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WELCOME
TO THE WEIBEL CHESS CLUB
While
our Team increased a few players our Club lost players. Last year we had lost a total of 30 player
in Club and Team last year. The 2019 Club has 85 players, a decrease of
10 from the2018 Club. With Team
gaining nine players the net loss is one player. So I was thrilled that I would not have to
make drastic cuts in the budget as a did last year. The n came the ugly new from the School
District. The Fremont Community
Services Director made a decision, despite it being retroactive to charge all
PTO programs and run by volunteers to charge facility fees.
If the Fremont Unified School District goes
through with a retroactive policy to charge us through our sponsor, the PTO,
for the use of facilities, I will not be able to restore anything of the
things from last year’s budget cuts. If the FUSD does not rescind the extra
charges, that were not put into effect until two weeks ago, there will be a
budget shortfall of between $5,000 and $15,000. Of course, unless we removed
all classrooms and only used the MU, this would destroy our program. Imagine
80 plus kids all in the MUR with 7 loud teachers taking at the same time. Ahhh.
At this moment with our PTO President,
Sharon Kwok, and a former PTO President, Fahria Khan, attempting to
identify to the District their unfair and likely illegal retroactive charges,
I am optimistic.
STATS: Of the 85 members 39 are girls.. We only have 2 Kindergarten students in the
Club, down from 8. This drop may be due to all Kindergarten classes being
early bird this year.. BY GRADE: 1st = 16 2nd = 21 3rd
= 17 4th = 13 5th = 9 6th = 7
CONFUSED OR CURIOUS ABOUT OUR CURRICULM?
I ordered
the T-shirts and will order the parents polo shirts next week. I only order the number of T-shirts for
those who get them gratis, those that joined for the year and for those that
ordered them extra. I do order two extra in each size in case the parent
ordered the wrong size. Requesting a change in the initial order size may not
be possible if the two extra are already exchanged unless the one of the
exchanged shirts fit
KEEP IN
MIND:
1) The children start chess promptly at
2:55 in the MUR.
2)
Students are dismissed from the MUR at 4:25 PM. However students in Amy’s Raw Beginner
class are picked up on stage in the MUR.
Beginners in Kevin’s class are picked up outside of Room 13. . I will send a notice home to the parents of
children in the latter two classes.
3)
No parent nor anyone designated on our list to pick up their child may
do so before 4:25 PM without advance notice. Please do not enter the MUR
until 4:25 PM.
4) All players must leave through the
doors leading to the upper/staff parking lot.
No student can exit back into the school or be on school property
after chess unless they are in an afterschool program that meets on the
campus.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES: 2:55 util 4:25pm\
E-MAILS
TO CONTACT OUR INSTRUCTORS:
Demetrius
Goins: coachdemetrius@gmail.com
Bada Norovasambuu: bada.n0524@gmail.com
Jason Cruz: jacruz04@yahoo.com
Alan Kirshner: Alan@WeibelChess.org
Jenny Ly: venerly@gmail.com
Kevin McCue: kevinmccue66@gmail.com
Clarence Jones: arencejones@gmail.com
Our instructors are
always willing to answer your questions and provide you with information on your
child’s progress,
CHESS
MAGNET SCHOOL: I
still need to set-up for Chess Magnet School for this year placing each
student in their class and provide their nicknames. I plan
on e-mailing a list of Nicknames and Passwords for
ChessMagnetSchool.com. Those that had Chess
Magnet School previously will use the
same Nicknames and Passwords. Doing
puzzles here are optional and students will get one extra point for each ten
puzzles.
OPTIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT AT WEIBEL
ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5. http://www.CalNorthYouthChess.org/FallQuads19-GP
RATINGS AND RANKINGS:
For those of you new to Weibel Chess this year, let me try and
explain our ranking system. Players
get points for playing chess, doing homework, attending tournaments and at
the discretion of their teacher. The
children get 3 points when they win a game, 2 points for a draw and 1 point
for a loss. These points are doubled
when they play in a United States Chess Federation Tournament. When they obtain a specific amount of
points they obtain a title. For
example, after obtaining 8 points they are a Pawn. At the end of the year we
have an awards ceremony/banquet. All
players will receive trophies and a certificate with their current title. The top 5 point winners will receive
special trophies.
Each week, after the first month,—unless my schedule prevents
it—I will update the points and the ranking sheets. Please be sure your child
brings home a sheet each week. I often
post little notes to the parents on these sheets. Every few weeks I will send a copy of the
point sheet home via e-mail.
Please do not confuse the points a player receives or his/her
rating with the level. Every few weeks I send a copy home via e-mail. Skill levels are based only upon the class
the student attends or the rating they receive when entering U.S. Chess
Federation tournaments. I will ask our
instructors every six weeks or so to inform me if a student should be moved
up or moved down a level. Our initial
placement was based mainly on the information your provided me about their
skill level.
Please be sure to check out the Weibel Chess website: http://www.WeibelChess.org. We also have a blog. If you would like to
receive notice of what is new on the blog, please sign on there: http://www.weibelchess.org/ I will be placing this Newsletter on our
blog. We also have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Weibel-Chess-213022428884018/timeline/
SOME RESOURCES:
If you have a child from 3 to 5 who you would
like to learn chess this new program is just the thing. I bought it for my 3 ½ year old granddaughter. She loves it when her 8 year old brother
reads it to her and works with the pieces:
If your child knows the
basics these books by Sabrina Chevannes who is a Women’s International Master who lives
in London. I met her a few times when
she taught summer classes at the NorCal House of Chess. She is an amazingly creative teacher
 
For the child
that knows chess:
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess,
Stuart Margulies, 1982 (New students who came to the New to Team Orientation
received a copy.)
Everyone’s Second Book of Chess,
2018 Edition, Dan Heisman
Chess Tactics for Champions,
2006, Susan Polgar
50 Poison Pieces,
2017, Lauren Goodkind
A First Book of Morphy,
2006 Frisco Del Rosario
Shoreview
Chess in Fremont near Pacific Common
NorCal
House of Chess also in Fremont
MISCELLANEOUS:
Please be sure to check out the Weibel Chess website: http://www.WeibelChess.org. We also have a blog. If you would like to
receive notice of what is new on the blog, please sign on there: http://www.weibelchess.org/ I will be placing this Newsletter on our
blog. We also have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Weibel-Chess-213022428884018/timeline/
OUR TUESDAY CLUB LAST YEAR:
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Saturday, September 28, 2019
WEIBEL CHESS CLUB NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 28, 2019
Sunday, September 22, 2019
WEIBEL CHESS TEAM NEWSLETTER #1
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WELCOME TO OUR NATIONALLY RENOWNED WEIBEL CHESS TEAM:
OUR TEAM PLAYERS AS OF THIS WRITING (September
22, 2019)
 I am
pleased to report that after two years of
a decrease in chess players to our Team, this year we increased. Granted, the number wasn’t near the 96 players
we had three years ago. Last year we had
76 members and this year we are starting with 79 players. However, the Club, which does not start to
Tuesday, continues to decline in the numbers. I believe we will have 80
members this year.
If the Fremont Unified School District goes
through with a retroactive policy to charge us through our sponsor, the PTO, for
the use of facilities, I will not be able to restore a few of the things, I
had to cut from the budget last year.
If the FUSD does not rescind the extra charges that were not put into
effect until last week, there will be a budget shortfall of between $5,000
and $15,000. At this moment with our PTO President, Sharon Kwok, and a former PTO President,
Fahria Khan, attempting to identify to the District their unfair and likely
illegal retroactive charges, I am optimistic.
This
year we have 30 new players on our Team.
Of these members 20 are girls and 59 are boys. We only have 2 Kindergarten players and one
is from Leitch. BY GRADE: 1st = 14 2nd = 16 3rd
= 14 4th = 13 5th = 11 6th = 8 7th
& 8th = 1 We
do have 14 Horner students returning to help our K-2 Team and some of them
will be playing in our Varsity Division when they finish their teaching.
K-2 Team
in training =13 NOVICE TEAM = 29 JUNIOR
VARSITY TEAM = 17 VARSITY TEAM = 20
CONFUSED OR CURIOUS ABOUT OUR CURRICULM?
 REMEMBER that your child must have completed his first chess tournament by October 21. Any U.S.C.F. tournament completed after June 1st does count towards the required five. You can use the FALL WEIBEL CHESS QUADS to complete this requirement. The first one is on October 5 in the Weibel MUR. Information: http://www.CalNorthYouthChess.org/Applications/FallQuads19-GP. You can find other tournaments at http://www.CalNorthYouthChess.org/Tournaments.html http://calchess.org/scholastic_calendar.html
KEEP IN
MIND:
1) The children start chess promptly at
2:55 in the MUR.
2)
K-2 Team, Novice and Junior Varsity will be dismissed from the MUR at
4:45 PM. No parent nor anyone designated on our list to pick up their child
may do so before 4:45 PM without advance notice. Varsity players are done at
5:30. They cannot leave until 5:30
whether they have finished their games or not. If a child completes a game
early they must go over them with one of our instructors. .
3) All players must leave through the
doors leading to the upper/staff parking lot.
No student can exit back into the school or be on school property
after chess unless they are in an afterschool program that meets on the
campus.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES: VARSITY TEAM ATTENDS FROM 2:55 TO 5:30
PM - Players in K-3 who have U.S.C.F.
ratings above 800 and those players with ratings above 1000 are on
Varsity. All other Team members arrive
ay 2:55 and leave at 5:30 PM sharp.
E-MAILS
TO CONTACT OUR INSTRUCTORS:
GM Enrico Servillano: enricosevillano@yahoo.com
Demetrius
Goins: coachdemetrius@gmail.com
Frisco DelRosario: friscodelrosario@gmail.com
Bada Norovasambuu: bada.n0524@gmail.com
Jason Cruz: jacruz04@yahoo.com
Alan Kirshner: Alan@WeibelChess.org
HOMEWORK:
 Starting in three week all players must do homework.
Translation—the first homework is due on Friday, October 11. All players, but Kindergarten, will notate
their games. K-2 Team (minus K), Novice and Junior Varsity will only need to
write 10 moves to start. They will expand
to more moves in a few weeks. The Varsity players must record their complete
game. Varsity players must annotate their games (comment on the moves) this
must be placed in a computer and turned in the next Friday or e-mailed to me. Novice & JV players will start this
practice in the second semester.
I
still have to pay for Chess Magnet School for this year and then set up each
student in their class and provide their nicknames. I plan
on e-mailing a list of Nicknames and Passwords for
ChessMagnetSchool.com. Those that had
one previously will use the same Nicknames and Passwords. Players are to do the number of problems
appropriate for their status: new to Team do 30 a week, on Team before 20 per
week.. If the problems/puzzles are
taking more than two hours during the week, let me know & I will consider
reducing the number. I will also be providing you with the
passwords for Chesshomework.com. Any work done there is extra credit. Our highest skilled players can receive a password
for ChessLecture.com. They will watch
videos & report what they learned as well as to critique the video
lectures. Parents will receive a
warning if their child has not done their homework. They must
make it up. If they do not or there is
a second warning the child will be suspended for a minimum of one week. If
they get suspended three times they will be removed from the chess team.
I hope to have a parent meeting for
all the girls’ parents and one for all parents in the near future. The girls meeting will be to discuss the
All-Girls Nationals. The full parent
meeting is to respond directly to questions about the program.
RATINGS AND RANKINGS:
 For those of you new to Weibel Chess this year, let me try and
explain our ranking system. Players get
points for playing chess, doing homework, attending tournaments and at the
discretion of their teacher. The
children get 3 points when they win a game, 2 points for a draw and 1 point
for a loss. These points are doubled
when they play in a United States Chess Federation Tournament. When they obtain a specific amount of
points they obtain a title. For
example, after obtaining 8 points they are a Pawn. At the end of the year we
have an awards ceremony/banquet. All
players will receive trophies and a certificate with their current title. The top 5 point winners will receive
special trophies. Each week, after the first month,—unless my schedule
prevents it—I will update the points and the ranking sheets. Please be sure
your child brings home a sheet each week.
I often post little notes to the parents on these missiles. Every few weeks I will send a copy of the
point sheet home via e-mail.
Please do not confuse the points a player receives or his/her
rating with the level. Skill levels are based only upon the class
the student attends or the rating they receive when entering U.S. Chess
Federation tournaments.
MISCELLANEOUS:
I will order the T-shirts
and parents polo shirts next week. I
need to get a count from the Club that starts on Tuesday first.. I only order the number of T-shirts for
those who get them gratis, those that joined for the year and for those that
ordered them extra. I do order two extra in each size in case the parent
ordered the wrong size. Requesting a change in the initial order size may not
be possible if the two extra are already exchanged unless the one of the
exchanged shirts fit.
Please be sure examine the Weibel Chess website: http://www.WeibelChess.org. We also have a blog. If you would like to receive
notice of what is new on the blog, please sign on there. http://www.weibelchess.org/ I will be placing this Newsletter on our
blog. We also have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Weibel-Chess-213022428884018/timeline/
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES: VARSITY TEAM ATTENDS FROM 2:55 TO 5:30 PM - Players in K-3 who have U.S.C.F. ratings
above 800 anf 4-6 players with ratings above 1000 are on Varsity. All other Team members arrive ay 2:55 and
leave at 5:30 PM sharp.
SOME
RESOURCES FOR NEW MEMBERS TO TEAM:
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, Stuart Margulies,
1982 (New students who came to the New to Team Orientation received a copy.)
Everyone’s Second Book of Chess, 2018
Edition, Dan Heisman
Chess Tactics for Champions, 2006, Susan
Polgar
A First Book of Morphy, 2006 Frisco
Del Rosario
Shoreview Chess in Fremont near
Pacific Common
NorCal House of Chess also in
Fremont
http://www.ChessMagnetSchool.com
supplied to all Team and Club members/
DATES TO REMEMBER:
OCTOBER 21: FIRST
TOURNAMENT COMPLETED (YOUR CHOICE)
NOVEMBER 16
and/or 17: CALCHESS GRADE LEVEL:
EXPECTED ATTENDENCE BY TOP 4 PLAYERS IN EACH GRADE BY RATING. I WILL CHECK RATINGS AT END OF
NOVEMBER. THIS WILL COUNT TOWARDS FIVE
IF YOUR CHILD IS SELECTED. IF NOT
SELECTED CHILD SHOULD ONLY ATTEND NON-GRADE LEVEL SECTIONS.
NOVEMBER 25: SECOND
TOURAMENT COMPLETED (YOUR CHOICE)
NOVEMBER 23-DEC
2 THANKSGIVING BREAK
DECEMBER 20-JAN
5: WINTER BREAK
JANUARY 6: THIRD
TOURNAMENT COMPLETED-KINDERGARTEN TEAM #1 (YOUR CHOICE)
FEBRUARY 2: CALNORTH
AGE LEVEL RECOMMENDED FOR ALL—HELD IN NEWARK
MARCH
7 (TENTATIVE): ALL-GIRLS STATE LEVEL GIRLS TOURNAMENT –
ALL GIRLS REQUIRED TO ATTEND OR MAY BE REMOVED FROM CHESS. WILL COUNT FOR FIVE REQUIRED.
MARCH 9: FIFTH
TOURNAMENT COMPLETED (YOUR CHOICE)-KINDERGARTEN TEAM #3 (YOUR CHOICE). IF NOT DONE PERMANENT REMOVAL FROM CHESS
MARCH 14 and/or
15 CALCHESS
SCHOLASTIC STATES REQUIRED OF ALL PLAYERS.
WILL BE REMOVED FROM TEAM IF DO NOT ATTEND WITH SUFFICIENT NOTIFICATION
AND APPROVAL.
APRIL 10 to Apr
19: SPRING
BREAK
MAY 23 LAST
DAY OF CHESS AND AWARDS CEREMONIES (3 to 5:30 PM)
OUR FIRST CHESS TEAM AT STATES AND THREE OF
THE MEMBERS OF THAT TEAM IN 2016
The first Weibel Chess Team, 1989, on the left and on the
right that same group in 2016. From left to right: Micah Fisher-Kirshner (1st
Grade), Jennifer Cheung (2nd Grade), Alan Kirshner, Ratham Kumarappan (1st
Grade), Tov Fisher-Kirshner (Kindergarten). Ratham died in a car accident
that summer while visiting India--a horrid end for a wonderful young child.
Micah & Jennifer live across the street from each other in the Glenmoor
District of Fremont. The Team took fourth place
in the K-3 Championship Section. We were thrilled. Tov is proud of his big
brother as you can see his finger pointing first. Micah won the K-3
Championship Section that first year and began the association of the name
Weibel with chess. In
1990, the Weibel Chess Team won the first of its many State Championships.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
YESUN LEE BECOMES A WFM (FIDE WOMAN"S MASTER)
I am very excited to announce another first for a Weibel Chess student. Yesun Lee, who just graduated Weibel, is our first student, boy or girl, to win an international tournament. Yesun placed a clear first in the 2019 North American Chess Championship held in Ontario, Canada this past week. This victory earned her the FIDE Women’s Master title. Last year, she was the highest ranked chess student of all our Weibel chess players.
I am so proud of her that I am at a loss for words. Anyone who knows me will have trouble believing I could ever be speechless. Of course, I am also very proud of our coaches, parents, Weibel staff who have contributed not only to her success, but to the success of all the Weibel chess students whether they are on our competitive Team or playing skilled chess in our Club program.
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