Dear Friends,
Wishing everyone well!
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.
Communication will be sent out directly to each program with zoom links and schedule.
Keep up the great job,
Coach Russ
PS 116 Tournament Results:
We hope everyone enjoyed the tournament as much as we did organizing it. It was a special day filled with team spirit, togetherness and fighting chess! The PS 116 Chess Tournament lives on uninterrupted thanks to each of you!
Please see below link for our award ceremony.
Once again, thank you to everyone who participated and a special congratulations to all of our winners!
Please email us at impactcoachingnetworklessons@gmail.com
PS 116 Team Results:
U 300 Section:
1st Place - PS 33
2nd Place - PS 139
U 700 Section:
1st Place - PS 139
2nd Place - PS 281
U 1000 Section:
1st Place - PS 59
2nd Place- PS 139
1000 + Section:
1st Place PS 59
2nd Place PS 139
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 - 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 Schedule:
We are continuing to evolve our online programming with new additions being worked on daily. By next week we hope to have small group interactive classes along with a database of skill appropriate lessons for all students provided by our amazing coaching staff. Please see below for our current daily schedule from M-F
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 - 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.
Daily Team Meetings: 3:30 PM
We will host daily live streamed 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. Watch 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
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.!
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
Friday's are our weekly team shirt day. Check out our friends in their team shirts @ TEAM SHIRT FRIDAYS
Send pictures in your Team Shirt on Friday's to icnonlinecommunity@gmail.com .
We will post all of our photos to our Instagram below.
Team Winners:
Rapid Open
PS 77, 5 points
PS 139, 4 points
PS 59, 4 points
PS 11, 4 points
1000 +
PS 139, 3 points
PS 11, 2 points
PS 59, 2 points
PS 33, 2 points
U1000
PS 59, 5 points
PS 77, 2 points
PS 139, 2 points
U700
PS 33, 3 points
PS 111, 2.5 points
PS 10, 2.5 points
PS 77, 2 points
U300
PS 77, 5 points
BIM, 2.5 points
BIB, 2 points
Individual Winners (Top 10):
Rapid Open -
Elliot Goodrich (77) - First Place!
Jonas Flores-Zeledon (139)
Jude Kazan (59)
Indira Raparthi (11)
Kevin Xie (10)
Christoffer Lamtan (11)
Adrian Clubb (10)
Emma Phu (11)
Clark Shlisky (77)
Amishna Gurung (139)
1000 +
Jonas Flores-Zeledon (139) - First Place!
Avaan Chamadia (11)
Arhan Javeri (59)
Jacob Meyers (33)
Riann Javeri (59)
Jude Kazan (59)
Elliot Goodrich (77)
Indira Raparthi (11)
Christoffer Latman (11)
Lincoln Wu
U1000
Matthew Wu (59) - First Place!
Kiaan Javeri (59)
Charles Jia (77)
Miro Lerner (139)
Devin Wang (77)
Jeremy K. Yoon (10)
Easton Cohen (10)
Miles Wuertele (59)
Wolfgang Damon (33)
U700
Marisa Pacelli (33) - First Place!
Tino Pinsker (111)
Arjun Bhatnagar (10)
Jose Rondeau (77)
Charlie Rozenfeld (130K)
Avin Pawar (33)
Clark Shlisky (77)
Harrison Leese (39)
Caiden Shuman (77)
William Lucas (33)
U300
Clarity Shuman (77) - First Place!
Roger Pan (BIM)
Colton Choi (BIB)
Leon Yuan (77)
Ryan Wertheimer (33)
Gable Carney (BIB)
Morgan Mayo (10)
Finn Loomis (139)
Maho Sato (59)
Samaira Mody (59)
ICN Puzzle Competition:
PS 59's Team leads with a total of 3184 puzzles completed (Top 10)
PS 59's Dev Jairath is leading the charts with 940 puzzles completed in the last 7 days.
PS 11's Avery Whitaker is leading the charts with 249 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 2603.
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
Suggested Solutions for Common Technical Issues
Essential need-to-know information:
Do NOT make a move on the board when it is not their turn. They will end up "committing" to that move even if they don't want to and it will give the appearance of a bug, which it is not. Just like real chess: Hands off the board when it is not your turn :-)
Tournaments are accessible through web browser only, not app. Use the recommended browsers Firefox & Chrome (and definitely not Edge or Internet Explorer). Registration (and the Join button) will only open 15 minutes before the start of the tournament.
Use the Chesskid username we provided you for Chess Club and Team. Our tournaments are not available to any personally created accounts.
After logging in on a web browser, here's quick link to see tournaments https://www.chesskid.com/play/fastchess
Remember to refresh the page to get updated time stamps for upcoming tournaments and turn on that "Join" button
If your opponent offers a draw or forfeit and you do not agree, please don't press the checkmark to accept the draw or forfeit. Do not exit out of game at any point to avoid a lost or withdrawing from tournament
We cannot manually add anyone into a round or tournament after it has started, or alter any results.
Please feel free to get friendly with the browser refresh button -
Refresh page to get updated time stamps for upcoming tournaments and turn on that "Join" button,
Refresh page in between rounds if next round doesn't automatically start,
Refresh page if opponent seems to have moved away from game or if the game experiences a lag
Please email any additional questions or issues to icnchesskid@gmail.com with the Chesskid username in the subject line, and any relevant screenshots we may be able to use.
We understand you may have technical issues and we continue to thank you for your patience as we work to get all your questions answered and your child ready for the next online tournament.