Washington (now NWSRS) Scholastic Rating System

2004 - 2005: The Top Ten in Each Grade in WA

 

Boldface: Highest rated player in each grade.  Underlined:  The most active (in career games) in each grade.  To reach anywhere on these pages, players had to be a Washington resident and play a minimum of 15 WSRS rated games last season, without exception.  (A) = career games.  (B) = games played in 2004-2005 season.  (Ratings for this list were closed August 12, 2005.)

Congratulations to the fine young players who made this list!  We honor you.  And congratulations to the many others who missed the list narrowly, and the many, many others who competed last year in this great game we all enjoy!

THIS IS A FULLY RESET LISTING FOR 2004-2005 done in preparation for the 2005-2006 season.  ALL PLAYERS ARE LISTED WITH THEIR NEW 2005-2006 GRADES.  (There may be some kindergartners who started competitive chess as pre-schoolers whose grades need to be reset.  Please communicate with Kirk Winges concerning any issues with grade coding kwinges@comcast.net).  Also provide any school changes, grade changes or updated/new USCF information to Kirk.

 

SENIORS (416)

 

last name          first   school grd ID#  rtng (A) (B)

 

BINZ               KEVIN       HSC M 7494  1879  70  17

SU                 MICHAEL     CHW M 9871  1745  68  22

JUNE               PETER       SHM M 9213  1725 314  42

JUSAK              JEREMY      SHM M 7225  1525 212  31

HUFNAGEL           ERIC        SCH M 2918  1381 113  19

HERNANDEZ          JOHN        BHM M 1410  1301  50  40

BLUM               KYLE        GAR M 7578  1284  50  23

KURTIS             MATT        SHM M 7331  1273 337  33

ISLEY              MICHAEL     ODE M 1746  1263 130  17

HANSEN             TYLER       SKN M 4336  1226  53  24

 

          JUNIORS (472)

 

WYDE               DAVID       LSS L 8464  2032 201  22

WYDE               BEN         LSS L 9563  1912 185  16

LANKA              ADI         MCR L 2315  1861 145  21

TAKI               STEVEN      MCR L 8861  1736 177  25

VAN WEERDHUIZEN    LANE        LYE L 3644  1665 416  52

MYHRVOLD           CONOR       HSC L 2949  1618 117  16

MYHRVOLD           CAMERON     HSC L 2948  1450 101  16

GIRARDEAU-DALE     ANDY        GAR L 1749  1390 221  33

ARMANCAS           IBBA        GAR L 7048  1295 154  19

PARKER             COLIN       SPR L 5746  1292 155  28

 

          SOPHOMORES (435)

 

SELZLER            RICKY       BAI K 3733  2015 130  15

AKOPOV             MICHAEL     PAS K 5669  1334  83  18

HOOPER             JIMMY       SAS K 8460  1323 159  32

OSSEWARD II        PETER       BAL K 1403  1283 222  18

SO                 CONAN       INT K 4554  1260  86  25

SHANKLAND          SARAH       SAS K 4627  1259 235  18

MULLIGAN           JAMEY       SCH K 3049  1248 153  18

NAST               TOMMY       UPA K 1402  1215 277  16

KOLDE              STERLING    LSS K 1754  1179  54  18

TALBOT             JANELL      LIB K 7273  1162 236  51

 

          FROSH (518)

 

CAMBARERI          MICHAEL     SGS J 5579  1807 183  15

MAY                ANDY        HSC J 3820  1792 150  25

WARRIER            VISHNU      ICS J 7591  1639  79  15

DIETZ              STERLING    LYE J 1695  1612 248  39

KOHLENBERG         JEREMY      EVG J 5203  1432 262  15

PASCHKE            CLAYTON     SAS J 8549  1421 197  40

KNUDSEN            ELIOT       LMS J 9706  1391  56  27

ARMANCAS           GABRIEL     WMS J 3664  1358 159  21

HANSEN             DARYL       PLK J 9539  1224  97  20

JACKSON            PAUL        STL J 7926  1209 177  15

          GRADE 8 (726)

 

SHANKLAND          ADAM        LMS I 6226  1704 277  20

YABUSAKI           ANDREW      HMS I 8027  1505 204  30

TANAKA             SHINICHIRO  WMS I 8561  1495 218  18

WILLSON            ANDREW      KIW I 4070  1462 298  20

TAKI               KEVIN       IMS I 8812  1413 159  16

TALBOT             JOHN        LIB I 7264  1412 264  38

XING               KERRY       NJH I 7139  1367  55  30

FAN                GEORGE      WMS I 9833  1355  51  26

VINING             ALEXANDER   CKT I 3735  1347 170  20

SO                 ERNEST      OMS I 4548  1343 121  40

 

          GRADE 7 (962)

 

DIXON              DAKOTA      HCS H 1307  1646 264  56

BLEICH             TRAVIS      KHS H 9016  1603 291  69

MANBER             DEVON       WMS H 1818  1569 244  67

WITECKI            THOMAS      AST H 8805  1514 307  50

RASSILYER          BLAKE       VIL H 2779  1474 284  77

SOUTHCOTE-WANT     IAN         SHE H 1034  1397 400  88

SCHEIBE            DANIEL      LEC H 6652  1395 108  46

OSTROW             ALEXANDER   WMS H 7421  1369 272  66

PARKER             ADDISON     HCS H 4255  1361 179  54

THOMSON            DANNY       WHI H 4466  1279 173  15

 

          GRADE 6 (1082)

 

GUO                ALEX        STV G 7413  1569  68  15

LI                 JERRY       STV G 6650  1539 116  15

COUNTRYMAN         ZACHARY     WIL G 5027  1495 141  39

BAKER              SEBASTIAN   KIW G 8925  1488 103  44

CHOW               ALEX        WIL G 7419  1443 101  39

DIXON              BLAKE       HCS G 2926  1414 261  65

CASPI              AVIV        STV G 3444  1343 100  15

COHEN              AARON       UCD G 8645  1342 175  29

RADER              GABRIELLA   STV G 3016  1334 227  37

MAYER              NAT         EVG G 9591  1309 191  41

 

          GRADE 5 (1123)

 

OMORI              MICHAEL     EVG F 4258  1551 182  38

INGLIS             DAVID       EVG F 4268  1436 158  40

YANG               MATTHEW     WED F 4256  1434 222  49

HO                 DANIEL      KIW F 2666  1418 150  20

KOH                ALEX        VIL F 2134  1410 202  49

MAIDER             TATE        LAU F 1790  1408 207  38

LARUS-STONE        NICHOLAS    STV F 8897  1375 229  39

ELLIOTT            ZACHARY     WME F 2140  1368 160  33

GASAWAY            DEREK       LOW F 3445  1272 189  36

MAYER              JACOB       WED F 3370  1244 109  33

 

          GRADE 4 (1033)

 

WANG               MICHAEL     BEN E 6449  1453  92  25

LEE                NATHAN      APO E 3203  1450 116  19

HO                 ALEC        KIW E 1448  1445 150  20

LI                 WILLIAM     STV E 6452  1355 101  27

LUO                BOBBY       EVG E 4225  1301 161  32

LEE                MEGAN       STV E 8702  1294  95  35

GUO                ANTHONY     STV E 8250  1292  82  28

SUN                TRISTAN     LOW E 1094  1290  66  57

GARRISON           ANDREW      EVG E 4993  1284  81  34

MA                 SAMUEL      MED E 8135  1268 105  25

 

          GRADE 3 (864)

 

ORLOV              NICHOLAS    VIL D 3712  1511 199  45

COLASURDO          JAMES       STS D 9631  1361 167  54

XING               CASEY       WDM D 7217  1262  64  39

CHUCK              CARLIN      WME D 7389  1248 114  59

WEI                ALVA        SCN D 3054  1222  93  64

BUDZIANOWSKI       JAAN S      BUS D 7078  1216  67  52

SATHER             JACK        OPW D 7015  1180  93  54

GELB               NICOLO      WHR D 7779  1176  57  32

JOSWIAK            LUKAS       BRY D 8722  1158 143  54

BREITENFELDT       SHANE       SCJ D 4386  1140 154  37

 

          GRADE 2 (492)

 

MEISNER            SAMUEL      SHE C 3568  1253  91  52

YU                 WESLEY      LOW C 4032  1185 115  71

WILSON             DIALLO      TTM C 2125  1078  80  50

JI                 CALEB       STV C 6361  1068  20  20

HU                 JIAYI       SCN C 3570  1061  84  55

LIEN               SCOTT       WIW C 4396  1007  25  25

BIRNBACH           ZAMIR       EVG C 3850   986  92  53

TALBOT             BRIAN       LIB C 7252   974  73  35

ARTHURS            NATHAN      JFP C 3980   974  15  15

LIEN               BRANDON     WIW C 8551   970  25  25

 

          GRADE 1 (244)*

 

MA                 KEVIN       BCA B 3884  1172  20  20

HUANG              CHRIS       HIC B 4121  1070  15  15

YU                 JUSTIN      OPW B 6029  1010  50  50

CARPENTER          COLTON      SAI B 4173   971  20  20

HECKERMAN          ROBERT      OPW B 3587   910  42  42

PETERSON           SEAN        STB B 4609   894  40  40

READEY             EMILY       MRM B 8977   891  25  25

BYLUND             JACK        BRY B 4326   878  30  30

VANMANE            AMITH       OPW B 1849   872  25  25

THORN              MICHAEL     ENS B 4361   868  34  34

*Note: all students coded as kindergarten last year were automatically advanced to first grade by the rating system.  Accordingly, this first grade list may include some students that will ultimately be re-coded to kindergarten because they were actually pre-kindergarten last year.  The WSRS makes no distinction between kindergarten and pre-kindergarten students.

 

          WASHINGTON'S TOP TEN OVERALL

 

1. DAVID WYDE, 2032, grade 11, Lakeside

2. RICKY SELZLER, 2015, grade 10, Bainbridge

3. BEN WYDE, 1912, grade 11, Lakeside

4. KEVIN BINZ, 1879, grade 12, Home schooling

5. ADI LANKA, 1861, grade 11, Mercer Island

6. MICHAEL CAMBARERI, 1807, grade 9, St. George's

7. ANDY MAY, 1792, grade 9, Home Schooling

8. MICHAEL SU, 1745, grade 12, Charles Wright

9. STEVEN TAKI, 1736, grade 11, Mercer Island

10. PETER JUNE, 1725, grade 12, Seahome

 

WASHINGTON'S FIVE MOST ACTIVE

 

1. Lane Van Weerdhuizen, 1665, 416, Lynden HS

2. Victoria Licht, 1125, 408, St. Michaels, Olympia

3. Ian Southcote-Want, 1397, 400, Sherwood, Edmonds

4. Matt Kurtis, 1273, 337, Seahome, Bellingham

5.  Alex Kurtis, 1204, 327, Sehome, Bellingham

 

Special Note for:

               Ian Southcote-Want – largest number of games played last year: 88 in single year.

 

HONORING OUR TOP GRADUATED SENIORS

 

1. PRITHVI SHANKAR, 1626, Roosevelt HS, Seattle

2. HARRY CHEADLE, 1594, Garfield HS, Seattle

3. KYLE LAM, 1563, Garfield HS, Seattle

4. DAVID THAXTON, 1486, West Valley HS, Yakima

5. MICHAEL DRAPER, 1453, Ferndale HS, Ferndale

6. BEN BISHOP, 1391, Lakeside HS, Seattle

7. JONATHAN PARRY, 1292, Seattle Prep. HS, Seattle

8. NICK NYBERG, 1269, Snohomish HS, Snohomish

9. ILYA TKACH, 1253, Roosevelt HS, Seattle

10. JERRY ZHOU, 1233, Garfield HS, Seattle

 

WSRS RATING SYSTEM STATS AND ACTIVITY

 

At the end of last season we had reached 8853 players, slightly higher than the previous year.  This August the Washington Scholastic Rating System was reset as follows: (1) Graduated seniors were removed. (2) A few inactives (those with no activity for 2 years) were removed.  (3) All grades were advanced one level.  (4) The "this year" games field was emptied.  All USCF ratings were updated on August 11, 2005.

 

We start the new season with 8367 rated scholastic players, 3838 in grades 1-6.  Last year we rated over 90 events and over 27,000 games. 

 

ORGANIZERS, DIRECTORS: I will re-iterate what I said in this fishwrap last year, running the rating system is a lot of work.  In order to make my job easier, I am hoping that all tournament directors will please break down and buy a copy of SwissSys – maybe get an old one from somebody else who is not longer using it.  It is so much easier to rate tournaments in SwissSys.  Those sent in other formats make a lot more work for me.  Any version – even the old DOS versions, work fine in my system.  Second, please use the ratings database to do your registration and entry.  The old SwissMix program is no longer going to work, so you will need to learn to use the registration program I wrote to work with the database.  It is available on the website for free.  It uses the ratings database files directly and you can always get the latest version of the registrations program and the latest ratings database on the website. 

 

It's a pleasure to work with the Washington Chess community. I work hard to try to keep the system running efficiently.  Thanks for your help.

 

Kirk Winges, August 12, 2005