3rd round pairings

Joseph is playing Keegan Barrett of Lindbergh High School in St. Louis. Joseph has White. I believe he beat Keegan at the state championships a few weeks ago. Keegan is rated 1140

Grace is playing Rickelle Pimental of Fox High School, Arnold Missouri. Rickelle is rated 858.

They have moved the 3rd round up 15 minutes and the 4th round up 30 minutes. Hopefully we can be on the road around 7:30 to come home.

Round 2 results

Joseph lost his game. We decided before he played that he was either to win spectacularly or lose spectacularly. The loss was spectacular!

Grace won her bye game (Josh won his also in the first round). If we only played the bye games they would both be state champs! haha

Round 2

Joseph is paired with Henry Cao from Parkway Central in St. Louis. Henry is the second highest rated player in the tournament and will be a good fight for Joseph

Grace has a bye and is playing someone from the boys tournament in a non counting game.

Our Lunch Adventure

Joseph brought a friend, Ty Wilson, who went to lunch with Grace, Lori, Joseph, and myself after round 1. Ty has family that lives in Jeff City, and was familiar with restaurants in the area. It seemed like everyone wanted Chinese, so Ty recommended Yen Ching on Missouri Boulevard. We went in, got our menus and I proceeded to ask Ty what was good on the menu. He said "I have never eaten here". I asked him the next time he had a chance to look in a dictionary to look up the work "recommend" as a functional part of the definition probably contains verbage saying that if you recommend something that maybe, by chance, you had actually eaten there! All kidding aside the food was very good and we thanked Ty for his blind recommendation.

Guest Blogger - Grace Chester

Hmmmmmmm..... so I lost my first game.....

It was just nerves though. I made a few stupid mistakes. Next game should be better.
My opponent used en passant against me, which threw me a little.

Not much else to tell...

Going to get some lunch!

Start your clocks!

It has begun!

Polgar Invite - 7 girls total, Grace Chester is seeded 6th. She is playing Jennifer Flynn on board 3. Should be an fairly even match.

Denker Invite - 13 boys total, Joseph Bridgman is seeded 13th. Joseph received a first round bye and will receive a full point, tying him for first without having to move a pawn. He is currently playing a non counting game with a girl from the Polgar Invite who also has a bye.

More updates to follow

Round Details

Rounds are scheduled for 10:30, 1:00, 3:30 and 6:00. I anticipate the tournament getting ahead of schedule given the number of players registered.

Greeting from Jefferson City!

Joseph and Grace have registered and are waiting for the first round to start. This will be a quality tournament today with the highest rated players in the state attending. St. Louis is well represented with a few from Kansas City, and then us, the little chess club that could! Please leave a comment at the bottom so we know who all is watching today! I will update when the registration is complete. Right now there are 6 girls and 12 boys registered.