End of October

Today we went over the fork problems
We learned about hurdles and skewer and worked on 8 problems.
Highest score on worksheet was 9 by Boomer, Dylan, Jackson, Maize
Not very good - we need to pay attention when we go over the answers next week
Two big pieces on a line?
Look out! It's hurdle time!

TOURNAMENT Saturday Nov 2 
Where? Highview Middle School, New Brighton
When? Register at 8:15 Be done around 2:30
How much? $20 (+ $2 for a membership good thru 12th grade) Pack a lunch or bring $5-8. 
Who: Anyone K-12
Why: To have fun, earn awards.
For more info call me at 651-451-8412 or www.schoolchess.org 

Next Tournaments
Nov 16
Dec  2 - Grade Level Let's try to field a team even if someone has to play up a grade.
Jan 4
Jan 18 - Team vs Team (we need 5 players for a team)
Jr High Chess League (we need 5+ players for a team)  weekdays after school

Grade	Rank	Name	31-Oct
5	1	Maize	639
5	2	Chase	397
7	3	Silas	210
8	4	Antonio	183
6	5	Myles	177
8	6	Jackson	173
8	7	Boomer	158
6	8	Cole	139
8	9	Dylan	134
8	10	Aidan G	124
6	11	Johnny	120
7	12	Mark	118
7	13	David	112
6	14	Drew	112
8	15	Xander	107
7	16	Cooper	100
	17	Martice	100

Oct 24

Today our lesson was on forks.
Highest score on the worksheet was  a perfect 16 by Boomer
For more practice click here
or for really hard problems click here

Tournament coming up Nov 2 - more info next week Set aside that Saturday if you want to compete/ (8;15 to approx.  2:30)

Update: All 17 players are now properly registered. To register click here.

Grade	Rank	Name		24-Oct
5	1	Maize		625
5	2	Chase		384
7	3	Silas		210
8	4	Jackson		159
8	5	Antonio		158
6	6	Myles		153
8	7	Boomer		144
8	8	Dylan		136
6	9	Johnny		125
8	10	John		119
8	11	Xander		113
7	12	David		112
6	13	Cole		112
8	14	Aidan G		111
7	15	Mark		109
7	16	Cooper		100
6	17	Drew		100

Heritage Chess Club News

If you're not registered yet, please register now. To register click here.
(BOOMER and AIDEN S.)

If anyone is interested in trying a tournament, there is one this weekend at
Metcalf Middle School. Be there at 8:15 to register. You'll play 4 or 5 games against players from around the Twin Cities. There will be a section for 4th-6th grade and one for 7th-9th grade. Cost is $22 + lunch (pizza, hot dogs, chips, pop, juice, fruit, cookies, etc.) You'll be done around 2:30. For more info check out www.schoolchess.org or call Bill Heinemann at 651-451-8412.

We learned some general strategy for piece placement.
We learned how to notate a move.
We learned some checkmate positions and the difference between checkmate and stalemate.

 Note: on the previous post I had Maize and Chase's ratings switched.

Grade	Rank	Name	Rating
5	1	Maize	637
5	2	Chase	396
7	3	Silas	160
	4	Boomer	139
8	5	Dylan	135
	6	Jackson	123
	7	Myles	120
8	8	Antonio	116
	9	Aidan G	106
8	10	Beckham	105
	11	Aiden S	102
7	12	Cooper	100
	13	Drew	100
	14	Cole	100
	15	Johnny	100

2019-2020 CHESS CLUB

Chess Club will start on Thursday, October 3 Informational meeting and chess practice. This day is free and open to all.
But this club is being run thru community ed, so you'll have to register and pay to be a part of the club for 9 weeks. To register click here.
At this point it looks like there will be a winter session and a spring session as well.

We meet in room 163 at 3:25 every Thursday and we are done at 5:00
Arrange transportation, or take the activity bus when available.
I'll teach a lesson for 15-30 minutes.
Then we'll have either a drill or a worksheet to do.
Then we'll have almost an hour to play chess.

Rating system - you start at 100 or wherever you left off last year. You gain 5 pts for attendance, and 2 points per problem on worksheets. You gain 16 points for winning a game against a similarly rated player, more for winning against a stronger player, less against a weaker player. (Look up Harkness System if you want the details.)
By Jan I'll name our starting team (5 players and 3+ alternates)

TOURNAMENTS We participate in tournaments on Saturdays and a League on Fridays in Jan-Feb. Anyone can participate in the tournaments. There is no bus - students must arrange their own transportation.

FALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Oct 12 Metcalf Middle School, Burnsville
Nov 2 Highview Middle School, New Brighton
Nov 16 Metcalf
Dec 7 Metcalf
WINTER SCHEDULE (looking ahead)
Jan 4 Metcalf (need 5-player team)
Jan - Feb (Fridays TBA) Interscholastic league (Metcalf, Friendly Hills, Faithful Shepherd, et al.)

Meanwhile, start practicing. Find some good lessons on tactics on the internet.

Final Twin Cities Junior High League Results

Heritage Scores
---------------CHB MNE SPA CHA WaT NSt W L D
Brock Morris----W---W---L---L---W---W- 4 2 0
Corey Klooz-----L---W---L---L---W---L- 2 4 0
Gabe Fromm------L---L---L------------- 0 3 0
Dominick Strong-L---W---L---L---L---L- 1 5 0
Aaron Krey------L---L---L------------- 0 3 0
Alex Raddack----------------L---L---L- 0 3 0

Round 1
Northeast 3, Nellie Stone 2
Cap Hill A 5, Wash Tech 0
Cap Hill B 4, Heritage 1
Seward 3, St Paul Acad 2
Sanford 3, Lk Harriet 2
Round 2
Lk Harriet 3, Nellie Stone 2
Heritage 3, Northeast 2
Cap Hill A 5, Cap Hill B 0
Seward 3, Sanford 2
St. Paul Acad 4, Wash Tech 1
Round 3
Cap Hill A 4.5, Lake Harriet 0.5
Sanford 3.5, Nellie Stone 1.5
Cap Hill B 5, Wash Tech 0
Seward 5, Northeast 0
St Paul Acad 5, Heritage 0
Round 4
Cap Hill A 5, Heritage 0
St Paul Acad 4, Cap Hill B 1
Sanford 4, Wash Tech 1
Seward 3, Nellie Stone 2
Northeast 2.5, Lake Harriet 2.5
Round 5
Seward 3.5, Lake Harriet 1.5
Nellie Stone 2.5, Cap Hill B 2.5
Wash Tech 3, Heritage 2
Cap Hill A 3, St Paul Acad 2
Sanford 3, Northeast 2
Round 6 (Inter divisional) (these are my best guess)
Seward 3, Cap Hill A 2
St Paul Acad 4, Sanford 1
Cap Hill B 3, Lake Harriet 2
Wash Tech 3, Northeast 2
Nellie Stone 4, Heritage 1

-------------MATCHES-----GAMES
-------------DIV---ALL---DIV. ALL
-------------W L D W L D Pts. Pts.
ST. PAUL DIVISION
*Cap Hill A---4 0 0 6 0 0_18.0_25.5
*St Paul Acad-3 1 0 4 2 0_15.0_21.0
Cap Hill B---2 2 0 2 2 1_10.0_15.5
Wash. Tech---1 3 0 2 4 0__5.0__9.0
Heritage-----0 4 0 1 5 0__3.0__7.0
MPLS DIVISION
*Seward-------4 0 0 5 1 0_14.5_19.5
Sanford------3 1 0 4 2 0_11.5_16.5
Lk Harriet---1 2 1 1 4 1__9.0_11.5
Northeast----1 2 1 1 4 1__7.5_11.5
Nellie Stone-0 4 0 1 4 1__7.5_14.0
*Qualified for playoffs

Junior League Details - Note TIME CHANGE

GENERAL INFORMATION

We will meet at my house (146 W. Moreland - SW corner of Moreland and Bidwell)
All games will be played at Seward Montessori in Minneapolis.
All games are touch-move, must be notated, clocks set to 40 min or 35 min +5 sec time delay.
Seward chess club will be serving pizza and pop, so bring money or a lunch.
If all games are done early, we'll start the next round.
SCA merit points will be awarded for games won.

SCHEDULE

Feb 12 Saturday - Meet at Mr. Heinemann's house at 8:00
Round 1 - 9:00 Heritage vs Capitol Hill B
Round 2 - 10:30 Heritage vs Mpls Northeast (non-conference used for tie-breaks)
Round 3 - 12:00 Heritage vs St. Paul Academy
You'll be home around 1:30

Mar 5 Saturday - Meet at Mr. Heinemann's house at 8:00
Round 4 - 8:45 Heritage vs Capitol Hill A
Round 5 - 10:15 Heritage vs Washington Tech
Round 6 - 11:45 Interdivisional match against one of the teams from Minneapolis
You'll be home around 1:45

PLAYOFFS

Mar 20 Sunday Burnsville Metcalf (if we make it)

Top team in each division goes to playoffs
Round 6 - 2nd place team from St. Paul vs. 2nd place team from Mpls earns a playoff spot
Top 3 teams from South Metro Division make playoffs
Top team from West Metro Division makes playoffs
One wild card team - next best record from all divisions makes playoffs

POLLS

Very unscientific pre-season rankings
St. Paul
1 Cap Hill A
2 SPA
3 Cap Hill B
4 Heritage
5 Wash Tech
Minneapolis
1 Lake Harriet
2 Seward
3 Nellie Stone
4 Northeast
5 Sanford

Jr. High Chess League update

It's official. We are going to participate in the St. Paul Division.
Our opponents will be Capital Hill A, Capital Hill B, St. Paul Academy and Washington Tech.
All matches will be played at Seward. The Mpls Division will play there also, but we only have one match against them (Lake Harriet, Seward, Nellie Stone, Northeast, Sanford) but it doesn't count in the league standings. The schedule will come out soon. Set these dates aside.
Feb 12 - 3 rounds
Mar 5 - 2 rounds and awards