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Tournaments
Last Friday was the National Kitten Day tournament. We had 19 players and almost everyone got a prize. In the Garfield section we had a several player tie for first among John Capocyan, Hanson Guo, Frankis Kok, Gary Gorey, Veer Patil, and Soham Sethi. In the Felix section Nila and Om Krishnan both tied for first and Rohan Naidu, Shourya Sethi, and Tashvi Veer all tied for third. In the Krazy Kat section Samuel Kimmel and Andy Zhou tied for first and Kamilo Cuello, Satvik Pattanaik, Sanya Sethi, and Luke Yen were all in third place.
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New Classes starting this summer
Level 7 - Intermediate tactics
This class is for players who have mastered all of the basic tactics: pins, forks, double attacks, discovered attacks, remove the guard, and counting.
Intermediate tactics teaches how to build combinations — a series of forcing moves that end up with a winning tactic.
Level 14 - play against Bobby Fischer
This is maybe the most fun class we offer. Learning objectives:
- Improve your ability to recognize critical positions
- Improve your ability to analyze critical positions
- In a team environment, gain insight on how other players evaluate positions and select moves.
What do other students say about this Level?
USCF 1200-rated player:
These lessons are very helpful. I’ve learned what to watch out for so I don’t make the same calculation errors in the future. And it helps seeing the moves the grandmasters are playing and we can make those same moves — they’re not so hard we can’t find them now that we’re looking for them.
USCF 900-rated player:
I love being in the Level 14 class because it helps me improve my time management. I get to learn threats and sacrifices that can be used against Bobby Fischer’s style of play. One of my favorite parts is hearing other people’s ideas about a position and sharing my own — it’s a great way to grow and improve my chess knowledge. The games we study are outstanding. I’m always amazed at the unexpected things that can happen in a position. It’aalso really fun to solve kinds of mind-blowing puzzlesw and discuss different ideas with people in the class.