Scholastic Results

Scholastic Results 01/26/02
Index
09-27-98	Harvard Scholastic Open
09-25-98	Waltham Back-to-School Scholastic
03-15-98	Massachusetts Scholastic Team Championships
03-08-98	The Rhode Island Scholastic Singles Championships
03-01-98	Northeast Scholastic Team Standings
03-01-98	Southeast Scholastic Team Standings
03-01-98	Central Scholastic Team Standings
01-21-98	District Scholastic Championships
02-08-98	Spiegel Cup (State Finals)
01-21-98	New England Junior Four Player Team Championship
	Mass. Grade Championships
11-16-97	Fall Foliage Festival

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Harvard Scholastic Open

September 27, 1998

High School Standings

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Igor Pedan	1276	1299	W2	W6	W3	W5	W4	5
2	Paul E. Grabowski	1158	1168	L1	W4	W6	W3	W5	4
3	Dennis Lui	unr.	1043	W4	W5	L1	L2	W6	3
4	Erik C Savage	812	827	L3	L2	W5	W6	L1	2
5	Adam M Gent	unr.	763	W6	L3	L4	L1	L2	1
6	Scott B Silver	766	726	L5	L1	L2	L4	L3	0

Junior High Standings

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Joseph B Caldwell	1123	1165	W7	D3	W5	W2	31/2
2	Christo Estremera	1076	1113	W6	W5	W4	L1	3
3	Shauna Tracy	1056	1085	W10	D1	W7	D4	3
4	Rudolf T Hersh	1110	1106	W11	W9	L2	D3	21/2
5	Ben Jacobs	1242	1209	W8	L2	L1	W6	2
6	Douglas J Arcand	952	968	L2	W8	W9	L5	2
7	David Chamberlain	992	983	L1	W11	L3	B---	2
8	Bernard Faucher	1014	1014	L5	L6	W10	W11	2
9	Giulio Pertile	875	875	B---	L4	L6	W10	2
10	Emeric Bojarski	932	891	L3	B---	L8	L9	1
11	Simon Leavitt	954	917	L4	L7	B---	L8	1

Elementary Standings

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Julia Kerr	849	891	W19	W22	W9	W4	4
2	Meldonique Patterson	816	836	D21	W27	W11	W3	31/2
3	Stephanie Filipek	684	749	W24	W6	W8	L2	3
4	Roman Pedan	842	874	W28	W10	W5	L1	3
5	Colin Zwanziger	894	904	W23	W12	L4	W9	3
6	Christopher Chapman	847	862	W25	L3	W22	W13	3
7	Jason A Paul	823	843	L22	W23	W20	W10	3
8	Kerk Soursourian	955	936	W16	D11	L3	W12	21/2
9	Robert Helm	unr.	837	W17	W15	L1	L5	2
10	Travis Chui	1088	1043	W20	L4	W17	L7	2
11	Jonathan Viola	827	809	W26	D8	L2	D14	2
12	Steve Wagner	724	763	W13	L5	W24	L8	2
13	Jason Brown	1152	1098	L12	W21	W14	L6	2
14	Alex H Lee	590	628	D15	W18	L13	D11	2
15	Russell Paul	872	844	D14	L9	W16	D18	2
16	Alex Filipek	707	708	L8	W26	L15	W22	2
17	Alexandra Schultz	733	738	L9	W19	L10	W23	2
18	Pascual Plotkin	unr.	656	D27	L14	W21	D15	2
19	Nicole Al Faucher	555	570	L1	L17	X---	W24	2
20	Andrew Heck	708	709	L10	W28	L7	W25	2
21	Alvin Kerber	unr.	607	D2	L13	L18	W27	11/2
22	Nicholas D Mandryk	unr.	606	W7	L1	L6	L16	1
23	Anthony Estremera	630	611	L5	L7	W27	L17	1
24	Joseph Chiccarelli	931	855	L3	W25	L12	L19	1
25	Stephanie Lee	543	538	L6	L24	W28	L20	1
26	Nicholas Gosselin	395	407	L11	L16	F---	W28	1
27	Tom Schultz	380	375	D18	L2	L23	L21	1/2
28	Jennifer Lee	459	419	L4	L20	L25	L26	0

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Waltham Back-to-School Scholastic

held at the Waltham Chess Club, Waltham, MA September 25, 1998

Post-ratings are UNOFFICIAL

High School/ Junior High Standings

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Ben Jacobs	1242	1261	9	W4	W2	W3	3
2	Daniel Steingard	931	950	4	W3	L1	D4	11/2
3	John Solman	unr.	954	10	L2	W4	L1	1
4	Luke Alonso White	1089	1051	8	L1	L3	D2	1/2

Elementary (4-6) Standings

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Ilya Rozonoyer	1168	1183	5	W9	W10	W6	3
2	Nicholas Mandryk	unr.	1422	6	W3	W7	W5	3
3	Joseph Chiccarelli	931	943	4	L2	W9	W11	2
4	Meldonique Patterson	816	857	6	W6	L5	W7	2
5	Robert Helm	unr.	1127	6	W8	W4	L2	2
6	Stanislav Moroz	unr.	810	4	L4	W8	L1	1
7	Jason Brown	905	887		W11	L2	L4	1
8	Christopher Chapman	847	836		L5	L6	W10	1
9	Jonathan Viola	827	812	4	L1	L3	B---	1
10	Nicholas Gosselin	395	395	5	W12	L1	L8	1
11	Marie Solman	unr.	518	6	L7	B---	L3	1
12	Nicole Solman	unr.	0		L10	U---	U---	0

Primary (K-3) Standings

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Julia Kerr	849	862	3	W3	W4	W2	3
2	Alexandra Schultz	unr.	582	2	W7	W5	L1	2
3	Miguel Pascuel Plotkin	unr.	541	1	L1	W7	B---	2
4	Thomas Schultz	unr.	371	1	W6	L1	D5	11/2
5	Nicole Solman	unr.	249	3	B---	L2	D4	11/2
6	Bryan Chase	unr.	49	1	L4	B---	U---	1
7	Mike Chase	unr.	49	3	L2	L3	U---	0

TD: Michael Gosselin

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Massachusetts Scholastic Team Championships

played 15 March 1998, in Palmer, MA

Note: post-ratings are OFFICIAL

High School

#	Name	TnmtRat	PreRate	PstRate	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	Game Points
1	The Bancroft School	750			L4	L3	L2	0	2
1	Kurt Hagstrom	992	1040	1060	L14	L10	L5	0
2	Sam Epstein	unr.	890	1211	L15	L11	W6	1
3	Derek B Haas	unr.	676	862	L16	W12	L7	1
4	Anthony Belanger	unr.	0	1025	L17	L13	L8	0
2	Newton North	1539			W3	W4	W2	3	81/2
5	Jay F Bacow	1670	1645	1624	L10	D14	W1	11/2
6	Adam Taub	1633	1737	1726	W11	W15	L2	2
7	Jeffrey Scheur	1457	1663	1650	W12	L16	W3	2
8	Leonid Shmuylovich	1370	1506	1531	W13	W17	W4	3
9	Todd Morton	1397	1434	1422	L18	U---	U---	0
3	Amherst	1033			L2	W1	L4	1	4
10	Adi Ganz	1265	1265	1299	W5	W1	L14	2
11	Brian Calabrese	1136	1136	1153	L6	W2	L15	1
12	Jonathan Lawall	891	891	924	L7	L3	L16	0
13	Brian Seeve	unr.	0	1195	L8	W4	L18	1
4	Cambridge Rindge & Latin	1699			W1	L2	W3	2	91/2
14	Jeff Magid	1814	1785	1781	W1	D5	W10	21/2
15	Lu Yin	1779	1800	1783	W2	L6	W11	2
16	Adam Fogel	1690	1716	1730	W3	W7	W12	3
17	Daniel Bock	1516	1560	1543	W4	L8	U---	1
18	Bruk Endale	1488	1523	1539	W9	U---	W13	2

Junior High

#	Name	TnmtRat	PreRate	PstRate	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	Game Points
1	Cambridge Rindge & Latin	922			D4	W3	W2	21/2	9
1	Jake I Alexander	1130	1108	1131	L14	W10	W6	2
2	Arash Namo Vedaie	882	964	987	W15	W11	L7	2
3	James A Crawford	864	1238	1259	W16	W12	W8	3
4	Dayin Chen	unr.	996	992	L17	U---	W9	1
5	Sameer Tiwari	unr.	826	857	U---	W13	U---	1
2	Edward Devotion	1023			W3	L4	L1	1	4
6	Kurti Monnier	1172	1210	1195	W10	L14	L1	1
7	Jonathan Hessney	1100	1045	1062	W11	L15	W2	2
8	Ethan Hessney	936	972	966	W12	L16	L3	1
9	Emma Kruskal	unr.	691	646	L13	L17	L4	0
3	Amherst	947			L2	L1	L4	0	2
10	Jonathan Chang	1022	1022	1032	L6	L1	W14	1
11	Rob Jaspersohn	unr.	0	727	L7	L2	L15	0
12	Kim Haynes	unr.	0	736	L8	L3	L16	0
13	Richie Zhang	unr.	0	764	W9	L5	L17	1
4	Parker Essential	729			D1	W2	W3	21/2	9
14	Matthew Meyers	804	1606	1580	W1	W6	L10	2
15	Sean Ting	unr.	1356	1333	L2	W7	W11	2
16	Jeremy Wong	unr.	1197	1192	L3	W8	W12	2
17	Ted Matson	unr.	1189	1201	W4	W9	W13	3

Elementary

#	Name	TnmtRat	PreRate	PstRate	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	Game Points
1	Amherst	887			D4	L3	D2	1	5
1	Johnny Higginson	879	879	863	L14	L10	L5	0
2	Daniel Immerman	873	873	821	L15	L11	L6	0
3	Davy Calabrese	834	834	849	W16	L12	W7	2
4	John Pastorello	965	965	983	W17	W13	W9	3
2	Charter School (Somerville)	1052			W3	W4	D1	21/2	81/2
5	Gabriel R Young	1616	1618	1621	W10	W14	W1	3
6	Amanda Filipek	915	869	924	W11	W15	W2	3
7	Daniel Oshima	unr.	909	882	D12	W16	L3	11/2
8	Michael Oshima	unr.	744	744	U---	L18	U---	0
9	Zachary Kostopoulos	unr.	307	703	W13	U---	L4	1
3	Edward Devotion	901			L2	W1	W4	2	61/2
10	Mark Harris	1031	1031	1028	L5	W1	L14	1
11	Dana Monnier	898	896	915	L6	W2	W15	2
12	Wesley Chan	890	866	917	D7	W3	W16	21/2
13	Jarrad Bry Fallon	814	836	806	L9	L4	W17	1
4	Groton-Dunstable	1012			D1	L2	L3	1/2	4
14	Rudolf T Hersh	1110	1131	1146	W1	L5	W10	2
15	Scott McCaffrey	1030	1066	1025	W2	L6	L11	1
16	Doug Starbird	unr.	847	693	L3	L7	L12	0
17	Dan Callahan	unr.	346	423	L4	U---	L13	0
18	Brian Belley	unr.	0	1144	U---	W8	U---	1

Primary

#	Name	TnmtRat	PreRate	PstRate	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	Game Points
1	Groton-Dunstable	unr.			L4	W3	W2	2	81/2
1	Thomas Mann	unr.	1250	1097	L12	W10	W6	2
2	Alex McKinnon	unr.	850	705	L14	W11	L7	1
3	Kyle Jacobsen	unr.	950	958	D15	B---	W8	21/2
4	Matt Belley	unr.	0	1001	W16	B---	W9	3
5	Noah Kent	unr.	0	100	U---	U---	L16	0
2	Milton Academy	709			W3	W4	L2	2	71/2
6	Izak B Shapiro	859	859	897	W10	W12	L1	2
7	Steve Wagner	724	755	784	W11	W13	W2	3
8	Timothy Corkum	740	709	698	B---	D14	L3	11/2
9	Leif Jacobsen	514	514	516	B---	L15	L4	1
3	Ware	464			L2	L1	L3	0	0
10	Bryan St Germain	985	984	941	L6	L1	L12	0
11	Ryan Sprague	341	341	333	L7	L2	L13	0
4	Horace Mann	751			W1	L2	W3	2	8
12	Timothy Abbot	997	1007	1023	W1	L6	W10	2
13	Jesse G Held	835	684	675	U---	L7	W11	1
14	Andrezej Weyman	612	729	731	W2	D8	L15	11/2
15	Tommy Liu	unr.	805	846	D3	W9	W14	21/2
16	Maksim Tabochnik	unr.	427	452	L4	U---	W5	1

TDs: Tom Filipek and Chris Chase

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Northeast Scholastic Team Standings

played 1 March 1998, in East Boston, MA

Note: post-ratings are OFFICIAL

High School/Jr. High

#	Name	TnmtRat	PreRate	PstRate	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	Game Points
1	Everett High School	904			L2	D4	L3	W5	11/2	6
1	Brian J Bouvier	1047	1116	1110	L5	W13	L9	W17	2
2	Maciej Wojnar	909	970	1087	L6	W14	W10	W18	3
3	Alicia Heredia	unr.	537	699	L7	L15	L11	W19	1
4	Phil Messina	unr.	0	702	L8	L16	L12	L20	0
2	Cambridge Rindge & Latin A	1648			W1	W6	W4	W3	4	16
5	Jeff Magid	1812	1783	1785	W1	W21	W13	W9	4
6	Lu Yin	1779	1798	1800	W2	W22	W14	W10	4
7	Daniel Bock	1512	1557	1560	W3	W24	W15	W11	4
8	Bruk Endale	1488	1520	1523	W4	W25	W16	W12	4
3	Cambridge Rindge & Latin C	767			L6	W5	W1	L2	2	61/2
9	Ben Bruckner	872	1054	1094	W21	W17	W1	L5	3
10	Ariful Gani	782	812	793	L22	L18	L2	L6	0
11	Stanley Chen	unr.	781	818	L23	D19	W3	L7	11/2
12	Jacob Eggers	unr.	980	993	L24	W20	W4	L8	2
4	Cambridge Rindge & Latin B	975			W5	D1	L2	D6	2	7
13	Emilio Flores	1043	998	980	W17	L1	L5	L21	1
14	Edward B Colby	998	1169	1121	L18	L2	L6	L23	0
15	Alex Carrara	935	1022	1045	W19	W3	L7	W24	3
16	Bushra Makiya	923	948	976	W20	W4	L8	W25	3
5	Marblehead High School	unr.			L4	L3	W6	L1	1	6
17	Scott Kaplan	unr.	0	671	L13	L9	L21	L1	0
18	Stanislav Gorelits	unr.	0	1208	W14	W10	W22	L2	3
19	Matt Greenberg	unr.	0	741	L15	D11	D23	L3	1
20	Dmitriy Mednikov	unr.	0	870	L16	L12	W25	W4	2
6	Cambridge Rindge & Latin D	917			W3	L2	L5	D4	21/2	61/2
21	Jake I Alexander	1108	1114	1108	L9	L5	W17	W13	2
22	Arash Namo Vedaie	882	962	964	W10	L6	L18	U---	1
23	James A Crawford	864	1236	1238	W11	U---	D19	W14	21/2
24	Dayin Chen	unr.	781	818	W12	L7	U---	L15	1
25	Sameer Tiwari	unr.	863	826	U---	L8	L20	L16	0

Elementary

#	Name	TnmtRat	PreRate	PstRate	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	Game Points
1	Charter School (Somerville)	1052			D2	L2	W2	D2	2	8
1	Gabriel R Young	1616	1616	1618	W6	W7	W8	W9	4
2	Amanda Filipek	915	915	869	L7	L6	W9	L8	1
3	Daniel Oshima	unr.	1009	909	W8	L9	L6	W7	2
4	Zachary Kastopoulos	unr.	0	307	U---	L8	U---	U---	0
5	Michael Oshima	unr.	0	744	L9	U---	W7	L6	1
2	Medford	849			D1	W1	L1	D1	2	8
6	Bernard Faucher	1014	1014	1042	L1	W2	W3	W5	3
7	David Chamberlain	992	992	923	W2	L1	L5	L3	1
8	Alex Filipek	707	707	726	L3	W4	L1	W2	2
9	Stephanie Filipek	684	684	720	W5	W3	L2	L1	2

Primary

#	Name	TnmtRat	PreRate	PstRate	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Horace Mann	767
1	Timothy Abbot	1047	1047	1007	W2	W4	L3	W5	L6	3
2	Jesse G Held	741	741	684	L1	L6	L4	L3	W5	1
3	Andrzej Weyman	unr.	622	729	W6	W5	W1	W2	L4	4
4	Tommy Liu	607	651	805	W5	L1	W2	W6	W3	4
5	Maksim Tabachnik	unr.	0	427	L4	L3	L6	L1	L2	0
6	Jeff Balbuena	unr.	0	849	L3	W2	W5	L4	W1	3

TDs: Tom Filipek and Chris Chase

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Southeast Scholastic Team Standings

played 1 March 1998 in South Boston, MA

Summary of crosstables below

The K-3 Primary section was won by Milton Academy (Milton) with a score of 2 1/2-1/2 over Edward Devotion (Brookline) with a score of 2 1/2-1/2 ona tie break. Playing on the Milton Academy team were Izak Shapiro, Steve Wagner, Daniel Corkum, and Samuel Watts.

The 4-6 Elementary section was won by Edward Devotion (Brookline) with score of 3 1/2-1/2 over Memorial Spauling (Newton) who scored 3-1. Playing on the Edward Devoton team were Mark Harris, Danna Monnier, Wesley Chan and Jarred Fallon.

The 7-9 Junior High section was won by the Edward Devotion (Brookline) on a tie break over Holy Name (Fall River). Playing on the Edward Devotion team were Kurtie Monnier, Jonathan Hessney, Ethan Hessney, and E. Kruskal.

The 10-12 High School section was won Newton North (Newton) with a score of 3-0 over Needham "A". Playing on Newton North were Jay Bacow, Jeff Scheur, Leo Shmuylavich, and Todd Morton.

This team competition took place on March 1, 1998 at Savio Hall in East Boston. Volunteering to help were Bill Aulson of Chelmsford, Steve Frymer of Lexington, and Fr. Richard Cressman. Gus Gosselin was the director.

Note: post-ratings are UNOFFICIAL

High School

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	Game Points
1	Newton North	1537		W4	W6	W2	3	11
1	Jay F Bacow	1661	1633	W13	W21	L5	2
2	Jeffrey Scheur	1616	1627	W14	W22	W6	3
3	Leonid Shmuylovich	1462	1498	W15	W23	W7	3
4	Todd Morton	1397	1407	W16	W24	W8	3
2	Needham "A"	1230		W5	W3	L1	2	8
5	Luis Abrishamian	1206	1267	W17	W9	W1	3
6	Kai Matsumiya	1251	1245	D18	W10	L2	11/2
7	Kevin H Li	1443	1419	D19	W11	L3	11/2
8	Mike N Litrownik	1020	1022	W20	W12	L4	2
3		889		L6	L2	L4	0	11/2
9	Steve Milder	1175	1136	L21	L5	D13	1/2
10	Kunal Shah	844	859	L22	L6	W14	1
11	Ed O'Brien	unr.	789	L23	L7	L15	0
12	Sam Jacob	unr.	604	L24	L8	L16	0
4		907		L1	L5	W3	1	4
13	Christopher Chao	1033	1046	L1	D17	D9	1
14	Ji Hoon Hwang	915	888	L2	L18	L10	0
15	David Chang	unr.	1182	L3	L19	W11	1
16	Phillip Ho	unr.	1012	L4	W20	W12	2
5		Unr.		L2	W4	L6	1	41/2
17	John Lee	unr.	1219	L5	D13	W21	11/2
18	Eli Lederman	unr.	1132	D6	W14	L22	11/2
19	Victor Lee	unr.	1189	D7	W15	L23	11/2
20	Ben Casselman	unr.	604	L8	L16	L24	0
6		Unr.		W3	L1	W5	2	7
21	Martin Lund	unr.	1118	W9	L1	L17	1
22	Matt Hudson	unr.	1381	W10	L2	W18	2
23	Alex Demidov	unr.	1449	W11	L3	W19	2
24	Gary Kazanstsev	unr.	1012	W12	L4	W20	2

Junior High

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	Game Points
1	Edward Devotion	1027		W2	W2	L2	L2	2	91/2
1	Kurti Monnier	1189	1188	W5	W6	D7	W8	31/2
2	Jonathan Hessney	1100	1059	W6	W7	L8	L5	2
3	Ethan Hessney	936	945	W7	W8	W5	L6	3
4	Emma Kruskal	unr.	643	W8	L5	L6	L7	1
2	Holy Name (Fall River)	669		L2	L2	W2	W2	2	61/2
5	Eric M Burgess	998	995	L1	W4	L3	W2	2
6	Liz Da Costa	unr.	892	L2	L1	W4	W3	2
7	Ryan Hockert-Lotz	493	528	L3	L2	D1	W4	11/2
8	Matthew Margetta	unr.	692	L4	L3	W2	L1	1

Elementary

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	Game Points
1	Edward Devotion	905		W6	W2	W4	D5	31/2	111/2
1	Mark Harris	1031	1039	W21	L5	D13	W17	21/2
2	Dana Monnier	887	897	W22	W6	W14	L18	3
3	Wesley Chan	890	878	W23	W7	D15	L19	21/2
4	Jarrad Bry Fallon	814	829	W24	W8	D16	W20	31/2
2	Memorial Spaulding	1020		W3	L1	W5	W6	3	13
5	Alexander J Rice	1185	1206	W9	W1	W17	W21	4
6	Travis Chui	1058	1043	W10	L2	W18	W25	3
7	Mark S Rice	1051	1035	W11	L3	W19	W23	3
8	Eddie Ross	788	794	W12	L4	W20	W24	3
3		721		L2	D5	W6	L4	11/2	5
9	Adilson Barros	706	706	L5	L17	W21	L13	1
10	Abraham Haile	748	743	L6	W18	W22	L14	2
11	Danielson Tavaros	unr.	721	L7	W19	W25	L15	2
12	Daryl Mc Lean	707	656	L8	L20	W24	L16	1
4		786		W5	W6	L1	W3	3	121/2
13	Zachary M Smith	1029	1051	W17	W21	D1	W9	31/2
14	Kevin Moy	768	786	W18	W22	L2	W10	3
15	Henry Hays-Wehle	696	704	L19	W23	D3	W11	21/2
16	Matthew Bondaryk	651	692	W20	W24	D4	W12	31/2
5		668		L4	D3	L2	D1	1	5
17	Eric Messinger	1015	980	L13	W9	L5	L1	1
18	Colin Maneval	unr.	665	L14	L10	L6	W2	1
19	Michael Kates	481	527	W15	L11	L7	W3	2
20	Sam Anderson	unr.	540	L16	W12	L8	L4	1
6		314		L1	L4	L3	L2	0	1
21	Michael Carleton	unr.	587	L1	L13	L9	L5	0
22	Emanuel T Fidalgo	339	332	L2	L14	L10	U---	0
23	Valdir Lima	unr.	479	L3	L15	U---	L7	0
24	Morris Lun	unr.	340	L4	L16	L12	L8	0
25	Chris Williams	unr.	433	U---	U---	L11	L6	0

Primary

#	Name	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	Game Points
1	Milton Academy	697		D3	W2	bye	11/2	5
1	Izak B Shapiro	859	891	W9	W5	W3	3
2	Timothy Corkum	740	726	L10	L6	W4	1
3	Steve Wagner	611	649	W11	W7	L1	2
4	Samuel H Watts	581	562	L12	W8	L2	1
2		699		bye	L1	L3	0	21/2
5	Kerk Soursourian	955	933	D6	L1	W9	11/2
6	Neil Clausen	unr.	846	D5	W2	L10	11/2
7	John Howie	691	649	D8	L3	L11	1/2
8	Joshua Hoffm Senn	329	345	D7	L4	D12	1
3	Edward Devotion	817		D1	bye	W2	11/2	41/2
9	firstname Naamad	581	566	L1	L11	L5	0
10	Michael Perchonok	843	876	W2	W12	W6	3
11	David S Harris	819	811	L3	W9	W7	2
12	Antonio Bigatello	unr.	584	W4	L10	D8	11/2

TD: Gus Gosselin

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Central Scholastic Team Standings

played 1 March 1998

Note: post-ratings are OFFICIAL

High School/Jr. High

#	Name	TnmtRat	PreRate	PstRate	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total	Game Points
1	The Bancroft School	917			W2	L3	1	31/2
1	Kurt Hagstrom	992	992	1040	L5	D10	1/2
2	Sam Epstein	unr.	0	1127	W6	L9	1
3	Derek B Haas	unr.	625	676	W7	L11	1
4	Ilya Khabinski	unr.	0	890	W8	L12	1
2	St. John's High School	1595			L1	L4	0	2
5	Joshua S Marcus	1670	1796	1796	W1	W14	2
6	David Gedraitis	unr.	0	805	L2	L13	0
7	Timothy Richer	unr.	0	483	L3	L16	0
8	Benjamin West	unr.	0	693	L4	L15	0
3	Parker Essential School A	1338			W4	W1	2	71/2
9	Matthew A Myers	1419	1603	1606	W13	W2	2
10	Sean Ting	1362	1362	1356	W14	D1	11/2
11	Jeremy Wong	unr.	1191	1197	W15	W3	2
12	Ted Matson	unr.	1179	1189	W16	W4	2
4	Parker Essential School B	1025			L3	W2	1	3
13	Aniruddh Ravi	1100	1100	1107	L9	W6	1
14	Geddes Munson	unr.	1015	1070	L10	L5	0
15	Russell Stadler	unr.	0	896	L11	W8	1
16	Nathan Soule	unr.	0	890	L12	W7	1

Elementary

#	Name	TnmtRat	PreRate	PstRate	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	Game Points
1	Groton-Dunstable	811			W2	W2	D2	L2	21/2	9
1	Rudolf T Hersh	1010	1109	1131	W6	W6	U---	U---	2
2	Scott Mc Caffrey	978	1030	1066	W7	W7	W6	L6	3
3	Doug Starbird	unr.	0	847	W8	W8	L7	L7	2
4	Marshall Frye	512	512	619	L9	L9	W8	W9	2
5	Dan Callahan	unr.	0	346	U---	U---	L9	L8	0
2	Hubbardston Central	1028			L1	L1	D1	W1	11/2	7
6	Caleb Comptois	1103	1103	998	L1	L1	L2	W2	1
7	Ben Brandt	unr.	0	1039	L2	L2	W3	W3	2
8	Joe Bennett	unr.	0	614	L3	L3	L4	W5	1
9	Brian Tourigney	unr.	925	871	W4	W4	W5	L4	3

Primary

#	Name	TnmtRat	PreRate	PstRate	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	Groton-Dunstable	unr.
1	Thomas Mann	unr.	0	1250	W4	W2	W3	W4	4
2	Alex McKinnon	unr.	0	850	L3	L1	L4	W3	1
3	Kyle Jacobson	unr.	0	950	W2	W4	L1	L2	2
4	Harrison Frye	unr.	0	950	L1	L3	W2	L1	1

TD: Joel Johnson

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The Rhode Island Scholastic Singles Championships - 03-08-98

The Rhode Island Scholastic Singles Championships were held on Sunday March 8, 1998 at Rhode Island College. A total of 40 players took part in this event. The high school section only had 5 players.

Ryan Mc Grady a student of Bishop Hendricks from Warick won the High School Championship with a score of 3-1 on a play off with Ali Gates of Middletown who attends the Middletown H.S. Placing 3rd with an equal score of 3-1 was Micheal Mushaty of Cumberland H.S.

The Junior High Section was won by David Swenson of Barrington on a tie break over Zachary Johnson, both had equal scores of 4-0. Their are students of the Barrington Christian Academy. Placing 3rd was Nathaniel Warner of Warren with a score 3-1 over Mitchell Berman of Narragansett.

Evan Boucher of Tiverton, RI won the Elementary with a score of 4-0. Placing second was Mark Limperis of Seekonk with a score of 3-1. Brain Quigley and Matthew Oliveira of Barrington tied for 3rd.

The Primary Section was won by Yang S. He of Barrington with a score of 4-1. The 2nd place trophie was won by Jacob Resnick with a score of 4-0. Jacob comes from Pawtucket and goes to school at Varieur elementary. Coming in 2nd was Daniel Valmas also from Pawtucket with a score of 2-2.

Team Thorphies where won by Barrington Christian Academy, Jr. High Team and the Varieur Primary Team of Pawtucket. The team play is an important part of
the event and then children are excited about bringing a throphie home to their club or school!!

The event was directed by Gus Gosselin of Melrose, MA

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                                     DISTRICT  SCHOLASTIC  SINGLES    01-25-98

On January 25, 1998 children in 4 different districts met to play for the
championships of their districts beside winning trophies the top qualifier in
each section won the right to advance to the Spiegel Cup (State Championship).

The following players won trophies and those placing first became qualifiers to
play in the Spiegel Cup:

Southeast District Winners:

	       District                   Name                Score From

               Primary:               1st Alex Rice         4-0  Newton
                                      2nd David Harris      3-1  Brookline
                                      3rd Izak Shapiro      2 1/2-1 1/2Jamaica Plain
                             Top Female   Julia Kerr             Newton

               Elementary:            1st Nelson Rutrick   4-0   Newton
                                      2nd Jason Spector    3-1   Newton
                                      3rd Amrit Gupta      3-1   Newton

               Junior High:           1st Tim Suzman       4-0   Newton
                                      2nd Kevin Li         3-1     Needham
                                      	  Kurti Monnier    2 1/2-1 1/2 Brookline


Directors: Steve Frymer of Lexington and Gus Gosselin of Malden


Northeast District Winners:
               Primary:               1st Russell Paul      3 1/2-1/2 Newton
                                      2nd Colin Zwanziger   3 1/2-1/2 Newton
                                      3rd Timothy Abbot     2 1/2-1 1/2 Newton

               Elementary:            1st Gabriel Young     4-0  Somerville
                                      2nd Douglas Arcand    3-1  Lincoln
                                      3rd Jason  Paul       3-1  Newton

               Junior High:           1st Eugene Yanayt     4-0  Swampscott
                                      2nd Jamie Crawford    3-1  Cambridge
                                      3rd Jake Alexander    2 1/2-1 1/2
Cambridge

               High School            1st Lu Yin            5-0  Cambridge
                                      2nd Bruk Endale       4-1  Cambridge
                                      3rd Ben Bruckner      3-2  Cambridge
Directors: Chris Chase of Somerville, Tom Filipek of Medford.

Central District Winners:
               Primary:               1st Patrick Dupuis    3-1  Lunenburg
                                      2nd Joe Daniel        2-1  Lunenburg
                                      3rd Zachary Quinn     2-2  Lunenburg
                              Top Female: Stephanie Lee          Southboro

               Elementary:            1st Chris Lee         4-0  Southboro
                                      2nd Rudolf Hersh      3-1  Groton
                                      3rd Timothy Jo        3-1  Lunenburg
                             Top Female:  Frances Morgan         Fitchburg

                Junior High:          1st Matthew Myers     3 1/2-1 1/2	Harvard
                                      2nd Roberto Castro-Mahoney   3-1	Shirley
                                      3rd Laura Zajac       3-1  Sturbridge

                High School:          1st Geoff Polizoti    3-1 Shrewsbury
                                      2nd Joshua Marcus     3-1  Worcester
                                      3rd Steve Ghio        2-2  ?

Directors: George Mirijanian of Fitchburg and Joel Johnson of Waltham

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                          SPIEGEL  CUP (STATE FINALS)		02-08-98

This event took place in East Boston at the Salesians' Boys & Girls
Club (Savio Hall) on February 8, 1998. The following players won the State
Championship in their grade section: 1st place player is the champion:

                         	 Name                          Score   From
     Primary:                    1st Noah Pang                 5-0   Somerville
                                 2nd Max Enkin                 4-1   Peabody
     Elementary                  1st Gabriel Young             5-0   Somerville
                                 2nd Jack Stolerman            4 1/2-1/2	Marblehead
     Junior High                 1st Andrew Bakker             4-1   Orleans
                                 2nd Seth Zimmerman            3-2   Amherst
     High School                 1st Lu Yin                    3 1/2-1 1/2	Cambridge
                                 2nd Bruk Endale               3 1/2-1 1/2	Cambridge

Gus Gosselin and Fr. Richard Cressman directed the State Finals at  Savio. The event had 22 players.

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NEW ENGLAND JUNIOR FOUR PLAYER TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP    01-21-98  Gus Gosselin

The New England Junior Chess Team Championship has become a very important scholastic event. 
This years tournament had 28 teams with 121 players. 6 H.S. Teams, 7 JHS Teams, 
11 Elementary Teams, & 4 Primary Teams. This event was held on Dec. 14 and top 
the previous years attentance of 21 teams and 85 players. Two teams came from Barrington, RI.

The winning teams are:

HIGH SCHOOL

	1st Cambridge Rindge and LATIN with a score of 4-0
	2nd Holliston High School with a score of 2 1/2-1 1/2

JUNIOR HIGH

	1st The Chess Team (Melrose-Malden) with a score of 3-1 over 
	    the Barrington Eagles on a tie break.

Elementary

	1st The Newton Knights with a score of 3 1/2-1/2 over 
	    the Everett/Chelsea/Revere team on a tie break.

Primary

	1st Pawns 2 (Baby Bears) with a score of 9 points 
	2nd "Kings in Black" with a score of 8 points

Playing on the winning Junior High chess team was Kent Leung of Malden. Kent has been 
a much improved player. He has advanced from a US Chess rating 849 to 1638 in less than a year!
Fr Richard Cressman of East Boston, Steven Frymer of Lexington, and Bob Messenger of NH helped
the event run smoothly. Gus Gosselin of Malden was the organizer of the event.

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  Mass. Grade Championship, Grades 9-12

                                   Standings

    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   TOT

  1 Li, Kevin...................unr. W  4  W  2  W  3  W  7   4.0
  2 Colby, Edward B............. 998 W 10  L  1  W  6  W  8   3.0
  3 Pedan, Igor.................1293 W 11  W  7  L  1  D  4   2.5
  4 Makiya, Bushra.............. 923 L  1  W 10  W  9  D  3   2.5
  5 Crawford, James A........... 864 X---  D  6  L  7  W  9   2.5
  6 Alexander, Jake I...........1130 W  9  D  5  L  2  W 11   2.5
  7 Carrara, Alex............... 935 W  8  L  3  W  5  L  1   2.0
  8 Chen, Dayin.................unr. L  7  W 11  W 10  L  2   2.0
  9 Chen, Stanley...............unr. L  6  X---  L  4  L  5   1.0
 10 Lee, Angela.................unr. L  2  L  4  L  8  B---   1.0
 11 Vedaie, Arash Namo.......... 882 L  3  L  8  B---  L  6   1.0
 12 Slutsky, Simon..............1268 F---  F---  U---  U---   0.0

                      Mass. Grade Championship, Grades 7-8

                                   Standings

    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   TOT

  1 Leung, Kent.................1590 W  8  W  5  W  2  W  7   4.0
  2 Gerzon, Yuriy...............1048 W 10  W  6  L  1  W  8   3.0
  3 Estremera, Christo..........1041 W 11  W  9  L  7  W  5   3.0
  4 Carter, Travis..............unr. L  5  W 10  W  6  W  9   3.0
  5 Briem, Florian.............. 858 W  4  L  1  W  9  L  3   2.0
  6 Mahoney, Roberto Castro.....unr. X---  L  2  L  4  W 11   2.0
  7 Makiya, Naseem..............1159 L  9  W 11  W  3  L  1   2.0
  8 Shlain, Debbie S............ 741 L  1  B---  W 10  L  2   2.0
  9 Hayes, Tim..................unr. W  7  L  3  L  5  L  4   1.0
 10 Thomas, Mark................unr. L  2  L  4  L  8  B---   1.0
 11 Crowley, William............unr. L  3  L  7  B---  L  6   1.0
 12 Lee, Dennis.................1241 F---  U---  U---  U---   0.0

                       Mass. Grade Championship, Grade 6

                                   Standings

    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   TOT

  1 Hersh, Rudolf T.............1007 W 14  D  3  W  7  W  2   3.5
  2 Steingard, Daniel...........1061 W  9  W 12  W  4  L  1   3.0
  3 Kaufman, Daniel.............unr. W  8  D  1  W 10  D  6   3.0
  4 Robinson, James.............unr. W  7  W  6  L  2  W  8   3.0
  5 McCaffrey, Scott............unr. L  6  W  9  W 11  W 10   3.0
  6 Smith, Zachary M............ 955 W  5  L  4  W 13  D  3   2.5
  7 Faucher, Bernard............1015 L  4  W 11  L  1  W 13   2.0
  8 Arcand, Douglas J........... 810 L  3  W 14  W 12  L  4   2.0
  9 Haile, Abraham.............. 738 L  2  L  5  W 14  W 12   2.0
 10 Filipek, Amanda............. 919 D 11  W 13  L  3  L  5   1.5
 11 Barros, Adilson.............unr. D 10  L  7  L  5  W 14   1.5
 12 Lima, Valdir................unr. X---  L  2  L  8  L  9   1.0
 13 Lee, Jennifer............... 472 B---  L 10  L  6  L  7   1.0
 14 Ferrara, Andrew.............unr. L  1  L  8  L  9  L 11   0.0
 15 King, Andrew................ 948 F---  U---  U---  U---   0.0

                       Mass. Grade Championship, Grade 5

                                   Standings

    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   TOT

  1 Baritz, David............... 803 W 12  W  9  W  8  W  2   4.0
  2 Gupta, Amrit................1028 W 11  W  5  W  3  L  1   3.0
  3 Ryan, James P............... 886 W  6  W  4  L  2  W  5   3.0
  4 Paul, Jason A............... 756 W  7  L  3  D 10  W  9   2.5
  5 Moy, Kevin.................. 824 W 10  L  2  W  6  L  3   2.0
  6 Lee, Alex...................unr. L  3  W  7  L  5  W  8   2.0
  7 Piatetsky, Peter............unr. L  4  L  6  W 11  W 10   2.0
  8 Bondaryk, Matthew........... 620 D  9  W 11  L  1  L  6   1.5
  9 Corkum, Daniel.............. 670 D  8  L  1  W 12  L  4   1.5
 10 Crowley, Daniel.............unr. L  5  D 12  D  4  L  7   1.0
 11 Sandler, Michelle...........unr. L  2  L  8  L  7  W 12   1.0
 12 Fidalgo, Emanuel............unr. L  1  D 10  L  9  L 11   0.5

                       Mass. Grade Championship, Grade 4

                                   Standings

    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   TOT

  1 Bakker, Joshua..............1053 W  4  D  2  W  7  W  3   3.5
  2 Rice, Mark S................ 893 W 10  D  1  W  9  W  5   3.5
  3 Harris, Mark................1015 W  6  W  7  W  5  L  1   3.0
  4 Rozonoyer, Ilya.............unr. L  1  W  6  W 12  W  8   3.0
  5 Limperis, Mark D............1030 W  8  W  9  L  3  L  2   2.0
  6 Hays-Wehle, Henry........... 616 L  3  L  4  W 10  W  9   2.0
  7 Pedan, Roman................ 899 W 12  L  3  L  1  W 11   2.0
  8 Filipek, Stephanie.......... 657 L  5  W 10  W 11  L  4   2.0
  9 Budden, Alexandra........... 677 W 11  L  5  L  2  L  6   1.0
 10 Storto, Max................. 536 L  2  L  8  L  6  W 12   1.0
 11 Quigley, Brian..............unr. L  9  W 12  L  8  L  7   1.0
 12 Faucher, Nicole Al.......... 599 L  7  L 11  L  4  L 10   0.0

                       Mass. Grade Championship, Grade 3

                                   Standings

    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   TOT

  1 Lueders, Nicholas...........1270 W  6  D  2  W  3  W  4   3.5
  2 Ramamurti, Arjun............unr. W  7  D  1  W  5  W  6   3.5
  3 Howie, John.................unr. W  4  W  5  L  1  B---   3.0
  4 Corkum, Timothy.............unr. L  3  W  6  W  7  L  1   2.0
  5 Naamad, Yonatan.............unr. X---  L  3  L  2  W  7   2.0
  6 Watts, Sam..................unr. L  1  L  4  B---  L  2   1.0
  7 Dynan, Nicholas L........... 563 L  2  B---  L  4  L  5   1.0

                      Mass. Grade Championship, Grades K-2

                                   Standings

    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   TOT

  1 Soursourian, Kerk...........1011 W  5  W  3  W  7  W  2   4.0
  2 Abbot, Timothy..............1011 W 11  W  6  W  4  L  1   3.0
  3 Perchonok, Michael.......... 742 W 10  L  1  W  6  W  8   3.0
  4 Chui, Travis................1021 W  8  W  7  L  2  W  5   3.0
  5 Shapiro, Izak B............. 768 L  1  W  9  W 11  L  4   2.0
  6 Zwangziger, Colin........... 769 W 12  L  2  L  3  W 10   2.0
  7 Harris, David S............. 773 W  9  L  4  L  1  W 12   2.0
  8 Filipek, Alex............... 738 L  4  W 12  W  9  L  3   2.0
  9 Lee, Stephanie M............ 338 L  7  L  5  L  8  B---   1.0
 10 Jacobsen, Leif..............unr. L  3  L 11  W 12  L  6   1.0
 11 Kerr, Julia................. 719 L  2  W 10  L  5  U---   1.0
 12 Senn, Joshua Hoffman........unr. L  6  L  8  L 10  L  7   0.0
 13 King, Aaron................. 458 F---  U---  U---  U---   0.0
 14 Galenko, Boris..............unr. F---  U---  U---  U---   0.0

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1997 Fall Foliage Festival

Sunday November 16, 1997 At two locations

Fall Foliage - North

Sunday November 16, 1997 Andover High School
G/45 4-round Swiss or 3-player double round robin TD: Chet Orban

North: Grades 7-12


   Name                 rtng post rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4  rd 5  rd 6  Total
 1 Rohit Poddar.........1050 1067 W  3  D  2  B---  W  2  W  3  B---   5�
 2 Benjamin Jacobs......1001  996 B---  D  1  W  3  L  1  B---  W  3   4�
 3 Michael Lewis........Unr.  625 L  1  B---  L  2  B---  L  1  L  2   2

North: Grades 4-6


    Name                        rtng post rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   Total
  1 Hersh, Rudolf............... 986 1014 W  7  W 11  D  4  W  9   3�
  2 Deshpande, Ashwin...........1005 1026 W 14  W  5  W  3  L  4   3
  3 Arcand, Douglas.............Unr. 1131 W  8  W 10  L  2  W  6   3
  4 Phillips, Jordan............Unr. 1150 D  9  W 12  D  1  W  2   3
  5 Dube, Ben................... 769  804 W  6  L  2  W 11  D  8   2�
  6 Durkee, Ryan................1097 1063 L  5  W 13  W 10  L  3   2
  7 Sridhhar, Anand............. 807  792 L  1  B---  L  9  W 13   2
  8 O'Sullivan, Pierce.......... 799  818 L  3  D  9  W 12  D  5   2
  9 Lasser, Avi................. 792  814 D  4  D  8  W  7  L  1   2
 10 Williams, Greg.............. 826  819 W 13  L  3  L  6  D 11   1�
 11 Jason, Paul................. 685  702 W 12  L  1  L  5  D 10   1�
 12 Dube, Alex..................1020  957 L 11  L  4  L  8  B---   1
 13 Heck, Andrew................ 682  659 L 10  L  6  B---  L  7   1
 14 Alexander, Andy.............Unr.  605 L  2  U---  U---  U---   0

North: Grades K-3


    Name                        rtng post rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   Total
  1 Russell, Paul............... 652  686 W  6  W  4  D  3  W  4   3�
  2 Lasser, Jason...............Unr.  596 W  5  W  8  W  7  L  3   3
  3 Soursourian, Kerk...........Unr.  883 W  7  D  5  D  1  W  2   3
  4 Berner, Ellis...............Unr.  536 W  8  L  1  W  5  L  1   2
  5 Kern, Danny J............... 840  790 L  2  D  3  L  4  W  6   1�
  6 Novick, Carl................Unr.  273 L  1  W  7  D  8  L  5   1�
  7 Zwanziger, Colin............Unr.  383 L  3  L  6  L  2  W  8   1
  8 Serna, Martin...............Unr.  241 L  4  L  2  D  6  L  7    �

Fall Foliage - South

Sunday November 16, 1997 Salesians' Boys and Girls Club, East Boston, MA
TD: Gus Gosselin G/45 4-round Swiss

South: Grades 10-12


    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   Total
  1 Ellis, Jacob................1468 D  3  W  2  W  5  W  4   3�
  2 Makiya, Bushra.............. 895 W  8  L  1  W  7  W  5   3
  3 Salas, Felipe...............Unr. D  1  L  6  W  8  W  7   2�
  4 Carrara, Alex............... 908 W  7  L  5  W  6  L  1   2
  5 Savage, Erik................Unr. W  6  W  4  L  1  L  2   2
  6 Johnson, Randall............Unr. L  5  W  3  L  4  L  8   1
  7 Hoffman, Max................Unr. L  4  W  8  L  2  L  3   1
  8 Brown, Alex.................Unr. L  2  L  7  L  3  W  6   1

South: Grades 7-9


    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   Total
  1 Monnier, Kurti..............1131 W 12  W  7  W  3  W  4   4
  2 Pedan, Igor.................1322 L  5  W  8  W 12  W  7   3
  3 Luiz, Chad..................1282 W  6  D  5  L  1  W  9   2�
  4 Samagaio, August............1125 D  8  W 10  W  5  L  1   2�
  5 Lee, Dennis.................Unr. W  2  D  3  L  4  W  8   2�
  6 Decoste, Ryan...............Unr. L  3  W 13  L  7  W 10   2
  7 Alexander, Jake.............Unr. W  9  L  1  W  6  L  2   2
  8 Vedaie, Arash...............Unr. D  4  L  2  W 10  L  5   1�
  9 Makiya, Naseem..............1221 L  7  L 12  W 13  L  3   1
 10 Estremera, Christo..........1106 W 13  L  4  L  8  L  6   1
 11 Gelzhinsky, Stanislav.......Unr. B---  U---  U---  U---   1
 12 Crawford, James.............Unr. L  1  W  9  L  2  U---   1
 13 Doherty, James..............Unr. L 10  L  6  L  9  U---   0

South: Grades K-3


    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4   Total
  1 Trachtman, Samuel........... 923 W  3  U---  W  2  W  3   3
  2 Harris, David............... 578 U---  W  3  L  1  U---   1
  3 Gelzhinsky, Peter...........unr. L  1  L  2  U---  L  1   0

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