Results from the last 2 tournaments in WNY...Happy Holidays...

Better late than never....Well here are the results from the last two tournaments of 2013.

First Western New York's Scholastic Championships in Sardinia. This tournament gathered 81 players from all over, and the results were as follows.

Individual Winners were: 

K-4 section Champion: ARJUN PATEL

K-8 Section Champion: WENDELL LAMBERT

K-12 Section Champion: LEV PACIORKOWSKI

UNRATED Section Champion: MADDIE GREEN

 

Team Winners were:

K-4 section Champion: Global Concepts Charter School

K-8 Section Champion: Pioneer Central Schools

            K-12 Section Champion: WNY Homeschoolers

 

A Huge Thank You goes out to Tom Warner for organizing this tournament every year.

 



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In the 2013 Holiday Tournament which took place at Global Concepts in Lackawanna the winners were:

 

·        In the Open section the winner was.....BEN RUMMELL

·        In the U1200 section the winner was.....WILLIAM ASHTON

·        In the U800 section the winner was.....JADE SONG REGNER (from Syracuse, NY)

 

 

RESULTS....2013 FALL CHESS FESTIVAL...

Wow!!! What a great turnout. First a huge Thanks to Mrs. Marlette for allowing us to use Buffalo Seminary for our Fall Fest Tournament.

 Tom Warner and Doug Bower Thank You both for bringing up the boys from Pioneer and Bishop Timon.

QueensKnight Chess Club brought together 29 chess players to compete in our 8th Fall Chess Festival.  We had three rated sections; The Open, U1200, and U800.

Winners in the each section were as follows:

The Open:

1.     RYAN MADDEN (PIONEER), 4pts.

2.     STEPHEN HEDGES (BISHOP TIMON), 3pts.

3.     ALBERT PATTERSON, 3pts.

The U1200:

1.     ZACHARY J. BODACK (BISHOP TIMON), 4pts.

2.     NATHAN PALMISANO (PIONEER), 2.5pts.

3.     THOMAS R. BLUM (QUEENSKNIGHT), 2pts.

The U800: 

All players were tied with 3 wins each but the tie breaker went as

follows:

1.     WILLIAM O'CONNOR (BISHOP TIMON), 3pts.

2.     ENYA CIRILLO (BUFFALO SEMINARY), 3pts.

3.     DANIELLE LITTLE (BUFFALO SEMINARY), 3pts.

Thank you all for participating in this wonderful game. Next tournament is in Sardinia for the Western New York Chess Championship on December 7th, 2013. to register CLICK HERE.

 

 

2013 HALLOWEEN RESULTS

Spooky tournament brought spooky results. Our players came to show their real faces at the Halloween tournament. The winners were:

U600 Section:

IAN TORRES "CHAMPION"
MAXIMILIAN BLUM "2nd PLACE"
TYLER OLROGG "3rd PLACE"

U1000 Section:

ASHTON WILLIAM "CHAMPION"
ROMAN CASTLE "2nd PLACE"
SABRINA CAMPBELL "3rd PLACE"

The Open Section:

SAM SANTORA "CHAMPION"
JOHN BLUM "2nd PLACE"
THOMAS BLUM 3rd PLACE"

A HUGE THANKS TO ALL THE SPOOKS THAT CAME OUT ON HALLOWEEN. SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR AT OUR ANNUAL HAUNTING.

 

 AND BEST COSTUME GOES TO LITTLE MISS CASTLE "HELLO KITTY"

 

Hispanic Month Winners

Last Saturday the 14th, We the chess players celebrated Hispanic Month. "Celebramos El Mes de La Hispanidad".
The winners were;

U1200 section:
First Place Reagan Lyle
Second Place James Lyon
Third Place Joshua Campbell

The Open Section:
First Place Benjamin Rummell
Second Place Sam Santora
Third Place Kevin Lyle

U600 section:
First Place Matt Harvey
Second Place Alexis Burgos

2013 Scholastic Year End ....RESULTS...

Thank you chess players for a wonderful 2012-13 school year competition. Hope to see you all in September when the new school season tournaments start up again.

The winners of June's last chess challenge are:

Unrated Section:

Matthew Harvey.....Champion

Kyle Fullone..... 2nd Place

Marianna Cordova..... 3rd place

U750 Section:

Enya Cirillo..... Champion

Armando Martinez..... 2nd Place

Jayla Collins..... 3rd Place

U1500 Section:

Benjamin Rummell..... Champion

Ashton William..... 2nd Place

Reagan Lyle..... 3rd Place

2013 Mothers Day Tournament RESULTS

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful chess mom's. This 2013 tournament marked our 5th Mothers Day tournament since the birth of this chess club. I can't think of a better name for an affiliate that remembers, and honors the mothers of young chess players than "QueensKnight".  Hope that images can tell a story, louder than words...

Oh... the winners were:

Unrated: ALEX SIMMONS;    U800: TARAS NAZAREVYCH;    U1600: SAM SANTORA.

Results...2013 Chess at The Buffalo Seminary.....Results

This past Saturday The Buffalo Seminary hosted their first chess tournament. The tournament brought out 16 enthusiastic players, for many their first time visiting the Seminary. The players were curious about the new location, but more anxious to prove who was the stronger player that sunny day.

A huge THANK YOU to MRS. MARLETTE, for sponsoring the tournament in such a beautiful location, both the chess room (The community room/ locker area) and the skittles room (The Library) were just stellar. The Trophies, fantastic, and the atmosphere inspiring. THANK YOU MRS. MARLETTE.

Three sections presented themselves and the winners were...

Unrated Section:

CHAMPION... WILLIAM ELLIOTT

2ND PLACE...MARIANA CORDOVA

3RD PLACE ... JENNIFER WEBER

U900 Section:

CHAMPION... ASHTON WILLIAM

2ND PLACE...JOSHUA CAMPBELL

3RD PLACE ... SABRINA CAMPBELL

U1800 Section:

CHAMPION... BENJAMIN RUMMELL

2ND PLACE...JOHN BLUM

3RD PLACE ... THOMAS BLUM

Spring Break 2013 ...Results...

An Extra-Ordinary tournament for extraordinary players. What was to be a small gathering turned out to be a spring party of chess fanatics. Mr. Warner brought his team from Pioneer and Queensknight players brought theirs. Here is how they ended up:

U1800 section

CHAMPION...CHRIS DARLING

RUNNER UP...KEVIN ROULHAC

3RD PLACE...BENJAMIN RUMMELL

4TH ...SAM SANTORA

5TH...WES DARLING

U900 section

CHAMPION...ROMAN CASTLE

RUNNER UP...DOUGLAS WARD

3RD PLACE...ASHTON WILLIAM

4TH ...COLLIN HEDGES

5TH...JOSHUA CAMPBELL

Here are some photos taken by Jen Santora and Enya Cirillo, Thank you ladies.

Our next tournament is a FREE one at THE BUFFALO SEMINARY on April 27th.

2013 St. Patrick's Day RESULTS

The 2013 St. Patrick's Day Chess Tournament was held on March 9th. We had several enthusiastic young leprechauns playing for gold, and here is how they ended up.

In the U1500 section:      Benjamin Rummell

                                          John Blum

                                          Sam Santora

In the U750 section:        Enya Cirillo

                                          Alexis Schlaak

                                          Ashton William

In the Unrated section:     Dylan Mex

                                          Mutaz Ahmed

                                          Matthew Harvey

Congratulations to all our chess players.

Our next tournament will be at The Buffalo Seminary on April 27th. This will be a free tournament with top three taking trophies. Stay tuned for more information...