Washington Scholastic Rating System

 

             2003 - 2004: The Top Ten in Each Grade

 

Boldface: Highest rated player in each grade.  Underlined:  The most active (in career games) in each grade.  To reach anywhere on these pages, players had to be a Washington resident and play a minimum of 15 WSRS rated games last season, without exception.  (A) = career games.  (B) = games played in 2003-2004 season.  (Ratings for this list were closed August 15, 2004.)

Congratulations to the fine young players who made this list!  We honor you.  And congratulations to the many others who missed the list narrowly, and the many, many others who competed last year in this great game we all enjoy!

THIS IS A FULLY RESET LISTING FOR 2003-2004 done in preparation for the 2004-2005 season.  ALL PLAYERS ARE LISTED WITH THEIR NEW 2004-2005 GRADES.  (There may be some kindergartners who started competitive chess as pre-schoolers whose grades need to be reset.  Please communicate with Kirk Winges concerning any issues with grade coding kwinges@comcast.net).  Also provide any school changes, grade changes or updated/new USCF information to Kirk.

 


                       SENIORS (391)

 

last name          first   school grd ID#  rtng (A) (B)

 

DUMANYAN           MARINE      RVS M 1617  1780  15  15

KNUDSEN            MARCEL      LSS M 8826  1740  47  27

SHANKAR            PRITHVI     ROO M 6905  1660 169  17

AISAKA             DANIEL      LSS M 5738  1590 293  20

KERMANI            AMIN        WPT M 7804  1562  47  20

CHEADLE            HARRY       GAR M 7798  1534 191  33

PALEVEDA           NICK        SHM M 8361  1522 161  24

MITTE              ED          MEA M 5208  1514 245  21

DRAPER             MICHAEL     FER M 9493  1438 167  21

LAM                KYLE        GAR M 3555  1426 281  17

 

                       JUNIORS (316)

 

BINZ               KEVIN       HSC L 7494  1637  53  24

JUNE               PETER       SHM L 9213  1596 272  51

MITTE              DAN         MEA L 1045  1437 235  18

HUFNAGEL           ERIC        SCH L 2918  1420  94  18

JUSAK              JEREMY      SHM L 7225  1417 181  54

KURTIS             ALEX        SHM L 7336  1334 294  71

MORRIS-LENT        CHRIS       GAR L 3744  1302  23  23

HE                 SUE         HHS L 8029  1269 112  22

TOHNI              ERIC        SKN L 5071  1241  49  24

HANSEN             TYLER       SKN L 4336  1239  29  29

 

                  SOPHOMORES (353)

 

WYDE               DAVID       LSS K 8464  1866 179  37

WYDE               BEN         LSS K 9563  1839 169  31

LANKA              ADI         MCR K 2315  1815 124  30

SMITH              MICAH       POC K 1614  1721 253  24

COPELAND           DANIEL      SGS K 7468  1714 152  22

TAKI               STEVEN      MCR K 8861  1710 152  24

MAY                TODD        HSC K 8184  1599 184  35

VAN WEERDHUIZEN    LANE        LYE K 3644  1574 364  58

MORKILL            ALEX        SGS K 7568  1533 160  23

MYHRVOLD           CONOR       LSS K 2949  1390 101  15

 

                        FROSH (344)

 

HSIEH              ALAN S.     WMO J 6898  1483 188  21

HE                 YANG        HMS J 8036  1483 127  19

ERICKSON           KENNETH     VHS J 7033  1376  55  25

AKOPOV             MICHAEL     JML J 5669  1333  65  15

HOOPER             JIMMY       SAS J 8460  1264 127  32

SHANKLAND          SARAH       SAS J 4627  1251 217  29

NAST               TOMMY       UPA J 1402  1214 261  29

CAMBARERI          JOHN        SGS J 7569  1205 146  20

DAI                STEVEN      HMS J 9301  1205  95  18

SO                 CONAN       OMS J 4554  1185  61  19

 

                       GRADE 8 (474)

 

CAMBARERI          MICHAEL     SGS I 5579  1833 168  15

MAY                ANDY        HSC I 3820  1739 125  35

DIETZ              STERLING    ECS I 1695  1618 209  38

MORKILL            GARRETT     SGS I 7559  1513 153  18

WARRIER            VISHNU      MTW I 7591  1449  64  18

PASCHKE            CLAYTON     SAS I 8549  1344 157  45

KOHLENBERG         JEREMY      EVG I 5203  1303 247  19

ARMANCAS           GABRIEL     WMS I 3664  1276 138  18

OKINAKA            MICHAEL     EMS I 6932  1266 154  28

GOTTUMUKKALA       AAKARSH     PLK I 4052  1161  24  24

 

                       GRADE 7 (661)

 

SHANKLAND          ADAM        LMS H 6226  1718 257  24

ROBERTS            JACOB       BUS H 1315  1650 295  15

EMERMAN            ALEX        UPA H 8556  1513 172  42

TANAKA             SHINICHIRO  WMS H 8561  1507 200  32

WILLSON            ANDREW      KIW H 4070  1464 278  33

SELZLER            ANDREW      KHS H 3732  1404 163  54

TALBOT             JOHN        MAT H 7264  1373 226  48

ROLFS              HENRY       KIW H 5503  1336 200  33

YABUSAKI           ANDREW      LEC H 8027  1327 174  45

TAKI               KEVIN       IMS H 8812  1300 143  28

 

                       GRADE 6 (805)

 

HUGHES             KAMRAN      STV G 8284  1590  62  25

DIXON              DAKOTA      HCS G 1307  1589 208  66

WITECKI            THOMAS      AST G 8805  1518 257  54

RASSILYER          BLAKE       VIL G 2779  1442 207  80

MANBER             DEVON       GRL G 1818  1436 177  64

BLEICH             TRAVIS      KHS G 9016  1395 222  52

OSTROW             ALEXANDER   UCD G 7421  1331 206  36

SCHROEDER          ANDREW      STT G 3713  1320 121  31

SOUTHCOTE-WANT     IAN         SHE G 1034  1275 312  61

SWANSON            CLARISSA    KIW G 2563  1264 134  30

 

                       GRADE 5 (831)

 

CHEN               HOWARD      NLE F 6234  1547  40  20

UMMEL              IGOR        MSH F 3637  1543 134  29

LI                 JERRY       STV F 6650  1456 101  25

WU                 DARREN      STV F 7528  1449  50  20

BROWN              NATHAN      WHR F 8315  1329  78  49

DIXON              BLAKE       HCS F 2926  1321 196  59

BAKER              SEBASTIAN   KIW F 8925  1307  59  29

GUO                ALEX        ETS F 7413  1261  53  28

CHOW               ALEX        WIL F 7419  1259  62  42

RADER              GABRIELLA   STV F 3016  1224 190  55

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       GRADE 4 (784)

 

OMORI              MICHAEL     WED E 4258  1514 144  38

INGLIS             DAVID       EVG E 4268  1395 118  43

YANG               MATTHEW     WED E 4256  1390 173  44

ELLIOTT            ZACHARY     LKD E 2140  1355 127  38

LARUS-STONE        NICHOLAS    STV E 8897  1337 190  54

HO                 DANIEL      KIW E 2666  1308 130  39

MAIDER             TATE        LAU E 1790  1303 169  56

CANTOR             MILO        MNT E 4266  1246 103  63

CHIRIAC            FRANCIS     BRY E 7090  1186  55  35

O'NEAL             MAX         WWD E 6380  1184 103  49

 

                       GRADE 3 (669)

 

HO                 ALEC        KIW D 1448  1372 130  34

LUO                BOBBY       EVG D 4225  1332 129  49

WANG               MICHAEL     PKR D 6449  1309  67  52

LEE                NATHAN      ISE D 3203  1289  97  55

MAY                SARAH       COE D 3806  1279 129  38

MA                 SAMUEL      MED D 8135  1257  80  50

LI                 WILLIAM     ENS D 6452  1231  74  44

BRODSKY            ANDREW      HCS D 4226  1168 139  56

WU                 DARRYL      STV D 9637  1128  79  60

BAKKEN             THOMAS      MNT D 4224  1123  64  35

 

                       GRADE 2 (443)

 

ORLOV              NICHOLAS    NSC C 3712  1368 154  50

COLASURDO          JAMES       STS C 9631  1176 113  44

BREITENFELDT       SHANE       SCJ C 4386  1142 117  46

BUDZIANOWSKI       JAAN S      BUS C 7078  1051  15  15

PURI               ANKUSH      EVG C 4318  1041  52  52

MOGAN              PATRICK     LOW C 2791  1015  93  58

JOSWIAK            LUKAS       BRY C 8722  1012  89  64

MAIDER             MADISON     LAU C 9712   996  91  48

LEATHERS           CAMERON     EVG C 3023   993 112  39

LESLIE             JOHN        EVG C 7535   961  78  48

 

                      GRADE 1 (168)*

 

YU                 WESLEY      EVG B 4032  1085  44  44

CLINE              JOSIAH      RKW B 3427   996  15  15

BIRNBACH           ZAMIR       EVG B 3850   972  39  39

MA                 TIMOTHY     MED B 3329   948  25  25

MEISNER            SAMUEL      SHE B 3568   938  39  39

HU                 JIAYI       SCN B 3570   884  29  29

KAPLAN-NELSON      GABRIEL     MNT B 4285   879  20  20

WILSON             DIALLO      TTM B 2125   875  30  30

FURMAN             SPENCER     WLD B 7218   874  30  25

MILLER             LEO         HMN B 4312   843  20  20

*Note: all students coded as kindergarten last year were automatically advanced to first grade by the rating system.  Accordingly, this first grade list may include some students that will ultimately be re-coded to kindergarten because they were actually pre-kindergarten last year.  The WSRS makes no distinction between kindergarten and pre-kindergarten students.

 

    WASHINGTON'S TOP TEN OVERALL

 

1. DAVID WYDE, 1866, grade 10, Lakeside

2. BEN WYDE, 1839, grade 10, Lakeside

3. MICHAEL CAMBARERI, 1833, grade 8, St. George's

4. ADI LANKA, 1815, grade 10, Mercer Island HS

5. MARINE DUMANYAN, 1780, grade 12, Riverside HS

6. MARCEL KNUDSEN, 1740, grade 12, Lakeside

7. ANDY MAY, 1739, grade 8, Home Schooling

8. MICAH SMITH, 1721, grade 10, Portland Christian

9. ADAM SHANKLAND, 1718, grade 7, Lakeside MS

10. DANIEL COPELAND, 1714, grade 10, St. George's

 

WASHINGTON'S FIVE MOST ACTIVE

 

1. Roy Olson III,  1236, 422, Olympia HS, Olympia

2. Lane Van Weerdhuizen, 1574, 364, Lynden HS

3. Victoria Licht, 1021, 328, St. Michaels, Olympia

4. Ian Southcote-Want, 1275, 312, Sherwood, Edmonds

5. Alexis Nast, 1237, 309, Ballard HS, Ballard

Special Note for:

               Blake Rassilyer – largest number of games played last year: 80 in single year.

 

HONORING OUR TOP GRADUATED SENIORS

 

1. SAM HAYNOR, 1799, Lakeside School, Seattle

2. PAUL REEVES, 1792, Blanchet HS, Seattle

3. DANIEL FINE, 1662, Ballard HS

4. ALAN KWAN, 1633, Lakeside School, Seattle

5. CASE KIYONAGA, 1616, Lakeside School, Seattle

6. JONATHAN HEBERLING, 1480, Homelink, Camas

7. KELLY NELSON, 1462, Blanchet HS, Seattle

8. CHRISTOPHER PLEASANTS, 1433, Garfield HS, Seattle

9. KEVIN LENNIL, 1386, Seattle Prep  School

10. ZACHARY RADMER, 1342, Issaquah HS

 

WSRS RATING SYSTEM STATS AND ACTIVITY

 

At the end of last season we had reached 8466 players, slightly higher than the previous year.  This August the Washington Scholastic Rating System was reset as follows: (1) Graduated seniors were removed. (2) Inactives (those with no activity for 2 years) were removed.  (3) All grades were advanced one level.  (4) The "this year" games field was emptied.  All USCF ratings were updated on August 20, 2004.

 

We start the new season with 6239 rated scholastic players, 3700 in grades 1-6.  Last year we rated over 80 events and over 26,900 games. 

 

ORGANIZERS, DIRECTORS: As I found over the last two years, running the rating system is a lot of work.  We never appreciated how much Ollie did until he was gone.  In order to make my job easier, I am hoping that all tournament directors  will do a few things this year.  First, please break down and buy a copy of SwissSys – maybe get an old one from somebody else who is not longer using it.  It is so much easier to rate tournaments in SwissSys.  Those sent in other formats make a lot more work for me.  Any version – even the old DOS versions, work fine in my system.  Second, please use the ratings database to do your registration and entry.  For those of you using the old SwissMix program, it still works and I am regularly posting updated versions of the RATINGS.DTA file that SwissMix needs on the website (www.whsca.org).  Better still is to use the new registration program, available on the website as well.  It uses the ratings database files directly and you can always get the latest version of the registrations program and the latest ratings database on the website. 

 

It's a pleasure to work with the Washington Chess community. I work hard to try to keep the system running efficiently.  Thanks for your help.

 

Kirk Winges, August 21, 2004