Norcal House of Chess Summer camps

Weibel Coach Ted Castro will be running a summer chess camp for the entire summer at the Allstar Institute in Fremont.  This is across the street from Ohlone College on Mission and Pine.  The lineup of teachers has been finalized, and includes guest teachers from Europe GM Dejan Bojkov, IM Adam Hunt, and WFM Sabrina Chevannes. Sabrina has a very prominent chess school of her own in England and taught a class that was attended by a few of the Weibel team members back in January, and Dejan taught a master class last summer for NorCal House of Chess.  In addition, regular teachers include Ted Castro, IM Ricardo DeGuzman, IM-elect Ronald Cusi, and Joyce LaForteza and possibly more.

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Summer Chess Camps in the Fremont area

summer is around the corner, and although most of you have already made some sort of plans for the summer, here is a list of chess summer camps in the Fremont and Milpitas areas.  There are lots of them this year.

Master Chess Camp (1100+)Bay Area Chess Center -  Milpitas 1639A Main Street, Milpitas
with GM Sam Shankland
Advanced Only
http://www.bayareachess.com/camp/summer12.pdf
Saturday 6/2, Sunday 6/3, Saturday 6/30, Sunday 7/15

Norcal House of Chess will have camps all summer at the AllStar Institute, 43697 Mission Boulevard, 9-5pm.  Featuring Coach Ted Castro, along with IM Ricardo De Guzman and FM Ronald Cusi amongst others.
Suitable for beginners, intermediate, and advanced
http://www.norcalhouseofchess.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52:chess-camp-winter&catid=31:general
Dates: 6/18-22, 6/25-29, 7/2-6, 7/9-13, 7/16-20, 7/23-27, 7/30-8/3, 8/6-10, 8/13-17, 8/20-24

India Community Center - Table Tennis Center
Classes led by Coach Gaurang Mehta
1453 N. Milpitas Blvd, 9:30-3pm
camps all summer, 6/11 thru 8/24
Suitable for beginners, intermediate, advanced
http://www.indiacc.org/chess

Success Chess Warm Springs Elementary
47370 Warm Springs Boulevard
9am-12pm for chess, full day available
Among the coaches is Coach Demetrius Goins
Suitable for beginners, intermediate
http://www.successchess.com/Summer2012/Summer2012.html
6/18-22, 6/25-29, 7/23-27, 7/30-8/3

Mission San Jose Elementary School Chess Camp
43545 Bryant
Monday thru Thursdays 9-3pm
Coaches include MSJE Coaches Joe Lonsdale and Chris Torres, and Francisco Anchondo
(beginners and intermediate)
http://www.chessandmusic.com/aboutus/
6/25-28, 7/2-5, 7/9-12, 7/16-19

Bay Area Chess Camp
Millard Elementary 
Monday thru Friday 9-4pm, with extended hours available
8/13-17
http://www.bayareachess.com/camp/summer12.pdf
(beginners, intermediate)

Pictures from the Elementary School Nationals

National individual K-6 co-champions Vignesh Panchanatham and Kevin Moy

National K-6 Team co-champion team members Anthony Zhou, Kevin Moy, Steven Li and Michael Wang

Abhishek Handigol with the 12th place trophy..great job Abi!



group pic of some of the Weibel Team in Nashville



Elementary School Nationals - Final Update

The Weibel K-6 team rallied from 5th place going into the final round and won the team competition and is now the National Elementary School championship team, tying with NYC Lab School and NYC Dalton but winning the 1st place trophy (and the $2,000 in scholarship money) on tiebreaks.  It was looking very bleak going into the last round, as the 6th round was another disastrous one for the top-seeded Weibel squad, having only picked up 1 point in the 6th round.  But the other top schools also faltered, leaving Weibel with an opening.  Down 1.5 points, but with 4 other teams ahead of Weibel, the mandate was to go for wins, no draws.   Unlike past years in the Nationals, this year Weibel finished strong, as all 4 team members (Kevin Moy, Michael Wang, Anthony Zhou and Steven Li) won their last game and had just enough juice to get the coveted 1st place trophy.  Getting a total of 18.5 points (out of 28) is a rather low score and certainly wasn't the score we were expecting, given an average team score of well over 1800, but it is certainly better to be lucky than to be good sometimes.

In addition, 6th grader Kevin Moy is also now a National Champion, having tied for first place (along with 4 others including Cupertino 6th grader Vignesh Panchanatham) with 6.0 out of 7.  5th grader Michael Wang finished in a tie for 6th place with 5.5 out of 7 and got the 8th place trophy.  Weibel Team practice member Abhishek Handigol also tied for 6th and finished with the 12th place trophy, also with 5.5.

In the K-1 division, Weibel faltered in the last round and wound in in 7th place. In the K-3 division, Weibel finished 10th.  Fremont's Mission San Jose Elementary tied for 1st place in the K-1 division and as such is a National Champion for the K-1 division.

Notable scores for the Weibel team representatives (out of 7.0)
K-6
Kevin Moy 6.0  (co-National Champion, gets the 5th place trophy)
Michael Wang 5.5  (8th place trophy)
Anthony Zhou 4.0

K-3
Anvi Surapaneni 4.5 (won 2nd place in the 800-899 class for K-3)
Atri Surapaneni 4.0

K-1
Louis Law 5.0 (won the 30th place trophy)
Oliver Wu 4.0
Vincent Wang 4.0

Elementary School Nationals - Round 6

Update 1:  the K-1 kids are all out.  No unexpected results, Louis and Vincent won their games.  Weibel is now at 16.0 going into the final round.

Elementary School Nationals - end of Round 5

Not a good round for the Weibel K-6 team.  We only managed to come up with 1.5 out of 4 even though everyone was playing down and in a couple of cases, way down.  Kevin is now at 4.5 out of 5 and tied for 2nd going into the critical 6th round.  Michael is at 4.0 out of 5 after drawing with a 1900+ player.  The K-6 team has 13.5 points (out of 20), 1 point away from the lead.  We will need 19.5, perhaps 20 to win, which is very doable, since everyone except for Kevin will be playing way down again for Round 6.  It is absolutely critical that Weibel get at least 3 to 4 points in Round 6.

The K-1 team top 4 players all won their games in Round 5, so Weibel is in 3rd at 14.0 (out of 20), only 0.5 points behind the leaders. The K-1 team has a tough climb, as Oliver and Eshaan are playing up, while Louis and Vincent are playing down.  The K-1 team realistically will also need 20 points to win, so they need to come up with 6 points in the last 2 rounds.

The K-3 team is in 13th place at 10.0 (out of 20).

Notable performances (out of 5):
K-6
Kevin Moy 4.5
Michael Wang 4.0
Anthony Zhou 3.0

K-3
Enya Mistry 3.0

K-1
Louis Law 4.0
Oliver Wu 4.0
Vincent Wang 3.0
Eshaan Mistry 3.0

Elementary School Nationals, end of Round 4

it took a while, but after Round 4, the Weibel K-6 team has now inched out in front and is now in 1st place with 12.0 (out of 16).  The Weibel K-1 team is in 5th place at 10.0 (out of 16), 2.5 points out of first, and the Weibel K-3 team is in 12th place at 8.5 (out of 16).

Individually, notable individual scores, out of 4:
K-6
Kevin Moy (2015) 3.5
Michael Wang (1941) 3.5
Anthony Zhou (1723) 3.0

K-3
Atri Surapaneni (1316) 2.5

K-1
Louis Law (1135) 3.0
Oliver Wu (992) 3.0

Update 5/12/2012 7:19pm
The K-1 team has made up a lot of ground for Round 5.  Louis, Oliver, Eshaan, and Vincent have all won so far, so Weibel K1 has 14.0 out of 20 after Round 5.

Elementary School Nationals - end of Round 2 update

The Elementary School Nationals are upon us, and the upset bug seemed to hit many of the Northern California players, including those from Weibel.  All in all, many missed opportunities by our kids and in some cases, the results were disastrous.  At the end of 2 rounds, the overall top-seeded Weibel K-6 team has 6.0 out of 8 points and is in 3rd place for the moment.  The K-1 team has 5.0 out of 8 and is in 8th place.  The K-3 team has 4.5 out of 8 and is in a 7-way tie for 6th place.

Hopefully in Round 3 the Weibel K-6 and K-1 teams can make up a lot of ground, as all the key players from both groups are playing down.  Stay tuned for more updates.

Notable Point Scorers:
K-6
Kevin Moy (2015) and Michael Wang (1941) both are at 2.0 out of 2

K-3
Anvi Surapaneni (899) is at 1.5 out of 2

K-1
Oliver Wu (992) is at 2.0 out of 2