Chess Club
SY 2023-2024
Chess Club starts on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 and ends on Tuesday, April 8, 2024 this school year.
We meet every Tuesday from 2:30-4:00 in Mrs. Piotter's classroom (B-105).
We will start weekly challenge matches on January 30th.
Our top ten chessmasters will represent TMS at the Middle School chess tournament on Saturday, April 13, 2024.
SY 2022-2023
Congratulations Titans!
2023 Middle School Chess Club Team Champions!
Chess Club started on Thursday, January 12, 2023 and ends on Thursday, March 9, 2023 this school year.
We meet every Thursday from 2:15-3:30 in Mrs. Piotter's classroom (B-105).
We started weekly challenge matches on January 26th.
Our top ten chessmasters will represent TMS at the Middle School chess tournament on Saturday, April 15, 2023.
Our rankings as of March 9th follow: ( 2 points per win; 1 pt per draw)
Place Points. Students
1. 26 Paul Hastings
2. 20 Dane Hufstetler, John Bennis, Ellie Slottee, Blake Jimenez
5. 19 Tam Ngyuyen, Janeva Bennis, Josiah Falke
9. 17 Bohdan Yakovenko
10. 16 Julie Rego, Andrew Watkins, Blake Parker
13. 15 Dylan Cavier, Raiden Weythman
15. 14 T.J. O'Malley, Logan Gardner
17. 13 Xavier Lyon
18. 12 Joseph Darrington
19. 11 Rockford Beistline
20. 10 Tyler Stephens-Deombroski, Hayden Hysliip
22. 9 Casey Mitchell
23. 8 Jaxon Christenson
24. 7 Jayden White
25. 5 Ashton Healy
26. 4 Andrew Tenney
27. 2 Phoenix Castro
28. 0 Anthony Kelly, Rowan Porcello, Tristen Olsen
Chess Club
SY 2021 - 2022 Champions!
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SY 2021-2022
Chess Club started on Tuesday, 30 November 2021 and ends on Tuesday, 29 March this school year.
We meet every Tuesday from 2:25-3:45 in Mr. Murray's classroom (B-105).
We started weekly challenge matches on 18 January and there is only 1 official chess club meeting remaining on March March 29th.
Our top ten chessmasters will represent TMS at the Middle School chess tournament on Saturday, 16 April.
Our rankings as of 22 March follow: ( 2 points per win; 1 pt per draw)
Place Points. Students
1. 26 Ellie Slottee
2. 23 John Bennis
3. 22 Paul Hastings
4. 20. Tam Nguyen, Rick Benedict
6. 18. Calvin Musgrave
7. 17 Blake Parker, Tyler Eli, Josiah Falke
10. 16. Dane Hufstetler
11. 15. Patrick Price, Jayden White
13. 14 Chantellace Vessey, Logan Spangler
15. 13. Jaxyn Milstead, Kalista Douglas
17. 12 Jordan Ostop,
18. 10 Isaac Walton, Jaxon Christopherson
20. 9. Owen Bultman, Casey Mitchell
21. 8 Elisabeth Botamanenko
22. 3 Logan Gardner
23. 1 Max Fortunato
SY 2020-2021
Teeland's online chess club will operate using the Chesskid.com website. The code to join the TMS chess club Google classroom and get invites to our Zoom meetings is r5qx5vm.
Our in school rankings based on tournament and challenge matches follows:
Place Pts Name
1 10 Ken Walton, Mason Wallstrum*, Ellie Slottee
4. 9. Isaac Slottee
5. 8. Asher Thomas, Dane Hufstetler
7. 6. John Bennis, Reagan Benedict,
Christian Mills-Price, Nathan Porcello,
Roman Milner
12. 5. Blake Parker, Isaac Walton
14. 4. Rowan Porcello, Aaden Slottee,
13 3 Cole McCotter, Dominik Maya,
18 0 Luke Tague, Justus Payne
SY 19-20
Chess Club started on Tuesday, 3 December this school year, and will end on Tuesday, 31 March. There will be no chess club meeting on 24 March due to my requirement to attend mandatory PEAKS proctor training.
We meet on Tuesdays from 2:25 - 3:45 pm in Mr. Murray's classroom.
We held two chess tournament on 28 January and 11 February.
We will be conducting challenge matches on all the remaining club meetings.
Current Rankings after Tuesday, March 3d are below;
(2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw)
Place Pts Name
1 30 Jace Dean
2 25 Owen Dietz
3 22 Isaac Slottee
4 21 River Brubaker
5 20 Riley Swanson
6 19 Mason Wallstrum,Wes Lund, Finn Quimby
9 18 Isaac Barron, Kade Russell
11 17 Christan Mills-Price, Quentin Warhus*
13 16 Adrien Eliza, Tyler Eli, Kenneth Walton, Caiden Peterson
17 15 Reagan Benedict,
18 14 Nathan Porcello, Aaden Slottee, Jack Fish,
Jaxon Boothby, Stella Rose, Brandon Carr,
24 13 Ethan McNulty, Ben Motz, Eliott Folsom, Kade Drake
28 12 Braden Thomas, Matthew Ross, James Mathews
31 11 Sebastian Brooke, Jaden Foley, Lily Zimnowoda,
34 9 Wade Hastings
35 6 Sage Lindsey, Jacob Mathews, Wyatt Schmitz*
38 5 Cormac McSorley-Ingram,
39 2 Miguel Suarez-Cabal
40 1 Andrew Spangler
SY 2018-2019 summary:
Teeland was the 2018-2019 Middle School Chess Champions!
Titans placing in the top ten at the school district tournament were:
1st place - Jace Dean
2d place - Isaac Barron
4th place -Adrien Eliza
6th place -Riley Swanson
7th place - Connor Dafoe
8th place - Owen Dietz
9th place - Ethan McNulty
Chess club started on Tuesday, 27 November 2018.
We held our first tournament Tuesday, 29 January; Jace Dean won the tournament.
On Tuesday, 5 February we hosted the PJMS chess club for a "chess meet" along with 4 students from the Twindly Bridge Charter School chess club. After 4 rounds there were four undefeated students, 3 from Teeland ( Jace Dean, Jayce Underwood, and Adrien Eliza).
Starting Tuesday 12 February until spring break, we will be conducting "challenge" matches to finalize our top ten ten players for the school district chess tournament.
Current Chess Club Rankings follow:
(2 points for a Win; and 1 point for a draw)
Place Points Name
1 40 Jace Dean
2 28 Owen Dietz
3 26 Ethan McNulty
4 25 Riley Swanson
5 22 Oliver Rose, River Brubaker,
Isaac Barron, Caiden Peterson
9 21 Connor Dafoe, Ryan O'Brien,
11 Jayce Underwood, Adrien Eliza,
13 Nathan Porcello, Christian Mills Price
15 Jaden Foley
16 19 Logan Jacobson,
17 18 Mason Walstrum,
19 17 Kenneth Walton, Owen Walling,
Dominique Bodle, Kaden Beistline,
23 16 Colton Savala
24 15 Miguel Suarez-Cabal,
25 14 Jack Fish, James Mathews,
Deakan Gross,
28 13 James Lane, Vinny Pastorino,
30 12 Camden Ward, Victoria Hutcheson,
32 11 Cormac McSorley-Ingram,
33 9 Kade Drake, Jacob Mathews,
Jadon Komis,Brian Anderson,
37 7 Colin Estepp,
38 3 Dayton Flores,
39 2 Lia Suarez-Cabal
40 1 Aaron Terry,
Teeland was the SY 2017-2018 Middle School Champions!
Titans in the Middle School Tournament top 10;
Jace Dean - 2d place
Gabe Lund -3d place
Dallin Rindlisbacher - 6th place
Jade Burlingame - 9th place
FINAL chess club rankings for SY 2017-2018 follow -
(Wins= 2 pts, Draws =1 pt, Losses = 0 pt)
Place Points Name(s)
1. 32 Joshua Miles
2. 31 Jace Dean
3. 30 Guy Beistline, Gabe Lund
5. 29 Alec Bruno, Colton Savala
7. 28 Jade Burlingame
8. 27 Riley Swanson
9. 25 Eli Rodriguez, Dallin Rindlisbacher,
11. 25 Brison Mead, Garrett Russell,
13. Ethan McNulty
14. Connor Dafoe
15. Caiden Peterson
16. Kade Drake, James Lane
18. Jadon Foley, Dominick Jennings,
Emmett Schumacher, ,
21. James Mathews, Elizabeth Elliot,
23. 21 Joey Gray
25. 20 Mason Hancey, Camden Ward,
Melanie Edwards
28. 19 Kalei Clement
29. 18 Owen Walling
30. 17 Jadon Komis, Kaden Beistline
31. 15 Jacob Mathews, Wes Lund
33. 13 Brian Anderson
34. 12 Matias Ramirez, Evan Breager
36. 11 Tyler Peterson,
37. 8 Sebastian Brown
38. 5 Kira Christiansen
40. 0 Danyelle Glancy
SY 2016-2017 summary: We came in 2d to CMS at the middle school chess tournament.
We had 42 students in chess club this year.
We travelled to PJMS for our first chess meet on 13 December and,
hosted PJMS in our library on Tuesday, 17 January for another chess meet.
Challenge matches started Tuesday, 31 January and ran every Tuesday through Tuesday, 21 March in order to determine our top 10 players.
FINAL rankings as of 22 March.
(Wins= 2 pts, Draws =1 pt, Losses = 0 pt)
Returning students from last year's top 12 are highlighted in yellow.
Place Points Name(s)
1. 43 Matthew Johnson
2. 37 Dallin Rindlisbacher
3. 36 Joel Rykaczewski
4. 33 Kayden Payne
5-6. 31 Jade Burlingame, Emmett Schumacher
7. 28 Garrett Russell
8-10. 27 Guy Beistline, Eli Rodriguez, Brison Mead
11-13. 26 Alec Bruno, Gabe Ponte, Niles Williams**
14-15. 25 KJ Hill**, Joshua Miles**
16-21. 22 Jeremiah Barbosa, Connor Dafoe, Angel Estrella,
Jace Makamson, Garrett Martinez, Zoe West
22-23. 21 Justin Covey, Jacob Ross
24. 19 Carlos Suarez
25. 17 Jack Haunold,
26. 14 Paige Buckalew
27. 13 Chris Burwell
28-29. 12 Jadon Komis, Kristin Vaddepally
30-32. 10 Dominique Bodle,
Lauren Porcello, Angelina Welborn
33. 7 Ethan Davidson
34. 4 Alex Eliza, Colby Ratcliff
School Year 2015-2016 Summary:
We won the school district tournament and Matthew Johnson was the middle school champion.
- We had 3 chess meets this past year, two with PJMS and one with WMS.
Below is our final club ranking as of 22 March.
(Wins= 2 pts, Draws =1 pt, Losses = 0 pt)
Returning students from last year's top 12 are highlighted in yellow.
Place Points Name
1. 42 Nolan Murphy
2. 41 Joseph Wilhour**
3. 36 Tyler Fronek
4. 30 Evan Holler, Matthew Johnson
6. 29 Dallin Rindlisbacher
7. 28 Kayden Payne, Vinnie Smedley, Niles Williams
10. 26 Elias Rodriguez, Joel Rykaczewski
11. 25 Joshua Miles
12. 23 Brison Mead, Carlos Suarez-Cabal
14. 22 KJ Hill, Natalie Morse, Zach Youngblood
17. 21 Dominic Jennings, Garrett Russell
19. 20 Blade Bray, North Brubaker, Emmett Schumacher
22. 19 Michael Edwards
23. 18 Iva Thomasen, Liam Thomson
25. 17 Nathaniel Adams, Caleb Breding,
27. 16 Madison Donovan, Dart Vessey
29. 15 Alec Bruno
30. 14 Guy Beistline
31. 13 Jeremiah Barbosa , Chris Burwell, Rob Picou
34. 12 Greg DeArmond, Glenn Steer
36. 8 Camden Cowles
37. 6 Jack Haunold
38. 3 Brian Nagl
School Year 2014-2015 Summary: We won the school district tournament and Tyler Fronek was the middle school champion.
- Our last chess meet this year was on Tuesday, 24 February, when we hosted PJMS at Teeland. The final club rankings are below.
- We hosted our first meet with WMS on Tuesday, 9 December.
- We travelled to Palmer Jr Middle School for a chess meet on 27 January.
- (Wins= 2 pts, Draws =1 pt, Losses = 0 pts
Place Points Name
1. 32 Nigel Smedley
2. 31 Kyle Hasse
3. 29 Tyler Fronek
4. 28 Joseph Wilhour
5. 26 Max Degarmo
6. 25 Waylen Carney, Vinnie Smedley
8. 24 Nolan Murphy, Niles Williams, Kobe Smithson
11. 22 KJ Hill, Gabe Pastorino, Trey Whitehead
14. 21 Connor Hanson, Evan Holler
16. 19 Madison Donovan, Matt Smith
18. 18 Blade Bray, Kaden Ketchum
20. 17 Idaho A-B., Trinity Jimenez
22. 16 Caleb Breding, Alexis Crousore, Svend Lindquist, Zach Youngblood
26. 14 Seth Smith
27. 13 Ethan Cowles, Julian Delacruz, Jack Haunold
30. 11 Michael Edwards
31. 10 Micah Nashold
32. 8 Miles Laughlin
33. 6 Camden Dellar
34. 5 Jeremiah Barbosa
35. 1 Kendra Bamburg
School Year 2013-2014 summary:
We finished 2d in the school district tournament by 1/2 point to the perennial champs WMS.
- Below are our final club rankings for SY 2013-'14.
- ( Win= 2 pts; Draw= 1pt)
1. 34 points - Slavik Sosnin
2. 33 points - Steven Wright
3. 31 - Derrick Wise
4. 29 - Vinnie Smedley
5. 28 - Greg DeArmond, Joseph Wilhour
7. 27 - Matt Goudey,
8. 25 - Joshua Brendtro, Kyle Hasse, Joel Ingrim, Gabe Pastorino
12. 21 - Connor Hanson, Nigel Smedley
14. 20 - Evan Holler
15. 19 - Martin Jones, Nolan Murphy, Troy Straughn
18. 18 - Caleb Breding, Kobe Smithson
20. 17 - Jacob Marsh, Brent McHugh, Tyler Fronek
23. 15 - Madison Donovan, Brydan Komis, Jamus Schumacher, Nigel West
23. 15 - Madison Donovan, Brydan Komis, Jamus Schumacher, Nigel West
27. 13 - Idaho, Matt Smith, Seth Smith
30. 12 - Joshua Taylor
31. 11 - Max DeGarmo, Camden Dellar
33. 9 - Miles, Madeleine
35. 7 - Michael, Zachary
- We had 3 "chess tournaments" this school year, versus Wasilla Middle School (WMS) club on Tuesday, 17 December; and against Palmer Jr Middle School (PJMS) on 3 December and 14 January.
- Chess club started on Tuesday, 5 November this year and runs from 2:30-3:45 pm every Tuesday up to spring break unless we have a chess meet that day.
School Year -2012-2013 Summary:
- We competed in the following chess meets last year; vs PJMS twice; vs HMS twice; vs WMS, and against Midnight Sun Charter school
- We placed third in last year's School district Middle School Tournament on Saturday, 13 April in the Colony Middle School small gym from 8 am to 2:30 pm
- The Club rankings were; Students whose names are italicized did not compete in the school district tournament due to other commitments. Names in bold were those going to the tournament.
- Thorsten Warhus - 32 points
- Steven Wright - 32
- Derrick Wise - 31
- Matthew Goudey - 30
- Martin Jones - 29
- Nigel Smedley -26
- Austin Lardner - 24
- Joel Ingrim - 23
- Matt Yap & Brydan Komis - 21
- Kobe Smithson - 20
- Nevada Shelby -19
- Jacob Jakiemec - 18
- Myles Hammit - 17
- Wyatt Moses, Troy Straughn, & Gabe Pastorini -15
- Brianna Hunt - 14
- Nigel West - 12
- Natalie C - 11
- Frank Slather - 9
- Ky Kistel - 6