14th ANNUAL STATE WARM-UP

Springtime is around the corner, and nearly a hundred thriving kids rolled up their sleeves for a chess duel. Fun time while challenging the minds. Congratulations to all who participated! Here are the top players and school teams per section:

K-4 U200 Individual: Top Teams: Shipley Lower and in 2nd

1 Elyar Rafi Gladwyne Elementary

2 Campbell Cooper

3 Domenic Eppolito

4 Ibrahim Adhrit Sethuraman

5 Srivas Sriramoju

6 Ryan Li

K-6 U500 Individual: Top Teams: Merion Elementary followed

1 Grace Huffman by Caley Elementary

2 Aaron Wolson

3 Ratna Konda

4 Aadya Tati

5 James Zheng

6 Nickolas Warunkar

and a shout out to 3-pointers Samuel Le and Maxwell Adoff

K-12 U800 Individual: Top Teams: Spring Ford Elementary

1 Bhargav Medasani then Pierce Middle

2 Ishan Verma

3 Akhil Thirunagari

4 Achin Puranikmath

5 Jesse Paik

K-12 Championship Individual: Top Team: Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle

1 Aryan Roy School

2 Dev Menon Madhavan

3 Kevin Andrew John Francis

4 Pallavi Rajeev

The cold days are an extra excuse to stay indoors and stimulate your mind with chess. Hope to see you all at the next Shining Knights’ Tournament TBD soon.

THE RETURN OF THE AUTUMN KNIGHT

The Autumn Knight galloped throughout Phoenixville on a chilly November day witnessed by 86 gifted kids to the chess field. This was the return of the intellectually brave, persevering through the challenging days of Covid and overwhelming political squabbles of governors. With the recent days of cheering on the splendid achievments of our Phillies and Eagles, attention has shifted with the regional parents eager to see their children become masterful chess players while making new friends. We salute you all!

Now on the tournament results. Here are the top players per section:

K-4 U200 Individual: Top Team: Hillendale Elementary

1 LIAM ROMAN
2 JAMES MADDEN
3 JESSE PAIK
4 ELDHO GEEVARGHESE
5 EKANSH ROUT
6 EMILY CAO
7 ASTRID ENDICOTT
And congrats as medals were awarded to LIAM ZERDES and LIAM YUN.

K-6 U500 Individual:

1 LEVI GOODSTEIN
2 RATNA KONDA
3 ROSHAN RAFI
4 AADYA TATI
Kudos to medalists MIA YEFYMENKO and ALEXANDER ZERDES.

K-12 Championship Individual: Top Team: Tredyffrin Middle School

1 TIMOTHY HAN
2 DEV MENON MADHAVAN
3 ARYAN ROY
4 DYLAN LIU
A salute to medalists VAHINI SADHU VENKATA, PALLAVI RAJEEV, and PRADHYOTH JAYAPRAKASH DIVYALAKSHMI.

Please keep your eye out for our next chess tournament (Feb/Mar timeframe) and have a wonderful holiday season! Check out ChessKid.com with its orientation for a safe online chess platform for kids while being supervised by parents.

Thank you all for your participation.

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