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National K-12 Grade Championships 2015 Grade 9

us chess k-12The 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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Truman Hoang (2176) from Florida wins the title in the 9th grade with 6 points in 7 games, winning on tiebreakers among 89 participants in 9th grade. Runya Xu (2205) from Pennsylvania and Albert Lu (2324) from California, also with 6 points, claimed silver and bronze respectively.

Full Standings

No. Name St Rate Pts
1 Hoang, Truman FL 2176 6
2 Xu, Runya PA 2205 6
3 Lu, Albert CA 2324 6
4 Kobla, Vishal VA 2131 5.5
5 Banerjee, Abhimany FL 2038 5.5
6 Kalghatgi, Akhil IL 2018 5.5
7 Premkumar, Hiren TX 2058 5
8 Zhong, Howard OK 2197 5
9 Sikarov, Alan MA 1897 5
10 Qi, Richard AZ 1928 5
11 Mohan, Dave AZ 1962 5
12 Barash, Anton MA 1957 5
13 Kalghatgi, Nikhil IL 1976 5
14 Slade, Theodore FL 2061 5
15 Stevens, Matthew James IL 2116 5
16 Wiseman, Camden Alton VA 1971 5
17 Lee, Reddy Young-Jai Sohn NY 1913 5
18 Maruvada, Shaunak CA 2073 4.5
19 Tisserand, Miles LA 1772 4.5
20 Miyasaka, Matthew Shoji NY 2160 4.5
21 Jie, Tianhui  (cindy) FL 1951 4.5
22 Rajendran, Rishi NJ 2030 4.5
23 Grattan-Smith, Robbie GA 1753 4.5
24 Hoyos, Carlos D FL 2080 4.5
25 Barbaro, Thomas PA 1622 4.5
26 Jayaraman, Roshan FL 1869 4
27 Witwer, Sam IN 1827 4
28 Liu, Jackie FL 1908 4
29 Lee, Gabriel Emilio, Jr FL 1963 4
30 Wu, Andy Y FL 1859 4
31 Keuchel, Brennen OH 1891 4
32 Huerta, Jonathan Christian TX 1568 4
33 Sharad, Soham NJ 1789 4
34 Russoniello, Matteo FL 1359 4
35 Challenger, Daniel NY 1831 4
36 Reategui, Christopher FL 1503 4
37 Dunshee De Abranches, Nicolas FL 987 4
38 Chan Shue, Kyle Ruben NY 1521 4
39 Sands, Samson Mitchell AL 1443 4
40 Hayward, Benjamin TX 1267 4
41 Lojano, Sebastian FL 1712 3.5
42 Heyman, Blake Matthew MN 687 3.5
43 Kelly, Skyler Patrick GA 1743 3.5
44 Khan, Shayan Ahmad LA 1438 3.5
45 Ordet, Kevin FL 1585 3.5
46 Aribidesi, Abudurazaq NY 1227 3.5
47 Roman, Ricky IL 1518 3.5
48 Weinstein, William NY 1326 3.5
49 Brodsky, Jake FL 530 3.5
50 Sarna, Daniel Joseph TX 1143 3.5
51 Levison, Joshua FL 1294 3.5
52 Bermudez, Valentina FL 1129 3.5
53 Wang, Emma K IL 1404 3
54 Sollecito, Tristan NY 1661 3
55 Starke, Sam FL 1111 3
56 Gordon, Nielsen Freeland CT 1281 3
57 Nuryasin, Annamaria FL 1596 3
58 Fruitman, Rhett CO 1302 3
59 Richardson, Pierce TX 1098 3
60 St Germain II, Shaun FL 981 3
61 Alston, Shane NY 1182 3
62 Singh, Sharanya FL 1336 3
63 Mikuen, Megan FL 1062 3
64 Alton, Joshua FL 1114 3
65 Rodriguez, Erick FL 620 3
66 Gao, Benjamin FL 2.5
67 Bliss, Ted FL 467 2.5
68 De Grazia, Carmelo FL 929 2.5
69 Woods, Jalen FL 1128 2.5
70 Castillo, Jose A, Jr TX 1240 2.5
71 Phillips, Reanna NY 1085 2.5
72 Song, Eric FL 2.5
73 Marquina, Estefan Xavier FL 878 2.5
74 Muniz-Aleman, James FL 833 2.5
75 Gonzalez, Jorge M FL 1126 2.5
76 Cao, Bryan Hao FL 2.5
77 Woodman, Nicholas LA 1179 2
78 Solis, Crystal Marie TX 1243 2
79 Cooper, Logan A FL 833 2
80 Schantz, Matthew NY 451 2
81 Sayu, Daniel J FL 875 2
82 Lumpkins, Caleb NY 672 2
83 Gebara, Noah FL 598 2
84 Martinez, Daniel FL 912 2
85 Kehl, Ella NY 675 1.5
86 Castro, Matthew FL 552 1.5
87 Bermudez, Valeria FL 581 1
88 Miller, Andrew R FL 1
89 Oliveira, Vinicius FL 651 1

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