Nearly 1400 K – 12 Students Across Greater New York, Greater Mid-Atlantic, and Greater Chicago Areas Competed, And All Are Winners.<\/b><\/p>\n
New York, NY, Feb. 5, 2013 — <\/b>Kasparov Chess Foundation held its 2013 original Scholastic Championships Series, spanning across major metropolitan areas of the nation these past two weekends. The Foundation organized and sponsored these tournaments in association with local chess organizations in each region, including Chess Center of New York, ChessPRO and Maryland State Chess Association, and Renaissance Knights Foundation in the Mid-West.<\/p>\n
Following are the results:<\/p>\n
2013 Greater New York K \u2013 12 Championships<\/b><\/p>\n
Well over 900 players from more than 180 schools participated in a record-breaking tournament for the New York Metropolitan area.<\/p>\n
High School Varsity:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Joshua Colas – White Plains High School – White Plains, NY
\nTeam: Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn NY<\/p>\n
High School Junior-Varsity:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Aaron Coppa – Stuyvesant High School – New York, NY
\nTeam: Christian Brothers Academy – Lincroft, NJ<\/p>\n
High School Novice:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Christopher Wall – Christian Brothers Academy – Lincroft, NJ
\nTeam: Christian Brothers Academy – Lincroft, NJ<\/p>\n
Junior High Varsity:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Thomas Knoff – Booker T. Washington J.H.S. 54 – New York, NY
\nTeam: Eugenio Maria De Hostos I.S. 318 – Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n
Junior High Junior-Varsity:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Gabriel Rivera – Eugenio Maria De Hostos I.S. 318 – Brooklyn, NY
\nTeam: Eugenio Maria De Hostos I.S. 318 – Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n
Junior High Novice:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Jessica Mac Arthur – Robert F. Wagner J.H.S. 167 – New York, NY
\nTeam: David A. Boody I.S. 228 – Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n
Elementary Varsity:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Justin Chen – Yung Wing PS124 – New York, NY
\nTeam: Eugenio Maria De Hostos I.S. 318 – Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n
Elementary Junior-Varsity:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Johann Hatzius – Collegiate School – New York, NY
\nTeam: The Richard Rodgers School Of The Arts And Technology PS166 – New York, NY<\/p>\n
Elementary Novice<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Ian Nan – Shuang Wen PS184 – New York, NY
\nTeam: Trinity School – New York, NY<\/p>\n
Primary Varsity:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Harris Lencz – Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School \u00a0–
\nNew York, NY
\nTeam: Princeton Day School – Princeton, NJ<\/p>\n
Primary Novice:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Evan Kurtz – The Anderson School PS334 – New York, NY
\nTeam: The Anderson School PS334 – New York, NY<\/p>\n
Primary K-1:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual: Nathaniel Lande Shuman – Dalton School – New York, NY
\nTeam: NEST+m School – New York, NY
\n<\/b><\/p>\n
2013 Greater Chicago K-12 Championships<\/b><\/p>\n
With a field of 180 Players from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, and as far away as Arizona, the Greater Mid-West Scholastic Championships was a resounding success.\u00a0 Following are the results:<\/p>\n
K-12 Varsity<\/b>
\nIndividual \u2013 Joseph Fennessey – Marist High School, Chicago, IL
\nTeam \u2013 \u00a0Nicolet High School, Glendale, WI<\/p>\n
K-12 Junior Varsity<\/b>
\nIndividual \u2013 Adam Rubinberg \u2013 Niles North High School, Skokie, IL
\nTeam \u2013 De La Salle High School, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
K-9 Varsity<\/b>
\nIndividual \u2013 Niall Gillen (no school given)
\nTeam \u2013 Decatur Classical, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n
K-9 Junior Varsity<\/b>
\nIndividual \u2013 Diana Shklover – Devonshire Elementary, Skokie, IL
\nTeam \u2013 \u00a0Hadley Glen Ellyn, IL<\/p>\n
K-6 Varsity<\/b>
\nIndividual \u2013 Jeremy Margolin \u2013 Bell Elementary, Chicago. IL
\nTeam \u2013 Solomon Schecter \u2013 Northbrook, IL<\/p>\n
K-6 Junior Varsity<\/b>
\nIndividual \u2013 Jonah Winter – Walden Elementary, Deerfield, IL
\nTeam \u2013 Romona Elementary, Wilmette, IL<\/p>\n
K-3 Junior Varsity<\/b>
\nIndividual \u2013 Miles Lokken \u2013 Bell Elementary, Chicago, IL
\nTeam – Monroe Elementary, Hinsdale, IL<\/p>\n
K-3 Varsity<\/b>
\nIndividual \u2013 Benjamin Friedlander – Sonoran Sky Elementary Scottsdale, AZ
\nTeam – Sonoran Sky Elementary Scottsdale, AZ<\/p>\n
Greater Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Championships<\/b><\/p>\n
Held in conjunction wtih Maryland State Chess Association, more than 250 students representing over 100 schools from the Mid-Atlantic region participated in the tournament.\u00a0 Following are the results:<\/p>\n
HS Championship<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual Champion= Feldman, Nathan, Pikesville High School, Baltimore MD
\nTeam Champion = Northwest High School, Germantown, MD<\/p>\n
MS Championship<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual Champion = Yu, Jennifer, Belmont Ridge Middle School, Leesburg VA
\nTeam Champion = Roberto Clemente MS, Germantown, MD<\/p>\n
Elementary Championship<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual Champion = Wang, Philip, Centennial Lane Elementary School, Columbia MD
\nTeam Champion = Greenbriar West ES, Fairfax VA<\/p>\n
Primary Championship<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual Champion = Zou, Austin, Northfield Elementary, Ellicott City, MD
\nTeam Champion = Spark Matsunaga Elementary, Germantown, MD<\/p>\n
K-12 Under 1000<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual Winner = Zheng, Kevin, Dunloggin Middle School, Ellicott City MD
\nTeam Winner = Northwest High School, Germantown, MD<\/p>\n
K-8 Under 800<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual Winner = Singhai, Varun, Cockeysville Middle School, Cockeysville MD
\nTeam Winner = Cockeysville Middle School, Cockeysville MD<\/p>\n
K-5 Under 600<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual Winner = Zheng, Ramon, Veterans Elementary School, Ellicott City MD
\nTeam Winner = Essex Elementary School, Essex MD<\/p>\n
K-3 Under 400<\/b>
\n<\/b>Individual Winner = Yaqub, Zach, Wood Acres Elementary School, Bethesda MD
\nTeam Winner = Essex Elementary School, Essex MD<\/p>\n
For more information, please visit the following co-sponsor web sites:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.renaissanceknights.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.chesscenter.cc\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.mdchess.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n About Kasparov Chess Foundation<\/b><\/p>\n Founded by World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, KCF’s mission is to bring the many educational benefits of chess to children throughout the United States by providing a complete chess curriculum and enrichment programs. The Foundation promotes the study of chess as a cognitive learning tool in curricular classes and after-school programs for elementary, middle and high schools, both in the public and private school sectors. The not-for-profit educational organization also organizes tournaments and competitions on a local and national basis. For more information, please visit https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nearly 1400 K – 12 Students Across Greater New York, Greater Mid-Atlantic, and Greater Chicago Areas Competed, And All Are Winners. New York, NY, Feb. 5, 2013 — Kasparov Chess Foundation held its 2013 original Scholastic Championships Series, spanning across major metropolitan areas of the nation these past two weekends. The Foundation organized and sponsored […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}