Lower Lab Chess Club

May 2016

Four Girls Represent Lower Lab at the All-Girls Nationals in Chicago

In this issue -National Elementary Championship Results -All-Girls Nationals Results -Mayor’s Cup Results -“The Littlest Chess Champions” in the NY Times

For the first time, the Lower Lab Chess Club participated in the All-Girls National Championships on April 22-24 in Chicago. The girls played in two sections, Under 12 and Under 10. Playing shorthanded, with only two players per team instead of three, the Lower Lab girls had a strong showing. So a special congratulations to 5th graders Momoca Mairaj and Hana Kaloudis for a 10th place finish in the U12 section. And to 3rd graders Nishtha Roy and Ellyssan Park for a 14th place finish in the U10 division. A special thanks to our local Chicago chess coach, Honorius Constantin, and the families who dedicated time and energy to making this a great experience. We hope more LL girls can be ready for next year’s Girls Nationals (April 7-9, 2017), so save the date!

Lower Lab Team at Nationals in Nashville: A Great Success Nineteen Lower Lab students made the trip to Nashville on May 6th-8th for the National Elementary Championship. There were many individual and team accolades, including a 1st place team finish by the K-1 Championship team, a 9th place finish by the K-3 Championship team and a 16th place finish by the K-3 Under 800 team. Congratulations to all our players.

Lower Lab Chess Club May 2016

John Leland followed the Lower Lab Chess Club for a couple of weeks, attending both the afterschool program and team tournament at Avenues. The article was featured on the front page of the Metropolitan section of the April 24th edition of the NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/nyregion/the-littlest-chess-champions.html There was also a follow-up article on May 8th highlighting the team’s success at Nationals. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/nyregion/new-yorks-littlest-chess-players-win-national-championship.html The team also made the rounds in the NYC news channels. Here are the links WABC Eyewitness News PIX11 News PIX11 Morning Show

“The Littlest Chess

Champions” in the NY Times

Chess club t-shirts are still

available in both kid and

adult sizes. They are $25

per shirt. Please email

lowerlabchess@gmail.com

if interested.

Lower Lab Chess Club Featured In the NY Times

Photo Credit: Caitlin Ochs

Lower Lab Chess Club May 2016

K-3 Under 800 16th Place Team Ellyssan Park Max Koh Jonah Lehman Jesse Greenhaus

K-1 Championship National Champions Morgan Mairaj Royal Buchanan Noah Gillston Sobel Gaudissard Benjamin Kwon Reid Segarra Max Braun Rylan Marinis Justin Saraf

Results of National Elementary

Championship in Nashville

Lower Lab Chess Club May 2016

K-3 Championship 9th Place Team Lucas Mak Ian Buchanan Pearce Marinis Triton Oh Otto Braun

K-5 Under 900 Maxwell Bieber

Lower Lab Chess Club May 2016

Results of All Girls Nationals

in Chicago

Under 12 10th Place Team Momoca Mairaj Hana Kaloudis

Under 10 14th Place Team Nishtha Roy Ellyssan Park

Lower Lab Chess Club May 2016

Results of Mayor’s Cup

Elementary Open Ian Buchanan Royal Buchanan Ezra van Boxtel

Photo Credits: Julienne Schaer

Elementary Novice Kevin Zhang (2nd Place) Noah Gillston Sobel Gaudissard Reid Segarra Otto Braun Pearce Marinis Max Kirschner