Weber Chess Club

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Results of Weber-Borlaug Tournament (crosstable not in tie break order)

Weber Borlaug 2015 -- Open                                   Cross Table, Page 1

No. Gr    Name                         St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Score

   1. 6 Lu, Kevin (2) ................         IA 1420 W85   W35   W26   W6    W8      5.0
   2. 5 Fiedorowicz, Owen (3) ........ IA 1338 W124 W34   W19   W10   W5      5.0
   3. 4 Pieper, Justin (13) ..........        IA 798 W109 W67   W43   W53   W4      5.0

   4. 3 Thompson, Kian (4) ...........   IA 1162 W108 W37   W20   W9    L3      4.0
   5. 5 Wei, Nathan (6) ..............        IA 1005 W77   W36   W27   W12   L2      4.0
   6. 6 Vigil, Barry (7) .............          IA 994 W78   W65   W29   L1    W14     4.0
   7. 6 Tivanski, Vladimir (8) .......    IA 989 W73   W38   W16   L14   W29     4.0
   8. 6 Heller, Evan (9) .............        IA 929 W100 W89   W28   W13   L1      4.0
   9. 2 Lu, Henry (10) ...............        IA 892 W82   W40   W21   L4    W31     4.0
10. 4 Dixit, Arun (11) .............       IA 885 W93   W42   W32   L2    W33     4.0
11. 2 Xu, Eddy (14) ................       IA 779 L52   W39   W50   W38   W34     4.0
12. 2 Lodh, Anjali (16) ............    IA 776 W104 W46   W17   L5    W37     4.0
13. 4 Pieper, Eric (17) ............ IA 756 W95   W45   W52   L8    W35     4.0
14. 6 Lu, Andy Y (18) .............. IA 752 W97   W47   W24   W7    L6      4.0
15. 4 Brintle, Marcus P (23) ....... IA 623 L107 W105 W58   W42   W48     4.0
16. 2 Zajacz Havens, Rob (26) ... IA 512 W62   W59   L7    W44   W25     4.0
17. 6 Wang, Alexander (119) ........ IA nnnn W55   W30   L12   W36   W28     4.0
18. 4 Shin, Jayden (112) ........... IA nnnn -B-   L27   W64   W32   W26     4.0

19. 5 Copeland, Eli (20) ........... IA 665 W72   W69   L2    W67   D24     3.5
20. 2 Malgaonkar, Aditya (21) ...... IA 657 W50   W87   L4    D56   W43     3.5
21. 5 Harris, Jack Walte (27) ...... IA 504 W91   W71   L9    W46   -H-     3.5
22. 4 Kaczka, Andrew Jon (42) ...... MA 279 -H-   -N-   W63   W68   W56     3.5
23. 5 Curtu, Alexandra (47) ........ IA 235 L51   W76   D60   W88   W57     3.5
24. 4 Patil, Yash (104) ............ IA nnnn W56   W54   L14   W30   D19     3.5

25. 3 Wu, Athena (12) .............. IA 836 W118 L43   W103 W57   L16     3.0
26. 4 Vigil, Joseph (19) ........... IA 697 W87   W106 L1    W40   L18     3.0
27. 5 Thompson, Luke (22) .......... IA 647 W94   W18   L5    L43   W69     3.0
28. 5 Bharanidhar, Akhil (24) ...... IA 589 W70   W80   L8    W45   L17     3.0
29. 6 Greene, Calvin Ave (25) ...... IA 565 W86   W107 L6    W47   L7      3.0
30. 6 Hendrickson, Annab (30) ...... IA 428 W60   L17   W83   L24   W70     3.0
31. 5 Yanacheak, Nathan (31) ....... IA 425 W125 D57   D48   W52   L9      3.0
32. 4 Keeney, Sierra Mar (32) ...... IA 415 W96   W51   L10   L18   W77     3.0
33. 4 Pierce, Thomas (33) .......... IA 411 W106 L52   W91   W61   L10     3.0
34. 3 Selby, Patrick Jos (34) ...... IA 410 W92   L2    W81   W74   L11     3.0
35. 5 Basri, Akash Gopal (36) ...... IA 358 W115 L1    W49   W82   L13     3.0
36. 6 Weaver, Emmett (37) .......... IA 332 W84   L5    W80   L17   W83     3.0
37. 5 Gilbertson, Cameron (38) ..... IA 331 W99   L4    W79   W71   L12     3.0
38. 6 Kasturirangan, Mukundan (39) . IA 316 W76   L7    W59   L11   W81     3.0
39. 0 Reisinger, Nicholas (43) ..... IA 272 -H-   L11   W102 W60   D53     3.0
40. 3 Menezes, Jaden (45) .......... IA 261 W81   L9    W51   L26   W82     3.0
41. 2 Song, Grace (46) ............. IA 250 L59   L61   W125 W106 W73     3.0
42. 4 Brown, JJ (49) ............... IA 221 W102 L10   W95   L15   W74     3.0
43. 6 Kempuraj, Deepak (53) ........ IA 168 W98   W25   L3    W27   L20     3.0
44. 1 Ren, Hutchinson (54) ......... IA 154 L57   W115 W78   L16   W79     3.0
45. 4 Emmad, Minou (55) ............ IA 151 W74   L13   W70   L28   W72     3.0
46. 3 Koh, Eric (56) ............... IA 138 W116 L12   W75   L21   W71     3.0
47. 2 Bharanidhar, Ajay (57) ....... IA 133 W61   L14   W62   L29   W88     3.0
48. 4 Timmer-Hacket, Rosemary (117)      nnnn W90   D88   D31   W54   L15     3.0
49. 3 Jung, Jimin (88) ............. IA nnnn L54   W96   L35   W94   W67     3.0
50. 5 Alaya, Yusef (63) ............ IA nnnn L20   W94   L11   W108 W65     3.0
51. 5 Abramoff, Boaz (62) .......... IA nnnn W23   L32   L40   W99   W64     3.0
52. 5 Jain, Pakshal (87) ...........     nnnn W11   W33   L13   L31   W66     3.0
53. 3 Abu-Hijleh, Zein (82) ........ IA nnnn -H-   W63   W68   L3    D39     3.0

54. 0 Wu, Kyros Yuefan (28) ........ IA 504 W49   L24   W107 L48   D61     2.5
55. 5 Flockhart, Kilee (50) ........ IA 205 L17   W97   L74   W80   D59     2.5
56. 4 Kozich, Aden (52) ............ IA 183 L24   W116 W99   D20   L22     2.5
57. 2 Luo-Li, Dewen (94) ........... IA nnnn W44   D31   W88   L25   L23     2.5
58. 3 Karandikar, Ankur (90) ....... IA nnnn L68   W101 L15   D76   W90     2.5
59. 5 Bowen, Elianno (71) .......... IA nnnn W41   L16   L38   W91   D55     2.5
60. 3 Kim, Alexander (92) ..........     nnnn L30   W124 D23   L39   W95     2.5
61. 5 Bass, Ben (68) ...............     nnnn L47   W41   W65   L33   D54     2.5
62. 5 Thibodeau, Robbie (116) ...... IA nnnn L16   W125 L47   D89   W124    2.5
63. 3 Arvind, Aneesh (66) ..........     nnnn -H-   L53   L22   W102 W89     2.5

64. 3 Reisinger, Kyle (35) ......... IA 373 -H-   D83   L18   W90   L51     2.0
65. 5 Adams, Peter Lietz (40) ...... IA 312 W117 L6    L61   W86   L50     2.0
66. 6 Phillips, Carter C (41) ...... IA 281 L80   L74   -B-   W87   L52     2.0
67. 3 Velles, Alexander (51) ....... IA 205 W79   L3    W77   L19   L49     2.0
68. 4 Sunkara, Mohana (59) ......... IA 104 W58   D90   L53   L22   D76     2.0
69. 3 Harwani, Ishan S (60) ........ IA 103 W101 L19   L82   W107 L27     2.0
70. 5 Willis, Jaryn (121) .......... IA nnnn L28   W86   L45   W103 L30     2.0
71. 2 Titus, Noel Jason (118) ...... IA nnnn W103 L21   W89   L37   L46     2.0
72. 3 Suh, Elaine (114) ............ IA nnnn L19   D104 D93   W75   L45     2.0
73. 3 Schultz, Adam (110) .......... IA nnnn L7    L78   W97   W84   L41     2.0
74. 4 Reddy, Aman (107) ............ IA nnnn L45   W66   W55   L34   L42     2.0
75. 1 Park, Joshua Kim (103) ....... IA nnnn L88   W85   L46   L72   W104    2.0
76. 2 Meza, Evzen (100) ............ IA nnnn L38   L23   W124 D58   D68     2.0
77. 6 McGill, Drake (99) ........... IA nnnn L5    W84   L67   W96   L32     2.0
78. 2 Houchins-Witt, Waylon (86) ... IA nnnn L6    W73   L44   L81   W109    2.0
79. 1 Houchins-Witt, Car (85) ...... IA nnnn L67   W108 L37   W109 L44     2.0
80. 5 Erickson, Adam (80) .......... IA nnnn W66   L28   L36   L55   W107    2.0
81. 4 Eggar, Sam (78) .............. IA nnnn L40   W118 L34   W78   L38     2.0
82. 3 Ciliberto, Ben (75) .......... IA nnnn L9    W109 W69   L35   L40     2.0
83. 6 Bebis, Murat (69) ............     nnnn -H-   D64   L30   W101 L36     2.0
84. 2 Ba, Barry (67) ...............     nnnn L36   L77   W115 L73   W103    2.0
85. 4 Alden, Jenna (65) ............ IA nnnn L1    L75   L86   W124 W106    2.0
86. 4 Zaugg, Caleb (124) ...........     nnnn L29   L70   W85   L65   W108    2.0
87. 6 Alden, Ben (64) .............. IA nnnn L26   L20   W92   L66   W105    2.0

88. 2 Kaczka, Benjamin D (29) ...... MA 467 W75   D48   L57   L23   L47     1.5
89. 3 Acherkan, Lisa (48) .......... IA 224 W105 L8    L71   D62   L63     1.5
90. 3 Thomas, Spencer M (58) ....... IA 127 L48   D68   W104 L64   L58     1.5
91. 2 Zaugg, Micah (125) ...........     nnnn L21   W117 L33   L59   D96     1.5
92. 4 Suh, Elliot (115) ............ IA nnnn L34   L103 L87   D116 W118    1.5
93. 2 Schwartz, Josie (111) ........ IA nnnn L10   D102 D72   D95   -U-     1.5
94. 5 Rohm, Alex (108) ............. IA nnnn L27   L50   W105 L49   D101    1.5
95. 1 Meza, Rene (101) ............. IA nnnn L13   W98   L42   D93   L60     1.5
96. 1 Mcentaffer, Harrison (98) .... IA nnnn L32   L49   W116 L77   D91     1.5
97. 3 Mascher, Aden (96) ........... IA nnnn L14   L55   L73   W125 D99     1.5
98. 0 Luo-Li, Ningzhi (95) ......... IA nnnn L43   L95   L106 D118 W116    1.5
99. 1 Kalil, Anisa (89) ............     nnnn L37   W100 L56   L51   D97     1.5
100. 0 Gross, Elsie (83) ............ IA nnnn L8    L99   L101 D115 W117    1.5
101. 4 Fast, Ella (81) ..............     nnnn L69   L58   W100 L83   D94     1.5
102. 5 Chen, Gary (74) .............. IA nnnn L42   D93   L39   L63   W115    1.5

103. 1 Pierce, Alexander (61) ....... IA 101 L71   W92   L25   L70   L84     1.0
104. 0 Zaugg, Caden (123) ...........     nnnn L12   D72   L90   D117 L75     1.0
105. 1 Saif, Shanza (109) ........... IA nnnn L89   L15   L94   -B-   L87     1.0
106. 1 Powell, Atticus (105) ........     nnnn L33   L26   W98   L41   L85     1.0
107. 4 Keen, Thomas (91) ............ IA nnnn W15   L29   L54   L69   L80     1.0
108. 4 Coquyt, Noah (77) ............ IA nnnn L4    L79   W117 L50   L86     1.0
109. 4 Coiner, Jared (76) ...........     nnnn L3    L82   W118 L79   L78     1.0

110. 6 Power, Clive Scott (1) ....... IA 1709 -H-   -U-   -U-   -U-   -U-     0.5
111. 3 Power, Josiah Thom (5) ....... IA 1078 -H-   -U-   -U-   -U-   -U-     0.5
112. 4 Saxena, Anushka (15) ......... IA 778 -H-   -U-   -U-   -U-   -U-     0.5
113. 6 Yang, Reece (44) ............. IA 266 -H-   -U-   -U-   -U-   -U-     0.5
114. 5 Shrestha, Bivan (113) ........ IA nnnn -H-   -U-   -U-   -U-   -U-     0.5
115. 1 Rahman, Afreen (106) ......... IA nnnn L35   L44   L84   D100 L102    0.5
116. 2 Niemic, Ashley (102) ......... IA nnnn L46   L56   L96   D92   L98     0.5
117. 3 Mascher, Cale (97) ........... IA nnnn L65   L91   L108 D104 L100    0.5
118. 2 Gross, Mary Danielle (84) .... IA nnnn L25   L81   L109 D98   L92     0.5
119. 3 Ellis, Jordan (79) ........... IA nnnn -H-   -U-   -U-   -U-   -U-     0.5
120. 6 Chaudhary, Hamza (73) ........ IA nnnn -H-   -U-   -U-   -U-   -U-     0.5
121. 4 Chaudhary, Ali (72) .......... IA nnnn -H-   -U-   -U-   -U-   -U-     0.5
122. 4 Wu, Mike (122) ............... IA nnnn -H-   -U-   -U-   -U-   -U-     0.5
123. 4 Bharadwaj, Krishna (70) ......     nnnn -H-   -U-   -U-   -U-   -U-     0.5

124. 5 West,Abigail (120) ........... IA nnnn L2    L60   L76   L85   L62     0.0
125. 2 Kruse, Mailie (93) ........... IA nnnn L31   L62   L41   L97   -U-     0.0

Monday, January 12, 2015

Welcome Back to Chess Club

Lots of Chess Tournaments coming up.

This Saturday the Prairie Chess Series #3 last one.

Then on the 24th the Barber/Denker former Alumni Joseph Wan and Arshaq Saleem will be competing to win the Title and represent Iowa at the US Open in Phoenix Arizona this Summer. Play some chess yourself and see how good you are up against Iowa's Scholastic's Best.

Keep Pushing Wood.

Eric

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Weber Alumni Wins Big!

Arshaq Saleem won the U16 section of the Susan Polgar Boys and Girls championship. This qualifies Arshaq to play for the USA in Greece next year for the world championship in the U16 section! WAY TO GO!

Here is Grandmaster Susan Polgar presenting Arshaq with his hard won trophy.

on the ladder we have some movement. I need forms from all the students. I have many students on the ladder that are not coming to the club.

1   0 4 0 Peter Adams
2 +2 5 0 Patrick Selby
3   0 4 0 Sebastian Rutkowski
4 -2 1 0 Carter Phillips
5   0 0 0 Dominic Rutkowski
6   0 0 0 Parker Imborek
7   0 0 0 Elias Davis
8   0 0 0 Keenai Fender
9 +4 0 0 Sam Callahan
10 +4 0 0 Brady Gromacki
11 +4 1 0 Aidan Jacobsen
12 +13 2 0 Max Gerke
13 +5 1 0 Teddy Kim
14 +6 1 0 Nickolas Ferrel
15 +11 1 0 Luke McConnell
16 +5 1 0 Jackson Seering
17 +5 1 0 Sam Showers
18 +5 0 0 Ethan Truman
19 +5 0 0 Davis Nepple
20 +5 0 0 Tyler Lieberman
21 +6 0 0 Gable Kauffman
22 +6 0 0 Ashley Niemiec
23 +6 0 0 Scheer Iona
24 +6 0 0 Rahman Afreen
25 +1 0 0 Gretchen Gerke
26 +1 0 0 Allison Phillips
27 +1 0 0 Maile Kruse

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Welcome New Members and Pins homework

What homework? well yes homework, if you want to get better at chess you have to practice, sent home today was Pins practice. A pin is where a piece threatens the King with another piece in the way of the king. The piece in between the king and the threatening piece is the "pinned" piece. It is a very useful tactic to capturing the opponents pieces without getting captured yourself. The trick though is to learn chess notation. I will be working with the kids next week. The exercises shouldn't take too long, and are of course voluntary.

Not much action on the ladder except my computer (or perhaps my human error in data entry) did not record the games correctly from two weeks ago. I have been trying to edit names of students that are not back this year. But I also wanted to leave students who were here last year to retain their rank on the ladder. Hopefully I got it right this week. Sorry Patrick for not getting your game recorded, but it should be correct now.

1   0 3 0 Peter Adams
2 +1 3 0 Sebastian Rutkowski
3 -1 1 0 Carter Phillips
4   0 3 0 Patrick Selby
5   0 0 0 Dominic Rutkowski
6   0 0 0 Parker Imborek
7   0 0 0 Elias Davis
8   0 0 0 Keenai Fender
9 +3 0 0 BJ Wolfe
10 +3 0 0 Sam Callahan
11 +3 0 0 Brady Gromacki
12 +3 1 0 Aidan Jacobsen
13 +5 0 0 Teddy Kim
14 +6 1 0 Nickolas Ferrel
15 +6 0 0 Jackson Seering
16 +9 1 0 Max Gerke
17 +5 1 0 Sam Showers
18 +5 0 0 Ethan Truman
19 +5 0 0 Davis Nepple
20 +5 0 0 Tyler Lieberman
21 +5 0 0 Luke McConnell
22 +5 0 0 Gable Kauffman
23 +5 0 0 Ashley Niemiec
24 +5 0 0 Scheer Iona
25 +5 0 0 Rahman Afreen
26   0 0 0 Gretchen Gerke
27   0 0 0 Allison Phillips

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Up and Running new Chess Ladder, USCF rated tournament Oct 5th at Coe College

We had a great chess club this morning. I have shaken the dust off the old chess ladder and we got started this morning. We had two games, Peter Adams taking on Patrick Selby and Sebastian defeating Aidan (who told me his name was misspelled). We started to learn notation, and Iona Scheer was helping Ashley Niemiec learn the moves. We did some computer analysis of games we had recorded and Students are encouraged to play their parents and notate the games so we can analyse these games as well.

I also told the history of the Weber Chess Club and the many state champions that have come from that very room. Arshaq Saleem (current K-8 State champion), Ziwen Zhen(2013 K-8 State Champion), and Teresa Knecht(2013 and 2014 Girls State Champion) all got their start at Weber Elementary. Peter was so impressed he took it upon himself to dust the trophies.

On Oct 5th there will be a tournament at Coe College, this is a USCF Rated tournament and is sponsored by their newly formed chess club. Games will be long with each player getting 45 minutes to make their moves but I feel that the top 6 of our chess ladder could compete and have fun, just need to remember notation and to take their time with moves.

I realize some of these names are not present and over the next few weeks there will be some editing.

1   0 1 0 Peter Adams
2   0 0 0 Carter Phillips
3   0 1 0 Sebastian Rutkowski
4   0 1 0 Patrick Selby
5   0 0 0 Dominic Rutkowski
6   0 0 0 Parker Imborek
7   0 0 0 Elias Davis
8   0 0 0 Keenai Fender
9   0 0 0 Brendan Klutts
10   0 0 0 Teya Kerns
11   0 0 0 Tommy Kerns
12   0 0 0 BJ Wolfe
13   0 0 0 Sam Callahan
14   0 0 0 Brady Gromacki
15   0 1 0 Aidan Jacobsen
16   0 0 0 Max Gerke
17   0 0 0 Sam Weitz
18   0 0 0 Teddy Kim
19   0 0 0 Eleanor Weitz
20   0 0 0 Nickolas Ferrel
21   0 0 0 Jackson Seering
22   0 0 0 Sam Showers
23   0 0 0 Ethan Truman
24   0 0 0 Davis Nepple
25   0 0 0 Tyler Lieberman
26   0 0 0 Luke McConnell
27   0 0 0 Gable Kauffman
28   0 0 0 Ashley Niemiec
29   0 0 0 Scheer Iona
30   0 0 0 Rahman Afreen

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Arun represented Weber well at Ice Harbor

Arun did a great job at Ice Harbor representing Weber Elementary at the Ice Harbor Chess Tournament. He played hard and never gave up. I saw him smiling and focusing on his position.

Here are the final round of pairings.

Weber end of year club - Round 6                           Pairing Sheet, Page 1

Board                     White                                  Black

    1.   ___ Vigil, Joseph (3.0,95)            ___ Adams, Peter (5.0,100)

    2.   ___ Rutkowski, Sebastian (3.0,90)     ___ Callahan, Sam (4.0,64)

    3.   ___ Rutkowski, Dominic (3.0,83)       ___ Selby, Patrick (3.0,88)

    4.   ___ Alaya, Yusef (3.0,70)             ___ Vigil, Jacob (2.5,80)

    5.   ___ Philips, Carter (2.0,97)          ___ Gromacki, Brady (2.5,61)

    6.   ___ Kerns, Tommy (1.5,67)             ___ Dixit, Arun (2.0,86)

    7.   ___ Truman, Ethan (1.5,45)            ___ Kerns, Teya (1.5,67)

    8.   ___ Ferral, Nickolas (1.5,55)         ___ Gerke, Max (1.5,58)

    9.   ___ Jacobson, Aiden (1.0,60)          ___ Fender, Keenai (1.0,73)

   10.   ___ Kim, Teddy (1.0,62)               ___ Seering, Jackson (1.0,52)

   11.   ___ Elias, Davis (0.0,75)             ___ Showers, Sam (0.5,50)

   12.   ___ Lieberman, Tyler (0.0,42)         ___ Klutts, Brendan (0.0,69)

   13.   ___ McConnell, Luke (0.0,41)          ___ Weitz, Sam (0.0,57)

   14.   ___ Nepple, Davis (0.0,43)            ___ Kauffman, Gable (0.0,40)

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Round 5

Peter remains undefeated and the Vigil Boys all forfeit, well, it wasn't their fault their sister Crissy got her braces off and that was the only time I could fit her in to the orthodontists and our schedule. I didn't get pictures either. We will go two more rounds, and see if Peter can hold on undefeated, but even so a win next week will lock him up as Weber Champion.

Also I will be coming back next year for Chess Club, at first I thought I would have another commitment but such is life, it didn't materialize.

Weber end of year club - Round 5                           Pairing Sheet, Page 1

Board                     White                                  Black

    1.   ___ Adams, Peter (4.0,100)            ___ Rutkowski, Sebastian (3.0,90)

    2.   ___ Callahan, Sam (3.0,64)            ___ Rutkowski, Dominic (3.0,83)

    3.   ___ Selby, Patrick (2.0,88)           ___ Philips, Carter (2.0,97)

    4.   ___ Dixit, Arun (2.0,86)              ___ Vigil, Joseph (2.0,95)

    5.   ___ Kerns, Teya (1.5,67)              ___ Alaya, Yusef (2.0,70)

    6.   ___ Vigil, Jacob (1.5,80)             ___ Kerns, Tommy (1.5,67)

    7.   ___ Gromacki, Brady (1.5,61)          ___ Fender, Keenai (1.0,73)

    8.   ___ Kim, Teddy (1.0,62)               ___ Seering, Jackson (1.0,52)

    9.   ___ Gerke, Max (1.0,58)               ___ Truman, Ethan (1.0,45)

   10.   ___ Showers, Sam (0.5,50)             ___ Ferral, Nickolas (0.5,55)

   11.   ___ Elias, Davis (0.0,75)             ___ Nepple, Davis (0.0,43)

   12.   ___ Klutts, Brendan (0.0,69)          ___ McConnell, Luke (0.0,41)

   13.   ___ Lieberman, Tyler (0.0,42)         ___ Jacobson, Aiden (0.0,60)

   14.   ___ Kauffman, Gable (0.0,40)          ___ Weitz, Sam (0.0,57)