2011 Region VIII Chess Championships

1376 chess players from all over the Rio Grande Valley
gathered  at Veterans Memorial High School to participate
in this year's Region VIII Chess Championships.
The Royal Knights came to Regionals to bring home the
TROPHY.  All the chess players did an awesome job,
games were played and notated.  Win, Lose, or Draw-->
the Royal Knights learned from each game. Royal Knights
believe as Bobby Fischer did, "I prepare myself well. 
I know what I can do before I go in.  I'm always confident." 
and "I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose,
I take my medicine."  If games are not analyse then what 
do you learned. Nothing. The player will keep losing games.
This year as always my Royal Knights helped their school
chess teams win. Ratings went up and trophies were won.

Chess Players winning TROPHIES were:
Christian Muraira  3rd place   6 pts.   Middle School Open
Maraya Garcia          5th place   6 pts.   Middle School JV
Melissa Medina      11th place   6 pts.    Elementary JV
Elian de los Santos   6th place   6 pts.    Elementary Open
Philip Martinez        7th place  5.5 pts.  High School Open
Joshua Munoz          24th place  5.5 pts.  Elementary JV
Bradley McCaleb   16th place  5.5 pts.   Elementary JV
Joshua Torres         18th place      5 pts.   Primary JV
Angel Saucedo        34th place      5 pts.   Elementary JV

Porter Chess Team took 3rd as well National Funding
State is coming up in 1 week ( February 12 - 13, 2011)
in Houston, Texas.  Practice, Practice, Practice and study,
do drills and endgame exercises and of course play lots of
games. Get ready to win another TROPHY.