October 13th Fall Kickoff Team Tournament

The October 13th Team Tournament hosted almost 350 players who participated in both our Manhattan and Brooklyn Team events. Players and teams from all ICN partner programs joined our events, contributing to the vibrant and inclusive chess community we strive to foster.

We extend our congratulations to each player who attended, demonstrating dedication through countless hours of practice, hard work, and training, making the Sunday event a day of thoughtful and friendly competition.

Following intense battles, we are delighted to acknowledge both our dedicated individual and team winners! Please find the complete standings available below.

Brooklyn Team Tournament Results

U300 Individual
Kai Sosenko, PS 10, 3.0
Ellis Meeker Dupas, PS 130K , 3.0
Sol Singhal, PS 39 , 3.0
Luca Leone, PS 39 , 3.0
Halo Nomura, PS 39 , 3.0
Lucas Vicente Zajac, PS 130K, 2.5
Max Xiong, PS 10 , 2.0
Lucien Sander, PS 217 , 2.0
Poppy Lafrance, PS 282 , 2.0
Gray Albert-Payne, BASIS BK , 2.0
Evie Womble, PS 130K , 2.0
Milan Liset, PS32, 2.0
Rafael Guevara-Ceja, PS 130K, 2.0
Oliver Leone, PS 39, 2.0
Cameron McNab, BASIS BK, 2.0
Julian Wilson, PS 130K, 2.0
Rhys Mecomber, PS 130K, 2.0
William Ridley, PS32, 2.0
Han Reilly, PS 889, 2.0
Josephine Livick, PS 31, 2.0

U300 Team 

1st Place - PS39 
Sol Singhal 
Luca Leone 
Halo Nomura 
Oliver Leone 

2nd Place - PS130K 

Ellis Meeker Dupas
Lucas Vicente Zajac 
Evie Womble
Rafael Guevara-Ceja

3rd Place - PS10
Kai Sosenko 
Max Xiong
Anton Varming 
Matthew Japharidze 

U700 Individual

Dariush Afshar, PS 889, 3.0
Levi Simon, PS 58, 3.0
Thomas Hyun, PS 118, 3.0
Gabriel Deonarain, PS 130K, 3.0
Jack AlimanPS 34, 3.0
Michael Szwarc, PS 34, 3.0
Theodore Szwarc, PS 34, 2.5
Zoe Thompson, PS 31, 2.0
Rory Beck, PS 10, 2.0
Miroslav Toth, PS 130K, 2.0
Max Jansen, PS 282, 2.0
George Cohen, PS 10, 2.0
David Azimov, PS 230, 2.0
Imron Vafoev, PS 130K, 2.0
Levy Wolfhagen, PS 130K, 2.0
Leo Boehm Shai, BASIS BK, 2.0
Kova Baranenko, PS 230, 2.0
Benjamin Nemenko, PS 230, 2.0
Atsumu Nomura, PS 39, 2.0
Juliet Yupanqi, PS 130K, 2.0

U700 Team

1st Place - PS34
Jack Aliman 
Michael Szwarc 
Theodore Szwarc
Daemin Curtes 

2nd Place - PS130K
Gabriel Deonarain
Miroslav Toth 
Imron Vafoev 
Levy Wolfhagen 

3rd Place - PS230 
David Azimov 

Kova Baranenko 
Benjamin Nemenko

U1000 Individual

Penelope Long, BASIS BK, 3.0
Maximus Chesbro, PS 31, 3.0
Jonah Weintraub, PS 118, 2.5
Yahli Boehm Shai, BASIS BK, 2.5
Ronan Smith, PS 10, 2.5
Luca Debenedittis, PS 31, 2.5
Juniper Knaebel, PS 889, 2.5
Bjorn Valentino Dellapolla, PolyPrep, 2.0
Riyae Park, PS 10, 2.0
Ioane Kilasonia, PS 10, 2.0
Jacob King, PS 130K, 2.0
Gabriel Young, PS32, 2.0
Vedanthan Bharath, PS 10, 2.0
Jonas Cohen, PS 10, 2.0
Holden Sebold, PS 10, 2.0

U1000 Team

1st Place - PS10 
Ronan Smith 
Riyae Park 
Ioane Kilasonia 
Vedanthan Bharath 

2nd Place - BASISBROOKLYN 
Penelope Long 
Yahli Boehm Shai 
Ziheng Yu 
Uma Hallum 

3rd Place - PS31 
Maximus Chesbro
Luca Debenedittis 

1000+ Individual

Arlo Johnson, PS 889, 2.5
Hudson Kemnitzer, PS 130K, 2.5
Hunter Prall, PS32, 2.5
Oliver McManus, IS 318, 2.0
Harry Hibshoosh, PS 130K, 2.0
Jackson Levine, MS 443, 2.0
Vladimir Chesbro, PS 31, 2.0
Takuma Anderson, IS 318, 1.5
Mariam Abdul-Mutakabbir, IS 318, 1.5
Thaiger Derosa, BASIS BK, 1.0

1000+ Team

1st Place - IS318
Oliver McManus
Vladimir Chesbro 
Takuma Anderson 
Mariam Abdul-Mutakabbir 

2nd Place - PS130K 
Hudson Kemnitzer 
Harry Hibshoosh 

3rd Place - PS889 
Arlo Johnson 

1500+ Quad 

Oscar Shawwa, MS 88, 2.0
Noah Hsu, PS 39, 1.5
Ayden Spellman, PS 118, 1.5
Omar Ibrhim, SA, 1.0

Manhattan Team Tournament Results

U300 Individual

Pimentel, Esme, PS 33, 3.0
Sengupta, Elena, PS 198, 3.0
Agarwal, Pranav, PS 59, 3.0
Sotack, Jet, PS 33, 3.0
Steinberg, Noah, PS 40, 3.0
Kinoshita, Yuito, PS 198, 3.0
Hochstadt, Yotam, PS 40, 3.0
Kim, Aiden, PS 166, 2.5
Agarwal, Vedika, PS 59, 2.0
Kang, Emmett, PS 281, 2.0
Gooch-Raushenbush, Glenn, PS 11, 2.0
Yildiz, Simay, PS 59, 2.0
Masson, Keshin, A-S, 2.0
Anderson, Miles, PS 33, 2.0
Wu, Scott, A-S, 2.0
Stowe, Elizabeth, PS 184, 2.0
Page-Khasanova, Maxim, PS 527, 2.0
Shapiro, Stewart, PS 40, 2.0
Cordero, Liam, PS 33, 2.0
Freeman, Lincoln, NEST+M, 1.5

U300 Team

1st Place - PS 33
Pimentel, Esme 
Sotack, Jet 
Anderson, Miles 
Cordero, Liam 

2nd Place - PS 59

Agarwal, Pranav 
Agarwal, Vedika
Yildiz, Simay 
Fukuda, Shusu 

3rd Place - PS 40

Hochstadt, Yotam 
Steinberg, Noah
Shapiro, Stewart 

U700 Individual

Lum, Nathaniel, PS 184, 3.0
Lewis, Theodore, PS 11, 3.0
Moskowitz, Tiger, NEST+M, 3.0
Valderrama, Noah, PS 527, 3.0
Aronin, Benjamin, PS 11, 3.0
Thuya, Kasper, PS 124, 3.0
Deck, Arwin, PS 166, 3.0
Begley, Devitt, PS 198, 2.5
Rahim, Nubaid, PS 77, 2.5
Lin, Aidan, PS 77, 2.5
Yuk, Maximus, PS 42, 2.5
Chang, Haley, NEST+M, 2.5
Zislin, Dina, PS 33, 2.0
Li, Youting, UNIS, 2.0
Ferber, Leonardo, PS 281, 2.0
Cinquegrana, Theodore, NEST+M, 2.0
Louie, Cassius, PS 281, 2.0
Hernandez, Logan, PS 19, 2.0
Ferber, Kurt, PS 281, 2.0
Metzer, Tom, PS 11, 2.0

U700 Team

1st Place - PS 11

Aronin, Benjamin 

Lewis, Theodore 
Gooch-Raushenbush, Walter 
Metzer, Tom 

2nd Place - NEST+M

Moskowitz, Tiger 
Chang, Haley 
Cinquegrana, Theodore 
Shang, Eva 

3rd Place - PS 166

Deck, Arwin 
Verhoogen-Guzzini, Marco 
Elad, Bar 
Margalit, Ariel 

U1000 Individual

McCloud, Maxwell, Anderson, 3.0
Moscona, Harrison, PS 59, 3.0
Kulhary, Udayveer, PS 59, 2.5
Lam, Evan, PS 124, 2.5
Chen, Edison, PS 59, 2.5
Leung, Nicholas, PS 11, 2.0
Sato, Alden, Browning, 2.0
Cho, Julian, NEST+M, 2.0
Cai, Michael, PS 130M, 2.0
Cinquegrana, Russell, Anderson, 2.0
Flanagan, Michael, PS 33, 2.0
Garces, Nikolas, PS 281, 2.0
Dalal, Rohan, TOWN, 2.0
Leon, Emma, PS 130M, 1.5
Li, Andrew, PS 11, 1.5

U1000 Team

1st Place - PS 59

Moscona, Harrison 
Kulhary, Udayveer 
Chen, Edison 
Lau, Ethan 

2nd Place - Anderson

McCloud, Maxwell 
Cinquegrana, Russell 

3rd Place - PS 11

Leung, Nicholas 
Li, Andrew 
Kao, Isabelle 

Open Section Individual (1000+)

Cai, Leah, PS 130M, 3.0
Solinsky, Benjamin, PS 198, 3.0
Honsein, Henry, 3.0
Chen, Atticus, PS 184, 2.5
Begley, Lowell, PS 198, 2.5
Seto, Brendan T, PS 281, 2.0
Leon, Matthew, IS 187, 2.0
Kelletshofer, Niklas, PS 198, 2.0
Hong, Tai, NEST+M, 2.0
Gu, Henry, NEST+M, 2.0
Zislin, David, PS 33, 2.0
Gandhi, Sahil, PS 33, 2.0
Zhang, Yicheng, PS 77, 2.0
Nakamura, Io, PS 19, 2.0
Liu, Jesper, SAUS, 2.0

Open Section Team (1000+)

1st Place - PS 198

Solinsky, Benjamin 
Begley, Lowell 
Kelletshofer, Niklas
Larsen, Ryland 

2nd Place - PS 33

Zislin, David
Gandhi, Sahil 
Iyengar, Rohan 
Polavarapu, Harrison

3rd Place - NEST+M

Gu, Henry 
Hong, Tai 
Hlamenko, Maria 
Watanabe, Lily 

Nashali Paulino