Gateway Board tournament results

The Chess Tigers participated at the Gateway Board chess tournament December 7 at Chaminade. It was a long day, they played great, and they earned the 2nd place trophy! Three Tigers also earned medals for 4 or more wins out of 6. Great job!

Gateway Fall Tournament results

Saturday we competed in the Gateway Fall Tournament at Lindbergh High School. Kennard came in third place as a team, and 7 of our kids earned medals. This was the first USCF-rated tournament for many of the kids. Full tournament results are posted at http://gatewaychess.org/1314/fall_res.html.

Pictures from Crossroads

Crossroads tournament results

As always, the Crossroads K-6 tournament was our first tournament of the year. We had 14 players participate, with an impressive 8 team members receiving medals for 3 or more wins, including 3 team members playing in their first tournament. Kennard was part of an exciting 5-way tie for 1st place, and the team took home the 2nd place trophy based on tie breaks. Congratulations to everyone who participated!

The Crossroads standings and cross-tables are available at http://gatewaychess.org/.

Tournaments 2013-2014

Date	Name	Location	Trophies	Format
Saturday 10/12, 9 am	Gateway Crossroads tournament	Crossroads School, St. Louis	3 individual per grade 3 team (5th & under)	5 rounds G/30, paired with K-6
Saturday 11/2, 9 am	Gateway Fall tournament*	Lindbergh High School, Sappington	5 individual (5th & under) 2 team (5th & under)	5 rounds G/30, paired with K-6
Tuesdays 11/5 – 12/17, 4:15 – 5:45 pm	Red Rook	McKinley School, St. Louis	3 individual per grade 3 team (4th & under) 3 team (8th & under)	14 rounds G/20, 2 rounds per week, paired with K-4 and K-8 Two sections, 4th & under and 8th & under. Younger players may play up.
Saturday 12/7, 9 am	Gateway Board tournament*	Chaminade High School, Creve Coeur	8 individual (5th & under) 2 team (5th & under)	6 rounds G/30, paired with K-9
Saturday 1/11, 9 am	Gateway Class tournament*	Festus High School, Festus	10 individual per board 2 team (5th & under)	4 rounds G/60, paired with K-12 Assigned to 1 of 4 boards according to USCF rating (1000+, 800-999, 600-799, under 600) and only paired with other players on the same board
Thursdays 1/16 – 2/20, ~4:30 – 6 pm	Gateway Junior High League tournament	Wydown Middle School, Clayton	TBD	6 rounds G/30, K-9, 1 round per week
Saturday 1/25, 9 am	Gateway Team tournament*	Pattonville High School, Maryland Heights	Team division: 2 individual per board (5th & under) 2 team (5th & under) Individual division: 1 per grade	4 rounds G/60, paired with K-12 Compete as a 5-person team. Individuals not on a team may also compete against other individuals not on a team.
Saturday 2/1, 9 am	Chris Bollinger Memorial tournament*	Wydown Middle School, Clayton	5 individual (5th & under) 2 team (5th & under)	5 rounds G/30, paired with K-9
Saturday 2/15, 9 am	Gateway Action tournament*	SLU Center for Global Citizenship, St. Louis	4 individual (5th & under) 4 team (5th & under)	6 rounds G/30, paired with K-12
Saturday 3/1	State Championship tournament	Battle High School, Columbia, MO	TBD	TBD
TBD, March or April	KCJA Chess tournament	KCJA	1 per quad	round-robin quads, G/30, K-6

Tournaments with a (*) are USCF-rated.
G/30 means 30 minutes per player, so the longest possible game would be 60 minutes if both players used all their time.
See http://www.gatewaychess.org/ and http://redrookchess.com/ for the latest tournament details. If something on those websites contradicts this post, it's safe to assume this post is wrong.

Kennard Quads 2013 Results!

Here are the results for this year's Kennard Quads - a very competitive day of chess for everyone! Thanks to the many volunteers who made this happen! To our visitors - We look forward to seeing you next year!!

2013 Kennard Quads Tournament - April 20th!

KENNARD CJA CHESS TOURNAMENT

All grades (K-6th) welcome--beginners to advanced!

SATURDAY, April 20, 2013

REGISTRATION 8:30 - 9:00 A.M.

First round starts at 9:30 A.M.

Awards 1:00 P.M.

Tournament play to be in the KENNARD CAFETERIA

Pre-registration by email: (name, age, grade, school, parent/guardian name & phone #) to kcjachesstigers@gmail.com

Please indicate if this is the player’s first tournament.

Chess Tigers Free

Early Registration Fee (by April 17)

$5 Kennard students, $10 Others

$12 day of tournament if space available, but must arrive by 9:00 a.m.

Concessions will be available for breakfast and lunch.

Students need not be rated.  Students are encouraged to bring their own clock and chess set but equipment sets will be available for loan.  Tournament will be quads format

A 30-minute time control will be used.

Awards: a trophy for 1st place and a medal for 2nd place in each quad.

Sponsored by the Kennard CJA Chess Tigers  

Tournament Director:  David Sullins

Questions: email kcjachesstigers@gmail.com

Crossroads Results

We had the first tournament of the new year on Saturday.  The team just missed out on a team trophy. We lost out via tie-braks. We will get it next time. We did have two players win individual awards. We had a third place finisher in the kindergarten grade and we had a medalist in the 3rd grade.  We had 21 children play and represent Kennard. Half of them had not played in a tournament before. This is a very young and inexperienced team. I am very proud how they played. They were holding onto second place in the team standings until the very end and just missed the trophy. We had fun and learnd and will continue to do better at the year goes on.

Sorry for the lack of pictures.

Club Policies

The Kennard Chess Tigers invite any KCJA student interested in chess to participate as a member of our chess club. The Chess Tigers are from all grade levels and range in their enthusiasm from introductory students to expert tournament fans. Our meetings are usually evenly divided between chess strategy lessons and “skittle games”. Though our membership is limited, we add new students at the beginning of the school year and throughout the season as spots become available.

Practices: Kennard Chess Tigers meet weekly on Tuesday, immediately after school until 5:30pm in the Library at Kennard. You should pack a snack to send with your child, as this is a very long day. Parents are expected to arrive no later than 5:15pm to pick up your child. The time between parent arrival and practice dismissal is used to communicate necessary information to parents. Failure to pick up your child in a timely fashion will result in a late fee assessment of $1 per minute past 5:45pm. 

Attendance: Members are expected to attend at least 80% of the Tuesday practice sessions. Practice attendance and participation are crucial parts of membership as students learn and master key factors of the game; ranging from naming the pieces, basic chess strategy, logging their moves, and finishing with checkmate.

Behavior: During practice and lessons, members are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that does not disrupt either the lesson time or the practice time. It is important that we respect the school’s property, our instructor’s time, and the adults that are volunteering their proctoring services that day. The first time a student has to be asked to leave a teaching session will result in a parent conference. Continuing offenses will result in a meeting of the Chess Board to determine the appropriate consequence based on severity of offense and regularity of offenses. Each Chess Tiger (and his/her parent) will be required to sign a Behavior Contract indicating that s/he understands these rules.

Instructor: Katlyn Miller will be instructing our children this year. A 8th grader at McKinley Middle School, Katlyn joined us as a coaching assistant last year and took over this fall. Katlyn is a member McKinley's chess team.

Parents: Volunteer time is required of our dedicated Chess Tiger Parents (without whom the club could not operate). Parents will have three volunteer obligations per child throughout the season, though more are encouraged. Sign up will be available at the first practice in September. Volunteer opportunities include, but are not limited to, proctoring Tuesday chess club practices, attending and reserving tables at chess tournaments, carpool transport to Red Rook, fund raising opportunities, and keeping this web site up to date.

Fees: This year the membership fee will be $32 per student and you will need to choose one of two USCF scholastic memberships. The regular scholastic membership is $17 and includes online access to Chess Life for Kids or the premium scholastic membership is $24 and includes a printed copy of Chess Life for Kids. There is also a $12 registration fee for each Gateway Chess League tournament. Please consider the financial obligations, as well as volunteer time, and then ask your child for their thoughts.

Tournaments: All club members are required to join the United States Chess Federation (USCF) and attend at least 3 out of the 7 USCF sponsored tournaments. We are members of the Gateway Chess League for both tournament and league participation, and attend most of their events. These tournaments are held on Saturdays (about once a month) and last all day. A typical tournament begins at 9:00am and does not end until 7:00pm. All tournament registration fees and accumulated late fees must be paid no later than the close of practice the Tuesday before the scheduled tournament date.

Red Rook: Red Rook Chess League is a 7 week tournament the club participates in at McKinley CLA during the months of November and December. The exact dates for this year have not yet been announced.   As a result there will be no chess meetings at Kennard during this time. This year we will be carpooling 2^nd – 5^th graders from Kennard to McKinley. Due to the logistics of car seat and booster seat requirements we are not able to extend the carpool option to our younger members. K-1 students who wish to attend must provide their own transportation. All parents will be expected to pick up their children at McKinley at 5:30pm. Participation in Red Rook counts as 1 tournament toward a member’s 3 tournament requirement. .

Kennard Invitational:

To end the year, the Chess Tigers sponsor a Saturday tournament at Kennard. Other elementary schools are invited and trophies are awarded. This year we are planning to host the tournament in April, exact date TBA.

2010-2011 Season upon us

The KCJA Chess Tigers will start up again in September and the Gateway Chess League tournaments will start up in October.

Looking forward to another fun year of chess with some new faces on the team.

Watch this blog for updates on the team and information about the upcoming tournaments and results of course.

Gateway Chess League Action Tournament

The next Gateway tournament is this Saturday(Feb. 6th) at Westminster Christian Academy.

This tournament will have 6 rounds at the following times: 9:30, 11:00, 12:30, 2:00, 3:30, and 5:00. Last round will start early if possible.

There will be four school trophies and four trophies per grade. Awards are set to be at 6:30

Time control is 30 minutes.

Please bring boards if you have them.

Address for Westminster is 10900 Ladue, St. Louis, MO 63141

Gateway Team Tournament Results

Kennard brought home first and second place team trophies for the 5th and under division.

We also had 5 players win individual trophies including one perfect score that made him the top player overall on his board.

Congrats go out to everyone for a hard fought tournament. These kids played high school teams most of the day so a tip of the cap to them.

Chess Tutoring

Wanted to pass along a opportunity for chess tutoring for your child.

Many of you already know Joe's son (and Julia's brother), Tom. For those of you that don't, Tom is a student at Washington University and finds himself with some extra time for the upcoming semester. He is a skilled chess player and coach in his own right, a Kennard alum, and a founding member of the Chess Tigers. It was also Tom that started the Red Rook chess tournament with which we just finished before winter break.

Because of Tom's love for chess he wants to use his extra time this semester to take on some additional students and offer chess tutoring to those that are interested.

I am going to cut and paste part of Tom's email:

Thanks again for helping me to get the word out about my new availability; I hope this'll make it to any interested parents/chess enthusiasts, including those who might not have had the opportunity to participate in the Kennard club or Red Rook due to scheduling or club enrollment issues. As for the details you mentioned:

For the upcoming semester, I'm available on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30pm onwards, Friday any time in the afternoon/evening, and any time in the weekend before 3:00pm on Sundays. The lessons I plan usually last between 75 and 90 minutes; my usual lesson fee is $25 a lesson, which includes travel and materials. I'm typically happy to meet at a half-way point (library, bookstore, coffee shop, etc.), or at the student's home if this is preferable.

I'm really looking forwards to being able to teach more once again and picking up some new students. Again, sincere thanks for your help,

-tom

Please email the email on the side of the page and I will send you Tom's info so you can contact him about the lessons. I did not want to put his info out on the web. Hopefully some of you can take advantage. Thanks.

Gateway Team Tournament Cancelled

The team tournament for Saturday Jan. 9th was canceled.

Lindbergh High School canceled all activities for the weekend.

If approved the team format will be used at the Jan. 30th tournament. More details on that when we get them.

Gateway Team Tournament

Next tournament is this coming Saturday Jan. 9th at Lindbergh High School.

Here is the address in case you don't know where the high school is.

4900 South Lindbergh St. Louis 63126

Here is info for the tournament.

4 rounds at 9:30, 12:00, 2:30, 5:00 with the last round starting earlier if possible.

Awards at 7:30pm

This is a team tournament. There will be teams of 5 and individual players.

Two team trophies and two individual trophies per board will be awarded. In the individuals the top players in each grade will get trophies.

Any questions just email.

2009 Gateway Chess League Board Tournament

Here are the details for the next tournament which is taking place on Saturday Dec. 5th.

There will be six rounds: 9:30, 11:00, 12:30, 2:00, 3:30, and 5:00. They will try to start the last round early if they can. Awards are scheduled for 6:30.

Two school trophies and eight individual trophies will be handed out in our division which is 5th and Under.

Players may be paired with kids in other sections.

Tournament is at Chaminade High School. The address is 425 South Lindbergh St. Louis 63131. Drive around to where the gym is. Rounds will be in the gym and skittle area is in the cafeteria.

Please bring a chess set if you have it to use.

Good luck everyone and have fun.

2009 Gateway Chess League Fall Open Details

This is the info for our division for the tournament coming up on Saturday.

Fifth Grade and Under Division Format: There will be five rounds at 9:30, 11:00, 12:30, 2:00, and 3:30 with the last round starting early if possible. Students in kindergarten through grade 5 are eligilble. Each school may enter any number of students. The school score is the sum of the four highest player scores. Two school trophies and five individual trophies will be awarded. Time control is 30 minutes. Players may be paired with players in other sections.

Award ceremony is scheduled for 5:30. They may do that earlier if they get the last round done earlier and get it all sorted early.

They will use USCF ratings. If a student doesn't have one yet they will be assigned a rating in order to pair them up to start.

If you have boards and clocks please bring them to use.

If you have any questions feel free to ask anyone at Red Rook on Tuesday or email the link on the side.

Good luck to all!

Gateway League Tournament Coming Up!!

On November 7, the Chess Tigers travel to the first rated Gateway Tournament of the season at Washington Middle School .... yes, the one in beautiful (but distant for City folk) Washington, Missouri, a full 58 minutes from school.


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Because of the distance, we suggest teaming up with another family to get to/from this tournament ... carpools are more fun anyway! Email (link left) or make sure to let the folks at the table know if you're coming so we can help you find someone to ride with ...

Crossroads Tournament Results

Yesterday, 18 Chess Tigers competed at the Crossroads College Preparatory School Elementary Tournament, winning First Place in the 5th grade and under division. Every player contributed to the effort by winning at least one point.




Mr. Baur & Tournament organizers with the "cast of thousands."











In addition, seven students received individual honors:



Fourth & Fifth Graders with their awards & the team trophy.

Fourth grade: two medalists.
Fifth grade: First Place.










Second & Third Graders with their awards.

Second Grade: Third Place & First Place.
Third Grade: two Medalists

Gateway Chess League Saturday Tournament Schedule

Gateway Chess League has posted their Saturday tournament schedule. As each tournament draws near we will put more info on here about the tournament.

• Oct. 10th, 2009 - Crossroads (K thru 6-only Warmup Tournament)
• Nov. 7th, 2009 - Washington Middle School
• Dec. 5th, 2009 - Chaminade
• Jan. 9th, 2010 - Lindbergh
• Jan. 30th, 2010 - Lindbergh
• Feb. 6th, 2010 - Westminster
• Feb. 27th, 2010 - State Tournament - Jefferson City
• Mar. 13th, 2010 - Lindbergh(site tentative)