News

The deadline to register for the Invitational - GA Scholastic State Championship 2014 is tomorrow, January 8th midnight.

Due to inclement weather the GCA Open Events Committee Mtg scheduled for tomorrow night has been canceled.  

School supplies are needed for the MLK charity project (backpacks for local children in need).  If you or your school is able to help out please contact mlk@georgiachess.org. We are collecting supplies and cash donations (to buy inexpensive supplies in bulk from blusource.com).  Thank you!!

Here is the Georgia top 100 list for January.  (and top scholastic players)
Top gainers for the month were Jeremy Stephens Nodine and Raghurama Bukkarayasamudram, co-winners of the 2013 Georgia Class A Championship. With four wins and one loss, Nodine improved 193 points, from 1775P to 1968P. Bukkarayasamudram defeated Nodine but drew games with Nathan Wu and Shanmukha Meruga to tie for first with 4 points. His rating increased 143 points, from 1717 to 1860.
Other interesting news is shown below:

GEORGIA CHESS top 100
Five Years Ago and Today
Number of Players  Jan-09 (first number) Jan-14 (2nd number)

https://www.paceacademy.org/camp/winter/chesscamp

Local player Drew Justice competes in the World Youth Chess Championships - you can follow this family's chess adventure in Dubai and Drew's performance via their blog:

Georgia will be well-represented at the K-12 Nationals this weekend, and there will be a "meet and greet" for any interested Georgia families on Thursday night, the night before the tournament starts. The big pool at "The Dig Site", where the 50-foot pyramid resides, should be an excellent place for this. In addition to the pool, there is a 123-foot water slide and a large hot tub. Also, if anyone wants to play a little blitz or bughouse while they are at the pool, by all means bring a chess set and board.

You can read more about the massive pool complex at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort at their Web site:

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/recreation/coronado-springs-resort/pools-coronado-springs-resort/

The plan is to start the festivities at 7:00pm. Of course, if you can't get there right at 7:00, just come when you can - the pool complex stays open until midnight. The Dig Site should be a great place for a pool party and a great way to get our kids in a positive frame of mind for the three days of chess that awaits them - we want to bring lots of trophies and rating points back to Georgia!

Congratulations to Grant Oen, Frank Johnson & Robert Nolan who tied for first in the Championship section (Grant won in tiebreaks); Kavin Jayavel Kumaresan and Michael Fu who tied for first in the U1600 section and Girish Senthilkumar who won first with a perfect score in the U1000 section at the Emory Campus Series VI on Saturday.

Comparisons between Georgia chess in August 2007 and December 2013:

Number of players rated 2200 or higher: 5 vs 13
Average rating of top 100 players: 1896 vs 1942
Median rating of top 100 players: 1870.5 vs 1891.5

Here are the final standings in tiebreak order for the 2013 Georgia Class Championships.