Daily Message from Coach Russ
Dear Friends,
Wishing you all the very best for the upcoming week.
Our online chess programming now includes access to daily tournaments and contests, a growing database of skill appropriate content, daily live club meetings through zoom, daily live streamed tournament commentary, and access to the suite of chesskid.com content.
I encourage you this week to focus on engagement. Try and set both daily and weekly participation goals and circle them all back to helping contribute to TEAM SUCCESS.
Schedule our daily playing opportunities to into your week's programming which should help provide structured activities for your child in areas that they not only love but that also align with STEM and many other academic objectives.
I encourage you this week to do the following:
Play in at minimum one of our tournaments (Rapid Open) at 11:30 am - Standings
Play in at minimum one of our tournaments (Serious Matches) at 4:00 pm (Daily would be great) - Standings
Solve a minimum of 100 puzzles per week - Puzzle Contest Results
Attend your school's Weekly Zoom Chess club Meeting.
Watch 3 instruction videos
Complete 3 instructional lessons
We remain committed to providing uninterrupted programming as we hope to be a resource to each and every one of you during this time. Please share your feedback, thoughts, ideas and beyond as we continue to evolve. We are all in this together and now more then ever communities matter, we are stronger together!
Daily Online Schedule:
9:00 AM - Daily Opening Email - Email Archive
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
3:00 PM - School specific zoom club meetings
3:30 PM - Daily Coaches Meeting - 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
We also have live commentary for our 11:30 and 4:00 events - Watch 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 4 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.
Individual Winners (Top 10):
Rapid Open -
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Miles Dowshen Flores (139)
Jude Kazan (59)
Christoffer Lamtan (11)
Warren Liang (ICN Friend)
Emma Phu (11)
Aiden Grytsenko (111)
Caitlin Adams (139)
Peter Volik (10)
Akaash Rau (116)
1000 +
Avaan Chamadia (11)
Jude Kazan (59)
Noah Gillston (77)
Arhan Javeri (59)
Sho Moritani (59)
Rose Morden (33)
Indira Raparthi (11)
Christoffer Lamtan (11)
Darren Reiss (59)
Elliot Goodrich (77)
U1000
Matthew Wu (59)
Emma Phu (11)
Devin Wang (77)
Charles Jia (77)
Miro Lerner (139)
Peter Volik (10)
Jeremy K. Yoon (10)
Aarush Bandreddi (11)
Anay Varma (11)
Wolfgang Damon (33)
U700
Jack West (139)
Avin Pawar (33)
Leo Kocan (230)
Noah Banning (10)
Jose Rondeau (77)
Dihren Hemdev (59)
Hunter Zelznick (130K)
William Dong (59)
Charles Kim (10)
Steven Lin (230)
U300
Junoo Yang (77)
Shaan Javeri (59)
Advay Misra (59)
Takki Tanaka (77)
Roger Pan (BIM)
Yonah Wolfhagen (130K)
Elias Chu (130M)
Leon Yuan (77)
Argent Catto (BIB)
Atticus Catto (BIB)
Team Winners:
Rapid Open
PS 139, 10 points
PS 11, 10 points
PS 33, 8 points
PS 77, 6 points
1000 +
PS 59, 7.5 points
PS 11, 6.5 points
PS 77, 3 points
PS 33, 2 points
U1000
PS 59, 5.5 points
PS 11, 5 points
PS 77, 4 points
PS 10, 3.5 points
U700
PS 33, 7 points
PS 77, 5.5 points
PS 10, 5 points
PS 59, 4 points
U300
PS 77, 7.5 points
PS 59, 6 points
PS 130M, 4 points
BIB, 3 points
ICN Puzzle Competition:
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 4671 puzzles completed (Top 10)
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 9052 puzzles completed (All Time)
PS 33's Nik Vik is leading the charts with 723 puzzles completed in the last 7 days.
PS 77's Junoo Yang is leading the charts with 148 puzzles completed in one day.
A special congratulations to PS 59's Jude Kazan for having the highest chesskid rating in the last 7 days of 2626.
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