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Results
GROUNDHOG GAMBIT
CHESS TOURNAMENT
Played at Saint Georges School
February 8, 2025

OPEN Section
1st: Austin Ashcroft
2nd: Jacob Kelly
3rd: John McIntyre
Upset: Darshini Dinesh Babu
Additional Trophies:
Leo Grace, Nicholas Wilson,
Peter Higgins

ELEMENTARY Section
1st: Owen Stark
2nd: Melody Ji
3rd: Alex Zhang
Upset: Nathanael Cho
Additional Trophies:
Asher Ikehara, Milo Davis,
Liam Scott

TEAM WINNER
Saint Georges School

See final rating report at NW Rating.

SwissSys Standings. Groundhog Gambit: Open

#	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Solk	T-Cum.
1	Austen Ashcroft	W10	W9	D8	W6	W2	4.5	13.5	13.5
2	Jacob Kelley	W8	W15	W10	W3	L1	4.0	13.5	14
3	John B McIntyre	W14	W6	W5	L2	W9	4.0	12.5	13
4	Leo Griffin Grace	W15	L8	W14	W12	W5	4.0	8	11
5	Nicholas D Wilson	W7	W11	L3	W9	L4	3.0	14.5	11
6	Peter Higgins	W13	L3	W11	L1	W10	3.0	13.5	9
7	Grady McKinnon	L5	W13	L9	W8	W11	3.0	10.5	7
8	Darshini Dinesh Babu	L2	W4	D1	L7	W14	2.5	16	6.5
9	Caleb Edlund	W12	L1	W7	L5	L3	2.0	16	8
10	Jesse Avey	L1	W12	L2	W13	L6	2.0	14.5	6
11	Sophia Grace	B---	L5	L6	W14	L7	2.0	9.5	6
12	Sawyer Hollis	L9	L10	W15	L4	B---	2.0	8.5	3
13	Logan Byrd	L6	L7	B---	L10	W15	2.0	8.5	3
14	Reed Autry-Dalsanders	L3	B---	L4	L11	L8	1.0	12	3
15	Tavish Rieper	L4	L2	L12	B---	L13	1.0	11	1

SwissSys Standings. Groundhog Gambit: Elementary

#	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Solk	T-Cum	T-Op.
1	Owen Stark	W12	W4	W10	W7	W6	5.0	14.5	15	48.5
2	Melody Ji	W16	W11	W8	W6	H---	4.5	10.5	14	33.5
3	Alex Sun Zhang	W19	L6	W13	W15	W9	4.0	11	11	36
4	Nathanael Cho	W20	L1	W12	W8	D5	3.5	14.5	10.5	44.5
5	Asher Ikehara	W13	L7	W18	W10	D4	3.5	13	10.5	41.5
6	Milo Davis	W15	W3	W7	L2	L1	3.0	18.5	12	55
7	Liam Scott	W17	W5	L6	L1	W12	3.0	15.5	10	46.5
8	Claire Brown	W14	W9	L2	L4	W13	3.0	15	10	46.5
9	Shaun Phelps	W18	L8	W14	W11	L3	3.0	13	10	40
10	Oliver Rodwell	W22	W21	L1	L5	W14	3.0	12	10	35
11	Logan Davis	B---	L2	W15	L9	W18	3.0	11	8	34
12	Fallyn Wendler	L1	W19	L4	W20	L7	2.0	13.5	6	41.5
13	Sam Guan	L5	W16	L3	W19	L8	2.0	13.5	6	38
14	Vivian Scott	L8	W20	L9	W21	L10	2.0	11	6	36.5
15	Scott Phelps	L6	W22	L11	L3	W19	2.0	11	5	34
16	Amelia Gambill	L2	L13	D21	D18	W20	2.0	10	3.5	31.5
17	Ryker Hinton	L7	L18	L19	W22	W21	2.0	7	3	21.5
18	Ronan Adams	L9	W17	L5	D16	L11	1.5	13	5	35
19	Lucy Ikehara	L3	L12	W17	L13	L15	1.0	12	3	31
20	James Zaagman	L4	L14	W22	L12	L16	1.0	10	3	26
21	Calder Holcomb	H---	L10	D16	L14	L17	1.0	9	3.5	22.5
22	Maverick Wendler	L10	L15	L20	L17	B---	1.0	8	0	21

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See discussion on tie-breaks,
by James Stripes on Blogspot

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COMING EVENTS

2025 Events Spring & Summer Flier
Tournaments & Camps

USCF QUADS ~ Flier
Saturdays: Feb 15, Mar 1, Mar 15
9:30 am to Noon ~ Fee $20.
USCF membership $24/yr.
Room for 12 players, each day.
Valley Chess Center
Awards to 1st and 2nd place winners.
Register Text: 509-822-9800
or eMail: reg@inlandchess.org

MARCH MADNESS
K-12 Chess Tournament ~ Flier
March 8 at St. John Vianney School
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Winter & Spring Chess Clubs 2025
Fliers are posted below.
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Washington State
Elementary Chess
Championship
April 26, 2025 ~ Tacoma, WA
REGISTER

Results
2024 Washington State
Scholastic Chess Championship
Played May 4, 2024 ~ Tri-Cities
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GRAND PRIX
Grand Prix Awards
School year 2022-2023
Grand Prix Winners
Grand Prix Overall Results

2023-2024 results are
being tabulated.
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RESOURCES

Benefits of Chess
Summary of research.

RATING SYSTEMS
NW Rating System
US Chess Federation

CHESS NEWS on WEB
USA Chess News
World Chess News
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EMPLOYMENT ~ Flier
NEED - PART TIME CHESS COACHES
Earn $35 / 1 hour sessions
Before and after school.
All training and equipment provided.
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Watch for updates.
Join Inland Chess Academy's
eMail list: play@inlandchess.org

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CHESS PRO SHOP ~ Everything Chess
Open by appointment days and evenings, Spokane Valley.
Phone or text: 509-822-9801
Bring your gift certificates and your chess shopping list.
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SPONSORS and SUPPORTERS
Byrd Realty, Cal's Cars, City of Spokane Valley, Dill Companies, David Griffin,
O'Reilly Auto Parts, Overstock Surplus, Pasadena Ridge Resort,
Spokane Valley Sea Hawkers Booster Club,
State Farm Christy Agency, STCU, VPI Quality Windows
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Before and After School Chess Clubs Let us hear from schools with chess clubs so we can post the information.
	School chess clubs meet once weekly for one hour, either before or after school. Students develop chess skills with the coach's assistance through lectures, exercises, and tournament style play. Discounted subscriptions to Chess Magnet School's online self study chess school and Chesskid.com learning and play website are available through Inland Chess Academy. If your child attends a school without a chess club and wants to learn and play chess, there are a few options: 1. Talk with the principal and suggest he/she contact Inland Chess Academy to discuss the progrram. 2. Contact Inland Chess Academy regarding tutoring and starting a home study program.

	School year 2024-2025. Winter Chess Club Registration Fliers.
	• All Saints Catholic School ~ FLIER • Cataldo Catholic School ~ FLIER • Holmes Elementary ~ FLIER • Hutton Elemenary ~ FLIER • Libby ~ FLIER • McDonald Elementary AM ~ FLIER • NESS Elementary AM ~ FLIER • NW Christian Elementary ~ FLIER • Orchard Center Elementary AM ~ FLIER • Pasadena Elementary AM ~ FLIER	• Prairie View EM ~ FLIER • Seth Woodard Elementary AM ~ FLIER • Skyline Elementary School ~ FLIER • South Pines Elementary School ~ FLIER • Southside Christian School ~ FLIER • St. Charles Catholic School ~ FLIER • St. John Vianney School ~ FLIER • St. Mary's School ~ FLIER • University EM ~ FLIER • Valley Christian School ~ FLIER
School year 2024-2025. Spring fliers are posted as they are approved.
	• CV Home School CoOp Dishman ~ FLIER • CV Home School CoOp Greenacres ~ FLIER
Pasadena Park EM Chess Club Autumn Semester Celebration ~ Dec, 2023

For Online Study . . .
Students wanting to use Chess Magnet School or ChessKid.com
contact Inland Chess Academy: 509-822-9800 ~ Or buy online.
Chess Magnet School $22/yr. ChessKid.com $18/yr. Both membeships for $35/yr.

Videos presented by Inland Chess Academy's coaches during Covid . . .
www.coachchess.com ~ Watch all the videos, as many times as you want.
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Results for Past Regional Tournaments
2013~2014 . 2014~2015 . 2015~2016 . 2016~2017 . 2017~2018 . 2018-2019 . 2019-2020
Summer 2020 . 2020-2021 . 2021-2022 . 2022-2023 . 2023-2024 . 2024-2025

Inland Chess Academy's Tournament Policies
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Spokane Chess Club	Meets ever Thursday, 7:00 pm West Central Abbey’s Fellowship Hall, 1832 West Dean Avenue, Spokane , WA www.SpokaneChessClub.org for schedule of USCF rated events.
*Employment: Coaches are needed in order for us to offer chess clubs in more schools.* For appointment to learn about a paid coaching position in our scholastic program, phone: 509-822-9801. QUAD is a round robin tournment of four players playing three round. Each player plays all other players.