CHESS MASTERS SCHOOL KIDS PLACE SECOND AT NATIONALS.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer The Meadows Elementary School elementary school: see school. Chess Team tied for second place at the National Elementary School Chess Championships in Nashville, Tenn., after competing with more than 30 teams in the elite division April 8-10. The team started out a bit nervous, with each member losing his first game, but regrouped and gradually worked its way up in the rankings. ``They worked their way up and after the sixth round, they were tied for second with five other teams,'' coach Jay Stallings said. ``After that they managed to get two more wins to tie for second with teams from Arizona and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of .'' Team members were sixth-grader Sean Reader, fifth-graders Jackson Stallings and Chris Todd Christopher Todd (born August 22, 1981 in Swansea, Wales), is a footballer with Torquay United. Todd, a central defender, began his career as a trainee with his home town club, Swansea City, turning professional in August 1999. , and fourth-grader Sammy Kennedy. The average game lasted 2 1/2 hours, with Jackson battling his final-round opponent for more than three hours. With neither coaches nor parents allowed in the playing area, coach Stallings was left in suspense SUSPENSE. When a rent, profit a prendre, and the like, are, in consequence of the unity of possession of the rent, &c., of the land out of which they issue, not in esse for a time, they are said to be in suspense, tunc dormiunt, but they may be revived or awakened. Co, Litt. 313 a. during this lengthy matchup. ``Jackson knew he needed to win that game in order for us to place second,'' the coach said. ``When he stood up at the end and started walking with a bit of a bounce 1. bounce - (Perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check) An electronic mail message that is undeliverable and returns an error notification (a "bounce message") to the sender is said to "bounce". 2. bounce - To play volleyball. The now-demolished D. C. , I knew he had won.'' Sean, who was ranked 74th going into nationals, played so well in his field of more than 200 players that he earned a 30th-place trophy and was moved from Class D to Class C as a player. The Meadows team was congratulated by many of the nation's top chess coaches after the second-place showing. Grandmaster Susan Polgar Grandmaster Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna) is a Hungarian-born American chess player. She is a member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation, having been elected on July 26, 2007. She is also a chess writer and promoter. congratulated the boys, calling their second-place finish Noun 1. second-place finish - a finish in second place (as in a race) runner-up finish finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the against America's top teams ``a fantastic accomplishment.'' ``For our kids to finish second - I was just on cloud nine,'' Stallings said. ``It was nice to be recognized and be in the national spotlight.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (children holding trophy) |
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