For many of you, this is the first Weibel Chess blog post you've seen. Welcome! A reminder that the first Team meeting is this Friday, September 21. The first Club meeting is on Tuesday, September 25. Team times are from 2:55pm-5:30pm, and Club is from 2:55pm-4:15pm. Dr. Kirshner will be at the Back To School Night on Tuesday (9/18) from 6:30-7:00pm to answer any questions.
Ted Castro and the Norcal House of Chess will host a scholastic tournament for players rated under 1500 this Saturday, 9/22. The Norcal House of Chess has a new location, very close to Weibel, on the corner of Grimmer and Warm Springs Blvd/Osgood, at the northeast corner business complex. Please look to the right in the scholastic section tournament listings for more details. The tournament sections for scholastic and advanced kids are updated through New Year's Day. Note that there are tournaments every week, so please find many to go to. Also, a new 5-week Friday Night Marathon begins Friday September 28.
Book recommendation (for the parents). How Children Succeed - Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by noted education writer Paul Tough. Using some of the latest scientific research on non-cognitive thinking skills, Tough argues that skills like perserverance and self-control are just as important to success in academics, and in life, as having a high IQ. One chapter, "How to Think" focuses on the role chess plays in education and documents the successes Elizabeth Vichary-Spiegel has been achieving at I.S. 318 in Brooklyn (also featured in the upcoming Brooklyn Castle documentary). You can buy it at Amazon here.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012
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.
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.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Norcal House of Chess Late Summer Marathon
The Norcal House of Chess Summer Marathon begins on Friday, August 24 at 6:00pm. The marathon runs for 5 consecutive Fridays, ending September 21. The Norcal House new location is very close to Weibel, in the office complex on the northeast corner of Osgood and Grimmer, 44802 Osgood Road.
There are 3 sections, 1800+, U1800, and U1300. Cash prizes and chess products (software, videos, etc.) Entry fee $45 for members, all are welcome. For the first meeting on August 24, GM Dejan Bojkov will give a lecture prior to the tournament start.
More info here: http://www.norcalhouseofchess.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:chess-tourneys&catid=31:general
There are 3 sections, 1800+, U1800, and U1300. Cash prizes and chess products (software, videos, etc.) Entry fee $45 for members, all are welcome. For the first meeting on August 24, GM Dejan Bojkov will give a lecture prior to the tournament start.
More info here: http://www.norcalhouseofchess.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:chess-tourneys&catid=31:general
Monday, July 9, 2012
Let's Play Chess memo from Mathew
Hi,
Happy Summer! All are invited to a lecture and simultaneous exhibition by Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov on Monday, July 16 at the Let's Play Chess Club in Santa Clara. GM Bojkov, 2009 Bulgarian Champion, chessbase.com contributor, top chess trainer, and co-author with Georgiev of "A Course In Chess Tactics" will lecture at 6pm and begin the simul at 7pm. The lecture is free; the simul is $15 and limited to 25 boards. Advance registration is required for the simul, 9 spaces are left. Email me if you are interested in playing in the simul vs GM Bojkov. LPCC meets Mondays 6-9 pm, and on 7/9 we'll continue our club championship (rd 5). http://chessthings.com/flyer.php
Summer classes are currently being held in Sunnyvale. 1 space is open in this week's upcoming class. Also, Saturday afternoon group chess instruction continues in Cupertino. http://chessthings.com/classes.php
The next LPC Quads is on July 21 at LPCC. http://chessthings.com/events.php
Best wishes,
Coach Mathew
matt@chessthings.com
Happy Summer! All are invited to a lecture and simultaneous exhibition by Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov on Monday, July 16 at the Let's Play Chess Club in Santa Clara. GM Bojkov, 2009 Bulgarian Champion, chessbase.com contributor, top chess trainer, and co-author with Georgiev of "A Course In Chess Tactics" will lecture at 6pm and begin the simul at 7pm. The lecture is free; the simul is $15 and limited to 25 boards. Advance registration is required for the simul, 9 spaces are left. Email me if you are interested in playing in the simul vs GM Bojkov. LPCC meets Mondays 6-9 pm, and on 7/9 we'll continue our club championship (rd 5). http://chessthings.com/flyer.php
Summer classes are currently being held in Sunnyvale. 1 space is open in this week's upcoming class. Also, Saturday afternoon group chess instruction continues in Cupertino. http://chessthings.com/classes.php
The next LPC Quads is on July 21 at LPCC. http://chessthings.com/events.php
Best wishes,
Coach Mathew
matt@chessthings.com
Friday, July 6, 2012
Chess tidbits
School is out, so most of you, including myself, have been laying low. Some future and past events over the past few weeks that haven't been covered:
- the annual Scholastic Championship is being held tomorrow, July 7, at the Mechanics Institute in San Francisco. This event is free, and rated. Please try and make it, there will be quite a few players there. 5 rounds, G/30.
- to-be 6th grader Michael Wang has now crossed 2000 and is now an Expert. He did this at the Summer Open in Milpitas a couple of weekends ago. Congrats to him!
- to-be 5th grader Anthony Zhou crossed 1800 at the Berkeley Open last weekend. Hooray for him!
- Weibel Team instructor NM Hayk Malvelyan crossed 2300 earlier in June at the Stamer Memorial in San Francisco. He is not too far away from getting a significant title, an FIDE Master (FM) title.
- speaking of FIDE, the July FIDE ratings are now out. Recent Weibel graduate Kevin Moy got his initial rating, and it came in very high, at 2001! That makes him 9th in the US for U12, and 61st in the world for U12.
- the official qualifers to represent the United States for the 2012 World Youth Chess Championships came out a couple of weeks ago, which will be held in Slovenia in November. Here is the official link: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/11792/319/. A whopping 18 qualifiers are from Northern California, including Weibel graduate Kevin Moy (Open U12) and former Weibel attendee Joanna Liu (Girls U10).
- the annual Scholastic Championship is being held tomorrow, July 7, at the Mechanics Institute in San Francisco. This event is free, and rated. Please try and make it, there will be quite a few players there. 5 rounds, G/30.
- to-be 6th grader Michael Wang has now crossed 2000 and is now an Expert. He did this at the Summer Open in Milpitas a couple of weekends ago. Congrats to him!
- to-be 5th grader Anthony Zhou crossed 1800 at the Berkeley Open last weekend. Hooray for him!
- Weibel Team instructor NM Hayk Malvelyan crossed 2300 earlier in June at the Stamer Memorial in San Francisco. He is not too far away from getting a significant title, an FIDE Master (FM) title.
- speaking of FIDE, the July FIDE ratings are now out. Recent Weibel graduate Kevin Moy got his initial rating, and it came in very high, at 2001! That makes him 9th in the US for U12, and 61st in the world for U12.
- the official qualifers to represent the United States for the 2012 World Youth Chess Championships came out a couple of weeks ago, which will be held in Slovenia in November. Here is the official link: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/11792/319/. A whopping 18 qualifiers are from Northern California, including Weibel graduate Kevin Moy (Open U12) and former Weibel attendee Joanna Liu (Girls U10).
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Chess in Las Vegas
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| Former World Champion Anatoly Karpov intently watching Atri's 1st Round game |
In the National Open, in the FIDE-rated U2200 section, Weibel Team Coach WFM Uyanga Byambaa finished in a tie for 2nd with 5.0 (out of 6) and a check for $710. Recent Weibel graduate Kevin Moy finished with 3.5 points. In the U1800 section, Weibel Team member Abhishek Handigol finished tied for 2nd with 5.0 and a check for $384.
In the International Youth tournament, in the U9 Open section, Atri Surapaneni tied for 2nd with 4.0 out of 5 and got 4th place. In the U14 U1100 section, Angela Chan also had 4.0 out of 5 and got the 5th place trophy. Anvi Surapaneni had 3.5 in this section.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
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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