Reigster for State Now!

Afraid of playing in the State Championship? Unlike other sports, chess is actually easier at the state tournament because there are lots of teams with players that show up at state who haven't been at other tournaments. However, at the high end all the good players will be there and it will be hard to win 5 games out of seven. Don't compare yourself to the top kids in the club - they are all chess champions - the top 7 have all won trophies (only the top 6 kids earn trophies at tournaments) and don't forget our 4th graders took 1st place in the state in Feb.

Register for the Statewide Tournament on April 14 -15. It's a two day tournament with 5 rounds Saturday and two more Sunday. (If you want to go to church on Sunday morning, you can register for a bye ahead of time and get half a point for that round - or any other round. No more than two half point byes will be granted and no byes in round 7) This is the biggest and best tournament of the year. Come help celebrate SCA's 50th Anniversary!
Go to www.schoolchess.org and download a form. Fill it out and mail it in early for the discount.
Price $$$ goes up if you delay. Deadline is April 5 for the early discount.

I'm using my usual rubrik of 400 rating for 4th-5th and 300 for K-3 which should give you a chance to win several games and score some points for our team. I'm making an exception with Faith who has been improving rapidly and by tournament time will be near 300.
REG - already registered
yes - parent plans on registering student
prob - probably will register soon
? - I'd like to see them come, but I haven't yet contacted them
blank - you're welcome to come if you don't mind losing most games

Sch	Gr	State		Last	Name	23-Mar
SH	5	REG	1	Saravanapandi	Kartik	1038
	6	REG	2	Halvorson	Hale	938
SH	4	REG	3	Tan	Lennox	851
	3	no	4	Halvorson	Gage	823
SH	5	REG	5	Nair	Bharath	816
SH	4	REG	6	Pothula	Suhaas	691
SH	4	REG	7	Hernandez	Michael	666
SH	5	REG	8	Pillai	Aishwarya	552
SH	4	REG	9	Immel	Sawyer	473
SH	3	REG	10	Browning	Zachary	460
SH	4	No	11	Hartlaub	Thomas	424
SH	5	REG	12	Ali	Raiyan	392
SH	2	REG	13	Pothula	Anvith	366
SH	2	REG	14	Kondadadi	Rishik	352
SH	3	REG	15	Gofman	Dennis	308
SH	4		16	Helmberger	Jackson	245
SH	3	?	17	Agada	Faith	183
SH	2		18	Kotturi	Nivrit	177
SH	4		19	Price	Nathan	154
SH	3		20	Valle	Ashwin	136
SH	4		21	Whelan	Rowan	133
SH	5		22	Tesoro	Rigo	118
SH	2		23	Hernandez	William	114
SH	1		24	Agada	S.J.	114
SH	3		25	McCord	Amir	105

Register For State! Latest Ratings

Register for the Statewide Tournament on April 14 -15
Go to www.schoolchess.org and download a form. Fill it out and mail it in early for the discount.
Price $$$ goes up if you delay. Deadline is April 5!

Name	KRR	KQ	KR	16-Mar
Kartik	PASS	PASS	PASS	1017
Hale	PASS	PASS	PASS	910
Lennox	PASS	PASS	PASS	851
Gage	PASS	PASS	PASS	788
Bharath	PASS	PASS	PASS	781
Suhaas	PASS	PASS	PASS	687
Michael	PASS	PASS	PASS	660
Aishwarya	PASS	PASS	PASS	532
Sawyer	PASS	PASS	PASS	442
Zachary	PASS	PASS	PASS	426
Thomas	PASS	PASS	PASS	410
Raiyan	PASS	PASS		366
Anvith	PASS	PASS		348
Dennis	PASS			316
Rishik	PASS			310
Jackson	PASS	PASS		218
Faith	PASS	PASS		164
Nivrit		PASS		159
Nathan	PASS	PASS		154
Rowan	PASS			131
Amir				121
Ashwin				118
Rigo	PASS			115
William				100
S.J.				100

Tournament Results with pictures

Great results at Saturday's tournament! Congratulations to Gage who won the 3rd place trophy and to Lennox who received his bronze medal.

7th-9th                 Bef  Aft Chg Merit
 Kartik  W W L L D 2.5 1025 1012 -13  89.0
4th-6th
 Hale    W W D L W 3.5  893  898  +5  80.75
 Bharath W D L W W 3.5  723  743 +20  43.0
3.4
 Lennox  W W W L L 3.0  826  836 +10  15.5
 Suhaas  L W W L W 3.0  658  666  +8  38.5
K-3rd
 Gage    W W W W L 4.0  706  757 +51  93.25
 Anvith  L W L L W 2.0  366  358  -8  17.5

Total
Wins   20 
Losses 12
Draws   3

Suhaas passed Michael, and Gage regained his #4 spot over Bharath.

Register for State!

Hope to see a lot of you tomorrow at the tournament at Metcalf

Parents - go to schoolchess.org to register for the Statewide Tournament - don't wait or the price goes up! 

Name	9-Mar
Kartik	1025
Hale	893
Lennox	826
Bharath	723
Gage	706
Michael	665
Suhaas	658
Aishwarya	496
Sawyer	442
Zachary	405
Thomas	366
Anvith	366
Raiyan	363
Dennis	306
Rishik	292
Jackson	203
Nivrit	172
Nathan	155
Faith	139
William	130
Rigo	126
Rowan	100
Amir	100
Ashwin	100
S.J.	100

State Tournament Coming Up Soon

Statte Chess Championships for Grades K-6

April 14-15 Two days 7 rounds - Breck School - we need 4 for a team but individuals can compete also. K-3 and 4-6 sections 4-6 section will award 14 team trophies and 31 individual trophies. Register now - print form from www.schoolchess.org and mail in early for a discount.

Last year's results were exciting but we came so close to doing so much better - here's a reminder:
1 more point and we would have been 5th place and the top 4 would have also received medals.

1	WAYZC	Wayzata Central Middle	21.5	113.5
2	METCA	Metcalf Jr High	18.5	94.5
3	BRECK	Breck	17.5	101
4	MTKES	Minnetonka East Middle	17	85.5
5	SEWRD	Seward Elementary (Montessori)	16	91.5
6	MJDS	Minneapolis Jewish Day School	16	90.5
7	RSI	Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion	16	82.5
8	CAPHL	Capitol Hill Magnet/rondo	15.5	90
9	SALHL	Salem Hills/Atheneum Elementary	15.5	84
		Kartik Saravanapandi 4.5
		Everett Kehl 4.0
		Thomas Lorentz 4.0
		Bharath Nair 3.0
		Isaac Mens 3.0
		Tapio Niemioja 2.5
10	HBSHP	Harriet Bishop Elementary	14.5	82.5
11	SJBNB	St John the Baptist (New Brighton)	14	75.5
12	MEADB	Meadowbrook	14	68.5
13	GOODS	Good Shepherd School	13.5	76.5
14	BYRNE	William Byrne Elementary	13	80
15	CORNE	Cornelia Elementary	12.5	84.5
16	CHOF	Christ's Household of Faith	12.5	57
17	PLYCR	Plymouth Creek Elementary	12	65.5

Latest Ratings

Work on the 2 Rook Checkmate if you have not done that.
Next up is the king and queen checkmate
Next Tournament March 10 at Metcalf M.S.
Set aside April 14-15 for the Elementary and Primary Chess Championships at Breck

Name	23-Feb
Kartik	1015
Hale	899
Lennox	799
Bharath	734
Gage	699
Suhaas	656
Michael	649
Aishwarya	480
Sawyer	428
Zachary	402
Raiyan	349
Anvith	342
Dennis	328
Thomas	308
Rishik	297
Jackson	210
William	148
Nathan	147
Nivrit	143
Faith	142
Rigo	113
Rowan	100
Amir	100
Ashwin	100
S.J.	100

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Congratulations to the 4th grade team which won the SCA State Championship!!
Michael Hernandez and Lennox Tan each won 4 games for a total of 8 points - which was higher than
an other team with three players!!!
Michael won the 5th place trophy, Lennox got a golden knight medal for honorable mention and Gage also got the 5th place trophy in the 3rd grade section. Lennox also earned his bronze medal and will receive it at the next tournament he attends.

Gr Name    W L D Bef Aft Chg Merit
2  Anvith  2 3 0 327 329  +2 15.5
3  Gage    4 1 0 744 757 +13 88.2
4  Michael 4 1 0 573 638 +65  8.0
4  Lennox  4 1 0 767 808 +41 12.5
6  Hale    3 2 0 914 880 -34 77.2
   TOTAL  17 8 0         +87