Congrats to the PS 139 Chess Ninjas, Who Did Great at a State Competition!

The PS 139 Chess Ninjas team, the reigning National Champions for K-5 under 900, competed in the New York State Scholastic Chess Championship in Saratoga Springs this past weekend, and they brought home some nice results.

Coach and Ditmas Park neighbor Ian West of the Chess Academy of New York tells us that the Intermediate team finished first in their division. The Open team finished fifth in a division where they have to play against 6th grade teams (it’s a K-6 section), but they were the top team without any 6th graders. The Primary team (K-3) finished 7th.

Congratulations to all the players!

Elementary Open Team Finished 5th
Malcolm Galpern
Arjun Rai
Tenzin Kalden
Kian Fallon
Yates Wong
Johnny Walker
Ronan Schneider

Elementary Reserve Team Finished 1st
Abe Brown (perfect 6 out of 6, finished 2nd individual on tiebreaks)
Declan Rush (5.5 out of 6, finished 3rd individual)
Jordan Garcia (5th place individual)
Ethan Inniss (6th place individual)
Sezer Benoit-Savci (8th place individual)
Laura Chan
Tommy Farrell
Jay Garcia
Leesean Joseph
Rio Plummer
Dylan Reddish
Chhoten Sherpa
Chastity St. John

Primary Open Team Finished 7th
Kristy Alvarez
Robbie Galpern
Jake Gendron
Alexander Pierre
Alexander Reddish
Ryan Reddish
Bea Rush
Aowyn Schneider
Tashi Sherpa

Keep up the great work, Chess Ninjas!