CFCC Kids Program

The CFCC Scholastic Program is continuing.

October 9, 2010  @ 10 AM and November 6,  2010 @ 10 AM

at Sweetwater Episcopal Academy

We are playing at Sweetwater Episcopal Academy which is not far away from state road 434 (and west of I-4).   Sweetwater is on 251 East Lake Brantley Drive north of state road 434.

October 9, 2010 on a Saturday is National Chess Day.

October 9, 1976, President Gerald Ford, the nation’s thirty-eighth president, declared National Chess Day. As the date approaches, all state and local clubs are encouraged to commemorate the day in some way, perhaps with a tournament or an educational program or public event about chess in their communities.

Interestingly, National Chess Day began in South Carolina. It was created by the late Bill Dodgen, who was President of the South Carolina Chess Association for a number of years. It was originally a state chess day in South Carolina, but Bill quickly expanded it to a nationwide effort, and was appointed National Chess Day Chairman. Bill’s idea was to encourage local and state chapters to organize events to bring in beginners and others who played chess but had not joined USCF.

We can continue Bill Dodgen’s vision by establishing special tournaments, community awareness events, and contacting our local media to celebrate chess.

The CFCC scholastic chess tournament is at Sweetwater Episcopal Academy at 10 AM.  Please come early so that we can help to you to find the building and move some (tables and chairs).  Bringing notation and a pencil is optional. PLEASE BRING A CHESS CLOCK IF POSSIBLE.

It is a program for children up through 8th grade OR U1200 USCF rating for high school (9th thru 12th)

We will have game in 30 minutes for 4 rounds. Entry fee is free.

It will be run by chess coach John Driscoll who can be reached at  jdriscoll@sweetwaterepiscopal.org

Please also check the Calendar section for schedule of all Central Florida events including those for “kids only”. Also check http://www.spacecoastchess.org

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Here are the winners at New School on March 6, 2010 CFCC Scholastic out of 14 kids that showed up that day

Brother and sister duo “Chung’s”:  1st place William (4 pts.) and 2nd place Amber (3.5 pts.) each will get CFCC free membership until March 2011.

Brothers duo “Rothman’s”  3rd place Jack (3 pts.)  and 3rd place Brandon (3 pts.)  each will get CFCC free membership until September 2010.

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Here are the winners at New School of the February 6, 2010 CFCC Scholastic out of 18 kids that showed up that day

1st place 4 point Matthew Christopher  CFCC membership until Feb. 2011

3 way tie for 2nd place  3 pts.  CFCC membership until October 2011

Dan Lively, Austin Campbell, and Dhruv Balaji

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Here are the winners at New School of the January 9, 2010 CFCC Scholastic out of 7 kids that showed up that day

1st Jonathan Cirillo 3.5 pts. will get free membership until Jan. 2011

2nd Dhruv Balaji 3 pts. will get free membership until Jan. 2011

3rd  Joey (Cirillo?) 2.5 pts.

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Here are the winners at New School of the November 14, 2009 CFCC Scholastic out of 15 kids that showed up that day

1st Dan (Lively?) 4 pts. will get free membership until Nov. 2010

4 players tied for 2nd and 3rd with 3 pts and will get 6 months of free membership until May 2010

Dhruv Balaji, Jasper Andrew Zaporteza , Willam Chung, and Amber Chung

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Here are the winners at New School of the October 10, 2009 CFCC Scholastic out of 22 kids that showed up that day

1st Hannah Lindvall 4 pts. will get free membership until Oct. 2010

2nd William Chung 3.5 pts will get free membership until Oct. 2010

4 players tied with 3rd with 3 pts. and will get 3 months of free membership until Jan. 2010

Sumer Sao, Joey Cirillo, Matthew Christopher, and Amber Chung

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Here are the winners of the May 23, 2009 Scholastic out of 11 kids that showed up that day

1st Alexander Carlson 4 pts. will get free membership until June 2010

The next 3 kids will get free membership until Feb. 2010

Tied 2nd Kijoon Kim 3 pts.

Tied 2nd Matthew Christopher 3 pts.

Tied 2nd Jared Christopher 3 pts.

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Here are the winners of the March 28, 2009 Scholastic out of 18 kids that showed up that day

1st Jon Ludwig 4 pts. will get free CFCC membership until April 2010

The next 3 kids will get free CFCC membership until December 2009

Tied 2nd Kijoon Kim 3 pts.

Tied 2nd Alexander Carlson 3 pts.

Tied 2nd Rikhav Shah 3 pts.

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Here are the winners of the Jan. 24, 2009 Scholastic out of 13 kids that showed up that day.

1st Anke? Cirillo 4 pts. will get free CFCC membership until Feb. 2010

The next 3 kids will get free CFCC membership until Oct. 2009

Tied 2nd Liam Eagen 3 pts.

Tied 2nd Jake Barron 3 pts.

Tied 2nd Drew Natajarajan? 3 pts.

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Here are the winners of the Nov. 1, 2008 Scholastic out of 22 kids that showed up that day

The top two kids will get 1 year free CFCC membership until Nov. 2009

Tied 1st Jon Ludwig 3.5 points

Tied 1st Kijoon Kim 3.5 points

Tied 3rd 3 points each: Ian Levitan, Hannah Lindvall, Zachary Taylor, and ??? (all four get memberships for 3 months until February 2009)

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Here are the winners of the Oct. 4, 2008 Scholastic out of 20 kids that showed up that day.

The top two kids will get 1 year free CFCC membership until Oct. 2009

1st 4 pts. Sammy Leavitt

2nd 3.5 pts William Chung

Tied 3rd 3pts. each Ian Levitan and Jasper Andrew Zaporteza (both get memberships for 6 months until April 2009)

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Here are the winners of the May 2008 Scholastic out of 7 kids that showed up that day.

All kids get 1 year free CFCC membership until May 2009.

1st 3.5 pts. Sammy Leavitt

2nd 3 pts. Michael Pelekhaty

3rd 2 pts. Sachin Shah

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Here are the winners of the April 2008 CFCC Scholastic out of 13 kids that showed up that day.

All kids get 1 year free CFCC membership until April 2009.

1st 4 pts. Jasper Andrew Zaporteza

2nd 3 pts. Michael Pelekhaty

3rd 3 pts. William Chung

2nd and 3rd place winners were decided by head to head competition

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Here are the winners of the Feb. 2008 CFCC
Scholastic out of 12 kids that showed up that day.
All kids below get 1 year free CFCC membership
until Feb. 2009.
1st 4 pts. Jasper Andrew Zaporteza
2nd 3 pts. Rikhav Shah
3rd 3 pts. Michael Pelekhaty
2nd and 3rd place winners were decided by head to head
competition.
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Here are the Jan. 12, 2008 CFCC scholastic winners
at Melody Manor out of 23 kids that showed up that day:
1st 4 pts. Sammy Leavitt
T2nd 3 pts. Brendan Rothman
T2nd 3 pts. Jasper Andrew Zaporteza
T2nd 3 pts. Edward Li
T2nd 3 pts. Bennett Biondo
9 months goes to ones that tied for 2nd.