Bateman Chess Club & All-Stars Newsletter

May 9, 2019
 
Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),
 
    Thank you to all of the Bateman families that were able to make it out for the Chicago Chess Foundation tournament that we hosted on Apr. 27.  Congratulations to the 3rd / 4th grade team who earned the 1st place team trophy!  The K-2nd team also had an outstanding performance claiming the 2nd place prize!  The Intermediate and Advanced teams finished in 2nd as well, but just missed out on the only team trophy in those sections.  We also had two individual champions: Gabriel J. in the K-2, and Andrey N. in the Advanced, both of whom had perfect scores!  We have one more whole team CCF tournament, with the details listed below.  Let’s also wish good luck to the Bateman players who are traveling down to Nashville, TN for the Elementary Nationals tournament!  As a reminder, our final practices will be Thu. May 23.  Please see the important notes in the rest of this letter about the wrap up for our successful chess season.

• Please note that there will be no Free Chess this Friday (Some of us will be Nashville!), and the Free Chess on May 17 had to be canceled due to a scheduling conflict.
• Remember that we will be wrapping up our chess practice program in a couple weeks with our final practices on May 23.  However, we do have some events left on the calendar, and we had to make a few changes to the June portion of the schedule that was sent home before Spring Break.  There is an updated calendar on the back of this letter for your reference.  All changes and updates are also available on our website: http://bateman.cps.edu/bateman-chess.html
• Due to some other schedule conflicts, one of the necessary changes was to move our Chess-a-thon to Tue, June 11, after school.  Stay tuned for more information.
• The Chicago Chess Foundation will be hosting some chess camps for rising 3rd-8th graders this summer.  Bateman is planning to be the host site for the first camp June 24-28.  The advanced registration is now full, but there will be 15 spots reserved for Bateman players, and you can be added to the waiting list by signing up at https://chicagolandchess.org/2019-free-summer-chess-camps/ .  You can also email me if you have any questions or concerns.
• We have one final CCF tournament for all K-8 players at Nobel School on Sat. May 18.  I hope that we can have a large team for this last event, especially those who have not had an opportunity to play in many tournaments this year.  See the details are below.
• CCF is also sponsoring another special Chicago All-Girls event at Skinner North Elementary on Sat. June 8.  More information will be shared when available.
• Don’t forget that the Northwest Side Chess Club (at the Jefferson Park Field House - 4822 N. Long Ave.) will continue to meet every other Wednesday (see the calendar).  I even got to enjoy some good games this week.  The next round will be on May 22.

 
Free CCF K-8 Tournament (Sat. May 18)
Alfred Nobel Elementary School
4127 W. Hirsch (1400 N)
 
Schedule:  Check-in   8:30 - 9:15am            -All players must check-in at the tournament site by 9:15!
                  Tournament  10:15am - 3:00pm      -Late arrivals will not be paired in the first round.
                  Trophy Presentation  3:30 (est.)
  
Sections:  Novice K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, Intermediate, Advanced       
   -Unrated, no entry fee    -Swiss-style, 5 rounds (est.)
   -USCF standard tiebreaks      -G/20 + 3 sec. increment in Advanced section (Bring clocks if possible)
 
Awards:  Individual trophies to the top 7 in all sections.  Team trophies to the top two teams in all novice sections, top team in Intermediate and Advanced.  Team score calculated by top four scores in novice sections, top three scores in advanced.
 
Please return the permission slip by Tue. May 14.  Be prepared to spend the day with us, as we wrap up another successful year for the Bateman Chess Team.  As a reminder, I am not allowed to drive any students, so please make all drop-off and pick-up arrangements. 

If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact me at acgeisler@cps.edu or (773)534-5055.
 
Sincerely,
Mr. Geisler
Member: United States Chess Federation, Illinois Chess Association, Chicago Chess Foundation

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