Greenbriar West Elementary School Sweeps 2013 Virginia State Primary & Elementary Chess Championship Titles

Greenbriar West Elementary School in Fairfax County won the 2013 Virginia State Championship titles in the Primary (K-3) & Elementary (K-5) Sections

Third grader Aasa Dommalapati wins the K-3 Primary State Champion & the K-3 Top Girl Title

Coach Paul Swaney receives the State Coach of the Year Award for K-3 and K-5!

The 2013 Virginia State Championships was held the weekend of March 8 – 10 at the Longwood University in Farmville, Va. We had about 46 players from GBW travel down to the State Championships competing with over 39 schools & more than 300 players from around the State. The State Chess Championships started with a Warm-up Blitz Championships on Mar. 8. The Main event was on Mar. 9- 10 when the children played four long games on Saturday and two rounds of long games on Sunday.

The Greenbriar West Elementary Chess Team won the:

• Primary K-3 Team State Championship Title
• Elementary K-5 Team State Championship Title
• Middle School K-8 Section (6^th Graders) - Third Place
• Aasa Dommalapati – State K-3 Champion & Top K-3 Girl
• Coach Paul Swaney - State Coach of the Year Award for K-3 & K-5

FCPS News Release - http://commweb.fcps.edu/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=2192

K-3 Primary School Section Results – STATE CHAMPIONS

21 GBW Players … a field of 99 players … 16 Schools

3^rd Grader Aasa Dommalapati - STATE K-3 Champion

Coach Paul Swaney – State K-3 Coach of the Year

Individual Results & Trophy/Award:

Aasa Dommalapati (6.0/6.0) – 1st & Top Girl

Andrew Wang (5.0/6.0) - 2nd

Aarav Bajaj (5.0/6.0) - 9^th; Justin Chen (4.0/6.0) - 13^th;  Siddharth Krishnan (4.0/6.0) - 18^th

Rakendu Malladi (3.0/6.0) – 2^nd Under 400; Neha Konduru (3.0/6.0) – 3^rd Under 400

Asrith Biradavolu (4.0/6.0) – 24^th; Michael Tress (4.0/6.0) – 32^nd

Other participants who played and contributed to the Team - Vedanth Ramachandra, Gilbert Jang, Paurav Kananur, Aryan Kumawat, Siddharth Balamuthaiya, Rhea Voddhi, Suhas Nandiraju, Rishi Sarraff, Siddharth Tibrewala, Kaavya Karthik, Akanksha Tibrewala & James Tress

K-5 Elementary School Section Results - STATE CHAMPIONS

17 GBW Players … a field of 93 players … 14 Schools

Coach Paul Swaney – State K-5 Coach of the Year

Individual Results & Trophy/Award:

Ryan Xu (5.0/6.0) – 3^rd

Revanth Vejju (4.5/6.0) – 8^th; Vagul Mahadevan (4.5/6.0) – 9^th

Vivian Cao-Dao (4.0/6.0) – 12^th & Top Girl

Aashray Manchanda (3.5/6.0) – Top Under 800 ; Kaushal Kambham (2^nd Under 800)

Rithik Sarraff (2^nd Under 600)

Other participants who played and contributed to the Team – Andy Zhang, Pranav Kanapuram, Rohan Voddhi, Anoop Nallanagulagari, Michael Hakizumwami, Rishabh Misra, Pawan Jayakumar, Parthiv Chigurupati, Aaishi Uppuluri & Anvita Anumolu

K-8 Middle School Section Results – 3^rd Place Team

8 GBW Players … a field of 95 players … 21 Schools

Individual Results & Trophy/Award:

Rahil Shah (4.0/6.0) – 14^th

Other participants who played and contributed to the Team – Pranav Karthik, Andrew Song, Rishabh Krishnan, Diego Gutierrez, Adityasai Koneru, Preethi Uppuluri, Aditya Gude.

Side Events:

K-5 Blitz Championships – 2^nd Place Team

Team Participants: Revanth Vejju, Aasa Dommalapati, Kaushal Kambham, Siddharth Krishnan, Rohan Voddhi, Paurav Kananur, Rishabh Misra, Asrith Biradavolu, Aarav Bajaj & Parthiv Chigurupati

K-12 Blitz Championships – 4^th Place Team

Team Participants: Rishabh Krishnan, Rahil Shah, Pranav Karthik, Aditya Koneru, Aditya Gude

Greenbriar West Elementary School has a very strong Chess Club organized by the GBW PTA Chair Anand Dommalapati and the children are coached by Coach Paul Swaney. The children, parent volunteers and the Coach work very hard week after week, with some advanced players even practicing Chess in the GBW Chess Club twice a week!

The Coach and the PTA Chair would like to thank all the children for their tireless efforts in making this happen, as well as the principal, school staff and the PTA for their continued support to the GBW Chess Club.

A part of the state championship team (about 28 players) is working hard towards participating at the SuperNationals 2013 scheduled to happen at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, TN. The SuperNationals is a once in a 4-year Nationals event where there are about 5000 Children and K-12 School Teams participating and competing from around the Country. GBW’s win at the State Championships doesn’t stop. A team of 28 Chess club students and parents, as well as the Coach Paul Swaney will be travelling to the SuperNationals to face a stronger competition.

Congratulations to all the 46 Players for an excellent performance at the State Championships. The GBW Nationals Chess Team of 28 talented and strong players are looking forward for a fun, successful and more challenging competition at the 2013 SuperNationals!