Jersey City Young Chess Champs

Jersey City student chess champions are crowned
by The Jersey Journal
Wednesday March 11, 2009, 3:13 PM

More than 100 Jersey City students from public, charter and private schools competed in the Jersey City Public School Elementary Chess Championship recently, which district officials called a huge success.

Students competed in their grade section for trophies, while their parents competed in a chess questionaire competition for prizes. At lunch time, selected student’s were paired with public officials in a 5-minute speed chess competition.

The winners were:

Kindergarten:
1st place — Surya Sendhilraj, School16
2nd place — Amy Hu, Learning Community Charter School
3rd place — Taylor & Morgan Sindle, Waterfront Montessori School

Grade 1:
1st place — Adhish Kadam,School 16
2nd place — Arpita Edke, School 16
3rd place — Abhinav Vittal, Waterfront Montessori

Grade 2:
1st place — Arjun Lyer, School 37
2nd place — Anagh Kulkarni, School 37

Grade 3:
1st place — Jaylen Boone, School 30
2nd place — Georgia Motes, School 30
3rd place — Pauline Bayotas, School 30

Grade 4:
1st place — Amimah Tahir, School 16
2nd place — Haig Rickerby, Oou Lady of Czestochowa

Grade 5:
1st place — Krish Anand, Learning Community Charter School
2nd place — Jedidian Wehner

Grade 6:
1st place — Andrew Saad, School 27
2nd place — Smith Patel
3rd place — Lorenzo Encarnacion
Ali Hameed, Academy 1
David Sami, School 25

Grade 7 & 8
1st place — Ahmed Elsayed, School 27
2nd place — Kristian Rosario, School 27
3rd place — Vatsal Pandy, Middle School 7

Source: http://www.nj.com