ORCCON 2013

Another thoroughly enjoyable time was had at the convention!  As you can see from the photos, we had two surprise meetings.  One from Ivan Van Norman (of KING OF THE NERDS fame; the irony was not lost on us).  The other was from Ton Jones (of AUCTION HUNTERS).  Ton had a couple conversations with us and played multiple games.  Ton shared one thing with us that we prized:

"I used to play chess as a kid and stopped.  [Sovereign Chess] made me want to play chess again."

We held another "Sovereign Chess Tournament," culminating in a fierce championship game between Jonathan Murray (Black) v. Amalique Acuña (White).

The match resulted in Tournament declaring Jonathan Murray (Black) the victor and Amalique Acuña (White) runner up.

DEPICTED BELOW:

The winning check mate, showing WHITE's win (Jonathan Murray). White controls Orange (k8), Pink (i6), Yellow (k6) and Dark Blue (l12; noted because Dark Blue controls Pink). This Check Mates the Black King on n14. The Black King cannot escape by capturing the Dark Gray pawn because the color is not controlled at that time.