It's a Chess F.E.S.T.!

Ferndale Elementary Spring Tournament

Saturday, April 2, 2005

Skyline Elementary School, Ferndale




4TH - 6TH GRADE SECTION

 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 
  1 WITECKI, THOMAS        ASTG8805  1502  1517/302  W36 W33 W11 W4  W3  5.0
  2 RONSON, ANDREW         ASTF6812   984  1062/105  W35 W24 W16 W13 W14 5.0
  3 CLIFFORD, ALTON        EVTG7935  1077  1106/178  W17 W9  W6  W14 L1  4.0
  4 TILBURY, NEAL          TENE4009   851   941/104  W38 W8  W7  L1  W18 4.0
  5 KURTIS, BEN            ASTF9744   883   915/206  W26 L12 W10 W33 W16 4.0
  6 QUINN, NIALL           PARF1654   824   873/ 44  W46 W25 L3  W27 W12 4.0
  7 GOO, ANTHONY CLARENCE  ASTE7666   736   816/ 63  W29 W34 L4  W24 W13 4.0
  8 LOWRY, RYAN            ASTF2928   719   808/ 10  W50 L4  W35 W19 W11 4.0
  9 KLUG, HUNTER           FHVG4086   732   760/104  W45 L3  D18 W30 W32 3.5
 10 MAURO, CHASE           LARF1634   986   977/ 81  W48 HPB L5  W17 W15 3.5
 11 PETERSEN, JAKE         LYCG2217   837   833/ 71  W30 W20 L1  W34 L8  3.0
 12 KERN, SAM              LARF2436   669   758/ 30  W31 W5  L13 W21 L6  3.0
 13 SCHACHT, JAKE          ASTF4803   842   836/ 34  W43 W28 W12 L2  L7  3.0
 14 NULLE, MATT            ASTG6661   963   951/ 94  W49 W27 W15 L3  L2  3.0
 15 GEORGE, WATSON         EAGF5247   579   753/ 22  W19 W21 L14 W23 L10 3.0
 16 SAWYER, SAMUEL         LARE7760   794   795/ 48  W51 W39 L2  W20 L5  3.0
 17 SCHACHT, JOSH          ASTE2024   548   644/ 27  L3  W29 W40 L10 W33 3.0
 18 WARD, LUCAS            LARF1685   719   746/ 14  W37 HPB D9  W25 L4  3.0
 19 TAFT, GEOFFREY         KESG3206   600   700/  5  L15 W54 W28 L8  W34 3.0
 20 HESSELGRAVE, GEORGE    SAIG6907   599   625/ 37  W53 L11 W38 L16 W37 3.0
 21 VARTANYAN, ARTHUR      LARE3739   875   825/ 27  W54 L15 W48 L12 W38 3.0
 22 ADAMS, JACLYN          BLEF3457   500   575/  5  L28 W43 L34 W49 W39 3.0
 23 LINNEMAN, CHARLIE      LARE7562   790   774/ 38  W52 HPB HPB L15 W36 3.0
 24 VAN CLEVE, WILLIAM     HSCG7924   656   647/ 25  W41 L2  W49 L7  D26 2.5
 25 LEWIS, WILL            COLE2202   400   661/  5  W32 L6  W39 L18 D28 2.5
 26 DELARA, RENE           CUEE7766   451   519/ 15  L5  W31 L33 W40 D24 2.5
 27 MEYER, JEREMIAH        LARE9634   632   628/ 50  W47 L14 W37 L6  D29 2.5
 28 ABBOTT, ALEXANDER      NBLG2280   563   585/ 26  W22 L13 L19 W51 D25 2.5
 29 VELEZ, MICHAEL         MTNG6578   400   453/  9  L7  L17 BYE W43 D27 2.5
 30 HALE, RACHEL           LARE4652   400   478/ 10  L11 D44 W47 L9  W45 2.5
 31 TRUONG, HANNA          ASTE3302   400   498/  5  L12 L26 D43 W47 W46 2.5
 32 RIANDA, BEN            LARE7794   646   607/ 50  L25 W52 D45 W44 L9  2.5
 33 ANDERSON, MICHAEL      SKYG9880   698   679/ 38  W42 L1  W26 L5  L17 2.0
 34 BUKER, JOSHUA          RESE6746   552   559/ 20  W40 L7  W22 L11 L19 2.0
 35 CUI, ALLEN             HPVF9013   483   502/ 10  L2  W50 L8  L37 W44 2.0
 36 VAN CLEVE, KRISTA      HSCE9428   504   508/ 22  L1  L37 W50 W42 L23 2.0
 37 JACKSON, GALEN         ASTF5108   500   517/  5  L18 W36 L27 W35 L20 2.0
 38 DONNELLY, HANNAH       LARF7945   444   469/ 24  L4  W53 L20 W41 L21 2.0
 39 KEMP, ZACH             TENE3252   578   534/ 10  W44 L16 L25 W45 L22 2.0
 40 FRASER, LOGAN          HSCF5243   500   425/  5  L34 W51 L17 L26 W50 2.0
 41 O'DELL, ETHAN          EDIF7434   500   400/  5  L24 L49 W52 L38 W51 2.0
 42 HENDRICKSON, LATHAM    NBLE1013   400   427/  5  L33 L48 W54 L36 W49 2.0
 43 VOGEL, BREANNA         EDIE2526   400   400/ 10  L13 L22 D31 L29 W52 1.5
 44 KINNEY, JAKE           EDIF9186   500   400/  5  L39 D30 W46 L32 L35 1.5
 45 VELEZ, RACHEL          MTNE2959   400   400/ 14  L9  BYE D32 L39 L30 1.5
 46 MCLAURIN, RAINEY       SKYF5815   400   400/ 14  L6  D47 L44 W54 L31 1.5
 47 MCKAY, CODY            EDIF1673   500   400/  5  L27 D46 L30 L31 W54 1.5
 48 COX, ANDREW            ASTF2377   501   535/  8  L10 W42 L21 HPB HPB 1.5
 49 MCCLURE, TIMOTHY       LYCG5315   456   413/ 53  L14 W41 L24 L22 L42 1.0
 50 TAFT, ISRAEL           KESE3503   400   400/  5  L8  L35 L36 W53 L40 1.0
 51 EVERETT, MILES         EDIE8493   400   400/ 12  L16 L40 W53 L28 L41 1.0
 52 LOVE-SMITH, GARRETT    NBLE8018   400   400/  9  L23 L32 L41 BYE L43 1.0
 53 KNAPP, BRYN            LYCE9070   400   400/  4  L20 L38 L51 L50 BYE 1.0
 54 VOGEL, MCKAYLA         EDIE7044   400   400/  9  L21 L19 L42 L46 L47 0.0

1ST - 3RD GRADE SECTION
                                                                       
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 
  1 SOHAL, TANRAJ          BCXD7474  1294  1318/ 21  W31 W10 W26 W3  W2  5.0
  2 BROWN, KENNETH         LLLC4291  1041  1057/ 25  W12 W8  W17 W5  L1  4.0
  3 SULLIVAN, LAKE         MTNC7689   884   925/ 25  W36 W24 W7  L1  W10 4.0
  4 HAGEN, ALEX            NCSD3540   885   901/ 25  W29 L6  W9  W12 W13 4.0
  5 ENGLE, LANGSTON        LARC2668   825   890/ 35  W42 W14 W25 L2  W6  4.0
  6 DUNN, HUNTER           ECSD9733   663   840/ 58  W41 W4  W13 W26 L5  4.0
  7 RIANDA, MEGAN          LARD2570   595   760/ 45  W40 W11 L3  W27 W20 4.0
  8 ZEHNDER, RILEY         BHOB4476   665   720/ 14  W30 L2  HPB W22 W23 3.5
  9 WITECKI, IAN           ASTC9565   641   702/ 51  HPB W19 L4  W37 W17 3.5
 10 HAGEN, SAM             NCSB4461   665   691/ 20  W44 L1  W39 W28 L3  3.0
 11 BUMA, MICHAEL          HSCB3938   817   744/ 10  W18 L7  D29 D16 W19 3.0
 12 KNAPP, ROBERT          LYCC8465   450   612/ 10  L2  W30 W32 L4  W26 3.0
 13 WALLACE, CONNOR        LARD4570   851   819/ 35  W37 W33 L6  W18 L4  3.0
 14 KAECH, STONE           SKYB6398   581   601/ 44  W38 L5  L23 W34 W27 3.0
 15 WITZEL, BEN            NBLB8369   743   692/ 20  L27 W34 L18 W33 W28 3.0
 16 COOK, MAX              EDIC9657   400   605/  5  L24 D36 W42 D11 W31 3.0
 17 RIANDA, WILL           LARC2326   516   581/ 35  W21 W20 L2  D23 L9  2.5
 18 KAHLE, JIMMY           CUEB2025   400   508/ 10  L11 W21 W15 L13 D29 2.5
 19 MURPHY, COLIN          BHOC6187   541   545/ 15  D22 L9  W38 W35 L11 2.5
 20 WINTERS, ISAAC         NBLC1487   784   718/ 20  W28 L17 D37 W29 L7  2.5
 21 GOMES, MEGHAN          HSXD4181   400   466/  5  L17 L18 D30 W38 W37 2.5
 22 TRUONG, SARAH          ASTD1350   400   524/  5  D19 L28 W43 L8  W36 2.5
 23 NGUYEN, RYAN           ASTC3092   400   625/  3  HPB HPB W14 D17 L8  2.5
 24 PLAGGE, ANTHONY        SAID8303   642   673/ 13  W16 L3  W33 HPB HPB 2.5
 25 CHMELIK, BRIAN         ASTD2902   762   761/ 19  W43 W27 L5  HPB HPB 2.5
 26 DEVANGE, ISAAC         LARB6005   808   753/ 15  W39 W32 L1  L6  L12 2.0
 27 GUEVRA, GABRIEL        EDID5840   400   573/  5  W15 L25 W31 L7  L14 2.0
 28 BUTSCHLI, NICK         BLED2484   400   528/  5  L20 W22 W35 L10 L15 2.0
 29 SUTER, ANDREW          SAIB4434   428   472/ 15  L4  W41 D11 L20 D18 2.0
 30 MCLAURIN, KENNEDY      SKYD5471   400   439/  5  L8  L12 D21 W42 D32 2.0
 31 DELARA, LIAM           CUEB3580   476   457/ 14  L1  WF  L27 W40 L16 2.0
 32 THOMAS, DALTON         EDID1178   400   443/  5  W35 L26 L12 D36 D30 2.0
 33 RONSON, KATE           ASTD2576   400   404/ 19  BYE L13 L24 L15 W42 2.0
 34 JACKSON, COOPER        ASTC5576   400   419/  4  HPB L15 D36 L14 W41 2.0
 35 QUINN, AIDAN           PARC6282   550   471/ 10  L32 W43 L28 L19 W40 2.0
 36 BRANDS, TARRYN         SAIC2865   406   404/ 10  L3  D16 D34 D32 L22 1.5
 37 MILNE, MIKALE          BLED5578   400   421/ 10  L13 W40 D20 L9  L21 1.5
 38 FLYNN, RYLEY           EDIC2556   400   400/  5  L14 D42 L19 L21 W43 1.5
 39 JONES, TANNER          CARC3141   400   400/  7  L26 BYE L10 HPB HPB 1.5
 40 HELGESON, NATHANIEL    EDIB7000   400   400/  5  L7  L37 W41 L31 L35 1.0
 41 GOMES, NATHAN          HSXB6985   400   400/  5  L6  L29 L40 W43 L34 1.0
 42 ORMISTON, SHANE        MTNC1888   400   400/ 20  L5  D38 L16 L30 L33 0.5
 43 ROCKENBACH, SERENA     LARB9986   400   400/  5  L25 L35 L22 L41 L38 0.0
 44 WILSON, CALVIN         NBLB6776   400   400/  1  L10 LF  U   U   U   0.0

KINDERGARTEN GRANDMASTERS SECTION            
                                                             
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 
  1 SAWYER, JOE            LARA3528   400   794/  5  W3  D2  W4  W6  W5  4.5
  2 LENDERMAN, TAYLOR      SAIA3718   400   647/  5  W5  D1  L3  W7  W6  3.5
  3 BILLINGS, ADAM         NVYA1604   400   514/  9  L1  BYE W2  W4  D7  3.5
  4 REAVLEY, WILSON        SAIA9808   400   509/  4  W7  W6  L1  L3  BYE 3.0
  5 VAN CLEVE, TEDDY       HSCA4900   400   400/  4  L2  W7  L6  BYE L1  2.0
  6 MILNE, DEKIAH          BLEA6683   400   400/  4  HPB L4  W5  L1  L2  1.5
  7 GOO, AUDREY            ASTA6863   400   400/  4  L4  L5  BYE L2  D3  1.5



Come play with us at the Chess F.E.S.T. !

A chess tournament and playday for chessplayers of all abilities, from beginner to experienced tournament competitor, from Kindergarden through 6th grade.

State Qualifier Tournament!
Kindergarten-6th grade players with winning scores (3/5) qualify to participate in the Washington State Elementary Chess Championships on April 23, being held this year in Northwest Washington (Lynden Fairgrounds) for the first time ever. (Last year's State attracted over 1000 players!)

The Mind's The Limit Between chess games, the F.E.S.T. fun includes:

  • The two Skyline Super Slides
  • Jump Tent
  • Supervised play in the Skyline playground and fields
  • Bughouse chess in the Solarium
  • On-site concessions

Can't play all day? Play part of the day then! Players can receive two half-point byes for the morning (or other) rounds upon request.

The F.E.S.T. is a joint effort of the Custer Elementary Chess Club, Mountain View Elementary Chess Club and Skyline Elementary Chess Club.



Site: Skyline Elementary School, 2225 Thornton Rd, Ferndale. (Map, directions below.)

Two playing sections: K-3rd grades, 4th-6th grades. (If we have six or more Kindergarten players, they'll play in a separate, third section.)

Format: Five round Swiss (no elimination). Game/30 (maximum one hour for each game.) Tournament rated by the Washington Scholastic Rating System. Pairings by computer.

Schedule: Check-in 8:45 - 9:15am at the Skyline gym. Opening ceremonies at 9:20am. Approximate start times for each round: 10:00, 11:20, (lunch break), 12:50, 2:10, 3:30. Awards ceremony 4:50pm. Note: If a player can't play the morning rounds, they can receive a half-point "bye" (tie game score) for the rounds missed. Must be requested in advance.

Individual awards for top scorers in each section. All Kindergarten and 1st grade players who complete all five rounds will receive a certificate at the least. Ties broken by computer as per WHSCA rules.

Top teams (based on top four players from a school) awarded in each section. A team shall consist of students enrolled in a school for the 2004-05 school year (as per State Elem. and WHSCA State rules).

Bring: Chess boards/sets for the non-tournament ("skittles") area. Chess clock if you have one. Clubs, we could use your clocks for the 4th-6th grade section, thanks. Colorful Thoughts

TO ENTER: Advance entry recommended. Entry fee $10 if entry information and fee received in advance, $16 at the door. Advance entries must be mailed in with entry fee enclosed, and must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, March 30. All players must check-in the morning of the tourney between 8:45 and 9:15. Make check to Custer PTO. Mail entries to:
.....Custer Elementary PTO / Chess
.....7660 Custer School Rd
.....Custer WA 98240
Include the following: Student's Full Name, Address, School, Grade, Phone, Email, T-shirt info if desired.

T-SHIRT OPTION: If you would like a Chess F.E.S.T. T-shirt, include an extra $12 with your entry. Indicate size (youth size) desired: S, M, L, or XL.

Further information: Visit the Northwest Washington Scholastic Chess website at http://mysite.verizon.net/kaech/ , email Emily Sullivan at melksullivan@aol.com, or phone 312-1737.

---> One page F.E.S.T. tournament flyer with entry form in printer-friendly .rtf format

The form below is optional -- as long as the same information is included in your entry, that's fine.


FERNDALE ELEMENTARY SPRING TOURNAMENT 2005 ENTRY FORM

Yes, I want to play at the Chess F.E.S.T. !

Name_________________________________________  Grade_________

Address______________________________________________________

School_______________________________________________________

Phone___________  Email______________________________________

T-Shirt: No___  Yes___ Youth Size: ___ 


Ferndale Elementary Spring Tournament FAQ

Skyline Map

How do I get to Skyline Elementary?
Directions: Take I-5 Exit 262. Go west about one mile to downtown Ferndale. Turn right on 3rd, go one block and take the next left onto Vista Drive. At the next stop sign (one mile up the hill) Skyline Elementary is on the left, at the Vista/Thornton intersection. (If perchance the Skyline parking lot fills, go 100 yards back down Vista Drive to park in the Vista Middle School lot.)

I don't know how to play chess. Is it hard?
Easy to learn, hard to master. Now's a great time to learn! Have a friend show you! Or read (then print) 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?
Sure! Come enjoy the F.E.S.T. 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 play.

I've never played in a tournament. I'm nervous! What do I do?
Have fun and enjoy the competition! You might check out Hey Kids, It's Tournament Time!, a helpful article by the Lakeridge Elementary Chess Club in Seattle.

Do I have to write down the moves?
No! But it's a smart thing to do, and you will see some players doing it. If you want 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.

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".

How many games will I play?
All players will play five rounds, win or lose. With Swiss pairings, there's no elimination, and you'll always play someone with the same score as yourself (with a few exceptions). So for example, if in the first three rounds you have one win and two losses, you'll play someone else with one win and two losses in the 4th round.

Will we use chess clocks? How do they work?
Yes, we'll use clocks in the upper section and on the upper boards in the lower section, as they are available. 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 will get 30 minutes, thus ensuring that no game goes over an hour. If a player uses up all 30 minutes, it's a loss just like checkmate. If a game without a clock goes really long, the TD (tournament director) may place a clock on that game. So bring a chess clock if you have one, but if you don't, that's okay.

Where did Black go wrong? Will concessions be available?
Yes. Thank you Mountain View Chess Club! So you can bring either a sack lunch, or lunch money.

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

Can I turn in the entry form and fee to my teacher?
No, all advance entries must be mailed in, with a postmark of March 30 or before.

Is this tourney 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 Washington State Elementary School Championships. Last year it was held in Bellevue and saw over 1000 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-3 players." The F.E.S.T. is a qualifier for State. A list of qualifying players can be found at the WHSCA website.

This school year's Washington State Elementary Chess Championships will be held in our area for the first time ever. It will be held at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden on Saturday, April 23, 2005.


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

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