End of September Ratings

Today we reviewed the 3 main opening principles.
We also learned checkmates with 2 rooks, king & queen, and king and rook.
RATINGS

Gr	Place	Name	KRR	KQ	KR	27-Sep
5	1	Zachary	P	P	P	878
4	2	Rishik	P	P	P	837
5	3	Ashwin	P	P	P	664
4	4	Nivrit	P	P	P	603
5	5	Dennis	P	P	P	588
5	6	Faith	P	P	P	442
4	7	Kunal	P	P		397
4	8	Theo	P	P	P	391
3	9	S.J.				366
4	10	Anshi	P			195
2	11	Wyatt				125
4	12	Gabe				103
5	13	Olaf				100
4	14	Andre				100

Sept 20

We went over the three opening strategies
1) Control the center
2) Develop your knights and bishops
3 Castle
We also learned 3 of M. Heinemann's poems

A knight on the side
Gets fried

When the queen comes out
Look all about

It's not nice
To move the same piece twice

Gr	Place	Name	KRR	KQ	KR	20-Sep
5	1	Zachary	P	P	P	872
4	2	Rishik	P	P		814
5	3	Ashwin	P	P		613
4	4	Nivrit		P		606
5	5	Dennis	P	P		565
5	6	Faith	P	P	P	438
4	7	Kunal				367
3	8	S.J.				361
4	9	Theo				352
4	10	Anshi	P			178
2	11	Wyatt				121
4	12	Andre				100

Fall Schedule 2019

FALL SESSION
We are scheduled to start the fall session on Friday Sept 20 from 2:40 to 4:00 p.m. in room 9, and will finish on Fri Dec 13.

TOURNAMENTS
For those interested, there are tournaments Oct 12, Nov 2, Nov 16 and Dec 7. See www.schoolchess.org for more details,
I will also be looking to put our top 5 players in the team vs team tournament on Jan 4.

CLASS ROSTER

Gr	Place	Name	KRR	KQ	KR	Rating
5	1	Zachary	P	P	P	874
4	2	Rishik	P	P		804
4	3	Nivrit		P		635
5	4	Ashwin	P	P		572
5	5	Dennis	P	P		560
5	6	Faith	P	P	P	433
3	7	S.J.				373
4	8	Kunal				345
4	9	Theo				337
4	10	Anshi	P			183
4	11	Andre				100
2	12	Wyatt				100