Congrats to the PS 139 Chess Ninjas, Who Ranked Awesome at Nationals

Congrats to the PS 139 Chess Ninjas, Who Ranked Awesome at Nationals

The PS 139 Chess Ninjas just wrapped up their time at the 2012 National Elementary (K-6) Chess Championship in Nashville, TN, and they did great, as teams and individually. Congratulations to the kids and to their teacher, Ian West!

Team Placing
K-5 Under 900: 1st Place (out of 65 teams)
K-5 Championship: 13th Place (out of 45 teams)
K-3 Under 800: 12th Place (out of 58 teams)

Individual Awards
K5 Under 900 (out of 374 competitors)
16th place: Ishmael Bento-Simon
20th place: Jayvon Bullock
30th place: Aaron Idemudia
30th (tied): Kian Fallon
K3 Under 800 (out of 380 competitors)
30th place: Robbie Galpern

Congratulations to all 20 players: Malcolm Galpern, Robbie Galpern, Arjun Rai, Yates Wong, Tenzin Kalden, Declan Rush, Sean Idemudia, Aaron Idemudia, Ethan Inniss, Ishmael Bento-Simon, Chhoten Sherpa, Jayvon Bullock, Avery Soto, Kayla Edwards, Sezer Benoit-Savci, Kian Fallon, Johnny Walker, Matthew Carter, Dylan Reddish, and Ronan Schneider.