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Chess Team Wins Multiple State Awards
Congratulations to the Atkins Chess team on a great championship weekend. The Blitz team won the state championship runner up spot on Friday night with a team made up of Chris Layman, Alek Janjua, Tyler Eisenbraun, Vikas Sarvasya. Over the weekend, the team clinched the state championship runner-up spot in the 'U" 1500 division, also. Top point getters were Lindsey Li, Chris Layman, Alek Janjua, Max Chen, Robbie Fus, Tyler Eisenbraun, Amari Smith and Ojas Bharwadwaj. Also, finishing in third place individually was Lindsay Li, and Chris Layman and Alek Janjua both tied for 10th place. And lastly, in Bughouse Saturday night Vikas Sarvasya and Ojas Bharwadwaj tied for second. Great job to the entire team.