Delaware Chess Weblog

On Wednesday, March 8, 2006 the Charter School of Wilmington traveled to Christiana High School to take on the Vikings in a 6 board chess match. Christiana has only recently restarted their chess club under the moderation of Social Studies teacher Allen Sylvester. Although inexperienced, Christiana represented themselves well in the match putting forth strong opposition against a much more seasoned Charter squad. In the end, Charter used their experience to win all 6 boards but given some more time Christiana will prove difficult to beat. The match-ups were:

1. Chase Butler (CSW) – Jose Sanchez (CHS)
2. Andrew Esherman (CHS) – Phil Saponaro (CSW
3. Matt Borowski (CSW) – Adrienne Ganoe (CHS)
4. Junior Ramirez (CHS) – Claire Hatkevich (CSW)
5. Matt Saponaro (CSW) – Megan Mercado (CHS)
6. Robert Garland (CHS) - Tom Wiltsey (CSW)

All in all, both schools enjoyed the competition, the camaraderie and the snacks and hope to play other schools in the near future.

The Newark Chess Club is hosting a weekly thematic chess tournament every Thursday starting March 9th. The quick details are…

Game 10, no delay.
Notation required until 2 minutes remaining.
4 games played, 2 as white, 2 as black.
Opening Sequences are played out in full from starting position after start of clock.
Errors in Opening Sequence award time to opponent.
Groups divided according to playing strength.
Participation for all is FREE!

Visit their website to checkout the full details and see the bonuses that accompany playing in this tournament!

http://ncc.delawarechess.org/