Chess in the Antelope Valley

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Chess in the
Antelope Valley
Vol VII No 5
Editor: Daa (day) Mahowald
[email protected]
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Chess -Newsletter of the Antelope Valley
http://chess4.us
1 May, 2016
This is the issue that tells you all about
the SUMMER 2016 ACTIVITIES provided by
the AV Chess House!
Camps
Classes
Clubs
Contests
Fieldtrips
HangOuts
Tournaments
Workshops
Here’s what’s in this issue!
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Letter from the Editor
Poppy Preview
Chess Essay Contest
Math Monster & Spelling Splash
Upcoming Summer Classes in the Lancaster Outlook
FREE Field Trips to the AV Chess House
USCF-Rated Tournaments
2016’s Summer Chess Camps
Two Upcoming Chess HangOuts
Chess @ the Poppy Festival
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Check Chess Club
Private Chess Lessons
Boy Scout Chess Merit Badge
Chess Spectacular
AV Chess Opportunities
Lessons from Total Chess by John Herron
Chess Corner by NM Ruben Ondangan
Non-AV California Chess News
Chess Funnies
Scholastic Chess League Results
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Letter from the Editor
Dear Readers,
Yes, I admit that, unfortunately, this issue is late. Usually, you receive the newsletter on the 14th
or 15th of each month. However, there are 3 good reasons why it’s late:
1. I recently had bilateral knee replacement surgery. That means both my knees are now bionic, but
still healing. Just wait until I’ve recuperated! For the first time in 16 years, I won’t need a scooter
and I can’t wait to see how much more I will be able to do!
2. This issue is busting at the seams with all the SUMMER 2016 ACTIVITIES being offered!!! We needed
the extra days to fit all the info into the issue so that you have the chance to know what you want for
yourself or your youngsters! There are camps, classes, clubs, contests, field trips, hang outs,
tournaments, workshops – you name it, we got it!
3. The Poppy Festival was April 16 & 17 and I figured you’d want me to include photos of the free
chess activity provided by the AV Chess House, as well as our new AV Chess House shirts. A
special thank you to Jose Luna at JDL Imaging for getting these printed and delivered with only
hours to spare before the Poppy Festival. The photos below are only a taste of what you’ll find of
chess at the festival. Check out more Chess @ the Poppy Festival photos in our centerfold! (Pages 9
& 10)
Top left:
Miss Lancaster visits the AV
Chess House during the Poppy
Festival
Top Left: It’s easy to see the variety of
activities offered at the 7
different stations of the Poppy
Festival’s Free Chess Activity
Bottom Left: Mr. Wayne teaches chess.
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1st Place: 5 45-minute Private Chess Lessons – a $100 value!
2nd Place: a Chess Clock – a $50 value!
3rd Place: a tournament quality Chess Set – a $20 value!
3 Categories: Kindergarten through 2nd Grade
3rd through 5th Grade
6th through 8th Grade
The AV Chess House is sponsoring a Chess Essay Contest open to any K-8
student who resides in Antelope Valley! There is no fee to enter the contest.
The title of the essay must be “Chess is Valuable Because …” and the essay must
discuss the benefits gained from learning and playing chess and should include a
positive experience you’ve had through chess.
Length of essay entry: - Grades K-2: at least 50 words.
- Grades 3-5: at least 100 words
- Grades 6-8: at least 150 words
Entries must be received on-or-before Monday, April 25, 2016.
Winners will be announced April 29, 2016. The decision of the judges is final.
Send contest submissions to: Chess Essay Contest, 3710 Neola Way, Lancaster CA 93536.
Entries must be double spaced, either handwritten (printing, not cursive) or typed.
Entries must include a cover sheet with the following information:
- Entrant’s full name and address
- Entrant’s age, grade, and school name
- Parent/guardian’s name, phone number, and email address.
Do NOT put your name on the essay. Put your name ONLY on the cover sheet.
All AV Chess Essay Contest submissions become the property of The AV Chess House.
In the event no suitable entries are received in a category, The AV Chess House reserves the right to eliminate that category.
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10 – 11:30 am Math Monster
90 minutes of fun, hands-on math problems, gentle quizzes,
and competitions for those going into Kindergarten, First, or
Second Grade.
11:30 – 12 pm Lunch Time
Students who sign up for both Math Monster & Spelling Splash will have a
supervised location for lunch. Lunch must be brought with the student as no
food or beverages are provided.
12 – 1:30 pm Spelling Splash
90 minutes of fun, hands-on spelling words, gentle quizzes,
and bees for those going into Kindergarten, First, or Second
Grade.
Location:
Fee:
AV Chess House 3710 Neola Way. Lancaster
$20 Math Monster
$20 Spelling Splash
$30 Both Includes supervised location for lunch. (Food and beverage not provided.)
When
Register:
Monday, July 11
[email protected]
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10am – 3pm
- Saturday, April 23
- Saturday, May 21
4 RD SWISS
Time Control: Game/30;d5*
RDs 10:10; 11:20; 12:30; 2:00
LOC AV Chess House 3710 Neola Way, Lancaster CA
PZ 1st Place 50% of combined entry fee
2nd Place 25% of combined entry fee
FEE $10 if pd at least 10 days prior
$15 if email registered at least 3 days prior
$20 if email registered at least 1 hour prior
EMAIL REGISTRATION REQUIRED! No walk-in registrations accepted!
USCF required.
No food allowed on premises although beverages are okay.
CONTACT and REGISTRATION: [email protected]
* Bring your own clock if you have one. Non-increment clocks not allowed.
Digital clocks should be set for 5 second delay. No audible alarm.
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These camps have lots of
hands-on, fun, chess activities
where campers learn with
others of their own skill level!
Beginners & Beyond Beginners
Intermediates
Strategies, Tactics, Openings,
Tricks & Traps
Ages 5-13 $70/Camper
June 20-24, 9am-1pm
June 27 – July 1, 9am-1pm
July 6-8, 9am-1pm
For those who are new to chess
OR have just begun learning the
game of chess
For those who attended a
Beginners & Beyond Beginners
Chess Camp OR who are
competent at checkmate
For those who have attended an
Intermediates Chess Camp OR
who have competed in at lease one
full game chess tournament
Location of Chess Camps
Snack time
Max/Min = 14/4
Preregistration
AV Chess House, 3710 Neola Way, Lancaster CA 93536
Please bring a nutritious snack every day to enjoy at 11am.
No camp will accept more than 14 campers.
A camp will be canceled if less than 4 campers register.
Email: Ms. Daa [email protected]
Or on our website www.Chess4.us
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Two CHESS HANGOUT Days
Parents! Here’s your chance to go shopping or do other
activities without the kids! Drop them off for 4 hours of
while you have your own fun.
June 18 and/or July 16
.
WHO
WHAT
Ages 4 – 14
4 hours of chess fun for all skill levels! A variety of chess activities to
entertain all ages! Lots of hands-on fun with full games, bug house, Chess
Mini-Games©, 4-way, Jumbo, etc. (Low-key teachable moments included.)
WHERE
AV Chess House, 3710 Neola Way, Lancaster
WHEN
9am – 1pm, Saturday, June 18 and/or July 16
WHY
We all need time away from the kids occasionally
COST
$5 per hour, per child
REGISTER: Email [email protected] for a registration form or get one from our
website www.Chess4us – Menu Title: EVENTS
CHESS HANGOUT
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Chess @ the Poppy Festival!
Mr. Christian
teaches chess.
NOTE:
Ms. Daa was
not at the
Poppy
Festival as
she is
recuperating
from recent
surgery.
Master Matt
teaches chess.
Ms. Yolanda
teaches a
Chess MiniGame© to a
family.
For more
Chess @
the Poppy
Festival
photos, go
to page 10.
Chess in the Antelope Valley Chess e-Newsletter of the Antelope Valley
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Chess @ the Poppy Festival!
(Continued from page 9)
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WHO
For ages 15 and up
WHAT Chess Club for all skill levels, from Beginner through Advanced!
WHERE AV Chess House, 3710 Neola Way, Lancaster CA 93536
WHEN NEW TIME! 5:30 - 8 pm every Friday except National Holidays
WHY
Sometimes adults just want to play casual chess without kids hanging around.
COST
One dollar per person per Friday
HOW
No preregistration required – just show up, sign-in, & play some games!
- For more information, email [email protected]
- Chess sets are provided during the club
- No food allowed on the premises
- No trash-talk or swearing
- Park across the street from the AV Chess House
Did You Know?
Ms. Daa is a Chess Merit Badge Counselor!
To earn your badge contact: [email protected]
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What a spectacular chess tournament!
The April 9 chess tournament (the 10th semi-annual Chess Spectacular held in the
Antelope Valley), run by the AV Chess House, was a fun and exciting time for all! Two
weeks previously, the AV Chess House ran a Chess Mini-Game© Tournament. At that
event, each of the six different kinds of chess pieces was introduced and a Chess MiniGame© using that piece was introduced, after which participants competed in a tournament
playing that Chess Mini-Game©. This was repeated for each of the six chess pieces
Thus, for those whose first introduction to chess was the Chess Mini-Game© tourney,
the first activity at the Chess Spectacular was an Endgame Lesson: How to Checkmate
and Draw provided by Mr. Christian.
After that 45-minute
lesson the tournament
began.
Three sets of Round
Robins were completed
during the day, despite a
break for snack and another
break for lunch. That
means that over 150 chess
games were played that day
in the Stanley Kleiner
Activity Center at Lancaster City Park.
At right, the event’s volunteers are
acknowledged with certificates. Bottom left,
games in progress. Bottom right, trophy
winners. To see the list of trophy winners, go to
page 13.
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AV CHESS OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ALL AGES
USCF-rated 4 RD SWISS Tournament 10am – 3pm, Saturday, April 23 & May 21. USCF-rated, LOC AV Chess House PZ 1st Place
50% of combined entry fee, 2nd Place 25% TC: G/30;5. FEE $10 if pd at least 10 days prior; $15 if email registered at least 3 days
prior, $20 if email registered at least 1 hour prior. RDs 10:10; 11:20; 12:30; 2:00 USCF req. CONTACT and REGISTER:
[email protected] Full details on page 5.
Unrated 3 RD Chess Tournament 10am – 2pm, This tourney will be held only when requested. LOC AV Chess House FEE $7. PZ
1st Place $15, 2nd Place $10. RDs 10:15, 11:30, 12:45. CONTACT: [email protected]
Improve Your Chess Play with Private Lessons Individual and small-group private chess lessons for Beginners, Beyond Beginners, and
Intermediates of all ages. LOC AV Chess House. CONTACT: [email protected]
Bring Chess to Your Client Base Whether you work with seniors, preschoolers, families, special-needs populations, etc.
The AV Chess House can provide a chess program tailored to your needs. CONTACT: [email protected]
Get Your “Chess Match” USCF-rated Only $1/person/game. CONTACT: [email protected]
FOR KIDS
Homeschool Chess Club Any AV Homeschooler. 2:30-4pm. Fridays, April 8 – June 10. Accepting Registrations! www.Chess4.us
Kids Chess Club –Spring 2016 4-5:30pm. Fridays, April 8 – June 24. Accepting Registrations! www.cityoflancasterca.org/register
Parent & Tot Chess Time – Spring 2016 3:30-4:15pm, April 20 – May 25. Accepting Registrations!
www.cityoflancasterca.org/register for information on levels II & III email [email protected] or visit www.Chess4.us
Girl Power Chess Camp Chess learning experience for K-8 girls, all skill levels Details coming soon!
Have a Chess Match with Another School Several Scholastic Chess Clubs in the Antelope Valley are eager to hold a Chess Match
with other Scholastic Chess Clubs in the AV. If your school is looking for a Chess Match, CONTACT: [email protected]
Boy Scout Chess Merit Badge To earn a Boy Scout Chess Merit Badge or Cub Scout belt with Ms. Daa, CONTACT: [email protected]
Start a Chess Club at Your Child’s School Students who participate in a once-a-week Chess Club reap numerous benefits, especially
improvement in math and reading skills. DETAILS: [email protected]
FOR ADULTS
Check Chess Club for ages 15 and up 5:30-8pm Friday except holidays, $1 per Friday. LOC AV Chess House CONTACT:
[email protected] 661-466-6907
What a spectacular chess tournament!
(Continued from page 13)
The April 9 Chess Spectacular fielded players from PreKindergarten through High School.
The youngest child who participated, just-turned-five-years-old Cali Chavez, won almost no
games. Yet she kept a positive attitude all day, smiling and skipping to each match. That’s why
she, along with 2nd Grader Wolfgang Kreger, earned the Good Sportspeopleship trophies. 1st
Grader David Damian won the 1st Place 1st/2nd Grade trophy; 5th Grader Marnecia Mann won the
1st Place 4th/5th Grade trophy. In the High School Section, 8th Grader Nikil Sunku won 1st Place
and 7th Grader Raadhu Botorogeanu won 2nd.
Award
Good Sportspeopleship
Good Sportspeopleship
1st Place - Grades 1/2
1st Place - Grades 4/5
1st Place - High School Section
2nd Place - High School Sectio
Student
Cali
Wolfgang
David
Marnecia
Nikil
Raadhu
Chavez
Kreger
Damian
Mann
Sunku
Botorogeanu
Grade
PK
2
1
5
8
7
School
West Wind PK
Tierra Bonita
Esperanza
GAA
Hillview
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Lessons from
Total Chess
1 May, 2016
From the book, “TOTAL CHESS:
Learn, Teach and Play the Easy
1-2-3 Way,” by John Herron,
copyright 2011, reprinted with
permission from the publisher.
by John Herron
Piece Strategy (Advanced Lesson)
Piece strategy means making your pieces better. Better pieces
lead to better moves, and better moves lead to a better game.
What is a better piece? A better piece is a piece that is well
placed on the board, or a piece that works well with other
pieces. A better piece is usually an active piece, a piece that is
attacking or doing something useful. A worse piece is a passive
piece, a piece that is defending or not doing anything useful.
You should always try to make your pieces better, and try to
make the opponent’s pieces worse.
Most moves in a chess game are positional moves, not tactical
moves. Tactical moves make threats and help you win material
or get checkmate. Positional moves make your pieces better,
which will lead to tactical moves later. In the opening, almost all
of your moves are positional moves, to make your pieces better.
When you develop your pieces, you put them on better squares.
You make your pieces active so they can attack, not passive
where they must defend. Throughout the game, you need to
make positional moves to improve your pieces. Better pieces
lead to better moves, and better moves lead to a better game.
There are three parts to piece strategy to make your pieces
better. Each part is about a different group of pieces.
1) Pawns: Whenever you make a move, you should always
watch the pawns and consider what will happen to the pawn
structure. Try to make your pawns strong, and try to make the
opponent’s pawns weak. If you have strong pawns, try to keep
them. If you have weak pawns, try to make them strong. If the
opponent has strong pawns, try to trade them away. If the
opponent has weak pawns, make him keep them. You would
not want to trade a strong pawn of yours for a weak pawn of the
opponent’s. Weak pawns will come back to hurt you later in the
game, and strong pawns will come back to help you, especially
in the endgame.
2) Pieces:
1. Protect your pieces. Unprotected pieces are
always a worry and can lead to problems. They become targets
for the opponent’s tactics and attacks. They may even cause
problems for your own tactics. An unprotected piece may give
the opponent a chance to break-out of your tactics. Sooner or
later, unprotected pieces will cause you trouble. Whenever you
can, protect your pieces, even if they are not yet being attacked.
Then you do not have to worry about them later.
2. Improve your pieces. Whenever you can, you
should try to make your pieces better. This means you should
put them on better squares, where they will do more good.
Better squares are usually in the center, or in the opponent’s
territory, or near the opponent’s king. You should also try to
make your pieces work together. Pieces that work together are
better able to attack and defend when needed. Always try to
improve your pieces.
3. Activate your pieces. Active pieces are pieces that
are attacking or doing something good and useful. Passive
pieces are pieces that are defending or that are not doing
anything good or useful. Try to make your pieces active and try
to make the opponent’s pieces passive. You would not want to
trade an active piece of yours for a passive piece of the
opponent’s, even if they are worth the same point value. Active
pieces are worth more than passive pieces.
3) King: Keep your king safe. In the opening, the best way to
keep your king safe is to castle. In the midgame and in the
endgame, keep some pawns and pieces near your king. If the
opponent has more pieces or better control of the area around
your king, you must be careful. He may launch a checkmate
attack against you. If he can trade away the pieces and pawns
protecting your king, or force them to move away, or make a
sacrifice to expose your king, then you could be checkmated.
Watch the area around your king. Keep your king safe.
Likewise, you should try to make the opponent’s king and the
area around it less safe. If you can break up the pawns
protecting the opponent’s king, or force the pieces around it to
move or to be traded away, then his king will become exposed
to attack. Or, you may be able to invade the area around the
opponent’s king with your pawns and pieces. Then you can
launch a checkmate attack and maybe get checkmate.
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Antelope Valley’s NM Ruben Ondangan’s
Chess Corner
The Two Knights Variation against the French:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5mCgcim70s&feature=share
A Dazzling Queen Sacrifice ... when the London Bridge is falling down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ehtG-8Uo3g&feature=share
Special! If you email your business-card-size ad before June 1, you can run that ad
in both the July and August issues of the Chess in the Antelope Valley newsletter for a
total of only $5! Email [email protected]
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Non-AV California Chess News
PASADENA CHESS CLUB SCHEDULE – RANDALL HOUGH – 626 282-7412
Congratulations to our new champion, Annie Wang, the winner on tiebreaks. Defending champ Albert Lu, Larry Stevens, Mher
Mikayelyan, and Erwin McNaughton were also in the tie for first. Annie is our first female champion. See final standings of the 100player tournament and complete list of winners at: http://www.tim-thompson.com/Championship_2016_final.html
Note that our website also has a catalogue of the hundreds of books in our lending library.
APRIL CHESS NEWS – JACK CASHMAN
Ventura County Chess Club. Monday evenings, starting at 6:45. Grace Lutheran Church (6190 Telephone Road) across from the Government
Center. Casual play and USCF Rated games; all skill levels and ages. Free chess lessons. Website vcchess.com.
Ventura. Chess Club for school aged children on Mondays 3:00 to 5:00 at the E.P. Foster Library (651 East Main Street).
Open play and free lessons, including teaching beginners how to play chess.
Ventura. Revival of the Bank of Books Chess For Fun activity on Fridays from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 748 East Main Street, 805-643-3154.
City of Port Hueneme Chess on Tuesdays 3:30 – 7:00.
For information contact the Community Center at (805) 986-6542. http://www.ci.port-hueneme.ca.us/index.aspx?NID=257
Oxnard. On 18 March, 81 students from 8 schools, Grades 1 – 8, participated in the 2016 Rio Scholastic Chess Challenge chess tournament held
at Rio Lindo Elementary School.
Camarillo. Leisure Village Chess Club meets on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 to 12:00. For residents and their guests.
Chess lessons for beginners are available. For information contact Tim Hughes 805-384-9079.
Camarillo. Chess Workshop. Highly recommended. For children K-8 (as of September 2016). Part of the Creative Arts Workshops (the other
workshops are great also and there are many to choose from). The workshops are not until July and the Registration is not until mid-May. So why
let you know now? Because this activity is very popular and if you do not Register on time, you may not even be lucky (literally) enough to do it.
Information at: http://camarillo-ca.aauw.net/
Youth (K-8) Chess Tournaments are being held monthly in Camarillo for those who live, work or school in Camarillo.
Information at http://vcchess.com/tournaments.htm and http://vcchess.com/ChessFlyer.pdf
Ventura Youth Chess League provides youth chess activities and training in the Thousand Oaks area.
Contact Woman International Master Simone Liao for information http://www.venturayouthchess.com/index.html
Newbury Park. Chess Challenge classes at the Borchard Community Center (Jack Cashman, Teacher) Saturday afternoons.
Registration and information at http://www.crpd.org/programs/default.asp
Newbury Park. Chess lessons and more available on Wednesdays 3:00-4:00 and Saturdays 10:00-11:00 at All Stars Athletics, 711 Rancho
Conejo Boulevard. Advance Reservation Required.
Thousand Oaks Chess Club. Monday evenings. 6:00 - 8:45. Goebel Adult Community Center (next to Library). Casual play and USCF Rated
Tournaments; all skill levels and ages. For information Contact Cindy at [email protected] Website: http://tochessclub.org/
Santa Barbara area chess is available at the Senior Center (Victoria and De La Vina) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 to 5:00.
For details, email: [email protected]
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Chess Tactics Workbook
(4th edition)
by Al Woolum
https://www.chess.com/photos/view?id=489
http://hebdenbridgechessclub.blogspot.com
/2011/01/chess-players-know-thyself.html
Retail Price
Bulk Price
Sale Price at the AV Chess House
$15
$13
$10
Contact [email protected] for more information.
https://www.facebook.com/daa.mahowald
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter124.html
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4th Annual AV-Wide Scholastic Chess League Results
4-6 pm, March 16 & 23
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Place
Name
1st
Vanessa Hall
nd
2
Aiden Thompson
rd
3
Bryan Gonzalez
th
4
Keven Fuentes
th
Abraham Diaz
5
Grade
8
2
6
4
4
School
HomeSchooler
Amargosa
Ocotillo
Dos Caminos
Guidance Charter
TEAM AWARDS
Place
Team
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Dos Caminos
1
nd
2
Ocotillo
3rd
HomeSchool
st
1 Charter Guidance
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