Thursday, October 10, 2013

NATIONAL CHESS DAY!!!! This Saturday!

Sure October 12th is National Chess Day, first authorized in 1976 by then President Ford.  At a time and a place in this country when Chess was the rage.  Bobby Fischer was still the world champion after his defeat of Spassky in Iceland a couple of years before, and the country was chess CRAZY!  I remember being in the Langendorf Park Chess Club in Barrington, IL

OK so in honor of National Chess Day the Iowa Chess Association is holding the Iowa Blitz Championship in Cedar Rapids Iowa this Saturday!  I handed out flyers this morning.

Here is the skinny

Oct 12, 2013
2013 Iowa Blitz Chess Championship

Celebrate National Chess Day and participate in the 2013 Iowa Blitz Chess Championship. This event is a USCF Blitz Chess Rated event. (Does not effect your regular or quick chess rating). Time control 5+0 (5 min with no delay). Champions, class prizes, and prizes for top senior and top youth. Sets and clocks provided. Where: Cedar Rapids Public Library - Downtown (new building) ,4th Avenue and 5th Street SE ,Cedar Rapids ,IA 52402 Reg: On-Site registration 11:00 am to Noon. Rounds: 7 Rd SS. Round 1 begins at 12:30 pm. Rounds 2-6 ASAP. Entry Fee: $10 in advance, $15 on-site Prize Info: Total prize fund of $240 based on 24 entries. 1st $60, 2nd $45, 3rd $35, U1800, U1600, U1400, Top Youth (U14), Top Senior (>55) $20 each. US Chess Federation (USCF) membership required. On-Site Available. Send Entry Fee to: Send advance entries to James Hodina, 3411 Blue Pointe Ct. SW. Additional Info: Contact TD James Hodina, james.hodina@chessiniowa.org or 319-432-1459.

In the chess ladder today, Caroline Mascardo held on to her top spot.  Next week we will be enforcing the "you can only play within 25% (8 positions) rule) of the ladder.  I let new kids play anyone so they can jump up the ladder and play within their ability.  Also as a note please include your last name when writing down the score as there are more than one Sam and Caroline.  Another thing is if you run out of time, it is not a draw, either cancel the game or I will take a picture of it to start again next week.

I spent some time going over the ten essential chess skills this morning with parents and students.  I am thinking of having a parents chess learning night?

And here is todays standings

 1   0  4  0 Caroline Mascardo                 
  2  +4  4  0 Parker Imborek                    
  3 +24  2  0 Lucy Westermeyer                  
  4  -2  4  0 Julianna Mascardo                 
  5  -2  2  0 Peter Adams                       
  6  +6  2  0 Carter Phillips                   
  7  -3  3  0 Dominic Rutkowski                 
  8 +13  4  0 Yusef Alaya                       
  9  -4  3  0 Brendan Klutts                    
 10  +9  5  0 Tommy  Kerns                      
 11 +13  4  0 Arun Dixit                        
 12  -3  4  0 Joseph Vigil                      
 13 +17  5  0 Elias Davis                       
 14  -7  5  0 Sebastian Rutkowski               
 15  -7  7  0 Patrick Selby                     
 16 +17  2  0 BJ Wolfe                          
 17  -7  3  0 Jacob Vigil                       
 18  -7  2  0 Barry Vigil                       
 19  -6  3  0 Teddy Kim                         
 20  -6  7  0 Eleanor Weitz                     
 21  -6  1  0 Sam Weitz                         
 22  -6  5  0 Caroline Netolicky                
 23  -6  0  1 Brady Gromacki                    
 24  -6  2  0 Keenai Fender                     
 25  -5  5  0 Teya Kerns                        
 26  +8  1  0 Luca Chackalackal                 
 27  +2  3  0 Sam Callahan                      
 28  -6  0  1 Nickolas Ferrel                   
 29  +3  1  0 Max Gerke                         
 30  -7  3  0 Aiden Jacobsen                    
 31  -6  0  1 Jackson Seering                   
 32  -6  1  0 Davis  Nepple                     
 33  -5  1  0 Tyler Lieberman                   
 34  -3  0  0 Sam  Showers                 

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