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Karl Tolentino, 2011 ChessPalace Junior Champion
Tolentino is capping his final year of scholastic tournaments with success. Following his American Open crown on Thanksgiving weekend, he wins the 2011 Junior Open with a perfect 4/4. Shyam Gandhi and Steven Molotnikov tied for second with 3/4 each. Molotnikov completed a stellar performance with a 141 rating point gain. Gandhi is in the middle of his consecutive scholastic event, Junior Open was his third in 3 weeks. The Booster saw a three-way tie for first, Leo Peng, Gabriel Sam, and Neil Tendolkar with 3/4 each.
Jin, Belair, and Gandhi Knighted at Regionals Part I
Edward Jin of Beyond Chess, Scott Belair of Chess Palace, and Shyam Gandhi of Irvine Arts and Music championed K-3, K-6, and K-12 sections respectively. In light of the pre-American Open warm-up tournament, these three will battle out two more events to win the Fellowship award. CYCL, ChessPalace, and St. Jeanne win top team honors. Click on the official Regionals site for complete report, photos, and details on Part II and III coming up on October 2nd and 30th, respectively.
Food, prizes, and lots of chess! IM Amanov, 21st Anniversary champion.
ChessPalace celebrated its 21st Anniversary on Sunday August 14th. Established in 1990, the chess club continues to march with a friendly atmosphere and competitive tournaments. Both strong players and strong supporters alike enjoyed the five round tournament filled with raffles and prizes. The event was won by IM Zhanibek Amanov with 4.5/5 and in the scholastic, Siddarth Somasundaram swept the 14-player field with 5/5! More than 50 players joined in on the celebration and competitive chess, which included 4 masters, 5 experts, 10 class-A, 9 class-B, 5 class-C, 6 class-D and -E, and 14 scholastic juniors.
See standings and photos! See the tournament rating report.
Nic Reiner takes July Open crown
Reiner knocked off last month's champion in round 3 of the 4-round event. Despite losing in the last round, Reiner was still the clear winner of this month's Open with 3.0/4. National Master Jeff Phillips finished half a point behind at 2.5/4. Along the way, Reiner earned 47 rating points. Two sections were formed for this event and Alan Chu won clear first in the second group with 3.0/4 as well. Eric Pangilanan finished second with 2.5/4.
