Many chess players earn first-ever rating at Queen’s Quest
Many contestants in the Queen’s Quest Chess Tournament on Nov. 11 were playing for their first rating. The photo shows players deciding on their next move in the tournament’s K-8 Championship Section. CONTRIBUTED
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 By  GreggParker Published 
6:11 pm Friday, November 17, 2023

Many chess players earn first-ever rating at Queen’s Quest

MADISON – The Queen’s Quest Chess Tournament on Nov. 11, the latest event for Madison City Chess League or MCCL, offered a venue for many players to receive their first raring.

MCCL officials thanked Midtown Elementary School for hosting Queen’s Quest. “We had 134 players. There were many individual and team awards, a great tournament environment, concessions and food from Mei Wei. We hope everyone had a good experience,” MCCL Executive Director Todd Guthrie said.

Place winners in each section follow, starting with first place and descending in place order:

* K-3 Under 300 Section — Theodore Malak, Medha Prashanth, Aarav Bhaskar, Connor Boyer, Brandon Edmondson, Emilyne Jocson, Greyson Pitchko, Rhema Gosier, Arvin Yang and Nathan Finley.

* K-3 Championship Section — Milan Malak, Samuel Liao, Jimmy McHugh, Ananth Ravishekar, Alandra Jackson, Charlie Saulters, Arjun Sathees, John Park, Junpei Noda and Henry Saulters.

* K-5 Championship Section — Alice Zou, Avyaktha Subramania, Dheeren Pammina, Theodore Piper, Isaac Kreusser, Asher Allison, Jonathan Lam, Si Cha, Isaac Doyle, Lauren Weisenberger and tied for 10th place: Alice Wu, Noah Sommer, Ronan Price, Annabelle Hsu, Yuheng Chen, Rohin Seal and James Hooper.

* K-8 Championship Section — Caden Jordan, Sophia Jerez, Kylie Zou, Mason Park, Samsara Rajbhandari, Cohan Tate, Holland Lang, Abigail Barbe, John Chen, Andrew Tkach and tied for 10th place: Cole Pieratt, Brett Perry, Emerson Phillips, Christina Yang, Vedanth Siva, Noah Hsu, Cooper Meyer and Jack Meyer.

* K-12 Open Section — Esteban Jerez, Nirvana Rajbhandari, Nathan Chiu, Sreehari Peringoth, Caroline Wang, Joseph Park, Abigail Chan, Aaron Chen, Simon Kibbey, Sean Rowe and tied for 10th place: Faith Nguyen, James Elliot Lewis, Rushi Patel, Aedan Campbell and Hayden Hice.

* K-3 Under 300 Team Awards — Mill Creek Elementary School, Midtown Elementary School, Heritage Elementary School, Rainbow Elementary School and Horizon Elementary School.

* K-3 Team Awards — Columbia Elementary School, Heritage, Rainbow, Mill Creek and Madison Elementary School.

* K-5 Team Awards – Horizon, Mill Creek, Rainbow, Columbia and Midtown.

* K-8 Team Awards — Discovery Middle School, Liberty Middle School and Journey Middle School.

* K-12 Team Awards — Bob Jones High School and Covenant Christian Academy.

For more information, visit madisonchess.com.

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