2002 Pennsylvania State Junior Championships

Teams

Score	Team Code	Team Name	Team Type	Prize
16	NPHCA	North Pittsburgh Homeschool Chess I	Scholastic Organization	1st Place Scholastic Organization
15	RR	Razing Rooks	Club	1st Place Club
14�	MONRO	Monroeville Chess Club I	Club	2nd Place Club
13�	SHADY	Shady Side Academy Junior School	School	1st Place School
12	ALLDR	Allderdice High School	School	2nd Place School
12	FOXCH	Fox Chapel School District	Scholastic Organization	2nd Place Scholastic Organization
10�	HCKMT	HC Checkmates	Club	3rd Place Club
10�	NPHCB	North Pittsburgh Homeschool Chess II	Scholastic Organization	3rd Place Scholastic Organization
10�	HARTW	Hartwood Elementary School	School	3rd Place School
10	MONRB	Monroeville Chess Club II	Club	4th Place Club
9�	FALK	Falk School	School	4th Place School
8	BOYCE	Boyce Middle School	School	5th Place School
7�	DORSE	Dorseyville Middle School	School	6th Place School

Ages 17 & 18

#	Name	Age	Team	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Duff, Alex A	17	�	1698	1696	W4	W2	W5	L3	B-	4	1st Place & PA Age 17 Co-Champion
2	Sher, Mikhail	18	�	1667	1670	W3	L1	W4	B-	W5	4	2nd Place & PA Age 18 Champion
3	Schiff, Aaron J	17	�	1560	1579	L2	W5	B-	W1	W4	4	3rd Place & PA Age 17 Co-Champion
4	Sharif, Ernest J	18	MONRB	1397	1377	L1	B-	L2	W5	L3	2	4th Place
5	Gibson, Ian	17	NPHCB	885	880	B-	L3	L1	L4	L2	1	5th Place & Good Sportsmanship

Ages 15 & 16 Open

#	Name	Age	Team	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Milisits, Ryan R	16	ALLDR	2155	2151	W4	W3	D2	W7	W8	4�	1st Place & PA Age 16 Champion
2	Opaska, Michael P	16	�	1802	1810	W8	D6	D1	W3	D4	3�	2nd Place
3	Sun, Zhipeng	16	FOXCH	1714	1710	W9	L1	W6	L2	W7	3	3rd Place
4	Harrison, Patrick W	16	FOXCH	1656	1663	L1	W8	D7	W6	D2	3	4th Place
5	Blocki, Jeremiah M	16	�	1753	1734	L6	W7	W9	H-	H-	3	5th Place
6	Burgwin, Douglas	16	�	1383	1452	W5	D2	L3	L4	W9	2�	6th Place
7	Siegele, Andrew B	16	�	1200	1215	B-	L5	D4	L1	L3	1�	�
8	Berthoud, Kevin F	15	�	1528	1501	L2	L4	B-	D9	L1	1�	PA Age 15 Champion
9	Mezherytski, Kesha	16	MONRB	1244	1242	L3	B-	L5	D8	L6	1�	�

Ages 13 & 14 Open

#	Name	Age	Team	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Jampole, Ezra A	13	ALLDR	1554	1571	W4	W3	W5	D2	W7	4�	1st Place & PA Age 13 Champion
2	Waruszewski, Bob C	13	NPHCA	1372	1422	W10	D5	W3	D1	W6	4	2nd Place
3	Swed, David P	14	�	1298	1305	W7	L1	L2	W6	W9	3	3rd Place & PA Age 14 Co-Champion
4	Mc Cord, Alec K	14	�	1179	1231	L1	W6	W8	L5	W10	3	4th Place & PA Age 14 Co-Champion
5	Hickman, Michael A	13	MONRB	1472	1442	W9	D2	L1	W4	L8	2�	5th Place
6	Permigiani, Ted	14	ALLDR	1017	1069	W8	L4	W7	L3	L2	2	6th Place
7	Santistevan, Mark	14	NPHCB	1026	1049	L3	W9	L6	W10	L1	2	6th Place Medal
8	Foster, John	13	�	1246	1209	L6	W10	L4	L9	W5	2	6th Place Medal
9	Mc Clure, Ian	13	HCKMT	1140	1115	L5	L7	D10	W8	L3	1�	�
10	Devlin, Patrick J	13	�	1108	1049	L2	L8	D9	L7	L4	�	�

Ages 13 to 16 U1100

#	Name	Age	Team	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Wang, Justin J	15	RR	1059	1151	W3	W2	W4	W5	B-	5	1st Place Ages 15 & 16 U1100
2	Kline, Joey C	14	�	889	996	X-	L1	W5	W3	W4	4	1st Place Ages 13 & 14 U1000
3	Strovers, Darrell B	13	HCKMT	966	962	L1	W4	B-	L2	W5	3	2nd Place Ages 13 & 14 U1000
4	Kalchthaler, Kyle B	11	�	930	890	W5	L3	L1	B-	L2	2	3rd Place Ages 13 & 14 U1000
5	Webster, Liana R	14	ALLDR	844	780	L4	B-	L2	L1	L3	1	4th Place Ages 13 & 14 U1000
6	Armstrong, Jonathan	15	�	�	�	F-	U-	U-	U-	U-	0	�

Ages 11 & 12 Open

#	Name	Age	Team	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Gao, Joshua M	11	�	1493	1512	W10	D5	W11	W6	D2	4	1st Place & PA Age 11 Co-Champion
2	Lelis, Tyler	11	�	1630	1624	W13	D11	W7	W5	D1	4	2nd Place Age 11 & PA Age 11 Co-Champion
3	Joseph, Bryan G	12	MONRO	1503	1499	W18	W12	L6	W9	W7	4	2nd Place Age 12 & PA Age 12 Champion
4	Zinn, Andrew M	11	MONRO	1333	1364	W17	L7	W13	W8	W6	4	3rd Place Age 11 & PA Age 11 Co-Champion
5	Unal, Deniz Batu	12	MONRO	1186	1308	W14	D1	W15	L2	W11	3�	3rd Place Age 12
6	Cowley, Benjamin R	12	HCKMT	1322	1340	W19	W9	W3	L1	L4	3	4th Place Age 12
7	Thewes, Richard P	11	NPHCA	1242	1319	W15	W4	L2	W12	L3	3	4th Place Age 11
8	Schell, Evan D	11	NPHCA	1012	1115	L11	W10	W18	L4	W16	3	5th Place Age 11
9	Berthoud, Kent	11	BOYCE	1168	1197	W20	L6	W14	L3	W12	3	6th Place Age 11
10	Evans, Micah D	12	MONRO	1152	1171	L1	L8	W19	W17	W14	3	5th Place Age 12
11	Barbara, Matthew	12	DORSE	1283	1294	W8	D2	L1	W13	L5	2�	6th Place Age 12
12	Boehner, Samuel W	12	�	1213	1197	W16	L3	W17	L7	L9	2	�
13	Piqueira, Joseph	12	BOYCE	1124	1132	L2	W20	L4	L11	W17	2	�
14	Sun, LiAnn	11	DORSE	1046	1049	L5	W18	L9	W19	L10	2	�
15	Gough, Karl W	12	DORSE	1289	1235	L7	W19	L5	L16	W18	2	�
16	Venkatesh, Nikhil	11	BOYCE	1009	1002	L12	L17	B-	W15	L8	2	�
17	Dong, Andrew	12	DORSE	1221	1149	L4	W16	L12	L10	L13	1	�
18	Rosso, Jack W	11	BOYCE	1052	1008	L3	L14	L8	W20	L15	1	�
19	Tobias, David A	11	�	1009/18	974/23	L6	L15	L10	L14	W20	1	Good Sportsmanship
20	Manfredi, Juan Jose Jr	11	DORSE	937	874	L9	L13	H-	L18	L19	�	�

Ages 11 & 12 U900

#	Name	Age	Team	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Chirsan, Josh	12	�	825	896	W7	W5	W3	W2	L6	4	1st Place
2	Samo, Douglas	11	RR	646/16	820/21	W8	D3	W4	L1	W9	3�	2nd Place
3	Webb, Robert	10	�	931	921	W6	D2	L1	W5	W7	3�	3rd Place
4	Halprin, Jared M	12	MONRB	759/14	776/18	H-	W8	L2	W6	D5	3	4th Place
5	Lin, Jeffrey	11	RR	771	765	W9	L1	W7	L3	D4	2�	5th Place
6	Lewis, Timothy	11	RR	458/04	538/08	L3	B-	L8	L4	W1	2	6th Place
7	Palanisamy, Dinesh	11	�	622/24	611	L1	W9	L5	B-	L3	2	6th Place Medal
8	Cercone, Stephen	12	�	836	745	L2	L4	W6	L9	B-	2	6th Place Medal
9	Dufield, Andrew S	11	�	649/08	612/12	L5	L7	B-	W8	L2	2	6th Place Medal

Ages 9 & 10 Open

#	Name	Age	Team	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Heimann, Mark A	9	NPHCA	1754	1765	W10	W5	W3	W9	W4	5	1st Place & PA Age 9 Champion
2	Heimann, Alexander C	9	NPHCA	1728	1715	W15	D9	W4	D3	W6	4	2nd Place
3	Petesch, Gabriel N	10	�	1584	1590	W12	W7	L1	D2	W9	3�	3rd Place & PA Age 10 Champion
4	Barbara, Joshua	10	HARTW	1249	1275	W11	W6	L2	W10	L1	3	4th Place
5	Stern, Scott W	9	FALK	963	990	W8	L1	L10	W14	W13	3	5th Place Age 9
6	Nimgaonkar, Vivek U	9	SHADY	1109	1128	W14	L4	W11	W13	L2	3	6th Place Age 9
7	Brady, Matthew D	9	FOXCH	1152	1167	W13	L3	L9	W11	W10	3	6th Place Age 9 Medal
8	Miller, Maxwell E	9	�	807	863	L5	L10	B-	W12	W15	3	6th Place Age 9 Medal
9	Khan, Neiladri K	10	MONRB	1259	1289	X-	D2	W7	L1	L3	2�	5th Place Age 10 & Good Sportsmanship
10	Stutler, Jon William	10	HCKMT	947	980	L1	W8	W5	L4	L7	2	6th Place Age 10
11	Weaver, Richard P	9	NPHCA	1063	1039	L4	W15	L6	L7	W14	2	6th Place Age 10 Medal
12	Pokrifka, Brian	9	NPHCA	980/17	929/21	L3	L14	W15	L8	B-	2	6th Place Age 10 Medal
13	Todd, Andrew S	9	HARTW	857	847	L7	H-	W14	L6	L5	1�	�
14	Sahota, Guneet S	10	�	879/08	829/13	L6	W12	L13	L5	L11	1	�
15	Stern, Eric W	9	FALK	937	864	L2	L11	L12	B-	L8	1	�
16	Uselman, Jeffrey R Jr	9	�	�	�	F-	U-	U-	U-	U-	0	�

Ages 9 & 10 U800

#	Name	Age	Team	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Khlystov, Nikita A	10	�	793	989	W11	W3	W9	W2	W4	5	1st Place
2	Busam, Sujay V	10	�	948	975	W10	W4	W8	L1	W3	4	2nd Place
3	Boehner, Hazel E	10	�	709	753	W6	L1	W11	W5	L2	3	3rd Place
4	Daye, Jeff	9	RR	Unr	834/05	W12	L2	W7	W8	L1	3	4th Place
5	Otte, Harry	9	HARTW	424	537	L9	B-	W12	L3	W8	3	5th Place
6	Covaleski, Teddy	9	�	695/10	687/15	L3	L11	W10	W9	D7	2�	6th Place
7	Connolly, Samantha	9	HCKMT	603/19	638/24	L8	W10	L4	W12	D6	2�	6th Place Medal
8	Gentile, Nicholas J	10	�	718	698	W7	W9	L2	L4	L5	2	�
9	Scherch, Andrew K	10	FALK	796/18	736/23	W5	L8	L1	L6	W11	2	�
10	Mackler, Joel	10	�	850	771	L2	L7	L6	W11	W12	2	�
11	Manfredi, Sofia	9	�	469	481	L1	W6	L3	L10	L9	1	�
12	Ramanathan, Nitya	9	SHADY	537	466	L4	X-	L5	L7	L10	1	�
13	Fadzen, Colin	10	�	�	�	B-	F-	U-	U-	U-	1	�

Age 8

#	Name	Age	Team	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Loudon, Wesley J	8	�	889	1049	W5	W3	W4	W11	W2	5	1st Place & PA Age 8 Champion
2	Venkatesh, Akhil	8	�	831	898	W12	W7	W3	W9	L1	4	2nd Place
3	Weaver, Michael F	8	NPHCB	894	899	W8	L1	L2	W4	W10	3	3rd Place
4	Xu, Zhihong	8	�	916	918	W11	W6	L1	L3	W7	3	4th Place
5	Chaverin, Nathaniel	8	NPHCB	710/25	715	L1	W9	L6	W10	X-	3	5th Place
6	Rosenfeld, Elan K	8	SHADY	945	904	W10	L4	W5	L7	W11	3	6th Place
7	Samo, Michael	8	NPHCB	814/17	789/22	D9	L2	W12	W6	L4	2�	�
8	Baron, Eli	8	�	647/22	665/25	L3	W12	W10	U-	U-	2	�
9	Swegan, Jennimarie D	8	�	Unr	404/04	D7	L5	L11	L2	B-	1�	Good Sportsmanship
10	Strovers, Gina H	8	HCKMT	622/20	580/25	L6	W11	L8	L5	L3	1	�
11	Rashid-Azzam, Sherif A	8	NPHCB	477/03	480/08	L4	L10	W9	L1	L6	1	�
12	Sundar, Suraj	8	�	Unr	292/03	L2	L8	L7	B-	F-	1	�

Ages 7 & Under

#	Name	Age	Team	Pre Rat	Post Rat	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Prize
1	Plaut, Benjamin	7	�	904	992	X-	W9	W6	W2	D3	4�	1st Place & PA Age 7 Champion
2	Nimgaonkar, Alok U	7	SHADY	907	953	W4	W10	W8	L1	W6	4	2nd Place
3	Stern, Benjamin W	7	FALK	661	749	W12	L8	W13	W9	D1	3�	3rd Place
4	Tobias, Peter G	7	RR	274/11	480/15	L2	B-	D9	W11	W8	3�	4th Place
5	Hong, Jocelyn	7	SHADY	741	773	L6	W14	W7	D8	W10	3�	5th Place
6	Brady, Andrew L	6	FOXCH	888	880	W5	W11	L1	W10	L2	3	6th Place & PA Age 6 Co-Champion
7	Trageser, Steven	6	HARTW	Unr	486/04	L9	W15	L5	B-	W12	3	6th Place & PA Age 6 Co-Champion
8	Feffer, Danielle N	7	�	900	848	W13	W3	L2	D5	L4	2�	�
9	Stiles, Zane A	7	�	736/20	709/25	W7	L1	D4	L3	W13	2�	�
10	Chaverin, Samuel	6	NPHCB	697/13	662/18	W14	L2	W11	L6	L5	2	�
11	Feffer, Michael A	6	�	109/15	172/19	B-	L6	L10	L4	W14	2	�
12	Grubbs, Christopher P	6	�	Unr	247/04	L3	L13	B-	W15	L7	2	�
13	Mackler, Daniel	6	�	490/07	464/12	L8	W12	L3	D14	L9	1�	�
14	Smith, Jimmy	7	�	Unr	248/05	L10	L5	W15	D13	L11	1�	�
15	Chen, Gerry	5	HARTW	Unr	100/03	F-	L7	L14	L12	B-	1	PA Age 5 Champion

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