Monday, October 26, 2009

HALLOWEEN CHESS TOURNAMENT 2009


Global Concepts Chess Club hosted their second annual Halloween Chess Tournament this past Saturday the 24th of October. We had a record high attendance of 39 chess players all dressed up in their spooky and entertaining costumes. The participants enjoyed pizza, beverages, cookies, and candy from our Pinata made kindly by Mrs. Cirillo. The parent volunteers were Mrs. Mellon, Mrs. Weber, Miss. Block, Miss Ahmed, Mrs. Santora, Mr. Harvey, and Mrs. Dent and to all others present a huge THANK YOU... for without your assistance this tournament would have been crazy scary.

The players were divided into three sections depending on their abilities. The first section "The Vampires" consisted of USCF players rated 700 or higher. The second section "The Werewolves" consisted of USCF players rated under 700, and our final section were "The Zombies" which were all our newcomers who do not have a USCF membership yet.





















Winners were as follows:
"The Zombies" (10 players)
1. JOSEPH BUTLER III
2. NICHOLAS IVON JR.
3. BRIANNA BUTLER
4. ROMAN CASTLE
5. HANNAH CRAWFORD
"The Werewolves" (21 players)
1. PEDRO LOPEZ
2. REAGAN LYLE
3. KEVIN LYLE
4. MIGUEL MERCADO
5. RASHAUN ANDERSON
"The Vampires" (8 players)
1. RICHARD HERKO
2. SAMUEL SANTORA
3. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Directions to our Tournaments:

Global Concepts Charter School is Located at
1001 Ridge Road
Lackawanna NY 14218

I usually take 90 west to exit 55 stay to your right and make a right onto Ridge Road.... Pass Abbott Road and the school is on the left hand side across from the cementary. If you get to the Basilica of Our Lady of Victory you went to far.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Hispanic Month Tournament

Great attendance, biggest outing so far.... 39 Players. Everyone enjoyed the evening and ate tacos...DELICIOSOS...made by our volunteer parents:The Webers, Meloons, Harveys, Blocks, Abuhamras, and Shamrocks...THE GCCC THANKS YOU VERY MUCH.

The Hispanic Month Chess Tournament featured three sections:

The Unrated Section
  1. Winner Angel Lowe
  2. Second Place Miguel Mercado
  3. Third Place Fadel Abuhamra

The Under 700 Section

  1. Winner Hunter Weber
  2. Second Place Jordon Dimitrievski
  3. Third Place Alex Shamrock

The Under 1400 Section

  1. Winner Mason Coleman
  2. Second Place Jacob Meloon
  3. Third Place Smuel Santora

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS ....

GRACIAS POR PARTICIPAR MUCHACHOS.....

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Welcome Back Students

Hope you all had a great summer, even though we got a lot of rain.
Well here is the first order of business for the chess club and what is new.
  • A new memberships fee of $5.00.
  • Their will be NO morning chess due to hallway duties.
  • The after school chess day will be Thursdays 3:50 pm to 4:50pm.
  • In School we will meet on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3:05 to 3:30pm(more information to come on who attends on each day).
  • Returning and New Members must Register before the second week when we will re-start our club meetings.
  • Members will need specific hall passes to come to the chess room.
  • Our First Tournament will be on September 25th from 4pm to 7pm.

For more information contact Mr. Cirillo during school.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Summer Bash Results

WOW SUMMER is almost over but our chess bash was fun.....
Winners were KAYLA ROSE BLOCK and JACOB MELOON.
We all had a great time using the auditorium for the first time in a chess tournament, which was a last moment change, but no problem arose, the Meloon's, Elliott and Cirillo's pitched in, and it went flawlessly. Thank you all for the support......now here is how it ended up.

Under 600:
  • Kayla Rose Block
  • Chase Gifford
  • Enya Cirillo
  • Reagan Lyle
  • Megan Meloon
  • Alex Simmons

Under 1200:

  • Jacob Meloon
  • Antonio Cirillo
  • Mason Coleman
  • Samuel Santora
  • Preston Gifford
  • Darrell Elliott