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Most of the junior varsity players consists
of freshmen. Freshmen Dustin Champlin
Chess Team Undefeated and Dean Mueggenberg get in some
extra practice games before the
tournament. (Michelle Bert)
-Alice Lin

Playing five matches per ability to use their mind and made and the moves that my
season plus the Metro tourna- maintain the interest of the game. opponents made so I could plan
ment , the Chess team went "When I got involved in a match, a strategy to win. This strategy
undefeated for a third straight I often found myself deep in con- was used in order to recognize
year . centration. Much skill was certain patterns played during
The team consisted of needed to maintain a worthwhile the game," said Junior Chris
15 players, all men and no game," said Senior Jonathan Mierzejewski.
women. There were 5 varsity Cohn. Each game of chess
players and 10 junior varsity. Besides concentration, provided for a unique experi-
Sponsor Bart Wormington said , players needed to learn the strat- ence for the mind of each stu-
"Chess was a game of strategy egy in order to win. As the say- dent. "Chess provided students
and tactics . Since we have so ing goes, "practice makes per- with an interest to think and have
many men on the team, some- fect." Practice rounds were usu- fun while they were doing it.
day I would like to see some ally Monday afternoons. Some Chess is a fun game to play and
women join. It would be an ex- strategys used was trial and er- challenging for all. It gave play-
perience for them." ror or learning from books. ers a certain aggressive side
Students who were in- "When I played chess, that they normally did not por-
volved with chess needed an wrote down the moves that tray," said Wormington.

Engle, Aaron
Erbe, Jodi
Ernst, Stacey
Evans, Marshall
Evans, Shawn
Failla, Jenny
Feelhaver, Jacy

_ ,....,....,..-- __ --.,.,_ Fielder, Heather
Finken ,Stephanie
Fischer, Kurt
Fischer, Wendy
Fish , Margaret
Fitch , Leanna
Fitzpatrick,Joseph

Floody, Kim
Flores, Kim
Flynn , Ryan
Fosmer, Cory
Francis, Tim
Fry, Jessica
Fuhrmann, Brent
Gass, Mitchell
Gaydos, Jennifer
Gdovic, Michael
Gehrki, Lindsey
Gerdes, Jamie
Gibson, Tricia
Gidley, Hope