ChessKid USA Girls and Women's Championships Results

Thank you to all the girls and women who competed in our first ever all-female chess event! The ChessKid USA Girls and Women's Championship took place on Saturday, April 17th and hosted more than 250 players from across the country. It was a fun-filled four hours of chess.

(Don't forget to check out our great female ChessKid video authors: GM Judit Polgar, IM Rusa Goletiani, WFM Alexandra Botez, Amanda Mateer, IM Carissa Yip.)

We gave out prizes based in four scholastic sections, one women's section, and also team (school) awards and mother-daughter prizes.

If you missed the event and would like to watch the recap, click here for the recorded livestream. The live event commentary was hosted by WGM Jennifer Shahade, WGM Jennifer Yu, and GM Irina Krush. 

Prizes!

ChessKid will be sending out a total of fifteen awards to the following players who placed in the top three of each section:

K-3 Section

4th-5th Section

6th-8th Section

9th-12th

Women's Section

 

In addition, the top 10 players in each section (50 players in total!) will be invited to participate in a mini camp with US Women's Champions Jennifer Shahade, Jennifer Yu, Rusa Goletiani, Elina Cotler, Sabina Foisor, Anna Zatonskih, and Nazi Paikidze. The winners are:

IrisLK3USGIRLS

AnnieYK3USGIRLS

LuchiaHK3USGIRLS

MansiAK3USGIRLS

ChristineNK3USGIRLS

CallanKK3USGIRLS

VioletDK3USGIRLS

JennyQK3USGIRLS

KruthagnaSK3USGIRLS

SophiasUK3USGIRLS

DeepthaS45USGIRLS

PrajnaP45USGIRLS

AudreyZ45USGIRLS

ZlataB45USGIRLS

AditiV45USGIRLS

LeahK45USGIRLS

SabrinaH45USGIRLS

GaofeiW45USGIRLS

JoshiniS45USGIRLS

SiriD45USGIRLS

Anikar68USGIRLS

VarshiniV68USGIRLS

SimoneM68USGIRLS

AnanyaA68USGIRLS

MahikaR68USGIRLS

EeshaG68USGIRLS

VarnikaJ68USGIRLS

ChloaZ68USGIRLS

LakshanaA68USGIRLS

NirvanaR68USGIRLS

RianneK912USGIRLS

GracyP912USGIRLS

SarvagnaV912USGIRLS

DhritiI912USGIRLS

MargaritaT912USGIRLS

KatherineP912USGIRLS

KatherineE912USGIRLS

ShreyaS912USGIRLS

LioraG912USGIRLS

LipikaM912USGIRLS

OmyavWUSWomen

LindaCWUSWomen

FloraYWUSWomen

JanellWWUSWomen

EkaterinaSWUSWomen

ChandrikaGWUSWomen

SakthiSWUSWomen

YaHWUSWomen

MikiYWUSWomen

ShabeenaAWUSWomen

For team winners, we will be sending out plaques to the following top teams:

K-3- Basis 11

4-5- McNair 7

6-8- Salk School of Science

9-12- Bob Jones High School

Lastly, we love seeing chess become a family tradition so a big shout out to all the mother and daughter teams that participated! We will be sending out plaques to the following top 3 mother/daughter teams:

1st- Chandrika Ganesh/Anika Rajaram

2nd- Ya He/Lucia Juang

3rd- Flora Yam/Zoe Wong

Congratulations to everyone!