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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Ratings after Oct 29

Tournament Saturday Nov 1 at Highview Middle School in New Brighton 8:30am to about 3:00pm
Call me if interested 651-451-8412 for more details. Cost about $25 including lunch.

Name Rating
Frank 881
Josh 801
Thomas 594
Carter 379
Joe 341
Keighvin 269
Oscar 228
Aidan L 223
Payton 207
Lucius 192
Isaiah 174
Bryce 168
Rohan 158
Nathan 154
Bergen  144
Christopher 134
Emma 134
Gabe 129
Travis 119
Dev 113
Damien 107
Lucas 105
Francis 100
Magnus 100

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Latest Ratings after Oct 22

Next tournament is Nov 1 High view Middle School New Brighton Grade Level
Compete as individuals. Play only those in your same grade. If we have at least 3 we are also competing as a team. You can also choose to play up a grade or several grades to form a team.
Think about it. I plan to be there


Name 22-Oct
Frank 881
Josh 795
Thomas 580
Carter 379
Joe 350
Keighvin 269
Aidan L 223
Oscar 204
Payton 189
Lucius 183
Rohan 169
Isaiah 163
Bergen  136
Christopher 134
Gabe 129
Nathan 125
Bryce 124
Travis 119
Dev 113
Emma 111
Damien 107
Lucas 105
Magnus 100
Quintin 100
Francis 100

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Chess News

First tournament of the year OCTOBER 18 in Champlin. If you have questions, see www.schoolchess.org  or contact me - Bill Heinemann

Here are the latest ratings. Notice the surge of newcomers who have gotten up to about 170.

Name Rating
Frank 861
Josh 774
Thomas 560
Carter 379
Joe 350
Keighvin 247
Aidan L 177
Lucius 174
Oscar 171
Isaiah 170
Rohan 169
Payton 144
Bergen  137
Travis 118
Bryce 118
Nathan 112
Emma 111
Lucas 105
Quintin 100
Francis 100
Magnus 100
Damien 100
Dain 100
Aidan D 100
Luca 100

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Ratings After Oct 1

If you're interested in a tournament for some good practice - Oct 18th in Champlin. I'm planning on being there. See schoolchess.org for details.

NAME________RATING
Frank 841
Josh 754
Thomas 537
Carter 379
Joe 350
Keighvin 231
Lucius 166
Aidan 165
Rohan 156
Isaiah 145
Payton 144
Oscar 141
Bergen  137
Travis 122
Nathan 105
Lucas 105
Quintin 100
Francis 100
Magnus 100
Emma 100
Bryce 100
Damien 100
Dain 100
Aidan 100
Luca 100

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Chess Club Kick-Off

We had our first meeting of the chess club on Wednesday Sept. 24 Great turnout.
This is a rebuilding year - only 2 players left from last year's team and 4 or 5 who were in chess club last year. Lot's of 5th graders this year! In 4 years, with a lot of work, you will be champions. Hang in there - it's going to be a rough ride for a while.

Here are the ratings after today. If your rating went up into the 120's or 130's, next week you should play others that went up.

A tournament schedule can be found at schoolchess.org First tournament is Oct 18 way up in Champlin. The next two are also in the NW area of the Twin Cities. You're welcome to attend those if you'd like, but I'm not pushing those.

I'm looking at Dec 13 in Burnsville for our first tournament as a team. Usually I want your rating to be around 400 to participate in tournaments. We'll see who's ready by then.


Name 24-Sep
Frank 812
Josh 753
Thomas 560
Carter 379
Joe 350
Rohan 137
Oscar 137
Lucius 137
Bergen  132
Aidan 124
Isaiah 121
Nathan 105
Lucas 105
Quintin 100
Francis 100
Magnus 100
Emma 100
Bryce 100
Damien 100
Travis 100
Dain 100
Aidan 100
Luca 100

Friday, September 19, 2014

2014-2015 Year

CLUB: Chess starts at Friendly hills on Wednesday Sept. 24 in Room 123 from 3:20 until 5:00.
Format of a typical chess club session is a group lesson from 3:20 til 3:40, problem solving from 3:00 to 4:00 and competition from 4:00 to 5:00.

TOURNAMENTS: Periodically we attend matches or tournaments on Saturdays - there is a fee although the school sometime covers that. The tournament schedule can be seen at schoolchess.org although there are other organizations which sponsor chess competition i which we may participate.

RATINGS: I have a rating system which is useful for monitoring your progress, knowing who you should (or should not) play, and selecting members for a team when that is necessary.

PUTTING NAMES ON THE INTERNET: I use this blog to post ratings and news. If you do not want your child's name to appear, please let me know.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Final Ratings


Name 23-Apr
Thomas 1275
Frank 807
Magnus 776
Anton 768
Josh 748
Thomas 560
Lendale 433
Carter 369
Joe 344
Evan 246
Keighvin 245
Annikka 236
Angela 220
Aidan 124
          Pts        Tbk
1 Thomas W7 W5 W6 3 4.5
6 Magnus W19 W3 L1 2 6
5 Josh W13 L1 W8 2 5
3 Frank W11 L6 W4 2 4.5
4 Anton W10 W8 L3 2 3
13 Annikka L5 D19 B 1.5 3
19 Aidan L6 D13 H 1 3.5
8 Lendale H L4 L5 0.5 4
7 Tom McD L1 H F 0.5 3
10 Joe L4 H F 0.5 2
11 Evan L3 H F 0.5 2