The kids from the Mission San Jose Elementary School chess team have won the national championship title for grades k-6 at the 2013 USCF Super Nationals. Headed by coach Joe Lonsdale, the MSJE chess team became the first school in California history to win the National k-6 chess championship in 2009. Four years later, still under the guidance of coach Joe, they have done it again. This years championship
The National Champions from MSJE
top scorers were Amit Sant with 5.5/7, Christopher Pan with 4/7, David Pan with 4/7 and Anjan Das with 3/7. I will share personal stories from the kids in my coming posts but for now it is time to celebrate.
Come and train with the National Champions at the 2013 MSJE Fremont Chess Summer Camp. Our summer camp is open to all school age children. Details can be found at the Torres Chess and Music Academy’s Website.
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Chess Musings 
April 8, 2013 at 8:57 am |
Great job Joe!! What are you teaching them kids? Oh it must be that heavy hitting gambits and aggressive play. Your doing what has been said all along. “Aggressive play leads to feeble and weak play by the opponents and a majority of them will fumble in the defense of a great onslaught.Congratulations Francisco
May 6, 2013 at 6:15 am |
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May 24, 2013 at 8:53 pm |
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May 30, 2013 at 12:54 am |
[…] Francisco Anchondo returns to Mission San Jose Elementary School to put on another exciting show full of opening traps and tactical brilliances for our students […]
June 3, 2013 at 8:00 pm |
[…] California. Luke has been playing extremely good chess lately and will definitely be a leader in Mission San Jose Elementary School’s charge to win another National Chess Championship. For his win, Luke received a trophy as well as […]
June 7, 2013 at 6:29 pm |
[…] Four of our coaches assigned to the Fremont Chess Camp have taught either team or individual national chess champions within the last few years. The reason for the unprecedented success of the Torres Chess and Music […]
June 15, 2013 at 7:37 pm |
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July 1, 2013 at 4:40 am |
[…] at Mission San Jose Elementary School was a smashing success. Nearly 50 children from around the Bay Area received chess instruction from California’s best chess […]
July 14, 2013 at 1:19 am |
[…] Mission San Jose Elementary School. For only $185, your child can spend the week studying chess at the most successful school chess program in the United States. Our coaches for the final week include Francisco Anchondo, James Paquette, Joe Lonsdale and Chris […]
August 15, 2013 at 8:51 pm |
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October 23, 2013 at 7:28 pm |
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January 1, 2014 at 1:43 am |
[…] April: MSJE Wins the National Championship […]
February 7, 2014 at 11:05 pm |
[…] reigning National Champion chess team at Mission San Jose Elementary School sent a few very talented chess players to compete in the event. MSJE first grader Allyson Wong ran […]
February 8, 2014 at 12:01 am |
[…] reigning National Champion chess team at Mission San Jose Elementary School sent a few very talented chess players to compete in the event. MSJE first grader Allyson Wong ran […]
February 12, 2014 at 12:37 am |
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February 17, 2014 at 6:46 pm |
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February 24, 2014 at 5:45 pm |
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March 29, 2014 at 3:58 pm |
[…] Joe Lonsdale will be joining Susan Polgar at the 2014 Mission San Jose Elementary School chess camp in Fremont, California. If ever there was an official Hall of Fame for California chess coaches, Joe Lonsdale would be a first ballot inductee. Joe Lonsdale started the MSJE (Mission San Jose Elementary School, Fremont) chess team in 1990 when his oldest son was a third grader at MSJE. It didnt take long for Joes chess team to rise to the top. In 1992 Coach Joe led MSJE to win its first grade level National Championship. They won the overall National Elementary School Championship in both 2009 and in 2013. At the 2012 Elementary School Nationals MSJE was the only team in the country to finish in the top four in every Elementary school championship section (K-1, K-3, K-5, & K-6). Having his eldest son become a billionaire at a young age has only hardened Joes belief that chess teaches children the skills necessary to succeed in life. Now every summer, Joe dedicates weeks of hard work to producing the next generation of chess successes who train in the hallowed halls of Mission San Jose Elementary School. […]
April 19, 2014 at 3:32 pm |
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May 5, 2014 at 2:35 am |
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May 6, 2014 at 8:24 pm |
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May 19, 2014 at 2:31 am |
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