The Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Organization (OSCO) provides chess tournaments for K-12 students throughout Oklahoma. We are a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit with an all-volunteer board. If you would like to volunteer, connect us with a potential tournament venue, or make a donation, contact us at board@oscochess.org.
Want to make an online donation?
The 2026 Deer Creek K-12 Open
Did you play in this tournament? Check your new rating here.
The 2026 Deer Creek K-12 Open was held Saturday, January 10 at Deer Creek Intermediate School in Edmond. 179 players competed in five sections. Josie Braddy was chief tournament director. Results at US Chess are here. Results in tiebreak order are here.
Winners are listed below. A ⭐ next to a player's name indicates a perfect score.
The 24th Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Grade Championships
Did you play in this tournament? Check your new rating here.
Section V: (Premier) All grades rated 1300+ (four rounds)
Aviel Ndengang and Jack Xue tied for first in Premier. They both scored 3.5 out of a possible 4.0. Right behind them with 3.0 points each were Aryan Karn and Viraj Singh. Norman North High School was the top school team. The top club team was OKC Police Athletic League.
Section IV: All grades rated under 1300 (four rounds)
⭐Payton Jeffies won Section IV with a perfect 4.0 out of 4. Tied with 3.0 points each were Ang Steele, Elijah Jennings, Paarth Jain, Ramesh Naram, and Jishnu Balaji. Top school team was Academy of Classical Christian Studies (OKC). Top club team was Moore Chess Club.
Section III: All grades rated under 900 (five rounds)
⭐Nithan Vaithilingam took home the first-place trophy after scoring a perfect 5.0/5. Benjamin Hong finished second with 4.5 points. Six players scored 4.0/5: Nitara Singh, Dominic Ford, Nelson Carpenter, Akshaj Gillella, Jude Davis, and Selvamithra Vaithilingam.
Porum took first place in the school team category. Wilson Elementary (OKC) was second, and School of Saint Mary (Tulsa) was third. Top club team was Moore Chess Club.
Photos by Jake Williams
The 24th Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Grade Championships were held Saturday, December 13 at Robin Hill School in Norman. 150 players competed for titles in sections according to their school grade. Organizers were Kim Mathis, who teaches third grade at Robin Hill, and OSCO volunteer Fiby Li. Josie Braddy was chief tournament director. Results at US Chess are here. Results in tiebreak order are here.
Winners are listed below. A ⭐ next to a player's name indicates a perfect score.
Section II: Grades 4–6 rated under 600 (five rounds)
⭐Zeno Kinyon won Section II with a perfect 5.0/5 score. In second place was Mukund Ponnamreddy with 4.5. Tied with 4.0 points each were Ella Huang, Beau Bryan, Dhiya Venkatesan, and Theo McCarty.
Classen SAS Middle School was the top school team. In second place was Wilson Elementary (OKC). University School (Tulsa) was third. The top club team was Moore Chess Club.
Section 1: Grades K–3 rated under 600 (five rounds)
⭐Javiana Hawkins scored a perfect 5.0/5 to win Section 1. Next was a four-way tie: Trishi Manakandan, Aarsh Raut, Brindle Morrow, and Ismail Haque each scored 4.0/5. University School (Tulsa) was the winning school team. Wilson Elementary (OKC) took second, and Bishop Public School (Lawton) was third. The top club team was Moore Chess Club.
Our next tournament is on February 21 in Tulsa. We hope you'll join us! Click here to register.
The 24th Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Grade Championships
Did you play in this tournament? Check your new rating here.
Photos by Jake Williams
The 24th Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Grade Championships were held Saturday, December 13 at Robin Hill School in Norman. 150 players competed for titles in sections according to their school grade. Organizers were Kim Mathis, who teaches third grade at Robin Hill, and OSCO volunteer Fiby Li. Josie Braddy was chief tournament director. Results at US Chess are here. Results in tiebreak order are here.
Winners are listed below. A ⭐ next to a player's name indicates a perfect score.
Grade 12 champion: Joe Zacharias
Miranda Huang finished second for grade 12, and Dominic Ford was third.
Grade 11 champion: Viraj Singh ⭐
Kelvin Xie took second place, and Payton Jeffies was third. There were no teams in this section.
Grade 10 champion: Anurag Roy Choudhury
Angelique Chen, Anurag Roy Choudhury, and Ethan Van Do tied for first place in grade 10. Roy Choudhury was named champion after winning a tightly contested blitz tiebreak round with Chen. The winning team for grade 10 was Deer Creek High School.
Grade 9 champion: Liam Bond
The ninth-grade section ended with a three-way tie for first. Winners were Liam Bond, Ivan Ding, and Kevin Chen. Tiebreaks awarded the championship title to Bond. The top team for ninth grade was Norman North High School.
Grade 8 champion: Quentin Noble
Aarav Meharwade finished second for grade eight. Next was a tie for third between five players: Lorenzo Folsom, Daniel Koehn, Finnley Combs, Ajay Basnet, and Reid Wilson. OKC Police Athletic League was the top team in this section.
Grade 7 champion: William Bui
Titus Hakola and Daniel Mohanna tied for second/third. Top team was Moore Chess Club.
Grade 6 champion: Kiara Pavithran
This year's title continues a streak for Pavithran, who also won it in grades three, four, and five. Skyler Liu and Krishna Lolla tied for second/third. OKC Police Athletic League was the winning team in this section.
Grade 5 champion: Aviel Ndengang ⭐
Paarth Jain and Prish Raut tied for second/third. The winning team was OKC Police Athletic League.
Grade 4 champion: Arya Roy Choudhury ⭐
2025 marks the fourth year in a row Roy Choudhury has won the title for his grade. Cohen Warden, Callen Westhoff, and Ezra Winters tied for second/third. Moore Chess Club was the winning team in this section.
Grade 3 champion: Lucas Li
Tiebreaks favored Lucas Li after he landed in a three-way tie for first with Leo Zhao and Nithan Vaithilingam. Top team was Moore Chess Club.
Grade 2 champion: Reyansh Srivastava
Three players tied for second in this section: Javiana Hawkins, Aarush Karn, and Ismail Haque. The winning team was OKC Police Athletic League.
Grade 1 champion: Shivan Lageshetty ⭐
Aarsh Raut took second place in this section, and Eleanor Brotemarkle finished in third. There were no teams in this section.
Our next tournament will be on January 10 in Edmond. Sign up today and get ready to play!
The Tulsa Classical Academy K-12 Open
Did you play in this tournament? Check your new rating here.
It was our biggest tournament so far this year: 181 players competed in five sections at the Tulsa Classical Academy K-12 Open on Saturday, November 15. Winners are below. Results at US Chess are here. Results in tiebreak order are here.
Premier (K–12 1300+)
Viraj Singh took first place in the event's top section, which is open to players in all grades rated 1300 and above. He scored 3.5/4 points. Tied for second with three points each were Joe Zacharias, Aviel Ndengang, and Arya Roy Choudhury.
The top club team was Tulsa Chess Club.
Section 4 (K-12 U1300)
Payton Jeffries scored a perfect 4.0 out of 4 to win Section 4 (players in all grades rated up to 1299). Four players tied for second with 3.0 points each: Sree Pichikala, Dexter Gray, Reid Wilson, and Lorenzo Folsom.
Carver Middle School (Tulsa) was the winning school team. The winning club team was Moore Chess Club.
Section 3 (K-12 U900)
Aashrith Veduvaka and Adheedhan Ezhilvanan tied for first in Section 3 (all grades rated under 900) with 4.5 out of 5 points each. Five players scored 4.0 points: Jishnu Balaji, Aarav Meharwade, Nichola Wilkerson, Zhiqian Zhu, and Titus Hakola.
Porum was the winning school team. School of Saint Mary (Tulsa) came in second, followed by Bentonville Schools in third. Top club team was Oklahoma City Police Athletic League.
Section 2 (Grades 4–6 U600)
Agasth Attili, Jr. gave us another perfect score; he won all five of his games to take first in Section 2, for players in grades 4, 5, and 6 rated 600 and below. Just a half-point behind Attili was Cohen Warden, who took second with 4.5 points. Seven players tied for third with 4.0 points each: Aiden Wilbers, Venkata Mathukumalli, Adrish Sen, Aleksei Tsetsura, Sai Sriram, Nitara Singh, and Atticus Moisant.
The winning school team was Founders Academy (Bentonville). University School (Tulsa) came in second, and School of Saint Mary (Tulsa) was third. Top club team was Moore Chess Club.
Section 1 (Grades K–3 U600)
Theo Summers scored a perfect 5.0/5 and took home the first-place trophy in Section 1. Next with 4.0 points each were Aarsh Raut, Brindle Morrow, and Andrew Thompson. to win first place in Section 1. University School (Tulsa) was the winning club team. Bixby North Elementary School took second, and School of Saint Mary (Tulsa) was third. The top club team was Jenks Chess Club.
Our next tournament is a special one: The Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Grade Championships on Saturday, December 13 in Norman. Players will compete with opponents in the same school grade. Registration is open, so sign up today and get ready to play!
The 2025 Police Athletic League K-12 Open
Did you play in this tournament? Check your new rating here.
One hundred fifty-four players competed in five sections at the Police Athletic League K-12 Open on Saturday, October 4 at U.S. Grant High School in Oklahoma City. Josie Braddy was chief tournament director.
Winners are below. Results at US Chess are here. Results in tiebreak order are here. Click here for more photos from this tournament.
Premier (K–12 1300+)
Joe Zacharias and Lafayette Chen tied for first with 3.5/4 points each. In third place with 3.0 points was Skyler Liu. OKC Police Athletic League was the top team.
Section 4 (K-12 U1300)
First-place winner Quentin Noble with a perfect 4.0/4 points. Krishna Lolla and Paarth Jain tied for second with 3.0 points each. Academy of Classical Christian Studies was the top school team. Top club team was Moore Chess Club.
Section 3 (K-12 U900)
Leo Zhao scored a perfect 5.0/5 to take first place in Section 3. Bradley Schantz finished second with 4.5. Tied for third with 4.0 points each were Payton Jeffries, Balaji Arji, Clinton Baxter, and Sriyan Lageshetty.
Porum was the top school team. In second place was Academy of Classical Christian Studies, with Durant Library Chess Club in third. Moore Chess Club was the winning club team in this section.
Section 2 (Grades 4–6 U600)
Jishnu Balaji won all five of his games to take first in Section 2. Five players tied for second place with 4.0/5 points: Colt Warden, Alejandro Folsom, Nitara Singh, Gunner McCarter, and Taytum Tittle. Top three school teams were University School, Porum, and Roosevelt Elementary. Top club team was Moore Chess Club.
Section 1 (Grades K–3 U600)
Nithan Vaithlingam scored a perfect 5.0/5 to win first place in Section 1. Reyansh Srivastava was the second place winner with 4.5 points. Tied for third with 3.5 points each were Jack Dennis and Javiana Hawkins. Wilson Elementary was the winning school team; Bishop Elementary (Lawton) took second place in that category. Top club team was OKC Police Athletic League.
Our next tournament is on Saturday, November 15 at Classical Academy in Tulsa. Registration is open—what are you waiting for?
The Porum K-12 Open
This year's season opener was OSCO's first-ever tournament in Muskogee County. Ninety-five players competed in four sections at the Porum K–12 Open on Saturday, September 13.
Porum art teacher and chess club sponsor Dwayne Barnes was the onsite organizer for the event, and Mike Waters was chief tournament director.
Winners are below. Results are here. For more photos from the event, visit Porum 2025.
Premier (K–12 1300+)
Lafayette Chen and Arya Roy Choudhury both scored 3.5 out of 4 points, ending up in a tie for first. Kelvin Xie and Viraj Singh tied for third with 3.0 points each.
Top school team was Bentonville Schools (4.5 points). OKC Police Athletic League scored 7.0 points to land the top club team award.
Section 3 (K–12 under 1300)
First place in this section was a three-way tie between Rushil Karande, Finnley Combs, and Krishna Lolla. All three scored 4.0 out of 5 points.
Academy of Classical Christian Studies (6.5 points) was the first-place school team. Top club team was Moore Chess Club (5.0 points).
Section 2 (K–12 under 900)
Arkansas player Ishaan Prathyush swept Section 2, taking first place with a perfect score of 5.0/5. Behind him in a tie for second/third were Aarav Meharwade and Antony Mohanna.
Top school teams were Porum (first, 10.5 points) and School of Saint Mary (second, 8.5 points)
OKC Police Athletic League was the winning club team.
Section 1 (K–3 under 600)
Also ending the day with a perfect score was Reyansh Srivastava, whose 5.0/5 sweep landed him the first-place trophy. Marshall Byrne and Javiana Hawkins tied for second/third with 3.0 points each.
Webbers Falls was the winning school team, ending the day at 5.5 points. The second-place school team award went to Dove Science Academy Tulsa. OKC Police Athletic League scored 7.5 to take the first-place club team award.
Saturday, September 13 in Porum
OSCO's newest Hall of Famer: Elizabeth Braddy
With her outstanding performance at the 22nd Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational (June 23–25 in St. Louis), Elizabeth Braddy moved past the 2000 rating mark, earning a place in the Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Hall of Fame. She is the tenth player to achieve this distinction.
PHOTO: Elizabeth Braddy with Grandmaster Susan Polgar in St. Louis
Oklahoma's Anurag Roy Choudhury wins big at Universal Open
Anurag Roy Choudhury was the ratings underdog in six out of his seven games at the 2nd Universal Open (June 12–14 in Dallas). But six out of seven was also his final score, landing him a clear first-place win in the event's Under 1500 section.
PHOTO: Universal Open U1500 winner Anurag Roy Choudhury (at right) with Aryan Karn, Kirhika Duggisetty and Arya Roy Choudhury.
Home (latest news)
Tournaments (upcoming Oklahoma events)
Results (Oklahoma tournament results)
Oklahoma Chess Magazine (current year)