2005 Pittsburgh Scholastic Chess Championship

February 12, 2005 at Brashear High School

Teams

#	Score	Code	School	District	Prize
1	11	HARTE	Hartwood Elementary School	Fox Chapel Area School District	1st Place Team Trophy
2	10½	STEDM	St Edmunds Academy		2nd Place Team Trophy
3	10	FAIRV	Fairview Elementary School	Fox Chapel Area School District	3rd Place Team Trophy
4	9½	FALK	Falk School		4th Place Team Ribbon
5	9½	STRAP	St Raphael School	Diocese of Pittsburgh School District	4th Place Team Ribbon
6	8	COLFX	Colfax School	Pittsburgh School District
7	8	BOYCE	Boyce Middle School	Upper St Clair School District
8	8	OHARA	O Hara Elementary School	Fox Chapel Area School District
9	7½	SHAJR	Shady Side Academy Junior School
10	7½	MINAD	Minadeo Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
11	6	MYQAP	Mary Queen Of Apostles School	Diocese of Greensburg School District
12	5½	ROSS	Ross Elementary School	North Hills School District

Grades 6 - 12 Championship

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Glinsky, Luka E	NPHSU	8	1553	W9	W6	W3	D2	3½	1st Place Trophy
2	Oppenheim, Evan	WLNUT	8	1422	W8	W10	D4	D1	3	2nd Place Trophy
3	Oppenheim, Ethan	MCDOW	10	1509	W11	W7	L1	W8	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Meekins, Kris C	LCHRI	7	1694	D5	W11	D2	W6	3	4th Place Trophy
5	Boehner, Samuel W	WINCH	9	1321	D4	W9	L6	W7	2½	5th Place Trophy
6	Simizu, Osamu F	ALLDE	12	1329	W13	L1	W5	L4	2	6th Place Ribbon
7	Dorohovich, Grace L	CYBER	9	1322	W12	L3	W10	L5	2	6th Place Ribbon
8	Stern, Eric	FALK	6	1209	L2	W13	W12	L3	2	6th Place Ribbon
9	Rengasamy, Manivel	USCHS	11	1320	L1	L5	W11	W12	2	6th Place Ribbon
10	Menzies, Andrew J	PIVIK	6	1161	B-	L2	L7	W13	2	6th Place Ribbon
11	Stern, Scott	FALK	6	1290	L3	L4	L9	B-	1
12	Ignaczak, Mark	DREDE	6	1187	L7	B-	L8	L9	1
13	Spokauskas, Nickolas	STERR	6	1199	L6	L8	B-	L10	1

Grades 6 - 12 Advanced

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Lamperski, Vincent	NCATH	9	1090	W8	W3	W6	D2	3½	1st Place Trophy
2	Glinsky, Allegra	NPHSU	6	990	W9	W5	W8	D1	3½	2nd Place Trophy
3	Myers, Grant	FRICK	6	948	X-	L1	W5	W6	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Xu, Jonathan	PIVIK	6	944	L5	B-	W9	D7	2½	4th Place Trophy
5	Oltmanns, Alexander M	SEWIC	10	1024	W4	L2	L3	W8	2	5th Place Trophy
6	Grystar, Eddie	RIVER	7	947	W7	W9	L1	L3	2	6th Place Ribbon
7	Bacanu, Alexandru	MELLN	8	1029	L6	L8	B-	D4	1½
8	Griffin, James	CHRMS	7	975	L1	W7	L2	L5	1
9	Sun, LiAnn	DORSE	8	1101	L2	L6	L4	B-	1	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
10	Rebel, Ryan F	HLLCR	7	1039	F-	U-	U-	U-	0

Grades 6 - 12 Intermediate

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Rajgopal, Pavan	DORSE	6	855	W3	W5	D2	W7	3½	1st Place Trophy
2	Casal, Luciano	FRREG	6	916	D7	W4	D1	W3	3	2nd Place Trophy
3	Temples, Ryan	BOYCE	6	800	L1	W9	W4	L2	2	3rd Place Trophy
4	Baker, Harold G	TRFFM	7	826	W6	L2	L3	W9	2	4th Place Trophy
5	Sahota, Guneet S	FRREG	7	849	W9	L1	W7	L6	2	5th Place Trophy
6	Jamison, Matthew R	FRDOM	9	903	L4	L7	W9	W5	2	6th Place Ribbon
7	Bland, Nicholas	RIVER	7	718	D2	W6	L5	L1	1½
8	Sundaram, Niteesh	SHAMD	6	835	B-	U-	U-	U-	1
9	Jones, Brett	ROSS	6	781	L5	L3	L6	L4	0

Grades 6 - 12 Beginner

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Taylor, Zachary	CNMSR	11	Unr	W15	W10	W2	W3	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Slivka, Matthew T	HOMEP	6	579	W13	W9	L1	W10	3	2nd Place Trophy
3	Mc Quin, Philip W	WESTL	6	556	B-	W11	W5	L1	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Stavrakos, Chris J	PIRHM	7	641	D16	D8	W14	W6	3	4th Place Trophy
5	Redenbaugh, Timmy Z	HOMEP	7	661	W12	W17	L3	W7	3	5th Place Trophy
6	Masters, Peter	ROGMS	6	615	W14	D7	W16	L4	2½	6th Place Ribbon
7	Sun, YiPeng	UNIVH	10	Unr	W20	D6	W11	L5	2½	6th Place Ribbon
8	Colleran, Robert J	STLOU	6	684	L17	D4	W18	W13	2½	6th Place Ribbon
9	Wahlberg, Ben	FRICK	6	Unr	W21	L2	D15	W16	2½	6th Place Ribbon
10	Liachenko, Alissa	STERR	6	601	W18	L1	W12	L2	2	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
11	Werner, Robert	DORSE	7	673	W19	L3	L7	W15	2
12	Altshuler, Alberto	ROGMS	6	469	L5	W19	L10	X-	2
13	Seiler, Ryan	STSEB	8	Unr	L2	B-	W17	L8	2	1st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
14	Marks, Michael	BOYCE	6	Unr	L6	W21	L4	W19	2	1st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
15	Meyers, Reba L	ROGMS	6	616	L1	W18	D9	L11	1½
16	Altshuler, Ben	STERR	6	361	D4	W20	L6	L9	1½
17	Ahmed, Humza	MELLN	6	534	W8	L5	L13	F-	1
18	Pratt, Sarah	FVMID	7	Unr	L10	L15	L8	W21	1
19	Ahrens, Katharine	HOMEP	6	516	L11	L12	W21	L14	1
20	Wade, Karl A Jr	OLIHS	9	595	L7	L16	H-	U-	½
21	Kenstowicz, Michael P	CCATH	9	571	L9	L14	L19	L18	0

Grades K - 5 Championship

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Gough, Randall W	FAIRV	5	1432	W11	W3	W2	W4	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Linsuain, Kemen	NHOME	3	1207	W13	W5	L1	W8	3	2nd Place Trophy
3	Balter, Danny	WINCH	3	1191	W12	L1	W7	W5	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Lind, Ben D	NHOME	5	1084	W7	W6	W10	L1	3	4th Place Trophy
5	Stern, Ben	FALK	3	967	W8	L2	W6	L3	2	5th Place Trophy
6	Mo, Kevin	MCKNI	4	1275	X-	L4	L5	W10	2	6th Place Ribbon
7	Zhang, Alex	OHARA	0	940	L4	B-	L3	W12	2	6th Place Ribbon
8	Molin, Ben	COLFX	3	1157	L5	W13	W12	L2	2	6th Place Ribbon
9	Rajgopal, Prem	OHARA	4	1235	L10	L12	W11	W13	2	6th Place Ribbon
10	Nimgaonkar, Alok U	SHAJR	4	1017	W9	D11	L4	L6	1½
11	Xu, Zhihong	STEDM	5	1152	L1	D10	L9	B-	1½
12	Polka, Nicholas	VNDGR	5	968	L3	W9	L8	L7	1
13	Rest, Adam	MARSH	3	974	L2	L8	B-	L9	1
14	Nimgaonkar, Vivek U	SHAJR	5	1241	H-	U-	U-	U-	½
15	Zhang, Christopher	OHARA	3	1106	F-	U-	U-	U-	0

Grades K - 5 Advanced

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Stiles, Zane A	STEDM	3	876	W10	W12	W5	W3	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Di Nardo, Philip J	WASHI	5	841	D9	W8	W6	W5	3½	2nd Place Trophy
3	Werner, Anthony	HARTE	5	783	X-	W6	W9	L1	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Wyatt, Tristan J	MYQAP	5	767	L6	B-	W11	W7	3	4th Place Trophy
5	North, Arthur S	COLFX	5	921	W7	W11	L1	L2	2	5th Place Trophy
6	Callipare, Antonio J	AHPRK	5	873	W4	L3	L2	W12	2	6th Place Ribbon
7	Dorohovich, Katherine S	HOMEE	5	868	L5	W10	W12	L4	2	6th Place Ribbon
8	Barber, Zachary	OSBOR	5	883	L12	L2	W13	W9	2	6th Place Ribbon
9	Mc Cormick, Danny	SEWLR	3	917	D2	W13	L3	L8	1½
10	Meyers, Nathan Y	MINAD	3	772	L1	L7	B-	D11	1½
11	Gershanok, Sam	COMDS	2	833	W13	L5	L4	D10	1½
12	Gonzalez, Joaquin	FALK	5	804	W8	L1	L7	L6	1
13	Gonzales, Zachary	POFF	4	903	L11	L9	L8	B-	1
14	Casal, Joaquin	NEWLN	5	883	F-	U-	U-	U-	0

Grades K - 5 Intermediate

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Rao, Rohith	HOSAC	5	642	W6	W8	W7	W4	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Vozza, Frank	STRAP	4	625	W3	W9	W12	W8	4	2nd Place Trophy
3	Ostrowski, Joey F	BEECH	5	743	L2	W14	W16	W11	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Boehmke, Brian T	MCKNI	5	643	W17	W15	W10	L1	3	4th Place Trophy
5	Gerstbrein, Matthew L	HOLYC	3	638	L11	W19	W15	W10	3	5th Place Trophy
6	Butler, Paul	LINDN	3	552	L1	W13	W9	D7	2½	6th Place Ribbon
7	Hoge, Michael	STEDM	2	684	W19	W11	L1	D6	2½	6th Place Ribbon
8	Van Briesen, Jonathan	STEDM	2	693	W13	L1	W17	L2	2
9	Keith, Austin D	BAKER	4	692	W14	L2	L6	W17	2
10	Norman, Jacob F	HARTE	3	624	W12	W16	L4	L5	2
11	Sheran, Jordan	ROSS	2	550	W5	L7	W20	L3	2
12	Ueda, Tsukasa	BOYCE	5	708	L10	W18	L2	W16	2
13	Linnert, Alex J	LRPNT	4	612	L8	L6	W18	W15	2
14	Norman, Alexander	HARTE	5	594	L9	L3	W19	W20	2
15	Narayanan, Karthik	FAIRV	4	694	W20	L4	L5	L13	1
16	Boninger, Joey	MINAD	5	687	W18	L10	L3	L12	1
17	Kepner, Nancy	POFF	5	571	L4	W20	L8	L9	1	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
18	Polka, Alexander	VNDGR	3	583	L16	L12	L13	W19	1
19	Brusilovsky, Daniel	COMDS	5	576	L7	L5	L14	L18	0
20	Izvorean, Edward	MINAD	2	619	L15	L17	L11	L14	0

Grades 4 & 5 Beginner

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Pokrifka, Gwenore	NHOME	4	445	W18	W16	W3	W2	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Boninger, Eli	MINAD	4	523	W14	W11	W6	L1	3	2nd Place Trophy
3	Dilmore, Eric R	ROSS	4	538	W17	W10	L1	W4	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Loughlin, Kevin	STSEB	4	129	W9	W17	W5	L3	3	4th Place Trophy
5	Blee-Goldman, Sophie	FALK	5	502	X-	W13	L4	W10	3	5th Place Trophy
6	Junker, Ben	EHILL	4	Unr	W19	W7	L2	W11	3	1st Place (Unrated) Trophy
7	Goyal, Manu	FAIRV	4	372	W12	L6	W16	W13	3	6th Place Ribbon
8	Somers, Adam	FALK	4	Unr	L10	W14	D9	W17	2½	1st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
9	Sauer, Douglas R	WHITT	5	412	L4	W21	D8	W16	2½	1st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
10	Kerr, Alex	STSEB	5	354	W8	L3	W12	L5	2
11	Goodman, Josh	FAIRV	4	366	W21	L2	W18	L6	2
12	Mc Laren, Patrick	KERR	5	Unr	L7	W15	L10	W18	2	2nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
13	Critelli, Joshua	BOYCE	5	277	W20	L5	W19	L7	2
14	Oppenheim, Eliza	GRDVE	4	244	L2	L8	W20	W19	2	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
15	Denlinger, Daniel	EHILL	4	Unr	L16	L12	B-	D21	1½
16	Stelmach, Tyler	MYQAP	5	258	W15	L1	L7	L9	1
17	Mc Fall, David	MYQAP	4	255	L3	L4	W21	L8	1
18	Oliver, Ryan D	BROOK	4	228	L1	W20	L11	L12	1
19	Oakes, Michael V	FAIRV	4	Unr	L6	B-	L13	L14	1
20	Caplan, Yarden	FAIRV	4	Unr	L13	L18	L14	B-	1
21	Dilmore, Andrew	ROSS	4	Unr	L11	L9	L17	D15	½
22	Hirsh, Clayton	SHAJR	4	349	H-	U-	U-	U-	½
23	Ahmed, Hashim	HOWE	4	237	F-	U-	U-	U-	0

Grades K - 3 Beginner

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Zhang, Eric	OHARA	0	309	W20	W13	W3	W4	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Leverett, Ryan	WASHI	3	478	D21	W10	W9	W8	3½	2nd Place Trophy
3	Payne, Chico P	SHAJR	1	414	W5	W12	L1	W11	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Yang, Tom	GREEN	0	412	W16	W18	W8	L1	3	4th Place Trophy
5	Murray, Luke	STBON	1	Unr	L3	W22	W13	W9	3	5th Place Trophy
6	Werner, Matthew	HARTE	2	317	W11	L8	W19	W10	3	6th Place Ribbon
7	Norman, Elliot B	HARTE	1	435	W22	L9	W18	W12	3	6th Place Ribbon
8	Wecht, Gabe	STEDM	1	474	W23	W6	L4	L2	2	1st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
9	Georgiadis, Luke	SHAJR	3	307	W19	W7	L2	L5	2	1st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
10	Friedman, Ben	COLFX	3	123	W15	L2	W17	L6	2	1st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
11	Devito, Louis J	STRAP	1	Unr	L6	W23	W14	L3	2	1st Place (Unrated) Trophy
12	Foster, Ben W	COLFX	1	288	W17	L3	W20	L7	2	1st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
13	Hignett-Lewis, Liam	MINAD	3	448	W24	L1	L5	W18	2	1st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
14	Huo, Jeff W	ESHIN	1	401	L18	W16	L11	W19	2	1st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
15	Vozza, Trevor	STRAP	1	469	L10	L19	W21	W20	2	1st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
16	Love, Daniel R	STRAP	1	Unr	L4	L14	W23	D17	1½	2nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
17	Van de Venne, Griffin	HOMEE	1	505	L12	W21	L10	D16	1½
18	Mc Laren, Dominik	KERR	2	Unr	W14	L4	L7	L13	1	1st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
19	Martin, Nate	KNTUK	2	Unr	L9	W15	L6	L14	1	1st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
20	Georgiadis, Teddy	SHAJR	1	Unr	L1	W24	L12	L15	1
21	Narayanan, Anandhini	FAIRV	2	393	D2	L17	L15	D22	1	1st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
22	Ceraso, Abby	MYQAP	3	Unr	L7	L5	D24	D21	1	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
23	Barber, Alexandra	OSBOR	2	132	L8	L11	L16	W24	1	1st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
24	Gershanok, Ezra	COMDS	1	100	L13	L20	D22	L23	½
25	Heaps, Samuel	STEDM	2	174	F-	U-	U-	U-	0
26	DeReno, Zachary	STRAP	3	Unr	F-	U-	U-	U-	0

Schools

#	# of Players	Code	School	District
1	7	FAIRV	Fairview Elementary School	Fox Chapel Area School District
2	6	FALK	Falk School
3	6	SHAJR	Shady Side Academy Junior School
4	6	STEDM	St Edmunds Academy
5	5	HARTE	Hartwood Elementary School	Fox Chapel Area School District
6	5	MINAD	Minadeo Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
7	5	STRAP	St Raphael School	Diocese of Pittsburgh School District
8	4	BOYCE	Boyce Middle School	Upper St Clair School District
9	4	COLFX	Colfax School	Pittsburgh School District
10	4	MYQAP	Mary Queen Of Apostles School	Diocese of Greensburg School District
11	4	OHARA	O Hara Elementary School	Fox Chapel Area School District
12	4	ROSS	Ross Elementary School	North Hills School District
13	3	COMDS	Community Day School
14	3	DORSE	Dorseyville Middle School	Fox Chapel Area School District
15	3	HOMEP	Home Middle School
16	3	NHOME	North Pittsburgh Home Lower School
17	3	ROGMS	Rogers Middle School	Pittsburgh School District
18	3	STSEB	St Sebastian School	Diocese of Pittsburgh School District
19	3	STERR	Sterrett Classical Academy	Pittsburgh School District
20	2	EHILL	East Hills Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
21	2	FRREG	Franklin Regional Middle School	Franklin Regional School District
22	2	FRICK	Frick International Academy	Pittsburgh School District
23	2	HOMEE	Home Elementary School
24	2	KERR	Kerr Elementary School	Fox Chapel Area School District
25	2	MCKNI	Mc Knight Elementary School	North Allegheny School District
26	2	MELLN	Mellon Middle School	Mount Lebanon School District
27	2	NPHSU	North Pittsburgh Home Upper School
28	2	OSBOR	Osborne Elementary School	Quaker Valley School District
29	2	PIVIK	Pivik Elementary School	Plum Borough School District
30	2	POFF	Poff Elementary School	Hampton Township School District
31	2	RIVER	Riverview High School	Riverview School District
32	2	VNDGR	Vandergrift Elementary School	Kiski Area School District
33	2	WASHI	Washington Elementary School	Mount Lebanon School District
34	2	WINCH	Winchester Thurston School
35	1	ALLDE	Allderdice High School	Pittsburgh School District
36	1	AHPRK	Allegheny Hyde Park School	Kiski Area School District
37	1	BAKER	Baker Elementary School	Upper St Clair School District
38	1	BEECH	Beechwood Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
39	1	BROOK	Brookline Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
40	1	CNMSR	Canon Mc Millan Sr High School	Canon McMillan School District
41	1	CCATH	Central Catholic High School
42	1	CHRMS	Chartiers Valley Middle School	Chartiers Valley School District
43	1	DREDE	Divine Redeemer School	Diocese of Greensburg School District
44	1	ESHIN	Eisenhower Elementary School	Indiana Area School District
45	1	FVMID	Fairview Middle School
46	1	FRDOM	Freedom Area High School	Freedom Area School District
47	1	GRDVE	Grandview Erie Elementary School
48	1	GREEN	Greenfield School	Pittsburgh School District
49	1	HLLCR	Hillcrest Christian School
50	1	HOLYC	Holy Child School	Diocese of Pittsburgh School District
51	1	HOSAC	Hosack Elementary School	North Allegheny School District
52	1	HOWE	Howe Elementary School	Mount Lebanon School District
53	1	KNTUK	Kentucky Avenue School
54	1	LCHRI	Lake Center Christian School
55	1	LRPNT	Laurel Point Elementary School	Kiski Area School District
56	1	LINDN	Linden Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
57	1	MARSH	Marshall Elementary School	North Allegheny School District
58	1	MCDOW	Mc Dowell High School
59	1	NEWLN	Newlonsburg Elementary School	Franklin Regional School District
60	1	NCATH	North Catholic School	Diocese of Pittsburgh School District
61	1	OLIHS	Oliver High School	Pittsburgh School District
62	1	PIRHM	Pine Richland Middle School	Pine Richland School District
63	1	SEWLR	Sewickley Academy Lower School
64	1	SEWIC	Sewickley Academy Senior School
65	1	SHAMD	Shady Side Academy Middle School
66	1	STBON	St Bonaventure School	Diocese of Pittsburgh School District
67	1	STLOU	St Louise De Marillac School	Diocese of Pittsburgh School District
68	1	TRFFM	Trafford Middle School	Penn Trafford School District
69	1	UNIVH	University High School	Monongalia County School District
70	1	USCHS	Upper St Clair High School	Upper St Clair School District
71	1	WLNUT	Walnut Creek Middle School
72	1	CYBER	Western PA Cyber School
73	1	WESTL	Westinghouse Elementary School	East Allegheny School District
74	1	WHITT	Whittier Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District

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