Next tournament Feb. 16 at Capitol Hill
Be there by 8:30
School will pay enntry fees, bring lunch or $5 for lunch.
Grade Level Championships (Individual and Team)
We need 3 (or more) in one grade for a team.

FHMS ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1164
Keis	Dan	973
Henry	Mace	830
Sullivan	Frank	743
Keis	Andrew	705
Pressman	Alex	656
Priborkin	Anton	588
Ellison	Ben	565
Wirrer	Ben	558
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	416
McDermott	Thomas	388
Smith	Lendale	384
Varnado	Phillip	383
Hahnfeldt	Carter	264
Barnard	Joe	231
Rutman	Charlie	210
Nordby	Magnus	208
Lee	Keighvin	178
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Noggle	Ashley	152
Spande	Naomi	141
Johnson	Evan	139
Blott	Elizabeth	136
Clark	Jason	123
Kainz	Andres	121
Nordby	Celia	109
Macal	Ethan	105
Anil John	Joel	100

Ratings after Jan 23, 2013

Tournament schedule:
Jan 26 (optional)  at Zachary Lane Elementray - you're on your own for this one. I will not be attending.
Feb 2 (optional)  Metcalf - you're on you own for paying, but I will be there.
Feb 16 Capitol Hill. Be there! Grade Level Championships.School pays, Three in one grade makes a team!
Mar 9 Metcalf Jr. High Championships We need a team of at least 4 - 10 would be better
Mar 23-24 State Championships. Grades K-6 at Minnehaha Acad. Grades 7-21 at St Paul Crowne Plaza

FHMS ClubByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1147
Keis	Dan	956
Henry	Mace	828
Sullivan	Frank	736
Keis	Andrew	705
Pressman	Alex	647
Priborkin	Anton	578
Ellison	Ben	565
Wirrer	Ben	558
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	416
McDermott	Thomas	388
Varnado	Phillip	383
Smith	Lendale	369
Hahnfeldt	Carter	260
Barnard	Joe	221
Rutman	Charlie	210
Nordby	Magnus	198
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Lee	Keighvin	170
Noggle	Ashley	152
Spande	Naomi	141
Johnson	Evan	139
Blott	Elizabeth	136
Clark	Jason	123
Kainz	Andres	121
Nordby	Celia	106
Anil John	Joel	100
Macal	Ethan	100

Latest Ratings

Friendly Hills ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1147
Keis	Dan	949
Henry	Mace	828
Sullivan	Frank	736
Keis	Andrew	705
Pressman	Alex	642
Priborkin	Anton	574
Ellison	Ben	565
Wirrer	Ben	558
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	416
Varnado	Phillip	383
McDermott	Thomas	383
Smith	Lendale	357
Hahnfeldt	Carter	260
Rutman	Charlie	210
Barnard	Joe	187
Nordby	Magnus	180
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Lee	Keighvin	170
Noggle	Ashley	152
Kainz	Andres	145
Spande	Naomi	141
Johnson	Evan	139
Blott	Elizabeth	136
Clark	Jason	123
Nordby	Celia	122
Anil John	Joel	100
Macal	Ethan	100

Latest Ratings

FHMS ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1138
Keis	Dan	936
Henry	Mace	828
Sullivan	Frank	726
Keis	Andrew	694
Pressman	Alex	642
Priborkin	Anton	566
Ellison	Ben	565
Wirrer	Ben	545
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	406
Varnado	Phillip	383
McDermott	Thomas	383
Smith	Lendale	357
Hahnfeldt	Carter	260
Rutman	Charlie	210
Barnard	Joe	178
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Lee	Keighvin	170
Nordby	Magnus	170
Noggle	Ashley	152
Kainz	Andres	145
Spande	Naomi	141
Johnson	Evan	139
Blott	Elizabeth	136
Clark	Jason	123
Nordby	Celia	122
Anil John	Joel	100
Macal	Ethan	100

Chess Team is successful

The Friendly Hills Chess Team was successful this weekend. They had a combined record of 13 wins and 7 losses. We lost to a team from Burnsville 4-1, beat a team from Plymouth 5-0, lost to Turtle Lake 3-2, and beat Robbinsdale 5-0.
The team came in fourth place of ten teams and each team member will receive a medal.
Tom Miranda won 3 out of four games at board one. Ben Wirrer won 3 of 4 games at board 5 and Anton Proborkin won every game he played at board 5. Other members of the winning team were Frank Sullivan at board two who won 2 of 4 games and Alex Pressman at board 3 who also won 2 games.

Bronze medals were presented to Frank Sullivan and Alex Pressman who have won 10 games in tournament competition.

Also, with 3 wins, Ben Wirrer now has 10 merit points and will receive his bronze medal at the next tournament.

For those of you who played in the tournament, I added 8 points for every win and subtracted 8 points for every loss. So Frank and Alex remained the same, Tom and Ben went up 16, Anton up 24.

Tournament Saturday & Ratings

Tournament on Saturday at Metcalf in Burnsville.
School is paying. Be there by 8:30 am to register or register on-line.
Never played before? Call Bill Heinemann at 451-8412 to discuss.

Our team for the team tournament on Saturday will be:
#1 Tom Miranda
#2 Frank Sullivan
#3 Alex Pressman
#4 Anton Priborkin
#5 Ben Wirrer

FHMS ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1125
Keis	Dan	930
Henry	Mace	828
Sullivan	Frank	721
Keis	Andrew	688
Pressman	Alex	642
Ellison	Ben	565
Priborkin	Anton	527
Wirrer	Ben	512
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	424
Varnado	Phillip	383
McDermott	Thomas	378
Smith	Lendale	357
Hahnfeldt	Carter	260
Rutman	Charlie	210
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Barnard	Joe	173
Lee	Keighvin	170
Nordby	Magnus	166
Noggle	Ashley	152
Kainz	Andres	145
Spande	Naomi	141
Johnson	Evan	139
Blott	Elizabeth	136
Clark	Jason	123
Nordby	Celia	122
Anil John	Joel	100
Macal	Ethan	100

State Championships

If you see this announcement, let your parent know you'll need transportation on Mar 23rd and 24th.

Just an update - On March 23-24 the State Chess Championships will take place for all ages.
Grades K-6 will be under the auspices of SCA at Minnehaha Academy North Campus. This is the first time in several years that SCA's tournament will be officially the state championship for teams. The top 16 will qualify for the Tournament of Champions and the winner of that tournament will be the individual state champion. Those 6th grade and under will go to Minnehaha for that tournament. I will be at Minnehaha.

Also on March 23-24, the Junior High and High School team and individual championships will take place at the Riverfront Crowne Plaza Hotel on Wabasha and Kellogg in St. Paul. We should be able to field a good team for this one - we need 4 players (I think)

Tournament on Saturday Jan 17 at Metcalf Junior High in Burnsville
FRIENDLY HILLS TEAM
Board #1 Tom Miranda
Board#2 Dan Keis
Board #3 Andrew Keis
Board #4 Alex Pressman
Board #5 Ben Wirrer
Alternate Anton Priborkin, Sam Essen (If Alternates are not needed they will play in the open section in their appropriate grade section. (grades 4-6 or 7-9)

FHMS ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1111
Keis	Dan	930
Henry	Mace	824
Sullivan	Frank	711
Keis	Andrew	688
Pressman	Alex	642
Ellison	Ben	565
Wirrer	Ben	528
Priborkin	Anton	520
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	385
Varnado	Phillip	383
McDermott	Thomas	373
Smith	Lendale	344
Hahnfeldt	Carter	242
Rutman	Charlie	210
Barnard	Joe	206
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Lee	Keighvin	170
Nordby	Magnus	159
Noggle	Ashley	152
Spande	Naomi	142
Johnson	Evan	139
Clark	Jason	123
Nordby	Celia	122
Macal	Ethan	100
Anil John	Joel	100
Kainz	Andres	100