Oct 27 News and Ratings

Today we learned about forks and tried to finish getting everyone to do the 2 rook checkmate in 14 moves or fewer. Advanced players reviewed the Evans Gambit. We all solved problems on a worksheet involving forks.

Next tournament is Nov 4 at Highview Middle School in New Brighton. Play only players in your own grade. If we have 3 in one grade, we have a team. (Students may play up a grade or two to fill out a team. I think a 4th grade team of Lennox,Suhaas,Michael and 5th grade Kartik, Everett, Bharath would do well. Others are welcome, too. In chess everyone plays 5 games and the team is not penalized if a player does not do well. Cost $24, Register at door at 8:30, or members can register on-line at Schoolchess.org with their ID#

Upcoming Tournaments
Nov4 Highview Middle School, New Brighton Grade Level and Team Competition
Nov 18 Metcalf Middle School, Burnsville Special Girls Sections
Dec 2 Metcalf Middle School, Burnsville Grade Level and Team Competition
Jan 6 Metcalf 5-player teams go head to head vs other schools

Gr	Name	Oct 27
5	Kartik	979
6	Hale	909
3	Gage	728
5	Everett	710
4	Lennox	665
5	Bharath	645
6	Isaac	588
6	Thomas L	567
6	Tapio	552
4	Suhaas	503
4	Michael	502
4	Sawyer	355
5	Raiyan	283
3	Zachary	252
3	Dennis	249
5	Aishwarya	239
2	Anvith	185
4	Thomas H	176
4	Jackson	160
5	Rigo	123
2	William H	118
6	William C	114
3	Isabel	110
3	Amir	100

Tournament Results

Six of our players played in a tournament in Burnsville on Saturday.
Highlights: Suhaas (click for photo) received a silver medal for having won 25 games in tournaments. Kartik went into the final round undefeated. Bharath finished in the top half. Gage won 3 of the 4 games he played gaining 28 rating points. As a group, we gained 10 rating points.
Here are the results:

Name .. R1R2R3R4R5Pts Chg Bef Aft Merit
Kartik..W W D W L 3.5 +10 944 954 66
Hale....H W L W L 2.5 -40 929 889 54.5
Gage....H W L W W 3.5 +28 687 715 62
Bharath.L W L W W 3.0 +14 603 617 31.5
Suhaas..L W L W L 2.0  -2 497 495 28.5
Anvith..L W L L L 1.0  +0 153 153 4
Totals--14W 13L 1D    +10

Oct 13 Chess Club

Beginners reviewed the ladder checkmate with 2 rooks and the King and Queen checkmate.

Advanced players learned a variety of the Giuoco Piano called the
  Evans Gambit.
It features rapid development, mobility, open game, preventing your opponent from castling.
I apologize - we did not learn the Danish Gambit last week - we skipped that lesson because there was no school last week.

Name	KRR	KQ	Oct 13
Kartik	PASS	PASS	944
Hale	PASS	PASS	929
Gage	PASS		687
Everett	PASS	PASS	680
Lennox	PASS		652
Bharath	PASS	PASS	603
Isaac	PASS	PASS	588
Thomas L	PASS	PASS	567
Tapio	PASS		552
Michael	PASS		505
Suhaas	PASS	PASS	497
Sawyer	PASS	PASS	328
Raiyan	PASS		273
Dennis	PASS		241
Zachary	PASS	PASS	212
Aishwarya	PASS	PASS	173
Anvith	PASS	PASS	153
Thomas H			152
Jackson			141
William C			114
Rigo	PASS		113
Isabel			110
Amir			100
William H			100