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.