William Alston
is the New Jersey
State Chess Champ
William Alston {far right} Playing and defeating Gregory Beaumont ,
Rated (1700) from the Butler chess club, William finished second place in The Hoboken First Sunday of the Month tournament back to back!.
William successes are many!
Winning first board 3 times at the Children School of N.J. tournament.
William beat the New York city champion in a tournament game held in New York.
William has won 4 out of 5 games 3 years in a row at the New Jersey State championships. (previous to this years 5-0 championship)
William is a perenial winner at the Friday night G/15 tournaments.
And many more!
Max Tamakin (below )
Max (2004) won the New Jersey State Chess Championship 2nd grade 3rd place championship!
And aided his team to win for the 4th year in a row, Hoboken !
Last year (2003) Max won 3 games at the New Jersey State Championships as well, aiding the Hoboken Chess academy team to an un-precedented third consecutive state championship!