More pics! NYS Scholastic Championships 2019

thank you Joseph Ng!

NYS Scholastic Chess Championships Results and Pics!

Congrats to the nearly 20 NEST+m team members who made the trek to Saratoga Springs for the NY State Scholastic Chess Championships!

Junior High U900: Zachery Ng, Eloise Roberts

Elementary Championship: Matthew Chin, Jai Shah, Preston Ng, Rhys Black. 7th place!

Elementary U600: Isabella Zhu

Primary Championship: Jack Faissal (2nd!), Dylan Kang, Kai Tsuboyama, Thomas Murphy, Liam Chan. 4th place team!

Primary U800: Anthony Zhu (9th!), Zachery Yim

K-1 U400: KC Murphy, Annika Wahlquist, Victoria Yim, Bianca Faissal, Raquel Faissal. 7th place team!

March 3 NEST+m Tournament Results and Pics!

Nearly 50 NEST+m students participated in our 2019 Spring Tournament!  In total, the school hosted 225 players -- another successful event!  Thank you to all who participated and especially to our Parent Volunteers who donated coffee, donuts, ice, made food runs, and helped sell goods.

NEST+m was represented well at all levels of the tournament!

No Score: Max Fajardo, Hayden Hsiung, Jacqueline McDermon.

Novice 1: Daniel Xiang (2nd), Quiana Huang (4th), Pierce Harvey (7th), Ethan Quinn (8th), Max Trias (10th), Kai Osmikina-Jones, Sarabeth Chin, Uma Blankinship, Julien Steele. 1st place team!

Novice 2: Mila Hsiung, Hudson McDermon, Mala Blankinship. 1st place team!

K-1: Vedant Gaonkar (4th), Jinsean Lu (7th), Annika Wahlquist (8th), Bianca Faissal (12th), Raquel Faissal.

Primary: Isabella Zhu (7th), Maxim Soskin, Rolan Soskin, Micah Cho, Aaron Chen. 1st place team!

Elementary: Aneel Mittal, Ivan Volovnyk, Anthony Zhu. 1st place team!

Reserve: Connor Chin (Co-Champion!), Evan Zhao (4th), Glib Dunikov, Arkady Kokush, Julian Huang, Eloise Roberts, Zachery Ng, Mark Chklovskii. 1st place team!

Classic: Joshua Duca-Evans, Oliver Ma, Liam Chan, Dale Cotler, Ksenia Volovnyk, Rhys Black.

Open: Matther Chin (8th), Preston Ng, Jai Shah, Kai Tsuboyama, Jack Faissal.

Championship: Natalia Zduniewicz.

Reminder: March 3 Chess Tournament!

Hi Chess Families-

Hope you all had a fabulous Winter break.  Just a follow-up from Monica's previous email to remind everyone that our next NEST+m tournament is this Sunday, March 3rd.  We are looking forward to another great tournament.  Coaches Giorgi and Lily will be on site for game analysis. 

Early bird registration ends tonight at 11pm.  Register here: http://nest.gmchessacademy.com/home/index/3/2

Also, we still need A LOT of help this Sunday.  

Please sign up here: March 3rd Chess Volunteer Sign Up

All the proceeds from our chess tournaments go directly back to the PTA to support our chess program. 

Thanks and hope to see you Sunday. Go NEST+m Chess!

2/24 Anderson Tournament Results!

Congrats to Thomas Murphy who took 1st place in the Reserve section at the Anderson Tournament on 2/24!

Other NEST+m players:
Matthew Chin - 7th place, Open
Arabella Fang, 6th place, Primary

Register Now: March 3, 2019 NEST+m Chess Spring Tournament!

Join us for our next NEST+m Spring Tournament!
http://nest.gmchessacademy.com/home/index/3/2


Please volunteer by donating time or coffee & donuts!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C44A9AE23ABF85-3319

NEST+m Winter Chess Tournament (Feb 3) Results & Pics!

Congratulations to the 50+ NEST+m students who participated in our second “home” tournament of the year! Overall, nearly 250 participants from across the area competed. NEST+m teams took 1st place in Novice 1, Primary, Reserve and Classic.

No Score: Sarabeth Chin, Raymond Li, Max Kogan, Julien Steele.

Novice 1: Pierce Harvey (3rd), Malcolm Geller (4th), Ethan Quinn (5th), Quiana Huang (6th), Max Trias (7th), Daniel Xiang (8th), Miles Leung (9th), Troy Cheng (10th).

Novice 2: Theodore Hoelscher (4th), Max Tsung (7th), Luke Seigel (8th), Lucas O'Reilly (9th).

K-1: Aaron Chen (4th), Kelsey Murphy (9th), Vedant Gaonkar (10th), Annika Wahlquist, Jinsean Lu, Bianca Faissal, Raquel Faissal.

Primary: Arjun Gururaja (1st), Aneel Mittal (2nd), Isabella Zhu (6th), Micah Cho (8th), August Silverio.

Elementary: Eloise Roberts (1st), David Dunikov (10th), Anthony Zhu, Amelia Cotler, Ivan Volovnyk.

Reserve: Connor Chin (3rd), Joshua Duca Evans (9th), Arkady Kokush (10th), Glib Dunikov, Aleksander Szetela, Zachery Ng, Evan Zhao.

Classic: Morgan Sweeney (co-champion), Kai Tsuboyama (co-champion), Oliver Ma (6th), Ksenia Volovnyk (7th), Dale Cotler (t-9th), Thomas Murphy, t-9th), Rhys Black, Liam Chan.

Open: Dylan Kang (1st), Jack Faissal, Preston Ng, Jai Shah, Matthew Chin.

Championship: Romir Mukherjee (3rd), Natalia Zduniewicz, Spencer Chin, Momoca Mairaj.