El Presidente,
Daniel Goldfarb
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Chess Club Dues
Chess Club dues are going to be ten dollars this year. This money will go towards chess club T-Shirts and other chess club expenses. Remember the second rule about chess club is don't talk about chess club.
Monday, September 28, 2009
MCDS Brings Home Three Trophies!
There were 117 participants at the first of six Miami Country Day Grand Prix events, and many agree that it was not only a successful event, but a great performance by Miami Country Day School!
The Miami Country Day high school team won 1st place in the K-12 section! A.J. Pitchman and Neil Mehta won 4 of their 5 matches, tying for the second highest score in the section. Daniel Goldfarb, Moshe Libbin, Miroslav Kriz each earned 3 wins. Also impressive were the 3 wins earned by both Dylan Jaffe & Giovanni Cragnotti, their first ever USCF-rated event. Matthew Kydd & Shadi Tabbara each scored points in the K-12 section as well.
In addition to the K-12 team trophy, two lower-schoolers brought home individual trophies. Andre Harper-Rosenberg finished in 2nd place in the K-3 section and Elliot Starkman finished in 3rd place in the K-1 section. Congratulations!
Daniel Gallup scored points for the MCDS K-3 team, which helped MCDS finish 3rd for this tournament. Matias Marine scored points in the K-5 section and the MCDS K-8 team earned points from both David Gonzalez and Sascha Kappos.
For a complete listing of individual and team results, visit:
http://www.bocachess.com/GrandPrix
You want to play next time? Contact me (hutskom@miamicountryday.org) or Jon Haskel (jon@bocachess.com) for more information. All ages are welcome! There is an open section for adults and all ability-levels are invited! The next event will be Saturday, October 31st.
As Director of the Spartan Chess Club, I am not only extremely proud of the performance of the MCDS students, but also the sportsmanship, focus, and excitement. A very special thanks go to Diana Starkman, Neeta Singh, and Carroll Kelly for their amazing contributions to a successful first chess event of the season. Many thanks also to Jonina Pitchman, Upper School Sponsor Peter Konen, Lower School Sponsor Jonathan Knowles, Jasmine Lake, Mike Caban & the Maintenance Department, Shannon Reardon, Amy Gallup, Nina Lucchi, Jennifer Kahn, Charlie Lovett, and Steve Mathes.
Tournament report submitted by:
Michael Hutsko
Assistant Tournament Director, Miami Country Day Grand Prix
Director, Spartan Chess Club
USCF Certified Club Tournament Director
The Miami Country Day high school team won 1st place in the K-12 section! A.J. Pitchman and Neil Mehta won 4 of their 5 matches, tying for the second highest score in the section. Daniel Goldfarb, Moshe Libbin, Miroslav Kriz each earned 3 wins. Also impressive were the 3 wins earned by both Dylan Jaffe & Giovanni Cragnotti, their first ever USCF-rated event. Matthew Kydd & Shadi Tabbara each scored points in the K-12 section as well.
In addition to the K-12 team trophy, two lower-schoolers brought home individual trophies. Andre Harper-Rosenberg finished in 2nd place in the K-3 section and Elliot Starkman finished in 3rd place in the K-1 section. Congratulations!
Daniel Gallup scored points for the MCDS K-3 team, which helped MCDS finish 3rd for this tournament. Matias Marine scored points in the K-5 section and the MCDS K-8 team earned points from both David Gonzalez and Sascha Kappos.
For a complete listing of individual and team results, visit:
http://www.bocachess.com/GrandPrix
You want to play next time? Contact me (hutskom@miamicountryday.org) or Jon Haskel (jon@bocachess.com) for more information. All ages are welcome! There is an open section for adults and all ability-levels are invited! The next event will be Saturday, October 31st.
As Director of the Spartan Chess Club, I am not only extremely proud of the performance of the MCDS students, but also the sportsmanship, focus, and excitement. A very special thanks go to Diana Starkman, Neeta Singh, and Carroll Kelly for their amazing contributions to a successful first chess event of the season. Many thanks also to Jonina Pitchman, Upper School Sponsor Peter Konen, Lower School Sponsor Jonathan Knowles, Jasmine Lake, Mike Caban & the Maintenance Department, Shannon Reardon, Amy Gallup, Nina Lucchi, Jennifer Kahn, Charlie Lovett, and Steve Mathes.
Tournament report submitted by:
Michael Hutsko
Assistant Tournament Director, Miami Country Day Grand Prix
Director, Spartan Chess Club
USCF Certified Club Tournament Director
Monday, August 17, 2009
Miami Country Day Grand Prix 2009-10
Scholastic & Non-Scholastic Chess Players!
We are excited to announce a series of USCF rated Grand Prix chess tournaments to take place at Miami Country Day School. The six dates of the tournaments are:
Saturday, September 26
Saturday, October 31
Saturday, December 5
Saturday, January 30
Sunday, March 7 or Saturday, March 13 (unavoidable conflict on the 6th)
Saturday, May 1
Individual and team trophies will be awarded.
For more information, please contact Michael Hutsko at:
hutskom@miamicountryday.org
We are excited to announce a series of USCF rated Grand Prix chess tournaments to take place at Miami Country Day School. The six dates of the tournaments are:
Saturday, September 26
Saturday, October 31
Saturday, December 5
Saturday, January 30
Sunday, March 7 or Saturday, March 13 (unavoidable conflict on the 6th)
Saturday, May 1
Individual and team trophies will be awarded.
For more information, please contact Michael Hutsko at:
hutskom@miamicountryday.org
Monday, May 18, 2009
Upper School May Lunch Tournament
Please sign up for the timed, all ages, unrated, single-elimination Upper School May Lunch Tournament with Mr. Hutsko or Mr. Konen by 3:30pm, Tuesday, May 19th. Play begins Wednesday, May 20th. At least two trophies will be awarded. (Note: This is not the captain's tournament which will soon follow.)
Sign-ups so far (as of 9:00am, Monday--$ denotes money owed for club membership):
Konen
Hutsko
Pitchman
Chandar
Kriz
Goldfarb, D.
Libbin
Gonzalez
Mehta
Callado
Berger
Zifferblatt
Wieser
Rangel-$
Quinn-$
Keelan
Brody-$
Katz-$
Sign-ups so far (as of 9:00am, Monday--$ denotes money owed for club membership):
Konen
Hutsko
Pitchman
Chandar
Kriz
Goldfarb, D.
Libbin
Gonzalez
Mehta
Callado
Berger
Zifferblatt
Wieser
Rangel-$
Quinn-$
Keelan
Brody-$
Katz-$
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Ifergane Still Has It!
Spartan Chess Club alum Warren Ifergane enjoyed a Friday afternoon of chess with many of the current Spartan Chess Club members and sponsors and showed that he still has the skills to win. In a tactical championship match versus Mr. Konen, Ifergane finished 4.0/4.0 and took home his second championship trophy from a tournament hosted at MCDS.
Congratulations are also in order for the scholastic champion, Kevin Goldfarb, and scholastic runner-up, A.J. Pitchman. Both finished 3.0/4.0, but Kevin received the larger hardware due to the modified median tiebreaker. David Gonzalez and Spencer Berens were the highest finishing middle school participants, finishing 2.0/4.0.
There was a total of 17 participants in this Game/15 blitz tournament. Josh Breakstone and James Callado are the Spartan Chess Club's newest USCF members.
To view a crosstable of the event, enter the tournament ID 200902136971 at the following link:
http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,201/
Congratulations are also in order for the scholastic champion, Kevin Goldfarb, and scholastic runner-up, A.J. Pitchman. Both finished 3.0/4.0, but Kevin received the larger hardware due to the modified median tiebreaker. David Gonzalez and Spencer Berens were the highest finishing middle school participants, finishing 2.0/4.0.
There was a total of 17 participants in this Game/15 blitz tournament. Josh Breakstone and James Callado are the Spartan Chess Club's newest USCF members.
To view a crosstable of the event, enter the tournament ID 200902136971 at the following link:
http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,201/
Spartans Place at Superstates VI!
Congratulations to the team of A.J. Pitchman, Miroslav Kriz, and Devon Zifferblatt who brought home a 5th Place K-12 Under 1000 trophy from the Florida State Championship Chess Tournament, a.k.a. Superstates VI, which took place here in Miami. This is the first MCDS team trophy from a state chess tournament in recent times (since 2001).
You can visit the full Superstates VI crosstable at:
http://www.floridachess.org/2009ScholasticChampionship/
You can visit the full Superstates VI crosstable at:
http://www.floridachess.org/2009ScholasticChampionship/
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Blitz Tournament Friday at 4pm!
Miami Country Day School is hosting an all ages (non-scholastic) USCF-Rated blitz tournament this Friday, February 13, at 4pm. Please see the attached flyer for details. The entry fee is only $5 for USCF members and trophies will be awarded. Memberships are available for purchase at the door for non-members.
For more information, please feel free to contact me at this hutskom@miamicountryday.org. To give me an idea of the number attending, please drop me a line if you plan on playing. Thank you to those of you that have already let me know.
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Michael Hutsko
Co-Director, Spartan Chess Club
USCF Certified Club Tournament Director
Miami Country Day School
For more information, please feel free to contact me at this hutskom@miamicountryday.org. To give me an idea of the number attending, please drop me a line if you plan on playing. Thank you to those of you that have already let me know.
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Michael Hutsko
Co-Director, Spartan Chess Club
USCF Certified Club Tournament Director
Miami Country Day School
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Superstates VI This Weekend
I have heard from most of you, but if you are interested in participating in Superstates VI this weekend, please let me AND Daniel Goldfarb know as soon as possible. I need to fax in a team roster tomorrow!
For information about the tournament, please visit:
http://fsclchess.org/InfoSS6.html
For information about the tournament, please visit:
http://fsclchess.org/InfoSS6.html
Spartan Chess Team Brings Home Another Trophy!
Hello Chess Fans,
The Spartan Chess Team from Miami Country Day School brought home a 2nd Place team trophy for the K-12 (high school) section of the Miami International Chess Academy Grand Prix Scholastic tournament this past Saturday at Rockway Middle School. Leading the Spartans to their second place finish were A.J. Pitchman and Daniel Goldfarb, earning individual awards of a 3rd place trophy and 4th place medal respectively. In addition to a strong showing at the high school level, Spencer Berens, David Gonzalez, Sascha Kappos, and Julian Schultz all earned wins for MCDS in the K-8 (middle school) section. Elliot Starkman, a Kindergarten student, won 3 out of his 5 matches, a very impressive showing for a student competing with in the K-3 section (a section including third-graders) in only his third USCF-rated tournament.
Regards,
Michael Hutsko
Co-Director, Spartan Chess Club
USCF Certified Club Tournament Director
Miami Country Day School
The Spartan Chess Team from Miami Country Day School brought home a 2nd Place team trophy for the K-12 (high school) section of the Miami International Chess Academy Grand Prix Scholastic tournament this past Saturday at Rockway Middle School. Leading the Spartans to their second place finish were A.J. Pitchman and Daniel Goldfarb, earning individual awards of a 3rd place trophy and 4th place medal respectively. In addition to a strong showing at the high school level, Spencer Berens, David Gonzalez, Sascha Kappos, and Julian Schultz all earned wins for MCDS in the K-8 (middle school) section. Elliot Starkman, a Kindergarten student, won 3 out of his 5 matches, a very impressive showing for a student competing with in the K-3 section (a section including third-graders) in only his third USCF-rated tournament.
Regards,
Michael Hutsko
Co-Director, Spartan Chess Club
USCF Certified Club Tournament Director
Miami Country Day School
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