I posted this blurb on Facebook:

Just returned from Chicago. This weekend my Weibel Girls won the All-Girls National Chess Championships in the under 12 section even though they came in ranked number three behind IS318 from New York and Bull Run ES from Virgina. My parents all yelled out--"Unreal!" I am proud of their success. They worked hard and deserved the win. This is Weibel's fifth National title in three years and to the best of my knowledge no other school in California has won as many National titles. I will soon write an article for CalChess on the other amazing success of Bay Area girls-most notably two sisters from San Jose one who won the under 8 division and the other who won the under 14 section. I prefer not to use children's names on Facebook. I believe this is another first--two siblings winning National titles in one tournament.

Alan

Girls' Nationals - Weibel wins U12

A team consisting of 4 Weibel girls ranging from 4th grade to 6th grade won the U12 section of the Girl's Nationals this weekend, with a total for the top 3 players of 11 points, one point ahead of 2nd place IS 318 Junior High of New York.  Serafina Show (5th grade) and Desiree Ho (6th) each had 4 points while Anvi Surapaneni (4th) and Sara Kaushik (6th) had 3 points.  Congratulations to the girls!

Also, congratulations goes out to sisters Ashritha Eswaran and Aksithi Eswaran.  They are both National Champions - both won their sections - Ashritha won the U14 and Aksithi won the U8.

Final results here

Girls' Nationals in Chicago

At the end of Round 4 (this is a 6 Round tournament), the 12U Girls Team from Weibel is currently in the lead by 1 point with 8 points (top 3 scorers get points).  Serafina Show and Desiree Ho each have 3 out of 4, while Anvi Surapaneni and Sara Kaushik both have 2 out of 4.  Play concludes on Sunday with the final 2 rounds.  Good luck to the girls!

Final results in for the SuperNationals

Final results for the Weibel teams:

In the K-1 section, the team finished in 11th place overall, with a score of 14.5 points (out of a possible 28).  Individual trophy winners were 1st graders Praydum Chitlu and Weslie Chen, each with 5 points (out of 7).  Kindergartener Erin Law finished with 3.5 points and 1st grader Aaron Hu finished with 3 points.

In K-3, the team finished in 9th place with 14.5 points.  Oliver Wu had 4.5, Louis Law had 4.0, and Eshaan Mistry and Aaron Lee had 3.0.

In K-5, the team finished in a tie for 6th place with 17 points.  Anthony Zhou finished in a 15-way tie for 9th place with 5.5 points.  Atri Surapaneni and Serafina Show both had 4.0, and Jeremy Chen had 3.5 points.

The Irvington High school K-9 team finished in 6th place with 14 points.

Congratulations to the Bay Area individual and team winners - Millbrae's Chinguun Bayaraa won the K-1 title, Foster City's Rayan Taghizadeh won the K-5 title, Foster City's Siddharth Banik won the K-8 title, Gomes Elementary in Fremont won the K-5 team title, and Mission San Jose in Fremont won the K-6 team title.

Halfway mark of the SuperNationals

We are past the halfway mark of the SuperNationals in Nashville, TN.  Weibel Elementary has sent a team for K-1, K-3 and K-5.  After 4 rounds, here are the results:

K-1 - in 8th Place after Round 4, with 11.5 out of a possible 16
Praydum 3.0
Aaron H. 3.0
Weslie 3.0
Erin 2.5

K-3 - in 8th place after Round 4, with 9.5 out of a possible 16
Oliver 3.5
Louis 2.0
Eshaan 2.0
Aaron L. 2.0

K-5 - in 12th place after Round 4, with 9.5 out of a possible 16 (top 4 scores)
Anthony 3.5
Serafina 2.0
Atri 2.0
Jeremy 2.0
Surya Teja 1.5
Enya 1.0

Also, an Irvington High K-9 team, consisting of all former Weibel Team members, is in 6th Place after the 4th round with 8.0 points.
Justin Wang - 2.5
Daniel Ho - 2.5
Nikhil Jaha - 2.0
Amarinder Chahal - 1.0