Community School District Ten Chess Teams attended the following National Torunaments in three different sections: High School, Junior high School, and Elementary. Within each Section there are different levels according to their rating.

Rating is a player's strength measurement done by the U.S. Chess Federation. A higher rating means a harder section.

School Teams and individuals are lilsted according to the section they played at the Nationals.

1. High School Level
   National High School (K-12) Chess Championship
   March 21-23, 2003 Columbus, Ohio

   MS 45

   Section K-12 Under 1500
   Frankie Lospoto, Musa Alioski, Jon Speller. The Team achieved 31st Place with only three instead of four players.

   Section K-12 Under 1200
   Anthony Stoddart (17th Place Individual), Dhanwandai Sahadeo, Tulsidai Sahadeo, Nelson Betancourt, Codey Pinero, Crystal Tuck, Bardh Jahjaga, Juan Azcona, Ernesto Tobar, Felix Feliciano. Team: 8th Place.

   Section K-12 Under 900
   Roman Mendez (1st Place under 700), Arben Besimoski (3rd Place under 500), Louis Romain, Leo Muniz, Jose Santiago, Steven Mesa. Team: 16th Place.

   It's nice to see that former National Champions from MS45 Continue practicing chess. Deyvi Ortiz and Trieu Nguyen were two top players in the Clinton High School Team that achieved 21st place in the Secion K-12 Under 1200.

   PS/MS 3

   Section K-12 Under 1200
   Andres Torres, David Galvan, James Roberts.

   Section K-12 Under 900
   Harmarie Lebron, Joshua Acquaye, Gilvert Rosa, David Rivera. Team: 10th Place. This is the first time they played at the High School level at Nationals.

2. Junior High School Level
   National Junior High (K-9) Chess Championship
   April 25-27, 2003 Kissimmee, Florida

   MS 118

   Section K-8 Championship
   Evan Alvarez(14th Place Individual), Tolulupe Oladela (3rd Place Under 1400), Brian Singh, Akil Griffiths, Christian Rodriguez, Joshua Soto, Medina Parilla, Tanisha Millan. Team: 4th Place.

   Section K-8 Under 1250
   Calvin McEachron (8th Place Under 1250), Jay Calvo, Lisa Baccus, Mohammed Sadiq. Team: 7th Place.

   This school also attended the 2002 K-12 Scholastic Chess Championship in Atlanta, Georgia on December 13-15, 2002. Results:

   Sixth grade: Medina Parilla (19th Place Individual), Tanisha Millan, Tolulupe Oladele. Team: 1st Place.

   Seventh grade: Christian Rodriguez (1st Place under 1400), Akil Griffiths, Calvin McEachron. Team: 2nd Place.

   Eight grade: Evan Alvarez (13th Place), Brian Singh, Mohammed Sadiq, Jay Calvo, Patryk Odedina, George Odedina. Team: 3rd Place.

   PS 15

   Section K-8 Under 1250
   Manuel de la Cruz (8th under 1050), Salvador Gonzalez, Juan Liriano, Anthony Javier, Jomar Quintana. Team: 14th Place (14-15 same score).

   Section K-8 Under 1000
   Edgar Reojas (3rd Under 600), Terrence Peters, Julio Baez, Victor Pelaez, Amanda Delgado, Christian Rohor. Team: 13th Place (13-17 same score).

   PS 159

   Section K-8 Under 750
   Luis Ramos (45th Place - honorable Mention), Andrew Pinto (3rd Place Unrated), Angel Pinto, Andrew Osorio, Fernando Martinez, Kenneth Interiano, Crystal Roman, Mario Tlatelpa, Manuel Lopez. Team: 9th Place.

3. Elementary Level
   National Elementary (K-6) Chess Championship
   May 8-11, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee

   PS 291

   Section K-5 Championship
   Domonic Davis

   Section K-3 Championship
   Jonathan Custodio

   Section K-5 Under 900
   Dashawn Youmans, Ulises Benscome, Victor Melendez, Jose Taveras, Jhoroly Cruz. Team: 13th Place.

   Section K-3 Under 800
   Bao Nguyen (4th Place), Kelvin Oppong (20th Place), Branchy Perez, Scarlett Sanchez, Joseph Lucero. Team: 3rd Place.

   PS 279

   Section K-6 Under 1000
   Zihad Uddin (11th Place), Jordan La Marche (3rd Place unrated), Mahfuzur Miah and Shebab Hassan (25th Place - 36 players achieved the same score), Amir Uddin, Fatema Elias. Team: 3rd Place.

   PS 37

   Section K-5 Under 1000
   Anthony Konkowski (9th Place Individual). There was no team; he was the only player from this school.

The year 2002-2003 at the National Level,
Community School District Ten achieved
13 Team Trophies and 19 Individual Trophies
with 8 schools that went to Nationals.