Friday, May 31, 2013

Answers for the last two weeks plus final ratings

Answers and who got it right!
1. Bxh2+! Jared, Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Arush
2. Bc7!  Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Arush
3. e6!  Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Arush
4. Rxg7+ Jared, Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Arush
5. Ngf6+ Jared, Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Arush
6. Rb2!  Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Arush
7. Rxd3!! No one got it. Most of you said Rf1+ But after RxR BxQ KxB it's even point-wise.
8. Bxd3 and the queen dare not take back! Jared, Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Arush

1. Bg6+ Jared, Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Shiraj
2. Bf4!  Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Shiraj
3. Ne6+! Jared, Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Shiraj
4. Re8+ Jared, Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Shiraj
5. d5 wins the knight! Jared, Connor, Tate, Simon, Bella, Max, Shiraj (although 3 of you wrote D5 instead of d5 and lost one point)
6. Bxb2 Rxb2 0-0-0+!! No one got it.
7.Nxd3 Qxd3? Bxh2+! wins the queen. Connor was the only one who submitted a correct answer.
8. 1. ...Rxe1 2. Rxe1 Re2!!! Threatens mate on f2 and QxQ. If black plays QxQ then RxR+ (zwishenzug!) followed by gxf6 leaving black with a rook and white with no pieces except pawns. No one figured this one out.. Even I couldn't figure this one out in class.

Salem Hills ByRating
Last Name First Name Rating
Hassing Connor 860
Klancher Simon 711
Engleson Tate 691
Mens Isabella 652
Iyer Arush 586
Chowdhury Shiraj 324
Hansen Max 316
Geschwill Jared 292

Friday, May 17, 2013

Ratings After May 17, 2013


Salem Hills ByRating
Last Name
First Name
Rating
Hassing
Connor
843
Klancher
Simon
698
Engleson
Tate
674
Mens
Isabella
639
Iyer
Arush
571
Hansen
Max
316
Chowdhury
Shiraj
311
Geschwill
Jared
292

Friday, May 10, 2013

#7 fooled everyone - even me for a while."There's got to be a better answer" since the best answers still left the game dead even. After not coming up with anything I remembered that I had made an answer key.
Aha! Brilliant and clear move! I'll show you next meeting.

Salem Hills ByRating
Last Name First Name Rating
Hassing Connor 818
Klancher Simon 685
Engleson Tate 657
Mens Isabella 634
Iyer Arush 571
Hansen Max 305
Chowdhury Shiraj 298
Geschwill Jared 280

Friday, May 3, 2013

Ratings after May 3

I had to take away a lot of points for bad notation.
If it's check, you must put a + after the move
If it's a capture it's Bxa2, not Ba2x
Pieces are always capital letters
Squares are always lower case letter

Scores: at 2 points per problem 8 problems maximum 16 points
 Simon  and Connor 13
 Max and Bella 10
Arush 7, Shiraj 6, Jared took his home to finish      


Salem Hills ByRating
Last Name First Name Rating
Hassing Connor 799
Klancher Simon 653
Engleson Tate 638
Mens Isabella 611
Iyer Arush 566
Hansen Max 295
Chowdhury Shiraj 293
Geschwill Jared 268