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2007 Balch Memorial Vermont State Scholastic Chess Tournament

Richmond, VT

 

Press Release:

The twentieth annual Vermont Scholastic Chess Championships were held on Saturday April 7th at Camels Hump Middle School in Richmond, Vermont. 175 students from around the state competed for nine grade level championships. Haizhou Xu of Essex High and Oliver Chase of Fair Haven Union High were co-champions of the high school section, which had 53 competitors. The winner of the middle school was Tomash Zentrich of Hunt Middle School.  Essex High won a closely contested battle in the High School team competition, while U-32 was the Junior High champion.
 

 TEAM RESULTS

 High School Team Competition:

1) Essex High (14);

2) Twinfield (13.5) and Leland & Gray Union High (13.5) - tied for 2nd

4) Fair Haven Union High (12.5)

Middle School Team Champion:

1) U-32 Junior High
 

DENKER QUALIFIERS

The following players have been invited to participate in the Denker playoff tournament, based on their score of 3.5 or higher at the state tournament:

James Girouard III
Ben Chamberlain
Brandon Pierce
Dylan Hamel
Haizhou Xu
Luke Landman
Michael Brooks
Michael Forrest
Nick Oblak
OliverChase
Wei Ng
Riley Carlson

Congratulations, one and all!
 

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

The top competitors for each grade level section:

High School: 1) (co-champions) Haizhou Xu, Essex High and Oliver Chase, Fair Haven Union High; 3) Nick Oblack, Trinity Baptist; 4) Dylan Hamel, North Country Union High; and 5) Ben Chamberlain, Otter Valley Union High.

     Photos:       High School Group       High School Awards
 

Seventh and Eighth Grade: 1) Tomash Zentrich, Hunt Middle School; Four way tie for 2nd: 2) Kyle Ferguson, U-32 Junior High; 3) Stuart Guertin, Middlebury Union Middle School; 4) Andrew Girouard, Tuttle Middle School; and 5) Clark Stridsberg, U-32 Junior High.

     Photos:       7th & 8th Grade Group       7th & 8th Grade Awards
 

Sixth Grade: 1) (co-champions) Cody Yu, Tuttle Middle School and David Ro, Mater Christi; 3) Andrew Akiki, Mater Christi; 4) Jared Lebowitz, Folsom; and 5) Robert Malinowski, Browns River Middle School.

     Photos:       6th Grade Group       6th Grade Awards
 

Fifth Grade: 1) Christopher Keyes, Neshobe; 2) Luke Taylor, Browns River Middle School; 3) Zoe Granizo-Mackenzie, Home School; 4) Cole Blondin, Fleming; and 5) Craig Sampson, Williston Central.

     Photos:       5th Grade Group       5th Grade Awards
 

Fourth Grade: 1) Joonhyeok Lee, Fleming; 2) Matthew Wu, Fleming; 3) Patrick Deibler, Fleming; 4) Liam Osler, Jericho Elementary; and 5) Daniel Ro, Mater Christi.

     Photos:       4th Grade Group       4th Grade Awards
 

Third Grade: 1) Oscar Smith, Edmund Elementary: 2) Carson Leary, Neshobe; 3) Caleb Hoyne, Fayston Elementary; 4) Jake O’Connell, Summit Street; and 5) Riley Bick, Summit Street.

     Photos:       3rd Grade Group       3rd Grade Awards
 

Second Grade: 1) Gabriel Katz, Mater Christi; 2) Jeremy Hoyne-Gosvenor, Cabot Elementary; 3) Wynter Brooks, Home School; 4) Ryan Senior, Shelburne Community; and 5) Connor Zwonik, Union.

     Photos:       2nd Grade Group       2nd Grade Awards
 

First Grade: 1) Preston Gordon, Summit Street; 2) Steven Landry, Brookhaven; and 3) Ethan Ledley, Clarendon.

     Photos:       1st Grade Group       1st Grade Awards
 

Kindergarten: 1) Connor Herridge, Underhill Central School; 2) Birch Synnott, Vergennes Elementary; and 3) Romaney Granizo-Mackenzie, Home School.

     Photos:       Kindergarten Group      Kindergarten Awards
  
Candid Photos: (Candid photos removed to save space.)

 

FULL RESULTS:

Grade K-1

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Preston Gordon W6 W9 D5 W4 3.5
2 Steven Landry D4 D3 W7 W5 3.0
3 Ethan Ledly D5 D2 W9 W8 3.0
4 Connor Herridge D2 W7 W6 L1 2.5
5 Jacob Decatur D3 W8 D1 L2 2.0
6 Yousef Khan L1 W10 L4 D7 1.5
7 Amber Bick W10 L4 L2 D6 1.5
8 Birch Synnott D9 L5 W10 L3 1.5
9 Romaney Granizo-Mackenzie D8 L1 L3 D10 1.0
10 Syd Frolik L7 L6 L8 D9 0.5

 

Grade 2

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Jeremy Hoyne-Grosvenor W4 D2 W13 W3 3.5
2 Gabriel Katz W10 D1 W7 W6 3.5
3 Wynter Brooks W5 W9 W6 L1 3.0
4 Ryan Senior L1 W11 D9 W10 2.5
5 Connor Zwonik L3 W12 D8 W9 2.5
6 Thomas Byrne B--- W7 L3 L2 2.0
7 Joonbeom Lee W11 L6 L2 W13 2.0
8 Danny Ornelas L9 B--- D5 D11 2.0
9 Luke Blondin W8 L3 D4 L5 1.5
10 Will Campbell L2 D13 W12 L4 1.5
11 Hannah Ruhl L7 L4 B--- D8 1.5
12 Hannah Danis D13 L5 L10 B--- 1.5
13 Dylan Pratico D12 D10 L1 L7 1.0

 

Grade 3

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Oscar Smith W12 W10 W13 W3 4.0
2 Carson Leary W17 D13 W7 W6 3.5
3 Caleb Hoyne W14 W5 W4 L1 3.0
4 Jake O'Connell W18 W9 L3 W10 3.0
5 Riley Bick W15 L3 W17 W9 3.0
6 Mathieu Bergeron D16 W11 W8 L2 2.5
7 Jonathan Decatur W19 D8 L2 W14 2.5
8 Matthew Ellison W11 D7 L6 W13 2.5
9 Willy Noyes W20 L4 W12 L5 2.0
10 Mael LeScouezec B--- L1 W15 L4 2.0
11 Janna Borg L8 L6 W19 W16 2.0
12 Ian Orlando L1 W19 L9 W17 2.0
13 Gwynn Granizo-Mackenzie B--- D2 L1 L8 1.5
14 Bobby Hall L3 D15 W18 L7 1.5
15 Matthew Kunselman L5 D14 L10 W20 1.5
16 Kyle King D6 L17 W20 L11 1.5
17 Aaron Gaines L2 W16 L5 L12 1.0
18 Silas Mullin L4 D20 L14 D19 1.0
19 Greg Ward L7 L12 L11 D18 0.5
20 Katie Borst L9 D18 L16 L15 0.5

 

Grade 4

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Joonhyeok Lee W19 W9 W5 W4 4.0
2 Matthew Wu W13 D7 W9 W10 3.5
3 Patrick Deibler B--- W20 D15 W7 3.5
4 Liam Osler W18 W6 W11 L1 3.0
5 Daniel Ro W10 W12 L1 W11 3.0
6 Vignesh Rajendran W17 L4 W14 W15 3.0
7 Michael O'Connor W15 D2 W12 L3 2.5
8 Andrew Codding L9 W22 D16 W19 2.5
9 Chendall Brooks W8 L1 L2 W16 2.0
10 Nathaniel Carter L5 W18 W13 L2 2.0
11 Andrey Chmykh W20 W14 L4 L5 2.0
12 Martin Deutsch W22 L5 L7 W20 2.0
13 Kevin Masse L2 W19 L10 W18 2.0
14 Seamus Mol B--- L11 L6 W21 2.0
15 Shaylyn Clancy L7 W16 D3 L6 1.5
16 Trevor Utton W21 L15 D8 L9 1.5
17 Sam Berk L6 D21 L18 W22 1.5
18 Zoe Frolik L4 L10 W17 L13 1.0
19 David Shank L1 L13 W21 L8 1.0
20 Taylor Garner L11 L3 W22 L12 1.0
21 Matt Borst L16 D17 L19 L14 0.5
22 Joscha Snal L12 L8 L20 L17 0.0

 

Grade 5

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Luke Taylor W12 W5 W6 W3 4.0
2 Christopher Keyes W9 W12 W4 W8 4.0
3 Zoe Granizo-Mackenzie W11 W14 W8 L1 3.0
4 Cole Blondin W15 W6 L2 W7 3.0
5 Craig Sampson W7 L1 W15 W10 3.0
6 Miles Campbell W10 L4 L1 W13 2.0
7 Justin Decatur L5 W11 W9 L4 2.0
8 Bob Milne W16 W13 L3 L2 2.0
9 Kyle Bormann L2 W17 L7 W14 2.0
10 Iskandar Khan L6 W16 W14 L5 2.0
11 Geoffrey Doering L3 L7 W17 W16 2.0
12 Patrick Sheedy L1 L2 D13 W15 1.5
13 Liam Boyde B--- L8 D12 L6 1.5
14 Julian Arnott W17 L3 L10 L9 1.0
15 Thomas Peck L4 B--- L5 L12 1.0
16 Minda Stridsberg L8 L10 B--- L11 1.0
17 Logan Greeno L14 L9 L11 B--- 1.0

 

Grade 6

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Cody Yu W9 W13 W4 W3 D2 4.5
2 David Ro W23 W20 W6 W5 D1 4.5
3 Andrew Akiki W18 W8 W7 L1 W6 4.0
4 Jared Lebowitz W21 W22 L1 W15 W10 4.0
5 Robert Malinowski D20 W14 W13 L2 W7 3.5
6 Jeremy Carter W15 W10 L2 W11 L3 3.0
7 Guthrie Collins W24 W11 L3 W8 L5 3.0
8 Austin Ledley W14 L3 W9 L7 W15 3.0
9 Kenneth Tomlinson L1 W12 L8 W14 W16 3.0
10 Eli Roy W16 L6 W17 W20 L4 3.0
11 Jonny Oblak W17 L7 W18 L6 W13 3.0
12 Elyas O'Classen L13 L9 W23 W17 D19 2.5
13 Spencer Alderman W12 L1 L5 W22 L11 2.0
14 Albert Brown L8 L5 W19 L9 W20 2.0
15 Justin Ives L6 W16 W22 L4 L8 2.0
16 Ronnie Metcalf L10 L15 W24 W18 L9 2.0
17 Hillary Danis L11 W23 L10 L12 W21 2.0
18 Jesse James L3 W24 L11 L16 W22 2.0
19 Daniel Hoyne-Grosvenor L22 D21 L14 W23 D12 2.0
20 Ryan Clancy D5 L2 W21 L10 L14 1.5
21 Eli Karren L4 D19 L20 W24 L17 1.5
22 Ernie Craney W19 L4 L15 L13 L18 1.0
23 Matthew Codding L2 L17 L12 L19 D24 0.5
24 Gage Greeno L7 L18 L16 L21 D23 0.5

 

Middle School (Grades 7-8)

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Tomash Zentrich W5 W3 W2 W4 4.0
2 Kyle Ferguson W12 W11 L1 W7 3.0
3 Stuart Guertin W8 L1 W12 W6 3.0
4 Andrew Girouard W14 W7 W10 L1 3.0
5 Clark Stridsberg L1 W6 W14 W10 3.0
6 Maxx Vick W9 L5 W13 L3 2.0
7 Ezra Sassaman W16 L4 W9 L2 2.0
8 Morgan Wynes L3 L9 W17 W11 2.0
9 John Boyde L6 W8 L7 W16 2.0
10 Neil Guertin W17 W15 L4 L5 2.0
11 Daniel Shank W13 L2 W15 L8 2.0
12 Benjamin Tuttle L2 W16 L3 W15 2.0
13 Kyle Werner L11 B--- L6 W14 2.0
14 Nathan Manns L4 W17 L5 L13 1.0
15 Elliott Mol B--- L10 L11 L12 1.0
16 Hugues Ross L7 L12 B--- L9 1.0
17 Simon Lyon L10 L14 L8 B--- 1.0

 

High School (Grades 9-12)

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Haizhou Xu W42 W4 W10 W3 W7 5.0
2 Oliver Chase W29 W15 W18 W13 W9 5.0
3 Nick Oblak W35 W12 W26 L1 W11 4.0
4 Ben Chamberlain W33 L1 W14 W20 W19 4.0
5 Riley Carlson W8 W14 L9 W31 W13 4.0
6 Michael Forrest W37 W32 L11 W15 W21 4.0
7 Luke Landman W43 W50 W16 W33 L1 4.0
8 Dylan Hamel L5 W49 W43 W25 W23 4.0
9 Michael Brooks W38 W22 W5 D11 L2 3.5
10 Wei Ng W30 W17 L1 W26 D12 3.5
11 James Girouard III W48 W34 W6 D9 L3 3.5
12 Brandon Pierce W44 L3 W46 W16 D10 3.5
13 Nick Marshall W21 W39 W20 L2 L5 3.0
14 Autumn Brooks W24 L5 L4 W28 W27 3.0
15 Scott Posner W34 L2 W40 L6 W31 3.0
16 Delaney Granizo-Mackenzie W49 W25 L7 L12 W35 3.0
17 Jake Selig W36 L10 W24 L21 W33 3.0
18 Colin Sandon W40 W47 L2 L19 W39 3.0
19 Jonathan Kuehne L32 W51 W35 W18 L4 3.0
20 Dylan Godeck W53 W31 L13 L4 W32 3.0
21 Ryan Copping L13 W53 W47 W17 L6 3.0
22 Chris Virun W27 L9 L31 W45 W37 3.0
23 Nguyen Ha Trang L46 W36 W44 W32 L8 3.0
24 Kyle Weinreich L14 W45 L17 W46 W41 3.0
25 Mert Sells W52 L16 W50 L8 W38 3.0
26 Nick Martino W41 W46 L3 L10 D29 2.5
27 Tanya Avilova L22 W38 D28 W34 L14 2.5
28 Kyle Tuttle L31 W37 D27 L14 W43 2.5
29 Shaun Farrell L2 L44 W36 W40 D26 2.5
30 Tim Aubel L10 D43 L34 W53 W45 2.5
31 Ben Simmons W28 L20 W22 L5 L15 2.0
32 JD Shepardson W19 L6 W39 L23 L20 2.0
33 Vincent Broderick L4 W42 W48 L7 L17 2.0
34 Peter Lane L15 L11 W30 L27 W49 2.0
35 Matt Girouard L3 W52 L19 W44 L16 2.0
36 Reggie Schulman L17 L23 L29 W51 W47 2.0
37 Jon Murray L6 L28 W52 W48 L22 2.0
38 Adam Carpenter L9 L27 W53 W47 L25 2.0
39 Jacob Wahlen-Strothman W45 L13 L32 W50 L18 2.0
40 Ben Hon L18 B--- L15 L29 W50 2.0
41 William Angier L26 L48 W51 W49 L24 2.0
42 Sean Stoltz L1 L33 L45 B--- W48 2.0
43 Nathan Masse L7 D30 L8 W52 L28 1.5
44 Stephanie Schmidt L12 W29 L23 L35 D52 1.5
45 Maitland Pike L39 L24 W42 L22 L30 1.0
46 Brian Obuchowski W23 L26 L12 L24 U--- 1.0
47 Theron Matthews W51 L18 L21 L38 L36 1.0
48 Michael Eaton L11 W41 L33 L37 L42 1.0
49 A.J. Mathews L16 L8 B--- L41 L34 1.0
50 Darlene Guest B--- L7 L25 L39 L40 1.0
51 Joe Blancato L47 L19 L41 L36 W53 1.0
52 Dustin Whitaker L25 L35 L37 L43 D44 0.5
53 Galloway Morris L20 L21 L38 L30 L51 0.0