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Chess Pieces of April

On Saturday, April 29th Ithan Elementary hosted 124 chess youths eager to think their way through a beautiful weekend.  There were many new faces and formed friendships.  Parents and coaches joined in the spirit with solid encouragement.  Look at our top performers, and congrats to all the participant chess players.

 

K-6 U200 Individual:                      K-6 U200 Team: Upper Providence followed by Colonial

1          Dawson Beccaria with a perfect 4.0

2          Nicholas Platchek with a perfect 4.0

3          Abhinay Ravishankar

4          Matthew Facciolini

5          Max LaBarbera

6          Sam Goldsborough

Special props to Sierra Tirendi, Efrain Ortiz, and Aidan Connelly.


K-6 U500 Individual:                    K-6 U500 Teams: Ithan and Shipley

1          Samuel Weisz with a perfect 4 wins

2          Atharv Nunemunthala

3          Sahil Kurien

4          Max Westrup

5          Lukas Bleyen

6          Henry Markel Tornetta

Kudos to Rhea Howard, Max Light and Theodore Krieg.

K-12 U800 Individual:                    K-12 U800 Team: Unionville

1          Derrick Han w/ a perfect 4 wins

2          Yajat Gupta w/ a perfect 4 wins

3          Raj Kansara

4          Mahika Ralhan

5          Kevin Li

6          Daniel Albarouki

Congrats also to Sophia Stoy.



K-12 Championship Individual:               K-12 Champ Team: Pocopson

1          Anshu Nunemunthala with a perfect 4.0

2          Clifford Han

3          Andrew Feng

4          Lillian Wang

5          Justin Lam

Additionally recognizing Kenta Tsukamoto.

Thank you for your support in enriching your children’s lives.  Cindy will hopefully see you on 5/20/17 for the next chess tournament:  100 Four Falls Corporate Center, Conshohocken, PA 19428.  Keep up the good work, inspiring your children to think like a King!

10th Annual State Warm-Up

On Saturday, March 4, 2017 we saw 147 youth players battle on the chess board. There was great energy in the room, spreading into the skittles section where parents and coaches anxiously awaited the results throughout the day. Here are the top finishers:

 

K-6 U200 Individual:                      K-6 U200 Top Team: Upper Providence Elementary  

1          Jasmine Liu

2          Dylan Liu

3          Alex Tapper

4          Connor Little

5          Pierce McLendon

6          Abhi Attili

Consolation medals to Michael Montabana, Ryan Liu, Krithik Rajasekar, Caelan Mulder, Jackson Carey, Colin Varano, Halle Levinson, and Christian Peterman


K-6 U500 Individual:                       K-6 U500 Top Team: The Philadelphia School 

1          Somil Tare

2          Ronan Murphy

3          Shane Gilday

4          Alexander  Babka

5          Rhea Howard

6          Lukas Bleyen

Consolation medals to Matthew Miller, Sathvik  Bollepalli, and Rich Liu

 

K-12 U800 Individual:                      K-12 U80 Top Team:  Pocopson Elementary

1          Neel Chakraborty

2          Anshul Kollur

3          Evan Hawkes

4          Rahul Kurien

5          Justin DeRosa

6          Varsha Iyengar

Consolation medals to Ved Tiwari, Andrew Hu, Andrew Solovyev, and Yajat Gupta

K-12 Championship Individual:       K-12 Championship Top Team: Merion Elementary

1          Hemanthe Kolluri

2          Lillian Wang

3          Micah Dubnoff

4          John Krasnick

Consolation medals to Justin Lam and Aaron Lutz

Thank you all and hope to see you at our next tournament on Sat, Apr 29th: Chess Pieces of April being held 1-5PM at Ithan Elementary, 695 Clyde Rd, Bryn Mawr, PA!

DECEMBER CRUSH 2016

 

 

We rang in the holidays with some festive chess cheer!  Nearly 100 youthful players shrugged off the winter chill to make friends while competing for checkmate.  Joy filled the waiting room of parents and coaches.  Here are the trophy and medal recipients:

K-6 U200 Individual                                                                                           K-6 U200 Team


1    Rory O'Brien         4                                                                                      Merion
2    Eamon O'Brien     3.5                                                                                  Arrowhead
3    Siddarth Sankar    3.5
4    Alex Carder            3
5    Jonathan Bonnell  3
6    Gabriel Shultz        3
Special shout out to Mason Shieh and Mikaela Orenstein each with 3

 

K-6 U500 Individual                                                                                            K-6 U500 Team

1    Aaron Luo                      4                                                                              Merion Elementary
2    Yajat Gupta                    4                                                                              The Philadelphia School
3    Deeya Mulchandani     3
4    Jason Zheng                   3
5    Oliver Nickerson            3
6    Max Greenbaum           3
Congrats also to Somil Tare with 3


K-12 U800 Individual                                                                                            K-12 U800 Team


1    Zach Schapiro         4                                                                                       Radnor
2    Raj Kansara             4
3    Seth Miller              3
4    Clifford Han            3
Nice job to Reed McKnight, Andrew Hu, Declan Kennedy
Kenny Daugherty and Ojasva  Mishra with 3 each

 


K-12 Championship Individual                                                                             K-12 Champ Team


1    Nikki Khmelnitsky   4                                                                                       Upper Merion 
2    Jaewon Paik             3.5
3    Seth Kellan Casel     3
4    Hemanthe  Kolluri   3
 

Keep up the great work and have a happy and healthy holiday season!  See you at the next tournament  March 4, 2017 in KOP.

The Queen's Harvest 2016

Chilling out on a warm autumn day (70's in November).  What a nice surprise to celebrate the young, budding chess minds.  Congratulations to all that played and those who came out to support.  Here are the award winners:

K-4 U200 Individual                     K-4 U200 Team

1  Michael Hwang 4                     1  Ithan 11
2  Charles  Yang 4                         2  Popcopson 10
3  Arya Solur 3.5    
4  Derrick Han 3    
5  Ryan Hwang 3   
6  Anshul Kollur 3   
7  Kai Talbert 3

 

K-6 U400 Individual                     K-6 U200 Team

1    Varsha Iyengar 4                    1 Penn Valley 5    
2    Zachary Root 3                       2 The Philadelphia School 4.5
3    Clifford  Han 3  
4    Siddhant Prabhudesai 3    
5    Kiran Mistry  3
6    Aaron Luo


K-12 U600 Individual                  K-12 U600 Team
1 Dean Moon 4                            1 Ithan 6

2 Siddhant Suresh 3                    2 The Philadelphia School 3.5    
3 Gavin Denison 3    
4 Andrew Hu 3    
5 Moshe Lipkin 2.5    
6 Tibor Barankay 2.5
 

K-12 U900                                        K-12 U900 Team

1    Alexander Szperka 4                1 Colonial 5
2    Nicholas Akins 3
3    John Krasnick 3
4    Connor Denison 2
5    Mahika Ralhan 2


K-12 Championship Individual      K-12 Champ Team
1  Andrew Fan 4                               1  Penn Wynne 4        
2  Micah Dubnoff 2.5                                   
3  Kathrik Murugan 2.5                               
4  Stan Wang 2

 

We hope to see you at the next tournament: December Crush - 12/10/16, 1005 Kriebel Mill Road, Eagleville, PA 19403.

2016 THE AUTUMN KNIGHT

With the leaves falling and the prelude to the winter chill becoming, we welcomed the Autumn Knight Tournament.  No mindless horseman could keep our youth from showing their colors on the chess board.  There were plenty of tricks that lead to these treats…

K-6 U200 Individual:                      K-6 U200 Team
1.  Rama Are 4                                1. Titus 10.5
2.  Nicholas Feng 3.5                     2. Audubon 6.5
3.  Kayden Tang 3.5
4.  Max Light 3
5.  Nigel Pierman 3
6.  Henry Nevin 3

7.  Caroline Marg, Darius Yakubov, and Ethan Guo with 3 each


K-6 U500 Individual:                    K-6 U500 Team:
1.  Reed McKnight 3.5                   1.  Ithan 6
2.  Gretchen Lutz 3.5                      2. Radnor Elementary 6
3.  Lucas Moon 3                                                       
4.  Andrew Hu 3
5.  Siddhant Suresh 3
6. Dean Moon 3

7.  Neel Chakraborty 3

K-12 U800 Individual:                    K-12 U800 Team:
1.  Aakash Jha 4                              1. The Philadelphia School 8.5  
2.  Nicholas Akins 3.5                       
3.  John  Leitzell 3
4.  Mahika Ralhan 3
5.  Dominic Incognito 3
6. John Krasnick with 3 pts


K-12 Championship Individual:               K-12 Champ Team:
1.  Kathrik Murugan 3.5                           1.  Merion 4              
2.  Nikki Khmelnitsky 3                                   
3.  Hemanth Kolluri 3                                 
4.  Aaron Lutz 3

This was a very well received tournament by both players and audience.  Thank you for great participation and spirit.  See you at the Queen’s Harvest on Nov 19th!

2016 SPRING FINALE

Saturday, May 14, 2016 in Narberth, PA was a day of outstanding chess.  84 students of various ages battled for trophy and spirit.  19 new members of the United Chess Federation played in their maiden tournament.  There were plenty of happy smiles and forged friendships.  We love the attendance and energy of the parents and coaches! Here are the top finishers followed by points earned:

K-6 U200 Individual:                      K-6 U200 Team
1.  Connor Nguyen 4                      1. Radnor 
2.  Liam Connelly 4                         2.  William Penn Charter
3.  Jay Dabral 3
4.  Rhea Howard  3
5.  Marko Vucetic 3
6.  Jacob Kestenbaum 3

7. Thatcher Adams 3


K-6 U500 Individual:                    K-6 U500 Team:
1.  Samuel Weisz 4                        1.  The Philadelphia School
2.  Deeya Mulchandani 3               2.  Chesterbrook
3.  John Krasnick 3                                                      
4.  Ryan Partidge 3
5.  Agastya Vangala 2.5
6.  Gretchen Lutz 2.5

7. Nathaniel Keller 2    

K-12 U800 Individual:                    K-12 U800 Team:
1.  Devesh Mani Posa 4                   1.  Penn Valley Elementary 
2.  Daniel Friedlander 3.5                2.  Skyview
3.  Nathan Luo 3
4.  Raymond Liu 3
5.  Fiona Feng 3
6.  Jake Anderson 3

7. Nathan Schneider 2.5



K-12 Championship Individual:               K-12 Champ Team:
1.  Kathrik Murugan 3.5                           1.  Merion            
2.  Seth Kellan Casel 3.5                              
3.  Andrew Malinsky 3                                    
4.  Noah Thomforde-Toates 3

5. Micah Dubnoff 3

2016 CHESS PIECES OF APRIL

Saturday, April 9, 2016 was a day filled locally with incredible snow and dancing chess pieces in Bryn Mawr, PA.  105 students of the game came together to compete in a chilly but alert environment.  More than a dozen new members of the United Chess Federation played in their maiden tournament.  Even with some signs of fatigue and growing pains, we saw all happy faces upon conclusion of the day.  Here are the top finishers followed by points earned:

K-6 U200 Individual:                      K-6 U200 Team
1.  Aiden Chinwalla 4                      1. Radnor  7
2.  Mark Kotlyar 4                            2.  Penn Valley 5.5
3.  Rebecca Bushee 3
4.  Andrew Szperka  3
5.  Max Westrup 3
6.  Alexander Petriw 3


K-6 U500 Individual:                    K-6 U500 Team:
1.  Samuel Hamilton 4                   1.  Ithan Elementary 10
2.  Conan Chen 4                           2.  The Philadelphia School 4
3.  Liam Cassidy 3                                                      
4.  Dean Moon 3
5.  Kevin Li 3
6.  Lucas Moon 3    

Honorable mention to Antonio Fidelibus, Cole Kelman, and Deeya Mulchandani each with 3 pts!

K-12 U800 Individual:                    K-12 U800 Team:
1.  Peter Judge 4                          1.  West Chester Library 7.5 
2.  Justin Xu 3.5                            2.  Jamison 7
3.  Lilian Wang 3.5
4.  Ved Tiwari 3
5.  Andrew Solovyev 3
6.  Ryan Hu 3


     Honorable mention to Mohit Dutta, Devesh Posa, Mason McClintic, and Alexander Szperka each with 3 pts!


K-12 Championship Individual:               K-12 Champ Team:
1.  Noah Thomforde-Toates 3.5                1.  Merion 7             
2.  Micah Dubnoff 3.5                                2. Bala Cynwyd MS 1       
3.  Seth Casel 3                                    
4.  Andew Fan 3


A big shout out to the parents and coaches who support all of the 105 players who weathered the April storm to mentally compete, build comradery, and have some good old fashioned fun!  Hope to see you all at our next tournament on May 14th!