Final Ratings and Salem Hills Tournament Results

Final Ratings

Name	16-May
Connor	808
Simon	795
Tate	704
Arush	664
Isabella	615
Max	391
Shiraj	332
Isaac	163

Tournament Final Results

Tbk1=total pts of opponents
Tbk2=sum of pts after each round
Tbk3=Tbk1 but toss out lowest score if you finished above .500, toss out highest if below .500

Seed	Name	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Total	Tbk1	Tbk2	Tbk3
2	Simon	W6	W4	W1	3	5	6	4
1	Connor	W5	W3	L2	2	6	5	5
6	Max	L2	W7	W4	2	4	3	4
5	Arush	L1	W8	W3	2	4	3	3
4	Isabella	W8	L2	L6	1	6	3	3
3	Tate	W7	L1	L5	1	4	3	2
8	Isaac	L4	L5	X7	1	3	1	1
7	Shiraj	L3	L6	F8	0	4	0	2

Simon Klancher wins chess championship

Congratulations to Simon Klancher who is the Salem Hills Chess Champion of 2014. He also took over first place in the ratings (thanks to a kibitzing penalty against Connor)
We still have 2 games to go next week.
Medal and ribbons will be handed out net week.
Name.........Score.............Rating

Simon	3	790
Connor	2	783
Tate	1	699
Arush	2	659
Isabella	1+	637
Max	1+	359
Shiraj	0+	332
Isaac	0+	158

Ratings and Standings after Round 2

Ratings

Name	2-May
Connor	805
Simon	768
Tate	713
Isabella	637
Arush	635
Max	359
Shiraj	332
Isaac	158

Standings

		Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Total
1	Connor	W5 w	W3b	2b	2
2	Simon	W6 b	W4b	1w	2
3	Tate	W7 w	L1w	5b	1
4	Isabella	W8 b	L2w	6b	1
5	Arush	L1 b	W8w	3w	1
6	Max	L2 w	W7b	4b	1
7	Shiraj	L3 b	L6w	8b	0
8	Isaac	L4 w	L5b	7w	0

Ratings after April 11

No Chess Club Friday (Good Friday)
We will have one extra club meeting on May 16th to make up for the snow day.

Match-ups for next Friday:
Bella White vs Connor Black
Simon White vs Tate Black
Arush White vs Isaac Black
Shiraj White vs Max Black

Connor	789
Simon	751
Tate	722
Isabella	646
Arush	629
Shiraj	343
Max	338
Isaac	154

Ratings after Saturday

Congratulations to Simon Klancher who won 3 games on Saturday and has earned his gold medal!

Ratings

Connor	774
Simon	718
Tate	716
Isabella	668
Arush	635
Max	360
Shiraj	339
Isaac	126

Ratings

Problem 8: White to move. Here are some choices that don't work:
1. Qb4? Nd5 2. Bxg7+ Kxg7 3. Qd4+ Qf6 4. Rxe7 Nxe7
1. Bxf6? Qxe1+ 2. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 3. Kh2 gxf6
1. Bd6? Qxd6
Keep looking

1.Bc3!! (protects the rook and threatens to go to b4 which is well-guarded. Qd7 2. Bb4 (not 2. Rxe7 Kxe7!) Ng8 with good defense, Black minimizes his losses.

Ratings

First Name	4/4/14
Connor	875
Tate	716
Simon	720
Isabella	668
Arush	635
Max	360
Shiraj	339
Isaac	126

Statewide Results

Congratulations to Simon Klancher who did well at the Statewide Tournament.
Simon lost only once on day one. His rating went up 17 points. He now has 47 merit points and needs only 3 more for a gold medal.

Last	First	23-Mar
Hassing	Connor	858
Engleson	Tate	716
Klancher	Simon	687
Mens	Isabella	669
Iyer	Arush	602
Hansen	Max	353
Chowdhury	Shiraj	339
Mens	Isaac	100

New Rating and Schedule

Feb 7 Openings

Feb14 no chess

Feb 21 snow day

Feb 28 Forks

March 7 no chess

March 8 Tournament at Metcalf

March 14 Hurdles and Skewers

March 21 no chess

March 22-23 State Chess Tournament at Minnehaha Academy North Campus

March 28 no chess

April 4 Pins

April 5 Tournament at Metcalf (last tournament of the year)

April 11 Minimal material mates

April 18 no chess

April 25 Discovered attacks

May 2 Undermining

May 9 Overload

May 16 Salem Hills Chess Class Tournament

Updated Mar 10 after tournament

Salem Hills By Rating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Hassing	Connor	858
Engleson	Tate	716
Klancher	Simon	672
Mens	Isabella	669
Iyer	Arush	602
Hansen	Max	353
Chowdhury	Shiraj	339
Mens	Isaac	100

New Season Feb 7

Here are the latest ratings
If you'd like some interesting problems, check out one of my other blogs at www.jhlchess.blogspot.com

Remember no chess next week on Feb 14 - see you on Feb 21

Salem Hills By Rating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Hassing	Connor	825
Klancher	Simon	707
Engleson	Tate	697
Mens	Isabella	652
Iyer	Arush	579
Chowdhury	Shiraj	328
Hansen	Max	316
Mens	Isaac	104