Photos of chess players from the 2005 CalChess Labor Day Championship on September 3-5 in San Francisco. All photos taken by Michael Aigner. Some images appear to be dark because I tried to avoid using flash to not disturb the players.
57 pictures, last one added on Feb 21, 2007
2005 National Grade Level in Houston
Roughly 20 CalChess juniors travelled to Houston for the 2005 National Grade Level Championship. These pictures document this trip. Photographer Michael Aigner served as coach of Saratoga High School at this tournament.
26 pictures, last one added on Dec 05, 2005
2006 People's Tournament
The 33rd annual People's Chess Tournament was held over two weekends at the East Bay Chess Club in Berkeley. These photographs by Michael Aigner are from the second weekend (1800+ rating sections only).
29 pictures, last one added on Feb 21, 2006
2006 Reno Far West Open
<div align="left">The Far West Open in the spring is a little sister of the Western States Open in the fall. Due to spring break, four of my students attended this year. Everyone had fun and some of us even had some success!</div>
46 pictures, last one added on Apr 22, 2006
2006 CalChess Scholastics
<div align="left">Photographs taken in San
Jose at the 31st CalChess Scholastics. <br />
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30 pictures, last one added on May 24, 2006
2006 High School Nationals in Milwaukee
<div align="left">A team of intrepid teenagers from Saratoga travelled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 21-23 for the National K-12 Championship. They came back having left their mark on the tournament, with one player nearly winning the whole enchilada. Photos by Stayton Chock and Jojo Zhao.</div>
9 pictures, last one added on Apr 28, 2006
Oakland Venue for EBCC
East Bay Chess Club in Oakland near the airport. Check it out yourself!
10 pictures, last one added on Sep 25, 2006
2007 People's Tournament
<div>The 34th edition of the People's Tournament was back at its traditional venue on the UC Berkeley campus. 124 people played.</div><br />
54 pictures, last one added on Feb 21, 2007
2007 High School Nationals in Kansas City
Photos by Michael Aigner and Stayton Chock from the National High School Championship in Kansas City. 13 Northern California teenagers played. Michael Zhong tied for first while Sam Shankland, Daniel Schwarz and David Chock tied for 8th.
62 pictures, last one added on May 02, 2007
2007 CalChess Scholastics
Photos by Michael Aigner from the 32nd annual CalChess State Scholastics on April 28-29 in San Mateo. K-12 Champ Danya Naroditsky, K-8 Champ Steven Zierk and K-6 Champ Nicholas Nip. Last three photos by Stayton Chock.
52 pictures, last one added on May 02, 2007
2007 CalChess Masters at Mechanics Institute
After an absence of over 20 years, the CalChess Masters returns thanks to the sponsorship of CalChess and the venue at the Mechanics Institute. Photos by tournament winner Michael Aigner.
20 pictures, last one added on Oct 04, 2007
2008 Reno Far West Open
The Far West Open on Easter weekend was won by GM Khachiyan, but will best be remembered for phenomenal performances by Daniel Naroditsky and Steven Zierk.
