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SUMMARY:Official Chess Summer Scholastic and Adult Showdown Tournament at Baruch Middle School MS104 – August 9\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:🏆 NEW SECTION FORMATS — ADDED MORE TROPHIES + OVER $600 IN CASH PRIZES! 💵\n💡 Innovative Pairing System:\nBalanced like Quads. Competitive like Swiss.We use a hybrid Monrad pairing system that: \n– Matches you with opponents close to your rating \n– Still lets you compete for trophies and top prizes\n➡️ Say goodbye to early round mismatches and rating-risk matchups! \n  \n\n\n🔽 Scroll to the bottom to see Advance Entries and Register!\n  \n\n\n🔄 Our Smarter Hybrid Pairing System:\nWe’ve combined the best of both worlds: \n– Quads: Close rating matchups \n– Swiss: Clear tournament winners \nBenefits: \n– No more “automatic first-round loss” for lower seeds \n– No more “rating risk\, no upside” games for top seeds \n– More fair\, competitive\, and growth-focused experiences for all \nMore Balanced Pairings. More Meaningful Competition. Better Results \n  \n\n\n🧠 Want Game Feedback? Upgrade with “Entry PLUS”\nAdd Entry PLUS at checkout to review your games with: \n– Grandmaster and World Champion Jon Edwards (Reigning World Correspondence Chess Champion) \n– Original Life Master/NM Eric Fleischman in between rounds (an OLM title is bestowed when a player keeps an established rating above 2200 for 300 rated games) \n📋 Notation required for game reviews \n  \n\n\n🏫 Tournament Info:\n– Location: Simon Baruch Middle School (MS 104) 330 E 21st St\, Manhattan \n– Rounds: 4 rounds (3 rounds for Super Champion 1800+ section)\, US Chess Rated \n\nPremier / Elite: 10:00am Round 1 start time\, sharp\nGrand / Championship / Super: 9:30am start time\, sharp\nSubsequent rounds for each section start as soon as previous round is finished\n\n– Check-in: Check-in not required\, everyone who has not requested a bye will be paired for Round 1 by default \n\nHowever\, please try to stop by the front desk a bit earlier to get a bracelet if you have an Entry PLUS ticket\nWe will also hand out little goodies prior to Round 1 at the front desk and can help setting clocks\, if needed\n\n  \n\n\n🧮 Pairing Procedures:\n– Round 1: Pair with closest-rated player in your section \n– Later Rounds: Pair by score\, then by closest rating \n– Scoring: 1 point win / 0.5 draw / 0 loss \n– Up to 2 byes (0.5 points each). Must be requested at registration \n– Color alternates each round (may repeat rarely due to other constraints) \n  \n\n\n📊 Sections & Time Controls:\nRatings based on the current Official US Chess Supplement (Look for Current Published Regular Rating for August 2025) 📌 Check your rating here \n\nNote that US Chess updated your “Current Published Rating” to the August rating on August 1.  We made slight updates to some player ratings but we did not have to change anyone’s section enrollments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSection\nDetails\n\n\n\n\nPremier \nK–5 only\, U500 \n(Unrated welcome but must have US Chess ID)\n 4 Rounds \nG/25 d5\n\n\nElite \nK–8 only\, U1000\n4 Rounds \nG/35 d5\n\n\nGrand \nK–12 only\, U1500\n4 Rounds \nG/50 d5\n\n\nChampionship \nK–12\, Collegiate & Adults\, U2000\n 4 Rounds \nG/50 d5\n\n\nSuper Championship \nK–12\, Collegiate & Adults\, 1800+\n3 Rounds \nG/75 d5\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Sections may need to be combined if any do not have at least 4 players registered\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Playing Up Rules\nPlayers may “play up”\, but within reasonable limits \n\n\nA player may play in a higher section if their rating is no more than 200 points lower than the section ceiling. \n\n\nExample:A 800-rated player\, who should play in u1000\, may choose to play in u1500.A 799-rated player\, however\, must play in u1000. \nThis allows for flexible development while keeping expectations manageable and fair. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n🏅 Individual Awards:\n\n– Trophies to Top 4 in each section (increased from Top 3!) \n– “4th Place Tie Trophy” – Those with the same final score but lower tie breaks than the 4th place winner will NOT LEAVE EMPTY HANDED – They will also receive a “4th Place Tie Trophy” \n– $1\,200 Cash Prizes for top two sections (Championship & Super Championship only): \nMonetary awards will be split in cases of ties – e.g. If 2 players score 4.0\, they will both split $400 evenly (sum of first and second place prizes)\, any players with 3.5 will split $100 evenly (third place award)\, if no 3.5 scores\, then the 3.0 scores will split the third place award\, etc. \n🥇 First Place: $250 \n🥈 Second Place: $150 \n🥉 Third Place: $100 \n⭐ Class Prize: $100 (see eligibility criteria below) \n– New Class Prize offered in each section! – A Class Prize is awarded to the top-performing player below a certain ratings threshold\, giving lower-rated players a shot at a trophy even if they don’t finish in the top 4. \n\nOnly one winner of Trophy Class Prize in scholastic sections (Premier\, Elite\, Grand) – Tournament tie break methods (see below) will be used to detemine single winner\nCash Class Prize awards will be split evenly in Championship and Super Championship sections (see above for monetary award split methodology)\n\n\n\n\nSection\nClass Prize Rating Eligibility\nClass Prize\n\n\n\n\nPremier (U500)\n300 or lower\n🏆 Single Trophy\n\n\nElite (U1000)\n700 or lower\n🏆 Single Trophy\n\n\nGrand (U1500)\n1200 or lower\n🏆 Single Trophy\n\n\nChampionship (U2000)\n1700 or lower\n💰 $100 (split if tied)\n\n\nSuper Championship (1800+)\n2000 or lower\n💰 $100 (split if tied)\n\n\n\n*Sections will be combined if any do not have at least enough players registered \n  \n\n\n🏫 Team Awards (Same School Building Only):\n🏆 Premier/Elite Team Trophy\n– Scores from the Top 5 players from either Premier or Elite combined \n– Top 3 schools awarded \n– ALL players from winning Premier/Elite team should take their bow on stage regardless of tournament points! EVERY teammate is important. \n🏆 Grand/Championship Team Trophy\n– Scores from the Top 5 players from either Grand or Championship combined \n– Top 3 schools awarded \n– ALL players from winning Grand/Championship team should take their bow on stage regardless of tournament points! EVERY teammate is important. \n  \n\n\n⛓️ Tie-Break Rules (Recommended US Chess tournament methods):\n1) Modified Median – Total points scored by your opponents (half-points for early withdrawals)\, and disregards the least-significant (usually the lowest scoring) opponent.  The player with the highest total has played opponents with the best scores in the tournament‑‑ in theory\, the hardest opponents. \n2) Solkoff – Total points scored by your opponents (half-points for early withdrawals)\, including the lowest scoring opponents \n3) Cumulative – Sum of your total points after each round (each rounds score is added to the previous rounds which means players who won in earlier rounds score higher than those won in later rounds) \n4) Opponents Cumulative – Same as above exccept this method is based on your opponents’ score \n  \n\n\n📌 Additional Info:\n– Parental Supervision: Required between rounds \n– No running/ball play indoors \n– Notation Required in all sections except U500Notation sheets/pencils provided. Notebooks available for purchase. \n– Equipment: Boards provided. 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LOCATION:Baruch Middle School\, 330 East 21st Street\, New York\, 10010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Official Chess Summer Scholastic Showdown Tournament at Baruch Middle School MS104 – July 12\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Innovative Pairing System: \n– Balanced like Quads: avoid big rating gaps \n– Exciting like Swiss: compete for awards \n  \nSchool is out but Chess is still IN!  – Play. Learn. Repeat. Improve Your Chess Experience. \n*Maximize Ratings – Minimize Mismatches* \n  \nScroll down to bottom for Advance Entries and to Register for the tournament \n  \n– We combine the best attributes of quads (play opponents closest to your rating) with Swiss (best system for determining tournament winners)\, aka the Monrad system. \n– No more early-round blowouts or rating-risk matchups like sometimes happens in a traditional Swiss. \n– Top players won’t be penalized with low-rated opponents just for being seeded high. \n– Monrad minimizes the dreaded “huge rating risk\, very little upside” situation Conversely\, kids at the lower-end of the section breaks will not have to fear an “automatic first round loss”. \n– Our hybrid system creates the ideal environment for both growth and rating gains – pairing players near their level for meaningful\, competitive games. \n– Smarter pairings. Fairer competition. Better results. \n  \n*No coach to review your games? We have you covered! (Register for “Entry PLUS” at checkout)* \n– Upgrade your experience and learn from Grandmaster/reigning Correspondence Chess World Champion  Jon Edwards and Original Life Master/NM Eric Fleischman in between rounds (an OLM title is bestowed when a player keeps an established rating above 2200 for 300 rated games) \n  \nTournament TDs: Jabari McGreen\, Harold Stenzel (NY State Chess Association Hall of Fame TD) \n  \nTeam Room Requests: Email info@officialchess.org \n  \nLocation: Simon Baruch Middle School MS104 (330 E 21st St\, Manhattan) \n  \nCheck-In: 9:00–9:30 AM (In-person only) \n  \nFormat: 4 Rounds | USCF Rated \n  \nSections: \n– Current Published Regular Rating (Supplement) used – Search for player’s rating here: https://new.uschess.org/civicrm/player-search \n– Note grade restrictions \n\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500 – unrated welcome but must have USCF membership) – G/25 d5\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000) – G/40 d5\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500) – G/50 d5\nChampionship Section K-12 only (u2000) – G/50 d5\n\n  \nPairing Procedures: \n– Initial pairings based on closest-rated opponent in same section\, NOT traditional Swiss systems or accelerated Swiss \n\nBy contrast\, in a traditional Swiss pairing system\, if there is a 100-player section\, the number 1 seed (ranked by rating) will play number 51\, number 2 plays number 52\, etc. – This of course leads to much higher ratings gaps between players which does not benefit the higher or the lower rated player\n\n– Subsequent pairings based on current tournament points\, followed by closest rated opponent with same points \n– 1 point will be awarded for every win\, 0.5 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss \n– Players may choose up to 2 “byes” \n\nAttendees will not have to play in that round but will still receive 0.5 points for pairing and tournament result purposes. Usually “byes” are taken for the first round or last round due to scheduling conflicts but it is ok to take a “bye” for any round. “Byes” must be requested at the time of registration.\n\n– Please note that player colors will alternate between each round but in rare cases a player may be assigned the same color in consecutive rounds due to other contraints \n  \nIndividual Awards: \n– Except for the Championship Section\, trophies for top 3 individual players in each section \n– Those with the same final score but lower tie breaks than the 3rd place winner will NOT LEAVE EMPTY HANDED – They will also receive a “3rd Place Tie Trophy” \n– Top 3 players in the Open Section will receive $250\, $150\, $100\, respectively – Monetary awards will be split in cases of ties – e.g. If 2 players score 4.0\, they will both split $400 evenly (first and second place awards)\, any players with 3.5 will split $100 evenly (third place award)\, if no 3.5 scores\, then the 3.0 scores will split the third place award\, etc. \n  \nTeam Awards (Team members must be from the same school): \n– Team Trophy 1 (Top Scorers from a School): \n\nTop 6 individual results from each school contribute to the Top Scorers Team score\nTop Scorers Team trophy given to top 3 schools\nOnly the top 6 student scorers should go to stage to receive the Top Scorers Team Trophy\n\n– Team Trophy 2 (All Players from a School): \n\nEvery individual result from each school contribute to the Overall Team score\nOverall Team trophy given to top 3 schools\nEvery student from the school should go to stage to receive the Team trophies\, regardless of their individual scores\n\n  \nTie-Break Methods for Awards (Official USCF Tournament Methods):  \n1) Modified Median – Total points scored by your opponents (half-points for early withdrawals)\, and disregards the least-significant (usually the lowest scoring) opponent.  The player with the highest total has played opponents with the best scores in the tournament‑‑ in theory\, the hardest opponents. \n2) Solkoff – Total points scored by your opponents (half-points for early withdrawals)\, including the lowest scoring opponents \n3) Cumulative – Sum of your total points after each round (each rounds score is added to the previous rounds which means players who won in earlier rounds score higher than those won in later rounds) \n4) Opponents Cumulative – Same as above exccept this method is based on your opponents’ score \n  \nAdditional Info: \n– Parental Supervision – Parents must stay with children at all times in between matches. No running or ball play indoors per school safety rules. \n– Notation – Required for all sections except U500. Sheets and pencils provided; notation books available for purchase. \n\nPlease note that game reviews with coaches are only possible if the child notates the moves of the games\n\n– Equipment – Boards and pieces provided. Players must bring their own clocks (available for purchase on-site). \n– Lunch – Pizza available for purchase. \n–  Must have active USCF membership – If needed\, renew here https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess \n  \nAdvance Entries as of July 11: \n– Flip to landscape mode to view on mobile \n– Copy and paste into excel to re-sort data \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlayer First Name\nPlayer Last Name\nPlayer USCF Regular Rating\nSchool Name\nGrade (as of Jan 2025)\nPlayer Section Selection\nUSCF Membership Number\n\n\n1\nMegan\nParagua\n2294\nColumbia Grammar & Preparatory School\n6th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n17106692\n\n\n2\nDominic\nParagua\n2110\nColumbia Grammar & Preparatory School\n10th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n17106686\n\n\n3\nGavin\nLiu\n1796\nHS of Telecommunication Arts and Technology\n9th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n30736471\n\n\n4\nOscar\nFinkin\n1742\nPS 59 Beekman Hill International\n3rd\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n30327682\n\n\n5\nHillel\nDoron-Repa\n1729\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n7th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n16771628\n\n\n6\nJulian\nSpedalieri\n1696\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n7th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n17018111\n\n\n7\nEthan\nNazimowitz\n1671\nSalk School of Science\n6th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n17325702\n\n\n8\nAyden\nSpellman\n1628\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n5th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n31086688\n\n\n9\nJacob\nBleiberg\n1605\nBrowning\n2nd\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n31235579\n\n\n10\nCaleb\nGarcía\n1586\nHS of Telecommunication Arts and Technology\n11th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n15594610\n\n\n11\nLeo\nFleischauer\n1550\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n7th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n17321301\n\n\n12\nAlexander\nPark\n1538\nTAG Young Scholars\n4th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n30043533\n\n\n13\nKhalil\nWilson\n1479\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n5th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n30739619\n\n\n14\nAidan\nWang\n1472\nGreenacres Elementary School\nKindergarten\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n31644872\n\n\n15\nHarrison\nMoscona\n1437\nPS 59 Beekman Hill International\n2nd\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n30828002\n\n\n16\nHenry\nArnold\n1434\nSpeyer Legacy School\n5th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n17321097\n\n\n17\nLve\nWang\n1413\nPS 281 The River School\n4th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n30888610\n\n\n18\nBrendan T.\nSeto\n1347\nPS 281 The River School\n3rd\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n30311287\n\n\n19\nMaximus\nPhillips\n1327\nPS 33 Chelsea Prep\n2nd\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n31312167\n\n\n20\nBulat\nAiusheev\n1409\nSuccess Academy Bensonhurst\n4th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31639198\n\n\n21\nLiam\nFeng\n1409\nIS 289\n6th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n30658890\n\n\n22\nMateo\nMaurentt\n1405\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n5th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n30208512\n\n\n23\nBruce\nYaryshkin\n1395\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n7th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n17323506\n\n\n24\nMaxwell\nShen\n1376\nGreenacres Elementary School\n4th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n30044606\n\n\n25\nAkaash\nDeshpande\n1372\n02M414 NYC Museum School\n8th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n30941966\n\n\n26\nYotam\nDoron-Repa\n1266\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n7th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n16771613\n\n\n27\nAlexander\nChong\n1230\nNest+m\n5th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n30777708\n\n\n28\nAlistair\nTsui\n1218\nSpeyer Legacy School\n5th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31257411\n\n\n29\nAthena\nTsui\n1216\nSpeyer Legacy School\n5th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31257439\n\n\n30\nMaxime\nTereshko Leger\n1201\nPS 281 The River School\n3rd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31804396\n\n\n31\nMarcus\nShpigel\n1192\nPS145\n2nd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n32126027\n\n\n32\nMarianna\nGenis\n1180\nSpeyer Legacy School\n2nd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n30821868\n\n\n33\nAarav\nSingh\n1163\nCentral Boulevard Elementary School\, Bethpage\n4th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n32371070\n\n\n34\nLouie\nNakamura\n1143\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n6th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31188861\n\n\n35\nTayeer\nMukhamejan\n1126\nPS 199\n3rd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31331786\n\n\n36\nRaenav\nBajpai-Sharan\n1098\nPS 527\n2nd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31089291\n\n\n37\nMaverick\nWang\n1082\nPS 281 The River School\n1st\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31511936\n\n\n38\nAllison\nZhou\n1044\nGreenacres Elementary School\n1st\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n32008042\n\n\n39\nEric\nTseng\n1035\nPS 281 The River School\n3rd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31028695\n\n\n40\nAaron\nTossa\n1031\nSuccess Academy Midtown West\n6th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31333716\n\n\n41\nBrian\nFu\n1018\nPS 276\n3rd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31638313\n\n\n42\nKurt\nFerber\n1017\nPS 281 The River School\n3rd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n30310885\n\n\n43\nAlexandra\nAbrams\n1008\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n8th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n16903844\n\n\n44\nKai\nYang\n1006\nSpeyer Legacy School\n2nd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31220547\n\n\n45\nEmily\nTseng\n1005\nPS 281 The River School\n5th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31028854\n\n\n46\nAurora\nYardley\n981\nSpeyer Legacy School\n3rd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n30762091\n\n\n47\nChristopher\nDimoh\n961\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n7th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31775363\n\n\n48\nChloe\nJin\n949\nGreat Neck Lakeville Elementary School.\n2nd\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31503925\n\n\n49\nTino\nPinsker\n811\nYorkville East Middle School\n8th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n17155891\n\n\n50\nElliot\nZemman\n738\nPierrepont school. Rutherford\, NJ\n6th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n32242075\n\n\n51\nAmursan\nSelvin\n482\nSuccess Academy Hudson Yards\n6th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n31886410\n\n\n52\nFunmilayo\nAdewumi\n393\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n6th\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500)\n32260293\n\n\n53\nLucas\nWang\n973\nGreenacres Elementary School\n3rd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31669404\n\n\n54\nIsla\nArnold\n947\nQ300\n3rd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31347262\n\n\n55\nWyatt\nYim\n936\nPS 199\n2nd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31572537\n\n\n56\nFrancis\nLi\n866\nFlushing Christian School\n4th\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31444210\n\n\n57\nJames\nGordillo\n779\nIS 318 Brooklyn\n6th\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n32195608\n\n\n58\nAlistair\nCheng\n757\nQ300\n4th\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n32219733\n\n\n59\nLucas\nCiraldo\n745\nPS 281 The River School\n1st\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31754262\n\n\n60\nLeonardo\nFerber\n732\nPS 281 The River School\n1st\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31478004\n\n\n61\nBlair\nLan\n700\nAnderson\n2nd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31835545\n\n\n62\nIsmael\nChavez\n689\nRosalyn Yalow Charter School\n3rd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n30996417\n\n\n63\nGabriel\nKleyman\n687\nPS 199\n3rd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31078266\n\n\n64\nEva Sofia\nLagares\n684\nSpeyer Legacy School\n4th\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31748487\n\n\n65\nAurora\nGolovicher\n673\nBrearley School\n1st\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31902031\n\n\n66\nSolaris\nWang\n650\nPS 130M\n2nd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31328880\n\n\n67\nNaomi\nFinkin\n645\nPS 59 Beekman Hill International\n1st\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31584502\n\n\n68\nReyan\nMukherjee\n636\nSpeyer Legacy School\n2nd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31175146\n\n\n69\nAvi\nKashyap\n606\nPS 33 Chelsea Prep\n4th\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n30788365\n\n\n70\nHana\nYoshino\n604\nPS 171 Patrick Henry\n1st\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31985233\n\n\n71\nTheodore\nHolmes IV\n603\nPS 115 The Daniel Mucatel School\n3rd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n32340263\n\n\n72\nZoe\nFu\n575\nTAG Young Scholars\n1st\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31882089\n\n\n73\nJeremiah\nDimoh\n522\nPS 20 The Clinton Hill School\n3rd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n32404248\n\n\n74\nSkendry\nCastillo\n513\nUniversity Prep Charter Middle School\n8th\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31702792\n\n\n75\nGabriel\nMikhailov\n504\nPS 199\n3rd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n31566933\n\n\n76\nApollo\nLoh\n463\nSpeyer Legacy School\n1st\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n32093948\n\n\n77\nAaron\nByhovsky\n361\nSuccess Academy\n2nd\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000)\n32014620\n\n\n78\nSterling\nYardley\n441\nSpeyer Legacy School\nKindergarten\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n30762115\n\n\n79\nKian\nArnold\n440\nGerman School Manhattan\nKindergarten\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32200241\n\n\n80\nHenry\nAdelman\n421\nSpeyer Legacy School\n1st\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32096391\n\n\n81\nKiyaan\nKrishnan\n419\nGreenacres Elementary School\n3rd\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32148382\n\n\n82\nLuca\nMarin\n411\nSucces Academy Union Square\n3rd\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32147239\n\n\n83\nYuv\nMukherjee\n350\nSpeyer Legacy School\nKindergarten\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32003092\n\n\n84\nCameron\nBlake\n301\nHarlem Academy\n1st\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32116755\n\n\n85\nKailani\nHernandez\n274\nRosalyn Yalow Charter School\n2nd\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n31636198\n\n\n86\nPeien Shanna\nChen\n207\nTAG Young Scholars\n4th\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32472792\n\n\n87\nRio\nRodriguez Miller\n157\nInstituto Bilingue Victoria\n2nd\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n31337070\n\n\n88\nLuca\nArnold\n143\nGerman School Manhattan\nKindergarten\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32200258\n\n\n89\nJeremy\nHou\n107\nPS 281 The River School\nKindergarten\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32477411\n\n\n90\nGenhi\nHibma Thompson\nUnrated\nSpeyer Legacy School\n3rd\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32465891\n\n\n91\nNoah\nHodel\nUnrated\nSuccess Academy Union Square\n2nd\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32006336\n\n\n92\nZeno\nScott Ades\nUnrated\nThe Titus School\, Manhattan\nKindergarten\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500/Unrated)\n32500749
URL:https://officialchess.org/event/summer-scholastic-series-manhattan-july-12-2025-baruch-middle-school/
LOCATION:Baruch Middle School\, 330 East 21st Street\, New York\, 10010\, United States
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