2010 Scholastic Championships

The 2010 Scholastic Championships were held at the Samuel A. Heyward Career & Technology Center in Columbia on March 6, 2010. Nearly 90 students participated.

Games from High School: Boards 1 & 2

[Event "Scholastic Championships"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2010.03.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Lauria, Michael"] [Black "Whatley, Hannah "] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "1946"] [BlackElo "925"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2010.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] 
 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. e5 Qe8 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Be2 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. axb4 dxe3 13. Qd4 b6 14. Qxe3 Bb7 15. O-O d5 16. Nd4 e6 17. Ncb5 Qd8 18. Nxa7 h5 19. Nab5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb8 21. Nd6 Ba8 22. Bb5 Qd8 23. Ra7 Bh6 24. Rxd7 Qb8 25. Qg3 Kg7 26. Nxe6+ Kg8 27. Nxf8 Bxf8 28. Rxf7 Bg7 29. Qxg6 1-0 
 [Event "Scholastic Championships"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2010.03.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Clarkson , Wright "] [Black "Templeton, Zach "] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "912"] [BlackElo "1795"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2010.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] 
 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Qb3 Bf5 15. Bg5 h6 16. g4 Be6 17. Bd2 Rxe5 18. Qc3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rd8 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. a3 e6 23. g5 h5 24. b4 Qb5 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5 Bb3 27. Rb1 Bc2 28. Rb2 Bf5 29. h4 Rd4 30. Bg3 Rd5 31. f4 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3 Bxe5 34. fxe5 Rd3+ 35. Kf4 Rxa3 36. Rd2 Rb3 37. Rd4 Ra3 38. Be1 Ra1 39. Bg3 a5 40. Bf2 a4 41. Rd2 Rb1 42. Rd4 a3 43. Rd2 Rb2 44. Be3 a2 45. Rxb2 a1=Q 46. Rd2 Qc3 47. Ra2 Qc4+ 48. Kf3 Qxa2 49. Kg3 Qe2 50. Kf4 Qg4# 0-1 
 [Event "Scholastic Championships"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2010.03.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Sun, Qianli "] [Black "Lauria, Michael "] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "1425"] [BlackElo "1946"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2010.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] 
 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 Be7 9. Re1 Bg6 10. e4 Qc7 11. h3 Rd8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h4 Nc4 20. Rc2 Rc8 21. Qc1 Rc6 22. b3 Na5 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. b4 Nc4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 a5 27. bxa5 Qxa3 28. Rc1 Ra8 29. Rxc6 Rxa5 30. Qf4 Ra7 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qg5 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qxd4 34. h5 Qe4 35. h6 gxh6 36. Qf6 Qxe5+ 1-0 
 [Event "Scholastic Championships"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2010.03.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Templeton, Zach "] [Black "Caiello, Daniel "] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "1795"] [BlackElo "1187"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2010.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] 
 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 Nd7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Rg8 18. Rxe5+ Kf7 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Nf3 h6 22. Nd4 Bd5 23. Qh5+ Qg6 24. Rxf5+ Kg7 25. Rxe8 Qxg2# 0-1 
 [Event "Scholastic Championships"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2010.03.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Moore, Kenzie"] [Black "Sun, Qianli"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "1653"] [BlackElo "1425"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2010.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] 
 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 exf4 6. Bxf4 Bg4 7. O-O Qd7 8. Nbd2 O-O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. c3 d5 11. Bb5 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 a6 14. Ba4 g5 15. Be5 Qe7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Kb7 18. Qc4 Rxd2 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxd2 Bd6 21. e5 Bxe5 22. Qxg4 h5 23. Qb4+ Kc8 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Qd4 Qd8 26. Qa7 Kd7 27. Ne5+ Bxe5 28. Rxe5 1-0 
 [Event "Scholastic Championships"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2010.03.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Caiello, Daniel"] [Black "Grover, Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1187"] [BlackElo "1483"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2010.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] 
 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nd7 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Bf4 Ne7 9. O-O c5 10. Rfe1 cxd4 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. Nd6+ Kd8 13. Nxf7+ Ke8 14. Nxh8 g6 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. c3 Nf5 17. Qd3 Bg7 18. Ng5 Bxh8 19. Nxe6 Qb8 20. Qxd5 Ne7 21. Qd6 1-0 
 [Event "Scholastic Championships"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2010.03.06"] [Round "4"] [White "Caiello, Daniel"] [Black "Moore, Kenzie"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1187"] [BlackElo "1653"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2010.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] 
 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rae8 15. Re2 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rae1 Qa5 18. g5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nh5 20. Qf3 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 g6 23. Qe3 Qb4 24. b3 Qd6 25. Re8 Nf4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qg3 Ke7 28. Kf2 Ne6 29. Qe3 Qh2+ 30. Ke1 Qxc2 31. h4 Qh2 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Nxd4 34. Kg3 Ke6 35. Kg4 Ke5 36. h5 gxh5+ 37. Kxh5 Kf5 38. Na4 b6 39. Nb2 Ne6 40. Nd3 c5 41. a3 Nf4+ 42. Nxf4 Kxf4 0-1 
 [Event "Scholastic Championships"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2010.03.06"] [Round "4"] [White "Lauria, Michael"] [Black "Sarasua, Jonath"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B05"] [WhiteElo "1946"] [BlackElo "1481"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2010.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] 
 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. exd6 exd6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. O-O Bf6 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Bg4 Rc8 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qf5 b6 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxd7 Rcd8 21. Bc6 Ne7 22. Bf3 c5 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Rcd1 Nf5 25. Rd5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rfe8 27. e4 Kg7 28. Rfd1 Rxd5 29. exd5 Kf8 30. d6 Rd8 31. d7 Ke7 32. Bc6 h6 33. Re1+ Kd6 34. Re8 Kxc6 35. Rxd8 Kc7 36. Ra8 1-0 
 [Event "Scholastic Championships"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2010.03.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Moore, Kenzie "] [Black "Lauria, Michael "] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1653"] [BlackElo "1946"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2010.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] 
 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. Rfe1 O-O 11. Ng3 Nh5 12. Nce4 Qb6 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. c3 Bg6 15. Nd6 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Nd6 cxd4 19. Qxd4 e5 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Re8 23. Rd1 Re6 24. Qb4 Qe8 25. h3 Qc6 26. Rd4 h6 27. Bf4 Rae8 28. Rc4 Qd5 29. Rd4 Qf5 30. Qxb7 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa2 32. Rd7 Re2 33. b3 Rxf2 34. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Kxf7 37. c4 Re2+ 38. Kf3 Rb2 39. c5 Rxb3+ 40. Ke4 Rb4+ 41. Ke5 Rxf4 42. Kxf4 Ke6 43. c6 Kd6 44. Kf5 a5 45. Kg6 a4 46. Kxg7 a3 47. Kxh6 a2 0-1 
 [Event "Scholastic Championships"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2010.03.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Sun, Qianli"] [Black "Grover, Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "1425"] [BlackElo "1483"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2010.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] 
 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O N7f6 13. a3 c5 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bb3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Ne5 Bc6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Qd3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. f3 a6 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Rb8 Rc7 30. Ke3 1/2-1/2

HIGH SCHOOL SECTION

D.W. Daniel High School won the high school team trophy. The Governor's School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) finished second. Kenzie Moore (1653),Michael Lauria (1946), and Morgan DSC00140 432x324 Morgan Wang, Kenzie Moore, Michael LauriaWang (1122) tied for first in the High School section, each scoring 4.0. They all attend D.W. Daniel High School in Clemson, South Carolina. Kenzie Moore took home the first place trophy on tie break. Qianli Sun of Wando High School threw the High School Section into chaos with his upset win over top rated Michael Lauria in their second round encounter.

High School Grade Champions
12th grade: Qianli Sun, Wando High School, Mt. Pleasant, SC
11th grade: Thomas Fred Wells, GSSM, Hartsville, SC
10th grade: Daniel Caiello, Faith Heritage High School, Lexington, SC
9th grade: Christian Dunlap, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia,SC

MIDDLE SCHOOL SECTION

Benjamin Caiello of Faith Heritage Middle School in Lexington, SC, won the middle school title, scoring a perfect 5.0. Kevis Tsao of R.C. Edwards Middle School and Nicholas George of Cherokee Trials Middle School tied for second, each scoring 4.0

R.C. Edwards Middle School won the middle school team championship. Faith Heritage finished second.

Middle School Grade Champions:
8th grade: Luke Lepak, St. Joseph's, Greenville, SC
7th grade: Gordon Zhang, R.C. Edwards Middle School, Clemson, SC
6th grade: Mowei Tang, R.C. Edwards Middle School, Clemson, SC

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SECTION

Thomas Leonardi of Spartanburg Day School, Perry Fleming of Bamberg Elementary School and Elias Longenecker of St. Mary's tied for first place, each with perfect 5.0 scores. Thomas Leonardi took home the first place trophy on tie break.

Pinckney Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant won the elementary school team title. Beaufort Academy finished second.

Elementary School Grade Champions:
5th grade: Kyle Mcsheehy, Pinckney Elementary School, Mt. Pleasant, SC
4th grade: Chris Hoogenboom, Riverview Christian School
3rd grade: Maxfield Trask, Riverview Christian School
2d grade: Patrick Lee Wang, Carver Elementary School, Florence, SC
1st grade: Kevin Jarr Rogers, Beaufort Academy, Beaufort, SC
Kindergarten: Thomas Mazzeo, Beaufort Academy, Beaufort, SC