Sunday, July 30, 2006

Hawaii State Championship Sept 2 - 4, 2006

Aloha Hawaii Chess players & friends,

Its that time of year again, who will be crowned the top Hawaii chess player the Hawaii State Championship is scheduled for Sept 2 - Sept 4, 2006, five rounds, at G/120 minutes see www.hawaiichess.org for tournament details as well as others scheduled over the next year. Its a Open tournament for all players, there will be no Novice section tournament this year, but a few additional prize awards have been added to encourage players to play in this event, from over 50 to under 10. This a USCF www.uschess.org rated event and CXR www.cxrchess.com will also be rating this event.

There will be no Speed tournament this year, but will probably be rescheduled for later in the year!

Hawaii CXR top players are as follows above 1200 rating who are current members, the rest can be found at www.cxrchess.com


Sunday, July 09, 2006

Cornelius Rubsamen repeats as Hawaii Rapids Champion for 2006

Aloha,

Once again Cornelius Rubsamen Q 2059, CXR 2248, is Hawaii's Rapids State Champion for 2006 with a prefect score 0f 7.0 points, Chet J Gionson Q 1882 CXR 2005 came in 2nd with 6.0 points and Robert M Lau Q 1812 CXR 2043, Sujeet D Mehta Q 1604, & Gavin Ontai Q 1218 came in tied for third with 5.0 points. Had 31 chessplayers, of which 17 were scholastic players. All were U.S. Chess Federation players and 20 were current CXR members. CXR = Chess Express Ratings www.cxrchess.com. Note: July 16 the new CXR web site will be active, its currently undergoing final beta testing!

The Hawaii Rapids State Championship was held outdoors in the Mililani Town Center under the Gazebo TD was Guy Ontai, the weather was warm and so there were lots of fireworks on the Fourth of July "over the Chessboards". The giant chessboard was out and there was lots of action on it!

No chess notated games have been emailed to me yet, but will place them here as well any photos that become available!

There still lots of chess action left this summer before the Hawaii State Championships (details forecoming). See calendar below. Its may include a scholastic section this year USCF rated and CXR rated of course! This will count as the first HICL- Hawaii Interscholastic Chess League event followed by the Sept 30 3rd Annual Le Jardin Academy tournament.

Also please visit one of local chess clubs, Mondays -Honolulu Chess Club at Manoa Valley District Park, Kailua Chess Group at Kailua District Park, Tuesday - Pearlridge Chess Club at Pearlridge Mall, Wednesday - Windward Chess Club - Kailua District Park, Thursday - Mililani Chess Club at Mililani Recreation Center #6. There also the Waikiki Tables by the beach and several Starbucks have informal chess groups meetings at various locations!

Hawaii Chess Calendar for 2006 and start of 2007

Red = Rated HICL & CXR


Thu 8/3/06 6 pm Reg. G/5 Blitz Chess Tournament
TD: Guy P. Ontai
$3 for Open Section, Free for Novice
Mililani Chess Club - Mililani Mauka Rec Ctr 6

Aug 5-13, 2006 US Open Oak Brook, IL
http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2006/usopen/
Denker Tournament and the Polgar Polgar Tournament
are held at the US Open location
(6 rounds, one per day at 11 am)

Fri 8/11/06 HCF Board of Directors Meeting
Contact: Randy Prothero
5:30pm Dillingham Sizzlers

Sat. 8/12/06 9am Reg Mililani Chess Day G/5
TD: Guy Ontai
The Town Center of Mililani - Near Gazebo in Center
Also Open Play, Free Lessons & The Giant Chess Set

Thu 8/24/06 6pm Reg. G/5 Bug House Tournament
TD: Randy Prothero
$3 for Open Section, Free for Novice
Mililani Chess Club - Mililani Mauka Rec Ctr 6

Sat. 9/2/06 State Blitz Championships
Details TBA

Sat.-Mon 9/2- 9/4/06 State Open Championships & Scholastic Tournament ???
TD: Larry Reifurth
Details TBA

Thur. 9/7/06 6pm Reg. G/15 Quick Chess Tournament
TD: Guy P. Ontai
$3 for Open Section, Free for Novice

Sat. 9/30/06 2006 Le Jardin Academy Interscholastic
TD: Frank Alejandro
9:30am Reg. 10:30am Rd1
$10 (includes CXR fee) if post dated by 9/23, $15 at door
(Turn left at Quarry Rd off of Kailua Rd coming from Honolulu)
from the Pali Rd.
Le Jardin Academy - Auditorium
917 Kalanianaole Hwy - Kailua, HI

Sat. 10/14/06 9am RegMililani Chess Day G/45 USCF Rated
TD: Randy Prothero
The Town Center of Mililani - Near Gazebo in Center
Also Open Play, Free Lessons & The Giant Chess Set

Fri 11/10/06 Veterans Interscholastic G/25
TD: Guy P. Ontai
$5 in advance, $10 at Door
Open and Novice Section
Details TBA

Sat. 11/18/06 9am Reg Mililani Chess Day G/45 USCF Rated
TD: Randy Prothero
The Town Center of Mililani - Near Gazebo in Center
Also Open Play, Free Lessons & The Giant Chess Set

Sat 12/2/06 Winter Interscholastic G/25
TD: Guy P. Ontai
$5 in advance, $10 at Door
Open and Novice Section
Details TBA


Mon 1/15/07 MLK Interscholastic G/25
TD: Guy P. Ontai
$5 in advance, $10 at Door
Open and Novice Section
Details TBA

Mon 2/19/07 Presidents 4x4 Team Interscholastic G/25
TD: Guy P. Ontai
$5 in advance, $10 at Door
Open and Novice Section
Details TBA

Fri/ Sat 3/9/07- 3/10/07 2007 State Scholastic Championships
TD: Guy P. Ontai
Windward Community College
Details TBA