Photo Credit: Bruce Haley.
The Chessmates group of Seattle held a large scholastic event in Seattle at Broadview Thompson Elementary on March 15. Directors were Georgi Orlov and Mr. Bo Cao.
Two players topped the 67 player K-1st grade section, Milo Wright of Pathfinder Elementary in Seattle and Griffin O’Connor of Stevens Elementary in Seattle with 5-0 scores.
76 kids in Grades 2-4 section also were topped by two players with 5-0 scores, Forest Berg of TOPS at Seward Elementary School, Seattle and Daniel Shubin of Rockwell Elementary in Redmond.
Grades 5 to 8 section had 50 players. The top score was 4.5-.5 by both Andreas Farny of Leschi Elementary School in Seattle and George Michailov of Audubon Elementary in Redmond. Andreas has now played 359 rated scholastic games.
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