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.

2012 Scholastic Year End Challenge

The chess clubs final tournament for this 2012 school year was hosted this past Saturday.  The attendance was fair but the results were better... here are this year's "2012 Scholastic Year End" Winners.

in the UNRATED SECTION :

1.     KYLE FULLONE

2.     ALEXIS BURGOS

3.     MARIANNA CORDOVA

in the U700 SECTION:

1.     ALEXIS SCHLAAK

2.     ASHTON WILLIAM

3.     ENYA CIRILLO

4.     DANIEL GERNATT

5.     ARMANDO MARTINEZ

6.     MATTHEW SCHLAAK

in the U1400 SECTION:

1.     BENJAMIN RUMMELL

2.     JAMES LYON

3.     RICHARD HERKO

4.     ROMAN CASTLE

5.     SABRINA CAMPBELL

6.     MIGUEL MERCADO

TO END THIS YEAR I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A HUGE THANKS TO ALL THE PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE FIVE YEARS OF THIS CLUBS EXISTANCE. THANKS TO YOU WE ARE WHO WE ARE "QUEENSKNIGHT SCHOLASTIC CHESS CLUB".

Have a great summer everybody.

Something New...

Here is something new QueensKnight would like to begin documenting after our tournaments. We look at it as a way to encourage chess students to record their games. We will gladly add to our blog any game that a player may deem well played or interesting, just as long as they annotated correctly. So for our first installment here is a game from the 2012 Mothers Day Tournament between Samuel Santora and Mr. Cirillo. Mr. Cirillo played White, Samuel Santora played Black.

1.d4, c6 2.Nf3, d5 3.Nc3, Bf5 4.e3, Nf6 5.Bd2, Nbd7 6.Ne5, Ndxe5 7.xe5, Nd7 8.f4, e6 9.Qf3, Be7 10.e4, xe4 11.Nxe4, Nc5 12.Bd3, Nxd3+ 13.xd3, Qd7 14.o-o, o-o 15.Bc3, Rad8 16.Rad1, Bxe4 17.xe4, Qc7 18.f5, xf5 19.xf5, Rxd1 20.Rxd1, Rd8 21.Qg4, Bc5+ 22.Kf1, Rxd1+ 23.Qxd1, Kf8 24.b4, Be7 25.Qh5, Kg8 26.e6, Qf4+ 27.Ke2, Qg5 28.Qxf7+, Kh8 29.Qe8+, Bf8 30.Qxf8#,...  (1-0)

5th Annual...2011-2012 Scholastic Year End Chess Tournament

5th Annual

2011-12 SCHOLASTIC YEAR END CHESS TOURNAMENT

Date and Time: JUNE 9th, first round scheduled to start at 10:00am. Awards at aprox. 3pm.

Location: GCCS (cafeteria) at 1001 Ridge Rd., Lackawanna NY 14218

Sections: Unrated Scholastic, Unrated Adults, Rated sections are; U700, U1400.

Awards: Trophies for top 3 in each section, except unrated adults.

Rounds and Game Time: 5ss Rounds G/30 (5 sec delay if annotating).

Entrance Fee: $5.00 if registered 12 hours before tournament start time, even if registered via  e-mail. 

$10.00 for late registrants or walk ins. PLEASE BRING A LUNCH. (fast food places located across the street)

Register by e-mail at cirilloav@yahoo.com, please include players; Name, Section, and USCF# if rated. Rated players may play within their section or above their level but never below their level. 

Non USCF Players wanting to play in the rated sections may purchase a USCF Membership at the tournament. 2012 USCF membership prices for players under 13yrs. of age is $17.00, under 16 yrs. $22.00, under 25yrs. $26.00, and adults $40.00. Rules, sections and prizes may change at tournament directors discretion.

MOTHERS DAY 2012 "RESULTS"

First and foremost a Huge Thank You to all the mothers in attendance. The players know very well that without you MOMS they wouldn't be able to attend our tournaments. We wish all the MOMS a HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.

The tournament hosted 26 players, which were divided into three sections: unrated, U600, and U1200. Here are the results in order:

Unrated section:

1. ALEXIS BURGOS

2. ANTHONY WROBLEWSKI

3. IAN TORRES

4. MUTAZ AHMED

5. MARIANA CORDOVA

The Under 600 section:

1. TARAS NAZAREVYCH

2. VIKTOR BANDRIWSKY

3. ARMANDO MARTINEZ

4. OSTAP TKALICH

5. BRADEN CHALUPKA

The Under 1200 section:

1. SAM SANTORA

2. ROMAN CASTLE

3. JAMES WILLIAM LYON

4. RICHARD HERKO

5. BENJAMIN RUMMELL