Wednesday, April 15, 2009
At chess board, opponents are pawns for River Ridge player
Smart moves
By Valerie Rowell Staff Writer
Columbia County News Times – Evans, GA, USA
Noah Quesnel has all the right moves.
The River Ridge Elementary School fourth-grader won his second state chess title at a Georgia Chess Association tournament held March 28 on Jekyll Island, Ga.
The 10-year-old outplayed the 10 other players in the elementary section in five rounds during the 2009 Georgia Open Individual Scholastic Chess Championship.
“There were a couple of tough matches,” Noah said, especially his third-round matchup with Eric Lu, the only player to outrank him in the section. “It turned out the final game for the championship wasn’t that hard. … Actually it was the third-place round that was the hard one.”
Noah, of Evans, started playing chess at age 5. He was curious about the game and asked his mother, Jane Quesnel, to show him how to play.
“I showed him and he just loved it,” Quesnel said. “He just took off. We started going to tournaments. He really enjoys it.”
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What’s his rating?
I know Noah. His rating will be 1204 on the May 2009 list.