2026 SPRING FINALE
Congratulation to all the kids that participated in the 2026 Spring Finale. As the weather gave us an amazing day, 120 enthusiastic youths gathered for a friendly competition on the chess boards. It was a pleasure seeing familiar and new faces putting their minds to work while making new friends. Some games stretched into the bottom of the ninth, and no one struck out as there were great challenges throughout all sections of play.
Here are the top performing players per section.
U200 Top Teams: Ithan and Merion Elementary
Andrew Yu
Jacob Kozick
Ethan Yu
Shinobu Matsumoto
Jack Sanders
Lila Shelton
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U400 Top Teams: Meadowbrook School and Buckingham Elementary
Oliver Keller
Conor Wright
Vihaan Silambarasan
Josh Price
Daniel Warunker
Landon Oakes
with medals going to 3.0 finishers Graham Griffin, Evelyn Aleksa, and Taemin Lee
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U700 Top Teams Jamison and Bridge Valley Elementary
Tymofii Dudchenok
Alexander Li
Edison Wolfgang Loidolt
Jack Wasserman
Abhinav Vasishta
with medals going to Ava Li, James Madden, and Sayak Majumdar
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Championship Top Teams: Merion Elementary
John Zheng
Gal Reichfeld
Cole Connors
Nickolas Warunkar
Ashley Zhao
with medals going to Aarav Ravi and Hyindhav Murugesh
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Keep up the great work and practice those notation skills to learn from the past and craft the best for the future.