Daily Message from Coach Russ - The Week Ahead & New Programming
Dear Friends,
Wishing you all well!
This week ahead we hope to include several new exciting additions to our programming. We continue to think of new ways to engage our communities as hope to keep our players eager for each coming week and motivated to try and get a bit better each and every day.
Starting today we will be offering post-mortem game review daily with Coach Alex Figueroa from games played in our 4 PM serious matches. We will call it Review w/ Coach Figgy and it will run daily on our YouTube Channel at 6:30 pm. Players can join the live stream, enter their game and round into the chat to be reviewed by Coach Alex. Coach Figgy will get to as many games as possible in sequential order.
Starting this week we will featuring LIVE interviews on our YouTube Channel with top performing players from across our ICN Online Community. Players will have the chance to see and hear from many of our exciting competitors. Hopefully this will continue to help motivate, inspire and engage all of us to get better each day.
Finally, starting today we have opened our ICN Online Community to include 1000 + players from across NYC and beyond. These new players will be included in all of our online tournaments in both the 1000 + group and a newly formed 1500 + group. We hope this increased level of competition will benefit everyone and continue to drive exciting play across our entire network. Players such as National Champion Jed Sloan and Primary City Champion Bobby Qian will be joining among many others!
Reaching our Goals:
Friday we had the following players compete:
11:30 AM Morning Rapid - 47 Players - New Goal = 100 Players
4:00 PM Serious Matches - 81 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 10th - 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
Jed Sloan (Primoris)
Arhan Javeri (59)
Darren Reiss (59)
Avaan Chamadia (11)
Riaan Javeri (59)
Jude Kazan (59)
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Maxwell Stringer (33)
Jude Badawi (33)
Warren Liang (Anderson)
1000 +
Avaan Chamadia (11)
Noah Gillston (77)
Chloe Stark
Sho Moritani (59)
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Indira Raparthi (11)
Louis Barry (11)
Chenyu Zhao (59)
Arhan Javeri (59)
Jude Kazan (59)
U1000
Kiaan Javeri (59)
Charles Jia (77)
Akaash Rau (116)
Go Clancy (59)
Wiley Howe (33)
Miro Lerner (139)
Miles Dowshen Flores (139)
Matthew Wu (59)
Miles Stringer (33)
Wolfgang Damon (33)
U700
Harrison Leese (139)
Steven Lin (230
)Asher Cohen (116)
Lia Barros (139)
Kai Hei Wong (33)
Jack West (139)
Nik Vig (33)
Luca Vucettic (11)
Noah Banning (10)
Matthias Chun (77)
U300
Roger Pan (BIM)
Junoo Yang (77)
Advay Misra (59)
Jackie Grettum (33)
Elias Chu (130M)
Takki Tanaka (77)
Ayan Shrestha (77)
Oliver McManus (130K)
Colton Choi (BIB)
Finn Loomis (139)
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, 15 points
PS 11, 11.5 points
PS 33, 10 points
PS 10, 9.5 points
1000 +
PS 11, 8 points
PS 59, 6 points
PS 77, 5 points
PS 33, 4 points
U1000
PS 59, 6 points
PS 33, 3.5 points
PS 139, 3 points
PS 77, 2.5 points
U700
PS 139, 7 points
PS 77, 7 points
PS 33, 5 points
PS 230, 4 points
U300
PS 77, 8 points
BIM, 3 points
PS 59, 3 points
PS 130M, 3 points
ICN Puzzle Competition:
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 6464 puzzles completed (Top 10)
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 12,456 puzzles completed (All Time)
PS 33's Nik Vig is leading the charts with 726 puzzles completed in the last 7 days.
PS 77's Junoo Yang is leading the charts with 229 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 2708.
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