Oct 27 News and Ratings

Today we learned about forks and tried to finish getting everyone to do the 2 rook checkmate in 14 moves or fewer. Advanced players reviewed the Evans Gambit. We all solved problems on a worksheet involving forks.

Next tournament is Nov 4 at Highview Middle School in New Brighton. Play only players in your own grade. If we have 3 in one grade, we have a team. (Students may play up a grade or two to fill out a team. I think a 4th grade team of Lennox,Suhaas,Michael and 5th grade Kartik, Everett, Bharath would do well. Others are welcome, too. In chess everyone plays 5 games and the team is not penalized if a player does not do well. Cost $24, Register at door at 8:30, or members can register on-line at Schoolchess.org with their ID#

Upcoming Tournaments
Nov4 Highview Middle School, New Brighton Grade Level and Team Competition
Nov 18 Metcalf Middle School, Burnsville Special Girls Sections
Dec 2 Metcalf Middle School, Burnsville Grade Level and Team Competition
Jan 6 Metcalf 5-player teams go head to head vs other schools

Gr	Name	Oct 27
5	Kartik	979
6	Hale	909
3	Gage	728
5	Everett	710
4	Lennox	665
5	Bharath	645
6	Isaac	588
6	Thomas L	567
6	Tapio	552
4	Suhaas	503
4	Michael	502
4	Sawyer	355
5	Raiyan	283
3	Zachary	252
3	Dennis	249
5	Aishwarya	239
2	Anvith	185
4	Thomas H	176
4	Jackson	160
5	Rigo	123
2	William H	118
6	William C	114
3	Isabel	110
3	Amir	100

Tournament Results

Six of our players played in a tournament in Burnsville on Saturday.
Highlights: Suhaas (click for photo) received a silver medal for having won 25 games in tournaments. Kartik went into the final round undefeated. Bharath finished in the top half. Gage won 3 of the 4 games he played gaining 28 rating points. As a group, we gained 10 rating points.
Here are the results:

Name .. R1R2R3R4R5Pts Chg Bef Aft Merit
Kartik..W W D W L 3.5 +10 944 954 66
Hale....H W L W L 2.5 -40 929 889 54.5
Gage....H W L W W 3.5 +28 687 715 62
Bharath.L W L W W 3.0 +14 603 617 31.5
Suhaas..L W L W L 2.0  -2 497 495 28.5
Anvith..L W L L L 1.0  +0 153 153 4
Totals--14W 13L 1D    +10

Oct 13 Chess Club

Beginners reviewed the ladder checkmate with 2 rooks and the King and Queen checkmate.

Advanced players learned a variety of the Giuoco Piano called the
  Evans Gambit.
It features rapid development, mobility, open game, preventing your opponent from castling.
I apologize - we did not learn the Danish Gambit last week - we skipped that lesson because there was no school last week.

Name	KRR	KQ	Oct 13
Kartik	PASS	PASS	944
Hale	PASS	PASS	929
Gage	PASS		687
Everett	PASS	PASS	680
Lennox	PASS		652
Bharath	PASS	PASS	603
Isaac	PASS	PASS	588
Thomas L	PASS	PASS	567
Tapio	PASS		552
Michael	PASS		505
Suhaas	PASS	PASS	497
Sawyer	PASS	PASS	328
Raiyan	PASS		273
Dennis	PASS		241
Zachary	PASS	PASS	212
Aishwarya	PASS	PASS	173
Anvith	PASS	PASS	153
Thomas H			152
Jackson			141
William C			114
Rigo	PASS		113
Isabel			110
Amir			100
William H			100

Sep 29

Beginners reviewed KRR vs K (the ladder)
 and KQ vs K (after your opponent moves to the edge, put your queen on the second row)

Advanced players learned about the King's gambit (better and longer video) and how Abby Marshall used it to win the 2009 Denker Tournament
We also went through the ending of one of Akiba Rubinstein's games to see how to push a passed pawn.

Name	KRR	KQ	Sep 29
Kartik	PASS	PASS	941
Hale	PASS	PASS	929
Gage	PASS		687
Everett	PASS	PASS	675
Lennox	PASS		647
Bharath	PASS	PASS	597
Isaac	PASS	PASS	588
Thomas L	PASS	PASS	559
Tapio	PASS		552
Suhaas	PASS	PASS	500
Michael	PASS		498
Dennis	PASS		272
Sawyer	PASS		270
Raiyan	PASS		264
Thomas H			180
Anvith	PASS		165
Zachary			140
Aishwarya			127
Rigo	PASS		126
William C			109
Isabel			105
Jackson			104
Amir			100
William H			100

Sep 22

Beginners learned about checkmate and stalemate and
learned how to checkmate with two rooks and with a king and queen.
Advanced players learned the Giuocco Piano, Fried Liver, Ruy Lopez openings
and the value of putting your rook on the 7th rank in the endgame - then fight
with your king to queen a passed pawn.

Name	Sep-22
Kartik	927
Hale	922
Gage	701
Everett	658
Lennox	623
Isaac	590
Bharath	575
Thomas L	561
Tapio	555
Suhaas	527
Michael	476
Dennis	272
Raiyan	264
Sawyer	244
Thomas H	194
Anvith	121
William C	105
Zachary	101
Rigo	100
Jackson	100
Amir	100
Isabel	100
William H	100

Chess Club Fall 2017

Ready for a new session of chess starting Sep 22nd.
We will have two lessons based on ratings - those over 450 and those 450 and under,

Name	Rating
Kartik	950
Hale	915
Everett	658
Gage	658
Lennox	604
Isaac	603
Thomas L	571
Tapio	534
Suhaas	506
Michael	474
Dennis	235
Sawyer	228
Raiyan	227
Thomas H	199
William C	100
Rigo	100
Jackson	100
Isabel	100
Zachary	100
Anvith	100
Amir	100
William H	100

Results from Nationals

Here are some of the outstanding performances by Minnesota chess players at the Supernationals held in Nashville May 12-14, 2017. There were about 135 kids from Minnesota there. All but a handful finished in the top half of their section.

I list Section and Team Awards followed by:

Grade Name and Place. Keep in mind to get on this list, you had to win 5.5 games out of 7 or more. Maybe you recognize some names. Next year maybe your name or team will be here! National Champions are in blue, runner ups in red.

K12 Championship Wayzata HS – 13^th

  12 Andrew Tang 3^rd

K12 U1900

  9 Logan Ferkinhoff – 1^st

K12-U1200 Burnsville HS - 1^st

K12-U800

  9 Lyla Lichliter 6^th

  7 Ava Piccolino 9^th

  8 Sam Kielas 10^th

K9-U1250 Metcalf 15^th

K8-U750 Metcalf 2^nd

  7 Gus Diedrich 3^rd

  6 William Moe 7^th

K6 Championship Wayzata Central 10th

  6 Samrug Narayanan 15^th

K6U1400

  5 Isaac Traynor 1^st

K6U1000 Seward 9^th

  5 Noah Weiser 1^st

K6Unrated

  5 Matthew Marvin 1^st

  4 Stuart Strack 2^nd

  5 Alma Quiroz 17^th

K5U900

  4 Rowan Falk 4^th

K3U1000

  3 Ethan Benjamin 7^th

  3 Aditi Sinha 19^th