Daniel Tartaglione Of Pocono Mountain East High School wins 12th Annual Spring Horizons For Youth Chess Championship

Saturday, March 23, 2013 the Lehigh Valley Chess Club was closed, but not for a lack of events happening on this weekend. The 12th Annual Spring Horizons for Youth Scholastic Chess Championship held at Northampton Community College, Main Campus, 3835 Green Pond Rd, Bethlehem, Pa 18020
was attended by 70 chess players in the k-12 category. Many had just returned from PA State Championships in Carlisle, Pa earlier this month where many won top honors there. Daniel Tartaglione and Dawid Ryczek tied for first out of the 40 players who competed in the Rated Section and in the Blitz off Daniel won the final convincingly without going to an Armadgedon playoff round. This is the second time Daniel has won this tournament securing 1st place last Fall under exactly the same circumstances. Nerves of steel are necessary to finish these intensely competitive events.     Winners in the Rated Section:  

1st - Daniel Tartaglione (Swiftwater, Pa) - 

2nd - Dawid Ryczek (Swiftwater, Pa) -   

3rd - Nick Cardini (Swiftwater, Pa) -     

4th - Alexa Nunamaker (Nazareth, Pa) - 
Jason Law (Allentown, Pa) - Honorable Mention as tied for 4th but lost trophy to Alexa on tiebreaks

Best Under 1400 - Allen Qiu (Orefield, Pa) - 

Best Under 1200 - Bradley Shepps (Bethlehem, Pa) -

Best Under 1000 - Vikram Pandian (Macungie, Pa) -  Shashank Vithalani (Breinigsville, Pa)- Honorable Mention as tied for Best Under 1000 but lost to Vikram on tiebreaks

Best Under 800 - William Schultz (Fountain Hill, Pa) - 

Best Under 600 - Jeremy Lutack (Bethlehem, Pa) - 

Best Under 400 - Andrei Stefanov (Bethlehem, Pa) - 

Best Unrated - Alexander McLaughlin (Pleasant Valley, Pa) -

Winners in the Age Based Section:  

5-7 Year Olds -  

Nick Dang - 1st  

Okezue Bell - 2nd  

8 Year Olds -  

Jack Hickey - 1st  

Varun Pandian - 2nd  

9 Year Olds -  

Christopher Sletvold - 1st  

Brendan Hasara - 2nd after Blitz Off
for first won by Chistopher on tiebreaker  

10 Year Olds -  

Leland Hargrow - 1st  

Everest Byrne - 2nd  

11 Year Olds -  

Danny Lim - 1st  

Jonathan Miers - 2nd

12 Year Olds ( no entries in this age )-
No winner - 1st
No winner - 2nd

13-14 Year Olds -

Daniel Moreno - 1st

Helen Behe -2nd