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| The Champions! (Credit: Hui Wang) |
Already crowned State and National K-6 champions, the Mission San Jose Elementary chess team capped a magical year by winning the Yes2Chess World finals! This multiple stage competition began with online matches and culminated in an expenses paid trip to London. Congratulations to Coach Joe Lonsdale, team coordinator Hui Wang and, most importantly, the young champs themselves!
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| Kevin was only kid to beat Grandmaster David Howell in simul. (Credit: Yes2Chess) |
- David Pan, 6th grader rated 2000
- Rishith Susarla, 4th grader rated 1891
- Kevin Pan, 3rd grader 1802
- Annapoorni Meiyappan, 4th grader rated 1702
- Leo Jiang, 4th grader rated 1393
The USA finals saw the California kids pitted against three top tier squads from New York City. The players must have felt a little bit like Bobby Fischer facing all of the Russians. Needing a team victory in the last match, MSJE prevailed 4:1. They advanced with 5 match points out of 6, narrowly ahead of second and third place.
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| Group photo of all 8 countries in front of Parliament. (Credit: Yes2Chess) |
Eight countries competed in the World finals. This morning, the Americans dispatched schools from Sweden, Spain and Norway in Pool A to advance to the championship match. Then they dominated Pool B winner Portugal 4.5-0.5 to claim first place! More details to come.
Way to go!!
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