Chessplayers from 4th*-12th grades, of all abilities, are invited to the....

Hot Summer Chess 2003
Grand Prix!

Play in one, or play in all four:
Hot Summer Chess I --- Tuesday, June 24 --- results below
Hot Summer Chess II -- Tuesday, July 15 ---- results below
Hot Summer Chess III - Tuesday, August 5 -- results below
Hot Summer Chess IV - Tuesday, August 26 - results below

Grand Prix Final Standings:
Mark Jordan 1st, Chris Aiken 2nd, Matt Kurtis 3rd!

Hello Chessplayers!
Get ready for some hot chess! The Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 2003 series of tournaments will be held June 24, July 15, August 5 and August 26 at the Bellingham Public Library, downstairs in the meeting room. Registration is from 6:00 to 6:10 pm. These events are free and open to 4th*-12th grade players of all abilities, beginner to experienced, so bring a friend! Players are placed in different playing groups of approximately equal playing ability based on rating. The tournaments are rated by the Washington State H.S. Chess Assocation, so tournament rules are in effect: if you touch a piece, you must move it, and if a clock is available each player will get 30 minutes. If you can, bring a board, set and pen/cil, since you must write down your moves. (Instruction on how to do this is available at the event.) And bring a clock if you have one! It's a no elimination tournament, each player plays three games, and thus games should be done by 9:45pm each evening if not before.

Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix!
Win the Grand Prix! In addition to small prizes for octagonal winners each evening, the three players who accumulate the most points overall in all four Hot Summer Chess events will be declared Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix Champions, and will receive trophies! You could win the Grand Prix, because at each tourney the top player in the top section becomes ineligible. So the Grand Prix formula rewards players who are improving. The current, updated WSRS ratings will be used in each Hot Summer Chess tourney.

Schedule:
6:00 pm - Registration opens, help with setup
Registration closes at 6:10 pm sharp
Round 1 - 6:35 pm or asap
Round 2 - 7:40 pm or asap
Round 3 - 8:45 pm or asap
Help with room takedown

Cost?
The Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix events are offered free. We will have a donation jar present at check-in to help cover the expenses of room rental (the main cost), WSRS rating fees, trophies, scoresheets and other supplies. If we average a donation of $3 per player per tourney, expenses should be covered (depending on turnout).

Endgame Contest Position High Score Engame Contest!
Who can post the High Score on the leaderboard we'll be keeping throughout the summer? The High Score is the fastest time to checkmate from the following 3-piece endgame position (shown at right): Both kings on original starting squares, White pawn on e2, White's move. You are White -- GO!
Rules: Players are allowed only one attempt at each tourney. Attempts may be made anytime after the completion of your second round game. Digital clock will be used, showing 3 minutes per side. Black will be played by TD's appointee only. When queening, player must put a new queen on the board before hitting the clock. Must move piece and hit clock with same hand. If you knock a piece over or make an illegal move, your attempt is over, no score.

Don't be late!
In order to get the tournament going promptly, and concluded on time, registration will close at 6:10 sharp. Or, if there's a line, as soon as the line ends after 6:10. So please don't be late, as the "Octagonal" format is not conducive to late entries, and we'd have to turn you away. Thanks!

Lend a Hand:
If you do come and play, we would appreciate some assistance setting up and also taking down tables, resetting the chairs and returning the room to its original condition after the event. Thanks!

The tourneys are organized by Randy Kaech and co-directed by Randy Walther. If further information needed, email Randy K.

Map and Directions to the Bellingham Public Library

*Note: Players younger than 4th grade may play if they know how to record their moves (learn here) and don't mind stiff competition! Just graduated H.S. seniors are also welcome to play.

Hot Summer Chess I Results


    HOT SUMMER CHESS I
    June 24, 2003
    Bellingham Public Library

 DIVISION ONE 
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 PALEVEDA, NICK         SCHK8361  1513  1530/137  W4  W5  D2  2.5
  2 JUNE, PETER            SHMJ9213  1475  1497/212  W7  W6  D1  2.5
  3 DRAPER, MICHAEL        FERK9493  1411  1413/137  L5  W7  W6  2.0
  4 UMMEL, IGOR            MSHD3637  1375  1370/ 92  L1  D8  W5  1.5
  5 MOORE, STUART          SHML9212  1301  1303/114  W3  L1  L4  1.0
  6 VAN WEERDHUIZEN, LANE  LYEI3644  1395  1373/293  W8  L2  L3  1.0
  7 DAVIS, DAVID           BHML3646  1235  1235/  9  L2  L3  W8  1.0
  8 JUSAK, JEREMY          SHMJ7225  1218  1194/119  L6  D4  L7  0.5

 DIVISION TWO
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 GERARD, KEVIN          BHMK8298  1073  1158/ 21  W6  W2  W3  3.0
  2 SCHWEDE, MATT          FERJ9750  1140  1160/ 95  W5  L1  W6  2.0
  3 KURTIS, MATT           SHMJ7331  1090  1107/224  W8  W4  L1  2.0
  4 ENGLESBERG, COLIN      FERK9210  1083  1076/ 92  W7  L3  D5  1.5
  5 BOYD, STEFAN           WWVM6605  1069  1069/ 15  L2  W7  D4  1.5
  6 DIBBLE, JASON          WHCF8331  1184  1144/ 24  L1  W8  L2  1.0
  7 DYKSTRA, JORDAN        WHCE1640   986   969/ 81  L4  L5  W8  1.0
  8 SCHECK, JAI            FERK3345   989   930/ 68  L3  L6  L7  0.0

 DIVISION THREE
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 HAWN, RILO             BHMJ7372   905   994/ 17  W4  W6  W2  3.0
  2 BUTTERFIELD, NICHOLAS  SMHE3413   944   971/101  W7  W3  L1  2.0
  3 LEVINE, DANIEL         BHMK7570   963   984/ 17  W5  L2  W6  2.0
  4 BUTTERFIELD, GABRIEL   CACH2548   915   917/112  L1  D5  W7  1.5
  5 KURTIS, BEN            ASTD9744   909   912/ 94  L3  D4  W8  1.5
  6 CAMPBELL, DEREK        FHVI4103   984   951/ 46  W8  L1  L3  1.0
  7 JESERITZ, RYAN         SHMK9736   907   855/135  L2  D8  L4  0.5
  8 GRIFFIN, TROY          SEDM7290   913   858/113  L6  D7  L5  0.5

 DIVISION FOUR
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 JORDAN, MARK           WHCI8865   826   912/ 23  W3  W5  W2  3.0
  2 WANG, MAX              KULI2991   802   849/ 64  W7  W4  L1  2.0
  3 DYKSTRA, NATHANIEL     WHCF1761   864   882/ 89  L1  W8  W6  2.0
  4 RONSON, ANDREW         ASTD6812   870   878/ 23  W8  L2  W5  2.0
  5 ARONSON, PHILIP        KULH9646   790   780/ 19  W6  L1  L4  1.0
  6 NULLE, MATT            ASTE6661   847   816/ 20  L5  W7  L3  1.0
  7 TJOELKER, ANDREW       WHCH3050   886   839/ 58  L2  L6  W8  1.0
  8 ROWLSON, BRANDEN       EVRC4005   807   737/ 33  L4  L3  L7  0.0
 
 DIVISION FIVE
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 AIKEN, CHRIS           KULH5512   736   792/ 20  W8  W3  W2  3.0
  2 SKACHKOV, EDUARD       VSTI3052   696   708/ 36  W7  W5  L1  2.0
  3 HASKINS, FINNIAN       LARF6610   609   641/ 26  W6  L1  W5  2.0
  4 ROWLSON, KELSEY        EVRF4058   691   674/ 33  L5  W8  W6  2.0
  5 KLEWIADA, ERIC         KULH9745   575   569/ 56  W4  L2  L3  1.0
  6 ANDRUSHENKO, KONSTANTINSKYD7164   400   470/  3  L3  W7  L4  1.0
  7 DAVIS, JOEL            RESG3649   556   503/  9  L2  L6  W8  1.0
  8 ANDRUSHENKO, ROMAN     SKYF7206   500   400/  3  L1  L4  L7  0.0

Hot Summer Chess II Results


HOT SUMMER CHESS II
July 15, 2003 
Bellingham Public Library

DIVISION ONE
    Name                        rtng ID No.   rd 1  rd 2  rd 3   TOT  Brks1
  1 JUNE, PETER             9...1497 SHMJ9213 W  4  W  6  W  2   3.0    4.0
  2 DRAPER, MICHAEL        10...1413 FERK9493 W  5  W  3  L  1   2.0    6.0
  3 VAN WEERDHUIZEN, LANE   8...1373 LYEI3644 W  7  L  2  W  6   2.0    3.0
  4 UMMEL, IGOR             3...1370 MSHD3637 L  1  D  5  W  7   1.5    4.5
  5 DAVIS, DAVID           11...1235 BHML3646 L  2  D  4  B---   1.5    3.5
  6 GERARD, KEVIN          10...1158 BHMK8298 B---  L  1  L  3   1.0    5.0
  7 JUSAK, JEREMY           9...1194 SHMJ7225 L  3  B---  L  4   1.0    3.5

DIVISION TWO
    Name                        rtng ID No.   rd 1  rd 2  rd 3   TOT  Brks1
  1 KURTIS, MATT            9...1107 SHMJ7331 W  6  D  2  W  3   2.5    5.5
  2 ENGLESBERG, COLIN      10...1076 FERK9210 W  8  D  1  W  5   2.5    3.5
  3 BOYD, STEFAN           12...1069 WWVM6605 W  5  W  4  L  1   2.0    5.5
  4 KURTIS, ALEX            9...1083 SHMJ7336 W  7  L  3  W  6   2.0    4.0
  5 DIBBLE, JASON           5...1144 WHCF8331 L  3  W  7  L  2   1.0    5.5
  6 WEAVER, DAVE           11...1019 SEDL7304 L  1  W  8  L  4   1.0    4.5
  7 HAKIM, MIKE            11... 999 FERL8905 L  4  L  5  W  8   1.0    3.0
  8 LEVINE, DANIEL         10... 984 BHMK7570 L  2  L  6  L  7   0.0    4.5

DIVISION THREE
    Name                        rtng ID No.   rd 1  rd 2  rd 3   TOT  Brks1
  1 JORDAN, MARK            8... 912 WHCI8865 W  8  W  6  W  4   3.0    2.5
  2 STEWARDSON, BETHANY     6... 905 WHCG4057 L  3  W  5  W  6   2.0    4.5
  3 NULLE, MATT             4... 816 ASTE6661 W  2  L  4  W  7   2.0    4.5
  4 CAMPBELL, DEREK         8... 951 FHVI4103 D  5  W  3  L  1   1.5    6.5
  5 RONSON, ANDREW          3... 878 ASTD6812 D  4  L  2  W  8   1.5    3.5
  6 KURTIS, BEN             3... 912 ASTD9744 W  7  L  1  L  2   1.0    6.0
  7 AIKEN, CHRIS            7... 792 KULH5512 L  6  W  8  L  3   1.0    3.0
  8 FINE, ELI               9... 854 FHVJ2996 L  1  L  7  L  5   0.0    5.5

DIVISION FOUR
    Name                        rtng ID No.   rd 1  rd 2  rd 3   TOT  Brks1
  1 OCH, ROBERT            10... 753 BHMK7405 W  6  W  4  W  2   3.0    4.5
  2 SKACHKOV, EDUARD        8... 708 VSTI3052 W  8  W  3  L  1   2.0    5.0
  3 ARONSON, PHILIP         7... 780 KULH9646 W  5  L  2  W  7   2.0    4.5
  4 BURR, TONY              9... 744 FERJ3341 W  7  L  1  D  5   1.5    5.5
  5 RYBKA, FENTON           5... 662 ASTF9100 L  3  W  6  D  4   1.5    4.5
  6 BENNETT, JORDAN         5... 656 ASTF9046 L  1  L  5  W  8   1.0    4.5
  7 BENNETT, JEFFREY        5... 584 ASTF9896 L  4  W  8  L  3   1.0    3.5
  8 WARE, BEN              10...unr. SEDK     L  2  L  7  L  6   0.0    4.0

Hot Summer Chess III Results



HOT SUMMER CHESS III
August 5, 2003 
Bellingham Public Library 

 DIVISION ONE
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 JUNE, PETER            SHMJ9213  1524  1539/218  W6  W2  D3  2.5
  2 VAN WEERDHUIZEN, LANE  LYEI3644  1450  1449/303  W4  L1  W5  2.0
  3 DRAPER, MICHAEL        FERK9493  1430  1433/143  D5  W6  D1  2.0
  4 JUSAK, JEREMY          SHMJ7225  1170  1212/124  L2  W5  W6  2.0
  5 KURTIS, MATT           SHMJ7331  1148  1138/230  D3  L4  L2  0.5
  6 UMMEL, IGOR            MSHD3637  1323  1274/102  L1  L3  L4  0.0

 DIVISION TWO
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 JORDAN, MARK           WHCI8865  1109  1151/ 36  W6  D5  W2  2.5
  2 GERARD, KEVIN          BHMK8298  1145  1158/ 26  W7  W3  L1  2.0
  3 KURTIS, ALEX           SHMJ7336  1097  1114/220  W8  L2  W5  2.0
  4 DIBBLE, JASON          WHCF8331  1107  1117/ 30  L5  W6  W7  2.0
  5 BOYD, STEFAN           WWVM6605  1103  1108/ 21  W4  D1  L3  1.5
  6 BUTTERFIELD, NICHOLAS  SMHE3413  1000   988/111  L1  L4  W8  1.0
  7 ABBOTT, NOEL           SEDL1247  1028  1011/121  L2  W8  L4  1.0
  8 HAWN, RILO             BHMJ7372   994   927/ 20  L3  L7  L6  0.0

 DIVISION THREE
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 BUTTERFIELD, GABRIEL   CACH2548   916  1003/122  W5  W3  W2  3.0
  2 SOLOMON, JOSEPH        ASTD8583   936   957/ 45  W6  W4  L1  2.0
  3 KURTIS, BEN            ASTD9744   954   962/107  W7  L1  W6  2.0
  4 RONSON, ANDREW         ASTD6812   879   912/ 36  W8  L2  W5  2.0
  5 HAKIM, MIKE            FERL8905   982   941/ 51  L1  W7  L4  1.0
  6 AIKEN, CHRIS           KULH5512   789   789/ 26  L2  W8  L3  1.0
  7 ARONSON, PHILIP        KULH9646   781   782/ 25  L3  L5  W8  1.0
  8 STEWARDSON, BETHANY    WHCG4057   940   839/ 52  L4  L6  L7  0.0

 DIVISION FOUR
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 BURR, TONY             FERJ3341   732   767/ 37  W5  W3  D2  2.5
  2 RYBKA, FENTON          ASTF9100   690   704/ 45  D4  W6  D1  2.0
  3 KLEWIADA, ERIC         KULH9745   569   610/ 59  W6  L1  W5  2.0
  4 PROKOS, CHARLIE        STNL3437   584   586/  8  D2  L5  W6  1.5
  5 THOMAS, BRIAN          LECH8776   605   577/  8  L1  W4  L3  1.0
  6 COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER   ISOD7155   612   502/ 10  L3  L2  L4  0.0

Hot Summer Chess IV Results


HOT SUMMER CHESS IV
August 26, 2003
Bellingham Public Library 

DIVISION ONE
pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 JUNE, PETER            SHMJ9213  1539  1563/221  W2  W3  W4  3.0
  2 UMMEL, IGOR            MSHD3637  1274  1311/105  L1  W5  W6  2.0
  3 VAN WEERDHUIZEN, LANE  LYEI3644  1449  1443/306  W4  L1  D5  1.5
  4 CHASE, THOMAS          PINJ1398  1263  1262/104  L3  W6  L1  1.0
  5 DRAPER, MICHAEL        FERK9493  1433  1399/146  D6  L2  D3  1.0
  6 DAVIS, DAVID           BHML3646  1226  1192/ 14  D5  L4  L2  0.5

DIVISION TWO
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 KURTIS, MATT           SHMJ7331  1138  1178/233  W6  D5  W3  2.5
  2 JUSAK, JEREMY          SHMJ7225  1212  1222/127  W4  L3  W5  2.0
  3 DIBBLE, JASON          WHCF8331  1117  1148/ 33  W8  W2  L1  2.0
  4 ENGLESBERG, COLIN      FERK9210  1121  1142/ 98  L2  W6  W7  2.0
  5 JORDAN, MARK           WHCI8865  1151  1153/ 39  W7  D1  L2  1.5
  6 ABBOTT, NOEL           SEDL1247  1011  1011/124  L1  L4  W8  1.0
  7 KURTIS, ALEX           SHMJ7336  1114  1092/223  L5  W8  L4  1.0
  8 GERARD, KEVIN          BHMK8298  1158  1076/ 29  L3  L7  L6  0.0

DIVISION THREE
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 HAKIM, MIKE            FERL8905   941  1019/ 54  W8  W5  W4  3.0
  2 CAMPBELL, DEREK        FHVI4103   960  1009/ 52  D4  W8  W6  2.5
  3 LEVINE, DANIEL         BHMK7570   919   951/ 23  W6  L4  W5  2.0
  4 BUTTERFIELD, GABRIEL   CACH2548  1003  1003/125  D2  W3  L1  1.5
  5 HAWN, RILO             BHMJ7372   927   912/ 23  W7  L1  L3  1.0
  6 KURTIS, BEN            ASTD9744   962   939/110  L3  W7  L2  1.0
  7 BUTTERFIELD, NICHOLAS  SMHE3413   988   947/114  L5  L6  W8  1.0
  8 WEAVER, DAVE           SEDL7304  1001   925/138  L1  L2  L7  0.0

DIVISION FOUR
 pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 AIKEN, CHRIS           KULH5512   789   865/ 29  W6  W5  W2  3.0
  2 CHASE, LUKAS           PINF3857   755   806/ 57  W4  W3  L1  2.0
  3 ARONSON, PHILIP        KULH9646   782   797/ 28  W8  L2  W5  2.0
  4 RONSON, ANDREW         ASTD6812   912   872/ 39  L2  D7  W6  1.5
  5 BURR, TONY             FERJ3341   767   737/ 40  W7  L1  L3  1.0
  6 HASKINS, FINNIAN       LARF6610   727   713/ 36  L1  W8  L4  1.0
  7 KLEWIADA, ERIC         KULH9745   610   612/ 62  L5  D4  D8  1.0
  8 RYBKA, FENTON          ASTF9100   704   646/ 48  L3  L6  D7  0.5

DIVISION FIVE
pos last name first       id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot 
  1 FIELDS, ERIC           MRYJ7147   900  1160/  3  W3  W2  W4  3.0
  2 COLLINS, CASEY         LYEG7219   600   794/  3  W4  L1  W5  2.0
  3 COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER   ISOD7155   502   547/ 13  L1  W5  W6  2.0
  4 KIRK, HAZARD           SMHE3608   481   494/ 35  L2  W6  L1  1.0
  5 ANDERSON, MICHAEL      SKYE9880   400   435/  3  W6  L3  L2  1.0
  6 HOFFER, MICHAEL        HMYE6793   400   400/  8  L5  L4  L3  0.0

GRAND PRIX FINAL STANDINGS:
10.0  Mark Jordan   1ST PLACE - GRAND CHAMPION 
 8.0  Chris Aiken   2ND PLACE
 7.5  Matt Kurtis   3RD PLACE
 7.0  Andrew Ronson, Michael Draper
 6.5  Lane Van Weerdhuizen
 6.0  Philip Aronson, Gabe Butterfield, Jason Dibble, 
      Colin Englesberg, Kevin Gerard

GRAND PRIX ENDGAME LEADERBOARD - FINAL
  14 successful attempts:
       Lane Van Weerdhuizen  17 seconds
       Michael Draper        17, 18 seconds
       Mark Jordan           18, 23 seconds
       Igor Ummel            23, 30, 32 seconds
       Derek Campbell        23 seconds
       Jeremy Jusak          26 seconds
       Derek Campbell        32 seconds
       Tony Burr             70 seconds
       Stefan Boyd           96 seconds
       Ben Kurtis           106 seconds

  39 other attempts: 32 stalemate, 2 illegal move, 5 tilt!

2002 Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix Champions

2002 Grand Prix - Full Crosstables and Results