2024 Grades Nationals Report

The Grade National Championships were held this past weekend in National Harbor, Maryland. This three-day long event showcased the best chess players from scholastic programs all across the country.

There nearly 2700 kids playing across all grades, from Kindergarten through 12th grade, representing almost 1000 teams from across the United States. We brought over 240 students and 24 teams, proudly representing all of our Manhattan and Brooklyn networks. Our teams achieved success placing nearly 35 percent of all top finieshes in the 1st-5th grades. Lower Lab placed 1st in 4th grade and also coming as runner-up (2nd place) in two grade sections:

  • 2nd Grade: Runner-Up - Lower Lab

  • 5th Grade: Runner-Up - Lower Lab

We also want to congratulate Yicheng Zhang from Lower Lab, who scored 6.5/7 to win the 1st place National Championship for 1st grade!

We want to thank all 24 clubs who participated at the 2024 Grade Nationals, and we couldn't be prouder of their fight, persistence and determination this weekend. 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!

2024 National Report - Team & Individual Results

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 10 is an enormous accomplishment. Here are the notable team and individual accomplishments:

2024 Grade Nationals Results

Team Results:

1st Grade National Championship:

  • PS 77 - 3rd Place

  • Nest+M - 5th Place

  • PS 11 - 7th Place

  • PS 166 - 8th Place

  • PS 10 - 11th Place

  • PS 130K - 20th Place

  • PS 59 - 22nd Place

  • PS 33 - 23rd Place

2nd Grade National Championship:

  • PS 77 - 2nd Place

  • PS 130K - 6th Place

  • PS 198 - 10th Place

  • NEST+m - 12th Place

  • PS 11 - 14th Place

  • PS 130M - 15th Place

  • PS 33 - 16th Place

  • PS 527 - 23rd Place

  • PS 184M - 26th Place

  • PS 10 - 28th Place

  • Allen - Stevenson - 33rd Place

3rd Grade National Championship:

  • NEST+m - 4th Place

  • PS 59 - 7th Place

  • Basis Independent Brooklyn - 8th Place

  • PS 77 -10th Place

  • PS 130K - 15th Place

  • PS 33 - 18th Place

  • PS 10 -21st Place

  • PS 32 - 26th Place

  • PS 166 - 30th Place

  • PS 11 - 33rd Place

  • PS 281 - 37th Place

  • PS 527 - 47th Place

4th Grade National Championship:

  • PS 77 - 1st Place

  • PS 130K - 5th Place

  • Nest+m - 6th Place

  • PS 198 - 11th Place

  • PS 130M - 12th Place

  • PS 33 - 14th Place

  • PS 32 - 17th Place

  • PS 11 - 20th Place

  • PS 166 - 33rd Place

  • PS 31 - 38th Place

  • PS 281 - 41st Place

  • PS 59 - 43rd Place

  • PS 282 - 45th Place

5th Grade National Championship:

  • PS 77 - 2nd Place

  • PS 118 - 6th Place

  • PS 32 - 9th Place

  • PS 130K -12th Place

  • PS 33 - 13th Place

  • PS 11 - 14th Place

  • NEST+m - 16th Place

  • PS 10 - 21st Place

  • Basis Independent Manhattan - 26th Place

  • Basis Independent Brooklyn - 27th Place

  • PS 31 - 31st Place

  • PS 166 - 35th Place

  • PS 184 - 39th Place

6th Grade National Championship:

  • PS 184 - 17th Place

7th Grade National Championship:

  • NEST+m - 11th Place

  • PS 184 - 19th Place

Individual Results:

Kindergarten:

  • Som Temby, PS 31

  • Bronwen Boyle, PS 130K

1st Grade:

  • Yicheng Zhang, PS 77 - 1st Place!

  • Miroslav Toth, PS 130K - 20th Place

  • Julian Cho, NEST+m - 25th Place

  • Yitian Zhou Ma, PS 11

  • Tiger Moskowitz, NEST+m

  • Theodore Cinquegrana, NEST+m

  • Matias Falk, PS 166

  • Jio Park, PS 10

  • Kieran McCullough, PS 166

  • Marcus Yoo, PS 11

  • Neel Dubey, PS 77

  • Kairo Yu, PS 59

  • Jie Wei, PS 10

  • Micah Rifkin, PS 116

  • Henry Kong, PS 77

  • Devitt Begley, PS 198

  • Maxwell Steer, PS 31

  • Adrian Metghalchi, PS 77

  • Jae Kromidas, PS 166

  • Allison Lai, PS 77

  • Sam Ramsey, PS 118

  • Max Huang, NEST+m

  • Alexander Zhao, NEST+m

  • Brian Silverman, PS 11

  • Kai Sosenko, PS 10

  • Dhilan Patel, PS 33

  • Adam Ali, PS 33

  • Fia Haydu Scallon, PS 10

  • Aria Waters, PS 32

  • Cary Boyle, PS 130K

  • Naomi Finkin, PS 59

  • Zac Herman, PS 11

2nd Grade:

  • Harrison Moscona, PS 59 - 16th Place

  • Sebastian Goodrich, PS 77 - 26th Place

  • Andrew Li, PS 11

  • Sebastian Alanis, PS 198

  • Harrison Harsch, PS 130K

  • Maximus Phillips, PS 33

  • Graham Shlisky, PS 77

  • Mayo Miller, PS 10

  • Evan Desai, PS 198

  • Amerson Nicodemo, NEST+m

  • Airi Mitobe, PS 77

  • Jack Kotler, PS 184

  • Ishaan Sharma, PS 130K

  • Jackson Liu, PS 130M

  • Shanay Potti, NEST+m

  • Henry Mueller, PS 130K

  • Asher Weintraub, PS 118

  • Raenav Bajpai Sharan, PS 527

  • Eva Shang, NEST+m

  • Evelyn Jones, PS 130K

  • Rory Mcbrien, PS 77

  • Lionel Bengtsen, PS 184

  • Solaris Wang, PS 130M

  • Louis Lou, NEST+m

  • Preston Liu, PS 130M

  • Leo Boehm Shai, Basis Independent Brooklyn

  • Jayden Xu, PS 130M

  • Michael Cai, PS 130M

  • Maximus Yuk, PS 42

  • Theodore Lewis, PS 11

  • Emile Jonquieres, PS 527

  • Sid Gitomer, Allen-Stevenson

  • Cameron Mcnab, Basis Independent Brooklyn

  • Dina Zislin, PS 33

  • Ethan Kung, NEST+m

  • Lucas Rosenberg, PS 198

  • Evander Vaubel, PS 32

  • Drew Murphy, PS 11

  • Rami Padukone Mitter, PS 11

  • Lula Yoshida, PS 33

  • Rex Connors, PS 33

  • Ethan Metzer, PS 11

  • Harry Eisenstat, PS 10

  • Owen Braun, Allen-Stevenson

  • Caleb Chen, PS 130M

  • Sasha Feldman, PS 527

  • Christian Ting, PS 130M

  • Siheng Li, PS 130M

  • Anna Chen, NEST+m

  • Ellie Polavarapu, PS 33

  • For Ratings (1000-1199)

    • Maximus Philips, PS 33 - 1st Place

  • For Ratings Under 600

    • Jack Kotler, PS 184 - 3rd Place

3rd Grade:

  • Grayson Xiang, PS 130K - 9th Place

  • Milo Su, Basis Independent Brooklyn - 23rd Place

  • Chloe Zheng, PS 77

  • Oscar Finkin, PS 59

  • Kirill Mcnaughton, NEST+m

  • Tai Hong, NEST+m

  • Rohan Iyengar, PS 33

  • Phoebe Lasher, PS 166

  • Ethan Lau, PS 59

  • Isabella Kao, PS 11

  • Aya Shapovalov, PS 77

  • Ashwath Anand, PS 10

  • Udayveer Kulhary, PS 59

  • Hiroki Winter, PS 527

  • Edison Chen, PS 59

  • Nicholas Leung, PS 11

  • Brendan Seto, PS 281

  • Ellis Goh, PS 33

  • Emile Shah, NEST+m

  • Ziheng Yi, Basis Independent Brooklyn

  • Evelyn Gao, Basis Independent Brooklyn

  • Jiesen Zhang, PS 77

  • Gabriel Young, PS 32

  • Arman Alimbayev, PS 39

  • George Japharidze, PS 10

  • August Noble, PS 130K

  • Jonathan Chen, Basis Independent Brooklyn

  • Max Alvarez, PS 32

  • Aidan Lin, PS 77

  • Hiu Tung Wong, PS 33

  • Conrad Rosenberg, PS 33

  • Jonas Cohen, PS 10

  • Liam Roff, PS 33

  • Mason Ramachandran, PS 33

  • Lila Fugate, PS 166

  • Maximus Chesbro, PS 31

  • Yahli Boehm Shai, Basis Independent Brooklyn

  • Avedis Schenkkan, PS 10

  • Parsha Edalati, PS 33

  • Maximiliano Baez, NEST+m

  • Wilder Erez, Basis Independent Brooklyn

  • Rory Beck, PS 10

  • Gabriel Singer, PS 32

  • Ellis Meeker Dupas, PS 130K

  • Myles Petal, PS 166

  • Harris Gordon, PS 33

  • Lexington Rogers, NEST+m

  • Harper Kaminsky, PS 527

  • For Ratings Under 600

    • Ellis Goh, PS 33 - 1st Place

4th Grade:

  • Kai Waters, PS 32 - 9th Place

  • Ethan J Kim, PS 77 - 13th Place

  • Jack Boyer Olson, NEST+m - 16th Place

  • Ekam Anand, PS 77 - 19th Place

  • Scarlett Kong, PS 77

  • Adrian Sommerstein, PS 130K

  • Isaac Lui, PS 130M

  • Leah Cai, PS 130M

  • Seamus Brady, PS 130K

  • Reed Shlisky, PS 77

  • Lowell Begley, PS 198

  • Jonah Finkelstein, PS 130K

  • David Zislin, PS 33

  • Niklas Kelletshofer, PS 198

  • Avery Goodrich, PS 77

  • Alexander Don, PS 77

  • Henry Gu, NEST+m

  • Noah Kaye, PS 130K

  • Alexander Rosenberg, PS 33

  • Kaito Shimada, PS 198

  • Alice Sirinides, PS 130K

  • Guy Gourvitch, NEST+m

  • Sahil Gandhi, PS 33

  • Sloane Murphy, PS 11

  • James Gama, PS 166

  • Hunter Prall, PS 32

  • Ella Ho, PS 33

  • Harry Lai, PS 77

  • Frances Mcmanus, PS 130K

  • Rishi Ochaney, PS 77

  • Ezra Rodas, PS 33

  • Max Herman, PS 11

  • Miriam Kuruvilla, PS 77

  • Emma Leon, PS 130M

  • Isha Varma, PS 11

  • Harrison Polavarapu, PS 33

  • Evan Lu, PS 281

  • Ryland Larsen, PS 198

  • Harper Kim, PS 40

  • Zoe Thompson, PS 31

  • Athan Newsome, PS 33

  • Ethan Li, PS 33

  • Luke Deonarain, PS 130K

  • Alexander Danford, PS 77

  • Aiden Kim, PS 166

  • Aryeh Marshall, PS 32

  • Lavina Temby, PS 31

  • Ethan Chavkin, PS 59

  • John Dickenson , PS 282

  • Emma Chavkin, PS 59

  • Elijah Matthews, PS 282

  • Hugh Higginson, PS 281

  • Albert Alsheuski, PS 198

5th Grade:

  • Shiv Dubey, PS 77 - 4th Place

  • Takki Tanaka, PS 77 - 9th Place

  • Alieen Lou, PS 77 - 16th Place

  • Theodore Shin, PS 11 - 21st Place

  • Theodore Han, PS 77

  • Ayden Spellman, PS 118

  • Mateo Cardova, PS 77

  • Eliot Townsend, PS 118

  • Wesley Huang, PS 33

  • Noah Hsu, PS 39

  • Asher Mills, PS 32

  • Kieran Sanchala, PS 32

  • Oliver Mueller, PS 130K

  • Darwin Okyere Wong, Basis Independent Manhattan

  • Hudson Kemnitzer, PS 130K

  • Maria Hlamenko, NEST+m

  • Grant Solinger, PS 10

  • Jason Silverman, PS 11

  • Lucas Shuheng Zhang, PS 77

  • Khalil Wilson, PS 118

  • Max Debenedittis, PS 31

  • Simon Rifkin, PS 116

  • Cameron Susila, PS 3

  • Meira Ramaswamy, Basis Independent Manhattan

  • Bennett Sabino, PS 33

  • Jonah Weintraub, PS 118

  • Surya Reddy, PS 32

  • Alexander Chong, NEST+m

  • Jalen Tu, PS 33

  • Haley Chang, NEST+m

  • Uma Hallum, Basis Independent Brooklyn

  • Ronan Smith, PS 10, 205

  • Luca Debenedittis, PS 31

  • Kenzo Yoshida, PS 33

  • Lily Watanbe, NEST+m

  • Walter Low, PS 10

  • Jason Khojamuratov, PS 33

  • Isabella Chen, PS 184

  • Riyae Park, PS 10

  • Kiyomi Yuk, NEST+m

  • Lucas Womble, PS 130K

  • Corinna Cancio, NEST+m

  • Hayley Kaminsky, PS 527

  • Harry Hibshoosh, PS 130K

  • Jack Aliman, PS 34

  • Penelope Long, Basis Independent Brooklyn

  • Syon Gera, PS 166

  • Allegra Garofalo, Basis Independent Brooklyn

  • Angela Chen, NEST+m

  • Marco Verhoogen, PS 166

  • Benjamin Aronin, PS 11

  • Tom Metzer, PS 11

  • Gabriel Deonarain, PS 130K

  • Emma Li, PS 184

  • Colin Cortese, PS 166

  • Shayan Gharib, PS 77

  • For Ratings (600-799)

    • Haley Chang, NEST+m - 2nd Place  

6th Grade:

  • Jason Yu, PS 184

  • Atticus Chen, PS 184

  • Shuishan Ben Li, PS 184

  • Steve Tamang, PS 184

  • Giulio Segalini, PS 184

7th Grade:

  • Youran Evan Zhao, NEST+m

  • Aaron Chen, NEST+m

  • Lewis Zhao, PS 184

  • Alexei Kumar, PS 184

  • Henry Auyeung, NEST+m

  • For Ratings (1100-1399)

    • Aaron Chen, NEST+m - 2nd Place

    • Lewis Zhao, PS 184 - 3rd Place

9th Grade:

  • Fionn Cavanagh, Basis Independent Brooklyn

10th Grade:

  • Jayden Ward, NEST+m

11th Grade:

  • Matthew Dinglasan, NEST+m

12th Grade:

  • Julian Cancio, NEST+m

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