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.
Sumit Dhar (1865) from New York took the gold medal with a convincing 6.5 points in 7 games. Daniel Hung (2094) from Texas takes second place, while Raghav Venkat (1930) from Florida takes third, both with 6 points.
Final Standings
| No. | Name | St | Rate | Pts |
| 1 | Dhar, Sumit | NY | 1865 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Hung, Daniel | TX | 2094 | 6 |
| 3 | Venkat, Raghav | FL | 1930 | 6 |
| 4 | Poliannikov, Danila | MA | 1906 | 6 |
| 5 | Wang, Shawn | PA | 1843 | 6 |
| 6 | Zelner, Zoe | FL | 1537 | 6 |
| 7 | Tien, Sophie | WA | 1321 | 6 |
| 8 | Zhu, Harvey | TX | 1896 | 6 |
| 9 | Yang, Andy | VT | 1682 | 6 |
| 10 | Hawthorn, Henry | TX | 1830 | 5.5 |
| 11 | Yan, Zachary | NY | 1554 | 5.5 |
| 12 | Liu, Leonardo | NY | 1663 | 5.5 |
| 13 | Su, Kenneth | AZ | 1853 | 5.5 |
| 14 | Peng, Andrew | CA | 1923 | 5 |
| 15 | Saxena, Anish | NY | 1620 | 5 |
| 16 | Yoo, Eugene | NY | 1806 | 5 |
| 17 | Singh, Keshav | FL | 1753 | 5 |
| 18 | Hood, Avery | NY | 1742 | 5 |
| 19 | Xia, Jason | NY | 1572 | 5 |
| 20 | Reddy, Satvik | FL | 1670 | 5 |
| 21 | Dang, Nicholas | FL | 1492 | 5 |
| 22 | Song, Aiden | MI | 1663 | 5 |
| 23 | Waldorf, Jonathan | NY | 1511 | 5 |
| 24 | Challenger, Dylan | NY | 1638 | 5 |
| 25 | Cheung, Nathan | NJ | 1561 | 5 |
| 26 | Mishra, Ahan | FL | 1445 | 5 |
| 27 | Jung, Caden Li | NY | 1512 | 5 |
| 28 | De La Colina, Nicolas | FL | 1716 | 5 |
| 29 | Ladan, Nicholas John | IL | 1412 | 5 |
| 30 | Dong, Connor Armin | NY | 1544 | 5 |
| 31 | Black, Toby | WA | 1217 | 5 |
| 32 | Pan, Zachary Stier | DC | 1299 | 5 |
| 33 | Luo, Joshua | NY | 1568 | 4.5 |
| 34 | Lalwani, Jay | VA | 1869 | 4.5 |
| 35 | Sherer, Adam | NY | 1370 | 4.5 |
| 36 | Ciupe, Hannah Irina | FL | 1284 | 4.5 |
| 37 | Sun, Rick | VA | 1534 | 4.5 |
| 38 | Galpern, Robbie | NY | 1538 | 4.5 |
| 39 | Levin, Eliot | NY | 1496 | 4.5 |
| 40 | Trosclair, Rocco | LA | 1351 | 4.5 |
| 41 | Bakalinsky, Jacob | WI | 1718 | 4.5 |
| 42 | Niehues, Lukas | NJ | 1625 | 4.5 |
| 43 | Ehsani, Yassamin | NY | 1751 | 4.5 |
| 44 | Wolfson, Brian Elliot | NY | 1384 | 4.5 |
| 45 | Rodriguez, Bradley Michael | NY | 1401 | 4.5 |
| 46 | Chin, Lane | FL | 1262 | 4.5 |
| 47 | Jayavel Kumaresan, Kavin | GA | 1629 | 4.5 |
| 48 | Devalapalli, Pranav | GA | 1101 | 4.5 |
| 49 | Gogolin, Merlin | NY | 1480 | 4.5 |
| 50 | Doron-Repa, Maya | NY | 1330 | 4.5 |
| 51 | Slowik, Dylan Kazuo | NY | 1429 | 4.5 |
| 52 | Kreymerman, Sencha | NY | 1301 | 4.5 |
| 53 | Singh, Sangkarshan | TX | 1332 | 4.5 |
| 54 | Bhatia, Simran | WI | 1129 | 4.5 |
| 55 | Imundi, Achilles | NY | 1308 | 4.5 |
| 56 | Fotin, Michael | CT | 1335 | 4 |
| 57 | Sherpa, Tashi | NY | 1518 | 4 |
| 58 | Hoyos, Jennifer | FL | 1520 | 4 |
| 59 | De Jongh, Davyn Ari | NY | 1505 | 4 |
| 60 | Ferrer, Gabriel | FL | 1406 | 4 |
| 61 | Darshan, Gaurav | TX | 1539 | 4 |
| 62 | White, Weston | NY | 1486 | 4 |
| 63 | Liew, Matthew | CT | 1424 | 4 |
| 64 | Davis, Christian Gabriel | DC | 1124 | 4 |
| 65 | Shillingford, Hamilton | NY | 1626 | 4 |
| 66 | Yellamraju, Ambica | TX | 1495 | 4 |
| 67 | Mellody, Marcus Stig | NY | 1484 | 4 |
| 68 | Lin, Ethan | NY | 1469 | 4 |
| 69 | Anderson, John Brenton | NY | 1381 | 4 |
| 70 | Kim, Young | OH | 1409 | 4 |
| 71 | Velea, Anne-Marie | WA | 825 | 4 |
| 72 | Lundy, Victor | AL | 1082 | 4 |
| 73 | Thorsen, Nicholas | WA | 896 | 4 |
| 74 | Maxwell, James | LA | 1398 | 4 |
| 75 | Klein, Jack | CT | 1352 | 4 |
| 76 | Ewald, William | CT | 1456 | 4 |
| 77 | Chen, Angelo | FL | 1174 | 4 |
| 78 | Jackson, Daniel P | NY | 1335 | 4 |
| 79 | Venkataraja, Triyakshari | NC | 1263 | 4 |
| 80 | Chin, Taban | FL | 1467 | 4 |
| 81 | Norbom, Benjamin | FL | 1233 | 4 |
| 82 | Kao, Simona Y | TX | 1298 | 4 |
| 83 | Shepard, Abigail Mattie | FL | 1208 | 4 |
| 84 | Motley, Maxwell | MI | 1166 | 4 |
| 85 | Anand, Surya | GA | 1155 | 4 |
| 86 | Yellamraju, Aparna | TX | 1139 | 4 |
| 87 | Ketireddy, Vedmanvitha | CA | 922 | 4 |
| 88 | Bochman, Rachel | NY | 1182 | 4 |
| 89 | Schwartz, Jared | NY | 1242 | 4 |
| 90 | Seetharaman, Anshuman | FL | 995 | 3.5 |
| 91 | Silver, Jack | NJ | 1565 | 3.5 |
| 92 | Barrick, Stephen Gerald | FL | 1315 | 3.5 |
| 93 | Kalyanaraman, Raghav | FL | 1056 | 3.5 |
| 94 | Probus, Jaden | FL | 1097 | 3.5 |
| 95 | Herman, Ari Gabriel | FL | 881 | 3.5 |
| 96 | Caza, Kira | FL | 1257 | 3.5 |
| 97 | Gagov, Steven Tsvetanov | FL | 1300 | 3.5 |
| 98 | Daniels, Julian | NY | 1438 | 3.5 |
| 99 | Franco, Jasmine | FL | 1023 | 3.5 |
| 100 | Le, Helen Uyen | TX | 993 | 3.5 |
| 101 | Ferrone, Sophia | NY | 1137 | 3.5 |
| 102 | Beaudoin, Langley | NY | 1233 | 3.5 |
| 103 | Verma, Akash | FL | 1032 | 3.5 |
| 104 | Vadapalli, Suraj | TX | 1370 | 3.5 |
| 105 | Amar, Dakota | NY | 1239 | 3.5 |
| 106 | Tunc, Skyler | VA | 1411 | 3.5 |
| 107 | Bolanos, Nicolas | FL | 892 | 3.5 |
| 108 | Casas, Jada Tabitha | FL | 679 | 3.5 |
| 109 | Qiu, Alan | FL | 434 | 3.5 |
| 110 | Qiu, Zihui | FL | 1074 | 3 |
| 111 | Okikawa, Wyatt Bk | HI | 1109 | 3 |
| 112 | Cooper, Maia | NY | 1049 | 3 |
| 113 | Breznyan, Dorina | FL | 1449 | 3 |
| 114 | De Jesus, Sim Noelle Perez | FL | 3 | |
| 115 | Persily, Benjamin Scott | NY | 1083 | 3 |
| 116 | Utak, Amadi | NY | 1098 | 3 |
| 117 | Rascoff, Sophia | WA | 918 | 3 |
| 118 | Gurram, Praharsha | NJ | 1068 | 3 |
| 119 | Eliezer, Matei | NY | 1038 | 3 |
| 120 | Behringer, Meena Barbara | CT | 1201 | 3 |
| 121 | MacKinnon, Matthew | FL | 878 | 3 |
| 122 | Nelson, Kai | FL | 1095 | 3 |
| 123 | Burnett, Troy Joesph | NY | 828 | 3 |
| 124 | Pothuri, Abhinav | FL | 917 | 3 |
| 125 | Litvin, Jordan | FL | 951 | 3 |
| 126 | Sellers, Nehemiah Amari | DC | 783 | 3 |
| 127 | Sherpa, Sonam S | NY | 970 | 3 |
| 128 | Brewton, Toddrick | FL | 744 | 3 |
| 129 | Srinivasan, Vibha Balaji | GA | 810 | 3 |
| 130 | Upadhyaya, Parth | FL | 938 | 3 |
| 131 | Kostopoulos, Danaye Harah | NY | 982 | 3 |
| 132 | Donde, Varun | NJ | 993 | 3 |
| 133 | Steddin, John | NY | 1065 | 3 |
| 134 | Monsour, Paul | PA | 559 | 3 |
| 135 | Jin, Kevin | FL | 825 | 3 |
| 136 | Li, Tianbao | NY | 799 | 3 |
| 137 | Zeng, Zachary | FL | 842 | 3 |
| 138 | Chloe, Ciahna Symone | DC | 549 | 3 |
| 139 | Alino, Ian | GA | 3 | |
| 140 | Beatty, Ethan | NC | 691 | 3 |
| 141 | Ewing-Boyd, Zaynab Jamaliyyih | DC | 709 | 3 |
| 142 | Chen, Ethan | CA | 820 | 3 |
| 143 | Badawy, Akram | FL | 599 | 3 |
| 144 | Murray, Zachary | HI | 3 | |
| 145 | Thelen, James | CA | 570 | 3 |
| 146 | Carmina, Jonathan Peter | NY | 586 | 3 |
| 147 | Guzman, Juvenal | FL | 2.5 | |
| 148 | Hart, Leah Shoshanah | NY | 1224 | 2.5 |
| 149 | Schneider, Aowyn | NY | 897 | 2.5 |
| 150 | Krakoff, Oscar | NY | 758 | 2.5 |
| 151 | Jain, Samyak | FL | 623 | 2.5 |
| 152 | Atwell, Noah | FL | 601 | 2.5 |
| 153 | Dai, David | FL | 2.5 | |
| 154 | Pooran, Ajay | FL | 2.5 | |
| 155 | Gordon, Benjamin | NY | 810 | 2.5 |
| 156 | Viera, Jacqueline | FL | 515 | 2.5 |
| 157 | Hale, Micah St Chalae | FL | 121 | 2.5 |
| 158 | Bahemuka, Kamuli | FL | 1097 | 2 |
| 159 | Smich, Kiley | FL | 340 | 2 |
| 160 | Katz, Matan | NY | 855 | 2 |
| 161 | Satterwhite, Mason | FL | 577 | 2 |
| 162 | Nelson, Gavin | NY | 837 | 2 |
| 163 | Asiamah, Rachel | FL | 522 | 2 |
| 164 | Kurapati, Keerthana | CA | 524 | 2 |
| 165 | Prakash, Pranav | FL | 579 | 2 |
| 166 | Foles, Bailey Renae | FL | 167 | 2 |
| 167 | Gafurov, Jamsheed | FL | 2 | |
| 168 | Bolling, Summer Meili | FL | 321 | 2 |
| 169 | Wenham, Pierce | FL | 536 | 2 |
| 170 | Olivas, Austin | FL | 485 | 2 |
| 171 | Harrison, Kayla | FL | 291 | 2 |
| 172 | Harre, David | FL | 2 | |
| 173 | Yerrajennu, Siddharth S | FL | 2 | |
| 174 | Novak, Andrew | FL | 136 | 2 |
| 175 | Kushner, Noah | FL | 2 | |
| 176 | Szarnicki, Ashton | CA | 2 | |
| 177 | Bischof, Zachary Matteo | FL | 435 | 2 |
| 178 | Mansour, JD | FL | 2 | |
| 179 | Atterbom, Stellan | HI | 2 | |
| 180 | Schultz, Nicholas | FL | 2 | |
| 181 | Ortiz, Amanda | FL | 545 | 2 |
| 182 | Peterson, Zosha | FL | 452 | 2 |
| 183 | Chan, Nicholas L F | HI | 402 | 1.5 |
| 184 | Simmons, Samuel David | FL | 282 | 1.5 |
| 185 | Selvan, Joshua | FL | 301 | 1.5 |
| 186 | Gomez, Jacob | FL | 1.5 | |
| 187 | Badawy, Ayman | FL | 466 | 1 |
| 188 | Cotey, Khoi | FL | 281 | 1 |
| 189 | Warner, Ethen | NY | 674 | 1 |
| 190 | Palmer, Brian | FL | 220 | 1 |
| 191 | Montsko, Nicholas | FL | 1 | |
| 192 | Serrano, Rylan | FL | 168 | 1 |
| 193 | Africano, Joseph | FL | 226 | 1 |
| 194 | Selva, Antonio Gabriel | FL | 1740 | 1 |
| 195 | Civil, Lucy | FL | 0 | |
| 196 | Cratz, Dylan Ryder | FL | 0 |