Windsor event draws chess players
Windsor Elementary School in Arlington Heights hosted a kids chess tournament with other Illinois Chess teachers recently at the school.
Twenty-five schools in all participated, including Dryden, Olive, Patton, Westgate, Thomas and St. James, as well as Windsor.
(Information on some of the winners' towns was not available.)
Team awards
Kindergarten-first grade: first, Madison School, Hinsdale; second, Windsor.
Second grade: first, Churchill School, Glen Ellyn; second, Meadow Glens, Naperville; third, Windsor.
Third grade: first, Ivy Hall, Buffalo Grove; second, Windsor; third, Pritchett, Buffalo Grove.
Fourth grade: first, Windsor; second, Avery Coonley, Downers Grove; third, Meadow Glens, Naperville.
Fifth to eighth grade: first, Windsor; second, Hadley Junior High, Glen Ellyn; third, Nichols Middle School, Evanston.
Individual awards
Kindergarten-first grade: first, William Radak, Downers Grove; second, Michael Rhodes, Hinsdale; third, Sachin Dubey; fourth, Gabriel Bryk; fifth, Matthew Stevens; sixth, Zachary Bloomfield; seventh, Nicholas Clarizio, Arlington Heights
Second grade: first, Jeffrey Bikus; second, Elliot Jung-Beeman; third, Alex Bishka, Glen Ellyn; fourth, Nathan Saltzman, Hinsdale; fifth, Justin Bakker, Naperville; sixth, Max Ibata-Arens, Arlington Heights; seventh, Alexander Killips, Naperville
Third grade: first, James Warwick; second, Rahul Dhiman, Buffalo Grove; third, Sritej Vontikommu; fourth, Carol Ueda, Buffalo Grove; fifth, Tyler Tompkins; sixth, David Wallach, Buffalo Grove; seventh, Jake Keating, Naperville; eighth, Adam Wallach, Buffalo Grove
Fourth grade: first, Martin Barr; second, Michael Jones, Arlington Heights; third, Sanjana Ramrajvel, Downers Grove; fourth, Oona Jung-Beeman; fifth, Nandu Dubey; sixth, John Bikus; seventh, Liam Heath, Naperville.
Fifth-eighth grade: first, Allen Guo; second, Matthew Wilber; third, Emmett Barr; fourth, Zachary Sandler, Evanston; fifth, Jamison Kaczmarek, Glen Ellyn; sixth, Nathan Shelly, Evanston; seventh, Michael Morikado, Arlington Heights.
Medals for Tie Breakers
Third grade: Andrea Berland, Aman Grover, Buffalo Grove; Jason Caswell, Arlington Heights.
Fourth grade: Bob Baumann, Glen Ellyn; Sam Rosensweig, Naperville; Mahesh Kumar, Downers Grove.
Fifth grade: Nathaniel Kranjc; Grant Miller, Arlington Heights; Michael Pelletiere.
Sixth grade: Thomas Berland.
Seventh grade: Micah Benj Beller.
Eighth grade: Sujit Johnston.