Ratings after Jan. 25, 2012

First Name	. . . . . Rating
Thomas	944
Mace	702
Ben	503
Dan	501
Frank	492
Monte	484
Alex P	451
Alex V	350
Phillip	346
Andrew	316
Oliver	312
Gabe	311
Albin	269
Vic	263
Christopher	195
Maureen	181
Tommy	156
Keighvin	131
Lendale	100

Ratings After 1-18-2012

First Name	. . . . . Rating
Thomas	927
Mace	702
Frank	513
Ben	503
Monte	484
Alex P	440
Dan	413
Alex V	350
Phillip	346
Andrew	316
Oliver	312
Gabe	288
Albin	286
Vic	263
Christopher	195
Maureen	181
Tommy	156
Keighvin	131
Lendale	100

Ratings after Jan 11, 2012

First Name	. . . . . Rating
Thomas	927
Mace	702
Ben	508
Monte	484
Frank	471
Dan	427
Alex P	417
Alex V	350
Phillip	346
Oliver	312
Albin	292
Gabe	288
Andrew	285
Vic	263
Christopher	195
Maureen	166
Tommy	156
Lendale	131
Keighvin	131

Tournament Results

...............W L D new

Thomas Miranda 4 1 0 927

Frank Sullivan 3 2 0 485

Dan Keis...... 2 2 0 403

Alex Pressman. 1 2 1 412

Total . . . . 10 7 1

Tournament and Year End Ratings Dec 21, 2011

Today's Tournament Results

Place	Name	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Pts	TBk1	Tbk2
1	Thomas	W2	W6	W3	3	4	5
2	Alex P	L1	W7	W5	2	4	5
3	Mace	W8	W5	L1	2	4	4
4	Albin	L5	W8	W6	2	2	2
5	Frank	W4	L3	L2	1	4	6
6	Dan	W7	L1	L4	1	3	6
7	Lendale	L6	L2	W8	1	1	3
8	Andrew	L3	L4	L7	0	4	5

First Name	Rating
Thomas	923
Mace	702
Ben	503
Monte	484
Frank	445
Alex P	400
Dan	368
Alex V	350
Phillip	346
Oliver	312
Gabe	288
Albin	287
Andrew	280
Vic	263
Christopher	190
Maureen	161
Tommy	156
Keighvin	131
Lendale	131

Ratings after 12/14

FHMS

First Name	Rating
Thomas	908
Mace	697
Ben	503
Monte	484
Frank	459
Dan	378
Alex V	350
Phillip	346
Alex P	332
Andrew	317
Oliver	312
Gabe	288
Vic	263
Albin	252
Christopher	190
Maureen	161
Tommy	156
Keighvin	131
Lendale	124

Ratings after Dec 7, 2011

I was hoping for slightly higher test results, but it confirms my confidence in my rating systems. Everyone performed within 150 points of their rating, so everyone gained a few points. I think the biggest gains from the test were made by Frank, Albin and Monte.

Like all things in life, if you really want to become good at something you must put a lot of time into it. If you want to move ahead faster than those around you, you must put in extra time and effort, not just 1:45 on Wednesdays. My two suggestions for improving: 1) Save the worksheets and go over the problems until you thoroughly understand the principles then play out the resulting positions, and 2) play more chess.

Hope to see some of you at Metcalf on Jan 7, 2012 - our first (and last) practice before the state grade level championships on Feb 25 at Capitol Hill. Put those on the calendar.

FHMS

First Name	Rating
Thomas	888
Mace	679
Ben	503
Monte	481
Frank	455
Dan	370
Alex	350
Phillip	346
Hunter	340
Andrew	324
Oliver	312
Gabe	282
Vic	260
Albin	235
Christopher	190
Maureen	161
Tommy	156
Keighvin	131
Jill	113
Lendale	111
Jake	111