Start of School Year tidbits

The summer went by very quickly and everyone is now back in school.  I wanted to recapitulate some of the things that went on over the summer, and list out some of the upcoming events coming up.

Over the summer, some of the kids were busy with chess.  Among the highlights:

- Weibel Team member Abhishek Handigol continued his spectacular rise, going from 1683 at the end of the Scholastic State Championship at the end of April to 1955 this past weekend at the Labor Day State Championship tournament in San Francisco.  Along the way, he placed very highly in 2 big tournaments this summer, tied for 2nd in the U1800 section of the National Open in Las Vegas back in June, and clear 1st in the Pacific Coast Open in the U1900 section at the Pacific Coast Open in Agoura Hills, CA.

- former Weibel Team member Michael Wang crossed 2050 this past weekend at the Labor Day State Championship tournament in San Francisco, and is now officially qualified for next year's World Youth tournament.  I say former because sadly, Michael's family moved away to the Cupertino area this summer.

- former Weibel attendee and now Horner student and to-be World Youth attendee Kevin Moy got his first IM scalp this past weekend at the Labor Day Tournament in San Francisco, and in fact got his first two wins ever against masters.  His rating is now 2073.

- Kudos goes to Weibel fourth grader Prithvi Nagamanivel for crossing 1000 and to 2nd grader Oliver Wu for getting almost to 1200.  Both kept quite busy this summer with tournaments.

- Ted Castro's NorCal House of Chess moved to a location very close to Weibel, over at the complex on the northeast corner of Osgood and Grimmer.  44802 Osgood Road.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Beginner Chess camp 3-5pm from 9/11-9/14 - see Dr. Kirshner's email on 8/30 for more details
Parent's Meeting on 9/14 at 7pm - see Dr. Kirshner's email from August 29 for more details

the NorCal House of chess will have a couple of upcoming tournaments.  See the right hand side of the blog for more details.
On 9/15-9/16, the Norcal House of Chess will host an advanced tournament for players 1000 and above.  4 rounds, 2 games each day.
On Saturday, 9/22, the Norcal House of Chess will host a scholastic tournament for players 1500 and under.  3 sections.  4 rounds G/45 for U1500, 5 rounds G/30 for U1000 and U500.