2025 Scholastic Championship Results
March 22, 2025 Main Event
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
April 5, 2025 National Qualifier Tournament
Columbia Chess Club
6169 St. Andrews Rd., Columbia, SC
April 12, 2025 Girl's Championship
Columbia Chess Club
6169 St. Andrews Rd., Columbia, SC
212 Participants
Main Event: Team Champions
2025 High School State Champion
River Bluff High School
2nd Place: Governors School for Science & Math
3rd Place: Daniel High School
2025 Middle School State Champion
Dutch Fork Middle School
2nd Place: Lakeside Middle School
3rd Place: Sterling CTC
2025 Elementary School State Champion
Gold Hill Elementary School
2nd Place: Kumaran Homeschool
3rd Place: Center for Knowledge
High School Championship
Middle School Championship
2025 High School State Champion
Samuel Paukovitz
2nd Place: Will Snyder
3rd Place: Thomas Sweeney
4th: Caton Tsao
5th: Yaraslau Markevichus
6th: Lincoln Boucher
7th: Tyler Murrah
8th: Aman Sreshta
Middle School Championship
Middle School Championship
2025 Middle School State Champion
Jason Marshal
2nd Place: Aaron Wang
3rd Place: Arnav Singh
4th Jonathan Gao
5th Saharsh Koka
6th Aaryav Saharsh
7th Chace Nguyen
8th Adhvik Manoj
Elementary School Championship
2025 Elementary School Champion
Tanay Sanghani
2nd Place: Tamaghna Roy
3rd Place: Morgan Kumaran
4th Johann Jayabarath
5th Ashton Kumaran
6th Nishant Saravanan
7th Tai Xue
8th Alexander Arkhipov
Girl's Championship
2025 Girl's State Champion
Diya Balamurugan
2nd Place: Abigail Lin
3rd Place: Ashika Nalamalpu
4th Adalyn Schley
5th Evelyn Ganns
6th Aadya Gowdra
7th Lydia Nimmich
8th Teagan Mann
Youngest Participant: Shanaya Panda
Biggest Upset: Sakthi Rajasekar
Best Debut: Aliaksandra Butsko
Girl's Championship USCF Rating Report
Girl's Championship Final Standings
Primary School (K-3) Championship
Primary School (K-3) Championship
Primary School (K-3) Championship
1st Place: Krishan Dharmaraj
2nd Place: Jayaditya Pittu
3rd Place: Mukund Kalavagunta
4th Winston Wan
5th Ashvadheer Radhakrishnan
6th Mukhil Raja
7th Sakthi Rajasekar
8th Abhiraj Saha
9th Imron Shukhratov
10th Ishan Binoy
11th Pranav Arun
12th Shanaya Panda
13th Anirudh Kannan
2024 Scholastic Championship Results
March 2-3, 2024 Main Event, Blitz, and National Qualifier Tournaments
University of South Carolina, Russell House
Columbia, SC
March 9, 2024 Girl's Championship
Columbia Chess Club
6169 St. Andrews Rd., Columbia, SC
193 Participants
Main Event: Team Champions
2024 High School State Champion
Daniel High School
2nd Place: Governors School for Science & Math
3rd Place: Rock Hill High School
2024 Middle School State Champion
Charleston School of the Arts
2nd Place: Beechwood Middle School
3rd Place: R. C. Edwards Middle School
2024 Elementary School State Champion
Pleasant Knoll Elementary
2nd Place: Gold Hill Elementary
3rd Place: Hampton Park Christian School
High School Championship
Middle School Championship
2024 High School State Champion
Will Snyder
2nd Place: Caton Tsao
3rd Place: Thomas Sweeney
4th Ahan Shi
5th Adrian Wilder
6th Benjamin Webb
7th Miguel Shim
8th Samuel Paukovitz
High School USCF Rating Report
National Qualifier Final Standings
Middle School Championship
Elementary School Championship
Middle School Championship
2024 Middle School State Champion
Aaron Wang
2nd Place: Nikolai Webb
3rd Place: Ashika Nalamalpu
4th Tyler Murrah
5th Arnav Singh
6th Adam Schoonveld
7th Saharsh Koka
8th Jonathan Gao
Middle School USCF Rating Report
National Qualifier Final Standings
Elementary School Championship
Elementary School Championship
Elementary School Championship
2024 Elementary School Champion
Tanay Sanghani
2nd Place: Kyle Kartin
3rd Place: Aaryav Saha
4th Tamaghna Roy
5th Morgan Kumaran
6th Alexander Arkhipov
7th Samvit Reddy
8th Diya Balamurugan
Elementary School USCF Rating Report
National Qualifier Final Standings
Girl's Championship
Elementary School Championship
Elementary School Championship
2024 Girl's State Champion
Ashika Nalamalpu
2nd Place: Aadya Gowdra
3rd Place: Diya Balamurugan
4th Abigail Lin
5th Maneet Grewal
6th Uyen Tran
7th Teagan Mann
8th Josephine Heckman Minett
9th Adalyn Schley
Special Prizes:
Youngest Participant: Cadi Copeland
Biggest Upset: Aadya Akkim
Best Debut: Lydia Gamble
Primary School (K-3) Championship
Primary School (K-3) Championship
Primary School (K-3) Championship
1st Place: Johann Jayabarath
2nd Place: Druv Balamurugan
3rd Place: Vivaan Mehta
4th Zachary Lynch
5th Vladyslava Rybachenko
6th Olivia Layman
7th Harjas Grewal
8th Maria Jayabarath
9th Diana Ganss
Blitz Championship
Primary School (K-3) Championship
Primary School (K-3) Championship
2024 High School Blitz Champion
Neil Noronha
2nd Place: Sam Steele
3rd Place: Myles Jaremko
4th Anthony Fu
5th: Uyen Tran
2024 Middle School Blitz Champion
Abigail Lin
2nd Place: Mihir Sharma
3rd Place: Ishaan Karmakar
4th Aadh Ramkumar Jr.
5th Vihaan Kardam
2024 Elementary School Blitz Champion
Aarush Panda
2nd Place: Ashton Siva
3rd Place: Johann Jayabarath
4th Thomas Kemp Jr.
5th Satvik Sharma
2020 Scholastic Championship Results
Team Champions
2020 High School State Champion
Governor's School for Science & Math
2nd Place: Daniel High School
3rd Place: Hampton Park Christian School
2020 Middle School State Champion
Hampton Park Christian School
2nd Place: R. C. Edwards Middle School
3rd Place: Dent Middle School
4th Midland's STEM Charter School
2020 Elementary School State Champion
Charles Pinckney Elementary School
2nd Place: Tega Cay Elementary School
3rd Place: Clemson Elementary School
High School Championship
Middle School Championship
2020 High School State Champion
Ford Duncan
2nd Place: Connor Liu
3rd Place: Ryan McCrea
4th Matthew Johnson
5th Jacob Stoll
6th Aiden Costanzo
Middle School Championship
Elementary School Championship
Middle School Championship
2020 Middle School State Champion
Eli Moore
2nd Place: Ahan Shi
3rd Place: Benjamin Webb
4th Eric Shi
5th Daryl Dowty
6th Allen Hong
7th Jaden Conner
8th Jonathan Wei
9th Kevin Chapman
10th Kanha Kummari
11th Lincoln Boucher
Elementary School Championship
Elementary School Championship
Elementary School Championship
2020 Elementary School Champion
Caton Tsao
2nd Place: Miguel Shim
3rd Place: Abhinav Ramireddy
4th Zachary Teachman
5th Ashika Nalamalpu
6th Callum Leys
7th Hudson Haley
8th Luke Kuehmeier
Girl's Championship
Elementary School Championship
Elementary School Championship
2020 Girl's State Champion
Alexis Williams
2nd Place: Tessa Bonnema
(Awarded to Top Performing Females in High School Section)
Primary School (K-3) Championship
Primary School (K-3) Championship
Primary School (K-3) Championship
1st Place: Jonathan Gao
2nd Place: Justin Peng
3rd Place: Alexander Gilbert
4th Victor Ermolov
5th Levi Roberson
6th Connor Mullins