Girls Battle in Navy Town
The 2017 US Chess National Girls Tournament of Champions is held on July 29-31 at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in a historic Navy town of Norfolk, Virginia, coinciding with the Denker and Barber tournaments.
Each US state sends one female player in grades K-12. Naomi is the Washington State representative. The weather is hot and humid. The battle is tough in the Navy town.
Out of the 50 state representatives, Naomi takes 9th place in Individual Standings, with 4 wins and 2 losses.
Jason Yu shares 3rd place in the Barber tournament. Bryce Tiglon becomes a co-champion in the Denker High School tournament.
The team of all three Washington State representatives (Girls+Denker+Barber) takes 2nd place in State Team Standings. Not bad at all.
Bryce Tiglon, Naomi Bashkansky, Jason Yu (photo by Jenny Cui)
Norfolk is a great place to visit. Take a look at the photos:
2017-07-28 Norfolk - Botanical Gardens, Waterside, Hilton
2017-07-30 Norfolk - Round 2, Waterside, Naval Museum, Battleship Wisconsin, Round 3
2017-07-31 Norfolk - Round 4, Cannonball Trail, Round 5, Ferry, Portsmouth
2017-08-01 Norfolk - Round 6, MacArthur Memorial, Chrysler Art Museum, flight
