 12  +8 15  0 Eric  Pieper                      
 13  -4 12  0 Justin Pieper                     
 14  -1 13  0 Jacob Vigil                       
 15 +22 12  0 Josh Greene                       
 16  -6 17  0 Benjamin Zhang                    
 17  -6 21  0 Joseph  Vigil                     
 18  +3  7  0 Alexandra Curtu                   
 19  -2  9  0 Thomas  Pierce                    
 20 +11  7  0 Jocelyn Hsieh                     
 21  -2 22  0 Mohana Sunkara                    
 22 +11  5  0 Reece Yang                        
 23 +22 17  0 Jim Li                            
 24 +29  6  0 Sachiko  Goto                     
 25 +15 12  0 Shalom A. Gugsa                   
 26 +26  7  0 Diana Tivanski                    
 27 -13  7  0 Lily (Hongjin) Li                 
 28 -10  6  0 Karina Li                         
 29 -14  7  0 Miranda Feng                      
 30  -4 16  0 Sebastian Cochran                 
 31  -3  9  0 Noah Willett                      
 32   0  3  0 Richard Yang                      
 33 -17  8  0 Defne Bayman                      
 34 -12  2  0 Yifan Zhai                        
 35 -12  5  0 Xinyu Wang                        
 36  -9 12  0 Jimin Jung                        
 37 -13  7  0 Sanjeev Sarin                     
 38 -13  6  0 Laurel Haverkamp                  
 39 -10  6  0 Jikun, (Bob) Zhang                
 40 -10  1  0 Sabrina  Du                       
 41  -7  4  0 Emerson Bennett                   
 42  -7  3  0 Connor  Houtman                   
 43  -7  9  0 Evan Green                        
 44  -6  0  3 Amelia Stevens                    
 45  -6  2  0 Tommy Stevens                     
 46  +8  7  0 J.J. Brown                        
 47  -6  5  0 Emma Zheng                        
 48  +7  2  0 Serena Li                         
 49  -7  1  0 Naomi A. Gugsa                    
 50  -7  1  1 Ryan Goodman                      
 51  -7  1  1 Joey  Goodman                     
 52  -6  2  0 David Zhou                        
 53  -4  4  0 Ajay Bharanidhar                  
 54  -4  1  0 Yeon (Jay)  Lim                   
 55  -4  0  0 YoonJi (Beth) Lim                 
 56   0  0  0 Laura Li                          
 57   0  1  0 Yifan Bu