1997-98 Pittsburgh City Schools Chess Championship

Held at Community Day School on 2/22/98, this tournament had a total of 145 entrants and teams from 16 schools. This tournament was only open to students attending schools located within the City of Pittsburgh.

Here are the results: 

 
					Top Teams

A Trophy and ribbons were awarded to the top 3 teams. 

Ribbons were awarded all members of the 4th place team. 

	
Score	School				Prize
16.0	Minadeo Elementary -	 	1st Place trophy
14.0	Sterrett Classical Academy -	2nd Place trophy
12.5	East Hills Elementary -		3rd Place trophy	 	
11.0	Shadyside Junior - 		4th Place ribbons
10.5	Carlow Campus School -		5th 
10.5	Community Day School -		6th 
10.0	Hillel Academy -			7th 
10.0	Winchester Thurston -		8th 
9.5	St Edmund Academy -		9th 
9.0	St Bede School -			10th 
9.0	Brookline Elementary -		11th
8.5 	Sacred Heart			12th
8.5	Reizenstein Middle		13th
8.5	Liberty Elementary		14th
5.5	Homewood Montessori		15th
5.0	Regent Square Elementary	16th



					Individual standings




Grades 5 to 8 Advanced




#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize

1Milisits, Ryan RSTERR616621674W16W4W8W341st Place Trophy

2Appman, ZacharyMINAD513111331W10W11W7W842nd Place Trophy

3Glover, Jared MHOMEP814791479W19W9W5L131st Place (Eighth Grade) Trophy

4Simizu, Akira MREIZS711341154W12L1W17W1131st Place (Seventh Grade) Trophy

5Roberman, MichaelSTERR811981200B-W13L3W1033rd Place Ribbon

6Gursoz, AyseSTERR6951981W18L8W14W931st Place (Sixth Grade) Trophy

7Novogradac, Michael ASTERR6820868W17W21L2W1633rd Place Ribbon

8Schiff, Aaron JREIZS712181214W20W6L1L222nd Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon

9Simizu, Osamu FMINAD510541045W14L3W13L621st Place (Fifth Grade) Trophy

10Favorini-Csorba, AntonWINCH6892912L2W15W12L522nd Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon

11Weisberg, David BEHILL5960963W15L2W18L422nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon

12Horwitz, GrayEHILL5844850L4W16L10W1822nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon

13Rovkah, MichaelEHILL5822840W21L5L9W2022nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon

14Vogel, JudithEHILL5849858L9W19L6W2122nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon

15Grave, Daniel ACOMDS5840836L11L10B-W1722nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon

16Gibson, Sean MMINAD5900879L1L12W19L71 

17Resnick, SarahEHILL5932897L7W20L4L1511st Place (Girl) Ribbon

18Wentz, Ronald L JrSHILL6673/10638/13L6B-L11L121 

19Snitkovsky, MaxWINCH5937899L3L14L16B-1 

20Meisel, Matthew SSTEDM7869842L8L17W21L131 

21Ganaser, Suresh KGREEN5939/04690/08L13L7L20L140 

22Toker, JeffreyCOMDS6  0 





Grades 5 to 8 Beginner




#NameTeamGradeRatingRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize

1Norfleet, MatthewSTERR7UnrW11W8W3W441st Place Trophy

2Schmidt, Axel WEHILL5 718W21W16W7D83½2nd Place Trophy

3Abrams, StephenSHAJR5 719W18W5L1W1331st Place (Fifth Grade) Trophy

4Mc Guire, Shane FSHILL6 758W17W9W10L131st Place (Sixth Grade) Trophy

5Nagy, KarlEHILL5UnrW6L3W12W1933rd Place Ribbon

6Harris, Seth JCOMDS8 691L5W17W15W1031st Place (Eighth Grade) Trophy

7Aikens, NicholasSTBED8 770W22W12L2W933rd Place Ribbon

8Cavendish, Christopher WFRICK7 764W15L1W18D22½1st Place (Seventh Grade) Trophy

9Stehlik, MattSACRE8UnrW19L4W16L722nd Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon

10Pipkin, Joseph MSTEDM7 439W20W19L4L622nd Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon

11Widom, JuliaEHILL5 779L1L15W17W1822nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon

12Halpern, MichaelREIZS6 556B-L7L5W2222nd Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon

13Coulson, Bud BHOMEW5 649L16W21W20L322nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon

14Swarnkar, RohitWINCH5 602U-U-W21W2022nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon

15Filenko, PaulREIZS8UnrL8W11L6D161½1st Place (Unrated) Ribbon

16Garlan, MatthewWINCH6UnrW13L2L9D151½1st Place (Unrated) Ribbon

17Jagielski, Jonathan RBRCAT8UnrL4L6L11W211 

18Gruss, Billy SGREEN5UnrL3W22L8L111 

19Torbochkin, LeonidSTERR6 794L9L10W22L51 

20Mauder, JeffreyMINAD5UnrL10B-L13L141 

21Mc Gregor, SamanthaREGSQ5UnrL2L13L14L1701st Place (Girl) Ribbon

22Salem, Samantha RHILLE6UnrL7L18L19L1201st Place (Girl) Ribbon

23Washington, Lauren DCCELE5Unr0 

24Grace, BrianSTERR6Unr0 





Grades 3 & 4 Advanced




#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize

1Wong, John JrMINAD310821123W10W9W12W341st Place Trophy

2Levin, Noah LMINAD410111054W14W8W17W1042nd Place Trophy

3Jampole, Ezra ACOMDS411191115W13W4W11L133rd Place Trophy

4Nelson, Brian WMINAD410261036W5L3W16W1234th Place Trophy

5Levinson, HowardEHILL3824878L4W18W9W1131st Place (Third Grade) Trophy

6Bao, Chen CMINAD4825872L9W13W19W831st Place (Fourth Grade) Trophy

7Li, YileMINAD410371042W17W19L8W1535th Place Ribbon

8Kedar, VikramSHAJR310511030W18L2W7L622nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon

9Choi, JaewonCOLFX4994976W6L1L5W1722nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon

10Levenson, Jules AHILLE4849862L1W14W18L222nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon

11Anderson, JoeyMINAD310121009W16W15L3L522nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon

12Guiver, James DSTBED4794822W21W20L1L422nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon

13Woolhandler, Justin HSTBED4853865L3L6W21W2022nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon

14Vogel, HannahEHILL3823837L2L10W20W2122nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon

15Scheindlin, MicahCOMDS3825844W20L11W22L722nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon

16Greb, Peter JSTEDM4817838L11W21L4W2222nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon

17Levine, EricWINCH3813807L7W22L2L91 

18Levin, SamuelMINAD4809789L8L5L10W191 

19Carley, CassiSTEDM4843/13805/17W22L7L6L1811st Place (Girl) Ribbon

20Horowitz, Charlie MMINAD4885810L15L12L14L130 

21Dorfman, George SMINAD4907828L12L16L13L140 

22Miller, Jon RMINAD4849779L19L17L15L160 





Grades 3 & 4 Beginner




#NameTeamGradeRatingRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize

1Salem, Cezar RHILLE4 574W7W15W13W541st Place Trophy

2Faigen, MatthewHILLE4UnrW9W32W21W442nd Place Trophy

3Mori, AkiraCOLFX3UnrD21W10W22W163½3rd Place Trophy

4Bartlett, Katharine AWINCH3 710W17W8W6L231st Place (Third Grade) Trophy

5Favorini-Csorba, FrancescaWINCH4 498W26W12W14L131st Place (Fourth Grade) Trophy

6Mc Allister, BartSACRE3UnrW19W16L4W1331st Place (Unrated) Trophy

7Mark, NicholasEHILL3UnrL1W33W18W1234th Place Ribbon

8Widom, Teddy REHILL3UnrW31L4W17W1534th Place Ribbon

9Silberman, PedroMINAD3 325L2W29W27W1434th Place Ribbon

10Townsend, KevinSTEDM4UnrD22L3W23W212½2nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon

11Fayer, MarkCOMDS4UnrL12D23W28W242½2nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon

12Staudacher, MaxSACRE3UnrW11L5W20L722nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon

13Wentz, Michael ABANKS3 482W18W24L1L622nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon

14Sutton, JeremyEHILL3UnrW23W20L5L922nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon

15Fishman, ElliotHOMEW3UnrW28L1W30L822nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon

16Logan, Sam REHILL3 569W29L6W26L322nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon

17Ganaser, Raj KGREEN3UnrL4W25L8W3022nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon

18Reiser, Meghan MBROOK3UnrL13W28L7W2721st Place (Girl) Trophy

19Levari, DavidCOMDS4 692L6L21W29W222 

20Cheng, MengYaoMINAD4UnrW33L14L12W2622nd Place (Girl) Ribbon

21Mc Elwee, Patrick JSHAJR4 493D3W19L2L101½ 

22Tallman, Tyler JSACRE3UnrD10W34L3L191½2nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon

23Lin, SchellLIBER4UnrL14D11L10W341½2nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon

24Novick, Spencer LSHAJR4 545D27L13W34L111½ 

25White, Ryan TWINCH3UnrL32L17B-D311½2nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon

26Miller, RossREGSQ3UnrL5W31L16L201 

27Mc Henry, MichaelSACRE3UnrD24D30L9L181 

28Starsky, SamREGSQ4 670L15L18L11W331 

29Mc Gregor, JamesREGSQ3UnrL16L9L19B-1 

30Terrell, StephenEHILL3UnrD34D27L15L171 

31Hochendoner, PhilipBROOK4UnrL8L26D33D251 

32Evans, EllaEHILL3UnrW25L2U-U-1 

33Coulson, JulesHOMEW3UnrL20L7D31L28½ 

34Ben-Ami, OzzieCOMDS3UnrD30L22L24L23½ 

35Thuma, Callie MEHILL4 5820 





Grades K to 2




#NameTeamGradeRatingRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize

1Trisal, RaulCCELE2 959W24W14W10W341st Place Trophy

2Zhai, AlexMINAD1 971W38W20W6W742nd Place Trophy

3Schubert, William DLIBER2UnrW32W9W5L133rd Place Trophy

4Lemberg, Alex RSHAJR2 830W27W13W8L531st Place (Second Grade) Trophy

5Chimes, Daniel HMINAD2 840W16W18L3W434th Place Ribbon

6Shah, AaronHOMEE1 533W22W15L2W1931st Place (First Grade) Trophy

7Kedar, VijaySHAJR2 850W37W31W25L234th Place Ribbon

8Nagy, StefanEHILL2UnrW23W17L4W2131st Place (Unrated) Trophy

9Hendrickson, PeterSTEDM2 764W19L3W30W1434th Place Ribbon

10Misechok, ChristopherMINAD2 633W35W33L1W2034th Place Ribbon

11Hall, JamesonBROOK2 539L15W22W26W1834th Place Ribbon

12Barbara, JoshuaCARRI0UnrL25B-W32W1531st Place (Kindergarten) Trophy

13Noakes, GregoryCCELE1UnrW21L4D16W302½2nd Place (First Grade) Ribbon

14Martin, JonathanLIBER2UnrW36L1W28L922nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

15Herward, JonathanCCELE2UnrW11L6W33L1222nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

16Cwenar, MichaelSTBED2UnrL5W27D13D1722nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

17Mc Intyre, MatthewCCELE2UnrW28L8D23D1622nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

18Jackson, DevonREGSQ2UnrW29L5W36L1122nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

19Resnick, AlizaEHILL2UnrL9W37W29L621st Place (Girl) Trophy

20Hovne, Ben SCOMDS2UnrW39L2W34L1022nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

21Kitson, Matthew EMINAD2 443L13W38W31L822nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

22Wipf, PeterCCELE2UnrL6L11B-W3622nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

23Falk, JoshuaLIBER2UnrL8W39D17D2622nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

24Papale, RobertBROOK2UnrL1L29W38W3322nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

25Stump, JackSTEDM1 414W12W32L7U-2 

26Salup, ChristopherCCELE1UnrB-D30L11D2322nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon

27Reiser, Paul JBROOK2UnrL4L16W40W3422nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon

28Trompeter, NickyWINCH1UnrL17W40L14W3522nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon

29Salgarolo, Dan LMINAD2 474L18W24L19D311½ 

30Harvard, LeliaBROOK2UnrW41D26L9L131½2nd Place (Girl) Ribbon

31Hall, ConnerBROOK1UnrW34L7L21D291½ 

32Vogel, AndreaEHILL1 728L3L25L12W411 

33Townsend, BrianSTEDM1UnrW40L10L15L241 

34Meyers, Judith EMINAD1 485L31W35L20L271 

35Schmidt, Erik NEHILL2UnrL10L34W39L281 

36Baker, David WHOMEW2UnrL14W41L18L221 

37Perdew, Jocelyn RBROOK2UnrL7L19D41D391 

38Norberg, RafiCOMDS2UnrL2L21L24D40½ 

39Hersch, StevenMINAD2UnrL20L23L35D37½ 

40Horne, IanLIBER2UnrL33L28L27D38½ 

41Guiver, MariaSTBED1UnrL30L36D37L32½ 

42Rebersak, Marcus SCCELE2 5350 

43Eck, Mark BobCCELE2 7340 

44Asman, GabrielCOMDS2 3960 




				









Players are in final tiebreak order.  Tiebreak scores are indicated by Brks 1 (Solkoff),
Brks 2(Modified Median), & Brks 3(Cumulative).   The secondary tiebreaking system
is only used if the Solkoff scores do not break the tie.  The 3rd tiebreaking system is
only used if the first 2 tiebreaking systems fail to break the tie.

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