In a great note to finish off a super year, the Atkins Chess Team competed at the Supernationals Chess event the weekend of May 9 - 11 in Orlando. Every four years, the high school, middle school, and elementary national championships are all held at the same location, and this year's event was in Florida.
After winning back-to-back state championships, players were primed to take their game to national competition. Atkins fielded two teams, with its top two players in the U1600 division: Kritarth Mishra and Joel Kindy brought home a 19th place trophy, even though they only had two players, with Mishra finishing ninth in the individual standings.
The other team (seen below) finished as the 11th place team in the U1200 division:
