Barkell Chess Snowflake Tournament

December 1, 2012

Capital Christian Center (Fairview & Eagle, NE Entrance)

Individual Tournament: Great practice for State and a chance to win trophies for yourself AND your school. Check-in at 9am, 1^st round starts 9:20. All sections are 5 rounds (no elimination). Game 20 for Round 1-3 (40min/game) and Game 30 for Rounds 4-5(1hr/game). Tournament should end by 2pm.

         Pre-Registration: $10                   Prizes in each Section:

       Late Registration: $15                        1st-5th: Trophies

                                                                  6th-7th: Medals

Concessions will be raising money to help  8th-10th: Ribbons    send Lyndsay’s dad and brother to Seattle     1st Team Trophy  

so  they can spend the holidays as a           Prizes Based on 16 in Section 

family. Lyndsay is currently in Seattle, with her mom,  recovering from a bone marrow transplant. To see updates go to www.neverstopfighting.com. Thank you for your prayers and support!

Pre-Registration ends at midnight WEDNESDAY 11/28/12

To Register: Email barkellchess@gmail.com and leave name, grade, and school. 

2012 Blitz & Bughose Results

Thank you to everyone that played in this tournament!

Blitz Winners

K-6:  Name/Team            Score

 1 Pridemore, Faolan         9

 2 Yang, Elena                  8

 3 VanderSys, Kaleb         7

Open: Name/Team        Score

 1 Nahlen, John                  9

&2 Kurcher, Caleb              9

 3 Gorman, Cody                6

Bughouse Winners

Open:Name/Team Score

 1 Kurcher, Nahlen   10

 2 Barkell                          8

K-6: Name/Team            Score

 1 Yang, VanderSys         5

 2 Pridmore, Hanson         4

 3     Mahin, Paulson        4 

2012 SUMMER CHESS

Need to keep your child's brain working throughout the summer? Stay involved in chess! Not only will it give them something fun to do, but it will give them advantage over all the kids that forget about chess until the school year.

Every TUESDAY NIGHT I teach a group  lesson. These lessons will start back up April 3rd. For the month of April they will go from 6:30-8pm and we will focus on blitz (speed chess), bughouse (partner chess), and tactics! $5 per week at Cloverdale & Fairview. Last year classes were full so I will open up Monday Night Chess if there’s enough participation.

BLITZ & BUGHOUSE TOURNAMENT  is April 14th!!!  Blitz is timed chess (5 minutes on each side of the clock). Bughouse is partner chess. When you take your opponent’s pieces, you then give those pieces to your partner who can then place them onto their board. Bughouse is also timed, 5 minutes on each side of the clock. There are 5 different round, and you play each person 2 games (one game as white, one as black), equaling 10 games. My goal is to hold a tournament once a month throughout the summer so kids can stay involved. As long as I have participants, I'll keep doing them.

SUMMER CAMP was a blast last year! Dates are June 4th-8th. However, some private schools are still in school during camp so I may hold a 2nd Camp June 18th-22nd depending on enough participation. Let me know if you’re interested in either camp! Camps include a week full of playing chess, learning new strategies, solving puzzles, playing in a chess simul and tournament, making friends, and playing capture the flag and water games! Pre-register by May 4^th to save $25. ALL registrations after May 21^st are charged a $25 late fee.

For more information or to sign up for events email me at barkellchess@gmail.com

2012 Ice Tournament Results

Thank you to everyone who participated in this tournament. With 35 players we were able to donate over $500 to Lyndsay Wright Leukemia Fund!


Results:
1st Place Overall: Rayan Mahin (2nd grade)
2nd Place Overall: Elena Yang (3rd grade)
3rd Place Overall: Daniel Duan (3rd grade)

6th Grade:
1st: Jensen Huang
5th Grade:
1st: Christopher Baumann
4th Grade: 
1st: Amelia Mussler-Wright
2nd: Lance Thrall
3rd Grade:
1st: Henry Neal
2nd: Curtis Simpson
3rd: Tyler Marquardt
2nd Grade:
1st: Ryan Thrall
2nd: Quintton Carney
3rd: Matthew Paulson
1st Grade:
1st: Ryan Marquardt
2nd: Jack Bengston
Kindergarten:
1st: Ryan Hughes

Lyndsay Wright

My best friend Lyndsay Wright was diagnosed with Leukemia last month and started Chemotherapy right away. She is currently in her second round of Chemo and has been in the hospital for the past month. It has been a crazy month full of news and procedures nobody wants to go through, especially at the age of 19. The way that Lynsday has handled it has amazed and inspired me. Inspite of going through all of this she has stayed positive and full of joy. I want to help alleviate the burden of this so I'm giving the proceeds of the Ice Tournament to her. I'd love your support so be sure to come out and play some chess!!! To find out more information on her journey or to donate go to www.lyndsayfight.org

        Barkell CHESS Benefit ICE TOURNAMENT

February 18, 2012

Capital Christian Center

(Fairview & Eagle, NE Entrance)

Individual tournament, practice for STATE! Check-in at 9am, 1^st round starts 9:20. Both sections are 5 rounds. Game 20 for round 1-3, game 30 for rounds 4-5. Tournament should end by 2pm.

K-6: TROPHIES for 1^st-3^rd place overall and 1^st place in each grade.

Open: TROPHIES! 1^st-3^rd place overall and 1^st place middle school, upper, & lower classmen. Prizes based on 12 players in the section.   

                 *$5 off if you bring 2                   Pre-Registration: $20

      nonperishable food items!!!     Late Registration: $25

Registration ends at midnight MONDAY 2/13/12

To Register: Email barkell.erica@gmail.com or call 949-8349 and leave full name, grade, phone number, email address.