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Presenting the ninth annual....
International Chess Jam 2006
Youth Chess Playday and Tournaments
Saturday, February 11, 2006
at Ferndale High School
Chess Jam 2006 Ferndale High School February 11, 2006 pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 rd6 tot 1 VAN WEERDHUIZEN, LANE LYEL3644 1783 1790/460 BYE W8 W3 W2 W4 W5 6.0 2 PRIETO, JORGE BCXKX720 1000 1507/ 5 BYE W9 W12 L1 W3 W7 5.0 3 BAKKE, BOB SEDM4074 1192 1220/117 BYE W4 L1 W6 L2 W11 4.0 4 BLANKERS, ZACH LYCK8382 1116 1148/109 BYE L3 W14 W8 L1 W12 4.0 5 RUDOLPH, MORGAN SEDM9297 964 1109/ 72 U W20 W9 W13 W12 L1 4.0 6 MARKS, ALEXANDER FERL1676 1044 1056/302 BYE L12 W16 L3 W15 W8 4.0 7 ABBOTT, GRAHAM SEDK1257 986 1049/113 U W19 W10 D12 W9 L2 3.5 8 YAM, RONNY SEDMA104 1137 1077/ 11 BYE L1 W13 L4 W10 L6 3.0 9 PRESZLER, DAVID LYEL9705 1170 1125/149 BYE L2 L5 W16 L7 W17 3.0 10 COMLEY, CODY FERL4891 651 777/ 54 U W15 L7 W18 L8 W14 3.0 11 FOX, FRANKLYN SEDMJ983 670 741/ 16 U L14 W19 W17 W20 L3 3.0 12 VANDEHOEF, DUSTIN LYEL3466 1177 1135/ 89 BYE W6 L2 D7 L5 L4 2.5 13 GERBRANDT, CALEB LYEL1674 998 939/ 65 BYE HPB L8 L5 L17 W15 2.5 14 BURR, TONY FERM3341 952 902/195 U W11 L4 L15 W16 L10 2.0 15 MAIER, JORDAN LYEKE412 809 799/ 16 U L10 W20 W14 L6 L13 2.0 16 DINNING, SHANE SEDLH812 846 820/ 13 U W17 L6 L9 L14 W19 2.0 17 STRUBE, JOHN FERJE759 848 802/ 13 U L16 W18 L11 W13 L9 2.0 18 ROBERTS, MELISSA BHMJ4653 400 400/ 24 U HPB L17 L10 L19 BYE 1.5 19 HINDERMAN, MATT FERJ7903 404 406/ 32 U L7 L11 L20 W18 L16 1.0 20 HAKIM, BRIAN FERL4344 640 613/ 56 U L5 L15 W19 L11 U 1.0 Junior Division pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 rd6 rd7 tot 1 HUANG, RICHARD BCXHX069 1677 1720/ 18 W52 W20 W16 W6 W2 W3 W4 7.0 2 KESEY, CALEB J PHEHP542 1154 1257/ 30 W38 W39 W9 W15 L1 W8 W7 6.0 3 WITECKI, THOMAS ASTH8805 1475 1481/338 W24 W49 W10 W8 D4 L1 W12 5.5 4 SOHAL, TANRAJ BCXEX474 1437 1455/ 40 W43 W29 W37 W7 D3 W6 L1 5.5 5 DUNLAP, ALEXANDER CACH2795 1035 1083/ 68 W40 W30 L8 D35 W13 W22 W17 5.5 6 PASH, DAVID LYMI4408 1351 1351/ 76 W33 W18 W12 L1 W22 L4 W14 5.0 7 VANDERVEEN, WILLIAM LYMI4049 1207 1213/118 W21 W55 W14 L4 W11 W9 L2 5.0 8 MEISNER, SAMUEL KSHC3568 1270 1267/127 W34 W27 W5 L3 W19 L2 W25 5.0 9 KURTIS, BEN ASTG9744 999 1016/252 W54 W41 L2 W30 W23 L7 W18 5.0 10 BENNETT, JORDAN LYMI9046 1092 1090/115 W45 W35 L3 L22 W34 W36 W19 5.0 11 GOO, ANTHONY CLARENCE ASTF7666 825 921/ 83 W64 HPB HPB W21 L7 W38 W20 5.0 12 FERRER, ANTHONY MBMI5508 1023 1064/ 59 W47 W42 L6 D13 W15 W16 L3 4.5 13 RYBKA, FENTON ASTI9100 774 881/117 W26 L14 W41 D12 L5 W33 W36 4.5 14 CHOI, DAVID SGVGX558 1001 1029/ 51 W48 W13 L7 W42 W36 D17 L6 4.5 15 CHANG, MIKAYLA ASTE4703 1051 1053/146 HPB W28 W20 L2 L12 W32 W23 4.5 16 RONSON, ANDREW ASTG6812 1136 1135/149 W23 W36 L1 W39 HPB L12 W37 4.5 17 BLANKERS, ELI LYCH8258 1199 1178/114 W31 W25 HPB HPB W18 D14 L5 4.5 18 ERDMAN, KONNOR HORH7010 824 861/ 52 W32 L6 W51 W31 L17 W29 L9 4.0 19 VONFELDT, JUSTIN ASTI3157 868 884/ 80 W44 L37 W38 W24 L8 W21 L10 4.0 20 VARTANYAN, ARTHUR HMYF3739 968 950/ 57 W63 L1 L15 W59 W24 W30 L11 4.0 21 THOMSON, TAYLOR HSCIB307 651 774/ 14 L7 W46 W27 L11 W55 L19 W42 4.0 22 GOO, ALBERT BRIAN ASTI3889 948 981/ 92 HPB W52 W25 W10 L6 L5 D29 4.0 23 ABBOTT, ALEXANDER VSTH2280 604 766/ 61 L16 W64 W29 W55 L9 W31 L15 4.0 24 PITCHER, RYAN LYCE8308 706 755/ 35 L3 W63 W26 L19 L20 W41 W40 4.0 25 CARPENTER, COLTON SAIB4173 960 944/ 42 W57 L17 L22 W54 W40 W42 L8 4.0 26 WILSON, DUSTIN HSCIE058 800 724/ 7 L13 W54 L24 L52 W53 W49 W43 4.0 27 NULLE, MATT ASTH6661 983 957/129 W53 L8 L21 W33 HPB HPB W38 4.0 28 MISZCZAK, LIAM SAIC8682 816 758/ 26 L41 L15 L33 W64 W63 W45 WF 4.0 29 BENNETT, JEFFREY LYMI9896 865 839/108 W46 L4 L23 W63 W47 L18 D22 3.5 30 MEYER, JEREMIAH LARF9634 765 758/ 67 W56 L5 W53 L9 W44 L20 D31 3.5 31 LESH, ROBIN LYMGA140 639 736/ 18 L17 W44 W49 L18 W37 L23 D30 3.5 32 RICCI, CODY LYMI8157 428 636/ 52 L18 W45 L35 W43 W49 L15 D34 3.5 33 MEISNER, JED KSHB9052 694 713/ 77 L6 D59 W28 L27 W50 L13 W48 3.5 34 TEFFT-MEEKER, DEVON LARF5594 679 709/ 24 L8 W57 HPB HPB L10 W55 D32 3.5 35 LOWRY, RYAN ASTG2928 780 822/ 39 W50 L10 W32 D5 HPB HPB LF 3.5 36 CARPENTER, CONNOR SAIE6627 796 803/ 45 W58 L16 W48 W37 L14 L10 L13 3.0 37 BROWN, KENNETH LLLD4291 1052 982/ 47 W51 W19 L4 L36 L31 W48 L16 3.0 38 COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER LYMG7155 613 643/ 31 L2 W60 L19 W58 W39 L11 L27 3.0 39 KNAPP, ROBERT LYCD8465 790 742/ 27 W62 L2 W47 L16 L38 L40 W50 3.0 40 TAFT, GEOFFREY MBMH3206 587 626/ 22 L5 W50 L55 W41 L25 W39 L24 3.0 41 TRACEY, ELIZABETH LYMI6797 415 567/ 12 W28 L9 L13 L40 W51 L24 W52 3.0 42 DUNN, WYATT MTNF8726 784 751/ 42 W61 L12 W62 L14 W45 L25 L21 3.0 43 WITECKI, IAN ASTD9565 707 654/ 79 L4 L53 W46 L32 W60 W44 L26 3.0 44 BULLOCK, DEVONNE HORH3827 468 510/ 23 L19 L31 W56 W51 L30 L43 W54 3.0 45 SAYEGH, JAMIE COLE9562 594 585/ 17 L10 L32 W60 W53 L42 L28 W58 3.0 46 BENNETT, MATT LYCEE610 466 494/ 14 L29 L21 L43 D61 W56 D54 W53 3.0 47 WILLSON, CAITLIN FHVG3404 566 600/ 23 L12 W61 L39 W62 L29 W52 U 3.0 48 LAPSANSKY, TONY MTNGK508 556 569/ 12 L14 W56 L36 D50 W59 L37 L33 2.5 49 SULLIVAN, LAKE MTND7689 872 780/ 55 W59 L3 L31 HPB L32 L26 W56 2.5 50 WILSON, LAURA HSCGE346 600 505/ 7 L35 L40 W57 D48 L33 W59 L39 2.5 51 KOTT, ALEXANDER NVYG5962 593 541/ 34 L37 W58 L18 L44 L41 D60 W59 2.5 52 KLUG, HUNTER SMTH4086 745 663/119 L1 L22 L59 W26 W58 L47 L41 2.0 53 PASH, CHRISTIAN BVED5021 524 502/ 21 L27 W43 L30 L45 L26 W57 L46 2.0 54 SWEET, JAMES SKYEK136 555 496/ 12 L9 L26 W64 L25 D62 D46 L44 2.0 55 WILLSON, BRIAN FHVH6024 814 743/ 33 W60 L7 W40 L23 L21 L34 U 2.0 56 SCHILLE-HUDSON, ELI COLFK030 500 402/ 7 L30 L48 L44 W57 L46 W63 L49 2.0 57 HOWARD, A.J. MBMHA049 495 420/ 12 L25 L34 L50 L56 W61 L53 W60 2.0 58 URNES, CARTER MBMHJ947 400 400/ 11 L36 L51 BYE L38 L52 W61 L45 2.0 59 CROWLEY, EMMA HORHE070 484 448/ 11 L49 D33 W52 L20 L48 L50 L51 1.5 60 WILLETT, STEVEN MTNGB295 400 400/ 11 L55 L38 L45 BYE L43 D51 L57 1.5 61 URNES, COLE HMYEE800 400 400/ 6 L42 L47 L63 D46 L57 L58 BYE 1.5 62 BENNETT, BEAU IREDC317 400 400/ 9 L39 BYE L42 L47 D54 U U 1.5 63 GEISLEMAN, DOUGLAS RESEC999 521 470/ 16 L20 L24 W61 L29 L28 L56 U 1.0 64 PIETSCH, AARON NBLFA306 451 400/ 9 L11 L23 L54 L28 HPB U U 0.5
You wanted more chess? You got it.
Seven rounds in the Junior Section!
Five Game/45 rounds in the High School Section!
That's why they call it Chess Jam.
A tournament and playday for chessplayers of all abilities, from beginner to expert!
State Qualifier Tournament! Washington players 6th grade and below with winning scores (4/7) qualify to participate in the State Elementary Chess Championships, being held this year in Kennewick, Washington. (Last year's event, in Lynden, drew 1,135 players.)
Site: Ferndale High School, cafeteria and library. (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.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.
5:50pm - Awards ceremony.Can't play in all rounds due to other commitments? You can still play in Chess Jam! See the FAQ below.
Awards: Trophies for overall, medals by grade, team awards TBA.
How To Enter: Entry fee $8 if fee received by Thursday, Feb. 9, $13 thereafter. Send entries to Ferndale High School Chess Club, Attn: Mr. Pringle, 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.
8th grade and below: If you want to play in the High School division (tougher competition, slower time control), do say so on your entry.Exception for Canadian players: If mail or email with complete information is received by Feb. 10, $8 rate applies and may be paid the morning of the tourney. Please supply all ratings, thanks.
The Famous Chess Jam T-Shirt: Advance registrants can have a custom Chess Jam 2006 T-shirt waiting for them on Game Day. Order yours by writing YES! T-SHIRT ME! on your entry, and indicate adult size preferred (S, M, L, XL) and color preferred (Deep Green, Deep Blue [Navy], Deep Red [Bergundy], or Black). Lettering and artwork is White. If your color is unavailable, default color is Deep Green. Do not send in T-shirt monies in advance -- the $12 T-shirt fee will be collected on-site. Do order in advance though -- don't count on extras being available on Game Day! They sell out each year!
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, kaech@verizon.net.
Get the One Page Chess Jam Flyer here.
Last Year's Results -- 90 Players
Jason Lee, Thomas Witecki, Sterling Dietz are Grand Champions
The 9th Annual International CHESS JAM 2006 - ENTRY FORM sample Name_________________________________________ Grade_________ Address______________________________________________________ School_______________________________________________________ Phone___________ Email______________________________________ T-Shirt? ___ If yes, indicate Adult Size, Color: ____________
Directions: Take I-5 Exit 262. Go west about 1 mile to downtown Ferndale. Turn right on 3rd, then next left onto Vista. In less than 1/4 mile when right lane forms, take it. At stop sign you'll see FHS ahead, to your right. (5380 Golden Eagle Dr.)
Chess Jam 2006 FAQ
I can't play in all seven rounds because I have to be somewhere else for awhile that day.
Can I still play?
Yes, you can still play in Chess Jam! Indicate on your entry which rounds you will be missing. You'll get a free 1/2 point bye for each of the first two rounds you need to miss. Schedule for Junior Division (estimated): Rd 1 9:40, Rd 2 10:50, Rd 3 11:55, Rd 4 1:15, Rd 5 2:20, Rd 6 3:25, Rd 7 4:30. Schedule for High School Division (estimated): Rd 1 9:15, Rd 2 10:55, Rd 3 12:35, Rd 4 2:15, Rd 5 4:00.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!)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 (then print out) 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!)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'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. Eligibility rules are those used by WHSCA for State events at the MS and HS level, and at Elem. level we use the eligibility rules used at Elem. State.Will concessions be available?
Hot dogs, pop and a few munchies will be available, and perhaps The Chess House will arrive with chess clocks, boards, books, software and more for perusal and purchase.The High School section uses McMahon Swiss pairings. What's that?
The High School section is smaller, has less rounds, and the ratings are more established than in the Junior section. So we're using McMahon Swiss pairings, which allows players of similar strength to play each other sooner, and avoids first round mismatches (i.e. having to play someone 600 points higher/lower than yourself). It's the same as a regular Swiss tourney, except players in the top half of the field begin the tourney with a point. With McMahon, top half players play each other starting in the first round rather than the second, as do lower half players. It's as if the tourney began with one round already played. (Don't worry - you still get to play five games!)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 Lynden and saw over 1,135 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 (or 4/7) 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 8, 2006 at the Kennewick Convention Center in Kennewick, Washington. (For more info visit http://www.chesschampions.org/.)
Parents, check out the Parents FAQ on the NW Wa. Elementary School Chess page
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