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...

Pioneer Wins The 2013 Blizzard Bowl

The 2013 Blizzard Bowl was definitely played in blizzard like conditions. Pioneer Central came and proved their dominance and readiness for The New York State Scholastic Championship, in Saratoga. Both sections were fought long and hard, but nevertheless PIONEER won both the U750 and U1500 Blizzard Bowl Trophies.

Congratulations Pioneer Central

CHAMPIONS OF "THE 2013 BLIZZARD BOWL"

In the Individual sections the winners were:

Unrated:

Winner SYDNEY DZIERZANOWSKI

2nd place DYLAN MEX

3rd place MAX BLUM

U750 Section:

Winner HUNTER WITT

2nd place KEEGAN KEMPF

3rd place SABRINA CAMPBELL

U1500 Section:

Winner BENJAMIN RUMMELL

2nd place CHRIS DARLING

3rd place ZACHARY MADDEN

TEAM SECTION summary of points:

UNRATED: GLOBAL 8.5pts VS PIONEER 7.5pts

U750: PIONEER 14pts VS GOBAL 11pts

U1500: PIONEER 12pts VS GLOBAL 10pts

2nd Annual "Blizzard Challenge" RESULTS

Wow !!!  It really didn't feel like a Blizzard since it was a balmy 60 degrees outside but our chess players made the best of it. A HUGE THANK YOU is in order to The Wilson Family and "Sonwil Distributions" for sponsoring such a wonderful event for a second year.   The Chess players, parents and coaches got to meet Mr. Wilson thanking him personally and getting to know our sponsor a lot better.

Now without further ado here are the results to "The 2nd Annual Blizzard Challenge"

INDIVIDUAL WINNERS WERE:

In the K-5 section the champion was Ashton William.

In the K-8 section the champion was Bradley Schrock

In the K-12 section the champion was Carl Raymore

THE WINNING TEAMS WERE:

The champion K-5 team was Global Concepts. The four top members were, Roman Castle, Alexis Burgos, Ashton William, and Armando Martinez.

The champion K-8 team was Pioneer Central. The four top members were, Bradley Schrock, Douglas Ward, Maxwell Peters, Todd Thompson.

The champion K-12 team was Pioneer Central. The four top members were, Ryan and Zachary Madden, Carl Raymore, Chris Darling.

....and finally he came, he saw, and he conquered

THE BLITZ WINNER RYAN MADDEN

Can't wait to see what happens next year...???  1/11/14

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