Grade Nationals; James Black climbs towards 2200

James Black in an Endgame Clothing t shirt. 

I leave on Thursday for Grade Nationals in Orlando, FL, where IS 318 will attempt to defend our 6th and 7th grade titles, and improve on last year's 2nd place finish in 8th grade. Last year's Sixth Grade Champion James Black will attempt to defend his title also, although that section is super strong with 5 players over 2000: Justus Williams (2218), Josh Colas (2137), Michael Ainsworth (2034) and Isaac Barayev (2018). James, who is currently at 2173, is close to his goal of making 2200 and breaking the record (again) for youngest African American master. The title is presently held by IS 318's top board, Justus Williams, who recently broke the record by 3 years (15 yrs to 12 yrs).

Here is the IS 318 Grade Nationals contingent

6th grade

Markus Pond (1327 but currently 1550)

Tera Ab Feaster (1234)

Anthony Asseviro (1243) 

7th grade:

 

Justus Williams             2218

James Black                 2173

Isaac Barayev              2034

Vaughn Soso                1578

Kenneth Martin            1551

Alex Bradford             1484

Maya McGreen            1483

Matthew Kluska          1480

Mariah McGreen          1466

Rashawn Baldwin         1381

Kevin Dominguez         1363

Otto Schatz                 1320

Kamil Chmilewski         1273

Anita Maksimiuk          1269

Yuxin Zhuo                   1122

8th grade

Danny Feng                  1924

Joel Ogunremi             1864

David Kim                   1771

Rashawn Williams         1762

Randy Rivera                1735

Jermaine Cooper          1694

John Garcia                  1677

D'andrea Dey                1667 

Aleem Awan                1635

Rhoda Lynch                1618

Lukasz Fron                   1494

Follow our tournament progress this weekend here.