Order Chess Euipment Tonight!

If you need chess sets, bags, clocks, etc, order through the USChess.org website
Go to Sales and select what you want. At some point it will ask for a coupon code -
use BLACK2018 for a %20 discount. Good only through Sun Nov 25 - today!

Tournament Results and Remaining Tournament Schedule

Name    1 2 3 4 5  Bef  Aft Chg
OPEN SECTION
Lennox  W D W L W 1146 1115 -31
Michael W D L L W  888  856 -32
RATED SECTION
Suhaas  W L L B    837  815 -22
Anvith  B L L W    643  658 +15
Total 9-7-2
No one changed their rank

SCHEDULE
Dec 8 Metcalf Grade Level Team Tournament
Dec 14 Friday last chess lesson of this session
Jan  5 Team vs Team - we need 5 of our top players
Jan 19 (good time to play rated to get a rating for Nat'ls)
Jan 25 Friday first day of Spring chess session
Feb  2 Open or doubles (again play rated for Nat'ls)
Feb 23 Statewide Grade Level - let's have a big turnout)
Mar  9 Junior High Championship - let's play up
May  3 Last day of Spring Session
May 4-5 Statewide championships
May 10-12 National K-6 championships Nashville, TN

Tournament Tomorrow
Who: anyone who wants to play. This one has a section just for girls. Also good for 3rd graders.
Where: Metcalf M.S. in Burnsville - 35E s. to Diffley w. to Cedar
When: Register on-line if you're a member or register at the door by 8:30. Done at about 2:00.
How much? $20-22 plus lunch
Why? To have fun, make new friends, earn awards

Today we went went over the idea of the discovered attack again. This time half the class solved all 8 problems! You're catching on! (I think a lot of you were working together, which is OK.)

Gr	Place	Name	16-Nov
5	1	Lennox	1146
5	2	Michael	888
5	3	Suhaas	837
3	4	Anvith	643
5	5	Thomas	595
4	6	Zachary	590
5	7	Sawyer	522
4	8	Dennis	520
3	9	Rishik	511
4	10	Ashwin	399
4	11	Faith	392
5	12	Rowan	330
3	13	Nivrit	329
5	14	Courage	248
2	15	S.J.	230
3	16	Prithyaa	225
5	17	Douglas	171
2	18	Elsa	156
5	19	Cassandra	151
4	20	Pranya	143
3	21	Kunal	139
3	22	Theodore	136
3	23	William	120
4	24	Amaya	106

I'm taking orders for chess sets

I can get good deals if we have lots of orders. Price listed is maximum - probably will be $1 less

All chess sets include pieces (extra Q's), vinyl board, and a case with handles and a place for a board, comes in black, blue, green, or red.

Standard case $13
Superior case $15 (larger bag, longer sleeve)
Deluxe case  $27  (room for pieces, clock, and board) (comes in 25 colors, patterns)

If you're interested in more details or other options (e.g. clocks, scorebook, etc) go to USChessSales

World Championship and Salem Hills Results

World Championship

As I predicted, the game ended in a draw. To replay the game, click Caruana vs Carlsen
It's a 12-game match scheduled to end on Nov 28. first one to 6.5 points wins. If it ends in a tie, they will play tie-breaker games at faster and faster time control until one player wins. Carlsen it thought to be better at speed chess. This is the first time since 1990 that the world championship has featured the two top rated players in the world when Gary Kasparov played Anatoly Karpov. (I have a poster signed by Kasparov and a book signed by Karpov.)
Game 2 resulted in a draw.
Game 3 ended in a draw when Caruana stuck Carlsen with an h pawn and the wrong color Bishop!

Class

We went over pins and got introduced to discovered checks and double checks. Some of you did the "easy" worksheet (labeled "Week3") - but after I looked at it, I discovered it was even harder than week5. We'll go over both worksheets next week.

Place	Name	9-Nov
1	Lennox	1120
2	Michael	855
3	Suhaas	813
4	Anvith	621
5	Thomas	595
6	Zachary	589
7	Sawyer	513
8	Rishik	504
9	Dennis	449
10	Ashwin	380
11	Faith	369
12	Nivrit	334
13	Rowan	307
14	S.J.	216
15	Courage	204
16	Prithyaa	183
17	Douglas	171
18	Teddy	165
19	Elsa	156
20	Pranya	152
21	Cassandra	146
22	William	120
23	Kunal	109
24	Amaya	106

Tournament Results (with photos)

We had excellent results at the chess tournament on Saturday.
2nd grader Aarav is not in the chess club, but he is part of our school and team.
The 3rd grade team placed 4th - tied for 3rd place.
The 5th grade team cruised to an easy first place finish.
Lennox won the 3rd place trophy.
Michael received his bronze medal. Lennox received his silver medal.
Gr Name              Plc Bef  Aft Chg Merit
 2 Aarav   W W W W W  1                 8.5
 3 Anvith  L W W W L 11  597  602  +5  39  
 3 Rishik  L D W L W 12  497  487 -10  18.5
 3 Nivrit  B D L L D 26  332  319 -13   2
 5 Lennox  W W W W L  3 1079 1099 +20  30.5
 5 Michael W W W L L  6  844  853  +9  15
 5 Suhaas  W L W W L 10  798  794  -4  58.5
Total W/B=21, L=11, D=3
No one's rank changed.

Tournament Tomorrow
8:30-2:00  Highview M. S. (35E north to 694 west to Silver Lk Rd south 1 blk) $22 + Lunch$.
See previous post for details

Ratings

Gr	Place	Name	2-Nov
5	1	Lennox	1079
5	2	Michael	844
5	3	Suhaas	798
3	4	Anvith	597
5	5	Thomas	581
4	6	Zachary	576
5	7	Sawyer	519
3	8	Rishik	497
4	9	Dennis	424
4	10	Faith	358
4	11	Ashwin	348
3	12	Nivrit	332
5	13	Rowan	304
2	14	S.J.	205
5	15	Courage	189
3	16	Prithyaa	183
3	17	Teddy	159
2	18	Elsa	147
4	19	Pranya	145
5	20	Douglas	142
5	21	Cassandra	141
3	22	William	127
4	23	Amaya	106
3	24	Kunal	102