An All Saints student went undefeated and took eighth place at the National K-12 Chess Tournament in Chicago March 25-30.
A total of 21 students who are members of the St. Thomas/St. John Youth Scholastic Chess Club traveled to Chicago to competed in the tournament. The United States Chess Federation sponsored the event that had an enrollment of over 2000 students from across our nation.
St. Thomas and St. John were represented by five Antilles School students, four Ivanna Eudora Kean High School students, four students from Charlotte Amalie High School, three students from All Saints School, three homeschool students, a student from Montessori and Gruber Academy and a student from Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School.
All the students competed in seven rounds of events that lasted for three days. At the end of the competition, the top 25 students in each level category were awarded medals for outstanding performance: Harika Jhanwar, Shivam Tejwani, and Naitik Jhanwar performed well, with Naitik medaling for placing eighth in his section. Naitik did not lose any game. He had a few draws. Additionally, he placed second overall in the National Blitz tournament.
Ivanna Eudora Kean High School’s four students, Diego Emile, Leeann Lewis, Peter Phillippe, and Aysia Carty joined their school’s chess club this school year and competed in their first National Chess Tournament. As a team, they won over 60% of their chess games.
Homeschoolers Lois Williams, Leah William, and Dejw Wrensford were awesome.
Charlotte Amalie High School’s four students, Ger’Lanni Straun, Asia Watson Francis, Nyeema Henderson, and Radz Daytic, must be commended for their overall performance.
The performance of Ger’Lanni Straun was exceptional. Ger’Lanni was awarded a medal for his overall performance. He was placed 18th in his category.
Antilles’ five students, Dillen Webbe, Ajay Mirpuri, Eli Blondeau, Ethan Ronen, and Roman Overmyer, returned home with two trophies that they won in a U.S.C.F sponsored a Blitz competition. The overall performance of these 5 students in the K-12 was outstanding.
Montessori and Gruber Academy’s Tendaji Davis worked very hard to secure many wins. He is one of our rising chess stars. He must be commended for his performance.
It was the first National Chess Tournament for Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School’s Jordan Vanterpool. Jordan won a number of games. He is also one of our rising chess stars.
In addition to the K-12 chess event, our student had an opportunity to visit the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. They also view the Jean Baptiste Dusable Historical Museum, and the University of Chicago.
