Madison players earn awards at Raider Rally Chess Tourney
Members of Madison City Chess League earned awards at the Raider Rally Chess Tournament at Randolph School in Huntsville. Individual winners in the elementary championship section were Milan Malak first, from left; Arya Sathees, second; tied for 3rd - Samuel Liao, Alandra Jackson, Ananth Ravishekar and Sri Malla. Photo courtesy of Madison City Chess League
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 By Gregg Parker  
Published 6:04 am Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Madison players earn awards at Raider Rally Chess Tourney

MADISON – Players in Madison City Chess League achieved a solid record in the inaugural Raider Rally Chess Tournament at Randolph School.

Raider Rally was open to students in grades K-12. The following summary shows the players who took the top honors:

• Unrated K-5 Section Matthew Ramsey claimed first place with 5 points. Other players in the top ten were Luke Wilbanks, 4 points; tied for second with 4.0 – Alex Morrison, Colby Hummel and Anthony Hilderbrand; Liam Costley, sixth; tied for sixth with 3.5 points – Dexter Beales and Titus Miller; Nicholas Edwards, ninth, 3; tied for ninth with 3 points – Lin- coln Beales, Elijah Pollard, Theodore Edwards and Everett Black.

• Unrated K-8 Section (awards to fifth place) — Benjamin Clayton, first, 4.5; William Pamperin, second, 4; Benjamin Brigance, third, 3; tied for third with 3 points, Joseph Pillsbury and Liam Buckley.

• K-3 Under 300 Section (awards to fifth place) — Milton Yarbrough, first, Madison Elementary School, 5; Zachary Richardson, second, Mill Creek Elementary School, 4; tie for second with 4 points – Sota Nakashita, Columbia Elementary School and Aarav Kar, Randolph School; William Palmer, fifth, Westminster Academy, 3.

• Team Awards in K-3 Under 300 — Mill Creek Elementary School, first, Zachary Richardson and Sawyer Tranum.

• K-3 Section (awards to fifth place, plus ties) — Rishika Baipu, first, Madison Elementary School, 5; Yuan Su, second, Rainbow Elementary School, 4; Eli Walker, tied for second, Randolph School, 4; Henry Saulters, fourth, Rainbow Elementary School, 2.5; Ryder Nichols, fifth, Randolph, 2; tie for fifth with 2 points Archer Kim, Madison Elementary School and Lucy Saulters, Rainbow Elementary School.

• Team Awards in K-3 — Rainbow Elementary School, first, Yuan Su, Henry Saulters, Lucy Saulters and Cash Giuffre; Randolph, second, Eli Walker and Ryder Nichols.

• K-5 Section — Rais Nichols, first, Randolph, 4.5; Ananth Ravishekar, second, Mill Creek Elementary School, 4; tie for second with 4 points – Bode Atkins, Home School and Aryaa Sathees, Columbia Elementary School; Charlie Saulters, fifth, Rainbow Elementary School, 3.5; Samuel Liao, sixth, Madison Elementary School, 3; tie for sixth with 3 points – Vincent Grenon and Levi Ulrich, Randolph, Arjun Sathees, Columbia Elementary School, and Prudhvi Paturu, Rainbow Elementary School.

• Team Awards in K-5 — Mill Creek Elementary School, first place, Ananth Ravishekar, Kolby Grissim, Talon Busby and Pranav Dua; Randolph, second, Rais Nichols, Vincent Grenon and Levi Ulrich; tie for second – Rainbow Elementary School, Charlie Saulters, Prudhvi Paturu, Spencer Ragland and Shivaank Jindal.

• K-8 Section — Lucas Osipychev, first, Journey Middle School, 4; Gopika Baipu, tie for first, Journey, 4; Abigail Barbre, third, Discovery Middle School, 3.5; Dennis Lenski, tie for third, Journey, 3.5; Wyatt Dunlap, fifth, Journey, 3.

• Team Awards in K-8 – Journey, first, Lucas Osipychev, Gopika Baipu, Dennis Lenski, Wyatt Dunlap and Mason Harbin; Randolph, second, Parker Klein, Luke Mailey and Charlie Wood.

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