Chess 2009-'10
On Friday 7th May 2010 Rockwell Senior Chess Team of Lennard Loewe, Neil O'Kane, Michael Jiang, Ricky Wong, Carlos Lazaro, and Mikel Palacios came second in Ireland in the Chess-Z National Chess Finals in Limerick.
16th April was the final of the Chess-Z Tipperary Novices Chess Competition between
Rockwell Novices "A" and "B". Rockwell "A" (Daniel Trunov, Eugene Lapko, Eduardo Gutierrez, Miguel Zamora) scored 4.5 games qnd won.
Rockwell Novices 'B' (Nastya Trunova, Karime Zuniga, Juan Perez, Rodrigo Felix)
scored 3.5 games.
Rockwell Novices 'A' therefore are the Tipperary Chess-Z Novices Champions of 2010
J. D'Ambrosio
The Senior Chess team and the Novices’ B Team played ‘home’ matches with The High School, Clonmel on Tuesday 16th March. Both teams emerged victorious. The Rockwell senior team won three of their four games. The players were: Lennard Löwe, Neil O’Kane, Michael Jiang, Ricky Wong. The Rockwell Novices ‘B’ team won each of their four games. The team was: NastiaTrunova, Rodrigo Felix, Karime Zuniga and Juan Perez.
On the following Thursday, 18th March, the Novices A and C teams travelled to Nenagh where the A team won 4 - 0; the C team was defeated by the same margin. The A team was: Daniel Trunov, Carlos Martin, Eugene Lapko and Eduardo Gutierrez. The C team was: Angel Gallego, Javier Perez, Patrick Smith and Tim Underhill.
The Novices A and B teams will play each other after Easter to decide which team is the Tipperary Champion.
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The Senior Chess team ‘took to the boards’ in the National Checkmate Competition on Wednesday 3rd March. They traveled to Kilkenny where Rockwell was one of the four teams competing. There were two teams from the hosting school, St. Kierans, and a team from Castlecomer Community College. The Rockwell players in the three matches were Lennard Lowe, Neil O’Kane, Michael Jiang, Ricky Wong, Mikel Palacios and Carlos Lazaro. Rockwell defeated Team B from St. Kieran’s and Castlecomer, but lost to the St. Kieran’s A team.
The Senior Chess team and the Novices’ B Team played chess matches against the High School, Clonmel on Tuesday 9th March. Both teams emerged victorious. The Rockwell senior team won each of their four games. The players were: Lennard Löwe, Neil O’Kane, Michael Jiang, Ricky Wong. The Rockwell Novices ‘B’ team won three and lost one of their games. The team was: NastiaTrunova, Rodrigo Felix, Karime Zuniga and Juan Perez.
03/03/'10 Kilkenny |
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| Rockwell 2 | Kilkenny A 2 |
| Rockwell 3 | Kilkenny B 1 |
| Rockwell 4 | Castlecomer 0 |
| 09/03/'10 | |
| Rockwell 4 | Ardscoil na Braithre Clonmel 0 |
| Rockwell Novices B 3 | Ardscoil na Braithre Clonmel Novices 1 |
In Rockwell College this year we have the amateur chess champion of Germany as a student in 5th year. He took part in a chess grandmaster competition last weekend in Kilkenny and won two, drew two, and lost two games.
He is captain of the school chess team, and his name is Leonard Loewe.
Leonard is tutoring the senior chess team every Wednesday, consisting of himself and any three others from Mikel Palacios, Kenneth Fung, Michael Jiang, Ricky Wong, and Neil O'Kane.
The chess competitions get underway in the Spring of 2010.
Joe D'Ambrosio