Wa. State Middle School Championships '02

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Four teams from Whatcom County travelled to Mercer Island on Saturday March 9 to participate in the 2002 Washington State Middle School & Junior High Chess Team Championships.

Fairhaven Middle School placed 7th, Vista Middle School 13th, Lynden Middle School 14th, and Horizon Middle School 20th in the State.

The two local players who went undefeated were Michael Binder of Fairhaven (3 wins, 1 draw) and Matt Schwede of Vista (3 wins, 1 draw).

In the Junior Varsity division, Lynden Middle School's Marcus Vander Ploeg placed 6th overall and 1st among 8th graders by going undefeated, giving up only two draws in five rounds.

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    M.S. STATE RESULTS:

    Overall (20 games total):
    1st: 16.0 wins - Islander (Mercer Island)
    2nd: 15.0 wins - King's Way (Vancouver
    3rd: 13.0 wins - Lakeside (Seattle)


    WHATCOM COUNTY TEAM RESULTS out of 20 teams:
     7th: 10.5 wins - Fairhaven M.S.
    13th:  9.0 wins - Vista M.S.
    14th:  8.5 wins - Lynden M.S.
    20th:  4.5 wins - Horizon M.S.

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    WHATCOM COUNTY RESULTS - MATCH SCORES, INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
    (Scoring is 1.0 for a win, 0.5 for a draw, 0.0 for a loss)
    (Players listed in order from top board to bottom board)

    FAIRHAVEN M.S.  -  10.5 wins
    Peter June 3.0, Michael Binder 3.5, Graham Miller-Gaines 2.0, Jeremy
    Jusak 1.0, Ian Everyhope 1.0
    Advisor: Barb June
       3.0 vs Stewart B
       3.0 vs Totem
       1.5 vs Lakeside
       3.0 vs Harbour Pointe

    VISTA M.S.  -  9.0 wins
    Matt Schwede 3.5, Brad Nelson 2.0, Reed Larson 2.5, Eduard Skachkov 1.0,
    Ben Fisher 0.0
    Advisor: Randy Kaech
       2.5 vs Totem
       1.5 vs Stewart B
       1.0 vs Federal Way Pub Acad. A
       4.0 vs Federal Way Pub Acad. B

    LYNDEN M.S.  -  8.5 wins
    Lane Van Weerdhuizen 2.0, Matt Kurtis 2.0, Alex Kurtis 3.0, Jordan
    Beanblossom 1.5, Chris Hadley 0.0
    Advisor: Brian Weese
       4.0 vs Star of the Sea
       3.0 vs Kilo
       1.5 vs Kellogg
       0.0 vs Federal Way Pub Acad. A

    HORIZON M.S.  -  4.5 wins
    Donte Jones 2.0, Sergio Garcia 0.0, Scott Franz 1.0, Keegan Parks 0.0,
    John Monahan 1.5
    Advisor: Randy Kaech
       0.0 vs Kellogg
       1.0 vs Federal Way Pub Acad. A
       1.5 vs Federal Way Pub Acad. B
       2.0 vs Star of the Sea

2002 MS/JHS Team Championship Final Standings Before Rating 1 IMS Islander Team Score 16 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 1 DAVID WYDE 1350 W120 W36 W8 L29 3 2 STEVEN TAKI 1359 W121 W37 L9 W30 3 3 ADI LANKA 1248 W122 L38 L10 W31 2 4 ALEX GLASS 1261 W123 W40 W11 W32 4 5 GABRIEL BLUMENTHAL 1153 W124 W39 W12 W33 4 Substitutes: 6 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 7 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 2 KIW Kings Way Team Score 15 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 8 MICAH SMITH 1393 W22 W15 L1 W36 3 9 BRENT PUTMAN 1406 W23 W16 W2 W37 4 10 BRIAN SVEHAUG 1321 W24 W17 W3 W38 4 11 JEREMIAH COWEN 1269 W25 W18 L4 W40 3 12 JAMES BILLINGS 832 W26 L19 L5 L39 1 Substitutes: 13 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 14 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 3 LM1 Lakeside A Team Score 13 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 15 NISHA DEOLALIKAR 1330 W113 L8 L43 D57 1.5 16 DYLAN O'SHEA 1252 W114 L9 D44 D58 2 17 SHERIN REHMAT 1025 W115 L10 W45 W59 3 18 RANDALL ENLOW 1011 W116 L11 W46 D60 2.5 19 MAC FISKEN 1049 W117 W12 W47 W61 4 Substitutes: 20 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 21 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 4 FW1 Federal Way Pub Acad. A Team Score 13 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 22 JEWEL SHARP 1010 L8 L134 L85 W92 1 23 CHRISTIAN WHITESIDE 899 L9 W135 W86 W93 3 24 JOE SOTO 852 L10 W136 W87 W94 3 25 JEFFREY WONG 877 L11 W137 W88 W95 3 26 EDWARD HONG 898 L12 W138 W89 W96 3 Substitutes: 27 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 28 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 5 KEL Kellogg Team Score 12.5 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 29 ERIC HUFNAGEL 1200 W134 W57 W92 W1 4 30 JASON SWINGLE 1037 W135 W58 W93 L2 3 31 ANDREW BARKER 903 W136 W59 L94 L3 2 32 ALPER SARIKAYA 881 W137 L60 D95 L4 1.5 33 AARON MATTHEWS 766 W138 L61 W96 L5 2 Substitutes: 34 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 35 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 6 ST1 Stewart A Team Score 12 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 36 DAN MERANFUENTES 976 W127 L1 W64 L8 2 37 JANCARLO VILLANUEVA 997 W128 L2 W65 L9 2 38 DANIEL FORBRICH 975 W129 W3 W66 L10 3 39 PRICE MATTESON 1029 W131 L5 W68 W12 3 40 ELIOT HYCHE 910 W130 L4 W67 L11 2 Substitutes: 41 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 42 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 7 FH1 Fairhaven A Team Score 10.5 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 43 PETER JUNE 1273 W78 W50 W15 L99 3 44 MICHAEL BINDER 1016 W79 W51 D16 W100 3.5 45 GRAHAM MILLER-GAINES 924 L80 W52 L17 W101 2 46 JEREMY JUSAK 885 W81 L53 L18 L102 1 47 IAN EVERYHOPE 835 L82 L54 L19 W103 1 Substitutes: 48 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 49 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 8 TOT Totem Team Score 10.5 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 50 ZAID ALBERMANY 918 L85 L43 L99 D78 0.5 51 SI-KYOUNG LEE 1001 L86 L44 D100 W79 1.5 52 HAYDEN ILCEWICZ 1106 D87 L45 L101 W80 1.5 53 DMITRIY KOZOREZOV 976 W88 W46 W102 W81 4 54 SAURABH KUMAR 924 W89 W47 W103 L82 3 Substitutes: 55 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 56 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 9 STS St. Michaels Team Score 10 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 57 ROY OLSON III 1156 W71 L29 W78 D15 2.5 58 GREG KIRKER 1062 W72 L30 W79 D16 2.5 59 JARED MAPLE 1020 W73 L31 L80 L17 1 60 JOHN KLAASSEN 1019 W74 W32 D81 D18 3 61 PATRICK MILLER 793 L75 W33 L82 L19 1 Substitutes: 62 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 63 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 10 KIL Kilo Team Score 10 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 64 KYLE JOHNSON 1106 L99 L92 L36 D113 0.5 65 JASON NA 988 W100 L93 L37 W114 2 66 CAMERON SMITH 940 W101 L94 L38 W115 2 67 MATT WOOD 915 W102 W95 L40 W116 3 68 MICHAEL GROUT 795 W103 W96 L39 D117 2.5 Substitutes: 69 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 70 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 11 UPA Univesity Prep. Team Score 10 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 71 ALEXIS NAST 1184 L57 L99 W106 W120 2 72 TOMMY NAST 913 L58 W100 W107 W121 3 73 ROSS CAWTHON 797 L59 L101 W108 W122 2 74 DUSTIN CHERNICK 786 L60 W102 L109 W123 2 75 COLIN COLTRERA 649 W61 L103 L110 L124 1 Substitutes: 76 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 77 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 12 ST2 Stewart B Team Score 9.5 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 78 JP O'CONNOR 960 L43 D85 L57 D50 1 79 BRYAN LEWIS 751 L44 W86 L58 L51 1 80 TYLER PEDERSON 809 W45 L87 W59 L52 2 81 BRIAN NGUYEN 810 L46 W88 D60 L53 1.5 82 SHANA NALUMISA 910 W47 W89 W61 W54 4 Substitutes: 83 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 84 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 13 VST Vista Team Score 9 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 85 MATT SCHWEDE 1176 W50 D78 W22 W127 3.5 86 BRAD NELSON 895 W51 L79 L23 W128 2 87 REED LARSON 925 D52 W80 L24 W129 2.5 88 EDUARD SKACHKOV 656 L53 L81 L25 W130 1 89 BEN FISHER 0 L54 L82 L26 L131 0 Substitutes: 90 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 91 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 14 LYE Lynden Team Score 8.5 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 92 LANE VAN WEERDHUIZEN 1385 W106 W64 L29 L22 2 93 MATT KURTIS 991 W107 W65 L30 L23 2 94 ALEX KURTIS 906 W108 W66 W31 L24 3 95 JORDAN BEANBLOSSOM 743 W109 L67 D32 L25 1.5 96 CHRIS HADLEY 741 L110 L68 L33 L26 0 Substitutes: 97 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 98 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 15 HPT Harbour Pointe Team Score 8.5 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 99 DANIEL TAYLOR 1429 W64 W71 W50 W43 4 100 JARED CHOW 705 L65 L72 D51 L44 0.5 101 TJ LAFLEUR 993 L66 W73 W52 L45 2 102 CHASE VAN COTTHEM 764 L67 L74 L53 W46 1 103 MARTIN HUBER 421 L68 W75 L54 L47 1 Substitutes: 104 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 105 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 16 STA Star of the Sea Team Score 8 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 106 PACIFICO BAY 0 L92 W120 L71 W134 2 107 DAVID FERMAN 0 L93 W121 L72 W135 2 108 CHRIS ABILLE 0 L94 L122 L73 L136 0 109 CEDRICK BELLA 0 L95 L123 W74 W137 2 110 GEOFFREY SAYOC 0 W96 L124 W75 L138 2 Substitutes: 111 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 112 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 17 VIL Villa Acad. Team Score 7 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 113 MICHAEL SPILLANE 1053 L15 D127 L120 D64 1 114 MATTHEW BADURA 970 L16 W128 W121 L65 2 115 CHRISTOPHER SCHAFBUCH 819 L17 W129 W122 L66 2 116 JOHN BADURA 806 L18 L130 D123 L67 0.5 117 BEN BADURA 790 L19 W131 L124 D68 1.5 Substitutes: 118 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 119 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 18 ST3 Stewart C Team Score 6.5 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 120 MICHAEL YOUNG 731 L1 L106 W113 L71 1 121 AARON STEEVES 1170 L2 L107 L114 L72 0 122 PHILLIP TATE 1052 L3 W108 L115 L73 1 123 JEREMY TALLEY 749 L4 W109 D116 L74 1.5 124 KEVIN NGUYEN 867 L5 W110 W117 W75 3 Substitutes: 125 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 126 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 19 FW2 Federal Way Pub Acad. B Team Score 6 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 127 MICHAEL EADES 840 L36 D113 L134 L85 0.5 128 CHRIS SMALL 819 L37 L114 W135 L86 1 129 DUSTIN NAKAMICHI 647 L38 L115 W136 L87 1 130 CJ CONRAD 628 L40 W116 W137 L88 2 131 DAVID HAN 0 L39 L117 D138 W89 1.5 Substitutes: 132 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 133 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 20 HOR Horizon Team Score 4.5 No. Name Rating Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total 134 DONTE JONES 773 L29 W22 W127 L106 2 135 SERGIO GARCIA 471 L30 L23 L128 L107 0 136 SCOTT FRANZ 447 L31 L24 L129 W108 1 137 KEEGAN PARKS 0 L32 L25 L130 L109 0 138 JOHN MONAHAN 0 L33 L26 D131 W110 1.5 Substitutes: 139 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0 140 NO SUBSTITUTE 0 0