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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