Congratulations to the Varsity Chess Team. This past Saturday, they defeated the High Tech 2 team in the championship match of the annual Knights of Columbus Tournament by a score of 4-1 to become the champions of the 2020 Knights of Columbus Tournament!! The Varsity Team finished the day with a record of 4 and 0 and High Tech has now won the tournament for the 6th straight year!! Jason Yan was named the tournament MVP. In addition to Jason, the varsity team consisted of Aditya Baireddy, Abhinav Ramidi, Justin Guo and Alexander Postovskiy (Pictured below on the left).

The High Tech 2 team also had an excellent day. They were able to pull off a stunning draw against number 2 seed - St Joseph HS - in the second round. The draw against St Joseph HS and Kyle DiMaggio’s upset win in the final match propelled High Tech 2 to 3rd place in the tournament. High Tech 2 consisted of: Andy Zhang, Andrew Eng, Winston Li, Kyle DiMaggio and Hazem Zaky (Pictured below on the right). They finished the day with a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Representing High Tech 3 in the tournament were: Pranav Gaka, Andrew Somers, John Szumowski and Annika Sharp.

Congratulations to all the players!!