Guinness Tournament Winners Try To Beat FunMasterMike (And Some Do!)

After the conclusion of the month-long qualifying tournaments on ChessKid, which were part of a join effort with Judit Polgar to set the record for World's Largest Online Chess Tournament, the finals were also held on ChessKid's live server.

And so out of the 8308 kids that participated (which ChessKid has submitted to see if Guinness will certify the record), a few lucky kids won a chance to play blitz with FunMasterMike and Judit. The two that tied for first place also got individual lessons with her!

So, how did the four kids do in their games against FunMasterMike and Judit (played at 5+1)? Let's see the games against FunMasterMike first, and we will look at the games with Judit in the next post!

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It could even be argued that the some of the quartet of kids were in fact favorites against FunMasterMike. Youth usually equals speed, and FunMasterMike tried to act as the wily veteran and get less tactical positions and grind out the endgame. Unfortunately for him, that meant longer games and more time trouble!

Things started out troublesome for FunMasterMike, with only 0.5/2, but he recovered to win the final two and squeak out a plus score. Rumor is that he is took a long nap afterward since the kids wore him out.

Game 1: Versus ChessKid GM2B

Game 2: Versus ChessKid TiCher (who is now co-presenting with his opponent on the show "FunMasterMike and the TiCher")

Game 3: Versus ChessKid SafeNewRecord

Game 4: Versus ChessKid NiceGiantAnt

In the next blog, we will see if Judit scored better than 2.5/4 in her games against the same 4 prodigies!