Polgar Scholastic Chess Challenge

September 26, 1998


Teams

#ScoreCodeSchoolDistrictPrize
113½MINADMinadeo Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District1st Place Team Trophy
213½STERRSterrett Classical AcademyPittsburgh School District2nd Place Team Trophy
311½HOMEEHome Elementary School 3rd Place Team Trophy
411STEDMSt Edmund Academy 4th Place Team Ribbon
510½HARTEHartwood Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District 
610½COMDSCommunity Day School  
79WINCHWinchester Thurston School  
8EHILLEast Hills Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District 
98DORSEDorseyville Middle SchoolFox Chapel Area School District 
108FRICKFrick International AcademyPittsburgh School District 
11SHAMDShady Side Academy Middle School  
12RAMELRamsey Elementary SchoolGateway School District 
13SACRESacred Heart School  
14REIZSReizenstein Middle SchoolPittsburgh School District 

Grades 6 to 12 Premier

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Moiseyev, MichaelSENMD1214211471W16W6W3W241st Place Trophy
2Booth, Michael JWMAMS714221434W11W7W4L132nd Place Trophy
3Cheung, JackHERIT613591361W13W10L1W733rd Place Trophy
4Glover, Jared MHOMES914621473W8W14L2W634th Place Trophy
5Milisits, Ryan RSTERR716841660L14W9W8W1335th Place Trophy
6Appman, ZacharySTERR613761354X-L1W10L426th Place Ribbon
7Petrovich, Adam EDORSE610761116W17L2W14L326th Place Ribbon
8Schiff, Aaron JJMCKM812461268L4W15L5W1726th Place Ribbon
9Xun, DeeSFAYM811351163W15L5W12L1126th Place Ribbon
10Berthoud, Kevin FCALMD610351076W12L3L6W1526th Place Ribbon
11Mezherytski, KeshaMOSMD611671167L2L12B-W926th Place Ribbon
12Papariella, JustinDORSE713621331L10W11L9W1426th Place Ribbon
13Scibilia, AndrewSHAMD810751089L3B-W16L526th Place Ribbon
14Simizu, Akira MREIZS813011282W5L4L7L1211st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
15Harrison, Patrick WDORSE61292/111209/15L9L8W17L1011st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
16Sun, ZhipengDORSE711911152L1L17L13B-11st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
17Lin, Jason ASHASR1113031251L7W16L15L811st Place (Eleventh Grade) Ribbon
18Pegden, WhitneySEWLR6  F-U-U-U-0 

Grades 8 to 12

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Willson, Jared ETRINI810491090W18W7W4W241st Place Trophy
2Meisel, Matthew SSTEDM8912949W16W5W3L132nd Place Trophy
3Goytia, Jonathan DGWRKA91023/091031/13W9W6L2W733rd Place Trophy
4Spuntak, Jonathan RNHSEN10944961W11W14L1W1034th Place Trophy
5Willson, Annan LTRINI1010491052W13L2W9W835th Place Trophy
6Aikens, NicholasALLDE9799828W10L3W15D136th Place Ribbon
7Lay, BrittneySCHIL8902888W17L1W14L321st Place (Girl) Trophy
8Kumar, Vivek RFRREG8963932L15W11W12L521st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
9Armstrong, PhilipINGOM8771772L3W17L5W1621st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
10Xu, RenaMARSM81037998L6W15W16L421st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
11Ramakrishna, AshwinSHASR11669695L4L8W18W1421st Place (Eleventh Grade) Ribbon
12Ellison, Kevin MCCATH10568596L14W18L8W1521st Place (Tenth Grade) Ribbon
13King, Jonathan WSHASR10885/13826/17L5L16W17D6 
14Sharif, Ernest JSCHEN10566/05568/09W12L4L7L1111st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
15Levine, Anthony CWALLM8679/09667/13W8L10L6L121 
16Dixon, Lalonnie LynnBRASH9606614L2W13L10L911st Place (Ninth Grade) Ribbon
17Mauder, Matthew JREIZS8327/07444/11L7L9L13W181 
18Kobily, MikeSTMAR8901808L1L12L11L170 

Grades 6 & 7 Advanced

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Agarwal, AnubhaGATJR710921110W21W12W3D21st Place Trophy
2Gursoz, AyseSTERR710271059W22W11W10D12nd Place Trophy
3Tsang, Ben YHOMEW7815881W13W6L1W1433rd Place Trophy
4Nagy, KarlFRICK6959979D16W8W5D734th Place Trophy
5Barrett, Shane PSTERR7815871W18W15L4W1335th Place Trophy
6Wang, JustinCARSN610761073W19L3W17W1036th Place Ribbon
7Simizu, Osamu FREIZS610731062L11W16W18D41st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
8Mc Guire, Shane FKEYMS7829858D15L4W20W161st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
9Armstrong, JonathanINGOM610621051L12D21W19W151st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
10King, Brendan CSEWMD7831859W17W14L2L62 
11Tyler, Melissa LGATJR7910926W7L2L14W1721st Place (Girl) Trophy
12Horwitz, GrayFRICK6904922W9L1L13W182 
13Snitkovsky, MaxWINCH6984963L3W22W12L52 
14Hatakeyama, ShuichiSTERR7988965W20L10W11L32 
15Cendes, PatrickSHAMD7972943D8L5W21L9 
16Boada, Danny JCARSN6849848D4L7W22L8 
17Weisberg, David BFRICK6946909L10W19L6L111 
18Favorini-Csorba, AntonWINCH7926891L5W20L7L121 
19Meyers, BenjaminSTEDM6857/15844/19L6L17L9W221 
20Vogel, JudithFRICK6853813L14L18L8B-12nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
21Magovern, George JSEWMD7863852L1D9L15U-½ 
22Cuneo, Michael JDORSE7897838L2L13L16L190 

Grades 6 & 7 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Rovkah, MichaelSTERR6712771W7W12W6W241st Place Trophy
2Humes, CoryDORSE7785798W10W5W3L132nd Place Trophy
3Lederman, Craig MGATJR7704743W16W4L2W633rd Place Trophy
4Borys, JohnMARSM7697/04753/08W8L3W14W734th Place Trophy
5Barry, MichaelHOMEP6674/05673/09W15L2W8W935th Place Trophy
6Scibilia, EmilySHAMD6684/14674/18W9W13L1L326th Place Ribbon
7Halpern, MichaelREIZS7548/07598/11L1W11W13L426th Place Ribbon
8Waller, BrennanHLROS7479515L4W10L5W1326th Place Ribbon
9Mauder, JeffreyFRICK6346394L6W16W12L526th Place Ribbon
10Sniderman, DavidSHAMD6Unr632/04L2L8W15W1226th Place Ribbon
11Rourke, Maxwell DNWAYE6Unr505/03L12L7X-W1426th Place Ribbon
12Swarnkar, RohitWINCH6664615W11L1L9L1011st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
13Gross, EvanWINCH6797734W14L6L7L811st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
14Cendes, YvetteELLIS7656614L13W15L4L1111st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
15Young, DavidCLGSQ6195/04221/07L5L14L10B-11st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
16Abrams, StephenSHAMD6777728L3L9F-U-0 
17Torbochkin, LeonidSTERR7  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades K to 5 Premier

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Wong, John JrMINAD411161152W4W6W5D21st Place Trophy
2Jampole, Ezra ACOMDS511811208W3W8W9D12nd Place Trophy
3Anderson, JoeyMINAD410631096L2W5W8W633rd Place Trophy
4Bluhm, DeavenNESHA5963978L1D7B-W84th Place Trophy
5Furst, Jason ZCOMDS410341040W7L3L1W925th Place Trophy
6Lederman, MathewMOSMD510291021B-L1W7L326th Place Ribbon
7Levin, Noah LMINAD511081064L5D4L6B-1st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
8Krut, AndrewFRAMC510321004W9L2L3L41 
9Nelson, Brian WMINAD51013973L8B-L2L51 

Grades 4 & 5 Advanced

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Li, YileHARTE5894955W14W11W2W341st Place Trophy
2Greb, Peter JSTEDM5884915W7W4L1W532nd Place Trophy
3Lay, Robert W IIWSIDE5917943W12W5W6L133rd Place Trophy
4Bao, Chen CMINAD5910935W9L2W8W634th Place Trophy
5Levinson, HowardEHILL4910902W10L3W7L225th Place Trophy
6Woolhandler, Justin HSTBED5842851W8W13L3L426th Place Ribbon
7Kirk, William CMCKNI5808821L2W9L5W1126th Place Ribbon
8Dallaba, PaulHOMEE4884879L6W14L4W1026th Place Ribbon
9Liu, BrianSFELE5870869L4L7W12W1326th Place Ribbon
10Guiver, James DSTBED5844850L5W12W11L826th Place Ribbon
11Coury, Walt CSEWLR5935/13869/17W13L1L10L711st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
12Sheffler, AdamRAMEL4876843L3L10L9W1411st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
13Oltmanns, Alexander MWINCH4877842L11L6W14L911st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
14Webster, Liana RMINAD5842785L1L8L13L1201st Place (Girl) Ribbon

Grades 4 & 5 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Dorohovich, John M JrHOMEE5837870W16W9W10D31st Place Trophy
2Mc Cormick, BenSTEDM5912920W6L5W11W732nd Place Trophy
3Levin, SamuelMINAD5790809W17W11D7D133rd Place Trophy
4Mc Allister, BartSACRE4866/14888/18L11W12W5W1034th Place Trophy
5Xu, KandySFELE5770/04870/08W21W2L4W1335th Place Trophy
6Hunter, Isaiah MHOMEE5733/04777/08L2W18W19W936th Place Ribbon
7Lucas, AaronRAMEL4780778W18W19D3L21st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
8Chan, ConnieMINAD4409/15473/19D12L16W18W171st Place (Girl) Trophy
9Bartlett, Katharine AWINCH4791772W15L1W14L622nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
10Pierson, PrestonMCKNI5746/12752/16W14W13L1L421st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
11Scibilia, TonySTPET4634/14654/18W4L3L2W192 
12Carley, CassiSTEDM5783759D8L4D20W2121st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
13Scharding, Eddie CHOMEE4793/10769/14W20L10W17L52 
14Trompeter, WhitneyELLIS5Unr598/03L10B-L9W1621st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
15Einhorn, LucianMCEWN4394441L9W20W16U-2 
16Marnik, NickARMST4649605L1W8L15L141 
17Thuma, Callie MEHILL5582559L3W21L13L81 
18Mc Henry, MichaelSACRE4523/08457/11L7L6L8B-1 
19Mayer, AdairWINCH4Unr340/03B-L7L6L1111st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
20Tallman, Tyler JSACRE4683/12623/15L13L15D12H-1 
21Favorini-Csorba, FrancescaWINCH5521498L5L17B-L121 

Grades K to 3 Advanced

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Trisal, RaulALPHA39691016W10W6W3W441st Place Trophy
2Petesch, Gabriel NEDGEP1767835W18W17W9D62nd Place Trophy
3Nagy, StefanEHILL3895921W7W15L1W833rd Place Trophy
4Zinn, Andrew MOHARA2848889W11W14W8L134th Place Trophy
5Shellhammer, Corey DSTGRT3815852L6W16W14W1135th Place Trophy
6Barbara, MatthewHARTE3961955W5L1W15D26th Place Ribbon
7Lemberg, Alex RSHAJR3793802L3X-D11W146th Place Ribbon
8Noakes, GregoryCCELE2951932W13W9L4L321st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
9Schubert, William DLIBER3889875W12L8L2W1621st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
10Sun, LiAnnHARTE2775793L1L11W12W1821st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
11Zajdel, Byron WPVLLY3944905L4W10D7L5 
12Chimes, Daniel HMINAD3768745L9D18L10X- 
13Misechok, ChristopherMINAD3713724L8F-H-W15 
14Cwenar, MichaelSTBED3881/04754/08W17L4L5L71 
15Chough, Chris JRAMEL3821/08755/12W16L3L6L131 
16Barbara, JoshuaHARTE1731694L15L5B-L911st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
17Iyengar, Arjun SEHILL3893/10839/13L14L2W18F-1 
18Dorohovich, Grace LHOMEE2849790L2D12L17L10½1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
19Suh, Stephen JOHARA3  U-U-U-U-0 
20Noakes, GregoryCCELE2  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades K to 3 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Meyers, Judith EMINAD2558632W10W5W16W741st Place Trophy
2Trompeter, NickyWINCH2537/12639/16W21W18W4W342nd Place Trophy
3Patterson, Andrew MHOMEE3579/12646/16W15W6W8L233rd Place Trophy
4Nicholson, BryanCALIF3729740W11W12L2W834th Place Trophy
5Hovne, Ben SCOMDS3625/05665/09W20L1W11W1635th Place Trophy
6Goldhagen, CoryRAMEL1685/14701/18W13L3W19W936th Place Ribbon
7Van Laningham, AlexEHILL3502/03573/07D16W22W10L11st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
8Baker, David WHOMEW3659/12648/16W19W9L3L42 
9Seshadri, HariEISEN2Unr637/04W14L8W12L621st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
10Manfredi, Juan JKERR3694664L1W23L7W172 
11Tyler, Delbert D IIMSIDE1538/09542/13L4W21L5W1821st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
12Laux, ChristopherHARTE3602589W24L4L9W202 
13Dubinsky, Scott MCOMDS2509501L6L20W24W1921st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
14Lay, Chantelle MWSIDE2574/13541/17L9L19W22W2321st Place (Girl) Trophy
15Stump, JackSTEDM2592/10608/13L3W24W18U-21st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
16Irby, MichaelSACRE2628/04558/08D7W17L1L5 
17Fisher, Issac JCOMDS3610/07530/11D22L16W20L10 
18Vogel, AndreaEHILL2668615W23L2L15L1112nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
19Williams, Joseph DWINCH2479/07450/11L8W14L6L131 
20Conard, NoahHOMEE3Unr403/04L5W13L17L1211st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
21Dallaba, MaxHOMEE0Unr106/03L2L11L23B-11st Place (Kindergarten) Ribbon
22Grayson, JeronSTBEN1301/03291/07D17L7L14D2411st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
23Norris, SeanCCELE2385/04342/08L18L10W21L141 
24Mc Cormick, BillyHLPRK1312/06269/10L12L15L13D22½ 
25Bologna, CaitlynSEWLR3  U-U-U-U-0 

Schools

## of PlayersCodeSchoolDistrict
111MINADMinadeo Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
210WINCHWinchester Thurston School 
38HOMEEHome Elementary School 
47STERRSterrett Classical AcademyPittsburgh School District
56DORSEDorseyville Middle SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
66EHILLEast Hills Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
76STEDMSt Edmund Academy 
85COMDSCommunity Day School 
95FRICKFrick International AcademyPittsburgh School District
105HARTEHartwood Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
115SHAMDShady Side Academy Middle School 
124RAMELRamsey Elementary SchoolGateway School District
134REIZSReizenstein Middle SchoolPittsburgh School District
144SACRESacred Heart School 
153GATJRGateway Middle SchoolGateway School District
163SEWLRSewickley Academy Lower School 
173SHASRShady Side Academy Senior School 
183STBEDSt Bede School 
192CCELECarlow Campus Elementary School 
202CARSNCarson Middle SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
212ELLISEllis School 
222HOMEWHomewood Montessori SchoolPittsburgh School District
232INGOMIngomar Middle SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
242MARSMMarshall Middle SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
252MCKNIMc Knight Elementary SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
262MOSMDMosside Middle SchoolGateway School District
272OHARAO Hara Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
282SEWMDSewickley Academy Middle School 
292SFELESouth Fayette Elementary SchoolSouth Fayette School District
302TRINITrinity Christian School 
312WSIDEWest Side Traditional AcademyPittsburgh School District
321ALLDEAllderdice High SchoolPittsburgh School District
331BRASHBrashear High SchoolPittsburgh School District
341CALIFCalifornia Area Elementary SchoolCalifornia Area School District
351CALMDCalifornia Area Middle SchoolCalifornia Area School District
361CCATHCentral Catholic High School 
371CLGSQCollege Square Elementary SchoolBeaver Area School District
381EDGEPEdgewood Elementary SchoolWoodland Hills School District
391EISENEisenhower Elementary SchoolUpper St Clair School District
401FRAMCFrancis McClure Middle SchoolMc Keesport Area School District
411FRREGFranklin Regional Junior High SchoolFranklin Regional School District
421GWRKAGreater Works Academy 
431HERITHeritage Elementary SchoolFranklin Regional School District
441HLPRKHoliday Park Elementary SchoolPlum Borough School District
451HLROSHoly Rosary School 
461HOMESHome High School 
471HOMEPHome Middle School 
481JMCKMJeannette Mc Kee Middle SchoolJeannette City School District
491KERRKerr Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
501KEYMSKeystone Oaks Middle SchoolKeystone Oaks School District
511LIBERLiberty Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
521MCEWNMc Ewan School 
531MSIDEMosside Elementary SchoolGateway School District
541ARMSTNeil Armstrong Elementary SchoolBethel Park School District
551NESHANeshannock School 
561NHSENNorth Hills Senior High SchoolNorth Hills School District
571NWAYENorthway Elementary SchoolNorth Hills School District
581PVLLYPleasant Valley SchoolPeters Township School District
591ALPHAProvidence Alpha School 
601SCHENSchenley High SchoolPittsburgh School District
611SCHILSchiller Classical AcademyPittsburgh School District
621SENMDSeneca Valley Senior High SchoolSeneca Valley School District
631SHAJRShady Side Academy Junior School 
641SFAYMSouth Fayette High SchoolSouth Fayette School District
651STBENSt Benedict School 
661STGRTSt Gertrude School 
671STMARSt Margaret School 
681STPETSt Peter And Paul School 
691WALLMWest Allegheny Middle SchoolWest Allegheny School District
701WMAMSWest Mifflin Area Middle SchoolWest Mifflin Area School District

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