BRISTOW RUN Results 5/22/2010

columns are not quite fully aligned. please bear with that. If you need to know what the different tie-break systems are, please google "Chess Tie Breaks"
regards,

Bruce George, registrations TD

Bristow Run Results will be posted here after tournament for all who want to find them.

High School and Middle School merged.  Player has HS after their name if in highschool.
That would be 4th, 6th and 26th.

Place	Name/Team	Rate	Score	MMed	Solk	Cum	CumOp
							
1	MARTIN, James (5,Saunde)	850	4	8	9	10	25

Just a slideshow from the recent Northern VA Open at the Sierra Hotel.

Slideshow

From NOVA Open 2009

I found this page on why chess tournaments are actually good for kids:

http://www.masscharterschools.org/fellowships/docs/159/Chiappetta5.html

Chess tournaments are a tool for developing healthy competition, sportsmanship, and inter- and intra-school community. They provide students with intellectually stimulating activities that extend beyond the classroom and into those times when youth are most at-risk (after-school, weekends, and school holidays).

Things went great for this year's Carver Center Open Day where Raymond Duchesne, the resident chess club host kindly agreed to perform a Chess Simul. For those that don't know what that is, you can check out the wikipedia article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_exhibition And a youtube video is below after the break.

From Carver Center 2009 Simul

I am sitting here in New Jersey at a chess camp with my son. The instructor (a well known chess instructor) is teaching the class of enthusiastic and talented students in some of the finer points of chess. Obviously even though I understand the words and can see the board he uses, I realize that I cannot 'see' as much as most of the kids in the class. Instead, my mind wanders to other matters that seem to be at play in this part of the country where chess is concerned.

Some of you may be wondering why there is another organization or group for chess in Loudoun County. The answer is really simple. Loudoun Chess has goals which are different enough that a separate organization is a better solution.

This page is meant for teachers and parents interested in running or are running a school chess club

Benefits of Chess

Rather than describe them, these articles cover the topic very well.

• Benefits of Chess
• Benefits of Chess in Education
• Americas Foundation For Chess - Chess as a learning tool