Fun day at Chess Club, match tentatively against Borlaug Nov 8th

We played some good chess, the chess ladder was here.

We did puzzles, involving the ever famous Octopus Knight.  And doing their best impression of the Octopus Knight is Greta and Allison

1  +3  6  0 Patrick Selby                      
  2 +24  6  0 Luke McConnell                     
  3 +17  6  0 Nickolas Ferrel                    
  4 +12  2  0 Martin Hoeger-Pinto                
  5  -2  7  0 Benjamin Rutkowski                 
  6 +19  4  0 Max Gerke                          
  7  +5  2  0 Jacob Vigil                        
  8 +20  1  0 Maile Kruse                        
  9 +19  1  0 Ashley Niemiec                     
 10 +20  0  0 Rahman Afreen                      
 11 +15  1  0 Gretchen Gerke                     
 12  +1  0  0 Will Selby                         
 13  +1  2  0 Sandro Levin                       
 14  +1  0  0 Shawn Kruse                        
 15  +2  0  0 Gromacki Greta                     
 16  +2  0  0 Allison Asay 
 17               Miles Davies                    

First chess Ladder of the year!

1  +3  6  0 Patrick Selby                      
  2  +1  4  0 Benjamin Rutkowski                 
  3 +22  3  0 Max Gerke                                                   
  4 +21  5  0 Luke McConnell                     
  5 +14  4  0 Nickolas Ferrel                                      
  6 +20  0  0 Ashley Niemiec                     
  7 +21  0  0 Rahman Afreen                      
 8 +16  0  0 Gretchen Gerke                     
 9 +17  0  0 Maile Kruse                        
 10   0  0  0 Jacob Vigil                        
 11   0  0  0 Will Selby                         
 12   0  0  0 Sandro Levin                       
 13   0  0  0 Shawn Kruse                        
 14  0  0  0 Martin Hoeger-Pinto                
 15   0  0  0 Gromacki Greta                     
 16   0  0  0 Allison Asay             

Second Chess Club! a reminder for parents.

Great day!  I had a great time coaching students playing chess,

after some casual play we got down to mating with a queen and a king against a king.  So often in games a student has a material advantage and just can't finish the job.  Have your student practice this at home with you.  As a parent you can get the king and have them show you how to mate with the two pieces. 

please please please fill out the Weber Chess Program forms, It is very helpful for me to have parental contact information.  Also the donation sponsors the 10th annual Weber-Borlaug chess tournament, which in years past has been the largest chess tournament in the state.

October 10th is National Chess Day!

  We are Celebrating with the Iowa State Blitz Championship at the Cedar Rapids Public Library.  Registration an hour before games begin at noon.  Rated and unrated sections. 

Day 1! Chess Club has begun!

Today Greta and Sean learned the importance of pawns.  Greta got a pawn to Sean's back row..... she had two Queens!  Whoo Hoo!

We then went to practicing how to checkmate with just one queen and a king vs a king.

Practice practice practice.

Morningstar Academy is Hosting a scholastic chess event this Saturday in Bettendorf Iowa. Game in 20 min no delay. USCF Rated
Morningstar Scholastic Tournament
Date(s):
Oct 3 2015 to Oct 3 2015
Description:
Morning Star Scholastic Tournament, Prize groups will be by grade group: Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, and Upper School. Depending on attendance players might face opponents outside their prize group.
Location:
Morning Star Academy
1426 Tanglefoot Lane, Bettendorf, IA 52722
Time Control:
G/20 + no delay
Rounds:
round robin in your section
Prizes:
trophies top three in each section and ribbon or medal for all participants
Entry Fee:
$10 onsite please preregister.
USCF Membership
is required. Join USCF
IASCA Membership
is NOT required. Join IASCA
Memberships
are available on site.
Registration:
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM