LESSONS
Beginners worked on King and Rook vs King, Practice at home and get 15 points next week.
Practice the King and Queen mate: Get checkmate in one minute and earn 10 points
Practice the two rook checkmate: Do it in one minute and get 10 points. That's a total of 35 points.
Advanced players learned different ways to draw when behind. They did a worksheet on draws.
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
The most important tournaments of the year for us is coming up next weekend, March 23, at the Diamond Head Educational Center in Burnsville. It's the Statewide grade level championships. That means we won't have to play any 7th or 8th graders. It also is a team tournament. Team score will be the total of our top three scorers
RATINGS
| Cavan | 936 |
| Simon | 741 |
| Q | 712 |
| Thomas | 461 |
| Alex R. | 457 |
| Alex O. | 147 |
| Reyka | 137 |
| Jade | 131 |
| Soren | 130 |
| Jannick | 118 |
Tournament Results
Alex, that was just weird! You had to play all three of your teammates. The next tournament is a team tournament so you should never have to play your own teammates.
Name R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts Bef Afr Chg Merit
Cavan W L L W 2 959 935 -24 39.5
Simon L W L W 2 694 711 +17 29.5
Thomas L L L L 0 478 443 -35 19.0
Alex L W L L 1 436 443 +7 4.3
PHOTOS
Thomas tries to heed the advice from his own shirt: "Don't hurry."
Cavan appears to be ahead against Alex.
