SUPERNATIONALS III ROCKED!

I took my son, he's 7 and ended up in the top four on his team.
His team took 4th place in k-6. It was a freaking parental nightmare though. In the hotel there were over 8,000 kids and 5,000 adults staying there over the weekend. We waited 3 hours in the award ceremony before the team was called up. An order of chicken strips costs about 13 bucks with tax too.

I said hi to Galaxy Shield while I was there. That was cool to see someone from RHP face to face!

Ask Galaxy though about how cool this place was. It was a giant indoor terrarium with a river in it.

It was also the largest scholastic chess tournament in world so far.

Chess in America is getting big again.

Originally posted by Weadley
It was also the largest scholastic chess tournament in world so far.

Chess in America is getting big again.

Hi Sam, what did you think of that hotel/convention center?
That place was pretty awsome just to look at.

The funnest part for me was getting buzzed on beer and playing against the other chess dads. And slapping each other on the back about how well our kids were doing.

im guessing this is a chess tournament your talking about?

It turns out Dominator that this was the largest Scholastic Chess Tournament in the world to date!

and i didnt even no about it? sheesh!
sounds cool though!

Yeah, I went also. It was total chaos! It was fun though 🙂

I came out with 2 wins 2 losses 3 draws in the K9. I also had a really weird experience...

What was the wierd experience?
Paying 12.99 for an order of chickent strips?

It was an alight tourney. I played poory and the chairs hurt pretty bad. The hotel was awesome but there wasn't much to do besides walk around it over and over. The best part was probably meeting Weadley, he is the first RHPer that I've met. Wish we would've gotten to play a game though 🙂. Oh well, maybe next year 🙂.

Originally posted by Weadley
Hi Sam, what did you think of that hotel/convention center?
That place was pretty awsome just to look at.

The funnest part for me was getting buzzed on beer and playing against the other chess dads. And slapping each other on the back about how well our kids were doing.

Originally posted by GalaxyShield
It was an alight tourney. I played poory and the chairs hurt pretty bad. The hotel was awesome but there wasn't much to do besides walk around it over and over. The best part was probably meeting Weadley, he is the first RHPer that I've met. Wish we would've gotten to play a game though 🙂. Oh well, maybe next year 🙂.

Originally posted by Weadley
What was the wierd experience?
Paying 12.99 for an order of chickent strips?

I actually got to go to nationals as a coach, my first major even as a coach, i had a blast, i won $70 in the adult tourney, and got to run around and met all the GMs that were running around, i think i may have had move fun than most of my students...hehehehe