U.S. Nationals in progress!
The U.S. National H.S. Championships are underway and a star-studded field is led by Marc Arnold (2406). Many of the top players are state champions, Denker/Polgar representatives, or All-Americans.
Jimmy Canty III (2130, pictured right) and Kayin Barclay (2091) are playing as well as Medina Parilla (1982) and Darrian Robinson (1889) are also playing. The individual points are added for teammates to get the overall team score.
Standings: https://main.uschess.org/tournaments/2008/hs/?pg=results
Frank Johnson ( https://www.shootfilm.net) will be sending photos.
Thanks Daaim,
Despite his opponent’s blunder at the end, Kayin played a very nice positional game. Good job Kayin…
Peace
I had the pleasure of playing James while he was in Atlanta. The brother is officially strong. Last year he visited and I broke even with him. I believe the score was 5-5 or maybe 5-4 his way or something like that. This trip the score was a ridiculous 20-2. I may be exaggerating a little bit but the number of losses I racked up was a record for me personally.
I wish the brother much success in his future chess endeavors and look forward to him making master and more.
Medina is doing well in the All Girl’s Nationals.