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.
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Xiexin Wang (2233) from Arizona wins the gold medal a full point ahead of the 70 player competition with the incredible 6.5 points. Samuel He (2218) and Daniel He (2241), both from Washington scored 5.5 points in 7 games and won silver and bronze, respectively.
Final Standings
No. | Name | St | Rate | Pts |
1 | Wang, Xiexin | AZ | 2233 | 6.5 |
2 | He, Samuel | WA | 2218 | 5.5 |
3 | He, Daniel | WA | 2241 | 5.5 |
4 | Brito Valdes, Santiago Jose | FL | 2281 | 5.5 |
5 | Wu, Christopher | NJ | 2406 | 5.5 |
6 | Yang, Yi | MA | 2310 | 5 |
7 | Rives, Hal Difede | NY | 2068 | 5 |
8 | Zhang, Eric | NY | 2120 | 5 |
9 | Kostovetsky, Daniel | NY | 2137 | 5 |
10 | Keuchel, Connor | OH | 1990 | 5 |
11 | Panuganti, Kireet Venkata | NC | 2045 | 5 |
12 | Rivero, Danilo | FL | 2088 | 5 |
13 | Riegelhaupt, Cory | FL | 2121 | 5 |
14 | Liu, Andrew | MA | 2337 | 4.5 |
15 | Pond, Markus | NY | 1832 | 4.5 |
16 | Torras, Teseo L | NY | 1970 | 4.5 |
17 | Gospodinov, Lyubomir | FL | 2082 | 4.5 |
18 | Kehoe, Webster | NY | 2040 | 4.5 |
19 | Huang, Brandon | NY | 1713 | 4.5 |
20 | Macom, William Campbell, Ii | FL | 1775 | 4.5 |
21 | Kleidermacher, Lauren | FL | 1909 | 4 |
22 | Kronberg, Kai | NY | 2003 | 4 |
23 | Mcdonald, Matthew V | KY | 1882 | 4 |
24 | Padmanabhan, Akshay S | CA | 1999 | 4 |
25 | Lauretti, Loring | MA | 1845 | 4 |
26 | Danielson, Matthew N | NJ | 1627 | 4 |
27 | Yassky, Daniel | NY | 1889 | 4 |
28 | Wen, Jack | NY | 1878 | 4 |
29 | Eng, Rachael | AZ | 1986 | 4 |
30 | Asseviro Jr, Antho | NY | 1789 | 4 |
31 | Yeo, Noah | WA | 1849 | 3.5 |
32 | Wagner, Connor H | NY | 1942 | 3.5 |
33 | Downes, Austin Scott, Jr | GA | 1600 | 3.5 |
34 | Odom, Barret | TX | 1709 | 3.5 |
35 | Uddin, Mubassar | NY | 1962 | 3.5 |
36 | Katz, Joris | NY | 1919 | 3.5 |
37 | Ferris, Antonio Robert | AZ | 1041 | 3.5 |
38 | Lopez, David | FL | 1616 | 3.5 |
39 | Head, Tod S | KY | 1840 | 3.5 |
40 | Guthrie, Duncan M | VA | 1732 | 3.5 |
41 | Cherin, Sam | NY | 1745 | 3.5 |
42 | Ramirez, Jonnathan | FL | 1169 | 3.5 |
43 | Turner, Charles Jackson | GA | 812 | 3.5 |
44 | Concepcion, Rommel | FL | 1542 | 3.5 |
45 | Manzo, Matthew Duncan | MA | 1865 | 3 |
46 | Naylor, Jonathan | VA | 1718 | 3 |
47 | Morejon, Helen | FL | 1693 | 3 |
48 | Nash, Devin Jamal | GA | 1487 | 3 |
49 | Gentile, Tyler Matthew | NJ | 1144 | 3 |
50 | Carter, Peter | NY | 1635 | 3 |
51 | Chapman, Theodore | NY | 1267 | 3 |
52 | Baker, Bailey | IL | 932 | 3 |
53 | Clarke, Colin James | NJ | 525 | 3 |
54 | Gumarin, Jose Edison De La, I | GA | 3 | |
55 | Barabas, Hunter Timberlake | PA | 1003 | 2.5 |
56 | Thomas, Judin Job | AZ | 861 | 2.5 |
57 | Yung, Aaron K | FL | 2.5 | |
58 | Lockwood, Benjamin J | PA | 1103 | 2.5 |
59 | Campos, Joshua | FL | 509 | 2.5 |
60 | Dionne, Sam | FL | 1119 | 2 |
61 | Kapadia, Rayomand | FL | 605 | 2 |
62 | Williams, Jesse | CO | 1403 | 2 |
63 | Ward, Douglas | NY | 947 | 2 |
64 | Gratigny, Jessica Anna | GA | 2 | |
65 | Spivey, Rosalee L | GA | 2 | |
66 | Schiener, Nathan | NY | 1020 | 2 |
67 | Altamiranda, Alejandro | FL | 220 | 2 |
68 | Toirac, Darian | FL | 2 | |
69 | Bilsky, Alan | FL | 557 | 1.5 |
70 | Alba, Mariann Astr | TX | 494 | 1.5 |
71 | Ibarra, Austin Phillip | FL | 1 |
