Remember Chess by Mail?

Some of you parents might remember a version of chess where you would send a move by US Postal mail (back in the day before email)... (yes, I'm old)....

If you have fond memories of those 1-move at a time games, check out RED HOT PAWN. Red Hot Pawn is a free web site that allows you to challenge people by EMAIL. You make a move, they make a move, and so on. You receive an email when your opponent makes a move, and can click on the email to access the game. You make your move, and that's it. Your opponent then gets an email, and so on. You can have a few simultaneous games going at once for free... if you want more than a few, you have to pay a little bit. Check the site for details.


Red Hot Pawn

I have a couple interesting games going on right now with Coach Reese (actually I suspect it's really young Gregory behind these devilish moves) and Mr. Markowski.
















RHP's Email Notification

Our Next Three Tournaments Coming Up...

Hi Mill Valley Chess Families, (from Pam Reese)

Here is a list of the next three chess tournaments that we will be attending. As always, if you wish to attend any of these events you can email or call Mr. Reese. His email is avugames@netzero.com. We will take care of the registration for you and payment for the tournament is collected on site. All of these tournaments have a $10 registration fee.

On Saturday, November 10th, White Rock School in Waukesha is hosting a tournament. Check in is by 8:30 and the award ceremony about 4:30 for this 6 round event. There are both K-3 and K-6 divisions with individual trophies to the top three players and medals to 20th place. There will also be three team trophies in each division.

Saturday, November 17th we will be at Goodrich Elementary School in Milwaukee. This is a 6 round event with check in by 8:30 and the awards around 4:30. The divisions are K-3 and K-5 with individual trophies to the top five players and medals to 20th place. There will be team trophies to 5th place.

On Saturday, December 1st, we are going to Fairview Charter School in Milwaukee. This also is a 6 round event with check in by 8:30 and awards around 4:30. This event does not have a K-3 division. The K-5 division will have individual trophies to the top five players and medals to 30th place.

Please let us know if you would like to attend any of these events. I will send you more information on December and January tournaments as the event flyers become available, or you can see them at http://www.wisconsinscholasticchess.com/.

Pam Reese
Mill Valley Chess Club

Mill Valley Shines at JCC

While it was a tough K-6 division at the Jewish Community Center last Sunday the 28th, and Mill Valley did not DOMINATE by any stretch of the imagination, the small contingent did well, and won some tough matches!

The tournament directors did a great job keeping the tournament running quickly and smoothly! This is not an easy thing to do, and parents and coaches were appreciative of the fast pace.

As a team, Mill Valley tied with Magellan Day School, yet took 2nd place due to tiebreakers and slightly easier matchups overall. The WSCF has decided this year to use the USCF ratings for Mill Valley players and selected other players. We are looking into this to more fully understand this seeming inconsistency, and its effects.

The top Mill Valley finisher was Chris Tillson, took 5th place and a trophy by going 4-2. Reid Seghers won his last three games including a challenging final match against the always-tough Michael Pantzlaff of Green Bay to also go 4-2 and take 6th place. Greg Reese took 8th with 3.5 and Evan Seghers took 10th place, also with 3.5. Kolt Otterbacher won two games in this very tough K-6 division.

Great Job, Mill Valley!

For full results, click here.

Trophy Count:

Mill Valley Trophy Count: 10 total
- Team trophies: 3
- Individual trophies: 7

Mill Valley Dominates

At the Goldin Center yesterday in the heart of Milwaukee, Mill Valley once again asserted its elementary school chess tournament skills.
Bringing four players to the event, Mill Valley scored 17 points to win first place. Three of Mill Valley's players took home first, second and third place individual trophies!
Gregory Reese Jr. and Reid Seghers (the recent bughouse championship team) tied by going 5-0. Greg won the first place individual trophy because of tie-breakers. Reid took home the second place trophy. Chris Tillson took third place, also a trophy. Kolton Otterbacher, a new Red Division player, took 3 out of 5 wins for 11th place.
Way to go Mill Valley! Four more trophies for the trophy case.

Team Results:
1 MILL VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL , (4) 17.0 50.0 48.0 80.0 34.0
- REESE JR., GREG (5.0,1061)
- SEGHERS, REID N (5.0,729)
- TILLSON, CHRIS (4.0,854)
- OTTERBACHER, KOLTON (3.0,422)
2 GOLDA MEIR ELEMENTARY, MILWAUKEE (6) 12.5 33.5 39.5 31.5 23.5
- HALL, TYLAN (3.5,211)
- KRUEGER, CHRISTIAN (3.0,660)
- ABDUL-WAHID, ZAAKIR (3.0,320)
- SANKOVITZ, WILL (3.0,327)
3 GOODRICH ELEMENTARY , MILWAUKEE (8) 7.5 24.0 56.0 33.5 13.5
- CAMARA, TRISHA (2.0,573)
- MEUNSY, MANYKOM (2.0,410)
- LEA, EMANI (2.0,257)
- DEANDRE, SABATINO (1.5,156)

Link to full results by clicking here.

Mill Valley Does it Again!

Mill Valley's K-6 Team took first place today in the West Suburban Christian Academy. Mill Valley's K-3 Team took second place in their division - with only three players!

Click HERE for FULL RESULTS!

Three more trophies for our case, and a great showing by all players!

K-6 Mill Valley Players:
REESE JR., GREG (5.0,1061) - 3rd place
SEGHERS, EVAN (5.0,1130) - 4th place
TILLSON, CHRIS (4.5,845) - 6th place
SCHROEDER, BRIAN (4.0,567) - 8th place
OTTERBACHER, KOLTON (4.0,420) - 11th place
SEGHERS, REID (4.0,707) - 13th place
FILLER, NICK (3.5, 451) - 14th place

K-3 Mill Valley Players:
1. SCHALK, BEN (3.5,349) - 10th place
2. MCKAY, CHRIS (3.0,434) - 12th place
3. MEGAL, LUKE (3.0,266) - 15th place

Click HERE for FULL RESULTS!

Great Job Mill Valley Knights!!!

Tournament this Saturday, Oct 6th!

The following message is from Pam Reese -

Hi Mill Valley Chess Families,

On Saturday, October 6th, West Suburban Christian School is hosting a Chess Tournament. West Suburban Christian School is located at 1721 Northview Road in Waukesha, so it is close to home.

There will be a K-3 and a K-6 division with 3 team and 3 individual trophies in each section. K-3 will have medals to 30th place and K-6 to 20th place. This is a 6 round event. Check in is from 7:45 to 8:45 with the first round beginning at 9:30. This is an all day event with the award ceremony around 4:00 or 4:.30. The registration fee is $10. Not all tournaments have a K-3 section so this is a good opportunity for our younger players!

If you are interested in attending, please contact Mr. Reese no later than Thursday. We will take care of online registration for our team and the registration fee is collected on Saturday. Registration cut-off is Thursday evening. If you decide to attend after that, the registration fee increases to $15. For more information about this tournament and upcoming events you can go to wisconsinscholasticchess.org. They have a "map it" feature to get directions to the school.

If you plan to participate on Saturday, please email or call Mr. Reese. His email is avugames@netzero.net. If you have any questions, please give me a call.

Thank you,

Pam Reese
Mill Valley Chess Club