Sunday Morning Update before round 6

Hello fans! Sorry about the lack of news on the blog yesterday, you would think with 4 hours per round to kill you would have ample time to blog, but its amazing how quick it goes. The official website for the tournament, www.supernationalsiv.com is doing a great job of posting results after the rounds have concluded. I recommend checking the site for updates on team score and individual standings.

I was able to obtain media credentials (hey I am a web journalist) and can roam in the tournament room with the officials. Super Genius!

Here is a quick update:

K-9
Team - 1st our of 15 teams, the next team is 5 points behind us. We have 16.5 points. Our magic number is 20 points. With that score, no other team can catch us.

Top individuals
Stephen Lacina 2nd place overall (still undefeated with 4 wins and 1 draw)
Brampton Bridgman 5th
Josiah Moore 9th
Josiah Weeks 12th
Tim Chester 19th
Mathew Howe 24th

We occupy board 2, 3, 4, and 5 this next round!

K-3
Team - 4th out of 25 teams

Individual
William Gentry 11th overall. His is still undefeated with 3 wins and 2 draws

K-12
Team - 5th out of 30 teams. (not bad after starting in 17th)
we have a great chance to move up this round

Individual
Alexander Moore 13th

K-6
7th out of 36 teams, tough 5th round but we have a great chance to move up in the 6th round

Individual
Tommy Palmer 22nd

Rounds today are 9am and 2 pm. Awards are at 7pm.

remember check www.supernationalsiv.com for the latest standings. Click on pairings/standings and then check k12 unrated, k9 unrated, k6 unrated, k3 unrated. Wish us luck!

Second Round Results

It's 11:17 pm and the last round just finished up. You can thank Grace Chester for this late update, here game went for 3 hours 50 minutes! Alexander Moores went for 3hours 25 minutes.

Here are the results:

K-12
Timothy Weeks 1.5
Josh Swindler 0
Micheal Cross 0
Joseph Bridgman 1
Grace Chester .5
Alexander Moore 2

team score 5/8. A nice improvement which we can build on tomorrow.

K-9
Elizabeth Reasons 1
Brampton Bridgman 2
Stephen Lacina 2
Matthew Howe 2
Josiah Moore 2
Reid Schmidling 01
Cassity Nolan 0
Lake Sisk 1
Josiah Weeks 1
Keegan Owen 1
Hunter Rich 0
Timothy Chester 1

team score 8/8 We are in first place!

K-6
Ben Hart 1
Alexis Sisk 1
Mariah Smith 1
Jeremiah Bridgman 1.5
Lauren Elder 1.5
Tommy Palmer 2
Nathan Weeks 2

team score 7/8 We won't know our team standing until morning

K-3
Ian Smith 2
William Gentry 1.5
Sarah Weeks 0
Sarah Bridgman 0
Jack Weil 1
Collin Gentry .5
River Sisk 0

team score 5/8 We won't know our team standing until morning.

A Quick Primer

The top 4 scores per team count toward the team score. Each player has 2 hours on their clock to finish the game, so the game could go nearly 4 hours. You can check out www.supernationalsiv.com to see the players in our divisions. We are competing in the unrated division since none of our players have ever played in a rated tournament.

Round 1 results

First, internet is free in the room, not the skittles area, anything to make a buck I guess. Personal opinions aside we had a successful first round: (win = 1, draw = 1/2, loss = 0)

k-12
Timothy Weeks 1/2
Josh Swindler 0
Micheal Cross 0
Joseph Bridgman 0
Grace Chester 0
Alexander Moore 1

team score 2.5/4 we wil have to step it up in the second round

k-9
Elizabeth Reasons 0
Brampton Bridgman 1
Stephen Lacina 1
Matthew Howe 1
Josiah Moore 1
Reid Schmidling 0
Cassity Nolan 0
Lake Sisk 1
Josiah Weeks 1
Keegan Owen 1
Hunter Rich 0
Timothy Chester 1

team score 4/4 (tied for 1st)

k-6
Ben Hart 0
Alexis Sisk 1
Mariah Smith 0
Jeremiah Bridgman 1/2
Lauren Elder 1
Tommy Palmer 1
Nathan Weeks 1

team score 4/4 (tied for 1st)

k-3
Ian Smith 1
William Gentry 1
Sarah Weeks 0
Sarah Bridgman 0
Jack Weil 0
Collin Gentry 1/2
River Sisk 0

team score 2.5/4 not a bad round for us but need to move up

the next round starts at 7, so our update will probably not be until 10:30-11 pm range.

Good morning from Nashville!

Hello all our loyal followers! The first round starts today at 1. I am headed to a coaches meeting at 10:00. The weather has cleared up (no more tornadoes scheduled) and should be in the high 60's.

Signing off for Thursday night.

Goodnight all, will blog tomorrow morning!

This hotel is HUGE! Here is info for tomorrow:

The Gaylord Opryland Hotel is a beast. It is a very beautiful setting for this tournament, i understand why they hold Supernationals here. I still working on a logical solution for navigating the halls and rooms. For those chessplayers in Nashville checking this blog for updates, getting their updates by this blog, we will meet at 11:45am Friday in the Ryman Exhibition Center, room C2. When you enter the room, go to the far right side. We have four tables saved. I am going to skip the opening ceremonies so i can help reserve our tables and have some time to help the younger players navigate from the playing halls to the skittles room.

All is well in Nashville tonight....

The tornados finally passed and did minimal damage in Nashville, but it did create some excitement. All families are accounted for with most already in Nashville.

Tornado watch in Nashville

Well, in typical midwest fashion, we are under a tornado warning in Nashville. It seems like we can't go to a tournament anywhere without less than perfect weather. Currently everyone at Gaylord Opryland is holed up in stairways and hallways. Your faithful reporter, Jeff, is holed up in the room reporting, against the wishes of hotel staff. This may earn me my pulitzer, who knows. I will continue to update, but looks like the really severe weather will miss us.