2000 Pittsburgh Scholastic Chess Championship

February 19, 2000


Teams

#ScoreCodeSchoolDistrictPrize
113WINCHWinchester Thurston School 1st Place Team Trophy
212MINADMinadeo Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District2nd Place Team Trophy
311LIBERLiberty Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District3rd Place Team Trophy
410EHILLEast Hills Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District4th Place Team Ribbon
510HOMEWHomewood Montessori SchoolPittsburgh School District4th Place Team Ribbon
69STLOUSt Louise De Marillac School  
79HARTEHartwood Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District 
8BROOKBrookline Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District 
9SHAJRShady Side Academy Junior School  
107ELLISEllis School  
117SUNCRSuncrest Middle School  
12HOMEEHome Elementary School  
136CANEVCanevin High School  
146BANKSBanksville Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District 
155COMDSCommunity Day School  

Grades 6 to 12 Premier

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Surlow, WilliamCANEV1221082110W11W8W2W341st Place Trophy
2Simizu, Akira MALLDE914431459W9W5L1W832nd Place Trophy
3Booth, Michael JWMAMS815891599W15W4W7L133rd Place Trophy
4Opaska, Michael PKEYMS811991229W6L3W9W1134th Place Trophy
5Liu, BrianSFELE611671204W14L2W13W735th Place Trophy
6Krut, AndrewFRAMC610071040L4W10D11W146th Place Ribbon
7Jampole, Ezra ASHAMD613461325W10W12L3L521st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
8Young, JasonSUNCR612081215W13L1W12L221st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
9Sharif, Ernest JVANCE1111221116L2B-L4W1321st Place (Eleventh Grade) Ribbon
10Gursoz, AyseSTERR810811084L7L6W15W1221st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
11Jeske, Michael PALLDE1111381130L1W14D6L4 
12Carulli, Matthew DBJRSR71042/05956/08X-L7L8L1011st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
13Simizu, Osamu FREIZS710141005L8W15L5L911st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
14Scibilia, AndrewSHASR91028990L5L11B-L611st Place (Ninth Grade) Ribbon
15Bluhm, DeavenNESHA611161076L3L13L10B-1 
16Mezherytski, KeshaGATJR7  F-U-U-U-0 
17Glick, MaxMTLBH9  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades 8 to 12

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Salmond, HyrumPLUMH10967/081057/12W17W8W7W341st Place Trophy
2Aikens, Nicholas WSCHEN10803853D6W10W8W72nd Place Trophy
3Norton, JonOAKLA1010061017W10W4W5L133rd Place Trophy
4Lederman, Craig MGATJR8795841W11L3W6W934th Place Trophy
5Neuenschwander, EricPIRHM8969969X-W9L3W1235th Place Trophy
6Carulli, JustinBJRSR9Unr887/04D2W17L4W111st Place (Unrated) Trophy
7Bastin, Daniel ScottMOONS10957930W16W12L1L226th Place Ribbon
8Cuneo, Michael JDORSE8822810W13L1L2W1526th Place Ribbon
9Kearney, TimNAIHS9Unr838/04W14L5W13L426th Place Ribbon
10Kleiber, John JSHILL8550/04597/08L3L2W15W1726th Place Ribbon
11Kaslewicz, AndrewKEYMS8Unr782/04L4W14W17L626th Place Ribbon
12Del Raso, MatthewSHILL8685684W15L7W16L526th Place Ribbon
13Glausser, GarrettSTLOU8Unr674/04L8W16L9D141st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
14Amin, DevangCARSN8Unr648/03L9L11B-D131st Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
15Bliss, DanCANEV12Unr301/03L12B-L10L811st Place (Twelfth Grade) Ribbon
16Cavitt, CrystalCANEV12Unr433/03L7L13L12B-11st Place (Twelfth Grade) Ribbon
17Stafford, MattCANEV12Unr501/04L1L6L11L1002nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
18Abdoulline, DimitriFRICK8  F-U-U-U-0 
19Willson, Jared ETRINI9  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades 6 & 7 Advanced

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Dorohovich, John M JrHOMEP6923965W6W3W2W741st Place Trophy
2Lackner, JordanPIRHM7709749W12W8L1W632nd Place Trophy
3Herrmann, Stephen WGATJR7664720W13L1W14W933rd Place Trophy
4Taylor, Earl JSHILL7754/09806/13W7D5L6W124th Place Trophy
5Wang, JoeMTLJR6852855W10D4L7W85th Place Trophy
6Trompeter, WhitneyELLIS6795797L1W13W4L226th Place Ribbon
7Woolhandler, Justin HSTBED6969947L4W11W5L126th Place Ribbon
8Buuch, BulganSCHIL6657663W9L2D11L51st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
9Greb, Peter JSTEDM6851810L8D10W13L31st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
10Scibilia, EmilySHAMD7670670L5D9L12W141st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
11Muenzer, DavidFALK7752740W14L7D8L131st Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
12Mc Colloch, DavidFALK7708/14667/18L2L14W10L41 
13Mc Cord, Alec KMTLJR6804765L3L6L9W111 
14Swisher, JohnROGMS6784/08685/12L11W12L3L101 

Grades 6 & 7 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Bowes, ConorSTLOU6826/041024/08W10W6W3W241st Place Trophy
2Rengasamy, ManivelSUNCR6906/08933/12W7W5W8L132nd Place Trophy
3Kearney, KevinINGOM7Unr991/04W5W8L1W933rd Place Trophy
4Bush, JasonFRICK6453/11537/15W8W9L5D74th Place Trophy
5Poerio, Anthony DSTLOU6Unr794/04L3L2W4W1025th Place Trophy
6Lewellen, Jacob SSUNCR6Unr703/04W9L1W7L826th Place Ribbon
7Carmassi, Anthony JSTLOU6Unr599/04L2W10L6D41st Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
8Castelli, NicholasSTLOU6184/04398/08L4L3L2W611st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
9Byrne, PeterSTLOU6Unr534/04L6L4W10L311st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
10Dang, Christopher PSUNCR6Unr426/04L1L7L9L50 
11Kanik, Alexandra LSTLOU6  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades K to 5 Premier

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Barbara, MatthewHARTE410571085W4D12W11W51st Place Trophy
2Weis, Andrew PWASHI410731090W10W6L5W732nd Place Trophy
3Zhai, AlexMINAD411911178L11W16W13W1233rd Place Trophy
4Petesch, Gabriel NEDGEP2909933L1W9D6W114th Place Trophy
5Trisal, RaulALPHA410601064W15D11W2L15th Place Trophy
6Silver, Adam DSHAJR2977995W14L2D4W86th Place Ribbon
7Anderson, JoeyMINAD510061007W16D13W12L26th Place Ribbon
8Wong, John JrMINAD511821140L12W15W14L621st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
9Levinson, HowardEHILL5915908L13L4W15W1421st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
10Narita, RyoBOYCE5887888L2L14W16W1321st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
11Zajdel, Byron WPVLLY4905912W3D5L1L41st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
12Hickman, Michael AEHILL5896913W8D1L7L3 
13Westerman, ElliotHOMEE4870873W9D7L3L101st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
14Chaney, JoshuaSHERA5791789L6W10L8L91 
15Hovne, Ben SCOMDS4932912L5L8L9W161 
16Shellhammer, Corey DSTGRT4857815L7L3L10L150 

Grades 4 & 5 Advanced

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1White, Ryan TWINCH5775824W14W3W4D21st Place Trophy
2Neville, David EMCMUR4782833W12W7W6D12nd Place Trophy
3Lovely, Michael TMYRTL5756/09812/13W10L1W13W833rd Place Trophy
4March-Steinman, MaxLIBER5853861B-W8L1W634th Place Trophy
5Herrmann, Stanley TMOSMD5715737W9L6W7D115th Place Trophy
6Gold, MaxWINCH4827814W11W5L2L426th Place Ribbon
7Schubert, William DLIBER4899872W15L2L5W1226th Place Ribbon
8Weiss, Dean KFAIRV5781778W13L4W12L326th Place Ribbon
9Rao, AmarHOSAC4681/08647/11L5L11B-W1426th Place Ribbon
10Patterson, Andrew MHOMEE4698687L3B-L14W1326th Place Ribbon
11Chen, FeiLIBER5648/14645/18L6W9L15D51st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
12Bailey, Mychael LHOMEW5702685L2W14L8L71 
13Zubak-Skees, ChrisMINAD5691671L8W15L3L101 
14Papale, RobertBROOK4698667L1L12W10L911st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
15Hall, JamesonBROOK4748732L7L13W11U-11st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
16Bullock, PennFRANK5  U-U-U-U-0 
17Belenky, MatthewFALK5  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades 4 & 5 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Unal, Deniz BHERIT4821/11871/15W7W4W9W341st Place Trophy
2Coulson, JulesHOMEW5510/11628/15W8W18W11W942nd Place Trophy
3Hill, ThaddaeusHOMEW5691703W20W19W10L133rd Place Trophy
4Liu, EliseCOLFX5725/15736/19W22L1W18W1034th Place Trophy
5Bennett, JerrySHERA5Unr798/04W13L9W21W1135th Place Trophy
6Wales, Axel ALIBER5590600L18W20W19W1236th Place Ribbon
7Gibson, David CMINAD4313/12425/16L1W16D8W211st Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
8Reiser, Meghan MBROOK5648638L2W23D7W141st Place (Girl) Trophy
9Sufrin, JoshuaWINCH4584605W15W5L1L22 
10Posner, IdaWINCH4534549W17W14L3L422nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
11Reiser, Paul JBROOK4607603W24W12L2L52 
12Lyons, JacobHOMEW5Unr600/04W21L11W15L621st Place (Unrated) Trophy
13Mc Lean, Kate AELLIS5430/08482/12L5W17L14W1821st Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
14Pettler, LeviSHAJR4567/04534/08W23L10W13L822nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
15Dong, AndrewCOLFX4593578L9W22L12W192 
16Geskin, AlbertCOMDS4580547L19L7W24W202 
17Robinson, KevinBROOK4Unr555/04L10L13W23W2422nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
18Castelli, RoseSTLOU4Unr412/04W6L2L4L131 
19Kearney, AnnSTALX4Unr419/04W16L3L6L151 
20Glausser, JasonSTLOU5Unr416/04L3L6W22L161 
21Klevens, TessaHARTE4547510L12W24L5L71 
22Stokan, DerekBANKS4Unr411/04L4L15L20W231 
23Hersch, StevenMINAD4388/11334/15L14L8L17L220 
24Feeney, ShaneBANKS5Unr194/04L11L21L16L170 
25Clements, AlexanderOHARA5  U-U-U-U-0 
26Shreve, Zoe MSACRE4  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades K to 3 Advanced

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Khan, Neiladri KMCCLL2806868W8W5W16W441st Place Trophy
2Trompeter, NickyWINCH3836865W19W6D3W72nd Place Trophy
3Weis, ChristopherWASHI1735789W18W16D2W83rd Place Trophy
4Sun, LiAnnHARTE3886899W17W9W7L134th Place Trophy
5Wilkin, Max RAHPRK2789801W10L1W17W1435th Place Trophy
6Song, YimingSFELE2804820W13L2W10W936th Place Ribbon
7Dorohovich, Grace LHOMEE3827816W12W11L4L221st Place (Girl) Trophy
8Schiff, Michael DJENES2855827L1W22W11L321st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
9Grote, Kelly FELLIS3801789W20L4W12L621st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
10Gursoz, MuratMINAD1631/12644/16L5W19L6W1621st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
11Silver, JoshuaSHAJR0664670W14L7L8W2021st Place (Kindergarten) Ribbon
12Kukunas, PaulSHATR3659667L7W13L9W1721st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
13Hristozov, Dimo ALIBER2543550L6L12B-W1821st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
14Kalla, JoshCOMDS3562567L11W21W22L521st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
15Barbara, JoshuaHARTE2807807D22W18U-U- 
16Clark, Elizabeth GELLIS3714/15663/19W21L3L1L1012nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
17Westerman, NoahHOMEE1676652L4W20L5L121 
18Cobetto, KatieELLIS3824/13735/17L3L15W21L1312nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
19Lucas, GregoryEDGEP3488/10470/14L2L10L20W221 
20Horne, NickFAIRV2566548L9L17W19L111 
21Grote, James AWINCH0572/09493/12L16L14L18B-1 
22Horne, AlexanderFAIRV2452435D15L8L14L19½ 
23Meyer, JakeSACRE2  U-U-U-U-0 

Grades K to 3 Beginner

#NameTeamGradePre RatPost RatRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4ScorePrize
1Meyers, Judith EMINAD3570616W24W4W6W341st Place Trophy
2Zhang, XiaoyueLIBER3100/02670/06D7W8D5W1332nd Place Trophy
3Herrmann, Stuart ARAMEL3571613W12W11W10L133rd Place Trophy
4Roberts, EllisEHILL3469/09581/13W19L1W17W1234th Place Trophy
5Kim, AndrewWINCH2432/06601/10W14D9D2W1035th Place Trophy
6Sufrin, ZacharyWINCH1429475W21W18L1W936th Place Ribbon
7Roberts, OliverEHILL0Unr854/04D2W16D9W1131st Place (Unrated) Trophy
8Williams, MichaelCAMPU2Unr700/04D18L2W23W161st Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
9Petrovich, JustinBANKS2Unr639/04W22D5D7L622nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
10Stept, MaxEHILL2Unr643/04W13W20L3L522nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
11Salem, JustinBROOK3Unr687/04W15L3W22L721st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
12Ramesh, AarthiBANKS2Unr630/04L3W19W20L421st Place (Girl) Trophy
13Costa, Anthony IIBROOK3980/10884/14L10W21W14L221st Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
14Cozad, LoganCRAFT2760/05679/09L5W24L13W2222nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
15Nimgaonkar, VivekSHAJR0100/03343/07L11L17W21W2021st Place (Kindergarten) Ribbon
16Holder, JonathanWINCH1Unr539/04D23L7W18L81st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
17Egler, FrederickWINCH1Unr499/04L20W15L4D191st Place (First Grade) Ribbon
18Li, SuyangLIBER2491476D8L6L16W23 
19Bagamery, JackSHAJR0Unr493/04L4L12W24D17 
20Meyers, Reba LMINAD1448429W17L10L12L1512nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
21Corona, MarcoBANKS2Unr356/04L6L13L15W241 
22Greene, RachelHOMEE2478463L9W23L11L1412nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
23Mahan, Matthew RMINAD1333318D16L22L8L18½ 
24Kirk, George PSTBED2Unr211/04L1L14L19L210 
25Hall, ConnerBROOK3  U-U-U-U-0 
26Dubinsky, Scott MCOMDS3  U-U-U-U-0 
27Wolfson, MacKenzieREGSQ3  U-U-U-U-0 
28Janota, BrandonMANN2  U-U-U-U-0 
29Grail, Jonah ELIBER1  U-U-U-U-0 

Schools

## of PlayersCodeSchoolDistrict
110MINADMinadeo Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
210WINCHWinchester Thurston School 
39STLOUSt Louise De Marillac School 
48BROOKBrookline Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
58LIBERLiberty Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
65BANKSBanksville Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
75EHILLEast Hills Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
85ELLISEllis School 
95HOMEEHome Elementary School 
105SHAJRShady Side Academy Junior School 
114CANEVCanevin High School 
124COMDSCommunity Day School 
134HARTEHartwood Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
144HOMEWHomewood Montessori SchoolPittsburgh School District
154SUNCRSuncrest Middle School 
163FAIRVFairview Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
173FALKFalk School 
183GATJRGateway Middle SchoolGateway School District
193SHILLSouth Hills Middle SchoolPittsburgh School District
202ALLDEAllderdice High SchoolPittsburgh School District
212BJRSRBurgettstown Jr Sr High SchoolBurgettstown Area School District
222COLFXColfax Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
232EDGEPEdgewood Primary SchoolWoodland Hills School District
242FRICKFrick International AcademyPittsburgh School District
252MTLJRJefferson Middle SchoolMount Lebanon School District
262KEYMSKeystone Oaks Middle SchoolKeystone Oaks School District
272PIRHMPine Richland Middle SchoolPine Richland School District
282SACRESacred Heart School 
292SHAMDShady Side Academy Middle School 
302SHERASheraden Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
312SFELESouth Fayette Elementary SchoolSouth Fayette School District
322STBEDSt Bede School 
332WASHIWashington Elementary SchoolMount Lebanon School District
341AHPRKAllegheny Hyde Park SchoolKiski Area School District
351BOYCEBoyce Middle SchoolUpper St Clair School District
361CAMPUCarlow Campus School 
371CARSNCarson Middle SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
381CRAFTCrafton Elementary SchoolCarlynton School District
391DORSEDorseyville Middle SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
401FRAMCFrancis McClure Middle SchoolMc Keesport Area School District
411FRANKFranklin Elementary SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
421HERITHeritage Elementary SchoolFranklin Regional School District
431HOMEPHome Middle School 
441HOSACHosack Elementary SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
451INGOMIngomar Middle SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
461JENESJeannette Mc Kee Elementary SchoolJeannette City School District
471MANNMann Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
481MCCLLMc Cullough SchoolPenn Trafford School District
491MCMURMc Murray Elementary School 
501MOONSMoon Area Senior High SchoolMoon Area School District
511MOSMDMosside Middle SchoolGateway School District
521MTLBHMount Lebanon Senior High SchoolMount Lebanon School District
531MYRTLMyrtle Elementary SchoolKeystone Oaks School District
541NESHANeshannock School 
551NAIHSNorth Allegheny Intermediate SchoolNorth Allegheny School District
561OHARAO Hara Elementary SchoolFox Chapel Area School District
571OAKLAOakland School 
581PVLLYPleasant Valley SchoolPeters Township School District
591PLUMHPlum Senior High SchoolPlum Borough School District
601ALPHAProvidence Alpha School 
611RAMELRamsey Elementary SchoolGateway School District
621REGSQRegent Square Elementary SchoolPittsburgh School District
631REIZSReizenstein Middle SchoolPittsburgh School District
641ROGMSRogers Middle SchoolPittsburgh School District
651SCHENSchenley High SchoolPittsburgh School District
661SCHILSchiller Classical AcademyPittsburgh School District
671SHASRShady Side Academy Senior School 
681SHATRShaffer Primary SchoolWoodland Hills School District
691STALXSt Alexis School 
701STEDMSt Edmund Academy 
711STGRTSt Gertrude School 
721STERRSterrett Classical AcademyPittsburgh School District
731TRINITrinity Christian School 
741VANCEVance High School 
751WMAMSWest Mifflin Area Middle SchoolWest Mifflin Area School District

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