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Goochland, VA  23063

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  Manchester Middle School Wins 2005 State Title

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Manchester Middle School Chess Team
2005 Virginia Middle School Chess Champions
Back row, left to right: Brett James, Ian Tomlin, Danny Morton
Middle row, left to right: Erin Bradner, Trent McLees, Chase Kiddy, Oliver Goodridge, Carson Wang
Front row, left to right: Ted Tanner, Eric Most, Taylor Jaszewski, Sean Alexander
Photograph by Brian Sumner

At the 2005 Virginia Scholastic Chess Championship in Yorktown, Virginia on March 12-13, middle school chess teams from across Virginia competed for top honors.  At the conclusion, the hard-fighting chess team from Manchester Middle School emerged victorious to take home the 1st place trophy.  Their top four players combined to equal the 2004 championship score of 19.0 points, winning the title by by 2.5 points over the 2nd place team.

Click here to view the final standings.

In addition, three team members took home individual trophies.  Eric Most won 4th place, Carson Wang finished in 5th place, and Brett James earned 8th place, all three players scoring 5 of 6 points.

Click here to view photos from the state tournament.

The 2005 victory was not by chance, since the Manchester team won the state championship in 2004 as well.  In the 2003-4 and 2004-5 seasons, Manchester Middle School won every tournament they entered as a team: nine tournaments in 2003-4 and eight tournaments (as of March 14) in 2004-5.

 

  
 
 
   

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