Oct 23

Today our lesson was on forks.
Highest score on the worksheet was 11 by Ben and Elijah
For more practice click here
or for really hard problems click here

Tournament coming up Nov 2 - more info next week

Grade	Rank	Name	Rating
8	1	Luke	1056
6	2	Shanmuka	708
8	3	Graham	661
7	4	Elijah	604
6	5	Amanuel	545
6	6	Billy	379
7	7	Zach	314
8	8	Sam	299
5	9	Asher	252
7	10	Derrick	250
7	11	Bisrat	209
7	12	Dhanush	198
6	13	Audrey	193
5	14	Roman G	179
5	15	Roman W	174
5	16	Claire	164
5	17	Pragnan	156
8	18	Fernando	150
6	19	Manogna	142
6	20	Saisloka	140
5	21	Ben	139
6	22	Logan	128
5	23	Shewwite	128
5	24	Mason	123
6	25	Nirmal	122
5	26	Ibrahim	116
6	27	Alex	115
5	28	Jocelyn	112
5	29	Jacelyn	111
5	30	Rehema	107
5	31	Carter	105
7	32	Christopher	100
5	33	Matiyas	100
	34	Adan	100

Oct 16

Next Tournament
WHEN: Nov 2 Register on site at 8:15 be done by about 2:30
WHERE: Highview Middle School New Brighton
WHO: Anyone, but you should wait til your rating is around 400 if you want a chance to win. You'll play other students from across the Twin Cities in the same grade.
HOW MUCH: $22 + lunch money
WHY: Fun - you'll play 5 games, 4 in 7th or 8th grade.

LESSON    
Today we went over Checkmate and Stalemate. Those who scored lower than a 14 (of 18) on the first worksheet were allowed to do a second worksheet.
We also learned all the rules of castling (including a funny story of 0-0-0-0-0-0!) We also learned a strange move called en passant.

RATINGS
Biggest gains - Elijah +75, Sam +69, Derrrick +60

Grade	Rank	Name	Rating
8	1	Luke	1040
6	2	Shanmuka	696
8	3	Graham	620
7	4	Elijah	615
6	5	Amanuel	517
6	6	Billy	379
8	7	Sam	316
7	8	Zach	303
7	9	Derrick	250
7	10	Bisrat	209
5	11	Asher	206
6	12	Audrey	185
7	13	Dhanush	179
5	14	Roman G	179
6	15	Manogna	170
5	16	Roman W	168
8	17	Fernando	150
	18	Pragnan	140
5	19	Claire	138
6	20	Nirmal	137
5	21	Shewitte	137
5	22	Mason	123
5	23	Ben	122
6	24	Alex	121
6	25	Logan	117
6	26	Saisioka	116
5	27	Ibrahim	116
5	28	Carter	105
	29	Jacelyn	105
5	30	Matiyas	100
7	31	Christopher	100
5	32	Nardos	100
	33	Adan	100

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

Chess Club has 30 Students!

CLASS RULESS
1) No electronic devices! (Unless Mr. Heinemann specifically asks you to - example we ran out of chess sets today so some were permitted to bring up a chess ap and play on their device)
2) When Mr. Heinemann is talking - you need to be listening.
3) When your name is called, raise your hand
4) At 4:57
    a) pick up the pieces and put into the zippered bag
    b) roll up your board with 3 or 4 others with the squares on the OUTSIDE
    c) put your chair up on the desk

TODAY'S LESSON - OPENING STRATEGY
1) Board Setup - White on rows1-2 Black on 7-8 Queen on her own color
1) Develop knights and bishops - get them out of the back row!
2) Occupy and attack the four center square
3) Make sure your king has protection. This usually means castle.

RATINGS

Grade	Rank	Last	Name	RR	KQ	KR	2-Oct
8	1	R.	Luke	p	p	p	1048
8	2	S.	Graham	p	p		664
6	3	B.	Shanmuka	p	p		661
7	4	N.	Elijah				523
6	5	W.	Amanuel				522
6	6	B.	Billy	p	p		383
7	7	D.	Zach				275
8	8	D.	Sam				237
7	9	G.	Bisrat				171
6	10	S.	Audrey	p	p		170
5	11	G.	Roman	p			161
5	12	W.	Roman				159
8	13	???	Fernando				139
5	14	F.	Asher				139
6	15	T.	Manogna	p	p		125
5	16	???	Claire				121
5	17	???	Mutiyahl				121
7	18	S.	Daneush				105
6	19	M.	Saisloka				105
	20	???	Mason				105
5	21	K.	Carter				104
	22	???	Aidan				104
6	23	S.	Alex				103
	24	???	Nirmal				103
7	25	A.	Christopher				100
6	26	R.	Logan				100
5	27	F.	Nardos				100
5	28	K.???	Carter				100
	29	???	Chewitte				100
	30	???	Ibrahim				100

2019-2020 CHESS CLUB SCHEDULE

Chess Club will start on Wednesday, October 2.
We start at 3:25 in room 123, and we are done at 5:00 Arrange transportation, or take the activity bus when available.
I'll teach a lesson for 15-30 minutes.
Then we'll have either a drill or a worksheet to do.
Then we'll have almost an hour to play chess.

Rating system - you start at 100 or wherever you left off last year. You gain 5 pts for attendance, and 2 points per problem on worksheets. You gain 16 points for winning a game against a similarly rated player, more for winning against a stronger player, less against a weaker player. (Look up Harkness System if you want the details.)
By Jan I'll name our starting team (5 players and 3+ alternates)

TOURNAMENTS We participate in tournaments on Saturdays and a League on Fridays in Jan-Feb. Anyone can participate in the tournaments. There is no bus - students must arrange their own transportation.

FALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Oct 12 Metcalf Middle School, Burnsville
Nov 2 Highview Middle School, New Brighton
Nov 16 Metcalf
Dec 7 Metcalf
Jan 4 Metcalf (need 5-player team)
Jan - Feb (Fridays TBA) Interscholastic league (Metcalf, Heritage, Faithful Shepherd, et al.)

Meanwhile, start practicing. Find some good lessons on tactics on the internet.

Tournament Results

There is one SCA Tournament left on Sat May 18 at Zachary Lane Elem. in Plymouth if you're interested. The top 16 from each section (K-3 and 4-6) will have their own tournament so the competition should be a tad easier.

ID	Name	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Points	Tbk1	Tbk2	Tbk3	Award
1	Owen	W9	W6	W4	W2	4	9	11	10	1st
2	Luke	W10	W5	W3	L1	3	8	10	9	2nd
4	Shanmuka	W14	W8	L1	W5	3	8	10	8	3rd
6	Amanuel	W16	L1	W17	W8	3	7	7.5	7	4th
9	Tyler	L1	W10	L5	W17	2	9	9	4	5th
5	Elijah	W15	L2	W9	L4	2	8	8	6
8	Carlos	W17	L4	W13	L6	2	8	8	6	under 450
10	Adrien	L2	L9	W7	W13	2	7.5	7.5	3	under 450 2nd
3	Graham	W13	W18	L2	F	2	5	5	7
14	Bisrat	L4	H	W15	D11	2	5	5	4	under 200
11	Zach	H	W7	F	D14	2	3.5	3.5	5.5
7	Billy	H	L11	L10	W15	1.5	2	4	3
17	Sahasra	L8	B	L6	L9	1	4	7	3
13	Sam	L3	W15	L8	L10	1	4	6	3
18	David	B	L3	F	F	1	0	2	4
16	Benny	L6	H	F	F	0.5	0	3	1.5
15	Manogna	L5	L13	L14	L7	0	4.5	6.5	0

Chess Club Ends Next Week

Our final meeting of the year will be Wed May 8 when awards will be handed out. Next week I will post the final results on this blog.

Name	1-May
Owen	1204
Luke	1048
Graham	658
Shanmuka	651
Elijah	548
Amanuel	513
Billy	383
Tyler	341
Carlos	323
Adrien	307
Zach	293
Sam	207
Bisrat	186
Justin	172
Sahasra	164
Manogna	120
Benny	112
David	106