Prairie Chess Club

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   Prairie Schools, College Community School District
   401 76th Avenue SW
   Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52404
   United States

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Website: www.prairiepride.org/teachertools/ArticleList.php?NewsID=4278&offset=0

As part of the after school programs, chess clubs at Prairie Crest and Prairie Middle School meet on Monday and Thursday after school. Contact Kevin Brown at Crest and Natalie Hess at the middle school for enrollment information. www.prairiepride.org.

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by PrairieChessCoach - 3 years ago
Cedar Rapids, Iowa United States

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 71

2008 Prairie Scholastic Chess

Tournament Series

Tournament #1 Summary

January 19, 2008

We want to first thank everyone for attending our 1^st chess tournament at Prairie Middle School. The turnout exceeded our expectations. This was in large part to all of the first time tournament players. Of the 42 entrants, we had new 20 players. I know we’ll see many of you back on February 23^rd and April 26^th; 17 of you took advantage of our early registration offer.

This wasn’t only the first tournament for the students; this was the first for the parents and for us directing a scholastic tournament of this type. We wish we were able to chat longer with each of you at the tournament. Hopefully we got to all of your questions. If not, always feel free to contact us with any other questions as they arise.

First Chess Tournament

One point is awarded for a win, a half-point for a draw, and no points are awarded for a loss. With four rounds, the most points that could be scored are four. We had four players do just that: Trevor Owen (Coolidge), Regan Hodina (Prairie Crest), Jeremy Jacoby (Regis), and Jacob Ulrich (Jefferson). The winner of the Elementary K-2 section was Nikalaus Huerter (Cedar Valley Christian). In addition to our individual winners, we tallied the total scores of all players by school. At the end of the three tournament series, we will be awarding trophies to the top three scoring high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools (both K-2 and 3-5).

The following table summarizes the total scores for each school represented January 19^th.

School Standings (After 1 Event)

Elementary (K-2)	Score
Cedar Valley Christian	3
Weber Elementary School	1

Elementary (3-5)
Coolidge Elementary School	14
Prairie Crest Elementary School	6
Westfield Elementary School	6
Davis (Grinnell)	3
Weber Elementary School	2
Arthur Elementary School	1.5
Francis Marion Intermediate	1.5
Camanche Elementary School	1
Longfellow	1

Middle School
Regis Middle School	12
Prairie Middle School	12
SE Junior High School (IC)	4
NW Junior High School (IC)	2
Excelsior Middle School	2
McKinley Middle School	1
North Central Jr. High (North Liberty)	1

High School
Jefferson High School	7
Prairie High School	3

Our next tournament is February 23^rd. This will be a rated event, meaning that membership in the United States Chess Federation (USCF) is required. Memberships may be purchased at the tournament site. You may find it easier, though, to purchase membership online at www.uschess.org (assuming you don’t like filling out paper work). USCF offers many advantages and is the backbone of organized chess. In addition to providing a rating system, it sanctions Tournament Directors and provides members a quarterly magazine for youth chess.

Pictures from the event are in my photo album at: http://www.chess.com/photos/view_album/PrairieChessCoach/prairie-chess-series---january-9