2022 Grade Nationals Report
The Grade National Championships were held this past weekend in National Harbor, Maryland, just south of Washington DC. This three-day long event showcased the best chess players from scholastic programs all across the country.
There were just under 2500 kids playing across all grades, from Kindergarten through 12th grade, representing almost 1000 clubs and teams from across the US.
Off the strength of our fall club & team training, we prepared and sent almost 190 kids to play, which represented almost 15% of all Elementary division players. And those kids must be doing something right with all that training, because they brought back almost 25% of the top team placings!
The Grade National Championship is a very tough event - it should be noted that there are NO "under" sections at all, only "open" sections. Kids play against the very best in their own grade levels, and to be able to place a team in the top 15 is an enormous accomplishment.
Our fifteen clubs who participated all achieved their goals and hit their marks, and we couldn't be prouder of their fight, persistence, determination, and grit.
We are also proud to report that our sole first place winning team from last year's Grades, the 4th graders from PS 10, were able to pull out an amazing final day come back performance, scoring five out of six points on Sunday, and tying for first in the 5th grade division!
Please take a moment to look below at all the results. We are extremely proud of all our teams & players.
2022 National Report - Team & Individual Results
2022 Grade Nationals Results
Team Results:
Kindergarten National Championship:
PS 33 - 5th Place
1st Grade National Championship:
PS 77 - 2nd Place
Nest+M - 7th Place
PS 33 - 8th Place
PS 10 - 14th Place
PS 59 - 17th Place
PS 198 - 22nd Place
2nd Grade National Championship:
PS 77 - 2nd Place
Nest+M - 6th Place
PS 130K - 8th Place
PS 33 - 9th Place
PS 130M - 12th Place
PS 11 - 22nd Place
PS 59 - 23rd Place
PS 198 - 26th Place
PS 116 - 31st Place
3rd Grade National Championship:
PS 77 - 2nd Place
PS 33 - 10th Place
PS 59 - 12th Place
Nest+M - 17th Place
PS 11 - 20th Place
PS 10 - 21st Place
PS 116 - 24th Place
4th Grade National Championship:
PS 77 - 3rd Place
PS 33 - 6th Place
PS 10 - 15th Place
PS 130M - 17th Place
PS 11 - 19th Place
PS 130K - 35th Place
5th Grade National Championship:
PS 10 - Co-Champions!
PS 33 - 10th Place
PS 130K - 11th Place
PS 11 - 12th Place
NEST+M - 14th Place
PS 59 - 17th Place
PS 130M - 19th Place
Individual Results:
Kindergarten:
26th Place - Aaveer Puri
28th Place - Matthew Romano
47th Place - Michael Cai
56th Place - Mia Jang
54th Place - Stella Xue
57th Place - Laurel Shen
64th Place - Koki Bekki
1st Grade:
13th Place - Kirill Mcnaughton
42nd Place - Hui Wong
51st Place - RV Singhal
60th Place - Rohan Iyengar
64th Place - Chloe Zheng
69th Place - Scarlet Wolf
73rd Place - Eason He
76th Place - Hugo Yoshida
82nd Place - Henry Kay
85th Place - Jacob Brinck
98th Place - Weili Wen
102nd Place - Alon Federman
105th Place - Rory Beck
109th Place - Odin Entner
123rd Place - Ellis Goh
128th Place - Edison Chen
132nd Place - Hannah Zimmerman
139th Place - Luka Kadosh
149th Place - Simon Kay
154th Place - Avedis Schenkkan
161st Place - Conrad Rosenberg
160 Place - Levy Wolfhagen
169th Place - Odin Sun
170th Place - George Cohen
177th Place - Ramm Patnaik
2nd Grade:
10th Place - Ethan J Kim
28th Place - Scarlett Kong
31st Place - Wanru Ye
37th Place - Adrian Sommertein
40th Place - Deven Inamdar
41st Place - Hiroki Abe
43rd Place - Avery Goodrich
45th Place - Jack Boyer
48th Place - Harry Lai
56th Place - Isaac Noah Liu
61st Place - Sahil Gandhi
66th Place - Max Kane
68th Place - Henry Gu
75th Place - Ekam Anand
78th Place - Seamus Brady
82nd Place - Kai Waters
83rd Place - Leah Cai
89th Place - Alex Danford
91st Place - Lawrence Rizzato
92nd Place - Alexander Rosenberg
97th Place - Caeden Zhang
102nd Place - Daniel Mulvihill
104th Place - David Zislin
113th Place - Guy Gourvitch
114th Place - Noah Kaye
117th Place - Ayrton Ludwig
118th Place - Miriam Kuruvilla
129th Place - Ryland Larsen
136th Place - Theodore Allen-Rogers
145th Place - Reed Shlinsky
150th Place - Frances McManus
156th Place - Harrison Polavarapu
159th Place - Emma Leon
170th Place - Ryosuke Bekki
171st Place - Leo Lee
184th Place - Vivian Blaise
185th Place - Ethan Li
194th - Kellan Liu
195th Place - Sebastian Hall
196th Place - Noah Burton
197th Place - Ethan Chavkin
201st Place - Isha Varma
202nd Place - Eli Cooper
214th Place - Emma Chavkin
222nd - Jonathan Schweiger
224th Place - Ayana Puri
230th Place - Micah Doshi
3rd Grade:
19th Place -Takki Tanaka
30th Place - Mateo Cordova
36th Place - Shiv Dubey
41st Place - Colten Choi
52nd Place - Theo Han
53rd Place - Adorabella Zhu
70th Place - Jose Rondeau
72nd Place - Aileen Lou
78th Place - Noel Singhal
87th Place - Bennett Sabino
94th Place - Anthony J Romano
97th Place - Nik Vig
108th Place - Aiden Chan
109th Place - Theo Shin
112th Place - James Chan
115th Place - Ahaan Parasuram
121st Place - Simon Rifkin
126th Place - Kiyomi Yuk
131st Place - Serena Xu
134th Place - Wesley Huang
142th Place - Jason Silverman
151st Place - Catherine Zhang
153rd Place - Grant Solinger
156th Place - Tiger Tadiar
163rd Place - Emily Gu
164th Place - Kiaan Malani
165th Place - Maria Hlamenko
168th Place - Lucas Banning
179th Place - Hughie Conway
183rd Place - Jalen Tu
184th Place - Walter Low
190th Place - Alexander Chong
191st Place - Francis Jia
208th Place - Sebastian Gromet
214th Place - Emelie Lee
216th Place - Benjamin Aronin
218th Place - Jason Khojamuratov
234th Place - Ishika Maria
237th Place - Yuval Weinstock
4th Grade:
3rd Place - Elliot Goodrich
46th Place - Jude Badawi
54th Place - Kai Hei Wong
58th Place - Devin Wang
75th Place - Emma Phu
79th Place - Avin Pawar
97th Place - Elias Chu
110th Place - Morgan Mayo
126th Place - Clark Shlisky
134th Place - Miles Stringer
143rd Place - Jack Pimentel
147th Place - Zachary Nazimowitz
149th Place - Oliver Goh
160th Place - Alexander Na
179th Place - Wyatt Burton
194th Place - Colin Jankelowitz
195th Place - Luke Dagley
205th Place - Kira Trofimov
214th Place - Zev Ipcar
218th Place - Holten Evans
220th Place - Vedanthan Bharath
229th Place - Ethan Nazimowitz
231st Place - Dakota Affield
236rd Place - Habib Azar
238th Place - Jun Kim
240th Place - Emmett Kadosh
243rd Place - Seth Weiss
5th Grade:
41st Place - Dean Decoursy
57th Place - Bryan Andrei
58th Place - Micah Reiss
59th Place - Jeremy Yoon
68th Place - Julian Spedalieri
71st Place - Alvin Butler
75th Place - Mila Antonios
77th Place - Joshua Kuruvilla
88th Place - John Ferrazza
89th Place - Oliver Skelcher
90th Place - Anay Varma
103rd Place - Charlie Rozenfeld
108th Place - Aiden Chan
112th Place - Storm Tadiar
117th Place - Isaac Busidan
118th Place - William Li
120th Place - Terence Peng
121st Place - Oliver McManus
124th Place - Leo Fleischauer
126th Place - Aden Huang
128th Place - Maxwell Stringer
135th Place - William Brandler
139th Place - Wolfgang Damon
172nd Place - Lewis Zhao
188th Place - Kyle Kong
191st Place - Noah Banning
194th Place - Matthew Leon
196th Place - Chi-Hsuan Lin
198th Place - Marcus Conway
218th Place - Jack Dagley
220th Place - Asher Rosenbaum
224th Place - Felix Pertika
240th Place - Eamon O’Connell
244th Place - Easton Cohen
255th Place - Yonah Wolfhagen
283rd Place - Ben Weinstock
87th Place - Youran Zhao
97th Place - Aaron Chen
123rd Place - Anthony Zhu
166th Place - Raiden Sun
231st Place - Olympia Anderson
6th Grade:
36th Place - Isabella Zhu
62nd Place - Bernice Li
117th Place - Liam Chan
151st Place - Leiland Olson
7th Grade:
34th Place - Dylan Kang
73rd Place - Davin Chen
9th Grade:
114th Place - Matthew S Dinglasan
11th Grade:
54th Place - Oscar Schlesinger
