New session and Match Results

Match Score
Salem Hills 2  Metcalf B 3 with wins by Lennox and Zach
Salem Hills 4½ Friendly Hills ½ with wins by Lennox Suhaas, Anvith, and Rishik and a draw by Michael. Thomas and Rishik won scrimmage games as well.

Next week we go to Friendly Hills ad take on Faithful Shepherd and Metcalf A

We went over opening principles today.

Place	Last	Name	25-Jan
1	Tan	Lennox	1218
2	Hernandez	Michael	900
3	Pothula	Suhaas	836
4	Pothula	Anvith	760
5	Browning	Zachary	721
6	Kondadadi	Rishik	645
7	Hartlaub	Thomas	621
8	Immel	Sawyer	587
9	Gofman	Dennis	531
10	Valle	Ashwin	451
11	Agada	Faith	385
12	Whelan	Rowan	383
13	Kotturi	Nivrit	350
14	Murali	Prithyaa	217
15	Price	Nathan	211
16	Agada	S.J.	158
17	Aki	Kunal	147
18	Duvvuru	Pranya	145
19	D'Zurilla	Davida	126
20	Peddareddivari	Anshi	123
21	Dos  Santos	Theo	123
22	Heikkinen	Ben	121
23	Henry	Samuel	104
24	McCord	Amir	100
25	Johnson	Addie	100

Match update 1-23

We're set to go!
Bring your sets and clock if you own one.
You also need a note from a parent to allow some other adult to pick you up from school.
Drivers: Make sure all 7 students have been picked up before the last driver leaves!

Round 1 vs Metcalf B
Board 1 Lennox
Board 2 Michael
Board 3 Suhaas
Board 4 Anvith
Board 5 Zachary
Rishik and Thomas will have a scrimmage game

Round 2 vs Friendly Hills
Board 1 Lennox
Board 2 Michael
Board 3 Suhaas
Board 4 Anvith
Board 5 Rishik
Zachary and Thomas will have a scrimmage game
Suhaas's Mom and Thomas's mom will be driving

Jan 19 Tournament Results

Once again we did well at the tournament!
Name    1 2 3 4 5 Bef Aft Chg Trophy
Aarav   W W W W W 900 965 +65  1st                              
Anvith  W L W W W 734 760 +26  4th
Nivrit  L L W L D 357 332 -25
Suhaas  W W D L H 834 836  +2
Zachary L W W W L 696 708 +12
Totals W-15 L-7 D-3       +80

Minnesota Jr High Chess League - Updated 1-16

We have joined a chess league competing against other schools in the area. We need our top five players, but we'll undoubtedly need 1 or 2 subs on occasion. Extra players are welcome to come and play other team's extra players for a scrimmage game. Parents will need to get together to arrange transportation to and from the matches.
Teams: Metcalf A, B and C, Salem Hills, Friendly Hills, Faithful Shepherd.
We'll start when all teams are there 3:30 to 3:45
My guess is that the 5:40 ending time will be hard to meet also.

Jan 25 at Metcalf 3:30-5:40      Rd1- vs Metcalf B Rd2 vs Friendly Hills
Phani Bonam will transport the top 5 to Metcalf
Parents need to pick up their child at Metcalf at 5:40

Feb 1 at Friendly Hills 3:30-5:40 Rd3 vs Faithful Shepherd Rd4 vs Metcalf A
Linda Wang will transport the top 7 to Friendly Hills
Parents need to pick up their child at Friendly Hill at 5:40

Feb 8 at Metcalf 3:30-5:40 Rd 5 vs Metcalf C
Phani Bonam will transport the top 5 to Metcalf
Parents need to pick up their child at Metcalf at 5:40

Apr 6 (Saturday) Playoffs at Metcalf (1st and 2nd place qualify)  

The format is our top 5 face another school's top 5. Team that wins 3 games wins the match.
Rules: Touch move. All games must be notated. All games will use clocks if they are available. (Bring your chess set and clock if you own one.)

As it stands now, our top players are:
Board 1 Lennox Tan
Board 2 Michael Hernandez-Ruiz
Board 3 Suhaas Pothula
Board 4 Anvith Pothula
Board 5 Zachary Browning
1st Alt Rishik Kondadadi
2nd Alt Thomas Hartlaub

Tournament Results (now with photos)

Team vs Team Results
Salem Hills took first place by beating all other teams - including Metcalf's 8th grade team and an adult team! Each team member received a medal
Salem Hills 4, Capitol Hill 1
Salem Hills 5, St Paul Academy 0
Salem Hills 3, Metcalf 2
Salem Hills 4½, Cornelia Elem. ½

Salem Hills 3½, Adult Team 1½

Team Vs Team Indidvidual Results
Name   CH S M C A  Bef  Aft Chg Mer
Lennox  W W W W L 1154 1198 +30 38
Michael L W L W W  886  910 +40 25.5 (earned Silver)
Suhaas  W W L D D  833  834  +1 67
Anvith  W W W W W  663  734 +55 49.5
Zachary W W W W W  636  696 +60  9
Anvith and Zachary received medals for going 5-0
Open Section Results 
Rishik  W L W W W  592  632 +40 26.5 (earned Silver)
Nivrit  W L W L L  353  357  +4  6

Tournament Saturday

Tournament Saturday Jan 5 at Burnsville
If we have 5 or more we could play in the team tournament which I think is extra fun!