Daily Message from Coach Russ - 100 Players & Beyond
Dear Friends,
Wishing you all well.
Solve 50 puzzles this week, play in your 1st rated tournament, win your 1st tournament, join the team at the City Championship, break 600 USCF, break 800 USCF, break 1000 USCF, get inducted into the Hall of Fame, get your 1st Star on the Hall of Fame, compete at the National Championships, win a National Championship, become a legend.
Goals are and have always been the driving force for chess excellence. Without goals, we roam with little motivation toward any particular productive direction. Once we identify a goal and set the wheels in motion of its relentless pursuit, we unleash the most powerful asset known, human potential!
I encourage you to set short, medium and long term chess goals. Short goals should be easily attainable with a reasonable amount of work, medium term goals should be slightly more challenging and long term goals we should be shooting for the starts.
Goals should have a measurable accomplishment at the end. For example, USCF rating, number of puzzles solved, reaching the ICN Top 50, placing in the top 10 in our Daily Events, etc
Just as we encourage you to set goals, we have set some of our own goals as well.
We are setting a goal of reaching 50 players in our Morning Rapid Event (11:30 am) and 100 players in our Daily Serious Matches (4:00 pm)
Rest assured, we will reach those goals {with your help :)} and once we do, we will increase that goal to 75 in our Morning Rapid Event and 150 in our Daily Serious Matches, etc, etc, etc
How to play:
11:30 AM - Daily | 4:00 PM - Daily
Log into the ChessKid username we provided you for Chess Club and Team. Our tournaments are not available to any personally created accounts.
Log in on a web browser and visit Play vs Kid to see the tournaments https://www.chesskid.com/play/fastchess
Registration (and the Join button) will only open 15 minutes before the start of the tournament.
The Show Goes On!
Be Well,
Coach Russ
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 Tournament Results: April 6th - See Full Results Here
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 -
Chenyu Zhao (59)
Jude Kazan (59)
Christoffer Lamtan (11)
Miles Dowshen Flores (139)
Leonidas Zografos (116)
Jeremy K. Yoon (10)
Warren Liang (ICN Friend)
Emma Phu (11)
Adrian Clubb (10)
Peter Volik (10)
1000 +
Louis Barry (11)
Hunter Quirk (10)
Arhan Javeri (59)
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Avaan Chamadia (11)
Meera Bandreddi (11)
Jonas Flores-Zeledon (139)
Christoffer Lamtan (11)
Adrian Clubb (10)
Viggo Vanaselja (11)
U1000
Wolfgang Damon (33)
Miles Stringer (33)
Cian Mulderrig (59)
Matthew Wu (59)
Philip Moy (59)
Aarush Bandreddi (11)
Leonidas Zografos (116)
Akaash Rau (116)
Emma Phu (11)
Miro Lerner (139)
U700
Daniel Terentyev (281)
Jack West (139)
Miles Wong (130K)
Charles Kim (10)
Kai Hei Wong (33)
Anthony Cortese (111)
Clark Shlisky (77)
Arjun Bhatnagar (10)
Harrison Leese (139)
Leo Kocan (230)
U300
Elias Chu (130M)
Theodore Han (77)
Wesley T Huang (33)
Jacob Benchimol (116)
Simon Rifkin (116)
Takki Tanaka (77)
Oliver McManus (130K)
Junoo Yang (77)
Leon Yuan (77)
Finn Loomis (139)
Rapid Open
PS 59, 13 points
PS 11, 13 points
PS 10, 13 points
PS 33, 8 points
1000 +
PS 11, 8 points
PS 10, 3.5 points
PS 59, 2.5 points
PS 77, 2 points
U1000
PS 33, 6 points
PS 59, 6 points
PS 11, 2 points
PS 116, 2 points
U700
PS 10, 6 points
PS 33, 6 points
PS 139, 5.5 points
PS 281, 3 points
U300
PS 77, 7 points
PS 116, 4 points
PS 130K, 4 points
PS 33, 3 points
ICN Puzzle Competition:
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 4896 puzzles completed (Top 10)
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 9452 puzzles completed (All Time)
PS 33's Nik Vik is leading the charts with 847 puzzles completed in the last 7 days.
PS 33's Nik Vik is leading the charts with 127 puzzles completed in one day.
A special congratulations to PS 33's Max Cacciatore for having the highest chesskid rating in the last 7 days of 2632.
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