Flash Report: Winners Crowned at National K-12 Grade Championships in Spokane

Spokane, WA: The 501(c)3 US Chess Federation’s National K-12 Grade Championships took place from December 12 through 14 at the Spokane Convention Center in Spokane, Washington. This annual tournament takes place every December, and is the only national tournament with no "Under" sections, instead putting every player from each grade in one section to compete for the title of Grade Champion.

Note: All winners are listed in tiebreak order.

12th Grade: FM William Safranek (NY) and Jed Sloan (NY), 6/7

12th Grade Team: Stuyvesant High School, 15/21

11th Grade: IM Erick Zhao (PA), 6½/7

11th Grade Team: The Frazer School (FL), 15/21

10th Grade: Sebastian Suarez (CA), 6½/7

10th Grade Team: Success Academy High School Manhattan (NY), 13/21

9th Grade: Aditeya Das (NY) and Nitesh Cherukuri (MD), 6/7

9th Grade Team: Millburn Sr. High School (NI), 15/21

8th Grade: Connor Wang (NY), 6½/7

8th Grade Team: Success Academy Midtown West (NY), 14½/21

7th Grade: Mason Jin Li (PA), Vidip Kumar Kona (WA, Sivavishnu Srinivasan (CA), Ethan Guo (CA), Elliott Goodrich (NY), Phineas Hugo Weingarten (NY), Anson Leong (NY), Miransh Purven Vyas (TX), Glenn Zhang (CA), and Tarun Sankar (AZ), 5½/7

7th Grade Team: Dalton School (NY), 16/21

6th Grade: Liam Liu (CA), 6½/7

6th Grade Team: TBA

5th Grade: Aakash Jani (FL), Vivaan Pavuluri (CA), Srihas Sai Sarvesh Maddipati (TX), Jack Boyer-Olson (NY)

5th Grade Team: Success Academy Midtown West (NY), 15/21

4th Grade: Alexander Joseph (GA), Samanyu Alluri (MA), Aayansh Samanta (PA), and Chase Wang (CA), 6/7

4th Grade Team: Dalton School (NY), 14/21

3rd Grade: Brian Ye (CA), Taylor Liu (CA), Max Mulholland (NY), and Jordan Kim (NY), 6/7

3rd Grade Team: PS 198 Isador E Ida Straus (NY), 14/21

2nd Grade: Mehmet Yilanli (OH), Dario Neshvadian (FL), Matthew Wang (CA), Aiden Huang (CA), and Dalton Gorczyca (NY), 6/7

2nd Grade Team: Somerset Elementary School (WA) and Dalton School (NY), 13/21

1st Grade: Baoshuo Yao (WA) and Lavin Donadi (NJ), 6½/7