Here are the final ratings at the end of the fall session.
Hope to see most of you in the spring.
If your rating is above 300 you should consider coming to a tournament. Many of you have already come.
For a schedule of chess tournaments for children, see
www.schoolchess.org

Salem Hills ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Hassing	Connor	695
Das	Archit	622
Klancher	Simon	602
Mens	Isabella	584
Engleson	Tate	551
Iyer	Arush	546
Carpenter	Ryan	377
Bly	Eliana	305
Chowdhury	Shiraj	268
Maccarone	William	265
Kehl	Soren	148
Jacob	Scheffer	110

After Nov 16

Good Luck Saturday at Metcalf!

Salem Hills ByRating

First Name	Rating
Connor	782
Simon	639
Archit	595
Isabella	589
Tate	551
Arush	519
Ryan	357
Eliana	305
Shiraj	270
William	265
Soren	141
Scheffer	110

Rating Nov 9, 2012

Salem Hills ByRating

First Name	Rating
Connor	757
Simon	618
Archit	600
Isabella	588
Tate	534
Arush	512
Ryan	373
Shiraj	279
Eliana	279
William	234
Soren	132

Ratings after Nov 2

Ratings after Nov 2
Lesson was on Discovered Attacks

Salem Hills ByRating

First Name	Rating
Connor	742
Simon	603
Archit	589
Isabella	573
Tate	529
Arush	497
Ryan	364
Eliana	266
Shiraj	264
William	223
Soren	121

Nov 3 Tournament Results

Congratulation to the 4th grade team of Connor Hassing, Tate Engleson and Simon Klancher who took second place at the tournament. Connor had an outstanding tournament, winning 3 games and losing only to the 3rd and 4th place finishers.
Gr Name.. 1 2 3 4 5 T Rating
 4 Tate.. L W W L L 2 +1==508
 4 Connor W L W W L 3 +14=716
 4 Simon..L W W L L 2 -14=584
 3 Ryan...L L L W L 1 -44=360

Nov 3 Tournament

Tournament Saturday Nov 3 at Burnsville Metcalf if you are interested.
Show up to register at 8:00 - 8:30am should be done by 3:00.
Register on-line if you want and show up at 9:30
We're going to have a 4th grade team, I think.
Cost is $18 plus a $2 membership fee if this is your first tournament.
Details at www.schoolchess.org

Ratings were adjusted because 2 players participated in the Oct 20 tournament.

Salem Hills ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Hassing	Connor	702
Das	Archit	600
Klancher	Simon	598
Mens	Isabella	567
Engleson	Tate	507
Iyer	Arush	461
Carpenter	Ryan	404
Chowdhury	Shiraj	264
Bly	Eliana	259
Maccarone	William	194
Kehl	Soren	141

Ratings after 10/12

No chess next Friday - no school.
Congratulations to Isabella who got the highest score on the hurdles test - 13 out of 16!

Salem Hills Rating

First Name	Rating	Attendance
Connor	708	3
Simon	579	3
Archit	571	3
Isabella	570	2
Tate	511	3
Arush	427	3
Ryan	402	3
Shiraj	262	2
Eliana	231	3
William	200	3
Soren	126	3

Oct 5 Ratings

Salem Hills Chess

Last Name	First Name	Rating	Attendance
Hassing	Connor	681	2
Das	Archit	568	2
Klancher	Simon	563	2
Mens	Isabella	552	1
Engleson	Tate	495	2
Carpenter	Ryan	406	2
Iyer	Arush	395	2
Chowdhury	Shiraj	232	1
Bly	Eliana	221	2
Maccarone	William	204	2
Kehl	Soren	110	2

Welcome to Chess Club

Welcome back to another year of chess at Salem Hills. There were some exciting games!
Connor and Isabel played an exciting see-saw ending.
Practice those endgames I showed you today King and Queen vs King, King & Rook vs King and King and 2 Bishops vs King.

Salem Hills Rating

Last Name	First Name	Rating	Attendance
Hassing	Connor	691	1
Mens	Isabella	552	1
Das	Archit	542	1
Klancher	Simon	527	1
Engleson	Tate	476	1
Carpenter	Ryan	403	1
Iyer	Arush	374	1
Maccarone	William	195	1
Bly	Eliana	191	1
Kehl	Soren	108	1

Ratings June 1, 2012

Salem Hills

First Name	Rating
Connor	674
Isabella	559
Archit	557
Simon	510
Ryan	410
Arush	359
Shiraj	236
Daniel	219

Ratings on May 18

Salem Hills
Name...Rating
Connor... 674
Isabella. 580
Archit... 547
Simon.... 491
Ryan..... 419
Arush.... 328
Daniel... 230
Shiraj... 228

Ratings after May 11

Salem Hills

First Name	Rating
Connor	623
Isabella	580
Archit	556
Simon	464
Ryan	417
Arush	308
Daniel	223
Shiraj	215

Here are the ratings after May 5

Salem Hills

First Name	Rating
Connor	630
Archit	571
Isabella	564
Simon	439
Ryan	402
Arush	269
Daniel	228
Shiraj	204

No one correctly solved problem # 3. Can anyone solve it before next class?
White's turn. The lesson was on pins. Make sure you can gain material.

Ratings 4/27/12

Salem Hills

First Name	Rating
Connor	617
Archit	556
Isabella	546
Simon	424
Ryan	369
Arush	239
Daniel	218
Shiraj	206

Tournament Results

Simon - Great tournament!!! 3.5 points  
You raised your rating from 341 to 409 Up 68 points!

Ratings on 4-20-2012

Salem Hills

First Name	Rating
Connor	600
Archit	539
Isabella	529
Ryan	363
Simon	341
Arush	229
Shiraj	206
Daniel	205

Ratings after March 30

Don't forget the big statewide tournament coming up April 21-22. Go to www.schoolchess.org to see how to register. Do it now before the price goes up.

Connor 588
Archit 551
Bella. 507
Ryan.. 347
Simon. 343
Shiraj 217
Daniel 211
Arush. 208

Ratings after March 23

For those of you who left early, Simon beat Arush.

Connor 572
Archit 528
Bella. 473
Ryan.. 349
Simon. 308
Shiraj 213
Daniel 211
Arush. 208

Nationals

This is the last week to register for the High School National CHess Championships in Mpls. before the price start going up. The cost this week is $50 + USCF membership which is about $20. Register on-line at www.uschess.org go to National Events, Find the High School Section and then Register. You're on your own for this one, though I will be there if you let me know you're going.

Ratings for New Session

Ratings after March 16

I have ratings for 3 reasons. Students can see their progress. They can tell who they should be playing. I can tell who I should encourage to attend tournaments.

Today we learned to accomplish 3 things in the opening:

1) Don't fiddle, control the middle.

2) Develop your knights and bishops right away. Get them out of the back row.

3) Castle to get your king safe.

We also learn to notate a game and practice doing that.

Connor 571

Archit 493

Bella. 476

Ryan.. 310

Simon. 275

Arush. 203

Shiraj 199

Daniel 192

Ratings after March 10

Salem Hills

First Name	Rating
Michaela	952
Joshua	839
Connor	564
Isabella	463
Tate	451
John	350
Ryan	292
Simon	261
Eliana	189

Ratings after Feb 11

It's been awhile during our winter hiatus (look that up in you dictionary)
Statewide Grade Level tournament on Sat. Feb. 25, at Capitol Hill. Be there!

Salem Hills

First Name	Rating
Michaela	987
Joshua	839
Connor	564
Isabella	463
Tate	451
John	350
Ryan	282
Simon	221
Eliana	189