Announcing the
Arlington Students Chess Club
– free, online, student-run
– open to all Arlington students
– zoom and lichess.org platforms
Monday 4 pm session
– pitched to beginning players
– directed by Roland Foster
– limited to 15, first come first serve starting at 4 pm
– before joining a Zoom chess club meeting please register with lichess.org (no charge) and have your username ready for the Zoom host
– zoom invite for Mondays: https://zoom.us/j/94554552879?pwd=WjVveDhiRVF4dzZSVWhUWlVobGlxZz09
– sessions scheduled for: 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29
Tuesday 4:15 PM session
--pitched to intermediate players--directed by Will Eggert
--limited to 15, first come first served starting at 4:15 PM
--zoom invite for Tuesdays: https://zoom.us/j/9232894239?pwd=MitjU3FwWTJUeS94S2dBNWRKQXZzUT09
--sessions scheduled for: 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30
Thursday 4 pm session
– pitched to advanced players– directed by Sam Schenk
– limited to 15, first come first serve starting at 4 pm
– zoom invite for Thursdays: https://zoom.us/j/9232894239?pwd=MitjU3FwWTJUeS94S2dBNWRKQXZzUT09
– sessions scheduled for: 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25
– more days, sessions to follow
– interested in directing sessions? email Dr. Allen Chauvenet:
[email protected]
– sponsored by the nonprofit Arlington Students Chess
arlingtonstudentschess.org
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ARLINGTON WINTER SOLSTICE
SCHOLASTIC CHESS TOURNAMENT
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Wakefield High School
Arlington, Virginia
Barrett Elementary 3rd-grader Benjamin Amrany displays his trophy.
RESULTS
Eighty-six Arlington County K-12 students from twenty-four schools fought it out Saturday at Wakefield High School in the Arlington Winter Solstice Scholastic Chess Tournament
– H-B Woodlawn 6th-grader Will Eggert wins K-12 section
– Thomas Jefferson 8th-grader Cody Shoelson wins K-8 section
– home-schooled 5th-grader Walden Lambert wins K-5 section
– Barrett Elementary 3rd-grader Benjamin Amrany wins K-3 section
– H-B Woodlawn 6th-grader Will Eggert wins K-12 section
– Thomas Jefferson 8th-grader Cody Shoelson wins K-8 section
– home-schooled 5th-grader Walden Lambert wins K-5 section
– Barrett Elementary 3rd-grader Benjamin Amrany wins K-3 section
HIGHLIGHTS
A group of strong middle school players “playing up” dominated the 26-player K-12 section. Gunston 8th-grader Roland Foster, Swanson 7th-grader Caleb Chang, and H-B Woodlawn 6th-grader Will Eggert all entered the 4th and final round with 3-0 scores. In an exciting finish, Foster checkmated Chang with but 17 seconds on his clock (to Chang's 30) to go 4-0, while Will Eggert defeated Arlington Career Center 9th-grader Aidan Basloe to also finish 4-0. In a five-minute blitz play-off game, Foster as white pressed an attack but Eggert defended well and won on time to take the title.
In the K-8 section Thomas Jefferson Middle Cody Shoelson cruised to a 4-0 win, avoiding any serious trouble in his games. Swanson Middle 7th-grader Carson Wallin and Key Elementary 5th-grader Chetan Le both scored 2.5-1.5 with the 2nd-place tiebreaker going to Wallin.
The 25-player K-5 section produced a tight bunching of scores toward the top. Home-schooled 5th- grader Walden Lambert posted the only 4-0 score to win and Arlington Science Focus 5th-grader Alex Colley scored 3.5-.5 to finish second. Six players tied for 3rd with 3-1 scores, with the Swiss system software giving the tiebreaker to Barrett Elementary 3rd-grader Cameron Lieberman.
The 28-player K-3 section likewise produced a tight bunching of scores toward the top. Barrett Elementary 3rd-grader Benjamin Amrany won the section with the only 4-0 score while five players finished with 3-1 scores with Swiss system tiebreakers giving second place to Hoffman-Boston 3rd-grader Munkhbat Altantulga and third place to Key Elementary 2nd-grader Jordan Kravetz.
In the K-8 section Thomas Jefferson Middle Cody Shoelson cruised to a 4-0 win, avoiding any serious trouble in his games. Swanson Middle 7th-grader Carson Wallin and Key Elementary 5th-grader Chetan Le both scored 2.5-1.5 with the 2nd-place tiebreaker going to Wallin.
The 25-player K-5 section produced a tight bunching of scores toward the top. Home-schooled 5th- grader Walden Lambert posted the only 4-0 score to win and Arlington Science Focus 5th-grader Alex Colley scored 3.5-.5 to finish second. Six players tied for 3rd with 3-1 scores, with the Swiss system software giving the tiebreaker to Barrett Elementary 3rd-grader Cameron Lieberman.
The 28-player K-3 section likewise produced a tight bunching of scores toward the top. Barrett Elementary 3rd-grader Benjamin Amrany won the section with the only 4-0 score while five players finished with 3-1 scores with Swiss system tiebreakers giving second place to Hoffman-Boston 3rd-grader Munkhbat Altantulga and third place to Key Elementary 2nd-grader Jordan Kravetz.
Scene in Wakefield High library: 3rd-round K-12 section
K-12 SECTION
H-B Woodlawn 6th-grader Will Eggert upset Gunston 8th-grader Roland Foster to take the K-12 section. Both players had finished with 4-0 scores but Eggert won a 5-minute blitz game to take the title from Foster, winner of the 2018 Winter Solstice tourney. Third place went to Swanson 7th-grader Caleb Chang, the winner of last year's K-8 section, who posted a 3-1 score and whose only loss came against Foster in round 4. Five players finished with 3-1 scores, namely, in Swiss system tiebreaker order: Chang, Wakefield High 11th-grader Oleksandr Humeniuk, Wakefield High 12th-grader David Carpio, Arlington Career Center 9th-grader El Hadji Ibra Sene, and Washington-Liberty High 11th-grader Jose Mendoza-Marroquin. Two players scored 2.5-1.5, namely: Washington-Liberty 11th-grader Jackson Hicks and Arlington Career Center 9th-grader Brian Montoya. Click here for K-12 Cross Table *bolded entries indicate a player was playing as black K-8 SECTION Thomas Jefferson Middle 8th-grader Cody Shoelson won the K-8 section with a 4-0 score. 2nd and 3rd places went to Swanson Middle 7th-grader Carson Wallin and Key Elementary 5th-grader Chetan Le, both with 2.5-1.5 scores. Click here for K-8 Cross Table *bolded entries indicate a player was playing as black |
K-5 SECTION
Home-schooled 5th-grader Walden Lambert won the K-5 section with a 4-0 score and Arlington Science Focus 5th-grader Alex Colley scored 3.5-.5 to finish second. Six players tied for 3rd with 3-1 scores, namely, in Swiss tiebreaker order: Barrett Elementary 3rd-grader Cameron Lieberman (to take 3rd place), Key Elementary 3rd-grader Rohan Le, Arlington Science Focus 5th-grader Bowen Wood, Claremont Elementary's Shiloh Wallace, Ashlawn Elementary 4th-grader Rachel Gaynor, and McKinley Elementary 4th-grader Cyrus Chang. McKinley 5th-grader Matt Wagener posted a 2.5-1.5 score and six other players posted 2-2 scores. Click here for K-5 Cross Table *bolded entries indicate a player was playing as black K-3 SECTION Barrett Elementary 3rd-grader Benjamin Amrany finished alone on top of the K-3 section with a 4-0 score. Five players scored 3-1, namely, in Swiss tiebreaker order: Hoffman-Boston 3rd-grader Munkhbat Altantulga (giving him 2nd place), Key Elementary 2nd-grader Jordan Kravetz (for 3rd place), Abingdon Elementary 3rd-grader Balkan Sosa, Ashlawn Elementary 3rd-grader Keith Honigstein, and Key Elementary 3rd-grader Sebastian Chumpitaz. Key Elementary's Jordan Kravetz won the medal for top-scoring 2nd-grader in the tournament, and Key Elementary's Ryder Mandsager-Burgess won the medal for top-scoring 1st-grader. Key Elementary players also won medals for top-scoring team. Click here for K-3 Cross Table *bolded entries indicate a player was playing as black 
A practice game between rounds
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Dr. Allen Chauvenet accepts executive Director position at Arlington Students Chess
Arlington Students Chess is pleased to announce that Dr. Allen Chauvenet has been named executive director of Arlington Students Chess.
Dr. Chauvenet is an M.D. and a long-time chess player and teacher.
His father first taught him to play chess when he was five. As Russ Chauvenet was a U.S. Amateur Champion and a multi-year chess champion of both Virginia and Maryland (Allen grew up in Silver Spring), he enjoyed unique and excellent one-on-one instruction.
Allen was an active tournament player into his 20's until medicine claimed his major energies. He became a pediatric oncologist, but continued to view chess as a great tool for life: “In chess, one has to analyze possibilities and solve problems. When treating a child with cancer, one has to analyze possibilities and solve problems. Chess taught me many principles that proved to be quite valuable throughout my life.”
In retirement Dr. Chauvenet has turned back toward chess and chess education. Lucky for us as he is uniquely qualified to lead Arlington Students Chess and he will greatly benefit chess education in Arlington.
Congratulations, Dr. Chauvenet.
Dr. Chauvenet is an M.D. and a long-time chess player and teacher.
His father first taught him to play chess when he was five. As Russ Chauvenet was a U.S. Amateur Champion and a multi-year chess champion of both Virginia and Maryland (Allen grew up in Silver Spring), he enjoyed unique and excellent one-on-one instruction.
Allen was an active tournament player into his 20's until medicine claimed his major energies. He became a pediatric oncologist, but continued to view chess as a great tool for life: “In chess, one has to analyze possibilities and solve problems. When treating a child with cancer, one has to analyze possibilities and solve problems. Chess taught me many principles that proved to be quite valuable throughout my life.”
In retirement Dr. Chauvenet has turned back toward chess and chess education. Lucky for us as he is uniquely qualified to lead Arlington Students Chess and he will greatly benefit chess education in Arlington.
Congratulations, Dr. Chauvenet.
