National K-12 (4th grade)



Matthew Zeitlin, the #2 seed, scored an upset win against the #1 seed Christopher Wu in the last round to win the National 4th grade championship. Matthew is one of only two players to score 7-0 out of more than 1,200 players in Orlando (the other player is 1st grader Benjamin Lu).

Christopher, Tommy, and Dillon are tied for 2nd – 4th.


1 Zeitlin, Matthew 4 NYHORA NY 1764 7.0

2-4 Wu, Christopher 4 NJINDI NJ 1916 6.0

2-4 Polgar, Tom 4 TXMURF TX 1745 6.0

2-4 Holder, L Dillon 4 NYHORA NY 1327 6.0

5-10 Pershad, Yash 4 AZS012 AZ 1636 5.5

5-10 Song, Edward 4 MIHAMI MI 1289 5.5

5-10 Kostovetsky, Daniel 4 NYHEWL NY 1450 5.5

5-10 Wellman, Julian 4 MIANGE MI 1343 5.5

5-10 Chen, Alexander 4 NJCRAN NJ 1358 5.5

5-10 Everett, Max 4 NYHUNT NY 1260 5.5

(5th grade)

1 Shin, Kyle 5 CAS014 CA 1943 6.5

2-3 Troff, Kayden William 5 UTW001 UT 1890 6.0

3 Colas, Joshua 5 NYW004 NY 1922 6.0

4-12 Ainsworth, Michael 5 NYW004 NY 1617 5.5

4-12 Kosinski, Dylan 5 NYTREV NY 1715 5.5

4-12 Gologorsky, Rachel Gita 5 FLGOLO FL 1656 5.5

4-12 Gu, Christopher 5 RIKING RI 1617 5.5

4-12 Williams, Justus 5 NYCE70 NY 1691 5.5

4-12 Spinnell, Alexander Troy 5 NYP290 NY 1683 5.5

4-12 Poteat, Lilia Meilan 5 NYCGPS NY 1623 5.5

4-12 Andersen, Alec Connor 5 AZP005 AZ 1622 5.5

4-12 Chen, Justin Lu 5 MIKING MI 1450 5.5

Former 2-time winner of the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls Abby Marshall tied for 1st with Jeffrey Haskel (Jon Haskel’s son) in the 11th grade section.

Full results: http://main.uschess.org/tournaments/2008/k12/?page=RESULTS

Team standings (4th grade)

1 NYHORA Horace Mann, New York, NY (3) 18.0

ZEITLIN, Matthew (7.0,1764)

HOLDER, L Dillon (6.0,1327)

FINK, Benjamin (5.0,1275)



2 INCANT Canterbury School, Fort Wayne, IN (3) 13.0

LOU, Ricky (5.0,1133)

ZHOU, Jonathan (5.0,1292)

SMITS, Sean (3.5,1094)



3 NYHUNT Hunter College Campus School, NY (3) 13.5

EVERETT, Max (5.5,1260)

ZAFRA, Matthew (5.0,1415)

LOWENSTEIN, Arthur Paster (3.0,1290)



4 NYDALT Dalton, New York, NY (5) 13.0

VONDERHEIDE, Tomas (5.0,1081)

MAYER, Joseph (4.0,1134)

FIRESTONE, Henry (4.0,1013)



(5th grade)

1 NYHORA Horace Mann, New York, NY (3) 14.0

BENDER, Madeline O (5.0,1421)

LISTER, Solomon (5.0,1439)

SCHOLNICK, Noah (4.0,1372)



2 NYW004 Mamaroneck Avenue School, White Plains (3) 14.0

COLAS, Joshua (6.0,1922)

AINSWORTH, Michael (5.5,1617)

TELLER, Andrew Jacob (2.5,143)



3 NYN007 Ramaz School, New York, NY (4) 14.0

EISENSTEIN, Alex (5.0,1385)

BERMAN, Jacob (5.0,1356)

LEVY, Matthew Alexander (4.0,1316)

ASCHERMAN, Sarah Huguette (4.0,994)



4 NYPS06 PS 6, New York, NY (4) 13.0

MC DONALD, Vaughan (5.0,1507)

YUEN, Conor (4.5,1430)

FISHMAN, Ray (3.5,1213)



5 NYHUNT Hunter College Campus School, NY (4) 13.0

LEE, Christopher Chen (5.0,1380)

KATZ, Benjamin (4.0,1312)

GORDON-SAND, Spencer (4.0,1085)

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