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Explore the achievements our ChessKidsNation students have made throughout various tournaments, clubs, and championships!
Rochelle Wu, Age 8 ChessKidsNation Student got selected to represent Team USA in World Youth Chess Championship in South Africa and tied for Third Place. Top 100 Players National ranking.
Age 8 Rishith Susarla – 9th Place – CKN Online Student from California
Age 7 Hemachandra Rambha – 40th Place – CKN online Student from Tennessee Year 2008
Age 8 Vikhram Balagee – 90th Place – CKN Student from Alabama
Alabama Top Players Ranking List
The following Players from ChessKidsNation ranks top 100 in the state Regardless of their age.
Alabama State Ranking Top 10 players List
Our students had a great tournament in 2013 US Youth Games Chess Tournament.
Primary (Under 10)
Jr. High (Under 16)
May 10th – 12th, 2019
ChessKidsNation players had a GREAT Weekend at National Elementary (K-6) Championship from May 10th – 12th at Nashville, TN. Please find below list of ChessKidsNation players who won Trophy.
| Section | Grade | Name | Trophy |
|---|---|---|---|
| K3U1000 | 3 | Sarah Peter | Tied for 2nd got 3rd Place Trophy |
| K6U1400 | 6 | Parker Liu | Tied for 11th got 26th Place Trophy |
| K6U1000 | 6 | Michael Kennedy | 14th Place |
| K6U1000 | 6 | Swetha Jakka | 19th Place |
| K6U1000 | 5 | Albert Chen | 20th Place |
| K6UNR | 6 | Adhithiya Balamurugan | 25th Place |
| K3U700 | 2 | Saikarunya Kesireddy | 27th Place |
| K3U700 | 2 | Harsha Bheemanathini | 28th Place |
Year 2017
May 12 – 14, 2017
We had a GREAT Weekend at SuperNationals Chess Tournament from May 12 – 14 at Nashville, TN. Please find below list of ChessKidsNation players who won Trophy at the SuperNationals.
| Section | Grade | Name | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| K5U900 | 2 | Akhil Reddy Batchu | Coach Vikhram |
| K9U1250 | 5 | Atindrah Harishankar | Coach Sekar |
| K9U1250 | 7 | Kapil Nathan | Coach Tejas |
| K3U700 | 2 | Krish Nathan | Coach Tejas |
| K5U900 | 4 | Parker Cy Liu | Coach Ashfaq |
| K8U750 | 5 | Rishi Yellamraju | Coach Vikhram |
| K12U1200 | 6 | Sai Chinmay Kushal Korrapati | Coach Vikhram |
| K8U750 | 3 | Sreekrishna Chintareddy | Coach Vikhram |
Year 2014
2014 National Junior High Championship – April 2014
We are very happy to announce the following National Championship winners at the 2014 National Junior High Championship held at Atlanta from April 25-27, 2014.
28 players from ChessKidsNation played in this tournament. Please click the link below for the pictures taken during the tournament.
CONGRATS to all the winners and all our players who competed in this National tournament. We are very happy and proud of our student’s achievements. We also thank all the parents for their support and encouragement without which this would not been possible.
Super Nationals April 2013
ChessKidsNation Students Rock at Super Nationals 2013 Tournament at Nashville, TN. 5344 players played in this tournament. We have 10 players from ChessKidsNation who won Trophy at Super Nationals. This is the best Super Nationals for CKN family.
| First Name | Last Name | Section | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarvagna | Velidandla | K-3 Unrated | 7.0 | 1st |
| Eshika | Kudaravalli | K-3 Unrated | 5.0 | 10th |
| Kapil | Nathan | K-3 Unrated | 5.0 | Tied for 10th |
| Aniteja | Ponna | K-3 Under 800 | 5.5 | Tied for 20th |
| Avanish | Thota | K-3 Under 800 | 5.0 | Tied for 33rd |
| Vinay | Yerramsetti | K-3 Under 800 | 5.0 | Tied for 33rd |
| Labdhi | Mehta | K-5 Under 900 | 6.0 | Tied for 5th |
| Sameer | Sultan | K-6 Under 1000 | 6.0 | Tied for 3rd |
| Tanishq | Jain | K-6 Under 1000 | 6.0 | Tied for 3rd |
| Nithik | Balachandar | K-6 Under 1000 | 5.5 | Tied for 11th |
Year 2012
May 2012 National Championship
1. Nithik Balachandaran – Nithik is our online student from Atlanta. He played in K-5 U800 Section and won 6.5 points out of 7. He was tied for the FIRST place. On the Tie-Break he got FOURTH Place.
2. Gokul Premkumar our online student from Atlanta who won K-3 U600. Gokul won the FIRST place in this Section.
ChessKidsNation Students Achievements
March 02 & 03rd, 2019
ChessKidsNation players had a FANTASTIC weekend at Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championship on March 02 & 03, 2019. We WON 16 trophies in Individual Section on Saturday (March 2nd, 2019) and 5 Trophies in Team Championship on Sunday (March 03, 2019). Our Players won FIVE FIRST PLACE Trophies in Individual Championship and THREE FIRST PLACE Trophies in Team Championship. This is ONE of the BEST tournaments for ChessKidsNation players. CONGRATS to all our players and winners.
ChessKidsNation Winners
Individual Championship
| K-6 | First Place | Parker Liu |
| Third Place | Samuel Baskarraj | |
| Fifth Place | Roger Ruiz | |
| K-6 U600 | First Place | Sarah Pater |
| Fourth Place | Saketh Pondugula | |
| Fifth Place | Raymond Liu | |
| K8 | First Place | Sarvagna Velidandla |
| Second Place | Sai Korrapati | |
| K-8 U 800 | First Place | Advitiya Kana |
| Second Place | Surya Ramamurthy | |
| Fourth Place | Bhavesh Garlapati | |
| Fifth Place | Mokun Ojesina | |
| Fifth Place Tied | Sanjana Gaddamanugu | |
| Open U1000 | First Place | Snekha Rajasekaran |
| Second Place | Albert Chen | |
| Fourth Place | Michael Kennedy | |
| Fifth Place | Aditya Pippala | |
| Open | Fifth Place Tied | Kapil Nathan |
ChessKidsNation Winners
Team Championship
| Primary (K-3) Club | First Place | ChessKidsNation Team A |
| Prabhas Garlapati | ||
| Sarah Peter | ||
| Saikarunya Kesireddy | ||
| Adithya Mohanraj | ||
| Second Place | ChessKidsNation Team B | |
| Raymond Liu | ||
| Moranu Adedoyin | ||
| Timothy Lawson | ||
| Harsha Bheemanathini | ||
| Parth Mehta | ||
| Elementary (K-6) School | Second Place | CKN Vestavia Hills Elementary Central |
| Samuel Baskarraj | ||
| Shreyas Keshava | ||
| Krish Chintareddy | ||
| Albert Chen | ||
| Elementary (K-6) School | First Place | ChessKidsNation Team A |
| Raghav Madabushi | ||
| Roger Ruiz | ||
| Parker Liu | ||
| Krish Nathan | ||
| Jr. High (K-9) Club | First Place | ChessKidsNation Team A |
| Sarvagna Velidandla | ||
| Kapil Nathan | ||
| Atindarah Harishankar | ||
| Sai Korrapatti |
Year 2018
March 24 & 25th, 2018
ChessKidsNation students had a GREAT and FANTASTIC Weekend at Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championships 2018 (Individual & Team). Please find below list of our players who won STATE CHAMPIONSHIP for 2018. CONGRATS to all our players and Winners. Our Special Thanks to all the parents who helped us at the championship.
Our SPECIAL Congratulations to Kapil Nathan for winning FIRST PLACE in OPEN section, Rishi Yellamraju for FIRST PLACE in Open (U1200) Section, Samuel Baskarraj for winning FIRST PLACE in K6-U600 Section in Individual Championship.
In the TEAM Championship, our team won following sections
In Both Team and Individual championship, ChessKidsNation players won 23 Trophies which is a record for us and our ALL GIRLS team won Second Place in Jr. High. In K12 U1000 Our ChessKidsNation players won all the TOP 5 places which are also a record for us.
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP – ChessKidsNation Winners List
Primary K-3 Club
o Akhil Batchu
o Shreyas Keshava
o Daniel Seewald
o Surya Ramamurthy
Primary K-3 School
o Krish Nathan
o Neil Srikantha
o Prabhas Garlapati
o Advitiya Kana
o Aarush Chavar
o Sarah Peter
o Ansh Nair
o Vedika Shenoy
Elementary K-3 Club
o Athindarah Hari
o Raghav Madabushi
o Kaushik Dheeravath
o Michael Kennedy
Elementary K-6 School
o Parker Liu
o Krish Chintareddy
o Albert Chen
o Samuel Baskarraj
Jr. High K-8 School
o Sarvagna Velidandla
o Nikhita Chintareddy
o Cynthia Liu
o Snekha Rajasekaran
Jr. High K-8 Club
o Sai Korrapati
o Avanish Thota
o Rishi Yellamraju
o Harshil Mehta
Open Club
o Kapil Nathan
o Krishin Yerabolu
o Sameer Sultan
o Rahul Boddupalli
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP – ChessKidsNation Winners List
March 25, 2018
Our Chess players had more trophies to add on Sunday at Alabama State Scholastic Chess INDIVIDUAL
Championships. We WON 15 trophies on Sunday in addition to 8 Team Trophies on Saturday, so all together we won 23 trophies this weekend which is JUST AMAZING. This Championship is ONE of the BEST tournaments for ChessKidsNation players. In K-12 Under 1000 section we won all the top five place trophies which are a record for us. CONGRATS to all our players and winners.
Open
K-12
Open
K-12 Under 1000
Jr. High K-8 Under 800
Elementary K-6
Elementary K-6 under 600
Primary K-3
June 11, 2017 Based on Vikhram Balagee’s performance at the Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championship and subsequent playoff today(6/11/2017), he is nominated to represent the State of Alabama at the Denker Tournament (http://www.denkerchess.com/ ) of High School Champions to be held July 29 – August 1 during the 2017 US Open in Norfolk, VA. This is a prestigious tournament in which one nominee from each state competes for national honors. We are extremely proud of Vikhram and his achievement. We are sure he will do his BEST and represent our Great State of Alabama.
March 11 & 12th, 2017
We had a GREAT and FANTASTIC Weekend at Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championships 2017 (Individual & Team). Please find below list of our players who won STATE CHAMPIONSHIP for 2017. CONGRATS to all our players and Winners. Our Special Thanks to all the parents who helped us last two days. Our SPECIAL Congratulations to Sarvagna for winning FIRST PLACE in Elementary (K-6) section in Individual Championship. In the TEAM Championship, our players won FIRST and SECOND PLACE in Primary Team, FIRST and SECOND PLACEin Elementary Team and in Jr. High our Bumpus School Team won SECOND PLACE in School Team Championship.
GO ChessKidsNation – Where Chess Champions come from ……
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
PRIMARY SECTION – CLUB – FIRST PLACE
PRIMARY SECTION – CLUB – SECOND PLACE
ELEMENTARY SECTION – CLUB – FIRST PLACE
ELEMENTARY SECTION – CLUB – SECOND PLACE
Jr. High – Bumpus Middle School – SECOND PLACE
March 20, 2016
Our Chess Team had a GREAT and FANTASTIC Weekend at the Alabama Scholastic Chess Championship 2016 (Individual & Team) on March 19 & 20, 2016. Please find below our team’s STATE Winners for 2016. CONGRATS to all our players who played. Our Special Thanks to all the parents who helped us last two days.
Our SPECIAL Congratulations to Rochelle, Rahul and Sai for winning ALABAMA STATE FIRST PLACE in their section in Individual Championship and Primary Team, Elementary Team and Jr. High team for Winning First Place in Team Championship.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST PLACE
SECOND PLACE
THIRD PLACE
TIED for THIRD PLACE
FIFTH PLACE
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST PLACE – Primary K-3 Club
FIRST PLACE – Elementary K-6 Club
FIRST PLACE – Jr. High K-9 Club
ChessKidsNation Chess Players had an Amazing and Outstanding performance at Alabama Scholastic Chess Championships at University of Montevallo on Saturday (March 15, 2014) and Sunday (March 16, 2014). 34 players from ChessKidsNation played in this tournament. Congratulations to all our players and special thanks to all the parents who made this event a GREAT SUCCESS. Our Players really worked very hard for the past several months and in particular last two weeks attending their daily practice sessions.
Our Special Congratulations to Samson Sands for winning the Co-Championship in Junior High (K-8) Section in Individual Championship. Also Our Special Congratulations to Junior High (K-9) Team Champions (Sijing Wu, Vikhram Balagee, Samson Sands, Colin Bamford) who set the record in Alabama Chess Federation history by winning all 16 games they played.
Individual
Team
Sept 2012 Alabama Chess Champions
1. Colin Bamford came First in Rooks Section
2. Riley Smith came second in Knights Section
Vikhram Balagee came first in Reserve Section and won Cash Prize as well.
March 2013
Alabama Scholastic Chess Championship
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Primary Section (K-3)
Elementary Section (K-6)
Junior High Section (K-9)
Open Section (K-12)
2011 Alabama Scholastic Chess Championship
Team Championship
Individual Championship
Alabama State Chess Championship
W J Christian Summer Challenge Chess Tournament
RATED Section
UNRATED Section
USCF Nationals 2010
11 Players Participation at USCF Nationals 2010
2010 Alabama Scholastic Chess Championship
Tuscaloosa Scholastic Chess Championships – April 2014
ChessKidsNation Chess Players had a GREAT performance at Tuscaloosa Scholastic Chess Championships at Tuscaloosa on Saturday (April 12, 2014). 14 players from ChessKidsNation played in this tournament. Congratulations to all our players and special thanks to all the parents who made this event a GREAT SUCCESS.
Our Special Congratulations to Rishi Yellamraju for winning the K-3 section and Samson Sands for winning K-12 Section in Individual Championship. Both Samson and Rishi won 5 points each.
Open Section
Reserve Section
Individual
Team
Central Alabama Team Scholastic Chess Tournament – September 2014
ChessKidsNation players won FIRST PLACE in K-3 section, FIRST PLACE and SECOND PLACE in K-12 section at Central Alabama Team Scholastic Chess Tournament today. We are very proud of all our players and Winners who worked very hard. We started this season on a good note. Very Proud of our team. AWESOME GUYS…Way to go….
K-3 – First Place – Rochelle Wu, Rishi Yellamraju, Raghav Madabushi, Allan Yuan – Team scored 14.5 points out of 16. GREAT Performance.
K-12 First Place – Sijing Wu, Samson Sands, Colin Bamford, Luke Cai – Team Scored 14 points out of 16.
K-12 Second Place – Rahul Boddupalli, Cesar Juarez, Prateek Yash Mishra, Joseph Jun – Team Scored 10 Points out of 16.rst Place – Sijing Wu, Samson Sands, Colin Bamford, Luke Cai – Team Scored 14 points out of 16.
2014 North Calorina K-12 Chess Championship – March 2014
Savitra Kulkarni our online student from North Carolina won 2nd place in “K-8 U1400 Individual” Championship. We are very proud of Savitra’s achievement. His rating points increased 241 points to 1269. Congratulations to Savitra and his proud parents Sandeep-Jyoti Kulkarni…. Please read below a note from them…
The City of Raleigh hosted the 2014 NC K-12 Chess Championship March 1-2. This was the 40th anniversary event and was held at the Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27601-2114, right in the heart of our capital city. They had over 640 players registered.
Savitra Kulkarni from Metrolina Regional Scholars’ Academy finished as the 2nd runner up in “K-8 U1400 Individual” category. He scored 5.5 points out of 7.
28 players from ChessKidsNation played in this tournament. Please click the link below for the pictures taken during the tournament.
https://plus.google.com/…/10388…/albums/6007515038982886833…
CONGRATS to all the winners and all our players who competed in this National tournament. We are very happy and proud of our students achievements. We also thank all the parents for their support and encouragement without which this would not been possible.
WAY TO GO…..
K-12 Second Place – Rahul Boddupalli, Cesar Juarez, Prateek Yash Mishra, Joseph Jun – Team Scored 10 Points out of 16.
K-12 Second Place – Rahul Boddupalli, Cesar Juarez, Prateek Yash Mishra, Joseph Jun – Team Scored 10 Points out of 16.
Back to School Scholastic Tournament – Aug 2013
Open Section
Middle section (K-6)
Novice K-6 Unrated
Chris Bond Memorial Aug 2013
Birmingham Classic July 2013
ChesskidsNation students won trophies in cash prize in multiple sections:
Feb 2013
Super Bowl Chess tournament
January 2013
MLK Chess Tournament – Alabama
MLK Chess Tournament – Atlanta
Arul Selvakumar our online student won all the five games.
October 2012 Atlanta Scholastic Event
Gokul – Is our online student from Atlanta finished 3rd place in the Scholastic event in his section. He won 4 out of his 5 games.
Pranav Rajbhandari – Is our online student from Atlanta finished 3rd place in his section in the Scholastic event. He won 4 out of his 5 games.
September 2012
Sijing Wu – Sijing is our student from Birmingham. He played in K-3 U800 Section and won 5.5 points out of 7. He got 24th place.
Sijing Wu – Sijing is our student from Birmingham. He played in K-3 U800 Section and won 5.5 points out of 7. He got 24th place.
April 2012 Tuscaloosa City Chess Championship
Team
Individual
March 2012 Sullivan Chess tournament
Namratha Mohan our online chess student from Wisconsin participated in Sullivan Chess tournament conducted by WSCF. She played in K-5 division, 6 rounds with 42 kids. She won all her 6 games and came 2nd in the tournament. She was also part of her school team and they finished in 3rd Place.
Individual Championship
Team Championship
March 2012 – Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy
Savitra Kulkarni one of our online student from North Carolina was part of his School Chess Team ‘Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy”. He played in “Third Team Tournament” held on April 28th. He won all his games he played and his school won the first place with 7.5 points.
March 2012 Parkview Chess Tournament
Namratha Mohan, our online chess student from Wisconsin, won 2nd place in Green Bay, WI. She won 5 out of 6 games.
March 2010 Sun Valley Spring Challenge
UNRATED Section
Rated Section
Rocking Rooks Chess Tournament
Birmingham City Championship – K-3 Individual Championship.
Black Warrior Challenge, Tuscaloosa, AL – K-3 Individual Championship
The 1000 Club recognizes students who achieve a USCF rating of 1000 while they are in CKN Chess Program. Parents should notify Coach Balagee at Contact@ChessKidsNation.com when their child achieves this rating, and we will recognize them!
| Name | Year | State |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Castelino | 2017 | North Carolina |
| Aditya Jalem | 2016 | Tennessee |
| Aditya Saxena | 2017 | Alabama |
| Albert Chen | 2019 | Alabama |
| Akhil Batchu | 2018 | Alabama |
| Akhil Giddaluri | 2018 | Tennessee |
| Andy Lu | 2017 | Mississippi |
| Angela Yang | 2019 | Alabama |
| Arya Jalem | 2013 | Tennessee |
| Benjamin Kennedy | 2015 | Alabama |
| Colin Bamford | 2011 | Alabama |
| Daniel Seewald | 2018 | Alabama |
| Derek Wu | 2012 | Alabama |
| Frank Zhao | 2019 | Alabama |
| Harshil Mehta | 2018 | Alabama |
| Hemachandra Rambha | 2013 | Tennessee |
| Hriday Bhambhvani | 2010 | Alabama |
| Jonathan Anders | 2009 | Alabama |
| Joshua Anders | 2009 | Alabama |
| Joshua Castelino | 2019 | North Carolina |
| Kapil Nathan | 2014 | Alabama |
| Krish Nathan | 2018 | Alabama |
| Krishin Yerabolu | 2015 | Alabama |
| Labdhi Mehta | 2013 | Alabama |
| Madhushalini Balaji | 2018 | Alabama |
| Michael Kennedy | 2019 | Alabama |
| Nikhil Giddaluri | 2019 | Tennessee |
| Nikhita Chintareddy | 2018 | Alabama |
| Niyati Iyer | 2016 | Texas |
| Parker Liu | 2017 | Alabama |
| Raghavan Madabushi | 2016 | Alabama |
| Riley Smith | 2014 | Alabama |
| Rishi Sethuraj | 2017 | Alabama |
| Roger Ruiz | 2018 | Alabama |
| Ryan Wu | 2015 | Mississippi |
| Sailesh Sitaram | 2012 | Tennessee |
| Sameer Sultan | 2013 | Alabama |
| Samson Sands | 2011 | Alabama |
| Samuel Baskarraj | 2018 | Alabama |
| Sarah Peter | 2019 | Alabama |
| Savitra Kulkarni | 2013 | North Carolina |
| Shreyas Keshava | 2018 | Alabama |
| Sreekrishna Chintareddy | 2018 | Alabama |
| Srihari Prahadeeswaran | 2008 | Alabama |
| Varun Yerramsetti | 2008 | Alabama |
| Vikhram Balagee | 2007 | Alabama |
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