Veterans Day 2026 Scholastic Sectional Tournament Report

Written by Anthony Miranda

The Hawaii Chess Federation hosted its Veterans Day Scholastic Sectional tournament on Wednesday, November 11th, at Washington Middle School. The tournament consisted of five rounds of chess played at a time control of G/45+5 (45 minutes per player with a 5-second increment) and included 164 student participants and 9 adult players as well.

After a long and exciting day of chess, there were multiple stand-out performances: Samson Bastiaanse from Manoa Elementary School and Dylan Rich from Voyager Public Charter School tied for first place in the K-3 division with scores of 4.5; Max Narimasu from Punahou School and Stanley Zhou from Hokulani Elementary School tied for first place in the K-5 division with perfect scores of 5.0; Keaton Yu from ʻIolani School and Nova Galanto from Mililani Middle School tied for first place in the K-8 division with perfect scores of 5.0; and Aurelia White from the Homeschool team, Connor Lopez from Punahou School, and Noah Cheng from Assets School all tied for first place in the K-12 division with scores of 4.0.

In the team competition, first place winners included: Punahou School (K-3 and K-5), ‘Iolani School (K-8), and the Homeschool team (K-12).

We also had 9 adult players competing in two quads. Winners included: Drake Davidson and and David Schmidt.

Congratulations to our winners and to all participants for their hard work and dedication to chess! Our next tournament will take place on Saturday, December 5th, at Washington Middle School - we look forward to seeing you there!

 

Primary School (k-3) Prize Winners

Team Awards:

  1. Punahou School (11.0)

  2. Manoa Elementary School (9.0)

  3. Kamehameha Schools (8.5)

Individual Awards:

  1. Samson Bastiaanse (4.5)

  2. Dylan Rich (4.5)

  3. Hana Granger (4.0)

Elementary School (k-5) Prize Winners

Team Awards:

  1. Punahou School (11.5)

  2. Kamehameha Schools (9.5)

  3. Laie School (9.0)

Individual Awards:

  1. Max Narimasu (5.0)

  2. Stanley Zhou (5.0)

  3. Anu-Ujin Bazargur (4.0)

Middle School (k-8) Prize Winners

Team Awards:

  1. ʻIolani School (11.0)

  2. Homeschool (10.0)

  3. Hawaii Baptist Academy (9.5)

Individual Awards:

  1. Keaton Yu (5.0)

  2. Nova Galanto (5.0)

  3. Lucas Kendall (4.0)

High School (k-12) Prize Winners

Team Awards:

  1. Homeschool (9.5)

  2. ‘Iolani School (9.0)

  3. Kalani High School (7.5)

Individual Awards:

  1. Aurelia White (4.0)

  2. Connor Lopez (4.0)

  3. Noah Cheng (4.0)

Adult Prize Winners

Quad #2

  1. David Schmidt (3.0)

Quad #1

  1. Drake Davidson (2.5)

Team Standings

Individual Standings

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