On
this day of breaking heat records (9/2/17) the Bay Area Kids Labor Day
Championship broke records as well with 219 players. I congratulate them
for the fine job they are doing promoting youth chess in Northern
California. The tournament was divided into four divisions by ratings.
None of the 36 school teams that included Junior High School had large
numbers nor, to be candid, their top players. To be fair that is
because the highest section was from 900-1299. Some of the top players went into the three day Open State Championships also held at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Weibel Chess only had seven players over the four sections. Since the organizers did not expect this large a turnout they only had five school trophies for all four sections combined. Points from each section were counted. I did stop by for a short period. I left before the awards as the heat had worn me out. When I got there Weibel was in sixth place. When I left after the fourth round they moved up to fourth place. When I checked online a few minutes ago, we had won another first place trophy. Congrats to all our players who attended and to the four that pulled us up to first place. Ryan Chen, Om Heur, Krish Behl and Louis Love obtained the points for the team, while Kabita Nath, Mai-Ha Nghiem and Shruti Nath were our back up.
I thank Om Heur’s Dad for the photograph of the three players that remained for the awards.
Weibel Chess only had seven players over the four sections. Since the organizers did not expect this large a turnout they only had five school trophies for all four sections combined. Points from each section were counted. I did stop by for a short period. I left before the awards as the heat had worn me out. When I got there Weibel was in sixth place. When I left after the fourth round they moved up to fourth place. When I checked online a few minutes ago, we had won another first place trophy. Congrats to all our players who attended and to the four that pulled us up to first place. Ryan Chen, Om Heur, Krish Behl and Louis Love obtained the points for the team, while Kabita Nath, Mai-Ha Nghiem and Shruti Nath were our back up.
I thank Om Heur’s Dad for the photograph of the three players that remained for the awards.
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