Students gather for Syracuse chess championship: The results
By The Post-Standard
March 20, 2010, 9:00PM

Students who love chess gathered at Frazer School in Syracuse today for the Syracuse City Scholastic Chess Championship.

The students ranged from kindergarten to 12th grade.

Here are the results:

K-6 Section

Champion: David Ahyee of Southside Academy Charter School 4 wins (4-0)

2nd (All these players finished with identical scores of 3-1).

Billy Leiker of Jamesville Elementary

Ben Fish of Manlius Pebble Hill

Andrew Goldberg of Manlius Pebble Hill

Rahkim Thomas of Southside Academy

Southside Academy won the K-6 team title, with Manlius Pebble Hill and Jamesville placing 2nd and 3rd respectively.

K-12 Section

Champion: Sage Dygert of Southside Academy with a 4-0 score

2nd: Sophie Kardaras of Frazer School who was undefeated, but gave up one draw while scoring 3.5 points for clear 2nd place.

3rd: Ron West of Frazer 3-1

4th: Sarah Spencer: Scoring 2.5 points along with fellow Frazer teammates Randy Nguyen, Johnny Ros, Matt Huynh.

Frazer School won the K-12 Team championship, with Syracuse Central (ITC) placing 2nd.

Source: http://www.syracuse.com

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