Benji upsets Nathan Wei and some announcements

Congratulations to Benji as he ascends to the top of the chess ladder.  Benji?  did you practice your chess over the Summer?  You are doing good.  In the battle of the Olson brothers Brady upset Bennett, must have been the sun rising and getting in Bennetts eyes.... and Masha defeated Diana in the battle of the Russian speaking girls.  Good work team.

I handed out some tactics puzzles.  This week is Pins.  Thanks to Levant Bayman providing our puzzles.  I am stressing this year to take notation.  I have been working with individuals and small groups.  We can do it!

Here is Sophia learning notation. 

And Addy and one of the Pieper boys.

And Alexandra doing her best Susan Polgar impression.

and here is the ladder


1  +4  4  0 Benjamin Zhang                     
  2  -1  1  0 Nathan Wei                         
  3  -1  4  0 Barry  Vigil                       
  4  +6  7  0 Akhil Bharanidhar                  
  5  +2  5  0 Andy Luo                           
  6 +16  4  0 Eddy  Xu                           
  7 +13  4  0 Joey Vigil                         
  8  +4  2  0 Eric  Pieper                       
  9  +2  4  0 Aaron  Smith                       
 10  +3  2  0 Justin Pieper                      
 11  +5  5  0 Thomas Pierce                      
 12 +15  1  0 Alexandra Curtu                    
 13 +30  5  0 Joey Bartelme                      
 14  +7  0  0 Ajay Bharanidhar                   
 15  +8  7  0 Aditya Malgaonkar                  
 16 +10  3  0 Jimin Jung                         
 17 +12  2  0 Defne Bayman                       
 18 +12  2  0 Alyson Skala                       
 19 +12  2  0 Ben Ciliberto                      
 20 +25  4  0 Grace  Song                        
 21 +15  1  0 Anna  Zheng                        
 22 +15  1  0 Miranda Feng                       
 23 +24  2  0 Jaehyun Jae Jung                   
 24 +25  4  0 Alexander  Pierce                  
 25 +16  1  0 JJ Brown                           
 26 +22  2  0 Maria Arshava                      
 27 +11  3  0 Diana Tivanskaya                   
 28 +14  0  0 Shanza Sami                        
 29 +15  2  0 Mohana Sunkara                     
 30 +32  5  0 Josie Schwartz                     
 31 +23  0  0 Yuning Shao                        
 32 +23  0  0 Ren Hutchinson                     
 33 +28  2  0 Alyssa Skala                       
 34 +15  3  0 Jaymeson Harms                     
 35 +23  2  0 Mahmoud Aly                        
 36 +23  5  0 Huichan Mark Jung                  
 37 +23  0  0 Brady Thoma                        
 38  +4  2  0 Asif Ali                           
 39  +3  0  0 Aneesh Arvind                      
 40  +4  0  0 Nya Bunyan                         
 41  +4  0  0 Sarah Bunyan                       
 42  +4  2  0 Sophie Castro                      
 43  +4  1  0 Gabriella Ciliberto                
 44 +10  1  0 Anna  Miao                         
 45  +3  2  0 Julieta Fajardo-New                
 46  +4  0  0 Owen Houtman                       
 47  +3  2  0 Thomas  Keen                       
 48  +3  1  0 Aiden Liu                          
 49  +3  0  0 Aden Mascher                       
 50  +3  1  0 Cale Mascher                       
 51 +10  2  0 Brady Olson                        
 52  +3  1  0 Bennett Olson                      
 53  +3  0  0 Rebecca Ren                        
 54  +3  0  0 Arieanna Singh                     
 55  +3  0  0 Isaac Smith                        
 56  +3  2  0 Gregory Van Auken                  
 57  +8  2  0 Gordy Gambrall                     
 58  +2  3  0 Collin Whitters                    
 59  +2  0  0 Flora Zhu                          
 60  +1  1  0 Iesa Lassiter                      
 61  +1  0  0 Nicolas Arteaga                    
 62  +1  0  0 Ricardo Arteaga                    
 63  +1  0  0 Abigail Neumiller                  
 64   0  0  0 Owen Harms