Tournament results

Congratulations to Michael Perry who won the 4th place trophy with four wins and only one loss. His only loss was to the #1 player. Michael was the top 4th grader in the 4th-6th section. Although he just got his bronze medal last tournament, he already has 21.5 merit points and is only 3.5 from his silver.
That's back-to-back trophies and Michael has become one of the top young players in Minnesota.

Dayton Home Schoolers Shine at Tournament!

Congratulations to Michael Perry who won his first four games and played for the Twin Cities 4th grade championship. Michael finished in 3rd place out of 44 4th graders and brought home the 3rd place trophy.
Michael also was presented with a bronze medal for having won 10 games in tournament competition.

Congratulations also to Samuel Heinemann who had his best tournament ever, scoring 3.5 points.
Samuel's only loss was to the eventual 3rd place winner. He finished in 10th out of 46 3rd graders.

Totals for Dayton Home Schoolers: 7 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses playing against the best players in the state!

Tournament Results

Congratulations to Samuel who brought home the novice trophy on Sat Oct 17.
Michael went into the last round with 3 wins and 1 loss with a chance at a trophy also.

Nationals

Minnesota dominated at Nationals!
Ever wonder how good chess is in Minnesota compared to the rest of the nation?
The Jr. High Championships just finished in Louisville Kentucky, and here are some results.
Scores are out of 7 games.
Championship Section - Metcalf 5th place
Pratik Nehete 5, Henry Hutton 4.5, Zander Gorton 4, Cole Medin 3.5, Alexander Gude 3.5
U1250 Section - Seward 2nd place, Metcalf 4th place
Sam Kendrick 6 (2nd place), Max Dietrich 5.5 (8th place), Nelson Munene 5.5 (9th place)
Sebastian Falk 5 (16th place), Marshall Urban (5) 28th place, Sammie Stadick 4.5,
Isabel Tifre 4, Tyler McDonald 4, Mason Boos 4, Akale Masango 3.5, Charlie Dempsey 3
U1000 Section - Metcalf 1st place
Collin Ridgeway 7 (1st place), Ben Brekke 5.5, (8th place), Jarett Mosoti 5.5 (10th place),
Chance Person 5, Ross Waataja 5, Andrew Moe 4
U750 Section - Metcalf 1st place
Matthew Nguyen 6.5 (1st place), Wesley Ho 6 (2nd), Braydon Taheri 6 (5th), Griffin Boos 6 (8th), Gavin Falk 6 (10th), Zachary Smith 5, Gus Dietrich 4, Rowan Falk 4, Dylan Brakemeyer 4.0

News flash!

Congratulations to Michael Perry who brought home a trophy from the April 11 SCA tournament.
Michael won 4 games, losing only to the first place player. He placed 6th out of 68 players in teh K-3 section. Here's a picture of Michael with his trophy.

Here are some puzzles from the U.S. Championships which just completed.

Tournament April 11

If any of you are interested, there will be a chess tournament for children at the Zachary Lane ElementarySchool on April 11. Register on-line at www.schoolchess.org and come at 9:00, or at the door by 8:30 am.
There will be sections for grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12(rated).
You will play 5 rounds and will be done by about 2:pm. Each round, you will play someone else with the same record as yours.
I think Samuel H. and Michael P. will be attending.

Answers to Disc Attack worksheet

1. Bxb6+ wins the queen
2. Nc6+ wins the queen (I showed you this in class)
3. 1. Nxd5 (or Nb5) cxd5
    2. Rx g7+ Kh8
    3. Qh5 wins quickly or Rxf7+ (disc check again) Kg8
    4. Rxc6
4. 1. Bc3 setting up a sdiscovered check. Kf6 (Black's only move)
    2.Rd7#
5. 1. Nh6 (double check) Kh8
    2. Qg8+ Rxg8
    3. N f7 #
6. 1. Nf6 (double check Kh8
    2. Qh7#