Madison chess players claim places in Fall Scholars Chess Tournament

MADISON – Members of Madison City Chess League or MCCL vied for place wins in the Fall Scholars Chess Tournament on Sept. 26.

Held at Discovery Middle School, the tournament had three rated sections: Championship, Under 1000 and Under 5000. Players also could enter two unrated sections: Non-rated K-12 and Non-rated K-5.

State Sen. Tom Butler sponsored the tournament, and MCCL Executive Director Todd Guthrie expressed gratitude for Butler’s endorsement of the league. “Thank you for supporting the Fall Scholars Tournament. And congratulations to our award winners,” Guthrie said.

Students in the tournament applied their chess knowledge to capture winning moves:

• Non-rated K-5 — Chunrui Hu, first place with 5 points; Yukine Uno, second place with 3.5 points; Ryan Zenger, third place with 3 points; and Ace Crawford, Kylan Murry and Ella Nguyen, tied for fourth place with 2 points.

• Non-rated K-12 — Jake Wilder and Felix Moore, tied for first place with 4 points; Clara Muir, third place with 3 points; Caden Scherberger, fourth; and Umi Takasaki, fifth.

• Under 500 Section — Alexander Rhodes, Peter Gosier and Henry Drott tied for first place with 4 points; Austin Pullum, fourth place with 3.5 points; and Eleanor Kreusser, Ashley Lyons, William Pamperin and Talon Busby, tied for fifth place.

• Under 1000 Section — Ananth Ravishekar and Samuel Moore, tie for first place with 4 points; Eli Walker, Isaac Kreusser, and Henry Saulters tied for third place with 3.5 points; and Ishaan Verma and Ibrahim Khan, tied for sixth place with 3 points.

• Championship Section — Esteban Jerez, first place; Charlie Saulters, Samuel Liao and Pratham Kothari, tied for second place; Abigail Barbre, fifth place; and Yuan Su and Aryaa Sathees, tied for sixth place.

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