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John Balch Memorial

2019 VERMONT STATE SCHOLASTIC

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

RESULTS


Press Release:

The thirty-second annual Vermont Scholastic Chess Championships were held on Saturday, April 6th at Berlin Elementary School in Berlin, Vermont. 130 students from across the state competed for grade level championships in Kindergarten through grade 6, plus Middle School and High School Championships.  Sasha Kagle of Jericho was crowned champion of the high school section, and won the right to represent Vermont in the national Denker Tournament of State High School Champions, which will be held in Orlando, FL in August.  Jacob Graham of Bristol was the victor in the Middle School division, and won the right to represent Vermont in the Barber K-8 Nationals, held concurrently in Orlando.  Elizabeth Tupaj of Essex Junction earned the nomination to represent Vermont in the National Girls Tournament of Champions.  In the High School Team Competition, St. Johnsbury High Academy posted the win, with Rutland High School in second place.  The Middle School Team Competition was won by Stowe Middle School.
 

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RESULTS

Kindergarten / Grade 1 

# Name Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Flynn Harper* 1 W10 D2 W3 W5 3.5
2 Henry Wolf 1 W5 D1 W7 W4 3.5
3 Leander Thurman 1 W6 W8 L1 W7 3.0
4 Noah Hollander 1 W8 D7 W6 L2 2.5
5 Wendell Gershon 1 L2 W9 W8 L1 2.0
6 Kiri Tuma** K L3 W10 L4 W9 2.0
7 Wesley Haven 1 W9 D4 L2 L3 1.5
8 Griffin Daneau*** K L4 L3 L5 B--- 1.0
9 Ceili Grey 1 L7 L5 W10 L6 1.0
10 Eli Bursey 1 L1 L6 L9 U--- 0.0
2019 VT State Scholastic Chess Championships

*Awarded Championship trophy via playoff game.
**Awarded Kindergarten Championship trophy.
***Awarded Kindergarten Second Place trophy.

 

Grade 2

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Elias O'Donald W7 W9 W2 W3 4.0
2 Jace Grayson W10 W4 L1 W6 3.0
3 William Kimberley-Stridsberg W5 W6 W8 L1 3.0
4 Cailin Fitzgerald W11 L2 W12 W7 3.0
5 Audrey Jones L3 L8 W10 W9 2.0
6 Kevin McEnerney W8 L3 D9 L2 1.5
7 Benjamin Stevens L1 D12 W11 L4 1.5
8 Celia Ekstrom L6 W5 L3 D11 1.5
9 Mason Garrow W12 L1 D6 L5 1.5
10 James McShane L2 D11 L5 W12 1.5
11 Garrett Soter L4 D10 L7 D8 1.0
12 James Moorhead L9 D7 L4 L10 0.5
2019 VT State Scholastic Chess Championships

 

Grade 3

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Roland Ekstrom* W10 W6 W7 D2 3.5
2 Willard Peabody W8 W11 W5 D1 3.5
3 Henry Jolliffe W13 L5 W11 W7 3.0
4 Archer Perkins L11 W10 W8 W9 3.0
5 Isaac Smith W9 W3 L2 D6 2.5
6 Bear Grey B--- L1 W15 D5 2.5
7 Evan Launderville W15 W12 L1 L3 2.0
8 Leo Madill L2 W13 L4 W14 2.0
9 Mariner Gershon L5 B--- W12 L4 2.0
10 Jackson Ferreira L1 L4 B--- W15 2.0
11 Aiden Green W4 L2 L3 D12 1.5
12 Mateo Almena-Lee W14 L7 L9 D11 1.5
13 Sam Rodriguez L3 L8 D14 B--- 1.5
14 Ezra Keim L12 D15 D13 L8 1.0
15 Tomas Hynes L7 D14 L6 L10 0.5
2019 VT State Scholastic Chess Championships

*Awarded Championship trophy via playoff game.

 

Grade 4

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Zachary Lindenberg W20 W7 W8 W2 W4 5.0
2 Emma Malroux W3 W6 W9 L1 W11 4.0
3 Misha Chirkov L2 W21 W14 W7 W10 4.0
4 Cadence Tessier W26 W18 W15 W10 L1 4.0
5 Samuel Garbarino W19 W14 L10 W18 W9 4.0
6 William Carter W22 L2 D16 W24 W15 3.5
7 Carl Wolf W11 L1 W19 L3 W24 3.0
8 Sebastian Doulis W17 W12 L1 L9 W18 3.0
9 Matthew Mallory W23 W16 L2 W8 L5 3.0
10 Sullivan Staff W27 W25 W5 L4 L3 3.0
11 Christian McEnerney L7 W23 W13 W12 L2 3.0
12 Riordan Adams W24 L8 W28 L11 W20 3.0
13 Carson Farnham L14 B--- L11 W21 W19 3.0
14 Max Katsnelson W13 L5 L3 W27 D17 2.5
15 Sahasra Bonda D21 W17 L4 W16 L6 2.5
16 Maeda Urie W30 L9 D6 L15 W25 2.5
17 Donavan Turner L8 L15 W23 W22 D14 2.5
18 Raxa Tariyal W29 L4 W22 L5 L8 2.0
19 Max DeRuzza L5 W20 L7 W29 L13 2.0
20 Lily Bruneau L1 L19 W26 W28 L12 2.0
21 Elijah Davis D15 L3 D27 L13 W29 2.0
22 Kenneth Grey L6 W26 L18 L17 W28 2.0
23 Liam Gallagher L9 L11 L17 B--- W27 2.0
24 Addison Jones L12 D27 W25 L6 L7 1.5
25 Blake Loeffler W28 L10 L24 D26 L16 1.5
26 Nicholas French L4 L22 L20 D25 B--- 1.5
27 Celine Cozzens L10 D24 D21 L14 L23 1.0
28 Mira Carmolli L25 W29 L12 L20 L22 1.0
29 Jason Perez L18 L28 B--- L19 L21 1.0
2019 VT State Scholastic Chess Championships

 

Grade 5

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Jack Frizzell W12 W2 W7 W3 4.0
2 Varek Tuma W5 L1 W17 W10 3.0
3 Asa Davis W9 W15 W10 L1 3.0
4 Jonathan Begins W16 L7 W11 W6 3.0
5 Joseph Hollander L2 W12 W19 W13 3.0
6 Jackson Staff W17 W22 W8 L4 3.0
7 Benjamin Edwards W14 W4 L1 D11 2.5
8 Calvin McRae W18 D11 L6 W14 2.5
9 Ryder Scott L3 W18 D14 W17 2.5
10 Elijah Alexander W13 W19 L3 L2 2.0
11 Olivia Kane W20 D8 L4 D7 2.0
12 Gabriel Hooker L1 L5 W21 W19 2.0
13 Isaac Lenzini L10 W20 W15 L5 2.0
14 Riley Bredbeck L7 W16 D9 L8 1.5
15 Eve Perkins W21 L3 L13 D18 1.5
16 Marlena Maffessanti L4 L14 D18 W20 1.5
17 Luca Bowen L6 W21 L2 L9 1.0
18 Clara Launderville L8 L9 D16 D15 1.0
19 Levi Causey W22 L10 L5 L12 1.0
20 Milly Launderville L11 L13 B--- L16 1.0
21 Emma Orlow L15 L17 L12 B--- 1.0
22 Helena Wolfel L19 L6 U--- U--- 0.0
2019 VT State Scholastic Chess Championships

 

Grade 6

# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Vega Tariyal W2 W8 W4 W5 4.0
2 Cade Jung L1 W10 W7 W4 3.0
3 Emilie Bruneau L4 W6 W8 W9 3.0
4 Kareem Schmidpeter W3 W5 L1 L2 2.0
5 Oliver Madill W9 L4 W6 L1 2.0
6 Henry Bushey W7 L3 L5 W10 2.0
7 Joseph Gaudette L6 W9 L2 W8 2.0
8 Moses Andrews W10 L1 L3 L7 1.0
9 Rosalyn Tighe L5 L7 W10 L3 1.0
10 Maggie MacDonald L8 L2 L9 L6 0.0
2019 VT State Scholastic Chess Championships

 

Middle School 

# Name Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Jacob Graham 6 W13 W6 W4 W2 4.0
2 Simon Cafiero 8 W3 W10 W7 L1 3.0
3 Thomas Hyde 7 L2 W9 W10 W6 3.0
4 Luca DeRuzza 8 B--- W12 L1 W10 3.0
5 Tovahn Vitols 8 L8 B--- W11 W7 3.0
6 Marcus White 8 W12 L1 W8 L3 2.0
7 Dylan Washer 7 W11 W8 L2 L5 2.0
8 Jesse Burnell 8 W5 L7 L6 W11 2.0
9 Nathan Lenzini 8 L10 L3 W13 W12 2.0
10 Aiden DeRuzza 7 W9 L2 L3 L4 1.0
11 Finn Liland 7 L7 W13 L5 L8 1.0
12 Samuel Babcock 7 L6 L4 B--- L9 1.0
13 Ian Apfel 8 L1 L11 L9 B--- 1.0
2019 VT State Scholastic Chess Championships

 

High School

# Name Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Sasha Kagle 12 W12 W14 W5 W2 4.0
2 Ragulan Sivakumar 11 W13 W8 W6 L1 3.0
3 Elizabeth Tupaj 9 W17 L5 W8 W11 3.0
4 Danis Ly 12 L5 W18 W9 W10 3.0
5 Michael Cafiero 11 W4 W3 L1 D6 2.5
6 Luca Mikulis-Borsoi 9 W10 W9 L2 D5 2.5
7 Joseph Vineyard 11 L8 W17 D13 W14 2.5
8 James Pease 11 W7 L2 L3 W15 2.0
9 James Markley 11 W16 L6 L4 W13 2.0
10 Billy Latkin 10 L6 W16 W14 L4 2.0
11 Jack Brandon 9 W18 L13 W15 L3 2.0
12 Zachary Anti 10 L1 L15 W18 W16 2.0
13 Yinnu Xie 10 L2 W11 D7 L9 1.5
14 Curtis Johnson 12 W15 L1 L10 L7 1.0
15 Ben Parker 9 L14 W12 L11 L8 1.0
16 Sergio Sastre 11 L9 L10 W17 L12 1.0
17 Jonas Jarecki 9 L3 L7 L16 W18 1.0
18 Ahmed Aamir 9 L11 L4 L12 L17 0.0