Aviator Pawns #1 Scholastic Report April 3, 2010 – Riley D. Driver On a beautiful Saturday on April 3, 2010, twenty young men and women fought for five rounds of chess and finished just before the high winds arrived. This is their story. In the Unrated K3/K1 section had four heart breaking losses in a row and it looked like a fifth one was going to occur.  But Elana Bock hung in there,  and swindled her opponent,  and was stalemated. Kevin Brown and Daniel Mogilevsky playing in their first ‘official’ tournament scored 1.0 and 2.5 points respectively.  George Kamlet won K1 First Place with 2.0 points. Steve Wellbaum won the K3 trophy with 3.5 points while Olivia Kamlet and Spencer Tani tied for K3 first place with 4.0 points – look for them to move to rated chess soon. In the Unrated K5/K8 section six players fought it out in Round Robin style. Malacki O’Neal lost his first four rounds, but managed a draw in the final round. K5 Third Place went to Keith Brown while K5 Second Place went to Ian … Continue reading →