About Us

Welcome to High School scholastic chess in Washington State! WHSCA is a non-profit organization run by volunteers. The Washington High School Chess Association (WHSCA) organizes and runs the annual Mini Teams (open to MS/JHS/HS players), High School Individual State Chess Championship and High School Team State Chess Championship tournaments.

The officers of the Association are elected annually by the Washington High School Chess Coaches at the High School State Team Tournament. Our latest election was on February 8, 2013.

WHSCA Board of Directors

Dave Ellinger

President

Dave Ellinger
dellinger@seaprep.org

Randy Walther

Treasurer, Secretary

Randy Walther
randywalther@msn.com

WHSCA Volunteers

This organization also runs the Northwest Scholastic Rating System (NWSRS) at RatingsNW.com, long maintained by Ollie LaFreniere who died in August, 2002. Kirk Winges retains the responsibility for rating scholastic events.

Kirk Winges

Ratings Statistician

Kirk Winges, (206) 794-6010 (cell)
wa_ratings@nwsrs.org

Barry Hansen

Webmaster

Barry Hansen, (425) 503-5548 (cell)
barry@electromagneticsoftware.com

Mailing Address

WHSCA
412 Caroline Street
Burlington, WA 98233-1510