Sunday, February 20, 2022

 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!




Monday, February 14, 2022

 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.