State Championship Results

Congratulations to GM Gilberto Hernandez, who scored 6 out of 7 to win clear first place at the 2007 Texas State Championship. This is the first Texas Championship title for Hernandez, adding his name to the prestigious list of past winners. The Championship Section games were broadcast live on the Monroi website - a nice touch that will hopefully be repeated at future events.


The Amateur Championship saw a three-way tie for first place with Leo Bonnell, Alexander Steger, and Arthur Safin all finishing at 6-1.

On Saturday, 105 players competed in a separate K-12 scholastic event. Alexander Jiang scored a perfect 5-0 to win the Open section, while Richard Ay and Nick Zarosky both notched 5-0 scores to tie for first in the U-750 section.

See the final crosstables for complete results.

Special thanks to Luis Salinas, Francisco Guadalupe, Rob Jones, and Barb Swafford, for their hard work in organizing and running the event.

Watch the State Championship online!

The 2007 State Championship is underway in Houston with a field of 129 players, including GM Gilberto Hernandez. You can watch the games from the championship section live on the Monroi website!

Round 3 sees the two highest-rated players in the tournament facing each other in Morshedi-Hernandez.

TCA Membership List

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Texas Knights Magazine - Online!

The March-April 2007 issue of Texas Knights magazine is now available for download. This issue covers several recent events, including the Texas Team Championship, Texas Masters & Class Championships, New Year Open, and Ken Smith Memorial. Thanks to Selby Anderson for making this happen!

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Texas Action Championship results

Five players tied for first place at the 2007 Texas Action Championship in San Antonio. Congratulations to Selby Anderson, Arthur Macaspac, Anthony Guerra, Ju Ahn, and Gabriel Guerra who each finished with a 4-1 score.

Treasurer's Report

TCA Treasurer Barbara Swafford has submitted the April 2007 Treasurer's Report.

Minutes from the Spring 2007 TCA Business Meeting

TCA held a business meeting at the recent State Scholastic Championship in Houston. The meeting minutes are now available online.

Tournament Calendar

2008

Date	Event Name	Location
June 28	St. Andrews Scholastic	Austin
July 12	San Benito Community Chess Tournament	San Benito
July 18-20	U.S. Class Championships	Houston
Aug 2-10	U.S. Open	Dallas
July 26	San Benito City Chess Championship	San Benito
Aug 29 - Sept 1	Southwest Open

2009

Date	Event Name	Location
Feb 14-15	TCA Region VIII Championships	Brownsville

2007 Texas State and Amateur Championship

Update: See the Official Announcement on the dallaschess.com website.

May 25-28, 2007
7 Round Swiss, $8350 prize fund (b/175)
Hilton Americas Hotel
1600 Lamar, Houston, TX 77010

Championship Section

• Open to players rated over 2000 (USCF or FIDE)
• Rounds 1-3 G/90 with 30 sec increment
• Rounds 4-7 G/120 with 30 sec increment
  
• FIDE rated, but uses USCF rules
• Prizes:
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd: $1000-500-250
• Under 2400: $300
• Under 2200: $800-400

Amateur Section:

• Open to players rated under 2000 or unrated.
• Rounds 1-7 : 30/90 SD/60. (Round 1 of 3 day schedule is G/120)
• Prizes:
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd: $800-400-200
• Under 1800: $600-300-150
• Under 1600: $500-250-125
• Under 1400: $500-250-125
• Under 1200: $400
• Under 1000: $300
• Unrated: $200 (foreign unrated must play in Championship section)

Schedule:

• 4-day: Fri 7:45pm; Sat 2:30, 8:30; Sun 10:00am, 4:00; Mon 9:00am, 2:30
• 3-day: Round 1 Sat 10am, then merge with 4-day schedule
• Up to two ½ point byes available if requested before round 2. Byes for both round 6 and 7 not permitted.

Entry Fees:

• $69 if received by 5/17. $80 at site. Add $5 for CC phone entries.
  
• $45 junior (under 19), senior (over 65), handicap. $55 if received after 5/17.
• Mail entries (with payment) to:
• Dallas Chess Club
• c/o Susan Breeding
  
• 7909 La Guardia Dr
• Plano, TX 75025

K-12 Scholastic Event (Saturday May 26):

• 5-round swiss (rounds 1-3 G/30, rounds 4-5 G/45)
• Entry fee: $26 by 5/18, $39 after. CC phone entries add $5
• Onsite registration 8:15-8:45am
• Round 1 at 9:30am, rest ASAP with short lunch break
• Sections: K-12 Championship and K-12 under 750
• Prizes: Trophies to top 12 individuals, 5 teams in each section. Medals to plus scores who do not win a trophy.
  

Hotel Rates:

• $85 (reserve by 5/11 and ask for chess rates)
• 800-774-1500 or 713-739-8000

For more information, contact Susan Breeding, 214-632-9000.

Missing page in current issue of Texas Knights

In the March-April 2007 issue of Texas Knights, page 13 (in the Texas Masters article) is a duplicate of page 19. Please download this patch, which can be printed and pasted over page 13.