Daily Message from Coach Russ - Celebrating w/ Team Shirt Fridays
Dear Friends,
Today is our 4th Team Shirt Friday! Team Shirt Fridays are a celebration of sorts, a celebration of the completion of another great week of chess programming and the reminder of the promise that we are another week closer until we are all reunited over the board.
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. We have also created an online gallery here,
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.
Reaching our Goals:
Yesterday we had the following players compete:
11:30 AM Morning Rapid - 52 Players - Goal = 50 Players New Goal = 100 Players
4:00 PM Serious Matches - 55 Players - Goal = 100 Players
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!
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
Daily Tournament Results: April 9th - 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
Jude Kazan (59)
Christoffer Lamtan (11)
Kiaan Javeri (59)
Arhan Javeri (59)
Leonidas Zografos (116)
Darren Reiss (59)
Jacob Meyers (33)
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Oliver Skelcher (11)
Riaan Javeri (59)
1000 +
Jed Sloan (Primoris)
Rose Morden (33)
Chloe Stark
Avaan Chamadia (11)
Simone Morden
Hunter Quirk (10)
Hunter Quirk (10)
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Louis Barry (11)
Adrian Clubb (10)
U1000
Akaash Rau (116)
Wolfgang Damon (33)
Jacob Harris (116)
Elliott Crawford (11)
Miles Dowshen Flores (139)
Abyl Dowshen Flores (139)
Anay Varma (11)
Kiaan Javeri (59)
U700
Avin Pawar (33)
Clark Shlisky (77)
Steven Lin (230)
Anthony Cortese(111)
Davey Murdoch (11)
Esmeralda Lopez (139)
Caiden Shuman (77)
Harrison Leese (139)
Kai Hei Wong (33)
Marisa Pacelli (33)
U300
Elias Chu (130M)
Takki Tanaka (77)
Simon Rifkin (116)
Leon Yuan (77)
Nikolai Elkind-Maron (230)
Finn Loomis (139)
James Chan (33)
Audrey Chan (33)
Roger Pan (BIM)
Shaya Zaman (11
Daily Stats and StandDaily 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 59, 17 points
PS 11, 11.5 points
PS 33, 9.5 points
PS 10, 9 points
1000 +
PS 33, 6.5 points
Primoris, 3 points
PS 11, 3 points
PS 10, 2 points
U1000
PS 116, 4 points
PS 33, 2.5 points
PS 11, 1 point
PS 139, 0.5 point
U700
PS 33, 7 points
PS 77, 6 points
PS 139, 4 points
PS 230, 3 points
U300
PS 77, 5 points
PS 130M, 3 points
PS 116, 2 points
PS 230, 2 points
ICN Puzzle Competition:
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 5,796 puzzles completed (Top 10)
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 11,240 puzzles completed (All Time)
PS 33's Nik Vig is leading the charts with 807 puzzles completed in the last 7 days.
PS 33's Nik Vig is leading the charts with 151 puzzles completed in one day.
A special congratulations to PS 11's Avaan Chamadia for having the highest chesskid rating in the last 7 days of 2704.
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