Who's the best-playing of them all?
The 2017 WA State Girls Championship took place on March 4 in the Carnation Library, and on March 5 in the Bellevue Library. It was a 4 round Swiss tournament, 90 minutes per game, with 10 second delay, open to all girls under 19 in WA State with rating >= 1000. David Hendricks put great efforts into organizing this event.
Naomi won first place and got $750 from the Washington Chess Federation! Add her $320 win from the WA State President’s Cup win last month... it looks like a serious way to make a living ;-)
Top 5 girls: Naomi Bashkansky, Stephanie Velea, Minda Chen, Anne-Marie Velea, Sophie Velea
Naomi's next big tournaments:
- Grand Pacific Open, April, Hotel Grand Pacific, Victoria BC
- Supernationals VI, May, Gaylord Opryland Resort, Nashville TN
The Official Email
From: David Hendricks
Date: Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 12:29 PM
Subject: RE: WA State Girls Championship
Congratulations to Naomi Bashkansky for winning the WA State Girls Championship held Mar 4th + 5th in Carnation and Bellevue libraries. Naomi, an 8th grader attending Odle Middle School and rated 2005 USCF, finished with a perfect 4.0 score. Naomi wins the prize money of $750 donated by the Washington Chess Federation to assist her in attending a National or International tournament of her choosing this year. There was a four-way tie for 2nd place between Stephanie Velea, Minda Chen, Anne-Marie Velea, and Sophie Velea, each girl scoring 3.0. These 4 girls split the $250 prize fund donated by the Chess4Girls organization, or $62.50 each. David Hendricks was the Tournament Director and gets the photo credits.
Back: Naomi Bashkansky, Anne-Marie Velea, Minda Chen, Sophie Tien, Melina Li, Alison Xiao, Melody Wang.
Front: Stephanie & Sophie Velea, Sophie Szeto, Angela Chen, Sonia Devaraju, Angel Shen, Nithya Subramanian, Beatrice Raugei
WA State Girls Championship results
#
|
Name
|
ID
|
Rtng
|
Team
|
Grd
|
Rd 1
|
Rd 2
|
Rd 3
|
Rd 4
|
Tot
|
1
|
Naomi Bashkansky
|
14048474
|
2005
|
OMS
|
8
|
W14
|
W4
|
W3
|
W2
|
4.0
|
2
|
Stephanie Velea
|
15695130
|
1624
|
BCS
|
4
|
W10
|
W7
|
W6
|
L1
|
3.0
|
3
|
Minda Chen
|
15185862
|
1689
|
ADD
|
7
|
W12
|
W5
|
L1
|
W7
|
3.0
|
4
|
Anne-Marie Velea
|
15689252
|
1636
|
EPS
|
6
|
W13
|
L1
|
W11
|
W8
|
3.0
|
5
|
Sophie Velea
|
15695207
|
1528
|
BCS
|
2
|
W9
|
L3
|
W13
|
W11
|
3.0
|
6
|
Sophie Tien
|
15248711
|
1752
|
TYE
|
6
|
W8
|
D11
|
L2
|
W14
|
2.5
|
7
|
Alison Xiao
|
15248691
|
1398
|
SPT
|
5
|
W15
|
L2
|
W10
|
L3
|
2.0
|
8
|
Melina Li
|
15744318
|
1149
|
LCN
|
4
|
L6
|
W15
|
W9
|
L4
|
2.0
|
9
|
Beatrice Raugei
|
16244216
|
unr.
|
CML
|
7
|
L5
|
W12
|
L8
|
W13
|
2.0
|
10
|
Sonia Devaraju
|
16063933
|
680
|
CHR
|
4
|
L2
|
B---
|
L7
|
W15
|
2.0
|
11
|
Melody Wang
|
15689947
|
1445
|
OMS
|
7
|
W16
|
D6
|
L4
|
L5
|
1.5
|
12
|
Nithya Subramanian
|
15712898
|
1034
|
LEO
|
7
|
L3
|
L9
|
D14
|
B---
|
1.5
|
13
|
Angela Chen
|
15713185
|
897
|
LCN
|
4
|
L4
|
W16
|
L5
|
L9
|
1.0
|
14
|
Sophie Szeto
|
15458295
|
1255
|
LCN
|
5
|
L1
|
H---
|
D12
|
L6
|
1.0
|
15
|
Angel Shen
|
unr.
|
CGR
|
3
|
L7
|
L8
|
X16
|
L10
|
1.0
| |
16
|
Helena Feng
|
unr.
|
OMS
|
7
|
L11
|
L13
|
F15
|
U---
|
0.0
|
