2011 Washington Elementary Championship held April 30 at Tacoma Convention Center
By Russell Miller
From information found at http://chess.ratingsnw.com/tournreports.html the following data was compiled. Tournament directors listed were Southcote-Want and Stensland. The order of finish listed below might not be the tie-break order used at the tournament for trophies. 1130 players took part plus 45 in the I Love Chess 2 sections.
Kindergarten 102 Players
Stanley Zhong 5-0 Cherry Crest School Bellevue
1st Grade 90 Players
Neil Chowdhury 5-0 Somerset Elem. Bellevue
Aryan Deshanded 5-0 Stevenson Elem. Bellevue
Jaden Zhang 5-0 Lowell Elem. Bellingham
2nd Grade 180 Players
Freya Gulamali 5-0 Bellevue Children Acad. Bellevue
Omakar Shetti 5-0 Challenger Elem. Everett
Richard Yang 5-0 Spiritridge Elem. Bellevue
3rd Grade 238 Players
Derek Zhang 5-0 Spiritridge Elem Bellevue
Michael Han 5-0 Apollo Elem. Issaquah
Jan Buzek 5-0 View Ridge Elem Everett
Michelangelo Barozzi 5-0 Open Window School Bellevue
4th Grade 194 players
Roland Feng 5-0 Thurgood Marshall Elem. Seattle
Bryce Tiglon 5-0 Louisa Alcott Elem. Redmond
Brendan Zhang 5-0 Creekside Elem. Issaquah
Zothi Ramesh 5-0 Meridian Park Elem. Shoreline
5th Grade Section 196 players
Nathaniel Yee 5.0 Springridge Elem. School Bellevue
Kyle Haining 5.0 Ridgecrest Elem. School Shoreline
Sangeeta Dhingra 5.0 Louisa Alcott Elem. School Redmond
6th Grade 130 Players
Samuel He 5.0 Thoreau Elem. School Kirkland
Trevor Johnson 5.0 Home Schooled
Faris Gulamali 5.0 Stevenson Elem. Bellevue
I Love Chess 2 Section One 33 players: Quinn Chow, Bush School Seattle 1st Grade and Jad Gorman, Epiphany Seattle 3rd Grade both 4.5-.5, they drew with each other
I Love Chess 2 Section Two 12 players: Dorian Clay 5-0, Cherry Crest School, Bellevue 5th Grade
Info provided by Russell (Rusty) Miller
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