Sep 26 Ratings

Today we learned about castling and en passant.
Next week we'll examine checkmate and stalemate.

Grade	Rank	Name	26-Sep
7	1	Luke	943
8	2	Owen	864
8	3	Miles	772
7	4	Graham	342
6	5	Tyler	334
6	6	Zach	238
5	7	Shanmuka	143
5	8	Braeden	142
5	9	Audrey	126
6	10	Leo	116
5	10	Billy	116
6	12	Davis	110
8	13	Winston	105
6	14	Sahasra	100
5	14	Jack	100
5	14	Sean	100
5	14	Joshua	100
5	14	Adrien	100

Sep 19 Ratings

Name	Rating
Luke	943
Owen	857
Miles	772
Tyler	321
Graham	304
Zach	226
Winston	107
Davis	110
Leo	100
Audrey	105
Braedel	105
Jack	105
Sean	105
Evangeline	100

Chess Club 2018-2019

If you'd like to join the chess club, just show up on Wednesday, Sept 19.

Chess Club/Team will meet Wednesdays after school from 3:25 to 5:00 starting Sep. 19 in Room 123. We typically have a lesson followed by a worksheet and then an hour to play chess. Games are rated - if you win your rating goes up by 1 to 32 points depending on the rating of your opponent. Your opponent's rating will go down by that same amount.

Why have ratings?
1) You can see your progress
2) You'll try hard every game
3) You'll know who will give you a good game
4) I'll know when you are ready for tournament play (400)
5) I'll know who to select for our league team and what board to place you at

If you've ever come to chess club at Friendly Hills, you have a rating. If you're new, your rating will be 100. We have 4 strong players returning, but we need 5 for our team, so that 5th spot is wide open. Who will step up this year? Will it be someone who has come before and this year makes a big effort to become better, or will it be someone new - maybe a 5th grader?
Here are the ratings of all students who have ever tried chess club:

Luke	937
Owen	849
Henry	804
Miles	765
Torben	491
Jackson	413
Jacob	364
Christian	355
Shakti	333
Tyler	310
Gere	301
James	254
Ellyanna	211
Zach	208
Kiera	193
Nolan	193
Derrick	190
Naomi	187
Isaac	182
Zeke	167
Matthew	160
Quinn	157
Catey	149
Patrick	147
Justin	135
Kiran	130
Luca	118
Ellie	118
Winston	115
Maria	115
Davis	105
Jesse	105
Hunter	100
Sahasra	100
Lilly	100
Max	100

Final 2017-2018 Ratings and Outlook for Next Year

Since there was no lesson or worksheet, I awarded only 1 or 2 points for attendance
Players marked in red are not graduating and hopefully will be back next year - we need 5 for league play, 3 for SCA grade level teams and Jr High team championship. So we've got 4 of our top 5 returning. We need one more serious player to make a good league team. So start recruiting or practicing now.

Name	May2
Luke	937
Owen	849
Isaiah	848
Henry	804
Miles	765
Oscar	750
Jaden	622
Niko	594
Nick	497
Christian	355
Ben	342
Jack	329
Tyler	310
Gere	301
Tom	222
Zach	208
Winston	115
Davis	105

Tournament Update Correction

Luke got invited to play in the Tournament of Champions - the Top 20 players in Minnesota.
Luke was #20 so was the underdog in almost all games. However he manages 2 wins in 5 rounds! This was an official USCF Tournament, so Luke will get an official rating. If my calculations are correct, his USCF rating will be about 1054 - nope 963.
          Luke getting award from grandmaster Andrew Tang
    Opp.  915
  L 1147  908
  W  944  925
  L 1258  922
  W  929  938
  L 1394  937
          +22

FHMS Final Results

ID	Name	Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Pts	TieBrk
4	Owen	W11	W8	W6	W2	4	9
6	Oscar	W14	W1	L4	W9	3	10
2	Luke	W10	W7	W5	L4	3	9.5
5	Miles	W13	W11	L2	W8	3	8
1	Isaiah	W9	L6	H	W14	2.5	6.5
8	#Niko	W16	L4	W10	L5	2	9
9	#Nick	L1	W13	W17	L6	2	8.5
13	*Jack	L5	L9	W11	W10	2	7
14	*Tyler	L6	H	W16	L1	1.5	6.5
7	Jaden	W15	L2	H	F	1.5	3.5
11	#Ben	L4	L5	L13	W15	1	9.5
10	#Christian	L2	W15	L8	L13	1	7.5
16	*Zach	L8	H	L14	D17	1	4.5
17	*Winston	H	F	L9	D16	1	3
15	*Tom	L7	L10	H	L11	0.5	3.5

Ratings

Name	25-Apr
Luke	915
Isaiah	848
Owen	847
Henry	804
Miles	763
Oscar	748
Jaden	620
#Niko	592
#Nick	495
#Christian	353
#Ben	342
*Jack	328
*Tyler	308
#Gere	301
*Tom	222
*Zach	207
*Winston	114
*Davis	105

Progress Charts (read from right to left)

FHMS Tournament after 3 Rounds

Name	18-Apr
Luke	922
Isaiah	847
Owen	827
Henry	804
Miles	752
Oscar	741
Jaden	620
#Niko	603
#Nick	502
#Christian	371
#Ben	329
*Jack	310
*Tyler	309
#Gere	301
*Tom	235
*Zach	210
*Winston	111
*Davis	105

ID	Name	Round1	Round2	Round3	Pts	TieBrk
2	Luke	W10	W7	W5	3	4.5
4	Owen	W11	W8	W6	3	4
6	Oscar	W14	W1	L4	2	6
8	#Niko	W16	L4	W10	2	4.5
5	Miles	W13	W11	L2	2	4
9	#Nick	L1	W13	W17	2	3
1	Isaiah	W9	L6	H	1.5	4
7	Jaden	W15	L2	H	1.5	3.5
14	*Tyler	L6	H	W16	1.5	2.5
10	#Christian	L2	W15	L8	1	5.5
13	*Jack	L5	L9	W11	1	4
18	*Davis	B	F	F	1	0
16	*Zach	L8	H	L14	0.5	3.5
15	*Tom	L7	L10	H	0.5	2.5
17	*Winston	H	F	L9	0.5	2
3	Henry	H	F	F	0.5	0
12	#Gere	H	F	F	0.5	0
11	#Ben	L4	L5	L13	0	6