LCH CHESS

♟The Apprentice is now the Sith Lord. Congrats to Larsen Winger for getting the chess coach position at LCHS. I'm proud to pass the torch to such a warrior. I'll still serve as the team treasurer/ mentor and will also give him admin to this page. All he has to do is post once a year and that's already twice as much as I did. Some might remember Larsen as playing 1.e3 2.Qf3 or board 5 at state. Wasn't long after that that he became board 1 and a 1.d4 2.c4 monster. Now he's responsible for nurturing the next batch of patzers. Join me in rejoicing this triumph and tag anyone I miss. Chase Michael Jamieson Aidan Hancuff Cody Alexander Cumbra Allen Smith Parker Rhodes Kenny Leach

Yup.. that's a 1st place team trophy at the Clackamas Chess Open.

Individual Scores:

Chase: 4-1 (tied for 1st place)
Loren: 3-2 (won a medal)
James: 3-2 (won a medal)
Erik the Grey: 3-2 (won a medal)
Jack: 2-1-1
Tim: 2-3
Erik the Sarcastic: 2-3

Nice work to the LCH Chess team beating Skyview High School last Friday 9-5. Skyview's team is definitely better than the last time we played them (they had like 20 players there this time and their board 1 is rated +1700). Here are the individual scores:

Chase: 2-0
Loren: 2-0
Ben: 1-1
Larsen: 0-2
Tim: 2-0
Jack: 2-0
Erik: 0-2

Next tournament: Clackamas Open 10/29. Will be tough competition, but the team is getting better every week.

With just two rounds to go in Leuven- no one will be able to catch Carlsen. That leaves him with a 2nd place finish in Paris, 1st in Leuven.. unfortunately, he won't be able to defend his 2015 Grand Chess Tour title since he will have to miss the Sinquefield Cup as he will be preparing for the 2016 World Championship match. The London Classic is in December so he should be able to attend there, and who knows, maybe if he wins the London Classic and enough math works in his favor, he might still win the 2016 Grand Chess Tour even without playing the Sinquefield Cup (probably not though):