Championship Sunday Looms: "It's Going Great Because I Won All My Games"

Saturday is the most intense day the K12 Chess Championships, as three games differentiate the field. In round five, US Chess started streaming the action with analysis from WGM/FM Jennifer Yu and NM Will Aramil. Round three kicked off with a huge upset, as IM Hans Niemann lost to Evan Ling in the 10th grade section. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1073995431632236544

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ling, Evan"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.15"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d6 5. Be2 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Nd7 12. Bd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Qf6 14. Kh1 g5 15.
Qd2 Nc4 16. Bxf6 Nxd2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Bd3 Rxb2 20. Re2 Nb3 21.
cxb3 Rxb3 22. Rc2 Be6 23. a4 Reb8 24. Rcc1 Kf6 25. Rab1 Ke5 26. Bc2 R3b4 27. g3
Bc4 28. Kg2 h5 29. Kf3 a5 30. Ke3 g4 31. Bd3 Be6 32. Ne2 c5 33. Nc3 c6 34. Be2
Rb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. Bd1 Rb4 37. Rb1 Rc4 38. Kd3 Rb4 39. f4+ gxf3 40. Bxf3 d5
41. Rxb4 cxb4 42. exd5 cxd5 43. Nb5 Bf5+ 44. Kd2 Bg6 45. Bd1 f6 46. Ke3 h4 47.
Nd4 hxg3 48. hxg3 Be8 49. Bc2 Kd6 50. Bb3 Bd7 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. Bd1 Kd6 53. Bc2
Bc8 54. Nb3 Ke5 55. Nxa5 Bd7 56. Nb7 f5 57. Nc5 Bc6 58. a5 Bb5+ 59. Ke3 d4+ 60.
Kd2 Bc4 61. a6 Kd6 62. a7 Bd5 63. Bb3 Bg2 64. Ne6 Bb7 65. Nf4 Kc7 66. Bd5 Bxd5
67. Nxd5+ Kb7 68. Nxb4 1-0[/pgn]

Wesley Wang won a nice game in the 9th grade section against Geoffrey Davis.

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davis, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Wang, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.15"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be3 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 bxc6 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Bd3
dxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Qc2 c5 17. Bf2 Nxh2 18. O-O-O Ng4 19. e5 h6 20. Bg3 Be6
21. Bf4 Qa5 22. Rh4 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 Rab8 24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Rd8 26. Ke2 Qxc3
27. Rh3 Qd4 28. Qf1 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 30. Re3 Bg4+ 31. Kd2 Qb2+ 32. Ke1 c4
33. Be2 Bxe2 34. Rxe2 Rd1+ 35. Kxd1 Qb1+ 36. Kd2 Qxf1 0-1[/pgn]

  https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1073993238929989632 Wesley also demonstrated his fifth round win. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1074115620768239617 Plenty of players are still on 5-0, including Xan Meister in the 3rd grade section. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1074105211235565568 https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1073990620543418368 https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1074109632321335296 Fun at the Girls' Club Room continued with Chair Maureen Grimaud emceeing the action. She told CLO, "We have had record breaking turnout attendance in the Girls Club Room and are so excited for tomorrow's Town Hall (11 AM)." https://twitter.com/CoachJayChess/status/1074043147297013760 And IM Greg Shahade's twitter takeover continued to get lots of likes and shares, especially in his focus on the youngest competitors.  Yesterday's video of two youngsters demonstrating checkmate with excellent sportsmanship is still our most popular of the event by far, nearing 1000 favorites and 40,000 views. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1074075658496761857 K12 Chess Champs Quick Links: Tournament homepage Tournament safety tips Results & Standings Twitter Takeover Twitch page  Live game site