Aloha Hawaii chess players and friends,
Good news! Windward Chess Club WILL be meeting tonight Jan 18 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at Windward Mall - Center stage area, for the first time this new year. We will have lessons end game study. I kept seeing lots of games drawn or lost due to not knowing how to win with material advantage at the MLK Scholastic tournament. And there will Quads for those interested in rated CXR games to keep the tournament skill edge up.
Robert Lau out scored the rest of the "Open section" group with a 5 1/2 score to win the overall 1st award, also staying on top of the National standings HICL CXR standings as well as retaking the lead in the local seasonal standing in the HICL - Hawaii Interscholastic Chess League with a 1545 rating and a 11-0-1 after only two tournaments! John Iinumna continue on his quest to regain the HICL lead with a rating of 1520 and a 15-2-1 record in three tournaments, Christopher Wong at 1473 and a 13-3-2 record after three tournaments is in third place. With only one more tournament to be rated by HICL it down to the wire at the Presidents Day Team Scholastic tournament. Best of luck to all involved!
MLK Day Tournament Overall Winners
1st - Robert Lau (HomeH) (CXR 2031) (HICL 1525) 5.5
2nd - John Iinuma (PCHS) (CXR 1634) (HICL 1520) 5.0
3rd- Denton Lee (PCHS) (CXR 1778) (HICL 1450) 5.0
High school division Winners
1st - Bright, Aaron (MoHS) (CXR 1398) (HICL 1396) 5.0 WCC
2nd - Richey, Chris (RadHS) (CXR 1178) (HICL1327) 5.0
3rd - Otsuka, Kevin (Iolani) (CXR 1318 ) (HICL 1351) 5.0
Intermediate Division Winners
1st - Amore, Matthew (MaryIS) (CXR 1171) (HICL 1267) 4.0
2nd - Kobayashi, Taro (PCHIS) (CXR 1190) (HICL 1223) 3.5
3rd - Whalen, Cameron (MaryIS) (CXR 1110 ) (HICL 1221) 3.5
Elementary division Winners
1st - Swartworth, William (LeJarE) (CXR 1372) (HICL 1363) 4.0 WCC
2nd - Morikawa, Mickey (MaryIS) (CXR 1064) (HICL 1220) 4.0
3rd - Lum, Blaise Kapena (MaryES) (CXR 1063) (HICL 1210) 4.0
Novice Section A– Prize Report
1st - Kidani, Kimberly (13,MaryIS) 6.5
2nd - Benavitz, Walter (8,HomeIS) 6.5
3rd - Krienke, Marissa (5,HomeIS) 6.0 WCC
To review the rest MLK Day Tournament results go to the HCF results page .
For the National HICL CXR standing go to the HICL CXR standings
For the local HICL standings go to the HICL seasonal standings
The next tournament is the Presidents Day Scholastic on Feb 20 at Aliamanu Intermediate School This will be the last local HICL rated tournament this school year (To qualify for performance of end of year awards), the rest of scholastic scheduled will be rated by CXR but will not be rated by HICL! All HICL awards will be handed out at the March 11 tournament to be held at Windward Community College! See HCF web site for schedule!
Mahalo,
Frank H. Alejandro
Windward Chess Club Director
HICL / CXR Ratings Administrator
Chess Coach
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Windward Chess News & Special events
Aloha & Happy New Year,
First Monday, January 16th HCF, has scheduled the MLK Day Scholastic Tournament the first tournament this year at Aliamanu Intermediate School, TD Guy Onati & Randy Prothero. See www.hawaiichess.org for details and entry form. HICL top performer's battles are ongoing as we complete each scholastic tournament, only a few players have reached the required 18 games needed to qualify, so after this tournament the HICL picture will be clearer. This may be the last of full Open play tournament "open k-12th" this school year!
Since the next tournament on Feb 20 is a team's tournaments all players can still play, just will be placed in team with other school players if you do not have four players from one school. Schools are allowed more than one team.
The last scholastic tournament currently scheduled for this school year in the HCF web site www.hawaiichess.org is the March 10 - 11 Hawaii Divisions Championships, in High school division K -12th invited, Intermediate school divsvison K -8th and Elementary school division K - 6th you can only enter in one division. This last tournament may not be rated by HICL if we have no open tournament at Kahuku in April. If we do then we will count the March tournament as well and make presentations at Kakuhu for the HICL top rating performance players awards 2005 -2006 season for Overall, High, Intermediate, and elementary.
Either way all scholastic tournaments will be rated by (CXR) Chess Express, Inc, based in New York. see www.chess-express.com. This is a National rating system and includes your USCF tournaments in Hawaii and mainland if I'm made of the mainland tournaments prior to playing in them I will rate for you via CXR!
Second, after seven weeks at Times Coffee Shop due to holidays, WM management has invited Windward Chess Club back, starting today January 11th, but I failed to submit the the contract paperwork in a timely fashion so NO MEETING tonight at the mall. Its totally my fault and we hope to get approval from GGP in, Chicago, IL the main office by next week, if not we meet there after approval is given and paperwork and contract has been signed and approved. We have have been meeting at Windward Mall since Oct 2001 and we look forward to many more years of meeting there. Its good for the community and Windward Mall.
Note sometime in April / May 2006, Windward Mall will been starting a $23 million upgrade and so due to construction in the mall during that time we will not be meeting there. We will be seeking another meeting place so any suggestions please email ASP! We expect to return to the Windward Mall after the construction period but that is pending approval by GGP as well!
Mahalo,
Frank H. Alejandro
frank713@windwardchess.org
First Monday, January 16th HCF, has scheduled the MLK Day Scholastic Tournament the first tournament this year at Aliamanu Intermediate School, TD Guy Onati & Randy Prothero. See www.hawaiichess.org for details and entry form. HICL top performer's battles are ongoing as we complete each scholastic tournament, only a few players have reached the required 18 games needed to qualify, so after this tournament the HICL picture will be clearer. This may be the last of full Open play tournament "open k-12th" this school year!
Since the next tournament on Feb 20 is a team's tournaments all players can still play, just will be placed in team with other school players if you do not have four players from one school. Schools are allowed more than one team.
The last scholastic tournament currently scheduled for this school year in the HCF web site www.hawaiichess.org is the March 10 - 11 Hawaii Divisions Championships, in High school division K -12th invited, Intermediate school divsvison K -8th and Elementary school division K - 6th you can only enter in one division. This last tournament may not be rated by HICL if we have no open tournament at Kahuku in April. If we do then we will count the March tournament as well and make presentations at Kakuhu for the HICL top rating performance players awards 2005 -2006 season for Overall, High, Intermediate, and elementary.
Either way all scholastic tournaments will be rated by (CXR) Chess Express, Inc, based in New York. see www.chess-express.com. This is a National rating system and includes your USCF tournaments in Hawaii and mainland if I'm made of the mainland tournaments prior to playing in them I will rate for you via CXR!
Second, after seven weeks at Times Coffee Shop due to holidays, WM management has invited Windward Chess Club back, starting today January 11th, but I failed to submit the the contract paperwork in a timely fashion so NO MEETING tonight at the mall. Its totally my fault and we hope to get approval from GGP in, Chicago, IL the main office by next week, if not we meet there after approval is given and paperwork and contract has been signed and approved. We have have been meeting at Windward Mall since Oct 2001 and we look forward to many more years of meeting there. Its good for the community and Windward Mall.
Note sometime in April / May 2006, Windward Mall will been starting a $23 million upgrade and so due to construction in the mall during that time we will not be meeting there. We will be seeking another meeting place so any suggestions please email ASP! We expect to return to the Windward Mall after the construction period but that is pending approval by GGP as well!
Mahalo,
Frank H. Alejandro
frank713@windwardchess.org
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