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

Ratings after March 28 with CORRECTION

One more huge team tournament for those of you in grades 5 & 6 April 21-22 at Breck!

We need some of those 5th and 6th graders who used to come to chess club to come back in these last 4 weeks before the big Statewide tournament. Wee need at least 4 players for a team. So thomas, Andrew, and Frank - recruit some others in 5th and 6th grade.

Here's my optimistic best hope for statewide: Thomas 5 wins, Frank, Andrew and Ben Ellison 4 points. That's a total of 21 points. (CORRECTION - I can't add - 17 points!) 17 is in trophy contention - last year 5th place. 10th place was 15.5 and there are 4 regional trophies beyond that. If we finish as high as 5th place the top 4 from that team receive medals also.

In preparation, I will run a chess tournament during chess club with medals and ribbons for top performers beginning right after spring break.

First Name	Rating
Thomas	992
Sam P	727
Mace	715
Dan	604
Alex P	555
Frank	528
Ben E	503
Andrew K	487
Sam E	356
Alex V	350
Phillip	339
Oliver	312
Gabe	311
Albin	259
Ben W	251
Christopher	201
Lendale	180
Maureen	168
Keighvin	131
Veronica	100
Naomi	100

Ratings after March 21

One more huge team tournament for those of you in grades 5 & 6 April 21-22 at Breck!

We need some of those 5th and 6th graders who used to come to chess club to come back in these last 4 weeks before the big Statewide tournament. Wee need at least 4 players for a team. So thomas, Andrew, and Frank - recruit some others in 5th and 6th grade. If you do, I'm pretty sure we'll finish in the top 10. If' we can't get 4 rated near 300+ I don't think we can make it. ALBIN - we need you back!

First Name	Rating
Thomas	985
Sam P	727
Mace	715
Dan	600
Alex P	555
Andrew	513
Frank	512
Ben E	503
Sam E	356
Alex V	350
Phillip	339
Oliver	312
Gabe	311
Albin	259
Ben W	220
Christopher	201
Lendale	176
Maureen	168
Keighvin	131
Veronica	100
Naomi	100

Nationals

This is the last week to register for the High School National CHess Championships in Mpls. before the price start going up. The cost this week is $50 + USCF membership which is about $20. Register on-line at www.uschess.org go to National Events, Find the High School Section and then Register. You're on your own for this one, though I will be there if you let me know you're going.