Checkmate!

We finished in second place with a record of six wins and one loss.  Even though we did not win them all, the season was a great success.  I saw much improvement by our team, and I was happy to see the joy of learning/playing chess.  Our last two matches were against Homeschoolers and Carver.  We beat Homeschool Tribe by a score of 32.5 to 18.5.  Four of our members had all wins with no losses or ties: Jaxon Wilman; Chase Johnson; Mason Midkiff; and Garrett Herrera.  We lost to Carver by a score of 20.5 to 33.5.  Our top performer that day was Tobechukwu “Daniel” Okoli with two wins and a draw.

 

Our March Madness winners were: Nathan Makut (grades 1-3); Chase Stelmaschuk (grades 4-6); and Katie Li (upper school).  We also had a fun end of year party competition where our lower school team played against parents, faculty, and older players.  The lower school team easily won that match by a score of 70 to 21.  Our Iron Man this year was Garrett Herrera.  He got this award for playing the most matches during the season.  He totaled 80 games this season!  Our highest rated player was Tobechukwu “Daniel” Okoli with a rating of 1166!  Much thanks to our team captains this year: Christianne Meyer and Charles Dorman.