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School Year 2023 - 2024
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Results
AUGUST SIZZLER TOURNAMENT
Played August 9 at St. John Vianney School
OPEN SECTION
1st: Nicholas Wilson
2nd: Karl Keener / 3rd: John McIntyre
UPPER UNRATED SECTION
1st: Riot Hassel / 2nd: David Birch
LOWER UNRATED SECTION
1st: Thomas Heal
2nd: Reyansh Modha / 3rd: Chase Aguayo
OPEN SECTION WINNERS


LOWER UNRATED SECTION WINNERS
Standings - August Sizzler Tournament

Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Slk T-Cm
Nicholas Wilson 963 W7 W15 W2 D5 W9 4.5 15.5 14
Karl Keener 1310 W13 W10 L1 W12 W5 4 16 12
John McIntyre 839 W18 L5 W15 W13 W12 4 12.5 11
Baylon Morton 924 W16 W17 L12 W8 W7 4 12 12
Riot Hassel unr. W14 W3 W9 D1 L2 3.5 17.5 13
Jesse Avey 795 W22 D12 L8 W20 W14 3.5 9.5 10
David Birch unr. L1 W19 W21 W14 L4 3 13 9
Kellen Lindly 1058 L15 W16 W6 L4 W17 3 13 8
Alexander Samiev 965 W23 W21 L5 W10 L1 3 12.5 11
Kelby Wang 751 W19 L2 W17 L9 W18 3 12 9
Liam Scott 617 L12 B--- L14 W16 W19 3 8 6
Levi Van Brunt 1209 W11 D6 W4 L2 L3 2.5 18 10
Phineas Clark 660 L2 W22 D20 L3 W21 2.5 11 6.5
Kelin Bai 957 L5 W18 W11 L7 L6 2 14.5 7
Daniel Young 472 W8 L1 L3 L19 W22 2 13.5 6
Thomas Heal unr. L4 L8 W22 L11 W20 2 11.5 4
Reyansh Modha unr. B--- L4 L10 W23 L8 2 10.5 6
Chase Aguayo unr. L3 L14 W23 W21 L10 2 10.5 5
Jonathan Birch unr. L10 L7 B--- W15 L11 2 10.5 4
Darshini Ganesend unr. L21 W23 D13 L6 L16 1.5 9.5 5.5
Atticus Jude 678 W20 L9 L7 L18 L13 1 12 5
Klay Morton unr. L6 L13 L16 B--- L15 1 10 1
Vivian Scott unr. L9 L20 L18 L17 B--- 1 8 0

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Results
JULY CAMP TOURNAMENT
Played July 12 at St. John Vianney School
Open Section
1st: Karl Keener
1st place rating level winners:
Nicholas Wilson, Julian Bingo, Sophia Grace
Grade Section
1st: Reyansh Modha
1st place grade winners:
Linus Kauffman, Chase Aguayo, Eric O'Dell


Novice Campers

Winner~
OPEN SECTION and GRADE SECTION WINNERS


OPEN SECTION

Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total
Karl Keener 1310 W6 W4 D3 W2 W5 4.5
Nicholas Wilson 936 W7 W9 W8 L1 W4 4
Kellen Lindly 1058 W13 W5 D1 L4 W8 3.5
Julian Bingo 909 W10 L1 W9 W3 L2 3
John McIntyre 839 W11 L3 W10 W6 L1 3
Max Hsu 740 L1 W7 W11 L5 W12 3
Sophia Grace 675 L2 L6 B--- W12 W9 3
Leo Grace 1068 L9 W12 L2 W10 L3 2
Peter Higgins 722 W8 L2 L4 W11 L7 2
Phineas Clark 660 L4 W13 L5 L8 B--- 2
Oliver Rodwell 602 L5 B--- L6 L9 W13 2
Claire Brown 585 B--- L8 W13 L7 L6 2
Beatrice Hopkins 722 L3 L10 L12 B--- L11 1

NOVICE - GRADE SECTION

Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total
Reyansh Modha B--- W13 D2 W3 W5 4.5
Linus Kauffman W11 W9 D1 W4 W7 4.5
Chase Aguayo W10 W6 W4 L1 W9 4
Eric Odell W13 W5 L3 L2 W10 3
Thatcher Vukasin W12 L4 W9 W6 L1 3
Alex Schmid W8 L3 W10 L5 W12 3
Manny Vega L9 B--- W8 W12 L2 3
Mason Horlen L6 W11 L7 L9 W13 2
Kerry Westhaven W7 L2 L5 W8 L3 2
Guinevere Vukasin L3 W12 L6 W13 L4 2
Trent Ulbright L2 L8 W13 H--- U--- 1.5
Wyatt Richards L5 L10 B--- L7 L6 1
Adelaide Corbin L4 L1 L11 L10 L8 0

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JUNE HEAT ~ Results
Scholastic Chess Tournament
Played June 22 at St. John Vianney School
Open Section
1st: Ben Patterson / 2nd: Jessie Li
Rating Sections
U1200 - 1st: Morgan Bair
U1000 - 1st: Caleb Edlund
900 - 1st: John McIntyre
800 - 1st: Melody Ji
Unrated Section
1st: Leo Grace / 2nd: Taisei Jones
# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Ben Patterson 1764 W15 W12 W6 W2 W5 5.0 13 15 45
2 Jessie Li 1406 W11 W4 W8 L1 W7 4.0 15.5 13 49
3 Morgan Bair 1085 L8 W5 W14 W12 W4 4.0 12.5 10 43.5
4 Caleb Edlund 953 W13 L2 W9 W6 L3 3.0 15.5 10 44
5 Roy Li 1175 W9 L3 W15 W8 L1 3.0 15 10 44.5
6 Karl Keener 1345 W10 W14 L1 L4 W12 3.0 14 10 44
7 Kelin Bai 960 W16 L8 W10 W13 L2 3.0 11.5 10 35.5
8 Leo Grace unr. W3 W7 L2 L5 D11 2.5 16 9.5 47.5
9 Taisei Jones unr. L5 W17 L4 D10 W16 2.5 9.5 6 29
10 Junyi Li 609 L6 B--- L7 D9 W15 2.5 9.5 5 30
11 Melody Ji 705 L2 L13 B--- W16 D8 2.5 9.5 4.5 30.5
12 John McIntyre 836 W17 L1 W13 L3 L6 2.0 14.5 8 41
13 Sophia Grace unr. L4 W11 L12 L7 W17 2.0 10.5 5 33.5
14 Asher Milonas 539 B--- L6 L3 W15 U--- 2.0 8 6 24
15 Kelby Wang 828 L1 W16 L5 L14 L10 1.0 13 4 39
16 Jaxon Dickinson unr. L7 L15 W17 L11 L9 1.0 9 3 25.5
17 Reyansh Modha unr. L12 L9 L16 B--- L13 1.0 7.5 1 22

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LAST CHANCE ~ Results
Scholastic Chess Tournament
Played April 20 at St. John Vianney School
Open Section
1st: Stanley Deng / 2nd: Ben Patterson
3rd: Logan Dishanni / 4th: Karl Keener
5th: Connor Lund / Upset:
Elementary Section
1st: Solomon Moss / 2nd: Christopher Lee Anderson
3rd: John McIntye / 4th: Kelby Wang
5th: Braylon Morton / Upset:

OPEN SECTION

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Stanley Deng W9 W6 W8 D2 W4 4.5 17.5 14 56
2 Ben Patterson W3 W5 W7 D1 W6 4.5 17.5 14 54
3 Logan Dishanni L2 W16 W12 W7 W5 4.0 13.5 10 43
4 Karl Keener W17 W11 W10 W8 L1 4.0 13 14 38
5 Connor Lund W10 L2 W19 W9 L3 3.0 15 10 39
6 Tristen Santilli W15 L1 W11 W13 L2 3.0 14.5 10 47
7 Nicholas Wilson W16 W12 L2 L3 W14 3.0 13.5 10 38
8 Kellen Lindly W18 W13 L1 L4 W15 3.0 13 10 45
9 Jacob Eberlein L1 W14 W15 L5 W13 3.0 13 8 42
10 Francis Lave' L5 W17 L4 W11 W12 3.0 11 7 37
11 Lawrence Fahlstrom W14 L4 L6 L10 W17 2.0 12.5 6 37
12 Karl Petersen B--- L7 L3 W16 L10 2.0 11.5 6 30
13 Jude Peters W19 L8 W18 L6 L9 2.0 10.5 8 32
14 Tyson Roegele L11 L9 W17 W18 L7 2.0 9.5 5 29
15 Jonah Dishanni L6 B--- L9 W19 L8 2.0 9.5 5 28
16 Perpetua Hanley L7 L3 B--- L12 W18 2.0 9.5 3 30
17 Jordan Ferguson L4 L10 L14 B--- L11 1.0 11 1 32
18 Leo Hanley L8 W19 L13 L14 L16 1.0 9 4 26
19 Caden Dishanni L13 L18 L5 L15 B--- 1.0 7.5 0 27

ELEMENTARY SECTION

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Solomon Moss W24 W9 W10 W15 W2 5.0 14 15 47
2 Christopher Lee Anderson W14 W19 W5 W7 L1 4.0 17 14 51.5
3 John McIntyre W12 W25 W6 L5 W9 4.0 14.5 13 42.5
4 Kelby Wang L9 W12 W11 W18 W10 4.0 14 10 40.5
5 Braylon Morton W29 W13 L2 W3 D6 3.5 15.5 11.5 48.5
6 Kelin Bai W26 W20 L3 W16 D5 3.5 13.5 11.5 45.5
7 Alexander Samiev W27 D8 W17 L2 W15 3.5 13.5 11 46
8 Liam Scott W30 D7 L15 W28 W17 3.5 10 10 37
9 Claire Brown W4 L1 W21 W20 L3 3.0 17 10 51
10 Peter Higgins W18 W22 L1 W19 L4 3.0 15.5 11 46.5
11 Silas Moss L15 W23 L4 W21 W19 3.0 12.5 7 38
12 Selah Laughlin L3 L4 B--- W25 W20 3.0 12 5 35.5
13 Daniel Young W21 L5 L19 W27 W23 3.0 10.5 8 32.5
14 Lorenzo Centers L2 L16 W31 W22 W26 3.0 10.5 6 33
15 Jesse Avey W11 D17 W8 L1 L7 2.5 17.5 10 52
16 Reed Autry-Dalsanders L19 W14 W22 L6 D18 2.5 13 7.5 39
17 Joseph Eberlein W31 D15 L7 W26 L8 2.5 11.5 9 36.5
18 Owen Stark L10 W29 W28 L4 D16 2.5 11.5 7.5 34.5
19 Zachary Willis W16 L2 W13 L10 L11 2.0 15.5 8 47.5
20 Oliver Rodwell W23 L6 W30 L9 L12 2.0 11.5 8 34.5
21 Louis Mertens L13 W24 L9 L11 W27 2.0 11.5 5 30
22 Joachim Hanley W28 L10 L16 L14 W29 2.0 10.5 6 30.5
23 Harrison Stokes L20 L11 W24 W30 L13 2.0 10 5 28
24 Ezra Hasbrouk L1 L21 L23 B--- W30 2.0 9.5 2 28
25 Yuvaan Yadav H--- L3 D26 L12 W28 2.0 9 4.5 27.5
26 Canon Laughlin L6 W27 D25 L17 L14 1.5 12 5.5 34
27 Arionah Roegele L7 L26 W29 L13 L21 1.0 11 3 31.5
28 Nathan Abernathy L22 W31 L18 L8 L25 1.0 10.5 4 28
29 Patrick Spindler L5 L18 L27 W31 L22 1.0 9.5 2 28
30 Sean Lave' L8 B--- L20 L23 L24 1.0 9 3 25
31 Imogen Bacon L17 L28 L14 L29 B--- 1.0 7.5 0 21

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SPRING BREAK ~ Results
 Scholastic Chess Tournament
Played on Friday, April 5, 2024
Played at St. John Vianney School
Open Section
1st: Bryan Zhou / 2nd: Nicholas Wilson
3rd: Indiana Elkins / 4th: Matthew Huang
Novice Section
1st: Oliver Rodwell / 2nd: Elijah Statz
3rd: Selah Laughlin / 4th: Claire Brown

SwissSys Standings. Spring Break : Open

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op.
1 Bryan Zhou W10 W5 W6 W2 D3 4.5 15 14.5 45.5
2 Nicholas Wilson W9 W3 W8 L1 D4 3.5 16.5 12.5 48.5
3 Indiana Elkins W8 L2 W4 W10 D1 3.5 15.5 10.5 49.5
4 Matthew Huang W11 W6 L3 W7 D2 3.5 14 11.5 45.5
5 Caleb Edlund W12 L1 D7 W9 W11 3.5 12.5 9.5 39
6 John McIntyre W13 L4 L1 W14 W7 3.0 12 8 39.5
7 Ethan Zhou W14 W11 D5 L4 L6 2.5 12 10.5 35
8 Jax Skelton L3 W13 L2 D11 W10 2.5 11 6 33
9 Max Hsu L2 D10 W14 L5 W12 2.5 10.5 6 33
10 Liam Scott L1 D9 W12 L3 L8 1.5 14.5 5 41
11 Tucker Skelton L4 L7 W13 D8 L5 1.5 13 4 38.5
12 Daniel Young L5 D14 L10 W13 L9 1.5 9 4 23.5
13 Trey Tortorelli L6 L8 L11 L12 W14 1.0 9 1 24
14 Reed Autry-Dalsanders L7 D12 L9 L6 L13 0.5 10.5 2 29.5

SwissSys Standings. Spring Break : Novice

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op.
1 Oliver Rodwell W15 W5 W4 W12 W6 5.0 12.5 15 41
2 Elijah Statz H--- D8 W16 W7 W4 4.0 10 10 31.5
3 Selah Laughlin W9 L6 D5 W14 W12 3.5 12.5 9.5 42
4 Claire Brown W13 W7 L1 W6 L2 3.0 17 11 51
5 Ian Swift W16 L1 D3 W11 D9 3.0 15 9 42.5
6 Tristan McNaghten W18 W3 W14 L4 L1 3.0 13.5 12 44
7 Alex Zhang W12 L4 W8 L2 W14 3.0 13.5 9 42
8 Maria Flores D14 D2 L7 W16 W13 3.0 11.5 7.5 34.5
9 Maximus Glessing L3 D18 W17 W10 D5 3.0 10.5 7.5 31
10 Kannon Kapiko D11 W17 L12 L9 W16 2.5 9.5 7.5 28
11 Rhys Phenneger D10 L14 W18 L5 W17 2.5 8.5 6.5 28
12 Canon Laughlin L7 W13 W10 L1 L3 2.0 16 7 46
13 Cameron Skelton L4 L12 W15 W18 L8 2.0 10 5 29.5
14 Daphne Jeffs D8 W11 L6 L3 L7 1.5 15 6.5 44.5
15 Madeline Phenneger L1 L16 L13 D17 W18 1.5 9.5 2 29
16 Kyren Rosales L5 W15 L2 L8 L10 1.0 14 4 36
17 Seren Statz H--- L10 L9 D15 L11 1.0 9.5 3 23.5
18 Margi Williams L6 D9 L11 L13 L15 0.5 12 2 33

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DRAGON SLAYER ~ Results
 Scholastic Chess Tournament
Played on Saturday, March 23, 2024
Played at Saint Georges School
Open Section
1st: Eshan Reddy / 2nd: Aiden Davis
3rd: Kellen Lindley
4th: Noah Hochheimer
Upset: Miles Brewer
Under 800 & Unrated Section
1st: Dushan Janout / 2nd: Jax Skelton
3rd: Peter Higgins
Upset: Alexander Aguilar
Trophies: John McIntyre, Roel Puri
Melody Ji, Asmi Jain
TEAM Winners
1st: Saint Georges
See detailed reportof all players.

The Dragonslayer tournament was held at Saint George's School on 23 March 2024. Registrations did not allow for a five round event in a middle school/high school section of players in grades 7-12, as there were only five such players. Instead, the sections were divided by rating. All players rated above 800 were placed in the open, creating a seven player section that included three fifth graders and one sixth grader. The "Elementary" section became players rated under 800 and unrated with two seventh graders playing with those in K-6.

In the Open section, the top rated player, Eshan Reddy, finished in first, but tied with number two, Aiden Davis, who took second on tiebreaks. They drew in their round three battle. Kellen Lindley finished in third. Noah Hochheimer tied for third, finishing in fourth on tiebreaks. He also received a trophy. Miles Brewer scored the largest upset.

Dushan Janout, playing in his first event, scored a perfect 5-0 to win the u800/unr section. Six players finished with 4-0. Jax Skelton took second place, having defeated three of those tied with him. Third place went to Peter Higgins. The others--John McIntyre, Roel Puri, Melody Ji, and Asmi Jain--also received trophies.
Biggest upset to Alexander Aguilar.

Saint George's won the team trophy with 11.0 points earned by their top three players. St. Aloysius (two players) and St. Mary's tied for second in the team standings with 9.0 each.

The parent/child team of Nathan and Asher Ikehara won a book for the top score in the family competition.

SwissSys Standings. DragonSlayer: Open

# Name Rating Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op.
1 Eshan Reddy 1561 SGS W7 W6 D2 W3 W4 4.5 11.5 13.5 36.5
2 Aiden Davis 1390 ADC W4 W3 D1 W7 W5 4.5 11.5 13.5 36.5
3 Kellen Lindly 1089 SRI W5 L2 W6 L1 B--- 3.0 12 8 37
4 Noah Hochheimer 944 SGS L2 W7 W5 B--- L1 3.0 11 8 34
5 Christopher Lee Anderson 806 HSC L3 B--- L4 W6 L2 2.0 11 5 34.5
6 Miles Brewer 823 COB B--- L1 L3 L5 W7 2.0 9 5 28.5
7 Braylon Morton 1066 FLM L1 L4 B--- L2 L6 1.0 13 2 40

SwissSys Standings. DragonSlayer: Elementary

# Name Rating Team Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Dushan Janout unr. GON W24 W12 W10 W8 W2 5.0 15 15 49
2 Jax Skelton 445 MMC W34 W4 W3 W7 L1 4.0 18 14 54
3 Peter Higgins 663 GON W14 W22 L2 W9 W17 4.0 14.5 12 49
4 John McIntyre 716 HSC W9 L2 W27 W22 W14 4.0 14 11 45
5 Roel Puri unr. MMC W18 W11 D16 D17 W8 4.0 13.5 12.5 47
6 Melody Ji 778 SGS W21 W23 L8 W16 W13 4.0 13.5 12 44.5
7 Asmi Jain 608 SGS W38 W18 W17 L2 W11 4.0 12 13 38.5
8 Anthony Soltyshak 638 SOD W33 W15 W6 L1 L5 3.0 17 12 52.5
9 Pablo Muela 221 MMJ L4 W30 W12 L3 W25 3.0 15 8 41
10 Phineas Clark 661 HSC W26 W28 L1 L13 W16 3.0 14.5 10 46.5
11 Reed Autry-Dalsanders 613 SOD W35 L5 W28 W15 L7 3.0 14 10 41.5
12 Luca Hochheimer 523 SGS W19 L1 L9 W36 W26 3.0 14 8 38
13 Alexander Aguilar 218 MMJ L16 W29 W23 W10 L6 3.0 13.5 9 42.5
14 Daphne Jeffs 198 MMJ L3 W34 W25 W20 L4 3.0 13.5 9 41.5
15 Asher Ikehara unr. CEV W32 L8 W24 L11 W22 3.0 11.5 9 40
16 Tucker Skelton 683 SOD W13 W20 D5 L6 L10 2.5 16.5 10.5 52
17 Connor Clark 717 SOD W27 W25 L7 D5 L3 2.5 16 10 50.5
18 Oliver Rodwell 480 SOD L5 L7 D19 W28 W27 2.5 14.5 4.5 43.5
19 Jeremiah Boyer unr. CEV L12 D21 D18 W24 D20 2.5 13 6 33
20 Claire Brown 368 CAT W31 L16 W33 L14 D19 2.5 10.5 8.5 33.5
21 Lorenzo Centers 241 ICP L6 D19 W32 W23 U--- 2.5 10 7 29
22 Neva Xu 334 LBY W37 L3 W26 L4 L15 2.0 14 8 40
23 Warren Brewer 510 SOD W36 L6 L13 L21 W31 2.0 13 6 35
24 Christian Aguilar 260 MMJ L1 W35 L15 L19 W32 2.0 13 5 36
25 Apryl Hooker 449 GRC W30 L17 L14 W33 L9 2.0 11.5 7 34
26 Stella Xu 169 PVE L10 W31 L22 W29 L12 2.0 11.5 6 34
27 Malcolm Jimenez 230 NSV L17 W36 L4 W34 L18 2.0 11.5 6 31.5
28 Julian Castilla 245 MMJ W29 L10 L11 L18 W37 2.0 11.5 6 30.5
29 Milo Anderson unr. CEV L28 L13 W35 L26 W33 2.0 9 4 26
30 Liam Gallaway unr. CEV L25 L9 L31 W35 W38 2.0 7.5 3 20
31 Owen Olsen unr. MMJ L20 L26 W30 D32 L23 1.5 10 4 28.5
32 Nora Binder 281 SOD L15 W38 L21 D31 L24 1.5 9.5 5 25
33 Colette Spelman 100 SGS L8 W37 L20 L25 L29 1.0 10.5 4 33.5
34 Samuel Haskins unr. CEV L2 L14 W38 L27 L35 1.0 10 3 30
35 Jaina Hooker 100 GRC L11 L24 L29 L30 W34 1.0 10 1 25
36 Felix Centers unr. ICP L23 L27 W37 L12 U--- 1.0 8 3 22
37 Elliot Reinhardt unr. CEV L22 L33 L36 W38 L28 1.0 6.5 2 21
38 Eleanor Frostad 100 FKS L7 L32 L34 L37 L30 0.0 9.5 0 26

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Results
MARCH MADNESS
Scholastic Chess Tournament
Played on Saturday, March 9, 2024
Open Section
1st: Karl Keener / 2nd: Ben Paterson
3rd: Nicholas Wilson
Upset: Connor Lung
Elementary Knights Section
1st: Kellen Lindy / 2nd: Matthew Huang
3rd: Alexander Samiev
Upset: Apryl Hooker
Medals: Ethan Zhou, Braylon Morton,
Spencer Caine, Juian Bingo, Miles Brewer,
Joseph Jones, Reed Autry-Dalsanders,
Jesse Avey, Archie Donahoe, Melody Ji
Elementary Pawn Section
1st: Asmi Jain
2nd: Cole Sherwood / 3rd: James Donahoe
Upset: Oliver Rodwell
Medals: Kannon Kapiko,
Tristan McHaughten, Finn Quisenberry
TEAM Winners
1st: Libby Chess Club
2nd: Soda Shop Chess Club

A record number of children participated in the March Madness youth chess tournament at St. John Vianney on 9 March 2024. Not since 2008 has a local youth tournament drawn in excess of 100 players. There were 109 players from 35 schools. Nearly half of the young competitors (52) were playing in their first event. The problem solving abilities of Inland Chess Academy's tournament crew were put to the test.

With so many players new to competition, keeping the playing room quiet required vigilance. Some players forgot to report their results and had to be tracked down by the tournament director. The numbers also made time between rounds a bit longer after a late beginning for round one. Even so, awards were finished before 5:00 pm.

There were upsets aplenty. The second highest rated players in the top two sections finished in first place, while in the K-3 section, the top award went to the third seed. There were long battles when clocks added to the pressure, but the playing room was half empty ten minutes into each round. There were stalemates when a player thought that more than one queen was needed to finish. There were draws because kings were all that remained. There were the usual small number of games that ended with checkmate in fewer than eight moves. There were complex positional battles, too. Enough players were recording their games, that additional pencils had to be pulled from hiding.
by James Stripes

For a discussion of the tie-breaks we use, please see "Swiss Tournament Tie-Breaks" at:
http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2016/02/swiss-tournament-tie-breaks.html.


SwissSys Standings. March Madness: Open

# Name Rating Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Karl Keener 1321 HLH 8 W15 W13 W5 W2 W4 5.0 13.5 15 47
2 Ben Patterson 1540 CHH 11 W7 W9 W4 L1 W5 4.0 16.5 13 52
3 Nicholas Wilson 718 LBY 7 L16 W11 W13 W8 W6 4.0 11.5 10 32.5
4 Leo Sherwood 1078 FRE 8 W17 W14 L2 W7 L1 3.0 15.5 11 47.5
5 Logan Dishanni 730 ICP 12 W11 W16 L1 W14 L2 3.0 14.5 11 45.5
6 Jacob Eberlein 937 ICP 9 L14 W17 W9 W15 L3 3.0 11.5 9 34.5
7 Connor Lund 617 ICP 11 L2 W19 W16 L4 W10 3.0 11.5 8 40.5
8 Francis Lave' 939 ICP 9 L13 W18 W10 L3 W14 3.0 11.5 8 35
9 Vincent Jones 400 ICP 10 B--- L2 L6 W19 W15 3.0 9 7 30
10 Jordan Ferguson 877 ICP 10 D18 W12 L8 W13 L7 2.5 11.5 8.5 31.5
11 Dominic Demeyer unr. ICP 10 L5 L3 D17 B--- W16 2.5 10 3.5 30.5
12 Jonah Dishanni 686 ICP 8 W19 L10 L14 D16 W17 2.5 8 7 28
13 Perpetua Hanley unr. HSC 9 W8 L1 L3 L10 W19 2.0 15 6 43.5
14 Noah Roman unr. ICP 8 W6 L4 W12 L5 L8 2.0 14.5 8 46
15 Matthew Kendall 482 ICP 9 L1 B--- W18 L6 L9 2.0 11.5 6 33.5
16 Zachary Kanyer unr. MMJ 8 W3 L5 L7 D12 L11 1.5 14.5 6 39.5
17 Augustine Barb unr. ICP 8 L4 L6 D11 W18 L12 1.5 11.5 3.5 33
18 Samuel Abernathy unr. ICP 8 D10 L8 L15 L17 B--- 1.5 8.5 2.5 26
19 Charles Zenk unr. ICP 8 L12 L7 B--- L9 L13 1.0 10 2 28

SwissSys Standings. March Madness: Knights

# Name Rating Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Kellen Lindly 997 SRI 5 W21 W19 W30 W7 W4 5.0 16.5 15 56
2 Matthew Huang unr. LBY 7 W56 W35 W20 W3 W6 5.0 14.5 15 48
3 Alexander Samiev 978 SSP 6 W22 W14 W17 L2 W16 4.0 17.5 13 54.5
4 Ethan Zhou 829 LBY 4 W34 W37 W16 W5 L1 4.0 16.5 14 51.5
5 Braylon Morton 1145 FLM 6 W44 W10 W8 L4 W15 4.0 16.5 13 52.5
6 Spencer Caine 958 SIA 6 W24 W54 W18 W11 L2 4.0 15.5 14 50.5
7 Julian Bingo 954 LBY 5 W46 W36 W15 L1 W19 4.0 14.5 13 46
8 Miles Brewer 759 SOD 5 W45 W43 L5 W22 W21 4.0 14 12 40
9 Joseph Jones unr. ICP 6 L15 W49 W35 W38 W17 4.0 11.5 10 40.5
10 Reed Autry-Dalsanders 391 SOD 5 W25 L5 W41 W27 D12 3.5 15.5 10.5 45.5
11 Jesse Avey 833 SOD 6 W53 W31 D13 L6 W18 3.5 14.5 11.5 45
12 Archie Donahue 626 ALT 5 L31 W51 W36 W26 D10 3.5 12.5 9.5 37
13 Melody Ji 785 SGS 2 L36 W38 D11 W48 W31 3.5 11.5 8.5 41
14 Apryl Hooker 268 GRC 5 W61 L3 D48 W55 W30 3.5 10.5 9.5 32.5
15 John McIntyre 602 HSC 5 W9 W42 L7 W23 L5 3.0 17 11 52
16 Anthony Soltyshak 533 SOD 5 W29 W32 L4 W25 L3 3.0 16.5 11 49
17 Peter Higgins 613 GON 5 W26 W39 L3 W24 L9 3.0 16 11 47
18 Liam Scott 612 PSP 4 W47 W27 L6 W37 L11 3.0 14 11 45.5
19 Trey Tortorelli 432 NWC 5 W60 L1 W29 W39 L7 3.0 14 10 43
20 Johnny McGivern 851 HUT 5 W51 W33 L2 L21 W37 3.0 14 10 41.5
21 Fred Cunningham unr. LBY 4 L1 W60 W42 W20 L8 3.0 14 9 44
22 Phineas Clark unr. HSC 5 L3 W61 W32 L8 W39 3.0 14 8 40
23 Micah Doornink unr. SOD 5 W28 L30 W54 L15 W36 3.0 11.5 9 40
24 Canon Laughlin unr. VLC 4 L6 W52 W57 L17 W42 3.0 11.5 8 36.5
25 Thomas Kendel unr. ICP 6 L10 W46 W56 L16 W38 3.0 11.5 8 36.5
26 Elijah Statz unr. VLC 4 L17 W57 W50 L12 W40 3.0 11 8 33
27 Marcel Tardiff unr. ICP 6 W59 L18 W40 L10 W44 3.0 10.5 9 32.5
28 Daniel Young 498 TNT 6 L23 W45 L37 W47 W41 3.0 10.5 7 30
29 Joseph Eberlein unr. ICP 6 L16 W59 L19 W54 W35 3.0 9 7 33
30 Braxton Dahlke 615 ORS 4 W57 W23 L1 D31 L14 2.5 15 10 44.5
31 Graham Johnson unr. SOX 5 W12 L11 W55 D30 L13 2.5 14 9 43.5
32 Kyrick Christensen unr. SOX 4 W40 L16 L22 D33 W49 2.5 12 7 35.5
33 Alexander Aguilar 100 MMJ 4 W58 L20 L39 D32 W48 2.5 10 7 33.5
34 Patrick Spindler unr. ICP 6 L4 L50 D49 W52 W55 2.5 9.5 4.5 28.5
35 Ryan Hetnar 501 WVC 6 W41 L2 L9 W45 L29 2.0 16 7 42
36 Gerard Jones unr. ICP 7 W13 L7 L12 W50 L23 2.0 15.5 7 44.5
37 Nathan Abernathy unr. ICP 6 W55 L4 W28 L18 L20 2.0 14 8 46
38 Hazen Anderson-Woody 452 NSV 5 W48 L13 W43 L9 L25 2.0 14 8 38
39 Lawrence Falstrom unr. ICP 7 W49 L17 W33 L19 L22 2.0 13 8 39.5
40 Sean Lave unr. ICP 6 L32 W47 L27 W43 L26 2.0 12 6 33
41 Emeric Bullington unr. ICP 6 L35 W44 L10 W46 L28 2.0 12 6 32.5
42 Ignatius Peters unr. ICP 8 W62 L15 L21 W56 L24 2.0 11.5 7 32
43 Evelyn Frazier unr. LLK 4 W50 L8 L38 L40 W54 2.0 10.5 6 35.5
44 Nora Binder unr. SOD 4 L5 L41 W60 W58 L27 2.0 10 5 31
45 Oryn Sharp unr. MMJ 7 L8 L28 W59 L35 W57 2.0 10 4 28
46 Daphne Jeffs unr. MMJ 5 L7 L25 X61 L41 W58 2.0 10 3 30
47 Wyatt Richard unr. SWE 4 L18 L40 W62 L28 X56 2.0 9 3 24
48 Sam Dituri unr. ICP 6 L38 W62 D14 L13 L33 1.5 12.5 5.5 33
49 Lucas Gilman unr. ORS 5 L39 L9 D34 W51 L32 1.5 12.5 3.5 32
50 Silas Albert 516 FSS 4 L43 W34 L26 L36 D53 1.5 11 4.5 28
51 Lorenzo Centers unr. ICP 6 L20 L12 D52 L49 W59 1.5 9.5 2.5 25.5
52 Pablo Muela unr. MMJ 4 L54 L24 D51 L34 W60 1.5 8 2.5 20
53 Levi Maughan unr. OTI 5 L11 L55 L58 W59 D50 1.5 7 2.5 23
54 Ian Swift 374 SWE 4 W52 L6 L23 L29 L43 1.0 13.5 5 38.5
55 Amanda Price 548 SSP 7 L37 W53 L31 L14 L34 1.0 12 4 33.5
56 Katelyn Walsh 195 UNV 5 L2 W58 L25 L42 F47 1.0 11 4 33
57 Neva Xu 400 LBY 5 L30 L26 L24 W60 L45 1.0 10.5 2 30
58 Andrew Latham unr. ICP 6 L33 L56 W53 L44 L46 1.0 9 3 21.5
59 Cameron Salazar unr. ORS 5 L27 L29 L45 L53 L51 0.0 11 0 25
60 Gerard Goggin unr. ICP 6 L19 L21 L44 L57 L52 0.0 10.5 0 28.5
61 Eli McNamara-Fella unr. SWE 4 L14 L22 F46 U--- U--- 0.0 6.5 0 17.5
62 Gianna Rogers unr. HUT 4 L42 L48 L47 U--- U--- 0.0 5 0 15.5

SwissSys Standings. March Madness: Pawns

# Name Rating Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Asmi Jain 515 SGS 3 W21 W19 W8 W5 D2 4.5 14.5 14.5 49
2 Cole Sherwood 552 FRE 3 W4 W7 D3 W9 D1 4.0 19 13 57
3 James Donahue 459 ALT 3 W22 W16 D2 W6 D5 4.0 15 13 48
4 Kannon Kapiko 100 SOD 3 L2 W23 W16 W17 W10 4.0 12 10 40.5
5 Oliver Rodwell 410 MDR 2 W18 W17 W9 L1 D3 3.5 15.5 12.5 52.5
6 Tristan McNaghten unr. MDR 2 D14 W12 W13 L3 W19 3.5 14 10.5 41
7 Finn Quisenberry 308 HUT 1 W15 L2 D10 W20 W8 3.5 14 9.5 46
8 Claire Brown 350 CAT 3 W23 W14 L1 W18 L7 3.0 14 11 41
9 Warren Brewer 550 SOD 3 W26 W11 L5 L2 W13 3.0 14 10 43.5
10 Maria Flores 100 ORS 3 D20 X27 D7 W15 L4 3.0 12 9 32.5
11 Malcolm Jimenez 179 NSV 3 W24 L9 L15 W23 W16 3.0 10 8 29
12 Alice Donahue 263 ALT 1 L16 L6 W28 W25 W17 3.0 8.5 6 28
13 Brooklyn Quisenberry 172 HUT 3 D27 W20 L6 W14 L9 2.5 13.5 8.5 35.5
14 Christian Aguilar 247 MMJ 2 D6 L8 W21 L13 W18 2.5 13 6.5 42.5
15 Reagan Cutler unr. MMJ 2 L7 W26 W11 L10 H--- 2.5 10 7 28
16 Selah Laughlin unr. VLC 0 W12 L3 L4 W28 L11 2.0 14 7 37
17 Stella Xu unr. PVE 2 W25 L5 W22 L4 L12 2.0 13.5 8 36
18 Caleb Hauge unr. HSC 2 L5 W25 W19 L8 L14 2.0 12 7 39.5
19 Ben Stewart 243 SJV 3 W28 L1 L18 W22 L6 2.0 12 7 37
20 Nithil Kumar unr. LLK 3 D10 L13 W24 L7 D21 2.0 11.5 6 34
21 Jaxon Gingras-Mcany unr. SJV 2 L1 W28 L14 D26 D20 2.0 10 5.5 28.5
22 Evelyn Kraemer unr. VLC 2 L3 W24 L17 L19 W28 2.0 9 5 29.5
23 Evan Bychkov unr. VLC 2 L8 L4 W26 L11 D24 1.5 12 3.5 32
24 Eleanor Frostad unr. FKS 1 L11 L22 L20 B--- D23 1.5 8.5 1.5 22.5
25 Jaina Hooker 125 GRC 1 L17 L18 B--- L12 D26 1.5 8 2.5 22.5
26 Azalea Bauer unr. UNV 3 L9 L15 L23 D21 D25 1.0 10 1.5 28.5
27 Cooper Turnbow unr. SJV 3 D13 F10 U--- U--- U--- 0.5 2.5 2.5 8.5
28 Genevieve Formanek unr. UNV 3 L19 L21 L12 L16 L22 0.0 11 0 30.5

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Grounhog Gambit Results
 Scholastic Chess Tournament
Played on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024
Open Section
1st: Eshan Reddy / 2nd: Ben Patterson
3rd: Aiden Davis / Trophy: Michael Chertov
Upset: Nicholas Wilson
Elementary Section
1st: Kellen Lindy / 2nd: Melody Ji
3rd: Connor Clark
Trophies:
John McIntyre, Braylon Morton,
Christopher Lee Anderson &
Caleb Edlund
Upset: Obla Yablonovska
TEAM Winner: Colbert Elemenary
See detailed reportof all players.


SwissSys Standings. Groundhog Gambit: Open

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Eshan Reddy 1547 W9 W7 D2 W4 W3 4.5 14 13.5 47.5
2 Ben Patterson 1525 W5 W8 D1 W3 W7 4.5 13.5 13.5 43
3 Karl Keener 1316 W--- W4 W7 L2 L1 3.0 13.5 12 42
4 Michael Chertov unr. W6 L3 W8 L1 W10 3.0 12 9 38.5
5 Nicholas Wilson 616 L2 L6 W10 D8 W9 2.5 11 5 33.5
6 Tristen Santilli 894 L4 W5 L9 W10 D8 2.5 9.5 6.5 27.5
7 Leo Sherwood 1084 B--- L1 L3 W9 L2 2.0 14 6 46
8 Noah Hochheimer 978 W10 L2 L4 D5 D6 2.0 12.5 6.5 34
9 Donavan Brown 874 L1 W10 W6 L7 L5 2.0 11 7 31
10 Leilani Summerfield unr. L8 L9 L5 L6 L4 0.0 12 0 34

SwissSys Standings. Groundhog Gambit: Elementary

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Kellen Lindly 923 W34 W4 W3 W10 W2 5.0 16 15 50.5
2 Melody Ji 757 W30 W18 W7 W12 L1 4.0 15.5 14 51
3 Connor Clark 505 W25 W6 L1 W22 W12 4.0 15.5 12 52
4 John McIntyre 511 W29 L1 W28 W23 W11 4.0 13 11 43.5
5 Braylon Morton unr. U--- W31 W13 W14 W10 4.0 10.5 10 30.5
6 Christopher Lee Anderson 834 W20 L3 W17 W8 D7 3.5 15.5 10.5 47.5
7 Olha Yablonovska 426 W32 W27 L2 W15 D6 3.5 13.5 11.5 40
8 Caleb Edlund 682 W37 D17 W16 L6 W18 3.5 12 11 39
9 Peter Higgins 651 L24 W35 D19 W21 W17 3.5 11 8.5 29
10 Miles Brewer 755 W31 W11 W22 L1 L5 3.0 16 12 46.5
11 Gleb Shpak 412 W28 L10 W25 W16 L4 3.0 13.5 10 43.5
12 Liam Scott 624 W36 W24 W23 L2 L3 3.0 13 12 43.5
13 Cole Sherwood 548 L22 W26 L5 W29 W23 3.0 12 7 37.5
14 Silas Albert 523 W26 L23 W29 L5 W30 3.0 11.5 9 32.5
15 Warren Brewer 638 W38 L22 W24 L7 W26 3.0 11.5 9 32
16 Asmi Jain 528 W35 W32 L8 L11 W22 3.0 11 10 35
17 Luca Hochheimer 507 W19 D8 L6 W33 L9 2.5 14.5 9 42
18 Ryan Hetnar 520 W27 L2 D33 W19 L8 2.5 13 8.5 39.5
19 Oliver Rodwell unr. L17 W30 D9 L18 W28 2.5 11.5 6.5 35
20 Jaina Hooker 100 L6 L25 B--- D28 W32 2.5 8.5 4 25
21 Elijah Statz unr. H--- U--- W34 L9 W33 2.5 6 6 15.5
22 Anthony Soltyshak unr. W13 W15 L10 L3 L16 2.0 16 9 50
23 Reed Autry-Dalsanders 372 W33 W14 L12 L4 L13 2.0 14.5 9 44.5
24 Crosby Lewis unr. W9 L12 L15 D32 D25 2.0 13 6.5 39
25 Finn Quisenberry unr. L3 W20 L11 D30 D24 2.0 12.5 5.5 36.5
26 Graham Johnson unr. L14 L13 W31 W36 L15 2.0 11.5 5 29.5
27 Kelvin Jensen unr. L18 L7 D36 D34 B--- 2.0 8 2.5 23.5
28 Malcolm Jimenez unr. L11 W36 L4 D20 L19 1.5 12.5 5 33.5
29 Julian Castilla unr. L4 W34 L14 L13 D31 1.5 12.5 4.5 31
30 Apryl Hooker 292 L2 L19 W35 D25 L14 1.5 12.5 4 36
31 Jack Murphy 126 L10 L5 L26 W35 D29 1.5 12 2.5 32.5
32 Brooklyn Quisenberry unr. L7 L16 W37 D24 L20 1.5 11 4 33
33 Christian Aguilar unr. L23 W37 D18 L17 L21 1.5 10.5 5.5 33.5
34 Katelyn Walsh 311 L1 L29 L21 D27 D36 1.0 12 1.5 30
35 Alexander Aguilar unr. L16 L9 L30 L31 W37 1.0 10 1 26
36 Kannon Kapiko unr. L12 L28 D27 L26 D34 1.0 9 2 26
37 Colette Spelman 100 L8 L33 L32 B--- L35 1.0 7.5 1 21.5
38 Tristan McNghten unr. L15 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0 3 0 9

TOURNAMENT REPORT by James Stripes
The open section of the Groundhog Gambit began to heat up in round three as the two highest rated players faced each other. That game produced the section's first upset as the players agreed to a draw after Ben Patterson eliminated Eshan Reddy's passed pawn. The draw left Karl Keener as the only 3.0 going into round four. He had White against Ben, while Eshan played Michael Chertov, a newcomer to scholastic chess. The Keener -- Patterson battle was the last game to finish. As both clocks were winding down, Karl had a rook and pawn against a knight and two pawns. He made a move with the rook, not realizing that he was in check. Hence, according to the touch-move rule, he was forced to capture the knight with the rook. Ben had little difficulty promoting his extra pawn, and Karl resigned one move before checkmate. In the last round, Ben won his game, and Eshan beat Karl. Eshan prevailed over Ben on tiebreaks as both players finished with 4.5. Karl and Michael finished with 3.0. Karl having the better tiebreaks. Both took home trophies. Nicholas Wilcon has the biggest upset.

In the elementary section, four players went into round four with 3.0 each and were paired: Melody Ji played Liam Scott and won, while Kellen Lindly beat Miles Brewer. In the last round, Melody fell to Kellen. Hence Kellen took first as the sole 5.0 in the event. Three other players caught Melody with fifth round wins, creating a four-way tie for second place. Melody had the best tie-breaks and took home the second place trophy. Connor Clark got the third place trophy, and the other two, John McIntyre and Braylon Morton also took home trophies.

There was intense team competition all day between Saint George's School and Colbert Elementary. The tournament director announced his decision to exclude scores in the open section from the team scoring because Saint George's had two players there, but Colbert had none. Going into the last round, the top three elementary SGS players led Colbert's top three by half a point. Two Colbert wins in the last round changed the standings and they took home the team trophy, finishing half a point ahead of the host school.

The event drew 48 players, 38 of whom played in the elementary section. It was held at Saint George's School on Saturday, 10 February. For a discussion of the tie-breaks we use, please see "Swiss Tournament Tie-Breaks" at:
http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2016/02/swiss-tournament-tie-breaks.html.

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Results
WINTERFEST
Scholastic Chess Tournament
Played on Saturday, Jan 13, 2024
Bishop Open Section
1st: Ben Patterson / 2nd: Karl Keener
3rd: Aiden Davis / Upset: Matthew Dybdahl
Knight Section
1st: Ryan Bell / 2nd: Kelby Wang
3rd: Chrstopher Lee Anderson
Upset: Ryan Hetnar
Pawn Section
1st: Melody Ji / 2nd: Caleb Edlund
3rd: Peter Higgins / Upset: Silas Albert
TEAM Winners
Open: Addy Classical
Elementary: Skyline Elementary
Parent-Student Team Winner
 Archer Wang and Kelby or Kelin

SwissSys Standings. Winterfest: Open

# Name Rating Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Ben Patterson 1537 11 W8 W6 W3 L2 W4 4.0 16 13 51
2 Karl Keener 1259 8 W11 W4 W6 W1 L3 4.0 15 14 47
3 Aiden Davis 1380 10 W5 W7 L1 W8 W2 4.0 15 12 49
4 Eli Peterson 1047 10 W9 L2 W5 W7 L1 3.0 15 10 45
5 Matthew Dybdahl 723 7 L3 W9 L4 W10 W7 3.0 13 7 37
6 Leo Sherwood 1082 8 W12 L1 L2 W11 W8 3.0 11 8 38
7 Donovan Brown 911 12 W10 L3 W12 L4 L5 2.0 12 8 33
8 Tristen Santilli 901 12 L1 W12 W11 L3 L6 2.0 12 7 37
9 Nicholas Wilson unr. 7 L4 L5 L10 W12 W11 2.0 9 3 25
10 Lance Dittrich unr. 10 L7 L11 W9 L5 W12 2.0 8 4 22
11 Elijah Sparre 598 8 L2 W10 L8 L6 L9 1.0 13 4 36
12 Jaxsen Bucknell 450 8 L6 L8 L7 L9 L10 0.0 11 0 30

SwissSys Standings. Winterfest: Elementary

# Name Rating Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Ryan Bell unr. 5 W8 W7 W2 W6 W5 5.0 16 15 53
2 Kelby Wang 881 3 W21 W16 L1 W12 W6 4.0 13.5 12 44
3 Christopher Lee Anderson 808 5 W19 W22 W12 L5 W8 4.0 11.5 13 31.5
4 Kelin Bai 982 5 L14 W10 W20 W15 W7 4.0 10.5 10 33
5 Spencer Caine 1021 6 W15 L6 W14 W3 L1 3.0 16 10 54
6 Melody Ji 621 2 W23 W5 W9 L1 L2 3.0 15 12 47
7 Miles Brewer 724 5 W20 L1 W16 W11 L4 3.0 14.5 10 43.5
8 Caleb Edlund 601 6 L1 W23 W22 W9 L3 3.0 13.5 9 40.5
9 Jesse Avey 884 6 W10 W14 L6 L8 W16 3.0 13 10 41
10 Silas Albert 377 4 L9 L4 W13 W20 W17 3.0 12 6 34.5
11 Peter Higgins unr. 5 D13 D18 W17 L7 W15 3.0 11.5 8.5 34
12 Warren Brewer unr. 3 H--- W13 L3 L2 W21 2.5 11.5 7 33.5
13 Cole Sherwood 561 3 D11 L12 L10 W23 W14 2.5 10.5 5.5 28.5
14 Ryan Hetnar 458 6 W4 L9 L5 W18 L13 2.0 14.5 7 41
15 Liam Scott 651 4 L5 W19 W18 L4 L11 2.0 13.5 7 37
16 Micah Stapp unr. 5 W17 L2 L7 W21 L9 2.0 13 7 41
17 Owen Sherwood 630 5 L16 W21 L11 W19 L10 2.0 10.5 6 27.5
18 Silas Hayden unr. 5 D22 D11 L15 L14 W20 2.0 9 5.5 28
19 Alex Zhang 210 2 L3 L15 B--- L17 W23 2.0 8 3 26
20 Jaina Hooker 100 1 L7 B--- L4 L10 L18 1.0 12 3 31.5
21 Apryl Hooker 308 5 L2 L17 W23 L16 L12 1.0 10.5 3 32
22 Asmi Jain 577 3 D18 L3 L8 U--- U--- 0.5 9 2.5 27.5
23 Alexandria Macllroy unr. 4 L6 L8 L21 L13 L19 0.0 11 0 32.5

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Results
FROSTY PAWN
Scholastic Chess Tournament
Played on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023
MS & HS Section
1st: Olivia Hilton / 2nd: Daniel Escobar
3rd: Indiana Elkins / Upset: Tristen Santilli
Elementary Section
1st: Ryan Bell / 2nd: Kelin Bai
3rd: Kellen Lindly / Upset: Ryan Hetnar
Novice Section
1st: Spencer Caine / 2nd: Camden Watt
3rd: Hazen Anderson-Woody
TEAM Winners
MS-HS: West Valley HS
Elementary: St. John Vianney
Parent-Student Team Winner
 Ryan Bell, father and student

SwissSys Standings. Frosty Pawn: Open

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Solk T-Cum T-Op
1 Ryan Bell W8 W20 W2 W7 W5 5.0 14.5 15 48.5
2 Olivia Hilton W24 W4 L1 W12 W7 4.0 15 12 46.5
3 Daniel Escobar W9 W10 L7 W15 D6 3.5 14.5 11.5 46.5
4 Indiana Elkins W22 L2 D8 W9 W12 3.5 14.5 9.5 41.5
5 Sebastian Campbell W23 D12 W14 W10 L1 3.5 13 12 43.5
6 Kelin Bai W15 L7 W22 W14 D3 3.5 12.5 10.5 43.5
7 Karl Keener W17 W6 W3 L1 L2 3.0 18 12 55
8 Kellen Lindly L1 W19 D4 D13 W15 3.0 14.5 7.5 42
9 Tristen Santilli L3 W21 W13 L4 W14 3.0 12.5 8 40
10 Theo Evans W21 L3 W17 L5 W16 3.0 12 9 37.5
11 Kelby Wang L14 W16 L15 W19 W17 3.0 9.5 7 30.5
12 Jesse Avey W18 D5 W20 L2 L4 2.5 14 10 41.5
13 Alexander Samiev W16 L14 L9 D8 W20 2.5 11 7 34.5
14 Brydon Johnson W11 W13 L5 L6 L9 2.0 15.5 9 44.5
15 Ryan Hetnar L6 W23 W11 L3 L8 2.0 13.5 7 37
16 Caleb Edlund L13 L11 W18 W20 L10 2.0 11.5 5 31
17 Liam Scott L7 W24 L10 W21 L11 2.0 11 6 31
18 John McIntyre L12 L22 L16 W23 W21 2.0 8 3 22.5
19 Daniel Young L20 L8 W24 L11 D23 1.5 8.5 3.5 20
20 Donovan Brown W19 L1 L12 L16 L13 1.0 13.5 5 40.5
21 Trey Tortorelli L10 L9 W23 L17 L18 1.0 10.5 3 26.5
22 Kayaan Puri L4 W18 L6 U--- U--- 1.0 9 4 23
23 Jaxsen Bucknell L5 L15 L21 L18 D19 0.5 10 0.5 28.5
24 Vivaan Puri L2 L17 L19 U--- U--- 0.0 7.5 0 21.5

SwissSys Standings. Frosty Pawn: Novice

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Solk T-Cum T-Op
1 Spencer Caine W3 W13 X10 W2 W5 5.0 10 14 32.5
2 Camden Watt W7 W12 D4 L1 W8 3.5 14 11.5 44
3 Hazen Anderson-Woody L1 W11 L6 W13 W4 3.0 12.5 7 40
4 Maximus Glessing H--- W8 D2 W7 L3 3.0 12 9.5 34
5 Silas Albert B--- L10 W13 W6 L1 3.0 12 9 36.5
6 Ben Stewart D8 D9 W3 L5 W12 3.0 11 8.5 32.5
7 Ian Swift L2 W14 W12 L4 W11 3.0 10 8 29
8 Claire Brown D6 L4 W9 W12 L2 2.5 12.5 7.5 38.5
9 Wyatt Boring L10 D6 L8 D11 W13 2.0 11 4 33
10 Addison Pemberton W9 W5 F1 U--- U--- 2.0 4.5 9 13
11 Ryker Jacobsen L13 L3 X14 D9 L7 1.5 9 3 24
12 Maria Flores W14 L2 L7 L8 L6 1.0 13.5 5 35.5
13 Charlie Glenn W11 L1 L5 L3 L9 1.0 13 5 37
14 James Pemberton L12 L7 F11 U--- U--- 0.0 4 0 13

Frosty Pawn Winners



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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Scholastic Chess Tournament at SGS
Played on Saturday, Nov 18, 2023
MS & HS Section
1st: Eshen Reddy / 2nd: Ben Patterson
3rd: Aiden Davis / Upset: Leo Sherwood
Elementary Section
1st: Alexander Samiev / 2nd: Kellen Lindly
3rd: Owen Sherwood / Upset: Kayaan Puri
Top 3.0 & 3.5 Point Winners
Jesse Avey / Colt Morris
Abner Alwine / Daniel Young
TEAM Winner
Addy Classical Conversations

SwissSys Standings. Pilgrim's Progress: Open

# Name Rating Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op
1 Eshan Reddy 1455 8 W9 W7 W3 W2 W6 5.0 15.5 15 48
2 Ben Patterson 1541 11 W12 W5 W6 L1 W4 4.0 14.5 13 45
3 Aiden Davis 1365 10 W4 W12 L1 W5 W8 4.0 13.5 12 40
4 Leo Sherwood 983 8 L3 W9 W13 W7 L2 3.0 13 9 41
5 Nathan Walstrom 1117 12 W11 L2 W8 L3 W10 3.0 13 9 39
6 Benjamin Legard 1273 12 W10 W13 L2 W9 L1 3.0 12.5 11 39
7 Caleb Triplett 1150 10 W8 L1 W11 L4 W12 3.0 12 9 35
8 Noah Hochheimer 979 7 L7 W10 L5 W13 L3 2.0 12 6 38
9 Donovan Brown 1055 12 L1 L4 W12 L6 B--- 2.0 11.5 3 36
10 Emmitt Warren 1023 10 L6 L8 B--- W11 L5 2.0 9.5 4 30
11 Tristen Santilli 848 12 L5 B--- L7 L10 W13 2.0 8 4 26
12 Indiana Elkins 1116 8 L2 L3 L9 B--- L7 1.0 12.5 1 37
13 Jaxon Davis 764 8 B--- L6 L4 L8 L11 1.0 9.5 4 30

SwissSys Standings. Pilgrim's Progress: Elementary

# Name Rating Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Solk T-Cum T-Op
1 Alexander Samiev 954 6 W8 W14 W7 W2 W4 5.0 15.5 15 51
2 Kellen Lindly 896 5 W21 W9 W15 L1 W11 4.0 14 13 48
3 Owen Sherwood 610 5 W23 L7 W17 W8 W9 4.0 11.5 11 33
4 Jesse Avey 879 6 W18 W24 W10 D11 L1 3.5 12.5 13 41.5
5 Colt Morris unr. 6 L16 W13 D14 W21 W10 3.5 10.5 8.5 32.5
6 Abner Alwine unr. 5 L7 D21 W22 W14 W16 3.5 9.5 8 32
7 Kayaan Puri 424 5 W6 W3 L1 L10 W18 3.0 17 10 47.5
8 Daniel Young 403 6 L1 W23 W16 L3 W15 3.0 13.5 8 42
9 Caleb Edlund 454 6 W22 L2 W24 W15 L3 3.0 11.5 10 40
10 Cole Sherwood 539 3 D12 W16 L4 W7 L5 2.5 14.5 8.5 46
11 Melody Ji 629 2 W19 L15 W12 D4 L2 2.5 14 9 47
12 Trey Tortorelli unr. 5 D10 W20 L11 L13 W21 2.5 11 7.5 31.5
13 Asmi Jain 615 3 L15 L5 W19 W12 H--- 2.5 10 5 29.5
14 Eddy Liu 442 1 W17 L1 D5 L6 D19 2.0 16 7 41
15 Asher Milonas unr. 3 W13 W11 L2 L9 L8 2.0 15 9 45
16 Luca Hochheimer 543 5 W5 L10 L8 W17 L6 2.0 14.5 7 38
17 Silas Albert unr. 4 L14 W18 L3 L16 W22 2.0 11 5 33
18 Ryan Hetnar 303 6 L4 L17 W23 W24 L7 2.0 9.5 5 32
19 Liam Harvey-Jones 267 6 L11 D22 L13 W23 D14 2.0 8.5 4.5 24
20 Kai Vonner 147 3 H--- L12 L21 D22 W24 2.0 5.5 4 19.5
21 Peter Stanton 368 3 L2 D6 W20 L5 L12 1.5 15.5 5 41
22 Kelvin Jensen unr. 2 L9 D19 L6 D20 L17 1.0 12.5 3 31.5
23 Vivaan Puri 214 2 L3 L8 L18 L19 B--- 1.0 11 0 28.5
24 Oliver Stanton 100 1 B--- L4 L9 L18 L20 1.0 10.5 4 32
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Results
KINGS KLASH
Scholastic Chess Tournament
Played on Saturday, Nov 4, 2023
MS & HS Section
1st: Aiden Davis / 2nd: Stanley Deng
3rd: Sebastian Campbell / Upset: Noah Hochheimer
Elementary Section
1st: jack Whalen / 2nd: Julian Bingo
3rd: Jesse Avey / Upset: Ryan Hentar
Grade Winners
HS: Tritan Santilli / MS: Karl Keener
Grd 6: Alexander Samiev / Grd 5: Kellen Lindly
Grd 4: Atticus Jude / Grd 3: Max Hsu
Grd 2: Alex Zhang / 1: Eddy Liu

SwissSys Standings. King's Klash: MS-HS

# Name Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op.
1 Aiden Davis 10 W7 W4 W5 D2 W9 4.5 13 14 39
2 Stanley Deng 5 W9 W11 W8 D1 L3 3.5 12 13 40
3 Sebastian Campbell 8 L8 W9 W4 D6 W2 3.5 12 9 39
4 Tristen Santilli 12 W6 L1 L3 B--- W8 3.0 12.5 7 38
5 Karl Keener 8 W10 L8 L1 W11 W7 3.0 11 8 38
6 Nathan Walstrom 12 L4 D7 W10 D3 B--- 3.0 10 6 27
7 Noah Hochheimer 7 L1 D6 W11 W8 L5 2.5 12.5 7 41
8 Donovan Brown 12 W3 W5 L2 L7 L4 2.0 15 9 44
9 Leo Sherwood 8 L2 L3 B--- W10 L1 2.0 13 4 40
10 Jaxon Davis 8 L5 B--- L6 L9 W11 2.0 7.5 4 22
11 Jaxsen Bucknell 8 B--- L2 L7 L5 L10 1.0 10.5 4 32

SwissSys Standings. King's Klash: Elementary

# Name Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Sol T-Cum T-Op.
1 Jack Whalen 6 W19 W13 W5 W12 W2 5.0 13.5 15 45.5
2 Julian Bingo 5 W21 W8 W12 W3 L1 4.0 16 14 50.5
3 Jesse Avey 6 W23 W6 W4 L2 W10 4.0 15 13 47
4 Kellen Lindly 5 W14 W16 L3 W7 W9 4.0 14 12 43
5 Kelin Bai 5 W17 W15 L1 W8 D12 3.5 14.5 11.5 47.5
6 Atticus Jude 4 W11 L3 L9 W16 W15 3.0 14 8 42
7 Max Hsu 3 L12 W19 W11 L4 W13 3.0 13 8 39
8 Maveryk Blanton 5 W20 L2 W21 L5 W14 3.0 12.5 9 40
9 Luca Hochheimer 5 L13 W23 W6 W17 L4 3.0 12 9 37
10 Porter McNees 5 W24 L12 W13 W14 L3 3.0 10.5 10 36.5
11 Owen Sherwood 5 L6 W20 L7 W23 W17 3.0 10.5 7 29.5
12 Alexander Samiev 6 W7 W10 L2 L1 D5 2.5 18.5 9.5 58.5
13 Caleb Edlund 6 W9 L1 L10 W20 L7 2.0 15.5 7 45.5
14 Daniel Young 6 L4 W18 W15 L10 L8 2.0 14 7 41
15 Cole Sherwood 3 W18 L5 L14 W19 L6 2.0 12 7 33
16 Eddy Liu 1 W22 L4 L17 L6 W21 2.0 12 6 34
17 Ryan Hetnar 6 L5 W24 W16 L9 L11 2.0 11.5 7 33.5
18 Alex Zhang 2 L15 L14 L19 W22 W24 2.0 7 3 20.5
19 Liam Harvey-Jones 6 L1 L7 W18 L15 D20 1.5 13.5 3.5 36.5
20 Kai Vonner 3 L8 L11 W22 L13 D19 1.5 11 3.5 29.5
21 Colter Noble 3 L2 D22 L8 W24 L16 1.5 10.5 4 32
22 Guinevere Vukasin 4 L16 D21 L20 L18 W23 1.5 8 3 19.5
23 Ben Stewart 3 L3 L9 W24 L11 L22 1.0 11.5 3 32
24 Adelaide Nicholas 3 L10 L17 L23 L21 L18 0.0 9.5 0 27

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RESULTS
QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Scholastic Tournament
Played on Saturday, Oct 21, 2023
MS & HS Section
1st: Ben Paterson / 2nd: Eshan Reddy
3rd: Aiden Davis / Upset: Connor Lund
Elementary Section
1st: Bryan Zhou / 2nd: Ethan Zhou
3rd: Jesse Avey / Upset: Max Hsu
Grade Winners
HS: Nathan Wasltrom / MS: Indiana Elkins
Grd 6: Alexander Samiev / Grd 5: Kelin Bai
Grd 4: Braxton Dahlke / Grd 3: Kelby Wang
Grd 1: Jaina Hooker
Kindergarten: Gideon Smith

SwissSys Standings. Queen's Gambit: MS-HS

# Name Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Solk T-Cum T-Op.
1 Ben Patterson 11 W13 W4 W3 W2 W6 5.0 15.5 15 52
2 Eshan Reddy 8 W16 W7 W6 L1 W5 4.0 16 13 50
3 Aiden Davis 10 W15 W12 L1 W7 W4 4.0 15 12 47
4 Nathan Walstrom 12 W8 L1 W16 W12 L3 3.0 16 10 48
5 Indiana Elkins 8 W9 L10 W11 W8 L2 3.0 15 10 43
6 Karl Keener 8 W18 W14 L2 W13 L1 3.0 13 11 42
7 Sebastian Campbell 8 W19 L2 W10 L3 W11 3.0 13 9 41
8 Jacob Eberlein 9 L4 W19 W14 L5 W13 3.0 9 8 32
9 Jordan Ferguson 10 L5 L16 W19 W17 W14 3.0 8 6 24
10 Leo Sherwood 8 D11 W5 L7 L14 W12 2.5 12 7.5 41.5
11 Francis LaVe' 9 D10 W18 L5 W15 L7 2.5 11.5 8.5 33.5
12 Noah Hochheimer 7 W17 L3 W15 L4 L10 2.0 13 8 37.5
13 Rogan Webb 7 L1 B--- W18 L6 L8 2.0 12 6 36
14 Connor Lund 11 B--- L6 L8 W10 L9 2.0 11.5 6 32.5
15 Leo Hanley 12 L3 W17 L12 L11 W19 2.0 10 5 31.5
16 Elijah Wright 11 L2 W9 L4 B--- U--- 2.0 10 5 29
17 Jaxsen Bucknell 8 L12 L15 B--- L9 W18 2.0 8 3 21
18 Matthew Kendall 9 L6 L11 L13 W19 L17 1.0 8.5 2 28.5
19 Robert Lamothe 9 L7 L8 L9 L18 L15 0.0 12 0 30

SwissSys Standings. Queen's Gambit: Elementary

# Name Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Solk T-Cum T-Op
1 Bryan Zhou 6 W8 W12 W3 W5 W7 5.0 15 15 49
2 Ethan Zhou 4 W20 D4 W10 W9 W6 4.5 13 13 40
3 Jesse Avey 6 W11 W19 L1 W8 W5 4.0 14.5 12 46
4 Kelby Wang 3 W14 D2 W15 L6 W12 3.5 13.5 11 45
5 Kelin Bai 5 W7 W9 W6 L1 L3 3.0 18 12 56
6 Alexander Samiev 6 W13 W10 L5 W4 L2 3.0 16 11 51
7 Maveryk Blanton 5 L5 W16 W17 W13 L1 3.0 13.5 9 40
8 Porter McNees 5 L1 W17 W19 L3 W15 3.0 13.5 8 41
9 Cole Sherwood 3 W18 L5 W14 L2 W21 3.0 11.5 9 37
10 Braxton Dahlke 4 W16 L6 L2 W19 W14 3.0 11.5 8 37
11 Max Hsu 3 L3 W18 L12 W16 W13 3.0 11 7 33
12 Owen Sherwood 5 W17 L1 W11 L15 L4 2.0 15.5 8 43
13 Luca Hochheimer 5 L6 W15 W21 L7 L11 2.0 11.5 7 37
14 Daniel Young 6 L4 W20 L9 W18 L10 2.0 11.5 6 32
15 Liam Scott 4 W21 L13 L4 W12 L8 2.0 11 7 37
16 Gideon Smith 0 L10 L7 W20 L11 B--- 2.0 9.5 3 25
17 Apryl Hooker 5 L12 L8 L7 W21 W20 2.0 9 3 29
18 Colter Noble 3 L9 L11 B--- L14 W19 2.0 8.5 3 26
19 Beatrice Hopkins 4 B--- L3 L8 L10 L18 1.0 11.5 4 31
20 Jaina Hooker 1 L2 L14 L16 B--- L17 1.0 10 1 25
21 Kai Vonner 3 L15 B--- L13 L17 L9 1.0 9 3 26

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RESULTS
KNIGHT'S SURPRISE
The first scholastic tournament
of the 2023-2024 school year.
Played on Oct 7 at The Community School

Knights Section
1st: Linus Wannamaker / 2nd: Jack Carper
3rd: Aiden Davis / Upset:
Pawn Section
1st: Jesie Li
2nd: Roy Li / 3rd: Luca Hochheimer

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SwissSys Standings. Knight's Surprise: Knight's

# Name Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Solk T-Cum. T-Op
1 Linus Wannamaker IDX 8 W4 W7 W2 W3 W6 5.0 14 15 43
2 Jack Carper PUL 10 W6 W5 L1 W8 W3 4.0 13 12 43
3 Aiden Davis ADC 10 W8 W4 W7 L1 L2 3.0 14.5 12 41
4 Sebastian Campbell ASP 8 L1 L3 W5 B--- W9 3.0 11 5 37
5 Jaxon Davis ADC 8 B--- L2 L4 W9 W8 3.0 7.5 7 22
6 Noah Hochheimer SGS 7 L2 W8 W9 L7 L1 2.0 12.5 7 39
7 Nathan Walstrom LWC 12 W9 L1 L3 W6 U--- 2.0 10.5 7 37
8 Rogan Webb HDP 7 L3 L6 B--- L2 L5 1.0 11.5 2 38
9 Jesse Avey MDR 6 L7 B--- L6 L5 L4 1.0 9.5 3 26

SwissSys Standings. Knight's Surprise: Pawns

# Name Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Solk T-Cum T-Op
1 Jessie Li IDX 5 W4 W6 W5 W3 W2 5.0 16 15 49
2 Roy Li IDX 2 W3 W7 W4 W6 L1 4.0 16 14 47
3 Luca Hochheimer SGS 5 L2 W12 W8 L1 W7 3.0 14.5 8 44
4 Alexander Samiev SSP 6 L1 W11 L2 W9 W5 3.0 14 7 46
5 Kelby Wang SKK 3 W9 W8 L1 W7 L4 3.0 13.5 11 41
6 Kelin Bai SKK 5 W11 L1 W9 L2 W8 3.0 13 9 42
7 Charlie King CVC 2 W12 L2 W10 L5 L3 2.0 13 8 35
8 Daniel Young TNT 6 W10 L5 L3 W11 L6 2.0 11 7 32
9 Eddy Liu SGS 1 L5 W10 L6 L4 B--- 2.0 10.5 4 29
10 Kai Vonner HUT 3 L8 L9 L7 B--- W11 2.0 6 2 21
11 Ava King CVC 3 L6 L4 B--- L8 L10 1.0 9.5 2 25
12 Lillian Judge PSP 3 L7 L3 U--- U--- U--- 0.0 5 0 16

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