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

May 18th Tournament Results

Congratulations to Travis who received his bronze medal today.

Name   W L D Bef Aft Chg Merit
Travis 2 3 0 572 536 -36  12.5
Addi   2 3 0 408 395 -13   5.0

Name	18-May
Maize	616
Travis	536
Chase	403
Addi	395
Caitleen	249
James	249
Robert	231
Gus	217
Erick	201
Peter	193
Mia	126

THURSDAY IS LAST CHESS CLUB

I will hand out awards on Thursday the last day of chess club until next fall.
These are the final ratings of the year. Thursday there will be no rated games.

AWARDS;
School Champion Maize
2nd place - Travis
3rd place - Caitleen
4th place - Chase
5th place - Robert

Rank	Grade	Name	7-May
1	4	Maize	616
2	1	Travis	572
3	3	Addi	408
4	4	Chase	403
5	1	James	249
6	2	Caitleen	249
7	3	Robert	231
8	1	Gus	217
9	1	Erick	201
10	4	Peter	193
11	1	Mia	126

Tournament Results

We did very well for a new program.
In the Elementary Section, Maize scored an amazing 4 points placing in the top half.
Chase added 1.5 points for a total of 5.5 points good for 29th place out of 52 schools.
In Primary, Travis and Addi each scored 3 points. Their 6 point total was good for 16th place of 44 schools. We were 2.5 points away from a team trophy, but if we had 2 more players, we might ave been able to do it.

       W L D BEF AFT CHG Merit
Maize  4 3 0 547 593 +66 4
Chase  1 5 1 423 398 -25 1.5
Travis 3 4 0 575 584  +9 10.5 earned his bronze medal
Addi   2 3 2 398 408 +10 3
Rank Gr Name             Rating
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1	4	Maize	593
2	1	Travis	584
3	3	Addi	408
4	4	Chase	398
5	1	James	249
6	2	Caitleen	246
7	3	Robert	245
8	1	Gus	212
9	1	Erick	200
10	4	Peter	169
11	1	Mia	121

Schedule

Sat May 4 - Four of you are competing in the Statewide Tournament in Robbinsdale
Sun May 5 - Final two rounds of the Statewide
Tue May 7 - Travis and Maize play for the Moreland championship
Thu May 9 - Awards. Last day of chess club

Rank	Grade	Name	2-May
1	1	Travis	575
2	4	Maize	547
3	4	Chase	423
4	3	Addi	398
5	1	James	249
6	2	Caitleen	246
7	3	Robert	245
8	1	Gus	212
9	1	Erick	200
10	4	Peter	169
11	1	Mia	121