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| Floresville Chess Club finishes first | |
 Floresville Chess Club finishes first February 3, 2009 Wilson County News - Floresville, TX, USA The Floresville Chess Club took a team consisting of four players to the Martin Luther King Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 17. Participants included Kevin Nolan, competing in the elementary section; Ian Kuplack, competing in the middle school section; and Titus Shanks, who teamed up with Kevin and Ian to compete in the high school section as a team. With Titus garnering the second-place trophy in the high school section, and Kevin winning fourth place, the Floresville High School team came away with first-place overall honors, despite being one of the smallest teams in the tournament. The Floresville Chess Club meets every Thursday night in the Floresville United Methodist Church at 5:30 p.m. The church is located at the corner of B and Fourth streets. The chess club is always seeking new members, and there are no dues for membership. Players are given a chess lesson each night, followed by tournament games. In addition, the Floresville Chess Club goes to out-of-town tournaments at least once a month. They are currently looking forward to going to the Texas Chess Association Region 6 Championship in Austin the first weekend of March, and the Texas State Chess Championship the third week of March. Source: http://www.wilsoncountynews.com  | |
2009-02-03T12:24:00.001-06:00 | |
| Titus Shanks, Josiah Kufus triumph at chess tourney - Wilson County News | |
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Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:41:55 GMT | |
| Grassroots chess growth | |
 Chess club captures first place Contributed October 14, 2008 Four members of the Floresville Chess Club, under Coach Howard Berger, participated in the Hill Country Classic Chess Tournament on Sept. 27, capturing two first-place finishes, a second-place finish, and a first-place team trophy. Titus Shanks, a home-schooled high school student, participated in the open section, which included adults as well as any students brave enough to try. He finished in a three-way tie for first place. Given the complex system of tie-breaks in chess tournaments, Titus wound up with an overall first-place finish. In the high school section, which also included middle school players, teammates Galen Schmidt and Eric Nolin wound up competing for first place in the last round. Eric, at the end of the game, had cornered his higher-ranked teammate in the dominating position with two queens; in the end, Galen salvaged a draw and thereby won the first-place trophy. Eric consoled himself with the second-place trophy, as well as sharing in the first-place team trophy. Both Eric Nolin and his younger brother, Kevin, were participating in their first U.S. Chess Federation-rated tournament and did extremely well. Many more-seasoned tournament players would be happy with the Nolins’ final results. The Floresville Chess Club meets every Thursday night at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Building of the Floresville United Methodist Church. Source: http://www.wilsoncountynews.com/ | |
2008-10-14T12:09:00.001-05:00 | |
| Grassroots chess growth | |
Chess club captures first place Contributed October 14, 2008 Four members of the Floresville Chess Club, under Coach Howard Berger, participated in the Hill Country Classic Chess Tournament on Sept. 27, capturing two first-place finishes, a second-place finish, and a first-place team trophy. Titus Shanks, a home-schooled high school student, participated in the open section, which included adults as well as any students brave enough to try. He finished in a three-way tie for first place. Given the complex system of tie-breaks in chess tournaments, Titus wound up with an overall first-place finish. In the high school section, which also included middle school players, teammates Galen Schmidt and Eric Nolin wound up competing for first place in the last round. Eric, at the end of the game, had cornered his higher-ranked teammate in the dominating position with two queens; in the end, Galen salvaged a draw and thereby won the first-place trophy. Eric consoled himself with the second-place trophy, as well as sharing in the first-place team trophy. Both Eric Nolin and his younger brother, Kevin, were participating in their first U.S. Chess Federation-rated tournament and did extremely well. Many more-seasoned tournament players would be happy with the Nolins’ final results. The Floresville Chess Club meets every Thursday night at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Building of the Floresville United Methodist Church. Source: http://www.wilsoncountynews.com/ | |
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