The National K-12 Grade Championships took place in Orlando, Florida, USA from the 3rd of December to the 5th December. The event boasted a total attendance of 1725 preregistered players, the highest total since 2003. 289 players competed in the blitz portion of the event, an increase of 79 players since last year. In the K-12 blitz, Andrew Liu from Massachusetts emerged victorious, while Arai Gordon Lee from Kansas won the K-6 Blitz portion.
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John Gabriel Ludwig (2414) from Florida is victorious in a field of 83 participants, scoring an almost perfect 6.5/7 points. Sam Lander Cabrera Capocyan (2217) from Texas secures silver; William Graif (2239) from New York wins the bronze, with both of them having 6 points in 7 games.
Full Standings
| No. | Name | St | Rate | Pts |
| 1 | Ludwig, John Gabriel | FL | 2414 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Capocyan, Sam Lander Cabrera | TX | 2217 | 6 |
| 3 | Graif, William | NY | 2239 | 6 |
| 4 | Li, Ethan | NY | 2343 | 5.5 |
| 5 | Karp, Eli M | LA | 1974 | 5.5 |
| 6 | Cremisi, Daniel Josef | NC | 2241 | 5 |
| 7 | He, Tommy | TX | 2292 | 5 |
| 8 | Pinisetti, Prateek | AZ | 2084 | 5 |
| 9 | Bronfeyn, Daniel | IL | 2103 | 5 |
| 10 | Wu, Gary | FL | 1911 | 5 |
| 11 | Wang, Warren | NY | 2159 | 5 |
| 12 | Moazami, Amir | NY | 2099 | 5 |
| 13 | Davis, Diante | NY | 1862 | 5 |
| 14 | Davis III, Tyrone | NY | 2034 | 5 |
| 15 | Dhar, Swarup | NY | 1725 | 5 |
| 16 | Rychkov, Roman | NJ | 1968 | 4.5 |
| 17 | Avirneni, Saithanusri | GA | 1797 | 4.5 |
| 18 | Mason, Samuel Reed | UT | 1919 | 4.5 |
| 19 | Marquez Pereira, Juan Eduardo | FL | 2117 | 4.5 |
| 20 | Keisler, Philip Gomory | MD | 1726 | 4.5 |
| 21 | Gilman, Gershon | MA | 1516 | 4.5 |
| 22 | Stoyanovich, Brandon | FL | 1839 | 4 |
| 23 | Lau, Jonathan Christopher | FL | 1954 | 4 |
| 24 | Regassa, Daniel | NY | 1394 | 4 |
| 25 | Yu, Zachary | NY | 1852 | 4 |
| 26 | Ashbel, Zachary | FL | 1494 | 4 |
| 27 | Breskin, Nicklas | NY | 1841 | 4 |
| 28 | Hinds, Ethan | FL | 1645 | 4 |
| 29 | Wnek, James Patrick Sheridan | FL | 1624 | 4 |
| 30 | Reeder, Charlie Parker | NY | 1724 | 4 |
| 31 | Tammara, Maanas Raghav | PA | 1595 | 4 |
| 32 | Barayev, Jacob | NY | 1500 | 4 |
| 33 | Dalhouse, Tristan | NY | 1835 | 4 |
| 34 | Peters, Shaina I | NY | 1699 | 4 |
| 35 | Wheelock, Charlie | LA | 1587 | 4 |
| 36 | Draganoff, Daniel | NJ | 1555 | 4 |
| 37 | Pointer, John Michael | FL | 1222 | 4 |
| 38 | Perkins, Josiah | OR | 1672 | 3.5 |
| 39 | Flores, Michael | NJ | 1148 | 3.5 |
| 40 | Illukpitiya, Binula Hansaja | TN | 1709 | 3.5 |
| 41 | Gubbins, Philip | FL | 1388 | 3.5 |
| 42 | Dreizen, Rose | NY | 1683 | 3.5 |
| 43 | Johnson, Keith | NJ | 1554 | 3.5 |
| 44 | Stallard, Thomas Michael | FL | 1286 | 3.5 |
| 45 | Chirino, Kendrick | FL | 1184 | 3.5 |
| 46 | Rodriguez, Daniel | FL | 1021 | 3.5 |
| 47 | Gutta, Sajan Jai | FL | 1626 | 3 |
| 48 | Esposito, Anthony | NJ | 1338 | 3 |
| 49 | Lai, Jasen | OH | 1822 | 3 |
| 50 | Sorrentino, Marc | NJ | 1383 | 3 |
| 51 | Yurgel, Stefek | NY | 1571 | 3 |
| 52 | Skelton, Kenneth Alan | NJ | 968 | 3 |
| 53 | Sanchez, Jose M | FL | 1327 | 3 |
| 54 | Utsey, Zion | DC | 1179 | 3 |
| 55 | Williams, Joshua | CO | 1367 | 3 |
| 56 | Fitzgerald, Brendan Joseph | NJ | 1282 | 3 |
| 57 | Witt, Lachlan | NJ | 1283 | 3 |
| 58 | Hakkenberg, Christopher | NJ | 1319 | 3 |
| 59 | Bermudez, John-Gabriel Diego | NJ | 871 | 3 |
| 60 | Madarang, Lance Paolo | FL | 1023 | 3 |
| 61 | Notaro, Matthew Yung-Hoon | NJ | 906 | 3 |
| 62 | Sibbitt, Camille | FL | 1454 | 2.5 |
| 63 | Alvarez, Fernando | FL | 1136 | 2.5 |
| 64 | Martinez, Jose | FL | 354 | 2.5 |
| 65 | Rizzo, Steven | PA | 745 | 2.5 |
| 66 | Bustinza, Izaac Ian | TX | 1421 | 2.5 |
| 67 | Olivas, Savannah | FL | 1048 | 2.5 |
| 68 | Fischer, Jordan | FL | 2.5 | |
| 69 | Haberkorn, John | FL | 946 | 2 |
| 70 | Garcia, Megan | FL | 1186 | 2 |
| 71 | Chin, William Timothy | NY | 1340 | 2 |
| 72 | Gilbride, Michael | NJ | 904 | 2 |
| 73 | Miles, Anderson | NY | 949 | 2 |
| 74 | Gomez, Francisco | FL | 891 | 2 |
| 75 | Dalton, Andrew Ernest | NJ | 936 | 2 |
| 76 | Greene, Carson Robert | GA | 2 | |
| 77 | Quevedo, Leonardo | FL | 2 | |
| 78 | Greenwald Jr, Thomas Andrew | NJ | 704 | 2 |
| 79 | Lopez, Carolina L | FL | 146 | 1.5 |
| 80 | Colon, Brian | FL | 533 | 1 |
| 81 | Shivdat, Shawn Shiamkarran | GA | 1 | |
| 82 | Jokhai, Jonathan | GA | 0 |