140 players competed in the Spring Grand Prix for the title of Alachua County champion in four different sections. Congratulations to the first place winners:
| K-1 | K-3 | K-5 | K-12 | |
| Individual | Nicolas Sanders | Michael Wu, Frederick Huang, Charles Ye | Daniel Zeng | Jeffrey Lu |
| Team | Oak Hall | Joseph Williams | Joseph Williams | Lawton Chiles |
Final Team Standings (top 3 count toward team total)
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Dario Teodori wins UF Spring Championship with a perfect 4-0!
Andy Wu sweeps Under 1700 section and Daniel Min triumphs in Under 1300
Final Standings for all Sections
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The 2012 North Florida Regional took place on January 14th.
Final Team Standings (top 4 per school count toward team total)
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The 2011 Fall Grand Prix finished on Dec 11th.
Final Team Standings (top 3 players count)
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Congratulations, Oak Hall!
National Champions in Kindergarten and First Grade! See the final team standings
The tournament was the 2011 National Grade Level Championships in Dallas, TX.
Individual top 15 trophies were won by Abhimanyu Banerjee (Williams Elem, T3 in 5th grade), Nicholas Dang (Oak Hall, T7 in 1st grade), and Cindy Jie (Williams Elem, T11 in 5th grade).
Also, 5 Oak Hall players won rating-class trophies: Daniel Min (4th gr), Maya Harris (4th gr), Evan Vorhis (1st gr), Frederick Huang (1st gr), and Richard Ezzell (K).
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The 2011 UF Spring Championship was held on Sunday April 10. You can see the final results here.
The Spring 2011 ACSCA Grand Prix is over. See the final results here. Congratulations to all of the players.
Congrats to Mahbub Shahalam for winning the 2011 Gainesville City Chess Championship on March 6 and March 13, 2011 at Westside Park. Check out the final standings here.
The 2011 North Regional Scholastic Chess Championship were held on Sunday Jan 23, 2011. Check out the final standings.
Also, the FSCL state championship tournament will be held in Orlando Feb 4-6, 2011. Make sure you sign up soon before the block of hotel rooms closes.
The K-12 nationals were held December 10-12, 2010 and Gainesville teams and players did very well. Oak Hall won the Kindergarten section and Williams Elementary tied for first in the 4th grade section. There were a number of top ten individual performances. Full results can be found at: http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2010/k12/?page=RESULTS
The final standings of the Fall Grand Prix are posted here.
The UF Fall Championship is over, congratulations to all the players. You can see the final standings here.
The Westside Park Fall Championship is complete. Check the final standings here.
We had a great visit from Ray Robson in Gainesville on Oct 3 and 4. On Oct 3, Ray played a simul at the grand opening of the Westside Park Scholastic Chess Club He defeated 25 of our top scholastic players. Then on Oct 4, Ray visited the UF Gator Chess Club He gave a lecture and then beat everybody in blitz games for the rest of the evening. See some pictures below.
School chess clubs: The principals of all of the area schools should have received information regarding setting up chess clubs at your school. If your school does not have a chess club, talk to your principal about starting one. It doesn't take much to set up a club, the hardest part is to find a teacher interested enough to stay around one day after school. Call George Pyne 373-9110 if you have any questions.
Chess calendar: The website also has a calendar of the relevant dates we know about for the fall/spring grand prix, the UF tournaments, the north regional, state and national tournaments. Please reserve these dates on your calendar.
Stay tuned for more information. Let us know if you have any questions.
Led by George Pyne, the Alachua County Scholastic Chess Association (ACSCA) has promoted chess for the children of Gainesville for many years. Major events each year include the ACSCA Grand Prix, Westside Park chess and the yearly Chess Challenge.
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