Twin Cities Junior High League Chess Results

For results from the Twin Cities Junior High League Chess matches, click on the Jr High League link in the upper right-hand corner.

Although we didn't fare well, a lot of the games were close. Also keep in mind that e played the top three teams. Next time we will fare better against Farnsworth.

Match Saturday and Ratings

We have a match Saturday. We need 5 players ...
So far we have: Board 1 Josh, Board 2 Thomas, Board 3 Oscar, Board 4 Carter

Which means board 5 is open! If you want a spot on the team, call Bill Heinemann at 651-451-8412 ! First volunteer gets the spot. It's free.

Be at Matthews Center (Seward Montessori) in Mpls at 9:00 We'll be done by 12:30.
We'll play against Seward, Capitol Hill, and Breck

Feb 21 Tournament at Washington Tech - all welcome. This is an SCA (merit point) tournament $20

Our next match will be Feb 28 at First Covenant on Arcade in St. Paul and we'll play Farnsworth A, Farnsworth B and my guess is Farnsworth B again in the last round. Free.

March 7 Jr High Championships at Burnsville Metcalf - SCA - all welcome. Cost about $20

March 14-15 K-6 Championships Good time for 5th and 6th graders to try their hand. Cost about $35

Frank	957
Josh	921
Thomas	689
Oscar	475
Carter	442
Aidan L	391
Joe	351
Oliver	336
Keighvin	331
Lucius	276
Payton	219
Isaiah	217
Nathan	215
Christopher	194
Bergen	187
Rohan	175
Grant	172
Luca	160
Jack	159
Gabe	155
Emma	143
Travis	130
Bryce	123
Dev	105
Lucas	105
Francis	102
Magnus	100
Damien	100
Niko	100

Top 5 Boards play Jan 31, Sat a.m. at 9:00 at Matthews Center/Seward Montessori in Mpls.
Call Bill Heinemann if you have any questions at 451-8412.
See jhlchess.blogspot.com for details of the league or use the link in the upper right.

	Name	21-Jan
1	Josh	947
2	Frank	943
3	Thomas	675
4	Oscar	464
5	Carter	382
6	Aidan L	360
7	Joe	351
8	Keighvin	339
9	Oliver	334
10	Lucius	255
11	Isaiah	238
12	Payton	219
13	Nathan	211
14	Christopher	188
15	Bergen	181
16	Rohan	175
17	Grant	172
18	Jack	171
19	Gabe	155
20	Emma	138
21	Travis	130
22	Bryce	123
23	Luca	123
24	Dev	105
25	Lucas	105
26	Francis	102
27	Magnus	100
28	Damien	100
29	Quintin	100

Ratings

Chess Match coming up Jan 31 for our top 5. 9:00 am - 12:15 pm Seward, Mpls.
2nd match is on Feb 28.
Since I haven't seen Carter or Joe much this year, I'm thinking:
Board 1 Frank
Board 2 Josh
Board 3 Thomas
Board 4 Oscar
Board 5 Aiden
Playing Alternate Keighvin
Standbys Lucius and Isaiah

Name	14-Jan
Frank	943
Josh	936
Thomas	675
Oscar	441
Carter	379
Aidan L	362
Joe	351
Keighvin	339
Lucius	248
Isaiah	236
Payton	219
Nathan	212
Bergen	204
Grant	162
Christopher	159
Rohan	159
Jack	159
Gabe	155
Emma	149
Travis	130
Bryce	123
Luca	123
Dev	105
Lucas	105
Francis	102
Magnus	100
Damien	100

Chess Ratings and Tournament Schedule

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Our Cities League plays on Jan 31 and Feb 28 We need our top 5 available for those matches.
More at Junior High League link in the upper right.

Competitive Schedule - Important ones in bold

Jan 14 No chess tournament
Jan 24 Metcalf
Jan 31 Seward (Top 5 only) FREE
Feb 7 Zachary Lane
Feb 14 No chess tournament
Feb 21 Washington Tech (State Grade Level - need 3 in one grade for a team)
Feb 28 First Covenant Church in St. Paul (Top 5 only) FREE
Mar 7 Metcalf Jr High Championships
March 14 Breck Statewide Elementary Championships (Grades 5 and 6 only)
March 21 Metcalf League Playoffs if we make it (unlikely)
Two week break
April 11 Zachary Lane Final Tournament of the year

Name	Jan 10
Josh	936
Frank	929
Thomas	675
Oscar	430
Carter	379
Joe	351
Aidan L	344
Keighvin	329
Lucius	254
Payton	219
Isaiah	217
Nathan	212
Bergen	204
Rohan	186
Emma	160
Christopher	159
Gabe	155
Grant	140
Jack	134
Travis	125
Bryce	123
Luca	117
Dev	105
Lucas	105
Francis	102
Magnus	100
Damien	100

Year-End Ratings

Jan 10th  Tournament at Metcalf Jr High in Burnsville. 8:30 - 3:00. Cost $18-20 plus $5 lunch.
We need at least 5 to compete in the Team vs Team competition. Any number can come. Looks like Josh might be playing board 1 (we still have one club meeting before then), Frank at board 2, Thomas at board 3, Oscar on 4, and Carter or Joe if they come back to chess club would be board 5, otherwise Keighvin makes the team. Aidan and Isaiah might need to be on standby in case someone can't make it. If we have less than 5 or the extras beyond 5 will play in the regular section.

Usually I say you need to be around 400 to hope to win one game, but last weekend Oscar won 2 and a half with a rating under 400, so maybe we're all playing better than our ratings indicate, which I think is true at the lower end, because we had so many new players who started at 100.

Josh	912
Frank	907
Thomas	675
Oscar	411
Carter	379
Joe	351
Keighvin	329
Aidan L	322
Isaiah	245
Payton	219
Lucius	213
Nathan	212
Rohan	199
Emma	167
Christopher	159
Gabe	155
Bergen	154
Luca	145
Grant	140
Bryce	127
Travis	118
Dev	105
Francis	105
Lucas	105
Magnus	100
Damien	100

Tournament Results

Congratulation to Oscar Halverson who scored 2.5 points in his very first tournament. Oscar raised his rating from 354 to 391 and moves into 4th place passing Carter Hanfeldt.

Our next tournament is Sat. Jan. 10 and we need our top 5 players (Frank, Josh, Tom, Oscar, and Carter, with Joe, Keighvin and Aiden as alternates) to play in the team vs team section. Others will play in the regular section.