Tournament Results: Congrats Ryan, Clay!

There were seven players in each section (12th grade and under, and 5th grade and under).

Here are the results:

12th grade and under:

First Place: Ryan O.
Second Place: Croix G.
Third Place: Eddie S.

5th grade and under:

First Place: Clay S.
Second Place: Paddy I.
Third Place: Jonathan B.

Well done, everyone!

K-12 Chess Tournament at OLL Monday May 24th from 4pm - 6pm

Our year-end tournament is coming up, and all students in grades K-12 are invited! Please pass this along to interested parents and students in elementary and high schools.

What: Everyone plays three (30 minute) games. Two sections (5th grade and under, and 12th grade and under).

Prizes: First, second, and third places get trophies.

When: Signup before 4pm (any time between 3:15p and 3:55p). Trophies presented at 6pm.

Where: 30 South Downey, 46219

Cost: OLL Club members are free, USCF members pay $5 (memberships available on-site), all others pay $7-$12, depending on age.

Tournament Thursday, March 18th

I will be directing the following next Thursday - hope you can come!

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First Choice-East Side and OLL Chess Clubs

Present the 1st Annual 2010 East Side Chess Tournament

Sponsored by First Choice Café and Bakery

Date: March 18^th, 2010

Location: 8714 E 21 Street

Indianapolis, IN 46229

Registration starts 6:00pm

Tournament starts 6:30pm

Details: Tournament is $5 for USCF members, $12 for non-USCF members. All levels are welcome. 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place finishers receives cash prize of $50, $20, $10 dollars. All others (players) will receive a First Choice Café and Bakery Discount Card. First Choice Café and Bakery will serve drinks and light foods at menu prices. First Choice Café and Bakery Discount Card Applies. Please arrive early for registration.

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Mar. 18 1st Choice Café & Bakery Open (QC)

3SS, G/29. First Choice Cafe and Bakery, 8714 East 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46225. Open to All. EF: $5.00. Unr: Free. Prizes: See above. Rds.: 6:30p, 7:30p, 8:30p. 1/2 point bye for first round only, for any reason. An outreach of the Our Lady of Lourdes Chess club (www.ollchessclub.org). ENT: info@ollchessclub.org. INFO: Kieron Mitchell, 317-376-8112. Some clocks and boards provided. NS, NC, W.

Play Chess and Win $200 Savings Bond!

This just in from Mrs. Guyrek (link to more info at bottom):

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Coach,
We are signing Croix up for this event being held this Saturday, March 6th
at Orchard School.

Unrated players may play for trophies but not for the savings bonds. I
don't know how many of our players have ratings yet, but this would be a
good tournament for them to play in.

Peace,
Katy

http://scichess.org/schedule/INClass10.pdf

update:

If you send out an email reminder, let the students know that this is a pretty well run tournament and could be a fun way to try it out. It is inexpensive ($15 plus USCF membership if they don't have it already) and if they have a rating, they are only playing against players in the range...for example, a 248 would play in the 200 to 299 range. If they don't have a rating, the groupings are the same as the last tournament: 3rd grade & Under, 6th Grade & Under, 12th grade & Under.

Many experienced players will already have a rating so they will be playing in the rated players groups. That's not to say the competition won't be there, though as OLL has many competitive players who haven't become rated and other kids will be in the same boat. There are usually lots of firsttimers at something like this, so don't let that stop anyone from trying it!

We haven't been a several years, but the setup in the past was that the gym was used for the chess play and the cafeteria and hallways of the school were used for skittle areas (for practice games and just to hang out during the downtown-kids play chess or other games during the downtime). I believe they sell snacks and probably pizza but is easy enough to bring a sack lunch if you wish. The school has a playground, too, that has been available in the past.

Indianapolis Coffee Shop Haunted by Chess-Playing Ghost

http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/17/lazy-daze-coffeeshop-haunted-irvington/

US Jr. Chess Congress report

From Mrs. Gyurek:

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Kieron,

You will be pleased to hear that the OLL team of Eddie Schwering, Sam DeFreese and Croix Gyurek presented Our Lady of Lourdes in a good light. Trophies were given to the top 25 in each group. Because team play was based on players with the same age group and Sam, Ed and Croix all competed in different fields , OLL did not really compete as a team. As individuals, they each did OLL proud given the fact that this is an annual national tournament with repeat participants.

In 8th Grade & Under, Eddie took a trophy for 23rd place. He went into the last round ranked 21 of 26, I think. Eddie entered a tough class of competitors and pulled a couple wins in a field of mostly experienced players.

In 6th Grade & Under, Sam had an especially tough challenge. Not only was this his first major tournament, but there were 65 competitors in his field, with the highest ranking near 1700! Sam came in 53rd of 65.

In 3rd Grade & Under, Croix received a trophy for 22nd of a total of 52 competitors. He won 4 rounds and lost 2.

There was one team of two boys who ranked 6th in their bracket so perhaps all that was needed was one other player in each field. The boys did very well, considering that U.S. Jr. Chess Congress boasted players from many states, including Indiana (Evansville, Fort Wayne, Anderson, Terre Haute were top contenders but other schools had players, too). We met players from Michigan, Chicago, St. Louis, Kentucky. There were players from other states as well (Colorado, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia. Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, New York when we had checked the website.

OLL911 - Our Lady of Lourdes emergency broadcast system for cellphones

"OLL911" is the Our Lady of Lourdes emergency broadcast system for cellphones. In the event the Principal or Pastor of OLL would like to inform all guardians of a time-sensitive (that is, within 24 hours) issue, anyone signed up for OLL911 will receive a text message on his cell phone. In addition, at 11:00am on the first Friday of each month, there is a test message sent.

We estimate you will thus receive 15-25 messages per YEAR if you sign up for OLL911.

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On your cell phone, send a text message to 40404 with the content "follow OLL911" (without the quotation marks). This is the hardest part of the instructions! If you don't know how to send a text message, and can't get your pre-teen to help you, call Kieron or Jeff at the numbers below and he will talk you through it.

Twitter will respond back with: "Welcome to Twitter! Reply with SIGNUP to begin. Already on Twitter? Reply with your 'USERNAME' instead."

At that point, you need to reply to the text message you just received with your own text message: Simply the word "SIGNUP" (without the quotation marks).

You will then reply to the next message with a single word (which can be anything you like - and will be your "username").

You will then receive two messages right away letting you know that if OLL911 accepts your request, you'll start getting OLL911's tweets, and telling you are on Twitter and to send your first Tweet (you can ignore that).

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That's all you need to do! You should receive your first message from OLL911 on the next first Friday of the month.

If you have any questions about (or problems with) OLL911, please call e-mail Kieron Mitchell at kieronbm@gmail.com or call him at 317-376-8112 or e-mail Jeff Bennett at summit60@att.net or call him at 317-410-4684.

In Chess, If you are going to line up your rooks, THEN ATTACK WITH THEM

Just a reminder: if you are going to line up your rooks, THEN ATTACK WITH THEM. Don't just fiddle about with your Knight somewhere else.

Chess Club Hits the Papers!

Click here (or on the picture) to download a readable copy!

Pizza Party!

We are treating our members to a pizza party at Donatos next Tuesday at 6:00pm.

RSVP by e-mail, phone (317-376-8112), or via this link: OLL Chess Club City-Wide Champions Celebration.