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Oak Ridge students advance to state chess championship

Posted at 10:39 am January 31, 2017
By Gilbert Chan Leave a Comment

More than 100 students from 35 schools and home school groups in East Tennessee competed in the Tennessee Chess Association regional tournament at Oak Ridge High School on January 28.

Forty-two of the 115 participants represented schools in Oak Ridge: Jefferson Middle School, Linden Elementary School, Oak Ridge High School, Robertsville Middle School, St. Mary’s, Willow Brook Elementary School, and Woodland Elementary School. Those who qualified for the state tournament to be held February 18 at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville are:

Oak Ridge High School

  • Justin Blanchard,
  • Andrew Brady,
  • Andrew Chan, and
  • Steven Qu

Jefferson Middle School

  • Jack Biewer and
  • Brian Qu

Linden Elementary School

  • Jingxian Wang

This press release was submitted by Gilbert Chan.

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Andrew Brady, Andrew Chan, Brian Qu, chess, chess championship, Jack Biewer, Jefferson Middle School, Jingxian Wang, Justin Blanchard, Linden Elementary School, Oak Ridge High School, Robertsville Middle School, St. Mary's, state chess championship, Steven Qu, Tennessee Chess Association, Willow Brook Elementary School, Woodland Elementary School

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