Global Concepts "CHESS CLUB"

Valentine's Day Chess Tournament

2012-01-31T16:33:00.000-08:00

The Valentine’s Day Tournament (Blizzard Bowl)

If you love chess come on down and join us on

February 11th, from 10am to 3pm at Global Concepts Charter School

6 sections to choose from:
(3 scholastic):U1400, U700, unrated, all times G/30. Medals for top 3 in each scholastic section.
(3 adult sections): Open, U1600, adult unrated all times G/45,d5.

EF: $5 all sections. PLEASE BRING A LUNCH.
There will be baskets to raffle.

To register send info. to Mr. Cirillo at cirilloav@yahoo.com
Cupid needs to know your , Name, USCF# and section you wish to play in. THANK YOU.

"Blizzard Challenge" ... RESULTS...

2012-01-23T17:56:00.000-08:00

First we would like to give a Huge Thanks to “SONWIL Distribution", and Mr. P. Wilson, for sponsoring such a wonderful and successful chess tournament this past Saturday. The “Blizzard Challenge” as it was called brought together players from near and far; as far as Erie PA, all 59 players came to do battle and see who had the better chess teams.
The USCF affiliate “QueensKnight Scholastic Chess” organized the players into 5 sections. The scholastic players which formed a K-5, K-8, and a K-12 grouping formed their respective teams in each section. The other two sections were a rated “Open” section and an “Unrated Adult” section.

The results were as follows:

K-5 Teams:

1. Global Concepts Chess Club “Champions” (10pts)
2. Homeschoolers “2nd place” (6pts)
3. Erie PA “3rd place” (5pts)

K-5 Individuals:

1. Christopher Dunsworth “Champion” (4pts)
2. Roman Castle (3pts)
3. Benjamin Rummell (3pts)
4. Kamal Ali (3pts)
5. Megan Meloon (2pts)

K-8 Teams:

1. Homeschoolers “Champions” (13.5pts)
2. Pioneer “2nd place” (8.5pts)
3. Global Concepts Chess Club “3rd place” (6.5pts)

K-8 Individuals:

1. Reagan Lyle “Champion” (4pts)
2. Kevin Lyle (4pts)
3. Thomas Blum (3pts)
4. Chris Darling (2.5pts)
5. Jacob Meloon (2.5pts)

K-12 Teams:

1. Pioneer “Champions” (11.5pts)
2. Bishop Timon “2nd place” (9.5pts)

K-12 Individuals:

1. Ryan Madden “Champion” (4pts)
2. Nathan Palmisano (3pts)
3. Kyle Kostek (3pts)
4. Matthew Rzeznik (2.5pts)
5. Austin Kossow (2.5)

The Open:

1. Donald Hoak (2pts)
2. Raymond Dunsworth
3. Thomas Warner

Adult Unrated:

1. Robert Simpson (3pts)
2. Mr. Blum
3. Gus Klasse

Finally we had a 3 round BLITZ which was a first for many, and disappointing to some. All top three players went undefeated but….

…the winners by tiebreak were…

1. SAMUEL SANTORA “Champion”
2. CHRIS DARLING
3. RYAN MADDEN

2011 Holiday Season.... Results

2011-12-26T17:45:00.000-08:00

The 2011 Holiday Season Chess Tournament brought out a group of new players which we were happy to accommodate. Last tournament we ventured into a new section and now it has grown to two new sections. We seem to have grown a following for a U1600 Rated Section and a new Unrated Adult Section. We will continue these sections throughout the scholastic year, and a huge thanks goes out to all of you new chess friends who helped create these sections…THANK YOU.

Now let us see how this Holiday season tournament unfolded;

In the Unrated section:
1. Anthony Flores
2. Alexis Burgos
3. Nageeb Umar
In the U700 section:
1. Joshua Benham
2. Tim Keane
3. Alexis Schlaak
In the U1400 section:
1. Max tell
2. Seii Kojo
3. Thomas Blum
In the U1600 section (NEW):
1. Joshua Dunsworth
2. Mathew Leahy
3. Robert Simpson
In the Unrated Adult Section (NEW):
1. Mr. Blum
2. R. Arana
3. G. Klaesse

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AND TO ALL A…

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR.

2011 Fall Festival Results

2011-11-20T16:04:00.000-08:00

This past Saturday QueensKnight Scholastic Chess Club hosted there 2011 Fall Chess Festival at Global Concepts Charter School. The tournament was a great success drawing more than 40 chess players from different schools. Also for the first time we added an under 1600 section which attracted some players to test their skills with the adults and parents. This new section drew 10 chess players, the under 1400 had 10, the U700 attracted 13, while the unrated section hosted 9 young enthusiasts.

Mr. Cirillo would like to give a HUGE THANKS to Mr. Robert Simpson and Mrs. Santora who made the U1600 section all possible. They attracted big chess names from our community, like Dr. Mieth, Mr. Jocko, and Mr. Bahl not to mention Mr. Simpson himself who can play a mean game of chess. A Big Thanks to many others who made this tournament possible; Mr. Doyle, who dedicates his time and energy teaching our kids how to play, Mr. Blum, Mr. Acker, Mr. Klin, and Mr. Kalesse and Mr. Bowers for bringing Timon Bishop players. May I not forget all the other wonderful people who made this all posible, THANK YOU ALL.
Now without further ado here are the results.

Unrated section:

ANTHONY WROBLEWSKI
NAGEEB UMAR
ALEX SIMMONS
COREY McCOOEY
ALEXIS BURGOS

U700 Section:

LOGAN SMITH
DREW M JOHNSON
SEII KOJO
ZAINA ALSADAM
SABRINA CAMPBELL

U1400 Section:

CHRIS DARLING
JAMES WILLIAM LYON
JOHN BLUM
ZACHARY MADDEN
MATTHEW LEAHY

U1600 Section:

MARK MIETH
ROBERT SIMPSON
MIKE JOCKO
SAMUEL SANTORA
DAN BLUM

THANK YOU ALL AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AT OUR HOLIDAY SEASON TOURNAMENT ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2011 AT 10 TO 3. UNTIL THEN I WISH ALL OF YOU A.......

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

4th annual "Halloween Tournament"

2011-10-29T19:02:00.000-07:00

GCCS and QueensKnight hosted their fourth successful annual “Halloween Chess Tournament”. 36 chess players came out to haunt the school. There were 11 “Vampires”, 15 “Werewolves”, and 10 “Zombies” and they were all out for fresh blood. They fought hard for every drop they could squeeze out of their victims. In the end nobody got hurt except the T.D. who with help from the witches barely escaped the onslaught of vampires, werewolves, and hungry zombies. Although, the T.D. still managed to get the last word in… of the results… and this is how it all finished…

“The Vampires” (U1400) were led by:
1. SAMUEL SANTORA
2. KEVIN LYLE
3. JAMES LYON
4. ALEX SHAMROCK
5. JOHN BLUM
“The Werewolves” (U700) ended up like this:
1. NICHOLAS IVON
2. HANNAH CRAWFORD
3. JEREMY ORTEGA
4. MATHEW FRANCE
5. MIGUEL MERCADO
And finally the walking “Zombies” (Unrated) went like this:
1. DANIELLE DOERING
2. SAVANNAH IVON
3. NAGEEB UMAR
4. BRYCE WESTON
5. BROOK WROBLEWSKI
Finally they were all happy, since it was so close to HALLOWEEN…or was it the candy? Well it doesn’t matter the next tournament will be on NOVEMBER 19TH, same place, same time.

“HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY”

The Father Baker 2011 Chess Tournament

2011-10-26T20:15:00.000-07:00

The 2011 Father Baker Chess Tournament had 28 players. They played four rounds and had food and drinks and most importantly they had fun playing chess. Global Concepts had 11 players and in the junior division took two first place trophies. Kayla Rose Block and Roman Castle tied for first place, and all the players took participation medals. In the senior section Sam Santora took first place, James Lyon second and Sabrina Campbell took 3^rd place. Congratulations to all the Players.

The Hispanic Tournament 2011

2011-10-01T08:28:00.000-07:00

The results are in and this is how it all played out in our new location.

In the Unrated section:

MADALYN McCUTHEON
JEREMY ORTEGA
ANTHONY WROBLEWSKI
IMAN ABUHAMRA
MARTINEZ ARMANDO
BROOK LYNN WROBLEWSKI

IN THE UNDER 700 SECTION:

ENYA CIRILLO
MIGUEL MERCADO
MALACHI DOYLE
ZAINA ALSADAM
SABRINA CAMPBELL
MATHEW FRANCE

IN THE UNDER 1400 SECTION THE RESULTS WERE:

KEVIN LYLE
JAMES WILLIAM LYON
DYLAN MEX
ROMAN CASTLE
REAGAN LYLE
ROBERT BERNARD
DAVID PRIMOSCH

Stars and Stripes

2011-07-27T06:15:00.000-07:00

July 18th was our first of two summer tournaments. Stars and Stripes had 8 players and the results were as follows:

MAX TELL
SAMUEL SANTORA
ROMAN CASTLE

Thank you all for attending, see you August 1st, for our final August Summer Bash.

2011 SCHOLASTIC YEAR END CHESS CHALLENGE

2011-06-20T07:12:00.000-07:00

The 2010-2011 school year has finally snuck up and wrapped up and we hosted our last chess tournament in its’ honor. This tournament awarded the top five winners with trophies. The winners were…

In the UNRATED SECTION:

1. ALEXIS SCHLAAK

2. MATTHEW SCHLAAK

3. MADALYN McCUTHEON

4. IAN TORRES

5. MALIK ALBANNA

In the U700 SECTION:

1. ENYA CIRILLO

2. ROMAN CASTLE

3. ZAINA ALSADAM

4. KAYLA ROSE BLOCK

In the U1400 SECTION:

1. SAMUEL SANTORA

2. JACOB MELOON

3. JAMES WILLIAM LYON

4. KEVIN LYLE

5. ROBERT S. BERNARD

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO MAKE THIS CLUB POSSIBLE AND HELP TO MAKE IT RUN SMOOTHLY, FOR THREE YEARS NOW.

ALSO A CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL OUR 8TH GRADERS GRADUATING AND LEAVING OUR SCHOOL, HOPE TO SEE THEM COME BACK, TO OUR TOURNAMENTS NOT TO 8TH GRADE.

IF YOU NEED A CHESS FIX, COME TO OUR SUMMER TOURNAMENTS, OR TO "COFFEE CULTURE" IN WILLIAMSVILLE.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER EVERYBODY

Coffee Culture Chess in Williamsville

2011-06-13T19:28:00.000-07:00

Come and join us for...

CHESS IN THE VILLAGE

Every Monday and Tuesday
June 27th through August 9th
From, 10:00am to 12:00pm**
at
Coffee Culture Café
5590 Main Street
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-204-8287

MOTHER'S DAY TOURNAMENT 2011

2011-05-07T19:13:00.000-07:00

Oh… Moms, what would we do without you…?

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Global Concepts and QueensKnight Scholastic Chess Moms who go out of their way every month and spend half the day watching the children play Chess. We couldn’t do it without you ladies…THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

As for the tournament we had three new winners for each section. 31 Chess players came to show their love for their MOMS and the game of CHESS.

In the Under 1400 section we had Mason Coleman taking the win, his second time since his win in the Hispanic Tournament of 2009, welcome back. Here is how this section finished up:

1. MASON COLEMAN (3.5 PTS)
2. KEVIN LYLE (3.0PTS)
3. JOHN BLUM (3.0PTS)
4. SAMUEL SANTORA (3.0PTS)
5. JACOB MELOON (2.5PTS)

Another first time winner in the Under 700 group was Roman Castle. His mom Mrs. Castle took the triple crown this tournament with her sons portrait, Best Chess mom Mug and her sons’ first Championship. Happy Mother’s Day…and this section finished like this:

1. ROMAN CASTLE (3.5PTS)
2. JIHAN ABDO (3.0PTS)
3. NICHOLAS IVON (3.OPTS)
4. ENYA CIRILLO (2.0PTS)
5. HANNAH CRAWFORD (2.0PTS)

Finally our new and up and comers in the Unrated Section had a first time winner in Kevin Link. The results in this section were:

1. KEVIN LINK (3.0PTS)
2. MALIK ALBANNA (3.0PTS)
3. KAMAL ALI (2.5PTS)
4. ALEXIS SCHLAAK (2.5PTS)
5. GARRETT WEBER (2.0PTS)

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL CHESS MOMS OUT THERE…. WE LOVE YOU ALL…AND THANK YOU.

2011 Junior High (K-9) National Chess Championship Results

2011-04-19T08:40:00.000-07:00

The results are in from the 2011 NATIONAL JUNIOR HIGH CHAMPIONSHIP and there is a lot to report. 16 players forming 4 teams from Western New York traveled to Columbus, Ohio and put on their game faces against the best K thru 9th grade, chess players in the U.S in their corresponding teams. The teams were split into their designated sections according to the United States Chess Federation (USCF) rating system. Out of 326 teams participating the results were as follows for the Western New York Teams:

Taking 17th place in the U750 team section from Global Concepts Charter School were: NICHOLAS IVON (3.5pts), ROMAN CASTLE (3.5pts), SABRINA CAMPBELL (3.5pts), MEGAN MELOON (2.5pts), ENYA CIRILLO (1.5pts).

Taking 19th place in the U1250 team section from Global Concepts Charter School were: JACOB MELOON (3.5pts), DAVID PRIMOSCH (2pts), MASON COLEMAN (1.5pts), HUNTER WEBER (1.5pts).

Taking 13th place in the K-9 Championship section from Pioneer Central School were:
AUSTIN KOSSOW (2pts), NATHAN PALMISANO (2pts), RYAN PALMISANO (2pts). Coached by Tom Warner.

Taking 29th place in the U1000 section a home schooled team made up of two brothers KEVIN LYLE (3pts) and REAGAN LYLE (1pt).

Let us not forget also participating individually were Samuel Santora (4.5pts) and Alexander Campbell (3pts).

The USCF also sponsored a Parents and Friends Tournament on the second day of competition. The USCF took the scores of the parent or friend and combined them with the players score. Western New York had two Mothers win this tournament. In the Rated section Rosemary Warner and Austin Kossow took 1st Place. In the Unrated section Lynn Weber and Hunter Weber took 1st Place. This is Mrs. Weber’s second trophy in this competition she defended her title from last years’ nationals.

We would like to send out a special Thanks to all the parents who made this trip possible...

THANK YOU

For complete standings go to:

http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2011/jhs/?page=RESULTS

For complete USCF crosstables click here:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201104177821-13972096

“CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS”

The Irish Have Spoken

2011-03-12T19:38:00.000-08:00

The results are in and the tables have been turned by the Leprachaun's.
The Luck of the Irish would like to extend their thanks to the Chess Mothers for all the support, making this a great event. Thank You MOMS...
And the winners were:

In the Unrated Section

Bryce Weston
Teddy Heath
Kirby Heath

In the U700 Section:

Jihan Abdo
Kayla Rose Block
Roman Castle
Nicholas Ivon
Hanna Crawford
Megan Meloon
Miguel Mercado

In the U1400 Section:

Samuel Santora
James W. Lyon
John Blum
Jacob Meloon
Hunter Weber
Thomas Blum
Jahad Abdo

Valentines Day Results

2011-02-13T20:22:00.000-08:00

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE VALENTINE CHESS TOURNAMENT WE HAD, WITH 36 SCHOLASTIC PLAYERS FROM WESTERN NEW YORK. TWO SCHOOLS CAME TOGETHER TO COMPETE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TEAM SECTIONS. TWO COACHES WATCHING THEIR STUDENTS WORK THEIR SKILLS. TWO SCHOOLS THAT DECIDED TO START A “BLIZZARD BOWL” CUP TO BE DISPUTED TWICE A YEAR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME INCREDIBLE MATCHES BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS.
A HUGE THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THE TOURNAMENT A SUCCESS.
THE COMPETITION WAS SPLIT INTO THREE SECTIONS, AND HERE ARE THE RESULTS.

In the Unrated Section:

BENJAMIN RUMMELL (4pts)
KAMAL ALI (3pts)
DENNIELLA DOERING (3pts)
ALEX SIMMONS (1pt)
BRYCE WESTON (1pt)

In the U700 Section:

ZACKARY ALGAWANI (5pts)
BRAD SCHROCK (4pts)
MAXWELL PETERS (3pts)
ENYA CIRILLO (3pts)
NICHOLAS IVON (2.5pts)

In the U1400 Section:

NATHAN PALMISANO (4.5pts)
JOHN BLUM (4.5pts)
SAM SANTORA (3.5pts)
CHRIS DARLING (3pts)
RICHARD HERKO (3pts)

In the U700 Team Competion:
GLOBAL CONCEPTS CHESS CLUB Took First Place.

In the U1400 Team Competion:

GLOBAL CONCEPTS CHESS CLUB Took First Place.

Winter Chess Festival 2011

2011-01-23T19:00:00.000-08:00

What a festival... 33 Chess enthusiasts braved the wintery elements and came to prove their game.
In the Unrated section it was all Global Concepts......but it was Pioneer Central who
CAME, SAW and CONQUERED, winning the team composition in both rated sections.

The Unrated section results were:

KAMAL ALI
DENNIELLA DOERING
ARRIZ QABANCHI
BRYCE WESTON
ALEX SIMMONS

In the Under 700 section it was all Pioneer Central with their coach Tom Warner:

HUNTER WITT (PIONEER)
BRADLEY SCHROCK (PIO.)
MAXWELL PETERS (PIO.)
ROBERT SEAN BERNARD
JIHAN ABDO (GCCS)

In the Under 1400 Section:

CHRIS DARLING (PIONEER)
NATHAN PALMISANO (PIO.)
SAMUEL SANTORA
RYAN PALMISANO
ZACHERY MADDEN

Holiday Season Tournament Results

2011-01-08T19:26:00.000-08:00

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY.
The Results for the Holiday Season Tournament were as follows...
U1400: Jacob Meloon
U700: Jahad Abdo
Unrated: Kamal Ali

Our next tournament is the Winter Festival on January 22, 2011.

GCCS OLYMPIC TEAM WINNERS K-6

2010-12-04T21:18:00.000-08:00

Yes you are reading it correctly,

Global Concepts Chess Club took top trophy in the

Team Section K-6.

CONGRATULATIONS...

Thank You Tom Warner for hosting a great tournament.

First place "GLOBAL CONCEPTS'
Second place "PIONEER CENTRAL" (Sardinia, NY)
Third place "THE MACKENZIES" (ERIE, PA.)
Fourth place "SCRIBNER SCHOOL" (ROCHESTER)
Fifth place "French Rd. School'
INDIAN LANDING (ROCHESTER)
INTERNATIONAL DARK KNIGHTS (EAST HIGH)
ST. PETER & PAUL (HAMBURG)

FALL FESTIVAL 2010

2010-11-21T05:58:00.000-08:00

A whopping 30 players attended THE FALL FESTIVAL this year and everyone was happy with the results. The top five players from each section recieved medals and everybody got a certificate for playing the game of kings. The parents were very helpful and the bake sale was a big hit, a HUGE THANK YOU to all the helpers.
Now the results.....

In the Unrated Section with 11 players:

DENNIELLE DOERING
KEVIN LINK
ALEX SIMMONS
BRYCE WESTON
ZACHARY SIKORSKI

In the U700 section we had 11 players:

WILFREDO ROSARIO
DYLAN MEX
JAMES WILLIAM LYON
ZAINA ALSADAM
JAHAD ABDO

In the U1400 section we had 8 players:

SAMUEL E SANTORA
JOHN BLUM
ENYA CIRILLO
ALEX SHAMROCK
THOMAS BLUM

THE THREE LADIES ABOVE WERE PROUD TO HAVE WON MEDALS IN THERE SECTIONS.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: DENNIELLE, ENYA, and ZAINA

CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS, KEEP CHECKING THOSE BOYS.

Halloween Tournament Results.

2010-11-19T07:50:00.000-08:00

Sorry this took so long to post.
In the Zombie section (the unrated section) we had newcomers to the club and some returning friends. the winners were:

WILFREDO ROSARIO
KATHERINE SIKORSKI
JOSHUA WYSOCKI
DENNIELLE DOERING
KAYLIE ROBINSON

IN THE WEREWOLF SECTION THAT IS U700:

JAMES WILLIAM LYON
ROMAN CASTLE
DYLAN MEX
SABRINA CAMPBELL
JIHAN ABDO

IN THE VAMPIRE SECTION THAT IS U1400:

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
JACOB MELOON
JOHN BLUM
DAVID PRIMOSCH
REAGAN LYLE

THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING THE HALOWEEN CHESS TOURNAMENT.

OUR NEXT TOURNAMENT IS OUR FALL FESTIVAL ON NOVEMBER 20TH AND IT WILL BE HELD IN THE GYM ONCE AGAIN.

Hispanic Month Tournament

2010-10-22T10:53:00.000-07:00

Sorry it took so long to post these results. I still need to tweak some photo release forms.

The tournament had 3 sections:
Unrated section:
1) JIHAD ABDO
2) JOSHUA WYSOCKI
3) JIHAN ABDO

IN THE U700 SECTION:
1) ENYA CIRILLO
2) HUNTER WEBER
3) DYLAN MEX

IN THE U1400 SECTION:
1) SAMUEL SANTORA
2) RICHARD HERKO
3)KEVIN S. LYLE

CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL WHO WON AND PARTICIPATED.
GLOBAL CONCEPTS NEXT TOURNAMENT IS OCTOBER 30TH OUR "HALLOWEEN" TOURNAMENT. COME AND JOIN US IF YOU DARE.... THERE WILL BE PIZZA, A PINATA, BASKET RAFFLES, AND BEST COSTUME CONTEST AND CHESS AS WELL.....ALL OF THIS AND MORE FOR JUST $10, TIMES ARE FROM 9:30 TO 3PM.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE....

Hispanic Month Chess Tournament

2010-09-23T19:33:00.000-07:00

GLOBAL CONCEPTS CHESS CLUB WILL START ITS' 2010-2011 TOURNAMENT SEASON SCHEDULE THIS SATURDAY. GCCC WILL HOST A TOURNAMENT IN HONOR OF HISPANIC MONTH.
PLEASE JOIN US... ROUNDS WILL START AT 10AM BUT YOU CAN COME AND REGISTER AT 9:30AM. THE ADDRESS IS 1001 RIDGE ROAD IN LACKAWANNA. YOU MAY ALSO REGISTER BY E-MAIL JUST SEND YOUR NAME AND USCF # TO CIRILLOAV@YAHOO.COM

Fun in the Sun Results

2010-08-08T18:13:00.000-07:00

Fun in the sun was just that, FUN.
12 players and lot of movers within the USCF, here are the results.

Reagan Lyle wins and moves up 123 rating points.
Thomas Blum comes in second and adds 142 rating points.
Nicholas Ivon finishes third and adds 149 points.
David Primosch
Enya Cirillo (+63)
Roman Castle (+50)
Dylan Mex (provisional 595)
Kayla Rose Block (28)
Hunter Weber
Miguel Mercado
Savannah Ivon

The next tournament is Wednesday August 11th at 9:45am to 3pm.

Send an e-mail to sign up with your information to... cirilloav@yahoo.com

SEE YOU SOON....

Summer Bash Results

2010-07-21T07:10:00.000-07:00

With 12 players attending the first, of three summer tournaments, we put them into one group and tested there summer chess abilities. The parents were, as always, a great help and chose not to play this time around. But enough chit chat here are the results:

Samuel Santora (5pts.) -21
Kevin Lyle (4.5pts) +11
John H Blum (4pts) +17
Thomas Blum (4pts.) +84
Roman Castle (3pts.) +244
Hunter Weber +14
Enya Cirillo +55
Kayla Rose Block -6
Hannah Crawford -11
Nicholas Ivon -65
Miguel Mercado -94
Savannah Ivon (New USCF Member) P273

The next tournament is July 28th, from 10:00am to roughly 3pm maybe sooner depending on number of players. If you plan on going drop me an e-mail so i can register you for $5 or just show up and pay $10. cirilloav@yahoo.com

Nationals, Columbus, Ohio 2010

2010-04-28T18:08:00.000-07:00

Global Concepts Chess Club attended their first "National Chess Tournament" on April 15 thru the 18th.
The team came in 27th place, not bad for their first time. 1300+ chess players competed, and fought hard and long for the title.