The National K-12 Grade Championships took place in Orlando, Florida, USA from the 3rd of December to the 5th December. The event boasted a total attendance of 1725 preregistered players, the highest total since 2003. 289 players competed in the blitz portion of the event, an increase of 79 players since last year. In the K-12 blitz, Andrew Liu from Massachusetts emerged victorious, while Arai Gordon Lee from Kansas won the K-6 Blitz portion.
Varun Gadi (1185) wins the Grade 1 tournament, overtaking 2nd place Erick Zhao on tiebreakers. 3rd place went to Ronen Wilson.
View all grade and middle school results here: Grade 1 / Grade 2 / Grade 3 / Grade 4 / Grade 5 / Grade 6 / Grade 7
Final standings
Name | State | Rating | Pts | |
1 | Gadi, Varun | GA | 1185 | 6.5 |
2 | Zhao, Erick | FL | 1363 | 6.5 |
3 | Wilson, Ronen | VA | 1600 | 6 |
4 | Kunka, Harshid | TX | 1459 | 6 |
5 | Mullodzhanov, Nathaniel | NY | 1122 | 6 |
6 | Luo, Daniel | NY | 1116 | 6 |
7 | Nath, Nitish | CA | 1239 | 5.5 |
8 | Goldstein, Arav Micah | NC | 1080 | 5.5 |
9 | Velea, Sophie | WA | 836 | 5.5 |
10 | Prestia, Sebastian | NY | 1174 | 5 |
11 | Colak, Dennis | FL | 657 | 5 |
12 | Page, Christopher M | FL | 1117 | 5 |
13 | Ram, Aditya | CA | 740 | 5 |
14 | Buchanan, Royal | NY | 1146 | 5 |
15 | Vasquez, Marcus | CA | 982 | 5 |
16 | Siegelson, Bowe Harper | NY | 841 | 5 |
17 | Mairaj, Morgan Kenzo | NY | 1160 | 5 |
18 | Mullen, Joshua | NY | 849 | 5 |
19 | Lee, Jordan | NY | 807 | 5 |
20 | Watson, Archer Q | GA | 1378 | 5 |
21 | Nallengara, Jonathan | NY | 507 | 5 |
22 | Pearl, Robbie | CA | 838 | 5 |
23 | Mu, Grant | IN | 1176 | 5 |
24 | Mukherjee, Romir | NY | 838 | 5 |
25 | Merrill, Elias Stephen | NY | 696 | 5 |
26 | Jalem, Aditya | TN | 676 | 5 |
27 | Gutla, Aryan | CA | 558 | 4.5 |
28 | Sridhar, Raghav | FL | 344 | 4.5 |
29 | Chivers, Roman | WA | 693 | 4.5 |
30 | Mou, Iris Zhaoying | NY | 756 | 4.5 |
31 | Gaudissard, Sobel | NY | 931 | 4.5 |
32 | Lakkimsetti, Saisurya | OK | 308 | 4.5 |
33 | Agarwalla, Pulak | AL | 596 | 4.5 |
34 | Kowalski, Sam Edward | IL | 4.5 | |
35 | Doyle, Charles | NY | 1067 | 4 |
36 | Mydukur, Amit | GA | 790 | 4 |
37 | Qi, Pacey | FL | 689 | 4 |
38 | Sondhi, Raunak Tej | NY | 672 | 4 |
39 | Ramson, Sarah | DC | 588 | 4 |
40 | Liu, Christina Grace | VA | 879 | 4 |
41 | Kurapati, Sathvik | CA | 988 | 4 |
42 | Hiwale, Ronak | OK | 825 | 4 |
43 | Lavin, Lia Ningxin | CT | 710 | 4 |
44 | Pothuri, Abhiram | FL | 505 | 4 |
45 | Weiss, Wyatt Hudson | NY | 618 | 4 |
46 | Bart, Andre Lam Jun | NY | 562 | 4 |
47 | Nguyen, Maddox Marcellus | NY | 673 | 4 |
48 | Narkeeran, Meena | PA | 652 | 4 |
49 | Ben-Shoshan, Owen | FL | 452 | 4 |
50 | Yang, Jack Nathaniel | NY | 135 | 4 |
51 | Leicht, Graydon | NY | 511 | 4 |
52 | Swagert, Charlie | NY | 572 | 4 |
53 | Stahl, Jonah | FL | 359 | 4 |
54 | Wagner, Bryce | FL | 479 | 4 |
55 | Sriram, Aryana | FL | 492 | 4 |
56 | Saad, Nathan | FL | 479 | 4 |
57 | Liu, Nick | FL | 365 | 4 |
58 | Tracy, Mary Elisabeth | NC | 514 | 4 |
59 | Newby, Logan James | NY | 549 | 4 |
60 | Fellerhoff, Daniel Franz | FL | 307 | 4 |
61 | Yang, Brayden | FL | 575 | 4 |
62 | Harvey, Trenton | FL | 496 | 4 |
63 | Le, Theodore | FL | 328 | 3.5 |
64 | Marin, Ayan Nkosana | NJ | 537 | 3.5 |
65 | Goldensohn, Theo | NY | 267 | 3.5 |
66 | Kazemi, Zand Latifi | NY | 3.5 | |
67 | Wood, Spencer Eyre | NY | 3.5 | |
68 | Freedman, Michael | NY | 111 | 3.5 |
69 | Paimagam, Grisham Narasimh | NC | 834 | 3.5 |
70 | Lee, Ryder | NY | 410 | 3.5 |
71 | Rigby, Alden | WA | 3.5 | |
72 | Dong, Cooper Reid | NY | 3 | |
73 | Weber, William Gordon | NY | 597 | 3 |
74 | Abe, Abisayo Franklyn | NY | 3 | |
75 | Lopez, Navio | NY | 722 | 3 |
76 | Yaskin, Savanna Lily | FL | 3 | |
77 | Levinsky, Philip | NY | 460 | 3 |
78 | Davalos, Dylan | FL | 681 | 3 |
79 | Clements, Jonathon | FL | 3 | |
80 | Rascoff, Luke | WA | 847 | 3 |
81 | Swan, Ayah | DC | 476 | 3 |
82 | Merchant, Penelope | NY | 433 | 3 |
83 | Kazmier, Laith Yosef | FL | 3 | |
84 | Dulanto, Joaquin | FL | 150 | 3 |
85 | Shukla, Maya | WA | 222 | 3 |
86 | Jang, Noah | FL | 502 | 3 |
87 | Rodriguez, Ethan Matthew | FL | 3 | |
88 | Randolph, Soraya | NY | 240 | 3 |
89 | Poe, Wilson | FL | 579 | 3 |
90 | Hughes, Daniel | FL | 401 | 3 |
91 | Williams, Anaiah | NY | 319 | 3 |
92 | Hu, Sebastian Joseph Kwai | PA | 279 | 3 |
93 | Sharifov, Michael | NY | 364 | 3 |
94 | Asse, Alias | FL | 251 | 3 |
95 | Bolanos, Eric Esteban | FL | 180 | 3 |
96 | Kawabata, Marcus | NY | 251 | 3 |
97 | Ullian, Aiden | FL | 187 | 3 |
98 | Yu, Dylan | FL | 254 | 3 |
99 | Bello, Charles Phillip | FL | 3 | |
100 | Jones, Amor | NJ | 220 | 2.5 |
101 | Li, Edward | FL | 146 | 2.5 |
102 | Collins, Braylon | FL | 578 | 2.5 |
103 | Breznyan, Andras | FL | 383 | 2.5 |
104 | Blakeley, Kenji Liam | FL | 506 | 2.5 |
105 | Xia, Jerry | NY | 198 | 2.5 |
106 | Golub, Oliver | NY | 105 | 2.5 |
107 | Farley, Phillip | FL | 220 | 2.5 |
108 | Rajagopal, Akshay | NC | 113 | 2.5 |
109 | Hudgens, Ridge | FL | 2.5 | |
110 | Baltonado, Damien | FL | 353 | 2 |
111 | Khalaf, Arya Leila | GA | 156 | 2 |
112 | Mascera, Alexia Marie | NY | 2 | |
113 | Stewart, Matthew J | NY | 2 | |
114 | Wong, Anabelle | NY | 183 | 2 |
115 | Angus, Kyle R | FL | 221 | 2 |
116 | Clough, Henry | NY | 2 | |
117 | Hart, Hannah Adina | NY | 113 | 2 |
118 | Firoozi, Sam | NY | 2 | |
119 | Mack, Taylor | FL | 2 | |
120 | Smalberger, Kareena Marie | FL | 102 | 2 |
121 | Bromfield, Dedan | FL | 140 | 2 |
122 | Melinette, Joshua | NY | 106 | 2 |
123 | Fundler, Julian Mark | MO | 101 | 2 |
124 | Soukhaseum, Conner | NY | 110 | 1.5 |
125 | Jackson, Hugh Andrew | FL | 1.5 | |
126 | Andrade, Jonathan | FL | 1.5 | |
127 | Ortega, Mike | FL | 1.5 | |
128 | Renfro, Ruby | FL | 111 | 1 |
129 | Balmuri, Vidush | FL | 101 | 1 |
130 | Garcia, Yaritsa | FL | 1 | |
131 | Alvarez, Paolo | FL | 1 | |
132 | Saldivar, Karolina A | TX | 424 | 1 |
133 | Mizyed, Mariam | FL | 159 | 0.5 |
