News

Ruben M. Shocron, 1972 Georgia State Champion, died March 8, 2013 at age 92.
He was an active player in Pennsylvania at the time of his death.  An article about his life and time spent in Georgia will be published in the next Georgia Chess magazine.  He will be missed.

HS Team x-tables

K-1 Cross Table by Team - Individual
K-1 Cross Table by Team
K-1 Cross Table by Board

K-3 Cross Table by Team - Individual
K-3 Cross Table by Team
K-3 Cross Table by Board

K-5 Cross Table by Team - Individual
K-5 Cross Table by Team
K-5 Cross Table by Board

6-8 Cross Table by Team - Individual
6-8 Cross Table by Team
6-8 Cross Table by Board

David Barasoain of WABE (90.1FM) is airing a story on scholastic chess in Georgia today on City Cafe at noon.  If you missed it, you can find it here: http://wabe.org/post/chess-and-kids. 

Results for the 2013 GA Collegiate Open held Saturday, March 2nd at Emory University.

1. University of Georgia A, 4.0
2. Emory University A, 3.0
3. Emory University B, 2.0
4. Emory University C, 2.0
5. University of Georgia B, 2.0
6. Albany State University, 1.5
7. University of North Georgia, 1.5
8. Agnes Scott College, 0.0

Congratulations to all teams who spent a full day playing chess and supporting their friends and many thanks to all the volunteers who made the GCA's record breaking 990+ player tournament a success! It felt like a National event (and good prep for our players going to Nashville in April).

A beautiful day at Whitefield Academy - thanks to all our volunteers and host school for a fabulous event.  Our service projects were a big success - over 75 backpacks for schools in need, care packages & snack packs for the homeless.  

I was Chief TD at the Georgia Junior Invitational this past weekend (2 sections, HS and K-8). Working with kids often brings out the unexpected/remarkable. In the K-8 section, black was down a rook in the last round, but fought valiantly with a king, queen and pawns versus a king, queen, rook and pawns. So much so that after much maneuvering, white inadvertently made a quiet move, losing tempo and allowing the black king to come down and check the white king on the 2nd rank with a forced draw by repetition in the offing. Any coach watching grimaced with chagrin as white allowed for a drawn position, being a full rook up [like I did recently when, after getting up to answer the phone and leaving my piping hot dinner en prise, the dog ate it within the 5 second delay it took for me to realize what had happened]. Then, the unexpected/remarkable happened: After pondering the position, black, out of nowhere, stopped the clock and extended his hand, resigning. Everyone looked on in sheer astonishment. I was perhaps the first to say out loud: "What? You had a forced draw!" "I know," he replied confidently. "I do not feel I deserved it.," muttering inaudibly about something that had happened earlier in the game. I guess it was why he felt that way, possibly what it was that caused him to be a rook down in the first place, yielding a sure lost position to a player who hadn't lost a game. Was it good sportsmanship, honor, a coach's nightmare,
the vagaries of youth, or just a plain "??" (terrible) move? That's for you to decide. For his visibly stunned opponent, he went on to a 4.0 score (3 wins, 2 draws) out of 5, in a 3 way tie for first place, 3rd place on tie breaks (a 4th grader). It came down to the last game of the last round in each section before a winner was determined and there were many good games and exciting finishes throughout the weekend. 

Class Championship 2012 results