Hawaii players, the Hawaii Quick Chess Championships and Bughouse Championships will NOT be held at the World Chess Festival at the Blaisdell Center this year, on December 31st. However, the organizers are...
Ty Chen Dutoit, a young Hawaii chess phenom and gifted musician, just finished second in the International Youth Championships held in Las Vegas during the National Open. This huge result follows on his convincing win of the top Action Chess...
Cover Photo: Josh Lewis (standing), contemplates the position in his game against defending state high-school champion Mark Chen. On the second board Kyle Ching and Benjamin Kim fight for second place.  The 2024 Guy Ontai State K-12 Chess Champ...
Congratulations to Ben, Josh, Kyle and Koapaka who defeated a team of the best K-12 players in Australia, 4.5-3.5! Ben played like a monster, ending his first game with a cool queen sacrifice. Everyone played well and had two fascinating quick ga...
The Statehood Day Open and Scholastic attracted 38 players who competed in three sections: K-12/Open (merged), K-8 and K-5/K-2 (merged). Official USCF Crosstable           Results on SwissSys In the Open section Quguang Wang took clea...
Aloha chess friends. 98 people had fun playing USCF-rated chess over the weekend at Washington Middle School, in 24 different sections.  Full tournament results       USCF Rating Report Congratulations to the four(!) 2023 Hawaii Girls co...
Cover photo: Third-grader Echae Kim makes a move in the final seconds of the game where he defeated Hawaii's extreme chess prodigy, fifth-grader Kevin Ching. (Kevin is over 2100 for blitz, rapid and bullet chess at chess.com.) This was the most...
Seventy chess players came to Washington Middle School to enjoy some games together over Prince Kuhio Weekend. Rob Turner was the Chief Tournament Director, assisted by Kurt Eschbach (Kazbock), while Damian Nash did the pairings from his home on ...
The Hawaii Chess Federation Announces the 2023 Scholastic K-12 Chess Championship Date: Saturday, April 15th. Time: 8:30am to 6:30pm. Participants: Hawaii K-12 chess players Where: Washington Middle School cafeteria, 1633 S. King St. Sectio...
Congratulations to Benjamin Kim who finished atop the High-School section at 3.5, ahead of eight other strong players at 3-1.  Aurelia White finished 4-0 in the middle school section, taking the gold medal. Second and third were Kevin Ching and M...
Congratulations to high-school students Benjamin Kim, Josh Lewis and Caleb White who demolished the University team from Reading, England. (It is pronounced Redding, not Reeding). The final score for the match was 5.5 - 0.5. Their second board f...
A hundred chess players met to compete at Washington Middle School on January 16th for the MLK Jr. Day tournament. It was the largest chess event in Hawaii since 2015, even larger than the 2022 Hawaii Open!  Thanks to everyone who attended and g...
Congratulations to Josh Lewis (wishiwashijoshi) who is Hawaii's first online Chess960 Scholastic champion, winning the small 2022 online tournament. He defeated twelfth-grader Erik Arikura in a wild tactical game for the title, shown below. 6th-...
Congratulations to all participants in yesterday's chess tournaments who won some games and learned from others. We hope you had fun. Full event results USCF rating report Benjamin Kim and Tyler Ching tied for firs...
Forty-two young chess players converged at the new site of the Scholastic Chess tournament series at Washington Middle School. The turnout was excellent in the high-school division, as teams worked hard to get four players from each school. Pict...
Aloha. Many people who are new USCF members in Hawaii are wondering, "What can I do with my membership?" First, it allows you to play in any rated, in-person event in the USA. In Hawaii we always have the Hawaii Open (usually Labor Day Weekend ...
The Hawaii Open is the oldest, biggest and best annual chess tournament in Hawaii. This year it returns to the beautiful Entrepreneur's Sandbox at 643 Ilalo Street in Honolulu. There will be two sections: Open and Reserve (under 1500). Eac...
(Photo, left to right:Â TD Damian Nash, Liwen Liang, Eric Arikura, Josh Lewis, Caleb White, Benjamin Kim, TD Ed Seid.) High School and Middle School Combined Section Congratulations to Josh Lewis, the only player to go 5-0 at the October Scholas...
Thirty-four talented young players from grades 1 through 13 competed in the first HCF Scholastic tournament of the season on September 17th. Here is the official USCF rating report. The big winners of the day were the Ching brothers. 8th-grader...
Yes, it's true. After winning the first match of the 2022-23 Season of World Chess Live, the Hawaii Scholastic team is the ONLY team with a win so far.   Most matches start next weekend. Check out Benjamin Kim's beautiful move 29... e3! in his ...
Tournament Flyer and Registration Form Where: Princess Ruth Ke'elikolani Middle School cafeteria, 1302 Queen Emma St, Honolulu, HI 96813. Four Sections: Primary (K-2); Elementary (K-5); Intermediate (K-8); and High School (K-12).  Prizes: Troph...
Did you know that in the 2020-21 season, the HCF Scholastic team finished in 15th place at 7-3 in the World Chess League? Our strongest K-12 players, led by State High School Champion Gabriel White, demolished the Italian team in the final round....
Congratulations to Hawaii's newest Candidate Master, Gabriel White! He had good results in California, defeating masters in the Denker, the US Open, and the National Blitz tournament. He tied for third place in the National Blitz! His finish ...
Congratulations to 2022 State Scholastic Individual Champions! Official USCF Standings 9-12 High School: Gabriel White and Benjamin Kim. (Gabriel is the Denker tournament representative on tiebreaks.) 3rd place went to Mark Chen. 6-8 Middle S...
Although all Hawaii K-12 players are welcome to play against other countries in the World Online Team Championship League, only the White family showed up to face the four top players from Fiji in December. Although the ratings told spectators to...
