To CFCA students who qualified for the 2012 AZ State Championship:
K-1:
Annie Allen,
Gregory Allen,
Spencer Allen,
Nathan Cherkis,
Sahasrakshi Dasika,
Henri Murthy,
Patrick Nagle,
Peyton Nagle,
Uno Pasadhika,
Harini Rajendran,
Suraj Shah
Josemaria Vlasich
K-3:
Trey Allen,
Brian Belakovsky,
Sudeep Bommireddy,
Cayce Cavett,
Max Coy,
Krishna Dasika,
Jonathan Martinez
Sameer Shah
K-6:
Nicole Benito,
Rudrakshi Dasika,
Ben Kruse,
Jonathan Martinez*,
Byron PanRudkevich,
Sumedh Prasad,
Kennedy Warrilow
K-9:
Brian Belakovsky*
(* - the student qualified to play in more than 1 section, by playing "up" and qualifying twice)
To BASIS-OV students who qualified for the 2012 AZ State Championship:
K-6:
Rueshil Fadia,
Traigh Kirkeeng,
Ryan Thompson
K-9:
Ryan Hornby,
Sam Watson
To Max for accomplishing perfect score of 4 out of 4 and Kennedy, Trey, Sumedh and Brian for winning medals with 3 out of 4 at the 2011 League Match #1 (Brian has played up in K-8!)
To BASIS-OV Team for winning 1st TEAM place at the 2011 League Match #1, Section K-8

To Brian Belakovsky for giving his 1st Simultaneous Exhibition on 10 boards at the age of 7 at the National Chess Day Celebration in Tucson on October 8, 2011 with an amazing 9 out of 10 performance!
To Ben, Kennedy, Brian and Ryan for winning 1st place trophies at the 2011 Tucson Scholastic Warm-up

To Ben, Kennedy and Brian for accomplishing perfect score of 4 out of 4 and to all other CFCA students who came home with the 1st-5th place trophies!

To Brian Belakovsky for adding 1007 USCF rating points in less than 1 year and getting to the TOP 40 List (Age 7 and Under) in the US.

To Sam, Ryan T. and Ryan H. for winning trophies in the chess tournaments in Gilbert, AZ.

To Ryan, Brian and Max for winning 2 trophies each at the 2011 Ye Olde Pueblo Scholastic Chess Tournaments

and to Brian and Ryan for accomplishing perfect score (and best cumulative results).

To Ryan, Max, Brian and Sam for winning trophies at the 6th Annual Western Alliance chess tournament.

To Brian for sharing 2nd place in the 2011 International Youth Championship in Las Vegas (Under 9 y.o. - Reserve) and to team Brian and Max for taking 4th place in the event. To coach WGM Anjelina Belakovskaia for sharing U2500 prize in the Open section.
To Brian and Max for winning trophies at the U.S. Amateur West Chess Championship.
To Brian & Isaac for competing in the 2011 Nationals in Dallas.

To Brian, Jordan, Isaac & Max for winning trophies at the 2011 Arizona State Championship.

To Brian, Daniel, Erin, Isaac, Jordan, Kennedy & Max for Qualifying to play in the 2011 Arizona State Championship in Pinetop.
To Max for 1st place in K-1 Regional Qualifier for AZ State Championship on March 26, 2011.

To Brian and Max for 2nd and 3rd places (accordingly) in the Spring Open U900 section on March 19, 2011.
Receive $15 OFF if register for www.ChessKid.com through the Catalina Foothills Chess Academy.
For details, please e-mail Anjelina@gmail.com.2-hour CRASH COURSE was held on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
OPENINGS - How To Survive and Succeed in The Openings - common traps to watch for, how to handle surprises, shortcuts to get advantage and more...
MIDDLEGAME - Positional Hints You Can Use To Design The Right Plan and How To Recognize Tactical Patterns
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1st Grader Vs. 10th Grader
A few weeks ago a small chess tournament was held in one of the Tucson schools.
No one expected anything extraordinary to occur and the high school kids were counting on taking home all the trophies.
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"Chess for PARENTS" class - was held on Friday, August 10th, 2010 from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. at Mathnasium Catalina Foothills on Swan and Sunrise.
Topics included:
- Playing chess (briefly): rules and special moves, notation, score, chess clocks and tournaments.
- Homework. Helping your kids: Encourage, don't discourage! What you should and shouldn't do.
- "Handicap" and "take-back" playing suggestions.
- Fun ways to learn strategy and tactics.
- Chess and Math - addition, subtraction, zero and negative numbers.
- Geometry on chess board.
- Memory games with chess.
- Q&A session.
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