Chanute High School Chess Club News

"There is not the mystery in ten murders that there is in one game of chess.”                                     Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Our Club Contact Us   CHANUTE HIGH CHESS CLUB. Affiliate Type: Scholastic. 3:00-4:30 MON-THURS. HIGH SCHOOL . Contact: ROBERT LARSON. (620) 432 - 2510.   Click here for a list of Colleges offering Chess Scholarships         Benefits Of Chess Educational Benefits America's Foundation For Chess     Team Members Members with USCF ratings are highlighted with links to their USCF Ratings Melissa Adams Nick Adams Ruth Babb James Cheshier Ryan Coltharp Myles Davis Mark Dennis Cory Edwards Katlin Hooper Sarah Kubler Kim Larue Chris Livengood Waneca McCormick Ben McGregor Derrick Reynolds Mark Stich Ryan Tate John Yowan	Welcome to the Chanute High School Chess Club website.  What is the CHS Chess Club? The CHS Chess Club is a Scholastic Club with practice Monday-Thursday 3:00pm-4:30pm. If you are interested in Joining contact Chess Coach ROBERT LARSON at Chanute High School 400 S. Highland Chanute, KS 66720 (620) 432-2510   Team News: October 15, 2005 Congratulations to the CHS Chess team on their 3rd place finish at Northeast Arma Saturday. Special congratulations to medalists Shane Pruitt, Myles Davis, Ryan Coltharp, John Yowan, and Brandon Stich. October 8, 2005 Congratulations to the CHS Chess team on their second place finish Saturday at Prarie View La Cygne. Special congratulations to medallists Nathan Booe, Derrick Reynolds, Waneca McCormick, Ben McGregor, Myles Davis, Brett Nesbitt, Cody Dimond, Brandon Stich, Mark Dennis, and John Yowan. Kansas State Invitational Championship at St. Francis of Assisi March 12, 2005 http://www.kcrcc.org/ksca/T20050312w.htm   Saturday February 19th, 2005 Prairie View Chess tournament:   Format: Six round Swiss, 1st round begins promptly at 9:30am. Congratulations to the CHS Chess team for coming in 3rd place overall. Special congratulations to medallist John Yowan, Sarah Kubler, and Nick Adams. Our Chess Coach ROBERT LARSON with the Third Place Trophy. Nick Adams, Sarah Kubler and John Yowan with their medals after the tournament at Prairie View.   Saturday January 15, 2005 Quail Run Chess Tournament:  Location: The Kansas Union of The University of Kansas 1301 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, Kansas 66045 Check-in: 8:00-9:00 a.m. Saturday, January 15. First round begins at 9:15 a.m. 6 round Swiss (Game 30). See Calendar for more Info. Congratulations to the CHS Chess team for coming in 4th place overall and special congratulations to medallist John Yowan for coming in 5th place.   ERIE CHESS TOURNAMENT Monday December 27th @ 9:00am. Erie High School in Erie Kansas.   Saturday December 11, 2004 Congratulations to the Chanute High School Chess Team for their second place win at the Arma Chess Tournament in Arma Kansas Dec 11th.  Medal winners for CHS were NICHOLAS ADAMS, SARAH KUBLER, ANDREW TATE, JOHN YOWAN, MARK DENNIS, BEN McGREGOR, MYLES DAVIS, WANECCA McCORMICK.     From the Chanute Tribune Dec 7, 2004 Local chess teams battle for tourney wins   Two local high school chess teams have been competing at area tournaments, and have found themselves to be each other's toughest opponents. At the tournament hosted in Erie on Oct. 9, Chanute followed the home team with 15 points to Erie's 21. The standings were: Overall: 1st place - Erie, 21 points; 2nd place - Chanute, 15; 3rd place - Oswego, 13.5; 4th place - Prairie View, 10; 5th place - Galena, 7.5; 6th place - Uniontown, 6.5; 7th place - Thayer, 4; 7th place - Girard, 4.   Points: Player: Place: 4.5 John Yowan 4th 3.5 Nick Adams 11th 3.5 Myles Davis 12th 3.5 Katlin Hooper 13th 3 Ben McGregor 20th 3 Mark Dennis 25th 2 Derrick Reynolds 33rd 1.5 Melissa Adams 34th 1 Kim Larue 39th   Oswego Tournament on Oct 30 Chanute finished 2nd Team Standings: Place: Team: Points: 1 Erie 21 2 Chanute 14 3 Girard 12 4 Oswego 11.5 5 Columbus 7 6 Thayer 6 7 Galena 3 8 Pittsburg 3 9 CCA 1   Points: Players: Place: 4 Sarah Kubler 4th 4 Nick Adams 11th 3 Andrew Tate 14th 3 Mark Dennis 15th 3 Kim Larue 20th 3 Myles Davis 21st 2 John Yowan 26th 2 Derrick Reynolds 30th Sarah and Nick led the way as CHS again finished 2nd.   Chanute High finished 2nd place at the Chanute Invitational on Saturday Nov. 13 Team placing: 1st Erie 2nd Chanute 3rd Oswego 4th Pittsburg 5th Columbus 6th Girard 7th Thayer 8th Northeast Arma 9th CCA   Players (Chanute): 6th Nick Adams 8th Andrew Tate 11th Sarah Kubler 13th Ryan Coltharp 15th John Yowan 20th Myles Davis 29th Tim Tarkelly 31st Kim LaRue 32nd Ben McGregor 36th Mark Dennis 38th Derek Reynolds 39th Casey Jasper 40th Mark Stich The CHS highlight was Nick Adams' upset of Sam Sexton of Erie.   Saturday December 4, 2004 Congratulations to the CHS Chess team and special congratulations medallist Mark Dennis and Nick Adams for their showing at the NORTHEAST MAGNET HS CHESS TOURNAMENT. Saturday November 13, 2004 Thirteen CHS chess team members participated in a tournament held here at Chanute High School this past weekend. "The highlight was Nick Adams upset of #1 rated Sam Sexton of Erie", chess coach Bob Larson. Adams finished the day with 6th place while Andy Tate finished 8th and Sarah Kubler finished 11th. The team finished 2nd overall behind Erie. Click here for more information. November 6 & 7, 2004 Three of us from CHS went to the Katy Open in Parsons.  Members participating were: John Yowan, Nick Adams, and Mark Dennis. John Yowan came in 15th place overall with 4 wins and two losses. Nick Adams came in 27th place overall with 2 wins 2 losses and 1 draw. Mark Dennis came in 34th place with 2 wins and 3 losses. October 31, 2004 The Chanute High School Chess Team went to Oswego to compete in the Oswego High School Chess Tournament Oct 30, 2004. CHS came in Second place. Congratulations to the CHS Chess team's 2nd place finish at Oswego Saturday. Special congratulations to medallists Kim LaRue, Mark Dennis, Andrew Tate, Nick Adams, and Sarah Kubler. October 10, 2004 Chanute High School came in second place at the Erie Invitational Chess Tournament Saturday Oct 9th. Congratulations to the CHS chess team for their second place finish at the Erie Invitational Tournament Saturday Oct 10th, 2004. Special congratulations to medallists Melissa Adams, Derrick Reynolds, Mark Dennis, Ben McGregor, Katlin Hooper, Myles Davis, Nick Adams, and John Yowan. 2003-2004 School Year The CHS Chess Team with Trophies at the NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (K-12) CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP  in Dallas Texas April 2004. Front Row: John Yowan Second Row: Chanelle Bradford / Sarah Kubler Third Row: Nick Adams / Shane Newell  Top Row: ( Our Coach ) Mr Larson Chess team outmaneuvers national opponents 4/23/2004 Chanute High School students returned from Dallas today wearing their trophies from the national chess tournament. Six CHS chess team competed Friday through Sunday at the national competition sponsored by the United States Chess Federation. The Comets finished second in the 4A division in Kansas' state tournament, behind Columbus, to qualify for the national tournament. For several team members it was their first USCF tournament since the 2001 national tournament in Kansas City, so the ratings that defined individual abilities were outdated. Competing against 244 others in the under 900 rated division were seniors Shane Newell, Brittany Schroeder and Chanelle Bradford. Juniors Sarah Kubler and Nick Adams and sophomore John Yowam competed against 222 others in the unrated division. Capturing individual trophies for five wins out of seven rounds of play were Shane Newell (T-22nd) and John Yowam (35th). The team of Schroeder, Bradford and Newell finished 22nd and earned a team trophy.   National High School Chess Championship ( Dallas TX ) ( Slide Show ) CHS Chess Team heads for Dallas TX ( April 15, 2004 ) Add CHS Chess Club To Your Favorites   Sign Up Below to Join our Mailing List Join the Mailing List Enter your name and email address below: Name: Email: Subscribe  Unsubscribe          To Have Info added to this page contact the webmaster at: John6@cableone.net  Help our Team go to the 2005 Supernationals in Nashville, TN ( April 8th-10th ) E-mail me for more info or contact Chanute High School and let them know you want to donate.	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The memberships will be channeled through coaches and parents who coordinate and organize chess programs in the schools. Each school program is eligible to receive a maximum of 10 scholastic memberships. The Free Membership Program, in addition to providing assistance to underpriviledged kids, is one more incentive for coaches to generate and organize chess activities at the schools. Coaches are encouraged to send a list of qualified kids, with a cover letter that includes a brief description of the program. Send it to: US Chess, Attn: Chess Trust, 3054 US Rt. 9W, New Windsor, NY 12553 or fax it to: (845) 561-2437. The USCF and the US Chess Trust thank Trust donors for their generosity and their support of children who could otherwise not afford to participate in tournament chess.

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