113th Pennsylvania State Chess Championship

October 31, 2009 to November 1, 2009

#	Name	Team	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Heimann, Mark A		2422	W9	D3	W15	W4	W2	4½	$334 + PA Champion
2	Petesch, Gabriel N		2196	W14	W15	W6	W3	L1	4	$167 + PA Junior Champion
3	Minear, Peter R		2267	W5	D1	W10	L2	W7	3½
4	Malkiel, Daniel E		2164	W13	W9	H-	L1	W5	3½	$94
5	Sakai, Hibiki	PCC	1930	L3	W13	D9	W6	L4	2½
6	Leverett, Bruce W		2302	W11	W10	L2	L5	D9	2½
7	Mo, Kevin	PCC	2009	L15	W14	D12	X11	L3	2½
8	Galanter, Gregory M		1792	L10	L11	H-	W13	W14	2½
9	Mucerino, Joseph J Jr		2128	L1	L4	D5	W14	D6	2
10	Magar, Thomas P	MBCC	2202	W8	L6	L3	W12	L13	2
11	Leach, Charlie K		2034	L6	W8	H-	F7	U-	1½
12	Winter, Curtis A		1872	H-	H-	D7	L10	U-	1½
13	Dent, Clarence L Jr		1422	L4	L5	L14	L8	W10	1
14	Boles, Belford J		1540	L2	L7	W13	L9	L8	1
15	Eidemiller, Mark B		2269	W7	L2	L1	U-	U-	1
16	Redkin, Dmitriy S		1602	U-	U-	U-	W17	U-	1
17	Gilby, Josh		1402	U-	U-	U-	L16	U-	0

#	Name	Team	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Cacurak, Philip M	MBCC	1705	W9	W5	W3	W4	W2	5	$200 + PA Premier Champion
2	Sukiennik, Leopold J		1830	W6	W3	H-	W5	L1	3½	$94
3	Kostyak, Michael		1598	W4	L2	L1	W6	W5	3	$67
4	Eckman, David J		1703	L3	W6	W5	L1	D8	2½	PA Premier Junior Champion
5	Mehta, Himalaya		1511	W11	L1	L4	L2	L3	1
6	Holsinger, Michael K	PCC	1647	L2	L4	L7	L3	W10	1
7	Lucarelli, Paul D		1458	U-	U-	W6	U-	U-	1
8	Murphy, Larry G		1609	U-	U-	U-	U-	D4	½
9	Weber, Kent C		1486	L1	U-	U-	U-	U-	0
10	Spence, Douglas P		1460	U-	U-	U-	U-	L6	0
11	Mohan, Nikhil		748	L5	U-	U-	U-	U-	0

#	Name	Team	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Wassell, Terrence S		1703	W3	W4	W7	W5	W2	5	$200
2	Redkin, Dmitriy S	PCC	1602	L5	W8	W3	B-	L1	3	$54 + PA Reserve Champion
3	O'Connor, Steven J		1500	L1	B-	L2	W9	W6	3	$54
4	Fitzgibbons, Kevin J		1482	W6	L1	H-	W7	D5	3	$54
5	Lucarelli, Paul D		1458	W2	L7	B-	L1	D4	2½
6	Molin, Ben		1543	L4	W9	H-	W8	L3	2½	PA Reserve Junior Champion
7	Weber, Kent C		1486	B-	W5	L1	L4	L8	2
8	Moturi, Soureesh		1281	D9	L2	H-	L6	W7	2
9	Berthoud, Eric A	SKNTS	1501	D8	L6	H-	L3	U-	1

#	Name	Team	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Cimoric, Vincent M Jr		Unr	W15	L3	W5	W6	W4	4	$75 + PA Booster Champion
2	Datz, David T	PCC	1342	W7	D9	W12	D4	W3	4	$192
3	De Happart, William R Jr	MBCC	1359	W16	W1	D4	W8	L2	3½
4	Baranoski, Joseph V		1260	W10	W5	D3	D2	L1	3	PA Booster Junior Champion
5	Celli, Michelangelo C	PCC	Unr	W6	L4	L1	W16	W13	3
6	Griffin, James P Jr	SKNTS	1135	L5	W14	W11	L1	W9	3	$47
7	Zhang, Victoria Y	MBCC	1082	L2	W16	H-	W12	D8	3	$47
8	Wassell, James T		1214	D14	D13	W9	L3	D7	2½
9	Mohan, Nikhil	MBCC	748	B-	D2	L8	W15	L6	2½
10	Patel, Krishna	MBCC	1009	L4	W15	H-	D13	D12	2½
11	Hoppmann, William H III		1163	H-	L12	L6	W14	W16	2½
12	Manocha, Anish		1354	D13	W11	L2	L7	D10	2
13	Laboon, Bill		1140	D12	D8	H-	D10	L5	2
14	Frye, Eli	MBCC	966	D8	L6	L15	L11	B-	1½
15	Lohr, Gary Alan		1176	L1	L10	W14	L9	H-	1½
16	Fenton, Richard J		1037	L3	L7	B-	L5	L11	1

#	Name	Team	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Zhou, Joshua	WPYC	1038	D2	W4	W5	W7	W6	4½	1st Place U1100
2	Hayes, Christopher		888	D1	W3	W6	W5	W8	4½	1st Place U900
3	Kitchen, Zachary		902	D4	L2	W8	L6	W7	2½	2nd Place U1100
4	Wang, Nathan Z	SKNTS	1053	D3	L1	L7	W8	W5	2½	3rd Place U1100
5	Mehta, Harvish		936	W7	W6	L1	L2	L4	2	4th Place U1100
6	Myers, Sterling		922	W8	L5	L2	W3	L1	2	5th Place U1100
7	Tilton, Ian R		763	L5	W8	W4	L1	L3	2	2nd Place U900
8	Gilby, Emma	HOME	Unr	L6	L7	L3	L4	L2	0	3rd Place U900

#	Name	Team	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Murphy, Nelson		558	W16	W12	W5	W2	W3	5	1st Place
2	Spence, Jacob	PURBC	643	W14	W11	W4	L1	W5	4	2nd Place
3	Wang, Evan	WPYC	413	D6	W9	W7	W12	L1	3½	3rd Place
4	Murphy, Richard		235	W7	W8	L2	W14	D6	3½	4th Place
5	Gorti, Akshita		753	W19	W17	L1	W6	L2	3	5th Place
6	Moore, James		694	D3	W15	W8	L5	D4	3	6th Place
7	Gilby, Benjy	HOME	553	L4	W20	L3	W15	W13	3	7th Place
8	Minshall, Nicholas I		590	W13	L4	L6	W17	W14	3
9	Zhou, Margaret	WPYC	610	L17	L3	W15	W18	W12	3
10	Gilby, Grace	HOME	Unr	L12	L13	W19	W20	W18	3	1st Place Unrated
11	Wang, Bert	SKNTS	458	W20	L2	L14	D19	W17	2½
12	Kitchen, Daniel		451	W10	L1	W13	L3	L9	2
13	Betsur, Omkar	SKNTS	331	L8	W10	L12	W16	L7	2	1st Place U400
14	Tilton, Aaron D		398	L2	W19	W11	L4	L8	2	2nd Place U400
15	Wilson, Joshua	SKNTS	Unr	W18	L6	L9	L7	W20	2
16	Berman, Isaac		283	L1	L18	W20	L13	W19	2	3rd Place U400
17	Ovick, Erik		335	W9	L5	D18	L8	L11	1½
18	Kannan, Karthik	SKNTS	458	L15	W16	D17	L9	L10	1½
19	Spence, Lucca R	PURBC	226	L5	L14	L10	D11	L16	½
20	Kinson, Alexis	PURBC	102	L11	L7	L16	L10	L15	0

#	Team Code	Team Name	Team Type	Score	Prize
1	MBCC	Monroeville Borders Chess Club	Club	14	1st Place Club
2	PCC	Pittsburgh Chess Club	Club	12½	2nd Place Club
3	WPYC	Western PA Youth Chess	Club	11	3rd Place Club
4	SKNTS	Southern Knights	Club	10
5	HOME	Home School	School	6	1st Place School
6	PURBC	Pittsburgh Urban Christian School	School	4½	2nd Place School

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Last Revised: November 7, 2009