Sitka Chess Tournament

SITKA CHESS TOURNAMENT – Participants in the First Bank Sitka Chess Tournament line up following the tourney May 17 in Sitka. It was Sitka Chess Club’s first rated U.S. Chess Federation event. Tournament Director Reilly O’Hara, Alaska Chess Federation, traveled from Anchorage to run the event. Final tournament standings are: Rated Open, first Alexander Allison, second Joey Mudry, third Zeke Blackwell. Rated Scholastic, first Marcus Bakkes, second Sylas Degner, third Riot Lindbergh. Unrated Open, first Stephen Black, second Kaeden Skultka, third Harry Lysons III. Sitka plans to send a contingent to the Alaska State Championship on Oct. 4 in Anchorage. Appreciation was extended to the tournament’s corporate sponsors, First Bank, and to the Alaska Chess Federation. (Photo provided to the Sentinel)