Hi Mill Valley Chess Families,
This past weekend eight players from Mill Valley participated in the Wisconsin State Scholastic Championships sponsored by the Wisconsin Chess Association in Oshkosh. They competed in the K-5 Division against teams from 18 schools in a field of 101 participants. Together they scored 18 points to tie for 1st Place Team State Champions with New Berlin's Glen Park, but got the 2nd Place Team Trophy on tie-breaker One, 90 to 91.
Mill Valley's name goes on the traveling State Championship Trophy Cup coming to Mill Valley in 6 months. New Berlin promised to bring it to the Mill Valley tournament on May 3rd for a visit and all to see.
As individuals, Josh Bartz finished in 66th Place and Kolt Otterbacher finished in 51st position. Brian Schroeder got 33rd for a Medal with 3.5 wins. Reid Seghers finished 25th, 3rd Grader Jorin McGuire took 24th, and Chris Tillson got 18th Place, all with 4 wins for a State Championship Medal. Evan Seghers tied for 9th Place, but got the 10th Place Trophy with 4.5 wins. Gregory Reese tied for the 1st Place Individual Trophy with 5.5 wins, won it on tie-breakers, and is State Co-Champion with Sam Gorectke of New Berlin.
Congratulations to all who participated!
Pam Reese
Mill Valley Chess Club
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Going to the Kalahari?
Going to the Kalahari?
Reid and Evan will be going to the Kalahari on the weekend of April 5th, for the WSCF K-8 State Championship. Sue will be there Friday eve with the boys, and I will arrive early Saturday morning. Note that you HAVE TO PRE-REGISTER, using information on the link above.
Please let me know if you are going, or if you would like to go, and we can pull together as a team. To reach me, either comment to this post, or call/email me using the information I sent in email. Thank you!
Mark Seghers
Reid and Evan will be going to the Kalahari on the weekend of April 5th, for the WSCF K-8 State Championship. Sue will be there Friday eve with the boys, and I will arrive early Saturday morning. Note that you HAVE TO PRE-REGISTER, using information on the link above.
Please let me know if you are going, or if you would like to go, and we can pull together as a team. To reach me, either comment to this post, or call/email me using the information I sent in email. Thank you!
Mark Seghers
Thursday, February 28, 2008
GRADE LEVEL MADNESS!
Hi Everyone,
Saturday's tournament is at The Marian Center located at 3195 S. Superior Street in St. Francis. We have retained the same team room as last year. It's on the second floor, room number 223.
We will be taking $3.00 donations for each child participating to help pay for the team room rental. The team room is a suite of four rooms, so we should have plenty of room. Please arrive by 8 a.m.
The pairings for the first round will be prepared Friday night and should be posted when we arrive on Saturday. The kids need to be at their boards by 8:30 for the opening ceremony and the first round will follow. This is earlier than usual.
This is a five round event. There are set times for each round with the final round beginning at 2:15 and awards to follow. We have thirteen students participating on Saturday. Two second graders, three third graders and eight fourth graders. There will be five individual trophies and four team trophies for each grade level. Team scores will consist of the top three scorers on each team. If you can recruit any more second or third grade players it would give us a better chance to finish in the trophies. Parents will be allowed to sit in the mezzanine area above the playing floor to watch the games. Parents are not allowed to communicate with their child or anyone on the playing floor while games are in progress. Students are not allowed in the upper area.
Please make sure your kids know that they are not to run in the halls or in the stairwells. When their game is finished they must leave the playing area immediately and return to the team room. If you are bringing any snacks or lunch, please remember no peanut or nut products. Because of food allergies, we ask that you have your children wash their hands after eating before using the chess sets in our team room. We ask that all food and drinks be kept in a designated area and not on the tables with the chess sets. We will see you bright and early on Saturday!
Pam Reese
Mill Valley Chess Club
Saturday's tournament is at The Marian Center located at 3195 S. Superior Street in St. Francis. We have retained the same team room as last year. It's on the second floor, room number 223.
We will be taking $3.00 donations for each child participating to help pay for the team room rental. The team room is a suite of four rooms, so we should have plenty of room. Please arrive by 8 a.m.
The pairings for the first round will be prepared Friday night and should be posted when we arrive on Saturday. The kids need to be at their boards by 8:30 for the opening ceremony and the first round will follow. This is earlier than usual.
This is a five round event. There are set times for each round with the final round beginning at 2:15 and awards to follow. We have thirteen students participating on Saturday. Two second graders, three third graders and eight fourth graders. There will be five individual trophies and four team trophies for each grade level. Team scores will consist of the top three scorers on each team. If you can recruit any more second or third grade players it would give us a better chance to finish in the trophies. Parents will be allowed to sit in the mezzanine area above the playing floor to watch the games. Parents are not allowed to communicate with their child or anyone on the playing floor while games are in progress. Students are not allowed in the upper area.
Please make sure your kids know that they are not to run in the halls or in the stairwells. When their game is finished they must leave the playing area immediately and return to the team room. If you are bringing any snacks or lunch, please remember no peanut or nut products. Because of food allergies, we ask that you have your children wash their hands after eating before using the chess sets in our team room. We ask that all food and drinks be kept in a designated area and not on the tables with the chess sets. We will see you bright and early on Saturday!
Pam Reese
Mill Valley Chess Club
Mill Valley Takes Second
Tough K-6 group last week at Messmer!
Mill Valley's fourth-grade Knights took 17.5 points to take 2nd place to the very tough Magellan Day school. Magellan put up 6th graders Veech, Zimmerman, and Schneider, and 5th grader Rokni, and took 19.0 points to take the first place trophy. 2nd place has not happened very often to Mill Valley in K5 or K6- congratulations Magellan, you played us TOUGH!
Gregory and Evan took 4.5 points to take 3rd and 4th in tiebreakers, Reid took 7th, Brian 9th, Kolt 14th and Chris 23rd.
Still, a very good showing at a tough tournament. Up Next- Grade Level!
Mill Valley's fourth-grade Knights took 17.5 points to take 2nd place to the very tough Magellan Day school. Magellan put up 6th graders Veech, Zimmerman, and Schneider, and 5th grader Rokni, and took 19.0 points to take the first place trophy. 2nd place has not happened very often to Mill Valley in K5 or K6- congratulations Magellan, you played us TOUGH!
Gregory and Evan took 4.5 points to take 3rd and 4th in tiebreakers, Reid took 7th, Brian 9th, Kolt 14th and Chris 23rd.
Still, a very good showing at a tough tournament. Up Next- Grade Level!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Messmer High School - up next!
Hi Mill Valley Chess Families,
On Saturday we will be attending a tournament at Messmer High School located at 724 W. Capitol Drive in Milwaukee. There will be both K-3 and K-6 divisions. Both sections will have three team trophies, three individual trophies and medals to all.
Messmer High School is right on I-43 and Capitol Drive. There are easy on, easy off ramps right there.
The registration fee is $10 and is paid on Saturday. Please arrive by 8:30. If you are bringing your own snacks or lunch, please remember no peanut or nut products please. Awards will be around 4:30. I have attached a flyer with all the details. If you plan to attend, please let us know by 8 p.m. on Thursday evening and we will take care of the registration.
Hope to see you Saturday!
Pam Reese
Mill Valley Chess Club
On Saturday we will be attending a tournament at Messmer High School located at 724 W. Capitol Drive in Milwaukee. There will be both K-3 and K-6 divisions. Both sections will have three team trophies, three individual trophies and medals to all.
Messmer High School is right on I-43 and Capitol Drive. There are easy on, easy off ramps right there.
The registration fee is $10 and is paid on Saturday. Please arrive by 8:30. If you are bringing your own snacks or lunch, please remember no peanut or nut products please. Awards will be around 4:30. I have attached a flyer with all the details. If you plan to attend, please let us know by 8 p.m. on Thursday evening and we will take care of the registration.
Hope to see you Saturday!
Pam Reese
Mill Valley Chess Club
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Pictures: Elmwood
Here are some pictures from the Elmwood School tournament (thanks once again to Glynis Grochowski, our Team Photographer)...
Our K-5 Team did it Again! Jason really helped!
K-3 was super awesome, what else can you say???
Gregory and Evan know where this one is heading again...
Guess how many wins Reid had?
Rachel gives the universal sign that all is well at Mill Valley...
Two thumbs up for Jorin's performance!
Still more thumbs up for our K3 team (we would be great hitchhikers!)
Hey! Kolt has a thumb too!
K3 Powerhouse Ben shows what position Mill Valley is getting used to...!
Congratulations to Josh, who joins the RED DIVISION with 4 wins!!!
Between round Skittles play.
Sometimes ya got it, sometimes ya don't. Way to go Mill Valley!!!
Our K-5 Team did it Again! Jason really helped!
K-3 was super awesome, what else can you say???
Gregory and Evan know where this one is heading again...
Guess how many wins Reid had?
Rachel gives the universal sign that all is well at Mill Valley...
Two thumbs up for Jorin's performance!
Still more thumbs up for our K3 team (we would be great hitchhikers!)
Hey! Kolt has a thumb too!
K3 Powerhouse Ben shows what position Mill Valley is getting used to...!
Congratulations to Josh, who joins the RED DIVISION with 4 wins!!!
Between round Skittles play.
Sometimes ya got it, sometimes ya don't. Way to go Mill Valley!!!
Pictures: University School
Here are some pictures from the prestigious University School, where Mill Valley kicked some prestigious booty!
Our team in deep concentration before a match.
Evan goes 6-0 to take First Place in K-5
Gregory also goes 6-0 to take second (due to mysterious tie-breakers!)
Mill Valley Parents are Overcome with Excitement!
Our team in deep concentration before a match.
Evan goes 6-0 to take First Place in K-5
Gregory also goes 6-0 to take second (due to mysterious tie-breakers!)
Mill Valley Parents are Overcome with Excitement!
Review: Last few Tournaments:
I have been negligent on the BLOG! Sorry about that... I will keep things rolling. Let's catch up with a quick summary of where we've been the last month or so!
McDowell, Jan 19
K5: First Place Team. Reese 6-0, ESeghers 5-1, RSeghers 5-1, Tillson&Otterbacher 4.5 pts.
K3: No K3 in this tournament
University School, Feb 2
K5: First Place Team. ESeghers 5-0, Reese 5-0, RSeghers 3 pts, McGuire 2.5 pts, Schroeder 2 pts, Otterbacher 1.5 pts
K3: No K3 team entered.
Elmwood, Feb 9
K5: First Place Team. Reese 6-0, RSeghers 6-0, ESeghers 5.5 pts, (waiting for other results.
K3: Waiting for other results.
Brookfield Academy, Feb 16
K5: First Place Team (23 out of possible 24 points!). Reese 6-0, RSeghers 6-0, ESeghers 6.0, McGuire 5.5 pts, Otterbacher 4.5 pts.
McDowell, Jan 19
K5: First Place Team. Reese 6-0, ESeghers 5-1, RSeghers 5-1, Tillson&Otterbacher 4.5 pts.
K3: No K3 in this tournament
University School, Feb 2
K5: First Place Team. ESeghers 5-0, Reese 5-0, RSeghers 3 pts, McGuire 2.5 pts, Schroeder 2 pts, Otterbacher 1.5 pts
K3: No K3 team entered.
Elmwood, Feb 9
K5: First Place Team. Reese 6-0, RSeghers 6-0, ESeghers 5.5 pts, (waiting for other results.
K3: Waiting for other results.
Brookfield Academy, Feb 16
K5: First Place Team (23 out of possible 24 points!). Reese 6-0, RSeghers 6-0, ESeghers 6.0, McGuire 5.5 pts, Otterbacher 4.5 pts.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Evan (Mill Valley) vs. Calin
In this game, Evan faced the very tough Calin. See if you can spot the key move.
Congratulations Mill Valley Knights, who took home another K-5 first place trophy! Evan and Greg both went 5-0 to take first and second place! This game is from the fourth round.
Please send me your notation so I can put more games on the Internet!
- Assistant Coach Mark.
Congratulations Mill Valley Knights, who took home another K-5 first place trophy! Evan and Greg both went 5-0 to take first and second place! This game is from the fourth round.
Please send me your notation so I can put more games on the Internet!
- Assistant Coach Mark.
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