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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Chess Club 2018-2019

If you'd like to join the chess club, just show up on Wednesday, Sept 19.

Chess Club/Team will meet Wednesdays after school from 3:25 to 5:00 starting Sep. 19 in Room 123. We typically have a lesson followed by a worksheet and then an hour to play chess. Games are rated - if you win your rating goes up by 1 to 32 points depending on the rating of your opponent. Your opponent's rating will go down by that same amount.

Why have ratings?
1) You can see your progress
2) You'll try hard every game
3) You'll know who will give you a good game
4) I'll know when you are ready for tournament play (400)
5) I'll know who to select for our league team and what board to place you at

If you've ever come to chess club at Friendly Hills, you have a rating. If you're new, your rating will be 100. We have 4 strong players returning, but we need 5 for our team, so that 5th spot is wide open. Who will step up this year? Will it be someone who has come before and this year makes a big effort to become better, or will it be someone new - maybe a 5th grader?
Here are the ratings of all students who have ever tried chess club:

Luke 937
Owen 849
Henry 804
Miles 765
Torben 491
Jackson 413
Jacob 364
Christian 355
Shakti 333
Tyler 310
Gere 301
James 254
Ellyanna 211
Zach 208
Kiera 193
Nolan 193
Derrick 190
Naomi 187
Isaac 182
Zeke 167
Matthew 160
Quinn 157
Catey 149
Patrick 147
Justin 135
Kiran 130
Luca 118
Ellie 118
Winston 115
Maria 115
Davis 105
Jesse 105
Hunter 100
Sahasra 100
Lilly 100
Max 100