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Yen tops K-5 section at Concord

3rd Grader Ethan Yen was perfect in the K-5 section of the Concord Scholastic Grand Prix held on March 6 at Cannon School in Concord NC. The K-12 section saw a three way tie among Rui Wu, Kireet Panuganti and James Chapman.

Caiello, Aluri tops in Columbia

February 20, 2010

Ben Caiello and Chris Aluri both posted perfect scores to win their respective sections at the 5th edition of the South Carolina Scholastic Grand Prix which was held at Ben Lippen school on February 20.

Rui Wu, James Chapman shine at Concord

January 18, 2010

Rui Wu (right) in action against Kireet Panuganti

Rui Wu of Villa Heights Elementary in Charlotte and James Chapman of St Marks Academy in Huntersville were the big winners at the third installment of the Cabarrus County Grand Prix, held on January 16 at Cannon School in Concord.

Wu was perfect; cutting a 4-0 swath through the field of the K-5 section and defeating Alex Tong to take a 1/2 game lead in the Grand Prix Standings.

Chapman won his first three and then took a requested 1/2 point bye in round 4 to win clear first with 3.5 points. Chapman leads the k-8 Grand Prix.

Updating the team competition, Villa Heights extended their commanding lead. Ballentyne Elementary is second. Newcomer to the competition Northwest Middle School had a great start and now finds themselves in third place.

Thanks to new schools Northwest and CC Griffin for turning out players for the event.

Next up for Cabarrus County is a March 6 date at Cannon School.

Ben Caiello sweeps South Carolina in December

December 13, 2009

Ben Caiello in action against Hannah (Tori) Whatley

Ben Caiello kept up his winning ways by compiling a perfect 4-0 score in the December edition of the South Carolina Scholastic Grand Prix. Dan Caiello came in second with 3-1. Other notable finishes were turned in by Alex Thibodeau and Benjamin Regan, each coming in at 2.5-1.5 Next up for South Carolina is the Pat Hart Memorial in Charleston which will be held on January 23.

Panuganti wins K-8, Maitra and Yen share K-5 at Concord

November 22, 2009

No, it's not Carolina Panthers WR Steve Smith,
it's the stronger (chessplayer) Kireet Panuganti
winner of the November Concord Grand Prix event.

Kireeet Panuganti, a fifth grader at Lake Norman Charter School, won clear first in the November edition of the Concord Scholastic Grand Prix with 3.5 out of a possible 4. Sharing second in this group were Alex Tong and Rui Wu of Villa Heights and Emery Tran of Barringer.

In the K-5 section first honors were shared by Ishaan Maitra of Ballentyne Elementary and homeschooler Ethan Yen.

Ben Caiello, Tommy Leonardi win November SC Grand Prix Event

November 15, 2009

Tommy Leonardi and Parick Wang

K-5 winner Tommy Leonardi in action against
Patrick Wang

Columbia homeschooler Ben Caiello came through with a perfect score which included a win over brother Dan to win the top section of the November edition of the South Carolina Scholastic Grand Prix. In the K-5 section, Tommy Leonardi of Spartanburg came out on top.

The "Sweet Sixteen"

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In lieu of the "Sweet Sixteen"

This month we honor our state scholastic champions of both the Carolinas. Good job!

North Carolina
Denker Rep Joshua Mu
K-12 William Campbell
K-8 Ken Chu
K-5 Lloyd Liu, Emmanuel Carter, Akash Krishna,
Lorenzo Carter, Edwin Lin and Sivansh Tomar
K-3 Sam Ferguson, Derek Chen, Alex Tong,
Aaron Dejong, Daniel Dong and Alex Chu
K-1 Michael Ferguson

South Carolina
Denker Rep Kenzie Moore
High School
Kenzie Moore
Michael Lauria
Morgan Wang

Middle School
Ben Caiello

Elementary
Tommy Leonardi
Perry Fleming