Congratulations To The PS 139 Chess Ninjas For Another Astounding Performance At Nationals!

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The PS 139 Chess Ninjas and their coach, Ian West, celebrate their incredible performance at the Nationals last weekend. Photo courtesy PS 139 Chess Ninjas

Nineteen incredible students from the PS 139 Chess Ninjas performed yet another amazing feat at the  National Elementary Chess Championship in Nashville, Tennessee last weekend — and we can, once again, say our neighbors are some of the most accomplished chess players in the entire country!

Neighbor and Coach Ian West kindly sent us the results from the competition, for which our talented and dedicated Ninjas have spent countless hours preparing.

(Back row left to right) Tashi Sherpa, Robbie Galpern, Michelle Muniz, (front row) Ellis Wong, and Aayushma Rai. Photo courtesy PS 139 Chess Ninjas

In the K-5 (Kindergarten through 5th grade) open section, players Robbie Galpern, Tashi Sherpa, Michelle Muniz, Aauyshma Rai, and Ellis Wong placed 18th out of 46 teams.

(Left to right) Brian Thevenot, Sonam Sherpa , Alexander Pierre Joy, Ian West, Ryan Reddish, Ariana Winawer-Stein, Aowyn Schneider, Vivian Gore, and Emmet Duprey. Photo courtesy PS 139 Chess Ninjas.

For the K-5 Under 900 competition, students Ariana Winawer-Stein, Vivian Gore, Aowyn Schneider, Sonam Sherpa, Alexander Pierre Joy, Emmet Duprey, Ryan Reddish, and Brian Thevenot claimed 4th place out of 62 teams.

(From left to right) Neven Swanson, Bea Rush, Declan Seignoret-Lutton, Maya Emert-Wiggins, Polly Morrow, and (back row) Ian West. Not pictured: Emma Adams. Photo courtesy PS 139 Chess Ninjas

In the K-3 (Kindergarten through third grade) Under 800 section, players Emma Adams, Polly Morrow, Declan Lutton-Seignoret, Bea Rush, Nevin Swanson, and Maya Emert-Wiggins climbed to 19th place, out of 59 teams.

(Left to right) Aowyn Schneider, Alexander Pierre Joy, Ryan Reddish, and Emmet Duprey tied for 35th place in the K-5 under 900. Photo courtesy PS 139 Chess Ninjas
Ellis Wong got third place in the K-3 Blitz. Photo courtesy PS 139 Chess Ninjas.

Many congratulations to the PS 139 Chess Ninjas and Coach Ian — your hard work and devotion is an inspiration to us all!