The LPS Chess Tournament was held on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at Newton Middle School. 215 students participated, and participants ranged in age from kindergarten through eighth grade! This made for 107 simultaneous games in all five rounds of the non-elimination tournament. 

Individual Winners

K–1 Division
1st Place: Joshua North -- Sandburg Elementary
2nd Place: Vincent Redabaugh -- Ford Elementary
3rd Place: Brooks Fraser -- Littleton Academy
4th Place: Cooper Schulte -- Gaskill Elementary
5th Place: Diego Rojo -- Ford Elementary
6th Place: Violetta Elovikova -- Gaskill Elementary
7th Place: Ivan Sienknecht -- Sandburg Elementary
8th Place: Aiden Davydov -- Runyon Elementary

2nd Grade Division
1st Place: Evan Winkle -- Littleton Preparatory
2nd Place: Andrew Liffrig -- Gaskill Elementary
3rd Place tie: Corbin Connolly -- Sandburg Elementary; Nolan Low -- Runyon Elementary
4th Place: Avery Bernier -- Runyon Elementary
5th Place: Ellis Eymer -- Gaskill Elementary
6th Place: Oscar Vincenzo Alcalde -- Sandburg Elementary
7th Place: Owen Hendrix -- Gaskill Elementary
8th Place tie: Camden Marshall -- Moody Elementary; David Christensen -- Lenski Elementary

3rd Grade Division
1st Place: Quinn Russell -- Littleton Preparatory
2nd Place: Barrett Halsey -- Wilder Elementary
3rd Place: Jack Pierce -- East Elementary
4th Place: Graeme Cook -- Ford Elementary
5th Place: Arlo Wilkoff -- Hopkins Elementary
6th Place: Callum Lush -- Littleton Academy
7th Place: Riley Pace -- Sandburg Elementary
8th Place: Asher Agin -- Ford Elementary

4th Grade Division
1st Place: Jurgis Rumsa -- Ford Elementary
2nd Place: TJ McEwen -- Runyon Elementary
3rd Place: Kai Schulte -- Gaskill Elementary
4th Place: Foster DelMastro -- Lenski Elementary
5th Place: Matias Garcia -- Gaskill Elementary
6th Place: Sean Warden -- Littleton Academy
7th Place: Norah Randolph -- Gaskill Elementary
8th Place: Kate Clas -- Runyon Elementary

5th Grade Division
1st Place: Shankar Parasuram --Littleton Academy
2nd Place: Advaita Thulipala -- Hopkins Elementary
3rd Place: Adam Cohrs -- Ford Elementary
4th Place: Jolie Midtbo -- Gaskill Elementary
5th Place: Ben Minerly -- Gaskill Elementary
6th Place: Jake Schnakenberg -- Wilder Elementary
7th Place: Chase Wilcox -- Lenski Elementary
8th Place: Titus Brower -- Littleton Academy

6–8 Division
1st Place: Sam Sweetman --Newton
2nd Place: Maggie Usagani -- Powell
3rd Place: Jacob Segal -- Newton
4th Place: Weston Sprague -- Powell
5th Place: Jackson Thomsen -- Euclid
6th Place: Finian Collins -- Newton
7th Place: Grant Brandberg -- Powell
8th Place: Peter Dodge -- Euclid

Outstanding Sportsmanship Awards

K–1 Division
Helena Dubrowski -- Moody Elementary
Scarlett Montano -- Runyon Elementary

2nd Grade
Corbin Connolly -- Sandburg Elementary
Truth Hirschfield -- Gaskill Elementary

3rd Grade
Landon Rosenthal -- Gaskill Elementary
Isiah Tafoya -- Gaskill Elementary

4th Grade
Gage Svigel -- Gaskill Elementary
Beckett Stewart -- Runyon Elementary

5th Grade
Connor Hassman -- Wilder Elementary
Bryce Pedrin -- Hopkins Elementary

6–8th Grade
Grant Brandberg -- Powell
Kiara Lee Larsen -- Newton

School Winners

K–1 Division
1st Place: Gaskill Elementary
2nd Place: Littleton Academy
3rd Place tie: Sandburg Elementary; Ford Elementary

2nd Grade
1st Place: Gaskill Elementary
2nd Place: Runyon Elementary
3rd Place: Sandburg Elementary

3rd Grade
1st Place: Gaskill Elementary
2nd Place: Ford Elementary
3rd Place: Runyon Elementary

4th Grade
1st Place: Gaskill Elementary
2nd Place: Runyon Elementary
3rd Place: Lenski Elementary

5th Grade
1st Place: Littleton Academy
2nd Place: Gaskill Elementary
3rd Place: Hopkins Elementary

6–8th Grade
1st Place: Newton
2nd Place: Powell
3rd Place: Euclid

A huge THANK YOU to Newton Middle School for the use of their facility; all the GT and Newton staff who worked to keep things running smoothly; Jeanne Hildreth; Lior Lapid, our tournament master; and all the coaches from PALS Chess Academy! Also a special thanks to our high school volunteers David Reck, Roman White, and Wyn Smith from LHS; and Eli Cohrs, Scarlet Sloss, and Drew Schlauch from AHS who helped our players with disputes and results. It was a great day!