Patrick Henry Chess Team
Winning One Move at a Time.
PH Chess Team Finishes in 2nd Place
May 10th
The Patrick Henry Chess Team finished in 2nd place for their final tournament of the 2011-2012 season at Lee Burneson Middle School in Westlake, Ohio.
Highlights for the team included the first tournament competition for: Daysha, Mikayla, Martaevion, and Malique. All played tough games and represented PH very well.
Tamia played her best tournament of the year and finished in fourth place over all with 2.5 points. Travon played very well and entered the third round undefeated before being defeated by the eventual first place winner. He finished in seventh place overall with 2 points.
Individual results and the tournament cross table can be found at this link: http://www.progresswithchess.com/Westlake%20Non-Rated%2012.htm
Patrick Henry Chess Team Takes 3rd Place in GCSCL
Feb 26th
The Patrick Henry Chess Team finished the final tournament round of the Greater Cleveland Scholastic Chess League with a third place finish on Saturday, Feb 25, 2012. The team continued to face solid competition from Solon Middle School and Shaker Heights Middle School.
Highlights from the day include:
Leading the middle school team with 2 points was Greg Huff who finished in 10th place overall.
Trevon Edwards continued to play strongly against very solid opposition, he scored 1.5 points over all; with his 1/2 point draw allowing the team to maintain it’s 3rd place finish.
Cross tables and individual information can be found by following this link.
Patrick Henry’s Chess Team Suffers Setback in CMSD
Feb 7th
The Patrick Henry Chess Team suffered it’s first setback in the season yesterday at Max Hayes High School. The team was not able to send a full squad to the tournament due to absences of three members. As a result, the team had to forfiet a total of 4 points across the day.
Highlights for the day included very solid play from Greg Huff. Greg went undefeated for the day and posted 2 points for the day. Tamia Wagner also played very well across the day.
The team is now fighting for 2nd place in the CMSD season along with 6 other teams. CMSD tourny play will finish up next week at Max Hayes on Monday.
Patrick Henry Continues to Win in CMSD
Jan 30th
The Patrick Henry Chess Team continued to win at Max Hayes High School last evening in the opening rounds of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District Chess League. The middle school team played Benjamin Franklin to a 2-2 draw and swept Adlai Stevenson 4-0 to finish the day on Monday.
Travon Edwards lead the team with two victories on board one, along with Qu’vonta Ratliff claiming two victories on board three. Greg Huff and Tamia Wagner each added a victory to to take all four points against Stevenson.
The standings after round 2 were as follows:
1) William C Bryant 8 pts
2) Whitney Young 7 pts
3) Patrick Henry 6 pts
4) Ben Franklin 5.5 pts
5) Sunbeam 5 pts
6-7) Gallagher & Memorial 4 pts each
8 ) Artemus Ward 0.5 pts
9) Adlai Stevenson 0 pts
The team will continue with the next rounds in tournament play at Max Hayes High School on Monday, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:00 PM.
Chess Team Takes 3rd Place at Rocky River
Jan 29th
Patrick Henry Chess Team with Chess Mom, Ms. Machado
The Patrick Henry Chess Team continued it’s winning ways on Saturday, January 28th at Rocky River High School by taking 3rd place in the 3rd round of the Greater Cleveland Scholastic Chess League Tournament.
The middle school team played very well earning 6.5 points across 4 rounds of play. 7th grader, Travon Edwards lead the team with 3 points across the four rounds to earn 6th place overall in the K-8 Reserve Bracket. This serves as a new personal best for Travon in a USCF rated tournament. Greg Huff earned 2 points and Micquan Goolsby earned 1.5 points. Special mention goes to Tamia Wagner who after just joining the team in December has progressed to be able to play at the tournament level.
THe middle school team also had a chance to meet and talk with David Allen and Calvin Marshall who are USCF master level players, with ratings of over 2000 and currently coach at Horizon Science Academy.
Middle School Reserve Team Results
Plc Code Name (Players:Top 4 used) Score Solk Cum CumOp SBx2
1 ShakMS Shaker Heights Middle School, S (5) 8.5 37.5 25.5 93.5 28.5
2 SolonM Solon Middle School, Solon, OH (5) 8.0 27.5 16.0 71.0 18.0
3 Patric Patrick Henry Middle School, Cl (4) 6.5 28.0 13.0 71.0 16.5
4 BeachM Beachwood Middle School, Beachw (2) 4.0 18.5 11.0 43.0 12.0
5 Woodbu Woodbury Elementary, Shaker Hts (2) 3.0 7.5 6.0 18.0 10.0
The elementary team also played very well. 2nd grader, Wrahsaan Huff lead the team with a 2.5 points to finish in 10th place individually; a personal best for him this season. Charlie Favors earned 1 point to help the team finish with 3.5 points and finish in 5th place in the K-5 bracket.
K-5 Elementary Team Results
Plc Code Name (Players:Top 4 used) Score Solk Cum CumOp SBx2
1 Roxbur Roxbury Elementary, Solon, OH (5) 8.5 30.0 20.5 72.0 19.5
2 Orchar Orchard Middle School , Solon, (3) 7.0 25.0 20.0 62.5 24.0
3 Woodbu Woodbury Elementary, Shaker Hts (3) 6.5 25.0 17.5 64.0 20.5
4 North Northwood Elementary, North Can (2) 6.0 18.0 15.0 47.0 24.0
5 Patric Patrick Henry Middle School, Cl (2) 3.5 13.5 5.0 31.0 5.5
6 Menlo Menlo Park Academy, Cleveland, (2) 2.0 16.0 4.5 34.5 6.0
The Patrick Henry Chess Team will continue tournament play for the next three weeks on Mondays after school at Max Hayes High School in Cleveland, Ohio as part of the CMSD Chess League.
Follow this link to see individual results from the Rocky River Tournament.
Chess Team Takes Part in Ohio Grade Level Championship
Dec 13th
View of 7-12 Grade Room
The Patrick Henry Chess Team took part in the Ohio Grade Level Championship at the University of Akron on Saturday, December 10.
Seven players from the chess team departed from the school at 8:30 am to play in the tournament and did not finish until after 9 PM on Saturday. The students played five games that lasted over 90 min a game. During the 5 rounds, students saw some of the best players in the state at their grade level.
Representing Patrick Henry were:
Grade 2 – WRAHSAAN HUFF
Grade 5 – CHARLIE FAVORS
Grade 7:
TREVON D EDWARDS
MICQUAN GOOLSBY
GREGORY HUFF
NOAH RUSH
The 7th graders were able to compete as a team by having 4 players. They collected 6 points across the rounds to finish in 5th place in the State of Ohio. Competion was very tight as a total of 3.5 points seperated the entire field from first to last place.
Individual performance highlights include:
Greg Huff whio collected 3 points during his five rounds of play and finished 15th over all in the 7th grade section and also to Travon Edwards who finished 23rd over all with 2 points.
Micquan Goolsby was playing in his first tournament for the school. Both Micquan and Noah Rush each earned 1 point during the five rounds of play.
Complete tournament results for teams and individuals can be found at this link.
The team will enjoy winter break and prepare for their next appearance in the Greater Cleveland Scholastic League on Jan. 28, 2012 at Rocky River High School.
Click on this link to see a slide show of highlights from the day: chess WM
Patrick Henry Wins 3rd at GCSCL
Dec 5th
Patrick Henry Chess Team Wins 3rd Place at Solon Middle School.
The Patrick Henry Chess Team won 3rd place at Round 2 of the Greater Cleveland Scholastic Chess League Tournament on Saturday 12/2/11 in their first tournament of the year.
The K-8 team was lead by 7th grader Travon Edwards who earned 2.5 points in the four rounds of the tournament by winning draw in the 2nd round and then winning his remaining two matches. 2nd grader Wrahsaan Huff earned 1.5 points with a draw in the first round and a win in the final round. 7th grader, Greg Huff earned a point along with 7th graders Noah Rush and 5th grader Charlie Favors who were each playing in their first USCF Tournament.
The Patrick Henry Chess team travels to the University of Akron next Saturday to compeat in The Ohio Grade Level Championships
Cross Tables of individual performance and total tournament results can be found on this link.
Chess Practice Has Started at Patrick Henry
Sep 16th
The Patrick Henry Chess Team has begun practice for the 2011-2012 school year.
Shout outs to the following members who are returning to play this year:
Jermaine D
Greg H
Travon E
Wrahsaan H
Charlie F
Tracy T
Antonio S
The team meets on Monday’s after school in the cafe. If you are interested in joining the chess team, please see Mr. Quinn.
Welcome Back to 2011-2012
Aug 29th
The Patrick Henry Chess Team will begin practice at school on 9/12/11. We will hold practice on Mondays from 2:15 to 3:30 PM.
The team schedule is under development; but we are currently looking to play at the following events:
Oct 22, 2011 Fairhill Center
12200 Fairhill Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44120
Nov 5, 2011 Greater Cleveland Scholastic Chess League #1
Location: TBA
Dec 3, 2011 Greater Cleveland Scholastic Chess League #2
Location: TBA
Dec 10, 2011 Ohio Grade Level Championship
Location: Akron University
Jan 28, 2012 Greater Cleveland Scholastic Chess League #3
Location: TBA
Feb 9, 2012 Patrick Henry School
Mar 3, 2012 Greater Cleveland Scholastic Chess League #4
Location: TBA
All events except the Patrick Henry Open will be USCF rated events that will help you improve your USCF rating.
I would strongly recomment spending some time with the end game simulator: http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-training/endgame-simulations.php
I will be posting additional information as our first practice comes closer. If you have been taking some time off, start to play and get sharp. This year we are getting better one move at a time!
End Game Test
May 27th
How good are your end games?
http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-training/endgame-simulations.php
