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On Saturday, July 24, more than a hundred players participated in the July Joust chess tournament. In the K-12 championship section, there was an enormous tie for first place as five different players scored 3.5/4. Navid Bajoghli narrowly edged out Justin Lohr, Lawrence Zhao, and Aaditya Singh, and Kiffa Conroy on tiebreaks. In the team competition, the Lohr family, composed of Justin and his brothers Nathan and Bryant beat out Greenbriar West (represented by Andy Zhang, Vivian Cao-Dao, Andrew Song, Andrew Wang, and Navya Sai Gudimetia) on tiebreaks for the top spot with 8.5 points.
In the K-8 U-600 section, Alan Kittell and Justin Wang tied for first, both going 4-0. There was a large tie for second place as Sadhana Suri, Charlie Gunn, Daniel Yoon, Parin Gupta, and Corey Paredes all won three and lost one. The host school, Virginia Run Elementary,comfortably won the team competition, as Joshua Bachman chipped in to help Alan Kittel and Corey Paredes score 9 combined points.
In the 4-8 Unrated section, Andrew Sanza held off Virginia Run teammate Logan Bibb (who took second) in the final round to finish as the only undefeated 4-0.
In K-3 Unrated, Adam Dietrich and Abhiram Kagitha both went undefeated, and Adam beat Claire Wang (who took third) in a tough game in the final round.
Complete standings, and links to the USCF ratings report below the fold.
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Welcome to the website of the Silver Knights Chess Company! We partner with Elementary schools, Middle schools, and community centers to teach chess to children. We teach students of all different levels, from total beginners to national champions. We also run scholastic tournaments, where students can compete both individually and as members of their school’s team. For the more advanced scholastic chessplayers, we organize monthly adult chess tournaments to allow for stronger competition. We currently teach classes and run tournaments and camps in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland.