2001 Colorado State Scholastic Championship

Trophy Trophy
Crosstables from the 2001 Colorado State Scholastic Championship
February 17-18, 2001

A note from Andy Rea about the Denker Fund

7 - 9 division | 4 - 6 division | k - 3 division



10 - 12 division

1 Katie Roberts-Hoffman 1808 12 W47 W21 W7 W6 D2 W10 5.5 2 Philip Ponomarev 2095 12 W50 W26 W3 W10 D1 W4 5.5 3 Robert W Ramirez 1421 11 W48 W24 L2 W25 W11 W14 5.0 4 Jason D Caldwell 1662 12 W28 W11 W14 W5 D6 L2 4.5 5 Forrest Lundstrom 1380 12 W57 W29 W20 L4 W18 D7 4.5 6 Ryan Propper 1503 10 W58 W31 W15 L1 D4 W22 4.5 7 Travis J Yee 1383 10 W53 W44 L1 W37 W12 D5 4.5 8 Boris Davis 1261 11 W52 W35 L10 W26 D9 W20 4.5 9 Sean J Cabrera 1454 8 W41 D37 W12 D20 D8 W21 4.5 10 Mitchel Anderson 1484 12 W42 W25 W8 L2 W17 L1 4.0 11 Tomer Kishoni 1091 10 W19 L4 W48 W13 L3 W32 4.0 12 Joe A Ford 1257 11 W46 W13 L9 W29 L7 W31 4.0 13 Curt Hoyt unr 12 W16 L12 W44 L11 W28 W37 4.0 14 Robert Frohardt 1330 12 W56 W51 L4 W27 W32 L3 4.0 15 Joshua B Spitz 1314 11 W33 W45 L6 L24 W41 W25 4.0 16 Chris P Howard 959 10 L13 L19 W39 W46 W36 W30 4.0 17 Nate C Anderson 1222 10 L35 W52 W38 W31 L10 W26 4.0 18 Stephen Thiele 1036 12 L45 W33 W46 W28 L5 W24 4.0 19 Nayamdorj Purevsuren unr 10 L11 W16 L24 W58 X-- W27 4.0 20 David Baldwin 1746 11 W30 W27 L5 D9 W24 L8 3.5 21 Jonathan Mc Cormick 1008 11 W40 L1 W51 D23 W37 L9 3.5 22 John Hopkins unr 12 W39 D38 L37 W40 W23 L6 3.5 23 Jonathan Buzzard unr 12 L37 W53 W42 D21 L22 W40 3.5 24 Yuri Zuev 914 12 W59 L3 W19 W15 L20 L18 3.0 25 Randy Koerner 955 10 W34 L10 W35 L3 W48 L15 3.0 26 Jordan Adams 958 11 W55 L2 W45 L8 W49 L17 3.0 27 Mihai Simon 973 11 W54 L20 W36 L14 W43 L19 3.0 28 Craig E Grisco 804 11 L4 W59 W49 L18 L13 W45 3.0 29 Jon H Roberts 852 12 W43 L5 W34 L12 F-- W39 3.0 30 Mike Wong 824 12 L20 L46 W33 W45 W34 L16 3.0 31 Ryan Mc Cardell 952 10 W49 L6 W54 L17 X-- L12 3.0 32 Joseph Hernandez unr 11 L44 W56 W41 W38 L14 L11 3.0 33 Lee Asher unr 11 L15 L18 L30 W52 W44 W49 3.0 34 Marcus Woods unr 10 L25 W47 L29 W42 L30 W51 3.0 35 Eric Allen unr 12 W17 L8 L25 W47 F-- W50 3.0 36 Eugene Bazyl unr 12 L38 W50 L27 W44 L16 W48 3.0 37 Chad Rapp 897 10 W23 D9 W22 L7 L21 L13 2.5 38 Theodore Doykos 1109 10 W36 D22 L17 L32 L39 W55 2.5 39 Jord Covarrubias 879 10 L22 D40 L16 W57 W38 L29 2.5 40 Mert Eris unr 12 L21 D39 W50 L22 W47 L23 2.5 41 Shyam Patel 721 10 L9 W55 L32 W54 L15 D43 2.5 42 Joshua Dean 760 11 L10 W43 L23 L34 D54 W53 2.5 43 Carissa Hillegas unr 12 L29 L42 W57 W53 L27 D41 2.5 44 Simon Sue 866 12 W32 L7 L13 L36 L33 W57 2.0 45 Scott Stoltzman unr 10 W18 L15 L26 L30 W58 L28 2.0 46 Dante Larocca unr 10 L12 W30 L18 L16 L50 B-- 2.0 47 Trey Reece 825 10 L1 L34 W52 L35 L40 W54 2.0 48 Oluwashin Tomori 708 11 L3 B-- L11 W55 L25 L36 2.0 49 John-David Yancey unr 10 L31 W57 L28 W51 L26 L33 2.0 50 Mitch Mc Connell 841 11 L2 L36 L40 B-- W46 L35 2.0 51 Tyler Davis 652 10 B-- L14 L21 L49 W56 L34 2.0 52 Josh Norris unr 12 L8 L17 L47 L33 B-- W58 2.0 53 August Chesser unr 10 L7 L23 W59 L43 D55 L42 1.5 54 Alexei Novikov unr 10 L27 W58 L31 L41 D42 L47 1.5 55 Brendan Stone unr 10 L26 L41 W56 L48 D53 L38 1.5 56 Raymond Giron unr 12 L14 L32 L55 H-- L51 W59 1.5 57 Sarah Breggin unr 11 L5 L49 L43 L39 W59 L44 1.0 58 Amanda Guilinger 761 10 L6 L54 B-- L19 L45 L52 1.0 59 Jon Wedemeyer unr 12 L24 L28 L53 H-- L57 L56 0.5 Back to the top

7 - 9 division

1 Jesse Cohen 1101 9 W66 W37 W17 W3 W11 W5 6.0 2 Mitesh Shridhar 1185 7 D9 W31 W65 W4 W10 W11 5.5 3 Andrew Smith 1310 8 W62 W35 W6 L1 W13 W16 5.0 4 Trevor Wade Thomas 706 7 W44 W14 W16 L2 W53 W24 5.0 5 Robbie Caldwell 1108 9 W69 W39 W19 W36 W12 L1 5.0 6 Vadim Gurevich 967 8 W67 W42 L3 W37 W15 W14 5.0 7 Mackenzie Mical 998 8 W77 W38 W21 L11 W39 W23 5.0 8 Kevin Seidler 1116 8 W90 W33 L36 W17 W41 W12 5.0 9 Ryan M Thomas 677 9 D2 W34 W44 L10 W33 W32 4.5 10 Anthony T Davis 1034 7 W73 W59 D13 W9 L2 W25 4.5 11 Brendan Kullback 1120 8 W15 W28 W41 W7 L1 L2 4.0 12 Eric Spaulding 865 8 W85 W60 W20 W18 L5 L8 4.0 13 Nicholas Shane 762 8 W87 W51 D10 W22 L3 D29 4.0 14 Daniel John Wood 948 9 W74 L4 W66 W26 W18 L6 4.0 15 Carl A Jack 651 8 L11 W84 W51 W19 L6 W39 4.0 16 Thomas Wilbert 980 7 W92 W27 L4 W65 W38 L3 4.0 17 Lee Mical 811 9 W64 W82 L1 L8 W66 W36 4.0 18 Daniel Lecocq 1182 9 W84 W25 W23 L12 L14 W48 4.0 19 Sam Tregillus 934 7 W45 W58 L5 L15 W65 W37 4.0 20 Dustin H Eager 1022 8 W86 W54 L12 W21 L25 W42 4.0 21 Ryan Truxal 812 9 W88 W40 L7 L20 W72 W43 4.0 22 Ely Selby unr 9 D34 W32 W57 L13 D60 W38 4.0 23 Dillon Karras 961 7 W70 W68 L18 W42 W40 L7 4.0 24 Frederick Hope 1082 7 L31 W79 W68 W47 W36 L4 4.0 25 James M Powers 885 8 X-- L18 W71 W67 W20 L10 4.0 26 Aaron Lojewski unr 7 W49 L36 W59 L14 W47 W41 4.0 27 Amanda Belles 726 8 W81 L16 L40 W76 W45 W53 4.0 28 Stephen C Brown 878 9 W76 L11 L43 W50 W69 W46 4.0 29 Eric M Schmidt 889 9 L38 W74 W50 H-- W57 D13 4.0 30 Alex Mencer 747 8 L58 W85 L46 W71 W70 W40 4.0 31 Anthony Perez 500 8 W24 L2 D49 W44 L32 W60 3.5 32 Michael Mc Monigle 842 8 D83 L22 W34 W61 W31 L9 3.5 33 Adrian Burd 862 8 W56 L8 D61 W83 L9 W58 3.5 34 J. Jorgensen 1009 9 D22 L9 L32 W64 W63 W59 3.5 35 Dwain R Rowe 913 7 W71 L3 L67 D63 W83 W57 3.5 36 Aaron D Lovett 936 8 W79 W26 W8 L5 L24 L17 3.0 37 Larry C Lowry 771 7 W46 L1 W81 L6 W52 L19 3.0 38 Erin Noel 830 8 W29 L7 W63 W46 L16 L22 3.0 39 Kenneth N Geist 839 9 W55 L5 W73 W43 L7 L15 3.0 40 Dustin A Bowers 1100 8 W72 L21 W27 W48 L23 L30 3.0 41 Ben Wilkinson 935 8 W50 W43 L11 W52 L8 L26 3.0 42 Anil S Damle 732 7 W61 L6 W58 L23 X-- L20 3.0 43 Jonathan K Tsui unr 7 W78 L41 W28 L39 W62 L21 3.0 44 Paul Huttenhower 1400 8 L4 W83 L9 L31 W71 W75 3.0 45 A. Martinez III unr 8 L19 L49 W75 W54 L27 W68 3.0 46 David Bristow unr 7 L37 W92 W30 L38 W68 L28 3.0 47 Michael Medina 776 8 H-- D48 W55 L24 L26 W74 3.0 48 Russell Cressey 803 9 D57 D47 W56 L40 W67 L18 3.0 49 Michael Hsu 853 8 L26 W45 D31 L57 D61 W67 3.0 50 David Hyland unr 8 L41 W90 L29 L28 W78 W65 3.0 51 Nathan D. Benes 987 9 W63 L13 L15 L70 W85 W73 3.0 52 James Klein unr 8 L59 W77 W54 L41 L37 W72 3.0 53 Alex R Burtzos 966 9 W80 L65 W72 W69 L4 L27 3.0 54 Drew Riley 773 7 W91 L20 L52 L45 W76 W70 3.0 55 Aaron Roberts-Gray unr 7 L39 W62 L47 L72 W86 W69 3.0 56 Dustyn Powers unr 7 L33 W86 L48 L68 W77 W66 3.0 57 Jeremiah Thomas unr 7 D48 W80 L22 W49 L29 L35 2.5 58 James Nixon unr 8 W30 L19 L42 W73 D59 L33 2.5 59 John Henry 786 8 W52 L10 L26 W84 D58 L34 2.5 60 Dane A Karras 1042 9 W75 L12 L69 W74 D22 L31 2.5 61 Ian Spohn unr 7 L42 W70 D33 L32 D49 D62 2.5 62 Kristen Hackney 688 8 L3 L55 W79 W85 L43 D61 2.5 63 Kyle Bifano unr 8 L51 W87 L38 D35 L34 W82 2.5 64 Richard Goggins unr 9 L17 L73 D80 L34 W90 W83 2.5 65 Joshua Wood 638 8 W82 W53 L2 L16 L19 L50 2.0 66 Mark Niebur 541 9 L1 W76 L14 W88 L17 L56 2.0 67 Ercan Eris unr 9 L6 W89 W35 L25 L48 L49 2.0 68 Jesse Butler 709 8 W89 L23 L24 W56 L46 L45 2.0 69 Wilson R Lawrence 557 7 L5 W88 W60 L53 L28 L55 2.0 70 Oakeley David unr 7 L23 L61 W87 W51 L30 L54 2.0 71 Spencer W Lefevre unr 9 L35 W78 L25 L30 L44 W89 2.0 72 Naomi Martinez 533 8 L40 W91 L53 W55 L21 L52 2.0 73 Steven Jordan unr 7 L10 W64 L39 L58 W84 L51 2.0 74 Arron Lawson unr 8 L14 L29 W89 L60 W87 L47 2.0 75 Michael Castillo 448 8 L60 L81 L45 W79 W88 L44 2.0 76 Niki Garrett unr 8 L28 L66 W92 L27 L54 W86 2.0 77 Amy Lehr unr 9 L7 L52 W91 L81 L56 X-- 2.0 78 Richard Sheetz 771 8 L43 L71 L83 W80 L50 W84 2.0 79 Jason Fish unr 9 L36 L24 L62 L75 W91 W87 2.0 80 Sam Hoskins unr 9 L53 L57 D64 L78 D89 W88 2.0 81 Bao Nguyen unr 7 L27 W75 L37 W77 F-- U-- 2.0 82 Ryan Johnson 156 8 L65 L17 L85 B-- W92 L63 2.0 83 Andrew Moreno unr 7 D32 L44 W78 L33 L35 L64 1.5 84 Miya Kobayashi unr 7 L18 L15 W90 L59 L73 L78 1.0 85 Nick Zoller unr 7 L12 L30 W82 L62 L51 F-- 1.0 86 E. Quant-Larkins unr 7 L20 L56 L88 W91 L55 L76 1.0 87 Brandon Vanzant unr 7 L13 L63 L70 W90 L74 L79 1.0 88 Benjamin Cearley unr 9 L21 L69 W86 L66 L75 L80 1.0 89 Scott Merrill unr 7 L68 L67 L74 D92 D80 L71 1.0 90 Casey D Moore 624 7 L8 L50 L84 L87 L64 W92 1.0 91 Paul Humphrey unr 9 L54 L72 L77 L86 L79 B-- 1.0 92 Ryan Hannigan unr 7 L16 L46 L76 D89 L82 L90 0.5 Back to the top

4 - 6 division

1 Sam Galler 1421 5 W40 W51 W8 W4 W2 W3 6.0 2 Michael Cambareri 1383 4 W59 W11 W5 W25 L1 W8 5.0 3 Grayson Zulauf 1081 4 W24 W47 W28 W10 W6 L1 5.0 4 Samuel D Meyer 1021 5 W57 W26 W30 L1 W11 W13 5.0 5 Bradley Wu 958 6 W22 W46 L2 W24 W10 W9 5.0 6 Tyler Hughes 1199 4 W15 W31 D21 W29 L3 W20 4.5 7 Noah Hubbell 849 6 W55 L25 W32 D20 W39 W12 4.5 8 Zachary Bekkedahl 970 4 W36 W20 L1 W16 W27 L2 4.0 9 Garrick Talmage 1069 5 W19 W13 L10 W21 W26 L5 4.0 10 Benjamin Burtzos unr 6 W49 W58 W9 L3 L5 W24 4.0 11 Ryan Shaffer 599 5 W27 L2 W47 W28 L4 W32 4.0 12 Dan Neligh 721 5 L20 W36 W55 W17 W25 L7 4.0 13 Karl Heimbrock unr 6 W44 L9 W58 W43 W14 L4 4.0 14 Johnny Cambareri 884 5 W34 W39 L43 W22 L13 W26 4.0 15 Vadim Zabaluyev unr 6 L6 L27 W52 W45 W35 W25 4.0 16 Emil Marinov unr 6 L30 W38 W35 L8 W47 W28 4.0 17 Eric Gallagher unr 5 W48 L21 W51 L12 W40 W31 4.0 18 Jacob Zax 762 4 L26 L24 W57 W34 W38 W27 4.0 19 Steven Kuecker unr 6 L9 L44 W53 W51 W43 W29 4.0 20 Clay Gordon unr 6 W12 L8 W44 D7 W21 L6 3.5 21 Matthew Tucker 943 6 W52 W17 D6 L9 L20 W39 3.5 22 Sean T Green unr 6 L5 W56 W50 L14 D23 W43 3.5 23 Jesse A. Sexton 861 5 W38 L28 W33 L26 D22 W41 3.5 24 Robert Flicker unr 6 L3 W18 W37 L5 W30 L10 3.0 25 David Mendelsberg unr 5 W42 W7 W29 L2 L12 L15 3.0 26 Chris Milburn unr 5 W18 L4 W45 W23 L9 L14 3.0 27 Austin Gwinner unr 5 L11 W15 W31 W48 L8 L18 3.0 28 Steven Pflucker unr 5 W45 W23 L3 L11 W33 L16 3.0 29 Yu-Ning Shao 1100 6 W33 W32 L25 L6 W41 L19 3.0 30 Chris Tschudy unr 4 W16 W50 L4 L41 L24 W49 3.0 31 Max Kumin unr 5 W53 L6 L27 W54 W46 L17 3.0 32 Todd Hanford unr 6 W43 L29 L7 W49 W48 L11 3.0 33 Cameron Browne unr 5 L29 W53 L23 W58 L28 W47 3.0 34 Jackson Simmons unr 6 L14 L45 W56 L18 W50 W44 3.0 35 Evan Lojewski unr 6 L50 W59 L16 W56 L15 W48 3.0 36 Matthew Beard unr 5 L8 L12 L49 W60 X-- W45 3.0 37 Josh A Moore 716 6 L46 W57 L24 L38 W55 W52 3.0 38 Jasper Taylor unr 6 L23 L16 W59 W37 L18 D40 2.5 39 Eric Huckenpahler unr 4 W56 L14 D40 W44 L7 L21 2.5 40 Sarah Davis unr 6 L1 W60 D39 D46 L17 D38 2.5 41 Willie T Renier 410 6 B-- L43 D46 W30 L29 L23 2.5 42 Kyle Rodman unr 5 L25 L54 W60 D55 L44 W46 2.5 43 Bryce Hediger 863 6 L32 W41 W14 L13 L19 L22 2.0 44 Billy Malmberg 809 4 L13 W19 L20 L39 W42 L34 2.0 45 Zachary Giuliano 529 6 L28 W34 L26 L15 W53 L36 2.0 46 Kaitlin Ek unr 6 W37 L5 D41 D40 L31 L42 2.0 47 Tommy Lepke unr 5 X-- L3 L11 W50 L16 L33 2.0 48 Tom R Kirk 630 4 L17 W52 W54 L27 L32 L35 2.0 49 Jonas Smead unr 4 L10 L55 W36 L32 W54 L30 2.0 50 Morgan E Cirbo 637 4 W35 L30 L22 L47 L34 W55 2.0 51 Robert Sheetz 547 4 W60 L1 L17 L19 L52 W59 2.0 52 Ian Smith unr 5 L21 L48 L15 W57 W51 L37 2.0 53 Joel Biskup unr 5 L31 L33 L19 W59 L45 W56 2.0 54 Jonathan O'Connell unr 4 L58 W42 L48 L31 L49 W60 2.0 55 Sam Frankel unr 4 L7 W49 L12 D42 L37 L50 1.5 56 Michael G Helt 579 6 L39 L22 L34 L35 W57 L53 1.0 57 Ethan Hauffman unr 4 L4 L37 L18 L52 L56 B-- 1.0 58 Nick B LaFarge 702 4 W54 L10 L13 L33 F-- U-- 1.0 59 Ashley Jakopic unr 5 L2 L35 L38 L53 D60 L51 0.5 60 Tally Brown unr 4 L51 L40 L42 L36 D59 L54 0.5 61 William O Cordan 810 6 F-- U-- U-- U-- U-- U-- 0.0 62 Chris L Langin 595 5 F-- U-- U-- U-- U-- U-- 0.0 63 Sean Williams unr 4 F-- U-- U-- U-- U-- U-- 0.0 Back to the top

K-3 division

1 Richard E Herbst 1018 3 W5 W4 W14 W2 W3 W6 6.0 2 Ben Martel 1044 3 W22 W7 W12 L1 W10 W3 5.0 3 Matt Mc Glynn 588 2 W10 W11 W16 W5 L1 L2 4.0 4 Charlie Schneiders unr 2 W8 L1 W7 L6 W16 W12 4.0 5 Jake Coutlee 875 3 L1 W15 W22 L3 W12 W10 4.0 6 Kendall Ross 752 3 W9 L14 W17 W4 W11 L1 4.0 7 Payton Rose 596 2 W17 L2 L4 W24 W14 W11 4.0 8 Taylor Lozano 572 3 L4 W9 L10 W17 W13 W15 4.0 9 Curtis Crockett unr 1 L6 L8 W21 D15 W20 W19 3.5 10 Cole Johnson unr 1 L3 W23 W8 W13 L2 L5 3.0 11 Tanon Brown unr 2 W13 L3 W18 W16 L6 L7 3.0 12 Robert J Herbst 696 1 W21 W24 L2 W14 L5 L4 3.0 13 Nick Shaffer 360 2 L11 W21 W24 L10 L8 W17 3.0 14 Paul Asercion unr 3 W19 W6 L1 L12 L7 D16 2.5 15 Chris Fahrenbruck unr 2 D16 L5 D19 D9 W18 L8 2.5 16 Mackenzie Bronson 514 3 D15 W18 L3 L11 L4 D14 2.0 17 Lance Hoggatt unr 1 L7 W19 L6 L8 W24 L13 2.0 18 Morgan Cambareri 486 1 W20 L16 L11 L22 L15 W24 2.0 19 Shane A Moore 512 1 L14 L17 D15 D20 W23 L9 2.0 20 Robie DuChateau unr 1 L18 L22 W23 D19 L9 D21 2.0 21 Colleen Ross unr K L12 L13 L9 D23 B-- D20 2.0 22 Daniel Marks unr 3 L2 W20 L5 W18 U-- U-- 2.0 23 Ericha Sheetz 169 3 L24 L10 L20 D21 L19 B-- 1.5 24 Trevor Kalkus unr 3 W23 L12 L13 L7 L17 L18 1.0 25 Phillip Hickok unr 3 F-- U-- U-- U-- U-- U-- 0.0 26 Vanessa Martinez unr 3 F-- U-- U-- U-- U-- U-- 0.0 Back to the top

A note from Andy Rea

By an incredibly slim tiebreak margin, Katie Roberts won the 2001 Colorado Scholastic Championship thus earning designation as the state representative at the 2001 Denker High School Tournament of Champions to be held during the US Open in August, at Boston! As noted at the 2000 Membership Meeting, this is an expensive trip, the money from the CSCA and from GM Arnold Denker has typically been inadequate to cover the expenses - see how little representation Colorado had at this tournament in the 1990s - other western states such as Wyoming, Nebraska, New Mexico have also had similar attendance problems.... So, CSCA will do something different this year- the Start Of A New Tradition.

In addition to the stipends from CSCA and from GM Arnold Denker, there will be two fundraising tournaments, one at Colorado Springs in April and one at Denver in May both of these are posted on our WebSite, both are geared for the majority of the proceeds to benefit the CSCA Denker Fund. ADDITIONALLY individual patronage is very much encouraged and appreciated- we have a modest start of $90.00 generated from minimally publicized fundraising at this past weekends Scholastic Championship (and we aim to be better at this next year!!) It is most certainly required for a donor to attend either the COS or Denver Fundraisers to contribute to this endeavor- I will gladly send a receipt for donations if you are so generous as to contribute !!

If so inclined, contributions may be mailed to:
    Andrew Rea
    630 S Dayton Ave #15-212
    Denver CO 80231

In the Memorandum portion of the check, please note CSCA Denker Fund

I will coordinate with CSCA Treasurer Dean Brown to ensure that all donations are forwarded to our 2001 Denker representative. Thanks!!



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