Bronxville Chess Players Make All The Right Moves At Nationals

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- Bronxville Elementary School's chess team placed sixth in the U.S. Chess Federation's 2016 National Elementary Championship.

Bronxville Elementary placed sixth in the U.S. Chess Federation's 2016 National Elementary Championship.
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Bronxville Elementary School students show off their trophy.
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Frank Mojica

05/19/2016 2:30 p.m.

“In the 20-plus years that the NSCF has been teaching the chess program in the Bronxville School, there has never been a better result,” said Sunil Weeramantry, executive director of the National Scholastic Chess Foundation.

The following students participated in the competition:

First-grader Keith Chen.
Second-graders Rhys Brown, Teo Valdes and Olive Wilson.
Third-graders Natalie Beit and Liberty Wilson.
Fourth-graders Lorenzo Acharya, Harrison Brown, Charlie Hodulik and Madeline Lescott.
Fifth-graders Jamie Valdes and Eugene Yoo.
Sixth-graders William Bornmann, Alexander Kupersmith and Tyler Tanaka-Wong.

The students participated in nine sections and seven rounds over three days with more than 2,200 students from around the U.S.

The championship took place May 6-8 in Nashville, Tenn.

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