Empire State Represents in Orlando

All Things Chess
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New York players went to Disney and captured a bunch of honors down in Orlando. Congratulations to all the players. Even Allen Priest was on hand to see it, along with new ED Jean Hoffmann. Any time we can get a little respect from Crossville…

Wouldn’t it be nice to see Colas and Williams on the cover of Chess Life?

Some of the list…
12th Grade
1st Place Team Stuyvesant High School

10th Grade
1st Place Team Stuyvesant High School
1st Place Individual: Joshua Colas on tiebreaks over
2nd Place Individual: Justus Williams

9th Grade
2nd Place Team Stuyvesant High
1st Place Team: NEST + M

8th Grade
2nd Place Team: IS 318 Brooklyn

7th Grade
1st Place Team: IS 318 Brooklyn

6th Grade
1st Place Team: IS 318 Brooklyn

5th Grade
3rd Place Team: PS124
2nd Place Team: Dalton School
1st Place Team: Speier Legacy School

4th Grade
3rd Place Team: Columbia Grammar School
2nd Place Team: Speier Legacy School

3rd Grade
3rd Place Team: PS 41, Manhattan
2nd Place Team: Dalton School
1st Place Team: Hunter

2nd Grade
3rd Place Team: Speier Legacy School
2nd Place Team: Dalton School
1st Place Team: NEST + M School

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IL didn’t have as many players there. Focusing only on 3rd place or better:
Sam Schmakel - clear first in 12th grade
Jimi Akintonde - tied for 3rd-10th in 11 grade, 3rd on tie-breaks
Martin Stukan - tied for 1st through 7th in 3rd grade - 1st on tie-breaks
Arthur Xu - tied for 2nd through 5th in 1st grade
Sam Schmakel - tied for 2nd through 4th in the K-12 blitz, 2nd on tie-breaks
Schmakel/Akintonde and Kranjc/Zinski - tied for 1st and 2nd teams in the K-12 bughouse, two points ahead of the third place team - they split their match and both teams swept the others
Whitney Young HS - 1st place in 11th grade, 1st in the K-12 blitz
Benet Academy - 2nd place school in 11th grade, 3rd in the K-12 blitz