Link to new chess club blog

New Turtle Lake chess coach Rich Lessard has started his own blog here.

4/17/13 updates

1. This school year is flying by! Our end-of-year celebration is scheduled for Friday, April 26 (7:40-8:30am in the Turtle Lake gym).

2. Turtle Lake teams did well in the SCA Statewide Primary/Elementary tournament on March 23/24. Our primary team placed second and our Elementary team was fourth. Complete results and photos are here.

3.  SCA will again be offering chess camps this summer.  Detailed information is here.

2/16/13 SCA Grade-Level results are now available

The results are here.

Turtle Lake kids had a good day, finishing first in grades one, two, and three, and finishing third in grades four and five. Turtle Lake kids won two individual championships.

Turtle Lake alumni helped Chippewa Middle School to second-place finishes in grades six and seven, and a first-place finish in grade eight. Two former Turtle Lakers won individual state championships for Chippewa.

Chess Supernationals V information (April 5-7, 2013 · Nashville, TN)

SuperNationals information is here.  Note that bughouse and blitz tournaments will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2013.

For keeping your chess game sharp: "Chess Tactics Server" site

From the "Chess Tactics Server" site is here.

Currently we provide 36,882 tactical chess problems ranging in difficulty from trivial to ambitious

Registration is free.

Minnesota fifth-grade chess player Andrew Titus has a new blog called "Chess Adventure"

The blog features details from some of his games, pictures from his trip to the World Youth Chess Championship in Slovenia, and more.

Nice article on Minnesota seventh-grade national chess champion David Floeder

Chess champ: St. Paul youth rising through the ranks (w/video) - TwinCities.com