Puzzle Day!

In the chess ladder, we have a new number one, Peter who has been gunning for that number one spot achieved his dream.  But life on the top is fleeting.  Peter, the trio of Caroline, Parker and Arun are gunning for you.  Carter and Dominic the tag team puzzle duo are working their way up too.

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

we had great puzzles today too.  They are hard we are giving the kids another week.  I am even offering a prize of a dollar for the student who gets the most puzzles right.  Here are two of the 6 we did today if perhaps some parents want to work on them. These are from the October Issue of Chess Life for Kids.  I think they are pretty hard for kids, but then it gives them a challenge.

XABCDEFGHY
8rsn-+k+ntr(
7zplzp-+pzpp'
6-+-wq-+-+&
5+p+-sN-+-%
4-+p+-+-+$
3wQP+-+-+-#
2PvL-zPPzPPzP"
1tR-+-mKL+R!
xabcdefghy

Black to move

XABCDEFGHY
8r+-+-mk-+(
7+-zp-+pzp-'
6-vl-+-+n+&
5+p+p+qsN-%
4-+-+R+-+$
3+-+-+-wQ-#
2-zP-+RzPP+"
1+-+-+-mK-!
xabcdefghy
White to move