05/10/26 Forty chess players turned out for our final chess tournament of the season (and also helped us celebrate National Jelly Bean Day) on April 22nd at the Jesup Memorial Library! There were surprising upsets, some squeakers on time, and a whole lot of fun and jelly beans!

Thanks to Dan Monahan for contributing to this report.

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As the dust settled, Tobias Coffey and Ezra Sassaman tied for first place in the US Chess Federation rated Open section with 3.5 wins out of 4 games each, followed by Isaiah Fallon with 3 wins. In the rated under 1000 section, Makayla Bouchard was unstoppable with a perfect 4 out of 4 wins, followed by Ben Freudig and Vivek Kohar with 3 wins each. In the rated under 500 section, Elam Monahan took home the first prize bucket of jelly beans with 3.5 wins, followed by Vishesh Kohar with 3 wins and Samuel Change and Jasper Cook tied for third place with 2.5 wins. And in the non-rated community section, tournament newcomers John Stadler, Andrew Hobbs, and Caleb Grass finished in the top three with 4, 3, and 3 wins, respectively.

Thanks to the Jesup Memorial Library for hosting and making this event amazing and free for all. And thanks to everyone who came out to or helped organize a Hancock County chess tournament over the past year and to folks who organized local chess clubs. Together we are building a chess community in Hancock County and we hope to do more next year, starting in the Fall. If you want to volunteer or have any ideas please drop us a line. In the meantime, have a great summer!

Thanks to all who participated!