Saturday, April 28, 2018

Tournament Update

Congrats to Gage who took 16th place in the Tournament of Champions
and to Anvith who won the 5th place trophy. He also earned his silver medal today.
Suhaas and Hale went into the last round with a chance at a trophy but couldn't get the win.

Name   1 2 3 4 5  Bef  Aft Chg
Gage   D L L D W  826  804 -21
Hale   W W W L D 1002 1004  +2
Suhaas W W L W L  709  729 +20
Anvith W L W W W  518  571 +53
Rishik W L L W L  367  364  -3
TOTALS 13W 9L 3D           +51


Name 28-Apr
Kartik 1065
Hale 1004
Lennox 943
Bharath 917
Gage 804
Michael 795
Suhaas 729
Aishwarya 678
Anvith 571
Raiyan 556
Zachary 512
Sawyer 479
Thomas 478
Rishik 364
Dennis 316
Jackson 286
Faith 266
Ashwin 243
Rowan 228
Nathan 220
Nivrit 209
S.J. 150
William 145
Rigo 119
Amir 100

Friday, April 27, 2018

Latest Ratings and Progress Charts



Name
27-Apr
Kartik 1065
Hale 1002
Lennox 943
Bharath 917
Gage 826
Michael 795
Suhaas 709
Aishwarya 678
Raiyan 556
Anvith 518
Zachary 512
Sawyer 479
Thomas 478
Rishik 367
Dennis 316
Jackson 286
Faith 266
Ashwin 243
Rowan 228
Nathan 220
Nivrit 209
S.J. 150
William 145
Rigo 119
Amir 100

Tournament Tomorrow at Zachary Lane Be there at 8:30 to register

READ CHARTS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT: Right is early Feb, Left is late April
All our top players made good progress this session. All these players played in numerous Saturday tournaments.
 Our second tier also had consistent improvement. Aishwarya played in several tournaments and really improved a lot this session. Most of this group played in weekend tournaments except Zachary and Sawyer.
 Faith and Ashwin just started chess this session but they have learned quickly and have caught up to some of the previous session's students. Dennis went backwards this session because he doesn't pay attention during lessons. Thomas has improved so much he passed several players and has caught that other group now. Four hundred is the threshhold where they will have some success at weekend tournaments (300 for those in K-3), so these players could be thinking about coming to tournaments.
 This group is mostly new players. New players often struggle to get and keep rating points until the next session. But most eventually started the upward climb. Some of the players at the bottom are younger and just need a little time. Rigo needs to focus more during lessons. Amir need to pay attention during lessons and work hard on worksheets to improve.

Monday, April 16, 2018

Tournament Results NOW WITH PHOTOS

Name      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Score Bef  Aft Chg Merit
Kartik    W W L L L W W  4.0 1088 1041 -47  93
Lennox    W W L W W L L  4.0  899  924 +25  19
Bharath   W L L W W W L  4.0  876  883  +7  47
Michael   W L L L W W W  4.0  753  767 +14  12
Suhaas    W L W L W L L  3.0  694  711 +17  41.5
Aishwarya L W D L W L W  3.5  615  649 +34   8
Sawyer    L L D L W L W  2.5  472  479  +7   2.5
Raiyan    W L L W W L L  3.0  427  500 +73   3

Anvith    L W W L W D W  4.5  419  501 +82  22 
Rishik    L W L L W L B  3.0  354  357  +3  11
Dennis    L D L D L D W  2.5  326  323  -3   2.5

Hale      W W L W L L W  4.0  971  966  -5  84.7
Gage      W W W L W W D  5.5  790  853 +63 100.2 

Primary Team 12th place
Elementary Team 6th place
Congratulations to Gage who placed 10th of 161 competitors and brought home a nice trophy.
Congratulations to Michael and Rishik who just earned their bronze medals
and to Gage who earned his 100 point plaque!

RATINGS

Name 22-Apr
Kartik 1041
Hale 966
Lennox 924
Bharath 883
Gage 853
Michael 767
Suhaas 711
Aishwarya 649
Anvith 501
Raiyan 500
Zachary 488
Sawyer 479
Thomas 455
Rishik 357
Dennis 323
Jackson 265
Faith 235
Nathan 217
Nivrit 192
Ashwin 190
Rowan 182
S.J. 143
William 131
Rigo 125
Amir 100

Mid-Tournament Results

It will be a day or two before arrangements can be made, but right now the thought is that most venues will be booked on Saturday, so we may need to complete it on Sunday.
Also, if your chess set was left in the field house, the nice people of SCA have gathered them up and will be available when we complete the meet.

Ratings fluctuate wildly in the first few rounds before settling in, but here are the results so far:
Click for links to photos:
Kartik    W W L L   1088 1057 -31
Lennox    W W L W W  899  948 +49
Bharath   W L L W    876  865 -11
Michael   W L L L    753  722 -31
Suhaas    W L W L    694  715 +21
Aishwarya L W D L    615  622  +7
Sawyer    L L D L    472  456 -16
Raiyan    W L L W    427  478 +51

Anvith    L W W L W  419  468 +29
Rishik    L W L L W  354  368 +14
Dennis    L D L D L  326  307 -19

Hale      W W L W    971  991 +20
Gage      W W W L    790  806 +16

We are currently in 12th place but only 1.5 pts behind 3rd place. Int round 5 we have already a win from Lennox and a good lead on Aishwarya's board. That guarantees the 1.5 points needed with a good chance for several more points, so I think we're in a good position to get back into trophy contention.

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Tournament completion

It will be a day or two before arrangements can be made, but right now the thought is that most venues will be booked on Saturday, so we may need to complete it on Sunday.
Also, if your chess set was left in the field house, the nice people of SCA have gathered them up and will be available when we complete the meet.

Friday, April 13, 2018

Tournament Tomorrow and new ratings

We will be in Room U118 which is on the lower level to the left of the main entrance.
Allow plenty of extra time tomorrow because of the snow.
Saturday
8:30 Arrival
9:30 Round 1
11:30 Round 2
1:00 Round 3
2:30 Round 4
4:00 Round 5
Sunday
10:00 Round 6
12:00 Round
2:15-3:45 Awards Ceremony

Name 13-Apr
Kartik 1088
Hale 971
Lennox 899
Bharath 876
Gage 790
Michael 753
Suhaas 694
Aishwarya 615
Zachary 488
Sawyer 472
Thomas 455
Raiyan 427
Anvith 419
Rishik 354
Dennis 326
Jackson 265
Faith 235
Nathan 217
Nivrit 192
Ashwin 190
Rowan 182
S.J. 143
William 131
Rigo 125
Amir 100

Friday, April 6, 2018

Ratings after April 6


Names in blue are our elementary team next week
Names in red are our primary team next week

Name 6-Apr
Kartik 1066
Hale 970
Lennox 858
Bharath 857
Gage 787
Michael 718
* Everett 715
Suhaas 677
Aishwarya 596
Sawyer 473
Zachary 455
Raiyan 438
Thomas 424
Anvith 403
Rishik 327
Dennis 316
Jackson 260
Faith 218
Nathan 188
Nivrit 175
Rowan 169
Ashwin 155
Rigo 132
S.J. 130
William 114
Amir 104