2023 Grade Nationals Report
The Grade National Championships were held this past weekend in Orlando, Florida. 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. We brought over 140 students and 16 teams, proudly representing both our Manhattan and Brooklyn networks.
Our teams achieved remarkable success, clinching 9 top 5 team finishes, 14 top 10 team finishes, and an outstanding runner-up position (2nd place) in four grade sections. Here are the notable accomplishments:
2nd Grade: Runner-Up - Nest+M
3rd Grade: Runner-Up - Lower Lab
4th Grade: Runner-Up - Lower Lab
5th Grade: Runner-Up - Chelsea Prep
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 sixteen clubs who participated all achieved their goals and hit their marks, and we couldn't be prouder of their fight, persistence, determination, and grit.
Please take a moment to look below at all the results. We are extremely proud of all our teams & players. Congratulations to all our dedicated players and coaches for this stellar showcase of talent and teamwork!
2023 National Report - Team & Individual Results
2023 Grade Nationals Results
Team Results:
Kindergarten National Championship:
PS 77 - 4th Place
PS 33 - 9th Place
1st Grade National Championship:
PS 77 - 5th Place
PS 33 - 13th Place
NEST+m - 14th Place
PS 10 - 15th Place
PS 11 - 23rd Place
2nd Grade National Championship:
NEST+m - 2nd Place
PS 33 - 5th Place
PS 77 - 7th Place
PS 10 - 9th Place
PS 527 - 25th Place
PS 281 - 28th Place
PS 59 - 30th Place
3rd Grade National Championship:
PS 77 - 2nd Place
PS 130K - 3rd Place
NEST+m - 7th Place
PS 33 - 8th Place
4th Grade National Championship:
PS 77 - 2nd Place
PS 33 - 13th Place
NEST+m - 23rd Place
5th Grade National Championship:
PS 33 - 2nd Place
PS 77 - 4th Place
PS 130M- 12th Place
PS 10 - 14th Place
PS 11 - 30th Place
6th Grade National Championship:
NEST+m - 20th Place
Individual Results:
Kindergarten:
20th Place - Yicheng Zhang
28th Place - Jio Park
37th Place - Alexander Zhao
46th Place - Leonardo Ferber
52th Place - Neel Dubey
56th Place - Henry Kong
59th Place - Jonas Illuz
75th Place - Miroslav Toth
80th Place - Zoey Sorin
83rd Place - Estelle Kadosh
1st Grade:
23rd Place - Sebastian Goodrich
28th Place - Amerson Nicodemo
43rd Place - Miller Mayo
53rd Place - Aveer Bharadwaj
60th Place - Graham Shlisky
74th Place - Theodore Lewis
80th Place - Shanay Potti
96th Place - Ioane Kilasonia
95th Place - Harrison Moscona
100th Place - Lula Yoshida
109th Place - Maximus Phillips
125th Place - Dina Zislin
2nd Grade:
36th Place - Jacob Brinck
40th Place - Hiroki Winter
46th Place - Hiu Wong
48th Place - George Japharidze
52nd Place - Kirill Mcnaughton
56th Place - Chloe Zhang
58th Place - Rohan Iyengar
62nd Place - Tai Hong
69th Place - Weili Wen
83rd Place - Jiesen Zhang
86th Place - Aya Shapovalov
93rd Place - Emile Shah
94th Place - Mason Ramachandran
101st Place - Ashwath Anand
106th Place - Jonas Cohen
122nd Place - Ellis Goh
123rd Place - Simon Kay
125th Place - Conrad Rosenberg
133rd Place - Liam Roff
134th Place - Udayveer Kulhary
146th Place - Kurt Ferber
147th Place - Henry Kay
148th Place - Hannah Zimmerman
152nd Place - Maxmiliano Baez
161st Place - Brendan Seto
164th Place - Luka Kadosh
171st Place - Lila Fugate
175th Place - Edison Chen
181st Place - Harris Gordon
207th Place - Harper Kaminsky
214th Place - Leon Nan
3rd Grade:
12nd Place - Isaac Lui
16th Place - Adrian Sommerstein
35th Place - Ekam Anand
36th Place - Harry Lai
38th Place - Jack Boyer-Olson
40th Place - Noah Kaye
43rd Place - Ethan J Kim
50th Place - Sahil Gandhi
62nd Place - Wanru Ye
70th Place - Theodore Allen-Rogers
73rd Place - Avery Goodrich
77th Place - Mariam Kuruvilla
83rd Place - Henry Gu
84th Place - Seamus Brady
87th Place - Scarlett Kong
96th Place - Daniel Mulvihill
98th Place - Andrew Youn
99th Place - Guy Gourvitch
100th Place - Reed Shlisky
102nd Place - Alexander Don
104th Place - Rishi Ochaney
129th Place - Alexander Rosenberg
141st Place - Ryland Larsen
148th Place - Repucci Michael
153rd Place - David Zislin
155th Place - Lawrence Rizzato
182nd Place - Myles Shlachter
187th Place - Ethan Li
202nd Place - Wyatt Wallen
206th Place - Evan Lu
217th Place - Caroline Lewis
242nd Place - Kellan Liu
248th Place - Benjamin Kheyman
4th Grade:
21st Place - Shiv Dubey
27th Place - Takki Tanaka
35th Place - Theo Han
43rd Place - Wesley Huang
56th Place - Aileen Lou
60th Place - Benjamin Solinsky
67th Place - Teddy Shin
72nd Place - Maria Hlamenko
75th Place - Mateo Cardova
102nd Place - Jose Rondeau
122th Place - Lucas (Shuheng) Zhang
126th Place - Haley Kaminsky
136th Place - Bennett Sabino
137th Place - Meira Ramaswamy
141st Place - Shayan Gharib
145th Place - Riyae Park
147th Place - Kenzo Yoshida
156th Place - Felipe Herrmann-Oliveira
170th Place - Jason Khojamuratov
172nd Place - Alexander Chong
190th Place - Jalen Tu
195th Place - Lyvia Nan
240th Place - Catherine Zhang
5th Grade:
8th Place - Elliott Goodrich
19th Place - Emma Phu
30th Place - Jude Badawi
36th Place - Avin Pawar
43rd Place - Ethan Nazimowitz
45th Place - Elias Chu
54th Place - Kobi Cornwell, Class Award for Ratings (1100-1399)
66th Place - Miles Stringer
76th Place - Akashh Ravi Shankar
78th Place - Liam Valle
80th Place - Devin Wang
82nd Place - Clark Shlisky
106th Place - Jack Pimentel
107th Place - Colin Jankelowitz
113th Place - Holten Robert Evans
114th Place - Morgan Mayo
138th Place - Oliver Goh
145th Place - Kira Trofimov
147th Place - Josephine Finkler
181st Place - Tyler Shlachter
209th Place - Zachary Nazimowitz
223rd Place - Byron Stigge
248th Place - Emmett Kadosh
262th Place - Seth Weiss
6th Grade:
68th Place - Aaron Pin-Jui Chen, Class Award for Ratings (800-1099)
82nd Place - Alexei Kumar
90th Place - Youran Evan Zhao
7th Grade:
86th Place - Liam Chan, Award for K-12 Blitz
9th Grade:
80th Place - Jayden Ward
10th Grade:
54th Place - Matthew Dinglasan
12th Grade:
39th Place - Oscar Schlesinger
