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WHSCA Northwest League
2000-2001
Ferndale 1st, Lynden 2nd,
Meridian 3rd!The Northwest Chess League has concluded, and a very close finish it was! 1.5 points separated 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th! Only one point separated 5th/6th! And the top six have qualified to represent the Northwest League at the State High School Team Championships on Feb. 23 and 24 at Issaquah H.S. The final standings for 2000 - 2001:
Ferndale 39.0 Lynden 37.5 Meridian 31.0 Sedro-Woolley 29.5 Sehome 25.5 Mount Vernon 24.5 Blaine 14.0 Mount Baker 8.0 Ferndale B 5.0 Sehome B 5.0 Round 8: Ferndale A 5.0 - Sedro-Woolley 0.0 Meridian 3.0 - Sehome A 2.0 Mount Vernon 2.0 - Mount Baker 1.0 Blaine 4.0 - Ferndale B 1.0 Sehome B 0.0 - Lynden 5.0 Round 9: Mount Vernon 2.0 - Meridian 3.0 Mount Baker 0.0 - Ferndale A 5.0 Sedro-Woolley 4.0 - Blaine 1.0 Lynden 5.0 - Sehome A 0.0 Ferndale B 0.0 - Sehome B 2.0
NWL Ratings Crosstable, Rounds 1-9
NW Chess League Schedule
2000-2001Dec. 11: MEET #1 Northwest H.S. Chess League -- Sehome H.S.
Jan. 8: MEET #2 Northwest H.S. Chess League -- Sedro-Woolley H.S.
Jan. 22: MEET #3 Northwest H.S. Chess League -- Mount Vernon H.S.
Jan. 29: MATCH (see schedule below)
Feb. 5: MEET #4 Northwest H.S. Chess League -- Lynden H.S.
Feb. 23, 24: State Team Championships, Issaquah H.S.
With one meet left it's an amazingly close race! In theory, any of six teams could still claim the league championship on February 5!
NORTHWEST CHESS LEAGUE STANDINGS after Round 7 (Feb. 3): Ferndale 29.0 Lynden 27.5 Sedro-Woolley 25.5 Meridian 25.0 Sehome 23.5 Mount Vernon 20.5 Blaine 9.0 Mount Baker 7.0 Ferndale B 4.0 Sehome B 3.0 RESULTS, week of Jan. 29 matches: Meridian 5.0 - Mount Baker 0.0 Blaine 0.0 - Lynden 5.0 Sedro-Woolley 3.5 - Mount Vernon 1.5 Sehome A 5.0 - Sehome B 0.0 Ferndale B 0.0 - Ferndale A 5.0 _________________________________________________________________ RESULTS, RDS. 5 AND 6 JAN. 22, 2001 Round 5: Sedro-Woolley 3.0 - Meridian 2.0 Lynden 3.0 - Mount Vernon 2.0 Sehome A 0.0 - Ferndale A 5.0 Sehome B 0.0 - Blaine 5.0 Ferndale B 4.0 - Mount Baker 0.0 Round 6: Ferndale A 3.0 - Lynden 2.0 Mount Vernon 5.0 - Ferndale B 0.0 Blaine 0.0 - Sehome A 5.0 Meridian 5.0 - Sehome B 0.0 Mount Baker 0.0 - Sedro-Woolley 5.0 NORTHWEST CHESS LEAGUE RESULTS, RDS. 3 AND 4 ________________________________________________________________ Round 3: Ferndale B 0.0 - Meridian 5.0 Lynden 3.5 - Sedro-Woolley 1.5 Sehome A 4.0 - Mount Baker 1.0 Sehome B 0.0 - Mount Vernon 5.0 Blaine 0.0 - Ferndale A 5.0 Round 4: Meridian 4.0 - Blaine 1.0 Ferndale A 5.0 - Sehome B 0.0 Mount Vernon 2.0 - Sehome A 3.0 Mount Baker 0.0 - Lynden 5.0 Sedro-Woolley 5.0 - Ferndale B 0.0
WHSCA NORTHWEST LEAGUE - ROUND THREE
JANUARY 8, 2001
Lynden 3.5 -- Sedro-Woolley 1.5
1 [1] NEFF, ETHAN 1604 [ ] WEAVER, BEN 1194
2 [1] HAMMONS, MATT 1223 [ ] MOYER, JASON 962
3 [ ] ENTRIKIN, RY 1100 [1] BLAKESLEE, MATTHEW 1024
4 [1] DUDAS, BRYAN 968 [ ] GRIFFIN, TROY 767
5 [0.5] ZUPKE, BEN unr. [0.5] HOUGH, JON 839
Ferndale B 0.0 -- Meridian 5.0
6 [ ] LAUNDRY, DAVID 700 [1] SOLODYANKIN, OLEG 1082
7 [ ] STALNAKER, TERRISA 599 [1] BAKER, DOMINIC 948
8 [ ] SKACHKOV, ALEX unr. [1] WRIGHT, AARON 944
(D.Britten, S.Kenney Byes)
Sehome A 4.0 -- Mount Baker 1.0
9 [1] EARLY, SAMUEL 1055 [ ] ORLOWSKI, ROBBY 967
10 [1] MOORE, STUART 1020 [ ] HAMILTON, MARK 885
11 [1] LOEB, ALEX 697 [ ] WILLIAMSON, MATT 1000
12 [ ] STONER, SAM 692 [1] ANDERSEN, STEVEN unr.
13 [1] FISHER, AARON 995 [ ] HAVEN, ALEX unr.
Blaine 0.0 -- Ferndale A 5.0
14 [ ] CUNNINGHAM, KENNETH 462 [1] PAISLEY, ASHER 1193
15 [ ] MACHADO, JOSH 655 [1] SCHWEDE, JARED 1186
16 [ ] CUSHMAN, CHRIS unr. [1] GOMDYSEY, MAKSIM 1032
17 [ ] WATERS, LAWRENCE 465 [1] GARZA, RICARDO 1028
18 [ ] FOSTER, DAVID 651 [1] BARR, KEVIN 846
Sehome B 0.0 -- Mount Vernon 5.0
19 [ ] HODGSON, RICKY 731 [ ] HEMMAT, BRIAN 1183
20 [ ] DUDAS, JAYSON unr. [ ] HEMMAT, MIKE 796
21 [ ] KIMBERLY, SCOTTY unr. [ ] MCCLAUGHRY, DOUG 636
(A.Lorente, M.Hubenthal Byes)
Junior Varsity Rated Games
22 [1] ABBOTT, NOEL 944 [ ] HUBENTHAL, MARK 1367
23 [ ] LORENTE, ANDRE 1000 [1] BRITTEN, DANE 861
24 [1] KENNEY, SEAN 855 [ ] LEMME, BRIAN 902
25 [1] WEAVER, DAVE 705 [ ] SUMMERS, BRANDON 504
26 [1] STEVENS, WILL unr. [ ] BLADE, ALEX 800
WHSCA NORTHWEST LEAGUE - ROUND FOUR
JANUARY 8, 2001
Meridian 4.0 -- Blaine 1.0
1 [1] SOLODYANKIN, OLEG 1082 [ ] CUNNINGHAM, KENNETH 462
2 [ ] BAKER, DOMINIC 948 [1] MACHADO, JOSH 655
3 [1] WRIGHT, AARON 944 [ ] CUSHMAN, CHRIS unr.
4 [1] BRITTEN, DANE 861 [ ] WATERS, LAWRENCE 465
5 [1] KENNEY, SEAN 855 [ ] FOSTER, DAVID 651
Ferndale A 5.0 -- Sehome B 0.0
6 [1] PAISLEY, ASHER 1193 [ ] HODGSON, RICKY 731
7 [1] SCHWEDE, JARED 1186 [ ] KIMBERLY, SCOTTY unr.
8 [1] GOMDYSEY, MAKSIM 1032 [ ] DUDAS, JAYSON unr.
(R.Garza, K.Barr Byes)
Mount Vernon 2.0 -- Sehome A 3.0
9 [ ] HEMMAT, BRIAN 1183 [1] EARLY, SAMUEL 1055
10 [ ] HEMMAT, MIKE 796 [1] MOORE, STUART 1020
11 [1] MCCLAUGHRY, DOUG 636 [ ] LOEB, ALEX 697
12 [ ] LORENTE, ANDRE 1000 [1] FISHER, AARON 995
13 [1] HUBENTHAL, MARK 1367 [ ] STONER, SAM 692
Mount Baker 0.0 -- Lynden 5.0
14 [ ] ORLOWSKI, ROBBY 967 [1] NEFF, ETHAN 1604
15 [ ] HAMILTON, MARK 885 [1] HAMMONS, MATT 1223
16 [ ] WILLIAMSON, MATT 1000 [1] ENTRIKIN, RY 1100
17 [ ] ANDERSEN, STEVEN unr. [1] DUDAS, BRYAN 968
18 [ ] HAVEN, ALEX unr. [1] ZUPKE, BEN unr.
Sedro-Woolley 5.0 -- Ferndale B 0.0
19 [1] WEAVER, BEN 1194 [ ] LAUNDRY, DAVID 700
20 [1] MOYER, JASON 962 [ ] SKACHKOV, ALEX unr.
21 [1] BLAKESLEE, MATTHEW 1024 [ ] STALNAKER, TERRISA 599
(T.Griffin, J.Hough Byes)
Junior Varsity Rated Games
22 [0.5] GARZA, RICARDO 1028 [0.5] ABBOTT, NOEL 944
23 [ ] BARR, KEVIN 846 [1] HOUGH, JON 839
24 [ ] STEVENS, WILL unr. [1] WEAVER, DAVE 705
Northwest Chess League Begins 3rd Season
Ten teams from northwest area high schools met on December 11 for the first matches of the Washington High School Chess Association's Northwest League.
The first meet of the season, hosted by Sehome High School, saw the Lynden High School chess team take the early lead with 9.0 wins. Close behind is Sedro-Woolley with 7.5 and Sehome with 6.5.
A feature game of the evening was the clash between Sehome's top board, Sam Early, and Sedro-Woolley's top player Ben Weaver. At one point Sam was down two full pieces, but found a way to regain the lost material and achieve a draw by agreement with both players in time trouble.
The next Northwest Chess League meet will be held January 8 at Sedro-Woolley H.S.
_____________________________________________________________________ NORTHWEST CHESS LEAGUE RESULTS, RDS. 1 AND 2 December 11, 2000 Round 1: Blaine 2.0 - Mount Baker 3.0 Ferndale A 4.0 - Mount Vernon 1.0 Sehome A 5.0 - Ferndale B 0.0 Sehome B 1.0 - Sedro-Woolley 4.0 Lynden 4.0 - Meridian 1.0 Round 2: Sedro-Woolley 3.5 - Sehome A 1.5 Mount Vernon 4.0 - Blaine 1.0 Mount Baker 3.0 - Sehome B 2.0 Meridian 3.0 - Ferndale A 2.0 Ferndale B 0.0 - Lynden 5.0 STANDINGS after Rds. 1 & 2: Lynden 9.0 Sedro-Woolley 7.5 Sehome 6.5 Ferndale 6.0 Mount Baker 6.0 Mount Vernon 5.0 Meridian 4.0 Blaine 3.0 Sehome B 3.0 Ferndale B 0.0
WHSCA NORTHWEST LEAGUE - ROUND ONE DECEMBER 11, 2000 Lynden 4.0 -- Meridian 1.0 1 [1] NEFF, ETHAN 1604 [ ] SOLODYANKIN, OLEG 1082 2 [1] HAMMONS, MATT 1223 [ ] BAKER, DOMINIC 948 3 [1] ENTRIKIN, RY 1100 [ ] WRIGHT, AARON 944 4 [1] HARRIS, JEFF 1044 [ ] BRITTEN, DANE 861 5 [ ] MCMILLAN, BRANDON 1015 [1] KENNEY, SEAN 855 Sehome B 1.0 -- Sedro-Woolley 4.0 6 [ ] HODGSON, RICKY 731 [1] WEAVER, BEN 1194 7 [1] RUSSELL, JEFF unr. [ ] MOYER, JASON 962 8 [ ] MOORE, TIM unr. [1] BLAKESLEE, MATTHEW 1024 (T.Griffin, J.Hough Byes) Sehome A 5.0 -- Ferndale B 0.0 9 [1] EARLY, SAMUEL 1055 [ ] LAUNDRY, DAVID 700 10 [1] MOORE, STUART 1020 [ ] STALNAKER, TERRISA 599 11 [1] SCHWARTZ, DEVAN unr. [ ] FOXWORTH, DAVE 600 (S.Stoner, A.Fisher Byes) Ferndale A 4.0 -- Mount Vernon 1.0 12 [ ] PAISLEY, ASHER 1193 [1] HEMMAT, BRIAN 1183 13 [1] GOMDYSEY, MAKSIM 1032 [ ] HEMMAT, MIKE 796 14 [1] GARZA, RICARDO 1028 [ ] LORENTE, ANDRE 1000 15 [1] BARTLE, DANIEL 829 [ ] HUBENTHAL, MARK 1367 (K.Barr Bye) Blaine 2.0 -- Mount Baker 3.0 16 [ ] WATERS, LAWRENCE 465 [1] ORLOWSKI, ROBBY 967 17 [1] CUNNINGHAM, KENNETH 462 [ ] ANDERSEN, STEVEN unr. 18 [ ] MACHADO, JOSH 655 [1] WILLIAMSON, MATT 1000 19 [ ] FOSTER, DAVID 651 [1] HILGART, MATTHEW 900 20 [1] CHANG, CHARLES 733 [ ] HAVEN, ALEX unr. Junior Varsity Rated Games 21 [ ] GRIFFIN, TROY 767 [1] FISHER, AARON 995 22 [1] STONER, SAM 692 [ ] WEAVER, DAVE 705 23 [1] ABBOTT, NOEL 944 [ ] CUSHMAN, CHRIS unr. 24 [ ] CADE, STRATTEN unr. [1] HOUGH, JON 839
WHSCA NORTHWEST LEAGUE - ROUND TWO DECEMBER 11, 2000 Meridian 3.0 -- Ferndale A 2.0 1 [1] SOLODYANKIN, OLEG 1082 [ ] PAISLEY, ASHER 1193 2 [ ] BAKER, DOMINIC 948 [1] GOMDYSEY, MAKSIM 1032 3 [1] WRIGHT, AARON 944 [ ] GARZA, RICARDO 1028 4 [ ] BRITTEN, DANE 861 [1] BARTLE, DANIEL 829 5 [1] KENNEY, SEAN 855 [ ] BARR, KEVIN 846 Mount Baker 3.0 -- Sehome B 2.0 6 [1] ORLOWSKI, ROBBY 967 [ ] HODGSON, RICKY 731 7 [ ] ANDERSEN, STEVEN unr. [1] RUSSELL, JEFF unr. 8 [ ] WILLIAMSON, MATT 1000 [1] MOORE, TIM unr. (M.Hilgardt, A.Haven Byes) Mount Vernon 4.0 -- Blaine 1.0 9 [1] HEMMAT, BRIAN 1183 [ ] WATERS, LAWRENCE 465 10 [1] HEMMAT, MIKE 796 [ ] CUNNINGHAM, KENNETH 462 11 [1] LORENTE, ANDRE 1000 [ ] MACHADO, JOSH 655 12 [1] HUBENTHAL, MARK 1367 [ ] FOSTER, DAVID 651 (C.Chang, Bye) Ferndale B 0.0 -- Lynden A 5.0 13 [ ] LAUNDRY, DAVID 700 [1] NEFF, ETHAN 1604 14 [ ] STALNAKER, TERRISA 599 [1] HAMMONS, MATT 1223 15 [ ] FOXWORTH, DAVE 600 [1] ENTRIKIN, RY 1100 (J.Harris, B.McMillan Byes) Sedro-Woolley 3.5 -- Sehome A 1.5 16 [0.5] WEAVER, BEN 1194 [0.5] EARLY, SAMUEL 1055 17 [1] MOYER, JASON 962 [ ] MOORE, STUART 1020 18 [1] BLAKESLEE, MATTHEW 1024 [ ] SCHWARTZ, DEVAN unr. 19 [1] GRIFFIN, TROY 767 [ ] STONER, SAM 692 20 [ ] HOUGH, JON 839 [1] FISHER, AARON 995 Junior Varsity Rated Games 21 [0.5] CHANG, CHARLES 733 [0.5] ABBOTT, NOEL 944 22 [1] WEAVER, DAVE 705 [ ] HILGART, MATTHEW 900 23 [1] CUSHMAN, CHRIS unr. [ ] CADE, STRATTEN unr.
___________________________________________________ NWL Full Schedule 2000 - 2001 JAN. 8 - MEET #2 at Sedro-Woolley H.S. library Round 3: Ferndale B - Meridian Lynden - Sedro-Woolley Sehome A - Mount Baker Sehome B - Mount Vernon Blaine - Ferndale A Round 4: Meridian - Blaine Ferndale A - Sehome B Mount Vernon - Sehome A Mount Baker - Lynden Sedro-Woolley - Ferndale B JAN. 22 - MEET #3 at Mount Vernon H.S. Round 5: Sedro-Woolley - Meridian Ferndale B - Mount Baker Lynden - Mount Vernon Sehome A - Ferndale A Sehome B - Blaine Round 6: Meridian - Sehome B Blaine - Sehome A Ferndale A - Lynden Mount Vernon - Ferndale B Mount Baker - Sedro-Woolley JAN. 29 - MATCH: Round 7: Lynden at Blaine Mount Baker hosting Meridian Ferndale B vs. Ferndale A Sehome A vs. Sehome B Sedro-Woolley at Mount Vernon FEB 5. - MEET #4 (The Exciting Finale!!) at Lynden H.S. Round 8: Meridian - Sehome A Sehome B - Lynden Blaine - Ferndale B Ferndale A - Sedro-Woolley Mount Vernon - Mount Baker Round 9: Mount Vernon - Meridian Mount Baker - Ferndale A Sedro-Woolley - Blaine Ferndale B - Sehome B Lynden - Sehome A
NW League H.S. Chess Club Advisors / Helpers
Contact these people if you want to join/assist/start a chess club at your high school!
Anacortes: Joe Furin
Blaine: Don Sayegh
Burlington-Edison: Kevin Bell
Ferndale: Dave Peters
LaConner: Jacques Brunisholz
Lynden: Bruce Woodcock
Lynden Christian: Les Hendricks
Meridian: David Shick
Mount Baker: David Lewis
Mount Vernon: Paul Everyhope
Nooksack Valley: Linda King, Steve Wing
Oak Harbor: Linda Riffe
Squalicum: Andy Donahue
Sedro-Woolley: Randy Walther
Sehome: Caty Strong, Jeff Baglio
NW League Director: Randy Kaech
Northwest League Rules - Summary
A useful one-page synopsis of the rules.Northwest League Rules - Official
The full version of the rules, a bit verbose to cover all contingencies.99-00 NW League Results 12 Teams, Lynden H.S. Champs
98-99 NW League Results 10 Teams, Ferndale H.S. Champs
Some facts about high school chess in Washington
For several decades now the Washington High School Chess Association (WHSCA) has organized most major scholastic chess events for the state, including the Washington State High School Team Chess Championships. They have also provided structure and oversight to the many interscholastic chess leagues in Washington.
Two years ago the Northwest League became the newest WHSCA league, providing league chess competition for high schools in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
The Northwest League became the seventh WHSCA league. These leagues average ten teams per league, ranging from the large Seattle Metro League (16 high school teams) to the new So. Central Wa. League (3 high schools). Last year 44 teams qualified and participated at the State Championships. A team must place in the upper half of its league in order to qualify for State.
This year's Washington State High School Team Championships will be held on February 23-24, 2001 at Issaquah High School.
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