He played in a kindergarten division and played five matches in a "Swiss Style" which basically matches you against other players that are faring as well or better than you are in the same tournament. So if you were to win two games in a row, you would play other people that have won two games and so on...A win is a point, draw is a half and loss is zero points.
Miles was able to finish up with 3 points: 2 wins 2 draws and 1 loss. This was a great effort for his first tournament and finishing that high enabled him to qualify for the State Chess tournament later next year. Trying to read his face coming out of the chess room wasn't that difficult...wide smile or lower-lip quiver. He held it together on his loss and came back and won the next game against a better opponent.
Miles was quite pleased to be receiving a trophy and entered the contest happy because even "If I finished last, I will still get a trophy". Turns out he finished 8th. We are really proud of him.
Here he is receiving his trophy.
These tournaments are an unbelievable sight. Hundreds of people milling around and I think I was the only one not playing chess. Portable boards, laptop computers, iPhones all playing chess. Pretty crazy. Who knew? It's like this crazy chess underworld I never knew existed.
Looks like I better get used to it.
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