No chess on Dec 22 or 29

Enjoy the Holidays!

 Muskego Melee 2021 Success !!

We had a great tournament on Saturday at Lake Denoon Middle School.  We had very good turnout (82 players), the IAC did a great job running it as always, concessions were great - special thanks to the Kreuser, Riva and Neuman families for the food donations, and to all who helped run the concessions and team room so smoothly the whole day!

Thank you to Lake Denoon for hosting and Paul Dooley - Activities Director for helping!

We had great success with our players too, and for many this was their first tournament!

K8 non rated

• Luca, Matteo, Mason, Daniel, Hunter, Chloe, Logan, Sophia and Mia were in this section, and it was the first in-person tournament for all but Logan.
• Daniel & Hunter had great success, each winning 4 of 5 matches, and in the process earning their red wrist bands!  They finished in 3rd and 6th place respectively and helped propel the LDMS to a 3rd place team trophy!
• Everyone else had a least 1 win and many had 2 or 3! We were very impressed with the level of play and notation taking for such a new group, which bodes well for their future success!

K8 rated 

• Anthony, Rishi and Quinn competed in this section.  Anthony finished in 9th w/ 3 wins, Rishi was close behind w/ 2.5 and Quinn had a breakout day w/ 4 wins, finishing in 3rd place, earning his red wrist band, and leading the team (w/ Rishi) to a 2nd place team finish!

K12 rated 

• Andy, Luke and Josh competed in this section.  Andy lead the way with 3 of 5 wins for a 3rd place finish.  The MHS team took home the 3rd place trophy as well!

 No chess this week!

Online merchandise store

 Hi All,

Tomorrow night at midnight is when the online store closes. The site is http://muskegochess.ottpromo.com/muskegochess/shop/home & $3 of every order goes to the club. 

Leah

Correct Link

 In the previous post,  I didn't include the correct link & I apologize.  The correct link is muskegochess.ottpromo.com & yes, personalization can be on the back of t- shirts (long & short). 

I'm sorry about the inconvenience & any confusion.

Leah

 

 

 

Chess Apparel

 If anyone's wanting chess apparel,  before every class there will be a table w/ older chess apparel for sale. The $ goes to the club. If you'd like it new &/or personalized (w/the exception of hats & jackets) you can order from www.muskegochess.ottpromo.com. $3 from every item goes to the club. The on-line store closes 10/27.

Leah 

 First class coming up quickly!!  

Wed Oct 6th @ Mill Valley - 6:30

Tell your friends & neighbors!  The more players we have the more school-teams we have at tournaments and the more fun we have!

Not sure about it?  Come check us out for a week or two and then decide!  Register now but pay later (if you choose to stay).

 Sign up for chess!

As the new school year starts, so does the scholastic chess season!  Sign up is now available for any student in the Muskego Norway School District - please visit Muskegochess.com to sign up and for more information. 

The fee is $60 per player ($65 by PayPal) and includes professional instruction (International Academy of Chess) each week, along with use of the club's chess sets during class.   The season starts Oct 6th and runs to late March '22.  We'll meet each Wednesday (weather permitting) from 6:30-8 at Mill Valley Elementary School in the cafeteria (Hillendale Drive entrance).  

All are welcome - beginners to experienced!  Parents of K-4 students are requested to stay and help with their child, unless discussed ahead of time.

Please note, we'll follow the MNSD guidelines as it relates to Covid, which for now strongly encourages the use of masks.  

 New chess season right around the corner! 

We hope you all had an enjoyable summer and were able to relax with family and friends.  With school starting soon, the scholastic chess season will be upon us as well.  As you may know, the MSCC did what we could virtually last year, but that didn't fit well for everyone.  

We're excited to be back in person the new school year!  Unless anything changes (which is always possible, so watch for updates), we're expecting to start up at Mill Valley Elementary again, on Wednesday October 6th (6:30-8 as in the past).  We will once again be coached by the International Academy of Chess!

Sign up on our website any time, and we'll send updates at it gets closer to October.  Feel free to reach out to Leah (leahmike@ymail.com) or Dan (dschantz3@gmail.com).

Congrats Alyssa!

 Congrats Alyssa on graduating! Thank you for being a part of the Chess Club all these years & good luck to you in the future!

 

Thank you to our MSCC players & parents for another good chess year, especially under the circumstances that you all faced.  We all made the best of the situation and still managed to learn & play virtually and have some fun!

This fall, we hope to return to Mill Valley in person as in recent years, so watch for updates when the new school year begins.

In the meantime, have a great summer!  

  WI High School Rapid Online Chess Championship

As mentioned in our last post,  Andy finished 3rd place on our board #1, taking 8 out of 10 points!  

Congratulations Andy!

 WI High School Rapid Online Chess Championship

 IAC (International Academy of Chess) with the endorsement of the Wisconsin Chess Association

Normally this time of year we would have had our last big tournament on the campus of UW Oshkosh.  Thanks to covid it was cancelled last year and held virtually (zoom +lichess.org) this year.

Only the high school team event (no K5 or K8 individual) was held, but it was also opened up to middle schools, so we brought our LDMS team!

• As a 5 player team competing against mostly high schools, LDMS finished 11th out of 18 teams, which i think is very good!
• Andy finished 3rd place on our board #1, taking 8 out of 10 points 
• Luke finished 6th place on our board #2, just barely missing a trophy, taking 6.5 out of 10 points
• Daniel also finished 6th place on our board #3, also just barely missing a trophy, taking 7 out of 10 points 
• Reid on board #4 and Travis on board #5 also played multiple good games against experienced players.

I really want to emphasize how proud I am of this team for stepping up to play against mostly high school teams, thus encountering matches that are more difficult than normal.  Everyone learned a lot from this tournament and came out stronger!

We're looking forward to hopefully being back in-person this fall, and competing again next year on campus!

Coach Dan

 Fun in-house virtual tournament tonight w/ 13 MSCC players

Congratulations to:

1. Andy
2. Anthony 
3. Lucas 

And everyone else who played w/ us tonight!  See you next week for our last lesson.

 Last weeks of Chess club!

Here are the details for the remaining weeks:

• Mar 10 - No lesson, but we'll have a 4 round Swiss style tournament 
• Everyone plays 4 rounds -  G10+5.  Depending on the length of games, we may go past 8pm a little.
• Join the normal Zoom at 6:30 for a few announcements, and then go to Lichess Team page for tournament start at 6:40
• All Players - please try to make this tournament - the more that can join, the better the pairings will be and the more fun we'll have !
• Mar 17 - Last lesson by Coaches Ryan and Chris
• Focus will be on knowing where to go & how to practice to stay in shape, until we meet back up in the fall!
• Mar 24 - Last class -  no lessons, but we'll play different games/ variants on Lichess, should be lots of fun!

For anyone who wishes to still get together on Wednesday nights I will set up Team Arena games for Mar 31 (spring break week for most) through April.  If attendance is high enough (8 or 10+) I will happily extend into May or beyond.

There will be, of course, tournaments hosted by IAC on many upcoming weekends and I recommend joining some if you can!