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Saturday 96 students participated in the Warsaw Chess Club tournament at Edgewood Middle School, Warsaw.
The tournament had four divisions: kindergarten to grade two, grade three, grades four and five and grades six to eight.
Students from 10 of Warsaw's 13 schools participated in the tournament (Atwood, Claypool, Eisenhower, Harrison, Jefferson, Leesburg, Silver Lake, Washington, Edgewood and Lakeview).
The tournament was sponsored by the Warsaw Community Foundation for Public Education Inc., which seeks as one of its goals to expand academic competitions.
All participants played five games. Results are: kindergarten to grade two: first place, A.J. Jansen (Harrison); second, Caleb Morris (Harrison); third, Zeb McCollom (Leesburg); fourth, Jackson Wagner (Harrison); fifth, Zack Rooker (Washington).
Grade three: first, Erika Jansen (Harrison); second, Hayden Missos (Eisenhower); third, Scott Smyth (Eisenhower); fourth, Erik Sawyer (Jefferson); fifth, Austin Highlen (Eisenhower).
Grades four and five: first, Max Heckert (Harrison); second, Steven Couture (Harrison); third, Kyle Wuchter (Eisenhower); fourth, Cody Rummer (Atwood); fifth, Jon Snyder (Leesburg).
Grades six to eight: first, Enrique Crawford (Edgewood); second, Caleb Breske (Edgewood); third, Danny Bussell (Edgewood); fourth, Brent Harman (Harrison); fifth, Michael Reinholt (Harrison).
Warsaw chess clubs meet once a week at their individual schools with a collective meeting once a month at a host school. All students are welcome to join their school's chess club.
