Sunday, October 27, 2013

Osvaldo's new USCF Rating: 1046

Royal Knight Osvaldo Cortes, 

a 6th grader at Stillman MS takes home the 
4th place Trophy this weekend at the Russell Chess 
Tournament in the K-12 Under 1000 Section. 
Osvaldo started playing chess this past Summer 
and has only played in 8 chess tournament this year. 
He has already reach a USCF Rating of 1046. Osvaldo 
is the type of student that wants to be the best at
whatever he decides to do. Osvaldo is a Pilot,
a soccer player, and an honor student (all "A" s).
I am so PROUD of you Osvaldo.


Sunday, October 13, 2013

Moid Asif Chess Co-Champion
























              Royal Knights Student Moid Asif 
won all his chess matches and took home the big TROPHY
He competed in the USCF Rated Chess Tournament at
Faulk Middle School this weekend in Brownsville, Texas.
He was one of 4 Co-Champions at the end of the tournament.
Moid is the K-5 Under 1000 Champion. he will soon be playing
against older students to test his skills on the chess board.
Moid is a 3rd grader at the Discovery School in Edinburg.
I am so proud of you Moid ..... Awesome Job!!!


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