Chess Club 2008-2009

Leadership
President: Zach Han
VP: James Heiserman
Treasurer: Ryan Leung
Secretary: Gizela Ho












Tournaments
Fall 2008 Blitz Tournament
-1st Place: James Heiserman
-2nd Place: Phu Ta
-3rd Place: Marcus Langston

Sacramento Chess Club Team Tournament
-UC Davis Knights (1st Place): James Heiserman, Zach Han, Rohan Sathe, Anthony Blessing, Erik Friedlander, Ryan Leung, Marcus Langston, Brian Eller, David Whiteneck

-UC Davis Bishops: Valeriy Timofeyev, John Cohen, Henry Wong, Erik Madden, Daniel Huynh, Jason Linder, Erwin Briones, Keith Conroy, Khashayar Ghazian

California Aggie Article:
UCD Knights Crowned Kings of the Chessboard
by Christopher Bone
April 13, 2009
Download a PDF version here (11in x 17in)

Winter 2009 Round Robin Blitz

Spring 2009 Rapid Tournament
-1st Place: John Cohen
-2nd Place: Stas Morenais
-3rd Place: Daryl Chan

Berkeley Open 2009

Joint Champions: James Heiserman and Zach Han


Activities
Chess Lecture on "Opening Strategy", "Gameplans", and "Endgame Themes" by National Master (NM) James Heiserman

Chess Simul by NM James and Zach

Chess interviews by Lauren and Barbara Goodkind, two top 100 female players in America