KML Players Perform Well at Wisconsin Junior Open

Five KML players gained valuable experience and finished strong at the Wisconsin Junior Open last weekend. There were 231 chess players and five rounds at this event held at UW-Oshkosh.

Here are the results for KML:

• Ryan Wirkkula: 4 wins in 5 rounds, placed 9th of 84 in the Reserve section and 2^nd for all unrated players in that section.
• Ben Polheber: 3 wins in 5 rounds, placed 33^rd of 84 in the Reserve Section.
• Josh Weber: 3 wins in 5 rounds, placed 34^th of 84 in the Reserve Section and 2^nd for all players in the 300 rating class.
• Eric Rodell: 2.5 wins in 5 rounds – that .5 came when he took a bye in Round 3 to perform with KML Echoes, using his many talents this weekend!
• Kimberly Schill: 3 wins in 5 rounds, placed 9th of 21 in the Beginners Section.

Most importantly, all of our players took notation, so they were able to go over their games and improve. Huge shout-out to KML alumnus Dylan Schulz who hung out with our team this weekend and provided valuable encouragement.

Ryan and Josh bring home some hardware.

A "woulda-coulda-shoulda" discussion as teammates go over games at the end of the day.