Summer Knights Scholastic Chess Tournament

August, 27, 2016

Sponsored by CB&S Bank

Heritage Elementary was the location for the first back to school chess tournament of the season, and attendance doubled from last year's Summer Knights tournament! There were many exciting developments at this year's tournament, but one of the most exciting was seeing 20 students compete in their first tournament in the non-rated K-3 section. Also noticeable is the growth of our middle and high school chess teams who each sent representatives to this early tournament. The growth at the secondary level is attributed not only to the strong elementary programs that feed into both middle and high schools, but also to the elective chess course offerings at both Discovery and Liberty Middle Schools. We are seeing tremendous growth at every level of chess in Madison.

Rated Section Results

Complete tournament results can be found here.  Trophies and medals were awarded to the top six individuals and the top female who did not otherwise receive an individual award in each rated section.

Open (1000+) Section (R to L below)

Om Badhe - 2nd; Will Fox - 1st; Josh Lin - 3rd; Maanasi Limaye - 4th; Geon Park- 6th; and Constance Wang - 5th.  Puja Chopade - top female.

Under 1000 Section (R to L below)

Will Cox - 1st; Ethan Xu - 4th; Christopher Foote - 6th; Abhi Emani - 5th; Sohan Mynampally - 3rd; and  Pranaav Satheesh - 2nd.  Shreya Sunil - top female.

Under 500 Section (R to L below)

Christopher Woodard - 1st; Viraaj Edulakanti - 3rd; Minh Phan - 2nd; Michael Nguyen - 4th; Aaditya Saxena (not pictured) and Harsha Matta - 5th; and Jeremiah Yang - 6th.  Reese Freeman - top female.

Non-Rated Section Results

Non-Rated K-3 (L to R below)

Marek Fries - 1st; Arnav Maskey - 2nd; Abhinav Chakrad - 3rd; Praneel Sur Avula - 4th; Mick Tyrrell - 5th; Laya Gowder - 6th; Isabel Xu - 7th; Songla Lee - 8th; and Mavanea Baker - top female.

Non-Rated K-6 (L to R below)

Anish Apalla - 1st; Steven Pan - 2nd; Shruti Kadam - 5th; Max Montgomery - 4th; Andrew Park - 3rd; and Nicole New - top female.

Non-Rated K-12 (below)

Ben Edger - 1st; Nadia  Hammond - 2nd & top female; Frederik List - 3rd (not pictured).

8 Qualify for the 2017 City Chess Championship

Summer Knights was the first of five qualifiers for the 2017 City Chess Championship which will be held at James Clemens High School on April 21-22.  Eight students qualified in four age groups (L to R).  K-3:  Caroline Wang and Karsten Wallace; 4th-6th:  Constance Wang and Geon Park; 7th-8th:  Om Badhe and Will Fox; 9th-12th:  Chris Baker and Douglas Zhang.

We would like to thank our sponsor CB&S Bank and President Taron Thorpe (pictured above), our host Heritage Elementary (and many parent volunteers), and our Tournament Directors Noel Newquist, Josh McClellan, and Nitin Badhe.