State Middle School Action!

Vista Scores 2nd in State!

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At both the high school and middle school levels, there are three state championship events in scholastic chess: the "Action" (quick) chess championships, the State Individual championships, and the biggie, the State Team championships.

The event Vista, Lynden and Cascade Middle Schools just participated in was the WHSCA Middle School "Action" chess championships, held January 13 at Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood.

"Action" chess means each player receives only 30 minutes apiece for the entire game (one hour total, if both players use up all of their time; which they usually don't).

There were two divisions, the Open (expert) division, and the Reserve (novice) division (for those rated 900 and below, and those without a chess rating). The event featured players from Lynden to Vancouver, and was sanctioned and rated by the Washington High School Chess Association.

The Vista Middle School Open Division team of Matt Schwede, Michael Draper and Gert Vyaersi scored a total of 7 wins to place second in State. Matt Schwede tied for 2nd in State in the individual scoring, losing only one game to Ed Mitte of Meadowdale Middle School, Edmonds.

In the Reserve Division, Vista placed first in State, scoring 11 wins among their top three finishers. Jeremy Jusak placed first overall on tiebreaks, winning four games and losing one, while Gabe Rader placed fourth. Josh Nicholson turned in a 7th grade Bronze Medal performance.

Also in the Reserve Divison, the Lynden Middle School team placed 2nd. Alex Kurtis placed 2nd, losing only to Vista's Jusak, while his brother Matt Kurtis placed 6th.

Cascade Middle School of Sedro-Woolley also showed well in their first state-level competition. The team of Ed Francy, Jared Brown and Sean Rowe scored six wins.

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        WASHINGTON  MIDDLE  SCHOOL  ACTION  CHAMPIONSHIP
        MEADOWDALE HS, LYNNWOOD, JANUARY 13, 2001

        OPEN SECTION

pos last name  first       id numb   start  end      rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5  tot
                          (VST = Vista)
                          (LYE = Lynden)
                          (CAC = Cascade)
1   MILLER, PETER          OVLI6983  1515  1522/70   W21 W7  W6  W5  D4   4.5
2   SHANKAR, PRITHVI       EMSI6905  1224  1247/79   W17 W15 D5  D4  W10  4.0
3   SCHWEDE, MATT          VSTH9750  1092  1144/30   L5  W20 W15 W14 W6   4.0
4   NIEMAN, MATT           OMSH7324  1152  1185/40   W18 D13 W12 D2  D1   3.5
5   MITTE, ED              MDEI5208  1344  1336/153  W3  W11 D2  L1  D7   3.0
6   LAVIOLETTE, CARL       EMSI9475  1249  1240/40   W19 W18 L1  W16 L3   3.0
7   AISAKA, DANIEL         LMSI5738  1213  1214/201  W20 L1  D11 W12 D5   3.0
8   MITTE, DAN             MDEH1045  1125  1109/142  L12 W17 L16 W18 W14  3.0
9   OSSEWARD III, J. P.    MCCH1399  1220  1201/154  L11 W19 L14 W17 W16  3.0
10  PUTMAN, BRENT          KIWG6151  1218  1196/139  W16 D12 L13 W11 L2   2.5
11  TKACH, ILYA            EMSI1940  981   1020/195  W9  L5  D7  L10 W15  2.5
12  CHEADLE, HARRY         EMSI7798  883   938 /78   W8  D10 L4  L7  W22  2.5
13  LAM, KYLE              EMSI3555  1250  1264/185  W14 D4  W10 U   U    2.5
14  EATON, MATTHEW         CPLI4510  1086  1090/208  L13 W22 W9  L3  L8   2.0
15  WYDE, DAVID            IMSG8464  940   958 /40   W22 L2  L3  W19 L11  2.0
16  DRAPER, MICHAEL        VSTI9493  962   990 /29   L10 W21 W8  L6  L9   2.0
17  PROUDFOOT, KEVIN       CPLI1934  1014  1026/136  L2  L8  W22 L9  W20  2.0
18  MILLER, BRYAN          KIWH2837  929   954 /74   L4  L6  W21 L8  W19  2.0
19  VYAERSI, GERT          VSTI9738  1045  908 /11   L6  L9  W20 L15 L18  1.0
20  SAGE, MICHAEL          IMSG8869  960   876 /18   L7  L3  L19 BYE L17  1.0
21  YEE, MESA              SLKH1787  1102  1042/327  L1  L16 L18 L22 BYE  1.0
22  VAN WEERDHUIZEN, LANE  LYEG3644  1206  1140/120  L15 L14 L17 W21 L12  1.0

        RESERVE SECTION
                          (VST = Vista)
                          (LYE = Lynden)
                          (CAC = Cascade)
pos last name              id numb   start  end      rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5  tot
1   JUSAK, JEREMY          VSTH7225  861   900 /25   W4  W8  L7  W3  W2   4.0
2   KURTIS, ALEX           LYEH7336  787   845 /62   W9  W13 W11 W7  L1   4.0
3   TAKI, STEVEN           IMSG8861  773   841 /30   W19 W14 W6  L1  W9   4.0
4   ALVARADO, ANTHONY      MDEH2621  800   1056/5    L1  W21 W14 W6  W8   4.0
5   RADER, GABE            VSTI9089  630   817 /18   W16 L6  W20 W10 W7   4.0
6   KURTIS, MATT           LYEH7331  824   825 /62   W15 W5  L3  L4  W13  3.0
7   SALVADOR, ROBERT       IMSG8858  773   776 /34   W17 W20 W1  L2  L5   3.0
8   OTTO, DANIEL           CPLH1706  719   729 /113  W21 L1  W12 W13 L4   3.0
9   FRANCY, EDDY           CACI2622  800   854 /5    L2  W18 W22 W11 L3   3.0
10  NAN, JOHN              EMSH1817  850   813 /10   L13 W17 W15 L5  W14  3.0
11  NICHOLSON, JOSH        VSTH1072  813   789 /8    W22 W12 L2  L9  W16  3.0
12  MCMILLAN, DYLAN        LYEI1080  455   484 /15   BYE L11 L8  D19 W21  2.5
13  JONES, DONTE           VSTH1071  591   696 /13   W10 L2  W16 L8  L6   2.0
14  MARTINELL, SAM         VSTH1668  876   791 /10   W18 L3  L4  W15 L10  2.0
15  BROWN, JARED           CACI2623  800   729 /5    L6  W19 L10 L14 W18  2.0
16  MCCLEMENT, ALEXANDER   WHMG1678  872   696 /14   L5  W22 L13 W17 L11  2.0
17  DUGGAN, JOEL           LYEI2624  800   739 /5    L7  L10 W19 L16 W20  2.0
18  BRENDON, ALEX          LYEI1062  696   628 /11   L14 L9  W21 W20 L15  2.0
19  HUTCHINSON, TIM        VSTI2625  800   566 /5    L3  L15 L17 D12 W22  1.5
20  MESSAH, MARCO          CPLH2626  800   494 /5    WF  L7  L5  L18 L17  1.0
21  ROWE, SEAN             CACI2627  800   454 /5    L8  L4  L18 W22 L12  1.0
22  BUSH, GEOFFERY         LYEH2628  800   417 /5    L11 L16 L9  L21 L19  0.0

Ratings based on fewer than 15 games are provisional and do not accurately 
reflect comparable competitive performance.   Ratings based on 15 and more 
games are established and tend to be accurate and predictive.