WHSCA Northwest Chess League

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NW High School Chess League
Schedule 2010-2011

Dec. 6: -- NWL Meet 1, Rounds 1-2 -- Sehome
Dec. 13: - NWL Meet, 2 Rounds 3-4 -- Sedro-Woolley
Jan. 10: - NWL Meet 3, Rounds 6-7 -- Lynden Christian
Jan. 24: - NWL Meet 4, Rounds 8-9 -- Ferndale
. . . . . . . . . Sites open 6:00pm, League games start at 6:20pm

Feb. 11 and 12, 2011: Wa. State High School Chess Team Championships -- Blaine H.S.

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NORTHWEST CHESS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 FINAL STANDINGS:
38.0 Lynden Christian **
35.0 Lynden           **
33.5 Sehome           **
28.5 Blaine           **
25.5 Sedro-Woolley    **
18.0 Mount Baker      **
17.0 Ferndale
15.5 Lynden Christian B
 9.0 Burlington-Edison
 0.0 Bellingham
(** = Qualified for State)

Rds. 1-4 Rated
Rds. 5-9 Rated

Meet 1, Dec. 6, at Sehome:
Northwest League Round 1:
Burlington-Edison 2.0 - Sehome 3.0
Bellingham 0.0        - Ferndale 5.0
Sedro-Woolley 3.5     - Lynden Christian B 1.5
Mount Baker 0.0       - Lynden Christian A 5.0
Lynden 2.0            - Blaine 3.0

Northwest League Round 2:
Lynden Christian A 3.0 - Lynden 2.0
Ferndale 3.0           - Burlington-Edison 2.0
Lynden Christian B 5.0 - Bellingham 0.0
Sehome 4.0             - Mount Baker 1.0
Blaine 4.0             - Sedro-Woolley 1.0

Meet 2, Dec. 13, at Sedro-Woolley:
Northwest League Round 3:
2.0 Lynden Christian B - 3.0 Ferndale
0.0 Bellingham         - 5.0 Blaine
1.0 Sedro-Woolley      - 4.0 Lynden Christian A
3.0 Lynden             - 2.0 Sehome
4.0 Mount Baker        - 1.0 Burlington-Edison

Northwest League Round 4:
3.0 Ferndale           - 2.0 Mount Baker
0.0 Burlington-Edison  - 5.0 Lynden
3.0 Sehome             - 2.0 Sedro-Woolley
5.0 Lynden Christian A - 0.0 Bellingham
4.0 Blaine             - 1.0 Lynden Christian B

Northwest League Round 5 (home-away match):
4.0 Blaine             - 1.0 Ferndale
0.0 Lynden Christian B - 5.0 Lynden Christian A
4.0 Sedro-Woolley      - 1.0 Burlington-Edison
5.0 Lynden             - 0.0 Mount Baker
0.0 Bellingham         - 0.0 Sehome

Meet 3, Jan. 10, at Lynden Christian:
Northwest League Round 6:
0.0 Ferndale           - 5.0 Lynden
1.0 Mount Baker        - 4.0 Sedro-Woolley
0.0 Burlington-Edison  - 0.0 Bellingham
5.0 Sehome             - 0.0 Lynden Christian B
4.0 Lynden Christian A - 1.0 Blaine

Northwest League Round 7:
5.0 Lynden Christian A - 0.0 Ferndale
0.5 Blaine             - 4.5 Sehome
5.0 Lynden Christian B - 0.0 Burlington-Edison
0.0 Bellingham         - 5.0 Mount Baker
2.0 Sedro-Woolley      - 3.0 Lynden

Meet 4, Jan. 24 at Ferndale:
Northwest League Round 8:
2.0 Ferndale          - 3.0 Sedro-Woolley
5.0 Lynden            - 0.0 Bellingham
4.0 Mount Baker       - 1.0 Lynden Christian B
2.0 Burlington-Edison - 3.0 Blaine
2.0 Sehome            - 3.0 Lynden Christian A

Northwest League Round 9:
5.0 Sehome             - 0.0 Ferndale
4.0 Lynden Christian A - 1.0 Burlington-Edison
4.0 Blaine             - 1.0 Mount Baker
0.0 Lynden Christian B - 5.0 Lynden
0.0 Bellingham         - 5.0 Sedro-Woolley

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Last Season - Lynden High School Regains The Crown

Twelve high school teams played in the 09-10 NWL season. Lynden, led by Nathaniel Dykstra, Thomas Witecki, William VanderVeen, David Pash and Calob Symonds, clearly led the pack and capped the season with a 10th place finish at State.
HS State crosstable
HS State photo report

NORTHWEST CHESS LEAGUE 2009-2010
-- FINAL STANDINGS --

38.0 Lynden
31.5 Sehome
27.0 Sedro-Woolley
25.5 Burlington-Edison
23.0 Lynden Christian
22.5 Blaine
19.0 Ferndale
13.5 Burlington-Edison B
13.0 Lynden B
10.5 Mount Vernon
 3.5 Lynden Christian B
 3.0 Mount Baker

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09-10 NW League Results 12 Teams, Lynden H.S. Champs -- NWL Rating Report
08-09 NW League Results 14 Teams, Lynden H.S. Champs -- NWL Rating Report
07-08 NW League Results 11 Teams, Lynden Christian H.S. Champs
06-07 NW League Results 14 Teams, Lynden H.S. Champs
05-06 NW League Results 12 Teams, Lynden H.S. Champs
04-05 NW League Results 12 Teams, Sehome H.S. Champs
03-04 NW League Results 10 Teams, Sehome H.S. Champs
02-03 NW League Results 10 Teams, Sehome H.S. Champs
01-02 NW League Results 12 Teams, Ferndale H.S. Champs
00-01 NW League Results 10 Teams, Ferndale H.S. Champs
99-00 NW League Results 12 Teams, Lynden H.S. Champs
98-99 NW League Results 10 Teams, Ferndale H.S. Champs

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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:
Bellingham: Brian Smith
Blaine: Don Sayegh
Burlington: Stacy Murdock
Ferndale: Don Pringle
Lummi: James Sandusky
Lynden: Peter Witecki
Lynden Christian: Tami Blankers
Meridian: David Shick
Mount Baker: John Wiseman
Mount Vernon: Richard Morgenthaler
Mount Vernon Christian: Patrick De Jong
Nooksack Valley: Matt Galley
Squalicum: Patrick Brown
Sedro-Woolley: Randy Walther
Sehome: Randy Walther
NW League Director: Randy Kaech

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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.

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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.

Twelve years ago the Northwest League became the newest WHSCA league, providing league chess competition for high schools in Whatcom, Skagit and Island counties.

WHSCA leagues range from the large Seattle Metro League (18 high school teams) to the Puget Sound League (4 high schools). Last year 30 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.