Wednesday, February 28, 2018

State Tournament Coming Up Soon


Statte Chess Championships for Grades K-6
April 14-15 Two days 7 rounds - Breck School - we need 4 for a team but individuals can compete also. K-3 and 4-6 sections 4-6 section will award 14 team trophies and 31 individual trophies. Register now - print form from www.schoolchess.org and mail in early for a discount.


Last year's results were exciting but we came so close to doing so much better - here's a reminder:
1 more point and we would have been 5th place and the top 4 would have also received medals.
1 WAYZC Wayzata Central Middle 21.5 113.5
2 METCA Metcalf Jr High 18.5 94.5
3 BRECK Breck 17.5 101
4 MTKES Minnetonka East Middle 17 85.5
5 SEWRD Seward Elementary (Montessori) 16 91.5
6 MJDS Minneapolis Jewish Day School 16 90.5
7 RSI Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion 16 82.5
8 CAPHL Capitol Hill Magnet/rondo 15.5 90
9 SALHL Salem Hills/Atheneum Elementary 15.5 84
Kartik Saravanapandi 4.5
Everett Kehl 4.0
Thomas Lorentz 4.0
Bharath Nair 3.0
Isaac Mens 3.0
Tapio Niemioja 2.5
10 HBSHP Harriet Bishop Elementary 14.5 82.5
11 SJBNB St John the Baptist (New Brighton) 14 75.5
12 MEADB Meadowbrook 14 68.5
13 GOODS Good Shepherd School 13.5 76.5
14 BYRNE William Byrne Elementary 13 80
15 CORNE Cornelia Elementary 12.5 84.5
16 CHOF Christ's Household of Faith 12.5 57
17 PLYCR Plymouth Creek Elementary 12 65.5

Friday, February 23, 2018

Latest Ratings

Work on the 2 Rook Checkmate if you have not done that.
Next up is the king and queen checkmate
Next Tournament March 10 at Metcalf M.S.
Set aside April 14-15 for the Elementary and Primary Chess Championships at Breck
Name 23-Feb
Kartik 1015
Hale 899
Lennox 799
Bharath 734
Gage 699
Suhaas 656
Michael 649
Aishwarya 480
Sawyer 428
Zachary 402
Raiyan 349
Anvith 342
Dennis 328
Thomas 308
Rishik 297
Jackson 210
William 148
Nathan 147
Nivrit 143
Faith 142
Rigo 113
Rowan 100
Amir 100
Ashwin 100
S.J. 100

Saturday, February 17, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Congratulations to the 4th grade team which won the SCA State Championship!!
Michael Hernandez and Lennox Tan each won 4 games for a total of 8 points - which was higher than
an other team with three players!!!
Michael won the 5th place trophy, Lennox got a golden knight medal for honorable mention and Gage also got the 5th place trophy in the 3rd grade section. Lennox also earned his bronze medal and will receive it at the next tournament he attends.

Gr Name    W L D Bef Aft Chg Merit
2  Anvith  2 3 0 327 329  +2 15.5
3  Gage    4 1 0 744 757 +13 88.2
4  Michael 4 1 0 573 638 +65  8.0
4  Lennox  4 1 0 767 808 +41 12.5
6  Hale    3 2 0 914 880 -34 77.2
   TOTAL  17 8 0         +87 

Friday, February 9, 2018

New Session Chess News

Tournament Saturday Feb 17 at Metcalf Middle School 8:30 - 2:30 approx
Play against children in your same grade See previous post for more details.


Name 9-Feb
Kartik 1014
Hale 914
Lennox 767
Gage 744
Bharath 716
Suhaas 618
Michael 573
Aishwarya 449
Sawyer 411
Zachary 372
Raiyan 341
Anvith 327
Dennis 326
Rishik 313
Thomas H 278
Jackson 214
William H 128
Nathan 126
Faith 123
Nivrit 122
Rowan 100
Amir 100
Ashwin 100
S.J. 100

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Upcoming Tournaments, Ratings

TOURNAMENTS
  Feb 17 State Grade Level Championships - Individual Competition and Teams of 3 in one grade
    Metcalf Middle School, Burnsville Register before 8:30 or on-line if you've played before.
    Cost $20 + $5 for lunch Done by about 2:30

RATINGS
I have a rating system which serves several purposes:
1) children can monitor their progress
2) children will be able to chose someone of their own ability to play
3) children will have a good idea of what to expect if they attend a tournament
4) if I have to select a team, I have on objective way of selecting the team
5) children will always try their hardest when playing

*not enrolled but may be participating in tournaments


Gr Name 8-Feb
5 Kartik 1036
6 Hale 903
3 Gage 740
4 Lennox 731
5 Everett * 715
5 Bharath 710
4 Suhaas 589
4 Michael 567
4 Sawyer 427
3 Dennis 345
4 Thomas H 246
5 Aishwarya 443
3 Zachary 371
2 Anvith 299
4 Jackson 225
2 Rishik 300
4 Nathan 100
4 Rowan 100
3 Ashwin 100
3 Faith 100
2 Nivrit 100
2 Amir 100
1 S.J. 100

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Feb 3 Tournament

Sec   Name      W  L  D  Bef  Aft Chg Merit
Rated Hale      1  3  0  924  903 -21  74.2
Rated Gage      1  3  0  724  740 +16  83.2
Jr Hi Kartik    3  1  0 1036 1036 =    86.5 4th Place Trophy
Elem  Lennox    3  2  0  732  731 -1    8.5
Elem  Aishwarya 2  2  1  411  443 +32   4.5
TOTALS         10 11  1           +26