2019 CHESS PIECES OF APRIL

114 children competed in the 2019 Shining Knights Chess Pieces of April on a glorious Spring day.  It was great to see familiar faces as well as dozens of new tournament players.  There were players from quite a diverse number of chess teams, representing their schools with their bright, analytical minds.  Thank you all for your great participation in a fantastic tournament brimming with smiles and good sportsmanship.

Here are the top players per section:

 K-6 U200 Individual:                             Top Teams: Gladwyne Elementary followed by

1 AMIR AHSAN                                                              Our Lady of Mt Caramel

2 FREDERIC PHELIZON

3 Nicholas Lalwani

4 HENRY FREEBODY

5 Niko  Snee-Garza

6 Reid Blarney

and special props to 3 pointers Jaidon Horvath, Victor Pan, Oliver Kosmalski and PRATIRP MALVANKAR

 

K-6 U500 Individual:                        Top Teams: Skyview followed by Lower Gwyned

 

1 Luke Navarrete

2 Ryan Sensen Brenn

3 Advaith Elluru

4 Owen Rutt

5 RYAN DING

6 Brian Hsieh

and kudos to Faye Fei Mo and EDWIN VUONG

 

K-12 U800 Individual:                        Top Teams: Colonial and then Skyview in 2nd

1 Anderson Chan

2 Jake Anton

3 Kasyap Tumuluri

4 Alex W Babka

5 Rhea Sofia Howard

6 Austin Li

nice job Josiah Tjoe and Kathan Desai

 

 

K-12 Championship Individual:                       Top Team: Pickering Valley

1 Vasishta Tumuluri

2 Max Kikkawa

3 Brian Li

4 John M Cureton

with special props to medalist Yajat Gupta

 

 

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