Lori Balkum, Author at Austin Chess Tournaments

Posted on January 26, 2022January 31, 2022 by Lori Balkum

2022W Regents Pairings and Wall Charts and Standings

This event has been rated by the USCF:
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202201294142.0-12577690

Jump to: K-3 U300, K-3 U600, K-5 U600, K-5 U1000, 6-12 U600, 6-12 U1000, K-12 Any, Open Section, Parent Child

K-3 U300

Final Results Final Results
Round 5 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 4 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 3 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 2 Pairings — Wall Chart
Round 1 Pairings — Wall Chart

K-3 U600

Final Results Final Results
Round 5 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 4 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 3 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 2 Pairings— Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 1 Pairings — Wall Chart

K-5 U600

Final Results Final Results
Round 5 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 4 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 3 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 2 Pairings— Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 1 Pairings — Wall Chart

K-5 U1000

6-12 U600

6-12 U1000

K-12 Any

Final Results Final Results
Round 5 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 4 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 3 Pairings — Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 2 Pairings— Wall Chart  — Team Standings
Round 1 Pairings — Wall Chart

Open Section

FINAL Final Standings – Parent Child
Round 4 Pairings — Wall Chart
Round 3 Pairings — Wall Chart
Round 2 Pairings — Wall Chart
Round 1 Results

USCF rated event

This tournament has been rated by the USCF:
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202201294142.0-12577690

Posted on January 26, 2022August 18, 2022 by Lori Balkum

2022 Winter Simul with GM Vladimir Belous

Immediately following the awards ceremony at the Regents Winter Scholastic Chess Tournament, GM Vladimir Belous will offer a multi-board simultaneous exhibition. Each player who registers for the Simul plays black in his or her own separate game against GM Belous.

This Simul is meant for players rated under 1400. Rated players, unrated players, family and friends all welcome and is limited to the first 40 paid registrants. You may view the list of registered players here.

The registration fee is $10.

Online registration closes when the player limit has been reached OR on Saturday, January 29th at 4pm, whichever comes first. Cash is requested if registering onsite (if space permits).

Withdrawals will always be honored, and if you need to withdraw, we request you let us know as early as possible so that another player has the opportunity to participate. However, refund requests will only be granted until 8am on Saturday, January 29th. A $2 fee service fee will apply.

We do not often have GM’s visit Austin. We hope you take advantage of this wonderful opportunity! A commemorative notation sheet will be given to all participants and signed by GM Belous at the finish of their game.

Posted on January 24, 2022June 30, 2022 by Lori Balkum

St Andrews Chess Camp

Description: A full-day, week-long chess camp, hosted by St. Andrew’s Episcopal School at their Shoal Creek Campus from June 27- July 1, 2022. The camp will be run by Gary Gaiffe and a team of local chess instructors. All scholastic players are invited to register!

Registration opens March 8th for St. Andrew’s families, and March 10th at 10am for non-St. Andrew’s families.
Camp website: https://www.sasaustin.org/student-life/summer-camp-at-st-andrews-2022
Registration will be available at the link above.

Camp information
Camp dates: Camp week #5, June 27 – July 1, 2022.
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Price: $500
Location: 31st St. Campus
Teacher: St. Andrew’s Summer Camp Specialist, Gary Gaiffe
Target audience: kids grades 2 – 8

Chess Camp includes formal instruction and play, plus a camp-wide tournament at the end of the week! Beginners learn basic chess theory, game objectives, piece movement, game and tournament rules.

Intermediates study chess analysis and decision-making, tactics, checkmate patterns and tournament strategies. Advanced students are taught more sophisticated chess techniques and decision-making, complex tactics, calculated and intuitive sacrifices, opening and endgame analysis.

Contact instructor Gary Gaiffe, ggaiffe@att.net, 512-426-7841 with questions as to camp content and appropriateness for your students.

For all other questions, including those regarding registration procedures, please contact the Summer Camp office, summercamp@sasaustin.org.

Please visit the camp website before making inquiries. The website covers the topics of early arrival and aftercare, drop-off and pick-up, lunch and supervision, student conduct, class sizes, cancellation policy, and covid guidelines.

Posted on January 23, 2022March 12, 2022 by Lori Balkum

2022 Spring Scholastic at Regents School PreRegistration List

All registrations appear automatically. Please allow one to two days for USCF information to be verified, at which point the rating will be entered. (You may see ratings within sections that seem illogical. Please understand that only after the April supplement is finalized and published will players receive their final section adjustments.)

If your name has a , your registration is complete.
If your name has a , the registrar has a question about your registration. Please contact the registrar if you have not already been contacted.
If there is no symbol in front of your name, your USCF verification is in process.

Jump to: K-3 U300, K-3 U600, K-5 U600, K-5 U1100, 6-12 U600, 6-12 U1100, K-12 Any, Open Section.

Return to the Regents Spring Tournament page

K-1 U300

Name	USCF ID	Rating	Team	Byes
Vemulapalli, Gautam	30258042	0 – UNR	Challenger AR
Pei, Benjamin M	30129416	164 – OLQ	Canyon Creek
Guo, Sophia	30263892	235	Basis Austin Primary
Chen, Yiheng Ethan	30441678	0 – UNR	Cactus Ranch
Zeng, Zachary	30386726	176	Spicewood
Selvam, Maya	30360365	191	Patsy Sommer
Kalyankar, Ira	30409830	0 – UNR	Challenger AR
Schaeffer, Luke	30467929	0 – UNR	Highland Park	4, 5
Chakraborty, Aahan	30456077	0 – UNR	Laurel Mountain
Alang, Kiara	30433974	118	Basis Austin Primary
Kuhn, Bria	30494772	0 – UNR	Basis Austin Primary
Lu, Renee Shan	30431277	277	Paragon E
Kaje, Chirag	30450430	0 – UNR	Forest Trail
Veerapaneni, Tanish	30541660	0 – UNR	Spicewood

Section count: 14

K-3 U300

Name	USCF ID	Rating	Team	Byes
Sakthi Sri Ganesh, Aashish Sriman	30300002	205	Herrington
Mangidkar, Shubh	17355750	282	Elsa England	5
Wang, Janey	30436049	245	Spicewood
Chodniewicz, Edison	30280271	271	Regents
Wang, Alexander	30464175	0 – UNR	Elsa England
Li, Christopher	30467405	0 – UNR	Laurel Mountain
Jayadev, Rishabh	30469492	0 – UNR	Bee Cave E
Periyasamy , Sanjeev	30442292	0 – UNR	Meridian
Desu, Srihaas Karthikeya	30037713	0 – UNR	Reagan Elementary
Nadiminti, Aarush	30474339	0 – UNR	Parkside
Vasquez, Aris	30428349	105	Oak Hill
Sandoval, Isaac	30418067	105	Oak Hill
Akula, Evanka	30477448	0 – UNR	Cactus Ranch
Akula, Ishanvi	30477456	0 – UNR	Cactus Ranch
Shaw, Sebastian	30478525	0 – UNR	Paragon E
Stoffels, Amelie	30424129	0 – UNR	Holy Family
Levesque, Bradley	30482688	0 – UNR	Springwood Homeschool
Borkar, Spruha	30213862	0 – UNR	Basis Austin Primary
Lucas, Emanuel	30418085	107	Oak Hill
Rodriguez, Mariaelena Ochoa	30418092	105	Oak Hill
Klase, Finn	30289556	112	Regents
Klase, Lilly	30284257	101	Regents
Vijayaraj, Darshan	30277730	213	Challenger AR
Hoff, Philipp	30282043	100	Regents
Johnson, Enzo	30280295	112	Regents	4, 5
Santos, Gavin	30420678	103	Regents	1
Bernis, Wesley	30420665	105	Regents
Shaw, Nolan	30347308	207	Bush Elementary
Panchasara, Khushi Sumit	30444797	0 – UNR	Basis Austin Primary
Parackal, Geordan Giby	30499305	0 – UNR	Elsa England
Shrestha, Vihaan	30505802	0 – UNR	Paragon E
Somani, Neev	30521103	0 – UNR	Murchison
Los, Nicholas	30409226	298	Ladybird Montessori
Velasquez, Luciana	30519146	0 – UNR	Baty
Chintakunta, Adhrith	30343859	246	Elsa England
Lin, Nathan	17080290	249	Laurel Mountain
Sriram, Samya	30433964	141	Austin Discovery
Sun, Alice	30540358	0 – UNR	Spicewood
Garza, Brooklyn Madison	30470967	101 Q	IDEA HP

Section count: 39

K-3 U600

Name	USCF ID	Rating	Team	Byes
Dasi, Sanvika	30381035	475	Akin
Dharanipathy, Prasanna Sai	17303456	584	Laurel Mountain
Vellanki, Esha Rajee	30400546	492	Bush Elementary	5
Masten , Smith	30414917	329	Regents
Ratnagiri, Aarohan	30411039	467	Bee Cave E
Guo, Shawn	30263664	476	Basis Austin
Skripkina, Elizaveta	30018613	473	Mills
Lu, Nathan	30209766	500	Spicewood	1
Menges, Ruth	30394239	443	Oak HIll
Menges, Anna	30394245	342	Oak Hill
Venza, Rex	30050414	459	NYOS
Yu, Benjamin	16935600	502	Spicewood
Song, Ruichen	30286869	444	Basis Austin Primary
Thata, Ram G	30434944	322	Kiker
Chodniewicz, Asher	30288162	536	Regents
Martens, Lyla	30328345	444	Laurel Mountain
Schaefer, Isaac	30437035	402	Home
Prashanth, Devdatt	30134307	441	Basis Austin Primary
Namburi, Nishika L	30374539	343	Basis Austin Primary
Papisetti, Rutvik	30383392	431	Basis Austin Primary
Maddisetty, Ishan Naga Venkata	30386135	469 OLQ	Cox
Kuhn, Jasmine	30264811	322	Basis Austin Primary
Ji, William	30277174	474	Basis Austin Primary
Dudley, Benjamin	30281255	482	NYOS
Dudley, Harrison	30431286	414	NYOS	5
Raj, Ishaan	17112715	336	Patsy Sommer
Pogue-Jewell, Talia	30045235	410 Q	Ridgetop
Longoria, Alexander	30427727	407	Del Valle
Chintakunta, Aniruddha	30343875	405	Elsa England
Veerapaneni, Yashas	16783046	518	Spicewood
Wang, Kai	30528820	0 – UNR	Purple Sage

Section count: 31

K-5 U600

Name	USCF ID	Rating	Team	Byes
Suresh kumar, Thejal shree	30289991	468	Mills
Dharanipathy, Pranav Sai	17303441	559	Laurel Mountain
Selvam, Sara P	17319893	583	Patsy Sommer
Mishra, Darsh	17097771	437	Basis Austin
Mamidi, Harshul	17257318	459	Patsy Sommer
Philips, Shreya	17178522	578	Laurel Mountain
Chodniewicz, Beckham	30288144	412	Regents
Arunachalam, Raghavan	16586481	501	Laurel Mountain	5
Jonnala, Purushottam Reddy	17306290	427	Basis Austin
Deng, Anbo	30468720	0 – UNR	Patsy Sommer
Tee, Felix	16961826	418	Basis Austin
Ramirez, Micah S	16021333	308	IDEA Kyle
Adapa, Akhila SriSurya	16783224	423	Basis Austin
Kulkarni , Rohan Ajey	16097214	380	Basis Austin
Castel, Jean	16311324	419	Laurel Mountain
Ajan, Nethania Susan	30433343	454	Basis Austin
Yenna, Varun Reddy	30437046	306	Reagan Elementary
McCarty, David	30259811	311	Veritas
Levesque, Henry	30482654	0 – UNR	Springwood Homeschool
Zhou, Jayden Yufei	16961847	550	Laurel Mountain
Polamraju, Sukruth S	17313708	518	Pleasant Hill
Santos, Preston	30280020	155	Regents	2, 3
Goel, Isha	30494787	0 – UNR	Paragon E
Khan, Ayaan A	30154740	448	Canyon Creek
Acharya, Richay	30134008	190 – OLQ	Elsa England
McCain, Gideon	30502429	0 – UNR	AAH
Parackal, Geona Giby	30499319	0 – UNR	Elsa England
Vennavalli, Mounika Varshini	17064833	573	Parkside
Palaniappan, Sreenaath	30516918	0 – UNR	Parkside
Gutierrez, Xavier	30519082	0 – UNR	Baty
Hixon, Ayla	30519129	0 – UNR	Baty
Guzman, Dulce	30519191	0 – UNR	Baty
Salazar, Fabian	30156362	422	Del Valle
Longoria, Ayden Anthony	30302323	406	Del Valle
Osorio, Julianna Katelyn	30501736	0 – UNR	Del Valle
Zheng, Katie	30537366	0 – UNR	Basis Austin
Green, Miles	16935458	240	Casis	4, 5
Green, Wesley	16935547	111	Casis	4, 5
Mirra, Maximilian	30538322	0 – UNR	Lake Travis	1
Iwabuchi, Jayden	30540348	0 – UNR	Del Valle
Chandraganti , Sriman	30540065	0 – UNR	Basis Austin
Omshankar, Vyas	30543508	0 – UNR	Laurel Mountain

Section count: 42

K-5 U1100

Name	USCF ID	Rating	Team	Byes
Dasi, Shreyes	17116504	1016	Akin
Suresh kumar, Jaikrish pukazh	30290024	625	Mills
Sastry, Abhinav	30269584	740	Clayton
Balamurugan, Saipratik	30014322	671	Meridian
Manchanda, Advik	30054176	1014	Basis Austin
Borse, Anushka	16724907	610	Barton Creek
Pidathala, Esha	16808204	961	Patsy Sommer
Pidathala, Srikar	16941865	698	Patsy Sommer
Abrol, Riaan	30161373	784	Patsy Sommer
Jackson, Leo Daniel Olivera	30226167	685	Magnolia Montessori
Ringe, Sarthak	30351185	950	Bee Cave E
Ganesh, Rithik	17293416	951	Basis Austin
Adoni, Ishaan	30125298	602	Basis Austin
Wang, Cynthia	17324563	634	Spicewood
Dash, Rohan	30329426	549	Laurel Mountain
Ramey, Alexander	30280135	842	Regents
Ottley, Hieu Richard	30329930	825	Laurel Mountain	1
Katta, Aneesh	16249118	1049	Akin
Adapa, Aniketh	16783266	724	Basis Austin
Morillo, Marc James	16444783	923	Laurel Mountain
Islam, Nameer Raif	30325677	820	Teravista
Saberi, Christopher	17116490	858	Regents
Nguyen, Aaron	30299985	862	Austin International
Lickteig, Caleb	30488567	0 – UNR	Regents	3, 4
Borkotoky, Arjun	30230684	604	Rutledge
Gangarapu, Abhijay Raghav	17058845	864	Elsa England
Matthews, Cody	30434262	802	Caraway
Khandelwal, Aman	30501918	0 – UNR	Zilker
Dinesh, Sayan	30358164	684	Meridian
Akella, Vibhu	30064748	708 OLQ	Paragon E
Rajkumar, Advaith	17133801	645	Patsy Sommer
Janardhan, Dhruv Chalaka	16248142	936	Bee Cave E
Pogue-Jewell, Cole	16586454	356	Ridgetop	4, 5
Shryoc, Kiran	30287254	610	St Andrews	4, 5
Beskrowni, Ashrit Mehta	30291963	937	Long-View Micro
Siripanga, Lithik	16908532	659	Teravista
Kodakandla, Durga Charan	16333351	678	Ceder Park Montessori
Hamill, Jonathan	17027890	889	Forest Vista

Section count: 38

6-12 U600

Name	USCF ID	Rating	Team	Byes
Wu, Ryan	30438101	0 – UNR	Small MS	1
Periyasamy , Maheshkumar	30300975	468	Meridian
Kota, Sanjith	16790901	305	Meridian
Devara, Akshaj	30462818	0 – UNR	Stiles
Kanduri, Aneesh	30464337	0 – UNR	Meridian
Ramireddy, Lahari	16432780	597	Cedar Valley MS
Ramirez, Ian V	16021312	308	IDEA Kyle
Ramirez, Sophia	16021327	118	IDEA Kyle
Frey, Tobias Julian	15645801	463	Kealing
Borkar, Shlok	30213721	0 – UNR	Pearson Ranch
Collins, Ryan	30280227	352	Regents
Farrell, Joan	30428974	177	Regents
Griffin, Joel	30282066	0 – UNR	Regents
Spadini, Elijah	30154691	355 – OLQ	Regents
Jennings, Liam	30428986	525	Garza
Bowers-Benderly, Ben	30428924	295	Garza
Lee, Elliot	30428862	0 – UNR	Garza
Reyes, Benjamin	16142358	451	Valor MS South
Dosapati, Suhaas Sree	17143813	332	Meridian
Acharya, Rishabh	16004256	379	Pearson Ranch
McCain, Gaius	30495022	0 – UNR	AAH
Parackal, Geoff Giby	17192703	482	Pearson Ranch
Darilek, Miles John	30135218	457 – OLQ	Kingsland
Coibion, Liam	30289707	400	Gorzycki MS
Stokes-Guinan, Zac	30525466	0 – UNR	AAH
Bruck, Landon	30501649	0 – UNR	Paragon MS	2, 3
Lowe, Jagger	30279991	186	Regents	3, 4, 5
Thomason, Adaline	30055854	110	Regents
Douglas, William	30055843	0 – UNR	Regents	5
Chodniewicz, Aleks Samuel	30540339	0 – UNR	Dripping Springs MS
Zurovetz, Vanessa Nicole	30278148	214	NYOS
Todkar, Anvay	16334636	458	Westwood
Ding, Julia	16254213	366	LASA
Yu, Ned	30543538	0 – UNR	LASA
Jeyaram Malismitha, Rajvignesh Lohithan	30131671	0 – UNR	Westwood

Section count: 35

6-12 U1100

Name	USCF ID	Rating	Team	Byes
Sastry, Adya	30273432	898	Kealing
Lee, Bryan Chen	15934255	611	Canyon Vista
Boyapalle, Saaketh R	15514438	883	Cedar Valley MS
Kumaran, Saharsh	16781783	867	Cedar Valley MS
Gu, Austin Wen	30477516	0 – UNR	Canyon Vista
Ho, Christopher	16456105	1083	McNeil HS
Somani, Maanit	30410081	624	Kelly Lane MS
Sista, Agastya Varun	30297893	658	Gateway M
Jernigan, Noble	30428807	653	Garza
Wood, Luke	30055826	886	Regents
Jacquin, Matthew	30055878	830	Regents	3, 4, 5
Srivastava , Vivaan	17188341	545	Stiles
Griffin, Spencer	17119677	999	Pearson Ranch
Post, Gavin	15668035	657	Westlake HS	1
Akella, Amogh	30066572	927 – OLQ	Canyon Vista
Dasari, Tanish	16409040	1001	Cedar Valley MS
Zhi, Tim	30420613	900	Covington MS
Dhananjeyan, Aadhav	16097283	783	WoodCreek
Rylee, Ian	30057961	853	Regents
Loper, Zach	30058503	794	Regents	3, 4, 5
Kotla, Varun	16635633	679	Cedar Valley MS
Chokshi, Ishaan S	16722607	654	Cedar Valley MS
Malyshev, Michael Misha	30498704	0 – UNR	ATA – CP

Section count: 23

K-12 Any

Name	USCF ID	Rating	Team	Byes
Dhananjeyan, Tarun	16044137	1110	Tompkins HS
Mukkollu, Mohit	15348106	1282	Cedar Valley MS
Shen, Yangyang	17080503	1003	Patsy Sommer
Senapati, Avni	16783067	1035	Basis Austin
Kakarla, Akhil	15496713	1168	Cedar Valley MS
Arunachalam, Arunachalam	15682353	1063	Canyon Vista	5
Tirumala, Advay Venkatasai	15821575	1166	Cedar Valley MS
Schaefer, Logan	15068490	1228	Wilson Hill
Song, Joyce	16240543	1083	Spicewood
Modica, Jared	30335869	1407	NYOS
Sterling , Brayden	15533141	1125	Alpha
Cai, Benjamin	16322627	740	LASA
Collins, Connor Jason	30134725	1449	Regents
Wu, Harrisonne	30059275	1085	Regents
Wu, Dixon Philip	30055860	1038	Regents
Kanna, Akhil	15920145	1178	Paragon MS
Bhowmick, Loy	15558601	1472	Westwood
Brown, Caleb Sebastian	14842235	1343	Home
Rajkumar, Avishai	17133796	1252	Cedar Valley MS
Mezouh, Nick	16252415	1085	Grisham
McDonald, Liam Fitzgerald	30130701	1105 OLQ	LASA
Rao, Tejomay	15657605	736	Cedar Valley MS
Kilian, Cole Christopher	30503365	0 – UNR	ATA – CP
Subramony, Vishnu	30291348	856	Bear Creek E
Kao, Simona Y	14484133	1535	LASA	1
Ramesh, Avaneesh	15517533	1215	Westwood
Joseph, Julian	16783177	1240	Spicewood

Section count: 27

Open Lower Section

Name	USCF ID	Rating	Family/Child Team	Byes
North III, Richard	16358957	991
Sachdev, Vaibhav	30192493	909
Xue, Leo	16004167	1435
Collins, Justin	12912141	1415
Shero, Riley	16672488	1307
Verma, Vivek	30254679	1527
Toups, Brent Michael	30383611	402Q
Nadar, Jovan Mahen	15821596	1283
Ramey, John	30387710	1039	Ramey
Reddy, Gangi	16923571	1071	Reddy
Sykora, Landon	12840203	1429
Arunachalam, Annamalai	16740887	1447
McDougall, Damon	30324722	1315Q
Zhang, Oscar	30067435	1443
Taylor, Jacob Warren	13963470	1211
McCarty, Ryan	30427406	0 – UNR
Anantuni, Samarth	30347322	1444		1
Rahul, Rahul	30516647	0 – UNR	Rahul/Alang
Yang, Jerry	30515918	0 – UNR
McAleer, Timothy R	30249729	1387
Zhu, Zile	30413393	1237
Lopez, Rylan	30239736	1290
Yates, Tristan	16485337	1394
Punalekar, Aryan	15552904	1394
Nayak, Varun	13751313	569

Section count: 25

Open Upper Section

Name	USCF ID	Rating	Family/Child Team	Byes
Borse, Tanvi	15992594	1507
Borse, Prasanna	12938906	2055	Borse
Ramirez, Vicente	12637044	1513	Ramirez
Lin, Dachey	13147854	2394
Nguyen, Dang	13942075	1974
Klipec, Chase Matthew	30171112	1444
Mezokh, Aleksey	14263963	1757
Mezokh, Vladimir	14263978	1722	Mezokh
LaSalle, Craig	12747019	2101		1
Miller , Collin Alexander	14967007	1512
Williams, Michael R S	17081527	1939
Pandey, Shourya	30287154	1753
Eswaran, Pranav	14015432	1824
Seidl, Luke	16659975	1606
Hamill, Michael	12664156	1674	Hamill
Aggarwal, Raghav	15274310	1875
Kaliyur, Rohith	13388205	2050
Hullahalli, Adarsh	15213358	2169
Capocyan, Sam	13797958	2200		4
Hamill, William C	14033266	1670	Hamill

Section count: 20

Total scholastic tournament registrants: 249

Open Section registrants: 45

Posted on January 23, 2022April 3, 2022 by Lori Balkum

Open Sections at the 2022 Spring Scholastic Tournament at Regents School

USCF rated chess tournament for adults and more advanced scholastic players (rated 1200 and above) in two sections. View the preregistration list here. (Less experienced youth players should register for the scholastic event!) Online registration closes Thursday at noon!

Basics

This is a Swiss-system tournament, so everyone plays all day—there is no “elimination.” Players must know how to play the game of chess! We follow USCF rules including: touch-move, mandatory clocks (bring your own if at all possible), and mandatory notation.

Location

Regents School of Austin
3230 Travis Country Circle
Austin, Texas 78735

Parents may wait in the cafeteria. Open sections chess play will take place in the Rhetoric building library. No specators, please.

Eligibility

All adults
Any youth who have reached 1200 at some point in their ratings’ history.
Ineligible entries will be moved to the appropriate scholastic section of the 2022 Spring Scholastic at Regents School. This is a rated tournament. You must have a USCF ID and your membership (can be purchased/renewed at check out or online with the USCF in advance of registration) . You can verify your USCF membership ID and expiration by visiting the USCF’s Member Services Area. Anyone can become a USCF member. Players new to tournament chess are welcome to play. Your USCF membership cannot expire before April 30, 2022. USCF memberships can be renewed/purchased at check-out.

Sections

We will offer TWO Open sections:
Open Upper: 1500+
This section is open to any youth or adult rated at least 1500.
Open Lower: U1600
This section is open to any youth or adult rated under 1600.

Note: players rated 1500 to 1599 get a choice of sections!

Schedule

No check-in necessary for preregistrations. We will make every attempt to contact you in advance if we see a problem with your registration. Verify your entry ONLINE!
9:00 a.m. Open sections begins. Open has 4 rounds, all rounds are are G/45, d5.
No changes for round 1 (bye or section) allowed after online registration closes. Requests for byes, withdrawals, player info edits and school information may be made onsite and go into effect as of round 2. Onsite registrations only at the discretion of the open section TD. Register online!.

Approximate Round Times

Open Sections:
rd 1 – 9:00am, rd2 – 11:00am, rd3 – 1:00pm, rd4 – 3:00pm

Notes

Concessions will be provided by Regents School. Coolers welcome. Only water bottles allowed at the chess board.

COVID-19 protocols are set based on the Travis County Stage of COVID-19. Currently, facemasks are required. Players are asked to wash hands frequently and use common sense. If you’re not feeling well or have been exposed to COVID-19 in the 14 days preceding the event, please do not attend. All pairings and wall charts will be posted online only to avoid crowding. If Austin-Travis County is reduced to Stage 3 by the time of the event, facemasks will become optional. Proper handwashing and adherence to exposure guidelines are always in force!

Awards

Cash prizes, based on number of entries to top finishers in each Open Section. Under prizes offered as well. Special trophies will be awarded to the highest scoring Family & Child teams. The ‘parent-child’ team category has been expanded to include grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and even siblings. But one member of the family team MUST be of NON-scholastic age! Please email the registrar to declare your family team after you register.

Registration Information

Entry fee pricing is staggered and based on date of entry/payment.

*Early entry (youth $25, adult $20) thru Saturday, 02/26/2022.
*Regular entry (youth $30, adult $25) thru Saturday, 03/20/2022.
*Late entry (youth $40, adult $35) begins Sunday, 03/21/2022 and ENDS at NOON on Thursday 03/31/2022, at which time online entry closes.
*If space permits, onsite registration will be permitted, $50 regardless of age. Cash preferred. First round play requires registration before 8:45am.

Withdrawals requested before Thursday, 03/31/2022 are eligible for a refund (minus a $5 service fee). No refunds for USCF memberships after purchased from the USCF. NO email/phone entries.

Email Lori Balkum, registrar with other questions. No phone calls, please. Emails will be returned promptly.

Organized by Rocks & Rooks. Gary Gaiffe, tournament organizer.

View the preregistration list here.

Posted on January 23, 2022April 3, 2022 by Lori Balkum

2022 Spring Scholastic at Regents School

Tournament Day Links

Maps: Campus Map – – Grammar Building Floor Plan
Pairings, wall charts, and standings: all sections
Reminder Email: scholastic
**please note – because section counts are variable due to registrations and withdrawals, locations may change due to size constraints**

Registration is now closed. NO onsite registrations. NO EXCEPTIONS! USCF rated chess tournament, April 2nd, in multiple RATED scholastic sections: K-1 U300, K-3 U300, K-3 U600, K-5 U600, K-5 U1100, 6-12 U600, 6-12 U1100, and K-12 Any. View the preregistration list here. Pairings will be posted only online. Please note: all scholastic players rated 1600 and over must play in one of the Open sections.

Basics

This is a Swiss-system tournament, so everyone plays all day—there is no “elimination.” Players must know how to play the game of chess! We follow USCF rules including: touch-move, mandatory clocks if available, and notation. K-3 and younger sections are excused from taking notation. Please review the Parent/Coach Responsibilities before registering!

Location

Regents School of Austin
3230 Travis Country Circle
Austin, Texas 78735

Parents may wait in the Events Center or outside. Chess play will take place in classrooms.
Review a map of campus.

Eligibility

This is a rated tournament. You must have a USCF ID and your membership (can be purchased/renewed at check out or online with the USCF in advance of registration) . You can verify your USCF membership ID and expiration by visiting the USCF’s Member Services Area. Anyone can become a USCF member. Players new to tournament chess are welcome to play. Your USCF membership cannot expire before April 30, 2022. USCF memberships can be renewed/purchased at check-out. (JTPs ok in K-3 and K-1 sections only. New players in 3rd grade and below may request a non-member ID as a part of USCF’s Junior Tournament Player Program during registration)

“Under” sections are only for students meeting the rating criteria. All players who are new to tournaments are eligible for their age appropriate ‘under’ section. (Look up your player’s rating here. Please email the registrar or ask your chess coach for placement information.
If your 6th grader attends an Elementary School, please contact the registrar for options. With enough registrations, any section may be divided into two sections, or small similar sections may be combined.

Please note: April ‘Regular’ OTB ratings will be used for pairing purposes. If no regular rating is available, then other April USCF ratings (quick, blitz, online) can and will be considered for section placement.

All players in this event must be in 12th grade (or lower).

Schedule

No check-in necessary for preregistrations. We will make every attempt to contact you in advance if we see a problem with your registration. Verify your entry ONLINE!
8:30 a.m Announcements begin in all scholastic playing rooms.
Players and coaches should be present.
9:00 a.m. Rd 1 begins. Scholastic sections have 5 rds, G/30, d5.
9:00 a.m. Open sections begin. Open has 4 rounds, all rounds are are G/45, d5.
9:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Problem desk open. No changes for round 1 (bye or section) allowed after online registration closes. Requests for byes, withdrawals, and player or school information edits go in effect immediately if made via email before the close of online registration. Changes requested onsite go into effect as of round 2. NO Onsite registrations.

Approximate Round Times

Scholastic Sections:
round 1 – 9:00am, rd 2 – 11:00am, rd 3 – 12:45 pm, rd 4 – 2:30 pm
rd 5 – 4:00 pm

Notes

There will be some “down time” between rounds since many games will finish early. We will provide an area (outside the tournament room) for casual “skittles” chess and/or other indoor activities. Parents and/or coaches, please provide age-appropriate activities during the time between rounds. The organizers cannot baby-sit. No child should be left unattended!

Concessions will be provided by Regents School. Coolers welcome. Only water bottles allowed at the chess board.

COVID-19 protocols are set based on the Austin?Travis County Stage of COVID-19. Austin/Travis County is currently Stage 2. As long as the county is Stage 3 or below, facemasks are optional. (Facemasks become mandatory if the county reaches stage 4 or higher.) Proper handwashing and adherence to exposure guidelines are always requested.

Awards

Trophies & Medals to Top Contenders! Ribbons to all participants! Trophies to the top individuals in each scholastic section. Trophies to the top teams in all sections. Number of individual and team trophies will depend on number of entries. Chess medals will go to all players (excluding Open section) that finish the tournament with a positive score (3.0 & 3.5 points). Trophies to players scoring 4.0 and above. No teams in Open section, but special trophies will be awarded to the highest scoring Parent & Child teams.

Registration Information

Entry fee pricing is staggered and based on date of entry/payment.

*Early entry $25 thru Saturday 02/26/2022.
* Regular entry $30 thru Saturday, 03/20/2022
*Late entry $40 begins Sunday, 03/21/2022 and ENDS at NOON on Thursday 03/31/2022, at which time online entry closes.
*No onsite entries allowed. No entries accepted after online registration closes.

Withdrawals requested via email before noon on Thursday 3/31/2022 are eligible for a refund (minus a $5 service fee). No refunds for USCF memberships after purchased from the USCF. NO email/phone entries.

Please request byes when you register if possible. First bye receives 1/2-point. Further byes receive 0-points. Email the registrar to make changes to your requested byes. Deadline to add or remove a 1st round requested bye is 9am Friday 4/1/2022. All 1/2-point byes must be requested/removed before the end of round 2.

Email Lori Balkum, registrar with other questions. No phone calls, please. Emails will be returned promptly.

Organized by Rocks & Rooks. Gary Gaiffe, tournament organizer.

View the preregistration list here.

Posted on January 15, 2022March 20, 2022 by Lori Balkum

Nathan’s Chess Tournament Fundraiser

Description: This is a fundraising tournament held on Sunday, March 20th with ALL proceeds going to a variety of non-profits such as American Cancer Society. Nathan has a passion for chess and looks forward to giving back to this Important cause, as his grandmother suffered through breast cancer and he lost a close relative to Leukemia. There will be both a rated and unrated section along with food, concessions, raffles, chess lessons with a National Master, and lots of fun for all ages!

Location:
Congregation Agudas Achim
16550 Huebner Rd
San Antonio, TX 78248

Round times:
• 5 Rounds
• Rounds 1 starts at 12 PM

Time controls:
• Unrated G/15
• Rated G/30;d5

Sections:
Unrated
Rated (requires a current USCF membership)

Prizes:
Trophies for the top 3 in each section
And lots of exciting prizes for others, too!

Entry fee:
Register online today: https://completechesseducation.com/product/nathans-tournament-fundraiser/
Super Early Register (Last day Jan 31) – $5 Unrated, $15 Rated
Early Register (Last day Feb 28) – $10 Unrated, $20 Rated
Regular Register (Until March 19) – $20 Unrated, $30 Rated
On Site Registration (Only Unrated- No RATED Registration On Site)- $30 Unrated

*Any refunds will be deducted a $7 fee for processing and transaction fees* Sorry no refunds after March 10.

Questions:
Contact Jesse James Lozano of Complete Chess (completechess@gmail.com), [210] 393-3056 if you have questions about this event.

Posted on January 8, 2022January 22, 2022 by Lori Balkum

Waco January Swiss

Location:
Holy Spirit Episcopal Church
1624 Wooded Acres Dr
Waco, TX 76710

2 sections: Open and Reserve (Under 1400)

Both sections: Four rounds, G/45, 5 second delay.

Limited Capacity of 48 players! – Please email or call/text one of the contacts below to pre-register and ensure you get a spot. If you show up onsite without pre-registering, there’s a chance the tournament will already be full.

Round times: Registration 8:00 to 8:50 AM. Round one 9:00 AM. Round two 10:30 AM. Round three 1:00 PM (after lunch). Round four 2:30 PM.

Entry fee: $15 – Cash only. Up to 90% returned in prizes.

A donation jar will be available for players who want to help the church out for providing us with a venue.

US Chess Membership is required. Please be responsible for your membership prior to the event to help the organizers and prevent delays.

For questions, please contact:

Jason Howell (korchboy@hotmail.com) 254-495-3445
Dan Shafer (daniel_m_shafer@baylor.edu) 254-652-8365
Matt Potts (shalitan@gmail.com) 512-739-8626
Forrest Marler (fzmarler@gmail.com) 254-231-7026

Or visit our site (wacochess.org)

Posted on January 5, 2022February 20, 2022 by Lori Balkum

Southwest San Antonio Classic 2022

Description: This is a USCF rated swiss chess tournament open to all chess players in San Antonio and surrounding areas. There will be 5 rounds in total with 2 schedules offered. The two-day schedule will be on February 19th, and 20th while the three-day schedule will be the 18th, 19th, and 20th. 1/2 point bye available for any round if notified before Round 2 is paired. No last round byes. Register online today! View a list of pre-registered players!

LIMIT 50 PEOPLE FOR THIS EVENT.

Location:
Complete Chess
526391 De Zavala Rd
Ste 113
San Antonio, TX 78249

Round times (Two day schedule):
• Registration at 9:00-9:45 am if not done online.
• Rounds 1, 2, & 3 starts promptly on February 19th at 10:00am, 2:00pm, and 6:00pm.
• Rounds 4 & 5 starts promptly on February 20th at 10:00am and 2:00pm.

Time controls (Two day schedule):
• Rounds 1 & 2: G/75;d5
• Rounds 3, 4, & 5: G/90+30 sec.

Round times (Three day schedule): ($30 re-entry Available)
• Registration at 5:00-5:45 am if not done online.
• Rounds 1 starts promptly on February 18th at 6:00pm.
• Rounds 2, & 3 starts promptly on February 19th at 2:00pm, and 6:00pm.
• Rounds 4 & 5 starts promptly on February 20th at 10:00am and 2:00pm.

Time controls (Three day schedule):
• Rounds 1: G/90+30 sec
• Rounds 2: G/75;d5
• Rounds 3, 4, & 5: G/90+30 sec.

Entry fee: $40 if received before January 31st, $50 if received before February 14th, and $60 until the day of the event. $70 for on-site registration and may have to take 1st round bye.

Sections and Prizes:
*50% guaranteed in prizes based on 30 entries. 50% guaranteed payout.
One prize per person

Two section with class prizes.
(Championship) *U1600 players must pay an extra $50 to compete in this section*
• $200-100

(Reserve)
• Top Class C(1400-1599): $100
• Top Class D(1200-1399): $100
• Top Class E/Unrated (1000-1199): $100

*Any refunds will be deducted a $7 fee for processing and transaction fees*

Contact Complete Chess (completechess@gmail.com) if you have questions about this event.

Posted on January 5, 2022January 22, 2022 by Lori Balkum

January 22 Scholastic Saturday Tournament

Description: This is a USCF rated chess tournament open to all students (K-12) in San Antonio and nearby areas. We will play on Saturday at 10a.m. until finish (usually around 3p.m). Register online today! View a list of pre-registered players!

LIMIT 50 PEOPLE FOR THIS EVENT.

Location:
Complete Chess
526391 De Zavala Rd
Ste 113
San Antonio, TX 78249

Round times:
• 5 Rounds
• Rounds 1 starts at 10 AM

Time controls:
• All Rounds G/30;d5

Entry fee: $20 in advance $30 in person

Sections and Prizes:

(K-5 u500)
(K-8 u800)
(K-12 Open)

Trophies for the top 3 in each section
Team trophy for the top 2 each section (max 4 students per team that is counted) As many students can play but only top 4 count

**Any cancellations that require a refund will be garnished with a $7 processing and transaction fee.

Contact Complete Chess (completechess@gmail.com) if you have questions about this event.