The Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) Sports Committee continues Tournaments and a new chess schedule with classes (Weekly Tactic Challenge).
On Saturday, November 6th, 2021, the Chess Club hosted its sixteenth chess tournament fundraiser. With more people joining the Chess Club, more kids have the opportunity to play quality chess against other curious learners.
With the tournament about to start, nearly 70 people joined the club to compete in this week’s tournament, including players all the way from China! Before the tournament started, there was an informational meeting held on zoom to discuss the rules about the tournament and to introduce AYLUS to the participants that are not familiar with the organization, along with mentioning how to donate to help the community.
The tournament started at 7:00 PM EST with many participants, in an 1 hour, 4 game swiss style tournament. Intense games were played, with many close games. When the tournament was over, “Awesome_Lucas” (2 wins, 1 loss, 0 draw) got first place with 4 points. Closely following was “graywolfcub” in second place, 3 points from 2 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws and “dp-panda” in third also with 2 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws. Everyone had fun during this tournament and got the chance to play against a variety of different opponents with different skill levels.
GPA Chess Hosts (11/6, 2 hrs): Sarah Yan, Erick Yan, George Chen.
The GPA Chess Club’s next tournament will be our annual Holiday Classic Tournament with CASH PRIZES that will be hosted on Saturday, December 4th, from 7-8 PM EST. The time control will remain the same (G10+5) and everyone is welcome. All ages can come and compete with their skills and have fun playing games of chess.
2021 Fall Weekly Tactic Challenge (FREE)
Weekly Tactic Challenge is an online chess class for players who know the basic knowledge of chess (1000 > USCF rate > 300). Let’s challenge ourselves to see how many one move checkmate positions can be solved within a time frame!
Class time: Monday, 6-7pm EST, November 29 – December 27 (5 weeks)
Format: Online via Zoom
Contact us at abcchess2019@gmail.com for any questions.
