Borlaug Chess Club: September 2012

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Another Exciting day at the Borlaug Chess Club! We Saw Nathan Wei dethroned by Vladimir Tivanski, Aaron Smith Battled Barry Vigil for the 3rd spot on the ladder, I see rematches brewing next week. On the Chess Ladder as a reminder you cannot play someone that is greater than 7 positions above you. It will not count and please please please put last names when recording results Sebastian played Bob and I have no Bob on my chess club list and Alexander played Benji and I have no Alexander on my list unless it is a middle name or nickname. (Update, I went to their classrooms and tracked down the results, Bob is Jikun Zhang and Alexander is Alexandra Curtu)

Big Thanks to Levant Bayman for labeling the new chess pieces, and to Mr. Wei for working on the chess skills book. We have cool notation books with Borlaug logo stickers for those students completing the skills checklist.

We Will be having a Borlaug Chess Club Mini Tournaments in the Media Center on the 18th of October and the 15th of November right after school there will be two sections Unrated and USCF Rated. Both sections will be G/30 for three rounds. Start times will be 2:30, 3:30, and 4:30 so if you cannot be at one of the rounds you can request a bye. There will be no trophies just bragging rights.

1 +2 2 0 Vladimir Tivanski
2 -1 4 0 Nathan Wei
3 +1 2 0 Aaron Smith
4 -2 3 0 Barry vigil
5   0 2 0 Liam Willett
6   0 4 0 Joseph Vigil
7   0 1 0 Jacob Vigil
8   0 1 0 Mohana Sunkara
9   0 2 0 Justin Pieper
10   0 1 0 Eric Pieper
11 +6 2 0 Benjamin Zhang
12 -1 1 0 Alexandra Curtu
13 -1 3 0 Andy Luo
14 -1 0 1 Yifan Zhai
15 -1 4 0 Jack Gray
16 -1 2 0 Laurel Haverkamp
17 +1 2 0 Yulong Shao
18 -2 3 0 Thomas Pierce
19   0 4 0 Sebastian Cochran
20   0 0 1 Miranda Feng
21   0 1 0 Jikun Zhang
22   0 0 1 Jocelyn Hsieh
23   0 0 1 Defne Bayman
24   0 0 1 Richard Yang
25   0 0 1 Reece Yang
26   0 1 0 Connor Houtman
27   0 0 1 Sabrina Du
28   0 0 1 Karina Li
29   0 1 0 Noah Willett
30   0 1 0 Jimin Jung
31   0 1 0 Emerson Bennett
32   0 0 1 Lily (Hongjin) Li
33   0 0 1 Evan Green
34   0 0 1 Josh Greene
35   0 0 1 Amelia Stevens
36   0 1 0 Tommy Stevens
37   0 0 1 Emma Zheng
38   0 0 1 Naomi A. Gugsa
39   0 1 0 Shalom A. Gugsa
40   0 0 0 Andrey Arshava
41   0 0 0 Ryan Goodman
42   0 0 0 Joey Goodman

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

CRAZY CHESS MANIA!!!!!!

Mr Wei is doing a great job with the Chess Skills book! We have one student to complete the book and will be getting a prize next week!

Results from todays matches are in, Nathan Wei defended his Number 1 Position against a tough Vladimir Tivanski. Thanks for coming and enjoying in the chess fun.

Pos Chg TM PI Name              Phone1          Phone2
1 +14 3 0 Nathan Wei
2 -1 2 0 Barry vigil
3 -1 1 0 Vladimir Tivanski
4 +1 1 0 Aaron Smith
5 +23 2 0 Liam Willett
6 -3 4 0 Joseph Vigil
7 -3 1 0 Jacob Vigil
8 +15 1 0 Mohana Sunkara
9 -3 2 0 Justin Pieper
10 -3 1 0 Eric Pieper
11 -3 0 1 Alexandra Curtu
12 -3 2 0 Andy Luo
13 -3 0 1 Yifan Zhai
14 +15 2 0 Jack Gray
15 -4 2 0 Laurel Haverkamp
16 -4 2 0 Thomas Pierce
17   0 1 0 Benjamin Zhang
18 -5 1 0 Yulong Shao
19 -5 2 0 Sebastian Cochran
20 -4 0 1 Miranda Feng
21 -3 0 1 Jikun Zhang
22 -3 0 1 Jocelyn Hsieh
23 -3 0 1 Defne Bayman
24 -3 0 1 Richard Yang
25 -3 0 1 Reece Yang
26 -2 1 0 Connor Houtman
27 -2 0 1 Sabrina Du
28 -2 0 1 Karina Li
29 -2 1 0 Noah Willett
30 +4 1 0 Jimin Jung
31 -1 1 0 Emerson Bennett
32 -1 0 1 Lily (Hongjin) Li
33 -1 0 1 Evan Green
34 -1 0 1 Josh Greene
35   0 0 1 Amelia Stevens
36   0 1 0 Tommy Stevens
37   0 0 1 Emma Zheng
38   0 0 1 Naomi A. Gugsa
39   0 1 0 Shalom A. Gugsa
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KEY: Pos = current position    TM = total matches played
      Chg = change in position PI = periods of inactivity

Soon we will be having an after school tournament at the Coralville Library USCF rated and non USCF Rated. I will be announcing that at chess club. Next week I will be putting in orders for chess equipment So please look at last weeks post and if you are interested in ordering please email me.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

We have grown again! 29 Students today at chess club. I saw some great chess out there! We started our chess ladder! Nathan Wei dethroned Barry Vigil to take the top spot. Next week we will be setting out a paper copy and going over the rules for the chess ladder. We also have a catalogue for a group order we plan for October 1st. Online you can look at US Chess Sales, when we order together we save on shipping and get a group discount. So that 40 dollar chess clock with 20 dollars of shipping and handling will be a 38 dollar chess clock and 3 dollar shipping and handling. http://www.uscfsales.com to look at ideas. I will have a hard copy catalog at chess club.

And Shunguang Wei is checking off students on the essential skills checklist! Find Shunguang during chess club and demonstrate your knowledge, when you complete the checklist there will be a special prize!

Here are the Results from today's club

Pos Chg TM PI Name              Phone1          Phone2
1 +14 2 0 Nathan Wei
2 -1 1 0 Barry vigil
3 -1 0 0 Vladimir Tivanski
4 +24 1 0 Liam Willett
5 -2 3 0 Joseph Vigil
6 -2 0 0 Jacob Vigil
7 -2 0 0 Aaron Smith
8 +15 1 0 Mohana Sunkara
9 -3 1 0 Justin Pieper
10 -3 0 0 Eric Pieper
11 -3 0 0 Alexandra Curtu
12 -3 1 0 Andy Luo
13 -3 0 0 Yifan Zhai
14 +15 1 0 Jack Gray
15 -4 1 0 Laurel Haverkamp
16 -4 1 0 Thomas Pierce
17   0 1 0 Benjamin Zhang
18 -5 1 0 Yulong Shao
19 -5 1 0 Sebastian Cochran
20 -4 0 0 Miranda Feng
21 -3 0 0 Jikun Zhang
22 -3 0 0 Jocelyn Hsieh
23 -3 0 0 Define Bayman
24 -3 0 0 Richard Yang
25 -3 0 0 Reece Yang
26 -2 1 0 Connor Houtman
27 -2 0 0 Sabrina Du
28 -2 0 0 Karina Li
29 -2 1 0 Noah Willett

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Hey! the Chess Ladder for Todays Club meeting is up!

Thanks again for the wonderful enthusiasm! the positions on the ladder are simply in the order in which the students signed up. You can play anyone within 5 positions of yourself and give me the match results when the game is completed. If the game is not completed during chess club, it will not count, however we might be able to write down the positions and continue the game next week. If someone wants to do that I will go to the board and help.

The Skills notebook will be starting next week as well. I will have stickers and you can come see me during the club and demonstrate your abilities and earn stickers for your chart!

Tournament at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa City this weekend! Saturday! Sept 8th! 10am! be early to register!

Contact Matt Power at mspower69@yahoo.com or 319-325-1969

Challenge Ladder Report
Issue #0 PLUS -- 22 members -- 09/05/2012
Valid challenge range: 5 positions
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There are no RESULTS for this issue.
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Pos Chg TM PI Name              Phone1          Phone2
1   0 0 0 Barry vigil
2   0 0 0 Vladimir Tivanski
3   0 0 0 Joseph Vigil
4   0 0 0 Jacob Vigil
5   0 0 0 Aaron Smith
6   0 0 0 Justin Pieper
7   0 0 0 Eric Pieper
8   0 0 0 Alexandra Curtu
9   0 0 0 Andy Luo
10   0 0 0 Yifan Zhai
11   0 0 0 Laurel Haverkamp
12   0 0 0 Thomas Pierce
13   0 0 0 Yulong Shao
14   0 0 0 Sebastian Cochran
15   0 0 0 Nathan Wei
16   0 0 0 Miranda Feng
17   0 0 0 Benjamin Zhang
18   0 0 0 Jikun Zhang
19   0 0 0 Jocelyn Hsieh
20   0 0 0 Define Bayman
21   0 0 0 Richard Yang
22   0 0 0 Reece Yang
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KEY: Pos = current position    TM = total matches played
      Chg = change in position PI = periods of inactivity