You can find photos, pairings and result, an exclusive interview with a Berkeley Bishop member, and the stunning upset!
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You can find photos, pairings and result, an exclusive interview with a Berkeley Bishop member, and the stunning upset!

Over the weekend the Berkeley Chess School was incredibly busy! Not only were the Berkeley Bishops challenged to a match by Norcal Chess House, but BCS students were also busy taking home trophies! Nathan Auyoung took home the 6th grade championship, Ryan Yick won the 5th grade championship, Robert "Bobby" Reyes conquered the K-1st grade, and the BCS team won the 2nd grade division! Way to go everyone!
Good luck to all the girls who will participate in the CalChess 6th Annual All Girls Tournament on the 28th and 29th in San Rafael! For more information, follow the link here: CalChess 6th Annual All Girls Tournament.
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See you there!
The Northern California International tournament wrapped up January 8th with one of the Berkeley Chess School's alumni finishing first! Sam Shankland went undefeated with 7/9 points. David Pruess, another BCS Alum, finished 27th with 4.5/9. This was an extremely competitive tournament featuring the top players from California. From uschess.org:
"The last but definitely not the least of the reasons that this tournament should be regarded to as elite is the extremely strong field participating, which includes seven Grandmasters and sixteen international masters. Furthermore, entry was limited to players with a FIDE rating of above 2000, and the number of players let in under 2200 FIDE was also limited, to keep the average rating of the tournament high, thus increasing norm chances."
Check out the standings here.
Congratulations to Sam for yet another great win!





