May 20 TOURNAMENT RESULTS

NAME  1 2 3 4 5 Bef Aft Chg Merit

CAVAN W W L L L 662 676 +14 18.0

SIMON W L L L W 481 525 +44 12.5

GRANT L W W L   542 596 +54  7.0

Cavan beat the 4th place finisher

Simon received his bronze medal. He beat a 3-game winner

If Grant had won his final game, he would have earned the 3rd place trophy. As it was, he finished in 7th place. Note that each win scores 1.25 merit points in a 4-round tournament.

RATINGS

Cavan	676
Grant	598
Quillan	534
Simon	525
Thomas	514
Owen	407
Warren	323
Luke	303
Lucia	260
Jack	207
Alan	145
James	141
Kellen	128

NEXT TOURNAMENT

There is one tournament left on May 20th at Zachary Lane Elem in Plymouth. This would be your best shot at winning a trophy since the top 16 will be playing in a separate section. This gives a chance for those of you who have won 3 games to win 4 and earn a trophy. Hope to see you there.

Heritage Tournament Standings

Pl Name  Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Pts Award

1 Quillan B   W5  W2  3  1st Place

2 Cavan   W4  W3  L1  2  2nd Place

3 Grant   W6  L2  W7  2  3rd Place

4 Simon   L1  W6  W5  2  4th Place

5 Thomas  W7  L1  L4  1

6 Lucia   L3  L4  B   1 

7 Jack    L5  B   L3  1 

RATINGS 

Merit	Name	10-May
16	Cavan	662
4.5	Grant	542
3	Quillan	534
12.5	Thomas	514
10.5	Simon	481
2.75	Owen	407
	Warren	323
	Luke	303
	Lucia	260
	Jack	207
	Alan	145
	James	141
	Kellen	128

 

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Name   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts Bef Aft Chg Merit:

CAVAN  W L W W L L D 3.5 580 647 +67  16

SIMON  W L L W L L W 3.0 441 486 +45  10.5   

THOMAS L W L L H W L 2.5 529 523  -6  12.5

Interesting facts: 

Cavan beat a 5-game winner and a 4-game winner in the tournament. Simon also beat a 4-game winner.

Cavan and Thomas each received a bronze medal for having won 10 games.

Simon earned his bronze medal and will receive it at the next tournament he attends.

 Thomas played the #3 place player whose 12th grade sister just won the United States championship for high school girls. There are some pictures of each of you on the Schoolchess.org website.

Thomas  Cavan Simon There are other pictures of each of you as well.

OUR LAST CLUB MEETING IS WED. MAY 10. We will have an in-school tournament with ribbons for the top 3 and top U 300.

Next tournament is May 20 at Zachary Lane Elem. in Plymouth. It's the last tournament until October.

Merit	Name	7-May
16	Cavan	647
4.5	Grant	540
12.5	Thomas	523
3	Quillan	491
10.5	Simon	486
2.75	Owen	407
	Warren	323
	Luke	303
	Lucia	269
	Jack	209
	Alan	145
	James	141
	Kellen	128

LESSON Square of the pawn, techniques for queening, the outside passed pawn. When you have more papwns than your opponent, advance the pawn on the open file. we looked at simplifying to a KP vs K ending. We had a worksheet on queening.TOURNAMENT SAT & SUN - We are in room 132.

Tournament Advice:

 Keep your hands away from the board- sit on them or put them in your lap.

Never think with your hand dangling over the board.

When you find a good move, don't make it. Look for a better one.

Take your time on every move. If someone is going to move too quickly, let it be your opponent.

Never panic after making a mistake - you're still looking for the best move.

Never resign - your opponent may blunder and stalemate you.

Win or lose, congratulate your opponent on a good game.

I've scouted out the competition: There are 7 teams with a complete team of four or more players. There are 6 more with 3 like us. So realistically we will finish somewhere in the 8th to 13th place. If there are 10 team trophies, which has been typical, we are in position to bring home a trophy.  

RATINGS

Cavan	578
Grant	540
Thomas	529
Quillan	491
Simon	441
Owen	407
Warren	323
Luke	303
Lucia	269
Jack	209
Alan	145
James	141
Kellen	128

LESSON - today we went over the answers to the ZWISCHENZUG problems.

We learned about the King vs King and pawn ending.

On Defense get into the "Safety zone" then stay in it until you get kicked out. Then go to the square of opposition which is the square on the same file as your opponent's king and the same color square as the square your opponent's King is on.

On offense, your king must be in front of your pawn AND you must move into the square of opposition. Once your king gets to the 6th rank, you need your king in front of your pawn OR opposition.

We learned the intricacies of distant opposition.

And we learned that if you advance the pawn to the 7th rank with check it results in a draw, whereas if you advance your pawn to the 7th rank without check, the pawn queens.

Here are two problems to sharpen your pawn queening skills: 

Problem 1. White to move and win.

Problem 2. Black to move and draw.

Answer to Problem 1. 1.Kb2 Kd6 2.Ka3 Kc5 3.Ka4 Kb6 4.Kb4 Your King is in front of the pawn and you have the opposition which is enough to win.

Answer to Problem 2. 1.Kf7! prevents white from gaining the opposition.

TOURNAMENT coming up on May 6-7 State Championship for individuals and teams. Sign up at www.school chess.org

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RATINGS

Merit	Name	26-Apr
11.5	Cavan	585
4.5	Grant	507
10	Thomas	485
7.5	Simon	455
3	Quillan	449
2.75	Owen	407
	Warren	321
	Luke	303
	Lucia	241
	Jack	209
	Alan	152
	James	141
	Kellen	128

Today we went over the worksheets on "overload". 

We then had a brief lesson on "Zwischenzug" - the in-between move. 

RATINGS 

Cavan	594
Thomas	485
Simon	460
Grant	455
Quillan	421
Owen	407
Warren	305
Luke	303
Lucia	241
Jack	212
Alan	156
James	141
Kellen	128

LESSON 

Today we went over the worksheets on discovered attacks. The we had a lesson and worksheet on the overloaded piece. Then we played two games of chess. 

RATINGS

11.5	Cavan	559
10	Thomas	480
7.5	Simon	456
4.5	Grant	423
3	Quillan	420
2.75	Owen	363
	Warren	318
	Luke	287
	Lucia	253
	Jack	186
	Alan	151
	James	147
	Kellen	127