I.S. 318 CHESS TEAM

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National Titles

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Year Tournament Section
2003 JHS Nationals - Orlando, FL U1250
WANG,Jeffrey (7.0,1223)
MASS,Dario (5.5,1199)
FORBES,Lordane (5.5,1233)
NG,Jason (5.0,1226)
GILBERT,Wesley (5.0,1210)
ZHOU,Alan (5.0,1236)
2003 JHS Nationals - Orlando, FL U1000
WRIGHT,Douglas (6.0,957)
SANTIAGO,Jonathan (5.5,970)
FRANCIS,Christian (5.5,944)
LIU,Kenny (5.5,989)
2003 JHS Nationals - Orlando, FL U750
SOSA,Jose (7.0,nnnn)
CALLENDER,Cesar (6.0,724)
MICHALISZYN,Piotr (6.0,nnnn)
KUANG,Jeffrey (6.0,664)
RAINS,Amanda (6.0,397)
2003 Grade Nationals 8th Grade
MORANTUS,Dalphe (5.0,1592)
MARTINEZ,Shawn (5.0,1722)
WANG,Jeffrey (4.5,1439)
2004 JHS Nationals Championship
MURPHY, Steven (5.5,1340)
MORANTUS, Dalphe (5.0,1655)
MIAH, Forid (5.0,1551)
MARTINEZ, Shawn (4.5,1808)
RAHMAN, Taraqur (4.5,1470)
2004 JHS Nationals U1000
CRUZ, Ivan (6.5,904)
ANWAR, Raheel (6.0,949)
RAMIREZ, Allen (5.5,802)
PAREDES, Jose (5.0,768)
AUYEUNG, Henry (5.0,814)
2004 Grade Nationals 8th Grade
KRAWCZUK, Alexandra (6.0,1612)
MIAH, Forid (4.5,1654)
CHIU, Richie (4.5,1578)
RAHMAN, Taraqur (4.5,1558)
2005 JHS Nationals - Nashville, TN Championship
MIAH, Forid (5.0,1688)
ITWAR, Leon (5.0,1642)
DELATORRE, Nico (5.0,1469)
CHIU, Richie (4.5,1671)
2005 JHS Nationals - Nashville, TN U1250
GUAN, Juan (6.5,1059)
JOLALPA, Endirichard (6.0,1030)
ROSA, Carlos (5.0,1166)
AUYEUNG, Henry (5.0,1113)
SZULA, Marta (5.0,1146)
2005 Grade Nationals 8th Grade
ITWAR, LEON (5.0,1657)
HAQUE, MOHAMMED (5.0,1216)
SHEIKH, SHAHNAWAZ (5.0,1341)
LOPEZ, JESSIE (5.0,1502)
2006 JHS Nationals U1250
MEZGIEL, KRYSTOF (6.5,1243)
BERRIOS, ANGELICA (5.5,1056)
ROMERO, MEL (5.5,1245)
JOLALPA, ENDRICHARD (5.5,1161)
2006 JHS Nationals U750
PEGUERO, MICHAEL (7.0,661)
CRUZ, JONATHAN (6.0,600)
LI, HENRY (6.0,619)
CHEN, KEVIN (5.5,264)
SEVERIN, RENE (5.5,619)
CHEN, JACK (5.5,666)
2007 Elementary Nationals - Nashville, TN K-6 Open
MACIAG, DANIEL (5.0,1540)
CARDENAS, STEVEN (5.0,1511)
BALLANTYNE, ROCHELLE (5.0,1568)
IZQUIERDO, KEVIN (4.5,1410)
2007 JHS Nationals - Sacramento, CA K-8 Championship
PEGUERO, MICHAEL (6.0,1717)
ROMERO, MEL (4.5,1440)
ROBINSON, DARRIAN (4.5,1769)
BAO, ANGEL (4.5,1633)
BERRIOS, ANGELICA (4.5,1498)
CARDENAS, STEVEN (4.5,1500)
BALLANTYNE, ROCHELLE (4.5,1504)
ALBERA, NORBERT (4.5,1483)
2007 JHS Nationals - Sacramento, CA U1250
IZQUIERDO, KEVIN (6.5,1170)
LEGOUN, ANDREI (5.5,1228)
CHEN, KEVIN (5.5,1123)
ELEY, AMANI (5.0,1170)
2007 JHS Nationals - Sacramento, CA U750
KUZNIAR, PIOTR (6.0,687)
WILLIAMS, NAJEEBAH (6.0,682)
JIMENEZ, ROBERTO (5.0,453)
MORRERO, JOSE (5.0,418)
2008 Elementary Nationals - Pittsburgh, PA K-6 Open
PAREDES, Alexis (6.0,1677)
EFEKORO, Pobo (5.0,1509)
FOSTER, Myles (4.5,1432)
GARCIA, Miguel (4.0,1372)
UDDIN, Brittanie (4.0,1293)
2008 Grade Nationals - Orlando, Fl 8th Grade
CARDENAS, Steven (4.5,1625)
BALLANTYNE, Rochelle (4.5,1725)
QUINONES, Ezequiel (4.0,1323)
ELEY, Amani (4.0,1421)
MARTINEZ, Jacob (4.0,1153)
MACIAG, Daniel (4.0,1687)
2008 All Girls Nationals - Chicago, IL 16 and Under
Angelica Berrios 6.0
Darrian Robinson 5.0
Brittanie Uddin 4.0
2008 All Girls Nationals - Chicago, IL 14 and Under
Rochelle Ballantyne 5.0
Jasmine M Fermin 5.0
Najeebah Williams 4.0
2008 Grade Nationals - Orlando, Fl 7th Grade
FOSTER, Myles (5.0,1654)
PAREDES, Alexis (5.0,1775)
GARCIA, Miguel (4.5,1569)
2008 Grade Nationals - Orlando, Fl 6th Grade
SWINDELL, Shawn (5.5,1496)
KOBAJLO, Jakob (5.0,1427)
RIVERA, Randy (5.0,1374)
2009 All Girls Nationals - Columbus, OH 14 and Under
LYNCH, Rhoda (4.5,1426)
SANTANA, Talitha (4.0,1499)
LAWRENCE, Lequasiah (4.0,1214)
2009 All Girls Nationals - Columbus, OH 12 and Under
MCGREEN, Mariah (4.0,1143)
MCGREEN, Maya (4.0,1142)
MCMILLIAN, Ronavia (3.0,1239)
MAKSIMIUK, Anita (3.0,1152)
SEYMOUR, Zanea (3.0,611)
2010 Elementary Nationals - Atlanta, GA K-6 Open
WILLIAMS, Justus D (6.0,2068)
BLACK, James A, Jr (5.5,2070)
BARAYEV, Isaac (5.5,1850)
MARTIN, Kenneth (4.0,1412)
2010 JHS Nationals - Minneapolis, MN K-8 Championship
PAREDES, Alexis (6.0,2037)
BRYANT, Jehron (5.5,2013)
WILLIAMS, Justus D (5.5,2075)
EFEKORO, Pobo (5.0,1843)
AWAN, Aleem (5.0,1619)
PROWELL, Rawn (5.0,1713)
OGUNREMI, Joel (5.0,1699)
2010 Grade Nationals - Orlando, FL 6th Grade
2010 Grade Nationals - Orlando, FL 7th Grade
2010 Grade Nationals - Orlando, FL 8th Grade
2011 Grade Nationals - Dallas, TX 8th Grade
BARAYEV, Isaac (5.0,1969)
MARTIN, Kenneth (4.5,1772)
MCGREEN, Maya (4.5,1581)
2011 JHS Nationals - Columbus, OH K-9 Championship
SWINDELL, Shawn (5.0,1947)
WILLIAMS, Justus D (4.5,2255)
OGUNREMI, Joel (4.5,1802)
BARAYEV, Isaac (4.5,2025)
DEY, D'Andrea (4.5,1811)
2011 JHS Nationals - Columbus, OH K-8 Championship
BLACK, James A, Jr (6.5,2156)
FENG, Danny (6.0,1993)
KIM, David (5.5,1777)
WILLIAMS, Rashawn J (5.5,1778)
2011 All Girls Nationals - Chicago, IL 12 and Under
NA
2012 Grade Nationals - Orlando, FL 8th Grade
ARTHUR, Brian (5.0,1761)
POND, Markus (5.0,1807)
MARIN, Kevin (4.5,1686)
2012 High School Nationals - Minneapolis, MN K-12 Open
WILLIAMS, Justus D (2.0,2307)
BLACK, James A, Jr (2.0,2312)
BARAYEV, Isaac (1.5,2141)
MARTIN, Kenneth (1.5,1854)
UDDIN, Mubassar (1.5,1632)
MARIN, Kevin (1.5,1771)
2012 All Girls Nationals - Chicago, IL 14 and Under
NA
2013 All Girls Nationals - Chicago, IL 14 and Under
NA
2013 Grade Nationals - Lake Buena Vista, FL 7th Grade
CUNNINGHAM, Omar Elijah (5.0,1702)
MINTZ, Daniel (5.0,1701)
CHEN, Mengnan (4.5,1664)
2013 Grade Nationals - Lake Buena Vista, FL 6th Grade
WANG, Li Heng (5.0,1576)
RAI, Arjun (5.0,1697)
GALPERN, Malcolm (4.5,1598)
2014 All Girls Nationals - Chicago, IL 14 and Under
Chen, Mengnan (5.0,1693)
Wang, Nancy (4.5,1808)
Yang, Vicki (4.0,1680)
2014 Grade Nationals - Orlando, FL 8th Grade
WANG, Nancy (5.0,1792)
CHEN, Mengnan (5.0,1756)
CUNNINGHAM, Omar Elijah (5.0,1860)
2014 Grade Nationals - Orlando, FL 7th Grade
RAI, Arjun (6.0,1720)
GALPERN, Malcolm (5.0,1711)
CHEN, Wang (5.0,1704)
2015 Elementary Nationals - Nashville, TN K-6 Open
DALHOUSE, Justin (5.5,1875)
XUE, Steven (5.0,1792)
WONG, Yates (4.5,1723)
WONG, Katrina (4.0,1716)
2015 JHS Nationals - Louisville, KY K-9 Championship
RAI, Arjun (5.5,1897)
GALPERN, Malcolm (5.0,1812)
WANG, Nancy (5.0,1896)
RIVERA, Gabriel (5.0,1731)
2015 All Girls Nationals - Chicago, IL 14 and Under
Wang, Nancy (4.5,1896)
Chen, Mengnan (4.0,1901)
Yang, Vicki (4.0,1893)
Dong, Samantha(4.0,1620)
2015 Grade Nationals - Orlando, FL 8th Grade
RAI, Arjun (6.0,1917)
YANG, Vicki (5.5,1957)
WANG, Li Heng (5.0,1724)
CHEN, Wang (5.0,1794)
2015 Grade Nationals - Orlando, FL 7th Grade
DALHOUSE, Justin (5.5,1890)
XUE, Steven (5.0,1853)
WONG, Katrina (5.0,1694)
KHANDO, Kunchok (5.0,1458)
2016 Grade Nationals - Nashville, TN 8th Grade
DALHOUSE, Justin (5.0,1880)
SUTTON, Marcus (5.0,1952)
JOSEPH, Leesean (5.0,1648)
2017 SuperNationals VI - Nashville, TN K-12 U1900
XUE, Steven (6.0,1886)
WONG, Katrina (5.5,1857)
YANG, Sunny (4.0,1789)
DALHOUSE, Justin (4.0,1894)
DEDONA, Mark (4.0,1853)
2017 All Girls Nationals - Chicago, IL 14 and Under
Wong, Katrina (5.0, 1875)
Chen, Vicky (3.5, 1460)
Laporte, Sakura (3.0, 1461)
2018 JHS Nationals - Atlanta, GA K-9 Championship
ZHENG, Jeremy (6.0,2072)
YANG, Sunny (5.0,1912)
DE DONA, Mark (5.0,1872)
SHERPA, Tashi (4.5,1766)
GALPERN, Robbie (4.5,1818)
2018 All Girls Nationals - Chicago, IL Under 16
CHEN, Vicky (4.0,1589)
BAUGH, Aliyah (4.0,1304)
LI, Vicki (4.0,1313)
2018 High School Nationals - Columbus, OH K-12 Under 1900
GALPERN, Robbie (6.5,1854)
SHERPA, Tashi (5.0,1847)
JAYNES, Dash (4.0,1783)
KING, Arthur (4.0,1655)
2018 Grade Nationals - Orlando, Fl 6th Grade
RAI, Aayushma (5.0,1641)
MONTANTI, Vincenzo (5.0,1533)
WONG, Ellis (4.5,1496)
2018 Grade Nationals - Orlando, Fl 8th Grade
YANG, Sunny(5.5,1890)
GALPERN, Robbie (5.0,1889)
SHERPA, Tashi (4.5,1801)
2019 All Girls Nationals - Chicago, IL Under 14
RAI, Aayushma (5.0, 1705)
BAALLA, Nura (4.5, 1918)
ADAMS, Emma (3.5, 1346)
2019 National Junior High Championship - Grapevine, TX K-9 Under 1250
WALSH, Luke (6.5,1219)
LI, Nelson (5.5,1221)
DONG, Andy (5.0,1160)
EISENBERG, Evan (5.0,1197)
HARDING-PERKINS, Christop (5.0,1198)
ZHANG, Joey (5.0,1240)
2019 National Junior High Championship - Grapevine, TX K-8 Under 750
BURNS, Clyde (6.0,599)
RANDALL, Malik (5.5,741)
COUGHLAN, Isaac (5.5,711)
PITYNSKI, Andrew (5.5,744)





Blitz Titles

Year Tournament Section
2006 JHS Nationals (Blitz) K-9
DELATORRE,Nico (8.5,1761)
ROBINSON, Darrian (8.0,1481)
LOPEZ, Jessie (8.0,1479)
ROMERO, Mel (8.0,1245)
2007 JHS Nationals (Blitz) - Sacramento, CA K-9
DELATORRE, Nico (9.0,1824)
PEGUERO, Michael (9.0,1594)
BAO, Angel (7.5,1568)
ROMERO, Mel (7.0,1440)
BARRAGAN, Mark (7.0,1593)
ALBERA, Norbert (7.0,1432)
SUN, Jack (7.0,1133)
2008 Elementary Nationals (Blitz) - Pittsburgh, PA K-6
PAREDES, Alexis (8.0,1677)
EFEKORO, Pobo (8.0,1509)
FOSTER, Myles (7.5,1432)
GONZALEZ, Orlando (7.0,1262)
GARCIA, Miguel (7.0,1372)
2010 Elementary Nationals (Blitz) - Atlanta, GA K-6
BLACK, James A, Jr (10.5,2070)
WILLIAMS, Justus D (10.0,2068)
BARAYEV, Isaac (9.0,1850)
KLUSKA, Matthew N (8.0,1474)
MARTIN, Kenneth (8.0,1412)
2010 JHS Nationals (Blitz) - Minneapolis, MN K-9
BRYANT, Jehron (10.0,2013)
RIVERA, Randy (10.0,1749)
EFEKORO, Pobo (10.0,1843)
BRYANT, Nigel (9.0,1957)
WILLIAMS, Justus D (9.0,2075)
BLACK, James A (9.0,1996)
ALADE, Azeez (9.0,1906)
KIM, David (9.0,1757)
2011 JHS Nationals (Blitz) - Columbus, OH K-9
BLACK, James A, Jr (11.0,2156)
WILLIAMS, Justus D (10.0,2255)
FENG, Danny (10.0,1993)
OGUNREMI, Joel (10.0,1802)
2012 JHS Nationals (Blitz) K-9
BLACK, James A, Jr (11.0,2312)
WILLIAMS, Justus D (11.0,2307)
MARTIN, Kenneth (10.0,1854)
BARAYEV, Isaac (10.0,2141)
2015 JHS Nationals (Blitz) - Louisville, KY K-9
NA
2015 National Elementary Championships (Blitz) - Nashville, TN K-6
DALHOUSE, Justin (9.0,1875)
XUE, Steven (9.0,1792)
WONG, Katrina (8.5,1716)
WONG, Yates (6.5,1723)
2017 Super Nationals VI (Blitz) - Louisville, KY K-9
DEDONA, Mark (9.0,1851)
WONG, Katrina (9.0,1857)
XUE, Steven (8.0,1886)
SUTTON, Marcus (8.0,1881)
CHIN, William David (8.0,1637)
2018 JHS Nationals (Blitz) - Atlanta, GA K-9
ZHENG, Jeremy (10.0,2072)
DE DONA, Mark (10.0,1872)
JAYNES, Dash (9.5,1805)
GALPERN, Robbie (9.0,1818)
YANG, Sunny (9.0,1912)