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School Brief: Chess champs

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

Chapel Hill-Carrboro students recently competed in the 35th Scholastic Chess Championship.

The Rashkis Elementary School Chess Team finished second in the state in their category. Team members are Dane Simon, Hans Singh, Benjamin Senior, Thomas Wang, Joshua Lai, Iyin Battle, Arnav Subramanya, Anida Manocha, Nathaniel Lai and Jeffrey Williams. Dane Simon won second place in the K-5 championship. Carol Holmes is the chess club sponsor.

The Phillips Middle School Chess Team won first place in the K-8 Championship and the K-8 Under 1000 Championship. Team members are Drew Clary, Gabriel Goss, Indira Puri, Alexander Kelly, Charles Higgins, Richard Fu, Jeffrey Zhou and Bernard Amaldoss. Martin Roper is the chess club coach. Drew Clary earned second place in the K-8 championship.

Jay Goss of Chapel Hill High earned second place in the K-12 championship.

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education recognized team members at their meeting last week.

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