Eastside Chess Club Championship February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2013

The Eastside Chess Club will hold the ESCC Championship on Wednesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27 and March 6 at the Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Rd.

The tournament is a USCF rated 5-round Swiss tournament in one section.  All current USCF members are welcome!

Entry fee is $20. JCC requires per night payment of $2 adults, $1 under 18 from non-JCC members.

Free entry to players rated 2200 & above, along with the JCC fee waived.

Prizes: $100-60 + engraved trophy to first. $40 Best A, B, C, D/below.

Registration is from 6-7pm on February 6th. Rounds begin at 7:15pm each Wednesday 2/6 – 3/6. 

Time control: Game/60, delay/5. For rounds you are unable to attend, 1⁄2 points byes are available if requested in advance. Bye for round 5 must be requested prior to round 2.

Please visit: http://www.sazchess.org/events/ for more information.  Hope to see you there!

Eastside Chess Club Blitzing January G/5

The Eastside Chess Club has an exciting blitz event coming up on January 30th!  

On Wednesday, January 30th, 2012, the Eastside Chess Club will host a Blitzing G/5 event at the Jewish Community Center (JCC), 3800 E. River Rd., Tucson, AZ 85718.

The 5-round double Swiss tournament is one section and is non-rated.  Open to all!  USCF membership is not required, but USCF regular ratings will be used for pairing purposes.

Registration is from 6:15-7pm on January 30th.  First round begins at 7:15pm - other rounds as available.

Time control is G/5.  Clock move.  No delay.  No byes.

Free entry to players rated 2200 & above, along with JCC fee waived.

Visit: http://www.sazchess.org/events for registration information!


Please also note that the Eastside Chess Club will be closed Wednesday, January 16, 2013 and Wednesday, January 23, 2013.

SACA League Match #3 Results and Recap

Thank you to all of the chess players, parents, coaches and volunteers who participated in SACA's League Match #3 on Saturday, December 1st, 2012!  Over 190 players came to BASIS Oro Valley, from beginners participating in their first tournament all the way up to seasoned high school players.

Over 190 players focusing on their game!

SACA's great volunteers helping with scorekeeping

Let's get this round started!

The tournament has been USCF rated - results can be found here: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201212013912.0

Team results are as follows:

Junior High K-8:
1st: BASIS North
2nd: BASIS Oro Valley
3rd: Pusch Ridge Christian Academy

Elementary K-6:
1st: Manzanita
2nd: Sam Hughes
3rd: BASIS Oro Valley
4th: Montessori Schoolhouse
5th: DeGrazia

Primary K-3:
1st: Manzanita
2nd: Sonoran Science Academy Sunset
3rd: Ventana Vista
4th: Khalsa
5th: Lineweaver

Primary K-1:
1st: Sonoran Science Academy Sunset
2nd: Khalsa


Congratulations to the following players who achieved a perfect score or a 3.5/4
score!

K-8/K-12
Zak Cancio, 4/4
Sam Watson, 4/4

K-6
Ryan Thompson, 4/4
Benjamin Hall, 4/4
Crisanto Iniguez, 4/4
Robert Leenhouts, 4/4
Trey Allen, 3.5/4

K-3
Armando Lang, 4/4
Ethan Pieroni, 4/4
Max Coy, 3.5/4
Ashwin Mittal, 3.5/4
Aidan Jung, 3.5/4

K-1
Darren Crusenberry, 4/4


Hope to see everyone at League Match #4 on February 2nd, 2013!

Photo credits: Levon Altounian

Brooklyn Castle Screening Event Recap - Dec. 2

Thanks to all of you who joined 9 Queens, SACA, and the Tucson Chess Alliance for our Brooklyn Castle screening event at The Loft!  Over 200 people attended the screening and left feeling inspired by this wonderful documentary!

Special thanks to the following event organizers and volunteers:
9 Queens Founder Jean Hoffman and Board President Vicki Lazaro
Tucson Chess Alliance co-founders, Martha Underwood, Michelle Martinez, and Amanda Mateer 
SACA Board President Troy Oberg, Vice President John Wright, and Treasurer Dan Katzel 
Debi Chess Mabie, Director of Development and Educational Programming at The Loft
Aiya Cancio and Steve Martinez, Event Volunteers

Tucson Chess Alliance co-founders

Thank you to the titled players and coaches who also attended:
IM Mackenzie Molner, WFM Amanda Mateer, WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia, FM Ken Larsen
Coach Josh Leonard, Coach Steve Ostapuk

IM Mac Molner and Coach Josh Leonard playing bug house

Adults and children had a great time with pick up chess games, bug house and playing on the giant chess sets supplied by Mathnasium of the Catalina Foothills and 9 Queens.

After introductions and speeches by Debi Chess Mabie, Martha Underwood and Vicki Lazaro, it was time to start the movie!  Cheers, applause, tears and laughter were heard throughout the movie as we got to know the amazing kids of I.S. 318.

Thank you to all who attended and we hope to see you at another chess event soon!

Upcoming Events: Dec. 8th - U of A Genomics Institute Quick Challenge and Dec 15th - International School of Tucson Grand Prix #2

Please join IM Levon Altounian for two special chess events coming up in December!

DECEMBER 8TH : GAME IN 25 MINUTES.

U of A GENOMICS INSTITUTE will host the event. This is an Unrated tournament with prizes and trophies in each of the 3 different sections where each player gets 25 minutes per game. Registration can be done at Events4Chess.com.  AZ State Champion Levon Altounian will play at the tournament in the Open section. For more details visit this link below and download the tournament flyer:

 http://www.arizonachessforschools.com/?p=2259








GRAND PRIX #2. DECEMBER 15TH.

The 2nd leg of the Tucson Grand Prix series will commence once again at the IST school on December 15th. There will be numerous sectional, team and Individual prizes. Do not miss it!. You can register at Events4chess.com or by visiting the following link and downloading the flyer.

http://www.arizonachessforschools.com/?p=2267

Special Brooklyn Castle Screening Event! Sunday, December 2 @ 3pm

Brooklyn Castle with Local Chess Experts

Join us on Sunday, December 2nd at The Loft for a viewing of the inspirational chess documentary, Brooklyn Castle!

*Hosted by 9 Queens, SACA, and Tucson Chess Alliance*

http://www.loftcinema.com/film/brooklyn-castle-with-local-chess-experts/

The chess fun starts at 3 pm, the film begins at 4 pm, and chess activities continue immediately following the film!

Chess activities include:
-Pick-up chess games
-Beginner chess lessons
-Quick chess
-Bughouse
-Puzzle solving
-Play chess with 9 Queens' giant chess set!

Ticket Prices:
• Adult $9.25
• Senior (65+) $6.25
• Child (12 & Under) $6.25

Concessions will be available for purchase!

More information about the documentary can be found here:
http://www.brooklyncastle.com/

Hope to see you there!

9 Queens Himmel Library Free Tournament -Saturday, December 8 @ 11:30 am

Join 9 Queens on December 8 at the Himmel Library at 11:30am for a 3 round chess tournament. Lunch will be provided for the participants. This event is free and open to the public.

Himmel Library is located at 1035 N Treat, Tucson, 85716

Please visit: http://www.9queens.org/calendar/ for more information.

League Match #3 - December 1, 2012 at BASIS Oro Valley

Registration is open for League Match #3!  Please join us on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at BASIS Oro Valley for a 4-round, USCF-rated tournament with individual and team prizes.

Sections are: High School (K-12), Junior High (K-8), Elementary (K-6), Primary (K-3), and Primary (K-1).

Round times are 9:00, 10:30, 12:00, 1:30.

Register on the SACA website at sazchess.org by Friday, November 30 at 9:00 pm.

Please email scholastic@sazchess.org with any questions.

League Match #1 and #2 Perfect Scores

Congratulations to our players who had perfect scores at SACA's League Match #2! The following players scored 3/3:

Zak Cancio, BASIS North
Ben Hong, BASIS North

Richard Zhou, BASIS Tucson

Austin Rigg, Butterfield

Sevren Jackson, Canyon View

Ani Altounian, Castlehill

Harrison Burns, Copper Creek
Michael Chen, Copper Creek

Hunter Bernard, Corbett
Daysin Luna, Corbett
Dylan Peng, Corbett

Sreekar Bommireddy, Doolen
Milo Ratner, Doolen

Ilya Gromochenko, Fruchthendler

Ian Holehan, Harelson

Aleks Bekker, Khalsa
Zain Franis, Khalsa
Keenan Hart, Khalsa
Simi Tecklin, Khalsa
Renee Uyehara-Schaap, Khalsa

Deven Calhoun, Legacy

Ashwin Mittal, Manzanita
Uno Pasadhika, Manzanita
Ethan Pieroni, Manzanita
Frankie Pieroni, Manzanita
Suraj Shah, Manzanita
Kevin Sun, Manzanita

Miguelangel Mendiaz, IST

Ben Hall, St Joseph's
JJ Tejeda, St Joseph's

Eshaan Joshi, St. Michael's

Benjamin Campbell, Tortolita
Tristan Lopez, Tortolita

Alex Parmar, Whitmore

Josemaria Vlasich

Perfect score - Ani Altounian

Congratulations to our players from League Match #2 who scored 2.5/3 points:

Saha Dasika, Canyon View

John Henry Clashman, IST
Conner Graham, IST
Kieran Lee, IST

Sameer Shah, Manzanita
Ben Van Allen, Manzanita

Robert Leenhouts, Sam Hughes
Rohan Tiss, Sam Hughes

Robin Tautimer, Satori

David Li, Ventana Vista

Benjamin Bourque, Whitmore
Hunter Delauer, Whitmore


Congratulations to our perfect score players from SACA's League Match #1! The following players had a perfect score of 3/3:

Armando Lang, Acacia

Sumedh Prasad, BASIS North
Vishakk Rajendran, BASIS North

Kaushal Bhat, BASIS Tucson

Hunter Stedman, Canyon View

Nitish Bhamidipati, Castlehill

Robert Sierra, Corbett

Alex Bazzel, DeGrazia
Talen Chambers, DeGrazia
William Neidich, DeGrazia

Mark Jansky, International School of Tucson

Max Bekker, Khalsa

Deven Calhoun, Legacy

Preston Martin, Manzanita
Jonathan Martinez, Manzanita
Ashwin Mittal, Manzanita
Frankie Pieroni, Manzanita
Suraj Shah, Manzanita

Crisanto Iniguez, Montessori Schoolhouse

Langston Crooms, Satori

Zain Ahmed, Sonoran Science Academy

Jason Tejeda, St Joseph's


Camren Vusteven, St Joseph's

Perfect score - Jonathan Martinez

League Match #2 Team Results

SACA League Match #2 was held on November 10, 2012 at Doolen Middle School.  Thank you to all of the chess players, parents and coaches who participated!

Special thanks to our wonderful parent and high school volunteers for helping us monitor the playing hall, to Equipment Manager Jennifer Shacter for setting up and overseeing equipment sales, and to SACA President Troy Oberg for collecting registration payments.

SACA President Troy Oberg and Chief Tournament Director Martha Underwood

Tournament results are as follows:

Junior High
Anand - Doolen-A and BASIS North are co-champions
On tie breaks - 1st: Doolen-A, 2nd: BASIS North, 3rd: Tortolita

Elementary
Anand - 1st: IST-A, 2nd: Manzanita, 3rd: DeGrazia
Kramnik - 1st: Corbett-A, 2nd: St Joseph, 3rd: Carden-A
Kasparov - 1st: IST-B, 2nd: Whitmore, 3rd: Corbett-B
Karpov - 1st: Harelson-B, 2nd: DeGrazia-C, 3rd: St Joseph-B

Primary
Anand - 1st: Manzanita, 2nd: Castlehill, 3rd: Khalsa
Kramnik - 1st: Manzanita, 2nd: Copper Creek, 3rd: Canyon View
Kasparov - 1st: Khalsa, 2nd: Whitmore, 3rd: DeGrazia

Parent and High School Volunteers assisting in the playing hall

We look forward to seeing you at League Match #3 on December 1st, 2012 at BASIS Oro Valley!

Thanks to Levon Altounian for submitting the photos for this post!