Results from the

Rockford Chess Challenge Winter 2009

 

185 students from 31 schools competed at the Rockford Chess Challenge on Saturday February 7th hosted by RESA School.

 

First place individual winners

 

Kindergarten       - Tanishk Vijaywargiya (Rockford Lutheran)

1st Grade            -   Dominick Welte (Stone Creek)

2nd Grade          -   Jonathan Oelkers (Washington) A perfect score!

3rd Grade           -   Yug Mahajan (Montessori Private)

4th Grade           -   Stephen Do (Washington) A perfect score!  

5th Grade (tie)    -   Douglas Chan (Washington)

-      Brad Foster (Washington)

-      Sam Rinaldo (Washington)

-      Garret Wood (Washington)

6th Grade (tie)    -   Joshua Day (Washington)

-      Benji Bear (Washington)

7th Grade            -   Zachary Larsen (Hallstrom)  A perfect score!

8th Grade            -   Caleb Larsen (Hallstrom) A perfect score!           

 

Special Awards

 

"Best Unrated Player" medals awarded to

 

Grade K: Tanishk Vijaywargiya (Rockford Lutheran)

Grade 1: Dominick Welte (Stone Creek)

Grade 2: Phillip Koch (Holy Family)
Grade 3: Johan Madix (Lewis Lemon

Grade 4: Chantal Pellman (House Home School Group)

Grade 5: Jacob Hawkins (Ralston)

Grade 6: Abby Lemmons (Ralston)

Grade 7: Nirmal Partel (Harlem JH)

Grade 8: Akshay Patel (Harlem JH)

                  

"Biggest Upset" medals awarded to:

 

Grade 1: Esha Mahajan (Montessori Private)

Grade 2: Scott Du (Brookview)

Grade 3: Damon McFadden (Capron)

Grade 4: Dawson Ranz (Spectrum)

Grade 5: Seth Hayes (Washington)

Grade 6: Daniel Johnson (Rockford Lutheran)

Grade 7: Michael Abraham (North Boone)

          Grade 8: Steven Costanza (Spectrum)

 

For more information about Rockford chess tournaments, check the web site http://www.RockfordChess.Org.