Winter Scholastic Chess Tournament Results
The Winter Scholastic Chess Tournament was held on Saturday January 9th at Columbia Elementary. Seventy students registered to compete in both Rated and Non-Rated sections. Students ranged from kindergarten to high school age and all had a great time while exercising their brains on a Saturday. We would like to thank Principal Jamie Hill and Columbia Elementary for being such great hosts, and the Bob Jones Baseball Boosters for offering concessions.
The Rated sections awarded trophies to the top three and medals for 4th-6th place. In addition, top females medals were awarded to the top female who did not otherwise receive an award, or to the top female recipient of an award if all females in a particular section already had received an award. Here are the results.
Rated K-3
(left to right)
1st - Vallabh Busetty (HRTG)
2nd - Sahithi Mynampally (MCES)
3rd - Harsha Matta (MCES)
4th - Xavier Bruni (RES)
5th - Ethan Van (RES)
6th - Shriya Sethuraj (MCES)
Top Female - Swetha Jakka (WMES)
Rated 4-6th
(left to right)
1st - Christopher Foote (Leon Sheffield)
2nd - Rishi Sethuraj (MCES)
3rd - Alex Herrin (RES)
4th - Neil Sethi (CES)
5th - Perri Larkin (RES)
6th - Amy Park (RES)
Top Female - Kennedy Gore
Rated 7-12th
(left to right)
1st - Ben Kosan (RES)
2nd - Wesley Gaddy (DMS)
3rd - Bella Victory-Fox (RES) - Top Female
4th - Dheeraj Edulakanti (LMS) - not pictured
Medals were awarded in the following Non-Rated sections:
Non-Rated K-3
1st - Hatch Lombardy (RES)
2nd - William Richards (MCES)
3rd - Aaditya Saxena (HRTG)
4th - James Foote (Leon Sheffield)
5th - Edison Yang (RES)
6th - Laya Gowder (HRTG) - top female
Non-Rated 4th-6th
1st - Nivriti Eadala (MCES) - top female
2nd - Caitlin Kelly (RES)
Non-Rated 7-12th
1st - Grace Billmann (BJ) - top female
2nd - Hugh Mitchell (DMS)
It is always exciting to see students competing in their first chess tournament. Congratulations to everyone who chose to spend their Saturday strategizing and thinking!
