Elf with Pointy Ears Tournament 2024
The Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club's Elf with Pointy Ears Tournament attracted 17 of the best scholastic players in the central Tokyo area. Deep thinkers attend this tournament from grades kindergarten up through 5th grade to compete against the strongest competition scholastic chess has to offer. Several students in Class A were one of talented youngsters rated over the 1500 mark in the Japan Chess Federation.
Students in Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club are being taught by the top chess trainers in the world. It is absolutely astounding that we have access to these talented coaches. As always, a huge THANK YOU to our tournament director, CM Alex Averbukh for running a tournament and Nicolas O. for supporting as an arbiter. Special thanks to Kairi & Kanata's mom & photographer, Hiroko A. for beautiful Christmas photos!
When two or more players ended up with the same score, we will have a blitz chess play-off, in which winners play one game of five-minute chess to determine who wins which trophy. Congratulations to our 2024 X'mas Chess Tournament winners:
Class A: Shota Y. with 4.5/5.0
Class A: Toma N. with 3.5/5.0
Class A: Haruki S. with 3.5/5.0
Class B: Nona N. with 4.5/5.0
Class B: Yuzuru S. with 40/5.0
Class B: Kenzo I. with 3.5/5.0
Three players in Class B had never played in the tournament and performed really well. Most importantly, these little kids had a great time participating in this event for the first time.
All in all, it was a great experience for young players got a good opportunity to display to display their skills.
It has assured us that chess is a game wherein children learn to be responsible for their actions.
Kanata A. dressed as a forest elf won the best costume prize. His ears look like elf-ear shapes naturally, do they???
The next big tournament will be the New Year Chess Tournament on January 18th, 2025. Everyone who works at Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club has been involved with organizing and running tournaments for prestigious international schools in past years.
Thanks to all of the parents and kids to participate in the event. If you are serious about providing your children with the best preparatory opportunities for the upcoming country events, consider attending this event. Getting good at something is never really easy but reward for mastering it is priceless. Try and you will see!
