Ratings Before Spring Break

Next week is Spring Break then the week after we will start our annual end-of-the-school-year
tournament. Try to be there - you get one half point bye, but the second absence will be a forfeit.
Ribbons for top 5 plus top U700 and Top U400. Tournament winner also gets their name on a plaque.

Name	21-Mar
Isaiah	857
Luke	856
Henry	804
Owen	789
Miles	746
Oscar	718
Jaden	619
Niko	586
Nick	478
Christian	353
Ben	334
Gere	301
Jack	292
Tyler	274
Tom	238
Zach	226
Winston	107
Davis	100

Ratings

One more week of lessons then spring break. After break we'll start our school tournament.

Name	14-Mar
Luke	838
Isaiah	830
Henry	828
Owen	778
Miles	742
Oscar	695
Niko	588
Jaden	586
Nick	444
Christian	355
Ben	314
Gere	301
Jack	292
Tyler	274
Zach	218
Tom	205
Winston	107
Davis	103

Tournament Results

Congratulations to Henry Evenson who won 2 games in Saturday's tournament. His rating went down about 30 points but he remains in first place. He now has 16.25 merit points.

Jr High Chess Championships at Metcalf Sat. Mar. 10

Jr High Chess Championships at Metcalf Saturday March 10.
Just show up before 8:30 to register with $22 and $5 for lunch for a day of fun playing chess. See you there! We'll be done around 3:00

Test scores were not good. It's harder when the board is fuller and I don't tell you which tactic is in play. Scoring 100 + a very generous 400 pts per problem so a max of 2500 (grandmaster) if you got them all right. Then I calculated your new rating as if you got a draw against that rating.
Highest scores in the class were Miles (1100) and Zach (900).

Rank	Name	7-Mar	28-Feb	TEST
1	Henry	861	862	-6
2	Luke	819	819	-8
3	Isaiah	801	804	-16
4	Owen	763	765	-10
5	Miles	754	738	14
6	Oscar	679	678	-7
7	Niko	588	590	-11
8	Jaden	584	603	-16
9	Nick	424	424
10	Christian	370	350	-10
11	Ben	302	328	-9
12	Gere	301	301
13	Jack	267	272	-6
14	James	254	239	-5
15	Tyler	250	267	-6
16	Zach	225	211	16
17	Tom	218	210	3
18	Naomi	187	187
19	Isaac	182	182
20	Patrick	147	147
21	Winston	107	107
22	Davis	103	100	0

Last Tournament of the Year

Last team tournament of the year for 7th and 8th graders.
March 10 Jr. High/Middle School State Championships 5 Rounds
     Team score is the total of the top 3 scores. 4 team trophies.
     Last year we scored 6 points to finish in 9th place of 13 teams.
     (Aiden Lee 2.0, Henry 2.0, Isaiah 2) Can we score higher this year?

April 14-15 Two days 7 rounds - Breck School K-6 Championships - we need 4 for a team but individuals can compete also. K-3 and 4-6 sections 4-6 section will award 14 team trophies and 31 individual trophies. Register now - print form from www.schoolchess.org and mail in early for a discount.

Here are some graphs so you can see your progress since Christmas (read right to left):
Top 8: Henry - made some progress in the last few weeks; Luke - steady progress moved up 2 spots; Isaiah - steady progress; Owen - very good progress since min Jan.; Miles - very little progress, went from 2nd to 5th; Jaden - slow but steady progress until this last week when you wanted to lose; Niko - good progress since your vacation; Nick- wow! You're improving rapidly

Next 8 Christian - great progress til you hit a little bump in the road lat week: Ben - you passed 4 people; Gere - great progress until you stopped coming: Jack - very little progress because you need to focus better on lessons and games; Tyler - steady progress in Jan, but little in Feb; James - basically no progress since Christmas - you need to pay attention during instruction or everyones going to pass you up; Tom - going the wrong direction for some reason; Zack - wow, you're becoming a contender!

Next 8: The rest of the club is marred by poor attendance or new players who are having trouble getting off the 100 mark - next year they'll start the upward climb.

Name	28-Feb
Henry	862
Luke	819
Isaiah	804
Owen	765
Miles	738
Jaden	603
Niko	590
Nick	424
Christian	350
Ben	328
Gere	301
Jack	272
Tyler	267
James	239
Zach	211
Tom	210
Nolan	193
Derrick	190
Naomi	187
Isaac	182
Quinn	157
Patrick	147
Winston	107
Davis	100

Latest Ratings

Set aside March 10 for the final and most important tournament of the year!
By the way - we will be receiving the third place trophy from the league we played in on Fridays.

Name	21-Feb
Henry	832
Isaiah	811
Luke	796
Owen	740
Miles	729
Jaden	618
Niko	562
Nick	419
Christian	364
Ben	305
Gere	301
Tyler	276
Jack	272
James	221
Tom	202
Nolan	193
Zach	191
Derrick	190
Naomi	187
Isaac	182
Quinn	157
Patrick	147
Winston	107
Davis	104

Final Match Results and Awards

Standings for the MN Junior High Chess League..2018
FINAL
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Place Team Match Record Game Record
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1. Metcalf A 7-0 31.5-3.5

2. Highview 6-1 27-8

3. Metcalf B 5-2 23-12

4. Metcalf C 3.5-3.5 18-17

5. Friendly Hills ` 3.5-3.5 15-20

6. Sanford 2-5 11-24

7. Faithful Shepherd A 1-6 12-23

8. Faithful Shepherd B 0-7 2.5-32.5


Outstanding Player Award Winners: Harry Breheim (60 pts from Highview), Nathanial Weber (60 pts from Highview), Colin Marsh (70 pts from Highview), Zachary Friedmann (55 pts from Metcalf B), Calvin York (70 pts from Metcalf A), Gavin Kellen (70 pts from Metcalf A), Will Moe (60 pts from Metcalf A).

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UPCOMING


March 10- Twin Cities Middle School Tmt At Metcalf schoolchess.org

March 24/25 State Middle School/Elementary tmt minnesotachess.org at St Kates

April 14/15 Statewide Elementary and Primary tmt a Breck schoolchess.org

April 6-8 National Junior High Tmt in Atlanta uschess.org


PLEASE NOTE: The annual MN Middle School Chess League awards ceremony will occur early Sunday evening March 25th at the conclusion of play of the MN STATE Middle School Chess Championship at ST Catherines in ST Paul. Teams receiving trophies are Metcalf A, Highview and Friendly Hills as we only award one trophy per team.