Nov. 27, 2013: On Sunday, November 17, the Bronxville Chess Club came out in force at the National Scholastic Chess Foundation's tournament at Greenwich Country Day School.

The Bronxville Chess Club, which includes both elementary school and middle school players in grade 1 through grade 8, had 41 chess players come out for the team's first sponsored tournament of the year. At Sunday's tournament, Bronxville's team had a balance of new and seasoned players:  13 players were first- timers, 10 players were veterans who went to the Chess SuperNationals in Nashville last April, and the others had varying amounts of tournament experience.

The Bronxville Chess Club won three first-place team trophies in the championship, reserve, and booster sections and one second-place team trophy in the primary novice section.

In the reserve section, composed of players rated from 450 to 999, Bronxville had 7 players in the section of 33, and 5 players finished in the top 6:  Spencer Thomas earned first place, and fellow team member Charlie Vail earned second. In the highest-rated section, future masters, with players rated 1300 or higher, Jack Kochansky earned second place in the field of ten.

At Greenwich, with a field of over 240 children playing in seven levels, it was exciting to have so many players participating on the Bronxville team. The team is hoping to see continued enthusiasm throughout the chess season.

Players competed in seven sections that are based on their rating and grade in school. The K-1 is for kindergarten and first graders of all levels. Second and third graders compete in the primary or primary novice sections, depending on their prior tournament experience. Grades 4 and up compete in the booster, reserve, championship, and future masters sections based on individual ratings. Higher ratings are earned through successful tournament results. It was a good chess day!

Congratulations to all chess team members--and good luck for the upcoming season.

First graders:  Reeves Calvert, Jeffrey Colangelo, Samuel DeMarchi, Charlotte Golimbu, and Henry Vail

Second graders:  Lorenzo Acharya, Harrison Brown, Abigail Chang, Charles Hodulik, Noor Kaur, Madeline Lescott, Andrew Shah, Leah Sullivan, and Lina Tamussino

Third graders:  Simon Krivitskiy, Joseph Matthews, John Rizzo, Albert Van Ness, and Eugene Yoo

Fourth graders:  Zhu Zhu Berger, William Bornmann, Jake Holmes, Conner Huang, Amelia Koenig, Spencer Krex, Molly Stoltz, and Tyler Tanaka-Wong

Fifth graders:  Liam Angelone, George Daher, Maya Engenheiro, Will Grant, Eliza Koenig, Tora Ozawa, William Rizzo, Angad Singh, and Charlie Vail

Middle Schoolers:  Alisa Kanganis, Conner Stoltz, Jack Kochansky, Robby Schetlick, and Spencer Thomas

Pictured here:  Bronxville students who won the reserve section team trophy, the first-place reserve section team trophy, and first place.

Photo courtesy Julie Daher, Parent Organizer, Bronxville Chess Club