University School Milwaukee - IAC Tournament 

We brought 9 players to the USM tournament on Saturday - for 5 of them it was their first tournament which is awsome!

It was a well run tournament by the IAC and our players did a great job!

K8 rated 

Mason was our only player in this section, but this was his break out day and he dominated!  He went 5-0, taking home the first place trophy!!  In the process, he beat 3 players above his own rating level and will easily get the purple wristband!  Way to go Mason!

K8 non rated 

For 4 of our 5 players this was their first tournament!  I was impressed with how well they adapted and took good notation!  Everyone demonstrated great sportsmanship and I'm confident their skills improved because of this tournament!

Henri is in first grade in his first tournament and got two draws!  Dominic had two wins, Jace has three and Will also had three, taking home the 7th place trophy!  For those three it was their first tournament!  Mia played some strong games, taking 2-1/2 out of 5!

K12 rated 

Kudos to Emily for playing in her first tournament!  This is a very competitive section to play in for anyone, let alone the first time!  Jack had a good day with 2 of 4 wins, and Luke had another very good tournament with 3 of 4 wins and took the 5th place trophy!  Together the group took the 3rd place team trophy!

Next up -  Muskego Melee at Lake Denoon on Dec 7th!

 Medical College Tournament 

This weekend we attended the IAC-run tournament at the Medical College campus in Tosa, which is always a nice event and a good fundraiser.  It was a smaller group - about 40 players - but still very competitive.

We brought 5 players to this event: 

Mia and Eric played in the K8 not rated section.  Eric took 5th place and Mia took 4th and together they took the 2nd place team trophy for Lake Denoon

Anthony, Jack and Luke played in the K12 USCF rated section.  Anthony took 5th place (tie breakers all the way to 2nd) with 3 out of 4 wins.  Jack took 8th place with 2 out of 4 and Luke had 1 out of 4.  Together they took the 2nd place trophy for Muskego High School. For a smaller section (14 players) it was amazing how competitive it was!

Great job to all!

 Brookfield East Tournament 

MSCC brought just 3 players to the IAC opening tournament on Saturday, hosted by Brookfield East High School.  While it was a smaller event (only about 50 players) we still had fun and played some good games!

K8 non rated - Mia played in this section and took 2 of 5 and a 3rd place trophy!

K8 rated - Congratulations to Gavin (GB) for playing in his first tournament ever and going right to the rated section, which had quite a bit of competition.  He played well and is looking forward to the next!

K12 rated - Luke had a great day, taking 3 of 4 and missing the 4th by the narrowest of margins.  He took home a 3rd place trophy in a very competitive section!

 

Hope you've all been enjoying summer and maybe playing a little (or a lot of!) chess here and there!

Look for the sign up button to be updated by early September.

Once again, lessons will be held at Mill Valley cafeteria from 6:30-8, starting Wednesday October 2nd.

 2024 WI State Scholastic Championships at UW Oshkosh

On Saturday the MSCC brought just 4 players to our year end event held at UW Oshkosh, which was run by the IAC.  It was very well run for a busy one day event that had close to 300 players in K5, K8 and K12 (plus another 100 players in the K12 team format event).

K8 

Mia had 2 wins on the day, Mason had 2-1/2 wins and Anthony led the way with 4 wins and an 11th place finish (actually tied for 6th place) !

K12

Luke had 3 points for the day - 2 wins & 2 draws

Everyone played some very good rounds and had some good competition as well.

It was a great way to finish the year, officially for the club, anyway.  There are a couple other events still going on in April for anyone who wishes to join (I'll forward emails).

Looking forward to seeing everyone in fall!

Coach Dan 

 Grade Level Championships - UWM 

Our Muskego club brought 6 players to UWM this weekend to participate in the annual Grade Level Championships, run by Wisconsin Scholastic Chess.  It was a great event with 375 players present!

Our players did great, and we took home a few trophies as well!

Grade 5

• Ashton played in his first tournament this year and took 3 out of 5, just missing out on the trophies!

Grade 7

• Austin took 3 out of 5, also just missing out on the trophies.  Mason won 4 out of 5 and took home the 3rd place trophy!

Grade 8

• Anthony also took 4 out of 5 and a 3rd place trophy!

High School

• Josh took 2.5 out of 5 in only his second tournament this year.  Luke took 3.5 out of 5 and a 10th place trophy!

Everyone did a great job representing our club, showing good sportsman ship and playing solid games along w/ notation.

Next up, and likely the last of the chess year - State Scholastic Championship at UW Oshkosh campus - March 23rd - one day only this year!

Remember - no class this week, March 13

 Brookfield East Spartan Open

We brought 4 players to Brookfield East yesterday in a well run tournament by the IAC, with about 100 players in attendance.

K12 rated 

• Luke was our only player in this section - he played very well, taking 3 out of 4 and finished in 3rd place!

K8 rated 

• Shout-out to Carter, Mason and Austin - all of them stepping up and playing in their first rated tournament which is not easy to do!
• Carter had a solid win.  Austin took 3 out of 5, and Mason took 3.5 out of 5, just missing out on a trophy.

Great job to all for playing & representing our club well!