2010 Texas Scholastic Chess Championships

1049 !!! 1049 travel to Dallas, Texas to complete in the state's scholastic chess tournament.
1049 !!! 1049 chess players making the best moves with hopes of winning the TROPHY.
1049 !!! 1049 chess players plus parents when to 400 N. Olive St. downtown Dallas, Texas.
The Royal Knights when to the chess boards to create checkmate
and win the point. This year the Royal Knights are among Edinburg's 
Canterbury Elementary and South Middle School Chess Teams.
Brownsville schools like Elgy, El Jardin, and Porter High School all
have Royal Knights in their chess teams.
Royal Knights are team leaders and top board chess players.
      The Royal Knights have always rule the K-1 Championship
division.  This year was no different: Canterbury 1st place and
Elgy 2th place by half point. Canterbury's Nathaniel
Morales lead his team by winning 6 of 7 rounds,
Nicolas Garcia added 5 points, Noel Aguilar came in
with 4.5 points more.  Other Royal Knights included: 
Aaron Trevino 4 points, Carlos J. Guzman 4 points,
Ruben Pena 4 points and Natalie Pena 3 points.
The Elgy's K-1 chess team leader Dante Guillen
scored 5 ponits and trophy. Elian de los Santos
4.5 points, and Diego Guillen won 4 games.
The Egly Chess Team won 2th place with 19.5 points
The Canterbury Chess Team won 1st place at Regional,
won 1st place at State, and at Nationals, I believe they
will win Nationals Championship. In fact, coach Ray Martinez
believes this team will be a powerhouse next year.
The Primary JV chess players played for the last time in JV.
Why? Because Royal Knights play in the championship level
and because a Royal Knight becomes a stronger chess player.
Jesus A. Martinez, Jr. 4.5 points,  Ashley Pena 4 points,
Noah Trevino 4 points, Kay Galarza 3 points,
Eduardo Heredia 3 points, and Blake Phillips  3 points.
Elementary Championship Division had some very strong
chess players. Victoria Mortera 4 points, Jonathan Olivares
3 points, Alexis Marquez 3 points, Bryan Navarro 2 points,
Jesse Leal 2 points, Julian Echevarria 1 point.
Elementary JV Division Xavier Torres 4 points,
Vanessa Guzman 3 points and Hannah Navarro 2.5 points.
Middle School Championship: Christian Muraira 4 points
Middle School JV Nathan Garcia took 4th place with 5.5
points and raising his rating to 1051, all South Royal Knights
raise their rating. Maraya Garcia 4.5 points, Abraham Cortez
won 2 points, Christina Garcia 1.5 points.
High School Division Porter took 5th place.
Team Captain Philip Martinez played against 3 players all
over 2000 points, he managed to win 4 of 7 games.
Benajamin Rovelo played an awesome tournament.
He raise his rating to 1387 and won 3.5 games.
Manuel Narcia 3 points, Andy Maldonado 2.5 points,
Alan Govea 2.5 points, Oziel Juarez won 2 points.
May your moves be awesome at Nationals--CHECKMATE!!