Presidents’ Day 2026 Scholastic Open Tournament Report
The Hawaii Chess Federation hosted its Presidents’ Day 2026 Scholastic Open tournament on Monday, February 16th, at Washington Middle School. The tournament, which consisted of six rounds of chess played at a time control of G/30+5 (30 minutes per player with a 5-second increment), included 129 student participants and 15 adult players.
After a long and exciting day of chess, there were a number stand-out performances: Aiden Mansanas from Kamehameha Schools won the K-8 Novice division with a perfect score of 6.0; and Skylor Chan from Punahou School won the K-12 Open division with a perfect score of 6.0. In the team competition, the Homeschool Team won the K-8 Novice division while Punahou School took first place in the K-12 Open division.
Congratulations to our winners and to all participants for their hard work and dedication to chess! Our next tournament will be the State Scholastic Championships, taking place on Saturday, March 7th, at Washington Middle School - we look forward to seeing you there!
k-8 Novice Section Prize Winners
Team Awards:
Homeschool (14.0)
Kamehameha Schools (13.0)
Punahou School (13.0)
Top 3 Overall:
Aiden Mansanas (6.0)
Ta’Imua Satterfield (5.0)
Joseph Roeder (5.0)
Top 3 - Grades 6-8:
Kai Sala (4.5)
Violet White (4.5)
Tony Nguyen (4.0)
Top 3 - Grades 3-5:
Lucas Zhu (5.0)
Wenxuan Zhu (5.0)
Enzo Yee (4.0)
Top 3 - Grades K-2:
Koa Vanvelzer (4.0)
Jiwon Choi (3.5)
Lawton Lam (3.0)
k-12 Open Prize Winners
Team Awards:
Punahou School (14.5)
‘Iolani School (12.5)
Homeschool (12.5)
Top 3 Overall:
Skylor Chan (6.0)
J.P. Bennett (5.0)
Lawrence Zhao (5.0)
Top 3 - Grades 9-12:
Drew Arakaki (5.0)
Aurelia White (4.5)
Connor Lopez (4.5)
Top 3 - Grades 6-8:
Esmund Pang (4.5)
Kuliakapono Shirota-Kapalu (4.0)
Anthony Banh (4.0)
Top 3 - Grades 3-5:
Alphaeus Tse (4.0)
Max Narimasu (4.0)
Jian Choi (4.0)
Grades K-2:
Axel Gaetano (3.0)
Lucas Jansson (3.0)
Jaxon Choi (3.0)
Adult Quad Winners
Group A - Christopher Bueno and Matthew Washington
Group B - Leo Domingo
Group C - Afik Jones
Individual Standings
Team Standings
