Gora and Novikov Top Chicago Latino Championship
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
- Published: 29 November 2015 29 November 2015
Only the tournament's end could stop Christopher Gora and Andrey Novikov at the Chicago Latino Chess Championship conducted November 28.
The five-round long-time annual event was once again organized at the Rudy Lozano Branch of the Chicago Public Library by Hector Hernandez, the Branch Manager and long-time friend to chess. The event provided free entry with trophies to the top 10 and medals to all others with the best score for their grade level in school. 51 competed in the Age 14 and Under section.
Novikov defeated previously unbeaten Joshua Johnson in the final round to finish 5.0. Nonetheless, Gora finished with the higher tiebreak with four of his five opponents finishing in the top 10. Johnson received the third place trophy with the highest tiebreak in the 4.0/5 scoregroup.
Others with 4.0's included Marcel Kubik (4th), Layla Rodriguez (5th), Izella Ortiz (6th), Daniel Roman (7th), and Jim Nguyen (8th). Technically all tied for third place, but received trophies based on the mathematically-calculated tiebreaks.
At 3.5, Umair Ahmed and Lizzy Brahin tied for 9th place, with Umair claiming that trophy and Lizzy earning 10th place hardware. Umair lost to Christopher in the final round while Lizzy had fallen victim to Andrey in the penultimate round. Both Umair and Lizzy had incurred draws in the third round.
11 players tied for 11th place with 3.0/5 scores. They were all awarded medals for their efforts, along with Erik Tolbert (2.5) who was the top 8th Grade finisher. Gabriel Luna was the kindergarten champion.
First Grade champion: David Cotofrea
Second Grade champion: Matthew Kim
Third Grade champion: Anne Regalado
Fourth Grade champion: Zubair Ahmed
Fifth Grade co-champions: Sarah Regalado & Anthony Luna
Sixth Grade champion: Juan Fugencio
Seventh Grade co-champions: Cristian Luna & Samantha Glowacki
Ninth Grade champion: Carrey Nguyen
The Knight Moves Chess Club meets Thursdays at the Lozano Branch. Free tournaments such as the Latino Championship are supported by donations. Contact editor@il-chess.org for more information.