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Update Windward Chess & Go Club new meeting times

2011-07-07T21:48:00.000-10:00

Aloha,

Windward Chess and Go club now is meeting only on every Monday of each from 5:30pm to 8pm at Seattle's Best coffee shop, at Borders Bookstore in Windward Mall, Kaneohe, Hawaii. See you at our next meetings schedule at http://www.meetup.com/Windwardchess/ You can message at the above link if you have any questions.

On none meeting days or any other time you can many of our players at http://chess.com, or http://chesskid.com for those under 13, look for our Windward Chess Club there to contact others players. There is live as well as turn-base, vote, team and individual tournaments for chess.

Windward Chess & Go Club - Kaneohe, Hawaii Meetup new meeting dates and time

2010-05-24T22:03:00.002-10:00

Aloha,

Just trying to get the word out that Windward Chess and Go club now is meeting only on 1st and 3rd Monday of each from 6pm to 8pm at Seattle Best coffee shop, at borders bookstore in Windward Mall, Kaneohe, Hawaii. See you at our next meetings schedule at http://www.meetup.com/Windwardchess/ We hope to see at one of meetings next meetings June 7 and and June 21, 2010. You can message at the above link if you have any questions.
On none meeting days or any other time you can many of our players at http://chess.com, or http://chesskid.com, look for our Windward Chess Club there to contact others players. There is live as well as turn-base chess.

Hawaii Chess Federation Calendar

2010-03-10T21:08:00.003-10:00

Updated Hawaii Chess event calendar

Our Geniuses - Honolulu Magazine - February 2010 - Hawaii

2010-02-02T19:42:00.001-10:00

Our Geniuses - Honolulu Magazine - February 2010 - Hawaii

North American Open 2009 list of Hawaii players, who played in tournament and results

2009-12-28T21:22:00.015-10:00

Dec 26 -29, 2009, 7 Rounds

Hawaii players listed based on their USCF listed state!

Rating Name Points scored

Open Section

2263 Cornelius Rubsamen - 4

Under 2100 Section

2031 Chet J Gionson - 5

Under 1900 Section

1784 Stephen L Mau - 4 1/2
1819 Likeke Aipa - 4
1717 Peter T Korzeb - 3 1/2

Under 1700 Section

1636 John Iinuma - 5
1603 Guy P. Ontai - 5
1558 Peter Mertvago - 4
1562 Kevin Erik - 3 1/2
1591 Thomas K Mau - 2 1/2

Under 1500 Section

1339 Evan Zheng - 5
1349 Dustin Honda - 2

Under 1300 Section

913 Kevin Zheng - 3

For full story on the tournament results see "Five Tie in Vegas; Akobian Top on Tiebreaks".

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Aloha Kakou,

We had at least one participant in all sections except for the U1000. Kevin Zheng, starting at 913, chose to play in the U1300.

12 participants from Hawaii managed to “harvest” 512 rating points at the North American Open just completed. New ratings are already posted on USCF website.

I thought that you might find these results compelling—that it’s fun to play on the continent.

Hauoli Makahiki Hou!

Guy

Table below complied by Guy P. Ontai: Mahalo!

*Competitor*	*Rating*	*Section*	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	*Totals*	*Ratings+*	*Rating+*
Cornelius Rubsamen	2263	Open	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	4.0	2270	7
Chet Gionson	2031	U2100	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	2022	-9
Likeke Aipa	1819	U1900	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	4.0	1826	7
Stephen Mau	1784	U1900	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.5	1826	42
Peter Korzeb	1717	U1900	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.5	1731	14
John Iinuma	1636	U1700	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	1681	45
Guy Ontai	1603	U1700	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1693	90
Kevin Erick	1562	U1700	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	1601	39
Peter Mertvago	1558	U1700	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	4.0	1615	57
Dustin Honda	1349	U1500	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	1321	*-28*
Evan Zheng	1339	U1500	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	5.0	1488	149
Kevin Zheng	913	U1300	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	1012	99
*Round Sub-Totals*			*5.5*	*10.5*	*7.0*	*5.5*	*5.5*	*8.0*	*6.5*	*48.5*		512
Loss Sub-Totals			6.5	1.5	5.0	6.5	6.5	4.0	5.5	35.5

Hawaii Scholastic Champions - 2008

2008-03-24T22:19:00.001-10:00

2008 Hawaii State
Scholastic Individual Champions



SECTION CHAMPIONS & CO-CHAMPIONS

K-12 HIGH SCHOOL	Robert Lau	Mililani High School
	Ryan Jose’ Palomares	Mililani High School

K-8 INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL	Stephen L.J. Mau	Mililani Middle School

K-6 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	Ford Nakagawa	The Children’s House

K-3 PRIMARY GRADES	Kevin Durkin	Assets School
	Kevin Zheng	Mililani Ike
	Patrick Perry	Kahala Elementary


GRADE LEVEL CHAMPIONS & CO-CHAMPIONS

GRADE 12	John Iinuma	Pearl City High School
	Jonathan Parish	Hanalani School

GRADE 11	Robert Lau	Mililani High School

GRADE 10	Christopher Tom	Damien Memorial HS

GRADE 9	Ryan Jose’ Palomares	Mililani High School

GRADE 8	Sean Curt Conolly	Mililani Middle School

GRADE 7	Stephen L.J. Mau	Mililani Middle School

GRADE 6	Eldon Nakagawa	The Children’s House
	Peisheng Xu	Washington Middle School

GRADE 5	Evan Zheng	Mililani Ike Elementary

GRADE 4	Ford Nakagawa	The Children’s House

GRADE 3	Kevin Durkin	Assets School
	Kevin Zheng	Mililani Ike Elementary

GRADE 2	Lily Perry	Kahala Elementary

GRADE 1	Macie Wai	Kanoelani Elementary
	Jacob Prothero	Hanalani School

KINDERGARTEN	Patrick Perry	Kahala Elementary

Chess.com's First Diamond Member!

2008-01-25T23:57:00.000-10:00

submitted by jay on Fri, 01/25/2008 at 3:13pm.

As many of you know, Chess.com launched its Premium Membership Program just a short while ago, and yesterday we had our very first Diamond Member sign up! We just wanted to write a short news piece to say "Thanks!" to Frank Alejandro (frank713) for supporting the site.

Frank is an avid chess fan, and has posted more information about his chess club in Hawaii here on Chess.com. Don't hesitate to visit his profile and check out all the interesting content he has contributed to Chess.com, including the various events he's promoting as well.

A small quote from Frank regarding his purchase, "I like so far what I have seen at chess.com and its many and upcoming features sound promising! I purchased my lifetime as a sign of good faith that Chess.com is here to stay."

Thanks again Frank! And we definitely are "here to stay".

Samples of comments at http://chess.com

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Comments:

by Patzer24 - 7 hours ago
United States

Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 5393

Thanks Frank!

by cdhamm - 7 hours ago
Denver United States

Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 24

Thank you Frank!

by okmrbill - 7 hours ago
Toledo, Ohio United States

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 35

Way to go Frank... I was wondering if anyone would buy the lifetime...i can't afford the big bucks yet...but look forward to getting the gold membership soon when I come into some extra bucks. This site keeps me alert at my job, and has a personal intrinsic value---diamond membership supports the site for all of us.

by shadowc - 6 hours ago
Buenos Aires Argentina

Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 332

I think the same and I hope to stay here for many years to come as well...

by Am3692 - 6 hours ago
Newbury Park, CA United States

Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 146

Wow, I wish I could get a diamond account. But I am still 15 so I can't spend that much money =P.

by KingFork - 6 hours ago
Chicago, IL United States

Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 76

Yeah, I'm jealous. Although students like AM3692 and myself aren't yet making the big bucks.

by Unbeliever - 4 hours ago
United States

Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 576

While it does not, as it does for others, keep me awake at work, it most certainly does provide the best online chess experience I've ever had.

by bgangioni - 3 hours ago
The best country Argentina

Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 68

(And yet another one who can't afford the big bucks, but soon expects to be able)

Thank you, Frank, as they said. You support the site, and we all enjoy it. And that goes to you too, all premium members - I have seen a lot of golden stars around in the site, and as soon as posible will be owning one, I hope :)

by frank713 - 2 hours ago
Kaneohe, Hawaii United States

Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 56

Aloha & Mahalo,

To all you as well, I didn't realize I was the first! But as I also promote various other chess activities and non related to chess causes and try my best to make good calls! I am very confident that chess.com will be the one of places to be on-line NOW and years to come. As its offers various types of chess games variants as well, real-time, turn-base, vote chess and I'm sure more types will become popular!

I also like to say that its time chess had more then just a simple rating, and have been promoting CXR - Chess Express, Inc. for over the board games in Hawaii, as it too has features that no other present chess rating program gives us. I believe that additional ratings stats such as chess.com has here is helpful to players as well and encourage others to visit CXR web site and see for themselves. Why should only sports games such as baseball, football, basketball, soccer be the only ones that use stats. As Chess Coach an club director I find chess.com and CXR and others that use more then just a chess rating more useful in seeing how players are doing! One day maybe there be a web site that has links to each of the main chess ratings systems we use such as USCF, FIDE, CXR, Chess.com (Internet) ratings and other countries as well and place in each players profile. Now that would be interesting wouldn't it!

If your ever in Hawaii please stop by our Windward Chess & Go Club in at Borders Bookstore, in Kaneohe, Hawaii! To play Chess or Go!

Mahalo,

Frank

by spoji - 2 hours ago
Montreal, QC, CA Canada

Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 24

Way to go Frank!

by Singa - 55 minutes ago
Singapore

Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 112

I would like to be a diamond-member too , but .......................... I would wait and see for a little while longer.

Hawaii MLK Day Top Players and Team Scholastic Results

2008-01-22T23:09:00.000-10:00

MLK tournaments had over 150 players in two section Open and Novice the top winners were;
Charles Sonido wins Open section with another perfect 6-0-0 score for 1st place his second this season, John Iinuma with 5-0-1 score wins 2nd place, Tristan Kaonohi with tie breaks wins 3rd place 5-1-0. In the Novice section Jonathan Addiss wins with 7-0-1 score for 1st place, 2nd place Duke Mailolo with 7-1-0 score, and 3rd place two-way tie Ilya Sherstyyuk, Reece Lee 5-2-1 score.

In the Team section the Overall teams were High School: Punahou School, Honolulu with 19 points 1st in High School, In Middle School: Kamehameha Middle, Honolulu with 18 points and Elementary School: 1st place, Mililani Ike Elementary, Mililani, had 16 points!

TD Guy P. Ontai & Asst TD Randy Prothero with special thanks to all the parents and coaches supporting and assisting their respective teams an tournament activities! Also Washington Middle School for providing with this larger venue as our tournaments continue to get larger!

HICL & CXR ratings reports will be updated shortly!

Next tournament is February 18 - President's Day Scholastic.

Next USCF Tournament is February 9th The Hawaii State G/45 Championship!

See www.hawaiichess.org for calendar of events as well as tournament details and entry forms!

Robert Fischer will be remember for his achievements in Chess!

2008-01-19T14:14:00.000-10:00

A few days ago the world learn that the 1972 - 1975 -World Chess Championship Bobby Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) passed away at the age of 64! Some of my friends and family members emailed me and called me to inform me, I only met Fischer once briefly in 1972 while still in high school he asked us where the kibitzing room at while visiting a tournament, so did not know him personally! He died at fairly young age matching the total squares on a chessboard, sixty-four. Many have given their opinion of this American Chess player, mostly good for his part in chess history and his style of chess playing at a most difficult time in world history!

True he became more paranoid while away from USA and unfortunately only a few people could reach him, but could not change him! What he said during these later years is not easily forgiven nor his actions later in his life.

His earlier years via his chess playing he influence many including myself, and to this day I play chess and mostly teach the game to our young players at various clubs and classes! And seeing these young players discover the game and its many delights of winning and frustration when losing, they still come back another day with a better plan if they put some effort into learning more about the game's history and the tactic's needed to play a better game.

Not everyone will become a chess champion, same as not everyone will win the Superbowl, but chess being an individual game makes it an even more interesting game as only you can make it better for yourself by studying and playing as often as possible and make new friends along the way, not just over the OTB - over-the-board, but on the Internet and the clubs you take part in.

Chess has been changing besides reading material, as we now have computer programs that can assist us in studying the game, chess does not currently have all the stats like other sports that people can look at, nor is easy to sit and watch chess players play! So most only see and study a players chess notation (of the game played) or find it on the Internet as part of someones else's analysis of another game that is similar. The game it self is limited to only 64 squares so I'm sure it will change again as there many variants out their now, and has changed over 500 years ago when it arrived in Europe. there may be other games more complex but chess as we know it now is a challenge and one that keep us thinking for the next best move!

To this day I still play chess with old friends and new friends on the Internet as well as our local clubs, tournaments and as coach I enjoy teaching and playing chess with our young players as they will be our future chess players and possible leaders of tomorrow. Teaching them about good sportsmanship and playing to have fun and to apply some of the things we learn by playing chess, thinking things throughly is a good thing! As I hear many people say I do not have time to THINK!

Everything we do requires us to think and sometimes its to do something Right or Wrong! Hopefully with chess the process is made easier and people can make better choices for themselves as well as their community and throughout their life! So look for a nearby chess club its never to late to start playing and learning chess or any game you chose to exercise the mind with! So are you ready for a game of CHESS!!

Paul V. Smith returns to Hawaii Chess Circuit

2008-01-12T21:59:00.000-10:00

The Town Center of Mililani

Hawaii had its first Chess tournament today in the new year 2008! And after a eight year absence PAUL V SMITH returned to chess tournament action. he had a little rough start losing to our regular tournament player DATRIS ANTONIO ROBINSON but won the next four games and won the small Mililani Chess Day Tournament. in 2nd place came ARTEMIO DELA CRUZ and 3rd place WILLIAM P SHEA. TD Randy Prothero! Randy mention it was great beautiful day to play chess at the town center!

With the Scholastic Championships around the corner, we would expect more scholastic players to play in these monthly USCF & CXR rated events, hmm as well myself! :-(

Next scholastic tournament is Jan 21 (MLK Day) at (new playing location) - Washington Middle School and next month on February 9th - State Action Championships G/45, see www.hawaiichess.org for details at the Town Center of Mililani! TD Guy P. Ontai for both upcoming events!

Suggestion: So better not only dust off the Chess & Go boards, but those chess & go books and chess & go programs, G/5 minute games is fun, but not good for slow championship games preparing! So the next step is to visit your local chess clubs otherwise the same players will keep winning these tournaments! Just like any other sport the more time quality practice time the better your performance over the chess or go board!

Mark Stitham mention a new (to me) a free web site for playing on-line chess at http://chess.com and Fred Haley mention another new web site for playing Go on 9x9 or 13x13 board program (standalone program) that is also free to download at www.gokgs.com. So no excuses if your not ready for the Hawaii Championships!

Hawaii Warriors were ill prepare for the Georgia football players relentlessness blitz, so don't get caught over the chessboard or go board the same way!

http://chess.com my ID is frank713 as well as at KGS, http;//chess.ac, and ICC

Windward Chess Club Quads & Beautiful Sunset in Kaneohe!

2008-01-11T22:15:00.000-10:00

Windward Chess Club in Action!

Sunset in Kaneohe!

2008 has started very well and so has Windward Chess & Go Club as we returned after holidays to Borders Bookstore at Windward Mall, meeting on Mondays 6:00pm to 9:00pm. We had two CXR rated quads (last week) and had players asking why we don't do more, I said we would we get enough players to play on Mondays we will!

We not just play Chess but Go as well, as Windward Chess & Go Club is affiliated, with CXR www.cxrchess.org, AGA www.usgo.org and USCF www.uschess.org Borders has lots of chess books and a few go books, so there is another way to improve your game "reading! "

Please give Rep. Cynthia Thielen a Big Mahalo as she and others assisted us in getting back to Windward Mall via Borders Bookstore who has been very supportive to our group!

This month HCF has two tournaments scheduled USCF rated Mililani Chess Day Jan 12, 2008 at Mililani Town Center, TD Randy Prothero and CXR rated MLK Scholastic Tournament Open and Novice sections Jan 21, 2008, at new location Washington Middle School, TD Guy P. Ontai. See www.hawaiichess.org for additional details.

2007 North American Tournament Results

2007-12-30T23:20:00.000-10:00

North American Open 2007
December 26-29, 2007
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Organized by the Continental Chess Association

Over 600 players participated in the North American Open at Bally's Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas. Final standings for all sections are now posted as well as a pgn file of 60 games played in the Open Section at www.chesstournamentservices.com/nao. You can also find some games from this event at Monroi

Hawaii had several players; playing they were: Open Section, Robert Lau, Cornelius Rubsamen, Paul Iinuma, U2100 Pablo D Pena, Ruben Ondangan Jr., U1900: Chet Gionson, U1700 Sean K Lee, Guy P. Ontai, Garyk P Ontai, Beau Mueller, U1500: Tristan Kaonohi, Likeke Aipa, U1200: Irving Weber, you can see their results in the link above! Congrats to all of them as they played some very strong players from across the country and various countries and we hope to see more of them as well as myself playing in our local tournaments as well!

Five of the players are scholastic players, Robert played in the Open section Sean & Garyk in the u1700 and Tristan and Likeke played in the U1500, all of them had their USCF ratings improved with their results as well as CXR ratings for some of them! Chet Gionson came in tied for 4th in the U1900 section, and Tristan Kaonohi came in tied for 2nd in the U1500 section, only lost was to the U1500 winner!

Reminder Hawaii's next scholastic chess tournament is January 21, at Washington Middle school, see www.hawaiichess.org for tournament details and entry form.

To see one of Cornelius Rubsamen, 2257 games see Monroi link against GM Melikset Khachiyan, 2594.

As of 12/31/2007

* Refer to HICL Standings Roster

CXR Top 100 Active Players

Rank	CXR Rating	Player Name	Affiliate	City	St/Prv	Player ID
1	2680	GM Joel Benjamin	New York Masters	New York	NY	38-V
2	2666	GM Larry Christiansen	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	19-K
3	2628	GM Sergey Kudrin	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	7415-R
4	2592	GM Eugene Perelshteyn	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	3009-F
5	2585	Yury Lapshun	New York Masters	New York	NY	50-G
6	2569	GM Pawel Blehm	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	6250-E
7	2546	GM Alex Stripunsky	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	37-C
8	2524	IM Davorin Kuljasevic	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	6240-K
9	2499	IM Irina Krush	New York Masters	New York	NY	35-V
10	2497	IM Eli Vovsha	New York Masters	New York	NY	174-B
11	2485	IM Drasko Boskovic	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	7403-B
12	2449	IM Lev Milman	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	181-E
13	2448	FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	3011-T
14	2441	NM Denys Shmelov	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	7426-J
15	2425	FM Oleg Zaikov	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	6237-R
16	2392	Jonathan Schroer	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	3043-Y
17	2386	FM Aviv Friedman	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	7597-H
18	2363	IM Richard Costigan	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	3022-N
19	2359	Robert Hess	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	1007-J
20	2350	Andrei Zaremba	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	1086-M
21	2336	IM Lawrence Charles Kaufman	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	3033-F
22	2321	Bryan Smith	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	99803-N
23	2312	IM Ron Burnett	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	77-J
24	2307	FM Marcel Martinez	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	3010-W
25	2301	FM James Critelli	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	7406-T
26	2295	NM Elvin Wilson	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	3023-Q
27	2288	FM Todd Andrews	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	6232-R
28	2269	Eric Rodriguez	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	7420-Y
29	2260	NM Mackenzie Molner	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	1022-B
30	2226	WIM Tsaagan Batsettseg	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	3014-R
31	2225	NM Michael Khodarkovsky	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	7414-Y
32	2195	WFM Bayaraa Zorigt	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	7435-Y
33	2186	Aleksander Stamnov	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7591-C
34	2169	Luis Barredo	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	6252-A
35	2157	Udayan Bapat	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	7400-M
36	2132	Isaac Hagerling	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7636-B
37	2128	WFM Irina Zenyuk	New York Masters	New York	NY	163-B
38	2119	NM Ilya Krasik	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	3007-Y
39	2101	NM Jerry Wheeler	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	6236-T
40	2090	Gerald Larson	U. S. Chess League	USA	NY	6515-W
41	2085	Michael Thaler	New York Masters	New York	NY	99804-R
42	1898	Samuel Ford	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7637-C
43	1736	Charles Sonido *HICL 2nd	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	1537-V
44	1735	Isaiah Pettye	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7589-C
45	1731	M-Barrie Richmond-Md	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7655-K
46	1707	John Iinuma *HICL 1st	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	1150-F
47	1690	Tyler Lerner	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7508-H
48	1674	Jiri Kabelac	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7454-W
49	1661	James Demos	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7498-H
50	1648	Dimitrios Kosteris	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7638-K
51	1592	Frank Alejandro	Windward Chess and Go Club	Kaneohe	HI	1501-J
52	1592	Thomas Wu	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7516-N
53	1584	Benny Rivera	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7512-Q
54	1512	Anthony Martorana	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7794-H
55	1504	Tristan Kaonohi *HICL 10th	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	1556-X
56	1490	Stephen Mau *HICL 6th	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	6249-T
57	1466	Kyle Pratt	Simcoe County Chess Club	Simcoe County	ON	6197-M
58	1466	Zachary Holecek	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7504-T
59	1460	Tony Christian	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7639-F
60	1451	Kenton Steffens	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7656-Y
61	1433	Likeke Aipa *HICL 7th	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	3708-Y
62	1427	Gage Miyagi	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7657-T
63	1426	Alex Bian	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7497-C
64	1419	Richard Wagner	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7795-A
65	1409	Marissa Wai *HICL 3rd	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	81599-M
66	1387	Aaron Bright	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	3612-R
67	1385	Brian Obrien	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7796-P
68	1385	M Pergeorelis	Delaware Catholic Schools	New Castle	DE	6873-Q
69	1372	Michael Osborne	Simcoe County Chess Club	Simcoe County	ON	7634-C
70	1356	Eldon Nakagawa *HICL 4th	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	7140-N
71	1351	Daniel Parmet	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7640-A
72	1338	Jack Hanson	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7502-F
73	1332	Bradley Guan	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7501-B
74	1320	Louis Shekhtman	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7798-F
75	1316	Victoria Bian	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7660-M
76	1316	Eric Parfenoff	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7658-R
77	1311	Adele Padgett	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7797-X
78	1302	Kane Yi *HICL 28th	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	3672-G
79	1300	Raimondo Brown	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7659-G
80	1300	Andrew Shao	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7513-A
81	1298	Mark Spitzig	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7641-W
82	1282	Robby Hecht	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7609-H
83	1271	Danny Ginzburg	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7799-Q
84	1269	Alfred Burton	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7642-E
85	1267	Kurt Achiu *HICL 8th	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	3653-D
86	1260	Roy Yang *HICL 22nd	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	82004-G
87	1244	Jazz Evangilista *HICL 17th	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	7572-J
88	1237	Jonathan Pan	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7661-R
89	1231	Evan Handler	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7800-C
90	1224	Ryan Hara *HICL 21st	Assets School Chess Team	Honolulu	HI	1550-V
91	1223	Ethan T	Ellenboro Tigers Chess Club	Ellenboro	NC	81436-N
92	1219	Nathan Nakamoto *HICL 38th	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	3673-W
93	1214	Irving Weber	Windward Chess and Go Club	Kaneohe	HI	3645-K
94	1214	Brandon Lung	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7610-H
95	1214	Kevin Durkin *HICL 14th	Assets School Chess Team	Honolulu	HI	7459-G
96	1212	Connor Lawhorn *HICL 33rd	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	3608-E
97	1198	Nedim Bajramovic	Renaissance Knights	Chicago	IL	7447-R
98	1194	Ashbea Oyadamari *HICL 20th	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	3606-B
99	1184	Thaddeus Padua *HICL 18th	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	81755-T
100	1183	Taro Kobayashi *HICL 31st	Oahu Scholastic Chess Group	Oahu	HI	3671-J

Another trivia photo?

2007-12-28T15:24:00.000-10:00

What is the name of this building? There is some hints in the photo! No its not called the "Rook" as far as I know! Hmm they started building in 1386! A good friend of mine just visited and temperature there was about 20 degree's another hint!

Heard he is having grand time snowboarding the Alps! Yep, one the same guys who crossed the Pacific Ocean via 30 ft catamaran sailboat in May 2007, see adventure link.

Answer is:

Duomo di Milano

Was guessed correctly on first attempt! Its in Italy of course!

ERIC LUI TO REP N.A. AT WORLD YOUTH:

2007-12-25T00:05:00.000-10:00

Eric Lui 8d has been selected to represent North America in the 6th World Student Go Championship in Tokyo in February, American Go Association President Michael Lash announced last weekend. Lui, a student at Carnegie Mellon University, was selected “based on proven AGA ratings from among those eligible,” Lash said. “Eric has been a rising star in the AGA since a very young age and earns his rating with a lot of competition.” Lui finished second in this year’s ING Redmond at the U.S. Go Congress, finishing in the top ten for the last three years. Lui took 5th in the 2007 US Open and won both the 2007 New Jersey Ing Master Qualifier and the 2007 Maryland Open. “Eric will take a short break from his studies to compete over the goban,” Lash added, “We wish him the best.

Originally reported by Ejournal - American Go Association 12/24/2007

THE SECOND US YOUTH GO CHAMPIONSHIP - sponsored by The Ing Foundation

2007-12-18T00:06:00.000-10:00

Reported by Paul Barchilon, AGA EJournal Youth Editor - www.usgo.org

FENG YUN TO HOST USYGC FINALS: The United States Youth Go Championship (USYGC) finals will be hosted by the Feng Yun Go School in New Jersey, announced AGA President Michael Lash. All eight USYGC qualifier locations have now been selected and will be held in Honolulu, HI, Tacoma, WA, San Francisco, CA, Boulder, CO, Phoenix, AZ, Chicago, IL, New Jersey, and Newton, MA. Last year Feng Yun pulled in 51 young players at her qualifier, and with 99 AGA youth members registered at her school, a strong showing is expected in New Jersey. The USYGC will once again be run using Ing rules, with an 8 point komi. The Senior division is for youth 12 through 17 years old, and the Junior division for kids 11 and under.

In a change from last year's policy, kids and teens can register for any qualifier up to just before it begins. However, only youth who have joined the AGA by January 1, 2008 will be eligible to move on to the finals. Youth memberships (link) are just $10 and in addition to the Member’s Edition of the E-Journal – which includes commented game records – young members could win a trip to the finals and from there to the World Youth Championships. “The USYGC isn't just for strong kids,” Lash notes, “players of any strength are encouraged to compete." New players can gain tournament experience by competing directly in local events.

The American Go Foundation will again provide sixteen $400 scholarships to either the East or West US go camp. First-place winners in each qualifier and age group will get first choice; if they decline, the scholarships will be distributed to other eligible kids at a qualifier. If no youth at a given qualifier are able to attend a camp, the scholarships can be used by kids from another qualifier, providing those who play in the USYGC with a good shot at one of the 16 camp scholarships even if they don't win. Feng Yun will also be offering $400 scholarships to the 2008
Feng Yun Summer Go Camp, and any USYGC finalist may elect to go to her camp instead.

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The AGA is pleased to present another season of national individual competition for U.S. youth, sponsored by The Ing Chang-ki Wei-chi Education Foundation. Our goal for this program is to create more and better opportunities for American resident youth to compete at higher levels, make new friends with their go-playing peers and others, recognize that there is a long-term view of playing go in the U.S. and ultimately, select the United States representatives in international competition.

Finalists selected at a series of regional tournaments will meet in May for the finals. The winners of the Senior and Junior Divisions will represent the US in the World Youth Goe Championship next summer. The American Go Foundation will also provide each finalist with a $400 scholarship to this year's AGA Summer Go Camp. Finalists can also choose a $400 scholarship to The 3rd Feng Yun Youth Summer Go Camp in China 2008. Contact Ms. Feng directly if you are interested in more information about those scholarships.

Click here for the official tournament rules, eligibility and other information. For additional information regarding this event contact the coordinator, Nicole Casanta. For 2007 results please use this page.

Actual locations and dates TBD.

DATE	INFO
	Tacoma, WA Gordon Castanza
	Honolulu, Hawaii Frank Alejandro
	Boulder, CO Paul Barchilon
	New Jersey Feng Yun
	Newton, MA Ke Lu
	San Francisco, CA Steve Burrall
	Arizona Go Club Phoenix, AZ Ruka Murugan

Hawaii Winter Scholastic Tournament - results

2007-12-16T23:25:00.000-10:00

Dec 15 Hawaii Winter Scholastic Tournament was about to start and had about 112 players in both Open and Novice sections and TD Guy Ontai & Randy Prothero had everything under control to start the 6 round tournament.

But just a few minutes before the the player / coaches meeting, Guy was informed that there was another group scheduled to use the venue later in the evening, but the problem was they needed the venue sooner! So the compromise was a 5 round tournament and no scheduled lunch. With everyone's help the event ended in record time and all awards were handed quickly.

When dust settled the only undefeated co-winners in the Open section were John Iinuma and Marissa Wai both with 5 - 0- 0 records John winning on tie-breakers this time, at Le Jardin Academy he came in 2nd due to tie-breakers. 3rd place went Stephen Mau on tie-breakers with 10 other player with 4 points each. In the Novice section Joshua Hsi with 6.5 points out 7 won 1st, 2nd went to Duke Mailolo with 5.5 points, 3rd to Alex Rambaud with 5 points.

Top three teams were 1st place Pearl City High School with 18 points, Hanala 2nd place with 13 points and 3rd place Mililani Middle School with 12.5 points.

One other item that needs to be mention is that the next three tournaments will have a fourse awards sections in the Open section, K -3rd, K-6th, K-8th, and K-12th, so more awards and and we expecte lots more players hence the new the venue!

Believe everyone had fun and even had a little Go game action on side between rounds, as Hawaii will once again be having one of the eight U.S Youth Go Championship Qualifiers, held around the country. Will announce confirmation and additional details later!

The start of the 2008 Scholastic schedule is below, please note the next two tournaments are at a new location "Washington Middle School" and we hope to see you there!

2008 Hawaii Chess Federation Calendar

Mon 1/21/08 MLK Day Interscholastic G/25 TD: Guy P. Ontai

** New Location Washington Middle School

1663 S. King St. - Honolulu

Open Division - 9am check-in

Novice Division - 10am Check-in

Flyer and Reg Form - Adobe PDF Version

Mon 2/18/08 Presidents Day Interscholastic G/25 TD: Guy P. Ontai

Washington Middle School

1663 S. King St. - Honolulu

Open Division - 9am check-in

Novice Division - 10am Check-in

Flyer and Reg Form - Adobe PDF Version

March 14-15, 2008 2008 State Scholastic Championships TD: Guy P. Ontai

Details TBA

Sat 4/12/08 2008 Girl's State Interscholastic Championships TD: Guy P. Ontai

Aliamanu Middle School

3271 Salt Lake Blvd.

11:30am Check-in - 12:00pm Round 1

Flyer and Reg Form - Adobe PDF Version

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Chess Relearner

2007-12-14T17:56:00.000-10:00

A tournament chess player, having abandoned the game for almost forty years, attempts to make a comeback and relearn the game of chess.

Monday, October 1, 2007

The Hawaiian Open: A Tournament in the Spirit of Aloha

For the second year in a row I was able to play in the Hawaiian Open chess tournament, held over the Labor Day weekend in the tourist district of Waikiki, in Honolulu, Hawai`i.

If you've read my editorial blog The Bungerting Baloner or my checker webzine The Checker Maven for any length of time, you'll know that Honolulu is our second residence and we spend some amount of time there throughout the year. For the last two years, I've been able to arrange things so that we were there for the tournament.

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Chess Master Daniel Naroditsky with KRON 4's Vern Glenn

2007-12-01T23:47:00.000-10:00