Adrika Kashyap won the third-grade section of the Girl’s State Championship in Berkeley on Saturday, June 4, 2022. To enter the Weibel Chess Hall of Fame a person must obtain one of the following: a National or State Championship title, qualify for the World Youth Championships, obtain the U.S. Chess Federation or a FIDE title of Expert or higher at or after leaving Weibel, obtain a U.S. Chess Federation rating of 1600+ while still at Weibel. The inductees in the Weibel Chess Hall of Fame are listed from a red banner at the bottom of the Weibel Chess website.
The title “Championship” or “Champion” is only given to someone that wins an open/varsity division. The State and National Championships have numerous other divisions with names like K-6 Under 1000 or Junior Varsity. Winners of these divisions cannot officially call themselves “Champions.” They are first place winners, but certainly champions in their eyes and those of others.
Adrika also was one of the players who enabled Weibel Chess to obtain another school team State Championship in tying for first in the Third-Grade section of the CalChess State Grade Level on May 21, 2022.
The photos below are of Adrika with her championship trophy* and with her teammate Ahana Karaje holding a Grade Level team trophy. Also, in that photo are two former Weibel Chess teachers, Jenny Ly and Bada Norovasambuu who are now teaching at Weibel with Bay Area Chess helping BAC continue the winning ways of our past! Thanks go to Adrika’s parents for the photos.
A plaque existed on one of the walls of the Weibel School office with plates that had the names of the Weibel Chess Hall of Fame members. I do not know if it is still there.
*I was told that this year’s CalChess Girls States did not have any team awards. Weird!
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