Chess Update, April 24

It has been a busy few days for Trinity Chess. 

 

The regionals were held on Saturday 4/20/24 at Bunche Elementary.  At the regionals: Charles Dorman came in 3rd place in the elementary school division; Joaquin Gil got a medal with 3 points out of 5; Katie Li got a medal with 3.5 points out of 5; Ollie Mathewson came in 3rd place in the middle school division; and the Trinity team came in second place overall in the middle school division.  This was a 30 minute per side rated tournament.

 

The final 3rd and 4th grade March Madness match between the winner of group A, John Reeves-Shaw and the winner of group B, Jaxson Willman took place on Tuesday 4/23/24.  The match was very closely contended with John taking the early lead.  Jaxson did not give up even though he was down a few major pieces.  He persisted, and eventually he promoted a pawn for a queen to take the lead.  Once Jaxson had the lead, he never gave it back, and checkmate came pretty quickly afterwards.  Both Jaxson and John were very good sports before, during, and after the match.  I was very proud of their attitudes.  Congratulations John for winning Group A, and congratulations Jaxson for being the overall 3rd and 4th grade winner!

 

Day two of the upper school chess tournament took place today, 4/24/24.  As a team Trinity scored 8.5 points for the week giving us a total of 19.5.  The top five scorers for Trinity as a team were: Tobias Slatken (3 pts); Katie Li (2 pts); Ollie Mathewson(1.5 pts); Joaquin Gil (1 pt); and Christian Gardea (1 pt). This puts us in a tie for second place with Greenwood, and only one point out of first place held by Homeschoolers.  In the individual portion, Tobais Slatken of Trinity is in first place with 5.5 points out of 6.  Second place is held by Jonathan Moneno of Homeschoolers with 5 points.  Third place is held by a tie between Zachary Pyle of Greenwood, and Drew Wiggins of MCA both with 4.5 points.  The final day of this tournament will be held next Wednesday 5/1/24.