Freedom Open and Norcal House of Chess Quads

Two directors near and dear to the Weibel Chess community are hosting tournaments this weekend.  First, Coach Ted Castro's Norcal House of Chess hosted a scholastic Quads tournament this weekend.  Approximately 30 players played in this tournament. A few of our team members, Vincent, Ryan S and Kevin Z, played in this tournament, mostly with good results. 

The USCF results for this tournament can be found here.

On the advanced/adult side of things, uber tournament director Salman Azhar and Bay Area Chess is hosting the 2nd annual Freedom Open, a 2-day, long time control tournament this weekend over at the Bay Area Chess headquarters in north San Jose.  A number of Weibel team members are present here as well.  Nikhil Jaha, Daniel Ho and Ishas Kekre are all off to good starts, with 1.5 out of 2.0 at the end of the first day.  More on this later.

UPDATE:  Daniel Ho winds up with 3.0 and probably a healthy rating point gain.  Ishas Kekre wound up with 2.5.

Side note, in the Open section, there has been major fireworks, as soon-to-be high schooler and A player Joshua Cao has pulled off 2 major upsets, beating IM Emory Tate and NM Mike Splane so far.  He has been anointed the title of "UM" - Upset Master!

UPDATE:  Joshua continued to be on a roll as he drew with expert Julian Lin, but the good fortune came to an end in the last round against expert Neel Apte, who was on a roll himself, winning all 4 games in the Open section.  A good way to go into the Barber tournament next weekend in Orlando, FL for Neel.

USCF results here.
Standings here.

Norcal House of Chess June Quads

the Norcal House of Chess hosted a scholastic Quads tournament this past weekend.  Good to see many of our up and coming younger kids play in this tournament, even though summer vacation has just started.  Anvi was the big gainer  - she took 3 out of 4 and gained over 100 rating points, to 752.

USCF Rating report: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201106188421

GM Robson at Norcal House of Chess

A number of Weibel team members attended the lecture and simul that was given by GM Ray Robson Friday night at the Norcal House of Chess in Fremont, CA. The lecture and simul was given to approximately 30 members.  His dad, Dr. Gary Robson, was also on hand to promote his new book, Chess Child.  Yes, GM Robson did win all of his games.  Thanks to Club director and Weibel coach Ted Castro for promoting this event!