Chargers Earn All-Conference Honors

In Scenic Moraine Chess Conference action Saturday, the KML Chargers posted a win vs. Hartford and losses to New Berlin Eisenhower and New Berlin West to finish 3-3 in conference play and fourth overall. Three Chargers were voted by the conference coaches to receive all-conference honors:

• Olivia Schaenzer: Honorable Mention
• Isaac Helwig: 2nd Team All-Conference
• Ted Molkentin: 1st Team All-Conference and Coaches' Choice Award for team leadership

With regular season play complete, the Chargers will prep for the Milwaukee City Championships March 3 and the Wisconsin State Tournament March 18-19.

Brookfield Academy Defeats Chargers

Brookfield Academy came to KML and took wins on four of five Varsity boards and all four JV boards. The Chargers were rated significantly lower on nearly every board, so the one win by Luke Eisner on Varsity Board 5 was an upset. Eric Rodell and Taylor Draheim played in their first interscholastic matches. The Chargers are 2 and 1 in conference play and travel to USM for a multi-school meet on February 2.

The biggest victory is that nearly everyone took notation, including Eric! Notation helps us replay games with the goal of eliminating mistakes and learning.

Lutheran Chess Tradition Continues with KML vs. Wisco

KML Chess fell to the Wisconsin Lutheran Chess Team in Wednesday's meet. Olivia Schaenzer won on Board 2 and Ben Polheber won on Board 5, but losses on boards 1, 3 and 4 sealed the Chargers' fate. In JV, Josh Weber brought home a win. The tradition of Lutheran chess fellowship continued with both teams enjoying pizza together after the match.

Reviewing the game afterward: Critical to learning!

A Taste of Our Grade School Chess Clinic

KML Chess Club hosted a winter chess clinic for federation grade school players on Saturday, January 7. Grade schoolers and even some parents came to KML to learn from our high school players. Here’s a taste of what one little grade school player learned at camp:

KML is putting the final touches on the 2017 E3 Summer Academy schedule and registration forms, including our popular Chess Camp. Watch for that announcement coming soon!

Chargers come in 5th at January USM Meet

Three Chargers won their matches at the January 5 chess meet at University School Milwaukee. Ashley Braker, Melissa Schmidt and Luke Eisner scored wins and Xander Neuwirth achieved a draw, but it was not enough for the team to climb to the top of the standings at the multi-school meet. The Chargers placed 5th out of 10 teams.

Results of Megameet 3 on Thursday Jan 5 2017 at USM

1.   MSL  6586

2.   King   6249

3.   Tosa East  5972

4.   Reagan    4406

5.   KMLHS    3471

6.   USM    3424

7.   Wash   2598

8.   DMNCN   2502

9.   RaLake    2474

10.  RUHS   776

Results from the previous two meets:

KML Federation Grade School Chess Clinic on January 7

On Saturday, January 7, the KML Chess Club will host a Grade School Chess Clinic from 10-11:30 a.m. at KML, Room 1166. All ages welcome. Come and learn to play or sharpen your skills with a lesson and play against others.

Any questions? Contact:
Katrina Janz, Grade School Chess Coordinator, at katrinajanz@gmail.com
Angie Molkentin, KML Chess Club Advisor, at amolkentin@gmail.com.

KML Chess Beats Kewaskum and Muskego

KML Varsity Chess won two matches in the Scenic Moraine Chess meet December 10. The Chargers beat Kewaskum with wins on all five boards and Muskego with wins on three of five boards and one draw. Varsity players for this meet were Ted Molkentin, Isaac Helwig, Olivia Schaenzer, Luke Eisner and Xander Neuwirth. The Chargers will face league-leading Brookfield Academy in January.