06-20-2012, 05:13 AM
If you go to this website:
http://www.hawaiichess.com/
...mentioned by taropatch above, you will see two short articles about the National Open and Hawaii chess players that played there. Scroll down a little for "Seven Hawaii Players at the National Open", and the article above that one is "National Open Results-Players from Hawaii".
I am the only Puna based player that entered the tournament. There is another player in the seven that lives in Kona. The rest, I believe, are from Oahu. I got to meet Dustin Honda and we talked about chess on Oahu and the Big Island. Very nice young man, and he invited me to fly to Oahu for there big annual tournament for three days during Labor Day weekend in September. I believe I will go compete in that one. Though competing will now get a lot tougher for me, as my record at the National Open has pumped me up into the next higher class.
Had a great time in Las Vegas at the tournament that was held at the Riviera. This was my 6th time. There were about 614 players there. That was down from the 1106 at the 2002 event. I came down with a nasty cold just in time for the first days two rounds. Lots of cold medicine and cough drops. I had decided that if I got bad cough or sneezing fits I would have to withdraw because it would be disruptive to the other players, but I was able to control it.
Anyway, though this wasn't an event in Puna, yours truly (a Puna resident and loving it) did enter and compete and won a little bit of money (just covered the air fair) in what I believe may be the largest attended chess tournament in the US. And, despite the 104 degree blast furnace temperatures, I plan to return next June for another go. I asked a cab driver if they ever get and rain in Vegas. He said they get about 2 inches a year!! I think we get that in a half hour in a heavy rain here.
Jon
Jon in Keaau/HPP
http://www.hawaiichess.com/
...mentioned by taropatch above, you will see two short articles about the National Open and Hawaii chess players that played there. Scroll down a little for "Seven Hawaii Players at the National Open", and the article above that one is "National Open Results-Players from Hawaii".
I am the only Puna based player that entered the tournament. There is another player in the seven that lives in Kona. The rest, I believe, are from Oahu. I got to meet Dustin Honda and we talked about chess on Oahu and the Big Island. Very nice young man, and he invited me to fly to Oahu for there big annual tournament for three days during Labor Day weekend in September. I believe I will go compete in that one. Though competing will now get a lot tougher for me, as my record at the National Open has pumped me up into the next higher class.
Had a great time in Las Vegas at the tournament that was held at the Riviera. This was my 6th time. There were about 614 players there. That was down from the 1106 at the 2002 event. I came down with a nasty cold just in time for the first days two rounds. Lots of cold medicine and cough drops. I had decided that if I got bad cough or sneezing fits I would have to withdraw because it would be disruptive to the other players, but I was able to control it.
Anyway, though this wasn't an event in Puna, yours truly (a Puna resident and loving it) did enter and compete and won a little bit of money (just covered the air fair) in what I believe may be the largest attended chess tournament in the US. And, despite the 104 degree blast furnace temperatures, I plan to return next June for another go. I asked a cab driver if they ever get and rain in Vegas. He said they get about 2 inches a year!! I think we get that in a half hour in a heavy rain here.
Jon
Jon in Keaau/HPP
Jon in Keaau/HPP