Puddletown's first-ever quad-style tournament was a grand success! The event happened on September 11th, 2022 at Godfather's Pizza in Cedar Mill. Our Chief TD for this tournament was Maolong Tang. We had 20 players in attendance, organized into 5 sections/quads. Quad#1 Winner was ARNOLD TIANYI YANG, Quad#2 Winner was ADITYA CHANDRASHEKARAN,…
Hi this is Ishaan back with another blog post. I was thrilled to be invited to play in the Oregon Closed Challengers this year. I will share my 4-day saga of the first 6 rounds of the tournament, followed by an eventful last round. In the 1st game, I won a…
Hi, my name is Ishaan, and I am one of the founders of our new non-profit organization, Puddletown Chess. We named it Puddletown because Portland is a very rainy city. I want to do many things with this organization. First, I want to introduce many new people to the game. This…