{"id":1501,"date":"2018-06-06T17:29:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T17:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningchess.net\/blog\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2018-06-06T17:34:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T17:34:05","slug":"think-winslovak-puzzle-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningchess.net\/blog\/?p=1501","title":{"rendered":"<center>THINK &#038; WIN<br>SLOVAK PUZZLE CONTEST<\/center>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1515\" src=\"https:\/\/learningchess.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LearningChess-Slovak-Puzzle-Contest-LearningChess.net_-1-300x167.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningchess.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LearningChess-Slovak-Puzzle-Contest-LearningChess.net_-1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/learningchess.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LearningChess-Slovak-Puzzle-Contest-LearningChess.net_-1-320x178.png 320w, https:\/\/learningchess.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LearningChess-Slovak-Puzzle-Contest-LearningChess.net_-1.png 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first Slovak Puzzle Contest was organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.sk\/index.php?str=spravodajstvo&amp;od=0&amp;detail=2773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slovak Chess Federation<\/a> and LearningChess was successfully finished. Scholastic teams and individuals were fighting for the prizes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The participants had to gather all possible badges, and as many Trophy points as they can in the LearningChess Tactics Trainer. These have proven a\u00a0daunting task&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, everybody who rose to the challenge gained much more then the prizes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>their tactics skills improved hugely;<\/li>\n<li>they learned and recognized many new patterns;<\/li>\n<li>their chess strength (measured in your ELO rating) increased significantly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see the result:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Individual Competition (5 kids gathered all badges)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1st<\/strong>: <strong>\u0160imon Devera<\/strong> &#8211; coach Juraj Pech\u00e1\u010d<br \/>\n<strong>2nd<\/strong>: <strong>Matej Stri\u0161ko<\/strong> &#8211; coach Katarina Stri\u0161kov\u00e1<br \/>\n<strong>3rd<\/strong>: <strong>Eva Pola\u010dkov\u00e1<\/strong> &#8211; coach Renata Pola\u010dkov\u00e1<br \/>\n4th: <strong>Annam\u00e1ria Pola\u010dkov\u00e1<\/strong> &#8211; coach Renata\u00a0Pola\u010dkov\u00e1<br \/>\n5th: <strong>Lucia Stri\u0161kov\u00e1<\/strong> &#8211; coach Katarina Stri\u0161kov\u00e1<\/p>\n<p>The winners get 1-Year full access to LearningChess,\u00a0a LearningChess T-shirt (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.sk\/files\/subory\/1522060956Front.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">front<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.sk\/files\/subory\/1522060956Back.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back<\/a>),\u00a0and the first three also get a dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/learningchess.net\/blog\/?p=911\">book from GM Jozsef Pinter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Team Competition<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Schools took part in the Puzzle Contest with four members teams. The students solved puzzles, gathered badges, and got Trophy points during the competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1st<\/strong>:\u00a06450 Trophy points &#8211; <strong>Z\u0160 sv. Gorazda \u017dilina\u00a0<\/strong>(\u0160imon Devera, Petra Deverov\u00e1, Mat\u00fa\u0161 Daniel and Jakub Gr\u00fa\u0148 &#8211; coach Juraj Pech\u00e1\u010d)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd<\/strong>: 6095\u00a0Trophy points &#8211; <strong>CZ\u0160 sv. Petra a Pavla Stropkov<\/strong> (Eva Pola\u010dkov\u00e1, Adam Kasarda, Marcel Per\u00e1t, and Annam\u00e1ria Pola\u010dkov\u00e1 &#8211; coach Renata\u00a0Pola\u010dkov\u00e1)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3rd<\/strong>:\u00a03325 Trophy points &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Gymn\u00e1ziu Var\u0161avsk\u00e1 cesta 1, \u017dilina<\/strong>, (Jakub Bohu\u0161, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Bal\u00e1k, Mari\u00e1n Ra\u010dko and Mikul\u00e1\u0161 G\u00e4rtner &#8211; coach Mgr. Marcela \u017dilkov\u00e1)<\/p>\n<p>The schools won LearningChess Scholastic Chess Licenses (1st: 15, 2nd: 10, 3rd: 5) with Learning Management for the 2018\/19 school year.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the results, and thank you for all participants for joining the Slovak Puzzle Contest, which will surely continue next year!<\/p>\n<p>The Slovak version of this article can be read on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.sk\/index.php?str=spravodajstvo&amp;od=0&amp;detail=2773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slovak Chess Federation website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Slovak Puzzle Contest was organized by the Slovak Chess Federation and LearningChess was successfully finished. Scholastic teams and individuals were fighting for the prizes. The participants had to gather all possible badges, and as many Trophy points as they can in the LearningChess Tactics Trainer. 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