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

May 18th Tournament Results

Congratulations to Anvith who won 3 of 4 games in the prestigious tournament of champions.
He finished in 4th place in that tournament.

Lennox received a gold medal for having now won 50 games in tournament competition.

In the Elementary Section, Lennox Tan had 4 wins and accepted a draw in the last round which assured a first place finish for him.
Suhaas received a "golden knight" award for his performance.

Nivrit earned the 5th place trophy in the Primary Section of the Open.
And Kunal earned the novice trophy.

     Name   W L D Place Bef  Aft Chg Merit  
INVITATIONAL
     Anvith 3 1 0   4   976 1006 +30  77.3   
ELEMENTARY
     Lennox 4 0 1   1  1246 1265 +19  61.5 
     Suhaas 3 2 0   6   976  961 -15  83.5 
PRIMARY
     Nivrit 3 1 1   5   613  635 +22  21.0
     Kunal  3 2 0   9   302  345 +43   7.0

Gr	Place	Name	18-May
5	1	Lennox	1265
3	2	Anvith	1006
5	3	Michael	967
5	4	Suhaas	928
4	5	Zachary	874
3	6	Rishik	804
5	7	Thomas	682
5	8	Sawyer	669
3	9	Nivrit	635
4	10	Ashwin	572
4	11	Dennis	560
5	12	Nathan	465
4	13	Faith	433
5	14	Rowan	411
2	15	S.J.	373
3	16	Prithyaa	365
3	17	Kunal	345
3	18	Theo	337
	19	Davida	253
4	20	Ben	240
4	21	Pranya	216
3	22	Anshi	183
4	23	Amir	121
4	24	Addy	107
1	25	Samuel	100

SALEM HILLS PLACES HIGH AT THE STATEWIDE (Merit pt corrections 5/17)

AWARDS:
K-3 Team finished in 4th place only 1 point behind the first place team!
1 Breck       20.5
2 Turtle Lake 20.5
3 R Span.Im   20.0
4 Salem Hills 19.5
5 Eagle Ridge 17
High scoring members of the team received Medals - Aarev Salil, Anvith Pothula, Rishik Kondadadi, and Nivrit Koturi.
Aarev brought home the 10th place trophy.
Anvith brought home the 16 place trophy.
Both Aarev and Anvith were invited to a special tournament for the top 16 players in the state,
Rishik placed 19th and brought home a trophy for one of the top 3 third graders.
Nivrit was awarded his bronze medal for have won 10 game in tournament competition.
Aarev has now earned his gold medal.

ELEMENTARY TEAM placed 6th (after 3 rounds we were briefly in first)
1 Metcalf     19.0
2 Cap. Hill   18.5
3 R Span.Im   18.0
4 Har. Bishop 17.0
5 LadyofGrace 16.0
6 Salem Hills 15.0
Lennox brought home a trophy for being one of the top 5th graders and has earned a gold medal.
Michael Hernandez was presented a silver medal for having won 25 games in tournaments.
                   W L D  Bef  Aft Chg Merit
Lennox Tan         4 3 0 1308 1246 -62  56.5 earned gold
Suhaas Pothula     3 3 1  986  976 -10  80.5
Michael Hernandez  3 2 2  983  980  -3  29.5
Zachary Browning   3 3 1  892  874 -18  19.5
Ashwin Valle       2 4 1  577  572  -5   5.5
Sawyer Immel       1 4 2  712  656 -56   4.5

Aarev Salil        5 1 1                52   earned gold
Anvith Pothula     5 2 0  976  972  -4  73.5
Rishik Kondadadi   5 2 0  760  804 +44  44
Nivrit Koturi      4 3 0  564  613 +49  17.5
Kunal Aki          3 4 0  233  302 +69   4

FINAL RATINGS *Possible members of next year's Elementary Team

Gr	Place	Name	5-May
5	1	Lennox	1246
5	2	Suhaas	976
3	3	*Anvith	972
5	4	Michael	967
4	5	*Zachary	874
3	6	*Rishik	804
5	7	Thomas	682
5	8	Sawyer	669
3	9	*Nivrit	613
4	10	*Ashwin	572
4	11	*Dennis	560
5	12	Nathan	465
4	13	*Faith	433
5	14	*Rowan	411
2	15	S.J.	373
3	16	Prithyaa	365
3	17	Theo	337
3	18	Kunal	302
	19	Davida	253
4	20	Ben	240
4	21	Pranya	216
3	22	Anshi	183
4	23	Amir	121
4	24	Addy	107
1	25	Samuel	100

Final Standings

We will be in room 203 for the Statewide Tournament

I used only two tie-breakers - 1: Total points of opponents 2: Your rating when we started (ID)
Here are the final results. Ratings will not be final until after the Statewide SCA Tournament this weekend.

ID	NAME	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD4	PTS	TBK1	Award
1	Lennox	W7	W5	W6	W4	4	12	Medal
6	Rishik	W13	W3	L1	W18	3	11	2nd
4	Suhaas	W11	W8	W18	L1	3	10	3rd
5	Zachary	W12	L1	W16	W13	3	10	4th
3	Anvith	W10	L6	W15	W8	3	9	5th
7	Sawyer	L1	W14	W19	W9	3	8.5
2	Michael	L8	W9	W14	W11	3	7.5
8	Thomas	W2	L4	W22	L3	2	11
11	Ashwin	L4	W15	W25	L2	2	9
14	Rowan	W19	L7	L2	W22	2	8.5	U500 1st
10	Nivrit	L3	W16	L20	W17	2	7.5
15	S.J.	W20	L11	L3	W21	2	7	U500 2nd
18	Theo	W24	W25	L4	L6	2	7
12	Faith	L5	L22	W17	W19	2	6
13	Nathan	L6	W21	W24	L5	2	6
16	Prithyaa	W21	L10	L5	W25	2	6
20	Ben	L15	W17	W10	F	2	4.5	U200 1st
22	Kunal	D17	W12	L8	L14	1.5	6.5
9	Dennis	H	L2	W21	L7	1.5	6
19	Pranya	L14	W24	L7	L12	1	7
25	Samuel	B	L18	L11	L16	1	6
17	Davida	D22	L20	L12	L10	0.5	7.5
21	Anshi	L16	L13	L9	L15	0	7.5
24	Addy	L18	L19	L13	F	0	5

Place	Name	3-May
1	Lennox	1308
2	Suhaas	986
3	Michael	983
4	Anvith	976
5	Zachary	892
6	Rishik	760
7	Sawyer	712
8	Thomas	682
9	Ashwin	577
10	Nivrit	564
11	Dennis	560
12	Nathan	465
13	Faith	433
14	Rowan	411
15	S.J.	373
16	Prithyaa	365
17	Theo	337
18	Davida	253
19	Ben	240
20	Kunal	233
21	Pranya	216
22	Anshi	183
23	Amir	121
24	Addy	107
25	Samuel	100