Upvcomcing tournament qualifiers

Feb 16 Sat at Capitol Hill School SW corner of Dale and I94 (Concordia) Enter bldg at NE entrance.
Let me know you're coming and I'll register you. The school is paying the entry fees.
You need to bring lunch or $5.to buy it there. Bring a chess board likke the ones at school if you have one.
This is the individual and team grade elvel championships for the state of Minnesota. We're expecting 400 kid. A school needs at least two players for a team. The team socre is the total points of the top three players. So we really need 3 and 4 or more would be better because then we can throw out the low scores,

Those in Black have already indicated they are planning on coming.
Those in red are not coming

8th grade Team
Dan Keis (953)
Alex Pressman (683)
Ben Wirrer (550)
Sam Essen (477)

7th grade team
Thomas Miranda (1164)
Andrew Kies (705)
Lendale Smaith (384)
Magnus Nordby

6th Grade Team
Frank Sullivan (759)
Anton Priborkin (618)
Ben Ellison (565)
Josh Phillips (416)

FHMS ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating	Attendance	Grade
Miranda	Thomas	1164	16	7
Keis	Dan	973	18	8
Henry	Mace	830	8	7
Sullivan	Frank	759	16	6
Keis	Andrew	705	14	7
Pressman	Alex	683	12	8
Priborkin	Anton	618	19	6
Ellison	Ben	565	1	6
Wirrer	Ben	550	14	8
Essen	Sam	477	13	8
Phillips	Josh	416	16	6
McDermott	Thomas	402	18
Smith	Lendale	384	14	7
Varnado	Phillip	383	5	8
Hahnfeldt	Carter	264	13	5
Nordby	Magnus	218	7	7
Rutman	Charlie	210	1	7
Barnard	Joe	207	14	5
Lee	Keighvin	178	14	6
LaCroix	Mitch	174	5	7
Kainz	Andres	161	12
Noggle	Ashley	152	7	5
Spande	Naomi	141	5
Johnson	Evan	139	3
Blott	Elizabeth	136	5
Clark	Jason	123	6	7
Nordby	Celia	109	5
Anil John	Joel	100	9
Macal	Ethan	100	9

Next tournament Feb. 16 at Capitol Hill
Be there by 8:30
School will pay enntry fees, bring lunch or $5 for lunch.
Grade Level Championships (Individual and Team)
We need 3 (or more) in one grade for a team.

FHMS ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1164
Keis	Dan	973
Henry	Mace	830
Sullivan	Frank	743
Keis	Andrew	705
Pressman	Alex	656
Priborkin	Anton	588
Ellison	Ben	565
Wirrer	Ben	558
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	416
McDermott	Thomas	388
Smith	Lendale	384
Varnado	Phillip	383
Hahnfeldt	Carter	264
Barnard	Joe	231
Rutman	Charlie	210
Nordby	Magnus	208
Lee	Keighvin	178
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Noggle	Ashley	152
Spande	Naomi	141
Johnson	Evan	139
Blott	Elizabeth	136
Clark	Jason	123
Kainz	Andres	121
Nordby	Celia	109
Macal	Ethan	105
Anil John	Joel	100

Ratings after Jan 23, 2013

Tournament schedule:
Jan 26 (optional)  at Zachary Lane Elementray - you're on your own for this one. I will not be attending.
Feb 2 (optional)  Metcalf - you're on you own for paying, but I will be there.
Feb 16 Capitol Hill. Be there! Grade Level Championships.School pays, Three in one grade makes a team!
Mar 9 Metcalf Jr. High Championships We need a team of at least 4 - 10 would be better
Mar 23-24 State Championships. Grades K-6 at Minnehaha Acad. Grades 7-21 at St Paul Crowne Plaza

FHMS ClubByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1147
Keis	Dan	956
Henry	Mace	828
Sullivan	Frank	736
Keis	Andrew	705
Pressman	Alex	647
Priborkin	Anton	578
Ellison	Ben	565
Wirrer	Ben	558
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	416
McDermott	Thomas	388
Varnado	Phillip	383
Smith	Lendale	369
Hahnfeldt	Carter	260
Barnard	Joe	221
Rutman	Charlie	210
Nordby	Magnus	198
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Lee	Keighvin	170
Noggle	Ashley	152
Spande	Naomi	141
Johnson	Evan	139
Blott	Elizabeth	136
Clark	Jason	123
Kainz	Andres	121
Nordby	Celia	106
Anil John	Joel	100
Macal	Ethan	100

Latest Ratings

Friendly Hills ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1147
Keis	Dan	949
Henry	Mace	828
Sullivan	Frank	736
Keis	Andrew	705
Pressman	Alex	642
Priborkin	Anton	574
Ellison	Ben	565
Wirrer	Ben	558
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	416
Varnado	Phillip	383
McDermott	Thomas	383
Smith	Lendale	357
Hahnfeldt	Carter	260
Rutman	Charlie	210
Barnard	Joe	187
Nordby	Magnus	180
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Lee	Keighvin	170
Noggle	Ashley	152
Kainz	Andres	145
Spande	Naomi	141
Johnson	Evan	139
Blott	Elizabeth	136
Clark	Jason	123
Nordby	Celia	122
Anil John	Joel	100
Macal	Ethan	100

Latest Ratings

FHMS ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1138
Keis	Dan	936
Henry	Mace	828
Sullivan	Frank	726
Keis	Andrew	694
Pressman	Alex	642
Priborkin	Anton	566
Ellison	Ben	565
Wirrer	Ben	545
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	406
Varnado	Phillip	383
McDermott	Thomas	383
Smith	Lendale	357
Hahnfeldt	Carter	260
Rutman	Charlie	210
Barnard	Joe	178
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Lee	Keighvin	170
Nordby	Magnus	170
Noggle	Ashley	152
Kainz	Andres	145
Spande	Naomi	141
Johnson	Evan	139
Blott	Elizabeth	136
Clark	Jason	123
Nordby	Celia	122
Anil John	Joel	100
Macal	Ethan	100

Chess Team is successful

The Friendly Hills Chess Team was successful this weekend. They had a combined record of 13 wins and 7 losses. We lost to a team from Burnsville 4-1, beat a team from Plymouth 5-0, lost to Turtle Lake 3-2, and beat Robbinsdale 5-0.
The team came in fourth place of ten teams and each team member will receive a medal.
Tom Miranda won 3 out of four games at board one. Ben Wirrer won 3 of 4 games at board 5 and Anton Proborkin won every game he played at board 5. Other members of the winning team were Frank Sullivan at board two who won 2 of 4 games and Alex Pressman at board 3 who also won 2 games.

Bronze medals were presented to Frank Sullivan and Alex Pressman who have won 10 games in tournament competition.

Also, with 3 wins, Ben Wirrer now has 10 merit points and will receive his bronze medal at the next tournament.

For those of you who played in the tournament, I added 8 points for every win and subtracted 8 points for every loss. So Frank and Alex remained the same, Tom and Ben went up 16, Anton up 24.

Tournament Saturday & Ratings

Tournament on Saturday at Metcalf in Burnsville.
School is paying. Be there by 8:30 am to register or register on-line.
Never played before? Call Bill Heinemann at 451-8412 to discuss.

Our team for the team tournament on Saturday will be:
#1 Tom Miranda
#2 Frank Sullivan
#3 Alex Pressman
#4 Anton Priborkin
#5 Ben Wirrer

FHMS ByRating

Last Name	First Name	Rating
Miranda	Thomas	1125
Keis	Dan	930
Henry	Mace	828
Sullivan	Frank	721
Keis	Andrew	688
Pressman	Alex	642
Ellison	Ben	565
Priborkin	Anton	527
Wirrer	Ben	512
Essen	Sam	477
Phillips	Josh	424
Varnado	Phillip	383
McDermott	Thomas	378
Smith	Lendale	357
Hahnfeldt	Carter	260
Rutman	Charlie	210
LaCroix	Mitch	174
Barnard	Joe	173
Lee	Keighvin	170
Nordby	Magnus	166
Noggle	Ashley	152
Kainz	Andres	145
Spande	Naomi	141
Johnson	Evan	139
Blott	Elizabeth	136
Clark	Jason	123
Nordby	Celia	122
Anil John	Joel	100
Macal	Ethan	100