Chess Club Sept 19

We had 20 students turn out for the first day of chess club. There are 15 others interested who were not able to be there for our first meeting. That makes 35 if everyone shows up next week  There are only 24 stools, but table space enough for 48. I will order a few more chess sets on Friday. If you would like to order a set of your own, call Mr. Heinemann on Thursday at 651-451-8421. Nice sets like the ones we use - board, pieces with extra queens and vinyl bag for pieces - only $10 with my quantity discount!

PARENTS
We have some good players and will no doubt develop a few more this year. We have a chance to raise some money for the chess club in order to help finance a trip to Nashville, TN for the national championships on April 5-7. On March 23-24 the School Chess Association is holding the statewide chess championships at Minnehaha Academy High School North Campus. We have been asked if we'd like to sell concessions there. Since there are about 400-500 kids and their families, it usually nets several thousand dollars which would go a long way toward defraying any costs. But we'll need parents to purchase the food, sell it, and cook the hotdogs. We usually order lots of pizzas, then sell them for $2 a slice, hot dogs, chips, fruit, pop, candy, etc. Left over candy and pop is typically sold to the group running concessions at the next tournament. If interested in any capacity contact Bill Heinemann.

Friendly Hills Ratings

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1095
Keis	Dan	657
Ellison	Ben	574
Sullivan	Frank	567
Pressman	Alex P	555
Keis	Andrew	552
Essen	Sam	388
Varnado	Phillip	339
Wirrer	Ben	333
Swenson	Albin	264
Smith	Lendale	206
Rutman	Charlie	191
Lee	Keighvin	136
Macal	Ethan	105
Hahnfeldt	Cameron	105
Hahnfeldt	Carter	105
Barnard	Joe	105
Jackson	Loomis	105
Anil John	Joel	105
Best-Tharp	Bryce	105
Blott	Elizabeth	105
Noggle	Ashley	105
Phillips	Josh	105
Priborkin	Anton	105
McDermott	Thomas	105
LaCroix	Mitch	105
Kainz	Andres	105
Landsman	James	100
Chakkithara	Gayatri	100
Kasella	Stephen	100
Spande	Naomi	100
Manirath	Austin	100
Cordova	Sydney	100
Chastain	Devin	100
Kasella	Andrew	100

Chess Club Start

CHESS CLUB START

It's time for a new school year and time for chess club to start up again. We meet Wednesday's after school from 3:20 to 4:50 in Room 123. New or experienced players are welcome.

Last year was the first year of chess club at FHMS. We had about 20 who participated at some point in the year and about 10-12 regulars. We were able to field a team for the SCA Jr. High championships and finished in 4th, earning the trophy for the to p Middle School. We also participated with our 5th and 6th graders in the Elementary championships and finished in 9th place in the state, again earning a nice trophy.

PARENTS
We hope to improve on that this year and I've even got my eye on Nationals - April 5th-7th in Nashville, Tennessee. It's a great experience - 5,000 kids playing chess at once! I've taken several teams to Nashville before and the Gaylord is a fantastic place, If your child is one of our top players, set aside the time (and the money) now, We have a chance to raise about $1000 for the team by serving food at the SCA statewide championships in March. We need volunteers to prepare and serve food at that 2-day event at Minnehaha Academy North Campus in March.

STUDENTS

Are you smarter than an Olympian? Here's a position from a game between Kenya and Afghanistan in the women's division. The Kenyan lady had a chance for a winning move and missed it. Can you find it. Black to move.

Season Final Resuts and Ratings

Final Tournament Results 
Tie-breaks are the ones recommend by the USCF and used also by SCA. Basically it boils down to how tough was your competition.
Tie-break #1 - Modified Median - Same as Solkoff except, for players who won more than half, don't count the lowest score and for players who won less than half, don't count the highest score.
Tie-break #2 - Solkoff -Count the total points of all opponents.
Tie-break #3 was not needed, but it would have been the one recommended by USCF, Cumulative - total the points you had after each round was completed.
Top 5 places get awards.

Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Points	TBk1	TBk2
1	Thomas	1090	H	W7	W3	D2	3	7.5	7.5
2	Dan	652	W4	D5	W6	D1	3	7	8.5
3	Frank	567	W9	W6	L1	W4	3	6.5	7
4	Ben W	333	L2	W10	W7	L3	2	8	8
5	Sam E	383	H	D2	W9	U	2	4	4
6	Andrew	547	H	L3	L2	W9	1.5	4	7
7	Ben E	574	W11	L1	L4	H	1.5	2.5	5.5
8	Veronica	100	B	H	U	U	1.5	0	0
9	Lendale	201	L3	B	L5	L6	1	6.5	6.5
10	Charlie	191	H	L4	U	U	0.5	0	2
11	Maureen	177	L7	H	U	U	0.5	0	1.5

And here are you final ratings. I'll save these and this is where you'll start next year.

All FHMS Chess Club Participants

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1081
Pressman	Sam	727
Henry	Mace	723
Keis	Dan	645
Sullivan	Frank	579
Ellison	Ben	574
Keis	Andrew	557
Pressman	Alex P	555
Fischer	Monte	484
Essen	Sam	383
Venturi	Alex V	350
Varnado	Phillip	339
Wirrer	Ben	330
McEllistrom	Oliver	312
Delmont	Gabe	311
Williams	Brigham	300
Peterson	Quintin	300
Friedman	Matthew	297
Fischer	Vic	263
Swenson	Albin	259
Kaderlik	Luc	254
Smith	Lendale	201
Figueroa	Christopher	201
Rutman	Charlie	191
Andersen	Maureen	177
Buell	Tommy	156
Kinzer	Blake	142
Lee	Keighvin	131
Wen	Mandi	130
Lund	Jill	113
Wendt	Jake	111
Andersen	Veronica	100

Ratings and in-house tournament

May 2 will be the last round
May 9 will be our last meeting this year. Hope we'll all be back in the fall (except the 6th graders)


FHMS Tournament
Plc Name Rnd1 Rd2 Rd3 Pts R4 (tentative assignment)
1 Thomas....H..W8..W3..2.5 A2
2 Dan K....W5..D4..W9..2.5 A1
3 Frank....W11.W9..L1..2.0 A5
4 Sam E.....H..D2..W7..2.0 A6
5 Ben W....L2..W10.W8..2.0 A3
6 Veronica..B...H...F..1.5 A4

7 Lendale..L8...B..L4..1.0 A9
8 Ben E....W7..L1..L5..1.0 A10
9 Andrew....H..L3..L2..0.5 A7
10 Charlie..H..L5...F..0.5 A8
11 Maureen.L3...H...F..0.5 Bye

Friendly Hills

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1090
Pressman	Sam	727
Henry	Mace	715
Keis	Dan	617
Ellison	Ben	574
Sullivan	Frank	567
Pressman	Alex P	555
Keis	Andrew	535
Essen	Sam	383
Wirrer	Ben	333
Swenson	Albin	259
Figueroa	Christopher	201
Smith	Lendale	196
Rutman	Charlie	191
Andersen	Maureen	171
Andersen	Veronica	100

Ratings after Tournament

Way to go team! I thought we had a chance at 10th place. You guys really came through on Sunday!

Here are your old and new ratings and the change. Everyone went up a lot.

Name Before After Change Merit Pts Tom 1049 1084 35 124 Andrew 502 572 70 11 * Frank 542 563 20 11 * Ben 517 598 81 4

*Earned bronze medal

4-18 Results

FHMS Ratings

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1049
Pressman	Sam	727
Henry	Mace	715
Keis	Dan	596
Pressman	Alex P	555
Sullivan	Frank	542
Ellison	Ben	517
Keis	Andrew	502
Essen	Sam	369
Wirrer	Ben	273
Swenson	Albin	259
Figueroa	Christopher	201
Rutman	Charlie	191
Smith	Lendale	186
Andersen	Maureen	171
Andersen	Veronica	104

Here are the in-house tournament results after 2 rounds. We'll play 4.

Place	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Points
1	Frank	W7	W9	2
2	Dan	W6	D8	1.5
3	Thomas	H	W5	1.5
4	Veronica	B	H	1.5
5	Ben E	W10	L3	1
6	Ben W	L2	W11	1
7	Lendale	L1	B	1
8	Sam E	H	D2	1
9	Andrew	H	L1	0.5
10	Maureen	L5	H	0.5
11	Charlie	H	L6	0.5

Latest Ratings and Tournament Standings 4-11

Tournament Standings:

W L D

1. Dan 1 0 0

2. Frank 1 0 0

3. Ben E 1 0 0

4. Veronica 1 0 0

5. Ben W 0 1 1

6. Lendale 0 1 1

7. Maureen 0 1 1

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	992
Pressman	Sam	727
Henry	Mace	715
Keis	Dan	624
Pressman	Alex P	555
Sullivan	Frank	522
Ellison	Ben	513
Keis	Andrew	487
Essen	Sam	356
Swenson	Albin	259
Wirrer	Ben	254
Figueroa	Christopher	201
Smith	Lendale	181
Andersen	Maureen	171
Andersen	Veronica	104