Thursday, January 24, 2019

Latest Ratings

Discovered attacks and double check.
Rank Grade Name KRR KQ 24-Jan
1 4 Amelia Pass Pass 338
2 4 Maize Pass Pass 321
3 4 Chase Pass Pass 319
4 3 Addi 304
5 1 Travis 297
6 4 Peter 197
7 1 James 189
8 1 Mia Pass 178
9 1 Erick 170
10 2 Diego Pass 169
11 3 Robert Pass 161
12 2 Caitleen 123
13 2 Zahra 115
14 1 Gus Pass 110

Thursday, January 17, 2019

New leader after Jan 17

RankGradeNameKRRKQ17-Jan
14AmeliaPassPass329
24MaizePassPass321
34ChasePassPass319
43Addi289
51Travis284
64Peter197
71James176
81MiaPass170
92DiegoPass169
101Erick163
113RobertPass149
122Caitleen116
132Zahra115
141GusPass100

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Latest Ratings

We went over the King and Queen vs King checkmate again
Rank Grade Name KRR KQ KR 15-Jan
1   4   Maize Pass Pass 321
2   1 Travis 299
3   4 Chase Pass 298
4   4 Amelia Pass
296
5   3 Addi 292
6   4 Peter 197
7   1 James 169
8   2 Diego Pass 169
9   1 Erick 169
10   1 Mia Pass 160
11   3 Robert Pass 140
12   2 Caitleen 115
13   1 Gus Pass 110
14   2 Zahra 108

Thursday, January 10, 2019

We went over the answers to the Pins Worksheet.
We learned that # means "checkmate"
Small class today between the play and the flu we had only 6.
Rank Grade Name KRR KQ KR 10-Jan
1 4 Maize Pass Pass 321
2 4 Chase Pass 298
3 4 Amelia Pass 280
4 4 Addi 276
5 4 Travis 273
6 4 Peter 197
7 4 James 178
8 4 Diego Pass 169
9 4 Mia Pass 169
10 4 Gus Pass 149
11 4 Robert Pass 147
12 4 Erick 135
13 4 Caitleen 112
14 4 Zahra 106

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

PINS

Today we learned about pins.
1) Look for two big pieces on a line
2) Attack the pinned piece
3) Don't be in a hurry to capture the pinned piece - it's not going anywhere!
4) Pinning a pawn to a king can leave some of his squares unguarded.
Bonus idea: Figure out what your opponent wants to do, then DON'T LET HIM DO IT!

Rank Grade Name KRR KQ KR 8-Jan
1 4 Maize Pass Pass 321
2 4 Chase Pass 298
3 4 Amelia Pass 265
4 3 Addi 261
5 1 Travis 256
6 4 Peter 197
7 1 James 190
8 2 Diego Pass 169
8 1 Mia Pass 169
10 1 Gus Pass 149
11 3 Robert Pass 147
12 1 Erick 132
13 2 Caitleen 119
14 2 Zahra 106