April 2013 - Northwest Chess!

Desmond Porth won the 6-12 grade
section with a perfect 5-0 score, and
Zane Barckholtz won the K-5 section
with a perfect 6-0 score.
This is a picture of the playing room of the March Madness Scholastic Tournament in Spokane.
Photo credit: James Stripes.
third Grand Champion trophy for
the 2012-2013 school year. Second
place went to the top second-grader,
Seth Arthurs, with 4.0, losing only to
James. Andre Vivier was third with
3.5 and won the trophy for top thirdgrader.
They were followed by Jack
Morris, Isabella Rigutto, Ryan Eaton,
Gabe Gustafson, and top first-grader,
Sam Morris. Isabella won biggest
upset, due to her win over a player
rated 127 points above her.
In K-12, four played shared first
and split the prizes for first through
third, taking home $40 each. They
were David Blue, Jacob Gray, Kevin
Eaton, and Levi Goris. Tristan Udby
won a book for his position in fifth
place (3.5). At 3.0, Matt Mackinney
and Steven Walton each won $30
for biggest upset and best unrated,
respectively.
School Spring Warmup
Tournament
On March 9, 2013 in Hailey, Idaho,
the Blaine County School District
Chess Rage held a Spring Warm-up
Tournament to prepare the students
of Wood River High School/
Middle School for the upcoming
Idaho Scholastic Championship
tournament (which happens on
Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Boise).
Tyler Avila holding his door prize. Note the
signatures (board is rotated 90 degrees). On d3 is Alex
Yermolinsky, and on e4 is Nick Raptis. Both signatures
were obtained at the 2012 Western Idaho Open.
Photo courtesy of Adam Porth.
Sarah Hattula (left) is playing Avery Anderson (right).
Photo courtesy of Adam Porth.
Saint George’s School won the team
trophy in K-6 with 17 points for the
top five players. Medals were awarded
to Northwest Christian and Coeur
d’Alene Charter Academy for each
scoring a 9.5 with teams of three
in K-12. This was the first event in
several years with three viable miniteams
in the HS/MS section.
These are the players at the Spring Warm-up in Hailey, Idaho on March 9, 2013. Left to right front
Colby Castle, Darwin Porth, Dylan Porth, Shane Kelsey, unknown brother, Zane Barkholtz, Sarah Hattula, Luke
Baker, Jefferson Hidalgo. Left to right back & middle Andre Murphy, Anna Murphy, Adam Porth, Victor Vallejo,
Lydia Morgan, Tyler Avila, Alex Baker, Noah Sorenson, Desmond Porth, Junior Hidalgo.
Photo courtesy of Adam Porth.
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