Chess Academy
CHAMPIONS
WGM Elena was
ranked #2 in the world in 1986-1990, 3 time US Women’s Champion,
2 Time Women’s Olympic Champion, Three Time Russia’s Women’s Champion.
Elena’s home office is located in Redmond, WA. To contact
her please email chess64@comast.net
For spring and summer camps schedule please visit http://www.chessplayer.com/camps.htm
WGM Elena’s School of Advanced Chess Learning for beginners and advanced beginners will be starting in September 2008 at the Bellevue Boys and Girls Club.
Visit http://www.chessplayer.com/classes.htm for more information in May 2008. Students in K-3 rated U800 are invited to apply. Email chess64@comcast.net to register for the first parent+child information session on September 6.
Chess Academy is a curriculum designed by WGM Elena to teach players from beginners (400) to advanced (1300+) in one to two years and it is now in action...
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Here is an
example: –real rating -> |
2nd grade |
1st grade |
K grade |
pre_k |
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Nicholas
Orlov |
1575 |
1315 |
1250 |
989 |
And here are more WGM Elena’s champions…
Some
of Elena current students progress.
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Apr-08 |
Sep-07 |
Sep-06 |
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Nathaniel
Yee |
UCD |
2 |
1423 |
1285 |
900 |
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Noah Fields |
CWA |
2 |
1401 |
1130 |
639 |
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William Lee |
OPW |
1 |
1296 |
950 |
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Kate Tokareva |
LMA |
5 |
1478 |
1242 |
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Spencer Lehmann |
ERG |
3 |
1349 |
1089 |
unr |
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Dylan Austin |
MRP |
5 |
1298 |
1206 |
952 |
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Patrick Wang |
STV |
3 |
1498 |
1219 |
762 |
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Benjamin Brusniak |
SJN |
1 |
1270 |
976 |
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Nagase Masayuki |
UCD |
3 |
1140 |
976 |
699 |
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Toshihiro Nagase |
UCD |
1 |
1046 |
893 |
623 |
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Hare Howie |
SDV |
K |
747 |
unr |
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Colin Lehmann |
ERG |
K |
787 |
402 |
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Alexa Shield from 1/1/2008 |
RSA |
3 |
754 |
499 |
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Stephen Embry |
STV |
3 |
1287 |
1007 |
700 |
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Anthony Lu |
JMR |
2 |
1089 |
559 |
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Albert Li from 3/1/2008 BEN 1 1104 unr
Arustamian, Kate from 2/1/2008 CSD 3 848 unr
2008
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
5
pts winners – 9 students (several Elena students played each other and
could not both score 5 pts…)
Megan Lee OMS 6th gr 1824
Stephen Embry 3rd gr STV 1287
William Lee 1st gr OPW 1296
Noah Fields 2nd 1401 CWA
Patrick Wang 3rd STV 1498
Kate Tokareva 5th LMA 1478
Amith Vanmane 3rd STV 1441
Albert Li 1st BEN 1104
Brian Yue LMA 6th 1749 – Georgi Orlov’s student
All (or most) other students scored 4 or 4.5 points, The names are coming soon.
2007 – 2008 students - 5 pts winners in Open sections
1) Nathaniel Yee (K-3), 2) Noah Fields (K-3), 3) William Lee
(K-3), 4) Nicholas Orlov (4-6), 5) Kate Tokareva (4-6), 6) Spencer Lehmann
(K-3), 7) Dylan Austin (4-6), 8) Patrick Wang (K-3), 9) Benjamin Brusniak (K-3)
10) Jack Sather (4-6) 11) Toshihiro
Nagase (K-3), 12) Tristan Sun (4-6)
5
pts winners in each tournament
3/22/2008 Chess Fest
Toshihiro Nagase,
Dylan Austin, Amith Vanmane, Nathaniel Yee, Noah Fields, Benjamin Brusniak
3/8/2008
Patrick Wang
3/1/2008
Jack Sather
2/9/2008
Evergreen School Tournament
5 pts winners:
Nicholas Orlov, Nathaniel Yee, Benjamin Brusniak
1/26/2008 John
Muir Elementary Tournament
5 pts winners:
Dylan Austin, Kate Tokareva, Patrick Wang
1/19/2008 Grade Championship
5 pts winners:
Nathaniel Yee, William Lee, Spencer Lehmann
1/12/2008 Meridian Park Tournament
5 pts winners:
Nathaniel Yee, Noah Fields, William Lee, Nicholas Orlov
12/09/2007
Congratulations to National Winners!
Unitee States National Championship Winners, Houston, TX 12/07-12/09 2007
2nd Place Nathaniel Yee, 2nd grade
10th Place Toshihiro Nagase Place 1st
Grade
15th Place Noah Fields 2nd grade
12/02/2007
Congratulations to 5 pts winners:
Kate Tokareva, Nathaniel Yee
- WELCOME
NEW STUDENTS!
Kate Tokareva 1242, 4th grade, May 2007
Benjamin Brusniak 976 September 2007
Howie Hare 400 September 2007
US Girls 2007 Invitational
Megan Lee came third at the US Girls 2007 Invitational: http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_490.php
2006-2007
2007
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS*
2007 National Bert Lerner Elementary
(K-6) Championship
Megan Lee 5 out of 7 (K-5 Championship) Rated 1559 USCF
Frank Qu 4.5 out of 7 (K-6 Championship) Rated 1615 USCF
Michael Omori 5 out of 7 (K-6 Championship) Rated 1687 USCF
Noah Fields 5 out of 7 (K-1 Championship) he was not rated, Noah started at the Chess Academy in December 2006
Noah Fields achieved highest performance for all participating WA State players in K-3 grades, 5 out of 7 (K-1 Championship)! He was an unrated player before the start
STATE CHAMPIONS and 4+ POINTS WINNERS
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Current Rating // Date Started at Chess Academy// Initial Ratings
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K GRADE |
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NAGASE, TOSHIHIRO 4
PTS (C UCDS) |
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904 |
Oct-06 |
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623 |
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GRADE 1 |
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YEE, NATHANIEL 5
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1285 |
Sep-05 |
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443 |
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FIELDS, NOAH 4
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944 |
Dec-06 |
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639 |
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GRADE 2 |
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WANG, PATRICK 4
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1133 |
Oct-06 |
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762 |
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LEHMANN, SPENCER 4
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1040 |
Oct-06 |
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TIMBROOK, JONATHAN 4 pts
(C MRP) |
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924 |
Oct-06 |
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NAGASE, MASAYUKI 4 pts
(C UCDS) |
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954 |
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699 |
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GRADE 3 |
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MEISNER, SAMUEL 5
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1494 |
Sep-06 |
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1393 |
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GOEI, TIMOTHY 4
pts (C MRP) |
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1144 |
Oct-06 |
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925 |
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GORDON, DANIEL 4
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GRADE 4 |
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AUSTIN, DYLAN
4.5 (C MRP) |
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1186 |
Oct-06 |
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952 |
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SATHER, JACK 4
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1271 |
May-04 |
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600 |
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ROTTSOLK, ERIK 4 pts (C UCDS) |
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GRADE 5 |
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SUN, TRISTAN 5
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1496 |
Oct-05 |
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1290 |
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THONGMEE, THOMAS 5 pts |
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GRADE 6 |
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OMORI, MICHAEL 5
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QU, FRANK 4
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1615 |
Oct-05 |
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750 |
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HUCHALA, ANDY 4
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1192 |
Oct-06 |
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926 |
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(C ) – Elena’s after-school chess club player, (not private students).
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Tournament
of Champions WINNERS:
Dakota Dixon 2005, Daniel Ho 2006 , Michael Omori 2007 4-6 section
Nicholas Orlov 2005, Sam Meisner 2007 K-3 Section
- Five points Winners:
2006-2007 season only J
Only students who scored 5 pts in open tournaments are listed
Sam Meisner
Jack Sather
Frank Qu
Sam Meisner
Noah Fields
Stephen Embry
Andy Huchala
Patrick Wang
Nathaniel Yee
Tristan Sun
Anthony Pangelinan
Thomas Thongmee*
Michael Omori*
* IM Georgi Orlov’s students