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NEXT TOURNAMENT - SUNDAY MAY 4, 2025

Shining Knights will be hosting the 2025 Spring Finale Scholastic Chess Tournament on Sunday May 4, 2025, 10:30am.  The event will be held at Greater Plymouth Community Center.  Open Tournament Tab to register.    

16th Annual State Warm-Up

80 chess youths gathered on a beautiful March day to analyze and conquer.  They journeyed through calculating thoughts and actions.  Friendships blossomed.  Congratulations to all who participated!

Here are the top players and schools:
                        
 K-3 U200:                         
 
  1. Alex Falk
  2. Virat Gupta
  3. Charlotte Zhou
  4. Siddharth Ganesh
  5. Hudson John Reihl
  6. Gonzalo Garcia

Top Teams: Mill Creek Elementary and Bridge Valley Elementary 

K-6 U500:                          

  1. Ronan A McCullough
  2. Alejandro Yushkevich
  3. Jason Brunswick
  4. James Neilson
  5. Henry Bontempo
  6. Tymofii Dudchenok
        with honorable mention to medalists Owen Flynn, Rhys Groenen and Gavin Bowling
 
Top Teams: Bucks County Montessori and Eagleville Elementary 
 

K-12 U800:                       

  1. Aarav Ravi
  2. Yuktha Paturu
  3. Timothy Liu
  4. Amy Wong
  5. Boyue Wang

Top Teams: Bala Cynwyd Middle followed by Merion Elementary

 

K-12 Championship:         

 
  1. Gal Reichfeld
  2. Meihan Li
  3. David Cai
  4. Roshan Rafi

Top Team: Bala Cynwyd Middle

Please continue to work on your chess notation skills and research some grand master games!  Hope to see you all at the next Shining Knights’ Tournament. 

THE QUEEN'S HARVEST 2024

 
86 young, driven chess players gathered in Collegeville, PA to perform on the chess board.  There was much playful and competitive vibes in the tournament room, and those done their games had significant enthusiasm to play their next game.  Friendships were made over losses and wins over the board.  Congratulations to all who participated!
 
Here are the top players and schools per section:
K-3 U200
Top School Teams: Bucks County Montessori Charter in 1st, Newtown Elementary in 2nd place
Top Individuals:
       1.  Timothy Liu 
        2.  Michael Dunn 
       3. Callan Martin
       4.  Noah Kimball
       5.  Behrad Karimi
       6.  Josh Price
K-6 U500 Top School Teams:
            Worcester Elementary is 1st place, Eagleview Elementary in 2nd
      
           Top Individuals:
  1. Grace Gou
  2. Adithya Ramakrishnan
  3. Britt Shelton
  4. Rory Brennan
  5. Rhys Edward Groenen
  6. Henry A Rolfesaac Ellison
K-12 U800 Top School Teams:
              Merion Elementary in 1st place followed by Pottsgrove High in 2nd place
 
           Top Individuals:
  1. Han Sam Kim
  2. Gal Reichfeld
  3. Boyue Wang
  4. Yuktha Paturu
  5. Danny Underwood
K-12 Championship Top School Teams:
        Unionville High School in 1st place, followed by Radnor Middle School in 2nd place
 
        Top Individuals:
  1. Dev Menon Madhavan
  2. Pratik Fernandes
  3. Reyansh Gupta
  4. Grace Huffman

 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS and we will see you in 2025!

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