CHESS TEAM TAKES 2nd PLACE

The winning chess team: Front row: Shandmuka Bommana, Amanuel Worku, Jose Ramirez, Dhanush Malempati, Sam Dereje, Elijah Newfield, Coach Heinemann, Luke Reisig

Friendly Hills took second place.

Complete results can be found in the Jr High League link to the right.

Name	28-Feb
Luke	1012
Shanmuka	857
Elijah	773
Graham	651
Amanuel	577
Sam	497
Pragnan	478
Dhanush	477
Asher	414
Ben	288
Jose	265
Zach	253
Derrick	238
Bisrat	235
Nirmal	234
Roman W	214
Saisloka	196
Lars	188
Claire	168
Fernando	165
Shewwite	164
Matiyas	129
Ibrahim	105
Jack	100
Carter	100

Final Match Friday at Heritage

MATCH Friday at Heritage - all welcome
Take the activity bus to Sibley then get on the bus to Heritage.
Bring a snack. Two games - done at 6:00 Awards to follow.
Arrange a ride home from Heritage.

1. Luke
2. Shanmuka
3. Elijah
4. Graham
5. Amanuel
Alternate Sam, Jose

Name	26-Feb
Luke	1014
Shanmuka	890
Elijah	786
Graham	651
Amanuel	606
Sam	493
Pragnan	478
Dhanush	472
Asher	414
Ben	288
Jose	269
Zach	253
Derrick	238
Bisrat	235
Nirmal	234
Roman W	214
Saisloka	196
Lars	188
Claire	168
Fernando	165
Shewwite	164
Matiyas	129
Ibrahim	105
Jack	100
Carter	100

Feb 20

Jr High Chess League matches at Burnville Metcalf right after school on Friday!
Everyone welcome to participate.

Today we went over the overload funsheet and
did a worksheet of combinations.

Luke	1014
Shanmuka	904
Elijah	776
Graham	651
Amanuel	623
Pragnan	482
Sam	466
Dhanush	455
Asher	397
Ben	295
Derrick	264
Zach	250
Bisrat	235
Jose	223
Roman W	214
Nirmal	200
Saisloka	191
Lars	188
Claire	179
Fernando	165
Shewwite	164
Matiyas	129
Ibrahim	125
Jack	100
Carter	100

Overloads

Today we got back to worksheets - learned about exploiting an overload piece with example from grandmaster games.

Rank	Name	Rating
1	Luke	993
2	Shanmuka	892
3	Elijah	782
4	Graham	651
5	Amanuel	579
6	Pragnan	463
7	Sam	449
8	Dhanush	439
9	Asher	404
10	Zach	280
11	Ben	280
12	Bisrat	273
13	Derrick	264
14	Roman W	209
15	Lars	188
16	Jose	187
17	Saisloka	181
18	Nirmal	179
19	Claire	174
20	Fernando	166
21	Shewwite	164
22	Matiyas	129
23	Jack	100
24	Carter	100
25	Ibrahim	100

Matches 5 & 6

SATURDAY TOURNAMENTS - Mark  Your Calendars
Sat. Mar 21  Statewide Grade Level, $20, 5 rounds, 3+ makes a team at Pilgrim Lane M.S., Plymouth
Sat. Apr 18  Jr.High Championships, $20, 5 rounds, top 3 is team score; Pilgrim Lane M.S., Plymouth
Sat.-Sun. May 2-3 grades K-6 only, $42, 7 rounds, top 4 is team score,
See schoolchess.org for more details.

MATCH
Name    MB FS
Luke     L L
Shanmuka D W
Elijah   L W
Amanuel  L W
Sam      L -
Dhanush  - W
The first match was not close. but Shanmuka got a draw.
The second match we won 4-1. Board 1 for Faithful Shepherd is very good even giving Metcalf A its only loss. We have a 3-3 record and MetC is also 3-3. And next time we play Metcalf C. You might want to cheer for Heritage next week as MetC has to play them and we would appreciate it if Heritage could set MetC back another match.

GAME ANALYSIS
Take your notated game and click on the Game Analysis link in the upper right of this window. Input the moves and see which side is considered to be winning. Look at the 3 best moves to see if you made one of them. There's a lot you can learn.

RATINGS 
There were no major changes, but Shanmuka is close in on Luke and Dhanush is almost the same as Sam now.

Name 7-Feb Luke 957 Shanmuka 879 Elijah 790 Graham 651 Amanuel 556 Pragnan 473 Sam 433 Dhanush 423

MATCHES 3 and 4

MATCH
Luke     L W
Shanmuka L W
Elijah   L 
Graham   L L
Jose     W L
Claire     W
The second match was tense as the score was 2-2 against Heritage with one game left. But Claire won on board 5 to win the match and the ISD 197 Chess Championship - for now. There will be a rematch in a few weeks.

GAME ANALYSIS
Take your notated game and click on the Game Analysis link in the upper right of this window. Input the moves and see which side is considered to be winning. Look at the 3 best moves to see if you made one of them. There's a lot you can learn.

RATINGS 

Name 5-Feb Luke 979 Shanmuka 864 Elijah 787 Graham 651 Amanuel 554 Pragnan 473 Sam 434 Dhanush 413 Asher 385 Ben 287 Zach 275 Bisrat 273 Roman W 223 Derrick 210 Jose 198 Claire 181 Nirmal 177 Saisloka 174 Lars 165 Fernando 155 Shewwite 130 Matiyas 129 Carter 100 Ibrahim 100

Inter-scholastic Chess Competition

Matches
All matches are on  Fridays after school in the host school's cafeteria. You'll play two games each night at 35 min per player. All official games will be notated and will have clocks if available. Bring a snack. Arrange for a ride home at around 5:45 or 6:00
Become familiar with the chess clock on your IPad - there's a link in the upper right. There's also a link to Junior High Chess League for more details.

Team
Board 1 Luke Reisig
Board 2 Shanmuka Bommana
Board 3 Elijah Newfield
Board 4 Graham Styles
Board 5 Amanuel Worku
Alternates
Alternates may play on the team if needed, may be put on the team at the coach's discretion, may play a scrimmage game against an alternate from another school, may choose to play one scrimmage game then take the activity bus, may choose to skip that match if not needed.
Alternate 1 Pragnan Nukala
Alternate 2 Sam Dereje
Alternate 3 Asher Fernandes
Alternate 4 Dhanush Malempati

Schedule
*Jan 24 at Friendly Hills
Jan 31 at Friendly Hills .
*Feb 7 at Metcalf in Burnsville - arrange a ride to Burnsville
Feb 14 Day off
*Feb 21 at Metcalf - arrange a ride to Burnsville
Feb 28 at Heritage - take the Activity bus to Heritage
*Alternate needed

Next Match
Friday Jan 31 At Friendly Hills
1 Luke, 2 Shanmuka, 3 Elijah, 4 Graham, 5 Amanuel plus whoever else shows for a scrimmage game. Other alternates should show up in case one of the above cannot come. We play against Metcalf C and Heritage.


Last Match
Friday Jan 24 At Friendly Hills
Attendees were  Shanmuka, Elijah, Graham, Amanuel, Sam, Dhanush, and Jose

Club Ratings after Jan 24

Grade	Rank	Name	22-Jan
8	1	Luke	1047
6	2	Shanmuka	843
7	3	Elijah	761
8	4	Graham	707
6	5	Amanuel	559
5	6	Pragnan	444
8	7	Sam	396
5	8	Asher	372
7	9	Dhanush	359
7	10	Bisrat	310
5	11	Ben	278
7	12	Zach	249
6	13	Manogna	249
5	14	Roman W	223
7	15	Derrick	210
6	16	Nirmal	198
	17	Jose	180
6	18	Saisloka	161
5	19	Claire	152
8	20	Fernando	151
	21	Lars	140
5	22	Shewwite	130
5	23	Matiyas	129
5	24	Carter	100
5	25	Ibrahim	100