2015 Susan Polgar Foundation’s National Open for Girls and Boys: Final Team Standings

2015 SPFNO Final Team Standings

 

SPFNO Final Team Standings

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: U18/16 Boys

	Code	Name	Score
1	COQUIL	Coquille High School	7.0
		Aaron Grabinsky 5.0
		Josiah Perkins 2.0

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: U16/18 Girls

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Name

Score

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: U14 Boys

	Code	Name	Score
1	HORNER	Horner JHS – Fremont	10.5
		Sunny Kahlon 3.5
		KIA SADEGHI 3.0
		Avi Khanna 2.0
		Amay Gupta 2.0
2	HOPKIN	HOPKIN	5.0
		PRATHEEK SANKESHI 3.0
		Ganesh Murugappan 2.0

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: U14 Girls

	Code	Name	Score
1	BASISS	BASIS Silicon Valley	9.0
		ARIA LAKHMANI 4.5
		TRINA CHATTERJEE 4.5
2	HORNER	Horner JHS – Fremont	7.5
		SARA KAUSHIK 3.5
		RAISAH KHAN 3.0
		SERAFINA SHOW 1.0

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: U12 Boys

	Code	Name	Score
1	WEIBEL	WEIBEL	12.0
		RAHUL RAVISHANKAR 4.0
		SURYATEJA MANDADI 4.0
		AARON LEE 4.0
		ZAYAAN KHAN 3.5
		PRITHVI NAGAMANIVEL 3.5
		SUMUKH MURTHY 3.5
		JEREMY Y CHEN 3.0
		FREDERICK ZHANG 3.0
		ATRI SURAPANENI 1.5
		JONGWON LEE 1.0
2	MSJE	Mission San Jose Elementary	10.0
		JAISURAJ KALEESWARAN 3.5
		JEFFREY L LIU 3.5
		ABHINAV RAGHAVENDRA 3.0
3	GARDEN	Garden Gate ES	7.5
		EESWAR SREE KARTIKEY KURLI 4.5
		RITHWIK INDER NARENDRA 3.0
4	SYNAPS	Synapse	6.0
		DANIEL MENDELEVITCH 5.0
		SPENCER JAMES BALL 1.0
		David Abrams 0.0
5	WARMSP	WARM SPRINGS	5.0
		ALEXANDER J DELGADO 3.0
		ANSHUL GOVINDU 2.0
6	FOREST	Forest Park Elementary	4.0
		NAVEEN NATH 2.0
		ADITYA KUMAR 2.0
7	MUIR	John Muir Elementary	3.5
		HRISHIKESH INGLE 2.0
		DANIEL MATHEW 1.5
		AADIP KHANAL 0.0
8	RITECH	River Islands Technology Academy	3.0
		ARMANDO SILVA 2.0
		OMAR SILVA 1.0
9	COLLIN	L.P. Collins ES – Cupertino	2.0
		ABDULLAH YAZGAN 2.0
		VENKATARAM SIVARAM 0.0

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: U12 Girls

	Code	Name	Score
1	WEIBEL	WEIBEL	11.5
		SHIVANGI GUPTA 5.0
		AMY CHAN 3.5
		ENYA MISTRY 3.0
		AMIRAH MOHAMED RAFI 3.0
		ANVI SURAPANENI 1.5
2	APPL	APP Lincoln	7.0
		MINDA CHEN 4.5
		ELEANOR KARIS-SCONYERS 2.5
3	ISA	International School of Arizona	7.0
		MIEKE REMPE 4.0
		JANNE REMPE 3.0
4	WARMSP	WARM SPRINGS	6.0
		CHENYI ZHAO 5.0
		ISABELLA ANDREA DELGADO 1.0
5	CARCLA	Carolyn Clark	5.5
		SHREE AYINALA 3.5
		REEMA CHINTALA 2.0
6	CHALLE	NGER	4.5
		Sanjana Das 2.5
		BHAVYA BELLANNAGARI 2.0

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: U10 Boys

	Code	Name	Score
1	MSJE	Mission San Jose Elementary	13.5
		RISHITH SUSARLA 5.5
		KEVIN PAN 4.5
		ATUL THIRUMALAI 3.5
		LEO JIANG 3.5
		STEPHEN HE 3.5
		AMULYA HARISH 3.0
		Sandeep Salwan 3.0
		NICHOLAS JIANG 3.0
		NISHANT SUDHAKAR 0.0
2	WEIBEL	Weibel ES – Fremont	13.0
		OLIVER WU 5.0
		LOUIS LAW 4.0
		DHARSHAN VETRIVELAN 4.0
		ESHAAN MISTRY 3.0
		SIDARTH RAMAN 3.0
		WESLIE J CHEN 2.5
		SIDHANT CHALIHA 2.0
		SURYA SOMASUNDARAM 2.0
3	CHADBO	CHADBOURNE	11.5
		JACOB HAN 4.0
		RYAN DONG 4.0
		PRATHUL GANESH 3.5
		Varun Rangarajan 1.0
		PRABHVIR SINGH BABRA 0.0
4	BRITA	Brittan Acres	8.5
		COLLIN LIOU 4.0
		NICHOLAS COTTRELL 2.5
		ZACHARY PAUL TYSON 2.0
5	HIDHLS	Hidden Hills	6.0
		CHRISTOPHER WOOJIN YOO 4.0
		Bhrugu Setlur 2.0
6	HEATHE	HEATHE	6.0
		ETHAN VAUGHN BOLDI 3.0
		ANDREW JOSHUA BOLDI 3.0
7	STOCKL	Stocklmeir ES	6.0
		ANDREW XIN 3.0
		SAAHIL SACHIN KAJAREKAR 3.0
8	LOSALA	Los Alamitos School	5.5
		Jonathan Taylor 3.0
		Gibran Popyon 2.5
9	LEITCH	LEITCH	4.0
		THANIK BHARANI JR 2.0
		NISHANTH UPADHYAYULA 2.0
10	MUIR	John Muir Elementary	3.5
		YECHAN LEE 2.0
		SOOHYUK YOON 1.0
		DONGHYEON KIM 0.5
11	GRAYST	Graystone ES – San Jose	3.5
		Ethan Chen 2.0
		Abha Dharnidharka 1.5
12	COLLIN	L.P. Collins ES – Cupertino	2.5
		PRANAV TALLAPAKA 1.5
		ANUJ BALAKRISHNAN 1.0
		SAKET PRAMOD 0.0
		ALLAN TSAY 0.0
13	WALTER	Walters	2.5
		ADITYA RAM 2.5
		ERIK – NP FENG 0.0

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: U10 Girls

	Code	Name	Score
1	MSJE	Mission San Jose Elementary	13.5
		ANNAPOORNI MEIYAPPAN 5.5
		SHREE JAY 4.0
		NIVEDHA MANIV 4.0
2	WEIBEL	Weibel ES – Fremont	8.5
		ISHA VARADA 3.5
		PRISHA JAIN 3.0
		KAVYA SHREE PEELA 2.0
3	GOMES	Gomes Elementary	7.5
		NETRA THIRUMURUHAN 4.0
		Aditi Borra 3.5
4	WARMSP	WARM SPRINGS	5.0
		AMULYA DUSSA 3.0
		LALITHA KALLE 2.0

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: U8 Boys

	Code	Name	Score
1	MSJE	Mission San Jose Elementary	11.0
		ARNAV LINGANNAGARI 4.0
		VAIBHAV WUDARU 3.5
		Vasudeva R B Rao 3.5
		SIDDHARTH ARUTLA 3.0
		SHREYAS JAY 3.0
		MONISH JONNADULA 2.5
		JASON LI-SHEN LIU 2.0
		DANIEL ZHAO 2.0
2	COLLIN	L.P. Collins ES – Cupertino	9.5
		AGHILAN NACHIAPPAN 6.0
		Akshaj Molukutla 2.0
		RONAV GOPAN 1.5
		JOE ZHENG 0.0
3	WEIBEL	Weibel ES – Fremont	8.0
		NIK SADEGHI 3.0
		NIKKO DANIEL LE 3.0
		SHIVEN PATEL 2.0
4	BREWER	Brewer Island School	7.5
		ANDREW MA 4.0
		BRYANT MA 3.5
5	CHALLE	NGER	5.0
		VISHRUTH DINESH 3.0
		VRISHANK PEDDIREDDI 2.0
6	GOMES	Gomes Elementary	5.0
		DAVID JIACHENG SARTORIO 3.0
		Darsh Jayaram 2.0
7	BULLIS	BULLIS	4.5
		AIDAN WANG 3.0
		KEVIN BEEBE 1.5
8	RITECH	River Islands Technology Academy	3.0
		AGNUT ASFIR 2.0
		MADDOX RAMOS 1.0

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: U8 Girls

	Code	Name	Score
1	WEIBEL	Weibel ES – Fremont	11.0
		ERIN LAW 4.5
		CHAU-HA NGHIEM 3.5
		YESUN LEE 3.0
2	MSJE	Mission San Jose Elementary	9.5
		ALLYSON WONG 3.5
		NITYASRI KOTLA 3.0
		JOLENE P LIU 3.0
3	LIVEO	Live Oak	7.0
		SRINITHI DODDAPANENI 4.0
		ASRITA YELISETTI 2.0
		Willa Beard 1.0
4	MARK	Mark Day School	4.0
		AVERY HARRIES-JONES 3.0
		AMELIA KAILANI LEE 1.0
5	RITECH	River Islands Technology Academy	2.5
		ROSALEIA TORRES 1.5
		MIA VILORIA 1.0
6	MARIN	Marin ES – Marin	0.0
		FIANNA PAULINE MCCARTY-SNEAD 0.0
		TALLULAH ANTOINET MCCARTY-SNEAD 0.0

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: UNRATED 3-6

	Code	Name	Score
1	PALOV	Palo Verde	7.0
		ARNAV VYAS 5.0
		TEJAS THIYAGARAJAN 2.0
2	COLLIN	L.P. Collins ES – Cupertino	4.0
		SAKET PRAMOD 2.0
		RIYA HARIYAPLAR 2.0

Team Roster and Scores. SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION NATIONAL OPEN 2015: UNRATED K-2

	Code	Name	Score
1	MSJE	Mission San Jose Elementary	10.0
		ADARSH SWAMY 4.0
		DHRISHYANTH REDDY KARANGULA 3.5
		NISHANT SUDHAKAR 2.5
2	COLLIN	L.P. Collins ES – Cupertino	5.5
		VIVEK KOMMU 3.5
		AJIT SARAVANAN 2.0
3	TOWN	TOWN SCHOOL	5.0
		AIDAN MOSES 2.0
		BENJAMIN CHO 2.0
		TREY LARSEN 1.0
4	SYNAPS	Synapse	1.5
		ELEANOR LOWE THOME 1.0
		SKYE CALEGARI-BUSTER 0.5

Chess Players in Fremont, California are the Best in the United States

Two Schools in Fremont, California won National Championships at the recent United States Chess Federation’s National Elementary (k-6) Championships in Nashville, Tennessee.  Both Mission San Jose Elementary School and Weibel Elementary School have reputations of excellence in chess due to being the dominate teams at both state and national events. After their incredible results at the 2012 National Elementary (k-6) Championships, both teams seem determined to put Fremont, California on the map for being the city with the strongest scholastic chess clubs in the United States.

It was not an easy path for Weibel Elementary School at the 2012 National Elementary Chess Championships. In order to clinch the k-6 national championship, Weibel had to make a stunning comeback after being in fifth place with just one round to go.  Head Coach Alan Kirshner informed his team that the only chance they had to win the national title was if all four members won their final round games. Team members Kevin Moy(National Chess Champion), Michael Wang, Anthony Zhou and Steven Li answered his call and did just that. In doing so, Weibel became the second school from California ever to win the National Elementary k-6 chess championship. The first school to do this, in 2009, was their rival Mission San Jose Elementary School.

Winning first place team chess trophies is a regular occurrence at Mission San Jose Elementary School. Having taken all the Team State Championship trophies possible at the Calchess State Championships, Mission San Jose Elementary headed out to Nashville Tennessee with another National Championship in mind. Head coach Joe Lonsdale knew his kids’ chances were good of bringing home another national championship but also was acutely aware of the many other strong teams present at the National Elementary Chess Championships. At the end of the weekend, his youngest players in the k-1 championship section proved themselves to be the big heroes of the chess club. Rishith Susarla won six of seven games and tied for third place.  Rishith took home the fourth place trophy.  Edwin Thomas won scored 5.5 points (five wins and a draw) and tied for 15th place.  Amulya Harish, Annapoorni Meiyappan, and Kevin Pan each scored four points. By winning the k-1 national chess championship for the school, these young MSJE players have signaled to the other scholastic chess teams in California that Mission San Jose Elementary School’s supreme dynasty is likely to continue for years to come.

It is worth noting that players from both schools regularly attend camps and classes put on by the Torres Chess and Music Academy. For more information on our summer chess camps please visit www.FremontChess.com

Mission San Jose Elementary Takes Chess to a New Level

Mission San Jose Elementary School in Fremont, California has, for decades, fielded the most successful chess teams the Golden State has ever produced. Year after year, the relatively small public school’s chess club trains hundreds of students in the art of aggressive chess play. Those who excel at the club are invited to participate in the more exclusive Monday night team meetings. There, as he has done since the 1980’s, Head Coach Joe Lonsdale uses his demo board to show practical examples of masterful chess games played by the great masters of the 19’th century as well as recent gems played by the young Mission San Jose Elementary chess players.  After the lesson, students are paired into a stepladder tournament and compete using clocks while notating their moves. Every week, almost every game played gets analysed by Joe Lonsdale, Richard Shorman, Chris Torres or a graduate of the chess team. Joe’s labor of love has created a chess team that has an unrivaled success rate at major chess tournaments and a team jersey that can barely fit all the state chess titles the school has won.

    Mission San Jose Elementary School has also fares well at the national level despite the fact that the USCF National Elementary Chess Championships are rarely held on the west coast. In 2009, Mission San Jose Elementary School became the first school from California to ever win the National Elementary Chess Champion Title. The following year, the Mission San Jose Elementary School team placed second in the K-1 Championship Section, tied for fourth place in the K-3 Championship Section, finished third in the K-5 Championship Section and placed 9^th in the K-6 Championship section.  In 2011, we even did better! Mission San Jose Elementary School placed second in the k-6 Championship Section, fourth in the k-5 Championship Section, fourth in the k-3 Championship Section  and third in the k-1 Championship section. According to a long bearded USCF representative I road back to the airport with, this is the best overall achievement of any school in the history of the USCF National Elementary Chess Championships.

   Of course, as hard as us coaches work, it is the players who deserve the credit and recognition. Sixth grader Arman Kalyanpur was our team leader scoring an impressive 5.5/7. Fifth Grader Alvin Kong achieved a score of 4.5/7. Sixth Grader Erik Wong also scored well with 4/7. Our fourth member of the k-6 Championship Section was Alex Yin who completed the tournament with 3.5/7.

   Our k-5 team was led by fourth grader Amit Sant with a score of 5/7. Fifth graders Steven Li and Shalin Shah who both finished with an impressive 4.5/7. Another fifth grader, Eric Zhu, managed to score 4/7.  Fifth Grader Sayan Das scored 3.5/7.   

   Our k-3 team was led by second grader John Andrew Chan who finished with 5/7. Next came second grader Mihir Bhuptani and third grader Ojas Arun who both scored 4/7.  Second grader Alvin Zhang  had a strong showing with 3.5/7. Second Grader Luke Zhao, who had the flu, finished with 3/7.  Edward Liu, who attended his first Nationals,  finished with 2.5/7.

   The MSJE k-1 team’s top scorer was kindergartener Rishith Susarla with and impressive 5/7. Next came first graders Chenyi Zhao and Soorya Kuppam with a score of 4.5/7. First Grader Jeffrey Liu managed to score 4/7. The quickly improving Kindergartener Amulya Harish finished with 2.5/7.

  And to the MSJE Chess Team…

 It was a real pleasure to watch all of you achieve such great success in the most prestigious tournament of the year. As your chess coach, I am very grateful to have shared so many memorable moments with you during the 2010-2011 school years. Congratulations!

Fremont Summer Chess Camp 2011: Preview 1

The 2011 Fremont Summer Chess Camp at Mission San Jose Elementary School offers students from around the Bay Area an opportunity to train with the players and coaches of the Mission San Jose Elementary School chess team. Our chess team has had unrivaled success at State Championship events and in 2009 became the first California school to ever win the National Elementary Chess Championship. At the 2010 Calchess Grade Level Chess Championship the team from Mission San Jose Elementary School won first place in five out of the six grades that we were eligible to compete in. The Mission San Jose Elementary Chess Team also dominated at the 2011 Calchess Scholastic Chess Championships by placing first in two of the three sections we participated in. Make the right move by signing your child up for the 2011 Fremont Summer Chess Camp at Mission San Jose Elementary School.

Don’t be fooled by imposters. There is only one summer chess camp managed by the chess coaches from Mission San Jose Elementary School. Visit ChessAndMusic.com to reserve a spot for your child.