State Championship at UW Oshkosh

The MSCC attended UW Oshkosh this weekend for the annual State Championship, run by the IAC.  It was a well run & fun event, with nearly 500 players in attendance!!

K5

• Emmett was our only player in this section and finished the day w/ 2 wins

K8

• In this section Mason led the way with 4 wins and took a trophy home, tied for 6th place!  Mia finished the day w/ 1 win

K12 Varsity 1 Team 

• This was the first time in several years that we had enough HS players to field at team!  Our Varsity 1 team consisted of: 
• Board 1 - Andy
• Board 2 - Luke 
• Board 3 - Anthony
• Board 4 - Jack 
• It is a fun format where our team plays another team - head to head  on each board.  Points are scored for a team win and individual wins.
• Our team went 2-2 on the day and took home the 6th place team trophy!

Great job by all today - it's a very long day with a lot of competition.  We played well and showed great sportsmanship!

 WSCF Grade Level Tournament at UW Milwaukee 

Our Muskego club brought 8 players to the tournament yesterday, held at the UW Milwaukee student union.   Final results are not posted yet, but will be available soon at the WSCF website.

There were nearly 400 players yesterday(!)  in 11 sections and the round times stayed pretty much on track.

Grade 1 

• Henri & Shivas played in this section.  Henri had 2-1/2 wins out of 5, and Shivas had 3, in his first tournament!  For such young players, they did a fantastic job!

Grade 5

• Owen & Emmett were our players in this section.  Owen had 2 wins and Emmett had 2-1/2.  Both took good notation so it was fun going over their games!

Grade 7

• Will was our only player in this grade and took 1 win in this big section with tough competition.

Grade 9

• Anthony was our only player in this section and took 2 wins.

Grade 10-12

• Luke had 2-1/2 wins and Quinn had 4-1/2 out of 5, taking the first place trophy!

There was some really good & tough competition the whole day.  Our club played some very good matches and represented us well!

 Grace Christian Academy / IAC Tournament 

On Saturday we brought just 3 players to the GCA Tournament in West Allis, but we still had a great time & played some really good chess!

K12 unrated 

• Mia led the way with 3-1/2 wins out of 5 and took the 3rd place trophy!  Aiden also had 3-1/2 wins and took the 4th place trophy, earning his red wrist band!  And Emmett was close behind with 3 wins, taking the 6th place trophy.
• The team of 3 took the 2nd place team trophy for the club!

Next up: WSCF Grade Level at UWM and State Championship at UW Oshkosh

 New Berlin Eisenhower / IAC Tournament 

The MSCC brought 7 players to New Berlin Eisenhower middle school.  It was a smaller tournament and the first one held at this school in quite a while, but it was well run and still provided for some good competition for our club!

K8 non rated 

• Will led the way with 3 wins and took 5th place, Mia took 6th place and Emmett took 8th place.  All 5 of our players has at least 2 wins, sometimes having to play against each other because it was a smaller section.
• The above players, along with Erik and Jace took home the 1st place team trophy for the club!

K8 rated 

• Mason was our only player in this section - he had a very good day taking 3-1/2 out of 5 and a 4th place finish!

K12 rated 

• Luke was our only player in this section and took 1-1/2 on the day

Next up - Grace Christian Academy!

Brookfield East HS Spartan Open / IAC 

The MSCC brought 9 players to Brookfield on Saturday to participate in the Spartan Open, which was run by the IAC.  It was a big event, over 120 players with a lot of good competition!  We represented our club very well and had a good time!

K5 non rated 

- Congratulations to Aiden for playing in his first tournament!  We also had Emmett in just his second tournament and Jace in his third.  Each of them took 3 out 5 and played some nice games!

K12 rated 

- This is always such a tough section, but our players did well!  Quinn led the way with 3.5 out of four and took the fist place trophy!  Luke took 5th place with 3 out of 4 and Anthony took 7th with 2.5 out of four. 

The team of Luke, Anthony, Josh, Jack, and Emily took home the first place team trophy!

Great job by all, lots of fun!

 Muskego Melee at LDMS Tournament 

On Saturday the MSCC hosted our own tournament at LDMS, run by the IAC.  While the turnout was lower than we had hoped for, it was run very well and we had a great time!  Our players represented their schools and our club with great sportsmanship!!

This was also a fundraiser for the club -  Huge thanks to LDMS and Nikki Kamperschroer for taking her time to be there with us!  Also big thanks to all of our volunteers who helped set up and take down the tables/chairs, donated concessions and ran it during the event!

K8 non rated 

This was the biggest section of the tournament, and it was the first one for a number of our players.  Congratulation to Lukas, Howard, Waylon, Brixton, Emmett and Garrick for playing in their first tournament!!  They did great, and took a lot of good notation as well, which will really help them to improve!

Lukas took 4th place, Emmett took 5th,  Mia took 6th, Will took 7th and Jace took 8th - everyone had 3 wins (order based on tie breakers). Ashton also had 3 wins.

Erik, Howard, Waylon, Brixton, Henri and Garrick played some great games as well.

The Lake Denoon team of Mia, Erik Ashton, and Emmett took the first place trophy!

The Mill Valley team of Lukas, Howard, Waylon and Henri took the 3rd place trophy!

K8 Rated 

Mason took 6th place with 3 wins and Gavin took 12th with 2 wins.

Together they took the 2nd place team trophy for the club!

K12 rated 

This section did not have many players so unfortunately our players had to play each other, which normally doesn't happen.  Nevertheless they played some very good long games.

Quinn took 1st place going 4 out of 4!  Anthony took 3rd place w/ 2 wins.  Jack took 4th, Luke took 5th, Josh took 6th and Emily took 7th.

 University School Milwaukee - IAC Tournament 

We brought 9 players to the USM tournament on Saturday - for 5 of them it was their first tournament which is awsome!

It was a well run tournament by the IAC and our players did a great job!

K8 rated 

Mason was our only player in this section, but this was his break out day and he dominated!  He went 5-0, taking home the first place trophy!!  In the process, he beat 3 players above his own rating level and will easily get the purple wristband!  Way to go Mason!

K8 non rated 

For 4 of our 5 players this was their first tournament!  I was impressed with how well they adapted and took good notation!  Everyone demonstrated great sportsmanship and I'm confident their skills improved because of this tournament!

Henri is in first grade in his first tournament and got two draws!  Dominic had two wins, Jace has three and Will also had three, taking home the 7th place trophy!  For those three it was their first tournament!  Mia played some strong games, taking 2-1/2 out of 5!

K12 rated 

Kudos to Emily for playing in her first tournament!  This is a very competitive section to play in for anyone, let alone the first time!  Jack had a good day with 2 of 4 wins, and Luke had another very good tournament with 3 of 4 wins and took the 5th place trophy!  Together the group took the 3rd place team trophy!

Next up -  Muskego Melee at Lake Denoon on Dec 7th!