Inland Chess Academy at Saint George's School

RESULTS
Black Knight's Joust
Scholastic Chess Tournament
October 17, 2015
The Black Knights Joust kicked off the scholastic chess season for the Spokane area. Thirty students in grade 1-8 participated from thirteen schools. The large number of upsets revealed that some young players worked hard on their skills during the off-season.

The two largest teams were Pioneer and host Saint George's. SGS edged Pioneer 9.5 to 9.0 for the team trophy. The tournament had two sections: open and under 900. Braxton Casey won top honors in the open section with 4.5. Three players finished on top of the U/900 with 4.0, Troy Sheikh (winning on tie-breaks), Malia Brown, and Simon McMynne.

Trophies were awarded for first place in each grade 1-7. Amelie Hilton (2.0) was first in grade one. Mythreya Dharani (4.0) was second overall in the open section and won the trophy for top second grader. Rohan Dhillon (2.5) had the best tie-breaks of the four third graders finishing with the same score. The other third graders with 2.5 were Olivia Hilton, Connor Simonds, and Robert Lasko. Each received an award. The fourth grade trophy went to Simon McMynne. Malia Brown was the fifth grade winner. Garrett Casey (3.0) won the sixth grade trophy. Exchange student Andres Diaz (3.5) took home the trophy for top seventh grader.

Others taking home prizes were Orrin Keener, Per Sande, Maxwell Johnson, Logan Faulkner, and Annie Alvarez. Eleven players qualified for the 2016 Washington State Elementary Chess Championship and earned a keychain in addition to their other prize.

  by James Stripes

SwissSys Standings. Black Knight's Joust: Under 900

# Name Rtng Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O] Prize
1 Troy Sheikh 500 FPR 5 W9 W5 W7 W2 L3 4.0 16.5 14 51  
2 Malia Brown 722 OKS 5 W4 W10 W6 L1 W9 4.0 16 13 51  
3 Simon McMynne 869 MUL 4 W14 L6 W11 W7 W1 4.0 14.5 11 47.5  
4 Andres Diaz unr. TRC 7 L2 W15 W16 D9 W10 3.5 13 9 39  
5 Orrin Keener 808 OKS 5 W15 L1 W14 L6 W11 3.0 13 9 40.5  
6 Per Sande 756 SGS 2 W17 W3 L2 W5 U--- 3.0 11.5 11 34  
7 Maxwell Johnson 759 CAT 5 W18 W13 L1 L3 W17 3.0 11 10 36  
8 Laura Sheikh 694 FPR 2 D12 L11 W19 D10 W13 3.0 10.5 7.5 33  
9 Rohan Dhillon 855 SGS 3 L1 W12 W18 D4 L2 2.5 14.5 8 45.5  
10 Olivia Hilton 777 PSP 3 W19 L2 W13 D8 L4 2.5 13.5 9 38.5  
11 Connor Simonds 581 PSP 3 H--- W8 L3 W12 L5 2.5 12.5 8 34  
12 Robert Lasko unr. VLC 3 D8 L9 W17 L11 W18 2.5 9 6.5 28  
13 Arnav Wadikar unr. SOP 2 W16 L7 L10 W14 L8 2.0 12.5 7 36.5  
14 Liam Reeves 588 PSP 4 L3 W19 L5 L13 B--- 2.0 10 4 29  
15 Amelie Hilton 495 PSP 1 L5 L4 B--- L16 W19 2.0 10 3 26  
16 Ethan Shan 672 SGS 2 L13 W17 L4 W15 U--- 2.0 7.5 6 20  
17 Radhika Sharma unr. PSP 3 L6 L16 L12 B--- L7 1.0 11.5 1 33.5  
18 Claire Gosselin-harris 400 PSP 1 L7 B--- L9 L19 L12 1.0 9 3 26.5  
19 Rebecca Lasko unr. VLC 2 L10 L14 L8 W18 L15 1.0 9 2 26.5  

SwissSys Standings. Black Knight's Joust: Open

#

Name

Rtng

Team

Grd

Rd 1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Tot

TBrk[S]

TBrk[C]

TBrk[O]

Prize

1

Braxton Casey

1470

LBY

8

W6

W5

W2

W3

D4

4.5

15

14.5

48.5

 

2

Mythreya Dharani

1429

SUP

2

W9

W10

L1

W4

W5

4.0

13

12

43

 

3

Logan Faulkner

1386

NWD

8

W8

D4

W7

L1

W6

3.5

13

11

42

 

4

Garrett Casey

1649

LBY

6

W7

D3

W6

L2

D1

3.0

16

10.5

48.5

 

5

Annie Alvarez

965

MEP

5

B---

L1

W11

W8

L2

3.0

11.5

9

34.5

 

6

Varun Ambalavanan

1132

PSP

4

L1

W9

L4

W7

L3

2.0

14.5

6

45

 

7

Cameron Simonds

1160

VLC

5

L4

W11

L3

L6

W8

2.0

11.5

5

35.5

 

8

Gabe Gustafson

974

SGS

5

L3

B---

W10

L5

L7

2.0

9.5

6

30

 

9

Sam Morris

1018

SGS

4

L2

L6

B---

W10

L11

2.0

9

4

25

 

10

Connor Gosselin-harris

1008

PSP

3

W11

L2

L8

L9

B---

2.0

8.5

5

24

 

11

Kara Chiang

1225

SGS

4

L10

L7

L5

B---

W9

2.0

7.5

2

23

 

SwissSys Standings. Black Knight's Joust: Parents

# Name Rtng Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O] Prize
1 Anand Wadikar unr. ADU 13 W5 W3 W2 3.0 5 6 11  
2 Mike Sheikh unr. ADU 13 W7 W6 L1 2.0 5 5 9  
3 Kyle Gosselin-harris unr. ADU 13 W8 L1 W5 2.0 4 4 8  
4 Purvi Dhillon unr. ADU 13 L6 W7 W8 2.0 2 3 3  
5 Kris Johnson unr. ADU 13 L1 W8 L3 1.0 5 2 10  
6 Jeff Hilton 1032 WAX 13 W4 L2 U--- 1.0 4 3 8  
7 Lawra Gosselin-harris 1212 WAX 13 L2 L4 B--- 1.0 4 0 8  
8 Carl Pickens unr. ADU 13 L3 L5 L4 0.0 5 0 9