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Tournaments

Bishop Folly's Chess Tournament

Saturday, April 20th

Purdue University Stewart Center room 214

9:00 - 3:00

March Madness Chess Tournament

Summer Flash Chess Tournament

Saturday, August 3rd

Purdue University Stewart Center room 214

9:00 - 3:00

Round Robin Scrimmage

Next Week is Thursday, April 4th - 5:00 – 6:30pm

Thursday (1^st & 3^rd week);

5:00 – 6:30 pm;

Morton Center; Map

Room 211;

All levels of students are encouraged to attend. Students will be paired in quads and play a round robin. Cost is $5 per session. It is my recommendation that even students that do not know how to move all the pieces would greatly benefit from this extra practice and I encourage all to attend when possible.

USCF Rated Scholastic Competitions

Throughout the year, various scholastic competitions rated through the United States Chess Federation, the national governing chess body. These are open to all USCF members. Scholastic memberships are available at www.uschess.org

Common Tournament Questions

Parents should expect to console their children when they lose and encourage good sportsmanship regardless of the results. Children play chess best when they are not surging with adrenaline (or sugar) and when they know that their primary aim is to play their best, not necessarily to win. The ultimate winners of every event are the players who do not get too low after a defeat, or too high after a win.

Chess Performance:

AJ Pheasant,a Class 'A' player, has been playing competitive chess 13 years. He is the winner of the U1900 Chicago Open section. He began to play in local scholastic tournaments. In high school he competed in three Indiana state tournaments and tied for 2nd 3 times. He also played in 3 High School National Tournaments.

Chess Teaching Experience:

In college as President of the Purdue University Chess Club. During his tenure as President he created the Chess Start Program in the fall of 2003 to raise the quality of chess in the local area to a tournament level. He instructed 75 children at 4 local elementary schools on a weekly basis. After graduating from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN with a Bachelor of Science, he worked as a full time Chess Coach for the Chess Emporium in Phoenix, AZ in the spring of 2006. He taught chess classes at nine to eleven schools. He created team unity within the players at each of clubs while working to further each child's overall development.

Chess Organization Experience:

2 years experience as the Day-to-Day Operations Manager for the Chess Emporium, LLC.

Negotiated schedules and contracts with 250 school in 15 districts, community education departments, and private entities
The program taught over 2500 students each semester
25 full and part time coaches
Managed 8 adminstrative support staff
Provided friendly, efficient, and superior customer support via phone, e-mail, and in person

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