Some Good Looking Chess Players and we have a match vs Weber Elementary on Nov 8th 1PM

Those are some good looking chess players.  Sporting some good looking shirts. 

Today we handed out t-shirts to all the chess players.  Some chess players need to still bring in permission forms, otherwise they will not be on the chess ladder.  We didn't get much chess played today as we were taking pictures and having just good chess fun.

our match with Weber Elementary will be Nov 8th Sunday, from 1pm to 4pm at the Coralville Library in the Basement.

we have two times the number of players as Weber, so we may have some Borlaug vs Borlaug matches, and we can have these matches USCF Rated if both players agree before the game starts.

This is a great time to make some chess friends. 

Coach Eric

The Ladder is here the Ladder is here!

Great morning at chess club.  I am finding students focused and wanting to play and learn chess.

1  +2  1  0 Eric Pieper                      
  2 +12  2  0 Aditya Malgoankar                
  3  -2  3  0 Joseph Vigil                     
  4  -2  0  0 Justin Pieper                    
  5   0  1  0 Thomas Pierce                    
  6  -2  1  0 Aaron Smith                      
  7  -1  0  0 JJ Brown                         
  8  -1  0  0 Jimin Jung                       
  9  -1  0  0 Aly Mahmoud                      
 10  -1  0  0 Lincoln Beihl                    
 11  -1  0  0 Bharandhaar Ajay                 
 12  -1  0  0 Dahye Choi                       
 13  -1  0  0 Derek Hua                        
 14  -1  0  0 Aiden Liu                        
 15   0  0  0 Oliver Miller                    
 16   0  0  0 Richard Yang                     
 17   0  0  0 Thomas Tong                      
 18   0  0  0 Isaac Smith                      
 19   0  0  0 Yeju Seol                        
 20   0  2  0 Hutchenson Ren                   
 21   0  0  0 Alexander Pierce                 
 22   0  2  0 Joshua Park                      
 23   0  1  0 Maple Miller                     
 24   0  1  0 Joshua Gu                        
 25   0  0  0 Abdallah Aly                     
 26  +7  1  0 Aneesh Arvind                    
 27  -1  1  0 Sasha Baldwin                    
 28  -1  0  0 Aden Beihl                       
 29  -1  0  0 Aditya Raj                       
 30  -1  0  0 Arjun Raj                        
 31  -1  0  0 Taewhan Seol                     
 32  -1  1  0 Nishvith Sudhakar                
 33  -1  0  0 Ashvid Sudhakar                  
 34   0  1  0 Joel Lee    

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.

Chess Tournament in the Quad Cities! Oct 3

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

Rated Beginners Open This Saturday Sept 26th, Burlington Iowa

Hey tournaments Saturday!
Sep 26 2015
RBO(Rated Beginners Open, U1000). And Open tournament for players over 1000.
The Loft of Burlington
416 Jefferson St, Burlington, IA 52601
G/30 d5. for RBO g/45 d5 for Open
5 Rounds in RBO
Sat 10, 11, 1pm, rounds 4 and 5 ASAP Open 3 rounds 10AM and then ASAP
RBO Trophies 1st thru 4th 1st and 2nd Unrated :
Open no prizes just rating points and fun
$10 on-site for RBO, $5 for Open
USCF Membership
is required.
Registration:
9:00 AM to 9:45 AM
Send early fees to:
Shawn Johnson Email: spj2k9@gmail.com

New Chess Year. Changes ahead

Alas my schedule is changing, and I am not sure what days I will have off.  With the new school years time changes I am thinking 7:45am to 8:40am.  I will keep you posted when My schedule does indeed change.  Also we will not be starting until October as my schedule at work may be changing days.

Iowa Open RBO (rated beginners Open) is on Aug 29th.  A five round g30 d5 tournament.  It will be great to come and play.  At the Coralville Marriot Iowa River Landing.  Claudia Munoz will be there she is the Girls Champion of the USA 2014.   It would be great if some of our girls came out and maybe she would go over their games and do some chess lessons with them.

Eric Pieper Wins 2015 Borlaug Chess Club End of Year tournament.

Place     Name/Team      Rate       Score     MMed  Med      Solk        SBx2      Cum

                                                                                                                               

 1             Pieper, Eric (4)   67              5.0         14.5        10.5        16.5        33.0        15.0

 2             Vigil, Barry (6)    65              4.0         14.0         9.0         15.5        21.0        13.0

 3             Pieper, Justin (3)              68              4.0         12.0         8.5         14.0        22.0        11.0

 4             Luo, Andy (5)     66              4.0         11.5         6.5         12.5        15.0        14.0

 5             Malgaonkar, Aditya (7)  64              3.5         15.0        10.0        17.0        20.0        11.5

 6             Brown, JJ (17)    54              3.5         11.0         7.5         11.0        18.5         9.5

 7             Vigil, Joey (8)     63              3.0         14.5        10.5        17.0        18.0        11.0

 8             Pierce, Thomas (11)        60              3.0         12.5         7.5         13.5         9.0          9.0

 9             Xu, Eddy (9)        62              3.0         10.5         6.5         10.5        13.0        10.0

&10        Zhang, Benjamin (10)     61              3.0         10.5         6.5         10.5        13.0        10.0

 11          Bharanidhar, Akhil (12)  59              3.0          9.0          5.5          9.0         11.0         8.0

 12          Vigil, Jacob (71) nnnn        3.0          9.0          5.0          9.0         10.0         9.0

 13          Olson, Brady (52)             19              3.0          8.5          5.5          8.5         15.0        12.0

 14          Curtu, Alexandra (13)     58              2.5          7.0          7.0         12.0         8.0          8.5

 15          Smith, Isaac (61)               10              2.5          7.0          7.0         12.0         3.5          5.5

 16          Lu, Aiden (50)    21              2.5          5.5          5.5          9.0          9.0          7.5

 17          Ren, Hutchinson (37)      34              2.0          8.0          7.0         11.0         6.0          6.0

 18          Jung, Jimin (21) 50              2.0          6.5          6.5         10.5         6.0          6.0

 19          Bharanidhar, Ajay (16)   55              2.0          6.5          6.5         10.0         6.0          6.0

&20        Feng, Miranda (26)          45              2.0          6.5          6.5         10.0         6.0          6.0

 21          Ciliberto, Ben (20)            51              2.0          5.5          5.5          9.0          5.0          6.0

 22          Wei, Nathan (2)                69              2.0          2.5          2.5          6.0          5.0          7.0

 23          Gu, Joshua (69) 3                 1.5          8.5          8.0         12.5         5.5          3.5

 24          Aly, Mahmoud (38)         33              1.5          6.5          6.5         10.5         6.0          3.5

 25          Olson, Bennett (19)        52              1.5          6.0          6.0          9.5          3.0          5.5

 26          Park, Joshua Kim (70)     1                 1.5          5.5          5.5          9.5          4.5          3.5

 27          Prospect. Mai (67)           5                 1.5          2.0          2.0          4.0          3.0          2.5

 28          Mascher, Cale (54)          17              1.0          9.5          9.0         13.0         1.0          2.0

 29          Pierce, Alexander (30)   41              1.0          8.5          7.5         12.5         2.0          3.0

 30          Mascher, Aden (53)        18              1.0          8.0          7.0         11.5         7.0          1.0

 31          Zhang, Alden (60)            11              1.0          3.5          3.5          7.5          0.0          0.0

 32          Whitters, Collin (58)        13              1.0          2.0          2.0          5.0          4.0          4.0

 33          Sami, Shanza (35)             36              1.0          0.5          0.5          4.0          1.0          4.0

 34          Schwartz, Josie (34)        37              1.0          0.5          0.5          3.5          1.0          3.0

 35          Ali, Asif (42)        29              1.0          0.0          0.0          3.5          0.0          1.0

 36          Sunkara, Mohana (33)   38              1.0          0.0          0.0          2.5          5.0          4.0

 37          Neumiller, Abigail (66)   5                 0.5          9.0          7.5         12.5         1.5          1.5

 38          Harms, Jaymeson (22)   49              0.5          3.0          3.0          6.5          3.0          2.5

 39          Sing, Arieanna (57)          14              0.0          5.5          5.5          8.0          0.0          0.0

 40          Keen, Thomas (51)          20              0.0          2.5          2.5          5.0          0.0          0.0

 41          Arvind, Aneesh (39)        32              0.0          0.0          0.0          4.0          0.0          0.0

 42          Skala, Alyson (18)             53              0.0          0.0          0.0          3.0          0.0          0.0

 43          Skala, Alyssa (29)              42              0.0          0.0          0.0          2.5          0.0          0.0

 44          Castro, Sophie (45)          26              0.0          0.0          0.0          2.0          0.0          0.0

In our end of year awards ceremony it was like the fourth of July as each Student received a sheet of bubble wrap along with their medals.  

This year whenever I brought in clocks for club use, the students would invariably start to pop the bubble wrap packing that the clocks are packed with.  And as a responsible chess coach, I would tell them "no" so when ordering my last batch of awards, I had to order online as my local trophy guy just had a heart attack, I had a large amount of bubble wrap.  I must say that this was the loudest award ceremony it was a popping good time.  

Horn Elementary is sponsoring a tournament this Saturday, May 30that 9AM 5 rounds of g30. 

more info at iowa-chess.org 

$2 for unrated section, and $4 for rated 

Here are the trophies!  and my daughters Asian Conflicts final project.  But there is a team competition!  Lets win this one.

final round! and Ice Harbor Winners.

 Eddy Xu and Aditya Malgoankar won 3rd place in the K-3 open team competition, Eric and Justin Pieper and Barry Vigil won 2nd in the K-6 open team competition.  Our players did our club proud.

May 30th will be the Horn Elementary Open.  A great tournament unrated and rated sections. 

May 25th there will be a G15 d5 USCF rated tournament at the Hobby Corner at Sycamore Mall for those interested noon to 4 pm.

Here are the the pairings.


2015 Borlaug End of year Borlaug - Round 5                 Pairing Sheet, Page 1

 Board                     White                                  Black

    1.   ___  Luo, Andy (4.0,nnnn)              ___  Pieper, Eric (4.0,nnnn)         

    2.   ___  Zhang, Benjamin (3.0,nnnn)        ___  Pieper, Justin (3.0,nnnn)       

    3.   ___  Vigil, Barry (3.0,nnnn)           ___  Vigil, Joey (3.0,nnnn)          

    4.   ___  Brown, JJ (3.0,nnnn)              ___  Malgaonkar, Aditya (3.0,nnnn)   

    5.   ___  Olson, Brady (3.0,nnnn)           ___  Wei, Nathan (2.0,69)            

    6.   ___  Jung, Jimin (2.0,nnnn)            ___  Xu, Eddy (2.0,nnnn)             

    7.   ___  Pierce, Thomas (2.0,nnnn)         ___  Ciliberto, Ben (2.0,nnnn)       

    8.   ___  Feng, Miranda (2.0,nnnn)          ___  Bharanidhar, Akhil (2.0,nnnn)   

    9.   ___  Curtu, Alexandra (2.0,nnnn)       ___  Smith, Isaac (2.0,nnnn)         

   10.   ___  Bharanidhar, Ajay (2.0,nnnn)      ___  Vigil, Jacob (2.0,nnnn)         

   11.   ___  Gu, Joshua (1.5,nnnn)             ___  Lu, Aiden (1.5,nnnn)            

   12.   ___  Park, Joshua Kim (1.5,nnnn)       ___  Olson, Bennett (1.0,nnnn)       

   13.   ___  Pierce, Alexander (1.0,nnnn)      ___  Ren, Hutchinson (1.0,nnnn)      

   14.   ___  Aly, Mahmoud (1.0,nnnn)           ___  Sunkara, Mohana (1.0,nnnn)      

   15.   ___  Ali, Asif (1.0,nnnn)              ___  Schwartz, Josie (1.0,nnnn)      

   16.   ___  Sami, Shanza (1.0,36)             ___  Mascher, Cale (1.0,nnnn)        

   17.   ___  Whitters, Collin (1.0,nnnn)       ___  Harms, Jaymeson (0.5,nnnn)      

   18.   ___  Neumiller, Abigail (0.5,nnnn)     ___  Prospect. Mai (0.5,nnnn)        

   19.   ___  Castro, Sophie (0.0,nnnn)         ___  Day, Bailey (0.0,nnnn)          

   20.   ___  Skala, Alyson (0.0,nnnn)          ___  Keen, Thomas (0.0,nnnn)         

   21.   ___  Tivanskaya, Diana (0.0,nnnn)      ___  Mascher, Aden (0.0,nnnn)        

   22.   ___  Sing, Arieanna (0.0,nnnn)         ___  Arvind, Aneesh (0.0,nnnn)       

              Zhang, Alden (0.0,11)                  Please Wait                     

Round 4 Pairings, Disneyworld and No Chess Club Next week May 6th (book fair)

Fabulous Morning of Chess.   Although these pictures are from what I was doing last week.  I went with the West High School Marching Band to Disneyworld.  I can say it was hot.  I got to Pack and Unpack instruments and Band Uniforms and perform bed checks and wake teenagers up in the morning.  I have a feeling I will be doing this for the next ten years.  My goal in 4 years is to have a West High Band Chess Tournament at Disneyworld.  Lightning would approve.  See you all May 13th, with our last club meeting to be the 20th.  I may have an awards day the 27th since the book fair is pushing us back one week.  And thank you Ritesh without your help this end of year tournament would not have happened.

2015 Borlaug End of year Borlaug - Round 4                 Pairing Sheet, Page 1

 Board                     White                                  Black

    1.   ___  Pieper, Eric (3.0,67)             ___  Vigil, Barry (3.0,65)           

    2.   ___  Olson, Brady (3.0,19)             ___  Luo, Andy (3.0,66)              

    3.   ___  Wei, Nathan (2.0,69)              ___  Zhang, Benjamin (2.0,61)        

    4.   ___  Pieper, Justin (2.0,68)           ___  Pierce, Thomas (2.0,60)         

    5.   ___  Bharanidhar, Akhil (2.0,59)       ___  Malgaonkar, Aditya (2.0,64)     

    6.   ___  Vigil, Joey (2.0,63)              ___  Curtu, Alexandra (2.0,58)       

    7.   ___  Vigil, Jacob (2.0,nnnn)           ___  Xu, Eddy (2.0,62)               

    8.   ___  Brown, JJ (2.0,54)                ___  Lu, Aiden (1.5,21)              

    9.   ___  Schwartz, Josie (1.0,37)          ___  Bharanidhar, Ajay (1.0,55)      

   10.   ___  Sami, Shanza (1.0,36)             ___  Olson, Bennett (1.0,52)         

   11.   ___  Ciliberto, Ben (1.0,51)           ___  Sunkara, Mohana (1.0,38)        

   12.   ___  Ren, Hutchinson (1.0,34)          ___  Jung, Jimin (1.0,50)            

   13.   ___  Feng, Miranda (1.0,45)            ___  Aly, Mahmoud (1.0,33)           

   14.   ___  Whitters, Collin (1.0,13)         ___  Pierce, Alexander (1.0,41)      

   15.   ___  Smith, Isaac (1.0,10)             ___  Neumiller, Abigail (0.5,5)      

   16.   ___  Harms, Jaymeson (0.5,49)          ___  Park, Joshua Kim (0.5,1)        

   17.   ___  Prospect. Mai (0.5,5)             ___  Gu, Joshua (0.5,3)              

   18.   ___  Castro, Sophie (0.0,26)           ___  Day, Bailey (0.0,98)            

   19.   ___  Skala, Alyson (0.0,53)            ___  Keen, Thomas (0.0,20)           

   20.   ___  Mascher, Aden (0.0,18)            ___  Tivanskaya, Diana (0.0,40)      

   21.   ___  Mascher, Cale (0.0,17)            ___  Sing, Arieanna (0.0,14)         

   22.   ___  Arvind, Aneesh (0.0,32)           ___  Zhang, Alden (0.0,11)           

              Ali, Asif (0.0,29)                     Please Wait