The Western NY Scholastic Chess Championship was a great
success attracting over 100 players from all over our region. Mr. Tom Warner
organized a great event that just keeps on growing every year in Yorkshire. Mr.
Warner provided us with four sections to organize the tournament. The K-12
section that contained 35 players, the K-8 section with 29 players, the K-4 section
had 21 players and the Unrated section had 21 players. The K-12, K-8, K-4
section had team awards as well.
The individual results in order are as follows...
K-12 Section:
1. OWEN
SHRIVER (Brighton High School)
2. LEV
PACIORKOWSKI
3. JACOB CHEN
4. CHRIS
DARLING
5. ZACHARY
MADDEN
K-8
Section:
1. ROMAN
CASTLE (Global Concepts)
2. ABRAHAM
PORSCHET
3. JEFFREY
SCHALBERG
4. MAXIMILIAN
BLUM
5. MICHAEL NIU
K-4
Section:
1. THOMAS KWON
2. AIDAN
KHARROUBI
3. WILLIAM H.
OH
4. JONLUKE
PENCILLE
5. JACOB D.
WIND
Unrated
Section:
1. KAI PATRONE
(Ithaca)
2. ANGELINA
WALSH
3. COLLIN
ADDESSA
4. ZACHARY
RANSELLE
5. TOMMY
GILMORE
TEAM WINNERS WERE:
K-12 SECTION:
1. "PIONEER
CENTRAL"
2. "BISHOP
TIMONE"
3. "AMATEUR
CHESS ASSOCIATION OF WNY"
K-8
SECTION:
1. "GLOBAL
CONCEPTS C.S."
2. "PIONEER
CENTRAL"
3. "BRADFORD"
K-4
SECTION:
1. "PIONEER
CENTRAL"
2. "FEARLESS
EAGLES"
3. "CLARENCE"