POLAR ICE TOURNAMENT
The Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club's New year Tournament attracted 16 of the best scholastic players in the central Tokyo area. Deep thinkers attend this tournament from grades 1st up through 8th grade to compete against the strongest competition scholastic chess has to offer. Several students in Class A were one of talented youngsters rated over the 1000 mark in the National Chess Society of Japan and have enrolled in the next Team Championship held on September 17-18 2022.
Players in Class A have been rapidly improving since taking lessons in the Chess Crash Course (Sat. 13:30-15:00ish). Students in Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club are being taught by the top chess trainers in the world. It is absolutely astounding that we have access to these talented coaches.
A huge THANK YOU to our tournament director, CM Alex Averbukh and our instructor, Binod G, for running a tournament.
All in all, it was a great experience for young players got a good opportunity display their skills. It has assured us that chess is a game wherein children learn to be responsible for their actions.
Congratulations to Haruki S. for his continuous winnings of the 1st place in Class A and B. The 2022 Solar Ice Chess Tournament winners in Class A are:
Class A: Haruki S. with 4.0/5.0
Class A: Kai T. with 3.5/5.0
Class A: Hiroki K. with 3.0/5.0
After several attempts of playing in our tournaments, Eito N. has finally got the first place with a perfect score in Class B. When two or more players ended up with the same score, we had a blitz chess play-off in Class B, in which they play one game of five-minute chess to determine who wins which trophy.
Class B: Eito N. with 5.0/5.0
Class B: Kairi A. with 3.0/5.0
Class B: Toshiaki M. with 3.0/5.0
Class B: Naoki K. with 3.0/5.0
Some players in Class B had never played in the tournament and performed really well. Most importantly, these little kids had a great time participating in this event for the first time.
The 1st place winner of each section received free entry fee for the Spooky Halloween Festival scholastic chess tournament on October 15, 2022.
Get ready to dress up with a Halloween costume for a best costume prize!
Thanks to all of the parents and kids to participate in the event. If you are serious about providing your children with the best preparatory opportunities for the upcoming country events, consider attending this event. Getting good at something is never really easy but reward for mastering it is priceless. Try and you will see!
