Flash Report: 30 (Co-)Champions Crowned Across 13 Grades in Orlando

Dalton Seniors win for tenth consecutive time, Oak Hall and Speyer win three grade sections each, Columbia Grammar wins 2 sections. Kyle Wang (sixth grade) and Mehmet Yilanli (Kindergarten) are perfect at 7–0!

Perhaps only the fire marshal’s limiting of players prevented a new attendance record in Orlando this year. There were a total of 2,405 players from 41 states (plus some from the territories and foreign countries), who played in 13 different sections. And now, 30 of them can claim the title of National (co-) Champion!

The largest section was the 277-player fifth grade section. The kindergarten section was the smallest, with only 87 playing.

The complete final results can be found here. Below are a list of the individual and team winners for each grade. Note: where co-champions are listed, they are listed in tiebreak order. All photos by Caroline King.

Winners

12th Grade

Co-Champions: IM-elect Gus Huston (L, NY) and IM Max Lu (CT), 6½/7

Team: Dalton (NY) with 17/21

11th Grade

Champion: Avi Kaplan (IL), 6½/7

Not pictured

Team: Columbia Grammar & Prep School (NY), 16/21

10th Grade

Co-Champions: CM Marvin Gao (Not pictured, FL) and FM Bach Ngo (FL), 6/7

Team: American Heritage (FL), 15½/21

Ninth Grade

Co-Champions: IM-Elect Brewington Hardaway (L, NY), Aiden Reiss (NY), and FM Erick Zhao (R, PA), 6/7

Team: Columbia Grammar & Prep School (NY), 16/21

Eighth Grade

Champion: Eric Liu (TX), 6½/7

Team: Hunter College (NY), 15/21

Seventh Grade

Co-Champions: Aditeya Das (Pictured, NY), Bobby Qian (NJ), Andrew Jiang (GA), Vihaan Saxena (NJ), Alexander Sukhiashvili (NJ), 6/7

Of the five co-champions, three are from New Jersey!

Team: Millburn MS (NJ), 17/21. Photo courtesy of Bo Qian.

Sixth Grade

Champion: Kyle Wang (TX), 7/7

Team: Collegiate School (NY), 15½/21

Fifth Grade

(Left-to-Right): Kyle Dong, Megan Paragua, Tariq Yue, Yuvraj Sawhney, Phineas Weingarten

Co-Champions: Tariq Yue (PA), WIM Megan Paragua (NY), Kyle Dong (NJ), Yuvraj Sawhney (CA), Glenn Zhang (CA), Derek Zhang (NY), Phineas Weingarten (NY), 6/7