Virginia State Ch 2013-Greenbriar West Elementary School

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Greenbriar West Elementary School Sweeps 2013 Virginia State Primary & Elementary Chess Championship Titles
Photo and Story Anand Dommalapati

Photo  and Story Anand Dommalapati

The 2013 Virginia State Championships was held the weekend of March 8 – 10 at the Longwood University in Farmville, Va. We had about 46 players from GBW travel down to the State Championships competing with over 39 schools & more than 300 players from around the State.

The State Chess Championships started with a Warm-up Blitz Championships on Mar. 8. The Main event was on Mar. 9- 10 when the children played four long games on Saturday and two rounds of long games on Sunday

The Greenbriar West Elementary Chess Team won the:

• Primary K-3 Team State Championship Title
• Elementary K-5 Team State Championship Title
• Middle School K-8 Section (6^th Graders) - Third Place
• Aasa Dommalapati – State K-3 Champion & Top K-3 Girl
• Coach Paul Swaney - State Coach of the Year Award for K-3 & K-5

K-3 Primary School Section Results – STATE CHAMPIONS
21 GBW Players … a field of 99 players … 16 Schools
3^rd Grader Aasa Dommalapati - STATE K-3 Champion
Coach Paul Swaney – State K-3 Coach of the Year

Individual Results & Trophy/Award:
Aasa Dommalapati (6.0/6.0) – 1st & Top Girl
Andrew Wang (5.0/6.0) - 2nd
Aarav Bajaj (5.0/6.0) - 9^th; Justin Chen (4.0/6.0) - 13^th;  Siddharth Krishnan (4.0/6.0) - 18^th
Rakendu Malladi (3.0/6.0) – 2^nd Under 400; Neha Konduru (3.0/6.0) – 3^rd Under 400
Asrith Biradavolu (4.0/6.0) – 24^th; Michael Tress (4.0/6.0) – 32^nd

Other participants who played and contributed to the Team - Vedanth Ramachandra, Gilbert Jang, Paurav Kananur, Aryan Kumawat, Siddharth Balamuthaiya, Rhea Voddhi, Suhas Nandiraju, Rishi Sarraff, Siddharth Tibrewala, Kaavya Karthik, Akanksha Tibrewala & James Tress

K-5 Elementary School Section Results - STATE CHAMPIONS
17 GBW Players … a field of 93 players … 14 Schools
Coach Paul Swaney – State K-5 Coach of the Year

Individual Results & Trophy/Award:
Ryan Xu (5.0/6.0) – 3^rd
Revanth Vejju (4.5/6.0) – 8^th; Vagul Mahadevan (4.5/6.0) – 9^th
Vivian Cao-Dao (4.0/6.0) – 12^th & Top Girl
Aashray Manchanda (3.5/6.0) – Top Under 800 ; Kaushal Kambham (2^nd Under 800)
Rithik Sarraff (2^nd Under 600)

Other participants who played and contributed to the Team – Andy Zhang, Pranav Kanapuram, Rohan Voddhi, Anoop Nallanagulagari, Michael Hakizumwami, Rishabh Misra, Pawan Jayakumar, Parthiv Chigurupati, Aaishi Uppuluri & Anvita Anumolu

K-8 Middle School Section Results – 3^rd Place Team
8 GBW Players … a field of 95 players … 21 Schools

Individual Results & Trophy/Award:
Rahil Shah (4.0/6.0) – 14^th

Other participants who played and contributed to the Team – Pranav Karthik, Andrew Song, Rishabh Krishnan, Diego Gutierrez, Adityasai Koneru, Preethi Uppuluri, Aditya Gude.

Photo Anand Dommalapati