Abeni Nava is the Chess Champion!!!
She played 5 chess matches
at the Lucio MS Chess Tournament in the K-3 section.
Abeni won every match. Today, no one could win against her!!
She was the Co - Champion and took home the TROPHY.
 I am so proud of you Abeni. You are a CHAMPION!!!!

Royal Knights create a Winning Team

The Royal Knights' Stillman Chess Team 
took the 3rd place Trophy in the K-12 Under 1300 section 
at the Garcia Chess Tournament. 
They played strong and created some amazing checkmates. 
Team members: 
Jonathan Cortes, Brianna Salinas, Esai Sandovaland Osvaldo Cortes.
This team is training for Nationals and in need of sponsors



The Royal Knights K-1 Chess Team 

Raul Sanchez, Felix Saldivar, and Abeni Nava

Little chess powerhouse Felix won every match

to win the 1st place trophy. Raul had victories

over 4 and lose 1 to claimed the 10th place trophy.

Amazing Abeni won 3.5 of 5 matches places 16th.

I know they will be big winners at Nationals this May.

Royal Knight Fatima Ochoa keeps winning!!!

Fatima has worked hard this year on her chess

skills. She competed at the "Texas Scholastic

Chess Championships" in Houston, Texas 

where she won the 20th place trophy in the 

Elementary JV section. Fatima is a 3rd grader 

at Brownsville - IDEA. She will travel to 

Dallas , Texas for the "2014 National (K-6)

Elementary Chess Championships in May.

Moid & Moiz Win Trophies

Royal Knights Moid & Moiz Asif
won Trophies at the "2014 Region VIII Chess Championships".
They both won 5 of their 7 chess matches. Moid & Moiz will travel
to Houston, Texas for the "2014 Texas scholastic Chess Championships"
to compete against the strongest Primary Championship Chess Players
in the state of Texas. They will deliver CHECKMATES and bring home
the TROPHIES. Awesome job Moid & Moiz!!!

ROYAL KNIGHTS are WINNERS !!!

Team Royal Knights wins at the St. Mary's Chess Tournament

Fatima Ochoa & Sofia Gomez won the K-3 Team 4th place Trophy

Jonathan & Osvaldo Cortes won the HS-MS Team 3rd place Trophy

Isaac Ramos & Orlando Perez won the K-5 Team 4th place Trophy

3 chess teams ~ 2 chess players per team....i am PROUD of you all.

Brianna Salinas wins 1st place Trophy

Brianna Salinas completed at the Hanna chess tournament this 

Saturday, January 11, 2014. She's an awesome  5th grader at 

Sharp Elementary. Brianna played 5 chess matches and won all 

of them: perfect score. She won the 1st place trophy in the K-12 

under 1000 division. Her new USCF Chess Rating is 1125. 

Brianna will compete at regionals and then go to Houston for the 

State Chess Championships. I am so Proud of you, Brianna.