Princeton Day School Chess Team Ties for Second Place in National Tournament
The Princeton Day School chess team for fourth, fifth and sixth graders competed in the National Elementary School Championship on May 7 and 8 in Nashville, Tenn. The team tied for second place in the K-6 Championship section. More than 2,300 players from 645 public and independent schools in 47 states participated in the annual tournament.
Photo: The Princeton Day School team, front row from left: Dodge Martinson ’22 (Yardley), Kai Shah ’22 (Plainsboro), Albert Ming ’22 (Princeton Junction) and Arjun Kumar ’23 (Moorestown); second row from left: Eric Wu ’24 (Princeton), Winston Ni ’23 (Princeton) and Jai Kasera ’23 (Princeton).
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Congrats to PDS, well done!
By the way, Princeton Charter School brought 1st place in K-6 Blitz in the Nationals in December and tied for second (in teams and individuals) in the 6th grade, but somehow, the story never made the news.
https://www.uschess.org/results/2015/k12/?page=TEAM&xsection=k6blitz