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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