Chess Memo 384 -- Franklin results, photos, apps
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NW WA Youth Chess Memo 384
Nov. 23, 2025
Contents:
1. Dec. 6: Burlington Library December Tourney, 3rd-12th grades
2. Holiday Road Trip TIps
3. Photos, Results: Franklin Fall Tourney
4. Chess Calendar 2025-2026
1.
BURLINGTON LIBRARY DECEMBER TOURNEY
SATURDAY, DEC. 6, 2025
Flyer here.
The Burlington Public Library is hosting a Saturday afternoon Scholastic Chess Tournament on December 6, 2025.
The tournament room will be the Burlington Hill side of its large Conference Room, which is the side closest to the main entrance. This tournament will have three rounds and will be NWSRS rated. Swiss Pairings will be used, which means everyone playing will play all three rounds. USCF official rules will be used.
The event will be open to scholastic chess players from 3rd grade to 12th grade. This event is only for players that already know how to play chess and are able to record their games' moves using chess notation.
All players must register to play in advance via email to randyw...@msn.com BEFORE the day of the tournament. TD will confirm all entries via email. Maximum of 32 players.
The entry fee is free. You will be expected to help set up and clean up afterwards.
Check-in will be from 12:10 to 12:25pm. Do not be late! The 1st round will start at 12:30 pm or as soon as possible after check-in is closed. Round 2 scheduled to start at 1:40pm and Round 3 should start at 2:50pm. Time Control: 30 Minutes/Game with a 5 second increment. Recording the moves of your games is required until one player's time in under five minutes.
Tournament Chess sets, boards and score sheets will be provided by the TD. Bring your digital delay chess clocks if you own one. Everyone must bring their own writing instrument.
Directed by Randy Walther, Sehome - Bellingham HS Chess Coach, randyw...@msn.com.
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HOLIDAY ROAD TRIP TIPS
CHESS APPS
Traveling for a holiday or two? Here are some chess apps for youth worth your consideration.
To play chess, try Play Magnus. Baby Magnus is easy, 12 year old Magnus is not! Free, no internet connection needed.
To improve rapidly, learn and practice tactics like pins, forks, skewers, etc. Download the free Chessable app and enroll in the course Typical Tactical Tricks. Puzzles can be solved on both smartphone and computer, and be synced between the two so your progress is saved. Free, needs internet connection.
DuoLingo, the language app, can now teach you chess, covering a variety of chess topics. Good for total beginners up to about 1300 rated players. Free, needs internet connection. (Subscribe to remove ads.)
3.
FRANKLIN 2025 FALL TOURNAMENT
NOVEMBER 22, 2025
BELLINGHAM, WA
---> Photo album here. <---
Nov. 23, 2025
Contents:
1. Dec. 6: Burlington Library December Tourney, 3rd-12th grades
2. Holiday Road Trip TIps
3. Photos, Results: Franklin Fall Tourney
4. Chess Calendar 2025-2026
1.
BURLINGTON LIBRARY DECEMBER TOURNEY
SATURDAY, DEC. 6, 2025
Flyer here.
The Burlington Public Library is hosting a Saturday afternoon Scholastic Chess Tournament on December 6, 2025.
The tournament room will be the Burlington Hill side of its large Conference Room, which is the side closest to the main entrance. This tournament will have three rounds and will be NWSRS rated. Swiss Pairings will be used, which means everyone playing will play all three rounds. USCF official rules will be used.
The event will be open to scholastic chess players from 3rd grade to 12th grade. This event is only for players that already know how to play chess and are able to record their games' moves using chess notation.
All players must register to play in advance via email to randyw...@msn.com BEFORE the day of the tournament. TD will confirm all entries via email. Maximum of 32 players.
The entry fee is free. You will be expected to help set up and clean up afterwards.
Check-in will be from 12:10 to 12:25pm. Do not be late! The 1st round will start at 12:30 pm or as soon as possible after check-in is closed. Round 2 scheduled to start at 1:40pm and Round 3 should start at 2:50pm. Time Control: 30 Minutes/Game with a 5 second increment. Recording the moves of your games is required until one player's time in under five minutes.
Tournament Chess sets, boards and score sheets will be provided by the TD. Bring your digital delay chess clocks if you own one. Everyone must bring their own writing instrument.
Directed by Randy Walther, Sehome - Bellingham HS Chess Coach, randyw...@msn.com.
2.
HOLIDAY ROAD TRIP TIPS
CHESS APPS
Traveling for a holiday or two? Here are some chess apps for youth worth your consideration.
To play chess, try Play Magnus. Baby Magnus is easy, 12 year old Magnus is not! Free, no internet connection needed.
To improve rapidly, learn and practice tactics like pins, forks, skewers, etc. Download the free Chessable app and enroll in the course Typical Tactical Tricks. Puzzles can be solved on both smartphone and computer, and be synced between the two so your progress is saved. Free, needs internet connection.
DuoLingo, the language app, can now teach you chess, covering a variety of chess topics. Good for total beginners up to about 1300 rated players. Free, needs internet connection. (Subscribe to remove ads.)
3.
FRANKLIN 2025 FALL TOURNAMENT
NOVEMBER 22, 2025
BELLINGHAM, WA
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Elementary Team Champions:
1st: Franklin
2nd: Wade King
Middle School Team Champions:
1st: Franklin
2nd: Horizon
Final Standings. Franklin Fall 2025: K - 2nd Grades
# Name Rating Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Mod.Med T-Cumul. T-Op.cumul.
1 Bodhi Goodwin 328 FAC 2 W3 W4 L2 W5 W6 4.0 11 12 33
2 Crinan Campbell 325 FAC 2 W6 W5 W1 D3 L4 3.5 11.5 13 32
3 Quinn Ping unr. WKE 1 L1 W6 W4 D2 W5 3.5 11.5 9 36
4 Sam Ferris 401 LLL 0 W5 L1 L3 W6 W2 3.0 12 8 37
5 Clara Crompton 100 FAC 2 L4 L2 W6 L1 L3 1.0 10 3 42
6 Kenley Holmstrom unr. FAC 2 L2 L3 L5 L4 L1 0.0 11 0 45
Final Standings. Franklin Fall 2025: 3rd - 5th Grades
# Name Rating Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Mod.Med T-Cumul. T-Op.cumul.
1 Lev Litvin 939 WKE 3 W9 W6 W5 W3 W2 5.0 14 15 55
2 Benjamin Smith 721 BLE 5 W14 W4 W7 W5 L1 4.0 15 14 52
3 Lucas Bormuth 792 LYC 5 W8 W11 W10 L1 W6 4.0 14 13 52
4 Altair Bannister 574 EAG 4 W17 L2 W23 W8 W7 4.0 12 11 41
5 George Buckham 640 SKY 5 W20 W13 L1 L2 W10 3.0 14 10 51.5
6 Damien Snyder 608 CEE 5 W15 L1 W16 W12 L3 3.0 14 10 49
7 Bennett Reynolds 721 WKE 3 W16 W12 L2 W13 L4 3.0 13 11 48
8 Jack Conner 391 FAC 5 L3 W19 W11 L4 W13 3.0 13 8 42
9 Copen Tandon 490 FAC 5 L1 W20 W17 L10 W16 3.0 12 8 40.5
10 Elliot Reynolds 652 WKE 3 W23 W22 L3 W9 L5 3.0 10.5 11 38
11 Grey Everbeck 630 FAC 5 W19 L3 L8 W18 W14 3.0 10.5 8 31
12 Noah Hardin 569 HSC 5 W21 L7 W22 L6 W15 3.0 9 9 32.5
13 Evan Uffelman 564 FAC 5 W18 L5 W15 L7 L8 2.0 9.5 8 38
14 Ansel Hecht 382 FAC 4 L2 L15 W19 W17 L11 2.0 8.5 5 35
15 Marcus Zhang unr. FAC 3 L6 W14 L13 W21 L12 2.0 8 6 33.5
16 Max Hamilton 365 FAC 3 L7 W21 L6 W22 L9 2.0 7.5 6 34.5
17 Logan Humphrey unr. FAC 4 L4 W18 L9 L14 W23 2.0 7 5 30
18 Cole Walkenhauer 108 WKE 3 L13 L17 B--- L11 W20 2.0 5.5 3 24.5
19 Elisha Ping unr. WKE 3 L11 L8 L14 B--- W22 2.0 5.5 2 25
20 Cora Grote unr. FAC 5 L5 L9 D21 W23 L18 1.5 6 3.5 25.5
21 Jefferson Baldwin unr. FAC 4 L12 L16 D20 L15 B--- 1.5 5.5 1.5 24.5
22 London Lopez 100 FAC 3 B--- L10 L12 L16 L19 1.0 6.5 4 28
23 Corbin Chambers 244 FAC 4 L10 B--- L4 L20 L17 1.0 6.5 3 30.5
Final Standings. Franklin Fall 2025: Middle School
# Name Rating Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Mod.Med T-Cumul. T-Op.cumul.
1 Mason Melius 1144 FAC 8 W22 W8 W7 W2 W6 5.0 13.5 15 5
2 Luka Lee Ferrell 1172 LVN 6 W16 W11 W3 L1 W10 4.0 15 13 53
3 Danish Qureshi 966 BLN 8 W17 W26 L2 W9 W13 4.0 12.5 12 44
4 Nihal Bhatta 1026 HOR 6 W19 L9 W17 W12 W7 4.0 11.5 11 42
5 Ari Ferris 1086 FHV 6 W14 L18 W16 W8 W11 4.0 11.5 11 41
6 Mason McNeil 1024 VST 8 W21 W12 W18 D10 L1 3.5 13 13 49
7 Evan Dolar 951 FAC 6 W25 W13 L1 W15 L4 3.0 15 11 47.5
8 Rowan Ritchie 757 WHM 7 W29 L1 W14 L5 W20 3.0 14 9 43
9 Callum Crompton 736 FAC 7 W27 W4 L10 L3 W21 3.0 13 10 42
10 Logan Fine-Gucker 789 HOR 6 H--- W20 W9 D6 L2 3.0 12.5 10 44
11 Cypress Bannister 886 HOR 8 W23 L2 W22 W20 L5 3.0 12 10 42
12 Justin Truong 672 FAC 8 W24 L6 W30 L4 W19 3.0 11.5 9 36
13 Miles Kimball 665 HOR 6 W28 L7 W26 W18 L3 3.0 10.5 10 39
14 Bo Sawaya 564 SHK 6 L5 W28 L8 W29 W18 3.0 10 7 33
15 Nicholas Cancelosi 723 VST 8 L26 W25 W19 L7 W22 3.0 9 8 31.5
16 Vaughn McLoughlin 569 HOR 7 L2 W23 L5 D17 W28 2.5 8.5 6 36
17 Avigail Ravitsky 523 FAC 6 L3 W31 L4 D16 W27 2.5 7.5 6 32
18 Andrew Boulos 772 FAC 8 W30 W5 L6 L13 L14 2.0 10 9 44
19 Reed Everbeck 532 FAC 7 L4 W27 L15 W23 L12 2.0 9 6 35
20 Mason Truong 625 FAC 6 W31 L10 W21 L11 L8 2.0 8.5 8 35
21 Chris Boulos 531 FAC 8 L6 W24 L20 W26 L9 2.0 8.5 6 39
22 Gavin Bennett 565 HOR 6 L1 W29 L11 W27 L15 2.0 7.5 6 38
23 Chloe Conner 271 FAC 7 L11 L16 W24 L19 W30 2.0 7 4 28
24 Caedan Chambers unr. HOR 7 L12 L21 L23 W30 W29 2.0 5 3 24
25 Bryson Beyerlin 425 HOR 6 L7 L15 W31 H--- H--- 2.0 3.5 3.5 19
26 Leif Uffelman unr. FAC 7 W15 L3 L13 L21 H--- 1.5 8 5 36
27 Nikko Veliz unr. HOR 6 L9 L19 W28 L22 L17 1.0 7.5 3 30
28 Julia Humphrey unr. FAC 7 L13 L14 L27 W31 L16 1.0 7 2 26
29 Eric Boulos 197 FAC 6 L8 L22 B--- L14 L24 1.0 7 2 25
30 Mason Nymeyer 186 HOR 6 L18 B--- L12 L24 L23 1.0 6 3 25
31 Magnus Lysen unr. HOR 6 L20 L17 L25 L28 B--- 1.0 5 0 19.5
4.
NW WA YOUTH CHESS CALENDAR 2025-2026
Details via northwestchess.info
2025
Nov 22: Franklin Fall State Qualifier, Bellingham
Dec. 6: Burlington LIbrary Tournament, 3rd-12th grades, Burlington
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
(Date TBD): Franklin Spring Tournament
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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1st: Franklin
2nd: Wade King
Middle School Team Champions:
1st: Franklin
2nd: Horizon
Final Standings. Franklin Fall 2025: K - 2nd Grades
# Name Rating Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Mod.Med T-Cumul. T-Op.cumul.
1 Bodhi Goodwin 328 FAC 2 W3 W4 L2 W5 W6 4.0 11 12 33
2 Crinan Campbell 325 FAC 2 W6 W5 W1 D3 L4 3.5 11.5 13 32
3 Quinn Ping unr. WKE 1 L1 W6 W4 D2 W5 3.5 11.5 9 36
4 Sam Ferris 401 LLL 0 W5 L1 L3 W6 W2 3.0 12 8 37
5 Clara Crompton 100 FAC 2 L4 L2 W6 L1 L3 1.0 10 3 42
6 Kenley Holmstrom unr. FAC 2 L2 L3 L5 L4 L1 0.0 11 0 45
Final Standings. Franklin Fall 2025: 3rd - 5th Grades
# Name Rating Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Mod.Med T-Cumul. T-Op.cumul.
1 Lev Litvin 939 WKE 3 W9 W6 W5 W3 W2 5.0 14 15 55
2 Benjamin Smith 721 BLE 5 W14 W4 W7 W5 L1 4.0 15 14 52
3 Lucas Bormuth 792 LYC 5 W8 W11 W10 L1 W6 4.0 14 13 52
4 Altair Bannister 574 EAG 4 W17 L2 W23 W8 W7 4.0 12 11 41
5 George Buckham 640 SKY 5 W20 W13 L1 L2 W10 3.0 14 10 51.5
6 Damien Snyder 608 CEE 5 W15 L1 W16 W12 L3 3.0 14 10 49
7 Bennett Reynolds 721 WKE 3 W16 W12 L2 W13 L4 3.0 13 11 48
8 Jack Conner 391 FAC 5 L3 W19 W11 L4 W13 3.0 13 8 42
9 Copen Tandon 490 FAC 5 L1 W20 W17 L10 W16 3.0 12 8 40.5
10 Elliot Reynolds 652 WKE 3 W23 W22 L3 W9 L5 3.0 10.5 11 38
11 Grey Everbeck 630 FAC 5 W19 L3 L8 W18 W14 3.0 10.5 8 31
12 Noah Hardin 569 HSC 5 W21 L7 W22 L6 W15 3.0 9 9 32.5
13 Evan Uffelman 564 FAC 5 W18 L5 W15 L7 L8 2.0 9.5 8 38
14 Ansel Hecht 382 FAC 4 L2 L15 W19 W17 L11 2.0 8.5 5 35
15 Marcus Zhang unr. FAC 3 L6 W14 L13 W21 L12 2.0 8 6 33.5
16 Max Hamilton 365 FAC 3 L7 W21 L6 W22 L9 2.0 7.5 6 34.5
17 Logan Humphrey unr. FAC 4 L4 W18 L9 L14 W23 2.0 7 5 30
18 Cole Walkenhauer 108 WKE 3 L13 L17 B--- L11 W20 2.0 5.5 3 24.5
19 Elisha Ping unr. WKE 3 L11 L8 L14 B--- W22 2.0 5.5 2 25
20 Cora Grote unr. FAC 5 L5 L9 D21 W23 L18 1.5 6 3.5 25.5
21 Jefferson Baldwin unr. FAC 4 L12 L16 D20 L15 B--- 1.5 5.5 1.5 24.5
22 London Lopez 100 FAC 3 B--- L10 L12 L16 L19 1.0 6.5 4 28
23 Corbin Chambers 244 FAC 4 L10 B--- L4 L20 L17 1.0 6.5 3 30.5
Final Standings. Franklin Fall 2025: Middle School
# Name Rating Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total T-Mod.Med T-Cumul. T-Op.cumul.
1 Mason Melius 1144 FAC 8 W22 W8 W7 W2 W6 5.0 13.5 15 5
2 Luka Lee Ferrell 1172 LVN 6 W16 W11 W3 L1 W10 4.0 15 13 53
3 Danish Qureshi 966 BLN 8 W17 W26 L2 W9 W13 4.0 12.5 12 44
4 Nihal Bhatta 1026 HOR 6 W19 L9 W17 W12 W7 4.0 11.5 11 42
5 Ari Ferris 1086 FHV 6 W14 L18 W16 W8 W11 4.0 11.5 11 41
6 Mason McNeil 1024 VST 8 W21 W12 W18 D10 L1 3.5 13 13 49
7 Evan Dolar 951 FAC 6 W25 W13 L1 W15 L4 3.0 15 11 47.5
8 Rowan Ritchie 757 WHM 7 W29 L1 W14 L5 W20 3.0 14 9 43
9 Callum Crompton 736 FAC 7 W27 W4 L10 L3 W21 3.0 13 10 42
10 Logan Fine-Gucker 789 HOR 6 H--- W20 W9 D6 L2 3.0 12.5 10 44
11 Cypress Bannister 886 HOR 8 W23 L2 W22 W20 L5 3.0 12 10 42
12 Justin Truong 672 FAC 8 W24 L6 W30 L4 W19 3.0 11.5 9 36
13 Miles Kimball 665 HOR 6 W28 L7 W26 W18 L3 3.0 10.5 10 39
14 Bo Sawaya 564 SHK 6 L5 W28 L8 W29 W18 3.0 10 7 33
15 Nicholas Cancelosi 723 VST 8 L26 W25 W19 L7 W22 3.0 9 8 31.5
16 Vaughn McLoughlin 569 HOR 7 L2 W23 L5 D17 W28 2.5 8.5 6 36
17 Avigail Ravitsky 523 FAC 6 L3 W31 L4 D16 W27 2.5 7.5 6 32
18 Andrew Boulos 772 FAC 8 W30 W5 L6 L13 L14 2.0 10 9 44
19 Reed Everbeck 532 FAC 7 L4 W27 L15 W23 L12 2.0 9 6 35
20 Mason Truong 625 FAC 6 W31 L10 W21 L11 L8 2.0 8.5 8 35
21 Chris Boulos 531 FAC 8 L6 W24 L20 W26 L9 2.0 8.5 6 39
22 Gavin Bennett 565 HOR 6 L1 W29 L11 W27 L15 2.0 7.5 6 38
23 Chloe Conner 271 FAC 7 L11 L16 W24 L19 W30 2.0 7 4 28
24 Caedan Chambers unr. HOR 7 L12 L21 L23 W30 W29 2.0 5 3 24
25 Bryson Beyerlin 425 HOR 6 L7 L15 W31 H--- H--- 2.0 3.5 3.5 19
26 Leif Uffelman unr. FAC 7 W15 L3 L13 L21 H--- 1.5 8 5 36
27 Nikko Veliz unr. HOR 6 L9 L19 W28 L22 L17 1.0 7.5 3 30
28 Julia Humphrey unr. FAC 7 L13 L14 L27 W31 L16 1.0 7 2 26
29 Eric Boulos 197 FAC 6 L8 L22 B--- L14 L24 1.0 7 2 25
30 Mason Nymeyer 186 HOR 6 L18 B--- L12 L24 L23 1.0 6 3 25
31 Magnus Lysen unr. HOR 6 L20 L17 L25 L28 B--- 1.0 5 0 19.5
4.
NW WA YOUTH CHESS CALENDAR 2025-2026
Details via northwestchess.info
2025
Nov 22: Franklin Fall State Qualifier, Bellingham
Dec. 6: Burlington LIbrary Tournament, 3rd-12th grades, Burlington
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
(Date TBD): Franklin Spring Tournament
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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