The Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) Sports Committee continues Tournaments and a new chess schedule with classes (Weekly Tactic Challenge).
On Saturday, December 4th, 2021, the Chess Club hosted its seventeenth chess tournament fundraiser. With more people joining the Chess Club, more kids have the opportunity to play quality chess against other curious learners.
Within an hour of the tournament starting, over 80 people already joined the club to compete in this week’s tournament, including players all the way fromCanada! Before the tournament started, there was an informational meeting held on Zoom to discuss the tournament rules and 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 14 participants, in a 4 game swiss style tournament that played out for almost 2 hours! Intense games were played, with many close plays.
When the tournament was over, “ChessTigerAlpha” and “Ucbmoving” tied for first place (3 wins, 0 loss, 1 draw) with 7.5 points, winning a total of $15 each. Closely following was “shangjiang” in third place, with 5 points from 3 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws and earning $5. Everyone had fun during this tournament and got the chance to play against a variety of different opponents with different skill levels.
ABC Chess Club’s next tournament will be hosted on Saturday, January 8th, starting at 7PM 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.
GPA Chess Hosts: Sarah Yan (11/29, 4 hrs; 12/4, 3 hrs), Erick Yan (11/29, 2 hrs; 12/4, 3 hrs), George Chen (11/29, 2 hrs; 12/4, 3 hrs).
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.
