Daily Message from Coach Russ - Team Shirt Friday Contest - Who Will Win?
Dear Friends,
Today is our 5th Team Shirt Friday! Team Shirt Fridays have become a CELEBRATION, a celebration of another great week of chess and the hopeful reminder that we are another week closer to all being reunited again.
In celebration of today's Team Shirt Friday we will host a team contest! Please send us a photo of your child wearing his/her school's Chess Team Shirt. Whatever team sends in the most photos wins. The winning team will be given a program wide tribute w/ photos in our Monday mornings email.
Please send all photos to icnonlinecommunity@gmail.com. You can also post directly to your social media and hashtag #icnonlinecommunity. We will also post on our Instagram account and our dedicated online gallery. The contest will close tonight at 11:59 PM.
Who will win?
PS 10 - Brooklyn Gladiators
PS 11 - Chelsea ChessMates
PS 111 - Adolph S Ochs Heroes of Hell's Kitchen
PS 116 - Mary Lindley Murray Chess Magicians
PS 139 - Chess Ninjas
PS 230 - Kings of Kensington :)
PS 281 - The River School
PS 33 - Chelsea Prep
PS 59 - Beekman Hill International
PS 77 - Lower Lab Lions
PS 130 Manhattan - Dragons of PS 130
PS 130 Brooklyn - The Parkside Pawns :)
BIB - Basis Brooklyn Bears
BIM - Basis Manhattan Wildcats
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 fewer would realize 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.
Have a great weekend,
Coach Russ
ICN Online League Results:
Mini Camp w/ FunMasterMike: 2 Spots Remain
Has your child been listening to FunMasterMike for years on ChessKid but always wanted to get personalized instruction from him? Well now you can!
FunMasterMike will be now be offering small group mini-camps. Each camp will only allow 8 kids and will be a combination of a fun tournament and instruction. Camps are all online and will last about 4-4.5 hours.
The first mini-camp will be Sunday, April 26 at 11am Eastern time/8am Pacific/4pm UK.
ICN Online Community: Things to Note
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
Individual Winners (Top 10):
Rapid Open
Cian Mulderrig (59)
Kiaan Javeri (59)
Emma Phu (11)
Henry Berlach (10)
Tabitha Peterson (111)
Clark Shlisky (77)
Kevin Xie (10)
Tino Pinsker (111)
Wolfgang Damon (33)
Ashwin Bear (Trinity)
1000 +
Avaan Chamadia (11)
Noah Gillston (77)
Chloe Stark (33)
Sho Moritani (59)
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Indira Raparthi (11)
Louis Barry (11)
Chenyu Zhao (59)
Arhan Javeri (59)
Jude Kazan (59)
U1000
Emma Phu (11)
Micah Reiss (59)
Leo Tyszka (230)
Miles Dowshen Flores (139)
Devin Wang (77)
Akaash Rau (116)
Wolfgang Damon (33)
Julian Nicholas Spedalieri (10)
Jacob Harris (116)
U700
Clark Shlisky (77)
Daniel Terentyev (281)
Harrison Leese (139)
Leo Kocan (230)
Asher Cohen (116)
Nik Vig (33)
Jack West (139)
Avin Pawar (33)
Charles Kim (10)
Tino Pinsker (111)
U300
William Moffitt (230)
Wolf Allen (33)
Takki Tanaka (77)
Theodore Han (77)
Colton Choi (BIB)
Leni Brenner (116)
Simon Rifkin (116)
Elias Chu (130M)
Jackie Grettum (33)
Nikolai Elkind-Maron (230)
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 59, 12.5 points
PS 111, 10 points
PS 10, 6 points
PS 11, 4 points
1000 +
PS 11, 8 points
PS 59, 6 points
PS 77, 5 points
PS 33, 4 points
U1000
PS 230, 4 points
PS 11, 3 points
PS 59, 2 points
PS 77, 1.5 points
U700
PS 33, 5 points
PS 139, 4.5 points
PS 77, 3 points
PS 230, 3 points
U300
PS 230, 5.5 points
PS 77, 5.5 points
PS 33, 5 points
PS 116, 5 points
ICN Puzzle Competition:
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 7,631 puzzles completed (Top 10)
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 14,556 puzzles completed (All Time)
PS 77's Junoo Yang is leading the charts with 1,087 puzzles completed in the last 7 days.
PS 10's Dylan Morris is leading the charts with 217 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 2719.
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