Inland Chess Academy

PAST TOURNAMENTS
2019~2020 school year

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Grand Prix Award Winners 2019-2020

NAME SCHOOL GRAND PRIX
Evans, Theo Mullan Overall Winner
Brown, Malia Ferris HS category
Knapton, Cole Valley Center Grd 7-8 category
Waggoner, Tiernan Cataldo Grd 5-6 category
Clark, Justin Valley Center Grd 3-4 category
Bai, Kelin PV Grd K-2 category
Geyman, Jonathan Idaho Grade 11
Mounts, Eli Freeman HS Grade 10
Uhlenkot, Kolby Pullman HS Grade 9
Parlapalli, Aniketh Libby Center Grade 8
Johnson, Ben Libby Grade 7
Schoenberger, Joshua SJV Grade 6
Wang, Mary Pasadena Park Grade 5
Reddy, Eshan SGS Grade 4
Jones, Gideon Five Mile Prairie Grade 3
Lane, Brantley Farwell Grade 1
Condom, Beck FPCS Kindergarten

BLOOMING CHESS ONLINE TOURNAMENT
Played Saturday, May 16, 2020
RESULTS: Full X-Table Report ~ NW Rating Posting
1st Place Bishop ~ Cole Knapton - 5.0 points
2nd Place Bishop ~ Eshan Reddy - 4.0 points
1st Place Knight ~ Linus Wannamaker - 5.0 points
2nd Place Knight ~ Alistair Smith - 3.5 points
1st Place Pawn ~ Andrew Sun - 4.0 points
2nd Place Pawn ~ Parker Malde - 3.0 points
Upset Bishop ~ Seth Curl
Upset Knight ~ Liam Mortensen
Upset Pawn ~ Seth Kaczmark
Grade HS 1st Place ~ Malia Brown
Grade MS 1st Place ~ Oliver Ling
Grade 6 First Place ~ Sadie Overtsreet
Grade 5 First Place ~ Matthew Hou
Grade 4 First Place ~ Jake Malde
Grade 3 First Place ~ Gideon Jones
Grade 2 First Place ~ Theo Evans
Grade 1 First Place ~ Kelin Bai

TEAM CHAMPIONS ~ RESULTS All teams
1st ~ Valley Home School Cless Club 11 points
2nd ~ Mullan Rd Elementary Chess Club 11 points
(VHSC won first with higher tiebreaks.)
3rd ~ Libby Center Chess Club 9 points

INLAND SPRING ONLINE TOURNAMENT
Played Saturday, April 18, 2020
RESULTS: Full X-Table Report ~ NW Rating Posting
1st Place Bishop ~ Jonathan Geyman - 5.0 points
2nd Place Bishop ~ Eli Mounts - 3.5 points
1st Place Knight ~ Gideon Jones - 5.0 points
2nd Place Knight ~ Alistair Smith - 4.0 points
1st Place Pawn ~ Nicholas Lucas - 5.0 points
2nd Place Pawn ~ Parker Malde - 3.0 points
Upsets: Bishop ~ Isabella Rigutto
Upset Knight ~ Tyson Fletcher
Upset Pawn ~ Seth Kaczmark
Grade HS 1st Place ~ Malia Brown
Grade MS 1st Place ~ Cole Knapton
Grade 6 First Place ~ Grant Gustafson
Grade 5 First Place ~ Mary Wang
Grade 4 First Place ~ Connie Mack-Overstreet
Grade 3 First Place ~ Noah Hochheimer
Grade 2 First Place ~ Theo Evans
Grade 1 First Place ~ Kelin Bai
TEAM CHAMPIONS ~ RESULTS All teams
Hutton Elementary 1st place team 13 points
Mullan Rd Elementary 2nd place team 12 points
Five Mile Prairie Elem 3rd place team 11 points

DRAGON SLAYER ONLINE TOURNAMENT
Played Saturday, April 4, 2020 ~ 2X Grand Prix

RESULTS: Full X-Table Report ~ NW Rating Posting
1st Place Bishop ~ Jonathan Geyman
2nd Place Bishop ~ Isaac Fuchs
1st Place Knight ~ Gideon Jones
2nd Place Knight ~ Liam Racht
1st Place Pawn ~ Kelin Bai
2nd Place Pawn ~ Ryan King
Upsets: Bishop ~ Mary Wang
Upset Knight ~ Jared Hopson
Upset Pawn ~ Adam ling
Grade HS 1st Place ~ Sam Sauder
Grade MS 1st Place ~ Luke Wikoff
Grade 6 First Place ~ Jack Carper
Grade 5 First Place ~ Joseph Campanella
Grade 4 First Place ~ Connie Mack Overstreet
Grade 3 First Place ~ Alistair Smith
Grade 2 First Place ~ Parker Malde
Grade 1 First Place ~ Brantley Lane
TEAM CHAMPIONS ~ RESULTS All teams.
Two teams ties for 1st place with 14 points:
Libby Center and Hutton Elementary

MARCH MADNESS ONLINE TOURNAMENT
Results as reported by NW Rating System.
Saturday, March 14 was the first online tournament
for Inland Chess Academy. Sixteen players
competed in a four round, one section Swiss,
on the Lichess website. Fun and exciting
chess was reported by players and parents.
RESULTS
1st place ~ Ben Barrett 4/0
2nd place ~ Lucas Mortensen 3/1
3rd place ~ Justin Clark 3/1

ROOK'S RUCKUS Tournament Sat., Feb. 29
St. John Vianney School, Spokane Valley
See pictures on: Facebook.com/inlandchess
SECTION WINNERS:
Bishop Section 1st ~ Cole Knapton
Bishop section 2 nd ~ Isaac Fuchs
Bishop Section Upset ~ Ben Barrett
Knight Section 1st ~ Jack Carper
Knight Section 2nd ~ Joshuar Shoenberger
Knight Section Upset ~ Helen Zhao
Pawn Section 1st ~ Theo Evans
Pawn Section 2nd ~ Brantley Lane
Pawn Section Upset ~ Hunter Steinbach
GRADE WINNERS:
HS ~ Malia Brown
MS ~ Vishal Achanata
6th Grade ~ Grant Gustafson
5th Grade ~ Tiernan Waggoner
4th Grade ~ Donovan Bradford
3rd Grade ~ Noah Hochheimer
2nd Grade ~ Parker Maide
1st Grade ~ Kelin Bai
TEAM 1st Place ~ St. Georges School Chess Club

RESULTS of FROSTY PAWN Tournament ~ Feb. 15
The Community High School, Spokane
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SECTION WINNERS:
Bishop Section 1st ~ Eshan Reddy
Bishop section 2 nd ~ Benjamin Barrett
Bishop Section Upset ~ Joseph Steinbach
Knight Section 1st ~ Gideon Jones
Knight Section 2nd ~ Noah Hockheimer
Knight Section Upset ~ Jake Malde
Pawn Section 1st ~ Solomon Moss
Pawn Section 2nd ~ Kelin Bai
GRADE WINNERS:
HS ~ Jack Johnson
MS ~ Alex Marsh
6th Grade ~ Eli Peterson
5th Grade ~ Tiernan Waggoner
4th Grade ~ Justin Clarke
2nd Grade ~ Parker Malde
1st Grade ~ Hunter Steinbach
TEAM 1st Place ~ St. Georges School Chess Club
TEAM 2nd Place ~ Mullan Road School
Chess Club

RESULTS & ARTICLE of Grounghog Shadow
Scholstic Chess Tournament ~ Feb 1
Lakeland HS in Rathdrom, ID
See pictures on Inland Chess Facebook

RESULTS of WINTERFEST CHESS TOURNAMENT
January 18 at Deer Park High School
NW Rating Results
See pictures on Inland Chess Facebook
SCHOLASTIC SECTIONS
1st Bishop Section ~ Justin Clark
2nd Bishop Section ~ Samuel Schneider
Bishop Upset ~ Ben Barrett
1st Knight Section ~ Adrian Rooney
2nd Knight Section ~ Alistair Smith
Knight Upset ~ Helen Zhao
1st Pawn Section ~ Theo Evans
2nd Pawn Section ~ Brantley Lane
1st in grade 1 ~ Kelin Bai
1st in grade 2 ~ Ganesh Patakoti
1st in grade 3 ~ Seth Kaczmark
1st in grade 4 ~ Wyat Roby
1st in grade 5 ~ Lareal Frederickson
1st in grade 6 ~ Joshua Shoenberger
1st in MS ~ Ben Patterson
1st in HS ~ Luke Patterson
TEAM 1st place ~ St Georges School
TEAM 2nd Place ~ Farwell Elementary

RESULTS of HOLIDAY CHESS TOURNAMENTS
Scholastic, USCF Student, and USCF Adults
January 4 at St. Charles School
NW Rating Results
See pictures on Inland Chess Facebook
SCHOLASTIC SECTIONS
1st Knight Section ~ Lucas Mortensen
2nd Knight Section ~ Tiernan Waggoner
Knight Upset ~ Brantly Lane
1st in grade 1 ~ Kelin Bai
1st in grade 2 ~ Theo Evans
1st in grade 3 ~ Gideon Jones
1st in grade 4 ~ Ethan Lanctot
1st in grade 5 ~ Preston Sevigny
1st in grade 7 ~ Benjamin Johnson
1st in grade 9 ~ Kolby Uhlenkott
TEAM 1st place ~ Libby Center

USCF STUDENT
1st Place ~ Eshan Reddy
2nd Place ~ Aniketh Parlapalli
3rd Place ~ Varun Ambalavana
Upset ~ Ryan Yancey

USCF ADULT
1st Place ~ Jeremy Burnett
2nd Place ~
Michael Cambareri
3rd Place ~ Benjamin Shedlock

RESULTS of BISHOP SACRIFICE Chess Tournament
December 7 at St. John Vianney School
NW Rating Results
See pictures on Inland Chess Facebook
1st Bishop section ~ Aniketh Parlapalli
2nd Bishop section ~ Varun Ambalavanan
Bishop upset ~ Justin Clark
1st Pawn section ~ Ben Patterson
2nd Pawn section ~ Theo Evans
Pawn Upset ~ Seth Kaczmark
1st in grade 1 ~ Kelin Bai
1st in grade 2 ~ William Kovacs
1st in grade 3 ~ Harper Mercer
1st in grade 4 ~ Indiana Elkins
1st in grade 5 ~ Joshua Knapton
1st in grade 6 ~ Grant Gustafson
1st in middel school ~ Benjamin Johnson
1st in high school ~ Malia Brown
Team 1st place ~ Libby Center

RESULTS of Pilgrim Pawn Chess Tournament
November 23 at St. George's School
NW Rating Results
See pictures on Inland Chess Facebook
1st Bishop section ~ Cole Knapton
2nd Bishop section ~ Oliver Ling
Bishop upset ~ Isaac Hurst
1st Knight section ~ Jack Carper
2nd Knight section ~ Noah Hochheimer
Knight upset ~ Ethan Lanctot
1st Pawn section ~ Hatie Condon
2nd Pawn section ~ Elias Hurst
Pawn Upset ~ Anderson Libey
1st in Kindergarten ~ Beck Condon
1st in grade 1 ~ Kelin Bai
1st in grade 2 ~ William Kovacs
1st in grade 3 ~ Edwin Messenger
1st in grade 4 ~ TIE Donovan Bradford, Eshan Reddy
1st in grade 5 ~ Creighton Condon
1st in grade 6 ~ Levi Ritter
1st in grade 7 ~ John Malsam
1st in grade 8 ~ Seth Ritter
1st in high school ~ Jonah Hurst
Team 1st place ~ St. George's School

RESULTS of Kings Clash Chess Tournament
November 9 at St. John Vianney School
NW Rating Results
See pictures on Inland Chess Facebook
1st Bishop section ~ Aniketh Parlapalli
2nd Bishop section ~ Varun Ambalavanan
Bishop upset ~ Cole Knapton
1st Knight section ~ Lucas Mortensen
2nd Knight section ~ Liam Racht
Knight upset ~ Sebastian Campbell
1st Pawn section ~ Theo Evans
2nd Pawn section ~ Hunter Steinbach
1st in grade 1 ~ Johnny Mcgivern

1st in grade 2 ~ William Kovacs
1st in grade 3 ~ Noah Hochheimer
1st in grade 4 ~ Eshan Reddy
1st in grade 5 ~ Mary Wang
1st in grade 6 ~ Joshua Schoenberger
1st in middle school ~ Isaac Fuchs
1st in high school ~ Christopher Bruceri
Team 1st place ~ Libby Odyssey


RESULTS of the Queen's Crown Tournament
Oct 26 at St Georges School
NW Rating results
1st Bishop section ~ Eshan Reddy
2nd Bishop section ~ Varun Ambalavanan
Bishop upset ~ Chris Chappell
1st Knight section ~ Niles Lewis
2nd Knight section ~ Benjamin Johnson
Knight upset ~ Adrian Rooney
1st Pawn section ~ Levi Ritter
2nd Pawn section ~ Condon Creighton
Pawn upsets ~ Nocholas Lucas

1st in grade 2 ~ Theo Evans
1st in grade 3 ~ Alistair Smith
1st in grade 4 ~ Justin Clark
1st in grade 5 ~ Liam Welsh
1st in grade 6 ~ Jack Carper
1st in grade 8 ~ Ira Morelli
1st in high school ~ Chrstiopher Bruceri
Team 1st place ~ St. Georges School


Spokane Chess Club

Meets ever Thursday night at Gonzaga University. USCF rated events.

Employment: Coaches are needed in order for us to offer chess clubs in more schools.
For an appointment to learn about a paid coaching position in our scholastic program phone 509-822-9800.

ONLINE CHESS RESOURCES
Inland Chess Academy - office and valley chess center
920 N. Argonne Rd., Suite 120, Spokane Valley, WA 99212
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