Tournament Results

The 5th grade team (Lennox, Suhaas, and Zach playing up a grade) took an early lead over a good RSI team. We were still in 1st place after 4 rounds, but we couldn't keep them from passing us in the last round, They had two 4-pointers and we had none. So we ended in second - third place was a long way behind.

Zach was awarded his bronze medal, and Anvith received his gold medal.

The 3rd grade team also had a second place finish thanks to an outstanding performance by Anvith who earned the 2nd place trophy!

Name   W L D  Rtg  Aft Chg
Anvith 4 1 0  818  838 +20
Rishik 2 3 0  677  621 -56
Nivrit 2 3 0  406  398  -6
Kunal  1 4 0  168  158 -10
Ashwin 0 4 1  547  474 -73
Lennox 3 1 1 1225 1198 -27
Suhaas 3 2 0  814  814   =
Zach   2 1 2  751  750  -1
      

Place	Name	23-Feb
1	Lennox	1198
2	Michael	905
3	Anvith	838
4	Suhaas	814
5	Zachary	750
6	Sawyer	660
7	Rishik	621
8	Thomas	584
9	Dennis	568
10	Ashwin	474
11	Nivrit	398
12	Faith	378
13	Rowan	367
14	Nathan	316
15	Prithyaa	269
16	S.J.	251
17	Theodore	204
18	Davida	199
19	Ben	189
20	Kunal	158
21	Pranya	142
22	Anshi	131
23	Amir	116
24	Samuel	105
25	Addy	100

Statewide Grade Level Championships Tomorrow!

Burnsville Metcalf - big snow not expected to start until long after we're all home.
Let's have a good turnout at the 2nd most important tournament of the year for us.

Gr	Place	Name	22-Feb
5	1	Lennox	1225
5	2	Michael	905
3	3	Anvith	818
5	4	Suhaas	814
4	5	Zachary	751
3	6	Rishik	677
5	7	Sawyer	660
5	8	Thomas	584
4	9	Dennis	568
4	10	Ashwin	547
3	11	Nivrit	406
4	12	Faith	378
5	13	Rowan	367
5	14	Nathan	316
3	15	Prithyaa	269
2	16	S.J.	251
3	17	Theodore	204
	18	Davida	199
	19	Ben	189
3	20	Kunal	168
4	21	Pranya	142
3	22	Anshi	131
4	23	Amir	116
1	24	Samuel	105
	25	Addy	100

Nationals

Some of the more serious chess players should definitely consider going to the national chess tournament in Nashville Tennessee. Check out the USChesswww.uschess.org website. Click on "Play" along the top, then select "national events", then "National Elementary Championship".

Does it seem a little ridiculous? I thought so, too, when my daughter was in second grade and wanted to go to Nationals. Here I thought I'd found a fairly inexpensive sport for her to be involved in and now she wants to fly to Little Rock and stay in a hotel for 3 days? So I told her that nationals were for only the very best. "Like who?" she asked. "Like maybe the person who wins this tournament" I replied. Five games later she came back and asked "Now can I go?" Well, I had to say yes. But we had such a good time that every year after that we went to a National Championship Tournament - Tucson, Knoxville, Terra Haute, Sioux Falls, Peoria, Milwaukee(2), Nashville(2), Columbus (2), and Ft. Lauderdale. Several of the times she was part of a team, but we went every year to at least one.
But it was a very good decision - a great bonding experience. An experience that gave her confidence.
    Some parents hesitated to take their child out of school for an extended period. Their classmates will never remember what they did that Thu-Fri at school, but your child will remember this experience for a lifetime. I highly recommend it.

CHESS RESULTS

A disappointing end to the season losing to Metcalf C. After scoring 1.5 against A 2 against B, I was hoping to score at least 2.5 against C to hold onto 3rd place. Click on "Jr High Chess League" for final results.

Today in class we looked at the four-move checkmate and some different openings - the Italian Game(Guiocco Piano), the Spanish game(Ruy Lopez), the Fried Liver, Queens Gambit, English Opening and the Blackburne Gambit (Garbage gambit)
We also went over the King and Rook checkmate - practice doing this so you can earn 15 rating points next time if you haven't already done it.

Name	8-Feb
Lennox	1218
Michael	890
Suhaas	846
Anvith	770
Zachary	721
Rishik	655
Thomas	613
Sawyer	604
Dennis	530
Ashwin	521
Nivrit	383
Faith	361
Rowan	352
Nathan	271
Prithyaa	253
S.J.	240
Davida	185
Theodore	184
Ben	174
Kunal	152
Pranya	127
Amir	116
Anshi	115
Samuel	105
Addy	100

Results from Feb 1

For an update on how we're doing in the league, click on the "Jr High Chess League" link in the upper right.

Suhaas and Anvith played last weekend in a USCF rated tournament. The USCF said Suhaas' rating is 832 whereas my system of rating had him at 836 last week. Anvith's rating was well within 100 points, so I think my system is a good approximation of what your USCF rating would be.

Name	1-Feb
Lennox	1208
Michael	900
Suhaas	856
Anvith	760
Zachary	731
Rishik	655
Thomas	613
Sawyer	590
Dennis	519
Ashwin	506
Nivrit	370
Faith	356
Rowan	348
Nathan	259
Prithyaa	236
Kunal	166
Davida	165
Theodore	160
Ben	157
S.J.	154
Pranya	136
Anshi	122
Amir	116
Samuel	100
Addy	100