Sunday, February 18, 2007

SP National Puzzle Solving Championship Results


2007 Susan Polgar National Puzzle
Solving Championship Results


Section/Name Correct Time

U-800

Aneel Damaraju 7 - 42 minutes
Rishi Vas 6 - 29
Tyler Sarna 5 - 18


Kristen Sarna (G1) 5 - 30
Leeam Polgar 5 - 46
Tabitha Lee Sang (G2) 5 - 47

Ted Gonzalez 4 - 14
Sarita Damaraju (G3) 4 - 28
Dominic Brown 4 - 32
Saren Guillen 3 - 12:15
Kelsey Ehrig 2 - 25
Thalia Parizot 2 - 30:15
Natasha Gonzalez 2 - 35
Albert Lipscomb 2 - 40
Jessevia Lipscomb 2 - 45
Bridget Lee Sang 2 - 48

U-1200

Alice Dong (G1) 10 - 8 minutes
Seth Davis 10 - 14:10
Kathrine Olson (G2) 10 - 20


Simone Liao (G3) 9 - 12:30
Xavier Gonzalez 9 - 13
Joanna Slusarewicz 9 - 18:30
Hannah 9 - 18:45
Chase Ehrig 8 - 9
Georgia Olvera 5 - 28:10
Carlitos Gonzalez 4 - 30:25
Victoria Mortera 3 - 14:15
Alex Sablana 3 - 18:55

Open

Daniel Hung 10 - 4 minutes
Matthew Liu 10 - 5
Tom Polgar 10 - 6
Melinda Snokler (G1) 10 - 6


Jeffrey Hung 10 - 6:30
Charlina Hung (G2) 10 - 7
Raymond Sun 10 - 8:15
Emily Liu (G3) 10 - 9:45
Ananya Roy 10 - 11
Naveen Balakrishnan 10 - 13:10

Antonio Hung 9 - 9:15
Sayalla Foley 7 - 7:15
Andrew Lozano 7 - 12
Daniel Lozano 3.5 - 22
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just wondering, Susan, did all of them have the same set of problems?

Sc said...

Boyz... I really don't understand...

Anonymous said...

All kids had the same puzzles.

Anonymous said...

Very interesting.

How does the competition work?

Can they move pieces?
Do they work this on a board?
How do they know they have the answer to stop the clock?
Can they make lots of wrong guesses with no penalty?

Very Interesting.

Anonymous said...

It's impressive that the higher rated kids could solve the problems quickly, but even more impressive that the very young, lower rated kids were willing to stay focused on the problems for so long (42 minutes even) in order to solve them. Usually kids that young don't have anywhere near the attention span for that. Congrats to all of them.

Anonymous said...

The list is a testimony to the diverse cultural mix the USA is. This is not a small statement to make. Kudos to the USA for beign the formost nation in the World supporting and nurtutirng diversity!
Rgds M.

Anonymous said...

WONDERFUL.
HATS OFF TO SUSAN FOR STIMULATING YOUNG MINDS!!!!

Anonymous said...

Now that the competition is over, would it be possible to post the puzzles so that we might compare chess skills to these talented youngsters?

Brad Hoehne