I can Capture the King??????

We learned "proper" Bughouse Rules this morning some key points are you can capture the king, it is clock move not touch move, and time management is important.

On the ladder, Joey Bartelme defeated Justin Pieper in an upset.  Lots of great play.  I really like the group dynamic, kids are really getting in some chess.  Nathan stayed on top, Thomas Pierce also was a big mover.  Next week I am going to enforce the 10 position/25% rule of the chess club ladder, that is you have to be within 10 positions to challenge another player, those players who are not within 10 positions will have their result not count.

There is a tournament coming up at Coe College.   Sunday October 5th. I passed out flyers this morning, it is USCF Rated.  Last year we bought USCF memberships for all the players in the club, this year I am not doing that as we didn't use them as much as I had hoped, but if you go to tournaments, you can renew with me for $14 dollars, or do it online at the USCF site, however if you do it with me our club gets some credit and it is the same price. 

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

Great Second Week of Chess Club!

 Great Day!  Again Library was cleaned up and kids well behaved!  On the chess side, we did some two rook checkmating, and went over the 50 move rule.  Eddy Xu tied Nathan Wei!  Moving to the Number 2 position on the Ladder.  Great Job Eddy. 

Next week we are going to learn the "Proper" way to play Bughouse.

Also students are asking for rated tournaments.  I will try to have one on a Thursday afternoon soon.

And here is today's ladder.

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

Great First Day for 2014-15 School year

In my third year of running chess club, I really liked the later start, as I was much more prepared to sign people up and perhaps the years of experience in running the chess club helped as well.  Lots of great chess going on.  Lots of new faces, which I really enjoyed seeing as well as many old faces. 

One thing, I am a little sad about is the scheduling, as many of our best players are in 6th grade and are now (Go Figure!) in pre-algebra and going to Northwest Jr High in the morning of Chess Club, Sigh... I hope that doesn't deter them from attending chess tournaments and supporting our school. 

I updated the chess ladder with everyone who turned in a form this morning, and left last years roster intact.  So Nathan Wei ended last year on top so he will start on top this year.  Then where ever your ranking was minus students who are not coming back, then I added in alphabetical order new students to chess club.  Hence the beginning rating.

We will be playing in the Eastern Iowa Chess League again this year against other schools in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.  Schedule to be coming soon.  Also there was a first!  All the students put away the chess sets and I didn't find one piece on the floor!  Our new Librarian was very impressed!  Keep up the good work.

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