ChessPalace Halloween Scholastic 2010

Recognized Supporter

Thomas Medrek

Halloween Scholastic attracts 32 players including several monsters, James Brown, a tasty hotdog, and World Chess number one, Magnus Carlsen

This year Halloween fell on a Sunday making the scholastic event suitable for the candy-loving players. Thirty two participated in this year's event--16 in the open section and 16 in the Booster, non-rated section. The tournament was led by Karl Tolentino with the only perfect score of the day. Brendan Gibson and Shashank Dattathri finished with 3-1 to tie for 2nd-3rd. Noah Daniels, Scott Belair and Arman Hairapetyan finished with 2.5-1.5 to tie 4th-6th. Malik Castro-Devarona finished best U1200, Devin Clay best U800 and Ankhbayar Davaadorj best U600. The Booster section was led by Aidan Carrizales with 3.5-0.5 playing in his first tournament. Bianca Aguilar, Ethan Aquino, and Siddartha Sen finished with 3-1 to tie for 2nd-4th. Fifth to seventh place went to Dorothy Munoz, Kiana Buchanon, and Tushig Purevchuluun.

Almost half of the participants wore their costumes. Included in attendance are six monsters, a Clone Trooper, Pumpkin Man, James Brown, a doctor, a white witch, Optimus Prime, a hotdog, and currently the highest rated player in the world, Magnus Carlsen. The finale showed the top ranked player in the world verse against the top rated player in the tournament, Karl Tolentino, but Tolentino managed to keep his composure and finished with a victory. Top costumes received giant candies (hotdog and Clone Trooper) and Best costume received an additional $25 gift certificate to ChessPalace (Scream, equipped with blood).

Best Costume:

Scream

Second Place:

Hotdog

Third Place:

Clone Trooper

World Chess #1:

Magnus Carlsen

Karl the Pumpkin Man

Old man

Skull monster

James Brown

Lady Vampire

Spartan soldier

Dr. Salgado

White Witch

Grim Reaper

Unknown Phantom

Optimus Prime

The four-round event was scheduled to finish earlier than normal scholastic events to accomodate for trick or treating night, but mangaged to finish even earlier with awards ceremony taking place 45 minutes ahead of schedule.

No.	Name	Rate	Pts	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4
1	Tolentino, Karl	1802	4.0	W9	W6	W4	W5
2	Dattathri, Shashank	1152	3.0	L12	W14	W13	W8
3	Gibson, Brendan	651	3.0	W11	L5	W10	W7
4	Hairapetyan, Arman	936	2.5	W13	W8	L1	D6
5	Daniels, Noah	822	2.5	W15	W3	D7	L1
6	Belair, Scott	714	2.5	W10	L1	W12	D4
7	Rangel, Miguel	925	2.0	W14	D12	D5	L3
8	Clay, Devin	712	2.0	W16	L4	W11	L2
9	Davaadorj, Ankhbayar	585	2.0	L1	L10	W15	W12
10	Castro-Devarona, Malik	162	2.0	L6	W9	L3	W13
11	Pau, Ethan	0	2.0	L3	W15	L8	W14
12	Huang, David	523	1.5	W2	D7	L6	L9
13	Wiczyk, Jacob	440	1.0	L4	W16	L2	L10
14	Kelley, Matthew	338	1.0	L7	L2	W16	L11
15	Ganbaatar, Jennifer	228	1.0	L5	L11	L9	W16
16	Altansukh, Minjin	101	0.0	L8	L13	L14	L15


No.	Name	Rate	Pts	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4
1	Carrizales, Aidan	0	3.5	W6	W12	D7	W2
2	Aguilar, Bianca		3.0	W16	W9	W3	L1
3	Aquino, Ethan		3.0	W14	W11	L2	W7
4	Sen, Siddartha		3.0	W13	L7	W14	W9
5	Purevchuluun, Tushig	0	2.5	D12	L6	W15	W13
6	Buchanon, Kiana		2.5	L1	W5	D13	W12
7	Munoz, Dorothy		2.5	W10	W4	D1	L3
8	Tugsjargal, Amanda	0	2.0	L11	L14	-B-	W15
9	Navuduri, Rishubh		2.0	W15	L2	W11	L4
10	Enkhboed, Bilguudei		1.5	L7	D15	L12	-B-
11	Fakatoumafi, Tommy		1.5	W8	L3	L9	D14
12	Flowers, Elijah		1.5	D5	L1	W10	L6
13	Luster, Trinity		1.5	L4	-B-	D6	L5
14	Salgado, Modesto		1.5	L3	W8	L4	D11
15	Salgado, Misael		0.5	L9	D10	L5	L8
16	Swaminathan, Minakshi		0.0	L2	-U-	-U-	-U-

Thank you to all the participants for playing and to some for wearing their costumes and getting into the Halloween spirit. Thank you to all the parents who supported their children, and thank you to all the coaches for the hard work and dedication they have devoted to their students including Coach Taras, Coach Kevin, Coach Eli, and Coach Maya. Aldrich and Aaron Ong directed.