{"id":841,"date":"2018-01-09T12:07:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T12:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?p=841"},"modified":"2018-01-09T16:27:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T16:27:24","slug":"2018-greater-new-york-the-big-freeze-couldnt-keep-record-breaking-numbers-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"2018 Greater New York: The Big Freeze Couldn&#8217;t Keep Record-Breaking Numbers Away!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Record cold temperatures couldn&#8217;t keep players away. The 2018 Greater New York Championship had a record-shattering attendance, as players from all over the Tri-state area came to the Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge to enjoy a weekend of chess and fun. Even with the tournament was able to attract more than 1500 K-12 players, smashing previous records!<a href=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?attachment_id=844\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-844\" src=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess3.png 1038w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess3-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess3-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess3-1024x680.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Garry Kasparov made an appearance, even making the first move in some of the top boards! There were a variety of tournament sections, based on age and rating band. These were the final winners from the Championship (open) section in High School, Junior High, Elementary, Primary and K-1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?attachment_id=845\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-845\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-845\" src=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess2.png 889w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess2-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess2-768x593.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For complete results, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnyscc.com\/results.html\">https:\/\/www.gnyscc.com\/results.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?attachment_id=846\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-846\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-846\" src=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess.png 789w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NYChess-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Record cold temperatures couldn&#8217;t keep players away. 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Even with the tournament was able to attract more than 1500 K-12 players, smashing previous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-2018-greater-ny-chess-championships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}