2017 All-America Team Announced

2017 US Chess Federation All-America Chess Team Announced (Crossville, TN) The United States Chess Federation (US Chess) is pleased to announce the 2017 All-America Chess Team sponsored by Trophies Plus. Team members will be presented with their team jackets and plaques at the 2016 National K-12 Grade Championship to be held December 16th through the 18^th in Nashville Tennessee at the Gaylord Opryland. The All-America Chess Team was created in 1987 to honor the very best players ages 18 and under. The team, one of the highest national honors attainable by a young chess player, is selected on the basis of age, rating, and activities during that year, similar to the selection process of "all conference" sports teams. This year's candidates were selected based on their age as of January 1, 2016, and their peak post-tournament rating from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. Since this award is a "post-season" selection, the minimum rating limits in each age group are reviewed annually by US Chess staff and US Chess Scholastic Council. The All-America Chess Team is sponsored by Trophies Plus of Templeton, Iowa. Trophies Plus has sponsored the team since 2004. In addition to the support provided for this award, Jim Jensen, owner of Trophies Plus, provides trophies for national tournaments as well as post-tournament trophy shipping. US Chess is proud to have Trophies Plus as a part of scholastic chess by sponsoring this year's All-America Team. You can visit Trophies Plus at their website: www.trophiesplus.com or call them at 800.397.9993. The United States Chess Federation wishes to congratulate each of the 68 members of this year’s All-America Chess Team for receiving this prestigious award!   2017 US Chess Federation All-America Chess Team Sponsored by Trophies Plus:

Name	State
Age 18 (Min. Rating 2500)
Daniel Gurevich	GA
Michael Bodek	NY
Michael Brown	CA
Arthur Shen	NJ
Age 17 (min. rating 2450)
Kayden Troff	UT
Luke Harmon-Vellotti	ID
Safal Bora	MI
Joshua Colas	NY
Mika Andrew Brattain	MA
Christopher Gu	RI
Age 16 (min. rating 2400)
Akshat Chandra	NJ
Andrew Tang	MN
Kesav Viswanadha	CA
Edward Song	MI
Age 15 (min. rating 2400)
Jeffery Xiong	TX
Samuel Sevian	MA
Craig Hilby	CA
John Gabriel Ludwig	FL
Joshua Sheng	CA
Vignesh Panchanatham	CA
Roland Feng	WA
Ethan Li	NY
Cameron Wheeler	CA
Age 14 (min. rating 2350)
Ruifeng Li	TX
Nicolas Checa	NY
John Michael Burke	NJ
Albert Lu	CA
Age 13 (min. rating 2300)
Advait Patel	OK
Praveen Balakrishnan	NJ
Ben Li	MI
	NJ
David Brodsky	NY
Jennifer R Yu	VA
Aaron Shlionsky	NJ
Andrew Zheng	MD
Rayan Taghizadeh	CA
Akshita Gorti	VA
Annie Wang	CA
Age 12 (min. rating 2250)
Awonder Liang	WI
Hans Moke Niemann	CT
Brandon Jacobson	NJ
David Tianjian Peng	IL
Carissa Shiwen Yip	MA
Josiah Stearman	CA
Justin Paul	VA
Age 11 (min. rating 2200)
Andrew Zhang Hong	CA
Andy Huang	VA
Wesley Wang	NY
Christopher Shen	OH
Age 10 (min. rating 2100)
Justin Wang	TX
Maximillian Lu	CT
Kevin D Chor	AZ
Anthony Bi He	WA
Balaji Daggupati	CA
Robert Shlyakhtenko	CA
Daniel Hung	TX
Age 9 (min. rating 2000)
Arthur Guo	GA
Jason Yuyang Wang	OH
Nathaniel Lande Shuman	NY
Nico Werner Chasin	NY
Christopher Woojin Yoo	CA
Rithik Sai Polavaram	TX
Jason Yu	WA
Ming Lu	CA
Davis Zong, Jr	NY
Kevin Pan	CA
Shelev Oberoi	TX
Age 8 & Under (min. rating 1900)
Adi  Murgescu	NY