Chess News and Media Archive

The Dalton Chess Team broke national and Dalton records as the leading and largest school team in history at the recent National Scholastic Chess Tournament in Orlando (Grades K-12). Special congrats to individual National Champions Gus Huston '24, Nate Shuman '24, Sumit Dhar '23, and Marcus Miyasaka '21 and to the Grade 7, Kindergarten, K-12 Blitz Championship teams. As a fellow coach from California said, "It's very hard to be in the top ten, but to have nine in the top three is staggering."

Dalton girls achieved another great success for the Dalton Chess Program. From April 20-22, sixteen Dalton girls traveled to Chicago to participate in the 15th Annual All-Girls National Chess Championship. The Dalton team included girls from Kindergarten to Grade 7, who competed over three days against almost 500 other accomplished girls from throughout the U.S. Dalton competed with three teams at the Under 8, Under 10, and Under 14 categories, playing nearly 100 games collectively.