What an amazing day of chess! ♟️🏆
The ChessKidsNation & Hoover Public Library Chess Tournament brought together 60 young chess players for a day filled with exciting games, focus, determination, and great sportsmanship.
We were especially proud to organize this tournament as a charity fundraiser supporting the Hoover Library Foundation. We sincerely thank all the families whose registration contributions helped support the local library and community.
🏆 Congratulations to Our Prize Winners!
♟️ Not Rated — Primary (K-3)

🥇 1st: Saswin Johnvictor
🥈 2nd: Wyatt Fahey
🥉 3rd: Riyaan Patel
🏅 4th: Iniyan Karthikeyan
🏅 5th: Morife Adedoyin
🏅 6th: Sinan Baghani
♟️ Not Rated — Elementary (K-6)

🥇 1st: Eli Shen
🥈 2nd: Riaan Varma
🥉 3rd: Nithin Dama
🏅 4th: Rishan Suresh
🏅 5th: Hector Ayuso
🏅 6th: Charlie Trucks
♟️ Not Rated — Jr. High & High (K-12)

🥇 1st: Safan Jeewani
🥈 2nd: Kris Moore
🥉 3rd: Johitha John Victor
🏅 4th: Samidha Gobinath
♟️ Rated — Primary (K-3)

🥇 1st: Shrihan Patlori
🥈 2nd: Viraj Aggarwal
🥉 3rd: Nithilan Kannan
🏅 4th: Sehath Sivurupitiya
🏅 5th: Hudson Cleveland
♟️ Rated — Elementary (K-6)

🥇 1st: Alexander Thrasher
🥈 2nd: Arjun Arora
🥉 3rd: Jaxon Kilgroe
🏅 4th: Snigdha Patil
🏅 5th: Leon Shrestha
🏅 6th: Jonah Whitson
♟️ Rated — Jr. High & High (K-12)

🥇 1st: Edward Hu
🥈 2nd: Eshan Deverapalli
🥉 3rd: Devmith Sivurupitiya
🏅 4th: Kirin Marks Baginski
🏅 5th: Bennett William Facella
🏅 6th: Edwin Hu
👏 Celebrating Every Player

Congratulations to every player who participated! Whether you took home a trophy or simply played your best, your effort, courage, and progress deserve to be celebrated.
A special thank you to our parents, volunteers, supporters, and the Hoover Library Foundation for helping make this tournament possible.
At ChessKidsNation, we are committed to creating opportunities for young players to learn, compete, build confidence, develop critical thinking skills, and grow through chess.
❤️♟️ Thank you to our wonderful chess community for making this tournament a success!
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