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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Justus D Williams (2383) from New York wins the gold medal among 63 12th graders with 6 points. Aaron Grabinsky (2301) from Oregon is in second place, also with 6 points in 7 games. Bronze goes to Joshua Colas (2390) from New York.
Final Standings
| No. | Name | St | Rate | Pts |
| 1 | Williams, Justus D | NY | 2383 | 6 |
| 2 | Grabinsky, Aaron | OR | 2301 | 6 |
| 3 | Colas, Joshua | NY | 2390 | 5.5 |
| 4 | Arun, Siddharth | MA | 2228 | 5.5 |
| 5 | Barayev, Isaac | NY | 2202 | 5 |
| 6 | Hauge, David Richey | DC | 2033 | 5 |
| 7 | Spinnell, Alexander Troy | NY | 2218 | 5 |
| 8 | Chen, John | NY | 2010 | 5 |
| 9 | Drennan, Luke Anthony | NJ | 1807 | 5 |
| 10 | Zhang, Samuel | NY | 1820 | 5 |
| 11 | Ainsworth, Michael | NY | 2068 | 5 |
| 12 | Moore, Nickolas Arthur | FL | 2102 | 4.5 |
| 13 | Gainer, Oliver Halbert | VA | 1620 | 4.5 |
| 14 | Maksimiuk, Anita | NY | 1742 | 4.5 |
| 15 | Giammanco, Daniel Scott | NJ | 1858 | 4.5 |
| 16 | Sarna, Kristen Sheila | TX | 1811 | 4.5 |
| 17 | Rodriguez, Abraham V | FL | 4.5 | |
| 18 | Palmisano, Ryan | NY | 1302 | 4.5 |
| 19 | Horvath, Stephen | IL | 1628 | 4 |
| 20 | Giordano, Christopher Michael | NJ | 1853 | 4 |
| 21 | Parker-Turner, Phillip | IL | 1967 | 4 |
| 22 | Wall, Christopher | NJ | 1600 | 4 |
| 23 | Sood, Harry | TN | 1435 | 4 |
| 24 | Lores, Roberto L | FL | 1574 | 4 |
| 25 | Hernandez, Eric | FL | 1309 | 4 |
| 26 | Burke-Kaiser, Caelan Nicholas | IL | 1499 | 4 |
| 27 | Quiroz, Jorge | NY | 1622 | 3.5 |
| 28 | Cooper, Evan | FL | 1403 | 3.5 |
| 29 | Malendevych, Teodor S | FL | 1455 | 3.5 |
| 30 | Sheikh, Daniel | FL | 827 | 3.5 |
| 31 | Bakker, Pascal S | NH | 1663 | 3.5 |
| 32 | Yan, Kevin | NY | 2001 | 3.5 |
| 33 | Tisserand, Cecilia Martine | LA | 1443 | 3.5 |
| 34 | Rupprecht, Christopher | IL | 1469 | 3.5 |
| 35 | Chiang, Benny | IL | 728 | 3.5 |
| 36 | Gandhi, Divyanshu | FL | 1061 | 3.5 |
| 37 | Ovalle Jr, Jose Ca | TX | 1375 | 3.5 |
| 38 | Bello, Nileidy | NY | 1266 | 3.5 |
| 39 | Smithe, Austin A | FL | 1263 | 3.5 |
| 40 | Palmisano, Nathan | NY | 1469 | 3.5 |
| 41 | Rahman, Azwad | FL | 1250 | 3 |
| 42 | Freeman, Lev G | FL | 1709 | 3 |
| 43 | Wu, Tony | FL | 1147 | 3 |
| 44 | Van, Trung Thanh | FL | 594 | 3 |
| 45 | Pimentel, Carlos Alberto | FL | 706 | 3 |
| 46 | Rodriguez, Isaac | FL | 1251 | 3 |
| 47 | Nakada, Taikan | NY | 730 | 3 |
| 48 | Calandrino, Stephen, Jr | NJ | 1035 | 2.5 |
| 49 | Rios, Angel | FL | 2.5 | |
| 50 | Veiner, Zachary Michael | FL | 698 | 2.5 |
| 51 | Medam, Ram | FL | 2.5 | |
| 52 | Rodriguez Leiva, Angel | FL | 848 | 2.5 |
| 53 | Jia, Jeffrey | FL | 1251 | 2.5 |
| 54 | Ramos, Sean | FL | 731 | 2.5 |
| 55 | Maharaj, Amar | FL | 689 | 2.5 |
| 56 | Lin, Andrew | FL | 940 | 2 |
| 57 | Wiley, Charlie | IL | 925 | 2 |
| 58 | Perez, Cody Drake | TX | 1110 | 2 |
| 59 | Saenz, Kevin Alexander | FL | 256 | 2 |
| 60 | Tortoriello, Christopher | NY | 450 | 1.5 |
| 61 | Gray, Danielle Elizabeth | FL | 1.5 | |
| 62 | Santana, Ivan | FL | 1.5 | |
| 63 | Gonzalez, Alicea Colleene | FL | 1 |
