On September 19, from 1:30-3:30 PM EST, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted its second “Beyond The Chess Tournament for AYLUS” to promote youth volunteer community services while defeating the COVID-19 pandemic.
GPA members Sarah Yan and Erick Yan hosted ABC Chess Club’s second chess tournament on chess.com. They held the first chess tournament fundraiser 2 weeks prior to the second tournament, and it was fun for everyone to play against others who all love to play and learn to improve their skills in chess. The tournament offers a chance for students and other eager chess players around the world to learn more about chess and get authentic experience while playing against each other.
With the tournament about to start over 25 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 13 participants, in an 1 hour arena style tournament. They played intense games, with many turnarounds by lots of players. With just 5 minutes left of the arena, 3 players tied in first place. When the tournament was over, the three-way tie for first broke, and “Mahugege” pulled ahead and won the tournament with 13 points (4 wins, 0 loss, 0 draw). Closely following was “Awesome Lucus” with 3 wins, 0 loss, and 1 draw along with “Fluffy Unicorns” with 3 wins, 0 loss, 0 draw. Everyone had fun during this tournament and got the chance to play against a variety of different opponents with different skill levels.
Sarah Yan (2 hours), Erick Yan (2 hours)
AYLUS received a donation of $50 from Wenyong Chen today. Thank you!
The next tournament is going to occur on Saturday, October 3, 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.
