Results from Pawn Storms since May 16

Can you name the one future Grandmaster and three future International Masters in this photo from 2010? Believe it or not, the kid in the middle was teaching the others, who called themselves the Chess Punks.

This article includes the prize list for the weekly Pawn Storm tournaments from the past month and a half (since May 16). I will begin by recognizing the two young winners of the perfect attendance award: vish1080 and chessboi2010. Both participated every Saturday for a quarter year of social distancing! Honorable mention goes to Yash_Mago for joining 12 out of 13 weeks. 

Over the last seven weeks, there were only three champions. The top ranked NM fpawn duly collected the most gold medals, but failed to achieve even a single perfect score, usually dropping one draw and even the occasional loss. The lone perfect score came from Yash_Mago on May 23, when he scalped the master and dominated the field. Yash_Mago also shared top honors thrice over the past month and a half. The third winner was vish1080, who tied for first twice. Indeed, on June 6, all three (fpawn, Yash_Mago and vish1080) split the honors, each scoring 4.0 out of 5!

Check out the selection of annotated games from the action on top boards. The games include both of your humble reporter's losses at the mouse of Yash_Mago and MattDanger (both also earned draws in other tournaments).

Sac Pawn Storm #7 on May 16
16 players

• =1st NM fpawn (Michael) with 4.5
• =1st Yash_Mago (Yash) with 4.5
• =3rd mykehawke (anonymous) with 3.0
• =3rd queenstalker (Charles) with 3.0
• =3rd chessboi2010 (Kritin) with 3.0
• =3rd championps (Pranav) with 3.0
• =3rd Just_Win_Baby (anonymous) with 3.0
• =3rd J3Chess24 (Javier) with 3.0

 Sac Pawn Storm #8 on May 23
18 players

• 1st Yash_Mago (Yash) with PERFECT 5.0
• =2nd NM fpawn (Michael) with 4.0
• =2nd vish1080 (Vishva) with 4.0

Sac Pawn Storm #9 on May 30
18 players

• 1st NM fpawn (Michael) with 4.5
• =2nd Raahil5005 (Raahil) with 4.0
• =2nd Just_Win_Baby (anonymous) with 4.0

Sac Pawn Storm #10 on June 6
17 players

• =1st NM fpawn (Michael) with 4.0
• =1st Yash_Mago (Yash) with 4.0
• =1st vish1080 (Vishva) with 4.0

Sac Pawn Storm #11 on June 13
8 players (4 rounds)

• =1st NM fpawn (Michael) with 3.0
• =1st vish1080 (Vishva) with 3.0
• 3rd gundu65 (Elmer) with 2.5

Sac Pawn Storm #12 on June 20
14 players

• 1st NM fpawn (Michael) with 4.5
• 2nd gundu65 (Elmer) with 3.5
• =3rd MattDanger (Matthew) with 3.0
• =3rd Just_Win_Baby (anonymous) with 3.0
• =3rd Yash_Mago (Yash) with 3.0

Sac Pawn Storm #13 on June 27
7 players (3 rounds)

• =1st NM fpawn (Michael) with 2.5
• =1st Yash_Mago (Yash) with 2.5
• 3rd vish1080 (Vishva) with 2.0