Lincoln Center ... Free Rehearsal Tix ... Beautiful Sunny Day ... Opening Night ... Avery Fisher Hall ... Gala Reception ... NY Philharmonic ... Wynton Marsalis ... Black Tie Affair! Need I say more?
Generally speaking,
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Welcome to Room 429 PreCalculus and Calculus BC!
Here's a hearty welcome for my new students in Math 4R-11 or PreCalculus for Juniors! Don't get excited, its 4R but there's no Regents exam in June! However, you are a select group that, as Juniors, are preparing to take the AP Calculus AB class next year! This is our grand experiment for this year.
I've taught PreCalc for years. Usually the students are Juniors and Seniors all mixed together. The problem is that each grade has its own agenda. The Seniors need another Math credit to graduate. The Juniors often do better than the Seniors, however, as they typically are Honors level students in other classes or had to drop out of Honors Math classes as Freshmen or Sophomores for one reason or another. Well, this is your second chance not only to get back into the Honors Math track, but into an AP college level course!
Imagine the money you'll save in college if you get AP credit for Calculus in High School! Even if you don't get the AP credit, it looks great on your transcript when you apply to colleges next year and its great experience in order to get ready for college.
I've taught PreCalc for years. Usually the students are Juniors and Seniors all mixed together. The problem is that each grade has its own agenda. The Seniors need another Math credit to graduate. The Juniors often do better than the Seniors, however, as they typically are Honors level students in other classes or had to drop out of Honors Math classes as Freshmen or Sophomores for one reason or another. Well, this is your second chance not only to get back into the Honors Math track, but into an AP college level course!
Imagine the money you'll save in college if you get AP credit for Calculus in High School! Even if you don't get the AP credit, it looks great on your transcript when you apply to colleges next year and its great experience in order to get ready for college.
And, here's a heart felt welcome back to my AP Calculus BC students! Well, its only welcome back to some of you that I know from previous years in Computer Math or Computer Science, but welcome back to school, in any event, to all!
OK, we finished our first unit and are ready for our first FRQ Friday. However, as you know, it's going to be this Monday as I was out sick last Wednesday and we are behind a day...
OK, we finished our first unit and are ready for our first FRQ Friday. However, as you know, it's going to be this Monday as I was out sick last Wednesday and we are behind a day...
So, you are ready for your first FRQ Friday. And we've had some YouTube Wednesdays already (see videos above). Pretty soon, we'll start MCQ Mondays too....
BTW, both Math 4R-11 and AP Calculus BC videos are available on our private FTP server as well as on my YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/calcpage2009). Also, on the FTP site you will find PDFs of all my Smart Notes. FYI, most of the videos are MP4s, but some older ones are WMVs. I hope you find these recordings from class helpful (samples above)!
Teaching with Technology,
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Welcome to Room 429, Computer Math and Computer Science!
Here's a hearty welcome to all my new students in Computer Math! I think we got off to a great start. We've already got a hang of using http://www.sagemath.org/ and we are even starting to use the python programming language. Our new textbook is great too, take a look at http://www.skylit.com/mathandpython.html, cudos to the authors Gary and Maria Litvin on a job well done! This is a great course in Discrete Mathematics. Combining this text with SAGE makes for a great intro to Scientific Computing too!
BTW, it's the 63rd anniversary of the first computer bug, so guess what YouTube Wednesday was about for the last few Wednesdays in class!
Welcome back to my AP Computer Science students who were in my Computer Math class last year! I think we're off to a good start here too having completed the first 2 chapter's of Cay Horstmann's Java Concepts text (http://horstmann.com/bigjava.html), the best programming book I've ever had the pleasure of reading!
Don't forget, in addition to YouTube Wednesdays, we're going to start MCQ Mondays this week. Be prepared, be very prepared! Remember, you guys are honorary Boy Scouts, http://www.scouting.org/. So, your motto should be, "always be prepared!" We're going to start FRQ Fridays soon too....
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
CIS(theta) Meeting I (2010-2011) - Welcome Back!
Aim:
Welcome Back!
Attending:
DavidG, HerbertK, JayW, JoshG, RyanH
Reading: Building Parallel Programs, Chapter1
Research1:
pelicanHPC
http://idea.uab.es/mcreel/ParallelKnoppix/
Welcome Back!
Attending:
DavidG, HerbertK, JayW, JoshG, RyanH
Reading: Building Parallel Programs, Chapter1
Research1:
pelicanHPC
http://idea.uab.es/mcreel/ParallelKnoppix/
mpitb
http://atc.ugr.es/javier-bin/mpitb_eng
I welcomed our new CIS(theta) team today! We will meet every other Wednesday. Our task is to learn about cluster computing hardware in general. Investigate the current state of cluster computing software and find a problem worthy of running on our cluster.
First, let's get some vocabulary straight:
CIS(theta) = Computing Independent Study class
CIS(team) = DavidG, HerbertK, JoshG, JayW, RyanH (aka Geek Squad)
Shadowfax = 25 node, 64bit dual-core AMD Athlon 2GHz, gigE cluster
How about some history:
CIS(team) 0: We've done a bit of cluster programming over the years as a final project in AP Computer Science after AP Week all the way back to clusterKNOPPIX, i386/486s and slow ethernet! Actually, about 25 years ago I helped JamesM with a robotics project for the Westinghouse Talent Search. So, that's when the bug bit me to get into all this research with my students! I think the computing independent study started about 20 years ago when JoeB wanted to learn about Mathematica and Vector Calculus.
CIS(team) I: ChrisR, FrankK, NathanielR successfully installed openMOSIX on 25 Pentium IVs over fastE and created several Mandelbrot plots using C++ and fork(). We followed the advice from this blog, http://nullprogram.com (search there for mosix, octave, c++ or fractal). Take a look at the fractal prints on my deviantart site, http://cistheta2007.deviantart.com/gallery
CIS(team) II: MarcA, MitchellW were the first to use the current cluster hardware. They installed the Quantian Linux DVD and used bash scripts to scatter/gather povray jobs over publicly authenticated ssh. Take a look at the ray tracings on my zazzle site: http://www.zazzle.com/cistheta2008/gifts
CIS(team) III: ArthurD, DevinB, JeremyA, StevenB were the first to attempt using the current cluster hardware in 64bit mode. We tried Fedora, CentOS and even Rocks Clusters and OSCAR to no avail. I think we barely got HelloCluster.cc running on openMPI.
CIS(team) IV: DavidG, HerbertK, JayW, JoshG, RyanH will try 64bit mode again on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 that I have already installed on all nodes (see my post on this, http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2010/06/so-many-linux-distros-so-little-time.html). You may want to try pelicanHPC too. This is a 32bit live Linux CD. With this CD you are supposed to be able to reboot the whole room as an MPI cluster in minutes without installing a thing! What's nice about this solution is that it includes openMPI and has a lot of demos. We had this working on the new hardware last summer but sometimes its hard to use as its based on PXE and there's some DHCP server on our 10.5.*.* subnet that interferes with booting the nodes. However, another benefit of this CD is that it includes Octave (like MATLAB/SAGE) and mpiTB (an interface for Octave to work with MPI)! Hence your online research assignment listed above. Another CD solution with MPI is BCCD. An older DVD with openMOSIX is QUANTIAN.
So, our first meeting consisted of discussing all the above. Also, I mentioned that the CIS(theta) team will act as my personal Geek Squad and help me install hardware, firmware and software in our PC Classroom (since I am still recuperating from surprise hernia surgery). So, we had 2 "field trips."
Firld Trip 1: We went to the display case with some fractal and ray tracing prints we wanted to swap out. We also went to Mrs. Murthy's new office to help decorate it with some prints. We saved some nice big prints for the PC Classroom. We are getting 6 new marker boards in there which will be installed all around the room. I will hang a big print above each one. So, my decorative work here is done!
Firld Trip 2: I also showed the current CIS(theta) team around to all the servers
centauri: ftp server in the book room
colossus: ssh server in the business office
guardian and caprica: new servers in the PC Classroom
So, the Geek Squad will also be helping me to install these new servers. The new servers will eventually replace the old ones. These new servers each have 4x72GB RAID drives and have 64bit Intel Xeon quadcores! Maybe we should make a cluster out of these? Google Cloud Computing using Ubuntu and Cloud Computing for HPC.
Wow, we have our work cut out for us. But, I think we are going to have a lot of fun this year!
http://atc.ugr.es/javier-bin/mpitb_eng
I welcomed our new CIS(theta) team today! We will meet every other Wednesday. Our task is to learn about cluster computing hardware in general. Investigate the current state of cluster computing software and find a problem worthy of running on our cluster.
First, let's get some vocabulary straight:
CIS(theta) = Computing Independent Study class
CIS(team) = DavidG, HerbertK, JoshG, JayW, RyanH (aka Geek Squad)
Shadowfax = 25 node, 64bit dual-core AMD Athlon 2GHz, gigE cluster
How about some history:
CIS(team) 0: We've done a bit of cluster programming over the years as a final project in AP Computer Science after AP Week all the way back to clusterKNOPPIX, i386/486s and slow ethernet! Actually, about 25 years ago I helped JamesM with a robotics project for the Westinghouse Talent Search. So, that's when the bug bit me to get into all this research with my students! I think the computing independent study started about 20 years ago when JoeB wanted to learn about Mathematica and Vector Calculus.
CIS(team) I: ChrisR, FrankK, NathanielR successfully installed openMOSIX on 25 Pentium IVs over fastE and created several Mandelbrot plots using C++ and fork(). We followed the advice from this blog, http://nullprogram.com (search there for mosix, octave, c++ or fractal). Take a look at the fractal prints on my deviantart site, http://cistheta2007.deviantart.com/gallery
CIS(team) II: MarcA, MitchellW were the first to use the current cluster hardware. They installed the Quantian Linux DVD and used bash scripts to scatter/gather povray jobs over publicly authenticated ssh. Take a look at the ray tracings on my zazzle site: http://www.zazzle.com/cistheta2008/gifts
CIS(team) III: ArthurD, DevinB, JeremyA, StevenB were the first to attempt using the current cluster hardware in 64bit mode. We tried Fedora, CentOS and even Rocks Clusters and OSCAR to no avail. I think we barely got HelloCluster.cc running on openMPI.
CIS(team) IV: DavidG, HerbertK, JayW, JoshG, RyanH will try 64bit mode again on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 that I have already installed on all nodes (see my post on this, http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2010/06/so-many-linux-distros-so-little-time.html). You may want to try pelicanHPC too. This is a 32bit live Linux CD. With this CD you are supposed to be able to reboot the whole room as an MPI cluster in minutes without installing a thing! What's nice about this solution is that it includes openMPI and has a lot of demos. We had this working on the new hardware last summer but sometimes its hard to use as its based on PXE and there's some DHCP server on our 10.5.*.* subnet that interferes with booting the nodes. However, another benefit of this CD is that it includes Octave (like MATLAB/SAGE) and mpiTB (an interface for Octave to work with MPI)! Hence your online research assignment listed above. Another CD solution with MPI is BCCD. An older DVD with openMOSIX is QUANTIAN.
So, our first meeting consisted of discussing all the above. Also, I mentioned that the CIS(theta) team will act as my personal Geek Squad and help me install hardware, firmware and software in our PC Classroom (since I am still recuperating from surprise hernia surgery). So, we had 2 "field trips."
Firld Trip 1: We went to the display case with some fractal and ray tracing prints we wanted to swap out. We also went to Mrs. Murthy's new office to help decorate it with some prints. We saved some nice big prints for the PC Classroom. We are getting 6 new marker boards in there which will be installed all around the room. I will hang a big print above each one. So, my decorative work here is done!
Firld Trip 2: I also showed the current CIS(theta) team around to all the servers
centauri: ftp server in the book room
colossus: ssh server in the business office
guardian and caprica: new servers in the PC Classroom
So, the Geek Squad will also be helping me to install these new servers. The new servers will eventually replace the old ones. These new servers each have 4x72GB RAID drives and have 64bit Intel Xeon quadcores! Maybe we should make a cluster out of these? Google Cloud Computing using Ubuntu and Cloud Computing for HPC.
Wow, we have our work cut out for us. But, I think we are going to have a lot of fun this year!
Happy Clustering,
CIS(theta) Meeting I (2010-2011) - Welcome Back!
Aim:
Welcome Back!
Attending:
DavidG, HerbertK, JayW, JoshG, RyanH
Reading: Building Parallel Programs, Chapter1
Research1:
pelicanHPC
http://idea.uab.es/mcreel/ParallelKnoppix/
Welcome Back!
Attending:
DavidG, HerbertK, JayW, JoshG, RyanH
Reading: Building Parallel Programs, Chapter1
Research1:
pelicanHPC
http://idea.uab.es/mcreel/ParallelKnoppix/
mpitb
http://atc.ugr.es/javier-bin/mpitb_eng
I welcomed our new CIS(theta) team today! We will meet every other Wednesday. Our task is to learn about cluster computing hardware in general. Investigate the current state of cluster computing software and find a problem worthy of running on our cluster.
First, let's get some vocabulary straight:
CIS(theta) = Computing Independent Study class
CIS(team) = DavidG, HerbertK, JoshG, JayW, RyanH (aka Geek Squad)
Shadowfax = 25 node, 64bit dual-core AMD Athlon 2GHz, gigE cluster
How about some history:
CIS(team) 0: We've done a bit of cluster programming over the years as a final project in AP Computer Science after AP Week all the way back to clusterKNOPPIX, i386/486s and slow ethernet! Actually, about 25 years ago I helped JamesM with a robotics project for the Westinghouse Talent Search. So, that's when the bug bit me to get into all this research with my students! I think the computing independent study started about 20 years ago when JoeB wanted to learn about Mathematica and Vector Calculus.
CIS(team) I: ChrisR, FrankK, NathanielR successfully installed openMOSIX on 25 Pentium IVs over fastE and created several Mandelbrot plots using C++ and fork(). We followed the advice from this blog, http://nullprogram.com (search there for mosix, octave, c++ or fractal). Take a look at the fractal prints on my deviantart site, http://cistheta2007.deviantart.com/gallery
CIS(team) II: MarcA, MitchellW were the first to use the current cluster hardware. They installed the Quantian Linux DVD and used bash scripts to scatter/gather povray jobs over publicly authenticated ssh. Take a look at the ray tracings on my zazzle site: http://www.zazzle.com/cistheta2008/gifts
CIS(team) III: ArthurD, DevinB, JeremyA, StevenB were the first to attempt using the current cluster hardware in 64bit mode. We tried Fedora, CentOS and even Rocks Clusters and OSCAR to no avail. I think we barely got HelloCluster.cc running on openMPI.
CIS(team) IV: DavidG, HerbertK, JayW, JoshG, RyanH will try 64bit mode again on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 that I have already installed on all nodes (see my post on this, http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2010/06/so-many-linux-distros-so-little-time.html). You may want to try pelicanHPC too. This is a 32bit live Linux CD. With this CD you are supposed to be able to reboot the whole room as an MPI cluster in minutes without installing a thing! What's nice about this solution is that it includes openMPI and has a lot of demos. We had this working on the new hardware last summer but sometimes its hard to use as its based on PXE and there's some DHCP server on our 10.5.*.* subnet that interferes with booting the nodes. However, another benefit of this CD is that it includes Octave (like MATLAB/SAGE) and mpiTB (an interface for Octave to work with MPI)! Hence your online research assignment listed above. Another CD solution with MPI is BCCD. An older DVD with openMOSIX is QUANTIAN.
So, our first meeting consisted of discussing all the above. Also, I mentioned that the CIS(theta) team will act as my personal Geek Squad and help me install hardware, firmware and software in our PC Classroom (since I am still recuperating from surprise hernia surgery). So, we had 2 "field trips."
Firld Trip 1: We went to the display case with some fractal and ray tracing prints we wanted to swap out. We also went to Mrs. Murthy's new office to help decorate it with some prints. We saved some nice big prints for the PC Classroom. We are getting 6 new marker boards in there which will be installed all around the room. I will hang a big print above each one. So, my decorative work here is done!
Firld Trip 2: I also showed the current CIS(theta) team around to all the servers
centauri: ftp server in the book room
colossus: ssh server in the business office
guardian and caprica: new servers in the PC Classroom
So, the Geek Squad will also be helping me to install these new servers. The new servers will eventually replace the old ones. These new servers each have 4x72GB RAID drives and have 64bit Intel Xeon quadcores! Maybe we should make a cluster out of these? Google Cloud Computing using Ubuntu and Cloud Computing for HPC.
Wow, we have our work cut out for us. But, I think we are going to have a lot of fun this year!
http://atc.ugr.es/javier-bin/mpitb_eng
I welcomed our new CIS(theta) team today! We will meet every other Wednesday. Our task is to learn about cluster computing hardware in general. Investigate the current state of cluster computing software and find a problem worthy of running on our cluster.
First, let's get some vocabulary straight:
CIS(theta) = Computing Independent Study class
CIS(team) = DavidG, HerbertK, JoshG, JayW, RyanH (aka Geek Squad)
Shadowfax = 25 node, 64bit dual-core AMD Athlon 2GHz, gigE cluster
How about some history:
CIS(team) 0: We've done a bit of cluster programming over the years as a final project in AP Computer Science after AP Week all the way back to clusterKNOPPIX, i386/486s and slow ethernet! Actually, about 25 years ago I helped JamesM with a robotics project for the Westinghouse Talent Search. So, that's when the bug bit me to get into all this research with my students! I think the computing independent study started about 20 years ago when JoeB wanted to learn about Mathematica and Vector Calculus.
CIS(team) I: ChrisR, FrankK, NathanielR successfully installed openMOSIX on 25 Pentium IVs over fastE and created several Mandelbrot plots using C++ and fork(). We followed the advice from this blog, http://nullprogram.com (search there for mosix, octave, c++ or fractal). Take a look at the fractal prints on my deviantart site, http://cistheta2007.deviantart.com/gallery
CIS(team) II: MarcA, MitchellW were the first to use the current cluster hardware. They installed the Quantian Linux DVD and used bash scripts to scatter/gather povray jobs over publicly authenticated ssh. Take a look at the ray tracings on my zazzle site: http://www.zazzle.com/cistheta2008/gifts
CIS(team) III: ArthurD, DevinB, JeremyA, StevenB were the first to attempt using the current cluster hardware in 64bit mode. We tried Fedora, CentOS and even Rocks Clusters and OSCAR to no avail. I think we barely got HelloCluster.cc running on openMPI.
CIS(team) IV: DavidG, HerbertK, JayW, JoshG, RyanH will try 64bit mode again on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 that I have already installed on all nodes (see my post on this, http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2010/06/so-many-linux-distros-so-little-time.html). You may want to try pelicanHPC too. This is a 32bit live Linux CD. With this CD you are supposed to be able to reboot the whole room as an MPI cluster in minutes without installing a thing! What's nice about this solution is that it includes openMPI and has a lot of demos. We had this working on the new hardware last summer but sometimes its hard to use as its based on PXE and there's some DHCP server on our 10.5.*.* subnet that interferes with booting the nodes. However, another benefit of this CD is that it includes Octave (like MATLAB/SAGE) and mpiTB (an interface for Octave to work with MPI)! Hence your online research assignment listed above. Another CD solution with MPI is BCCD. An older DVD with openMOSIX is QUANTIAN.
So, our first meeting consisted of discussing all the above. Also, I mentioned that the CIS(theta) team will act as my personal Geek Squad and help me install hardware, firmware and software in our PC Classroom (since I am still recuperating from surprise hernia surgery). So, we had 2 "field trips."
Firld Trip 1: We went to the display case with some fractal and ray tracing prints we wanted to swap out. We also went to Mrs. Murthy's new office to help decorate it with some prints. We saved some nice big prints for the PC Classroom. We are getting 6 new marker boards in there which will be installed all around the room. I will hang a big print above each one. So, my decorative work here is done!
Firld Trip 2: I also showed the current CIS(theta) team around to all the servers
centauri: ftp server in the book room
colossus: ssh server in the business office
guardian and caprica: new servers in the PC Classroom
So, the Geek Squad will also be helping me to install these new servers. The new servers will eventually replace the old ones. These new servers each have 4x72GB RAID drives and have 64bit Intel Xeon quadcores! Maybe we should make a cluster out of these? Google Cloud Computing using Ubuntu and Cloud Computing for HPC.
Wow, we have our work cut out for us. But, I think we are going to have a lot of fun this year!
Happy Clustering,
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Teacher is now the Student!
Run, don't walk, to http://onlinemathcourses.org where you can take refresher courses for teachers online at your own pace from Algebra to Calculus. This is a quick and easy way to get some graduate credits and improve that FAS (Final Average Salary) for retirement!
I am currently taking MTE507 Algebra II. One of the first topics discussed was Linear Programming. Here's what I had to say about it:
Linear Algebra in general and Linear Programming in particular encompass a wide variety of skills and applications. Indeed, it is a shame that this topic is often relegated to a one-week or two-week unit at the end of most PreCalculus curricula. The fact that this topic is slowly finding its way into the Algebra II syllabus is very encouraging.
Students who study Linear Programming will learn a valuable problem solving technique for maximizing or minimizing objective functions. In addition to learning a new method for problem solving, the student will review many important skills learned earlier in the course. The student will need to review linear equations, points of intersection, solving 2x2 systems of equations as well as graphing inequalities! This is a great opportunity to share the movie "A Beautiful Mind" about John Nash's Theorem which introduces the concept of Linear Programming for the first time. The movie shows how John Nash's discoveries were applied to the field of Econometrics many years later and even earned Dr. Nash a Nobel Prize!
Solving optimization problems in this way can be done in a traditional fashion with just pencil and paper. However, this is a great time to use technology too! The students can solve the systems of equations graphically using a Graphing Calculator. The student may even be introduced to the Matrix Menu of a TI-83/84 to solve these problems via the tools of Linear Algebra. Using technology also makes it easy to entertain "what if scenarios" where one could change a few parameters in the question to see how they affect the solution.
However, the teacher is not bound by the technology of Graphing Calculators in this day and age. Many schools have access to PC Classrooms with Mathematica, Maple or MATLAB software installed whereby these problems may be addressed using the power of a computer. In fact, I have used a free software platform called SAGE, which is much like Mathematica, exactly for this purpose.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
RIP BHCC 1999-2010
The Baldwin High Chess Club had a great run from 1999 to 2010! However, I am giving it up this year due to time constraints....
We started out as an extension of my Computer Math class, believe it or not, just playing some games informally. Then we started meeting after school. Then we became an official club in 1999.
We started out having Ladder Competitions every Monday doing Game/5 or 10 or 15 or 30. The following year we all got USCF memberships and played rated QUADs and OCTOs against each other. I even got certified as a USCF Coach and a USCF Local Tournament Director. We even made BHCC an official USCF affiliated club:
USCF Scholastic Affiliate H6017160
The following year we added a traveling Chess Team when we joined the NCICL (Nassau County InterScholastic Chess League). The second Thursday of each month we'd host a school that came from, say Freeport HS, by 4PM and each player had 90 minutes per game. 6 games were played similtaneously between the two 6 player teams. The fourth Thursday each month we'd go on a bus to challenge another school ourselves!
Our last such meet was at home and as luck would have it, my team was made up primarily of Freshmen and the opposing team Seniors. That, in and of itself, posed no difficulty. However, the opposing team was extremely late! So, we started their clocks at 4PM and by the time they finally showed up, they each had only 15 min left of game time while my team still had the customary 90 min! Everyone played on with fine sportsmanship until, one of the Seniors lost on a technicality that my Freshman made rudely evident. So, said senior proceeded to through my tournament pieces all over the room and stormed out of the faculty cafeteria where I was hosting the event and nearly knocked over a Coke machine in the process. I was afraid my poor little Freshman was about to get flung out the window as well....
Recently we went back to USCF rated tournaments in house. Below you will find some screenshots from our old BHCC website. Here's a record of all the games I hosted as a USCF Tournament Director (ignore CA listings) http://www.uschess.org/msa/TnmtLst.php?bhcc
MAIN PAGE (links may not work soon as old http://calcpage.tripod.com site is closing):
BHCC
Baldwin High Chess Club
Fillii Potentis Omnem
Baldwin High Ladder Board
Upcoming BHCC Tournaments
Upcoming Tournaments in NYS
All USCF Rated BHCC Tournaments
Sponsorship Membership Ladder Rules
USCF Beginners US ChessLive!
960fboards.txt
Chess.java
EasyWriter.java
EasyReader.java
Mission Statement
The Mission Baldwin High Chess Club is to encourage all young people to fulfill their potential and strengthen their character by promoting the study and enjoyment of chess in a friendly, competitive atmosphere complementary to the learning experience atBaldwin High School
USCF Scholastic Affiliate H6017160
http://calcpage.tripod.com/bhcc
calcpage@lycos.com
LADDER RULES PAGE:
Swiss Ladder Qualifier (SLQ)
The first competition of the year will be a 1 section Swiss Pairing System Tournament to determine initial ranks on the club’s Ladder Board. Initial placement will be according to ratings after the SLQ. The ratings will be calculated based on games won, lost or drawn and the appended SLQ Ratings Table (see below). All players are rated 1200 initially and re–rated at the conclusion of each round of the SLQ.
The Tournament Director will announce when the SLQ will be held. For example:
First Meeting Each September; Baldwin High CC Closed Quick Swiss Ladder Qualifier 6SS G/5
Room 429; Baldwin High School ; 841 Ethel T. Kloberg Drive Baldwin , NY 11510
EF: Free; G$$ Ladder Board Placement, Trophies to top 3 and Medals to rest at the end of the year
Registration 2:45 PM, Rounds: 3:00, 3:10, 3:20, 3:30, 3:40, 3:50
ENT: calcpage@lycos.com via http://www.paypal.com
INFO: A. Jorge García via http://calcpage.tripod.com/bhcc
NS, NC
The top 3 ranked players will receive trophies. Also the highest rated, the most games played and the most ranks gained will receive plaques. Awards will be distributed at our last meeting in June each year. The top 10 ranked players will also receive a medal!
New members (anyone not playing at least one round of the SLQ) can join anytime during the year. These students will also start with a provisional 1200 club rating, but the rank will be at the bottom of the ladder board. Please note that all tournaments except the first (SLQ) and the last (Annual BHCC Championship) are OPEN to all USCF members as well as students, faculty and staff at Baldwin High School as most of our members are now rated USCF members. See our Tournament Life Announcement at http://www.uschess.org in Chess Life magazine (a publication of USCF).
Your SLQ Responsibilities
You will be informed by the Tournament Director as to whom you are playing, whether you are white or black and the time control.
Its is the responsibility of the Black player is to set–up the chess board, pieces and clock.
Upon conclusion of the game, it will be the responsibility of the White player to report the result of the game to the Tournament Director.
Subsequent Tournaments
Every meeting will consist of a tournament. In SS or RR tournaments, we will follow SLQ rules. We will alternate between QUAD and OCTO meetings (G/10 = 3 rounds in one meeting, G/30 = 3 rounds in 3 meetings). Every game affects your standing on the Ladder Board.
Change of Club Ratings
Ratings will be adjusted after each Tournament based on games won, lost or drawn using one of the attached ratings charts. Ratings do not influence ranks except in the initial SLQ (at the beginning of each year).
Change of Rankings
There will be no penalty when losing or drawing a match for the higher ranked player.
There will be no award when winning a match for the higher ranked player.
If the lower ranked player, the challenger, wins the match, this player will be awarded a new rank half–way between the current rank and that of the opponent.
If the challenger draws the match, this player will be awarded a new rank one-quarter–way between the current rank and that of the opponent.
If the challenger losses the match, this player will not be awarded a new rank.
EXCEPTION1: If the challenger is on the same rung of the ladder as the opponent, then winning the game causes the two players to swap ranks. Further, drawing the game will cause the challenger to assume the rank directly below the opponent!
EXCEPTION2: If the challenger is ranked directly below the opponent, then winning the game causes the two players to swap ranks. Further, drawing the game will not cause a rank adjustment!!
EXCEPTION3: If you do not defend your position on the ladder board at least once a month, your rank will be reduced by the number of months that you have not defended your rank!!! Anyone losing 10 or more ranks in any given meeting due to repeated absence may be removed from the ladder board.
Ladder Board Set–up
Every player will have an index card on the Ladder Board with their name, club rating, rung, rank, date of last defense, number of games played and ranks earned recorded. These cards will be arranged with the higher ranked players on the top on a bulletin board in Room 429 as follows. This website will also report the ladder board.
Rungs Ranks
A: 1
B: 2 3
C: 4 5 6
D: 7 8 9 10
E: 11 12 13 14 15
F: 16 17 18 19 20…
G/5 Ratings Table
Ratings Difference | If High Wins, Add to Winner, Deduct from Loser | If Low Wins, Add to Winner, Deduct from Loser | If a Draw, Add to Low, Deduct from High |
0 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
1–50 | 20 | 30 | 5 |
51–100 | 15 | 35 | 10 |
101–150 | 10 | 40 | 15 |
151–200 | 5 | 45 | 20 |
201 or more | 0 | 50 | 25 |
G/10 Ratings Table
Ratings Difference | If High Wins, Add to Winner, Deduct from Loser | If Low Wins, Add to Winner, Deduct from Loser | If a Draw, Add to Low, Deduct from High |
0 | 50 | 50 | 0 |
1–50 | 40 | 60 | 10 |
51–100 | 30 | 70 | 20 |
101–150 | 20 | 80 | 30 |
151–200 | 10 | 90 | 40 |
201 or more | 0 | 100 | 50 |
G/15 Ratings Table
Ratings Difference | If High Wins, Add to Winner, Deduct from Loser | If Low Wins, Add to Winner, Deduct from Loser | If a Draw, Add to Low, Deduct from High |
0 | 75 | 75 | 0 |
1–50 | 60 | 90 | 15 |
51–100 | 45 | 105 | 30 |
101–150 | 30 | 120 | 45 |
151–200 | 15 | 135 | 60 |
201 or more | 0 | 150 | 75 |
G/30 and SLQ Ratings Table
Ratings Difference | If High Wins, Add to Winner, Deduct from Loser | If Low Wins, Add to Winner, Deduct from Loser | If a Draw, Add to Low, Deduct from High |
0 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
1–50 | 80 | 120 | 20 |
51–100 | 60 | 140 | 40 |
101–150 | 40 | 160 | 60 |
151–200 | 20 | 180 | 80 |
201 or more | 0 | 200 | 100 |
SAMPLE EVENTS PAGE:
Every Monday Lessons, 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM, Room 429
Every Monday Tournaments, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Room 122
BHCC Weekly Challenge
6thAnnual BHCC Championship
05/03/2007 05/10/2007 05/17/2007 05/24/2007
4SS G30
FREE Entry for Baldwin Students
USCF Rated Prize OCTO 3SS G/10 Every Monday (1 meeting)
USCF Membership Required for Rated Prize OCTO:
Students $25/yr, Seniors $36/yr, Adults $49/yr
Entry per USCF Member: $5
Prizes per OCTO: $20-$10
September: Ladder Qualifier CYCLONE 6SS G/5
June: BHCC Championship TORNADO 4SS G/15
Last Meeting:
Medals: Top 10 Ladder Positions
Plaques: Most Ranks, Most Games, Highest Rated
Trophies: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Places in Championship Tournament
Play a Tournament each Monday, Win Prizes
Join our Ladder Board, Earn Annual Awards
Open to Students, Faculty and Staff
New Members are always Welcome!
Mr. A. Jorge García
USCF Certified Chess Coach
USCF Certified Local Tournament Director
http://calcpage.tripod.com/bhcc
ftp://ftp.baldwinschools.net
calcpage@lycos.com
MEMBERSHIP PAGE:
Name: ____________________ Grade:_____ Age: _____
Home Phone:____________________ Birthdate:__________
Mailing Address:
________________________________________
________________________________________
E–Mail Address:____________________
Web Address:____________________
Have you ever been a member of a chess club before?:____________________
Are you a member of the USCF?:____________________
Do you have a National Chess Rating?:____________________
If you are not rated, please circle your estimate of your skill level:
Beginner
You do NOT know how to move the pieces yet.
Advanced Beginner
You do know how to move the pieces, capture an
opponent’s piece and have played a few games.
Intermediate
You’ve played more than just a few games and have
an understanding of the en passant and castling
moves.
Advanced
You’ve played regularly at a club or at several
tournaments.
Become a BHCC Booster! Have your business advertised here!!
We’ll even link to your website!!!
Join at the Pawn Level ($25) and you support 1 of our Student’s Membership in the USCF so they can play in Nationally Rated Tournaments.
Join at the Knight Level ($50) and you support 2 of our Students’ Memberships in the USCF so they can play in Nationally Rated Tournaments.
Join at the Bishop Level ($100) and you support the purchase of 1 Tournament Board, 1 Set, 1 Clock and 2 Score Pads for 2 students to use at our club.
Join at the Rook Level ($150) and you support 2 of our Student’s Memberships in the USCF and the purchase of 1 Tournament Board, 1 Set, 1 Clock and 2 Score Pads for them to use at our club.
Join at the Cardinal Level ($200) and you support 4 of our Student’s Entry Fees in our 10 monthly Nationally Rated QUAD Tournaments.
Join at the Queen Level ($300) and you support 4 of our Student’s Memberships in the USCF and the purchase of 2 Tournament Boards, 2 Sets, 2 Clocks and 4 Score Pads for them to play QUAD Tournaments at our club.
Join at the Marshal Level ($400) and you support 8 of our Student’s Entry Fees in our 10 monthly Nationally Rated OCTO Tournaments.
Join at the Monarch Level ($500) and you support 4 of our Student’s Entry Fees in our 10 monthly QUAD Tournaments and you support 4 of our Student’s Memberships in the USCF and the purchase of 2 Tournament Boards, 2 Sets, 2 Clocks and 4 Score Pads for them to play QUAD Tournaments at our club.
Join at the King Level ($600) and you support 8 of our Student’s Memberships in the USCF and the purchase of 4 Tournament Boards, 4 Sets, 4 Clocks and 8 Score Pads for them to play OCTO Tournaments at our club.
Join at the Emperor Level ($1000) and you support 8 of our Student’s Entry Fees in our 10 monthly OCTO Tournaments and you support 8 of our Student’s Memberships in the USCF and the purchase of 4 Tournament Boards, 4 Sets, 4 Clocks and 8 Score Pads for them to play OCTO Tournaments at our club.
SAMPLE SPONSORSHIP PAGE:
Become a BHCC Booster! Have your business advertised here!!
We’ll even link to your website!!!
Join at the Pawn Level ($25) and you support 1 of our Student’s Membership in the USCF so they can play in Nationally Rated Tournaments.
Join at the Knight Level ($50) and you support 2 of our Students’ Memberships in the USCF so they can play in Nationally Rated Tournaments.
Join at the Bishop Level ($100) and you support the purchase of 1 Tournament Board, 1 Set, 1 Clock and 2 Score Pads for 2 students to use at our club.
Join at the Rook Level ($150) and you support 2 of our Student’s Memberships in the USCF and the purchase of 1 Tournament Board, 1 Set, 1 Clock and 2 Score Pads for them to use at our club.
Join at the Cardinal Level ($200) and you support 4 of our Student’s Entry Fees in our 10 monthly Nationally Rated QUAD Tournaments.
Join at the Queen Level ($300) and you support 4 of our Student’s Memberships in the USCF and the purchase of 2 Tournament Boards, 2 Sets, 2 Clocks and 4 Score Pads for them to play QUAD Tournaments at our club.
Join at the Marshal Level ($400) and you support 8 of our Student’s Entry Fees in our 10 monthly Nationally Rated OCTO Tournaments.
Join at the Monarch Level ($500) and you support 4 of our Student’s Entry Fees in our 10 monthly QUAD Tournaments and you support 4 of our Student’s Memberships in the USCF and the purchase of 2 Tournament Boards, 2 Sets, 2 Clocks and 4 Score Pads for them to play QUAD Tournaments at our club.
Join at the King Level ($600) and you support 8 of our Student’s Memberships in the USCF and the purchase of 4 Tournament Boards, 4 Sets, 4 Clocks and 8 Score Pads for them to play OCTO Tournaments at our club.
Join at the Emperor Level ($1000) and you support 8 of our Student’s Entry Fees in our 10 monthly OCTO Tournaments and you support 8 of our Student’s Memberships in the USCF and the purchase of 4 Tournament Boards, 4 Sets, 4 Clocks and 8 Score Pads for them to play OCTO Tournaments at our club.
Please send donations to calcpage@lycos.com via www.paypal.com.
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