The Second Annual Austin Chess Club Championships took place this past
weekend (Jan 6-8). Congrats to both Stephen Young and Michael Tunks,
who both played in the U1500 section. Michael, one of our chess club
dads, tied for 2nd place, bringing home a nice check for his efforts.
Stephen, one of our chess club teens, finished just out of the money,
but both players gained quite a few rating points.

The Austin Chess Club Championships is an adult tournament (with a
number of kids participating) which attracted 139 players from all
over Texas, and even New Mexico and Lousiana!

Congrats, guys!

All other results can be found at: www.AustinChessClub.com

This past Saturday, December 3rd, the last scholastic chess tournament
of 2011 was held at Mathews Elementary in Central Austin. Over 170
players were in attendance, and AAH was well represented. Kudos to
the following players who competed in the tournament. New players (*)
and awards are listed!

K-3: Ariadne Dodd – medal; K-3 U400: Davis Rye – medal; Caleb Tunks* -
medal Marie Young – medal; Brook James. The combined K-3 team came
home with the 2nd place trophy!

K-5/6: Joshua Anderson

K-12: Connor Britt – tied for first place, trophy; Stephen Young -
tied for third place, trophy; Chad Quartaro – medal; Walter Stager;
Caleb Anderson; Shelby Britt
The K-12 team came home with the 2nd place trophy!

Open: Keith James – 1st place u1600, cash prize

Congrats to all of the AAH participants at this weekend’s Baranoff
Scholastic Chess Tournament. AAH earned quite a few trophies, but they all
walked away winners!!!!!

Competing on the K-12 team were:
Connor Britt, Shelby Britt, Ian Hall, Chad Quartaro, and Stephen Young. The
team walked away with the 1st place trophy! In addition, Stephen and Connor
tied for 1st place, both with 4.5 out of 5. Chad earned a medal for a
positive score.

Competing on the K-3 team were:
Ariadne Dodd and Rocco Trosclair. Ariadne brought home the 3rd place
trophy, and Rocco was competing in his first chess tournament!

We are proud of you!!!!!!!!!