1997-98 Pittsburgh City Schools Chess Championship

February 22, 1998

Teams

#	Score	Code	School	District	Prize
1	16	MINAD	Minadeo Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District	1st Place Team Trophy
2	14	STERR	Sterrett Classical Academy	Pittsburgh School District	2nd Place Team Trophy
3	12�	EHILL	East Hills Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District	3rd Place Team Trophy
4	11	SHAJR	Shady Side Academy Junior School	�	4th Place Team Ribbon
5	10�	CCELE	Carlow Campus Elementary School	�	�
6	10�	COMDS	Community Day School	�	�
7	10	HILLE	Hillel Academy	�	�
8	10	WINCH	Winchester Thurston School	�	�
9	9�	STEDM	St Edmund Academy	�	�
10	9	STBED	St Bede School	�	�
11	9	BROOK	Brookline Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District	�
12	8�	SACRE	Sacred Heart School	�	�
13	8�	REIZS	Reizenstein Middle School	Pittsburgh School District	�
14	8�	LIBER	Liberty Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District	�
15	5�	HOMEW	Homewood Montessori School	Pittsburgh School District	�
16	5	REGSQ	Regent Square Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District	�

Grades 5 to 8 Advanced

#	Name	Team	Grade	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Milisits, Ryan R	STERR	6	1662	1674	W16	W4	W8	W3	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Appman, Zachary	MINAD	5	1311	1331	W10	W11	W7	W8	4	2nd Place Trophy
3	Glover, Jared M	HOMEP	8	1479	1479	W19	W9	W5	L1	3	1st Place (Eighth Grade) Trophy
4	Simizu, Akira M	REIZS	7	1134	1154	W12	L1	W17	W11	3	1st Place (Seventh Grade) Trophy
5	Roberman, Michael	STERR	8	1198	1200	B-	W13	L3	W10	3	3rd Place Ribbon
6	Gursoz, Ayse	STERR	6	951	981	W18	L8	W14	W9	3	1st Place (Sixth Grade) Trophy
7	Novogradac, Michael A	STERR	6	820	868	W17	W21	L2	W16	3	3rd Place Ribbon
8	Schiff, Aaron J	REIZS	7	1218	1214	W20	W6	L1	L2	2	2nd Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
9	Simizu, Osamu F	MINAD	5	1054	1045	W14	L3	W13	L6	2	1st Place (Fifth Grade) Trophy
10	Favorini-Csorba, Anton	WINCH	6	892	912	L2	W15	W12	L5	2	2nd Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
11	Weisberg, David B	EHILL	5	960	963	W15	L2	W18	L4	2	2nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
12	Horwitz, Gray	EHILL	5	844	850	L4	W16	L10	W18	2	2nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
13	Rovkah, Michael	EHILL	5	822	840	W21	L5	L9	W20	2	2nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
14	Vogel, Judith	EHILL	5	849	858	L9	W19	L6	W21	2	2nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
15	Grave, Daniel A	COMDS	5	840	836	L11	L10	B-	W17	2	2nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
16	Gibson, Sean M	MINAD	5	900	879	L1	L12	W19	L7	1	�
17	Resnick, Sarah	EHILL	5	932	897	L7	W20	L4	L15	1	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
18	Wentz, Ronald L Jr	SHILL	6	673/10	638/13	L6	B-	L11	L12	1	�
19	Snitkovsky, Max	WINCH	5	937	899	L3	L14	L16	B-	1	�
20	Meisel, Matthew S	STEDM	7	869	842	L8	L17	W21	L13	1	�
21	Ganaser, Suresh K	GREEN	5	939/04	690/08	L13	L7	L20	L14	0	�
22	Toker, Jeffrey	COMDS	6	�	�					0	�

Grades 5 to 8 Beginner

#	Name	Team	Grade	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Norfleet, Matthew	STERR	7	815/03	1024/07	W11	W8	W3	W4	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Schmidt, Axel W	EHILL	5	814	836	W21	W16	W7	D8	3�	2nd Place Trophy
3	Abrams, Stephen	SHAJR	5	781	814	W18	W5	L1	W13	3	1st Place (Fifth Grade) Trophy
4	Mc Guire, Shane F	SHILL	6	813	829	W17	W9	W10	L1	3	1st Place (Sixth Grade) Trophy
5	Nagy, Karl	EHILL	5	1074/09	1021/13	W6	L3	W12	W19	3	3rd Place Ribbon
6	Harris, Seth J	COMDS	8	655	687	L5	W17	W15	W10	3	1st Place (Eighth Grade) Trophy
7	Aikens, Nicholas	STBED	8	790	798	W22	W12	L2	W9	3	3rd Place Ribbon
8	Cavendish, Christopher W	FRICK	7	764	781	W15	L1	W18	D2	2�	1st Place (Seventh Grade) Trophy
9	Stehlik, Matt	SACRE	8	882/04	802/08	W19	L4	W16	L7	2	2nd Place (Eighth Grade) Ribbon
10	Pipkin, Joseph M	STEDM	7	410/12	445/16	W20	W19	L4	L6	2	2nd Place (Seventh Grade) Ribbon
11	Widom, Julia	EHILL	5	779/14	767/18	L1	L15	W17	W18	2	2nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
12	Halpern, Michael	REIZS	6	556/04	548/07	B-	L7	L5	W22	2	2nd Place (Sixth Grade) Ribbon
13	Coulson, Bud B	HOMEW	5	649/04	588/08	L16	W21	W20	L3	2	2nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
14	Swarnkar, Rohit	WINCH	5	620	626	U-	U-	W21	W20	2	2nd Place (Fifth Grade) Ribbon
15	Filenko, Paul	REIZS	8	866/03	726/07	L8	W11	L6	D16	1�	1st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
16	Garlan, Matthew	WINCH	6	Unr	639/04	W13	L2	L9	D15	1�	1st Place (Unrated) Ribbon
17	Jagielski, Jonathan R	BRCAT	8	Unr	508/04	L4	L6	L11	W21	1	�
18	Gruss, Billy S	GREEN	5	Unr	527/04	L3	W22	L8	L11	1	�
19	Torbochkin, Leonid	STERR	6	649/07	570/11	L9	L10	W22	L5	1	�
20	Mauder, Jeffrey	MINAD	5	Unr	153/03	L10	B-	L13	L14	1	�
21	Mc Gregor, Samantha	REGSQ	5	Unr	259/04	L2	L13	L14	L17	0	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
22	Salem, Samantha R	HILLE	6	152/03	186/07	L7	L18	L19	L12	0	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
23	Washington, Lauren D	CCELE	5	�	�					0	�
24	Grace, Brian	STERR	6	�	�					0	�

Grades 3 & 4 Advanced

#	Name	Team	Grade	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Wong, John Jr	MINAD	3	1082	1123	W10	W9	W12	W3	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Levin, Noah L	MINAD	4	1011	1054	W14	W8	W17	W10	4	2nd Place Trophy
3	Jampole, Ezra A	COMDS	4	1119	1115	W13	W4	W11	L1	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Nelson, Brian W	MINAD	4	1026	1036	W5	L3	W16	W12	3	4th Place Trophy
5	Levinson, Howard	EHILL	3	824	878	L4	W18	W9	W11	3	1st Place (Third Grade) Trophy
6	Bao, Chen C	MINAD	4	825	872	L9	W13	W19	W8	3	1st Place (Fourth Grade) Trophy
7	Li, Yile	MINAD	4	1037	1042	W17	W19	L8	W15	3	5th Place Ribbon
8	Kedar, Vikram	SHAJR	3	1051	1030	W18	L2	W7	L6	2	2nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
9	Choi, Jaewon	COLFX	4	994	976	W6	L1	L5	W17	2	2nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
10	Levenson, Jules A	HILLE	4	849	862	L1	W14	W18	L2	2	2nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
11	Anderson, Joey	MINAD	3	1012	1009	W16	W15	L3	L5	2	2nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
12	Guiver, James D	STBED	4	794	822	W21	W20	L1	L4	2	2nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
13	Woolhandler, Justin H	STBED	4	853	865	L3	L6	W21	W20	2	2nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
14	Vogel, Hannah	EHILL	3	823	837	L2	L10	W20	W21	2	2nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
15	Scheindlin, Micah	COMDS	3	825	844	W20	L11	W22	L7	2	2nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
16	Greb, Peter J	STEDM	4	817	838	L11	W21	L4	W22	2	2nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
17	Levine, Eric	WINCH	3	813	807	L7	W22	L2	L9	1	�
18	Levin, Samuel	MINAD	4	809	789	L8	L5	L10	W19	1	�
19	Carley, Cassi	STEDM	4	843/13	805/17	W22	L7	L6	L18	1	1st Place (Girl) Ribbon
20	Horowitz, Charlie M	MINAD	4	885	810	L15	L12	L14	L13	0	�
21	Dorfman, George S	MINAD	4	907	828	L12	L16	L13	L14	0	�
22	Miller, Jon R	MINAD	4	849	779	L19	L17	L15	L16	0	�

Grades 3 & 4 Beginner

#	Name	Team	Grade	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Salem, Cezar R	HILLE	4	810/12	860/16	W7	W15	W13	W5	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Faigen, Matthew	HILLE	4	Unr	1145/04	W9	W32	W21	W4	4	2nd Place Trophy
3	Mori, Akira	COLFX	3	770/04	896/08	D21	W10	W22	W16	3�	3rd Place Trophy
4	Bartlett, Katharine A	WINCH	3	778	835	W17	W8	W6	L2	3	1st Place (Third Grade) Trophy
5	Favorini-Csorba, Francesca	WINCH	4	498	546	W26	W12	W14	L1	3	1st Place (Fourth Grade) Trophy
6	Mc Allister, Bart	SACRE	3	1082/04	994/08	W19	W16	L4	W13	3	1st Place (Unrated) Trophy
7	Mark, Nicholas	EHILL	3	689/07	735/11	L1	W33	W18	W12	3	4th Place Ribbon
8	Widom, Teddy R	EHILL	3	Unr	944/04	W31	L4	W17	W15	3	4th Place Ribbon
9	Silberman, Pedro	MINAD	3	325/04	558/08	L2	W29	W27	W14	3	4th Place Ribbon
10	Townsend, Kevin	STEDM	4	Unr	849/04	D22	L3	W23	W21	2�	2nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
11	Fayer, Mark	COMDS	4	660/04	695/08	L12	D23	W28	W24	2�	2nd Place (Fourth Grade) Ribbon
12	Staudacher, Max	SACRE	3	671/09	663/13	W11	L5	W20	L7	2	2nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
13	Wentz, Michael A	BANKS	3	492/14	552/18	W18	W24	L1	L6	2	2nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
14	Sutton, Jeremy	EHILL	3	673/05	646/09	W23	W20	L5	L9	2	2nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
15	Fishman, Elliot	HOMEW	3	595/08	646/12	W28	L1	W30	L8	2	2nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
16	Logan, Sam R	EHILL	3	623	620	W29	L6	W26	L3	2	2nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
17	Ganaser, Raj K	GREEN	3	Unr	734/04	L4	W25	L8	W30	2	2nd Place (Third Grade) Ribbon
18	Reiser, Meghan M	BROOK	3	702/05	654/09	L13	W28	L7	W27	2	1st Place (Girl) Trophy
19	Levari, David	COMDS	4	580	589	L6	L21	W29	W22	2	�
20	Cheng, MengYao	MINAD	4	Unr	619/04	W33	L14	L12	W26	2	2nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
21	Mc Elwee, Patrick J	SHAJR	4	493/07	600/11	D3	W19	L2	L10	1�	�
22	Tallman, Tyler J	SACRE	3	909/04	775/08	D10	W34	L3	L19	1�	2nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
23	Lin, Schell	LIBER	4	Unr	612/04	L14	D11	L10	W34	1�	2nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
24	Novick, Spencer L	SHAJR	4	545	527	D27	L13	W34	L11	1�	�
25	White, Ryan T	WINCH	3	Unr	504/03	L32	L17	B-	D31	1�	2nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
26	Miller, Ross	REGSQ	3	246/03	295/07	L5	W31	L16	L20	1	�
27	Mc Henry, Michael	SACRE	3	644/04	523/08	D24	D30	L9	L18	1	�
28	Starsky, Sam	REGSQ	4	670/11	592/15	L15	L18	L11	W33	1	�
29	Mc Gregor, James	REGSQ	3	Unr	196/03	L16	L9	L19	B-	1	�
30	Terrell, Stephen	EHILL	3	Unr	464/04	D34	D27	L15	L17	1	�
31	Hochendoner, Philip	BROOK	4	423/06	381/10	L8	L26	D33	D25	1	�
32	Evans, Ella	EHILL	3	Unr	873/02	W25	L2	U-	U-	1	�
33	Coulson, Jules	HOMEW	3	195/01	264/05	L20	L7	D31	L28	�	�
34	Ben-Ami, Ozzie	COMDS	3	Unr	362/04	D30	L22	L24	L23	�	�
35	Thuma, Callie M	EHILL	4	�	�					0	�

Grades K to 2

#	Name	Team	Grade	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Score	Prize
1	Trisal, Raul	CCELE	2	941	984	W24	W14	W10	W3	4	1st Place Trophy
2	Zhai, Alex	MINAD	1	1006	1023	W38	W20	W6	W7	4	2nd Place Trophy
3	Schubert, William D	LIBER	2	1001/03	1003/07	W32	W9	W5	L1	3	3rd Place Trophy
4	Lemberg, Alex R	SHAJR	2	791	819	W27	W13	W8	L5	3	1st Place (Second Grade) Trophy
5	Chimes, Daniel H	MINAD	2	783	825	W16	W18	L3	W4	3	4th Place Ribbon
6	Shah, Aaron	HOMEE	1	549	620	W22	W15	L2	W19	3	1st Place (First Grade) Trophy
7	Kedar, Vijay	SHAJR	2	857	858	W37	W31	W25	L2	3	4th Place Ribbon
8	Nagy, Stefan	EHILL	2	404/04	687/08	W23	W17	L4	W21	3	1st Place (Unrated) Trophy
9	Hendrickson, Peter	STEDM	2	725/14	796/18	W19	L3	W30	W14	3	4th Place Ribbon
10	Misechok, Christopher	MINAD	2	648	679	W35	W33	L1	W20	3	4th Place Ribbon
11	Hall, Jameson	BROOK	2	622	681	L15	W22	W26	W18	3	4th Place Ribbon
12	Barbara, Joshua	CARRI	0	579/04	687/07	L25	B-	W32	W15	3	1st Place (Kindergarten) Trophy
13	Noakes, Gregory	CCELE	1	1297/05	1157/09	W21	L4	D16	W30	2�	2nd Place (First Grade) Ribbon
14	Martin, Jonathan	LIBER	2	1000/01	925/05	W36	L1	W28	L9	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
15	Herward, Jonathan	CCELE	2	1010/05	837/09	W11	L6	W33	L12	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
16	Cwenar, Michael	STBED	2	Unr	881/04	L5	W27	D13	D17	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
17	Mc Intyre, Matthew	CCELE	2	1092/05	993/09	W28	L8	D23	D16	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
18	Jackson, Devon	REGSQ	2	Unr	716/04	W29	L5	W36	L11	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
19	Resnick, Aliza	EHILL	2	Unr	638/04	L9	W37	W29	L6	2	1st Place (Girl) Trophy
20	Hovne, Ben S	COMDS	2	Unr	714/04	W39	L2	W34	L10	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
21	Kitson, Matthew E	MINAD	2	443/07	534/11	L13	W38	W31	L8	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
22	Wipf, Peter	CCELE	2	1234/03	888/06	L6	L11	B-	W36	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
23	Falk, Joshua	LIBER	2	1000/01	815/05	L8	W39	D17	D26	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
24	Papale, Robert	BROOK	2	581/06	598/10	L1	L29	W38	W33	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
25	Stump, Jack	STEDM	1	467/07	592/10	W12	W32	L7	U-	2	�
26	Salup, Christopher	CCELE	1	852/03	739/06	B-	D30	L11	D23	2	2nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
27	Reiser, Paul J	BROOK	2	389/06	500/10	L4	L16	W40	W34	2	2nd Place (Second Grade) Ribbon
28	Trompeter, Nicky	WINCH	1	Unr	773/04	L17	W40	L14	W35	2	2nd Place (Unrated) Ribbon
29	Salgarolo, Dan L	MINAD	2	474/04	488/08	L18	W24	L19	D31	1�	�
30	Harvard, Lelia	BROOK	2	Unr	734/04	W41	D26	L9	L13	1�	2nd Place (Girl) Ribbon
31	Hall, Conner	BROOK	1	418/04	450/08	W34	L7	L21	D29	1�	�
32	Vogel, Andrea	EHILL	1	692	656	L3	L25	L12	W41	1	�
33	Townsend, Brian	STEDM	1	Unr	467/04	W40	L10	L15	L24	1	�
34	Meyers, Judith E	MINAD	1	475	453	L31	W35	L20	L27	1	�
35	Schmidt, Erik N	EHILL	2	Unr	487/04	L10	L34	W39	L28	1	�
36	Baker, David W	HOMEW	2	Unr	588/04	L14	W41	L18	L22	1	�
37	Perdew, Jocelyn R	BROOK	2	399/03	414/07	L7	L19	D41	D39	1	�
38	Norberg, Rafi	COMDS	2	Unr	344/04	L2	L21	L24	D40	�	�
39	Hersch, Steven	MINAD	2	Unr	350/04	L20	L23	L35	D37	�	�
40	Horne, Ian	LIBER	2	1000/01	489/05	L33	L28	L27	D38	�	�
41	Guiver, Maria	STBED	1	Unr	409/04	L30	L36	D37	L32	�	�
42	Rebersak, Marcus S	CCELE	2	�	�					0	�
43	Eck, Mark Bob	CCELE	2	�	�					0	�
44	Asman, Gabriel	COMDS	2	�	�					0	�

Schools

#	# of Players	Code	School	District
1	23	MINAD	Minadeo Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
2	21	EHILL	East Hills Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
3	11	COMDS	Community Day School	�
4	9	CCELE	Carlow Campus Elementary School	�
5	9	WINCH	Winchester Thurston School	�
6	8	BROOK	Brookline Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
7	8	STEDM	St Edmund Academy	�
8	7	STERR	Sterrett Classical Academy	Pittsburgh School District
9	6	SHAJR	Shady Side Academy Junior School	�
10	5	LIBER	Liberty Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
11	5	REGSQ	Regent Square Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
12	5	SACRE	Sacred Heart School	�
13	5	STBED	St Bede School	�
14	4	HILLE	Hillel Academy	�
15	4	HOMEW	Homewood Montessori School	Pittsburgh School District
16	4	REIZS	Reizenstein Middle School	Pittsburgh School District
17	3	GREEN	Greenfield Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
18	2	COLFX	Colfax Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
19	2	SHILL	South Hills Middle School	Pittsburgh School District
20	1	BANKS	Banksville Elementary School	Pittsburgh School District
21	1	BRCAT	Brookline Catholic Middle School	�
22	1	CARRI	Carriage House School	�
23	1	FRICK	Frick International Academy	Pittsburgh School District
24	1	HOMEE	Home Elementary School	�
25	1	HOMEP	Home Middle School	�

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