Badger Open Roll Call

Please RSVP for the Badger Open this Saturday! We have a very solid K-9 Team already:

• Evan
• Reid
• Chris
• Jacob Gl.
• Rachel
• Josh
• Jake Go.

Everyone is pretty rusty at the beginning of the season here. Evidence: I actually beat Evan the other day (I know that's hard to believe).

We could REALLY use a few more!!! Please respond as soon as possible ... and let me know if you have any questions. I would like to get 6 or 7 if we can.

- Mr. S (what the Mill Valley kids call me)

Coming up: The 2009 BADGER OPEN!

What: 40th Annual Badger Open Chess Tournament
When: Oct 3 - Scholastic Section; Oct 3-4 for the Open and Reserve Section.
Register: www.wscachess.org

The 40th Annual Badger Open Chess Tournament will be held at the Marriott Milwaukee West located at W231 N1600 Corporate Court in Waukesha on October 3rd and 4th. This tournament will offer a 2 day event on Saturday and Sunday, October 3rd and 4th with an Open and Reserve (U1400) section with individual cash awards. Like last year there will also be a 1 day Scholastic event on Saturday, October 3rd with 2 sections, K-4 and K-9, with both individual and team awards. Teams may consist of either school or club teams. All sections are USCF rated and require a current USCF membership to participate. This includes the 1 day Scholastic event.

Please email Mr. Seghers at seghers@gmail.com to receive a flyer with all the details.

I will also register all players online- please RSVP, ASAP!!! We hope to have both an Open and Reserve Team registered.

LDMS Chess Tournament- Jan 16, 2010?

We are looking to plan a tournament at LDMS! This would be a K-8 tournament, with K-3, K-6, and K-8 divisions.
We are targeting January 16, 2010 as the possible date for our tournament. Mark your calendars!
- Mark

Check out the chess pictures from last year!

Many more fun tournaments coming this year- check out our photo gallery on the right if you havent yet!

Calendar updated

Our chess calendar for both LDMS and Mill valley has been updated- see the link to the right.
I will be adding more tournaments as they are announced in the next couple weeks. Thank you!

Classes start this Thu 9/10

The Lake Denoon Chess Team will have our first meeting this Thursday after school in room 419!!! We hope your child can make it!

The Knights of Lake Denoon are the current k-6 State Champions, and are beginning another great season! Last year, our kids won 16 first place trophies around the state last year, and were one of the most active clubs in the state. This year, our top players will join in the instruction. We will be dividing up the class into Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced courses.

Please call with any questions - our club will meet MOST Thursdays at the same time, same location. Thursdays after school. Watch our blog for announcements!!!
http://ldmschess.blogspot.com.

Thank you,
- Coach Mark

Barn Blitz Huge Success!

Jacob, Nick, Jorin, Reid, Jerry, Gregory Jr, John, Evan (not pictured- Don)

The 2009 Muskego Barn Blitz was a lot of fun! Great weather, great chess, great food, and people evan swam in our freezing pool between rounds!

Here are the results. The top three in each division won trophies.

Under 17/ U800 Division:
1. Jorin McGuire (9 out of possible 10 points)
2. Jacob Glumm (9 points also- Jorin took tie-breaker)
3. Nick Filler (7)
4. Jason Markowski (6)
5. Nathan Stevlingson (6)
6. Kolt Otterbacher (6)

For playing games, the following two divisions were combined, then separated for trophies.

Under 17 Open Division:
1. Reid Seghers (7)
2. Gregory Reese (5.5)
3. Evan Seghers (5)

Open Division (all ages)
1. Jerry Zhou (9)
2. John Becker (7.5)
3. Don Hamm (5)

A special thanks to Pam Reese for doing the scoring, for parents who brought food and helped supervise, to Ashish and Alex for helping explain the blitz rules and provide initial Tournament Direction. Thanks also to the Southwest Chess Club for loaning us some clocks and boards.

A Round Begins

Waiting for Award Ceremony