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SC Scholastic Championship Archives: 2020-PRESENT

2025 Results2024 Results2023 Results2022 Results2021 Results2000 Results

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

 

Main Event USCF Rating Report

Main Event Final Standings

Main Event Photo Gallery

DGT Archive

Chess.com Archive

Lichess Archive

YouTube Archive

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


State Finals USCF Rating Report

State Finals Standings

State Finals Photo Gallery

DGT Archive

Chess.com Archive

Lichess Archive

YouTube Archive

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


State Finals USCF Rating Report

State Finals Standings

State Finals Photo Gallery

DGT Archive

Chess.com Archive

Lichess Archive

YouTube Archive

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


State Finals USCF Rating Report

State Finals Standings

State Finals Photo Gallery

DGT Archive

Chess.com Archive

Lichess Archive

YouTube Archive

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

Girl's Championship Photo Gallery

DGT Archive

Chess.com Archive

Lichess Archive

YouTube Archive

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


Primary School USCF Rating Report

Main Event Final Standings

Main Event Photo Gallery

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

 

Main Event USCF Rating Report

Main Event Final Standings

Main Event Photo Gallery

DGT Archive

Chess.com Archive

Lichess Archive

YouTube Archive

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

National Qualifier Photo Gallery

DGT Archive

Chess.com Archive

Lichess Archive

YouTube Archive

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

National Qualifier Photo Gallery

DGT Archive

Chess.com Archive

Lichess Archive

YouTube Archive

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

National Qualifier Photo Gallery

DGT Archive

Chess.com Archive

Lichess Archive

YouTube Archive

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


Final Standings

USCF Rating Report

Photos

YouTube Archive

DGT Archive

Chess.com Archive

Lichess Archive

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


Primary School USCF Rating Report

Main Event Final Standings

Main Event Photo Gallery

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


USCF Rating Report

Final Standings

Photo Gallery

2023 Scholastic Championship Results

March 4, 2023

High School Championship

Team Champions

Hampton Park Christian School

Greenville , SC


240 Participants


USCF Rating Report

Team Champions

High School Championship

Team Champions

 2023 High School State Champion

Daniel High School 

2nd Place: Governors School for Science & Math

3rd Place: Christ Church Episcopal School


2023 Middle School State Champion

Home Schools

2nd Place: Thomas Cario Middle School

3rd Place: Edwards Middle School


2023 Elementary School State Champion

Charles Pinckney Elementary School

2nd Place: Hampton Park Christian School

3rd Place: New Providence Elementary School

High School Championship

High School Championship

Middle School Championship

2023 High School State Champion

 Ford Duncan 

2nd Place: Allen Hong

3rd Place: Jacob Stoll

4th Eli Moore

5th Ahan Shi

6th Benjamin Webb

7th Alexander Myrick

8th Max Tong

9th Mark Ritchie

10th Will Snyder

11th Hussain Godhrawala

12th Yejoon Shin

13th Joshua Barrus


Middle School Championship

Elementary School Championship

Middle School Championship

2023 Middle School State Champion

Caton Tsao

2nd Place: Cameron Wheeler

3rd Nikolai Webb

4th Jonathan Gao

5th Aadi Agnihotri

6th Adrian Wilder

7th Luke Dziorny

8th Adam Schoonveld

9th Makai Blanding

10th Jonah Duncan

Elementary School Championship

Elementary School Championship

Elementary School Championship

 2023 Elementary School Champion

 Aaryav Saha

2nd Place: Tanay Sanghani

3rd Place: Aaron Wang

4th Akul Gowdru

5th Aditya Seshan

6th Dhruvan Buddannagari

7th Prithvi Saravanakumar

8th Jethin Bastin

9th Tamaghna Roy

10th Saharsh Koka

11th Robert Shim 

Girl's Championship

Elementary School Championship

Elementary School Championship

2023 Girl's State Champion

 Uyen Tran

2nd Place: Ashika Nalamalpu

3rd Place: Aadya Gowdra

4th Adalyn Schley

5th Amoolya Vikas

6th Teagan Mann

7th Aadya Shivakumar

8th Ritika Sanghani

9th Eliana Schley

10th Deeksha Ekbote

11th Brooklynn Hammond

12th Clover Lao

Primary School (K-3) Championship

Primary School (K-3) Championship

Primary School (K-3) Championship

1st Place:  Diya Balamurugan

2nd Place: Medhansh Nalamalpu

3rd Place: Vladyslava Rybachenko

4th Nico Stamos

5th Saatvik Prasanna

6th Samvit Reddy

7th Joshua Woodlief

8th Charlotte Jordan

9th Aayansh Bhakta

10th Vihaan Potuganti 

2022 Scholastic Championship Results

April 2, 2022

High School Championship

Team Champions

Hampton Park Christian School

Greenville , SC


155 Participants


USCF Rating Report

Team Champions

High School Championship

Team Champions

 2022 High School State Champion

Daniel High School 

2nd Place: Spring Valley High School

3rd Place: Hampton Park Christian School

4th Governor's School for Science & Math


2022 Middle School State Champion

Hampton Park Christian School

2nd Place: Wilder Academy

3rd Place: Wren Middle School

4th Charleston School of the Arts

5th McCants Middle School


2022 Elementary School State Champion

Charles Pinckney Elementary School

2nd Place: Sterling Elementary School

3rd Place: Clemson Elementary School

4th Hampton Park Christian School

High School Championship

High School Championship

Middle School Championship

2022 High School State Champion

Jacob Stoll

2nd Place: Ford Duncan

3rd Place: Matthew Johnson

4th Shamyn Stanley

5th Ahan Shi

6th Kanha Kummari

7th Allen Hong

8th Toby Cox

9th Mark Ritchie

10th Eli Moore

11th Ethan Ellis

12th Sahildeep Singh

Middle School Championship

Elementary School Championship

Middle School Championship

2022 Middle School State Champion

 Miguel Shim

2nd Place: Will Snyder

3rd Place: Eric Shi

4th Adrian Wilder

5th Caton Tsao

6th Evan Johnson

7th Ashika Nalamalpu

8th Aiden Clark

9th Cameron Wheeler

10th Dheer Chheda

11th Michael Benson

12th Jackson Moore

Elementary School Championship

Elementary School Championship

Elementary School Championship

 2022 Elementary School Champion

  Tanay Sanghani

2nd Place: Saharsh Koka

3rd Place: Kyle Kartin

4th Justin Peng

5th Aadi Agnihotri

6th Aaron Wang

7th James Frassica

8th Jonathan Gao

9th Zachary Rivera

10th Callum Leys

11th Benjamin Piazza

12th Robert Shim

13th Daksh Chheda

14th Arvin Gummeneni

15th Beau Stamos

Girl's Championship

Elementary School Championship

Elementary School Championship

2022 Girl's State Champion

  Grace Bajarias

2nd Place: Ritika Sanghani

3rd Place: Uyen Tran

4th Charlotte Leys

5th Madelyn Wilder

6th Paola Gonzalez

7th Olivia Watkins

8th Harshini Jeyaradurai

9th Eliana Schley

10th Clara Hubbell

11th Aadya Gowdra

12th Adalyn Schley

13th Brooklyn Hammond

Primary School (K-3) Championship

Primary School (K-3) Championship

Primary School (K-3) Championship

1st Place: Ibrahim Riyaz

Charlotte Jordan

Medhansh Nalamalpu

Elijah Heindl

Diya Balamurugan

Titus Heindl

Levi Martin

Finley Martin

Aran Zhang

Micah Poston

John Fetterolf

Jason Rodriguez

2021 Scholastic Championship Results

April 17, 2021

High School Championship

April 17, 2021

Held Online at Lichess.org due to Covid Pandemic


88 Participants


USCF Rating Report (Online Rated)


Girl's Championship - June 11, 2021, Online Lichess.org

Team Champions

High School Championship

April 17, 2021

 2021 High School State Champion

Daniel High School 

2nd Place: Wando High School


2021 Middle School State Champion

R. C. Edwards Middle School

2nd Place: Hampton Park Christian School


2021 Elementary School State Champion

Sterling Elementary School

2nd Place: Charles Pinckney Elementary School


High School Championship

High School Championship

Middle School Championship

2021 High School State Champion

 Eli Moore

2nd Place: Jacob Stoll

3rd Place: Ford Duncan

4th Ahan Shi

5th Matthew Johnson

6th Brandon Tregde

7th Brady Setser

8th Toby Cox

9th Alex Tabakian

10th Quinn Burt

Middle School Championship

Elementary School Championship

Middle School Championship

2021 Middle School State Champion

  Allen Hong

2nd Place: Caton Tsao

3rd Place: Lincoln Boucher

4th Cameron Wheeler

5th Eric Shi

6th Zachary Teachman

7th Miguel Shim

8th Spencer Burke

9th Andrew Dou

10th Manith Bannenahally

Elementary School Championship

Elementary School Championship

Elementary School Championship

 2021 Elementary School Champion

 Aadi AgnihotrI

2nd Place: Justin Peng

3rd Place: Ritika Sanghani

4th Jonathan Gao

5th Callum Leys

6th Michael Benson

7th Anton Oltmann

8th Benjamin Piazza

9th Charlotte Leys

10th Peyton Carithers

Girl's Championship

Elementary School Championship

Elementary School Championship

2021 Girl's State Champion

  Grace Bajarias

2nd Place: Ritika Sanghani


USCF Rating Report

Primary School (K-3) Championship

Primary School (K-3) Championship

Primary School (K-3) Championship

1st Place: Tanay Sanghani

2nd Place: Robert Shim

3rd Place: Aaron Wang

4th Titus Heindl

5th Aran Zhang

6th Aaryav Saha

7th Keys Pfeiffer

8th Elijah Heindl

9th Parker Leong

10th Silas Dewey

2020 Scholastic Championship Results

February 29, 2020


University Ridge

Greenville, SC


189 Participants


USCF Rating Report

Photos

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

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