ACHIEVEMENTS
April 13th, 2024 Tournament Results
Tournament Results are in!!!!
K-2 Winners:
1st: Christian Hardy
2nd: Harel Koslow
3rd: Jonah Tan
4th: Jiyann Sathishkumar
5th: Lev Safronov
6th: Joshua North
7th: Hunter Miura
8th: Bohdan Wynar
9th: Elias Gordan
10th: Marcus Carroll
K-5 winners:
1st: Aharshi Roy
2nd: Hung Tran
3rd: Sorbil Bayasgalan
4th: Charles Nefsky
5th: Camden Marshall
6th: Meghna Lambu
7th: Sklyar Welsh
8th: Claire Wang
9th: Felix Graham
10th: Bennett Smith
6-12 winners:
1st: Jaiden Hwang
2nd: Priya Balaji
3rd: Rylan Stone
4th: Nico Bacca
5th: Neil Zhou
6th: Malakhi Lepkin
7th: Rhett Plunkett
8th: Anvit Yelgalwar
9th: Ishan Hemanand
10th: Torin Simodynes
K-12 Rated:
1st: Kai Grayson
2nd: Dennis Kotlyarov
3rd: Kai Gordon
4th: Gautam Aathi
5th: Adam Xu
6th: Anish Panda
7th: Slava Dolbik
8th: Maddox Pedigo
Chess queens:
K-2 winner: Kira Welsh (again this month!)
K-5 winner: Meghna Lambu
6-12 winner: Priay Blaji (again this month!)
David vs. Goliath
K-2 winner: Yassin Whadan (again this month!)
K-5 winner: Camden Marshall
6-12 winner: Malakhi Lepkin
K-12 rated winner: Anish Panda
Sportsmanship:
K-2 winner: Jenson Allison
K-5 winner: Ehsan Hansia
Team Trophies:
1st place: Ralston Elementary
2nd place: Challenge School
3rd place: STEM School Highlands Ranch
Open Section Winners:
1st Place: Luis Jimenez (again this month!)
2nd Place: Oliver Hasselkus
3rd place: Henry Kovacs
Under 1300 Combined:Ariana Dani, Thwayne Johnson, and Ryan Hajjali
Congratulations to all of the players!
We had amazing competition for this tournament.
we look forward to seeing you all on
MAY 18TH for our last tournament of the school year!
2024 Colorado State Scholastic Chess Championships
The 2024 Colorado State Scholastic Chess Championships were held on February 3rd and 4th and PALS students REALLY performed. Pals students swept the entire state championships and in some cases took 1st and 2nd place. Here are the notable finishes:
K-1
2024 Colorado State Scholastic Champion – Anish Panda
2nd place – Charlie Kovacs
K-3
2024 Colorado State Scholastic Champion – Avyukth Shrikkanth
2nd place – Anirudh Saibalan
K-5
2024 Colorado State Scholastic Champion – Arie Feigin
K-8
2024 Colorado State Scholastic Champion – Rocco Degeest
2nd place – Henry Kovacs
K-12
2024 Colorado State Scholastic Champion – Sullivan McConnell
All of the students listed above are either studying at a PALS chess club or taking private lessons from a PALS chess coach or both! This was the best finish at the scholastic state championships in PALS history. Congratulations to all five state champions and the three 2nd place finishers!
All pictures were generously provided by John Brezina.
