Introducing PS 11's Emma Phu :) Player Profile #1
Good Morning Friends!
Good Morning Friends,
Coach West here! Our chess communities have always developed around and thrived on all the amazing individual contributions our kids bring.
Every child gives something unique to our team, and the whole becomes so much more than the mere sum of all these parts.
In that spirit, today I'm happy to introduce my new video series, our ICN Player Profiles! I have started interviewing players from across our network, giving them a chance to shine and finding out what makes them tick, and our first star is PS 11's own 1st grade phenom, Emma Phu.
Please follow our ICN Online youtube page for more interviews to come!
Also, tomorrow is Thankful Thursday, and we'd love to continue to hear from parents & kids about what chess has meant to their lives! Send us your stories and reflections at icnonlinecommunity@gmail.com.
Lastly, don't forget to check out our new rating system for online play. We are proud to be able to offer continued rated play for all ICN ChessKid events. Ratings will be updated daily and section promotions will be made every Monday. You can find your child's new ICN Rating here: ----> ICN Ratings
Please take your new rating for a spin at this Sunday's Chelsea Prep Chess Tournament! You can find all of the details below.
Be well,
Coach West
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
Micah Reiss (59)
Chenran Zhao (59)
Kevin Xie (10)
Devin Wang (77)
Emma Phu (11)
Ashwin Bear (Trinity)
Miles Dowshen Flores (139)
Miles Cowal (230)
Jeremy K. Yoon (10)
Wolfgang Damon (33)
1000 +
Amitai Sebba (BCD)
Nathan Peyton (41)
Hunter Quirk (10)
Rohail Shah (PS40)
Jonas Flores-Zeledon (139)
Josh Price (Home)
Chloe Stark (33)
Indira Raparthi (11)
Christoffer Lamtan (11)
Summer Loh (77)
U1000
Avin Pawar (33)
Eisa Majewski (11)
Devin Wang (77)
Jack West (139)
Charles Kim (10)
Miles Dowshen Flores (139)
Jeremy K. Yoon (10)
Steven Lin (230)
Donovan Fox (11)
Miles Stringer (33))
U700
Asher Cohen (116)
Davey Murdoch (11)
Alice Harriss (11)
Leo Kocan (230)
Arjun Bhatnagar (10)
Dihren Hemdev (59)
Finn Loomis (139)
Kai Hei Wong (33)
Sebastian Ding (11)
Charlie Rozenfeld (130K)
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, 9 points
PS 10, 7 points
PS 33, 6 points
PS 139, 5 points
1000 +
PS 41, 7 points
PS 11, 5 points
PS 77, 4 points
BCD, 3 points
U1000
PS 139, 7 points
PS 33, 6 points
PS 10, 6 points
PS 11, 5 points
U700
PS 11, 10 points
PS 130K, 5 points
PS 116, 4 points
PS 59, 4 points
ICN Puzzle Competition:
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 9,123 puzzles completed (Top 10)
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 16,635 puzzles completed (All Time)
PS 33's Nik Vig is leading the charts with 964 puzzles completed in the last 7 days.
PS 33's Nik Vig is leading the charts with 202 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