Mother Day 2014 photos and winners

Happy Mothers Day...Chess Players.

The Under 600 Section had Malachi Doyle as the Winner.

The Under 1000 Section had Roman Castle as the Winner.

The Open winner was Richard Hennessy.

Spring into Chess ...RESULTS...

A huge Thank You to all who came to play and support chess in Buffalo. A great turnout for Buffalo Seminary's second chess tournament. 
Here are the results and some photos from our 2014 SPRING INTO CHESS TOURNAMENT:

SwissSys Wall Chart. 2014 Spring into Chess: U800 (standings)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	LITTLE,DANIELLE	W 7	B 5	W 3	B 4	W 8
	582 15271854	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
2	BLUM,MAXIMILIAN F	B 10	W 8	W 7	B 11	W 4
	577 15135372	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	3.5
3	KINMARTIN,CALEB A	W 9	W 4	B 1	B 5	W 6
	407 15305225	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
4	SCHALBERG,JEFFREY	W 11	B 3	B 8	W 1	B 2
	525 14821690	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
5	KEHL,ELLA	B 6	W 1	B 11	W 3	B 10
	439 15306558	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
6	CAREY, STEVE	W 5	B 9	W 10	B 8	B 3
	unr. 15433838	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
7	DONOHUE,ROBERT FR	B 1	W 10	B 2	W 9	bye
	265 15305430	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
8	CIRILLO,ENYA	bye	B 2	W 4	W 6	B 1
	603 13972096	0.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
9	SIMMONS, ALEX	B 3	W 6	bye	B 7	W 11
	unr. 14194252	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
10	COLLINS,JAYLA,A	W 2	B 7	B 6	bye	W 5
	219 15189514	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
11	PALMISANO,SAMANTH	B 4	bye	W 5	W 2	B 9
	143 15331421	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. 2014 Spring into Chess: U1200 (standings)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	CIRILLO,ANTONIO	W 8	B 2	W 6	B 5
	1182 13957256	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
2	BLUM,THOMAS R	B 7	W 1	B 4	W 8
	1086 14373836	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
3	LYON,JAMES WILLIA	W 4	B 8	W 9	B 6
	1090 14477068	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
4	CASTLE,ROMAN	B 3	W 5	W 2	B 10
	819 14428781	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
5	DARLING,WES	B 9	B 4	W 7	W 1
	1152 13453076	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
6	BLUM,JOHN H	B 10	W 9	B 1	W 3
	1193 14373842	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
7	WILLIAM,ASHTON A	W 2	W 10	B 5	B 9
	818 14837015	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
8	MILES,ANDERSON	B 1	W 3	B 10	B 2
	915 14496775	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
9	SCHIENER,NATHAN	W 5	B 6	B 3	W 7
	900 14319904	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
10	WARD,DOUGLAS	W 6	B 7	W 8	W 4
	947 14995991	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. 2014 Spring into Chess: OPEN (standings)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
1	MADDEN,ZACHARY	B 3	W 5	W 4
	1313 13799866	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
2	PATTERSON,ALBERT	B 5	W 6	B 3
	1742 12561958	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
3	DARLING,CHRIS	W 1	B 4	W 2
	1596 14013572	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.5
4	SANTORA,SAM	B 6	W 3	B 1
	1516 14021901	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.5
5	PALMISANO,RYAN	W 2	B 1	B 6
	1318 13624603	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0
6	WARNER,THOMAS A	W 4	B 2	W 5
	1788 12448829	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0

2014 Blizzard Bowl Results

Here are the Crosstables for the "2014 Blizzard Bowl"

Team standings and Individual standings. (Just trying a new format)

Team Roster and Scores. Blizzard Bowl 2014 : Open

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[M]	TBrk[E]	TBrk[K]	TBrk[R]
1	GLOBC	Global Concepts Ch. Sch. (1440.7)	7.0	18	15	13	19	33	6
		RUMMELL,BENJAMIN (1540) 3.0
		SANTORA,SAM (1563) 3.0
		BLUM,JOHN H (1219) 1.0
2	PIO	Pioneer (1426.0)	6.0	40	17	26	16	34	12
		MADDEN,RYAN (1865) 3.0
		DARLING,CHRIS (1611) 2.0
		PETERS,MAXWELL (945) 1.0
		MADDEN,ZACHARY (1283) 0.0
3	BISHTS	Bishop Timon St. Jude (1484.0)	6.0	12	14	9	15	26	7
		HEDGES,STEPHEN (1550) 4.0
		KEANE,TIM (1418) 2.0

Team Roster and Scores. Blizzard Bowl 2014 : U1000

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[M]	TBrk[E]	TBrk[K]	TBrk[R]
1	PIO	Pioneer (771.7)	10.0	30.5	25	29.5	22	41	14
		KEMPF,KEEGAN DANI (711) 4.0
		WARD,DOUGLAS (997) 3.0
		MILES,ANDERSON (607) 3.0
2	GLOBC	Global Concepts Ch. Sch. (784.3)	9.0	33	27	28.5	17	34	18
		BLUM,THOMAS R (966) 5.0
		CASTLE,ROMAN (945) 3.0
		MARTINEZ,ARMANDO (442) 1.0
3	BISHTS	Bishop Timon St. Jude (668.0)	6.0	41.5	18	32	10	25	10
		O'CONNOR,WILLIAM (581) 3.0
		RZEZNIK,NICHOLAS (903) 2.0
		GREENE,RICHARD (520) 1.0

Team Roster and Scores. Blizzard Bowl 2014 : U600

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[S]	TBrk[C]	TBrk[M]	TBrk[E]	TBrk[K]	TBrk[R]
1	GLOBC	Global Concepts Ch. Sch. (398.8)	14.5	64	55	57	30	55	36.5
		GREEN, MADELEINE C (339) 5.0
		BLUM,MAXIMILIAN F (603) 4.0
		TORRES,IAN (434) 3.5
		PRZYBYSZ,HANNAH (101) 2.0
2	PIO	Pioneer (470.0)	6.5	33	17	28	10	23	14.5
		SCHALBERG,JEFFREY (464) 3.5
		KEHL,ELLA (476) 3.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. Blizzard Bowl 2014 : Open (standings)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Tot
1	HEDGES,STEPHEN	W 9	B 2	B 5	W 10
	1550 15035525 Bishop Timon St. Jude	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
2	MADDEN,RYAN	B 3	W 1	B 6	W 7
	1865 13624651 Pioneer	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
3	RUMMELL,BENJAMIN	W 2	B 7	W 8	W 5
	1540 14270033 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
4	SANTORA,SAM	B 10	W 5	B 7	B 8
	1563 14021901 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
5	DARLING,CHRIS	W 6	B 4	W 1	B 3
	1611 14013572 Pioneer	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
6	KEANE,TIM	B 5	W 10	W 2	B 9
	1418 14784032 Bishop Timon St. Jude	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
7	CIRILLO,ANTONIO	B 8	W 3	W 4	B 2
	1170 13957256	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
8	PETERS,MAXWELL	W 7	B 9	B 3	W 4
	945 14319910 Pioneer	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
9	BLUM,JOHN H	B 1	W 8	B 10	W 6
	1219 14373842 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
10	MADDEN,ZACHARY	W 4	B 6	W 9	B 1
	1283 13799866 Pioneer	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. Blizzard Bowl 2014 : U1000 (standings)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	BLUM,THOMAS R	B 2	W 5	B 3	B 4	W 8
	966 14373836 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
2	KEMPF,KEEGAN DANI	W 1	B 7	W 9	B 8	W 3
	711 14994976 Pioneer	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
3	O'CONNOR,WILLIAM	B 4	W 6	W 1	B 9	B 2
	581 15038683 Bishop Timon St. Jude	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
4	WARD,DOUGLAS	W 3	B 9	B 8	W 1	W 7
	997 14995991 Pioneer	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
5	MILES,ANDERSON	W 7	B 1	B 6	bye	W 9
	607 14496775 Pioneer	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
6	CASTLE,ROMAN	W 8	B 3	W 5	B 7	bye
	945 14428781 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
7	RZEZNIK,NICHOLAS	B 5	W 2	bye	W 6	B 4
	903 15038677 Bishop Timon St. Jude	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
8	GREENE,RICHARD	B 6	bye	W 4	W 2	B 1
	520 15035510 Bishop Timon St. Jude	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
9	MARTINEZ,ARMANDO	bye	W 4	B 2	W 3	B 5
	442 14744998 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

SwissSys Wall Chart. Blizzard Bowl 2014 : U600 (standings)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot
1	GREEN, MADELEINE C	W 4	B 6	W 2	B 5	W 7	B 3
	339 15321932 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
2	BLUM,MAXIMILIAN F	B 6	W 5	B 1	W 3	B 4	B 7
	603 15135372 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
3	TORRES,IAN	B 5	W 4	bye	B 2	W 6	W 1
	434 14744983 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	3.5	3.5
4	SCHALBERG,JEFFREY	B 1	B 3	W 6	bye	W 2	B 5
	464 14821690 Pioneer	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
5	KEHL,ELLA	W 3	B 2	B 7	W 1	bye	W 4
	476 15306558 Pioneer	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
6	GALLEGO,AUSTIN M	W 2	W 1	B 4	W 7	B 3	bye
	103 15270206 Bishop Timon St. Jude	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.0	3.0
7	PRZYBYSZ,HANNAH	bye	- 8	W 5	B 6	B 1	W 2
	101 15306700 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	1.0	X2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
8	COLLINS,JAYLA,A	bye	- 7	----	----	----	----
	219 15189514 Global Concepts Ch. Sch.	0.5	F0.5	U0.5	U0.5	U0.5	U0.5	0.5

RESULTS ....3rd Annual "Blizzard Challenge".......RESULTS....

Thank you Sonwil Distribution for sponsoring such a fantastic chess tournament.  The 3rd Annual "Blizzard Challenge" attracted 50 enthusiastic scholastic chess players from as far as Syracuse, New York. The tournament brought new and exciting challenges to some and upsets to others, but most importantly it proves that the royal game of chess is definitely enjoyed in our neck of the woods.

The tournament was formatted into four sections according to grade and USCF ratings. They played four rounds at G/45 and the results were as follows.

Individual results:

K-6 U1000  Winner was Mattew Harvey. 2nd Jayla Collins. 3rd Caleb Kinmartin.
K-6  Winner was Jade Regner. 2nd Roman Castle. 3rd Ethen Warner.
K-12 U1000 Winner was Douglas Ward. 2nd Justin Regner. 3rd Austen Harris.
K-12 Winner was Ryan Madden. 2nd Chris Darling. 3rd Tim Keane.
Blitz Winner was Ryan Madden. 2nd Chris Darling. 3rd Thomas Warner.

Team results:

K-6 U1000  Winner GLOBAL CONCEPTS CHARTER SCHOOL.
K-6  Winner THE HOMESCHOOLERS.
K-12 U1000 Winner PIONEER.
K-12 Winner PIONEER.

Following are some photos from the Blizzard Challenge and the players with our sponsor Mr. Wilson. Thank you for all you do for scholastic chess in WNY.

 

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.