2025 September Scholastic Sectional Tournament Report

Written By Anthony Miranda

The Hawaii Chess Federation hosted its 2025 September Scholastic Sectional tournament on Saturday, September 27th, at Washington Middle School. The tournament, which consisted of five rounds of chess played at a time control of G45 (45 minutes per player) with a 5-second increment, boasted over 100 student participants and a number of adult players as well.

After a long and exciting day of chess, there were multiple stand-out performances: Michael Tserennyam from Laie Elementary School won the K-2 division with a perfect score of 5.0; John Fergus from Punahou School won the K-5 division with a perfect scores of 5.0; Alphaeus Tse, from Waikiki Elementary School, won the K-8 division with a score of 4.5; and Ty Dutoit, from Punahou School, won the K-12 division with a perfect score of 5.0; and Eric Mui won the adult section with a perfect score of 4.0. In the team competition, first place winners included ‘Iolani School (K-2 and K-8) and Punahou School (K-5 and K-12).

Congratulations to our winners and to all participants for their hard work and dedication to chess! Our next tournament will take place on Saturday, October 18th, at Washington Middle School - we look forward to seeing you there!

 

Primary School (k-2) Prize Winners

Team Awards:

  1. ‘Iolani School (9.0)

  2. Laie Elementary School (9.0)

  3. Punahou School (6.0)

Individual Awards:

  1. Michael Tserennyam (5.0)

  2. Axel Gaetano (4.0)

  3. Gerelt Tserennyam (4.0)

Elementary School (k-5) Prize Winners

Team Awards:

  1. Punahou School (11.5)

  2. Pearl City Elementary (8.5)

  3. Kamehameha Schools (6.5)

Individual Awards:

  1. John Fergus (5.0)

  2. Joseph Roeder (4.0)

  3. Wenxuan Zhu (4.0)

Middle School (k-8) Prize Winners

Team Awards:

  1. ‘Iolani School (9.5)

  2. Punahou School (7.5)

  3. Kamehameha Schools (4.5)

Individual Awards:

  1. Alphaeus Tse (4.5)

  2. Alexander Hsia (4.0)

  3. Nova Galanto (4.0)

High School (k-12) Prize Winners

Team Awards:

  1. Punahou School (13.0)

  2. Homeschool (5.5)

  3. ‘Iolani School (5.0)

Individual Awards:

  1. Ty Dutoit (5.0)

  2. Skylor Chan (4.0)

  3. J.P. Bennet (4.0)

Adult Standings

  1. Eric Mui (4.0)

  2. Chris Bueno (3.0)

  3. Matthew Washington (3.0)

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