Labor Day Chess Festival results

The annual Labor Day Chess Festival in San Francisco is now in the books. An interesting weekend with around 130 players in 6 sections, ranging in age from 80+ (IM Walter Shipman) to a couple of 5 year old kids (Chinguun Bayaara and Maurya Palusa) who are both destined to be great players. A total of 10 current Weibel Team members, plus 2 Weibel team and club instructors played in this tournament.

The playing hall over at the Golden Gate Holiday Inn itself is very nice, once that could easily accomodate 200 players if necessary.  Lots of restaurants and coffee shops with internet service nearby. The tournament was well-run and there were few issues that manifested itself, save for the usual complaint about a touch-move. The air conditioning in the playing hall even had an interesting rhythmic beat to it (you had to be there to know what I'm talking about).  The usual issues with the tournament is the lack of cellphone reception downstairs where the playing hall was (thanks a lot, AT&T) and the usual Labor Day Monday confusion over whether or not street parking is free or not (it is not anymore).  In addition, one parent of a player had his car vandalized.  Saturday was very peaceful, as Saturday was for the 3-day section players only. Sunday and Monday of course was more chaotic with the 2-day section merges, but not too bad. 



IM DeGuzman (left) with TD NM Koepcke



The Master section was won by Weibel advanced team instructor IM Ricardo DeGuzman.  He demolished the field on his way to the title.  In the Expert section, Weibel 6th grader Kevin Moy moved up a section and had a solid tournament, defeating 2 Experts and drawing with a third.  He won $145, tied for 3rd place.  In the B section, Weibel team member and Horner Junior High 8th grader Justin Wang tied for 3rd and won $72.50.  In the C section, Weibel club instructor and Irvington High 10th grader Kevin Hui got clear 2nd and won $290.


Final results here
USCF results here