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2024 Year's End Wrap-up

In-house tournament results 1 Cavan  W4 W3 L2 2 2 Q      L3 L4 W1 1 3 Simon  W2 L1 W4 2 4 Sky    L1 W2 L3 1 5 Teddy  W8 D7    1.5 6 Jack   L7 W8    1 7 Oliver W6 D5    1.5 8 Adrick L5 L6    0 RATINGS Cavan    994 Q        861 Simon    844 Thomas   608 Alex     561 Sky      430 Teddy    334 Paradis  294 Jack     289 Kellan   267 Oliver   243 Liam     225
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Winter Open Results

Tournament Results Name  R1R2R3R4 Tot  Bef. Aft Chg Simon L L W W  2.0 1017 1001 -16 Cavan D D D L  1.5  804  830 +26 Team Results 1 Nicolet 7.0 2 Heritage 3.5
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Next Wed. is the last meeting of fall chess. Look for spring chess through Community Ed.  Tournament this Saturday at the Burnsville Diamondhead Education Center RATINGS Cavan  1017 Q       882  Simon   804 Thomas  608 Alex    561 Sky     389 Teddy   314 Paradis 293 Jack    289 Kellan  267 Liam    225 Oliver  223
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SCHEDULE Nov 27 No Chess Club Dec 4 Chess Club - Topic is Undermining Dec 11 Final chess club meeting for the fall LESSON Today we recapped stopping a single pawn and queening a single pawn. From there we discussed trading town to a simpler ending. Then we did worksheets on when to trade down to a winning position and when to wait on trading down. RATINGS Cavan   999 Q       865 Simon   803 Thomas  608 Alex    556 Sky     389 Teddy   322 Paradis 293 Jack    285   Kellan  267 Liam    225 Oliver  181  
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TOURNAMENT RESULTS Simon  W L L L W  Cavan  L L W W L  Thomas L L W L L R ATINGS Name    Rtg Aft Merit  Cavan   996 969 47 Q       861     22.25  Simon   781 776 32 Thomas  605 597 28 Alex    566     7.25 Sky     389 Teddy   300 Paradis 296 Jack    268 Kellan  267 Liam    225 Oliver  189
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  LESSON We went over King and Pawn vs King endings learning about opposition, distant opposition, and diagonal opposition. TOURNAMENT There is a tournament this coming weekend. See www.schoolchess.org for more info and to register. There is no elimination - you will play 5 games if your are in 5th or 6th grade. Older children will play 4 games. This weekend there is a special girl's section. Be there at 8:00 to register. Lasts until about 1:30 pm RATINGS Name    Rtg Merit  Cavan   996 45 Q       861 22.25  Simon   781 30 Thomas  605 28 Alex    566 7.25 Sky     389 Teddy   300 Paradis 296 Jack    268 Kellan  267 Liam    225 Oliver  189
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  LESSON We learned how to stop a pawn from queening (K vs K & P)   1. Get your king in the "safety zone"   2. When you have to leave the "safety zone" step into the square of opposition. We learned how to queen a pawn (K and P vs K)   1. Get your king in front of your pawn   2. Move your king into the square of opposition   3. Get your King to the 6th rank. If you can achieve 2 of the three goals listed above, you can queen your pawn, If you advance your pawn to the 7th rank with check, it will result in a stalemate. If you advance your pawn to the 7th rank without check, you will win, RATINGS Cavan   990 Q       869 Simon   755 Thomas  605 Alex    562 Sky     363 Paradis 296 Teddy   280 Kellan  267 Jack    265 Liam    225 Oliver  197
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