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P.S.116 Tournament - February 21, 2010

PS116 02.21.2010

P.S.116 Tournament - February 21, 2010

Sometimes when a tournament is over, when the final scores have been tallied, and when ratings changes have been reported an overall impression of the events of the day comes slowly into focus. This tournament had a definite such feel'.

In retrospect it seems a lot of NYChessKids alums returned to match play during this event, and at the same time there were many new faces, new to NYChessKids tournaments and when 'playing up' (which a lot of kids did today) new to more challenging, difficult sections.     (See the video of this tournament.)



NO SCORE had eight kids from eight different schools playing on this bright, chilly day. They all played well and really enjoyed themselves. Though they all tied for 1st place, Jackson Molin (from Speyer) and Harris Benyacar (from PS116) brought extra verve and pizzazz to the board today. Congrats to all for the many well-played games.

NOVICE 1 had 37 kids from 22 different schools, with PS116 taking home the team prize for posting a fairly dominant team performance. 1st place solo honor went to Aeryn Lubelsky (Nest) on tie-breaks even though Michael Ackerman (PS166) also posted a perfect score. Akira Nakada (LowerLab) took clear 3rd. Of note many in this section played in their first tournament today, among them Ben Lauren (PS183).

NOVICE 2 had six players from 6 different schools. The team trophy went to PS40 and that school's representative Mateo Massey also took home the top solo honor with a perfect performance. 2nd place went to Gabriel Markowitz (PS41) and 3rd went to Madeleine Palden (LowerLab). Of note in this section, Fanny Noriega (PS116) came back to chess competition after a long hiatus while focusing on the cello.

K-1 had 28 players from 15 different schools. Dalton commandeered the team trophy with a strong result, with Heschel coming in 2nd. Solo honors went to Calder Wilson (Dalton) who took clear 1st with a perfect score, Julia Freitag (Dalton) who took clear 2nd, and Tristan Pragnell (Nest) who took home 3rd place on tie-breaks. Of note here, Andrei Klepatch continues to perform well in this section as a child who is home-schooled.

PRIMARY had 31 kids from 19 different schools, with Hunter taking home the top team honor with a very strong performance. Carlo Berstein (PS334) wrested the top solo trophy following a playoff with Atticus Lee (Dalton) who thus took home 2nd place. 3rd went to Lucian Hicks (StAnns)) on tie-breaks. Of note in this section, 3rd thru 9th place all had 3 points at final tally.

RESERVE had 28 kids from 20 different schools, with PS116 edging out the competition (Dalton) by a slim 1/2 point margin to take home the top team prize. Top solo honor went to Ethan Kwok (Hunter), 2nd went to Reddy Lee (Dalton) on tie-breaks, and 3rd went to Max Schliesman (PS334) also on tie-breaks. Of note, hats off to Kaelyn Ha (PS89) who continues to hl her own in this section often dominated by boys.

CLASSIC had 20 kids from 15 different schools, with Hunter strong-arming the opposition to take home the team trophy. Austen Rattray (StDavids) took clear 1st with a perfect score, Jackson Keel-Atkins (Hunter) took 2nd on tie-breaks, and Rose Dreizen (Riverdale) took 3rd on tie-breaks. Of note, Anne-Gail Moreland and Alisa Kikuchi both from (ESMS) returned to their alma mater where they both played on the nationally recognized chess team for many years.

OPEN had 23 kids from 16 different schools, again with Hunter commanding the team trophy. Kai Kronberg (PS41) took home clear 1st, Brian Katz (Hunter) took home clear 2nd, and Lev Gordon (Heschel) took home 3rd place on tie-breaks. Of note, brothers Matthew and Marcus Miyasaka (EthicalCulture) both scored 2.5 points.

CHAMPIONSHIP had 14 kids from 10 different schools. Top team honor went to Hunter by only a 1/2 point margin over Browning. After a post-round playoff, Alexander Spinnell (ESMS) took home 1st place, edging out Kadhir Pillai (TrevorDay) who took home 2nd place. Of note, at the end of regular play four students were tied for 1st with 2.5 points, and longtime PS116 team anchor Kyle Moon (MAT) played in his first chess match in over a year, finishing only 1/2 point off pace of the top finishers.

The next tournament at PS116 is March 21st. We hope to see you there.


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Here are the results of this tournament:

SwissSys Standings. PS 116 February 21, 2010: No Score
#NameRtngTeamRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Tot
1Jackson Molinunr.SPEYERD2W6W5D3 3.0
2Sydney Morrisunr.DALTOND1D7W6W5 3.0
3Clark Cheungunr.CHILDRW7D5D4D1 2.5
4Sean Cadenheadunr.SPRINGL6W8D3W7 2.5
5Harris Benyacarunr.PS116W8D3L1L2 1.5
6Jasper Krentsunr.PS41W4L1L2D8 1.5
7Tiffany Akuzawaunr.HUNTERL3D2D8L4 1.0
8Rey El-asmarunr.THEFAL5L4D7D6 1.0
SwissSys Standings. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Novice 1
#NameRtngTeamRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Tot
1Aeryn Lubelskyunr.NEST+MW6W34W20W5 4.0
2Michael Ackermanunr.PS166W35W14W10W4 4.0
3Akira Nakadaunr.LOWERW22D10W26W18 3.5
4Mirabella Pascadorunr.PS183W24W17W7L2 3.0
5Kole Mosesunr.RIVERDW29W20W8L1 3.0
6Jia Xu Luunr.PS116L1W21W16W15 3.0
7Connor Rustunr.DALTONW11W15L4W16 3.0
8Josh Levineunr.HESCHEW12W32L5W23 3.0
9Anna Pascadorunr.PS183L10W22W30W14 3.0
10Xing Yu Zhaounr.PS116W9D3L2W25 2.5
11Charlie Dillonunr.MANDELL7W36D25W26 2.5
12Liam Rustunr.DALTONL8D29W33W27 2.5
13Nathaniel Mettkeunr.PS11W23H---H---H--- 2.5
14Santiago Espejelunr.HORACEW18L2W21L9 2.0
15Kaleo De Stefanounr.PS41W36L7W17L6 2.0
16Ben Laurenunr.PS183W28W25L6L7 2.0
17Aidan Khanunr.SPEYERW19L4L15W31 2.0
18Jonah Masseyunr.PS40L14W35W19L3 2.0
19James Prud'Hommeunr.IDEALL17W24L18W30 2.0
20Baoxiang Liuunr.PS116W37L5L1W35 2.0
21Ryu El-asmarunr.THEFAW34L6L14W29 2.0
22Juliette Morelandunr.PS116L3L9B---W32 2.0
23Garush Martirosyanunr.PS13L13W37W32L8 2.0
24Alejandro Espejelunr.HORACEL4L19W37W33 2.0
25James Sassowerunr.HORACEW31L16D11L10 1.5
26Nicholas Molhounr.HUNTERH---W27L3L11 1.5
27Sophia Connellanunr.PS116D30L26W28L12 1.5
28Maya Rackoffunr.HESCHEL16D31L27W36 1.5
29Andres Diaz-kirkunr.PS11L5D12D31L21 1.0
30Max Dolginunr.PS41D27D33L9L19 1.0
31Sebastian Marcianounr.HUNTERL25D28D29L17 1.0
32Alena Underwoodunr.PS81X---L8L23L22 1.0
33Haley Ellantunr.SPEYERH---D30L12L24 1.0
34Danielle Feldmanunr.PS40L21L1U---W37 1.0
35Jacqueline Klonerunr.BIRCHL2L18D36L20 0.5
36Carol Chenunr.STEMAL15L11D35L28 0.5
37Tommy Bottsunr.METROPL20L23L24L34 0.0
SwissSys Standings. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Novice 2
#NameRtngTeamRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Tot
1Mateo Masseyunr.PS40W4W3W2W6 4.0
2Gabriel Markowitzunr.PS41W3W5L1W4 3.0
3Madeleine Paldenunr.LOWERL2L1W6W5 2.0
4Tiago Gonzalezunr.SPEYERL1D6W5L2 1.5
5Fanny Noriegaunr.PS116W6L2L4L3 1.0
6Matthew Glimcherunr.CALHOUL5D4L3L1 0.5
SwissSys Standings. PS 116 February 21, 2010: K-1
#NameRtngTeamRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Tot
1Calder Wilson375DALTONW11W19W10W3 4.0
2Julia Freitag458DALTONW14W6W4D5 3.5
3Tristan Pragnell339NEST+MW22W7W12L1 3.0
4Andrei Klepatchunr.HOMESCW17W8L2W12 3.0
5Dean Evan Noble391NEST+MD9W16W19D2 3.0
6Elizabeth Miller360BIRCHW26L2W14W10 3.0
7Abigail Zhou499PS6W27L3W9W13 3.0
8Tyler Roonprapunt422DALTONW25L4W15W11 3.0
9Elijah Samsonunr.PS89D5W24L7W16 2.5
10Maxwell Pang519PS41W15W13L1L6 2.0
11Max Feingoldunr.HESCHEL1W27W17L8 2.0
12Grayson Brooks425EPIPHAW20W23L3L4 2.0
13Gil Sondheimer405HESCHEW21L10W18L7 2.0
14Gabriel Knopf108HESCHEL2W28L6W24 2.0
15Kyra Siegel221HESCHEL10W21L8W26 2.0
16Matthew Kue251PS40W28L5W23L9 2.0
17Daniel Kloner242BIRCHL4W25L11W23 2.0
18Sean Cushman121PS41L19W26L13W25 2.0
19Benjamin Poloner609HESCHEW18L1L5D20 1.5
20Sabian Kosinov108PS196L12W22L24D19 1.5
21Jacob Aronin101SOLOMOL13L15D22W27 1.5
22Jonathan Mantaunr.PS146L3L20D21W28 1.5
23Daniel Yinunr.HUNTERW24L12L16L17 1.0
24Juliana Avedisian405DALTONL23L9W20L14 1.0
25Raquelle Mintz105PS158L8L17W28L18 1.0
26Ryan Wolffunr.DALTONL6L18W27L15 1.0
27Oscar Johnson115NEST+ML7L11L26L21 0.0
28Morgan Svennindsenunr.BIRCHL16L14L25L22 0.0
SwissSys Standings. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Primary
#NameRtngTeamRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Tot
1Atticus Young Lee642DALTONW28W3W5W4 4.0
2Carlo Bernstein547PS334X---W18W7W10 4.0
3Lucian Hicks778SAINTW8L1W17W11 3.0
4Rohan Suryawanshi781NORTHEW13W16W6L1 3.0
5Anna Du476HUNTERW15W21L1W22 3.0
6Bram Ellant564HUNTERW23W9L4W14 3.0
7Kaiheng Dai752RIPPOWW20W17L2W16 3.0
8Antoine Leonelli523PS89L3W28W19W18 3.0
9Wesley Wang737JERICHW30L6W24W13 3.0
10Nicholas Mossavar-rahmani467TRINITW19W22D11L2 2.5
11Corwin Cheung560HUNTERW25W14D10L3 2.5
12Simone Mindolovichunr.HUNTERD22L15W29W27 2.5
13Sam Pozner531DALTONL4W26W15L9 2.0
14Jacob Rottenberg739PS41W24L11W20L6 2.0
15Blake Aviv770TRINITL5W12L13W24 2.0
16Matthew Furman689HUNTERW26L4W23L7 2.0
17David Lewis593PS89W31L7L3W25 2.0
18William Knoff701BROWNIW29L2W27L8 2.0
19Gavriel Genger746HESCHEL10W29L8W26 2.0
20Paul Elghouayel467PS87L7W25L14W23 2.0
21Nicolas Rudin696TRINITW27L5H---H--- 2.0
22Austin Stapleton648BROWNID12L10W30L5 1.5
23Owen Jacobsonunr.PS89L6W30L16L20 1.0
24Hannah Gilbert260HUNTERL14W31L9L15 1.0
25Andrew Kornfeldunr.LOWERL11L20W28L17 1.0
26Katherine Davisunr.SACREDL16L13W31L19 1.0
27Imani Melendez101THEIDL21B---L18L12 1.0
28Michael Mantaunr.PS146L1L8L25D30 0.5
29Nassim Menkor-ono177NEST+ML18L19L12D31 0.5
30Maya Sapozhnikova220PS116L9L23L22D28 0.5
31Jordana Levineunr.HESCHEL17L24L26D29 0.5
SwissSys Standings. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Reserve
#NameRtngTeamRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Tot
1Ethan Kwok887HUNTERW19W9W12W3 4.0
2Reddy Lee821DALTONW21W5W6L4 3.0
3Max Schliesman839PS334W27W13W10L1 3.0
4Luca Scoppetta-stern991ST.ANL9W22W11W2 3.0
5Shaina Peters991PACKERW17L2W14W12 3.0
6Reggi Condos870CORLEAW25W14L2W11 3.0
7Gabriel Joseph916PEARLSW22L12W16W15 3.0
8Justin Kim896BAYRIL11W25W24W13 3.0
9Shaan Lalvani799DALTONW4L1W17D10 2.5
10Eitan Genger973HESCHEW15W23L3D9 2.5
11Neev Suryawanshi753NORTHEW8W18L4L6 2.0
12Kaelyn Ha812PS89W24W7L1L5 2.0
13Daniel Tarallo373PS163W20L3W23L8 2.0
14Lucas Ruiz770NEST+MW16L6L5W23 2.0
15Benjamin Yao771SEAMANL10W26W18L7 2.0
16Nathaniel Kue923MS104L14W19L7W22 2.0
17Ethan Kue787PS116L5W28L9W24 2.0
18Aiden McGorry869PS116W28L11L15W26 2.0
19Stefan Jelenkovic745PS116L1L16W28W27 2.0
20Alexander Roti810HEWLETL13W27H---H--- 2.0
21Nortee Panpinyo554PS212L2H---H---H--- 1.5
22Theo Greg McGrath761DALTONL7L4W27L16 1.0
23Matthew Akuzawa815HUNTERW26L10L13L14 1.0
24Rishab Bhatnagar316SOUTHL12B---L8L17 1.0
25William McCann734PS116L6L8L26W28 1.0
26Adam Cohen488PS87L23L15W25L18 1.0
27Alex Harris632NEST+ML3L20L22L19 0.0
28Vikrant Bhatnagar682SOUTHL18L17L19L25 0.0
SwissSys Standings. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Classic
#NameRtngTeamRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Tot
1Austen Rattray1187STDAVW19W8W3W2 4.0
2Jackson Keel-atkins1172HUNTERW20W7W4L1 3.0
3Rose Dreizen1072RIVERDW9W16L1W8 3.0
4Daniel Mintz1194PS158W18W11L2W6 3.0
5Richard Takasumi1039HOLMESL8W14W16W9 3.0
6Samuel Everett1167HUNTERW15D10W12L4 2.5
7Mason Siegel1020HESCHEW13L2D14W15 2.5
8Jason Songco1142PS116W5L1W17L3 2.0
9Leon Lai1179PS130L3W19W10L5 2.0
10Alisa Kikuchi1242ESMSW14D6L9D11 2.0
11John Kelly1160HOMESCW17L4D15D10 2.0
12Silver Liftin1188SAINTL16W20L6W17 2.0
13Kayvon Sohrabi1122PS166L7L17W20W16 2.0
14Andrew Tai1129HUNTERL10L5D7W18 1.5
15Anne-gail Moreland1052ESMSL6W18D11L7 1.5
16Jonathan Zhang1086HUNTERW12L3L5L13 1.0
17Lauren Pehlivanian1055HUNTERL11W13L8L12 1.0
18Ethan Joo1121LOWERL4L15W19L14 1.0
19Hudson Beaudoin1080DALTONL1L9L18W20 1.0
20Maya Scholnick1060HORACEL2L12L13L19 0.0
SwissSys Standings. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Open
#NameRtngTeamRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Tot
1Kai Kronberg1543PS41W17W19W6W3 4.0
2Benjamin Katz1499HUNTERW13W18W10D6 3.5
3Lev Gordon1585HESCHEW5W14W4L1 3.0
4Brandon Huang1524ETHICAX---W11L3W12 3.0
5Tyler Kim1476HUNTERL3W21W18W10 3.0
6Warren Wang1530JERICHW15W12L1D2 2.5
7Max Everett1491HUNTERL18W13W14D9 2.5
8Matthew Miyasaka1479ETHICAW23L10W11D16 2.5
9Marcus Miyasaka1501ETHICAL11W22W19D7 2.5
10Daniel Hayon1536MS54W22W8L2L5 2.0
11Florizelle Songco1373PS116W9L4L8W20 2.0
12Amanda Arvin1374ELEANOW20L6W15L4 2.0
13Ray Fishman1367HORACEL2L7W22W19 2.0
14Nicole Zlotchevsky1497PS195W21L3L7W18 2.0
15Isaac Veytsman1416WROOKL6W20L12W21 2.0
16Spencer Ha1532PS89L19D17W23D8 2.0
17Max Chung1474PS6L1D16L20W23 1.5
18Nicholas Vucelic1322ST.HIW7L2L5L14 1.0
19Daniel Zlotchevsky1456WROOKW16L1L9L13 1.0
20Sophia Flanagan1518HUNTERL12L15W17L11 1.0
21Noah Rubinstein1339COLUMBL14L5B---L15 1.0
22Jesse Weinstein1464HUNTERL10L9L13B--- 1.0
23Sam Chapin1310DALTONL8B---L16L17 1.0
SwissSys Standings. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Championship
#NameRtngTeamRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Tot
1Kadhir Pillai1880TREVORW6W8D2 2.5
2Aaron Schein1778HORACEW14W5D1 2.5
3Alexander Spinnell1837ESMSW11W9D4 2.5
4Matthew Zafra1608HUNTERW10W13D3 2.5
5Kyle Moon1623MATW12L2W8 2.0
6Thomas Knoff1642BROWNIL1W12W10 2.0
7Nicholas Ng1710DALTONL8W11W9 2.0
8Emanuel Schorsch1709BRONXW7L1L5 1.0
9Ben Altman-desole1625BROWNIW13L3L7 1.0
10Vaughan McDonald1729TRINITL4W14L6 1.0
11Musa Jamshed1641HUNTERL3L7W13 1.0
12Anthony Panat1742MT.CAL5L6W14 1.0
13Dylan Kosinski1763TREVORL9L4L11 0.0
14Jonathan Spinnell1631ESMSL2L10L12 0.0

 

Team Roster and Scores. PS 116 February 21, 2010: No Score
CodeNameScore
1SPEYERSPEYER 3.0
2DALTONDALTON 3.0
3CHILDRCHILDR 2.5
4SPRINGSPRING 2.5
5PS116PS116 1.5
6PS41PS41 1.5
7HUNTERHUNTER 1.0
8THEFATHEFA 1.0
Team Roster and Scores. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Novice 1
CodeNameScore
1PS116PS116 11.0
2PS183PS183 8.0
3HORACEHORACE 5.5
4DALTONDALTON 5.5
5HESCHEHESCHE 4.5
6NEST+MNEST+M 4.0
7PS166PS166 4.0
8PS11PS11 3.5
9LOWERLOWER 3.5
10PS41PS41 3.0
11RIVERDRIVERD 3.0
12SPEYERSPEYER 3.0
13PS40PS40 3.0
14HUNTERHUNTER 2.5
15MANDELMANDEL 2.5
16IDEALIDEAL 2.0
17THEFATHEFA 2.0
18PS13PS13 2.0
19PS81PS81 1.0
20BIRCHBIRCH 0.5
21STEMASTEMA 0.5
22METROPMETROP 0.0
Team Roster and Scores. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Novice 2
CodeNameScore
1PS40PS40 4.0
2PS41PS41 3.0
3LOWERLOWER 2.0
4SPEYERSPEYER 1.5
5PS116PS116 1.0
6CALHOUCALHOU 0.5
Team Roster and Scores. PS 116 February 21, 2010: K-1
CodeNameScore
1DALTONDALTON 12.5
2HESCHEHESCHE 9.5
3NEST+MNEST+M 6.0
4BIRCHBIRCH 5.0
5PS41PS41 4.0
6HOMESCHOMESC 3.0
7PS6PS6 3.0
8PS89PS89 2.5
9EPIPHAEPIPHA 2.0
10PS40PS40 2.0
11PS196PS196 1.5
12SOLOMOSOLOMO 1.5
13PS146PS146 1.5
14HUNTERHUNTER 1.0
15PS158PS158 1.0
Team Roster and Scores. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Primary
CodeNameScore
1HUNTERHUNTER 14.0
2TRINITTRINIT 6.5
3PS89PS89 6.0
4DALTONDALTON 6.0
5PS334PS334 4.0
6BROWNIBROWNI 3.5
7SAINTSAINT 3.0
8NORTHENORTHE 3.0
9RIPPOWRIPPOW 3.0
10JERICHJERICH 3.0
11HESCHEHESCHE 2.5
12PS41PS41 2.0
13PS87PS87 2.0
14LOWERLOWER 1.0
15SACREDSACRED 1.0
16THEIDTHEID 1.0
17PS146PS146 0.5
18NEST+MNEST+M 0.5
19PS116PS116 0.5
Team Roster and Scores. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Reserve
CodeNameScore
1PS116PS116 7.0
2DALTONDALTON 6.5
3HUNTERHUNTER 5.0
4PS334PS334 3.0
5ST.ANST.AN 3.0
6PACKERPACKER 3.0
7CORLEACORLEA 3.0
8PEARLSPEARLS 3.0
9BAYRIBAYRI 3.0
10HESCHEHESCHE 2.5
11NEST+MNEST+M 2.0
12NORTHENORTHE 2.0
13PS89PS89 2.0
14PS163PS163 2.0
15SEAMANSEAMAN 2.0
16MS104MS104 2.0
17HEWLETHEWLET 2.0
18PS212PS212 1.5
19SOUTHSOUTH 1.0
20PS87PS87 1.0
Team Roster and Scores. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Classic
CodeNameScore
1HUNTERHUNTER 9.0
2STDAVSTDAV 4.0
3ESMSESMS 3.5
4RIVERDRIVERD 3.0
5PS158PS158 3.0
6HOLMESHOLMES 3.0
7HESCHEHESCHE 2.5
8PS116PS116 2.0
9PS130PS130 2.0
10HOMESCHOMESC 2.0
11SAINTSAINT 2.0
12PS166PS166 2.0
13LOWERLOWER 1.0
14DALTONDALTON 1.0
15HORACEHORACE 0.0
Team Roster and Scores. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Open
CodeNameScore
1HUNTERHUNTER 11.0
2ETHICAETHICA 8.0
3PS41PS41 4.0
4WROOKWROOK 3.0
5HESCHEHESCHE 3.0
6JERICHJERICH 2.5
7MS54MS54 2.0
8PS116PS116 2.0
9ELEANOELEANO 2.0
10HORACEHORACE 2.0
11PS195PS195 2.0
12PS89PS89 2.0
13PS6PS6 1.5
14ST.HIST.HI 1.0
15COLUMBCOLUMB 1.0
16DALTONDALTON 1.0
Team Roster and Scores. PS 116 February 21, 2010: Championship
CodeNameScore
1HUNTERHUNTER 3.5
2BROWNIBROWNI 3.0
3TREVORTREVOR 2.5
4ESMSESMS 2.5
5HORACEHORACE 2.5
6MATMAT 2.0
7DALTONDALTON 2.0
8BRONXBRONX 1.0
9TRINITTRINIT 1.0
10MT.CAMT.CA 1.0



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