Past Events

Monthly tournament for the month of March. There were 63 players.

The tournament consisted of three sections: a Championship section (12 players), a U1601 section (21 players), and a U1000 section (24 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The Championship section winner was Logan Shafer with 4 pts. The U1600 winners were Scott Cooper and Paul Halgenstein with 3.5 pts The U1000 winners were Ryan Fife and Isaac Nicolau with 3.5 pts.

Monthly tournament for the month of February. There were 69 players.

The tournament consisted of three sections: a Championship section (29 players), a U1601 section (20 players), and a U1000 section (20 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The Championship section winner was Ishaan Ikkurthi with 4 pts. The U1601 winner was Lucas Sanner with 4 pts The U1000 winner was John Lubisich with 4 pts.

Monthly tournament for the month of January. There were 63 players.

The tournament consisted of a Championship section (24 players), a U1601 section (21 players), and a U1000 section (18 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The Championship section winners were Logan Shafer and Shan Thirunavukkarasu with 3.5 pts. The U1601 winners were Amogh Chauhan and Christopher Holdaway with 3.5 pts The U1000 winner was Stuart Madsen with 4 pts.

Monthly tournament for the month of November. There were 77 players.

The tournament consisted of four sections: a Championship section (17 players), a U1800 section (24 players), a U1300 section (18 players), and a U800 section (14 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The Championship section winner was Evan Bates with 3.5 pts. The U1800 winner was Marin Tang with 4 pts The U1300 winner was Vaibhav Sachdev with 4 pts. The U800 winner was Clayton Carlisle with 4 pts.

Monthly tournament for the month of September. There were 74 players.

The tournament consisted of three sections: a Championship section (24 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (22 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (27 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The Championship section winner was Logan Shafer with 4 pts. The U1600 winner was Ganesh Jayachandran with 4 pts The U1000 winner was Jonathan Saade with 4 pts

Monthly tournament for the month of August. There were 73 players.

The tournament consisted of three sections: a Championship section (22 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (22 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (29 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The Championship section winner was Logan Shafer with 4 pts. The U1600 winners were Jayden Jin, Sai Sivaraju, and Srikar Pidathala with 3.5 pts The U1000 winners were Sahasra Degala and Rihaan Anbalagan with 4 pts

Monthly tournament for the month of May. There were 51 players.

The tournament consisted of three sections: a Championship section (13 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (16 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (22 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The Championship section winner was Logan Shafer with 4 pts. The U1600 winner was Alexander Matos with 4 pts The U1000 winner was Robert Wittman with 4 pts

Monthly tournament for the month of April. There were 62 players.

The tournament consisted of three sections: a Championship section (22 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (20 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (20 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The Championship section winners were Umar Abdullah and Sidharth Rajagopalan with 3.5 pts. The U1600 winners were Jayden Jin and Asher Joseph with 3.5 pts The U1000 winner was Ron Flatt with 4 pts

Monthly tournament for the month of February. There were 62 players.

The tournament consisted of three sections: a Championship section (24 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (16 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (23 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the Championship section was Logan Shafer, scoring 3.5/4. The winner of the U1600 section was Jayden Jin, scoring 4/4 The winners of the U1000 section were Abhigyan Bhat and Lucas Sanner, scoring 4/4

Monthly tournament for the month of November. There were 48 players.

The tournament consisted of three sections: a Championship section (13 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (19 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (16 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the Championship section was Logan Shafer, scoring 4/4. The winner of the U1600 section was Eric Vance, scoring 3.5/4 The winners of the U1000 section were Sivakumar Murugan and Lucas Sanner, scoring 3.5/4

Monthly tournament for the month of October. There were 61 players. This event doubled as a National Chess Day Tournament.

The tournament consisted of four sections: an 1800+ section (10 players), a U1800 section (28 players), a U1400 section (14 players), and a U900 section (8 players.) The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the 1800+ section was Logan Shafer, scoring 3.5/4. The winners of the U1800 section were Karthik Golla and Ashwath Badrinarayanan, scoring 3.5/4 The winner of the U1400 section was Timothy Lin, scoring 3.5/4 The winner of the U900 section was Bart Broks, scoring 4/4

Monthly tournament for the month of September. There were 56 players in September.

The tournament consisted of three sections: Champ (17 players), U1600 (21 players), and U1000 (18 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the Champ section was Tanish Seelam of Waco, scoring 3.5/4. The winners of the U1600 section were Chutian Wu and Atul Rao (both Baylor students), scoring 3.5/4. The winner of the U1000 section was Brian Collins of Harker Heights, scoring 4/4.

Monthly tournament for the month of July. There were 62 players in July.

The tournament consisted of three sections: an Open section (20 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (24 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (18 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the open section was Logan Shafer, scoring 4/4. The winners of the Reserve section were Luis Alcaron and William Chodniewicz, scoring 3.5/4. The winner of the Novice section was Jayden Jin, scoring 4/4

Monthly tournament for the month of May. There were 55 players in May.

The tournament consisted of three sections: an Open section (25 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (16 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (12 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the open section was Logan Shafer, scoring 4/4. The winner of the Reserve section was Joshua Ratsch, scoring 4/4 The winner of the Novice section was Satvik Prasad, scoring 3.5/4

Monthly tournament for the month of March. There were 54 players in March.

The tournament consisted of three sections: an Open section (20 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (14 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (20 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the open section was Evan Sherman, scoring 4/4. The winner of the Reserve section was Malachi Mejias-Treadwell, scoring 4/4 The winners of the Novice section were King (David) Lin, Brian Collins, and Cody Washer, scoring 3.5

Monthly tournament for the month of February. There were 58 players in February.

The tournament consisted of three sections: an Open section (27 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (14 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (16 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the open section was Logan Shafer, scoring 4/4. The winner of the Reserve section was Jared Oswalt, scoring 4/4 The winner of the Novice section was Sterling Bates, scoring 4/4

Monthly tournament for the month of January. There were 61 players for January.

The tournament consisted of three sections: an Open section (27 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (21 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (13 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the open section was Logan Shafer, scoring 4/4. The winners of the Reserve section were Eric Nay and Esha Pidathala, scoring 3.5/4 The winner of the Novice section was Brian Collins, scoring 3.5/4

Monthly tournament for the month of December. There were 57 players for December.

The tournament consisted of three sections: an Open section (21 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (19 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (17 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winners of the Open section were Logan Shafer and Yangyang Shen, scoring 3.5/4. The winner of the Reserve section was Thomas Reinke, scoring 3.5/4 The winners of the Novice section were Kirthik Balaji and Kaleb Spuler, scoring 3.5/4

Monthly tournament for the month of November. There were 51 players for November.

The tournament consisted of three sections: an Open section (17 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (20 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (12 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the open section was Darryl West scoring 4/4. The winners of the Reserve section were Eric Nay and Alexander Ramey, scoring 3.5/4 The winners of the Novice section were Timothy Lin, Jim Anderau, and Kaleb Spuler, scoring 3/4.

This tournament was special for National Chess Day, and we had 4 sections. There were 62 players in total.

The tournament consisted of four sections: an 1800+ section (21 players), a U1800 section (22 players), a U1300 section (11 players), and a U800 section (8 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5 (G/60;d5 for the 1800+ Section).

RESULTS: The winner of the 1800+ section was John T Capps, scoring 4/4. The winner of the U1800 section was Viraj Mazumdar, scoring 3.5/4 The winner of the U1300 section was Mark Voelkel, scoring 3.5/4 The winners of the U800 section were Frank Jiang and Jose Navarro, scoring 3/4

Monthly tournament for the month of September. There were 61 players for September.

The tournament consisted of three sections: an Open section (26 players), a Reserve section for U1600 (15 players), and a Novice section for U1000 (20 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winners of the Open section were Lucius Melillo and Ricky Pierce, scoring 3.5/4. The winners of the Reserve section were John Ramey, Arav Serikar, Evan Bates, Mark Voelkel, and Paul Hagelstein, each scoring 3/4. The winner of the Novice section was Everett Meyers, scoring 4/4.

Monthly tournament for the month of July. We had several more players come down from Austin and give us a very good turnout.

The tournament consisted of two sections, an Open section (14 players), a Reserve section for U1400 (13 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the Open section was Jason Howell, scoring 4/4. The winners of the Reserve section were Jeffrey Spyrison and Prajith Velicheti, both scoring 3.5/4.

Monthly tournament for the month of June. The club has been getting a good turnout now that we have had regularly scheduled tournaments. A newcomer to Waco tournaments from Austin came in and won the Open section.

The tournament consisted of two sections, an Open section (12 players), a Reserve section for U1400 (8 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the Open section was Elijah Logozar, scoring 4/4. The winner of the Reserve section was Tanvi Reddy, scoring 4/4.

Monthly tournament for the month of May. Good showing from both Jason Howell (Waco City Champion) and Jeffrey Spyrison winning the Open and Reserve sections respectively with 4/4 showings.

The tournament consisted of two sections, an Open section (11 players), a Reserve section for U1400 (8 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the Open section was Jason Howell, scoring 4/4. The winner of the Reserve section was Jeffrey Spyrison, scoring 4/4.

The Waco City Championship match between Champion Jason Howell and Challenger Andrew Bar-Jona.

Originally the match was going to be 4 rounds, 1 on each Tuesday and Thursday over a course of 2 weeks. After a 2-0 lead, Andrew conceded the match to Jason so it was played in 2 rounds. The time controls were G/60;d5.

RESULTS: The winner and still Waco champion was Jason Howell, scoring 2/2.

A yearly event we are resuming. This was a city championship available for any Waco or McLennan county residents to come play. The winner would challenge Jason Howell (current Waco champion) in a City Championship match. We thought it would be fun to have a Candidate's style tournament (although the qualifier was Open) rather than just a large tournament to decide the winner.

The tournament consisted of one Open section. The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5. We ended up with 14 potential challengers.

RESULTS: The winner and challenger in the Championship match was Andrew Bar-Jona, scoring 4/4.

A fun event we had on Baylor's campus in the Bill Daniel Student Center. We played the tournament in the Barfield Drawing Room.

The tournament consisted of three sections, an Open section (4 players), a Reserve section for U1400 (also 10 players), as well as an Non-Rated section. The event was 3 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the Open section was Jason Howell, scoring 3/3. The winners of the Reserve section were Walton Downs and Amjad Dabi, both scoring 2.5/3.

Jason Howell played against 28 players (simultaneously) ranging from ages 7 to 71.

Daniel Guel of Waco, age 16, with an official chess rating of 1704 was the toughest for Jason. Daniel Guel is also a certified USCF tournament director.

Jason Howell was born July 28, 1974. He reached a peak chess rating of 2107. He won over 100 rated chess games including 5 TX State Amateur Championships.

RESULTS: Jason won 24 games Two players played Jason to a draw: Walton Downs and Marshall Melasky Two players defeated Jason: Daniel Guel and Matt Potts

This was a smaller event held at Lake Shore Baptist Church. There was only one section with nine players. It was a four round event with time control of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner was Jason Howell, scoring 3.5/4.

A very nice event we had at Uncle Dan's restaurant. We had quite a good turn out including several players coming from out of town.

The tournament consisted of two sections, an Open section (16 players) and a Reserve section for U1400 (also 16 players). The event was 4 rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winners of the Open section were Jason Howell and Nate Fewell, both scoring 3.5/4. The winners of the Reserve section were Zach Garrison and Dhruv Pathak, both scoring 3.5/4.

This was a smaller event held at Uncle Dan's with 14 players.

The tournament consisted of two sections, an Open section and a Reserve (U1400) section. There were eight players in the Open, and six players in the Reserve.

For this tournament we attempted to differentiate the time controls. For the Open, we had three rounds of G/60;d5 and for the Reserve, we had 5 rounds of G/30;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the Open section was Dang Minh Nguyen, scoring 3/3. The winners of the Reserve section were Gary Lang and Logan Shaffer, both scoring 4/5.

This was the first Uncle Dan's tournament of 2017. We had quite a good turnout for this event with 28 players.

The tournament consisted of two sections, an Open section (16 players) and a U1400 Reserve section (12 players). There were four rounds of G/45;d5.

RESULTS: The winner of the Open section was Jason Howell, scoring 4/4. The winners of the Reserve section were John DeVries and Bram Foster, both scoring 3/4.

Waco's Janes Cup is the City Championship for Waco. This event was a six round event with 1 game played each weekend for six weeks.

The event had one section with 12 players. The event had six rounds of G/60;d5.

RESULTS: The winner was Jason Howell, scoring 5.5/6.