2023 High School Nationals

Our group of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students arrived on Wednesday in our Nation’s capital to compete in this weekend’s US Chess High School National Championship tournament taking place at the Washington Hilton Hotel.

Before the students competed to see who this year’s national champions were, the students traveled to Baltimore to compete in a friendly match against the Baltimore Kid’s Chess League. They spent Thursday visiting some of the cultural and historic sites in DC before playing in the Thursday night Blitz chess tournament. Friday morning students got a chance to relax and play against some students from Kentucky before the start of the first round of the tournament.

The 11 schools that were selected represented a diversity of schools across the city including several Level 3 schools. 4 of the schools selected had never participated in a national Chess tournament before. The schools are Haley, Kinzie, Monroe, Decatur, Garcia HS, Jones HS, Lincoln Park HS, Payton HS, Solorio HS, Taft HS, and Englewood STEM HS.

This trip marks the 3^rd year that Chicago Public Schools’ Academic Chess program has sent students to the High School National Tournament. This year the Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation, that partners with the CPS Academic Chess program, was able to secure a grant from the US Chess Federation which helped make this trip possible.

PHOTOS AFTER STANDINGS

INDIVIDUALS PLACING IN THE TOP 35
NAME	SCHOOL	PLACE	SECTION	TOTAL PLAYERS
Avi Kaplan	Lane Tech	13th	Championship	375
Justin Zhang	Whitney Young HS	top placed 1700-1799	Championship	375
Chetan Cherukuri	Whitney Young HS	top placed Under 1400	Championship	375
Chidi Ireaja	Brooks HS	6th	Under 1200	356
Yosmar Lopez	Solorio HS	12th	Under 1200	356
Sean Gao	Edison RGC	22nd	Under 1200	356
Isabella Patel-Garcia	Kinzie Elem	Tied 35th	Under 1200	356
Eddie Love	Taft HS	Tied 35th	Under 1200	356
Ephraim Liang	Jones HS	Tied 35th	Under 1200	356
Alexander Norbut	Kinzie Elem	18th	Under 800	402
Gabriel Luna	Kinzie Elem	24th	Under 800	402
Frank Estrada	Solorio HS	27th	Under 800	402
Josef Behrens	Lincoln Park HS	16th	Unrated	225
Avi Kaplan	Lane Tech	3rd	Blitz	292
Kim Gunn	Whitney Young HS	24th	Blitz	292

TEAM STANDINGS
TEAM	PLACE	SECTION	TOTAL TEAMS
Whitney Young HS	13th	Championship	46
Walter Payton HS	24th	Championship	46
Lane Tech HS	29th	Championship	46
Walter Payton HS	27th	Under 1600	42
Brooks HS	7th	Under 1200	60
Taft HS	9th	Under 1200	60
Solorio HS	27th	Under 1200	60
Jones HS	31st	Under 1200	60
Lincoln Park HS	50th	Under 1200	60
Solorio HS	13th	Under 800	67
Kinzie Elem	14th	Under 800	67
Acero-Garcia HS	24th	Under 800	67
Brooks HS	28th	Under 800	67
Taylor	30th	Under 800	67
Monroe Elem	32nd	Under 800	67
Decatur Elem	33rd	Under 800	67
Washington HS	34th	Under 800	67
Gallistel Elem	36th	Under 800	67
Jones HS	52nd	Under 800	67
Englewood Stem	66th	Under 800	67
Lincoln Park HS	18th	Unrated	40
Haley Elem	27th	Unrated	40
Jones HS	28th	Unrated	40
Acero-Garcis	39th	Unrated	40
Whitney Young HS	5th	Blitz	42
Walter Payton HS	10th	Blitz	42
Taft HS	14th	Blitz	42
Jones HS	17th	Blitz	42
Lincoln Park	18th	Blitz	42
Solorio HS	20th	Blitz	42
Kinzie Elem	21st	Blitz	42
Decatur Elem	24th	Blitz	42
Monroe Elem	26th	Blitz	42
Acero-Garcia HS	36th	Blitz	42
Haley Elem	40th	Blitz	42

PHOTOS AFTER STANDINGS

Day 1 Photos

Day 2 Photos

Day 3-4 Photos

Day 5 Photos