Tennessee Chess Association

KLEIMAN EARNS 3RD AND FINAL NORM – CONGRATULATIONS TO TENNESSEE’S OWN IM JAKE KLEIMAN!

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:40:26 +0000

Chicago, Illinois – FM Jake Kleiman, from Memphis, Tennessee, fresh off his 2nd IM norm at the Philadelphia Open tore apart his opponents at the Chicago Open. Here is how he did it:

1st round: Won against John Gurczak (AZ) (2069)

2nd round: Lost to GM Evgeny Najer (Russia) (2663)

3rd round: Won against WIM Evelyn Monayo (Ecuador) (2122)

4th round: Won against Carey M. Theil (MA) (2219)

5th round: Drew against GM Jiri Stocek (Czechoslovakia) (2593)

6th round: Won against Benjamin W. Krause (MD) (Unrated)

7th round: Drew against GM Joshua Ed Freidel (NH) (2528)

8th round: Won against GM Daniel Fridman (Germany) (2654)

9th round: Drew against Timur Gareyev (Uzbekhistan) (2600)

Way to go, Jake, and we are all wondering when we can see GM Jake Kleiman!

TENNESSEE’S JAKE KLEIMAN EARNS 2ND INTERNATIONAL MASTER NORM!

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:14:45 +0000

The Philadelphia Open saw Memphis’ FM Jake Kleiman earn his second IM norm. Listen to Jake:
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Jake will be one of five instructors at the Mid-South Chess Camp (GM Alex Stripunsky, GM Josh Friedel, WIM Alisa Melekhina, FM Jake Kleiman, and Eve Litvak as they prepare to welcome U.S. Champion GM Hikaru Nakamura on June 13-18 to the premier chess camp in the country!

2010 STATE TEAM FINALS RESULTS

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:16:47 +0000

Here is how the teams finished up for the 2010 Tennessee State Scholastic Team Championship in Cookeville, Tennessee on March 27, 2010!

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TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONS: White Station High School (from left to right Roh Parvathareddy, Chase Knowles, Nishit Reddy, Jordan Berryhill, Jonathan Beatty, Oscar Carrillo)

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Second place champions in a dramatic three-way playoff: Hume-Fogg Magnet (from left to right Vikas Kumar, Manu Nair, Coach Todd Andrews, Max Breyer, Michael Schoenfeld, Jacob Schafer)

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TENNESSEE STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONS: Farragut Middle School (from left to right Kai Smith, Kevin Hong, Charles Blue, Jason Fu)

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TENNESSEE STATE ELEMENTARY TEAM CHAMPIONS: St. George’s (from left to right Richard Kuehn, John Slater Mann, William Federman, Carter Burgess, Shaun Burgess in front of Coach Brian Vogt; TD Harry Sabine at podium)

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TENNESSEE STATE PRIMARY TEAM CHAMPIONS: Grahamwood (from left to right Justin Kouch, Nina Bhat, Michael Rotz, Joshua Kouch, Allen Wu, Kevin Cao standing in front of Coach Mark Beatty)

2010 TENNESSEE STATE TEAM FINALS

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:23:37 +0000

These are the teams that qualified for the Tennessee State Scholastic Team Finals in Cookeville, Tennessee on March 27, 2010. You still need to check in!! Good luck to all!

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2010 REGIONAL TEAM SCHOLASTIC RESULTS

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:07:03 +0000

Click on your region below to see the results of the 2010 Regional Scholastic Team Tournaments.

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2010 STATE INDIVIDUAL FINALS RESULTS

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:51 +0000

Here are the results of the 2010 Tennessee State Individual Scholastic Finals held at TN Tech University on Saturday Feb. 13

2010 Individual Results

2010 TENNESSEE STATE PRIMARY CHAMPION

Shaun proudly shows off his first place trophy

Shaun is a second grader who won the 2010 TN Scholastic Primary K-3 Division on February 13. Shaun was introduced to chess by his grandfather and older brother and as a Kindergartener joined the chess club at his school, St. George’s Independent School. He won his very first tournament in November 2008 and has been enthusiastically involved ever since with a current rating of 1365. In 2009 he placed sixth at the SuperNationals in the K-1 division (scoring 6.0) and eighth at National Scholastic Grade Championships (2nd grade) in Dallas. He has been coached by Brian Vogt, Dale Flickinger and Mike Klein at summer camp. When he is not playing chess, he enjoys water skiing, basketball, tennis and swimming.

2010 TENNESSEE STATE ELEMENTARY CHAMPION

Arun Jambulapati standing next to his trophy after dominating his opponents

Arun Jambulapati is a 6th grader at Cordova Middle School, Cordova, TN. He was introduced to chess by his dad at 5-years and ever since he is hooked to it. He studied chess strategy, tactics, puzzles, etc. with FM Jake Kleiman, GM Alex Stripunsky, GM Yudasin, and others. Arun plays piano and in his school band he plays trombone. He is also enrolled at University of Memphis, where he is pursuing a science degree. He likes to travel and goes on bike rides with his family.

2010 TENNESSEE STATE JUNIOR HIGH CHAMPION

: Jason Fu proudly displaying his first place trophy as he outwitted his opponents in the state championships.

Jason is a seventh grader at Farragut Middle School , Knoxville . When he was 6-year-old, he was introduced to chess by the Microsoft Board Games software. He has won the Region 1 tournament three times, and this is his first time winning the state tournament. He was the captain of the Farragut Intermediate School chess team which won the state championship in 2008. His teacher is chess master Leonard Dickerson. His hobbies are reading, playing computer games, playing soccer, and fishing.

2010 TENNESSEE STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPION

: Peter Suich wins the high school state championship together with a four-year college scholarship from Tennessee Tech

2010 TENNESSEE STATE HIGH SCHOOL 2ND PLACE

FINISHER

: Much talented George Woodbury walks away with his second place and scholarship to Tennessee Tech!

George Woodbury III is a junior at Lausanne School in Memphis where he is an active and successful member of its various sports teams. He is also is an All- West Band Member and Memphis Youth Symphony Member playing the French horn. George maintains academic excellence in his studies which includes a heavy load of Advanced Placement classes. Last, but not least in George’s extracurricular activities, is his study of chess with Mid-South Chess with GM Alex Stripunsky and FM Jake Kleiman.

2010 REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC RESULTS

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:55:20 +0000

Click on your region below to see the results of the 2010 Regional Scholastic Tournaments.

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Upcoming Tournament Announcements

admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:29:41 +0000

As we continue to update the site, one of our most important goals is the listing of Local, State, and National tournaments available to our members. If you have a flyer for your tournament and want it listed on the TCA website, contact our Tournament Coordinator Larry Grohn at:

LarryGrohn@Comcast.net