ICN Girls Win 5 State Championships!

The Annual All Girls New York State Chess Championships were a huge success for ICN programs across the board! 

Elementary State Champions

Elementary State Champions

Primary State Champions

Primary State Champions

Elementary State Champions!

Elementary State Champions!

With over 50 girls representing teams from PS 33, PS 11, PS 59, PS 116, PS 10, PS 230, PS 139 and Lower Lab the energy was electric and the all girls atmosphere created strong team spirit and highly motivated players. 

The number of girls engaging in competitive chess continues to soar and we could not be more happy to support initiatives such as the All Girls State Championships!

There was also a tremendous amount of success to go around for ICN programs as Chelsea Prep claimed 5 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS! Chelsea Prep claimed the Elementary State Championship , Lower Lab secured the primary State Championship and PS 139 took 1st in the U 600, U 900 and U 1200 sections!

PS 11 , PS 59 and PS 10 also found there way to the podium to be recognized with State Championship success!

Well done ladies!!!

Team Awards:

K-6 Championship:

  • Chelsea Prep - State Champions

K-3 Championship:

  • Lower Lab - 1st Place

  • PS 59 - 2nd Place

  • PS 111 - 4th Place

K-3 Championship:

  • Lower Lab - 7th Place

  • PS 33 - 9th Place

  • PS 11 - 10th Place

K- 12 U 1200:

  • PS 139 - 1st Place

K - 6 U 900:

  • PS 139 - 1st Place

  • PS 11 - 3rd Place

  • Lower Lab - 9th Place

  • PS 33 - 13th Place

K - 3 U 600:

  • PS 139 - 1st Place

  • PS 10 - 4th Place

  • PS 77

Individual Awards:

  • Simone Morden (PS 33) - 1st Place K-6 Championship

  • Rose Morden (PS 33) - 2nd Place K-6 Championship

  • Abigail Yang (PS 33) - 3rd Place K-6 Championship

  • Aliana Fausto (Lower Lab) - 2nd Place K-3 Championship

  • Lyla Basavaiah (Lower Lab) - 3rd Place K-3 Championship

  • Summer Loh (Lower Lab) - 5th Place K-3 Championship

  • Chenyu Zhao (PS 59) - 6th Place K-3 Championship

  • Indira Raparthi (PS 11) - 7th Place K-3 Championship

  • Cadence Park (Lower Lab) - 8th Place K-3 Championship

  • Whitney Tse (PS 33) - 9th Place K-3 Championship

  • Vaishnavi Agaram (PS 33) - 11th Place K-1 Championship

  • Lata Bhattarai (PS 139) - 1st Place K-12 U 1200

  • Ruby Pearce (PS 139) - 4th Place K-12 U 1200

  • Aida Zareir (PS 139) - 10th Place K-12 U 1200

  • Ariam Daniel (PS 139) - 1st Place K-6 U 900

  • Sophie Schechter (PS 139) - 2nd Place K-6 U 900

  • Sabella Faccio (PS 11) - 8th Place K-6 U 900

  • Amishna Gurung (PS 139) - 1st Place K-3 U 600

  • Caitlin Adams (PS 139) - 8th Place K-3 U 600

Russ Makofsky