Grand Prix & Results
Archive: Blasts From The Past
Individual Tournament Results
Each year since its inception, the NSCF has produced a Grand Prix series of tournaments throughout Westchester County, NY and in Greenwich, CT. The NSCF has also produced the annual Westchester County and Greenwich City Scholastic Chess Championships. At the bottom of this page you can find the results for every tournament during the past 5 years. (If you need earlier results, all of our events are USCF-rated and appear in their Past Events Crosstables.)
Pictured at left is Josh Colas, our 2010 Westchester County Middle School Champion. That same year, Josh became the youngest ever African-American to become a chess master. He has won 6 national championships and today is a International Master-elect. Josh graduated from Webster University in St. Louis where he was studying on a full chess scholarship; he was able to get his degree in business and study under the famed GM Susan Polgar. Fast-forward to today–Josh is a full-time instructor for NSCF!
Participating in our NSCF tournaments was great practice for many students who went on to national and international competition, including this 2007 team from Solomon Schechter which brought home several top prizes from the National K-12 (Grade) Championships held in Houston. Bringing home the hardware are Alexander Reis, Max Steinberg, Josh Abady, Michael Bodek and Hannah Steinberg (missing from the picture is Ben Gershenov). A young Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura came along to cheer everyone on. FM Adnan Kobas (left) along with Polly Wright (top) and FM Sunil Weeramantry coached the team.
Click the links below to access each year’s NSCF tournaments with individual and team results organized by section.
Archive: Grand Prix Winners
Meet Our Past Grand Prix Champions
Held each school year, the NSCF Grand Prix competition encourages perseverance and the pursuit of excellence in chess by offering special awards to those players who play frequently and well in NSCF tournaments. The competition is structured by grade categories, with point assignments based on the strength of the sections a player has competed in, and the scores achieved in those sections.
For more information, see What do I need to know about the Grand Prix, accessible from the Tournaments FAQ.
Pictured at right is Erik Brodsky, our Primary Champion for the 2012-2013 competition. Erik continues to excel at chess and has seen his rating go as high as 1853 (as of this writing… we’re sure he’ll go even higher!) Click the links to see our other competitors who show that persistence is a key to success in chess, and in life.
Grand Prix 2019-2020 Year Leaders
2019-2020 NSCF Scholastic Grand Prix
The NSCF Grand Prix competition encourages perseverance and the pursuit of excellence in chess by offering special awards to those players who play frequently and well in NSCF tournaments. The competition is structured by grade categories, with point assignments based on the strength of the sections a player has competed in, and the scores achieved in those sections. See What do I need to know about the Grand Prix, accessible from the Tournaments FAQ.
Our 2019-2020 Grand Prix Leaders
The leader tables below are based on the first ten 2019-20 NSCF Grand Prix events, held through February 29th, 2020.
Note: Only those players who compete in rated sections in a minimum of four of the NSCF Grand Prix events held during the 2019-20 NSCF tournament season will be eligible for a Grand Prix award. (The Greenwich City and Westchester County Championships are not included among the Grand Prix events.)
Top Leaders
| High School: | Kelly-Yuoh,Ozzie |
| Middle School: | George,Christopher |
| 6th Grade: | Zhang,Xinhe |
| 5th Grade: | Krishna,Navaneeth |
| 4th Grade: | Kamen,Jack |
| 3rd Grade: | Low,Anthony |
| 2nd Grade: | Coughlin,Patrick |
| K-1: | Vaidyanathan,Kannan |
| Kindergarten: | Lantsman,Isaac |
All Results
| High School Leaders | ||||
| Place | Name | Grade | Score | #Events |
| 1 | Kelly-Yuoh,Ozzie | 9 | 6153 | 5 |
| 2 | Agnello,Daniel | 9 | 2641 | 3 |
| 3 | Lipton,Errol | 10 | 1710 | 4 |
| 4 | Rodriguez,Aaron | 9 | 1371 | 5 |
| 5 | Benson-Tilsen,Noam | 11 | 1285 | 1 |
| 5 | Hannigan,Edmond | 10 | 1285 | 1 |
| 7 | Barnett,Sophie | 10 | 809 | 2 |
| 8 | Stoltz,Conner | 12 | 643 | 1 |
| 9 | Zwicker,Benjamin | 9 | 522 | 2 |
| 10 | Golimbu,Calvin | 11 | 510 | 1 |
| Middle School Leaders | ||||
| Place | Name | Grade | Score | #Events |
| 1 | George,Christopher | 7 | 7521 | 8 |
| 2 | Upadhyay,Punyavrat | 7 | 5028 | 3 |
| 3 | Zhang,Xinhe | 6 | 4231 | 6 |
| 4 | Surguladze,Sophie | 7 | 4140 | 3 |
| 5 | Frankenberger,Xavier | 6 | 3325 | 6 |
| 6 | Gorman,John | 6 | 3088 | 5 |
| 7 | Jiang,Leon | 6 | 2595 | 2 |
| 8 | Gerardi,Jackson | 7 | 2575 | 6 |
| 9 | Minchez,Dylan | 6 | 2543 | 8 |
| 10 | Welner,Jake | 6 | 1788 | 6 |
| 11 | Dhaliwal,Veeran | 8 | 1728 | 5 |
| 12 | Hope,Gibson | 7 | 1465 | 2 |
| 13 | Pastushenko,Oleksandr | 7 | 1110 | 3 |
| 14 | Bhat,Anika | 7 | 1106 | 4 |
| 15 | Siciliano,Jack | 7 | 1019 | 6 |
| 16 | Wang,Youchang | 8 | 889 | 4 |
| 17 | Chen,Patrick | 8 | 810 | 1 |
| 17 | Mezheritskiy,Shaina | 6 | 810 | 1 |
| 17 | Oudens,Genevieve | 7 | 810 | 1 |
| 20 | Normoyle,Kieran | 6 | 769 | 4 |
| 21 | Girdhar,Kaavya | 8 | 677 | 3 |
| 22 | Sloan,Joshua | 6 | 634 | 2 |
| 23 | Dahnke,Connor | 6 | 598 | 2 |
| 23 | Patel,Rohan | 6 | 598 | 2 |
| 23 | Wilson,Liberty | 7 | 598 | 2 |
| 26 | Santobello,Nicholas | 6 | 587 | 4 |
| 27 | Shuto,Naoto | 7 | 561 | 4 |
| 28 | Chan,Leah | 6 | 552 | 2 |
| 29 | Gans,Alejandro | 6 | 522 | 2 |
| 30 | Normoyle,Connor | 8 | 510 | 1 |
| 31 | Montpelier,Camille | 6 | 497 | 5 |
| 32 | Sinha,Aidan | 7 | 493 | 3 |
| 33 | Shehu,Kelvin | 6 | 483 | 4 |
| 34 | Kobi,Samuel | 8 | 458 | 1 |
| 35 | Hovsepyan,Nareh | 6 | 445 | 5 |
| 36 | Verghese,Alan | 6 | 419 | 3 |
| 37 | Berishaj,Viktor | 6 | 374 | 4 |
| 38 | Shah-Gustafsson,Linnea | 6 | 363 | 1 |
| 38 | Wilson,Olive | 6 | 363 | 1 |
| 40 | Korff,Jacob | 8 | 356 | 3 |
| 5th Grade Leaders | ||||
| Place | Name | Grade | Score | #Events |
| 1 | Krishna,Navaneeth | 5 | 6494 | 9 |
| 2 | Zelatis,Constantine | 5 | 3481 | 7 |
| 3 | Weber,William | 5 | 3152 | 3 |
| 4 | Toce,Daniel | 5 | 2903 | 8 |
| 5 | Servedio,Oliver | 5 | 2063 | 5 |
| 6 | Valencia,Ignacio | 5 | 1747 | 6 |
| 7 | Salick,Joel | 5 | 1473 | 7 |
| 8 | Concha,Naolin | 5 | 1357 | 5 |
| 9 | Tetlock,Oliver | 5 | 1330 | 2 |
| 10 | Per,Gabriel | 5 | 1305 | 3 |
| 11 | Murgia,Gianna | 5 | 1188 | 7 |
| 12 | Murgia,Giovanna | 5 | 753 | 6 |
| 13 | Collins Telles,Gabriel | 5 | 628 | 3 |
| 14 | Babajanyan,Andre | 5 | 375 | 2 |
| 15 | Chilleli,Christian | 5 | 301 | 3 |
| 16 | Diaz,Jacqueline | 5 | 238 | 2 |
| 17 | Kuniyil,Shreyas | 5 | 230 | 2 |
| 18 | Babayev,Daniel | 5 | 228 | 1 |
| 18 | Bockowski,Kylie | 5 | 228 | 1 |
| 18 | Brandt,Lewis | 5 | 228 | 1 |
| 18 | Solovyev,Dylan | 5 | 228 | 1 |
| 18 | Vorobiev,Andrew | 5 | 228 | 1 |
| 23 | Magnier,Audrey | 5 | 202 | 2 |
| 24 | Campbell,Zahir | 5 | 144 | 1 |
| 24 | Rodriguez,James | 5 | 144 | 1 |
| 24 | Shannon,Tracey | 5 | 144 | 4 |
| 27 | Baldelli,Matteo | 5 | 139 | 2 |
| 27 | Perez,Mark | 5 | 139 | 2 |
| 29 | Magnisalis,Konstantinos | 5 | 138 | 2 |
| 30 | Caron-Richman,Marley | 5 | 114 | 1 |
| 30 | Knispel,William | 5 | 114 | 1 |
| 30 | Kumar,Akshara | 5 | 114 | 1 |
| 33 | Alvarez,Nathalia | 5 | 104 | 2 |
| 34 | Marji,Jameson | 5 | 93 | 2 |
| 35 | Kim,Joshua | 5 | 91 | 1 |
| 35 | Lacoff,Brooks | 5 | 91 | 1 |
| 35 | Raguram,Arya | 5 | 91 | 1 |
| 35 | Schmedlen,Henry | 5 | 91 | 1 |
| 39 | Donn,Noah | 5 | 57 | 1 |
| 39 | Garcia,Nathaniel | 5 | 57 | 1 |
| 4th Grade Leaders | ||||
| Place | Name | Grade | Score | #Events |
| 1 | Kamen,Jack | 4 | 6133 | 10 |
| 2 | Kvirikadze,Becka | 4 | 4070 | 4 |
| 3 | Surguladze,Luka | 4 | 2811 | 4 |
| 4 | Zakharov,Sergei | 4 | 2040 | 1 |
| 5 | White,Leo | 4 | 1656 | 7 |
| 6 | Corazao,Ashley | 4 | 997 | 6 |
| 7 | Hill,August | 4 | 951 | 2 |
| 8 | Gleason,Benjamin | 4 | 896 | 3 |
| 9 | Murgia,Giulianna | 4 | 764 | 8 |
| 10 | Juarez,Valentina | 4 | 653 | 6 |
| 11 | Grover,Arjun | 4 | 591 | 4 |
| 12 | Garcia,Moises | 4 | 590 | 4 |
| 13 | Daftuar,Satya | 4 | 583 | 2 |
| 14 | Thaker,Shivan | 4 | 528 | 3 |
| 15 | Levicky,Natalia | 4 | 510 | 1 |
| 16 | Henriques,Cornell | 4 | 461 | 2 |
| 17 | Leih,Arjun | 4 | 458 | 1 |
| 18 | Yu,Philip | 4 | 385 | 3 |
| 19 | Niu,Mengyuan | 4 | 363 | 1 |
| 20 | Ertel,Jackson | 4 | 356 | 3 |
| 21 | Klein,Liav | 4 | 328 | 4 |
| 22 | Escobar,Gabriel | 4 | 312 | 4 |
| 23 | Catucci,Leonardo | 4 | 293 | 3 |
| 24 | Wilson,Maat | 4 | 275 | 2 |
| 25 | Wilson,Reef | 4 | 242 | 2 |
| 26 | Lodish,Noah | 4 | 228 | 1 |
| 26 | Naughton,Henry | 4 | 228 | 1 |
| 28 | Castillo,Joaquin | 4 | 182 | 1 |
| 29 | Nystedt,Annika | 4 | 162 | 2 |
| 30 | Landauer,Benny | 4 | 161 | 2 |
| 31 | Danese,Carlo | 4 | 144 | 1 |
| 31 | Lomma,Henry | 4 | 144 | 1 |
| 31 | Oliver,Thomas | 4 | 144 | 1 |
| 34 | Rosen,Joshua | 4 | 114 | 1 |
| 35 | Marti,Francisco | 4 | 104 | 2 |
| 35 | Vasquez,Matthew | 4 | 104 | 2 |
| 37 | Chan,Mason | 4 | 91 | 1 |
| 37 | Edelschick,Daniel | 4 | 91 | 1 |
| 37 | Roehrl,Viraya | 4 | 91 | 1 |
| 37 | Wheeler,Alexandra | 4 | 91 | 1 |
| 3rd Grade Leaders | ||||
| Place | Name | Grade | Score | #Events |
| 1 | Low,Anthony | 3 | 2158 | 4 |
| 2 | Dai,Zihou | 3 | 1859 | 7 |
| 3 | Zhou,Audrey | 3 | 1620 | 1 |
| 4 | Kwong,Ethan | 3 | 1548 | 4 |
| 5 | Komaroff,David | 3 | 1413 | 6 |
| 6 | Sethi,Chehan | 3 | 1096 | 2 |
| 7 | Agarwal,Aaryan | 3 | 991 | 3 |
| 8 | Khusainov,Maksim | 3 | 854 | 4 |
| 9 | Seigel,Oscar | 3 | 659 | 2 |
| 10 | Roth,Jacob | 3 | 610 | 3 |
| 11 | Sweet,Benjamin | 3 | 597 | 3 |
| 12 | Song,Ames | 3 | 587 | 4 |
| 13 | Mendiratta,Ishaan | 3 | 377 | 2 |
| 14 | Tantsyura,Joseph | 3 | 363 | 1 |
| 15 | Karanikolaidis,Jack | 3 | 291 | 2 |
| 15 | Kotagiri,Gauttam | 3 | 291 | 2 |
| 17 | Hwangbo,Seon | 3 | 289 | 1 |
| 17 | Milo,Daniel | 3 | 289 | 1 |
| 19 | Berlin,Matthew | 3 | 228 | 1 |
| 19 | Griffin,Daniel | 3 | 228 | 1 |
| 19 | Singh,Samarth | 3 | 228 | 1 |
| 19 | Soll,Alexander | 3 | 228 | 1 |
| 23 | Schneider,Luke | 3 | 182 | 1 |
| 24 | Dhaliwal,Aarav | 3 | 149 | 3 |
| 25 | Dougherty,Reed | 3 | 146 | 2 |
| 26 | Dhaliwal,Aarav | 3 | 144 | 1 |
| 26 | Goldstein,Hayden | 3 | 144 | 1 |
| 26 | Toolan,Graham | 3 | 144 | 1 |
| 29 | Brandt,James | 3 | 114 | 1 |
| 30 | Hofer,Danielle | 3 | 72 | 1 |
| 30 | Magnisalis,Alex | 3 | 72 | 1 |
| 30 | O’reilly,Martin | 3 | 72 | 1 |
| 30 | Sangasani,Sumaitri | 3 | 72 | 1 |
| 30 | Tanaka,Taichi | 3 | 72 | 1 |
| 2nd Grade Leaders | ||||
| Place | Name | Grade | Score | #Events |
| 1 | Coughlin,Patrick | 2 | 1389 | 5 |
| 2 | He,Jason | 2 | 1342 | 5 |
| 3 | Song,Tristan | 2 | 1059 | 5 |
| 4 | Foley,William | 2 | 1008 | 5 |
| 5 | He,Lingwen | 2 | 833 | 3 |
| 6 | Middleton,Christopher | 2 | 659 | 2 |
| 7 | Karish,Matthew | 2 | 652 | 3 |
| 8 | Regelmann,Quinn | 2 | 644 | 3 |
| 9 | Cheng,Noah | 2 | 528 | 3 |
| 10 | Brown,Peter | 2 | 524 | 3 |
| 11 | Catucci,Michelangelo | 2 | 471 | 3 |
| 12 | Galland,Spencer | 2 | 415 | 2 |
| 12 | Rashid,Adam | 2 | 415 | 2 |
| 14 | Zhou,Alvin | 2 | 377 | 2 |
| 15 | Lazlo,Lucas | 2 | 366 | 3 |
| 16 | Umanoff,Luke | 2 | 338 | 4 |
| 17 | Ren,Enhao | 2 | 329 | 2 |
| 18 | Mccarroll,James | 2 | 321 | 2 |
| 19 | Frind,Harrison | 2 | 317 | 4 |
| 20 | Shahbazian,Max | 2 | 295 | 3 |
| 21 | Mezheritskiy,Nathan | 2 | 289 | 1 |
| 21 | Rohrs,Sophie | 2 | 289 | 1 |
| 23 | Kuznetcova,Masha | 2 | 240 | 3 |
| 24 | White,Sebastian | 2 | 237 | 2 |
| 25 | Costanzo,Henri | 2 | 219 | 2 |
| 26 | Bhat,Sahana | 2 | 218 | 2 |
| 27 | Lanson,Evan | 2 | 144 | 1 |
| 27 | Morgenstern,Shai | 2 | 144 | 1 |
| 27 | Stephens,Cole | 2 | 144 | 1 |
| 27 | Stephens,Owen | 2 | 144 | 1 |
| 27 | Whinery,Samuel | 2 | 144 | 1 |
| 32 | Spence,Gehrig | 2 | 114 | 1 |
| 32 | Tetlock,Colin | 2 | 114 | 1 |
| 34 | Finck,Peter | 2 | 91 | 1 |
| 34 | Gu,Bill | 2 | 91 | 1 |
| 34 | Guegan,Gabriel | 2 | 91 | 1 |
| 34 | Otto,Ethan | 2 | 91 | 1 |
| 34 | Xu,Richard | 2 | 91 | 1 |
| 39 | Cylich-Schneider,Isaac | 2 | 72 | 1 |
| 39 | Uzun,Yuneeb | 2 | 72 | 2 |
| K-1 Leaders | ||||
| Place | Name | Grade | Score | #Events |
| 1 | Vaidyanathan,Kannan | 1 | 2840 | 9 |
| 2 | Lantsman,Isaac | K | 2102 | 6 |
| 3 | Day,Landau | K | 1048 | 6 |
| 4 | Cartellieri,Leopold | 1 | 712 | 3 |
| 5 | Romolo,Ryan | 1 | 583 | 2 |
| 6 | Surguladze,Andrew | 1 | 552 | 4 |
| 7 | Gartenlaub,Corin | 1 | 510 | 1 |
| 8 | Rashid,Sami | K | 478 | 3 |
| 9 | Casenas,Luis-Jacob | 1 | 432 | 3 |
| 10 | Carcache,Christian | 1 | 426 | 4 |
| 11 | Zhou,Xuchen | K | 291 | 2 |
| 12 | Orekar,Theodore | 1 | 282 | 3 |
| 13 | Bae,Thomas | 1 | 228 | 1 |
| 13 | Rong,Sean | 1 | 228 | 1 |
| 15 | Lindstrom,James | 1 | 161 | 1 |
| 16 | Daftuar,Avani | 1 | 154 | 2 |
| 17 | Iturralde,Alexi | 1 | 144 | 1 |
| 18 | Henry,James | 1 | 125 | 3 |
| 19 | Raguram,Pranav | 1 | 81 | 1 |
| 20 | Kim,Philip | 1 | 73 | 2 |
| 21 | Dougherty,Rafe | 1 | 64 | 1 |
| 21 | Knowles,Jack | 1 | 64 | 1 |
| 23 | Robison,Ryan | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| 24 | Dawson,Maximus | 1 | 32 | 1 |