Published on January 15th, 2014 | by jsweber
2014 got off to a great start for the our chess club at the Goodrich Elementary chess tournament. Six of our kids attended this always well run tournament hosted by the fantastic parent run Goodrich chess ... Read More →
Published on December 19th, 2013 | by jsweber
The chess club had its annual holiday party last night. Our kids and their families came to play chess, participate in a casual bughouse tournament and test their skills against Coach Flanders. There were pizzas and ... Read More →
Published on December 9th, 2013 | by jsweber
After participating in the huge USM chess tourney two weeks ago, seven of our chess kids continue to develop and test their chess skills at the Thorson Elementary Chess Tournament in Cedarburg this past Saturday. Brandon ... Read More →
Published on November 25th, 2013 | by jsweber
We had a great turnout for the USM chess tourney held this past Saturday. A total of nine kids from our club participated in one of the largest scholastic chess tourney in Wisconsin. With 179 players ... Read More →
Published on November 17th, 2013 | by jsweber
Our kids did a fantastic job at the Sheboygan chess tournament held at the North High School this past Saturday. Four of our kids (David Gunn, Steven Yang, Archish Sridhar, and Jack Wypiszynski) attended the well ... Read More →
Published on November 5th, 2013 | by jsweber
I was talking to one of the chess club parents about the chess world and the topic of Magnus Carlsen inevitably came up. I mentioned to him that there is a very good 60 Minutes feature ... Read More →
Published on November 4th, 2013 | by jsweber
Congratulations to David Gunn on taking 1st place in the K5 division at the Clara Mohammed tournament this past weekend! He went undefeated with a perfect 6.0 score out of 21 players. Besides David, Anish Kusukuntla and ... Read More →
Published on October 28th, 2013 | by jsweber
Mequon chess club had a good start to the 2013-14 season this last Saturday at the Madison University High School tourney in Milwaukee. Three returning players (David Gunn, Anish Kusukuntla, and Anshul Chawla) and four new ... Read More →
Published on October 18th, 2013 | by jsweber
USCF has a great book review by IM Jeremy Silman that looked at how Magnus Carlsen became the youngest chess grandmaster. In the review, the author pointed out that the book is not just about Magnus’s ... Read More →
Published on October 9th, 2013 | by jsweber
Here is the preview trailer to Brooklyn Castle – an award winning documentary that tells the stories of five members of the chess team at a below-the-poverty-line inner city junior high school that has won more ... Read More →