NW WA Youth Chess Ememo 383
November 18, 2025
Franklin SaturdayContents: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__________________________________________________________________________
1.
FRANKLIN FALL STATE QUALIFIER K-8
THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
AT FRANKLIN ACADEMY, BELLINGHAMFlyer 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 2235 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 Bellingham3rd North Kitsap
4th Kamiak
5th Sehome 26th 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 3Also Ferndale finished 20th, and Ferndale 2 in 27th.
3.
RESULTS: ALPHA MEET
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3
AT LYNDEN CHRISTIAN HSNorthwest 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 0.04.
RESULTS: BETA MEET
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17
AT BELLINGHAM HSFinal 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 2025-2026Details via northwestchess.info2025Nov 22: Franklin Fall State Qualifier, Bellingham
Dec 11-14: National K-12 Grade Championships, Spokane
2026Feb 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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