5th Western PA Scholastic Chess Championship

June 14, 1998


Teams

#ScoreCodeSchoolDistrictPrize
113½CALIFCalifornia Area Elementary SchoolCalifornia Area School District1st Place Team Trophy
212MINADMinadeo Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District2nd Place Team Trophy
311EHILLEast Hills Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District3rd Place Team Trophy
411RAMELRamsey Elementary SchoolGateway School District4th Place Team Ribbon
510½MOSMDMosside Middle SchoolGateway School District 
610WINCHWinchester Thurston School  
710HOMEEHome Elementary School  
89TRANSTransfiguration School  
9SHAJRShady Side Academy Junior School  
108MCKNIMc Knight Elementary SchoolNorth Allegheny School District 
11OHARAO Hara Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District 
126HILLEHillel Academy  
133CLGSQCollege Square Elementary SchoolBeaver Area School District 

Grades 6 to 12 Advanced

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Moiseyev, MichaelSENMD1114411479W12W4W2W541st Place Trophy
2Glover, Jared MHOMEP814621459W10W7L1W432nd Place Trophy
3Papariella, JustinSHAMD613231328X-W6L5W833rd Place Trophy
4Scibilia, AndrewSHAMD711161147W8L1W7L224th Place Trophy
5Mamikonyan, DavidVLLMA91399/131365/17L6W10W3L125th Place Trophy
6Jeske, Michael PALLDE911251143W5L3L8W1126th Place Ribbon
7Sun, ZhipengDORSE611951194W9L2L4W1026th Place Ribbon
8Schiff, Aaron JREIZS712241215L4W12W6L326th Place Ribbon
9Pyles, JustinHOMEP610741067L7W11L10D121st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
10Xun, DeeSFAYM711331122L2L5W9L711st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
11Greenwald, Joshua RSHASR1010611050F-L9W12L611st Place (Tenth Grade) Ribbon
12Fitzgerald, Larry JPINER1111081073L1L8L11D9½1st Place (Eleventh Grade) Ribbon

Grades 6 to 12 Intermediate

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Gursoz, AyseSTERR69991027X-W6W3W241st Place Trophy
2Magovern, George JSEWLR6815863W5W14W4L132nd Place Trophy
3Trotnick, VinnyPETRH9916937W10W11L1W633rd Place Trophy
4Kumar, Vivek RFRREG7948963W13W9L2W834th Place Trophy
5Spuntak, Jonathan RNHLJH9923944L2W7W9W1235th Place Trophy
6Petrovich, Amanda MDORSE7808828W7L1W12L326th Place Ribbon
7Trapani, DominickVERNE6915899L6L5W11W1426th Place Ribbon
8Holland, Jason JINDEP8897889L11W13W14L426th Place Ribbon
9Aikens, NicholasSTBED8798799W12L4L5D101st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
10Turzak, GarrettSOUMD8827820L3L12W13D91st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
11Armstrong, PhilipINGOM7782771W8L3L7L1311st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
12Quinn, David SSEWLR6907863L9W10L6L511st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
13King, Brendan CSEWLR6891854L4L8L10W1111st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
14Humes, CoryDORSE6771736B-L2L8L711st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
15Kobily, MikeSTMAR7  F-U-U-U-0 

Grades 6 to 12 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Bastin, Daniel ScottMOONM8790/12855/16W6W3W11W241st Place Trophy
2Levine, AnthonyWALLM7528/05679/09W9W11W4L132nd Place Trophy
3Lederman, Craig MMOSMD6625650W8L1W13W733rd Place Trophy
4Garlan, MatthewWINCH6639/04705/08W12W7L2W634th Place Trophy
5Osele, Jamie LTRANS7339/12391/16L11W14W12W1335th Place Trophy
6Moeller, Mike TINGOM8850/03710/06L1B-W10L426th Place Ribbon
7Matecka, Steve MTRANS7597/08587/12W14L4W8L326th Place Ribbon
8Galloway, TorranceFRICK8Unr607/04L3W9L7W1126th Place Ribbon
9Seelnacht, James JTRANS6507/04494/08L2L8W14W1226th Place Ribbon
10Scheerbaum, StevenTRANS7593/08515/11X-L12L6W1426th Place Ribbon
11Spatt, Samuel JSHAMD7676/13621/17W5L2L1L811st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
12Mauder, Matthew JREIZS7309/03327/07L4W10L5L911st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
13Salem, Samantha RHILLE6186/07171/09H-H-L3L511st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
14Terrell, JustinROGMS6505/04309/08L7L5L9L1001st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
15Lynd, Jeffrey MINDEP8  F-U-U-U-0 
16Torbochkin, LeonidSTERR6  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades 4 & 5 Advanced

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Cheung, JackHERIT513351359W8W5W4W341st Place Trophy
2Appman, ZacharyMINAD513791362W13D6D3W932nd Place Trophy
3Petrovich, Adam EKERR510711096W12W9D2L13rd Place Trophy
4Mezherytski, KeshaMOSMD511111124W15W7L1D64th Place Trophy
5Berthoud, Kevin FCALIF511061112W10L1D6W125th Place Trophy
6Nagy, KarlEHILL5953997W14D2D5D46th Place Ribbon
7Levin, Noah LMINAD411041108W11L4W10D86th Place Ribbon
8Armstrong, JonathanMCKNI510321039L1W15D12D721st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
9Snitkovsky, MaxWINCH5977981B-L3W13L221st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
10Wang, JustinMCKNI51034/131019/16L5B-L7W1321st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
11Zappa, Luke DHOMEE5991983L7L13B-W1421st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
12Li, YileHARTE4890901L3W14D8L51st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
13Lederman, MathewRAMEL410571028L2W11L9L101 
14Faigen, MatthewHILLE41120/091009/13L6L12W15L111 
15Moura, Pedro VSHAJR51007964L4L8L14B-1 

Grades 4 & 5 Intermediate

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Krut, AndrewWHITE4932992W9W12W4W341st Place Trophy
2Haas, Kevin MarshallWESEL5901944D15W6W8W72nd Place Trophy
3Bluhm, DeavenWILSN4923/09983/13W11W8W7L133rd Place Trophy
4Rose, RobinMOSMD5899926W18W5L1W1034th Place Trophy
5Trapani, Kevin MVERNE4839879W16L4W13W935th Place Trophy
6Greb, Peter JSTEDM4831860B-L2W19W1136th Place Ribbon
7Tsai, HarrisonRAMEL4973959W10W13L3L221st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
8Lachaussie, Joshua RMOSMD5814/11837/15W17L3L2W1521st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
9Vogel, JudithEHILL5850851L1W18W14L521st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
10Boada, Danny JMCKNI5857870L7W16W12L421st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
11Riccardi, Thomas HMCCEN0933925L3W17W15L62 
12Levenson, Jules AHILLE4916918W19L1L10W1621st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
13Salem, Cezar RHILLE4825833W14L7L5W1721st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
14Carley, CassiSTEDM4813783L13B-L9X-21st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
15Horwitz, GrayEHILL5845840D2W19L11L8 
16Bao, Chen CMINAD4966917L5L10W18L121 
17Dorohovich, John M JrHOMEE4879829L8L11B-L131 
18Ramsey, Ross EFAIRV4852811L4L9L16B-1 
19Liu, BrianSFELE4972910L12L15L6F-0 

Grades 4 & 5 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Spatz, AlistairHOMEE5676/14760/18W18W4W3W241st Place Trophy
2Levin, SamuelMINAD4760790W11W6W5L132nd Place Trophy
3Gross, EvanWINCH5781797W14W7L1W633rd Place Trophy
4Miller, Jon RMINAD4796812W15L1W8W934th Place Trophy
5Widom, JuliaEHILL5742762W16W10L2W1235th Place Trophy
6Spada, NealWASHE4727727W17L2W10L326th Place Ribbon
7Hunter, Isaiah MHOMEE4Unr733/04W9L3W13L826th Place Ribbon
8Scibilia, EmilyCLGSQ5650/10684/14W12L11L4W726th Place Ribbon
9Pierson, PrestonMCKNI4771/08746/12L7W14W11L426th Place Ribbon
10Moeller, Joseph FMCKNI5Unr704/04W13L5L6W1526th Place Ribbon
11Arthurs, Dustin JHLPRK4758741L2W8L9W1626th Place Ribbon
12Spada, EricWASHE5792765L8W16W15L526th Place Ribbon
13Ganaser, Suresh KGREEN5725/13707/17L10W17L7W1426th Place Ribbon
14Sipiora, ClaytonALPHA5503505L3L9W17L1311st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
15Mc Elwee, Patrick JSHAJR4672/15624/19L4W18L12L1011st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
16Mauder, JeffreyMINAD5320/14346/18L5L12W18L1111st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
17Osele, Kiel ATRANS4887/04648/08L6L13L14W1811st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
18Young, DavidCLGSQ5Unr195/04L1L15L16L1701st Place (Unrated) Ribbon

Grades 2 & 3 Advanced

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Furst, Jason ZCOMDS3929985W13W10W3W641st Place Trophy
2Kedar, VikramSHAJR39971032W26W25W7W542nd Place Trophy
3Anderson, JoeyMINAD310241029W23W9L1W1433rd Place Trophy
4Wong, John JrMINAD311211115W21W8L5W1234th Place Trophy
5Berthoud, Kyle ACALIF3907936W31W19W4L235th Place Trophy
6Barbara, MatthewHARTE2973982W30W17W12L131st Place (Second Grade) Trophy
7Rose, TophiRAMEL3777828W32W22L2W1831st Place (Third Grade) Trophy
8Tsai, DennisRAMEL2936961W14L4W17W1936th Place Ribbon
9Scheindlin, MicahCOMDS3842866W28L3W24W1636th Place Ribbon
10Ganaser, Raj KGREEN3701/14759/18W18L1W22D152nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
11Lucas, AaronRAMEL3756790D20W27L16W252nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
12Sheffler, AdamRAMEL3800/10848/14W15W16L6L42 
13Brnardic, AdamTRANS2780801L1W23D15D2022nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
14Nagy, StefanEHILL2860866L8W21W26L322nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
15Narita, RyoEISEN3981/04909/08L12W20D13D102 
16Oltmanns, Alexander MWINCH3911/15889/19W29L12W11L92 
17Kedar, VijaySHAJR2819832W27L6L8W2622nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
18Hawk, J MichaelSHENA3894/05825/09L10W29W28L72 
19Feiler, AndyKERR2803/14792/17B-L5W25L822nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
20Trisal, RaulCCELE2943928D11L15W32D1322nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
21Bartlett, Katharine AWINCH3806798L4L14W33X-21st Place (Girl) Trophy
22Widom, Teddy REHILL3870/06809/10W33L7L10W312 
23Dorohovich, Grace LHOMEE2842844L3L13W29W2722nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
24Reikine, StephanieOHARA2614616L25B-L9W3322nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
25Vogel, HannahEHILL3781750W24L2L19L1112nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
26Chimes, Daniel HMINAD2825794L2W31L14L171 
27Mc Allister, BartSACRE3994/08859/12L17L11W30L231 
28Sutton, JeremyEHILL3629/10638/13L9W30L18F-1 
29Phillips, Charlie BOHARA2764727L16L18L23B-1 
30O'Donovan, KylePEEBL3780/07736/11L6L28L27W321 
31Scibilia, TonyCLGSQ3685/11634/14L5L26B-L221 
32Suh, Stephen JOHARA2954879L7D33L20L30½ 
33Tallman, Tyler JSACRE3775/08683/12L22D32L21L24½ 

Grades 2 & 3 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Nicholson, BryanCALIF2600659W13W4W6W341st Place Trophy
2Acanto, BryanCALIF3447505W10W8W11W742nd Place Trophy
3Baker, David WHOMEW2583/08659/12W14W7W5L133rd Place Trophy
4Shellhammer, Corey DSTGRT2790/12806/16W12L1W9W834th Place Trophy
5Iyengar, ArjunEHILL2Unr894/04W17W9L3W1235th Place Trophy
6Van Laningham, AlexEHILL2Unr502/03B-W10L1D116th Place Ribbon
7White, Ryan TWINCH3508/07462/11W11L3W15L221st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
8Terrell, StephenEHILL3520/12501/16W15L2W13L421st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
9Jiang, JasonLIBER2Unr769/04W16L5L4W1721st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
10Gibson, David CMINAD2458/04396/08L2L6W16W1521st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
11Brendel, KurtSHAJR2271/05298/09L7W14L2D6 
12Carter, Chris DREGSQ3832/02666/06L4D13W17L51st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
13Finer, DanielMINAD2Unr320/03L1D12L8B-1st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
14Williams, BrittanyMINAD3333310L3L11B-D161st Place (Girl) Ribbon
15Brendel, RossSHAJR3Unr100/03L8B-L7L101 
16Slane, AlexandraTRANS2282/04298/08L9D17L10D141 
17Chan, ConnieMINAD3Unr418/04L5D16L12L9½ 
18Grennan, JackALPHA2  F-U-U-U-0 
19Belenky, MatthewFALK3  F-U-U-U-0 

Grades K & 1

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Zhu, AlvinFOSTE1739814W19W4W3W241st Place Trophy
2Zinn, AndrewOHARA1803818W13W6W9L132nd Place Trophy
3Zhai, AlexMINAD110281011W18W11L1W1033rd Place Trophy
4Felder, SamARTMN0979/13955/17W16L1W15W934th Place Trophy
5Noakes, GregoryCCELE1967951X-L9W14W1135th Place Trophy
6Petesch, Gabriel NEDGEP0753763W12L2D7W146th Place Ribbon
7Schiff, Michael DJENES0723727W10L14D6W156th Place Ribbon
8Goldhagen, CoryRAMEL0692/07672/10D14L12X-W186th Place Ribbon
9Sun, LiAnnHARTE1767775W15W5L2L421st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
10Myers, Matthew EMONEL1Unr697/03L7B-W12L321st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
11Vogel, AndreaEHILL1656668W17L3W16L521st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
12Barbara, JoshuaCARRI0740731L6W8L10W1621st Place (Kindergarten) Ribbon
13Meyers, Judith EMINAD1534539L2L15W18W1721st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
14Berthoud, KentCALIF1608617D8W7L5L6 
15Pyles, DavidHOMEE1561/09556/13L9W13L4L711st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
16Shah, AaronHOMEE1618596L4W17L11L121 
17Rose, AnikaRAMEL1475/09407/12L11L16B-L1311st Place (Girl) Ribbon
18Koutsopoulos, NikolasHOMEE1532501L3D19L13L8½ 
19Kalla, JoshCOMDS1450/06446/08L1D18F-U-½ 
20Scibilia, NicholasCLGSQ0  F-U-U-U-0 

Schools

## of PlayersCodeSchoolDistrict
115MINADMinadeo Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
212EHILLEast Hills Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
38HOMEEHome Elementary School 
48RAMELRamsey Elementary SchoolGateway School District
57TRANSTransfiguration School 
66SHAJRShady Side Academy Junior School 
76WINCHWinchester Thurston School 
85CALIFCalifornia Area Elementary SchoolCalifornia Area School District
95MCKNIMc Knight Elementary SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
104CLGSQCollege Square Elementary SchoolBeaver Area School District
114HILLEHillel Academy 
124MOSMDMosside Middle SchoolGateway School District
134OHARAO Hara Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
143COMDSCommunity Day School 
153DORSEDorseyville Middle SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
163HARTEHartwood Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
173SEWLRSewickley Academy Lower School 
183SHAMDShady Side Academy Middle School 
192CCELECarlow Campus Elementary School 
202GREENGreenfield Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
212HOMEPHome Middle School 
222INDEPIndependence Middle SchoolBethel Park School District
232INGOMIngomar Middle SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
242KERRKerr Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
252ALPHAProvidence Alpha School 
262REIZSReizenstein Middle SchoolPittsburgh School District
272SACRESacred Heart School 
282STEDMSt Edmund Academy 
292STERRSterrett Classical AcademyPittsburgh School District
302VERNEVerner Elementary SchoolRiverview School District
312WASHEWashington Elementary SchoolBethel Park School District
321ALLDEAllderdice High SchoolPittsburgh School District
331ARTMNArtman Elementary School 
341CARRICarriage House School 
351EDGEPEdgewood Elementary SchoolWoodland Hills School District
361EISENEisenhower Elementary SchoolUpper St Clair School District
371FAIRVFairview Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
381FALKFalk School 
391FOSTEFoster Elementary SchoolMount Lebanon School District
401FRREGFranklin Regional Junior High SchoolFranklin Regional School District
411FRICKFrick International AcademyPittsburgh School District
421HERITHeritage Elementary SchoolFranklin Regional School District
431HLPRKHoliday Park Elementary SchoolPlum Borough School District
441HOMEWHomewood Montessori SchoolPittsburgh School District
451JENESJeannette Mc Kee Elementary SchoolJeannette City School District
461MCCENK C Heffernan Elementary School 
471LIBERLiberty Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
481MONELMonongahela Elementary SchoolRinggold School District
491MOONMMoon Area Middle SchoolMoon Area School District
501NHLJHNorth Hills Junior High SchoolNorth Hills School District
511PEEBLPeebles Elementary SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
521PETRHPeters Township High SchoolPeters Township School District
531PINERPine Richland Senior High SchoolPine Richland School District
541REGSQRegent Square Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
551ROGMSRogers Middle SchoolPittsburgh School District
561SENMDSeneca Valley Senior High SchoolSeneca Valley School District
571SHASRShady Side Academy Senior School 
581SHENAShenango Elementary School 
591SFELESouth Fayette Elementary SchoolSouth Fayette School District
601SFAYMSouth Fayette High SchoolSouth Fayette School District
611SOUMDSouth Park Middle SchoolSouth Park School District
621STBEDSt Bede School 
631STGRTSt Gertrude School 
641STMARSt Margaret School 
651VLLMAVilla Maria Academy 
661WALLMWest Allegheny Middle SchoolWest Allegheny School District
671WESELWest Point Elementary SchoolHempfield Area School District
681WHITEWhite Oak Elementary SchoolMc Keesport Area School District
691WILSNWilson Elementary SchoolWest Allegheny School District

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