Both our 1st and 3rd Grade Teams are National Champions!!  In addition, both our 7th Grade and Kindergarten Teams finished 2nd in the Nation!!  That is a tremendous finish.  All of the kids played well and I couldn't be more proud of them.

I am too tired to write a long report tonight, but a few individual finishes of note were....

• Matthew Michaelides - 7th Grade - tied for 2nd in the Nation, awarded the 4th place trophy on tie breaks.
• Evan Xiang - 1st Grade - tied for 2nd in the Nation, awarded the 3rd place trophy on tie breaks.
• Ellen Xiang - 3rd Grade - tied for 8th in the Nation
• Kevin Wang - 3rd Grade - tied for 15th in the Nation

• Coach Warren Harper - 9th Grade - 3rd in the Nation.

Full results can be found at.....  http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2005/k12/  and click on results.

Many thanks to all of the parents who hung in there for the 3 day event and who worked to make it fun for everyone.  The kids wouldn't have made it this far without your support. 

I'll write more and try to get some pictures up tomorrow.

Martha