2021 US Chess All-America Chess Team Selected

(Crossville, TN) US Chess is pleased to announce the 2021 All-America Chess Team, one of the highest national honors attainable by a young chess player. The All-America team was created in 1987 to honor the very best players ages 18 and under, selecting players on the basis of age, rating and chess activity during that year, similar to the selection process of "all-conference" teams in other sports.

This year's candidates were selected based on their age as of January 1, 2020 and their peak post-tournament rating from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. Since this award is a "post-season" selection, the minimum rating limits in each age group are reviewed annually by US Chess staff and the US Chess Scholastic Council.

US Chess wishes to congratulate each of the 43 members of the 2021 All-America Chess Team for receiving this prestigious award. Each of the team members will receive team jackets and plaques by mail. 

 

2021 US CHESS ALL-AMERICA CHESS TEAM

Age 18 (Min. Rating 2500)

 

John Michael Burke

NJ

Nicolas De T Checa

NY

Ruifeng Li

TX

 

 

Age 17 (min. rating 2475)

 

Praveen Balakrishnan

VA

David Brodsky

NY

Ben Li

MI

 

 

Age 16 (min. rating 2450)

 

Awonder Liang

WI

Brandon Jacobson

NJ

Hans Niemann

CT

Carissa Shiwen Yip

MA

Josiah Stearman

CA

 

 

Age 15 (min. rating 2425)

 

Andrew Hong

CA

Wesley Wang

NY

Nikhil Kumar

FL

 

 

Age 14 (min. rating 2400)

 

Justin Wang

TX

Robert Shlyakhtenko

CA

Anthony Bi He

WA

Maximillian Lu

CT

Balaji Daggupati

CA

Vincent Tsay

NY

 

 

Age 13 (min. rating 2350)

 

Christopher Woojin Yoo

CA

Arthur Guo

GA

Jason Wang

OH

Nico Werner Chasin

NY

 

 

Age 12 (min. rating 2300)

 

Jason Liang

NY

Eric Yuhan Li

CA

Evan Park

PA

 

 

Age 11 (min. rating 2225)

 

Liran Zhou

NY

Dimitar Mardov

IL

Liam Henry Putnam

NY

Erick Zhao

FL

 

 

Age 10 (min. rating 2150)

 

Abhimanyu Mishra

NJ

Brewington Hardaway

NY

Bryan Xie

CA

Alice Teresa Lee

MN

 

 

Age 9 (min. rating 2050)

 

Ryo Wenyu Chen

TX

Andy Austin Woodward

TX

Alexander J Wang

NJ

Andrew Jiang

GA

Tanitoluwa Adewumi

NY

Yuvraj Rudra Chennareddy

IL

 

 

Age 8 & Under (min. rating 1950)

 

Ryan Sun

MA

Lucas Jiang

CA

 

 

 

 

(edited 3/16/2021 to correct an inadvertent omission.)

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