An Evening with Robert Katenda of Queen of Katwe

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HAMPTON ROADS CHESS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS AN INSPIRATIONAL EVENING WITH ROBERT KATENDE

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 5:30-10:30PM

Eastminster Presbyterian Church
3229 MacDonald Road
Virginia Beach, VA

Event is FREE and open to the public (Donations accepted for the Robert Katende Initiative); Autographed Books $20 !5:30-7:30 PM - Movie Showing of Queen of Katwe; Simultaneous Exhibition 7:30-9:00 PM - Inspirational Talk 9:00-10:30 PM - Book Signing for His Book A Knight without A Castle and Photos

WWW.HRCHESSCLUB.ORG/KATENDE

http://hrchessclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/HRCA-Katende-Flyer.pdf

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Results of MD's 2019 Denker, Barber, Haring, & Senior Representatives—Shelby Getz wins Senior!

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by John D. Rockefeller V

Congratulations to Maryland's 2019 Denker, Barber, Haring, & Senior Representatives:

• IM Sahil Sinha (2408), 12th grader at Poolesville HS, tied for 7^th place at the GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High-School State Champions & received MD Chess's Denker Stipend of $750;
• Jayant Maheshwari (2053), 7th grader at Clarksville MS, tied for 22^nd place at the Dewain Barber National Tournament of K-8 State Champions & received MD Chess's Barber Stipend of $750;
• Meghana Bhanuprasad (1944), 11th grader at Marriotts Ridge HS, tied for 11^th place at the WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions & received MD Chess's Haring Stipend of $750;
• MD's team of Denker, Barber, & Haring Representatives tied for 14^th place;
• FM Shelby Getz (2381) finished in clear 1^st place at the National Tournament of Senior State Champions.

Click below for the Final Standings of the Denker, Barber, Haring, & Senior tournaments—& MD's team standing:

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How to Draw a GM & Win the National Senior : 1. a3

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by FM Shelby Getz

Winning the 2nd installment of the National Senior Tournament of Champions was quite a
surprise, not only for myself, who was this year's event winner, but for others as well, especially
due to the unique choice of opening I elected to employ with the White pieces, and in this, my
fourth round game, against John, I was permitted to test it out yet again, for its second
deployment in the event, albeit against one of the event’s toughest competitors . I would also go on
to use it as my starting move in the final round to capture the crown.

[Event: NSTOC]
[Site: Orlando , Florida]
[Date: 8/5/2019]
[Round: 4]
[White: Shelby Getz]
[Black: John Fedorowicz]
[Result: 1/2 1/2]
[ECO: A00]
[Time Control: G/90]

1. a3  This first move for White is officially referred to as Anderssen's Opening, so named after the
19th century German master , Adolf Anderssen , who first employed it to defeat Paul Morphy ,
arguably one of the greatest players to have ever played the game.

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MD 12th Grader Sahil Sinha Becomes International Master!

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by IM-elect Sahil Sinha

2019 North American Junior (U20) Championship, 2019.06.26-30, IM-elect Sinha (White) vs IM Balakrishnan (Black)

I was looking forward to the 2019 North American Junior (U20) Championship, a prestigious event within the North American continent. Kudos to the Charlotte Chess Center for their amazing efforts in organizing these kinds of tournaments. Prior to this, I happened to have played a few norm tournaments at the Charlotte Chess Center and was just there in the first week of June. Unfortunately, my subpar performance was not sufficient to earn the norm, so I was hoping to make amends and turn in a better performance at this event, which I was competing for the first time and the top 3 finishers would achieve at least an IM norm.

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