Happy Holidays !

No chess class Dec 21 or 28.  See you Jan 4!

Medical College / IAC 

The MSCC attended the Medical College of Wisconsin Scholastic open on Saturday, which was well run by the IAC (our coaches) as always!

We brought 8 players across 4 divisions and had a lot of fun, 

K8 non rated

• This was the largest section of the tournament -- we brought Dean, Mia and Evelyn. 
• Mia led the way w/ 3.5 wins and took home the 7th place trophy!  Dean and Evelyn were both right behind w/ 3 wins 

K4 rated 

• Sawyer was our only player in this division (his first rated tournament!) and took 2 wins and a 7th place trophy!

K8 rated 

• Hunter was our sole player in this division and got 2 wins for the day 

k12 rated 

• We brought 3 players to this tough section - Anthony (who played up from K8), Josh and Luke.  Everyone got at least 2 draws and/or wins out of 4, and played some very good long matches

We'll now take a holiday break for two weeks and come back refreshed for the new year!  We'll see you back in class on Jan 4th.  Our next tournaments are ASA Clark on the 14th and Brookfield East on the 28th.

 Annual Tournament at LDMS 

The MSCC held our annual tournament at Lake Denoon Middle School this past Saturday - we had a lot of fun and brought home a lot of trophies as well!

While we were disappointed with the lower turnout than normal from surrounding schools, our Muskego club was well represented w/ 17 players from most of our schools.  Our students demonstrated good sportsmanship and played some very nice matches - especially our beginners!

Big thanks to the IAC for a very well run tournament, to LDMS for their continuing support and allowing us to host the event, and to our volunteers who helped it run smoothly, especially the concessions that fed all of the hungry players and their families!  This is our largest fundraiser event as well - special thanks to all who donated concessions items!

K8 non-rated 

• Our largest section, represented by Luca and Sammy (1st tournament!), Evelyn, Harper & Sawyer (1st tournament!),  and Matteo, Mia, Reid, Mason, Logan, Sophia and Dean.  Everyone got at least one point.
• Matteo took the 8th place trophy w/ 3 points 
• Mason took 7th place, also w/ 3 points
• Reid took 6th place, also w/ 3 points
• Sophia took 3rd place with 4 points
• The team of Matteo, Mia, Reid, Mason, Logan, Sophia and Dean took the 1st place team trophy for Lake Denoon Middle School!

K8 rated 

• Hunter took 2 points on the day and Anthony took 4 points and the 2nd place trophy!

K12 rated 

• Josh finished w/ 1-1/2 points out of 4 and took the 7th place trophy
• Luke finished w/ 2-1/2 points and took the 3rd place trophy 
• Quinn finished w/ 3-1/2 points and took the 1st place trophy, and also the 3rd place team trophy by himself!
• Luke & Josh combined for the 1st place team trophy for MHS!

 NO chess this week - Nov 23

Happy Thanksgiving !!

 USM Fall Annual Tournament 

Three players from our club - Hunter, Mia and Evelyn - attended the USM tournament on Saturday and played some very nice matches!

• Hunter took 2 wins and Mia took 2-1/2
• Evelyn, in her very first tournament, took 3 out of 5 and finished 8th place in the K8 UNR section!!

Congratulations to all, you represented our club well!

Time now for our own tournament at LDMS on Dec 3rd!

 First Tournament of the Year 

Brookfield East 

Congratulations to Anthony & Luke for getting the chess tournament season kicked off on Saturday at Brookfield East High School!

Anthony went 4-1 and took 3rd place in K8 division, while Luke went 2-2 in the K12 division.

Next up will be USM on November 19!

 Welcome to MSCC 2022-2023! 

Register anytime on this site (muskegochess.com) - only $60 for the whole year, including weekly instruction from the International Academy of Chess (IA-chess.com)

First class at Mill Valley cafeteria Wednesday October 5th, 6:30-8, and most every Wednesday after that, into March '23 (see calendar on website).

Annual MSCC / IAC chess tournament at Lake Denoon Middle School Saturday December 3rd!

 MSCC classes have finished for the school year.

Thanks to all the students who joined & learned each week, and to the parents who brought them!

Keep playing on Lichess.org and challenge your friends as well!  We're looking forward to seeing you all back in October!!

 No chess this week (March 23) - Spring Break 

 WI Scholastic Chess Championship

As is tradition, the MSCC joined the annual chess championship held at UW Oshkosh this past weekend!  It is typically our year-end event,  and even though it was a down year in terms of participation due to spring breaks and other factors we still had a great time!  A total of about 285 players from around the State joined this event that lasted for 5 or 6 rounds (depending on the section) over 2 days.

This event was organized & run by Mike Nietman of the Wisconsin Chess Association, and it ran smoothly as always.

We were only able to bring 3 players this year, but Anthony, Sophia and Mia played very well, and we also had fun hanging out with the McKinley & Whitman players in their team room (thanks Coach Seghers!).

K5

• Over 6 rounds of G60/90 minute matches, both Sophia and Mia won 3 of the matches.  This was the first year at State for either of them and they did an excellent job!

K8

• Also over 6 rounds of G60/90 minute matches, Anthony won 5 of the matches and took home the 5th place trophy!

All represented their schools and our club very well, and we're very proud of them!

 WSCF - German Immersion School 

The MSCC brought just 3 players to the Milwaukee German Immersion School for a fun day of chess where over 170 scholastic players participated!  It was a well run event and there was a lot of good competition for our players.

K5

• Mia was our only player in this division and she played well, winning 2 out of 5 matches

 K12

• Quinn and Anthony (who played up in division again) were our players in this division.  Both had some tough matches but played well, and both won 3 out of 5 matches, just missing out on trophies based on tie-breakers 

Great job to all for coming out & playing, and representing our club well!

 McKinley Elementary School Tournament - WSCF

The MSCC brought 8 players to McKinley Elementary School in Wauwatosa this past Saturday,  This was a WSCF (Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation) run event, hosted by the school and Mark Seghers, whom some may remember as the leader of the MSCC for many years.

It was a big event - 136 players - and our group had a lot of fun and took home some trophies!

K6

• Both Hunter & Sophia had 3 wins out of 5 and Mia was right behind with 2 wins in this very competitive section.

K12

• Quinn lead the way with 4.5 out of 5 wins and took a 3rd place trophy!  Josh, Luke and Anthony (kudos to Anthony for playing up to K12!) all had 3 wins and Rishi was close behind.
• This was also a very competitive section, but together the group took home a 2nd place team trophy!  Well done!

 Brookfield East Spartan Open 

The MSCC brought 9 players to Brookfield this past Saturday for a very large event - nearly 150 players!  The tournament was run by the IAC and hosted by Brookfield East.  Our group had a lot of fun, played some great games and took home some trophies!

K5 non-rated section

• This was the first tournament for Dean & Ashton and they played very well - each taking 2 wins!  Sophia took 3 wins out of 5, just missing a trophy, and was followed by Mason and Mia with 2 and 1.5 wins.

K8 rated 

• This was a very competitive section - Anthony led the way with 3.5 wins out of 5 and took home an 8th place trophy.  Quinn was right behind with 3 wins.  

K12 rated

• Also a very competitive section - Andy led the way with 3 out of 4 wins and took home the 6th place trophy, followed by Luke with 1 win.

 ASA Clark Middle School Pirate Open 

We had a fun Saturday at ASA Clark middle school!  The MSCC brought 7 players to this annual tournament that was run by IAC.  There were approximately 70 players in all.

K8 Unrated (5 rounds)

• In this section we had Mia who took 3 wins, and Sophia with 3.5 wins and a 6th place trophy (and also earning her red wrist band)!  This was the best tournament for either player so far!

K8 rated (5 rounds)

• In this section we had Hunter with 1 win, Rishi w/ 3 wins & a 9th place finish, and Anthony with 3 wins and a 6th place trophy (on tie break points)!

K12 rated (4 rounds) 

• We had Andy & Luke in this section.  Luke had 1 win and Andy had 2.5 wins to take a 5th place trophy!

Congratulations to all for some nice wins and for representing our club well!!