Released on = February 17, 2006, 3:04 pm

Press Release Author = Delphian School

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = Delphian School qualifiers from the Regional Chess
Tournament advance to the State Championships

Press Release Body = "We're going to States!" was the cry heard numerous times
toward the end of the day at The Delphian School in Sheridan, where the official
"Chess for Success" Region 13 Chess Championship Tournament was held on Saturday,
February 4th. One hundred top chess-playing Elementary, Middle and High School
students from fourteen different schools in Yamhill and Polk counties packed The
Delphian School's tournament halls to vie for trophies and the right to capture
regional rankings and go on to the State Championship Tournament held in Portland in
March.

This was the first year the event was held at The Delphian School, a K-12 private
day and boarding school located in the hills overlooking the Willamette Valley. The
Delphian School hosted more than 200 students and parents, which made quite a crowd.
Chess was not the only activity either; air hockey, ping-pong and foosball in the
school's recreation hall turned out to be a popular way for the players to relieve
tension between rounds of tournament action.

Competition started at 10:00am and lasted until mid-afternoon. Separated by grade
into the Elementary, Middle or High School sections, students played from four to
five games each against students from other schools, scoring one point for each win
and a half point for each tie. Only those with the highest scores from the K-4th,
5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades receive the right to go to the "Chess for Success"
State Championships. In the high school section, those with the highest scores and
second highest scores qualify.

In addition to competing as individuals, the students also played as a team for
their school against the other schools in their section. First place for a team in
each section and the right to compete at States goes to the school whose top four
players had the highest scores.

At the tournament's end, twenty-one students from six different schools in the
region qualified for State Tournament competition.

Qualifiers for the Chess for Success State Championships:

Team competition

Middle School Section - Delphian School
* Gabi Ruiz
* Jason Knickerbocker
* Kevin Kim
* Remi Keough
* Oscar Wu (alternate)
* William Brubaker (alternate)

Elementary - Delphian School
* Lindsay Price
* Brett Horton
* Lukas Ott
* Dillon Rivera
* Tanya Eskandari (alternate)
* Chad Platt (alternate)

Note: The high school students compete only as individuals.

Individual competition

9th - 12th Grade
* Christopher Kevorkian (Delphian)
* Iris Bull (Amity)
* Jonathan Huang (Delphian)
* Taylor Shock (McMinnville)

8th Grade
* Bruce Harmon (McMinnville)
* Zak Pearson (McMinnville)
* Brian Cheney (Newberg)

7th Grade
* Gabi Ruiz (Delphian)

6th Grade
* Max Conley (Chehalem)

5th Grade
* Lindsay Price (Delphian)

K-4th Grade
* Brendan Tse (Monmouth)

For more information about the "Chess for Success" State Championships, see its web
site at www.chessforsuccess.org.

For information about The Delphian School's summer chess camp, contact Barb Silver
at 1-800-626-6610.

The Delphian School is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school
offering college preparatory, English-as-a-Second-Language and summer programs for
elementary through high school students. The Delphian School is licensed to use
Applied Scholastics(TM) educational services (http://www.AppliedScholastics.org).

Company Name:
The Delphian School

Web Site Address:
http://www.SummerAtDelphi.org

Contact Information:
Bruce Wiggins, Director of Public Relations
The Delphian School
20950 SW Rock Creek Road
Sheridan, Oregon 97378
800-626-6610
brucew@delphian.org

Category:
Education


Web Site = http://www.summerAtDelphi.org

Contact Details = Bruce Wiggins, Director of Public Relations
The Delphian School
20950 SW Rock Creek Road
Sheridan, Oregon 97378
800-626-6610
brucew@delphian.org