Daily Message from Coach Russ - Team Shirt Friday
Dear Friends,
Congratulations we made it to Team Shirt Friday! Please send us a picture wearing your Team Shirt and we will make sure to share it on our Instagram account. Send photos to icnonlinecommunity@gmail.com and you can also post directly to your social and #icnonlinecommunity
Team Shirt Fridays are important as it helps keep us all connected to our teams and school communities. Kids love to play with and for each other. If chess was a singular game, very few would play and success but as it has evolved into a team game, participation has skyrocketed and the measurable playing success has followed.
We have found that most players stop playing chess once they graduate our programs, not because they don't still love chess, but mostly because they probably unknowingly always loved the Team most.
Today I have included our updated standings for both our teams and individual results for both our tournament events and our online puzzle contests!
Finally, we are excited to announce that we will have live game commentary for both our 11:30 am and 4:00 pm daily tournaments. You can tune in live here.
Be well,
Coach Russ
Daily Tournaments; Individual and Team Standings - Full Results Here
Top 10 Chesskid Ratings - Full Results Here
Most Puzzles Solved Past 7 Days - Full Results Here
Puzzle Contest Team Standings (Sorted by puzzles solved all time by Top 10 players) - Full Results Here
ICN Online Community: Things to Note
Daily Chess Club Meetings: 3:00 - 3:45 PM
We are happy to announce that starting this week, we will be offering club meetings during normal times through Zoom. This means that whatever day you usually attend chess, you will now have the opportunity to continue that, only virtually for now. Zoom club will begin promptly at 3:00 PM and will run until 3:45 PM to ensure enough time for serious play at 4:00 PM.
Program Advice:
If you are an advanced player - 700 + USCF: DO EVERYTHING (Puzzles, videos, tournaments, lessons, live streams, books, exercises, chess, chess, chess) * We will be including interactive group classes on Zoom shortly.
If you are an intermediate player - 300 + USCF: DO EVERYTHING (Puzzles, videos, tournaments, lessons, live streams, books, exercises, chess, chess, chess) * We will be including interactive group classes on Zoom shortly.
If you are New To Chess:
* Focus on the Learn section on chesskid.com
Lessons on chesskid.com. Start with Lesson One (Pawn 1) and continue all the way through (as many as are appropriate for your desired speed of advancement)
Supplement with Videos on chesskid.com. Start by watching each Beginner Video (as many as are appropriate for your desired speed of advancement)
As your knowledge base grows from Lessons and Videos, keep trying to work on solving Puzzles (this should happen in tandem)
Once Puzzles begin to click...You should begin to test your skills on Play vs Kid on chesskid.com (time control 15 minutes)
Daily Online Schedule:
9:00 AM - Daily Opening Email
Content, puzzle contests, self study, private coaching
11:30 AM, 5-round, G10, d5 - ICN Rapid Open will include all players across the ICN networks
3:30 PM - Daily Coaches Meeting Uploaded on Youtube - Watch Here
4:00 PM, 3 rounds G25, d5 - same format as our ICN monthly tournaments w/ U300, U700, U1000 & Open sections
Content, puzzle contests, self study, private coaching
Daily Morning Email: 9:00 AM
Our morning email will discuss upcoming events, introduce new programming elements, give updated team and individual stats, and address any prevailing questions.
Daily Rapid Tournament: 11:30 AM
Rapid open (G10, D5) for all ICN players. 5 rounds of morning fun. log into chesskid.com to receive your daily event information. Results from these events are counting towards team and individual standings.
Online Commentary Included, See Here
Daily Team Meetings Uploaded on Youtube: 3:30 PM
We will live stream daily Team meetings hosted by different ICN Coaches. Our meetings are geared toward giving program updates including past, present and future events and also connecting out students directly to each other and their coaches. Join Here.
Daily Serious Games: 4:00 PM
We have grouped our players according to their USCF rating and placed longer time controls (G25, D5) to allow for more serious thoughtful competition. We encourage everyone to participate in these EVERY DAY! These tournaments are also included in our daily updated individual and team standings. You can join by accepting our daily invitation on chesskid.com
Online Commentary Included, See Here
Additional Programming: All Other Times
When we are not offering structured programming, we encourage you to solve PUZZLES, PUZZLES, PUZZLES. These results are also directing effecting both individual and team standings and being updated daily. We also encourage doing exercises, watching videos, working with a coach privately, along with reading chess books and any other additional resources.
Check out our youtube page for new uploaded content!
Online Community Page:
Please reference our Community Page for a FAQ on how to join and play in the tournaments. If you have any questions about logging in, email ICNChesskid@gmail.com.
Private Lesson Opportunities:
We have now successfully begun the process of connecting players with coaches for private instruction. If you are looking to add a daily/weekly structured activity into your child's schedule we are happy to connect you with one of our eager coaches. You can speak directly with them regarding scheduling, etc. If you have a particular coach in mind, please let us know, if not we are happy to make a recommendation.
Please email us at impactcoachingnetworklessons@gmail.com.
Welcoming New Members:
We had an overwhelming response to our online community and we are now thrilled to extend the opportunities to others outside of our ICN network. If you have friends interested, they can Join Here.
Team Shirt Friday
Fridays are our weekly team shirt day. Check out our friends in their team shirts @ TEAM SHIRT FRIDAYS
Send pictures in your Team Shirt on Fridays to icnonlinecommunity@gmail.com.
We will post all of our photos to our Instagram below.
Daily Stats and Standings:
Finally, join me in congratulating all the winners from our daily events:
Our daily winners will be on display here.
Additionally, please see here for our updated day standings of our Puzzles contest.
Team Winners:
Rapid Open
PS 11, 13.5 points
PS 33, 12.5 points
PS 77, 10.5 points
PS 139, 10 points
1000 +
PS 11, 6.5 points
PS 59, 4.5 points
PS 77, 2 points
PS 10, 1 point
U1000
PS 11, 3 points
PS 33, 3 points
PS 77, 2 points
PS 59, 2 points
U700
PS 77, 5 points
PS 230, 5 points
PS 116, 3 points
PS 10, 3 points
U300
PS 130K, 5 points
BIM, 3 points
PS 139, 3 points
BIB, 2 points
Individual Winners (Top 10):
Rapid Open -
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Louis Barry (11)
Oliver Skelcher (11)
Miles Stringer (33)
Clark Shlisky (77)
Emma Phu (11)
Anthony Cortese (111)
Harrison Leese (139)
Abyl Dowshen Flores (139)
Adrian Clubb (10)
1000 +
Avaan Chamadia (11)
Riann Javeri (59)
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Jude Kazan (59)
Louis Barry (11)
Hunter Quirk (10)
Christoffer Lamtan (11)
Arhan Javeri (59)
Warren Liang (ICN Friend)
Oliver Skelcher (11)
U1000
Emma Phu (11)
Devin Wang (77)
Miles Stringer (33)
Go Clancy (59)
Aiden Grytsenko (111)
Leo Tyszka (230)
Henry Berlach (10)
Kiaan Javeri (59)
Wolfgang Damon (33)
Easton Cohen (10)
U700
Caiden Shuman (77)
Asher Cohen (116)
Charles Kim (10)
Jose Rondeau (77)
Leo Kocan (230)
Mason Li (230)
Avin Pawar (33)
Lia Barros (139)
Marisa Pacelli (33)
Daniel Terentyev (281)
U300
Roger Pan (BIM)
Charles Smith (130K)
Oliver McManus (130K)
Finn Loomis (139)
Ethan Mosca (33)
Takki Tanaka (77)
Yonah Wolfhagen (130)
Colton Choi (BIB)
Atticus Catto (BIB)
Argent Catto (BIB)
ICN Puzzle Competition:
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 3770 puzzles completed (Top 10)
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 7690 puzzles completed (All Time)
PS 33's Nik Vik is leading the charts with 551 puzzles completed in the last 7 days.
PS 33's Nik Vik is leading the charts with 169 puzzles completed in one day.
A special congratulations to PS 59's Chenyu Zhao for having the highest chesskid rating in the last 7 days of 2616.
We are happy to announce online streamed videos, with live commentary, and skill appropriate lesson content is available on our youtube channel.
Congratulations and keep up the great job,
Coach Russ