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 YADAV

2 JACK BARTON

3 JOSHUA TJOE

4 ALBERT WANG

5 WARREN SHI

6 CARLY RUTT

with special props to Edwin Vuong with 3 points.

K-6 U500 Individual:                           Top Teams: Skyview followed by Ithan

1 ANDREW YU

2 BENAS ANTANAVICIUS

3 AVANEE RAMAMURTHY

4 OWEN BLAMEY

5 ALEXANDER HA RUSS

6 TANAY PARRIPATI

and 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 WANG

3 SHREY HULAGE

4 SIDDH PRABHUDESAI

5 DEV MENO MADHAVAN

and good job to TRAVIS JOHNSON with 3 points

K-12 Championship Individual:                                     Top Team: Lionville

1 SIDDHANT SURESH

2 ANIRUDH RED AKULA

3 YAJAT GUPTA

4 BENJAMIN YANG

with 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. Animated GIF

Hope to see you all at the March 30th Chess Pieces of April Tournament!