2010 Texas State Grades Championships

The Royal Knights came to Brownsville's Veterans Memorial
High School to participate in 14th Annual Texas K-12 Chess
Championships in the hope of bringing home the TROPHY.
Jonathan Olivares, a six grader at Edinburg's South Middle
School was sick Friday, but still managed  to win 5 points to
become a 6th grade Co-Champion but after tied-breakers took
home a 3rd place trophy.  Ashley Pena, a fourth grader at
Edinburg's Canterbury Elementary has really improve her game.
She won 5 of  her  6 chess matches to tie for 2nd place and
after tied-breakers took the 7th place trophy home.
Nathaniel Morales,  Canterbury's top board and one strong
chess student played  his way to a 6th place finish with 5 won
games and the 2nd grade trophy.
Elian de los Santos, a 2nd grader at Brownsville's  Elgy
Elementary was sick with a fever Thursday and Friday before
the chess tournament but still managed to win the 8th place trophy.
Philip Martinez, senior class president and captain of the
Porter Chess Team took home the 4th place trophy.

       Teams that won a trophy:
          South Middle School
         6 grade              3rd place

         Canterbury Elementary
        Kinder                2nd place
       1st grade              5th place
       2nd grade             2nd place
        3rd grade             8th place
        4th grade             4th place
        5th grade             8th place

Royal Knights help Canterbury Win

The Royal Knights came to Porter High School Chess Tournament
Saturday, October 16, 2010 to bring home "the Trophy".
Last year's State Champions (Canterbury K-1 team) took
1st Place with a commanding lead. This Primary Team will take
state again this year. Royal Knights includes:
Nathaniel J. Moralez, last year's Regional co-champion lead
the way with 4.5 points, Armando N. Ponce also 4.5 points,
Kristopher L. Solis 4.0 points, Nicolas Garcia last year's
National trophy winner added 4.o points and Justin J. Gonzalez
contribute 3.5 points. The team total score was 17.0 points.
Yes, the Royal Knights are the power behind this winning and
powerful Canterbury Primary Chess Team.

Chess Season 2010-2011

A new chess season is upon us.  Chess tournaments are
scheduled and  pairings will be up soon.
"Will you bring back the point" as stated at Nationals.
I know you will....I believe in you....
Remember Royal Knights are Winners and Leaders.
My work in the upper Valley continues.  My goal is
to balance the chess powers. The road to the
championship level is not an easy one, however strong
chess players are being develop. New champions are
coming from the Upper Valley....be prepare !

Brownsville Chess Club meets every Friday

The  Brownsville Royal Knights Chess Club 
will start meeting on  Fridays 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
The idea is to strengthen our Scholastic Division.  I want to
provide students the resources they need to develop and
improve their chess game.  I invite you to play a game of chess.

Playing last week was Philip Martinez 1724, Ray Martinez 1665,
Jon Beaudry 1544, Edgar Santoyo 1529, Brianna Guillen 1421,
Christian Muraira 1385, Ricardo Santoyo 1346, Jon S. Flores 1204,
Daniel Soto, Anthony Guerra, Jesse Guillen, Jorge Mares,  and
Guadalupe Lopez.

Club member Jon Beaudry wanted to analysis some Sicilian Lines.
We stayed until almost 9:00 p.m. We open some books and went at it.

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!!