CHESS SCHOLARSHIPS
PromotING Chess and Academic Excellence
The NSCF awards scholarships to its enrichment programs on the basis of need so that every child with an interest has the opportunity to learn chess. Traditionally, these are administered by the PTA chess coordinator at each school and are funded by the PTA or by donations to the NSCF.
The NSCF also recognizes excellence in chess and education by co-sponsoring, along with the US Chess Trust, the National Scholar Chessplayer Awards.
The Scholar-Chessplayer Awards recognize high school juniors and seniors who excel in chess, academics, and leadership, and thus promote a positive image of chess. In 2022, a new category, Scholastic Chess Ambassador, was added to acknowledge lower-rated but deserving chess scholars. These scholarships are open to players from across the United States and are announced each fall by US Chess. The awards are presented on the final day of the National High School (K-12) Chess Championship each Spring.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCHOLAR CHESSPLAYERS
2024
CM Jack Heller, IL
IM Ming Lu, CA
IM Sandeep Sethuraman, AZ
NM Alexander Rutten, GA
WIM Ellen Wang, NY
Ambassador
Laurel Aronian, NY
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2023
IM Arthur Guo, GA
NM Aditya Gupta, IL
IM Maximillian Lu, CT
IM Jason Wang, OH
NM Eugene Yoo, NY
Ambassador
Gaayathri Binoj, MO
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2022
GM Andrew Hong, CA
FM Robert Shlyakhtenko, CA
FM Vincent Tsay, NY
IM Justin Wang, TX
Kevin Xu, KS
Ambassadors
Nikolaus Peter Garcia, TX Madeline Libby Weber, WI
2021
NM Destiny Keuchel, OH
FM Christopher Shen, OH
FM Wesley Wang, NY
WCM Iris Zhou, MO
WIM Evelyn Zhu, NY
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2020
Praveen Balakrishnan, VA
David Brodsky, NY
Akira Wood Nakada, NY
Kimberly Liu, CA
Annie Wang, CA
2019
Forest Chen, Knoxville, TN
Albert Liang, Marietta, GA
Emily Nguyen, Austin, TX
Jennifer Yu, Ashburn, VA
Howard Zhong, Norman, OK
2018
Abhimanyu Banerjee, FL
Maggie Feng, OH
Craig Hilby, CA
Seth Talyansky, OR
Andrew Tang, MN
2017
Ethan Li, NY
Zhaozhi (George) Li, IL
Prateek Pinisetti, AZ
Joshua Sheng, CA
Warren Wang, NY
2016
Safal Bora, MI
Agata Bykovtsev, CA
Akshat Chandra, NJ
Daniel Gurevich, GA
Christopher Yang, PA
2015
Jackson Chen, CO
Rachel Gologorsky, FL
Simone Liao, CA
Akshay Malhotra, TX
Darwin Yang, TX
2014
Jeevan Karamsetty, VA
Varun Krishnan, CA
Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, NY
Arthur Shen, NJ
Atulya Shetty, MI
2013
Miles Hinson, NY
Anna Matlin, NJ
Kevin Mo, PA
Benjamin Tong, CA
Thomas Ulrich, WI
2012
Yang Dai, VA
Joshua Mu, NC
Andrew Ng, NJ
Jesse Orlowski, CA
Alexandra Weiner, CT
2011
Chaz Daly, FL
Andrew Ng, NJ
Eigen Wang, NY
Kevin Zhang, AZ
Andrew Shvartsman, NJ
2010
Rohan Agarwal, CA
Richard Herbst, CO
Abby Marshall, VA
Jake Miller, NY
Victor Shen, NJ
2009
Adithya Balasubramanian, VA
Robert Lau, HI
Haotian Zheng, CT
Michael Thaler, NY
Troy Daly, FL
2008
Sarkis Agaian, NY
Jonathan Cox, AZ
Benjamin Marmont, AZ
Michael Sobin, NJ
Adam Weser, NY