McKinley Dominates both Divisions at State Fair Park

The Folk Fair was a great place for chess!

McKinley kids had a blast!

McKinley Elementary did very well at State Fair park this Saturday the 18th!

McKinley won the K-3 division with 4 players - two of them in their first tournament!   The team of Charlie, Marissa, Nolan and Lukas took first place by 3 points over Tosa Catholic.  Charlie led the way with 4 out of 5 wins and a 2nd place individual trophy.  Marissa and Lukas both had 3 wins out of 5 in their first tournament!  Logan also had 3.

In the K-6 division, McKinley took 1st place also, with 16 points, winning by 4 points over St. Monica, Monroe Public Schools, and Siloah Lutheran who all tied for second with 12 points.  Louis took home the first place individual trophy with a perfect 5/5 wins.  Max JUST missed a trophy, going 4/5 and taking 6th place individual, and Zach added 4 wins too.  Kate and Henry Ri added 3 apiece.  Darius added 2.5 wins to the effort, and several others contributed - nobody with less than 1 win.

Lots of new kids in the program are stepping up!  We see over and over again that the kids who spend time on ChessKids are showing progress.  Some of the kids who did so well last year better step up their game and work on getting the rust off!  Remember, you never ARRIVE with chess - you must always keep up your practice and maintain your focus.  When you relax and think "I am awesome, I can stop practicing," you will see that your game will always suffer.

Great job McKinley kids!!   - Mr. S