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IONA CHESS NEWS
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IONA CHESS NEWS
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The Spring Chess Tournament 2008 Primary Section 1st - Matthew Fritsch 2nd - Brandon Kersting 3rd - Tommy Fritsch Open Section 1st - Antonio Dell’orto Joseph Noschese Shane Gallagher Clayton Rice 2nd - Joseph Zajac 3rd - Mark Marzziotti Eddie Devine Walt Chadwick Championship Section 1st Dario Dell’orto 2nd Connor Riddell 3rd Giancarlo Dell’orto 4th Joseph St.Onge Timmy Petriccione 5th Austyn Wells |
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Congratulations to the Iona Grammar Chess Team
2008 Westchester County Middle School Champion
Dario Dell’orto 2008 Westchester County Middle
School Co-Champion
March 2008
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The Iona Grammar Chess Team played in the Westchester County Scholastic Chess Championships on Saturday, March 10, at Ward School in New Rochelle . The Primary Team led by Connor Riddell, Antonio Dell’orto, and Brandon Kersting tied for second place. The Middle School team – grades 6 and 7 – led by Mark Marzziotti took first place and are the Westchester County Middle School Champions. The Junior High School/ High School team – grades 8 – 12 – were led by Ho Jae Cha, Matt Schwalbenberg, and Kenneth Crisco. The team captured first place and are the Westchester County Junior High/ High School champions.
FALL 2006 CHESS TOURNAMENT RESULTS PRIMARY SECTION First Place – Connor Riddell Second Place – Luke Chandra Third Place – Antonio Dell’orto Fourth Place – Brendon Kersting Fifth Place – Conor Young OPEN SECTION First Place – Austyn Wells Second Place – Shane Gallagher Third Place – Jonathon Schreier Fourth Place – Dario Dell’orto Fifth Place – Joseph St.Onge Walt Chadwick David Young Connor Mullins Dewitt Gilmore
CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION First Place – Rishabh Alam Second Place – Ho Jae Cha Third Place – Kenneth Crisco Fourth Place – Matthew Schwalbenberg Fifth Place – Timmy Petriccione Sixth Place – Joseph Scollan
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Iona Grammar School Chess team WINS First Place in NYS Scholastic Chess Championships and win title 2006 NYS Junior HS Chess Champion - June 2006 |
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Iona Grammar School chess team played in the New York State Scholastic
Chess Championships, which were held at New Rochelle High School on
Saturday and Sunday.
The team won first place and are the 2006 New York State Junior High School Chess Champions. Over 1000 students participated in this event. Individually: Austyn Wells, Manuel Damirchi, Tommy Petriccione and Rishabh Alam won 3 out of 5 games. Kenneth Crisco scored 3 ½ points. Franklyn Rose won 4 games. Timmy Petriccione scored 4 ½ out 5 and captured second place in the Junior High School Section. Ho Jae Cha scored 3 out of 5 in the Championship section. Joseph St. Onge scored 3 out of 6 in the Elementary section. 3rd Grader Patrick Young won 4 out of 6 games in the Primary section. The chess team won the Westchester County championships two years ago. This is the first time the team has won the state championship. |
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Iona's First Ever National Champion
Matthew Schwalbenberg won the K - 5 under 900 National Scholastic Chess Championship, held in Pittsburgh, PA. Congratulations, Matthew!!
Congratulations to Ho-Jae Cha for winning the school championship!!
Mr. Martinetti and Mr. Blanco would like to thank all the members of the Iona Grammar Chess Team and their parents for our most successful year to date! We had 14 first place finishes - including the Westchester County Championship - Middle School!
Additionally, there were 4 second place finishes and 3 third place awards.
Congratulations on a great year!