Autumn's Bio

5-28-2011 Autumn played in the Rutherford County Open placing 52 out of 70 in this strong open tournament.
5-1-2011 Autumn competed in the National High School Championship. Placing 188 of 247 players.
4-9-2011 Autumn placed 6th in the All Girls Tennessee Championship.
1-16-2011 Autumn placed 12th out of 30 in the Tennessee Winter Open.
12-16-2010 Autumn brought home a trophy for 2nd in the 10th grade NATIONALS - U1500 division.  Her rating went up to 1388.
9-4-2010 Autumn won the first rated Clarksville Chess Tournament with a perfect 3.0, gaining 90 rating points! Great Job!!
04-16-2010 AUTUMN played in the 2010 All Girls National Championship (14 under division). Her  4 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss were good enough to tie her for 2nd place. A really good result. Overall, she played very solid Chess. She gained 12 rating points. GOOD JOB!!
03-30-2010 Autumn played for the Montgomery Central High School team this weekend in the 2010 Tennessee State Team Finals. She scored 2 wins with 1 loss. She wound up in a tie for 5th overall out of 69 players. I do not have the overall team results.
12-07-2009 Autumn participated in the MEIGS Scholastic this weekend. She had a bit of a hard time with the fast time controls not allowing sufficient time to play carefully. She won two, drew two and lost one. She dropped a quite a few rating points, going to 1388. That score was still good enough for a tie for 8th place out of 36 players.
10-17-2009 We had several players compete in the 'HEART OF TENNESSEE OPEN - 2009'. Floyd Parton and Jose Singson had the best results tying for 11th overall. Both won 3 games and lost two. Blake and Autumn both tied for 26th overall, both winning two games and losing three:

Autumn: Rated 1453, faced a master and a class 'A' player. Coming very close to beating the class 'A'. She dropped on game on time, having a winning advantage at that time.

08-03-2009 Autumn just returned from representing Tennessee at the 6th Annual Susan Polgar Nationals in Lubbock Texas. These girls represent the best girls in the country. Autumn has a fantastic tournament tying for 8th place (last year she tied for 39th place). She gained 92 rating points, winning 4 out of 6 games. Losing only to two players rated 500 points above her, while beating two players rated 300 points above her and two 'other' players...catapulting her rating to 1455. Congratulations! Great job!
04-18-2009 Autumn just finished the 2009 Tennessee Girls Championship. She had a fine result with 3 out of 4, tied for 2nd place. Having examined her games they were of a very high quality. In the final game, she held a huge advantage nearly the entire game, only to be spoiled by one blunder. But what a great result. Her rating continues to climb going to 1364.
04-03-2009 The SUPERNATIONALS are over, Autumn scored 3 wins 1 draw and 3 losses. All of her opponents out ranked her by over 100 rating points. Scoring 3.5 with that caliber of opponent, is a wonderful result. She gained 51 rating points! This takes her rating to 1339, an all time high! Be sure you congratulate her on this accomplishment.
03-21-2009 Autumn tied for 6th at the 2009 Tri-State Spring Chess open, scoring 3wins 2 losses. Her rating jumped from 1254  to 1288.Nice job!
01-24-2009 Autumn attended the unrated scholastic tournament at Wright Middle School in Nashville. She scored a very respectable 3 out of 5.
01-17-2009 Autumn played in the 2009 Murray Scholastics this weekend. Autumn scored an impressive 4-0, winning all of her games. She picked up 53 rating points, going to 1256! A great result. (see Game of the Week section)
12-12-2008 Autumn played in the 2008 K-12 Championship in Florida. She scored 4 wins with 3 loses. She won 2nd in her rating class, winning a trophy. Her rating went from 1119 to 1203 - an 84 point increase! Great job!!
10-25-2008 Autumn competed in the 29th MSU Open. She finished in a tie for 3rd. Her rating moved from 1136 to 1119 due to a heartbreaking first round oversight. She scored 3 wins, 1 loss.
9-20-2008 Autumn attended the '2008 Wright Scholastic tournament' finishing in a tie for 7th place. She won 3 and lost 2, losing 15 rating points, moving her to 1136.
6-23-2008 Autumn attended the 2008 Memphis chess camp. And competed in the tournament at the end of camp. She broke even in score, but picked up 34 rating points, moving up to 1188.
4-12-2008 Autumn played in the 2008 Tennessee Girls Championship. She placed third with 3 wins and two loses. Her rating rose to 1154.
4-5-2008 Autumn played in the 2008 Tri-State Open, scoring 3 wins with two loses. She tied for 6th place. Her rating dropped to 1141.
1-20-2008  Competed in the Knights section at the NTWO. She tied for 8th place with a score of 2 1/2 of 5. Her rating went to 1187.