PA STATE WARM-UP 2019
The 2019 Shining Knights' 12th Annual State Warm-Up Chess Tournament truly incorporated 100+ students of the game and their parents from so many different backgrounds. There was a collection of familiar faces along with an introduction of so many new ones. It was a pleasure to feel the energy in the room generated by the analytical minds of the youth. Congratulations to all who participated!

Here are the top players per section:K-6 U200 Individual:Top Teams: Germantown Academy & 2nd Cynwyd Elem 1 ANOUSHKA YADAV2 JACK BARTON3 JOSHUA TJOE4 ALBERT WANG5 WARREN SHI6 CARLY RUTTwith special props to Edwin Vuong with 3 points.
K-6 U500 Individual: Top Teams: Skyview followed by Ithan
1 ANDREW YU2 BENAS ANTANAVICIUS3 AVANEE RAMAMURTHY4 OWEN BLAMEY5 ALEXANDER HA RUSS6 TANAY PARRIPATIand a shout out to 3 pointers OWEN RUTT, ANDREW GUTHRIE and SANJITHA KRISHNAN
K-12 U800 Individual: Top Teams: Pickering and then Spring Ford
1 CONNOR VITZ
2 ETHAN WANG3 SHREY HULAGE4 SIDDH PRABHUDESAI5 DEV MENO MADHAVANand good job to TRAVIS JOHNSON with 3 points
K-12 Championship Individual:
Top Team: Lionville
1 SIDDHANT SURESH2 ANIRUDH RED AKULA3 YAJAT GUPTA4 BENJAMIN YANGwith kudos to ABHIRAM VADIGURI and SOMIL TARE who earned 3 points
With less than a few weeks from spring let the unpredictable but cold weather inspire ever developing chess minds.
Hope to see you all at the March 30th Chess Pieces of April Tournament!