Phoenix

Chess Club Tournament 

November 16, 2 013 at

At Lane Tech High School

By: Ernest R.

The chess club tournament on November 16, 2013 was an average tournament. It didn't go perfect but it was average. It was average or okay because in the past YCFC tournaments, the +Bateman chess club had better success. Sometimes all the teams got a trophy or many Bateman individuals took top 10 trophies in all categories but this time only a few individuals earned trophies and wonderful performances.The tournament organization was the YCFC or the Youth Chess Foundation of Chicago. The event took place at Lane Tech High School.  There were three total categories, they were   K-4, 5-8, and the advanced section. There were 346 players across the city of Chicago. There were only 29 players from Bateman which would give a total 8% of the players who were in the tournament. Even

it seems to be such a small percent it was actually a lot. Only Goudy and Decatur had more players than Bateman.

The Bateman players who got 3.5 or better in the K-4 section were Layla R. with 4 points, Jana Z. with 4, Lillian R. with 4, and Jeremy E.with 3.5 points. From the 5-8 section the players who got 4 points were Umair A., Michael R., and Leonard R. In the advanced section, Miguel C. led with 2.5 points, Ernest R. with 2 points, and Carrey N. and Jimmy N. with 2 points each.

The K-4 section got a third place trophy out of 29 schools. The 5-8 novice section got fourth place out of 34 schools. Finally the advanced section got in 9th place out of 17 schools.

It wasn’t an awesome tournament day but it was a good shot for the first tournament for this year. The next chess tournament will be in December. Good luck to all Bateman chess players and keep working hard for those next tournaments!