On Saturday, November 7, from 1:30-3:30 PM EST, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted its fourth “Beyond The Chess Tournament for AYLUS” to promote youth volunteer community services. With more people joining the Chess Club, more kids play quality chess against other curious learners. Tournaments on chess.com are open to all ages to have fun and test their skills by playing chess against others.
With the tournament about to start, more than 30 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 2:00 PM EST with many participants, in an 1 hour arena style tournament. Intense games were played, with many close games. With just 5 minutes left of the arena, 2 players were tied in first place. When the tournament was over, the two-way tie for first was broken, and “Fluffy_Unicorns” pulled ahead and won the tournament with 9 points (3 wins, 1 loss, 2 draw). Closely following was “linongyan” with 2 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws along with “AliceLovesChess” with 3 wins and 3 loss. Everyone had fun during this tournament and got the chance to play against a variety of different opponents with different skill levels.
The next tournament is on Saturday, December 5, from 2 to 3 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!
Volunteers: Sarah Yan (2 hours), Erick Yan (2 hours)
