8th Western PA Scholastic Chess Championship

June 9, 2001


Teams

#ScoreCodeSchoolDistrictPrize
114½NHOMENorth Pittsburgh Home Lower School 1st Place Team Trophy
213HOMEEHome Elementary School 2nd Place Team Trophy
312½SHAJRShady Side Academy Junior School 3rd Place Team Trophy
412½HOMEWHomewood Montessori SchoolPittsburgh School District4th Place Team Ribbon
512½MINADMinadeo Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District4th Place Team Ribbon
611½EHILLEast Hills Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District 
711HARTEHartwood Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District 
810½FAIRVFairview Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District 
910WINCHWinchester Thurston School  
1010JAPANPittsburgh Japanese SchoolFox Chapel Area School District 
1110NPHSUNorth Pittsburgh Home Upper School  
129FALKFalk School  
138OHARAO Hara Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District 
147STGRTSt Gertrude School  
157COMDSCommunity Day School  
16HOMEPHome Middle School  
17BROOKBrookline Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District 

Grades 6 to 12 Championship

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Zhai, AlexMINAD511681294W18W8W7W241st Place Trophy
2Swed, David PMTLJR710711240W6W3W9L132nd Place Trophy
3Simizu, Akira MJAPAN1014071395W13L2W15W833rd Place Trophy
4Opaska, Michael PKEYHS916291607L7W14W12W934th Place Trophy
5Herzing, Nathan FSTMCU612001216L8W17W14W735th Place Trophy
6Guerrieri, LuisPLUMH912971288L2D13W10W166th Place Ribbon
7Hickman, Michael AFRICK611391195W4W16L1L52 
8Norfleet, Matthew TPEAHS1010241119W5L1W16L32 
9Mezherytski, KeshaGATJR812081207W15W10L2L42 
10Waruszewski, Bob CNPHSU610021048W11L9L6W172 
11Simizu, Osamu FJAPAN810701063L10L15W13W142 
12Lamoureaux, Daniel PLINTN811771160L14W18L4W152 
13Kruk, NicolasACQUI101116/121099/16L3D6L11W18 
14Kumar, Vivek RFRSHS1010081009W12L4L5L111 
15Schreiber, Avi JALLDE1210181012L9W11L3L121 
16Joseph, Bryan GMTVEW513281256W17L7L8L61 
17Dorohovich, John M JrHOMEP710481013L16L5W18L101 
18Blumer, Joel TNPHSU7913866L1L12L17L130 

Grades 6 to 12 Intermediate

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Werth, MatthewNPHSU71309/001436/03B-W7W3W241st Place Trophy
2Coulson, JulesHOMEW69631041W15W17W6L132nd Place Trophy
3Buuch, BulganSHAMD810061048W14W19L1W833rd Place Trophy
4Carter, Chris DROGMS6881960W13W5L9W1734th Place Trophy
5Mc Colloch, David OFALK810131016W11L4W16W1035th Place Trophy
6White, Ryan TWINCH6883943W22W10L2W936th Place Ribbon
7Humes, CoryFOXHS9826928W18L1W19W1136th Place Ribbon
8Permigiani, TedFALK7908931W12D9W13L3 
9Devlin, Patrick JSTGAB6835882W20D8W4L6 
10Carey, Ryan TSTLOU6729/16779/20W23L6W12L52 
11Kyle, Juan GNPHSU6862/21855/25L5W22W14L72 
12Jones, George WALPHA8879864L8W15L10W182 
13Mc Allister, BartSACRE6814808L4W20L8W192 
14Weedn, CrockettCAMPU6722/17736/21L3W23L11W202 
15Giesin, JohnHOMEP8837828L2L12W21W232 
16Ellis, AllenNPHSU6655659L17B-L5W222 
17Muenzer, DavidFALK8844818W16L2D18L4 
18Hunter, Isaiah MHOMEP7706712L7W21D17L12 
19Carley, CassiSEWMD7690681W21L3L7L1311st Place (Girl) Ribbon
20Hills, Adam WBISMD7727/05613/08L9L13B-L141 
21O'Keefe, Sean TSTTER8823/08694/11L19L18L15B-1 
22Fishman, ElliotHOMEW6678619L6L11D23L16½ 
23Rundorff, Bisby RRICHJ6839/04653/08L10L14D22L15½ 

Grades 6 to 12 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Altschuler, ArielDORSE6795835W3W5L2W731st Place Trophy
2Lyons, Jacob MHOMEW6748786W10W8W1L432nd Place Trophy
3Sasaki, SoichiJAPAN7584/24697L1W9W12W533rd Place Trophy
4Leidwinger, Nathan MSMAMS6622682L6W11W10W234th Place Trophy
5Klingensmith, NicholasHOMEP6779738W11L1W6L325th Place Trophy
6Lynch, Juliana EDORSE7517585W4W7L5L826th Place Ribbon
7Mitobe, YusukeJAPAN7681/20655/24W9L6W8L126th Place Ribbon
8Gilbreath, Dustin RMTVEW6452/19532/23W12L2L7W626th Place Ribbon
9Liu, George BMTLJR7287/04419/08L7L3W11W1026th Place Ribbon
10Kawashima, YuichiJAPAN6743/04569/08L2W12L4L91 
11Okada, ShinjiJAPAN7289/10307/14L5L4L9W121 
12Zubak-Skees, ChrisROGMS6607468L8L10L3L110 
13Osele, Jamie LDEERL10  U-U-U-U-0 
14Bush, JasonFRICK7  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades 4 & 5 Championship

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Barbara, MatthewHARTE511521248W18W15W2W441st Place Trophy
2Evans, Micah DHOMEE510201108W16W14L1W532nd Place Trophy
3Ko, Alexander JVILAC511161123W6L5W14W933rd Place Trophy
4Zinn, Andrew MOHARA411961188D7W12W13L14th Place Trophy
5Shellhammer, Corey DSTGRT510231062W10W3D9L25th Place Trophy
6Roberts, EllisEHILL49371004L3W10W11D86th Place Ribbon
7Brnardic, Adam ETRANS5871980D4L8W16W136th Place Ribbon
8Buuch, NominMINAD5929967L14W7W15D66th Place Ribbon
9Sato, Jun GJAPAN5813/19890/23W11D13D5L32 
10Berthoud, KentCALIF410801056L5L6W17W162 
11Papale, RobertBROOK5920913L9W17L6W182 
12Trisal, RaulALPHA511221085L15L4W18W142 
13Rago, AnthonySTGRT5946/08922/12W17D9L4L7 
14Baker, David WHOMEW5863864W8L2L3L121 
15Dorohovich, Grace LHOMEE5944914W12L1L8L1711st Place (Girl) Ribbon
16Boehner, Samuel WWINCH511241051L2W18L7L101 
17Gough, Karl WFAIRV5852826L13L11L10W151 
18Gipko, Jake SBEECH4908/21847/25L1L16L12L110 

Grades 4 & 5 Intermediate

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Kopnitsky, DylanHOMEW5611/10911/14W10W4W16W341st Place Trophy
2Mahoney, Robert CNHOME59671024W21W9W8W1142nd Place Trophy
3Dowlatabadi, JasonEHILL5733857W12W5W11L133rd Place Trophy
4Rao, Amar CHOSAC5730831W22L1W14W1234th Place Trophy
5Patterson, Andrew MHOMEE5720810W20L3W13W835th Place Trophy
6Rosso, JackBAKER4688767L9W21W17W1636th Place Ribbon
7Thewes, RichardNHOME4869/24860W24L8W18W1036th Place Ribbon
8Posner, Ida MWINCH5748769W18W7L2L521st Place (Girl) Trophy
9Rutkowski, BenHOMEW5831/23821W6L2L10W192 
10Manfredi, Juan JKERR5718741L1W22W9L72 
11Sun, LiAnnHARTE4740748W23W13L3L222nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
12Loevner, Dianna IWINCH4664/20691/24L3W20W15L422nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
13Henry, Robert JBURGW5Unr722/04W15L11L5W2321st Place (Unrated) Trophy
14Hungerman, RyanNHOME5845/17802/21W17L16L4W202 
15Piqueira, JosephSTRMS4825/13775/17L13W23L12W222 
16Zhang, XiaoyueLIBER4729718D19W14L1L6 
17Gentile, Nicholas JMINAD4730695L14W19L6D18 
18Vaisleib, GregoryKERR4582570L8W24L7D17 
19Clark-Polner, MichaelFAIRV4624/21612/25D16L17W23L9 
20Mc Clelland, ScottBRKLC5674/03571/07L5L12W21L1412nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
21Palanisamy, DineshMCKNI4Unr383/04L2L6L20W2412nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
22Blumenfeld, DanielMINAD5639/17586/21L4L10W24L151 
23Ritov, AlexanderOHARA4629/09537/13L11L15L19L130 
24Funaro, AlexisBANKS4Unr100/04L7L18L22L210 

Grades 2 & 3 Championship

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Petesch, Gabriel NEDGEP313711402W8W4D2W31st Place Trophy
2Heimann, Alexander CNHOME212241277W15W9D1W72nd Place Trophy
3Heimann, Mark ANHOME214451434W16W5W7L133rd Place Trophy
4Barbara, JoshuaHARTE39681051W12L1W9W1134th Place Trophy
5Schiff, Michael DJENES39961023W14L3W10D65th Place Trophy
6Nissly, Austin TPVLLY3955971L9W15W8D56th Place Ribbon
7Silver, Adam DSHAJR311941179W13W10L3L22 
8Zhu, AllenMINAD2982983L1W12L6W132 
9Ramesh, AarthiBANKS3976967W6L2L4D121st Place (Girl) Ribbon
10Li, SuyangLIBER3895881W11L7L5D14 
11Busam, Sujay VOHARA3792790L10D13W14L4 
12Stern, EricFALK2908887L4L8W15D9 
13Song, Yiming LSFELE3802790L7D11W16L8 
14Uselman, Jeffrey R JrHARTE2838805L5W16L11D10 
15Khlystov, Nikita AMINAD3683674L2L6L12W161 
16Rago, ChristopherSTGRT3591/07522/11L3L14L13L150 

Grades 2 & 3 Intermediate

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Mahoney, CurtisNHOME3694872W11W10W9W241st Place Trophy
2Horne, AlexanderFAIRV3787828W16W4W3L132nd Place Trophy
3Meyer, JakeSACRE3672763W12W8L2W733rd Place Trophy
4Regan, PeterNHOME2655/05711/09W18L2W7W834th Place Trophy
5Weaver, Richie PNHOME3Unr792/04L8W12W15W935th Place Trophy
6Horne, Nick AFAIRV3605676L7W15W14W1036th Place Ribbon
7Gursoz, MuratMINAD2538604W6W11L4L32 
8Arai, KohmaJAPAN2565/16648/20W5L3W13L42 
9Stern, ScottFALK2628645W15W14L1L52 
10Lu, DavidMINAD2666/24640W17L1W16L62 
11Perelman, SaraELLIS2542/16530/20L1L7W17W1621st Place (Girl) Ribbon
12Clark, Charlotte AEHILL3Unr600/04L3L5W18W1421st Place (Unrated) Trophy
13Eller, AdamWINCH2714/24642L14W17L8H- 
14Bigbee, David SHARTE3697630W13L9L6L121 
15Redenbaugh, TimmyHOMEE3Unr364/04L9L6L5W1812nd Place (Unrated) Trophy
16Cao, MichaelSFELE3Unr298/04L2W18L10L1113rd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
17Suter, SamLINDN3100/01100/04L10L13L11B-13rd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
18Godin, Talon DDRMNT3Unr100/04L4L16L12L150 
19Velez, Andres RCAMPU3  U-U-U-U-0 
20Mickish, GwenHOMEW3  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades 2 to 5 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Klingensmith, DanielHOMEE3731821W32W5W17W641st Place Trophy
2Zhang, Tom CLOSTC2705807W27W20W12W442nd Place Trophy
3Manfredi, SofiaKERR2446655W9W10L6W1333rd Place Trophy
4Clemens-Sewall, DavidEHILL3558630W26W22W8L234th Place Trophy
5Rich, Alan MMTVEW5476/14640/18W7L1W24W1935th Place Trophy
6Clark, Robert J JrSTGRT5520/04630/08W36W14W3L136th Place Ribbon
7Bankert, Ian RMINAD2540/03602/07L5W27W20W2531st Place (Unrated) Trophy
8Urbanek, IanGRACE5496/04554/08W39W18L4W2336th Place Ribbon
9Miller, Zach TRHEMA4422/09540/13L3W38W22W2136th Place Ribbon
10Rankins, Donald EWLPNN4588/24608W38L3W35W1736th Place Ribbon
11Drabick, Matthew BDRMNT2523/05575/09W24L13W18D12 
12Bagamery, LauraSHAJR5566/25579W41W29L2D111st Place (Girl) Trophy
13Liachenko, AlissaMINAD2732/22704W40W11D21L32nd Place (Girl) Trophy
14Coulson, HillHOMEW2526/22515W42L6W34D16 
15Moore, Garret THOMEW5593/15576/19D31D23D19W28 
16Watkins, Antonio GSTBED2217/04346/08L18W39W29D142nd Place (Unrated) Trophy
17Jimenez, DavidSTBED2558/10551/14W25W30L1L1023rd Place (Unrated) Trophy
18Geronian, NancyMINAD3447/13457/17W16L8L11W3423rd Place (Girl) Ribbon
19Sudesh, PranavWYLAN2468/06514/10W28D21D15L524th Place (Unrated) Ribbon
20Levinson, SamLINDN3576556W35L2L7W362 
21Nicholson, DavidSTEDM2669621W37D19D13L92 
22Mc Manus, BrandonBROOK5367/09398/13W34L4L9W332 
23Englander, GabeCOMDS2377/06425/10D29D15W30L82 
24Ramanathan, NityaSHAJR2444/15445/19L11W40L5W352 
25Rajgopal, PavanOHARA2267299L17W37W36L72 
26Long, Josiah JNHOME3341/05346/09L4L34W31W372 
27Dowlatabadi, FrancisEHILL2221/10280/14L2L7W41D30 
28Greene, Rachel CHOMEE3612527L19W31D33L15 
29Biefeld, B JCAMPU2504/12438/16D23L12L16W39 
30Geronian, JanetMINAD3531/17457/21W33L17L23D27 
31Keitel, JordanMINAD2269/12273/16D15L28L26W38 
32Dauk, Nicholas ASTJGD5226/10216/14L1L35D38W40 
33Rutkowski, MatthewHOMEW2103/04194/08L30W41D28L22 
34Kim, JeremieOHARA2517/08418/12L22W26L14L181 
35De Bolt, True ASTEDM2543/05417/09L20W32L10L241 
36Sroka, AnthonyPHILP3248/09222/13L6W42L25L201 
37Tcherfas, DanielMINAD2100/13102/17L21L25W42L261 
38Rascoe, Ariel ACOMDS2Unr100/04L10L9D32L31½ 
39Myers, EthanEHILL2168/13124/17L8L16D40L29½ 
40Carbine, KatherineLINDN2Unr100/04L13L24D39L32½ 
41Grace, Ben AFALK2328/07211/11L12L33L27D42½ 
42Muha, DevinBROOK2Unr100/04L14L36L37D41½ 
43Millar, Meredith TELLIS2  U-U-U-U-0 
44Saigal, RohanMINAD2  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades K & 1

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Silver, JoshuaSHAJR19411031W23W11W5W441st Place Trophy
2Nimgaonkar, Vivek USHAJR19441018W25W22W7W342nd Place Trophy
3Gough, Randall WFAIRV1841907W18W8W9L233rd Place Trophy
4Feffer, DanielleHOMEE1804/17862/21W13W17W12L134th Place Trophy
5Pollack, SammyWINCH1827/19862/23W14W16L1W1335th Place Trophy
6Lee, Daniel JMINAD110441027W20L7W10W1136th Place Ribbon
7Roberts, OliverEHILL1840898W27W6L2W1536th Place Ribbon
8Holzinger, Michael JSTEDM1747810W24L3W14W1736th Place Ribbon
9Hungerman, LukeNHOME1757/09792/13W30W15L3W1636th Place Ribbon
10Rothman, TroyCOMDS0415/02638/06D12W23L6W221st Place (Unrated) Trophy
11Brooks, AnthonyOHARA1764/12760/16W26L1W24L62 
12Rosenfeld, ElanSHAJR0588605D10W19L4D182 
13Carlier, AlexHARTE1664/04638/08L4W30W19L522nd Place (Unrated) Trophy
14Nissly, GrantPVLLY1Unr608/04L5W21L8W2523rd Place (Unrated) Trophy
15Linsuain, KemenCMUCS-1698/04675/07B-L9W20L724th Place (Unrated) Ribbon
16Lednev, AlexMINAD1672653W21L5W28L92 
17Mendelson, JesseCOMDS1813/23769W29L4W25L82 
18Carley, AriannaSEWLR0Unr577/04L3W26D22D1221st Place (Girl) Trophy
19Rao, RohithHOSAC1493/04459/08W28L12L13W262 
20Nimgaonkar, Alok USHAJR0639611L6W27L15W282 
21Weaver, Mike FNHOME1Unr354/03L16L14B-W3024th Place (Unrated) Ribbon
22North, Arthur SJAPAN1495/12487/16W31L2D18L10 
23Rajgopal, PremOHARA0543/25524L1L10W27D24 
24Perelman, DanielleELLIS0573/08550/12L8W29L11D232nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
25Narayanan, KarthikFAIRV0292/16294/20L2W31L17L141 
26Iyengar, AshwinEHILL1Unr333/04L11L18W29L191 
27Leroy, JustinBROOK1Unr114/03L7L20L23B-1 
28Zhang, Ted C -1Unr100/03L19B-L16L201 
29Dilmore, Eric RROSS0347/06299/10L17L24L26W311 
30Meyer, LukeSACRE1Unr100/04L9L13D31L21½ 
31Miller, Michael RBROOK1Unr100/04L22L25D30L29½ 

Schools

## of PlayersCodeSchoolDistrict
117MINADMinadeo Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
211NHOMENorth Pittsburgh Home Lower School 
310HOMEWHomewood Montessori SchoolPittsburgh School District
49JAPANPittsburgh Japanese SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
58EHILLEast Hills Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
67HOMEEHome Elementary School 
77OHARAO Hara Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
87SHAJRShady Side Academy Junior School 
96FAIRVFairview Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
106FALKFalk School 
116HARTEHartwood Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
126WINCHWinchester Thurston School 
135BROOKBrookline Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
145NPHSUNorth Pittsburgh Home Upper School 
154COMDSCommunity Day School 
164HOMEPHome Middle School 
174STGRTSt Gertrude School 
183CAMPUCarlow Campus SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
193ELLISEllis School 
203KERRKerr Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
213LINDNLinden Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
223MTVEWMountain View Elementary SchoolGreater Latrobe School District
233SACRESacred Heart SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
243STEDMSt Edmund Academy 
252BANKSBanksville Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
262DRMNTDormont Elementary SchoolKeystone Oaks School District
272DORSEDorseyville Middle SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
282FRICKFrick International AcademyPittsburgh School District
292HOSACHosack Elementary SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
302MTLJRJefferson Middle SchoolMount Lebanon School District
312LIBERLiberty Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
322PVLLYPleasant Valley SchoolPeters Township School District
332ALPHAProvidence Alpha SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
342ROGMSRogers Middle SchoolPittsburgh School District
352SFELESouth Fayette Elementary SchoolSouth Fayette School District
362STBEDSt Bede School 
371ALLDEAllderdice High SchoolPittsburgh School District
381ACQUIAquinas AcademyDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
391BAKERBaker Elementary SchoolUpper St Clair School District
401BEECHBeechwood Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
411BISMDBishop McDowell SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
421BRKLCBrookline Regional Catholic SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
431BURGWBurgwin Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
441CMUCSCMU Childrens School 
451CALIFCalifornia Area Elementary SchoolCalifornia Area School District
461DEERLDeer Lakes High SchoolDeer Lakes School District
471EDGEPEdgewood Primary SchoolWoodland Hills School District
481FOXHSFox Chapel Area High SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
491FRSHSFranklin Regional Senior High SchoolFranklin Regional School District
501GATJRGateway Middle SchoolGateway School District
511JENESJeannette Mc Kee Elementary SchoolJeannette City School District
521KEYHSKeystone Oaks High SchoolKeystone Oaks School District
531LINTNLinton Intermediate SchoolPenn Hills School District
541LOSTCLost Creek Elementary School 
551MCKNIMc Knight Elementary SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
561GRACEOur Lady Of Grace SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
571PEAHSPeabody High SchoolPittsburgh School District
581PHILPPhillips Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
591PLUMHPlum Senior High SchoolPlum Borough School District
601VILACPowell Village Academy 
611RHEMARhema Christian School 
621RICHJRichland Middle School 
631ROSSRoss Elementary SchoolNorth Hills School District
641SMAMSSaint Marys Area Middle School 
651SEWLRSewickley Academy Lower School 
661SEWMDSewickley Academy Middle School 
671SHAMDShady Side Academy Middle School 
681STGABSt Gabriel SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
691STJGDSt John Of God SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
701STLOUSt Louise De Marillac SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
711STMCUSt Marys Catholic Upper SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
721STTERSt Theresa Of Avila SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
731STRMSStreams Elementary SchoolUpper St Clair School District
741TRANSTransfiguration SchoolDiocese of Pittsburgh School District
751WLPNNWilliam Penn Elementary SchoolElizabeth Forward School District
761WYLANWyland Elementary SchoolHampton Township School District

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