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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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 |
