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NW WA Youth Chess Ememo 383
November 18, 2025
Franklin Saturday


Contents:
1. Nov. 22:  Franklin Fall State Qualifier K-8, Bellingham  THIS SATURDAY
2. Results:  State Mini-Teams
3. Results:  Alpha Meet
4. Results:  Beta Meet
5. Chess Calendar 2025-2026


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1.
FRANKLIN FALL STATE QUALIFIER K-8
THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
AT FRANKLIN ACADEMY, BELLINGHAM


Flyer here, registration link here.
It's the first elementary qualifier and middle school full five round rated tournament of the season!  No elimination Swiss pairings, so players of all skill levels welcome.  Trophies, medals, chess and friends.  Register before 9pm Friday, advance registration required.


2.
STATE MINI-TEAMS HS-MS CHAMPIONSHIPS
KAMIAK HIGH SCHOOL, MUKILTEO
SEHOME TAKES FIRST, BELLINGHAM SECOND
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22


35 teams of three from all around Washington, from Forks to Hanford, competed in the annual chess jamboree that is State Mini-Teams.  Local teams fared well!  Hardware was bequeathed to the top eleven finishers.

1st   Sehome
2nd  Bellingham

3rd  North Kitsap
4th  Kamiak
5th  Sehome 2
6th  Roosevelt (Seattle)
7th  Mount Tahoma 3
8th  Providence Christian Classical 2
9th  Science and Math Institute (Tacoma)
10th  Naselle
11th  North Kitsap 2
12th  Sehome 3

Also Ferndale finished 20th, and Ferndale 2 in 27th.


3.
RESULTS:  ALPHA MEET
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3
AT LYNDEN CHRISTIAN HS


Northwest League Alpha Tournament Section 1
pos last name first      id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Zhang, Owen            SHMK995H  1598  1625/396  W7  D2  W3  2.5
2 Stroud, Jeb            SHMKK22V  1628  1662/239  W6  D1  W5  2.5
3 Mcgee, Connor          MRDKH30Z  1557  1575/ 26  W8  W5  L1  2.0
4 Frost, Ignatius        LYCMJ64P  1489  1501/139  L5  W8  W6  2.0
5 Scollon, Owen          SHMK734D  1798  1756/600  W4  L3  L2  1.0
6 Bosch, Declan          LYCLE38K  1348  1348/ 86  L2  W7  L4  1.0
7 Kozaczuk, James        BHMK108A  1314  1303/262  L1  L6  W8  1.0
8 Luna, Max              FERMJ85Y  1246  1211/ 71  L3  L4  L7  0.0

Northwest League Alpha Tournament Section 2
pos last name first      id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Sturrock, Daniel       MRDKH40L  1173  1290/ 20  W7  W4  W2  3.0
2 Orsino, Thomas         SQUJH40B  1071  1140/ 71  W8  W6  L1  2.0
3 Peng, Ian              LYCMK06L  1189  1237/  6  L4  W8  W5  2.0
4 Moors, Samuel          BLHLH93D  1111  1134/128  W3  L1  D6  1.5
5 Ravitsky, Koby         SQUJG73J  1030  1073/ 32  D6  W7  L3  1.5
6 Peterson, Caden        BHMMJ85V  1178  1140/ 59  D5  L2  D4  1.0
7 Palmer, Evan           BHMMI90S  1258  1215/232  L1  L5  W8  1.0
8 Fredette, Blaise       BECHH95C  1185  1113/ 99  L2  L3  L7  0.0

Northwest League Alpha Tournament Section 3
pos last name first      id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Friedman, Elliott      SQUJ637U  1002  1099/ 22  W5  W3  W2  3.0
2 Zou, Benjamin          SHMLK981  1004  1019/ 52  W7  W4  L1  2.0
3 Moore, Aran            SHML442N   854   903/ 37  W9  L1  W8  2.0
4 Oscarson, Ethan        SQUMK99S   850   920/ 36  W6  L2  W7  2.0
5 Kimes, Matilda         LYCK935N   819   821/ 36  L1  BYE D6  1.5
6 Baldinger, Jacob       SHMJK47G  1009   968/ 74  L4  W8  D5  1.5
7 Phillips, Lucas        BLHM696K   820   822/ 57  L2  W9  L4  1.0
8 Westergreen, Korben    FERJH39X   704   676/ 44  BYE L6  L3  1.0
9 Harrison, Gabriel      SQUK865H  1004   923/ 68  L3  L7  BYE 1.0

Northwest League Alpha Tournament Section 4
pos last name first      id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Arnett, Taylan         SQUMK71A   630   771/ 20  W7  W4  W2  3.0
2 Aguila-contreras, EdgarFERJJ65J   604   651/116  W10 W3  L1  2.0
3 King, Kael             LYCMC08B   683   685/ 18  W5  L2  W8  2.0
4 Branco, Phillip        SHMKH49C   549   595/ 21  W8  L1  W7  2.0
5 Assink, Cayden         LYEJH77D   538   598/ 12  L3  W6  W9  2.0
6 Lee, Jensen            MRDM947B   608   579/ 63  D9  L5  W10 1.5
7 Valeos, Connor         MRDKK41H   530   517/ 38  L1  W9  L4  1.0
8 Barnett, Cameron       FERKG02N  1000   433/  3  L4  W10 L3  1.0
9 Herboth, Quinn         SQUMK99M   522   468/ 26  D6  L7  L5  0.5
0 Lopez-mendez, Chelsea  LYEMH48X   481   399/ 15  L2  L8  L6  0.0

Northwest League Alpha Tournament Section 5
pos last name first      id numb   start end/#gms  rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Hernandez, Ian         SHMLG02K  1100  1500/  3  W5  W3  W2  3.0
2 Van Winckel, Joshua    LYCJG02H   900  1181/  3  W8  W4  L1  2.0
3 Peng, Lilian           LYCJK06K   100   313/  6  W6  L1  W5  2.0
4 Branco, Sebastian      SHMJG02G   900   735/  3  W7  L2  W6  2.0
5 Abraham, Phineas       MRDKG02F  1000   408/  3  L1  W7  L3  1.0
6 Le, Na                 FERKG02E  1000   273/  3  L3  W8  L4  1.0
7 Lee, Joedon            FERKH11A   365   326/ 18  L4  L5  W8  1.0
8 Dyck, Ethan            FERKG02D  1000   100/  3  L2  L6  L7  0.0



4.
RESULTS:  BETA MEET
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17
AT BELLINGHAM HS


Final Standings. BETA25: 1
# Name Rating Post Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total
1 Owen Scollon 1756 1778 SHM 10 W5 W7 W4 3.0
2 Jeb Stroud 1662 1663 SHM 10 D3 W9 W6 2.5
3 Evan Palmer 1297 1393 BHM 12 D2 D5 W7 2.0
4 Connor McGee 1575 1578 MRD 10 W10 W6 L1 2.0
5 Ignatius Frost 1501 1495 LYC 12 L1 D3 W8 1.5
6 Declan Bosch 1348 1351 LYC 11 W8 L4 L2 1.0
7 Daniel Sturrock 1290 1303 MRD 10 W9 L1 L3 1.0
8 James Kozaczuk 1303 1288 BHM 10 L6 W10 L5 1.0
9 Jaxon Nipges 1508 1471 FER 12 L7 L2 W10 1.0
10 Ian Peng 1237 1200 LYC 12 L4 L8 L9 0.0

Final Standings. BETA25: 2
# Name Rating Post Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total
1 Max Luna 1211 1314 FER 12 W4 W3 W2 3.0
2 Elliott Friedman 1099 1159 SQU 9 W7 W5 L1 2.0
3 Koby Ravitsky 1073 1138 SQU 9 W6 L1 W5 2.0
4 Harshan Grewal 1110 1176 SQU 10 L1 W7 W6 2.0
5 Marcus McConaughy 1041 1028 SHM 12 W8 L2 L3 1.0
6 Samuel Moors 1134 1102 BLH 11 L3 W8 L4 1.0
7 Caden Peterson 1192 1151 BHM 12 L2 L4 W8 1.0
8 Thomas Orsino 1140 1053 SQU 9 L5 L6 L7 0.0

Final Standings. BETA25: 3
# Name Rating Post Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total
1 Benjamin Zou 1019 1125 SHM 11 W4 W5 W2 3.0
2 Lucas Phillips 822 978 BLH 12 W6 W3 L1 2.0
3 Ian Hernandez 1500 1463 SHM 11 W10 L2 W7 2.0
4 Peter Skeels 868 932 SQU 12 L1 W10 W9 2.0
5 Carson Siadal 936 939 MRD 12 W8 L1 D6 1.5
6 Ethan Oscarson 920 913 SQU 12 L2 W9 D5 1.5
7 Gabriel Harrison 923 941 SQU 10 D9 W8 L3 1.5
8 Aran Moore 903 874 SHM 11 L5 L7 W10 1.0
9 Kien Minh Nguyen 884 835 SHM 10 D7 L6 L4 0.5
10 Tucker Siadal 884 826 MRD 9 L3 L4 L8 0.0

Final Standings. BETA25: 4
# Name Rating Post Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total
1 Taylan Arnett 771 918 SQU 12 W5 W6 W4 3.0
2 Isaac Tin 785 803 SQU 12 W7 L4 W6 2.0
3 Elijah Wolfson 698 765 SHM 11 D4 W7 H--- 2.0
4 Matilda Kimes 821 816 LYC 10 D3 W2 L1 1.5
5 Verdaan Aujla 637 647 BLH 11 L1 W8 H--- 1.5
6 Rowan Ritchie 757 722 SMW 7 W8 L1 L2 1.0
7 Korben Westergreen 676 650 FER 9 L2 L3 W8 1.0
8 Bryan Chapina 624 540 LYE 12 L6 L5 L7 0.0

Final Standings. BETA25: 5
# Name Rating Post Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total
1 Tully Putney 576 786 SQU 10 W5 W3 W4 3.0
2 Cayden Assink 598 713 LYE 9 W6 D4 W5 2.5
3 Phillip Branco 595 643 SHM 10 W7 L1 W6 2.0
4 Jensen Lee 579 585 MRD 12 W8 D2 L1 1.5
5 Sebastian Branco 735 678 SHM 9 L1 W7 L2 1.0
6 Crosby Egland 562 533 FER 9 L2 W8 L3 1.0
7 Coledon Nielsen 550 523 LYC 12 L3 L5 W8 1.0
8 Zaiden Macmillan 522 428 BLH 11 L4 L6 L7 0.0

Final Standings. BETA25: 6
# Name Rating Post Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total
1 Chelsea Lopez-Mendez 399 622 LYE 12 W6 W7 W3 3.0
2 Kael King 685 689 LYC 12 D4 W5 W8 2.5
3 Connor Valeos 517 548 MRD 10 W5 W4 L1 2.0
4 Cameron Barnett 433 480 FER 10 D2 L3 W6 1.5
5 Reagan Russell 448 435 BLH 12 L3 L2 W7 1.0
6 Jonathan Clarke 461 425 BLH 11 L1 W8 L4 1.0
7 Phineas Abraham 408 384 MRD 10 W8 L1 L5 1.0
8 Quinn Herboth 468 371 SQU 12 L7 L6 L2 0.0

Final Standings. BETA25: 7
# Name Rating Post Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total
1 Jasper Bemment unr. 790 BHM 9 W8 W3 W2 3.0
2 Na Le 273 443 FER 10 W6 W4 L1 2.0
3 Lilian Peng 313 370 LYC 9 W7 L1 D5 1.5
4 Hector Chirionos unr. 407 BLH 9 W5 L2 H--- 1.5
5 River Durban unr. 389 MRD 9 L4 W6 D3 1.5
6 Levi Henry unr. 218 BHM 10 L2 L5 W7 1.0
7 Corey Case unr. 223 MRD 9 L3 W8 L6 1.0
8 Noah Calder unr. 350 BLH 9 L1 L7 H--- 0.5


5.
NW WA YOUTH CHESS CALENDAR 2025-2026

Details via northwestchess.info

2025
Nov 22:  Franklin Fall State Qualifier, Bellingham
Dec 11-14: National K-12 Grade Championships, Spokane
2026
Feb 7:   Wade King Tournament, K-8, Bellingham
Feb 21:  Custer Chessfest K-8, Custer
Mar 21:  Parkview State Qualifier Tournament K-8, Bellingham
Apr 25:  Elementary and MS State, Tacoma

NW High School League schedule:
Dec. 1:  Meet 1 at Sehome HS
Dec. 8:  Meet 2 at Meridian HS
Jan. 26:  Meet 3 at Ferndale HS
Feb. 4:  Meet 4 at Squalicum HS
Jan. 23-24: Wa. State High School Individual Championships at Lakeside HS, Seattle
Feb. 27-28: 6th annual Wa. State High School Chess Team Championships, Mariner HS, Everett

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