NW WA Youth Chess Memo 379 -- Dog Days Begin

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NW WA Youth Chess Ememo 379
July 27, 2025

Contents:
1. July 30, Wednesday:  Dog Days Grand Prix begins
2. Final Standings: Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix
3. Results:  White Elephant Tourney
4. Chess Calendar

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1.
DOG DAYS GRAND PRIX BEGINS
THIS WEDNESDAY JULY 30
FERNDALE LIBRARY

Info page:  http://northwestchess.info/dogdays25.html

For players 2nd grade to 12th grade.  You can play in one, some, or all four.  Whoever racks up the most wins in all four tournaments wins the Grand Prix.  There are prizes at each individual Grand Prix tourney as well.  Players must sign up for each one separately, then check in on tourney day between 3:30pm and 4:00pm. The first three are on Wednesdays, the last one on a Tuesday.

• Dog Days of Summer I -- July 30
• Dog Days of Summer II -- August 6
• Dog Days of Summer III -- August 13
• Dog Days of Summer IV -- August 19

2.
FINAL STANDINGS
HOT SUMMER CHESS GRAND PRIX 2025 CONCLUDES
OWEN Z GRAND CHAMPION, KORBEN 2nd, JAXON 3rd

It took twelve hard-fought rounds of chess over the course of four tournaments to determine the champions, but the hot summer dust has settled over the Ferndale desert, and who has emerged from the sandy cloud on top?  Owen Zhang, that's who!  And scores of others were tested and strengthened in the crucible of sizzling chessboards.  Congrats to the the top ten prize winners and all who gave their observation, calculation and visualization abilities a great workout.

HOT SUMMER CHESS GRAND PRIX 2025 FINAL STANDINGS
8 Owen Zhang  1st
7.5 Korben Westergreen  2nd
7 Jaxon Nipges  3rd
7 Benjamin Smith  4th
7 Noah Hardin  5th
6 Nicholas Cancelosi  6th
5.5 Nihal Bhatta  7th
5.5 Danish Qureshi  8th
5.5 Tobin Miller  9th
5.5 Bear Davis  10th
5 Koby Ravitsky
5 Avigail Ravitsky
5 Mason McNeil
5 Aryanna Arevalo
5 Logan Fine-Gucker
5 Jayden Young
4 Angelica Javed
4 Elliott Friedman
4 Henry Lervik
4 Thomas Orsino
3.5 Buzz Davis
3.5 Peter Javed
3.5 Clayton Jacobson
3 Ari Ferris
3 Micah Louws
3 Mason Hogue
3 Prabhkirat Kaur
3 Audrey Fine-Gucker
2.5 Jeb Stroud
2.5 Luka Lee Ferrell
2.5 Matteo Cleary
2 Eyal Kesten
2 Blaise Fredette
2 George Buckham
2 Damien Snyder
2 Jayden Zheng
1.5 Fedora Gong
1.5 Rowan Ritchie
1 Elliot Reynolds
1 Evan Palmer
0.5 Bennett Reynolds
0.5 Talia Chandler
0 Mark Melnik



3.
WHITE ELEPHANT TOURNEY
JULY 22, 2025
FERNDALE, WA

Final Standings: White Elephant Tourney
# Name Rating Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6   Total
1 Mason McNeil    830 VST 7 W7 W3 L2 W5 W4 W8  5.0
2 Koby Ravitsky    992 WHM 8 W6 W4 W1 D3 L5 W7  4.5
3 Logan Fine-Gucker  836 EAG 5 W9 L1 W5 D2 W6 W10  4.5
4 Nick Cancelosi  798 VST 7 W10 L2 W7 W6 L1 W11  4.0
5 George Buckham  761 SKY 4 W8 W11 L3 L1 W2 L9  3.0
6 Korben Westergreen  756 HOR 8 L2 W10 W8 L4 L3 B---  3.0
7 Avigail Ravitsky  622 FAC 5 L1 W9 L4 B--- W10 L2  3.0
8 Micah Louws    473 CUE 2 L5 B--- L6 W9 W11 L1  3.0
9 Emerson Russell  733 BLE 6 L3 L7 W11 L8 B--- W5  3.0
10 Prabhkirat Kaur  589 IRE 5 L4 L6 B--- W11 L7 L3  2.0
11 AudreyFineGucker  100 EAG 2 B--- L5 L9 L10 L8 L4  1.0


4.
NW WA YOUTH CHESS CALENDAR
Details via northwestchess.info, or links below

2025
July 27:  Whatcom Girls Chess Club
July 30:  Dog Days of Summer Grand Prix 1  (4:00pm) Ferndale Library
Aug 6:  Dog Days of Summer Grand Prix 2  (4:00pm)
Aug 9:  Burlington Summer Series 3
Aug 10: Whatcom Girls Chess Club
Aug 10: Chess in the Park
Aug 13:  Dog Days of Summer Grand Prix 3  (4:00pm)
Aug 19:  Dog Days of Summer Grand Prix 4  (4:00pm)
Aug 24: Chess in the Park
Sept 7: Chess in the Park
Sept 14: Whatcom Girls Chess Club
April 25, 2026: Elementary and MS State, Tacoma Convention Center

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