1999 Summer Scholastic Chess Challenge

Held at Transfiguration School on 8/21/99, this tournament had a total of 103 entrants and teams from 5 schools! Students from a total of 57 schools took part. As always in our tournaments, it takes 4 or more participants from a school to make a team.

Here are the results:

Teams

#	Score	Code	School	District	Prize
1	10	HOMEE	Home Elementary School		1st Place Team Trophy
2	9½	WINCH	Winchester Thurston School		2nd Place Team Trophy
3	8½	DORSE	Dorseyville Middle School	Fox Chapel Area School District	3rd Place Team Trophy
4	7½	TRANS	Transfiguration School		4th Place Team Ribbon
5	4	HOMEP	Home Middle School

1050 & Over

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Cheung, Jack	FRREG	7	1402	W5	W3	D2	W4	3½	1st Place Trophy
2	Booth, Michael J	WMAMS	8	1521	W4	W7	D1	W5	3½	2nd Place Trophy
3	Sun, Zhipeng	DORSE	8	1229	W10	L1	D6	W9	2½	3rd Place Trophy
4	Kofford, Aaron S	PLUMH	12	1200	L2	W6	W9	L1	2	4th Place Trophy
5	Liu, Brian	SFELE	6	1094	L1	W10	W7	L2	2	5th Place Trophy
6	Young, Jason	SUNCR	6	1066	W9	L4	D3	D8	2	6th Place Ribbon
7	Harrison, Patrick W	DORSE	7	1309	W8	L2	L5	W10	2	6th Place Ribbon
8	Xiao, Michael	GRTON	10	1055	L7	L9	W10	D6	1½	1st Place (Tenth Grade) Ribbon
9	Schiff, Aaron J	JENSH	9	1370	L6	W8	L4	L3	1	1st Place (Ninth Grade) Ribbon
10	Mc Menamin, Christopher	SEWMD	8	1050	L3	L5	L8	L7	0	1st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon

900 to 1049

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Trisal, Raul	ALPHA	4	1015	W2	W7	W5	W6	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Sharif, Ernest J	SCHEN	11	921	L1	W11	W3	W5	3	2nd Place Trophy
3	Seshadri, Hari	EISEN	3	907	D4	W12	L2	W7	2½	3rd Place Trophy
4	Woolhandler, Justin H	STBED	6	946	D3	W10	L6	W8	2½	4th Place Trophy
5	Li, Yile	DORSE	6	1045	W8	W6	L1	L2	2	5th Place Trophy
6	Dorohovich, John M Jr	HOMEP	6	943	W9	L5	W4	L1	2	6th Place Ribbon
7	Trapani, Dominick	RIVER	8	907	W11	L1	W9	L3	2	6th Place Ribbon
8	Petesch, Gabriel N	EDGEP	2	931	L5	D9	W10	L4	1½	1st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
9	Guerrieri, Luis	AEOBL	8	1047	L6	D8	L7	W12	1½	1st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
10	Hickman, Michael A	EHILL	5	901	D12	L4	L8	W11	1½	1st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
11	Kumar, Vivek R	FRREG	9	1021	L7	L2	W12	L10	1	1st Place (Ninth Grade) Ribbon
12	Narla, Sunil	WINCH	6	922	D10	L3	L11	L9	½	1st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
13	Haas, Kevin Marshall	WENDR	7	987	U-	U-	U-	U-	0

800 to 899

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Betts, Dan	HOMES	9	Unr	D4	W5	W7	W6	3½	1st Place Trophy
2	Sun, LiAnn	HARTE	3	831	W5	L3	W6	W4	3	2nd Place Trophy
3	Salmond, Hyrum	PLUMH	10	Unr	W7	W2	L4	W8	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Silver, Adam D	SHAJR	2	849	D1	W6	W3	L2	2½	4th Place Trophy
5	Trapani, Kevin M	VERNE	6	874	L2	L1	W8	W7	2	5th Place Trophy
6	Trompeter, Whitney	ELLIS	6	809	W8	L4	L2	L1	1	6th Place Ribbon
7	Cuneo, Michael J	DORSE	8	870	L3	W8	L1	L5	1	6th Place Ribbon
8	Brnardic, Adam	TRANS	4	852	L6	L7	L5	L3	0	1st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
9	Hunter, Isaiah M	HOMEP	6	824	U-	U-	U-	U-	0

700 to 799

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Schiff, Michael D	JENES	2	719	W20	W8	W7	W5	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Neuenschwander, Eric	PIRHM	8	720	W13	W11	W3	W6	4	2nd Place Trophy
3	Feiler, Andy	KERR	4	769	W23	W4	L2	W11	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Trompeter, Nicky	WINCH	3	738	W12	L3	W18	W10	3	4th Place Trophy
5	Dorohovich, Grace L	HOMEE	3	774	W18	W19	W10	L1	3	5th Place Trophy
6	Buuch, Bulgan	SCHIL	6	Unr	W15	D7	W12	L2	2½	6th Place Ribbon
7	Wilkin, Max R	AHPRK	2	797	W14	D6	L1	W17	2½	6th Place Ribbon
8	Oltmanns, Alexander M	WINCH	5	775	D16	L1	W19	W14	2½	6th Place Ribbon
9	Gold, Max	WINCH	4	790	W21	L10	D17	W16	2½	6th Place Ribbon
10	Keegan, Ben J	STBED	6	745	W17	W9	L5	L4	2	1st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
11	Herrmann, Stephen W	GATJR	7	759	W22	L2	X-	L3	2	1st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
12	Griffin, Sean D	KERR	3	798	L4	W16	L6	W18	2	1st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
13	Humes, Cory	DORSE	8	787	L2	L21	W20	W22	2	1st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
14	Scharding, Eddie C	HOMEE	5	738	L7	W23	W15	L8	2	1st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
15	Dotterer, Steven M	PIRHM	7	762	L6	W22	L14	W19	2	1st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
16	Moeller, Mike T	NAIHS	10	710	D8	L12	W23	L9	1½	1st Place (Tenth Grade) Ribbon
17	Wang, Joe	LNCLN	6	Unr	L10	B-	D9	L7	1½	1st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
18	Moeller, Joseph F	CARSN	7	704	L5	W20	L4	L12	1
19	Ellis, Laura	HOMEP	7	Unr	B-	L5	L8	L15	1	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
20	Silver, Joshua	SHAJR	0	779	L1	L18	L13	W23	1	1st Place (Kindergarten) Ribbon
21	O'Donovan, Kyle	PEEBL	5	735	L9	W13	F-	U-	1
22	Betts, Cassie	HOMEP	8	Unr	L11	L15	B-	L13	1	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
23	Todd, Jeffrey	HARTE	3	789	L3	L14	L16	L20	0
24	Belenky, Matthew	FALK	5	727	U-	U-	U-	U-	0
25	Hartley, Christopher P	STJAM	8	Unr	U-	U-	U-	U-	0

600 to 699

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Oppenheim, Ethan	GRDVE	5	688	W20	W9	W8	W2	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Westerman, Elliot	HOMEE	4	651	W19	W4	W3	L1	3	2nd Place Trophy
3	Murray, Danny J	BROKS	2	688	W12	W5	L2	W8	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Herrmann, Stanley T	MOSMD	5	693	W6	L2	W12	W11	3	4th Place Trophy
5	Hill, Thaddaeus	HOMEW	5	Unr	W13	L3	W17	W9	3	5th Place Trophy
6	Song, Yiming	SFELE	2	614	L4	W20	W10	W13	3	6th Place Ribbon
7	Mc Menamin, Robert	SEWMD	8	604	L8	W18	D13	W14	2½	1st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
8	Kukunas, Paul	SHATR	3	692	W7	W10	L1	L3	2	1st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
9	Nissly, Austin T	PVLLY	2	699	W16	L1	W14	L5	2	1st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
10	Lawrence, Ben A	SHAJR	3	651	W11	L8	L6	W18	2	1st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
11	Keegan, Martin	STBED	4	Unr	L10	W16	W15	L4	2	1st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
12	Terrell, Stephen	EHILL	5	603	L3	W19	L4	W17	2	1st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
13	Sufrin, Joshua	WINCH	4	652	L5	W15	D7	L6	1½
14	Ellis, Allen	HOMEE	5	646	D15	W17	L9	L7	1½
15	Neville, David E	MCMUR	4	Unr	D14	L13	L11	W19	1½	1st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
16	Curtis, David	WINCH	1	620	L9	L11	D19	W20	1½	1st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
17	Nicholson, Bryan	CALIF	4	634	W18	L14	L5	L12	1
18	Lambert, Bradley	TRANS	5	Unr	L17	L7	W20	L10	1
19	Buuch, Nomin	MINAD	3	Unr	L2	L12	D16	L15	½	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
20	Kalchthaler, Kyle B	ROSS	3	601	L1	L6	L18	L16	0

Under 600

#	Name	Team	Grade	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Oppenheim, Evan	GRDVE	3	503	W23	W5	W4	W3	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Jones, George W	ALPHA	7	412	W16	W11	W8	W10	4	2nd Place Trophy
3	Lackner, Jordan	PIRHM	7	452	W13	W14	W9	L1	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Terrell, Justin	ROGMS	8	405	W12	W18	L1	W16	3	4th Place Trophy
5	Osele, Jamie L	DEERL	9	565	W19	L1	W18	W8	3	5th Place Trophy
6	Altschuler, Ariel	KERR	5	589	W15	L8	W11	W9	3	6th Place Ribbon
7	Belli, Tom	VALLY	9	472	W10	L9	W13	W12	3	6th Place Ribbon
8	Hopper, Luke R	HOMEE	2	506	W20	W6	L2	L5	2	1st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
9	Scheerbaum, Steven	DEERL	9	536	W22	W7	L3	L6	2	1st Place (Ninth Grade) Ribbon
10	Meyers, Judith E	MINAD	3	589	L7	W22	W14	L2	2	1st Place (Girl) Trophy
11	Mauder, Jeffrey	FRICK	7	522	W17	L2	L6	W19	2	1st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
12	Mauder, Matthew J	PCREA	9	550	L4	W24	W15	L7	2	1st Place (Ninth Grade) Ribbon
13	Moretti, Christopher M	TRANS	6	560	L3	W21	L7	W17	2	1st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
14	Schramm, Jordan M	TRANS	4	523	W21	L3	L10	W20	2	1st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
15	Seelnacht, James J	TRANS	8	472	L6	W20	L12	W18	2	1st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
16	Kanaitis, Jane M	TRANS	5	560	L2	D17	W21	L4	1½	1st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
17	Axelrod, Josh	MINAD	2	Unr	L11	D16	W19	L13	1½	1st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
18	Herrmann, Stuart A	RAMEL	3	507	W24	L4	L5	L15	1	1st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
19	Schramm, Nathaniel J	TRANS	1	459	L5	W23	L17	L11	1	1st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
20	Stankovich, Mark G	FAIRV	1	Unr	L8	L15	W24	L14	1	1st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
21	Rosen, Noah A	COMDS	1	Unr	L14	L13	L16	W22	1	1st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
22	Kanaitis, Julia	TRANS	4	335	L9	L10	W23	L21	1	2nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
23	Sufrin, Zach	WINCH	1	Unr	L1	L19	L22	D24	½
24	Stamos, Daniel	COMDS	1	Unr	L18	L12	L20	D23	½

Schools

#	# of Players	Code	School	District
1	8	TRANS	Transfiguration School
2	7	WINCH	Winchester Thurston School
3	5	DORSE	Dorseyville Middle School	Fox Chapel Area School District
4	5	HOMEE	Home Elementary School
5	4	HOMEP	Home Middle School
6	3	KERR	Kerr Elementary School	Fox Chapel Area School District
7	3	MINAD	Minadeo Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
8	3	PIRHM	Pine Richland Middle School	Pine Richland School District
9	3	SHAJR	Shady Side Academy Junior School
10	3	STBED	St Bede School
11	2	COMDS	Community Day School
12	2	DEERL	Deer Lakes High School	Deer Lakes School District
13	2	EHILL	East Hills Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
14	2	FRREG	Franklin Regional Junior High School	Franklin Regional School District
15	2	GRDVE	Grandview Erie Elementary School
16	2	HARTE	Hartwood Elementary School	Fox Chapel Area School District
17	2	PLUMH	Plum Senior High School	Plum Borough School District
18	2	ALPHA	Providence Alpha School
19	2	SEWMD	Sewickley Academy Middle School
20	2	SFELE	South Fayette Elementary School	South Fayette School District
21	1	AEOBL	A E OBlock Junior High School	Plum Borough School District
22	1	AHPRK	Allegheny Hyde Park School	Kiski Area School District
23	1	CALIF	California Area Elementary School	California Area School District
24	1	CARSN	Carson Middle School	North Allegheny School District
25	1	PCREA	Creative Performing Arts High School	Pittsburgh School District
26	1	EDGEP	Edgewood Elementary School	Woodland Hills School District
27	1	EISEN	Eisenhower Elementary School	Upper St Clair School District
28	1	ELLIS	Ellis School
29	1	FAIRV	Fairview Elementary School	Fox Chapel Area School District
30	1	FALK	Falk School
31	1	FRICK	Frick International Academy	Pittsburgh School District
32	1	GATJR	Gateway Middle School	Gateway School District
33	1	GRTON	Groton School
34	1	HOMES	Home High School
35	1	HOMEW	Homewood Montessori School	Pittsburgh School District
36	1	BROKS	J H Brooks Elementary School	Moon Area School District
37	1	JENSH	Jeannette High School	Jeannette City School District
38	1	JENES	Jeannette Mc Kee Elementary School	Jeannette City School District
39	1	LNCLN	Lincoln Elementary School	Mount Lebanon School District
40	1	MCMUR	Mc Murray Elementary School
41	1	MOSMD	Mosside Middle School	Gateway School District
42	1	NAIHS	North Allegheny Intermediate School	North Allegheny School District
43	1	PEEBL	Peebles Elementary School	North Allegheny School District
44	1	PVLLY	Pleasant Valley School	Peters Township School District
45	1	RAMEL	Ramsey Elementary School	Gateway School District
46	1	RIVER	Riverview High School	Riverview School District
47	1	ROGMS	Rogers Middle School	Pittsburgh School District
48	1	ROSS	Ross Elementary School	North Hills School District
49	1	SCHEN	Schenley High School	Pittsburgh School District
50	1	SCHIL	Schiller Classical Academy	Pittsburgh School District
51	1	SHATR	Shaffer Primary School	Woodland Hills School District
52	1	STJAM	St James School
53	1	SUNCR	Suncrest Middle School
54	1	VALLY	Valley High School	New Kensington Arnold School District
55	1	VERNE	Verner Elementary School	Riverview School District
56	1	WENDR	Wendover Junior High School	Hempfield Area School District
57	1	WMAMS	West Mifflin Area Middle School	West Mifflin Area School District

Players are in final tiebreak order.

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