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NW WA Youth Chess Ememo 377
July 4, 2025
O'er The Ramparts We Watched
Contents:
1. July 7, 15: Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix III, IV, Ferndale MONDAY
2. July 12: Burlington Library Summer Series II
3. Checkmate Quest: Adventures in Chess, Bellingham
4. Standings: Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix
5. Results: Hot Summer Chess II
6. Results: Burlington Summer I
7. Chess Calendar
_______________________________________________
1.
HOT SUMMER CHESS GRAND PRIX III
MONDAY JULY 7, IN THE MORNING
FERNDALE LIBRARY
Info Page: http://www.northwestchess.info/grandprix25.html
Advance registration required. Sign up my midnight Sunday.
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. Four irregular dates and times, so mark them carefully on your calendar, and sign up for each one individually.
Hot Summer Chess I --- Wednesday June 25, 4:20pm
Hot Summer Chess II -- Tuesday, July 1, 3:50pm
Hot Summer Chess III - Monday, July 7, 9:50am (check in before 10am)
Hot Summer Chess IV - Tuesday, July 15, 3:50pm (check in before 4pm)
2.
BURLINGTON LIBRARY SUMMER SERIES II
SATURDAY JULY 12, BURLINGTON
ALSO AUGUST 9
Info Page: https://burlington.librarycalendar.com/event/youth-chess-tournament-7333
The Burlington Public Library is hosting a series of three Saturday afternoon Scholastic Chess Tournaments this summer on June 28, July 12 and August 9. The tournament room will be the Burlington Hill side of its large Conference Room which is the side closest to the main entrance. Each of these tournaments 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. Tournament Director: Randy Walther.
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. The TD will confirm all entries via email. Maximum of 32 players.
The entry fee is free. Please 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.
3.
CHECKMATE QUEST: ADVENTURES IN CHESS
WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE
JULY 21-24
Link: Ages 7-10
Link: Ages 11-14
From the Whatcom CC Kids College catalog:
Do you like to solve puzzles or play games that require creativity and strategic thinking? Then come learn how to play the ultimate strategy game, chess! We'll go over how the pieces move; strategy and tactics; how to record and learn from your games; how to make computer chess work for you; and how, where, and why to play in tournaments. And, of course, we'll spend plenty of time playing the game and learning from each other. Prerequisite: must know or learn how the six pieces move before class begins.
4.
HOT SUMMER CHESS GRAND PRIX
STANDINGS AFTER II
5 Korben Westergreen
5 Noah Hardin
5 Jayden Young
4 Tobin Miller
4 Angelica Javed
3.5 Nihal Bhatta
3.5 Benjamin Smith
3.5 Buzz Davis
3.5 Danish Qureshi
3.5 Bear Davis
3.5 Clayton Jacobson
3 Logan Fine-Gucker
3 Jaxon Nipges
3 Thomas Orsino
2.5 Jeb Stroud
2.5 Audrey Fine-Gucker
2.5 Luka Lee Ferrell
2.5 Matteo Cleary
2 Blaise Fredette
2 Mason McNeil
2 Aryanna Arevalo
2 George Buckham
2 Nicholas Cancelosi
2 Henry Lervik
2 Jayden Zheng
2 Owen Zhang
1.5 Fedora Gong
1.5 Prabhkirat Kaur
1.5 Rowan Ritchie
1 Evan Palmer
1 Elliott Friedman
1 Mason Hogue
1 Elliot Reynolds
1 Peter Javed
0.5 Bennett Reynolds
0.5 Talia Chandler
0 Micah Louws
0 Mark Melnik
5.
HOT SUMMER CHESS II
JULY 1, 2025
FERNDALE, WA
Hot Summer Chess II Section 1
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Stroud, Jeb SHMJK22V 1508 1528/227 HPB W3 W2 2.5
2 Fredette, Blaise BECGH95C 1156 1272/ 78 W5 W4 L1 2.0
3 Jacobson, Clayton ANALH12T 1322 1321/ 15 HPB L1 W6 1.5
4 Palmer, Evan BHMLI90S 1277 1257/229 W6 L2 L5 1.0
5 Nipges, Jaxon FERL382B 1590 1526/160 L2 L6 W4 1.0
6 Orsino, Thomas WHMIH40B 1081 1105/ 54 L4 W5 L3 1.0
Hot Summer Chess II Section 2
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Bhatta, Nihal CIAFK82Z 941 1009/ 49 W3 W5 D2 2.5
2 Qureshi, Danish BLNHF36V 1041 1043/206 D5 W4 D1 2.0
3 Young, Jayden SQUJ621U 791 816/ 45 L1 BYE W5 2.0
4 Friedman, Elliott WHMI637U 925 903/ 16 HPB L2 HPB 1.0
5 Buckham, George SKYEK37E 912 865/106 D2 L1 L3 0.5
Hot Summer Chess II Section 3
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Mcneil, Mason VSTHJ49Y 770 837/ 58 W3 L2 W4 2.0
2 Miller, Tobin LYCHG27V 762 849/ 5 L4 W1 W6 2.0
3 Fine-gucker, Logan EAGF535R 785 812/135 L1 W6 W5 2.0
4 Davis, Bear SQUJG33Z 846 842/ 10 W2 D5 L1 1.5
5 Gong, Fedora RSMEK37C 830 816/ 60 W6 D4 L3 1.5
6 Cancelosi, Nicholas VSTHM25W 759 686/111 L5 L3 L2 0.0
Hot Summer Chess II Section 4
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Westergreen, Korben HORIH39X 633 790/ 29 W3 W2 W4 3.0
2 Davis, Buzz FACGH39Y 529 614/ 30 W4 L1 W6 2.0
3 Smith, Benjamin BLEEG44D 618 634/ 74 L1 W6 W5 2.0
4 Kaur, Prabhkirat IREFE41C 667 621/ 57 L2 W5 L1 1.0
5 Javed, Angelica VSTFK36A 356 377/ 25 W6 L4 L3 1.0
6 Louws, Micah CUECJ16B 603 492/ 58 L5 L3 L2 0.0
Hot Summer Chess II Section 5
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Hardin, Noah LYAEH68E 271 367/ 25 W4 W2 W3 3.0
2 Arevalo, Aryanne CEEDG72K 100 100/ 12 W3 L1 L4 1.0
3 Hogue, Mason CUEFG27F 500 100/ 3 L2 W4 L1 1.0
4 Fine-gucker, Audrey EAGCG71W 161 131/ 21 L1 L3 W2 1.0
Note: Ratings above are estimates only. See actual ratings at https://ratingsnw.com .
6.
BURLINGTON LIBRARY SUMMER TOURNAMENT I
JUNE 28, 2025
Burlington Library 6-28-25 Section 914+
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Nipges, Jaxon FERL382B 1548 1587/159 W4 W3 W2 3.0
2 Jacobson, Clayton ANALH12T 1408 1406/ 15 W5 W4 L1 2.0
3 Zhang, Owen SHMJ995H 1542 1528/364 W6 L1 W5 2.0
4 Orsino, Thomas WHMIH40B 1106 1115/ 53 L1 L2 W6 1.0
5 Hauptman, Elian HSCIJ44N 914 918/ 22 L2 D6 L3 0.5
6 Qureshi, Danish BLNHF36V 1065 1028/205 L3 D5 L4 0.5
Burlington Library 6-28-25 Section -674
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Ferris, Ari BFMFG98H 639 692/ 28 W6 W6 W2 3.0
2 Mccarthy, Eugene CDLEG73B 674 681/ 22 W4 W3 L1 2.0
3 Fisk, Oliver FACFK82T 645 627/ 33 W5 L2 W4 2.0
4 Orlowski, Benjamin JFRFG72S 142 200/ 12 L2 W5 L3 1.0
5 Born, Kamren BURJG27J 900 167/ 3 L3 L4 W6 1.0
6 Born, Xzavier LUUHG27H 700 100/ 3 L1 L1 L5 0.0
7.
NW WA YOUTH CHESS CALENDAR
Details via northwestchess.info
2025
July 7: Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 3 (10:00am)
July 12: Burlington Summer Series 2
July 13: Chess in the Park
July 15: Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 4 (4:00pm)
July 21-24: Checkmate Quest, 2nd-8th grades, at Whatcom CC, Bellingham
July 22: White Elephant Stampede Tourney (4:00pm), Ferndale
July 27: Chess in the Park
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: 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
April 25, 2026: Elementary and MS State, Tacoma Convention Center
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July 4, 2025
O'er The Ramparts We Watched
Contents:
1. July 7, 15: Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix III, IV, Ferndale MONDAY
2. July 12: Burlington Library Summer Series II
3. Checkmate Quest: Adventures in Chess, Bellingham
4. Standings: Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix
5. Results: Hot Summer Chess II
6. Results: Burlington Summer I
7. Chess Calendar
_______________________________________________
1.
HOT SUMMER CHESS GRAND PRIX III
MONDAY JULY 7, IN THE MORNING
FERNDALE LIBRARY
Info Page: http://www.northwestchess.info/grandprix25.html
Advance registration required. Sign up my midnight Sunday.
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. Four irregular dates and times, so mark them carefully on your calendar, and sign up for each one individually.
Hot Summer Chess I --- Wednesday June 25, 4:20pm
Hot Summer Chess II -- Tuesday, July 1, 3:50pm
Hot Summer Chess III - Monday, July 7, 9:50am (check in before 10am)
Hot Summer Chess IV - Tuesday, July 15, 3:50pm (check in before 4pm)
2.
BURLINGTON LIBRARY SUMMER SERIES II
SATURDAY JULY 12, BURLINGTON
ALSO AUGUST 9
Info Page: https://burlington.librarycalendar.com/event/youth-chess-tournament-7333
The Burlington Public Library is hosting a series of three Saturday afternoon Scholastic Chess Tournaments this summer on June 28, July 12 and August 9. The tournament room will be the Burlington Hill side of its large Conference Room which is the side closest to the main entrance. Each of these tournaments 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. Tournament Director: Randy Walther.
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. The TD will confirm all entries via email. Maximum of 32 players.
The entry fee is free. Please 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.
3.
CHECKMATE QUEST: ADVENTURES IN CHESS
WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE
JULY 21-24
Link: Ages 7-10
Link: Ages 11-14
From the Whatcom CC Kids College catalog:
Do you like to solve puzzles or play games that require creativity and strategic thinking? Then come learn how to play the ultimate strategy game, chess! We'll go over how the pieces move; strategy and tactics; how to record and learn from your games; how to make computer chess work for you; and how, where, and why to play in tournaments. And, of course, we'll spend plenty of time playing the game and learning from each other. Prerequisite: must know or learn how the six pieces move before class begins.
4.
HOT SUMMER CHESS GRAND PRIX
STANDINGS AFTER II
5 Korben Westergreen
5 Noah Hardin
5 Jayden Young
4 Tobin Miller
4 Angelica Javed
3.5 Nihal Bhatta
3.5 Benjamin Smith
3.5 Buzz Davis
3.5 Danish Qureshi
3.5 Bear Davis
3.5 Clayton Jacobson
3 Logan Fine-Gucker
3 Jaxon Nipges
3 Thomas Orsino
2.5 Jeb Stroud
2.5 Audrey Fine-Gucker
2.5 Luka Lee Ferrell
2.5 Matteo Cleary
2 Blaise Fredette
2 Mason McNeil
2 Aryanna Arevalo
2 George Buckham
2 Nicholas Cancelosi
2 Henry Lervik
2 Jayden Zheng
2 Owen Zhang
1.5 Fedora Gong
1.5 Prabhkirat Kaur
1.5 Rowan Ritchie
1 Evan Palmer
1 Elliott Friedman
1 Mason Hogue
1 Elliot Reynolds
1 Peter Javed
0.5 Bennett Reynolds
0.5 Talia Chandler
0 Micah Louws
0 Mark Melnik
5.
HOT SUMMER CHESS II
JULY 1, 2025
FERNDALE, WA
Hot Summer Chess II Section 1
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Stroud, Jeb SHMJK22V 1508 1528/227 HPB W3 W2 2.5
2 Fredette, Blaise BECGH95C 1156 1272/ 78 W5 W4 L1 2.0
3 Jacobson, Clayton ANALH12T 1322 1321/ 15 HPB L1 W6 1.5
4 Palmer, Evan BHMLI90S 1277 1257/229 W6 L2 L5 1.0
5 Nipges, Jaxon FERL382B 1590 1526/160 L2 L6 W4 1.0
6 Orsino, Thomas WHMIH40B 1081 1105/ 54 L4 W5 L3 1.0
Hot Summer Chess II Section 2
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Bhatta, Nihal CIAFK82Z 941 1009/ 49 W3 W5 D2 2.5
2 Qureshi, Danish BLNHF36V 1041 1043/206 D5 W4 D1 2.0
3 Young, Jayden SQUJ621U 791 816/ 45 L1 BYE W5 2.0
4 Friedman, Elliott WHMI637U 925 903/ 16 HPB L2 HPB 1.0
5 Buckham, George SKYEK37E 912 865/106 D2 L1 L3 0.5
Hot Summer Chess II Section 3
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Mcneil, Mason VSTHJ49Y 770 837/ 58 W3 L2 W4 2.0
2 Miller, Tobin LYCHG27V 762 849/ 5 L4 W1 W6 2.0
3 Fine-gucker, Logan EAGF535R 785 812/135 L1 W6 W5 2.0
4 Davis, Bear SQUJG33Z 846 842/ 10 W2 D5 L1 1.5
5 Gong, Fedora RSMEK37C 830 816/ 60 W6 D4 L3 1.5
6 Cancelosi, Nicholas VSTHM25W 759 686/111 L5 L3 L2 0.0
Hot Summer Chess II Section 4
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Westergreen, Korben HORIH39X 633 790/ 29 W3 W2 W4 3.0
2 Davis, Buzz FACGH39Y 529 614/ 30 W4 L1 W6 2.0
3 Smith, Benjamin BLEEG44D 618 634/ 74 L1 W6 W5 2.0
4 Kaur, Prabhkirat IREFE41C 667 621/ 57 L2 W5 L1 1.0
5 Javed, Angelica VSTFK36A 356 377/ 25 W6 L4 L3 1.0
6 Louws, Micah CUECJ16B 603 492/ 58 L5 L3 L2 0.0
Hot Summer Chess II Section 5
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Hardin, Noah LYAEH68E 271 367/ 25 W4 W2 W3 3.0
2 Arevalo, Aryanne CEEDG72K 100 100/ 12 W3 L1 L4 1.0
3 Hogue, Mason CUEFG27F 500 100/ 3 L2 W4 L1 1.0
4 Fine-gucker, Audrey EAGCG71W 161 131/ 21 L1 L3 W2 1.0
Note: Ratings above are estimates only. See actual ratings at https://ratingsnw.com .
6.
BURLINGTON LIBRARY SUMMER TOURNAMENT I
JUNE 28, 2025
Burlington Library 6-28-25 Section 914+
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Nipges, Jaxon FERL382B 1548 1587/159 W4 W3 W2 3.0
2 Jacobson, Clayton ANALH12T 1408 1406/ 15 W5 W4 L1 2.0
3 Zhang, Owen SHMJ995H 1542 1528/364 W6 L1 W5 2.0
4 Orsino, Thomas WHMIH40B 1106 1115/ 53 L1 L2 W6 1.0
5 Hauptman, Elian HSCIJ44N 914 918/ 22 L2 D6 L3 0.5
6 Qureshi, Danish BLNHF36V 1065 1028/205 L3 D5 L4 0.5
Burlington Library 6-28-25 Section -674
pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 tot
1 Ferris, Ari BFMFG98H 639 692/ 28 W6 W6 W2 3.0
2 Mccarthy, Eugene CDLEG73B 674 681/ 22 W4 W3 L1 2.0
3 Fisk, Oliver FACFK82T 645 627/ 33 W5 L2 W4 2.0
4 Orlowski, Benjamin JFRFG72S 142 200/ 12 L2 W5 L3 1.0
5 Born, Kamren BURJG27J 900 167/ 3 L3 L4 W6 1.0
6 Born, Xzavier LUUHG27H 700 100/ 3 L1 L1 L5 0.0
7.
NW WA YOUTH CHESS CALENDAR
Details via northwestchess.info
2025
July 7: Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 3 (10:00am)
July 12: Burlington Summer Series 2
July 13: Chess in the Park
July 15: Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 4 (4:00pm)
July 21-24: Checkmate Quest, 2nd-8th grades, at Whatcom CC, Bellingham
July 22: White Elephant Stampede Tourney (4:00pm), Ferndale
July 27: Chess in the Park
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: 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
April 25, 2026: Elementary and MS State, Tacoma Convention Center
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