1996-97 Pittsburgh City Schools Chess Championship
Order Team Score Team name
1 MINAD 16.0 Minadeo Elementary School
2 COMDS 11.5 Community Day School
3 SHAJR 10.5 Shady Side Academy Junior School
4 STBED 10.0 St Bede School
5 STERR 10.0 Sterrett Classical Academy
6 STEDM 9.5 St Edmund Academy
7 EHILL 9.0 East Hills Elementary School
8 CCELE 7.5 Carlow Campus Elementary School
9 WINCH 6.0 Winchester Thurston School
10 HOMEW 6.0 Homewood Montessori School
11 REGSQ 4.5 Regent Square Elementary School
12 FRICK 4.0 Frick International Academy
Grades 6 to 8
Name team rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 TOT
1 Glover, Jared M.............HOMEP 1396 W 11 W 7 W 8 W 5 4.0
2 Hendrickson, Drew...........STEDM 1309 W 12 W 9 L 5 W 7 3.0
3 Snyder, Yvan................STERR 1183 L 4 W 16 W 15 W 8 3.0
4 Jeske, Michael P............STBED 1158 W 3 L 8 W 11 W 9 3.0
5 Schiff, Aaron J.............REIZS 1132 W 13 W 10 W 2 L 1 3.0
6 Zusman, Yury................STERR unr. L 7 W 17 W 10 W 13 3.0
7 Bryant, Jake................FRICK 1100 W 6 L 1 W 16 L 2 2.0
8 Simanek, Brian..............STEDM 1059 W 14 W 4 L 1 L 3 2.0
9 Gorbachinsky, Ilya..........STERR 1045 X--- L 2 W 13 L 4 2.0
10 Simanek, Eric D.............STEDM 1025 W 15 L 5 L 6 W 14 2.0
11 Roberman, Michael...........STERR 933 L 1 W 14 L 4 W 17 2.0
12 Girson, Cyrus...............STERR 872 L 2 L 13 W 17 W 16 2.0
13 Aikens, Nicholas............STBED 762 L 5 W 12 L 9 L 6 1.0
14 Williams, Eric M............FRICK unr. L 8 L 11 B--- L 10 1.0
15 Beck, Dylan.................FRICK unr. L 10 B--- L 3 U--- 1.0
16 Meisel, Matthew.............STEDM unr. W 17 L 3 L 7 L 12 1.0
17 Lanni, Brian M..............WINCH 1021 L 16 L 6 L 12 L 11 0.0
18 Sherman, Taylor.............STEDM 836 F--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
19 Stidle, Matt................WLIBC 700 F--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
20 Artz, Casey.................FRICK unr. F--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
Grades 3 to 5 Advanced
Name team rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 TOT
1 Milisits, Ryan R............MINAD 1400 W 12 W 15 W 7 W 6 4.0
2 Appman, Zachary.............MINAD 1232 W 20 W 10 W 8 W 7 4.0
3 Simizu, Osamu F.............MINAD 970 W 17 L 7 W 14 W 12 3.0
4 Levin, Noah L...............MINAD 934 L 7 W 17 W 10 W 8 3.0
5 Li, Yile....................MINAD 857 L 15 B--- W 20 W 9 3.0
6 Dew-Becker, Colin S.........SHAJR 854 B--- W 9 D 15 L 1 2.5
7 Jampole, Ezra A.............COMDS 1182 W 4 W 3 L 1 L 2 2.0
8 Decarolis, Greg.............STBED 1048 W 16 W 14 L 2 L 4 2.0
9 Weisberg, David B...........EHILL 1043 W 13 L 6 W 18 L 5 2.0
10 Horwitz, Gray...............EHILL 994 W 18 L 2 L 4 W 17 2.0
11 Dorfman, George.............MINAD 983 L 14 W 16 L 12 W 15 2.0
12 Decarolis, Michael..........STBED 935 L 1 W 13 W 11 L 3 2.0
13 Fan, Wei....................MINAD 894 L 9 L 12 W 16 W 20 2.0
14 Gordon, Jeremy..............SHAJR 880 W 11 L 8 L 3 W 18 2.0
15 Tweardy, Sam................CCELE 1022 W 5 L 1 D 6 L 11 1.5
16 Shimm, Abe W................COMDS 892 L 8 L 11 L 13 B--- 1.0
17 Greb, Peter.................STEDM 884 L 3 L 4 B--- L 10 1.0
18 Levin, Nate L...............MINAD 865 L 10 W 20 L 9 L 14 1.0
19 Hatakeyama, Shuichi.........MINAD 947 F--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
20 De Pasquale, Mark...........CCELE 926 L 2 L 18 L 5 L 13 0.0
21 Schneider, Maxwell W........SHAJR 911 F--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
Grades 3 to 5 Beginner
Name team rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 TOT
1 Nelson, Brian W.............MINAD 840 W 34 W 14 W 22 W 7 4.0
2 Gibson, Sean M..............MINAD 777 W 26 W 27 W 9 W 22 4.0
3 Horowitz, Charlie M.........MINAD 638 W 36 W 38 W 26 W 27 4.0
4 Webster, Liana R............MINAD 568 W 47 W 17 W 38 W 23 4.0
5 Kamin, Philip...............SHAJR 798 W 48 D 15 W 18 W 8 3.5
6 Eubanks, Zach R.............MINAD 819 W 29 L 22 W 42 W 28 3.0
7 Woolhandler, Justin H.......STBED 783 W 13 W 10 W 11 L 1 3.0
8 Gursoz, Ayse................MINAD 743 W 31 W 20 W 17 L 5 3.0
9 Rovkah, Michael.............EHILL 713 W 49 W 12 L 2 W 15 3.0
10 Hatakeyama, Kana............MINAD 699 W 33 L 7 W 41 W 31 3.0
11 Maddox, Zachary K...........MINAD 634 W 45 W 19 L 7 W 33 3.0
12 Specter, Michael............MINAD 625 W 46 L 9 W 47 W 34 3.0
13 Chimes, Steven..............MINAD unr. L 7 W 43 W 20 W 38 3.0
14 Mc Cague, Ned...............SHAJR 714 W 43 L 1 D 24 W 18 2.5
15 Bao, Chen...................MINAD 645 W 44 D 5 W 19 L 9 2.5
16 Levin, Samuel...............MINAD unr. D 23 D 39 D 29 W 41 2.5
17 Mc Guire, Shane F...........BEECH 827 W 25 L 4 L 8 W 24 2.0
18 Novogradac, Michael A.......MINAD 768 W 41 W 28 L 5 L 14 2.0
19 Guiver, James D.............STBED 755 W 42 L 11 L 15 W 46 2.0
20 Favorini-Csorba, Anton......WINCH 741 W 30 L 8 L 13 W 32 2.0
21 Logan, Daniel T.............EHILL 671 L 27 W 32 L 28 W 47 2.0
22 West, Thomas................WINCH 642 W 35 W 6 L 1 L 2 2.0
23 Tsang, Ben Y................COMDS 590 D 16 D 24 W 37 L 4 2.0
24 Whitney, Zachary D..........MINAD 532 W 37 D 23 D 14 L 17 2.0
25 Guiver, Julie...............STBED 523 L 17 W 49 L 27 W 42 2.0
26 Hashinger, Leah I...........HOMEW unr. L 2 W 45 L 3 W 35 2.0
27 Modai, Saar.................COMDS unr. W 21 L 2 W 25 L 3 2.0
28 Levenson, Jules.............HILLE unr. W 39 L 18 W 21 L 6 2.0
29 Birru, Rahel................HOMEW unr. L 6 D 35 D 16 D 30 1.5
30 Nagy, Matt..................MINAD unr. L 20 L 47 W 44 D 29 1.5
31 Sims, Chad..................REGSQ unr. L 8 D 33 W 36 L 10 1.5
32 Coleman, Zachary............MINAD unr. H--- L 21 W 39 L 20 1.5
33 Feldman, Bram...............HOMEW unr. L 10 D 31 W 48 L 11 1.5
34 Grave, Daniel...............COMDS unr. L 1 D 48 W 40 L 12 1.5
35 Blee-Goldman, Eli...........MINAD unr. L 22 D 29 W 43 L 26 1.5
36 Galpern, Claire.............EHILL unr. L 3 D 40 L 31 W 48 1.5
37 Thuma, Callie...............EHILL unr. L 24 B--- L 23 D 39 1.5
38 Bentzen, Craig N............CCELE 781 W 40 L 3 L 4 L 13 1.0
39 Favorini-Csorba, Francesc...WINCH 621 L 28 D 16 L 32 D 37 1.0
40 Fisher, David T.............REGSQ unr. L 38 D 36 L 34 D 45 1.0
41 Merola, Anthony.............REGSQ unr. L 18 W 46 L 10 L 16 1.0
42 Modai, Almog................COMDS unr. L 19 W 44 L 6 L 25 1.0
43 Snyder, Jocelyn.............HOMEW unr. L 14 L 13 L 35 W 49 1.0
44 Popp, Abby E................REGSQ unr. L 15 L 42 L 30 B--- 1.0
45 Girson, Stuart..............EHILL unr. L 11 L 26 D 49 D 40 1.0
46 Hausman, Jonathan S.........EHILL unr. L 12 L 41 B--- L 19 1.0
47 Starsky, Sam................REGSQ unr. L 4 W 30 L 12 L 21 1.0
48 Brown, Kellsey..............REGSQ unr. L 5 D 34 L 33 L 36 0.5
49 Dorsey, Brey................REGSQ unr. L 9 L 25 D 45 L 43 0.5
50 Abrams, Stephen.............SHAJR 691 F--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
Grades K to 2
Name team rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 TOT
1 Wong, John Jr...............MINAD unr. W 9 W 4 W 3 W 5 4.0
2 Motley, Zachary.............MINAD 486 W 6 D 14 W 8 W 7 3.5
3 Furst, Jason Z..............COMDS 877 W 12 W 22 L 1 W 10 3.0
4 Gelman, Brandt..............COMDS 626 W 17 L 1 W 22 W 12 3.0
5 Krasnow, Stephen............COMDS unr. W 19 W 10 W 14 L 1 3.0
6 Trisal, Raul................CCELE unr. L 2 W 16 W 11 W 14 3.0
7 Antonuccio, Nicole..........STEDM 621 W 16 D 8 W 15 L 2 2.5
8 Helfer, Jared M.............COMDS unr. W 13 D 7 L 2 W 15 2.5
9 Choudhury, Sanjay J.........FALK 917 L 1 W 18 L 12 W 21 2.0
10 Chimes, Daniel H............MINAD 598 W 21 L 5 W 19 L 3 2.0
11 Scheindlin, Micah...........COMDS unr. L 14 W 13 L 6 W 22 2.0
12 Fisher, John R..............CCELE unr. L 3 W 21 W 9 L 4 2.0
13 Misechok, Christopher.......MINAD unr. L 8 L 11 B--- W 20 2.0
14 Levinson, Howard............EHILL 938 W 11 D 2 L 5 L 6 1.5
15 Logan, Sam R................EHILL 311 D 18 W 23 L 7 L 8 1.5
16 Asman, Gabriel..............COMDS unr. L 7 L 6 D 17 B--- 1.5
17 Hall, Jameson...............BROOK unr. L 4 D 20 D 16 D 18 1.5
18 Kronzek, Reid...............MINAD unr. D 15 L 9 D 20 D 17 1.5
19 Zell, Aaron.................COMDS unr. L 5 B--- L 10 D 23 1.5
20 Tweardy, Ben................CCELE 581 L 22 D 17 D 18 L 13 1.0
21 Kander, Ben.................COMDS unr. L 10 L 12 W 23 L 9 1.0
22 Kitson, Matthew E...........MINAD unr. W 20 L 3 L 4 L 11 1.0
23 Sugar, James P..............MINAD unr. H--- L 15 L 21 D 19 1.0
Players are not in final tiebreak order.
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Last Revised: December 16, 1996