This year's Trumpeter Classic Junior Chess Tournament was held on Saturday, January 17, 2009.  Our turnout was somewhat less than expected with a number of our regular attendees having prior committments.  However, we had 8 players in the tournament and this year's champion was David Miller with a perfect 6-0 score.  Second place was won by Alex Pradzinski with 5/6 points losing only to David.  Mitchell Driedger from LaCrete, Alberta made the 5 hour trek to compete for the trophy but came up short against both David and Alex.  He ended up in 3rd place with 4/6 points.

Overall the tournament was a great success as the Williamson brothers (Austin and Jacob) played in their second tournament and we had 2 chess players from the Swanavon Elementary Chess Club, Brayden Webb and Caitlin Vance, both competing in their first chess tournament.  Previous Swanavon Elementary Chess Club (2 time) champion, Stephanie Pradzinski, came out of semi-retirement to play in this year's event.  She was quite rusty, finishing with 2.5/6 points. 

This event was sponsored by the Grande Prairie Chess Club and was organized and directed by Tim Pradzinski.  A great time was had by all! 

David Miller took home the $100 first place prize.  Alex Pradzinski took home the $25 second place prize.  Mitchell Driedger took home the $20 third place prize.  Everyone went home with at least one door prize of some kind.

David Miller will get his name engraved on the illustrious Lefkowitz trophy and has earned FREE entries to the 2009 Trumpeter Classic and 2010 Trumpeter Classic Junior. 

Congratulations David for a fine performance!