A lot of action at the National Youth Action Championship

Well, the results are in!






The 2006 National Youth Action Championship in Atlanta has drawn (so to speak) to a close. Top finishers include:

• K-12 section
  Christopher Williams (8.5/9)
  Gregory Kimmel (7.5)
  Benjamin Francis (7.5)
  
• K-9 section
  Hartley Chiang (8.5/9)
  Praveen Sanjay (7.5)
  
• K-6 section
  Kevin Wang (8.5/9)
  Jarod Pamatmat (7.5)
  David Bernat (7.5)
  
• K-3 section
  Venkat Tummala (7.5/9)
  six others tied with 7 points

10th grader Nikolas Theiss entered the K-12 Blitz side event with only the tenth-highest rating in the 41-player field, over 600 points below the top-rated players! Yet he swept the field with a 12-0 blitz to finish 2.5 points ahead of his nearest competition.

On the other hand, the top seed in the K-6 Blitz tournament was Ryan Moon and he was true to form in winning his section with a 10/12 score.

The top teams were as follows:

• K-12: Searcy High School (Searcy, AR)
  
• K-9: Atlanta Chess Center (Atlanta, GA)
  
• K-6: Atlanta Chess Center (Atlanta, GA)
  
• K-3: I.Q. Zone Chess Club (Miami, FL)

Congratulations to each and every competitor in this event!

You can find complete results at the official website here.