Lower Merion High School, Main Line Speech Consultants, Ltd., Ardmore Rotary, and M&T Bank sponsor the 8th annual 2006 Greater Philadelphia Scholastic         (Middle School, & High School)

Chess Championships

Elementary is Nov 11 at 1st Phila Charter School


Open to anyone in the world Grades K-12
You do NOT have to be rated to play in this - or any other - event  
(otherwise why would we give unrated trophies!?!) 
But you do have to be a USCF member or join as part of registration

2006 HS/MS Entry Flyer for Nov 5- includes an entry form!

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2006 Advance Registrations


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42 Individual (30) & Team (10) Trophies!

Note: 2 new trophies added: Top K-5 and 2nd K-5 in the MS Section

3 Sections & $400 in savings bonds to top Lower Merion district finishers

Team Trophies for both Schools and Clubs

Sunday November 5, 2006
Where: Lower Merion High School

245 E. Montgomery Avenue, Ardmore, PA

At Host LMHS's Cafeteria  - Park in the Back!

Register by Oct 25 to save $13; register before Nov 5 to also avoid a 1st rd 1/2 pt bye!

In order to qualify for advance price, all correct information and money must be postmarked by Oct 25


Directions

From Schuylkill Expressway (from East and South): Exit at City Line Ave US 1. Take US 1 South ~1 mile to Conshohocken State Rd. and make a right; Conshohocken State makes a 90 degree turn left (stay on road!) and soon turns into Montgomery Avenue. Continue ~2 miles past 90 degree turn and the HS is on the right, about 300 yards after the light at Penn Rd/Cherry Lane. Park in back.

 

From Blue Route (from North and West): Take Exit 13 "Villanova", Route 30. Go East on Rt. 30 ~4 miles to Church Rd (after downtown Ardmore) Go Left on Church until the 1st light, which is Montgomery. Make right on Montgomery and immediate left into school; park in back.

 

Alt from Blue Route heading South from Turnpike (from North and West): Take Exit 15, "Conshohocken". Go left onto 23 West. 2nd Light is Montgomery Ave - make a left. School is several miles (4+ ?) ahead on the left. Make left into parking lot - park in the back.

 


Hotel Information:

About 1/2 mile west (opposite side) of the Route 30 Exit of I-476 (Blue Route) - on the North side of Rt. 30; 610-688-5800 - OTHER HOTELs LINK


Registration Information

Download a flyer in pdf for the 2005 Gr Philadelphia MS/HS Championship - includes an entry form!

Entry Fee: $12 but only if ALL correct info and $$ (USCF and EF) postmarked on or before 10/26, including USCF renewals; $25 after (so if your USCF is expired and you enter by Oct 26 don't send in renewal information and $$, the entry charge is $25).

No exceptions!! Hardship and special entries must be arranged and received by Oct 26. If you do not send all correct info (see below), you may be charged the entire $25.

 

Late Registration: 9 AM to 9:30 AM 11/5 in cafeteria - 1st round ~ 10 AM

Pairings will be made on Saturday night, so if you register on Sunday 11/5 you likely will be given a first round half-point bye, at the TD discretion.

 

Also, if you know someone in your group cannot make it, please call (do not e-mail!) Dan Heisman at 610-649-0750 before 8 PM Saturday night 11/4 to qualify for the full refund, Nov 5. Post 10/26 substitutes are charged the full $25 rate.


US Chess Federation Membership membership required (available at tournament registration)

Advance Entry strongly suggested; not required but entry at door may get 1/2 point bye. Adv reg send $12 before 11/3 to: 

Dan Heisman 1359 Garden Rd., Wynnewood, PA 19096 with:

 

Questions:   HS/MS Dan Heisman - email - 610-649-0750


Note: Over 80% of the entries in 2002 were incorrect: lack of grade, school/club, not the official USCF name, etc. so please read the above carefully or see, generically, Enhancing Your Tournament Experience for information on how to register correctly.
Hardship entries for reduced EF$: Please call 610-649-0750 before 11/3. No exceptions on date!
Please bring a Set, Board, pencils and, if you have it, a Clock; we do NOT supply equipment



SECTIONS AND PRIZES
3 Sections:

Winner is 2006-2007 Greater Philadelphia High School Champion (looks good on college applications!) - wins a $100 scholarship prize from the Dan Heisman Chess Scholarship Fund at the Philadelphia Foundation (if taking link, look under "H") ---

Winner (tiebreak if necessary) invited to '07 Gr Phila Area Junior Invitational Championship regardless of residence. ---

Winning school team is 2006-2007 Gr Phila area High School Champions!

SPECIAL ARDMORE ROTARY SAVINGS BOND PRIZES: 

Top Lower Merion resident: $150

2nd Lower Merion resident: $75

Winner is 2006-2007 Greater Philadelphia Middle School Champion

Winning school team is 2006-2007 Gr Phila area Middle School Champions!

SPECIAL ARDMORE ROTARY SAVINGS BOND PRIZES: 
Top Lower Merion resident: $100

 

Note: All saving bond prizes will be mailed after the event upon receipt of the winners' social security numbers.


 

Greater Philadelphia Scholastic Championship Rules:

  1.   Swiss-Sys 7 is being used with Rulebook V pairings
  2.   USCF Rule 11H1 is in effect: The TD may refrain from correcting all illegal moves and may instead act as a witness…
  3. You may not change your school or club after you are registered, and certainly not in the middle of the event. If your club/school/grade is blank, you may notify the TD before the final round starts, but not after the event.
  4. School and Club Team trophies based on Top 4 scorers from a school in each section.  Must attend same physical school; if 2-3 players from a school, then still eligible, but missing players counted as zero. Any number, even one, may play from a school or club. Players must be in the same section to be eligible for that section's school or club prize.  There is no limit to how many students from a school may be on the school team - even players not on their school's "official" team may represent their school.
  5. Schools with less than 4 players in grades 9-12 or 6-8 may amalgamate players in feeder schools to make teams of up to four players in the same section. Schools with 4 or more players may not augment their team to make it greater than four players with players from feeder schools (who of course may still represent their real school in that higher section).
  6. Schools with many more grades than “normal”, like K-12 private schools etc. must break their school teams into K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 grades. The only exceptions would be to satisfy Rule 4 if they have less than four players on a team.
  7. Players must leave the playing area as soon as their game is finished and both players must mark the result. Only school sponsors and TDs are allowed in the playing area during play; players and parents are not allowed to spectate.
  8. If a player has a problem of any type, stop the game and get the TD; do NOT raise your hand. Once the game is done, it is too late to change results.
  9. USCF Rule 28D3: “Players who have unofficial USCF ratings on labels or printouts but have not yet appeared in a rating supplement…” This is for unrated players at TD discretion only!
  10. Only one trophy per player, school, or club (Per section).

Unless otherwise posted, all USCF rules apply. For example, players who know how to keep score must do so until either side has five minutes remaining. Players who do not know how to keep score (or barely and struggle) should practice at home, but of course do not have to keep score until they know how.


Additional Information: Dan Heisman 610-649-0750; danheisman@comcast.net

BEGINNERS WELCOME (tournament is not loco-parentis, so supervision of younger children required)
No One is Eliminated!
Lunch: There will be food, books, and equipment sold in the adjoining room!


2006 MS/HS Advance Entries

 

Note 1: If you are not on my e-mail list for local scholastic students or scholastic sponsors, please e-mail me and let me know you wish to be added to one or both of the lists! Also, if your school is not on our web page listing SE PA Scholastic Contact Information and you wish to be, please e-mail me the information and I will add your school! Also, check out the High School Page and the Area K-8 Honor Roll!

 

Please note any monies and information due below. All monies and correct information is required to be postmarked by Nov 3 to qualify for the $12 discounted entry fee. After that it is $25 EF. This was always the policy on this web page and the official USCF TLA, flyer, etc. Entrants whose money is received after Oct 26 but who only paid $12 will be asked for the additional $13 to be paired. Thanks for your understanding (I have to draw the line somewhere).

 

New USCF members below will/have been submitted to the USCF online to receive membership ID's. So any new ID's below will be your official ones!

 

Note 2: You do NOT have to be on your school's "real" chess team to be on their team for this event! Anyone from a school can be on that school's team even if the school actually have a team and you are not on it. 

 

Note 3: If you are registered and cannot make the event, please notify the TD (610-649-0750) and by USCF rule you are entitled to a refund minus a processing fee ($5). Also, a SUBSTITUTION fee will be charged on Sunday morning if your team replaces you with someone else.

 

Advance Registrations. 2006 Gr Phila MS-HS Championship (94 players) - 11/4/2006 8:09 AM

Middle School

Name Section Rtng ID USCF exp. Other exp. Byes rds Team Memo Grade
SLESINSKI,MATTHEW W. Middle School Championship 1398 12914103 *10/31/2006 MNTCYC 7
MOOLTEN,ODETTE Middle School Championship 1393 12929064 2/29/2008 MSTMNC 4
LEVIN,MICHAEL Middle School Championship 1306 12836769 4/30/2007 MNTCYC 8
WAINSTEIN,LENNY Middle School Championship 1287 12986926 10/31/2008 MASTMS 7
TAYLOR,ZACH Middle School Championship 1268 12875257 7/31/2007 MNTCYC 8
WILLIAMSON,MARC E Middle School Championship 1256 12835771 11/30/2006 SWARTC 8
STRAUSS,BENJAMIN L Middle School Championship 1243 12901343 3/31/2007 ABRHAS 5
LAKATA,DAVID A Middle School Championship 1239 12789796 6/30/2010 MURYAS 6
BURY,GABRIEL Middle School Championship 1186 12883977 1/31/2007 ROSETS 5
RONG,JESSE Middle School Championship 1153 12955463 9/30/2007 VLFRMS 5
YANG,YUXING JACK Middle School Championship 1138 13209804 7/31/2007 HIGHPS 8
LIAN,SHELLEY Middle School Championship 1088 12917677 11/30/2008 MASTMS 8
GRIGORYAN,DAVID Middle School Championship 1039 12938415 5/31/2009 MMWELS 4
KOVACS,JOSEPH M Middle School Championship 1019 12901336 3/31/2007 MURYAS 5
COLTON,NIKE Middle School Championship 1004 13473304 6/30/2007 MAINLC 7
Yang, Christopher X. Middle School Championship 959 13228721 9/2008 MNTCYC 3
Rosenn, Blake S. Middle School Championship 956 12916491 11/2007 MURYAS 5
WATSON,LEON L Middle School Championship 944 12852208 12/31/2007 MSTMNC 8
BUDEJEN-JEREZ,ALEJANDRO Middle School Championship 943 13278855 11/30/2006 MSTMNC 
LORENZINO SEPP,MANUEL Middle School Championship 910 12869689 4/30/2007 MNTCYC 5
ARAVIND,KAVIN S Middle School Championship 884 12925408 3/31/2008 CHPTNS 6
Nicholson, jerome Middle School Championship 863 12986911 11/2006 MASTMS 7
BUSS,CHRISTOPHER Middle School Championship 830 13115800 2/28/2007 PINERS 3
ARIAS,DAVID Middle School Championship 818 13351327 1/31/2007 MEDIES 4
MOOLTEN,SHIRA S Middle School Championship 771 13200585 6/30/2007 MSTMNC 2
CHEN,DAVID Middle School Championship 761 12955478 9/30/2007 VLFRES 2
CHANDRASHEKAR,BHAIRAV Middle School Championship 716 13261065 11/30/2006 JNSNPS 5
FREIBERG,DAVID Middle School Championship 715 12804987 9/30/2007 SWARTC 8
METZ,JORDIN Middle School Championship 689 13000621 6/30/2007 1 WLSHVS Lower Merion Eligible! 7
Cohen, Isaac Middle School Championship 644 12975686 10/2010 HVCSJC 7
Lott, Sherwin R. Middle School Championship 638 13268816 STRTMS 7
PILCHIK,JOSHUA Middle School Championship 610 12923031 1/31/2007 MURYAS 4
Lai, David Middle School Championship 607 12916531 10/2008 STRTMS 7
CAMPBELL,CONNOR JAMES Middle School Championship 605 13287864 11/30/2006 MASTMS 6
Herbert, Elliott Middle School Championship 596 12977421 10/2008 PENNVS Lower Merion Eligible! 5
THOMAS,ANDREW Middle School Championship 593 13029844 1/31/2007 PMEIS check section and school 8
KENNEY,BENJAMIN Z Middle School Championship 590 13378853 2/28/2007 TPHILS 2
Goldfield, Daniel M. Middle School Championship 541 12904799 11/2007 SWARTC 6
MANGAN,JERRY Middle School Championship 486 13278882 11/30/2006 MOODPS 3
Aravind, Deepthi P. Middle School Championship 471 13256703 10/2008 UNIONS 4
CULBERTSON,WILLIAM Middle School Championship 357 13278861 11/30/2007 FRSHVS 5
Freiberg, Vincent Middle School Championship 260 12938475 9/2007 SWARTC 4
Knopf, Amy S. Middle School Championship 100 13362250 2/28/2007 PMEIS Check school and section 8
Thompson, William Middle School Championship unr 13533332 11/2007 PMEIS 7
Tam, Jeddkeen Middle School Championship unr 13496506 9/2007 PINERS 1
Ram, Chirag Middle School Championship unr 13442370 4/2007 PINERS 1
Liu, Alex Middle School Championship unr 13497934 9/2009 HOCKLC 4
Lian, Jordan Middle School Championship unr 13533326 11/2007 WAYNES 2
Kroch, Gabriel M. Middle School Championship unr 13278897 11/2006 SWARTC 6
Humes, Nicholas Middle School Championship unr to be to be VISITS USCF to be processed 
Holmquist, Brandon Middle School Championship unr 13490596 9/2007 MURYAS 6
Hofstetter, Nathania Middle School Championship unr 13497688 9/2007 MURYAS 4
Haynes, Anna-Colette E. Middle School Championship unr 13484875 8/2007 HVCSJC 1
Bruno, Nick Middle School Championship unr 13490581 9/2007 MURYAS 4
Bauer, Jared Middle School Championship unr 13496512 9/2007 HVCSJC 2

High School
Fu, Walter P. High School U1100 837 13024318 11/2007 3 RADNRS half point bye rd 3 10
Boland, Kevin R. High School U1100 794 12889997 2/2007 PCNMES 11
MURPHY,TIMOTHY High School U1100 761 13245834 10/31/2007 DEVNPS 10
Butera, Matthew P. High School U1100 572 12981338 10/2007 DEVNPS 11
Wang, Yutong High School U1100 484 13268796 11/2006 LWMERS LM resident; USCF renew $$ 10
Wujcik, John W. High School U1100 unr 13524721 10/2007 DEVNPS 9
Stucynski, Joseph A. High School U1100 unr 13533347 11/2007 DEVNPS 9
Parkinson, Samuel High School U1100 unr 12735809 10/31/2007 DEVNPS 9
Morgenstern, Ariel High School U1100 unr 13533368 11/2007 LWMERS LM resident 10
McFarland, James T. High School U1100 unr to be to be DEVNPS USCF to be processed 10
Lim, Jeremy Joshua High School U1100 unr 13533374 11/2007 LWMERS LM resident 10
Dunn, Robert High School U1100 unr 13533311 11/2007 LWMERS LM resident 10


YEAGER,DANIEL A High School Championship 2135 12876648 8/31/2007 HATHOS 10
SHVARTSMAN,ANDREW NATHANIEL High School Championship 1904 12812851 12/31/2008 MEDMMS 8
BOWMAN,JOSHUA A High School Championship 1884 12843542 9/30/2007 WISS 9
SWAMINATHAN,RAHUL K High School Championship 1854 12873425 4/30/2007 CRSRSS need school or club 7
SEJKO,TEME High School Championship 1794 12822673 5/31/2007 CENTRS 9
YING,WILLIAM High School Championship 1710 12773065 8/31/2007 CMSPLS 8
MC LAUGHLIN JR,STEVEN J High School Championship 1650 12746148 9/30/2007 MNTCYC 9
MC LAUGHLIN,ERICA High School Championship 1632 12746144 9/30/2007 MNTCYC 12
FISHER,BENJAMIN EVAN High School Championship 1631 12794150 4/30/2007 PRKLNS 9
BUCHER,BRIAN P High School Championship 1607 12926435 2/29/2008 CONESS 11
LAKATA,ELIZABETH M High School Championship 1559 12658661 3/31/2010 LWRMOS 12
ZHANG,YIRAN High School Championship 1515 12874489 8/31/2007 CONESS 12
Luedtke, Alexander R. High School Championship 1497 12784989 CONESS 11
Luo, Henry High School Championship 1471 12900412 10/2008 PCNMES 11
HOOKER,JOSEPH High School Championship 1467 12990882 11/30/2006 WSTCHC 10
MADI,EMIL High School Championship 1464 12834580 3/31/2007 CONESS 12
HOFFMAN,MITCHELL High School Championship 1436 12930172 3/31/2009 WARWKS 10
WEINER,MARK High School Championship 1435 12808268 *10/31/2006 PCNMES 12
BICKEL,HENRY ROBERT High School Championship 1243 12889995 12/31/2008 PCNMES 11
SNYDER,JAMES A High School Championship 1237 12883984 11/30/2006 MASTRS 9
Pfendt, Thomas G. High School Championship 1216 12892194 1/2008 PCNMES 11
Pucetti, Douglas A. High School Championship 1173 12923216 1/2008 PCNMES 11
TRINIDAD,JOSHUA D High School Championship 1166 13068805 1/31/2008 PCNMES 9
FISHER,JOSHUA High School Championship 1124 12882338 12/31/2006 LWRMOS 9
MITCHELL,SHAWN M High School Championship 1110 13051785 12/31/2008 PCNMES 9
BELKIN,ALEX High School Championship 1017 13073785 1/31/2007 PCNMES 9
DIVER,KEVIN P High School Championship 905 12923240 3/31/2007 PCNMES 10


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