Chess Academy For Champions

with

WGM Elena Donaldson,

ranked #2 in the world in 1986-1990, 3 time US Women’s Champion,

Two Time Women’s Olympic Champion, Three Time Russia’s Women’s Champion.

International Master Georgi Orlov – teaching advanced group

rated 2500+ USCF, 1994 US Open Champion

Classes in Bellevue B&G Club, Kikrland B&G Club, and Redmond office.

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.php

Sign up for Elena Chess training . Please visit Elena School Email chess64@comcast.net

Chess Academy is a curriculum designed by WGM Elena to teach players from beginner level (400) to advanced level (1300+) in one to two years, yes you do not have to wait for several years to get to advanced level ...

WGM ELENA and IM Orlov students 2009-2010 SEASON

GRADE NATIONALS DECEMBER 2009 DALLAS TEXAS 2009

SECOND GRADE 




15th PLACE TROPHY Hare, Howard A 5 points out of 7




FIRST GRADE
6th PLACE TROPHY Bashkansky, Naomi 5.5 points out of 7 
FOURTH GRADE
10th PLACE TROPHY Fields, Noah Dennis 5.5 out of 7
First place TROPHY Unrated Dhingra, Sangeeta 4 pts out of 7
Royzen, Michael Zinovy 2.0
 
EIGHTH GRADE
4th PLACE TROPHY Lee, Megan 5.5 out of 7 

Christmas Classic 12/5/09




 
1 Dhingra, Sangeeta  LMAEE943 1248 1346/ 67 W9 W12 W8 W7 W3 5.0

Bryant Fall Classic 12/5/09

1 Lin, Jeremy  GRRA8675 981 1079/ 38 W40 W16 W12 W10 W3 5.0

1-3 section
1 Yeo, Joey  EMDDG813 1335 1381/188 W135 W24 W19 W12 W10 5.0
15 Chalasani, Sujathadevi KKNC9603 1033 1071/135 W74 W41 W52 L8 W47 4.0
16 Hare, Howard  SDVCA496 1294 1276/251 W116 W61 W29 L13 W59 4.0

4-6 section

2 Yeo, Noah  LMAFC894 1332 1449/215 W55 W35 W20 W7 W5 5.0
7 Na, Giebien  IMSG6287 1451 1446/168 W36 W31 W30 L2 W27 4.0
9 Qiu, James  MRPE5855 1195 1226/ 60 W72 W56 W32 L1 W31 4.0
8 Fields, Noah  CWAEA075 1521 1511/328 W41 W25 W28 L4 W23 4.0
27 Padhi, Pratik  CMCE2542 1100 1109/ 80 W61 W69 L5 W56 L7 3.0
56 Bleeker, Angela  SDVE1783 952 911/ 44 W84 L9 W59 L27 L40 2.0

KICKOFF 2009: KICKOFF KINDERGARTEN

# Name ID Rtng Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot

1 Jeremy Lin GRRA8675 873 GRR 0 W10 W3 W2 W5 W6 5.0

Standings. Chessmates Kickoff: kickoff09_12

# Name ID Rtng Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot

1 Derek Zhang STVCF710 1303 STV 2 W63 W28 W9 W6 W10 5.0

2 Allistair Yu OPWCA019 1388 OPW 2 W74 W36 W15 W11 W5 5.0

3 Howard Hare SDVCA496 1282 SDV 2 W57 W42 W30 W7 W4 5.0

5 Naomi Bashkansky AUDBB190 1159 AUD 1 W73 W33 W31 W13 L2 4.0

10 Frederick Smolak CMCC9561 1110 CMC 2 W89 W64 W25 W23 L1 4.0

11 Sujathadevi ChalasaniKKNC9603 1009 KKN 2 W102 W47 W27 L2 W31 4.0

14 Michelangelo BarozziOPWC9094 861 OPW 2 W88 W58 W22 L4 W36 4.0

24 Brett Kruse MTWBF751 736 MTW 1 W62 W37 L13 W49 L7 3.0

Standings. Chessmates Kickoff: kickoff09_34

# Name ID Rtng Team Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot

2 Adrian Fan LMAEG869 1107 LMA 4 W46 W39 W23 W7 W10 5.0

5 Sangeeta Dhingra LMAEE943 1267 LMA 4 W42 W36 W14 L6 W21 4.0

8 Jothi Ramesh MRPDE386 1161 MRP 3 W62 W30 W24 L3 W28 4.0

11 Thomas Taylor MEDEJ936 1135 MED 4 W55 W48 W37 L1 W24 4.0

21 Michael Royzen UCDEF407 1037 UCD 4 W63 W16 L7 W39 L5 3.0

29 Audrey Whitmer OPWDJ839 902 OPW 3 W68 L3 W54 L16 W56 3.0

40 Angela Bleeker SDVE1783 776 SDV 4 W73 L9 W81 L22 W68 3.0

42 Henry Zhu OPWD5972 648 OPW 3 L5 W84 L25 W67 W51 3.0

Rating report for Wilder Fall Tournament - 1-3 Open Section

 pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 
 1 Tiglon, Bryce  WLDDG044 1310 1418/ 99 W10 W9 W6 W2 W5 5.0
 3 Hare, Howard  SDVCA496 1269 1282/236 W18 L6 W10 W4 W12 4.0
 5 Zhang, Derek  STVCF710 1317 1303/ 98 W14 W11 L4 W7 L1 3.0
13 Chalasani, Sujathadevi KKNC9603 988 1009/125 W20 L2 W24 L12 W18 3.0
 

Rating report for Wilder Fall Tournament - 4-6 Open Section

 pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 
 1 Lehmann, Spencer  BCWFC897 1610 1644/252 W20 W18 W5 W2 W6 5.0
 2 Li, Albert  BENDA144 1395 1438/126 W13 W16 W4 L1 W8 4.0
 6 Dhingra, Sangeeta  LMAEE943 1157 1267/ 52 W26 D7 W18 W8 L1 3.5
 11 Fan, Adrian  BLWEG869 1017 1107/ 50 L7 W24 W17 L5 W19 3.0
15 Padhi, Pratik  CMCE2542 1080 1087/ 70 W27 L8 W7 L4 L12 2.0

Rating report for UCDS Tournament - 1-3 Section

 pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 
 1 Zhang, Derek  STVCF710 1101 1317/ 93 W19 W9 W2 W4 W6 5.0
 3 Ramesh, Jothi  MRPDE386 1026 1161/ 52 W21 W15 W6 L2 W7 4.0
 4 Yu, Allistair  OPWCA019 1410 1388/119 W14 W12 W7 L1 D5 3.5
 5 Smolak, Frederick  CMCC9561 1113 1110/ 98 L8 W23 W15 W13 D4 3.5
 6 Hare, Howie  SDVCA496 1304 1269/231 W18 W13 L3 W12 L1 3.0
 7 Bashkansky, Naomi  AUDBB190 1238 1213/113 W17 W8 L4 W10 L3 3.0
 8 Barozzi, Michelangelo  OPWC9094 690 861/ 39 W5 L7 W9 L11 W21 3.0
 10 Schenck, Bram  OPWBA603 838 865/ 29 W20 L2 W23 L7 W18 3.0
 23 Muhunthan, Varshan  CSBCF760 400 405/ 9 W25 L5 L10 L18 L20 1.0 
 26 Aldana, Luka  OPWBF230 400 400/ 25 L13 L18 L19 L21 D24 0.5

Rating report for UCDS Tournament - 4-6 Section

 pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 
 4 Brusniak, Benjamin  SJNDE083 1343 1375/133 W22 L7 W14 W11 W13 4.0
 5 Quan, Michael  SOMGB565 1430 1453/210 W23 W17 L8 W18 W7 4.0
 7 Lee, William  OPWDE831 1553 1544/279 W11 W4 W6 L2 L5 3.0
 9 Teoh, Nicholas   BENH3579 1434 1425/223 W12 W21 L2 W15 L3 3.0
11 Dhingra, Sangeeta  LMAEE943 1131 1157/ 47 L7 W22 W28 L4 W17 3.0
 12 Royzen, Michael  UCDEF407 967 1037/110 L9 W26 L15 W28 W18 3.0
 14 Ding, Jeffrey  EVGEJ975 1095 1092/105 L1 W25 L4 D20 W19 2.5
 15 Rundell, Miriam  OPWF3921 1247 1231/185 W24 L8 W12 L9 D16 2.5
18 Arustamian, Kate  CSBF9731 1155 1124/104 W28 L6 W20 L5 L12 2.0

29 Velichko, Konstantin MMEEB208 400 591/ 5 L10 L19 D23 D24 L22 1.0

Here is an example: –real rating ->	End of 2nd grade 2005	End of 1st grade 2004	End of K grade 2003	End of pre_k 2002
Nicholas Orlov	1575	1315	1250	989

Nicholas Orlov is Elena’s son. He started playing from age of 4.5 and by second grade achieved a rating 1600 USCF, came #2 at Scholastic Nationals in grade K-3 Championship, and won Tournament of Champions in K-3 in Seattle. He doesn’t play chess since 2005, he moved to tennis and now he is on the best tennis players list in the WA State under age 12.

WGM ELENA and IM Orlov students 2008-2009 SEASON See History of students rating

Please note, it takes up to one year for significant improvement.

Name and starting date	Quaified to TOC			4/2009	2/1/09	4/8/08	9/7/08	9/6/07
Noah Fields 2007	Champions		3		1460	1401	1130	639
William Lee 2008	Champions		2		1341	1296	950
Kate Tokareva 2008	Champions		6		1533	1478	1242
Spencer Lehmann 2007	Champions		4		1452	1349	1089	unr
Dylan Austin 2007	Champions		6		1445	1298	1206	952
Michael Quan 1/2008	Challengers		5		1241	1168
Miriam Rundell 1/2008	Challengers		4	1156	1112	986
Nicholas Teoh 2008	Challengers		6		1235	1031	948
DHINGRA SANGEETA 1/1/2009	Challengers		3	1127	753
Novokhodko Alexander 10/2008	Challengers		5		887	600
Richard Dong 10/2008	State	C451	3
Noah Yeo 1/2009	Challengers	C894	4
Alistair Yu 1/2009	Champions	A019	1
Thomas Taylor 1/2009	Challengers	J936	3
Derek Zhang 1/2009	Champions		1
Patrick Wang 2007	Challengers		4		1477	1498	1219	762
Benjamin Brusniak 11/2008	Challengers		2		1282	1270	976
Hare Howie 9/2008	Champions		1		1170	747	unr
Albert Li from 3/1/2008	Champions		2	1309	1150	1104
Arustamian, Kate 1/1/2008	Champions	9731	4	1192	981	700
Colin Lehmann 9/2008	State		1		812	787	402
Bryce Tiglon 11/2008	Challengers	G044	2	1261		819
Nikita Fillipov 5/2008	Challengers	D085	2
Kirill Filimonov 2/2009	Champions	C483	2	1157	1082
Chalasani Sujathadevi 2/2009	Challengers	9603	1	982	887
Jeremy Lin 1/2009	Challengers		pre-k	1085	unr
Aryan Deshpande started 10/2008	State		pre-k	593	528
Max Wang started 10/2008	State		pre-k	543	543

ELENA 2007-2008 SEASON

			Apr-08	Sep-07	Sep-06
Nathaniel Yee	UCD	2	1423	1285	900
Noah Fields	CWA	2	1401	1130	639
William Lee	OPW	1	1296	950
Kate Tokareva	LMA	5	1478	1242
Spencer Lehmann	ERG	3	1349	1089	unr
Dylan Austin	MRP	5	1298	1206	952
Patrick Wang	STV	3	1498	1219	762
Benjamin Brusniak	SJN	1	1270	976
Nagase Masayuki	UCD	3	1140	976	699
Toshihiro Nagase	UCD	1	1046	893	623
Hare Howie	SDV	K	747	unr
Colin Lehmann	ERG	K	787	402
Alexa Shield from 1/1/2008	RSA	3	754	499
Stephen Embry	STV	3	1287	1007	700
Anthony Lu	JMR	2	1089	559

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 6^th gr 1824

Stephen Embry 3^rd gr STV 1287

William Lee 1^st gr OPW 1296

Noah Fields 2^nd 1401 CWA

Patrick Wang 3^rd STV 1498

Kate Tokareva 5^th LMA 1478

Amith Vanmane 3^rd STV 1441

Albert Li 1^st BEN 1104

Brian Yue LMA 6^th 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

2^nd Place Nathaniel Yee, 2^nd grade Championship

10^th Place Toshihiro Nagase Place 1^st Grade Championship

15^th Place Noah Fields 2^nd grade Championship

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

Current Rating // Date Started at Chess Academy// Initial Ratings

K GRADE
NAGASE, TOSHIHIRO 4 PTS (C UCDS)	904	Oct-06	623
GRADE 1
YEE, NATHANIEL 5 pts	1285	Sep-05	443
FIELDS, NOAH 4 pts	944	Dec-06	639
GRADE 2
WANG, PATRICK 4 pts	1133	Oct-06	762
LEHMANN, SPENCER 4 pts	1040	Oct-06	unrated
TIMBROOK, JONATHAN 4 pts (C MRP)	924	Oct-06	unrated
NAGASE, MASAYUKI 4 pts (C UCDS)	954		699
GRADE 3
MEISNER, SAMUEL 5 pts	1494	Sep-06	1393
GOEI, TIMOTHY 4 pts (C MRP)	1144	Oct-06	925
GORDON, DANIEL 4 pts (C UCDS)
GRADE 4
AUSTIN, DYLAN 4.5 (C MRP)	1186	Oct-06	952
SATHER, JACK 4 pts	1271	May-04	600
ROTTSOLK, ERIK 4 pts (C UCDS)
GRADE 5
SUN, TRISTAN 5 pts	1496	Oct-05	1290
THONGMEE, THOMAS 5 pts
GRADE 6
OMORI, MICHAEL 5 pts
QU, FRANK 4 pts	1615	Oct-05	750
HUCHALA, ANDY 4 pts (C MRP)	1192	Oct-06	926

(C ) – Elena’s after-school chess club player, (not private students).

· 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

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