The Trilogy
The Battle of the Knights, Castles, and Kings
In a set of three tournaments, junior players will have an opportunity to compete in three rated tournaments for a chance to win the Chess Palace Junior Fellowship Cup. Each event is organized as a tournament in itself; players may participate in one or all three.
Regionals Part I: the Knight will open on Labor Day weekend. Regionals Part III is also a Halloween tournament during which the Crowning of the King will take place.
All Three Tournaments will take place at the Chess Palace Club in Garden Grove. 5246 Lampson Ave, Garden Grove 92845. See directions to Chess Palace.
Part
I Report
USCF Rating || Upcoming Part II || See Cross Table Results || More Pictures
September 4th, 2011
Congratulations to three newly knighted young-lings for topping their sections! Edward Jin of Beyond Chess, Scott Belair of Chess Palace, and Shyam Gandhi of Irvine Arts and Music championed K-3, K-6, and K-12 sections respectively. In light of the pre-American Open warm-up tournament, these three will battle out two more events to win the Fellowship award.
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K- Champ Edward Jin |
K-6 Champ Scott Belair |
K-12 Champ Shyam Gandhi |
A four-way tie in K-3 section demonstrated the competitive group of scholastic
players. Neil Tandolkar, 
Malik
Castro-DeVarona, Victoria Pau, and Keith Daniels accumulated 3.0/4.0 points.
Similar ties for 2nd-5th place in the K-6 went to Andrea Roy, Eric Lu,
Kendryuk Wu, and Ethan Pau all with 3 points. Closely trailing in second
and third place in K-12, both Noah Daniels and Siddarth Somasundaram won
all three games, only losing against the section's champion.
Class prizes recognized the underdogs playing in the section of foxes. Topping the U1200, Daniel Yap was able to reach a threshold performance and thereby increasing his rating to highest ever into 4 digit mark. With the same score, Daniel Nguyen won the U1000. In the K-6, Alex Kravec overpowered an important last round victory to win on better tie-breaks. In the midst of his opponent's attempt to arise controversy, Kravec was able to keep his cool and finished the tournament to collect 80 rating points. In the same section, Matthew Kelley topped the U600. For the last but most valued prize amongst the beginners - trained through the California Youth Chess League (it is worth mentioning, CYCL is scheduled to host a pre-tournament camp during the American Open on Thanksgiving weekend, click here for more information) - Natasha Merten clinched U400.
The tournament was themed under the chess games most chivalrous Knight, dubbed "The Never Yielding Knight" in order to motivate the young players to never yield no matter how grim the challenges may look at first glance. A Knight Tour challenged the active young minds. The winner who occupied all 63 squares of the chessboard, only leaving one square behind, was Alex Liu.
This Part I session was successful in attracting representatives from as far north as Santa Clarita, to the east in San Bernardino County, and to the south San Diego area. For club team winners, CYCL of Santa Clarita County won the K-3, Chess Palace the K-6, and St. Jeanne the K-12 -- both of Orange County.
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Team CYCL |
Team Chess Palace |
Team St. Jeane |
Regionals Part II: Capturing the Castle
This castle-themed tournament is the intermediary of the trilogy.
When: October 2nd, 2011
Rounds: 11:30, 1:30, 3, 4:30
Fees: $20 by Sept 15th, $25 after, $30 onsite. Register here
Prizes: Top three in Open sections. Class prize to top U1200, U1000, U800, U600, U400. Top team/club.
Section: Primary K-3, Elementary K-6, Middle & High School K-12
Regionals Part III: Crowning the King
The finale tournament will determine the Fellowship Awardee as well as the cup winner for 2011. A triple Champion winner who topped the Part I, Part II, and Part III will win a Scholarship entry to the American Open. The Fellow will be honored with Scholarship entry for the 2012 National Scholastic tournament.
When: October 30th, Sunday before Halloween. Register here
Prizes: Top three in Open sections. Class prize to top U1200, U1000, U800, U600, U400. Top team/club. Wear your costumes for a chance to win the best costume prizes.
Section: Primary K-3, Elementary K-6, High School K-12
Details
Regionals Part III and Halloween Tournament
October 30th, Sunday
Format: 4 rounds, Game 30 minutes. USCF rated.
Rounds: 11:30, 1:30, 3, 4:30.
Fees: $20 by Oct 15th, $25 after, $30 onsite. Register here
Prizes: Top three in Open sections. Class prize to top U1200, U1000, U800, U600, U400. Top team/club.
Section: Primary K-3, Elementary K-6, Middle & High School K-12.
Map Location
*Venue change: Regionals Part III and Halloween Tournament will be held at Whittier High School. 12417 East Philadelphia St., Whittier, CA.
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*Venue change: Regionals Part III and Halloween Tournament will be held at Whittier High School. 12417 East Philadelphia St., Whittier, CA.
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*Venue change: Regionals Part III and Halloween Tournament will be held at Whittier High School. 12417 East Philadelphia St., Whittier, CA.
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Advance Entries
Regionals Championship II & III. Updated 9/30
Part II: K-3 || K-6 || K-12 || All
| Name | Rtng | Team | Grade |
| Castro-devarona, Malik | 549 | 3 | |
| Chang, Isaiah Y | 799 | BEYOND | 3 |
| Chang, Issac | 533 | BEYOND | k |
| Chang, Renee | unr | WE | 2 |
| Daniels, Keith | 486 | K | |
| D'Eramo, Lucas | 103 | STJEA | 2 |
| Eftimie, Andrew | unr | CP | |
| Eftimie, Marc | unr | CP | |
| Endresz, Bence | 394 | CYCL | 3 |
| Hostrop, Samuel | 239 | 2 | |
| Hsin-De Tran, Matthew | unr | k | |
| King, Allison Emil | 103 | CYCL | 3 |
| King, Ryan | 122 | CYCL | 3 |
| Lin, Timothy | 321 | DSES | 1 |
| Lucas D'Eramo | unr | STJEA | 2 |
| Mertens, Dmitri | 107 | CYCL | 1 |
| Mertens, Natasha | 331 | CYCL | 3 |
| Peng, Max | unr | COLLEG | 1 |
| Pham, Sean | 226 | STJEA | 2 |
| Priyaprasanna, Praaneel | 151 | CYCL | |
| Roytman, Jacob D | 300 | 2 | |
| Sean V Pham | unr | STJEA | 2 |
| Tendolkar, Neil | 437 | CP | |
| Tran, Nathanael | unr | SHS | 3 |
| Truter, Ray | 362 | WCA | 2 |
| Yu, Andy | 590 | MISSIO | 3 |
| Name | Rtng | Team | Grade |
| Belair, Scott | 1012 | CP | 6 |
| Chang, Hank | 1007 | WESTHO | 5 |
| Davaadorj, Ankhbay | 846 | ||
| Eftimie, Mara | unr | CP | |
| Jayakumar, Shrinidhi | 432 | NWE | 4 |
| Jin, Edward | 759 | BEYOND | 3 |
| Kelley, Matthew | 792 | CP | 6 |
| Kravec, Alexander | 553 | 6 | |
| Pau, Ethan | 857 | CP | 1 |
| Sam, Gabriel | 733 | STBON | |
| Wu, Kendryek | 1244 | BEYOND | 2 |
| Name | Rtng | Team | Grade |
| Daniels, Noah | 1357 | CP | 3 |
| Gandhi, Shyam S | 1803 | IAM | |
| Huang,Jonathan | 1300 | 7 | |
| Liu, Alex | 981 | STJEA | 8 |
| Lu, Eric | 1160 | ||
| Mittman, Jeremy | 1060 | STJEA | 8 |
| Nguyen, Daniel | 992 | 8 | |
| Peng, Leo | unr | VENADO | 7 |
| Quach, Jonathan | 1629 | ||
| Somasundaram, Siddarth | 1446 | TETZLA | 7 |
| Vanzant, Brent | unr | 7 | |
| Yap, Daniel | 949 | STJEA | 8 |
| Young, Sarah | 1052 | 7 |
| Name | Section | Rtng | Team | Grade |
| Belair, Scott Eric | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 1012 | CP | 6 |
| Belair, Scott | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | 1012 | CP | 6 |
| Castro-devarona, Malik | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 549 | 3 | |
| Chang, Hank | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | 1007 | WESTHO | 5 |
| Chang, Hank | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 1028 | WESTHO | 5 |
| Chang, Isaiah Y | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 799 | BEYOND | 3 |
| Chang, Issac | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 533 | BEYOND | k |
| Chang, Renee | Regionals II Primary K-3 | unr | WE | 2 |
| Chang, Renee | Regionals III Primary K-3 | unr | WE | 2 |
| Daniels, Keith | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 486 | K | |
| Daniels, Noah | Regionals II High School K-12 | 1357 | CP | 3 |
| Davaadorj, Ankhbay | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | 846 | ||
| Davaadorj, Ankhbay | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 846 | ||
| D'Eramo, Lucas | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 103 | STJEA | 2 |
| Eftimie, Andrew | Regionals II Primary K-3 | unr | CP | |
| Eftimie, Andrew | Regionals III Primary K-3 | unr | CP | |
| Eftimie, Mara | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | unr | CP | |
| Eftimie, Mara | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | unr | CP | |
| Eftimie, Marc | Regionals II Primary K-3 | unr | CP | |
| Eftimie, Marc | Regionals III Primary K-3 | unr | CP | |
| Endresz, Bence | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 394 | CYCL | 3 |
| Gandhi, Shyam S | Regionals II High School K-12 | 1803 | IAM | |
| Gandhi, Shyam S | Regionals III High School K-12 | 1766 | IAM | |
| Hostrop, Samuel | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 239 | 2 | |
| Hsin-De Tran, Matthew | Regionals II Primary K-3 | unr | k | |
| Huang,Jonathan | Regionals II High School K-12 | 1300 | 7 | |
| Huang,Jonathan | Regionals III High School K-12 | 1178 | 7 | |
| Jayakumar, Shrinidhi | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | 432 | NWE | 4 |
| Jayakumar, Shrinidhi | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 432 | 4 | |
| Jin, Edward | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | 759 | BEYOND | 3 |
| Kelley, Matthew | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | 792 | CP | 6 |
| Kelley, Matthew | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 712 | CP | 6 |
| King, Allison Emil | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 103 | CYCL | 3 |
| King, Ryan | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 122 | CYCL | 3 |
| Kravec, Alexander | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | 553 | 6 | |
| Kravec, Alexander | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 553 | 6 | |
| Lin, Timothy | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 321 | DSES | 1 |
| Liu, Alex | Regionals II High School K-12 | 981 | STJEA | 8 |
| Lu, Eric | Regionals II High School K-12 | 1160 | ||
| Lu, Eric | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 1173 | ||
| Lucas D'Eramo | Regionals II Primary K-3 | unr | STJEA | 2 |
| Manivannan, Manav | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 644 | SYCAM | 5 |
| Mertens, Dmitri | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 107 | CYCL | 1 |
| Mertens, Natasha | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 331 | CYCL | 3 |
| Mittman, Jeremy | Regionals II High School K-12 | 1060 | STJEA | 8 |
| Nguyen, Daniel | Regionals II High School K-12 | 992 | 8 | |
| Pau, Ethan | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | 857 | CP | 1 |
| Pau, Ethan | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 996 | CP | 1 |
| Paxton, Chance | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 816 | CP | 4 |
| Peng, Leo | Regionals II High School K-12 | unr | VENADO | 7 |
| Peng, Leo | Regionals III High School K-12 | 777 | 7 | |
| Peng, Max | Regionals II Primary K-3 | unr | COLLEG | 1 |
| Peng, Max | Regionals III Primary K-3 | 280 | COLLEG | 1 |
| Pham, Sean | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 226 | STJEA | 2 |
| Priyaprasanna, Praaneel | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 151 | CYCL | |
| Priyaprasanna, Praaneel | Regionals III Primary K-3 | 233 | CYCL | |
| Quach, Jonathan | Regionals II High School K-12 | 1629 | ||
| Roytman, Jacob D | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 300 | 2 | |
| Sam, Gabriel | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | 733 | STBON | |
| Sean V Pham | Regionals II Primary K-3 | unr | STJEA | 2 |
| Somasundaram, Siddarth | Regionals II High School K-12 | 1446 | TETZLA | 7 |
| Somasundaram, Siddarth | Regionals III High School K-12 | 1370 | TETZLA | 7 |
| Tendolkar, Neil | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 437 | CP | |
| Tendolkar, Neil | Regionals III Primary K-3 | 437 | CP | |
| Tran, Nathanael | Regionals II Primary K-3 | unr | SHS | 3 |
| Truter, Ray | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 362 | WCA | 2 |
| Truter, Ray | Regionals III Primary K-3 | 105 | WCA | 2 |
| Vanzant, Brent | Regionals II High School K-12 | unr | 7 | |
| Vanzant, Brett | Regionals III High School K-12 | 892 | ||
| Wu, Kendryek | Regionals II Elementary K-6 | 1244 | BEYOND | 2 |
| Wu, Kendryek | Regionals III Elementary K-6 | 1244 | BEYOND | 2 |
| Yap, Daniel | Regionals II High School K-12 | 949 | STJEA | 8 |
| Young, Sarah | Regionals II High School K-12 | 1052 | 7 | |
| Young, Sarah | Regionals III High School K-12 | 1080 | 7 | |
| Yu, Andy | Regionals II Primary K-3 | 590 | MISSIO | 3 |
Chess Palace Fellowship
The Chess Palace was established in the 1990s and has ever since provided mediums for players of all ages to enojoy the game of chess. By providing this year's Regionals Champion a fellowship award, a winner of all three parts get a sponored to to participate in The American Open and one Nationals USCF Scholastic tournament with free entry fee. The Regionals Cup winner will receive a free entry to the American Open and get to choose the event in which he/she would like to be sponsored in.
American Open Scholastic (Varsity/JV High School) Championship 26-27 November 2011
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American Open Scholastic (Varsity/JV Junior High School) Championship 26-27 November 2011
or
American Open Scholastic (Varsity/JV Elementary) Championship 26-27 November 2011
or
American Open Scholastic (Varsity Primary) Championship 26-27 November 2011
&
National High School (K-12) Championship 13-15 April 2012
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National Junior High (K-9) Championship 27-29 April 2012
or
National Elementary (K-6)Championship 11-13 May 2012
Part I Results
K-12
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Tot | TBrk[M] |
| 1 | Shyam S Gandhi | 1766 | W9 | W4 | W2 | W3 | 4.0 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Noah Daniels | 1357 | W5 | W11 | L1 | W7 | 3.0 | 8.5 |
| 3 | Sidd Somasundaram | 1370 | W13 | W7 | W6 | L1 | 3.0 | 8.5 |
| 4 | Jonathan Huang | 1288 | W8 | L1 | W12 | D5 | 2.5 | 8.5 |
| 5 | Daniel Yap | 949 | L2 | W12 | W14 | D4 | 2.5 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Daniel B H Nguyen | 992 | W12 | W14 | L3 | D10 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 7 | Sarah Young | 1122 | W14 | L3 | W11 | L2 | 2.0 | 4 |
| 8 | John Quin | 795 | L4 | W9 | L10 | W13 | 2.0 | 4 |
| 9 | Alex Liu | 981 | L1 | L8 | W13 | W11 | 2.0 | 3 |
| 10 | Jeremy Mittman | 1060 | L11 | D13 | W8 | D6 | 2.0 | 3 |
| 11 | Brent Vanzant | unr. | W10 | L2 | L7 | L9 | 1.0 | 6 |
| 12 | Leo Peng | unr. | L6 | L5 | L4 | W14 | 1.0 | 5 |
| 13 | Harutyun Sadoyan | 951 | L3 | D10 | L9 | L8 | 0.5 | 6 |
| 14 | Javier Vazquez | 722 | L7 | L6 | L5 | L12 | 0.0 | 5.5 |
K-6
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Tot | TBrk[M] |
| 1 | Scott Eric Belair | 1012 | W6 | W4 | W8 | W2 | 4.0 | 8 |
| 2 | Andrea Roy | 1059 | W7 | W13 | W3 | L1 | 3.0 | 9 |
| 3 | Eric Lu | 1162 | W14 | W5 | L2 | W7 | 3.0 | 8 |
| 4 | Kendryek Wu | 1244 | W10 | L1 | W13 | W9 | 3.0 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Ethan Pau | 901 | W9 | L3 | W6 | W8 | 3.0 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Alexander Kravec | 553 | L1 | W10 | L5 | W15 | 2.0 | 5 |
| 7 | Matthew Kelley | 634 | L2 | W14 | W11 | L3 | 2.0 | 5 |
| 8 | Shrinidhi Jayakumar | 432 | B--- | W15 | L1 | L5 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Ethan S Chao | 485 | L5 | B--- | W15 | L4 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| 10 | River Benyair | 824 | L4 | L6 | W12 | W13 | 2.0 | 3 |
| 11 | Ankhbay Davaadorj | 846 | L13 | W12 | L7 | W14 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 12 | Mara Eftimie | unr. | D15 | L11 | L10 | B--- | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 13 | Chance Paxton | 834 | W11 | L2 | L4 | L10 | 1.0 | 7 |
| 14 | Jacob Mill Wiczyk | 724 | L3 | L7 | B--- | L11 | 1.0 | 4 |
| 15 | Dylan Baker | unr. | D12 | L8 | L9 | L6 | 0.5 | 4 |
K-3
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Tot | TBrk[M] |
| 1 | Edward Jin | 747 | W11 | W4 | W2 | W3 | 4.0 | 9 |
| 2 | Neil Tendolkar | 437 | W15 | W7 | L1 | W8 | 3.0 | 8 |
| 3 | Malik Castro-devarona | 549 | W16 | W14 | W6 | L1 | 3.0 | 7 |
| 4 | Victoria Pau | 451 | W18 | L1 | W14 | W6 | 3.0 | 7 |
| 5 | Keith Daniels | 486 | L14 | W13 | W7 | W9 | 3.0 | 5.5 |
| 6 | Natasha Mertens | 277 | W17 | W8 | L3 | L4 | 2.0 | 5 |
| 7 | Dmitri Vl Mertens | unr. | W12 | L2 | L5 | W16 | 2.0 | 5 |
| 8 | Giulia S Roy | 558 | W10 | L6 | W15 | L2 | 2.0 | 4 |
| 9 | Ethan Conn Aquino | 675 | L13 | W16 | W10 | L5 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| 10 | Ryan King | unr. | L8 | W17 | L9 | W15 | 2.0 | 3 |
| 11 | Timothy Lin | 154 | L1 | D18 | D13 | W14 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| 12 | Praaneel Priyaprasanna | 233 | L7 | L15 | W17 | W13 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| 13 | Ray Jonath Truter | 127 | W9 | L5 | D11 | L12 | 1.5 | 6 |
| 14 | Max Peng | unr. | W5 | L3 | L4 | L11 | 1.0 | 8 |
| 15 | Tia Ketsan | unr. | L2 | W12 | L8 | L10 | 1.0 | 6 |
| 16 | Andrew Eftimie | unr. | L3 | L9 | W18 | L7 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 17 | Marc Eftimie | unr. | L6 | L10 | L12 | W18 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 18 | Allison King | unr. | L4 | D11 | L16 | L17 | 0.5 | 4 |
