Progress Charts

Progress Charts for Fall of 2018

We've had a great start to the year - our 5th grade team easily won the first two team tournaments even without Lenny. Feb 23 is the Statewide Grade Level Championships and May4-5 is the Statewide K-6 Championships. Also May 10-12 is Nationals in Nashville, TN. Set aside those dates.

On Jan. 2 it will be possible to sign up for the next session on which start Jan 25 and ends in May

Read these charts from right to left:

 Group 1 - our top 8 players. It's hard to gain points when your at the top, but it looks like everyone made some progress. I think Michael has a little trouble in playing hard in club, but in tournaments he concentrates better.

Group 2 - The rising stars -very pleased with the progress of this group. All made steady and significant progress. 400 is when they are ready for tournament play (300 for 3rd grade and under) and could win some games. They undoubtedly benefitted from having some top-notch players to play against.

Group 3 - The beginners and younger players or those having some trouble catching on to the intricacies of the game. Some of these will be moving into the rising star group soon. Sometimes it's hard to get your rating much above 100 when competing against some of the best players in the state.

Final 2018 Ratings and Solutions

Place	Name	14-Dec
1	Lennox	1154
2	Michael	886
3	Suhaas	833
4	Anvith	663
5	Zachary	636
6	Thomas	615
7	Rishik	592
8	Sawyer	563
9	Dennis	545
10	Ashwin	431
11	Faith	400
12	Rowan	363
13	Nivrit	353
14	Courage	283
15	S.J.	267
16	Prithyaa	233
17	Douglas	183
18	Kunal	160
19	Pranya	157
20	Elsa	149
21	Theodore	148
22	Cassandra	146
23	William	132
24	Amaya	106

 Solution: 1. g6+ Kg8
                 2. Rd8+  Re8
                 3. Rxd8#

 Solution: 1. Ne7+ Kh8
                 2. Qxh7+ Kxh7
                 3. Rh1+ Qh5
                 4. Rxh5#

 Solution: 1. Rgxg7+ Kh8
                 2. Rxh7+  Kg8
                 3. Rbxg7# (blind pig mate)

 Solution: 1. Qxb6+ Kxb6
                 2. Qc5# (swallowtail mate)

 Solution: 1. Qxe5+ dxe5
                 2. Bxe5+ Qf6
                 3. Bxf6#

 Solution: 1. Qe8+ Qxe8
                 2. Nxe6#

 Solution: 1. Bc4 (to prevent f5) Ra6 (black is helpless)
                 2. Rd8+ Qxe8
                 3. Rxd8#

 Solution: 1. Rc8 Qxc8
                 2. Qg5# (swallowtail mate)

Solution: 1. Rd7+ Kg8
                2. Nc6+ (the rook is pinned) (not Nh6 which is guarded) Kh8
                3. Rh7# (or Rxf8#)

Tournament Results with Pictures

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Congratulations to the 5th grade team which took 1st place. Michael took 5th place and Suhaas and Zachary received awards for tying for 5th.
The 3rd grade team finished in second with 4 points from Rishik, 3 from Anvith, and 2 from Nivrit.
Aarav Salil took first place in the second grade section.

Name    1 2 3 4 5 Pt Chg Merit
Michael W W L W L 3  -11  22.5
Suhaas  W L W W L 3  -11  64
Zachary W L W L W 3  +20   4
Ashwin  L L L B W 2  -12   2
Rishik  D W W D W 4  +57  22.5
Anvith  W L W L W 3  -20  44.5
Nivrit  L W W L L 2   +1   4        
Aarav   W W W W L 4       20.5 
TOTAL W-23 L-15 D-2

Place	Name	8-Dec
1	Lennox	1137
2	Michael	868
3	Suhaas	823
4	Anvith	659
5	Thomas	620
6	Zachary	609
7	Rishik	587
8	Sawyer	556
9	Dennis	534
10	Faith	409
11	Ashwin	406
12	Nivrit	358
13	Rowan	343
14	Courage	283
15	Prithyaa	233
16	S.J.	227
17	Douglas	183
18	Pranya	159
19	Elsa	156
20	Kunal	152
21	Theodore	148
22	Cassandra	146
23	William	134
24	Amaya	106

Team Tournament Tomorrow

Sat Dec 8 at Metcalf M.S. Grade Level Team Tournament (need 3 in a grade - but players may play up to fill out a team) Quite a number are planning on coming! Join the fun. If your rating is 100 x your grade, you'll have a good chance of winning a game or 2. Everyone will play 5 games.
Sign up at the door before 8:30 Cost is $22 plus lunch. We'll be done around 2:00, or 3:00 if you need to stay for awards.

Gr	Place	Name	7-Dec
5	1	Lennox	1137
5	2	Michael	879
5	3	Suhaas	834
3	4	Anvith	679
5	5	Thomas	620
4	6	Zachary	589
5	7	Sawyer	556
4	8	Dennis	534
3	9	Rishik	530
4	10	Ashwin	418
4	11	Faith	409
3	12	Nivrit	357
5	13	Rowan	343
5	14	Courage	283
3	15	Prithyaa	233
2	16	S.J.	227
5	17	Douglas	183
4	18	Pranya	159
2	19	Elsa	156
3	20	143	152
3	21	Theodore	148
5	22	Cassandra	146
3	23	William	134
4	24	Amaya	106