LAST CHANCE to order chess merchandise!

Tonight Leah will have order forms for chess merchandise.  This is the LAST CHANCE to order this year's styles.  Get 'em now!!

Chess Notes 1/14

Class Resumes Tonight!

After a long holiday break, CHESS CLASS RESUMES tonight at the MHS cafeteria!  Mr. Matt and Mr. Andy will be giving lessons, followed by LADDER GAMES.

Parents, I will be available at the beginning of class to talk about chess tournaments coming up (see below) and to answer any questions you may have.

In general, we have a LOT of work to do on playing SMART games and focusing on what the other player is doing.  There is far too much focus on playing fast (there is NO prize for this), and thinking only about our own game.  We also see FAR TOO FEW games being played on chess.com.  Practice is the only way to improve.

In-Class Tournament Starts Next Week!

We have decided to have our own CLUB TOURNAMENT during class!   We are starting this club tournament NEXT WEEK 1/21 and will continue for 6 weeks, playing one tournament match each week!  The K-12 champion will be named Club Champion for 2015!  There will also be a K-6 and K-3 club champion.  This tournament is free to all members of the club, no rating required.  More details to come.

Goodrich Tournament this Saturday 1/17!

This Saturday, there is a good scholastic tournament at Goodrich Elementary.  This WSCF tournament is a great chance for young players to play an unrated event against a new set of players!   To register, visit http://wisconsinscholasticchess.org OR REPLY TO THIS EMAIL with child name, school, grade and section (in tournament) and I will register him/her!   Mark and others will be in attendance to help kids between rounds.

January 24 - Two Choices

On Sat Jan 24, there are two choices I would recommend:

Choice 1: For beginning players looking for a good local tournament, I recommend IAC's tournament at Brookfield Academy.  You can register for this tournament by visiting http://ia-chess.com/registration/tournamentinfo.html?id=33 OR BY REPLYING TO THIS EMAIL with child name, school grade and section in tournament, and I will register him/her.

Choice 2: For advanced players (700 and above, USCF rated), I recommend the Northeastern Open in Neenah.  This is a two-day slow-play tournament held at the Holiday Inn in Neenah.  I will be at this tournament with a few of our top boards.  This is an INDIVIDUAL (not team) tournament challenge with many masters from WI and IL in attendance.  There is an OPEN and RESERVE (under 1500 division.  click here for details on how to register, or reply to this email if you like.

January 31- Action Chess State Championship in Madison

Flyer Attached to this email.  This is a true state championship, for individuals and teams. We have been competing in "G30" (action) type games for many years, and this is the chance to flex our muscles a bit in these quicker games.  Four divisions - Open, U1400, K-12 Scholastic (USCF rated) and K-5 non rated.

This tournament is in Madison at Shorewood Hills Elementary School.  See flyer attached.

Please RSVP for this tournament by replying to this email.  All questions about the tournament should be directed to abetaneli@hotmail.com or by calling608-334-2574.

MHS Chess Team Keeps Rolling

Reid battles to a Tough Win

The Muskego High School Chess Team kept its unbeaten streak rolling in both Varsity and Jayvee in the most recent match 1/13 visiting Arrowhead High School in Hartland.  Not only are we unbeaten in matches, we have not lost a single game out of the 25 games played.
In Varsity, MHS won 35-5, with Fernando, Jason, Reid and Rachel all winning, and Evan earning a draw against a very tough Chris Zheng on board 1.
In JV, we again brought only 3 players and therefore had to forfeit 2 games and had to win ALL THREE boards to win Jayvee.  This was the case last week at St. Mary's, where Kolt, Elliot and Jack all had to win and did.  This week with three different players- Will, Sam and Brian - we did it again, winning all three boards and earning the JV victory!
MHS is now 3-0 in Varsity and 3-0 in JV, with a record in games we have played of 24-0-1.
After a BYE next week on 1/20, Muskego enters a critical stretch of HOME games against Brookfield Academy, New Berlin Eisenhower and New Berlin West.  These three games will most likely decide the conference - especially the first two.  Another off week then, followed by a finish at Kewaskum.

Hello MSCC Players & Parents,

For the St. Dominic IAC tournament, the MSCC fielded a total of 14 players.  A little light for the club I think but overall still a good representation from Muskego.  Leah mentioned 7 players in her post below.  In addition to that:

• Peter (MV) did a nice job alone in the K5 unrated division, just barely missing a medal!
• Sam was alone in the K12 MHS division and hung in there despite a tough field
• And LDMS sent a nice team with Kyle, Aaron, Matthew, Brian and Will and they took first place team for K12, powered by the play of Kyle who had a strong day and finished in 3rd place!

Thanks everyone for making this a fun day!
Dan S

 



 

 

 

St. Dominic's results

Good job to all teams that played today.

Nelson was the only player for the Mill Valley K3 section & hung in there.


Mill Valley K6 team which consisted of Gavin & Ethan, came in 3rd place. Gavin personally placed 7th.


Bay Lane K6 (Noah, David, Adam & Alyssa) earned 1st place. David also personally placed 10th.

Dan will add results aboutt the Lake Denoon K-12 team.

Muskego Defeats St. Mary's

Tonight, Muskego sent 8 boards to St. Mary's of Fond du Lac.  The Varsity team of Evan Seghers, Fernando Collahuazo, Jason Markowski, Reid Seghers and Rachel Gomoll won 40-0, sweeping all 5 boards.  For JV, we only had 3 who could attend, so we forfeited 2 games and had to win all 3 of the boards we had there.  The JV team of Kolt Otterbacher, Jack Bognar and Elliot Bognar pulled off the sweep to edge St. Mary's 15-10.
Our Varsity is now 2-0 (10-0 in games) and our JV is now 2-0 also (7-0 in games played).

Lots of Tournaments Coming Up!

Sat Jan 10 - St. Dominic's Tournament (IAC) - non-rated K5 and rated other divisions - REGISTER HERE - you'll need to set up account if you haven't already

If you have trouble with the sign-up page, let me know (child, school, grade and section) and I can sign you up.

NOTE: if this one doesn't work for you, we will be attending the GOODRICH tournament on Jan 17.   Register for Goodrich by clicking here.  

Lots of tournaments coming up!  

On Jan 24-25 in Neenah there is a USCF tournament called the Northeastern Open - information click here - we will have at least one team there for this (K-12).  There is also an easier local tournament at Brookfield Academy- go to ia-chess.com to register.

On Jan 31 in Madison there is a great tournament also - a true state championship opportunity!  We will have at least one team for this (k-12 for MHS).  More info to come.