2012 K12 Grade Level Nationals - Dec 2, 2012

In round 6, Cameron played Jonathan Chiang and only managed to draw.  In round 7, he is playing Jason Shi.

Last Day - December 2 - 2012 K12 Grade Level Nationals - Orlando, Florida

Today Cameron received his fourth All-American Team jacket, being named a member of the 2013 All American Team. They always put his name on the jacket, and this year, he opted to have "Caminator" embroidered instead of his name. It's such an honor to be named with an elite group of young scholastic chess players. 

Today, team Kennedy has 12.5 points. They are ahead of IS 318 by 2.5 points. We hope we can maintain that lead to take the team championships.

Cameron is playing Jonathan Chiang on board 1. There are currently three players with a perfect 5-0 record.  Jonathan, Cameron and David Floeder from MN followed by 11 players with 4-0, including fellow Kennedy Team Mate Pranav Srihari, then 6 players with 3.5, including Kennedy Team Mate, Kingsley Wang.  Let's go Team Kennedy.

December 1 - Rounds 3-5 - K12 Grade Level Nationals - Orlando, Florida

	Cameron's third round opponent, Brittany Nguyen. It's the second girl Cameron has played in this tournament. It's interesting that there are not many girls playing chess and Cameron plays two in the last three rounds. He won this game. Since the round started at 10:00 a.m. we were a little late to this round and had to run to the playing hall. The clocks were just starting when Cameron entered.
	Cameron's fourth round opponent, Prateek Pinisetti. this was Cameron's longest game so far. He was losing in the opening, but ended up winning in the end. This game had him a little worried. This time Cameron's opponent arrived a little late to the round, Cameron thought Prateek was doing some preparation for the opening because he played the opening very well. Cameron is now 4-0.
	Cameron's fifth round opponent, fellow Californian Art Zhao, the two have met many times. Unfortunately Art had to be black twice in a row. Cameron was due to be white and because he is higher rated, he got his color and Art had to be black two times in a row. Cameron wins this round and is no2 5-0.

We did take time to go to Downtown Disney. We went to Wolfgang Pucks Pizzeria and walked the length of Downtown. We took pictures where the boys would cooperate. It was the fastest that I've ever been in and out of Downtown Disney, I didn't have any time to to shop or have fun :-(.