All Grade - 8th grade results

Anshul Adve (1886) was the class of the 10-player eighth-grade section, winning all four of his games.  Alex Feygin (1637) took clear second with 3-1.

Again, MSA crosstable is here.

Alex Bian ties for K-6 title in Nashville

Congratulations to sixth-grader Alex Bian (2052), who finished in a four-way tie for first in the 190-player K-6 section of National Elementary Championship, held this past weekend in Nashville.  Alex was paired up twice in the event and finished at 6-1.  Anshul Adve (1853)  was in contention for the national title until the final round: he finished with an undefeated 5½-1½.

Fourth-grader David Peng (1966) was the top Illinois finisher in the 284-player K-5 section, finishing with an undefeated 5½ -1½.

Round 1: Heil-Adve

From Heil-Adve after 22...Na2.

At first glance, one might think that this is just a typical position in K-8 chess with pieces en prise, kings in the middle, and development ignored.  That would be a mistake.

This was in fact one of the most hard fought and interesting games of the first round.  It wasn't that the players didn't understand basic opening principles.  Rather, they understood them well enough to know that sometimes the tactical demands of the position take precedence.  Not flawless, but great fun to watch.

Take a look. 

All Grade results (4th & 5th grades)

First, a few more pictures:

Miranda Liu won the 67-player 4th-grade section with a perfect 5-0.  Chetan Reddy and Jonathan Tan drew with each other and won the rest of their games to take equal second with 4½.  Matthew Stevens, Jack Xiao, Nikhil Kalghatgi, Cassie Parent, Adarsh Mattu, Ricky Roman, Brian Chung, and Andrew Lim tied for fourth with 4-1 scores.

Anshul Adve and Jack Curcio tied for first in the 58-player 5th-grade section with a draw against each other and wins in their other four games.  James Wei, Abe Sun, Haoyang Yu, Shayna Provine, Lorenzo Barbin, Andrew Fei, Daniel Bronfein, and Mihir Bafna tied for third with 4-1 scores.

National champions!

Congratulations to the team from Lincolnshire's Half Day School, winners of the National Elementary (K-5) Championships in Atlanta, Georgia, this weekend. Team members Alex Bian and Conrad Oberhaus tied for second overall, while James Wei tied for seventh and Jack Xiao scored +3 to finish 38th in a 272-player field. Good job!

And congratulations to Anshul Adve of Champaign's Countryside School, who also tied for seventh.

 P.S.  All these young Illinois players are fourth-graders and eligible to compete in next year's event (except for Jack Xiao, who's a third-grader...)

No. Name                         Gr Team   St Rate Pts 
  1 Beilin, Allan                 5 CARN01 CA 1833 6.5 
  2 Arora, Mayhul                 5 WASTEV WA 1541 6.0 
  3 Bian, Alex                    4 ILL004 IL 1806 6.0
  4 Zhao, Art                     4 CASTMK CA 1693 6.0
  5 Oberhaus, Conrad              4 ILL004 IL 1676 6.0
  6 Ishikawa, Takayuki            4 NYBROW NY 1488 6.0
  7 Lim, Michael                  5 NJG002 NJ 1742 5.5
  8 Viswanadha, Kesav             5 CAC018 CA 1916 5.5
  9 Jacob, Andrew                 5 TXLAUR TX 1641 5.5
 10 Wang, Patrick                 5 WASTEV WA 1716 5.5
 11 Adve, Anshul                  4 ILCSID IL 1622 5.5
 12 Yu, Justin J                  5 WAB004 WA 1636 5.5
 13 Wei, James                    4 ILL004 IL 1805 5.5
 14 Gianatasio, Michael           5 FLB001 FL 1710 5.5
 15 Goldstein, Ben                4 NYDALT NY 1533 5.5
 16 Tao, Jeffrey                  4 CAS047 CA 1599 5.5
 17 Kalyanpur, Armaan             5 CAMSJE CA 1594 5.5
 18 Santoyo, Edgar A              5 TXBAP1 TX 1467 5.5

...

 38 Xiao, Jack                    3 ILL004 IL 1426 5.0