Abington Senior High School’s Chess Team competed at the United States Chess Federation’s National Scholastic Championship in Atlanta, Georgia last week. Through the seven grueling rounds, the team brought home two team trophies and three individual trophies.
The Ghosts’ team of Dennis Phan, Timmy Ferry, Micah Cheng, and Brian Ouzomgi placed 5th among 63 teams competing in the u1200 section.
Abington’s u1600 team of Alek Sherstyuk, Nathanael Cheng, Andrew Nolan, and Sasha Serebriiskii placed 15th among 54 teams competing.
As individual players Dennis Phan took 11th place in the u1200. Timmy Ferry took 19th place in the u1200. Amin Mojarad placed 8th in the unrated section.