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CHESS JAM 2005
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2005
FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL
Congratulations to Grand Champion Jason Lee of Vancouver BC, and to Junior
Co-Champions Sterling Dietz and Thomas Witecki (now only 1 rating point apart!)
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 rd6 tot
1 LEE, JASON BCXM5975 1926 1934/ 67 BYE W6 W4 W5 W2 W3 6.0
2 VAN WEERDHUIZEN, LANE LYEK3644 1640 1657/407 BYE W7 W9 W4 L1 W5 5.0
3 JORDAN, MARK HSCK8865 1154 1164/ 91 BYE L8 W18 W7 W13 L1 4.0
4 HERNANDEZ, JOHN BHML1410 1182 1213/ 34 BYE W12 L1 L2 W14 W8 4.0
5 CHOW, LO-CHING BCXJ7791 1751 1716/ 19 BYE W10 W11 L1 W12 L2 4.0
6 NYBERG, NICK SNOM9021 1111 1124/ 46 BYE L1 W15 W14 L8 W12 4.0
7 NELSON, BRAD FERL9746 1094 1107/140 BYE L2 W17 L3 W16 W11 4.0
8 PRESZLER, DAVID LYEK9705 1005 1093/108 BYE W3 L10 W11 W6 L4 4.0
9 FRANZ, SCOTT FERK5514 1133 1119/ 92 BYE W14 L2 L12 W15 D10 3.5
10 DEIERLING, ERIC SNOM1605 1099 1096/ 26 BYE L5 W8 L13 W17 D9 3.5
11 BLANKERS, ZACH MRDJ8382 1126 1099/ 75 BYE W13 L5 L8 W18 L7 3.0
12 BAKKE, BOB SEDL4074 1029 1033/ 72 BYE L4 W20 W9 L5 L6 3.0
13 BURR, TONY FERL3341 973 960/139 BYE L11 W16 W10 L3 L14 3.0
14 ARONSON, PHILIP BHMJ9646 907 913/ 61 BYE L9 W23 L6 L4 W13 3.0
15 ABBOTT, GRAHAM SEDJ1257 872 881/ 86 U W21 L6 W20 L9 W22 3.0
16 LANGBERG, ORION SMTJ8960 701 744/114 U W22 L13 W23 L7 W21 3.0
17 VANDEHOEF, DUSTIN LYEK3466 705 755/ 44 U W25 L7 W21 L10 W19 3.0
18 RUDOLPH, MORGAN SEDL9297 847 862/ 59 U W24 L3 W19 L11 W20 3.0
19 KLEWIADA, ERIC BHMJ9745 696 667/127 U L20 W22 L18 W23 L17 2.0
20 ROOT, BRADY FERJ9289 698 695/ 50 U W19 L12 L15 W25 L18 2.0
21 TAKETA, TYLER SHMM4620 694 657/ 26 U L15 W26 L17 W24 L16 2.0
22 SHERMAN, SHEILA FERK4421 408 451/ 36 U L16 L19 W24 W26 L15 2.0
23 PHILLIPS, LEVI SEDJ2560 667 628/ 52 U W26 L14 L16 L19 W25 2.0
24 COMLEY, CODY FERK4891 522 445/ 21 U L18 W25 L22 L21 L26 1.0
25 LI, JEFFREY FERK5868 1000 400/ 5 U L17 L24 W26 L20 L23 1.0
26 MORELL, PAUL FERJ4517 400 400/ 24 U L23 L21 L25 L22 W24 1.0
JUNIOR DIVISION
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 rd6 rd7 tot
1 DIETZ, STERLING LYEI1695 1523 1529/243 W16 W26 W36 W7 D2 W6 W5 6.5
2 WITECKI, THOMAS ASTG8805 1518 1528/293 W32 W19 W30 W5 D1 W3 W17 6.5
3 BLANKERS, ELI LYCG8258 1000 1090/ 63 W25 W24 D15 W12 W4 L2 W14 5.5
4 DUNLAP, ALEXANDER SMHG2795 947 1026/ 30 W44 W54 W18 D6 L3 W12 W13 5.5
5 VANDERVEEN, WILLIAM LYEH4049 955 1037/ 68 W31 W33 W23 L2 W19 W7 L1 5.0
6 FERRER, ANTHONY MBMH5508 1007 1034/ 47 W55 W21 W20 D4 W14 L1 D10 5.0
7 DYKSTRA, NATHANIEL WHCH1761 1000 1022/111 W38 W9 W37 L1 W20 L5 W21 5.0
8 GRISHCHUK, ALEX KULI6097 933 929/ 30 W28 L23 W25 W33 L10 W24 W19 5.0
9 RICHARD, ADAM SMHG3620 771 893/ 98 W47 L7 W28 L11 W43 W36 W20 5.0
10 BENNETT, JORDAN LYEH9046 830 875/ 73 W51 L18 W44 W37 W8 D13 D6 5.0
11 PASH, DAVID LYEH4408 923 912/ 28 W34 L37 W38 W9 L27 W33 W22 5.0
12 CHANG, MIKAYLA ASTD4703 1151 1104/109 W53 W22 D14 L3 W23 L4 W27 4.5
13 BUTTERFIELD, NICHOLAS SMHG3413 978 965/143 W45 L14 W16 W24 W36 D10 L4 4.5
14 PETERSEN, JAKE LYCG2217 731 905/ 61 W64 W13 D12 W15 L6 W30 L3 4.5
15 KURTIS, BEN ASTF9744 872 883/201 W63 W29 D3 L14 L30 W31 W39 4.5
16 LARSEN, TANNER CEEG2797 668 792/ 12 L1 W50 L13 W52 D39 W49 W30 4.5
17 BINDER, DEREK FHVH8526 1238 1239/188 BYE HPB U W31 W18 W27 L2 4.5
18 CHOI, DAVID BCXF3558 565 738/ 14 W39 W10 L4 W22 L17 L20 W40 4.0
19 JENSEN, SCHUYLER SMHG2489 827 835/189 W50 L2 W45 W32 L5 W29 L8 4.0
20 TILBURY, NEAL TENE4009 850 851/ 99 W46 W59 L6 W47 L7 W18 L9 4.0
21 VONFELDT, JUSTIN ASTH3157 797 802/ 62 W43 L6 L31 W34 W32 W28 L7 4.0
22 GRISHCHUK, ILYA KULI1912 793 786/ 25 W52 L12 W63 L18 W25 W38 L11 4.0
23 JOHNSON, JON BHOF8199 700 767/ 16 W60 W8 L5 D30 L12 D40 W42 4.0
24 RYBKA, FENTON ASTH9100 708 728/ 96 W41 L3 W51 L13 W50 L8 W38 4.0
25 BRUGGE, MATT FHVH7159 577 682/ 55 L3 W52 L8 W51 L22 W43 W36 4.0
26 KUKSENKO, ALEX CEEG9178 812 750/ 12 W61 L1 W34 L27 L38 W48 W44 4.0
27 BENISH, SETH SMHF4708 701 765/103 W62 L36 W61 W26 W11 L17 L12 4.0
28 ESSER, DYLAN FHVH3849 540 687/ 9 L8 W58 L9 W60 W54 L21 W37 4.0
29 BENNETT, JEFFREY LYEH9896 671 679/ 66 W56 L15 L47 W61 W41 L19 W46 4.0
30 VARTANYAN, ARTHUR LARE3739 899 875/ 22 W48 W35 L2 D23 W15 L14 L16 3.5
31 HARTZ, KEYNAN SMHF4773 565 698/ 36 L5 W41 W21 L17 D40 L15 W49 3.5
32 ERDMAN, KONNOR CEEG7010 627 665/ 22 L2 W43 W39 L19 L21 D35 W50 3.5
33 ANDERSON, MICHAEL SKYG9880 705 698/ 33 W58 L5 W60 L8 W42 L11 D34 3.5
34 GEORGE, WATSON EAGF5247 514 579/ 17 L11 W56 L26 L21 W60 W54 D33 3.5
35 ABBOTT, ALEXANDER NBLG2280 466 563/ 21 W49 L30 L54 L40 W56 D32 W55 3.5
36 CHANG, RYAN ASTF4006 891 847/126 W42 W27 L1 W54 L13 L9 L25 3.0
37 DUNLAP, ADAM SMHE9626 707 700/ 26 W57 W11 L7 L10 L47 W41 L28 3.0
38 HESSELGRAVE, GEORGE SAIG6907 575 599/ 32 L7 W57 L11 W59 W26 L22 L24 3.0
39 LIN, ADAM NORF8095 961 787/ 12 L18 W42 L32 W49 D16 D46 L15 3.0
40 GONZALEZ, KRIS CEEF5406 758 665/ 12 L54 L63 W46 W35 D31 D23 L18 3.0
41 BULLOCK, DEVONNE CEEG3827 600 546/ 7 L24 L31 W48 W45 L29 L37 W59 3.0
42 NESE, ANDREW CEEG3872 484 545/ 12 L36 L39 W58 W53 L33 W45 L23 3.0
43 BRENNICK, HUNTER LYEH3966 700 596/ 7 L21 L32 W62 W55 L9 L25 W54 3.0
44 TOLLIVER, ALEX FHVH8387 549 539/ 62 L4 W62 L10 L50 W61 W57 L26 3.0
45 SCHACHT, JOSH ASTE2024 571 548/ 22 L13 W64 L19 L41 W52 L42 W57 3.0
46 MCCLURE, TIMOTHY LYCG5315 463 522/ 43 L20 D49 L40 W64 W55 D39 L29 3.0
47 SANDS, AIDEN CUEE9035 400 794/ 5 L9 W55 W29 L20 W37 HPB U 3.0
48 RICCI, CODY LYEH8157 499 463/ 24 L30 L60 L41 BYE W59 L26 W58 3.0
49 JENSEN, JULIA SMHE2491 888 759/119 L35 D46 W59 L39 W53 L16 L31 2.5
50 PAWLOWSKI, JOHN LYCF2086 412 452/ 11 L19 L16 BYE W44 L24 D53 L32 2.5
51 VIENS, SERENA CEEF4111 433 449/ 12 L10 W53 L24 L25 L57 D52 W61 2.5
52 LOOPER, JOSHUA HSCI4685 800 472/ 7 L22 L25 W56 L16 L45 D51 W62 2.5
53 GERARD, ETHAN CARF1472 610 515/ 12 L12 L51 W64 L42 L49 D50 W60 2.5
54 OK, ALEX KULG5945 727 647/ 37 W40 L4 W35 L36 L28 L34 L43 2.0
55 KOTT, ALEXANDER NVYF5962 588 525/ 22 L6 L47 W57 L43 L46 W56 L35 2.0
56 HINDS, BRITTANY CEEF6083 500 400/ 7 L29 L34 L52 W58 L35 L55 W64 2.0
57 JONES, THOMAS EDIE6446 400 400/ 7 L37 L38 L55 W62 W51 L44 L45 2.0
58 EVERETT, MILES EDIE8493 400 400/ 7 L33 L28 L42 L56 W64 W62 L48 2.0
59 HARKSELL, ERIC CEEG3096 400 400/ 11 BYE L20 L49 L38 L48 W64 L41 2.0
60 GARCIA, JULIO CEEF4219 500 400/ 7 L23 W48 L33 L28 L34 D61 L53 1.5
61 ROBERTS, MELISSA VSTI4653 400 400/ 13 L26 BYE L27 L29 L44 D60 L51 1.5
62 NORTHOUSE, JOSH CEEF1727 500 400/ 6 L27 L44 L43 L57 BYE L58 L52 1.0
63 MELLAND, JACOB VSTH9212 464 495/ 19 L15 W40 L22 U U U U 1.0
64 ANDERSON, BETHANY SKYE3355 400 400/ 7 L14 L45 L53 L46 L58 L59 L56 0.0
Presenting the eighth annual....
International Chess Jam 2005
Youth Chess Playday and Tournaments
Saturday, February 12, 2005
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!
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 Northwest Washington for the first time ever. (Last year's State attracted over 1000 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. 12, $13 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.
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 2005 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.
Last Year's Results -- 101 Players
Jason Lee, Lo-Ching Chow are Grand Champions
The 8th Annual International CHESS JAM 2005 - 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 2005 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 most likely 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 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 (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 23, 2005 in Lynden, Washington.
Parents, check out the Parents FAQ on the NW Wa. Elementary School Chess page
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