K-8 National Chess Team Co-Champions!

Odle Middle School chess team has tied for first place in the K-8 National Championship held in Indianapolis.  

They are the National Co-Champions!  See http://www.uschess.org/results/2016/jhs/?page=TEAM&xsection=K8

Fellow students Derek Zhang (grade 8) and Naomi Bashkansky (grade 7) have tied for third in the individual standings.

They scored 6 out of 7, half a point below top: http://www.uschess.org/results/2016/jhs/?page=STANDINGS&xsection=K8

Odle in USCF news: https://new.uschess.org/news/maggie-feng-makes-history-in-indiana, in the 5th photo from the top.

A quote from Northwest Chess Blog:

Congratulations to Bellevue’s Olde Middle School chess team on their outstanding achievement tying for 1st place in K-8 at National Junior High Championship in Indianapolis, IN. Derek Zhang (rating 2148) and Naomi Bashkansky (rating 1993) led the team with a score of 6/7, tying for 3rd place in the 272 player section.  Other members of the team include Brian Chen (1624), Richard Yang (1635), James Lai (1602), Benjamin Mousseau (938) [who scored first under rating 1000], and Aidan Lawler (1366).

Odle chess kids achieved extraordinary success in a huge national competition and can serve as great educational example.

Photo Albums

Flight Seattle - Denver - Indianapolis

Indianapolis: Children Museum, Monument

Indianapolis K-8 rounds 1-2, Mall, War Museum, gardens

Indianapolis K-8 rounds 3-5, Capitol, canal, Museum of Arts

Indianapolis K-8 rounds 6-7, zoo, awards

Flight Indianapolis - Denver - Seattle

Odle Middle School Chess Team Succeeds in Nashville

We are on the map

Following its triumph at the State Elementary championships, the Odle Chess Team continued its winning ways both nationally and internationally.

At the US National Chess Championships in Nashville, Odle sixth graders WCM Naomi Bashkansky, Brian Chen, James Lai, Aidan Lawler, and Richard Yang took home a well-earned 5th place in K-6  section, while at the National K-6 Blitz Championships, the Odle team took Second Place in the nation, just edged out by a powerful New York team.

On the international front, the annual Washington vs. British Columbia Scholastic Chess Tournament was held recently.  Each team consisted of two representatives from each grade K-12. Three Odle students helped lead the Washington team to a convincing 29-23 victory: Naomi Bashkansky (6th grade), Richard Yang (6th), and Derek Zhang (7th).

Reprinted from the Northwest Chess blog post by John Lawler and Ludmila Bashkansky

http://www.nwchess.com/blog/2015/05/odle-middle-school-succeeds-in-nashville/

Here are some photos from the event: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0-OrKmx7CBjZkZCc2hSNlVONUU&usp=sharing