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Spokane Area Scholastic Tournaments
Scholastic Event Reports 2005 - 2006
Four at National Elementary Championships
Four was the magic number for the four Spokane players at the National Elementary Championships in Denver May 12-14. Alex Chow, Zach Countryman, Will Dittman, and Jacob Haugen each scored 4 (from 7) in the event. Zach placed 46th and Alex 75th in the K-6 Championship section, while Will finished 32nd and Jacob 39th in the K-6 unrated section.
While none of the individuals grabbed a trophy, the group did earn trophies in team competition. Will and Zach finished 11th in the Blitz team tourney, while Alex and Zach took 19th in the Bughouse tourney! Congratulations to each of the four -- you did us proud!
Dragonslayer Draws 119
We don't have too many details, but we understand that the last local scholastic tourney of the season, the Dragonslayer, drew 119 to St. Georges School on Saturday, March 18. Each of the three sections produced one perfect score (5-0). Chelan's Cyrus Desmarais won the 38 player high school section; Richard Schumaker topped the 39 player K-6 section; Michael Nord's perfect score topped the 44 player K-3 section.
The GROUNDHOG GAMBIT drew 128 players to St. Georges School on February 18.
Feb. 11, 2006 -- GSL Team Championship
The Mead Panthers made it two in a row when they captured the GSL team championship at Ferris High School on February 11. Mead and Gonzaga Prep drew in the first round and then won their remaining matches to finish at 2.5-.5 to tie for the title. Mead (9.5) edged Prep (8.5) on tiebreak to take the first place trophy. The event featured several close matches -- indeed, each of the second round matches came down to one final game to determine the outcome with the teams tied 2-2 a piece. The final round saw Mead beat tourney leader Lewis & Clark 4-1, while Prep edged Ferris 3-2 to account for the difference in tiebreak.
Mead's championship team: Kevin Baker, Kiersten Black, Joel Baker, Andrew Spitz, and Andrew Wells bring home the first place trophy for the second year in a row. (Photo by James Stripes)
Gonzaga Prep's runner-up co-champions:
Kyle Martin, Noah Rinaldi, Ben Peterson, Patrick Michaud, and Minh Tran. (Photo by James Stripes)
Kevin Baker scored 3-0 on First Board to take the trophy for the outstanding individual performance of the tourney. Others who scored 3-0 included Prep's Mihn Tran and Lewis & Clark's Ruslan Lisovenko on Board 4 and Ferris's Fifth Board Jesse Gambon.
Final round action at the GSL Team Championship on February 11 (photo courtesy of James Stripes).
More final round action: Gonzaga Prep senior Patrick Michaud squares off against Ferris freshman Fiona Rowles on board one. In the background, Lewis and Clark battles Mead. Photo by James Stripes.
Northwest
Scholastic Rating System
Greater
Spokane League – 2005/2006 Season Team
Tournament
February 11,
2006
pos last name first
id numb start end /#gms
rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 GAMBON, JESSE FRRLE055 1100 1467/ 3 W8 W22 W24 3.0
2 BAKER, KEVIN MHSL3978 1096 1139/ 15 W27 W28 W20 3.0
3 LISOVENKO, RUSLAN LWCM6080 825 925/ 6 W32 W19 W31 3.0
4 TRAN, MINH GPSKE347 1000 1117/ 3 W31 W32 W19 3.0
5 SPITZ, ANDREW MHSM9492 988 1032/ 25 D12 W26 W9 2.5
6 GARPESTAD, CRAIG MHSJ8775 548 638/ 32 W25 D29 W10 2.5
7 RINALDI, NOAH GPSK4067 955 956/ 16 W14 L15 W13 2.0
8 HENTHORN, KELLY GPSKK027 1000 1086/ 3 L1 W11 W34 2.0
9 LISOVENKO, DMITRY LWCK2750 1152 1138/ 21 W30 W23 L5 2.0
10 ENGLISH, STEVEN RGRJE801 900 745/ 3 W29 W25 L6 2.0
11 BLACK, KIERSTEN MHSKH828 734 816/ 8 W24 L8 W22 2.0
12 MARTIN, KYLE GPSL4655 978 994/ 61 D5 D30 W23 2.0
13 COULSON, JASON FRRL8477 824 839/ 16 W33 W21 L7 2.0
14 BAKER, JOEL MHSLK423 797 820/ 13 L7 W33 W21 2.0
15 MOORE, STEPHEN SHPM2841 755 786/ 16 L21 W7 W33 2.0
16 COMI, SAM SHPMH601 903 955/ 8 W20 D27 D28 2.0
17 ROWLES, FIONA FRRJE078 1201 1141/ 8 W28 L20 W27 2.0
18 FORSHAG, PATRICK GPSL4145 653 668/ 42 L19 W31 W32 2.0
19 DOUGLASS, ALEX FRRKA090 590 650/ 8 W18 L3 L4 1.0
20 LISOVENKO, YURIY LWCM6328 1032 1018/ 26 L16 W17 L2 1.0
21 COLEMAN, JOHN LWCKH595 1000 704/ 3 W15 L13 L14 1.0
22 LISOVENKO, BOGDAN LWCJH839 900 613/ 3 W34 L1 L11 1.0
23 COULSON, DOUG FRRJH599 1000 955/ 12 W26 L9 L12 1.0
24 PETERSON, BEN GPSJK021 919 837/ 8 L11 W34 L1 1.0
25 KERANEN, SEAN FRRLJ788 1100 545/ 3 L6 L10 W29 1.0
26 HOLGUIN, CHRIS GPSKE582 580 660/ 8 L23 L5 W30 1.0
27 MICHAUD, PATRICK GPSM7647 968 939/ 15 L2 D16 L17 0.5
28 PETERSON, ISAIAH GPSK3358 769 782/ 11 L17 L2 D16 0.5
29 STRIPES, REUBEN NCLJ1773 656 597/132 L10 D6 L25 0.5
30 REAMER, BRYAN SHPM8470 867 813/ 11 L9 D12 L26 0.5
31 WELLS, ANDREW MHSL3615 787 722/ 13 L4 L18 L3 0.0
32 CHOMA, JOHN SHPME577 1200 400/ 3 L3 L4 L18 0.0
33 GROVER, MATTHEW GPSKE795 877 712/ 8 L13 L14 L15 0.0
34 KORSMO, ELIZABETH SHPMG350 400 400/ 8 L22 L24 L8 0.0
Jan. 28, 2006 -- GSL Individual Championship.
The GSL Individual Championship was won by Lewis and Clark sophomore Dmitry Lisovenko, who scored a perfect 5-0. The event, which coincided (as always) with a snow storm, drew 28 players to Mt. Spokane High School. Four players tied for second through fifth places. Trophies were awarded on tiebreak. The second place trophy went to Kevin Baker of Mead who lost to Lisovenko in the final round. Fiona Rowles of Ferris, a freshman, took third place and also won the trophy for top female. The fourth place trophy went to Ferris sophomore Doug Coulson, while LC senior Yuriy Lisovenko claimed the fifth place trophy. Sixth place was awarded to Mt. Spokane's Jordan Larson. Shadle Park senior Stephen Moore claimed scored the biggest upset and received a trophy for that achievement.
Fourth round action at the GSL championship: Fiona Rowles (l) squares off against champion Dmitry Lisovenko on Board 1 (in foreground), while Kevin Baker (l) takes on Jordan Larson on board 2. Photo by Yuriy Lisovenko.
Greater
Spokane League – 2005/2006 Season Individual
Championship Tournament
January 28,
2006
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot
1 LISOVENKO, DMITRY LWCK2750 861 1152/ 18 W11 W9 W7 W3 W2 5.0
2 BAKER, KEVIN MHSL3978 1025 1096/ 12 W13 W23 W4 W6 L1 4.0
3 ROWLES, FIONA FRRJE078 900 1201/ 5 W15 W17 W5 L1 W7 4.0
4 COULSON, DOUG FRRJH599 896 1000/ 9 W24 W8 L2 W12 W9 4.0
5 LISOVENKO, YURIY LWCM6328 1014 1032/ 23 W21 W10 L3 W18 W8 4.0
6 LARSON, JORDAN MSPKE357 1000 1086/ 4 HPB W15 W16 L2 W17 3.5
7 RINALDI, NOAH GPSK4067 918 955/ 13 W12 W18 L1 W10 L3 3.0
8 MOORE, STEPHEN SHPM2841 634 755/ 13 W19 L4 W11 W16 L5 3.0
9 PETERSON, BEN GPSJK021 900 919/ 5 W25 L1 W21 W14 L4 3.0
10 COULSON, JASON FRRL8477 809 824/ 13 W20 L5 W24 L7 W19 3.0
11 GROVER, MATTHEW GPSKE795 1000 877/ 5 L1 W26 L8 W15 W21 3.0
12 COMI, SAM SHPMH601 1200 903/ 5 L7 W27 W17 L4 W16 3.0
13 FORSHAG, PATRICK GPSL4145 538 653/ 39 L2 W22 L15 W28 W18 3.0
14 BLACK, KIERSTEN MHSKH828 1000 734/ 5 W26 L16 D23 L9 W22 2.5
15 GREER, MATTHEW SHPK8183 871 848/ 23 L3 L6 W13 L11 W25 2.0
16 PETERSON, ISAIAH GPSK3358 821 769/ 8 W22 W14 L6 L8 L12 2.0
17 BAKER, JOEL MHSLK423 849 797/ 10 W28 L3 L12 W20 L6 2.0
18 STRIPES, REUBEN NCLJ1773 673 656/129 WF L7 W19 L5 L13 2.0
19 HEPPNER, TRAVIS MSPMJ784 1200 614/ 5 L8 W25 L18 W24 L10 2.0
20 HOLGUIN, CHRIS GPSKE582 1000 580/ 5 L10 L24 W26 L17 W27 2.0
21 DOUGLASS, ALEX FRRKA090 1000 590/ 5 L5 W28 L9 D22 L11 1.5
22 SMITH, SPENSER SHPMC792 1200 547/ 5 L16 L13 W25 D21 L14 1.5
23 BOILEAU, JACOB GPSL4041 804 796/ 24 W27 L2 D14 U U 1.5
24 WAGLEY, RACHEL SHPLH385 1100 571/ 4 L4 W20 L10 L19 U 1.0
25 GARPESTAD, CRAIG MHSJ8775 593 548/ 29 L9 L19 L22 W26 L15 1.0
26 TOLMAN, JARED MSPKI679 602 503/ 10 L14 L11 L20 L25 W28 1.0
27 FOX, MICHAEL MSPKB619 1000 400/ 4 L23 L12 L28 BYE L20 1.0
28 KORSMO, ELIZABETH SHPMG350 1200 400/ 5 L17 L21 W27 L13 L26 1.0
Jan. 21, 2006 -- Winterfest
Deer Park's annual Winterfest tourney again was again a huge success, with 143 students taking part in what turned out to be the kick-off of the local scholastic season. This three section boasts a large number of community volunteers and annually draws well from around the region.
Cambareri, Chow in Intermat
Michael Cambareri (9th grade) and Alex Chow (6th) grade were among the Washington team players in the recent Washington-British Columbia scholastic match. This annual event pairs two players from each grade level against a pair of their school counterparts from across the border. BC won this year's match handily, but Spokane's contingent held their own with even 1-1 score each.
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2004-2005
State Elementary
The 2005 Washington State Elementary Championships attracted nearly 1100 student chess players to Linden on April 23-24. Spokane was represented by players from Deer Park Middle School, St. Georges School, and Wilson Elementary. The Deer Park team finished third in the Middle School competition. Team members were Brad Peters, Logan McIssac, Ryan Feser, and Matt O'Brien.
Wilson placed 15th in the Elementary team competition. They were led by Zach Countryman, who finished in ninth place in the fifth grader category and Elliott Chow, who placed tenth among sixth graders. Each scored four points. Other team members were Alex Chow, Stan Dombroski, and Willy Dittman. The Wilson team members, except for Zach Countryman, are featured in the photo below:
Super at Nationals!
The Spokane Chess Club was represented by four members who took part in the 2005 Supernationals in Nashville, Tennessee. Over 5400 students took part in this huge chess festival.
Phil Weyland scored 4.5 in the high school section, taking third place in the under 1800 category. Elliott Chow scored 5.5 (of 7) in the K-6 (unrated) category, finishing 16th of 300 in the section! Zach Countryman scored 3 in the K-6 section. Alex Chow scored 5 in the K-5 section, good enough to finish 28th of 333. The Chow brothers also teamed up in the K-6 Bughouse tournament and finished 12th of 135 teams. The photo below shows the two with their trophies -- make sure to bring them by club one of these days! Congratulations to all of our participants. You made the club proud!
2005 GSL Team Championship
Mead High School swept to its first GSL team championship on February 12 behind the perfect score of first board Bogdan Stepchin, who won the trophy for best individual performance. Other perfect scores came from runner up Ferris' Andrew Wheeler (fourth board) and Gonzaga Prep's Patrick Michaud (3rd board) and Jacob Boileau (fifth board). Ferris (9.5) edged Prep (9.0) on tiebreak for second place.
The individual results:
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2005 GSL Individual Championship
Nick Stejer and Nick Ulrich of Ferris H.S. won the GSL Individual championship tourney held January 22, 2005, at Mt. Spokane H.S. Stejer claimed the first place trophy by defeating Ulrich in a blitz playoff game. Trophies were awarded to the top eight players, and Shadle Park's Bryan Reamer won the trophy for the biggest upset.
This year's cross table: