The 2024 National K-12 Grade Championships took place from December 6-8 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Individual and team champions were crowned in grades K through 12. With more than 2,700 players in attendance from 45 states, this was the largest K-12 Grade Championships in US Chess history!
Below are the individual and team winners by grade. When co-champions are listed, they are in tiebreak order. All photos are by Caroline King for US Chess.
12th Grade
Individual: FM Avi Kaplan (Lane Tech College Prep, Chicago, IL), Arnav Gupta (Thomas Jefferson HS, Alexandria, VA), 6/7.
Team: Thomas Jefferson HS (Alexandria, VA), 16.5.
11th Grade
Individual: IM Evan Park (DUP, Pittsburgh, PA), IM Liran Zhou (Jericho HS, Jericho, NY), William Safranek (Dalton, New York, NY), Jed Sloan (Stuyvesant HS, New York, NY), 6/7.
Team: American Heritage School (Plantation, FL), Stuyvesant HS (New York, NY), Livingston High School (Livingston, NJ), 15.
10th Grade
Individual: IM Erick Zhao (Winchester Thurston, Pittsburgh, PA), 6½/7.
Team: The Frazer School (Gainesville, FL), 14½.
9th Grade
Individual: Nikash Vemparala (Overlake School, Redmond, WA), 7/7.
Team: Ardrey Kell High School (Charlotte, NC), 14½.
8th Grade
Individual: Yiding Lu (Independent Bellevue, Bellevue, WA), Andrew Jiang (Autery Mill MS, Alpharetta, GA), Kyle Zhuang (Frost MS, Fairfax, VA), Oscar Izzy Williams (Independence MS, Jupiter, FL), 6/7.
Team: Millburn Middle School (Millburn, NJ), 15.
7th Grade
Individual: Bryan Lin (Hunter College Campus School, New York, NY), 7/7.
Team: Hunter College Campus School (New York, NY), 18½.
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6th Grade
Individual: Kyle Dong (Lewis F. Cole Intermediate School, Fort Lee, NY), Elliott Goodrich (Dalton, New York, NY), 6/7.
Team: Dalton (New York, NY), 16.
5th Grade
Individual: Ariv Debmisra (Garnet Valley Elementary), Lev Shangin (Speyer Legacy School, New York, NY), Lucas Yang (Speyer Legacy School, New York, NY), Shiv Dubey (PS 77 – Lower Lab School, New York, NY), Julian Ma (Tenakill MS, Closter, NJ), Jacob Wang (Solis Park K-8, Irvine, CA), Samuel Le (Bala Cynwyd MS, Bala Cynwyd, PA), Logan Freiman (Dalton, New York, NY), 6/7.
Team: Speyer Legacy School (New York, NY), 17½.
4th Grade
Individual: Advik Manchanda (Basis Cedar Park, Cedar Park, TX), 6½/7.
Team: PS 77 – Lower Lab School (New York, NY), 16½.
3rd Grade
Individual: Aiden Li (U Chicago Laboratory School, Chicago, IL), 6½.
Team: Speyer Legacy School (New York, NY), 17.
2nd Grade
Individual: Winston Chen (Green Vale, Brookville, NY), 7/7.
Team: Elizabeth M. Baker Elementary (Great Neck, NY), 14½.
1st Grade
Individual: Yicheng Zhang (PS 77 – Lower Lab School, New York, NY), Matthew Wang (Basis Independent Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA), 6½/7.
Team: Oak Hall (Gainesville, FL), 15.
Kindergarten
Individual: Francis Zhou (Horace Mann, New York, NY), 7/7.
Team: Oak Hall (Gainesville, FL), 13½.
For a complete list of place finishers, visit www.uschess.org/results/2024/k12/?page=WINNERS
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