Seven students from NEST+m traveled to Nashville earlier this month to compete in the three day K-6 National Elementary chess championships. A team of four of our littlest chess players (Kai Tsuboyama, Rhys Black, Spencer Chin & Romir Mukherjee) participated in the K-1 section. All four scored impressively and showed fantastic sportsmanship over the 3 grueling days. Both Spencer and Romir won 5 of 7 games, placing 23rd and 30th respectively in a pool of 310 players. Kai and Rhys scored 3 points each, lifting the team to 12th place. It was a small team compared to some of the area schools, but a fiercely dedicated one! Additionally, Romir competed in a K-3 blitz tournament and won 8 of 12 games, bringing home 2nd place in his class and 20th overall out of 120 kids.
Colin Senat competed in the K-5 U900 section and also won 5 of 7 games, earning him a 45th place trophy.
Robert Shibata and Karthik Tambar participated in the fiercely competitive K-5 championship section and scored 4.5 and 3.5 points respectively. Congratulations to all the players. We look forward to growing the team and bringing home many more wins for NEST+m.
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