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USM Varsity Chess Team Wins State

USM Varsity Chess Team Wins State

The USM varsity chess team took first place in Division 1 at the 2024 State Scholastic Chess Championship—the first time since 2010 that the team has won state. This followed strong finishes at the City Chess Championships and the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation’s grade-level tournament.

The state competition was held in March and attended by nearly 400 students across the state. USM’s team (with individual first-place finishes noted) consisted of Ezran Anastas ’25, Alex Chen ’25 (first place, board 4), David Dorn ’28, Aradh Kaur ’26 (first place, board 2), Jind Kaur ’28, Hersh Singh ’24 (first place, board 1), Jiyan Singh ’30, Krish Vasudev ’24, Jason Wu ’27, and Sam Yuan ’29, and was coached by Fred Lange, Upper School math teacher.

The 2024 varsity chess team poses for a photo after winning the state championship.

From left Fred Lange, team coach, Alex Chen ’25, Aradh Kaur ’26, Krish Vasudev ’24, and Hersh Singh ’24


In addition, USM tied for first place with Waupaca High School in the bughouse competitions, although Waupaca earned the first-place trophy on tiebreaks. Joining the players above for the bughouse competition were alumnus Chris Seaman ’93 (who was paired with Lange) and former USM student Bradley Schlesinger (who competed with Vasudev).

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