2024 National K-12 Grade Champonships
The Illinois Chess Association is happy to congratulate United States Chess Association for excellently organizing their 2024 National K-12 Grade Championship in National Harber, Maryland from December 6-8, 2024.
The tournament had thirteen sections: Kindergarten and grades one through twelve. The tournament had over 2700 players from 45 states. Illinois sent 77 players ranging from Pre-K to twelfth grade. The following players played in their first US Chess National event.
9th - SHANE ASBRA
11th - RAJINDER SINGH ATLURI
9th - JAMES BEDNARZ
9th - PIERCE BLANCHARD
10th - SOHAN CHAMARTHI
11th - ARITRA JANA
11th - LUCAS LAZARO
11th - GRIFFIN LEWIS
2nd - ADHVIK MOHAN
K - ANVITHA MOHAN
6th - ANISHA SAHA
4th - MADHUVANTI SATHISH
11th - SAMUEL TAN
10th - ISHAAN TANNEERU
K - ALEXANDER WU
10th - YUXUAN XIE
12th - IMMANUEL ZEREGA
12th Grade Championship Section
Illinois was represented by 13 players including:
Avi Kaplan
Joseph Dai
Rebecca Cortez
Somil Bose
Evan Haddox
Immanuel Zerega
Daniel Dligach
Alexander Alvarez
William Zalmezak
Akshay Naik
Yinuo Huang
Lucia Scrimenti
Weijun Bao
Avi Kaplan won the section with 6.0 points
Avi's picture courtesy of his parents
Illinois Swept the class prizes for 1000-1299
Immanuel Zerega won 1st place
Daniel Dligach won 2nd place
Daniel final postion of last gwme plus medal courtesy of Daniel
Lucia Scrimenti won 3rd place
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Weijun Bao won the class prize for under 1000 in the 12 Grade Championship.
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Evanston Township High School came in 5th place as a team.
Picture courtesy of the High School
Players left to right: Lucia Scrimenti, Wayra Sheridan, Sam Kemeny, Will Zalmezak, Ryan Cowan, Adam Elgat, Manu Zerega, Adam Sklar, Alastair Keely-Walker, Lucas Lazaro, Daniel Dligach, Asa Lieberman, Griffin Lewis, Shane Asbra, Somil Bose.
11th Grade Championship section
Illinois was represented by 11 players including:
David Chen
Adam Elgat
Dimitrios Deligiannis
Alastrir Keely-Walker
Lucas Lazaro
Nithin Ramasamy
Griffin Lewis
Samuel Tan
Ryan Cowan
Rajinder Atluri
Aritta Jana
Samuel Tan won 3rd place class for 1000-1299
Lucas Lazaro won 1st place class for under 1000
Ryan Cowan won 2nd place class for under 1000
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10th Grade Championship section
Illinois was represented by 13 players including:
Justin Zhang
Asa Lieberman
William Wang
Theodore Han
Micah Mostovoy
Andy Cao
Yuxuan Xie
Atharva Naik
Ishann Tanneeru
Sohan Chamarthi
Vincent Lan
Joanna Marsten
Adam SklarYuxuan
Theodore Han won 1st place class 1300-1599
Theodore's picture courtesy of his parents
Micah Mostovoy won 1st place class 1100-1299
Sohan Chamarthi won 2nd place class under 1000.
Sohan's picture courtesy of his parents
9th Grade Championship section
Illinois was represented by 5 players including:
Timur Turba
Shane Asbra
James Bednarz
Wayra Sheridan
Pierce Blanchard
8th Grade Championship section
There were not any Illinois players who represented at the tournament.
7th Grade Championship section
Illinois was represented by 2 players including:
Ashvath Pittala
Arjun Kota
6th Grade Championship section
Illinois was represented by 1 player:
Anisha Saha
5th Grade Championship section
Illinois was represented by 1 player:
Anfad Saran
Anfad Saran won 2nd place class under 1100-1300.
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4th Grade Championship section
Illinois was represented by 2 players including:
Avidhas Biswas
Maduvanti Sathish
3rd Grade Championship section
Illinois was represented by 2 players including:
Aiden Li
Bishrelt Munkshuld
Aiden Li won his section with 6.5 points.
Picture courtesy of his parents.
2nd Grade Championship section
Illinois was represented by 1 player
Adhvik Mohan
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Advik Mohan won 2nd place class 600-799
1st Grade Championship section
Illinois was not represented
Kindergarten Championship section
Illinois was represented by 2 players including:
Alexander Wu
Anvitha Mohan.
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Alexander Wu won 3 place class 400-599.
Linked here is a complete pre-tournament registration report for the event, courtesy of US Chess, and the US rating report. Following these links, you can view the full results across any sections instead of the abbreviated standings above.
Once again, we want to congratulate such wonderful support from our Illinois Chess Association players and the great assistance of Edwin Walker, head of our Warren Scholars program, for procuring much of data used in report.
The Illinois Chess Association would like to let the players that played in the K12 and all scholastic players that US Chess will be hosting Supernationals VIII this upcoming May 9-11 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. What makes the Supernationals so special it is only held every four years and combines the US Chess Federation National Scholastic Championship events into one large event. The last Supernationals in 2017, prior to COVID, had the largest attendance in history with over 5000 players. The 2021 Supernationals was on-line only.
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