National Champions Again!

The Chelsea Chessmates returned home from the 2018 Grade Nationals in Orlando with an impressive showing! We secured TWO TOP 10 TEAM trophies in the United States which included our 1st and 4th grade teams! Our fourth grade team (Viggo, Sabella and Joshua), placed ninth in the country and our first grade team (Elliott, Anay, Silas, Indiana, Gary and Oliver) came in Eighth overall. Our PS 11 team included many 1st time National competitors who rose to the occasion and delivered very impressive results. Individual trophy winners with five points included first grader Elliott and third grader Avaan who also placed 9th in the country in the K-6 Blitz section. A big shout out to the other team members, Stanley, Nanao, Ali, Indira, Liev and Alexander, all of whom played amazing chess and showed incredible team spirit this weekend. Next stop for the Chessmates is the New York City Championship on January 5 and 6th.