2023 RICE CAKE TOURNAMENT
15 elementary school students showed up for the New Year Rice Cake Chess Tournament. Deep thinkers attend this tournament from grades kindergarten up through 8th grade to compete against the strongest competition scholastic chess has to offer. This event is one of the strongest events to help your child prepare for the official level competition of the National Chess Society of Japan (NCS), which is upcoming on April 2, 2023 for the Japan Cadets & Youth Chess Championship.
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. The Tournament Director, CM Alex A., and the Instructor, Daniel A. settled any type of dispute that arose during the game. Thank you for volunteering as a photographer and arbiter, Jim B from Germany, in the Japan chess world! It was a huge help and much appreciated.
When two or more players ended up with the same score, we had a blitz chess play-off, in which they play one game of five-minute chess to determine who wins which trophy.
Congratulations to our 2023 New Year Chess Tournament winners:
Class A: Kai Tatsumi with 5.0/5.0
Class A: Tristan Chih with 4.0/5.0
Class A: Ian Rankin with 2.5/5.0
Class A: Kairi Akiyama with 2.5/5.0
Class B: Kai Akiyama with 4.5/5.0
Class B: Asami Inada with 4.0/5.0
Class B: Sana Kuwabara with 3.5/5.0
Remember! Even thought we love rewarding all our top players for their chess excellence, we reward everyone who comes and we acknowledge all our players and think they are just the bees-knees for coming out, challenging themselves, enjoying chess and having a great day of family and community chess fun!
The 1st place winner of each section received free entry fee for the next scholastic chess tournament. The next batch of tournaments is just around the corner on the 18th of March, 2023, so be sure to register for your chance to win. Everyone who works at TBCC has been involved with organizing and running tournaments after the COVID-19 crisis. Congratulations to the winners, and a big thank you to all the players who came out to compete!
