Inland Chess Academy
PAST TOURNAMENTS
School Year 2024 - 2025
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Results
QUEEN'S GAMBIT TOURNAMENT
Played October 12 at St. John Vianney School

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION
1st: Ryan Bell
2nd: Olivia Hilton / 3rd: Morgan Bair

NOVICE and UNRATED SECTION
1st: Sophia Grace
2nd: Jonah Dishannis / 3rd: Joseph Eberlein
UPSET: Peter Higgins

See final results for all players:
NW Rating

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Chess in every school . . .
chess in every home.
After schhol clubs,
tournaments, camps, and tutoring.

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Meets ever Thursday night.
USCF rated events.
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Queen's Gambit Winners
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Results
KINGS KLASH TOURNAMENT
Played November 2 at St. John Vianney School
OPEN SECTION
1st: Stanley Deng / 2nd: Mithran Anbuselvam
3rd: Julian Bingo / 4th: John McIntyre
5th: Karl Keener / 6th: Indiana Elkins
UPSET: Kelin Bai
PAWN SECTION
1st: Chase Aguayo / 2nd: Phineas Clark
3rd: Finlay Rushton / 4th: Daniel Young
5th: Oscar Scordino / 6th: Reed Autry-Dalsanders
PARENT-STUDENT WINNERS:
Mr. Anbuselvam & Mithran
See complete rating results on NW Rating.

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Results
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
K-12 Scholastic Chess Tournament
Played November 16 at St. Georges School
OPEN SECTION
1st: Nicholas Wilson
2nd: Christopher Lee Anderson
3rd: Solomon Moss / Upset: Chase Aguayo
PAWN SECTION
1st: Kelby Wang
2nd: Reed Autry-Dalsanders
3rd: Asmi Jain
Top Unrated: Linus Kaufman
Upset: Alexander Rawlings
See complete rating results on NW Rating.
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Pilgrim's Progress Winners.

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Results
TURKEY CHESS TOURNAMENT
Played November 30 at St. Georges School

Dual rated: USCF and NW Rating
1st: John McIntyre
2nd: Karl Keener
3rd: Nicholas Wilson

Upsets:
Reed Autry-Dalsanders
and
Jessy Avey

See complete rating results on NW Rating.

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Results
FROSTY PAWN
CHESS TOURNAMENT
Played December 14 at St. John Vianney School

PAWN SECTION
1st: Hunter Vanderdoes
2nd: Apryl Hooker / 3rd: Jaina Hooker

KNIGHT SECTION
1st Tie with 5 Points:
Finley Rushton & Reed Autry-Dalsanders
2nd: Ethan Fuchs / 3rd: J Peter Higgins
Upset: Darshini Dinesh Babu

TEAM WINNERS
Most Points: Immaculate Conception
Most Players in Elementary: NESS EM

See detail results of Pawn and Knight
sections at NW Rating.

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION
Dual rated: USCF and NW Rating
1st: Hunter Leifried
2nd: Aiden Daniel Davis
3rd: Nicholas Wilson
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Frosty Pawn Winners

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Results
WINTERFEST
CHESS TOURNAMENT
Played January 18 at Deer Park HS
during WINTERFEST

CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION
1st: Eshan Reddy
2nd: Jessie Li
3rd: Brody Brown

PAWN SECTION
1st: Milo Davis / 2nd: Jamen Whitney
3rd: Skywalker Elkins

KNIGHT SECTION
1st: David Birch
2nd: Darshini Dinesh Babu
3rd: Keegan Whitney
Upset: Eric Odell

ELEMNTARY TEAM WINNERS
Most Points: NESS Elementary
Most Players: NESS Elementary

See detail results at NW Rating.

WINTERFEST TEAM WINNER
NESS Elementary Team & Coach James
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Results
USCF QUAD
TOURNAMENTS
Played at Valley Chess Center
Dual rated: USCF & NW Rating

January25
1st: Darshini Dinesh Babu
2nd: Max Hsu

February 1
Bishop Quad
1st: Karl Keener
2nd: John McIntyre

February 1
Knight Quad
1st: Daniel Young
2nd: Alex Zhang

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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.

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Results
MARCH MADNESS
CHESS TOURNAMENT
Played at St. John Vianney School
March 8, 2025
See pictures on
Facebook.com/inlandchess

Championship - USCF Section
Tie 1st: Jessie Li & Bryan Zhou
1st U1300/UNR: Roy Li
Upset: Kieu Tran

BISHOP Section
1st: Leo Grace
2nd: Darshini Dinesh Babu
3rd: Connor Lund

ELEMENTARY PAWN Section
1st: Justice Kuthy
2nd: Joachim Hanley
3rd: Beatrice Hopkins

ELEMENTARY TEAM Winner
NESS Elementary

See standings report for
all players at NW Rating.

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Results
DRAGON SLAYER
CHESS TOURNAMENT
Played at Saint Geroges School
March 22, 2025
See pictures on
Facebook.com/inlandchess
See results for all player at NW Rating.

Championship Section
1st: John McIntyre
2nd: Nicholas Wilson
3rd: Kelin Bai
Upset: Melody Ji

PAWN Section (U800)
1st: Daniel Young
2nd: Patrick Bray
3rd: Logan Bryd
Upset: A.J. Duncan
Other trophies: Reed Autry-Dalsanders,
Alex Sun Zhang, Oliver Rodwell,
Asmi Jain, Claire Brown, Eric Odell

TEAM Winner
St. Thomas Moore

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Dragon Slayer Report by James Stripes

There were 36 players representing 17 teams.
Four teams had three or more players.
St. Thomas More with 10.0 for the top three had
one-half point more than Skyline and Saint George's.

New players made a difference.
Patrick Bray, playing his first tournament,
led four 4.0 finishers to take home the second place trophy.
Two of Skyline's top scorers were playing their first event as well.

Time management made a difference.
One player won on time with only two pawns against two queens,
a rook, and at least another pawn.

Basic checkmate skills mattered.
One game ended in a stalemate when the player with the
queen did not see the mate in one and moved the queen to the wrong square.
Another player in time pressure missed a mate in one.
One player who drew a difficult game where both players in
time pressure missed chances,
did not see a forced mate
in two with Nf6+ followed by Rg8# (Arabian mate).

Endgame skills made a difference.
There were dozens of pawn promotions,
many preventable by the opponent.
There were as many as three queens in the possession of
one side in games that I witnessed.

I'm writing a blog post with some positions that
I captured with my phone's camera.

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