New York State Scholastic Championships 2026
March 07, 2026 - March 08, 2026
PLEASE EMAIL director@chess.us to contact Continental Chess (at least on hour before your game)
LETTER FROM THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR
Join The What'sApp Group For Players In The Three Sections At The Courtyard Marriott
(Middle School Championship, K-8 Under 1700, K-8 Under 1300 Only)
Join The What'sApp Group For Players In The Five Sections At The City Center
(K-8 Under 900, K-5 Under 1400, K-5 Under 1000, K-5 Under 600, K-3 Primary Championship Only)
Join The What'sApp Group For The Three Sections In The Saratoga Hilton Ballroom
(K-3 Under 800, K-1 Championship, K-1 Under 400 Only)
Join The What'sApp Group For The K-5 Elementary Championship At The Saratoga Music Hall
The K-5 Elementary Championship WhatsApp Group Also Includes Information on the Music Hall Player Dismissal Procedure)
Click here to Indicate your K-5 Elementary Championship dismissal preference
SCHEDULE AWARDS Tiebreaks SATURDAY NIGHT BLITZ!
TOURNAMENT RULES - KINDERGARTEN FIRST GRADE RULES PARENTS' AND COACHES' GUIDE
Click Here For Rules, Round Times, Game Locations, Team Rooms, Parents' And Coaches' Guide, Etc.
View Live Games: https://lichess.org/broadcast/58th-annual-new-york-state-scholastic-championships-2026/p1LzWOrN
Tournament Information: Sections, schedules, entry fees, prize funds, hotel info, etc.
Pairings for K-8 Under 1700:
| Bd | Team | Res | White | Team | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | FNT467 | 1 | Ely Aminetzah (1529 4½) | GREENE | 0 | Oscar J. Lee (1561 4½) |
| 151 | MANSEC | 1 | Seojoon Choi (1527 4½) | HPX811 | 0 | Senulya Savindee Waduthanthree (1430 4½) |
| 152 | I318K | 1 | Mateo Maurentt (1652 4) | PACKER | 0 | Cristiano Nardi (1294 4½) |
| 153 | HUNTER | ½ | Charles Burton (1353 4) | SHAKEJ | ½ | Thanveen Tej Katta (1574 4) |
| 154 | XJM408 | ½ | Harrison Fairgrieve (1412 4) | BROWN | ½ | Caleb Sharma (1429 4) |
| 155 | DPM130 | 0 | Leo Lin (1450 3½) | MVD974 | 1 | Kirill Evenko (1678 3½) |
| 156 | CGPS | 1 | Arjun Sarin Pradhan (1587 3½) | GNECK | 0 | Mohan Wu (1200 3½) |
| 157 | SASGMS | ½ | Adriella Nelson (1451 3½) | FQI191 | ½ | Neel Parwani (1545 3½) |
| 158 | LFO277 | 0 | Aariah Bose (1230 3½) | SALK | 1 | Zachary Nazimowitz (1529 3½) |
| 159 | SALK | ½ | Cameron Susila (1430 3½) | BROWN | ½ | Maximilian Sharma (1501 3½) |
| 160 | SALK | 1 | Elias Chu (1638 3) | NPO129 | 0 | Tony Chen Zhuo (1500 3) |
| 161 | I318K | 0 | Max Debenedittis (1458 3) | PACKER | 1 | Johann Dela Luna-buder (1603 3) |
| 162 | I318K | 1 | Hudson Kemnitzer (1576 3) | PACKER | 0 | Maddie Y Moradi (1429 3) |
| 163 | JT3093 | ½ | Liam Feng (1376 3) | COLLG | ½ | Sebastian Thomas Konzelmann (1566 3) |
| 164 | BASISB | 1 | Avya Chopra (1563 3) | I51K | 0 | Morgan Victoria Mayo (1303 3) |
| 165 | SPC994 | 0 | Prateek C Karanam (1548 3) | P126M | 1 | Simon Rifkin (1412 3) |
| 166 | I318K | 0 | Khalil Elgabry Wilson (1511 3) | LAB-M | 1 | William Li (1318 3) |
| 167 | FBT442 | ½ | Dylan J Rosa (1457 2½) | ZETAM | ½ | Enoch Ofori (1585 2½) |
| 168 | BOLDCS | 0 | Dimitri Wright (1441 2½) | I318K | 1 | Emmanuel Kopec Vazquez (1527 2½) |
| 169 | SASGMS | ½ | Adurami Lasile (1504 2½) | PACKER | ½ | Luke Starkand (1448 2½) |
| 170 | WJT120 | 0 | Edwin Tse (1500 2½) | UNIS | 1 | Aadit Krishna Joshi (1348 2½) |
| 171 | I318K | 1 | Leo Fleischauer (1687 2) | BBMS | 0 | Ryan Matthew Guon (1402 2½) |
| 172 | LAKVLE | ½ | Qiwei Wang (1406 2) | P184M | ½ | Atticus Chen (1659 2) |
| 173 | I318K | 1 | Vladimir Chesbro (1572 2) | COLLG | 0 | Adrian Nardelli (1403 2) |
| 174 | I318K | ½ | Michael Szwarc (1406 2) | RYE | ½ | Eric Lin Liu (1511 2) |
| 175 | MFX300 | ½ | Radna Lumbotsyrenov (1397 2) | LJQ663 | ½ | Dalvin Rodriguez (1460 2) |
| 176 | RODEP | 1 | Noah B Blatt (1382 2) | SASGMS | 0 | Mathias Chuqui (1446 2) |
| 177 | SACHW | 0 | Sanaya Chisolm (1334 2) | P184M | 1 | Lewis Zhao (1437 2) |
| 178 | I318K | 0 | Yotam Doron-repa (1434 2) | TAGYOS | 1 | Jonathan Chin (1381 2) |
| 179 | I318K | 1 | Luca Debenedittis (1305 2) | COLLG | 0 | Kabir Shankar Bhatia (1416 2) |
| 180 | SKH223 | 1 | Moksha Varma Hasti (1411 2) | GNECK | 0 | Reidrer Zou (1339 2) |
| 181 | NBS073 | 0 | Eva Hu (1450 1½) | ESM | 1 | Jacob Sivion (1370 1½) |
| 182 | SACHY | 1 | Woobin John (1447 1½) | J194Q | 0 | Vanness Xu (1378 1½) |
| 183 | I318K | 0 | Maximus Patrikis (1302 1½) | BROWN | 1 | Matthew Gomez (1428 1½) |
| 184 | COLLG | ½ | Milan Rajendran (1306 1½) | HORACE | ½ | William Cai (1407 1½) |
| 185 | SASGMS | 1 | Liam Thomas (1407 1½) | IJM267 | 0 | Ethan Wang (1331 1½) |
| 186 | NT5133 | 0 | Oliver Fox Mueller (1364 1) | DPM301 | 1 | Amin Tavakkoli (1500 1) |
| 187 | COLLG | 0 | Keshav Bhuyan (1149 1) | I228K | 1 | Nikita Vorobiov (1404 1) |
| 188 | WEOREL | 0 | Evan Hu (1402 1) | SHAKEJ | 1 | Parthav Poosarla (1041 1) |
| 189 | P300Q | ½ | Elim Li (1384 1) | PELMS | ½ | Luis-Jacob Casenas (1009 1) |
| 190 | COLLG | 0 | Jackson Rocco ( 919 1) | NPV487 | 1 | Joshua Deng (1250 ½) |
| 192 | COLUNI | 0 | Leo Hirano (1246 3) | TAGYOS | 1 | Mehmet Cemal Beritan (1507 3) |