2019 CHESS PIECES OF APRIL
Here are the top players per section:K-6 U200 Individual:Top Teams: Gladwyne Elementary followed by 1 AMIR AHSAN Our Lady of Mt Caramel2 FREDERIC PHELIZON3 Nicholas Lalwani4 HENRY FREEBODY5 Niko Snee-Garza6 Reid Blarneyand 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 Navarrete2 Ryan Sensen Brenn3 Advaith Elluru4 Owen Rutt5 RYAN DING6 Brian Hsiehand kudos to Faye Fei Mo and EDWIN VUONG
K-12 U800 Individual: Top Teams: Colonial and then Skyview in 2nd
1 Anderson Chan2 Jake Anton3 Kasyap Tumuluri4 Alex W Babka5 Rhea Sofia Howard6 Austin Linice job Josiah Tjoe and Kathan Desai
K-12 Championship Individual:
1 Vasishta TumuluriTop Team: Pickering Valley
2 Max Kikkawa3 Brian Li4 John M Curetonwith special props to medalist Yajat GuptaIn case you missed it...
Nakamura and Yu are 2019 U.S. Champs |
By John Hartmann|April 1, 2019|News, Top American Players, Women It took two weeks, eleven rounds, and a heavy dose of final day drama, but US Chess now has its 2019 Champions: Hikaru Nakamura and Jennifer Yu. Yu was effectively crowned after the tenth round, when no one else could catch the 17-year old from Virginia. Hikaru Nakamura had to wait until the very last game was decided in the Open Championship to claim his title. His victory over Jeffery Xiong coupled with draws by co-leaders Fabiano Caruana (against Sam Shankland) and Leinier Dominguez (against Timur Gareyev), gave Nakamura his fifth U.S. Championship. |