Chess for Kids 4th Annual All Girls Tournament (Sonoma County, CA)

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Girls chess tournament draws 40 competitors

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 6:12 by Extra.Credit

 

Forty girls participated in the fourth annual all-girls chess tournament for kindergarten through eighth graders on Feb. 9.

Competitors were grouped according to age and skill level.

Winners were:

Joy Sun, Oceana Sipila and Kailli Golden, all from Instilling Goodness Elementary in Talmage in Mendocino County; Haley Joerger and Caitlyn Carnahan from Strawberry Elementary in Santa Rosa, Katie Thurman and Jade Schottstaedt from St. Vincent de Paul Elementary in Petaluma, Maya Kull from Mary Collins Elementary in Petaluma, Katelyn Kenneally from Hahn Elementary in Rohnert Park, Ava Kane from Penngrove Elementary, Josephine Hoagland from Hidden Valley Elementary in Santa Rosa, Sascha Chavez from Austin Creek Elementary in Santa Rosa and Maile Neargarder from Apple Blossom Elementary in Sebastopol.

The tournament raised $860 for “Girls on the Run,” an afterschool program focusing on healthy living and self esteem for girls.

The club will host its fifth annual Scholastic Chess Tournament for boys and girls on May 11 at Strawberry Elementary School, 2311 Horseshoe Dr., in Santa Rosa. For registration information, go to www.chessclubforkids.com

Team of California Chess Queens Wins

Local girls win at chess

Ukiah Daily Journal Staffukiahdailyjournal.com

Updated: 02/16/2013 12:34:01 PM PST

The Ukiah Daily Journal

 

Chess Queens from the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas Instilling Goodness Elementary School prevailed at the all girls chess touranment in Santa Rosa on Saturday, Feb. 9.

 

Four of the nine girls in Ms. Light's Chess Club who attended won first place trophies at this 4th annual all girls chess tournament in Santa Rosa.

 

This year it was a benefit to support Sonoma County Girls on the Run, a nonprofit with a mission to prepare girls for a lifetime of healthy living and self-respect.

 

The first place winners were: Joy Sun, grade 6; Kaili Golden, grade 5; Oceana Sipila, grade 4; and Amelia Adams, grade 2. Other Chess Queens attending and placing were: Ayled Alfaro, Nevaeh Storie, Sierra Sipila, Hailey Luong, Reina Pittman.

Chess is a game that helps improve concentration and critical thinking skills and fosters self-discipline and sportsmanship. Light has 20 girls who have joined her chess club.