2012 Holiday Season ...RESULTS...

Our 2012 Holiday Season Chess tournament drew 31 players from Global, Timon Bishop, and other local schools. We divided into three sections according to their December ratings. First a word about ratings before we mention the winners of the tournament. The USCF takes the last rating of a player right up to the third Friday of every month and then uses that rating to update their rating supplement at the beginning of the next month. For example if you play a tournament on Saturday December 15th,  and get a new rating of let's say 1200 then on the following Saturday the 22nd  your rating goes down to 1149. When you play your next tournament in January your rating according to the USCF rating supplement will show 1200 and not 1149. Sounds simple enough, but there are other contingencies like the tournament director (TD) sending in the tournament on time or if the TD uses the latest rating supplement in the tournament one plays in; I hope this clarifies some of the confusion about what rating is being used for you in the tournaments. QueensKnight will always use the latest USCF rating supplement available for our tournaments.

Okay enough of that jargon, here are the winners of the 2012 Holiday Season Tournament.

In the Unrated section:

            Winner was JOSHUA CAMPBELL

            Second place went to MEGAN MELOON

            Third COREY McCOOEY

            Fourth KYLE FULLONE

            Fifth TYLER OLROGG

In the U-750 section:

            Winner ROMAN CASTLE

            Second NICHOLAS RZEZNIK

            Third ENYA CIRILLO

In the U-1500 section:

            Winner BENJAMIN RUMMELL

            Second JOSHUA BENHAM

            Third TIM KEANE

Our next tournament will be the Blizzard Challenge on January 12th. This is a FREE tournament, so stay tuned for more info. Till next year.

I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON

FELIZ NAVIDAD

QueensKnight at The 2012 Olympics

The 2012 Chess Olympics was played this past Saturday December 1st, in Sardinia New York. The event was hosted by Tom Warner at the Pioneer High School for no less than 73 enthusiastic chess players. The tournament consisted of three sections an Unrated section, a K-6 section and a K-12 section. Team trophies were awarded for the top 3 teams in the K-6 and K-12 sections.

In the K-6 section Global Concepts Charter school with the QueensKnight scholastic affiliate won FIRST PLACE. Brighton school took SECOND PLACE and Pioneer took THIRD PLACE. The other two teams were Horse Head and Pittsford.

The GCCS team was comprised by Thomas Blum (3pts), Roman Castle (3pts.), Alexis Schlaak (2pts), Ashton William (2pts.), Braden Chalupka (2pts), Armando Martinez (2pts), and Alexis Burgos (1pt).

In the K-12 section the Pioneer High School came out Victorious followed by Brighton School and then in Third Place Global Concepts Charter school.

 The GCCS team was made up by Benjamin Rummell, Sam Santora, John H. Blum, Mason Coleman, Sabrina Campbell, Enya Cirillo, David Primosch, and Miguel Mercado.

Individually the K-12 was won by Ryan Madden Champion, Owen Shriver 2nd pace, and Abe Glasser 3rd place. In the K-6 the Champion was Wendell Lambert, and in the Unrated section Paradis Connor was the Champion.

The Unrated section involved Paradis Connor (won individual), Colby Hess (Third place individual), Mathew France, Naim Wood, Julien Andross, James Davila, Jayla Collins, Chai Cendening, and Selena Martinez.

QUEENSKNIGHT AND G.C.C.S. WOULD LIKE TO THANK TOM WARNER AND HIS SPONSERS FOR A JOB WELL DONE AT THE CHESS OLYMPICS. See you all next year.

2012 Fall Festival Results

     2012 Fall Festival had 33 fantastic and enthusiastic chess players. The tournament had many familiar faces and some new ones as well. Pioneer came to test out the abilities of some players who just may be attending their Olympic Chess Games the 1st of December. The overall comments from parents and coaches were that it was a successful tournament, and I thank them all for the kind words. Without these dedicated adults none of these competitions would be possible. Thank you all, and have a Great Thanksgiving with your family and friends.

Ohhh.... and the winners are:

Unrated:

1. Christopher Ward (Pioneer)
2. Anthony Flores
3. Joshua Campbell
4. Paradis Connor
5. Megan Meloon

Under 700:

1. Enya Cirillo
2. Ashton William
3. Jeffrey Schalberg (Pioneer)
4. Keegan Kempf (Pioneer)
5. Alexis Burgos

Under 1400:

1. Benjamin Rummell
2. Lucas Grisanti
3. Zachary Madden
4. John Blum
5. James Lyon

Rated Adults:

1. Kevin Roulhac
2. Ryan Madden

Our next tournament will be the second Saturday in December at Global Concepts Charter School, presenting their

 "Holiday Season Tournament."

"Halloween 2012" results

The 6th Annual Halloween Tournament was a great haunt. 23 participants most in costume came to prove their game. We had Zombies, Werewolves, and Vampires. We had a Green Alien (Funniest), a Headless Horseman (Scariest), a Chess Court Jester, a Gladiator (Most original),a Princess', Ichabod Crane (Best Costume), Hippies, Witches and so much more. The tournament had three sections and here is how it played out.

The Vampires:

1. BENJAMIN RUMMELL
2.  JACOB MELOON
3.  JOHN H. BLUM

The Werewolves:

1. ALEXIS JADE SCHLAAK
2. ENYA CIRILLO
3. ASHTON A WILLIAM

The Zombies:

1. ANTHONY FLORES
2. MATHEW FRANCE 
3. MEGAN MELOON

Our next tournament will be November 10th "Fall Festival" 

Results from "The Father Baker Tournament"

"Breaking News" from QueensKnight

The 13th Annual Father Baker Chess Tournament has two new Champions.

In the Senior Division winners were: Taken first place was Matt Rzeznik, second place Stephan Hedges, and third place went to Alexander Campbell.

In the Junior Division Sabrina Campbell came out victorious representing Global Concepts Charter School, she won all of her games to run away with the title. Roman Castle came in second and Enya Cirillo finished Third. Congratulations to all our participants at a job well done.

Hope to see all of you chess fanatics, this Saturday for our 6th annual Halloween Haunt.

Hispanic Heritage Month Chess Tournament

     Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates all of the influences and customs that we love and enjoy here in the U.S.A. The Hispanic food, the music, the art and the language that enriches our daily lives is ever so present in our small part of the world. Taco Bell, Mighty Taco, avocados, tortillas, burritos, fajitas, salsa, The Tango, El Merengue, El Paso Doble, Pablo Picasso, Dali, Frida Kahlo, Antonio Banderas, Pedro Lopez,  Sofia Vergara, and supreme court judge Sotomayor are just a few of the names, sounds, and people that Hispanic month brings to mind. Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated between September 15th thru October 15th. Share in the cultural adventure they bring to us.

     This past Saturday QueensKnight Scholastic celebrated our opening season chess tournament. Celebrating Hispanic Month we gathered some enthusiastic players and here is how they turned out:

Unrated section winners were:

ALEXIS BURGOS

ALEX SIMMONS

MUTAZ AHMED

U700 section winners were:

ALEXIS SCHLAAK

ENYA CIRILLO

ARMANDO MARTINEZ

U1400 section winners were:

SAM SANTORA

BENJAMIN RUMMELL

JOHN BLUM

Here is the crosstable from the USCF.

http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,181/

OUR NEXT TOURNAMENT IS OUR EVER SO POPULAR

"2012 HALLOWEEN CHESS HAUNT"

OCTOBER 27TH FROM 9:45AM TO 3PM AT G.C.C.S. STAY TOON FOR UPDATES.

Celebrating 5 Years of Chess

Enjoying an incredible 5 years of chess through our images. 

Thanks to all who continue to support us.