Borlaug Chess Club

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

WOW! 43 enrolled students in the first two weeks of Chess Club!

Exciting year.

First we have the EICL! Eastern Iowa Chess League! Our First Match will be against Prairie Elementary in Cedar Rapids, more details to follow.

At the end of this month there is a big Team Tournament on September 28th in Omaha Nebraska. I have two kids going (my own) to represent Borlaug, however we need four children to make a team. If you are interested please contact me as we have to register the four children together as a team to participate.

and here is the roster, Yulong Shao defeated Barry Vigil to claim the top spot. They will be gunning for you Yulong so watch out. and here is the rest of the results, now is the time of the year when people are added to the ladder at the bottom so soon the abilities will sort themselves out. So anyone can play anyone this week.

1 +20 1 0 Yulong Shao
2 -1 1 0 Barry Vigil
3 +4 1 0 Eric Pieper
4 -2 1 0 Joey Vigil
5   0 1 0 Aaron Smith
6 -3 1 0 Jacob Vigil
7 -3 0 0 Dafne Bayman
8 -2 0 0 Eddy Xu
9 -1 0 0 Justin Pieper
10 +8 1 0 Reece Yang
11 -2 2 0 Alexandra Curtu
12 -2 0 0 Akshat Pawar
13 -2 0 0 Anna Zheng
14 -2 1 0 Andy Luo
15 -2 0 0 Sanjeev Sarin
16 -2 0 0 Miranda Feng
17 -2 0 0 Jimin Jung
18 -2 0 0 Edward Keen
19 +3 1 0 Eric Liu
20 -3 1 0 Benjamin Zhang
21 -2 0 0 Luke Fasse
22 +19 1 0 Noah Willett
23 -3 1 0 Jack Fasse
24 -1 0 0 Aditya Malgaonkar
25 -1 0 0 Ben Ciliberto
26 -1 0 0 Nathan Wei
27 -1 0 0 Ajay Bharanidhar
28 -1 1 0 Akhil Bharanidhar
29 -1 0 0 Shanza Sami
30 -1 0 0 Alexander Pierce
31 -1 0 0 Thomas Pierce
32 -1 0 0 Joshua Park
33 -1 0 0 Andrey Arshava
34 -1 0 0 Sebastian Cochrane
35 -1 0 0 Sachiko Goto
36 -1 1 0 Yifan Bu
37 -1 0 0 Jim Su
38 -1 0 0 Joe Su
39 -1 0 0 Joy Su
40 -1 0 0 Rani Youness
41 -1 0 0 Dani Youness
42   0 0 0 Liam Willett
43   0 0 0 Serina Li

Monday, September 2, 2013

Final Day of School!

We had a big upset on the chess ladder Aaron Smith beat Barry Vigil to finish the year on top of the Chess Ladder. Thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed Borlaug Chess Club, especailly our Parent Volunteers

Charles Pierce and Levant Bayman our puzzle masters
Shungang Wei our Chess Skills Coach
Mr Bharanidhar for all your efforts

We had quite the successful first year with our teams winning

2nd Place State Elementary Team Championships K-6
1st Place Weber K-6 tournament
2nd place K-5 Prairie Chess Series
1st Place K-2 Prairie Chess Series
3rd Place K-6 Ice Harbor Scholastic Grand Prix
2nd Place K-2 Ice Harbor Scholastic Grand Prix

And Recently one of our team members won First in the 1st Annual Longfellow Chess Tournament

Monday, June 3, 2013

Last Day of School

Vladimir Tivanski won First Place in the 1st Annual Longfellow Chess Tournament! Thomas Pierce showed some grit! and won 6th place overall in a very strong performance.

In the Chess Ladder Aaron Smith took number 1 spot with an upset over Barry Vigil

Thank you for a great year, I had tons of fun, with our games and new bug house games. Next year I hope to have more tournaments, and we will continue to have more success!

In our first year we accomplished a lot!

2nd place State Team Elementary Championship
1st Place 7th Annual Weber Chess Tournament
2nd Place K-5 Prairie Chess Series
1st place K-2 Prairie Chess Series
3rd Place K-6 Ice Harbor Regional Scholastic Grand Prix
2nd Place K-3 Ice Harbor Regional Scholastic Grand Prix

and Numerous individual honors!

Thank you so much Ms Shoppa, Ann Marie our Librarian, and our parent volunteers

Charles Pierce and Levant Bayman our puzzle masters
Shungang Wei our chess skills coach

Next year we are going to embark on a new chess league.

In two weeks there is a tournament at Kirkwood Community College on June 15th!

Chess Wars VI
http://www.iowachess.org/tournaments.asp

This is a good one for parents to play along with the kids.

and finally..... the last chess ladder

1 +4 22 0 Aaron Smith
2 +4 23 0 Barry vigil
3 -1 21 0 Andy Luo
4 +44 16 0 Akhil Bharanidhar
5 +2 13 0 Vladimir Tivanski
6 +2 26 0 Nathan Wei
7 +2 13 0 Justin Pieper
8 +39 8 0 Eric (Yo Yo) Liu
9 -8 24 0 Yulong Shao
10 -6 24 0 Andrey Arshava
11 +9 21 0 Eric Pieper
12 -9 24 0 Liam Willett
13 -1 24 0 Jack Gray
14 -1 14 0 Jacob Vigil
15 +22 13 0 Josh Greene
16 -6 17 0 Benjamin Zhang
17 +10 14 0 Jimin Jung
18 -7 24 0 Joseph Vigil
19 +2 7 0 Alexandra Curtu
20 -3 12 0 Thomas Pierce
21 +12 6 0 Reece Yang
22 +9 8 0 Jocelyn Hsieh
23 -4 22 0 Mohana Sunkara
24 +12 10 0 Evan Green
25 +20 18 0 Jim Li
26 -8 7 0 Karina Li
27 +26 7 0 Sachiko Goto
28 -2 18 0 Sebastian Cochran
29 +11 15 0 Shalom A. Gugsa
30 +22 7 0 Diana Tivanski
31 -17 7 0 Lily (Hongjin) Li
32 -17 7 0 Miranda Feng
33 -5 9 0 Noah Willett
34 +21 3 0 Serena Li
35 -3 4 0 Richard Yang
36 -20 8 0 Defne Bayman
37 -15 2 0 Yifan Zhai
38 +19 2 0 Yifan Bu
39 -16 6 0 Xinyu Wang
40 -16 7 0 Sanjeev Sarin
41 -16 6 0 Laurel Haverkamp
42 -13 6 0 Jikun, (Bob) Zhang
43 -13 1 0 Sabrina Du
44 -10 4 0 Emerson Bennett
45 -10 3 0 Connor Houtman
46 -8 0 3 Amelia Stevens
47 -8 2 0 Tommy Stevens
48 +1 5 0 Ajay Bharanidhar
49 +5 9 0 J.J. Brown
50 -9 5 0 Emma Zheng
51 -9 1 0 Naomi A. Gugsa
52 -9 1 1 Ryan Goodman
53 -9 1 1 Joey Goodman
54 -8 2 0 David Zhou
55 -5 1 0 Yeon (Jay) Lim
56 -5 0 0 YoonJi (Beth) Lim
57 -1 0 0 Laura Li
58   0 0 0 Nick Oberbrockling
59   0 0 0 Mackenzie Oberbrockling

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Upcoming Longfellow Chess Tournament

Chess Club was rocking this morning about 40 or so kids playing!

Bug House has become quite popular, I feel that in the future we need to have a Bug House tournament.

the Longfellow Chess Club is sponsoring a chess tournament on June 1st! Free and Unrated.

It is limited to 100 players, so please sign up ahead of time.

Unrated K-6 Limited to the first 100 entries. Registration begins at 9AM games set to begin at 10am Where: Longfellow Elementary School Iowa City ,1130 Seymour Ave Iowa City, IA 52240 Reg: Register by sending e-mail to hawkchess@gmail.com Rounds: 5 rounds SS, G/30 one section! Entry Fee: Free, but Limited to the First 100 entries. Prize Info: Trophies to top 10 overall and top 4 in each grade Send Entry Fee to: Free

and todays chess ladder

1 +5 22 0 Barry vigil
2   0 21 0 Andy Luo
3 +45 16 0 Akhil Bharanidhar
4 +4 25 0 Nathan Wei
5 +4 13 0 Justin Pieper
6 +41 8 0 Eric (Yo Yo) Liu
7   0 12 0 Vladimir Tivanski
8 -7 24 0 Yulong Shao
9 -4 21 0 Aaron Smith
10 -6 24 0 Andrey Arshava
11 -8 23 0 Liam Willett
12   0 24 0 Jack Gray
13 +7 19 0 Eric Pieper
14 -1 14 0 Jacob Vigil
15 +22 13 0 Josh Greene
16 -6 17 0 Benjamin Zhang
17 -6 22 0 Joseph Vigil
18 +3 7 0 Alexandra Curtu
19 -2 10 0 Thomas Pierce
20 +13 6 0 Reece Yang
21 +10 8 0 Jocelyn Hsieh
22 -3 22 0 Mohana Sunkara
23 +13 10 0 Evan Green
24 +21 18 0 Jim Li
25 +28 6 0 Sachiko Goto
26   0 18 0 Sebastian Cochran
27 +13 14 0 Shalom A. Gugsa
28 +24 7 0 Diana Tivanski
29 -15 7 0 Lily (Hongjin) Li
30 -12 6 0 Karina Li
31 -16 7 0 Miranda Feng
32 -4 9 0 Noah Willett
33 +22 3 0 Serena Li
34 -2 4 0 Richard Yang
35 -19 8 0 Defne Bayman
36 -14 2 0 Yifan Zhai
37 -14 5 0 Xinyu Wang
38 -11 13 0 Jimin Jung
39 -15 7 0 Sanjeev Sarin
40 -15 6 0 Laurel Haverkamp
41 -12 6 0 Jikun, (Bob) Zhang
42 -12 1 0 Sabrina Du
43 -9 4 0 Emerson Bennett
44 -9 3 0 Connor Houtman
45 -7 0 3 Amelia Stevens
46 -7 2 0 Tommy Stevens
47 +2 5 0 Ajay Bharanidhar
48 +6 8 0 J.J. Brown
49 -8 5 0 Emma Zheng
50 -8 1 0 Naomi A. Gugsa
51 -8 1 1 Ryan Goodman
52 -8 1 1 Joey Goodman
53 -7 2 0 David Zhou
54 -4 1 0 Yeon (Jay) Lim
55 -4 0 0 YoonJi (Beth) Lim
56   0 0 0 Laura Li
57   0 1 0 Yifan Bu
58   0 0 0 Nick Oberbrockling
59   0 0 0 Mackenzie Oberbrockling

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Class E and Under second place finisher!

Congratulations to Akhil Bharanidhar! He won second place in the Iowa Class E and Under Championship! You should have seen the smile on his face when I handed him the $15 dollar prize! He defeated Barry Vigil something nobody seems to be able to do at chess club. Great work, Akhil also has moved up to second on the chess ladder this morning! Sounds to me like someone has been practicing their chess.

Diana, Serena and Naomi have been practicing chess art. They have been playing games to get the pieces into certain positions, this morning they played into an X and and H. I am not sure on how this translates to winning, but is winning everything? I think having fun in the name of their game.

on the ladder this morning, Barry yet again defended the Number 1 spot. JJ Brown is credited with his first wins and has moved up the ladder. Great work JJ! I can see the chess sets I placed at BASP are getting some good use.

1 +5 20 0 Barry vigil
2 +46 14 0 Akhil Bharanidhar
3 +5 24 0 Nathan Wei
4 +43 6 0 Eric (Yo Yo) Liu
5 -3 20 0 Andy Luo
6 +1 11 0 Vladimir Tivanski
7 -6 24 0 Yulong Shao
8 -3 21 0 Aaron Smith
9 -6 22 0 Liam Willett
10 -6 22 0 Andrey Arshava
11 +1 24 0 Jack Gray
12 +8 15 0 Eric Pieper
13 -4 12 0 Justin Pieper
14 -1 13 0 Jacob Vigil
15 +22 12 0 Josh Greene
16 -6 17 0 Benjamin Zhang
17 -6 21 0 Joseph Vigil
18 +3 7 0 Alexandra Curtu
19 -2 9 0 Thomas Pierce
20 +11 7 0 Jocelyn Hsieh
21 -2 22 0 Mohana Sunkara
22 +11 5 0 Reece Yang
23 +22 17 0 Jim Li
24 +29 6 0 Sachiko Goto
25 +15 12 0 Shalom A. Gugsa
26 +26 7 0 Diana Tivanski
27 -13 7 0 Lily (Hongjin) Li
28 -10 6 0 Karina Li
29 -14 7 0 Miranda Feng
30 -4 16 0 Sebastian Cochran
31 -3 9 0 Noah Willett
32   0 3 0 Richard Yang
33 -17 8 0 Defne Bayman
34 -12 2 0 Yifan Zhai
35 -12 5 0 Xinyu Wang
36 -9 12 0 Jimin Jung
37 -13 7 0 Sanjeev Sarin
38 -13 6 0 Laurel Haverkamp
39 -10 6 0 Jikun, (Bob) Zhang
40 -10 1 0 Sabrina Du
41 -7 4 0 Emerson Bennett
42 -7 3 0 Connor Houtman
43 -7 9 0 Evan Green
44 -6 0 3 Amelia Stevens
45 -6 2 0 Tommy Stevens
46 +8 7 0 J.J. Brown
47 -6 5 0 Emma Zheng
48 +7 2 0 Serena Li
49 -7 1 0 Naomi A. Gugsa
50 -7 1 1 Ryan Goodman
51 -7 1 1 Joey Goodman
52 -6 2 0 David Zhou
53 -4 4 0 Ajay Bharanidhar
54 -4 1 0 Yeon (Jay) Lim
55 -4 0 0 YoonJi (Beth) Lim
56   0 0 0 Laura Li
57   0 1 0 Yifan Bu

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Upcoming Tournaments, and New Players! And lots of Rain!

So much for the drought I guess

Tournaments coming up

1st the Class E and Under State Championship on Saturday the 27th of April at the Kirkwood Hotel in Cedar Rapids. This one is open to all ages and abilities. A great one to play along with your kids! Since it is a state championship event Iowa Chess Association Membership is required 10$ for a year for a Jr. Player.

The second is on May 11th-12th a two Day event at Ice Harbor in Dubuque, this is crazy as inbetween games you can swim in the waterpark! We have 5 players from Borlaug already signed up and I think we will be competing in some team competitions.

Flyers for both of these tournaments will be posted at the front desk of the school.

In Club play this morning we almost had a change of the Guard. Eric Yo Yo Liu had Barry Vigil on the Ropes with a queen and a King Vs a lone Queen. Eric unfortunately provided Barry with a draw in the following position. BLACK to move.

Black cannot move, and thus a stalemate. I would say that Yo Yo needs a rematch next week.

We had three new players join the club this morning Welcome Yifan Bu, and Laura and Serena Li. I hope you learn lots of chess and have fun. Results of the Chess Ladder

1 +5 18 0 Barry vigil
2 +45 5 0 Eric (Yo Yo) Liu
3 -1 20 0 Andy Luo
4 +4 20 0 Nathan Wei
5 +2 11 0 Vladimir Tivanski
6 -5 24 0 Yulong Shao
7 -2 20 0 Aaron Smith
8 -4 20 0 Andrey Arshava
9 +3 24 0 Jack Gray
10 +10 15 0 Eric Pieper
11 -8 21 0 Liam Willett
12 -3 11 0 Justin Pieper
13 +35 12 0 Akhil Bharanidhar
14 -1 11 0 Jacob Vigil
15 -5 17 0 Benjamin Zhang
16 -5 21 0 Joseph Vigil
17 +4 7 0 Alexandra Curtu
18 -1 9 0 Thomas Pierce
19   0 21 0 Mohana Sunkara
20 +17 10 0 Josh Greene
21 +12 4 0 Reece Yang
22 +23 17 0 Jim Li
23 +30 6 0 Sachiko Goto
24 +16 11 0 Shalom A. Gugsa
25 +27 7 0 Diana Tivanski
26 -12 7 0 Lily (Hongjin) Li
27 -9 6 0 Karina Li
28 -13 7 0 Miranda Feng
29 +2 6 0 Jocelyn Hsieh
30 -4 16 0 Sebastian Cochran
31 -3 9 0 Noah Willett
32   0 3 0 Richard Yang
33 -17 8 0 Defne Bayman
34 -12 2 0 Yifan Zhai
35 -12 5 0 Xinyu Wang
36 -9 12 0 Jimin Jung
37 -13 7 0 Sanjeev Sarin
38 -13 6 0 Laurel Haverkamp
39 -10 6 0 Jikun, (Bob) Zhang
40 -10 1 0 Sabrina Du
41 -7 4 0 Emerson Bennett
42 -7 3 0 Connor Houtman
43 -7 9 0 Evan Green
44 -6 0 3 Amelia Stevens
45 -6 2 0 Tommy Stevens
46 -5 4 0 Emma Zheng
47 -5 0 3 Naomi A. Gugsa
48 -5 1 1 Ryan Goodman
49 -5 1 1 Joey Goodman
50 -4 2 0 David Zhou
51 -2 4 0 Ajay Bharanidhar
52 -2 1 0 Yeon (Jay) Lim
53 -2 0 0 YoonJi (Beth) Lim
54   0 6 0 J.J. Brown
55   0 1 0 Serena Li
56   0 0 0 Laura Li
57   0 1 0 Yifan Bu

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Great Work Bulldogs!

Check out the Trophies at the front desk

1st Place 7th Annual Weber Chess Tournament
3rd Place K-5 overall Prairie Chess Series
1st Place K-2 overall Prairie Chess Series

We are now a Chess Force to be reckoned with! Congratulations team!

I put two chess sets down in the After School Program for kids to practice with. And thank you Charles Pierce for volunteering to do lessons at club in the morning, I can see some lights going on. When Charles was explaining the two rook checkmate he was doing the Micheal Jackson Moonwalk! It was a sight to see, but I think JJ got the concept.

Here is the updated ladder.

1 +5 18 0 Barry vigil
2 +6 19 0 Nathan Wei
3 +4 11 0 Vladimir Tivanski
4 -2 17 0 Andy Luo
5 +42 4 0 Eric (Yo Yo) Liu
6 -5 24 0 Yulong Shao
7 -2 19 0 Aaron Smith
8 -4 20 0 Andrey Arshava
9 +3 24 0 Jack Gray
10 -7 19 0 Liam Willett
11 -2 11 0 Justin Pieper
12 +36 9 0 Akhil Bharanidhar
13   0 11 0 Jacob Vigil
14 -3 20 0 Joseph Vigil
15 -5 16 0 Benjamin Zhang
16 +5 7 0 Alexandra Curtu
17 +2 19 0 Mohana Sunkara
18 +19 10 0 Josh Greene
19 +14 3 0 Reece Yang
20   0 13 0 Eric Pieper
21 +24 15 0 Jim Li
22 +31 6 0 Sachiko Goto
23 +29 5 0 Diana Tivanski
24 -10 7 0 Lily (Hongjin) Li
25 -7 6 0 Karina Li
26 -9 7 0 Thomas Pierce
27 -12 7 0 Miranda Feng
28 +3 5 0 Jocelyn Hsieh
29 -3 15 0 Sebastian Cochran
30 -2 8 0 Noah Willett
31 +1 3 0 Richard Yang
32 -16 8 0 Defne Bayman
33 -11 2 0 Yifan Zhai
34 +6 9 0 Shalom A. Gugsa
35 -12 5 0 Xinyu Wang
36 -9 12 0 Jimin Jung
37 -13 7 0 Sanjeev Sarin
38 -13 6 0 Laurel Haverkamp
39 -10 6 0 Jikun, (Bob) Zhang
40 -10 1 0 Sabrina Du
41 -7 4 0 Emerson Bennett
42 -7 3 0 Connor Houtman
43 -7 9 0 Evan Green
44 -6 0 3 Amelia Stevens
45 -6 2 0 Tommy Stevens
46 -5 4 0 Emma Zheng
47 -5 0 3 Naomi A. Gugsa
48 -5 1 1 Ryan Goodman
49 -5 1 1 Joey Goodman
50 -4 2 0 David Zhou
51 -2 3 0 Ajay Bharanidhar
52 -2 1 0 Yeon (Jay) Lim
53 -2 0 0 YoonJi (Beth) Lim
54   0 4 0 J.J. Brown