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John Balch Memorial
2021 VERMONT STATE SCHOLASTIC
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
RESULTS
Press Release:
The thirty-third Vermont
Scholastic Chess Championships were held on Saturday and Sunday, May 29th
and 30th at
the Capiatl City Grange Hall in Berlin, Vermont. 70 students from across the
state competed for grade level championships in Kindergarten through grade 6,
plus Middle School and High School Championships. Luca Mikulis
of Brattleboro was crowned champion of the high school section, and won the
right to represent Vermont in the Denker National Tournament of High School
State Champions, which will be held in Philadelphia, PA
in August.
Jacob Graham of Bristol was the victor in
the Middle School division, and won the right to represent Vermont in the Barber
National Tournament of Middle School State Champions, held concurrently in
Philadelphia. Aiden Green of Bennington won the right to represent Vermont
in the Rockefeller National Tournament of Elementary School State Champions,
also held in Philadelphia. Elizabeth Tupaj of Essex Junction earned
the nomination to represent Vermont in the
National Girls Tournament of Champions.
PHOTOS
Grade K-3 Section:
Photo Gallery
(Saturday Morning)
High School Section: Photo
Gallery (Saturday Afternoon)
Grade 4-8 Section: Photo
Gallery (Sunday Afternoon)
RESULTS
Kindergarten / Grade 1
| # |
Name |
Grade |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Total |
| 1 |
Jack Simpson |
1 |
W6 |
W2 |
W3 |
W5 |
4.0 |
| 2 |
Patrick Ehret |
1 |
W4 |
L1 |
W7 |
W6 |
3.0 |
| 3 |
Oliver Broussard |
1 |
D5 |
W6 |
L1 |
B--- |
2.5 |
| 4 |
Kai Hartshorn |
1 |
L2 |
B--- |
D5 |
W7 |
2.5 |
| 5 |
Andrew Jiang* |
K |
D3 |
W7 |
D4 |
L1 |
2.0 |
| 6 |
Evelyn Whittington** |
K |
L1 |
L3 |
B--- |
L2 |
1.0 |
| 7 |
Freya Gershon*** |
K |
B--- |
L5 |
L2 |
L4 |
1.0 |
*Awarded Kindergarten Championship trophy.
**Awarded Kindergarten Second Place trophy.
***Awarded Kindergarten Third Place trophy.
Grade 2 / 3
| # |
Name |
Grade |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Total |
| 1 |
Kiri Tuma* |
2 |
B--- |
W4 |
W3 |
L2 |
3.0 |
| 2 |
Noah Hollander** |
3 |
L3 |
B--- |
W6 |
W1 |
3.0 |
| 3 |
Leander Thurman*** |
3 |
W2 |
W5 |
L1 |
W7 |
3.0 |
| 4 |
Flynn Harper**** |
3 |
W7 |
L1 |
W5 |
W6 |
3.0 |
| 5 |
Wendell Gershon |
3 |
D6 |
L3 |
L4 |
B--- |
1.5 |
| 6 |
Jiya Sekar |
3 |
D5 |
W7 |
L2 |
L4 |
1.5 |
| 7 |
Emily Orcutt |
3 |
L4 |
L6 |
B--- |
L3 |
1.0 |
*Awarded Second Grade Championship trophy.
**Awarded Third Grade Championship trophy
via playoff games.
***Awarded Third Grade Second Place trophy
via playoff games.
****Awarded Third Grade Third Place trophy
via playoff games.
Grade 4
| # |
Name |
Grade |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Total |
| 1 |
Blake Bentley |
4 |
W5 |
W3 |
W2 |
W6 |
4.0 |
| 2 |
Cailin Fitzgerald |
4 |
B--- |
W4 |
L1 |
W3 |
3.0 |
| 3 |
Leo Snyder Hamalainen |
4 |
W6 |
L1 |
W4 |
L2 |
2.0 |
| 4 |
Bernadette Caldwell |
4 |
W7 |
L2 |
L3 |
W5 |
2.0 |
| 5 |
Gryphin Kryder |
4 |
L1 |
B--- |
W7 |
L4 |
2.0 |
| 6 |
Ari Moragues |
4 |
L3 |
D7 |
B--- |
L1 |
1.5 |
| 7 |
Kai Snyder Hamalainen |
4 |
L4 |
D6 |
L5 |
B--- |
1.5 |
Grade 5
| # |
Name |
Grade |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Total |
| 1 |
Aiden Green |
5 |
W7 |
W14 |
W2 |
W3 |
4.0 |
| 2 |
Ira Alberghini |
5 |
W9 |
W4 |
L1 |
W6 |
3.0 |
| 3 |
Alexander Collins |
5 |
W10 |
W6 |
W5 |
L1 |
3.0 |
| 4 |
Roland Ekstrom |
5 |
W11 |
L2 |
W14 |
W8 |
3.0 |
| 5 |
Jackson Ferreira |
5 |
B--- |
W12 |
L3 |
W10 |
3.0 |
| 6 |
Mariner Gershon |
5 |
W15 |
L3 |
W12 |
L2 |
2.0 |
| 7 |
Tiger Jia |
5 |
L1 |
W11 |
L8 |
W14 |
2.0 |
| 8 |
Mateo Almena Lee |
5 |
L14 |
W13 |
W7 |
L4 |
2.0 |
| 9 |
Jonathan Sicard |
5 |
L2 |
B--- |
D10 |
D11 |
2.0 |
| 10 |
Noah Miller |
5 |
L3 |
W15 |
D9 |
L5 |
1.5 |
| 11 |
Archer Perkins |
5 |
L4 |
L7 |
W13 |
D9 |
1.5 |
| 12 |
Saebryn Carter |
5 |
D13 |
L5 |
L6 |
W15 |
1.5 |
| 13 |
Jaret Sturtevant |
5 |
D12 |
L8 |
L11 |
B--- |
1.5 |
| 14 |
Maximilian Speier |
5 |
W8 |
L1 |
L4 |
L7 |
1.0 |
| 15 |
Penny Verner |
5 |
L6 |
L10 |
B--- |
L12 |
1.0 |
Grade 6
| # |
Name |
Grade |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Total |
| 1 |
Evan Xia |
6 |
W7 |
W11 |
W2 |
W3 |
4.0 |
| 2 |
Zach Lindenberg |
6 |
W4 |
W8 |
L1 |
W10 |
3.0 |
| 3 |
Archer Beth |
6 |
W12 |
W10 |
W11 |
L1 |
3.0 |
| 4 |
Misha Chirkov |
6 |
L2 |
W7 |
W12 |
W6 |
3.0 |
| 5 |
Phoebe Donn |
6 |
D10 |
L6 |
W13 |
W11 |
2.5 |
| 6 |
Kingston Newell |
6 |
L8 |
W5 |
W9 |
L4 |
2.0 |
| 7 |
Sahasra Bonda |
6 |
L1 |
L4 |
B--- |
W12 |
2.0 |
| 8 |
Jay Spence |
6 |
W6 |
L2 |
L10 |
W13 |
2.0 |
| 9 |
Kobi Addington |
6 |
L11 |
W13 |
L6 |
B--- |
2.0 |
| 10 |
Raxa Tariyal |
6 |
D5 |
L3 |
W8 |
L2 |
1.5 |
| 11 |
Sebastian Doulis |
6 |
W9 |
L1 |
L3 |
L5 |
1.0 |
| 12 |
Jimmy Jia |
6 |
L3 |
B--- |
L4 |
L7 |
1.0 |
| 13 |
Henry Allred |
6 |
U--- |
L9 |
L5 |
L8 |
0.0 |
Middle School (Grades 7-8)
| # |
Name |
Grade |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Total |
| 1 |
Jacob Graham |
8 |
W8 |
W5 |
W2 |
W3 |
4.0 |
| 2 |
Colden Powers |
7 |
W4 |
W11 |
L1 |
W6 |
3.0 |
| 3 |
Varek Tuma |
7 |
B--- |
W6 |
W5 |
L1 |
3.0 |
| 4 |
Joseph Hollander |
7 |
L2 |
W7 |
W8 |
W9 |
3.0 |
| 5 |
Vega Tariyal |
8 |
W9 |
L1 |
L3 |
W8 |
2.0 |
| 6 |
Jamie Snyder Hamalainen |
7 |
D7 |
L3 |
W10 |
L2 |
1.5 |
| 7 |
Nathaniel Horton |
7 |
D6 |
L4 |
L9 |
W10 |
1.5 |
| 8 |
Oscar Holland-Simoneau |
7 |
L1 |
W9 |
L4 |
L5 |
1.0 |
| 9 |
Henry Bushey |
8 |
L5 |
L8 |
W7 |
L4 |
1.0 |
| 10 |
Donovan Sicard |
8 |
L11 |
B--- |
L6 |
L7 |
1.0 |
| 11 |
Samuel Matunas |
8 |
W10 |
L2 |
U--- |
U--- |
1.0 |
High School (Grades 9-12)
| # |
Name |
Grade |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Total |
| 1 |
Luca Angelo Valen Mikulis-Borsoi |
11 |
W2 |
W5 |
D4 |
W6 |
3.5 |
| 2 |
Shea Winter |
9 |
L1 |
W9 |
W8 |
W4 |
3.0 |
| 3 |
Samuel Silberman |
12 |
L4 |
W10 |
W5 |
W8 |
3.0 |
| 4 |
Hayden Collins |
12 |
W3 |
W7 |
D1 |
L2 |
2.5 |
| 5 |
Dylan Severson |
12 |
W6 |
L1 |
L3 |
W9 |
2.0 |
| 6 |
Luke Broussard |
9 |
L5 |
W8 |
W7 |
L1 |
2.0 |
| 7 |
Zachary Klugo |
11 |
W9 |
L4 |
L6 |
W10 |
2.0 |
| 8 |
Elizabeth Tupaj |
11 |
W10 |
L6 |
L2 |
L3 |
1.0 |
| 9 |
Evan Dos Santos |
11 |
L7 |
L2 |
W10 |
L5 |
1.0 |
| 10 |
Riley Ashe |
9 |
L8 |
L3 |
L9 |
L7 |
0.0 |
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