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07-31-08 Check out the July issue of  “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

07-31-08 Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Diversity Summer Scholastics:

 

Open Section

Reserve Section

Booster Section

1st place

Gerard Boberg

Albert Lu

Paolo Da Silva

2nd place

Christopher Lopez

Dakota Jones

Casey Duan

3rd place

Tonly Kukavica

Rianne Sanchez

Kyle Brown

Top U1200

Sebastien Whetsel

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Top U1000

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Girish Balaji

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Top U800

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Mitchell Wang

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Top U600

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Stephanie Shao

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07-18-08 I (Coach Roel) am pleased to announce that I will be JV Basketball Coach at Holy Family High School.  I am currently assisting Coach Siy in HFHS’ summer basketball program.  These new duties are in addition to everything else that’s going on now so, that means that there will still be chess lessons, chess tournaments, and Friday Chess League.

07-18-08 Check out the June issue of  “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

07-18-08 Congratulations to the winners of the Spring League (sorry for the late post)

 

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

Division 4

1st place

Justin Tay

Albert Lu

Justin Lee

Kelly Chang

2nd place

Max Cheng

Annie Wang

Wesley Chang

York Wang

3rd place

Matthew Ung

Jennifer Lu

Anderson Wu

Joshua Yu

5-29-08 Check out the May issue of “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

5-26-08 Congratulations to the following winners of the 2008 Diversity Spring Scholastics:

 

Open Section

Reserve Section

Booster Section

K-12

K-6

K-3

1st place

Alan Meng

Albert Lu

Aleck Liu

Bill Kang

Ryan Balandran

Stepfan Ng

2nd place

Rebecca Sanchez

Alexander Blaine

Ryan Law

Jackie Ma

Timothy Tan

Matthew Liao

3rd place

Liam Fairweather

George Situ

Vince Hung

William Fang

Joseph Kiang

Abraham Niu

4th place

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Alexander Hung

Emily Zheng

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5th place

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Annie Wang

Steven Zhao

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6th place

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Rahul Nair

Jennifer Lu

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Top U1200

Winston Zeng

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Top U1000

Carolina Chu

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Top U800

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David Ma

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Top U600

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Brian Cheng

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Top Unrated

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Vahe Matevosyan

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Congratulations to Alan Meng who qualifies as the Spring Champion in the 2008 Diversity Chess Championship which takes place at the end of the year.

Special thanks to Coach Jay Stallings, Chris Lee, and the Marcelo Family for all their help with the tournament.

5-7-08 Check out the April issue of “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

2-26-08 Congratulations to the winners of the Winter Scholastics: Rebecca Sanchez – 1st place Open, Aaron Householder – 2nd place Open, Adrian Chang – 3rd place Open, Austin Chang – top U1200, Rianne Sanchez – 1st place Reserve, Adam Tucker - 2nd place Reserve, Tony Kukavica – 3rd place Reserve, Bryan Xiao – top U800, Nicholas Firestone – top U600, Sara Zhao – 1st place Booster, Andruw Householder – 2nd place Booster, Felix Gao – 3rd place Booster, Matthew Striplin – 1st place K-3 Non-rated, Wesley Chang – 2nd place K-3 Non-rated, Max Totten – 3rd place K-3 Non-rated.

2-12-08 Chess classes are now located in the FasTracKids unit at 1010 S. Baldwin.

12-19-07 Congratulations to Adrian Chang for becoming the 2008 Champion of Champions.  Congratulations the following winners at the Winter Quads: Liam Fairweather – 1st place section 1, Justin Tay – 2nd place section 1, Gerard Boberg – 1st place section 2, Rebecca Sanchez – 2nd place section 2, Rianne Sanchez – 1st place section 3, Owen Coulter Fahey – 2nd place section 3, Tommy Hart – 1st place section 4, Justin Yong – 2nd place section 4, Matthew Ung – 1st place section 5, John Campbell – 2nd place section 5, Brian Cheng – 1st place section 6, Roderick Law – 2nd place section 6, Kyle Brown 1st place section 7, Jonathan Thein – 2nd place section 7.  Matthew Striplin – 1st place non-rated K-3, Henry Zhang – 2nd place non-rated K-3, Wesley Chang – 3rd place non-rated K-3, Patrick Crandall – 1st place non-rated Grade 4-6, Ray Gonzalez – 2nd place non-rated Grade 4-6.

11-28-07 Check out the November issue of  “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

11-18-07 Congratulations to the following winners at Chess Fest 2007 in Santa Clarita: Winston Chen – Grade 1 Champion, Chiron Burl – Grade 2 Champion, Harrison Chen and Justin Tay – Grade 3 Co-Champions, Alexander Hung – Grade 4 Co-Champion, Christopher Hung – 2nd place Grade 6, Rianne Sanchez – 4th place Grade 6, Orion Burl – 2nd place Grade 7, Cheston Gunawan – Grade 8 Champion, Rebecca Sanchez – Grade 9 Co-Champion.

11-14-07 Congratulations to the winners of last Sunday’s Fall Scholastics: Adrian Chang – 1st place and joins Anthony Zohrabian, Simone Liao, and Henry Wang as finalists in Diversity’s 2007 Chess Championship on December 16.  Christopher Kao – 2nd place, Anthony Zohrabian – 3rd place, Justin Tay – Top U1400, Aaron Householder – Top U1200, Jacky Quan – Top U1000, Hunter Carr – Top U800, Matthew Ung – Top U600, Vivian Lo – Top U400/Unrated.  Special awards go to Joanne Koong – Top Performer – Biggest Upset, Brian Chen and Andrew Yeh – Top Performer – Unrated.  In the non-rated section, the following winners are: Tony Kukavica – 1st place K-3, Justin Lau – 2nd place K-3, Winfred Wang – 3rd place K-3, Larry Hu – 1st place Grade 4-6, Ezekiel Liu – 2nd place Grade 4-6, Alexander Song – 3rd place Grade 4-6, Kie Dietrich Tsai – 1st place Grade 7 and above, Elijah Scull – 2nd place Grade 7 and above, Josh Valle – 3rd place Grade 7 and above.  Thank you to all the parents and coaches for bringing your kids to this event.  Special thanks to Sarah Lu of Beyond Chess for bringing her students to the competition.  Special thanks to Coach Jay Stallings, Chris Lee, Sue and Cheston Gunawan, Frank and Maggie Chang, Johnny Tay, and the volunteers from Holy Family for helping us run the tournament. 

11-14-07 Check out the October issue of  “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

10-29-07 Halloween Chess Night was a lot of fun.  There were 15 participants in the chess tournament.  About half of the kids dressed in costume.  Nicholas was a soccer player, Kira was a fairy princess, Wesley was a wacky tourist, Kelly was a witch, Jesse was a dinosaur, Luke was a red ninja, David Jr. was a black ninja, Maria was zombie, and Justin was a skeleton.  The winners of the chess tournament: Nicholas Hammond won first place after winning a 5-min blitz tie-break against Justin Tay.  Luke Jia won the top U700 trophy and Roderick Law won the top U400/Unrated trophy.  The winner of the Pirates of the Caribbean chess set raffle was Nicholas Hammond.  It looked like the toughest set to play on was the Lord of the Rings chess set because it was easy to confuse the Knight (Aragorn) with the Rook (Boromir).  The Bishop (Ogre) looked like it should have been a rook due to its size.  Plus there was the temptation to play with the captured pieces while the opponent was pondering his or her next move!

10-10-07 Check out the September issue of  “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

09-17-07 Congratulations to the winners of the Diversity Fall Quads:

 

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

1st place

Cheston Gunawan

Gerard Boberg

Austin Chang

Winston Zeng

Vince Ho

Brian Cheng

2nd place

Justin Tay

Rebecca Sanchez

Harrison Chen

Timmy Hart

Matthew Ung

Bryan Xiao

09-02-07 Congratulations to David Chen for going undefeated with five wins and taking first in reserves section of the SCO Scholastics at the LAX Hilton.  Congratulations to Evan Anthopoulos for his 3rd place finish (also undefeated with four wins and a draw) in the reserves section.

08-11-07 Congratulations to house player Rebecca Sanchez for sweeping the seven-player Kid's Summer Blitz with a score of 12.0. Harrison Chen won the two-minute tie-break against Rianne Sanchez to win the 1st place trophy. Timmy Chou won the top U800 trophy and David Lin Jr. won the top U400/unrated trophy.

07-15-07 Congratulations to the winners at Diversity’s Summer Scholastics: Simone Liao – 1st place, Henry Wang – 2nd place, Aaron Householder – 3rd place, Justin Tay – Top U1200, David Chen – Top U1000, Evan Anthopoulos – Top U800, Jonathan Meaglia – Top U600, Matthew Ung – Top U400/unrated.

07-01-07 Congratulations to the winners at the Pacific Southwest Scholastics: Shyam Gandhi – 2nd place Open Section, Orion Burl – 5th place Open Section, Rebecca Sanchez – 2nd place U1200 Open Section, Liam Fairweather – 3rd place U1200, Harrison Chen – 5th place Reserve Section

06-24-07 Congratulations to the winners of the Summer Quads:

 

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

1st place

Shyam Gandhi

Henry Wang

Rianne Sanchez

Bryan Tiu

Shelley Anthopoulos

Vince Ho

Roderick Law

2nd place

Anthony Zohrabian

Liam Fairweather

Aaron Householder

Evan Anthopoulos

Alex Householder

Joshua Chen

Winston Zeng

See the Final Results.  Thank you to all who participated.

06-15-07 Congratulations to winners of the Puzzle Solving Competition: Rebecca Sanchez – gold medal, Orion Burl – silver medal, Jacky Quan – bronze medal.  Honorable mention goes to the other three finalists – Shelley Anthopoulos, Matthew Ung, and Joshua Chen.  Good job guys!

06-07-07 Congratulations to Evan Anthopoulos for sweeping his section and earning first prize at the Warner Summer Scholastics.

06-06-07 Check out the May issue of  “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

05-27-07 Congratulations to Rianne Sanchez for taking 5th place in the Memorial Day Classic Scholastic reserve section.

05-12-07 Congratulations to Rebecca Sanchez and Pamela Castro for taking 1st in the Kid’s Bughouse Night.  2nd place went to Nicholas Hammond/Giuseppe Modenesi, and Top Unrated went to Roberto Fuentes/Ryan Law.

05-06-07 Congratulations to Diversity team members who competed at the Western States Championships in Ventura.  Our K-1 team, made up of Aaron Householder, Winston Chen, Evan Anthopoulos, and Chiron Burl won the 1st place club trophy.  Our Grade 2-3 team, made up of Justin Tay, Harrison Chen, Stan Liao, Alexander Hung, Simone Liao, Shelley Anthopoulos, and Titan Burl won the 2nd place club trophy.  Our Grade 4-6 team, made up of Nicholas Hammond, John Gardner, Christopher Hung, Alvin Huang, Rianne Sanchez, River Hoellwarth, Matthew Daniel, Trevor Davis, Giuseppe Modenesi, Anthony Hung, and Orion Burl won the 2nd place club trophy.  Honorable mention goes to our Grade 7-8 team, made up of Giovanni Lemus, Rebecca Sanchez, and Joseph Kaller.  Thanks guys!

05-03-07 Thank you Jake Banawa for giving a free simul to the kids at Diversity. There were nine participants.

04-26-07 Check out the April issue of  “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

04-25-07 Congratulations to the winners of the St. Francis Xavier Scholastic hosted by Kevin Bulone:

Division 1
1st Place Gabe Joven
2nd Place Matt Daniel
3rd Place Fletcher Friesen
4th Place Ian Cruz
5th Place Ian Ual
 
Division 2
1st Place Sean Gallagher
2nd Place Gage Orvis
3rd Place Brian Checa
4th Place Riley Kolus
 
Division 3
1st Place Reb Migletz
2nd Place Robert Fuentes
3rd Place Ryan Leonard
4th Place Bailey McMurray
 
Division 4
1st Place Jack Bramson
2nd Place Kenji Ual
3rd Place Anthony Santillan
4th Place Bennett Andrews
 
Division 5
1st Place Fox Bravo
2nd Place Winston Zeng
3rd Place Giancarlo Deligio
4th Place Miguel Sardinas
5th Place Spencer Kierstein

04-16-07 Congratulations to the winners of Diversity’s Spring Scholastics. There were 25 participants.  There were five participants tied for first with 4-1.  After a series of blitz tie-breakers, the results were as follows: Simone Liao – 1st place, Alan Meng – 2nd place, Anthony Zohrabian – 3rd place, Justin Tay – top U1200, Kyle Huang – top U1000, Liam Fairweather – top U800, Vince Ho – top U600, Nicholas Hall – top U400/unrated.   Simone qualifies for the 2007 Diversity Chess Championship as the Spring Champion, joining Winter Champion, Anthony Zohrabian.  Click on the link to see the final results.

04-11-07 Congrats to the winners of the Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood Chess Tournament held on March 24:

Division 1
1st-Orion Burl
2nd-David Phu
3rd-Jasper Shen
4th-Javier Vazquez
5th David Thomsen

Division 2
1st-Ivan Bautista
2nd Matt Daniel
3rd-Josh Baldacci
4th-Keith Vogel
5th Julio Priego

Division 3
1st-Chrion Burl
2nd-Amanda Milici
3rd-River Hoellwarth
4th-Kenneth Francisco

Division 4
1st-Ryan Leonard
2nd-Gilbert Shen
3rd-Sidney Sweny
4th-Robert Fuentes
5th-Carlo Esquivia

Division 5
1st-Krishan Sharma
2nd-Aaron Morales
3rd-Reb Migletz
4th-Nicholas Hall
5th-Jose Hernandez
6th-Carolina Bautista

Division 6
1st-Brenda Melendez
2nd-Andrew Reyes
3rd-Jesus Hernandez
4th-Bilal Shamsid-Deen
5th-Anna Rico

Division 7
1st-Jovanni Scagliotti
2nd- Bennett Andrews
3rd-Miguel Sardinas
4th-Maximus Uribe
5th-Christopher Lucio
6th-Lillian Lucio

And to the winners of the Boys & Girls Club of Burbank Chess Tournament held on March 31:

Division 1
1st-Frank Castellanos
2nd-Christopher Hayes
3rd-Danny Duran
4th Jasper Shen

Division 2
1st-Oliver Power
2nd-Evan Engelking
3rd-Javier Vazquez
4th Matt Daniel

Division 3
1st-Reb Migletz
2nd-Ryan Leonard
3rd-Gage Orvis
4th-Francis Power

Division 4
1st-Tony DiPisa
2nd- Leon Kyselev
3rd-Robert Fuentes
4th-Isaiah Torres

Division 5
1st-Gilbert Shen
2nd-Aaron Morales
3rd-Jose Hernandez
4th Jesus Hernandez

Division 6
1st-Bennett Andrews
2nd-Bailey McMurray
3rd-Ashley Power
4th-Zachery Burke
5th Ryan Del Castillo

Division 7
1st-Spencer Kierstein
2nd-Avo Mnatsakayan
3rd-Miguel Sardinas
4th-Jonathan Alvarez

03-30-07 Congratulations to Theresa Lo for being the first to checkmate Coach Roel in the Odds Simul. Vivian Lo was second and Orion Burl was third. There were eighteen participants altogether. Six other children, Vince Ho, Harrison Chen, Justin Tay, Jacky Quan, Nicholas Figueira, and David Chen, also won against Coach Roel. Special thanks to Mike Burl for taking pictures.

03-26-07 Check out the March issue of  “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

03-25-07 Congratulations to the winners of the Spring Quads:

 

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

1st place

Donovan Zhao

Adrian Chang

David Yang

Austin Chang

Nicholas Hall

2nd place

Orion Burl

Liam Fairweather

Aaron Householder

Nicholas Ng

Joshua Chen

See the Final Results.  Thank you to all who participated.  Special thanks to Maggie Chang for bringing snacks for everyone.

03-23-07 Congratulations to the medalists of the Endgame Checkmate Competition: David Yang - Gold Medal, Matthew Ung - Silver Medal, Shelley Anthopoulos - Bronze Medal.

03-17-07 Congratulations to the winners of the Friday Winter League:

 

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

Division 4

Division 5

1st place

Orion Burl

Harrison Chen

Evan Anthopoulos

Joshua Chen

Nicholas Figueira

2nd place

Bryan Tiu

Justin Tay

Max Cheng

Matthew Ung

Kevin Hsu

3rd place

Rebecca Sanchez

Mikey Saenz

Chiron Burl

Brian Cheng

Jonathan Figueira

03-07-07 Congratulations to the following for their stellar performances at the Super States in North Hills: Aaron Householder – 1st place K-1, Chiron Burl – 4th place K-1, Evan Anthopoulos – 5th place K-1, Brian Cheng – 8th place K-1, Austin Chang – 1st place K-3 U550, Titan Burl – 3rd place K-3 U550, Alex Householder – 5th place K-3 U550, Simone Liao – 1st place K-3 Open, Shyam Gandhi – 3rd place K-3 Open, Daniel Lin – 5th place K-3 Open, Darren Chow – 6th place K-3 Open, Stan Liao – 4th place K-6 U850, Harrison Chen – 5th place K-6 U850, Evan Wang – 6th place K-6 Open, Cheston Gunawan – 4th place Jr. High, Jeremy Stein – 3rd place HS, Tianyi He – 7th place HS.

03-05-07 Congratulations to Diversity’s K-1 team of Aaron Householder, Evan Anthopoulos, Chiron Burl, and Winston Chen for winning the 1st place Club trophy.  Congratulations to Diversity’s K-3 Open team of Simone Liao, Shyam Gandhi, and Shelley Anthopoulos for also winning the 1st place Club trophy.

02-26-07 Check out the February issue of  “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

02-26-07 Thanks for attending Kid’s Chess Night.  The winner of the tournament is Harrison Chen with a 7-1 record.  There was a 3-way tie at 5-3, for 2nd and 3rd between Christopher Hayes, Titan Burl, and Roderick Law.  One round of tie-breaks didn’t settle the issue, so a final round of 2-minute blitz games was played with Christopher Hayes coming out on top and taking 2nd place.  I decided that Titan and Roderick each deserved 3rd place so they are each getting a third place trophy.  It was an exciting blitz round.  As one participant put it to his parent, “We just played the ultimate tie-breaker!”

01-29-07 Check out the January issue of  “The Chess Parent.”  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

01-21-07 Congratulations to the winners at the Diversity Winter Scholastics: Anthony Zohrabian – 1st place, Shyam Gandhi – 2nd place, Rebecca Sanchez – 3rd place, Aaron Chow – top U1200, Justin Tay – top U1000, Aaron Householder – top U800, Julius Berman – top U600, Nicholas Ng – top U400/Unrated.

01-03-07 Check out the December issue of “The Chess Parent”.  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

12-22-06 Congratulations to the winners at Diversity's Chess Olympics: Best Setup - Vince Ho, runner-up - Alexander Hung, Top Problem Solver - Christopher Hung, runner-up - Orion Burl, Top Endgame - Christopher Hung, runner-up - Jared Sawamura, Top Blitz Player - Orion Burl, runner-up - Nicholas Hammond. In the consolation section, Setup - Nicholas Hammond, Problem Solver - Vince Ho, Endgame - Vince Ho, Blitz - Vince Ho

12-03-06 Congratulations to Cheston Gunawan who scored a perfect 6-0 in the 2006 Diversity Chess Championship and successfully defended as last year’s “Champion of Champions.”

11-27-06 Check out issue #2 of “The Chess Parent” a new monthly e-zine for parents.  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

11-19-06 Congratulations to the winners of the Fall Quads: Alvin Huang - Section 1-1st place, Anthony Zohrabian - Section 1-2nd place, Justin Tay - Section 2-1st place, Vince Ho - Section 2-2nd place, Girish Balaji - Unrated-1st place, Nicholas Ng - Unrated-2nd place.

11-10-06 Congratulations to the winners of the Friday Fall League: Becca Sanchez - Div 1-1st place, Orion Burl - Div 1-2nd place, Andrea Kizyma - Div 1-3rd place, Bryan Tiu - Div 2-1st place, Jared Sawamura - Div 2-2nd place, Mikey Saenz - Div 2-3rd place, Vince Ho - Div 3-1st place, Derek Xu - Div 3-2nd place, Evan Anthopoulos - Div 3-3rd place, Joshua Bribiesca - Div 4-1st place, Titan Burl - Div 4-2nd place, Kaela Sawamura - Div 4-3rd place, Jason Tong - Div 5-1st place, Stanley Yu - Div 5-2nd place, Jonathan Figueira - Div 5-3rd place

10-31-06 Check out “The Chess Parent” a new monthly e-zine for parents.  If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

10-27-06 - Congratulations to David Anthopoulos for lasting the longest in the Jake Banawa Simul. David wins a Shrek Chess Set for best game award. Vince Ho wins a gold medal for being second to the last eliminated, and John and Jared Sawamura get silver medals for playing good games as well. Special thanks to Jake Banawa for partaking in our event.

10-21-06 - Congratulations to the winners of the Fall Scholastics: Christopher Hung - First Place, Anthony Hung - Second Place, Alvin Huang - Third Place, Daniel Lin - U1000 1st Place, Philip Chung - U1000 2nd Place, Shyam Gandhi - U1000 3rd Place, Nicholas Ng - U700 1st Place, Justin Tay - U700 2nd Place, Joshua Chen - U700 3rd Place, Reb Migletz - U400/Unr 1st Place, Annabel Chung - U400/Unr 2nd Place, Aaron Morales - U400/Unr 3rd Place.

9-23-06 - Congratulations to the winners of the Fall Bughouse: First place goes to Chris Lee and Cheston Gunawan after going 3-2 in a best of 5 tie-breaker against Top Adult-Child winners Roger Aramayo and Alvin Huang. Top Child-Child goes to Orion Burl and Rianne Sanchez after going 3-0 in their best of 5 tie-breaker against Top U1000 winners Rebecca Sanchez and Andrea Kizyma. The top U1200 trophy goes to Roel Sanchez and Joshua Chen. Special thanks to Sue Gunawan for bringing us food. Special thanks to Chris Lee for participating in the 3X Bughouse and giving the kids some extra games.

8-26-06 - Congratulations to the winners of the Diversity Summer Quads: Austin Cambon - 1st place , Section 1, Jeffrey Ding - 2nd place, Section 1, Aaron Chow - 1st place, Section 2, Simone Liao - 2nd place, Section 2, Darren Chow - 1st place, Section 3, Philip Chung - 2nd place Section 3, Andrea Kizyma - 1st place Section 4, Jared Sawamura - 2nd place Section 4, Brian Lu - 1st place Section 5, Shao Cheng Lu - 2nd place Section 5.

8-25-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood Chess tournament: Division 1 Champ: Orion Burl, Division 2 Champ: Anthony Bautista, Division 3 Champ: Dareon Chow, Division 4 Champ: Bryan Tiu, Division 5 Champ: Frances Power, Division 6 Champ: Chiron Burl, Division 7 Champ : Gilbert Shen. See the Scholastic Chess Tournament Blog for complete details.

8-04-06 - Congratulations to the winners of the Friday Summer League: Alvin Huang - 1st Place Div 1, Rebecca Sanchez - 2nd Place Div 1, Kevin Qian - 3rd Place Div 1, Jared Sawamura - 1st Place Div 2, Alexander Hung - 2nd Place Div 2, Shelley Anthopoulos - 3rd Place Div 2, Mikey Saenz - 1st Place Div 3, Evan Anthopoulos - 2nd Place Div 2, Daniel Huang - 3rd Place Div 3, Matthew Ung - 1st Place Div 4, Arden Young - 2nd Place Div 4, Morven Sharp - 3rd Place Div 4

7-23-06 - A hearty thanks to all who were involved with Diversity's Blindfold Chess with Coach Jay. Coach Jay won against the Diversity Team (Anthony Hung, Alexander Hung, Rianne Sanchez, Shyam Gandhi, Rebecca Sanchez), the Two-person U1200 Simul against Christopher Hung and Adrian Chang, and against Evan and Shelley Anthopoulos of the Three-person U1000 Simul. Harrison Chen checkmated Coach Jay in 23 moves amidst a chaotic start that overwhelmed our communication and administration of the U1000 Simul. The Burl Team (Chiron, Orion, and dad Mike) won the best game award from Coach Jay. They won when time ran out after 50 moves but had a clear advantage with a Queen and several passed pawns vs. two Rooks. Orion made the decisive 32. ... Nc5! that changed the complexion of the game. To see all the games, download the PGN file. Special thanks to Maggie Chang for providing food and refreshments. Special thanks to David Anthopoulos and Rebecca Sanchez for lending a hand during the Three-person U1000 Simul. Special thanks to Coach Jay for partaking in our wonderful and unique event. Please post your thoughts and comments on our Scholastic Chess Tournament Blog.

7-09-06 - Congratulations to the winners at Diversity's 2006 Summer Scholastic Tournament: Cheston Gunawan - 1st place, Alexander Hung- 2nd place, Alvin Huang - 3rd place, Anderson Ju- U1000 1st place, Rebecca Sanchez - U1000 2nd place, Aaron Chow - U1000 3rd place, Harrison Chen - U700 1st place, Josh Valle - U700 2nd place, Yusheng Xia- U700 3rd place, Andrea Kizyma- U400/Unrated 1st place, Justin Ryan Co - U400/Unrated 2nd place, Vince Ho - U400/Unrated 3rd place.

6-19-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the Susan Polgar 2006 World Open in Las Vegas: Shelley Anthopoulos - 6th place, U10 years old, 2nd place, Blitz U10 years old, Rianne Sanchez - 4th place, U13 years old, Rebecca Sanchez - 8th place, U15 years old.

6-4-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the AAA Summer Scholastic: Evan Anthopoulos - 1st place in the U650 section with a perfect 5-0, Justin Tay - 7th place in the U650 section with a score of 4-1. Good job!

5-30-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the 2006 Spring Blitz: Brian Ofalla - 1st place, Anthony Hung - 2nd place, Christopher Hung - top U2200, Anthony Zohrabian - Scholastic 1st place, Orion Burl - Scholastic 2nd place, Rebecca Sanchez - Scholastic 3rd place.

5-21-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the Memorial Day Classic Scholastics: Devon Watson - 1st Place, Perry Watson - 2nd Place, Javier Vazquez - 5th Place, Shelley Anthopoulos - 3rd U700, Harrison Chen - 1st Unrated, Evan Anthopoulos - Best K-1, Jared Sawamura - Best Grade 2, Adrian Chang - Best Grade 3, Rianne Sanchez - Best Grade 4, Jose Penado - Best Grade 5.

5-7-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the Los Angeles County Open: Nicholas Hammond - Scholastic 3nd place, Anthony Hung - Scholastic 4th place.

4-30-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the Super States: Kevin Qian - 1st place K-1, Shyam Gandhi - 2nd place K-1, Harrison Chen - 6th place K-1, Shelley Anthopoulos - 5th place K-3 U550, Cheston Gunawan - 4th place K-6, Devon Watson - 1st place K-6 U850

4-23-06 - Congratulations to the winners at Diversity's 2006 Spring Scholastic Tournament: Orion Gullett - 1st place, Anthony Zohrabian - 2nd place, Alvin Huang - 3rd place, Harrison Chen - U1000 1st place, Jose Cortez - U1000 2nd place, Justin Tay - U1000 3rd place, David Glassburn - U700 1st place, Christopher Siegrist - U700 2nd place, Maxx Warner - U700 3rd place, Vince Ho - U400/Unrated 1st place, Zachary Hall - U400/Unrated 2nd place, Joshua Valle - U400/Unrated 3rd place.

4-22-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the SCSCL: Harrison Chen - top Kindergartener, Kevin Qian - top 1st Grader, Shyam Gandhi - 2nd place 1st grade, Nicholas Hammond - top 3rd Grader, Alvin Huang - 2nd place 4th grade, Rebecca Sanchez - top 7th Grader.

4-2-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the Western States Championships: Harrison Chen - 2nd Place Kindergarten, Evan Anthopoulos - 4th Place Kindergarten, Chiron Burl - 5th Place Kindergarten, Shyam Gandhi - 1st Place Grade 1, Justin Tay - 13th Place Grade 1, Alvin Huang - 11th Place Grade 4, Perry and Devon Watson - 10th and 11th Place, Orion Burl - 14th Place Grade 5, Cheston Gunawan - 4th Place Grade 6, Terrence Sun - 6th Place Grade 6, Sandy He - 1st Place Grade 7, Rebecca Sanchez - 13th Place Grade 7. Good Job to medal and trophy winners Shelley Anthopoulos, Titan Burl and Rianne Sanchez. Thank you all for participating. Special Congratulations to the K-1 Team, Shyam Gandhi, Justin Tay, Harrison Chen, Evan Anthopoulos, and Chiron Burl for taking Diversity's K-1 Team to 1st place.

3-26-06 - Congratulations to the winners of the March Bughouse: Roger Aramayo/David Glassburn - 1st Place, Shreyas/Shyam Gandhi - Top Adult/Child with Chris Lee/Titan Burl co-winners, Rebecca Harkness/Kris Keach - 2nd Place Adult/Child, Cheston Gunawan/Nicholas Hammond - Top Child/Child, Alvin Huang/Rianne Sanchez - 2nd Place Child/Child, Rebecca Sanchez/Orion Burl - Top U1200, John Gardner/Sanjay Siddhanti - Top U1000, Johnny/Justin Tay - Top U800, Mark/Chiron Burl - Top U600/Unrated.

3-25-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the Boys and Girls Club Burbank Spring Scholastic Tournament: Alvin Huang - Div 1, 1st place, Rebecca Sanchez - Div 1, 2nd place, Jasper Shen - Div 8, 1st place, Titan Burl - Div 8, 3rd place.

3-18-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the AAA Spring Scholastic: Cheston Gunawan - Open Section, 9th place, Shyam Gandhi - K- 8 U1000 Section, 7th place, Justin Tay - K-5 U650 Section, 10th place.

3-11-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the CYCL am/pm: Cheston Gunawan - Div 1, 1st place, Alvin Huang - Div 1, 2nd place, Rebecca Sanchez - Div 1, 3rd place, Harrison Chen - Div 4, 1st place.

2-26-06 - Congratulations to the winners of the 2006 Winter Blitz: Cheston Gunawan - Open Section, 1st place, Mark Adams - Open Section, 2nd place, Yannis Angouras - Open Section, 3rd place, Orion Burl - Scholastic Section, 1st place, Rianne Sanchez - Scholastic Section, 2nd place, John Gardner - Scholastic Section, 3rd place. Congratulations to Rebecca Sanchez who won (with a little help from her friends) in the Chris Lee simul.

2-19-06 - Congratulations to Excellence in Education with team members Danny Machuca, Anthony Hung, Nicholas Hammond, and Adrian Chang for scoring 4-0 and taking first place in the US Amateur Scholastic Team West Tournament. An excellent perfomance indeed! Congratulations to Christopher Hung and the Ivy Team members for taking the U800 prize. Special thanks to Diversity team members, Shyam Gandhi, Rebecca Sanchez, Rianne Sanchez, Alexander Hung, Alvin Huang, Shelley Anthopoulos, Evan Anthopoulos, Aaron Hong, David Glassburn, Devin Arenas, Justin Tay, and Harrison Chen for participating in this exciting event. You are all winners! Special thanks to the parents for allowing your kids to participate in such a fun and educational event.

2-15-06 - Congratulations to the winners of the Friday Winter League: Anthony Hung - Div 1, 1st place, Christopher Hung - Div 1, 2nd place, Orion Burl - Div 1, 3rd place, Devon Watson - Div 2, 1st place, Perry Watson - Div 2, 2nd place, Adnan Chowdhury - Div 2, 3rd place, Vince Ho - Div 3, 1st place, Devin Arenas - Div 3, 2nd place, Javier Vazquez - Div 3, 3rd place, Kevin Qian - Div 4, 1st place, Shelley Anthopoulos - Div 4, 2nd place, Alexander Hung - Div 4, 3rd place, Jonathan Max - Div 5, 1st place, Harrison Chen - Div 5, 2nd place, Brian Cheng - Div 5, 3rd place.

02-03-06 - Congratulations to the winners at Diversity's Winter Scholastics: Nicholas Hammond - 1st place, Anthony Hung - 2nd place, Rebecca Sanchez - 3rd place, Orion Burl - U1000 1st place, Christopher Hung U1000 2nd place, Shyam Gandhi - U1000 3rd place, Alexander Hung - U700 1st place, Justin Tay - U700 2nd place, Steven Frankus - U700 3rd place, Kris Keach - U400/unr 1st place, David Glassburn - U400/unr 2nd place, Vince Ho - U400/unr 3rd place. Final Results

02-03-06 - Congratulations to the winners at the Burbank Boys and Girls Club Chess Tournament: Rebecca Sanchez - 1st place Division 1, Perry Watson - 3rd place Division 1, Devon Watson - 1st place Division 2, Rianne Sanchez - 2nd place Division 2, Alivar Chowdhury - 1st place Division 3, Gabe Joven - 2nd place Division 3, Devin Arenas - 1st place Division 5, Javier Vazquez - 3rd place Division 5, Jonathan Max - 1st place Division 6, Tony DePesa - 2nd place Division 6, Zoe Millett - 1st place Division 7, Sebastian Nestor - 3rd place Division 7, Reb Migletz - 3rd place Division 8. For more detail, check out the BGCB gamesroom webpage.

12-24-05 Congratulations to Anthony Hung for finishing first in the Open Section of the Friday Winter Blitz. Perry Watson finished 2nd and Christopher Hung finished 3rd. Congratulations to Alexander Hung for finishing first in the Reserve Section. Alivar Chowdhury finished 2nd and Vince Ho finished 3rd.

12-03-05 Congratulations to Cheston Gunawan for becoming Champion of Champions in the 1st Annual Diversity Chess Championship. This was an invitational that brought back each of the champions from the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter Scholastics to battle it out against each other in a double round robin. The participants this year were Cheston Gunawan, Rebecca Sanchez, Anthony Hung, and Liam Fairweather. Congratulations to all.

12-01-05 Diversity's March Bughouse is on Sunday, March 26. Adult-Child teams are welcome. Trophies (awarded to each participant) to 1st place, top 2 Adult-Child, top 2 Child-Child, top U1200, top U1000, top U800, top U600/unr.

12-01-05 Diversity's 2006 Winter Blitz Tournament is on Sunday, February 26. This is a non-USCF rated event. It will be a G/5, 5 double-SS in two sections: Open and Scholastic. Trophies to top three in each section.

12-01-05 Diversity's 2006 Winter Scholastics is on Sunday, January 29. Trophies to the top 3, top 3 U1000, top 3 U700, top 3 U400/unr. Advance Entries

11-21-05 Congratulations to the winners at Diversity's Winter Scholastics. Liam Fairweather - 1st place, Daniel Gong - 2nd place, Christopher Hung - 3rd place, Orion Burl - U1000 1st place, Evan Wang - U1000 2nd place, Alvin Huang - U1000 3rd place, Perry Watson - U700 1st place, Devon Watson - U700 2nd place, Adam Tucker - U700 3rd place, Alivar Chowdhury - U400/unr 1st place, Philip Chung - U400/unr 2nd place, Johnathan Lin - U400/unr 3rd place. Good job everyone.

11-19-05 Congratulations to the following trophy winners at the Staser Fall Scholastic in Buena Park: Kevin Qian - Grade 1- 1st place, Shyam Gandhi - Grade 1 - 2nd place, Shelley Anthopoulos - Grade 2 - 1st place, Javier Vazquez - Grade 3-1 - 3rd place, Alvin Huang - Grade 4-1 - 1st place, Perry Watson - Grade 5-1 - 1st place, David Sohng - Grade 5-1 - 2nd place, Devon Watson - Grade 5-2 - 2nd place, Rebecca Sanchez - Grade 7 - 2nd place.

11-10-05 The Friday Winter Blitz is coming soon at Diversity. This is a non USCF-rated event that will meet every Friday from 6-8pm starting Dec. 2 thru Dec. 23. The format is G5, Double Round Robin. Top three per section will qualify for playoffs. Trophies to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd per section. Fee is $10 ($5 per sibling/friend - up to 2)

11-10-05 Diversity is offering an Intermediate Chess Class with Chris Lee. Class will meet from 5pm-6:30pm every Thursday starting on Dec. 1 thru Dec. 22. Call or email for details. Chris will go over basic middle game strategic planning and the thought process involved in selecting your next move. This is ideal for students with USCF ratings between 600-1400.

10-16-05 Congratulations to the winners at Diversity's Bughouse Tournament: Roel and Rianne Sanchez and Osmar Morales/Chris Lee - 1st Place (co-champions), Eric and Nicholas Hammond - 2nd Place, Shreyas and Shyam Gandhi - 3rd Place, David and Shelley Anthopoulos - Top Parent/Child Team, Orion Burl/Peter Miller - Top U1200, Jose Penado/Arthur Dzhermakyan - Top U1000, Adnan Chowdhury/Perry Watson - Top U800, Alivar Chowdhury/Devon Watson - Top U600/Unrated. Thank you all for participating. Special thanks to Chris Lee for being our house player and assisting the TD, to Eric and Nicholas Hammond for helping us setup, and to all the parents for lending us your clocks, giving us your patience, and bringing your children to this fun event. Thanks to all!

10-15-05 Congratulations to Shelley Anthopoulos for being the only kid (with a little help from dad) to beat GM Boris Kreiman in CYCL's Simul during Chess Fest 2005 at Rancho Pico Jr. High.

10-15-05 Congratulations to the following participants at Chess Fest 2005 which was organized in Rancho Pico Jr. High by CYCL: Evan Anthopoulos - Grade 1 Champion, Alexander Hung - Grade 2 - 5th Place, Shelley Anthopoulos - Grade 2 - 8th Place, Reb Migletz - Grade 2 - 12th Place, JW Halliday - Grade 3 - 5th Place, Alivar Chowdhury - Grade 3 - 9th Place, Javier Vazquez - Grade 3 - 11th Place, Christopher Hung - Grade 4 - 9th Place, Rianne Sanchez - Grade 4 - 10th Place, Alvin Huang - Grade 4 - 11th Place, Anthony Hung - Grade 5 - 5th Place, Perry Watson - Grade 5 - 6th Place, Devon Watson - Grade 5 - 7th Place, Arthur Dzhermakyan - Grade 5 - 10th Place, Joshua Baldacci - Grade 5 - 15th Place, Cheston Gunawan - Grade 6 Champion, Adnan Chowdhury - Grade 6 - 7th Place, Tishri Garcia - Top Unrated Grade 7, Rebecca Sanchez - Grade 7 - 6th Place.

9-11-05 Congratulations to the winners at Diversity's Fall Scholastic Tournament.  Cheston Gunawan - 1st place, Steven Porta Jr - 2nd place, Christopher Hung - 3rd place.  U700: Edward Xue - 1st place, Jonathan Lin - 2nd place, Shelley Anthopoulos - 3rd place. U400/Unrated - Emma Fonseca, Philip Chung, Perry Watson - 1st place (co-winners), Nomuundari Batdelger - 2nd place, Adam Tucker - 3rd place.

9-6-05 Congratulations to the winners at the Southern California Open Scholastics. Reserve Section Winners: Rianne Sanchez - 4th place overall, Grand Ho - 2nd Place, 2nd Graders. Open Section Winners: Anthony Hung - 3rd Place U1200, Daniel Gong - 2nd Place, 9th Grade and below.

8-27-05 Congratulations to the winners of the Quest Learning Center Scholastic Tournament. Steven Porta Jr. took first place in the advanced section. In the intermediate section, Rebecca Sanchez took first, Rianne Sanchez took second, and Alvin Huang took third. Evan Anthopoulos took third in the beginner's section. Good job!

8-6-05 The 2005 Friday Fall League will start on September 2 and finish at around late October. Division 1 is USCF-rated and the other divisions are non-rated. Sign up now!

8-1-05 Congratulations to the winners of Diversity's 2005 Summer Scholastics. 1st Place - Anthony Hung, 2nd Place - Daniel Gong, 3rd Place - Cheston Gunawan, Under 700: 1st Place - Evan Wang, 2nd Place - Nicholas Hammond, 3rd Place - Christopher Hung, Unrated: 1st Place - Jonathan Chien, 2nd Place - Jose Penado, 3rd Place - Alexander Hung. Final Results. Special thanks to Sue Gunawan for providing snacks.

7-25-05 Congratulations to the winners of the 2005 Friday Summer League. Division 1A: 1st Place - Cheston Gunawan, 2nd Place - Nicholas Hammond, 3rd Place - Anthony Hung. Division 1B: 1st Place - Grand Ho, 2nd Place - Evan Wang, 3rd Place - Alexander Hung. Division 2: 1st Place - Adnan Chowdhury, 2nd Place - Aveen Chowdhury, 3rd Place - Philip Young. Division 3: 1st Place - Alvin Heng, 2nd Place - Alivar Chowdhury, 3rd Place - Evan Anthopoulos. Division 1 was USCF-rated. Final Results.

7-8-05 Congratulations to Cheston Gunawan for winning first place in the Jeremy Stein Simul. Adrian Chang took second, and Michael Chen took third. Good job guys! Thanks Jeremy! Special thanks to Jill Stein for donating some chess books for prizes.

6-9-05 Congratulations to Nicholas Hammond for going undefeated in the AAA Summer Scholastics on Saturday, 6-4. Combined with Diversity's Sunday Tournament, Nicholas gained 400+ points in one weekend! Great job!

6-6-05 Congratulations to the winners of Diversity's 2005 Spring Scholastics. 1st Place - Cheston Gunawan, 2nd Place - Rebecca Sanchez, 3rd Place - Steven Porta Jr., Under 700: 1st Place - Vidhu Gathey, 2nd Place - Evan Wang, 3rd Place - Nicholas Hammond, Unrated: 1st Place - Jonathan Chien, 2nd Place - Alvin Huang, 3rd Place - David Glassburn. Final Results. Special thanks to Sue Gunawan for providing snacks, and to Eric Hammond for assisting and for providing lawn chairs.

5-31-05 Congratulation to the following trophy winners at the Memorial Day Classic Scholastics. Open Section: 1st Place - Cheston Gunawan, 2nd Place - Terrence Sun. Reserve Section: 3rd Place - Rianne Sanchez, 4th Place - Christopher Hung, 5th Place - Adrian Chang. U700 2nd Place - Anthony Hung, 3rd Place - Nicholas Hammond

5-27-05 Congratulations to the winners of the 2005 Spring League. Division 1: 1st Place - Cheston Gunawan, 2nd Place - Katherine Peng, 3rd Place - Nicholas Hammond. Division 2: 1st Place - Christopher Hung, 2nd Place - Adrian Chang, 3rd Place - Nathanael Forand. Division 3: 1st Place - Evan Wang, 2nd Place - Steven Qian, 3rd Place - Vincent Huang. Division 4: 1st Place - Alvin Huang, 2nd Place - Alexander Hung, 3rd Place - Douglas Pang

5-20-05 Round 3 of the Friday Youth Chess League has just concluded. Christopher Hung, Evan Wang, and Douglas Pang advance to the semi-finals of their respective divisions. Almost all playoff games were also played with one more pending. Winners will be announced next week!

5-8-05 Congratulations to: Grand Ho for finishing 9th in the K-1 Open section, Adrian Chang for finishing 5th in the K-6 Under 900 section , Cheston Gunawan for finishing 10th in the K-6 Open section, and to Nathaniel Devorss for finishing 10th in the Junior High Open section of the Super States Championship in Costa Mesa.

5-8-05 Congratulations to Alexander Hung, Christopher Hung, Rebecca Sanchez, and Rianne Sanchez for finishing as the top school team in the K-6 Under 900 section of the Super States Championship in Costa Mesa.

5-8-05 Good job to all participants from Diversity at the Super States Championship in Costa Mesa: Grand Ho, Alexander Hung, Evan Wang, Anthony Hung, Christopher Hung, Rebecca Sanchez, and Rianne Sanchez. No one had a losing record. You all played well!

5-8-05 Round 2 of the Friday Youth Chess League has just concluded. Congratulations to Cheston Gunawan, Adrian Chang, Steven Qin, Vincent Huang, and Alvin Huang for advancing to the semi-finals of their respective divisions!

4-16-05 Congratulations to Rianne Sanchez, Alexander and Christopher Hung for finishing 1st in their respective divisions in CYCL's April am/pm tournament. Congratulations to Rebecca Sanchez for finishing 2nd in division 1. Alexander and Christopher were undefeated. Rianne and Rebecca played and won a series of blitzes to break a three-way tie.

4-15-05 Congratulations to Cheston Gunawan for an 18th place finish (out of 300!) in the K-6 unrated section of the Supernationals in Tennessee.

4-2-05 Round 1 of the Friday Youth Chess League has just concluded. Congratulations to Katherine Peng, Nicholas Hammond, Adrian Chang, and Alexander Hung for advancing to the finals of their respective divisions! Round 2 starts this Friday.

2-20-05 Congratulations to Diversity's Cheston Gunawan, Rebecca Sanchez, Rianne Sanchez, and Kenneth Choi! First place winners in the unrated section of the 8th Annual Southern California Scholastic Amateur Team Tournament held this Sunday, 2/20, at the Norwalk Marriott.

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