Oct 9

We reviewed opening principles and discussed some bad moves to avoid.
We learned what checkmate is and 3 ways to stop it.
We learned what stalemate is. Although judging by the scores on the worksheet, most of you did not fully catch on. only 2 perfect papers, about 4 missed only one.

Tournament on Saturday at Metcalf Middle School in Burnsville. Cost $20 Be there at 8:15 to register. No elimination - you'll play 5 games. Done at about 2:30. My usual guideline is wait until your rating gets up to 400. But anyone can come as long as you don't mind losing all 5 games. It's a good way to improve. Check out the SCA website off the link in the upper right for more info.

Ratings

Grade	Rank	Name	9-Oct
8	1	Luke	1048
6	2	Shanmuka	710
8	3	Graham	691
7	4	Elijah	540
6	5	Amanuel	503
6	6	Billy	404
7	7	Zach	303
8	8	Sam	247
7	9	Bisrat	207
6	10	Audrey	185
5	11	Roman G	179
5	12	Asher	173
5	13	Roman W	168
6	14	Nirmal	154
6	15	Manogna	146
7	16	Daneush	142
5	17	Shewitte	137
	18	Ben	132
6	19	Saisloka	127
8	20	Fernando	124
5	21	Mason	123
5	22	Claire	120
5	23	Carter	105
5	24	Mutiyahl	105
6	25	Alex	104
	26	Pragnan	103
7	27	Christopher	100
6	28	Logan	100
5	29	Nardos	100
5	30	Ibrahim	100
	31	Jacelyn	100