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2010 Maryland States Results
Written by Administrator Monday, 22 March 2010 23:41
The 2010 Maryland Scholastic Chess Championships were held from March 20th to 21st in Hagerstown, MD. Over 350 players from pre-K to Seniors in high school participated.
The winner of the High School Championship section was Charles Yang a 9th grader from Montgomery Blair High. Montgomery Blair was the top high school team in the championship section.
In the Middle School Championship section Jonathan Chen from Cabin John Middle School was the winner and Cross Country Elementary/Middle was the top middle school team.
In the Elementary School Championship section Jerry Wu from Framland Elementary is the individual champion and Travilah was the championship school.
In the K-3 Primary Championship section Derek Mizushima (Potomac) and Michael Schwartz (Stone Mill) are the co-champions and Stone Mill is the championship school.
The Final individul standings
The final team standings
MCA Chestertown Scholastic moved to Sat Feb 20th!
Last Updated on Sunday, 21 February 2010 13:53 Written by Administrator Friday, 12 February 2010 22:08
The MCA Chestertown Scholastic was moved to be on February 20th due to snow at the site. All players entered will remain entered. Anyone needing a refund should contact Mike Regan, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Therefore, barring any more unusual circumstances, this tournament will be the final qualifying tournament for the 2010 Sweet 16 Invitational at UMBC on Feb 27-28. Current standings can be seen in the Sweet 16 article on this web page.
Sorry,
Mike Regan - MCA Scholastic Director
Chris Kim - Tournament Director
2010 Maryland State Girls Championship Results
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 20:04 Written by Chris Kim Saturday, 30 January 2010 01:05
The 6th Annual Maryland State Girls Chess Championship was held today (Sat Jan 30, 2010) at Roland Park Country School in Baltimore, MD. Despite reassurances to the contrary, it did snow in Baltimore about 3-5" during the tournament. A total of 62 girls were able to make the trip.
For the 3rd straight year, Fiona Lam (9th grade) from Richard Montgomery High School (Montgoemery County) retains the title of Maryland State Girls Champion.
Further details to follow.
Chris Kim
Chief Tournament Director
Final 2010 Sweet 16 Standings
Last Updated on Sunday, 21 February 2010 14:30 Written by Chris Kim Thursday, 19 November 2009 00:43
Updated: 21 Feb 2010 with USCF March 2010 ratings (No change in Top 6).
With the Chestertown tournament completed on Sat 2/20, six Rally tournaments have been completed with a total of 40 Maryland players competing..See the standings at the end of this article.
*** NOTICE: UMBC has moved up the date of their Sweet 16 tournament - It is now scheduled for Feb 27-28 (two weeks earlier than usual). This has the unfortunate effect of eliminating the Feb 27 MCA Liberty Christian tournament as a Rally tournament.
The Sweet 16 Invitational is held concurrently with the UMBC Open in a separate section. Players will play four rounds with the same time controls (20/1; SD/1) and round times as the UMBC Open on Saturday and Sunday Feb 27-28 during Rounds 1, 2, 4,and 5. [Round 3 on Saturday evening is excluded]. Only eligible players who can commit to play all 4 rounds should play in the Sweet 16. We will contact all the Qualifiers and the top alternates in the next few days to determine the final field.
The Rally standings are as follows:
TOP 6 by USCF Ratings (Mar 2010):
1. Kevin Wang (2206)
2. Gill Guo (2076)
3. James Pinkerton (2057)
4. Charles Yang (2023)
5. Ramanuja Sreenivasan (1926)
6. Benjamin Krause (1855)
NEXT 10 Qualifiers by Rating Points (Final)
7. Karl Vicente (16.000 Rally Points)
8. Madeline Kim (14.967)
9. Tanner McNamara (13.333)
10. Dobryna Konoplev (12.510)
11. Saketh Papaiahgari (12.091)
12. Ronald Best, Jr (11.232)
13. Christopher Hazard (10.575)
14. Alan Nguyen (10.376)
15. Jeffrey Chang (9.527)
16. Srinivas Moorthy (9.038)
NEXT 6 (Alternates)
17. Michael Sklar (8.482)
18. Josev Aquino (7.838)
19. Jed Tan (5.302)
20. Derek Mizushima (5.253)
21. Steven Mullens (4.889)
22. Adip Bhargav (4.736)
Maryland Junior Grand Prix Standings
Last Updated on Thursday, 21 May 2009 19:04 Written by Administrator Thursday, 21 May 2009 18:47
The Maryland Chess Assocition is awarding prizes to the Maryland Players with the five highest Junior Grand Prix points at the end of 2009.
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