Ifergane Still Has It!

Spartan Chess Club alum Warren Ifergane enjoyed a Friday afternoon of chess with many of the current Spartan Chess Club members and sponsors and showed that he still has the skills to win. In a tactical championship match versus Mr. Konen, Ifergane finished 4.0/4.0 and took home his second championship trophy from a tournament hosted at MCDS.

Congratulations are also in order for the scholastic champion, Kevin Goldfarb, and scholastic runner-up, A.J. Pitchman. Both finished 3.0/4.0, but Kevin received the larger hardware due to the modified median tiebreaker. David Gonzalez and Spencer Berens were the highest finishing middle school participants, finishing 2.0/4.0.

There was a total of 17 participants in this Game/15 blitz tournament. Josh Breakstone and James Callado are the Spartan Chess Club's newest USCF members.

To view a crosstable of the event, enter the tournament ID 200902136971 at the following link:
http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,201/

Spartans Place at Superstates VI!

Congratulations to the team of A.J. Pitchman, Miroslav Kriz, and Devon Zifferblatt who brought home a 5th Place K-12 Under 1000 trophy from the Florida State Championship Chess Tournament, a.k.a. Superstates VI, which took place here in Miami. This is the first MCDS team trophy from a state chess tournament in recent times (since 2001).

You can visit the full Superstates VI crosstable at:
http://www.floridachess.org/2009ScholasticChampionship/

Blitz Tournament Friday at 4pm!

Miami Country Day School is hosting an all ages (non-scholastic) USCF-Rated blitz tournament this Friday, February 13, at 4pm. Please see the attached flyer for details. The entry fee is only $5 for USCF members and trophies will be awarded. Memberships are available for purchase at the door for non-members.

For more information, please feel free to contact me at this hutskom@miamicountryday.org. To give me an idea of the number attending, please drop me a line if you plan on playing. Thank you to those of you that have already let me know.

Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
Michael Hutsko
Co-Director, Spartan Chess Club
USCF Certified Club Tournament Director
Miami Country Day School

Superstates VI This Weekend

I have heard from most of you, but if you are interested in participating in Superstates VI this weekend, please let me AND Daniel Goldfarb know as soon as possible. I need to fax in a team roster tomorrow!

For information about the tournament, please visit:
http://fsclchess.org/InfoSS6.html

Spartan Chess Team Brings Home Another Trophy!

Hello Chess Fans,

The Spartan Chess Team from Miami Country Day School brought home a 2nd Place team trophy for the K-12 (high school) section of the Miami International Chess Academy Grand Prix Scholastic tournament this past Saturday at Rockway Middle School. Leading the Spartans to their second place finish were A.J. Pitchman and Daniel Goldfarb, earning individual awards of a 3rd place trophy and 4th place medal respectively. In addition to a strong showing at the high school level, Spencer Berens, David Gonzalez, Sascha Kappos, and Julian Schultz all earned wins for MCDS in the K-8 (middle school) section. Elliot Starkman, a Kindergarten student, won 3 out of his 5 matches, a very impressive showing for a student competing with in the K-3 section (a section including third-graders) in only his third USCF-rated tournament.

Regards,
Michael Hutsko
Co-Director, Spartan Chess Club
USCF Certified Club Tournament Director
Miami Country Day School