Oct 29

Today we reviewed how the pieces move, how to set them up and a little about check.
We learned 3 ways out of check:
1) take the piece that's checking you
2) block the check
3) move the king
We learned the 4 fast checkmates today. One in 4 moves, 2 in 3 moves and 1 in only 2 moves!
We also learned that you should always start your move by thinking "Why did my opponent move there? What's he up to?
Figure out what your opponent wants to do, then DON'T LET HIM DO IT
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Rank	Grade	Name	29-Oct
1	2	Travis	563
2	4	Addi	405
3	2	James	254
4	4	Robert	238
5	2	Gus	227
6	2	Erick	206
7	2	Mia	131
8	4	Julian	110
9	4	Dean	110
10	3	Margot	110
11	3	Max	110
12	2	Kellen	110
13	2	Brandon	110
14	1	Chrissy	110
15	1	Dexter	110
16	1	Zoe	110
17	1	Jose	110
18	4	Leon	105
19	4	Milla	105
20	3	Marclouis	105
21	1	Emelio	105
22	3	Audrey	100
23	3	Sadie	100
24		Favor	100

First Meeting of Chess Club

NO CHESS CLUB ON THURSDAYS YET
If any parents would like to volunteer to supervised Thursdays, let the Moreland
office or me (gemshein@hotmail.com) know

LESSONS
Today we learned how all the pieces move and how they are set up at the beginning of the game.
We learned an interesting thing about bishops (If they start on a dark square they will always be on a dark square) and a similar interesting thing about knights (Whenever a knight moves, it moves to a different color square than the one it started on.)
We learned a poem about "A knight on the side".
We also learned why rooks are more comfortable in a corner than any other piece.

RATINGS
I keep ratings for a number of reasons. I have a rubric which seems to give a rating approximately equal to a USCF (United States Chess Federation) rating.
1. If makes kids play hard every game.
2. It lets kids see their progress
3. It enables children to play against players of their own approximate strength
4. I want to know when a student is ready for tournament play.
5. If we have a chess match against another school, I need to know our top players

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Rank	Grade	Name	22-Oct
1	2	Travis	558
2	4	Addi	400
3	2	James	254
4	4	Robert	233
5	2	Erick	206
6	2	Mia	131
7	4	Leon	105
8	4	Julian	105
9	4	Dean	105
10	3	Margot	105
11	3	Marclouis	105
12	3	Max	105
13	2	Kellen	105
14	2	Brandon	105
15	1	Chrissy	105
16	1	Dexter	105
17	1	Zoe	105
18	1	Emelio	105
19	1	Jose	105
20	3	Audrey	100
21	3	Sadie	100

New Chess Year Start Date Changed

The first meeting of the Moreland Chess Club for year 2019-2020 will be Oct 22. (Delayed one week due to Parent/Teacher conferences.)
We will meet in the IMC (same as last year).

FALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Oct 12 Metcalf Middle School Burnsville
Nov 2 Highview M.S. New Brighton (need 3 in a grade for a team)
Nov 16 Metcalf (Special section for girls)
Dec 7 Metcalf (Grade lev - 3 for a team)
Jan 4 (Top 5 compete in school vs school matches) others in tournament