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JSC2008-E-121222 (May 2008) --- Students and coaches associated with the 2008 National Elementary School Chess Championship team from Stevenson Elementary School, Bellevue, Wash., pose with their trophies, which were awarded for games played last May in Pittsburgh, PA. The event had over 2,100 participants, who were divided into seven different groups, including four "championship" groups (one each for sixth grade and under, fifth grade and under, third grade and under, and kindergarten/first grade; and three groups for players not deemed competitive with the participants in the four top sections). Only 11 of the pictured 16 players are participating in this event now, as five of them were in the fifth grade last spring and have been graduated to middle school. NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, will meet his key opponents in the ongoing Earth vs. space chess match on Oct. 9 in an interactive event from space with the Stevenson students. On the front row are current participants. They are, left to right, Kevin Ma, Nathan Chou, Eric Chen, Kumho Chun, Daniel Hua, Kevin Qiu, Stephen Embry, Amith Vanmane, Patrick Wang and Jiayi Hu. In the middle row are the May participants who have moved out of eligibility. They are, left to right, Brandon Wang, Allen Yuan, Robert Zhang, Grace Sun, Leanne Hwa and Brian Yu. On the back row are the coaches, David Hendricks (left) and Harlan Lee. Not pictured are Nikolai Warner and kindergartener Jeffrey Yan along with Coach Elliott Neff. Photo Credit: Stevenson Elementary School Chess Club
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