The 2014 WRECC (Wood River Elementary Chess Championship) attracted teams from the valley’s four major elementary schools: Bellevue, Woodside, Hailey, and Hemingway and 40 chess players with most of the players coming from Woodside. The championship was senior project concept that Nick Bruck Began in 2010 and is now a yearly staple for the students.
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| Hemingway Elementary School |
Hemingway Elementary School grabbed hold of the 1st place prize this year after finishing in last place in previous years. The team consisted of three 5th graders and one 4th grader: Bel Clayton, Jackson Giles, Jett Carruth, Jacob Russell, Jude Werth. Teams include all students from a school however only scores from the top four players from a school are added up to form a composite score. Hemingway earned 15.5 points with Bellevue earning 14.0, and Woodside and Hailey scoring 13.5 points.
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| "What to do about that queen in my grill . . ." |
The results proved to be a surprise as Hailey and Woodside continued to dominate 1st and 2nd place each round. Only 0.5 points separated Hailey and Woodside in the fourth round, but the last round had both Hemingway and Bellevue students winning all of their games to leap ahead of Hailey and Woodside. Both had the fewest players with five each.
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| Darwin Porth |
Darwin Porth, Bellevue, won 1st place overall and in 3rd grade with a perfect tournament score of 5.0 points. Quentin Van Law, Woodside, won 2nd overall and 1st in 4th grade with 4.0 points, and Sarah Hattula, Hailey Elementary, won 3rd place overall and 1st place in 5th grade with 4.0 points. Trophies were presented for 1st - 3rd place in each grade level, including kindergarten. The Community Campus cafe additionally gifted winners a free drink.
Prizes were also raffled off with two chess books from the library of Norman Friedman, founder of “The Right Move” going to Faustino Nunez and Otto Olson. Quentin Van Law won a scorebook and chess boards were gifted to Holden Archie and Hunter Ervin.
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| Jordan Pulliam and Kaden Rinehart |
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| Dylan Porth, Cooper Dean, Andre Murphy, Wesley Brimstein, and Levi Catangcatang |
Members of the high school chess club, that recently returned from the National Chess Championships, were on hand to offer instruction and guide students in need of rule clarifications. Most players took advantage of endgame, checkmate, and stalemate demonstrations. Brad Henson, Woodside Principal, visited to cheer his players on and offer support, as well as elementary school teacher Deb Van Law, Woodside and GATE Teacher Kristy Turco. The players loved having fans and spectators.
In one touching event during round 4, Bel Clayton, Hemingway, lost her game quickly against Michael Diaz, Woodside, after she made an illegal move and he took her king. Later in the round, she discovered that an illegal move does not end the game and she asked Michael if they could play a rematch for the round, which he allowed and then she won, allowing her school a full point lead by the end of the tournament. This was a deciding game for the tournament. Congratulations to all winners.
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| Bel Clayton |
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| Vice President Wesley Brimstein gives Leam Van Law his trophy |
Team Results
Plc Code Name (Players:Top 4 used) Score Solk CumOp Cum SBx2
1 Hem Hemingway Elementary 15.5 48.5 160.0 45.0 62.5
Clayton, Bel (4.0,nnnn)
Giles, Jackson (4.0,nnnn)
Carruth, Jett (4.0,nnnn)
Russell, Jacob (3.5,nnnn)
2 Bell Bellevue Elementary (5) 14.0 50.0 158.0 40.0 65.5
Porth, Darwin (5.0,1011)
Stouffer, Owen (4.0,nnnn)
Stouffer, Emmett (2.5,nnnn)
Renner, Levi (2.5,nnnn)
3 Wood Woodside Elementary (18) 13.5 61.5 187.5 44.5 71.5
Van Law, Quentin (4.0,900)
Thompson, Hunter (3.5,nnnn)
Gaudreau, Spencer (3.0,nnnn)
Thompson, Porter (3.0,nnnn)
4 Hail Hailey Elementary (12) 13.5 58.5 177.5 40.5 68.5
Hattula, Sarah (4.0,nnnn)
Olson, Otto (4.0,1006)
Shepard, River (3.0,nnnn)
Wilson, Gage (2.5,nnnn)
Roberts, Thor (2.5,nnnn)
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| Darwin Porth and Otto Olson |
Individual Results
Red = trophy
orange = medal
blue = ribbon
Place Name Rate Score Solk CumOp MMed Cum
For Overall
1 Darwin Porth 5.0
2 Quentin Van Law 4.0
3 Sarah Hattula 4.0
For Grade k
1 Renner, Levi (28) nnnn 2.5 9.5 32.0 6.0 5.5
2 Thompson, Carter (35) nnnn 1.5 11.5 29.0 7.5 4.5
3 Ratliff, Alex (26) nnnn 1.0 8.5 23.0 6.0 0.0
For Grade 1
1 Hebert, Luke (20) nnnn 2.5 11.0 27.5 6.5 5.5
2 Van Law, Leam (21) nnnn 2.0 13.5 40.0 9.5 8.0
For Grade 2
1 Wilson, Gage (40) nnnn 2.5 13.0 37.5 6.5 5.5
2 Stouffer, Emmett (32) nnnn 2.5 11.5 37.0 6.0 7.5
3 Roberts, Thor (29) nnnn 2.5 11.0 31.0 6.5 5.0
4 Foster, Conrad (13) nnnn 2.0 13.5 42.5 10.0 8.5
5 Nicoll, Russell (25) nnnn 2.0 10.0 34.0 7.5 5.0
6 Ratliff, Payton (27) nnnn 1.5 12.5 35.0 8.5 4.0
7 Ervin, Hunter (11) nnnn 1.5 10.5 30.5 8.0 4.0
8 Guerra, Dionise (18) nnnn 1.0 7.5 25.5 4.0 4.0
9 Duke, Frankie (9) nnnn 0.0 11.5 32.0 7.5 0.0
For Grade 3
1 Porth, Darwin (1) 1011 5.0 16.5 50.0 14.0 15.0
2 Stouffer, Owen (33) nnnn 4.0 12.5 39.0 11.0 12.0
3 Thompson, Porter (37) nnnn 3.0 14.5 46.0 12.5 9.0
4 Archie, Holden (4) nnnn 2.5 13.5 37.0 9.0 8.5
5 Gilman, Josephine (17) nnnn 1.0 11.5 38.0 7.5 2.5
For Grade 4
1 Van Law, Quentin (3) 900 4.0 17.0 51.5 16.0 14.0
2 Olson, Otto (2) 1006 4.0 16.0 50.0 14.5 13.0
3 Clayton, Bel (8) nnnn 4.0 12.5 41.5 11.0 12.0
4 Thompson, Hunter (36) nnnn 3.5 14.5 44.5 12.5 12.0
5 Russell, Jacob (30) nnnn 3.5 14.0 45.5 12.5 10.0
6 Gaudreau, Spencer (15) nnnn 3.0 15.5 45.5 13.5 9.5
7 Shepard, River (31) nnnn 3.0 13.0 38.0 11.5 9.0
8 Froilan Enriquez (14) nnnn 2.5 13.5 38.5 7.5 7.5
9 Michael Diaz (22) nnnn 2.0 16.0 43.5 12.0 8.0
10 Nicoll, Christopher (24) nnnn 2.0 13.0 38.5 9.0 7.0
11 Tellez, Cesar (34) nnnn 2.0 12.0 32.5 8.0 6.5
12 Chris Crespo Adame (7) nnnn 2.0 11.5 31.0 7.5 5.0
13 Faustino Nunez (12) nnnn 2.0 10.0 28.5 6.0 7.0
14 Bayro Llantoy Agguire (5)nnnn 2.0 10.0 27.0 6.0 5.0
15 Victor Beltran (38) nnnn 2.0 9.5 28.0 5.5 4.0
16 Miguel Segoviano (23) nnnn 1.5 13.0 38.0 9.0 5.5
17 Edgar Hurtado (10) nnnn 1.5 8.0 21.0 5.5 4.0
For Grade 5
1 Hattula, Sarah (19) nnnn 4.0 16.5 52.0 14.5 13.0
2 Giles, Jackson (16) nnnn 4.0 12.5 40.0 11.0 12.0
3 Carruth, Jett (6) nnnn 4.0 9.5 33.0 9.5 11.0
4 Werth, Jude (39) nnnn 3.0 13.0 43.5 11.5 9.0 
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