CHESS UPDATES
Our chess season concludes Friday, February 22nd, with a DQ Cake Party!
Thank you so much to Karen Yttri, Joan Rider, Laurie Pickering, Tom Jahnke (chess master and Peyton and Stuart's uncle) and Jenell Enright for all of your help making the St. Lucas Chess Tournament a huge success! We had the second largest K-12 division chess tournament attendance in the whole state of Wisconsin and a record number of Michelangelos pizzas sold! Thank you so much for your help parents! It was so appreciated!
Thank you to Ted Molkentin for teaching during his winter break from college and Mr. Pickering for helping with crowd control while I was on vacation.
Thank you parents for bringing snacks, your kind words, encouragement, and support for the chess program. It is really a joy sharing chess with this excited bunch!
Tournament Results
Congratulations to our K-6 team for taking a first place at the St. Lucas Chess Tournament! In the K-6 division Ranen Enright took a second place, Peyton Scheuneman came in 4th, and Matthias Yttri took an outstanding 5th!! Way to go St. Lucas!
Congratulations to Garret Pickering for taking home a trophy at the Random Lake Chess Tournament by placing 3rd in the U700 division! WOW! Way to GO!
DISCOVERY WORLD TOURNAMENT
WSCF has brought back the Discovery World Chess Tournament! The tournament is held at Discovery World and it is a ton of fun. For more information on this tournament go to...
CHECK OUT HERE
ACUITY TOURNAMENT
I had a few parents ask me about the Acuity Tournament. Registration isn't open yet, but the date is posted for March 9th. This tournament is so FUN! It is completely free with tons of hand outs. They have a ferris wheel in the building and give free rides, snacks, pizza, t-shirts, small toy items and so much more. It is open to the first 350 students in our counties. Acuity is very generous to host such a chess promoting event!
ACUITY TOURNAMENT HERE
These tournaments are not team events on the calendar. They are fun activities I highly recommend!
KMLHS CHESS CLUB WRITE UP
Here is a write up by Angie Molkentin, KMLHS chess advisor, posted on the KMLHS Chess Website! Thank you to Angie for supporting the federation school chess clubs. Ted and Angie have done so much to bring chess to our school and other schools. Their work has had a huge impact on many lives and I am so grateful for their generosity and support!
St. Lucas Hosts Fun, Friendly Chess Tournament
For young chess players in grades K-8, the St. Lucas Chess Tournament in Kewaskum was a great opportunity to see what it is like to play chess competitively, complete with time controls, a pre-game handshake with your opponent, and trophies/medals awarded at the end. At these events, many beginner-level players learn that you don't win every game, and it's how you learn from your mistakes and come back to the board that determines what kind of player you will be.
Isn't that true for all things in life?
For high school players, this year's St. Lucas tourney served as the site of the annual match-up between Kewaskum High School Chess and KML Chess. The teams have had a friendly Washington County rivalry going for the last few years. This year, St. Lucas got the best of KML, scoring 12 points to KML's 9 points in four rounds of play. Senior Ben Polheber came in third overall for the day, winning 3 of his 4 games.
Here is a link to the snack sign up if you wish to sign up for a snack!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c48a9ab22a6f58-chess