Main Event Underway in Orlando: "It's Checkmate!"

The Main Event of the K-12 Chess Championships are underway in Orlando. The tournament began with a moment of silence for Former US Chess President and passionate advocate for our royal game, Ruth Haring. IM Greg Shahade captured many dramatic moments on his twitter takeover @USChess including this viral tweet. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1073653620065869825 In our last report, we mentioned that Jennifer and Carlos Hoyos, a brother-sister duo from Florida, tied for first in the bug tourney, taking home the trophy on tiebreak over higher rated team of IM Hans Niemann and NM Raghav Venkat. We also caught them battling over the board in the Main Event in round one- Jennifer is in 9th grade and Carlos is a senior. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1073754554997633025 These first two rounds also featured plenty of convincing victories, as well as impressive upsets. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1073758362200891392 https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1073756594985406475

[pgn] [Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Montani, Vincen"]
[Black "Le, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.14"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Rdg1
Ng6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 b6 18. h4 Qd8 19. Qg3 Qf6 20. Re4 Rfe8
21. Rhe1 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 h5 23. f4 Nxh4 24. Qh3 Rf8 25. Qd7 Ng6 26. Qxa7 Nxf4 27.
Bb3 d5 28. Re1 h4 29. Qd7 c4 30. Ba4 h3 31. Bc6 Qg5 32. Kb1 h2 33. Bxd5 Nxd5
34. Qh3 Qg1 0-1

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https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1073664522425118720 GM Varuzhan Akobian arrived in Orlando and got straight to work, giving a simul. https://twitter.com/CoachJayChess/status/1073607481685725184 Girls Room action is also underway, as 2017 US Women's Champion Sabina Foisor also gave a simul. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1073678082509295621 Full Girls Room schedule here: