June 22, 2010
A Parent’s Guide to Chess in the San Francisco Bay Area:
Bay Area chess parents have many resources available to help establish their children’s chess calendar. Two of my favorite Northern California chess websites are listed below.
1) SiliconValleyChess.com
This is the web site to visit to get all the latest information on children’s chess events in Norther California. SiliconValleyChess.com features an easy to use Bay Area scholastic chess calendar that offers links to the top children’s chess events in the Silicon Valley Area. Rated tournaments listed on SiliconValleyChess.com are a part of a yearly scholastic chess grand prix which awards special prizes to the Bay Area’s top young chess players. A regularly updated scholastic chess leader board allows all competing children to view their position in relation to the other young chess players in Northern California.
2) FremontChess.com
The best website to find out information on scholastic chess in Fremont, California. FremontChess.com enables parents to easily find chess coaches teaching in Fremont. This website also features stories on the top scholastic chess players in Fremont including Fremont’s National Champion Elementary Chess Teams. Also, included on FremontChess.com is a calendar which depicts many of the best scholastic chess opportunities in Fremont, California.
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February 8, 2010
A children’s chess quad run by the Torres Chess and Music Academy is the ideal way for new chess players to begin playing in tournaments. Children are separated into groups of four based on rating and age so that each quad tournament represents the closest chess experience grouping possible. This structure assures that all three chess games a child in are winnable and instructive. All Torres Chess and Music Academy tournaments have a group of outstanding master chess teachers on hand to review the child’s game as soon as he/she finishes it. At Torres Chess and Music Academy tournaments a loss is never just a loss. Instead a loss is a unique opportunity to grow as a chess player under the supervision of the very best chess coaches.
Today the Torres Chess and Music Academy ran a children’s chess quad tournament in Sunnyvale, California. Our tournament was hosted at the beautiful South Peninsula Hebrew Day School site. On hand were scores of enthusiastic young chess players as well as TCAMA coaches Chris Torres, Tans Hylkema, Kenneth Kirkland and Saurabh Gupta. Plenty of children left with trophies while even more left with consolation prize medals. All children who attended left with a better understanding of chess than they arrived with. Below are the cross tables from todays event. I will provide some games and photographs in a future post.
Q# |
FIRST NAME |
LAST NAME |
SCHOOL |
USCF ID |
RATING |
PLAYER 1 |
PLAYER 2 |
PLAYER 3 |
PLAYER 4 |
TOTAL |
Q1 |
SERGEY |
GASPARYAN |
LWS |
13708417 |
1292 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
TRUMAN |
LEUNG |
|
13520267 |
1210 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
ALBERT |
SUI |
CHADBOURNE |
13590730 |
754 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
OJAS |
ARUN |
MSJES |
14192020 |
683 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q2 |
SOORYA |
KUPPAM |
MSJES |
14267883 |
689 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SABRINA |
LEUNG |
|
13545068 |
898 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
2 |
KEVIN |
MAO |
HIRSCH |
14137754 |
534 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
2 |
LUKE |
ZHAO |
MSJES |
14282042 |
500 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q3 |
DANIEL |
HU |
ALMOND |
14137733 |
455 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
SEAN |
CROFUT |
COLLINS |
14135537 |
424 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
RHYS |
GIROUARD |
JOHN MUIR SB |
14207710 |
390 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
ALBERT |
QIU |
COLLINS |
14137775 |
388 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q4 |
MARSHAL |
HATFIELD |
PARKMONT |
14212354 |
283 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
VIVEK |
POKALA |
COLLINS |
14137905 |
204 |
0 |
|
0.5 |
1 |
1.5 |
ADITYA |
MENON |
COLLINS |
14176302 |
112 |
0 |
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
1 |
RAVI |
VARMA |
MUIR |
14176240 |
114 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q5 |
RUSHABH |
SHAH |
COLLINS |
14204003 |
105 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
SHREYASH |
GUPTA |
GARDEN GATE |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
ANOOP |
BHAT |
COLLINS |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
JAMIN |
CHEN |
MONTESSORI |
14298006 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q6 |
WILLIAM |
QIU |
COLLINS |
NEW |
0 |
|
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
RIO |
VAZQUEZ |
ST. NICHOLAS |
NEW |
0 |
0.5 |
|
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
ANEESH |
BHAT |
COLLINS |
NEW |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
X |
2 |
PRATIK |
MULPURY |
LOYOLA |
NEW |
0 |
1 |
1 |
F |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q7 |
ALVIN |
CAI |
DELPHI |
NEW |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
FAVEO |
HOEROLD |
COLLINS |
14346836 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
DANILA |
KARABELNIKAU |
MUIR |
14349967 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
ASHWIN |
NATHAN |
MUIR |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q8 |
RYAN |
SU |
LACS |
NEW |
0 |
|
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
2.5 |
NIVEN |
JAYANTHI |
JOHN MUIR SB |
NEW |
0 |
0.5 |
|
1 |
0.5 |
2 |
JOSEPH |
YOON |
LACS |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
KEITH |
ANDREWS |
CRESTMOOR |
14339447 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q9 |
HARRISON |
CHEN |
STOCKLMEIR |
NEW |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
ZACHARY |
CHEN |
LOYOLA |
NEW |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
MORIAH |
ELDAR |
SPHDS |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
VICTOR |
LEE |
DELPHI |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q10 |
ANISH |
SUNDAR |
COLLINS |
NEW |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
AMRITA |
MENON |
COLLINS |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
BEN |
FERREL |
ST. NICHOLAS |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
X |
1 |
DERRON |
MENDEL |
SPHDS |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
1 |
F |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q11 |
ORI |
SHANI |
|
14298012 |
0 |
|
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
2.5 |
JESSE |
CHEN |
MONTESSORI |
NEW |
0 |
0.5 |
|
1 |
1 |
2.5 |
PHILIP |
CULBERTSON |
LACS |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.5 |
0.5 |
GABRIEL |
GELLER |
SPHDS |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q12 |
ANTHONY |
LIU |
DELPHI |
NEW |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
CHEZKY |
FELSEN |
|
NEW |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
RONIT |
PATTANAYAK |
DELPHI |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
COLE |
RINENBACH |
LACS |
NEW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
Standings. SPHDS QUAD 13 FEB 10: QUAD 13 |
Name |
ID |
Rtng |
Team |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Tot |
1 |
MOSHE FELSEN |
|
unr. |
SPHDS |
W2 |
W3 |
W5 |
3 |
2 |
SHARV UTPAT |
|
unr. |
DELPHI |
L1 |
W5 |
W4 |
2 |
3 |
MORGAN STOLPMAN |
|
unr. |
LACS |
W4 |
L1 |
B— |
2 |
4 |
SHION TAKIGUCHI |
|
unr. |
MUIRC |
L3 |
B— |
L2 |
1 |
5 |
RAI MADHAV |
|
unr. |
|
B— |
L2 |
L1 |
1 |
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