Daily Message from Coach Russ - Social Activity Room = Daily Fun for All!
Dear Friends,
We are social, always have been, always will be! At the center of our chess experience is the human interaction of which communities are built upon!
With that said, we are super super excited to announce our NEW Social Team Activity Room!
This will run Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM with a variety of educational and social opportunities
Starting today:
9:15 AM- Morning Coaches Greeting!
10:00 - 11:00 AM - Puzzle Duel vs Coach Mathew
11:30 AM - 1:00 - PM - Rapid ROOM
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Serious Game Review
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Beat the Coach!
You can join our NEW Social Team Activity Room (STAR) below
Join the FUN! (Check out daily email for link)
Be well,
Coach Russ
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, zoom room activities
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, zoom room activities
Individual Winners (Top 10):
Rapid Open
Devin Wang (77)
Davey Murdoch (11)
Clark Shlisky (77)
Max Stark (33)
Victoria Volik (10)
Wolfgang Damon (33)
Peter Volik (10)
Anthony Cortese (111)
Marisa Pacelli (33)
Adam Abdelgawad (BIB)
1000 +
Chloe Stark (33)
Christoffer Lamtan (11)
Sho Moritani (59)
Jonas Flores-Zeledon (139)
Nathan Liu (Roxbury)
Amitai Sebba (BCD)
Raphael Puritz (Miami Country)
Rohail Shah (PS40)
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Chris DeDona (PS49)
U1000
Kevin Xie (10)
Royal Puritz (Miami Country)
Miles Dowshen Flores (139)
Abyl Dowshen Flores (139)
Avin Pawar (33)
Jude Badawi (33)
Clark Shlisky (77)
Asher Cohen (116)
Aarush Bandreddi (11)
Philip Moy (59)
U700
Charlie Rozenfeld (130K)
Hunter Zelznick (130K)
Nik Vig (33)
Jackie Grettum (33)
Aden B Huang (33)
Oliver Goh (33)
Adam Abdelgawad (BIB)
Kai Hei Wong (33)
Finn Loomis (139)
Parker Chang (33)
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 77, 9 points
PS 33, 9 points
PS 11, 5 points
PS 10, 5 points
1000 +
PS 11, 6 points
PS 33, 3 points
PS 59, 3 points
PS 10, 3 points
U1000
PS 139, 6.5 points
PS 33, 5 points
PS 10, 4 points
PS 59, 4 points
U700
PS 33, 9 points
PS 130K, 8 points
BIB, 4 points
PS 139, 3 points
ICN Puzzle Competition:
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 10,619 puzzles completed (Top 10)
PS 33's Team leads with a total of 19,565 puzzles completed (All Time)
PS 33's Nik Vig is leading the charts with 966 puzzles completed in the last 7 days.
PS 33's Nik Vig is leading the charts with 101 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 2727.
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