FORKS!

Today we learned all about forks. Worksheet scores were very good.

Additional Practice
Click here for more practice.
For harder problems, click here.

Upcoming Tournament
Next Tournament is next Saturday in New Brighton. See the SCA website for details. This is a team grade level tournament. They total the scores of the top 3 players in a grade to determine the team awards. I think we could field a very good 5th grade team and a very good 4th grade team!
If you are planning on coming, make sure you do the additional practice above!

5	1	Zachary	910
4	2	Rishik	866
5	3	Ashwin	705
4	4	Nivrit	633
5	5	Dennis	531
5	6	Faith	475
4	7	Kunal	464
4	8	Theo	424
3	9	S.J.	370
4	10	Anshi	205
2	11	Wyatt	147
4	12	Gabe	129
5	13	Olaf	124
4	14	Andre	105

Latest Update

We reviewed the KQ and KR checkmate and began learning the 2 bishop mate.
Tournament tomorrow at Metcalf if interested.

Gr	Place	KRR	KQ	KR	BB	Name	Rtg
5	1	P	P	P		Zachary	884
4	2	P	P	P		Rishik	844
5	3	P	P	P		Ashwin	695
4	4	P	P	P		Nivrit	601
5	5	P	P	P		Dennis	548
5	6	P	P	P		Faith	454
4	7	P	P			Kunal	440
4	8	P	P	P		Theo	403
3	9					S.J.	355
4	10	P				Anshi	193
2	11	P				Wyatt	130
4	12	P				Gabe	116
4	13					Andre	105
5	14					Olaf	100

Weekend Tournament Results

Five of our students participated in an MSCA tournament last weekend against some of the top young players in Minnesota. They now have an official USCF rating. I did not change their club rating, but I am showing both ratings. It looks like the my rubric for club ratings works well as the club ratings are pretty much in line with the USCF. Rishik's high rating was corroborated by his performance. Kunal has been improving faster than his club rating can keep up and Nivrit just had a bad day. I think his USCF rating will go up soon.

Here are the results:
        W L Club USCF
*Anvith 4 1 1006 1009 
 Rishik 4 1  837  809
*Aarav  2 3  ---  855
 Kunal  1 4  397  491 
 Nivrit 0 5  603  401
*attends SH but not in chess club