Chess Jam 2003 - High School Section                                            
   2-15-03                                                                         
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 1 SINANAN, JOSHUA        EDWM8425  1740  1759/102  BYE W10 W8  W15 D2  W6  5.5
 2 LEE, JASON             BCXK5975  1868  1871/ 51  BYE W19 W18 W6  D1  W8  5.5
 3 JUNE, PETER            SHMJ9213  1478  1500/195  BYE W7  W9  W4  L6  W10 5.0
 4 HAMMONS, MATT          OMKM7800  1495  1486/163  BYE D5  W22 L3  W31 W7  4.5
 5 FISHER, AARON          SHML9085  1146  1271/103  BYE D4  W19 L18 W17 W15 4.5
 6 MATHEWS, DAN           MEAM7364  1621  1621/156  BYE W23 W16 L2  W3  L1  4.0
 7 KURTIS, MATT           SHMJ7331  1048  1126/211  BYE L3  W29 W21 W9  L4  4.0
 8 REID, ALEXANDER        BCXI4202  1322  1333/ 24  BYE W33 L1  W25 W14 L2  4.0
 9 GARZA, RICARDO         FERM7231  1250  1252/199  BYE W11 L3  W24 L7  W16 4.0
10 JUSAK, JEREMY          SHMJ7225  1196  1207/111  BYE L1  W13 W38 WF  L3  4.0
11 ABBOTT, NOEL           SEDL1247   974  1015/108  BYE L9  W26 L16 W36 W24 4.0
12 YU, KEVIN              FEDM2600   913  1067/ 43  U   W34 W33 L14 W22 W20 4.0
13 SCHECK, JAI            FERK3345   956  1026/ 61  U   W42 L10 W37 W35 W19 4.0
14 ENGLESBERG, COLIN      FERK9210  1087  1118/ 84  BYE HPB HPB W12 L8  W21 4.0
15 VAN WEERDHUIZEN, LANE  LYEI3644  1478  1446/277  BYE W20 W17 L1  D16 L5  3.5
16 GOMDYSEY, MAKSIM       FERM2897  1317  1305/203  BYE W27 L6  W11 D15 L9  3.5
17 KLACSANZKY, CHRIS      EDWM4594  1051  1083/ 59  BYE W22 L15 D31 L5  W30 3.5
18 DRAPER, MICHAEL        FERK9493  1362  1379/129  BYE W30 L2  W5  LF  HPB 3.5
19 HARRIS, BRIAN          SEDK7051  1220  1185/ 35  BYE L2  L5  W32 W38 L13 3.0
20 DAVIS, MICHAEL         EDWK7619  1038  1017/ 15  BYE L15 L24 W29 W26 L12 3.0
21 HAAKENSON, DAVID       MTSM5284   874   952/100  U   W39 W28 L7  W25 L14 3.0
22 TAYLOR, DANIEL         HPTH7257  1480  1409/252  BYE L17 L4  W30 L12 W31 3.0
23 WEAVER, DAVE           SEDL7304  1148  1102/127  BYE L6  L25 L26 W32 W38 3.0
24 KURTIS, ALEX           SHMJ7336   928   951/205  U   W36 W20 L9  W34 L11 3.0
25 NELSON, BRAD           FERJ9746   964   987/ 73  U   W35 W23 L8  L21 W34 3.0
26 LAUNDRY, DAVID         FERL9480   899   933/ 60  U   W37 L11 W23 L20 W33 3.0
27 OTTO, DANIEL           EDWJ1706   980   923/147  BYE L16 L38 L36 W43 W39 3.0
28 JESERITZ, RYAN         SHMK9736   969   930/127  U   W45 L21 L34 W37 W35 3.0
29 GRIFFIN, TROY          SEDM7290   927   916/100  U   W44 L7  L20 W41 W36 3.0
30 HAKIM, MIKE            FERL8905  1018   993/ 40  BYE L18 D32 L22 W39 L17 2.5
31 SANDERS, SCOTT         SHML6656   778   822/ 47  U   W41 W45 D17 L4  L22 2.5
32 KISTOL, STAN           FEDM3085   908   911/ 56  U   W40 D30 L19 L23 W42 2.5
33 HAWN, RILO             BHMJ7372  1225   947/  9  BYE L8  L12 L35 W40 L26 2.0
34 MCLAIN, STEVEN         FEDL3868   616   671/ 37  U   L12 W41 W28 L24 L25 2.0
35 MATHUR, SHIVAM         FEDL5632   764   780/ 20  U   L25 W40 W33 L13 L28 2.0
36 GORE, ZACH             MTSM2886   689   716/ 30  U   L24 W43 W27 L11 L29 2.0
37 YATES, JAMES           FEDK5725   430   586/ 10  U   L26 W42 L13 L28 W44 2.0
38 SCHWENKE, ZEKE         BHMJ2997   897   901/ 82  U   W43 W27 L10 L19 L23 2.0
39 MILLS, CASEY           FEDK7348  1000   741/  5  U   L21 W44 W45 L30 L27 2.0
40 HANLEY, MONIKA         MTSL2887   563   598/ 31  U   L32 L35 W42 L33 W43 2.0
41 TANNURA, SILVER        EDWJ7457   900   464/  4  U   L31 L34 BYE L29 D45 1.5
42 BAUMGARDNER, DOUG      SEDK2915   764   688/ 28  U   L13 L37 L40 W45 L32 1.0
43 BOST, JACOB            NVLJ9812   900   504/  5  U   L38 L36 W44 L27 L40 1.0
44 BURR, TONY             FERJ3341   672   566/ 26  U   L29 L39 L43 BYE L37 1.0
45 COLLINS, WADE          BHMJ9086   770   661/ 32  U   L28 L31 L39 L42 D41 0.5


Chess Jam 2003 - Junior Section 
 2-15-03                                                                         
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 1 CHOW, LO-CHING         BCXH7791   700  1776/  7  W38 W20 W2  W13 W5  W3  W6  7.0
 2 DIETZ, RICHARD         FHVG1695  1353  1368/151  W43 W24 L1  W30 W21 W17 W5  6.0
 3 YANG, MATTHEW          WEDC4256  1159  1198/ 97  W42 W27 W22 D7  W16 L1  W8  5.5
 4 CHOW, THOMAS           BCXE8238  1325  1302/ 44  W37 W8  W9  L5  D14 W20 W15 5.5
 5 BINDER, MICHAEL        FHVI8507  1206  1246/151  W40 W18 W23 W4  L1  W7  L2  5.0
 6 REID, BRIANNA          BCXF2831  1314  1275/  9  W48 W21 W10 D16 D7  W18 L1  5.0
 7 WITECKI, THOMAS        ASTE8805  1265  1255/176  W45 W14 W17 D3  D6  L5  W28 5.0
 8 PRESZLER, DAVID        LYEI9705   831   943/ 34  W57 L4  W40 W36 W19 W16 L3  5.0
 9 CAMPBELL, DEREK        FHVI4103   945   962/ 39  W50 W46 L4  W27 L18 W23 W19 5.0
10 BUTTERFIELD, NICHOLAS  SMHE3413   957   972/ 95  W35 W36 L6  L14 W37 W27 W18 5.0
11 FERRER, ANTHONY        KESF5508   979   964/ 24  W44 L23 W29 L18 W48 W25 W17 5.0
12 DIBBLE, JASON          WHCF8331  1386  1127/ 12  W28 L17 L30 W32 W40 W31 W24 5.0
13 JENSEN, SCHUYLER       SMHE2489   860   861/116  D30 W33 W31 L1  L20 W34 W32 4.5
14 TJOELKER, ANDREW       WHCH3050   823   886/ 55  W58 L7  W44 W10 D4  L15 W31 4.5
15 BARTON, NATHAN         SHKH3048   856   878/ 53  W56 L22 W37 D20 W33 W14 L4  4.5
16 BINDER, DEREK          HPVF8526  1189  1142/129  W41 W25 W19 D6  L3  L8  D20 4.0
17 BUTTERFIELD, GABRIEL   CACH2548   841   915/109  W59 W12 L7  W23 W25 L2  L11 4.0
18 IVES, SHAINA           SLKG3213   815   882/ 60  W60 L5  W35 W11 W9  L6  L10 4.0
19 HUNTING, JORDAN        SARI5316   701   817/ 81  W55 W26 L16 W24 L8  W21 L9  4.0
20 ENTRIKIN, ANDREW       LYEG1723   774   847/ 36  W61 L1  W59 D15 W13 L4  D16 4.0
21 NULLE, MATT            ASTE6661   826   847/ 17  W34 L6  W54 W22 L2  L19 W40 4.0
22 JACKSON, IAN           FHVI8801   800   836/  7  W29 W15 L3  L21 W49 L24 W43 4.0
23 MCCLEMENT, ALEXANDER   KULI1678   758   798/ 70  W53 W11 L5  L17 W38 L9  W45 4.0
24 MARKS, ALEXANDER       KULI1676   831   843/210  W54 L2  W38 L19 W39 W22 L12 4.0
25 JORDAN, MARK           WHCI8865   805   826/ 20  W32 L16 W39 W26 L17 L11 W37 4.0
26 KURTIS, BEN            ASTD9744   897   841/ 76  W39 L19 W45 L25 W42 L28 W30 4.0
27 ERICKSON, CHRISTOPHER  EMSH7259   784   793/ 61  W62 L3  W53 L9  W45 L10 W36 4.0
28 SKACHKOV, EDUARD       VSTI3052   654   696/ 33  L12 L59 W58 W44 W36 W26 L7  4.0
29 GOO, ALBERT BRIAN      ASTF3889   722   704/ 12  L22 W56 L11 L39 W57 W38 W42 4.0
30 IVES, HENRY            SLKI5313   480   639/ 35  D13 W52 W12 L2  L31 W41 L26 3.5
31 BLANKERS, ZACH         LYCH8382   732   736/ 12  D33 W49 L13 W34 W30 L12 L14 3.5
32 NELSON, DAMMEIAN       KULG9855   400   529/ 14  L25 D41 W52 L12 W51 W33 L13 3.5
33 ZELLER, KYLE           EAGG9065   600   647/  7  D31 L13 W50 W41 L15 L32 W48 3.5
34 HOEPNER, CARL          LYEH8548   400   555/ 19  L21 W48 W49 L31 W43 L13 D41 3.5
35 HOGAN, BRENNAN         ASTE5978   522   569/ 12  L10 W55 L18 L43 W60 D48 W49 3.5
36 YOAKUM, RYAN           KULI9614   800   668/  7  W47 L10 W46 L8  L28 W52 L27 3.0
37 BENNETT, JORDAN        ASTF9046   638   656/ 12  L4  W57 L15 W59 L10 W44 L25 3.0
38 SPOELSTRA, NATHAN      LYEH4115   546   577/ 29  L1  W61 L24 W46 L23 L29 W54 3.0
39 WRIGHT, SEAN           NORE7730   483   569/ 12  L26 W47 L25 W29 L24 L43 W53 3.0
40 RYBKA, FENTON          ASTF9100   623   634/ 22  L5  W60 L8  W53 L12 W55 L21 3.0
41 RUSSELL, JOSH          SMHF4752   595   585/ 26  L16 D32 W51 L33 W47 L30 D34 3.0
42 CRANE, EVAN            MTNH9747   568   580/ 30  L3  L53 W55 W47 L26 W46 L29 3.0
43 TRUMAN, CODY           BILG8521   651   614/ 14  L2  L54 W60 W35 L34 W39 L22 3.0
44 HELGATH, CHASE         LYEG8319   539   547/ 18  L11 W62 L14 L28 W53 L37 W55 3.0
45 ARONSON, PHILIP        KULH9646   598   604/ 12  L7  W58 L26 W62 L27 W56 L23 3.0
46 BENISH, SETH           SMHD4708   733   652/ 40  W51 L9  L36 L38 W54 L42 W57 3.0
47 FISHER, ALLISON        CARE4080   737   629/ 17  L36 L39 W61 L42 L41 W58 W56 3.0
48 BOST, ZACHARY          NVLH9324   631   583/ 12  L6  L34 W56 W54 L11 D35 L33 2.5
49 LEE, DAVID             BCXF7599   500   459/  6  HPB L31 L34 W50 L22 W51 L35 2.5
50 HOBACK, JOEL           LADF1864   507   454/ 77  L9  D51 L33 L49 L52 W61 W58 2.5
51 SCHLOTTERBACK, SYDNEY  SAIF2614   500   400/  7  L46 D50 L41 W52 L32 L49 W60 2.5
52 JUNG, DAVID            BCXD6883   400   400/  5  HPB L30 L32 L51 W50 L36 WF  2.5
53 NELSON, ZACHARY        SKYF8671   500   451/  7  L23 W42 L27 L40 L44 W59 L39 2.0
54 MCGOWAN, TIM           SLKE9784   424   434/ 16  L24 W43 L21 L48 L46 W60 L38 2.0
55 WILLIAMSON, SIMON      KESF5498   500   400/  7  L19 L35 L42 W58 W59 L40 L44 2.0
56 ENGEL, PHIL            LARE6969   465   443/ 17  L15 L29 L48 W61 W62 L45 L47 2.0
57 NELSON, KEVIN          CARE9167   413   407/ 10  L8  L37 HPB HPB L29 W62 L46 2.0
58 SAGE, SARAH            ECSD7031   400   400/ 16  L14 L45 L28 L55 W61 L47 L50 1.0
59 SAGE, ALEX             ECSB2582   456   421/ 14  L17 W28 L20 L37 L55 L53 LF  1.0
60 MITTELSTAEDT, LAUREN   MTNF8555   400   400/ 11  L18 L40 L43 BYE L35 L54 L51 1.0
61 BLANKERS, ELI          LYCE8258   400   400/  7  L20 L38 L47 L56 L58 L50 W62 1.0
62 DUNN, JAKE             MTNF6848   400   400/ 11  L27 L44 BYE L45 L56 L57 L61 1.0

Presenting the sixth annual....

International Chess Jam 2003

Youth Chess Playday and Tournaments
Saturday, February 15, 2003
at Ferndale High School



You wanted more chess? You got it.
Seven rounds in the Junior Section!
Five Game/45 rounds in the High School Section!

You wanted door prizes? You got it.
Two chess computers will be given away!
An LCD Chess hand-held, and an Excalibur King Arthur!



Site: Ferndale High School, cafeteria. (Ferndale is five minutes north of Bellingham.)

Format:
---Grades 9-12: 5 Round McMahon Swiss, Game/45 (each player gets 45 min.)
---Grades 4-8: 7-Round Swiss, Game/30 (each player gets 30 min.)
Computer paired. WSRS rated, no membership required.
Players of all abilities welcome!

Schedule:
8:30am - Registration opens.
8:45am - Deadline** for on-site entries.
8:50am - Deadline** for 9th-12th grade pre-registrants to check in.
9:00am - Deadline** for 4th-8th grade pre-registrants to check in.
9:10am - 1st Round, High School Section.
9:15am - Players meeting, Junior section.
9:40am or ASAP: 1st Round, Junior section.
**Late entrants or check-ins will get a 1/2 point bye in the first round.
Silent film "Chess Fever" (circa 1925, featuring Capablanca) shown during check-in.
5:40pm - Awards ceremony.

Awards: Trophies for overall, medals by grade, team awards TBA.

How To Enter: Entry fee $6 if fee received by Wednesday, Feb. 12, $12 thereafter. Send entries to Ferndale High School Chess Club, Attn: Mr. Peters, Box 428, Ferndale WA 98248. Make checks to Ferndale High School. Include full name, school, grade, Email address. Include WSRS ID and rating if known.

Exception for Canadian players: If mail or email with complete information is received by Feb. 12, $6 rate applies and may be paid the morning of the tourney. Please supply all ratings, thanks.

Chess Jam T-Shirts: Advance registrants will have a custom Chess Jam 2003 T-shirt waiting for them on Game Day by including an extra $11 with entry. These are quality Hanes Beefy-T's, and they all sold out last year. Indicate adult size: S, M, L, XL. Indicate color: Deep Green, Deep Blue, Deep Red (Bergundy), or Black. (White art/lettering.) (If your color is unavailable, default color is Deep Green.) Enter & order in advance; don't count on extras being available on Game Day.

Bring: Boards and sets for skittles area, pen/cils, lunch money or sack lunch. Clock, if you have one.

Director: Randy Kaech, 360-384-2792.

Last Year's Results!
Dan Matthews, Lane Van Weerdhuizen are Grand Champions!

Directions: Take I-5 Exit 262. Go west about 1 mile to downtown Ferndale. Turn right on 3rd, then next left onto Vista. In 1/4 mile when right lane forms, take it. At stop sign you'll see FHS ahead, to your right. (5380 Golden Eagle Dr.)

Map courtesy of www.mapblast.com


Chess Jam 2003 FAQ

I'm in 3rd grade, and it says the Junior section is for 4th through 8th grades. Can I play? Please?
Students below 4th grade may play in the Junior section if they don't mind tough competition and can write down their moves. (Learn here!)

Seven rounds? When do we eat lunch?
True, most Saturday tourneys have five rounds, with a break for lunch. At Chess Jam we have a short break around lunch time, but we've found that with seven rounds, it usually turns out that one of your games ends quickly while someone elses goes the full distance (one hour). That would be a good time to eat! Concessions will be available, but you may want to bring a healthy sack lunch.

I don't even know how to play chess. Is it hard?
Easy to learn, hard to master. Learn, and then come play with us! Have a friend show you! Or read the rules here. Only three things you need to know to play: 1.The starting position. 2.How the six different pieces move. 3.How the game ends. (Get the King!)

I'm not a good chessplayer. Should I play in Chess Jam?
Sure! Come jam with the rest of us patzers. We're all learning, and you don't have to be a Grandmaster to have fun at chess. Besides, the Swiss pairings system will match you with opponents of equal ability (after a few rounds). And just think of how much better you'll be after a day of chess jamming.

Do I have to write down the moves?
Yes, scorekeeping is required at Chess Jam. To learn how, have a teacher or friend show you, or go here. Hey, it's good for you! One of the best ways to improve is to review your games after a tournament. (Besides being able to show your friends the awesome move you made that clinched the game.) Also, learning chess notation opens you to the whole wide world of chess literature. So, bring a pen or pencil, scoresheets will be provided.

If I haven't taken my hands off of the chess piece yet, can I change my mind?
In a rated tournament like this one, if you even touch a chess piece, you must move it! And if you touch an opponent's piece, you must capture it! So sit on your hands until you know what you want to do. If a piece needs to be centered or adjusted, you may do so by first saying "I adjust".

Will we use chess clocks? How do they work?
Yes, we'll use clocks, although we may not have enough for all boards. Chess clocks are a great invention. They keep slow players from slowing and losing players from stalling. Here's how it works: After your move, you hit the button nearest you on the chess clock. Your timer stops, and your opponent's timer begins. In this tournament each player gets either 30 minutes (Junior division) or 45 minutes (H.S. division), thus ensuring that no game goes over 60 minutes (or 90 minutes). If a player uses up all his time, it's a loss just like checkmate. If a game starts without a clock, we'll put a clock on the game, with the time equally elapsed, as one becomes available.

How do school team awards work?
The team scoring used will be similar to cross-country meet scoring. In each section the best four results from a single school will be tallied and compared with other schools. Efforts are made not to pair players from the same school.

Will concessions be available?
Hot dogs, pop and a few munchies will be available, and The Chess House will have chess clocks, boards, books, software and more for perusal and purchase.

Is the Junior division an Elementary State Qualifier tournament? Tell me about State.
The largest chess tournament in the state every year is not the Washington Open, the Seafair Open or the State High School Team Championships, it's the State Elementary Championships. Last year it was held in Tumwater and saw 718 players compete. And consider this: to attend, players had to first qualify by posting a winning record in a qualifying tournament.

To qualify for Elementary State, a Washington student "in grades 1-6 must score at least 3/5 in a WSRS-rated Scholastic Chess Tournament in Washington State with at least 32 players per section, and three or more schools participating. Players in Grade K need to score 2/5 in a divison which includes K-2 players." So, for 6th graders and below, the Junior section will act as a qualifier for Elementary State, though it'll be harder than most as it includes 7th and 8th graders.

This school year's Washington State Elementary Chess Championships will be held April 12, 2003 in Richland, Washington. (For more info visit the official web site.)


Parents, check out the Parents FAQ on the NW Wa. Elementary School Chess page

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