Friday, March 23, 2018

Reigster for State Now!

Afraid of playing in the State Championship? Unlike other sports, chess is actually easier at the state tournament because there are lots of teams with players that show up at state who haven't been at other tournaments. However, at the high end all the good players will be there and it will be hard to win 5 games out of seven. Don't compare yourself to the top kids in the club - they are all chess champions - the top 7 have all won trophies (only the top 6 kids earn trophies at tournaments) and don't forget our 4th graders took 1st place in the state in Feb.

Register for the Statewide Tournament on April 14 -15. It's a two day tournament with 5 rounds Saturday and two more Sunday. (If you want to go to church on Sunday morning, you can register for a bye ahead of time and get half a point for that round - or any other round. No more than two half point byes will be granted and no byes in round 7) This is the biggest and best tournament of the year. Come help celebrate SCA's 50th Anniversary!
Go to www.schoolchess.org and download a form. Fill it out and mail it in early for the discount.
Price $$$ goes up if you delay. Deadline is April 5 for the early discount.

I'm using my usual rubrik of 400 rating for 4th-5th and 300 for K-3 which should give you a chance to win several games and score some points for our team. I'm making an exception with Faith who has been improving rapidly and by tournament time will be near 300.
REG - already registered
yes - parent plans on registering student
prob - probably will register soon
? - I'd like to see them come, but I haven't yet contacted them
blank - you're welcome to come if you don't mind losing most games

Sch Gr State Last Name 23-Mar
SH 5 REG  1 Saravanapandi Kartik 1038
6 REG 2 Halvorson Hale 938
SH 4  REG 3 Tan Lennox 851
3 no 4 Halvorson Gage 823
SH 5  REG 5 Nair Bharath 816
SH 4  REG 6 Pothula Suhaas 691
SH 4  REG 7 Hernandez Michael 666
SH 5  REG 8 Pillai Aishwarya 552
SH 4  REG 9 Immel Sawyer 473
SH 3  REG 10 Browning Zachary 460
SH 4  No 11 Hartlaub Thomas 424
SH 5 REG 12  Ali Raiyan 392
SH 2  REG 13 Pothula Anvith 366
SH 2  REG 14 Kondadadi Rishik 352
SH 3  REG 15 Gofman Dennis 308
SH 4 16 Helmberger Jackson 245
SH 3  ? 17 Agada Faith 183
SH 2 18 Kotturi Nivrit 177
SH 4 19 Price Nathan 154
SH 3 20 Valle Ashwin 136
SH 4 21 Whelan Rowan 133
SH 5 22 Tesoro Rigo 118
SH 2 23 Hernandez William 114
SH 1 24 Agada S.J. 114
SH 3 25 McCord Amir 105

Friday, March 16, 2018

Register For State! Latest Ratings

Register for the Statewide Tournament on April 14 -15
Go to www.schoolchess.org and download a form. Fill it out and mail it in early for the discount.
Price $$$ goes up if you delay. Deadline is April 5!


Name KRR KQ KR 16-Mar
Kartik PASS PASS PASS 1017
Hale PASS PASS PASS 910
Lennox PASS PASS PASS 851
Gage PASS PASS PASS 788
Bharath PASS PASS PASS 781
Suhaas PASS PASS PASS 687
Michael PASS PASS PASS 660
Aishwarya PASS PASS PASS 532
Sawyer PASS PASS PASS 442
Zachary PASS PASS PASS 426
Thomas PASS PASS PASS 410
Raiyan PASS PASS 366
Anvith PASS PASS 348
Dennis PASS 316
Rishik PASS 310
Jackson PASS PASS 218
Faith PASS PASS 164
Nivrit PASS 159
Nathan PASS PASS 154
Rowan PASS 131
Amir 121
Ashwin 118
Rigo PASS 115
William 100
S.J. 100

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Tournament Results with pictures

Great results at Saturday's tournament! Congratulations to Gage who won the 3rd place trophy and to Lennox who received his bronze medal.

7th-9th                 Bef  Aft Chg Merit
 Kartik  W W L L D 2.5 1025 1012 -13  89.0
4th-6th
 Hale    W W D L W 3.5  893  898  +5  80.75
 Bharath W D L W W 3.5  723  743 +20  43.0
3.4
 Lennox  W W W L L 3.0  826  836 +10  15.5
 Suhaas  L W W L W 3.0  658  666  +8  38.5
K-3rd
 Gage    W W W W L 4.0  706  757 +51  93.25
 Anvith  L W L L W 2.0  366  358  -8  17.5

Total
Wins   20 
Losses 12
Draws   3

Suhaas passed Michael, and Gage regained his #4 spot over Bharath.

Friday, March 9, 2018

Register for State!

Hope to see a lot of you tomorrow at the tournament at Metcalf
Parents - go to schoolchess.org to register for the Statewide Tournament - don't wait or the price goes up! 


Name9-Mar
Kartik1025
Hale893
Lennox826
Bharath723
Gage706
Michael665
Suhaas658
Aishwarya496
Sawyer442
Zachary405
Thomas366
Anvith366
Raiyan363
Dennis306
Rishik292
Jackson203
Nivrit172
Nathan155
Faith139
William130
Rigo126
Rowan100
Amir100
Ashwin100
S.J.100