Northwest Scholastic Rating System

2007 - 2008: The Top Ten in Each Grade in WA

I am doing this differently this year. In the past, to reach anywhere on these pages, players had to be a Washington resident and play a minimum of 15 NWSRS rated games last season, without exception. However, this year I have decided to honor those players who are highly rated, but for whatever reason, did not play the minimum of 15 games in the system. I still show the Top 10 as the players who have met the requirement, but show other Washington players who had the rating to qualify, but not the 15 games. (Total Games) = career games. (Games Year) = games played in 2006-2007 season. (Ratings for this list were closed August 3, 2007.)

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 2006-2007 done in preparation for the 2007-2008 season. ALL PLAYERS ARE LISTED WITH THEIR NEW 2007-2008 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 wa_ratings@nwsrs.org ). Also provide any school changes, grade changes or updated/new USCF information to Kirk.

SENIORS

Top 10 rank	Last Name	First Name	School	Grade	ID#	Rating	Total Games	Games Year
1	SELZLER	RICKY	BAI	M	3733	2158	162	17
	LAKHOVSKY	MEIR	STL	M	1004	1913	163	0
	WILSON	MATTHEW	HSC	M	7258	1879	87	0
	KOLDE	STERLING	MCR	M	1754	1859	89	12
2	MULLIGAN	JAMIE	SCH	M	3049	1751	197	22
3	GLASS	ALEX	MCR	M	6974	1735	230	15
	LEE	KEVIN	EDW	M	D303	1606	8	8
	HE	YANG	HHS	M	8036	1547	127	0
	HSIEH	ALAN S.	OHS	M	6898	1502	193	0
	GREENE	ANTON	ROO	M	J847	1495	1	1
4	CAO	BO	GAR	M	5678	1399	205	15
5	BLANKERS	ZACK	LYC	M	8382	1385	155	37
6	CHOW	DYLON	GAR	M	8733	1354	34	16
7	HOOPER	JIMMY	SAS	M	8460	1344	190	17
	AKOPOV	MICHAEL	PAS	M	5669	1339	83	0
	SWAN	JOSEPH	CAP	M	D968	1295	5	0
	AISAKA	JORDAN	NPR	M	5769	1271	341	6
8	LISOVENKO	DMITRIY	LWC	M	2750	1270	66	35
9	PETERSON	CHRIS	FOS	M	8418	1266	60	22
	SUN	JAY	TBH	M	4231	1266	41	14
	OSSEWARD II	PETER	BAL	M	1403	1258	250	10
10	TALBOT	JANELL	LIB	M	7273	1255	328	39
Note: Yellow indicates less than 15 games this year and player does not qualify for Top 10 List

JUNIORS

Top 10 rank	Last Name	First Name	School	Grade	ID#	Rating	Total Games	Games Year
	MAY	ANDY P	HSC	L	3820	2053	184	7
	CAMBARERI	MICHAEL	SGS	L	5579	1824	200	7
1	WATTS	PETER	MLT	L	7246	1776	72	15
2	WARRIER	KRISHNAN	ICS	L	7591	1720	128	26
	DIETZ	STERLING	LYE	L	1695	1682	282	0
	PUTMAN	RYAN	MCO	L	5704	1650	247	0
	MORKILL	GARRETT	SGS	L	7559	1602	156	0
	CHARLESTON	SCOTT	FRI	L	6312	1571	179	0
3	WESSBECHER	FRANK	MCR	L	1609	1494	78	15
4	KOHLENBERG	JEREMY	BUS	L	5203	1493	294	17
5	KNUDSEN	ELIOT	LSS	L	9706	1409	81	15
6	PASCHKE	CLAYTON	SAS	L	8549	1393	251	21
7	CHEN	MIKE	SKN	L	J787	1332	20	18
	ARMANCAS	GABRIEL	GAR	L	3664	1318	172	0
	HOLSTEIN	DANIEL	SKV	L	K362	1303	13	13
	LI	MAX	HHS	L	9243	1302	87	10
8	LEE	CHRISTIAN	ICS	L	7183	1294	64	19
9	BIENCOURT	PETE	BAI	L	2275	1282	84	15
	NORDEN	JUSTIN	LSS	L	5533	1281	160	3
	PICK	JAMES	HMC	L	5085	1277	191	0
10	HANSEN	DARYL	SKN	L	9539	1243	149	24
Note: Yellow indicates less than 15 games this year and player does not qualify for Top 10 List

SOPHOMORES

Top 10 rank	Last Name	First Name	School	Grade	ID#	Rating	Total Games	Games Year
1	XING	KERRY	NJH	K	7139	1792	98	23
2	DESMARAIS	NILES	GCL	K	2270	1785	100	35
3	FAN	GEORGE	GAR	K	9833	1775	100	29
4	DESMARAIS	CYRUS	GCL	K	2022	1672	98	33
	ROBERTS	JACOB	BUS	K	1315	1650	295	0
	WENER-FLIGNER	ZACHARY	LOW	K	4780	1587	150	0
	ACKERMAN	RYAN	RLA	K	C514	1574	14	14
5	SHANKLAND	ADAM	LSS	K	6226	1574	318	23
	YABUSAKI	ANDREW	HHS	K	8027	1513	235	5
	TANAKA	SHINICHIRO	WMS	K	8561	1495	233	0
6	APACIBLE	JENNIFER	HLN	K	4768	1488	173	23
7	EMERMAN	ALEX	UPA	K	8556	1468	196	15
8	OSERAN	ZACH	SKN	K	1510	1456	105	26
9	TALBOT	JOHN	LIB	K	7264	1450	353	40
10	SO	ERNEST	INT	K	4548	1442	168	22
Note: Yellow indicates less than 15 games this year and player does not qualify for Top 10 List

FROSH

Top 10 rank	Last Name	First Name	School	Grade	ID#	Rating	Total Games	Games Year
1	MANBER	DEVON	WMS	J	1818	1883	304	30
2	DIXON	DAKOTA	BCS	J	1307	1806	316	33
3	LESSLER	PETER	WMS	J	2122	1773	171	32
	HUGHES	KAMRAN	BCS	J	8284	1764	76	4
4	BLEICH	TRAVIS	CKT	J	9016	1643	340	18
5^*	KUDVA	VIKRAM	WTF	J	Q693	1617	120	36
6	WITECKI	THOMAS	AST	J	8805	1602	380	38
7	RASSILYER	BLAKE	VIL	J	2779	1491	352	27
	HONG	ALBERT	SHH	J	E038	1489	29	13
	SAVER	KEITH	WMS	J	5236	1402	208	0
	OSTROW	ALEXANDER	WMS	J	7421	1384	273	0
8	SCHEIBE	DANIEL	ENT	J	6652	1348	164	15
9	YU	ALAN	PLK	J	2344	1338	75	27
	SOUTHCOTE-WANT	IAN	CPL	J	1034	1337	436	4
10	BLANKERS	ELI	LYC	J	8258	1332	157	32
Note: Yellow indicates less than 15 games this year and player does not qualify for Top 10 List
^*Note, Vikram Kudva played in Oregon last year, but has moved to Washington.

GRADE 8

Top 10 rank	Last Name	First Name	School	Grade	ID#	Rating	Total Games	Games Year
	LEE	MICHAEL	OMS	I	2133	2240	74	7
	GUO	ALEX	OMS	I	7413	1930	87	5
	CHEN	HOWARD	LKS	I	6234	1919	52	2
	WU	DARREN	LMS	I	7528	1844	88	5
	UMMEL	IGOR	MSH	I	3637	1801	147	0
	COUNTRYMAN	ZACHARY	SLC	I	5027	1752	175	10
	BAKER	SEBASTIAN	KIW	I	8925	1718	172	10
	LI	JERRY	OMS	I	6650	1674	126	5
	CHOW	ALEX	SSP	I	7419	1653	139	13
1	DIXON	BLAKE	BCS	I	2926	1608	341	26
2	MARCJAN	KAREN	SLB	I	6368	1557	187	32
	GOLUB	DAVID	OMS	I	C554	1554	11	11
3	GOTTLIEB	ETHAN	LMS	I	8400	1540	142	19
4	WU	LINSEN	PLK	I	2323	1404	93	35
	RADER	GABRIELLA	OMS	I	3016	1402	255	14
5	CASPI	AVIV	OMS	I	3444	1386	126	18
6	TRUONG	KENNETH	WMS	I	4051	1352	89	31
7	DAWSON	DREW	OMS	I	2387	1349	129	49
	COHEN	AARON	EVG	I	8645	1336	200	1
	BROWN	NATHAN	WHR	I	8315	1329	78	0
	ZHAO	DAVIS	OMS	I