Congratulations to the Minnesota Participants and Champions
K-9 Championships in Atlanta, GA  April 25-27, 2014

Participating in the K-9 Championship (Name/Final Rank)
Wahl, Jackson (10th Place Tie), Padmanabhan, Akshay (10th Place Tie)
Guide, Alexander (50) (1st Place 1200-1399), Muehring, Braxton (95) (1st Place 1000-1199)
Jing, Daniel (23), Nehete, Pratik (41), Billman, Brian (52), Gorton, Zander (64), Spielman, Seth (68), Helke, Matthew (78), Spielman, Noah (80), Medin, Cole (84), Power, Josh (86), Ferkinhoff, Logan (89), Mosoti, Joseph (103)

K-9 Championship Team Results
Blake School, The, Hopkins,MN (4th Place)
WAHL, Jackson, PADMANABHAN, Akshay, JING, Daniel Allen, POWER, Josh
Metcalf, Burnsville,MN (6th Place)
NEHETE, Pratik, GUDE, Alexander, BILLMAN, Brian, GORTON, Zander, HELKE, Matthew
Plymouth Middle School, Plymout (14th Place)
SPIELMAN, Seth, SPIELMAN, Noah

Paticipating in the K-9 Under 1250 Section (Name/Final Rank)
Hutton, Henry (2nd Place), Gaboury, Gunnar (4th Place)
Robinson, Spencer (23), Robinson, Jack (32), Robinson, Blake (65), Falk, Sebastian (73), Robinson, Ryan (79), Shaffer, Tracy (95), Swanson, Adam (105), Diedrich, Maximus (106), Quast, Addy (149), Dempsey, Charles (159)

K-9 Under 1250 Section Team Results
South View MS, Edina,MN (6th Place)
ROBINSON, Jack, FALK, Sebastian, ROBINSON, Ryan, DIEDRICH, Maximus
Metcalf, Burnsville,MN (9th Place)
ROBINSON, Spencer, ROBINSON, Blake, SWANSON, Adam, QUAST, Addy

Participating in the K-8 Championship (Name/Final Rank)
Smith, Peyton (141)

Participating in the K-8 Under 1000 Section (Name/Final Rank)
Medin, Zachary (1st Place), Stadick, Sammie (5th Place)
Tifre, Isabel (66), Alonso, Freddy (71), Sanchez, Victor (73), Rabe, Evan (83), Barban, Eli (97), Mosoti, Jarett (134), Bradley-Bey, Ossie (151), Lichty, Jenna (158), Hopewell, Michael (162), Alonso, Angel (195), Hall, Eric (221)

K-8 Under 1000 Section Team Results
Metcalf, Burnsville,MN (5th Place)
STADICK, Sammie, TIFRE, Isabel, SANCHEZ, Victor, RABE, Evan
Nellie Stone Johnson, Minneapolis, MN (15 Place)
ALONSO, Freddy, BARBAN, Eli, BRADLEY-BEY, Ossie, HOPEWELL, Michael

Participating in the K-8 Under 750 Section (Name/Final Rank)
Helke, Noah (2nd Place), Ridgeway, Collin (3rd Place), Reichert, Jack (5th Place)
Holtzleiter, Josh (22), Waataja, Ross (30), Pearce, Cormac (73), Moe, Andrew (128), Torralba, Brandon (178)

K-8 Under 750 Team Results
Metcalf, Burnsville,MN (1st Place)
HELKE, Noah, RIDGEWAY, Collin, REICHERT, Jack, HOLTZLEITER, Josh

3 Minnesota Players Qualified to Play in the FIDE 2014 World Youth Chess Championships in Durban, South Africa

The USCF has announced that 181 players have qualified to participate in the 2014 World Youth Chess Championships to be held in Durban, South Africa, from September 18-30. Congratulations to our three Minnesota players who qualified for the 2014 World Youth! Qualifiers:

Nastassja Matus, MN, Girls Under 10
Andrew Titus, MN, Open Under 12
Andrew Tang, MN,  Open Under 16

All-Girls National Chess Championship
Congratulations to Nastassja Matus who finished 1st in the Under 10 section of the 11th Annual Kasporov Chess Federation All-Girls National Chess Championship in Chicago, April 11-13, 2014
Other MN participants included in the Under 10 section: Adelyn Diaz, Bhavya Kanagala, Sophia Pung, Under 12 section: Gloria Friedman, Oliva Foli, Serena French and Kathryn Gorham, Under 14 section: Breanna Voss. Details and Photos at the Tournament Site

National High School Championship
Congratulations to Andrew Tang who finished 3rd in the National High School Championship and Clark Ohnesorge who finished 2nd in the under 1200 section April 4-6 in San Diego, CA.
Other Minnesota participants included Conner Quinn, Jackson Wahl, Sean Tuff, Justyn Fine, Zane Winston, Kyle Nietfeld, Nathyn Fine, Jude Sauve. Event Details

Metcalf Junior High Chess Team Featured on Kare 11 News and the Star Tribune
Burnsville chess program has all the right moves 4/12/14
Kare 11 (3/11/14)