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 18th 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
   

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