Golda Meir Results

Lots of fun was had by all at a great tournament near downtown Milwaukee at the famous Golda Meir School.  The MSCC had 22 kids attend!  This was a large tournament and was well-run with lots of space.

Teams:
K-12: Our K-12 team for MHS of Evan, Jason, Reid, Kolton and Sam took home the 1st place Team Trophy with 18.5 points, beating 2nd place Bradly Tech who had 14.
K-6: Our K-6 team for LDMS of Kyle, Will, Willow, Nick and Kenny also took home the 1st place Team Trophy with 17.5 points, beating 2nd place Clara Mohammed who had 15.  Close behind, in 4th place, we had Bay Lane Middle School (Noah, Alyssa, Anoushka and David) with 13.5, outperforming other full teams at Bayside and Goodrich.
K-3: Our K-3 team for Mill Valley of Nelson, Gavin, Joel, Evan and Makayla finished a close 2nd behind hosts Golda Meir.

Individual:
Congratulations to:

• Kyle Jain for going a perfect 6-0 to win the K-6 division!  Kyle's performance has been impressive this year - and it's no wonder why - Kyle plays a lot of online games, and studies openings, does chess tactics, watches videos, etc.  Hard work pays off!  Way to go, Kyle!
• Will Schantz for going 5-1 to take 4th on tie-breakers.  After 4 rounds, Kyle and Will were the only 2 kids out of the 51 in K-6 division who were 5-0, and they had the option to play each other or to play different kids.  They chose to play different kids, which gave them both a shot to win.  Great tournament for you both!
• Noah Gover for winning 4 out of 6 and earning his RED wrist band!
• Tournament FIRST TIMERS Kenny Mies, Colin Mies, Mikayla Steuer, and Nolan Schuster!  You have taken an important step forward.
• First grader Nolan Schuster, who was there just to watch his brother Nick (part of our first place K6 team for LDMS), but who decided at the last minute to jump into the tournament at the last minute. This took a lot of courage for such a young kid with no experience.  Nolan played some good games, and I could tell between rounds that he is learning quickly!
• Mill Valley 3rd graders Nelson Klein and Gavin Joers for going 4-2 to lead the K-3 team!  good job also to Joel and Evan for each earning 2.5 points for the team, and Makaya 2 more!
• ALL of the MSCC participants who generally played SMART chess, making sure to think before they touched those pieces.  Bob Patterson-Sumwaldt, the tournament leader, congratulated Muskego on our results, and several other parents and leaders had good things to say about our well-behaved kids.  

BIG THANKS also to Leah Przedwiecki for bringing all the awesome MSCC apparel!  We looked like a real club thanks to her.  Leah will bring the rest of the orders to class on Monday.  I love my MUSKEGO CHESS jacket especially.