Results

Justin Tran, Roman Glusker, Adrian Ahlquist, Jake Seifker, and Christian Weyrens win Scholastic Round Robin #2!

Congratulations to Justin Tran, Roman Glusker, Adrian Ahlquist, Jake Seifker, and Christian Weyrens, winners of their respective sections in the Scholastic Round Robin #2 tournament, which ended May 6th, 2007. The tournament ran over three weekends, and included 7, 9, or 10 games, depending on the section.

Premier (USCF rated)
[First Place] Justin Tran 5.5
[Second Place] Michael Dokken 5.5
Calvin Lee 5.5
Leon Ding 4.0
Grant Hopkins 3.0
Justin Kleist 3.0
Adam Bissonette (houseman/sub) 2.0
Partha Naidu 2.0
Mathew Zeman 1.5

Kasparov Section
[First Place] Roman Glusker 6.5
[Second Place] Brett Kleist 6.0
William Weyrens 6.0
Jacob Harris 6.0
Luke Rouse 5.0
Adam Jace 5.0
Lauren Yunker 4.5
Drew Stern 3.0
Leo Segal 2.5
Sam Benson 2.0

Fischer Section
[First Place] Adrian Ahlquist 9.0
[Second Place] Elliot Olson 7.0
Alex Welty 5.0
Martin Halverson 4.5
Griffin Groethe 3.5
Alex LaVone (houseman/sub) 2.0
Rachit Gupta 0.5

Novice 1 Section
[First Place] Jake Seifker 8.5
[Second Place] Matthew Hayes 6.5
Brandon Wang 6.5
Reed Schelitzche 5.5
Dylan Campbell 5.0
Peji Liang 5.0
Matt Carter 3.0
Aidan Cavanaugh 3.0
Will Bryant 1.0
Alex Ramos 0.0

Novice 2 Section
[First Place] Christian Weyrens 8.0+
Grant Halvorsen 7.0
Tate Welty 6.0 +
Ben Clay 4.5
Reed Boucher 4.0
Joe Dokken 3.5
Dylan B (houseman/sub) 3.0
Arun B. 3.0
Austin Lind 2.5
Chase Campbell 2.0
Adit Gupta 0.5

Lake Harriet Wins 2007 Fall/Winter Chess League

Congratulations to Wes Cannon, Peter Bertel, Isaiah Paguyo, and Connor Robinson, and their coach Alex Adams, winners of the 2007 Fall/Winter Chess League!

Justin Buhl Wins Summer Blitz

Two "once-upon-a-time regulars" showed up in Chanhassen, along with several regulars and a handful of fresh faces, and the two "oncers" took the top two spots in the Chanhassen Summer Blitz. Justin Buhl scored a perfect 9.0 for first, with Darek Johnson right behind him at 8.0, to take second. Justin earns the final spot in the club championship tournament on Sunday August 13th.

Introducing the Latest in a Long Line of Chess Club Chess Punks: Vladimir Maltsev

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...along comes another Chess Club punk worthy of high praise. Fresh off a 5/7 performance in the unrated section of the USCF National High School championship, 3rd grader Vladimir Maltsev won the g/50 "Blizzard" tournament at the Eden Prairie Senior Center, with three consecutive upsets over Zach LaVone, Larry Daniels, and Tom Burns. With a few more rated games under his belt, young Mr. Maltsev will have a legitimate shot at breaking the top 100 list for his age group. Nice job Vladimir!

Dahls, Justin Kleist Win February Blitz

Justin and Dave Dahl tied with 9.0 in the lower bracket (and drew with each other), while Matthew Dahl and Hindson Her finished with 9.0 in the upper section - but Matthew won the tie break (head to head).

Igor Rybakov Wins January Blitz

Igor scored a perfect 10/10 to take first place. Alexandra Ding scored 7.0 to take second.

Winter Break Chess Camp A Success!

Jimmy Libbey, Vladimir Maltsev, Matthew Zeman, Zack LaVone/Calvin Lee were the tournament winners; a great time was had by all. Crosstables page lists tournament details.